The Coconino sun., 1916-01-28

rienced, would refill the Roosevelt dam.
 The flood damages at Yuma ar, estimated at over S1 100000. Si, feet of water run through the streets of the city during the highest period of the food
 The question of pure and impure milk has been taken up all over the state during the past few months, by cities and civic leagues. The danger of an unsanitary product is attracting attention from all sides.
 The Methodist congregation at Winslow sold their old church building and will build new and handsome building to cost about $4,000. It will be stone part way up, the balance pebble dash, with slate roof.
 A big garage at Douglas collapsed last week under the heavy weight of wet snow causing s2O,O0O damage to autos; Mexican theatre building also went down. The city was shut off from telegraphic communications and much damage was done by leaking roofs.
 Mrs. Velma Fuller, aged 20 years, wife of Francis Fuller, was fatally burned at her home in Eden, Satur- day, about noon, through the explo- sion of gasoline used in gasoline iron. She lived eight hours, dying about 500 o'clock in the evening" Graham Guardian.
 Mayor Charles More of Yuma, died suddenly Saturday of heart failure owing to excitement caused by the flood. Leves on both the Arizona and California sides of the river have been broken. Several older houses were washed away. Water was surging through Main street, with more flood coming.
 Manager Gettings of the Mountain States Telephone Co.,, was compelled to shoot line across the Gila river last week, in order to get communica- tions through. All the old connections were broken by the flood water. Swim ming the stream was tried first but the swimmer was nearly drowned in making the attempt.
 The Prescott Chamber of Commerce proposes to put the "Kibosh" on the many cheap advertising schemes that foreign solicitors are constantly springing on merchants. Such schemes will have to pass board of censors before the solicitor is given clear ance card to merchants. Trade at home" will be their watch word.
 Mrs. George Reynolds and year old baby were drowned last Sunday in attempting to cross the San Francisco river near Casper ranch. Mir. Rey- holds and two children on one horse went safely across, but the horse upon which Mrs. Reynolds and baby were riding stumbled and fell throwing them into the rushing waters.
 Frank A. Hubbell, of Albuquerque, a brother of J. Lorenzo Hubbell of this state, has announced his candi- dacy for the republican nomination for the U. s. senate. He will be a strong candidate against Senator Catron. While the game is early many politicians over in our neighbor state believe he will win the fight.
 The strike settlement at Clifton seems to have gone glimmering in the last few days. The miners pro- test against letting refugees at Dun can return to work until the fifteen day limit is up. The managers claim that many shift bosses and others are at Duncan and they could not resume operations without their help in start ing up the machinery again.
 To Prevent Forest Fires?
 The Forest Service received con signment of snow shoes the first of the week. They will be doled out to forest rangers who have to hit the snowy high places in the mountains Snowflake Herald.