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The Winslow mail., 1926-07-09
Work Is Started
On Two New Local
Business Blocks

Work on the two new business
buildings to be erected in the heart
of the business district in Winslow,
was started this week
With the arrival of the workmen
employed by Northern Bros. Con-
struction Company, of Phoenix,
this week, work was started imme-
diately on excavations for the new
Trimble building and by Thursday
pouring of concrete for the founda-
tiOns was begun to be followed by
similar procedure on the walls,
which will be of reinforced con-
crete instead of brick. 1t is hoped
to push the work rapidly to COM
pletion, according to the contrac-
tors, so that the building will be
ready for occupancy by the Penney
and Payn Takit stores by Septem-
Der 1st.
OldS Brothers, who have the con-
tract for erecting the new home of
The Mail, started in this week and
excavations for the foundations
have been completed. Work of
pouring the foundations and floors
will follow this week and erection
Of the walls will be under way by
next week The building is expect
ed to be ready for occupancy by
sometime between the first and
tenth of September
The Winslow mail., 1926-07-09
Great Basin Well
Drilling Through
Re-Cemented Hole

Advices from officials of the
Great Basin Oil company, concern
ing the Taylor-Fuller Well, which
was re-cemented last week are that
the cement has hardened enough to
permit drilling, and that the bit
was go feet into the concrete on
Thursday.
The re-cementing was started
again at depth of 4010 feet, after
it was ascertained that the water
that poured into the well after the
cement was first put in was coming
from behind the pipe and not from
below. The second job was done
by the regular well crew, as only
100 pounds of cement was neces-
sary for the job In a test some
time later, it was shown that al
most all the cement had gone into
the cavity that was releasing the
water flow.
The test for water should be
ready by Monday, according to Gill
bert Loveland, secretary of the
company, and if the test shows
that water is no longer in the hole,
drilling will recommence, and with
in short time it should be defin-
itely known whether or not the
Great Basin company is into pro-
duction.
The Winslow mail., 1926-07-09

Agreeing with a delegation from
the Holbrook chamber of commerce
who argued that the county was toe
deeply in debt to allow making an
appropriation for publicity purpos-
es, the county supervisors Wednes-
day rejected the request from rep
resentatives from Winslow, Snow
flake and Lakeside clubs for such
an appropriation.
Tax agent Thompson, of the San
ia Fe also opposed the request for
county funds.
Beside their claim that the coun-
ty was in financial straits, the Hol-
brook delegation also refused tC
uphold any plan whereby the sec
retary of any Commercial Club
should also act as commissioner OF
Immigration, although W. B. Woods
mayor of Holbrook suggested that
"the geographical center and capi-
tol of the county" should not be
passed over if any county commits
sioner should be selected.
Holbrooks' representatives, par
ticularly city attorney AXl1ne, and
Thompson, questioned the legality
of the appropriation, although a
number of counties in Arizona have
run into no legal difficulties by
following such plan as was ad-
vanced by Winslow. At the same
time they suggested that each city
in Navajo county raise funds by
the law they questioned, the money
to be turned over to the supervis-
ors, and used with the supervisors
appropriation, and to be admins
tered by the supervisors.
St. Joseph, represented by J. B
Richards, also entered mild pro
test to the proposition on the same
grounds as Holbrook. 1t was
pointed out by Lakeside, Snowflake
and Winslow men that in order tC
bring the county's debt to lower
figure, additional revenue from add
ed assessed valuation must be
sought. and that this was possible
The Winslow mail., 1926-07-09
Reduction of Gas
Rate Discussed
For Near Future

Gas users may expect cut IN
the gas rate within comparative
ly short time, it was brought out
at the meeting of the city council
Tuesday night. At that meeting it
was decided that starting immedi-
ately, the rate given commercial
users of gas will apply to domestic
users whose bills amount to more
than the minimum of commercial
accounts, which is $1,000.
Many domestic users who have
installed water heaters in their
homes will be entitled to this low
er rate of $175 per thousand cubic
feet under this arrangement At
present the domestic rate of $3.50
for the first 700 feet, and $3.50 per
thousand thereafter allows only
300 fet for $1,000, but with the
commercial rate in effect for those
who use 3,700 feet or more, the
minimum will buy almost 5000
feet of city gas.
Manager Steinert reported that
at present the city gas company
has 466 meters in service, as
against ITS users in 1922, showing
a gain of more than 100 per cent in
four years.
1t is evident that if the increase
in customers keeps up, it will be
possible for the rates to be substan-
TALLY lowered before very long, but
this will of course demand that
supporters of the gas company re-
main loyal, and continue their sup
port.
The Winslow mail., 1926-07-09
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: New Santa Fe
: Engines to Be i'm
|: Service Soon

i The Santa Fe coast line has
j. received fifteen new powerful
j. freight locomotives of the g.
+ 800 class-the largest engines
i" on the system. They will be
j. in the service to help handle :
+ the ripening fruit and melon
j. crops in California and the :
j states of Arizona and New :
+ Mexico. These locomotives
+ can haul a string of refriger- .
+ ator cars mile long. :
i The powerful machines are :
+ being set up at Albuquerque :
+ and will be placed in service :
+ as fast as they are ready for :
J. operating, the officials an :
j. nounced. :
! The fleet of new engines is :
y similar to large number al :
+ ready in use in the heavy traf- :
y fic movement between the pro- .
y ducing centers of this state :
j and the plains country beyond :
j the Rockies.
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The Winslow mail., 1926-07-09
Marshal r. G. Neill
Is Own Attorney In
Councils Hearing

Before a court room crowded
with spectators, most of whom
were Mexicans, assistant marshal
r. G. "Rube" Neill appeared before
the city council Tuesday night to
defend himself against charges
charges brought by representatives
of the Mexican population of Wins
low, intended to show conduct un-
becoming an officer in the handling
Mexican prisoners. D. E. McLaugh-
lin, of Holbrook, acted as counsel
for the complainants, while Neill
acted as his own attorney, cross
examining each witness and de-
Tending himself ably.
Witnesses called by Mclaughlin
were Mrs. George Roberts, Pete
Sulque, Pablo Garcia, Catarino
Gutierrez, Vicente Castillo, Joe
Schultz and Pete Rubi. Jose Viii
lascusa was also called, but was
unable to attend the trial, being in
carcerated in the Jail
Gutierrez was recently arrested
by Neill, and is alleged to have at
tempted to stab the officer at the
time the arrest was made In de-
tending himself, Neill knocked the
man unconscious with a blow from
his gun. Gutierrez later pleaded
guilty to driving while intoxicated,
and paid $4,000 fine, although at
the trial he testified that he had
not been drunk.
After the testimony and cross ex-
animation was finished and Nc
Laughlin had made his summing
up statement to the council, Neill
entered a general denial to the tes-
timony except in one particular in
which it was testified that he had
used strong language in addressing
Jose Villascusa. Concerning this,
Neill stated that the Mexican had
accused him of an act of which he
had not been guilty, and that he
had called the man liar with var
ious trimmings, and further stated
that the man had lied, and was a
liar, and that he (NeilD was still
prepared to state that this was the
case, and prove it.
Neill's record here as an officer
is one of efficiency and bravery,
according to the majority of local
citizens. He has at all times
been a strict upholder of the
law. and has shown himself time
and again to be utterly without
fear in carrying out his duties, and
while the council has reserved its
decision on the case, it is believed
that the council will uphold Neill.
The Winslow mail., 1926-07-09
OSTERHAUT COPS BACON IN.
INTER-CITY GOLF CONTESTS

There rests in Winslow today, in
the possession of "Scotty" Oster-
haut, a silver cup, mute token OF
Osterhaut's and Winslow's right to
the title of champion of Northern
Arizona. Monday, in the final
round of the first four-city tour
nament, held at Flagstaff, Sunday
and Monday, Osterhaut defeated
Billy Claypool, of Kingman, and
brought the cup home to rest here.
Western golfers have long since
demonstrated that their prowess is
on par with any part of the coun-
try. Arizona is not the golflng
state that California is, but there
is no reason why Arizona should
not have within it's confines indi-
vidual stars of real merit, and
Scotty shook out bag of tricks
that would shine in the repertoire
of Jones, Sarazen or Sweetser.
Of the other four Winslow en-
tries, Bazell, Goodman, Gray and
McCauley, none Jared too we'll.
Gray, Bazell and Goodman were
eliminated in the first round of
match play. Hart, of Kingman, de-
feated Bazell, Tim Riordan, of
Flagstaff, who later won the con-
ISOLATION prize, eliminated Gray, and
Schwartz, of Jerome, took care of
Goodman.
Goodman's upset was surprise,
for his game is steady and consist
ent, and he carries one of the low
est handicaps of any Winslow club
member. The qualifying round,
which is four times around the ten
hole Flagstaff course, was hard
grind, and it's trying length had
some effect on all the local men.
Almost two hundred spectators
were in the large gallery that fol-
lowed Osterhaut over the course in
the final round. In any round of
the tournament they would have
been rewarded by demonstration
of almost uncanny control over the
pellet.
On the ninth tee the fairway to
the ninth hole has a decided curve,
with the alternative of attempting
to cannon a ball through a thick
growth of pine. With the same
deftness of touch that would be an
identifying mark of billiard art
list, Scotty put whatever is golf
lingo for "masse" on the ball, and
curved his ball neatly around the
pine thicket.
The first hole lies across a res
ervoir from the first tee, and evil
IDENTIFY sad experience has taught
Flagstaff golfers that the hazard is
tough, for it was noticed that each
carefully played his ball to the end
of the reservoir, away from the
hole, and made the return almost
doubling back The carry is al
most ITO yards, with the boundary
fence just beyond the green, max
ing a double hazard on this hole.
Continued on Page g.
The Winslow mail., 1926-07-09
CITY BUDGET
SHOWS ONLY
SMALL RAISE

Figures for the budget of the
City of Winslow, a full copy of
which appears on another page of
this issue of The Mail, and which
was tentatively adopted by the City
Council at their July meeting, held
Tuesday night, show that the esti-
mated expense of running the city
government for the fiscal year that
started July 1st will only exceed
last years expenses by $1,794.87,
and that the amount necessary to
be raised by direct taxation exceeds
last years levies by only $2OS.31,
much less than the 10 per cent in
crease allowed by law.
The new budget has been pre-
pared with an eye to fully covering
every expense that may arise, and
the council feels that it is highly
probable that the actual expense
will be sufficiently less than the
estimated expense to allow for a
slight reduction in city taxes rath-
er than an increase. Every item
in the budget was checked and re-
checked, and wherever it was pos
sible the budget was cut.
Final adoption of the budget will
be made July 26th, the meeting
having been recessed until that
time.
Getting off to a late start on ac-
count of the hearing of officer R.
G. Neill, which was held on the
request of Mexican citizens of
Winslow, the council adjusted sew
eral routine matters with dispatch
The insurance on the city hall was
increased to fully cover the amount
Of the value of the building, ceme-
terry lot deeds were signed, the city
engineer was requested to attend
Immediately to repairing the roof,
which leaks at present, and other
minor matters handled.
A letter from the Santa Fe, which
was read to the council, contained
the information that at present the
railroad could not put heating
and cooking system using gas into
the Harvey House. The clerk was
instructed to notify ne water de-
partment that it would be neces-
sary for them to replace all earth
removed in digging bitches for wa
ter lines, as at present the streets
are corrugated with bitches only
partially filled, and which add to
the roughness of the streets.
The fire department will be aid
ed in it's activities by new warn
ing signal, which will be placed on
the roof Of the city hall, and which
will be used to announce the break
ing out of fires. 1t was also called
to the attention of the council that
residents continue to use water for
irrigating and sprinkling Of lawns
during a fire, and that this practice
detracts from the departments eff
ficiency. Steps will be taken to
adjust this.
The action taken at the last
meeting in regard to lowering of
electric light rates was answered
in a letter from G. T. Harrington,
manager of the power company.
Continued on Page g.
The Winslow mail., 1926-07-09
Bridges Between
Here and HoIbrook
Nearing Finish

Two bridges on the state high
way between Winslow and Hol-
brook, one at Tanner and the other
at Manila Wash, being built under
contract by the Mcmillan Construc-
ton Company, are nearing compile
ton, particularly the bridge at Tan
ner wash is almost three-quarters
finished and should be ready for
traffic in the next couple of weeks.
The Manila bridge is not so near
completed, however, work of driv-
ing the piles having just been fin
ished and pouring of cement will
start as soon as the work of pour
ing on the approach ends at Tanner
is finished. It is the aim of the
contractors to finish both bridges
before the heavy summer rains set
in.
Further on toward Holbrook the
state highway department is build
ing rip-rap wall on the west side
of the river to protect the bridge
structure there from the onslaught
of floods that will result from the
heavy summer rains.
Work of resurfacing on several
sections between here and Hol-
brook is under way and badly need
ed in many other places, according
to travellers.
Two bad stretches on each end
of the highway, one at the entrance
of the city limits in Winslow and
the other in Holbrook, are sadly
in need Of maintenance and surfac-
ing, and SO far no intention as to
their repair has been announced
The Winslow mail., 1926-07-09
Four Escape Unhurt
When Car Overturns

Four people narrowly escaped
serious injury when a large sedan
owned and driven by j. r. Futch,
of Winslow, turned turtle last Sun
day after it had skidded off the
highway near Moqui and struck
concrete post. Although the car
was badly wrecked neither Futch
nor his companions, two women
and man, whose names were not
learned, were hurt.
The machine, a new Buick, skid
ded on the slippery road early Sun
day afternoon, although, according
to Futch, he was driving at a low
rate of speed, and the subsequent
wreck was the result of striking
the post, which gave the car the
additional boost necessary to com
plete its overturning.
The Winslow mail., 1926-07-09
Ordinance No. 14O
Again Is Target
In Court Fight

Lawyers who deal in injunctions
find business exceptionally good
here, and Ordinance 140 of the
City of Winslow is especially proli-
fic in furnishing restraining orders
for the council to glance over. The
latest rock upon which the stock
ordinance has struck is a restrain
ing order presented by C. H. Jor-
dan, in behalf of w. H. Burbage
and Joe Carduff as plaintiffs, and
against the entire council and all
city employees as defendants, in
which the plaintiffs ask the Su-
perior court to restrain the city
from enforcing the stock law.
When the ordinance was passed
last fall it aroused storm of pro-
test from stock men here, and es-
pecially men who own corrals in
side the restricted area, and an
injunction was allowed at that
time, pending the settling of wheth-
er or not the city wished to have
the law.
At the city election in May, the
voters went on record as favoring
the ordinance by a vote of two to
one, and it was therefore declared
to be in effect. The newest in
junction is in answer to the vote.
The hearing will be started at 10
a. M, July 18th, in Superior court
in Holbrook.
The Winslow mail., 1926-07-09
Winslow Elks'
Representative
Leaves for "Chii''

A. r. Kleindeinst, Winslow post
master, past exalted ruler of Wins
low Lodge No. 536, B. P. o. E., left
last Saturday for Chicago, where
he will attend the Grand Lodge ses-
sion of the Elks to be held there
during the coming week, as a rep
resentative of Winslow Lodge.
Mr.. Kliendeinst was accompanied
by his brother, Ed, and they are
travelling overland, expecting to
reach the Windy City sometime
during the end of the present week.
On their return trip East they ex-
pect to visit a number of the larger
cities, and the postmaster will
spend a few days in Boston with
his wife and her relatives, where
she is now on a visit.
The Winslow mail., 1926-07-09
Saturday Fire
Partly Destroys
Three Structures

For the fourth time in a few
weeks Winslow was visited by fire
when early Saturday afternoon a
blaze which started in small shed
in the rear of the A. B. Nelson res
idence at sos West Third Street,
spread to the Nelson garage and to
the home of c. j. McQuillan, direct
ly behind the Nelson home. By the
time the fire truck had arrived the
flames had made such headway
that the firemen did not wait for
pressure to be turned into the
mains from the pumps at the
round house, but attacked the fire
Immediately with the trucks chem
ical apparatus.
The origin of the fire has not yet
been determined, nor has the dam
age done by the fire been given a
figure, but a conservative estimate
would place the total damage to
all three of the structures affected
at not less than $1,500.00. The
bulk of this damage was done to
the McQuillan residence, and in
cludes damage by fire and water.
Neighbors and volunteer firemen
carried almost all the furniture and
personal belongings of the Nc
Quillans from the house.
City Engineer Stanley Watkins
was quite painfully burned on
the arms and shoulders when he
carried the hose through the alley
between the burning buildings. His
injuries were not serious.
Owing to work being done on
certain city water mains there was
no pressure at all when the fire
first started, but the lesson taught
by the unnecessarily costly O'Hara
fire at least served the purpose of
getting pressure into the mains in
shorter time.
However, the pressure was bare
ly sufficient to quell the compara-
lively small fire, and in case of a
really serious blaze there could be
but one outcome with the present
fire fighting equipment, it is be-
lieved.
When Mrs. McQuillan first no.
ticed smoke in the house and dis
covered the fire, there was no wa
ter at all with which to fight the
flames. AS soon as the alarm had
reached the round house, however,
the high pressure pumps sent the
water into the mains at it's best
possible rate, regardless of the fact
that several crews of men from the
water company were at work re-
pairing bursted mains.
The reasons that have been given
unofficially for slow generation of
water pressure in case of fire are
that the higher pressure is too
much for the city mains to carry
and almost invariably breaks in the
water conduits are discovered after
each blaze.
The epidemic of fires recently
has broken record that is largely
matter of luck or circumstance.
For many months no serious fires
have been reported, although fire
hazards are numerous here. Since
January first several altogether
f1reless months have passed.
The first of the four fires
brought the destruction of a small
shed next to the Sunset Garage,
which was used to house the air
tank and compressor. A few days
later came the O'Hara fire, which
resulted in the complete destruc-
tion of the O'Hara home, as well as
costly damage to the Episcopal
church
The third blaze, which came last
week, resulted in the burning of a
The Winslow mail., 1926-07-09
Motorcade Date is
Set Ahead; Many
Expected ON Trip

Owing to the "saturation of the
market" for celebrations and the
like, with the double holiday at
tendant upon the Fourth OF July
and it's many ce1tbrations il safi-
Gus northern Arizona points, the
Winslow Commercial Club has
found it necessary to postpone the
planned motorcade to Lakeside and
other communities in the southern
part of the county until fewer coun-
ter attractions are just past or just
in the future.
Club officials have noticed a
restraint among people who are
not directly connected with the
club in signifying their intention of
joining in the big southwark jour-
ney, and in justice to the club and
it's members and objective, they
feel that the community should
understand more fully the work of
the club in general and the object
Of the proposed motorcade in par
ticular, it was announced this week.
The Commercial Club is not only
what it's name implies. While it's
membership is originally made up
of business men, since they already
have organizations that make meet
ing and discussion of such a club
possible, the membership of the fu-
ture will be made up simply of
Winslow citizens. The purpose of
the club is to boost for Winslow in
every way possible, by word of
mouth, by advertising, by publicity
and by every legitimate agency by
which attention may be called to
Winslow's attractions, climatic,
geographic, scenic and as home.
These objects have a direct bear
ing on every man, woman or child
in Winslow. If new people are at
tracted to Winslow they must have
a home, they must have food, cloth
ing and possibly car, but each
new family to settle here means
more money for Winslow, it is
pointed out.
Whether or not one is in buSi-
ness here has no bearing on the
benefit received from a new resi-
dent or family More money spent
here means that more money will
be in circulation, the city will be
wealthier, improvements not possi
Bile before become in easy reach,
and more people means that the tax
burden will be distributed to more.
In addition, the city earns added
prestige for each hundred added to
the population, new people mean
new enthusiasms, more people to
work for Winslow, more ideas pos
sible for improvement.
AS the club points out, it is a
pyramid of the growth that comes
from effort to grow, and it runs in
an evergrowing channel, gathering
momentum, force and followers as
it progresses.
Thus it may be seen that the
Commercial Club is not strictly
Commercial Club. 1t is. intended
to be, and will be, an organization
of Winslow people from every walk
of life who will work for Winslow,
and at the same time, for them
selves.
The motorcade has definite aims,
none of which are purely CONNER
cial. In the first place, few Wins
low people are aware of the fact
that their own Navajo county
can truthfully boast almost limit
less tracts of the finest natural
scenery in the state, or in the ma
ton. The Navajo county residents
in Lakeside are not acquainted as
we'll as they should be with their
Winslow neighbOrs. thew welcome