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The Coconino sun., 1926-02-12
INDUSTRIES MAKE
BIG SHOWING FOR 1925

Products Of Arizona's three major
ifdustfies-mining, farming and live
stock-during the year 1925 had an
aggregate value of more than $780,
100000, according to estimates pre-
pared by the research department Of
the Arizona Industrial congress.
Value Of the years production Of
manufacturing industries would raise
the total figures to above S175, ,00G,-
900, it was declares
The increase shown in the value Of
Arizona's production of basic ma
terials over 1924 was due mainly to
the winning industry, total value of
whose 192Soutput is placed at S114,-
100000 by the United States geologi-
cal survey, compared to $98,216,00
the year before. Ofklast years total
copper represented $102,29S, 600; sill
yer, $5,052,000; gold, S4,315, ,0G0, and
lead, $2,083,000. The aggregate value
of agricultural production was about
the same as in 1924. around $50, ,000,-
900, cotton and alfalfa being the
largest items. Value of cattle shipped
cut of the state and slaughtered
within the state is estimated at $9,-
100000, while combined production Of
wool and lambs sold is given a con-
The Coconino sun., 1926-02-12
NEW VOLUME OF ARIZONA
HISTORY BEING PRINTED

State Historian Geo. H. Kelly an,
nounces that new volume of Ari-
zona history is now being printed
which will be ready for delivery early
in March.
This volume records the important
events which marked the various ses-
sions of Arizona territorial legisla-
lures from the first session in 1864
to the last one in 1909, prior to the
admission of Arizona as state.
Extracts from the messages of the
various territorial governors who
served Arizona and resolutions passed
by various sessions from time to time,
relate serious Indian troubles which
for many years held back industrial
progress.
Extracts from census reports, re-
ports of the territorial fiscal officers
and appropriation bills show the
growth and development of Arizona
The volume contains the names Of
Arizona law-makers during the ter
ritorial period and also the names of
those who served the legislative ses-
sions as employees.
Maps are included--a series of ten
showing the appearance of new
counties as they were created.
Biographies of some of the pioneer
Lawmakers are given and a number
of photographs.
One chapter is devoted to the state
constitutional convention, and another
to the state university.
The long struggle waged in con-
gress in behalf Of statehood is related
by the late Hon. Marcus A. Smith in
a letter to the state historian.
This historical volume viii COM
prise about four hundred pages and
will be sold for $3.50, prepaid deliv-
cry. Subscriptions may be made now
at the office of state historian, capi-
tol building, Phoenix.
The Coconino sun., 1926-02-12
IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
CAREFULNESS WILL
ELIMINATE DANGER

Every winter numerous deaths are
caused by carbon monoxide. The in
formation bureau of Kansas Public
Service companies has prepared the
following set of danger signals"
'sWhen unaccountable headaches
come on, especially with two or more
persons involved, you have a reason
to suspect carbon monoxide poisoning
if there are any gas stoves, gas
CRATES, or doubtful-acting stoves or
furnaces about.
"If matches will not burn perfectly
in the general air of the rooms, or if
there is a sense of drowsiness in
rather confined quarters, you have
reason to suspect carbon monoxide.
Suspect monoxide gas if, on aris-
ing from a chair or attempting active
work, weakness of the knees occurs
and it requires special effort to get
ones self to the job.
Suspect the cook stove, whether it
is of gas or other type, when these
symptoms are aggravated during pre-
paration of meal.
"Flueless water heaters, whether
in bathroom, kitchen or basement,
should be constant objects of suspi-
cion, regardless of their type. All of
them should have outside flues.
The Coconino sun., 1926-02-12
CASH PRIZES OFFERED
FOR COOP ESSAYS

A triple contest for the best essays
on Cooperative Marketing" open to
all high school and junior college stu
dents and all grade school pupils of
the state, as we'll as to all persons
who attend the Kilgore school Of CO.
operative marketing held recently in
the Salt River valley, has been an
nounced by the state department of
vocational education in cooperation
with practically all large agricultural
organizations of the state.
Three groups of attractive cash
prizes are offered for the best es-
says submitted in the contest, first
prize in each group being 500, with
a second prize of $50 and third Of $25.
The awards are Offered jointly by the
state department of vocational edu-
cation, the Arizona Producer, the adj
visory committee Of the Arizona farm
bureau federation, the Arizona Pima
cotton growers, the Roosevelt hay
growers, the Arizona citrus growers,
the Yuma county farm bureau mar
keting association and the Arizona
Industrial congress. The three groups
of prizes are as follows:
First group open only to students
attending the course of lessons in the
Kilgore school of cooperative market
ing conducted by the state depart
ment of vocational education Theme
of the essay Cooperative Marketing
of Agricultural Products" First
prize, 500; second prize, $50; third
prize, S25.
Second group open to any pupil of
a high school or junior college in the
state of Arizona. Theme of the es-
say: "The Influence of Cooperative
Marketing on Agriculture as a Vo-
cation" First prize, $100; second
prize, $50; third prize, $25.
Third group open to any pupil Of
the public schools of grammar grade
in the state of Arizona. Theme of es-
say: How Cooperative Marketing
Can Improve Ny Community" First
prize, 500; second prize, $50; third
prize, $25.
The following rules and regulations
will govern the contest:
/. All essays to be legibly written
or typewriter on one side of paper
only
2. The name, address and group or
class under which each contestant en-
ters to be written on a separate sheet
of paper and attached to the essay
3. Length of the essay submitted to
be determined by each contestant
with proper regard for conclseness
and reasonable brevity.
A. All essays are to become the
property of the state department of
vocational education and cooperating
associations. 1t is understood that If
necessary for publication purposes
the vocational department may con-
dense or brief any essay so used,
5. All manuscripts must be sent to,
and be in the hands Of, the state de
partment of vocational education,
Room 210, Capitol building, Phoenix,
not later than April Is, 1926.
6. The judges viii be A. NJ. Davis,
director of vocational education, chair
man; the Hon. Fl. D. Ross, justice of
the supreme court of Arizona, and
Frank H. Swenson, attorney-at-laW,
Phoenix.
7. Announcement Of the winning
essays will be made as soon as the de-
cision of the judges is rendered.
The Coconino sun., 1926-02-12
WANTS TEACHER WHO CAN
SMOKE, DANCE, CONVERSE

A Pima county board Of school
trustees requested a teacher for their
district who could smoke, dance,
sing, play the piano, look attractive
and entertain nicely" Mrs. Annie T..
Daniels, Pima county superintendent
of schools, told the Business and Pro-
fessional Women's club Thursday.
The board that asked for the teacher
who could smoke was supplied with
one who lost her position because OF
that habit.
Another Pima county community
was about to lose its school because
of drop in attendance. It's request
was for teacher, widowed with sew
eral children, who could thus bolster
up the attendance and save the school
for the community. The board
thought the widow might like to be
the housekeeper for a bachelor who
resided there Another board asked
for a demure, old-fashioned teacher
who could act as disciplinarian and
who wouldn't want to see the white
lights and shows too often.
The Coconino sun., 1926-02-12
WINSLOW MAN GUILTY
OF CALF STEALING

Cleburne Creswell of WinsIow, was
found guilty last week, in the Navajo
county superior court, of stealing Il
calf and was given suspended sem
tence of three years, on condition that
he leave the state at once.
The Coconino sun., 1926-02-12

Blank receipt books in stock at The
Sun office.
The Coconino sun., 1926-02-12
SAYS DAMN BOULDER
BILL WILL NEVER PASS

Material opposition developed in
the house irrigation committee.
when it took up consideration of the
new bill providing for construction
Of dam at Boulder Canyon on the
Colorado river.
The measure, a re-draft Of the
Swing-Johnson bill, is designed to
protect the rights of states in the up-
per Colorado basin and to carry out a
number of proposals favored by Sec
retary Work.
After Chairman Smith had read the
new measure to the committee, Rep
resentative Hayden, Arizona, charged
that it ignored" his state.
THAT bill will never pass" Repre-
sentative Hayden said. ''It ignores
Arizona. We will fight to the limit.
The Arizona representative charged
that the measure would recognize the
right of congress to make appropria-
ton of water without the consent of
the state in which the water lay, and
would call for surrender by the
states of jurisdiction over water with
in their rights. II would establish
precedent for naturalization of all
rivers. He added:
Arizona either has rights in the
Colorado river or it has not We
will never concede that we, have none
until the supreme court tells US So"
The new bill would call for con-
gressional approval OF the Colorado
river compact signed at Santa Fe, N.
NJ, November "a, 1922, and provides
that it would become operative upon
ratification by six of the seven sigma
tory states.
Besides the provision calling for
operation Of the compact upon rati-
fication of six states, the revised bill
proposes:
Issuance by the treasury Of $125,-
100000 in gold bonds to cover con
struction. Of this amount, $20,000,-
900 would be to cover interest
charges.
The dam would be at either Black
Canyon or Boulder Canyon.
Construction of an all-American
canal connecting the Laguna dam
with the Imperial and Coachela val
leys, California.
Issuance by the president OF
proclamation upon the ratification OF
the compact by six of the states
The dam and reservoir would be
for: first, flood control purposes;
second, for irrigation; third, for
power.
No contract for electric power to
be generated would run IN excess OF
so years.
The Coconino sun., 1926-02-12
OIL STRUCK ADAMANA
WELL NEAR HOLBROOk

The developments at the Adamana
oil well during the past week have
demonstrated beyond a doubt the fact
that there is commercial oil in the
Holbrook field. Further than this IS
the evidence that the oil is Of high
CAVITY, being a beautiful greenish-
amber color. The persistence of the
company, which has been drilling for
over seven years in the same hole,
has finally shown to the world that
we have here the long-sought liquid
gold in commercial quantities await
ing development.
It was in September, 1918, that the
Adamana oil we'll was spudded in,
during the heat of the World war,
when finances were hard to secure for,
almost any enterprise, and the drill
began to drop. The ups and downs
of the company since that time are
we'll known history in the Holbrook
area.-Holbrook Tribune.
The Coconino sun., 1926-02-12
HUNT OPPOSED TO PROPOSED
NEW u. S. INHERITANCE TAX

Opposition to the federal inhcri-
tance tax provision Of the revenue
bill, as approved by the house was cx-
pressed in a letter from Governor
Hunt of Arizona and read in the
senate at the request Of Senator Ash
urst, democrat, Arizona.
The provision allowing an so per
cent credit on account Of payments on
state inheritance taxes actually
amounted to coercion Of states, he
said, by forcing them TO levy inherit
ance taxes equal to federal rates If
advantage was to be gained from this
provision.
This, he contended, would violate
state rights. The desire of Florida
not to collect inheritance taxes, the
letter stated, apparently is largely re-
sponsible for the proposed federal
law. Florida should not be forced to
collect inheritance taxes if it does not
wish to do so, he asserted.
The Coconino sun., 1926-02-12
FEDERAL GRAND JURY
SLAMS COUNTY JAILS

Deplorable conditions in county jails
of Arizona were set forth in report
submitted by the federal grand jury
at Phoenix Saturday after more than
a week of investigation. Jails at
Phoenix, Tucson, Prescott, Globe and
Yuma were named in the report,
given to Federal Judge Fred c.
Jacobs. It was recommended by the
jury that the federal authorities pro-
vide facilities for caring for their own
prisoners insead of placing them in
the county jails. Figures submitted
by the United States marshal showed
that last year 1900 federal prisoners
were cared for in county jails, at a
cost to the government of $85,664.65.
The Coconino sun., 1926-02-12
SNAKE STORIES ARE ALL
WRONG, EXPERT AYERS

The poets Of poison who describe
Arizona as teeming rattlesnakes, CHA
monsters, tarantulas and centlpedes
are all wrong.
So says c. B. Brown, Pima county
agricultural agent.
There is less chance in Arizona Of
getting snake-bitten than there IS IN
the east, Brown asserts.
The rattlesnake has a code. Ee
plays the biting game like gentle
man. He gives warning before ne
strikes.
But his eastern cousins, the copper
head and the water moccasln strike
"spurlos yersenkt," as the German
frightfullers used to say. The eastern
snakes bite without warning, and
their fangs are sunk without trace.
And even when it comes to rattle
snakes, the chances are that there are
fewer Of them abroad than there are
in the east, where rattlers also
abound, together with the exclusively
eastern varieties.
Brown "rose to remark" about
snakes yesterday on the receipt Of
bulletin issued by the department OF
agriculture about snake myths.
Brown began some myth-nalllng OF
his own, starting with the fable about
Arizona being the home Of the toad
and the land Of the snake.
"In the first place, there are lot
of harmless snakes In Arizona, winch
people thoughtlessly kill" the county
agent said. "There's the bull snake
for instance. He is a useful citizen,
for he destroys rodents.
"The rattlesnake kills rodents, too,
but one could hardly call him good
citizen, I'll admit"
Brown always carries a tin box con-
tanning (non-alcoholic) anti-snake-
bite equipment, The box contains;
One vial of potassium perman-
ganate, hypodermic syringe with
needle, one vial Of strychnine, tour
niquet.
aThe chief danger from rattle
snakes IS during mild cloudy days,
Brown continued. "rhe same is true
of Gila monsters. In extremely hot
or cold weather they stay in their
holes, especially under rocks.
"When | was out in the Panhandle
country of Texas | used to kill
dozen snakes a year, while here in
Arizona | net not more than four or
five annually. Out in the Ozark
country in Arkansas, too, | found
them more numerous than in Ari
zona."
Of course, Brown has had his mar
row escapes from snakes even in Ari-
IONA, for his work carries him out
into the desert quite bit There wse
time, for instance, when he was put
tering around rabbit hole in some
mesquite trying to find out how some
alfalfa that he had planted was COM
ing out
Instead of alfalfa, he found Il
healthy and active rattlcr sprouting
and Brother Brown had to duck for
his life.
But things like that can happen in
the best regulated communitiesand
more often in the effete east than in
the alleged wild and woolly west.
The official bulletin thai. inspired
Browns protest against the Arizona
snake-myth says that superstitious
fear of snakes had led to persistent
belief in various baseless myths about
the habits of different species. The
"hoop snake" and the "stinging
snake traditions are among these.
The hoop snake is credited with the
power to form itself into hoop and
roll in pursuit of its victim with race
The Coconino sun., 1926-02-12
MOTHER OF ACTRESS DIES IN
AUTO CRASH AT LORDSBURG

Mrs. H. Provost, mother of Marie
Provost, film star, was killed and AL
Christie, screen comedy producer, and
Vera Steadman, motion picture act
ress, were injured in an automobile
accident Friday night % miles east of
Lordsburg, N. M.
The accident occurred when the car,
a heavy machine owned by Miss
Steadman, overturned while travelling
about 30 miles an hour, the message
said.
The Coconino sun., 1926-02-12

horse speed. If the victim lodges
and tree is struck by the hoop snake
the tree is said to be sure to die. That
any snake could place its tail in it's
mouth and roll along is manifestly
absurd and automatically impossible.
The stinging snake myth apparent
ly originated more than 200 years
ago. 1t was based on the appearance
Of the horn snake, which is harmless.
The tail Of this snake has the shape
Of horn or spike, but it is quite in
capable Of piercing or stinging any
thing.
The Coconino sun., 1926-02-12

CO. your Jc5 Printing at The Sun
The Coconino sun., 1926-02-12
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION

The U. S. civil service commission
has announced an examination for
general clerical, various services, at
Flagstaff, Ariz. For information in
regard to the requirements and the
character of the examination, and for
application blanks, apply promptly to
the local secretary, U. S. civil serv-
ice board, forest office, Flagstaff.
The Coconino sun., 1926-02-12

.servative estimate Of $5,000,000.
The figures quoted BY the congress
do not include the production of the
lumber industry, which amounted to
around $5,000,000, or Of the various
basic manufacturing industries.
The Coconino sun., 1926-02-12
MINE co. WAREHOUSE
AT GLOBE IS BURNED

Globe, Feb. 9.-The two-story ware
house building Of the Superior and
Boston Mining company at Copper
hill was Destroyed BY fire shortly be-
fore midnight last night. The dam
age is estimated at $4,000, but in
addition to the actual physical losses,
it is stated that the records. and core
drillings, except those which were
placed in the vaults, were destroyed.
The origin of the blaze is not known.
The Winslow mail., 1926-03-12
FLAGSTAFF COLLEGE
CLASS is CONDUCTED
BY CLUBS OFFICERS

During the absence of DR.. F. A.
Cotton, president of the Northern
Arizona Teachers'c College, the
rural school management class is
being conducted by the officers of
the Rural School club, under the
supervision of Miss Minnie Lintz,
head of the department Of educa-
tion. DR.. Cotton is attending the
meeting of the National Education
association at Washington.
The program, in addition to the
text, includes mental tests con-
Quoted by Miss Lintz. and talks
by the following: Walter B. Niles,
dean of men, experiences in the
rural schools of Indiana, last week;
Mrs. Alma Acker, Coconino county
school superintendent, on program
making in the Coconino rural
schools, February %; Mrs. Alice
Archambreau, superintendent OF
schools of Yavapai county. program
making and how to make an appli-
cation for a rural school. Febru-
ary "a and 25; Grady Gammage,
vice president, rural schools of Ari-
zona, February 26; Mrs. Thelma
Davis, project making in the rural
schools, march,; and the Coconino
county agent on rural school clubs,
March 8.
Officers of the Rural School club
r ire Miss Mittie Hill, president;
Jake Bracker, vice president; and
Anona Wells, secretary.
The Winslow mail., 1926-03-12
Collector Towles
Issues Handy Guide
For Making Returns

John R. TowIes, collector of
federal income tax for Arizona,
has issued a concise statement on
the new tax bill to guide the av-
erage business man and wage earn
er in making out his returns,
which must be filed by March 15
Reduction in rates, increase in
amount of personal exemption,
credit on earned income and other
benefits of the new act are set
forth. He points out that at least
one-fourth the amount of tax due
must be filed with the collector at
the time the return is made. In
what he calls 'the income tax in
a NUTSHELL" Collector Towles stip-
ulates:
WHO?-Single persons who had
net income of $1,000 or more or
gross income of $4,000 or more,
and married couples who had net
income of $4,000 or more or gross
income of $4,000 or more must file
returns.
WHEN?-The filing periods ends
MSach Is, 1926.
WHERE?7Collect of internal
revenue for the district in which
the person lives or has his princi-
pal place of business.
HOW? = Instructions on Form
1040A and 1040; also the law and
regulations.
WHAT?-One and one-half per
cent normal tax on the first $4,000
in excess of the personal exemp
tions and credits. Three per cent
normal tax on the next $4,000.
Five per cent normal tax on the
balance of net income. Surtax on
net income in excess of $4,000.
The Winslow mail., 1926-03-12

audience comprising thousands OF
Indians and tens of thousands of
white persons. Many of the dances
are portions of religious rites which
have never before been given 9th
er than in secret in the hogans.
tepees and pueblos of the tribes.
Few of them have been fully ex-
planned to the alien race, but dur
ing this celebration the Indian LAYS
bare his theology, his faith and
hopes, not necessarily or premarily
for the entertainment of the visi-
tors but for the sake of perpetual
ing, if possible, reverence for
them among his own kind attend
ing; a respect for them from the
white visitors, and to aid in record
ing them for future generations.
Among the dances to be given
are the Navajo Fire Dance, Hopi
Butterfly Dance, Zuni War Dance,
Cochiti Buffalo Dance, the Noun
tain Chant and Harvest Dances,
and more than two score more, in
cluding portions of the wonderful
nine-day Yeibechai "a prayer dance
for the healing of the sick), and
the Shalaco Dance, that dance of
the great Bird-Men from the noun
tains, which is performed but once
year.
The Inter-Tribal Indian Cere-
monial includes three days and
nights of festivities. 1t will be
held on Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday, August 25, 26 and 27, 1926.
This will be the fifth annual cere-
mOnial.
1t consists, not only of the pagan
dances of the savage, but of ex-
hibits of his centuries-old arts, the
barbarically beautiful Navajo blan-
kets and jewelry, the pottery of the
many pueblo tribes and the bas-
kets, plaques and fibre urns of the
Hopis and Apaches. Competitive
athletic sports and games, partici-
pated in only by Indians, make up
a portion of the program. All in
all it is very much comparable to
the county or state fairs of white
people. 1t is neither a rodeo nor
wild west show. 1t is unique. No
other celebration in the world is
similar. 1t is purely of, by and
for the Indians. The association
The Winslow mail., 1926-03-12

Phoenix: Griffen Farms, Inc,
files articles of incorporation.
The Winslow mail., 1926-03-12
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(By CHAS. P. MASON)

The primitive Indian of America
is disappearing. Within few
years, the simple, credulous, ideal
istic and dreamy red race, native
to the plains and mountains Of this
continent, will have been absorbed
by and made one with the con-
quering whites. Three generations
of contact between red and white
have cost the former much of his
idealism and reverence for the
symbolical expressions of his faith.
The younger Indian no longer
thinks in the manner of the true
tribesman. The mental processes
and habits of the Anglo-Saxon are
becoming his. He is accommodating
a fund of worldly wealth and Civ
ing up his world of leisure. He is
learning agriculture and forgetting
the hunt and chase. He is striving
to compete in the arts and crafts
of modern civilization and losing
the inspiration for the own crea-
tions, the colorful blankets, the
beautifully-designed pottery and of
his gorgeous silver and turquoise
jewelry. In his forced desire to
achieve the artificial culture of the
invading race he is giving up the
reinements of his own culture.
To rescue from probable oblivion
and possible extinction the more
beautiful and impressive portions
of the southwest Indians spiritual
and ethical life, the Inter-Tribal
Indian Ceremonial association, of
Gallup, New Mexico, gathers to-
gether each summer the greatest
medicine men, singers and dancers
from the fourteen tribes of nomadic
and pueblo Indians inhabiting Ari-
zona, Utah, Colorado and New Mex
leo, and for three days and nights
the greatest exponents of the deep
ly religious ceremonial dances and
rituals are given before a public