Bisbee daily review., 1921-08-07
Chronicles Of A Camper
 By One Of Them

 1Om Pollock, in the north country is creuited .wiIn being broke, as a re suI,. 'ilAnDer prices w1H come back some day. And, gradually, the de. mand for the lumber made from
 wnIIe Mountain pine will return When that time uoes come Cooley may expect to be again in prosper ous condition and tourists wlII again northern side of the Fort Apache In dian Reservation.
 White River and South
 The north fork of White River rises on the northwest side of Mounl Ord in a series of parallel creeks Paradise, Bog and White River prop CT. It flows in a general northwest erly direction for a few miles and then cuts suddenly south, through a break in the great cap rock of the country. It continues south until it makes a junction with the east fork of the White, at Fort Apache and then flows west to meet Black River and later to go into the Roosevelt Dam as Salt River.
 Some road work has been done by the Indian Service between Cooley and White River Agency, the head quarters of the Fort Apache Indian Reservation. The road building ma terial is not of the best, however, and the summer rains tear great gashes in the highway. During a rainy spell the road is slippery and dangerous.
 mite River, the community, is a patch of white against the back ground of straight canyon walls are topped with a great rim of cap rock It has an administration build ing for the superintendent, Charles l.. Davis, and his staff. It has black smith shops, carpenter shops and sev eral schools. Here the Indian chill dren are brought from, every part of the reservation and "sducated," only to return to their tepees and to their typical life as Apaches. In addition, three Indian traders, white men deal ing in merchandise, hold forth. Prac- tically anything that might be desir- ed can be secured from the traders. Their prices, moreover, are reasona- ble.
 Three miles south of White River, but on the east side of the river, is located the military reservation. At the present time troop of the Tenth Cavalry is stationed at the post-one of the most beautiful in the entire country and eagerly sought as sta tion by many officers in the service.
 From Fort Apache to the crossing of the White River it is approximate ly IS miles. For many miles out of the post, however, the road is filled with "thank-you-mams." These are ditches built across the highway to take care of such water as may gath CT on the upper side. They are mis- erable on the motorist and, in all proba bility, do not serve the purpose for which they were built. It is mere ly an indication of the need of teach ing the Indians road building, in ad- dition to fine laundry work. For the Indian, if bossed, might make a good road worker, but so far as a laundry we fear that the case is hopeless. They just natcherly aint built that way"
 Good Work By GiIa
 From the White River bridge the road becomes anything but good. On the other hand, it is more than pas sable and even preferable to a long roundabout course, during which bad roads were encountered. Several of the hills in the neighbor- hood are remarkable for their rocks and their pitch. Very little work has been done on them but a careful driv- CT can get over them without trouble.
 It is six miles drive over noun tain between the White River Bridge and the Black River bridge. After getting over the cap rocks on the White River side, the road is very fair The descent into the Black Riv- CT Canyon is steep, but not impossi- ble by any means.
 From the Black River bridge to the top of the Cabanes Plateau is approx imately six miles. There are parts of the mountain that are exceedingly difficult Gila county, however, has done some very effective work on this stretch of highway and unless the recent rains have torn the road to pieces, the road is good, consider ing it's location. Once on top of the plateau, the road follows a course more or less southwe?<. It finally passes by the Interior Saw Mill and approaches the Casador Hill.
 Upon reaching the top of the plat eau, rain began to fall upon us. The gentleman in charge of the clouds seemed rather peeved that we had escaped his wrath so long, for the clouds appeared to open. It was few minutes before the road became