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The Coconino sun., 1926-01-22
SEVEN SCHOOLS TO
ENTER IN DEBATES

j. q. Thomas, superintendent of city
schools at Flagstaff, has been APP
pointed director of the northern Ari-
zona district, by the University Of
Arizona committee for the handling Of
inter-high school debates, and he is
now working on the debate schedule
for the district There are seven
teams in the district this year as fol
lows Jerome, Clarkdale, Prescott, st.
Joseph's academy, Holbrook, Winslow
and Snowflake.
The skeleton schedule as worked
out so far is as follows:
l. Jerome VS.. Prescott, about Feb
ruary Is.
2. Clarkdale VS.. St. Joseph's aca-
denny.
3. Holbrook vs.. Snowflake.
a. Winner of No. / VS.. winner of
No 2.
5. Winner of No. vs.. Winslow.
6. Winner of Nc. VS.. winner of
No. for district championship.
BY this system there will be three
debates for the winning team Of the
district instead Of two as last year
Each team as it loses a contest Is
eliminated from further chances Of
winning the district championship.
The winner of the district champion
ship wiil debate with the winner of
the championship in the central dis
trict. The winner Of the debate be-
tween the northern and central dis
tricts will debate with the winner Of
the debate between the eastern and
southern districts for the state cham
pionship during university week at
Tucson in the early part of May.
The question for discussion this
year is: Resolved: That a private
corporation be granted franchise to
build and operate a power dam on the
Colorado river at suitable place
within the state of Arizona" /"
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-22
MARRIAGE MIKES THE
SCURLOCK RELATIONS

Miss Anna Lee Curtis Park and
Curtis Scurlock were married last
Wednesday afternoon about 4:30 at
the Federated parsonage, Rev. H. f.
Softley reading the marriage lines.
The bride is a sister of Mrs. Herbert
Scurlock, with whom she made her
home since she came here last sum-
mer from Clarendon, Texas The
groom is a brother Of Herbert Sclr-
lock, and now Herb is wondering if
in gaining a new brother-in-law he
will lose a perfectly good brother, ana
Mrs. Herbert is wondering something
similar, Anyway, it is some kind Of
a double-in-law-ship The young folks
for the present are making their home
with their brother and sister.
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-22
Flagstaff
HIRAMS HEAR CURETON
ON TRIP ACROSS CANYON

Hirams listened to an interesting
program last Friday. Dr. e. A. Mill
er was introduced as chairman for
the day by President A. A. Johnston
and filled the bill to perfection.
Miss Selma Aas sang "The Little
Grey Home in the West" with Miss
Catherine Miller at the piano. They
were received with much applause.
Miss Miller then played piano solo.
The principal speaker was T. II.
Cureton, Of Williams, who was in
troduced by DR.. Miller. His talk
about his recent trip across Grand
Canyon was replete with humor, in
teresting and entertaining. Bc spoke
of the hardships, as well as the
thrills and sports derived from so
wonderful an experience. Guests were
Mr.. Curcton, Miss Aas, Miss Miller
Professor j. Q. Thomas and Joe
Schmidt. At the next meeting Frank
Gold will be chairman.
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-22
DAD" POWER THANKS
FLAGSTAFF FRIENDS
FOR REMEMBERING HIM
Pioneer Home, Jan. 13, Is

Pioneer Home, Jan. 13, 1926
To the Editor of the Coconino Sun:
Oh! Mr.. Editor:
AS | have no typewriter and don't
know how to use it if | had, Will
grab up my old rusty pen (pin) in
my useless old fist and try hard to
scratch you out badly written LETT
ter to thank you, and many other old
friends in dear old Flagstaff for their
kindness in remembering old dad :
Power on his ninetieth birthday. |
surely feel proud, yes and thankful to
you all for not forgetting me during
my absence.
Well this is my birthday. But as
old as ] am, if / could walk feel
like going to a dance, that Is, if |
could find some nice little blue-eyed,
rosy checked Irish lass to show how
to dance.
Oh yes, | would too dance il |
could find little lass just suiting to
my mind / would like her rather
small, leader of the fashion and the
belle of the ball.
Oh, we'll, them days are gone; yes
and so are my legs.
Again I thank you all for your
kindness.
Yours respectfully,
J. w. POWER
P. Sit is hard for me to write as
| have to hold my right hand with my
left.
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-22
FLAGSTAFF HIGH WINS
DOUBLE BASKETBALL
VICTORY OVER WINSLOW

A double victory came to Flagstaff
high school Friday night when both
boys and girls basketball teams won
over Winslow high school. The girls
were triumphant by the remarkable
score of so to 4, and the boys by 26
to 20
The first game, as indicated by the
score was unintcresting and tiresoEe.
Most of the Winslow girls were mex
perienced, our girls playing circles
around them, several of them being
given choice at different positions
during the last quarter to gain prac-
tice and confidence in new plays.
Jerome is here next, it being re-
ported that both their teams are in
wonderful working order, SO the
games promise much excitement.
The boys game was just the oppo
site of the girls. The teams were al
most equally matched and if it had
not been for the majority Of points
scored in the first half, our boys
would more than likely not have come
out victors. This game was the most
exciting the boys have played-the
ball shifted from one team to the
other, and during the last quarter,
Winslow gradually approached our
score and when the final whistle blew
were only three points below the
Eagles.
Box score of game given below:
4
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-22
DARED MAN TO AGAIN
CALL HIM LIAR; DID; KNIFE |
HIM; NOW HE'S IN JAIL

Art WILSON, %, native of Arkansas,
Is IN county Jail here charged with
stabbing a man at Grand Canyon Sat
urday evening.
Wilson admits it. He used his pen
knife, stabbing his victim, a German
named Kloste, IL times on the chest,
shoulders and back. Kloste had a
heavy leather coat on, or might have
been killed
Both men were working for the gov
ernment on the new trail Kloste
was doing stone work, Wilson assist
ing him. Kloste was dissatisfied
with his helper, and frequently "rode"
him. Saturday Wilson asked the SUI
rerintendent of the work, Rex
Brown, to transfer him. Brown did.
That night Kloste entered the tent
where Wilson and two others were,
sat down and asked Wilson if he had
told Brown that he, Kloste, was "too
hard for anyone to get along with.
Wilson said he had Kloste said
statement like that about him was
damn lie" During the argument,
Kloste repeated the damn lie"
charge twice more. Then Wilson told
him if he said it a fourth time there
would be a fight. Kloste let it fly
for the fourth time, whereupon Viii
son attacked him.
Kloste is smaller than Wilson, and
is nearly 60 years old. Wilson lost
his knife in the fight, but continued
with his fists, finally, after Kloste
was down, kicking him in the head,
it is said
Kloste will recover. County Attor-
ney Frank Harrison and Under-sher-
iff d. L. Mckinney went to Grand
Canyon Sunday afternoon. Constable
Bert Lauzon of that place had ar
rested Wilson, who was taken before
Justice of Peace Ed Hamilton and
waived preliminary hearing. Then
Messrs. Harrison and Mckinney
brought him to jail here
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-22
Do We Grow? Veil Say We Do!
By GEORGE I. HERRINGTON

added about 40 new customers, making a
total of 1880 customers being served.
The Flagstaff Electric Light company has
added 122 new lighting meters Counting
both residence and business connections),
twelve new range customers and number
of steam heating connections, making a total
of 1914 electric meters in service and "a
steam meters in service.
The attendance at the high school has in
creased "a per cent over that of last year
and the grade schools show little greater
increase, in amount % per cent.
The Chamber Of Commerce, the Woman's
club, Hiram club and Rotary club, all doing
community work, show increased member
ship and sustained interest. All lodges and
churches are progressing and prospering. In
fact, there does not seem to be any activity
of public nature that has not increased in
its scope and usefulness during the past year
in Flagstaff.
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-22
BISHOP WALTER SUMNER
GRAND SERMON HOOT OWLS

1t is evident from an article in the
Portland Oregonian, kindly handed us
by M. j. Riordan, that Bishop Wal
ter Sumner, who years ago was popu-
larly known in Flagstaff as "Dean"
Sumner, has lost none of his old time
pep and popularity though now wear
ing bishops robes. The Oregonian
gives four columns of space to the
second annual "keep Growing Wiser
Order of Hoot Owls Hungari" a
"fun" organization Of the 0Fegonian' S
radio staff.
The article says: Bishop Sumner
repeated a horn solo given while he
was member Of the Flagstaff, Ariz.,
band"
Bishop Sumner organized the Epis-
copal church here some twenty-five
years ago and was its rector for a
couple years.
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-22
INDIAN MAID WON
SWIMMING HONORS

Wearing a handsome medal won as
indoor championship swimmer of the
Pacific coast and promising to com
pete for the worlds championship,
Miss Umaybesan Miller, daughter of
Indian Cray Thunder" Miller of
Canyon Lodge, visited Flagstaff yes
terday with her father. She had been
in schools on the coast where she
specialized in physical culture, dane
ing and swimming but will be with
her parents at Canyon Lodge In fu-
ture, probably in charge of the zoo.
Now "Crazy Thunder" is praying for
rain enough to fill his lake which he
has made by daming Canyon Diablo,
SO that his daughter can keep in train
ing for her future swimming contests.
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-22
TO RUSH SURFACING OF
FLAGSTAFF-ANG ROAD

Ray H. Downer returned last FRI
day morning from Tucson, where he
had been to see how the highway
work he is doing there is getting
along.
Though it looks to the laynan as
though the crushed rock surfacing
Downer & Nero are doing on the
Flagstaff Angel highway is going
ahead fast, Mr.. Downer is dissatisfied
with the progress being made and
will have a crusher of double capac-
ity sent in, shipping back the one he
now has. Trucks are working IN
double shifts carrying stone from the
crusher to put on the road, but Ray
wants twice as big crusher and
twice as many trucks.
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-22
MATRIMONY

:. While newspapers of other :
:. cities benoan the fact their dl-
!. vorces exceeded their marriages :.
:. during 1925, Flagstaff has diff
:. ferent story to tell.
:. During 1925 there were 162 :
!. marriages and only % divorces.
!. There were 35 divorce cases
!. filed, but one was dismissed and !
i six still are pending. There were
i. 142 marriages in 1924 and % di-
= vorces.
!. Nine couples who secured mar
I. rage licenses from County Clerk
I. Tom L. Rees didn't get married,
:. Perhaps they felt if they did
i. they would only swell the dl-
!. vorce statistics.
]. The marriage ceremonies were
!. performed as follows: Judge J. :
:. L. Jones 81, Rev. II. F. Softley
= 50, Justice of Peace Tom Pull :
= liam 30, Rev. Fr. E. Albouy s, .
: Rev. JOS. V. Bennett, Rev. Hugh
:. d. Smith, each 5; Rev. Fr. ]. :
:. Hootsman d, Rev. ]. w. Saunders, :
:. Rev. George V. Harris and Rev. .
:. E. L. Freeland, each s; Rev. j. I
: B. Frey, Justice of Peace Ed
:. Hamilton and S. w. White, each :
:. 2; Charles L. Campbell, Rev. t.
:. C. Martin and Lloyd D. Wells,
:. each l.
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The Coconino sun., 1926-01-22
PENAL

: Undersheriff D. L. Mckinney
: has compiled the following sta
: tistics for 1926, which show that
! Sheriff John Parsons and his
+ boys haven't been IDLE during the
: year:
i Sent to state prison, Is: sent to
: state asylum, 5; arrested for fed
! eral authorities, 10; arrested for
! other states and counties, A;
i number Of felony arrests, 20;
i number of felony arrests on sus-
: pended sentence, 5; number of
= misdcmeanor arrests, l4i; num-
i Der of misdemeanor arrests on
i suspended sentence, i; felony
= cases now out on bond, z; dis
]: charged for lack Of evidence, SO;
= prisoners now in Jail on felony
!. charges, 4 prisoners now in Jail
: on misdemeanor charges, 2; total
: arrests, 2t1; total fines, superior
!; court, S3026.00; total fines, JUS
: tice court, S1032.00; civil fees
:. collected, S459.65; licenses coll
= lected, S775.00; expense Of rum
: ming office, $2666.25.
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The Coconino sun., 1926-01-22
LIBRARY

!. Flagstaff public library each
i. year shows an increase in circu-
!. lation of books. The installing of
!. new furniture last year prohibit
!. ed the purchase of many new
!. books for circulation; also the
= fact that the library was closed
!. for two weeks during the spring
!: epidemic of measles, cut down
!. the circulation record.
!. In 1924, 11,417 books were
!. drawn from the shelves. In 1926
!. 1896, gain of 1419. In 1924,
!. 900 applicants were registered,
= in 1925, 1888 new people availed
i. themselves Of the advantages of
i the library. This does not in any
Z way include reference work, nor
:. the reading done at the library.
:. This year promises to be even
:. better With the generous bud
= get allowed, an ample supply of
Z. books and materials will be avil-
:. able for library work this year.
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The Coconino sun., 1926-01-22

The growth of a town from year to year
can be measured by the increase in the num-
Der of customers served by the utilities bet
ter than by any other one method. For this
increase in the public utility business is In
dicative not only of the actual increase in
population but also indicates to great ex-
tent the progressive spirit of the community.
The utilities which form the attraction OF
a town include not only the services COM
monty known as public utilities" but also
schools, churches, and semi-public organiza-
tions of various kinds. Using data available
from these various sources we find that
Flagstaff has made the following showing:
The telephone company has installed 100
additional telephones during the year, max
ing total in use of approximately 500 Each
additional telephone installed adds to- the
value of the service for the other subscribers.
The water department of the town has
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-22
COLLEGE HOLDS CHAMPS
OF WEST TO 1913 SCORE

The Southwestern Savages of Du-
rant, Okla, champions of the west,
were held Wednesday night in their
basketball game here with Flagstaff
Teachers college to a 1928 score-re-
markable in view of the fact that the
invaders, winners in practically every
one of the Is games they have played
during this tour, were against team
which was playing its first match
game of the season.
Teachers college, despite their loss
of the game, deserves credit for their
wonderful showing.
Incidentally, the sporting editor of
The Sun and Walter Thompson, as
sistant city clerk. chewing the rag to-
gether Monday and forecasting the
score, guessed that it would be 35 to
23-hitting it exactly.
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-22
DICK FLEMING VISITS HIS
OLD STAMPING GROUNDS

Dick Fleming of New Orleans,
brother of George Fleming stopped
off Monday for a couple days visit
with old friends Dick was one of the.
live members Of the younger element
here about fifteen years ago and was
an attache of the Flagstaff Lumber
Co.'S front office. Dick has been in
the lumber business most of the time
since leaving here and is now whole.
sailing it out of New Orleans Finding
his brother George in San Francisco
he left Tuesday for Prescott to visit
another brother before going to the
coast.
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-22
CLIMATE

= The following interesting facts
: about Flagstaff's weather during
= 1925 are compiled from table
: furnished by George t. Herring
:. ton, u. S. weather observer.
: Our total precipitation for the
:. year was 1903 inches, normal be-
= ing 22.81. But last year our
:. greatest precipitation was in
Z. September and October-when it
I. totaled Az inches above normal.
\ The first half of the year was
!. seriously deficient in moisture.
Z Up to July 81, we had only 9.6G
:. inches, against normal of 1882
= inches.
!? January to April 1925, we had
:: snowfall of 18 inches. In No
: vember and December 10.4
:. inches.
:. The mean temperature for the
!. year was $50, normal being 8
!. colder than that. The warmest
:. weather was in July, when it hit
:. %, the coldest last January, 10
!. below. Wind reached its great
:. est velocity in December-44
:. miles an hour. There was moth
:. ing unusual in either tempera-
i ture or winds during the year,
Z except, perhaps, the weather
: averaging 4 degrees warmer
= than normal = December.
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The Coconino sun., 1926-01-22
SCHOOLS

+ One Of the most certain means
+ of gauging the growth of a COM
!. munity is the school register.
:. When the fall term opened at
!. tendance at the high school had
!. increased "a per cent and at the
:. grade schools Is per cent over
:. 1924. It is difficult to ascribe
!. this to any other cause than in
: crease in population.
!; Incidentally, Flagstaff's splen-
!. did schools are doing d great deal
!. to promote the growth Of the
:. town. Parents are careful in Sc
:. lecting home city to make sure
!. that its educational facilities are
!. good. 1t is doubtful if there is
!. another city of its size in the
:. United States that has as much
: to be proud of in that direction
!. as Flagstaff, with its Teachers
!. college, its high school, training
!. school, two grade schools and St.
i Anthony's Catholic academy.
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-22
THEIR FOURTH BOY

Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Thoman are re-
joicing over the arrival on Monday
Of their fourth boy, an eight-pounder,
healthy and handsome. He will not
get acquainted with his brothers for
some time yet, as, having the whoop-
ing cough, they were several weeks
ago sent south, the eldest to stay with
Mr.. Thoman's mother in Phoenix, and
the two others with Mrs. Thoman's S
mother in Tempe. Jake was down
town Monday morning, handing
around cigars and looking remarkably
we'll.
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-22
K. II. SIMPSON ILL

r. II. Simpson, manager Of the j.
C. Penney store is staying in bed sew
eral days under orders Of his physi-
clan. He sprained his back about a
week ago but thought little of it at
the time. The injury giving consider
able pain after a while, he consult
ed a physician and was told to go to
bed and stay there like a good fellow
until he felt all right again, which he
saws is going to be mighty soon now.
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-22
GLENNS TO GLOBE

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Glenn are
leaving next Sunday to drive to
Globe to make their home. They
have plans for conducting chicken
ranch near there. The Glenns have
lived in Flagstaff for four or five
years, Mr.. Glenn for the last two
years having run an auto top shop IN
the Waldhaus building across from
the garage. Recently they have lived
on the zalesky ranch south of town.
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-22
;. ). HOMES ). ). ). ).

: More building was done in
: Flagstaff in 1925 than before in
any one year; some of the new
: buildings are for business pur-
; poses, but the increase in new
residences and apartments is
especially notable when com
pared with former years.
At least so additional families
were provided for in the last
years building program, and in
dications are that many more
will be this year.
In addition several more cot
: tages were provided last spring
: for tourists camping at the city
park for, and they proved so
popular and the demand was so
: much greater than the supply
: that it is likely more will be built
: this spring.
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The Coconino sun., 1926-01-22
MRS. WISEHART BETTER

The many interested friends OF
Mrs. Matilda Wisehart and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Bertha S. Kennedy, will
welcome the good news that the for
mer is steadily improving and getting
along as nicely as could be expected
after brief but severe touch of
pneumonia. Last Monday was her
seventy sixth birthday, which she
celebrated by triumphantly passing
the crisis of her attack.
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-22
AUTOS

County Assessor Billy Beeson
; reports 2076 automobiles licensed
; in this county during 1925, an in
crease of 312 over 1924. Consid-
: ering this and the faster regis
; tration of automobiles since jan
; uary than last year, Mr.. Bee
son believes at least $500 cars
; will be licensed this year. Since
: January l up TO one day last
: week, 523 licenses had been is
: sued from his office as compared
: with 336 last year.
: While Coconino county license
. plates still carry the ratio key
. number II, this county really
. ranks eighth in the state in own
: ership Of cars.
+. As, aside from Indians, there
/. are less than 11,000 people in
. this county, there is car for
: every five and a half persons.
. Estimating the actual average
. value of the cars at S700, which
. probably is too low, as the aver
. purchase price is said to be 5000,
. the value of our cars is 81 1,453,-
. 200.
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The Coconino sun., 1926-01-22
). PHONES ). ). !, ;. !.

Something of Flagstaff's rapid
: growth during the past year is
indicated in an increase of Is
per cent in the number Of tele-
phones, an even hundred having
been added during the year, and
: it will not be long before another
unit will have to be added to the
new equipment recently installed.
Manager II. G. Myabb, the
courteous manager of the local
exchange, has had q lot of prob
lens to overcome during the last
few months in replacing equip
ment without interruption Of
: service and is just getting so he
can breathe more naturally for a
while until he gets into the job
. of tackirg on to take care of
; more subscribers.
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-22
SANTA FE WATER SHORTAGE
is BECOMING SERIOUS

Division Superintendent McCully,
with Division Engineer Cline and
other members of his staff were in
Flagstaff yesterday to inspect the
lake in the city park hoping that a
temporary supply could be secured.
Many small pumping stations have
gone dry along the line.
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-22

Mr. and Mrs, A. B. Brown returned
last Friday morning from Los Angeles
after several weeks absence. Mr..
Brown, back at the depot looking aft
or the baggage room again, feeling as
pert as ever, says they take sure and
quick methods in the Santa Fe hos
pital to rout what ails you.
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-22

Current issue Of The Pine, month
ly publication of Flagstaff Teachers
college, just off the press, says that
the name of the young woman who
recently became Mrs. C. Y. Ridgely,
wife of the celebrated member of the
faculty who puts music into the most
unpromising pupil, was Miss White.
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-22
OUR GUN CLUB WON
AGAIN ON SUNDAY in
TELEGRAPHIC TOURNEY

Flagstaff Gun Club copped again
Sunday against its opponent, La
Junta, Colo, in the Uncle Dudley
Rocky Mountain telegraphic clay
pigeon tournament, and now stands
three won and none lost.
The five high-gun men of the To-
cal club Sunday-each having chances
at SO birds: Ed Raudebaugh, 40; Ray
Babbitt, Frank Goodman, Wild Raude-
baugh and VIM. Cady, Jr., each At
Loren Cress also broke At, but as he
was on the high-gun list recently, his
score wasn't telegraphed this time.
A happenstance was that Phoenix,
which Flagstaff fears most of all in
the tournament, did rotten work
Sunday; bullock how the luck
breaks for them fellers-won by de-
fault against Scottsbluff, as the lat
ter didn't shoot Phoenix score was
only 229
The results Sunday:
Denver 238; Trinidad 237.
Louisville 226; Sterling 232.
Colorado Springs 217; Prescott 230.
Ft. Collins 230, Alamosa 236.
Flagstaff 237; La Junta 228.
Scottsbluff forfeited to Phoenix,
229.
Flagstaff shoots against TT. Col
line next Sunday.
Sides were chosen among local club
members Sunday by Captains Bill
Cady and Lefty Lewis. Each man is
paired against the man opposite in
the list below The total number of
birds broken by each side is tabu-
lated and at the end of this month
the losing side furnishes a feed. In
case one of those below doesn't show
up Sunday, his side win lose the
benefit Of his score, that't all, and
the score of the man set against
him will be credited.