The Coconino sun., 1925-06-26
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LEUPP LOCALS
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Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Hausen came
from McNary last week and have both
accepted employment at Leupp, Mr..
Hausen as electrician and Mrs. Hau-
sen as general helper. They have
one son, Leland.
Suffering from what appeared to
be ptomaine poisoning, Miss Mamie
Benton of the office force, was very
i'll last Saturday night and Sunday.
Clarence Taptuka, disciplinarian,
went to Flagstaff Monday expecting
to register for the summer school at
the Normal, but became discouraged
at the grand rush ahead of him and
the difficulty in securing quarters,
and returned to Leupp that night.
Rev. Locker returned Wednesday
from Flagstaff, having spent several
days in getting Mrs. Locker settled in
a summer cottage at the conference
grounds.
Miss Aldine Boudinot, teacher, is
not attending summer school this sea
son, and took her departure Wednes-
day for visit at the parental home
in Belle River, I'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. H. Pfeifer of San
Felipe, N. NJ, were visiting Tuesday
with the Grant and Marble families in
Leupp. All these people were asso-
ciated in Indian Service work at Tuba
City Is years ago, and later among
the southern Pueblos of New Mexico
Mr.. and Mrs. Pfeifer are teachers in
a dav school in the above named vii
lage, which was formerly under Mr.
Marbles jurisdiction. They were en-
route by auto to Flagstaff to enter
State Teachers college for the sum-
mer session.
Lizzie Ford has lost her happy home
with the Balmer family and has been
replaced by a swell looking, up-to-the-
minute Maxwell coach The Balmers
drove down to White River Saturday
for a short visit and their return trip
the first of the week was filled with
woe, in fact trouble was what they
had nothing else but. In desperation
thew cast about for comfort for weary
bodies and minds and solved the whole
problem by giving Miss Lizzie a good
trading off and coming home in state.
The deal was made at Winslow.
Mrs. M. J. Fonsica, formerly of
Keams Canyon is employed temporar-
lily as clerk at the agency office. She
brought along her two children, Betty
and Billy and they will live at the
club.
Many readers of The Sun in this
section of the country, will remember
Leo Crane, for some eight years
(1911 to 1919 in charge of the Hopi
reservation, later superintendent of
the southern Pueblos in New Mexico
and of the Mohaves at Parker, AriZ.
Mr.. Crane entered field work in the
service as agency clerk at Leupp in
1910, having come to Arizona from
the Washington office because of
threatened i'll health. He is now
leaving the service with view to Civ
ing all his energy to literary work, his
time heretofore having been divided
between Indian supervision and writ
ing short stories. He has sold to the
which began with the June number,
entitled Indians of the Desert. Mr..
Crane very aptly remarks that "giy-
ing an unruly Indian so days and de-
scribing a sunset on the desert proved
too inharmonious for placement in the
same mind at the same time" hence
his resignation.
E. B. Jensen, former Indian trader
Of Leupp, has spent most Of the week
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Hall were
Winslow visitors last Monday.
Chester L. Walker, auditor in the
Indian service, spent several days in
Leupp this week. Mr.. Walker for
merly had headquarters in Flagstaff,
living there with his family for nearly
year, but has been officially placed
at Fort Wingate, where a new Navajo
school is being established and where
he can keep a sort of supervision
over the financial end of things in
terspersed with occasional tips into
the field. He was accompanied by his
little son, Floyd.
H. w. Shipe, chief supervisor of in
dustries from the Washington office
was a welcome visitor this week, and
went from here to Tuba City. He was
accompanied by w. H. Knox, presi-
dent Of the Arizona Cotton Growers
association and Mr.. Walker both Of
Phoenix.
Friends in this section of Mr..
Gould of Phoenix, field representative
of the Arizona Cotton Growers asso-