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The Coconino sun., 1924-10-03
MUST CONSERVE WATER
SUPPLY AT ONCE, REPORT

Owing to the constant lowering of
the city water supply, now estimated
at nineteen million gallons in the city
reservoir, the city council has re-
quested the sawmills and the Santa Fe
railroad to make other arrangements
for their water supply until such time
as the drought is broken and the flow
from the city springs increases to
meet the needs of the city.
1t is thought that the nineteen mil
lion gallons now in the reservoir, with
an inflow of $4,000 gallons per day,
and 100000 gallons being consumed
daily, will last until next March for
domestic use only.
1t is understood the Flagstaff Lum-
Der Co. is arranging to haul water
from Lake Mary. The A. L. & T. COM
pany had hoped to secure water tenn
porarily from the city park reservoir,
but the supply there is too limited to
warrant putting in pipe line. The
Santa Fe has been requested to cut
down to the limit and |. B. Koch,
chairman of the water committee OF
the city council was called in to Los
Angeles yesterday to confer with Cen
eral Manager Etter and other officials
relative to the water situation here.
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-03
SPUD CROP HERE ALMOST
NIL; BEANS ONLY CROP
NOT HURT BY THE DROUTH

This has turned out to be the most
unsatisfactory year for farmers since
farming became an industry of inn
portance in Coconino county.
With about the same acreage OF
potatoes as last year, that is 1000
acres, instead of a normal crop of 300
freight car loads, it is estimated by
County Farm Agent Frank Chisholm
that there will not be more than a
dozen carloaSs shipped.
This is, of course, due to the un-
usual drouth. Up to the last of July
indications were that the crop would
be good, at least fair. But lack of
rain, with more wind than usual in
August and September, ruined the
crop. This condition prevails all over
the county, no section being especially
favored. In a few fields there are
spots that will repay digging, but ..i1ly
small fraction of the acreage will be
dug.
Grain, in which the acreage is about
the same as last year, is only a half
crop.
Beans, maturing earlier, are about
normal. There isn't a large acreage,
but the price, seven to eight cents, is
considered good and farmers who
went into beans on a market scale are
being repaid, though that is the only
crop on which they will begin to get
back the amount of money and hard
work invested.
Of course, this condition is not linn
tied to this county, most of the south
west and a great deal of the north
west having Suffered in like measure
and in some cases even worse from
the drouth. Coconino county farmers
have worked hard and faithfully, most
of them using improved methods of
farming, and the setback they are
getting this year is to be deplored.
While it likely will not occur again in
a long time, they have strong call
on the sympathy of. all those who are
not depending on farms for a livell-
hood.
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-03
PIPES SHOT BLACK CAT
LADY LUCK GOT PIPES

F. E. Pipes, outside superintendent
of the Flagstaff Lumber Co., threw
his gage into the face of Fate and
Lady Luck, Tuesday night. Next
morning, ganging on him, they got
him.
What do you think Of feller who'll
shoot black cat crossing in front of
him Amt he got his coming?
Tuesday night as Bill Cady, Pipes
and Trainmaster Sanford were COM
ing over the Flagstaff Lumber Co.
railroad on a speeder from Mormon
lake, Pipes saw the glare of two eyes
in front and shot and killed big
black tom cat. A few minutes later
Pipes lost his gun off the side of the
speeder, never noticing it in the clam
or then going on against him by the
other two who said they knew he'd
never get back to Flagstaff alive.
Next morning early Mr.. Pipes took
the gasoline speeder and went out
looking for his gun. He rode to the
foot of Lake Mary, went on to a sid
ing and listened to hear the train from
town to camp, due about then. He
couldn't hear it, so started back, stop
ping every now and then to listen.
Midway of Lake Mary he came around
one end of sharp curve just as the
locomotive showed around the other
end.
"If I jump now," Fred thought
"that engine will throw the speeder
right on top of me-" So he waited un-
til the locomotive was almost on him
then jumped, over a 20-foot bank
landing on some small rocks. His
ankle was badly sprained.
Engineer George Nichols, with the
sun directly in his eyes, couldn't see
the speeder. Fireman Arthur Perry
out front on the engine pilot with ar
eye peeled for the lost gun, saw the
speeder and jumped clear over the
smokestack back to the engine tender
to get out of the way. showing gooc
judgment, for the pilot was knocked
off. The speeder, which Mr.. Pipes
had thrown into reverse, was badly
jimmed up.
On his way back on the train, Pipes
spotted his gun and is that much
ahead, anyway.
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-03
ROTARY GETS TWO NEW
MEMBERS THEN HEARS OF
FRIENDS, NORMAL, GAME

Rollin Knoles engineered TUESDAYS
meeting of Flagstaff Rotary club,
sprinkling lot of pep around during
which were brought up several things
to seriously and profitably think
about
DR.. F. A. Cotton of the Normal
school, Tom Mccullough, president of
the state and local game protective
associations, Mayor Loren w. Cress,
and President C.. B. Wilson, who
opened and closed the meeting, were
the fellows who injected the serious
stuff into the program.
DIR. Cotton and Ralph r. Davis were
lnducted into membership, such an
occasion being taken as one for re-
Jolcing, so the PERCEPTION speeches, re-
spectively, though not too respectfully
made by Del Strong and DR.. A. J.
Mackey, did not cause tears to flow
copiously.
While good cigars provided by M.
l. Powers in honor of his annual re-
crudescence were being smoked, Mayor
Cress read extracts from a speech
made at Rotary International conven>
tion on friendship in Rotary, the
theme being, "The World Doesn't Owe
Me a Living; Owe the World Life"
With Miss Elsa Myers doing her
best at the piano as harmonizer, fu-
tile job considering the vocal failings
of her colaborators, the baby Rotar-
ians, Cotton and Davis, tried to sing
"Ohe, Liza Jane" with acrobatics. 1t
was dismal failure, which conversely,
provoked much mirth.
Tom Bellwood, Normal's leading
vocalist, sang the popular Virginia
carry-me-back song, amiably letting
the others join in the chorus.
DR.. Cotton said he wanted to make
clear all about his coming to take
charge of Normal. He and DIR. Nc
Mullen have been friends for years,
born in the same state and working
together in indianapolis. Mrs. Nc
Mullen's father was one of the pre-
ceptors and friends of his youth. So
when DR.. McMullen decided to go to
Columbia university to study for his
degree on years leave from Normal,
he asked DR.. Cotton to come here for
the year, which,, the speaker said, is
as long as he will be here.
Both he and Mrs. Cotton are in love
with Arizona and with Flagstaff, he
said.
Registration at Normal, DR.. Cotton
said, is about so over last year at this
time. There are 40 young men en-
rolled. In the near future, he be-
lieves, there will be many times as
many of both sexes enrolled as now.
Factors contributing to this expected
rapid growth are the new two-year
junior college course, which he hopes
soon will be extended to three years
and then to four years; special train
ing for rural school teachers, for
which there is now no provision any
where in this state; department of
physical education and health training,
to turn out teachers in those depart
ments and athletic coaches.
While a student at Normal leaves
CONTINUED on Page Eleven)
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-03
SHERIFF CAMPBELL HOME
ROMERO, KILLER, LOOSE

Sheriff w. A. Campbell got home
Yesterday morning from Guadalajara,
Mexico, where he went after Miguel
Romero, under arrest there and
wanted in Flagstaff for the murder
here on July 9 of Juan Gonzales. But
he didn't bring Romero back.
The state department at Washing
ton wired the u. S. ambassador at
Mexico City on September 3 to hold
Romero. But two days later he was
released under a thousand dollar bond.
Campbell, with the more or less ac-
tive aid of Mexican officers tried to
find him, but in vain.
!. Deputy Warden French of the Arl-
zona state penitentiary is down in Old
Mexico after an escaped convict and
expects to stay there for some time
and is keeping sharp watch for Ro.
nero, who. may, now that Sheriff
Campbell has left, come out of hid
ing.
Campbell came home pretty dis
gusted and just getting back to nor
NAL after five weeks in a country
where there is no chewing tobacco ex-
cept Star brand, which he never did
like and even that was scarce.
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-03
KATHRYN KELLER WEDS
FREDERICK P. JEFFREY

Miss Kathryn Keller, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Keller and
one of the most popular members of
Flagstaff's young social set, was mar
ried in Prescott last Saturday evening
to Frederick Phillips Jeffrey, a recent
though popular resident of this town.
The ceremony was performed at st.
Lukes Episcopal church at Prescott,
Rev. Alfred M. Nichols, rector, Off
ciating. The young couple left Flag
staff at noon last Saturday ostensibly
for drive to nearby scenic attrac-
tons, but instead dashed away to
Prescott, were married and returned
to Flagstaff about o'clock that eve
ming. The news was not generally
known even to the young couples in
innate friends until Monday after
noon.
The attractive young bride was
born in Flagstaff and is a graduate
of both Flagstaff high school and
Northern Arizona Normal school,
graduating from the latter institution
in 1928. Recently she has been en-
ployed as secretary to County Attor-
ney Frank Harrison.
The groom is the son of Mrs. Car
rie Jeffrey of Jacksonville, Fla, and
prior to coming to Flagstaff about six
months ago was an accountant in
Syracuse, N. Y, former home of his
mother. Since coming here he has
been with the Arizona Lumber & Tim
Der Co., in the capacity of commissary
and time keeper.
Following the parental blessings of
the parents of both bride and groom,
their scores of friends are showering
them with congratulatory expressions.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jeffrey expect to make
their home, for the present at least,
in Flagstaff.
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-03
STATE GAME ASSOCIATION
VOTES TO RETAIN LOCAL
MEN In HIGHEST OFFICES

By unanimous vote T. E. McCul
lough and w. d. Draine of Flagstaff
were reelected president and secre-
tary-treasurer, respectively, of the
Arizona Game Protective association
at the first annual convention and
second annual meeting at Prescott
last Saturday. President Mccullough,
Secretary Treasurer Draine and one
member from each local branch of the
state association comprise the execu
tive board. 1t is generally understood
that the present executive committee
men of the respective locals will be re-
tanned for the ensuing year, it being
the concensus of opinion that by so
doing the splendid work started by
the present executive board could thus
be best carried to a successful con-
clusion.
At the general trap shoot, given by
the Prescott Gun club in honor of the
visiting delegates, Prescott kept its
nimrodistic honors very much at home.
Ray Vyne was high man, DR.. E. A.
Swenson second. In the second event
George Miller copped the prize with
DR.. L. E. Shoup high second; and in
the doubles DR. Swenson and Harry
Shumate tied for first honors.
Game association officers and state
office candidates who addressed the
association, giving their views of the
fish and game situation in Arizona and
pledging themselves to cooperate in
furthering all reasonable endeavors of
the association, included t. E. McCul-
Tough, w. D. Draine, DR.. Ralph Roper,
Henry Brinkmeyer Jr., A. h. Favour,
Hiliard 7. Brooke, DIR. Frank w. Bo-
vile, L. L. Bates and Charles H. Nc
Lain.
The revised state game code,
drafted by a committee composed of
members of the various local organi-
cations, state and federal officials last
April, was endorsed by the conven-
ton and the printing of several thou
sand copies authorized for distribution
to newspapers, public officials and the
public generally as an educational
movement. At the next regular ses-
sion Of the legislature that body IS
expected to put the amended code to
statewide referendum vote. The print
ed code will be ready for distribution
at an early date, according to Presi-
dent Mccullough. Probably the most
radical changes in the code, it is
stated, are the items increasing the
resident licenses from $3.50 to $3.50
and the raising of nonresident IL
censes from the present fee of $40 to
$35 per annum. This increase it is
claimed is necessary in order to raise
funds sufficient to properly finance
the functioning of the state game
warden's department, it being pointed
out that at present most of the game
law enforcement is of a necessity car
ried on by voluntary services of men,
bers of the nine local associations.
Proposal to recommend re-establish-
ing the state bounty on mountain lions
was rejected by the convention, as was
the resolution protesting the proposed
thinning out of deer in the Kaibab for
est, the latter resolution being tabled
pending a report from the committee
appointed to investigate conditions on
the preserve. The lion bounty is pro
perly county, not state matter, game
officials. claim.
Saturday night visiting delegates
and their wives were rendered ban
quet by members of the Prescott local
association.
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-03
MARSHAL BACK FROM
TEXAS WITH PRISONER

City Marshal Cooper returned on
Wednesday morning from Port Ar
thur, Texas, bringing with him Ray
Shelton, for whom he journeyed to
the Texas seaport. While Shelton adj
mits that he was in Flagstaff and
suddenly departed about the time Dr.
Flett's Buick coupe disappeared, he
insists that he did not steal the car,
but that he left here in Ford tour
ing car with a party of tourists, drlv-
ing to Kansas with them and spending
some time in their company in that
state.
Shelton also admits registering here
as Ray Black and that he was ac-
quainted with Mrs. Jessie Cramer, ar
rested in Flagstaff with Swall, Hanley
and Barton who are now serving penl-
tertiary sentences for auto thefts COM
mitted near Flagstaff last July. The
prisoner denies, however, that he had
any knowledge of the quartet's thiev-
ing operations and disclaims any
knowledge of the Flett car theft.
Shelton was turned over to Marshal
Cooper by the Port Arthur chief or
police just one hour before his attor-
ney was to apply for writ of habeas
corpus, asking the prisoners release
because of lack of evidence. Cooper
rushed his man to Houston, Texas,
several miles away and in that city
took the train last Monday morning
for Flagstaff.
While in Houston, City Marshal
Cooper renewed old acquaintances, the
southern Texas metropolis being his
boyhood home. He saw sea-going
steamships drawing 80 feet of water
tied up to the docks in the heart of
the business district, where only ex-
tremely light draft tugs and sailing
vessels could operate at the time he
left that inland port may years ago.
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-03
WEEK END HIGHWAY
OPPOSED BY FLAGSTAFF
JUNIOR CHAMBER

Flagstaff's Junior Chamber of Com
merce has gone on record as opposed
to southern Arizonians' ambitious
weekend boulevard into California.
At its last meeting the local junior
chamber adopted resolutions con-
demning the proposition and are this
week sending out copies of the reso-
luton to, every chamber OF commerce
and newspaper in the state to awaken
sentiment against the proposed lnitla-
tive measure for bond issue. The
resolution follows:
Whereas, it is proposed to submit to
the people of the state of Arizona at
the coming fall election an initiative
measure, proposing to bond the state
of Arizona in the sum of $3,500,000
to pave a state highway from Buckeye
near Phoenix, Maricopa county, Ari-
zona, to the Colorado river opposite
Blythe, California; and
Whereas, there are now highways
in both northern and southern Ari
zona connecting with definitely estab-
lished California highways, which said
highways are all that are required by
Arizona for either her own inhabitants
or the inhabitants of California seek
ing a good route through either north
ern or southern Arizona; and
Whereas, said proposed highway
will be built approximately 100 miles
through two counties of the state of
Arizona, consisting of practically un-
inhabited desert land, and will serve
and benefit the selfish interests of
only a few of the inhabitants of the
state of Arizona, with the burden and
expense thereof falling on the tax
payers of the whole of Arizona; and
Whereas, said proposed measure is
not deemed to be for the best interests
of Coconino county, northern Arizona
or the state of Arizona as whole;
Now, therefore, be it resolved by
the Flagstaff Junior Chamber of Com-
merce that it does oppose said bond
issue for the reason that it is a use
less and extravagant expenditure OF
the moneys of the taxpayers of the
whole of the state of Arizona for the
use and benefit of the interests of a
small percentage of the people there
of, and that it is not for the benefit
and to the best interests Of the state
of Arizona.
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-03
RIVERA AND JOHNSON
! SCORED KNOCKOUTS In
ELKS BOXING FIESTA

There was a world of excitement
furnished with the Flagstaff Elks'
boxing carnival Monday night at
Felipe Angeles hall, South San Fran
cisco street; several thoraxes busted
in frantic yelling and an increase in
blood pressure that made the weather
change to warmer and hold so all the
next day.
There was not as big crowd as
the show deserved. These are good
cards being put on by Promoter West
Little Richard Prochnow and Joe
Garcia, atom-weights, went for four
rounds to draw. Richard promises
to be as clever a biff-artist as his
slightly older fly-weight brothers,
Charlie and Robert.
Charlie Prochnow and Buster Rau-
debaugh also went four rounds to a
draw. Both did good work and the
crowd enjoyed it.
Demon Rivera, the 115-pounder
from Los Angeles, made Abe Chavez,
118-pounder from, Albuquerque t0lit
after the second round of what was
scheduled to be an 8-round battle. No
one blamed Chavez for quitting. The
bell ending the second saved him from
a knockout He had to be lifted and
half-carried to his corner, his eyes
nearly closed, his wind gone from the
wicked short-arm punches he got in
fighting.
Red Fitzsimmons of Amarillo,
Texas, and Eddie johnson of Pueblo
were carded for 10-round final, and
Reds efforts toacover his vulnerable
points in the second and third saved
him until the fourth, when the decid-
ing punch, wicked right to the short
ribs, put him down for the count. 1t
was a case of the older, more exper-
fenced and more clever man winning,
though handicapped greatly in weight,
height, age and reach.
The real intensity of the evenings
fun developed in connection with a
fight carded between Young Sutro
and Kid Curley, both of Flagstaff.
They were on the program for six
rounds. Curley, with no opportunity
to train, was wise in refusing to go
on. A young farmer from Spring Val
ley, who says he'll clean up on the
sporting editor if his real name is
used, and who used to knock 'em cold
prior to 1910, was there to take Cur
ley's place. Sutro said he wouldn't
fight him. Finally, the crowd chip
ping in, his reluctance was overcome
and he agreed to try five rounds.
It was some fight! The first round
went to Sutro, his antagonist playing
waiting game to size up the situa-
ton. Sutro has lot of tricks all his
own and he opened up the whole bag
of them.
Along in the second, the farmer boy
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The Coconino sun., 1924-10-03
NOW HE'S GOOD

An account has reached Flagstaff
of the killing of a negro at McNary
recently by member of the office
staff Of the w. M. Cady Lumber Co.
of McNary. The killing, it is under
stood, has been pronounced justifiable
by the authorities of Apache county.
One of the negroes had left the
company's employ and was removing
household goods that didn't belong to
him. General Manager Adey went to
the shack and asked him not to take
the stuff away. The negro grabbed a
shot gun and his wife a revolver and
both pulled down on Adey, who was
unarmed. A member of the office
staff, knowing Adey had no weapon
and that the negro was hard GUS
toner, had followed Adey unknown to
the latter. When the negro leveled the
shot gun at Adey the other man shot,
dropping his man. The negress then
dropped her gun.
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-03
NEW PHYSICIAN HERE

DIR. w. C. Hendricks and family,
formerly of Alexandria, La, who for
the last six months have been at Nc
Nary, where DR.. Hendricks was one
of the w. M. Cady Lumber company
physicians, have movedIto Flagstaff
and are living on West Aspen avenue
near Emerson school. DIR. Hendricks
will be physician to the employees of
the Flagstaff Lumber Co. He is much
taken with Flagstaff and says he
hopes to build a home here before
long. Coming from southern Louis
lana, where game is plentiful and
every boy and man born huntsman,
he expects to try for some of the
high scores at the Flagstaff Gun
clubs endeavors.
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-03
TONIC NATIONAL FOREST
REOPENED TO HUNTERS;
RANGERS ARE RETURNING

The Tonto national forest was on
Monday thrown open to hunters and
campers by order of Forest Super
visor T. T. Swift, who rescinded his
order of last week closing the reser-
walton during the hunting season. The
return from California to Arizona Of
forest rangers who had temporarily
been on duty in the coast fighting for
est fires was given as the reason for
lifting the restrictions.
"While the fire hazard still exists,
the forest service is better prepared
to accept risks and feels that it
should now give forest users free ac-
cess to the area for hunting or camp
ing" stated Mr.. Swift. "It is hoped
that all users will adopt a resolution
to refrain from smoking except in
camp or at other places of habitation,
to throw no lighted matches, cigaret-
tes, cigars or live pipe ashes from
any vehicle, to use good judgment In
kelecting camp spots and in building
camp fires, and to place themselves
available for fire fighting in case
their services are needed.
'Due to the summer drought, stock
water is extremely low and we ear
nestly request that camps not be
made in stockmen's corrals or pas
lures, and that camps be located that
they will not interfere with the ma
tural watering places of range stock.
Stockmen have spent large sums of
money in developing water and erect
ing water trcughs on their ranges and
it is not just for passers to wash or
clean their game in them or other
wise pollute the watering places"
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-03
SATISFY YOUR CURIOSITY

Coconinans who have since time inn
memorial wrestled with the centuries
old query as to why the wildcat is so
altogether undomesticated and shame
fully lacking in spirit of docility
may now satisfy that ingrowing
curiosity. At least they now have the
opportunity to do so. A member of
the family Observation-Disclosures
has taken up temporary headquarters
in one of w. H. Switzer's show win
dows, and is receiving daily between
the hours of son-up and daughters
retiring.
The young bobcat, splendid speci-
men, was outrun and captured by
throwing leather coat over it. The
captor, whose modesty prevents the
disclosure of his identity, is a young
cattle valet named Denny, and the cat
met it's Waterloo near Rogers lake,
about IL miles south of Flagstaff.
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-03
WITH OUR OLD FRIENDS
IN THE PENITENTIARY

Deputy Sheriffs VIM. F. Wallace
and R. L. Neill ran across several ac-
quaintances during their recent visit
to the state penitentiary at Florence,
where they took some Navajo Indians
sentenced by Judge j. E. Jones for
stealing Babbitt and Buggeln cattle.
One of the inmates Neill talked
with was Harry H. Nash, murderer
of Martin F. Schwab. He is one of
the bakers. He has lost weight and
seems despondent, evidently given up
hope of parole.
The older of the two Navajo In
dian brothers who murdered Charlie
Hubbell, reservation trader, several
years ago, has been paroled. The
younger one is still there. His boss
at the odd jobs he is assigned to is
Teddy. the Navajo who hired his
younger brother to kill his, Teddy's
wife. Both of the Hubbell murderers
have learned to speak English flu
emily and both can read and write very
we'll.