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The Coconino sun., 1926-12-03
TlOO Lazy Bank Clerks
Start Clearing House

The London Bankers Clearing
House through which checks for 940,-
437, 10000 passed during 1926 is
really the outcome of two lazy bank
clerks ideas.
Before the Clearing House was
established the collection of cheques
was a laborious affair, each bank
sending messengers to another bank
to cash checks over the counter.
About the year 1870 two clerks, each
going to the others bank, happened
to meet in a tavern and it occurred
to them much trouble would be saved
by exchanging cheques and settling
the difference in cash. This arrange
mcnt worked so well that other clerks
copied it and in that year the yard of
the Five Bells public house near
Lombard street became the recog-
nized meeting place for clerks to eX-
change cheques.
Eventually bankers adopted the
lazy clerks idea and rented room
for the purpose, but actual rules were
not drawn up until the beginning Of
the nineteenth century. In 1854 joint
stock banks had become SO strong
that they were admitted to the
Clearing House which now handles
all the checks passed through the
banks, strikes a balance each day and
credits or debts their accounts at the
Bank of ngland.
Frequently over a million checks
are passed through the Clearing
House in single day.
The Coconino sun., 1926-12-03
NOTICE OF SALE OF CITY REAL
ESTATE

NOTICE is hereby given that by
virtue of Resolution Number 155
adopted October 18th, 1926, by the
Mayor and Aldermen of the City Of
Flagstaff, County Of Coconino, State
of Arizona, the said City of Flagstaff
will, on Monday, the goth day of De-
cember, 1926, between the hours of
|9 o'clock a. m. and o'clock b. M,
offer for bids and sale, and will sell,
at public vendue, to the highest bid
der, for cash, at its City Hall in said
City of Flagstaff, meaning the West
front door of the City Hall Building,
on the East side of Leroux street be-
tween Aspen and Railroad Avenues,
in said City of Flagstaff, all of the
following described three tracts of
land, to-wit:
Tract J. All of that portion of
Lots and 4 in Block B of the City
of Flagstaff, in the County Of Coco
nino, State of Arizona, as said lots
are marked and designated on the re-
corded plat Of Park Addition to the
The Coconino sun., 1926-12-03
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

u. S. Land Office at Phoenix, Ari-
zona, November 10, 1926.
NOTICE is hereby given that Will
liam NJ Slaton, Of Flagstaff, Arizona,
who on October Is, 1923, made forest
homestead entry (list 3-4453), No.
055877, for the WAE1a SEA, Eh
We SCI, Section IL, NW14 NEl4
NEA, NEA NV II NEA, Township
24N., Range Sc, G. & S. r. Meridian,
has filed notice of intention to make
Three Year Proof, to establish claim
to the land above described, the tes-
timony Of the claimant to be submit
ted before Harris Tilley, Clerk of the
County Court, Fayetteville, Washing
ton County, Arkansas, and that of at
least two of the following named
witnesses to be submitted before Tom
T.. Rees, u. S. Commissioner, Flag
staff, Arizona. All the testimony to
be submitted on the 9Th day of jan
uary, 1927.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Fred M. Langston, Cary B. Barrett,
L. N. Simpson, Jack Stages, all Of
Flagstaff, Arizona.
HENRY A. MORGAN,
Registrar.
First published Dec. 3, 1926)
Last published Dec. 81, 1926)
The Coconino sun., 1926-12-03
CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA
Council Minutes
Meeting October Fl, 1926

Pursuant to adjournment taken
October 18th, the Board of Aldermen
of the City of Flagstaff met in the
City Hall, it's regular meeting place
at 10 o'clock a. m. Those present
were Mayor Koch, Councilmen Wald-
haus, Hogan, Tissaw, Nackard, Bee
son and Clerk Pulliam.
Burns & Mcdonnell Engineering
Company presented a final estimate
The Coconino sun., 1926-12-03
Confirming His Fears

Mother: eyes, Doris has been
learning to play the violin for six
months. We were trying to keep it
a secret"
Suffering Member of the Audience:
81 thought somebody had let the cat
out of the bag"
The Coconino sun., 1926-12-03
CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA
RESOLUTION NO. 155

A Resolution of the Mayor and
Aldermen of the city Of Flagstaff,
State of Arizona, directing the sale
of certain Real Estate not needed for
public use.
WHEREAS, the city Of Flagstaff,
The Coconino sun., 1926-12-03
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

U. S. Land Ottlce at Phoenix,
Arizona.
October %, 1926.
Notice is hereby given that Carr
H. Schwarz of Flagstaff, Arizona
who, on November s, 1921 made
forest homestead entry (list 3-4454,
No. 052214 for SWA SEA SEA SW14,
SEN SWA SElSWN, Section 20,
E1aNWh, NEANW14NWH, S1a
NWA NW14 NWA, S15NW II NWA,
N15 SW Vi NW14, Section 20, sane
HNE14, Section 80 Township 24N.
Range Sc. G. & S. R. Meridian, has
filed notice of intention to make
Three Year Proof, to establish claim
to the land above described, before
Tom L. Rees, u. S. Commissioner, at
Flagstaff, Arizona, ON the 10Th day
Of November, 1926.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Durward l.. Mckinney, Baxter G.
Womack, William J. Osborn, John
w. Etter, all of Flagstaff, Arizona.
HENRY A. MORGAN,
Register.
st to Nov, 26.
The Coconino sun., 1926-12-03
Little Logic in Safety

you're enjoying good health
that's pleasant;
You want to remain so--that's
natural;
You may be careless-that's posi-.
bic;
You sincerely hope not-that's evi-
dent;
Then practice Safety First
that's wisdom.
Give the Sun you job printing.
The Coconino sun., 1926-12-03
Popular Mechanics

She turned to the young man who
was showing her through the locomo-
tive works and pointing, asked,
"What is that big thing over there 2"
That's a locomotive boiler"
, "And what do they boil locomotives
for?"
"To make the locomotive tender" !"
The Coconino sun., 1926-12-03
ORDINANCE NO. 270

AN ORDINANCE LEVYING
AND ASSESSING THE TAXES
FOR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF,
ARIZONA, FOR THE YEAR OF
1926, AND ORDERING A WAR
RANT DRAWN FOR THE SAME.
Upon roll call the following vote
was cast upon the motion.
AYE VOTES: Waldhaus, Ho-
gan, Tissaw, Nackard, Beeson, Koch.
NO VOTES: None
ABSENT Babbitt.
The motion was thereupon declared
carried and the Ordinance adopted as
Ordinance 270.
Motion was made by Waldhaus and
seconded by Tissaw that Burns & Me-
Donnell Engineering Company be al
lowed their demands in the amounts
of S2,05600 and $1,163.09, which
amounts had been deducted from
Contracts /, 2, and for extra engi-
neering services. The motion carried.
Subsequent to an agreement made
in writing by and between C. E.
Green and the City of Flagstaff, with
regard to amounts due on Contract
No. 3 of the Waterworks Improve
ment project, motion was made by
Tissaw and seconded by Waldhaus
that the City allow the demand of
&c. E. Green in the amount of S13,296.-
OF as an estimate. The motion car
ried.
A request of Mr. J. W. Weather
ford for water tap at flow line
pump above the Weir house, was pre-
sented and discussed. Action on the
request was suspended due to the
existing Santa Fe contract.
With regard to the request of Mr..
Weatherford to construct a sign in
the Park, the same was not allowed
The City Engineer was instructed
to improve Eden Avenue between
Birch and Cherry Avenues subsequent
to the report of the committee ap-
pointed to investigate the project.
No further business appearing at
this time, the meeting was adjourned
ATTEST:
CLARENCE t. PULLIAM,
Clerk, City of Flagstaff.
APPROVED:
l. B. KOCH,
Mayor, City Of Flagstaff.
The Coconino sun., 1926-12-03

A Apolitician running for office
gets his name, wishes and
qualifications before every
voter he possibly can.
He has to or he's beaten be-
fore he starts.
Merchants who want Christ
mas business are in the same
fix.
The less you advertise the
fewer sales.
The more you advertise the
greater sales.
1t isn't theory; it's fact.
If you want Christmas BUSI-
NESS---Enore Christmas BUSI-
NESS---a lot OF Christmas
BUSINESS
ADVERTISE IN THE SUN
The Coconino sun., 1926-12-03

Of work completed under contracts
and 2 Of the Waterworks Improve
ment project, said contracts being by
and between the Cook-O'Brien Con-
struction Company and the Town of
Flagstaff. Said final estimate shows
the total cost of the work performed
under the contracts as S160,676.03
and after deducting payments which
had been previously made by the
town, and other items which were
mutually agreed upon by and be-
tween the contractor (Mr. R. E.
O'Brien) and the City Board of Al
dermen, shows a balance due the con-
tractor as final payment under the
contract, of $3,776.19. From this
.$3,77619, Mr.. O'Brien instructed the
City to withhold $774.40 and pay
same to the Bent Concrete Pipe Com
pany, leaving balance due the Cook
O'Brien Construction Company of
$3,O01.79
Motion was made by Nackard and
seconded by Beeson that the City
approve the final estimate as. pre-
sented by Burns and Mcdonnell En-
gineering Company, covering Con-
tracts / and 2 of the Cook-O'Brien
Construction company as above de-
scribed and after the aforementioned
deductions have been made, that the
said Cook-O'Brien Construction Com
pany be allowed S3,001.79 and the
Bent Concrete Pipe company $774.40
as final payment for the above men,
toned Contracts ] and 2 of the said
Cookie Brien Construction Company
The motion carried.
A proposed ordinance levying the
annual taxes for the fiscal year end
ing May 31st, 1927 was presented
and read at length, after which mo-
ton was made by Waldhaus and sec
onded by Tissaw that the same be
adopted as Ordinance No. 270 as fol
lows:
New Britain herald., 1926-12-17
EACH ATOM TINY
 SOLAR SYSTEM
Some Facts About Mysteries Of
 Science

Washington. D. c. "A recent demonstration of the remarkable effects of cathode rays when they are turned on various substances. a demonstration never before possible on such a large scale. has awakened interest in rays in general.
 Cathode rays" are rays only by courtesy. Like their swifter broth CTS, the beta-rays of radium and like their more distant relatives, the alpha-rays of radium, they are streams of flying particles. Thus these rays" are much more like sand blast or jet of water than they are like beams of light or heat. or any other of the long gamut of electromagnetic or so-called "ether waves" The nature of the latter, it will be recalled. cannot definitely be stated yet, but they are most generally supposed to be merely dis- turbances moving through "empty" space. as ripple moves over Q water surface. or a sound moves through air. They vary from the lOi6 HUI lAldi WdNCo VI oulO u A1iC inconceivably small Millikan or Cos mic rays.
 Each Atom a Tiny Solar System
 In order to understand the nature Of the special rays" or point, not necessarily directly opposite. another metal terminal was placed. At- tached to it was a second wire pass ing through the glass wall of the tube, and furnishing the outward path for the electrical flow. The terminal of this outward-leading wire (inside ,.the tube, of course) Is the cathode.
 Tt is when an electric current of high voltage is passed through such tube, the discharge or spark jump ing from anode to cathode, that the remarkable cathode rays are pro- duced. The rays must not be con- fused with the electric discharge it. self They are entirely distinct. They arise from the cathode or out let for the electric current, and flow back into the tube. They are emitted at right angles to the sur face of the cathode and so the shape of the "jet" can be controlled by varying the surface. If it Is ball. shaped the rays fly off in every di- rection, if it is a fiat disc, they move away in cylindrical stream; and if 1t is cupped, the stream can be brought to a focus.
 Ever since Crookes' dis covery of the cathode rays, our knowledge in regard to them has been confined almost entirely to their action inside their vacuum tube birthplace: for they will not penetrate glass of ordinary thick ness. They will penetrate very thin metal foil, however; and 20 years ago one investigator, Lenard got tiny beam of them through
New Britain herald., 1926-12-17

ed in . specially prepared vacuum tube were they known to exist. After the discovery of radioactivity in 1896 and radium, itself in 1898, it was found that streams of electrons are given off naturally by the uranium-radium family of elements (along with streams of certain atoms and highly penetrating ether wave.) The electron streams from radioactive substances are ex- actly the same sort of "rays' as those from the cathode of a vacuum tube. but the naturally produced rays" attain greater speeds. They are called beta-rays. Some of them move at speeds of 176,O00 miles a second. nine-tenths the speed of light. Naturally they penetrate some- what more deeply into matter than the cathode rays.
 The third "ray" which consists of stream of particles is the alpha rays from radioactive elements. In this case the particles are not the tiny electron satellites of atoms, but are atoms themselves. They are atoms of helium, one of the simplest atoms existing. These flying Mercur- les of the atomic world come with a wonderful message for science tell ing much Of the invisible building blocks of the universe. They are thrown off apparently by a sort of explosion in the atomic heart of radioactive element. One of the greatest secrets they disclose is that transmutation is a fact; that one ele- ment really can turn into another. The explosion leaves the original ele- ment somewhat changed in nature, while the helium atoms of the "ray' are stopped by collision with other atoms. and remain inertly mixed in the atmosphere or tangled in other matter.
 Alpha-rays, or more properly al- pha particles, do not move so swift ly as the smaller electrons of the beta-rays. They fly at speeds of be- tween 10000 and 12,000 miles per second, and penetrate into the air only between one and three inches. Since they are so much larger than beta particles they naturally are stopped sooner. Alpha particles are positively charged while beta par ticles are negative.
 One does not need the facilities of a great laboratory in order to see the effects of the helium atoms sent flying from radium. Take a watch with luminous figures into a dark room and examine it through a sim pie microscope. It will be seen that the figures do not glow uniformly, but that on each there are numer- ous tiny flashes of light. Ti0 figures are covered with pain. ~.ue of one grain of radium mixed with | enough zinc sulphide crystals to pre- pare 65,000 watches. The atoms of radium in the mixture. like radium atoms under all other conditions, ex- plode and send out the helium atoms. Whenever one of these strikes zinc sulphide crystal it makes q spark, just as a horseshoe does in striking a cobblestone. On a watch face about 100000 such sparks flash per second. The activity of the ra- l dium will keep up for some two thousand years, but the sparkling goes on for only a few years because by that time the flying atoms smash all the crystals.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-17
CITY DUMP HAS
 OWN PHIL0S0P
Dozen Families Live on Salvage
 in Dallas

Dallas, Dec. IT R A dump has its philosophies and its human foibles no less than the world from which it's rubbish comes.
 A dozen families live on the sal wage from the Dallas municipal dump-live on scraps others throw away; and a man has just con- tracted to pay the city $150 a month for the privilege of gather ing junk from the dump. He farms out the privilege to others on 50- 50 basis. There is keen competition for the junking rights.
 Livelihood From Scraps Two hundred tons of waste are thrown daily into this graveyard. The incinerator burns so tons every 12 hours. and the remainder is scattered over the IT acres of dump to be burned in the open ! after the junkers pick it over. tidy sum is wrested from these discarded things.
 | On an autumn afternoon, with the haze of many fires circling about him. stood one of the older residents of the city of refuse, looking off toward the tall build l ings and fine apartment houses whence comes much of the rub Dish on which he exists.
 He lives with his family at the edge of the desolate waste in a shack made of scrap boards and tin. The family consists of his wife, two girls, aged seven and three, and a boy of 10.
 "Well, it's an honest living, any way" philosophical the junker. 'The railroad lets me live on its property because I once saved it from damage suit. They know l watch things and keep everything in order.
 Find It Good Living | T farmed once. Got mad, though, and pulled up. This is just as good living as any. If you works you makes a living. You have to keep a-dgging. Sometimes the drap- pings is good and sometimes not"
 Another junker came on the scene, riding in a little broken down wagon drawn by a nag. He was hauling reclaimed rags and bottles. His wagon, like those of other junkers, and the rope har- ness, were made from dump scraps. The nag came from the city pound, another item in the dumps busi- ness.
 I'm a free lance here" he said. Worked up to it from tho bot tom Used to haul scrap iron. Work was too hard and no money. Final- ly, I got 'em to let me roam over the place, and now I picks up everything.
 "Well, it's a tolable living. Make SIS to $29 a week. Got four kids at home; getting too old for harder work. This about as good as any
New Britain herald., 1926-12-17
a window of aluminium
 about as big as a capital O."

a window of aluminium foil about as big as capital O."
 Except for such experiments with weak little beam, cathode rays. for the half century since their discovery, have been imprisoned within their tubes like the power- ful Jim of Arabian Nights in their bottles. One of the most dramatic achievements of physicists in many years was the recent bringing of a powerful jet of cathode rays from beyond the veil" of glass, out into the open air. This was done by Dr. W. D. Coolidge. who invented giant tube with a modified ca thode and a window of nickel foil three inches in diameter.
 An electric current. at 35o.0o0 volts was discharged through the tube and three-inch jet of ca- thode rays. made up of countless billions of electrons, hurtled through the window" at a speed of approximately 150,o00 miles per second velocity almost as great as that of light. This jet shoots out from the tube for some two feet into the air and may be played upon any substances with which 1t Is desired to experiment. The tremendous bombardment by ift-hying electrons, never before possible on such a large scale, pro- duces many strange physical and chemical results. Colorless stones are made to glow for hours as If red hot: certain gases and liquids are turned to solids; and wounds are made on animal and vegetable l tissue.
 Apparently the reason for the pro- duction of cathode rays Is that the high voltage electrical discharge tears the outer "loose' electrons from atoms and hurls them off along lines of force extending from the cathode. These tiny pieces of electricity" are stopped by the thick glass but find the invisible spaces between the molecules and atoms and electrons of the thin nickle wall, and stream through. Collisions with the molecules and atoms of the air stop them within two feet from the ''window."
 In producing cathode r-ys we are tearing atoms to pieces-we are reLny breaking down matter. This particular splitting up of atoms however, is not the source of power that some dreamers have seen in atomic disruption. A great deal more energy is used in sustaining the electric discharge in the tube than can be gotten from the electron stream that comes out of 1t.
 It is interesting to note In pass ing that cathode rays are the creators of X-rays. These latter most useful. penetrating waves are born in metal target in a vacuum tube when cathode rays strike the target Unlike cathode "rays'' the X-rays are not stopped by glass, but flow from the target through the walls of the tube out into the world oi air and other matter.
 Beta and Alpha-Rays
 For more than 20 years after the first production of cathode rays, ray: of this sort were unknown in a nat. ural state. Such electric streams were thought to be wholly artificial 1 Only when electricity was discharg.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-17
CHRISTMAS GREETING CARDS

Fifty feet of display space given shop for Christmas Greeting Cards special clerk has been assigned to make Christ Greeting Card selection pleasant Unusual designs created by Rust Craft and Davis of Boston, Seve Co., San Thayes etching by hand all cards sold exclusively by shop We card for mother sweetheart and brother father and cousin In fact for member of the family Many hun dred designs choose from Prices ranging ron-3c to S00
New Britain herald., 1926-12-17
Fun Galore and
 Profitable, too
"GRAB BAG" BOXES

Many useful articles as well as toys for the Christmas tree are packed in these boxes. We guarantee their value to be no less than soc and a great many contain value of as high as $500. Don't miss the fun of opening one of these Grab Bags. YOUR CHOICE-25c EACH. These Grab Bags will be on sale from 9 a. m. to 1 D. m. only, Come early and get yours
New Britain herald., 1926-12-17
Special Values inEvery
 Dept. for l tomorrow

Gift Stationery, extra heavy stock, lined envel- opes, assorted shades, regular CT 10 Sl50 value at ........... Ux x y Open Stock 7 Piece Cake Sets, and also T. Piece Berry Sets in assorted shades, regular S275 value for 60 % 23 Piece Tea Sets in beautiful two tone luster, lined with pearl, specially HN OF priced at ............ Per Set 1O.JO
 None delivered.
 Pictures, various subjects, all values OF up to S1.5O at .............. Each OJC Piece Desk Sets, regular $500 value made of hammered copper, for GO % tomorrow only ...... Set DOeOJ Lamps, complete with shade, pottery base in blue, brown and black; regular CT OF S2.75 value, at .......... Each Q .OO
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-21
Q. K. INSURANCE
BILL RE VISION

The differences OF opinion which
forced re-drafting Of the proposed
code Of insurance for the District
before Congressional action could
be obtained, win be conspicuous by
their absence at the next subcom-
mittee hearing. Ii was indicated At
the District Building today
The new bill, on which Superin.
tendent Thomas MI. Baldwin. jr.,
and all local and national represent
tativeh OF insurance companies
have conferred for the past three
weeks, was discussed at q public
hearing before the District Commits
sioners.
In its present form Of "a chap
ters agreed to by all attending the
hearing. with but few suggestions
OF minor changes, the bill win prob
ably be sent TO Congress within the
next few days.
Aided by the advice OF the law
member of the board, Commissioners
Fenning, tiaose at the hearing went
through the proposed bill, chapter
by chapter and section by section.
Some discussion arose over the
final provisions of chapter IL, Sec
ton 4, as to the bonding of public
officers. Striking out of the clause
making the proposed law contrary
to the Federal statutes was adyo-
Gated.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-21

! CHICAGO, April 9ir@tiggs ~.
/ vanceh 90 Zoe to-day In life With
d good demand most Ut which FHiiiA
from shippers. The supply ST II fbD0
wnB barely enough 20 satisfy
traders. Top for lights stepped ~
1915.
Cattle were bought ~ 1T steeds
rates.
The lamb run was light and prices
were boosted 2be.
BY United States Bureau Of Mar
kets:
Hogs--Reccipts. ii 900, market.
5G0iOc higher. bulk, gii IS aDts.26;
top, Sis.75: heavyweight, 91i.40W
1859: medium weight. gt2NfJ.25j
light weight. S12.G0NDi5.e5; tight
lights, $12.750D13.7b; heavy packing
sows, smooth, 1f0.6EG colt .D0: packing
sows, rough, $io.40W10.s6; rlgs,
Cattie--ReceIpts. 10000; market.
steady. Calves: Receipts, JOOV;
steady Beef steers: Medium and
heavyweight; choice and prime, SIC
0D1O.75; medium and good, 1850
9.75: good and choice, $3.50 1915
common and medium, $70D9. Butcher
cattle: Heifers. $5.50W1O: cows,
$4.75@8; bulls, $4.50dD7. so. Gamers
and cutter: Cows and heifers, $36D6i
Gamer steers, $5.5O@7; veal calves
tlight and handyweightl, $50 80
feeder steers, 5000; stocker steers
S5.7508.75: stocker cows and heifers
$4m6; stncker calves, $5.50D3 50,
Sheep Receipts. 1900; market
25c higher. Lambs, fat, $14W14.5O
lambs, clipped, $11.5O@13.75; lambs
cuIls and common. $11.bO'Dl2,5O
yearlings, 11.50013; yearling wetn
ers, $1O011: ewes, $500 .: ewes, culls
and common, $3mB; feeder lambs
$14G14.75.