The Coconino sun., 1926-09-03

have If you find cement, lime mortar and paint
drops in your paper, read it. not as swear words,
but as progress drifting in between the lines.
FROM A TOMBSTONE TO THREE STORIES
The old saying that you can't keep good man
down" seems to hold true of that Giragi Gang of
the Winslow Mail. Not content with new web
press, another linotype and two story building
they now insist in jacking the two story building
up another story. Probably they struck gold
mine when they dug the foundation for their new
building. 1t has taken the editor of The Sun over
eighteen years to get one story building, while
the Giragl gang run up from Tombstone to three
stories in just a few months.
WE'LL, WHAT SHALL WE Do?
Routing tourists from Grand Canyon via Cam
eron and east, is not doing Flagstaff any good
Flagstaff should be a connecting link and not be
set off to one side. Just recently while wreck
ing crew was picking up an auto that had gone
over steep grade the other side of Cameron,
traffic was held up for an hour or so stopping
some forty cars. That's Flagstaff's problem and
we regret we can't offer a solution, but the fight
should start about here on detouring Flagstaff.
Next Tuesday is primary election day. Shall
the majority of the people rule, or should we
stand back and dsdainfully say, politics are rot
ten,' and let the rotten element rule? If the good
conscientious people refuse to vote why shouldn't
they be ruled by the rotten element who are
wise enough to vote early and often?
If there is one thing more than another the peo-
pie of Flagstaff have right to be proud of it is
the new depot and the park surrounding it. Ev-
cry time progressive citizen goes past it he feels
like giving the Santa Fe a good hearty boost.
We are told that the eggs Of the condor are
worth $4,000 apiece This makes them so ex-
pensive they couldn't be used any place except in
primaries
Judge Clark candidate for governor suggests
that the best way to reduce taxes is not to raise
them and practice economy. Just preaching econ
omy does not seem to affect the tax rate.
European nations are now organizing a great
steel trust and so far we haven't heard any COM
plants from our own free traders who are always
SO worried about American monopolies.
So far as we are able to learn the Flagstaff In
dependent published for the past week or two, has
no permanent address and has been discontinued
Krishnamurti, the Hindu who claims to be the
new Messiah, may may not have the goods he
claims but he undoubtedly has splendid press
agent
4 The Prince of Wales is now playing in Jazz
orchestra and doubtless he finds saxaphone a
lot easier to manage than horse
It's no use trying to kid yourself into thinking
you are still young when you have to put double
lenses into your spectacle frames.
When you hear a person accusing some one of
trying to run the town." ask him what he ever
did to help the town along.
Now If the Colorado river is saved to the state,
we hope our Saviours will not overlook saving us
from Wall Street. too.
Premier Mussolini has suspended city elections
in Italy and if he will only abolish the primary
all will be forgiven.
1t is said that women don't wear as much jewel
ry as they used to but then the same thing applies
to everything else.
The farmer who raises plenty of pigs and chick
ems doesn't seem to be worrying great deal about
the price of corn.
The latest things in bathing suits are not much
more than were shown at the old swimming hole
We have lot of millionaires in America but
few of them get that way by running for office
Possibly Aimee would be just as willing to have
her foot prints taken as her finger prints.
The first lap of the political scrap ends next
Tuesday.
Forget your pains when the campaigns are
over