YOURS SINCERELY

YOURS SINCERELY SHINE SMITH'S CHRISTMAS PARTY:

I have been wondering if Shine Smith was going to have a Christmas Party again this year for the Navajos. I have sent things to the parties before and I have been saving old clothing for the past year to send this fall. Where can I send the boxes of clothing I have saved for this wonderful cause?

Mrs. J. R. Smith Cleveland, Ohio

ERRORS CORRECTED:

Thanks a million for publishing the article on Tucson Indian Training School, written by Randolph Sheldon, in your October issue of ARIZONA HIGHWAYS! The Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A., which owns and operates the Indian Schools always appreciates such publicity given its ef forts to serve the under-privileged and minority groups of our nation.

There are two statements in error in the article which I would appreciate having corrected. The first is the fact that I do not have the honor of the title of Doctor since I am just an ordinary layman and the other is the fact that since the writing of the article the Poncel family has moved its home to the campus of Ganado Mission at Ganado, Arizona, where I am now serving as superintendent of Ganado Mission.

Jos. A. Poncel Superintendent, Ganado Mission Ganado, Arizona

IN PURSUIT OF AUTOMOBILE LILLIAN:

Read Swital's lament (Yours Sincerely, August, 1950) about the dime novel telling the story of "Automobile Lillian: The Dancing Girl Bandit of Arizona." Consarn-I knew the vixeon well back in the days when a six-shooter and holster weighed my knees half way down to my toes. Read the dime novels about the gal too after I learned to read from the school marm I was courtin'.

Anyway, getting back to Swital's request-I have been buying dime novels from some houses in the East for well over 50 years and am still buying them from these houses which I list for your information: Johnson Smith & Co., Detroit 7, Michigan: I. & M. Ottenheimer, 25 S. Howard St., Baltimore, Md.; Wehman Brothers, 712 Broadway, New York 3, N. Y.

Hope Swital locates the book and then sends me a little note as to exactly where I can buy a copy on account of I would like to read of the Daring Lillian again-might even make a good picher in the moviesat least that's what my friends here in California tell me.

Walter (Death Valley Scotty) Scott The Castle. Death Valley Goldfield, Nevada

WE VISIT FINLAND:

My friend, Mr. Henry Karhu, an editor of the Amerikan Suometar, Hancock, Mich., sent me as a gift your ARIZONA HIGHWAYS.

Every new issue of the magazine brings ever closer to me the wild romanticism and kaleidoscopic story of the fascinating Southwest. It reminds me greatly of the scenic panorama of Lapland's mounts and dells and

BACK COVER NOVEMBER VISIT

The cottonwoods are brittle and yellow, Winter is almost here. Air that was lightly hazed and mellow Is sharpened now, and clear. This is a country once my own, Big and western-and tough; A land where the mountains show their bone And time is long enough To touch the colors and wait the change Of a late day's light on a distant range. Or close a book and stare into A sky so high and wide and blue That time itself shall have no mark Except that sun divides the dark.

SYLVIA LEWIS KINNEY their beauty, but to any wanderer of these parts Arizona has an additional tang, something different, fascinating and majestic. Graphically the ARIZONA HIGHWAYS is of the first order, showing skilled craftsmanship. The text contents measure up to this fine standard.

Here in the editorial offices of my paper ARIZONA HIGHWAYS passes on from hand to hand, and its elaborate illustrations are, with pleasure shown to visitors. But before the magazine is worn out from too many handlings, our window trimmer cuts out the outstanding pictures to display to the passing throngs. At this moment there are in our display window the rare Indian pictures from the recently arrived summer issue. From the Indian ladies' hair-do pictures we arranged a reproduction for our Sunday Edition. All in all the Southwestern world of story from far across the seas has become close and familiar to the people of Oulu, Finland.

Valde Nasi. Editor-in-Chief of Kaleva, Daily Newspaper of Oulu, Finland

The talented writer-photographer-artist, Allen C. Reed, designed this interesting map of the West Coast of Mexico for us. Here at a glance one sees vast and colorful states to the south, which are becoming increasingly important in the Arizona travel story. The S. P. of Mexico now ties these states together. New highway is being built.

BRIGHT AUTUMN

Bright Autumn colors on the hill, From the Great Artist's palette spill, Crimson, purple, scarlet, gold: Mirrored in the lake, behold The cold, clear disk of hunter's moon, And ghostly flight of mountain loon.

The wild geese southward make their way: Shorter and shorter grows the day: As pungent, burning leaves float by. Blue smoke-wreaths trail toward bluer sky. Soon, ice-locked waters, running deep. Will dream of Spring, and dreaming, sleep.

PEGGY JAMES

DUST UNTO DUST

Dust along the road of the desert: Dust of the dinosaurs, From the Cliff Dwellers, And the forgotten men Of the early world. In some not far distant time Our dust, too, will blow Along the highways.

GRACE BARKER WILSON

SHEEP BELL

"There ain't a finer sheep bell in these parts," The old man used to say. "Real silver, and it cost a pretty penny. But it has a way Of soundin' mighty cheery when the sheep Come trailin' home at night." He'd polish it until it shone as bright As sun on mountain water. We ranch boys used to laugh at his delight In such a common thing And say we'd rather hear some ship's horn blow. Today I wish that the old man could know How many times on city streets I hear His sheep bell music trembling in my ear.

BYRD BAYLOR

THE TWO TRACKS

See where the red squirrel, darting to the brink Of the half-frozen water hole to drink, Drew with his tiny feet a ruffled line As fragile as a lace-edged Valentine.

A porcupine, descending from a tree, Looked at the dainty track admiringly. "And the rocks and pines I too will go. And weave a lovely pattern to and fro!"

And here we follow his contrasting trail, The heavy furrow of a dragging tail And clumsy paw-marks, ponderous and slow. Clearly recorded in the shining snow.

KATHERINE CARR HENZE

OPPOSITE PAGE

"THROUGH THE BARRANCAS" BY HERB MCLAUGHLIN. Passengers on the S. P. of Mexico, going from Nogales to Guadalajara, are offered eye-filling scenery through the mountains of Nayarit and Jalisco. It took superior roadbuilding to master this picturesque, but imposing terrain, requiring 25,000 ft. of tunnels to get line through.

ARIZONA HIGHWAYS An Outstanding Scenic Magazine The Gift of Cheer that Lasts All Year A MESSAGE FROM YOUR EDITOR

DEAR FRIEND: My grandmother used to say that the world would be a better place to live if the Christmas spirit could be perpetuated the year 'round. I think she was right. Too many Christmas gifts are frivolous, short-lived and fleeting, and the spirit in which they were given too soon forgotten.

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ARIZONA HIGHWAYS is an outstanding scenic magazine, read and enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of people throughout the world. Its color sections are lithographed by the same process employed to capture and reproduce the finest masterpieces of old world art. Among its contributors are numbered many of America's eminent authors, artists and photographers.

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Yours sincerely,

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