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The Coconino sun., 1924-11-28
COUNCIL MINUTES

Flagstaff, Arizona, November %,
1924.
A special meeting of the Town
Council of the Town of Flagstaff, of
Coconino County, Arizona, was held
at the City Hall, the usual meeting
place in said town, on the oath day of
November, A D. 1924, convening at
the hour of o'clock p NJ and upon
roll call the following were found to
be present:
Mayor: L. w. Cress.
Town Clerk: C. T. Pulliam.
Councilmen: t. E. Pulliam, Herb
Asselin, E. S. Flett, w. B. Raude-
baugh, A. ]. Mitchell.
Absent: l. B. Koch.
The following proceedings were
had and taken:
The minutes of the previous meet
ing of the Council were read and ap-
proved.
The clerk then presented and read
the notice of the meeting, with proof
of service thereof, which notice and
proof were ordered spread upon the
record of the meeting and were so
spread in the following form:
Flagstaff, Arizona, November %,
1924.
To: T. E. Pulliam, Herb Asselin, |.
B. Koch, E. S. Flett, w. B. Raude
baugh and A. J. Mitchell, Members of
the Common Council of the Town of
Flagstaff, Arizona:
You are hereby notified that spe-
cial meeting of the Common Council
of the Town of Flagstaff, Coconino
County, Arizona, is hereby called and
ordered to be held at the City Hall in
said town on the oath day of Novem-
Der, A. D. 1924, at the hour of 81
o'clock P. NJ. for the purpose of con-
sidering and adopting an order and
ordinance of said town providing for
and calling a special election of the
qualified taXpaying electors of said
town to vote on the proposition of is
suing bonds of said town in the ag-
gregate principal amount of Four
Hundred Seventy Five Thousand Dol
lars (s475,00O) for the purpose of
providing funds with which to extend
and improve the waterworks system
now owned and operated by said town,
the said ordinance to fix the time and
place of said election, the term, rate
of interest, date of maturity of said
bonds and such other matters as may
be deemed expedient to properly call
and hold said election.
1t is important that all members of
the council be present at this meeting.
L. w. CRESS,
Mayor
T. E. PULLIAM,
Councilman
E. S. FLETT,
Councilman
II. P. ASSELIN,
Councilman
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Provided, however, that al Of said
bonds maturing subsequent to jan
uary 1, 1856, may be redeemed at the
option of said town or on any in
terest paying date after January 1,
1866, both principal of and interest
upon said bonds being payable in gold
coin of the United States of America
at the Chase National Bank in the
City and State of New York.
2. That sealed proposals will be
received by said Council for the pur-
chase of said bonds on Wednesday,
the 31st day of December, A. D. 1924,
at the hour of o'clock P NJ, at the
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l9Z4.
To T. E. Pulliam, Herb AsseIin, |.
3. Koch, E. S. F'lett, w. B. Raude-
baugh and A. ]. Mitchell, Members of
the Common Council of the Town of
Flagstaff, Arizona:
You are hereby notified that pur-
suant to law special meeting of the
common council of the Town of Flag
staff, Coconino County, Arizona, will
be held and is hereby called and or
dered to be held at the City Hall in
said Town on the 25th day of Novem-
ber, A. D. 1924, at the hour of s
o'clock P. M, for the purpose of con-
sidering the adoption of resolution
and order providing for advertising
the sale and selling the $475, 100000
Waterworks extension bonds of said
Town, the election for the authorize
tion of said bonds to be called by an
order and ordinance to be adopted at
said meeting Of the council, and of
taking such further action thereto as
may be deemed expedient.
1t is important that all members of
the council be present at this meeting
L. w. CRESS,
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NOEALJ
Attest: c. T. PULLIAM, Town Clerk
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Mayor

H. P. ASSELIN,
Councilman
T. E. PULLIAM,
Councilman
w. B. RAUDEBAUGH,
Councilman
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MdyUI
T. E. PULLIAM,
Councilman
E. S. FLETT,
Councilman
II. P. ASSELIN,
Councilman
Evening star., 1924-09-25

ting, circus.catching, neet-running and
team-playing heroes strikes the old
home town.
This public reception to Buck,
Walter. Mac, Sam, Goose, Joe. Roger.
Muddy, Zach, Firpo. George. Ossie,
Reds, ct al, Is to be some" reception.
When tho triumphal train rolls into
Union Station Maj. Dan and his le-
gions in blue will be on hand to keep
the populace from lifting the train
from the track and bearing it on
proud shoulders through the streets.
When the ten-hundred-thousa crowd
on Union Station Plaza cuts loose it
will make the sirens of the Fire De.
partment sound like tin whistle.
Let the ceremonies OF reception go
forward! When the home team comes
back those Of us who cannot find
standing room on the plaza will crowd
Of Stanley and his braves a triumphal
entry which fans will read about for
700 years. Though the census popu-
lation of the District is only 473,321,
we will turn out a million strong, and
the Marine Band. the Army Band, the
Navy Rand and all the bands will
blow and beat "The Conquering Hero
Comes" until the brass horns grow
hoarse and the drums sheepskins
split.
Evening star., 1924-09-25
The Last Four Games.

Back from the West come the
league-leading Nationals, and back
also come the close trailing Yankees,
t.wo games behind. Two up and four
u play, as they say in golf! Not the
higher but the lower mathematics
may be applied to this problem. It is
q simple one. If Washington wins
three games in Boston. all is over but
the world series at the Capital. If
Washington wins only two and loses
stwo while New York is winning all
four in Philadelphia, the two teams
care tied and must play OF the tie in
series of three games. II
Washington loses three while New
York is winning three, the pcnnant
stays in Gotham. So good is the
chance Of the Nationals that last
might after the two teams had
p,ayed their last respective games in
vne West the odds on the Nationals
"a New York City stood 4 to 1, with
10 takers.
' This day OF rest is really necessary
70 Nk Washington get its breath.
~ Washington Of the spiked shoes
90 bry bats. but the stay-at-
NonhinSton. the roofing
Evening star., 1924-09-25
Suggests Big Penalty
In Traffic Accidents
10 the Editor Of Tbe ST..

10 the Editor Of The St.
Washington is overrun with auto
motive vehicles and the death rate
chargeable to them is distresSinEly
high. With view to limiting this
appalling and needless orgy, I would
suggest increasing and enforcing the
penalties for the reckless killings and
maimings that are now so frequent
in this city. Seize the vehicle, ar
rest the driver, and. if found guilty
cancel his license and send him to
prison for convincing term and hold
the owner of the vehicle for the dam
age done. Such drastic dealing would
surely bring a needed traffic reform.
To walk the streets now is as haz-
ardous as going upon the skirmish
line in actual warfare.
Another phase in this matter is
worthy Of thought. Let US figure a
little. It is doubtless reasonable to
reckon that at least 100000 people
each day walk the streets Of this
city and to reckon further that there
is an average hold-up of at least five
minutes to each pedestrian at street
crossings during each day. This
would mean an aggregate loss Of
100000 minutes each day, or nearly
one year of time. And to all this
jeopardy and loss of time we may
add the unnecessary and cruel strain
and shock to our nerves caused by
this newcomer. 1t truly needs the re-
straint Of IN iron hand. The condi-
ton here - tragic
JOHN R. WALTERS
Evening star., 1924-09-25
Road Hogging.

A Washington motorist has been
George County, Nd, on a charge OF
assault with intent to kill. 1t is al
legged that he drove his motor car
on a Maryland road in such a manner
as to block another motorist from
passing, and finally caused fender
OF the other machine to be broken
The case will be tried at Marlboro,
and it is expected that it will afford
test Of the right OF motorist to a
free passage around a machine NOV
ing in the same direction on a public
highway, and the obligation Of the
driver who is passed to give way and
make room.
The practice Of keeping out toward
or into the middle Of the road. yield
ing only for opposing traffic, is not
common. but this happens often
enough to give rise to much danger
and great Inconvenience and annoy
ance. A driver who so handles his
the road, which allots to him only
the right.hand half Of two-car high
way and the right hand side Of that
half on a wider space. In other
words, driver should keep strictly
on the right-hand side Of the road.
whatever the width. If for the avoid
ance Of ruts, bumps and Instructions
he steers into the middle Of the road,
he must drop back whenever a driver
approaching from behind indicates
that he wishes to pass.
The road hog" is not only a
nuisance but a menace. He causes
accidents. He irritates all who fol-
low him. II the facts in this Mary
land case are as described, and the
magistrate administers a penalty, it
will be demonstrated that the law
at least OF that State does not tolerate
this practice, and that those who
pursue it are subject to arrest and
punishment. This should make for
better hammered and safer driving
around Washington.
Evening star., 1924-09-25

himself half as seriously as many
people thought, when President Hard
ing stuck him into a brigadier gem
erals uniform in 1921. The frail lit
tie medic from Marion blossomed out
publicly in his regimentals for the
hrst time at banquet of the Chemi-
cal Warfare Service in Washington.
His modesty. commanding voice and
nimble wit made the hit Of the eve
ming. I've been trying unsuccess-
fully all my life" said Sawyer, ITO
be great doctor. But here I am.
after five weeks in Washington. a
full-fedged brigadier general in the
United States Army. and I'll say that's
going some" Sawyer's affection for
Mr.. and Mrs Harding was boundless.
At Marion in 1890 be appointed him
tee OF one to guide all arriving
strangers direct to the front porch.
Gen. Dawes is the latest national
candidate to be the hero of cam
paign biography. It Is called Dawes
the Doer," and flows from the pen of
Carl W. Ackerman, one-time inter-
national newspaper correspondent,
but now Of the ever-growing army of
plutocratic publicity men. THE
United States is inhabited by two
groups of citizens" begins the au-
thors introduction. "dreamers and
doers. Charles G. Dawes is a doer."
On the title page are two sentiments.
One from George Washington: Let us
raise a standard to which the wise
and honest can repair" Then this
from Dawes: God give US common
sense"
x
Norman Hapgood. who was Ameri-
can minister to Denmark under Wood
row Wilson and is now stumping the
Eastern States for La Toilette, is
making frequent use OF the names of
Associate Justices Oliver Wendell
Holmes and Louis d. Brandeis. He
brackets them with Jefferson and
Lincoln as men whose ideas are not
going to destroy our courts" The
suggestion is that, except for Messrs.
Holmes and Brandeis. the United
States Supreme Court, in the La Fol-
lette view, is "reactionary."
Copyright, l924)
Evening star., 1924-09-25

Washington, the scoreboard-watching
Washington. For days past local at
tention has been focused upon this
wonderful race. Every play has been
every error has been be-
walled, every hit has been cheered.
every run has been the cause of
great rejoicing. Now for a brief spell
those who are faithful believers in
the home team-and who now is not?
will have a chance to look ahead
and figure on the world series.
Not for many years has such a
situation been presented in major
league base ball, with the results in
the two leagues uncertain at this time
pacemakers have a twogame lead.
with four to play, and the National
League leaders are one game ahead Of
their nearest rival with four games
and two to play respectively. Yet
opinion favors a National Giants con-
test beginning October in this city.
So confident is the local manage
ment that it has been for some days
past spending money heavily in prep
aration for the world series, and
has even printed the tickets.
Those tickets! The memory of
man runneth not to the point Of SO
great a demand for pasteboards for
any event in the history OF the Capt.
tai. Influence and intrigue are at
work to secure them. In a few days,
when the decision is definite and the
tickets will appear. those who have
them can probably be recognized on
the street by their expressions Of
pride, while the unfortunates will
wear marks OF sorrow upon their
Evening star., 1924-09-25
Carvey and Liberia.

Marcus Aurclius Garvey and his
plans for a ack-to-Liberia move
ment for the colored population of
America are again in the lin nelight.
The self-styled president Of the So
called Negro republic proposes to
establish a steamship line between
New York and Africa to carry back
to that country the millions of
colored people he claims are eager to
settle there. He says that 1900, 900
negroes in the United States, the
West Indies and Central America are
ready to follow him back to Africa.
The first sailing, Garvey says. will be
in November.
The promoter Of the scheme tried
once before to start similar migra-
ton, but his plans went 'awry when
he was convicted for using the mails
to defraud. He claims, now. however,
that there will be no slip up and
that the Black Star Steamship line,
which he is promoting and which
already has acquired one or two ves-
sells, will be in operation within the
next few months.
If his plans materialize, as he
claims they will. the colored race will
owe a deep debt of gratitude to
Marcus Aurelius Garvey. But he has
not shown in previous attempts that
he Is able to put the project across,
and . skepical world will watch
with interest the progress OF his
plAos-ZAncastef New ErA
Evening star., 1924-09-25
ARTICLE VII.

Equally as deplorable as the short
the 90 900 OF the $1,000 District public
school children is the text book situa-
tion. There are biographies in use
which were published in 1912. There
are histories and arithmetics with
pages and whole chapters torn out.
There are thousands of other books,
condemned years ago, which are in q
condition OF indescribable filth.
The inaccurate information in the
Biographies is nothing short of re-
voting to the teachers as well as the
parents of the children who arc
forced to use them. Obsolete to the
extreme, these books abound con-
spicuously in information and maps
OF Europe which ceased to be cor
rect years ago. Such books are in
the hands today OF $4,000 pupils in the
fifth, sixth and seventh grades.
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More than FIVE years have passed
since the signing of the armistice, but
no idea can be CLEANED from the
biographies Of the great events which
shook the world to its foundations or
OF the changes in national boundaries
and colonial possessions wrought by
the treaty of Versailles and subse-
quent agreements Of St. Germaine
and Sevres These books speak OF the
German empire and German East
Africa. and omit all mention of Jugo-
slavia, Lithuania, CZechoslovakia, Es-
thonia. Latvia or the Irish Free State.
Besides being antiquated the geo
Sraphies are badly worn from age
and long use and are otherwise in a
filthy. insanitary condition. Many
pages are either loose or missing.
Those that remain are torn and COW
cred with dirty finGermarks of care
less children.
Some excerpts from these books
show precisely what confuses the i'm
pressionable minds Of the children
geography lesson. Take the fifth
grade children. studying geography
for the first time. 1t must be assumed
that they are familiar with some OF
the outstanding fundamental changes
in Europe as result OF the World
War. Then they undoubtedly know
something of the upheaval which de-
tached Russia from the Western
powers. But in the geography text
book given them to study they read
Russia in Europe is as large as
all the OtneT European countries
together, and the Russian empire,
which includes Siberia and other
lands in Asia. occupies about one
sixth of the land upon the globe"
cor course, this is no longer a factl
The Emperor, or Gar" continues
the book. lis an absolute monarch
whose will alone is law In matters
purely local. however. the peasants
have a voice. Those of each locality
meet in mir, or assembly. to discuss
the matters of common interest and
to elect officers from their number,
somewhat as it is done in town meet
ings in the United States.
Many of the Russians have long
been dissatisfied with this form OF
government, and have demanded that
the people be given more power. AT
last the Gar has allowed the people
to elect a national body of repre-
sentatives, called the Duma. They
are, however. able TO do little beyond
what the rulers allow. and there is
still much complaint" tWhat would
Evening star., 1924-09-25
Bryan to Paw a Visit.

According to story that has come
from Chicago, Gov. Charles w. Bryan
Of Nebraska will pay a visit tomorrow
quarters in that city, for the purpose,
it is officially announced, Of inspect
ing headquarters and watching the
wheels go round" But it is intimated
that he will be more than an observer
while in Chicago, that he will in fact
be asked some very searching ques
tons regarding his part in the cam
paign, which has now run two-thirds
Of the way from nomination to cleo
ton day.
1t would seem that some doubt has
been bred in the minds of Democratic
campaign managers regarding the
zeal Of Gov. Bryan for the success
Of the entire Democratic ticket. From
the outset the possibility Of his elec-
ton to the presidency by the vote of
the Senate has been a subject of keen
public concern and much discussion.
Indeed, that possibility has been one
Of the arguments Of the Republican
management for the choice OF Coolidge
and Dawes by the electoral college.
Now It is hinted that Gov. Bryan, by
perhaps the advice and aid Of Brother
with the La Toilette organization for
the sake Of securing, in the event of
an electoral blockade, the support Of
La Toilette votes in the Senate.
There is a feeling at Democratic
headquarters that Gov. Bryan was
selected as vice presidential candi-
date as a means of electing Mr.. Davis
President and not himself. The vice
presidential candidate is, of course,
presumed to be 100 per cent worker
for the success of his entire ticket.
He Is supposed to have no ambitions
but to enter the vice presidency and
to serve in that Office during the four
years Of the elective term.
Unless Gov. Bryan has been greatly
belied by the reports that have
reached official ears in Chicago, he
has not been entirely true to this as
sumption of unselfish devotion to the
head Of the ticket. He has certainly
not cut much Of a figure in the cam
paign. That may have been the wish
and design of the democratic man
agement, but it would seem from
these late reports from Chicago that
ne was at least expected to keep in
close touch with the campaign man.
agement and not to ignore head
quarters entirely or to leave unan-
swered inquiries and other communi-
cations from his ticket companion.
So when Gov. Bryan sees the
wheels go round" at Chicago head.
quarters tomorrow he may find them
to be somewhat OF a buzz-saw kind.
Evening star., 1924-09-25
The Home Team.

The official flag Of the District Of
Columbia-if there is one-may be run
up to the top of the staff and flown
from a hundred thousand housetops
and more windows when the valiant,
perhaps the conquering,, team comes
marching home. The Capital has
given triumphal honors to generals,
admirals and Presidents who have
never swatted a three-sacker with the
bases full. We have lined the streets
in token Of our interest in kings and
princes who never made a winning
rally in the ninth when the score was
three to nothing in favor of the enemy.
We have done homage to statesmen
who have never made the name Of
Washington honored and feared on
foreign fields in New York. Detroit,
Cleveland, ST. Louis, Chicago and
Philadelphia. We have given ban.
quets and the city's key to men who
have not made the letter "W" on a
white uniform horrific symbol to the
Yanks, Tigers, Indians, Browns and
all the other cohorts Of the swat and
run.
The Star has said: commissioners
Rudolph, Oyster and Bell laid aside
municipal duties and held special
board meeting at which they ap
pointed a citizens committee to ar.
range for the Homecoming of what
appears likely to be Washington s
first pennant-winning ball team
This citizens committee is appointed
not to rouse our people to the pin
nacle-or something like that-of en-
thusiasrn, but to keep our people in
bounds when the band Of hardhit
Evening star., 1924-09-25

Toilette were. in fact, not akin al
all either in mind or temperament
La Toilette appeals TO class discon-
tent, but not to American discont an L
to class interests and not to America
enthusiasm and confidence" and j.
there were anything Theodore Roose-
welt raised his voice against cor
sistently, the Minneapolis Tribun,
IRepublican) insists. that thing wae
class cleavage in politics or in tn.
national consciousness The
fact is that Theodore Roosevelt and
William Howard Taft were vastl-
closer together in social, political and
economic purpose in 1912 than Roose-
Welt and La Toilette would be TODAY
II the former were alive"
No American who remembers any
thing of the moral and mental fiber
or Theodore Roosevelt can irlacir..
him giving aid TO La FoIlette's cru
saderS for a class war" declares ths.
New York Evening Post Gndepend
ent) which feels their claim to IL.
his political heirs is enough to max.
him stir uneasily in his tomb. but
while he cannot lift his voice from tn.
grave to repudiate them. his long
time supporters can and have spoken
in the Roosevelt name
The SignerS of the protest" con
tinues the Cincinnati Times Star
tRepuhllcan) show that Mr. .a Fol
lette did not join the ProTessiycs ~
that day, not because of any love for
the conservatives of the Republican n
party. but because the detection was
in the cause Of another's ambition.
They recall also the dcnunciation of
Mr.. La Toilette by Col. Roosevelt in
1917, when tho Wisconsin Senator
was branded as a potent enemy OF
his country and the sinister enemy
of democracy Thus is Robert NJ
La Toilette divested of the term
Progressive and he never was en-
titled to the term" In fact, the New
York Herald Tribune (RepubIican,
thinks he ought to be the last man
in the world to claim any Intellectual
kinship with Roosevelt" and "that
makes all the more astonishing and
reprehensible his audacity in borrow
ing the name and fishing for the
good will of the genuine and his
torical Progressive party"
X 4 x :;
perhaps this wouldn't have hap
pened." suggests the Milwaukee, Jour
nal independently IF these Bull
Moose leaders had stayed by their
guns because there would have
been a different story in Congress
last Spring; there would have been
u different story at the Cleveland
convention, and there would have
been no chance for La Toilette to
help himself unhindered to the name
Progressive" and while they claim
La Toilette stole it. he found it
covered with dust in corner where
they had forgotten all that once they
said it stood for"
At any rate, the Newark News (in-
dependent) feels with little better
grace they could protest at the pres
ent use of the name Progressive IL
it were filched from a party they
were trying to fan back to life"
Continuing along this line the New
York Times independent Democrat)
cant understand how these fervent
Progressives of 1912 regressed into
the Republican party" after making
their covenant with the people" and
Offering TO sweep away old abuses
and to build nobler commonwealth.
Therefore, the Times asks "is it for
these backsliders to jab that pattern
of self-regardinG progressivisn to
whom Mr.. Gompers gives the medal
Of leader of leader1r