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The Coconino sun., 1926-04-23

Miami has secured a ten per cent reduction in
fire insurance rates. Some day fire insurance
rates will be low enough in Flagstaff so that
property may be insured without the cost eating
up its value every few years.
The Coconino sun., 1926-04-23
SHE WHO HESTTATES

Daughter: ''If he proposes, shall l
consider him, mother?"
Mother: "No-take hin"
The Coconino sun., 1926-04-23

Peggy Hopkins Joyce has fallen in love again
and is engaged. She seems to fall as easily as
the prince of Wales and both of them should
carry dip-net for safety.
The Coconino sun., 1926-04-23

A headline in the Chandler Arizonan says:
Goodyear Mexican missing more than week. "
Now what does the editor expect? That Good
year Mexican would tire in week?
The Coconino sun., 1926-04-23
MULE JOKE f1.24S

Rastus: "Wot dye call yer mule 2"
Sambo: rs dere any ladies widin
ear shot 2"
The Coconino sun., 1926-04-23

The fossilized bones of "glyptodont" was re-
Gently found down in the San Pedro valley near
Benson. Some one is always finding some new
kind of don't
The Coconino sun., 1926-04-23

We hope that congress next investigates the
hick and his auto horn Of course, they couldn't
do anything about it but might find out what ails
'enl. f ~
The Coconino sun., 1926-04-23
REMARKS OF THE GANG

repeal it if we, the people, decide to
do SO.
That, it seems, would lay any OPEN
minded citizen open to the anathema
of the Anti-Saloon league in it's ca
paeity as self instituted dictator of
morals and boss OF consciences.
The Coconino sun., 1926-04-23

One of the remarkably hard things to do in
this world is to tell the truth and have it be-
lieved,
The Coconino sun., 1926-04-23
"A POLITICAL VETO

The Charleston has been prohibited
at the court balls in Bulgaria. The
throne there is shaky enough already.
The Coconino sun., 1926-04-23
a SPORTING QUESTION

She: "You drive awfully fast, don't
you?"
He: "Yes, I hit seventy yesterday" ("
She: "Did you kill any Of them 2"
The Coconino sun., 1926-04-23
MARY

WIhN
Mary had a limousine;
She rode it everywhere.
1t cost a lot for gasoline,
But, oh, boy! She got there.
The Coconino sun., 1926-04-23

"Ah wants a warrant 70 my hus-
bands arrest for blackin NAH eye"
where is your husband? ?"
"He's in an ambulance on the way
to the hospital"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-04

the sales of things to carry in this
luggage naturally increased.
Looking backward q moment, the
fiscal year ended June 80 established
new records of prosperity in many
lines of business and industry, with
few sore spots here and there. Pro
duction has slowed up somewhat in
the last two months. But, with both
retail and wholesale sales In advance
of those for the same months of the
previous year, and stocks in the hands
of retailers only slightly higher at
the end of May, and probably lower
than year ago, When June closed,
it will not be long before manufac-
turing production will have taken up
it's slack and will resume operations
on q higher scale of activity.
Not Accommodating Goods.
Under the new system of business.
by which large stocks are avoided by
all factors In the chain from pro-
Queer to consumer, the charts will
be found to have more irregularities,
or UPS and downs. Just as the re-
taller is not tying up large capital
in heavy stocks and the wholesaler
has followed his customers lead, so
the manufacturer is not disposed to
accumulate goods In warehouses far
in advance of orders.
Prtcea in general have softened
somewhat lately This makes up some
thing Of what the farmer has lost
through lower prices for agricultural
products, for his dollar goes prac-
tically as far as a year ago. although
he may get less for his crops. Agri-
culture still lags, but the department
devoted to that industry this week
issued a statement sounding rather
optimistic note, especially as to wheat.
Governmental finances closed the
fiscal year in very sound condition, in
come tax payments being ahead of
the previous year. despite lower rates
in the new revenue act. Customs col
lections for the fiscal year set a new
high record in the history of the
country. totaling $579 ,430, 900. which
is $31 900, 900 greater than the year
Immediately preceding. and exceeds
by SIT .O00,0 900 the previous high rec
ord, held by the fiscal year 1924. And
this was in the face of the fact that
more than half Of the total imports,
measured by value, were admitted free
of customs duty.
Outlook for the Future.
What business men are most in
terested in IS the outlook for the
future. Reports to Washington
agencies which keep their fingers on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-04
CONTINENTAL FINANCIAL CHAOS
is ONLY UNFAVORABLE FACTOR
Business Here Is Satisfactory-Many Reasons for
Encouragement-WallS Street Seems to Suggest
Caution-Drastic Reform May Save Lire.

but the status quo is admittedly un-
changed.
Some members Of the House
showed a disposition to try the effect
or legislation on the two companies
but 1t ended there, for the time being,
as did the apparent determination to
have q separate Public Utilities Com
mission.
In the meantime the common stock
OF the Washington Railway and Elec-
trio Co. remains entirely nominal with
lo6 bid-the last previous sale was at
$50 with no offerings. The preferred
shares are held very steady at SS1a to
80.
Whether or not Congress has the
power to force a consolidation re-
mains to be seen, many interested
shareholders holding to the belief that
it has not.
To an outsider it looks very much
as If the North American Co, owner
of the majority of the common stock.
could not see its way clear to advance
merger plan. The company is re
ceiving but per cent on it's stock, bur
on the shares bought on the top Of
the market the return is not satisfac-
tory.
Asleep Until December.
1t looks very much as if nationai
bankers have been badly used by the
conferees of the Senate and House on
the McFadden bill. For years this
measure has been under considera
ton. 1t proposed admittedly needed
changes in the law. giving to the ma
tlonal banks of the country equal
rights with trust companies and State
banks. The former are permitted To-
their < in
only for one year-they ask a three
year privilege, amply safeguarded.
The bill passed both House and Sen
ate, but the committees. to smooth dif
rerences, stalled on the Hull amend
ment providing that national bank
could not have branches in States
where local banks were debarred from
operating branches.
At this writing the chances are tina,
the bill will sleep till December, when
it may be brought up again without
having to be re-enacted.
Friends of the. measure Ter il he
known that they would gladly accep,
it with the Hull amendments or with.
out.
Branch banking put it to sleep #
II is not reported out, and branch
banking was a small part of it's en-
tirety.
Yet If national banks are TO he
handicapped, the system will suffe.
until conditions are remedied.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-04

the pulse Of Industrial and trade oper'
atoms indicate clearly that. in gen.
eral, the country has entered the new
fiscal year at higher speed than a
year ago, when conditions were good.
Check payments throughout June
were higher than in the same months
year ago. Loadings of revenue
freight by railroads were larger.
Business failures were smaller.
The vacation habit of the American
people is playing an increasingly i'm
portant role in trade. Astounding
figures were reached in this respect
last year. Indications are they will
be considerably exceeded this year.
Beyond that, there is hope, but the
role Of prophet is assumed by few.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-04
COMMODITY NEWS
WIRED STAR FROM
ENTIRE COUNTRY

DETROIT, July. 3.-The Buick
plant at Flint is expected to remain
closed for a week to 10 days for in.
ventory and model changes. The
Studebaker plant here is tapering
off with a Today shutdown in pros
pect for similar purposes. The REQ
vacation period will extend from July
80 to August 16.
FALL RIVER-The Durfree Mills,
makers of print cloths and wide cot
ton cloths, will get into full stride
next week at mill No. 3, which has
been idle year. Work started a
week ago in the No. l mill
ATLANTA-New cotton pests In
the wake of the boil weevil are max
ing inroads into the South. In the
Southwest "hoppers" are reported as
menacing growing plants. Chemical
busting against these pests has De-
come necessary.
ST. LOUIS-Total shipment of
Strawberries from the Ozark region
of Missouri and Arkansas in the past
season totaled $500 cars, according
to St. Louis San Francisco railroad
officials. These shipments were val
ued at s3,36O,0oo.
The favorite months for marriage In
Great Britain are July, August and
September. when 80 per cent or the
total marriages of the year take place
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-04

The local street railway situation
remains unchanged in any particular.
When Mr.. Hamilton resigned from the
presidency of the Capital Traction Co.
1t was supposed that the movement
was made in the interest of merger,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-04

payments latest quarterly hyeary
Py s1es tPar eSt5a o pu; u stock payable
sh bs quaraery Plus 81 in stock PayaSs e Has
earned
share stock 81 ahars II special Pias
n special stock
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-04
GREATF|SCAL YEAR
IN TRADE IS ENDED
Vacations Have Increasingly
important Role in Bust
ness of Today.
BY HARDEN COLFAX.

While busily auditing the books of
fiscal year remarkable in many re-
spects, merchants of the United States
have their hands full giving attention
to a Summer trade Of astounding pro-
portions.
Millions of dollars changed hands
last week because Independence day
falls on Sunday and therefore Mon
day will be holiday, thus affording
opportunity for a holiday from Satur.
day until Tuesday morning. In many
lines the calendar Is doing much to
make up for slow business due to a
late Spring.
While interested in knowing just
what happened to them in the fiscal
year which closed Wednesday, bust.
ness men, generally speaking, have
entered the new period with q spirit
of optimism.
Volume Is Increased.
There will be some seasonal dull
ness this Summer. accompanied by
the usual stimulating mark down
the desire of the American people to
go somewhere" will be accentuated
and that charts of past experience
cannot accurately point to volume of
trade this year. Already lines asso.
ciated with the vacation spirit are
moving in heavily increa sed. volume.
Even as early as May, the last
month for which detailed reports
have been sent to the Federal Reserve
Board statisticians, sales of luggage
showed an increase of nearly per
cent over those of the same month in
1925. while transactions in leather
goods departments. meaning commodi-
ties used principally in travelling, in
creased more than II per cent. And
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-04
BY /. A. FLEMING.

Every indication in the United
is for peace, quiet, good business and
prosperity.
Students of international conditions
find much in the situation to cause
uneasiness, the chief stress being laid
on the inability of France. Belgium,
Poland and other continental govern
ments to stabilize their currency.
In this and political unrest and
dissatisfied labor on the other side
they see threat against our inter
national relations.
1t Is probably these very conditions
that keep the New York stock mar
ket in an unsettled condition, with
the bulls unable to get far along in a
rising tide and with the bears con-
stantly on top of any material ad-
vance. The public is not in the stock
trade with anything like the volume
of either speculation or investment
that attended the 1925 movement.
ket and runs on the whipsawing that
it is getting nowadays.
AS for the United States alone, the
balance of 1926 is sure to be attended
with prosperous business, large bank
clearingS and good collections, with
exception in the case of Florida, now
feeling the bitterest part of the re-
bound from the foolish and uncalled-
for WildnesS of the boom, and per-
haps in a few other sections of the
country where local conditions domi-
nate.
Wall street, as typifying the New
York stock market. has ever been an
excellent barometer. 1t discounts ev-
erything, always functions and rarely
makes mistake. 1t would, there
fore, be wise to keep tab on the
action of the Street and not to spread
too much in the dull season now here.
Uneasiness Of labor has been re-
fiected on this side Of the ocean, but
as a rule Industrial peace seems TO
be on good foundation.
Drastic Reform i'm Italy.
From Italy comes the story of the
most drastic reform, making it more
evident that the dictator Of the state
intends that Italy shall come back
through sacrifice and by the sweat of
labor long employed.
In no other nation in the world, not
even in Soviet Russia, could such
complete economies be introduced
coupled as it is with an added hour of
labor with each day as a further
means of emulation. If it is possible
with the limited resources of Italy,
even with her large surplus popula-
ton and limited opportunities for
colonization. the dictator will rehabili,
tate the lire.
Imagine any attempt to establish a
work day Of one additional hour in
England or in the United States-if
you can. The party proposing it
would be showed under so deep that
even January thaw or an August
sun would not be able to render aid.
AS we'll try to put over the added
labor without the added compensation
as any of the other reforms that the
dictator has imposed on Italy.
1t is just possible that Italy needs
the cauterizing iron deep in the flesh
that there is no other way for her
to come back save via the united sac.
riflce of the nation-aS specified in the
reforms ordered
The Kusko times., 1926-04-03
STILL. IN
 ABEYANCE
Hearings Continue On Nominations of Reed.
 Shoup and Ritchie.

Washington, March 29.-No time has been fixed by the Senate judiciary committee for closing hearings on ar- irving upon recommendations as to the confirmation of Judge Ritchie and other Alaskan officials. Pending the nominations of Judge Reed and United States Attorney Shoup. both of the First division, Senator Means of Colorado presiding, read from the files letter from Mrs. Margaret Keenan Harris, head of the Alaska s. W. C. T. U., charging that Judge Ritchie is the chief obstacle to law enforcement in Alaska, and citing reported conversation with a third party in which Judge Ritchie is as- serted to have said he did not believe in the Volstead act and didn't care who knew 1t and they could fire him if they wanted to. Judge Ritchie de- nied having used this language.
The Kusko times., 1926-04-03
NOR Al, BE0AD DBNCE AS
 xtRESULT fOF DRY LAW

Washington. = The Congressional row over the prohibition question fiared with renewed bitterness yester- day in both branches of the 'fawmak- ing body, and congressional poll of the country nthe question looms as a possibIitv n- n-eonsequence:of the in- ability of the members to agree.
 Representative Tihkham, of aMassa- chusetts,4 charged that history does not record such moral decadence as has come, tdgthe United, States since prohibition, and declared that no other apitaI can compare with Washington in the matter of lawless- ness.
 In the course of a similar debate in the Ssxtate, Senator Reed, of Missouri denounced occurrences in govern mentaIeagenciesaasa scandalous and bachedAthe movement 'for a national pol.
 Every prominent wet andadry>mem- . Der in both branches of Congress par ticipated in the debate.
The Kusko times., 1926-04-03

Outstanding features of the new tax bill, under the provisions of which payments are to be made this year, include: Increased exemptions to $35O0 on income for married. persons and $t5G0. for single persons; sexemp- tions of $400 for each dependent; re- duction of normal rate on incomes to 1 1-2, aHd , percent, maximum sur tax reduced to 20 per cent; automo- bile taxes cut to 8 per cent; federal estate tax reduced to 20 per cent, with all estate below $100,000 ex- empty income. tax publicity repealed l; tax on tickets of admission selling below 75 cents, abolished; corporation tax fixed at 13 per cent; federal gift tax abolished; tax on auto trucks abolished; taxes on cigars and to- baceos reduced.
The Kusko times., 1926-04-03
GELLES TELLS OF ANCHOR
 AGE BROADCASTING STATION

Gus GeIIes, well known representa- tive of the National Grocery Company and other Outside concerns, was a Monday arrival, coming up from Me Grath with James Davidson on the handlebars
 MT. GeIles, aside from the conner cial interests he represents, is an ardent booster for Anchorage, and in moments when he isn't boosting An chorage-we1l he just talks about An chorage and dilates upon a few Ar chorage institutions, such as aviation, radio and few other affairs.
 Mir. GeIIes is particularly enthusi- astice about the Anchorage broad casting station, known as KFQD, which broadcasts at 300 meters and is on the air every Monday and Fri day night from to 10 o'clock. The station, an 800-watt one, is operated by the Anchorage Radio Club. The Club has three high-class technicians in Messrs. Frank Berry, c. H. Watson and Mr. Buchanan. Jack Chovin, an- other we'll known oldtimer, IS presi- dent of the club, while Mir. Gelles is announcer, and William Murray sub stitute announcer. Every Monday and Friday night an excellent pro- gram, included in which are some ex- cellent features by local talent, are broadcasted, there being, says MT. Gelles, not a part of Alaska that is not reached. Dr. Haverstock, in charge of the Anchorage Hospital, is at present giving a series of talks every Friday night on First Aid, these addresses being most meritori- ous and highly instructive.
 MT. Gelles left Tuesday for '0phir. headed for Bethel
The Kusko times., 1926-04-03
Al. Y FIRING
 VOLS7 FAD
Coolidge @. Ks. New and Drastic .Exten-
 .siOns>in< Act.

z Washington, April 2.-New and drastic extensions to the Volstead act, essential to the success of prohibition, were recommended to Congress today by Assistant Secretary of Treasury Andrews in a bill approved by the Coolidge administration
 By the terms of theEbill, bootleg gers or others found using redistilled denatured alcohol for the manufac- ture of beverages may be fined not more than $25,OOO and be sentencel. to prison for not less than two years.
The Kusko times., 1926-04-03
BALLOON HAS AIR RIGHT
 IN NEW REGULATIONS

Dayton, O.-NewiTraffic Eufes for fyerse and balloonists, devised and compiled by tRe ~Aeronautics Safety Code-4 sectional committee and the American Engineering Standards Committee, are being studiedby Me Cook and Wilbur Wright, field officers here. The code represents, Eve years work &
 Under the rules, balloons receive the right of way in the air over air planes and dirigibles. The balloon corresponds in the air to the sailing vessel at sea. Drigibles, like auxil- iary water craft, have. the right of way over planes, whictr'correspond ito steam craft.
 Aircraft meeting head on shall pass to the right, and an overtaking craft also shall pass to the right.
 Dangerous proximity when ap- preaching is set at 1900 feet
 The code is the work of fifty ex- perts, representing twenty organiza- tions.
The Kusko times., 1926-04-03

Mrs. George Mutchler returned here Tuesday from q trip to Ophir. depart ing Thursday for her home at Me Grath, going down with Jack Mutch Ter, who returned here the same day. George Mutchler left Ophir on We'd nesday for Iditarod, with Gus Gelles as passenger MT. Gelles is headed for Bethel, to which point Mir. Mutch- Ter will accompany him, at least as far as trail conditions win permit.
The Kusko times., 1926-04-03
Winston ChmehhPs '
 Attacks on America

Washington, April 2.+-Senator Borah openly charged on the floor of the Senate this afternoon that the real motives behind Winston Chur- chill's recent attacks on the United States awas the.Acancellation of the World War debts.f The British had said that all of Europe'sa tfoubles could he traced to Americals act. in H"drawing gold in aft.unending. stream fom Europe
The Kusko times., 1926-04-03

A report from Ruby, received here today, states that a boy named John Dimientieff, living near that place, accidentally shot himself yesterday with 22 rife, the shot entering be- low the knee and travelling towards tne ankle, where the bullet still re- mains unextracter. Theiboy was some distance from home at the trme, and tainted thiee times before he was able to bandage the wound.
The Kusko times., 1926-04-03
Retires as Purchasing
 Agent Alaska Railroad

Washington, April 1.-+Charlts E. Dole, purchasing agent for the Alas ka Railroad since the start of con- struction work on the" lines retired from that office today, his position having been abolished.
 Jacob Ummel has been named office manager, and will have charge of buy ing.both for the railroad and the United States Bureau of Education here. 1
The Kusko times., 1926-04-03
MILD, WINTER ECEED-
 TNGLY HARD ON FURS

< Seattle.-Ernest P. Walker, execu- e5tive member of the Alaska Game Commission and member of the Bio logical Survey in-Alaska, arrived here yesterday, en route to Washington, D. C., where he will make his annual report to the Department of Agricul- ture.
 While there he.@said: ''The many fox farmers are up against it, but they are speculators who expected to make a cleanup in a short time. .EThe .price of fur is, down, and the market has been uncertain for years. The sproduction, has kept the same while growers devoted most of their time to- stock production. There are now about three hundred islands off the Alaska coast. devoted to fox raising. Last year the growers killed off a great number of culls and dumped the pelts on the market, making the supply inferior. The price. of fur has dropped, but will come up when the quality of pelts improve. The pelts rthis year from wild and tame an I. i'm alsareinferior alt vbgk bgkq k imals are inferior, because of the ex- . tremely mild winter"
 He pointed out that Alaska offers a real opportunity for fox raising.
The Kusko times., 1926-04-03
TWO -ALASk AN TRACTS FOR
 LIGHTHOUSE PURPOSES

Washington April 2.-President Coolidge today set apart two Alaska tracts for lighthouse purposes. They are: 480 acres adjacent to the light: house reservation at. Tree Point, Dixon entrance. and -L60 acres on. Nit kof island, on the eastern entrance of Wrangell NarYows. The improve ment of Wrangel. Narrows by river and harbor appropriationais also pre- vided
The Kusko times., 1926-04-03
FLIGHT TO . P1.tBARR0W
Wilkins and EieIsou Land at, Point g. Hrs.
 From Fairbanks.

Fairbanks, March 31.--In the o'nnono plane Alaska, Captain George Hubert Wilkins and Pilot Eielson began their flight today for Point Barrow.
 Fairbanks, April "A radio mes sage received here reports the arrival of Captain Wilkins airplane at Point Barroow about five hours after it's de partnre from Fairbanks.
The Kusko times., 1926-04-03
Mother and , Months
 Son Fly to Koyukuk

Fairbanks, March 31.-En route to their home on the Koyukuk river, Mrs. John WooIl and her sen John. age five months, left here today in an airplane for Wisernan, 200 miles north of Fairbanks The pair will be greeted by husband and father, a mining op- orator in the Koyukuk district, who is to see his son.fo the first time
The Kusko times., 1926-04-03
ASK THAT SALARIES OF TER RTTORIAL OFFICIALS RE EX-
 EMITTED FROM INCOME TAX

Washington, April Ex-Governor Harrington and Delegate Jarrett, of Hawaii, and Delegate Sutherland, of Alaskag nnitea their efforts today be- fore a subcommittee af2the House ways and means committee. to exempt from federal income taxes thessalaries of territorial officials and employees.
The Kusko times., 1926-04-03
Recommends Reduc-
 tion in>POstal Rates

Washington, April h,--AS-suhstsn tial reduction in postal rates on aH mail matter was recommended today by Postmaster General New -in re- port to the joint congressional postal rate revision committed
The Kusko times., 1926-04-03
Fairbanks Aviation Notes

| Fairbanks, March 29.--!The Wilkins plane went up during the afternoon, staying up for about an hours and made a perfect Iandiae when zlight- ing.
 4 Aviator Bennett arrived at Fair banks at 8:30 p. E. on the 29th on his return. trip fro mMcGrath.