The Coconino sun., 1920-10-22
Coconino for 1 Harding and Coolidge; C. Q. P. County
 Candidates Slated to Win

FOR SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT, VIRGINIA M. LOCKETT
 Miss Lockett is the only lady on the republican county ticket. She is can didate for an office that probably lies closer to the hearts of the people than any other in the county. It is an of- flee that requires from it's incumbent more special, up-to-the-minute train ing and experience than any other. Miss Lockett has that training and experience, in full measure.
 She was graduated from the State Normal school at Tempe in 1914. She then took a two-years' course in spe- cial training for teaching at the Cali fornia State university. Then she taught in rural school near Williams for a year, then for four years in Phoenix, during the last year of that time being the principal of one of the Phoenix schools. From the stand point of training and experience, then, Miss Lockett is abundantly qualified.
 In consenting to be a candidate for county school superintendent, Miss Lockett had to refuse offers as teacher that meant both advancement and better remuneration. But Flag staff is her home and that of her par ents, Mir. and Mrs. H. c. Lockett. Partly influenced by the desire to be at home, and by the request of many of her friends that she seek the office, but still more by wish to help put into effect some improvements in our schools that she feels to be important, she decided to become candidate.
 Along with her experience and training, which together mean a thor ough understanding of the needs of the schools of the county and the pu- pills, Miss Lockett has sympathy with those needs and an earnest wish to do all in her power to supply them. She is also ambitious to make it easily possible for every child in the county to go to school, and to a good school.
 Miss Lockett is young woman of charm, personal magnetism, splendid vitality. She will bring to the office deep enthusiasm for the work she finds and plans to do and mental at- titude toward our schools that will in sure a wise and capable administra- tion.
 FOR RECORDER
 MELVILLE A. MILLS
 We talked lot during the war about what we owed to the boys who offered their lives to the country. We made all kinds of promises about what we would do for them when they got home again. There was nothing too good for them-then. There was nothing-then-that they could ask for that we wouldn't gladly give them. Was this all hysterical bunk? Of course it wasn't. Then here is chance to make good on those promises we all voluntarily made to ourselves and to others.
 Merville A. Mills fought for his country. He wasn't drafted--he vol unteered. He didn't put in his time as soldier in some quiet, retired, safe office job. He put it in in the trench es right up at the front, in some of the biggest and nastiest fights of the whole war.
 When he came back home he went to work. He didn't ask for any office; the thought never occurred to him. But it did occur to his friends, includ- ing lot of ex-service men. It occur red to them because they felt that one of their number was entitled to such recognition and because they knew that young Mills is in every way quail flied to handle the office.
 Mills has a good education. He is conscientious, straight, clean, ambi:; tious, a hard worker. He can write as well as he could fight. He can put in as long hours at the court house as he did in the trenches. A column of figures is blamed sight easier for him to handle than an automatic rifle and a gas mask. He handled the lat ter when we needed him; he has han dled the figures every day for years in the course of his regular work. :. Mills has lived here practically all his life. He is a native of the Unit ed States. He is as modest and un- assuming as he is capable and brave. He didn't seek the nomination; it was forced upon him by his friends, who l felt that our heroes should have some political recognition and that his char acter, education and thorough devotion to any job he undertakes more than qualify him for the place.
 If Merville A. Mills is elected coun. ty recorder that office will be handled as capably as it ever has been in the past, as capably as any other county office ever was handled and by one who more than any other person run ming on either ticket is entitled to of flee. ., When you vote for Merville A. Mills you in some degree make good on youi obligations to our hero soldiery. It is a vote you should be glad and proud to cast. It should be regarded as a privilege and sacred duty, whether you be democrat or republican, man or woman.
 FOR ASSESSOR
 VIM. BEESON.
 It's mighty easy to say good things about Billy Beeson. We've all been hearing them said for years.
 He is oup of the natives of F1ao.