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The Coconino sun., 1923-01-12
TAMPERING WITH WIRES
ENDANGERS RESIDENCES

At 7:30 D. M Tuesday heavy short
came in over the Kingman circuit ne
cessitating the cutting Of service. Cur
rent was put through to the business
district within a few minutes and the
rest of the city was cleared as quickly
as possible.
The trouble apparently originated
on the 2300 volt primary system near
the corner of Fifth street and the al
ley between Oak and Spring streets.
Two primary wires were brought to-
gether in such a manner as to fuse
them and cause them to adhere for
some time. The result was that the
heavy current burned primary tap
near the Elks hall and allowed the
wire to drop onto the secondary sys-
TEN. This threw high voltage into
several places, causing lamps to be
burned out. One pole was set on fire
and the segregating plugs near the
Thompson-Dudley Machinery company
building were also melted.
The trouble was caused, it is be-
lieved, by boys swinging on a guy wire
until the primary wires were swung
together. If the power company can
locate the guilty parties they will be
prosecuted to the full extent of the
law.
It is very fortunate that no one was
killed. Several persons were slightly
burned or shocked by touching electric
lamp sockets and appliances while the
services were carrying the high volt
age. 1t is considered remarkable that
no buildings were set on fire.-King-
man Miner.
The Coconino sun., 1923-01-12
STATE LAND DEPARTMENT
EFFECTS LARGE SAVINGS
COMMISSIONER REPORTS

Total expenses of the Arizona land
department during the two years per-
iod 1922 were $116,125.14, as COM
pared with a total expenditure OF
$144, ,68705 for the two years period
1890, or a saving of 28,561.91, ac-
cording to the biennial report of Ru-
dolph Kuchler, state land commission
err, submitted to Governor Thomas h.
Campbell, just before he retired from
office.
Receipts during the past two years
amounted to 81 ,241 ,589.88, the report
shows, all of which was turned over
to the state treasurer fer the credit of
the road, school and state institutions
fund. A total of 1888 applications for
leases were filed, and 6,135 leases
were issued, or approximately one-half
of the total lumber of leases on file
in the office. Oil prospectors' permits
totalling 712 were issued, the report
states, from which returns of $41,-
593.5O were made to the state.
The Coconino sun., 1923-01-12
MORMON FLAT DAM PROJECT
PASSED BY A BIG VOTE

By majority of IA to an cleo
tion which brought out almost 100000
votes-the largest number ever re-
corded in the history of the organiza-
ton, the shareholders of the Salt Riv-
er Valley Water Users association in
dorsed recently the Mormon Flat de-
velopment and authorized the sale of
$1,80O,0O0 worth of bonds to finance
the project.
With total of only 10000 votes
in the Salt River project, the vote
was looked upon as phenomenal. The
exact total was 105,901, Of which 98,-
838 were for the development and T.
065 against it. In some districts the
vote was almost 100 to 1 in favor of
the project, and in no district was it
less than to L. The number of votes
cast exceeded those of the next largest
election in the history of the organi-
zation by almost 10000.
The Coconino sun., 1923-01-12
STATE PROPERTY GIVEN VALUE
OF SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS

The properties of the state Of Ari-
zona, including buildings, real estate
and equipment, are worth $7,521 1863
according to the inventory and ap-
praisal of the states property, made
by Charles w. Fairfield, state auditor,
as of June 80, 1922, under the pro-
visions of an act passed by the leg
islature in 1921 requiring the state
auditor to make an inventory and set
ting aside $4,000 for the work.
The report of the inventory was
submitted to Governor Campbell by
Mr.. Fairfield under date of Decem-
Der 20, 1922, and is addressed to the
members of the sixth Legislature
which convenes this month.
The Coconino sun., 1923-01-12
TURNKEY SURPRISES HIS
PRISONERS AND PREVENTS
JAIL BREAK AT HOLBROOk

What came near being Jail break
occurred Wednesday night at the coun-
ty jail. About 9 o'clock in the eve
ming, L. F. McClanshan, the newly ap-
pointed turnkey, started to lock the
prisoners up in the cages of the jail
He closed the door of the cage, turn
ing the key, and, as he supposed, lock-
ed the door, He went away to his
home and retired. Somehow he could
not go to sleep, thinking of the pris-
oners. He got up about midnight and
returned to the courthouse. As ne
neared the outside door he thought
he heard a noise. Going around to
the east side of the building he soon
found that the prisoners were digging
their way out through the brick wall
-Holbrook Tribune.
The Coconino sun., 1923-01-12
MAN POSES IN NUDE AS
A STATUE IN CHURCH

A Miami baker essayed to occupy
the place of a statue in a Miami
church Wednesday afternoon, accord
ing to the complaint of number OF
worshippers and as a result he is be-
ing held at the county Jail for inves-
tigation.
According to the story told the of
ficers by several worshipers, they en-
tered the church at Miami and found
man posing in the nude at the front
of the church. 1t is alleged that while
under the influence Of liquor the man
entered the church, removed his
clothes and stood motionless near the
front of the church. When arrested
he refused to give any explanation
for his peculiar actions.
The Coconino sun., 1923-01-12
ARIZONA ROAD FUNDS TOTAL
SIX MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

State and federal aid funds available
in the state for road work during the
year 1928 total $6,313, ,10718, accord
ing to a statement sent Frank R.
Goodman, state engineer, by Thomas
Maddox, retiring state engineer. Of
this amount the report shows $2,672,-
805.49 is in state funds, while the re
mainder of the amount, $3,641, ,301.69
is federal aid and forest funds.
Inventories of all department equip
ment and supplies show a valuation
of Approximately S3,000,000. All fed
eraI aid allotted to Arizona has been
applied for.
The Coconino sun., 1923-01-12
STATE SUITS FOR INHERITANCE
TAX IN COCHISE COUNTY COURT

Suit will be instituted within the
next few days in the Cochise county
superior court to collect approximate
ly $4,000 in inheritance taxes alleged
by the state to be due it on the estate
of Thomas Higgins, who died in Los
Angeles in March, 1913, it was an
nounced last week by Wayne Hubbs,
state treasurer The suit is now be-
ing prepared by John F. Ross, county
attorney of Cochise county.
The decision to file suit is the out
growth of an exhaustive investigation
commenced about two years ago by
former state treasurer Raymond r.
Earhart and Neri Osborne, Jr., state
inheritance tax clerk.
The Coconino sun., 1923-01-12
NEW LIVESTOCK SANITARY
BOARD rs NAMED BY HUNT

Governor Hunt has announced the
appointment of the personnel Of the
new livestock sanitary board with the
exception Of its secretary, who will be
named later. w. p. Sanders of Dun
can, Greenlee county, is to be chair
man; Edward Echols, of Mescal, Co
chise county, and Alvin Neal, of Yuc-
ca, Mohave county, members.
The first meeting of the new board
will be held January Is.
The Coconino sun., 1923-01-12
DAVID WIN GETS ONE TO
THREE YEARS IN STATE Pen

David Win, charged with stealing
cattle, was found guilty and given a
sentence of from one to three years
by Judge Crosby in superior court
last Saturday. Three men, VIII Hall,
Jim Hall and David Win were arrested
recently by local officers for alleged
stealing and selling beef here. jim
Hall was freed on grounds of nen-suf-
ficient evidence. Bill Hall was given
a suspended sentence, and Win was
sent to Florence.-Snowflake Herald.
The Coconino sun., 1923-01-12
MEXICAN GIRL SLAIN AND
KILLER COMMITS SUICIDE

Dolores Huertado, 17-year-old Mex
ican girl, was shot to death early
Thursday night at Phoenix, by man
known as Pedro Branch, in house
where the girl had sought protection.
Branch, after the Staying, ran several
blocks to local hotel, rushed upstairs
to a room he had rented and shot him.
self in the heart with the same re-
volver. He died instantly.
The Coconino sun., 1923-01-12
HOLBROOK LAWYERS OFFICE
GOES UP IN SMOKE TUESDAl \

Tuesday morning at about $50 fire
was discovered in the office room IN
the frame building on the corner OF
Oakland avenue and Porter street, oc-
cupied bv Attorney w. E. Ferguson
The structure is opposite the Holbrook
hotel. When discovered the flames
were seen issuing from the front VIM
dow. almost simultaneously coming
from the rear and the south side OF
the building.-Tribune.
Give The Sun your Job Printing.
The Coconino sun., 1923-01-12
1000 HEAD OF CATTLE
SHIPPED TO OLD MEXICO

Over 1000 head of cattle have been
shipped from the station at Magda-
lena, N. NJ, to the pastures of Old
Mexico and it is thought that 10000
more head will follow soon. The OUT
look for grazing next year is now
good and it is likely that most of the
cattle will be returned in the spring.
The Coconino sun., 1923-01-12
DESPONDENT PAINTER AND
HARNESS MAKER SUICIDE

John w. Kelly, for years a harness
maker, who had lived in Globe for the
past ten years, was found dead, his
throat cut, at a North Globe lodging
house, Sunday morning, with razor
nearby, and the ceroner's jury return
ed verdict of suicide.
Kelly had just returned from Roose-
welt, had gone to work for the Inspir-
alton Consolidated Copper company,
and had been employed for single
shift. Kelly, who was 48 years OF age
and unmarried, was at one time a
soldier at Fort Apache.
"Wrap up the baby and take her
out with you. I'm going to klll my
self"
With these words, Joe Farmer, SO,
painter of Globe, waiting only for his
directions to be followed, sat down
outside the corner of his house, 41o
Coffee Canyon, and placing the muz-
zle of .30-.30 rifle to his mouth,
fired the shot that ended his life.
The soft-nosed bullet entering the
mouth, ranged upward, coming out
the top of the head and tearing away
a part of the scalp.
According to acquaintances, Farmer
had been respondent for some tlmd
over the sarcity Of work. A little
more than a year ago he married a
widow with three children, and an
other child was born several months
ago.
The Coconino sun., 1923-01-12

The largest telescope in the world,
the 10O-inch reflector at Mt Wilson
observatory in California, collects
100000 times the light received by the
The Coconino sun., 1923-01-12

Give The Sun your Job Printing.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-09-14
CITY WITHIN A CITY
BUILT AT CHICAGO

Every thing from jail to movie the
alter is provided for in plans of the
main building of the new union sta
ton at Chicago, construction of which
already is under way.
The miniature Jail has been designed
for the safe keeping of prisoners be-
ing transported from one city to an
other for trial In the basement, the
plans show, will be laundry for the
use Of immigrant women. In another
section of the building plans have been
made for the installation or morgue.
A dispensary and hospital to care
for either railway employees or for
travellers will be located in another
section.
Among the other features planned
for the station will be dry goods and
wearing apparel stores florists shops
and the latest devices for announcing
the arrival and departure of trains.
The total cost of the main building
will be $10,000,000 and the construc-
ton work will take 1S months.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-09-14
BREAD, BY Charles G. Norris.

BREAD, BY Charles G. Norris.
Is a story of one of the thousands of
American women who sacrifices the
opportunity of the home in order that
she may have her independence. This
novel begins with the heroine, Jean
nette Sturgis, and her sister, Alice
Jeanette enters the business world
and Alice marries the ordinary man
on a small salary. They have their
family and are happy through all the
trials that befall them. Jeanette mar
ries a salesman who is of the happy,
care free kind.
His Indifference to obligations and
their inability to get ahead financial
ly causes her to go back to work for
her cd employer. Jeanette and her
husband drift apart When she finally
realizes that she has missed the real
y big thing in life and seeks her hus-
band again, she finds that he has
married and is happy in his new home,
She returns to the city filled with
grief and misery. Il. p, Dutton & Co.,
New York, $500.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-09-14
Better Health Service
Public Health Is Public Wealth.
These Articles Compiled by the Pub
lie Health League of Washington

every grade. The essential thing in
hygiene is the practice of health
habits until they become automatic.
Simple Rules for Good Health.
A full bath twice week.
Brushing the teeth at least once a
day
Sleeping long hours with windows
open.
Drinking as much milk as possible,
but no coffee or tea.
Eating some fruit and vegetables
every day.
Drinking at least four glasses Of va
ter day.
A bowel movement every morning.
Playing out of doors part Of every
day.
Correct posture, sitting and stand
ing.
Clean handkerchiefs to catch coughs
and sneezes.
Home visiting by nurse is indis-
pensible to secure the cooperation of
the family. The nurse finds out
whether instructions given in school
are carried out, and if relief is needed
and refers the families to the proper
agencies.
Sanitation of school buildings and
grounds includes. suitable lighting and
ventilation, proper heating and seat.
ing, sanitary drinking fountains, tot
lets and towels, and also inspection OF
lunch room.
If children are to receive the full
benefit of school and the taxpayers
money is to be wisely expended, in
stead of being wasted, the condition
of both the pupil and the school room
must be kept right
Gladstone said "The strength of
the nation hangs upon the health OF
it's men and women" And the school
children of today are the men and
women of tomorrow
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-09-14
THE YELLOW SEVEN,
By Edmund Smell.

A secret society of bandits lived in
Borneo and terrorized the law-abiding
people Of the island. At the head
of this band was Chat Hung, one of
the cruelest yellow Williams ever pic
tured- in Oriental romance. When a
victim would receive card black
on one side and yellow on the other
dotted in seven places, he knew that
he would be the victim Of some deadly
Oriental deviltry unless he could
escape
Chinese Pennington, young Eng
lish secret service man was set upon
the trail of this gang. The contest Of
wits and weapons that follows makes
a most thrilling narrative. An APP
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-09-14

pealing love theme ia woven into this
story. (The Century Company. New
York, $19O).
Animal Personalities, by Samuel A,
Derieux. Doubleday Page & Co., New
York, $1,000.
Growing Vegetables, by Ralph L.
Watts. (Harper & Bros, New York;.
A Pocket Bridge Book, by Walter
Camp. doubleday Page & Co.. New
York;
The Sky Movies, by Gaylord John
son. (The Macmillan Co., New York.
$150).
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-09-14
SCHOOL HYGIENE.
School hygiene includes:

School hygiene includes:
L. Health supervision of the child.
2. Education of the child in health
matters.
3. Proper sanitation Of school
buildings and grounds.
Medical inspection of schools, if eff
ficient, raises the health standard Of
the community and aside from the
benefits to the children themselves is
of primary Importance; but of course,
the welfare of the children is the chief
object of all school hygiene. No child
should suffer injury from going to
school A sound, clean child may suf-
fer from contact with an unsound or
unclean child. The school should pro-
tect the clean child by change in
the unclean or diseased child.
First, all children are carefully ex-
amined for contagious or infectious
diseases and cleanliness. Those with
suspicious symptoms are excluded, I'M
clean children are taken aside and
instructed to clean up, reasons being
given why the body must be kept
clean
Second, all children are examined
for physical defects, such as defects
of the eye, ear, nose, throat, teeth,
nerves, orthopedic and nutrition, and
the parents advised of any disability
so that the defect may be corrected
before serious condition results
Prevention is better than cure. Most
diseases are preventable il the right
measures are taken in time 1t is moi
only easier and cheaper, but pleasant
er to keep well child well than tt
make sick child well.
of a happy healthy child, is good
mastication of food. This depends on
chewing the food properly, but this
can not be done unless teeth exist
and are in proper chewing condition
Many children not only suffer, but are
absent from school frequently and
carry on their work with difficulty, be-
cause of defective teeth. Recent stu
dies emphasize the relation between
decayed teeth, rhumatism, chronic
joint disease, heart disease and other
disorders.
Children are weighed and measured
The undernourished child is being
neglected, largely because parents are
4 in the habit of thinking that thinness
Is a more or less natural condition
L They assume that the child will
probably come out all right" and dc
not realize that, if the child does moi
get his birthright of normal gair
each year, valuable time is being
wasted which can never be recovered
Other defective conditions are sought
out and proper remedies suggested.
The second and no loss importan
step is to teach the child good health
habits. This instruction begins in The
kindergarten and continues through
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-09-14
Chocolate Fudge Cake.

One half cup shortening, IL cups
sugar, creamed; add beaten yolks Of
eggs, and beat, then melt squares
bitter chocolate in 4 tablespoons boil
ing water and add to cake mixture.
Stir in alternately 1-2 cup milk and
IL cups pastry flour to which has
been added 2 IL teaspoons baking
powder Fold in beaten whites Of
4 eggs and bake in loaf pan in q
moderate oven for 35 to 40 minutes
Frost with fudge and nuts.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-09-14
OUTLINE new
HATCHERY PLAN
Give Requirements to Be Met by
Accredited Hatcheries in
Washington.
BY w. D. BUCHANAN,
Extension Poultry Specialist.

Some poultrymen have lost step
They are waiting for the accredited
hatchery to start. 1t is started, and
going so fast that some people will
have hard time to catch up.
Every mail brings letter or two
asking where the writer can find cock
erels of the required breeding. Your
county agent, IL you have one. has
list of twenty-odd breeders who have
this kind of stock for sale. Ask him
for the list and get busy. Just now
the supply is plentiful and the prices
moderate. A little later they will be
scarce and the prices higher.
Another lot of letters in every mail
ask: How can get it? To whom
should make applications" Answer:
You can get in by deciding to meet
the requirements and by meeting
them
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-09-14
INTENSIVE FARMING,
BY /. c. CORBETT.

The solution of the problem of feed
ing the increasing population of the
United States seems to lie i'll in
creased production from the avail
able areas, and in this book Mr.. Cor
bett shows how maximum yields can
be produced by intensive farming.
Some of the most helpful discus
sions are. Vegetable growing, frame
culture, fruit growing, seed growing
irrigation, animal husbandry, the crop
ping system as unlt.-(The Mac
MILAN Co, New York, $1,000.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-09-14

Walla Walla reports indicate that
there will be considerable acreage OF
certified wheat available in that Sec
ton this fall according to an an
nouncement issued by County Agent
w. w HASTEN The certified seed will
be sold for 10 cents bushel above the
market price.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-09-14
INsTALLMENT NO. 1s.

lNSIALLME Elm nv. 10.
1.-THE beastly English climate is tell
Ing on my nerves." said Mr.. Sweetslr;
"the horrid weight of the atmosphere,
after the exhilarating air OF Paris; the
intolerable dirt and dullness of Lon-
don, you know. was in bed, my dear
aunt, when 1 received your letter. You
may imagine the completely democrat
ICED state was in when l tell you OF
the effect which the news Of the rob-
berry produced on me. fell back on
my pillow as if had been shot. Your
ladyship should really be little more
careful in communicating these dis
agreeable surprises to sensitively or
gained man. Never mind, my valet is
a perfect treasure; he brought me
some drops of ether on lump of
sugar. 1 said Alfred (his name is AL
fred). 'jut me into my Clothes Alfred
put me in. I assure you, it reminded
me of my young days, when 1 was put
into my first pair of trousers. Has AL
fred forgotten anything? Have got
my braces on? Have come out in
my shirt-sleeves? Well, dear aunt!
well, Mr.. Troy! what can l say? what
can do?"
Lady Lydiard. entirely without SYM
patty for nervous suffering, nodded to
the lawyer. "You tell him." she said.
II believe speak for her ladyship,"
Mr.. Troy began, when say that we
should like to hear, in the first place,
how the whole case strikes you, Mr..
Sweetsir."
TELL it me all over again. said
Felix.
Patient Mr.. Troy told it all over
again. and waited for the result.
.Well?" said Felix.
"Well?" said Mr.. Troy. Where does
the suspicion of robbery rest, in your
opinion? You look at the theft of the
bank-note with fresh eye"
"You mentioned clergyman just
now" said Felix The man, you know,
to whom the money was sent. What
was his name?"
"The Reverend Samuel Bradstock."
"You want me to name the person
whom l suspect"
Eyes, if you please" said Mr.. Troy.
II suspect the Reverend Samuel
Bradstock," said Felix.
eff you have come here to make
stupid Jokes" interposed Lady Lyd-
lard, you had better go back to your
bed again. We want serious opin-
ion"
"You have a serious opinion" Felix
coolly rejoined. II never was more in
earnest in my life. Your ladyship is
not aware of the first principle to be
adopted in cases of suspicion. One
proceeds on what call the exhaustive
system of reasoning. Thus: Does sus.
picion point to the honest servants
downstairs? No. To your 1adyship's
adopted daughter? Appearances are
against the poor girl; but you know
her better than to trust to appear
ances. Are you suspicious of Moody
No. OF Hardyman, who was in the
house at the time? Ridiculous! But
was in the house at the time too Dc
you suspect me? Just so! That idea
is ridiculous too Now let us sum up
Servants, adopted daughter, Moody
Hardyman, Sweetsir-all beyond sus.
picion. Who is left? The Reverend