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The Coconino sun., 1926-08-06
ELLINWOOD MADE GOOD
IMPRESSION ON LARGE
AUDIENCE AT ORPHEUNl

E. E. Ellinwood, democratic can
didate for governor, spoke in the
Orpheum theatre, Flagstaff, Monday
night, to one of the largest and most
representative audiences that has
gathered here for a political talk in
years. Many were old-time friends
others who had not met him before
were pleased and deeply impressed
with his speech.
Frank NJ Gold of Flagstaff, was
chairman. He first introduced Alfred
Franklin of Phoenix, former chief
justice of the Arizona supreme court.
Judge Franklin's address was in adj
monition against allowing any one
man to remain in the governors s
chair as long as Governor Hunt has,
because it tends to make the admin
istration less economical and less eff
ficient and puts the state more at
the mercy of the governors personal
political machine.
Mr. Ellinwood told of arriving here
36 years ago, just after being gradu-
ated from the law department, Uni
versity of Michigan, of his activities
in getting the Normal school here
and continued for some time in a
mood reminiscent of the early days
here, when there were only $4,000
people in the territory.
The latter part of the address was
devoted to showing the high cost to
the taxpayers of Governor Hunts adj
ministration and the need for greater
economy. He said that if he didn't
believe he could greatly reduce the
expense of state administration he
would not be candidate for the of
flee.
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-06
BANDITS ATTEMPTED HOLD
UP M'KIM AT LAKE MARY
TWO SUSPECTS ARE JAILED

Following an unsuccessful attempt
to hold up Mr.. McKim, father of J..
C. McKim, proprietor of Usage Lodge,
Lake Mary, Saturday night, Harvey
Finch and A. A. Williams were ar
rested Sunday by Deputies Sheriff
Art Vandevier and Bill Smith and
are being held in county Jail here.
About midnight, during the dance
at Usage Lodge, the elder McKim
started across the road from the
| dance hall and restaurant to his cot
tage, at the rear of the old store.
A man masked with a handkerchief
stepped from behind the store and
ordered him to hold up his hands.
McKim was unarmed. Instead of
putting them up he ran. The bandit
| fired once, missing, then beat it
| around back of some of the build
ings, the progress of his flight be
ing told by several people camping
in the cottages.
| Another man was arrested first and
questioned at length, but he knew
nothing of the affair. Next morning
| the two deputies, Vandevier and
Smith, went to Lake Mary. They
were standing near the lodge talking
with the proprietor when Art noticed
there were no front tires on Ford
truck standing near. He asked Nc
Kim where the tires were. The lat
ter hadn't noticed they were gone
Then McKim recalled that Williams
and Finch had the day before hung
a front quarter of beef in his base
ment, saying they would take it out
| later.
That gave Art a hunch and he and
Smith and McKim jumped IN and
wheeled it to the D. X. ranch house
a mile and half south of Riordan,
where they found Williams and Finch
in bed. Art found the three tires,
two believed to be McKim's and an
other the ownership of which is un-
known, hidden behind the house. A
SO calibre revolver was found in Will
liams' bed. Art says the mud on the
bovs' tires was still fresh when they
reached the house and he has an idea
thev pot there Just before he did.
An exploded 38 calibre revolver
shell was found where the bandit
stood WneI IC It1CO a. NAAti
another exploded shell was found m
the car. They were of dlfferent.
makes. but Art said cartridges OF
both makes were still in the gun ana
the guns plunger marks correspond
with those on the exploded shells.
While the officers were at the ranch.
they asked for the hide of the beef
animal that had been killed, and
were told it was on the fence. Ihey.
found the small charred remains OF
# in some ashes near the house, the.
evidence being that it had been burn
ed since the last preceding raln'
probably the day before.
Neither prisoner admits having
ANYTHING to do with the attempted
hoid-up or that they stole the tires.
Finch last month was fined 500 on
an old bad check charge.
Mr.. McKim had between 81 500 ana
81 800 dollars in cloth sack wnen
the attempt at robbery was made.
The men waived preliminary hear
ing before Justice of Peace Tom Pul-
liam on Tuesday and he bound them
over in bail of $1,000 each for Super
ior court. H. E. Russell IS their at
torney.
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-06

i Due to misconception on the
+ part of, particularly, the bust
!. ness men and women of Flag
:. staff, it has been suggested to
:. the Chamber of Commerce that
:. a public explanation be made
: concerning the duties of the Bet
= ter Business bureau.
i 1t seems to be generally un-
!. derstood by the people as
i whole that this bureau was crea-
!. ted for the purpose of eliminat-
:. ing unnecessary solicitation in
:. the city, or in other words, the
:. bureau is trying to keep Flag
: staff dollars in Flagstaff. Some
!. fine work has been done along
:. this line and the Flagstaff house
:. wives are cooperating nearly one
: hundred percent. Approximately
4. IT cases have been brought be-
:. fore the bureau, the business in
= vestigated and an endorsement
:. either given or withheld. Many
I. of these cases have been worthy,
:. just a few failing to receive the
+ commendation of the bureau.
!. But the house-to-house solicit
= or is just one phase of this prop
Il osition we have to consider if we
!. are going to do the good that it
:. is possible to do in this city. We
!. must not only protect the house
- wife-save her time and money
:. but we must also do the same
:. for our business men and women.
:. Time in an office is of immense
:. value and if even a few minutes
:. each day can be saved to put
:. back into the business, the Cham
:. Der of Commerce and the Better
!. Business Bureau have been worth
:. while.
:. For this reason the Better
- Business Bureau is skiing every
!. business man and oman to call
:. the Chamber of Commerce be-
!. fore becoming financially, or 9TH
!. ervise, interested in solicitation
!. of any kind. This is for your
!. protection and will assure you
:. that the proposition presented
:. is endorsed as being worth while
:. and aboveboard.
:. 1t would 5urprise you to know
!. just how much unnecessary mon
!. ey has been taken out of Flag
!. staff in the past, particularly in
!. the business district. 1t is felt
:. by the Chamber of Commerce
:. that if we are going to build for
!. a bigger and better Flagstaff,
!. we must stand together on this
!. proposition and back of the
!. Chamber of Commerce, organic
:. ed for the development of your
:. city and this Better Business bu-
:. reau is just one part of it, but
i very big part.
!. BETTER BUSINESS
:. BUREAU OF THE
!. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
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The Coconino sun., 1926-08-06
LC<1ENZO HUBBELL SENDS
yxDATE INDIAN CEREMONIAL
THIS CITY NEAREST POINT

lie exhibition of ceremonies lasting
nine days, performed secretly in the
lziyas or ceremonial chambers of the
antelope and snake lodges. The OBJ
ject of these ceremonies is to implore
rain upon the fields of this arid re-
gion. For this purpose the snakes
are caught and used all through the
ceremonies that they may learn the
wishes and prayers of the Hopis and,
when set free again, may carry them
to dieties, who according to the Hopi
belief have control of the floodgates
of heaven.
The snakes used are of all kinds.
many of them rattlers, some of
them huge. The fangs are not re-
moved. But, though they frequent
ly bite the dancers, the latter, by the
use of secret herbs both before and
after the dance, make themselves inn
pervious to the poison; at least none
of them have ever been known to die
or even be seriously i'll from the ef
fects of the virus.
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-06
CAUGHT CALIFORNIA
AUTO EMBEZZLERs

Sheriff John O. Parsons received a
wire from Los Angeles the other day
to stop Chrysler car being orlyen ven
east by two young men, He found
It had just been through here and
had stopped at Frey Bros. sel VICE
station at Cliffs, where Carl Antllle
had sold gas and oil for it. The men
beat it without paying. Sheriff Harp
of Winslow was notified, and was on
tbe watch. but the car shot through
that place too fast and Harp in his
Buick started pursuit. Both cars
driving like mad, the Buick caught
the other car few miles this side of
Holbrook. The men had bought the
car and had made one payment,
bringing it away without permission.
At the request of the California au-
thorities the men were released and
the car held.
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-06
FLAGSTAFF WORKING
FOR CARNEGIE LIBRARY

At the recent meeting IT the board
of directors of the Chamber of Conn
merce, Professor Grady Gammage of
Flagstaff Teachers college and chair
man of the educational committee OF
the chamber was asked to investigate
the possibility of securing q Carnegie
library for Flagstaff,
Professor 1ammage in turn APP
pointed Mrs. T. A. Stahl member of
that committee. Mrs. Stahl is now
making plans for the circulation Of
ten petitions in the city and within a
short time, will leave for the east
where she will take the matter up
with the proper authorities.
1t is hoped that Mrs. Stahls visit
may be the means of bringing to
Flagstaff an institution as far reach
ing in its effects as Carnegie IL
brary. The people of Flagstaff are
therefore urged to assist in circulat-
ing these petitions.
A site for the library has already
been set aside, it being the property
just above the courthouse. Our share
of the funds necessary for the upkeep
of the library has been appropriated
bv the city, so all that remains is the
securing of the charter and the con-
struction of the building. 1t is said
that the proposed library building will
cost in the neighborhood Of $4,000.
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-06
DR.. DOUGLASS SPEAKER
SECOND CITY FORUM

With an attendance nearly reach
ing the hundred mark, old hotel cam
paign songs shook the roof in re-
sponse to the earnest solicitation of
that peppy song leader, Tom Bell
wood, and hotel campaign manager,
Dr. "Tex" Mackey, followed closely
by one Of the most interesting and
scholarly lectures of the year. The
second city forum sponsored by the
Chamber of Commerce last Friday
was a great success.
DR.. A. E. Douglass, director Of
Seward observatory at the Univer-
sity of Arizona, spending the sum
mer in Flagstaff, spoke on the sub
ject of tree rings, bringing out points
with regard to the varying age of
trees in this locality as well as in
other parts of the country. Dr..
Douglass began his tree investiga-
tons in the vicinity of Flagstaff q
good many years ago. He said his
best specimensio iof tree rings are from
this section, one of the oldest trees
having been about 35 miles from
here.
Speaking of the Indians on the res
ervations. he said he oftentimes had
great difficulty in securing their con-
sent to make borings into various
beams and rafters. He cited one par
ticular instance when such permis-
sion was necessary in order to make
some important Investigations. When
the boring was made and the neces-
sary specimen secured, the hole In
the beam was closed up by putting
a precious stone of some kind in first
and then pounding in a peg. This, he
said, seemed to satisfy the Indians
and assure them that no i'll would
come of the ceremony.
That all might thoroughly under
stand just how these specimens are
obtained, DR.. Douglass had on exhi-
bition various mechanical contrivan-
ces used in the securing of samples
of various trees. He also had sew
eral samples of wood showing the
tree rings.
The next forum will be the latter
part of August. Due to illness Of
i. B. Koch, president Of the hotel
company, the discussion on the new
hotel had to be postponed until the
next forum. President P. J. Moran
of the Chamber of Commerce pre-
sided.
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-06
BURGLARS MADE BIG HAUL
AT CRESS TAILOR SHOP

During last Friday night the rear
door of Loren Cress' tailoring and
cleaning shop was entered or opened
through the transom in the rear door
and 40 pairs of pants, four coats,
lady's long coat and two hats were
stolen.
The next night Assistant City Mar
shall Claude Tackitt arrested Louis
Villalvia, it is reported while he was
irving to sell a lot of clothes to the
manager of the carnival show that
Dlaved here last week. Vilalvia had
IL pairs of pants, three suits and
some coats and vests. When they
were examined, however, it was found
that only part of them had been tax
en- from the Cress shop. Where the
others we're stolen, if they were stol-
en-, the officers have no idea.
Villalvia is in county jail. He says
he had no part in the robbery but
that two other Flagstaff boys, named
Chavez and Ortega, had left the
clothing in his charge.
The burglars didn't try to take
complete suits, of which there were
many in the shop, but took pants of
MANY suits and coats of few.
Among the coats was new one of
Carter Jakle's, the rest of the suit
being left.
When Loren entered his store Sat
urday morning and took look
around, he cooked bis cigar to a
more decided angle and remarked:
Looks like | was closing out the
business"
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-06
c. E. LARUE, GOVERNMENT
EXPERT LEFT YESTERDAY
SURVEY LITTLE COLORADO

rounded with nearly so much danger
as was that expedition, as, instead of
running rapids in boats it will be
mostly case of climbing and hiking.
But the survey presents many great
obstacles, connected with the great
height of the precipices lining the Lit
tie Colorado on either side, especially
in its last hundred miles or so. The
river is probably twice as long as II
its course was straight.
LaRue's assistant is ]. L. Lewis.
He is accompanied besides by dozen
others packers, cook and guides.
Most of the outfitting for the party
was done here.
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-06
FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY
HOTEL NEWS ITEMS

: The board of directors this
!. week awarded the contract for
:. the plumbing and heating of the
!. hotel to Wilson & Coffin, our
!. local plumbers, they being the
i lowest bidders by a considerable
!. margin, and the board was very
Z glad to be able to favor a local
!. concern. This means that the
Z. money expended for this feature
!. in the hotel construction will re-
: main in Flagstaff.
!. The pouring of the concrete
!. on the third floor is half done
!. and framing for the fourth floor
!. is in progress. The carload of
: artificial art stone is in and when
I. this is installed it is going to add
!. very materially to the attractive
!. appearance of the building. The
:. board expects to let the contract
! for the hardware sometime early
Z next week.
!. To refresh the memory of the
:. stockholders, the board of direc-
:. tors consists of the following:
!. l. 3. Koch, president; A. j. Mac
!. key, president; E. c. Sliph-
!. er, secretary-treasurer; j. P. Will
!. son, assistant secretary-treasur-
!. er; F. S. Breen, B. A. Cameron,
!. P. j. Moran, K. ]. Nackard, w.
:. H. SWitzer. c.. B. Wilson, direc-
!. tors.
Z. We have now come to the time
:. will receive within the next two
!. ton regarding the name of the
:. hotel. This is to be the privilege
: of stockholders only, and you
I. will receive within the nept two
Z. or three days by mail commun-
I. ication explaining how you are
!. to proceed. The Board hopes all
I. stockholders will take real in
!. terest in this important feature
!. so as to give the hotel an ad-
I. vantage in its name of selec-
:. ton from its six hundred stock
!. holders.
!. Any of the officers or MEM
:. bers of the board of directors, or
!. Clark Granting, superintendent
:. of construction at headquarters,
!. will be very glad to answer any
:. and all questions relative to the
I. hotel. The progress being made
:. is phenomenal and is attracting
!. attention from all quarters, ref
:. erence being made to it in hotel
:. journals and other publications.
!. We can we'll be proud of our ven
!. ture and we will be prouder still
:. when it is complete and in OPP
: GRAFTON.
!. President.
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The Coconino sun., 1926-08-06
NOTED LECTURER WILL
SPEAK AT TEACHERS COLLEGE

DIR. John Mez will lecture at the
Teachers college on next Monday and
Tuesday evenings at 7:15 on World
Peace and international Relations.
DR.. Mez has gained wide knowl-
edge of his subjects through travel
and study. He was with DIR. David
Starr Jordan on his tour through Eur
ope and was also a companion OF
Norman Angel, famous author OF
"The Great Illusion" in which he
shows the folly of war. He took an
active and leading part in the Inter-
national Students movement and was
elected president of that body.
DR.. Mez is graduate of the Held
elberg university with the degree of
Ph.D.
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-06

C. f. LaRue, noted U. S. govern
ment engineer and authority on the
Colorado river, left here with party
yesterday for Tolchaco, out on the
reservation, to begin topographic
and geological survey of the Little
Colorado river from that point to its
junction with the Colorado near Lees
Ferry.
The purpose of the survey is to To-
cate sites for dams for hydroelectric
power.
Mr.. LaRue was member of Col
onel Birdseye's government party
that surveyed the Colorado three
years ago. The present project while
no sinecure or picnic will not be sur
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-06
HON. E. S. CLARK WILL
SPEAK HERE MONDAY

Hon. E. S. Clark, former resident
of Flagstaff and republican candl-
date for governor, will give his side
of the story to his old neighbors at
the courthouse next Monday night,
August 9 at O'Clock. Judge Clark
is forceful, entertaining speaker and
well worth hearing on any subject.
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-06
PATTON TO SHIP TEN
CARLOADS OF LETTUCE

Lettuce has done very well here
this year. Saturday a carload was
shipped to Phoenix from the Frank
Patton farm near the pump house,
or old O'Neil springs. Mr. Patton
estimates that during the month he
will ship 10 carloads. Some lettuce
was raised for shipping last year but
not on such a large scale.
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-06
DIVORCES GRANTED

Earl Moser from Anna F. Moser,
on grounds of desertion. Frank Har-
rison, plaintiffs attorney Granted
August 2. Both of Flagstaff.
Clara Wolfe from Ed Wolfe of
Grand Canyon on grounds of cruelty.
C. B. Wilson, plaintiffs attorney.
Granted August 3.
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-06

Mrs. Earl Hyde and two boys left
last week for Carbondale, H., on the
receipt of a telegram telling that her
mother was very i'll. Mr. Hyde re-
ceived a letter from his wife We'd
nesday, saying that her mother was
still living but could survive only a
short time.
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-06

DR.. A. j. Matthews, president Of
Tempe Teachers college, accompanied
bv Mrs. Matthews and his niece, Miss
Anna McDonough, spent few days
in Flagstaff last week at the Green
law place.
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-06
CUNDIFF BUILDINGS AT
CANYON LODGE BURNED

The store, residence, hotel and
some smaller build mrs belonging to
Mrs. Louise Cundiff at Canyon Lodge
were destroyed by fire about midnight
Wednesday. There is practically no
water there, at least not enough for
efficient fire fighting, and the flames
were under such headWay before they
were discovered that any attempt to
put them out was hopeless. 1t is
not known how the fire started, Mrs.
Cundiff being away from home at the
time. 1t is reported that the build
ings and contents were not insured.
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-06

Clayborne Lockett left Tuesday
morning with Dean Byron Cummings
and his assistant, Mr.. Hcnds, from the
University of Arizona, for the Kay
enta country, where they viii exca.
vate and EXPLORE until the first OF
Sentember.
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-06
H0pi Snake Dance at Hoteville August 2
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Seward daily gateway., 1926-02-04
GETS CONTRACT
 SUPPLY TACOMA :. FIRM BIRCHWO0D
FIRST CONSIGNMENT BE SHIP PED TO TACOMA NEXT
 FEW WEEKS
CAMP AT CAMPBELL CREEK
Seward Wih Be Supply Point; Six To Twelve Men Be Employed
 By the Outfit.

Seward will be the supply point for the logging camp of Gus Bystedt, To- cated at Campbell Creek Mile 1O6 according to announcement made yes- terday by MT. Bystedt to The Gate way. He returned to Seward from a brief business trip to the States, a couple of weeks ago, and in his pock- ct was contract from the Buffalin Hardwood Manufacturing Company of Tacoma, calling for 160,000 feet of Alaska birchwood a month.
 The first consignment of logs will be shipped to Tacoma in about two weeks, it is stated. Active logging operations will begin within the next few days and from six to a dozen men will be employed at the camp,
 The Tacoma firm will use the AL aska birchwood for veneering purpos- es. The diminishing supply of eastern birch and other hardwoods, together with the fact that very lit- tie useful hardwoods grow west of the Rocky mountains, has served to draw attention to Alaska's wonderful supply of this most beautiful and useful timber which is just begin ming to be placed on the market, and
Seward daily gateway., 1926-02-04

that the Sunrise placer mining dis trict needs, capital. Of course I re- alize Alaska has always been handi- capped by lack of capital but inas- much as the Sunrise district will stand rigid examination, extremely favorable, if not better to certain DOT tions of the Interior country where the big companies have recently be- come interested, I have often wonder ed if the citizens of Seward and your Chamber of Commerce have not been somewhat lax in assisting in the de- velopment of this district. There are far less difficulties to overcome. in mining way, than there is in those Interior regions. No ditches, hundreds of miles long, and running into stag gering amounts, have to be construct ed in our region. An pverabundance of water is available and the placer yield averages well in comparison with any other district in the Territory"
Seward daily gateway., 1926-02-04
SUNRISE PLACER CAMP ON EVE OF
 RE-DISCOVERY
MIKE CONNELLY, OLDEST OF THE OLDTIMERS CONFIDENT OF
 FUTURE REVIVAL
LIVED THERE THIRTY YEARS
Pays First Visit To Seward In Four Years; Asks for Cooperation

Seward is the logical point of con- tact with development of the Sunrise mining district and the residents of our region look forward to all possi- ble cooperation from Seward citizens" stated M. Connolly, the oldest resident of the once flourishing placer mining camp but which of late years has been more or less inactive with the exception of work carried on by a few of the original oldtimers. Mr. Connolly arrived in Seward the other day from Sunrise, paying his first visit ill four years. He is spending his time in Seward renewing acquaint- ances with old friends but tomorrow, departs for home again. During his brief stay here he is guest at the Hotel Sexton.
 MT. Connolly has been in the Sun- rise district for thirty years. NO. doubt people have often wondered why I have remained so long there but I have had faith in the acmp, and es- pecially in my ground. This faith has been justified for I have always taken sufficient amount of gold out of the ground to meet all expenses, besides enjoying good living. Then again, I am certain I am on the verge of bit ing into exceptionally good dirt. This assumption is made from recent show ings.
 'The development work I have ac- complished in years gone by could have just as we'll been done in a year or so providing a sufficient amount of capital had been interested in the pro- position and gone ahead with modern machinery and equipment. It is all