The Coconino sun., 1908-09-18

AAA' Ahs AAaU 'Pi W W W1o a business visitor here this week.
 General Superintendent |. L. Hubbard returned to Los Angeles Tuesday after inspecting the line as far east as Albuquerque.
 Freeman Pulliam, after a few months wrangle with the operators extra board, has settled down at home for a while and is working trick at the local depet.
 Operator A. D. Warren has gone to Laguna for few weeks to re- lieye Agent Stahl. MT. Stahl is taking a vacation and will visit his Indiana home and other eastern points.
 Mir. s. F. Bruce is in from the range south. He has sold his range horses to Guy Kheil & Irwin Walker of Kansas. It is reported that Norvil Cherry has also sold out to this firm.
 Dr. Raymond is bewailing the loss of fine S45. .00 saddle and bri- de for the past ten days. The saddle managed to get out of Will Hams without proper billing but has been located at Albuquerque where it wandered presumably to take in the Fair and Irrigation Congress.
 Conductor Bird. an old timer on the Coast Lines, has returned to duty after an abasence of ten months. Mr. Bird has visited all over, in both the United States and Old Mexico during his absence. but has found no place quite like the Albuquerque division.
 Travelling Claim Agent B. P. Gibbs, was passenger on No ' yesterday for Grand Canyon on company business This was Mir. Gibbs first trip to the big chasm, but press of business allowed only a peek over the rim.
 Special Officer S. c. Overstreet of Albuquerque. was in Ash Fork on company business Tuesday, stop ping in Flagstaff between trains Mir. .Overstreet reports his city alive with interest over the approaching annual fair and the irrigation Con gress, and is very enthusiastic over the great and lasting benefit which will be derived by the Duke City from the combined attactions.
 Move one car load bricks Belle mont to Ash Fork" is the way a message to a through freight con ductor read yesterday. Nothing very startling in the appearance of such a message unless you know how Bellemont ranks as a birck producing center. After a little alteration the message was made to read Move one car load Bucks" and the conductor was saved from a nervous shock.
 Agent Buckbee seems to have fully regained his health since bis return from Chicago recently. but objects to being a member of the Merry Widowers' Club" much longer. Mrs. Buckbee and littleMiss Harriet cannot terminate their wis !, it any too soon judging from Mr. Buckbee's forlorn expression at time.
 R. E. Wilson, of the Santa Fe Industrial Department will have charge of the Santa Fe exhibit at the National Irrigation Congress and Industrial Exposition to be held at Albuquerque in conjunction with the Territorial Fair. Mir. Wilson was largely instrumental in securing the Congress for Albu- querque this year. He is prepar- ing a special edition of The Earth" which will deal with irri- gation and kindred subjects sof vi- tai interest to the people of the semi-arid sections of the west. Clovis, New Mexico, one of the cut off towns is getting its share of improvement in the shape of a 165x200 foot machine shop of steel construction, also a standard black smith shop 80xl00 feet also stand ard storehouse the combined cost of which will be approximately $80, GOO. New sandhouses are also 1 to he arcata6 at ClnNiS and Seuaral