Arizona republican., 1921-04-17

grade Rounding a turn in the road one looks for thousands of feet down into the canyon of Fish creek. Stand ing on the edge of the road the Fish Creek hotel is seen at the bottom or the canyon and on the opposite side At first glance it appears only few minutes walk from here to the hotel. But upon checking up the speedome- ter you will find that it is two and half miles This part of the road was literally cut out of a perpendicular side of the canyon One standing ln the middle of the road and looking straight up cannot see the sky for the projection of the mountain side In many places The wall is not only abrupt but is sheer descent on both sides. Two lateral canyons that lead into Fish creek are no more than fifty feet wide at any point and over thousand feet in depth. Two very pretty little streams arrive at this point
 "The road between Superstition
 Mountain and this point is the worst part of the trip, and l cannot say that even this road should be classed as really bad. From Fish creek to Roosevelt the road is almost like boulevard, following Fish creek for
 many miles, then up over the noun
 tain and down again into the canyon
 of the Salt river, which we followed
 to the base of Roosevelt dam | T am not capable of giving any
 thing like a comprehensive descrip- tion of Roosevelt Dam. It must be
 seen to be anything like appreciated
 The best pictures cannot do 1t justice
 It rises from the old bed of the river to nearly three hundred feet above,
 constructed of thousands of slabs of granite, hewn out to perfect Tt ana
 laid in a crescent, three hundred
 feet thick at the base and sixty feet wide at the top. The power house
 at the bottom, while it is really a giant structure built of granite and red sandstone, looks like toy house as compared with the dam and the
 great mountains between which 1t Is constructed.
 "Following the road, we turn to the right at the power house, and in .
 few moments, turning to the leIt
 beautiful Roosevelt lake is before us
 With it's two arms stretching out, ont
 tothe north and one to the south
 with a total length of 30 miles, water
 enough is stored in this great lake t' irrigate the whole Salt River Vale!
 for two years, if not a drop ot ralr fell for that length of time.
 |
 was filled with black bass, and an,
 angler that has ever visited the plac'
 will tell you that he never found
 place where the fishing was better O , where the fish were of better grade Black bass weighing as much as tel } or eleven pounds are frequent.
 caught. The hotel is open all tn year round, where one may obtain meals rooms or both. The hotel ha number of motor boats that are al ways in repair and always ready t , go on fishing expeditions. One ma, , even obtain rods, reels, etc, and he does not care to fish from boa' X he may be assured of very good fish ? ling. casting from the bank. Ther l Ia are also the finest of campin grounds if one does not wish to go L a hotel with plenty of good wate 7 and wood and shade.
 l Personally, I do not see why eV ] eryone in the valley should not max 7 the trip. especially if they have ma t chimes. Or, lacking machines, tw I stages each day pass each wa g through Roosevelt, and the fare fror Phoenix is very low. By the way, n l. better testimony of the general con l dition of the road could be given tha n the fact that these stages operat e and have been operating for years t such low rates. "As I have said before, I cannot b t gin to tell what a wonderful trip e is, either from the point of interes n to the tourist or from points Of in s terest for the homeseeker or the resi- ). dent of the Salt River Valley. ,. twill We give the public data O S this trip? I should say we will, an g will be mighty pleased to do so. w
 want the public to feel that the hon if of Studebaker is also the home ( s information on this trip or any oth' IF rip in the state. I cannot help bl Is think that if more people knew : the wonderful things that are to if seen in Arizona, there would be few' II leave here for the summer, and thei f would be more coming here for u .e winter"
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 10 More than 300 prisoners at Il 'o Western penitentiary at Rock Vie' ,e Pa occupy some of their time