The Coconino sun., 1920-02-13

Waterf0Wl were seen about the im- bonded water about the dams at Tuba and in Reservoir Canyon in October, 1918.) Sheep, goats, horses and cat tie now graze on grass by the water holes and browse on the scanty brush. Flora-The flora of this region is of the arid type. Weatherbeaten cotton woods grow at Moa Ave and in the Moenkopi wash and are cultivated in groves at Tuba, also quite grove of scattered cedars~( (Juniperous virgin ianus) and junipers q. occidentalis), are to be seen about four miles north of the Indian school, with scattered cedar here and there and once in a while pinyon (Pinus edulus). Gold en rods, compositae plants, rabbit brush, and sage brush (Artemisia) grow in favored locations. Yucca (Yucca baccata and Y. angustifolia) and cactus are now and then seen. Bushes and flags abound in the pond- ed areas. The common reed (Phra- gonites communis) is found about the northeast reservoir at the school and in Reservoir Canyon. Round cactus (Mammularia sp.) and greesewood (Sarcabatus) are to be found here and there, the latter in areas border ing semi-wet places. The Maricopa lily grows profusely on the sand dune area east of Reservoir Canyon. Ma tive tobacco and the Hopi cotton (Gossypium Hopilewton) also grow in the region. The latter extensively cultivated by the natives. Clumps of the Arizona jimpson are seen in pro- tected places. Wild flax grows toward the Little Colorado river. Also fol- lowing rains, short lived, usually bril- liantly colored Towering plants of va rious species spring up in favored spots, forming pleasing spots of col or, The Indians are said to use IA species of plants for food, medicine, dress and architecture, or in their re- ligious ceremonies. Also in their fields they cultivate about 25 species of plants, some of which they have ob- tained from the white man.
 Climate.
 The mean annual temperature at Tuba is about 52 degrees. The mean for July, the warmest month, is v; of December, the coidest, 30.5. The high est temperature is in the neighbor- hood of 100; the lowest in the neigh borhood of zero. The highest temper ature yet recorded by the weather record at Tuba is 10S degrees, and the lowest 13 degrees. The nights are most always cool and the days warm to hot. Frost has killed vegetation as late as June and as early as Septem- Der, but this is exceptional. Snow seldom lays on the ground more than few days. There are about 25Q clear days per annum, with the pre- vailing wind blowing almost continu- ally from the southwest. The average precipitation ranges from five to ten inches, being less than three inches in 1901 and exceeding 12.5 inches in 1906. May and June are dry months. July, August and September are the rainy summer months and the winter months of most precipitation are No- vember, December, January and March. At Kayenta, eighty miles north of Tuba, only feecy clouds were seen three days in the month of June, 1919, and Tuba was no better favor ed. As April, May and June are the growing months for crops it becomes very evident that crops can not be raised except by irrigation. The cli- mate is one of the most healthful in the United States.
 Continued Next Week.)