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The Coconino sun., 1924-10-17

This new contract is a modification
of the previous one proposed by the
railroad company, the notifications,
it is felt here, making it easier for
Flagstaff to finance the project.
Tuesdays Rotary meeting was Civ
en- over to Mr. Koch's statement of the
result of his conference with Mr.. Et-
ter, an analysis of the proposed con-
tract and general discussion of it,
various phases.
Mr.. Koch prefaced his remarks by
saying that the new agreement, he be-
heved, could be adopted as basis on
which the town and the railroad COM
pany can get together.
Flagstaff owes the railroad COM
pany S235,000 for the present water
system, which includes the intake at
the springs, the pipe line and tE+
reservoir. This contract was made 10
years ago, to cover a period of 25
years. 1t thus would have Is years yet
to run, at the end of which time the
city would be expected to take over
and pay $235,000 for the system.
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-17
MANY TRAGEDIES AT
ASHF0RK In WEEK

Ashfork was the scene of three
tragedies during the past week, in
cluding one robbery
Early last Friday morning Henry
Gilman, % years old, was killed by
Milton Friedman, travelling salesman
in a struggle over a gun. Gilman and
his partner, Tom Lockwood, were ar
rested for stealing suit case belong
ing to Friedman from in front of the
Escalente hotel. In company with an
officer Friedman discovered his prop
erty in the possession of Gilman and
Lockwood. Friedman was given gun
by the officer and told to hold Gill
man while the officer started after
Lockwood who had made a break for
liberty while the officer was attempt
ing to handcuff him to Gilman Gill
man grabbed for the gun in the hands
of Friedman and in the struggle was
shot through the abdomen, dying
a short time later.
Later Lockwood was captured but
on the way to Prescott jumped out of
the auto going at the rate of thirty
Continued on Page Elsven)
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-17
ROTARIANS TO DISGUISE
EAT AND DANCE. OCT. e

Flagstaff Rotarians are planning a
high old time for the night of Tues
day, October %, their ladies and
friends to be guests and the special
guest of honor to be George Todd of
Phoenix, governor of Rotary in this
district.
The Woman's club house will be the
place. There will be a dinner dance,
the ladies of the Woman's club serv-
ing the eatables and talented musi-
clans urging on the dancers.
Each and every one attending, In
cluding Governor Todd, is warned to
come disguised, facially and bodily, in
makeup and costume. Masks will be
pretty much out of the question, be-
cause they would interfere with eat
ing; but disgLises of various kinds are
in order and it is expected they viii
range all the way from the infinitely
grotesque to the sickeningly beautiful.
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-17
CHEVROLET HUNDRED
HOUR ECONOMY RUN TO
BEGIN TOMORROW MORN

How many miles will this Chevrolet
touring car travel in 100 hours con-
tinuous running? How much gasoline
will it burn in that time? Your cor
rect answer to either question will en-
title YOU to a 30x3 IL Federal Blue
Pennant cord tire, free.
1t is an interesting experiment that
is to be begun tomorrow Saturday
morning at o'clock by Lee Carron,
proprietor of the Carron Motor Co.
of Flagstaff and Chevrolet agent for
this section.
The car used in the demonstration
will be a Chevrolet standard superior
touring car, regularly equipped with
tires of the above brand.
The car will leave promptly at eight
from the Carron garage and after a
half f-hour drive through the principal
streets of Flagstaff will start for Will
liams, arriving there at 9:45 a. M,
then arrive in Grand Canyon at l p.
M, and back in Flagstaff at 500 p.
M, again leaving half hour later to
go all night and visit various other
towns in northern Arizona, including
Holbrook, Winslow, Cottonwood, Gle
menceau, Jerome, Prescott, Ashfork,
Seligman and Kingman, each morning
getting back to Flagstaff for fresh
start at eight o'clock.
The 100 hours continuous run ends
at noon next Wednesday. In the mean
Continued on Page Two.)
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-17

Mr.. Etter said before further plans
were made it was desired to know
where the people of Flagstaff want
the depot, Mr.. Koch announced at the
Rotary club on Tuesday. He asked
Mr.. Koch if we would be willing to
have either San Francisco or Beaver
street closed and the depot set across
the one or the other. Mr. Koch told
him Flagstaff could not well consent
to that. Then he asked if the people
here would object to the LerouX street
crossing being blocked by the depot.
Mr.. Koch answered that he believed
not, as we have been pretty well used
to having it blocked by freight cars.
Whether it would be satisfactory to
block Leroux street was referred to
the so men at the Rotary meeting
Tuesday, and no objection was voiced.
1t is very probable, then, that will be
the site selected. In fact the tentative
selection of that site had already been
made by the Santa Fe officials.
Mr.. Etter explained to Mr.. Koch
that the depot will be built on the
north side Of the tracks and all
tracks except those of the main line
viii be removed from Leroux and San
Francisco street. This may involve the
moving of building or two east of
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-17
BENDER WEE TONG SUIT
SETTLED, PEACE REIGNS

The litigation between Joe Bender
and Wee Tong has ended in COM
promise and Wee will move the last of
this month from the Railroad avenue
building which Mr.. Bender some time
ago bought from Mrs. Marie Hensing
and which Wee refused to vacate on
the ground that he had lease on it.
Joe wanted to do lot of work on
the building and move his restaurant
there. Wee said he was going to keep
his own restaurant there long time
yet. Judgment was allowed on March
26 of $65 month rent from the time
Mr.. Bender bought the building to the
time of judgment. Defendant appeal
ed the case.
The settlement the other day allow
ed Bender $11.50 a month from March
26 to October 26, which was paid. On
the latter date Wee will move his res
taurant next door.
Frank Harrison was attorney for
Bender and C. B. Wilson and Frank
M. Gold attorneys for Wee.
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-17

Under new contract proposed by
the railroad company a few weeks
ago, Flagstaff was to issue bonds, buy
the present system at the above fig
ure and at once pay for it, using the
balance of the bond issue for con-
structing an additional 50-million-gal-
Ion reservoir, building a new pipe line
and improving the gathering system
at the springs.
This improvement work, according
to estimate, would cost $250,000 for a
new collection system and reservoir
and $148,000 for a new and adequate
pipe line from the springs to the res
ervoirs-a total of $398,000 It was
felt after an analysis of that contract
that Flagstaff could not assume 50
heavy a burden of interest as would
be involved. Therefore Mr.. Koch had
the conference with Mr.. Etter, in the
hope of securing notifications that
would lessen this burden.
The present proposition is this:
Flagstaff is to vote bonds of ap-
Continued on Page Three.)
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-17

the depot to make room for the new
yard.
The news of the new depot was re-
ceived by Rotarians with enthusiasm,
not unmixed with little scepticism,
for the depot has been needed SO long
and has so many times been rumored
approaching under favorable winds
and with all sails set, only to be
wrecked before it reached here on
some unfriendly rock or other, that
many people here will not believe we
really are to get it until they see it;
and some of them viii be hard to con-
vince even then.
1t is believed, however, that we now
are to get a depot without great de-
lay. Mr.. Etter is favorable to it and
realizes our need for it. The railroad
company needs it.
Mr.. Koch told Rotarians that Fred
Breen's painting, in oils, would be
hung in the new depot, according to
present blue prints and specifications.
Mr.. Breen was thereby induced to
promise that The Sun will declare
truce during the next three years,
pending building of the depot, during
which it will no longer be spelled
depot"
Mr.. Koch said he believes the new
depot will be one Flagstaff may be
proud of.
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-17
FOOTBALL TOMORROW

Tomorrow afternoon at two o'clock
Flagstaff High and Winslow High
elevens will go after each others
scalps at City Recreation park, Flag
staff. This will be game well worth
seeing. Neither bunch has been de-
feated so far this season. Winslow, on
dope, has it over the local eleven some
by reason of having defeated Prescott
High by wider margin than our boys
enjoyed. But the latter were out of
condition that day from too much
circus and other things, and are likely
to give the Winslowites a healthy
drubbing.
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-17
PROPOSED NEW CONTRACT
ENDORSED BY FLAGSTAFF
TAXPAYERS TUESDAY NOW
IS UP TO CITY COUNCIL

At a conference in Los Angeles last week between l.
b. Koch of Flagstaff representing the city council and
General Manager Etter of the Atchison Topeka Santa
Fe railroad company, the latter offered contract
ing the mutual financing of Flagstaff water improve
ments that unanimously endorsed by members and
guests at Tuesdays meeting of the Flagstaff Rotary club
With this endorsement offered by half hundred leading
taxpayers of this city, it is felt that the city council has
the necessary to agree to the contract and
advertise for bond election to carry out the project
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-17
ARIZONA LUMBER &
TIMBER CO. BUILDING
NEW OAK CREEK ROAD

The Arizona Lumber & Timber Co.
has begun grading for new logging
railroad to the Oak Greek timber unit
and expects to be operating there late
in the fall Of 1925.
The new line branches four or five
miles southwest of Flagstaff off the
present line from the mill to the
Rogers Lake-Sycamore Canyon sec
ton. 1t will pretty closely follow the
general route of the highway between
Flagstaff and Sehnebley hill, accessi-
BILE to all the timber on the east side
of Oak Creek canyon and both sides
of Mund's Park. 1t is estimated that
there is enough timber in this new
unit to take from eight to ten years
to cut and it is all virgin pine, most
of it Of fine size and quality.
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-17
ELKS PREPARING BIG
MINSTREL SHOW

The local lodge of Elks are hard at
work on a great big minstrel show
which is scheduled to happen on No
vember 2Sth and 29th at the Orpheum
theater. The big stunt will be pulled
off under the direction of the John D.
Rogers Production Co., the same COM
pany that directed "Springtime" here
a couple years ago. And actors Well,
it is boldly announced by the Buck
Elks that there will be 125 people in
the cast. Lots more about the big
show will come out later.
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-17
ABSENTEE BALLOTS READY

Recorder Howard Marine announces
that the absentee ballots are now
ready for distribution to those who
will not be here on election day, No
vember a. Voters may secure the bal
lot at his office, vote it and deposit
it with him to be counted along with
the rest in the proper precinct on cleo
ton day.
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-17

/. B. Koch, vice president and man
ager of the Arizona Lumber q Timber
Co. returned Saturday afternoon from
Los Angeles, where he conferred with
General Manager Etter of the Santa
Fe railroad about the local water sit
uation, stealing away few days to
visit Mrs. Koch and the children who
are in San Francisco for the winter.
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-17
NEW FLAGSTAFF STATION
PLANS ARE BEING DRAWN
LOCATION ACROSS LEROUX
STREET NORTH OF TRACKS

That Flagstaff soon is to have depot is the init
nation of Mr. Etter general manager OF the AtcsOn To-
peka & Santa Fe railway company. Last week in Los
Angeles he showed lot of blue prints connected with the
plan to B. Koch of Flagstaff and said the railroad had
by no means forgotten need for the depot.
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-17

M. I. Powers returned the first of
the week from Los Angeles, where he
had been for a few weeks looking af-
ter the management of his fire brick
manufacturing plant.
The Coconino sun., 1924-10-17

Tom Wagner of Anita and Williams,
whose elevation is to that of the aver
age man as Flagstaff's is to Yuma,
was a visitor here yesterday.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-18
TWO BROTHERS
INDICTED HERE
BY GRAND JURY
Outgrowth of Famous
Stage Litigation in
Courts

Tom Morgan, general manager of
the United Stages, Inc, and his
brother Howard, were the two par
ties against whom secret indictments
were returned by the grand jury
Wednesday afternoon. The former
came to FL Centre yesterday after
noon and notified Undersheriff Bert
Underwood, who served bench
warrant charging Morgan with per-
jury. Morgan deposited bail in the
sum of 81 900.
Howard Morgan is in San Fran
cisco, and it will not be necessary
for him to come to Ell Centre az
this time, it is said, arrangements
having been made to serve the war.
rant on him at his home III Los An
geles. Bail in the same amount has
been arranged for his case.
The perjury charges have grown
out of the litigation which has ex-
listed for several years between the
United Stages, Inc, and the United
Stages. Charges and counter charges
have been made ON both sides, as
'htN IouSHt itSdi btitlto 1OI INC
stage franchise in Imperial Valley.
Several months ago, the United
Stages resumed operation of their
stages, following a decision of Judge
Conkling that they were entitled to
conduct business here.
Later, the railroad commission no.
titled the United Stages to cease
operations. They continued in spite
of the commission S order, and were
eventually cnjoined from operating
by decision handed down by Judge
John w. Shenk, presiding in the In
perial county superior court.
Just what particular phase of the
litigation has prompted the perjury
indictments, could not be learned. S.
w. Thompson attorney for the Unit
ed Stages, Inc, was in court this
morning in connection with the liti-
cation.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-18
FIND ANOTHER
STOLEN AUTO
BEL OW LIN E

Through the good offices Of
Police Inspector Peralta of Lowe
California, and members of his
staff, the sheriff 5 office has rec
Overed an automobile srolen in
Ventura county two weeks ago. fol
loving the murder of a Hindu there
by = Mexican.
The Mexican made his escape
after the murder, using the 3edd
man 5 ear, which was eventually
traced to Mexicali. This morn
,ng Deputy Sheriff Oswa's went 10
Me%icali, and working with the
Mexican officials, succeeded in rec
overing the car and bringing it
acrCss the line.
No trace Of the Mexican respon-
sible for the crime has been report
cd as yet. Oswalt stated this morn
,ng that Inspector Peralta and his
men offered him every assistance
in recovering the ear and thar with
out their help he could have make
little progress.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-18
Ey LAWRENCE MARTIN

tCopy1lghJ lSZ4, bJ United! CrefS)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.-Tho
uglirst scandal in wears turks
among the hidden facts about the
Teapot Dome naval oiEreserve lease
There is no longer any doubt in
the minds of Senator Walsh, Mon
tana, and others who have been try
ing to break through wall Of see
lecy and misinformation given the
sen;'te public lanGJ' committee
about the leasing and other tran
sactions which occurred about the
same time.
But how 70 bring out fully the
facts which constitute what many
senators declare is q "national
disgrace is battling the iuvesti-
gators who believe the American
PEOPLE, for their own future protec-
tion, are entitled to the whole
truth, no matter who is hurt.
There is not the slightest desire
on the part of Senator Walsh to
spread a sensational story. Any
one who knows Walsh with his re.
strained, conservative, extremely
judicial mind knows he is no scnso'
ton monger, gossip or spreader ii
scandal.
Walsh Wants Facts
Walsh wants facts. He has en-
0ugh to satisfy him that the strong
est possible barriers must be erect :
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-18
TODAY'S LETTUCE MARKET
BY BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL ECONooIl
G. z. Schultz, Local Representative

Carlot shipments reported in the
United States Thursday, January
Il:
Arizona II, So. District California
/, Imperial Valley 1O2, Florida 40.
Total 100.
Unreportcd, shipped Wednesday,
January Ii: Texas /.
Organizations of Imperial Valley
shipments Thursday, January Il:
Brawley 81, Imperial I, IL Centre
80, Hcber il, CaIeXico II. Total
102.
Shipments on this date year ago,
IN United States 106; Imperial Val,
ley, 20,
FL Centre, Calf: Demand light,
market weak, few sales. Carloads
f. o. b. cash track-31as to As, L. S.
grade No. l, mostly around 1.35,
few ,1.40. Cash to growers, best
large sizes mostly TO-75c, poorer,
smaller sizes 6o-65c, per packed out
crate.
Terminal f. O. b. Auction Sales
Thursday, all cities: Imperial Val
ley, II cars sold. Crates, Iceberg
type, [. S. grade No. |, 1.17h-1,40;
fair condition 1.05. Arizona,
ears. crates, Iceberg type, some soft
bursted heads, some frosted, 971@-
l.l212; one ear L. S. grade No. |,
1.3O.
Telegraphic reports of today 5
sales to jobbers, unless otherwise
stated:
PHILADELPHIA: 80 clear. 1
Calf arrived. % on track. Southern:
Supplies light. Demand moderate,
market strong. Westerns; Supplies
moderate. Demand moderate, mar
ket steady. Imp. Valley and Ariz,
mostly $50.
KANSAS CITY: IL cloudy.
Ariz,' 1 Calf. arrived. diverted. IA
on track Supplies liberal. Demand
slow, market dull. Calf. 2.75-3.0G.
CHICAGO; = cloudy. 10 Ariz. III
Calf. arrived. 63 on track. Supplies
moderate. Demand slow, market
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-18
THREE MEN ARE
BADLY BURNED
in COTTON FIRE,

Three Mexicans, one of whom has
been identified as Ladislao Zazeta,
are in a serious condition at the FL
Centre hospital as TIE result of an
accident on the A. NJ. Shenk ranch
i'll Mexico yesterday afternoon, ~
which they were horribly burned.
According to the story told by 4
friend of Zazcta, who visited the
hospital today, the men were loading
car with cotton, when the latter
caught fire, the flames cnveloping
The men as they tried to extinguish
the fire. All were badly burned
about the body and it Is thought
they inhaled the flames.
The men were brought to FL Cen
tro as soon as possible after the
accident. Today they were reported
in semi-conscious condition and it
is doubtful if they will survive. Dr,
II. o. Thompson of Calcxico is in
charge of the eases.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-18
JCLlEST SCANDAL IN YEARS
HANGS AROUND TEAPOT DOME
LEASE, BELIEVE S0L0NS

oed 10 prevent anything like the Tea
Iot Dome lease ever occurring again
He has not given up entirely MS eff
forts 10 disclose the complete depths
Of the unsavory story but if he is
baked by the refusal to tH.k OF
the only men who know, W alsh
will go ahead with the facts he
has.
Walsh will try to accomplish two
things:
l. Break the Teapot Dome lease.
?. Get lcgislatioj preventing
future leases of naval oil reserves
without the specific approved OF
congress.
The senate investigation mas al
ready provided adequate legal
grounds to break the lease which
albert b. Fall, former secretary OF
The interior, gave to the sinclai:
interests, Walsh said.
First, there was no authority
for the transfer by President Hard
ing CT the naval oil reserves 20 the
interior department, said Senator
Walsh.
"Second. the Teapot Dome con
tract, provided the government
should build oil tanks in retuin for
royalty Oil. This called for al ex-
pendilure of money without con
gressional appropriations and was
!, illegal -
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-18
Ell Centric Chamber Opposes Sending Cuff to Capital
Trying TO Block
Action on Suing
johnson Project

In an effort to block the passage
of the SWING" ohnson ;,.ll, proposal
has been made by private power in
terests to Secretary of the Interior
Work, according to Washington dis
patches, asking him to appoint q
commission of engineers to advise
him on definite plans for the dsVe!-
opment of the Colorado River. The
commission is to be composed of four
government engineers and the fifth
one to be an outside man.
The commission is to advise the
secretary ION Il definite plan Cor
the control of floods On the Colorado
river. the development of it's water
power and the storage of water fol
irrigation of arid lands in the Lower
Colorado river basin.''
The plan is practically the same
as that proposed in the Swing-JoEn
son bill and friends of the bid be
lieve the purpose Of the proposed
committee is to prevent passage OF
the Swing-Johnson bill. They con
tend that the Department of the In
terror has already been fully adyis
ed as to what is necessary in tn,
development of the Colorado river
and that further recommendation.
by engineers are unnecessary.
Over 100000 has already beer
spent by the government investigat
ing the Lower Colorado and it i.
emphasized that all the lnformatiol
Secretary Work NAV need iS abroad, ,
contained in his own department..
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-18
Opposition Strong

The meeting is considered doubly
essential at this time in view of the
opposition that is developing to the
Swing-Johnson bill, not only III
Washington and government circles,
but right AT the doors of Imperial
Valley.
Previous to the meeting, which
is scheduled for o'clock, the I'M
perial band will render concert
at Fifth and Main streets, starting
at 7:l5. Later they will play at
Sixth and Main and at Seventh and
Main streets, going from the latter
place direct to the Wilson school,
AS the band is coming to this
city under its own expense, and the
committee in charge is without
funds to reimburse them, it has
been suggested that the public may
contribute during the concerts to-
ward defraying its expense.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-18
LOCAL MEN FEEL
DELEGATION IS
LARGE ENOUGH
Greater Police Protection,
Lyceum Course, Clean
Milk Discussed

Through its board OF dircc, ors,
the FL Centre Chamber of Com
nterce has gone -gecortt@4us be-
ing opposed to the contemplated &C.
tion of the Associated Chambers Of.
Commerce in sending President Il.
w. Cuff to Washington to assist
in lobbying for the Swing john
scr bill.
Considerable discussion Of this
matter followed the receipt of Il
letter from II. y. Dyke, secretary
Of the Associated Chambers, asking
for the opinion of the FL Centre
chamber on the advisabilitv OF
sending Cuff to Washington at the
expense of the Associated Cham
bers. AS a result of the discussion,
Secretary Coy!e WIS instructed by
the directors to inform Mr.. Dyke,
that while confidence was held IN
the ability of Mr.. Cuff to repre-
sent Imperial Valley at Washing
ton III an efficient manner, it was
the opinion of the local chamber
that the present delegation IN
Washington is rs large as seems
necessary and that the local cham
her did not favor the expenditure
Gf funds by the Associated Cham
bers, to finance additional represen-
triton.
The chamber voted to contrib
/ uted $3.50 u month toward keeping
',he Heber Chamber of Commerce
in good standing in the Associated
Chambers, CalexIco Chamber tc pay
q like sum, and the Heber body
20 pay :f2 per month until such
time as the latter shall become
sclfsupporting.
Urge More Protection
The question of more adequate
police protection and closer co.
operation between the various val-
ley police departments to cope
with numerous thefts and ether
crimes being perpetrated through,
ont the valley, was given tonsid
cr&;ion and viii be made mat
ter for discussion at the next meet
irg of the Associated Chambers.
The Redpath I-yceum Bureau,
through It's representative, Miss
Springsted, advised tine bo;rd of
directors that plans are under way
FOR lyceum course 10 be held in
FL Centre. nexe winter under the
auspices Of various local organiza-
tions and asked the cooperation
of the FL Centre Chamber. ROD
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