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The Coconino sun., 1924-10-10

pipe, and the other of s. and 7-inch
pipe. Concrete sumps with overflows
are spaced along these lines about
1000 feet apart. The lines are laid
partly with mortar joint and partly
with sphaltic-compound joints. Mel
tlier joint prevents roots from grow
ing into the pipes and filling them
with fibrous mat-like growth. Each
year the lines must be opened and
cleared of these impediments at GER
tain places. The first line was con-
structed to grade varying from two to
four per cent and the second line, con-
structed in 1914, closely parallels the
first line.
The first reservoir was of 2.5-m.g.
capacity. In 1914 reservoir of so
m. g. capacity was put into service.
The sloping sides and bottom of the
larger reservoir were lined with two
layers of concrete with waterproofing
membrane between them. The storage
is not sufficient to provide all the
water desired through the long dry
spells. Storage basins alone will not
remedy the situation, as there must be
enough pipeline capacity to fill the
basins quickly during the spring flow.
An average is needed of / m. q. d.
when the use is not curtailed. The fu-
ture requirements, it is expected, will
increase as the rate of two percent
per year. A shortage of water re-
quires curtailment of use by all par
ties, but more particularly by the lum-
Der mills and the railroad. This in
wolves a loss of revenue and inter-
fereS seriously with the operation of
local industries. Common interest is
again bringing the town and the rail-
road together to work out a, scheme
to france. the needed improvements.
It is proposed to improve the coll
lecting system at the springs and to
lay new supply main of Ia and 13-
inch asphalt-coated, slip-joint, riveted
steel pipe. With such line, storage
of $50 m. g. could be accumulated in
as days and the trouble with root
growths through joints into the pipe
eliminated. A large part of the ma
terial for the former work had to be
carried in to the pipe line by pack
mules, and it was necessary to limit
the size and weight of pieces to make
this feasible. Estimates of cost of the
proposed work therefore include a
road paralleling the pipe line as nearly
as possible, which viii facilitate con-
struction and make the line easier to
patrol after installation. Increased
storage will be provided by an addi-
! tional so m. g. reservoir of construc-
tion similar to that of the one now
in use; new pressure line win be
provided from the reservoir to the
| town and the distribution system re-
inforced.
The construction of the 1914 work
was under the direction of the Santa
Fe railroad engineering department.
Burns & Mcdonnell Engineering Co.,
consulting engineers, Kansas City,
Mo-, have recently reported on the
necessary improvements and were re-
tanned to design and supervise the
construction of the new work, which
it is expected will be carried out dur
| ing 1925.
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-10

tion, which breaks out in the form of.
springs. The maximum flow from
these springs occurs in the month of
June when the snow is melting, and
drops off after the snow has melted
to a minimum in the fall or after pro-
longed dry spells. The location of
these springs gives them a natural
protection against pollution. The
water is low in hardness and mineral
content
In 1898 a pipe line was installed
from the springs to a small reservoir
above the town. When this became in
adequate in 1914, the common in
terests of the town and the Santa Fe
railroad resulted in an agreement be-
tween the two whereby the railroad
company financed the necessary i'm
provements and the town agreed to
operate and maintain the structures.
The water is collected from the
springs by small crib-like structures
set over screen boxes, and in some
cases by tunnel with timber lining
Gathering lines from these spring de-
velopments converge at a point near
the mouth of the valley where weir
box of concrete is installed. Collecting
lines are of slip-joint, riveted, asphalt
coated steel pipe, because it is light
and durable Some of this pipe has
been in service close to 20 years and
is still in good condition. From the
weir box at the springs to the reser-
voir there are now two vitrified sewer
pipe gravity-flow lines, Is miles long.
one consisting of g., z and 6-inch
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-10
DEMOCRATS DESPONDENT
OVER THE STATE OUTLOOK

Politics in Yuma county this year Of
our Lord, 1924, is a pretty well mixed
up affair. This is true both in ma
tional, state and county politics and no
man knows exactly where he is at
politically speaking.
There are a lot of democrats in
Yuma county who are going to vote
for Davis and Hunt, the regular nomi-
nees or candidates for president and
governor. There is another, and not
inconsiderable lot Of democrats, who
are going to vote for LaF'ollette and
Hunt. Then again there are quite a
few who are going to vote for Davis
and Heard the republican candidate
for governor. Can you beat it?
If the same conditions prevail over
the state that are in evidence in Yuma
county it is not improbable that Ari-
zonas electoral vote will be thrown
to Coolidge and that Heard will be
elected govefnor--Yuma Sun.
When an old stalwart democrat like
Judge Westoyer, editor of the Yuma
Sun gives up and sees the hand writ
ing on the wall, it is evidence that the
old solid south idea is breaking up in
Arizona.
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WHAT ENGINEERS SAY OF
OUR FAMOUS WATER SYSTEM

a town of 4500 population, is scarce,
although the 22-in. annual rainfall ex-
ceeds that of any other point in the
state. This is due to the warm air cur
rents striking the San Francisco
mountains, on the southern slope of
which the town is located, and being
DETECTED upward, cooled and the mois-
ture precipitated. Greater precipita-
lion, mostly as snoy lasting in the in
terror valleys well through the sum-
ner, occurs in the Mountains than at
Flagstaff but no res ords are available.
Ten miles north of the town are the
mountain peaks which were original
ly parts of one volcanic cone which
rose to a height Of 5000 feet higher
than the present l2,000-foot peaks.
with the cone at tho west end of what
is now known as tie interior valley.
The eastern wall Of this cone was
broken out, and, c, INJURIES later, the
interior valley was eroded over three
miles long by glac al action, leaving
heavy morairle der osits which cover
the floor of the vail y to greet depths.
These deposits are argely coarse ma
terial with much iisintegrated lava.
The interior valley narrows at the
eastern end and has a drainage area
Of approximately i've square miles
above this narrow sck, where the ele-
kation of the valley is ABOUT 5000 feet.
/ These glacial deps sits in the interior
valley serve as an il cal collecting area
retaining a large part of the precipita-
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-10
WEEKS BEST GOOD TURN

For saving three lives at the risk of
his own, Scout Kenneth Douglas Of
Los Angeles, Calf, was recently re-
commendedlby committee of citizens
to the local scout council for heroism
honors.
Young Douglas was camping on the
beach at Playa del Rey when fire
broke out in the Hope Development
school near by. The fire, which later
claimed % mentally defective girls,
one boy and matron, was pushing its
ruthless way into the building when
the scout who had heard the alarm,
reached the scene of danger
Rushing into the flaming building, y
states local account, "the boy made
his way through the smoke-filled cor
ridors and carried three of the strug-
ling, frenzied inmates to safety
Douglas was badly scorched in his Ief-
forts to save the girls. The recon-
mendation of the committee was ac-
companied by detailed statements
from eyewitnesses of the boys coura-
geous rescues.
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friendships and the now generally
recognized fact that real service to
patrons, service even beyond the
strict measure of debt or obligation.
is wise and right. E1r. Thomas
address was crammed full Of both in
formation and inspiration
Henry Albers was sergeant-at-arms
pro tenn and jingled his little penalty
cup successfully before Ralph Davis,
Earl SIipher, Ed Babbitt, Jimmie
Lewis, Loren Cress, Fred Breen, Lee
Carron, Gus Pearson, Pat Moran, G. b.
Wilson, Tex Mackey, Frank Chisholm,
Ed Miller, and John Thomas.
Visiting Rotarian: Bass Wales of
Albuquerque. Other guests: The
Misses Myers and Schumacher, Mr..
Myers, DR.. Mcclure, Mr.. Berteling and
his father, DIR. Berteling; DR.. E. S.
Miller, Joe B. Rickel.
Following ladies of the Flagstaff
Woman's club served the good eats:
Mrs. L. r. Hall, chairman; Mrs. c. A.
Keller, Mrs. L. Benedict, Mrs. Cooper,
Mrs. E. c. Mills
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ment's weather bureau. under date
Sept. 16, said: .i
.The cool wave that had over.
spread the central northern states
at the close OF last week advanced
rapidly eastward during the first "a
hours of that. just closed, bringing
unseasonably low temperatures to
ell states east of the Mississippi
River.
.On the morning Of the 10th sew.
eral stations in the upper Ohio valley
and the southeast reported the tlow-
est temperatures of record for SO
early in the season."
AS a matter of fact. though the
weather department did not stress
them, there were killing frosts in
many parts of the country.
The third of the seasons cold
waves is yet in the future.
SAME LAST YEAR
Browne had the same luck in 1923.
That season was due for two cold
waves. he predicted
Following up this general forecast.
on Aug. 10, he prophesied in THE
Northwestern Miller" a cold wave
due Aug. %.
1t arrived on time
September he told Secretary OF
Agriculture Wallace TO look for a
similar wave Sept. l3. 1t came. as
foretold by Browne.
These condolences. or otherwise.
have attracted so much attention
that the Weather Bureau is > swainped
by thousands of letters questioning
Chief Marvin's dictum that there ID
no known principle on which to base
leng.range forecasts" that some
such principle may yet be discovered,
but it hasn't been discovered thus
far.
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-10

assign and transfer, at single trans
action, and not in the regular course
of business, all my right, title and in
terest in and to that certain stock of
merchandise consisting of cigars,
chewing gum, candy, cigarettes, to-
bacco, soft drinks and soft drink ma
terials, together with that certain
business known as the "Starkey Pool
HalP' all located at the corner of East
Railroad avenue and North San Fran
cisco street in the town of Flagstaff,
Coconino county, Arizona.
Said sale will be made by me, Rena
Starkey, pursuant to the law govern
ing sales in bulk, to Frank Fairehild
of Flagstaff, Arizona, on the 25th of
October 1924.
WITNESS my hand this 9th day of
October, 1924.
RENA STARKEY
State of Arizona, County of Coco
nino, SIS.
The above and foregoing instrument
was acknowledged before me by Rena
Starkey, this 9th day of October, 1924,
as her free and voluntary act and
deed.
F. M. GOLD,
(SEAL) Notary Public
My commission will expire May 8,
1926.
10-9-3t
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-10
BY r. L. BALDWIN
OF Burns & Mcdonnell Engineering
Co., Consulting Engineers, Kansas
City, Missouri

Editors Note-The following arti-
Gle from a nationally known expert on
water development for cities, is taken
from the Engineering News-Record
published in New York, dated Septern-
Der 25, 1924, will be of much local in
terest at the present time when the
local water situation is demanding
urgent attention).
Enlargement of the unique water
supply system of Flagstaff, Ariz., in
wolves extension of the existing spring
collecting system high up in noun
tain valley 15 miles from the town, re-
placing two now-line or non-pressure
conduits Of vitrified pipe with larger
single lire of slip joint asphalt coated
steel pipe and doubling the reservoir
capacity. These improvements win
permit the collection and storage of
water during the / 1s month period it
is available Only 20 per cent of the
water is used by the town, the Atchi-
son, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad using
As per cent, two lumber mills 80 per
cent and business 5 per cent. In addi-
ton to engine use the railroad shauls
water by tank ears to the hotel at
Grand Canyon.
Water in the vicinity of Flagstaff,
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-10

There is only three miles to finish to
Fremont saddle, with no grade exceed
ing eight per cent. When the road is
finished anyone with any kind of car
can drive over it without danger.
Within two years, he said, the road
will be completed to the saddle and
within three years will be the great
est attraction Flagstaff has.
Baby Rotarian Ralph Davis briefly
voiced his appreciation and his desire
to help in all Rotarian endeavors.
John @. Thomas talked of business
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-10
old-Timers started Younc.

at nine Dante composed q mastery
sonnet; Tasso wrote verses at ten;
Mozart learned the harpsichord in his
fourth year: Byron indited fluent and
passionate love verse when he was
ten, and Macaulay wrote a "compen.
dium of Universal History" In his
eighth year.
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-10
RELIABLE SIGN

He-"Do you believe in signs and
omens 2"
She-"Yes."
He-"Last night I dreamed you
loved me. What does that mean?"
She-"That you were dreaming"
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-10
lNINNtBOKSTS He CAN. MAKE .::dd
AsDlWA5NCED FORECASTS

~ As.s u =. NswssAs.r ~ ~ ~ @,s4s. n
what IS II Inolds the life Of manf
what makes dssSs; Some black ana Others
The weather. --vt
That makes some natives live in
wSIi: e,hsrs'.elaa. .in'fars'fss
What makes some sweat and others
! THE weather. ssssa ID sssss sxfasA. \
.fsIsA SpF5l' 4.
/ A N embarrassing situation is de-,
N seloping in the United States.
(, weather Bureau at Washington
aas a result of the l0ng.distance
: weather !. forecasts OF Herbert J.
Browne.
Charles f. Marvin, bureau chief
maintains that approximately q week
is as far ahead as a weather predic-
tion can be made with any accuracy.
Browne, wholly unofficially. persists
in making them many months ahead
and insists he can increase his mar
gin. with his systems Development.
to "a year or more--up to three
years.
What makes 1t troublesome for the
Weather Bureau Ia that so many or
Brownies forecasts have been veri.
fed.
PROPHECY PRINTED
January q magazine published
Brownies prophecy that there would
be three cold waves during the crop
season Of 1924.
The last week in July Browne per-.
sonaily warned Chief William A.
TAYLOR Of the plant industry bureau
Of the Agriculture Department %
look out for the first of these waves
Ang. 21. Taylor was so much I'M
pressed that he issued two bulletins
to farmers. urging them to conserve
seed corn.
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-10

Aesop's fables had nothing ON a va
cation letter
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-10

August s Browne. induced one of
the news associations to publish his
prediction and the press broadcast It
widely.
The cold wave arrived as scheduled
by Browne.
August l9 Brown gave to DIR. III. G.
Taylor OF the bureau Of economics
or the Agriculture Department ad-
vance notice OF cold wave due
Sept 10.
The Weekly Weather and Crop
bulletin of the Agriculture Depart
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-10
NOTICE OF INTENDED BULK
SALE

Notice is hereby given that /, Rena
Starkey of Flagstaff, Coconino county
Arizona, intend to sell, and will sell,
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-10
FLAGSTAFF LUMBER co. LET'S
CONTRACT FOR ALL LOGGING

(Continued from Page one.)
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-10
GOODRICH
HOU S E HOLD
RUBBER GOODS

Superior in workmanship
and quality, including hot
water bottles, fountain
syringes and the other
household rubber necessi-
ties.
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-10

Bradley Cain. IA, feet /. and w.
tC- Orr Jr.s 12. feet Il. are members
Esf che sazne scott troop In Denton,
Tex. They are said to be the larg.
est and smallest scouts enrolled.
BraAley weighs 2s0. 225 pounds
more than his buddy.
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ton between the hardships of the
coal diggers and the policies of re-
dictionary labor politicians.
The Myerscough and Howat cases
are almost identical. Both have
been expelled because they placed
the interest of the membership
above that of the political fortunes
Of international officials. Both have
fought the coal operators to the
best Of their ability and both may
have made mistakes Of the head:
no one has yet accused them of
making mistakes of the heart. If
men with long records of loyalty
TO the United Mine Workers are to
be expelled, either for mistakes or
for political beliefs, then John L.
Lewis merits expulsion for his pub
hcity efforts in behalf of James ].
Davis, avowcd enemy Of the foreign
born union miners, enemies Of or
gained labor and the henchman Of
the oil patriots in the White House.
Whatever the result Of the appeal
Of Thomas Myerscough to the con-
vention may be, it is the duSy Of
the left wing group TO see that his
expulsion is not ratified without a
fight in which the real issues-free-
dom Of speech and belief in the
American labor movement--are made
clear to everyone Of the 1900 dele
gates.
Myerscough will not be disgraced
II he is denied reinstatement, but
the progressive miners will be dis
graced and the whole left wing
movement as well If they do not
rally to Myerscough and force the
machine in its effort 10 expel him
to resort to the same tactics that
have shown it rules by force and
trickery and not by consent OF the
membership.
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The Mye9cOugh Case

THE appeal Of Thomas Myers
L cough against his expulsion by
the executive board of District No.
5 and its confirmation by the inter-
national executive board Of the Unit
ed Mine Workers is expected to come
before the convention Of that or
ganization today.
Myerscough was expelled solely
because of his utilization with the
Progressive Miners International
Committee, the organization thru
which the left wing in the United
Mine Workers carries on its educa-
tional campaign.
The charges against him do not
question his integrity as a union
man but are based entirely on po-
litical and economic beliefs held by
him.
1t was not until Thomas Myers
cough became well-known as a
leader of the progressive miners
during the 1921 strike, thru his &C.
tivity in organizing strike relief
and encouraging the miners in West
ern Pennsylvania to continue the
strike after they had been left out
Of the Cleveland agreement, that
he incurred the enmity Of the dis
trict and international officials.
Even Phil Murray, Vice President
Of the United Mine Workers, did
not disdain to accept Myerscough's
support earlier in his career and
Murray still has in his possession
a letter given him by Myerscough
showing that a supposed friend of
Murray's was preparing to double
cross him in an election.
AT this time Myerscough was per-
soma grata with the administration
Of the United Mine Workers; he was
then just coaG-digger who had
not yet realized the close connec-
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labor was considerably dulled
by the fact that hundreds of his
audience had already perused
the leahet which he accused
the Progressive Miners Com
mittee of circulating.
Il contained a concise ac-
count of his efforts to secure
the adoption of laws providing
for the finger-printing and po-
lice registration of foreign-born
workers and quoted from the pro-
seedlings Of the Portland convention
Of the American Federation Of La
Dor in which these proposals were
denounced as a menace TO organized
labor and the A. F. of L. executive
council instructed to do all in its
power to Illustrate the Davis scheme.
In addition to the leafet men,
toned, hundreds Of copies of The
DAILY WORKER carrying an ex-
posture of his campaign for the vi
cious Sterling bill and other meas
ures providing for super blacklist
of foreign-born workers under gov
eminent supervision, were said to
convention delegates and spectators.
Audience Had His Number.
It is doubtful if Secretary of
Labor Davis ever faced an audience
that had more accurate information
concerning his loyalty to and activi-
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new YORK TO FILL
MADISON SQUARE.
GARDEN MONDAY.
Lenin Memorial Will Be
Giant Affair


NEW YORK.-A special sounding
board has been installed in Madison
Square Garden so that the vast au-
dience that will fill the floor of the
arena and its lofty galleries will
hear every word from the lips of
the speakers who will tell of the
life and works of Nicolai Lenin,
Monday evening.
1t will be an occasion unique in
New York life. The death of no
native of Manhattan Island has ever
called forth such an outpouring of
emotion as the passing Of this quiet
Russian, who lived and died thou
sands Of miles away, but who was
ever present in the hearts of his
comrades in the world revolution,
no matter where they were.
A galaxy of speakers will stand
on the platform such as no New
York radical demonstration has seen
in long time. William 2. Foster,
c. z. Ruthenberg, Moissaye Olgin,
Benjamin Gitlow and Ludwig Lore
will be followed by other prominent
men and women.
Fitting the mood Of the evening
the Russian Symphony orchestra Of
so pieces, will play the airs Of revo-
lutionary brotherhood that have in
spired millions of workers in Russia
and in all parts Of the world.
Latest moving pictures showing
Lenin in action will be shown.
Where Tickets Are Sold.
Tickets can be purchased, before
the seating capacity Of the Garden
is exhausted, at the following Offices:
Manhattan: The Freiheit, AZ Chrys-
tie street; The Volkzeitung, 10
Spruce street; Elore, 33 +. list
street; Eteenpain Daily News, 502
f. 18th street; Russky Golos, 81 e.
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FOR
WIPINC OUT
OIL LEASES
Consider Res ignatiOn Of
Secretary Of Navy
Especial to The Daily worker,

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 81
The senate this afternoon adopted
the Walsh resolution directing Pres
ident Coolidge to begin court action
thru special counsel to cancel the
leases of naval oil reserves and to
prosecute such other action, civil or
criminal, as may be warranted.
The senate defeated the Howell
amendment without record vote.
Howell was the only member that
voted for it.
Take Up DENLY Resignation.
After disposing Of the Walsh res
Olution calling for the resignation Of
ceeded to consider the Robinson res
olotion calling for the resignation of
Secretary of the Navy DENLY.
These are the oil leases granted
to Harry F. Sinclair and E. L. Do
heny thru former Secretary of the
Interior Albert B. Fall, and which
the resolution charged were "execn-
ted under circumstances indicating
fraud and corruption"
Sinclair, Doheny Hit.
Action on the resolution followed
two days of heated debate during
which Democratic senators conferred
their fire on Secretary of the Navy
DENLY, seeking adoption Of a reso-
luton calling for his resignation.
The vote was reached today only
after great pressure had been
brought to bear to get the Democrats
to delay their demand for vote
on DENLY until the Walsh resolution
could be put thru.
Senators Robinson and Trammell
served notice that they would return
to their fight on DENLY Immediately
after the vote on Walsh's resolution
was disposed of. The Walsh reso-
luton now goes to the house.
See Fraud Indication.
Under its terms the president is
instructed to select counsel for pros
ecution of litigation ror recovery Of
the leases which former Secretary of
Interior Fall is charged with having
corruptly and fraudulently given to
VIC OAfAOAdAA anu OOASliy OiA ACdbCc.
It provides that the presidential
nominations for counsel be confirmed
by the senate before the litigation
can be begun. Former Attorney Gen.
eral Gregory and Silas H. Strawn
have been named by the president as
counsel.
The resolution states that the
leases to Sinclair and Doheny on
the naval oil reserves, made by the
government of the United States
thru Albert B. Fall, secretary of in
terror, and Edwin DENLY, secretary
Of the navy, as leasors, were "exe-
cuted under circumstances indicating
fraud and corruption"
1t specifically charges that Fall and
DENLY had no authority to issue the
leases and that the contracts were
Continued on page 81