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The Winslow mail., 1926-02-26

ELK'S SMOKER
MONDAY NIGHT
WENT OVER BIG

With an attendance that far ex-
ceeded expectations the Elks Smok-
er given at the home of B. P. o. E.
lodge No. 563, Washington's birth
day, was one of the big events of
the month in fraternal circles in
Winslow.
Starting with the big spaghetti
feed prepared by Tony Mazza and
assistants, which was a real treat,
the members of the Antlered herd
were held interested until 11:O0,
when the Elks midnight hour was
observed.
The program, starting with a real
old-fashioned handicap cock-fight,
on through to the exhibition of the
art of Japanese fencing put on by
some of the boys from the round
house, was long to be remembered
even though, through misunder-
standing of dates, the boxing and
wrestling exhibitions failed to ma
terialize. The interesting descrip-
ton of circus life and customs
given by R. P. Huddleston, who was
for many years connected with the
famous Ringing Brother sshows,
held the attention of the Bills for
a half hour, while the discourse on
prohibition given by Doc R. S.
Green of Holbrook, from a differ
ent view point than has heretofore
been heard by the Elks, was a
masterpiece in it's line.
A number of visitors were pres
ent including some of the old-tim-
ers of No 536, who have returned
to Winslow, among them the fol-
lowing: Clark Reed of Santa Ana,
California; A. Bedding of La Jolla
California; Joe Lieberman of Gal
lup; w. j. Meadows of Belen, New
Mexico; Frank Mattos, just back
from Florida, and others. Those
attending from Holbrook, most OF
whom belong here were R. S.
Green, Doc Switzer, Elmer Flani-
gan, Paul Geary, Ted Rhenter, J
H. McAvoy, DR.. H. X. Wilson, Lou
Bache, Billy Plant and Fred Wetz-
Ter.
Charles F. Dare was the holder
of the lucky number winning the
radio, which was given away, and
throughout the evening radio music
was received from different parts
of the country, on 11-tube Radio
la.
The Winslow mail., 1926-02-26
THE MINSTREL AT
HIGH SCHOOL SET
FOR MARCH 9TH

March 9Th, at Washington audi
torium, has been set as the date
of the High School Minstrel for
which the students, under direction
of ]. P. Lee and DR.. E. G. Gilpin,
have been rehearsing during the
past several weeks.
he show is to be one of the
ste1.ar events of the school season
and the proceeds are to be used in
assisting in the publication of the
Sandstorm, school annual, which
will be used sometime in May.
From the program consisting of
10 snappy numbers, which is re-
produced below, it will be seen that
amusement lovers will be afforded
a real treat in ameteur minstrels
and latest song hits. The program
and personnel follows:
1. Opening Chorous.
2. John Scott, "Bam BAN Bam-
my Shore"
8. VIM Walcott, $50 That's the
Kind of a Girl You Are"
4. Dayton Shields, "My Sweetie
Turned Me Down"
5. Mitchell, Monologue.
6. "Show Me the Way to go
Home"
7. Clyde Brady, speciality.
8. Charles Chase, "There Amt
no Flies on Auntie.''
9. Parr Lancaster, Brown Eyes
Why Are You Blue"
TO- Virginia Ward and Gertrude
Rhyan in their version of the
Charleston.
II. James P. Lee, Angry"
IL. Lois Carver, Save Your
Sorrow"
49, VIM. Walcott, Down by the
Vinegar Works"
IA. Ivan Hancock, monologue.
15. Norma Harris, Louise You
TeSkse."
I6. Hubert McHood, "Then I'll
Be Happy"
II. VIM. Murphy, Normandy"
18. Paul Evans, Monologue.
49, Closing Chorous.
Interlocutor, DR.. Gilpin.
Orchestra, Fred Gilliard, VIM.
Murphy, Hubert McHood, James P.
Lee.
End men, John Scott, VIM. Wal
colt, Parr Lancaster, Clyde Brady,
Charles Chase, Dayton Shields.
ishorus: Vivian Armstrong, Ma
orlf Breeden, Erma Bremke, Estel-
la Bundy, Mildred Edwards, Mary
Dickson, R. G. Russell, Lois Gar
yer, Norma Harris, Helen Hart,
Max Hathaway, Virginia Kelly,
Margaret Hayes, George Jackson,
Sadie Jones, Meta La Prade, Ray
Mitchell, Elmina Morris, Margaret
Penrod, Marjory Sellen, Agnes
Thornton, VIM. Ward, Virginia
Ward, Elmore SOrenson.
The Winslow mail., 1926-02-26
Plan The Opening OF
Clifton n-Springerville
Road In Near Future

CLIFTON-Plans will be perfect
ed in Clifton March 9Th, for the
formal opening of the Clifton
Springerville highway, 129 miles in
length, through the noted big game
and fishing region and majestic
forests of the Blue range of Ari-
zona. On that date K. G.. Kartch-
ner, supervisor of the Apache ma
tional forest, and Rex King, sup
ervisor of the Crook national for
est, will meet with committees from
the Springerville chamber of COM
merce. and Clifton commercial club.
Tentative plans call for a celebra-
tion at Hanigan's meadows, in the
heart of the Blue range, at an ele-
walton of more than 5000 feet, the
two last days of next May, when
the road will be formally dedicat-
ed to the traffic of the world.
Tentative plans provide for a
barbecue for at least 1900 persons,
music by an Indian band, Apache
Indian dances and other realistic
old time entertainment features ap-
propriate to the opening of a mo-
tor highway through one of the
last big game countries of the west
which formerly was reached only
by saddle horse and pack animal.
The tentative plans also include
speeches by national, state and
civic leaders.
The forest service will provide
camping facilities at Hanigans
meadows for the two-day celebra-
ton. Clifton and Springerville will
provide the refreshments an den
tertainment The cooperation of
the government assures the sue
cess of the celebration, according
to Mayor Peter Riley of Clifton,
The ton-Springerville high
way opens a new, interesting and
inspiring route from the east to the
Grand Canyon and California, and
it completes the circuit of the state
for Arizona people in their tours
of the "See Arizona First" move
ment. The highway traverses one
of the biggest uncut forests in the
United States, runs about SO miles
through big trees at a high eleva-
ton, affording good camping, wa
ter, fishing and hunting, with plen-
ty of lions, bear and wolves for
those who wish to hunt predatory
game. The trout fishing area is
about 25 miles square. The fish
ing season opens June 1st.
The Winslow mail., 1926-02-26
SANTA FE TO
SPEND TWELVE
ON
COAST LINES

improvements totalling $12,50O,-
900 on the coast lines of the Santa
Fe, considerable of which will be
spent on the Albuquerque division
and in Winslow was announced on
last week by w. X. Etter, General
Manager of the Santa Fe, according
to J. R. Hitchcock, Assistant Gen
eral Manager cf the Coast lines
who was in Winslow Wednesday on
q general tour Of inspection.
Mr.. Hitchcock said that the an
nouncement was made this week
by w. K. Etter, that a total ex-
penditure of $12,50O,000 had been
placed in the budget for coast line
Improvements for 1926. Of this
amount $6,500,000 is for work plan
ned to be finished or gotten under
way this year. There will also be
expended $6,0O0,000 fo work plan
ned and started in 1925 but not
completed.
A total of $1,1OO,OO0 will be for
new 110 lb. steel rails to be laid
on the main lines west of Albu-
querque; $1,000,000 for improve
ments to bridges, trestlcs and cul-
verts; $3,200,000 for improvements
in road bed, main tracks, terminal
yards, passing tracks and sidings.
The company will expend $4OO,-
600 for improvements in it's tele-
graph and telephone facilities and
automatic signals, while S1,500,000
has been allotted for improvements
in stations, hotel and office facili-
ties. For improvements in water
and fuel stations $850,000 has been
allowed and $1,800,000 will be used
for improvements in shop, round
house and terminal facilities. In
cluded in both of these figures is
the reconstruction of the water
supply plant in Winslow started
here this month, and the extensive
improvements now going on here at
the round bpuse.
The remainder will be spent for
improvements in docks and wharves
and for other improvements.
For the elimination of grade
crossing protection this year total
of $2,250.000 has been allowed.
The Santa Fe System this year
will expend $24,O0O000 for i'm
provements and $25,000,000 more
on projects, planned and started in
1925 but not completed.
Of this amount $8,000,0O0 will be
for equipment, including 5000 ad-
ditional freight cars of various
types and fifteen Santa Fe type
locomotives, the latter to be assign
ed to the lines west of Albuquerque.
Mr.. Hitchcock said that the Santa
Fe coast lines in 1925 handled 67,-
700 cars of refrigerator freight,
and during the year 500 refrigerat-
or cars were purchased. For this
year an order for 1000 new refri-
gerator cars has been given
In 1925 the Santa Fe completed
new ice factory and icing facilit-
les in Winslow, at a cost of $780,
900 which gives the coast lines COM
plete system of up-to-date refrige-
rating plants at all points, conse
quently there will be no need for
an expenditure for such this year.
The Winslow mail., 1926-02-26
LOCAL HOSPITAL
And COMMUNITY
CHEST MEETINGS
SET FOR TONIGHT

Plans concerning two important
needs for Winslow will be discuss
ed at the City Hall tonight, when
the general committee on a hos
pital for this city and a commit
tee to lay plans for a Community
Chest here meet. AS both projects
are recruiting support from every
organization in Winslow the same
gathering will handle both matters,
and the double attraction should
attract representatives from every
club, society and fraternal body
here.
The first meeting of the general
hospital committee was held three
weeks ago, after the matter had
been introduced by Frank Perkins
Post of the American Legion. Lack
of necessary figures on mainten-
ance and methods of financing a
hospital made any definite action
at that meeting an impossibility,
and the meeting tonight is expect
ed to bring out more concrete facts.
The desirability of a Communi-
ty Chest is known to everyone. A
system where every person contrib
utes a small amount to a general
fund once a year precludes all
possibility of constant small drains
throughout the year as has been the
custom formerly. Each charity,
local or national, is supported from
the common fund.
All persons interested should be
at the City Hall tonight at o'clock
whether appointed to committees
or not, as reflection of the gen
eral opinion is needed in both
cases
The Winslow mail., 1926-02-26
PROF. GAM MAGE
GIVES INTERESTING
TALK TO ROTARY

In half hour discourse covering
two important subjects, Prof Grady
Gammage, formerly connected with
the Winslow schools, and now vice
president and director of practice
of Northern Arizona State Teachers
college, gave members of Winslow
Rotary club some thoughts on edu-
cation as we'll as an interesting
discussion of Rotary ideals.
Prof Gammage's address on Ro-
tary was prompted by the fact
that this is Rotary Anniversary
week, and in it he stressed the OBJ
servation of the sixth object of
Rotary International which pro-
vides: The advancement of un-
derstanding, goodwill and interna-
tional peace through a world fell
lowship of business and profession
al men united in the Rotary ideal
of service.
In his address on education, Prof.
Gammage used as his subject the
"Place of the Teachers College and
Educational Program" and he gave
his hearers some interesting facts
and figures on teachers colleges,
and Arizona's position in various
lights in its standing in educational
circles.
Accompanying Prof. Gammage on
his visit to Winslow Rotary were
Miss Mildred Whetsel, teacher of
music in the college and training
schools, who rendered a piano and
vocal selection, and Mr. Phil Hall
of Flagstaff, who entertained the
Rotarians with a number of selec-
tions of his piano-accordiOn.
The Winslow mail., 1926-02-26
SITE FOR A CITY
PARK is OFFERED
BY ]. L. SWEENEY

Following an appeal from stud
ents in Winslow schools and a sug-
gestion by The Mail for a City
Park and community playground
here, a real opportunity for Wins
low to establish such a park will
be offered the city council at their
next meeting by John L. Sweeney,
owner of Sweeney Heights, he an
nounced this week.
Sweeney, who heartily endorses
the plan, proposes to offer the
council at their next meeting a
piece of land ideally situated for
a recreational center, and it is
believed that such substantial do
nation will be accepted and used
for the purpose.
Comprising about three acres in
triangular shape, the park plot to be
offered will be of sufficient size
to anticipate the growth of Wins
low for many years to come. 1t
is situated at the intersection of
Berry and Cherry streets, on the
northwest corner, between Maho-
ney addition and Sweeney Heights.
Probably no other piece of ground
in the limits of Winslow offers
such a fine location for a public
playground as this, since it is not
only accessible to residents of all
parts of the city, but is also near
the center of sch | population,
and nearest to the students, whom
it will help most. 1t also adjoins
the new municipal landing field on
the west.
The Winslow mail., 1926-02-26
BOY SCOUTS TO
CLEAN WINSLOW
LANDING FIELD

Following completion of level
ing and grading the runways of
Winslow's new municipal landing
field, which will be finished some
time this week, the Boy Scouts,
uphOlding their creed OF doing a
good turn daily will turn out Sat
urday and start work of clearing
the entire field of old tin cans
which have been dumped on the
grounds in days gone by, so that
Winslow's new field will present a
spick and span appearance to
birdmen who will light here in the
future.
This Saturday A. R. Hipkoe's
troop will go to the field and carry
on work of clearing and next Sat-
urday Jack Lindsays troop will
complete the work. Chas. Daze,
local transfer man will donate a
truck to haul away the debris as
it is gathered on both days.
Wednesday, work of erecting the
weather vane taken from the old
field, was completed and by next
week the big white concrete circle,
that will be visible for many miles,
will have been laid and the field
will be completed, although it is
in such shape that landings may
be made right now.
According to announcement this
week an effort is being made to get
several army planes here on Me-
mortal Day, to assist in the SER
vices to be conducted by Frank
Perkins Post, American Legion, at
which event the new field will be
dedicated.
The Winslow mail., 1926-02-26
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May Organize
Boy Scout Band
For Winslow

+ That Winslow is sorely in
+ need of band and that steps
+ will be taken in the very near
+ future looking toward fOrma-
! ton OF a band from the mem
+ bership of the Boy Scouts, was
! announced this week by local
+ people interested in such an
! organization.
+ Winslow has been without a
+ band organization for some
+ time, it is pointed out and for
+ a city the size of this a band
j. is a much needed adjunct to
? our civic affairs. With re-or-
!! ganization Of Boy Scout troops
: here this week, it is planned
: to start the bali rolling at
+ once. Prof. James 2. Lee, di-
: rector of musical activities of
+ Winslow High School has
+ consented to take the organi-
: zation in hand as director and {
: it is figured that there are al
= ready owned in WInSloW by
= the schools and by individuals
: enough band instruments to
: form a nucleus for a good
: band organization. The plan
: would be to augment the Or
" ganization with new instru-
= ments as progress would be
= made.
: There is no doubt but that
: Winslow needs band and the
= move to form one here among Z
: the Boy Scouts would prove a
double benefit, giving Winslow
= a band as well as adding to :
Boy Scout activities.
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The Winslow mail., 1926-02-26
WINSLOW SCHOOL
SHOW INCREASE
In ATTENDANCE

Attendance at Winslow High
school for the first five months of
the school year shows substan-
tial increase in percentage over the
same period of the school year
1924-1925, according to the report
of Prof. P. E. Liljedahl. Accord
ing to the figures compiled, the in
crease in average attendance is
about 7 per cent over that of last
year. Of the total attendance in
Winslow high school the percent
age of girls is around 60 as against
40 per cent boys.
The Winslow mail., 1926-02-26
TWO PHOENIX HOLDUPS HELD

PHOENIX - Alexander Elder
local engineer, who was shot early
Sunday morning by two holdup
men, was reported to be improving
by attending physicians.
Leo and Frank Pass, brothers,
are in the city Jail, charged with
the shooting. Both were taken to
the hospital and Elder identified
them as the men who had wounded
him.
Elder was walking home early
Sunday morning when two men ac-
costed him, asked him for his val
uables. When he had given them
up one of the men fired the shot
that struck Elder in the abdomen
The Winslow mail., 1926-02-26
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Gas Oil Rate
Case Affects
Arizona Users

+ PHOENIX-Every user of
+ gasoline in the state will be
+ affected should the proposed 1
+ increase in the freight rates I
! on gas oil or topping" oil
! from California producing I
+ points to Arizona become eff I
+ fective, Loren Vaughn, chair
! man of the corporation COM
Z mission, said yesterday
J The corporation commission I
i has entered the case as an in
: tervenOr and will be repre-
+ sented at the hearing of the !
! case which opens in Los An I
7 geles today, by L. G. Ref, rate :
! expert of the commission. !
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The Winslow mail., 1926-02-26
Writ Is Dismissed
In Supreme Court

HOLBROOK-The writ of prohi-
bition of the supreme court, where
in A. T. Hammons, superintendent
of banks, was plaintiff, and Judge
Jesse E. Crosby, of the superior
court of Navajo county, was de
fendant, was dismissed without
prejudice, on motion Of Sapp & Nc
Laughlin, attorneys for the bank.
The Winslow mail., 1926-02-26
Canyon Rim Park Is
Given Name De Motto

WASHINGTON - The United
States geographical board in ses-
sion here on February gave the
name De Motto to a park on the
north rim OF the Grand Canyon
in Coconino county
The park was given that name
by Mayor J. w. Powell in 1872
after a member of his expedition,
Prof. Henry G.. De Motto.
The Winslow mail., 1926-02-26

unable with the exercise of reason
able diligence, to begin drilling op-
erations or to drill wells to the
depth and within the time required
by the law governing oil and gas
land leases.
The Winslow mail., 1926-02-26

Wickenburg Tonopah Belmont
Development company continues to
open UP ore on 300 foot level Of
Washington Mine
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-03-17

The dollar expended with the local
printer is of greater value to the COM
munity than the dollar spent for mer-
chandise. The local merchant who
buys printing outside of his own COM
munity is robbing his own cash reg
lister. A good many retail merchants
need education along this line. 1t has
taken years for people to come to
some understanding of the fact that
the tourist dollar, for instance, is of
direct benefit to the entire community
California, Florida and Colorado early
learned the lesson that the tourist
dollar does not stop with the hotel
man, the resort man, the automobile
repair man, and the gas station, but
that large percentage of the tour
list dollar goes to every line of bus
mess in the community. AS a re-
suit, we find Minnesota taking lead
ing place as tourist state, and other
states are awakening to the great val
ue of the tourist dollar to the gen
eral prosperity of the community.
The dollar spent for printing is the
most loyal dollar in your community
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-03-17

feeling that nothing should be left
undone to reduce still further the
evils to which you call attention"
That it is only a matter of time,
and relatively a short time, before
this evil of liquor trafficing is COM
pletely wiped out, would seem an
obvious conclusion from such a prom
Use. When, moreover, the sentiments
expressed in the letter from Sir Aus
ten Chamberlain, the British Foreign
Minister, to the organizers of the
meeting is taken into consideration,
in which he declared that "His Maj
esty's Government have done, by
means of the liquor traffic conven-
ton, and are doing, by all means in
their power, all that is possible to
assist the United States Government
insupplessing this traffic, of which
His Majesty's Government entirely
disapprove," it is reasonable to con-
clude that the force behind the prohi-
bition reform the world over is
growing at such a pace that it's final
complete victory is practically fore
gone onclusion.-Christian Science
Monitor.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-03-17
YOUR BEST INVESTMENT

Those who think that the automo-
bile tax is high have forgotten the
fact that when automobiles were
listed as personal property the amount
paid was more than it is at present
and that our roads were about the
poorest excuses~for highways in the
country. We are getting our roads in
condition now, in spite of the increas-
ed traffic, so that it is a pleasure to
start out on a long journey in almost
any direction from ones home, re-
CARELESS of weather conditions. Add
ed to this is the fact that practically
all roads in the county end township
have been greatly improved, some of
the cross roads being fully up to the
standard of the trunk highways. Pay
your tax cheerfully for it is the best
investment you have ever made tow
ards the general upbuilding of the
state.-Fairfax Standard.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-03-17
A BROAD-MINDED ATTITUDE

The attitude of the people of the
Twin Cities toward the good roads
program of the state of Minnesota
puts to shame the petty, penny-pin-
ching view of the people of the coun-
try districts which are getting the
benefit of the road money which the
people of the cities are paying.
Not only have the people Of the
Twin Cities willingly and cheerfully
paid the automobile tax for road pur-
poses when the law restricts the
building of state highways within the
cities, but recently the two cities,
through their county boards, releas-
ed $4,000 each to be used up here in
ltasca county, more than 200 miles
from the two cities.
To be sure, the cities figure that
this expenditure will be of benefit to
them-it is for a more direct route
to the Canadian border toward which,
for some reason or other, more and
more tourists are turning their faces.
while the other direction brings traf-
fic to the Twin Cities, which is where
the cities come in.
The attitude of the Twin Cities i,
IN refreshing contrast, too, with the
stand many towns take that if road
money is not expended right by their
door (even though the roads built
give them good roads to the very
places they want to 90 and are roads
they use every time they go any
where) that they are Disseminated
against.-Grand Rapids Independent