The Coconino sun., 1919-04-25

Fred P. Cruise the young man who senger business for the Santa Fe, was in Flagstaff from Phoenix Saturday Herbert Babbitt, son of Geo. Rabbit of Flagstaff, and John Rogers were at the Pine Springs sheep camp this week looking after the sheep of the Babbitt-Purcell Co.--St. Johns Ob- server.
 Miss Jeannette Garrett, deputy county recorder, has been absent from her work about week because of ill., ness. She is now able to be up but has not entirely regained her strength as yet.
 Charles Hollingshead, an old-time cowpuncher and horse wrangler of this section of the country, came in Mon day from Los Angeles for a short stay. He left in the evening for Clarkdale.
 c. A. Black has just had installed new meat refrigerator of big pro- portions. It was purchased in Los Angeles recently and was badly need ed in his store because of the growing volume of his meat business. Il Rex Goble came home all together Monday night from France, but does not look in the least Frenchy. While he helped stop this war Rex does not intend to help start any more wars, on account of their being so rough.
 Sidney Gassman has finally procur- ed some help at the Gassman Effici- ency Cleaning Works. It was badly needed for they had Sid working about nineteen hours day, which is too much for man advanced in years as he is.
 There was big time at the Easter Monday night dance at Marian hall. A good crowd was on hand. The con- test for the diamond ring to be given away Decoration Day is now growing warmer all the time and no one can tell how it will come out.
 Charley Reed, ex-cowpuncher, is back at the White House Cafe again after an absence of several months. For awhile he was at Nitro, Va, in the government service, and since then has been in Phoenix from where he came directly here.
 | Robert Caring and Peaches" Hook have landed in this country and are expected home any old day now. They landed in New York along about the | first of the month, but the war de- partment seems to be sending them home by easy stages.
 Miss Kathleen Anderson, sister of Mrs. Felix Manning, arrived in Flag staff last Saturday from Springer vile where she has been teaching school the past term. Miss Anderson will attend the normal school for the balance of the term.
 Lieut.. Fred w. Norton, of Phoenix, was in Flagstaff Tuesday looking up the cattle business in this section of the state. Since Fred laid down his gun and came home. he has gathered up the old rope again and is back on the old job with his father.
 Al Beasley returned Tuesday from Phoenix, where he has ben spending most of the winter looking after his ranch property. MT. Beasley says he, never saw the Salt River Valley look ing better at this season of the year or with better prospect for splendid crops.
 Chas. w. Miller, the adopted son of Dr. E. S. Miller, disturbed the al- titude here Saturday and made him. self familiar with friends again. c. Bills wife and family live at PaSa- dena, but he lives on railroad pass and has an idea that every time locomotive whistles it is whistling for him.
 | R. c. Clark says it's great life at the general delivery window at the postoffice. Rex always has to keep a pocketful of pennies to pay the reve- nue tax for his friends who didn't know anything about it or who forgot it and didn't bring the money with them.
 The night of May will see a big May Day dance given at Marian hall by the Knights and Ladies of Security. The admission will be $1, with ladies free H. L. Truswell, manager of the hall, announces that 60 votes in the diamond ring contest will be given away that night to every gentleman present.
 The Style Shop, Mrs. Nelson and Miss Johnson, proprietors, seems to have. the faculty for choosing the things that appeal to the shoppers. Out-of-town customers from Williams and other points, are calling and com plimenting them on their stock and showings in the pretty things that ap- peal to women.
 Steve Roemer, the popular travel ing auditor for the Wells Fargo Ex- press Co.,, was in Flagstaff the first of the week from his headquarters at Phoenix. Steve is a much younger man than his statewide fame would indicate, and is improving very much in looks owing to recent wedding at 1 which he presided as one of the most deeply interested parties.
 Frank Goodman, formerly state di- vision engineer, is in Flagstaff and is inclined to believe that Flagstaff would make an ideal permanent loca- tion in his line of business. He has been offered position by the govern ment in the road building department, but has not as yet fully made up his ,,o;nd to aocaDf # yathor hal;ov;n,r ,r fb,t