ARIZONIQUES

A Guide to Places, Events, and People PASS IT ON

Włodzimierz Kurniewicz of Warsaw, Poland, receives a subscription to Arizona Highways as a Christmas present from shirttail relatives in Phoenix. During a recent visit to other members of his family in New Jersey, he mentioned that he takes the magazine to his office, where 50 people pore over each exotic issue. In publishing jargon, that's called "pass-along" readership. Highways now goes to 14,796 subscribers in foreign countries (a very respectable portion of our total circulation of 422,219). If each subscriber shares it with 50 friends, that's an astounding 739,800 foreign readers. All right, we realize such a pass-along rate is, well, wishful. But to all the Arizona Highways readers in 124 countries from Argentina to Zimbabwe, in Hong Kong and Vietnam, Israel and Egypt, Cayman Islands and the Ivory Coast, we hope the magazine brings a Jeffersonian message: "Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations."

HIDDEN DELIGHT

Hidden in a mature downtown Tucson neighborhood, the Alene Dunlap Smith Garden surprises the concrete-weary visitor, who scarcely expects to see a beautiful little pocket park among the established homes and the towering new office buildings. If it looks like someone's labor of love, that's exactly what it is: artist Barbara Grygutis built it in memory of Dunlap Smith, a good friend and Tucson civic activist. You find the garden on the east side of Granada Street just north of Franklin. Blue stoneware caps a brick-and-stone wall, and matching azure benches complement the central plaza and monument that celebrate the city's Hispanic heritage. Desert plants, recent additions as well as survivors of 30 years' previous neglect, invite the passerby to rest in their shade. Grygutis, whose project was supported by the Arizona Commission on the Arts and the Tucson-Pima Arts Council, received donations of cash, labor, and material from corporations such as Carson Concrete, the Tanner Companies, Portland Cement, and International Business Machines; from the City of Tucson; and from neighbors and friends of Dunlap Smith. "The garden evolved, starting with a concept and no money," Grygutis says. "The beauty of raising the funding slowly was that my design concepts and sense of myself as an artist really evolved, too."

Unique to Arizona and the Southwest.

October 27 marks the 118th birthday of Sharlot Hall, an uncommonly independent turn-ofthe-century woman who wove writing, lecturing, and politics into her life as a pioneer farmer. Her poem "Arizona," a tirade against the proposal to admit the territories of New Mexico and Arizona to the Union as a single state, was distributed to every Washington lawmaker in 1905. Sworn into office in 1909 as Arizona Historian, she was the first woman to hold territorial office. Against the advice of the Flagstaff sheriff and traveling with a lone guide and a mule-powered buckboard, she spent 75 summer days in 1911 exploring the Arizona Strip, that region of fissured plateaus between the Grand Canyon and the Utah border. Her purpose was twofold. She respected her official duty to record events as she witnessed them, and she hoped to thwart the annual attempt by Utah to annex those lands by convincing her fellow Arizonans that the Strip was a valuable piece of property. Her dedication to the welfare of Arizona continued after her term ended. To promote the young state's floundering mining interests, for example, she wore a gown of copper mesh to President Coolidge's inaugural ball. In 1928 she began restoration of the original Governor's Mansion, and, contributing her personal collection of artifacts, she spent her remaining years developing the Prescott museum that carries her name. -Diane Nichols

FRIENDS' TRAVEL

The Friends of Arizona Highways, the auxiliary that supports our magazine's educational objectives, offers a series of Scenic Tours and Photo Adventures. Registration closes a month before departure. For more information, call the Friends Travel Desk, (602) 258-6641.

Jerome-Sedona Photo Adventure, November 4-6.

Photographers J. Peter Mortimer and Ernie Weegen lead the way through Jerome's ghost-town facades and mountainside vistas, then on to Sedona's red rocks and Oak Creek Canyon's seasonal color.

Tucson-Tubac Art and Historic Architecture, November 17.

A visit to the studio of Tucson artists Greg Kyle and Amy Renshaw Kyle, followed by the historic sites and holiday shopping opportunities of Tubac.

Imperial National Wildlife Refuge Photo Adventure, January 12-15. Arizona Highways contributor James Tallon will lead a 20-person expedition to photograph waterfowl and riparian wildlife at sunrise and sunset. Side trips will focus on petroglyphs, mining ruins, and Yuma's Century House Museum.

CALENDAR

October 1-2, Willcox. Rex Allen Days honors Willcox's most famous hometown boy with a rodeo, dance, concert, and barbecue. Telephone 384-2272.

October 7 through 9, Benson. The third annual Butterfield Overland Stage Days features a parade, stagecoach rides, an 1880s ball, arts and crafts, and entertainment. Telephone 586-2842.

October 8, Grand Canyon. The fifth annual Arizona Governor's Cup Rallye features classic automobiles and runs from Prescott to the finish line at the El Tovar Hotel on the Grand Canyon's South Rim. Telephone 638-2401 for accommodations at the Grand Canyon National Park lodges.

October 19, Phoenix. Friends of Arizona Highways launches Louise DeWald's Heritage Cookbook with a luncheon, "A Taste of Early Arizona," featuring the cuisine of our state's pioneers. The author will be present to sign books at the event, which takes place from 11:30 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. at Wesley Bolin Plaza. Telephone 258-6641 for reservations.

October 20 through November 6, Phoenix. The Arizona State Fair: exhibits, livestock shows, rides, an old-fashioned midway, the AllIndian Rodeo, and top name entertainment for the family. October 30, Veterans' Recognition Day, honors Native American veterans. Telephone 268-FAIR.

October 22 through November 20, Phoenix. The 23rd annual Cowboy Artists of America Exhibition takes place at the Phoenix Art Museum. Participating artists create new works for the event; much fine art is for sale. Telephone 257-1222.For a more complete calendar of events, free of charge, write to the Arizona Office of Tourism, 1108 W. Washington St., Phoenix 85007. Unless otherwise noted, all telephone numbers are within area code 602.