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Arizona state miner., 1923-06-02

above sea level. 1t must also be
shown what Improvements are
on the land, when residence was
established and for what periods
entryman has been absent, num-
Der of acres which have been
cultivated each year, together
with the kind of crop planted and
amount harvested. The climatic
conditions which render cult
walton impractical must be fully
set forth, and the application
must state how many acres can
be cultivated each year in COM
pliance with the law.
Ii possible, this application
should be filed during the first
year of the entry, but it may be
filed at any time prior to proof.
In some cases the application is
filed on the date of proof. and
the final proof is not acted upon
by the register and receiver until
after the Secretary has passed
upon the application for reduc-
tion.
There is no fee to be paid to
the land office in connection with
an application for reduction. but
it is usually necessary to have
the application prepared by some
person who thoroughly under
stands the law and Departmental
rulings, and who can properly
set forth the facts. The person
who prepares the application
may charge whatever fee he sees
fit, and there does not seem to
be any regular charge, but a
great many officers charge $3.50
for making and executing these
Others charge as
high as $25 and some prepare
them for $5 or less.
Besides granting a reduction
in cases where the land and the
climate are such as to make cul-
tivation impractical, the Secre-
tary will alter the cultivation re-
quirements in cases where the
entryman failed to cultivate the
required amount during any
specified year of the entry, as,
for instance, if the entryman
should cultivate one-sixteenth of
the area of his entry during the
second year of the entry, but fail
to cultivate one-eighth during the
third year, then should cultivate
one-eighth during the fourth
year of the entry: He has not
complied with the law. because
he failed to cultivate one-eighth
during the second year, but if he
makes application for reduction
of cultivation on the form above
the Secretary will re-
duce the requirements in his
case so that he can submit an ac-
proof, for it is plain
that he cannot go back and do
the necessary cultivation during
Arizona state miner., 1923-06-02
j. r. DUNN, Pro.
Sale Army Shoes Sale

We have just bought tremendous
stock of Army Munson last shoes to be
sold to the public direct. Price $27
These shoes are 1907 solid leather with
heavy double solesl sewed and nailed
The uppers. are Of heavy tan chrome
leather with bellows tongue, thereby
making them waterproof. These shoes
are selling very fast and we advise you
to order at once to insure your order
being filled.
The sizes are to IL all widths; pay
Postman on receipt of goods or send
money order. Money refunded if shoes
are not satisfactory.
THE u. S. STORES Co.,
1441 Broadway. New York City.
Arizona state miner., 1923-06-02
FOR HOMESTEADERS.
Western Arizona the Mecca
tor New Settlers
Copyrighted in 1921 by Cola w. Shep-
ard, Colony, Wyoming. Published
in the Arizona State Miner by
special arrangement.

When Congress passed the three
year law, requiring a stipulated
amount of cultivation on all home
stead entries taken under the
general or the enlarged home
stead laws, it was foreseen that
it would be impossible in some
cases for the entryman to comply
with these conditions as to cult
vation, and there was a provision
inserted in the law allowing the
Secretary of the Interior to re-
duce the cultivation requirements
in cases where he considered
such reduction necessary or eX-
pedient.
When the law first went into
effect there was a disposition on
the part of the Land Department
to enforce the cultivation require
ments quite strictly, but after
watching the working of the law
it has become apparent that in
many cultivation is not only USE
less but actually harmful to the
land, and a reduction is now
readily granted in all cases where
proper application is filed and
facts are set forth warranting
such reduction.
The application must be made
on a regular blank form approved
by the Secretary of the Interior
(Form 4-007a) and must be
sworn to before some officer hav-
ing and using seal. Two wit
nesses who have personal know
ledge Of the land must also sign
the affidavit, which must then
be filed in the local land office.
In most cases an investigation is
made by special agent before
action is taken upon the applica-
tion for reduction, but in some
cases the records of the land Of
flee furnish sufficient data to
warrant the granting of the re-
duction without further investi-
cation.
Unless the application is pre-
pared at the land office where a
record of the entry is kept, it is
necessary to take with your no.
tice of allowance. so that the cor
rect description, date and num-
Der Of the entry can be given.
1t is also necessary to state the
character of the aoil, condition
of the surface, whether the land
IS level or broken, kind and
amount of timber, and altitude
Arizona state miner., 1923-06-02
Notice To Timers and Settlers
In Western Arizona

Final proof on homestead entries thru
the U, S. Land Office are published in
the newspaper nearest the land. There
is only one newspaper in all Western
Arizona, between Phoenix and the Col
orado river north of Yuma and South
of Kingman. which is the ARIZONA
STATE MINER, published at Wicken-
burg, 1t is the medium for miners
patent notices, forfeiture and non re-
eponslbility notices and final proofs on
homestead and grazing lands.
Arizona state miner., 1923-06-02

Day old Chix now Ready:-Prlces re-
duced in lots of one hundred or more
on White Leghorns, R. l. Reds. and
ENOCH CREWS. Seabright, Calf.
Arizona state miner., 1923-06-02

FARM WANTED-Wa anted to hear from
owner Of farm or good land for sale,
for fall delivery. L. Jones, Box 664,
Olney, Illinois
Arizona state miner., 1923-06-02

Have you noticed the req mark
penciled around your name on
the Miner? It means subscription
is due.
The Coconino sun., 1923-11-30
Eastern meat at Brooks store.

Eastern meat at Brooks store.
Mrs. Ed Babbitt is driving new
Oakland coach.
Something different in Christmas
gifts for men at Sid Gassman's.
Attorney George H. Crosby left Sat
urday night on business trip to Los
Angeles.
All day Friday and Saturday, De
cember 7 and at the Elks club rooms
Come and see.
Anyone wishing to sell or buy. q
CITY or country home, call on US. All
Dickinson & Son.-Advertisement.
Earl Germany returned Saturday
from Phoenix, where he had been rest
ing up since the first part of the
s,1ate fair.
DIR. v. M. Slipher left Sunday morn
ing for Frankfort, Ind, where he vii
visit with his mother, who has beer
in failing health for some time. Ht
is expected to return in two weeks.
The Coconino sun., 1923-11-30
Visit Oatman

Oatman Moose lodge presented their
fourth annual minstrel show last eve
ming. It is thought that possibly the
show will be staged in Flagstaff, Will
liams and Kingman, sometime in the
near future if arrangements by the
local lodge can be satisfactorily COM
pleted. Flagstaff people who witness
ed the performance in Oatman, mo-
toring down from here Thursday
morning and returning Friday, were
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Simpson, Mr.
and Mrs. Horace Wyatt, c. E. Cain
Gordon Waldon, "Cap" Grey, Lovins
Willis, Peter Lynch, Dennis O'Brien
Clyde Fulcher, Carl Peterson, Mr.. anc
Mrs. Heckathorn, Mrs. Merton, Miss
Ella Merton, Henry Anderson and Dot
Sheffield.
The Coconino sun., 1923-11-30

Watch and wait for the Woman's
club bazaar.
Joe c. Dolan left on Monday ON a
business trip to Los Angeles.
Finest hot cakes, waffles and coffee
at Bender's All-American cafe.
Monday-Children's matinee as US
ual, p. m. at the Orpheum theatre.
Ties-the newest imported silk
neckties, in Christmas boxes, at Sid
Gassmans.
Mrs. Melick, Mrs. Diebold and Mrs.
Jesse Boyce of Williams, were Flag
staff visitors the first of the week.
Mrs. John Zalaha and children came
up from Cooley a few days ago to
visit Mrs. Zalaha's mother, Mrs. G.
N. Baty.
D. L. Reid, state superintendent Of
the Children's Home association Of
Tucson, spent the week in Flagstaff in
the interest of the association.
Mrs. Archie Hogan left this week
for Albuquerque to remain until af-
ter the holidays at the home of her
father. Archie will go there the day
before Christmas for a few days va
cation.
Among our visitors: Merwin d. Por-
ter, Winslow; Eunice Chaplin, Mary
Price, Sarah Haggerty, Leona Arm
strong, Jerry Mccarthy, Bisbee; D..
Westaway, G. B. Webber, Phoenix.
Under-sheriff S. o. Thompson spent
part of this week in Phoenix investi-
eating certain ramifications of the
case against Roy Bowden of Williams,
in county Jail here under $4,000 bonds
charged with a crime against six
year-old girl.
Alf Dickinson got home Saturday
from Phoenix, Glendale and other
southern cities, where he looked into
real estate conditions. The main
purpose of his visit, however, was to
visit his brother, Frank Dickinson,
who is very i'll with leakage Of the
heart, but who was somewhat better
when Alf left to come home.
The Coconino sun., 1923-11-30

Eat at Bender's All-American cafe.
Call 81 for groceries and meat.
Prompt delivery.
Cleanest place in town to eat. Food
and service right at Bender's ALI
American cafe.
Dan NJ. Francis came up from Phoe-
nix Saturday night to spend a few
Gays looking after business matters
here.
Don't waste your time making
Christmas gifts when you. can buy
them all ready made at the Woman's
club bazaar.
Pete Hanna, a local prospector, left
his usual haunts here this week and
trekked for the southern part of the
state to spend the winter.
Joe Crawford is having a good
looking and substantial garage and
woodshed erected where his house
used to be, recently having the house
moved to the front of the lot.
Recent visitors: w. H. Cramner
Kayenta; K. C. Kolb and wife, Mar
garet Scott, Grand Canyon; w. Alb
bott, Prescott; Al Smith, Ashfork; w
Shirfield, Glendale; F. c. Groves, Tue
son; B. Andrews, Douglas; Shirley
Franklin, Phoenix.
George C. Brundage, financial man
ager of the Arizona Livestock Loan
Co., and A. Belmont, comptroller OF
Babbitt Bros. Trading Co., left We'd
nesday morning for California, the
former IN business in San Francisco
and the latter on a weeks vacation
in which he hopes to become re-
acquainted with his family in Sar
Diego.
The Coconino sun., 1923-11-30

Phone 81 for that corn fed meat,
Brooks market.
We handle all kinds of rentals
ALI. Dickinson & Son.-Adv.
initiated Beltograms, sterling sill.
yer, $1.00 at Sid Gassmans'.
Miss Helen Dillman is clerking tenn
porarily in J. c. Browns news stand.
Miss Grace Sandon spent the
Thanksgiving holiday with her sister
and brother-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Mer-
vile Mills, at Kingman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Con Frederick drove
down from Nevada this week to visit
their daughter, who is attending the
Normal, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ia
lesky
Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Ray their daugh-
ter, Miss Neva, and Mrs. Rays moth
er, Mrs. Schweindinger, all Of vii
iams, visited two days the past week
at the Jake Thoman home.
The White Garage added lot to
convenience, comfort and equipment
this week by installing steam heat. j.
E. Nichols did the work and the heat
comes from the electric light plant.
A boys and girls booth, fish pond
fortune telling, 'n'enything at the bar
zaar December 7 and 5, all day, Fri
day and Saturday, Elks club rooms.
Don't miss it. You will be sorry il
you do.
Architect v. o. Wallingford return
ed the first Of the week from Phoe-
nix, intimating that he'd just return
ed from jail, the inference being tn
life in Phoenix is something akin to
prison life.
No. /, passenger train, came in
| Wednesday forenoon from the east
with snow caked all over it. And they
had two small snow storms Mt Viii
liams within the last few days. And
none in Flagstaff.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Bankhead anc
children left yesterday for their win
/ ter headquarters at Glendale. They
were delayed several days by the i'll
ness of their baby, which was suffer
/ ing with pneumonia.
| Walter Lewis, a Navajo Indian, is
1 the owner of a new REQ speed Wagon
/ truck purchased this week from jim
/ Tillman of the White Garage. The
truck will be used for freighting be-
| tween here and Tuba City.
Miss Ethel Compton, popular teach,
er of the Bumblebee school, arrived
home Wednesday evening to eat hel
| Thanksgiving dinner with her parents
/ Mr.. and Mrs. C. G.. Compton. She
will return to her school Sunday.
Civil service examination will be
held at Flagstaff for matrons am
seamstress in the Indian service De
celnber 5, also for postoffice clerk
carrier on January II. Application
blanks may be secured at the post
/ office.
Charley Prochnow, secretary-treas
urer Of the Oatman AmalgamateC
Gold Mining company, accompanied b!
! Ed Whipple, Bill Conley and Ear
Sisk, drove to Oatman on Tuesday
| returning next day. The other thre,
men are all interested in the mine.
|, Attorney C. B. Wilson spent Wed
nesday in Holbrook, returning tha
night and leaving yesterday for Lo
Angeles, where he was called for |
I business conference with FL. ]. Nc
Clung, president Of the Arizona Cen
tral bank, Of which Mr.. Wilson is on
of the directors.
The Coconino sun., 1923-11-30
LOCAL BREVTTIES
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You viii enjoy what you eat at
Bender's All-American cafe.
ST Perkins, Santa Fe engineer, was
in Flagstaff Wednesday from Wins
low
All kind Of fancy work reasonable,
for Christmas gifts, at the woman's
bazaar.
Word was received here of the
birth of a bouncing baby girl few
days ago to Mr.. and Mrs. Horace E.
Nay of Winslow.
Elmer Duffield came up from
Cooley couple of days ago, stopping
here a short time on business, then
going on to Williams to eat turkey
with his family.
The Coconino sun., 1923-11-30

Kenneth Webber, meat cutter at
Brooks store, knows how.
Practical and useful Christmas gifts
for men and boys at Sid Gassman's.
-Children's matinee as us
ual, a p. m. at the Orpheum theatre.
Hot cakes or waffles, stripped with
sugat-cured bacon at Bender's ALI
American cafe.
Attorney Ed Byers of Williams was
in Flagstaff on business for few
hours or Tuesday.
Among recent visitors: r. L. Ror-
den, Winslow; F. K. Johnson, Hol-
brook; R. E. Daggs, Williams; c. E.
Kettner, Phoenix.
You can't afford to miss the bazaar
and good time the Woman's club will
give December and at the Elks
new club rooms.
Al Sanford came home on Tuesday
from his Selig1nan sheep and cattle
ranges to spend Thanksgiving here
with his family.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. C. Mills and their
son and daughter, Chester and Char
lotte, spent Thanksgiving with Mr..
and Mrs. Merville Mills at Kingman.
Guy Insley came up from Fort
Whipple on Saturday to spend the
weekend here with Mrs. Insley. He
motored back to the Fort on Mon
day.
Cheaper than you make them your
self, everything and anything at the
/ hWoman's club bazaar in the new Elks
hall, December z and 8, Friday and
Saturday.
Jack Egan, 20, and Mabel Walls, 19
both of Flagstaff, were married on
Tuesday by Rev. ]. w. Saunders. The
witnesses were Mrs. A. F. Myers ano
Howard L. Hunt.
Clarence S. Jarvis Of the federal
good roads bureau, who had been II
Flagstaff for 10 days in the interest
of some work at Winona, left Monday
for his home in Phoenix.
Captain Harry B. Embach, secretary
of the Arizona Wool Growers assocla-
ton, arrived in town Sunday for Z
DAYS business. He had been riding
q along some Of the Yavapai county
sheep driveways.
Griff's Chocolate Shop opened last
week in the building formerly occu,
pied by the Confection Den. Business
started off with a rush, and thu
bridegroom is very well pleased with
the early indications of ultimate pros
perity.
County Farm Agent Frank CHS
holm, getting notice that ne was en-
titled to an additional two-weeks' va
cation, jumped on train Monday anf
left for Del Norte, Colo, the home o-
| his parents, to store up lot Of good
things to eat behind his embonpoint
Mr.. and Mrs. William Back AM
small son, Gail, left this week fol
Prescott, where it is thought Gail vii
recover more rapidly from the serious
attack Of pneumonia he has had th'
past few weeks. Draining Of the lungs
may be necessary, and if so, Dr.
Southworth viii have charge.
Joe D. Tissaw and Ernest Hogan
motored to Grand Canyon on Sunday
returning next day. On Tuesday Jo'
left, accompanied by Bill Donelson
the man who built and owns Gran,
Canyon, and whom he'd brought bacl
from there with him, on two-weeks
auto vacation trip through the centra
part Of the state.
The Coconino sun., 1923-11-30
New Apartment House

Mrs. J. w. Mertz will move to her
new apartment house, "Suncourt," on
Milton road next week. There are
four strictly modern apartments, COM
pletely equipped for housekeeping,
with many attractive features. Three
of the apartments. will be ready for
occupancy the first Of the week. The
house is nicely situated and is an adj
dition to the towns house facilities.
The Coconino sun., 1923-11-30
Tom Stahl Back on Job

Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Stahl arrived
home on Sunday from California,
where Tom had be for three months
on the invalid list. He looks fine and
feels that way, he says, and, after
resting up this week and choring
around home little, will begin again
Monday at his regular job bossing
the Santa Fe railroad business here.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-12-20

surer I'd be of building up repufs.
lion. Wen. sir, the little lady went
right up through the roof of the sleep-
er first OFF: then she came down and
melted into tears. Some confession we
got out of her! That's how got hold
OF lot of things l been telling YOU.
seems twas You tipped her of that
she'd better get out of town.
81! Why, didn't see her last eve
ming"
He laughed. NO, but you tele-
phoned the police from Mrs. Cater.
box's and she told Mrs. Bosley as a
piece of neighborly' gossip. came
around to hunt up Mrs. Gussie and
was Just in time to catch a GLIMPSE
OF her taking a taxi. I'd ha' cs, ght
her at the station If the darned engine
" the car I'd rented hadn't stalled
On me block away. Golly. was
madn
I'm sorry for EN- both" declared
Mrs. Penfield thOughtfuIly. Folks that
mix up their lives that way amt real
y grown up. But. oh. Uncle Jerry,
can't be thankful 'nough that I'm 60
Ing to get that money back. You can't
imagine what weight 1t lifts. 1t was
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-12-20

would be the pleasanter because
friend had lived in 1t. There would be
conveniences, more satisfactory num-
ber of rooms. She would keep up her
laundry work, but under far easier con.
ditions. There would be school books
clothes, plenty to eat, fund slowly
growing in the bank. oh, everything
would be different-and safer. Per-
haps Uncle Jerry would
She broached the subject to him as
he came around the house from fly
ing trip to the loft-Uncle Jerry with
the new position with private de-
tective bureau, and with wrinkles
more lively than ever in his kindly
eyes.
"We could give you room, Uncle
Jerry. We could take the dining
room for"
The color came mp in his bronzed
face. "Well, IL dou't know, Carline,"
he stammered. Its bully of you to
think of it, but-bnt / hope l can't
that is-well, Wen talk 1t over" He
tramped rapidly out Of the alley.
well, sure wonder what he
MEANS" thought Mrs. Penfield in sur
prise.
She watched Uncle Jerry went up
Miss Hapgood's steps.
"Oh-h-h!" she breathed She ceased
to wonder.
Ito be Continued)
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-12-20

"vvhat's the Matter With Thadf"
q small matter compared with Thad,
but"
'4Thad! What's the matter with
Thad7" he reiterated.
Briefly she told him.
He shook his head. "If you want to
raise that Lettie kid, Car'line, you'll
have to train some Of the recklessness
out Of her. She had a narrow escape
Our men raided that Everidge street
house last night, hunting for the plant,
and the woman tried to get away.
They shot at her. She-she amt ex-
pected to live. There, there,
Car'line, don't get white over danger
that's past. 1t amt likely to happen
again. Prob1y Thad came In and saw
Bosley take the money, and Bosley
wasn't running any chances Of being
told on till he could get out Of town.
Then some of his cronies would have
turned Thad loose again-only we
stopped the plan by calling a halt on
all their doings. Cracky, got to be
going. l want to see If / can't land
job somewhere on the strength Of
this"
The doorbell rang sharply. Mrs.
Penfield found knot Of her neighbors
in the driveway, discussing the news
paper accounts of the raid and the ar
rest Of five suspects. Eagerly they In
vited her into their comparison Of ex-
citing events, feeling sure that through
Jerry WinstOn's intimacy with Frank
Bosley she would have many interest
ing details to contribute. But when
she merely listened and added nothing,
they were surprised, incredulous, even
resentful.
From hour to hour further items
were unearthed, dragged into the
small community, and shared gener
ously in an impromptu council Of all
the tenants. The Bosleys had not been
popular; their downfall had therefore
satisfying element that lent peculiar
piQuancy to everybodys version. Blood
was a-tingle with keenest stimulation !:
the air was cloudy with eIclamations.
Nor was there any perceptible dimin-
ution the next day-or the next. And
bCdTCtly Ildu Tie driveway kDSSlp
thinned trifie when Mrs. Penfelds
thoughts were given a vastly different
turn.
Mr.. Crashaw came to interview her.
He had seen Mrs. Weatherstone; he
had seen the hangings. He offered Mrs
Penfield hundred dollars in cash and
a small block of stock in his laundry
L., aho Hnr har Co
la and a certain amount Of supervision
until its use should be mastered in the
various laundries Of which he had
charge.
at will mean," he told her. "about
thousand dollars year-more, as the
business grows-but you can be as
sured of that amount"
1t seemed fortune to Mrs. Pen
field. She had difficulty in tempering
her impetuous delight into seemly
business attitude. To have steady
income, aside from her usual earnings,
would mean a different life for the
children.
After Mr.. Crashaw had gone, she
began to plan exactly what that life
should be. For one thing. she would
surely be justified in giving up the
management of The Oustard Cup,
which was rapidly precluding other
duties. With significant juxtaposition,
the fact that Mrs. Sanders was leav-
ing her fiat, flashed into her mind.
Mrs. Sanders was going to live with
cousin in Sonoma county and help
take care of large family Of children.
Mrs. Penfield could rent that fiat. 1t
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-12-20

Ranchmen-You need one Of our
books of blank bills Of sale. Vsry
handy. Just like q check book. En-
ables you to take bill Of sale Of any
animal right where you buy It. For
sale at either of our offices or any
bank in the county.