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The Coconino sun., 1921-10-07
CHANGES OF TEMPERATURE
 CURL CONCRETE ROADS

That the edges of concrete roads curl up and down in reponse to changes in temperature is the discov- cry recently made by the bureau of public roads of the U. S. department of agriculture in the course of experi- ments at the departments experi- mental farm at Arlington, Va.
 Curling is caused by the unequal expansion and contraction of the up- per and lower sides of the concrete slab under the influence of heat. It has been observed during the middle of the day when the surface of the road becomes hot that it expands more than the cooler underside and causes the sides to move downward. At night when the surface is cool the contrac- tion causes the edges to rise slightly. The extreme movement may be as much as one-tenth of an inch.
 While the warping of the concrete is not in itself detrimental to the road it may lead to failure of the surface under the wheels of vehicles which travel over it when parts of it are not resting on the ground
The Coconino sun., 1921-10-07
THE FARMS AND THE RANGES
 Edited by Francis A. Chisholm, County Agricultural Agent
FEED REQUIRED TO MAKE
 BEEF, ON CORN BELT FARMS

Data gathered by the U. s. depart ment of agriculture regarding the daily gain and the amount of feed and pasture consumed by 34,934 steers fat tened on corn belt farms during the last two winters, are of value to beet producers as an indication of how much feed is required on the average corn belt farm to produce 100 pounds of gain.
 The average weight of all the cat. tie at the start of the feeding period was 7S6 pounds, while the final weight was l,070 pounds, the gain amounting to 2S4 pounds in a period of TIA days, The average quantity of feed con sumed for 100 pounds of gain was CSC pounds of grain, 62 pounds of com. mercial concentrates, 391 pounds of dry roughage such as hay and corn fodder, 863 pounds of silage, and the equivalent of 20 days of pasturage.
 In addition to these cooperative feeding trials with cattlemen in h. diana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, and Missouri, the U. s. department of az riculture is conducting investigations in southwestern Wisconsin to deter mine the costs and amounts of feed required to fatten cattle on grass, with and without supplement, and of the feed required to maintain breeding herd of beef cattle for one year, and to raise calves from weaning time to yearlings.
The Coconino sun., 1921-10-07
FIELD STATION WILL ASSIST
 NEBRASKA POTATO GROWERS

The temporary field station opened at Alliance, Neb., August 25, is among the first marketing field stations es- tablished to assist producers in mar keting the potato crop of western Nebraska. The office will operate dur ing the heavy shipping season or un- til about November 15. During this period daily reports will be issued showing primary destination, ship ments for the country by state, ship ping point conditions, and prices in the six important producing sections, and car-lot quotations at Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago and Omaha. The station is one of many established by the bureau of markets and crop esti- mates of the U. s. department of az riculture at various, important pro ducing sections throughout the coun- try during the shipping season. Thru the daily reports issued at the sta- tions, producers and shippers are able to market their crops to better ad- vantage.
The Coconino sun., 1921-10-07
IN DAYS OF TORE
(From the Coconino Sun Files
 of February 12, 1887) q < | | $ | ( < ( . q $ q | |

The present railway mail service is little better than burlesque. The old pony express was slower, but more sure.
 Strenuous efforts being made to have Yavapai county, now occupying more than fourth of the area of the territory, divided, this part to be split off into new county, named Frisco county.
 The Arizona legislature has re- pealed the territorial and Mormon laws.
 Our efforts to have bank started in Flagstaff have met with success. "The Bank of Flagstaff" will be open ed in 10 days. The enterprise is started by w. G.. Stewart, of Flag staff, and E. S. Clark, of Albuquerque, who will manage it.
 There's move on foot to move the Apache county seat from St. Johns to Holbrook.
 Mrs. Michael B. Brannen IS dead. Now what do you know about that /? Just got through writing about a bank being started, when we learn there's still another one forming. The Ari- zona Central bank will open. next Monday. The partners chiefly inter- ested are: F. l.. Kimball, of Durango, Colo; B. N. Freeman, Durango, and J. H. Hoskins, foremrly of Auburn, N. r., who will be resident manager and cashier.
 One year ago Flagstaff burned, Twenty buildings were destroyed with a loss of S1O0,000. Since then over 70 buildings have been erected, in- cluding fine brick business houses and a commodious church. The Min eral Belt R. R. is building with eight miles graded and iron rails on the ground ready for laying. The route of the proposed railroad from here to Grand Canyon has been surveyed. The lumber business is thriving and the Aver Lumber Go. are working a large number of men. All these things
The Coconino sun., 1921-10-07
SHEEPMEN MEET TO
 CONFER ON DRIVEWAY

A meeting of driveway users over the Heber-Reno-Round Valley trail was held in the office of the flores, supervisor here last Saturday. The main points brought out in the meet ing were allotments of the trail or ganization, operating of any avail able slack among the existing prefer ences and disposition of any temper arily accrued surplus. The matter of building separating corrals and de- veloping water at advantageous places along the trail was also discussed The following interested sheepmen were present: James Scott, E. H. Duffield, D. W. Campbell, George Scott, E. B. Newman, E. A. Sawyer, Geo. H. Wilbur, John Nelson, Jose Elargo, MT. Otondo, H. c. Hancock, S. A. Sponseller, Fred Purcell, Henry Scorse, Chet I. Houck and Joseph W. Smith.-Snowfak Herald
The Coconino sun., 1921-10-07
DROUGHTY WEATHER DUE
 TO ABNORMAL PRESSURE

According to the weather bureau of the U. s. department of agriculture the abnormal summer of the current year was due to important changes in the distribution of atmospheric pres sure over the globe in consequence of which the usual seasonal interchange of air between equatorial and polar regions was seriously disarranged. Two events stand out prominently in this connections:
 First, the mild winter of 1920-2l with it's very light snowfall and a much decreased thickness of ice in lakes and streams. An unusually warm February removed practically all of the snow cover in the United States and even in the northwestern Canadian Provinces by March 1; thereafter in that month the solar heat that would ordinarily be expend- ed in melting snow and ice was de- voted to warming the soil and the at mosphere.
 The second event, and it is spoken of with less certainty than the first, was an increase in the height of the barometer over those parts of the At lantic and the Pacific oceans common ly known as region of "semiperman- ent high pressure" In other words, the level of the barometer over parts of the oceans was higher than usual; the effect of this arrangement of pressure was to change the course of rainstorms, which usually pass from west to east along the northern bound ary, to higher latitudes, viz: central and northern Canada. The result has been season so dry that yields of some crops have been seriously cur tailed
The Coconino sun., 1921-10-07
BIG CATTLE RIVE
 FROM SOUTHERN RANGE

A drive of about 1900 head of cattle was brought into Flagstaff last Satur- day for delivery and shipment to ranges in California. The cattle were rounded up on ranges in the Beaver Creek country and belonged to Bailey & Walker, Ralston Brothers and the U-Bar outfit.
 The steers were purchased by the O'Connell brothers for shipment to their pastures at King City, Calif., while about 700 head of steers were
 ken to the Kellum range east of Flagstaff.
 It is reported that cows with calves sold for S20 and heifers at S15, steers bringing a much better price.
The Coconino sun., 1921-10-07

dancing and pool, or of hiring a new pastor. While the vote each year has been heavily in his favor, it is by no means unanimous.
 "You will find me in the boxing ring, the dance halls, the lodge halls, the pool halls, perhaps in the alleys, or wherever men congregate, if I con- tinue to preach to the Christian Church of Chanute," was the ultimat- um contained in the minister's recent resignation.
 Not only was the resignation reject led-the congregation voted its pastor an increase in salary. This he refus- ed to accept, declaring he was amply paid, and that he earns something in addition to his salary by refereeing boxing bouts. Furthermore, he declar- es he has double reason for enhanc- ing his earning capacity"
 "Twins recently came to our house" he said. "If some person is to be paid for refereeing and l do the work sat isfactorily, 1 ought to have the mon- ey to help support those twins"
 His services as referee are today in much demand in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. His presence in the ring is regarded as guarantee of a clean fight. His influence has been felt throughout this section.
 It was while he was chaplain of the 137th Infantry of the 35th Division in France that the Rev. Mir. Blackman became devotee of the fistic game. He was known as "the fighting par son of the 35th" and justly so, for he not only supervised but engaged in many boxing bouts.
 In his own church the Chanute min- ister has put into practice his theory that the church should sponsor both boxing and dancing in the church.
The Coconino sun., 1921-10-07
show Flagstaff is enjoying, not a "boom," but reliable, solid growth.

show Flagstaff is enjoying, not a "boom," but reliable, solid growth.
 Lot Smith and twenty armed men took forcible possession of a ranch and store at Moen Copi. The prop rietors, Dittenhapper, Stone and Barney Williams had to yield to the Mormons. Thos. s. Hubbell, of Tuba City, went to their rescue with nine men but was warned by Smiths men, who were armed with revolvers and Winchesters, to keep away. Smith at first refused to yield up his pris- oners-the three store owners named above and Stones wife-but after a conference with Hubbell finally let them go. Williams, Dittenhapper and Stone at once came to Flagstaff, and Sheriff John w. Francis, with James l.. Black and Sheriff c. F. Owen of Apache county, and several others, started for Moencopi to capture the raiders. Owen has a warrant against Smith charging polygamy. Hubbell once tried to serve it but Smith pulled a gun and escaped.
 Geo. D. Brothers, teacher of the Flagstaff school, reports 53 pupils en- rolled, with average daily attendance of 36. Willie Ashurst was the only pupil neither absent nor tardy last month.
The Coconino sun., 1921-10-07
FIGHTING PARSON" FOR,
 WITH AND OF HIS PEOPLE

The Rev. Earl A. Blackman's annual resignation again has been rejected by the congregation of the Christian church at Chanute, Kansas.
 Once a year, regularly, since the war, Rev. Mir. Blackman has given his parishioners the choice of accept ing his advocacy of boxing bouts,
The Coconino sun., 1921-10-07
CHAS. P. MULLEN APPOINTED
 TO STATE LIVE STOCK BOARD

Charles P. Mullen, of Yavapai coun- ty, former president of the Arizona Cattle Growers association and one of the most prominent cattlemen in this state, has been appointed member of the livestock sanitary board to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late E. H. Crabb, of Flagstaff.
The Coconino sun., 1921-10-07

Don't cuss your tires. All they need is little tire surgery. Flagstaff Vulcanizing Shop. Phone 63.-Adver- tisement.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-04-01
Triple Tragedy in
Huntington Mysterious


Huntington, w. Va.-AThe murder OF
Paul Ralph Ai.ller and his wife, Mrs.
Nina Idella Miller. and The fatal
wounding OF william II. Smith, In a
little grocery store conducted by Smith
at 1895 Tird avenue. last Thursday a.
ternoon plunged this city into what
appears to be the deepest murder mys-
terry in It's history.
AT first Il was thought Miller had
killed his wife and fancied lover. and
then himself, but later II was discov-
erred that Mlllcrs body bore three
Wounds that he could not have infiict-
ed upon himself and that theory was
abandoned.
The only clue to the matter seems.
be the identity OF fourth person,
man, who fled hatless from the store
in which the shooting occurred at the
nd OF the flisillade OF bullets.
Mrs Smith, wife OF the owner Of
store. was the first person 20 ar
rive on the scene, When she reached
the store room, scarcely ten feet
square. there lay Miller and his wife
dead. while her husband was .unccn-
scious from a gaping wound in the
head.
Mrs. Smith tainted AT the gruesone
sight. and had to be carried away by
nolghbors when they arrived. She hfa
been unable TO give any ineligible
information concerning the tragedy.
Early investigation tended 20 show
that Miller had killed his wife In q ~
OF jealous rage because she preferred
10 live apart from him and make har
living by clerklng In Smiths store. 4
fellow workman testified that Miller
had as callbre automatic pistol such
as the one found IN the room. But
later developments showed that there,
! we're seven shots fired cifectvelys
whmeag Millers gun had only con.
talnod three or four bullets. and that
one OF Millcr's wounds was received
from the rear. striking him IN the back
part OF the arm.
Those investigating the matter he
lieve there was fourth man In the
ROOM and TINT ne did al twist ii=s..;. -
the shooting,
Smith wns rushed 10 hospital
whore he died IN an hour. without re-
Cunning consciousness
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-04-01
Harrison Estep
Dies At Oakview

One, of Boyd county's aged ritiSons
Harrison Estep. died az his home AZ
onkytew Thursday morning after an
illness OF eight months Mr.. Estep WAS
II years OF age He was native Of
Virginia, but had lived practically All
his life in Kentucky and mad been q
resident OF ashland for the pas
twelve years So long as his health
permitted he was employed az night
clerk for the United Fuel d9s Co.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs MARY
t;step, eight daughters and four sons
AIR Estep was member OF the First
Christian Church, and the funeral ser
vice Mtts held Ia that church, inter
ineHt following III the Ashland ceme
tory Having been also a member Of
the encampmcnt Of Ashland LodRs &.
o. o. ~. No. 3sT the ledge obserysd
iits burial ritual Rev, Dr. Scott, ps,2-
tor Of the First Christian Church. mad
! charge Of the obsequies
The death of Mr. Estep iA monTned
by very large kinship as nell NJ ~
Il most uf friends. H. ~:sA regarded
is an who knew him as a man OF high
deals. one whuss llfc was IN epAn
1 book. his three score years aud ten
worthy ut emulation by his desronu
lnnis He had been twice married. His
trst wife. who was formerly Mary Jane
Galisto having passed away years age
lie wtis united in marriagu the second
,lmr 10 Mrs. Mary Wilson. Of Louisa
who survives him. lie was the father
/ "a twelve children, eleven OF whom are
tllyi1g. j. r. Flstep. OF Catlettsburg
George w Esiep, OF Ransaeller Ind.
lien Estcp Of Ashland; Mrs Tom.
Cartmel. Mrs. Frank Kirk Mrs Thee.
fSsirk. Mrs. }. II. MeSealss, and Mrs
vs. W, Thomas OF this city. Mrs. ? y
cornwoll, Of New brighton. Pa.; Mrs
j. r. Boyd and Miss Sophia Estep, or
East Liverpool, Ohio. One son, Shad
rack Estep. died eight years ago, Soy
en- step children to whom Mr.. Estep
was deeply attached are among the
survivors Forty grandchildren. and
six great grandchildren. Ashland 10
dependent.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-04-01
WAYNE ITEMS

Fisher Scaggs was in Kenova on
business Friday
BOYD Wellman was in kenoNa on
business the last of the week
Misses Elizabeth odell and HaneS
Niece of Huntington spent. SUNDAY
here.
q. O. Curnutte of Ceredo was a bus
mess visitor here Monday,
S. p. Hager of Huntington had bus
mess at the court house last Thurs-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Taylor of Fer
guson visited Mrs. Nan TAYLOR lasi
week.
Mrs. Mary Bailey has returned from
isit with relatives in Huntington
T. j. StringeH bf Huntington was
Wayne visitor Saturday.
Miss Kitten Adkins is visiting rela-
lives in Kenova.
G. ID. Miller of Huntington was mere
on business saturday
Clyde Seaggs of Logan spent sun
day with home folks.
Russell Rucker has purchased the
property on Keyser street formerly
owned by Mrs. Louise Adkins Mrs
Adkins has moved to Kenova.
Attorney John S. Shepherd was here
from Huntington Saturday
Mr.. and Mrs. H. o, Wiles and daugh-
Ter Gertrude were ldinner guests of
Or. and Mrs. B. r. Burgess Monday
Miss Elizabeth Frazier Of Fort Bay
is visiting her sister, Mrs. w. II Pet
ers.
The Easter exercises held at the
Batt;st Church Sunday evening under
the direction of Mrs. Fisher Scaggs
were largely attended. beautltui
eantata, THE Resurrection, was ren1
tlered. This was composed of forty
young folks who performed their parts
exeeedingly well. GRIMES.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-04-01
BREAKS JAIL, is SHOT;
GETS SIX MORE YEARS
ADDED TO HIS TERM

Frankfort, Ky-Basil Cook, Floyd
county convict, might have been at
liberty year ago with no price upon
his head had he not fled road camp
in owen county, but Wednesday he
was brought to the reformatory on
crutches. suffering from four sunshot
wounds inflicted by Virginia authori-
ties in arresting him and facing an
additional term of six years. Two
years ago he made his escape. Then
ne was arrested in Buchanan county.
virginia, where he also was wanted
for housebreaking. He broke jail
before the Kentucky requisition ar
rived. He had been arrested twice
previously in Buchanan county and
broken Jail each time, but was finally
captured. and sentenced in PrestoHs-
burg to serve two years for burglary.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-04-01
Pike County Woman Held
on Poisoning Charge

Pikeville, Ky.--Mrs. WiIda Mullin,
held In the county Jail on the charge
Of poisoning her two children, viii
plead insanity. according to local Of
ficials.
Officials say there's a love motive
behind the alleged crime; that Mrs.
Mullin. a widow. with four children,
sought to free herself to marry Wild
over, who also had children.
Mrs Nullin not only denies the
poisoning, but the love theory.
The woman, who lived at Myra, a
little mountain town. was left a wild
ow last fall.
Recently her eldest daughter mar
ried. Then II is alleged the question
prospective groom is said TO have con-
tcadcd that their children would not
get along together.
Officials charge Mrs, Mullin went to
Jtakins, a nearby town, and purchased
some quinine capsules and some poison.
Al dinner. her SON in-law complained
that something was wrong with the
bread; that he felt III after taking q
few bites,
The rest OF the meal was dumped
out TO hog which IL Is said died
shortly after eating IL.
soon after this a three year old child
became Ill and doctor was called.
One hour after the physician's depar-
ture the baby died. although appar-
entity relieved when the physician lef;.
A few days, later the mother is said
to have requested that the Is year old
daughter, who had been staying with
noighbor to come home, II Is al
legged the mother gave the girl one Of
the capsules which she had secured at
1onlSins, claiming Il would help her
cold.
4 physician was called, but before
he arrived the girl was dead
Mrs, Mullin was arrested. When
the remaining capsules were examined
officers charge, each was found 10 con-
tain a portion OF poison Ashland In-
dependent.
Mrs, Mullins has been ordered to the
Western state hospital at Hopkins
vile, where patients with homicidal
mania are confined.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-04-01
ono Thousandth Weddine.

Rev. A. r Keyser, brilliant and
gifted pastor OF the First NJ. r Church
south, consummated his one thousandth
wedding mere al the church last Fri
day night He has been pastor Of this
church about four and one-half years
and he only has had about one NTH
ratio OF the wedding ceremonies per-
formed here in thar time, as there
hive been several other ministers who
shared equally, but his proportion OF
one thousand shows something OF the
strength of this city as a gretna green.
This does not mean that Rev. Mt.
keyst.r has enly married one thousand
cuples, but Il means one thousand in
Catlettsburg. The one thousandth
couple was married IN presence of the
Hne choir OF South Methodist Church,
which was practieing for the la ster
service. The couple was Mr.. Morris
wendell Agee, u. merchant and Miss
Ida Mae Chaffin, II. both of Logan.
w. VIA. They were accompanied BY
another couple, who were special
friends and they were very handsome
bride and groom Rev. MIR. Keyser Is
very proud of his achievement IN hay
ing married one thousand couples in
Catlettsburg.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-04-01
COMMISSIONER WANTS..
ovERDRAFTS cUR8EC

Frankfort. ky-Measures to elimi-
nate the practice Of permitting over
drafts will be recommended 70 the
next General Assembly by the State
Banking Department. Commissioners
Lewis says in a circular sent STATE
bankers. unless the evil is materially
curbed. The circular says:
"Tbe practis" is a serious imposition
on the bank ana is source OF empar-
rassment to its officers When a GUS
toner draws a check on a bank N
which no knows he has no funds he
gets the use of the money for nothing
He might as we'll milk his neighbour
COW without the owners consent.
I'VE. want to urge you to eliminate
drafts. You can do it by requiring
your customers to make prearrange :
,ncnts by executing to the bank notes
for their needs.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-04-01
PIKEVILLE


Mrs Nora Thornbury, wife of j. X
Thorpbury. deceased, has just re-
ceived a check for insurance through
their agent, Miss Ernestine Dawes, fol
$4,000. Mr.. Thornbury had been car
rying this insurance for less tnan
year.
The ladies of the Home MISSION 20,
ciety OF the NJ. L. Church South hau
nm ali day sewing party in the churon
.narlots Thursday. AT noon oouhti-
ful lunch was enjoyed,
Miss Minnie Stout was In Cincinna' !,
,.sf week to hear Billy SUNDAY anu
-s,,;le there purchased goods Tor 'he
n,sw novelty store that is gong up oi'
pike avenue.
Dr and Mrs. Oscar Thompson VINO
h.ve been visiting relatives here TOT
<c,ne time. left Saturday for New ior OH,
10 stay until April 10 when they WIN
20 to Panama !,
agrs Stoney Amick and children ana
,.ister Miss Dollie Mccoy. nave re-
t,,rned from Avon Park. Florida, wnere
they spent the winter.
AIS Bonnie Maxwell and daughter,
tlnine. and Miss Bonnie olinger o.
gs,nc;nnati. who have been the guests
- M,ss Emma Tackaberry for some
v,eelrs,, viii return to their bone sat
urtlay morning. -, -, "a
Ashland 10 meet their daughter MISS
ToI,xabeth, who came from milton
college TO spend Easter,
Mrs. Tina b. Miller has returheu
from Washington where she mas oeen
visiting Mrs. John w. Langley En-
route she stopped in Ashland TOT
few days with her sister, MIS- hu
5olley.-Pike County News.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-04-01
CATLETTSBURC
Normal Training School
For Boyd County.

Normal Training school
For Boyd County.
a normal training school for the
teachers of Boyd county viii very
likely be established in Ashland or
Catlettsburg during the present sum
mer. This school will be under the
supervision of the Eastern Kentucky
State Normal School. Itis not always
possible for all of the teachers who
are engaged in the public schools to
attend summer school The expense of
going away to school frequently is
beyond what many teachers can afford
10 spend for this training, Through
the State Department of Education
and the Normal schools these schools
are being organized to bring to the
very dooss of Kentucky teachers the
finest educational opportunities that
they have ever enjoyed Catlettsburg
and Boyd county are very much in
terested in this proposition. They will
be Joined by a number of teachers from
Greenup. Carter and other counties. 1t
Is predicted that from 200 To $50
teachers will be assembled for serious
professional study from June 9Th TO
July sth.