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The Coconino sun., 1924-09-19


move these days chasing down the
chiIdren of school age, and persuade
ing indifferent parents to bring them
in.
Mr.. Wayland Crisp. agency stock
man for the Castle Butte section, was
in Leupp on official business several
days this week. He was accompanied
by Mrs. Crisp. who recently returned
from q three months stay at her
former home in Albuquerque, New
Mexico So
DE. w, r., ,!Crunp OF FIagstaiK, was
a business visitor at the agency one
day last week. w.
George W. Davis. who has been en-
ployed at carpenter work In Leupp
the past summer. has moved with his
family, back Ito Winslow, expecting
later to find employment on the new
SansC Carlos dam. y, 8
Mr.. and Mrs Cunningham, Jr., and
baby, and Miss Helen Arthur. were
visitors to Winsaow Saturday. fsl
While the three little children OF
Marcus KanuhO were playing alone in
their home Saturday, q blaze was
mysteriously started In the living
room, that caused quite extensive
-eom4notion fEand excitement In thu
neighborhOod.- Fortunately the child
rem had the preseiace of1Tnind to run
from the huuse and give the alarm,
and the mother who was In the home
of a near neighbor. succeeded in
throwing out the burning garment in
timesto prevent any damage to life or
property. -.+ss
The Coconino sun., 1924-09-19
BOY KILLED BY ACCIDENTAL
DISCHARGE OF SHOTGUN

Leroy Roberts, son OF William Rob-
erts OF the Fair Oaks sAorchard' beyond
Williamson valley, died Sunday morn
ing at the Mercy hospital as the result
Of an accidental gun shot wound which
he received late Saturday afternoon
while Ire and q friend named DENLY
.wero hunting about mile fron1 his
fathers ranch, He Is the third VIC
tim OF such an accident this fah. N
Young Roberts. who Is about al
years, was walking down q trait ahead
of. his friend when the ,50-30 rife
which the latter was carrying Casght
ID the brush and was accfdenta1lys dis
charged. The bullet passed through
Roberts knee; -severing the main
Blood vessel. Denly Immediately tied
a cord around the injured boys knee
in ali effort to stop the ,fioW sUf blood
from the wound Young Roberts was
.unable to walk and his companion had
to carry him about d mile to- the
ranch house if arder to bring him to
prescott for medical attention.
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The Coconino sun., 1924-09-19

tI1is summer, is now worhins In LealpD
supervising grading OF streets and
school courts, and also the construc-
ton Of new dipping tanks on the res
ervation. He has moved his family
from OtAibi to Winslow, where the
children may attend school.
wallace Dick, school boy, who has
been very III with pneumonia at the
agency hospital, is now convaleaciHg
and gaining rapidly #..
L. F. Gregory, Inspector. for the
bureau of ahimalsindnstry, was q yisr
itor here recently. being enroute from
the Hopi country te Flagstaff.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cunningham; Sr., who
haYe spent the summer at the home
of their soag Pffncipal Wilkie Gun
ningham in Luepp,s departed Satur-
day by way6of Winslow, for their
home in Springfield. Mo.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Honbe braved
the danger and encouragement OF
rain and slippery roads, and drove to
Gallup Thursday to attend the cere-
monial. &k
Auditor Chester Ii Walker, who has
headquarters in Flagstaff, was here
during the week on official business.
At this time he came from Fort De-
dance, where he has charge Of the
purchase of supplies for the big trac-.
horna campaign being conducted there.
Several groups OF physicians and
nurses are at work on that Navajo
reservation and, according to- Mr..
Walker, the Indians are responding
inaas very satisfactory manner, fairly
crowding each other in the demand
for treatment The percentage or the
diseaseis quite high, and Indians who
prove to be free from it. seem quite
disappointed. Liberal ratiof1s are be-
ing supplied to those who remain for
treatment. The canpaiGIl will be car
ried ION later at other reservations Of
the southwest until the special APP
preparation of $780, ,oOof il exhausted.
Former Superintendent and Mrs.
Stephen Janus write TO friends of
Beupp school, that they are nicely.
located and find the work pleasant
at the new field OF labor In Fort Bert
hold, NJ ID. They report also, q
splendid yield Of fruit this year, from
their ranch in southern California.
Governor Hunt spent a few hours
in Leupp Saturday. interviewing the
voting population. He was. eYiroute
to Phoenix after attending the Gallup
ceremonial, and pronounced 1t a great
show with immense crowds present.
The trading post, conducted by u.
j. Jensen for six or seven years past.
has been sold recently to Mr.. L. Oh
lin. late of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Mr. Ohtin rs not inexperienced at the
trading game, for he was for years in
the same business at Crown Point,
New Mexico. Mr.. Jensen is undecid-
ed as to his future activities. but left
here for Gallup. where his little son
la in hospital receiving treatment
for typhoid fever. 4s
Mrs. Escanado Spencer arrived in
Leupp Sunday from Cedar Springs,
where she has been with her parents
since early in August. Mrs. Spencer
was assistant seamstress at the school
during last year.
Word came to the agency last week
that one OF the Navajo children In the
Red Lake district, was struck and kill
ed by lightning, just before the open
ing OF school.
Agency policemen are kept on the
The Coconino sun., 1924-09-19
TWO INDIAN GIRLS: KILLED III
IN PH0ENIX AUTO ACCIDENT

Two Indian girls were killed, one
was fatally injured and six others
were seriously hurt when they were
hurled from an autobmobile truck ON
which they were riding and thrown in
the path of a trailer.
The girls with more than dozen
others were standing on the truck
when the machine turned corner
andits human cargo. swayed and fore
ed off those who were riding in the
rear. In a scrambled heap they we're
The Coconino sun., 1924-09-19

caughtunder THE wheels of the trailer.
All the girls were students at the
Phoenix Indian school They were on
their way to downtown Phoenix to
participate In national defense day
ceremonies when the accidentt occur
red.I An injuest was ordered for
Monday.
The Coconino sun., 1924-09-19
GUILTY PLEAS MADE By 'sBABY
BANDITSss = GIRL SENT HOME

Andrew Biddle, 20 and two Brown
brothers, Earnest. 10, and George, II,
pleaded guilty in two courts today
The Coconino sun., 1924-09-19

They're mighty good looking.
You'll find we are STETSON
HEADQUARTERS.
Since the days of ''the. covered
wagon" the name STETSON has
meant but one thing the finest
hat Of its time, The style Of the
Stetson has changed with the de-
mands of what is almost a new
civilization, but the supremely
fine quality has never varied.
The Coconino sun., 1924-09-19

Come to The Sun office for first
class job printing.
The Coconino sun., 1924-09-19
THE NEW !: FALL
STETSON HATS

To the plaiinsman. Of 1865 his
head-gear was not merely hat;
It was ''my stetson. = So today
you are likely to hear the we'll
dressed man refer to his hat in
the same half affectionate terms.
It is still and perhaps more than
ever-a matter Of pride to wear
what is universally conceded to
be the worlds finest hat.
The Coconino sun., 1924-09-19
THE COCONINO SUN

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Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-03-20
MUSCOGEE SEEKS
FOR SCHOOL MERGER

COLUMBUS, Ga, - Preliminary
plans for the passage of an amend
ment to the state constitution to allow
the consolidation of the city and coun-
ty school systems were made at
meeting of the Board of Education at
the Public library last week.
For some time public sentiment in
Muscogee county and Columbus has
demanded the consolidation of the
two systems. The matter was preached
at the board meeting and members de-
clared themselves as favorably inclin
ed toward the proposal. However, the
City Attorney declared that the action
would have to- be withheld until the
passage of an amendment to that
effect to the constitution.
Robert M. Arnold, Mayor J. Homer
Dimon and T. Hicks Fort, president
of the Board of Education, were nam
ed as a committee to plan for the
amendment.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-03-20
BONUS CHANCE GIVEN
TO SOUTHERN WORKERS

ATLANTA,-Several hundred eng
ineers and firemen, running on South
ern Railway trains out of Atlanta and
operating locomotives in the local ter
minals will get an increase in paw and
the opportunity to earn a bonus as
the result of cooperative agreement
Just concluded between the Southern
and its engine employees, details of
which were announced today by H.
w. Miller, vice-president in charge of
the Southern, with headquarters in
Washington, D. c. while passing thru
Atlanta.
The agreement is similar to that re-
Gently made by the Southern with its
conductors and firemen, is retroactive
to March |, and will run for three
years. The men are given an increase
of approximately 5 per cent in the
base of pay with an additional bonus
during the second and third wears,
based on their success in decreasing
expenses which are directly under
their control.
By saving the costs of such items as
fuel consumption, delays and damages
to freight, and accidents causing per
sonal injuries, the men will share the
resulting benefits with the railway.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-03-20
1874 TRESPASSERS KILLED
ON SOUTHERN DURING 1928

ATLANTA, March Ozone humid
red and fifty-four persons were killed
and 178 injured trespassing on the
property of the Southern Railway
system during 1923, according to fig
ures just made public by the South
ern's Safety Department This is an
alarming increase over 1922 when 129
persons were killed and III injured.
The casualties in 1923 were divided
as follows:
While walking tracks 107 persons
were killed and 81 injured, As were
killed and ga injured while stealing
rides or hopping" trains, and 2 were
killed and two injured in miscellan-
eous accidents.
Despite every effort that has been
made to show the peril of trespassing
on railway property, men, women and
children continue this dangerous prac-
tice. On the railways of the entire U.
B, z,l42 trespassers were killed and
z,43l were injured during the first
nine months of 1928
The records of the Southern show
that the great majority of victims from
trespassing accidents are useful citi-
zens or school children who take A
chance and pay for it with life or
limb.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-03-20
THREE WOMEN SLAIN
WITHIN "a HOURS

CLEVELAND, March 18- After
killing his wife with hammer, JOS
eph Daxberger 40, shot himself while
their two daughters were at Sunday
School Sunday. The woman is the
third to be slain within "a hours.
There were also several serious
stabbings and shootings.
Anna Young 40, negress was found
in her home with her head almost Sc
vered by a razor.
Mrs. Lillian Smith %, was stabbed
to death while returning home from
a grocery last night. Police are search
ing for Fred Smith her husband
Police are mystified over the murd-
err and suicide Daxberger wrote will
today naming his wife administrative
John Young, alias William Boswell,
was charged with the murder of his
wife Police say he served eleven years
of life sentence for murder in West
Tompkins, Ala, prison from which he
escaped.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-03-20
CAPITAL BEER PLOT
is Barred BY BOMB
Chicago Dry Agent Says Brewery Was
Opened on Authority from Wash
ington

CHICAGO, March 1S-The home
of Brice F. Armstrong, federal pro-
hibition agent was damaged early on
Sunday morning. No one was injured.
Armstrong said the beer runners
had placed the bomb. He promised
to blow the lid off in revealing the
inside workings of the beer conspiracy
in Chicago.
81 have been threatened repeatedly
by Terry Druggan and frankie Lake,
who own half a dozen breweries in
Chicago" he said Il paid no atten-
ton to them because | am not afraid
of them. But now that an attempt has
been made to kill my wife and child
rem with a cowardly bomb, I am go
ing to blow the lid off the beer con-
spiracy in Chicago, I know all the
inside of it.
Armstrong said he was going to
take his case direct to Washington. He
has been an enforcement officer ever
since the department of the govern
ment was organized and has served un
der several directors.
Among the sensational exposures
promised by Armstrong are:
That Chicago brewery closed by
local federal courts, was permitted to
open on instructions direct from Wash
ington.
That after it had opened, a pipe
line was used to draw the beer from
the brewery while two prohibition ag-
ents watched the office to see that no
/ beer left the place.
That there are three powerful beer
gangs in Chicago that control offici-
ais and politicians, being able to reach
high Washington officials when they
can not induce local officials to come
across"
The bomb that wrecked Armstrong;
home was a black powder affair. II
was exploded outside room where
his year old daughter usually sleeps
The child was visiting a neighborine
family and the room was unoccupiet
when the bomb went off,
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-03-20
CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS
AND NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM
Good Roads Answer to One Room
Country School Problem


With the enormous amount of il
literacy in the United States, educa-
ton is generally conceded to be one
of the greatest of our economic prob
lens. To show the extent of that
problem as it appears in the light OF
educational methods and facilities Of
a bygone age, still largely in use in
this country Frank P. Graves, New
York Commissioner of Education, sets
forth some startling statistics.
According to these, as yet about
one-fourth of the total rural school
enrolment and IS per cent of the
rural teaching corps are housed in
one-room schools of the crudest sort.
There are upwards of 100000 of
these one-room buildings in the United
States and fairly large percentage
of them were constructed at least Az
years ago, despite the fact that school
architecture and equipment have been
advancing by leaps and bounds during
that time Four Fifths of them have
no provision for heating and ventila-
ton, except the old unjacketed stove
and the rickety windows, and nine
tenths of the buildings are not prop
erly lighted In at least go per cent
the seating is poor and unadjustable,
and often where the seats could be ar
ranged to suit the pupil, this has never
been given consideration. Where in
the cities some four fifths OF the
teachers have had at least the mini
mum amount of standard training -
that is, two years beyond the high
school-in the country less than one
twentieth have SO qualified and the
turnover in rural teachers each Year
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-03-20
CONFIRM COHEN AS
CUSTOMS OFFICIAL
Coolidge Carries Point for New Or
leans Office After Long Fight

WASHINGTON, March 18-Pres-
ident Coolidge Monday won long
fight left over from the Harding adj
ministration to have Walter L. Co.
hen, negro, confirmed by the SEN
ate as Comptroller of Customs at
New Orleans.
The nomination first made by Har-
ding and twice by Coolidge has been
repeatedly rejected by the Senate, but
confirmation was finally obtained on
Monday afternoon with one vote to
spare.
The vote on a motion to reconsid
er the Scnate's action in rejecting Co.
hen a few weeks ago was 81 to IS and
he was then confirmed by vote of 80
to SO.
After the vote was announced, SEN
ator Ransde1 (Democrat) of Louisiana
declared that the Senate's action was
Outrageous and purely for political
purposes"
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-03-20
NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION
MEMBER NO. 1886.
EDITORIAL

One of the factors retarding road
development is lack of appreciation
of the modern science of highway
building and using.
We know too many things about
roads which are not so!
Many of our highway ideas are
twenty years behind the times. We
haven't caught up with the engineer.
For instance, call roads wear out.
The enormous money invested in
them is thus capital loss"
Roads do NOT wear out. The sur
face of good road wears, of course.
So does the roof of house. But
replacing the house roof doesn't mean
that the rest of the house isn't good
The surface of road is its roof If
it wears out it must be replaced. But
that doesn't mean that the right of
way, the grade, foundation and all
the material is any less valuable than
at first.
Trucks destroy roads. Therefore
trucks should pay for roadsp That
too, is fallacy. A truck no more
destroys I road when truck and road
TIT, than a baby carriage destroys a
garden path. 1t is lack of maintenance
which destroys roads, it is allowing
to light a road to be built for the
traffic it will bear, which destroys
roads; It is failure to- enact wide tire
and maximum load laws which de-
stroys roads.
for national highways. We will all
be bankrupts" More fallacy. There
are fourteen million motor cars in the
United States. If they are worth on
an average Of $500 each (Which is an
underestimate they represent an in
vestment of $7,000,000,0O0. Did we
get bankrupt buying them? We did
not! Why should we get bankrupt
buying seven billion dollars worth Of
roads and the interest on seven
billions will build today more ma
tional highways than we have as yet
engineers and machinery to build.
Transportation has been, for us
Americans, nothing but rail and water
for all our history. Now we are COM
PEELED to translate the word into
highways" and motors. Motors
we understand * highways, as yet,
we only partially comprehend, and
motor transport as a whole, is yet
sealed book to most of us.
The first step in opening it is to
get rid of fallacious thinking to
realize that what used to be, is no
more true TODAY. than what is proper
road width and cost today, will fit
conditions fifty, hundred years
hence!
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-03-20
SUPREME COURT BACKS
OIL SEVERANCE TAX

WASHINGTON, March 18-Loui-
siana's severance tax imposed upon
the production of oil and gas in that
state was today sustained by the SUI
preme court.
The validity of the tax was attacked
by the Gulf Refining Company of Lou
isiana on constitutional grounds, the
company asserting that it was exempt
from such tax by prior contract.
The case was disposed of without
a written opinion, and simply upon
announcement by the chief justice that
the opinion of the lower court was af-
firmed.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-03-20
S just about so per cent.

is just about so per cent.
One of the most elective answers
to such conditions has been found in
the consolidated school in which many
children can be Accommodated,
brought from miles around and re-
turned to their homes by the motor
bus.
But this solution to the problem OF
how to get good rural education is
possible only where there are good
roads. In the days to come, when
national highways gridiron this coun-
try, as they undoubtedly will, there
will be no problem of rural education.
According tc the National Auto
mobile Chamber of Commerce, the
consolidated school movement began
in Massachusetts in the early seven
ties. For many years horse-draWn
vehicles were then used in carrying
children to and from school within a
radius of seven miles. Parents gradu-
ally began to see the many advantages
Ct the larger schools over the old
little red schoolhouse."
With the motor bus children are
now transported for Is to Is miles i'll
an hour School districts have in
creased in size, extending to so. Is or
100 square miles. in area. With this
development has come large modern
school buildings, improved equipment
and specially trained instructors equa
to that of the best city schools. Mo
orized school buses make possible
these large, modern rural "Schoo
plants" They tend to reduce the
costs and to give children better op.
portunities for education.
The consolidation movement ha'
grown to such proportions that many
normal schools and colleges are Civ
| ing special courses preparing superin
tendents to manage fleets of motor
buses transporting children to ant
from consolidated schools.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-03-20
CHICKS ARE ISSUED
GIRL CLUB MEMBERS

SPARTA, Ga.,-County Agent S.
D. Truitt received 500 Barred Rock
day-old baby chicks from a hatchery
in Alabama and distributed them to
members of the Girls Chicken Club
of Hancock County. Friday he will
receive 300 more baby chicks, which
will be enough to supply all members.
Each girl is given 10 chicks and is
required to return one hen next fall.
The chicks are paid for by a revolving
fund for poultry
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-03-20
Joseph ANDERSON

Mr.. Joseph Anderson was born
September p, 1861 and died March
IA. 1924 at his home, 603 S. Grant
ST, Fitzgerald, Ga. The funeral SER
vices were conducted at the home in
presence of many sorrowing friends
by Elder ]. Fred Hartley, pastor of
the Fitzgerald Primitive Baptist
church
He leaves wife and four children
to mourn his loss. J. F. Anderson OF
Leesburg, Fla, Mrs. J. T. Warning
and Mrs. F. D. Paulk of Fitzgerald
and Mrs. J. M. Blont of Live Oak, Fla
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-03-20
MOTHERS

Watch for symptoms of worms in your
children. These parasites are the great
destroyers of child life. If you have,
reason to think your child has worms, act
quickly. Give the little one dose or
two of Whites Cream Vermfuge. Worms
cannot exist where this time-tried and
successful remedy is used. 1t drives QUIT
the worms and restores the rosy hue of
health to baby cheeks. Price 35c. Sold by
T. J. Halle & Co. adv
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-03-20

Postmaster Will Adams, announces
the appointment from Washington of
Barlow A. Rakestraw of this city, as
Mail Messenger, and whose duties con
sist of carrying the mails between the
Postoffice and the various depots of
the city. Mr.. Rakestraw was the low
est of % bidders for this job.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-03-20

Flea Sales which were once held
in Paris, were similar to our Rum
mage Sales and now are called Rag
markets.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-03-20

e. FOR THE PUPIL
A school girl was required to write
200 words about motor car. She sub
mitted the following:
My uncle bought motor car. He
was riding in the country and it stopp-
cd while going up a hill. The other
loO words are what my uncle said
when he was walking back to town,
but | know that You wouldn't want me
to repeat them here"
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-03-20

The Chicago Melody
Denny
fractions at the coming Redpah Chauauqua
novelty
pantomimc sketches and nerpve readings
combine to make that is thoroughly
the Chauauqua outstanding