The Coconino sun., 1918-04-05

David Babbitt left Sunday for a two weeks business visit in Chicago and other eastern cities.
 M. I. Powers returned Wednesday from a several days business visit in the southern part of the state.
 Dr. M. o. Dumas, the dentist-stock- man, arrived in town Tuesday from his cattle range in the Oak creek country.
 William Miller, who has been laid up with rheumatism all winter, is re- ported to be quite sick this week with stomach trouble.
 Joe Fisher, rancher near Maine, was in town the first of the week and said he had already put in a portion of his potato crop.
 Con Fredericks, the stockman, ac- companied by his family, returned Tuesday from an extended visit with relatives at Prescott and on the Verde.
 Smith Beck, of Williams, was visi- tor in town Wednesday,. MT. Beck resided in Flagstaff several years ago, at which time he conducted pool hall.
 County Engineer J. B. Wright left Wednesday for Oak creek to make an estimate of the cost of the proposed new bridge at the falls, which was washed out recently by flood waters.
 James Haley, one of the old timers and Civil war veteran, returned home Sunday from Los Angeles and vicinity where he has been spending the win ter months.
 Mir. and Mrs. William Beeson re- turned Saturday from a ten days trip in New Mexico. They made the journey in their Ford and covered a distance of 700 miles.
 William Beeson and Clark Wright left today for Oak creek to bring up horses belonging to Flagstaff parties which have been on posture down there during the winter.
 Miss Marie Garrett, assistant in the county assessors office, left Mon day for Phoenix to visit few days with her father, John Garrett, who IS one of the state sheep inspectors.
 w. B. Moorehead, the contractor, returned the first of the week from Los Angeles, where he went to visit his family and look after business in terests. Mir. Moorehead will reside in Flagstaff this summer.
 l.. F.. Hart returned Tuesday night from Sedona, where he was called 2 few days ago by the serious sickness of his daughter, Mrs. George Black Jr. His daughter was not much i'm, proved when he left her.
 Mir. and Mrs. Frank Curtis ar, visitors in Phoenix this week. Mrs Curtis is a delegate from the Flag, staff Woman's club to the state con vention, which convened in the capi tai city the first of the week.
 Mir. and Mrs. Hugh Tillman, Alma and Maude Til!man, Miss R. Metzgel and Albert Mayo formed an auto party who made a trip and return Sunday to the Grand Canyon. They report the roads in not the best oi condition.
 | Jess Howard, pioneer of Oak Creek was in town few days this week making the trip up for supplies. Mir Howard says nearly all of the ranch CTS down that way are through potato planting, and getting ready to put 1T their other crops.
 H S. Stephenson, general manager of the Grand Canyon Cattle Co.,, 1T the northern part of. the county, wa! here from Los Angeles, the company. headquarters, for few hours Wed nesday, leaving in the evening for { business trip to New Mexico.
 Dan Mcdonald, who for many yeari "coaled up" the lumberjacks in differ ent logging camps on the mountain and who always hammered the gonf on time, was in Flagstaff this weel from Clarkdale, where he has beer "mushing" in foodery the past three years.
 It is reported that shearing vii commence this week out in the Granc Canyon country. Several sheep com panies will start to clip wool, in cluding the Hibben Sheep Co.,, Bly Bros, and the Benedict Co. The op erations will continue for a couple of weeks. Usually Conductor Var Roy stops long enough along the line to give the tourists a real view of { western sheep shearing camp.
 Roy Anderson and Donnie Harring ton, who left here last week for Cali fornia to take the physical examina tion for the U. s. navy, returned home Saturday, failing to come up to thu requirements, owing to some small de feet of their anatomy, weak eyes be ing the principal trouble for their moi getting in. We'll, the boys tried theil durndest, showing they had the right spirit and were very much disappoint. ed for not getting chance to take g whack at the kaiser.
 MT. and Mrs. Dan Purtyman, of Oak creek, arrived in town Sunday and left Tuesday for Fresno, Calf. where they intend to make their flu ture home. Dan has hung around the Oak creek country so long, being g pioneer of that section, that we don't see how it will be possible for him to make his home anywhere else, and we look to see the cOuple Con their