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The Coconino sun., 1925-01-30

In digging around the other day to
learn more about the Strip" as that
section of Arizona lying north of the
Grand Canyon and south of the Utah
line is known, and after getting lot
of data from Ed G. Miller, supervisor
of the local forest, it occurred to the
writer that this information, in the
understandable, concise form in which
Mr.. Miller wrote it, would be of value
and interest to the readers of The
Sun. The strip" comprises a vast
area, the best part of which is in this
county. Here is what Mr.. Miller
wrote, principally having in mind the
general advantages that would accrue
from the building of the proposed new
national-state bridge over the Colo
RADIO river near Lee Ferry, and also
the Importance to the whole state of
better roads in Coconino county:
That portion of Coconino county
lying north of the Grand Canyon and
The Coconino sun., 1925-01-30
HIRAM CLUB HEARD
ABOUT LEGISLATION

Better state laws and the present
session of the state legislature were
the topics discussed at the Friday
meeting of the Hiram club. Clarence
Pulliam was chairman of the day ano
in his brief remarks stated that he
was of the opinion that too few of
the citizens pay enough attention to
the measures up for consideration be-
fore the state law-making bodies.
In order to acquaint those present
with a number of important bills in
troduced up to the present time he
asked Frank Goodman to review to
some length what he considered
worthy Of attention to this section OF
the state. No action was taken for OF
against any of the measures reviewed
by Mr.. Goodman.
Judge Perkins, who has represented
Coconino county in the legislature
gave an interesting talk on the pro.
gress of a new measure through the
law mill. He stated that many meri-
torious measures are lost through the
poor generalship of their hackers anC
also many freak bills are enacted into
laws through skillful handling by theil
supporters.
The Coconino sun., 1925-01-30

east of the Kanab creek covers an
area of approximately 2875 square
miles, or 1,840,000 acres. Within the
strip lies the north half of Grand Can
yon national park, and the wonderful
Kaibab national forest, which covers
an area of approximately 10000
acres, and in which is located the big
gest deer herd in the whole country.
This herd is estimated at anywhere
from twenty to sixty thousand head.
Much has been written about the So
called Presidents forest; but it is
not an exaggeration to say that it is
one of the most beautiful yellow pine
forests in America. 1t contains an
estimated stand of one and three-quar-
ters billion feet of western yellow
pine.
Thousands of people come down
over the highways of Utah, via Fre-
donia, to visit the north rim of the
Grand Canyon. This travel will in
The Coconino sun., 1925-01-30
WHY IS TEMPE NORMAL
ONLY ONE PROPOSED AS
COLLEGE FOR TEACHERS!

AT a meeting of the presidents Of
the university and the two normal
schools, held in Phoenix last week, it
was unanimously agreed that the two
normal schools should be treated
exactly alike in the effort to estab-
lish teachers colleges in this state
both with respect to the change OF
names and the authority to issue the
degree in education to students who
finish a four-year course. 1t was
the opinion of all that while the Flag
staff school may not be ready at the
present time to offer four-year
course, it will be in the near future, as
the school is growing very rapidly.
If the authority to issue the profess
sional degree be not given to the
Flagstaff school at the same time 1t
is given to the Tempe school, such
authority may never be extended to
the northern school. While there
should be no attempt to play one
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The Coconino sun., 1925-01-30
Out Of the Golden Gate ,0ith Its Diamond
Tipped Hinges; Away for the Orient


we again went out to eat. It's great
place to eat. If you leave your ap-
petite entirely alone in this longitude
and don't even try to nag it with ex-
ercise, it grows just the same.
When we came up for air again,
about the eighteenth person we met
on Market street was Dudley Bur-
rows, who is now doing critical exam
nations for The Call, which is quite
a large paper printed at this port. He
suggested that we see Militia
comedy drama, wherein a lot of nice
looking girls sang beautiful and lead a
few clothes around to match. Much
of it was pleasant and laughable, or
was when you happened to forget
your bunions. 1t was liz p. m. when
they shut up the place, and we were
about two miles from the boat. Our
desire to walk half way, then get one
of those yellow fever income tax
cabs, was overcome by other influ-
ences, so we purchased one outright
for the trip. These conveyances have
clocks in them which tick every time
they pass policeman, and they are
thick in this town, whichever way you
size 'em up.
The first sensible thing that busted
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ROTARY GOT LOW-DOWN
ON OILS; THANKS FOR
COLORADO BRIDGE HELP

Bert Cameron CREASED the track"
at Tuesdays Flagstaff Rotary meet
ing, of which he was chairman. One
of the subjects nearest to Bert's
heart is the superiority, also the much
lower price, Of western motor lubri-
eating oils as compared to the Penn
sylvania and other eastern products.
And after he had produced technical
facts and figures to prove his conten-
ton, on behalf of the Union Oil Co.,
Of which he is the local manager, he
introduced Mr.. McIllwaine, local
manager for the Standard Oil Co.,
who bore out that all that Bert had
said and added other convincing argu-
ments.
From their testimony, it seems that
the motorist hereabouts who pays the
higher price for eastern oils is get
ting stung in several ways; the west
ern product, it being shown, giving
better fabrication and less carbon
trouble.
There was good music. Professor G.
V. Ridgely with violin, accompanied
by Miss Shumaker, both of the Nor
NAL faculty, played La Tarentelle
which, Mr.. Ridgely explained, is
named after our tarantula and Is
designed to keep those bitten on their
feet until the poison has lost its po-
tency. Must have been lot bitten
because the applause was so insistent
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The Coconino sun., 1925-01-30

loid, but either kind are said to be ac-
ceptable, though it is mentioned that
there are places ahead where neck
wear and much other clothing could
be dispensed with. We shall probably
note down these facts for the benefit
of others who may want to take this
fool trip. Still it may not be a fool
trip. 1t may result in our forgetting
to complain about the depot or the
postoffice, ETC., which things become
chronic if you keep on using the same
street too many years without inter
ruption.
Well, after having shopped our
shopping and forgotten the usual
number of things one mainly needed
most and which was come for espe-
cially, we went into a picture show
and shipped our feet. You know one
can't use just one section of your
anatomy all day without making a
shift desirable. This was done.
The picture, we might mention in
passing, wasn't much of a success be-
cause nobody was killed and the man
who fused with his wife and started
out to drink himself to death and get
a divorce, didn't do either. He was
no sticker.
Having thus unfettered our feet,
The Coconino sun., 1925-01-30
P. M. FALDER PASSED
AWAY HERE FRIDAY

His many friends here were deeply
grieved and shocked on learning of
the death of Plus M. Falder on FRI
day afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Falder and the lat
ter's son, John Lowry, returned three
weeks ago last Saturday from Cali
fornia, where, they had spent several
months in the hope that the change OF
climate would be of benefit to Mr..
Falder's health He had been suffer
ing for some time with Bright's dis
ease, complicated by heart trouble,
though up to the time he left here
he had been at his Front street bar
ber shop, at work, nearly every day.
Since their return to Flagstaff, Mr..
Falder had been i'll in bed most OF
the time, especially during the two
weeks last preceding his death. The
family was living in the former Dr.
Tom Manning home on North Leroux
street.
Mr.. Falder was born in Indiana, IN
February, 1869. He came to Arizona
about 28 years ago. He ran barber
shop in Chloride for about 10 years
then came to Flagstaff. His brother,
VIM. Falder, was then running bar
Der shop here and he went into bust
ness with him, on the removal of VIM.
Falder to California becoming sole
proprietor of the shop, which then
was located at San Francisco and
Aspen, but, several years ago, was
moved to its present location on Ran,
road avenue, near the Commercial
| hotel.
Mr.. Falder was married in 1908, al
Sedalia, Mo-, to Mrs. Lowry. formerly
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The Coconino sun., 1925-01-30
M'DANIELS is in JAIL in
ALEXANDRIA; IS ALLEGED
TO HAVE AN EXTRA WIFE

James F. McDaniels, according to
a wire received here in Flagstaff by
Sheriff John Parsons, is in Rapides
county, La, Jail awaiting the outcome
of charges of bigamy preferred by the
first Mrs. McDaniels.
McDanieIs, who had been a sawyer
for the Flagstaff Lumber Co. for
some time was fired Thursday of last
week by Superintendent F, E. Pipes
when the latter learned that McDan-
iels was afflicted with too much mat
rimony. Mcdaniel left at once for
Alexandria, La, and was arrested
upon his arrival there.
McDaniels called on local attorney
and explained that he had been mar
ried before but that he had sent his
first wife money to secure a divorce
and supposed she had secured it. he
was married few months ago here
in Flagstaff to 16-year-old girl,
Miss Dory. The latter is still in Flag
staff.
McDaniels is the man who was driv-
ing the Flint car two miles north OF
Maine on November 80 when it turn
ed over, killing Josine, the four-year-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. r.
Pyland of Flagstaff.
1t had been reported here that Nc
Daniels first wife was coming to
FIagstaff to have him arrested. His
hurried departure to his old home was
made after he asserted to local peo-
pie that he believed he could fix every
thing up back there.
The Coconino sun., 1925-01-30

Monday to Friday, December % to
26, 1924.-S. S. Belgenland.
Ho Hum! This darned old world
amt SO small after ALL Mebby you
have heard people speak of "the other
side of the earth" Take it from me,
they amt any. You keep on going and
there is always a hill just ahead, de-
spite the broad view you have of your
surroundings. In fact there seems to
be too blamed much room ahead to
go ahead in. We hate to mention
things like this so often, but there is
a peculiar sameness about the sur
rounding scenery which almost bor-
ders on monotony at times. Today,
however, it is little more varied. A
new set of road commissioners should
be appointed for this section. 1t
don't look as though it had ever been
dragged and most of the bridges are
washed out.
But to resume back to the frisky
city of San Francisco. We had a
most successful day there. In fact in
stead of purchasing another collar and
matching an extra white sock, we
bought six new ores and also pur-
chased a complete new set of socks
because the salesman was so pleasant.
We got soft collars instead of cellu-
The Coconino sun., 1925-01-30
HUGH WHEAT NEW MANAGER
BIG Stafford FOREST MILL

E. H. Wheat, formerly secretary
treasurer of the Flagstaff Lumber Co.
and for the last year Arizona repre-
sentative for two large California
lumber concerns, has been made gen.
eral manager of the Gila Lumber &
Milling Co., which has just secured
the contract for three million feet of
lumber needed for the Horse Mesa
development. This mill gets its logs
from the great forest on top of Mt.
Graham, south of Stafford between
the upper Gila valley and Sulphur
Springs valley and rising to height
of more than 10000 feet. One of the
trees is 80 feet around and there is
said to be an average of 10000 feet
of logs to the acre. About half of it
is Douglas fir, the rest being pine
and spruce. This company is noted
for having within the last year built
the longest aerial lumber tramway in
the world. Starting at the mill, at an
elevation of S700 feet, it runs up to
an elevation of 9200 feet, then drops
1900 feet in a 5000 feet span, and
totals 712 miles in length, The car
rying cable is an inch and a half
laminated steel line. The driving
cable, Is miles long and making a
complete circuit, is three-quarter inch
steel. Every six minutes load of lum-
Der starts on its long trip through the
air
The Coconino sun., 1925-01-30
c. H. COOPER NOW OWNER
F. [. co. COMMISSARY

C. H. Cooper, logging contractor for
the Flagstaff Lumber Co., will take
over the company's store on Sunday.
Men have been busy taking inventory
there for the last few days and every
thing is practically ready for the
transfer to the new owner.
This is in line with the plans made
when Mr.. Cooper took the logging
contract, last fall, as large share of
the purpose of the store is to supply
the men in the woods with necessities.
Mr.. Cooper, however, did not care to
take the store over when he first
came here, preferring to wait until he
got his work in the woods and the
matter of transportation of logs from
there to the mill well in hand before
assuming the details in connection
with the commissary.
The Coconino sun., 1925-01-30
AIREDALE IS BONE OF
CONTENTION; HOW MUCH
WORTH? WHY LIKE JAIL?

How much is an airedale worth?
That depends. We know some people
who wouldn't take the United States
mint in exchange for one.
One airedale doggie, now in the
limelight, and which soon will be the
subject of lawsuit to be tried before
Justice of the Peace Tom Pulliam, is
variously claimed and his value seems
to be going up with each bid. Mr.
Rammage, the sewing machine man
and several Greeks who live in the
west end of town claim him. The
Greeks had him. Mr. Rammage put
up SIS and had the sheriff replevir
him. Bum" as the Greeks call him
or Bounce" as Rammage insists his
name is, was brought to county jail
That was Monday. Wednesday the
Greeks appeared and put up $3.50 casf
bond for his appearance IN cour'
at the time Of trial and took him home
with them again. That night he rar
away and returned to the Jail.
Mr.. Rammage says he lost the dog
or it was taken, seven months ago.
Art Saunders of The Sun staff, wht
lost his airedale Sunday and fount
him Tuesday night at the county Jail
where he had been taken by some
small boys who had him in their wood
shed for a while, says an airedale il
worth million.
The Coconino sun., 1925-01-30
SLOW THINKERS STOLE CAR
AND WROTE BAD CHECKS

"We couldn't think fast enough,
they told the officers.
Jack Ross and Harry Brown swiped
Chandler "jack-rabbit" touring car
in Tempe and came north. At Will
liams they wrote a check or two in
the private check book of Mrs. r. J.
Hight of Tempe. The checks were
signed "John Hight" When Deputy
Sheriff Fred Holden asked the one
posing at John Hight how he came
by the checkbook he said it was his
wife's. 81 notice her initials are R.
j." said Holden. whats her first
name 2" And there was where they
couldn't think fast enough to supply
name beginning with r. They are at
county Jail.
The Coconino sun., 1925-01-30

"The waterworks plans are now be-
ing made, and as soon as these plans
and specifications are completed they
will be personally presented by one
of the Burns & Mcdonnell Engineer
ing company so that the city officials
will have ample opportunity TO study
the plans, specifications and proposal
sheets and see what changes, i any,
should be made in them. After their
approval a date will be set for the
letting of contracts.
"On project of this magnitude
contractors from all over the United
States will be attracted to the bidding
and in order that the very best bids
will be received by the city, it is ex-
tremely important that the contrac-
tors visiting the ground be permitted
to visit the reservoir site and route of
the pipe line. 1t, therefore, becomes
necessary to set this letting at a date
when snow and the cold weather will
not interfere with examining the
ground, for no contractor wishes to
bid on a job without seeing the diff
culties of construction, for any unfor-
seen conditions would result in a bid
much higher than it would be if al
conditions of the bidding were well
known.
"The plan of arrangement for the
receiving Of bids will be such that
separate bids may be received on the
reservoir and separate bids on the
pipe line, believing this would be to
the city's advantage, but permitting
one contractor to bid on the entire
job, if desired.
The Coconino sun., 1925-01-30
WEIDNER AND GICLAS
GO TO MAYO BROTHERS

Hayes Weidner, assistant city water
superintendent, and Eli Giclas, engi-
neer at the Arizona Lumber & Timber
Co. sawmill, left Sunday for Roches-
ter, Mimi, for consultation and possi-
Bile treatment at the Mayo hospital.
Neither have been in good health for
some time, though both have kept at
their work every day. Hayes trouble
is intestinal and Mr.. Giclas has been
having stomach trouble. Their fami-
lies and many friends here hope good
news will be coming from them within
a few days.
The Coconino sun., 1925-01-30
Important to Open North Strip to Rest Of
State; U. S. Road Program in this County
By Supervisor Forest Flagstaff

crease greatly during the next few
years. The roads from the canyon
north are being improved, and it is
safe to say that travel via auto will
double within the next five years.
Many tourists who visit the north rim
of the canyon are anxious to come on
down into central and southern Ari-
coma, via Lee Ferry, in order to visit
the numerous points of interest such
as the Painted desert, the Petrffied
forest, Mormon lake, Oak creek, Mon
tezuma well and castle, the National
bridge, Roosevelt dam, etc. However,
big per cent of these people are
afraid of the ferry@ There are times
such as the present, when the ferry is
not open. Then there are many peo-
pie in Arizona who want to see the
country to the north Of the canyon.
Thousands of sportsmen are eager to
go up and visit the Kaibab game pre-
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The Coconino sun., 1925-01-30
WASH HENRY SAYS
HE AMT DEAD;
HE KNOWS

Wash Henry, beloved old-timer
of this section, whose sudden death
was reported in The Sun few
weeks ago, derived a great deal of
amusement from reading the news
and the obituary connected there
with. He says he is trying hard to
live up to the good things said
about him.
Wash is alive and well and hap
by, says |. M. Jackson, rancher and
merchant from the Verde country,
who spent two days here this ."eek
How the report of his death, which
was circumstantial, got around
here no one can explain.
Take it from The Sun, we are
darned glad Wash is alive, and no
maybe, either. And so are his
many, many friends and admirers
hereabouts, who will blush like
thunder when they see him and re-
call the tender things they told the
reporter in expressing their grief
at his demise.
The Coconino sun., 1925-01-30
FLAGSTAFF GUN CLUB
BEAT COLO. SPRINGS

Flagstaff Gun club won against its
opponent in last Sunday's-the fourth
general contest among the various
clubs of the Uncle Dud intermountain
states telegraphic contest, getting 22S
of the clay birds against PIT broken
by Colorado Springs. This gives
Flagstaff three out of the four con-
tests in the 12-contest event.
Some of the other teams did much
better than Flagstaff on Sunday
The snow covering the ground at the
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The Coconino sun., 1925-01-30
COOPER IS CLEANING UP;
FIVE PAID STIFF FINES

Merriment got too merry at
south-side dance hall at midnight
Sunday and City Marshal Justin
R. Cooper took a hand. While he
was making arrests man who OBJ
iected to having one of his friends
taken up made a rush for Cooper.
The latter had to knock the malcon-
tent down twice before he was tanned.
Then he was taken along with the
others, Night City Marshal Black
helping to keep the bunch together as
they were herded to the city jail Next
morning Police Magistrate Doc Shelf
field imposed fine of 500 and 80
days in Jail on the man who had at
tempted the rescue act, while the
others were soaked $50, $40, $25 and
S25. They all paid, the jail sentences
the first man received being suspend
ed. All were Americans.
The Coconino sun., 1925-01-30
BUSINESS MEN TO HAVE
BIG DINNER MONDAY

At Monday nights meeting of the
Flagstaff Business Mems association
details of organization were brought
much nearer completion and President
w. Fl. Switzer appointed a commit
tee to work up a big attendance at
the next meeting, next Monday night
at at the Rotary rooms, Weather
ford hotel, at which there will be a
lot of good things to eat and smokes.
Sid Gassman is chairman and Claude
Knight and Cecil DeVaney members
of the committee and they have been
on the job, with the result that at
tendance next Monday night is going
to be big and then some. A cover
charge of a dollar plate is assessed.
There is real need for an organiza-
ton of this sort and much that can
be accomplished in many different
directions - mutual understanding,
credits, getting together on the many
problems that constantly are coming
up. There is no other organization
here that fills the bill, The Rotary
club is prevented by its constitution
from acting on most of these ques-
tions. 1t is an organization dealing
more with friendship and ethics. The
Junior Chamber of Commerce has
plenty to do in more general matters
advertising of this section, roads,
legislation, and all that sort of thing
The Hiram club, while it devotes
some time to business talks, is more
essentially social and educational
organization. There is a big field, all
and peculiarly it's own, for the Busl-
ness Mems association. 1t is in far
way to become a vital force in this
community.
The Coconino sun., 1925-01-30

A special meeting of the chamber
was called by President A. j. Mackey
and held last night at which the propo-
sition was thoroughly discussed.
Other Flagstaff organizations will
rapidly follow suit and adopt similar
resolutions.
The plan proposed at Phoenix was
to ask the state legislature to declare
Mormon lake a state park; then
memorialize congress to. set aside the
lake and a considerable strip around
it as a park Then the tract would
have to be set aside by presidential
proclamation. If the plan goes
through, this would be the first state
park in Arizona.
There are. so many convincing argu-
ments against the proposal that it
seems extremely unlikely that it can
succeed. The resolution forwarded by
the Junior Chamber of Commerce en-
bodies the strongest of these argu-
ments. 1t follows:
''The Flagstaff Junior Chamber of
Commerce is unalterably opposed to
the setting aside of Mormon lake. and
surrounding country as state park,
as proposed in the good roads meet
ing held at Phoenix on January 27.
''The establishment of the proposed
park would be of no advantage to the
people of Arizona, but would work a
great hardship upon Flagstaff and
Coconino county, in that numbering
would be stopped and a big industry
practically paralyzed. The tying up
The Coconino sun., 1925-01-30

Judging from inquiries received
regarding the project, very large
number of bidders will desire to bid
on the Flagstaff project. The water
WORKS project at Port Angeles, Wash,
for which the Burns. & Mcdonnell En-
gineering company have made the
plans, will be let to contractors on
January %, and over 80 sets Of the
plans and specifications have been
sent to prospective bidders, indicating
l.een competition for this northwestern
work, and it is believed that the Flag
staff job will be even more attractive,
for our work will come at time of
the year when most desirable bids
will be received.
"Copies of the plans will be on file
at Flagstaff for the information of
local bidders and sub-contractors, and
material men, not only of Flagstaff
by other cities throughout Arizona.
Plans will also be on file at the Burns
& Mcdonnell Engineering company's
Los Angeles office as we'll as their
Kansas City office, and in this man
ner it is hoped to get both eastern
and western contractors interested IN
the bidding. The engineers will be
glad to receive any names of pros
pective bidders so that complete
record and list of these may be avail
able as soon as a date for receiving
bids can be set by the city council.
"The engineers will submit com
plete set of plans and specifications
to the engineering department of the
Santa Fe railroad for their examlna-
ton and approval"