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The Coconino sun., 1923-06-15
PHOENIX LEGIONAIRE is
BROUGHT TO FLAGSTAFF
FOR MILITARY BURIAL

A sad incident during Wednesday,
the last day of the Legion state con-
vention in Flagstaff, was the burial
of Marvin D. Dills, former service
man and member of the Legion post
at Phoenix, where he lived
Dills was killed near Superior last
Saturday night when the car in which
he was riding struck COW and turned
over twice J. E. Bishop of Phoenix,
who was with Dills, was seriously in
jured.
Dills was brought to Flagstaff so
that he might be buried with military
honors by the brother members of his
Legion post. All the posts turned out
and led by the 25th Infantry band of
Douglas, and Flagstaff Battery D,
with French 75's and caissons, carried
the remains from the Flagstaff I'm
dertaking parlors to their last rest
ing place. Dills had been in the en-
ploy of the state highway department
as engineer for the last two years.
The Coconino sun., 1923-06-15
JOHN CLARK, WHO CAME
TO FLAGSTAFF BEFORE
RAILROAD DID, is DEAD

Arizona lost one of her very oldest
pioneers on Sunday in the death of
John Clark, Sr., of Flagstaff, whose
demise, while it was generally known
that he had been in i'll health for sew
eral months, nevertheless came as a
surprise and shock to the hundreds
here who knew him.
He is survived by his widow, for
merly Mrs. Elizabeth Cook, sister of
George Campbell of Flagstaff; by his
twin brother, Asa Clark of Flagstaff; j;
by several sisters, some of whom live
in the east and some in California, and
by numerous nephews and neices,
among them John M. Clark of Flag
staff and Charlie Clark of Grand Cam
yon, both sons of Asa Clark. There
have been no children.
John Clark became pioneer early
in life. 1t was so years ago, when
he was only 18, that he went overland
to California. In the early '70s, sew
eral years before the railroad came to
Flagstaff, John Clark came here. He
and w. H. Ashurst, father of U. S.
Senator Ashurst, drove in a big band
of sheep from California. They first
located near the present site of Viii
liains; later coming farther this way
when they separated, Mr.. Clark set
ting in what then became known al
Clark's valley, south of Flagstaff
where Lake Mary is now, Ashurst go
ing to Ashurst spring at the foot O.
Ashurst run.
Mr.. Clark later became associate,
in the sheep business with his broth
er-in-law, George Campbell, whicl
partnership was continued up to tn
time of his death.
The Flagstaff home of Mr.. and Mrs
Clark and Mr.. Campbell has for year
been just north Of the city limits. Tn
property, including the 160-acre ranch
was bought last year by the city an
part of it is occupied by the new hig
school building, the balance being in
cluded in the new city recreation parl
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark for many year
past spent their winters in the south
ern part of the state, coming mort
for the summers. They arrived a
their home here only about two week
ago, from Forepaugh.
Mr.. Clark was buried yesterday al
ternoon, the funeral being held at 2:3
o'clock at the Federated church unde
the auspices Of Rev. w. H. Zool
The Coconino sun., 1923-06-15
GOVERNORS LAST
MINUTE WIRE
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The following telegram from Gov
ernor Hunt, who was scheduled to adj
dress the American Legion convention
Monday afternoon, was received just
as the session ended and was the first
intimation had that he was not to
come, his acceptance of the invitation
having been received several days pre-
vious.
Phoenix, Arizona.
% a. M, June IL, 1928.
Convention of American Legion:
The American Legion is one Of
Americas greatest patriotic organi-
cations organized to perpetuate the
ideals which inspired the American
people to make the sacrifice which
they did during the great world war.
The pressure of public business in con-
nection with various laws enacted by
the last legislature which went into
effect on Saturday, details for the
operation of which must be worked
out in the next few days prevents my
being present and accepting the invi-
tation Of addressing your convention
| trust that your deliberations will
prove of benefit to your organization
to the state of Arizona and to the
United States.
GEO. w. P. HUNT,
Governor of Arizona
The Coconino sun., 1923-06-15

The two resolutions adopted on this
subject follow:
Whereas, the Arizona department OF
the American Legion has advocated
and will continue to urge land ieg1s-
lation for the benefit of eX-service
men and women of the World war, and
Whereas, the Colorado river offers
wondrous opportunity for the larg-
est reclamation and irrigation propo-
sition in the world,
Now, therefore, be it resolved, that
the department of Arizona, American
Legion, deplores the fact that a rep
resentative of this organization was
not invited to the recent conference
held in the city of Phoenix on May s,
1928, and that we further deplOrc the
fact that an effort has been made to
make an issue out of what was an
honest effort on the part of Legion
officials to serve the best interests of
ex-service men and the citizens of the
state of Arizona, of which this organ
iZation is a part. 1t is urged that the
American Legion department of Ari-
z0na, be considered and invited to par
ticipate in reclamation and irrigation
matters that offer an opportunity to
the ex-service men and women who
still need chance to re-establish
themselves in the industrial life of
America.
The above was resolution No. Is.
Following is resolution No 16
Whereas, there is now awaiting the
action of the state of Arizona;
And whereas, the ex-service men of
the state of Arizona are interested in
the development of irrigation prof
ects as well as the general industrial
| development of the state of Arizona /;
Now, therefore, be it resolved. that
the 9Th annual convention, department
of Arizona of the American Legion,
favor the ratification of the Colorado
/ river pact without reservations, and
that it favors the calling of a spec
! ial session of the legislature of the
state of Arizona at the earliest pos
sible date to ratify the said pact.
Amendment: Furthermore, we re-
solve that the executive committee of
the American Legion be authorized TO
Immediately prepare circular letter
The Coconino sun., 1923-06-15
CUPID BACK ON JOB

Cupid took most of May for va
cation But he never lays off in June
and, true to form, is busy again. In
the last week nine marriage licenses
have been issued by County Clerk Tom
J.. Rees. They are:
Jose Baca, "a, and Eduwigis Savala,
II, both of Williams.
Homer Lehman, 81, and Lucy Kelch-
ner, 10, both of Ashfork.
Carlo Martinez, SO and Augustine
Ponce, %.
Euhale Mauriquez, 27, and Gaudu-
lupe Lemens, II, both of Williams.
F'idel Gonzales, 80, and Juana Ose-
gueda, married by Rev. Fr. C. Vabre
VIM. Best, %, and Rosa Myers, 18
both Of Yavapai county, married by
Justice of the Peace r. j. Kidd.
Hugh Best and Miss Bessie Kidd
the news of whose wedding is printed
this week. The bridegroom is broth
er of the young man who married Miss
Myers.
Decker Williams and Miss Stahl
whose wedding is also chronicled or
the society page.
The Coconino sun., 1923-06-15
BISBEE RETRACTS

+ Delegate Keller of the Bisbee
+ American Legion post on We'd :
+ nesday morning in the convention
+ of the American Legion of the
+ state made public apology for the
+ recent action of the Bisbee post
+ in taking sides with Governor
i Hunt and against State Legion
+ Commander Stoddard in the con-
+ troversy between the two fol-
i lowing the governors failure to
J. invite representative of the
+ Legion to the Colorado river pact
4 conference in Phoenix May s.
i Bisbee was the only post that
4 had sided with the governor. The
+ announcement of Mr.. Keller that
T. his post had taken its stand
+ through misinformation and had
+ been hasty and wrong, and that
+ the Bisbee post now stood strong
+ ly with the other posts of the
+ state, was met with applause. Z
4 +Tf%+ +%%+%%%%
The Coconino sun., 1923-06-15
AMERICANISM
MAIN THEM
AT TUESDAYS
ROTARY MEET

Guests furnished most of the enter
tainment at Tuesdays Rotary meet
ing and the theme of the talks was
Americanism.
Frank Chisholm was chairman for
the day and had gathered an array Of
talent impossible to beat. The prin-
cipal talk was made by Celora M.
Stoddard, state commander of the
American Legion, whose members
were then assembled in fifth annual
convention in Flagstaff.
President NJ. |. Powers raped the
bunch into submission, while the
young ladies who furnished the music
ate candy C. B. Wilson had procured
in honor of his 23rd birthday and the
men smoked cigars commemorating
the historical birth some 19 years ago
of the club secretary. Mr.. Powers an
nounced the chairmen for the next few
weeks, as follows: June 10, Earl Sill
pher, the meeting to be at p. m. OH
Observatory hill, outside the library
building, where supper will be served,
and then Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will
come in for scrutiny through the big
Lowell observatory telescope; June &c,
Joe r llSon, VINO Is SofIer DOokeQ
to arrange picnic at Lake Mary, the
main object Of which will be good
time with the Boy Scouts of Flagstaff,
who will then be encamped there; July
3, Ray II. Simpson; July 10, Hugh
Wheats: July II, Ed Babbitt; July "a,
]. G. Brown.
J. B. Koch, chairman of Boy Scout
work, asked all Rotarians to make an
effort to visit the Scouts in camp at
Lake Mary and called for volunteer
automobiles to bring the Holbrook
boys away from camp today and take
Continued on Page Two.) -.
The Coconino sun., 1923-06-15
COMMANDER STODDARD'S
REPLY TO THE GOVERNOR

Governor Geo. w. P. Hunt has made
certain statements in connection with
my letter of May 10, 1923, that SEM
to you ex-seIvice men and women in
which took exception to his not hav-
ing extended an invitation to the
American Legion to send an official
representative to his conference on
May on the Colorado river PROPOSE
ton
Notwithstanding the criticism of my
good friends from Bisbee, l have re
rfained from replying to the governor
through the public press. And not
withstanding the criticism of certain
newspapers in the state, l have re-
Trained from replying to the governor
through the public press.
The: governor saw fit to break into
print, not I. He saw fit to rush into
the newspapers for the purpose, sup
The Coconino sun., 1923-06-15

1oor," in order that he might be a
liberty to talk on this. subject to yo,
lirect. | read my letter of May 10th
''To the Service Men and
Women:
Because of the active and SER
ious interest that the ex-service
men and women of Arizona have
taken in the various affairs of
community, state and nation, it is
with regret that inform you that
Governor Geo. w. P. Hunt did not
invite nor include a representa-
tive of the American Legion of
this department to take part in
his conference held May 8th on
the Colorado river compact.
If there is one thing that is of
vital and intense interest to US
ex-service men, it is matters deal
ing with reclamation and land
legislation, and the development
of the resources of our great state
and nation. If there has ever
been an opportunity of promise to
fulfill some of our hopes and am
bitions it certainly is the Colora-
do river proposition in some form.
Yet you and your organization
have been ignored and your views
and services evidently are not
considered Of any value, especial
ly in conference.
"My personal ideas concerning
the Colorado river compact and
the recent action of the legisla-
ture of the state of Arizona do
not enter into this matter in the
least, but I do consider it my duty
as department commander of the
American Legion in Arizona to
inform you of what ! consider a
slight to your intelligence and
service on matter of such vital
Importance and interest to you.
''I do not know what you think
of this kind of treatment, but |
consider it unseemly action upon
the part Of the chief executive of
our state to totally overlook and
ignore an organization whose
members are so yitally interested
in the up-building and advance
1nent of our state"
The governors letter of May IA, a
best / am able to understand it, &C
,uses me Of making "mistatements O
The facts" and playing politics"
Let me read his letter to you in or
der that you may have its content
fresh in your minds:
Dear Sir:
my attention has been called
to the mimeographed letter mail
ed by you under date Of May 10,
Continued on Page Eighty
The Coconino sun., 1923-06-15
OWSLEY SURPRISED
AT HUNTS STAND

E After State Commander Celora
= NJ. Stoddard had made his reply
+ to Governor Hunt on Monday af-
+ ternoon, he sprung surprise by
+ reading the following telegram
+ on the same subjeet-the COVER
! nor's ignoring of the American
= Legion in the recent pact confer
= ence-from Alvin Owsley, nat
= ional commander e the Legion
= It was sent flcsis Boise, Idaho,
T. and said:
. Celora NJ. Stoddard,
T. Department Commander
= American Legion.
T. Phoenix, Arizona.
= Information reaches me Cover
+ nor Hunt has not appointed
+ American Legion representative
+ on Colorado river reclamation
4 project. This astonishes me and
= is a great disappointment. Land
+ reclamation and legislation are
= subjects close to the heart of the
+ Legion. May | not urge Arizona
+ Legion present forcefully to his
+ excellency Governor Hunt the de-
+ sirability Of Legion representa-
+ ton on so far reaching and i'm
= portant an undertaking | an
+ ticipate Governor Hunt will ap-
+ preciate Legion cooperation.
T. ALVIN OWSLEY
The Coconino sun., 1923-06-15

partment chaplain, was unable to be
present, and Rev. Mr. Buman of
Flagstaff delivered a brief Invocation
George r. Lewis of Flagstaff, as
sistant county attorney, read the adj
dress Of welcome written by Mayor
Tom f. Pulliam and handed to Mr..
Stoddard huge wooden key to the
city, the latter thanking him on behalf
of the visitors.
Commander Stoddard announced the
winner among the posts of the state
of cash prizes for greatest increase
in membership between May 24th and
June 9th, this year, and as the names
Of the three posts receiving prizes
were called, a representative of each
stepped to the stage and received the
check. Navajo post got the first prize,
$25; st. Johns the second, SIS, and
The Coconino sun., 1923-06-15
H. s. HARPER BUYS AMERICAN
CANDY KITCHEN FROM PANSON

H. S. Harper has bought the Amer
lean Candy Kitchen on Leroux street
from Nick Panson, and he and Mrs.
Harper have taken charge. Mr.. Pam
son will go east.
Mr.. Harper, who for the last three
years had worked for the Arizona
Lumber & Timber Co., is an expert
candy and ice cream maker and will
handle the manufacturing end, with
an assistant, while Mrs. Harper has
charge of the store. They are PLAN
ming many Improvements, to make the
place more of rest room. They plan
to at first make 100 gallons of ice
cream day, and already are receiv-
ing orders from out of town stores,
intending to make the business whole
sale as well as retail.
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The Coconino sun., 1923-06-15

who are interested in land Legislation
and can be of assistance to us IN as
surfing ratification of the Colorado riy"
er pact at an early date.
Following are the other resolutions
adopted at the convention, all being
adopted unanimously except the one
on the museums on which there was
a small dissenting vote, mainly from
the Phoenix delegates, who hankered
to have their new Arizona library des-
ignated as the repository for the coli
lection of war souvenirs.
In some cases the text Of the reso-
lutionS are bliefed, but the exact I'M
port of each is left clear:
Continued on Page Eleven)
The Coconino sun., 1923-06-15
THANK YOU !!
TO THE PEOPLE OF

= TO THE PEOPLE Or
3 FLAGSTAFF:
= In addition to the resolution of
. thanks unanimously adopted by
: the fifth annual convention of the :
= American Legion as a result of :
3 the hospitable and royal welcome
you accorded us during our con- !
= vention, permit me the personal !
& pleasure and privilege of thank
7 ing you.
+ As | was the department COM I
Z mander, | most keenly feel and
Z appreciate the success that you
E made of our convention. You
: took us into your homes, into !
: your hearts, and so sincerely well !
> coined us that your action proved I
Z a wonderful incentive to our or
E ganization to "carry on and
& fight for the cause of American .
T ism and justice.
4 Sincerely yours, !
: CELORA M. STODDARD.
+ 4 = i. 4. 4. 4 = = i i = u - y - I
The Coconino sun., 1923-06-15
AMER AN LEGION DEMANDS IMMEDIATE
RATIFICATION PACT WITHOUT RESERVATIONS
DEMANDS SPECIAL SESSION
OF STATE LEGISLATURE

Emphatic uneuuvoca of the American Legion
state convention imperative necessity of at rang
the Colorado river pact
The American Legion state with delegates from every
section the brand of this dspeasue on Gov
ernor Hunt will defeat the greatest opportunity Arizona
ever has had or ever can development and growth
The Coconino sun., 1923-06-15

urging necessity for an extra ses-
sion of the legislature, and that a
copy Of this letter be mailed to all
commercial clubs. chambers of COM
merce, Rotary clubs, the American as
sociation of Engineers and other bod
les Of men and women i'll this state
The Coconino sun., 1923-06-15


pose, of trying "to put the fear of
Hunt into my SOUL" but my soul did
not respond to the treatment This
controversy vitally interests the ex-
servicemen and women OF the state,
not the general public, and tn proper
time and place for me to reply is here
at the convention of the american,
Legion.
When | learned that he, politician,
had sent copies of his letter of May
18th to the posts of the American Le-
gion, | wrote to him and extended to
him the personal privilege of the
The Coconino sun., 1923-06-15

A boy from Jerome. got the Durant
sport model touring car offered by the
American Legion, and drove away,
glad he came.
The Coconino sun., 1923-06-15

Additional local news, pages 9 and IL
Evening star., 1923-09-24
FOE CAN'T BARGAIN,
PO|NCARE INSISTS
Premier Emphatic in Demand
Germany CapituIate;; Scouts
Idea of Revolution.
BY the Associated Press.

by tn0 Associated PFess.
PARIS, September 24-Premier
Poincare made three speeches yes
terday-at Champenoux. Toui and Bois
lie Pretre-in none of which did he
make even the most distant refer
ence to the visit of Stanley Baldwin,
the British prime minister, to Paris.
The speeches might have been-in
fact, most probably were-written be-
fore that event.
The point NJ Poincare sought to
make clear yesterday was that Ger
many must not expect to be able to
make the collapse of passive resist
ance in the Ruhr means for driv-
ing a bargain with France or obtain
ing any concession.
In inaugurating a monument to the
war dead at Champenoux, in the CEN
ter of the world war battle line on
Grand Couronne Height, Premier
Poincare said that such ceremonies
as those being held were not intended
to fan hatred or resentment, but
merely to glorify the heroism of those
who fell in the cause of justice and
liberty. He expressed surprise that
Germany was forgetting the gener-
osity of the victors in signing the
armistice when they were on the
and destroying the last divisions of
the armies of the Reich.
There are many today across the
Rhine, said M Poincare, who are
blind or deaf to their situation. They
are leading Germany toward new ca
Evening star., 1923-09-24

tastrophes and foolishiy expending In
revolt against the treaty that has
been signen resources which might
be used to execute 1t.
On Edge OF Precipice.
What Is to be done? Let us walt.
precipice they can still, thank God.
save themselves from falling. They
have only to recognize the useless
moss of their resistance and prove
to us that they are sincerely deter
mined to keep their promises. But
let them beware. The slope is steep
and 1t is not we who are slipping"
In unveiling war monument ht
that during the period from 1871 TO
1914 there was no real peace AID
normal relations between France. and
Germany were impossible. France
ahall not revive such a prec Lrious
peace. must rid herself of old i'm
periaIistic habits, realize the, wrong
she has done and sincerely resolve
to repair 1t.
Germany Naturally Ricla.
Germany racuraily is ONE of sthe
richest countries in the world" said
the premier; the war hy.s not se-
riously affected her prosperity. The
present crisis suspends her capacity
for the future. What Germany lacks
is not capacity to pay. but the sim
Premier Poincare's third speech
was delivered in front of the memo
rial to the dead at Bois lie Pretre.
The chief point OF the speech there
was insistence that Germany's sur
render in the Rlthr must be uncon-
ditional
The German government is aware
that passive resistance can only last
a few weeks more" said NJ. Poincaire.
yet she is tying to make us pay
fdr the deciAion which events are
forcing on her"
He refused to be frightened by the
scarecrows (which were being set up
to scare France into an understand
ing with Germany that Germany will
become az prey to bolshevism. will be
transformed into a center of anarch-
ism, eniangering her neighbors.
He hoped, however, that Germany
would belle these lugubrious prophe-
sizes. She evidently was not yet used
to sedf government, having retained
funciionaries and generals belonging
to the old regime. who were tolerated
even by her most extreme parties.
Germany has not yet found her
Evening star., 1923-09-24

equilibrium" he continued, |but her
traditional qualities for organization
have put her in a position to estab-
lish it,"
The premier concluded with a reply
to those throughout the world who
had begged France to rid humanity
of the reparations question
He asked if Germany had any,
thing to show, like the devastated
wood around them, or destroyed
towns. like Thiaucourt, or Pont-a-
Mousson. France was more eager
than any one to end the question
of reparations, but, he declared:
I'VE accept no conditions We hold
to our public declarations; we have
nothing to add, nothing to subtract
from them"
Evening star., 1923-09-24

was in critical condition today at
the Long Branch IN. J.) Hospital. the
victim of an automobile crash early
Sunday morning at Asbury Park.
which cost the life of Lewis Gordon
Norrie, Princeton hockey star and son
of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Gordon Norrie of
New York.
Hospital authorities declined to de-
tail Miss Ryans injuries or give the
names of the others of the party who
were hurt.
Norrie and his friends in two auto
mobiles, according to police, were
Evening star., 1923-09-24

speeding to his aunt's home at Red
Bank. N. J.. from a roadhouse at 3
O'Clock Sunday morning, when Nor
rie's car which was preceding, COL
lided head-on with an automobile
driven by Isador Orbatel of Newark,
demolishing both cars. The second
car in the Norrie party did not stop
and the injured lay for five minutes
in a driving rain before they extri-
Gated one another and then were
taken to the hospital in a passing
car.
Chief of Police White of Neptune
township said there was liquor in one
OF the cars of Norrie's party.
Evening star., 1923-09-24

i the DARK OF the CORK
oak tree. CUT a piece of
cork and see how tough
it is. Cork gives to limo
leum its durability, its
capacity to wear for
years.
Cork is resilient,'
springy. It gives it's re-
Evening star., 1923-09-24
Cwk 6 sssgh

c'r' d ''+sa lin oIeum.
Cork does not absorb mois-
ture. The linoleum surface
is practically waterproof.
Linoleum gets its name
from linseed oil. Exposed to
the air, linseed oil oxidizes,
turning into a tough, solid,
rubbery film. Powdered
cork and oxidized linseed oil
unite perfectly to make a
resilient, durable, yet hexi-
bic floor material.
Why Iinolesns is hard
TO tear
Burlap is made from jute,
which comes from India.
Heavy rope is made from
jute. The cork and linseed
oil composition is pressed or
keyed" into the burlap
under huge rollers weighing
many tons. The burlap back
gives linoleum it's tensile
strength. You can identify
sturdy, nontearing, flexible
linoleum by its burlap back.
Look for the burlap weave.
Evening star., 1923-09-24

laid by a linoleum layer, and likewise
why it is so resilient, so foot-easy to the
tread. You also will know why it deadens
noise-because cork deadens sound.
Onlysthcse who have actually used
linoleum, however, know the work it
saves.
Why linoleam is easy to clean
The linoleum floor is smooth. It con-
tains no cracks for dirt to collect in;
therefore, none for germs to breed in. It
requires no scrubbing., Surface dirt is
readily wiped away. A thorough waxing