The Coconino sun., 1923-05-25


was entering the door leading from
the mess hall to the office, paused anc
replied: alright, / will write you 6
check" There is where Rogers made
the mistake for his life, for he shoulc
have invited the man into the office
while he was engaged in writing the
check. Instead the puncher went out
on the porch and of course obtained
his gun, and holster. Presently Rog.
ers appeared holding check in his
hand, which he rendered the man. The
latter took hold of one end of the
check while Rogers retained hold OF
the other end. The man glanced al
the check and remarked: "John, you
have written this check for exactly
one hundred dollars more than is due
me-" Both men released their hold
on the check at the same instant anc
the piece of paper fluttered to the
floor. "Pick it up, you --P
commanded Rogers. With his left arm
slightly raised, the puncher's shoulders
stopped as though in obedience. Sud
denly shot rang out and Rogers sank
to the floor with bullet squarely
between his eyes. Instinctively sus-
pecting it was Rogers intention to
shoot him in the back should he stoop
to recover the check, the puncher had
drawn his gun with his faxed move
ment to comply with Rogers COM
mand and fired beneath his upraised
left arm without taking aim and sole
ly from position" 1t was a remark
able exhibition of craftsmanship, and
one equal in every respect to that OF
the late Commodore Owen upon a
similar occasion. The puncher left
northern Arizona after the tragedy
and lived for number of years down
around Globe.
On January 10, 1882, John W.
Young, who, am informed, was a
son of Brigham Young, decided to Will
liam T. Thornton and the First Nat
ional bank of Santa Fe, N. NJ, the
woolen mills at Moenkopi. There will
be little doubt concerning the property
described when one reads in the re-
cital that they are the "only woolen
mills in said county" The deed also
CONVEYS a ranch known as the LIE
Roux Springs ranch, also called the
San Francisco Springs, at the foot
of San Francisco mountain, nine miles
northwest of Flagstaff station on the
line of the Atlantic & Pacific rail
road" One thousand gallons of wa
ter per day were reserved from said
springs and a right-of-way for pipes
or other conveyance for the water.
The consideration was $4,000.
Oak Creek property was changing
hands also at this time. Leonard and
Minnie Carroll sold their ranch there
on May 8, 1882, to Heinrich Schur-
mann. The ranch is described as be-
ing "about 25 miles from the Verde
river and about three miles from the
James ranch" The grantors state
they have resided on the ranch since
1878. The consideration was $500.
The old boys were seeking for coal
lands as much in those days at the
younger generation is now seeking
for oil. May IL, 1884, John I. Boyn-
ton decided to Philip Hull "The Stan
dard Coal Fields" located about 20
miles east of Black Falls on the Lit
tie Colorado river, and under and
around Lookout Mountain, the most
prominent peak in view from the riy-
err" The description continues as
follows: From monument situated
on the west side of location to front
one-half mile south, thence east one
mile. thence north one mile, thence
west one mile, thence south one-halt
mile to the beginning"
In the spring of 1882 Frank ia
coby, J. E. Cox, Sam Ball and Joseph
Hull were all living in Pittman val
ley. April 7th of that year Cox sold
Jacobv 100 acres of land there ad-
Joining that of Ball and Hull. John
Howard witnessed the deed.
General George Crook was an early
believer in the future of Coconino
county. On November 5, 1888, he
purchased from Oscar O'Neil a one
fourth interest in the S1a NWA and
VIZ SWH, Sec. 20, TIP. 20-N., r. 7-E.,
e e. S. r. M. He retained his inter-
est in this land until his death when
it was disposed of by his friend and
the administrator of his estate Tor
Arizona, Judge E. w. Wells of Pres
colt. The land described is about sew
en- miles directly south Of Flagstaff
It is possible that the then contem-
Mated construction of the Mineral Belt
railroad had something to do with
the purchase of the land by General
Crook, for few months prior thereto
the directors of the Mineral Belt rail-
road had passed a resolution author
izing a four-million dollar bond issue
the proceeds of which were to be used
Sin completing, furnishing, improving
and operating the said First Division
of the railroad of said company" a
copy of this resolution was filed fol-
record July 80, 1888, and may bt
found at page 469 of the "Book Of
Miscellaneous Records" The bonds
fell due in 1913.
Was there a premonition in the
mind of the grantor, in the next deco
I shall recite, of what was going tc
happen on that fateful day in Septem
Der, 1887, and was it an incentive fol
him to sign the instrument? Edwin
Tewksbury sold to Charles H. Star
| on June 80, 1884, "all that certain
ranch formerly known as the 'Georg'
Moore ranch, bounded on the north b.
the Graham ranch, on the east by A
Roses ranch and on the west by tn
Richardson ranch, containing 16'
acres" The consideration-$100.O
would indicate that it must have beel