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The Coconino sun., 1921-06-24
Saw First Tobaeee Smoke.

It was Christopher Columbus whs discovered tobacco. and he did 1t on his first voyage in 1492, according to a little brochure which George C.. Dempsey of Boston, has prepared for distribution among the members of the Algonquin club. MT. Dempsey's account says: He was not only the first European to report tobacco. but he saw the natives smoking rolls of 1t --cigars-to light which they carried burning brands in their hands. Popu- lar impression makes Sir Walter Ra. leigh, the discoverer History dis closes the fact that the distin- guished nobleman was closely and unfortunately identified with the fra grant herb, but at the same time shows that he did not begin to play his dramatic part on the worlds stage till years after the great admiral had quit 1t.
 At all events the pipe is insep- arabic from our vision of Raleigh, but we know Columbus saw cigar smok- ing years before him. Unfortunate discoverer, indeed, Columbus found a new continent and another gave 1t his name. He discovered smoking. and the name of another is linked to the romance of It."
The Coconino sun., 1921-06-24
DIFFERS WITH US AS TO
 CARE OF MT. VERNON

Mount Vernon society covering its financial affairs for the calendar year 1920, and that report, which is at all times open to the public, shows that maintenance and upkeep have actual ly exceeded the revenues obtained from the admission fees, resulting in an actual deficit borne by the society itself.
 The grounds should undoubtedly be open on Sunday. I heartily agree with your view that the government should own and operate Mt. Vernon, altho it should be borne in mind that this will result in all of the people contributing towards maintenance thereof, rather than only those who have the privilege of visiting the sac red spot, as under the present control.
 I am convinced that an investiga- tion would substantiate the facts a. bove recited by me, and that you would find the Mount Vernon society has rendered the country signal ser vice in preserving the home of the fa- ther of the nation.
 Very respectfully,
 CHARLES P. ELMER.
The Coconino sun., 1921-06-24
He Got the Bug Letter"

There Is probably no easier way to get laugh out of an average Amer ican audience than to mention an Englishman's sense of humOr and to read what an American may have to say about the British humOr may be exasperating to an Englishman, but the reverse Is not always true. An Englshman, J. c. Squire. for instance, may write about American jokes and not be the least bit irritating. In his Life and Letters" Mir. Squire's chap ter, "GOaks and Humour," contains several fine American jokes, and among them is one that concerns a traveller on sleeping car who had written a complaint to headquarters about the presence of vermin in his berth.
 "He received back from the ad ministrative head letter of immense effusiveness. Never before had such a complaint been lodged against this scrupulously careful line, and the man. agement would have suffered any loss rather than cause annoyance to so distinguished citizen as, etc, etc. He was very delighted with this ab- ject apology. But as he was throw ing away the envelope there fell out a slip of paper which had. apparent ly, been inclosed by mistake. On It was a memorandum Send this guy
 
 the bug letter."
The Coconino sun., 1921-06-24
DUE FOR WONDERFUL GROWTH"
 SAYS DIR. SHRUM

Flagstaff is on the verge of a boom and other towns along the Santa Fe in northern Arizona are. en- toying prosperity which, in the face of the general business. depression, is no less than astonishing.
 So says Dr.. Riley Shrum, who re- turned a day or two ago from a ten days auto trip that included all the country between Needles and Flag staff. Mrs. Shrum accompanied him. ''1 s' '@N
 Dr. Shrum was particularly inn pressed by Kingman and Flagstaff. kingman is receiving quite an inn petus as a result of the. discovery of the Katherine, gold mine. 1t seems assured that the proposed railroad from Flagstaff to Lees Ferry, on the Colorado, will be started at an early date. That alone win pour hundreds of. thousands. of dollars into Flag staff. When the road is finished the big Colorado power project will be undertaken and F1agstaff will con- tinue to ride on a wave of prosperity. Dr. Shrum is convinced that for years to come Flagstaff will be one of the best towns oin the states and that it may grow to the proportions. of a city.
 On the return trip Dr. and Mrs. Shrum were accompanied by a whole autoload of young people. In Flag staff they ran across George Reed, formerly of the Jerome Drug store here but now in business with his father at Needles. Reed drove his car with the Shrums to Jerome, briging Miss Marjorie Shrum and Miss Jackie Humphreys, students at the Flagstaff Normal, and Mrs. Ed die Edmondson, who has been on a vacation there. Yesterday Reed drove back to the Coconino town, taking Miss Shrum and Miss Humph- reys with him.--Jerome News.
The Coconino sun., 1921-06-24
HOW LITTLE DEVILS GROW.

The kind of boy who makes a good priter is the sort who begins to loaf around the print shop on press days as soon as he starts to school. He is the boy who feels honored when he is told to bring in bucket of fresh wa ter, and he would trade his jack knife and tin whistle any day for the privilege of kicking off" a hun- dred dodgers on the old foot press. By-and-by, refusing to be chased off and stay chased, he is sweeping the floor mornings and running errands. such as goig to the store after left handed monkey wrench or to the fur niture store to ask for the return of the paper stretcher. Later he learns to recognize type lice and wash the rollers, sorts p's and q's out of the hell box, and so progresses to the point where he is on the pay roll to the amount of $l every Saturday afternoon and says "our paper" when speaking of the Weekly Gimlet." Such boy is the only kind that ever grows up to be real printer.-Sidney (Neb.) Telegraph.
The Coconino sun., 1921-06-24
Beauty In Old Amsterdam.

h' Amsterdam is notable for. two pos sessions above all others: itsa old canals and its old pictures, writes K. V. Lucas in "A Wanderer in Holland" Truly has it been called the Venice of the North; but very different is it's somber Quietude from the sunny Ital- ian city among the waters.
 There is beauty of gaiety and . beauty of gravity; and Amsterdam in it's older parts-on the Keizersgracht and the Heerengracht--has the beauty of gravity.
 In Venice the canal Is. of course, also the street; gond0las and barcas are continually gliding hither and thither; but in the Keizersgracht and the Heerengracht the water is little used.
 One day, however, I watched a cos termonger steering a boatload of flow CTS under a bridge and no words of mine can describe the loveliness of their reflection. 1 remember the incl dent particularly because flowers are not much carried in Holland, and 1t is very pleasant to have this impress sion of them-this note of happy gai- ety in so dark a setting.
 In the main Amsterdam is city of trade. of hurrying business men, of ceaseless changing tramcars and crowded streets. but on the keiZers- gracht and the Heerengracht you are always certain to find the old essen tial Dutch gravity and peace.
 No tide moves the sullen waters of these canals, which are lined with trees that in spring form before the narrow, dark. discreet houses the most delicate green tracery imaginable; and in summer screen them altogether. These houses are for the most part black and brown, with white window frames, and they rise to a great height, culminating in that curious stepped gable (with crane and pulley in iD which is, to many eyes, the symbol of the city. l know no houses that so keep their secrets.
 In every one, I doubt not, is furni- ture worthy of the exterior; old paint. ings of Dutch gentlemen and gentle women landscape or two, girl with lute old silver wind mills; and plate upon plate of serene blue Delft
The Coconino sun., 1921-06-24
Good Record for Colleges.

Thirty-six per cent of the members of congress, 55 per cent of the Pres idents of the United States, and A per cent of the vice Presidents have been college graduates, according to an announcement made by Dr. G. Borst dean of education of the Val. paraiso (Ind.) university.
 Doctor Borst also made the state ment that there is only 1 per cent of college graduates in our male popu. lation of graduate age.
 "Nearly B per cent of all cabinet members, 69 per cent of the justices of the supreme court and s5 per cent of the chief justices have also been furnished from this per cent" said Doctor Borst.
The Coconino sun., 1921-06-24
WILLIAMS PLAYS
 BALL HERE SUNDAY

No ball game last Sunday. Williams will play here Sunday. The latter az gregation beat Ash Fork by close margin last Sunday and Manager Nordyke has an idea they will pull the same stunt here. It ought to be a dandy game, anyhow, but if Will jams wins Williams will be surprised.
 Schedule for games following next Sunday:
 At home
 July 8, Winslow vs. Flagstaff; Hol- brook vs. Kingman. July 4, Finals. July 10, Ash Fork.
 August 21, Williams. 'hs Away is.'r li July IT, at Williams. July "A, at Kingman,
 August IA, at Ash Fork. a. -t September 4, at Williams. t Open dates-July 31, August 2, 2S.
The Coconino sun., 1921-06-24
PLAN TO WRECK
 NITRATE PLANTS

War depends upon explosive ann intuition. Explosive ammunition de- bends absolutely upon nitric acid, and the huge supply of nitric acid which IS necessary comes almost entirely from the nitrate fields of Chile. The sodium nitrate of the Chilean pampas makes it possible for the guns of the world to speak.
 The most colossal war in the worlds history depended upon little strip of desert in northern Chile, writes Willard Price in the Christian Herald. Germany well understood this fact. For years before the war she pur- chased annually 42 per cent of Chile's total production of nitrate. This enorm- ous quantity was bought ostensibly to be used as fertilizer, and, in fact, much of 1t was so used. But also much of 1t was systematically stored away for the manufacture of ammuni- tion; so that, when the, cloudburst came. Germany had on hand vast supply of explosives and of nitrates from which explosives could be made.
 With the beginning of war she was, of course, promptly cut off from com municatiOn with Chile. Since It was impossible for her to get more Chilean nitrate. she would make 1t also, i'm possible for the allies to get 1t. The outcome of this reasoning was a plot, the story of which never got to most North Americans, but which Hound to be widely known in South America. But for the telltale wagglng of a drunken mans tongue. the war might have come to conclusion of sort far more pleasing to the kaiser,
 One day in February of 1917 q Chilean miner came down from the nitrate pampas to the coast town of ,Antofagasta. He had money. He visited a cantina and in time became drunkenly garruIous. His babblings made his listeners sit up sharply and exchange glances. and later report to the authorities.
 Ah '"'NS'60tich iVioWtu anu d otu- pendous German plot was revealed, having for it's object nothing less than the destruction of the machinery in all the nitrate Ofcinas of Chile.
 The plot was to be consummated on February 26 (the same date as that set for the attempt. which proved fu- tile, to steal the Peruvian subma- rines). Charges well placed under boilers and at other vulnerable points would have wrecked machinery that 1t would have taken at least a year and half to replace.
 Of course. guards were Immediately detailed and the plan was abandoned. But If the plot had succeeded-what thenI In few months the existing supply of nitrate in the hands of the allies would have been exhausted. The manufacture of ammunition, except in Germany, would have stopped.
The Coconino sun., 1921-06-24
F. s. Breen, Esq.
 Editor The Coconino Sun,

r. D. DreeH, ESq.
 Editor The Coconino Sun,
 City.
 My dear Sir:
 Although I hesitate to intrude with my personal opinions, des, re to take issue, in certain respects, with your editorial in today's issue of the Sun on the ownership and management of Mount Vernon.
 The "select few" whom you men, tion are group of patriotic ladies who formed the Mount Vernon society and purchased the property, as re- call, at time when the mansion it. self was rapidly falling into decay and ruin, and after repeated efforts had been made by various patriotic societies to have Congress take the necessary action to purchase same and maintain it as governmentally con trolled and maintained institution. The efforts of these societies were all with. out avail.
 So far as the admission charge to the grounds and mansion is concern. ed, I recently saw the report of the
The Coconino sun., 1921-06-24
A UNION RURAL FINANCIER,

Jobson, driving along lonely road one morning, managed, in some way or other, to ditch his car. Fortunate ly farmer hove in sight behind . pair of stout horses and Jobson ap- pealed to him for help.
 Why, ya-as, l guess I kin help ye out, mister," said the farmer. Let's see, what it'1 come to-one days use of the team, $5-"
 "One day?" retorted Jobson. "'Tis- mt going to take a day to haul that machine out, is it?"
 Why, mo-" returned the farmer, "but arter I get the s5 don't calc1ate to do any more work till tomorrow" Boston Transcript.
The Coconino sun., 1921-06-24
Maintain Your Best paes.

You are unfair to yourself when you limit your possibilities to the other fellows pace. You are not bound to wear his handicap. It may be the courteous thing to go as slowly az he does. but that's merely matter of condescension and doesn't represent your capacity. Let your own inner urge be the compelling force that keeps you to your best pace. You won't be happy dragging along when you should be speeding. Besides this, doing things at slow gait demands more energy than should be used for the operation. To do the work right you should be immersed in it 70 that you give your whole thought to the thing you do. The fact that every turn is new challenge keeps you up to your best and assures your best effort. To see things being done that reflect skill and ability is the call that is answered by still better effort Grit
The Coconino sun., 1921-06-24
SURE TO BE LIGHT.

"I think you need more footlights on the stage" said the theatrical man. ager who had hired the hail for per formance. q
 "Oh, you'll find the house light enough when you come to give your show, reckon" replied the man whn owned the hall and knew the town.
The Coconino sun., 1921-06-24
THE CYNICAL COMPOSITOR.

The home of MT. and Mrs. Charles Brown was the scene of a beautiful wedding last evening when their youngest daughter Margaret was joined in holy deadlock to MT. David Preston.-Quoted from Western pa per by the Boston Transcript.
The Coconino sun., 1921-06-24
Wound Fatal After Six Years.

Six years after being accidentally shot in the head with miniature rife, woman died in the Wands- worth (England) infirmary. After the accident the woman became blind and paralyzed. The bullet was found In her neck at the post-mortem.
The Coconino sun., 1921-06-24
New Ide. to Escape Jury Service.

A rigorous moralist obtained exemp- tion from mixed jury service in Phila- delphia. He told the judge that he had been married for 16 years to one woman, and he did not want to be locked up overnight with any other woman" He was excused.
The Coconino sun., 1921-06-24
PAGE A FLY.

MISS STEVENS--"Albert, will you please run up that curtain?"
 ALBERT-"I'm not in very good xtraining, but I'll try"
The Coconino sun., 1921-06-24

w. H. ZOOK, Pastor.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-06-06
MEMORIAL EXERCISES FOR SOUTRS
DEAD HELD AT NATIONAL CEMETERY

dren 81 the confeaeraey dressed IN
white. passed among fhs graves piac-
ms flowers upon each.
Representative I.owery told ~ ths
Hfe - jefferson Davis. VINO Ne De-
seribed ss the lone star - American
history
lie was no prototype. IoWery said.
Few men could have met conditions
BE had 20 face and made the record
he did. tie occupied = place in the
United states senate IN the most tu-
muitoma times that the body has ever
known: he distinguished hlmneif an
the Mexican war. and waa the greatest
secretary ~ war this country has ever
known and the greatest statesman
who ever sat in q presidents cabinst
Today was chosen memorial DAY be-
cause 3, Was the nearest sunday 20 ths
1i5th anniversary 81 the birth % ths
president ~ the Confedsrscy.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-06-06
GIANTS ATTAIN
COVETED GOAL
No~ ~ Hsad 81 Nationals ard VIII
Sc Hard 60 Oversize.

NEW YORK. june 5.-The New
York Nationals having attained their
hrst place gosI at the outset OF the
FIRST western trip are speeding at a
rate that will make e difficult 10
oveFtake them. The ousted pIttabure
team has the advantage Of playing a.
home while the New York leaders are
getting better pitching and batting.
The American league leadership
sfruEgle II close because or the slow
pace - the leading teams. The Cleve-
land worlds champions and New
York start q four game series Tues
dag IN which the Yankees VIII have
q chance 90 overtake the Indians.
The Boston Nationals and the
Washington Americans are looming
up IN the major league races but have
considerable ground 70 make up. Both
are getting good pitching and batting.
In the National league the perfect
pitching ~ the New York STAR II the
outstanding feature. The Giant plfch-
ers viii be put 70 the test next satur-
aay against the hard hitting st. Louis
team
With the exception OF Boston. the
other National teams are getting IN
steady pitching. 81. Louis had 4 bal
ance last week on the winning side
only through the ability OF the Cardi-
nails 60 smash out i07 hits. the first
time the century mark has been
passed anF week this season. Brook !
i'm. Chicago. Philadelphia, and Gin
cinnati ars falling back.
In the American league Detroit
manages 70 keep pace with Cleveland
and New York. but like the majority
81 the American teams. It's acorlns
power Is about equal only 70 that ~
ST. opponents
Boston i playing good ball IN spots
The Red sox outplayed Cleveland n
two q the three games % their pres
ent series after breaking even with
the last place Athletics. 81. Louis
and Philadelphia are erratlc In the
field
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-06-06
ADVOCATES OF ECONOMY READY TO
ATTEMPT REDUCTIONS In ARMY BILL
10y ne Assesls,ss Prsssi

WASHINGTON. June 5-Undsterre3
BY defeats on the naval and deficiency
appropriation bills. advocates % econ
orny ia tne senate announced them
selves ready tonight 20 start a drive
10 reduce The ts9B.ssso0o appropria
lions carried in the army bin % BE
taken up b. the senate
The principal fight for reduced APP
proprlations il the army bin a. In TIE
case % the navy budget. n expected
60 center about the personnel item.
The former - reported BY the senate
military affairs committee woul6 pro-
vide for an army q i70. 900 men -
compared with provision Cor enlisted
personnel ~ fko. 900 men IN the meas
ure passed ~ the house. Although ire
10 900 total was agreed on unnni-
rnousiy by the military affairs con-
mits0e. two members. Senators Len
root. republican. Wisconsin. mad Hitch
cock. democrat. Nebraska are IN
der-tood 10 feel that the total fixed -
the house would be sufficient Tor the
next fiscal year.
The blii 10 be taken up tomorrow
represents an increase ~ ai5.isa,eoo n
appropriations over the measure as
passed by the house. This increase
r. largely due % the additional 2o.ooo
men provided for and also 90 larger
appropriations for contingencies ~ tns
army military intelligence and vooa-
tional training The Bill however
represents q decreaso % tio.TSs. eoe
from the army biil passed by both
houses % the Last congress but vetoed
By President Wilson.
Chairman Nadmworth ~ the mill
tary affairs committee. expects 70 Oh
tain a final vote on the bin before TIE
end ~ the week
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-06-06

WASHINGTON. June 6.--Memoraal
exercises Tor the S9uth'a dead who -
IN the Confederate section ~ Airing
ton National csmetery were held TO-
day. special ceremonies being held 81
the tomb - the unknown dead and
the Erava of q neral Joe Wheeler.
The exercises we're under the auspices
% the Confederate Veterans associa-
ton. sons - Veterans. Daughters -
tho Confederacy. and Southern Re-
lief society.
Representative h. q. t.owery ~ Mis-
Sissippi. was the principal speaker
Hundreds grouped around the stand
draped 81 the stars and stripes and
the stars ard Bars and around the
Confederate monument where. after
the sounding ~ taps BY a buslar. 8
beautiful piece in the shape - The
Southern Cross" vas unveiled Chill
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-06-06

usual ssoa hittng trim. bot thsv she~ss
soore Thlrd Company displsfsa tss'f
weakness ta enc nsid snd faIisa - railg
IN fhs ninehsa-
seoand Ratfaiou inst a zane - Pre-
Company - default, on account e 'hf.f
failure - appear on the xroamas - .
regularly scheduled SANE.
Thsse games are ths last fcF 80 par
sielpmnta - fbs pFsnsnt Rchsdais. Thref
games ia ~ piayed wednesday affff
nooa whleh win cofnpisis ths senesiuis
fcr a. teams ~ fhs league. 4 sscpss
seheaole s1n - made cut 80 ths 49,
han q TIE season some tints auf4nK ~
wae#
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-06-06

FIRE DEPARTMENT
BEATS FIG CITY

The fire department defeated Pig
City Go 4 81 Zig CITY YESTERDAY after
noon before a big crowd. Ray Carlln
pitched q niee game foF ire fire fight
ers. Malonsy doing tbs receiving
These making the trip were: A1aloney.
garlla. Graham. Hammond. Smiah
TouaFf. Ralasano. OaConneIi Eoilice
aad woodland TIE same teams wln
play Fourth q July. The feature or
yesterdays game vas Smiths hitting
Tne 1kreuzsu first aacksr made hits
"a SIX trips % the plata
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-06-06

Summary Two base hit-~Xlsiar
Three base hlt-Turnbuii Home Iun
--R. sosrrltt. Sacrifice hlt-Turnbull
Runs batted in-R Scarritt ca. NiIiar,
Sanchez. II. Searritt stolen bases
Yost. Smith. villar. Caught stealing
Yost. Earned runs-Pensacola.
Double play-waIker and smith. Left
on Pensacola. s.. Chero Cola. s.
Base On halls-Off Williams. 2. Tit BY
pitcher-By Williams Ryan first
base on errors-Penaaeola. &: Chero
Cola. :. Struck out-By Ryan. fa. by
williams. 2. Passed baii-Jones. TIM
pirs. Weber. Time. las.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-06-06
BEACHCOMBERS WIN
FROM WARRINGTON

The Beachc0mbers defeated the
Warrington stars Al to IN 10 innings
a. the q. +. a A. docks yesterday.
sperduto hit . home run and two
doubles. one OF the two baRgera came
in the ninth and drove in the run that
tied the scora Tshe Hseacheombera
Will play F9g City next SUNDAY.
The score
Beaehoemhers 80 ooi oss iii 70 2
Batteries: Robinson and schell.
Henarickson and sperduta.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-06-06
SHERIFF ARRESTS
IL FOR GAMBLING

sheriff Ellis and deputies Graham
aud Rice raiaed the house az Te7 =
Pahfox-st. late Saturday night and
arrested John Donovan. charged with
running a gambling house and rs
others. charged wtfh gambling The
entire ~ viii appear before Judge
JaAnSaa ThzaxsdAS-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-06-06
PENSACOLA WINS
THIRD GAME, 81
chsre cols Club Unable 60 conapsts
With Leoala In Last Game
81 Series.

Pensacola son from the Chero Cola
club Of Mobile. ? 10 I, yesterday. the
visitors being unable 20 solve Ryan's
delivery while the locals scored at
viii after the fourth inning. Russell
scarritf hit tho ball over the right
field fence for bis second homer Of
the season On the local park.
The score.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-06-06
LIGHTER THAN-AIR
DEFEATS The ARMY
secona BattaHon rorfsita oawas 20 ths
First Company Tsar,

Third Company sank thsnNslve. furthsF
lnto the mire az the Bottom - the per-
eanfaEe columns - The Army Navy
league when they lest saturday after
noon 20 Lighter ThansAlr ~ a s-fo