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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-26

Mellon meant is that man who earn
cd $4,000 as doctor, lawyer, sales
man, business executive, music COM
poser, inventor or any profession in
which brains are the sole capital used,
he should not be in the same position
as a man of inherited or accumulated
capital who clips investment coupons
and gets an income of $4,000. Peo-
pie in the latter class, for instance,
have approximately $350,000 of capt.
them about $21, 900 year. They pay
the same rate of taxes as the profess
sional man, yet when he is sick his in
come stops and when he dies he can
not bequeath his law practice or his
medical ability to another though the
man with the capital can go away
from his place of business and spend a
life of leisure and still draw the same
income. He can beQueath it to another
person when he dies. Technically, he
doesn't earn his income in the. same
sense as the person who works with
his mind or his hands.
Mellon Criticizes Provision.
Mr.. Mellon says that if the Senate
thinks the rate of taxation for man
of $4,000 income should be fixed at
a certain rate, then the man with the
other kind of income should not have
the same advantage.
Mr.. Mellon incidentally. has agreed
that all income below $4,000 should be
considered as learned" so that widows
and orphans and others who may be
unable to earn a livelihood shall not
be penalHed. Five thousand dollars
is the average income on an estate OF
approximately $4,000.
The House bill further complicated
matters by providing that the defini-
ton of learned income" should in
clude cases where the income is the re-
suit of the use of capital in connec-
ton with personal services, an
amount representing reasonable
salary for personal services rendered.
Mr.. Mellon criticizes that provision
thus:
Action Not Final.
"The Treasury Department for the
years of excess profits taxes expe-
rienced the greatest administrative
difficulties in determining what was
a reasonable salary in cases of closely
owned corporations. The present defin-
ition means that in every case where
there is any personal service whatso-
ever, the department must determine
what is a reasonable salary for those
particular services. This would bring
up for determination by the depart
ment several hundred thousand sep
arate cases each year and you can
easily understand the difficulties the
department will have in administer
ing such a law"
Mr.. Mellon might have added some
thing about the difficulties of the
taxpayers who would have to journey
to Washington or hire lawyers to
prove to the government what is and
what is not a reasonable salary with
the consequent result that it will be
cheaper to accept injustice than to pay
the expense of obtaining justice.
The Senate finance committees &C.
ton is, of course. not final and there
are indications that the whole mat
ter of rates will be opened up again
before the revenue bill is reported.
Persons who earn their incomes. how
ever, have thus far been given less
favorable treatment by the House
than Secretary Mellon recommended
and the Senate committee has carried
the Discrimination against earned in
comes still farther.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-26
Surgeon Drops Dead
While Performing an
Operation on Patient

Milwaukee, Wis. March %
DIR. William F.. Malone, widely
known Milwaukee surgeon, and
member of the American College
of Surgeons, died early last night
at Hanover hospital while per-
forming a major operation on a
patient.
Nurses and attendants in the
room saw his hand falter and rs
they rushed to his aid, he fell to
the floor.
An assisting physician COM
pleted the operation. At the hos
pital last night it was said that
the operation on the patient had
been a success.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-26
Irish Capture Irregular Leader.
n..kls,, NYasnk on trLn ,,,n,. IN

D' .'H'so" W "O 'rI"rI CUP
tured by national troops in their re-
cent engagement with irregulars in
the mountainous district of county
Lietrim was John Keegan, promi-
nent irregular leader who has been on
the run for sixteen months. it was
learned today. He was unarmed when
taken.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-26
ACT T.

YOU (meeting your friend): Why, hello,
dear. l hardly recognized you at first. That
surely is a sweet dress and hat you have on
Il have never seen anything become you SO
we'll
YOUR FRIEND: Thanks, dear. have
been complimented quite often on them. !
quite proud of my achievement as value
hunter.
YOU; Why! I expected you must have
paid quite a good deal for them. They
really look like exclusive models.
YOUR FRIEND; They are! But the
price paid for them is ridiculously low in
comparison to the style, fit and workman
ship. Just imagine, dear, ! only paid $9.95
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-26
THE PLAY!

for this pre-shrunk hand.embroidered Irish
linen dress, and 1896 for this darling black
and white straw hat to match.
YOU: Well! Well! You certainly did
get a bargain. Tell me, dear, will you
where did you buy them?
YOUR FRIEND: At the Solo Serve Store
at 124 Soledad Street. If you have any
spart time now, let 60 over there now and
see what they have. They always get
ting in something new every day. I'm so
happy I discovered that store. 1t is just like
an open book-you can 60 in and browse
around all you want to-and there is nobody
to insist upon waiting on you. There
just enough assistants there to help you Sc
Iect what is best suited for you.
YOU; All right, dear, let us 60 now.
The Coconino sun., 1924-12-05
MOST PROMISING CAREER
CUT OFF In DEATH FRIDAY
OF FRANK HARRISON JR.

The death Of Frank Harrison Jr.,
son Of County Attorney and Mrs.
Frank Harrison last Friday noon cast
a pail of grief over this community
where the boy lived for 10 years, all
of his school life.
Though it was generally realized
that he was very i'll with pneumonia,
in its mildest form terrible disease,
most of the friends of the family felt
confident that the patients youth
and strength would conquer. So that
when his death was first reported it
was received with doubt
The disease developed from a cold
On Friday of the week before, with
two of his instructors at the high
school, j. W. Sitter and j. p McVey
and one of his schoolmates, Clyde
Caffey, Frank went hunting rabbits
at Canyon Padre Mr. Sitter tried to
persuade Frank not to go, because of
his cold, but the latter said that it
was much better and he knew he
would be all right.
Frank was noted among his com
panions for his will-power and the
lightness with which he treated any
Often, in his studies
and on the athletic field this will
Continued on Page Three)
The Coconino sun., 1924-12-05
JUNIOR C. OF C. IS
FOR THE WATER BONDS.

The Junior Chamber of Commerce
at It's regular meeting Wednesday
evening went on record as favoring
the proposed bond issue for the i'm
provement of the Flagstaff water
works system. A good attendance
fully discussed the matter from all
angles. A resolution favoring the
bond issue and urging all members to
do all in their power to put the propo.
sition over was presented and passed
unanimously.
Considerable routine business was
taken up. The matter Of issuing an
other booklet describing Flagstaff and
Coconino county came up for discus
sion and it was the opinion of those
present that the issue should be al
least $4,000 copies and will be much
more elaborate than the last book
The advertising committee was in
structed to push the work on the book
at once.
The chamber appointed special
meeting to investigate the possibility
of organizing a band in Flagstaff
with view of getting an efficient in
structor to locate here and devote suf-
ficient time to the band to insure Q
live permanent organization.
Some county road matters received
consideration, as did also the matter
of organizing the proposed golf club
The golf club idea was started some
time ago but has not been pushed late
ly on account Of press OF other mat
ters. 1t appears to have been well re.
ceived by our citizens and the list OF
proposed members will now be com
pleted and an organization effected
The Coconino sun., 1924-12-05
NO WATER WASTING BUT
MUCH REVENUE LOST

|. B. Koch, chairman Of the water
committee Of the city council, made a
personal inspection of the conditions
prevailing at the collecting system Of
the city water supply at the Jack
Smith springs last Tuesday. Mr.. Koch
reports that every drop of water com
ing from the springs with which the
system is now connected, is coming
into the mains.
The new work recently done up
there by Mr.. Marshall and his assist
ants in retimbering is a big improve
ment. There is about six inches Of
snow in spots in the vicinity of the
springs, but the volume of water flow
ing into the pipe line to the reservoir
is small by comparison with the re-
quirements of the town and were it
not that the lumber mills and the
Santa Fe railway, by extraordinary
efforts, have been obtaining their sup
ply of water elsewhere, our rese~oir
would be practically exhausted or the
lumber mills shut down. As it is the
town is losing d revenue from the sale
of water to these concerns that is con-
siderable, but fortunately through
their continued operation, the payrolls
are still being distributed.
The Coconino sun., 1924-12-05
BAYLESS BUSY

Edward Beal and w. S. Bayless
his brothel-in-law, were in Cotton
wood yesterday Beal, Mrs. Bayless
and several other brothers and sisters,
including Frank Beal, are all repre-
sentatives Of a pioneer family of Co
conino county. w. S. Bayless has
given up his position as custodian Of
the Elks' home in Flagstaff to oper-
ate the ranch owned by himself and
son jointly on Upper Beaver creek. In
the last few years they have added
725 new trees to the orchard and now
have a shipment Of over 200 that they
are taking out TO plant. Edward Bea
is cutoff sawyer for the Flagstaff
Lumber Mills in Flagstaff and has
taken a few days vacation to visit IN
the valley. He is an uncle Of Mrs. NJ
O. Dumas of Clemenceau.-Jerome
News.
The Coconino sun., 1924-12-05
GEORGE H. CROSBY WILL
LOCATE IN WYOMING

Attorney George Fl. Crosby Jr.,
will leave Flagstaff the first of the
year for Greenriver, in the southwest
part of Wyoming, flourishing little
city of 5000 people and seat of Sweet
water county, where he will be the
only lawyer.
George r. Lewis few months ago
resigned here as assistant county at
torney and went to Greenriver, but
after a few months decided to locate
n a larger place and moved to Port
and, Oregon.
Judge Crosby recently visited Green
river and was much impressed with
the place. and its people. He made ar
engagements while there to return and
ocate permanently.
Since coming to Flagstaff two or
more years ago, Judge Crosby has adj
led greatly to his already large prac-
sice and increased the number of good
riends he has had here for years. But
lis locating here was largely because
Of his health, which is very good here
but is not good at lower altitude or
where the water is hard. The present
depressed business conditions in Ma
yaio and Apache counties, where he
has retained many clients, has made
large part of his hard work unremun-
erative. This, combined with the law
yerless condition of Greenriver, and
The fact that the climate and water
there are about the same as here,
prompts the change.
Mrs. Crosby and their unmarried
daughter, Miss Laprele, are in Los
Ap0eleS and with their SON. George,
who will graduate from Normal here
next summer, will join Mr.. Crosby in
Wyoming after a few months.
Judge Crosby's many friends here
will deeply regret seeing him and his
fine family move so far away. For
merly teacher and editor, he's one of
those several l-sided sort of men whose
opinions are always worth hearing
and whose sympathies are always
pretty sure to plumb just about right.
The Coconino sun., 1924-12-05
JAIL BREAKER HUMPHREY
USED SAW HIDDEN in HIS
FRENCH HARP; CAPTURED

A man who carries a saw in a
mouth organ against possible jail
emergencies must have a Monte
Cristo kink in his brain convultions
somewhere, don't you think
That's the way Harold Pumphrey,
navy deserter and lightning purloiner
of automobiles and other attractive
valuables got through the bars of a
window and out Of Flagstaff county
Jail in broad daylight week before
last.
Coincident with his recapture near
Thoreau, N. M, last week Harold lost
his mouth organ.
Harold has made lot Of criminal
history in the last few weeks. Ar
irving in Flagstaff in an Oakland car
he stole near his home, Colorado
Springs, he saw sheriff's officers
eyeing the car and eloped forthwith
in Dannie Campbell's Studebaker SIX
Dannie and Sheriff Campbell
brought him back from New Mexico
after an exciting chase. He requested
as he was being locked in his cell that
he might be allowed his French
harp" 1t was granted.
Then, while IL other prisoners
watched, a few days later he sawed
and departed. The dainty little saw
had been hidden under the tin cover
on one side of the mouth organ
At Holbrook, on his way east after
Jail, Harold stole Charlie
Cooley's big car Running out of gas
he left it on the desert road and at
Gallup stole another. At Thoreau he
broke into the same store he had a
few weeks earlier stole a lot of plum
der from which was found in the Oak
land car he first arrived here in.
In this second foray at Thoreau he
annexed some nice Indian blankets
and hiked to rayine some distance
off where he laid down to sleep.
He slept too late. When he awoke
4 deputy sheriff was standing over
him. Soon he sheepishly admitted ne
was the Flagstaff jail breaker. Sher-
iff W. A. Campbell went after him.
Arriving here, he was turned over to
Deputy Sheriff Billy Rudd who took
him to Phoenix, to be tried under the
Dyer act in the U. S. court for steal
ing Dannie Campbell's car.
The Coconino sun., 1924-12-05
KNOLES BROS. BOUGHT
BIG BAKERY in LOWELL

Rollin and Tom Knoles and Tommy
Jr., got back to Flagstaff Monday
night from a months automobile tour
of this state, New Mexico, Texas and
as far as New Orleans, to stay only
a few days, as both families will
leave today for Lowell, near Bisbee,
where Knoles brothers have bought
the Arizona Baking Co. plant and will
take possession in a short time.
The Knoles, senior, with their two
sons, left right after the sale of the
Knoles bakery here to Moser Bros, in
tending to tour as far as Florida. 1t
was reported last week that they had
bought bakery at Roswell, N. NJ,
but they decided they didn't want to
locate anywhere but in Arizona.
Everett, Rollins son, stopped off at
Tombstone when the party was on the
way back here, to visit his uncle Paul
Knoles, baker there.
Flagstaff people will wish these two
fine families happiness and prosperity
wherever they may go.
The Coconino sun., 1924-12-05
FARMERS DAY AT ROTARY
AND GOOD FARMING TALKS

Rev. H. F. Softley, chairman for
the day at Tuesdays Rotary meeting,
provided a program Of unusual in
terest and in many respects unique.
Each member who could get hold Of
the guest assigned him brought one
of the prominent farmers of this sec
ton. Each Rotarian was also charg-
ed by the chairman, under penalty of
a fine, to come dressed in overalls to
show that he really knew how to
wear them. Some didn't, but the
fines they were assessed were much
tened on to those who did, for the lat
ter had to stand and sing.
No one escaped being fined at least
once, and most Of the fellows coughed
twice.
Besides his own contribution to the
program, Mr. Softley had arranged
with Frank Chisholm, Tom McCul-
Tough and Gus Pearson for talks and
with Miss Selma Aas and Tom Bell
wood for the music. Miss Aas played
while the bunch sang, also in accom-
paniment to a ringing solo by Mr.
Bellwood, the intent of which was to
show that sailor lad has a much bet
ter time than farmer lad, for if the
sailor can't be true to one or two
fair maids, he at least can be to
three.
The tables were plentiful decorated
with corn, oats, wheat, and other ag-
ricultural exhibits brought back from
the showing this county made at the
recent state fair. There were various
healthy hand implements Of agricul-
ture, also, and in turn Sid Gassman,
Ralph Davis and Jimmie Lewis were
called on to show how to handle them
and also to fit their use in with var
ious clauses from the Rotary code Of
ethics.
Doc Tex Mackey extemporaneously
and voluntarily illustrated the farm
fowl and animal nomenclature, for
which he was fined In the absence
of Fred Breen, Tex edited the weekly
Mop, to the immense satisfaction of
all and made it show vast improve
Continued on Page Nine)
The Coconino sun., 1924-12-05

The car was driven by its owner, J..
F. McDaniels. On the front seat with
him was his wife, a bride of few
weeks In the rear seat were Mr.. and
Mrs. Pyland and their two little girls
and Mrs. McDaniels' sister Helen
Dory Josine was sitting on her
fathers lap and the other little girl
on her mothers lap.
The party were returning from
Grand Canyon. They had been run
ming up to 60 miles an hour At the
point where the car left the road, near
the Johnson Curry ranch, Mr.. Nc
Daniels told the coroner's jury en-
panelled by Justice of the Peace Scot
ty McDougall of Williams, he had
slowed down to 20 miles an hour. But
Mr. Pyland told the jury it was much
faster than that, estimating the speed
at so miles.
The car left the road at the begin
ming of a reverse curve on a fill. If
it had been travelling slowly, even at
20 miles an hour, perhaps it would
not have turned over, as there is not
much Of a bank there. Or if it had
been turned little more off the road
it likely could have been stopped
without serious accident. But in an
attempt to get the machine back on
the road it was steered directly into
the projecting corner of plank
bridge. The bumpers hit the bridge
flooring, which is about II feet wide,
and showed it out of place about a
foot, then hurtled over and over,
1apdir2or IN itc side q rom Olptp wreck
The steering wheel was broken off
and was found about Is feet from the
car.
Mrs Pyland and the younger child
were the only ones unhurt. Mr.. Py-
lands left side was injured, it is re-
ported some ribs being broken, and
The Coconino sun., 1924-12-05

With Mccormick will be lot Of
other men. They will go horseback
to the head of the Tanner trail, then
down and across the gorge, reaching
the deer country some 40 miles be-
yond over the trail through which it
is proposed to bring back the deer.
Another bunch of men, in automo-
biles and auto trucks, with equipment
and supplies, will leave tomorrow by
way of Lees Ferry They will be in
charge of Mr.. Bertiling. Lee Doyle
will carry the moving picture people
and their equipment.
Several who will witness the drive
and participate to some extent, at
least as volunteers, have already gone
north. e. G. Miller, supervisor of
this forest, and two of his aides,
Johnny Adams and Mr. Lochman, left
yesterday by way of Lees Ferry. M.
A. Musgrave, head Of the state pre-
datory animal control forces, accom-
panied by Mr.. Gillian of Illinois, went
through here the day before on their
way north.
Arrangements have been completed
with the Lasky moving picture people
who have been granted exclusive NOV
The Coconino sun., 1924-12-05
HOT RADIATOR, ALCOHOL.
BANG! OUCH! GEORGE NOW
SAYS HE'LL NOT REPEAT

Don't ever pour denatured alcohos
into your radiator when the water in
it is hot. (From the Medical Memoirs
Of George A. Fleming of Flagstaffl
That is one "do it" that George viii
never do again, according to his own
emphatic statement.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fleming We're out
riding on the afternoon of Thanks
giving day and when they got back
to their home George decided to put
some denatured alcohol in the radia-
tor to insure against freezing. He
never thought af fire insurance.
A moment after he poured the stuff
in he bent over to look in the radiator
and the mixture exploded. Flames
flashed all over his face and head
Beating them out with his hands he
then threw a blanket over the front
of the car, smothering the blaze there
But for wearing glasses, it is likely
Georges sight would have been ruined
as the flames broke the right lens ane
that eye was badly burned on the he
and on the eyeball severely enough te
make it still painful for him to use
that eye.
Eyebrows and the hair on his heae
were badly singed and his face ane
neck burned so severely that the sklr
all peeled off.
The Coconino sun., 1924-12-05

IAN all-the-year-' round trail. Bright
Angel is extremely cold and extremely
unsafe in winter.
Some of the Flagstaff people who
opposed the exchange Of Bright Angel
trail with the government for half
million dollar road now say Bright
Angel trail is to be popularized more
than ever because a monster hotel is
to be built st Indian Gardens.
Out Of what small beginnings some
marvellous tales are built
All of this CUFF about the ''ncw
hotel" arose from the fact that per-
mission was asked from the board Of
supervisors to build a rest room at
Indian Gardens. This was granted on
Monday. The whole outlay contem-
plated is $4,000, of which part will be
used to PIT roof on a stone build
ing now standing there and to make
sanitary arrangements in regard to
the water there, which will include
toilets to be built by the park service.
Even this water Improvement at
Indian Gardens has been enlarged
Aladdin wise here in Flagstaff and
last week was heard circumstantial
tale about the proposed pumping Of
tne water from Jne gdEQeilS 70 TIE VII
lage Of Grand Canyon-something
that never for a moment has been con-
sidered, both because there is not
nearly enough water there to take
care of Grand Canyon, and, second,
because such a project would involve {.
relay of hydraulic rams and a total
expense all out Of proportion to the
benefit that might be gained.
Coconino county failed to trade a
$4,000 trail for half-million dollar
road. And, right now, if Bright Angel
trail were offered to the government
again, very likely $4,000 IS the top
price the government would consent
to pay. Congressman Hayden might,
because he is an AriZonan and is for
the interests of this county as we'll as
for those of the rest Of Arizona, con-
sent to work for a renewal of the
generous offer the government made
last summer. But Congressman Cram
ton, largely through whore help the
proposition was pushed through con-
gress, recently announced that if this
question OF the purchase Of the trail
by the government ever is seriously
considered by him again it will be af
ter definite and binding overtures are
made by the people Of this county.
The Coconino sun., 1924-12-05
INSIDE NEWS ABOUT
FLAGSTAFF'S TWINS

The following letter from Raymond
p Ensign, dean of the art school of
Chicago Art institute, to men.n.srs of
the alumni speaks of the popular
Flagstaff twins, George Jerome Rozen
and Jerome George Rozen, as follows:
"All Of you who We're here last year
and those Of you who know of him
only as "the twin brother of George
j." will be interested in knowing Of
the work Jerome G. Rozen is doing in
New York After teaching in the
summer school Of the art institute,
Jerome left for the east, to seek his
fortune as an illustrator Only last
week / learned that among the var
ious commissions on which he has
been engaged is one of Hugh Fuller
tons stories. "Is Mans Past His
Own 2" shortly to appear in Liberty"
He has well under way, also, the il
Illustrations for another story by the
same author, entitled "Sold," and is
making pen and ink drawings for a
new American history, published by
Rand McNally.
Il am pleased to report that George
j. Rozen is making rapid recovery fol-
lowing the automobile accident on
Michigan avenue several weeks ago.
We expect that within a week or two
he will be able to assume charge of
his classes in the lower school and
in the evening school"