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The Coconino sun., 1926-07-23
NEW TANGLED STILL AND
TTSOPERATOR FOUND AT
MEXICAN POCKET RANCH

Something new and novel in the
way of stills was captured Tuesday
by Deputy Sheriff Art Vandevier and
Federal Officers Eakin and Freder-
icks.
1t was at the Mexican Pocket
ranch, on Oak Creek rim a couple
miles southeast of the Oak Creek
road tip off. They picked up Jack
Jansen, who was running the still,
and brindle bull dog.
The still, 81 gallons capacity, was
a wooden hogshead. Running from
it was a copper coil and through it
an iron COIL Nearby was an iron
barrel, setting on a fire. The fire
heated the water in the iron barrel,
forcing steam through the iron coil
in the wooden barrel. This heated
the mash, the vapor going up to a
regulation condenser at the top and
down through the copper coil.
Making whisky that way, experts
say, prevents any danger of burning
the mash and gives the booze that
cherished woody flavor.
Jansen pleaded guilty before Judge
J. E. Jones in superior court. He
claimed that he was sole owner of the
still, which had been built year or
so ago under his direction. He said
he is az, came from California a year
ago, worked around ranches and
cooked in a Cottonwood restaurant.
He said he had miners consumption
several years ago in the east and re-
membered to cough right convincing
ly at that point. He said he'd just
run off a barrel \of mash and was
running another when caught. He
named the owner of the brindle bull
dog, we'll known Flagstaff resident
and Oak Greek rancher and cattle
man, as one of his regular customers.
He also named another customer. a
cowboy. He said the latter might
have been reselling the booze, but
that the owner of the brindle pup
neither owned the still nor any inter
est in it and was not his boss in its
operation. He told about another
still several miles away that probably
soon would be in operation, but didn't
care to say who the operator would
be. He said he'd tell if the still was
operated. Judge Jones let him go
back to Jail for while to decide
whether it wouldn't be better to
change his story about the ownership
of the still he was running.
The latter was broken up where it
stood.
The raid ON the still was a sequel
and pretty much the consequence OF
a visit the same officers paid on Sun
day to Frank Owenby's residence IN
the west part of town, south of the
tracks, when they found, it is said,
little whiskey and several containers
that evidently had recently contained
whisky.
Owenby was arrested and bound
over to federal court by U. S. Com
missioner Tom l.. Rees.
The Coconino sun., 1926-07-23
OIL TOP BEING GIVEN
EAST HIGHWAY; CANYON
TO CANYON PAVING NEXT

Downer & Nero, contractors build
ing the state highway east from here
to Angel, began last week to scarify
and re-grade the crushed rock they
had laid and this week began binding
it with hot oil, which will be pour
ed on while at a temperature of 320
degrees Fahrenheit and will bind the
top two and a half inches of rock.
1t is explained that this surface
will need little treatment afterward--
and that by applying oil o any spots
that may show bad wear, the pro-
cedure in such cases being re-scari-
flying the bad spot and re-binding
with oil.
This week w. c. Lefebvre, state
highway engineer, is advertising in
The Sun for bids for similar type of
construction on the state highway,
connecting at Angel with the east
end of the present project and ex
tending to Canyon Diablo. This be-
tween Canyon Padre and Canyon Di-
ablo is the one remaining bad stretch
of the National Old Trails highway
across this state and its completion
will be a source of qualification to
the thousands annually travelling this
highway. The road is in no way
dangerous and is better than it has
been before in many years, but CIV
ing it grade and surface will make
it much faster and more comfortable
to drive over.
The Coconino sun., 1926-07-23
ACADEMY
BOYS LIKED IT HERE

The Southwestern Military acade-
my's summer tour stopped in Flag
staff from Saturday until Tuesday.
There were 80 boys between the ages
of nine and Is in the party under the
supervision of Lieut.. Veronder of
Pasadena, where the school is located.
They are on two months tour of
Arizona and when they reached Flag
staff they had covered HOO miles.
They are taking back huge log from
the Petrified Forest with which to
make a sundial for the academy in
memory of their Arizona trip. The
tour is educational as well as recre-
ational and the boys have found much
in Arizona to interest them deeply,
especially in the new ruins east of
town. They say they have had the
most beautiful camp and the best
drinking water in Flagstaff Of any
place SO far.
The Coconino sun., 1926-07-23
ANDERSON PASS RANCHER
WON'T PEDDLE WHISKEY

"It's been a lesson to me. I'll new
er handle booze again. ? Wash Hewitt
Of Anderson Pass told Judge j. d.
Jones in superior court Wednesday
morning, and he was released under
years suspended sentence.
Hewitt bought five gallons of whis-
ky from Mexican several days ago.
He decided to bring it to Flagstaff
and see if he couldn't make something
on the transaction. On his way from
where he lives he stopped at an An
derson Mesa ranch where he has some
beans planted and there met another
Anderson Mesa rancher, Uel Weems,
and E. j. Jenkins, former lessee of
the Cundiff store at Canyon Diablo,
more recently of the state of Wash
ington.
There, the story goes, they advised
Hewitt that it was dangerous for him
to bring the booze to town So it
was loaded into jenkins car. Jen-
kins drove in with the booze, Hewitt
and man named White following.
The officers here got the booze. Jen-
kins and Weems explained that it
didn't belong to them. Hewitt, learn
ing that they might get into trouble
over it, voluntarily came in and made
clean breast of the whole affair to
Judge Jones, absolving the others,
against whom no action was taken.
Hewitt cried while talking to the
Judge and the fact that he has fam
lily added to his manly attitude in TAX
ing the blame influenced the judge
toward leniency.
The Coconino sun., 1926-07-23
FLAGSTAFF STANDARD OIL
EMPLOYEE HURT FRIDAY
WHEN CAR HIT WASHOUT

Stanley r. Cronin, son of State Lii
brarian Con P Cronin, and office
man for J. S. McIlwaine, manager in
Flagstaff for the Standard Oil Co.,
was the victim last Friday evening
in what d press dispatch calls the
most spectacular automobile accident
of the year.
{ After several times being given
pessimistic reports of young Cronin's
condition in reply to his telephone in
quiries, Mr.. McIlwaine was told
day or so ago that Cronin will recov-
er. For several days it was feared he
might lose his left eye. In the crash
he received bad cut over and very
close to that eye, several broken ribs
and other injuries.
Cronin was driving his Ford coupe
to Phoenix to bring back his sister,
who was to spend several weeks here.
His car was closely following larg-
er one driven by Wallace Miller of
Tempe. Below Wickenburg, the lead
ing car plunged over washout at
culvert and stopped on the brink OF
second washout car length ahead
on the other side of the culvert. In
its passing it caved a lot of earth at
the first washout, making it much
more dangerous. Young Cronin's car
nose-dived into the first washout. The
two cars when they stopped were
only three or four feet apart. Miller
was unhurt..
Heavy rains and consequent flood
overtaxed the capacity of the culvert,
washing out the approaches on eth
er side.
The Coconino sun., 1926-07-23
C. W. PEARSON CONVEYED
FLACSTAFFS GREE TINGS
SWEDISH CROWN PRINCE

G. w. Pearson, chief of the South
west Forest Experiment station and
himself a native of Sweden, was chos-
en- by Mayor l. B. Koch Of Flagstaff
to carry our greetings to the crown
prince Of Sweden during the latter's
visit last week to Grand Canyon.
DR.. Pearson was cordially received
by the prince. He told his royal high
ness about Flagstaff, informing him
that it is the best town in Arizona
and expressed regret that the dis
tinguished visitors itinerary did not
permit him to stop over here.
Rev. and Mrs. H. F. Softley in
their new car carried DR.. Pearson to
the Canyon, and they also met the
royal encourage. They returned by
way of Cameron.
The Coconino sun., 1926-07-23
MRS. CANON OF TUCSON
MAY DIE FROM INJURIES
IN CAR SMASH YESTERDAY

Mrs. r. E. Canton of Tucson is at
Mercy hospital, Flagstaff, with grave
doubts of her recovery from injuries
received in an automobile accident
about three o'clock yesterday after
noon, 20 miles west of here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Canton, two of their
children, a boy, z, and a girl, 10, and
Mrs. Canion's sisters 6-year-old son,
Clinton Francis, and her brother, j..
B. Green of Douglas, were in the car.
They were following another car con-
tanning Mr. and Mrs. Lee Francis of
Phoenix, their oldest boy, 8, their
year-old baby, and the oldest Canton
boy.
The accident occurred coming down
a long grade on a e',rve. Mrs. Can
ions head was terri v injured. She
was conscious last evening as this
was written, though suffering great
ly and with little hope held out for
her recovery.
The little Francis boy received
slight cut on his head and the others
in the car were very slightly injured
Describing the accident to repre-
sentative of The Sun yesterday even
ing, Mr.. Canton said:
81 was driving slowly and hugging
the inside of the curve, when | felt
the car sort Of slip. ] Strengthened
it out and got into the middle of the
road, then gave a hard pull to get
back on the inside of the curve. Just
as | did the front wheel crumpled.
The rear part of the car Topped to-
ward the left, crosswise of the road,
and the left wheel also broke. ]
thought had the car just about
stopped when the rear wheel gave
away; then the car turned 0 er twice,
like a ball. The car never left the
road, and is there across it now.
Some men are just going out there
to gather up the stuff and bring the
car in"
Mr.. Canton and Mr.. Francis, who
was in the other car are partners
in excavation contracting. They have
an office together at 118 North Sec
ond street, Phoenix, and Mr.. Canton
has another office in Tucson. He had
Just finished a contract in Douglas
and with his wife was visiting the
Francis family in Phoenix when they
all decided to come up here to the
mountains, the women and children
to stay here month or so, the men
planning to return south the end of
this week.
Mr.. Canton is a personal friend of
Lewis w. Douglas, democratic candi-
date for congress, and had with him
a lot of literature to distribute in Mr..
Douglas interest.
Mrs. Canton is 35 years old.
The Coconino sun., 1926-07-23
SECRETARY GETS LINE ON
ARIZONA SCENIC POINTS

Miss Margaret Stewart, secretary
Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce, fol-
lowing the state meeting of secretar-
les in Tucson on Monday, is putting in
a few days getting better acquainted
with Arizona and some of his prin-
cipal scenic points and tourist attrac-
tions.
Through the courtesy of secretaries
of the various chambers in the state,
Miss Stewart was able to make a
trip to Tucson, Nogales, Circle 2
ranch, Tombstone, Douglas, Bisbee,
Roosevelt Dam, Miami, Phoenix and
Prescott. She will return to Flag
staff the end of this week. She will
give a full report of this secretaries
meeting as well as her trip through
the state at the next meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce, July 80.
In sending Miss Stewart to this
convention and trip through the state,
the board of directors felt that the To-
cal Chamber of Commerce would, as
a resul, be in a much better position
to give information as to industrial
as well as tourist activities.
"The Flagstaff Chamber is coming
to the front in fine shape" said Mr..
Moran, president, "and we want to
keep it there and in order to do so,
we want our secretary to be fully adj
vised as to conditions throughout the
state and be acquainted with the or
ganizations in other communities"
-O-
Mrs. Fred Merkle's mother and sis
ter from Oklahoma are visiting her
until September.
The Coconino sun., 1926-07-23
is GIVEN
VERDICT FOR $13,500

Injuries sustained by L. L. Craw-
ford when he lighted four dynamite
charges while employed on the muni-
cipal water works construction at
Flagstaff, were assessed by federal
court jury at Prescott Saturday, at
$13,500. Such was the verdict given
Crawford against the Cook-O'Brien
CONSTRUCTION company, his employers.
The trial lasted three days and was
for $4,000 damages. An appeal will
be taken by the company, attorneys
indicated in motions at the close of
the trial.
The verdict was for $13,500 in gem
eral and $145 special damages. 1t
came within an hour or two after the
jury retired to deliberate the facts
The Coconino sun., 1926-07-23
TOM. JOHNS MAY BE
PRESIDENT NATIONAL
WOOL GROWERS ASSN.

With the expiration at the end of
this year of Frank Hagenbarth's term
as president of the National Wool
Growers association, Mr. Hagenbarth
announcing that he then will retire,
there was much speculation at the re-
cent annual convention here of the
Arizona Wool Growers association as
to whom Mr.. Hagenbarth's successor
will be. The two men most promi-
nentlv mentioned are A. A. Johns of
Prescott, president of the Arizona and
chairman executive committee of the
national association, and Mr.. Ellin-
wood of California, vice president of
the national association.
The Coconino sun., 1926-07-23
WORKER GETS
PLEASURE TRIP EAST

Miss Rosa Bouton, home demon
stration agent, was pleasantly sur
prised this week to find she had won
trip east for which she did not even
know she was competing. The prize
was given to the state having the
highest percentage of efficient club
work. Twelve trips were awarded to
Arizona-two to club leaders, two to
demonstration agents and eight to
club members. They are going to
Philadelphia via Washington, on q
strictly pleasure trip which is to last
for seventeen days. Miss Bouton left
Monday morning.
The Coconino sun., 1926-07-23
WEBER LEASES TILLMAN
GARAGE BUILDING HE HAD
JUST BOUGHT FROM HIM

w. A. Webber, who recently bought
the White Garage from Jim Tillman,
this week leased it to him.
This kills two birds with one stone
not intimating that either of the
above-named gentlemen is a bird,
that is-for it keeps them both in
Flagstaff. Mr.. Weber almost got
to roaming before he bought the
property, and after he bought it
there was danger jim would take
wings and fly away, But now Jim
is fastened to town and the owner
of the building is also, for on We'd
nesday he moved desk in and lit
tie later, when he has completed ar
rangements, win announce his agency
for well known automobile. >
The Coconino sun., 1926-07-23
OLD FRIENDS FROM OHIO
ARE VISITING IN FLAGSTAFF

Judge E. J. Babbitt and his son,
Edward G. Babbitt, Walter Verkamp
and George Verkamp, all of Cincin-
natl, arrived in Flagstaff last Friday
night for two weeks visit with their
relatives and many friends here.
Judge Rabbits visits to his brothers
here have not been so frequent in the
last few years as formerly and there
is an unusual amount Of reminiscing
to do. George Verkamp, who formerly
managed the Babbitt garage and left
here six years ago, almost had to in
quire his way around town.
The Coconino sun., 1926-07-23
JOHNSON DENIED NEW
TRIAL; TO HANG OCT. s

Granville w. johnson was last Fri
day sentenced to die by hanging on
October s, next, by Judge j. +. Jones
of superior court, Flagstaff.
Johnson's composure didn't desert
him and he heard the sentence with
out change Of countenance. His
father, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, who had
been here since some time before the
trial, and is doing all in his power
for the young man, was yisibly af-
fected
Johnson said to Judge Jones: 81
am innocent. My conscience is clear.
My last word to this court is that
am innocent"
Miss Zella Jones, court stenograph-
er and daughter of Judge Jones, said
to Johnson: 81 am sorry for you"
whats to be will be-" the con-
demned man calmly replied
The sentence followed an appeal by
Johnson's attorneys-W. f. Fergu-
son of Holbrook, and Judge 4. W.
Perkins and H. Z. Russell Of Flag
staff-for new trial. Judge Holmes
of Rolla, Mo, chief of counsel and
lifelong neighbor of the Johnson's,
was not here.
Appeal for the new trial was bas-
ed principally on the claim that James
Lane, one of the trial iurymen, had
been prejudiced against johnson and
had said before being drawn on the
jury that johnson ought to be hung
without trial. Mr.. Lane said that he
said nothing like that about Johnson;
intimating that he may have made
some such remark in connection with
Sloan Burgen, tried and given life
sentence during the same court term
for shooting to death Joe Cans.
Johnson was convicted of killing
the woman he married a couple
months previously, the crime occur
ing at a camp ground near Williams,
on May 2, the night the couple and
the woman's little son by a previous
marriage arrived in their Hudson car
from Los Angeles, where they lived
and where Johnson was a member OF
the city engineers staff. The murder
was done with Johnson's hatchet-
he claimed during his temporary abb
sence from the cottage-and mo-
tive seeming to have bearing in the
conviction was the insurance on his
wife's life for $4,000, himself the
beneficiary
Johnson's attorneys are taking an
appeal to the supreme court Of the
state. He will remain in the county
jail here pending the decision of the
supreme court.
The Coconino sun., 1926-07-23
GIRL BROKE THIGH

Gwenyth Stern, Is, daughter of
L. E. Stern, merchandise manager for
Babbitt Bros branches, broke her
thigh while trying to mount horse
at Lake Mary on Wednesday. She
was brought here to Mercy hospital,
cast was put on and she was taken
by train yesterday afternoon to Los
Angeles, her father driving over in
his car. His family recently arrived
here from their Los Angeles home to
visit him few weeks.
The Coconino sun., 1926-07-23
JAN TlROWN KEELING, WHO
" g SCHOOL NURSE HERE
1&OIED LAST WEEK IN UTAH

Her friends here were greatly
shocked to hear of the death of Mrs.
Genevieve Brown Keeling, who was
school nurse here for two years and
during that time thoroughly endeared
herself to every member of the COM
munity with whom she came in con-
tact She died in St. George, Utah,
Sunday, July IL, after having under
gone two operations for appendicitis.
Deceased, then Miss Jane Brown,
came in 1924 from Galesburg, H.,
where she had lived for some time
and had been engaged as county sup
erintendent of public welfare work.
In Phoenix, on April 10, this year,
she was married to John H. Keeling
of Houston, Texas, travelling agent
for standard reference works.
About June / she resigned here to
join her husband in Los Vegas, New,
and they started on a motor trip but
were forced to stop at st. George,
Utah, on June Z on account of her i'll
ness. After her first operation, pneu
monia set in, which complicated her
condition and weakened her resistance
for the second operation. Her father
and mother, DR.. and Mrs. E. NJ.
Brown of Galesburg, ILL.,, rushed to
her bedside and were with her during
most of her illness. The funeral SER
vices were held at Galesburg July 10.
The Coconino sun., 1926-07-23
MUCH GOLF SUNDAY

Much interest was shown in the
novel golf turnament here Sunday.
The first event, the mixed doubles,
was won by Mrs. Warren MacAr-
thur and Wild Raudebach. The one
club. one ball affair was tied by Wild
Raudebauch and H. B. Warnock.
When it was played off Wild copped
the honors. There were 20 entries IN
the mixed doubles and IL in the one
club, one ball event.
The Coconino sun., 1926-07-23
c. B. WILSON HOME; MRS.
WILSON AT MAYO BROS.

Attorney c. B. Wilson returned last
Friday morning from the east, where
he and his family had been for sew
eral weeks, much of the time at their
old home in Galesburg, Ill, and then
at Rochester, Mimi, where early this
month Mrs. Wilson was operated on
py the Drs. Mayo. She left the hos
pital several days ago and IS making
q fine recovery, which will be very
good news to her hundreds of friends
here. She will stay there short
time longer until fully recovered.
The Coconino sun., 1926-07-23
MAY BUILD EPISCOPAL
PARISH HOUSE SOON

On Sunday Rev. E. L. Freeland will
conduct holy communion at eight
o'clock, church school at 9:45 a. m.
and morning prayer at II a. m. The
revised plans for the parish house
have arrived and are now under dis
cussion. A special committee of three
will take them under advisement and
make a report in August. If they 50
recommend, they may be able to start
building this fall.
The Coconino sun., 1926-07-23
MRS. LORNA JESSUP
AT CORVALLIS

Mrs. Lorna Jessup of Flagstaff, '23
graduate of 0. A. c., is now in Cor
wallis attending the summer session.
Mrs. Jessup is taking graduate work
in home economics and the courses for
deans of girls. Mrs. Jessups is in
structor in home economics in the
State Teachers college at Flagstaff
where she has been teaching the last
three years.
The Coconino sun., 1926-07-23
COMMUNITY HOTEL
WEEKLY NEWS ITEMS
By Sunday the second floor
will probably be concreted.


i This week the committee is
= looking into the bids for plumb
: ing and heating. This is an i'm
= portant item in the structure.
:. Bids have been asked from a
:. dozen large concerns.
= Bids have also been asked from
= three or four elevator concerns
:. as we want the best possible ele-
< vator service in the new building.
= Mr.. Flory, secretary and treas
= urer of the Hockenbury System,
!. was in town two days this week.
: He says the progress being
= made on the new structure is
= wonderful and should be very
!. gratifying to the stockholders.
:. He has been visiting some of the
i hotel projects that they recently
Z put over in the west. He finds
+ subscriptions being taken care Of
!. almost one hundred percent in
+ all instances, and the hotels that
!. are completed and operating al
= ready making money. I feel
+ certain that this is going to be
= the case with ourselves, too.
!. The second payment will be
: due August /. 1t is necessary
: that this second installment be
: met promptly by all as with the
!. rapid progress being made on
Z. the building, the disbursements
!. for material and labor are cor
! respondingly heavy.
!. The men are working nine to
:. ten hours day and when nee
:. essary to pour concrete on spe-
Z cial jobs have worked few
: hours on Sunday also.
:. There are to be at least five
:. sample rooms in the hotel, where
: travelling men may display their
:. wares comfortably for the bene-
!. fit of our local merchants and to
:. the best possible advantage.
:. Clark Granting, superintend-
: ent in charge, solicits inquiries
Z. from stockholders regarding the
!. building and would welcome any
!. visitors seeking information. If
:. you want to know anything
!. about the hotel, drop around and
: see Mr.. Granting. He is on the
: job as is evidenced by the re-
= suits. Call and see him; he will
: be glad to answer any and all
!. inquiries.
!. Don't forget about thinking
: up name for your hotel. We
!. will start the contest probably
!. next month.
1. l. B. KOCH,
:. President.
=.
The Coconino sun., 1926-07-23

Mr.. and Mrs, Misenheimer and their
daughter, Miss Bernice Misenheimer,
have taken a cottage on North Bea-
ver for the summer. Miss Misenhei-
ner, a graduate OF the flagstai1
Teachers college, now teaching IN
Tucson, is attending summer school.
The Coconino sun., 1926-07-23
ELKs LABOR DAY PICNIC

Flagstaff Ellls lodge, under the
leadership Of Exalted Ruler Henry
L. Albers, is planning big labor day
picnic and general good time at City
park. One of the events will be a
free barbecue. There will be games,
booths, dancing and other things,
more full details to be announced lat
er as the plans are worked out.
Mrs. A. j. Mackey, mother of DR..
A. j. Mackey Jr., arrived in Flag
staff Wednesday from Texas for a
few weeks with her son. She will
go on to the coast later to visit an
other son.
The Coconino sun., 1926-07-23

Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Moore arrived
from Los Angeles the last of last
week. Mr.. Moore is clerking for the
Breen- Dingle Drug Co. He was here
a month or so ago and fell so much
in love with the town that he decided
to come here to stay. He asd his
wife already have made many friends
here.
The Coconino sun., 1926-07-23

Monday was the hottest day we
have had this year, reports Y. S.
Weather Observer Walter Thompson.
The thermometer. registered IS and
there was no precipitation.