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The Winslow mail., 1923-07-13
BANK BRINGS CASE
AGAINST STATE TAKERS

The opening gun in the tax COM
missions war against those corpor-
ations which are delinquent in the
payment of taxes, will be fired in
United States district court in Pres
colt today. The case will be that OF
the Bank of Arizona against the
state and will be triad before Judge
Fred G. Jacobs.
The commission will be represent
ed by County Attorney Robert Nc
Murchie of Prescott.
Taking the position that the valu-
ations imposed by the tax commits
sion were confiscatory in their ten
dency, the bank filed an action in
the federal court to determine the
point as to whether the action, OF
the commission was contrary to the
14th amendment to the constitution.
The collection of bank taxes for
the years 1921 and 1922 is involved.
The Winslow mail., 1923-07-13
BAPTIST Church DEDICATED
BUILDING CREDIT TO WINSLOW

The Baptists had a perfect day for
their dedication services last Sunday,
and a good audience filled the new
auditorium on the top floor of their
new building to hear the dedication
address. The other congregations OF
the city dismissed their morning SER
vices and joined with their Baptist
brethren in setting apart the new
temple of worship.
The pastor, Rev. T. E. Elgin, was
master of ceremonies, and the choir
gave splendid support to him in the
special music it had prepared for the
occasion. There was one disappoint-
ment Dr. Morton, the State Secre-
tary, who was to have delivered the
dedication sermon, was delayed and
did not arrive in time to preach the
sermon. Fortunately, however, the
assistant secretary and state evan
gelist, Rev l.. NJ. Darnell, had arriv-
ed on Saturday night, and was call
ed upon to take DR.. MOrtOn's place.
This was rather short notice, but Mr.
Darnell seemed quite equal to the
occasion and delivered a fine sermon
on "The Church" He used the words
of Jesus in the sixteenth chapter OF
Matthew for text, in which he said:
Upon this rock, 1 will build my
church, and the gates of hell shall
not prevail against it." Following
the address, Senator r. L. Moore,
chairman Of the building committee,
made a statement as to the financial
condition, in which he said the indeb-
tedness amounted to about $1100. No
pledges were taken, nor was there
any urging of the people to give, but
offering envelopes were passed and
opportunity given for those who
wished to make an offering to be ap-
piled on the Indebtedness. Mr. Moore
said that there had been sacrificial
giving on the part of many and that
accounted for the seplendid financial
condition at the present time.
After the offering had been receiv-
ed, Senator Moore delivered the key
to Rev Elgin and turned over the
new house to the congregation. Rev.
Elgin accepted the key and the house
on behalf of the congregation and
offered the dedicatory prayer. And
so they dedicated the house to the
The Winslow mail., 1923-07-13
WINSLOW ELKS
RATTLE Z CARS
722 & 957 WIN

The holders of numbers 722 and
957 were the fortunate winners of
the prizes at the Elks' rattle held at
the Pastime Theatre last Saturday
night. w. H Robinett, formerly of
Winslow, but now a member of the
engineering force at KingmaE, held
number 722 which drew the first
prize-a seven passenger studeba-
ker, and G. H. Reed, of Los Angeles.
general manager of the Harvey Hou-
ses, held number 957 which drew
the second priZe-a five passenger
buick. The rattle was held at IL: 80
p. m. following a dance and social
time, and the judges were A. B. Ril-
ey, H. G. Young, and J. H. Gibson.
Peggy the three year old daughter
of Ed Kliendienst drew the numbers
and the first two numbers drawn
were the ones which won the prizes
The one thousand numbers were
placed in capsules by a committee
of ten, the capsules were then placed
in an electric washer and thoroughly
stirred. The numbers were then
drawn by little Peggy and the hold
ers of the corresponding numbers
were declared the winners of the
prizes After the drawing the COM
mittee of judges rechecked the num-
bers in the washer to make sure
that all were there except the two
winning numbers which had been
drawn out The numbers were then
all replaced in capsules, placed in
box and sealed up, and placed in
vault so that they can be preserved
and re-eXamined at aQV time should
any question be raised concerning
the drawing. One thousand tickets
were sold at $500 a piece. The pri-
ces at which the prize automobiles
sell on the market are $2145 for the
studebaker, and $1675 for the buick.
Mr.. Robinett was not present at the
drawing but on being informed of
his good fortune came on from King
man to get his new car. Mr. Reed
happened to be in Winslow at the
time of the drawing and hence was
ready to drive away in his new
buick.
The Winslow mail., 1923-07-13
c. f. CONVENTION
CONDEMNS TWELVE
HOUR DAY AS WRONG

The International Christian En-
deavor Convention which has just
concluded it's 29th session at Des
Moines, Iowa, has gone on record a.
gainst the twelve hour day in the
following resolutions which we're
passed by that body on July 9TH
Unrest and open warfare in in
dustry constitute distinct challenge
to Christianity. Jesus Christ is for
the individual and for the institu-
tions of society, the only sufficient
Saviour. We believe that the appli-
cation of his spirit and principles to
the problems and controversions of
commerce and trade, will promote
goodwill and establish peace.
eve recommend those who are
acting as pathfinders of a new and
Christian social order. Particularly
do we commend such organizations
as the Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
pany, and the Interchurch World
movement for the demonstration of
the practicability of the eight hour
day, the shop committee, and te wis
dom of the participation of workers
in direction and control.
"The twelve-hour day, the seven
day week, the espionage system and
autocratic control are relics of an
industrial absoluteism; where they
still continue they are a menace to
the American home, the Christian
Church, and free government; they
remain as fuedal evils tat Christian
civilization ought long since to have
outlawed Because of them the
church is often unjustly measured
by the working world. For vast
numbers they stand as barriers in
the road to Americanization. They
promote unrest and make for bitter
ness and therefore are not good for
a nation. We pledge our best efforts
under the wise leaderships our
churches to bring them to an end"
The Winslow mail., 1923-07-13
DRC|LPIN REPORTSON
ROTARY CONVENTION

DR.. E. c. Gilpn, who attended the
national Rotary convention at St
Louis as the official delegate of the
Winslow Rotary Club, gave a partial
report of the convention at the We'd
nesday luncheon of the club He
said he had attended a good many
conventions but the Rotary conven-
tion beat them all. He said that in
just forty-five minutes after he lit in
ST. Louis they had him registered,
badged and located in his room
There were seven or eight thousand
delegates from twenty-five different
nations of the world there. Dock
confessed to having been taken to
police headquarters but only to re-
gister his name as a witness to an
automobile accident. He also ack-
nowledges having attended the big
ball game and other things too num-
erous to mention. Dock is a more
enthusiastic Rotarian now than ever.
The Winslow mail., 1923-07-13
MINIMUM WAGE
APPEAL SET FOR
JULY SIXTEEN

Notice has been given that the suit
brought by A. Sardell of Nogales
against John w. Murphy, attorney
general, and A. w. Connor, Santa
Cruz county attorney, to test the
constitutionality of the Arizona min
imum wage law for women, will be
held in Los Angeles, Monday, July
16 An article appearing in The
Arizona Republican reads as follows:
"The notice stated that the hear
ing would be held before court OF
equity in the federal court room in
Los Angeles. Circuit Judge Erskine
NJ. Ross of the federal circuit court
of appeals of San Francisco and
Federal Judge William H. Sawtelle,
senior Judge for the district of Ariz-
Ona have been named as two mem
bers of the court of equity which
will hear the case. The third feder-
al Judge has not been selected, but
it is believed that Federal Judge
Fred C. Jacobs, junior judge for the
district of Arizona, will be the third
Judge.
The hearing of the case was orig
inally set for Tucson, but due to the
fact that Circuit Judge Ross will be
unable to come to Tucson for the
hearing, the place was changed to
Los Angeles.
Expect Appeal to Highest Court
The law requires that three feder-
al Judges, one OF whom must be
circuit Judge, must hear all cases in
equity. The hearing in Los Angeles
will be to determine the constitution
ality of the law attacked. If the
law is found to be unconstitutional,
a temporary injunction will be issued
restraining the Arizona officials from
enforcing the law, but if found con-
stitutional the injunction will be de-
MED 1t is believed that one side or
the other will appeal the case direct
to the supreme court of the United
States from the order of the court
of equity.
Sardell brought the suit several
weeks ago, shortly after the minimum
wage bill that women be paid min
imum wage of not less than SIS
week became effective. He attacked
the act on the ground that itviolat-
ed article ii of the constitution or
the United States in that it deprived
him of the right of freedom to con-
tract, and alleged the measure to be
unconstitutional for that reason, and
for the further reason that it depriv-
ed him of his property without due
process of law, in violation of the
14th amendment to the United States
constitution.
On June 18 hearing was held in
Tucson before Judge Sawtelle to de-
termine whether a temporary re-
straining order, restraining the de-
PENDANTS from prosecuting Sardell
until the hearing of the case was
had, should issue. By stipulation at
the hearing, however, the writ was
not issued after the state officials
had agreed not to prosecute Sardell
for failure to pay the SIG week to
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The Winslow mail., 1923-07-13
A. A. JOHNS HEADS
WOOL GROWERS ASSN.
PERKINS DELEGATE

At the conventio nof the cattle men
and wool growers, which has just
been held in Flagstaff, the Wool
Growers elected the following Off
GERS: A A. Johns, of Prescott, pres
ident; F. w. Perkins of Flagstaff
ecretary-treasurer; c. e. Burton of
Ash Fork, first vice president; E. H.
Buffield of Cooley, second vice pres
ident; Colin Campbell of Ash Fork,
3. A. Sawyer of Winslow, Lou Char
lebois of Flagstaff, John Hennessey
Of Flagstaff and Dan w. Campbell of
Flagstaff were elected members of
the executive committee. President
Johns and Vice President Perkins
were elected delegates to the nation
al convention of the association.
The Cattle Growers do not elect
officers at the summer session but
they did pass new bylaws in con-
nection with their plan to incorpor-
ate.
A memorial to the retiring pres
ident, Hugh Campbell, who was un-
able to attend the convention, be-
cause of illness, was adopted at a
joint meeting of the convention and
a committee composed of Messrs
Johns, Heard and Charlebois appoint
ed to convey the memorial to Mr.
Campbell. They also took with them
a silver loving cup, expressive of
the affectionate regard of the stock
men,
The Winslow mail., 1923-07-13
FAMOUS NAVAJO
PAINTINGS SAVED
FOR POS1ER|TY

The famous sand paintings of the
Navajos have been preserved for
posterity and the old Indian prophe-
sy of "The Holy Ones" that when all
the sand paintings are forgotten and
all religious chants die out, the end
of the world will come, can be laid
aside in the minds of those who be-
lieve in it, for the time being, at
least.
For the sand paintings have been
transferred by artists to the walls
of the Hotel Ell Navajo, recently de-
dicated in Gallup. In placing the
paintings on the walls, the artists
were particular not to depart in the
slightest degree from the original
paintings made by white Singer"
and other eminent chiefs.
In the art of the Navajos, paint
ing, music, the dance, poetry and the
drama are indivisible and all are the
expression Of religion. The medicine
man high is priest, physician, sin
ger, dancer and sets the stage for
no mean drama. He depends upon
his memory for every detail and
teaches the cult in turn to his fol-
lowers. The legend reads that when
"The Holy Ones" gave the ceremo-
nies to man, the priests were enjoin-
ed to memorize them and destroy
the originals. This was done, not
only to avoid their falling into sacri-
ligeous hands, but principally to
write them on the hearts of living
men.
They were therefore made in col
ored sand and destroyed the same
day they were made. Thus both paint
ings and charts passed on from gen.
GRAFTON to generation, changing gra-
dually, and many of them fading
from the memory Of even the oldest
priests.
Thus many Indian medicine men
were called upon to assist in finish
ing the true paintings that remained
in their memories, and these were
checked by Sam Day, Jr., of ST. Mich
aels, an authority on Navajo Gus
toms, who contributed the originals
of the paintings and superintended
the work, so that no detail was over
looked. These paintings, all of the
sacred rituals of the Navajo, are not
intended to be pictorial, but every
figure, every line and every dot is a
symbol. By the use of symbols only,
their painter priests appealed to the
imagination and the heart
One of the best priced paintings
adorning the walls of Ell Navajo is
that of "Nayenezgani, The Man Who
Killed Fear" 1t is a sand painting
of peculiar sacredness to the Navajo
and has been made but rarely Sec
ond in religious Importance is the
picture of the Ascension of Dinae-
e-di-gini," or Young Holy One"
Among the other sand pictures,
now painted on the walls of the
hotel are those symbolizing "The
Clouds" ''The Arrow Ceremony"
"The Eagle Ceremony" "The Sky
Man." 'The Earth Mother" "The
Bear" "The Pollon Boy" and "The
Harvest Beetle"
When the Navajo tribe heard that
the sand pictures were to be tran
sferred and perpetuated, they insist
ed on dedicating the hotel with the
ritual of their race and performed
the ritual Of "The Blessing of the
House"
The Winslow mail., 1923-07-13
MEXICAN KILLED BY
Train Wed. NIGHT

A Mexican by the name of Isidro
Jaquez was run over by train in
the local railway yards Wednesday
night and so badly injured that he
died early the next morning. The
right leg was cut off and his head
was badly bruised. It is not defini-
tely known what train killed him
but the supposition is that it was
the second section of No. 3. He was
discovered about $50 and is thought
to have been injured only little
while before that time. He was iden-
titled, by another Mexican who re-
Gently came from New Mexico, as
the man named above and who wor-
ked for a construction company at
Texico, N. NJ. He also had papers on
him that bore the name in two or
three places. 1t is also stated that
he came to Texico from old Mexico
about April first. A coroner's jury
was impanneled by Judge Proctor
and an inquest held at 10 o'clock
Thursday morning. The verdict rem
dered, after hearing all the testi-
mony available, was that the man
came to his death by accident from
being run over by a train while he
presumably was alighting from it.
The body was buried here.
The Winslow mail., 1923-07-13
AMERICAN LEGION
ENDORSES PACT
RATIFICATION

The newly elected executive COM
mittee of the American Legion which
met in it's first session at Prescott
on July 4, passed resolution endor-
sing and seeking to carry out the
action of the Legion convention at
Flagstaff last month, demanding that
special session of the legislature
be called to ratify the Colorado RiV-
er compact without reservations or
amendments.
The department commander and
adjutant were instructed to write
letters to various organizations in
the state and to launch concerted
campaign to secure the calling of a
special session for ratification of the
compact unless the special commit
tee appointed by the Governor to
consider the river situation makes a
similar recommendation by August
first.
Members of the committee present
were: Harry T. Southworth of Pres
colt, department commander; Neri
Osborn, Jr., of Phoenix, adjutant; ;
Val de Camp of Jerome; e. S. STALL
cup of Phoenix; Geo ]. Shaeffer OF
Holbrook, and Joe Lieberman of
WinsloW
The committee set May l, 2, and 8
as the dates of the 1924 convention
which will be held at Yuma. They
also laid plans for special train
to take Arizona Legionnaires to the
national convention at San Francisco
next October.
The Winslow mail., 1923-07-13
SANTA FE HAS
Third WRECK
WITHIN WEEK

1t is an old saying among railroad
people that when a train wreck hap
uens there will be three in quick
succession. This seems to have been
verified on the Santa Fe within the
past week. On Tuesday night, July
8, passenger train No. 9 was wreck
ed at Domingo, thirty miles east of
Albuquerque, killing the crew of
both engines that were pulling the
train. Two or three days later a
freight train was wrecked at Navajo,
a station this side of Gallup. No one
was killed, fortunately, but consider
able damage was done and traffic de-
layed for several hours. The third
wreck happened at Lavic, California,
a small station this side of Barstow.
None of the train crew were killed
or injured in this third wreck, but
five men were killed. Two hobos
who were stealing ride and three
surveyors who had gotten on the
train to ride short distance were
killed. Traffic was held up several
hours.
The Winslow mail., 1923-07-13
AGED PIONEER
PASSED AWAY
SATURDAY EVE.

A. J. Stancel, better known as
"Windy Bob, died Saturday, July
the 9th, after about two weeks ill
ness. He had lived hereabout for
the past forty years, engaged most
of the time in ranch work. 1t is
said he used to work for the father
of Senator Henry F. Ashurst. He
never talked about his family affairs
but he had a son and daughter at
Roswell, Georgia, who requested that
the body be returned there for bur-
ial. The remains were shipped on
No. % Wednesday, A familiar char
acter will be seen among us no more.
He was about "a years of age. He
had some property interests here.
The Winslow mail., 1923-07-13
WINSL0W MAYOR HAS
NARROW ESCAPE

Mayor c. L. Milan, his little daugh-
ter Cosma, Mrs Tauber and her faith
er and mother, Mr. and Mrs Burson
of Santa Ana, California, drove over
to the Petrified Forrest Sunday in
Mr. Milam's new Star automobile On
the way back they ran into some
gravel on the road near Holbrook,
and the car swerved to the side of
the road and went over the embank-
ment and turned upside down. The
Mayor jumped and succeeded in
clearing the machine, but all the
others were pinned under the mach
inc. Mr. Milan quickly ran to their
assistance and by a supreme effort
of strength lifted the car up so that
those under the car could get out.
BY wonderful good fortune none of
the occupants were injured more
than a few scratches. With the aid
of some passing motorists the party
turned the car right side up and
came into town on their own power
The Mayor says he doesn't care to
firt with death any nearer and feels
very thankful that the accident turn
ed out so fortunately for them all.
The Winslow mail., 1923-07-13
CITY COUNCIL MEETING

The city council held it's regular
monthly meeting last week. Among
the things considered at the meeting
was the purchase of another boiler
for the gas plant This would enable
the plant to give better service and
avoid shutdowns. The plant now
serves 371 customers in the city.
The old city hall was sold to the
Olds' brothers and the bell donated
to the city schools on condition that
the school board have it moved.
1t was decided to hold future meet
ing of the council at 1 o'clock p. m.
instead of at o'clock in the evening
as now This change will make it
possible for the members who work
nights to attend without having to
lay off which was hardship and
loss to them And it suits the other
members just as we'll. This arrange
ment will begin with the next meet
ing.
The man who thought up paper
napkins is still at large.
The Winslow mail., 1923-07-13
ELKS ELECT OFFICERS AT
ATLANTA CHOOSE BOS-
TON FOR 1924 CONVENTION

The national convention of Elks at
Atlanta, Georgia elected James G..
Mcfarland of Watertown, S. D. grand
exalter ruler, and chose Boston as
the location for the 1924 convention
Joseph Mayer of Globe was elected
Grand Tiler. 1Ir. Mayer has been
secretary of the Globe Elks lodge
for many years and is one of the
best known lodgemen in the south
west. r. C. Kaufman is the local
lodges delegate to the convention.
The Winslow mail., 1923-07-13
PHILLIPS DISMISSES
FEDERAL INDICTMENT
AGAINST ARIZONA MAN

Santa Fe, July 11.-On request of
the Arizona United States district at
torney, Federal Judge o. G. l.. Phil
lips has dismissed federal indict-
ment against Enoch Wilson, charg-
ing him with transporting car
stolen from Roman Prieto from Win
slow, Ariz., to Clovis, N. M. Wilson
was transferred from Arizona and
indicted and tried there with two
others for the theft of the car and
conspiracy to violate the Dyer act.
1t is stated that Wilson testified for
the prosecution and aided in convic-
ton of two former peace officers of
Arizona who were sent to Leaven-
worth for five years.
The Winslow mail., 1923-07-13

died recently. Many interpret this
action to mean that the Governor in
tends calling special session of the
Legislature this fall, as they can see
no reason for calling such an cleo
ton unless that was his intention. In
case of special session it is pre-
sumed that the Colorado River com
pact would be one Of the mat
ters considered. Other matters
would likely be the tax and highway
questions which seem to be in need
of attention and legislation.
The Winslow mail., 1923-07-13
CARL HAYDEN TO BE
HERE NEXT WEEK

Carl Hayden passed through Win
slow on Saturday on his way to the
White Mountains for a fishing and
recreation trip. He has promised to
return here and address the Rota-
rians on Wednesday. He will speak
upon the Colorado River compact.
Mr.. Hayden is in favor of ratification
of the compact and is doing some
effective work in speaking for it. Mr.
Hayden as every one konws, has
been United States Congressman from
Arizona for several years.
The Winslow mail., 1923-07-13

Hal C. Prince, successor to A. w.
Bikker, agent for the Continental
Casualty Company was in the city
this week looking after the business
Of his company. Mr.. Prince is one
of Phoenix's hustling business men
and is one of the firm of The Her
bert S. Prince Co.
The Winslow mail., 1923-07-13
DOES 1T MEAN A SPECIAL
SESSION OF THE
STATE LEGISLATURE

Governor Hunt has called special
election in Maricopa County for Sep
tember 4, to elect a successor to
representative Charles Miller who
The Winslow mail., 1923-07-13

Mr. and Mrs T. S. O'Connell motor
ed over from st. Johns Wednesday
and left Thursday noon on the re-
turn trip. Mr. and Mrs O'Connell
have many friends here who are al
ways glad to see them.
The Winslow mail., 1923-07-13

Some men are too cautious even to
make success as a failure.