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The Coconino sun., 1926-04-30
SUIT AGAINST COUNTY
FOR AUTO ACCIDENT
AT LEES FERRY FILED

In suit filed at Prescott last week
by order of Judge Jones of Flagstaff,
Coconino county is being sued by r..
Bean of Minneapolis for damages re-
sulting from the loss Of two automo-
biles, camp and personal equipment
of party of Boy Scouts who were
thrown into the Colorado river while
crossing at Lees Ferry, July is, 1928.
In his complaint, Mr.. Bean alleges
that Coconino county maintained and
operated a ferry that was unfit, un-
safe and unskillfully handled at the
well-known place of crossing.
When the ferry precipitated the
two automobiles into the river, a
grave diss.ter was narrowly averted
by the heroic work of l. G. Cockroft.
The six Boy Scouts and two men ac-
companying them were all rescued,
but the automobiles and equipment
were carried down stream and never
recovered.
The suit, originally filed in Coco
nino county, has been transferred to
the local superior court owing to the
interest which the northern county
had in the case.
The Coconino sun., 1926-04-30
FLAGSTAFF SURE GOT
One REAL CLEAN UP

Better Homes week in Flagstaff
was an entire success, according to
Mrs. Frank NJ Gold, chairman of the
campaign. From the time that Mayor
Loren Cress proclaimed it, every or
ganization and every citizen heartily
fell in line to put across the greatest
effort toward the successful attain
ment of an ideal Better Homes,
Beautify Flagstaff" week. Coopera-
tion to the fullest was accorded the
movement on every hand. Programs
bearing on the subject were given at
all regular meetings.
Boy Scouts pIacarded the town
calling attention to the fact that the
time had arrived for such a house
cleaning as it had never before known
all at one time A follow-up visit was
made by scouts who authorized the
placing in windows Of notices bla-
zoning that "All the rubbish at this
home is cleaned up and ready to be
removed" There is great competl-
tion among the squads and boys with
the south of the tracks district are
boasting that they will win the prize
for the slickest and neatest part OF
town.
Camp Fire girls were no less
busy in individual homes though no
prize will be theirs and their results
aren't of the SNOWY order Paters and
big brothers were pressed into service.
Many longing look was cast toward
the fishing pole by male members OF
the household who remained at home
raising blisters-where no blister has
lived for long, long time-raking
yards.
City rubbish wagons are working
overtime hauling away donations for
the city dump pile. Many people have
carted their own stuff away, which
FASTENED matters along appreciably
The result is that Flagstaff is the
cleanest that it has ever been in its
history. Many cleared off weeds from
vacant property. The planting OF
trees and flowers was stimulated by
the abundance of water. Spring bios
SONS and fruit trees timed their
apogee for this week.
The Coconino sun., 1926-04-30
WOMAN'S CLUB ADOPTS
UNIQUE PLAN TO PAY

Several weeks ago the Woman's
club of Flagstaff decided to make a
strong effort to pay the last of the
unsecured claims which they have
been gradually clearing up since the
club house was completed in 1924.
The members of the club have worked
hard to free their home, which IS the
admiration of all visitors, from debt.
They "took in" boarders. Yes, and
"roomers," too, last Fourth Of July.
They have held food and fancy work
sales, and have given dances and en-
tertainments.
Now they ask the community to
give them boost. They think the
civic Improvement work they desire
to do and could do more Of if they
were free from debt, is valuable to
the town and hope that the citizens
will show their appreciation OF thiS
fact by contributing freely at TINS
time.
They do not ask for much and TO
make it more interesting every per-
son who gives SIS or more will be pre-
sented with two complimentary
tickets to the dinner dance to be held
about May Is in celebration Of the
confidently expected success Of the
campaign.
The drive begins May /, with Mrs.
liz. M. Gold, chairman; Mrs. I. Q.
Bellwood, secretary, and Miss Minnie
Lintz, treasurer Every dollar re-
ceived will be kept in fund separate
from the club treasury and will pc
applied to the debt to be paid. The
expense of the dinner dance will be
met by money earned in several WAYS.
The Coconino sun., 1926-04-30
SCRAP;
NO WOMEN INVOLVED

Constable Bert Lauzon of Grand
Canyon on Tuesday brought Jesus
Herrera to county Jail here. Next
day he and Special Agent Claussen of
the Santa Fe railway brought Felix
Contreras and Urslo Godimez. Both
the latter were somewhat the worse
for knife wounds and Godimez had
been soaked on the bean with gas
pipe. DR.. Jones of Grand Canyon
had patched them up. It seems to
have been a triangular scrap in which
couple Of the men were going to it
with knives when the third took a
hand and ended the bout with the gas
pipe. 1t is hoped to get the conflict
ing stories untangled in court The
men were employed by the railway
company on the new power house at
Grand Canyon.
The Coconino sun., 1926-04-30

workers in their sections. Pep and
enthusiasm ran high and all were
eager to complete their organizations
and get started on the stock selling
program.
Dr. A. ]. Mackey, Jr., heading.the
sales organization, presided over this
meeting and emphasized the extreme
Importance Of making the drive a sue
cess. He said, in part: "We're going
over the top; there's no doubt about
that. But in order to put this pro-
position through we must have the
undivided attention of every man on
the sales force every day Of the cam
paign. Let's make the next three
weeks "no-date weeks" and put all
our time, enthusiasm and pep into
building our hotel.
''In this connection, three things
must be remembered: Be on time; at
tend all meetings and sell the stock
If you do this we will not only raise
our quota but we will exceed it.
Five applications have already been
received by the campaign committee
from various sources, asking for OPP
tions on the shops in the new hotel
building. These have been turned
over to the secretary, Earl G. Slipher,
and will be placed on record until such
time as the stores are ready for oc-
Icupancy. Application has also been
made for that of public stenographer.
Del Strong, division 3D." team IL,
is the first honor man of this cam
paign, having entirely completed his
group of six men ahead of all the
rest. His group includes r. NJ Gass-
man, Paul S. Coffin, DR.. E. s. Flett,
John @. Thomas and Ray De Lescaille.
+. e. Browning of team / division
"a" came in second with L. w.
Cress, Walter Carlson, Theodore
Spencer and Frank Goodman as his
teammates. Other groups are fill
The Coconino sun., 1926-04-30
HOTEL CORPORATION SALES FORCE
ORGANIZED, ALL PEPPED UP AND
READY TO MAKE DRIVE A SUCCESS

Electing [. B. Koch as presi-
dent, Dir. A. ]. Mackey, Jr., vice.
president and Earl C.. -Slipher,
secretary y-treasurer of the tenn
porary board of directors of the
Hotel corporation, with Roger
w. Birdseye, G.. B. Wilson, Jos.
P. Wilson, w. H. Switzer, Fred
S. Breen, B. A. Cameron and p.
J. Moran as additional members
of the board, was the regular
business of the executive COM
mittee at their meeting the last
of last week. This board will
act as incOrpOratOrs for the new
Hotel company and serve as its
board until the first regular
meeting of the stockholders.
The sales organization, in charge
of DR.. A. j. Mackey, Jr., as general
sales manager, is rapidly taking
shape. Four divisions have been
formed and will be in charge of the
following division managers and
group managers: Division a. Z. A.
Haight, division manager; +. E.
Browning, Sid Gassman and A. f.
Grimmelt, group managers. Division
3d." E, c. Slipher, division manager;
b. A. Cameron, Edward G. Miller and
G. T. Pulliam, group managers. Di-
vision &C" under W. H. Switzer, with
e. 7. McGonigle, K. J. Nackard and
j. B. Rickel, group managers and Di-
vision 3D. in charge Of G. B. Wilson,
with c. W.. Isham, M. j. Pilkington
and Del Strong as group managers.
At the meeting of the sales organi
zation Monday night, the various di-
vision and group managers all re-
ported excellent progress in securing
The Coconino sun., 1926-04-30
FILMING OF THE LAST
FRONTIER" AT THE GAP
BEGINS NEXT WEEK; MOST
OF COMPANY HERE SUNDAY

John G.. Rohlfs, business manager
of "The Last Frontier" company ar
rived here yesterday morning with
his staff to handle preliminary de-
tails on the filming of Courtney Riley
Cooper's gripping tale of the western
plains. Locations have been selected
at Tuba City, and, with the advasee
guard of film stars due unday at
1926 p. M, Shooting" will pet un-
derway early Monaay morning.
George B. SeitZ, whose Vanishing
American" stamped him as a director
par excellence, will be responsible for
the handling of the Cooper opus for
the Metropolitan Pictures corporation.
William Boyd, a product Of Ari-
IONA, viii play the male lead, co-star-
ring with Marguerite de La Note,
regarded as one of the most brilliant
actresses on the screen. An all-star
supporting cast will help stage the
final production. Mitchell Lewis,
Jack Hoxie, j. Farrell Macdonald,
Gladys Brockwell, Sally Rand, Junior
Coughlan and Frank Lakteen, all
well-known stars, have been invested
with important roles in "The Last
Frontier"
The party arriving Sunday will be
headed by Seitz and will include
number of the principals. Miss de
La Motto is not scheduled to reach
here until some time next week. At
present she is engaged in completing
"Meet the Prince" now under pro-
duction at the Metropolitan studios IN
Hollywood.
One of the unusual features at
tendant upon the filming of the west
ern drama of pioneer struggles will
be the Melody Lane and Richards
sisters trio, which will be brought to
location from Hollywood to provide
the musical settings. The studio
musicians are an important factor IN
the successful direction of any picture.
1t is at the behest of Miss de La
Motto that the Lane-Richards COM
bination is making the trip here. Miss
Lane is familiar to all radio fans tun-
ing in on Los Angeles broadcasting
stations. The 19-year-old Hollywood
composer is rated as one of the
musical geniuses Of the country,
while the Richards sisters just re-
Gently completed a tour of the Or
pheum circuit.
Camp will be pitched at Tuba City,
making a veritable tent city for the
movie troupe. Caterers, cooks and
a complete studio staff will be on
hand when the cameras are ready to
start grinding. Faithfulness in de-
tail to the authors original story will
be the keynote of Director Seitz IN
bringing to the screen this mammoth
replica of early pioneer days. In
film circles it is conceded that The
Last Frontier" should be even greater
than 'The Covered Wagon and
'The Vanishing American.
Part of the filming will be done at
Houserock valley.
Lee Doyle of Flagstaff has the
transportation and saddle horse con-
tract, and will furnish about hun
dred of the latter as well as 30 four
horse covered wagons. Lee said yes
terday that about 700 Indians would
be used-at least it was hoped to
have that many on the job Monday
morning and more may be used later.
The filming of "The Last Frontier
was begun year ago in Wyoming by
Thomas Ince and was held up by his
death.
The Coconino sun., 1926-04-30

LANDSCAPE GARDENING
AT THE SANTA FE DEPOT

The two little parks in the Santa
Fe railway station grounds are being
planted this week with ornamental
shrubs, evergreens and lawns under
the direction of Hugh Yeaman Of
Winslow, division gardener of the
Santa Fe. Hugh is an Irishman from
the north Of Ireland and displays ma
tive enthusiasm and thoroughness in
the pursuit of his calling which he
has followed for the past 30 years.
Many of the shrubs were procured in
the high Sierras of California, as
their similar environment has proven
their greater adaptibility to this eli
mate. A well selected variety in
sures a pleasing effect at all times of
the year-locust tree, japanese bar
berry, arbor vitae, snowberry, bridal
wreath, borders of iris and many
others of strange and unpronouncable
cognomens, but which Hugh assures
US are beautiful.
The Coconino sun., 1926-04-30
NORTHERN ARIZONA HIGH
SCHOOLS HERE MAY 7 FOR
M USICAL TOURNAMENT

The most ambitious musical event
ever staged in northern Arizona will
be the high school musical tourna-
ment to be held here all day next Fri
day under the auspices of Flagstaff
Teachers college.
Many of the high schools already
have entered and the others invited
to take part are expected to have their
entries in within the next few days,
Professor C. " Ridgely, head Of
the music department at the college,
believes there will be at least 250 pu-
pills from surrounding towns here for
the tournament, and if there are, the
home-folks here will be asked to pro-
vide accommodations for those who
cannot be taken care of in the college
dormitories.
There will be 72 numbers. These
are the entries so far made:
Flagstaff high school: Girls chorus,
girls quartet, vocal solo, mixed chorus,
piano. Kingman: Girls chorus, girls
quartet, boys quartet. Winslow:
Girls quartet, vocal solo 1.-TWO entries),
orchestra, mixed chorus, piano, boys
quartet, mixed quartet, violin. Snow
flake: Girls chorus, boys chorus,
mixed chorus, piano (three entries)
boys quartet, mixed quartet, violin
(three entries). st. Johns: Band, boys
quartet, cornet, violin. Prescott, Je-
rome, Camp Verde, Clarkdale and
Holbrook entries are not completed.
0rchestras, choruses and bands are
limited to 20 Deople each.
The Coconino sun., 1926-04-30

ing up fast and all will be ready to
go within the next few days.
The first meeting of the entire sales
organization is scheduled for next
Tuesday night at the campaign head
quarters, at which time plans for the
campaign win be explained and all
questions answered.; for, in order to
build this hotel in Flagstaff, every
thing must be understood and a clear
explanation Of all details will be the
main purpose of this meeting.
Arrangements have also been made
for Senator Charles B. Hamilton,
president of the Hamilton Hotels
company, Inc, of Los Angeles, who
will operate Flagstaff's hotel, to be
present at this meeting. He will, at
that time, outline the method and
policy Of the Hamilton chain operating
plan. The hotels now included in this
chain are the Hotel Fresno, Fresno;
Hotel Tegeler, Bakersfield; Hotel
Reynolds at Riverside; the Marys-
vile at Marysville; the Occidental
and the Occidental Annex, Santa
Rosa, and the new community hotels
at Richmond, Tracy and Alameda, the
latter now being financed.
A recent edition of the Bakers
field Californian" in connection with
the opening of the new Ell TETON hotel
built by H. L. Stevens & company and
financed by the Hockenbury System,
Inc, the combination which are
handling the hotel here, says Clark
Granting, superintendent of construc-
tion for II. Il. Stevens & company,
has been in Bakersfield and will
leave there very soon for Flagstaff,
where he will supervise the construc-
tion of new community hotel in that
lcity. It also compliments Mr.. Gram
ling very highly on the results of his
work in Bakersfield.
The Coconino sun., 1926-04-30
RI1RNS SAYS WE'RE OKEH

zone of the finest, friendllest, BUS
lest little cities in the west" IS the
way Charlie Burns, until recently
auditor for the Flagstaff Lumber Go.
and the w. M. Cady Lumber Co,
characterizes Flagstaff in column
interview in a recent issue of The
Alexandria, La, Daily Town Talk.
Charlie says a lot of other good things
about Flagstaff, where he lived for
two years and then left after we all
hoped we would have the job of bury
ing him here-about so years from
now-and tells about his trip to the
south with his Buick master six sedan.
The Alexandria paper warmly vel
comes him and Mrs. Burns back to
their city
The Coconino sun., 1926-04-30
LOST FOOT FIRST TIME
TRIED JUMPING FREIGHT

His first experience bumming
freights was disastrous to Nathan
Nelson, %, Of Leonard, Colo, who
with two others after being let out of
the mines in Colorado was on his
way to Jerome to seek mine work
there.
Attempting to catch freight west
of Williams before seven o'clock on
Wednesday morning, Nelson fell, his
left foot being crushed beneath the
wheels. His companions tagged
down train coming east, which car
ried Nelson to Williams, where he
was placed on an automobile truck
and brought here, arriving more than
four hours after the accident. DR..
Ploussard amputated the injured limb
a short distance below the knee, Neil
son was doing very we'll yesterday.
He has mother and two sisters in
Leonard, Colo.
The Coconino sun., 1926-04-30
HUNT SAYS HE WILL
RUN FOR GOVERNOR
Il will stay with the fight" I"

Il will stay with the fight
This, in effect, is the announcement
Of Governor Hunt that he will seek
nomination for reelection at the fall
primaries, made in a letter addressed
to Congressman Carl Hayden on the
subject of the Swing-J Johnson Boulder
canyon bill. The contents of the let
ter was released by the governor.
'I have decided definitely to stay
with the fight" are the words used
by the governor in his letter. shall
make formal announcement Of my
candidacy for the democratic nomina-
tion for governor within the next few
days"
This is about two months earlier
than he usually makes his announce
ment.
The Coconino sun., 1926-04-30
HOORAY! THE
WHISPERS ARE
SPROUTING AGAIN

!. Dan Hogan, Fred Russell and
!. Charlie Kelly are getting a good
:. start face gardening and when
!. the underbrush is a few weeks
:. older, unless some careless
! camper starts a fire, will be in
!. complete hiding hirsutoriously
]. speaking. They're advance
I. guard in the Elks phalanx to
!. porcupine the atmosphere and
!. scare the tourist in preparation
! for the coming Elks days Of
:. 40" celebration here the week of
!. July 4. You other guys who last
!. summer distinguished yourself
I. with proof that you could
I. grow 'em, it's time to get busy
!. now and see if that effort ex-
!. hausted all your vitality. Con-
!. certed action now, and with the
i. girls letting it grow again and
i. we-aII letting them grow again,
!. we'll force every dinged barber
!. out of town and all have money
:. enough to buy gasoline.
q. =. =. =.
The Coconino sun., 1926-04-30
NELSON BURNS GARAGE

Nelson Burns recently started in
business for himself. He has leased
Frank Brooks. garage and service sta
tion located back of the store and is
prepared to look after all motor all
ments with expedition and precision.
He is also local distributor for Over
land and Willys-Knight cars under
direction of the Franklin-Overland
Co. of Holbrook. Nelson has been a
Flagstaff boy for the past five years
and solicits your sampling of his
wares,
The Coconino sun., 1926-04-30
DIR. AND MRS. COTTON HERE

DR.. Harold S. Cotton and Mrs Col
ton arrived last Saturday from their
home in Pennsylvania and immed-
lately went to their summer camp
north of town. They will spend a
couple of weeks here institutingg con-
templated improvements at Malpais
manor, which they recently purchased
from Mrs. John Francis. Then they
will go to the coast to purchase a
winter home. They shipped their au-
tomobile by water via Panama canal
and will tour until the first of June,
then return to Flagstaff for the sum-
mer.
The Coconino sun., 1926-04-30

Elmer Carlos, who was taken i'll
with pneumonia last week following
the death from the same malady of
Roy, one Of his brothers, was yester-
day reported better with good chances
for recovery, though he still is a
very sick boy. He is at the Carlos
ranch home near Turkey Tanks
The Coconino sun., 1926-04-30
DRAINE LOCATES IN OAKLAND

w. d. Draine returned the first of
the week from Oakland, Calf, where
he visited his father and arranged to
enter the wholesale shoe business
with him, with headquarters in that
city. He will return next week, Mrs.
Draine joining him late in the sum-
mer.
The Coconino sun., 1926-04-30

Miss Mary Costigan and nephew,
Bill Costigan, are expected home the
first of the week from Los Angeles,
where they have been on vacation a
couple of weeks.
The Washington times., 1926-05-25
Funny US. Law Won't
Let Him Give Wife
Away

PHILADELPHIA, M ay 25.
Thomas Borkowski, of West Col
lings, N. j., sits in a cell in
the Camden Jail and ponders
over the Sunny" American law
that forbids him to give his
wife away if he wants to.
Frank KoIb is a boarder at
the BorkowsH HON g. Z h e
boarder expressed the desire to
have Mrs. Borkowski for his
own, and the latter, seeing a
chance to strike a good bargain,
drew up an agreement with
Kolb, which reads as follows:
81, Thomas Borkwoski, give
to Frank Kolb my wife to be
his property and he to take
care Of her." Both Kolb and
Borkowski signed the state
ment.
Mrs. Borkowski, however, was
not consulted in the mater and
she wasn't especially pleased
with the arrangement. So she
had her husband brought into
court, and Magistrate John
O'Grady ordered him to pay
$12 q week and then committed
him to the county Jail to await
action by the grand jury.
The Washington times., 1926-05-25
PIT|ES GERMAN
SOLDIERS
~ InternatiOnal Ncws Service

BERLIN, May 25.-"our country
men do not fully realize that the
present German army Is something
entirely different from the pre-war
army and that the Reicbswehr
soldier of today Is an. entirely diff
ferent type Of a soldier, as com.
pared to the Kaiser's c0nscripts,
says DIR. Otto Gessler, the German
minister of Defense, in an article
Of the Berlin Boersencourler.
THE pre.war conscript, as q rule
was happy. Service was hard, but
he could always look forward TO
the day when he would be released.
The German soldier Of pre-war
times was well thought OF and
popular. little bit pitied, but als1
spoiled.
"This is different nowadays. The
German Reichswehr soldier is q
professional with q twelve years
term, during which he has to lay
the foundation Of his future civ1i
profession.
''The fact that it is impossible
for q professional soldier 10 quit
the army, even IL the soldiers joe
fails to satisfy him, is d serious
drawback for our volunteers.
This weighs heavily en- the
German soldiers mind. psychologi-
cally speaking. The Retshswehr
soldier is much more sensitive than
his pre-War comrade."
The Washington times., 1926-05-25
WIFE sTABBER FREED
WITH SINGING REBUKE

PHILADELPHIA. May 26.-A
husband who stabbed his wife and
6-month-old baby when he returned
home, police say, In a drunken
stupor, was dismissed with a sting
ing rebuke by Magistrate Holland
after the wife had refused to prose.
cute.
The man IL Earl Fox, 80. He
went to a party. according to the
police, and became intoxicated. Mrs.
Fox waited up for him In the
kitchen OF their home.
He returned during the. early
morning hours and an argument en-
sued. Mrs. Fox was holding the
baby In her arms. Fox became SO
enraged, police said, during the
course OF the argument that he
pulled a penknife from his pocket
and stabbed his wife In the left
breast. The baby's foot was cut in
the affray.