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The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28
SEEING OPPORTUNITY
prescott Courier)

With n successful $250,OO0 finan-
cial campaign completed, Flagstaff
soon is to have new 70-room hotel
backed by residents of theA Coconino
county seat principality.
The structure is contemplated for
the purpose of offering added accom-
mediation for visitors in the city,
which together with Prescott suffers
from marked inadequacy of living fa-
cilities at the peak Of the season. In
fact Flagstaff suffers even more
marked inconvenience, since accom-
modations are said to be cran1ped to
a certain extent even during the VIM
ter months.
Both of the two larger cities Of
northern Arizona have experienced
the embarrassment of cramped facil-
tiles during several months of each
year.
A problem exists which has its
critical difficulties in providing for
the thousands who expect to find a
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28
NOW OR NEVER

The people of Flagstaff did very good ioE
at the polls last Monday and selected very rep
resentative collection Of citizens for duty as city
councilmen. Of course It was compromise
among the voters with the high men winning
Some few suggest that they could have made q
better selection here and there but are pleased
as a whole. Naturally that is the great Amer
can idea in all political elections. This was not
a political election in the sense that party lines
were drawn 1t was more of an elimination con-
fest with little or no fuss in the way of personal
strife In view of the fact that there were TAO
votes cast without any strenuous contest, we
would like to call attention of the fellows newly
honored by us citizens, that it would be a good
scheme to promise the folks OF Flagstaff city
form Of government as soon as they can get to
that angle Of the game Sure you newly anno1nt-
ed will have plenty to take care of with carrying
on OF the water system, street improvements and
plenty of other things in trying to keep our folks
going along with the progress of the city, but
along with our progress it does seem necessary
to shift over from our old form of town govern
ment to a better form provided by state laws Tor
the city form. So far as we are concerned, wi,
lage' form of government would suit just as wen
as either "town" or "city," if there was q
state law which gave us the right to spread out
and manage to the best advantage the building OF
q communty The state laws say that 1t takes
5000 to make a city. Flagstaff has had that
many folks for a number of years. We don't
know that there is any special advantage in being
called "a city," but the wise men who made our
state laws and provided measures for growing
pains, believing that growth might make it nee
essary for the formulation of ordinances better
fitting TO growing needs of larger gathering OF
people It is possible that Flagstaff may need 2
city manager-some one who can't pass the buck
but must make good; some person who should
receive the compiled salary of lot of submarine
employees just to produce results in favor of the
taxpayer instead of the fellows who produce the
noise that they may produce the followers at the
next election.
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28
WELL, WHY NOT ssoo,Ooo?

..
flagstaff is to have new 100000 hotel.
Flagstaff is not as large as Miami or Globe in
point of population.
Yet neither Miami nor Globe appear to be
ready for an $S00,O00 hotel
The reason Flagstaff is able to go ahead with
the financing of such splendid hostelry is that
the demand is there. The demand is created by
tourist traffic.
Flagstaff business men have gone after tourist
traffic for several years in highly efficient and
we'll organized manner. They have found it to
be veritable gold mine.
Flagstaff has main highway connections which
are no better than are those of Miami and Globe,
or at least would be no better if our opportunl-
ties along those lines were fully developed.
If the business men generally Of Globe and
Miami would take as keen and intelligent interest
in cultivating the development of tourist traffic
as have those of Flagstaff, it would not be long
thereafter until Miami or Globe, probably both,
would feel the urgent need for new $800,000
hotel, and would encounter little difficulty in IL
nancng it.-Miami Silver Belt.
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28

Flagstaff has hauled up its anchor and is NOV
ing rapidly For just starter six business build
ings including the new hotel, are now all under
way The amount expended for these will run
close to 100000 and there are more to come.
This does not include duplex apartments and
smaller dwellings being constructed all over the
city. The fellows who know the town won't
never amount to nuthin" are very much dis
g1rIntled and Mortified at the fellows who have
unbuclxled and thrown off their hold-back straps.
The fellows with the hold-back straps on are get
ting fewer and fewer some are moving away but
more of them are being convinced that they have
been mistaken in their attitude.
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28
REMARKS OF THE GANG

4 III
refuge in this section during the sum
mer and one which is worthy of the
study of the best business men and
financiers of Prescott. Arrival at
some definite plan for accommodating
these visitors, at the same time sur
mounting the attendant difficulties
would carry benefits greater than any
other development Prescott could ex-
perience in the near future.
The suggestion has been made that
Prescott would be an ideal spot for
the establishment of tent city such
as several which are famous through
out the country. Herein or in some
related plan lies the means for vastly
relieving a situation which has a vital
bearing on the future growth of this
section.
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28
WHY THE PRINTER, ANY MORE THAN THE
FARMER?

The printers and the publishers of the country
have been patient and ong-suffering in their sub
mission to government competition in the print
ing business.
If the Department of Agriculture should con-
tract with an organization of poultry raisers hog
raisers or wheat raisers tc furnish it certain
amounts of these products which it, in turn,
would sell at prices impossible for small farmers
to meet, the situation would be the same as that
faced bv the small printers of the country who
cannot meet government competition, in printing
return addresses on stamped envelopes. s.-The
Manufacturer.
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28
SWASHBUCKLING PIRATES
Arizona Gazette)

Once more the war between Los
Angeles and Owens valley has broken
out. Again the aqueduct through the
valley to the city has been dynamited.
The depredations of yesterday consti-
tue the third high light in the feud
between the valley ana the city.
There are many ugly stories told
concerning this feud. Perhaps the
most despicable IS that of man who
IS alleged to have made fortune
buying up the land that controlled
the right TO the only water way into
los Angeles and then selling it to
the city at price so greatly in
creased overs his purchase price that
he made a fortune in the one trans
action.
This story is believed by all the
landowners of Owens valley. The
water rights this man is alleged to
have purchased were those of this
valley. And the ranchers there who
did not sell out were ruined. They
no longer had water with which to
irrigate.
There is enough truth in this story
to make the leading Los Angeles
business men hang their heads in
shame and refrain from discussing
the situation. The newspapers Of
Los Angeles likewise "soft-pedal" the
news of this situation. This goes to
show an unhealthy condition in Los
Angeles public affairs, to use the
mildest sort of euphemism. 1t is a
condition that has bearing on the
Colorado river development situation
as well. If Los Angeles will deal un,
fairly-to use another euphemism
with her nearest neighbors how much
more unfairly. would she deal with
her more distant neighbors, those of
Arizona, for instance?
If the newspapers of Los Angeles
will conceal the facts, the truth, in
the one situation, would they not do
SO in the other?
Los Angeles should set her own
house in order. There are swashbuck-
ling pirates occupying too many
rooms in her house for her own com
fort and safety.
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28
A REASONABLE ANSWER

After all is said and done, it must be admitted
that the average small town editor is reasonable.
He win agree to almost any proposition which
seems fair. He will even suggest several propo-
sitions and let the other fellow take his choice.
This obliging attitude is well Illustrated by a
recent item in the Tribune, published in Altoona.
Kan, in which Editor Austin Butcher says:
Anyone owing this paper is requested to call
ard pay at once. Anyone not owing is requested
to call and subscribe and begin owing us at once
Anyone we are owing is requested to subscribe
for this paper in advance for the full amount oi
the debt and pay US another year in advance
cash. Anyone who is not owing us and will not
do so, is requested to move to North Dakota anc
make room for one who WILL
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28
Covering Up

Bishop Dickey of Waco was talking
about the efficacy of prayer.
''The people who scott at prayer"
he said, "are, as a rule, like little
Willie. Little Willie wound up his
usual prayer the other night with the
addition:
'"And Lord, please make the Miss
issippi the largest river in Africa
.'.Why Williep exclaimed his moth
er. why do you pray for such ri
diculous thing as that?'
Because Willie answered, ] put
it that way today in my joggerfy ex-
animation
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28
WHY THEY DON'T VOTE

Quite frequently someone calls attention to the
danger to representative government caused by
the fact that every year an increasing number OF
Americans are staying away from the polls.
President Coolidge himself pointed out this peril
in his recent address to the Daughters OF the
American Revolution. 1t is often remarked, too,
that the citizen who doesn't vote in nine cases
out Of ten is conservatively inclined citizen,
whether he be Republican or Democrat.
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28
RUSHING BUSINESS
{ Phoenix Messenger

Times are good in criminal lines
ana each Of the fourteen counties OF
Arizona are contributing their pro
rata to the state prison at Florence.
To be honest and explicit. the prison
is filling faster than the Roosevelt
reservoir, and those in charge won
der what to do with the excess har-
vest. The prison is full to overflow
ing, but each week new recruits come
from every section Of the state. Pro-
hibition furnishes a good many, but
killing people without license is
the worst cause of filling the prison.
Of course there are other avenues of
getting into prison, forgery and bad
check artists being next to the mur-
derers.
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28
THE GODS ON A RAMPAGE?
(Dunbars Weekly

"Whom the Gods would destroy
they first make mad" and Governor
Hunt is "made clean through" This
year the Gods will have a great deal
of assistance from humankind, resi-
dents Of Arizona, in their work of
destruction. They will have assist
ance from the outraged taxpayers
who needed the Governors promise OF
reduced taxes and were fooled there
by. They will have the assistance of
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28
Within Earshot

Sarcastic Tourist: $50 you remem-
ber way back to the Revolution, do
you ?"
Old Negro: "Yassa. De Revolution
and Gin'l Washington an all them" !"
Sarcastic Tourist: Perhaps you
were witness of the fall of Rome z"
Old Negro: "Nossa, All didn't ex-
aclxly see it, but All recollect hearin'
somethin' drop,"
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28
LET'S THINK TT OVER

President Coolidge appoint board Of engineers
to definitely decide on a location for damsite
on the Colorado river We would like to point
out to the governor that this will not be vote
getting proposition SO far as he is concerned
Continual opposition to every suggestion which
might remove obstructions from the pathway Of
Arizona. is not fair Arizona will never get
everything she wants any more than the average
individual WILL Only privileged senator can
get everything he wants, or, some one who backs
one of them. We believe that old John G. Cal
houn had the right idea of trying his cases; he
freely awarded all the petty details and technical
points to his adversary, and, most always won
the main issue. He did not belong to that large
short-sighted class looking for immediate gain.
which took for its motto deny everything and
demand proof"
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28
HERE WE GO BOTH WAYS

H. S. Corbett, chairman of the republican state
,entral committee, has resigned and has called
Meeting of the state committee for June 9Th at
Tucson Mr.. Corbett has made a fine executive
md put over splendid campaign two years ago
FOR the republicans. His resignation was not ex-
oectedyat this time and much regret is expressed
hat he found it necessary to take such action.
So far there has been no intimation as to who
will likely succeed him..
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28

The executive act of President Coolidge MAX
ing it possible for all state officials to enforce the
Volstead act, does not seem to meet with the
unanimous approval of state officials. Many OF
hem feel they have troubles enough of their own
without taking on a dollar year Job along with
The one to which they We're elected.
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28
THE HUMAN SIDE
OF LIFE
Asking Too Much
I s****@***#*s#** : + = 7 I

A tenant wrote long letter to his
landlord complaining of the condition
of his apartment and asking for inn
mediate Improvements. The walls
needed paper and the woodwork
paint, the lighting fixtures We're am
itiquated and the plumbing obsolete.
Receiving no reply she sailed At his
office.
Yes, got your letter" the lands
lord said, ''but it was addressed to
the wrong person. | thought you had
intended it for Santa Claus"
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28
Bidding TTfn, a Farewell

Little Audrey lately accompanied
her parents to the Palace of Pictorial
Pleasure. An especially salacioua
film was being shown, and her faith
er growled and grumbled about it q
good deal. Finally the announce
ment appeared on the screen:
"Dance Of the Seven Veils.p
"Good-by papalp said little Audrey
cutely. tThis is no place for YOU
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28
How II started

Hadley's mother heard an awful
rumpus and discovered young Hadley
and the neighbor's boy tangled up on
the front lawn.
"Why, sonl" she exclaimed, I'm
astonished to find you in fight like
thisn
By way Of squaring himself, young
Hadley replied: "Well, it's all Roy,s
fault. 1t wasn't fight until he hit
me back"
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28
STRONG, BUT NOT HARD TO TAKE

The Coconino Sum- unaided and alone, has
placed Flagstaff on the map and given to the
eity an assured future The Sun, as stated,
turned the trick, unaided and alone, and it
doesn't need help at this time. Another news
aaper would simply prove a tax on the business
men of Flagstaff and could give nothing in re-
turn-Superior Sun.
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28

A democratic congressman of Oklahoma has
introduced resolution calling for an investiga-
tien of congress itself He SAYS criticisms of
congress have become severe of late. 1t sounds a
good deal like grand jury investigating itself
However, if congress should investigate itself it
could depend on a good report or an alibi.
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28
Praying at the Parson

Scene-Wesley Chapel. Occasion
The prayer meeting after the first
evening service conducted by the new
minister. Extract from the prayer
of Brother Smith: Lord, we do not
know whether our new minister can
take a hint, but thou knowest that
our last minister was not much OF
visitor"
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28

Evidently the house reclamation committee
heard that the protest committee appointed. by
Governor Hunt to protest against the Swing
Johnson bill were coming, for they immediately
accepted Congressman Hayden's motion to pass
up the bill until the next session of congress-
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28
What Did He Mean?

"Is it true the police sergeant
called ysu bonehead when he
stopped you last night?" asked
Frank of Bill.
NO. he didn't. l would have
slapped him"
'sWell, what did he say"
"Why, he saia You better put on
your hat, / see a woodpecker COM
ing
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28
o. DEAR, THOSE DEER AGAIN
(Tucson Starr

"Fifteen Hundred Deer Too Many,
etc. in the Kaibab" says headline.
'Sabout time for Governor Hunt to
declare war on the federal govern
ment and call out all the reserves.
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28

Just n,usng as to the origin of the name
"Stonecyper' which we noted among Arizona
,onulation in the southern part of the state, we
wonder if the name didn't originate with some
fellow who made grindstones.
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28

If the Filipinos really want their
we imagine the best
thing they can do is to employ some
eminent scientist to prove that the
soil isn't suitable for rubber trees.
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28

headline in Phoenix paper says ear mutfs
are still in style in the Flagstaff region. NOW
this is only partly true. No ear muffs are neces-
sary here except when fellow from Phoenix
starts to tell how cool it is in Phoenix.
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28

Mildewed Mildred says she can not understand
what the prohibition enforcement officers back
in DAYTON, Ohio, are doing because just the other
dav 4 report in newspaper said alchemlSts
there were raising helium from hydrogen
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28
Mislirectcd Endearments

He: Il always kiss the Stamps .h n So,,r ~,
the letters, because know that your
.Iips have touched them. .4
She: "Oh, dear! and to think tna'
+ dampen them on Fido's nose.
Quickly Forgiven :
The traffic policeman had mace q q
mistake. He had ordered car "
stop when there was really no reason. reason
The driver, middle-aged wonlall'
= Pardon me, madam said the q. 8
ficer. ''but thought at first you
were too young to drive"
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28
So I've Heard

There was a crack bowler named Cy
Who made his strikes easy as pie.
But he took a good spin
And barked up his shin
Whenever some women were nigh.
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28

"They have discovered why hens
don't lay at night"
Because they are asleep?"
"No, because they are roosters
then"
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28

If you have any complaints to make about
Flagstaff, Coconino county or the rest of the
state at large, bring it down to The Coconino Sun
office It is our job to sort out complaints and
hand them over to the fellows who can help out
and do some good.
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28

The Senate has passed unanimously bill TO
extend for six months after next July "a, the
fine for the conversion of war risk insurance pol
ices. and to authorize new converted five years
level premium term policy.
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28

The resignation of Frank Pool, prohibition dl-
rector for Arizona has reached Washington. Inc
Fact of his resignation does not expunge the Vol
stead law in Arizona, even though his successor
has not been announced.
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28
Incempatiability

"Dauber says he is welded to ms
art" IN
eyes, but they don't get along well
together"
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28
Hnmicide hv Wholesale

Mrs. - called on her huspano,
who IS awaiting death for the murdeT
of two trolley companies IN Moulls l.,
Vernon during a hold-up last July'
New York paper.
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28

Drinking out of bathtub filled with cham
pagne and chorus girl shows how ingenious
New Workers are and what they will resort 60
to get an additional kick out Of their drinks,
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28
Quick Worker

"Has the son you sent away 70
college got his degree yeti,
0I should say so. why ne WrosJ 5
last week that the factuly had caileo
him in and given him the tnlrd de-
gree. That boys ambitious!
That hoy's ambitious!,
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28
Locked Horns

~ can't get along with my wife"
Nonsense! Where there's will
there's a way"
"Not in this case; it is where
there's a will there's a won't"
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28

Viennese artist is over here trying to find
the lovliest girl in America It will take more
than one man to complete that job.
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28

Colonel Williams who incocktaied himself at a
Marine party at San, Diego, twill be denoted by
his suspenders,' according to headline. They
probably intend hanging him out on line TO dry
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28
Competition

Mount Etna is active, but Musso-
lini will no doubt suppress it at the
proper time.
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28
FiIIed the RiIl

Hardware clerk: "Would you be
interested in something to finish
your furniture, madam ?"
Housewife: "No, we have baby"
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28

Premier BRAND declines to marry
He never should think of it until he
gets a steady job.
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28

Missing people in Los Angeles are about rs
numerous as some missing" auto engines of
noted make.
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28
Proof Enough
He Wasn't a Monkey

An absent minded man was Strap
hanging in tram car. He swayed TO-
and fro and finally the conductor
said to him, "Can help you, SIR
eyes," said the man, "hold ontoA
this strap while / get my fare OUT.
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28
An Orthodox Beginning

She: Il hear you are great arr
II He: Il hope to be. I've only just
started" ,.
He: "Well, I'm living. IN stuoio
and growing whiskers.
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28
Scrambled Inventions


Bride lover the telephone to nuD-
hvl: aOh, honey, cant you come
bonoe right away? I've mixed tne
,r;ras IN some way. The radio IS get,
f;np covered with white frost, ,.;a Mlu
fhe electric ice box is singing way
Out in Kansas"
Dick: @Is the man your sister =
Going to marry rich 2"
Freddie: II don't think SO, 1of ev, ,
ery time the wedding is mentioheu
father says, "poor man.
Teacher Ito new pupil): "What Is
your fathers name Z" ~
Little girl: "We just call nm lasn-
= Teacher Crying AGAIN.: what
does your mother call him I"
Little girl: "She don't can nlAi'
anything-she likes him"
How About Parsimony!,.
The two chief causes OF diVorce
however, are matrimony and ai1mony
Proof Enough
Housewife: You say you Workee
for the Twillers. Can you prove
that?"
New Maid: 'Well, mum, ] cai
show you some spoons and tnlng'
with their initials"
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28

balance
Of one hundred $10OOO) during the month"; though it
may have fallen the rule does not apply
to savings
The Coconino sun., 1926-05-28
How About Parsimony?

The two chief causes OF divorce'
owever. are matrimony and alimony.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-25
ME RGERS To BE.
INVESTIGATED

Attorney General Sargent de-
clared today that the Government
would investigate every business
merger, the territorial extent of
whose operations indicates a pos
sible violation of the law.
THE amount of money involved
in mergers has nothing to do with
the attitude of the department, "
Sargent explained. But corpora
tions whose business spreads over
many States will be studied.
Sargent declared that no imputa-
ton of law violations is intended
by Investigations of business com.
binations If violations are found
prosecutions will follow, but "it
is the business of the department
to discover whether. or not big
combinations are operating legally,
Sargent said.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-25
SALVATION ARMY ASKS
FOR DISCARDED ARTICLES

Brigadier Myles Pickering, OF the
Salvation Army Social Service has
been enabled to admit a number
Of unfortunate men to the industrial
home during the past week through
the generosity of Washington womer
in donating discarded clothing and
useless articles of furniture to the
institution.
There are still number OF
worthy applicants on the waiting
list and in order to take care or
them with employment and shelter.
the officials of the army are asking
donations of articles Of almost any
nature which have outlived their
usefulness to their present owners.
Discarded clothing, broken pieces
Of furniture. old books, newspapers
and magazines are among the things
need the most. All contributions
will be called for upon receipt of a
telephone call to Main 1923.