Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-22

Standing to the west and farther in
toward the mountain is the residence
of the owner, Mrs. Gurnett. This is
an attractive modern house built on
the Spanish type of architecture with
the patio and its site is command
ing one. This, it is forecasted, will
be the center of activities when the
dude ranch at Sierra Linda has grown
to the proportions it's friends believe
it will assume.
If one stands either at the entrance
to the administration building or at
the entrance to the residence and
looks toward the east, he gets full
sweep of the San Simon valley and
the Bankhead highway is clearly OUT
lined as straight as an. arrow for a
distance of many miles as it runs to
Granite gap in the mountains to the
east 80 miles away There is a fringe
of mountains observable completely
around the San Simon valley as Tar
as the eye can see and the stretch
between presents varied shades OF
color. Through this valley and the
adjacent canyons and valleys there is
a large feeding range for stock and
there are different herds of stock that
are of easy access to the guests as
they ride about on their daily sight
seeing trips.
! One OF the things which Mrs. Cur
nett emphasizes in the conduct OF her
dude ranch is that it is an "al-year-
round" affair, The claim is made that
the altitude and the location operate
to make it as delightful in the win
ter as in the summer and that there
is no time when there els anything
that hints of severe weather either
j hot or cold. Even in the summer
months the nights bring a refreshing
coolness that make a light blanket
Joy and the blanket goes with the
hotel service, while in the winter
there is no real chilly weather, just
sufficient to freeze thin ice and
when the sun fares forth in the fore
noon, the chill is forgotten.
Wild Game in Canyon
! The trees that cluster along the
creek and up the mountain side lend
a rare charm to the view. The live
oak, ever a beautiful forest growth, is
abundant along Cave creek. Mingled
with the oaks are the cypress trees
+ and here, too, are the jumpers with
their berries ranging from the green
+, to red; and the cottonwood and syca-
more, all resulting at many places IN
thicket effect where the deer and
other game may successfully elude OBJ
servation as they hide from the
human beings who come as trespasserS
into their native domain.
Sierra Linda ranch is a real center
from which the guest may make easy
trips to dozens of interesting places.
sThere is Rhyolite park, the Wonder
land of Rocks, handy distance either
for a hike or a horseback trip as it
is only six miles away, every foot OF
! the way through country that carries
charm and makes one forget the dis
tance There is Fly peak, another
place worth visiting, and, too, within
easy jaunt in the saddle. Lookout
tower calls for a trip. The great cave
up the canyon which is rich in pic
turesoue formations and which has
never been fully explored but which
has been marked far enough to make
a trip into it thing not to be over
! looked. One gets down to the crystal
! chamber with its Stalagnltes and ltS
stalactites in O. room which seems to
be several hundred feet across and
200 or 300 feet high at the center
with passages leading from 1t into
MANY other jcaverns but none of which
have been fully explored. Here, too
is the "Fat Mems Misery which is
lust another way of saying that it is
a hole in the side that fat man IS
dared to crawl through and few OF
them so far have taken the dare, but
. it can be done.
There is Paradise. and the site OF
old Galeyville where in the days OF
the pioneers Curly Bill and his band
of outlaws made things exciting with
their forays on the honest settlers of
both country and town. These places
are but six miles away and through
some as beautiful mountain country
as one could picture.
Rodeo an Old-Time Center
There is the town of Rodeo in New
Mexico which was to the southwest
end the cattle industry what Miles
] City, Mont, was to the northwest and
the horse production of the country,
bringing together as it did, all that
was thrilling and picturesque in that
line of life. Rodeo still is a center of
interest but of decidedly different
character to what it was in the early
days.
All these things make Sierra Linda
ranch promising attraction as a cen
ter for those who are seeking what
the popular notion covers under the
title of dude ranch" 1t is not in
tended by the owner to be center