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The Winslow mail., 1923-09-21
CITL SCHOOLS 0F MINsLOM

Fifteen years ago, one building,
representing an approximate invest
ment of $20,0O000, together with
seven teachers, constituted the city
school system of Winslow Today
there are five buildings, representing
an estimated value of $500, 10000
with capacity accommodating
nine hundred children. At present
thirty-fye teachers are employed, all
of whom are eligible to hold first
grade certificates and the average
daily attendance is eight-hundTed
with scholastic census of about one
thousand
Teaching staff
City School Superintendent Grady
Gammage came here three years ago
as Principal Of the High School and
has been City School superintendent
since the first OF this year. He is
native Of Arkansas and attended pub
ic and high schools in that state,
Mr. Gammage holds the degrees Of
\ B. and NJ A from the University
If Arizona He has been engaged in
the teaching of school at intervals
Tor a period of ten years. He holds
membership in the National and State
Associations of School Superintend-
ents He is a member of the local
Rotary Club and a fraternal man.
Mr. j. E. Kyle is Principal of the
Winslow High School coming with
the institution this year. He is
native of Colorado, holds an A B.
degree from the University of Ne
braska and his A. NJ. degree from the
Colorado State Teachers College, at
Greeley, Colorado He has been en-
gagged in teaching for four years and
has specialized in English. He was
formerly Superintendent of City
Schools at Jackson, Wyoming.
Other prominent staff members in
clude, Mabel Cole, Principal of the
Southside School. She is a graduate
of the State Normal Of New Hamp-
shire. Miss Emeline Owens is Prin-
cipal of the Coopertown School and
is a graduate of the Pennsylvania
State Normal Mary Brown, Prin-
cipal Of the Washington School, is
from San Marcos Normal and has
The Winslow mail., 1923-09-21
GREAT IRRIGATION POSSIBILT-
TIES FOR WINSLOW

The following article is taken from
data furnished by Engineer G. W. P.
Gregg and is a tentative outline of
what might be accomplished by ir-
rigation in the Valley Of the Little
Colorado, and it would irrigate Tuck
er Flat as we'll, which comes under
this project.
A Diversion Dam could be con
structed in the Little Colorado a
few miles east of HobsOn Station.
The water should be diverted two
ways to cover the lands on the north
and south side of the river. A canal
would pass about one mile south of
Winslow and just west of the Santa
Fe Round House.
The essential features of this project,
comprise the storage of the food
waters of the Little Colorado, Rio
PuercO, ChevelOn Greek and their
tributaries. The Navajo Reservoir,
near Woodruff, would have capacity
of 100000 acre feet and a drainage
area Of approximately 5000 square
miles About the same drainage area
as the Roosevelt Dam
Elevation
The average elevation of the lands
embraced within this project is 1900
feet above sea level The water re-
quirements are estimated at between
two and three acre feet per acre per
annum
Character of Lands
The lands in this area are sandy
loan in character and have a suf-
| ficient slope to give drinage. The
slope, however, is very gradual. At
the present time about 1000 acres
are irrigated from the permanent
| flow of the river.
Crops
| Alfalfa has been the principal crop OF
| this irrigated lands, an acre yielding
about three tons annually. Small
fruits, grain and vegetables that will
grow in a temperate climate can be
grown here.
With the completion of the project
| sugar beet raising will undoubtedly
be one of the chief industries. This
land is practically the same in cha
racter as the rich sugar beet lands
of Northern Utah and Southern Idaho.
Lettuce will also be one of the prin-
cipal crops. One rancher near Win
! slow has planted sixty acres in Let
tuce and Los Angeles Commission
| Hill udS COuJTdCIGu LUZ Tic WHOIS
/ crop. This sixty acres will raise ap-
proximately rs cars of lettuce.
When the lettuce season is over
in Phoenix and the Imperial Valley
of California, the crops here will be
ready for market
! Celery as good as can be grown
anywhere will grow in this acreage.
We have the right altitude and eli
mate to produce all crops of this
sort.
Ownership
The lands embraced in this project
are owned by the Railroad Company,
the State and the Federal Govern
ment The assessed valuation of the
lands is about $125 per acre. The
minimum selling price for state lands
is three dollars per acre.
| Cost of Construction
Estimates vary on the cost of the
| completed prof ct. They vary from
$1,000 to $500 per acre. About one
year will be required to finish the
work
From other sources we have gath
cred the following information.
The Winslow mail., 1923-09-21
Storage Reservoir On The Little
Colorado

OUlVIuuV
On account of the large drainage
area of the Colorado and Zuni Rivers
and the favorable location for large
storage reservoir, together with
other natural advantages, it is pro-
posed to construct first the storage
reservoir near Woodruff, known as
the Navajo Reservoir; maximum
capacity 100000 acre feet.
The canal known as the 'Winslow
North Sibe High Line Canal would
be constructed to serve the lands OF
this unit. The canal would have
capacity of 500 second feet decreas-
ing in size to correspond with the
requirements of the area served.
This canal would be located at
higher elevation than Unit No. l and
lay east and north of it. The canal
would serve 5000 acres, of which
about half is on light slope and the
remainder on slopes varying from
five to ten per cent; all OF which
can be irrigated economically.
By development of this project in
the manner outlined above it would
bring the lands to be irrigated first,
directly under all the drainage area
of the Little Colorado, River east Of
WinslOw.
The Winslow mail., 1923-09-21

Continued on page 81
The mirror., 1923-11-01

pace he had set in the early chapters.
When his opponents began to hit fercely,
errors accumulated and the Bayportites
wound up the game with dime novel
finish. They scored one run in the second
on single by Anderson, stolen base
and single by Goulette. One more score
came in the sixth on free ticket to Sand
berg, a stolen base and two-bagger by
P. Beyers. Two runs in the seventh by
an infeld error, triple, double and
single. Three more in the eighth on an
infeld error, sacrifice, brace of singles
and triple. And two in the ninth on a
single, double and triple, making nine
runs in all off of fourteen hits He struck
out seven batters and passed one on balls.
Not so bad considering the bunch of slug
gers he had to pitch two.
The mirror., 1923-11-01

Summary-Three base hits-Donahue,
Anderson, Christian, Fos. Two base hits
p. Beyers, 2, Sandberg. Sacrifice hits
E. Beyers, Bona. Stolen bases-Sandberg,
Goulette. Double plays-Shu, to Lr, to
Hdy. First on errors-Visitors, 8; MS.P.,
/. Left on bases-Visitors, 7; NJ. S. p, I.
Hits-off Goulette, 5, in seven innings;
off Byers, 2, in two innings; off Fro, IA.
Strikeouts Goulette, 8; by Beyers, 4
by Fro, 7. Bases on balls-by Goulette, 1 !;
by Fro, 1. Passed balls-by catcher Be-
berg, u by catcher Eos, 8.
Umpires, Mr.. r. A. M. and Mr.. Wor.
Scorer-J. r. S.
The mirror., 1923-11-01
THE CONSTITUTION A WORK
ING INSTRUMENT

Many people who have never read the
constitution of the United States, or its
preamble, waste their lives expounding
political theories neve: tried outSin prac-
tice. A campaign to read, study and put
into fullest operation, the national con-
stitution would do more real good than
any other movement of any nature that
could be started in this country. The con-
stitution of the United States would bring
us full measure of justice to all people
as any people could hope or wish to have
and it is not necessary to ponder over the
crude theories of Bourbonism, Communism
of Fascitism. We have here the finest
working model of good government that
has ever been devised. Through it the
mother in the poorest home may feel that
her son can occupy the highest place. The
constitution gives all the people the right
to take an equal interest in running the
government. None of the injustices that
have been perpetrated upon classes or in
dividuals are sanctioned by the constitu-
ton. More than a century and quarter
this instrument has stood the test and is
still the proudest hope among all charters
dealing with human liberty. We don't
need Bourbonism to attain the higest pin
nacles of luxury. We need only the care
full study of and the perfection of the
governmental machinery that we have.
SELECTED.
The mirror., 1923-11-01
THE MAN HE NEEDED

A steamboat was stranded in the river,
and the captain could not get her off.
Eventually hard-looking fellow came
on board and said:
captain, understand you want
pilot?"
The captain asked, care you a pilot?"
"Well, they call me one"
"Do you know where the sandbanks
are2"
"No, sir"
"Well, how do you expect to take me
out of here if you don't know where they
are2"
81 know where they ain't," was the
reply.-Ex.
The mirror., 1923-11-01
UNCLE HENRY'S EPISTLES
To the World.
Dear People:

Of all sweet words of tongue or pen,
the sweetest of these is, cts boy" Of
course that doesn't rhyme but no one ex-
poets it to, as a poet isn't writing this
letter. Pm father but not a poet. Of
course fathers can't help feeling poetical,
especially right after being initiated into
the Supreme and Mighty Order of Dads.
Later ALI poetry deserts them when they
begin to walk the floors with lusV in
fant at ~ a. m., but at the start poets
can't feel any different than fathers.
When one of the doctors who helped
the stork down the chimney came to tell
me it was boy l almost embraced him
but remembered in time that he was wear
ing a white coat. Somehow a fellow
doesn't feel like getting familiar with
white coat.
The boy was born in hospital. This
makes it rather nice in some ways and
not so nice in others. One advantage of
being born in hospital is that there are
always 10 or more babies to keep you
company in the nursery. know my son
likes company and he has plenty of it
there. They can laugh and talk and cry
together.
There is disadvantage, too. When
my boy runs for president of the United
States all the papers will want to print
the picture of his birthplace and he wont
have any photo of log cabin to give to
them. Chances are then that he wont be
elected. Probably it wont make any diff
ference with him, though, as / was born
in house and no one ever asked me for
picture of it.
All the neighbor women are patiently
waiting for the baby and its mother to
come home. They are holding daily con-
ferences on the best method of bringing
up child so they can unanimously recon-
mend its use by the mother. From all in
dications they have formed neighbor-
hood soviet and think they are going to
raise the child under soviet rule. feel
like telling them to rest their minds as the
baby isn't going to be community child.
OF course I can't be too harsh with the
neighbors, as probably some day the Mrs.
will want to go downtown to buy new
hat and will have to leave the boy with
some neighbor.
Here I've written almost everything
but what started out to say. Pm glad
it's boy because I can buy boy an
electric train, wagon, and similar play
things. If the child were girl l would
have to buy dolls. The latter hold no
interest for me, but I do like to fuss
around with electric trains, and the wagon
will come in handy when the ice man
fails to call and have to go to the ice
station after so pounds. Now just imagine
going after ice with a doll buggy. 1t
can't be done.
Another reason is that don't like
bobbed hair and my boy wont grow up
to bob his hair.
A Daddy as we'll as
The mirror., 1923-11-01
Maggie Pepper" for quite a length of

Maggie Pepper" for quite length of
time.
No doubt many of US have read the
above mentioned books but for the benefit
of those who have not and they that find
difficulty in selecting good wholesome ic-
ton l would suggest these novels.
For those who prefer "kick" to their
literature try BELLA Donna" by Robert
Hichens. Pola Negri, the Polish emotional
screen artist, just completed her work in
the screen version a short time ago.
The mirror., 1923-11-01
BASEBALL

Last Saturday, day that was every
thing but ideal for baseball-cold, dark
and cloudy with rain falling in the later
stages of the game, figured very promi
nently in the locals defeat. A squad of
players from Bayport, Minn., were the
locals entertainers for the afternoon. Bay
port not being overly pleased with the
drubbing the locals gave them one week
ago, were promptly on deck again Satur-
day all arrayed in uniforms and war
clubs ready to get sweet revenge. When
the battle was over, this they accomplished
by score of 9 to 1.
1t was indeed beautiful game for six
successive innings. The score at that time
standing two to one in Bayports favor.
Fro, the locals twirler, was unable to hold
Bayport's sluggers in check any longer.
Nine hits in the three remaining frames,
five of them for extra bases and, aided
with quartettte of infeld errors, allowed
the Bayportites to run their "balance sheet"
up to nine marks, not-German marks
but good old American "marks" that are
commonly used in recording ball games.
In the first round of play the locals
pulled off some real good and some real
bad baseball. Donahue led the attack by
beating out an infeld grounder for hit.
Sandberg dumped a beautiful bunt in
front of the plate and the play was made
to the keystone corner for Donahue who
beat the ball mile and Sandberg was
likewise safe at first 1t was "bone-
headed" play in baseball but nothing came
of this one. Roland struckout and P.
Beyers hit into double play that retired
the side. Another boner was pulled in
the last half of the seventh round when
the locals were at bat or it may have been
just simply case of passing the "buck."
However, that may be, at that stage of
the game when the opposing team was
leading by four to one count and the
locals had two men on with one gone it
is, indeed very poor judgment for the fol-
lowing batter to try to sacrifice when a
hit would still keep them in the race. This
"boner" was actually pulled in Saturdays
game, knowing that the following batter
was a poor sticker which would result in
retiring the side with no rims. Neverthe-
less, the locals put up a magnificent game
in the face of the overwhelming odds
against them. The locals lonesome run
came in the fourth round when Eos wal
loped out a triple and scored on H'dys'
single. Seven other prospective scores
were left stranded on the runways all on
account of the necessary "punch" to bring
them home. Sher pulled off couple of
beautiful running catches that were la
beled safties. He also cracked out two
hits out of four trips to the plate. Dur
ing the locals transforming career of three
games, since the season closed, he has led
the local tribe in every department.
Goulette was on the firing line for the
visitors during the first seven rounds of
play.t During his career he allowed
total of five hits, for one run and strik-
ing out eight men. P. Byers pitched the
last two frames, allowing two hits and
striking out four men.
Fro, the locals pitching artist was sadly
in need of pitching assistance during the
latter frames of the game. He did all
that any pitcher could do for six rounds
but was unable to go all the way with the
The Washington times., 1923-03-23
BOILER BLASTS A HOUSE
BLOWS WOMAN FROM BED

NEW YORK, March 23.-win,
dows were shattered and the ground
rocked for blocks around when q
hot-water boiler exploded in the
home Of Mrs. I. M. Townley at
Mount Vernon. The top Of the
boiler was blown through the
kitchen ceiling, and In two rooms
carpets were ripped from the floor
and thrown over chairs.
After the excitement had sub
sided it was found that thirty-five
panes Of glass had been shattered
ana q storm window blown thirty
two feet. But no one was hurt,
although the force Of the blast blew
Mrs. Townely out Of bed.
The Washington times., 1923-03-23
ENGLAND SHORT
OF COAL FOR
Market
Suspension Of Ruhr Mining
Creates Demand and u. S.
Exports Are Heavy.

Great Britain Ii unable to meet
demands Of the European market
for coal, following practical shut
down Of the .Ruhr fields. the De
partment Of Commerce announced
today.
American exports are increasing,
fifty-two steamships having been
placed in the coal trade at rates
varying from $40 per ton to Rot
terdam and $3.50 to West Italy. It
is expected these coal shipment
rates will increase.
Prices were announced as $7.26
to $3.50 per ton on navy standard
Pocahontas.New River Goals, (. o. b.
Hampton Roads; gas and bi-products
Goals. $685. to $3.50; Fairmont gas
coal, $3.50 to $6.25.
British exporters are cutting down
shipments to South America. Some
American producers are getting In
quiries from that market but little
business has resulted.
Italy, France and Germany are
suffering chiefly from the local
coal shortage, according to the De-
partment OF Commerce.
The Washington times., 1923-03-23
RnRERT IA. RIDDELL.

Funeral services for Robert III.
Riddell, for several years a resident
of the District OF Columbia, who
died Tuesday after an illness OF
several months, were held yesterday
afternoon at j. B. Wright's chapel,
the Rev. DR.. Ulysses B. Pierce
officiating.
Mr.. Riddell was born in Whining
ton, VT, April 2. 1859, and for
thirty years was connected with
the firm Of HALEY Harvey Com
pany, Boston, Mass. On account of
i'll health he was obliged to go to
Montana, four years later COM
ing to Camp Lee, Va, in the I'm
terests ct the American Red Cross
as field divider.
While In Washington he became
affiliated with The National Life
Insurance Company of Vermont.
The offices were closed as a mark
Of respect to his memory. He is
survived by his widow, Mrs. Anne
o. Riddell, and a son, Guy e.
Riddell, consulting mining engineer.
Of New York, and two brothers,
Milo H, OF Burlington, VT. and DR..
William c. Riddell, Of Seattle,
Wash.
The Washington times., 1923-03-23
FoRMALDEHYDE IS NEW
KICK FOR BOOTLEG

Formaldehyde IL supplying the
kick" for bootleg concoctions sold
in Washington and Baltimore, Group
Head Lee. Roberts, of Marylnd, de-
clared today at prohibition head
quarters.
Washington agents concurred In
this statement. declaring that con-
siderable quantities of poisoned
liquor were being sent here from
Baltimore, camouflaged as bottled
in-bond."
Baltimore bootleggers who form
erly dealt in fairly good liquor, .
said Roberts, now are buying de-
natured alcohol and are attempting
to redistill it. Frequently, poison
remains after this process. All OF
the liquor seized recently in Balti-
more is pretty bad
The Washington times., 1923-03-23
Y. M. c. A. TO GIVE BOYS
SWIMMING LESSONS

With spring officially here, Wash
ington boys will be happy to learn
that the physical department Of
the 7. M. c. A. will give swim
ming instructions at the boys de-
partment April 2, 3, and S. All
applications must be at the Y. M.
c. A. headquarters not later than
Saturday, March 81.
1t is not necessary to be a mem
Der OF the organization in order to
receive the instructions. The les.
sons VIII be given under the direc.
ton Of experts.
The Washington times., 1923-03-23
ROSS P. ANDREWS NAMED
CHIEF M. AND M. BOOSTER

Ross p. Andrews today was
named chairman OF the committee
in charge Of the 1923 booster out
ing Of the Merchants and Manu-
facturers' Association.
Andrews, who was chairman OF
the original booster committee of
the association, is expected to COM
plete the appointment Of his com
mittee next week. The date for the
outing, usually held late in the
spring, has not yet been set.
The booster outings have resulted
In advertising the capital as q cen
ter of commerce and industry
throughout the surrounding terri.
tory,
The Washington times., 1923-03-23
ConceYt Program

At 8 o'clock tonight ct u. 8. Ma.
rine Institute, Eighth and I
streets, southeast. by the U. 8.
Navy Band Orchestra, Charles
Benters director.
March. ''our Favorite Regi-
ment" s........ -. -. !. ETH
Overture. ''orpheus in der Un.
terWeIt $3.50. 1900 SLAeNu4cns
Grand scenes from the opera
Romeo ct JuIiette'' !. 80. Councd
Suite. Scenes From the South
Up. ~. =. ssas -. = - :: = aS.osAS
Fairy Tale From La Provence.
Moorish Dance SoEg.
In the Tavern.
valse, "Invitation to the Dance
OPP So $500. So Won " OUer.
Selections From the Ballet
i sylvia ss.s-s ssssssseessna1 Qell0os
Romance. - op. rs
Rimsiky-Korsakow
'sMenuetta 10 Mozart. Op.
~ s...s........K0re tchenk0
Excerpts from ''The Fortune
March. TIA Giralda'' .Juafran5
The Star-Spangled Banner
The Washington times., 1923-03-23
CROWDS WATCH POLICE
POUR RUM INTO SEWEE

NEW YORK. March 2s.-Down
to the sea in sewers went $1,000
quarts of liquor, poured into the
gaping mouth Of q. manhole at an
East Side corner by police whiskey
demolition squad. while hundreds
of cheering, jeering and sobbing
folk looked on.
At the appointed hour for the
pouring the crowds were SO great
that reserves We're called to hold
them in check. Nearby roofs were
crowded as the neck Of the last
bottle was severed. A hurdy-
gurdy jazzed the toper's dirge, THE
Alcoholic Blues"
The Washington times., 1923-03-23
GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY TO
SEE STRANGE MONSTERS

Arthur s. Coggeshall. who has
spent years In locating and excavat-
ing fossil bones, will show queer
monsters which splashed the
swamps Of America in past geologic
ages. before the National Geo.
graphic Society at the Masonic
Temple auditorium this afternoon
and evening.
Coggeshall has restored the crea.
lures and made models Of them
from which the pictures were taken.
The Washington times., 1923-03-23
THE REV. MORGAN L. sTARKE.
JOHN T. CONNORS.

Funeral services for John T. Con
nors, former employee Of the Govern.
ment Printing Office, will be held
tomorrow morning at $3.50 o'clock in
st. Martins church, North Capitol
and T streets. Mr.. Connors died at
his home, Randolph street north
west, Wednesday.
Mr.. Connors was an active mem.
Der Of the Plate Printers Union and
Potomac Council Of the National
Union. He leaves his widow, Mrs.
Helen e. Connors, and two brothers.
James J. and Michael Connors.
The Washington times., 1923-03-23

TH Err e ARE few
= better ways to X-ray
the character and soul
of a man than to read
. his love letters. In read
ing the Cars love let
tiers, written under his
al m onogram
(above), in the Times
Herald next Sunday, you
VII see him as an heir
to a mighty throne
which he was too small
to fill =. an heir to a
despot's scepter which
he was too weak to
yield. The last of. the
Romanoffs reveals him
self as a man without
backbone, a lover with
out virility, a husband
who could not be master
in his own household.
a ruler of vast domain
without will power,
without vision, without
courage, without mag
nanimity and without a
sense of responsibility.
Love letters are inter-
esting b e c ause they
speak more than love.
A YOUNG MAN from
"A Peru comes to Wash
ington to exhibit his
talents as a caricaturist.
Alberto Barreto, whose
striking portrayals of
Arms Conference Dele
gates last year you may
have seen, has estab-
lished a studio here and
works industriously
making unusual pictures.
Viktor Flambeau, who
tells of his work next
Sunday, is pictured in
pastel, along with King
/ George and Edison. The
story of his rise is as
colorful as his own. bril-
liant sketches.
80 -
TOSEPHUS DANIELS,
- in a rather good posi-
ton, to know about
Naval matters, tells us
how the nations party
to the Naval treaty are
all claiming to be be-
meath the 5-5-3 ratio,
and are struggling to
get up to their respec-
tive allotments. AN in
teresting story of the
awakening from the con-.
ference's hypnotic spell.
Next Sunday.
The Sunday, Editor.
nssl SfM8its
The Washington times., 1923-03-23
TRAIN KILLS MOT0RIST
AT CROSSING NEAR HOME

PALMYRA, N. J., March 2S.-
The Nellie Bly," y bound from New
York to Atlantic City. struck and
instantly killed Perez j. Mcmahon
at the public road crossing. Nc
Mahon was motoring toward his
home, two blocks distant, when the
crash occurred. The machine was
tossed seventy-five feet.
The crossing is protected by a
bell signal. About a year ago q
woman lost her life at the Morgan
avenue crossing by the same train.
Mcmahon Is survived by a widowed
mother, his wife and five children,
the youngest two months old.