The Winslow mail., 1920-12-17
EXPERIENCES OF THE SCOTTISH
RITE CLASS FROM NORTHERN
ARIZONA

Through the untiring Efforts of
Brother Charles McCauley and the
courtesy of Brother William Matthie,
it was possible for the following to
travel in private car Hannibal, leav-
ing Winslow, Sunday, December 5th,
destination, Tucson:
David P Hartigan; Frank T. Wis
dom; Milton j. Phares; John B. Pro-
bus; Harry H. Tisdale; L. M. Ship
ley; Frank C. Iler; Walter D. Friend;
John H. Daugherty; Jesse l.. Curry;
Chas D. Anderson; Edward T. McMil-
Ian and wife; H. E. Young and wife;J
J. Worman and wife, and Charles Nc
Cauley and wife.
At Williams, l.. Phillips and wife,
and H. M. Goss joined the party; at
Ash Fork, J. w. Rowan.
We arrived at Phoenix at $3.50 A.
NJ, December 9Th, and were royalty
entertained by Messrs. G. w. Fair
field, w H. Ream, H. W. Asbury and
c. H. McKellips, who had previously
arranged automobile rides through the
beautiful irrigated districts which sur
round Phoenix
To those who have never had the
opportunity of visiting this part of
Arizona, let me say, you surely would
be greatly surprised to see what
beautiful country lies in the immediate
vicinity of Phoenix. We passed
through miles of country where
oranges, grape fruit, olives and cotton
are growing in abundance. We also
travelled for several miles along the
main canal, leading from the famous
Roosevelt Dam, which has made pos
sible the wonderful agricultural de-
velopment of southern Arizona. On
leaving the canal we passed through
a piece of country which is being
cleared and prepared for farming. 1t
was on this part of our ride that we
came to what is commonly called "The
Hole in the Rock" an opening thru
the solid rock mountain about large
enough for a team and wagon to go
thru-one of those strange works Of
nature which are peculiar to our
State of Arizona.
We also passed what is commonly
known as "The Camel Back Noun
tain, because of its similarity to
large camel kneeling to take on his
load for a journey across the desert,
and arrived at one of the largest ce-
ment bridges in this part of the state.
This bridge spans the Salt River in
the suburbs of Tempe, Arizona.
Tempe is the birthplace of our
Congressman, Carl Hayden, and we
were glad of the opportunity to visit
his birthplace, and to see the old mill,
which is landmark of interest, hav-
ing been built and operated by Carl's
father at an early date. The house
iri which Carl was born is almost a
thing of the past, only the adobe walls
and a part of the wooden roof re-
naming to give us an idea of original
structure The mill, however, has
been rebuilt and is in perfect cOndi-
ton, and is being operated, am told,
365 days out of each year.
From Tempe to Mesa we travelled
over the Arizona State highway,
which is one of the best paved high
ways over which the writer has ever
had the pleasure of riding. This
highway extends from Phoenix to
Mesa, a distance of about Is miles.
We arrived at Mesa at about l p.
m. and were entertained at The
American Kitchen Cafe, where we all
enjoyed a big feed and some smokes.
On our return trip we came the en-
tire distance over the State highway,
passing the Arizona Packing Com
pany's plant, the State Insane Asy-
lum, the Phoenix High school build
ing, and that portion of Phoenix oc-
cupied by the cotton gins, arriving
at the Adams Hotel at p: m. A part
of our crowd had some shopping to
do, but Chas. McCau1ey and wife and
Mrs. Worman and myself were taken
to dinner at the Grand Cafe by Mr..
W. H. Ream. Let me say right here,
I was never SO hungry in my life. and
believe me l can say for the other
members of the party, as we'll as for
myself, that we enjoyed that dinner
immensely, and will always remem-
ber Mr.. Ream for his royal entertain
ing.
Leaving Phoenix on :, the Arizona
Eastern at 6:25 p. m. nothing of i'm
portance happened until our car was
picked up by the Southern Pacific at
Maricopa. In coupling up the steam