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The Coconino sun., 1926-08-20
ARIZONA LIVE STOCK
LOAN co. TO FINANCE
STOCKMEN OF STATE

Stockmen throughout the state will
be deeply interested in the plans now
being rapidly completed to extend
Arizona Live Stock Loan company
operations throughout the state. This
opportunity to finance will be of I'M
mense value in developing and ex-
tending the states live stock INDUS
try.
HI. Y. Watson, vice president and
general manager of the Arizona Live
Stock Loan company, which was or
ganized a few years ago by Babbltt
Bros. Trading company OF Flagstaff,
has been in Flagstaff since the first
of this month and has made this per-
manent headquarters. His acquain-
tance and prestige among financlers
and stockmen of the southwest pecu-
liarly fit him for this work. For
several years he was chairman of the
War Finance corporation, Santa Fe
agency, which loaned approximately
ID millions of dollars to the stock
men of Arizona, California, New
Mexico and West Texas. Liquida-
ton of the War Finance corporation
IS progressing satisfactorily and its
business will be concluded in March,
1928, Mr. Watson says.
Before his war finance work Mr..
Watson was in the cattle business on
a large scale in southeastern Arizona
for 12 years and for several years
was cashier of the Rio Grande Valley
Rank and Trust company of Ell Paso.
Mrs. Watson and little daughter ar
Fr.oF,a Ioc q n
geles. Mrs. Watson left Tuesday for
Del Rio, Texas, where her father IS
very i'll. They have rented the Rex
Goble house. Mr. Watson's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Watson, whose
home is in Scotland, are here on an
extended visit.
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-20
"FLACSTAFF--WHERE
WINTER PLAYS WITH
SUMMER" /" OUR SLOGAN

Two hundred nineteen slogans were
submitted to Flagstaff Chamber of
Commerce in the recent slogan con-
test, all of which gave evidence to the
fact that considerable thought and
preparation had been spent on them.
In considering these proposed slo-
gans, the judges took into considera-
tion the slogans that had the most to
tell, or in other words, had some
thing to sell.
Miss Mary Costigan was chairman
of the judges, assisted by Mayor l. B..
Koch and Fred S. Breen.
The slogan that was adopted for
Flagstaff was as follows: Flagstaff
Where Winter Plays with Summer .
written by Miss Anna Mae Earnest
of Flagstaff Teachers college. The
second prize was awarded to Miss
Josephine Matthews of this city for
the following slogan: Flagstaff
Scenic Center of Sun and Snow"
The Chamber OF Commerce urges
every firm and individual in the city
to make use of this first slogan in
all their publicity as well as in per-
sonal letters. A little later it is hoped
to have stickers, bearing this slogan,
which can be used on your letters.
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-20
BEAUTIES REICNED AT
PENNEY FASHION SHOW

The J. G. Penney store held an adj
vance style showing last evening in
their store on North Leroux, display
ing beautiful fall wraps, dresses and
hats for all occasions from sport to
formal. The store was decorated with
profusion of gorgeous wild flowers
collected in the vicinity Of Flagstaff
and music was furnished all during
the showing by Phil Halls orchestra.
The new merchandise was modelled
by some of our loveliest local girls
the Misses Evelyn Nicholas, Virginia
Flickinger and Amy Rourke. Mrs.
Frank Richmond charmingly wore the
more matronly models, while the Mis-
ses Catherine Cress and Justine Jones
modelled the things for the dainty lit
tie misses. The counters were moved
back and platform erected in the
center of the store Just at the foot
of the stairs on which the models pi-
rouetted so that all might see the at
tractive new styles offered by the
+. c.. Penney company.
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-20
CITY SCHOOLS TO OPEN
AUGUST 80, ONE WEEK
EARLIER THAN USUAL

Flagstaff city schools will open
Monday, August 80. Pupils will re-
port at a. m. on the opening date
for registration at the Brannen, En-
erson and high schools. The opening
date is one week earlier than last
year. This change was made to avoid
conflict with commencement week at
Teachers college at the close of the
school year. This year the commence
ment week, since the city schools
were week late in opening, was at
the same time as that of Teachers
college, This conflict will not occur
next summer, for the city schools
will close one week earlier in June.
The school board has been busy
during the past few weeks getting the
buildings in condition for occupancy
on the opening date. Considerable
work is being done at Emerson
school in redecorating and alterations
in the class rooms, especially the do
mestic science department.
Superintendent Thomas is busy at
present getting out notices to teach
ers, ordering supplies and books,
ETC., so that there will be no delay in
opening school work promptly.
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-20
FLAGSTAFF TRIMMED
WILLIAMS TEAM 1877

Flagstaff baseball team trimmed
the Williams team Sunday, getting
the long end of the 1877 score. Tur-
ner. Flagstaff's star pitcher, was in
GOOD form and didn't let ball get
out of the infield until the seventh
when Williams began finding him.
Amos let a third strike get by him
and then the fireworks started. Will
liams filled the bags and two scored
when a Williams batter doubled to
left center. Rain at that point in
terrupted the game for Is minutes.
Then came a single, scoring two more.
A brace of errors made more trouble
and when the smoke cleared the OPP
position had six tallies. Their last
came in the last inning.
Our boys started the game like a
big league aggregation, scoring al
most at will, and had lead Of to
/ at the end of the third. Then it
began to sprinkle, so Manager Hut
son speeded up the game, telling has
men not to hit, hoping to get through
the first five innings before rain IN
terrupted the fracas. So for the next
three innings Flagstaff batters outed
under orders.
Our team showed up well in every
Next Sunday, the twenty second,
we play Ashfork here. Local fans,
come out and see the home boys win.
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-20
TOM DEVINE,, FORMER
RESIDENT HERE, DIED
SATURDAY LOS ANGELES

The death of Thomas Devine Sr. OF
Kingman last Saturday at $50 o'clock
at st. Vincent's hospital, Los Angeles
as a result of an operation for can
Ger of ne stomach came as decided
shock to his many friends here. He
was taken to Los Angeles week ago
Saturday and was operated on the
folowilSg Tuesday. The funeral ser
vices were held Tuesday at st. Vln-
cents church in Los Angeles and the
body was inferred in the Calvary
cemetery inl that city.
TheGs eased was born in Michigan
in 1869 He came to Flagstaff in
1890 as an engineer for the Arizona
Lumber and Timber company and
lived here until 1908 when he moved
to Kingman where he lived for the
past eighteen years. He owned and
managed the Beale hotel there until
a few months ago when he sold it.
He was a candidate for sheriff in
Mohave county at the time of his
death. He was married to Amy
Ward on June 20, 1899 in the Cath
olic church, Flagstaff. Mrs. Devine
had been in Flagstaff for several
years but was originally from Peoria,
Ill.
He is survived by his wife and two
sons, Thomas w. and Andrew Devine
of Kingman; his mother, Mrs. Thom-
as Devine, of Kansas City; brother,
John Devine, and two sisters.
Mr.. Devine only a month to day
before his death left here after a visit
apparently qS.te well.
Mr.. Devine was charter member
of the Elks in Flagstaff and had held
the office of county treasurer of CO.
conino county for two terms before
moving to Kingman.
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-20
CROWDS POURING In
FOR THE SNAKE DANCE

Judging from the way they are
pouring into Flagstaff from every
part of this state and, indeed, the
whole United States, the attendance
this year at the annual Hopi Indian
snake dance will be larger than ever
before.
One would think that after while
all who are interested in the dance
would have seen it and that attend
ance for that reason would decrease.
But the fact is that many go TO see
it again and again, not seeming to be
surfeited with a dozen or more times.
These recurring visits, with the great
er number of cars each year and
greater ease in reaching the Hopi vii
lagos makes the attendance steadily
mount.
There are several reasons why peo-
pie go again and again to see the
dance. It is because there are so
many other attractions aside from the
dance itself connected with the trip
that the temptation to go is always
there. The drive across the Painted
Desert, the Indian villages and the
interest the customs of the Indians
have for the whites, and the kick most
everyone gets from mingling with a
crowd that is as cosmopolitan as can
be found anywhere else on. earth, are
contributing factors. AS long as the
Hopis keep up this snake dance there
will be plenty of spectators.
Standing on a street corner IN
Flagstaff yesterday one could see In
three minutes cars pass from dozen
or more states. Today, when the peak
of the crowd hits here, there will be
very few states in the union not rep
resented, Aand some of the foreign
countries will be.
Most of the cars will go by way of
Leupp: then, if word is received at
Hoteville that the wash east of there
is dry, great many of the cars will
return through Tuba City. However,
likely quarter of the cars leaving
here will go to the dance by way OF
Tuba.
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-20

Everything is now ready to go on
the membership campaign Of Flag
staff Chamber Of Commerce. Teams
have been chosen, cards distributed,
letters written to the prospective
members and the sales force making
the various calls throughout the city.
Frank Goodman, general chairman
of the campaign, said at the mass
meeting the other night when the
sales force met, that it was of vast
Importance that we have one humid
red percent membership in the Cham
Der of Commerce.
when you boost your Chamber OF
Commerce. said Mr.. Goodman, 'you
are boosting your city and when you
boost your city, your opportunities are
endless.
every person in business in Flag
staff should be member Of the
Chamber of Commerce. They can't
afford to do otherwise for with uni
fled effort toward building up this
city, and with everyone working,
Flagstaff's prosperous future is as
sured.
'"rhe membership fee is nominal
and the results of the publicity work
cannot be estimated. Be ready for
the statesmen when they cali on you"
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-20
INTENSIVE. CAMP PAIGN .
NOWy On TO INCREASE
s.. OF c. MEMBERSHIP


This membership campaign is being
handled in similar manner to that OF
the recent hotel drive, prospect cards
being made out and salesmen~calling
on those for whom they hold cards.
1t is the desire of the sales force TO
increase the present membership well
over the 200 mark and this can be
done with a little hard work.
First, second and third prizes will
be given to both the men and the la
dies selling the most memberships,
these prizes to be announced later.
Every firm having a 100 percent
membership in the Chamber, will have
posted in it's window, an announce
ment Of this fact and next weeks
paper will also carry list of those
who have sold five or more member
ships.
Thursday night a mass meeting of
the entire sales force was held in the
courthouse, and cards and supplies
passed out. Frank Goodman outlined
the plan of the campaign and stres-
sed the importance of calling on ev-
eryone for whom a card was issued.
'1f they don't join" said Mr.. Good
man, 'they will at least know about
the Chamber of Commerce, and that
it worth a great deal"
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-20
THE MONTE VISTA" NAME
CHOSEN FOR new HOTEL

The board of directors of the new
community hotel now under construc-
ton, together with Mrs. Frank Gold,
president and members Mrs. j. G.
Clarke and Mrs. Cecil De Vaney rep
resenting the Flagstaff Woman's
club; Miss Mary Boyer, president and
Miss Agnes Lynch, Mrs. Ross Dem
man and Miss Marion Wallace repre-
senting the Business and Professional
Woman's club came to decision yes
terday afternoon as to a name for
the new hotel.
After many names were discussed
it was unanimously decided to call it
"The Monte VISTA" meaning 'moun-
tain view"
The name was heartily sanctioned
by Senator Hamilton, under whose
supervision the hotel will be operated.
He advised that the name was most
fitting and permitted splendid oppor-
tunities for advertising our mountains.
and scenery along with the hotel.
The name was submitted by Loran
Savage, owner of the Savage Shoe
shop on Leroux street.
Rumor had it the name was to be
"La Bandera," meaning "The flag"
but after full discussion it was
thought the name would be misun-
derstood and would loan itself to too
many fictitious versions.
The name "The Monte Vista" is
typical of the section and seems to
meet with general approval.
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-20
TWENTY ONE GRADUATED
TUESDAY AT THE COLLEGE

Twenty-one summer school stu
dents received diplomas at Flagstaff
Teachers college on Tuesday, the
graduation exercises being held in the
morning to permit the graduates and
other students to catch the day trains
to their homes. The class: Don T..
NJ Bushby, Violet Cropas, Elizabeth
Crump, Clyde c. Davis, Dabney Fe-
land, Monico Garcia, Andrew H. Glib
bons, Eva Hall, Lucy Hall, Silas A..
Hough, Charles Emmett, Mincks, Ma
bel Glendenning Payne, Ina Peterson
Richards, Gertrude Schnebly, Bessie
Shields, L. d. Shumway, Merit B.
Slauter, Ethel Marian Stevenson, Ag-
nes M Switzer, Frances Wheeler,
marguerite Faulconer.
President F. A. Cotton delivered
the commencement address, his sub
iect, "The Teacher, School Education,
and the Worlds Work" Vice Presi-
dent Grady Gammage gave the di-
plomas. Music was furnished by c..
V. Ridgely and Mrs. Douglass of the
faculty, Dr. Mez of the state univer-
sity, the school orchestra and the
Glee club
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-20
THE LONG DISTANCE LIAR

!. "a few weeks ago a man who
= had stopped off a transcontin-
I entail train at Flagstaff, Arizona,
!. to get breath of such air as
!. there was with the temperature
i at ia, refused to get back on
!. board when the train started be-
!. cause in one of the drawing
!. rooms a portable gramophone
!. was playing "Valencia." 'I1l
!. stay here in Flagstaff he said,
:. and die of the heat And he
!. did. Robert Benchley in New
!. York Life.
!. Bob is an awfully humorous
!. cuss. One time riding on
!. scalpers ticket he got as far west
/. as Buffalo, where he thought
!. Buffalo Bill lived. Not finding
!. him there, he walked back home,
!. thus losing part of his scalp
!. Of course Bob has never been
!. at Flagstaff and does not know
!. we are located some 1000 feet
!. above sea level where the old
J. thermometer is rusty and unused
!. above SO degrees about ten years
!. out of eleven. If Bob ever gets
:. as far west as Chautauqua and
I. picks up the western language,
:. he'll be astonished plumb ridic-
:. ulous to discover that Flag
!. staff's highest record in history
!. is 81 and that it has north
!. poled" us 20 below zero on the
:. reverse side.
!. Any time, Bob, you get car
!. fare come out this way and visit
/. us. Why, you can make the hull
!. east laugh by just telling the
!. truth about this section of the
:. country.
!.
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The Coconino sun., 1926-08-20
CONGRESSMAN HAYDEN
VISITING THE NORTH

Congressman Carl Hayden and
Mrs. Hayden are spending the week
in Flagstaff SO far Cor gressman
Hayden has not made public speech
es, however many private talks he
may have made to his friends con-
eerning his candidacy for the nomina-
ton on the democratic ticket for
United States senator.
Congressman Hayden intimates
that the hardest job he has had is
in attempting to convince eastern
congressman of the rights and needs
of Arizona, but there is reasonable
amount of awakening taking place.
MIR. Hayden intimates that Arizona's S
greatest hope for a reasonable adj
justment Of the Colorado river prob
lem is more apt to come through the
appointment by the president of a
board of high class engineers, who
are disinterested to decide what
should be done. This would put it
beyond the power of California or any
other state to secure an unjust advan-
tage through political influence and
paid lobbies.
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-20

McMullen before he left here drafted
the budget for the two years ending
December 81, 1926, under which it was
possible to change the school, then a
normal school, to a teachers college.
Mr.. Gamnage has been vice-presi-
dent of Flagstaff Teachers college
and in charge of the training school
for the past year, and is immensely
popular with both the faculty and the
entire student body. Both he and
Mrs. Gammage have made host of
friends, who will be delighted to know
that they are to be permanent here;
and DR.. and Mrs. Cotton also have
host of friends who will deeply re-
gret their leaving and wish them
happiness in their new home. DR..
Cotton, it is understood, has a choice
of positions, but was not in Flagstaff
yesterday and it is not known where
he is most likely to locate, but it is
Continued on Page Twelve)
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-20
GANADO WOMAN DIED
AT HOSPITAL SUNDAY

Mrs. Erva Ella Edgerton, 6S years
old, of Ganado,- died at Mercy hospi-
tai, Flagstaff, at a. m. Sunday.
Mrs. Edgerton was widow She
was here with one of her daughters,
who is stationed on the reservation
at Ganado, and they were attending
the Southwest Bible and Missionary
conference. She was taken sick sud-
denly Thursday night and was rushed
to the hospital. But her condition
was not regarded as serious until
Saturday night, when it suddenly took
turn for the worse. The trouble
was with her heart. She was 68 years
old. Besides the daughter here with
her there is another in Michigan
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-20

Grady Gammage was on Wednes-
day afternoon elected president of
Flagstaff Teachers college by the
college board, following their accept
ance of a verbal resignation offered
them two months ago by DR.. F. A.
Cotton, whose term expires Septem-
Der /, next.
All three members of the board
were at the meeting - Secretary
James Kennedy of Williams, Sam
Proctor of Winslow and C. o. Case
of Phoenix, state superintendent of
public instruction.
DR.. Cotton was employed as acting
president of the school two years ago,
when DR., L. B. McMullen, then presi-
dent, was granted a years leave of
absence to take special studies at Co
lumbia university. He was re-em-
ployed by the board for the past year,
DIR. McMullen having accepted a po-
sition with an eastern university. Dr.
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-20
PAY IN TAKE 1T STORE
OPENING DREW CROWD

Opening Wednesday evening Of the
new Pay N Take It grocery store at
tracted large crowd, who thoroughly
enjoyed the fine music and admired
the attractive store, its convenient ar
rangement of goods and its fetchy
blue and white color scheme. A pro-
fusion Of flowers lent added beauty
and many hundreds of flowers for the
ladies and gifts for the kiddies were
given by the management.
No goods were sold that night, but
the store opened the next morning for
business.
Besides the clerks, there were on
hand to receive the visitors and get
acquainted George w. Mickle, general
manager of the system, and John J.
Champion, general advertising man
ager, both from Phoenix, and Jos. w.
Lowry, manager of the local store.
They all expressed qualification over
the success Of the opening and pleas
ure at meeting so many of our people.
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-20
SUGGESTIONS AS TO ROUTE
TO THE HOPI SNAKE DANCE
Editor, Coconino Sun,
Flagstaff, Arizona.

Flagstaff, Arizona.
/ was pleased to note in your issue
of the 18th the item advising that the
Western Navajo agency, Tuba Trad
ing Post company and Shekayah
ranch will cooperate in making the
road from Tuba City to Hoteville via
Awatobi Canyon Goal canyon) avail
able for eastward travel for visitors
to the Hopi Indian snake dance, and
that they will station teams on the
two sand hills near this canyon on
August 20 and 81 to assist all cars
free of charge. This is fine, and |
would recommend to visitors to the
Hopi village ceremony this year to
take the above road at least one way,
going or coming, as they will be we'll
repaid by a view of one of the most
beautiful canyons in the
world. Heretofore this trip could
only be made unaided returning from
Hoteville to Tuba City, which is down
grade on the long sand hills, but with
the above help it will be possible
either going or coming. ! would sug-
gest, however, that if a team or two
could be placed at Dinnebito Wash,
located about twelve miles west of
Hoteville, in case of possible high wa
ter, as happened last year on the re-
turn trip, it would make it safe to go
this way without risk.
Yours very truly,
T. A. RIORDAN.
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-20
JIMMIE'S HERE AGAIN
AND WE'RE GLAD OF IT

Jimmie Swinnerton, World-famous
artist-cartoonist, who hangs out dis
consolately in Frisco when he isn't
ioyously fitting about this city and
the reservations, accompanied by
several others arrived in Flagstaff
last Friday and this morning they
leave for the snake dance. Jimmie
expected a lot of other coast people
to join him last night and accom-
pany him to the reservation, Those
who came with him were his wife's
mother, Mrs. Mary Engel, who will
return soon and then Mrs. Swimmer
ton will join her husband here for
several we,b.s longer in the Indian
country; Mr.. and Mrs. Griffin of
Palo Alto, and Delmar Dawes, presi-
dent of the senior class at Stanford
Expected last night were: Alfred
Swinnerton, Frisco contractor and
distant relative of Jimmy, accompan-
led by his wife; George HotalinS and
three others, Raymond Armsby and
party, and Willif<l Randolph Hearst,
the publisher, with party of seven
or eight. 1t is expected that Mr..
Hearst will go to Grand View, Grand
Canyon, following the dance, to spend
several days at his estate there,
where he plans before long to erect
big summer home and possibly
other buildings, including a hotel.
The Hopis viii be as glad to see
Jimmy as his white friends here are.
Probably they don't see his Little
Jimmy cartoons as regularly as we
do, and so don't get as much kick
from them, but they look upon him
as a friend, which feeling is not al
together induced by his liberal pur-
chases of their work for his big col
lection.
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-20
LEE DOYLE WILL OPERATE
SIGHT SEEING AUTOS

The Arizona Corporation commits
sion will have a hearing August .26
at Phoenix in the matter of the ap-
plication of Lee F. Doyle for certi-
ficate Of convenience and necessity
authorizing the operation of motor
vehicles for compensation sightseeing
trips between Flagstaff, Grand Can
yon and all points of interest in this
section.
Lee has been handling the transpor-
taticn for the movie people for a
number of years and proposes to
spread out in his operations.
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-20
GOVERNOR HUNT REPLIED
TO ELLINWOOD SATURDAY

Governor George w. P. Hunt talked
at the courthouse, Flagstaff, Satur-
day night, before one of the largest
audiences any candidate has attracted
here for some time. He spoke for As
minutes on the issues of the cam
paign-the Colorado river question,
expenses of his administration, bank
ing laws, etc. and devoted quite some
time to replying to the charges made
by another candidate for governor, E.
E. Ellinwood, regarding his, Hunts,
alleged excessive use of state auto
mobiles and incident high travelling
expense.
Judge Fred Struckmeyer of Phoe-
nix presided at the meeting and in
troduced the governor, also discuss
ing several of the campaign issues.
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-20
McKIM ACQUITTED

J. C. McKim. arrested last week on
complaint of Herman Dietzman, was
released on Tuesday at preliminary
hearing before Justice of the Peace
Tom Pulliam. G. B. Wilson repre-
sented the defendant The trouble
was sequel to the recent attempt
at hold-,1, of McKim at Usage lodge,
Lake Mary. McKim, not knowing
Dietzman, following the attempted
holdup caused the latter's arrest.
Dietzman was exonerated and then
swore out a warrant for McKim's ar
rest.
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-20
whit" THE AUTHOR HERE

E. o. Whitman, who has gained
fame as an author and writer, also
as secretary Of the Arizona Industrial
congress, is spending a couple weeks
vacation on the Stewart ranch at Fort
Valley with his wife and mother, Mrs.
N. Il. Whitman of Kansas City.
Whit says he enjoyed the trip
around through the White mountains
quite vigorously, having help to sop
up a couple heavy rains and camp out
on a bridge one night.