The Coconino sun., 1918-03-29

the winds following the rains played havoc in some parts of town, some small buildings being wrecked and | few stacks blown down. The rains were the most drenching the county has experienced in years, the run-off being plentiful and the earth being soaked to considerable depth.- kingman Mi fer.
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 In a single day recently the mill at the Tom Reed mine produced $7,0O0 in gold.
 John A. Frye, clerk in the State bank at Prescott, is badly wanted for forgeries which netted him about $22,000.
 A booze saturated citizen of Globe undertook to drive an automobile. He terminated his joy ride in the police court, where he paid fine of $100.
 Billy Brakefield and Charles Cross are announced candidates for the of flee of sheriff in Cochise county.
 The Holbrook Knitting club, com posed of young ladies, gave sweater each to the last sixteen men called from Navajo county.
 The gross receipts of the Elks' car nival in Globe were $23, ,226.34. Only $6.25 in real money was paid out. All other bills were pair in thrift stamps. x Thirty eight out of thirty-nine men registered for the selective draft in Gila county were accepted by the ex- amining board, which is perhaps the highest average in the state
 On March 30 Chandler will vote on school bond issue amounting to ESQ., 000
 w. K. Meade, a former U. S. mar shal for the district of Arizona, died recently at his home in Tombstone.
 Lawrence O'Brien, aged nine, of Wickenburg, has knitted fine U. S. army sweater.
 Arizona Eastern employees at Ph0e- nix claim the largest war saving so- ciety in the state. Exactly 125 men have signed pledge cards and have agreed to purchase certain number of stamps on each pay day.
 Twelve loans to ranchers in Santa Cruz county are announced by State Treasurer David F. Johnson. The loans, totaling s20,9O0, are the first state loans to be made to residents of Santa Cruz county under the present farm loan plan.
 The woman's club of Miami opposes the appearance of a carnival in that city and has asked the city council to make the license so high that it will be prohibitive. The money is needed for the war, say the ladies.
 Dr. Frederick T. Wright of Doug las, one of the most prominent sur geons of the state, head of the Calu- met hospital and delegate to the re- publican national convention in 1912, has gone to Washington, having been commissioned captain and ordered for active service in the signal corps. x Massachusetts and Michigan chap ters of the Daughters of the Ameri- can Revolution are establishing mend ing rooms in cantonments. There de- partments are opened for hospitals, where hundreds of garments are mended each week.
 A two-days thrift carnival staged by the Elks of Globe resulted in the sale of approximately s20,000 worth of war stamps and baby bonds. The queen contest alone netted $11 ,000, Miss Bessie Alexander being chosen queen of the carnival. Practically everything was donated and the ex- penses of the affair were only little more than $6.
 Soldiers stationed at Camp Harry J. Jones, near Douglas, are to hold a big field meet May 31.
 A Red Cross house, designed for the use of convalescent soldiers, is to be erected at Camp Harry J. Jones near Douglas. It will cost at least $15,000.
 The Yavapai board of supervisors has flatly disallowed bill of $4,000 from the Thiel Detective Agency, of Los Angeles, which last summer fur nished ten men for the purpose of running bootleggers to earth. It is claimed by the board that Sheriff Joe Young incurred the bill without au- thority. Sheriff Young and E. J. Mitchell, at that time county attorney, indorsed the claim. It is thought that this will end the practice of hiring outsiders to assist the regular peace officers in enforcing prohibition.
 J. w. Lively, who owns farm near Stafford, is 80 years old, never swears, never took drink in his life, never uses tea or coffee, abstains from meat, eats simple food and takes plen- ty of exercise. He says that he is just as young and happy as when a boy and he is just as lively as his name implies.