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The Coconino sun., 1909-04-02
Buy a Bank Money Order

Or a bank draft it is more often called but it's the same thing They are SAFE and accept able everywhere--no delay, red tape or restric- tions and are also cheaper in cost to you than either post office express orders.
 Doyou get your accommodation from the post office or express company when you want to borrow little money or go round with that subscription list' Try it.
 Are you interested in saving something without any effort on your part and at the same time reciprocatng business where you get your favors or may need them in the future.
 It IS of interest to you Think 1t over The other has been mostly habit with you.
 THE CITIZENS BANK
 Flagstaff Arizona
The Coconino sun., 1909-04-02

For Sale An upright piano, q good instrument in first-class con dition. Inquire of Miss Roach at the office of Rabbit Brothers.
The Coconino sun., 1909-04-02
BUSINESS NOTICES.

advertisements under this head will be ln- serted at the rHts of ten cents per line for the subsequent insertion an average of five words making line.
The Coconino sun., 1909-04-02

POTATOES If you want Irish potatoes that have some taste to them, then it is your interest to see I H Wagner
The Coconino sun., 1909-04-02

FOR SALE CHEAP-Five room house with six lots. Apply at Sun office
The Coconino sun., 1909-04-02

$2,500 to loan on good security only. E. R. s. Care Sun.
The Coconino sun., 1909-04-02
Local and Personal

city Monday.
 Joe Martin we'll known Flag staff man is now braking on the short run for Conductor Ferguson.
 A. Bourgeois, the painter and decorator, is making the Presbyter- ian church look like new one with fresh paint.
 Through the courtesy of Hon. R. H. Cameron a file of the Congress sional Record may be seen at the Sun office.
 The great gold strike at Salome continues to be the sensation of the times and more rich claims are be- ing staked out.
 MT. R. c Cresswell. the Wins low stockman, went through Flag staff Tuesday on his way to Phoe- nix on business trip.
 A plain drunk recently fell into a bath tub full of water and think ing it was a ship. remarked, "Hic, Never min me. save the children. "
 Sheriff J. w. Francis and Mrs. Francis returned Saturday from trip to Denver where MT. Francis had been negotiating the sale. of copper property at White Mesa.
 Mrs. McMillan and Miss Donnley left Tuesday morning for Fresno, California Where they will re- main for few weeks with rela- tives.
 On Monday, April 26, the local lodges of Odd Fellows and Rebek- ahs will commemorate the ninetieth anniversary If the founding of the order with appropriate exercises.
 Mir. A. M. Crump of Eureka, Ark, was entertained by Deputy Sheriff, Tom Pulliam the past week. Mir. Crump and Mir. Pull liam were boyhood friends.
 Mrs. David Raudebaugh and lit tie daughter left Sunday Morning for San Francisco to join her hus- band. They expect to make their home in that city in the future.
 Roy Cumimns and bride returned from St Joseph Tuesday morning. They were visited by their many friends during the evening They enjoyed seeing some of them.
 George Lowell returned Tuesday morning form New Meixco. He spent the greater part of the winter in Phoenix then wandered over into New Mexico on his way home.
 Prof. w. Scott Thomas of the University of California at Berk- ley. visited the Normal.school Mon- day for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not it should be accred- ited to the California University.
 A. T. Cornish of Williams was in the city this week. Mf. Cornish was recently appointed agent for the Missouri State Life Insurance company, and has been eneavoring to interest people here.
 { Master Fred Wheeler had birth Iday party all his own last Saturday Afternoon in honor of his having arrived at the advanced age of three years. It's mighty stormy weather to be so old but his party didn't seem to mind it
 Mr. c. c. Hutchinson of Phoe- nix, Ash Fork, Williams, Seligman and the Cataract country was in the city Saturday. He left Sun day for his sheep range along the Cataract to look after large out fit of sheep grazed by him in that  section of the country.
 D. ]. O'Rourke died at the Coun- ty Hospital Saturday of pneumonia.
The Coconino sun., 1909-04-02

WANTED To buy a couple of milk goats. Angorss preferred. Must be fresh in milk. Address G. this office. If.
The Coconino sun., 1909-04-02
c. M. Cotton, of Gallup N. M. was in the city Tuesday.

Raymond Domino. principal ol the Ash Fork school, was in Flag staff Wednesday
 Fred Volz. the veteran lnidar trader of Canyon Diablo was ir the city Wednesday.
 Joe Dent came in Tuesday from the Cataract country and reports range conditions good.
 The sawmill shut down this week for repairs but will probably start up again Monday for the season.
 Mrs. Clem Mayer and baby left Wednesday evening for a three months visit to friends and rela- ti9es in Peora. Ill.
 John Metz, the man who owns sheep. came in from the Phoeinx county Wednedsay evening to visit his family for short time.
 Mr. John Clark returned Monday from the Clark & Campbell sheep camps near Wickenburg where he has been for the past two months.
 John Verkamp came in from the Grand Canyon the first of the week. He reports that travel has been quite heavy to that point the past month.
 E. NJ. Twitty of Williams was ap- pointed Gu ulrd in the Forest Service to take the place of Robt. Lane who resigned March lst. and went on duty April lst at Anita.
 Mrs. w. H. James and children arrived from New Mexico to join MT. James Sunday. Mr James holds a re sponsible position with the Arizona Lumber & Timber Co.
 Mir. and Mrs. Frank Livermore are expected to return from Phoe- nix this week. Mir. Livermore's many friends here will be glad to know that he is improving in health.
 7 Mir. Fred Hensing left Wednes- day for San Francisco where he in- tendes to secure stock of grocer. ies if satisfactory arrangements can be made and will open cash groc- cry in Flagstaff.
 John Edwards. a lumber Jack was bound over to await the action of the grand jury by Judge Har- rington Saturday. for an assault with deadly weapons. Joe Roth was the complaining witness.
 Received a consignment of 9 Ladies' Tailor Made Suits for Opening week. All unsold after next week will be returned to the manufacturers. On display Mon- day morning, at Rabbit Bros.
 Alfred B. Pitcarin, young man attempting beat his way to Flag staff was killed in the yards at Phoenix Sunday. He had gone to sleep on the trucks and was jared off when the train was being made up.
 The Masonic lodge is making for a gala night to- morrow evening There will be work in the third degree followed by banquet and general grand time. A large number of the Ma sonic fraternity from Williams are expected to be present.
 MT. J. K. Campbelll. grazing in- specter of the Forest Service is ex- pected in Flagstaff this week and will investigate protests made against the changes in sheep range lines of Chas. Schulz, H. c. Lock- ett. Cambpell Franeis & Co.,, T. J. Coatler. Gosney & 0dell, E. B. Perrin and Cole Campbell.
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The Coconino sun., 1909-04-02

FOR RENT-House furnished. Good Location south side of town. Apply to owner, GUS SAUER.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-10
INSPECTION
Of the National Guard in
Clarksburg Scheduled
For April 90.

CHARLESTON, Mar. 1o-The an
nual Inspection of tho West Virginia
National Guard will take place this
Year In April, starting in Charleston
on the first day and ending in Mar
tinsburg on the 2lth. Captain 6. H.
Miller. of the 24th United States
Infantry, has. been detailed for duty
in this state and will accompany
Major H. s. Lively. of Fairmont, the
inspector for this state.
The inspector will reach Fair
mont April IA and remain there two
days. They will be at ciarRsburt
April 30. The troops win appear in
khaki and prizes will DO given the
company in each battalion making
the best appearance.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-10
BULLETIN
5 Issued for the Summer
School at the State
University.

5 The State university has just issued
a bulletin containing preliminary an
nouneements and forecast Of the
eleventh annual session of the sum
mer school, which viii begin June
p, and continue until Saturday, July
~. q period of six weeks, as usual.
Nearly all of the regular features Of
the previous session Of the summer
school Will be repeated and a number
ofznew ones Will be introduced.
The bulletin calls especial atten.
tlon to the remarkable strength and
ciiagacter of the faculty. The outside
help comprises some OF the rnttt
distinguished names In the cduca-
tIonal life Of America and England.
men and women whose work would
attract attention anywhere in the
world.
One of the fcatures OF the session
that viii attract especial attention
from teachers and students ovor the
State viii be the operation Of the
university laboratories In the branches
of chemistry, botany, physics, agrlcul.
ture. geology and nature study. A
considerable number of courses will
be offered in these scientific studies.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-10
TAFT PROMISES
WEST VIRGINIA
Many More Appointments
Than Under tlle Prew-
Gus "A Administrations.

WASHINGTON. p q, Mar. 10
Senator Scott mas cnnserred with
President Taft according to an en-
gagemeot made last week when the
president set the date The presi-
dent was especially cordial recall
ing the great meetings at Wheeling
and clarksburg last October. and
assuring sentor Scott that West Viz.
ginia would be well emembered
under this administration. Thafe
was a general going over of West
Virginia politics when Taft ana
Scott were alone, and little later
the presidential Gift for the state
Will be agreed upon. While Scott
is directly silent about the interview
there is information that TAFT in
tends giving West Virginia more ap=
pointments than She has ever had
under any administration.
Ex-Governor White was caller
dnring seott's stay at the White
House, and while protesting he want
ed nothing. joined Scott in assuring
TAFT OF support from West Virginia
Republicans.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-10
N|IJGNUNPS
Are Not Having Easy Sail
ing, Not Even Among
Themselves.

The mugwump ticket otherwise
known as the Citizens League ticket,
Is not having smooth sailing these
days.
The bunch holds star-chamber scs-
sions almost every night and some
stormy scenes are said to be being
pulled OFT as they are not all Of the
same mind as to the personnel of the
ticket.
1t is statcd that the ticket is not al
together to the liking Of tho more
radical on the liquor question. who
want the city as dry as powder. 9th
ers contend that the whiskey end of
the tick t must remain so as to en-
snare certain classes of votors. Others
want the whiskey end lifted higher
than a kite.
The nominee for mayor is not cx-
actly satisfactory to them all either
and his candidacy Is not promoting
harmony in their ranks.
Trouble Is also confronting them IN
the matter Of getting The required
number Of signers in order FOR thcm
to foist their secretly-sclected ticket
on the people. They ind that Tho
people are not falling over one an
other In rushing TO the support of !
ticket with whose selection the pcople
had nothing TO do
Their nightly sessions arc confined
exclusively 10 themselves ana the gcn-
erRl public is. therefore. no, taken
into their confidence. stIll. they cx-
peet the general public hlindly ia m.
prove what they do. But. the voters
of ciarksburg viii see about that
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-10
MURDER CASE
is Called for Trial Before
Judge Homer Woods
al HarrisYille.

The case OF Ralph Hickman. OF
Ton Gate, for the mrrder Of Frank
Meldrum was called for trial Wed-
nesday before Judge Homer Woods
in the circait court at Harrisyiile.
The history Of the case Is Wen
known here. Hickman Is charged
with having attacked aIeldurm IN.
the dead of night after, the latter
had been discovered in his sisters
room and had struck MIN with d
heavy plank several times. finally
running him over a steep deeliyity
where the next morning his dead
body was found.
The murder created tSemend-
GUS sensation in Richie county and.
the trial win be watched very close
". Since the arrest OF young Hick-
man and the action of the grand
urry when he was indicted he has
been cohfined in the Ritehie county
jail. Application for bail was refus-
ed by Judge Woods several weeks
ago although he stated at that time
that he had received letters from
some Of the best citizens Of Ritchiel
county requesting him to release
Young Hickman on bond. Hick-
man will plead the "unwritten law
st Is said.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-10
new WE'LL STARTED
On Whitescarvcr Farm Near
Pruntytown by Grafton
Home Company.

GRAFTON. Mar. lU-The drilicrs
for the Home OH q Gas Company
have started drilling OH the John r.
Whitescarver farm beyond Prunty-
town this morning, which is part Of
the $500 acres OF territory leased
by the company in the neighbor-
hood of the McGraw developments
recently purchased by the Philadel-
phia Company. The we'll Will be put
down to a depth Of $500 feet and
at this depth 1t is though by the ex-
perts in the employ of the Home
company, paying pocket OF gas will
be pierced. The drillers viii com
plete the well by the middle of
April, and in the event that this well
is successful, new ones will be COM
menced at once.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-10
instruets the Trial Jury 10
Bring in a Yerdictof
Not Guilty.
CHARGES ABANDoNE
BY the Government Except
Two in the Famous Re
batting Gases.
CHARGES ABANDONE

: < .
CHICAGO, Mar. 10-Judge An
.derspn today Instructed the Jury in
the Standard OIL Company to find
the company not guilty.
This means that all but two Of the
pending indictments against the
Standard OIL Company of Indiana
are void and will be abandoned by
the government.
In his charge to the jury Judge
Anderson said the government had
failed to prove its contention thai
the eighteen cent rate on oil from
Whiting, Ind. to East St. Louis was
a lawful rate in 1899 and that the
defendant had wllfully accepted d
lower rate.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-10
REAPPQINTEQ
Is General Burlew AS Aaius
tant General of West
Virginia.

cHARL LESION, Mar. 1O-Goy.
ernor w. r. Giasscock has announc-
ed the appointment of Noyes q. Bur
lew as adjutant general Of the state.
Whether or not the appointments
would be revoked when the new
military code goes into efEect ON
April l., Governor Glasscock would.
not discuss.
The new code provides that the
office OF the assistant adjutant gem
eral be abolished and that the adj
jutant general shall have complete
charge of the office. The salary OF
the adituant general was axed by
the last session of the legislature at
$4,000 per year.
The new bill was drafted iby the
National Guard Association and car
Ned the provision that the adjutant
general should have i've years' en-
perience in some organized military
body. The Legislature. however. cut
down the time limit to one year
General Burlew was adjutanf
general under Governor Dawson.
succeeding the late General Baker.
He has proven himself to he a pon1-
lar officer. However, it ds said thar
the majority of the officers Of tbe
Guard favor man from the orsani-
zation in the office.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-10
ROUND ! TABLE
0 the Valley VIII Meet in
Warrington Friday and
Saturday

clarksbnrg teachers are n,aist,r
Preparations to attend the meeting y
tho MonongaheIa Valley Round Tabio
which WIN be held the coming ri,Iay
and Saturday evenings ali alanntnls.
ton. The program arranged for az
meetings Is as follows:
FRIDAY afternoons Primary Section.
lntermendiate and Gtanulsr Sections.
Rural Section and High School Sac.
FRIDAY evening and Saturday morn.
ing-Toptcs for general discussion.
Lecture Saturday evening. March
10, at the auditorium by Ernest Har-
OLD Baynes. The topics witch his lee
tore covers are THE American Bison
Society !" Wild Animals Of America.
or Our Wild Neighbors
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-10
STANDARD NOT GUILTY
SAYS JUDGE ANDERSON
DISTRICTS CONTEST
OVER A BOUNDARY z
Case IS 5Heard3by the County
Court School and Tax
alton Involved.

Application by residents of CLARK
district 10 have the boundary line
between Clark ana simpson districts
restored % its original place was
heard q the session of the county
soast "Wednesday afternoon. 1t was
pealstcd by Simpson. district, whose
board of education built a school
hone al Grasselli. after the Change a
few years aSo was made to accom-
anodate the school children in that
st5nrb.
6 is claimed by Simpson district
that the Clark district residents want
10 recover the territory turned over
e simpson when the slime was chang
50. With q view Of getting the big
factories out there into Clark district
for taxation purposes.
The court ordered gates removed
from a road leading through C. $.
Gfiblless place in Grant district.
Francis NJ Ashcraft qualified as
Bnardlan of Arthur Paul Hurley, in
fant son Of Peter Hurley. deceased.
with bond or 500 anu Michael Dolar
surety.
isaac Hannah and w. II. Webb
were summoned to appear in court
March y relative to the proposed
change OF road ut Olive.
y. w. carder was granted an ex-
oneration ON s7l5 at Salem.
The court appointed itself to view
"a site for proposed bridge across
Elk creek between the Phllippi and
Buekllannon pixies.
]. s. Pearson was exonerated of the
payment OF one dollar dog tax.
4 Camden sOmmcrs was granted an
.exuneratlon on an excessive valuation
of lot on Locust street city
An exoneratioH was granted Amy
jackson on lotsat Adamston lmprop-
egly charged for the last two years. y
The court appointed itself to view
a proposed road through lands of
William HarDert ana others in Eagle
tiisl ritt
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-10
TORNADO'S DEATH LIST
GROWING LARGER FAST
JAMES FINDS HOME
FOR "A Z LITTLE GIRL
And Does Nor Kidnap Her
as Is EToneously
Reported.

conssa able 7. u James did MOI
slsidnap julia Lukes j little girl.
who resided ii Perry Nine as was
efroneonsly stated Nj. james had
the consent Of the girls sister .
take her 10 John W Duny's. where
she was given i good home. and he
SAYS he win make affidavit 70 it, {
tnece arg,
Carl Dnncan truant officer made
complaint THAI John shatoo. a
whose home the gifl lived, had W
oiated the compulsory school law.
when he failed 70 send the girl u
school Mr James arrested shafoo
ana took him before Justice John 4.
Flynn Al wilsonbufg February II
Mrs shafoo accompanied them.
They claimed he had made but %
cents that month. that they had no
clothes suitable to send the giri u
school and that they were on tho
point Of starvation Justice Flynn
released shatoo with the understand
ing paat the constable would mud
slee slF1 2 good home Constable
James paid the ear fare out and
back for the sha6oos and an seemed
e oe cute SATISFACTORY
Mr. james spent about week in
quest Of q home for tine little girr
ana tnally procured q home for her
~ :. aI: 'ungs When ne went for
lne little garl he soand her at the
tn, nome ot aer SISTER Perry Mine
the ne latter readily consented fcr the
Sss, Tsa,a. 2 20. g . & M pptts's and No
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-10
Mr.. BURDETTE
Father of Superintendent Of.
the City Schools Here
Dies at Ona.

James n. Burdette died at ona.
caDell county. w. Va. Tuesday night.
March Q. from an attack of pneu-
monia. The funeral viii be held at
his late residence on Friday afternoon
and the. interment viii be in the fam.
lily lot in the Yates cemetery near
ona.
Mr. Burdette hud been resident
of cabell county for the lqst 30
years. He was farmer by occupa-
tion. and was member Of one Of the
Oldest families Of southern West vir-
sinia. He was born on the S<sen-
brier river. short distance below
the town of Anderson. in Monroe
county, Virginia, (now West virginia)
in 1928. In 1855 he moved with his
fathers family to Putnam county, Va.
and purchased land near the present
site Of Burdette PostoHice, Putnam
county. IN 1870 he moved to cabeIl
county. and had since lived at ona.
James n. Burdette was the son OF
Alexander and Mary Hill Durdette.
His father was born in Monroe coun-
ty, and his mother in Amhurst county
Va, His grandfather. William Bur.
dette was resident of Monroe coun.
ty and soldier OF the War OF 1872.
His great grandfather. John Burdette,
was also resident OF the same sec.
tion, and was active in the Indian
wars in that section at the closcof the
eighteenth century.
: In 1853. MIR. ,Burdettc and Eliza
beth. daughter OF William r. and
Elizabeth Lillian Yates. .ot culpepper
county, Va. were married. HIS wife
died in 1890, and in 1892 he and Mrs.
Wallis a. sWoomeldorf, daughter of
Samuel and Lucy Flood Hardwick. OF
Buckingham county. Va. were mar
rled. The second wife survives him.
OF the first marriage there were four
children. three OF whom survive.
They are Mrs. Gepeva C. Hawkins. Of
III Pakl Texas; w. A. Burdctte Of
ona. W. Va; ana L. l.. Burdette,
superintendent Of schools at cIarks.
burg.
Mr.. Burdettc had been a member
Of the Baptist church for sixty years
havInE become a member of the OLD
Grecnbricr church ut Anderson In
1919, under the pastoratc Of tla
Rev. Lewis A. Anderson.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-10
FIRE AT WELL
Two Tanks and Sixty-dye
Barrels of Oil Are
Destroyed.

Two oil tanks and e5 barrels OF Oh
were burned on the Nay farm near
shinnston at $3.50 o'clock Tuesday
night The well was drilled in a few
days ago and two lads from Enter
prise. who were passing, ATTEMPTED 10
satisfy their curiosity by looking into
tank to see how much oil II con-
tanned. They used lantern n The
act and the OH ignited from ii. the
boys miraeulousIy escaped injury The
derrickAwas saved. The loss Is esti-
mated at $500.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-10
MINERS WIFE DIES
Funeral Of Mrs. Catherine
Verdflion, of Shinnston,
Will be Held Here.

Mrs. Catherine vcrdilion. wife Of
Frank verdilion. who is employed at
the Solon mine, died in CIarksburg
hospital Wednesday morning at
s o'clock of paralysis after a long
illness. Her age was 40 years. Be-
sides her husband. she leaves three
brothers and two sisters. The funeral
will be held in this city at 5 O'Clock
this afternoon. with services a. the
ciinord-osborn chapel ana burial II
Holy Cross cemetery.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-10
VETERAN DIES
William Martin Passes Away
at His Home at Wallace
at Advanced Age.

The funeral and burial OF VIII
liam II. Martin, Of Wallace, took
place at Rmehart Wednesday. He
died Sunday at the age Of IS years,
Mr.. Martin is survived by his
wife. two sous and one daughtc~.
lie was q native of the county and a
veteran OF the Civil war. He on.
listed in June, 1861. in Company 6,
Third West Virginia infantry of the
Union army and served three years.
4 land mark was Mr.. Martin al
Wallace and he was familiarly
knowY as Billy His occupation
was that OF a farmer aud his life
vi one of honesty and integrity
He was aMlIated with the Baptist
church.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-10
Dead and Injured At One
Place Are Thirty nine
and Seventy four
NEGROES ARE i KILLED
In Georgia as the Result of
Another Tornado There
Last Nigh.

BRiNKLEY, Ark, Mar. 10
Iiwenty-nine persons are dead and
ssyenty-four injured. This Is the
local casualty list as the result ot
the tornado Monday night Governs
or Donaghey who is here, declared
martial law today. Belated reports
from small towns in Alabama make
the number of dead outside Brink
ley thirteen and the injured forty
six.
cUTHBERT, Ga. Mar. fo--s.x
Negroes were killed here by a tor
nado last night and dozen bust
ness buildings destroyed.
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