Arizona republican., 1921-04-17
HAS REAL TRIP
 --|MONEy AHEAD

Well, Bill. I see that you are not | in the market today and I am just wasting your time trying to sell you these Automatic Money Makers, so guess I'll skip along"
 l Don't rush away, Ed, I've got | something I want to talk to you l about. See all this mail on my desk?" l (Ed nodded) Well, I am making my annual collection and in about 1 two weeks, I'll take it all home and we'll spend all our evenings and mornings trying to figure out how We | can dig up enough cash to spend the | summer at one of these beach or mountain resorts on the coast or back l east somewhere. Last summer we went to High l Cost beach, and year before, to Big Expense Mountain Inn; both good | places alright, but the trips made rather eXpesive summers for us.
 T sure wish we corta find a way to economize a little this year, and I have been wondering if you have fig ured out your vacation this early in l the game. How about it?''
 Ed sat down again, leaned forward with his elbows on BilTs desk and both men were silent for few mo- | ments.
 "Wen, Ed said Bill, "got any sug- gestions?" Yes. sir, I have" And, Bill I want to begin by saying that l last summer was the happiest and most keenly enjoyed summer I've ever spent: not only for me, but Helen and both the children will say the same thing.
 For several years we went through the same grind you are up against right now, checking up hotel cata- logues, bathtng beach pamphlets and California newspapers, but last spring we made up our minds to do two things: First. to economiZe; sec ond, to do wEat is really the right thing by the home folks and spend our summer budget among the fel- lows who helped us earn it. Incident ] ally, Bill we wanted to know more about our owr state.
 "The first thing We did was to spend a Saturday afternoon and a little money with some of ouTa Phoe- nix merchants. Bought a tent, a lit tie extra bedding, some good strong cooking utensils and had our little car tuned up by the Service Motor company
 When I went back for my car in 9 day or two the automobile man sug- gested that I go to the chamber oi commerce and find out the best place to head for
 That evening Helen and I, with the kids, looked at a lot of wonderful pictures and decide on a trip through the White mountains and on the fol lowing Monday morning at about o'clock we packed the car with oul camping stuff, which included abou a 150 pounds of fishing tackle ant ammunition. At eight we took the road toward Roosevelt lake. Thousl she wouldn't admit it. Helen, and th' children too, weren very keen abou giving up that week in Los Angeles where they usually stocked up or 1 some new clothes and things before going to the beach, but we kind O worked things out together at ou house and decided that we could tr. this scheme once anyhow, just be cause, taking everything into Consid eration, it seemed to be the rish thing to do."
 Ed hesitated q minute. Sure am not bothering you Bill?" h asked.
 Not by a long shot. Ed. Tell me how did Helen and the kids get alon camping out. Must have been brett rough on them. wasn't it?"
 Well, Bill, I was a little afraid O that part of it myself until we ha been out in the hills for couple c days. but when Helen saw the wa the rest of IS, with our outdoor ap petites fell for her cooking. she wa so tiCkled with herself that she spen most of her time this winter figurin out new ways to cook a mountai trout and serve a can of tomatoes S it will taste like strawberry short cake
 Well anyhow. we put in a wee at Roosevelt slept the first night Q the hotel. then Camped out along tn edge of the lake and did some fish ing. And it was some fishing, to- Bill Little I'd and myself cauel more black bass in that week than used to catch when fishing was goo on Paw-Faw lake.
 By the way too. Bill, never sa such sunrises and sunsets in my Iii as we had there. Used to walk dow to the dam early in the morning an watch the changing colors of Il eastern sky. It was certainly wOr dcrfuI to watch the morning breeZ' throw up rippleS across the lake ar make blue and grey and pink streaI all over the water. Just about the when the old sun was about to jun up over the mountain tops, Edd would holler out. Hey, Dad, the goes oneN And before we knew it U fish would be jumping their heads O all around the edge of the lake far as we could see.
 Tt was some job to get the foll away. bur l finally did and we we on up through Globe, where we hs lunch. then to Rice and from ther climbing all the way, we final reached Fort Apache. They tell of wonderful stories about Fo ,Na Apache. and l guess they are all tru g too because it was just what sA thought real Indian country oug ~ ~ to be.
 E5 we spent a couple of nights cam