The Coconino sun., 1923-02-02
FLAGSTAFF LOOM
BIGGER In TOURISTS
MEMORY SAYS MAYHEM

Propaganda-the KINDS CnaU nave
become so prevalent nowadays and
usually are for the benefit of no one
except the propagandists themselves
was the principal theme at Tues
days Rotary meeting, at which Fred
Breen was chairman.
Carl Mayhem in Enthusiastically
witty talk, exposed hesmethods free
lance or wildcat motion picture cam
era men use in capitalizing on local
pride and desire for free advertising
by inducing the public-spirited citi-
zens of town to put up a substan
tial sum for the taking of few hun
dred feet of film which in most cases
is never shown. He referred to the
pictures that were taken in Flagstaff
last summer by the Hollywood men
who got a good sum for the work,
which films, as far as anyone knows,
are now "lying around somewhere"
and certainly have not been shown
broadcast through the country as was
expected by those who generously put
up the money.
The speaker, having been connected
with just that sort of work during
idle moments before the war, when
he was with one of the largest motion
picture concerns in the country, knew
whereof he spoke. The gist of his
advice was: Whatever we send out to
advertise Flagstaff, let's buy it at
home and produce it at home"
He urged upon the members that
each make Flagstaff his personal bus
mess, helping to make it loom bigger
in the memory of the tourist than
"the place near which we broke that
spring"
Del Strong of The Sun told of the
constant flood of requests that news
papers have from individuals, associa-
tions and corporations for free adver-
tising. He referred to the fact that
as vocation, the newspaper business
is distinguished in Rotary in that the
bars of classification are let down.
In no other line is there an exception
to the rule of accepting but one reg
ular representative. He said every
loyal newspaper man is a Rotarian
whether he is member of a club or
not and that in no other avocation
does the principle of service dominate
so thoroughly as in the newspaper
business.
The meeting was convened with
rousing song with Doc Tex Mackey as
song leader. President |. B. Koch
had John @. Thomas tell how various
automobile drivers conduct themselves
when they drive up to Ed Babbitt's
garage. The Cadillac man asks how
far it is to Kingman and upon being
infor1usd that it is 173 miles calls
for 20 gallons of gasoline and a. gall
lon of oil. The Buick man, on learn
ing the distance, asks for 10 gallons
of gasoline and a half gallon of oil.
The Ford driver, when he finds out
how far it is, asks for two quarts of
water and bottle of 3-in-1. AS Ed
sells all three cars he had to admit
that his experience proves the truth
of Johns statements.
President Koch complimented Mr..
Thomas on the quality of "Green and
Brown" published by the students of
Emerson. He asked the members to
keep right on talking Battery 3D."
so that the boys may realize that the
business men of the town are behind
the organization. He announced that
the survey for Rotary club at Hol-
brook has been approved and that
Lloyd C. Henning of that city asks
Flagstaff members to visit them Fri
day of this week. We will soon have
the banner we won from Mesa in the
the recent three-months' attendance
contest, Mr.. Koch announced. He in
Continued on Page Two)