The Coconino sun., 1917-02-23

ing for Congress Junction.
 Mr. D. Ormand, assistant state auditor under the last administration came up from Phoenix Saturday and is the guest of his daughter, Mrs. E H. Wheat. Mir. Ormand was right in time to meet up with the big snow storm and enjoy it thoroughly. w. A. Jones has disposed of all his pool hall equipment to the Spaniards who have leased a part of the New York Store building for new pool hall. Mir. Nackard will move into the corner as soon as the building is re- modelled.
 Mayor Finley headed a bunch of enterprising citizens in cleaning the snow off the sidewalks in front of the postoffice. It was reported sometime ago that the post office department was too hard up to pay the expense of this work in complying with the ordinances.
 Supervisor l.. E. Hart, who has been visiting his old home in Kansas for few weeks, returned this week He enjoyed his visit to his old stamp ing grounds, but contrary to the ex- pectations of his friends, returned or a single ticket.
 Charles Moers, who has been spend. ing a part of the winter on the coast returned the latter part of last week He has gained twelve pounds while over there and is getting ready te tackle his famous truck farm agair this spring with renewed vigor. David Babbitt returned last Friday from an extended trip to easterr cities, including his old home in Gin cinnati He remarked that tn, weather back there had been ex tremely cold and he was glad to ge back to Flagstaff's winter weather.
 James Wilson, Secretary of U. s Dept. of Agriculture:--T have beel acquainted for forty years with tn best orators of the state of Iowa They have come and gone like tn seasons. I regard Dr. Thomas Green as among the foremost in tn history of the state" At the Or pheum Monday night.--Adv.
 | Postoffice inspector Cooper of Tue son, was in the city last Friday mak ing the usual inspection of the office Mir. Cooper was making the inspec tion instead of Inspector Dutton tn regular inspector of this district, ow ing to Mr. Dutton being busy else where on special cases.
 l Mir. W. R. Hutchinson, divisio traffic superintendent of the Noun tain States Telephone Co.,, of Fl Past accompanied by Mir. J. Griffin, of tn Denver traf.a department of the san company were in Flagstaff a co,Ipl idays last week looking over the p an here. Local Manager L. c. Riley ac companied them to Winslow Friday | Jep Starkey returned from Phoel,i last Friday, where he has been "sun ming out" for a couple weeks. h says that the lambing season is prae tically over and shearing now in ful blast, with wool selling right off tn bat at forty cents. M. T. Piper ha received that price for his and other were expecting the same amount o more.
 John Pollard, the mechanical shee shearing man, came up from Congres Saturday. He reports that the badl needed rain arrived just in time t save a considerable loss to the sheep men. Only about 5000 head of shee1 have as yet been sheared at Congress the rest will be sheared after tn lambing season. There was snoy down as far as Hillside.
 H. Jackson, who has been in Phoe nix for a couple weeks, reports tha he has secured the services of MT Estes Strickland, of Kansas City, al expert automobile mechanic who vii soon move his family to Flagstaff ant assist the Jackson Auto Shop in thei work this summer in the new garag' building on Railroad avenue to b. | h,,ilt fbis cpyipo hy Will Marlar