The Coconino sun., 1912-05-10

post is in course of construction. Mrs. Thompson was at Tuba last summer in the capacity of mess cook, and was anxious to return.
 Mrs. C. w. Mullikin, wife of the school physician, has been quite i'll during the past week or two.
 The warm weather of the first week in May has brought forth the foliage on the fruit and shade trees and Tuba is taking on her most engaging appearance.
 The Desert Club gave one of it's periodical social stunts on the evening of May first, the event being designated as May Day Maneuvers. The crowd which attended was the largest group of white people ever assembled on the reservation, there being thirty nine plates laid at the banquet which preceded the other ex- ercises. The banquet, which was given at the mess hall at eight o'clock consisted of tn r courses, the tables being prettily decorated with cut flowers and a tiny May basket at each plate. Considerable sport was occasioned by the "boquet" pinned on each guest at the entrance of the dining room, said boquet consisting of one green onion tied with red ribbon. Place cards, on which the name of the guest was written in reverse style, helped to add to the momentary confusion, but all soon found their proper places and thoroughly enjoyed the spread of good things. During the prog ress of the meal responses to toasts were made by Miss She'll ing, Messrs. Pfeifer, Jefferis, Murphy, and Dr. Mullikin, in which were combined wit, humor and logic. Numerous pleasing compliments were paid to the Desert Club for its good work in creating and cementing the very evident feeling of good fellowship now existing among the employees and other white persons at the school. The preparation of the supper was under direction of Mrs. May Goodwin, mess cook, and the service was in charge of Misses Edwardson, Toupin and Marble, aided by two of the Indian pupils. After the banquet was over the company repaired to the assembly hall, where cozy re- treat had been fitted up at one corner, with Navajo blankets, rockers and decorations of potted plants, cut flowers, wreaths and the like. The four pillars in the assembly room were wound with colored ribbon after the manner of May poles. Numerous contests. were provided in which the guests of the evening took part, the first being an effort to carry lemon across the room balanced ou a silver fork, in which Mrs. Clara Stanton proved the most success ful and received good-sized lemon in the center of a boquet, while MT. George Roark succeeded in dropping his lemon first and re- ceived the booby prize consisting of a lemon drop. In the sack race, participated in by six gentle men, MT. Earl Boyer proved a winner and received sack of pinon nuts. In knocking down bottle with tennis balls, Mrs. Constance Clark proved the most adept and received a prize of ten pins. In rolling a peanut across the room with a toothpick, Mir. C. V. Williams won by scratch and was given prize string of peanuts. Mrs. $. $. Preston demonstrated her ability to drive into plank the most nails in a given length of time and was awarded nail brush as a prize. In hopping across the room on one foot MT. w. H. Pfeifer made the best time and is now the possessor of a package of hops. A piano solo by Mrs. Clara Stan ton was greeted with sufficient applause to bring another as was also a vocal duet "Maying" by Mrs. and Miss Marble. Five dance numbers were interspered with the program and enjoyed by the devotees of this class of en- tertainment as much as any portion of the evening. Pink lemonade was served.
 Mir. J. C. Blake of Phoenix came out with MT. 5. $. Preston when he brought out his touring car, from Flagstaff, and remained a week the guest of the Preston