San Xavier del Bac

STATE ROUTE 84-66 Miles-Tucson to Casa Grande

STATE ROUTE 87-60 Miles-Mesa to Picacho

The Engineer's Log CONSTRUCTIONSOUTHERN DISTRICT

T. S. O'Connell, Construction Engineer Ken Hodgman, contractor on F. A. Project No. 31 Reo. (repairing Wickenburg bridge) had the job 62 per cent complete Aug. 25th. A. W. Newhall, Res. Engr.

S. Y. Faucette, contractor on F. A. 14, Reo., Schedule No. 2, Douglas-Rodeo highway, had the total project 12 per cent complete, Aug. 25th. - W. J. Tavenner, Res. Engr.

O. C. McElrath, contractor on the two overhead crossings over the S. P. R. R., near Wellton had F. A. 55, Reo. 50 per cent complete Aug. 25th, and F. A. 82 C, 80 per cent complete, A. F. Rath, Res. Engr.

The Phoenix-Tempe Stone Co., contractors on Schedule No. 2 (Tucson-Benson highway overhead crossing over the S. P. R. R. just east of Tucson) had the project 95 per cent complete Aug. 25. J. R. Van Horn, Res. Engr.

Veeter & Davis, contractors on F. A. 90 A., Tucson-Benson highway, have the project practically complete. J. R. Van Horn, Res. Engr.

Chas. and F. W. Steffgen, contractors on Schedule No. 1, F. A. 79 D., Benson-St. David highway, had the project 21 per cent complete Aug. 25. C. E. Le Bart, Res. Engr.

Levy Construction Co., contractors or F. A. 84-C., Phoenix-Prescott highway west of Wickenburg had the project 24 per cent complete Aug. 25.-A. W. New-hall, Res. Engr.

Ware Co. contractors on Fairbanks bridge, a Non F. A. Project on U. S. Route 82, 5 per cent complete Aug. 25.-C. E. LeBart, Res. Engr.

The cables for the Dome bridge are being shipped and work should be resumed about Oct. 1st by the contractors (Levy Construction Co.) who discontinued work during the summer owing to hot weather.

PAVING

Geo. B. Shaffer, Paving Engineer V. O. Dennis, contractor for the Prescott-Granite Dells paving. F. A. Project cent and 36-A 12 per cent completed Aug. 25th. C. E. Perkins, Res. Engr.

The Gilmore Oil Co. has been awarded a contract for supplying oil for 13 miles of highway beginning at the end of the pavement on the Tucson-Nogales highway, 10 miles south of Tucson.

CONSTRUCTION NORTHERN DISTRICT

W. R. Hutchins, Const, Engr.

The Levy Construction Co., contractor of F. A. 78-B (Holbrook bridge) had the project 97 per cent complete Aug. 25th. B. B. Packard, Res. Engr.

John Muligan, contractor on Schedule No. 3 of F. A. 87-B, Globe-Safford high way had the project 40 per cent complete Aug. 25th. Percy Jones, Jr., Res. Engr.

Lee Moor Construction Co., contractors on Schedule No. 5, 87-B, Globe-Safford highway, were 11 per cent complete Aug. 25th. Percy Jones, Jr., Res. Engr.

Orr, Rawls & Wright, contractors on Schedule No. 2. F. A. 87-B, Globe-Safford highway, were 42 per cent complete Aug. 25th.-V. C. Shrigley, Res. Engr.

Kan Hodgman, contractor on the 20 miles. Corley to White River, Non F. А. had the project 18 per cent complete Aug. 25th. Donald Reed, Res. Engr.

State forces under R. C. Bond, Res. Engr., are constructing approaches to the Grand Canyon bridge.

Whiting, Packard & Tanner have started construction on F. A. 89-B, Ashfork:Flagstaff highway.

Two underpasses on the Globe-Cutter highway are being constructed by the Southern Pacific Railway Co.

The Kansas City Structural Steel Co. contractors on the Grand Canyon bridge are constructing the Fredonia half of the span.

Lee Moor Construction Co. was awarded a contract on Aug. 1st for the construction of 4.12 miles of highway east of Globe, F, A. 87-C.

THE CREED OF THE OPEN ROAD

The beauty of the open road is not policed, except by the honor of the traveler.

I, therefore, who love the freedom of the open road, shall not permit that freedom to degenerate into license.

Capable of perceiving the beauty of trees, I shall be incapable of destroying that beauty for those who may follow.

The living radiance of the flowers brightens my journey. I shall not want only wrest from them that life and radiance.

It is the very order and cleanliness of a wayside camp that tempts me to halt for a rest. I shall not, then be so boorish a guest as to leave it in disorder and uncleanliness.

I shall respect the lives, the property and the customs of the community thru which I pass, and thus endeavor to leave agreeable recollections of the motor and the motorist.

Privilege entails obligation.

I, who ride the open road, value and enjoy its countless privileges.

Equally, therefore, do I assume-with good will and sincerity its few and legitimate obligations.

Life On A “Dude” Ranch

FIRST, the writer wishes to take exception to the term “dude,” a word which has long been obsolete. Those seeking accommodation on Arizona ranches are by no means deserving of so contemptous a term. They are human beings like the rest of us and should be accorded the same respect any guest in a hotel receives. When the word “dude” is returned to the oblivion which companion slang terms of the nineties have enjoyed for years, the better it will be for Arizona's guest ranch business.

There is a distinct line between a Guest Ranch and a “Dude” ranch, as we understand the latter word. The Guest Ranch is a going ranch concern, which accepts paying guests who wish to live the life of the rancher. The so-called “dude” ranch is prepared especially for guests who desire a mixture of ranch life and summer or winter resort life, with company and plenty of excitement.

The guest who desires real life on a western ranch as it is lived, who seeks healthful benefit from riding, who is not afraid to pick up an axe for the common good when occasion demands, is not the one to choose a “dude” ranch. for his purpose.

We believe that Arizona is selling more of her sunshine than her Guest Ranches. Take away the sunshine for thirty days and there wouldn't be a guest on a ranch in the state. Invariably the guest is looking for climate, either a warm winter climate or a cool summer climate, and Arizona meets all demands. Nowhere can be found a finer winter resort than Arizona and at the present moment the writer is looking out of a window towards the San Francisco Peaks, north of Flagstaff. The date is July 26 and yet, not five miles away, there are canyons of snow many feet deep. On Christmas, at the lower ranches, there is perpetual summer.

The novelty of out-door life on the ranch is one of the greatest attractions,-the absence of conventions, 'horseback riding over the desert, the smell of boiling coffee over a sage-brush fire, cow-boy biscuits baked in a Dutch oven, juicy steaks broiled over the coals-all has its appeal to the eastern visitor; but then, who could resist such an appeal? We have had many guests who have told us that just the privilege of laughing aloud was worth the price, and giving a Justy cowboy whoop clears the system of pent-up emotion.

By LEO WEAVER

The whole spirit of the west then, is freedom; but it is well to know how far to carry that freedom. Some carry it too far and others know the fine line of distinction and always find themselves deeper in the affections of the rancher than the fellow in the observance. Yes, the West accepts all for just what they are. Clothes do not count. We have had the biggest banker and the biggest meat packer in the world broil his bacon over a sage fire and declare he never knew how delicious bacon was. It is truly a melting pot, the West, so far as custom and class is concerned.

Without exception the horseback rid ing has the greatest appeal in life on a ranch. and for many reasons. The cowboy togs are attractive, the healtful benefit of riding a horse all day across the des-ert. the hunger that follows, all make the visitor feel that he rouging it. He finds what an important part the horse plays in the western game, he finds his likes and dislikes, his loyalty and faithfulness, and it is all a revelation to the easterner. After a visit to the Guest Ranch the visitor finds that the horse is not the machine he formerly believed. but a real personality, a friend. and one to be respected, at that. The guest also Without exception the horseback riding has the greatest appeal in life on a ranch. and for many reasons. The cowboy togs are attractive, the healtful benefit of riding a horse all day across the desert. the hunger that follows, all make the visitor feel that he rouging it. He finds what an important part the horse plays in the western game, he finds his likes and dislikes, his loyalty and faithfulness, and it is all a revelation to the easterner. After a visit to the Guest Ranch the visitor finds that the horse is not the machine he formerly believed. but a real personality, a friend. and one to be respected, at that. The guest also finds that the horse is a part of every real westerner's heart, an animal to be made a friend of and loved. A westerner who does not love horses is a rarity, and the guest who makes the mistake of mis-treating a horse, is simply out of luck.

Roundups, rodeo contests, railing cattle and wild horses, camping and hunting-all depend on the horse, he makes all inaccessible spots enjoyable, because other methods of transportation are useless in rough country. Golf, tennis, and similar forms of amusement all take a back seat for the faithful horse. Many a bag of golf sticks rests on our front porch all winter, and so far as we know the lack of a golf course has never lost a guest.

There is no item so important as food to the gust. It may be coarse, it may be scanty, it may be poorly serred, but it MUST be good. Cherry pie that is good or hot biscuits that are good will go far-ther toward advertising a man's ranch than all the newspapers in the world. The good bed comes next it must be good. Good food, good bed and a good horse to carry one over the country, the railway station not too far, and the rancher's problems are solved, that is, nearly solved, until the well goes dry, the electric plant stops, the kitchen