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SHOWING THE WAY
BACK TO THE SOIL

1t is an interesting experiment
in the direction of normal living
and reasonable thinking, and a
sane view of life and its problems
that the enterprising city of Wich-
ia in Kansas, is undertaking. AL
though Wichita has sprung into
prominence and wealth by the dis
covery of oil in its soil, L. W.
Mayberry, superintendent of the
schools is convinced that the pros
perity and happiness of the COM
muity still continues to center in
its agricultural possibilities. To
make children familiar with the
basis of real and uncomfortable
prosperity Mr.. Mayberry has con-
WINGED the city of the necessity of
establishing in its environs, a farm
of thirty acres, on which high
school pupils will be instructed in
the theory and practice Of agri-
culture.
Wichita is taking a step in the
right direction, and is furnishing
an example for other cities, large
and small, to emulate. Every cum
munity in America-and especial
ly every rural community-shouId
devote thought, resources and eff
fort to the movement to bring the
children back to the soil, to place
them in intimate contact with the
forms of life that spring from the
soil. Such contact would be
physically, mentally and morally
helpful. 1t would stimulate the
sense of proportion and furnish
an insight into the delights of con-
tributing, however small in guam
tity, to the supply of the essential
material things.
1t is not from the farm that the
army of loose thinking and spend
thrifts is recruited. Contact with
the soil may not stimulate imagi-
nation, instill dreaming and culti-
vate the faculties of fancy, but it
does produce that requisite to the
proper solution of the worlds
problems. The project of bring
ing the children back into close
contact with the soil, which was
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The One-Mdn Woman
BY RU 7 H AGNES ABELING LCOpyrght Serviel
Copyright 1922. NEA Service
a diamond in the center.
Foolish childn' said Kate.

Foolish childH said Kate.
But you arew he insisted, and
caught her hand again as she neared
the bed. You're like crystal and
velvet and perfume"
His voice softenend as he spoke.
Once more Kate found herself
gripping to her heart the image of
Dan. She felt suddenly helpless and
young-younger than the youth be-
fore her. She drew her hand away.
ID She started to speak and then
halted in the middle of the sentence,
realizing how foolish her question
would sound. She wanted to ask
James Lantham about a trunk. She
wanted to call him Jim. She felt as
If She were being urged by some in
ner force to do so. She wondered if
he would understand if she told him
about the Voice"
Go be continued.)
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LOANS made OH improved farm lands
at cheapest rates for term of 5, Z or
10 years with prepayment. option
given. Money secured promptly. We
have now outstanding over $1,10O,-
10000 on farms in Sumter County
alone, with plenty more to lend.
MIDDLETON MCDONALD
Correspondent Atlanta Trust Com
pany in Sumter, Lee, Terrell, Schley,
ster Counties. 81 Planters Bank
Macon, Stewart, Randolph and Web
Bldg. Americas, Ga Phone 80 or
211.
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A THOUGHT

And He said unto them, Take
heed and beware of covetousness:
for mans life consistent not in
the abundance of the things which
he possesseth.-Luke 1915.
The first principle of all human
economy, individually or political,
is to live with as few wants as
possible, and to waste nothing Of
what is given to supply them. -
Ruskin.
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r OES
BY BERTON BRALEY

My father!-Well, guess if he
Should find some giants kidnapped me,
He'd foIler 'em right to their cave
My fathers awful strong an brave!
An when he caught EN- he'd yell Hey.
You let that boy go, right awayn
An if they didn't tell you
My father'd break 'em plumb in two!
| guess he'd learn EN- to be good,
That's how hid do-my father would"
"Your father! Aw, he amt so grand,
My father'd lick him with one hand,
And if some giants was around
Why just the minute that they found
My father lived here-ten you what,
They'd run like fun until they got
A million miles away! They'd be
Afraid to THINK of touchin men
And thus two ordinary men
Of hvt foot six or eight or ten,
A lite soft and fat and gray,
And commonplace in every way,
Are by their children's honest pride
Heroic figures, 4lagnitied.
A man must be a perfect zero 9
If to his kids he's not hero
Copyright, 1929
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SEABOARD AIR LINE

Central Time)
Arrive Departs
1905 AM Cordele-Helena 5:15 PM
1926 PM Cols.-Montg'y. $40 PM
$40 PM Cordele-Savh. 1926 PM
6:16 Pm Richland- Coils 1905 AM
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YOUTHFUL AKRON

youngster who likes to borrow a bit
of pie crust and perform her own
experiments in the kitchen, black sa-
teen will make a serviceable apron.
Flowers cut from bright-colored
chintz are appliqued to form dimini.
tive pockets.
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OUR HAT is OFF TO
FLORA, CHAMPION COW.

Georgia needs a few more young
men like Robert L. Biggs, now
a senior student at the Georgia
State College of Agriculture.
Biggs mas COW, and his story is
told in a Bulletin just issued by
the State Agricultural Society.
Hear it:
Raleigh Boys Flora 391,991,
jersey, owned by Robert L.
Biggs, a senior student at the
State. College of Agriculture,
Athens, has become the senior
four-year old class leader of
Georgia. She produced 11,472
pounds of milk and 658.58
pounds of butter fat beginning
test at four years and eleven
months of age. This betters the
state class record by 1886
pounds of butter fat. Floras
average test was 5.74 per cent.
She calved within the required
time to qualify for class A. A.
She was sired by FERNS Ra-
leigh Boy 103,800, a Golden
Ferns Lad Eminent bred bull,
and she was out of Tormentor's
Flora White 254,496, a fine
daughter of Tormentor's Tor
mentor Sd 69,328.
Examples of progressive thrift
like this cannot be told too Of
ten, and when it comes to the ad-
vancement of anything having to
do with dairy farming in Georgia,
the world is better off for such
news. .---.---.. ......--..-...-...
Flora is in a class Of her own.
She shows what can be accomplish
ed almost anywhere within the
bounds of the state, and if Geor-
gia, and indeed the section around
Americas, can raise a few more
fine Jersey cows of the type that
Flora is, we will soon be indepen-
dent of the pests to which cotton
and all other farm products are
heir to, and the dairying interests
of the state will soon receive such
a boost as has never before been
experienced in recent years. The
record of Flora is given as an ev-
ample for others to follow. May
her kind be duplicated in every
nook and corner of this God-fav-
ored section Of our great state.
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swearing On
Know thyself-but don't tell ev-
erybody about it.
ne VINO "eSl'"OeS Is oLu-i"Slllo"e"'
q,
S INV "'oe Aol " living - 1t
Curiositv killed . cat aud cot
has nine lives
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Some of these books being bound
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For Sale

One car load nice Ken
lucky Mare Mules just
arrived.
NJ. j. STEVENS.
The Coconino sun., 1923-09-28
PROHIBITION NOT TO BE
ENFORCED BY MILITARY

It has been stated officially at the
White House that President Coolidge
has no intention at this time Of ask
ing authority from congress to use
armed forces Of the nation in enforc-
ing prohibition.
The executive does not believe il
would be wise to use the army and
the navy in such police work. He re-
CARDS it as conceivable that time
might come when it would be desir-
able to use naval craft to prevent
smuggling, but such use of war yes
sells should be resorted to with a
great deal of hesitation.
Enforcement of police regulations
should not be put on the army and
navy, the president believes, bui
shouldered by the regularly constitut-
ed state and federal authorities. Il
was pointed out that it is rare that
a state calls on its national guard to
perform police functions and that II
should be seldom that the federal gov
ernment use its army forces for such
work.
The Coconino sun., 1923-09-28
HIGHEST DEGREES GIVEN
MASONS IN NEW YORK

Five New Yorkers viii have the
thirty-third degree of Masonry con
ferred upon them by the Supreme
Council, Thirtv-third Degree, Scottish
Rite, Northern jurisdiction, which will
hold its 1l1th annual meeting in New
York City from September 16 to Sep
tember 20.
Among those who will receive the
degree are Supreme Court Justice Ar
thur S. Tompkins, who is grand mas
ter of the State of New York; Angus
tus Thomas, playwright, author Of
Arizona, The Witching Hour and The
Harvest Moon; Charles Ram Ken
nedy, playwright and author of The
Servant in the House, The Terrible
Meek and The Idol Breaker; George
M. Spidell, an official of the Famous
Players I.asky corporation, and Ed
ward P. Atkinson of Staten Island
The late President Harding was te
have been one Of the candidates for
this degree.
On Sunday, September. 16 the Ma
'ons attended a special service in St
Paul's Chapel, Broadway and Veses
street, at which the Right Rev. Phillip
Cook preached.
The Coconino sun., 1923-09-28
SANTA FE LIMITED
WRECKED; FOUR DEAD

Traffic on the Santa Fe line north
west of here is expected to be resum-
ed when the wreckage of the locomo-
tive and three coaches of transcontin-
entail train No. 3, of the California
Limited, in which four trainmen were
crushed to death will be cleared away
and the tracks repaired.
A coroner's inquest was held over
the bodies Of the four dead men as
they laid on the embankment at the
scene of the wreck. The verdict has
not been announced.
The wreck occurred while the train
was rounding a sharp curve at a
speed variously estimated by pasSen-
gers at from so to 65 miles an hour,
although members Of the train crew
said they were averaging about 40
miles an hour. Railroad men attrib-
uted the wreck to spreading rails.
Two mail cars were catapulted 30
feet from the tracks and wooden
buffet car was smashed to pieces. No
passengers were injured.
The dead are: G. J. Timm, Needles,
Cal, engineer; z. NJ. Tuttle, Needles,
fireman; So Coleman, Chicago, barber;
C. Elliott; Chicago, porter. The
wrecked train was the second section
of the No. 8 train and left Chicago
last Monday for Los Angeles. 1t car
ried 128 passengers.-Prescott Cour-
ier.
The Coconino sun., 1923-09-28
CARLOAD OF PRE-VOLSTEAD
GOES THROUGH DOUGLAS

One thousand cases, $4,000 quarts,
retail value 100000 of good old Pep
per whiskey, passed through Douglas
last night en- route for San Francisco.
Not bootleg liquor this, but real hon
est to goodness corn, made from the
sour mash recipe of Col. James E..
Pepper in Lexington, KY. Note the
name, Kentucky.
No shipment Of bullion or currency
was ever more carefully guarded than
shis juice of the corn and the car bore
the seals Of Uncle Sam, stating that
the shipment was in bond and was not
to be tampered with until it reached
its destination and the hands of the
consignee.
The car was placed next to the ca
boose on a freight train that left
Douglas shortly after midnight. Two
spotlights on the caboose played on
the car so that prospective hijacker
didn't have a Chinaman's chance.
In the caboose rode six husky
"bullsn each armed with sawed-off
shotguns and Colt ass. Every time
the train stopped the guards would
surround the car until the train start
ed again. At least two of the six
were continually on guard in the GU
pola SO that any one who knew of
the shipment and thought it would be
a cinch to drop along the roof of the
car, swing over rope ladder, break
the seals on the doors and heave over
board case or two, would find them
selves considerably out of luck. AT
the prevailing bootleg price of real
good American liquor, the shipment
represents a considerable fortune and
the temptation to train lobber would
be as great as though the car were
loaded with gold ingots. Well, any
how, It went through without leav-
ing even an odor in Douglas and the
-Volstead citizens might as we'll
stifle their disappointment and for
get it, for it's gone. Douglas Dis
patch.
The Coconino sun., 1923-09-28
LOCOMOTIVE WHISTLE AT
NIGHT A BEASTLY NUISANCE

Residents of the city of Columbus,
Neb., place of several thousand in
habitants, who recently entered vig-
orous protest against the steamy sib-
ilation and the ensuing ghostly shrek
of locomotive whistles by night, be-
lieve they have initiated a movement
which viii result in several hours
more sleep for every American with
in the sound of an engine whistle.
For they point out '.when loco
motives whistle is loosed in the dead
stiffness of night, the nights sleep is
ruined.n The first known protest
against the night noise was made sew
eral weeks ago by a group of resi-
dents along the right-of-way of the
railroad passing through Columbus.
Their initiative aroused the mem
ories of several others who were
awakened at odd hours and they, too,
joined, making resolutions, which
found their way into action. The
railroad officials replied Immediately
saying they had ordered all trainmer
to eliminate all unnecessary whistling
at night. and to soften all signals
sounded from the steam whistle.
The Coconino sun., 1923-09-28
THE STATE GAME LAW

The deer season opens at sunrise
on the morning of October 1st and
closes at sunset on October 31st. 1t
has been stated that the season open
ed at nhlnight. This is not true, for
it is a violation of the law to fire at
game before sunrise or after sunset.
The quail season opens at the same
time en- the morning of the 18th of
October and closes December 31st. For
some reason the duck season does not
open until day later, or on October
is and closes January 81. This is also
true of geese and other water fowl.
The season on wild turkey is the same
as that on deer.
Bag limits are one male deer with
horns and two turkeys during the sea-
son; ducks and geese both included,
twenty per day, doves and white wings
both included, twenty-five per day;
quail twenty per day.
There is no open season on ante
lope, mountain sheep, mountain goat,
female deer, fawns without horns, bob
white or insectiverous birds. Trap
ping Of quail is positively prohibited.
There are now in the neighborhood
of four hundred deputy game war
dens in the state, and it will be poor
policy to hunt without a license. The
seasons license costs only S1.25 which
covers hunting and fishing but no
trapping. Trapper's license is $3.50
and everyone trapping for animals
without this is liable to prosecution.
The Coconino sun., 1923-09-28
PART OF WHICH AMT so.

An exchange says: Glenton Godfrey
Sykes, Arizonan by birth and expat-
rated American citizen, today resum-
ed his birthright when he took the
United States oath of allegiance in
the federal court at Tucson.
sykes, a native of Flagstaff, Ariz.,
but with English blood, enlisted in the
British army in 1916 and served for
the duration of the war. When he
returned to the United States he
found he had lost his citizenship"
Mr.. Sykes is a native Of England,
but joining the English army at the
outbreak of the war, again made him
an English subject. He was discharg-
ed with the rank of major at the close
of the war.
The Coconino sun., 1923-09-28
ANNUAL RED LAKE VALLEY
FAIR ON SEPTEMBER 28.

The purpose and intent of the Red
Lake Valley fair is to promote great
er contentment on the farm; to en-
courage stronger desire to build up
rural activities and awaken an appre-
citation to the beauties and health that
are obtained on the farm. The aspect
Of the fair is wholly educative. To
stimulate and encourage better crops
and system of cropping. To bring to-
gether through friendly rivalry pa
irons of the soil from our various COM
munities to enjoy day of recreation
and sociability, thereby promoting
public interest.
For the success Of our fair we must
thank in advance all that viii be
called upon to help in its manage
ment, realizing full we'll that that
which is given or rendered has been
done with a view to the betterment
of our northern communities.
Exhibition Departments
Agricultural and Horticultural de-
partment. Claude Hume, Carl Kinds,
Walter Thomassen, managers.
HAY. (a) Baled; (b) Loose.
Grain. (a) Threshed; (b)
Sheath.
3.-Corn. (a) Ears; (b) Fodder:
Vegetables.
5.-F'ruit
Poultry Department. Mrs. Anna
Thomasson and Mrs. Ernest Kinan-
non, Managers.
(a) Chickens; (b) Turkeys; (c)
Guineas.
Cattle Department. Mr.. Kolkorst
and Ralph McLain, Managers.
dairy cattle.
2.-Beef cattle.
Work Animals. Jas. Miller, Claude
managers.
1.-Draft Horses.
2.-Draft Mules.
Saddle Horses.
4.-Saddle Mules.
Swine Department. Arch Strange,
manager.
Dairy Products Dept, Mrs. Claude
Thomasson, manager.
Education Department. Harry Shill,
manager.
Home Economics Department Mrs.
Carl Kinds, Mrs. Shill, Mrs. Hume
managers.
domestic Art.
2.-Domestic Science.
Geological and Curio Department.
Frank Boulin, manager.
Exhibits will be gladly received
from any part of Coconino county.
If you are unable to be at the fair
but have entries, please parcel post
them to Red Lake fair, via Williams,
and awards viii be given to all that
merit them. The ribbons and exhibit
will be carefully packed and returned
to the owner. Exhibits should be in
by the 9th of September. We can
all find exhibits to bring or send. A
good time viii be in store for you
throughout the day and evening. Let
US show that our northern communi-
Ties are equal to, If not above, those
Of the rest Of the state. Fair fakirs
| prohibited
Program OF Events
1000 a. m. to 1900 noon, judging
Of exhibits.
1900 noon to 200 p. m, picnic
| lunch. Ice cream, lemonade, coffee.
Addresses: Poultry Raising in CO.
conino County. The Dairy Herd on
Coconino County Farms. Speakers
announced later.)
200 to 400 p. m. Baseball. Farm
erA VS.. Would-bes.
Barnyard Golf. Championship of
the county.
400 to 500. Horse racing.
Under four years old. Quarter
mile.
-Four to ten years, quarter mile.
3.-Ten to Is years, quarter mile.
4.-Fifteen to 100 years, eighth
mile.
Farmers dance. Price, 500; 500
o'clock until you are all in.
| Sale of baskets.
The Coconino sun., 1923-09-28
WHOLESALE ARREST OF
BOOTLEGGERS IN YAVAPAI

Twenty-one alleged bootleggers
have been added to the list of Is ar
rested in Prescott last week ard IL
arrested in Jerome on the same day,
the arrests having been made by fed
eral prohibition agents on bench war;
rants served Saturday afternoon and
night ard Sunday. Raids were con-
Quoted in Jerome, Cottonwood, Cherry
Greek, Mayer and Humboldt and
more than $4,000 was added to the
$1,000 collected here and $4,000
gathered up in Jerome on bonds.
AS one result of the raids, the pro-
hibition officers office in the Elks
building at Prescott has taken on the
appearance Of an up-to-date distilling
plant, with copper stills of all sorts
and varieties cluttering the room.
They vary from the fire-extinguisher
style to the good old-fashioned cop
per washboiler, although a couple
were taken which evidently had been
made to order. Dozens Of bottles of
finished product, moonshine, home
brew, beer and grape wine also were
taken in the raids, and are being held
as evidence,
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The Coconino sun., 1923-09-28
MORE TROUT IN OAK CREEK

The trout population of Oak Greek
has been increased by $4,000. Clear
creek and Beaver creek each contain
5000 more rainbows than they did a
few days ago.
Strictly on schedule, the shipment
Of trout promised the Verde District
Came Protective association by the
federal bureau of fisheries arrived at
Clarkdale. There the trout were met
by Charles C. Robinson, A. C. Thomp-
son and other members of the asso-
citation who had volunteered to see
that the fish were transported to the
proper creeks and liberated.
The Coconino sun., 1923-09-28
DAM AT ST. JOSEPH
TAKEN OUT BY FLOOD

We are reliably informed that the
big upper dam at st. Joseph was Ia
ken out by the recent high water
there Tuesday. 1t is estimated it viii
cost $4,000 to replace the structure.
The st. Joseph people have built
seven or eight dams, not all In the
same place, but within few miles
radius. The loss is heavy when borne
by the small handful Of people living
there.
No town in Navajo county can
boast of harder working and thrift
ier people than the st. Joseph people.
Snowflake Herald,
The Coconino sun., 1923-09-28
SALT RIVER VALLEY COTTON
CROP WORTH TEN MILLIONS

The Salt river valley cotton crop
this year will be sold for approx
mately $10,O00,O00, according to esti-
mates by Phoenix cotton men.
The figure is based on an estimated
yield of 10000 to $4,000 bales of short
staple cotton and $4,000 bales of Pima
cotton.
The Coconino sun., 1923-09-28
D0PI, RING BROKEN UP

On Tuesday night number of dope
peddlers we're arrested at Yuma and
the police believe that they have cap
tured the heads OF a notorious mar
cotic ring chat is known to nave Deen
operating IN the southern county.
The Coconino sun., 1923-09-28
MIKE CASSIDY APPOINTED
ARIZONA DISTRICT DEPUTY

Hugh B. Cassidy has been notified
of his appointment as district deputy
grand exalted ruler of the Elks Of
Arizona. He will leave soon for Chi
cago to attend a conference of others
holding similar positions in other
states.
The Coconino sun., 1923-09-28
UNIVERSITY NOTES

George Anderson, graduate of Flag
staff high school course at the normal
school, has arrived in Tucson to enter
the University Of Arizona, where he
will take course in electrical engin-
eering as trainee of the veterans
bureau.
The Coconino sun., 1923-09-28

J. C. Bracker; trainee of the vet
erans bureau and Flagstaff normal
school correspondent for the Coconino
Sun, planned to leave early this morn
ing for Flagstaff after short stay
in the city. He came down to attend
the university, but later decided to
take up a teachers training course at
Flagstaff under the veterans bureau.
The Coconino sun., 1923-09-28

Prof. and Mrs. R. H. Drake, of
the Flagstaff normal school, are in
the Old Pueblo. Prof. Drake will COM
plete his post-grauate work for his
master Of arts degree. He and Mrs.
Drake plan to return to Flagstaff
about the first of the year.
The Coconino sun., 1923-09-28

Give The sun your Job Printing.
Evening star., 1923-01-07

Is 100000. The industries were much
injured during the war, but the cot
ton factories are fast coming back,
and the linen spindles already number
100000. A great deal more flax has
been planted on account of the loss
of the Russian product, and in 1919
the acreage had grown to $4,000.
The wooden mills of Belgium were
famous during the middle ages, and
before the war the country had 10
weaving mills, from which the Ger
mans took a great part of the ma
chinery. Much of this has come back.
and in 1920 the country was handling
about threee-fourths the amount of
wool used before the war. There are
certain streams along which the mills
Evening star., 1923-01-07

are located. the waters of which give
the Belgian wool a peculiar brilliancy
and softness not found elsewhere on
the continent
Before the Germans invaled Bel
gium she was exporting glass of all
kinds to nearly every part of the
world. Liege was making over co.,
0OO, 900 pounds OF table glass per an
mum and it had one factory that pro-
duced on the average 250,o00 pieces
of glass every day. This factory be-
gan working again on the day of the
armistice, and within one year it had
thirteen furnaces going. 1t exported
30. 900 tons of glass in 1920. In 1918
Belgium exported window glass
which weighed more than 0,000
Evening star., 1923-01-07

tons. Two years after the armistce
it had regalned seven-eighths Of this
business. The annual output of plate
glass before the German invasion was
several million square yards, and in
this Belgium was far ahead of any
other European country. Most of the
glass was bought by England, Hol-
land and the United States. In 1920
the whole OF this glass business had
come back and the exports OF polished
plate glass exceeded those before the
war.
show how the winds Of prosperity are
blowing in Belgium. Just now the in
dustries are somewhat affected by the
hard times and bad money conditions