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The Coconino sun., 1925-08-28
SIERRA CLUB MEMBERS
HERE TO ORGANIZE TOURS
RAINBOW NATURAL BRIDGE

Sierra club members, 25 strong,
reached here Friday from Los An
geles. Ernest Dawson, chairman of
the southern branch, in charge of the
expedition, called upon his friend and
former business associate, j. P. Nc
Cough. The immediate objective is
Rainbow Bridge, and the general pur-
pose to scout out regular itinerary
for future club trips. Stephen Mather
of the United States park service has
offered all government facilities in
the furtherance of this plan. 1t is ex-
pected that a route will be mapped
out which will include Flagstaff, Tuba
City, Monument Valley, Red Lake,
Rainbow Bridge, Navajo mountain,
Kaibab forest, Bryce Canyon, Zion ma
tional park and other points north. Mr..
Dawson is bibliophile of note who
handles first editions and secures rare
manuscripts for collectors. He and
Mr.. McGough worked together some
years ago in collecting for the His
panis museum of New York and the
Huntington library in Pasadena.
The Coconino sun., 1925-08-28
ARTIST ARPA'S GRAND
CANYON PAINTINGS HERE

Those who failed, to see the exhibit
of II paintings in Rabbits curio de
partment Saturday, Sunday and Mon
day missed treat. They were stud
les of Grand Canyon by Jose Arpa of
Seville, Spain, who came to this coun-
try year and half ago and located
in San Antonio, where during the win
ter he is master in an art school.
With Fir. Ledwig he spent the sum-
mer touring this part of the west in
a Ford camp car. Last week they
witnessed the Snake dance where
Senor Arpa made study of Indian
architecture. They left Tuesday
morning on their return after ship
ping the paintings to Chicago for ex-
hibit. Frank Brophy Of Phoenix
bought one of them.
Senor Arpa expresses great appre-
citation of the beauty of our scenery
and will spend next summer here.
His vigorous and vivacious personality
deny the 10 years to which he con-
fesSes
The Coconino sun., 1925-08-28
FREMONT OLDER, VETERAN
PUBLISHER SAYS WONDERS
OF ARlz<>NA UNDESIRABLE

nished the raging torrents down the
old reliable Moencopi wash, with one
or two other minor ones, for the re-
turning caravan of automobiles.
"When we hit the first one of these
washes running full of water, we join
ed up with Timothy Riordan and his
party from Flagstaff" !" said Mr. Older
in a most interesting chat with the
editor Of The Sun. "It was but a
short time before this big, outstanding
western American, had organized the
on-coming men in cars and had tested
out the water; wading out into it with
his blue overalls, holding hands with
others finding the right way through.
One car after another went through.
The understanding was that no outfit
should beat it until all were through.
1t reminded me of the Covered
Wagon" stuff and | couldn't help but
think of the great Arizona spirit of
standing together until the impend-
ing trouble was over. We passed this
wash successfully and had then came
to, | think it was Moencopi wash,
where it seemed that no car could pos
sibly get across without washing
down stream. 1t looked like the end
of the trip for the night, or at least
until the big rush of water got past.
Charlie, some one in the governors
party, said it was all off. He had
plenty of grub to feed the whole line
and was a good cook at that. That
sounded rather good if we were going
to stay there all night. Again Mr..
Continued on Page Three
The Coconino sun., 1925-08-28
THIS TRIP SHOWS WHAT
"A DIFFERENCE In AUTO
TRAVEL 1904 AND NOW

Charles H. Holdson, driver, and
Mike Newman, exploitation director of
the Christie Film company, arrived in
Flagstaff yesterday morning, Off
ciafly registered with Miss Mary
Costigan, owner Orpheum theater, re-
naming here an hour then left to
complete their seven-day dash from
Los Angeles to New York. They are
travelling in a Studebaker standard
coach.
The attempt at record, in which the
Christie people and the Studebakel
corporation are cooperating, is very
unique in that it is proposed to make
tn journey in seven days, not run
ming at night. The trip is to celebrate
the 25th anniversary of the automo
bile and broadcast "Seven Days." a
new film production by the Christie
company, which will before long be
shown at the Orpheum.
Holdson, the driver, says he's going
to put the car through because he
eats no meat, mixes no starch foods
with his fish calories, doesn't use
sugar, tea, coffee, white flour or vege-
tables that are cooked with water and
salt. He says Battling Nelson whip
ped Joe Cans because Nelson didn't
and Cans did eat and drink such
things.
Newman, boss of this trip, in 1904
drove from New York to Los Angeles
in one Of the first automobiles made
his highest speed II miles an hour.
His record for the trip-then consid
cred phenomenal-being II days.
Forty-two miles was the greatest
distance made any one day. Contrast
ing then and now, they drove the 544
miles from Los Angeles to Flagstaff
in 16 hours.
The Coconino sun., 1925-08-28
RIFLE CLUB SCORES

Rifle club shooters had big time
Sunday at the City park rifle range.
A big crowd turned out and some eX-
cellent scores were made. In the mer-
chandise shoot, Ed Babbitt, Wild Rau-
debaugh, j. w. Briscoe and Lew
Shanks were winners of candy and
bacon.
The scores were: Lew Shanks 23x25,
Ed Babbitt 57x75, Joe Babbitt 29x5O,
HI. o. Scurlock 41x50, Joe Tissaw
55x75. Pat Morgan 56x75, j. w Bris-
coe 57x75, H. H. Gaisser 29x50, Ray
De Lescailles 19x25, K. X. Henness
1925, w. S. Beard 17x25, Wick
Thompson 1926, H. 0. Blackwell 19x
Is, Pete Solberg 21x25, Ed Raude-
baugh 21x25, Lefty Lewis 20x25.
The boys had a good time and said
it was the best shoot yet. Next Sun
day they will shoot again at 10 o'clock.
The Coconino sun., 1925-08-28
TEACHERS OF COLLEGE
SCATTER EVERYWHERE
FOR FIVE WEEKS REST

With the closing Of the summer
term at Flagstaff State Teachers col
lege last Friday, the faculty members
in most instances have scattered far
and wide for summer vacations,
though a few viii remain in Flagstaff
to rest during all or most of their
five weeks off duty.
President and Mrs. T. A. Cotton will
visit numerous parts of the state,
President Cotton interesting prospec-
tive students in enrolling here.
Vice president Grady Gammage
and wife will put in most of their va
cation at Tucson and vicinity.
Tom 0. BelIwood and wife will be
home in few weeks from their sum-
mer's visit in England and Tom will
again be at the helm in the CONNER
cial department.
Miss Ruth Z. Bormose, language
teacher, left Friday for her home at
Murietta, Calf. She plans teaching
next year in the east. She will be
succeeded here by Mrs. Ida Whiting
ton Douglass of Tucson, well known
former resident here whose husband
is director of the observatory at Tue
son.
Miss Wilymth Case, art, returns for
next year and in the meantime will
visit various parts of this state and
California.
Mrs. Carolyn Smith, business secre-
tary, left Friday on trip that IN
cludes Los Angeles, to visit friends;
San Francisco, Portland, to visit other
friends; Seattle, Vancouver, then by
way of the Canadian Rockies to Win
nipeg; back to Minneapolis to her
mothers home, then to Rochester,
Mimi, just to be reassured by the Drs
Mayo as to her abundance of health;
to Ortonville, that state, to visit Miss
Mary Shumaker, and back here by
way of Chicago and Denver.
Miss Shumaker, music, has gone to
her home in Ortonville, Mimi, for va
cation and will teach next year in
West Virginia college.
Miss Dorothy Gelhaus, secretary to
DR.. Cotton, will remain in Flagstaff
Continued on Page Thirteen)
The Coconino sun., 1925-08-28

Fremont Older, publisher o. 50 Ye
San Francisco Call, was one Of The
most enthusiastic and appreciatiye
visitors to the famous Hopi Snake
dance this year. Mr.. Older was ac-
companied by Mrs. Older, who was
also completely enthralled not only by
the weird mysticisns of the Indian
dancers who were making their an
maui prayer to the Great Spirit for
abundant rains that they might raise
crops and prosper, but with the scenic
beauty scattered about with a more
lavish hand than can be found in any
other given territory in the whole
world.
Mr.. and Mrs. Older were the guests
of Governor Hunt, having met him
here to make the trip by auto to visit
the Indian country. The Hopis' pray
ers for rain were answered very
promptly. A cloudburst came before
the dancers had fairly finished their
supplications and the antelope chiefs
had gathered up their rattlesnakes
and carried them to the east, south,
north and west and sent them on their
way free to hunt their homes again
among the warm rocks of the lower
country. The return trip made the
whole occasion ideal. No journey to
the old Indian villages to witness the
Snake dance has ever been thought a
complete success unless there were a
few washouts, bad sand hills or stormy
weather of some kind to make it
a memorable visit to the
Indian country. The cloudbursts fur
The Coconino sun., 1925-08-28
TWO MEXICAN BOYS
KILLED BY TRAIN

Pablo Vallejo, 21 years old, and his
brother-in-law, Guadalupe Aguirre, 22,
natives of Old Mexico employed by
the Santa Fe near Chalendar, were in
stantly killed about seven o'clock Fri
day night by an eastbound freight
train which came up behind them.
The boys had gone back to the place
where they had been working to get
their dinner buckets. Returning to
Chalendar, they met freight train
coming west and sidestepped it. 1t
happened that an eastbound freight
train was rounding the curve back of
them but on account Of the noise of
the freight they were facing, they evi-
IDENTIFY did not hear the one from the
west and were struck with terrific
force. A coroner's jury was inn
paneled Saturday morning and rem
dered verdict of accidental death. 1t
is thought that the freight train crew
were unaware of the accident. The
men had recently come from Old
Mexico, Vallejo having been here but
two weeks. Aguirre's father is IN
Miami. Both men were married.
The two were buried in one grave
in the Williams cemetery Sunday aft
ernoon, the double funeral taking
place from ST. Joseph's church.
The Coconino sun., 1925-08-28
MAYHEM BOAT RIDES
IN HIS STUDEBAKER

Carl Mayhem, J. C. Brown and Jim
Treagle found the Navajo reservation
rather moist when they drove out to
Gap trading post Tuesday. After
leaving the bridge at Cameron they
were caught in cloudburst. One
cloud seemed to come up the Moen-
copi wash, another down it. The
clouds met about directly over Mr..
Mayhew's party and the fun started.
From seven-mile hill on to the Gap,
the road was a solid sheet of water.
The Studebaker bore marks of water
up to the lights. For mile after mile,
the water was half way up to the
hubs of the car.
The party returned Wednesday eve
ming. On their trip to the Gap they
met only one car.
The Coconino sun., 1925-08-28
MANY GUESTS AT THE
COUNTY PARSONAGE

The county Jail is rather congested
due to the efficiency of Sheriff J. Q.
Parsons and his aides. At present p
prisoners are housed opposite the
courthouse. Some of the better be-
haved have been bedded down on top
Of the cells, there not being room for
them inside. The Jail house has the
appearance of an apartment house IN
lower New York or the sleeping quar-
ters on a battleship. At the present
rate it will soon be necessary to raise
the roof and run night and day
shift of sleepers, so all the prisoners
can get their needed rest.
The Coconino sun., 1925-08-28
RAINS EMOTIONAL" AT
GOVERNMENT PRAIRIE

R. w. Watson, the veteran Govern
ment Prairie rancher, was in Monday
from his ranch. Mr. Watson says he
does not feel that he had had a fair
shake with the rainmaker this sum
mer. He had in three acres of lettuce
and took but three crates off the area,
while his neighbor, Harvey Crockett,
who is located three miles south sold
over $400 worth of lettuce from a
third of an acre. Rains were frequent
on the Crockett ranch all during the
summer. Mr.. Watson estimates his
crop loss at $4,000 Judging from re-
suits on the Crockett place.
The Coconino sun., 1925-08-28
MRS. F. B. RICHMOND IS
TREASURER WOMAN'S CLUB

Mrs. Frank Richmond was elected
treasurer of the Flagstaff Woman's
club at the called meeting at the club
house last Saturday afternoon. This
was to fill the vacancy caused by the
absence of Mrs. J. B. Francis, who is
spending the fall and wintre in Dem
yer.
Mrs. P. j. Lindemann was elected
chairman of the Ciyics section and
Mrs Bertha Kennedy, secretary, to
fill vacancies due to the leaving of
Miss Helen Lamb, chairman and Mrs.
Francis, secretary.
New members voted in were Mrs.
A. Evers, Mrs. 7. E. Spencer, Mrs. L..
f. Hart, Mrs. j. B. Wright, Mrs.
Frances McIlwaine, Mrs. Eugene Bur
rus, Miss Margaret Brainard and Miss
Louise G. Freeland.
The Coconino sun., 1925-08-28
MRS, TOM BROWN LOST
IN WOODS NEAR HOME

Mrs. Brown, wife of R. Tom Brown,
sheepman, was lost near their ranch
at Marshall lake on Sunday night.
Mrs. Brown was driving several
burros to pasture. She paused to
shoot porcupine and the burros scat
tered in all directions. In her attempt
to round them up she lost her bear
ings. Undersheriff D. L. Mckinney
went out from town to help search for
her. They built fires and fired guns.
About o'clock she walked up to one
of the fires, tired out but otherwise
none the worse for her experiences.
The Coconino sun., 1925-08-28
GENERAL" GRANT UNDER
ARREST ON BOOZE CHARGE

Federal prohibition officers, work
ing in cooperation with the sheriff's
office, brought in two more stills yes
terday. Both cookers were picked up
10 miles east of town. w. II. Grant,
rancher, was arrested charged with
operating them The stills were each
of about 20 gallons capacity. Eighty
gallons of mash was also taken.
Grant, was nicknamed General"
several years ago following an almost
sanguinary conflict among some
Doney park farmers and in which he
figured in a stellar role.
The Coconino sun., 1925-08-28
T. S. BUNCH AND MISS
HELEN PERRY MARRIED

A pretty wedding took place Sun
day night at o'clock at the home OF
Mrs. Laura f. Perry ON South Ken
drick street when her youngest daugh-
ter, Miss Helen Perry, became the
bride of Thomas S. Bunch, the cere-
mony being performed by Judge j. y.
Jones, uncle of the groom, in the
presence of relatives. Miss Zella
Jones was bridesmaid and Arthur
Perry, a brother of the bride, stood
up with the groom. A five-course
wedding supper was served after
which the young couple left for the
Perry ranch at Mormon lake where
they viii spend their honeymoon.
This marriage unites two of Flag
staff's Oldest families, the Perry and
Bunch families having been here for
over 80 years. Mrs. Bunch attended
Normal and has lived here with her
family all her life. She is charming
young woman. Mr.. Bunch is young
man of sterling character and at pres
ent is in the employ Of the Flagstaff
Lumber company.
Those at the wedding were the
brides mother, Mrs. Laura e. Perry;
her brother, Arthur Perry; her uncle,
Charles Perry of Williams and his
wife and children; the groom's mother,
Mrs. t. S. Bunch; Mr. and Mrs. w. A..
Campbell, Ayo and Zella Jean Camp
bell, Mrs. William G. Lentz, Judge j..
e. and Mrs. Jones, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Lane and Mrs. Perry's sister,
who is visiting here this summer.
The Coconino sun., 1925-08-28

the price tag found in the room that
charge of theft could be made with
certainty.
Michael assumed the blame for
everything, pleading guilty. The
others were released. Cook tried to
find work here, but without result, he
said. Justice of the Peace Tom Pull
liam delayed action in Michael's case
until yesterday afternoon, awaiting
answers to kilograms the quartet sent
out in an attempt to raise money
The attempt failed.
Mr.. Pulliam was in a quandry. The
condition of the younger woman made
it seem certain that if he held her
husband she would be the chief suf-
ferer, and likely would have to be
taken care of at county expense. He
gave Michael a 60-day jail sentence,
suspending it until September l, when,
he believes, the four will be gone. He
advised them to go, telling them if
they tried to stay here and make a
living 1t would be hard game, as it
was generally known what they had
been up to.
Though Cook and the older woman
were not married and the other two
not until this month, they said they
began travelling together last year in
Denver and had been in Los Angeles
for some time since then.
The Coconino sun., 1925-08-28
MORMON LAKE GROWING
RAPIDLY IN POPULARITY

Judge o. J. Baughn of Phoenix with
his family are among the prominent
guests down at Mormon lake. Judge
Baughn says Flagstaff is losing thou-
sands of dollars by having bum road
to this famous summer resort.
The Judge declares that Mormon
lake is rapidly being discovered" by
the people of the south who come up
the southern route. They would like
to visit Flagstaff oftener if the road
this way was put in good condition.
The Coconino sun., 1925-08-28

Mr.. and Mrs. r. D. Collins left in
their DIR Wednesday morning by way
Of Phoenix for their home in Los
Angeles. They were accompanied by
Miss Helen Smith. Miss Benice
Smith left yesterday by train for
Phoenix. The Misses Helen and Ber-
nice. whose home is in Phoenix, spent
the summer here with their grand
mother, Mrs. Matilda Wisehart. Mrs.
Collins and her husband spent week
with the formers mother, Mrs. Bertha
Kennedy.
The Coconino sun., 1925-08-28

They are Ira Michael and wife and
W. H. Cook and lady. The Michaels
were married the 9Th of this month
in Albuquerque and she expects soon
to be mother. The other woman is
Mrs. Michael's mother. Both men are
big huskies who ought easily to earn
an honest living, Cook especially, as
he has a fireman's license.
The quartet, each in turn, tried un-
availingly to get credit at one store
One got a watch and chain of Jimmie
Lewis at the Breen-Lewis drug and
jewelry store, asserting he previously
had goods shipped to him at Los
Angeles on credit and had paid for
them. The similarity in names, the
one being given being Michael, led
Jimmy astray and he fell. He later
recovered the watch and chain, after
Michael had failed to pawn them,
but a stranger would have hard time
of it now buying even a white ele-
phant from Jimmy without paying in
advance and waiting until Jimmy bit
the money to see if it was genuine.
Credit at Rabbits was secured and
at a restaurant. The quartet got
rooms at B. c. Blacks. A $50 travel
ing bag found by the officers with the
goods bought on credit was identified
as being from Rabbits. 1t was not
until careful search was made and
The Coconino sun., 1925-08-28
HARD ROAD TO TRAVEL

Attaining the hereafter by way of
the coal oil and matches routes isn't
so unusual. But when taken internal
ly it arrests attention. Anyway medi-
cal assistance was necessary last
Wednesday evening when Mexican
lady tried to commit suicide on South
San Francisco street by chewing
matches and then drinking coal oil.
The method of exit proved SO unpleas-
ant that mundane responsibilities will
be resumed when she RECEIVERS.
The Coconino sun., 1925-08-28
WALTER DORROUGH OF
CHANDLER DIED HERE

After an illness of three weeks Wal
ter borough, since May head me-
chanic at the reservoir, died at 2:45
yesterday afternoon at The Stork's s
Nest. Deceased was rs years old and
leaves a wife and two young boys.
Mrs. Dorrough's father, H. L. Peter
son, arrived yesterday morning and
will accompany the body to Chandler,
the family home. Mr.. and Mrs, Dor
rough last summer camped at Nor
mon lake.
The Coconino sun., 1925-08-28
TRIED TO WRECK TRAIN
NEAR WINONA, BELIEVED

Santa Fe employees report finding
that some person or persons attempt
ed to wreck train near Winona last
Friday. Two plates that hold the
rails in place and several spikes had
been removed. The job had the ap-
pearance of being incomplete, as if
some one had interrupted the maui
raider in his work. Santa lFe detec-
tives are working on the case, but thus
far no one has been arrested
The Coconino sun., 1925-08-28
FAILED TO RECALL
WINONA TRUSTEES

w. d. Thompson and w. G. Adams
were given vote of confidence in the
recall election held in Winona school
district Saturday The vote was II
for and six against their remaining
in the office of trustee One vote was
destroyed. Their opponents were Ed
v. Randolph and J. w. Strickland.
The Coconino sun., 1925-08-28
REGISTER FOR SPECIAL
ELECTION SEPTEMBER 2!

Those who registered last year will
not be required to register again to
vote at the special election to be held
on September 10Th, but all who wish
to vote must be registered. The regis
ter closes 10 days before the election.
The Coconino sun., 1925-08-28

Sam T. Johnson, former resident
Of Flagstaff, writes from Urbanette,
Ark, that he has taken 20 ton of to-
matoes off three acres of ground and
will get as many more if the good
weather continues. His postoffice has
been Maple up to recently when it was
changed to Urbanette, Ark.
The Coconino sun., 1925-08-28
TWO MEN AND TWO WOMEN
WHO TRIED TO LIVE EASY
HERE SOON COT INTO JAIL

Four transient visitors-two men and two women
who arrived here last Saturday and on Monday were ar
rested charged with stealing and also with obtaining
chandise without intent to pay probably are by now
soon will be, Floating on to newer pastures
The Coconino sun., 1925-08-28

Don Babbitt, chief deputy state land
commissioner, with his family were IN
Flagstaff Monday on their way to
Apache county on matters connected
with the state land office.
The Coconino sun., 1925-08-28

DIR. and Mrs. E. A. Miller have
rented the John Verkamp home for
the fall and winter.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-08-18
BRYAN LEAVES AN
ESTATE OF $500, 500
I'm THE NAME OF GOD, FARE
WELL LAST TESTAMENT
SAYS. WIFE EXECUTRIX.

"In the name of God, farewell"
Thus begins the last will and tesla
ment of William Jennings Bryan.
The will distributes an estate valued
at $S6050o among relatives, friends
and institutions. His estate, Mary
mont, at Cocoanut Grove, Fla, goes
to his wife, together with one-third
of the rest of his estate.
100000 in Public Requests.
His three children receive approx
mately 100000 each, according to his
own estimate. Approximately $780,
600 goes to educational and religious
institutions. 1t is understood that Mrs
Bryan will be appointed administers
trix of the estate, as Mr.. Bryan over
looked the necessity of providing for
an executor of the will. The introduc-
ton to the will is as follows:
In the name of God farewell.
Trusting forMmy salvation to the
blood of Jesus Christ, my Lord and
redeemer, and relying on His promis-
es for my hope of resurrection, con-
sign my body to the dust and recon-
mend my spirit to the God swho gave
If
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-08-18
CROP YIELD BELOW
TEN-YEAR AVERAGE
WOULD BE A SERIOUS SHORT
AGE BUT FOR AN INCREASE
IN ACREAGE.

The average prospective yield per
acre of principal crops in the United
States is lower now, the Department
of Agriculture estimates, than it has
been at this period in II years, except
in 1921.
II it were not for an increase of %
per cent in the area planted to these
crops, officials asserted, a serious crop
shortage might have been impending.
AS it is, the total production outlook
was placed at 3 per cent lower than
it was at this time last year.
The acre yield figure was IS per
cent lower than year ago, and "a
per cent under the tenyear average,
due chiefly, the officials found, to the
drouth in the corn belt and southwest
ern states, and in spite Of slight in
crease over the fve-year average for
spring wheat.
States reporting yields lower than
the ten-year average included: Mary
land, o2.7; Virginia, 1873; West Vir-
ginia, 1873; North Carolina, 94.4;
South Carolina, SS7; Georgia, 91.0;
Kentucky, 900; Tennessee, $50, and
Louisiana 99.7.
Other states reporting yields higher
than the ten-year average included
Florida, 1910; Alabama, l0l.4; Mis-
sissippi, lila, and Arkansas 1919.