Weekly journal-miner., 1920-11-17
YAVAPAI MOVIES SHOW
 INDUSTRIES, SPORTS
 AND SCENIC BEAUTIES
(From Wednesdav's Dailvl


 Short but sweet will be the Ford Weekly releases. Arizona" and The Ways of the West" featuring Pres colt and vincinity, to be shown here during January.
 According to P. W. Stevenson, Goldwin representative for Arizona, who was in Prescott yesterday on business connected with these pie lures. the Ford films are the clearest and liveliest westerns" Goldwin has released in long time. Though they are but one reel in length. Steven son says that are full of action from the first foot to the last. It is his opinion that they provide more real entertainment than five reels of soup and nuts" padded with emoting stars and ingenues.
 Because of their having been taken in Prescott and vicinity, these two pictures should prove of great inter est to Yavapai people. The first, The Ways of the West" filmed in Prescott during Fronter Days, the week of July I, will carry oyer the entire country scenes from the best program of western stunts ever held. Fhe series of events staged here during Frontier Days is given per manence on the celluloid stage to carry word of Prescott to the other states.
 The pictures were made by Glenn R. Kershuer, Ford Weekly director who brought his camera to Prescott especially to film the Frontier events and to take a series of shots at the historic, industrial and scenic fea- lures of Yavapai.
 Kershner's one-reel film, "Ari- zona," taken a week or so before The Ways of the West" is featured as a western scenic, and includes Motezuma's Castle and wells, mines, smelters and scenic spots of the county. The great seats of the cop per industry at Jerome, Mayer. etc, are especially featured. Driven by Gordon Clark and Ed Johnson, then county engineer, Kershner and his party in three days covered over 500 miles of territory in Yavapai county, e~a,az +I,ar-
 It is the opinion of Miss Grace Sparkes, secretary of the ch2mber of commerce, that these two films are the biggest thing that ever happened to Yavapai in the way of publicity. 1t is impossible Miss Sparkes said last night, ito compute the adyertis~ ing value to Yavapai of these pie tures.' Yavapai's industries, her wealth of natural resources, her rug ged outdoor life and sport, her scenic beauty, all these are carried in the message of the films to every part of the country.
 Goldwin Representative Stevenson said yesterday that the films were ex- ceptionally clear, due to the remark able photographic quality of Arizona sunlight Its clear, strong sunlight was one of the chief reasons prompt ing motion picture people to select Southern California as the seat of their industry and these Yavapai films arc said to be much clearer than the majority of those male on the coast. So that this feature, in ad- dition to the clear weather lasting so long a part of the year, should at tract producers to this state
 Another Prescott picture, "The Texan" a Fox-Mix release featuring Tom Mix, is being shown this week at Elks theatre. With the assistance of the chamber of commerce and other organizations, sites in Yavapai county were selected for this film After the film was cut in the Fox amdios in Hollywood, enough ma terial was left oyer from the 32,09U feet of film taken to make five more feature pictures. This material is being held for use in future Fox re- leases. The picture will be shown at matinee and at three evening shows at the Elks' theatre Friday.