The Winslow mail., 1926-08-13
Flagstaff Host To
All Northland At
Road Dedication

All of northern Arizona will turn
toward Flagstaff Sunday, August
18th, for on that day the new seen
ic road up San Francisco Peaks is
to be opened with appropriate GER
emonies.
Winslow, Holbrook, Prescott,
Williams and other northern cities
will be represented either official
ly Or by private parties, for the
boulevard, as well as the mountain
it traverses, will be thought of as
a possession of the Lorthern section
entirely.
Flagstaff's hospitality, which has
always been elastic enough to take
in all it's visitors, regardless of
their number, will be taxed by the
expected crowds, but the Skylight
City has a well-deserved reputation
for caring for it's guests, and all
who attend can be sure that this
reputation will be lived up to.
A picnic lunch will be served at
tAa lower end of the 70 ID, and p, ic-
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the city.
In order that the traffic may be
handled in systematic manner,
the Boy Scouts have been enlisted
in its direction. All city cars are
asked to line up on LerouX street
at $50 Sunday morning prepara-
tory to going up the peaks. The
Scouts will see that you are placed
i'll line and the procession will
start up toward the peaks at $3.50.
The peaks road will be closa'l ID
city traffic at 1880 a. m. AS t. ere
is no water Available at the pres
mt L!rer end of rhe road, the o)m-
n,Htee suggests that all cars carry
drinking water.
Scouts will start the cars off at
the entrance to the peaks road, a
certain distance apart, and all are
asked not to exceed Is miles an
hours both going up and coming
down. In the descent, throw your
motor into low or second to avoid
unnecessary accidents.
Large parking accommodations
will be available at the TOP, Scouts
assisting in parking.
Invitations to this opening have
been extended to state officials, all
Arizona Chambers of Commerce
and Santa Fe officials as well as Il
general invitation to California to
join with Flagstaff and Arizona in
this unique celebration.
According to Earl S. Slipher of
Lowell observatory, telescope will
be placed on the mountain-side at
the upper end of the road for the
use of all.
The most of the time spent on
the peaks may be used for observa-
tion purposes, the program has
been cut to the minimum. Mr..
Weatherford will talk briefly on
the history of the road and it is
hoped that Governor Hunt will
officially recognize the road as one
of Arizona's greatest highways.
Mr.. Weatherford says the road is
entirely safe, the grade at the top
being even less than at the bot
tom The road has an eight per
cent ruling grade and is 20 feet
wide.
In order that they may take care
of people who do not have their
own cars, the Flagstaff Chamber
of Commerce is asking all those
who have extra space in their cars
to call the office.
Everyone desiring to make the
trip up the Peaks road will be able
to do so whether they have a car
or not" said Orinn Compton, chair
man of the motor division of the
Chamber of Commerce.
Special slips bearing a greeting
of welcome from the Chamber of
Commerce and the people of Flag
staff will be given out by the Boy
Scouts as the cars pass through
the entrance to the road. On these
will also be listed a few of the ne
cessary road regulations.