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The Coconino sun., 1925-01-30
COCONINO CONSIDERABLE COUNTY
at Convention Arizona Industrial Congress by
fred Skeels of Williams

am glad of this opportunity to
speak few words on the outlook for
agriculture in our state, this coming
year.
Representing Coconino county as
do, am glad to know and assure you
that we of the north are in closer
harmony and more firmly bound in
the ties Of close relationship with the
balance of our state than ever before.
The past year has seen many thou
sands of the people of this valley
spending their summer outing in our
midst for the first time. They have
come to know US better, to better ap-
preeiate our great natural resources IN
soil fertility and widely diversified
farm products. In fact our agricul-
tural products include most every
thing with the exception Of citrus
fruits and cotton.
This was fully examplified at our
modest exhibit at the state fair, Where
il. premiums and cash prizes we rank
ed third in the agricultural counties
The Coconino sun., 1925-01-30

venture to say that no like area af-
sfords the opportunity that CoconinC
county does in farm development. The
fertility of our soil is far in advance
of any in the states and the province
| I just mentioned, and those states sup
port a population of some ten million
while rny county has about as many
thousand.
| am glad to say that we are as
sured bountiful crops the coming" sea-
son, for nature has nlantled us with
covering Of snow, many feet in
depth in places. This doubly assures
great harvest for the entire state,
for the year 1925, as it guarantees an
abundance of water for your many
irrigation projects.
So you see, our abundance Of con-
gealed moisture is your prosperity.
Just one word as to our problems.
To this vast area, from our coy
county seat at Flagstaff, is extended
civil protection, adequate schools and
good roads as far as our limited fl
nancial means will permit.
The burden of maintaining the e
necessities Of our modern ciVilizati*n II
is confined to a limited amount of the
area mentioned; for we have a land-
lord in our midst, who controls 81 per
cent of the total and contributes lit
tie or nothing to its support. True,
at times we are granted federal a d,
as is the rest of the state. But we be-
lieve that we are entitled to federal
Justice rather than aid; justice that
we may add to our taxable wealth II
the erection Of power plants and other
improvements on the Colorado liver.
that flows through our county and is
a large part of our potential wealth.
A few gentlemen at the nation )
capital have deefecd that the Grand
canyon shall not be maTred in its
scenic beauty by the introduction of
productive enterprise.
/ ask you in all fairness, has the
erection of the Roosevelt dam in any
way impaired the beauty OF the
Apache trail? To my mind it has
enhanced it. Then why should we be
handicapped in our desire to add to
the taxable wealth of our county and
state?
Natures resources, shoWered so
abundantIy on US, to my mind are IN
tended for our use and advancement
and not simply something to be look
ed upon.
With the positive assurance of an
abundance of moisture, / predict a
banner year for the farms Of our state.
The Coconino sun., 1925-01-30

of our state. True, these were but
samples from widely scattered area
Of our county. They give evidence Of
the vast possibilities the near future
holds for US in adding to the material
wealth of our great state in soil prod
ucts
ask you to bear with me for a
moment while | try and visualize to
you the vast extent and great poten-
tial wealth of Coconino county. In
fact, you have northern California
within your own state, although many
Of you have not fully realized it.
Within the confines Of Coconino
county we may place the great com
lnel1wealth of Massachusetts, its sis
ter state Of Connecticut, in one corner
We may tuck the st2tes Of Rhode Is
land ard Delaware. To these four
eastern states we can add the Cana
dian province of Nova Scotia, and still
have scme 800 square miles left, all
sufficient for national park.
So you see, we are some county. |
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KINGaI.AN MERCHANT DIED
FROM INFLICTED INJURIES

Fl. G. Gravely, manager ofsthe~J. @
Penney store at Kingman, died in the
hospital there as the result Of self
inflicted injuries.
The remains were shipped to Ronce-
fort, W. Va, the home Of Mrs. Grave
", where the deceased had requested
that he be laid to rest. Mrs. Gravely
accompanied the remains.
Mr.. Gravely had been in i'll health
for a number of years and had
thought that tuberculosis was the
cause. A post mortem examination
was made and though his lung had
been affected the conclusion was
reached that diseased stomach and
gall bladder was the principal trou-
BILE. These things, together with over
work, had affected his reasoning to
some extent toward the last.
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that the range will support pernan-
emily, it viii undoubtedly be necessary
to permit the killing of several thou.
sand deer each fall during the regu-
lar hunting season. The natural
route for the hunters and recreation
seekers to take is TO come north
through Flagstaff, thence north via
Lee Ferry. 1t is only go miles from
Flagstaff via Lee Ferry t. Fredonia
1t is only IT'D miles via Flag taft to
New House Rock, the edge of the Kat
bab game preserve. On thee othe1
hand, it is 625 mile from Flagstaff
to Fredonia via Needles and st.
George. The trip via Flagstaff is enc
of the most wonderful drives in the
state. Those who have made this trip
on both sides of Lee Ferry.
That part of Mohave county lying
north of the Grand Canyon com
prises an area of approximately 81
100000 acres.
A good connecting road via Lee
Ferry would go long way toward
eliminating the talk that is heard oc-
OI e-Ntd1iiS Tie IlOIbAt
of the Grand Canyon to Utah.
As regards the Coconino national
forest-the gross area is, roughly, L.
$4,000 acres. The estimated stand
of yellow pine sawtimber is d little
over 4,000,000,000 feet. This forest
supports a large milling industry, and
it is estimated that if properly pro-
tected against fire, and if grazing is
properly regulated, the forest is cap.
able Of a sustained annual yield OF
forty or fifty million feet B. NJ per
annum. This forest furnishes forag
for salnd 10000 head of cattle. and
approximately 10000 head of sheep
although it is believed that this num-
ber will have to be reduced somewhat.
Probably half of this forest lies on
the headwaters of streams tributary
to the Verde river This stream fur
nishes quite big per cent of the
water used for irrigation purposes in
tie Salt River valley
Within this forest are many of the
most beautiful camping spots in
northern Arizona. More and more
people are coming each year from the
counties to camp among the
pines at Mormon lake, Stoneman lake,
The Coconino sun., 1925-01-30
oRMoND PosToFFIcE

mixing a touch letter" on sight.
This is the tenth winter Rookie
feller has spent at Ormond. Ormond
folks have grown to love and respect
their winter-ti:ne neighbor And
never is the Rockefeller spirit of
democracy more strongly shown
than during his stay Here.
He seldom fails to attend services
at the little Union church He at,
tends musicales and other affairs at
the hotel. When at one of these he
quickly becomes ''one Of the party"
Scores of small boys here proudly
display shining new dimes at times.
gifts from Rockefeller.
CHUMGY
Though Rockefeller is almost
ckummy with Orlnond folk he shies
from publicity.
Maybe he just don't care to be
bothered.
The Coconino sun., 1925-01-30
NORMAL SCHOOL NOTES
BY ]. MORRIS RICHARDS

town at GIG North Beaver. Mrs. FIJI
lerup remained on the campus until a
place could be found, following her
marriage two weeks ago to Charles
Filierup of the teaching staff at
Emerson.
Intelligence tests were given to the
new students of the school on Wednes-
day. Other students who failed To
take these tests last quarter also were
tested at the same time Miss Minnie
Lintz OF the department of education
is in charge of this work.
The boys basketball team will play
Olson's Terrible Swedes of Coffey-
vile, Kansas, next Wednesday, Feb
ruary A, at Ashurst auditorium. This
team is one of the fastest and clean
est in Kansas and is making tour of
the western states playing schools
and colleges IN most of the cities and
towns of any size. This promises to
be one of the best games of the sea-
son or of any season ever played in
Flagstaff. The Normal team is in
strict training and is working dill
gently after returning from its
hard trip east to get in shape for this
great game.
While the teams were away on their
trip last week, the basketball court in
Ashurst auditorium was changed so
that it now is the long way of the
floor and is so arranged that there is
room for a much larger crowd to find
seats to witness a basketball game
than has ever been possible before.
The court is now As by 80 feet, which
is as large as most college indoor
courts
The Coconino sun., 1925-01-30
PLEAS TO ROCKEFELLER FOR AID
SWAMPLNG LITTLE POSTOFFICE

1MAII from all over the world is
lVI literally covering up Mrs.
Macon Thornton. postmistress
at Ormond. Fla.
You see. John D. Rockefeller
spends his winters at his winter
home .The Easements" just across
the Halifax River from the little city
Of Ormond.
The mail. is for John d.
And the largest part Of the letters
coming to the Ormond postoffice for
John d. Rockefeller now are of~the
lor-aid type.
JUST SIX MONTHS
So many of these are received by
the aged philanthropist that II he
should make favorable response to
all the pleas the Rockefeller fortune
would be depletedlin just six months
This is the estimate Of Newton
Davis, RockefeIler secretary. laws
made it at the request of Rockefeller
Having heard the report, Rookie
feller expressed sympathy for Mrs.
Thornton and her one assistant,
woman. and returned to his golf.
NEVER OPENED
Close friends of Rockefeller say
that 80 per cent of these byma.l
pleas, whether received al Ormond.
at % Wall Street. or any other
Rockefeller place. are never opened.
In fact. much of the mail that
comes to Ormond is not taken out Of
the postofTice Rockefelier's secre- !
tary and others of his staff have de-
veloped an uncanny sense for recog'
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serve; and many recreation seekers
want to go up and seer the numerous
natural wonders in Utah.
In order that the Kaibab deer herd
may be kept down to the numbers
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IMPORTANT TO OPEN
NORTH STRIP TO STATE

Continued from Page One)
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Mrs. Dorothy Fillerup has lefi
CampbelLhall and is now living down
The Coconino sun., 1925-01-30

Mrs. R. c. Cresswell Of Winslow
was on the campus Sunday visiting
with Ter daughter Bernadine, one Of
Normal's popular young femnies.
The Coconino sun., 1925-01-30

Mrs. Cotton has been i'll for a few
days but is able to be about again.
The Coconino sun., 1925-01-30

Mrs. r. G. .Stevenson,S accompanied
by Mr.. Stevenson, left Friday eve-
ming for Phoenix to have an operation
performed for appendicitis. The
operation took place Monday morning
and her many friends at school and
down town were very much pleased to
receive word from Mr.. Stevenson that
sit had been successful.
The Coconino sun., 1925-01-30

Yesterdays meeting Of the Camp
fire girls ended a two weeks course
under Miss Florence Heinz, state di-
rector of Campfire. This course is
required of senior girls of the school
who expect to go out and direct
Campfire in the schools in which they
teach.
The Coconino sun., 1925-01-30

Miss Willie Smiths class in dieta-
ton received some practical exper ence
last Friday when they attempted t.
take Mr.. Wilson's speech in assembly.
They are as yet not very speedy and
so it would be impossible to get Mr..
Wilson'S speech from the notes taken
However, plan by which each stu
dent gives a short speech and rest
take it IN shorthand, IS being worked
out and by the time the quarter is
over some of them will probably be
taking verbatim any speech that naay
be given in their hearing.
The boys Of Taylor hall gave ra-
dio party Sunday evening and invited
their lady friends over from Campbell
and Morton halls. Local broadaasting
was the feature Of the early evening.
but later on programs froH various
stations in California were picked up.
Paul Plummer has fine set and
everyone enjoyed the program of the
evening. Professor and Mrs. Z. G.
Osborn and Mrs. Cotton were also
there.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1925-09-19

around a sharp corner of the rock mountain, I met great big black bear. He looked like he was going to eat me for for supper l climbed up a a tree but the bear climbed up the tree too.
 l did not know what to do so 1 jumped in to the swift river and swan home. The bear tried to jump after me but he was so pig and clumsy that he could not jump far enough, so he hit his forehead against d rock and killed himself.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1925-09-19
SCHOOL NOTES
Deanie O'Neill

Last year all of the school children were busy making pict- ures for their rooms. We would get pictures out of the Normal Instructor and other books, col or them cut them out, and paste them on different colored mount ing paper. We also had books ot South America and different cou ntries. We would get all tae pict ures we could of the country we were making books of, and paste them onto sheets of paper. after that tie them into books.
 After We had all the pictures put up in our room all lhe school children and Mrs. Ha HaGslaaaislulzn around and ms pected to see who had done the best work We had sheets of paper on which were written all the names of the sch, ool children. Mrs. Harrais had written on them, No. of Exhibits, Mounting, Choice of pictuaes and General Effect. Under number of exhibits we would put the mum ber of things we had on eXhi bition Below mounting we grtd ed on Wneth they Were pasted straight on the cards. Then the General Effect Was how it looked as you walked into the oom and lOoIleu Ht IL as q WhoIe Our grad ing marks were E for excellent C fol good and F for poor. E cou AlSo S l'oIllio, " O3 duu ].
 Louise was first with 134 points, Deanie second with IF points, and Janus third With 1I2 points.
 The winners got to choose from a number of pictures for their prizes.
 Leonard BreaWick
 Once was going 10. a walk. l was walking by the side of a rock moanta!n. As 1 came
The McCarthy weekly news., 1925-09-19
Leonard DIea ick

Once l Was going fo walk. l was walking by the side of a rock moanJa!n As 1 came
Seward daily gateway., 1925-09-03
SOUTHERN SCRIBE DESCRIBES FAMOUS
 KENNECOTT MINES
SEWARD VISITOR GATHERS FIX CELLENT MATERIAL WHILE
 ON NORTHERN TRIP.
TOOK IN THE GUGGIE CAMP
Much Interest Created During the Inspection of Mills In the
 kennecott Region.

F. P. Roper, Lodi Sentinel publish CT and scribe extraordinary, who passed thru Seward recently, in his series of articles of impressions gain ed during his Alaska journey has the following to say about Kennecott, the camp at the end of the Copper Riv- CT & Northwestern railroad:
 Srelna, July 24.
 Today we visited the Kennecott copper mines, the largest in the world. The train stopped an hour to let us inspect the mill of the Bon anza, Jumbo and Mother Lode mines. We found this inspection very inter esting. The ore is brought to the mill. a distance of about four miles by tramways, crossing ravines 300 feet deep and going right down the moutain side. The loaded buckets pull up the empties and create enough extra power to run dynamo. The electricity is used to run an auto matic breaking machine which regu lates the speed of the cables. Ii takes 45 minutes for one of the buck cts to travel the distance from the mill to the mines. Each of these buckets carries 700 pounds of ore
Seward daily gateway., 1925-09-03

and one arrives each minute from the different tramways. The com pany employees 750 men and brings in 24,00O tons of ore to the mill each year.
 There are two grades of ore now being milled. The high grade, which runs from 60 to 70 per cent pure cop per, is run through crushers, sacked and shipped in it's native state, while the low grade, which runs from $ to 8 pr cent copper, is concentrated at the mill. This requires a long pro- cess, but with improved machinery they manage to take out practically all the copper. Formerly they were getting it all but one per cent, but now by the use of a chemical pro- cess they are recovering 95 per cent of the one per cent that formerly was wasted The reason of trying to get all the copper is on account of the high cost of transportation. The concentrates and the native high grade copper ore are shipped to the big smelter at Tacoma, where it is mixed with iron ore, which acts as a slag in making pure copper This company also produces it's own iron ore used for this purpose.
 The company is now producing four and a half million pounds of pure copper monthly. Trains hauling the ore run to Cordova from two to three times each week, carrying about 50( tons each trip.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-09-03
BERNIE CUNNINGHAM
 NARROWLY ESCAPES
 SERIOUS ACCIDENT
RAILROAD BRAKE OUT DUCK HUNTING HAS PECULIAR
 ACCIDENT, REPORT.

H. Porter, Anchorage teamster and freighter, has just completed a con- tract hauling tie timber on Saw mill creek.
 The gasboat Beaver, bureau of ed ucation craft, has been taken out Of the water and is undergoing re- pairs in the Alaska Railroad mechan- ical shops. The freighting in of sup plies to the Tyonic Indian Coopera- tive store vii begin when the boat is showed back into the waters.
 Ducks are flying all about An chorage as result of the hunters in the field driving them from their regular haunts
 A peculiar accdent occurred the other day when Bernie Cunningham, the popular brakeman on the pas senger service of the Alaska Rail- road, was in the act of letting fly at a flock of ducks. As the acci- dent is narrated just as Bernie rais- ed the automatic gun to shoot, the barrel dropped off, just prior to the discharge. The concussion blew in the entire side of the barrel, Gun ningham narrowly escaping serious ! accident. The gun belonged to Jim Jim Kennedy, who, as a result of Cunninghams accident, is sporting a new gun.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-09-03
COME AND HEAR CHAS. w. HAM LEY, THE WORLDS GREAT
 EST MEMORY EXPERT.

Demonstrate and lecture on the psychology of memory, using educa- tional, interesting and entertaining subjects. Monday, Sept. 7.
 Address-Liberty Theater.
 Free entertainment-No Collection.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-09-03

The Bureau of Public Roads have fixed the highway leading out of Sew ard in fine shape.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-09-03

Seweard Schools start next Tues day, according to Prof. Barnett.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-09-03

Many halibut boats are arriving in port this week with short catches.
The Washington times., 1925-06-08
Opening Of Swimming
Pools Marked BY
1 Record Crowds

Attendance records were
broken at the three playground
swimming pools opened Satur-
day after The Washington
Times had notified Commits
sioner Cuno H. Rudolph that q
score of prominent business and
professional men had underwrit-
ten the $1,000 necessary to
their upkeep until July /.
From 10 o'clock Saturday
morning until closing time in
the afternoon all of the pools
were packed to capacity, more
than $500 men, women and
children took advantage of the
bathing places.
The pools will be open from
3 to 6 every afternoon except
Saturday when they will be.
open from 10 a. m. to 6 p. m.
After the close of school on
June 18, the pools will be open
daily from 9 to 6 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1925-06-08
BODIES OF 2 DROWNED
IN POTOMAC RECOVERED

The bodies of Levy McCauley, ST.
Elizabeth Hospital patient, drowned
whilc he was in swimming near
Geisboro Point, and Vernon Kid.
well, nineteen, of Alexandra, Va.
drowned when the canoe in which
he was riding. off Arlington Beach
turned over Saturday were reported
recovered by Harbor precinct police.
McCauley was identified by off.
Gals from st. Elizabeth's and has
been transferred to the asylum. The
police say that KiawelI was identi-
fled by his aunt who was sum.
moned to this city when the body
of a youth was taken from the
water near the beach today. Eliza
beth Beaton, of Alexandria, Va,
who was with Kidwell in the canoe
at the time it turned over. was
rescued.
The Washington times., 1925-06-08
IV|AJ.C.H. brown
TO A|DP PARK
DIRECTOR
Capt. w. c. Cox to Be Assist.
ant Sanitary Inspector in
New Office
FINES eTHFE p30T0

Organization Of the office Of pub
lie buildings and public parks Of
the National Capital. created by
Congress last spring, has practical.
ly been completed, following ap.
pointment today of two new staff
members.
The new members are Major
Carey HI. Brown. formerly assistant
District engineer commissioner, az
deputy assistant to the director and
Captain Wesley C. Cox, assistant to
the sanitary inspector Of the office.
Major Brown will report here for
duty July Is. He is now director
of the department Of military arts
at the Engineer School. Camp
Humphreys, Va. He was under
orders to command the staff school
at Leavenworth. Kan. but was
transferred here because Of his
familiarity with the needs of the
District.
Captain Cox, who returned this
week from Panama. where he was
on medical duty and where he also
served as director Of social work.
will serve as aide to Major George
LulI, sanitary inspector Of the Of
flee. Captain Cox will have charge
Of the inspection OF springs in Rock
Creek and Glover parkways, cafeter.
Jas in Government buildings and
general sanitation in all Government
buildings, grounds and parks in the
District
Lieutenant Colonel C. o. Sheriff.,
director. who has been under treat
ment at Walter Reed Hospital FOR
several days, returned to duty today.
The Washington times., 1925-06-08
shower BATHS
IN STREETS
PLANNED
Commissioners Will Discuss
PracticabiIity of Proposal
for Heat Relief

street showers for children of
Washington will be discussed at the
District Commissioners meeting to-
morrow. The recommendations of
Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes. super
visor of Fairgrounds, that seven
teen OF these showers be put in
use will be considered by the city
heads.
Commissioner Frederick A. Fen
ming, in charge of the playground
department, today STAMPED his ap.
proval on the plan to provide street
bathing for the children.
81 think it an excellent idea II
the District can spare the water"
Fenning said. when / was a
child. we had no such things. We
We're forced to swim in the river,
in small ponds and other unpro
tected waters.
eff these showers can be pro.
vided throughout the city, am
sure they will be OF great benefit
to the children and possibly do
away with drownings, such as oc
CURED last week."
Commissioner Fenning plans to
discuss the proposition with Mrs
Rhodes today or tomorrow.
The first street shower" in
Washington was tried out Saturday
1t was built under the direction OF
j. S. Garland, superintendent Of the
water department and was used
near the Bloomingdale playground
Even though, District officials were
only trying it out a half a hun
dred children, many in bathing
suits, flocked around 1t.
The showers are made out of pipe
in which holes are perforated. The
pipe is attached to fire plugs. Tho
cost of such showers is neglible.
The Commissioners must decide
what hours these showers can be
turned on. Mrs. Rhodes recon-
mends from 3 to p. M, pointing
out that at later hour children
would either be at dinner or get
| ting dressed for the evening. How
ever, the obstacle in these hours l.
that it will be unlawful to use the
| water for this purpose. The law
provides that the water. can be lIset
| for lawns and streets between 5 and
8 o'clock in the morning and the
same hours in the afternoon.
The Washington times., 1925-06-08
EX-SENATOR STERLING
TO PRACTICE LAW HERE

Thomas StqelinR. ex-senator from
South Dakota. Thomas S. Crago,
tormer Representative from Penn
eylvania. and Judge Charles Kerr.
of Kentucky. formerly on the bench
of the Panama canal zone were ad-
n1itted to practice today before the
Supreme Court Of the District of
Columbia on motion Of John Paul
Earnest, chairman of the examining
committee.
Other out-of-town LAWYERS permit
ted to practice here include Robert
NJ Foster of Virginia. Irwin I.
Rackoff and Henry M. Ward OF New
York. Thomas s. Settle of Virginia,
William M. Sullivan of Massa-
chusetts. ana Archie K. Shipe of
Virginia.