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INSIDE FRONT COVER "Overlooking House Rock Valley" ARIZONA HIGHWAYS VOL. XXX No. 6 JUNE 1954 RAYMOND CARLSON, Editor GEORGE M. AVEY, Art Editor LEGEND "IN THE KAIBAB" FRONT COVER ADVENTURE IN NAKAI CANYON

A SCOUT TROOP FROM THE EAST HAS A LOT OF FUN IN ARIZONA.

SUMMER

WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT SUMMER THAT HASN'T BEEN SAID BEFORE?

ARIZONA GRIZZLIES

THESE MAJESTIC ANIMALS ONCE RULED THE MOUNTAIN RANGES.

ARIZONA WATER FINDERS

IT IS A GIFT. SOME PEOPLE HAVE IT, THE LESS FORTUNATE DO NOT.

THE GREEN ROOF OF THE KAIBAB

A TRIP THROUGH A FOREST WONDERLAND IN NORTHERN PART OF STATE.

LAND OF BEGINNING AGAIN

AN EXCITING ADVENTURE FOR THE LONELY ONES ON RICH, RIVER LANDS.

EVENING SKIES

WHEN SKY AND EARTH MEET, THE RESULT IS SOMETHING FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHER.

HOWARD PYLE Governor of Arizona ARIZONA HIGHWAY COMMISSION

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Call from the Eternal Mountains.

The top of the world is found in the high mountain range. There summer is not so severe. The call of the mountains is eternal, as strong as the call of the sea. Ordinary folks, like you and me, have our choice. And if our choice is the mountains we will find their mystery as impenetrable as ever. They are not profligate with their charms. Men who woo mountains are at least to be commended for their high ambitions.

This month (and what better time to do so what with summer invading the lowlands), we visit the Kaibab, that for-est wonderland north of the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. Deer play in the meadows and there is invitation in the shady recesses of forest groves. The main road through the Kaibab is tailored to all git-out, but, if you will travel at a slower speed than the road invites, all the beau-ty of a primitive forest is yours to enjoy. You will like the Kaibab, a mountain and a forest whose charms contain no bounds. They expand their borders and finally spill into the Canyon over the North Rim.

Our interests this month are many and variegated. We go adventuring into Nakai Canyon with some boys who whipped up headlines last summer because a couple of their group wandered away and were lost for a day or so.

We also discuss water finding and the practitioners of that rare and ancient art. We have a scholarly discussion of the Arizona grizzly (may he rest in peace), reminding one that these hills were once wilder and gayer than they are now.

We devote considerable space to the ambitious project of the Indian service to move Navajos and Hopis to the rich farmlands along the Colorado River in the Parker vicinity. In our opinion no other project of the Indian Service is so worthy or has been so successful. We are happy to say the Hopi and Navajo families, moved far from their homeland with their consent, are doing very well tilling the rich silt that forms the land along the river which they have claimed as their new home.

Other than that, our interests this issue are evening skies and the summer season.

WHATS NEW UNDER THE Arizona SUN

FUN IN THE SUN: If you all are coming out this way this summer, we all would like to recommend a couple a stop-overs during the Fourth of July holidays. Gotta lot to choose from: Frinstance, namely and as follows: the PowWow at Flagstaff, an all-Indian show that'll raise your scalp but not take it off; the Frontier Days celebration at Prescott, a right lively cow show in right lively surroundings; and a lot of other less publicized doings including the Round Valley Rodeo at Springerville. You won't be lonesome, folks, you won't be lonesome.

And then if you all are happening out this way in August we recommend with no qualms, misgivings or other foolish emotions the Smoki Ceremonials at Prescott, sundown, the evening of Aug. 7. In case you all ain't acquainted with these carrying-ons we would like to say the Smoki are business and professional folks of Prescott who for years have staged these Indian dances with considerable dignity and beauty for the delight, education and delectation of their neighbors. Shore is kinda nice.

And, of course, 'long about the middle of the last two weeks of August (definite dates announced only two weeks before), the Hopi Snake dances take place in the Hopi villages east of Winslow. This ain't no Chamber of Commerce come-hither. This is the real thing. Leave your cameras and bad manners at home. You are the guests of a sedate and dignified people, and we reckon you'll never have an adventure like that-a-one of taking in these dances.

COOKING IN THE SUN:

We sing a tribute for the lowly bean this month. We have never seen among our many Mexican friends, whose diet accents beans, that malady known as arthritis. The bean has strength, flavor, and is wonderfully palatable. Cook it right, ma'am, and you are cooking like all git-out. Here's how you all can cook wonderful, gorgeous beans: For four: one pound pintos, no soaking overnight. Merely wash beans and then put them in boiling water (they get black if you put them in cold water). When beans have come to boil again, add ½ lb. chopped bacon and one onion. After one hour of boiling add one can solid packed tomatoes, and also pinch cayenne pepper plus salt and pepper. If water boils down do not add cold water but boiling water. After three hours your beans are done. Serve with salad and the blessings of your guests are yours.

FRONT COVER

"IN THE KAIBAB" BY JOSEF MUENCH. The mighty Kaibab Forest covers the huge, flat mountain north of Grand Canyon. Most of this area is inaccessible in winter because of deep snow, but in summer it is a delightful retreat for vacationers and nature lovers. This tiny pool, shown here, is Kanabownits Spring. Yellow flowers peek through the grass to catch the sky's reflection and the sun warms the aspen and evergreens. This scene is on the road to Pt. Sublime on the North Rim of Grand Canyon.