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The Coconino sun., 1925-12-11
MAKING HIS BOOZE DEEP
UNDER GROUND, HIS GATE
A WELL; BUT NO MORE

The most completely hidden whis-
key still unearthed in this county for
many moons was brought to town
Monday by Under-sheriff D. L. Nc
Kinney and Deputy Harry Greene.
When we say "unearthed' we don't
mean maybe, nor anything else.
The officers, actin gon some sort of
hunch, dropped in for call at the
Mike O'Haca ranch in Casner Park,
several miles east of Munds Park.
The ranch is leased to ]. M. Soravilla
of the Jerome Transfer Co. In the
house they found Diaz Alpineo, a
young man who said he was there
looking after the lessee's interests.
Two barrels of raisin, peach and
prune mash was found in the bed
room. Then commenced a hunt for
the still. The officers were about to
give up when they noticed a rubber
hose leading from a barrel just out
side the house. The rubber hose ran
into an abandoned we'll close by.
The officers, acting on some sort of
hunch, dropped in for call at the
enough. But Greene had heard
something's constant muffled sound
that reminded him of the way the po-
tatoes boil at home. He was bent on
locating that sound Adding the
sound to the rubber hose, he was con-
WINGED the sum of his new-fangled
algebra was the WELL
Down into the well he went. Just
above the water, behind the curbing,
was a small door. From this tun-
mel, and then a large underground
room was found, extending part way
under the house. In. that room was
three-burner oil stove, surmounted
by fine 30-gallon copper still, and
several more barrels of ripe fruit
mash.
The long copper coil, running
brandy, passed from the still to a
barrel and was kept cool by water
brought from another well and poured
into the barrel near the house, thence
down through the rubber hose to cool
the coil.
Diaz, seeing the jig was up, helped
the officers get the still out and pour
the mash into the we'll Then he came
to town with them. They brought
along about four gallons of finished
spirits.
Diaz pleaded guilty Wednesday
morning in superior court before
Judge j. E. Jones, who probably will
sentence him Tuesday.
Diaz said that as he was there all
alone he thought he'd run off a hum
dred gallons or so of liquor, then sell
it. He had worked in distilleries in
France and Brazil, and he knew how.
The outfit was a fine one. He said
it had been left there by a couple of
bootleggers whose use of it was in
terrupted by the officers getting too
close on their trail.
The Coconino sun., 1925-12-11
W. R. ELMORE,, RESPECTED
FORMER FLAGSTAFF MAN,
DIED SUNDAY IN WINSLOW

w. r. Elmore died in Winslow last
Sunday evening Though an invalid
for many years his had been a COM
paratively active life and upon ris-
ing the day previously he had dressed,
SO actual illness in bed had been for
but day.
Long a resident of Flagstaff, hav-
ing come here for his health IL years
ago his cheerful optimistic outlook on
life made a lasting impression on all
VINO knew him. tuberculosis had
sent him to Albuquerque in 1911. Al
ways ambitious, plunging into his
work as millwright upon his return
east, he again lost his vigor and had
TO come west to stay. In the summer
Of 1913 he brought his family here
from Little Rock, Ark. From this
time until two years ago he was em-
ployed at the Flagstaff lumber mill.
Soon after coming here a fall at
the mill caused a broken hip, which
later developed tubercular condition.
Then the other leg became useless and
his crutches were succeeded by a
wheel chair in which he rode while
overseeing his mill work. Last Sep
temher the family moved to Winslow,
where Mr.. Elmore personally acted az
overseer in the building of new
home. In fact two weeks ago he did
actual construction work on it. His
health had failed noticeably only
during the last two weeks.
e The funeral took place on Wednes-
day at 10 O'Clock, under the auspices
Of the Odd Fellows. Services were
held at the home and read by DR.. r..
Herbert Hayden, the Baptist minister.
Winslow Odd Fellows gave their rit-
ual ceremony at the grave. There
we're beautiful floral offerings, many
from Flagstaff. Mrs. Roy Potter,
.lis daughter, and her husband, Mr..
and Mrs. William Ryan, Mrs. D. 5.
Lewis, Mrs. Eugene Burrus and Mrs.
F. j. Lindemann went from here for
he funeral.
William Russell Elmore was born
in Vandalia, H., December 27, 1861.
where he lived until reaching young
manhood. He taught school in that
state for some time. He was an ex-
pert millwright and specialized in the
installing of new machinery in lun-
Der mills. He was also builder and
contractor.
When young man he married
Miss Rena Nethery in Illinois. Mrs.
Roy Potter of Flagstaff was their
only child. Mrs. Elmore dide when Luz
cile was six months old. In 1905, he
married in Little Rock, Ark, Miss
Hattie McColIum, who survives him.
A sister, Mrs. Lucy Dillingham;, who
visited him here a year ago. lives III
Illinois. A niece, Miss Alta McCol-
lum, and a nephew, Walden, made
their home with the Elmores since
1916. Their father, w. T. McCollum,
a railroad man in Winslow, is Mrs.
Elmore's brother. Mr.. ElmoTe was
a member of the Baptist church, was
Woodman of the World and an Odd
Fellow.
Deceased always had a CHEEKY mani
ner, an example to those with whom
he came in contact, and his handicaps
never once dampened his joy in life.
The Coconino sun., 1925-12-11
DOC" SHEFFIELD PASSES
AWAY AT KINCMAN

Death early Saturday terminated
a life that for most of its years knew
suffering which was we'll hidden un-
der an exterior of cheerfulness.
Zadok Sheffield died of pneumonia in
a Kingman hospital after an illness of
two weeks. On the Sunday preceding
Thanksgiving, very cold windy day,
he conducted the Loyal Order of
Moose turkey shoot, catching cold
which in a day or two resulted in
pneumonia. His friends sent him to
Mercy hospital, where he remained
a day or so, when his desire to go to
Kingman was acceeded to against bet
ter judgment and on Thanksgiving
night he left by train. His many
friends there gave him every advan-
tage but his frail body could not hold
out longer. He was buried in King
man Sunday afternoon, the services
being conducted by the Flagstaff
Moose lodge. Many of his Flagstaff
friends showed their appreciation of
him by going to Kingman for the
services.
Deceased was born in 1888, in
Sloan Springs, Ark. Death occurred
last Saturday.
The pail bearers were j. G. Till
man, A. B. MeRae and Kirk Maxwell
of Flagstaff and Messrs. Jones, Par
nell and Powell of Kingman.
At the age of fourteen years he
suffered an attack of infantile paraly-
sis, which left him in crippled con-
dition and caused him suffering
throughout his life. Fifteen years
ago he came to Arizona He was
bookkeepers for his brother, John
Sheffield at Puentenney for some
time. Later he acted as police magis-
trate at Oatman for many years. At
one time he was for few years
manager of the telephone company
there. Two years ago he came to
Flagstaff, and bought Oliver Raude-
baugh's newsstand, later selling to
Mr.. Maxwell. For some time after
selling out he was police magistrate,
resigning a few months ago to de-
vote all his time to keeping books at
the White garage. He made his home
while in Flagstaff at the Pine hotel.
A nephew, Douglass Sheffield, is a
student at Teachers college. A broth
er lives in San Francisco and sister
IN I1e east.
AT the funeral services there were
at least 25 members of the Flagstaff
lodge present. The Kingman Elks
following their annual memorial serv-
ices attended in a body. The women
Legionnaires of 0atman furnished the
music. Col. Jack Egan, personal rep
resentative of III. S. Secretary of
Commerce James J.. Davis, delivered
a brief, eloquent eulogy at the grave.
"Doc,D as he was affectionately
known to his many close friends, will
be missed in the community especially
among the Moose and Elks, as he was
an enthusiastic lodge man and a
strong booster and an active worker
for the good Of these orders. Not
only was he patient under his mfr
nifty but he ignored it, carrying on
when many less afflicted man would
have given up.
The Coconino sun., 1925-12-11
JACKSON HOME DAMAGED
BY FIRE SATURDAY NIGHT

Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Alexander,
whose closed car was recently stolen
and then destroyed by fire before the
thieves could make their getaway,
suffered another misfortune from fire
Saturday night. A faulty safety flue
started blaze that thoroughly gut
ted their place of residence, the |. M.
Jackson house on West Railroad
avenue.
Upon their return to the house
about nine o'clock they found the wall
burning where a stovepipe with a
safety" flue passed through it. This
they extinguished with pans of water,
not suspecting any further cause for
uneasiness. Sometime later they
were amazed to see tongues of flames
which had spread between the ceiling
and upper floor, licking down through
the ceiling. Though the alarm was
promptly turned in and the fire en-
CINE as promptly responded, the whole
upper story was in flames. For a
time it seemed as if those on the up
per floor would not escape, but for
tunately everyone got out and prac-
tically everything was saved.
In the confusion pockets were pick
ed and someone lost $25 in cash. By
one-thirty the last smoldering ember
had been extinguished. Mr.. and Mrs.
Alexander and Jimmie Greggson
found refuge at the jim Tillman
home. Others made homeless were
Homer Hess, w. B. Matthews and
Messrs. Southworth and Rupert The
house is the property of |. M. jack
son of Cottonwood and is known as
the old Schwab place. It is thought
that partial insurance was carried.
The Coconino sun., 1925-12-11
COME FROM 9.FOREIGN PARTS
TO SEE OUR NICE NEW DEPOT

Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Baird of Phoenix
came up yesterday morning for visit
to old friends and had hoped to attend
the "opening exercises" at the new
depot. Roy held down a job at the
old Santa Fe depot here for num
ber of years before going to Phoenix,
consequently wanted to see how the
old town looked with a new station.
Both were pleased with the new sta
tion but disappointed in not finding
it running under full steam as had
been planned for last night.
The Coconino sun., 1925-12-11
MASONS ELECT NEW
OFFICERS FOR YEAR

Officers for the ensuing year were
elected by the local Masonic lodge at
their regular meeting last week. The
new officers, who are to be installed
later, are: Walter Runke, worshipful
master; John Simpson, senior warden;
DR.. Vaughn s. Mcclure, junior ward
en-; N. G. Layton, secretary (reelect-
ed); Joe P. Wilson, treasurer (re-
elected); Decker Williams, trustee.
The Coconino sun., 1925-12-11
INDEPENDENT INJUNS

Indians on adjacent reservations
are sitting pretty this winter, bother
ing their heads not at all about new
designs in Navajo blankets and tur-
quoise jewelry, which will soon be a
scarce article on the market. The
pinor1. crop this fall was estimated to
be the largest in many years and the
movie people left $4,000 on the reser-
vations. So long as the pinons and
pesos last there will be a dearth of
Indian craftsmanship.
The Coconino sun., 1925-12-11
IMPRESSIVE MEMORIAL
SUNDAY AT ELKS HALL
TO DEPARTED BROTHERS

The Elks memorial service at
Elks home Sunday afternoon received
much commentator. Many said the
musical part Of the program was the
best ever given by the Elks ON such
an occasion.
There was good attendance of
Elks and larger audience than last
year.
The ceremony of the snuffing of
candles on the candle board in mem
ory of departed Elks was deeply i'm
pressive. Little Mary Louise Hutson
snuffed the candles, while Lead
Kindly Light" was softly played on
the violin by Professor G. v. Ridgely,
with piano accompaniment by Mrs.
Ida w. Douglass. Rev. H. Of. Soft
ley's fine address was on the I'm
mortality of the Soul" and the latter
part of it enlarged on the subjects of
charity, justice, brotherly love and
charter member of the Yuma lodge,
gave the eulogy.
Mrs. Lorna Jessup and Miss Selma
Aas sang a solo with Mrs. G. A. Pear
son at the piano. Professor Ridgely's
violin solo was accompanied by Mrs.
Douglass. Tom o. Bellwood sang
with Mrs. Bellwood's accompaniment
on the piano. Miss Aas accompanied
the numbers rendered by the male
quartette-Messrs. Bellwood, Chester
Deaver, A. A. Johnston and George
Myers.
Dayton Draine, esteemed leading
knight, officiated in the absence of
Exalted Ruler Frank Harrison. The
ritual work was impressive and beau
tiful. Loren w. Cress, past exalted
ruler and past district deputy, Off
ciated as esteemed leading knight.
These were the other officers parti-
cipating: Ralph Davis, esteemed royal
knight; Ray Prochnow, esteemed
lecturing knight; Walter Carlson,
esquire; Dean Eldridge, chaplain; Tom
L. Rees, secretary. During the cere-
mony the piano was softly played by
Mrs. Douglass. The present district
deputy, Paul Morton of Flagstaff and
Frank Baptist of Phoenix, past dis
trict deputy, attended
The Coconino sun., 1925-12-11
OAK CREEK MOONSHINER
PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK
WITH PROHI OFFICERS

Prohi officers are bending their
energies to catching the operator of
big still in The Oak Creek country.
Recently while wo of them were hid
ing out up the mountain side waiting
for the owner of the still to drop in
and start it up, he came in from am
other direction and carted the whole
thing away. He is said to have sew
eral hiding places for the outfit and
several modes of ingress and egress,
varying his route each time so that
it would take small army to make
sure Of getting him.
The Coconino sun., 1925-12-11
RABBITS, BEWARE!

Next Sunday, Bre'r Cottontail Rab-
bit, Esq, look out. The Elks are aft
er you. That same bunch of holy ter
rors who raised thunder here during
the 40 celebration last summer.
"Rimmy" jim Giddings and Ira
Daugherty are picking the hunters
and they're sworn to provide enough
bunnies to make a big feed next Tues
day night Hunt your holes, rabbits,
we're cominpi
The Coconino sun., 1925-12-11
COLLEGE DRAMATIC CLUB
PLAY ON THURSDAY NIGHT

On next Thursday night the an
nual offering of the Flagstaff Teach
ers college dramatic club will be CIV,
en- in an extensive program of unusual
worth. The training school will give
the Christmas candle service and the
Dramatic club members will then
present one act Christmas play,
'Why the Chimes Rang"
Both these productions will have
new settings and costumes, the en-
tire program being presented for the
first time in Flagstaff There will
be no charge and it is hoped that
friends and patrons of the college will
avail themselves of this opportunity
in an even larger way than in the
past.
The Coconino sun., 1925-12-11
WORLD TRAVELLER HERE

Henry H. Williams of Honolulu
stopped off here few hours Satur-
day between trains for visit with
Mr.. and Mrs. F. S. Breen. Mr.. Will
liams has just returned from trip
around the world including few
months in Europe and Iceland. He is
on his way to San Francisco to spend
Christmas with relatives and will then
sail from New York in January for
an extended trip through South
America before returning to Honolulu.
The Coconino sun., 1925-12-11
CONNOR
ADDS HELP FOR RUSH

Mail your Christmas parcels early,
not only early in the season but early
in the day The big rush at the post
office comes late in the day, SO you
viii save your time by coming early
in the morning Christmas gifts, no
matter how much sentiment goes into
the sending, lose half their sentimen-
tai value when failing to reach the
owner by Christmas day.
Miss Helen Runke and Miss Nettie
Nickel have been added to the cleri-
cal force at the postoffice and Bobbie
McWilliams employed as extra car
rier for the holiday season. A night
shift has been put on and mail arriv-
ing at night is put right into the
boxes, thus eliminating the morning
rush.
The Coconino sun., 1925-12-11
swITZER LOSES WINDOW

The other big window in the Swift
zer hardware store is being replaced
this week, its destruction being also
due to a bad element; this time it
happens to be the wind instead of men
who last spring broke the other one
in order to swipe pistol or two.
This was an original gust of wind,
too, as it blew the window out in
stead of into the store.
The Coconino sun., 1925-12-11
HELP IT CLIMB!

The giant thermometer placed on
the south side of the postoffice build
ing Monday afternoon by Professor
Francis Osborn of Flagstaff Teachers
college graphically shows the results
being obtained in the sale of Christ
mas seals. This sale is in charge of
Miss Minnie Lintz' sociology class,
On Monday the sales had passed the
total of last year and amounted to
about a quarter of this years quota,
which is $400.
The Coconino sun., 1925-12-11
ODD FELLOWS ELECT

Odd Fellows held their annual cleo
tion of officers last Monday night.
G. l. Smith was elected noble grand;
William Lane, vice-grand, and F. M.
Gold trustee. C. w. Sullivan, treas
urer; Frank Compton, recording sec
retary, and j. R. McVey, financial
secretary were elected to succeed
themselves. The other offices are APP
pointive.
The Coconino sun., 1925-12-11
EASTERN STAR ELECTION

Mrs. J. D. Dunn will be the next
worthy matron of the Eastern Star,
having been elected to that office last
Tuesday night. Miss Agnes johnson
is the new associate worthy matron;
Frank M. Gold, patron; Mrs. William
Conley, conductress; Mrs. John Kelly,
associate conductress; Mrs. John &C.
Pierce, secretary, and Mrs. Sarah
Manning, treasurer
The Coconino sun., 1925-12-11

Notice was received this week at
the Marlar drug store that Mrs. Eli
zabeth McVey, wife of ]. r. McVey,
had successfully passed the test for
assistant registered druggist accord
ing to requirements in this state. Mrs.
McVey recently was called to Cali
fornia by the illness of her father,
but is expected home soon.
The Coconino sun., 1925-12-11
TEXAS BILL" HERE

w. G. Dickinson, known as "Texas
Bill" to distinguish him from Alf
Dickinson's brother of the same name
when they both frequented these
haunts, blew into town last Sunday
and ever since has been pumphand-
ling oldtimers aroundaboIlts. 1t was
twelve years ago that he sold out his
cattle interests here and moved to the
coast. For part of this time he farm
ed near San Diego but recently the
owner of the ranch he leased sold it
SO he is enjoying his freedom by Wis
iting his old stamping grounds here
abouts. Yesterday he went out to
the Woods ranch. He is a brother of
Mrs. Jim Byron and expects to stick
around for quite some time yet.
The Coconino sun., 1925-12-11

The community chorus to be given
under the direction of the Woman's
club Music section will meet at s
o'clock Tuesday night at the club
house for rehearsal.
The Coconino sun., 1925-12-11

Johnny O'Farrell, that good-look-
ing, regular guy that destinies the
Red Lake Indian trading post, was in
town yesterday with his feet under
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed O'Farrell's parental
table and to meet his ma-in-law, Mrs.
Ishmael, returning that morning from
Gushing, Okla, where she had visited
a son, to take her old position. as ma
tron in charge Of the government hos
pital at Tuba City.
The Coconino sun., 1925-12-11
DR.. FELIX MANNING TO
GIVE MORE TIME TO
COUNTY HEALTH WORK

At the regular monthly meeting OF
the county board of supervisors at the
courthouse Monday, DR.. Felix Man.
ming was appointed full-time county
health officer Dr. Manning for sew
eral years has been county health Of
ficer, on a part-time basis. But the
magnificent distances in this county
and the almost incessant calls made
on him, often from points 80 or more
miles away, now demand so much of
his time that it was felt by the
board that it would be better to make
arrangements with him on the basis
that county work whenever a call of
that kind comes, take precedence over
any other CALL DR.. Manning has at
all times given efficient service and
the new arrangement insures even
more prompt attention to county
eases.
All of the members--Chairman Joe
Kellam and Bob Taylor of Flagstaff
and Alfred Skeels of Williams were
at the meeting Monday
The Coconino sun., 1925-12-11

Mrs. Helen Ellery Sedgewick Mead
who spent much of the summer here
visiting scenic points on the reserva
tion, will arrive at the Commercial
hotel next Wednesday from Tucson
where she has been since leaving here
last October
The Coconino sun., 1925-12-11
NOT WANTED HERE

With the cooperation of City Police
Magistrate Frank M. Gold, City Mar
shall j. r. Cooper and Night Marshal
Claude Tackitt this week decreased
the feminine population of Flagstaff.
The operation was tactful, merely an
intimation that unless they got
honest work and worked at it they
would have to leave town or go to
Jail. 1t is reported that half-dozen
or more newcomers were involved.
The Coconino sun., 1925-12-11

MIR. and Mrs. Paul Coffin motored
to Tuba City and back yesterday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-05-12
JIGGS AND THE
ROLLING PIN
QUEEN

The opinion persists in some
critical quarters tnat in order to
correctly guage the value OF any
stage production one must use
Hampden's "Cyrano' or Skin.
ner's "Sancho Panza" as the
square. This laudable and siren
uous pursuit of the Good, the
Beautiful and the True has often
led some Of our most distinguish
ed surveyors of the theater into
the deepest kind of water. Not
being a distinguished surveyor
but merely an interested observ-
>er as Hochwollgeborn Harold
Phillips might say-no such temp
tations beset my path. In work
ing hours financial writer must
leave aesthetics strictly alone!
But l am wandering far afield.
My original intention was to
show, with all due solemnity that
it is quite impossible for a seri.
ous-minded young man to visit
the President this week and see
Bringing Up Father" and
launch into a discussion of the
drama-the way he's simply
dying to--and still write some
thing his fellow patrons will rec
ogniZe as a review. And that's
what pains me. After two tough
paragraphs it's out. Well, to
the sawmill!
Bringing Up Father" as done
at the President seems to me to
be something between Columbia
burlesQue and Princess April"
/ discovered George McManus
some years before Gilbert Seldes
did and feel as though / have a
sort OF speaking acquaintance
with the Jiggs Family en- comic
strip. But l don't seem to get
the President crowd. Honest, l
amt high hat, but it seems the
producers haven't done right by
the talented McManus.
It's not the fault of George,
heaven only knows. If there is
any strip artist in the country
who bats them out consistently
funny, its that fellow. But the
book Of this. done py Nat lie Roy
and the lyrics by r. F. Carroll,
are, well. the Charles Manchester
leaves the dock at $50, score
cards and peanuts to the left two
aisles over and one to the left.
Or what have you?
However, in all fairness 30 the
actors and actorines who have be-
come involved in this little
ruckus, it must be mentioned that
the congregation which foregath-
cred last night to watch the
Irishman crowned with a rolling
pin, enjoyed the whole thing i'm
mensely. Which should be salts
factory all around. Pete Curley--
all, what naivette! is seen as
Jiggs; Ed Morris plays Dinty
Moore and Emma Weston is Mag
gle.
Kitty is romped by Gertrude
Avery and others appearing in
clude William Pollard, Tom Bar
rett, Richard Mack ard j. Minor.
HERB HOLLANDER.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-05-12
saw the result of the inevitable!

quite nil. Without Miss Gordon's
peculiar style of etching her
points, the piece would shape up
as a collaboration Of Avery Hop
wood and Bishop Freeman. 1t
hasn't even the ingredients OF
play.
To pay tribute to Miss Gordon
is a gay duty as far as her early
scenes are commemorative especial
comment on her prose poem OF
inebriation in the second act--bllt,
In the main, THE Fall Of Eve"
!s too much Gordon stupidity
and two bad playwrights striving
to be funny, who have Actors
Equity minds. not farcical ones.
A thin plot-thread winds in and
out and around about. Sufficient
in most cases to permit Claude
King a moment or so of very ef-
fectual acting. But the role al
lotted to King is several hundred
nCtches below his plane of his
trionic normally. The same Is
true of Mason, fine accomplished
fellow, with, in this play, nothing
to do. Cora Witherspoon draws
better ticket, and lives up to
role wellwritten and well-sus-
tanned.
Matte Wilkes, as the artists