Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-03

Golf, swimming, tennis and other
sports at mile high elevation will be
a reality in southern Arizona with the
completion of the Rancho Manzan-
ita," modern hostelry and guest house
ON Turkey creek, So miles north OF
Douglas, early this fall.
The resort when completed will cost
approximately $100,000 and will bring
to southern Arizona one of the finest
wear around amusement CenterS in the
entire country.
The property was recently purchased
by Mrs. E. E. AinsWorth wealthy Sc
attle society woman, from DR. F. w.
Randall Mrs. AinSWorth is leaving no
stone unturned in her plans to make
the hotel a beauty spot in the district
and in perfect harmony with its sur
roundings.
The guest house will be in Spanish
architecture and will be constructed
entirely Of native rock. A dining room,
lobby and billiard room will be in
cluded in the main wing, arranged so
as to be converted into a ball room on
social occasions.
The guest rooms will extend out in a
line from the main wing, each room
being equipped with running hot and
cold water and electric lights. The
rooms will front on the southwest to
allow the rays of the afternoon sun to
warm them.
A roof garden and large verandas
win add to the comfort of the guests.
Servants quarters and trading store
will be erected on the estate some dis
lance from the main building.
Mrs. Aiasw0rth is planning to make
the garden courtyard and grounds
surrounding the hotel spots of unique
beauty through capitalization of the
wonders of Arizona wild life. No fea-
ture of the natural beauty of the can
yon will be nlarred.
For the court, an arrangement of
large flat rocks with some specie of
wild life growing in the cracks where
the rocks are joined together is being
planned.
Arizona spruce, pines, oaks and wild
mountain flowers growing in album
dance give the grounds a natural
beauty, needing but little improvement
or care.
One of the features on the estate
will be cactus garden containing all
the different kinds Of the prickly
plants to be found in the state of Ari-
zOna
For the lobby and sun parlor of the
hotel, Mrs. AinsWorth has vision of
beauty realized through the trans
planting of flowers from all over the
world as suited to the balnay climate
OF this section of Arizona.
Driving off from a mountain tee
while clad in heavy woolen clothing
and perhaps with your teeth chatter
ing will be the rule and not the ex-
ception even in mid July or August,
with the completion of the sporty golf
course on the Rancho Manzanita"
property.
Long drives over rolling lowlands,
with the stream which flows through
the district and the rocks as natural
hazards, and putting greens made
as smooth as grass through natures
own handiWOrk will make the resort
one of the most inviting in the west.
The site OF the golf course is situ-
ated some distance below the hotel,
which will be in the canyon proper
Rolling meadows, hills, valleys and
stunted trees make the location ideal
for the construction of golf course.
The course will be of nine holes.
Once completed, the upkeep is expected
to be only a matter of small detail, for
nature has equipped the spot with
everything necessary to provide q nat
ural links.
Work on the course has been started
and all equipment for it is on hand.
The course is expected to be COM
pleted by the middle of the summer.
For the lovers of tennis, cement
tennis courts will be constructed, these
being somewhat nearer the guest
house. Construction of the courts is
being held UP until the drainage prob
lem can be more thoroughly studied,
but when started will be rushed
through to immediate completion.
What would resort be without a
bathing pool in this day and time?
That question had evidently presented
itself to Mrs. AinsWorth, while many
of the other details of the resort were
still vague in her mind, for the resort
will have pool second to none.
Smuggling beneath mountain slopes
and fed and drained by a mountain
stream, clear and sparkling, the pool
will be a constant invitation to the
visitors.
Bowling alleys will be constructed,
and if the Indians who once roamed
the hills and valleys of the district
could return to earth in a few months
and look down upon the little resort
they would be astounded. For the bow
and arrow are again TO come into their
own with the building of archery
greens where colored targets instead OF