The Coconino sun., 1919-02-07

Flagstaff visitors, in from Cliffs, the latter part of last week.
 The Greenlaw Lumber company's plant was forced to shut down last Saturday morning on account of the heavy fall of snow, which prevented them from bringing logs in from the camp.
 B. D. Mcconnell, representing Sweet, Causey, Foster Co.,, of Denver, was in town the first of the week to confer with the city council in regard to the purchase of the proposed sewer bonds.
 The meeting of the managers of the J. c. Penney stores to have been held in Salt Lake City in few days and which J. G. Phillips, manager of the local store, planned to attend, has been called off on account of health conditions in that city.
 Ben Chastain was in town the early part of the week after spending some days in Winslow. He has been "bar- bering" down there and went bacl; Tuesday. His family will remain here as Ben does not want to sever all con nections with the "best town in the state"
 J. J. McKillip of Doney park was in town the middle of the week. Mir. McKillip has quantity of early Rus sian millet seed, being probably the only stock of the kind outside of the big distributing cities of the west.
 Fred Caring was rather seriously ill the first part of the week and was not able to attend the meeting of the board of county supervisors on last Monday. He is improving now, how ever, for which his many friends are thankful.
 Fletcher Bly,, the young man who owns innumerable sheep all over the northwestern part of the county, was in Flagstaff Wednesday from Will liams. He says the snow out that way has done not the slightest harm, in fact he believes it will prove ben eficial.
 Mir. E. L. Raeburn, U. s. inspector of national parks, of the Mt. Rainier national park, Washington, was in Flagstaff last Friday on his way to the Grand Canyon national park. He stopped over in Flagstaff on a short visit to his old time friend M. l. Powers of the Citizens bank, with whom he had worked twenty years ago on the Mississippi river doing sur- vey work for the government. Lieut.. Berger and K. H. Rice, of the U. s. forest service, are at pres ent detailed on work at the local of flee. Mir. Rice has been assistant ranger at the Bly district, and Lieut.. Berger has been in the aviation ser vice at Texas camp, receiving his discharge about three weeks ago. It is possible that he may be in the local office permanently.
 Ellsworth Kolb, one of the famous Colorado river explorers, was in Flag staff Tuesday from the Grand Can yon. He came in to see the Elks goat perform and claims that the goat is warm competitor for some of the canyon gorges-but he gorged after the goat got through. His brother Emory Kolb, is back east and the brothers are contemplating doing some heavy work up in Alaska if their plans pan out as scheduled.
 MRS. BAUM VERY ILL.
 Word was received last evening that Mrs. Baum's sister had died in Sar Diego, and that Mrs. Baum was SC. riously i'll with influenza. Dr. Baum left yesterday for San Diego, and Rev. Mitchell will fill the pulpit ir the Federated church Sunday morning POOL HALL DAYS T SEEM TO BE NUMBERED
 Sheriff Harrington's office has re- ceiyed instructions from County At torney F. NJ. Gold to enforce a section of the laws that has been on the books since 1913, but which in some manner has been overlooked. The law calls for a quarterly tax of 5000 on Leach keeper of pool or billiard table to be collected by the county officers, The language of the law is not plain, Iinasmuch as there is some question as to whether each separate pool table shall be taxed 5000 or $10.00 for the business. That will probably be de- cided by the officers at once.
 The clause in question reads as fil- lows:
 359O. Each proprietor or keeper of a billiard table for the use of which, or for playing upon which, any charge of any kind is made, shall pay license tax of ten dollars per quarter, and for each nine pin or ten pin bowling alley or any similar device, not kept ex- clusively for family use, ten dollars per quarter, and no license shall be granted for less than three months for such table or alley.
 The above is from the general stat utes of the state of Arizona.
 If the law is interpreted to mean ten dollars for each table, the pool room keepers face difficult situa- tion; it will require the sum taken in from one hundred games on every table to pay the tax quarterly.
 JOHN COSTIGAN, JR,
 PASSES AWAY
 A very sad and deeply felt loss came Wednesday morning at five o'clock in the death of John Costigan, Jr., son of J. J. Costigan of the Or pheum theatre. The little fellow was f.ya onJ o bolf uaarc old and had not