THE WISE OLD OWL

Let's Go Hunting With a Camera ARIZONA HIGHWAYS

VOL. XXXII No. 6 JUNE 1956

RAYMOND CARLSON, Editor GEORGE M. AVEY, Art Editor

LEGEND

"THE WISE OLD OWL" FRONT COVER WILLIS PETERSON PORTRAYS ONE OF NIGHT'S MOST GLORIOUS CREATURES.

THE HASH KNIFE OUTFIT ROUGH MEN AND ROUGHER CATTLE WROTE COW HISTORY IN THE WEST.

THE SILENT QUILLED TIGER OF THE NIGHT WE HAVE A PLEASANT RENDEZVOUS WITH A FAMILY OF HORNED OWLS.

DEER AT DUSK WHEN EVENING COMES TO ΚΑΙΒΑΒ, THE DEER ENTER THE MEADOWS.

CAMERAMA OF LUIS AZARRAGA A GENIUS DESIGNS A NEW CAMERA AND MEETS WITH GREAT SUCCESS.

WM. E. WILLEY, STATE ENGINEER INTRODUCING THE MAN CHOSEN TO RUN STATE'S BIG ROAD BUSINESS.

SIXTY MILES AN HOUR ON THE HOOF TRY HUNTING ANTELOPE WITH A CAMERA, IF YOU WANT SOME FUN.

ERNEST W. McFARLAND Governor of Arizona ARIZONA HIGHWAY COMMISSION Frank E. Moore, Chairman Douglas Grover J. Duff, Vice Chairman Tucson Wm. P. Copple, Member Yuma James R. Heron, Member Globe Frank L. Christensen, Member Flagstaff Wm. E. Willey, State Hwy. Engineer Phoenix Justin Herman, Secretary Phoenix ARIZONA HIGHWAYS is published monthly by the Arizona Highway Department a few miles north of the confluence of the Gila and Salt in Arizona. Address: ARIZONA HIGHWAYS, Phoenix, Arizona. $3.50 per year in U.S. and possessions; $4.50 elsewhere; 35 cents each. Entered as second-class matter Nov. 5, 1941 at Post Office in Phoenix, under Act of March 3, 1879. Copyrighted, 1956, by Arizona Highway Department.

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Photographers, a strange breed of folks among us, a breed we admire and envy very much and to whom we are eternally indebted, have their own specialties, their own "druthers," their own individual approach to the delightful world about us. One such photographer, whom we admire and envy very much and to whom we are eternally indebted, is Willis Peterson, whose camera artistry is much in evidence in these pages this issue and whose contributions herein in the past have been distinguished, evoking more than passing interest and comment from our readers. (See his beaver feature in Arizona Highways, May, 1953.) This photographer spends much of his spare time and energy (he makes his living as a newspaper photographer) "hunting" with his camera. The results of several of Willis Person's long and arduous expeditions into the wilds, far from the ease, security and comfort of the smooth highways, appear herein. Wild animal photography is not the easiest form of the shuttered art, but when we come back with what Willis Peterson comes back with, the results, we feel, are infinitely satisfying. This branch of photography takes patience, knowledge, a warm and sympathetic understanding of the subject, and luck, too. Willis Peterson is, then, well-equipped for his specialty, as we hope you'll agree, when you see his owls and his antelopes. And we are proud, too, and very fortunate to be able to bring you the Camerama of Luiz Azarraga. Here is something truly new and vital in photography. Mr. Azarraga has designed his own camera and what he comes up with makes wide-angle photography look like something peeking down a narrow corridor. His work has been featured in the New York HERALD TRIBUNE and other important newspapers. In fact, it takes a double newspaper spread to do his studies justice. His study of Meteor Crater herein is something that never could be equalled by conventional photography. He has just finished some special work for Seagram's. Just how important his. work is considered by others is evidenced by the fact he received $2000 from them for just one black-and-white photograph, a pay scale, we regret to say, we cannot equal. Oh! well! Seagram's sells whiskey, while we only sell magazines R.C.

COLOR CLASSICS FROM ARIZONA HIGH WAYS

35 mm. slides in 2" mounts, 1 to 15 slides, 40¢ each; 16 to 49 slides, 35¢ each; 50 or more, 3 for $1.00 B-35, The Wise Old Owl, Cover 1; DS-27, The Leaning Barrel Cactus, Cover 2; N-15, Path to the Lonely Windmill, Cover 3; DS-28, Touch of Spring in Desert Hills, Cover 4; B-36, Owl in a Pensive Mood, p. 9; B-37, Meet an Owl Family, p. 10; TC-4, Smelter and Tailing Dam at Miami, p. 19; OC-19, Sedona and The Red Cliff Country, P. 19; TC-5, A Camerama View of Globe, p. 19; ME-1, Meteor Crater near Winslow, center spread; PF-24, A Camerama Study of the Painted Desert, center spread; RD-2, Roosevelt Dam-Camerama View, p. 22; L-30, Blue Jewel in Desert HillsApache Lake, p. 22; GD-3, A Camerama of Granite Dells, p. 22; WL-9, Speedsters of the Wilds, p. 31; WL-10, Antelope Herd on Anderson's Mesa, p. 32; WL-11, Newly-born Antelope blending with the soil, p. 32.

FRONT COVER

"THE WISE OLD OWL" BY WILLIS PETERSON. The great horned owls, like many other birds, are fond of bathing. But even the silent quilled tiger of the night is cautious about taking a dip before looking about carefully and listening for danger in the adjacent brush. Feathers become water soaked rapidly.

OPPOSITE PAGE

"THE LEANING BARREL CACTUS" BY CHUCK ABBOTT. This giant barrel cactus was found blooming alone in the desert valley near Canada Del Oro, twenty miles north of Tucson. The north slopes of the Catalina Mountains are in the background. This husky monarch, crowned with blossoms, is a leaning beauty.