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The Coconino sun., 1916-04-07

men Babbitt, Beeson, John, Switzer. Motion carried. Absentees: Councilmen Finley and Robison.
 There being no further business the Council adjourned.
 Approved: J. w. FRANCIS,
 Mayor Town of Flagstaff Attest: GEO. A. FLEMING,
 Clerk Town of Flagstaff.
The Coconino sun., 1916-04-07
Faithful

The other day lady employed a man to make an inventory of her drawing room furniture. He was so long about it that her suspicious were aroused, and she went in to see what he was doing. On the floor lay an empty bottle. On the sofa lay the man, sleeping sweetly like tired child. But the inventory had not been wholly forgotten. At the top of the page stood a solitary eloquent en- try:
 "One revolving carpet"
The Coconino sun., 1916-04-07
COARSE AGGREGATE:
WATER:

Water shall be clean, free from acid, oil, alkali or vegetable matter.
 FORMS:
 Forms shall be we'll built, substantial, unyielding and properly braced and shall conform to the lines given by the Town Engineer.
 Lumber once used in forms shall be cleaned before being used again.
The Coconino sun., 1916-04-07
NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION

NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION In the Matter of the Estate of Daniel Halladay, Deceased.
 Notice is hereby given that Henry T. Rutherford, executor of the last will and testament of Daniel Halla- day, deceased, has filed in this court a certain document purporting to be a copy of the last Will and Testament of Daniel Halladay and the Probate thereof in Orange county, Cal, toge- ther with his petition praying that said document be admitted to probate in this Court as the last VIII and Testa- ment of said Daniel Halladay, who, said petitioner alleges, is deceased,and that ancillary letters testamentary is sue thereon to said petitioner Henry T. Rutherford, and that same will be heard on Monday the 24th day of April A. D. 1916, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of said day, at the court room of said Court, in the Court House, in the Town of Flagstaff, County of Coconino, State of Arizona. and all persons interested in said estate are notified then and there to appear and show cause, if any they have, why the prayer of said peti- tioner should not be granted.
 CHAS. H. ADAMS.
 Clerk. Dated Anril & 1916. April 7-21
The Coconino sun., 1916-04-07
SECTION III

The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this Resolution of lnten- ton, and shall cause the same to be published ten (10) weeks in the Coco nino Sun, a weekly newspaper, pub lished and circulated in the Town of Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona, and hereby designated for that pur- pose.
The Coconino sun., 1916-04-07

He-Your extravagance is appal- ling! Nothing apparently is good enough for you. She-Yes, I made that very sppar- ent when I married you.
The Coconino sun., 1916-04-07
April 7-14-21.
In the Superior Court of the State of
 Arizona, in and for the County of COcOnino
Summons No. 1900


 Addie N. Harris, Plaintiff, vs. Thomas B. Harris, Defendant. Tn the Name of the State of Ari- zona, to Thomas B. Harris, Defendant, Greeting:
 You are hereby summoned and re- quired to appear in an action brought against you by the above named plain tiff in the Superior Court of the state of Arizona, in and for the County of Coconino, and answer the Complaint therein filed with the clerk of this said Court, at Flagstaff, in said County, within twenty days after the service upon you of this Summons, if served in this said County, or in all other cases within thirty days thereafter, the times above mentioned being ex- elusive of the day of service, or iudg ment by default will be taken against you.
 Given under my hand and the seal of the Superior Court of the State of Arizona, in and for the County of Co., conino, this 9th day of April, A. D. 1916.
 CHAS.> H. ADAMS,
 Clerk of the Superior Court. April to 2S.
 In the Superior Court of the State Of Arizona in and for the County
 of CocOnino
The Coconino sun., 1916-04-07

' All walks built by contract shall have the terms of the contractor and the year in which the walk was built stamped into the concrete surface.
 PROTECTION:
 As soon as sufficiently set, the fn- ished walk shall be covered with earth, sand or some other suitable material and kept wet for a period of three days, after which it shall be cleaned and all rubbish and surplus material removed, and where the sidewalk is built on a fill having no retaining walls, embankments of earth or gravel shall be built up ewS with the top of the walk and extend ing out at least one CD foot from the edge of the walk.
 SECTION II
 That the said contemplated work or improvements, in the opinion of the legislative body of the Town of Flag staff is of more than local or ordinary public benefit, and the legislative body of said town hereby make the costs and expenses of said work or im- provement chargeable upon the dis strict; and hereby declare that the said district in the said town of Flagstaff, benefited by said work or improvement and to be assessed to pay the cost and expenses thereof, is described as follows:
 All lots, or parts of lots, fronting on or adjoining the above named streets and alleys and where the i'm provements are contemplated being made.
 For more particular and fuller description of said above described district, a diagram or map showing each separate lot, piece or parcel of land in said district and the relative location of the same to the work pro- posed to be done, is hereby referred to and which said diagram or map is on file in the office of the Town En- gineer of said Town.
 The legislative body of said Town find that the public convenience re- quires that serial bonds shall be issued to represent the costs and ex- penses of said work or improvements, and so declare that serial bonds shall be issued to represent each assess ment of Twenty-Five (S25.00) Dollars or more for the costs and expenses of said work or improvements, remain ing unpaid for a period of thirty (30l days after the date of the assessment warrant or five days after the deci- sion of the legislative body upon an appeal: said serial bonds shall extend over a period of time ending nine (9) years from and after the second day of January next succeeding the date of said bonds, and an even annual pro- portion of the principal sum thereof shall be payable by coupon on the second day of January every year next succeeding the date of said bonds, until all of said bonds are paid. All interest shall be payable semi-annu- ally by coupon on the second day of January of each year respectfully at the rate of six percentum per annum on all sums remaining unpaid, until the whole of said principal sum and interest are paid. Such serial bonds shall conform to the form as set forth under paragraph Nineteen, Title Seven, Chapter l3, of the Revised Statutes of Arizona, 1913, Civil Code, and all subsequent amendments there tn
The Coconino sun., 1916-04-07
SECTION "

The Superintendent of Streets of the Town of Flagstaff shall post mo- tice of said proposed improvement, as required by law, and in said notice shall refer to this Resolution of Inten- ton.
 Approved on the 1st day of April,
 J. w. FRANCIS,
 Mayor. hereby certify that the above and foregoing Resolution was duly passed by the Mayor and the Common Council of the Town of Flagstaff, at called meeting by the Mayor of said Town, held on the 1st day of April, A. D.. 1916, and that all Councilmen were notified of said meeting and that a quorum was present thereat.
 GEO. A. FLEMING,
 Town Clerk. Moved and carried that the Clerk be instructed to have the above Re- solution published ten times in the Coconino Sun, weekly newspaper, published and circulated in the Town of Flagstaff, Coconino County, Ari- zona.
 The following ordinace was pre- sented and read:
 "An Ordinance providing for the laying of cement sidewalks on all streets in the Town of Flagstaff" Moved by Councilman Switzer, seconded by Councilman Rabbit that the above Ordinance be adopted, the Ordinance to be known as Ordinance No. IFS.
 Vote aye: Mayor Francis, Council
The Coconino sun., 1916-04-07

All walks built by contract shall have the terms of the contractor and the year in which the walk was built stamped into the concrete surface.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23
Head Of Department of Education at
iowa State Teachers College,
to Speak Twice
Here.
AND NIGHT
Afternoon Address to be Given in the
Assembly Room Of George Wash
neton School-Speaker
Known Here.

Prof. C. P. Colegrove, head OF the
department of education at the Iowa
State Teachers college, at Iowa Falls,
will speak here on Friday afternoon
at $3.50 O'Clock in the assembly room
Of the George washington school
This lecture will be for the teachers
of the city and the patrons of the
schools. There will be no charge. Pro
lessor Colegrove comes here under
the auspices of the Keokuk Teachers
association and it is especially desired
that all teachers of the city be pres
ent on Friday afternoon.
Professor Colegrove, as many will
remember. spoke here a year ago at
the county institute on "The Person
atty of the Teacher" and was cons1d-
cred one Of the very best speakers on
the program. He made a good impress
sion at that time and no doubt will at
tract a large audience again.
On Friday evening, as previously an
nounced, Professor Colegrove will de
liver a free public lecture at the high
school auditorium at 500 p. m. Al
though this is open to the city, those
who are planning on attending should
arrange to secure tickets from the
Keotluk teachers, who are distributing
them
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23
An American Speech.

New York Times: The speech of
John Sharp Williams of Mississippi
in the senate Thursday brought the
healthfu1 air of common sense into n
chamber surcharged with demagogy.
Amid the few but reverberant sena-
tors who would refuse the Americans
the right to sail in passenger ships
Of belligerents; who would give up
the undoubted right to export NUM-
lions of war: who are mild to muir
der on the high seas and ferocious
against the slightest disturbance or
restriction of neutral commerce: who
would force the United States into
commercial nonintercourse or war
with Great Britain in order to get
the votes of American-Germans amid
senators of Germany, senators of the
CIan-na-Gael. senators of Cottonia.
Mr.. Williams spoke as an American
senator
What is all this trem endous pother
about blockade and the British Order
in Council and neutral rights? Mr.
Williams recalled the inevitable repli-
cation OF war upon neutrals. the fed
eraI blockade that squeezed the life
out Of the confederacy:
When you get people engaged
In deadly warfare, fighting, as
thev think, for their very liberty
and national integrity, for their
very civilization and culture, re-
spectively, they are thinking
chiefly about themselves: second
~. about the enemy; and, thirdly,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23
CLIFFORD THORNE TO
MEET LOCAL SHIPPERS
Iowa Railroad Commissioner Will be
In keokuk Latter Part Of
This Week.

Clifford Thorne, Iowa railroad com
missioner, of Des Moines, will come
to Keokuk the latter part Of this week
to meet with local shippers for a gen
eral discussion of railroad rate mat
ters The exact date Of the visit has
not been set, but will probably be Fri
day or Saturday. Mr.. Thorne is going
to visit Burlington shippers this week
also and will continue on to Keoiuk
from that city. It is said that num-
Der Of important rate matters viii be
taken UP here with local shippers,
and it is expected that the conference
will in time result in the satisfactory
adjustment of the difficulties and
problems that have confronted ship
ping interests here.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23

"Jails and penitentiaries are the
most expensive development Of civil
ization." This is the declaration of
Miss Susanna Cocroft, Of Chicago,
leader in affairs with which women
have to do. The scandals at Sing
Sing, whose warden has just been in
iicted and removed, might have been
another story, Miss Cocroft thinks,
had more attention been paid to
physical causes back Of crime.
Out of years of experience de-
voted to the promotion Of health, this
woman's champion has within recent
months been studying the Jail re-
form problem. The conclusion she
has reached is that the world must
eradicate the physical causes which
promote the crime tendency.
''The gospel of good health should
20 hand in hand with the gospel of
good conduct" declared Miss Cocroft
"if we are ever to have world in
which prisons may be turned to some
more profitable use than at the pres
emit time.
"The man or woman who is
physically healthy is almost sure tc
be mentally healthy, but not always
morally so. But the unhealthy man
or woman is the surest victim of
moral sickness. You cannot beat
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23
CITY NEWS.

Special spring skirt sale. Lowitz.
"A cottage prayer meeting was
held Tuesday morning from 10 to
1890 O'Clock at the home of Mrs. j..
K. Sexton, 1914 Des Moines street.
Mrs. H. Stafford had charge OF the
meeting and lead in prayer.
"A cottage prayer meeting will be
held on Thursday morning from 10
to'1O:3O o'clock at the home OF Mrs.
O. A. Bentzinger, 400 South Four
teenth street. The meeting Will be
lead by Mrs. D. L. O'Bleness.
At the last annual session or the
Rebekah assembly in Waterloo, the
president was authorized to call a
sneciai session of the Rebekah as
sembly upon the request of district.
The object and purpose Of these SEES
sions are to confer the Rebekah as
semblv degree, hold schools of in
struction so that the members may
become better versed in the secret
and ritualistic work and to demon
strate the degree work. Much bene-
AT is expected to be derived from
these sessions. The president or
vice president together with the sec
ratary are required to be present.
Jefferson county leads in this work,
having arranged for a special session
at Fairfield, Feb. "a Secretary 5.
FJizabeth Mstheney is now in attend
arce at this session.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23

torture, terrorize, preach or pray re-
form into a criminal successfully.
There must be an effort toward his
physical Improvement at the same
time.
'If your physical self is not in
perfect harmony, you are fit Tor
treasons, stratagems and spolls-'
Can you remember an unkind, un-
pleasant word or deed Of your own
of today or yesterday, that you can
not trace directly to a physically
imperfect state - temporary or
chronic?
"Unhealthy words and deeds differ
only in degree. Growing at a friend,
swearing at an employee-these are
symptoms of an off-condition physic-
ally. Emphasize and exaggerate
that same condition, and you arrive
at the physical state with its similar
mental state, which produces greater
crime,
eff we begin today with the
physical instruction Of every child in
America, we will rear generations in
which crime will De as rare as i'll
health. The time is coming when
there will be a system of gymnasi-
ums in our jails and when our courts
of law will prescribe healthful exer-
cises in the sentences they impose"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23

trying TO hide their antt-AmerfCan
purposes under a pretense of tndig-
nation about interference with Ameri-
can commerce.; no panderers to the
aliens in heart who dishonor their
American citizenship, can mislead the
grtat body of the American people,
They have not forgotten their slaugh-
tered dead upon the seas. They will
not now lash themselves into wrath
at the instigation of the murderers
BY the way, Mr.. Williams, cotton
planter, reminded the gigantic cotton
champion from Georgia that cotton is
now worth twelve and one-eightb
cents a pound in Memphis. Appar-
emily Mr.. Smith intends TO make the
price higher by bringing about,
through an embargo on munitions.
commercial nonfntercourse, or war
with the allies, and the loss of three
fourths of the foreign market for
cotton. Curious political economs-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23
State Asking Prospective Jurymen II
They Have Any Pre- udice
as to Liquor
Laws.
r TWO JURORS EXCUSED
One Of These Was r. p. Gray, For
mer Commissioner and Other 10
James Stack Who Was Ex-
cused by Court.

The case Of the state against Philip
Nickel was commenced in the district
court this afternoon. Nickel is
charged with Illegal sale of liquor.
The case IS the outcome Of the test
Of the legality of the Iowa prohibition
law. Nickel was indicted by the grand
jury on January 10.
The county attorney in examining
the jurors as to qualifications, asked
if they were prejudiced to liquor legis-
lation and to prohibitory laws. T. p.
Gray, former commissioner Of public
safety, was challenged by the state
when he admitted prejudice. James
Stack was challenged by the state
but was excused by tho court on &C
count of his inability to hear well.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23
10y 3 n viii PGIN
sSSSA 4 VITA As,I%
s ~ "a hssS asssasnr1szsaslsssssn zEsS
Martha WASHINGTON Tea.

The Lady Maccabees enjoyed a
Martha Washington tea last evening
at Woodmen hall. The hail was
tastefully decorated in Ar erican flags
and red, white and blue colors pre-
dominated throughout the hall. In a
conspicuous place was displayed a
picture of George Washington. Eff
teen members of the order appeared
in colonial costume. Punch and light
refreshments were served. Favors of
FLAGS and small pictures were given
during the evening.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23

about the neutrals. You all"
paid mighty little attention to
neutrals during the war when
you were whipping us, when you
strangled us, and when you starv-
ed us-and you only whipped us
by starving u.s. Your sea power
Is the way you whipped us, and
you had a right to do it after
war was declared, provided your
right to declare it was recog-
nIzed.
Mr.. Williams would surrender nc
neutral right. He would protest
against every violation of neutral
rights. But he will not put injuries
to property and crimes against
human life in the same category. He
will not swallow intolerable crime
and yet foam like an epilepttc over
a few cotton bales. For the honor OF
the south, for the exculpation OF the
south, IL anybody has been foolish
enough to believe that the buckster
ing spirit of Hoke Smith was repre-
sentative of the brave and generous
Americans of the south, MIR. VIII
lia1n's words are worth reprintfng:
| do not want to see Dixie, do
not want to see Georgia, Missas-
sippi, and old Virginia, and the
volunteer state of Tennessee and
her sisters, Louisiana and Arkan-
sas and the Carolinas. and all the
other southern states, put in the
attitude of seeming, at any rate,
to care just as much about prop
erty as they do about life; Of
seeming, at any rate, to care more
about their own particular prop
erty. which is the cotton crop.
than they do about the women
and children that went down I'M
knelled and unshriven, to their
graves in the sea, not upon Ger
man soil, as the nineteen Amer1-
cans were upon Mexican soil, but
upon the high seas, the property
of no government and no power.
and upon unarmed merchant YES
els-"unkne1led, unhonored. I'M
sung"
No stormy sophists or oily Chad
bands Of congress and the stump
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23
PERSONALS.

Mr. and Mrs. James B. Diver have
ratu,ned from Kirksville, Mo-, where
they spent month.
Nessrs. Edward K. tombstone and
Henry C. Euiskamp spent yesterday in
burlington.
q A Talbot left last night for q
weeks business tr11.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23
CITY EWS.

A neighborhood prayer meeting
will be held at the residence of Mrs
VIM. Loeffler, SOS Orleans street, at
10: 80 tomorrow morning. to be led by
Mrs O. Il. King.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23
CITY NEWS.

-Keokuk camp "a W. A No. 622
will hold its regular meeting tonight
at Woodman hall All members are re-
ouested to be present
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23
w ant Column
WANTED.

WOMEN WANTED-Full time; sal
airy $500 selling guaranteed
hosiery to wearer; 25c an hour spare
time. Permanent. Experience I'M
necessary. For particulars and
samples address Inter Hosiery Mills,
Norristown, Pa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23
LANDOLOGY, a magazine giving the

LANDOLOGY, a magazine giving the
facts in regard to the land situa.
ton. Three months trial subscrip-
ton free. If for a home, or as an
investment you are thinking of buying
good farm lands, simply write me a
letter marking It personal and say
Mail me Landology and all particu-
lars free" Address Lloyd M. Skin
ner general manager, Skidmore Land
Co., 233 Skidmore Bldg, Marinette.
Wis.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23

WANTED-Married man for perma-
nent position at farm work man
with 16 to 20 year old boy preferred.
To begin work soon after March 1.
Write Cor full particulars, Box Sc.
Mt. Pleasant, Ia.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23

LOST-Sunday night, amber colored
rosary beads on Fifteenth street.
Phone Red 1856. Reward.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23

FOR SALE-F1ve room partly mod
ern house, corner lot, with building
site in rear Edith Miller, 400 North
Fifth.
FOR SALE-Fine building lot, corner
Fifteenth and Exchange street. En-
uuire 1906 Concert Phone Black 25S.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23

| WlANTEDL-Office work. VIII furnish
A reference. Willing to work up
| Phone 1889 Red.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23

WANTED-Dining room girls at Y.
w. c. A. For particulars call Miss
Green, cafeteria.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23

WANTED-A reliable and experienced
| chauffeur. Year round Job. Give ref
erences and state salary wanted. Re-
kply KY. this office.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23

LOST.

LOST-Waterman fountain pen. Re
turn to this office. Reward.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23

FOR SALE-Two square pianos
taken in trade: would need repair
ing, for $3.50. Duncan-Schell Furn.
Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23

| WANTED-Team of horses to use on
| light delivery wagon for ten days.
Home Tea Co.. TIC Main.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23

LOST-Small neck chain and locket.
IN" engraved on locket. Leave at
this office. Reward.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23

! FOR RENT-Six room house, cleo
| trio lights, closets and sink; 313
South Twelfth street. Inquire Price
Bros. wall paper store.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23
FOR RENT.

FOR RENT-F'ive room and one sew
en- room house. Call COZ Concert
| Phone 72S Red.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23
EOE SALE.

FOR SALE-Three used pianos in
perfect condition. Haines Bros. ma.
hogany, cabinet, upright, $4,000;
Hinze oak, upright. can't be told from
new, $4,000; square piano, $500. On
time if desired; must be sold as we
need the room. Duncan-Schell Furn
Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23
Employ Large Force.

While the plant at the present lme
Is not employing the full quota OF
men, it was stated that when the ELS
worth truck is put on the market