The Coconino sun., 1922-12-01
FLAGSTAFF RAPIDLY ARRIVING

Flagstaff has every reason to be pleased with its future outlook. The business man have come to realize the possibilities of city located as Flagstaff is and the old complaining element who were against everything, is rapidly dying out moving away or giving up hopes of prevent ing the city from growing in spite of their eff forts. The purchase by the city of the city park site under bond issue covering an amount sui ficient for improving it was evidence that the people believed in the future of the city and were willing to back their judgment with liberal bond issue It was Flagstaff'S first big pro- gressve victory. It showed the temper of the people. With still a broader vision the business men, including men and women who are glad to call Flagstaff "home" have backed the proposi- tion for larger and better water system to pro- vide for the growth of the city and for adequate protection from fire. The most pleasing result that came from the investigation into our water supply was the fact that sufficient water could yet be developed from the city springs to con- tnue giving the city the purest water in the world. As one city councilman recently said: 'The cost of the first three million gallon reser VOr and pipe line caused cOnSternation among lot of old rain-barrel residents, but it paid from the first. The second 50-milion- gallon reservoir at its enormous cost, was sure to bankrupt all hands. Again these crOakerS were wrong. The new reservoir has paid big dividends to the city and at the cheapest water rate of any city in the southwest. Bigger mains are necessary and it Will cost a considerable sum Of money, but 1t will be the best investment Flagstaff ever made. It won't be many years before it will be a source of revenue equal to all the city taxes now assess ed. In the meantime Flagstaff gets the benefit of the advertising water supply sufficient for all corners during the next ten years of growth, in- creasing the value of property and even at half million expenditure, the taxpayers will never realize it in their taxes" That city councilman knew. He had the financial facts. He not only knew profitable Watpr but knows how much more profitable it can be made to growing city
 The Oak Creek road developing the north and south is another proposition that the southern part of Arizona is slowly but surely awakening to- Selfish interests may want the road in front of their house paved first, but every true Ari- zOnan, north or south, knows that our state must be cut north and south as we'll as east and west. The Grand Canyon is advertised world wide. Flagstaff is bound to get the lions share of this tourist travel. Why shouldn't southern Arizona awaken to the fact that great many tourists would like to look over other parts of the state?
 Arizona is a great state. Its interests are so diversified that it can be unsefishly divided in the interest of all, and, including the best inter- est of the tourist who usually gets lopsided idea of Arizona.
 Flagstaff was crowded to it's very limit last year with tourists. The brightest minds in the world of writers, cartOoniStS and scientists are still discovering things of interest around Flag staff which us old-timers, Indians and others have overlooked.