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The Coconino sun., 1923-05-04
HORSE THIEVES AT WORK
ON SOUTH RIM OF GRAND
CANYON AFFORD MYSTERY

Sheriff w. A. Campbell returned
Wednesday afternoon from Fredonia,
where he had driven in his Ford car,
accompanied by Bill Hicklin, to see If
he could find any of the numerous
horses that have disappeared from
this side of Grand Canyon in the last
few months.
Martin Buggeln has lost horse or
two. So has Pete Berry. Bert Lau-
zon lost a big sorrel. Sanford Rowe
has lost 20 or more horses. No trace
whatever has so far been found to in
dicate who took them nor where.
The former ferryman at Lees Fer
ry, Mr.. Campbell says, was appointed
inspector two years ago and ordered
to keep an accurate register of every
animal that crossed the ferry. But,
the sheriff says, he didn't keep it.
Sid Wilson, who has ranch on
Paria creek across the Colorado river,
not far from Lees Ferry, told the sher-
iff that Lauzon's horse crossed the
ferry, the man who had him claiming
that he had bought him. But the of
ficer couldn't find any trace of the
animal or any of the others in either
the Kanab or the Panguitch country
and is firmly of the opinion, there
fore, that certainly not more than a
very few of them, if any, ever went
across the Colorado river.
The Coconino sun., 1923-05-04
DON'T BLAME COPS

Mayor Tom E. Pulliam requests that
those who object to the speed cops
recently put on duty, and to whom
several arrests for speeding have been
credited, make their objections to city
council and direct it toward the ordin-
aslce.
Pressure has been brought to bear,
he says, on the relatives of some of
the three boys who have been timing
autoists. He says the boys were only
doing their duty, and, instead of be-
ing censured, should be commended
for doing it fearlessly. The ordinance
against speeding is one of the oldest
ones we have, and Mayor Pulliam
feels that just as long as it is on the
books it should be enforced. If 1t
should be repealed, it is UP to those
who object to it to have it repealed
But, he says, criticism of the boys for
doing their duty or Of the regular of
ficers or city council for seeing to it
that the law is enforced, is childish
and unfair and can have no effect.
Preventing speed maniacs from do
ing needless damage to pedestrians IS
the purpose of the law, though it may
catch few who do not make prac-
tice of speeding.
The Coconino sun., 1923-05-04
SAM SWITZER WILL
HAVE new GAS AND
ACCESSORIES STATION

Sam H. Switzer is having new
gasoline and accessories station built
on the vacant Mcmillan lots on Rail-
road avenue west Of the Mcmillan
building.
The foundation is laid, most of the
grading done, concrete driveways
across the sidewalk built and he be-
lieves the station will be finished and
ready for business by the 18th of this
month. The new building viii be ID
feet square and there will be Ia
foot covered driveway in front. Tires,
oil and light accessories viii be car
ried in the building, and a gasoline
pump put in opposite the center Of
the driveway.
Sam will continue the auto repair
end of his business in the building he
at present occupies, just west of the
new filling station, at the corner Of
! Beaver and Railroad avenue. He is a
reliable, competent mechanic and has
built up that end Oh his business to
comfortable size,
The Coconino sun., 1923-05-04
REVIEW OF WORK BEING
DONE BY THE FLAGSTAFF
SOCIAL SERVICE CIRCLE

This body of public-spirited women
is accomplishing great things In the
betterment of our town. Many fam
lilies have been tided over financial
difficulties which were due to i'll
health or lack of work.
The supply station where partly
worn but clean and mended clothing,
shoes, etc., are sent has proved a
source of wealth. Many children are
kept out of school because of lack
of proper clothing in the cold wealth
er. There our investigation is made
and if parents lack funds the child IS
fitted out if possible from the supply
station, otherwise new shoes or other
necessary wearing apparel is obtained
This year the call for assistance has
been much less frequent than in for
naer years, due no doubt to the fact
that the mills have been operating and
there has been plenty Of work for the
willing.
One big move which the Social Ser
vice circle made was the purchase of
the Ford for the. school nurse, which
enables her to keep in touch with all
children of school age, their health
and home conditions. Home visiting
is absolutely necessary, especially
where there is a large foreign popula-
ton having a code of health and liv-
ing standard all their own. The health
of the public should be eyeryone's in
terest because living in close contact
with other human beings we cannot
help but be influenced by their health
and their surroundings. There are too
many subtle channels whereby such
health influences can travel.
In one of the school nurses visits to
a child absent from school she found
the first case Of diphthelia this Win
ter. Dr. Manning was then notified
and the family ouarantined. Since
that time three families have been
ouarantined due to her Investigations.
This undisputedly prevented a general
outbreak of this dreaded disease.
If an epidemic should get started
it would cost the community a great
deal more than the cost and upkeep of
the Ford which helps our health
worker to visit families who very
rarely or never call in a physician
even in severe illnesses or con1muni-
cable diseases and hence are a source
of danger to the community as
whole.
The running expenses of the Ford
for eight school months is $72.25,
which includes garage rent at 81 per
month.
The following report Shows the
marked increase in the amount OF
work covered in the year we have had
the Ford:
Home visits-1920-1921, 562; 1921
1922, 1899 (420 of these during March
and February. School board paid for
taxi when necessary to get to the
homes 1922-1923, 1916, in nine
school months.
Office treatments: Consisting of
ring worms, pedi culosis, scabies, pink
eye, slight accidents, etc, injuries.
School lunches at Brannen and
Normal schools consisting Of cocoa
and crackers served every school day
Continued on Page Six)
The Coconino sun., 1923-05-04
JOHN E. NICHOLS HAS
BOUGHT OUT SAMSKY
PLUMBING BUSINESS

Andy Samsky has sold his plumb
ing, heating and timing business to
]. E. Nichols, brother of George Mich
OILS of this city, who took charge of
the business yesterday.
Mr.. Samsky will remain here this
summer, finishing up on various con-
tracts and helping the new proprie-
tor, and then, in the fall, he plans To-
eating elsewhere, perhaps in Phoenix.
Mr.. Nichols had been in the plumb
ing business in Williams during the
past year, coming there from Santa
Maria, California. Mrs. Nichols is a
sister of Mrs. NJ. E. Bart and Mrs.
Colin Campbell of this city.
The new proprietor will continue
the work in every department of the
business built up SO capably by his
predecessor, not only in general
plumbing, but in installation of heat
ing plants, timing, Welding, etc. He
has had wide experience, and says
his first consideration will be to give
patrons square deal as far as prices
are concerned and top that off with
honest materials and workmanship.
It is TO be hoped that before fall
Mr.. Salnsky will reconsider his deter
mination to leave Flagstaff, in which
he is influenced by his health, which
has not been good since his illness a
few years ago, with ptomaine poison
ing, for he is one Of our substantial
citizens and it is not pleasant to lose
either him or his wife.
The Coconino sun., 1923-05-04

that wearing the habiliments Of youth,
youth would return to them.
No use attempting to describe the
costumes. They ranged from the
sublime to the ridiculous, in period
from the middle ages to several CEN
lures hence-at least it is to be hoped
that the one L. B. McMullen had
won't be universal style during our
artists in the family who can paint
tortoises and other fauna on ones
bare shins.
Everyone present was garbed as
kid. Funny as some of the rigs were,
none were so funny as the transfor-
nation back to childhood and its an
tics effected by the wearing Of the
rigs.
It was the occasion of installation
Of the new Rotary officers. The large
double living room had been denuded
Of its regular furnishings with the
exception Of the piano, and big table,
built in the form of a capital r, filled
the room. Rotary colors, gold and
purple, were everywhere, in drapes
and flowers, with Rotary emblems and
flags. Even The napkins were especial
~ Rotarian-
And the dinner, which came under
hearty discussion little before eight,
left nothing to be desired except more
room beneath the waistband.
Mr.. Koch was assisted in receiving
the guests by Miss Elsa Myers, who
is a true Rotarian in spirit and has
been very gracious during the past
year in often furnishing music for
the meetings as we'll as doing great
deal of the detail work for both Pres
ident Koch and Secretary Lewis.
Mr.. Koch was dressed as an old
time schoolmaster, with breeches too
long, but revealing spats; with frock
coat too severe. but showing gener-
Gus red bandana in the tail pocket;
with gray wig, beribboned specs and
a nose that showed the effects SO of
ten acquired before Volstead became
anathema
It's as hard to describe the program
as the costumes. 1t is given below,
lust as it was printed and laid at each
plate. The little girls, whether they
had 'em rolled or didn't have 'em at
all, and the little. boys, whether they
were dressed as by pampering mamas
or just were left to grow up between
the corn rows, as soon as the table
was remove.. went at the old time
The Coconino sun., 1923-05-04
BIG BROTHERS AND BIG
SISTERS GIVE FLAGSTAFF
BOY SCOUTS BIG FEED

The Grand Canyon council, Boy
Scouts of America and the Flagstaff
scouts in particular, fired their first
big gun in the shape of a "pow-wow'
and supper in the Rotary club rooms
of the Weatherford hotel on last
Thursday evening, when practically
every boy scout in Flagstaff met to
welcome Charles N. Miller, regional
boy scout executive OF Los Angeles.
The predominating feature at the
opening of the meeting was the pom
derous appetite of every guest, young
and old, and the complete satisfaction
of said appetites in the form of
bounteous and beautifully served sup
per which was furnished by the moth
ers of the Flagstaff scouts and served
by the following: Mrs. B. A. Cameron,
Mrs. v. M. Slipher, Mrs. E. B. Raude-
baugh, Mrs. w. H. Zook, Mrs. II. G.
Metz and Mrs. Howard Marine, assist
ed by Misses Florence Aver, Gertrude
Mcclure, Mary Lamport, Mary Cam
eron, Violet Raudebaugh, Marcia Sill
pher and Alberta Kinsey.
Mrs. Margaret H. Fay at the piano
delighted the gathering with her rem
dition Of "Out Where the West Be
gins" and America"
Most Of the scouts had neared the
bursting point by the time a dessert
of See cream and cake was served,
which Mr.. Koch insisted that they eat
with their left hand, but "a scout is
brave and everyone stuck to his post,
yea, even unto the consumption of sew
erai portions by Scout Raudebaugh,
who was seated nearest the base Of
supplies.
All belts being sufficiently tight, I.
3. Koch. president of the Rotary club,
appointed Scout Executive w. D.
Myers TO act as chairman pro tenn. At
ter suitable opening remarks MI.
Myers announced that Scout Commis-
sioner John @. Thomas would confer
the second class rank and present the
proper insignia to the following
scouts:
Troop No. 2-Patrol Leaders Joe
La Scala and Leslie Mcclure and
Scouts Burton Cameron, Buster
Raudebaugh, George Marine, Willis
Barekman, Clifton Williams and Mau
rice Zook. Scout VIM. Yuell Of Troop
No. 2 was listed for promotion but was
unable to be present. Troop No. g.
Patrol Leader Clifford Bengston,
Scouts David Slipher, Jimmie john
ston, George Mcdonald, Bruce Nc
Fate and Harold Burman. Troop No.
4-Patrol Leader Fred Collins and
Scout Charlie Prochnow.
Following the promotion ceremony
TIE chairman called upon Scouts Fred
Collins and "Buster" Raudebaugh for
few remarks along scout lines, but
bath proved to be "too full for utter
anee." Scout Willis Barekman ex-
pressed himself in a most creditable
manner on "What Scouting Means to
Boy"
Scout McFate gave review of the
recent weekend camp at Lake Mary
and succeeded in making all present
wish they had been included in the
party
Next came short talks from two
Continued on Page Eleyen)
The Coconino sun., 1923-05-04
COCONINO C0UNTY'S
RURAL SCHOOL MA'AMS

Mrs. Charlotte Acker, county super
intendent of schools, has just issued
an attractive little booklet, "Coconino
County Educational Directory" con-
tanning names of members of the var
ious educational boards of the state,
county superintendents, teachers of
the schools of this county, their terms
and salaries, clerks of the various
school districts and the Arizona rules
and regulations regarding the certifi-
cation of teachers.
In the country schools in this coun-
ty, the following are clerks, teachers
and length of school year:
Pitman Valley - Marion Fix, clerk; /;
Burdette Roark, teacher; s months.
Grand Canyon Milton Fadden,
clerk; Mrs. Thos. Story and May But
Ter, teachers; 8 months.
Greenlaw Mill - Thomas Fitzmor-
ris, clerk; Ella Hoffman, teacher; 8
months.
Fredonia = Alfred Brooksby, clerk;
Robert Kimbro, principal, Loretta Nc
Gowan, Mrs. Lenore X. Smith, teach.
ers, 9 months.
Anita - w. H. Lockridge, clerk;
Eliza Robson, teacher; 8 months.
Parks - F. W. Mcclure, clerk; Mrs.
Goldie P. Mckinney, teacher; s
months.
Maine - Don Mcmillan, clerk; Mrs.
Don Mcmillan, teacher; 8 months.
Sedona - r. L. VanDeren, clerk;
5allie Hudspeth, teacher; 8 months.
Red Lake =. F. A. Boulin, clerk;
Harry Shill, teacher; 9 months.
Garland Prairie = D. P. Rupe,
clerk; Mrs. Ethel Moore, principals;
Edith T. Tissau, teacher; months.
Winona = J. J. McKillip, clerk;
Mrs. Hattie Dawes, teacher; months.
Tuba City - John Butter, clerk;
Miss Biggerstaff, teacher; s months.
Riordan - Clara McGonigle, clerk;
Mary Beckwith, teacher; 9 months.
Camp One = J. c.. Mccain, clerk;
Betsy Gregg, teacher; 9 months.
Anderson Pass = James Arm
strong, clerk; Mrs. Ollie Norman,
teacher.
Spring Valley - Bessie O'Brien,
clerk; Clemmie Haws, teacher; 8
months.
Oak Creek ]. E. Purtyman, clerk;
Mrs. ALA Owenby, teacher; months.
Bellemont - M. F. Bryant, clerk;
J. C. Shelton9 teacher; 8 months.
Leupp. - A. E. huffman, clerk;
Mrs. B. P. Fitzpatrick, teacher; 9
months.
Government Prairie - H. S. Crum,
clerk; Vada Stringfield, teacher; 8
months
GreenIaw Logging Camp - James
Lane, clerk; Harriet D. Murphy,
teacher; S months.
The Coconino sun., 1923-05-04
OUR POST OFFICE CLERKS
OUGHT TO DO BETTER

VIM. H. Taylor, chief clerk of the
railway mail service, Of Los Angeles,
was in town for day the last of last
week. He gave an examination to
four Of the men in the local postoffice.
Lester Fleck, assistant postmaster; j.
C. Clarke and Decker Williams each
passed with 100 and VIM. Booker with
90 72-100.
Mr.. Taylor is on a general tour, in
line with the policy of the republican
postmaster general, to visit every sec
tior of his territory and find if there
is any way in which the mail service
can be improved. He says the attitude
cf the present administration in this
respect is in marked contrast to the
reign of Burleson, postmaster general
under Wilson, who didn't always care
whether the dear public was satisfied
with the service or not.
The Coconino sun., 1923-05-04
AGREN GETS GRANDSTAND
CONTRACT AT Sl3,975; TO
BE FINISHED BY JULY |

N. P. Agren of Phoenix, the con-
tractor VINO is building the new Flag
staff high school, was awarded the
contract for building the new grand
stand in the city recreation park, to
be finished by July 1. The contract
price is S13,975. Work will begin at
once. Archie Grant was the only 9TH
er bidder, his figure being $14,850.
Council on Monday night also ap-
proved the plans drawn by City En-
gineer J. B. Wright for the dam to
impound a lake in the recreation park
and bids for the construction viii be
opened at the regular meeting or
council on May IA.
There had been considerable argu-
ment as to the location of the new
prandstanH. Captain Wright believed
that it should be located facing the
proposed lake and backing right up
against the city tourist camping
grounds, to make the bath, rest and
other rooms more accessible to our
visitors. Others wanted the stand and
ball grounds located in the center OF
the 16O-acre park tract.
The question was definitely settled
on Monday night, all but one OF the
councilmen voting for the location ad-
vocated by Captain Wright, which IS
apparently the more suitable and SEN
sible Of the two.
Street Superintendent Frank Rich
mond will begin the first of next week
with teams and graders getting the
new ball diamond leveled.
The new grand stand has been de-
scribed in previous issues of The Sun,
but as it is to be a handsome build
ing, of which we should all be proud.
it will do no harm to repeat the fol-
lowing:
The grandstand will seat 1900 peO-
ple. The space beneath will be en-
closed, with doors and windows 'front.'
ing the tourist camp grounds, ana
this is what it will have:
Ballroom, with maple floor, 4Ox80
feet; 15x16 lobby, 16x96 yeranda, l6X
16 cafe, 16x16 dressing room, two
showers, each Sx25, 16x16 office, 16x
"a rest room, 8x12 and SKIS lockers,
8x16 coal bin and toilet rooms Tor
both sexes.
Part of the floor will be concrete,
the rest maple and pine. Walls will
be concrete reinforced with tied metal
rib lath. Big pine tree columns form
the supports. In front there will be
dugouts for the baseball players con-
nected with the showers by passage
ways. Roof probably will be of
color to harmonic both with the
green of the big pines and the con-
crete walls.
The Coconino sun., 1923-05-04
NINE MEN WILL ATTEMPT
PASSAGE THROUGH THE
CANYON In FOUR BOATS

With the failure of several other
expeditions facing them, party will
outfit in Flagstaff right after, the
middle of July and on August 1 will
set out from Lees Ferry to make the
trip by boat down the turbulent Colo
RADIO river through Grand Canyon to
Needles = the trip that hasn't been
made since 1911, when Kolb brothers
of Grand Canyon succeeded In get
ting all the way.
Emory KoLb, one of this famous
duo, will be chief boatman on the
trip this summer, having been asked
by Colonel C. H. Birdseye, chief U. S.
photographer, to take the post and
conduct boat number one.
In the party there will be: Colonel
Birdseye of Washington, d. c., who
will be chief photographer; E. G. La
rue of Pasadena, chief hydraulic en-
gineer in the western states for the
u. S. geological survey, who will be
geologist during the trip; R. w.
Burchard of Washington, D. c., who
will be topographer; Mr. Kolb, pilot
and in charge of the first beat; Lewis
R. freeman, the author, OF Pasadena.
chief of the second boat; Leigh Lint
of Idaho, who was with Kolb brothers
in their trip through Cataract can
yon in 1921, who viii have the third
boat; H. f. Blake of Utah, boss OF
the fourth boat; F. B. Dodge, rodman,
and Frank Ward, cook. The party will
comprise nine men.
Mr.. Larue and Mr.. Freeman, it will
be remembered, travelled over the
upper reaches of the Colorado river
last summer with U. S. Reclamation
Director Arthur P Davis, the entire
party being entertained at luncheon
by Flagstaff business men after they
reached Lees Ferry.
Mr.. Kolb says the three boats that
were used in the Cataract trip last
year will be used in this trip. He
has been having another boat, called
the "Kolb type" built in California
especially for the hazardous journey.
In last summers trip the engineers
did not have to enjoy any Of the haz-
ards of the various rapids unless they
wanted to, as they could in every in
stance walk around. But on the COM
ing trip through Grand Canyon, Mr.
Kolb says, there are Numerous lively
portions that they will have to. ride
through.
The Coconino sun., 1923-05-04
ROTARY COMMITTEES

President NJ. I. Powers of the Flag
staff Rotary club announced the fol.
lowing committee appointments for
the coming year:
Luncheon: Carl Mayhem, chairman;
Earl Slipher, Sid Gassman. Enter
tainment: I. B. Koch, chairman; L. B.
McMullen, E. H. Wheat. Fellowship:
Tex Mackey, chairman; Ed Babbitt,
]. C. Brown. Education: George Her
rington, chairman; Ed Miller, Joe Do
Ian. Boys work: DR.. Mart Fronske,
chairman; Bert Cameron, John
Thomas. Community welfare: Bill
Switzer, chairman; Ray Babbitt, jim
my Lewis. Publicity: Fred Breen
chairman; Rev. FIR. C. Vabre, Joe Will
son. Resolutions: C. B. Wilson, chair
man; George Becker, Ray Simpson.
The Coconino sun., 1923-05-04
JIM TILLMAN BUYS
WHITE GARAGE BUILDING
FROM MRS. MARLAR

James G. Tillman has bought the
garage building at Beaver street and
Railroad avenue in which he is To-
Gated from Mrs. Glee Marlar of San
ia Barbara, California, the purchase
being made through Tom Pulliam, To-
cal real estate and abstract man.
jim is to be congratulated on get
ting hold of this corner, which it is
understood he got at a very reason
able price, said to be $4,000.
The Tillman brothers came to Flag
staff from Michigan four years ago
last January and in a short time had
opened up the New White garage.
About a year Jim bought his brother
Hugh's interest in the business, al
though the latter is still with him, in
charge of the mechanical department.
Mr.. TiIIman has the agency for the
REQ cars. He has good reputation
here, both as business man and me.
chanic.
The Coconino sun., 1923-05-04
FREDONIA PLANS RECALL
OF SCHOOL CLERK WHO
WON'T ABIDE BY VOTE

Fredonia is sort of upset over school
matters.
The little town acrosse.Grand Can
yon in the northern part of Coconino
county has for some time been noted
for it's good school. Most of the citi-
zens feel that the school during the
last year has been fully up to the
mark. Bobby kimbro, who year
ago was Normal correspondent for
The Sun; is principal. Miss Loretta
McGowan and Mrs. Lenore K. Smith
are the other teachers.
But a Fredonia young man, it is
alleged, was anxious to get the pBin-
cipalship. He was qualified in Utah,
but was unable to qualify in this state.
His brother-in-law, Deputy Sheriff
Lorurn Pratt, at that time clerk Of the
school board, refused to hire him.
Then a new clerk was elected. He
was besought to make change in
teachers. He decided the best way out
of it was to leave the whole matter to
vote of the residents of the district
who had children in. .tne school. There
were AS votes cast, Each of the three
teachers named above received 40 or
more votes favoring their re-employ-
ment.
This seemed to have decisively set
tied the question. But then the clerk
weakened again, and now acts, it is
said, as though he wouldn't hire two
of the teachers, anyway, perhaps none
of the three.
So now the majority have asked if
they can work the recall on the clerk
and have been advised that they can.
In the meantime all three teachers
say they will refuse to teach there
next year, at any rate unless the mat
ter is cleared up at once and without
prejudice to any one of the three.
The Coconino sun., 1923-05-04
WILL SEEK OIL PERMITS
ON THE WALLAPAI TRACTS

An an unspecified point on the Wal
lapai Indian reservation, but said to
be about 100 miles northeast of King
man, Sam Martin and three associates
have located land believed by them to
be rich in oil and will apply to the
United States for permissiop to de-
yelop. Shale from the locality,
brought to Kingman by Ed Shaw and
H. e. Lang, smells strongly of crude
petroleum. The formation is stopped
by lime, carrying sea shells and fos-
siIS.
The Coconino sun., 1923-05-04
TAX COMMISSIONERS
ARE FLAGSTAFF VISITORS

State tax commissioners, Charles K.
Howe, chairman; e. 4. Hughes and
Frank Luke, spent Saturday here go
ing over assessment matters with
County Assessor Bill Beeson and then,
on Sunday, with Mr.. Beeson and T. +.
Pollock, motored down into the east
ern part If the county to look over
grazing land on which. adjustments
were requested. Some adjustments of
tax ra1es were made, the rate being
increased in some instances and low
cred in others. The commissioners left
on Monday for Phoenix