The Coconino sun., 1923-07-13


Arizona Central bank bid in the
fountain and fixtures at the Confec-
tion Den public auction sale this week.
Billy Pitts, one of the pioneer stock
men of the north, was mingling with
stockmen here the first of the week
DR.. A. Kritt, the government vet
terinary who has been in Flagstaff
for some time left Tuesday for Tuba
City.
Willie Dwiggins, %, and Flora
Smith, Is, both of Flagstaff, got IL
cense to wed from County Clerk Tom
L. Rees this week.
Attorney George H. Spellmire and
Attorneys X. N. Sleeves and Earl
Byers were up from Williams yester-
day on court business.
Mrs. C. D. Richardson and three
children left this week for their home
in Winslow, where they expect to re-
main through the summer.
j. @. Thomas, who has been attend
ing the National Education associa-
tion convention in San Francisco and
Oakland, got home yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Frohmiller and
Mrs. Frohmiller's sisters, Francis and
Genevieve Collins Of Los Angeles, Wis
tied Grand Canyon on Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Livermore, ear
ly-day residents of Flagstaff, now liv-
ing in Phoenix, are spending few
weeks in Flagstaff visiting old friends.
Mrs. w. H. Power, Miss Mary Pow
er, Miss Katherine Fouts, Miss Louise
Howard and Miss Gladys Wertz spent
the first of the week at Grand Canyon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Howell, who at
tended the Elks convention at Grand
Canyon and visited friends in Flag
staff, left on Sunday for their home
in Tucson.
/ Dwight B. Heard, publisher of the
Arizona Republican, and one of the
! big stockmen of the state, was in at
| tendance at the stockmen's convention
the first of the week.
| L. w. Cress and j. C. Turpin mo-
tored out to the Gap trading post on
| Sunday, but it is reported that they
walked most of the way home and
pushed the car through the mud.
! George A. Shea, superintendent of
/ the Pioneers Home at Prescott under
/ the Campbell administration, accom-
panied by Mrs. Shea, were visitors in
Flagstaff few days this week
The Misses Pauline and Louise Ga
I briel of Oceanside, California, arrived
yesterday on % to remain for the
remainder of the summer at the home
of their aunt, Mrs. August Johnson.
Oss, the man arrested a few weeks
ago charged with passing few small
bad checks around town, was sentenc-
/ ed the other day by Judge J. E. Jones
in superior court to spend 30 days in
county Jail.
Mrs. Elsie v. Linn was recently ap-
pointed postmaster at Tuba City on
/ the recommendation of Senator Ralph
| Cameron. Mrs. Linn is well known IN
Flagstaff and very competent person
for the office. =
Sort of strange contrast, but while
only three per cent of the carelessly
set forest fires during last year were
traced to stockmen and their en-
| ployes, this year so far rs per cent
/ of them have been traced to that
source.
/ Colonel and Mrs. w. w. Crosby, ac-
companied by Mrs. Crosby's sister
Mrs. Gaskill, were in Flagstaff on
Tuesday and Wednesday from Grand
4 Canyon, where COL Crosby functions
most agreeably and effectively as su-
perintendent of the National Park.
Moke Travis and Clyde Thompson
spent part of last week at Oak Creek
CLYDE was initiating squirrel in one
of the trees and jumped for limb
j He grabbed it all right, but it broke
\ CLYDE landed on his feet, all right
which accounts for badly sprainec
ankle.
4 Rev. f. A. Watts of Prescott, tht
newly elected chaplain of the Ameri
can Legion, is in Flagstaff assisting
Rev. J. w. Saunders of the Christian
: church with evangelistic services fol
a couple of weeks. Rev. Watts is alse
chaplain of the Veterans of Worlt
. Wars association.
, State Game Warden Willard came
! up from Phoenix Tuesday, remaining
here a couple of days looking owe
the game situation and conferrint
with members of the Northern Ari
zona Game Protective association. H'
left for the White Mountain countr!
, Wednesday to inspect the new fisl
J hatchery.
Burr w. Porter, prominent as
: wool growers on the Puerco, and
supervisor of Apache county, and Gee
; Hennessy, who has been cattlemal
on the Puerco ever since the stream
/ was muddy one, cape up to the live
stock convention and brought thei
6 wives along with them so as to Sc
: old friends who now live here.
S Mrs. Elizabeth Merritt and he
0 daughter, Mrs. Alex Johnston and tn
:, latter's sons, Jimmy and Teddy, lef
e Saturday evening for Los Angeles
8 where Mrs. Merritt, who has been j
i'll health for several weeks, will ente
st. Vincent's hospital. 1t is hope
4 that after few months on the coas
: Mrs. Merritt will have fully recovere
T her health.
: Reports of rains from various set
n tions all around are encouraging
: There are some sections that haven
had a drop. But most Of the countr
between Winslow and Ashfork an
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