The Coconino sun., 1923-07-13

the cattlemen's convention this week.
E. H. Wheat of the F. l.. & M. Co.
left Tuesday morning for a business
trip through the southern part of the
state.
William A. Moody, now of Phoenix
and formerly superintendent of the
state industrial school, is here with
his family this week.
According to state authorities up to
June l this year there were 40,1O8
autos licensed in Arizona as against
31,735 last year, a gain of 26.3 per
cent.
J. H. McAdams, who had been in
Flagstaff and vicinity for several
weeks looking over local trading
posts, left Monday for his home in
Gallup.
Dixon Inman and Rev. w. H. Zook
motred to Gallup last week, where
Dixon is receiving treatments from
DR.. Hanna. Mr.. Zook returned Sat
urday in the Inman car.
| Margaret Sullivan and Dan Shan
non, sister and uncle of Mrs. d. w.
Rush, who had been visiting here for
the past three weeks, left on Sunday
for their home in Clarkdale.
| B. B. Hunt, charged with stealing
a gun from Rice's house in Chavez
Pass, was arrested the other day by
| Under-Sheriff S. O. Thompson and
was given 80 days in county Jail.
| Flagstaff Lumber Co. have COM
pleted their railroad to the Mormon
Dairy Springs and two logging trains
! daily are now covering the distance
to Mormon lake in double quick time.
| Bert j. Golfer and 10y Turbeville,
cattlemen and politicians and two of
the tallest men of northeastern Arl-
zona, took in the sights at Flagstaff
and attended the cattlegrowers con-
vention Monday and Tuesday.
| R. Clarence White and Theodore E.
/ Reese, elders of the Mormon church,
are in Flagstaff, where they will do
proselyting work for six weeks or two
months. They are making headquart-
ers at the Crosby home at GOA West
Aspen avenue, and will hold sacra-
ment services each Sunday evening at
/ the Emerson school.
Charlie Prochnow, secretary treas
urer; Walter Durham and Herbert
| Babbitt, came home the last of last
week from Oatman, where they had
| been for several days looking over the
Oatman Amalgamated gold mining
property. They are much encouraged
over the prospects for making the
mine one Of the big producers and big
payers.
George A. Bonelli of Kingman, who
as child lived in ST. Thomas, now In
Nevada, when it was the county seat
of the now defunct Pah-Ute county of
Arizona, and who has followed cows
and the cow business in the deserts OF
Arizona and Nevada for half a cen
tury, was one of the historical char
acters who was here at the convention
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E. Ferrin and
their six children, in company with
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Hopes and their
flock, were in Coconino county most
of this week and some of last. Their
trip covered visits to the Grand Can
yon, the Cliff dwellings, the ice caves
Sunset mountain and finally some time
spent in fishing at Mormon lake. Both
men are prominent as alfalfa rach-
ers and churchmen in Graham county
Several instances have been report
ed since spring of good Coconino coun-
ty spuds selling at so cents a sack
One instance is known of the sale OF
SO sacks of good spuds for $40. AnC
yet, right now, spuds are bringing
three cents a pound in Clemenceau, IN
the county south of us. Transports
tion costs help keep the farmer from
getting what he ought to get and pre-
vent the consumer buying as cheaply
as he ought to buy.
Wick Thompson and ]. w. Simpson
got home the last of last week from
Prescott, where they had been helping
Uncle Sam keep the trial jury goinG
! in the U. S. district court. They were
: excused from further duty. Justir
+ r. Cooper, Charlie Corey, Stuar
: Campbell, Gene Phelan and B. 7
Brinton, all of this city, are still OF
duty there and indications are tina
! they will be for couple of week
+ longer.
!, George Elliott and Joe Hall, the lat
i ter of Clarkdale, were arrested a
r Riordan by Deputy Sheriff VIM. Rude
4 charged with having in their possess
J, ion little more than five gallons o
whiskey and an empty keg which tn
officers believe had recently contain
! ed whiskey. They were released un
, der $500 bond each, by U. S. Commits
7 sioner Tom L. Rees, to appear late
= for trial in the u. S. district court a
! Prescott. The officers believe Hal
! brought the booze up from Clarkdalt
h Scottish Rites Initiation at Masoni
S Temple, Flagstaff, Friday and Satul
g day night of last week broke 16 nc
y vitiates into the Rite way to rid'
Then, to show that no harm wa
(. meant, and all are as good friends a
+. ever, there was big banquet on Sat
e urday night, with feast also of o.
f atory. The initiates were: George n
: Bartlett, Earl M. Hyde, DR.. Eric
d Flett, DIR. Felix Manning, Charles Grt
v Itch, August johnson, w. H. Conle.
/ Harry M. Richwine and George
IS Campbell of Flagstaff; Harry ]. Gre
. of Bellemont; DR.. Roger V. Parlett (
!. Keams Canyon, Donald Neeley {
Kingman, Robert E. Way and w.
Heron of Williams and O. B. Gra
: : and B. H. Wilson of Winslow. Pet,