The Coconino sun., 1920-04-30

beer reported that the cable operat- ing the ferry is on the bum.
 Alex. A. Johnston received letter this week from Geo. Timberlake, of Los Angeles, former chief of the gov ernment employment bureau here, who says he wants to get in touch with John Dugan, for he can advise that gentleman regarding money long due him from the war department. Speak up, John! Where are you?
 Al Beasley is predominating around Flagstaff again, having returned from his winters Information in Phoenix. He says he is planting 80 acres of cot ton down there on his ranch this spring, and that "everybody's doing it" to such an extent that some one is going to be mighty short of stock and human feed within the next few years.
 Assistant U. S. District Attorney J. M. Holub, of Williams, just now domiciled in Phoenix and later, he says, to become. a resident of Flag staff, has ben in town several days on business connected with his office. He announces that every effort is still being made to round up those accused of being slackers during the late war.
 Mir and Mrs. J. w. Weatherford, accompanied by Mrs. E. M. Doe, ar rived in Flagstaff yesterday, having made the trip overland by automo- bile from San Diego, where they have been spend ing the greater part of the winter. Mr. Weatherford says they had delightful trip all the way with good roads and weather in their fa- vor.
 Charles Rice is preparing for couple months trip to his old home in New York state, expecting to leave during the first of next month, &C., companied by his niece, of Phoenix. This is his first trip back to the old home in many years and he goes to settle up his fathers estate and make a distribution among the six brothers living in the west
 c. H. Spencer was in town over the weekend and for day or two the first of this week, looking after the unloading of a carload of wire for the Arizona Cattle & Sheep Co. He expects several carloads of pipe to arrive soon and is anxious to get it for the big land reclamation project he is putting through out beyond the San Francisco peaks.
 Jimmy Swinnerton, accompanied by his famous grub hound "Jack," wandered off to Pasadena Tuesday, for a ten days visit with Mrs. Swim merton and little daughter, who have been there for several weeks for the benefit of the little girls health. She has been improving rapidly and ad- vised Papa Jim she was ready for her first walk with him and "Jack."
 Supervisor E. G. Miller, of the for est reserve, just back from the Verde, says most of the fruit in the Oak Creek section has been killed by the frosts. He says the sheep summering in Springerville are filling the Mud Tanks trails on their way to the form CT point, but that the permitees of this section, who come home over the Beaverhead and Bear Springs trails, have not yet started north.
 Charlie Burlock, general manager of the. Mossback gold mine, came up from Oatman the first of the week to spend few days with his friends here. He reports conditions at the mine as more than bearing out early promises, with millions of gold in sight, plans being pushed for getting the new mill working and prospects good for dividends to stockholders be- fore many more moons have passed.
 "Rimmy Jim" Giddings was in town again on Tuesday. We have no idea what he came for, because when he Twas asked he replied tha. it didn't concern any newspaper man and he didn't intend to answer any questions. Naturally, after rebuff like that, we decided to get back at him by letting him severely alone. We don't care what he came for, and we don't care when he comes again, so long as it is right often.
 Every dog has his day. Mir. and Mrs. Fred Russell, of Fort Valley, left theirs here Sunday while calling on Mir. and Mrs. Paul Coffin, and the latter took it out to them Monday; while l.. B. Maxwell's dog, accustom- ed to riding around on trains with his lord and master, got on one by him. self at Williams the other day and rode nearly to the end of the division before he discovered that he was alone.
 R. E. Taylor received a wire this week from his wife, who is in Los Angeles with their little daughter, that the specialists she consulted there regarding the latter's health have advised her being taken to Car ney's Institute, at Santa Barbara, for treatment. The trouble has been di- agnosed as diabetes. The commun- ity will join with the troubled par ents in hoping that the little lady's recovery will be prompt and com plete.
 Mir. and Mrs. w. H. Power have letter from their son Lester, written aboard the U. S. S. Mt. Vernon. The route the ship will take on her home ward voyage includes Japan, Vladi- vostock, then back to Japan, then to India, and on by way of the Gulf of Alden, the Red Sea, Suez Canal and Mediterranean to Austria, then past Gibralter and across to New York. TT 1-I