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The nephew then related how his
uncle had come out of the barn
saying that his heart hurt him and
that he couldn't sleep. how they
mad gone together back into the
cabin and sat around and talked
and smoked for awhile. The old
ranchman then asked his nephew to
go to the spring and get a bucket
OF fresh water and the younger
man was on his errand when he
heard a shot from the cabin. Drop
ping his buckets and hurrying back
he found the ranchman lying on
the bed wounded in the temple. A
% caliber pistol was lying at his
side.
In addition to the farewell mes
sage John Lapderdale left his
nephew there vas found in the
ranchman's cltohing two pieces OF
paper, each containing Il typewrit-
ten copy of poetry which the Snake
River %ranchman had evidently read
and studied before the act when
ended his life. A verse which so
evidently appealed to him in his
hours of mental distress read us
follows:
True Riches
II | can leave behind me, here and
, 1923-07-19
Pedestrian Struck
Down by Ford Car

Frank Koyarick. for the past
cigh, years employed as u tailor in
the Joe Kaspar Tailoring Establish
ment. was struck by a Ford car at
tn. intersection OF Cedar and
Fourth streets shortly after six
o'clock this evening.
The injured man was taken at
once to tho Memorial hospital
where. according to reports from
his bedside. he is suffering from n
badly bruised left shoulder.
According to Mrs. J. B.tx. who
was driving the Ford car which
struck Koyariok. she was rounding
the corner on Cedar and Fourth
streets wh.n she nearly a into n
child. In order TO save the child
sh. was forced to suddenly change
her course striking down koyarick
as she did 10.
, 1923-07-19
NOBE AYAi.A TRAINING

Nobe Ayaia. who has been In
training for sometime preparing for
his ten round bout with Bobby
Moore on the second night OF tho
wooigrowerA Convention. last We'd
n.sday evening started working out
at the dancing pavilion Just north
of tn. city Hall.
Nobe was watched by large
number Of local fsht fans In his
open air work out last night and Il
Ii announced that hereafter he will
box with spsrrins partners at ave
thirty each evening.
, 1923-07-19
Gar 0VERIURNS
and INJURIES TWO
BUICK TURNS FLIP.FLOP and 0CCU.
PANTS SAVED FROM Death
ONLY BY MIRACLE

Only a miracle saved the lives OF
Councilman Henry Perrett ana "A.
NJ. Startell, both of Rawlins. n OF
!. ]. Ellenberger and w. NJ. Ensle-
hart of Bags and Encampment re
an.ctiyelv. VIXEN Startzelfs
Duick touring car turned a com
plete sommersault on the Casper
Douglas road last Thursday.
Aitho Ellenberger and Englehart
escaped with but slight injuries
Henry Perrett now lies in a hospital
with a broken collar bone ana A'
NJ Startzell still suffers from cuts
about the face caused by glass from
the broken windshield.
The accident happened at a point
about twenty miles east OF casper
and occurred while they were re
turning from Douglas where they
had been attending the Grand lodge
session OF Odd Fellows.
II seems that Mr.. Startzell, VINO
was driving at the time passed u
car at a fair rat of speed but met
another automobile going In the
opposite direction just ahead OF the
car passed. In order to AVOID u
collision with the second auto start,
zell took to the edge OF the roau
and in attempting to get BACK on
he crampt the wheels In such "a
manner as to cause me Buick 20
turn completely over. The ear ana
a nea, sommersauit and finally came
To- A halt, right side up with start
oil s,ill holding on to the steering
wheel.
Mr.. perrett was sent at once to
n railroad station and sent to Chey-
onne for treatment in n hospital
there while E~llcnbcrgor. Englehart
and startzeli proceeded TO drive on
in 10 Rawlins with the damaged
car.
, 1923-07-19

Altho the big edition will be de
voted principally to the wool in
dustry. space will also be devoted
to the cattle and oil industries of
Carbon County. Already scores OF
photographs of grazing. oil and
other Genes have bee assembled
and will be used in the livestock
edition.
Well known w~oolgrowers and
other men. equally as important,
have agreed to supply articles and
material for articles dealing with
the raising of livestock.
1t is the duty of the business men
OF Rawlins to do everything within
their power to make this years
Wyoming W~oolgrowers Convention
a great success and The Republican
believes that in publishing a live
stock edition of the size planned 1t
is contributing much towarf the
success of the convention.
, 1923-07-19
LITTLE DIES

Last Monday moring at ll:2O
O'Clock occurred the Death of Beat
rice Pearl Jones. the one year eight
months old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Jones.
The sad demise of the little one
came as the result of Illness due TO
Cholera %Infanturn.
The remains were shipped from
the Rasmussen Undertaking Es
adjustment to Knoxville, Iowa.
yesterday morning and will be in
TERED at that city.
, 1923-07-19
FRANK KEErE RESIGNS STATE
OrFrCE FOR DENVER POSITION

Tho many local friends OF FRANK
Kcese will bc Interested TO learn
that he has recently resigned MS
y,osit,on as state automobile Inspect
or and has agreed to acccpt u 10
sponssole position a. . representa-
Give Of the Rocky Mountain H'sh-
way Association 1t Denver
Mr.. ke~ec viii enter his now ON
rioymsut on the 18th Of this month
Ills, resignation from the office Of
Automobile insp~ctor took effect
,Aa Saturday.
, 1923-07-19


John. don't worry over me-my
troubles are over
Take me to Exeter, Mo-, to bury
me. Trouble is the cause of It all
i killed a man in Utah several
years ago.
keep all the horses and be good
to them. Sell the lands and pay
my debts all.
(Signed) Your Uncle John.
Keep this"
The nephew in testifying as to
the events which occurred shortly
previous to the fatal shots related
that soon after he had come in
from blowing his uncle had told
him hat he was going to kill him.
self. After SUPPER he said,
"UAcle John took a shot u and
went cut rabbit hunting but he
came back without getting anything.
We sat around the cabin until bed
time and then went to bed-Uncle
John left the light burning. ! woke
up about two o'clock and the light
was out and Uncle John IA gone.
/ called but didn't get an .answer.
| lighted the lamp and saw that the
gun was gone and went out to the
barn calling him"
, 1923-07-19
Afro LAUNDRY EItECTS rig
SIGN ADVERTISING SERVICE

One OF the most noticeable and
neatost signs in the city Is ina
which arches the driveway to inc
Auto Laundry the new I scr-
vice Just established between the
Central Hotel and the building DC
cupicd by Kollcy's Auto Goods eom-
pany. on Lincoln. -,
tn. Auto Laundry. al,ho one OF
IN" clty's newest enterprises Is al
ready In u position to report an *
roiicnt business.
, 1923-07-19
Team Runs Away and
Drags Man to Death

Caught fast In n hay rake. T.. 4.
Fields. an employee working on tho
E~nslohart ranch. near Encamp.
mont. was dragged to death last
week when the team h. was driving
broke from his control and ran
away,
The body of the unfortunate man
was prepared for intormont at the
Rasmussen Undertaking Establish
m.nis and was shipped TO Aurora.
Nebraska. the latter part OF last
week
, 1923-07-19
COUNTY H0MESTEADER
SUICIDES MAKES Confession
WRITTEN STATEMENT OF SNAKE RIVER SUICIDE MAY CLEAR
MYSTERY OF utah KILLING. YEARS OF MENTAL ANGUISH
and REMORSE GIVEN AS REASON FOR final RASH ACT

Years of mental anguish and remorsec combined with failing health is thought to have
been the reason fort the suicide of JOHNNY Lauderdae well known and old line Carbon County
who met deth from his w hands in the cbm of his homtedn near Slate on
tuesday, morning of last week. Full details Of the tragedy we're not known for a number of
following the suicide and not until early this week was it known. that a writer state
ment, found on the person of the dead nan, indicated that a vivid and ever present remer-
of the deed committed years ago had peyed upn the mind of the Snake River ranch
and finally drove him to safdstruchonL
John Undertakes farewell message to his nephew and only surviving relative was date
7th nearly three days before the suicide occurred and was found realty folded inside
pocket note book discovered in his clothing soon after his death. The message was plain
, 1923-07-19

Wyoming to protect it's water rights
from infringement by the federal
government.
An effort to reduce the appropri-
alton to $4,000 was unsuccessful
in the Senate. The results OF the
three-days special session were the
passage OF the water commission Dill
the farm loan amendment bill and
an appropriation bill providing Tor
payment Of the expenses OF the
session.
, 1923-07-19
day LEGISLATIVE
SESSION COMPLETES WORK
SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION REMEDIES CLERICAL
error in AMENDED FARM LOAN ACT and
PASSES WATER Commission BILL

The special session of the Wyoming legislature called to cor
rect a clerical error in the amended and liberaized state farm
loan act passed at the last session of the legislature, adjourned
sine die yesterday afternoon after the Senate had passed the
House measure providing for Wyoming representation on a pro-
posed state federal commission to adjudicate water rights on
streams originating in or flowing through Wyoming, and pro-
ipation in the proposed commission and legal proceedings by
, 1923-07-19
Hatfield Nearing
Wall Creek Sands

An additional now Of vet gas WAS
encountered last night By the Hat.
asid OIL Company II the we'll row
beinG drilled In the heart Of the
0lsAt Mile Lake structure.
~ noua today the veil had heea
llak q 4 l111h Il 1lll iaa1 ~
, 1923-07-19
ATTEND

Among those who attended the
Grand Enrampn.nt OF the Grand
Lodg. OF Odd Fellows and Rcbckahs
held last week at Douglas were the
following local people-A. n. Start
xeli. Henry P%errctt. Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul Pauison. Mrs. Ellen D~obranski
and Mrs. Mary He'll.
, 1923-07-19
MAN FOUND WITH LIQUOR
GIVEN LIMIT ny Juta;t

Ed Hughes. arrested by officer
Poland for the illegal possession OF
liquor Sunday night. was given the
Judge T.. H. Watson Monday.
limit by way OF fine when he plead
The Judge 1ned Hughes 800 and
costs or 1902 days In the city Jail.
Mr.. Hughes paid the fne.
, 1923-07-19
MARGARET sMYrmE DIN

For the second time IN a little
over ten days death visited the
homo ot Andrew Smyth.. this time
to take from the Borrowing father
and his family. Margaret. the NJ.
teen year old daughter who passed
away at the Smythc home At nine
o'clock yesterday morning.
Death IL aaid TO he due TO paraly.
sis Of the heart. caused BY an In.
, 1923-07-19
COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY

n |adIOurned mootInE u me
City council which was to have been
held last night was postponed until
next Monday evening when a mum
Der OF Important matters will be
considered.
, 1923-07-19
REPUBLICAN PREPARING
BIG LIVESTOCK edition
MATERIAL Being GATHERED FOR REPUBLICAN LIVE
STOCK edition To BE PUBLISHED DURING
WOOLGROWES CONVENTION HERE

Realizing full well that the raising of livestock is Wyoming's
pioneer and most important industry, The Republican is plan
ming a livestock edition in honor of the hundreds of woolgrowers
who will assemble in Rawlns from all sections of the state for
the annual convention of the Wyoming Woolgrowers Association
-Iulu 2lSt Aurust It and 2nd
, 1923-07-19
IS CARS WRECKED
FIREMAN KILLED
OWEN JOSE MEETS DEATH when
KASH0UT ON UNION PACIFIC
WRECKS FRUIT CARS

Flrcmnn owen lose, & q and
well known In this vicinity. met
death early last Monday morning
when he either accidcntly fell or
voluntarily iumpt from the deck OF
Two mii"s ives. u pi,.er
creek pesah 10 siNe a"ay' lne
oody OF me unfortunate man was
uncovered rom u Wre.kas" oi ''u,,
cars wednesday mo,n'.s anu ~"
r"ma'"s: now ,y,hs IN ~, naahu.-
son oh.er.aN,ns a,apn,. asa.'
aNa',,nH u,Apos,,,oh. p'a,ng snom
.n"' ne M, "oa,n W 'no~
on ,hc r's"' s"o VI VI" '"' """
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n 49, ,T"c nd
, 1923-07-19
~SDrTHwESrERN PETROLEUM
COMPANY GETS GOOD GASsER

The Southwestern Petroleum com.
pany. drilling on a location in
Crooks Gap this week struck . gas
now Of over 10000 Gu. Il, n n
, 1923-07-19

John w. Lauderdale came to this
section of the state and settled in
the Snake River valley in 1883
when he was but 81 years of age.
For a time he WAS employed at
the y. n. Chapmen ranch up Forti-
tication. Since the death of his
wife five years & he has been
gradually failing in health.
The remains of the vetern ranch
man were prepared for burial and
inferred at the Reader cemetery last
week.
Altho John Lauderdale was no,
as well known in and about Raw
Inns as he was in the south end of
the county he leaves many old time
friends In these parts men who
became acquainted with him here
and in the Snake River valley.
, 1923-07-19

there.
A friend or two to say when l
am gone,
That ! had helped to make their
pathways fair.
Had brought them smiles when
they were bowed with care,
The riches of this world III carry
out.
The Coconino sun., 1923-09-21
DON GILCHRIsT, PRAIRIE DOG
VAMP, HAS A MENAGERII

Next time you stroll into the office
If d. A. Gilchrist, rodent pest director
''or Arizona Of the u. S. biological
survey, ask him to show you his two
very rare mounted specimens Of al
,ino prairie dogs. Mr.. Chemists Of
ice is in the Berryhill building.
The dogs are two of the three spec
imens with which Mr.. Gilchrist has
come in contact during his long ex-
oerience in his chosen line of work
Back in 1915 he captured one OF the
specimens near Simmons, Arizona
and it was adjudged SO rare that il
was placed in the national museum
in Washington, where it now is OF
| display.
The two specimens which he receiv
ed yesterday after having been mount
ed, were captured by Mack Taylor OF
| his ranch near Prescott, and were i'm
mediately sent to Mr.. Gilchrist.
The rodents are perfect physica
specimens Of the species, except tina
they are completely white and hav'
delicate pink eyes. The natural colo
Of the prairie dog is tawney. Tn
specimens in Mr.. Gilchrist's possession
are unmarked by a single discoiora
ton.
| The rodents were mounted by G. l
/ Evans, local taxidermist, for who's
| skill Mr.. Gilchrist had warm praise
They are held upon a base which re
sembles in color the ground usual
selected by the prairie dogs for thei
| burrows.
/ Plans are, Mr.. Gilchrist said, to pu
the specimens on diplay at the variou
county fairs throughout the state, a
the state fair and various exhibi
tions. When not otherwise in use the
will be kept on display at local o1
fices. Republican.
The Coconino sun., 1923-09-21
IMPORTANCE OF AUTOMOBILE
ROAD TO THE GRAND CANYON

Local people returning from the
auto trip to Grand Canyon deplore the
fact that there is no good auto road
from Flagstaff to the canyon. About
fifty miles Of the eighty-six miles OF
highway between Flagstaff and the
Grand Canyon are reported to be quite
bad for traffic.
The route by auto to the canyon
from Flagstaff lies largely over gov
ernment reservations, all in Coconino
county. Despite the fact that Coco
nino county is among the very largest
counties in the United States, it has
a comparatively small taxable valua-
ton. The county, it is stated, IS not
financially able to build and maintain
good auto road from Flagstaff to
The canyons rim. The federal govern
ment, which has much of the route IN
its reservations, won't do it.
Thousands of tourists annually are
forced. to jar and jolt over the rough
roads between the two points In order
to see Americas greatest natural
wonder.
Oh, yes, the Santa Fe railroad has
a spur line from Williams to the can
yon. Tourists may take that If the
terrors of the auto trip are too much
for them. So why worry miami
Silver Belt.
The Coconino sun., 1923-09-21
HUNTS COMMITTEE LEFT
FOR CAPITAL WEDNESDAY

September "a has not been set as
date for hearing on the applica-
tion of the Diamond Greek interests
for permit from the Federal Pow
er commission, it Has been learned
from james B. Girand, resident en-
gineer for the project, and there is no
reason to believe that the permit will
be granted in the near future.
Some weeks ago, according to Mr..
Grand, Governor Hunts special COM
mittee Of nine, appointed to work out
an Arizona plan for river development
secured permission to present this
plan to the federal power commission
on September ID. Mr.. Girand was no.
titled of the date of this hearing and
given the privilege Of attending, that
his interests might be fully protected,
but the statement. that the Diamond
Creek application would receive sep
arate consideration, says Grand, was
made enormously.
The committee of nine left Phoenix
Wednesday for Washington.
The Coconino sun., 1923-09-21
TWO BARRELS OF BOOZE, AND
LIBRARY UNDER POST RUINS

Under the ruins of Fort Mohave
unless they have been removed, there
lies two barrels of good Kentucky
whiskey, several cases of rare old
wines, and library of priced vol
umes-and thereby hangs one of the
most interesting tales of the Civil
War period of Arizona's history
The story was told by the late Peter
r. Brady, father of the well-knowr
real estate and cattle factor Of that
name. The government having de-
termined, at the opening of hostili-
ties, to abandon the post, Brady, then
a government employe, wished to pre-
serve the post library, containing
many valuable books. Accordingly, he
dug a hole under the commissary
building and, wrapping tarpaulins
about them, placed the books in the
hole. AS an afterthought, he placet
in the hole the whiskey and the wine
then set fire to the commissary build
ing, leaving it in ashes. Unless tht
Indians found the underground store
room, they are still there.
Fort Mohave was near the Bealt
Crossing on the Colorado, a few miles
below Hardeyville, the head of navi
cation on the river.
The Coconino sun., 1923-09-21
OFFICERS MOP UP 19 YOLSTEAD
LAW VIOLATORS AT PRESCOTT

In an effort to complete clean
up" planned number Of months, and
for which evidence has been collected
from time to time during the sum-
.mer, federal prohibition officers Fri
day night conducted wholesale raid
on Prescott, arresting 10 persons on
from one to four counts each.
The officers were armed with
bench warrants issued by Judge Fred
IC. acobs on complaints filed by As
sistant u. S. District Attorney Cradle
The search was confined, for the
greater part, to places along Monte
yuma and Granite streets, although
some of the West Guiley street
places came in for their share of in
spection. In one place some liquol
was discovered but in most places
there was time, it was said, for ths
occupants to pour out what liquol
they had before the officers We're ad
mitted. A strong odor of moonshin'
greeted them in many places.
The Coconino sun., 1923-09-21
ARIZONA CHARLIE
Is BACK in ARIZONA

"Arizona Charlie" Meadows, pio-
neer, ex-wildwest Snowman, Alaska
explorer and gold digger, returned re-
Gently to his old stamping grounds IN
Tonto Basin in trip that carried hlm
from his ranch near Yuma to the
Grand Canyon. !,
Visiting spots that are brim full
with memories of exciting times IN
the early history of Arizona, "Arizo-
ma Charlie" is impressed with the
road improvements and the beauties
of the scenery of the state.
In 1882 the Meadows family settled
m Tonto Basin on the border of the
Apache reservation. Here father and
one brother were killed by the White
Mountain Apaches, and for severa
years following Charlie made Indian
hunting his business.
In his recent trip Mr.. Meadows
travelled by automobile from Yuma to
ella Bend, up through the Salt River
yalley cities to the Tonto basin. Here
he found boulevards where once rough
sutty wagon trails existed. Up Straw
berry hill he sped in a car to the rim
,f the Mogollon mesa, making the trlI
rom Payson in an hour. In the Olc
laws when Mr.. Meadows spent much
sime on the rim, the trip took hours
IN horseback while the playful Indians
unused themselves by shooting al
travellers.
In the forest between Strawberry
ill and Flagstaff Mr.. Meadows founc
most of the game destroyed. Hun
lreds of drOves of wild turkey, many
hundred deer and thousands of an
elope have disappeared, he writes.
At the canyon he found the moderI
hotels, the paved roads and improved
rails, bringing to his mind his first
rip there for New York newspaper
80 years ago. Referring to an article
le wrote at that time, he mentions
eaving the "gay little city" of Flag
taft for the wilderness to the north
Three days travel by horseback took
aim, 80 years ago, to the edge of tht
Powells plateau and the end of tht
yoconino forest. Another day Of trav,
Il and he reached the canyon. At thai
.ime the region was unexplored. The
'orest land about the San Francisco
oeaks and north to the canyon was {
wilderness.
This year, on Mr.. Meadows trip, The
Journey from Flagstaff to the canyor
vas made in few hours over goot
Dad. Though the forests have chang
I'd, the roads have improved, the vii
ages have grown, the canyon, writes
Mr. Meadows, has remained the same
md the wonder and awe that its beau
" inspired 80 years ago again wa.
elt by the pioneer as he stood at tht
brink of the gorge and gazed ever thu
mighty chasm.
The Coconino sun., 1923-09-21
ALLEGED AUTO THIEVES
CAPTURED AT KINGMAN

Three young men giving the names
Of Patrick Connors, Martin Becker
and. j. ID. Peterson are in the King
man Jail awaiting their hearing be-
fore the United States commissioner,
and Peerless car, practically new,
which it is alleged they stole from
Chicago, is here awaiting the arrival
Of its owner from Chicago.
The arrest of the men was made
by the sheriff's office on different
charge--that OF stealing tires from 9
Winslow garage. When arrested here
they had in their possession IL new
tires and six tubes. The original
amount taken from Winslow was ~
tires and 20 tubes, running up in value
close to a thousand dollars.
The local officers In looking ovel
The car noticed some of the numbers
had been tampered with and wireC
Chicago. The Chicago police wiret
back that the car had been stoler
there last month and to hold the men
1t is also thought they were in ths
navy and it is possible they may b'
wanted on a desertion charge.--King
man Miner.
The Coconino sun., 1923-09-21
MEXICAN WITH GUNSHOT
WOUND FOUND NEAR STORE

Officers Walker and Harp are in
vestigating the case of Juan Lucero,
a Mexican of Flagstaff, who was
found Sunday night on the Southside
near the Rubi store with a bullet
wound in his left side, by DR.. Lam
son. who was called to treat the man.
The bullet struck one of Lucero's ribs
and DETECTED along it for a couple OF
inches, making minor flesh wound.
The Mexican told DR.. Simpson that
he was shot while he and several 9TH
er men were drunk. Lucero, however,
refused to confirm his statement or
to talk, in fact, when Officers Walker
and Harp questioned him about the
shooting. The Officers have been un-
able to gain any more information on
the Winslow Mail.