The Coconino sun., 1925-06-19
FLAGSTAFF '49ERS INVADE
THE HOME OF THE SMOKIS

Flagstaff's 49ers on Friday cap
tured the famous. Smoki tribe and
their village, Prescott, down the trail
some 108 miles from here. There
was no blood shed. Though the beard
ed 49ers carried six-guns, none of the
Smoki tribesmen were armed except
with bow and arrow. The utmost
good feeling prevailed on both sides
during the capture, following which
the '49ers followed the tribesmen to
their special ceremonial dances.
All the 49ers, men and women, in
costume, swung into parade step be-
hind the Smokis and the Elks band
as the line of march was formed and
stayed with them until the parade
was completed. The streets were
lined with thousands of people from
all over the state and many from
other states, with the result that the
number who know Flagstaff is to
tave a mammoth celebration here
July to was vastly increased. The
49ers were generously applauded all
along the line of march and congrat-
ulated many times afterward on the
fine showing they made.
Prescott and the Smoki people dis
played fine spirit@of friendliness in
inviting participation in the parade,
especially as the '49ers were advertis-
ing celebration here three days Of
which are the same as the Prescott
Frontier Days celebration.
The Smoki dance and the many side
attendant features, such as the State
Elks convention, the prize fights,
dancing, etc, were successful in every
way. Ideal weather, big crowds,
splendid order, genuine, breezy hos
pitality contributed to the success.
Those from Flagstaff who never
before had seen this famous annual
Smoki dance we're greatly impressed
with its beauty, the ambitious scale
on which it is carried out, the per-
lection with which every detail is
worked out, and, above all, the far
seeing, vigorous public spirit shown
by the business and professional men
of the town who themselves are the
actors. 1t is an impressive, beautiful
thing. 1t takes world of prepara-
ton and weeks of patient drill of the
dancers to put it on right, and it GER
tainly was put on right last Friday.
i Seventy-five men and as many boys,
each bronzed, face and body, each
wearing expensive and beautiful In
dian regalia and costumes, put on a
pageant that for varied interest and
beauty is superior to the annual snake
dance of the Hopi Indians The un-
initiated found it hard to believe that
the Smokis are not Indians.
Snakes were there in abundance.
Each dancer had at least one, and
most of them were huge, some of them
ten or more feet long. Of course,
there were no rattlers in the lot, but
they were real snakes.
Motorcades like that of last Friday
between the towns in this state are
beneficial to everyone concerned. They
promote good fellowship and better
feeling and encourage people OF the
towns to visit each other more often
and to rely more upon each other tor
recreation and amusement, not only
during vacations but all the year.
Those who from here who visited
Prescott were: Mayor and Mrs. L. w.
C,ress, Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Zerby,
County Attorney and Mrs. Frank Har-
rison, Mr.. and Mrs. Burnell Osler,
Tom l.. Rees, Mrs. Ana Frohmiller,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Goodman, Sid
Gassman, Mr.. and Mrs Rex Goble,
Mrs Carolyn Smith, Walter Carlson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Morton, James
Tellyer, George Bailey, Nathan Bank
head, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Fairchild,
Mr.. and Mrs Jack Fuss, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Davis, Mrs. w. D. Draine, Mr..
and Mrs. James G. Tillman, DR.. and
Mrs. V. S. Mcclure, Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
Rickel, Ray Brahmstead, Clyde Met
calf, Mrs. w. B. Raudebaugh, Miss
Zella Jones, Miss Marion Wallace,
VIM Hollar, Miss Hazel Whitaker,
Mrs. Betsy Fransen, Jesse Gregg, DR.,
and Mrs. F. A. Cotton, Mrs. c. w.
Isham and children, Mrs. Jake
Thoman, Margaret and Mildred Mat
son, Mr.. and Mrs W. E. Rogers, Pro-
fessor r. r. Powers, Miss Willie
Smith, Miss Ruth Bormose, Miss Mary
Moler, D. l.. Mckinney, Miss Cath
crime Beckwith, Mrs. Julia Benson
Mrs. Tom Knutson, Miss Dorothy
Smith, Miss Fox, Miss Lena Doyle,
Miss Fannie Auza, Miss Cora
Daugherty.
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