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The Coconino sun., 1919-11-07
EIGHT CLAIMS BOUGHT
 BY VERDE EXTENSION

One of the largest mining deals to be consummated in this county in many months is indicated by a deed recorded recently by which the United Verde Extension has acquired for $250,000 cash, the eight claims owned by the West United Verde Copper Go. more familiarly known as the Haynes. The transaction bore the approval of Arthur Terry, president of the selling company.
 This copper holding is one of the oldest operated in that field, and is situated on the ground paralleling on the west the United Verde, while the buying company is adjoining on the east of the United Verde.
 There are various angles given for this transaction, but none seem plausi- ble from the standpoint of close rela- tion between the buyer and seller. It seems to be the belief of those at Jerome, familiar with the geology of the Haynes system, that ultimately, with deeper development and addi- tional exploration toward the north fault, the copper zones in the United Verde may be found in the Haynes, which to date has reached depth of over 700 feet.
The Coconino sun., 1919-11-07
BIG CLEANUP RAID IS
 MADE AT WINTERHAVEN

Federal secret service men and Cal ifornia officers late Saturday night raided the Winterhaven Hotel, just across the river from Yuma, and took into custody ten persons, some of them residents of Yuma.
 Some time ago the pool hall at Winterhaven was closed on charge of selling intoxicating liquors. The raid on the hotel Saturday night was made after an investigation by federal officers and it is charged the place has been used as house of prostitu- ton. Several of the people gathered in by the authorities will be prose cuted under the Mann white slave act It is alleged women have been trans ported to Winterhaven from Arizona for immoral purposes.
 Winterhaven, since its inception years ago, has been resort for gam blers and bootleggers. Numerous raids have taken place; but the raid last Saturday night was declared to have been the most successful of any and it is understood that the hotel has been closed for all time.
The Coconino sun., 1919-11-07
DISTRICT MEN ARE
 E NOMINATED FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF LABOR

Tucson was chosen for the 1920 convention city by delegates to the eighth annual convention of the Ari- zona State Federation of Labor just before adjournment at Phoenix last Saturday. The selection was made unanimously.
 Nominations for officers for the year beginning January 1 next were made in the afternoon. Leroy Ken nedy of Miami and P. H. Brouillette of Globe were nominated for presi- dent. Alfred Madden of Phoenix and Thomas A. French of Oatman were nominated for the office of secretary treasurer. The following were nomi- mated for vice presidents: Richard Keesling and B. P. Carpenter, first district; F. A. Culbertson and William Barry, second district; c. J. Feeley, third district; John B. Pruitt, fourth district; c. J. Brooks, fifth district.
 The convention passed resolution which provided the president should be paid salary of $200 month and should be employed by the executive board as general organizer
The Coconino sun., 1919-11-07
SULLINGER'S GRIP IS
 SEARCHED FOR BOOZE
 BY CAPITAL SHERIFF

Wilfred Sullinger, undersheriff of Pima county, was stopped by dep uty sheriff of Maricopa county, while en route from Agua Caliente to Phoe- nix, and his grip searched for booze. The Maricopa county officer did not recognize the Pima county officer. He was looking for bootleggers and was stopping all cars entering Phoenix.
 Mr.. Sullinger had gone to Agua Caliente for week to rest and hunt. He decided to motor to Phoenix to attend the fair. He had a number of shotgun shells left and put the boxes in his suitcase. When the Mari copa county officer stopped the car, as was his custom, he lifted the grips and finding MT. Sullinger's was very heavy, became suspicious. He opened 1t; but instead of finding booze, dis covered the shells. >Sullinger then re- vealed his identity, and the laugh was on the Maricopa county deputy. He enjoyed the joke as much as any one present.
The Coconino sun., 1919-11-07
Ne,us of Interest Gathered Here and There m tue State
MURDEROUS ROAD HOGS
 GET AWAY TOO EASY

A pair of "road hogs" driving a Cadillac (No. S50O4-Cal.) car, seemed to have tried to do all the damage possible on the way here and num- Der of tourists only escaped injury by giving the entire road. These human swine continued this practice until within about six miles of Springer vile, when they tried to ram a Chal- mers (No, 144533-Ariz.) car. The driver of the Chalmers to save his car gave the road and received only a glancing blow. The driver says the approaching car not only took all the road, but the wheel marks showed a few inches of crook in their direction when few feet away.
 Without stopping to see what dam age they had done they went down the road at high speed and their next victims were boy on a motorcycle with his little sister in side-car, and our informant claims this was q delib- crate attempt to murder. The little machine could not have been struck had not the brutes deliberately aimed at it, as it was entirely out of the road as far as the rocks would allow, and there. was 150 yards of unob- structed view of the road between the car and the little machine by the roadside
 The motorcycle was badly damaged and turned over, throwing the little girl about twelve feet, where she lay apparently dead, while the boy, very husky young fellow, although badly skinned up, after his sister had be- come conscious and placed in an auto mobile in care of lady, he found that the motorcycle would still run, and so he rode into town.
 An attempt was made to stop the car as it was passing through Spring erville by Frank Blumenau, who fired few shots at the fugitives; but his little rife only made them go faster.
 Deputy Alvin Trammell phoned our sheriff at St. Johns, who caught them near that town and brought them back and we are informed that Judge Biglow fined them $75 each.
 Had our cowboys seen that pretty little 10-year-old girl as she lay on her bed suffering, as we saw her, and had they known that she was valued at $75, we think they might have taken a notion to settle it out of court.-Springerville Hustler
The Coconino sun., 1919-11-07
POSTPONE TRIAL IN
 HARRIS-INGALLS ROW

Indefinite postponement of the state against Captain Walter s. Ingalls,, brought at the instance of Col. Chas. w. Harris, "to determine which is the adjptant general of Arizona" was ordered in Phoenix Saturday by Supe- rior Judge Stanford. He made the or der on the motion of Will Ryan, at toney for Captain Ingalls,.
 Ryan based his motion on the fact that the combination of the safe con- taining records of the adjutant gen. erals office was in the possession of Colonel Harris and that Captain In- gals has been refused it. Ryan con tended the safe might contain evi. dence of great value to Captain In- gals and that if would be unfair to compel him to present his case with out such evidence.
The Coconino sun., 1919-11-07
A GRAZING HOMESTEAD LAW PASSED BY CONGRESS

It will be of interest to people who have made homestead entry and are desirous of taking up grazing home stead to learn that Congress has just passed a bill modifying the law re- lating to nOn-contiguOus grazing homesteads, which allows the entry. man to take up non-contiguous sec tions and reside either upon the old homestead entry or the new.
 The old law required or implied residence on the lands entered, which would make it hardship on the en- tryman. Lands in Arizona may now be entered under the law, subject to designation by the Geological Survey This designation may not be made fol many months, but eventually all classes of lands suitable only for graz. ing purposes will come under the pur, view of the act.
The Coconino sun., 1919-11-07
ALL ACCOUNTED FOR

One morning, woman walked into a village grocery store with majes- tic stride. 1t was easy to see by the sternness of her expression that she was somewhat disturbed.
 "This," she sarcastically explained, throwing package on the counter, ."is the soap itself. It is the soap that makes washing pleasure. It's the soap.
 "That isn't soap, madam" inter- rupted the grocery man, examining the package. "Your little girl was in her yesterday for half a pound of cheese and a half pound of soap. This is the cheese"
 "U-m, that accounts for it." said the woman, as the light of under standing began to glow. "I wondered all night what made the Welsh rare bit we had for supper taste so queer.'
The Coconino sun., 1919-11-07
MATRIMONIAL AGENCY
 LEADS TO U. s. CASE

Not all of the loose money in the world leaves the Globe Miami distric. on "get rich quick" transactions some of it comes back to the greatest copper camp on earth; at least, Axel Alexander, of Saratoga, Ind, forward ed his share to this district, and, ac- cording to the evidence introduced, Mrs. c. M. Buck, of Miami, was at the receiving end.
 Last Friday Officer Haynes went to Miami and arrested Mrs. Nettie Um- brett, who was wanted at Aberdeen, Wash, on charge of using the mails to defraud. Mrs. Umbreit, alias sev- eral other names, waived preliminary hearing and was held 70 answer to the next term of the federal court in the sum of $1,000.
 Then along comes J. l.. Cooper, the special post-office inspector for the Globe Miami district, and Mrs. Um- brett, also known as Mrs. c. M. Buck, of Miami, was arrested on a warrant sworn to by MT. Cooper, charging that Mrs. Buck used the mails to defraud.
 It is stated in the complaint that Mrs. Buck conducted matrimonial campaign and lured innocent men" into confidential correspondence, with matrimony as the object. It is alleged that Mrs. Buck advertised for hus- band and in some cases she furnished photographs of herself. When the "innocent man" answered the adver- tisement and the correspondence rip ened into "love," railroad fare was ad- vanced to bring the "blushing bride" to her hubby to -be-maybe. But the innocent man" never heard from his prospective bride again, and the car fare vanished with her ''love."
 Mrs. Buck is alleged to have lured several unsuspecting members of the male sex--but one Axel Alexander, of Saratoga, Ind, was perfectly willing to admit that he "fell in love with Mrs. Buck" and Officer Cooper swore to complaint that resulted in Mrs. Bucks arrest.
The Coconino sun., 1919-11-07
HEADS OF TWO MEN
 SEVERED FROM BODY

s. o. Bcttoroff, driver, and Lloyd Brown, mechanician, of car 32, entered by the West Texas Motor Go. of Fl Paso, in the Fl Paso-Phoenix road race were instantly killed at 1:20 a. m. when their car struck rut at a sharp turn, one and half miles west of Vail The car turned over four times and stopped forty feet down the hill The heads of both men were entirely severed from their bodies. When L. A. Gamatis, in charge of the Vail control, who witnessed the accident, reached the spot, he found the motor running and the steering gear unharmed. Gramatis says they were making 95 miles an hour down the hill. The bodies were brought to Tucson by deputy sheriffs.
The Coconino sun., 1919-11-07
MUST DEAL
 WITH STATE ENGINEER

c. M. Roberts, chairman of the state association of supervisors, has receiv- ed a letter from the chief of the bu- reau of public roads at Washington informing him that the supervisors in all business with state as to roads must deal with the state highway de- partment. All constructive work on federal aid projects in Arizona must be under the supervision of the state highway department, the letter added and in accordance with state laws.
The Coconino sun., 1919-11-07
TROOPS ARRIVE AT
 GALLUP FROM FL PASO

A squadron of the Eighth cavalry, numbering 240 officers and men under Major Kenzie B. Edmonds, arrived at Gallup, N. Mex, last Monday morn ing from Fl Paso and have gone into quarters prepared for any emergency in the strike situation.
 While only one mine is operating at Gallup, and that with greatly re- duced force, there has been no dis order. The Gallup American mine is the only one that is open.
 The arrival of the troops by way of Belen over the cutoff caused con- siderable excitement; but no attempt was made to interfere with them.
The Coconino sun., 1919-11-07
STATE LAND APPRAISERS

Messrs. Evans and Tom Pulliam, state land appraisers, returned here Monday from Apache county, where they have been engaged in looking over state lands the last month. They will be here several days finishing the appraising of the state lands in this vicinity. Snowflake Herald.
The Coconino sun., 1919-11-07
IMPERIAL SEND WATER
 LAWYER TO WASHINGTON

An Arizona lawyer has been select
 ed by the residents of Imperial Valley interested in the water situation there to represent them in Washington, D. c. The fact that the attorney has been chosen to advance a cause in Washington is not singular in itself, but that the different factions have agreed on him as the only man, is the compliment that has been shown to Walter Kibby, who for the past few years has made his home in Imperial.
The Coconino sun., 1919-11-07
PROVED IT EASILY

It was through bad luck that Jack had sunk down to rags and hunger, but his heart beat hopefully as he ap- piled for job.
 Afraid you will not do," said the captain curtly, doubting if this ragged person really was a sailor.
 But Jacks reply proved it.
 "I hope, sir" he said, "that you will not condemn the hull for the sake of the rigging"
The Coconino sun., 1919-11-07
15O DELEGATES ATTEND
 MEETING OF PYTHIANS

About 150 delegates were in attend ance at Mesa last week at the opening of the thirty-sixth meeting of the state grand lodge of the Knights of Pythias and the Pythian sisters.
 Grand Chancellor J. O. Muller, of Jerome, presided at the sessions of the grand lodge. Most. of the day was taken up with the reading of reports and the work of the committees.
The Coconino sun., 1919-11-07
CHINAMAN ACCUSED OF
 SMUGGLING AMMUNITION

Wong Quinn, arrested at Nogales Monday in connection with plots to smuggle ammunition into Mexico, has made a statement, according to ar resting officials.
 Quinn, who is half Mexican and half Chinese, is said to have been an accomplice of Henry Schmidt, who was arrested last week while attempt ing to smuggle 2,000 rounds of am- munition into Mexico
The Coconino sun., 1919-11-07
~ ~ MINING EXHIBIT

Milton A. Allen, mineral technolo- gist in the Arizona Bureau of Mines, has been busily engaged for the last ten days in getting together a collec- tion of minerals to form permanent exhibit for Pima county in the new minerals building at the fair grounds at Phoenix. Pima is becoming daily more important as mining county, and the county collection of ore speci- mems will make an attractive and rep resentatiYe one.
The Coconino sun., 1919-11-07
HE sToops TO CONQUER

Gee, but it's late! Will your wife get up and let you in when you get home?"
 "I'll make her. I'll scratch on the door and whine and she'll think her pet dogs been locked out"
The Coconino sun., 1919-11-07
GERMAN CAUGHT WITH
 ARMS IN HIS POSSESSION

Customs officials at Nogales arrest ed Henry Schmidt, German, in whose room they report the finding of 25,000 rounds of ammunition, mostly .30-.30 rife cartridges. Schmidt is being held on the charge of having evaded President Wilson's proclama- tion of last July, which requires per mission from the state department for the exportation of munitions to Mexico.
The Coconino sun., 1919-11-07
OBJECT TO pUGILIsM

The Phoenix federation of churches recently adopted resolutions against prize fighting. It was decided to in- duce Governor Campbell to place be- fore the special session of the legisla- ture to be called next spring legisla- tion prohibiting prize fighting and bull fighting.
The Coconino sun., 1919-11-07
TWO EXECUTED AT MORALES

Jose Garcia and Miguel Cordova were executed at Nogales, Sonora, across the international boundary line from Nogales, Ariz., last Monday, fol- lowing their conviction on charges of theft. One was hanged apd the other was shot by a firing squad.
 The men were executed in an effort to stamp out wave of crime in both Nogales, Arizona, and Nogales, So- nora, authorities have had difficulty to cope with.
The Coconino sun., 1919-11-07
MAKE GOOD ESCAPE

No trace has been found yet of Em- met McDaniels and Fred Baker, con- victs who escaped from labor gang Thursday near the state penitentiary in Florence. It is not believed that they are headed toward Phoenix.
The Coconino sun., 1919-11-07
LOSE SHEEP IN RIVER

A band of sheep belonging to E. R. Chambers was begged in the river near the stock-yards Tuesday while the herder was attempting to effect a crossing. Most of them were gotten out after considerable difficulty, but over hundred were lost in the quick sand or drowned.-Snowflake Herald.
The Coconino sun., 1919-11-07
CLAIM BIGGEST SILVER
 STRIKE EVER KNOWN

What is reported to be one of the biggest silver strikes ever known in Yavapai county, not even excepting early days, so far as immense ore bod ies figure, has taken place near Grown King on the property of the Silver Crown Mining Go.
The Coconino sun., 1919-11-07
BIG CATTLE SHIPMENT

The following cattlemen were dis. posing of their stock at the Snow. flake stock-yards the first of the week B. s. Reed, A. E. Bushman, J. E Richards, A. R. Randall, George Hen. nessey, Frank Wallace and Pat J Slaughter. The cattle brought from six to eight cents a pound, alive according to conditions and ago. Snowflake Herald.
The Coconino sun., 1919-11-07
GET BURRO STEAK NOW

Burros, decrepit horses, and mules will no longer range the native heath and eat the pastures of the desert The Arizona Packing Co.,, at a cost of $50,0O0 has established rendering plant at Nogales and twelve butchers are employed. The first day in oper- ation fifty animals were killed. It is proposed to handle 125 daily when running full blast.
The Coconino sun., 1919-11-07
THE HIGHER COMPENSATION

There is a shortage of 38,000 school teachers in the United States. That, of course, is the inevitable result of so many good teachers resigning to become janitors.
The Coconino sun., 1919-11-07
DANGEROUS GERMS

"You claim there are microbes in kisses?" she asked the young doctor. "There are," he said.
 "What disease do they bring!" she asked.
 "Palpitation of the heart"
The Coconino sun., 1919-11-07
HIS ABSENCE NOTED

A farmer wrote as follows to dis tinguished scientific agriculturist, to whom he felt under obligations for introducing variety of swine:
 Respected sir-I went yesterday to the cattle show. I found several pigs of your species. There was a great variety of hogs, and I was astonished at not seeing you there"
The Coconino sun., 1919-11-07

Props that swing out from each side hold a new stepladder firm when it is in use and can be folded against it when it is idle.
The Coconino sun., 1919-11-07

Why don't you try a Sun want-Ad and sell that car quickly.
Douglas Island news., 1919-10-10

sentence that win define the utmost in the matter of dcadness and ft 1t to the town.
 Now. this is all very nice and amusing, and the comedy gets lot of laugbs, but i' doesn't get the town anything or help Che general condition of things
 Now. the correct way to answer Che question "How is Douglas these days!' is Io say "Some town, and then follow mp with some virtues present and to come Tcn the ouesdouer that Douglas is the .hcapcst town in Alaska to live in, has some of the best schools in the territory, nd mot am idle man in the whole commm- tv Tell them that the great ore body oi he Trcadwcll uc mderlies the whole ls.- md. only awu ing Favorable opportunity o again be developed Tell them that the reason the town might look a little quiet at mcs is because everyone stays at home umdmg his own business.
 Also call tl,m to one side and whisper ID their ear few magic words conveying some of om future hopes.
 You cm do all these things with clear .ouscicucc mJ nothing will be marked .eanst you in thc great book.
 Ifyou don't boost your home town your .clr no ouc else is going to do 1t Tor you Try it once rsd see how 1t feels.
Douglas Island news., 1919-10-10
BAD HABIT

There is bad habit that is growing ou thc people of Douglas Island. and one tlat should be cwbcd if possible. Wemcan the habit folks now have of knocking their home towu X stranger comes to town and tbc first thing he naturally asks IS how Douglas is these days The usual answer IS ..Too dead to skin, and then the citizemy unite u regular anvil chorus m hammer ing the old burg They will vie with each other in choosing epitaphs for the commu- nifty and fine scauce develops into regular contest and an kinds of small-towu humor is wasted for quite a while The winner of the contest is the one who can choose the
Douglas Island news., 1919-10-10
REPORT ON THE
 MINERAL RESOURCES
L.anL-nnel rnm raee !

lContmued from Page D
 Tho conditions in Che district in l9l1 arc reported In a paper by Theodore Cbapm Cha. form. part of Bulletin G92-F Mr. Chabn s.ro an account of ho operations at Che gold and ueor-load Iodcs and ot lhc mg a.en donos.ls
 A m0ybdonIte-hoar.ne quartz roin on Huy River which has hcon racod by shallow openings for fho oueh fthroe claims m Che auO- cct Of brief uolo by Theodore 'hapm in Bulletin 692-F.
 Tho Hot Springs district has pro Iuoed moro than G.OOO.ooo iu placer
 oId. as Ncu as some silver and un
 r Theodore Chapn in paper m mIouu 6a2-F describes ihe occur .oncc of un ore n Che district and siyrs an account of tho mining op- .raUona thoro m t91T
 Ores of dn arc scarce n Che United States. and thoir occurrcne m Alaau H therefore of interest Stream Un hos been found In gold Dlaccu ln Che Ruby district at sov- eral places. but not iu quantities largo cnough to pay for mining It except as an accessory Co Che gold. A short ncte on Che tm in thIa dis r'ct by Theodore Chapn Is given .n Bulletin G92-F
 Tho To.sioi district includes au !. arca about l2 miles wide by 20 miles long. which lics on Che nanh .ol Mount Humt Most of Che dis. ] uict is n Che basin ol Tolrtoi river on Che branches Of which placer Chat yield gold and silver have been worked for several yoar The topo. eranhy. geology. climate. vegetation land animal lfe of Che district Ono producing plocera and the economic factors That anoct mining ro do. scrlbcd by G. L Hartman in Bul icm 692-F
 Stream tIu. form Of coaserIio ! thc most valuable orc 0f Gin, has been found In many streams in Alaska and lodos of cassoritc have been nrosnectcd and mined at several places m Che Territory Am account of tho tn deposits and uu mining l u Seward Peninsula Us given by G To- Harrington In Bulletin G92-G which contains descriptions Of th, loocs and placera mined
 The graphite dopos.tg Of Seward Peninsula have been known for many yoam but gold has SO long been Che most valuable mineral mined thoro thot other mineral. have not bccn much considered by Che miner. The location Of thc dc. nos.ts and Che work that has been done ou thom are skc,chcd by GL. Harrington m paper m nN'Itlin G92-C.
 Tho search for One sources of tho placer gold found In thc streams of Nata hayo been a part or Che work Of Che gcoloeIsn who have boon studying and mapping Che topoe- raphy aud geology of thc Territory A report by e. l.. Harrington on tho gold and platinum placoa Of tho rc- zion near thc Kiwalik and Koyu kuk rivers forms a part Of tho Gc. olor.cal Surveys Bulc'tn 692-G. MT. Harrington describes Che geology and mineral resources of Che region .sut'ne Che means Of communication. timber ooal and sources of water
 supply gives detailed description oi thc placors. and makes suggestions ar to tbc original sources of Ono metals
Douglas Island news., 1919-10-10

It is said that the nose of one of the fig ucs ou the totem pole at Seattle has be- .omc cracked aud is about to fan off, We would give as our reason for this that the poor old nose has been getting so many vmhs of mooushmc lately that 1t has just naturally fallen to pieces A whiif of some ,f that mooushmc will crack board at ten Naccs.
Douglas Island news., 1919-10-10

"Soapy" Smith, it would seem, isuot O be allowed to rest even in death His rave at Skagway was washed away by bc recent mgb waters there. The grave was mecca ror tourists and the loss of he grave will be serious blow to the town hat could only be compared to the loss of laku glacier to Taku inlet