The Coconino sun., 1926-07-02
FIRST c. OF c. FORUM
HEARS DIR. FEWKES; ARE
AFTER THE CONVENTIONS

With an attendance of nearly lOO
people of Flagstaff and visitors, the
first city forum, sponsored by the
Chamber of Commerce and held in
the court house Tuesday, was a sue
cess.
DR.. ]. Walter Fewkes Of the Smith
sonian Institution of Washington, d.
c., was the speaker of the evening
and discussed interestingly the work
he is doing in connection with the old
Hopi Indian ruins some six miles east
of Flagstaff.
DR.. Fewkes has been here for about
| five weeks and through hard and tire
less work and research, has given to
the world some of the most unusual
discoveries that have been made IN
this southwest.
In discussing the ruins, DR.. Few
kes is of the opinion that they should
be called the Eden Pueblo on account
of the close association with the El-
den mountain.
"We have been very fortunate in
our work so far" said the doctor,
"having uncovered great deal Of the
castle and also two graveyards-one
on the north and the other on the
southeast. So far we have brought
to light 65 skeletons.
Practically all of these have been
in very good condition. Only yester-
day we found skeleton which seemed
| to be encased in q box-like structure
and around it we found pottery of all
| kinds, which denoted that the de-
ceased had been someone of consid-
cradle prominence.
so far we have found only one
baby and with this child was shell
ring which evidently had been placed
on its little finger. Several skeletons
of women have been dug up and in a
! few cases two or three were buried
1 in the same grave"
! About ten rooms in the castle have
been uncovered, none Of these having
an outside entrance. Ladders evident
ly were placed against the dwellings,,
the occupants living almost entirely
on top of the buildings, using the
rooms only for sleeping and storing
/ purposes.
Several unique species of potttry
were on exhibition at the forum, the
decoration and design Of each being
CApidIACh.
President P. ]. Moran presided and
| told something of the work of the re-
organized Chamber of Commerce,
stressing particularly the monthly
forums to be held, and also telling
about the organization of Better
Business bureau for checking sollcl-
tation in the city.
1t is the intention of the Chamber
to have the next forum in about 30
days, the speaker to be announced
later.
During the past week the Better
Business bureau has issued permit
to solicit to j. H. Billingslea, ". L.
Horn and j. B. Taylor for completing
the fund to establish colored band.
According to the chairmen of the
various committees in the Chamber,
they will call meetings within the next
ITO days to get their work under way.
DR.. A. j. Mackey, chairman of the
convention committee, has already IN
terviewed his committee and it IS now
writing letters to organizations in the
state relative to holding yearly con-
ventions in Flagstaff next year. 1t
is the purpose Of this convention
committee to secure as many conven-
tions for Flagstaff as possible. There
is no doubt that conventions are the
means Of bringing much valuable
publicity and business to a city and
Flagstaff is out to get her share, ac-
cording to DIR. Mackey.