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The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-06-24
EARTH RUBE OF SOLAR SYSTEM

Doctor Shapley is a comparatively
young. astronomer, yet he has won an
authoritative place in the science He
Is a graduate Of the Missouri State
University and of Princeton. He was
Identified with the Mount Wilson OBJ
servatOry seven years.
By triangulatiOn. taking the distance
between sun and earth as a base for
measurements. scientists have record
ed vast distances, until such lines have
been extended hundreds Of light years
even to the border line Of measure
ment, the Plelades.
The same PleIades are scarcely In
the front yard of Doctor Shapley's
galaxy. which he has measured and
found to be about 100000 light years
from end to end. II Is a super-Mllky
Way.
A light year. the distance a beam
Of light will travel In one year, Is
6,OOO 600, 100000 miles. II takes but
eight minutes for light to come to the
earth from the sun. 93,OOOOO0 miles
away.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-06-24
To Sail Globe
in a LifebOat

gift from the company, and while 1t
does not differ from the ordinary life
boat built for ship use, certain changes
have been made to adapt It for the
specific purposes for which It will be
used.
Will Be sloop Rugged.
1t will be slOop rugged, having q
26-foOt malnmast and 12-foot top
mast, three feet Of which will be
above the hounds, thus affordlng a
32-foOt sail hoist. Two sets Of sails
will be carried, one Of light canvas
for light and moderate weather, and
one of heavy canvas for stormy wealth
err However. they hope to escape
stormy weather. except an occasional
sQuall, by sailing In summer tlme.i
The boat will have no covering except
canvas awning to spread over the
hunks when It rains Cooking will be
done on an oil stove They will start
with a stock for IA weeks provisions
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-06-24
Blair Says He's No Crusader

David H. Blair of North Carolina,
confirmed by the senate as United
States commissioner of internal rev.
enue after long fight, says he Is no
crusader. He will insist on strict en-
forcement of the prohibition law, he
says, but he is not going to under
take to write into the law anything
that congress might not put there.
This is disturbing to the prohibit
ton forces, who were further stirred
when they heard that the new commits
sioner favOrs the transfer of prohibit
ton enforcement eventually from the
treasury department to the department
of justice. Commissioner Blair has
said nothing for publication about his
ideas on the subject, but Senator Pen.
rose, chairman Of the finance commit.
tee, said that the new commissioner
was for shifting enforcement to the
attorney generals shoulders. Prohl-
bltiOn leaders do not want this and
are fighting against II.
Il shall not undertake to Ieglslate.
10 the business Of congress
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-06-24
800 QulntiIliOn Miles OFF the Sky
Broadway.
Scientist Discovers That the Universe
Is One Thousand Times Greater
Than II Has Been Thought.

Cambridge, Mass.-Dr. Harlow Shap-
ley. the astronomer who recently came
10 Harvard from Mount Wilson OBJ
servatory In California. announces
that he has made discoveries that
reveaf the universe to be a thousand
times greater than scientists have
thought.
By so doing he has relegated the
earth to a plane one thousand times
less important than It has heretofore
occupied. And instead Of being In the
center OF things" as has been under
stood heretofore. he estimates II to
B,s something like 100000. 900. 900, OOO.-
OOo.OOO miles from the conter OK the
universe
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-06-24
Two Princes
Claim Chateau

and interesting OF all the famous feu-
dal establishments Of ancient France.
1t was once one Of the most magnifi-
cent Of these great estates and lies
In the valley Of the Loire close to the
town Of Blols and has about 1900
acres, part Of which is inclOsed by
walls extending for 20 miles. The
building is about 200 feet square with
famous circular towers at the corners
and a double spiral staircase leading
to the double lantern, which dominates
the center tower.
1t was built about 1923 and for two
centuries was a royal residence. Louis
XIV gave. 1t to Marshal Sake and Ma
poleon presented 1t to Marshal Ber-
thler. Eventually 1t fell into the pos
session Of the duke Of Parma.
At the beginning Of the war II was
owned by Prince Elias Of Bourbon
Parma and was seQuestrated because
he was serving In the Austrian army
as an attache Of the Austrian general
staff. Prince Elias is a brother Of
Zlta, wife Of the former Emperor
Charles Of Austria, who lately at
tempted to regain his throne as king
Of Hungary.
After the war Prince Elias at
tempted to recover possession Of the
estate, but the French courts have Just
dlsallowed his claim. This, however,
does not settle the question Of its
ownership, for Prince Slxtus, also Of
BOurbOn-Parma. brother OF Prince
Elias, has put in a claim to the own.
ershlp of the chateau.
Princes Services Refused.
Prince Sixtus does not suffer the
disability of Prince Elias, as Slxtus
and his brother Xavier, both offered
their services to the French govern
ment in the war and being refused on
the ground that descendants of the old
royal houses could not be permitted
to fight for France, they both enlisted
In the Belgian army, where they
served as stretcherbearers. Their brav-
cry In this service was afterward rec
Ognized in French citation.
Americans will identify Prince Six
tus as the man who received, while the
war was Stu In progress, the famous
letter from Emperor Charles of Aus
tria in which he stated that he iym-
pathlzed with Frances aspirations to
recover Alsace-Lorraine and that in
his opinion Belgium should be restored
by Germany.
Prince Slxtus turned the letter over
to President POlncaire and its publ.
cation by Premier Clemenceau created
CONSERVATION in Germany. Emperor
Charles denied Its authenticity.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-06-24
Three hOrWegianS Plan interest
ing Trip That Will Take About
Year and a Halt.
ALL ARE TRAINED SEAMEN
Goat Will Have No Covering Except
Canvas Awning to Spread over
the 5unks When II Ralns-
Boat to Be sloop Rugged.

New York.-NOrwegians are no long
er the leading sea rovers they once
were, but their adventurous. spirit Is
not yet extlngulshed. There is a
round tower at Newport, built of rude
stones, a lasting monument to some
forgotten visitors to these shores. Who
built It no one can tell. but surely net
aboriginal Americans for It embodles
principles of architecture unknown to
them. AnthropolOglsts believe 1t was
built by the NOrsemen. who, there Is
evidence to show, found America long
before Columbus, as early as the
Tenth century. Indeed there is a
Morse tradition to that effect.
Adventurous Norwegians.
These considerations are revived
by the fact that three young NOrwe-
CLANS now In this city are planning
to cross the Atlantic ocean In an open
boat and eventually to clrcumnaVl-
gate the globe. They are Capt. Miner
TOnning and Mates Otthar Peterson
and Hedge Westerllng Tonning was
at work on the Panama canal In 1915.
but going home was impressed Into the
Norwegian navy. Peterson was petty
officer on another ship In the same
service. Westerllng has also seen
much sea service. They are prac-
tically stranded here now, and are
laid up at the club Of the Norwegian
Master and Mates association, No. 585
Henry street, Brooklyn, where a re-
porter was told their plans. Ton
ning acted as spokesman while the
other two listened and gave assent
Their plans are nearly complete.
They have secured a 2O-foOt life
boat. built by the Atlantic Life Boat
company Of South Brooklyn. 1t is a
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-06-24
$4,000 FOR SPOT OF GOLD"
"splrits" Wouldn't Work, However,
so Aged ST. Louis swlndler
Goes to Prison.

Chester, nl.-Joseph Pelllnski, six
ty-one years old, Of st. Louis. started
an lndeterminate sentence of from one
to ten years in the southern Illinois
pententlary here, following his convic-
ton at Alton of swindlIng Weert Bau-
er, retired farmer, out Of $4,000 I'M
der the pretense he was aiding Buuer
TO locate a ''pOt Of gold" valued at
$4,000 buried on Bauer's farm.
The gold, It was claimed, was to be
located through spirltuallstic seances
conducted by the defendants wife. II
was supposed to have been hidden by
a relative of Bauer
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-06-24
PEOPLE zB5GR.
Stefansson's New Arctic Trip

1t is to lift the veil Of mystery
from an unexplored Icy area, lying 300
miles from the north pole, that VIII
hjalmur StefanssOn, famous explorer,
will make his new arctic dash In 1928.
His goal is the center of this ice field.
concerning which nothing Is known.
This vast tract, he believes, is play
ing an Important part In the evolution
Of the world. The ice packs at the
southern edge are being worn away
by the Gulf stream. This graduat
melting and breakage process mas
placed the pole $50 miles nearer the
open ocean.
The area which he hopes to pene-
trate, he points out, extends some 4oO
miles this side Of the pole and the
central point Is located 300 miles De
yond any point so far reached Dy
ship.
ut might be reached by airship.
he said, "but nothing Of scientific
nature could be unearthed en- route"
center of the ice area. There has been
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-06-24
Phipps on the Maternity Bill

Senator Phipps of Colorado does
not hesitate to declare against the
so-called Sheppard-Towner maternity
bill and other such legislation classed
as paternalistlc. The senior senator's
objection to the legislation is voiced
In reply he made to a night letter
received from Mrs. Adrlanna Hunger
ford Of Denver president of the Colo
RADIO WOmen's Temperance union.
Mrs. Hungerford had wired that such
legislation would help to put our
country on a par with others in this
respect" He said:
acknowledging the receipt of
your night letter, regret to inform
you that am not in accord with the
views of your association as to the
necessity of the so-called Sheppard
Towner maternity bill at the present
time. There has been no evidence
produced to show that our country Is
behind others in the matter of proper
care Of mothers and children. There
ff..Na- "a - - -
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-06-24
Hays on Freedom of Press

In Washington they call POstmas-
ter General Hays the human perpet-
ual motion machine" Having finished
arming the postOffice employees to
stand OF bandits, he's now busy on
the freedom of the press" Laws
safeguarding the integrity Of the free
dom of the press must and shall be
also scrupulOusly observed" he said in
announcing the granting Of an appli-
cation Of the LiberatOr, a monthly
magazine of New York, for second
class mailing privileges.
The application has been pending
since Feb. IL, 1918, the date Of its
founding, and the postmaster general
said the records of the department
showed every Issue offered since had
been accepted at the third-class rate
Of postage. The Llberator Will be
refunded $11.2TT. the difference which
1t paid over the second-class rate.
The postmaster general announced
also that the Call Of New York and
Victor Berger's paper. the Leader, hav,
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-06-24

pap the Leader have application reentTy
me secOndclass mailing
the law the applications be granted
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-06-24

In the hope of being able TO cross the
Atlantic within that time.
They will leave Sandy Hook In the
near future and steer for the Scllly
or AzOre islands. From Gibraltar
they will go to Suez, Sumatra, the
Philippines, Hawaii, California, Pana-
ma, pass through the canal and come
up the Atlantic coast to New York.
The entire voyage is expected to take
from 10 to IS months.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-06-24
Historic Building and Grounds
Seized by France During
War Is Demanded.
ROYAL HOME TWO CENTURIES
Louis XIV Gave Il 70 Marshal SAKE
and Napoleon Presented Il to Mar
shall BerthIer-Became Posses
sIon Of Dukes Of Parma.

Parls.-Efrorts by two princes Of the
house Of BOurbOn-Parma to recover
possession of the celebrated Chateau
Chambord, which was sequestrated by
the French government during the
war, is one Of the most interesting
aftermaths Of the great conflict.
The chateau Is more than 400 years
old and is one OF the most striking
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-06-24
Bear and RattIesnakes
Upset Train Schedule

Elmira, N. View York Cen
trail train crews on the line that
runs south from Corning into
the coal fields Of Pennsylvania
are having new experience.
Black bears and rattlesnakes
are interfering with the time
schedules.
A special coal-laden freight
train slowed up when a huge
black bear posed on the track In
battle formation. 1t refused to
move until the cowcOtcher nOsed
1t more or less gently aside.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-06-24

Sale Of War Materials Brings Billion.
Washlngton.-DOmestlc sales of sur
plus war materials since the armis-
tIee have amounted to approximately
billion dollars. Assistant Secretary
Wainwright Of the War department
Informed the senate military commit.
re.
The Snowflake herald., 1921-02-25
HoIbroOk News Notes

A. N. Poppen of Winslow was
in town Tuesday.
John Pearce and Read Tenney
were in town Tuesday from Tay-
lor.
Miss Regina Wetzler is back
in school again after a siege Of
the mumps.
All the stores in town were
closed Tuesday Washington s
birthday anniversary.
C. A. Morrell of Winslow was
a business visitor in town the
first part of the week.
R. C. Creswell, member of
the board of supervisors, was in
town Tuesday from Winslow.
Judge A. S. Gibbons of St.
Johns was a business visitor in
town Wednesday and Thursday.
Miss Allie Cross returned Sat-
urday from Snowflake where she
had been visiting relatives and
friends for a few days.
Mrs. w. B. Woods and son,
Rex, have gone to Los Angeles
to visit w. B., Jr., who expects
to take an examination for West
Point soon.
Mr.. Robinson, manager for
Babbitt Bros. Trading Co., has
been transferred to Phoenix and
expects to leave here the first of
next month.
Frank Campbell of Snowflake
passed through our city Monday
enroute home from several
days trip in the southern part
of the state.
The Snowflake herald., 1921-02-25
News Items From Taylor

Mr.. and Mrs. Read Tenney
were in Snowflake Tuesday.
A Citizens meeting was held
Tuesday euening at the regular
hour.
Mrs. Wesley Palmer is suffer-
ing from another attack of pneu-
monia.
Messrs. N. A. and J. T. Brim-
hall are in from the ranch for a
few days.
P. K. Scheck, of the Gruns-
field firm, Albuquerque, was in
town Tuesday.
Mrs. Mary A. Standifrd, who
has been i'll for some time, is re-
ported able to sit up.
Messrs. John Pearce and Read
Tenney were Holbrook visitors
the first of the week.
Mrs. Emma Bryant spent the
other night in Snowflake visit
ing her mother and sisters.
The Stake Mutual boards were
here Sunday to give US some in
structions in regard to our work.
c. R. Bryant is leaving this
week for his ranch where he
expects to prepare his land for
farming.
The Snowflake herald., 1921-02-25
Important Bills That the
Governor Has Signed

Governor Thos. E. Campbell
has signed senate bill No. a,
which increases the pay of jurors
from So to $3.50 per day and
allows them ten cents per mile
Zone way) for travel.
Bill Al has also received the
governors signature. 1t au-
thorizes the boards of super
visors to pay a reward for the
destruction of wild animals. The
rewards have been fixed by the
legislature as follows: Lobos,
mountain lions and pumas, SO
each; coyotes, So each; raccoons,
Is cents each; lynx and wild
cats, 81 each; jack rabbits, go
piers and prairie dogs, 5 cents
each.
The anti-tobacco bill intro
ducced by Senator James Scott
of Navajo county was passed
with an emergency clause at
tached and becomes effective at
once. 1t is as follows:
1T shall be unlawful for any
person in the state of Arizona
to sell, give or furnish, or cause
to be sold, given or furnished,
any cigars. cigarettes or cigar
ettte papers, smoking or chew
ing tobacco of any kind or char
acter to any person under the
age of q years, and it shall be
unlawful for any minor in the
state of Arizona to buy. or have
in his possession, or accept or
receive from any person any
cigars, cigarettes, cigarette pa
pers, smoking or chewing tobac-
co of any kind or character.
The Snowflake herald., 1921-02-25
Lose Store Building
and Residence By Fire

The store building and con-
tents of L. D. Rhoton & Sons at
Lakeside, together with Charles
RhotOn's residence adjoining
the store, burned down early
Monday morning. The cause of
the fire, as near as we can learn,
was as follows: One of the
Rhoton boys slept in the store
building and arose early and
started a fire in the stove, soon
after rolling up his bed and
placing it in a rear room where
several cans of oil and other
things were stored. 1t is con-
jectured that a coal from the
fire in the stove popped out onto
the bed and, unnoticeably, was
wrapped up in it, later starting
a blaze which reached the oil,
when the flames could not be
checked. But few articles were
saved from the store and only
few household effects, according
to report. The loss, it is esti-
mated, is around $4,000. Some
insurance was carried on the
stock of goods.
The Snowflake herald., 1921-02-25
,,,,bers in a Difficulty
ore Yields Wicked Knife

n,..3 reached here last Fri
0t+a tsat c. R. Chaffin, rancher
py 'I;ndep. ,,'1s had his throat cut by
I'DII Thornton, another ranch
: = that district, and that the
a.,po5sd man could not recover.
NJ Einds of reports were gong
I. !. rounds as to the cause OF the e
.a,rIty and it was not until
s.tnrIsy s--I, that anything like the
s',+, ,s.nIars of the affair could be
ecertained'
t seems that the trouble arose e
!, a money settlement, the
,,,ticiuant8 becoming SO en-
sged that a tlghC ehSueu. o'ii
soorts Thornton went after
S.Hn with a knife, the latter
wing to keep him off by tap
a,c him on various spots of his
,,atomy with a six-shooter,
IA q much harder tap than
nv previous ones caused Thorn
m to let up. About this time
Lewis Hunt, who was nearby
having. arrived on the scene,
,,d Cbafin exclaimed that his
iroat was cut and to get him to
,joctor. An automobile shortly
,ngrward came along and the
ro1Dded man was loaded into
fsnd taken to Cooley. Chat
Inns throat was cut from his
ett ear lobe around quite a dis
lance on the right side of his
heck, and it is said it necessi-
ated sixteen stitches to close
D the wound. The wounded
nan is getting along nicely and
gS able to return to his ranch
Wednesday,.
Sheriff Newman and Deputy
FiI Cross came up from Hol-
hrOk and placed Mr.. Thornton
Under arrest and he was taken
b the county seat. Thornton
bad his preliminary Tuesday and
was released on account of the
witness not appear
Thornton was,
loEever, placed under peace
bond, we are informed.
The Snowflake herald., 1921-02-25
S, Utah Missionary
in California Writes Us
OroViIIe, California,
Feb. Ia, 1921.

SloFtiake Herald:
Ihave been receiving the Her
ad and enjoy it's contents. |
l'uce you people there have
wen IN need of rain. We have
"'IVed here over thirty inches
aace Oct. Is, 1920. It seems
Aa' a little sunshine would be
a'duy appreciated, for we mis-
"aafle8 cannot do our work as
@IIy when the rain is falling
earIy every day.
Last week we picked oran-
some Of the incest | have
u eaten. The regular harvest
]. .ae IS December but these
|pciers. '''0
4 almonds are in full bloom and
I VI small garden stuff is on
@,.l \, market 1t is surely a great
~l'rast from Utah.
I, aITayS remember the good
~pIe n Of Snowflake and some
N want to come back there
\. " see all my folks and friends.
~ NY . Of whom were my child
'9d q playmates.
n, .saae change the mailing ad-
IN, NY . Of the paper to R. A., oro-
lug California. - ~
Very truly,
G. A. Frost.
The Snowflake herald., 1921-02-25
Snowflake Local and
Personal News Items

Preston Bushman, the Dry
Lake rancher, was in town the
first of the week.
| Joel Flake has moved his fami-
ly to their ranch at Joppa where
they will make their home DUR
ing the summer.
7. W. Tanner, who is working
on the highway near Hunt, was
over to attend the funeral of his
brother-in-law. Jas. G. McPher-
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. @. r. Gardner
of Linden we're here over Sun
day visiting relativesand friends.
Three of their children are at
tending the schools in Snowflake.
Sheriff Lee Newman and Dep
uty VIM. Cross and the latter's
wife were in town Wednesday
from Holbrook and were joined
here by Mrs. Nellie C. Hunt and
the party made an auto trip to
Pinetop, where the sheriff had
some official business to look
after.
The basket dance last Friday
night, given under the auspices
of the M. |. A., drew a large
d eatifying crowd. Each
lady, old and young. brought a
well-flled basket that was emp
tied shortly after their male
partners discovered where they
were at. = One gets his moneys
worth at these kind of affairs.
The Academy faculty and stu
dents took a hike Wednesday
afternoon to the old dam site
on Cottonwood wash. The big
crowd had jolly time playing
all kinds of games which were
concluded by a mammoth feast,
consisting of chicken fried in
Dutch ovens right on the spot,
beans, numerous sweet things,
etc. The day was beautiful and
everyone reported the best time
ever.
The manager of the local mo-
vie show gave something out of
the ordinary last night in the
way of a fve-reel Mack Sennett
comedy Married Life. F." A
large crow d was out, including
Academy students, who were
''let Off" for this one night and
were given free tickets by the
manager Of the show. Tomor-
row night George Walsh will be
seen in one of his best pictures,
''The Manhattan Knight. {"
The Snowflake herald., 1921-02-25
]. c. Mcpherson Passes
Away in Los Angeles

The people of Snowflake were
shocked to hear the sad news
that James C. Mcpherson had
passed away in Los Angeles, his
death occurring Sunday, the 20.
He had been ailing for several
months but was not thought 10
be in a dangerous condition until
short time ago when, besides
being bothered with his heart,
something akin to dropsy set in
and he was hurried to a hospital
in Los Angeles where it was
hoped, with specialists and ex-
pert physicians at hand, he would
soon recover.
Deceased was born in Glas-
gov, Scotland, March A, 1894,
and came to the u. S. in 1915
to accept a position as salesman
in the A. c. M. store at Snow
flake, arriving here on July %.
His trip to this country was
made at the instigation of Post
master John Murray and A. l..
Rogers, the latter converting the
young man to the Mormon faith
when a missionary in Scotland.
Mr.. Mcpherson was married on
Oct. 4, 1916, to Miss Phoebe
Miller, one child resulting from
this union. He became a mem
Der Of the L. d. S. church before
coming to this country.
Deceased did his bit in the
world war, although never being
called overseas. He was in the
u. S. service several months,
stationed most of the time in
camp in the state of Washington.
He was a man of more than or
binary intelligence, we'll edu-
Gated, and vocal singer of
recognized ability.
Besides a wife and young son
in Snowflake, deceased leaves be-
hind to mourn his death a father
and mother and two sisters in
Scotland, and a large number of
other relatives and a host of
friends.
The body was prepared for
shipment in Los Angeles, arriv-
in Snowflake last night. The
funeral services were held at the
L. D. S. church this morning at
ten O'Clock. The speakers at
the services were: A. L. Rog-
ers. Pres. Sam'l F. Smith, Silas
L. Fish and Bp. VIM. C. Smith.
The body was inferred in the
Snowflake cemetery, large con-
course of people attending the
funeral obsequies.
The Snowflake herald., 1921-02-25

The Park Cattle Growers AS
sociation is holding a meeting in
Snowflake this afternoon at the
Forest Office. A majority of the
members of the Association re-
side in Taylor.
The Snowflake herald., 1921-02-25

John H. Miller and his sister.
Mrs. M. R. Tanner, were over
from Holbrook today to attend
the funeral of their brother-in-
law, Jas. C. Mcpherson.