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The Coconino sun., 1924-10-31

But, to sum down all of his re-
marks, the one main point he iterated
and reiterated, many times, the argu-
incentive pillar against which he leaned
the single trap gun with which he
fired at his clay pigeons, was this:
'The trail can't be sold to the gov
ernment because it is illegal to sell it. =
This argument was picked at the
last minute by Mr.. Gold out of the
cerulean blue that showed through the
fog of his bewilderment.
Listen: If it is illegal to sell the
trail, why did Mr.. Gold put the peo-
pie of this county to the expense of
voting on the question? Why, if the
trail cannot legally be sold does Sena-
tor Cameron fight the sale tooth and
tOe-nail? Why is it that the argu-
ment of the question of the legality
of the sale has never been brought up
until this late moment, even in the
columns 81 a certain newspaper Oppos.
ing the sale in editorials supposed to
have been inspired if not actually
written by Mr.. Gold himself? Mr..
Gold prepared the petition for refer
endum and had it put on the ticket.
Why, if the trail cannot legally be
sold?
How come, if the trail cannot legal
ly be sold, that Attorney C. B. Wilson
says it can be?-that Attorney Geo.
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-31
MCCORMICK is GETTING
HIS GANG ALL READY

George Mccormick says he's going
to vamoose for the north rim about
November Is, and rapidly the men
who propose to take part in that big
roundup and drive of Kaibab deer to
this side of Grand Canyon are sign
ing his roster. C. N. Berteling i
charge de affaires for George in MAX
ing up the personnel for the big and
picturesque undertaking and will bt
one of those in the party.
Among others who already are
signed up are: Mark Tissaw OF
Parks, who will furnish three horses,
and will be driver; Game Warden
Jack Fuss, driver, with one horse;
Marion Black, driver, with horse;
Chi Thomas, driver, ditto; F. E. Har-
ris of Tempe, ditto; Harrison Conrard
the author; Elmer Whitten, who vii.
cook; Ed Randolph, ditto; Melville Nc
Cormick truck driver; Claude Black,
ditto; Homer Arm of Navajo noun
tain, packer, who will take along
horses; Sid Wilson of Lees Ferry,
packer, also with horses; Joe Kell;~
who isn't going himself but will seno.
along eight horses to help the good
work through; Tom Mcmillan, driver,
with two horses; Art Anderson,
driver; John Wetzel, driver, with one
horse; Jack Walker, driver; Lee ALI
sup, driver and horse; Buck Lowery,
the Gap Indian trader, who will fur
nish bunch of Indians; r. L. Neill.
1t is believed that Zane Grey, Hal
Evarts and other prominent authors
will be with the party.
Meantime Will Marlar is circulating
a subscription list here in town, and
is getting a lot Of signers, offering
Mccormick a thousand dollars if he
will drive thousand of the deer
through the streets of Flagstaff
where we may all have look at them.
George saws he'll do it.
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-31
SENATOR CAMERON
REFUSES TO MEET THE
PUBLIC In A DEBATE

Senator Ralph Cameron, the chief
opponent to the sale of the Bright
Angel trail, refused the invitation of
the Flagstaff Junior Chamber of Com
merce to defend himself and his rea-
sons for his opposition Wednesday
evening at an open meeting called for
the discussion of the sale of the trail.
Senator Cameron, who has been in
Flagstaff for several days and was in
Flagstaff Wednesday evening made
excuses for not being present when
all Flagstaff, including himself, were
invited to be present.
F. M. Gold represented Senator
Cameron and the objectors to the sale
of the trail.
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-31
JUNIOR CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE WORKING
TO GET OUT BIG VOTE

Flagstaff Junior Chamber of Com
merce with commendabe public spirit
and enterprise is behind a concerted
movement to get bigger vote out in
Flagstaff next Tuesday than ever be-
fore polled. There is nothing at all
partisan in this effort, but it is pa
triotic undertaking to awaken our
people to their responsibility in this
vital matter.
Stickers have been distributed by
the junior chamber and circulars sent
to voters, each urging the recipient to
vote-"Vote as you please, but please
VOTE!"
The junior chamber has the CO.
operation of the Boy Scouts and the
Flagstaff Rotary club. The boys will
visit houses of voters, remind them
il is election day, and make appoint
ments for those who wish an auto to
come to take them 70 the polls. The
Rctsrians will furnish the cars. Prac-
tically every Rotarian who has a car
and most of them nave-has offered
its use for the occasion.
President Fred Browning Of the
junior chamber and MS fellow mem
5ers are perfecting all the details for
the intensive campaign election day
Come to the scratch, voters! Vote!
Twenty seven million people ehgi-
Bile to vote stayed away from the polls
in 1920 A million less than that
voted. Less than half the peo-
pie thus decided the election Every
man who failed to vote failed to per-
form duty morally incumbent upon
him by virtue Of his citizenship in
these United States.
If this is to be a government of the
people and by and for the people,
al who can should vote.
Our sense of obligation in this re-
spert has steadily been decreasing. In
1856, 80 per cent Of the people vote1,
iii 1900, 73 per cent, in 1903, Go per
cent, in 1912, so per cent, IN 1920, less
lian so per cent.
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-31
FLAGSTAFF VOTERSN NEED
SHOW CARE IN PICKING
FRIENDS AND ADVISORS

Answering the trumped up argu-
ment that the u. S. government is
trying to force Coconino county to
sell Bright Angel trail to the govern
ment.
While Charles T. Voolfolk was
chairman of the county board of
supervisors he strongly advocated the
sale of Bright Angel trail to the gov
ernment and set the wheels in motion.
Later, when Fred Caring was
vored the sale of the trail.
Supervisors Voolfolk, Caring and
dad" Hart for years have been very
On March 27, 1923, at the instance
of the Rev. FIR. C. Vabre, special
meeting of taxpayers was called at the
supervisors room in the courthouse.
A special congressional party touring
the west was scheduled to visit Grand
Canyon on March 81. Father Vabre
and the others knew the board of
supervisors had been wired by Con-
gressman Carl Hayden of Arizona, a
member of the party, to meet the con-
gresSmen at the Canyon and felt this
would be the right time to try to get
their influence toward congressional
appropriation for the purchase of the
trail.
At that meeting at the courthouse
all of the supervisors were present,
as were also FIR. Vabre, T. A. Riordan,
NJ l. Powers, j. P. Wilson, p j. Moran
E. C. Shpher, C. B. Wilson, K. J..
Nackard, T. A. Stahl, Will Marlar and
others.
The supervisors, it was the sense of
the meeting, should offer the trail for
sale, though at that time it was not
realized that the government would
make anywhere near as large an Of
fer as it has, an offer of highway to
cost at least 100000 to build and
agree, furthermore, forever to main
tain that highway.
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-31

The supervisors met the congress
ional party at Grand Canyon on March
81 and offered the trail for sale. In
the congressional party were: Hayden
of Arizona, Ashurst of Arizona, An
thony of Kansas, Carter of Oklahoma
Little of Kansas, Summers of Wash
ington, Lyons of North Carolina,
Bankhead of Alabama, Williamson of
South Dakota, Taylor of Colorado,
Barbour of California, Griffin of New
York, Raker of California, Young of
North Dakota, Cramton of Michigan,
Shreve of Pennsylvania, Dickinson of
Iowa, Davis of Minnesota, Hudspeth
of Texas, Norris of Nebraska, and
others.
At the meeting between the con-
gressmen and the supervisors, Con-
gressman Carter strongly opposed
the proposition, which was that the
trail be turned over to the U. s. gov
ernment for 100000, said sum to be
used in building road from the Ma
tional Old Trails to Grand Canyon.
Cramton, also, at first opposed.
Hayden won them over.
The board verbally agreed to the
sale. Later it was found that the
board, at the strong insistence of one
of the members, had failed to confirm
the offer in writing to the department
of the interior. Whereupon another
s-meeting was called and two
members of the board, over the protest
of the third, agreed to make the
proposition in writing and it was
made.
Every move for the sale of Bright
Angel trail to the United States orr
ginated and was carried out by pub
lic-spirited citizens of this county, who
kept the issue alive and forced it up
to the point where it became mat
ter of congressional controversy, dur
ing which Senator Ralph H. Cameron
of Arizona fought bitterly against the
Continued from Page Eight
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-31
DIFFERENT, THEM DAYS

Woodbury. Howe, general location
engineer for the Santa Fe railroad,
with headquarters in Chicago, visited
in Flagstaff on Wednesday. This was
strictly personal call, his purpose
being to swap "reminiscences with M.
j. Riordan and Tom Pulliam about
the old days when Howe was chic
engineer Of the Mineral Belt railroad
that was almost but not quite built
from Flagstaff south. Messrs. Rior-
dan and Pulliam were members of his
engineering staff. 1t was shortly al
ter his work here for the Mineral
Belt that he joined the Santa Fe.
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-31

But the most significant thing OF
all in Mr.. Colds argument is that he
practically ignored all of the false
propaganda others have spread
against the sale
He refused to make capital out of
any of the numerous yarns. Mr.. Gold
knew they were groundless, unfair
and untrue, and it is to his credit that
he refused to adopt them
Mr. Wilson spoke first, each speaker
being given 40 minutes, in turn, then
Is minutes each in rebuttal. There
was a large audience of representa-
tive citizens, who listened attentively
throughout
President Fred Browning of the
Junior chamber briefly stated the pur-
pose of the meeting, to get both sides
of the question to enable the people
to vote more intelligently, introduced
both speakers and then left it to them
Mr.. Wilson took up in turn each
argument that has been advanced
against the sale Of the trail, demolish-
ing each.
He referred first to the stories that
he and Fred S. Breen are being pait
to favor the sale, declaring such
statements untrue. He went farther
and showed, by kilograms, that the
Santa Fe and Fred Harvey people
Continued on Page Elsven)
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-31

Exclusive publication IN Inc sun
last week of the plan to throw the
Kaibab game preserve north Of Grand
Canyon open to deer hunters tomor-
row created more intense excitement
and stirred up more activity in de-
fense of the deer than any previous
phase of the red-hot controversy that
long has been raging over the best
way to thin the big herd down.
State Game Warden Willard left
Flagstaff Monday afternoon by way
of the Ell Tovar and suspension bridge
to Kanab, Utah, to meet Mr.. Rutledge,
she district forester, for a con-
ference Tuesday night. He gave as
surance before he went that he would
10 everything possible to stop the cons
templated slaughter. He had re-
ceived telegraphic assurance from
Rntledge of his cooperation.
He let it be understood here that
should the slaughter be carried out
as announced, every man taking part
would be arrested under the Arizona
laws regulating the killing of deer.
The arrests could not be made on the
national reserve, but would be made
as soon as the hunters emerged from
the reserve.
With the publication of the news of
the proposed slaughter, County Game
Warden Jack Fuss at once got busy
with County Attorney Frank Harri-
son and Attorney George H. Crosby.
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-31
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PARTY

A happy little party was given last
Saturday at the home of Mrs. Mary
G. Hart, the occasion being the tenth
birthday of her little son, Lewis. Hal.
lowe,en stunts and other games were
indulged in, until the hour of five
o'clock, when refreshments were
served.
The little gentleman helping to
make this a happy affair were Mas
ters Harris Burke, Harold Thomas,
Clifford Jones, Phillips Isham, Bert
Knoles, Joe Tissaw, Walter Conley,
John Adams, Charles Dunn, Warren
Brinton and Aaron Otteson. All left
wishing Lewis many more happy
birthdays.
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-31
ED BLACK TAKEN TO
GALLUP, APPENDICITIS

Ed Black, son of George Black Jr..
of Sedona was taken to a hospital at
Gallup Sunday night by his father,
Mrs. Ed Raudebaugh going with them.
Ed stays here with Mr.. and Mrs.
Raudebaugh and goes to school. He
and Mr.. Raudebaugh motored to Sc
dona Sunday. He was not feeling
we'll and steadily growing worse, was
brought back here. After consulta-
ton of physicians, appendicitis was
found to be the trouble and Gallup de-
cided upon as the place where an
operation could be had with least de-
lay. He is 18 years old.
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-31

Inc laws covering the matter were
carefully gone into, after which Mr..
Fuss wrote the state game warden a
strong letter, in which he called at
tention to the plan, its violation Of
the state game laws and promised to
take a bunch of deputies to the Kai-
bab and arrest every man who killed
a deer.
The news of the plan to begin kill
ing Kaibab deer was brought to Flag
staff last week by Lorum Pratt JR.,
of Fredonia. He announced that the
hunters would be allowed in the re-
serve beginning November l under a
license fee of S5 per man, each man
being permitted to kill three bucks.
Under the state law, the deer season
closes November l. Under the law,
also, each hunter is limited to one
buck during the season and non-resi-
dent hunters must pay a license of
$50. Thus it will be seen that the plan
proposed by the government men for
the hunt was widely at variance with
our state laws.
While the u. S. government has
absolute control in the reserve and
can regulate hunting as it pleases, it's
authority does not extend beyond the
confines of the reserve. The state
and county game wardens have con-
troll outside the reserve and any hunv-
er who comes out of the reserve with
Continued on Page Three.)
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-31
WELL, WHAT OF IT?

High-Liner Maxwell and Anti Pact
Kimball spoke at the courthouse here
last Thursday night to small and
languid audience. Maxwell claims he
is a republican. Kimball is demo-
crat Fifty-fifty. 1t was fifty-fifty
whether they spoke here or not as far
as Flagstaff people cared. So it Is
fifty-fifty whether The Sun gives a
verbatim account of their diatribuous
harangues, with the odds each moment
growing stronger that it won't.
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-31

With interest slackening the latteer
part of the deer season is closing with
practically no kills reported. Ducks
are now the center of interest with
the sportsmen. So far ]. E. Nichols
and Ed and Wild Raudebaugh seem to
be the palm-holders with respect to
success in that direction. Ducks duck
when they see them coming. Espe-
cially Mic, whose 20-guage is sure
disaster.
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-31

Wild Raudebaugh returned the last
of last week from Phoenix where for
a week he attended the hearings OF
the state corporation commission
He represented before the commits
SION the Lightning Delivery Co, O.
Logan and j. H. Harper, all of Flag
staff. They were applicants for re-
newal of license in their automobile
transfer businesses, which were
granted.
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-31
NEW P. o. AT CAMERON
WITH BORUM AS POSTMASTER

The latest addition to the list of
Arizona post offices is that at Cam
eron which was established October
21, according to Postmaster Dick Con-
nor. The office is in Coconino county
and located approximately 35 miles
north of Flagstaff Stanton K Borum
is the new postmaster there.
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-31
ROADS OR POLITICS?

This county received less than
$4,000 net from the Bright Angel
trail during the last six years.
This county has spent over $l6,-
600 the last year on the road to
Grand Canyon.
In the last six years Coconino
county has spent over 100000 on
roads to Grand Canyon.
Have we roads or have we poll
tics
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-31
CHIEF ADVOCATE AGAINST TRAIL SALE
ADMITTED PREVIOUS ARGUMENTS BUNK
BY IGNORING THEM; THEN PUTS UP NEW
ONE AGAINST SALES LEGALITY THAT HIS
OWN PAST RECORD PROVES TO BE A DUDI

With
Chamber
the Bright Angel which
debate
dgOtOu of
all S limSYch character nermitte ed
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-31
LABoRING MEN INTERESTED

The laboring man is voting
against his own interest if he votes
against the sale of the Bright
Angel trail. The government pro-
poses to spend $500,000 or more on
our roads if the trade is made. This
money will go mainly to labor.
They have nothing to lose and all
to gain. Vote 308-"YES."
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-31
COUNTY AND STATECAME
WARDENS HALTDEE HUNT
TOGIVE MCCORMICK A TRY.

Uncle Sam is supposed by to have called off the
big deer hunt scheduled to begin tomorrow in Kabab
serve this county north of Grand Canyon and Geo. Nc
out the surplus Of deer there by driving between three
and eight thousand Of them Grand Canyon and the
Colorado the plateau this side of the canyon
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-31

Vote NO on all the
propositions on the bal
lot except the last one.
Number 3O8. On that
one vote YES.
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-31

Vote our way Tuesday if you will
But VOTE!
The Washington times., 1924-08-30
By Motor from Washington

Take Baltimore Pike 70 Laurel. turn right through
Camp Meade odsnton. Millersvilla. waterbury to
oott turning left to Herald Harbor. Red arrows
clearly point the way from Laurel. Some prefer
% take Marlboro PIKE to Camp Parole turn left
On County ROAD TO Colt and turn right to Herald
HaEeer This latter route 10 about ten miles longer
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-05

stead Ne found a nrFt-olass south.
eaf, breeze blowing and ourselves
running right IN the trough. There
was no use 10 turn hack. aitho We
were not quite certain vhai lay
shssd ~ ne IN the way Of a camp
ing place. 50 Ne continued on
Stealing an occasional glance from
the steering, which vas keeping me
pretty veil occupied. could zee
That the mate was getting rather
green about tho FiliE. n was some
tims since We had been on any
rough water and she had somewhat
lost her ssalcES.
Some five or six miles out Of
Petersburg We Eaw number Of
houses az the mouth Of a creek and
decided TO run In for shelter for the
night. The place proved 10 be the
fox ranch OF a Mr.. Colp. who made
us a. welcome as tho he had been
expecting uA. Right AZ the side o.
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WINS A LEGACY
: .
Old Signature Gives Woman
Sl,500 Estate

a signature made By Christopher
A Martin on a marriage lieens3 res
ord Ia - Charles Mo. 90 YEAR, ago,
won 1850 lsEaoy FOR the widow
90 Martin iu superior oourt here Fn.
day
The signature vas Identified by
handwriting experts here ia court
THURSDAY az having been made b.
the Anvhle Martin Who had d say,
iuEs account iu Seattle bank.
Martin fell from a window and ra,
rciyrd fatal injuries a year aEo. Mr
Kate ST. Martin. 81 Los Angeles,
Jaw q death notice IN the paper. She
wrote Mayor Brown. asking abou,
Martin.
Brown turned the letter over 70
iIyiar Henry, who traced tho case
down 20 an Identification OF the
handwriting. Judge lloyd } Tall.
man. after hearing the testimony Of
experts Thursday. decided Mrs, Mar,
tin 20 be the only heir OF the de-.
ceased man.
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TOUCH KNOCKER
Hundreds Line Up in Front
OF 10 Downing ST.

LONDON. sept who started
u' what does il meant Prsst aud
public are greatly mysufsd 81 tho
sudden erase which has developed 10
so up the steps Of SO. 10 Downing
o.. where the prime minister lives,
and touch ths grsat door knacksr.
Except on those days when tho
police for reasons of state. rssslutsly
Interfere there 10 a queue Of SIGHT
seers lined up Tor thii singular pes.
Torrance, boy scouts are numerous
Ia The queue. and some people think
that the hoy Scouts started Il. but Il
has now spread TO adults and Il in.
oudss both sexes among ia dsyotssH
of course. the object Il 10 be able
10 say that one has touched the
knochsr on the prime ministers
door. but why thousands - people
should suddenly find this worth %.
ing b one o. the mysteries Of crowd
Psychology.
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ny LINDEN Is. PENrl

FIVE MILE CREEK. kuprtanof
IL Alaska AUS % Our stay az the
Fair Island FoE farm Nas prolon gsd
beyond the time Ne had expected
10 leave by a continuation u the
rain WHICH had begun during our
stay IN Wranssll and still continued
~ wa our sssond southeast storm
since the beginning Of tie trip. the
frst being during the time vo acre
AZ the Addsnbrookt lighthouse. Due
20 delays, both Ayoldabls aud un.
avoldahle. Ns have consumed much
more time on this trip than We had
expected. and a. a result II 10 prob.
able tina, from now on ". viii have
NOR. bad Ntaihsr than We really
care for.
The rain fell almo6, continuously
while ws were A. Pair Island. which
In no wise prevented " from see.
ing all there was 10 SEE about the
fo1 farm. Neither did IL interfere
with Carrying on the work o. which
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the creek was . warehouse xts,
Es unloaded the boat and stsks1 "a.
Sost. and right btfiss their boup
another empty house Shsrs =,
spent the night Our things lad ~
been really dry since We had IA
Wrsngell. end we were mighty 80
20 build a fire and spread n. ron,
full ~ thing. Even our te1at,
was partly vet and we cra8isd NJ.
the I'D Mrs. Colp had prepared 4.
% With a very dtunct tesins 4
gratitude for the reality u tng
Alaskan spirit which We NEE, !.
every hand.