The Coconino sun., 1922-03-10
EXPLANATION AND CORREC- TON RELATIVE TO
 KOLB PICTURES

Since E. l.. Kolb of the Grand Can yon gave his Black Canyon and Vest water (Granite) Canyon illustrated lecture here, under the auspices of the Flagstaff Elks, we have learned of few comments, mingled with the fa- vorable ones, that seem to call for some explanation.
 It seems that some of our good people are under the impression that the pictures to, be shown last Friday, the 3rd, were to be those made by the Kolb Bros, Emery c. and Els worth L. while the Edison Co.,, and the U. s. c. S., were making the Cataract Canyon-Glen Canyon survey A Kolb picture to them, meant Colo rado river picture. They did not know of any other, through no fault of their own.
 It is commonly known that the two brothers were the rivermen who look ed after the handling of the boats for this survey shooting all the danger ous rapids of Cataract Canyon, and that they made new set of films to add to their old Grand Canyon, Green and Colorado rivers trip. The few who had been fortunate enough to see these films tell us that for general excellence of photography, lighting and powerful interest that these pict- ures give knowledge of those par ticular canyons that was never sus- pected by the uninitiated.
 The picture making was under the personal supervision of Emery c. Kolb. In this work he applied all the knowledge gained in his years in the Grand Canyon and also his recent work as motion picture photographer for the national geographic society's exploration of the Valley of Ten Thou sand Smokes. During this last work between twenty and thirty thousand feet of film was made.
 The Kolb Bros, 1911 pictures were made under most adverse conditions, bad weather, second hand amateur camera of the type made 15 years ago and many other drawbacks. But so intense is their interest that Flag staff nature lovers have seen the show time and time again, both here and at the Grand Canyon studio and never seem to tire of them. These pictures have been brought up to date by the new film of Cataract Canyon and these are the pictures that some of our people expected to see. We do not believe that any careful reading of the advertisement run in the Coco nino Sun of February 24th was re- sponsible for this mistake, but if it was we wish to make an explanation.
 The following are the facts:
 In addition to taking part in the two Colorado river trips Ellsworth L. Kolb has also made another river trip through the Black Canyon of the Gun nison and for two hundred miles down the Grand river in Colorado and Utah. The Grand river has recently been renamed, at the solicitation of the state of Colorado to the Upper Colo rado. The reason, apart from the similarity of the two names, Cobra do, which means red, and is as com mon in the west as Cottonwood Springs" may be questioned We hope it will not add to the already too common impression of the untravelled Fastener that those Colorado state canyons have any comparison or di- rect connection with the Grand Can yon of Arizona. They have their own beauty and wonders as was so clearly shown in Ellsworth Kolb's show last Friday, but their beauty is not our grandeur. The Flagstaff Elks, the Coconino Sun and MT. Kolb are all too jealous of our thunder" not to resent any pirating of our glories. Some of our own people do not know the difference between Cataract Can yon on the Colorado river and Supai Canyon or Black Canyon of the Gunni- son and another canyon called Black on the Colorado river above Needles. It is questionable if one-tenth of us ever heard of Westwater Canyon sometimes called Granite Canyon be- fore. The trouble is we have so many wonderful canyons that original names have run out and there is con- siderable duplication.
 Mir. Kolb did not write the adver- tisement that appeared February "A in the Sun. He intended to person. ally take charge of his advertising but was unavoidably detained in Cali fornia. The writer of the ad together with several others listened to Kolb talk, not for publication, first on one trip then on another. In the absence of other data the ad was compiled from this conversation. After publi- cation MT. Kolb wired the material for the dodger and looked after the posting of his advertising. On Tues day night, in the Sultana theatre, MT. Kolb spoke briefly on his Friday night show and explained just what it was and just what it was not.