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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-05-15
EIF OF THE VOTERS
RUN ELIZABETH CITY
>. Municipal Election Shows That
|sG" o. Half the Voters are Interested
|np M.r Elected to Run This Town

,,,ri,on oi the total vote
H. ,hc CITY election tins
| y With the pr"1ablc NUM-
|: Y,ers III this city, re-
.ts shocking truth that
ft,If oi The voters care 4
,5,ut the men who are
n "a manage this town $
\, ONLY l.015 votes were
n TUESDAYS election. on
t,,,rd with a total OF 1896
i;,J voters. /, j. conSer-
estimated that at least
neoplc III Elizabeth City
,rstI,d to vote. ,
ir,rrr>, in any mI'nlripal
-, than Wa shown TINS
~ probably not been evident
I,ry wars This is specially IL:
: riow Of the tremendous I'M
!. of >plprrins able aud cap
..n ro handle the city'S al
b,,irs The rpmiu@ two years.
srj ,ha, Elizabeth City has
IN the NEIL il wants. because
H. C'ity citizens haven't put
=, ,,udi,latrS uf proven bust
I6Hiy aud experience. ami he
nrn, voters haven [ >ho"h
a,prr>, in the uricomr OF the
b.
Tur,tlay> Winners.
rrslay'> election. Aubrey IT,
b. ron the office of Mayor 10y
|S,v,ial majority over his op'
LH. LcRuy. Sr.. aud Mills
b. In the First Ward. l.. Il.
k,B. anil e. y. Morgan was
N Alderman. In the Second
Louis Anderson waS re-
N IN the Third Ward.'P. {.
Aa VIZ reelected Alderman
ba opposition. In the Fourth
Ellen VI. Davis. who entered
|ar late Saturday afternoon.
! drleI Alderman. Mr.. Davis
al RnrxpiFed term in 1922
| NJ anil WAS defeated for re-
h IN l;c%.
} ipirairl candidates for Al
ba IN the First Ward are L.
|ll ami l.. y. GurIinn: Second
= Capt, Henry Balance. AMI
/ VhIlin: Fourth Ward. W. III.
farly. aud e. ". Ovcrman.
Ntp By ward for Alderman is
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The Coconino sun., 1925-02-27
CHEVROLET SKATERS
IT'S FORMER RECORDS

All previous January records for re
tail sales and orders were shattered
last month by the Chevrolet Motor
Co., says Lee Carron, Flagstaff rep
The record was made, III
fact, in % days, as the new Chevrol
let models were not announced pub
licly until January 3. The ChevroIet
dealers throughout the country de
livered and took orders for approx
mately 40 per cent more cars in jan
uary than during either January 1924
or 1928, which were the first months
in the two years having the highest
production and sales records in the
history of the automobile industry.
During the Silver Jubilee automo-
bile show in Chicago, 1107 Chevrolet
cars were sold at retail. This is a
record, officials declare, that has
never heretofore been made by a car
exhibited at this show during the same
period of time. In New York city,
during the national automobile show,
where the new Chevrolet car was of
fered to the public for the first time.
five times as many orders were placed
on the books as during any former
New York show.
SIN many cases, before the dealers
received some of the models, these
cars were purchased from spec;f.ca-
.tions and photographs only" he conn
ments. 'The reason for this national
acceptance lies in the fact that the
new Chevrolet combines greater quail
Iity at low cost than ever before"
The Coconino sun., 1925-02-27
SIX ARIZONANS CAPTURE
TYING CONTESTS In RODEO

Six Arizona boys, in competition
with the best ropers from all over the
west, won the steer team tying con-
tests in the finals Of the Tucson rodeo
on Monday, taking the $1,000 prize.
The winners of the team tying were
Carl Arnold and Ike Rude, first; Ike
Rude and Lewis Jones, second; Jesus
Lopez and 0. r. Parker, third.
Lee Robinson of Fort Worth, Texas,
won first in the calf roping, with
Arthur Beloat Of Buckeye, Ariz., sec
ond and Breeze Cox of Tucson, third.
Mike Stewart of Fort Worth won
first in the bucking, as well as the
silver mounted saddle given for the
event, while Norman Cowan took sec
ond and Tom Scarlet, third.
Rube Roberts of Texas, shattered
his own worlds record in winning the
bull dogging contests, taking one of
his three steers in 2-5 seconds, Lee
Robinson taking second, and Shorty"
Riecher of Hollywood, third.
The Coconino sun., 1925-02-27
ARIZONA HIGH COURT
REVERSES ITSELF

The supreme court has reversed it
self and, on rehearing,- affirmed a
decision of the Maricopa county super
ior court giving $4,000 damages to
Samuel Suits from the Gazette Pub
fishing and Printing company. The
plaintiff was injured while helping
around a newspaper press. In the
first judgment the superior court he'd
that "there is a safe and unsafe way
for the employe to do his work, and if
he does it the unsafe way aad is in
jured he may not recover"
The court later decided that the
common law rule quoted did not apply
to the pending action. Another dam
age case affirmed was chat in which
Edward Kendall secured a Judgment
against the Silver King of Arizona
Mining company for $4,000 and sued
writ of garnishment for half that
sum against the Western Indemnity
company.
The Coconino sun., 1925-02-27
DICK WICK HALL SELLS APACHE
NINE FOR MILLION DOLLARS

Under the terms Of deal that is
said to involve consideration of ST.
100000 in cash and stock, James J..
Godfrey, president of the Mother Lode
of Alaska, and of the Kay Copper
company, has taken over the famous
old Apache mine, southwest of Salome
In the Plomosa range.
Godfrey has already established a
camp at the Apache, moved out a
diamond drilling outfit and contracted
with Walter Quinn for the drilling of
ten holes, each to be not less than
1000 feet deep.
The deal for the transfer Of the
Apache mine to the Godfrey interests
was made in New York last December
by Dick Wick Hall, president of the
Arizona Apache Mines company. 1t
was ratified at the annual meeting of
the Arizona Apache stockholders on
January 5, and Godfrey Immediately
began operations.
The Coconino sun., 1925-02-27
GIVES cor, HIS CAR
AND HE WASN'T JOKING.

A dusty tourist in a touring car
drove up to a curb in the center Of
Tucson where Patrolman Tony Gros-
setta was standing.
want q car 2" he said.
How much ~
Nothing at all You can have it.
j have driven the darn thing all the
WAY from New Orleans, and intend
to take the train from mere to my
home in Los Angeles"
"All right" said Grossetta, "but
let's go around to the police station
awhile"
There the generous donor Of a car
in excellent condition, a 1928 model Of
a we'll known make, was booked on a
suspicion of having stolen the car.
He gave the name of G. II. Malmgren.
Telegraphic inquiry of dealer in
Los Angeles disclosed the fact that
Malmgren had bought the car there,
and that his title was beyond ques-
ton. He handed Grossetta bill of
sale, and boarded The train for Los
Angeles.
The Coconino sun., 1925-02-27
GOVERNMENT BUILDING PRONE
LINE FROM KEAMS CANYON
TO HOLBROOk; FOLLOWS ROAD

Manager Clark NJ Terry, of the
government telegraph construction
for the Indian department, spent sew
eral days of the week in Holbrook,
going out to confer with Edgar K.
Miller, superintendent OF the Hopi
Indian reservation, north of Holbrook,
with reference to the construction Of
the telephone line from Holbrook to
the reservation.
The work Of lining up the route for
the poles is under way now, and the
four other men who came with Mr.
Terry are engaged in the work. The
lire will be what is termed stand
ard Installation work and will be pros
ecuted until the job is finished The
line will practically follow the road
from HoIbrool1 to Keams Canyon
Holbrook Tribune.
The Coconino sun., 1925-02-27
ARIZONA PROHf DIRECTOR
FRIEND OF DEAD CAVE MAN

The tragic death of Floyd Collins in
Sand Cave, Ky.l held local interest.
Frank M. Pool, federal prohibition di-
rector for Arizona was a personal
friend of the unfortunate cave explor-
er and less than two years ago ac-
companied Collins on an exploration
of Crystal cave, which lies close to
the Collins home and adjacent to Sand
cave.
Mr.. Pool enroute to Phoenix from
Washington, D. c., in August, 1928,
stopped off at Cave City. KY, about
three miles from Sand cave, and spent
a couple ofsweeks in that vicinity,
during which time he made the ac-
quaintance of Floyd Collins and to-
gethcr they explored many Of the
caves in the vicinity of Collins home.
The acquaintanceship ripencd into
close friendship between the two men
and Mr.. Pool and Floyd exchanged
several letters upon M. POOLS return
to Phoenix.
The Coconino sun., 1925-02-27
FINES. OF $5I.887 AND 36 YEARS
In LIQUOR CASES IN 6 MONTHS

A total of 425 cases of alleged vio-
lations of the Volstead act. the as
sessment of $51, ,887 in fines and SEN
tences aggregating SO years in jails
and penitentiaries marked prohibition
enforcement measures in the first
seven months of his incumbency. ac-
cording to the report given out by
Frank NJ. Pool, federal prohibition di-
rector for Arizona.
From July / to January 81, 1924,
shows that of the pa cases presented
in the United States federal courts in
Phoenix and Tucson, up to January
81, convictions were secured in 237,
leaving only seven alleged offenders
found not guilty. On February 1,
there remained 181 other cases to be
tried in the courts.
The Coconino sun., 1925-02-27
MRS. KIEGSBURY
SEEKS REHEARING

Mrs. Viola C. Kingsbury has asked
for rehearing Of her appeal in the
supreme court, which lately affirmed
her conviction in a Maricopa county
court and sentence of from three to
four years. in the state penitentiary,
where her husband already is con-
fined. She is at liberty under bond.
Conviction awas on charge of
misuse of funds of the Farmers and
Merchants bank of Tempe, in which
she was an officer The bank is ex-
pected to pay not more than per. cent
of its indebtedness.
The Coconino sun., 1925-02-27
BAXTER NAMED SPECIAL
ASSISTANT TO ATTY. GEN.

Harold Baxter, Phoenix attorney,
has been appointed permanent spe-
cial assistant to the attorney general
Of the United States, with special as
signments of cases and matters in
volving the protection of the rights
of the United States government and
in the waters of the Gila river, as well
as other assignments involving mat
ters of irrigation under other projects
in the southwest. His office and head
quarters will be in Phoenix.
Mr.. Baxter returned this week from
short visit to Washington and New
York city. After the Favorable action
by the senate in the matter of the ap-
pointment of Attorney General Stone
to the associate justice of the supreme
court, Mr.. Baxter went to Washington
to close up the details of the appoint
ment of special assistant to the attor-
ney general under which he had been
working, relating to the Cameron
Stetson-Grand Canyon mining claims.
I During the week spent in Washington
Mr. Baxter called with Attorney Gen
eral Stone upon President Coolidge,
and found the president to be much
interested and very we'll informed
upon all matters pertaining to Ari-
zona and the southwest
Mr.. Baxter states that the greatest
interest is now being taken in Wash
ington in all matters of irrigation in
Arizona and the southwest, and that
the various departments, including the
department of the interior, seem to
be anticipating some action by the in
coming congress upon the Colorado
river.
1t was Mr.. Baxter, especially depu-
tized by former Attorney General
Stone, who last fail outwitted U. S.
Senator r. H. Cameron and the lat
ter's attorneys with the result that
Cameron's men were withdrawn from
Grand Canyon where they had been
holding down mining claims in de-
fiance of an order of court.
The Coconino sun., 1925-02-27
IN UTAH
HAVE GOLDEN WEDDING

Felieitated and honored by more
than 100 invited guests, NJ. and Mrs.
David X. Udall, pioneers of st. johns,
observed the golden anniversary of
their wedding during the present
month at the Hotel Utah in Salt Lake
City. according to accounts received
by their friends throughout Arizona
Mr. and Mrs. Udall are spendlng the
winter with their children in Salt Lake
City, the state from which they em-
barked in 1880 with other Mormon
pioneers who settled in the st. Johns
country Of Arizona.
The Coconino sun., 1925-02-27
PENNEY STORE AT KINGMAN
WILL BE CLOSED OUl

j. Mack Wilson of the Prescott j. c.
Penney store has been in Kingman for
more than a month closing out, the
store at that place. The establishment
was under the management of Fl. g.
GraveIy, who recently died.
The merchandise at the Kingman
store will be distributed among the
various stores OF the company in Arr
zona, but the fixtures will be shipped
to Waycross, Ga, whore a new Pen
ney store soon will be opened. W. S.
mcClain, who viii be manager of the
new store in Georgia, is in Kjngman
assisting in the shipping Of the fix
tures and Verne Myers of tho companx
also is aiding in closing out the es-
tahlishment. 1t is expected the store
viii be closed out entirely within the
next 10 days.
The Coconino sun., 1925-02-27
KILLED RANCH MANAGER
THEN Committed SUICIDE

Bert Hadley.- manager of the War
ner lettuce plantation at Eloy, was
last week fatally wounded by hired
hand who shot the manager through
the head with % calibre high pow
cred rifle. The slayer later locked
himself in his room and ended his
own life with a bullet from the rifle
Guy Giegirsweld, the man who COM
mitted the double crime, was an ex-
service man.
AS there was nobody present at the
time of the killing and suicide, it is
not known whether an alteration
preceded the shooting of the manager
The Coconino sun., 1925-02-27
FRED JOHNSON, POPULAR
TRAVELLING MAN, DEAD

Fred Johnson, young traveing
salesman for cracker and candy
house, who is very well known to the
local trade, died in Phoenix last week
after brief illness of pneumonia.
Fred was driving his car about q
miles out of Phoenix earlier in the
week when seized by the illness. He
tried to get into town but uncon-
sciousness came while he was at the
wheel and the. car dashed into a bank
and was wrecked Johnson was not
hurt and about three hours later, Bill
Crenshaw, friend and also a travel
ing salesman, came along and took
Johnson to Phoenix.
The Coconino sun., 1925-02-27
CHET JOHNSON RUNS
FRISCO COMIC COLUMN

Chester A. Johnson, who left Ari-
zona about two months ago for San
Francisco, is on the staff Of the News
of that city. In addition to his work
as a reporter, he writes a column of
News That Amt" each day, the mat
ter dealing in what might happen, but
never does. Chet was formerly at
Tucson, where he was managing edi-
tor of the Star He worked in Pres
cott in 1916, going from there to
Douglas, and later to Bisbee, where he
married.
The Coconino sun., 1925-02-27
MORMON FLAT DAM WAS
COMPLETED LAST WEEK

The Mormon Flat dam was COM
pleted last week.
The new dam is 155 feet high and
800 feet wide at the top and 80 feet
wide at the base. 1t includes $4,000
cubic feet of concrete.
The dam will impound 10000 acre
feet of water and is part of ST.
100000 project Of the Water Users
association to increase the water re-
sources of the Salt River valley.
The Coconino sun., 1925-02-27
FIRE FIGHTERS "WAR
COLLEGE" TALK METHODS

Fire fighting methods effective in
combating southwestern forest fires
We're whipped into systeing of APP
proved practices by veteran forest
service fire fighters during war
college" conference in Albuquel cue,
February ID to %.
The conference. which took form
similar to military war college,"
was composed Of one or more men
from each Of the Ia southwestern ma
tional forests. Most of the men Sc
lected are assistant forest supervisors
and are men of long experience. The
majority Of them have come to their
present positions through the channels
Of forest guard, lookout, and forest
ranger They had fought many fres
under circumstances of severe trial
and hardship and are regarded az au-
-thorities on forest fire fighting.
The men selected by the supervisors
to represent their forests at the fire
conference were: L. j. Putsch, Silver
City; G. r. Dwire, Taos; W. M. Sher-
man, Springerville; W. j. Anderson,
Magdalena; c. W. Mckenzie, Tucson;
Robert Munro, Prescott; r. C. Salton,
Alamogordo; l.. r. Lessell, Holbrook;
j. c. Nave, Albuquerque j. A. Adams,
Flagstaff; Fred Merkle, Williams; f.
L. Kirby, Phoenix; Rex King, Stafford;
E. H. Oldham, Flagstaff; M. L. Pin
cetl, Santa Fe.
Blank receipt books in stock at The
The Coconino sun., 1925-02-27
WYOMING GETS OUT,
THEN IN NEW PACT

Wyoming seeded from the CoIora-
do river compact states, then recon
sidered and re-joined the group. This
secession was secured early Monday
morning when the house, during the
closing sitting of the legislature, in
definitely postponed senate bill IS
providing that Wyoming ratify the
pact regardless of the action of Ari-
zona, provided Colorado, Utah, Ne.
vada, California and New Mexico also
ratify on the same conditions.
The Coconino sun., 1925-02-27
ONE KILLED, TWO HURT
IN CRASH IN TUCSON

H. j. Dinsmore, manager Of the
Phoenix Plaster company of Winkel-
man, Ariz., and formerly Tucson civil
engineer, was instantly killed early
Sunday morning when his automobile
turned turtle on the Oracle road,
pinning him underneath. Two other
occupants Of the car were injured, one
seriously.
The Coconino sun., 1925-02-27
SKUNKS START ARIZONA
RABIES EPIDEMIC

Believed to have been started by
rabid slunks, hydgophobia has been
reported prevalent among dogs III a
number of Arizona communities. Or
ders have been issued in the Lehi
Mesa and Miami sections to kill dogs
found running at large. In lower
Miami rabid dog bit II persons be-
fore it was killed. Several cowboys,
while sleeping in the open, have been
bitten by rabid skunks. The Pasteur
treatment is being given in each case.
The Coconino sun., 1925-02-27
BANK HEARING

On March 9 at Phoenix, the supreme
court will hear an application for a
writ prohibiting Judge E. j. Crosby of
Navajo county, from hearing a suit
of the Bank of Winslow against the
Union Dank & Trust company. Henry
and Maria Huning and An1alia Hun
ing Conklin, heirs Of Henry Huning,
allege that the magistrate owes the
Bank of Winslow $5000
The Coconino sun., 1925-02-27
JOYLAND BURNED

The Joyland dance pavilion, located
six miles south of Phoenix, burned to
the ground early Friday morning with
Ia loss of Approximately $4,000.
NJ. J. Morley, proprietor of the
place, stated he believed the fire to
be incendiary.
Work of rebuilding will start at
once, according to Mr.. Morley. Only a
small part of the loss was covered by
insurance.
The Coconino sun., 1925-02-27
CRASH AT MIAMI

In dodging another car which was
turning around on the highway, Ds
Nelson d. Brayton Of Miami, crashed
his automobile into a service station
wrecking his car and partly wfecking
the service station. Dir. Brayton was
not injured.
The Coconino sun., 1925-02-27
TWO KILLED IN AUTO ACCI-
DENT ON BISBEE ROAD

S. r. Bob" Eubanks, Douglas Bar
Der and P. L. Caldwell of Blsbee are
dead as the result of a head-on coll
ision on the Bisbee highway just west
of Douglas at l o'clock Sunday after
noon. How the accident happened is
not known.
The Coconino sun., 1925-02-27

Window shopping is fine, says dad,
if women do it after the stores are
closed.
The Coconino sun., 1925-02-27

A New York bootblack saved $10,-
coo in five years. Shining success.
The Coconino sun., 1925-02-27

Blank receipt books in stock at The
Sun office
Imperial Valley press., 1925-06-25
Cal. Commission
Draws New Plans
For Champions

SAN DIEGO, June 25.-The Cali
fornia boxing commission IS work
ing on plan which, if successful,
will lead up to new world cham
pions in the heavyweight, light
heavyweight and lightweight class
cs, it was revealed today by Louis
Almgrcu, local member of the com
mission.
The commission intends to draw
up Il schedule of bouts in state
wide tournament to pick California
champions i'll those three divisions.
After state championships arc dccid
ed, inter-Scctional tournaments will
be started, with the cooperation of
other state ring bodies. From these
will evolve American champions,
prepared to fight all comers from
foreign countries for the world
titles.
1t will not be tourney of hand
picked contestants. Every register
ed lightweight in California will get
mention in the schedule which will
be fought off at all arenas in the
state. The same goes for heavy
weights and light heavyweights.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-06-25
THREE KILLED In
TRAGIC DEATHS

SAN FRANCISCO, June 25. --
Three persons were dead here today,
tragedy victims. Two were suicides
and the third, a girl of Z, was ac,
oidentally shot by her brother, aged
il,
Fearing insanity after illness,
Arthur j. Burton. assistant pur-
chasing agent of the san Francisco
harbor commission, took his own
life with u revolver bullet.
George Edwards, musician and
ciubman, spent the day with his
five year old son, whom he was per
mittcd to see once Il week under
his wife S divorce decree, and then
slashed his throat with "a razor.
Samuel Mcbride, II, was in the
custody of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George +. Mcbride, Colma, follow
ing confession that an automatic
pistol exploded while he was crack
ing nuts, the bullet killing his sis.
tc., Handy.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-06-25
BAYING AT CHINA'.S HEELS

The Chinese slogan lately is said to be "a foreign
ers life for every Chinese life" If this true is not
a Chinese idea. The Chinese learned it from the Christ
tian nations.
And what is all the about, that lives are being
taken both sides? The situation is confusing There
has been Misrepresentation doubt, on both sides.
But certain facts slowly emerge from the melee such
a these:
First the Chinese cables are in the control of out
siders, and the nations and influences most interested
in making good for themselves control the news
agencies The Chinese have had fair chance to
tell the world their side of the matter.
Second, such disnterested information does
leak through suggests that the Chinese, usual, are
sinned against than snnng-that their outbreak
of rampant natonasm and sporadic violence Is ma
tura reaction to foreign oppression.
The faculty of the Chinese National University ex-
plain that the anti-foreign movement had its origin
in economic abuses and political aggression That it
was at first mainly rebellion against child labor
abuses maintained by foreign industrial interests in
defiance of Chinese law, that hesitated not at
murder to accomplish their objects. The professors
give names, dates and figures.
DR.. Charles K Edmunds, provost of John Hop
kins University in Baltimore who president of the
Canton Christian College in China for Is years. up
holds this vew attrbuting the troubles to the merc
less exploitation of Chinese workmen, women and
children by foreign interests along with the fragrant
disregard of Chinese sovereignty in the seaport cities
There is certainly good deal of truth in this
And who China, anyway? America, born friend
of freedom and traditional benefactor of China, may
we'll go slow in joining the pack bayng at Chinas
heels.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-06-25
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
june %. 1910

II. {. Griswold. who was one OF
the early comcrs to Imperial Valley
and who has been u resident of ii
Centre almost since its start lcf,
the first of this week to make his
home on the coast.
II. Q. Ronev has grown flax Is
inches long and pronounced of fine
quality on land in the Ell Centre
township within two months after
the seed was planted.
d. b. Collins and family have
come from Los Angeles to make
their home on 4 ranch in No. :.
Announcement has been made Of
the engagement of Miss Beatrice
Carr and Fred Cassidy, a business
man of Nevada City, California.
Miss Carr is the daughter of Prof.
}. L. Carr, who is county superin-
tendent of schools.