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The Winslow mail., 1923-06-22
HUNT DECLARES FEDERAL COURT
LACKS AUTHORITY TO CONSIDER
STATE METHOD OF LEVY|NC TAX

Some of the big mining corpora
tions of the State have refused to
pay the full amount of tax assessed
against them, and contrary to the
State law which requires, that before
they can start litigation they must
pay the full amount of the tax as
sessed, have paid an amount which
they think is all they ought to pay
and have brought suit in the Federal
Court thus taking it out of the juris-
diction of the State Courts where
such cases are supposed to belong,
according to the Tax Commission.
AS a result of this action on the part
of the mining companies and of the
Federal Court, the Tax Commission
has addressed a communication to
Governor Hunt on the subject, the
full text of which, and the Governors s
reply, is herewith given: Letter to
the Governor-(See letter appended)
Hon. Geo. w. P. Hunt,
Governor of Arizona,
Phoenix, Arizona.
Dear Sir:
Under the provisions of Paragraph
Of Arizona, 1923, Civil Code, this
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come that you should be informed of
the serious situation that confronts
the State of Arizona by reason of
the tax litigation brought by the
United Verde Extension Mining Com
pany, the United Verde Copper Com
pany and the Bank of Arizona, in
Yavapai County-also the United
Eastern Mining Company in Mohave
County. These suits are peculiar in
that all of the litigants have COM
pletely ignortd our State Courts and
brought suit in the local Federal
Court where jurisdiction has recent
ly been taken. This Jurisdiction, the
Commission is informed, extends to
all tax suits the amount in question
is in excess of $4,000 90.
If upheld by the Supreme Court of
the United States. this ruling would
take from our STATE courts right to
try fully 500 of all tax cases and
lodge that right in the Federal Gov
ernment. This ruling, if upheld
practically nullifies the present State
law, knows in Territorial days as the
Andrews Act. This law requires a
taxpayer to paw all of his taxes in
to the County Treasury before litiga-
,tion is commenced For mony years
this law has been considered the very
backbone of the Arizona tax system.
the protection ard very life of school
and county government in counties
where the great producing mining
and railroads constitute from IS to
800 of the total wealth, where. were
it not in force, litigation could be
carried on Indefinitely and all gov
The Winslow mail., 1923-06-22
ELKS HOLD FLAG
DAY EXERCISES

The local lodge of Elks held their
annual Flag Day exercises on Sun
day evening at the Washington
School Auditorium. The program
was varied somewhat from what it
has usually been. Instead of an ad-
dress by an outside speaker, the pri-
ze essays, in the recent school con-
test inaugurated by the Elks, were
read by the successful contestants
1t was very pleasing and satisfac-
tory innovation. The successful con-
testants were: Miss Agnes" Kelley
of the Winslow High School, and
Miss Doris Ferguson Of the Holbrook
High School; Miss Mildred Hanson
and Virginia Kelley of the Grammar
School; Miss Cora Hurt of the Win
slow High School received the sec
ond prize but did not appear on the
program. The essays were we'll
written and showed a good grasp of
the meaning of the flag of which they
spoke.
The Elks gave their beautiful F'ag
Day ceremony interspersed by the
other numbers on the program. Miss
Bernice Pillsbury and Mr. Siegmund
furnished the orchestra numbers
MISS OOrOtny DOugnman sang Aulu
Lang Syne;" Mrs. Bruce Matthie
sang solo, and Mrs. Matthie and
Mrs Gene Thompson sang the beau
tiful duet: Whispering Hope"
The presentation of the awards
was made by Rev. T. E. Elgin in a
very fitting address in which he
spoke of the Flag and it's meaning
to us all, and Of the service that the
Elks' Lodge is rendering in giving
their Flag Day program each year.
The awards were: Fifteen dollars as
the first prizes and ten dollars as
second prizes.
The officers of the lodge who took
part in the exercises were: Kauf-
man, Mr. Waterman Mr. Dare. Tr
Kleindienst. Mr. Gray, and Mr. Driver
Rev. w. L. Martin offered the in
vocation
The Winslow mail., 1923-06-22
CATTLEMEN--T0
MEET--AT--FLAC
JULY 9th ( 10Th

The summer convention Of the
Arizona Cattle Growers Association
has been called by President Henry
G. Boice for Monday and Tuesday,
July and 10 at Flagstaff, Arizona.
Two days of real business endeav-
or will result in one of the most i'm
portant and significant sessions the
cowmen of the state have staged for
many years.
A certain and systematic means of
marketing cattle is the vital issue
before the stockmen of Arizona, and
from the Flagstaff meeting will come
a decided plan for definite action as
to marketing both beef and feeder
cattle in this state.
In all sections of the state COW
men are constantly discussing the
dire need of solving the market pro-
blem, for the stockmen during the
recent selling seasons, especially
this past spring of 1923, have exper-
fenced a stagnated condition which
allowed but a portion of the cattle
throughout the state to be sold.
Steer cattle if good. have been dis
posed of at only fair price, leaving all
cattlemen with a large number of
short aged steers on hand. No She
stock has sold and as consequence
stock has been sold and as a quence-
quence the ranges are fast becoming
loaded with over supply of stock cat
tie, the surplus of which should be
sold each season. Unless such cattle
are removed the ranges are over
stocked and the COW men lose that
annual source of income from the
she-stock that should be sold.
One of the plans heard discussed
by cattlemen for solving the market
problem is that each natural geogra-
phic district or community of cattle
men band together and secure the
services of a competent seller to dis
pose of all cattle they desire to sell
This seller would go into any Sec
ton of the country to find out the
needs of the feeders at that particul-
ar place and learn what class and
quality of cattle they wished to buy,
and then, perhaps on a small scale
at first, ship to them the class of
cattle they wanted. Let these feed
er men learn to depend upon that
party for their supplies of cattle
and thus build up a direct trade
that would constantly expand and
The Winslow mail., 1923-06-22
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ernmental activities and funds be-
come impoverished.
In the case of each of the mining
companies above mentioned, the Fe-
deral Court has permitted them to
pay in to the County Treasury the
amount they set up that they are
willing" to pay which, in the two
first mentioned, was about two
| thirds of the total taxes assessed,
and in the latter case about one
third. 1t can readily be understood
in what serious position this places
the State, County and various School
Districts, when 1t is understood that
every cont of this money withheld,
was taken into consideration by the
proper authorities when the budgets
were considered, and in each case
they were pared to the bone in order
to reduce taxation.
Again, this ruling, if upheld and
carried to its logical conclusion.
makes the big taxpayer virtually his
own assessor during a long period
of litigation. 1t would also place un-
der the jurisdiction of the Federal
Courts the final valuation and taxa
tion of all the great productions
mines, railroads, public service cor
porations, banks and all other pro-
perties of any considerable value.
Our State Courts would practically
cease to function insofar as taxation.
matters are concerned.
Under this ruling the very exist
ance of government is threatened in
some of the counties where large
corporations have heretofore owned
and paid taxes on as much as 90%
of all property. The maintenance
of schools, roads, indigents and all
other proper county and state gov
ernmental functions are made sub
ject to the whims and caprices of the
big taxpayers, who is permitted to
pay, as taxes, whatever sum he sees
fit and then carry on litigation, per-
haps for years.
In both Yavapai and Mohave Coun-
ties practically all funds have be-
come depleted because of litigation
by large mining companies and banks
in the Federal Courts. Had this
same litigation been brought in our
State Courts, these rich companies
would have been completed to pay
their taxes before suit could have
been commenced and the necessary
funds for state, county and school
district government would not have
become depleted during the years of
litigation that will doubtless ensue
before a final decision is reached by
the Supreme Court of the United
States.
Ever since the Andrews Act was
passed during Territorial days COM
CONTINUED on Page g.
The Winslow mail., 1923-06-22
CONDUCTOR OF
FREIGHT Train
FATALLY HURT
SHUNTED CAR STRIKES JOHN j.
LANE AT RIVERBANK.

John Joseph Lane, 40, Santa Fe
freight conductor, received injuries
which resulted in his death, early
yesterday morning at Riverbank. He
was brought to Fresno at $50 yes
terday morning and taken to the
Burnett sanitarium, where he died
at o'clock.
Lane, according to superintendent
Joseph w. Walker, was just getting
ready to bring a freight train into
Fresno when he was injured at 2:30
o'clock. He was walking down the
center of the track adjoining the
one on which his train had been
made up and was marking the car
numbers in his book. Failing to hear
the approach of two box cars, which
a switch engine had shunted down
the track (which he was walking,
Lane was struck by them and his
body rolled for several feet.
Death resulted from shock and in
ternal hemorrhages following crush
ing of his right arm, right leg and
left hip, it is said.
He had been employed on the local
division of the Santa Fe for between
three and four years, Superintendent
Walker said, and was an experienced
conductor. Previous to his employ
ment here, he was employed on the
albuquerque division of the road for
several years.
Mrs. Catherine Lane, his wife, sur
wives him, and will take his body to
Los Angeles this morning for burial.
Lanes home was at 1945 Mckenzie,
and he was native of Minnesota.
The body was taken in charge by
Stephens & Bean yesterday morning.
No inquest will be held, Coroner
John n Lisle said, because Mrs.
Lane and the officials of the COM
pany were in accord in the belief
that his death had been unavoidable
and not due to any other person s
Northumberland Republican
The Winslow mail., 1923-06-22
MEXICAN SERVICE
BRANCH. PROPOSED
BY AR|z. IND. CONG.

Establishment of Mexican Ser
vice Branch as a separate organiZa-
tion within the Arizona Industrial
Congress to promote business of
Arizona firms on the West Coast of
Mexico is proposed in letters just
sent by the Congress to a member of
business concerns and civic organ
izatiOnS.
The letter calls attention to the
intensive development on the West
Coast of Mexico which will follow
completion of the Southern Pacific
of Mexico's present construction pro-
gram, which will give through rail
connections with Mexico City from
Nogales, and points out that Arizona
is the logical source of suppl for
that great area. 1t is then explain
ed that the Mexican Service Branch
would be created solely to form
closer trade relations between Ariz-
ona and the West Coast, for the pur-
pose of obtaining that business for
Arizona firms and Arizona people.
Although an organization within
the Industrial Congress, the propos-
ed Mexican Service Branch would be
se1f-supporting, receiving fixed dues
from the firms which would benefit
from it's work. The staff would con-
sist of travelling representative
familiar with Mexico and Mexican
conditions who would spend all his
time in the field, and an experienced
Spanish stenographer to attend to
the office end of the work.
Arizona firms which received the
letter have been requested to give
the Industrial Congress their views
on the proposed new service.
The Winslow mail., 1923-06-22
CONGRESSMAN CARL HAYDEN
DENIES ARIZONA is BEING
CHEATED OF ITS HERITAGE.

Title to power sites on the Colo
rado river is vested in the United
States, and not with the individual
states, Congressman Hayden told the
members Of tho Kiwanis club in
Phoenix Tuesday afternoon
Mr.. Hayden declared that facts of
history show the federal title to
these power sites is perfectly good
and recited a few instances from the
days of Indian ownership to the
present time, to make himself clear.
Contrary to the general belief Mr..
Hayden declared, state is not a
physical boundary or area of land,
but the great body of people who oc-
cupy certain area.
J. ]. Halloran, as chairman Of the
day, introduced Congressman Carl
Hayden as one of the biggest men
in the United States congress-" Mem
bers of the Kiwanis club and their
guests gave Mr.. Hayden tremen-
dous ovation and they roundly ap-
plauded his declaration that the Col
orado compact was the logical solu-
ton of the river problem.
ME-. Hayden said in part:
"Within the 700 miles from the
place where the Colorado river cross
ess the northern boundary line of
Arizona to where it leaves the state
below Yuma, that stream falls ap-
proximately 5000 feet. If the river
were regulated by means of great
reservoir an average flow of 10000
second-feet could be maintained, and
if all Of the fall were utilized over
100000 firm horsepower could be
developed Only about 1900 900
horsepower of hydro-electric energy
is now being produced in the whole
world, so that the contribution which
the Colorado river may make in that
regard is substantial and worthy of
our best attention.
"The greatly discussed Boulder
Canyon and Black Canyon damsites
are half in Arizona and half in Ne
vada Lower down the stream Ari-
zona must likewise share with Cali
fornia in the damsites near Topock
and Parker However, tw0-thirds
of the 100000 possible horsepower
can be produced wholly within the
boundaries of Arizona because the
greatest drop in the Colorado river
is in the Grand Canyon between Lees
Ferry and Diamond Creek. The fact
that these power sites are within
this state has led number of people
to assume that they belonged to the
state and that the state alone could
determine how they shall be utilized.
Uuon being informed for the first
time that such is not the case, that
the title to all of the power sites on
the Colorado river is in the United
States, it is but natural that some
The Winslow mail., 1923-06-22
SMOKI SNAKE DANCE

A representative of the Mail hap
pened to be in Prescott on Friday,
June s, when the Smoki Snake Dan
ce was given, and availed himself Of
the opportunity to attend this now
famous ceremony. An enormous
crowd flocked to the city from all
directions and with the citizens of
Prescott Joined Justify in the pro-
holiday in the afternoon, all the sto-
res and business places being clos
ed, even the federal grand jury
which was in session adjourning to
attend the ceremony.
This was the third annual perfOr-
nance of the dance and far exceeded
anything they had done before. To
the uniniatiated onlooker it looked
like the real indian snake dance, so
we'll did the dancers prepare and
perform their parts. But, of course,
they were not real indians, in spite
of the fact they looked and acted as
if they were. Who, then, were they?
Why just citizens of Presco t-Ro-
tarians, Elks, Masons, Oddfellows,
business and professional men, who
had given hours and days of their
LlIuSJ anu LuOASy OuL VI InSII pOCh0 D.
to put on this unique and really
wonderful performance. There Is
nothing else like it anywhere in the
country, except the real indian snake
dance of which it is such a realistic
representation.
The dancers are dressed in real
indian fashion, with brown skins and
wigs to look exactly like indian hair
and with feathers and other apparel
that would deceive the eyes of the
most careful observer. Acknowled
cement i smade of the help of Shar-
lot NJ Hall in the manuscript and
of Kate T. Corey in directing the
design of the costumes, to whom they
owe much of the success of the per-
formance.
First, came what is called the Kat
Gina Dance which is an appeal to
the Great One for rain THE Kat
cinas are neither gods nor spirits as
the white people use the words, but
the real life of those who long ago
built the villages and titled the
fields-ancestors who, being now
near the land of the Great Ones, can
better make clear to them the needs
of the Desert People of today"
"The Katcina Dancers are garbed
in costumes and masked with masks
which express the characteristics of
the clanancestors and also more or
The Winslow mail., 1923-06-22
SANTA FE Will
ESTABLISH new
SERVICE SOON

A ess-than-carload freight refri-
rator service from Phoenix to North
ern Arizona points, first suggested
by the Arizona Industrial Congress
last summer, is to be inaugurated by
the Santa Fe railroad next week for
five weeks test to determine whe-
ther there will be tonnage available
to make the service permanent.
This is the announcement receiv-
ed from F. L. Hanna, assistant gen.
eral freight and passenger agent OF
the Santa Fe, making concerted
effort to give this section of Arizona
an iced freight service for parish
able products at greatly reduced
cost from express shipments
Mr.. Hanna's announcement said
that shipments for the first car
would be received at Phoenix next
Monday The car will reach Pres
colt ard Ash Fork on Wednesday;
Williams on Thursday, and Flagstaff
and Winslow on Friday, and the
same schedule will be followed for
the next five weeks.
The service is expected to be of
greater benefit to Phoenix shippers
and local buyers Of produce. fruit
and other perishable fOodstuffs, as
refrigeration will be furnished with
out additional cost for the less-than
carload freight shipments. To make
the service permanent it is estimated
a weekly tonnage of 10 600 pounds
would be required, which is the
basis for similar service at other
points.
The Winslow mail., 1923-06-22

become permanet.
This seller of cattle, representing
some district in Arizona, would in
his travels, be ever on the watch and
constantly in touch with market cen
ditions and prices, so that the cattle
men he represented would receive
just what each class of cattle was
worth at that time.
BY this method all classes of cattle
would be disposed of each season at
fair market prices, and the cowomen
realize that this is the KEYNOTE to
success in the cattle business in
Arizona
This is but one of many possible
plans that are being thought out as
a probable and assured means of
marketing Arizona cattle.
At Flagstaff on July and 10 the
stockmen of Arizona will carve out
some such plan and should inaugur-
ate it at once in the districis of the
state where COW men are ready and
anxious to work together.
Cattlemen will travel from all cor
ners of the state to be present at
this midsummer meeting. Mondey
ard Tuesday, July and 10, directly
following the Frontier D9y celehra-
ton, are dates and the citizens of
Flagstaff are making ample prepara-
tions to welcome them.
The Winslow mail., 1923-06-22

less symbolic the desire-prayer of
the people Upon the face of the
mask appears the symbol of the rain
clouds and the falling rain and the
many feathers which bedeck the
masks and costumes are used be-
cause feathers are the Smoki sym
bols for messages to the gods. The
entire ceremonial is an invocation to
the gods of rain and fertility. Ac-
cOmpanying the Katcina line appear
those priests who represent the fer
tilizing lightning. the towering rain
cloud and the rolling thunder.
Continued on page T.
The Winslow mail., 1923-06-22
SALVATION ARMY FIELD
REPRESENTATIVE HERE

A oliver, field representative of the
Salvation Army is spending a few
days in the city soliciting funds to
carry on the work of the army in
the State. The American Legion Is
giving assistance in the raising OF
funds A tag day will be put ON
Saturday, the 23rd, and will be under
the direct management of Mrs. John
Grafton. The Army is doing a com
mendable work along many lines and
especially in the caring for children
that need care and help. Money CIV
en- in this way will be put to good
use.
The Winslow mail., 1923-06-22
BEADED POCKETS

An imported frock of black satin
has long tight sleeves and plain
bateau neckline, the trimming be ng
concentrated on two vividly embroi-
dered and beaded pockets.
The Winslow mail., 1923-06-22

citizens Of this state should cry out
that Arizona has been robbed by the
federal government of the greatest
of her natural resources
Title Perfectly Good
"That the title of the United Sta-
tes to these power sites is perfectly
good can be determined by an exam
ination of the facts of history. If
anyone owned the Grand Canyon in
ages past it belonged to the Indians
who lived in that part Of the coun-
try. By right of conquest the Crown
of Spain laid claim to all that region
Then came the revolution of 1921
which finally resulted in the estab-
lishment of the republic of Mexico
the boundaries of which extended
northward beyond the Grand Canyon
AS a result of the Mexican war in
1848 the United States acquired a
vast domain as described in the
treaty Of Guadalupe Hidalgo. With
in that area was the Colorado river
basin and the Grand Canyon.
"The Mexican war was carried on
by the federal government represent
ing all Of the peole of the united
States. Soldiers were enlisted in all
parts of the country and the taxpay-
ers of the whole nation paid for the
cost of the conflict Out of the fed
eral treasury SIS 100000 was advan-
ced as the purchase price of the
lands ceded by Mexico. OF course
there could have been no such pur-
chase except that the American mill
tary forces were victorious, but in
any event the people of the United
States paid for the territory annexed
from Mexico with their blood and
their treasure, and it rightfully be-
longed to them.
Indians Original Owners
There were so few Americans re-
siding in these newly acquired lands
that additional states could not be
Immediately formed, so territorial
governments were established. In
laying down the lines on the map the
Grand Canyon region was assigne l
to the Territory of New Mexico. In
1864 congress created the Territory
of Arizona out of the westhern half
of New Mexico. A few years lated
Pah-Ute county was taken away
from Arizona and added to Nevada,
and that is why the Colorado river
is now boundary between the two
states. Congress had full power to
change the limits of any territory
and could have given the Arizona
Strip, north of the Grand Canyon, to
Utah, but fortunately that was not
done.
"In course of time enough Amer
ican citizens moved into Arizona to
II
Continued on page 81
The Winslow mail., 1923-06-22

Cretone is very popular for chill
dren's frocks. IT REQUIRES practically
no trimming and has the charm of
of color and bold design.
The Winslow mail., 1923-06-22
ELKS RAFFLE

There has been a change in the
program for the Elks rattle. A seven
passenger Buick has been substitut-
ed for the five passenger as origin
ally planned There are still about
one hundred chances left, they will
be taken to the Elks big Jolliffcation
at the Canyon on July 4th and sold.
The cars will be rattle off at big
street dance which will be given on
Saturday July 7th. Better get your
self another ticket.