Arizona state miner., 1924-02-02

cen or when Keen sighted transpor-s
a ion companies realize its proxim
ity and accessibility to tidewater at
Rocky Point on the Gulf of Califor-
mia. 1t is only "a miles from Wicken-
burg, south, over q level desert, with
no streams to cross to the junction of
the Southern Pacific railroad, with
the branch road to Ajo, whence it is
only go miles to tho gulf, and 10y
miles nearer than Los Angeles har
Dor.
When tie immense irrigation sy9-
ems projected from the Colorado
river provide water for the millions
If acres now being homesteaded to
he south end west, Wickenburg will
he transformed into q metropolitan
distributing railroad center with an
outlet at the gulf for Southern Utah,
Colorado and New Mexico, that will
help industry of every description in
Western Arizona.
Churches, Schools and Transportation
Foothills climate with an elevation
Of over 1000 feet-where it is just a
joy to live in winter, and summers
not unusually hot.
Population about 900 in summer
and nearly twice that number in win
ter, of which many are Santa Fe rail
way employees and trainmen.
| Transportation facilities ere three
| passenger trains day from Wicken-
burg to Phoenix; two each way to
! Prescott and the east via flagstaff; ;
and two Zone accommodatiOn) each
day to and from Los Angeles via the
Parker and Needles to Central and
Northern California points The only
safe and acknowledged highway from
the southern states via Bankhead
route from Phoenix to Wickenburg,
Grand Canyon, Nevada and Utah.
New public school building, cost
over $4,000; enrolment of scholars
is over 2GO and on the increase, with
promising high school district now in
its second year, and faculty of
eight teachers.
Two churches. regular services and
pastors; new $2500 church edifice and
parsonage in course of construction
by Presbyterian Board of Missions.
Cowboys and Western Sports
Health in her climate, Wealth in
her mines," only partially expresses
Wickenburg advantages. There are
hundreds of thousands of cattle and
sheep, and goats annually roaming
the adjacent gulches, hills, and bot
tom lands along tributaries of the
! Hassayampa river, which in winter
| becomes the habitat of pluclIy cow
boys and stockmen. In spring their
lerdy are driven north, and the mar
ketable kline are shirI ed to eastern
| mo o1.1YO
breed and winter.
During their stay in winter the
range men pat up some real fascin-
ating exhibitions of range sports AT
Wickcnhurg. which attracts sight
GERS and cattlemen fror? a.! ov"r
the Sou hwe~t These ovhibit;onT- o.
10 VIII and Woody West are pulled
| off cn March II OF each year, just
previous to the roundup and drive
north.
Business G-o~t1 Increasing
The town comprises two hotels,
three general merchandise stores.
three restaurants, two roomin2
houecs. several public apartments,
tenements, and small houses for rent,
three barber shops, bakery, three
pool halls, drug store, two meat mar
kets, two garages with blacksmith and
machine shops dairy, wood and coal
yards, three transfer delivery men,
two oil distributing stations, public
utility electric light and water serv-
ice, 5-ton daily capacity ice plant,
telephone exchange, money order
postoffice, Traders bank, and express
office.
Ideal Spot for Sanitarium
Every winter Wickenburg is over
flowed with health seekers who make
their annual health, pilgrimages here,
and for whom provision should be
made by the erection of huge sani-
tarium. A branch Of Prescott gov
ernment hospital might be established
here where patients could be trans
ferred in winter and vice versa in
summer No place in the United
States offers greater advantages for
recuperative health and climatic ad-
vantageS.