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The Coconino sun., 1923-02-23
TIME KEEPER FOR THE
ROAD GANG VIOLATES
THEIR TRUST in HIM

Sheriff's officers are looking for G.
B. Beeson, who until recently was
time-keeper for the road gang Vim,
Hicklin has down on the Oak Greek
road.
Beeson came here about the first OF
the year. He claimed to be former
service man and is said to be good
engineer. He was broke and wanted
a job and was given one with the
road gang.
Joe Rickel, clerk of the board of SUI
pervisors, right after the first of the
present month, sent the checks for the
payroll, amounting to $1134, to the
gang Beeson seems to have been
popular with the gang, because about
$40O in checks was given him by var
ious members to deposit for them IN
banks at Clemenceau and Clarkdale.
All of the checks were endorsed by
the men to whom made out.
The cook at the road camp, named
Godkey, gave him $50 in cash and a
signed blank check to take into Clark
dale and pay bill for him.
Beeson cashed all the checks in
Clarkdale and Clemenceau, it is al
legged, also cashing the Godkey check
which he had filled in for 500. And
that was the last seen of him.
The authorities were notified right
away, but had nothing to go on. The
checks had all been endorsed by those
to whom they were payable, and the
several transactions rested between
the endorsers and Beeson.
But there were two checks alleged
to have been carried away by Beeson
that, because of the absence from
camp of the two men to whom they
were made out, had never been receiv-
ed by those men. On Wednesday the
sheriff here was notified that one OF
these checks. for $3.50, had been
cashed in Los Angeles. Lee Wiley,
to whom it was payable, was here in
Flagstaff when the check reached the
road gang and until after Beeson dis
appeared. Someone had forged Wiley's
endorsement. This gave the officers
the leverage they were looking for,
and Beeson, if captured, will be
brought back to stand trial.
The Coconino sun., 1923-02-23

w. R. McClurkea, chairman for the
day, brought big cake, sul1nounted
by 18 candles, to Rotary meeting on
Tuesday, and the members and guests
ate at least half of it as dry toast
to the eighteenth anniversary of the
birth Of Rotary, said anniversary oc-
scurring today, Friday.
Vice-President C. B. Wilson open
ed the meeting and asked George t.
Harrington to elucidate what the cake
meant, which he did, without Stun
Bile.
Then Mr. Wilson asked Miss Berch-
told of the Normal faculty, whose do
mestic science class has been furnish
ing the excellent lunches Rotary has
been enjoying for the last several
months, if it is true that the re-or-
ganization of her classes makes it nee
essary for her to discontinue this
service. She replied that she is
afraid that is the way it will work
out, but her assurance that if any
way can be devised for continuing Ro-
tary work she will be glad to do it
brought hearty applause.
Then Chairman Bill grabbed the
meeting and made everybody sing. Bill
himself is some voluminous singer.
Bill called on Ed Miller to give a
history of Rotary and Ed turned out
to be much better than Macauley, Rid
path or Gibbon, all of whom over
looked Rotary. Ed said Chicago ini-
tiated Rotary, which spread through
out the United States like a prairie
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cause there were no cattle guards, or
because Amelia thought last week. S
train was due or something, but she
was plumb exhausted.
Jim and me blocked the hind wheels
while Jimmy fused with her hood,
teased and coaxed, but a foot time
was all we were making until Jimmy
thought of his faithful old rope. This
was dragged out and Amelia snub-
bed to the Sud Pacific. We pushed
and Jimmy took up the slack, but one
time he didn't and away went Amelia
backwards down grade and kersplash-
ed into the middle of the small
stream.
Two-thirds of those present con-
cluded that here would be good
pace to find a soft level place on
the boozum of Mexico and polish up
our snoring machinery, but Jimmy, the
other one-third of the party, run
down into the stream and found
Amelia sitting pretty. He wound her
up, punched the juice generator and
Amelia flew out of the water, up ov-
er the Sud Pacific and a half mile
onward before she was willing to stop
and pick up struggling passengers.
Onward to Magdalena!
But we came to a small stream
where fresh wheel tracks indicated
the regular crossing, but we failed to
note that there were human foot
tracks up a few rods where man
had banked up the stream to irrigate
with. We went part way across and
~ Ean{ rf ryof fo7.
Naturally Amelia stopped and the en-
CINE went out. "Whatinel did you kill
the engine for? ?" 1t was really too
dark to see the full amount of sar-
casm indicated on Jimmy's face at
this rather needless remark, as he
jumped out over Amelia's hood and
onto the bank.
jim sat up on the bed roll, smoked
cigareets and me holding Amelia's
hand conversing in casual way as
the water floated around us covered
with OIL There was a mutual feeling
between Jim and me that, If Jimmy
ATTEMPTED to crank Amelia in that
depth of water, his efforts were very
likely going to be futile, but we want
ed to be helpful and mentioned it to
Jimmy during our solemn discussion.
Jimmy didn't seem to favor it and
only said: CAV, hell"
Remembering that there was q
ranch back half mile, Jimmy advised
that he would go back and ascertain
if the gentleman who lived there had
any oat or hay consuming power
which could be used to get me N Jim
and Amelia out of the damp place.
Jimmy soon returned on a short cam
ter with cheerful information: "That
feller says he hasn't any mules, but
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The Coconino sun., 1923-02-23
MUST HAVE DIVORCE
DECREE TO MAKE HIS
WEDDING LICENSE GOOD

Isabel Jemenez of Flagstaff sashay-
ed into County Clerk Tom L. Rees'
office last Friday, with pretty young
girl on his arm, and got marriage
license. Then someone 'wised him up
that the license would be dangerous
thing to monkey with until he could
show along with it decree of divorce
from his present wife.
SO Isabel deferred his hopes while
and got Frank NJ. Gold busy next
day filing suit for divorce. He says
he was married in old Mexico in 1904,
that his wife left him in 1912, that
he doesn't know where she went, or
where she is nor anything else about
her, except that he wants to get shut
of her and tied up to the young wo-
man of his present choice, Rosa Cha
vez, aged 20, of Flagstaff. Isabel is
40. There are three children by his
former wife.
The Coconino sun., 1923-02-23

She came right down to the line with
pep and endeayor to do. Down at the
line we met up with long row of
buildings, each including many people
who seemed curious about us and
Amelia.
We paid nice young man who told
us he was a "broker" S400 gold to
find out for US that his papers were
no good. He said he got in bad buy
ing revenue stamps that happened to
be out of date since teiegraphic orders
that day had changed things. 1t was
11:55 and Amelia was rarin' to go.
Our cracking, breaking broker espied
a man with his pulchritude all envel-
oped in uniform and spilled to him
tears of golden hue. Nix. He
would be back at p. m. 1t was now
11:59 and he evidently was union
man.
| don't know where he saw the
bulge in our sox, but, tears tore him
away from lunch long enough to look
over Amelia and give her a permit
to kick Mexican soil north from her
rear mechanism. And then che must
have So if he gives you this permit" /"
From us. eyes, here's So gold, be-
cause Amelia must go away this af-
ternoon.
They did. We did. She did.
The mocking birds were initiating
each other as we slid away as quietly
as flock of irritated Harvey House
dinner gongs. The air and scenery
was not much different even
chif&nI
as it were, on crossing the Internal
ional line. We were on our way to
Magdalena. That is we were headed
in that general direction, though roads
were considerably scrambled at
crossings and several time we found
Amelia shopping around in some ma
tive's back yard.
There are gates across the road in
many places, but we usually found
some smiling little native girl or boy
ready to open it and expecting a
nickel. Even the welcome CHEEKY
smile was worth the money.
The roads are very much au nat
ural, as it were, and are not kept up,
nor down either, they are both in
many places where water keeps them
so clean they are washed away.
Amelia was doing mighty good, ex-
cept when Jimmy had to get out now
and then to look into her love affairs,
spark plugs, etc. We had a feeling
that Magdalena was approaching us
by easy stages, because it was get
ting dark.
We ran through a small stream Of
water and started up a steep grade
over the right of way that is occas-
ionally used by the Sud Pacific de
Mexico, and as we neared the top,
she tainted. It may have been be-
The Coconino sun., 1923-02-23
MEAT AND POTATOES
FOR MANY PEOPLE

L. NJ. Harrison of Phoenix, crop
statistician of the state of Arizona
for the U. S. department of agricul-
ture, was Flagstaff visitor on Mon
day. Mr.. Harrison dug out the in
fromation that Coconino county ship
ped $4,000 lambs as her 1922 mutton
crop, most of them going to Los An
geles. So far 220 carloads of pota-
toes have been shipped from this coun-
ty and sold. There are so cars still
to be shipped. 1t is estimated that
there are at least so cars still undug,
last falls frosts occurring so late
that too short an interval elapsed be-
tween the ripening OF the potatoes and
the coming Of winter.
The Coconino sun., 1923-02-23
PAID $500 FINE THEN
FLOATED OUT OF TOWN

Arthur Lee Graham was arrested in
a small house on the south side early
last Friday morning by City Marshal
R. L. Neill and Night Officer George
Atterbury and lodged in city Jail on
a misconduct charge. Police Magis-
trate S. B. Gilliland fined him 5000
and sentenced him to 90 days in jail,
suspending the sentence on condition
that he pay his fine and at once get
out of town. He paid, and that night
left for Phoenix.
Graham came here last October and
was employed in the Santa Fe rail-
road freight depot. He worked very
steadily He has wife and two chill
dren in Miami. Fortunately for him,
no. one cared to swear out complaint
against him after he was arrested,
otherwise he would have been charged
with felony.
The Coconino sun., 1923-02-23
P. M. SHAFFER, PIONEER OF
ARIZONA, DIES AT WILLIAMS

P. M. Shaffer, a pioneer resident
of Williams, died last Saturday after
a short illness. He was stricken with
stroke of paralysis while at work and
found by fellow employees short time
later.
"Pete" Shaffer, as he was popular
ly known to friends, served as MEM
Der of the county board of supervis-
ors few years ago and was a highly
esteemed citizen of Coconino county.
The funeral services were held on
Wednesday at Williams under the di-
rection of the Masonic lodge of Flag
staff, of which lodge he was mem
ber.
The Coconino sun., 1923-02-23
NOW GRAND CANYON
IS ALL HET UP OVER
LADY SCHOOL MA AM

Grand Canyon village is now all
worked up again. Things had just
quieted down following the dispute in
the presidents cabinet at Washington
over the stay in Grand Canyon nat
ional park of Charlie Donahue's Air
dale bull pup, Paddy, and everybody
was speaking to each other and in
quirin' after the family's health, n
everythin'.
Then the school board up and fired
one of the lady school teachers.
Zowiei
One part of the inhabitants are
backing the free, some of them even
to the extent of offering liberal fl
nancial backing until after the trial
of the suit her attorney, Frank M.
Gold of Flagstaff, will file today,
against the school board.
The rest of the inhabitants-well,
you know, they're less friendly to the
ex-teachel-
The latter is Mrs. Martha Rogers,
graduate of the Louisiana State Nor
NAL school at Natchitoches, La. She
was hired for nine months from Sep
tember 18, last. During the first two
months she got $3.50 a month, and
then was raised to $165. 1t is a two
teacher school, both teachers working
in the same room. Miss Butler is the
other teacher.
Mrs. Rogers lived at the Bright An
gel hotel. 1t is reported that her
work as teacher was eminently salts
factory. But she was discharged, in
writing, by the board on February 16.
She has contract and is suing for
$577.50, the balance of her salary for
the nine months for which she was
employed. She is now in Flagstaff,
and has made good impression on
those she has met here. She supports
her child and her mother from her
wages as teacher.
Mrs. Charlotte Acker, county super
intendent of schools, and Frank Har-
rison, county attorney, visited Grand
Canyon last Saturday in connection
with the matter. They apparently are
neutral.
The members of the school board at
Grand Canyon, who are being sued as
members of the board and not as in
dividuals, are: F. L. Payne, M. f.
Madden and Mrs. Gertrude McKin-
stry.
The Coconino sun., 1923-02-23
HUGHEY BROKE PAROLE
In CALIFORNIA; CLAIMS
LOTS OF EXPERIENCE

Chief of Police r. L. Neill received
wire from Elmonte, California the
other day to the effect that Texas w.
Hughey, alias Allen Wesley Hughey,
arrested here last week charged with
breaking into and robbing Wiltse &
Peck's Weatherford pool hall, was on
parole from the prison there.
The message says that Hughey was
arrested in Elmonte in October, 1922,
charged with grand larceny, and was
granted probation on January 2, 1923,
until January 2, 1926.
1t is alleged that Hughey confessed
to the robbery of the pool hall here.
He had worked in it a few nights
during the time he was here last sum-
mer, and thus learned where the
money was secreted when the place
was closed at night.
Hughey is fond of romancing. After
his arrest last week, he intimated, it
is alleged, that he would be eagerly
sought by the Los Angeles officials
if they had the right dope on what he
had done there, allowed it to be under
stood that it was a crime of more
than usual seriousness. He also claim
ed to have been in the Los Angeles
jail when Clara Phillips, the hammer
murderess, recently escaped from
there, and seemed willing to have it
understood that he knew all about
the plans for escape before they were
carried out. He also Graves to be con-
sidered among those present during
the Los Angeles raid when Officer
Fitzgerald was killed. Altogether, ac-
cording to his statements, his life
during the last year or so has not
been without excitement.
The Coconino sun., 1923-02-23
CONSPICUOUS

: Though he got only $40 when
+ he robbed the till at the Flag
r staff flour mill, James F. John
& son, self-confessed draft-evader :
+ and fugitive from the U. S. pris-
! on at Leavenworth, Kans., didn't
+ even get a chance to spend that
+ before City Marshal r. l.. Neill
+ had him under arrest.
/ 1t was Johnson's 40-gallon
: hat that betrayed him. He and :
J. Mrs. Peter Lindemann were in
J. the mill office at the same time.
+ Paul Rodriguez, Jr., was waiting
J on Mrs. Lindemann and when :
Z their backs were turned, Johnson
+ tapped the till.
!. Then he went to Cliffs and :
: boarded train to Winslow. :
+ Neill sent messages in every di-
: rection, asking officers to look
! for that hat. City Marshal !
= Charles Harp of Winslow found I
: the hat and arrested the man un- :
: der it. The robbery occurred at
: 4:30 p. m. Tuesday. On We'd I
3 nesday Neill brought Johnson, I
I hat and all, back to county Jail. I
!. 4. q. 3. q. 4. 4. q. .a .s a =. = =. 4. =
The Coconino sun., 1923-02-23
RELEASED TO EARN
MONEY TO PAY FINE

D. v. Tapp, who was recently
brought back from Texas charged with
having passed bad checks in Flagstaff,
plead guilty before Judge ]. E. Jones
in superior court on Moday and was
sentenced to either pay a fine of $225
or spend that many days in county
jail. The jail end of it was then sus-
pended to give him an opportunity to
get a job to earn money for the fine
and he was released with orders to re-
port once week.
The Coconino sun., 1923-02-23
NORMAL BOARD PLEASED
WITH SCHOOL CONDITIONS

The Normal school board met in
Flagstaff last Friday and Saturday
and will meet here again today. Last
week all three members, State School
Superintendent C. 0. Case of Phoenix,
Sam Proctor of Winslow and James
Kennedy of Williams, attended. Mr..
Case win likely not be here today, as
he was very sick during most of the
meeting last week.
Mr.. Kennedy was elected secretary
of the board. All of the members ex-
press themselves as highly pleased
with conditions at the Normal, and
the growth that institution has been
making and its prestige among other
similar schools. And the faculty is
pleased with the new members and
the spirit Of helpfuiness and encour-
agement they are showing.
The Coconino sun., 1923-02-23
PROSPERITY

= Where other towns have had
to diagnose business conditions
for the last couple of years as
worst, worse and bad, Flagstaff
more favorably situated and with
greater diversity Of interests,
has had the rare good fortune
to call 'em good, better and
with the booming condition in
the lumber business this sum-
mer will call them-best.
Our mills have a lot of big or
; ders piled up. They are booked
; to keep going at top speed all
summer and it is likely that
double shifts will soon be the
order.
Cur lumber business, during
the slump in the livestock indus
try and adverse crop and crop
price conditions, has been the
great stabilizer, holding US at
; normal when conditions were ex-
ira bad in cities only few
miles away. And now that the
; lumber business is really good
) again, with lots of demand,
; times here are bound to be fine.
The Coconino sun., 1923-02-23
COMMANDER OF AMERICAN
LEGION TO VISIT THE STATE

Alvin Z. OwsIey, national command
er of the American Legion, is coming
to Arizona. He will be here some
time during the early part of May, ac-
cording to an announcement made by
c. M. Stoddard, department command
er for Arizona. 1t is the desire of
department officials to have the nat
ional commander meet as many Amer
lean Legion men as possible during
the brief time he will be in the state,
and with this end in view a careful
itinerary is now being prepared.
The Coconino sun., 1923-02-23
ANITA MAN IN JAIL
ON CRIMINAL CHARGE

Assistant County Attorney George
R. Lewis, Deputy Sheriff Billy Rudd,
DR.. Felix Manning, county health Of
ficer, and j. E. Priest, county inter-
prefer, were called to Williams on
Saturday in connection with Grim
inal charge that had been brought
against Jesus ArraIlo of Anita. He
waived preliminary hearing before
Justice Of the Peace Scotty McDou-
gal and was brought to Flagstaff and
lodged in county Jail. 1t is under
stood that an Anita woman will be
the chief witness against him. The
nature of the charge against him can
not be printed.
The Coconino sun., 1923-02-23
SENATOR H. E. CAMPBELL
INTRODUCES TWO NEW BILLS

The following bills were introduced
in the senate last week by Senator
H. E. Campbell.
S. B. 1O7-Campbell of Coconino-
granting $400 for the relief of Mary
Platten of Williams, for damages in
Cured through the failure of the
state highway department to carry
out an agreement to construct road"
through the Platten lands.
s. B. 108-Campbell of Coconino-
giving towns and cities the right to
issue bonds for public parks and their
upkeep.
The Coconino sun., 1923-02-23
SEVEN SUFFER UNDER
THE SPREADING ANTLERS

Seven young men needed humbling
tuesday night, and they were hunab-
led. A half hundred other young men
undertook the job, with enthusiasm,
joy, and considerable noise, and got
away with it to the queens taste. But,
though humbled, the seven young men
seemed very proud after it was all
over-proud that they had survived
the ordeal and of the new distinction
their survival gave them, for through
it's fiery flames they had been met
amorphosed into full-fledged members
of the Benevolent and Protective Or
der of Elks. The seven were Harry
Fish, Carl Ferrell, Paul Babbitt, Her.
bert Babbitt, VIM. Hollar, Andy Sam
sky and Emory Valerius. A tasteful
midnight lunch at the Commercial
Cafe wound up the evening.
The Coconino sun., 1923-02-23
TOOLS MISSING

F.. H. Evans, for whom E. T. Nc
Gonigle swore out a warrant some
time ago in connection with the dis
appearance Of some tools, was picked
up by Under-sheriff S. o. Thompson
the other day in Clemenceau, where he
was at work in a smelter He was
placed in jail here and preliminary
hearing called for Wednesday after
noon before Justice of the Peace r. j.
Kidd. Mr.. Mr. McGonigle's chief wit
ness was sick, so Evans is being held
under 500 bail.
The Coconino sun., 1923-02-23
SHEEP MEN FIND RANGE
CONDITIONS SOUTH BAD

Frequent reports of lots of rain in
the Phoenix section have very little
foundation in fact. There has not
been near as much rain as needed. and
the little there has been has been
deprived of great deal of the good
effect it otherwise would have had
because of the cold weather prevailing
at the time OF the rain, preventing
1uick take-up in grass growth. T..
E. Pollock of Flagstaff, received a re-
port of moisture conditions from
Phoenix on Wednesday, and they are
discouraging Range feed continues
most unsatisfactory and the biggest
owners of sheep are continuing to
feed and will have to for some time
to come.
The Coconino sun., 1923-02-23
RECORD KILL OF MOUNTAIN
LIONS REPORTED BY MILLER

Charles Miller, state hunter, en-
ployed by the biological survey, re-
Gently hung up the worlds record as
a hunter of mountain lions. At least,
if there are any rivals for this honor,
Mr. Miller is anxious to meet them.
While hunting lions with his pack
of wire-haired terriers, near the Ari-
zona-New Mexico line, he ran down
and killed an even dozen of these ami
mails in four days. SO far as can be
ascertained by the records of the local
office Of the department, this is the
largest number of lions ever killed
by single hunter in so short a time.
The Coconino sun., 1923-02-23

Creek, the bad places in the canyon
section of the highway can soon be
fixed with funds now in hand, thus
throwing the entire road open to ira
vel and cutting 80 miles from the dis
tance between here and Prescott and
the other eastern Yavapai county
towns.
The two supervisors, with Under
sheriff S. O. Thompson and John W.
Weatherford, drove to Oak Creek last
week, going around by Ashfork and
Jerome Junction. County Engineer
Lamport's forces are building road
below the falls. The engineer for the
U. S. bureau of roads is surveying
the route and within day or so will
likely be able to pass on Mr.. Lam
ports bridging plan. Former County
Engineer J. B. Wright had laid out
a route for the new highway along
this side of the creek, but his sue
cessor says the dangerous parts along
this route cannot be eliminated with
the funds the county has available
and recommends jump across the
creek below the bad stretch to easier
going on the other side, jumping back
to this side with another bridge far
ther up after the bad stretch has been
passed.
The cost Of the bridges, it is esti-
mated, will not be more than a couple
of thousand dollars apiece, built high
enough above the bed of the stream to
obviate danger of their being washed
away by freshets.
Mr.. 10y said he believed there
would be no difficulty in getting the
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The Coconino sun., 1923-02-23
MOTHER FROSTS LITTLE
DAUGHTERS ROMANCE

Marcella Barela, a pretty 16-year-
old Albuquerque girl, had no intention
of stopping in Flagstaff. She was
on No. Z Sunday night and expected
TO go right on through to Los An
geles, where, according to a telegram
she had with her, S. Cardova was
waiting, to marry her, she says.
But her mother swore out war
rant for her arrest, and ]. r. Gallusha,
chief of Albuquerque police, wired the
sheriff's office here to take her off
the train.
The young woman's mother arrived
here Monday night and took the girl
back home.
The Coconino sun., 1923-02-23
MEASLY

The school at Bellemont has been
closed because of measles. They are
reported to be quite unanimous out
there, everyone of the school children
having them, as we'll as several of
those too young and too old to go to
school. Curiously enough, Bellemont
seems to be the only settlement in this
section where there is any measles.
The Coconino sun., 1923-02-23
ROTARY REQUESTS INDIAN
RUINS NORTHEAST OF CITY
BE NATIONAL MONUMENT

Flagstaff Rotary club Tuesday voted to request the
national to declare the several ancient Indian
ruins the Little Colorado river 32 miles northeast of
Flagstaff, a national monument of protec
tion against vandalism that threatens unless they
to soon utterly destroy them.