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The Coconino sun., 1923-09-21
TRAIN TRAFFIC RESUMED
YESTERDAY SOON AFTER
NOON AND Is NOW NORMAL

Train traffic was resumed here at
1 o'clock o'clock yesterday, when
Tuesdays eastbound trains 2 and %
pulled in. They left few mintes Ia
ter and soon were followed by cou-
pie more trains. They were sent
across the Cosnino washout before the
westbound trains, delayed on the other
side, were permitted to come across.
No. 20 brought much California mail.
Westbound passenger and mail
trains began arriving at just before
8 o'clock yesterday afternoon. So
about now, we can begin to forget
the inconvenience the storms crimp in
rail traffic cost US, though it will
be a long time before we get through
figuring just how many thousand dol
lars worth of damage was done our
highways and to crops.
Passengers on eastbound trains
were relieved of monotony by being
hauled back and forth between Ash
fork and Kingman during the tie-up,
the purpose being to distribute the
task of feeding them between the
Harvey houses at the two places.
The Coconino sun., 1923-09-21
HAVE FUN
i'm IMPROMPTU PROGRAM
AT EACH OTHERS EXPENSE

Improlnptu must be synonymous
with fun, for loads of fun resulted
from the so-cafed impromptu pro-
gram of the Flagstaff Rotary meet
ing on Tuesday.
Chairman |. B. Koch of the enter
tainment committee shared the gavel
welding with Vice-P President Fred
Breen, who got hold of the aforesaid
Hawaiian maui through the absence
De President M. I. Powers.
d Billy ;5witzer, having had a recent
birthday, handed around some darned
good cigars. In an impromptu speech
later he ar,ologized for having birth
davg. but claimed he can't get out Of
the habit. His was the last birthday
since that of George T. Harrington,
& few weeks ago, on which occasion
smoke also prevailed.
Tuesday was to have been devoted
to a Rotary picnic up the Weather
ford San francisco Peaks boulevard,
but there was too much rain the first
of the week. and the picnic is scheduled
for next Tuesday.
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PROTECT THE BEARS, ASKS
HUNTER OF BIG GAME

Charlie Miller, who had been killing
off predatory animals in this state
for Uncle Sam, has retired from gov
ernment service and is organizing
hunting parties from eastern states
which he will outfit and guide to the
Arizona big-gam grounds. Charlie is
also working ardentlyfor the passage
Of a law prohibiting the shooting or
trapping of bears except in short open
seasons in spring and fall. He claims
that the bear should not be classed
with lions and Bobcats and wolves as
a predatory animal. Bears do not kill
off livestock, though sometimes blan1-
ed for doing so by people who find
their tracks around partially consum-
ed carcasses. But, invariably, the kill
has been made by one of the other
beasts, the bear merely appearing la
ter to devour the remains.
Bruin being picturesque and harm
less, it is claimed, and rapidly being
exterminated, and his fur being
entirely useless in the summer when
the slaughter is the greatest, thus
making his killing devoid even Of a
profit feature, Mr.. Miller believes Ari-
iona should fall in line with the many
other states that already have estab-
lished closed seasons on bears.
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R. r. OFFICIAL.
BROKE LEG in
R.R. WASHOUT'
EAST OF HERE

w. w. Kelley of Los Angeles, CHIEF
engineer of the Santa Fe coast lines
while directing the rebuilding of the
track at the Cosnino washout Wed
nesday afternoon, stepped on tie
that gave way and precipitated him
to the ground, 20 feet below. His
left thigh and his nose were broken
and he received several ugly face cuts
from the rocks among which he fell.
At first it was thought ne was more
seriously injured. Medical attention
was rushed from Winslow. An en-
CINE and Pullman was sent to the
scene from Williams and Kelley was
taken through here last evening on
his way to the Santa Fe railroad hos
pital at Los Angeles.
Here are some of the many news
"pick-ups" made yesterday concern
ing the big storm and the results:
The Little Colorado spread far be-
yond its banks at Holbrook and flood
ed most eff the town. J. M. Patterson,
former treasurer of Navajo county,
was drowned, and several houses were
washed away, including one belonging
to Judge j. E. Crosby of that county.
All RtlOAAS 1l11CO CSAot cAC dOWH eAAAN
the highways between Leupp Indian
agency and other towns are impass-
ible. Tourists who got through to the
main highway east of here report that
the Little Colorado river at Leupp was
ten miles wide on Tuesday and that
all the buildings are standing in wa
ter. Many fear that the big govern
ment bridge at Leupp has gone down.
Tourists with their cars are scat
tered all along east of here on the
road to Winslow and out on the roads
leading to reservation points, especial
ly to Leupp. Estimated that so cars
are deep in mud.
Postmaster Dick Connor drove to
Williams Wednesday to pick up any
mail from the west and south that
had been dropped there. There were
two fourth-class sacks. A train came
through to the Canyon, but failed to
bring mail. So Dick went on to Ash
fork, where he found score of big
Continued, on Page Seven)
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STATE SHEEP MEN
HERE TO ORGANIZE FOR
A PERMANENT TARIFF

Executive committee of the Arizona
Wool Growers association met in
Flagstaff on Saturday at the office
of Campbell, Francis & Co., where
Harry b. Embach, secretary of the
association, also has headquarters.
This was the second meeting of the
committee since the annual meeting
held here this summer. 1t was called
to appoint an official representative
and delegates to attend the Western
Tariff Congress to be held in Denver
on October and A.
Of the above tariff meeting Secre-
tary Embach says:
1.-THE activities of the tariff COM
mission under the flexible provision of
the present tariff act, imperils the
entire tariff structure and endangers
the welfare of the western producers
who desire to retain their. present
rates of tariff duty. At this time the
producers Of the west and Of the ma
tion are joining in an organized eff
fort to adopt a permanent tariff pol
icy and to stabilize tariff rates, ap-
preaching the subject from an eco
nomic ard business viewpoint"
The president, A. A. Johns, was ap-
pointed official representative of the
state association at the tariff meeting,
and the following delegates to the
meeting were also appointed:
C. j. Babbitt, C. E. Burton. Colin
Campbell, r. E. Daggs, Granville
Fain, Luther Hart, A. j. LeBarron,
L. E. Pollock, Nathan Bankhead, F.
ID. Bly,, Carl Davis, d. M. Francis,
John Hennessy, John Nelson, M. /.
Powers, James Scott, r. t. Brown, ID.
w. Campbell, Louis Clerou, E. H. Duff
field, H. ]. Gray, G. /. Houck, Mike
Ohaca, f. e. Purcell.
The next meeting of the executive
committee of the state association
will be held in Phoenix during fair
week.
Those who attended the meeting
here on Saturday were President A.
A. Johns of Prescott, Vice. President
G. E. Burton of Ashfork, Secretary
III. B. Enlbach of Flagstaff, and John
Hennessy, Lou Charlebois and Dan
Francis of Flagstaff and E. A. Saw
yer of Winslow.
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west-bound passenger train No. 3 and
mail train No. Z, putting an effectual
stopper on all west-bound traffic.
Passenger No. 10 pounded through
here as usual Monday night, east
bound, following a fruit train. The
fruit train struck a washout at Cos
nino, 18 miles east of here and spilled
four carloads of fruit. No. 10 stop
ped behind the fruit train. Then
the track washed out behind No, 10,
holding it there, and east-bound traf-
fic was blocked.
This, then, was the situation all day
Tuesday and until late Wednesday.
Just nothing doing, that's all, except
frantic efforts to fix the road-bed
at Cosnino, where raging torrent
tore through a newly-washed passage
way 80 feet deep beneath the tracks.
Tuesday afternoon the current, going
like a race-horse, was still six feet
deep and forbade all efforts at re-
building the roadbed. The passengers
were transferred Tuesday afternoon
to another train beyond. The wash
out ahead of the train was 200 feet
wide.
Mail and passengers in either di-
rection were routed via Phoenix.
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Biggest Rain Stops Trains
Ruins Many Miles Highway
Quadruples Area Lake Mary
Washouts East Block all Rail
Traffic Two Days; Vast
Desert Country Temper
ary Lake; Autoists Swim.
in Old Santa Fe Trail

Record rains that began in Flagstaff Friday
night and covered an area extending for many
miles in every direction played havoc with rail-
road and highway transportation in and out of
Flagstaff. Trains through here were stopped
Monday night and the traffic was not resumed
until late yesterday afternoon
It rained hard Friday night. There were scat
tering showers until Sunday night though there
were none of them of much consequence.
Then, about dark Sunday began the deluge.
Steadily it poured, with hardly moments let-up
all that night, all day Monday and until early
Tuesday morning.
Early Monday there was a big washout on the
Santa Fe railroad east of Holbrook. ahead of
The Coconino sun., 1923-09-21

COLORAD RIVER
ABBREVIATES BRIDGES
AND FLOODS LEUPP

The Little Colorado river went on
a rampage during the storm Monday
and cut the approaches to both the
new II. S. government bridges at
Leupp, one Of which was over the
river, the other over CANYON Diablo.
Then the river changed it's current,
switching over to new one it cut
this side (west) Of the old one. Soon,
however, the new current became
cIogged with logs and mud slide ami
the river shifted back to its old bed
beneath the bridge.
The abutments stand, sheer walls,
unscalable except by ladders. Super
intendent Janus hopes soon to repair
the river bridge, but instead Of re-
building the approaches, hopes to
add another span to either end of the
bridge.
The bridges stand at right angles
to each other and the land end OF the
west approach to the river bridge
nearly met the end Of one of the ap-
proaches to the canyon bridge. On
high ground where the two ap-
proaches came close together stands
the Sunrise Indian trading post OF
H. w. ("Nevvy'') Smith. The water
in the river raised IS feet in a few
hours and was fast damming itself
and threatening to wash away the
post, when the approaches gave way,
one after the other, letting the water
through and saving the post.
Leupp Indian agency was flooded.
The engine room was inundated, stop
ping the pumps, and for some time the
government buildings and school were
cut off from water, but the engines
were going again yesterday.
Nevvy climbed with a ladder to the
floor Of the Canyon Diablo bridge,
then down again and came into town.
At Tolchaco there are rs tourist cars
deep in the mud, with rs people, who,
however, with help of Indians, got
supplies from the Sunshine post.
The government corn field at Leupp
was washed away.
Nevvy came in to go to Los An
geles on business for few days, TAX
ing the leave now because for some
time his post will be isolated from
regular traffic.
The Coconino sun., 1923-09-21
MISS BETSY N. GREGG WAS
MARRIED LAST SATURDAY

A marriage that is Of great inter-
est to people of this county because
of the popularity of both bride and
bridegroom, the former being especial-
ly we'll known, having lived here all
of her life, was that of Miss Betsy
N. Gregg to Anton G. Fransen, which
was solemnized at the Episcopal
church, Flagstaff, at 10 o'clock Sat
urday morning, Rev. George Vernon
Harris officiating.
The sister and brother Of the bride,
Mrs. Joe D. Tissaw and Jimmie Gregg,
attended the couple at the altar. There
were no others present during the
ceremony, which was followed by a
wedding luncheon at the home Of the
brides mother, Mrs, Matilda lvey.
That evening the happy couple left for
Grand Canyon, to spend part OF their
honeymoon, and announcement lis made
that they will be at home to their
many friends after September 80 in
their new residence at the upper end
of North Leroux street, this city.
Mrs. Fransen was a graduate OF
our normal school, class of 1919. Fol-
lowing graduation she taught up until
the last few weeks, and during the
last two years conducted the school
at Arizona Lumber & Timber camp
No. 1, where she met her husband,
who has held responsible position
there during the last five years, ever
since coming here from Canada.
The Coconino sun., 1923-09-21
MRS. MINNIE c. THOMPSON
WAS BURIED ON MONDAY

Her many friends were shocked to
learn of the death last Saturday morn
ing of Mrs. Minnie C. Thompson, who
had long been a respected resident Of
this city.
Mrs. Thompson was taken sick on
Thursday, with acute Indigestion,
which developed into peritonitis, re-
sulting in death at a. m, Saturday.
Deceased was born in Carrolton,
Arkansas, July /, 1870, thus being a
little more than So years old at the
time of her death. Her husband, j.
d. Thompson, died here in October,
1913.
Mrs. Thompson left one son, Clyde,
now grown to manhood; two brothers,
Richard and OFT Jones; one sister,
Mrs. Cora Travis, and a nephew, w.
F. Travis, son of Mrs. Travis. All
are residents of Flagstaff.
The funeral was held Monday at 10
a. M, at the Flagstaff Undertaking
parlors, Rev. w. HI. Zook officiating,
and interment was in the Odd Fellows
cemetery, the late husband Of deceas-
ed having been member Of that or
der.
The Coconino sun., 1923-09-21

The Flagstaff organization has
been working with this end in view
for the past three years, and VIII
make a particular effort to put over
a successful convention in every sense.
On Monday evening the annual BAN
quet of the Flagstaff Game Protec-
tive association will be held. The
Flagstaff Woman's club will furnish
one of their famous feeds. All mem
bers of the association are urged 70
turn out and show our guests = the
visiting delegates - royal time.
A few of the important matters
that will be taken up at this conven-
tion for consideration are:
A change in the present duck sea-
son as we'll as the deer season.
Consideration of advancing the dove
season to conform to the whitening
season.
Work out systematic plan OF game
refugees over the entire state.
Placing responsibility for adequate
stocking of the trout streams of the
state.
Complete revision of our present
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The newspaper men of the state met
at Flagstaff last Monday. 1t was the
best attended meeting of the Arizona
Daily Newspaper association held in
some time and all parts Of the state
were represented.
Despite many reports of possible
physical glove contests, boosted by
fellows down state who for some rea-
son or other could not attend, the day
passed off quietly.
The meeting was called to order at
the Breen-Lewis hall at $50 by f. S.
Breen, president of the associa-
ton, in the absence of President j. HI.
Westover of Yuma. The forenoon was
given over to a business meeting at
which problems affecting the newspa-
per business were discussed in detail.
/. B. Koch of Flagstaff delivered
the address of welcome, mixing in
with wholesome philosophy sprink-
The Coconino sun., 1923-09-21
Newspaper Men Of arizona, IN Contention Here
Monday and Tuesday, Swat the Publicity Agent

innate advertising rates. 1t would
seem that the publicity agent is going
to be let in for a hard road to travel.
Publishers all over the country are
taking a similar stand.
By d unanimous vote Mark Bryan
Of the Holbrook Tribune and w. G.
Damon of the Mohave County Miner
of Kingnan were admitted to mem-
bership.
Interesting talks were made by
many Of the members on how to run
the newspaper game and make money
enough toslive without getting tangled
up in libel law suits.
Owing to his enforced absence, Fol-
som Moore sent on a batch of we'll
digeste.d ideas entitled advancing
Arizona's Advertising" which was
read by the secretary, causing much
favorable comment.
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The Coconino sun., 1923-09-21
Nearly Mile Of F. L. Co. Rail
road and Many Miles High
way Along and Below Lake
Mary Goes, Tourists Take
to Perches as Lake Rises

When the campers at Lake Mary, nine miles
south of Flagstaff, felt the lake coming up into
their beds Tuesday morning there was general
scramble into automobiles, the store, to the tops
of stumps and any other available vantage place.
The water rose a foot an hour until it reached
within two inches of The top of the dam; then
the rain stopped and the water began to recede.
There were Is families at Lake Mary camp. At
o'clock Tuesday morning a phone call to the
sheriffs office told of the dilemma these people
were in. While there was no immediate danger
as long as the dam held it was certain that if the
water should break over the top of it, it was good
bye dam and that all the houses and tents, per-
haps some humans. would be swept away.
The Coconino sun., 1923-09-21

ling of wit that made the whole dose
extremely palatable.
One outstanding feature Of the
meeting was the positive position ta-
ken by the newspapermen against the
publicity agent" whose salary Is de-
rived from concerns who are willing
to pay him a large salary for the pur-
pose Of putting over" their publicity
in the newspapers free. Instead of le-
gitimate advertising out in the open,
honestly telling the people Of the good
qualities of what they have to offer,
this publicity stuff purports to be
news matter" in which their real adj
vertising is concealed in multitude
of words. The scheme has reached
such stage that big salaries are
paid these publicity agents. The pub
fishers take the stand that if such big
salaries can be paid the publicity
agents, they can afford to pay legi-
The Coconino sun., 1923-09-21
''OUR' MAYOR TOM is
POPULAR In THE SOUTH

The many friends of Thomas Pull
liam of Flagstaff will be glad to
know that he is returning to the state
reform school at Fort Grant Mr..
Pulliam held this position. for several
years under former administration
of Governor Hunt. During his for
mer supertendency at Fort Grant Mr..
Pulliam made frequent visits to Doug
las and became popular in the south
ern part Of the state, wherever he was
known and under his management the
reform school made excellent progress
and became credit to the state and
to Mr.. Pulliam. Mr.. Pulliam has
many times been called to public SER
vice in Coconino county, having serv-
ed as county recorder and sheriff in
the past. At the last city election in
Flagstaff he was chosen as mayor Of
that flourishing northern city.--Doug-
las international.
The Coconino sun., 1923-09-21

The party were above Supai trail
when they reached an apparently in
significant rapids. Emory, with his
boat, which with its cargo weighed
over 1000 pounds, hit rock. Swept
over by huge back-wash, man and
boat disappeared beneath the surface
of the stream.
The other boats were close behind
and CONSERVATION reigned for few
moments, though everybody kept cool
and made strenuous efforts to remain
close to the scene of the accident SO
they might lend aid if opportunity of
fered.
Suddenly, 300 feet below where the
boat went under, it showed again on
the surface. Boatman H. E. Blake
of Monticello, Utah, and one of the
other men were nearest and soon had
Emory out, unharmed, but very, very
wet. He had clung to the boat when
it ducked and rode the 300 feet hang
ing on beneath the cockpit.
Lewis r. Freeman, author and ex-
plorer, of Pasadena, Calf, who has
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The Coconino sun., 1923-09-21
MOVING PICTURE WORK
SLOWED UP BY RAIN

With the heavy rains, washing out
a lot of the road between here and
Oak Creek canyon, and with water ten
feet higher in the creek, the Famous
PLAYERS Laskv corporation people
there m filming Zane Grey's Call Of the
Canyon have been marooned for sew,
eral days. They have had good
chance to reyamp parts of the seem
ario and introduce flood scene.
Lee Doyle left Wednesday for TUBA
CITY on business connected with the
filming of The Heritage of the Desert,
another Zane Grey novel, by another
company of movie actors connected
with the same corporation. The work
on that picture was to have begun
about the 26th of this onth, but Y
likely to be postponed few days be-
cause of bad roads and, delay in get
ting supplies together. When the work
begins the first pictures will be taken
at The Gap, then at Lees Ferry.
The Coconino sun., 1923-09-21
HAIL AND FROST

: Hail that mixed in at intervals
= during the heavy storm the first
I. of the week, followed after the
+ clearing of the sky by hard
Z frost Wednesday morning, did
q much crop damage.
Z The hail beat down and rnresh-
= ed grain in many localities,
= though many farms escaped.
: Several fields of beans were de-
Z stroyed by hail. Those that es-
+ capped were nearly all ruined by
= the frost. The bean CROP prom
Z ised well. But it was slow in
: maturing, owing to the rains of
: two and three weeks ago, and
: the frost hit two weeks too early.
Z While potato tops have been kill
8 ed generally throughout the
= county, yet the damage to this
Z crop will not be so serious, al
4. though the forced early maturing
+ of the tubers will leave them
& slightly smaller than il they had
. been left to ripen naturally.
= a q .. = 3 q = a. = =, Z. q. 4. z. q.
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But just about the time the phone
call was sent in the lake stopped ris-
ing. The water was pouring in a
raging torrent through Newman Can
yon into the lake and is yet, but the
turning point had been reached and
the spillway caught up with the in
flow and the danger point passed.
Meanwhile, Stanley e. Watkins and
Mrs. Estelle Lindsay, who run the
camp, kept a rowboat at the store
ready to begin taking the tourists,
many of whom were badly frightened
and most of whom were wet and chill
ed, to higher ground.
The lake raised ten feet in ten
hours.
Flagstaff Lumber Co. ran a train
out to Lake Mary yesterday morning
to reconnoitre and bring away any
who wanted to leave. Only one FAM
lily left; their car is still there with
only a little of the top showing above
the water. The rest stayed, once they
saw the water receding, preferring to
remain with their cars.
The damage done in that section
was extensive. Between three and
four thousand feet Of the Flagstaff
Lumber Co.'s railroad track was wash
ed out. Practically every bit of the
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Flagstaff, while allotted an unreas-
onabIy. high quota by the American
Red Gross for the relief of the Japs,
came across with the full amount,
s1475. The county Of Yavapai, with
four times the assessed valuation OF
this county, was called on for oniy
1880. The Taylor tent shows heiped
swell the Flagstaff fund by generous
ly donating the entire proceeds from
a special Sunday afternoon matinee.
The Coconino sun., 1923-09-21

Bobby Rhinehart, forester de luxe
steamed in yesterday from A. Il. & T.
Camp 1, anchored his steamboat a
few hundred rods out and came in the
rest of the way on lighter. He says
the town is backward in affording
proper docking and wharfage facili-
The Coconino sun., 1923-09-21

AL Sanford and family returned
Sunday from Seligman where they
have been spending a part of the
summer at the Sanford cattle ranch
headnuarters.
The Coconino sun., 1923-09-21

Attorney General John w. Murphy
was in Flagstaff Monday, accompan-
led by State Land Commissioner Yer
non Vaughn. They drove up over
land-and water.
The Coconino sun., 1923-09-21
COLORADO RIVER ENCULFED
KOLB'S BOAT BUT He RODE
BENEATH UNTIL RESCUED

Emory Kob head boatman of the government expedition
surveying the Colorado along the 2o stretch between
Lees Ferry WASH this state about los
ing that intrepid of his the other day he did during
any of his numerous dangerous river trips.
The Coconino sun., 1923-09-21
RAY LAIMPORT QUITS
As COUNTY ENGINEER

County Engineer E. Ray Lampor;
notified the various members of the
county board of supervisors by letter
Yesterday 5f his resignation, to be-
come effective September 80. He adj
vised them that other matters would
demand his entire attention on Octo-
ber 1.
Mr.. Lamport was appointed coun-
ty engineer several months ago, to
succeed his uncle, James A. Lamport,
who had resigned to attend to per-
sonal business. At the time of his
appointment Ray had just returned
from the middle west, where he had
been for several years. 1t is under
stood that lle has another position. He
is an energetic, capable engineer. His
successor has not been selected, but
likely will be in few days.