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nix in a trip over the finished portion
of the road in the second "See Arizon:
First" excursion in the series initiated
by the Gazette for the summe
months.
From Flagstaff the road goes di.
rectly to the foot of the mountain, anc
then climbs steadily and circuitousl,
towards the top. Along the highwa,
are springs of mountain water, camp
ing sites, and new and glorious view
at every turn. On every side are the
pines-the giant yellow pines Of
straight trunk and wide-spreadinp
branches of the northern Arizona for
ests-while, as the road climbs higher
the silyer-tipped spruce glints among
darker pine foliage and the swayinq
quaking aspens slash the hillsides with
their fresh and glistening green. The
ground is carpeted with grass and
wild flowers land the clean odor of the
pines and the fresh, cool air give an
added zest every minute.
An Extra Thriller
The road is narrow, but when COM
pleted it will have a uniform width of
20 feet from the beginning of the
climb to within about 200 feet of the
top, where it will end. The climb up
to the top on foot will be an extra
thriller for visitors, with the view
after a short, steep jourey as re
compense hundred times over.
When the road is completed it will
give the same prominence to the San
Francisco peaks that Pixies peak in
Colorado has enjoyed, while offering
to the visitor incomparably more in
return for the trip to the summit. All
Arizona, parts of five other states,
and the mountains of one foreign
country will lie beneath the gaze of
the observer from the top. The Grand
Canyon, the Painted Desert, and a
score of other vistas will be beneath
his feet. It will be the greatest scenic
attraction in the world, and it will in
crease tourist travel to Arizona hun,
dredfold. Those who are best ac-
quainted with it declare that it will
be the states greatest asset, and
those who have only faint knowledge
of its possibilities are as enthusiastic
over it.
VIII Benefit Whole State
Now, however, the thing for the
state to do is to get behind the COM
pletion Of the San Francisco Peaks
highway to a unit. The entire COM
will benefit through it's
completion, and it will add a fea-
ture to the scenic advantages of the
Southwest which will be worth as
much as all the rest combined. 1t will
advertise the state better than any
other attraction, and, what is more to
the point, it will satisfy those whom
it draws to the Southwest. No one is
in the Grand Canyon
is impossible and so
no one can ever be dissatisfied with
the San Francisco Peaks, for from the
top Of these mountains the human eye
will find the longest vista and the
greatest glory in all the world.
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so IMMIGRATION MEN
ADDED TO LINE SERVICE

The customs inspection force on the
Mexican frontier is to be reinforced
soon along the western Arizona and
California line by so mounted inspec-
tors of the immigration service, to
better enforce the immigration law
passed by the last session of con-
gress.
Still more guards are to be placed
on extension of the same service east
ward along the New Mexican and
Texas lines, the whole district being
under control of the Ell Paso office,
with sub office in Tucson.
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Beauties Of Nature Lauished
On Flagstaff and Diic1lity

Fred McCloud, the. versatile weilder
of words for the Arizona Gazette,
gives the following enthusiastic and
vivid description of his trip with the
Gazette's nlotorcade to Flagstaff and
points of interest surrounding:
Stretching from the Grand Canyon
of the Colorado to the Tonto Basin
lies section of the world upon which
Dame Nature has lavished the rarest
of her beauties with a prodigal pro-
fusion. All that can delight the heart
of man, from the bluebell swaying in
the breeze by the side of purling
brook to the sublime and awful specta-
Gle with which the royal gorge of the
Colorado stuns the mind of the be-
holder; from the eternally moving
glory of an aspen tree upon noun
tainside TO the matchless vision of
the Painted Desert; from balanced
rock upon cliff to an unbroken view
of 800 miles of pine forest; from the
broad, cool surface of Mormon Lake
to the wonders of the sight from the
Mogollon Rim; from the wild and
jumbled masses of lava by the side of
a dead volcano to the calm heights of
the San Francisco peaks-all this and
more has she brought together in one
riotous array of beauty that is as per-
fest as it is indescribible.
Flagstaff, Center of Wonderland
In the center of this wonderland lies
Flagstaff, chief city of northern Ari-
zona. From her radiate the routes
that take the visitors successfully to-
the thousand and one vistas that sur
round her. Above her tower the San
Francisco peakes, below her the tall
pines make green the landscape as far
as the eye can see, beyond the horizon,
and yet close to her, are on every size
wonderlands that have been the theme
of song and story Since the first white
man penetrated through the forests or
climbed the cliffs of her surrounding
mountains. Other cities have their
particular appeal, but to none that
man has ever built has come the glory
that has come to Flagstaff-the gate
way to all that is most beautiful on
the surface of the globe.
Eighty miles from Flagstaff is the
Grand Canyon, which is reached by a
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perfect highway. 1t is enough to say
that the Grand Canyon is within easy
striking distance of Flagstaff, for this
alone would put Flagstaff in a class
by itself. Other towns are within
motoring or railroad distance, bun
Flagstaff is the real departing point
for all those-and the number includes
at least half of the entire population
of the worldwide are living in the
hope of seeing the Canyon before they
die.
Wonderful Sights
On the other side of the San Fran
cisco peaks, and only 18 miles away,
is the beginning of the Painted Desert
which stretches away to the horizon
in all the splendor of coloring and
formation that has made it famous
wherever men gather together. Along
the road to the Desert is Sunset Peak,
an extinct volcano surrounded by
wide beds of furrowed lava. This
volcano was, in the opinion of scien-
lists, perhaps the last to belch fire
and birthstone over northern Arizona,
and was undoubtedly in eruption after
the time of the Cave Dwellers, for re-
mains of their civilization have been
found covered with cinders from this
dead inferno.
In another direction lies Lake Mary,
famous for its sunsets, its fishing and
the delights it offers to the man who
wishes to lounge around. Then come
the ice caves, Walnut Canyon, Canyon
Diablo, Meteorite Mountain, Mogollon
Buttes, the province of Tusayan--the
home of the Hopi Indians Sage Cam
yon with its cliff dwellings,, Monu-
ment Valley, that dwarfs the Garden
of the Gods into insignificance, and
score of other wonders whose very
names describe them and make the
heart yearn to know them.
Beautiful Mormon Lake
Farther away from Flagstaff lies
Mormon. Lake, the largest body of
fresh water in Arizona, in the center
of the pine forests. In fact, it is
near Mormon Lake that the lumber
of Flagstaff are now cut
ting their chief supply of timber, and
the smoke of their dinky engines is
easily seen from its shores.
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Continuing on the road to Phoeni,
by way of Mormon Lake the visitor
goes through a wild picturesque
country until he energies on the toI
of the Mogollon Rim, always famous
to readers of books of the west anc
now known to millions of other:
through the filming of Zane Grey!
ITO the Last Man. Below the rim
lies the little town of Pine, and seven
miles from Pine is the Natural Bridge
perhaps the most beautiful natural
formation in the Southwest and 9
Mecca for travellers from over the en-
tire world. Then comes the town o1
Payson, the most filmed town in the
Southwest, and then the Tonto Basin
TontO Basin
The Tonic Basin-Scene of many a
war between sheepmen and cattlemen
fertile ground for the novelist and
story writer, and still a factor in the
cattle business of Arizona--is one OF
the most famous parts of the South
west. 1t looks and feels like cattle
country -and visitors know instinc-
lively that it is land of stirring deeds
both in fact and in mind of the writer
who has seen it. Through it flows
Tonto Creek-the chief feeder of
Roosevelt lake, which glistens like a
giant turquoise at its extremity,
where Roosevelt Dam raises its gray
bulk between the cliffs. And then
comes the Apache Trails--indescrib-
able, unknowable, beautiful almost be-
yond the appreciation of humankind.
All Within Eyes Compass
Now, all these wonders-and more,
all the wonders that stretch from
Arizona into California, Nevada, New
Mexico, Utah, Colorado and Old Mex
leo, all that lie within the compass
of the eye between the northern rim
of the Grand Canyon in Utah and the
Sierra Madres in Mexico and between
the Continental Divide on the east and
the mountains of Nevada and Califor-
MIA on the west, belong to Flagstaff
in a peculiar manner and in a man
ner which, within very short time, is
to double and treble and quadruple
the value of the scenic attractions of
Arizona.
Flagstaff, it may be noted, lies in
the shadow of the San Francisco
peaks. The highest point of this
group is the highest point in Arizona,
and reaches more than 10000 feet in
to rile clear. Arizona sky From the
summit the eye travels over the widest
compass of country possible to visual
ize in the world. On every side this
view stretches for hundreds of miles,
until the vision falters and the i'm
agination grows numb. From the
summer warmth of the pine forests
the traveller goes to everlasting SHOWS
in his trip to the top. The pine gives
way to the silver-tipped spruce; the
spruce gives way to the gnarled and
stunted jack pine Of the upper slopes,
and the jack pines on the edge of the
timber line gives final way to the
bare rocks of the last and highest
precipices. It is the crowning glory of
Arizona, and when the top is made
easily accessible, it will be the chief
attraction for tourists in all the length
and breadth of the United States
perhaps the entire western hemi-
sphere.
WeatherfOrd's Big Work
This road, part Of which is COM
pleted and work on which is going
steadily ahead, is being built by al
company headed by Col. j. w. Wealth
erford, who was host Saturday to the
Gazette and the business men of Phoe-
The Coconino sun., 1924-07-18

Several members of the Williams
Gun club took in the two day regis
tered shoot at Prescott on July and
9Th. Many fine scores were run up
by the local men.
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The Ashurst club held a weiner
roast at Camp Clover ranger station
Saturday night. Over forty Masons
were present and a fine time was en-
joyed by all. The program was got
ten up by Mr.. Messimer of the Ariz-
ona Central Bank.
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Hal Chase returned to Williams
long enough to play in the two games
with Flagstaff during the week but
did not seem to show his skill as much
as earlier in the season.
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Leupp Indians but owing to rain had
to postpone the game until Saturday
morning.
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(Too late for last week.
/ Miss Evelyn Leith spent the weel
/ end in Williams. Miss Leith is nov
working in Flagstaff.
Attorney and Mrs. f. M. Gold ant
children spent Sunday in Williams.
Mr.. Hall, manager of the Hal
Lumber Company, spent several days
in Williams and Flagstaff this weel
on company business. While here ht
witnessed the Williams Flagstaff
baseball game.
The Williams team broke even with
their Flagstaff opponents during the
week, winning the Saturday game but
losing out Sunday afternoon on the
diamond. This brings Williams to
$3.50 on the seasons games.
Mrs. Frank Reed of Grand Canyon
passed away Saturday evening. The
cause of her death was hemorrhage
resulting from self inflicted wound.
Some weeks ago Mrs. Reed shot
herself. A coroner's jury was called
from Grand Canyon and they decided
that the shot was self inflicted. In
spite of medical attention she sue
cumbed after it was thought that the
danger mark had passed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reed resided on their
ranch just south of Grand Canyon.
Mr.. Reed spent Monday in Williams
making funeral arrangements.
The funeral of Mrs. Elsie NJ. Reed
was held Saturday, the Rev. J. ".
Bennett of the Methodist church of
Williams officiating. Interment at
Grand Canyon.
Mrs. Reed leaves her husband,
mother and five brothers and sisters
to mourn her loss.
The local Fashions baseball team
lost the second game to the Leupp
Indians Saturday. The game was
scheduled for the afternoon of the
fourth but when four innings had
been played the rain stopped the gone.
1t was decided to play the game Sun
day morning but evidently the rest
did the Indians good as they stepped
in and won the game with a venge-
ance, the final score being 10 to 5.
Mr.. Scanlon, formerly office man.
ager for the Saginaw & Manistee
Lumber Co. left Sunday evening for
Phoenix where he has accepted a
position. Mrs. Scanlon and the chill
dren will follow at later date.
Miss G. Jackson, formerly manager
of the dry goods department at Bah
bitt Bros. but recently of the Flag
staff branch of the store has returned
to her former position here. During
her absence the position was filled by
Mrs. C. Booth.
Work on the new Williams water
system is well under way. Mr.. Smith,
engineer of Los Angeles, is at present |
in Williams supervising the work.
July 4th was a very quiet day in
Williams as no celebration was held
here. The local Fashions baseball
team had a game scheduled with the
The Coconino sun., 1924-07-18

Mr.. Hall, manager of the Hall
Lumber Company, spent several days
in Williams and Flagstaff this week
on company business. While here he
witnessed the Williams Flagstaff
baseball game.
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WILLIAMS NEWS

(Too late for last weekly
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The Williams team broke even with
their Flagstaff opponents during the
week, winning the Saturday game but
losing out Sunday afternoon on the
diamond. This brings Williams to
$3.50 on the seasons games.
The Coconino sun., 1924-07-18

July 4th was a very quiet day in
Williams as no celebration was held
here. The local Fashions baseball
team had a game scheduled with the
The Coconino sun., 1924-07-18

Miss Evelyn Leith spent the week
end in Williams. Miss Leith is now
working in Flagstaff.
Attorney and Mrs. f. M. Gold and
children spent Sunday in Williams.
The Coconino sun., 1924-07-18

Work on the new Williams water
system is well under way. Mr.. Smith,
engineer of Los Angeles, is at present
in Williams supervising the work.
The Coconino sun., 1924-07-18

Miss G. Jackson, formerly manager
of the dry goods department at Bab-
bitt Bros. but recently of the Flag
staff branch of the store has returned
to her former position here. During
her absence the position was filled by
Mrs. c.. Booth.
The Coconino sun., 1924-07-18

Mr.. Scanlon, formerly office man
ager for the Saginaw & Manistee
Lumber Co. left Sunday evening for
Phoenix where he has accepted a
position. Mrs. Scanlon and the chill
dren will follow at later date.
The Coconino sun., 1924-07-18

$2o,853,775.OO
79,249.OO
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-02-14
BOY BARRED BY SCHOOL, BROWNS;
SAD STORY COMES FROM CHICAGO

CHICAGO, Feb. 14.--When the
school bells rang at the close of
the noon recess two little gentle
men of six left their homes.
A third joined them. AS they
sauntered aimlessly. they passed
scores of playmates on their way to
kindergartep at the Hibbard School
The three were not going to
school But they were not playing
either Their parents told them 1t
was harder to get into school now
adays than 1t used to be, and they
were on a waiting list, with 150
others. There was no room.
So that's how it happened that
while their comrades were learning
the mysteries of blackboard and
chalk, the three were playing on
the muddy banks of the Drainage
Canal where mountains OF clay
thrownup along the waters edge
made hills to slide down.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-02-14
DAMAGING TESTIMONY AGAINST
FALL IS GIVEN BY ASSISTANT
Hearst Expert Says Trade
With Alaska Can Be Built
Up to Tremendous Amount

SEATTLE, Feb. 14.-George Wheel
er Hinman, Hearst expert visiting
the Pacific Coast, says in the Post
Intelligencer that more trade could
be created with Alaska than with
Southeastern Europe.
Hinman said: Give times the
size of California, six times as large
as Oregon and eight times greater
in size than Washington, with enor
nous resources of OIL, coal. wheat
land, forests and unmined ores, with
the tide of business and immigra-
tion setting northward and the sea-
board commerce rapidly rising be
tween her ports and the Pacific
Coast, Alaska is becoming the treas
urer for both Washington and Ore
gon, but especially for Washing
ton, most especially for Seattle.
"At the demand of a little group
Of distant eonservationists who knew
America as little as they knew the
Isles of Greece, this vast territory
is locked up by means of restric-
tive laws against large capital in
vestment by means of 40 or so
committees, and 200 or 800 commits
sioners who were put in charge of
her resources"
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-02-14
AMERICA MAY Be GRANTED EQUAL
Treatment UNDER new CONVENTION

GENEVA, Feb. acknowledgement
Haskell has sent to Washington cop
les of three conventions drawn up
by the International Transport Con-
ference. They have to do with
international efforts to reach agree
ments on complicated questions of
transport and communication. The
most important, from the standpoint
of the United States, concerns the
regulations of world ports, looking
TO the equitable treatment of COM
merce from the point of view of in
ternational traffic.
1t is not expected here that the
United States will sign any of these
conventions, but it is presumed there
will be no disposition on the part
of any signatory power to discrim-
mite against the American flag,
merely because Washington may not
feel in position to adhere to the
maritime ports treaty. The mari
time convention text stipulates that
every contracting state shall assure
to the ships of all others treat
ment equal to that accorded to its
own merchant marine. This equal
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-02-14

treatment will apply to the liberty
of access to all ports used for for
eign commerce. and to the handling
of merchandise and passengers.
All customs tariffs and taxes lev
led in connection with the utiliza-
tion of the ports must be published
before they are put into operation.
A special clause reserves TO each
state the right to suspend the bene-
fits of equal treatment to the ship
of any country which does not ex
tend in its own ports the privileges
outlined in the treaty.
The second convention deals with
the transmission of electric power.
and involves the granting of author
ity to stretch high tension cables
across the territory Of a state that
derives no direct benefit therefrom.
The third prepares the way for ac-
cords between states for the devel-
opment and exploitation of hydraulic
forces on international watercourses.
The clauses OF this convention pro-
vide protection for all states through
which rivers run, and urges the
development of hydraulic energy.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-02-14

Sidney Sherman, oldest of the
three, took the lead His nephew,
Harold Well, three months younger.
followed. And Gerald Davis brought
up the rear.
Sidney ventured out on the leo
and as he turned to yell to the
other two, there was a cracking
of ice and they saw Sidney fall back
wards into the water
Crying historically. the two ran
along the muddy bank. They thraw
Sidney a tree limb. but he was TOO
feeble to grasp It and sank from
sight.
Police found no trace of the body
After hours of anxious waiting
the boys mother Mrs. David Sher-
man, wife of a dress designer. was
taken home In a state of collapse.
'If my little Sidney could only
have gone to school," she sobbetl.
I'VE tried. but there wasn'tr 'oom."
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-02-14
Ordered Assistan; Secretarg
to Give Out False Facts
Regarding Leases.
DID NOT WANT OPINION
OF ATTORNEY GENERA.
Standard Oil Counsel and
Chicago Publisher APP
pear Before Committee

WASHINGTON, Feb. Ia Carr
Sutro, counsel for the Standard oil
Company, today told the Senate oil
distant Secretary of Interior, said
former Secretary Fell considered II
unnecessary" to have Attorney
General Daugherty pass on the
validity of the oil leases before
made.
letter from H. Foster Balm.
Director of Mines. transmitting tie
opinion of sutro against the valid
ity of the signing of the leases was
put into the records.
This opinion said 1T is no use.
We do not want Doheny to get into
trouble and propose to do every
thing in our power to make it easy
for him."
Newspaperman Testifes.
John c. Shaffer. publisher of tha
Chicago Evening Post, under que
tioning, admitted he had asked Fall
for share of Teapot Dome and had
bcen granted an eighth interest IN
the Pioneer Oil Company. a Stand
erd Oil subsidiary for services rem
dered."
Shaffor declared he rendered 10
service but had filed in 1917 on
land adjoining the Teapot Dome
Finney Gives Testimony.
Il. c. Finney, Assistant Secretary
OF Interior testified that Fall told
him shortly before the Teapot Dome
lease wac announced that arrange
mcnts had been made with Harry T.
to give some land in re-
serve to Shaffer.
Finney said there had been 90
called bids" for offset wells of the
ICnnfinued on Pa1e SiY
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-02-14
ANNUAL REPORT
SHOWS GAIN IN
ALASKAN TRADE
Territory's Commerce In
creases Last Year $685.
275 Over that for 1922.

indicating greater degree OF
prosperity for the Territory as q
whole, Alaskan commerce in 1928
had an aggregate value of $94,-
075,74S, an increase of $685. 10
over business for 1922, according to
the annual report for the Alaska
Customs district just made pbulic
by Collector of Customs j. c. Nc
Bride. Exports were valued at $62,-
775,307 and imports at $31,300.44l,
leaving a balance of trade in favef
Of Alaska amounting to $3l, ,474,S65
for the year.
Two of the four divisions, First
and Fourth, show increases, while
the Second and Third show small
declines in merchandise exported
All four show slight declines in
gold exports. The First, Third and
Fourth show gains in imports, the
Second showing a small loss.
Text of Report.
Mr.. McBride's report follows In
part:
According to commerce statistics
compiled from the official records OF
this office, the year 1928 recorded 2
pleasing industrial and commercial
advancement for the Territory OF
Alaska.
'"The year closed with a total
commerce of s94,075,74S, gain
over 1922 of $6,538,275. Shipment
into Alaska for the year amounted
to $31. 1.300,441, or an increase OF
$3,65O,518 over 1922. Shipments
from Alaska aggregated $62,775,-
307, which represents an increase
over 1922 of s2.SS7,757, and bal
ance of trade in Alaskas favor for
the calendar year 1923 of $31,-
474,S66.
aska's trade with the United States
was centered in the canned-salmon
industry Total shipments of canned
salmon to the United States amount
ed to 229 ,5S7 pounds, valued at
$50. 0.514,286, which represents an
increase of 11,706,514 pounds of fish
over 1922 shipments, and an in
crease in value of s1,026,660.
"The copper-ore industry. which
stands second in Importance. shows
an increase in shipments of 1904
093 pounds OF ore, and an increase
of $3,514,296 in value.
Gold Production Declines.
Measured by production, gold
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-02-14
KILLS
H0USEKEEPER

PITTSBURGH. Pa, Feb. Il. -
Miss Anna McDonnough, aged As,
was shot and killed last night in
the study of the Parish House of the
Francis Avier Catholic Church, where
she was employed as housekeeper.
Rev. John J. Grady, pastor of the
church, has been arrested and held
for murder He told the police that
the shooting was accidental. He
said he found a pistol when cleaning
drawer in his desk and it was dis
charged He said he saw the wo-
man stagger out of the room. The
police are now working on various
clues revealed to find the real mo-
tive of the crime.