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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-30
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JAMES j. PALMER, Dist. Mgr,

JAMES j. PALMER, Dist. Mgr,
Main St, PLEASANTNILLE.
LOCKS1IITH GUNSAuTH.-Locks re-
paired, KEYS made, Safes opened, com
binations changed. Scissors s~harpened.
NEWLIN, Il Collins Ave. Phone 739-W.
FOR RENT. New Unfurnished Apart
mont. ; rooms. and bath, all modem
cOnveniences, including heat. Apply
Box G, Pleasantville Postofaee. 7
FOR SALE.-No. I Dock Ash Coal Range
with shelf, in good order. Apply 8
Walnut avenue, James F. Candy.
OPERATORS WANTED.-On boys Blou-
ses; steady work.; good prices. Can
also use a good telling machine opera
tor. Chas. hamburger, Somers Point.
GO TO GIFFORD'S YARN STORE, y.
Main St; and see the new Pharaoh and
Persian Floss Yarns Also learn about
S11.00 in Cash Prizes; 50, 900 First
Prize; Cash Prizes of $500 to s25 for
the most Beautiful Knitted Garments.
RESTAURANT. Table board, 81 per
week. Meals served at reasonable pri-
ces. Open from Z to I. 120 n. Main
St, Pleasantville.
PLAYER PIANO.-Brand new. 88-note
player piano, mahogany case, with s25
worth of music and bench. only s475,
easy payments. F. A. North Co., 1880
Atlantic Ave. Atlantic City.
JERSEY BLACK GIANTS.-First prize
winners at Egg Harbor Fair, Eggs for
Matching, 81 per setting of 10. G.. NJ.
OlckefsOn, OOuland Ave. ana Mil
Road.
FOR SALE.
Desirable home, good frame house, con-
Veniences, large lot, garden, poultry
yard, location Main Street, reasonable
price.
Five room frame house, good location,
offered at low price, accommodating
terms.
Fiv room frame house, gas, water, good
home location, offered at $4,000; terms
reasonable and accommodating.
SiX-room frame house, bath, gas, water,
electric. heater, all in good condition,
at $4,000.
Almost new Bungalow, six rooms, gas,
water, electric, heater, corner lot, 40x
200, desirable home, reasonable 1000.
Eight-room frame house, on wild street,
central location, desirable home, reas-
enable price and terms, now vacant.
frame house, corner property,
desirable home. conveniences, garage,
poultry yard, lot 90X120.
Building Lots, on wide street, near troll
ley, offered at reasonable price, good
for investment or for homes.
T. I. DUNLAP,
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
Licensed by the New Jersey Real Estate
Commission.
Deeds. Mortgages, Agreements, Wills.
carefully written; Special attention
given to Con-veyancing, Settlements,
and Real Estate Titles.
PLEASANTVILLE, N. J.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-30

BOY WANTED-Aged 16. Apply North
field Baking Co. SO
FOR SALE-Baby carriage, almost new.
o. G. Strong, 664 Woodland Ave. p32
FOR SALE-Hand pillow, suitable for
garden. 21f Brighton Place. p31
COLORED GIRL would like position as
plain cool or h~ousemaid, sleep in.
Teresa Lyle, care Mrs. Walter Burns,
Absecon. 80
FOR SALE.-Earl touring, almost new,
bargain. Cyril Elliff, Absecon High
lands. Phone 67-J-5, Pleasantville. psi
WANTED TO BUY to 5 acres. with
or without buildings, in Pl%easantville or
Absecon. Apply 500 n. Main st. 81
TRACTOR FOR SALE at sacrifice to
quick buyer, practically new, plows and
does work of one horse perfectly.
Phone P~leasantville 74-W. 81
FOR SALE. . lots in Mortified, on
Jackson Ave. and the New Road, 50x
100; price reasonable. Write or call
142 S. Chalfonte Ave, Atlantic City. p32
WOMAN who desires permanent home
wanted as companion for elderly wo-
man.. Small wages, board, room and
washing included Address by letter
A, P~leasantville Press.
ROOM FOR RENT.-Large, bright, airy,
centrally located, for refined man. 70
u. Washington Ave.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-30
NOTICE. !

I will not be responsible for any bills
contracted by anyone but myself.
WALTER c. CHILDS.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-30

The Town Scold doesn't Always
wear Skirts. often She's a He who
stands around Down Town grumbling
about how the Young Folks carry on
These Days, and how the Churches
amt What they Used to Was and
how the Newspapers don't Amount to
Much any More. He Should have
Died Youngt
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-30
Accurate.

"Ah. so your son Is in college.
How's he making it,"
Gle amt. I'm making it - he's
spending it,"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-30

By virtue of an act passed by the Leg
islature in 1915. I will sell on Thursday,
the seventh day of June, 1923, at 10 a.
fish Creek roads, Pomona, n. j., one
Buick fve-passenger Touring Car. Pro-
ceeds of the same to be applied to the
payment OF the lien for storage held by
me against said car.
HARRY vALLASTER.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-30
ADJOURNED sHERIFF's SALE.

The sale oil the property seized as the
property of Paul Pestritto ct uX, ct ais.
and taken in execution at the suit of
West Jersey Mutual Building and Loan
Association stands adjourned for two
weeks, until Wednesday, June G, 1923. at
the same hour and place.
MALCOLM B. WOODRUFF,
Sheriff.
Dated May %, 1923.
George H. Jacobs. Solicitor.
Prs fee. S1.32
The Coconino sun., 1923-12-21
ARIZONA HAS 2l,227
MILES SURFACED ROADS

Arizona has a total of 21 ,227 miles
of surfaced roads, it is revealed in a
bulletin just issued following a sur
vey by the bureau of public roads, de-
partment of agriculture, of all sur
faced roads in the United States. This
survey, it is pointed out, includes all
sand-clay gravel, macadam, as we'll as
roads that have been paved. While
there are several states, particularly
those of the east, that far surpass
Arizona in the total mileage of roads,
this state holds her own in crafty
ing manner with other western states,
considering her population.
The United States at present has
more than 100000 miles of surfaced
roads, while at the close of the year
1921 the surfaced mileage was esti-
mated at 387, 1000. An additional mile
age was constructed during 1922
amounting to $4,000 miles, while in
1923 construction will not fall short
of the previous years record, the re-
port says.
BY the end of the present year, con-
sidering road building projects in
process of construction or immediate
ly contemplated, it is said that the
total construction at the end of this
year will be approximately 100000
miles.
The Coconino sun., 1923-12-21
TWO MURDERERS UP FOR LIFE
ESCAPE FROM PENITENTIARY Y

The escape Monday night from the
Florence prison of Tom Powers and
Willis Woods, considered two of the
most dangerous killers serving life
sentences in the Arizona penitentiary
has placed the county officers of Pi-
nal, Pima, Santa Cruz and other adj
jacent counties upon their toes.
Unless the report is received from
the prison that the two have been ap-
pretended by the guards and Pima
county authorities, who are combing
the district about Florence in the hope
of catching them, it is said that other
posses will be formed to prevent the
two men from crossing the line into
Mexico.
According to the files in the office
of Governor Hunt, Willis Woods was
sentenced to a life term for first de-
gree murder in Maricopa county on
November 18, 1918. Powers, sentenc-
ed in Greenlee county for first degree
murder, began his term on May 20,
1918.
Police and county peace officers
have been notified of the escape of
the men and are on the watch for the
pair.
The Coconino sun., 1923-12-21
WOMAN TEARS
CLOTHES TO HELP SAVE
VICTIM OF ACCIDENT

Careful motherly attention given
Francis Fuqua, 16, by a middle-aged
women, unknown to them, in al prob
ability saved the boys life, Deputies
Dallas Dittmore and Charles Head
stated in giving an account of col
lision between car driven by young
Fuqua and horses led on the Thomas
road by j. A. Harrison.
Harrison, r. D. Curtis, Roy Win
merry and others in the car all were
injured, together with young Fuqua,
son of r. H. Fuqua, rancher living
on the Indian school road. But none
were seriously hurt but Fuqua, who
was removed to the Deaconess hospi-
tai and attended by DR.. Harry j.
Felch, county physician, who reported
later that Fuqua would recover.
According to the officers, the wo-
man unknown to them drove up in a
car Immediately after the accident,
and, realizing the seriousness of the
situation, with young Fuqua bleeding
profusely from wounds on the head,
rushed from her car and administered
first aid, tearing her own clothes to
pieces to procure bandages. The of
1iCEkS NIO dI4iNCQ SilOl lly eIbCi SlC
accident, on call Of a neighbor, found
the woman with her garments cover
ed with blood and holding young Fu-
qua's head up while endeavoring to
check a heavy flow Of blood from his
wounds. She remained with her pa
tents until the officers started with
them for the hospital.
The officers in their report Of the
accident to the sheriff said the collis-
ion occurred about 800 yards east of
the old cross-cut canal on the Thomas
road, that the car, travelling at high
speed, crashed into the horses and
Mr. Harrison, that one horse was hurl-
ed to the top and over the car driven
by Fuqua, completely wrecking the top
Of the car, that the car was turned
completely around by the impact, that
parts of the car were scattered about
for 40 or so feet, that the car, as
judged by the tracks, slid about 100
feet, that one horse was killed and it
was necessary to shoot the other.
The Coconino sun., 1923-12-21
HIGHLINES WOULD HIGHJACK
LEGISLATURE FOR FUNDS

Henry Lang, who returned the first
of the week from a business trip, saw
the workings of the committee, head
ed by Fred Golfer, which is endeavor-
ing to raise the money for survey
of the Skyline canal. Seven men, in
Guiding Mr.. Kimball, were waiting on
business men of Phoenix with prop
osition of subscribing money to a
fund which, when it reached an
amount equal to 90 per cent of the
cost of the survey would be turned
over to the surveyors. The surveyors
would then do the work with the un-
derstanding that the legislature would
pass a bill appropriating the entire
amount at their next session. The
surveyors would then get the balance
Of the money coming to them and
those who put up the original 40 per
ment would have their money refund
ed.
When asked how they knew the
legislature would pass an appropria-
tion the committee intimated that they
would elect men who would vote that
way It's nice proposition if it
works. 1t would seem that these
folks are taking quite a good deal for
granted. Who are the fnen behind the
scenes that are urging them on? -
Kingman Miner.
The Coconino sun., 1923-12-21
SAVED FROM SOUTHERN
BLIZZARD BY OLD NEWS

One story that has come from the
blizzard is how newspapers saved the
lives of stage driver and two pas
sengers. John Anderson, who drives
between Clifton and Douglas, was
stalled in deep drift on the Rodeo
road fifteen miles east of Douglas.
With the snow waist deep the night
had to be spent in the drift.
Freezing appeared imminent for the
trio till the drivers inventive genius
was shown. With the curtains tightly
in place, a stove was improvised of
a pot that had been carried for filling
the radiator. In this, tightly twisted,
were burned $50 copies of an Ell Paso
newspaper that were being carried for
Douglas subscribers. Used one by
one, the copies furnished enough heat
to carry through until daylight.
Nearly 100 cars, many of them To-
cal, were stalled between Douglas and
Ell Paso, including a large truck that
had been used in breaking the road
for the autos. A number of marooned
persons in a caravan of II cars behind
the truck were taken aboard a South
ern Pacific train that stopped for this
purpose. One of the automobiles was
a Los Angeles-El Paso stage, with
seventeen passengers each of whom
had paid $50 for the trip to Los An
geles that had been started under
such inauspicious circumstances.
The Coconino sun., 1923-12-21
HONEST GAMBLING OF
EARLY DAYS AND NOW

Arizona used to license public
gambling, but few years ago the
legislature passed a law to prohibit
the practice. During gambling days,
in Prescott, Tucson and Phoenix, as
well as in the smaller towns, faro
bank, roulette and other games were
operated on the square by honest men
who were satisfied with what they
termed a legitimate percentage. No
trickery was allowed and chance was
given full sway. This fall a gambling
carnival took thousands of dollars
away leaving only distress and sorrow
in its wake. Then a bunch of gamb-
lers from Nevada and Lower Califor-
MIA got a chance to run ponies and
pari mutuel machines at the state fair
and for three weeks thereafter or un-
til December s. The public played
the machines and much smoney was
lost. There was not chat honest
sportsmanship displayed that was so
much in evidence when licensed faro
and roulette held sway.
The attendance from outside Mari
copa was the least we have ever seen
at a state fair. New money was not
brought to Phoenix by the pari mutuel
crowd. They came to get the money.
Never again should outsiders be given
license to clean us of our loose cash.
Messenger.
The Coconino sun., 1923-12-21
GATHERED
BLAME DEPREDATLONS
OF BLACK EAGLE FOR
SCARCITY OF ANTELOPE

The deadly antics of the black eagle
are held responsible for tie lack of
increasing numbers in antelope herds
in Arizona by United States forest
rangers.
Although conditions in the state
are highly favorable for antelope, the
herds Of this specie have failed to
multiply in expected proportion. An
investigation has been started by the
United States biological survey to
find the reason. The forest rangers
reported that the black eagle slays
many young antelope, especially in
this vicinity, and are inclined to blame
the bird for the situation.
"The rangers have reported several
cases in which they have witnessed
the killing of baby antelope by one
of these Birds" said Robert Munro,
deputy supervisor of the Prescott
national forest, in discussing the sub
additions for this reason"
'The young ones are seen with the
does but their infant mortality rate
is so high that few mature. They
are not bothered by the lion because
the antelope stays in the open country
seldom visited by these felines. Coy
otes cause but small loss since the
young are able to outrun these can
ines.
But the baby antelope cannot out
run these eagles. Young deer escape
their talons by staying in the thick
brush and trees"
Strange as it may seem, less ante
lope are found in their usual haunts
on the range than there are deer, yet
antelope have been protected by state
laws for about thirty years in Ari-
Zona.
The Coconino sun., 1923-12-21
PIMA COUNTY TRAPPER
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED

Charles Harris, age 62, Pima coun-
ty hunter and trapper, was instantly
killed Thursday when a loaded shots
gun that he was holding between his
knees was discharged. Harris was
riding in light truck with Sam Vein
stein, of Tucson, near the Santa Rosa
ranch, As miles from Tucson, when the
tragedy occurred.
Weinstein said he and Harris were
trapping and were making the rounds
of the traps in the truck. Harris was
looking back at his dog that was fol-
lowing the truck, when the gun was
discharged. The full charge of shot
struck him in the neck, tearing off the
top Of his head.
Justice J. P. Mallory, who investi-
gated the death, said that it was ap-
parently an accident.
The Coconino sun., 1923-12-21
NAN NAN IMPRISONED IN
HOLLOW TREE GOES
FOODLESS TEN DAYS

Imprisoned for 10 days in the hol-
low Of giant oak tree into which he
had fallen, Harry Comstock, 81, was
rescued by Bexas county, Texas, dep
uties sheriff and farmers who cut into
the tree with axes.
He had been without food or drink
during his imprisonment.
Comstock told those who rescued
him that he climbed into the tree to
seek shelter and that he fell into the
deep hollow of the tree. He tried to
get out but failed. At intervals for
10 days he shouted for help.
Someone walking through the Otto
Kelley ranch heard cry for help.
Finally it was traced to the oak tree.
It took half an hour to hew into the
trunk where the man was imprisoned
He was so weak that he could hardly
speak. Comstock said his mother liv-
ed in Kalamazoo, Mich.
The Coconino sun., 1923-12-21
NAVAJO INDIANS RETURN AND
PAY FINES FOR KILLING DEER

In justice court Judge Easily has
had another proof that the Indian can
be trusted when fined and permitted
to go without bond to secure the
money with which to pay the fine and
return. This week six Navajos, who
had been given Is days to get the
money to pay their fines, returned
in ten days and paid the fines assess
ed.
The case was one in which six Nav
ajos had gone into the Sitgreaves nat
ional forest and killed four deer, two
male and two female, which is a
statutory crime. When tried before
Judge Easley, To-ho-gishe Begay
pleaded guilty to the charge of the
killing. He was fined $40, and the
other five $40 each. The $50 fine goes
into the game warden's department
for the protection of wild game.
Since Judge Easley has been in of
flee he states he has trusted nearly 40
Indians to go and get the money for
their fines, and not one has failed to
return on time with the money.-Hol-
brook Tribune.
The Coconino sun., 1923-12-21
SNOWFALL AT GLOBE
BIGGEST IN 40 YEARS
WITH ONE EXCEPTION

With one exception, the heaviest
fall in the past 40 years fell in the
Globe district Sunday night and until
late Monday afternoon, the people of
that district awakening Monday morn
ing to find the ground covered with a
heavy mantle of white.
The total precipitation in the storm,
according to local weather observers,
was 1.41 inches, which, according to
the estimate of meterologists is equal
to foot of snow, represented total
fall of 1649 inches of snow. The
greatest previous storm in this dis
trict was on December 9, 1918, when
the temperature fell to II degrees
above zero and the snowfall was so
deep on the Pinals that the stages
that carried mail and provisions were
tied up for two weeks.
The Coconino sun., 1923-12-21
WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER OF
DOGS FOLLOWED IN WAKE
MAD DOG SCARE AT SUPERIOR

Obeying instructions from the local
health department Constable Putnam
and Deputies Sheriff Gorham, Ker-
rick and Pool killed Approximately
seventy-five dogs on Tuesday. The
health department had given twenty
four hours ntice that all dogs found
running at large without muzzles
would be shot on sight and the ca
nine slaughter followed.
This drastic step was considered
necessary as a protective measure.
Two dogs suffering from the effect
of rabies were killed on Friday and
Saturday last after seven persons had
been bitten. No new cases of rabies
have developed this week and the of
ficers are of the opinion there will be
no further damages done. All persons
bitten are receiving Pasteur treat
ment.-Superior Sun.
The Coconino sun., 1923-12-21
NAVAJO COUNTY SEEKS
EMERGENCY TAX LENIES
FOR REPAIRS BRIDGES


The application of the board of su-
pervisors Of Navajo county for per-
mission to incur an indebtedness and
to make an emergency tax levy for
$4,000 will be heard by the state tax
commission in Holbrook on Saturday,
December Is, it was announced by E.
A. Hughes, chairman of the commits
sion.
The application asks an emergency
levy for the sum for the purpose of
furnishing protection for two bridges
in Navajo county over the Little Col
orado river against the floods Of the
river.
The two bridges for which the fund
is to be expended in reinforcing them
against the flood waters of the river
are the bridges over the Little Colo
rado at Holbrook and St. Josephs.
The Coconino sun., 1923-12-21
PHOENIX WILL GET 1924
MEETING OF DOCTORS

DR.. J. R. Vanatta of Albuquerque,
N. NJ, was elected president Of the
Medical and Surgical association of
the southwest at the final session of
the convention at FL Paso. Phoenix,
Arizona, was chosen as the 1924 con-
vention city. Other officers elected
are: DR.. H. Fl. Stark, El Paso, first
vice-president; DR.. Willard Smith,
Phoenix, second vice-president, and
Dr.. w. Warner Watkins, Phoenix, sec
retary and treasurer. Dr.. ]. D. Ken
nedy Of Globe, Arizona, retiring pres
ident, was named trustee.
The Coconino sun., 1923-12-21
STATE FUNDS ASKED
FOR CANYON HIGHWAY
IN PETITION TO HUNT

Funds for the construction Of the
Black Canyon highway between Phoe-
nix and Prescott are asked by the
Black Canyon highway association in
q petition received by Governor Hunt
requesting tilat if a special session of
the legislature is called that the road
matter be one of the subjects Of the
call.
Tile petition was framed by the as
sociatiCn at meeting held at Hum
boldt on November 27. II outlines the
importance Of the route, declaring hat
the completion Of the road would
greatly aid the business relations be-
tween the Prescott distric and Phoe-
nix spd would offer means of access
to tie mountain resort regions in the
summer time.
The Coconino sun., 1923-12-21
CANYON FILMS SHOWN
YESTERDAY AT PHOENIX

Moving pictures of the trip of the
surveying party of Colonel Birdseye
through the Grand Canyon of the Col
orado river last September were
shown at the Columbia theatre at 8
O'Clock last night. A large number
of still pictures of the river and the
various dam sites on the river were
shown at the same time.
Tonight the pictures will be shown
at the state penitentiary at Florence.
The pictures are shown by E. c.. La
Rue, chief hydraulic engineer of the
United States geological survey. The
expense was borne jointly by the state
and the Phoenix chamber of COM
merce.
The Coconino sun., 1923-12-21
NOTORIOUS MURDERER DIES
AT STATE PENITENTLARY

News of the death of NJ. E. King
at the state penitentiary at Florence
on December II, recalls one of the
most revolving crimes ever commit
ted in Gila county. King, who was
said to be the oldest prisoner in point
Of years, being more than seventy
five years Of age at the time Of his
death, was sentenced from Gila county
in 1919 for the murder of two youths
who were trave'ing with him in the
White mountains in September, 1918,
and whose bodies were sunk in the
Black river, weighted with stones, se-
cured by bailing wire. The boys had
evidently been murdered while asleep,
as it was found that their heads had
been crushed in with blunt instru-
ment.
The Coconino sun., 1923-12-21
CRAZED WOMAN POISONS
BABY WITH IODINE

Crazed from worry, according to
The statement of her husband, Mrs.
Grace Parker, wife of Frank Parker,
rancher Of Glendale, early Tuesday
morning forced the contents of bot
tie of iodine down the throat of her
-year-old baby boy, who died from
the effects of the poisoning the next
afternoon. The mother, adjudged in
sane by physicians, after an insanity
complaint had been filed against her,
was committed to the state hospital
for insane.
Mrs. Parker, it was stated, had been
subject at various times in the past to
spells Of insanity and the tragedy was
precipitated, in the opinion of exam
ming physicians, during particularly
violent attack.
The Coconino sun., 1923-12-21
ORG GANIZATION PLANNED
AMONG PEACE OFFICERS
THROUGHOUT ARIZONA

An effort to organize a state peace
officers organization has been launch
ed by Sheriff James Mcdonald, Tomb
stone, Cochise county.
Sheriff Mcdonald declares a num-
Der of letters have been sent through
out the state in an effort to stimulate
interest and sound opinion in such an
organization.
Favorable replies have been receiv-
ed from Phoenix, Tucson, Nogales,
Bisbee and Douglas city police and
from number Of federal officers lo-
Gated within the state, the sheriff
claims,
The Coconino sun., 1923-12-21
FORMER BANK CASHIER FOUND
GUILTY ON SEVENTEEN COUNTS

The jury in the United States dis
trict court in the trial of M. NJ. Blud-
worth, former cashier of the First
National bank of Tombstone, Ariz.,
returned verdict Of guilty on seven
teen counts of the indictment and not
guilty on ten counts.
The trial of the case had been in
progress at Tucson before United
States District Judge William H. Saw
telle, for some days. Bludworth was
charged with embezzlement of money
from the bank.
The Coconino sun., 1923-12-21
PHOENIX FIRE TRUCK PLAYS
HAVOC WITH AUTOMOBILES

Five automobiles were telescoped
and a sixth was knocked over a side
walk and cataputed upside down Fri
day at Phoenix, when a hose wagon
from station No. of the fire depart
ment crashed into a row of cars at
the edge of the downtown district
while answering a fire alarm. A
seventh automobile was sideswiped
and badly damaged. No one was hurt.