Show KAIBAB MEANS MOUNTAIN LYING DOWN IN INDIAN SAY EXPERTS kaibab Kal Nat bab scholars in the indian tongue assert means Blount mountain ain lying down those persons who have made tho the automobile climb up the kaibab mountain will remember that the road appeared to be level and yet the engine did not appear to pull just right trouble was as experience soon boon taught that the apparently level stretches of road over which the aut mobile did not make its customary speed were really upgrades up grades and it Is possible also that the carburetor needed adjustment for higher altitudes bright angel point la is around feet above sea level kanab Is around and the road Is down grade from there hero for a considerable distance into arizona before the climb up the mountain starts the kaibab to most persons however Is the name of a forest rather than of a mountain the kalbak forest containing many billions of feet of pine and other valuable timbers 0 as yet too tar far from transportation facilities to make its timber valuable save as a reserve supply the forested area was long a boon to the stock men as supplying summer pastures and a plentiful supply of at water of lati late years it has been set aside as a national game preserve which succeeded so wonderfully well that the deer herds grow grew in numbers and have practically excluded the cattle from large areas at 0 the forest now the kalbak is famous tor for its ita deer the deer attract the mountain lion and there has in the past few years been some good hunting bunting of these elusive cats the forest abounds in smaller animals too and among the most famous of thase Is the white tailed squirrel e 1 found nowhere else in the world in the wild state birds of many kinds native to arizona uplands are found in profusion also but it is the forest which charms the visitor the deer and other grazing animals have pretty well aroused away the underbrush and there Is left the flowering sward award and the tall trees for mile alter after mile tho the road traverses the aisles between these mighty pillars as aa in some grand gothic cathedral stretching far as tho the eye can reach in all directions glimpses ol of a blue sky shy overhead are occasionally seen but tor for the most part the coiling to Is formed by the meeting branches ot of the trees tar far over the head of the wayfarer the forty miles or so of drive through the kaibab with its to shady greenness and its ale air of almost religious ou s peace and quiet cornea comes as a welcome interlude to the traveler who has traveled many miles through a tan brown and pink landscape exposed to the glaring brightness ot of an arizona sun tribune |