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The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-07-30
MEMORIAL FOR
OUR HERO DEAD

Moscow, Idaho, July 20, Names OF
II Custer county soldiers and sailors
who lost their lives il the World War
are to be cast in bronze as a part of
the permanent record to be preserved
in the war memorial arnory and gym
rasium to be erected on the Unlyer-
sity of Idaho campus, according to
Paul Davis, director of the Idaho war
memorial association.
These names. published by the mem
Crial association and the American
Legion, are taken from war depart
ment records.
1--WE feel that this list is rot COM
plete." says Mr. Davis, land that some
names are missing. We would, there
fore. appreciate the cooperation of
every person and all civic, fraternal,
religious and other organizations in
helping US to secure the correct name
of every mar who gave his life for
his country. It is imperative that this
list certain the correctname as it is
our purpose to cast the entire list in
bror1e for the hall of memorits' in
the Idaho war memorial. For further
information or for the purpose OF cor
recting airy name or adding addi-
tional ones, write to the Idaho Mem
orial Association, Box 1921, Boise, Ida
no."
Custer county men whose names ap-
pear OF the list of those who gave
their lives are as follows;
Challis; Daniel A. Eby, Phillip Kirk
Louis Montoya, Emil Stibs and Jul
Jus c. Zilkey.
Mackay: Edward L. Lindsay, Jos
eph D. Nowacki, and BENJAMIN Wor
ford.
Clayton: Thomas Gossi. Albert H.
Smith and Andrea Tam.
Glen L. Achen of Stanley ard Ray
o. Clark and Thomas L. Curtis of I
Chilly.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-07-30
FOREST ROADS IN IDAHO
WILL RECEIVE FEDERAL AID

Ogden, Utah, July 20, 1924. - e.
penditures totaling s413,056 Of foresl
road fun lis for the construction Of
roads within or adjacent to the Vat
lional Forests of Idaho have beer ap
proved, according to announcement
from the Forest Service. United Sta
ties Department of Agriculture
Ore OF the projects involves the con
lstruction of tFHee and half miles
along the Elk City highway withir.
the Nezperce National Forest The
sum Of $4,000 has been allotted for
this work. This road is expected 70
be especially beneficial TO the mining
community around Elk City as well
as highly desirable for the better pro
lection Of the Nezperce forest.
Six miles ir. the Lolo Pass section
of the Selway forest will be built at
cost of 100000 For improving
nearly seven miles of highway alorg
the North Pacific road in Occur d'Al-
ere forest the sum of s45,00O has been
allotted. with $4,000 additional offered
by the state. This road is link in
the Yellowstone trail.
For the extension. of the Ketchum-
Clayton road to the towri of Ketchum
a distance of about sever. miles. the
sum of $4,000 has been set aside
To complete the road from Lowman
to a point six miles east the sum Of
SIG. 600 has been allotted.
The NorthFork-Paye highway
within the Payette Nationall Forest
will be extended from Gardena 10
Berd, a distacne or abouy
five miles, at an estimated cost OF
s97, 600. In the Caribou National For
est ar addition Of five miles TO the
Freedom Soda Springs road is TO be
maft7 f,s which $4,000 has beer
allotted. The sum of $4,000 viii also
be spert on this project by local au-
-horites.
The sum of s53.500 from Federal
,unds and $1,000 from local fur ds viii
be spert on the construction Of %
lilies along The vict9r-Irwin highway
within the Tarree forest.
An additional $4,000 has been set (
lside for the maintenance of the high
rays heretofore built or which are un .
construction. Z
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-07-30
REGULATIONS GOVERNING
MINE ASSESSMENT WORK

Since the change in the claim ass
'essmerE laws, Mining Truth is the
target for heavy volume of inquiry
each spring regarding wher and how
assessment work shosid be performed
There has beer more OF less confus-
ion due TO statements published from
time 70 time. and which are ircor-
rect as TO minor Interpretation. For
the benefit OF those who have assess
inert work to take care of, it may be
we'll at this junction to go over the
matter again. and such car clip this
and preserve it for reference next
year, and thus save time in telephone
calls and inquiry.
One favorite misconseptiori is that
work must be completed on or before
midnight of June so. or the claim viii
be subject TO location by other part
les. This is not correct The min
irg law provides that the annual per
iod for doing assessment work on ur-
paterted claims begins and ends at u
O'Clock meridian (noon). July 1, each
year Therefore. claim OF which
the annual labor has not beer done is
not subject TO location until after IL
o'clock noon of July I.
Another popular idea is that the
Thirty days of grace which under
the old law permitted the work to be
before the end of the year
ard completed within 80 days there
after is no lorger in effect" As a mat
tes Of fact the old law contained 70
provision allowing thirty days grace /
in which to complete work common /
eed before the end of the year. Under +
the old law elaine became forfeitable I
at and after 10 O'Clock midnight of I
December 81, but it has been held by /
judicial Interpretation in that if the
work was begun before the end of the +
year and thereafter prosecuted dur Z
ng the usual work hours with due
until complete the claim
would not be forfeited even though
'uch work is not completed within
he year for which the representation
work is done. This. regardless of
whether it takes one day or ore hun
lred days to complete the work.
There is no reason TO believe the
.ourts win rot continue to hold that
he law is satisfied if the work is be-
-un before the end of theassessment
ear ard continued with due intelli-
,ence" until completed. whether this
eriod ended December 81 at midrite
as under the old law or ends at II
clock room, July. as at present.
However. if possible. it is much bet
er and safer to have the work COM
leted before the expiration of the
ime allowed for doing it. The ques- /
or of whether. or not. the work was
cntinued with educ intelligence" I
rtil completed. will not arise; as it "
lay. when work is carried on after Z
ne expiration of the assessment year i
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-07-30
"E" Most Common Letter

az" is the most common letter. In
1000 letters, occurs 1877 times in
English, 1874 in French. 145 in Span
ish and 17S in German.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-07-30

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The Coconino sun., 1924-09-26
REGISTRATION BOOKS
CLOSE OCTOBER FIFTEEN
By Charles SugErse,
d sv.,ss,n rle~sosper yJnIoa

Qualified voters of Coconiro county
who have neglected to register for the
general election in November, or who
for any reason should re-register be-
fore casting their vote have just 20
days more in which to be entered as
qualified voters for the Forthcoming
election, Recorder r. H. Marine an
nounces. The books were. re-opened
II.
Every citizen of the county who
has attained the age Of 21 years since
the registration books were closed
prior to the primary election, and
those who have removed from their
former supervisorial district or pre-
cinct should register at once, or at
least before the books close on next
Wednesday evening, October 15 at 5
o'clock. Those who came into the
state too late to qualify at the primar-
les, but who have now been here the
required length of time, may register,
it was stated,
The Coconino sun., 1924-09-26
VISITORS AT FREDONIA
SAW MANY DEER; BIG
CATS KILLED BY ARCHERS

DR.. Felix Manning, county health
officer; Joe B. Rickel, clerk of the
board of supervisors; Deputy Sheriff
w. NJ. Rudd and j. C. Brown, all of
Flagstaff got home at midnight Tues
day from their visit to F'redonia They
are still more or less eating from the
mantel shelves in their respective
homes.
They were gone six days, only one
of which they spent in Fredonia, as
it took three days each way to make
the trip. They went to Grand Canyon,
took mules and without guides went
down Bright Angel trail, over the
suspension bridge across the Colorado
river and up Bright Angel creek on
the other side to Whileaway camp,
where Lorum Pratt Jr., of Fredonia
was waiting for them with car.
DR.. Manning had some official work
to do up there and Mr.. Rudd had to
serve papers on d family in Moccasin,
Mohave county, to appear in U. S.
court to show cause backing up their
application for permits for additional
homesteads for various members of
the family.
Feed is better in the Kaibab forest
than south of the rim, the visitors say.
Deer are so thick that in travelling
from Fredonia back to the north rim
they counted more than 300 Morn
ings they found numerous deer hang
ing around their camp, venturing to
within a hundred feet.
Whatever means is taken to thin
ffiaipir 1,44o
none will be killed within the forest.
Stephen Mather, director of national
parks has even banned further shoot
ing of mountain lions within the for
est confines, declaring. that the forest
is refuge for all kinds of game and
he wants it to be one place in the
United States where wild-life shall be
undisturbed and grow to be like it
was years ago.
There were five archers from the
south up in that country not long
ago. They went outside the reserve
hunting mountain lions. Uncle Jimmy
Owens of Fredonia, veteran hunter
and guide, was much amused at their
presumption in going after cata-
mounts with bow and arrow. But
dinged if they didn't get five of the
big yarmints, one for each one in the
party, and in every case the beast
was shot through the heart, the arrow
going clear through and out Of the
body.
Uncle Jimmy says if he was younger
he would cast aside his trusty rifle
and get bow and quiver full Of ar
rows
The Coconino sun., 1924-09-26
COMPLETE RETURNS. FROM
THE COUNTY PRIMARIES

On another page in this issue of
the Sun will be found the complete re-
turns from the late primaries, as COM
piled by the board Of supervisors on
Monday.
1t will be noted that Dwight B.
Heard, republican nominee for gov
ernor, got 107 more votes in this
county than his opponent, Thomas
Maddox.
In the close race in both parties for
sheriff, the final count shows w. "A.
Campbell, republican, leads his near
est opponent, S. 0. Thompson, by IS
votes, and J. o. Parsons has lead Of
26 votes over Lou Charlebois.
Tom Pulliam, candidate for demo-
cratic nomination, justice of peace,
Flagstaff precinct, got to the post p
votes ahead of Charlie Phillips.
The Coconino sun., 1924-09-26
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WILLIAMS NEWS
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The Williams Gun club will hold
regular official shoot at their home
grounds on Sunday, September %.
The construction work on the VIII
liams Waterworks Improvement is be-
ginning to show results and under the
Supervision of Engineer j. K. Doolan,
the highest class of work is being
turned out.
The Clarks' carnival is spending the
week at Williams under the auspices
of the Knights of Pythias lodge. The
show IS located at the aviation field
and the local knights are furnishing
free transportation to and from the
show grounds. On Saturday night the
local lodge will donate new FORD
touring car to the holder OF the lucky
ticket, some 750 of which have been
sold.
Among the forest rangers to attend
the ranger school at the Southwest
Experiment station at Fort Valley is
Clyde P. Moose of the Tusayan for
The high school boys are busy prac-
ticing their football tactics under the
sunervision of Coach L. B. Britt. 1t is
expected that Williams Hi Will nave
strong team this year.
Temperatures running down to n
degrees gave Williams residents
chance to think of wintry days. How
ever. warmer days have showed up
since Sunday.
Joe Higginbotham spent Wednes-
dav in Williams in the interests OF his
ca, campaign as democratic nominee for
assessor. -
Rev. Bennett, local pastor at the
Methodist church, left Monday for
Santa Barbara to attend the annual
conference of the church.
w. H. Rittenhouse spent Tuesday
at Flagstaff.
Tracy Rice, local forest ranger, was
called to California, Sunday evening
to help in the efforts to put under
control the forest fires IN the Cali
fornia district.
The water supply at Williams is at
the present time very low, In fact
there is less than three months sup
ply in the reservoir.
The Coconino sun., 1924-09-26
MRS. BERT LAUZON
DIED AT GRAND CANYON

Mrs. r. H. Lauzon, wife OF "Bert"
Lauzon, died at Grand Canyon, Mon
day, following an operation for gall
stones. She had been suffering from
fhe aiIment for some time. Funeral
services, conducted by Rev. j. w.
Saunders of the Flagstaff Christian
church, were held at the Canyon on
Wednesday.
Mr.. Saunders went overland, being
accompanied by Miss Ardelle Switzer
and her mother, Mrs. w. II. SWltzer,
and arrived at the canyon Tuesday
afternoon. Funeral services were
held at the Community building,
which was nearly filled with the
friends and relatives of the deceased.
Mrs. Lauzon, who was formerly
Edith June Bass, was born at East
Worcester, N. Y, August 22, 1895:
She came to Arizona at the age OF
three and lived at Grand Canyon all
of her life except a number of years
spent at different schools. She mar
RED H. r. (Bert) LauZon, September
21. 1916. She died at Phoenix, Arl-
zona, September 81, 1924. She is sur
viyed by her husband, Bert Lauzon;
her father and mother, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. w. Bass; and three children, HUI
bert F., age Z; Muriel c., age 3, and
Loren H, age 2. Being well known
resident it is but natural that her de-
mise is keenly felt in the community
in which she lived. The esteem IN
which she was held was manifested
in the large number of flowers sur
rounding the casket. She was buried
under the pine trees which she loved
SO well.
The Coconino sun., 1924-09-26
FEDERATED CHURCH
LET'S BUILDING CONTRACT

Last week actual construction was
begun on the advertised new addition
to the Federated church, corner West
Aspen and North Sitgreaves.
S. P. Agren of Los Angeles, Calf,
was given the contract and promises
to rush the job to completion, SO that
the building can be used during the
fall and winter Mr.. Agren is the
man who did such excellent work in
building the local high school, city
park hall, and the Woman's club.
The church officers have not made
public the contract price but that it
will be around the original estimate
of S3O,000.00 is admitted, in order to
provide for all necessary building and
equipment together with general inn
provenaents to existing church prop
elty.
The new building will be 81 feet
wide by rs feet long. It will be built
of local red sandstone to harmonic
with the present structure, on the
east and south sides; while cement
blocks with colored sandstone rock sur
face made by the Arizona Cement and
Brick company, Flagstaff, will be used
on the north and west sides. The ar
chitectural style is early Eliza
bethan," the architect being H. L.
Pierce, Los Angeles, Calf.
The ground floor will include the
heating plant, three large rooms for
religious education and social func-
lions, room for missionaries from
the Indian reservation to use when IN
town, showers and lavatory conyen-
.ences.
Tie main floor will be devoted to a
gymnasium, stage, kitchen and visitors
balcony. Church offices will be main
tained in rooms adjoining the stage.
This building is the result of the
hopes and efforts of several of the
leading men and women of the church
membership. 1t has a public appeal IN
that it gives to Flagstaff thorough
ly modern church plant which can be
utilized in many social and public af-.
fairs Of an ethical nature, beside the
principal purpose of providing ade-
quate religious education for the Pro-
testant boys and girls of Flagstaff
and surrounding territory.
The church members. and constltu-
ents are backing the enterprise loyalty
with their money and labor, and it is
hoped that the public will make volun-
teer gifts of money or material or
labor, since the building is being.
erected for the civic interests of Flag
staff as well as the distinctive re-
lgious features of a church organi-
zation.
Local business houses will be called
on to supply the material and resident
workers of Flagstaff will be asked
to provide the necessary labor as the
church officials are anxious to make
this new building as much local pro-
position as possible.
This building is part of the general
program which Flagstaff people seem
to have adopted lately whereby the
town is being provided with excellent
civic buildings and improvements
which are bound to attract new and
worthwhile residents to a town al
ready famous for its surrounding
scenic attractions.
The Coconino sun., 1924-09-26
SOUTHERN ARIZONANS
LOOKING TO FLAGSTAFF
FOR SUMMER VACATION

That Flagstaff will next summer
participate in no small measure in the
present and promised future increased
prosperity of Phoenix and the south
ern part of the state, even extending
to Yuma and beyond Tuscon, is the
expressed opinion of many Phoenix
business men.
A member Of The Sun staff while
in Phoenix last week received this
voluntary assurance from numerous
Phoenicians. with the assurance of
increased prosperity in the Salt River
valley, the Gila River country and over
the Yuma project, and the decidedly
improved conditions in all this coun7
try even this year, Flagstaff can look
for a great increase in southern AriZ-
ona summer visitors next season" is
the way one prominent Phoenix busi-
ness man put it.
Flagstaff has been coming. more in
to favor as a summer resort with
southern Arizonans for the past few
years, Phoenicians say, and many fam
lilies who chose Flagstaff and its en-
virons in which to pass the summer
this year only because of the quar-
antine conditions on the AriZona-Cali-
fornia border are now permanently
sold'' to Flagstaff, and "are selling
that delightful country to their
friends" it was stated.
Next summer will be the first heat
ed period in years that hundreds of
southern Arizona families can afford
a vacation, and even now they are
looking forward to it. The California
beach resorts, heretofore given pre-
ference by large numbers of Arizon-
ans, are losing their popularity, as
compared with the Flagstaff country,
due to the heavy expense of the Cali
fornia trip as we as increasing crowd
ed conditions there" a Phoenix news
paper man declared, adding that Flag
staff will have many hundreds of for
mer California visitors in the future.
The Coconino sun., 1924-09-26
HEY KID! THE CIRCUS IS
COMING TO FLAGSTAFF

The Carl Hagenbeck- Wallace circus,
worlds largest wild animal show, is
coming to Flagstaff on October 8.
Early yesterday morning Advertising
Car No. 1, with a score and half of
billposters, photographers and banner
men, as we'll as railroad and country
billers arrived in the city, and shortly
after the car was parked on a siding
near the Santa Fe depot, the advance
force with their bright, gaudy and
gay Autographs started work on
heralding the coming of the big cir
Gus.
All of the surrounding countryside
will be visited by the advance man,
as the city proper will also be litfo-
graphed and posted with the joyous
bills that announce the appearance
here of the circus of ten thousand
wonders. Another advertising car will
arrive within a few days, then sew
eral special agents, and the final adj
vance representatives will be the "a
hour man, who proceeds the circus by
exactly one day. He is the man who
makes the final arrangements for the
coming of the show, getting the lot
ready, placing the feed and food for
the one thousand employees and per
formers, as well as the hundreds of
animals. In fact he must have every
thing ready for the show when the
first section pulls into town.
The Hagenbeck-W Wallace circus, de-.
spite its enormous size gives a daily
free street parade, and the pageant in
which has been invested several hun.
dred thousand dollars is scheduled
to leave the circus grounds at exactly
II a. nj. The procession in which will
be scores Of beautiful women, hum
dreds of prize Kentucky and Belgian
draft horses, and many open dens of
wild animals, not to mention five
bands of talented musicians, will cover.
the principal thoroughfares of the
city.
Two performances will be given in
this city. The afternoon show starting
at 2 o'clock, with the night exhibition
scheduled for p. m. The doors will
open one hour earlier, so that all may
visit the menagerie, in which rare and
wild animals from all climes and lands
will be on exhibition.
The Coconino sun., 1924-09-26
DID YOU EVER TRY IT?

A highly scenic drive is the Flag
staff to Fort Valley to Rirdan loop,
though it is doubtful if many here
have take it. Perhaps the better way
to go is to Riordan first, then to Fort
Valley, because that way one will be
facing the peaks, which from that
side are most attractive. 1t is only
four miles from Riordan to the south
west forest experiment station, just a
few rods in front of which the Rior-
dan-Fort Valley road intersects with
the Fort Valley Flagstaff road. While
not a regular highway, still the road
from Riordan to Fort Valley is used
a great deal by ranchers and lumber
men and is easily passable.
The Coconino sun., 1924-09-26
JUDGE GILLILAND'S OLD HOME
SCENE OF SNAKE STORY

c.. F. Esslinger has torn down his
home in the southeast part of the city
and is building a modern cottage. The
house was one of the Oldest in Chill
dress. having been built in 1889. 1t
was built by Dug Sparks. It was oc-
cupied by the late r.. Fl. Norris when
he moved here with his mothers FAM
lily to enter the hardware business.
1t was occupied at one time by s. b.
Gilliland and family and during this
period of occupancy story originat-
ed that created national attention, be-
ing played up by all the big city
newspapers.
Miss frankie Gilliland, who later
became the wife of Sheriff John
Pearce Matthews, had a pet young
prairie dog out in the yard. The pup
py was tied by small chain. A big
rattlesnake happened along and swal-
lowed the puppy. The snake could
not make its escape as it was held
by the chain
Mrs. Matthews went after the pup
py and found the snake. She began
screaming and Ernest Dixon, son of
the late B. f. Dixon, who hved in a
house on the block, heard her cries
and hastened to the Gilliland home
and killed the snake. Mr.. Dixon is
now passenger brakeman running
between Childress and Fort Worth.
The story was printed in The Index
and through some clipping agency
found its way into the daily
newspapers. The Saturday Blade,
published, in Chicago, got hold of the
story and there appeared on front
page. of that paper a picture, sup7
posed to have been of the scene. There
was shown a woman, a big rattle-
snake and a man killing it.-Child-
ress Texas Index.
This clipping was sent to. Judge S.
b. Gilliland recentl-- by friend.
Judge Gilliland says this incident oc-
Cured 33 years ago.
The Coconino sun., 1924-09-26
Abidino Faith.

We live best by faith, dear brethren,
not what we call knowledge. We are
mischiefmakers frequently with the
facts we assemble. i suppose this is
the reason why we have never yet
been permitted to lay our hands for
sure upon the mystery Of truth and
everlasting life. Go ahead with your
diggings and your discoveries. You
cannot reach beyond the short-winded
powers of mortal men to know.-Sat-
urday Evening Post. 7s~a.