The Arizona copper camp., 1920-08-07
CAMPBELL EXPLORES CANYON HINTERLA ND;
brings BACK REPORT ON RESOURCES OF
empire LYING NORTH OF GRAND CANYON
GOVERNOR RETURNS FROM TRIP TO LITTLE
FIELD, FREDONTA AND OTHER POINTS IN
LITTLE KNOWN REGION WHICH BELONGS
TO ARIZONA

Glacier National Park, passes through
Yellowstone National park, thence toI
Salt Lake, then to st. George, which,
is the most important settlement in
southern Utah. From this point the
road turns westward connecting with
the National Old Trails highway at
Glof, Calf.
The balance of the going was hard
and unpleasant and on more than one
occasion the horse power of the motor
had to be augmented with man power
in the person of the governor and his
husky travelling companion, Mr.. Foster
in order to get through the deep
sand At one time the car became
stalled in the middle of Paria creek ),
and the entire party including Mrs
Campbell, were marooned for six
hours, while the water crept in over
the floors and almost to the seats.
Finally bunch of cowboys returning
from Flagstaff came to the rescue
with their lassos and ponies. Attach
ing their ropes, and with the aid of
balky team they managed to pull the
car out OF the mire but this was only
half the story. The next day was
spent by Frank Babcock, superintend-
ent of transportation, in cleaning out
the transmission and getting the car
in running order. 1t was here that
the discovery was made that the wat
er had ruined the transmission oil
and with surplus of only half a gal
Ion and Is miles to the nearest sup
ply, it looked for a while that the
party would be hung up for a week.
But Frank Babcock is nothing if he is
not resourceful, so while the governor
and the engineer were puzzling their
heads on what to do the dauntless
chauffeur was on his way to the near
est house and came lack with a good
ly supply of home made lard.
This heated and mixed with the oil
made fine lubricant. ''The only dis
advantage" said the governor, "was
that when we got to plowing through
the sand again on 75nlile drag to
Tuba City, we were reminded of our
hunger by most aggravating odor,
an odor which reminded us of the
doughnuts our mother used to make.
1t was the heated lard"
Reaching the Gap trading post, they
were met by John Sharpe, represent
ing John Kerley, who had been ex-
pecting them. Here they secured
plenty of gas and oil and left for
Tuba City the following. morning.
Here are located the main buildings
Of the Indian service headquarters in
Guiding the school which is attended
by $50 Navajo and so Hopi children.
Here also is the home of John D. Lee,
pioneer resident of northern Arizona
The governor was highly interested
in the Indians and the efforts made
by Uncle Sam to civiliZe them, In dis
cussing his observations the governor
said:
"The Hopis have made much great
er advancement than the Navajos.
They have taken kindly to agricultural
pursuits, they live in permanent
dwellings, and dress like white man.
Many of them have grown prosper
GUS, have their own automobiles and
in some cases trucks. The Navajos
on the other hand are still nomads,
confining their attention to the rails
ing of goats and sheep using the wool
and mohair in the manufacture of the
famous Navajo blankets. At Tuba
City we were the guests of John
Kerley, who has two trading posts
which splendidly supply the wants of
the people in the reservation and
those passing through.
"The Navajos to my mind have
shown no visible advancement as
wards of the government. Only a
small proportion of the children at
tend school and the adults object to
absorbing any of the culture of civili-
zation. I was told that the re are
about 10000 Indians on the Navajo
reservation. The government should
develop water for stock raising pur-
poses and introduce improved rams
thus encouraging the raising OF sheep
among the Navajos as they take un-
kindly toward agriculture and should
be developed along the other line.
''The Hopis are exceptionally inter
esting as a people. They look and
work like Japanese. The wife is the
head of the household, she owns the
property and unlike other Indian
tribes the man does all the hard work.
| They are hardworking and very in
telligent; more than half of them have
fair understanding of English. In