The Winslow mail., 1923-09-21
FLAGSTAFF NOTED FOR ITS
CLIMATE
Data hy Chamher 0f COmmercel

the most favOrably and beautifully
situated and the fastest growing town
on the main line Of the Atchison
Topeka & Santa Fe railroad in Ariz-
Ona. It's population is 1000. and.
while no effort has been made to start
a boom, each year has marked a
steady increase. 1t has about three
miles of bitulithic paved street, and
electric power.
Climate is the sole stock in trade
of many cities that haven't a climate
half so pleasant or healthful as that
with which we are blessed
Nesting near the foot of the San
Francisco Peaks, whose SCARED and
rugged heads are covered with snow
nine months in every year and twelve
months in some years, Flagstaff is
the highest in Arizona, for that rea-
son being popularity called the "Sky-
Light City" The government geolo-
gical survey has placed its altitude
at 6.987 feet above sea level.
Although almost on the 35th meri-
dian, in the same latitude. as south
ern North Caroline, Flagstaff sum-
mers are not hot. The highest Of
fetal recorded summer temperature
is 81 degrees; the average summer
daytime temperature is 20 degrees.
After the hottest summer day the
temperature is certain to be less than
70 from sunset to sunrise, is usually
below 60, and frequently as low as
As.
One always needs a pair of good
WOolen blankets handy at night
What more could be asked of eli
mate? Pleasant warm days in which
to enjoy your outings, cooling noun
tain breezes to take you to dream
land, giving the wholesome rest that
restores to normal the tired body of
sight-seer and tourist Added to this
the fact that during the summer
rainy weather is seldom known-only
occasional showers to lay the dust
makes Flagstaff an ideal place to live
in as as climatic conditions are con-
cerned.
The winters are not long, nor near
ly so cold as one would imagine from
the elevation. The lowest recorded
winter temperature is 25 degrees be-
low, and there are very few nights
in winter when the thermometer re-
gisters as low as zero; on the other
hand, the days in winter are almost
invariably from 25 to 40 degrees
warmer than the nights
Up behind the San Francisco Peaks
are the great springs that, piped to
the city, furnish the finest drinking
water obtainable. There is no better
or purer drinking water on earth
There are two reservoirs, one with
a 50,000,000 gallon capacity, which
furnish abundant water for the town
and an over-supply which is sold to
the Santa Fe railroad for use at des-
ert stations. Plans are now under
way to further increase the water
supply, to insure an inexhausible sup
ply no matter how large Flagstaff
may become.
Flagstaff has a large and beauti-
fully located free camping park for
tourists, in the west end of town.
Situated among giant pine trees, at
the foot of Mars Hill, on which
Lowell Observatory is located, af-
fording a magnificent view of the San
Francisco Peaks and within a few
minutes walk of the business section.
Flagstaff is the natural gateway to
the wonderful Indian country-the
Navajo and Hopi reservations. Here
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dances and ceremonies, and the
blood-curdllng annual snake dance;
observe the primitive habits of
the people and in contrast their
remarkable skill and artistry in
weaving the celebrated Navajo rugs
and blankets, and in making baskets
and pottery. To see the different
tribes and their modes of living is a
orr OBJ 1..S,
one to more fully appreciate the state
OF the country and its civilization
hundred Of years ago.
Many people from all over the
United States and Europe come to|
Flagstaff each year to motor out
from here to the Hopi Indian villages
to see the annual Hopi Snake Dance
Flagstaff has splendid schools. The
Emerson public school, the Brannen
public school, and st. Antbonys
school (Catholic) afford ample means
of education for Flagstaff's children
The Emerson school now teaches
high school courses, but new high
school building is being erected,
bonds for $275,000 having been voted
for that purpose.
Flagstaff is fortunate in having
been selected as the site of the
Northern Arizona Normal School. In
a fewsyears this institution has been
built up from a small beginning into
one of the best Normal schools in the
west, enrolling as high as 700 stud /
ants. Housed in handsome buildings, /
it is an asset of considerable import
ance to the city. Flagstaff is also
headquarters for the Arizona State
University summer school each year.
Another institution of research and
learning.is also located in Flagstaff
the Lowell Observatory-the fame of .
which is worldwide 1t was found /
ed by the late DR.. Percival Lowell, .
Of Boston, who before his death a
little over five years ago, made pro-
visions for its maintenance under the .
direction of his widow, Mrs Constan-
&c Lowell, and DR.. V. NJ. Slipher,
himself an astronomer of note, and
IN able staff of assistant astronomers
md mathematicians.