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The Holly chieftain., 1923-08-09
Sketch OF President
Warren G. Harding Lie

Warren 0amalia Harding, twenty.
ninth president, Of the United States,
vas born November 2 1865 on his
Sfandfathers farm just outside the
village Of Blooming Grove, In Morrow
county, Ohio. he was descended from
two pioneer American families, hardy
Holland Dutch on the one side and lib
rtyloving Scotch ON the other. His
father. DR.. George T. Harding. is still
. psacticng physician In Marion,
O. despite his advanced age Of seven
ty-uine yeara His mother was Phoebe
Elisabeth Dickerson Harding.
Mr. Harding was a self-made man In
the best sense Of the phrase. He
worked on his grandfather's farm and
attended the village school until he
was fourteen years old, and then he
enfered the Ohio Central college at
iberia. He worked his way through
that institution by cutting corn. paint
ing his neIghborS barns and helping
on the grading Of the roadbed of the
7. 4 o. C. railroad. He also played In
the village band and. was editor Of the
colege paper. f
When he graduated from. the col
Iege. Warren went to work In the vii
lage printing office. At the time he
was nineteen years old. his father
moved to Marion with the family and
there aided Warren financially In gain
ing control Of the Marion Star, Of
which be was publisher until after he
assumtd the once Of president Of the
United States. Already he knew how,
to get type and to do all the other
duties Of prinfer. and when the limo
Upe was introduced he learned to op-
srate that machine Always he car
ried ~ . pocket piece the printers
rule be used In those days
The Star was his Idol and he was
very proud Of It and Of the more than
friendly relations that existed be-
tween him and his employees. There
vas never strike on the paper. and
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BridRewater to Plymouth. About hva
minutes later Newspaper men arrived
In Ludlow.
A drive of thirty miles through the
mountains brought them to the Cool
idge summer home.
Mr.. Coolidge and MrA Coolidge had
retired about an hour before the oeatn
messages were received. Ten minutes
after the arrival Of the newspaper men
Mr.. and Mrs. Coolidge came downstairs
into the sitting room Of the Coolidge
home. Mr.. Coolidge was dressed IN
black sack suit and wore black neck
tie. Mrs. Coolidge wore a black ana
white gown. white shoes and stockings.
Mr.. Coolidge was very pale and showed
deep regret for President Hardings
death. He seated himself at q table.
while Mrs. Coolidge brought q lamp
and read the telegrams he had re-
ceived.
He then called his assistant secre.
tary. Irwin Geisser, and dictated to
him his statement and the telegram to
Mrs. Harding.
Mrs. CooIlo0e WeeP&
In the meantime people were arriv-
ing from all directions. Mr.. Coolidge,
seeing the house becoming crowded,
gave orders that an adjoining house
be opened for use as press headquar-
tiers.
Meanwhile, the new first lady Of the
land sat weeping softly and exclaim-
ing in sympathy fof the bereaved first
lady In San Francisco.
what blow-what terrible blow
to poor Mrs. Harding" she said. "She
had had such heavy burden, in her
own illness, to bear up under-and
now this!''
Finally Secretary Geisser returned
with the press copies Of the state
ments, and pushing back the old
photograph album and the family Bible
on. the center table, Mrs. Coolidge
busied herself with the work Of help
ing distribute them.
The newspaper men had scarcely
gotten out of sight when another tele--
graph messenger arrived with copy
Of the presidential oath from Wash
ington. In the same sitting room,
with its hand-braided rugs, its clutter
of venerable colonial furniture, its old,
wood stove and Its family Bible-Cal-
vim Coolidge received the oath Of Office
from his father, and became Americas
thirtieth president.
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be almost certainty that President
Harding would be renominated in the
Republican national convention OF
1924.
Mr.. Harding's home life was ideal
save that he had no children. He and
Mrs. Harding, who was Miss Florence
Killing Of Marion, were devoted to each
other and she was always his true
helpmate. both In Ohio and In WASH
ington. In the national capital Mrs.
Harding quickly made herself loved
by all with whom she came in contact.
ane during tie Western trip she was
more eager even han the President
to meet and mix with all kinds of
people.
His Western Trip.
President Harding's Alaska trip was
originally planned for the summer Of
1922. He inherited the so-called
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Calvin Coolidge is quiet, taciturn
man. known to his friends as "SIlent
Cal"
For more than twenty years prior to
his election as vice president he had
been in political life, starting almost
Immediately after finishing college.
His first political office was In the city
council Of Northampton. Mass, where
he had settled. For years he held va
rious offices in that city. including
those of city solicitor and mayor;
then he was elected to the Massachu-
setts house Of representatives. Later
he won seat In the state senate and
was Its president.
Coolidge was lieutenant governor of
Massachusetts and in 1919 was elect.
ed to the governorship In the first cam.
paign won by the Republican party In
several years. He was governor for
two years. It was during this term he
during his term as governor that he
first attained nationwide prominence.
This was In connection with the DO
licemen's strike in Boston. He took
nrm control Of the situation, ordered
the state guard to patrol the streets,
and kept down rioting, taking the
stand that law and order must be pre-
served. The strike was a complete
failure. Following his action in this
situation he was nicknamed Law and
Order" Coolidge.
Hn woo ynoptioroa a.. ,,,,,.
for the presidential nomination prior
to the 1920 campaign, but he made a
public announcement that he would
not consider the nomination. His
nomination and election to the vice
presidency followed.
In Washington Mr.. Coolidge has.
been ranked as clear thinker, care
ful in speech, fair mixer-as aggres.
sive as any vice president can be.
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Classed. when In the senate, as Q
conservative President Harding die
not depart markedly from conserva
tive Lines when in the White House
though his supporters always said he
was a. progressive as the good OF the
country warranted and az conditions
permitted. He, like President RoOse.
welt. had great coal miners strike on
his hands, and labored bard and with
a measure Of success to bring 1t to q
peaceful and Just end.
Arms Limitation Conference.
The outstanding accomplishment Of
his administration was the great inter.
national conference for the Limitation
of armament held In Washington, open
Ing on Armistice day, November II,
1921. At his instigation the. confer
ence was authorized by congress and
after feeling out the big powers and
finding them agreeable he issued invi-
tations to Great Britain, France, Bel
gium, Italy, Japan, China, the Meth
erlands and Portugal. Each country
sent some Of Its most eminent states.
men as delegates, those Of the United
States being Secretary Of State
Hughes. chairman of the conference
Senators Lodge Of Massachusetts and
Underwood Of Alabama, and ex-Secre-
tary Of State Elihu Root.
The conferences adjourned February
9, 1922. after negotiating these
treaties:
A covenant cf limitation to naval
armament between the United States,
Great Britain, France, Japan and Italy.
A treaty between the same powers
as to the use Of submarines and nox-
.ious gases in warfare. -
A treaty between the United States.
Great Britain, France and Japan re-
lating to their insular possessions and
their insular dominions in the Pacific,
with declaration reserving American
rights In mandated territory.
-''r"-- between the nine powers In
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MIiestones In HardInu's Life.
Here were the milestones In
Warren @. Harding's life:
Born In blooming Grove, Nor
row county, Ohio November 2,
1896,
Began career as newspaper
publisher, November 20, 1884.
Elected to Ohio state senate.
his first political Office. Novem-
Der 9, 1893.
Elected lieutenant governor Of
Ohio. November 8, 1903.
Defeated as Republican can
didate for governor. November
8. 1910.
Elected to United States SEN
ate, November 8, 1914.
Nominated for the presidency.
June IL, 1920.
Elected President. November
2, 1920.
Inaugurated March 4. 1921.
Died August 2, 1923.
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A Shocking Surprise.

- SuoShiuH S0t ptS0s
Nothing could have been a more
shocking surprise. But an hour ear
lier General Sawyer had been telling
newspaper men that Mr.. Harding had
had the best day since he became Sc
riously III the preceding Saturday. He
said that the President had definitely
entered upon the stage Of GONZALES
cence and that everything went to
show that Mr.. Harding was on the
road to ultimate recovery.
The members of the official party
those who had accompanied the Pres
ident and Mrs. Harding no warn
ing that the President was in danger.
They, like the newspaper men. had
been assured that fatal termination
of the Presidents illness was a thing
not to be expected, in view of his ap-
parent improvement-the evident less
ening of serious symptoms-in the
last 48 hours.
George B. Christian, Jr., secretary
to the President and his devoted
friend, was in Los Angeles with Mrs.
Christian. He had gone there at the
Presidents solicitation to read at a
Masonic gathering an address which
the President had prepared in the ex-
pectatlon that he would deliver 1t in
person.
The newspaper men had an engage
ment with General Sawyer for 8
o'clock. He was to tell them then
how, the President was progressing
toward recovery.
Regarding the manner in which Mrs.
Harding sustained the shock, an off,
cial statement given to the press by
Judson d. Welliver Of the White
House staff. member Of. the Presi-
dents official party, said:
Mrs. Harding, who from the begin
ming of the Presidents Illness had ex-
pressed complete confidence in his re-
covery, did not break down. On the
other hand, she continued, as from
the beginning. the bravest member Of
the group. When 1t was realized that
the President had actually passed
away, she turned to those in the room,
whose concern had turned TO her. and
said: I am not going to break down
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HIGH SPOTS in
cooLIDoE's CAREER

Born July 4. 1872, at Plym-
outh, vt.
Graduated from Amherst col
lege, 1895. Studied law North
ampton, Mass.
Married Grace A. Goodhue.
Burlington, Vt, 1905,
Councilman Of Northampton;
city SOLICITOR; clerk Of courts;
chairman Republican city COM
mittee, 1880 to 1904.
Member general court OF Mas
chusetts, 1907-'0s.
Mayor Of Northampton. 1910
1911.
Member state senate, 1912-15.
President Of senate, 1914-15.
Lieutenant governor Massa.
chusetts. 1018-17-'1s.
Governor Of Massachusetts,
1919-'20.
Elected vice president Of Unit.
ed States, 1920.
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(7:10 p. m.) until he died q :S0). The
circumstance is told briefly In the fol-
lowing formal announcement.
"The President died at Z: 80 p. m.
Mrs. Harding and the two nurses, Miss
Ruth Powderly and Miss Sue Drusser.
were in the room at the time. Mrs.
Harding was reading to the President
when utterly without warning slight
shudder passed through his frame, he
collapsed, and all recognized that the
end had come. A stroke of apoplexy
was the cause of his death.
"Within few moments all Of the
Presidents official party had been
summoned"
DIR. Boone said later that Miss Pow
derly looked at the President while
Mrs. Harding was reading to him and
was struck by great Improvement In
the patients appearance.
Doesn't he look Ane?" she said,
turning to Mrs. Harding.
Then the nurse turned back to look
at the President to verify her COM
ment. Mrs. Harding looked. too. They
saw shudder pass over the sick
mans frame. That marked the stroke
that produced death. Il
The following telegram from the
members of the cabinet who are here
was Immediately sent to Vice Presi-
dent Coolidge, Chief Justice Taft, and
those members of the cabinet who
were not in San Francisco:
1.-THE President died at 7:30 p. m.
from a stroke of cerebral apople1y.
The end came peacefully and without
warning.
.DAUGHERTY,
WORK,
"WALLACE,
4HO(lVER
The Coconino sun., 1923-10-05

time for issuing the bonds.
Within one year from that date
Flagstaff at its own cost to construct
another 50,000,000 storage reservoir
adjacent to the present one and con-
Meeting with it; also do all necessary
work at the springs, etc.
Until this new reservoir is COM
pleted and in service the water de-
liveries, prices per thousand gallons,
and conditions under present CONTRACT
to govern, but as soon as the propos-
ed new reservoir is in service the old
rates and conditions shall thereupon
be cancelled and the railway be en-
titled to receive or take up to 100000
gallons per day or more If needed and
available, accumulative to a limit OF
5000, 900 per month or more if need
ed and available, the price not to ea-
ceed 15c per thousand gallons until
the debt to the railway has been paid
in full.
After the debt to the railway has
been paid in full, it shall thereafter
be entitled to receive or take up to
100000 gallons per day or more if
needed and available, accuMulative to
a limit OF 12,0O0,000 per month or
more If needed and available, the price
not to exceed zoe per thousand gal
Ions.
If and whenever the rate to any
consumer of the town is below either
15c in the one case or zoe in the other
case, the rate to the railway shall be
reduced to lowest charge made to
any other consumer.
Reasonable limits and conditions
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THE LARGEST CHAIN DEPARTMENT.
STORE ORGANIZATION IN THE WORLD

shall be agreed to covering the guam
tity of water to be taken in times OF
drought and also as to the accum0la-
tive feature in current operations.
There are other incidental condl-
tions not necessary to particularlze
here which would have to be taken
care of in the agreement, and as we
are cutting ourselves loose from all
our water rights and property 1t
would necessarily have to be a per-
petual one so long as the water facll-
tiles were in existence, consequently
you would have one customer always
to depend upon.
Not that we have any intention of
building the reservoir ourselves, but
as matter of protection in the mean
time until you have constructed it,
we should want the time limit to US
mentioned in the present agreement
extended one year to March 3, 1925.
If you will please write. me saying
if the above proposition, properly and
fully worked out as to details, appeals
to the town authorities of Flagstaff,
on hearing from from you | will go
ahead with the same and submit an
dSIccIlCltt do carly 1o ROooADASt - -
there are any essential features not
fully understood, please let me know
so that they may be discussed.
Yours truly,
w. X. ETTER.
(Mr. Etter enclosed as a part of
his proposition the following inden-
ture):
Indenture, made this ......... day of
.......--....... 1928, between the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Com
pany, Kansas corporation, first par
ty, and the Town of Flagstaff, Ari-
zona, a municipal corporation, second
|party:
1t is mutually understood and
agreed that the option in Section Of
Article / Of that certain agreement
between the railway company and the
town and Santa Fe Land Improvement
company, wherein the railway COM
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submit the following proposition to
YOU for your consideration; then If
satisfactory, | will pass it on to our
executive officers asking for their
approval so that the matter can be
closed up at an early date in order to
get the work started.
This proposition can now only deal
with general terms which would need
working out to the satisfaction of both
parties when the proper time comes
and it is submitted with that under
standing in view.
Let Flagstaff issue water bonds for
$375,500 (which is $4,000 below its
limit.) This would provide for the
$250,00O immediate construction ex-
pense previously spoken of and pay
$125, 900 to the Santa Fe on account
of the debt, leaving balance of $110,-
SGT. This we would be willing to take
out in water at the agreed rate per
thousand gallons, charging s per cent
per annum on the debt and allowing
an offset of 6 per cent interest on the
value of the water taken each month.
Before, however, you could bond the
system we would have to cut the
strings and convey to you all our
rights, free and clear so far as the
property coming under the trust mort
gage is concerned, otherwise no one
would buy the bonds; as it will take
number of years to liquidate the
debt by the taking of water, although
if the city could pay up earlier it
would help matters, we would have to
be protected by proper agreements to
be worked out by the attorneys. 1t
would have to be provided that at no
time should any funds from the water
department be used for any other city
purpose, and until the debt to us is
paid off the Santa Fe should have
representation on the water board; if
composed of three members, we should
have one; or if five, then two. The
$125,OOO should be paid to US, say,
within six months from the making of
the agreement, which would allow
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ex-service man is to return to the lo-
cal land office and file an application
to enter the land. There are fees and
commissions which he must pay the
government in this connection, one
amounting to $40, and the other vary
ing from $6 to $24.
"The entry having been made, the
war veteran must make certain inn
provement that will cost him SUMS
ranging from $500 to $500, besides
building a home, the cost of which
will vary in price in accordance with
the standard of living he sets for him.
self and family. On grazing home
stead comprising $40 acres, he must
make improvements to the amount of
$1.25 per acre, or a total of $500
within five years. Enlarged home
stead entries, or entries Of 100 acres,
require on final proof showing of
cultivation, and the erection of hab-
liable house.
"There are other requirements that
must be fulfilled before the veteran
obtains complete ownership and is
given patent to the land. He must
actually live upon it for seven months
out of the year for a period Of three
years, with credit for military service.
He must establish residence within the
time and during at least the first year
of his entry reside on the land,
and otherwise comply with the
law in the manner required by
other persons, but may at any time
after the first year of his entry sub
NIT his proof, when he can show that
the period of his compliance with the
law after establishing residence and
his military service equals 36 months;
the maximum credit for military SER
vice being two years.
"From the foregoing it will be seen
that the land office offers an equal
opportunity to all veterans, but those
who do not realize in public land
state must realize, as practical ques-
tion, that their comrades living in the
vicinity of the lands open, or to be
opened, possess a very great advan-
knowledge of the climate, the
character of the lands, the condition
of the roads, the location of streams,
and accessibility of. markets - and
that there are no localities in which
there are not now sufficient num-
Der of qualified veterans to appropri-
ate the most desirable areas"
Blank receipt books in stock at The
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The Coconino sun., 1923-10-05
ARIZONA SKYLINE CANAL
millennium Irrigation Plan Is Brought Forward

to Colterville, Arizona, to supply far
nlers under the Lyman dam.
Thence to the point OF origin.
The plan is perfectly feasible, de-
clare the accommodating engineers. BY
having the waters empty into the rlv-
er just below the point of origin, they
declare, there will be no waste of wa
ter for flood protection purposes at
Boulder Canyon, and nothing need IN
terfere with the government going
ahead with its project at that point.
"This settles the pact, once and for
ALL" declared DR.. Cook, when inter-
viewed at the White Horse hot dog
parlors and pool emporium.
s"For instance, whenever Mexico de-
mands that she be supplied with wa
ter from the Roosevelt reservoir, we
will have plenty on hand to replenish
the supply and for this reason every
water user in the valley should be-
come a member of the association.
It is estimated by the engineers that
this project, including the 22OO-foot
dam at Wollypog and $500 kilometel
main canal and laterals can be con-
structed for the insignificant sum Of
Do 400 fOS ,HOR.lO, 4lSluO1llS wal tct-A
and it is estimated that million colt
power of useless energy can be gener-
ated at Wollypog or sufficient to op-
crate all IL cars of the Phoenix Street
railway system at the same time with,
out fear of speeding.
Memberships in the association, ac
cording to Dock Cook, will be sold al
500 per throw, with the membership:
limited strictly to 5000. Funds Sc
raised it was stated, would be usec
for preliminary investigating expenses
and trips to Washington, ETC., as wei
as necessary overhead. In view ol
the tremendous advantage of the plar
to all water users in the valley, DR.
Cook strongly urged all farmers t.
join the association.
"Get your check on the table ant
your name on the dotted line" he sait
with enthusiasm. "The Whyline can
al is sure go."-Phoenix Republican
The Coconino sun., 1923-10-05
DISTRIBUTION OF LANDS
TO EX-SERVICE MEN

Undesirable features to ex-service
men in taking up homestead lands
are enumerated in a communication
received by John r. Towles, regis
trar of the general land office, from
secretary of the Interior Hubert
Work.
Secretary Work points out that the
public domain has been reduced from
an original acreage of LAP ,20O,32
to 185 1888 ,242, leaving little desirable
land. 1t also warns of the Importance
of ex-service men understanding what
is involved, particularly in invest
ments, before making an entry.
It points out that considerable ex-
pense and much time must be given,
and that the expensive inquiries which
must be made by the applicant often
end in disappointment. The commun-
ication follows:
"Should veterans Of the World war
take advantage of the numerous of
fers made to them by the federal gov
ernment to homestead public lands in
the west?
"Intermittently the department Of
the interior having supervision over
the nations public domain announces
opening of public lands to the ex-ser-
vice men. Most of these land open
ings are tracts in the far western
states.
"Is it profitable for war veteran
to avail himself of these opportuni-
ties? Will the homestead of which
he ultimately becomes the owner af-
ter moving his family and undergoing
the hardship of pioneer-farming com
pensate for his expense and labor
is the value of the public lands being
thrown open to the ex-service men
worth homesteading?
"The ex-service man must pay his
railroad fare to the local land office
in the particular western state where
the public land is located that he
wishes to homestead, for no provision
has been made by law for the assist
ance of the soldier in reaching his
land. He must then decide whether
he intends to make entry of graz
ing homestead comprising GAO acres
or an agricultural homestead which
includes only 160 acres.
"Upon making a choice of one OF
three classes of homesteads he must
next go over the plats at the local
land office ard ascertain what lands
are open to entry, and then ascertain
by personal inspection whether any OF
these vacant tracts are desirable OF
suitable for his purpose, or whether
they may not be already occupied by
some settler who had not filed his
claim, all of which requires personal
visit to the land before an entry can
be made. This necessity for a per-
sonal inspection of the land is appar-
,ent when it is remembered that the
applicant at the time of entry must
make oath as to the character of the
land, and to the fact that it is then
unoccupied.
"Having seen the tract and being
satisfied with it, the next step for the