The Coconino sun., 1925-09-04
WHERE OUR LUMBER. GOES
AND OUR WATER COMES
FROM TOLD AT ROTARY

Bert Cameron, chairman for the
day, had fine Rotary program Tues
day. After Bill Cady, with Miss Elsa
Myers at the piano, got song or two
out of the bunch, Gus Pearson started
off the business end with a digest of
suggestions made by members for
club and program Improvement.
/. B. Koch was put through an inn
promptu QUESTIONABLE by DR.. Tex
Mackey, Gus Pearson and Henry AL
bers, about his lumber factory. In
reply to Tex he said that wet weather
is hardest on lumber. because it blues,
and dry windy weather next, because
it checks. Gus got him to reveal that
80 per cent of the output of the Ari-
zona Lumber & Timber Co. stays in
Arizona, SO per cent goes to the mid
west and the balance east of the Mis-
sissippi About stamping our lumber
to show where it comes from, Mr..
Koch says that the dealer knows.
though the consumer does not and
likely thinks it is California pine. Mr..
Koch says it is white pine and that
the forest men persist in calling it
western yellow pine. Mr.. Pearson
said it is western yellow botanically
though it does have many character
isticsp.of white pine. Mr.. Koch says
it is preferred by eastern re-manu-
facturers to California pine.
Sam Killen, handling the sinstalla-
tion of the new water distribution
system here in town and the develop
ment of the inflow system at the
springs up in the peaks, made the
story of the latter work interesting.
He said all four sumps have been re-
built of California redwood, petrolas-
tic sealed; that 8-inch pipe used in ir-
rigation east of the peaks had been
bought at a bargain and now all the
water will run from springs to sumps
in these pipes, of which there are three
systems, using total of 3415 feet of
pipe. In this installation, $4,000 gal
Ions daily of entirely new water has
been diverted to the sumps and 10 to
20 thousand more daily saved from
leakage
With this new collection system, all
the snow-melt may be gathered in the
early summer, the three eight-inch
pipes carrying enough to fill the IA
inch spring -to-reservoirs line. When
these pipes are running full they'll
bring five million gallons day to the
reservoirs, enough to fill one of the
big reservoirs in 10 days if there were
no consumption by the town from that
reservoir, but, in any event, fast
enough to fill in 80 days or less. Mr..
Killen said he found another place up
there where additional water may be
developed at some future time if it is
needed.
Don Gilchrist, chief Of state rodent
control, told a story and Joe Rickel,
clerk of the county supervisors, let
on that the supervisors all over the
state are now cohesively cohered.
Mr.. Koch said that city council
would appreciate an expression of
opinion from the business men as to
whether it would be justified in laying
an eight-inch pipe line on the bottom
of the river de Flag from City park
lake to Aspen avenue. 1t would cost
between $500 and $1,000 he said, and
would make available five million
gallons or more of water for fire pro-
lection. A hydrant or two would be
put in, and, with the city fire hose
and, in an emergency, the mill hose,
water could be pumped from the end
of the pipe 1000 feet in any direction,
giving water for fire in any part of
the business section or at any of the
schools. A valve at the lake would
keep water out of the pipe except
when needed, hence the pipe would not
freeze in winter. A rising vote de-
noted that the Rotarians unanimously
believed council will be justified in the
expense.
Visiting Rotarians: Sam Killen, Dali
hart, Texas; Andy Anderson, Miami;
Harry Tellyer, San Diego; John Jund,
Nogales; Don Gilchrist and Mike Pet
ted, Phoenix. Other guests Miss
Myers, Joe Rickel, K. K. Henness,
Clarence Pulliam, Rev. D. C. Lock-
wood Of Berkeley, Calf.
The Woman's club members who
served the fine dinner: Mrs. r. e..
Taylor, chairman; Mrs. G. A. Keller,
Mrs. J. P. Wilson, Mrs. l.. r. Hall,
Mrs. e. G. Mills.