The Coconino sun., 1920-05-07

to Mormon Lake late Saturday night to spend Sunday fishing. They got a couple of bass, but found the water too rough to make the haul they had anticipated.
 Managers Luther Swanner and Earl Wright began Tuesday erecting the S. grounds and race track, in prepara- ton for the big five days Real Ari- zona Days Scelebration to be held here on July 1 to 5, inclusive.
 Reports fro mPhoenix say that new potatoes are selling there at 20 cents per pound and that old potatoes bare ly fit for use are selling at 12R cents per pound. String beans 50 cents per pound, and still more land is being plowed up and planted to cotton.
 Dr. R. O. Raymond returned Tues day morning from Phoenix, where he has been for couple of weeks trying to regain his strength, which seemed to be very slow in returning after the attack of flu he had several weeks ago. He is much improved.
 Dr. and Mrs. c. F. Portz and MT. and Mrs. w. H. Powers were among the many who took advantage of the good roads and good weather Sunday to try out their new machines, the former couple going out Tuba City way and the latter to Grand Falls.
 w. H. Thompson, the Kendrick Park rancher, was in town Saturday He is going into the potato business nore extensively this year. He plant ed AIS sacks of potatoes last spring and recently sold his crop at 6 cents a pound receiving for it about $2,500.
 J. c. Tillman and his father-in-law. Moses Anspach, both of whom bought lots last fall in the Mt. Elden Heights addition to the city, and who have been living there for the last few months in temporary quarters, have begun to build themselves modern new houses
 w. H. Switzer says he wants us all to know that he is one of the mer- chants who signed the agreement to close their stores this afternoon at o'clock because of the athletic meet at the Normal His name was inad- veitently left off the list published last week.
 J. c. Tillman and family and Mrs. Moses Anspach motored to Grand Canyon Sunday. going the east road and coming back by way of Williams Jim says the roads are fine. and con- trary to the story being told at Grand Canyon, the east road is very much the better.
 
 w. H. Morse, now located in his new paint shop at 9 North Beaver street, is busy taking care of flood of orders for wall-papering and gen. eral inside and outside painting as well as auto painting. He says this will be an even buster season than he had last year.
 i Tom Phelan having decided that he will reduce the high cost of living by raising some spuds, is accordingly out spudding, and Dick Jones is taking his place and seems to be deriving much pleasure in trying to see how much city water he can get on the grass in the court house yard.
 Will Stricklin, of Winona, whose g. year-old son lost finger and thumb recently from supposed explosive rife bullet, has since learned that the little fellow had been playing with a dynamite cap. The sheriff's office, af- ter the accident, had quite hunt for the man it was supposed fired the shot.
 Mrs. J. H. Morgan returned Mon day night from Morristown, Ariz., ,,,b QUO cba anJ M- Morrop cnauf fb n winter looking after their sheep. Mrs. Morgan has gone out to the family ranch, at Parks, to get things into shape against the time of the arrival of the "old man." the latter part of this month
 W. J. Stephens came up from Kirk land Sunday, where he has been do- ing work on his mining claims this winter. He says there is mining boom on down there and that he sold one of his copper claims for $2,000. He has number of other claims which he expects to sell as soon as he returns to Kirkland.
 Joseph Dent, who has been spend ing the winter at San Simon, Arizo., returned Wednesday with his daugh- ter, Miss Nora, by train. John Sayer and his son, Thomas, expected to ar rive yesterday by auto. MT. Dent had been feeling better until recently when taken with severe pain in his side and he was unable to make the trip up overland by auto.
 Adolph Boenitsch returned We'd nesday from his three weeks vaca- tion in Los Angeles, San Diego and other California towns, during which he dropped down to Tiajuana, Old Mexico, to see if all the works are ex- posed, as reputed. He says it isn't dry there at all, though any man without money in his pocket is likely to go dry, considering the prices they are asking for wet goods. Davy Babbitt and John Lind, who went with him to the coast, are still there, Bert Rabbit having returned several days ago.
 Frank Brooks has built an addition to his Skylight City Bottling works, greatly increasing it's capacity, and has big double-capacity bottling machine on it's way here from the factory. With the additional equip
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