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The Winslow mail., 1923-09-21

lines, the company in sales, is back
ed by the guarantee of the manufac-
turers as we'll as the satisfaction
or money back principle upon which
the business is conducted.
The firm of w. H. Switzer had it's
inception in 1912, when at that time
Mr.. Switzer bought out a small harm
ess and saddle shop from ]. G. Blake.
In 1914 Mr. SWitzer moved up town and
entered the hardware department. In
1870 he purchased the business of S.
L. Finley and moved to his present
location. During the month of Aug
ust of this year Mr. Switzer closed
out his stock OF mems work clothing.
boots and shoes, and added the drug
department Mr.. Switzer originally
came to Flagstaff in 1883 and is one
OF the Old-timers in this section. He
was prominent in politics during the
latter part of Territorial days and
was Clerk of the County Board of
Supervisors from 1909 to 1912 He
was then elected County Treasurer
and held office three years. Mr.. Swift
ger is native of Kentucky and de-
votes his entire time to the business
He is member of the local Cham
Der OF Commerce, a fraternal man,
and ROtarian and was a charter
member Of the local Rotary Club.
Connected with him in the admins
tration of the business is Mr. w. D.
Draine, Assistant in the Hardware
and Harness Department, and who
has been connected with Mr. Switzer
for about two years. Mr.. John H.
Seay is Manager of the Drug Depart
ment and is registered pharmacist.
He was formerly connected with
Breen-LeWis here for two and one
half years. Both Messrs. Draine and
Seay are experienced and capable
men IN their managerial positions.
In the Hardware Department W.
H. Switzer handles a complete line
of shelf, heavy, and builders hard
ware and household and kitchen
utensils Leading brands in this de-
partment are, the Banquet line of
ranges and heaters. Remington and
Marlin arms and ammunition, Bradley
and FroOman, and S. & W paints and
yarnishes. In the Leather Depart
Continued on next page
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JOHNSTON
Tailoring & Cleaning
Mems Wear

This city's premier tailoring and
cleaning service is furnished by the
above concern. Today in Flagstaff
the name Johnston" stands supreme
in the field of competition and is
synonymous with modern equipment
and absolutely down o-the-minute
service. Mr.. Alex A. Johnston, un-
der whose ownership and personal
supervision the business is conduct
ed, established the above concern
November 1st, 1919, at that time buy
ing out Sid Gassman. Mr. Johnston
has been resident of Arizona since
1904 and was formerly City Clerk
here and was prior to this time en-
gagged in clerical work for the Santa
Fe for eight years. Mr.. Johnston is
a native of Michigan and devotes his
entire time to the business. He was
formerly Secretary of the Chamber
of Commerce here and at present is
Trustee of the Elks. Connected with
him is Mr.. Dean NJ. Eldredge, Fore
man of the plant and who has been
with the firm for three years.
The firm of Johnston does a com
plete line of tailoring, alterations,
repairing, cleaning and pressing, and
also handles mems wear Mr.. John
ston represents the Merchant Tailor
ing of Lamm & Co., of Chicago. The
plant is steam equipped throughout
including a Hoffman steam pressing
machine, washer, extractor and dust
wheel, and steam drying room, which
is the only one in the city. One day
service is rendered and all clothes
are called for and delivered in an
inclOsed car which most attractively
striped in black and white and is
known throughout this section Steam
for the plant is furnished by an eight
horsepower Fairbanks-Morse En-
gine. Yours For Cleaner Clothes"
is the slogan and a most apt one
Mr.. Johnston caters to the sheerest
and most delicate of fabrics with a
Continued on next page)
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The Flagstaff Lumber Company was
established and incorporated in 1909
The present officers are: H. J. Nc
Chung, President; j c. Dolan, Vice
President and General Manager; F.
E. Coles, Secretary; and E. H. Wheat,
Treasurer Mr. McClung is a resident
of Phoenix, is President of the PhOe-
nix National Bank, President of the
Apache Lumber Company at Cooley,
Arizona, President of the Diamond
Coal Company at Gallup, New Mex
leo, and is one of the best known
capitalists in the Southwest Mr.
Wheat is active with the company
and has been connected with it for
the past ten years.
J. c. Dolan, Vice-President and
General Manager was one of the
original incorpOrators of the COM
pany, has been connected with it
since its inception, and has had
charge in his present managerial
capacity since 1916. Mr.. Dolan has
been a resident of Arizona since 1909
and is a native of Nebraska He
was in the banking business in that
state associated with his father and
later was in the Real Estate and
Investment business in Los Angeles
Continued on next page)
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FLAGSTAFF LUMBER COMPANY
Wholesale
WHITE PINE LUMBER & BOXES

For advertising any city through
out an expanding trade territory
nothing outrivals the manufacturing
or industrial concerns, and one of the
first sure signs of town growing to
the metropolitan class is the number
and establishment of it's mills and
factories. 1t has long been known
that in order to insure the ultimate
prosperity of the Southwest that
those concerns utilizing raw materials
in their operations and developing
dormant resources. and thereby not
only keeping our own money at home,
but bringing in outside capital, stand
pre-eminent and Of far more advan-
tage than any other enterprise. The
above concern is an exemplifcation
of these facts.
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FLAGSTAFF FURNITURE COMPANY

In the American home of today and
within it's atmosphere is being rear
ed race of sons and daughters that
are the marvel of the modern age.
! And in this home properly termed
The shrine of beauty, prosperity
and fond memories" the atmosphere
not only is formed by the furnish
| ings, but the furnishings are the at
mosphere Perhaps this being real
lied explains why that the United
States is witnessing, at present, an
era of home furnishings buying new
er before equalled. And they are not
just merely buying. These people
ask for and demand standard, nation
ally known products, the best that
money can buy, and always with an
eye to beauty, artistry and the elimt-
nation of ''clashings" throughout the
entire furnishings of the house. That
the buying public has been educated
to this point may be attributed to
a great degree to the splendid stock
carried in exclusive furnishings
stores throughout the nation. Typical
of the above statement is the store
of the above company, and which TO
enter is a temptation well-nigh i'm
possible to resist from buying the
beautiful things for the sweetest
word in the language Home.
The Flagstaff Furniture Company
was established here under it's pres
ent management February II, 1923.
Mr. Davis at that time buying out the
stock of Sullivan and Taylor. Mr..
Davis has been resident of Arizona
since 1912 and is native of Kansas.
He has been meeting the buying pub
lie in different capacities for the past
eleven years. Mr.. Davis owns real
estate here, is member of the local
Chamber of Commerce, and a frater-
nal man. He is a Legionnaire, and
in fact had charge of the local post
last year.
The company handles at retail a
complete line of home furnishings,
pianos, monographs, school equip
ment, and office fixtures New fur
niture only is handled. Among the
many leading exclusive and nation
ally known brands carried may be
mentioned Brunswick Photographs
and Records, Balwin and Meissner
Pianos and Player Pianos, and in
Guiding line of popular sheet music.
Administer, and Wilton Rugs, the
NCl IcInICCu IiILC VI llOOl NONCt iASot
Kirsch Curtain Rods, Kroehler DaV-
exports and Suites, Simmons Bed
Springs and Mattresses, Seeley Mat
tresses, Universal and Westinghouse
Vacuum Cleaners and appliances, I'M
perial Desk and Office Equipment.
and all standard lines of furniture.
The location of the Flagstaff Fur
niture Company is at IL Aspen Street
in the heart of the downtown bust
ness section and the phone number
is II. An average of four People are
employed. The building is 26xS0 feet
and the interior appointments and
window displays are on a par with
the largest cities. Local delivery is
made and sales are made on both
the cash and easy payment plans.
Quality" is the keynote throughout
and the business has shown q most
satisfactory increase from its incep-
ton. Mr.. Davis is a booster and
said: Naturally l think the future
is good or l should not have made
the investments l have here Our
outstanding need is an adequate dis
tribution of water to the consumer
within the city"
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MARLAR DRUG STORE
and
HITY ORIG STORE

Founded and built upon the prin-
cipIe of carrying every needed art
icle that may be called for by the
buying public, in their given line,
the Marlar drug enterprises in this
city have shown a very rapid in
crease from the very beginning and
at present are considered to offer
Arizona's premier drug service. I'm
der the careful guidance and person
al supervision of Mr.. Will Marlar
the proprietor, the volume of busi-
ness has shown an increase far in
excess of 100 per cent since the
founding. The original store opened
here in 1911, known as the Marlar
Drug Store, and which is the parent
company.
Mr.. Will Marlar has been a resid-
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j. C. PENNEY. COMPANY, INC.
4 NatiOn- Wide Institution

Stripping life down from high
sounding words" and the rosy-hued
poesy of feature writer's and "sob
sisters" in this relentless struggle,
the cold matter of fact statement
embodied in the old rule of the sur
vival of the fittest", governs success
as we know it, and especially applied
in the commercial sense. The theory
and doctrines of individualiSm are
as apparent and as much surety
as is the practically eternal sun
shine of the State of Arizona. No
other nationwide commercial organ
ization of today has achieved its
success through such a period of the
keenest of competition and in the
face of business depression which
has wiped many of the larger enter
prises out of existence or at least
forced a reorganization, as has the
j. C. Penney Company, Inc. The
outstanding business miracle Of the
age has been the phenomenal growth
and steady expansion of this organ
ization. 1t is even more remarkable
due to the fact that a success has
been founded and built upon the
principles laid down by the Golden
Rule in this commercial age of cold
reality.
The buying public of today are
coming to realize the fact that a
chain system such as the J. c. Pen
ney Company, Inc, offers to the
local patron distinct advantages
both in price and selection which
would be utterly impossible by any
local firm. The establishment of a
Penney store in community marks
a red letter day for the shopper for
it means that all of the latest crea-
tion decreed by Dame Fashion are
brought to the little community in
which they reside and Aladdin-like
these may be purchased at prices
equal in many cases to wholesale
terms and with all the joys of per-
sonal selection. The J. c. Penney
Company has buying power that is
perhaps unequalled by any one in
stitution in America. This means
that concessions in price are obtain
ed on the open market where such
power is measured in dollars and
cents alone, so that any Penney ar
ticle gives the utmost possible in
dollars and cents value.
The nationwide institution of J.
c. Penney Company, Inc, had it's
original inception in the little town
OF kemmerer, Wyoming in 1892 and
was started by J. G. Penney, now at
the head of the organization. A few
years later a second store was start
ed and E. c. Sans, then a clerk in
the first store, but now president of
the institution took charge. Fol-
lowing the success of these two
stores others were started until now
when four hundred seventy-five
stores are in operation in thirty
three states.
One of the secrets of success with
the j. G. Penney stores is the fact
that every manager is in line for an
interest in a store. After he has
shown executive qualities sufficient
to justify managerial ability, has
absorbed the spirit and traditions of
the Penney organization" he is given
his chance in a store. 1t naturally
follows as logical sequence and
Continued on next page)
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w. H. SWITZER
Hardware & Drugs
FLAGSTAFF ELECTRIC
LIGHT COMPANY
WILSON & COFFIN MOTOR co.
Durant, Star, Hudson, Essex Cars
ARIZONA LUMBER &
TIMBER COMPANY
&C. D. RICHARDSON
Indian Goods
F.. E. BROOKS
Groceries & Hardware
w. d. RAUDEBAUGH
Real Estate & Insurance
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w. II. SWITZER

AAAAu"nACs AAdh HcSos OdNuItb ~ DruSS )
wv. H. Switzer" and Hardware
Satisfaction" are synonymous terms
in the Flagstaff District. The above
business has behind it today a most
enviable reputation for integrity and
honest business dealings and which
has been founded upon the truism
that the buying public is willing
to pay fair price for first-class work
and quality products. The organiza-
tions heads, as well as the individual
employees, conduct the everyday
business of the company upon the
solid rock foundation of carrying and
selling only standard, known brands
throughout, thus pre-insuring salts
faction to the user and affording, as
a logical consequence, double qua
rantee to the consumer. In other
words, by handling nationally known
The Winslow mail., 1923-09-21

WILSON & COFFIN
Plumbing & Heating
WAI. FRIEDLEIN
Pioneer Plumber & Timer
]. E. NICHOLS
Plumbing & Welding
FRANK BENNETT
Coal, Wood, and Feed
SkYLIGHT CITY
BOTTLING WORKS
BON TON GROCERY
Phone 290
T. E. PULLIAM
Realtor
The Winslow mail., 1923-09-21

JOS. J. WALDHAUS
Auto Repairing
MARLAR DRUG STORE
CITY DRUG STORE
Will Marlar, Prop,
FLAGSTAFF FURNITURE co.
Ralph r. Davis, Owner
JOHNSTON
Cleaning, Tailoring & Furnishings
DR.. CHARLES A GALE, D. c.,
PHI. c., NJ c.
ChiropractOr
ARIZONA CENTRAL BANK
Established 1887
The Winslow mail., 1923-09-21

THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
General Banking Business
FLAGSTAFF GARAGE
Phone 10
THE WHITE GARAGE
REQ Motor Cars
J. c. PENNEY COMPANY, INC.
A Nationwide Institution
c. A. CLARK & COMPANY
Mems Clothing & Shoes
CRESS BROTHERS
TailOrs & Cleaners
ALF. DICKINSON & SON
Real Estate, Pine Hotel
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-25

bill which was introduced by Represen-
tutive Culp which fixes the gross pro-
ductiou tax at 2i2 per cent which Is a
flat increase from the present tax. This
bin has an excellent chance of p; age
i'm lieu of the Coffee bill.
The Culp bill also seeks TO impose
gross production tax Of 2la per cent on
SulphTr. This is a rev proposition as
sulphur has not heretofore been subject
IA such a tax. The Nelson severance
tax bill has received n favorable COM
mi,tee report. This is the bill Wnlch
seeks to tax the various resources sew
cred from the soil. BIT oil and sulphur
are exempted, as these products are sep
aratCly taxed.
Condemnation Bill Fought.
Representative Carpenter of Dallas.
obtained the passage Of third reading oil
tbe Davis Senate bill permitting cities
of 1000 population ard over to acquire
bv condemnation proceedings land Tor
the STRENGTHENING or widening of streets
after A fight on the measure had been
made by Representative Henderson OF
McLennan. -,
Henderson Offered an amendment to
the hill which would make the proposed
law local option. that is any city de-
string to take advantage of the act
wouId have to submit the question to a
vote of the people. This was voted
down as well as an amendment also Of
fcred by Henderson that would make
tbc act apply only to cities having a
nopulation of 10000 and over. He
wanted Waco exempt from its operation
The House passed finally the quinn
House bill providing for reciprocity
between insurance companies organized
in Texas and in other states and for
Grant Permission TO Print Bill.
Without debate Inc House passed
finally the Mcrriman House bill abolish
ing the Sixtieth. Judicial District Court
af Beaumont. This is the court over
which Judge E. \. Mcdowell, an old
member of the bench. has been presid'
ing. The bill provides in lieu, OF the
Sixticth District Court. that there Dc
created the criminal district court oil
Jefferson county. g.
There was also passed finally the Car.
ncnter bill levying a tax on ltlneran'
merchants, that is, persons engaged IN
the selling of bankruptcy stocks, ire
damage sales
Representative Laird of Angelina OBJ
tanned the consent OF the House by !,
vote of 90 to "A to have printed MS Dill
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-25

which provides that only citizens Of the
United States shall hereafter own land
in Texas. The bill had received an I'M
favorable report but with favorable
minority report. The bill viii now he
printed on this minority report. Laird
said that his bill would not affect those
now owning land in Texas who are not
citizens Of the United States, but would
apply to the future.
Won't Pub Anti-fian Bill.
Representative Fugler announced that
be will not urge immediate action on his
so-caled anti-klan bill This is the
bill which would require all secret So
cieties and organizations in Texas to
file list of their membership with the
county clerk of the county in which
such organization has a branch, chapter
or camp. Fugler indicated that he did
not wish to provode any division among
the members OF the House at the pres
cnt time, there being much important
legislation yet to be disposed of by the
lawmakers.
Senate committee on public health will
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-25
BELIEVE HOUSE
WILL PASS BOTH
Of POPE'S BILLS
Big Saving VIII Be Affected
Through Contract
Cancellation.
OIL TAX TOO HIGH
To Held Anti-Klan Bill
Until Later
Date.

Austin. Tex, Jan. 25.-Therc j. now
every indication that the House will
pass finally both of the Pope bills,
which il given favorable action in the
Senate, would abrogatc and nullify the
text book contracts made by the state
text book commission. The chance of
passage in the Senate also apparently
decidedly favorable.
With virtually no opposition, Repre-
sentatige Pope obtained the engross-
ment OF one of these text book bills and
came very near obtaining its final pas
sage. hut he was unable 10 obtain the
four-fifths majority t. suspend the rule.
The bin cngrOssed extends the time for
three wears. all present adoptiOns. from
December l. 1922. The companion bill
would prohibit the use of any of the
funds in the state text book fund for
the payment for books contracted for
under the recent adoptiOns by the
state text book commission.
Unanimous consent was granted Rep.
sentative Pope for the consideration OF
the text book bills Pope spoke at
length in support of the bill which was
subsequently engrosSCd. He asserted
that six of the nine members Of the
text book commission, whose awarding
of contracts for the :icw text books in
yolving an expenditure of Sl,SOO,OOt
caused the text book controversy and
led to the introduction of the bills, were
technically unqualified to hold places on
the commission.
Three of the members were not en-
gagged in teaching at, the time Of theil
appointment. as provided by law said
Pope. "A third member was n private
school teacher contrary to the law; an
other member did not take the oatf
upon assuming the position. and Tho
superintendent Of public instruction, an
ex-officio member. was disqualified he
cause she had book before the commits
sion"
Not Blaming Anyone.
Il am not blaming anybody con
tinued Pope" for the text book awards
and do not imDugn the integrity of the
commission members. but ! do main
tain a mistake has been made, and the
Legislature should not let it go Unrecti'
fled. Passage Of these two bills will
mean a saving to the state of more thar
S1,000,000 on Biographies alone. Adop
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-25

meet Friday evening to consider the
Cousins Senate bill, amending the medi-
cal practice act. This is the bill when
wouId have the effect, it is stated to
require chiropractors to obtain Il license
before they can practice their proties-
sion in Texas It Is also feared tGat
the bill would also affect osteopathS'
am at the coming hearing 1t IS eA-
nected that the chirOpractors ana , 0Steo-
paths will be well represented Ihere
is bill on the same subject by hepre-
sentative CUP pending in the HOUSE House
The House committee may meet WIN
the Senate committee and hear arsu-
ments on the measure at the same tlIhe.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-25
catch Seven Alleged shopIifters.

omaha, Neb., Jan. ,s5.-Seven per-
sons, including two women, were ar
rested here last night by police on
charges of being members of a large
shoplifting ring, which, according to the
officers, plundered stores at Omaha.
Lincoln. st. Joseph, Des Moines, Sioux
City, Kansas City, and small towns
in Nebraska and Iowa, of thousands of
dollars worth of merchandise. Hun
dreds Of dollars worth of alleged loot
was recovered by the police at the
apartments occupied by the suspects.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-25

night, one at the warehouse of the
American Linsecd Oil company and
the other in five-story structure &C.
cupied by manufacturing firms caused a
damage estimated between S3J0,O00 and
100000.
Thousands of gallons of oil and a
large quantity of flaxseed were burned
at the American Linseed Oil company's
warehouses. "
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-25
IS HEAD STUFFED BY
CATARRH OR COLD?
USE HEALING CREAM

If YOUR nostrils are cloggcd, your
throat distressed, or your head Is
stuffed by nasty catarrh or a cold alp-
nly a little pure, antiscptic, germ de-
stroying cream into your nostrilS' II
ppnetratcs through every air passage
soothing inflamed, swollen membranes
and you get instant relief.
How good it feels. Your nostrilS
are omen. Your head is clear No
more hawking, snuffling, dryncss or
struggling for breath. Get small
bottle of Ely's Cream Balm from any
druggist Colds and catarrh yield like
magic. Don't stay stuffed up. Relief
is sure.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-25
BOOST GAS PRICES
Pierce Corporation Announces 2-Cens
Advance.

Houstsn, Tcy Jan. 25.--The Pierce
Oil Corporation announces an advance
in the price of gasoline at Houston =
cents a gallon. Kerosene registered a
raise Of / cent at the same time. None
of the large marketers hHs met the in
crease but they are expected TO post
the new prices.
Gasoline retail filling station prices
went from 10 to q cents. tank wagon
prices from 1G TO is cents. The new
wholesale price for gerosene is II cents.
The increase was ordered from the
st. Louis offices of the Pierce Oil Cor
poration. Recent advances in light
crude oils is assigned as the reason for
the increase.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-25

GuayaquiI, Ecuador, Jan. 2o.-hcua-
doris minister ito Washington DE- H.
II. Elizaldc, has been instructed by his
government to invite Secretary Hughes
TO visit Ecuador when he returns from
the fifth Pan-Amcrican congress at
Santia~o in March.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-25
FOUR NEW ORLEANS
BUSINESS BUILDINGS
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Preliminary Estimates Place
Loss at $500, 900
to $500,O00.

New Orleans, Ia. Jan. 25.--A row
of four three-story brick buildings in
the retail commercial district on Baron.
ne street near Canal. were practically
destroyed by fire early today. Prelim.
mary estimates by fire authorities
placed the loss at 100000.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-25

Big Boy-Can't say what I like 10 MY
own sister? Small Boy-Not while she
happens to be me loidy friend.-Judge.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-25

Chicago Fires Destroy Structures.
Chicago, ILL.,. Jan. 25.-TwO fires last