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The Coconino sun., 1923-02-16
TAXPAYERS ASK OAK CREEK
ROAD WORK BE CONTINUED

E. G. Miller, forest supervisor, said
that the house of representatives has
appropriated $3,000,000 for forest
roads; the senate has raised it to &c.
500,0 900, and there they hang, unable
to agree or compromise. 1t is hard
to say now what the ultimate appro-
priation will be. Nor can it be fore
told how much of the appropriation
Arizona will get. But there is a
chance that this state will get less
than its usual proportion, as many
fine forests in Idaho are inaccessible
to fire-fighting forces and need roads.
But, even if Arizona and this county
get their share, it is extremely unlike
ly that any of it can be applied to the
Oak Greek project.
In the last two years there have
been 72 miles of roads passable for
auto trucks built In this forest from
forest funds. 1t will take several
years more to carry out the necessary
forest road-building program. But,
he said, it is wise to keep right on
plugging for the Oak Creek road in
every possible way, though he believes
that it will never be built with forest
aid as there are so many other road
projects within the forest to be fin
ished.
The Oak Creek road cannot receive
federal aid because it is not part of
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The Coconino sun., 1923-02-16
THE HUMAN SIDE OF 4 FLIVVER- AND
4 TRIP TO MEXICO

Douglas (now of Tucson) as heaven
ly guide and as hip-building couch
architect, some twenty odd or even
years ago, when we trailed Geronimo
and Gen. Cook over the old Apache
road down the Blue river to where
Metcalf met the COW, in Greenlee
County.
1t was the old "James gang" alright.
We were on our way just like that,
but don't forget the differential as
to Jim Bailey and the ro-Jimmy
Hopkins. Jim and Jimmy may be
synonymous, but not sonorious-Jim-
my snores tenor.
Old jim amt so old. Jim still has
about ten volumes Of Webster coming
to him for words he has never spok-
one month, during a drought, when
each day he was praying for the am
munition wagon to get in on time. He,
Jim, has been known to say "good
afternoon" when he notices you get
ting out of an "early bed" before the
birds begin to whip poor WILL"
jim phoned up one day from the
wilds of COW haunts around Beaver
Creek that he had purchased stem
winding flivver, of model fashion
able in the early 90's, which would ac-
commodate bed rolls, grub box and as
many passengers as could hang on.
This included an invitation to meet
him and Jimmy at Phoenix Monday.
Too many people know all about the
feather bed route to a foreign coun-
try, but we were doing de luxe, un-
hampered, plumb unlocked and per
stay where you stopped.
Jim advised that Jimmy, who was to
do the shoffing, had only twisted her
up few times to see how she'd crow
hop, and knew the kind of feed the
critter used, but was strong in his
convictions that we-all could go as
far as the roads could.
/ saw our car "Amelia" Monday
morning, and I'll admit some sinking
feeling crept in around our indiges
tion while wishing for heavier tramp
ing shoes.
"Amelia"-that name we picked up
at Noria, Sonora, Mexico, where
Frank Cox lives, had all the appear
ance of bobbed flapper, just out of
a loose feather bed, after indulging
in wake the night before. Every
thing flapped but the engine and it
quarrelled with the spark plugs.
But when I saw the old grub box,
bed rolls and Jim and Jimmy's faces,
dang it alive were going just as far
as we wanted to- Nobody could stop
us.
Jim hoped up on the bed rolls and
indicated scar alongside Jimmy,
saying: "He hasn't accomplished all
The Coconino sun., 1923-02-16
BE THANKFUL MORE
DEATHS LESS SUDDEN

County Clerk Tom L. Rees received
a letter the other day from George
A. Murphy, superintendent of the
Spring Canyon Coal Co., Storrs, Utah,
who was one of the civil engineers
who helped run the railroad through
Flagstaff and who, when he carries
out his plan to visit here next sum-
mer, will find US distinctly less wild
and somewhat less woolly than in
1881. He says: II remember before
there were any houses in Flagstaff,
in 1881, there were seven men killed
in one week in saloon brawls. | am
looking forward to a good deal of
pleasure in visiting Flagstaff after
an absence of over 40 years. However,
I did stop off there once between
trains in 1898. l remember man
by the name of Ellinwood who was in
the law department Of the University
of Michigan when | was a civil en-
gineering student there"
The writer refers, of course, to E..
E. Ellinwood, who has the execrable
bad taste to live in Phoenix.
That week of surplus killing he
writes about must have made things
pretty busy out at Boot Hill ceme-
terry, the other side of Old Town
springs, where they planted them in
those days.
The Coconino sun., 1923-02-16
WEDNESDAY BEGAN THE
ELEVENTH YEAR SINCE
ARIZONA BECAME STATE

Admission Day, February IA,
which this time fell on Wednesday,
was observed here by the banks. The
schools, which observe only Christ
mas, New Years and Thanksgiving,
were open as usual.
Arizona was admitted to the union
on February IA, 1912.
Some of those who noted Wednes-
dav that the banks were closed
thought it was because it was Valen-
tine day. Well, it was, but it wasn't.
While we're on this subject of holi-
days, permit us to present little in
formation CLEANED from book bor-
rowed from "A. F. Grimmell, cashier OF
the First National bank of Flagstaff.
Contrary to general belief there is
no national legal holiday in the Unit
ed States, each state or territory fix
ing by act of its legislature what days
shall be legal holidays therein. The
presidents proclamation m e
Thanksgiving day a legal holiday only
in the District of Columbia, although
most states provide by law that any
date appointed by the president as a
day of fasting and prayer, or OF
thanksgiving, shall be legal holiday
in such states. The governor of each
state is usually given power to desig-
nate by proclamation certain days as
holidays.
The only holidays that are declared
such in all the state, territories and
possessions of the United States are
New Years, Washington's birthday,
independence day, Armistice day and
Christmas day. Thanksgiving day IS
not legal holiday in Utah, though
the day is observed in that state. La
Dor day is not observed in Wyoming
or the Philippines. All other holidays
are unobserved in several states.
Arizona has IL legal holidays = all
those mentioned and two Arbor days,
Memorial day and Columbus day.
Valentine, Old Candlemas or st.
Valentines day is not legal holiday
anywhere in this country, but it is an
old English holiday.
The Coconino sun., 1923-02-16

| her virtues yet--he only got introduc-
came down Black Canyon road yes
terday and didn't have almost no ac-
cidents-except when | was out twist
ing her ears some Mexican boys jolt
ed into our caudle end and flipped me
away from her head"
With that Jimmy blew into her
ears, wound up the radiator, poured
spoonful of "ge" medicine into
Amelia and give 'er the sign to
saunter. Our parade started toward
Center street. Passing the Center
street crossing amelia" reached out
and nipped the rear fender of a big
shiny Packard like cross little fiste.
The man in the big "loafazine" looked
back awful unpleasant. One could
tell that he hadn't been to church
much lately if his face was any indi-
cation of what he was thinking.
We made a very good turn around
to head south from the Commercial
hotel, but | couldn't help but start
thinking there might be something
wrong under Amelia's corsets. Then
bright idea occurred.
"Have you plenty of oil and gas,
Jimmy?"
Jimmy averred he didn't know, but
agreed to stop at the first oil corral
and ascertain. Amelia run along fine
except for the advance information
our chassis was detoning to the pop
ulace. About two blocks down on the
thumb-hand side of the street there
was sign indicating we could
soak up essentials there.
Amelia, evidently overhead jim
my speak of the sign, and to show
her contempt, run right down and
kicked over a water barrel, plumb
centered an electric light pole and
stopped.
"Guess our brakes don't work
Jimmy?"
'"No, we amt got any," he said as
the agents of Rockefeller giggled.
"Mebby we ought to- have some, but
we've got along this far without en-. :"
Amelia, unlike lots of feminine gen
der, would back up when properly in
duced, so we retrenched and endeav-
ored on our way to the we'll educated
town of Tempe. In talking over
Amelia's sanitary condition with a
real nice young man at the garage,
he suggested that brakes could be
utilized at great advantage, especially
when hill was slanted the way you
were going. There was much to be
said in favor of hesitating a car
when one, felt that the obstruction
.outclassed ones probable effective
concussion.
This argument seemed to fit in
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The Coconino sun., 1923-02-16
GREAT HISTORIC RUINS NEAR
FLAGSTAFF BEING NEGLECTED

DIR. Fewkes last week in Washing
ton and he has urged me to under
take an investigation of Walnut Can
yon. He has promised a little money
to help along the work.
s'Do you know what the public SEN
timent at Flagstaff would be as to
having the Heiser Spring and Citadel
ruins set aside as national monu-
ment?
These are the finest ruins this side
of the Little Colorado, and should be
preserved. TAe Smithsonian Institute,
| think, would help restore them and
they would add greatly to the attrac-
tions of Flagstaff. DR.. Fewkes said
that if public opinion was favorable
he would have no trouble in pushing
the thing through at Washington.
II am sorry the museum idea in
Flagstaff has fallen through, but
maybe it only lies dormant. Let us
hope So"
Citadel or Aztec Fort as it is called
locally in what is known as Ruin ], is
the best piece of ancient masonry ex-
tant, says DIR. Fewkes. Ruin A,
Group 2, is located about 40 miles
northeast of Flagstaff. The main
building at one end is three stories
high with connecting, ruins extending
about so rods to the other end, wind
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The Coconino sun., 1923-02-16

There are but few people in Flag
staff who realize the magnitude of
ancient ruins in the country northeast
of the city nor their value as added
points of interest.
DR.. ]. w. Fewkes of the Smithson-
ian Institute investigated many of
them some twenty years or more ago,
classified them, but no further action
was ever taken by the government to
protect them.
]. C. Clarke, who is an enthusiast on
the subject of ethnology, >has several
splendid pictures taken on trips to
these ruins which will surprise old
pioneers who believe they have visited
about every point of interest in this
whole section of the country.
Clarke recently forwarded maps
showing the ancient irrigation system
in the Salt River valley to Harold S.
Cotton of Philadelphia, who has spent
several summers here in chronological
research work. In a letter to Clarke,
Mr.. Cotton says:
81 am only pleased that my work
has been confirmed. In fact | have
been doing two terms work in one so
that | can get away to Arizona in the
second term. We leave for Tucson
on the 18th. In June | hope to be in
Flagstaff where we will make our
headquarters for the summer. / saw
The Coconino sun., 1923-02-16
WEATHERFORD PROPOSES
HIS BOULEVARD AS BEST
ROUTE TO CITY SPRINGS

John Weatherford, promoter and
principal owner of the Flagstaff to
Top O. Peaks scenic boulevard, pro-
posed to city council at their regular
meeting Monday night that his road
be officially adopted by the city as
the route from here to the city springs
up in the peaks beyond the saddle.
Mr.. Weatherford did not fix any
price. He said that could be agreed
upon later should council find his
suggestion feasible.
Council deferred action until the
deep SHOWS up on the peaks have
melted enough SO an investigation
can be made.
The present auto road to tsle
springs is by way of the old Grand
Canyon road to Black Bill park,
thence off to the left and up-the
total distance from town by this
route being 26 miles. In getting up
the 5000 feet the springs are above
Flagstaff part Of this present road
hits Is per cent and worse in grades.
1t is a hard road to climb and car
must be high-powered, in good con-
dition and have a sldlful driver to
make it. That fact was proven a
couple of times last summer when
good.sized crowds made the trip.
Burns & Mcdonnell, the Kansas
City engineering and contracting firm
that last fall made a study of our
water system and its needs and rec
commended complete plan for devel-
opment, included in that plan good
auto road to the springs, not for
tourists or pleasure seekers, but be-
cause such a road is a necessary part
of the development, inasmuch as a
vast amount Of material must be haul
ed up for reconstruction of the gath
ering system at the various springs
up there and for building the addi-
tional pipeline needed between there
and the city reservoir.
The engineers recommended aban-
donment of the present road and MAX
ing a. new road along the route and
directly over the pipeline from the
springs to the reservoir. And they
have plenty of sensible reasons for
this recommendation. First, the pipe
line route, which for some distance
this side of the springs is under the
present road and then diverts from it
at the first cabin and circles against
and east of the mountain, is much
shorter than the present road. Also,
the grade of the pipeline is very
gradual, said to be not more than
four per cent along the entire route, in
many places even now wide enough
for car, and which can be widened
out and made a fine road with much
less expense than would be involved
in fixing up the present road to the
springs. The latter, even if it were
fixed, would compare unfavorably in
length and steepness with the pipe
line route.
Mr.. Weatherford's road to the peaks
has about seven or eight per cent
grade, some short grades being II per
cent.
Apparent drawbacks to utilizing
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The Coconino sun., 1923-02-16
POOL HALL ROBBED
SUNDAY; CULPRIT
LANDED TUESDAY

Harry Wiltse's pool hall under the
Weatherford hotel was broken into
Sunday night and robbed of the cash
receipts amounting to $3.50. The
thief jimmied window with his knife
and seemed to know exactly where
Harry had planted his cash in small
storeroom under the stairs.
Then after some sleuthing City
Marshal Neill arrested Allen w.
Hughie, alias Tex Hughie, in his room
and charged him with the crime. Rube
heard the jingle of cash under the
mattress Hughie was nesting on and
while Hughie went to the wash room,
looked underneath it and discovered
the cash in its original containers.
Hughie strenuously denied the
charge until Rube advised him he
could identify the original package.
Hughie said he didn't have it, but
when Rube sprung the fact that he
knew where it was, Hughie confessed,
saying he was broke and sick and
needed the money.
Rube in sleuthing around town dis
covered that whereas Hughie had been
broke the day before, Monday he had
changed silver into bills in a couple
places around town and seemed flush,
also, Hughie had worked for Peck a
few days in the pool hall last sum-
mer and knew where cash was hid out
at the close Of business at night.
Hughie accounted for all of the
money stolen except $40 which he had
spent. A map of the building was
afterwards found in Hughes room.
Hughie is about % years of age and
claims to be an ex-service man, gassed
and Wollnded
The Coconino sun., 1923-02-16
ODD FELLOWS DEDICATE
new LODGE HOME WITH
BANQUET AND SPEECHES

The Flagstaff lodge of the indie
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, at a
well attended meeting on Monday
night in the new building recently
erected by them, dedicated it to the
business and purposes of that order.
A fitting program had been arranged
and Special Deputy Grand Master
Fred Moore of Prescott had charge OF
the ceremony.
The ceremony itself was impressive,
as attested by visitors from outside
the order, and was followed by pro-
gram of music and talks on the order.
Miss Lightburne's orchestra filled a
portion of the program and gave sew
eraI selections besides, and her splen-
did work was much appreciated.
Charles w. Lehr brought out some
important facts concerning the gem
eral growth of the order and the in
stitution and struggles of the local
lodge up to date.
A touching part of the program was
the presentation by A. A. Foster to
veteran members entitled to the hon
or, of a veteran jewel. The members
receiving this attention was J. L.
Daugherty, L. D. Landers, Fred Gar
ing and L. E. Hart.
Past Grand Master J. c. Spear of
New Mexico gave discourse on the
merits of the order, and Alice Clarke,
of whom the members are all proud,
very ably explained the Rebekah de-
gree. Fred c. Moore of Prescott
talked for few minutes on the gen
eral principles of the order in the
strain that all like to hear. AT the
conclusion of the program banquet
was served by the Rebekah members
of the order.
Flagstaff Lodge No. II was insti-
tuted in 1890. 1t has suffered two
fires that destroyed all property and
records. Flagstaff is the logical CEN
ter of Odd Fellowship in the northern
part of the state and the members of
the local lodge feel very sanguine over
the prospects for the future.
The noble grand of the Gallup
lodge was present Monday night and
SO was Morton Wilson of Gallup.
The Coconino sun., 1923-02-16
SUPERVISORS WANT TO
BURY SCHWAB REMAINS

C. B. Wilson of counsel for Harry
H. Nash, serving time in the state
penitentiary for the murder of Mar
tin F. Seward, near here three years
ago, believes there will before long
be a further move in the appeal to
the state supreme court. Mr.. Wilson
is sort of holding up, waiting until
his associate in the defence, Paul
Schenck of Los, Angeles, can find
time to devote to the Nash case.
An echo of the case came up the
other day when the county board of
supervisors wrote the widow of the
murdered man, at Payson, Utah, to
learn whether they wanted the body
shipped there for burial. 1t has been
in the Flagstaff Undertaking parlors
for nearly three years since it was
recovered from the old well west of
here, where it had been buried by
Nash. It was held to be exhibited
during the trial. Of course, if the
case should be ordered back for a
new trial the fragments still left
would again have to be produced in
court.
The supervisors have received no
answer.
The Coconino sun., 1923-02-16
R0TARIANS STUMPED
WHEN GRILLED WITH
NATURALIZATION QUIZ

Distressing though it is, it was
brought out at the Rotary club meet
ing on Tuesday that if the members
were to go up, without warning anc
chance for preparation, against ar
examination for naturalization, they
all would funk.
Pat Moran, chairman for the day
cleverly pulled an examination stunt
lining the members up on either side
of the room, spelling-down fashion
and asking questions such as are or
dinarily used in naturalization exam
nations.
1t didn't take long to show them
all where they got off at. As each
was ordered seated, he paid a fine
The losing side will make up the diff
ference between the amount of fines
collected and the price of good box
of cigars for next Tuesdays meeting.
George T. Harrington, much be-
cause all the others had sat down, was
the last man up and was conceded to
be the most apt pupil, but after ans
wering one question he sat down hard
and fast when he was asked to recite
the declaration of independence.
Here are few sample questions:
What is a republican form of govern
ment? Ray Babbitt said it is one in
which the democrats are in power four
years and the republicans the next
four years.
Of what does congress consist :?
George Becker said it consists of the
president, the senate and the house of
representatives.
NJ fianc ranoc-
sary to be president? Ed Babbitt
said he must be elected by the peo-
pie.
What is the 10Th amendment Bill
ly Switzer said it is the one right af-
ter the Volstead act.
President |. B. Koch being out of
town, Vice President C. B. Wilson
started things off. Secretary Jimmie
Lewis being absent because of illness
in his family, ]. C. Brown handled
that job. Tex Mackey, sergeant-at-
arms, was present. He was still weak
after his tussle with flu, and Frank
Chisholm served in his place. 1t took
a husky cuss, because there was lot
VT fine collecting to do.
j. G.. Brown described the visit he
and Mart Fronske and C. B. Wilson
made last Friday night to the Wins
low Rotary meeting. 1t must have
been a dandy, because John was brim-
full of enthusiasm and made the mem
bers who didn't go sorry they had
missed out. They don't freeze outside
or inside down there, John said, but
are full of friendliness and fun all the
time. Good eats, good talks and a
dance. He said he wished they would
come up here as full of enthusiasm
as they are at home. Which made the
crowd grin, until they realized John
meant full of enthusiasm and nothing
else but.
C. B. Wilson said he went to Hol-
brook Saturday night, where they or
ganized Rotary club. L. Caldwell
of Holbrook hadn't been minded to
join until he saw five cars, loaded
with 20 Winslow Rotarians, pulling
Continued on Page Three)
The Coconino sun., 1923-02-16
TWO VILLA SPARED
MEET in FLAGSTAFF
AND TALK IT OVER

Two men met in Flagstaff by
chance on Monday and talked over the
terrifying experiences they had few
years ago, at the same time and from
the same source, though they were not
together in their misery. They were
DR.. R. H. Thigpen of Jerome and Mr..
Hammond, who is now stationed at
Riordan representing the Phelps
Dodge interests in the McGonigle
lumber plant.
The mutual misery over which they
waxed reminiscent fell upon them dur
ing the time Villa was raising hell
down across the border, in old Mex
leo, and he was the fellow who spilled
it on to them. Both were connected
with the Phelps-Dodge people at Can
anea, below the border. Villas band
and the federal forces had a bloody
row and lot were killed and injured.
Word came to Drs. Thigpen and Mil
ler from the Red Cross people that
they were needed to help the surviv-
ors. They loaded up with supplies
and started for the scene of the battle,
but were arrested by Villas men and
held as spies.
Hammond was also captured. He
was held for $4,000 ransom. 1t was
finally paid, about half in Mex money
and half in the kind that bears Col
umbia's imprint. Then he was releas-
ed. He asked about the doctors, whom
he had been told were also in limbo.
He was told they had been killed. He
asked permission to go and get their
bodies for removal back to this side
of the line. Villa told him the bodies
could remain there and rot, the same
as those of many dead soldiers were
doing.
But the doctors had not been shot.
They were marched, afoot, for forty
miles. Every little while they were
stopped by their guards, who wanted
to kill them and made no secret of
it. But it was eventually borne in on
their captors that they were what they
represented themselves to be, that is,
doctors, and not spiesg and they were
released.
The reason Villa was so bitter
against Americans was that he had
just received news of President VIII
sons recognition of Carranza's gov
ernment.
Both Hammond and DIR. Thigpen
are still with the Phelps-Dodge peo-
pie. Monday was the first time they
had met since the episode above re
lated.
The Coconino sun., 1923-02-16
BIG WIND TEARS UP
THINGS AT KNIGHTS

A fun-loving wind, big and brawny,
frolicked around Claude Knights place
near the Navajo Copper Co. camp, out
on the old Grand Canyon road, the
other night. 1t carried the roof off
one of Claude's out-buildings mile
and half up the mountain side in
the direction of the Jack Smith
springs. It blew Is trees across the
road, somewhat obstructing travel.
One of the trees side-swiped the resi-
dence and tore away two doors. Mrs
Knight came to town last Friday and
was held here by the big drifts, not
getting home again until yesterday
afternoon, when she went out with Mr..
Cramner, who is drilling for oil near
Kayenta, and had come in for sup
plies. The wind visited her husband
IN her absence.