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The Winslow mail., 1926-08-06
HUNT SAYS

"This is the second time that it
has been my privilege to speak.
Last week l was invited by the AS
SCISSORS and Boards of Supervisors
to meet in Nogales with them. I
spoke in Bisbee also. My speech
there was taken down by repOr-
ter, but l never saw anything more
of it. | thought it would be pub
lished in all the paper, but evident
ly they did not want to publish
what l said. l am graced tonight
by a reporter, taking my speech,
but it will have the same ingloriOuS
end. 1t will not be published. Be
cause why? They do not wish to
hear what l have to say!
'You are conversant with a re.
cent investigation in Congress. of
the United States Senate, that
PENNSYLVANIA, for the election of its
senator, spent two million seven
hundred thousand dollars and the
only thing at issue was United
States Senator We. have an in
vestigation following that in Con-
gress, of the election of Senator
in the State of Illinois where one
million dollars was spent. And only
for the election of Senator. But
in Arizona for the election there is
more at stake than there has been
in our existence-more than any
Senator. What is at stake is the
power of the Colorado River Do
you realize from the report of Mr.
LaRue who is an eminent engineer
and knows more about the Colora-
do River than any other living man,
that he has stated that from Glenn
Canyon. where it commences in Ar
izona, down to the borders of Ne
vada and Arizona, there are seven
Continued on Page 81
The Winslow mail., 1926-08-06
ELLINWOOD SAYS

Ellinwood, who is On a tour of
the northern part of the state, and
who has completed the trip through
Graham, Greenlee, Apache and Ma
vajo counties, met a large number
of the Democrats here during the
day prior to the program in the
evening, during which he outlined
the need for change in the gov
ernorship of Arizona, and the need
of a business administration, built
on economical lines and efficiently
administered.
Judge Franklin, introduced first
by Senator Robert Moore, acting
chairman of the meeting, charged
Governor Hunt with having grown
avid for applause" and with 'hav-
ing been in office too long" He
declared the governor was violat-
ing one of the cardinal principles
of democracy in that he was at
tempting to perpetuate himself in
office indefinitely, and that he. was
casting a slur on the Democratic
party of Arizona in that his action
caused 1t to be believed that he
felt no other man worthy of the
office, nor fit to run against him
for the office of governor"
Franklin, after outlining the
career of Ellinwood as an attor-
ney, a business man and a banker,
declared that at the present time
he had no peer in this state as far
as ability to govern was concerned,
and that if elected to the office of
chief executive, he would govern
Arizona in a manner that was need
ed, and serve the state as it had
never been served before"
In speaking of the bad effects of
an officeholder running too often
Continued on Page ~
The Winslow mail., 1926-08-06
ANNOUNCE DATE
OF HOPI SNAKE
dance AUG. 25TH

Announcement of the date of one
OF the three Hopi Snake Dances, to
be held this year north of Winslow,
was brought here this week by Joe
Secakuku (Chief Yellowfeet). The
dance, in which Chief Yellowfeet
will take part, is to be held at
Shipauiavi, rs miles north of Wins
low by way of the Painted Desert
and Oraibi, and will take place on
August 25th. AS 1926 ends in an
even number there will be three
dances held this year On years
ending in odd numbers only two
dances are held. The other two
dances of 1926 will be held during
August at Toreva and Hotevilla
villages, and dates will be announc-
ed later.
Both Chief Yellowfeet and Loren
20 Hubbell, Jr., Indian trader, of
Winslow, have stated that the only
practical route to the dances is
from Winslow, as roads are better
and the route some forty miles
shorter from here than from other
so-called Starting points" for the
dances. In case rain is feared, the
high line" from Sunshine, west of
Winslow on the National Old Trails
highway may be taken, but the
road past the Painted Desert, four
teen miles north, is in better con-
dition.
The Snake Dances, which are the
Hopis' prayers for rain, are held
every year during August, and
draw interested people from all
over the world. The priests gath
er rattlesnakes, prepare them by
weird ceremonies, dance with the
snakes writhing around their necks
or held in their mouths, and then
disperse the snakes to the four
quarters of the earth. The Hopi
belief is that these snakes carry
prayers for rain to the great under
world gods, and thus make certain
abundant rainfall.
Chief Yellowfeet is a member of
the Hopi village of Shipaulavi, and
is the nephew of the chief Snake
Priest. His report to the mail"
of the date of the dance is the first
date that has been made public.
The final council of the priests
takes place August Sth, and the
same procedure will be gone into
that has marked these sacred In
dian affairs since time immemorial
After an all-night council. the chief
Snake Priest takes the Bahos, the
prayer feathers and sticks, to the
spring which. supplies the village
Continued on Page Eight
The Winslow mail., 1926-08-06
CITY ENGINEERS
REPORT FOR JULY
SHOWS GOOD WORK

When the reports of various city
employees, including the engineer,
sanitary inspector and fire chief
were read Tuesday night at the
regular meeting of the city coun-
Gil, the usual improvement was Wis
ible in all, but in no department
was the improvement more marked
than in the engineers, whose re-
port showed that not only great
deal more work was being done
than under the previous engineer,
but also that it is being carried for
ward with the utmost economy.
The hard surface of Winslow
streets, while quickly reduced by
rains, also dries quickly, and it
has been necessary to do what
grading was possible directly after
the rains, while the surface was
still soft. City Engineer Watkins,
with his road crew, has graded ap-
proximately so miles of streets,
and the result is that they are in
better condition than for long
ClIu0. Inc COSL VI ILLS IduIuS
shows in the report at only $3.12
per mile.
Sewer excavation and cleaning Of
alleys have also received attention,
and the cost for excavating 217
linear feet, with 80 per cent of the
work in rock, was done at cost to
the city of $0.128 per foot. Fifty
two blocks of alleys have been
cleaned thoroughly, the cost of this
work being $114 per block, which
in comparison with costs of other
cities for the same work is re-
markably low.
The new scarifier attachment for
the city grader has arrived and will
be put into use in the near future.
The lightweight grader has not
been effective in breaking up the
hard surface of the streets, and the
purpose of the scarifier is to attain
this. With this new piece of equip
ment the engineer will be able to
effect still further improvements,
and in a shorter time.
The Winslow mail., 1926-08-06
NAVAJO COUNTY
FAIR is PLANNED
BYTAYLOR FOLKS

If plans being worked on now by
F. j. Willis, of Taylor, go through
to a successful completion, Navajo
county will hold it's own County
Fair somewhere in Navajo about
the first of October Mr. Willis
was in Winslow early this week
with G. G. Payne, chairman of the
Board of Supervisors, in an effort
to awake local interest in the pro-
posed Fair. The Winslow Com
mercial Club at it's meeting We'd
nesday night endorsed the plan,
and will cooperate with Mr.. Willis
in perfecting the plans for the ex-
position.
No place has been set for the
holding of the Fair, but this, as
we'll as the actual date, will be
fixed at a council to be held in
Taylor the afternoon of August
14th. Representative from every
community in the county will meet
in Taylor on that date, and Wins
low will be represented by a COM
mittee of three appointed by the
Commercial Club. Since a Taylor
man is giving his time and efforts
to make the Fair success, and
since Taylor is central point for
agricultural pursuits, that city
seems to be the logical place to
hold the exhibits, according to To-
cal opinion
Taylor has the necessary build
ings in which to place the exhibits,
half-mile race track, to which a
mile track will be added, and plen-
ty of space in which to place con-
cessions. Communities will fur
nish their own exhibits, and Tay-
lor has promised to furnish the
amusements in case it is the chosen
site. They will also see that any
firm or individual from other COM
munities wishing to place con-
cession on the grounds will be
shown every courtesy.
Besides the regular agricultural
horticultural and stock exhibits
that will be shown, there will be
held rodeo, with full program
of cowboy sports, races, etc.
In the excellent handling of the
Pioneer Days celebration held in
Taylor some weeks ago, that city
has proof of it's worhtiness to be
named as the site for the Fair. The
whole celebration went off smooth
ly and enjoyably, and was visited
by crowds estimated at $500.
Taylor's representative, Mr.. VIII
lis, is experienced in work of this
sort, being identified with state
Fairs and international expositions
since before 1915. He has for years
been in charge of Navajo county's
exhibit at the Arizona State Fair.
and has seldom failed to win priz"
for this county He is being assist
ed in the work of preparation for
the Navajo county Fair by County
Farm Advisor Fillerup.
Both the state university and the
state entomologist's office have pre-
missed to assist in the Judging o.
exhibits for awards A list of pre-
miums to be given will be ready for
distribution soon.
The Winslow mail., 1926-08-06
ANOTHER OIL MAN
INTERESTED In
WINSLOW FIELD

M. Peteet, an oil man of Okla
homa City, Okla, spent several
days in Winslow last week in
company with E. c. Ryan,, who
is promoting the development of
oil lands 20 miles west of Win
slow, and is making plans to re-
turn here within the near future
to interest himself in some other
acreage north of the $4,000 acre
holding of the Sunset Oil & Gas
company, which. is being backed
for wildcatting by the Babbitt in
terests of Flagstaff.
Mr.. Peteet, who is an official OF
the Sunset Oil Company of Okla
homa said he is very favorably
impressed with the structure here
as outlined by Mr.. Ryan and ex-
poets to return here as soon as he
can to form company for drilling
on acreage that he has secured on
a second structure north of Sun
shine station toward the Utah line,
within 80 miles northwest of Win
slow.
'I am satisfied that Mr. Ryan,
who is well known and recog-
nized geologist, is correct in his
deductions regarding the Sunshine
structure, and as 1 have had much
experience in oil myself, am
going to start drilling, following
formation of a company on lands
I have secured to the north of
Sunshine, on another structure
equally as promising as that in
which Mr.. Ryan and associates are
Interested" Peteet said while here.
81 am convinced that the structures
plainly outlined here means that
oil is certain to be found here,
and I am going to get in on the
ground floor"
The Winslow mail., 1926-08-06
COUNCIL VOTE
TO PURCHASE
MODERN FIRE.
TRUCK SOON

Wi,nslow's problem of defense
against fire will be solved soon,
following action taken by the city
council at their regular meeting
Tuesday night, when four of the
city fathers voted to purchase i'm
mediately new fire truck. A call
for bids on a fire truck appears in
this issue of the mali and at least
one company will have its represen-
fative here this week to furnish the
council with specifications and
prices on modern fire fighting ma
chinery.
While any company manufacture
ing or selling such equipment will
be privileged to offer their truck,
it is believed that the American
La France company will receive the
contract for the sale, as the inves
tigation by members of the coun-
ell, which has been under way for
some months, has pointed to the
American-La France as the most eff
ficient and dependable for Wins
lows particular needs. Practically
every large city in the nation has
standardized on this machine, and
it's recommendations are nation
wide, it is pointed out.
In addition to it's reputation for
performance, the American La
France carries a guarantee, and is
serviced free for it's entire life. If
at any time the truck is disabled, a
factory man will come to Winslow
Immediately and repair the damage.
1t is proposed that the truck be
what is known as triple COM
bination," carrying chemical appar-
atus, hose and it's own self-contain-
ed pump for generating high water
pressure.
With the fire truck generating
its own power for water pressure
there is little danger that any fire
in Winslow will get out of control,
for there always will be enough
pressure on hand to cope with fire
N any building here, regardless of
! S1Ze, members of the council, who
have been working on the matter,
have shown.
The Winslow mail., 1926-08-06
ROTARIANS HEAR
OF EARLY DAYS
In WINSLOW

WinsloW Rotarians and their visi-
tors heard an interesting narrative
On the early days of Winslow and
surrounding territory at their re-
gular meeting Wednesday, when
Wallace Mcneil, who was the guest
of A. B. Nelson, chairman of the
day told the members of the club
what he knew from actual sight
and having been in contact with
during his residence here in Win
slow and other Northern Arizona
towns were among the wild and
woody
McNeil's account of many Incl
dents which occurred in this Sec
tion of the state were highly in
teresting and he told his story in
such way as to constitute a real
treat for those who were privi-
legged to hear him. He paid high
tribute to the pioneering spirit OF
the Mormons who were the first to
settle here along the banks of the
little Colorado and of the spirit OF
the cowmen who followed as well
as the early day railroaders, who
helped build up this part of the
state.
The Rotarians also made final
plans for the boys overnight hike
which was held last night.
Visitors were Geo. Harrington OF
Flagstaff, Wallace Ellsworth OF
Holbrook and J. r. McDermott OF
Denver.
The Winslow mail., 1926-08-06
cox SAYS

j. J.. Cox, democratic candidate
for the office of Governor of Ari-
zona, was introduced to the people
of Winslow, at a meeting in the
City Hall Monday evening, by A. o.
La Prade, chairman of the evening.
Mr.. Cox opened his adresS by
giving a brief history of his life,
stating that he was born and rear
ed on farm in western Tennessee,
later teaching school and working
on a railroad, and by working his
own way through college gained
an education as a lawyer and was
admitted to the bar. He came to
Phoenix in 1920 and has been res
ident there for the past sixteen
years, where he has practiced law
and last year served as a member
of the legislature.
Mr.. Cox said that Arizona was
confronting a situation at this time
that has never been before the peo-
pie of Arizona before, and it was
this situation that prompted him
to come before the people asking
for their support at his time, as he
realized that something drastic
must be accomplished in the way
of legislation.
Announcing that he did not wish
to spend his time discussing his
opponents but in outlining his plat
form, Mr.. Cox launched upon his
address of the evening, which fol-
lows, in part:
"The time has come, in my opin-
ion, when the citizens of this state
are going to have to fight, and
fight hard, to see that special in
terests do not take complete charge
of our government. They are not
crying aloud their intentions, but
Continued on Page 81
The Winslow mail., 1926-08-06
WILL MAKE MOVIE
OF WESTERN TALE
in NO. ARIZONA

Northern Arizona, long a favor
ite spot for Western movie ''Ioca-
tions," will again be the back
ground for a cinema thriller, this
time to lend its typicaly western
realism to the filming of Courtney
Riley Cooper's widely-read story Of
the plains, "The Last Frontier" +"
Most of the action called for in the
script needs such scenery to set it
off, and the Navajo Indian reserya-
ton northeast of Winslow, in Apa-
che county, has been chosen as
most nearly approximating the to-
Biography as set forth in CoOper's
fiction.
Players and equipment of the
Metropolitan Pictures Corporation,
who will present the epic when fin
ished, are in Tuba City now, and
parts of the action are being taken
at present.
Interesting to Arizonans will be
the fact that an Arizona boy, Will
liam Boyd, is to play the leading
role in the film drama.
Cooper, who was for years a
companion of Col VIM. F. Cody,
better known as Buffalo Bill" has
long been recognized as an able
| writer particularly in his tales of
western life and Of the circus. His
name is a familiar one in nation
ally circulated periodicals, such as
the Saturday Evening Post. and
Red Book, and his fiction, which is
largely based on fact, is now fea-
ture of various newspaper syndi-
Gates. Other motion pictures have
also been based on Cooper stories.
The Winslow mail., 1926-08-06
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Thanks ''MaiI" For
It's Assistance In
Finding Son

+ Finding lost articles is
! common occurrence for a
i newspaper, and it is often that
i paper is called on to help
: find missing persons. Some
! weeks ago Mayor A. E. Gillard
+ turned over to the mail" a
+ letter from ]. r. Moore, of
+ Lucedale, Mississippi, who was
! anxious to learn the where
! abouts of his son, Robert L.
! Moore, who lived in Winslow
+ same years ago. A story in
! the mail" followed, and the
+ letter printed below shows the
J result:
! Mr.. A. E. Gillard,
+ Winslow, Ariz.
! Dear Sir:
j AS l have just heard of my
+ son, Robert B. Moore, through
+ one of his friends, I sincerely
+ thank you and the editor of
+ the Winslow Mail for your
+ kindness in helping me.
! Yours truly,
+ J. R. MOORE.
j - i j y j j j. j. i. d y y y
The Winslow mail., 1926-08-06
VARIETY BLOOMS
ON POLICE COURT
DOCKET'S PAGES

July was a dead month in the
local police court, but the last half
of the month made up in variety
for what it lacked in quantity of
cases. Out of eight cases on the
docket there was only one dupli-
cation, making seven different
types of cases to come before Police
Magistrate G. o. Nesting. The var
ious charges were speeding (2),
drunk and disorderly, throwing
eggs, spreading glass, wife beating,
resisting an officer, and keeping a
pool hall open over the legal time
limit.
Charged with throwing eggs
against the office of G.. c. Cress-
well, three boys, L. w. Stanley, An
drew Williams. and Charley Nc
Bride, were fined $1,000 each. AL
bert House was fined $500 for re-
sisting an officer, but appealed the
case to the Superior court. Speed
fines of $500 each were assessed
Amador Romero and l. w Brown.
Sake Abe, pool hall proprietor,
paid a fine of $500 for keeping
his place open longer than the law
allows and Paul Johnson enriched
the city by $500 on a drunk and
disorderly charge. Margarito Guas-
dron found wife-beating an expens-
i've pastime when Judge Nesting
fined him $500 for this household
exercise.
Pablo Guiterasus paid fine of
$500 on a charge of spilling glass
on the street. In these hectic
times of prohibition this charge
has come to mean that a flask-toter
has sacrificed his liquor to escape
booze charge, but Pablo is inno-
cent of such a trick. In moving
trash a quantity of loose glass
spilled from his wagon to the pave
ment, which necessitated his small
assessment.
The Winslow mail., 1926-08-06
WINSLOW NAN
k|LLED,5HURT
IN COLLISION
At WILLIAMS

Fireman H. T. Chambliss was
killed, Engineer J. d. Wiley was
badly scalded and four passengers
were injured when No. 8 side
swiped a switch engine at Will
liams at 1908 p. m. yesterday, ac-
cording to reports received here at
the Santa Fe offices following the
wreck. This report stated that F.
l.. Tabor was conductor on the
switch engine, ]. d. Wiley was
engineer, and that Chambliss was
on the ground weighing cars at the
time of the accident. Conductor
Conway and Engineer Morrison
were in charge of No. 9.
In a message sent from Winslow
to railroad heads, it was reported
that the switch engine backed onto
the main line, fouling engine num-
Der 3744, which was pulling No. 9,
derailing the engine and one pair
of trucks on the mail car. The
passenger train was passing thru
the yards at about ten miles per
hour, it is stated.
News of the wreck was flashed to
Winslow and to Prescott, ordering
wrecking outfit, and at 100 p. m.
wrecking train left here for VIII
liams. A Santa Fe claim agent left
some hours later on another wreck
ing train.
The Winslow mail., 1926-08-06
MUNICIPAL FLYING
FIELD is GAINING
WIDER PUBLICITY

Winslow's future as an air-base,
both for commercial and govern
ment planes, is becoming brighter
every day, as the fame of the NUM-
cipal landing field north of town
comes to the ears of more aviators,
both military and civil A report
of letter from 1t G. j. McQuil-
II, chairman of the city commit
ZEE on aviation, to the Chief of
) Staff, 103rd Division, is contained
in the current copy of "The Reserve
Officer" the official organ of the
Reserve Officers Association of the
United States, of which McQuillan
is a member, and other papers de-
voted to flying are beginning to
pay more attention to Winslow's S
aerial possibilities.
McQuillan's letter described in
detail the new field, with it's di-
mensions, improvements, and mark
ers. Another detailed story of the
Winslow field was contained in the
last issue of western Flying" a
periodical devoted entirely to aero
nautical matters in this part of the
nation. Recent inquiry in CONNER
cial aviation circles in Los Angeles
brought out the information that
the local field is well known on the
coast as result of this publicity.
Several Los Angeles aviators stat
ed that they were planning flights
across the country in the near fu-
ture, and that the intended trips
would bring them this way.
McQuillan returned this week
from Fort Sam Houston, at San
Antonio, Texas, where he has been
attending the national conference
of the Reserve Officers Associa-
ton The Texas fort is headquar-
ters for the organization.
The possibility of obtaining a
government hangar for the Wins
AIow flying field has been gone. in
to by the local committee, and as
soon as the city can obtain a lease
on the field, the hangar can be Sc
cured, it is stated. This will add
considerably to the fields attrac-
ton for cross-country filters, and
will mean an increase in air-travel
by way of Winslow, and to the ben
eficial publicity this city is enjoy
ing as a result of the municipal
field
Promise of a casket and eight
p rifles for local military funerals
was also given McOuillan >by the
chief ordnance officer of the
Eighth Corps Area.
The Winslow mail., 1926-08-06
1O4 SHOP EMPLOYEES OF
s. p. BEING LAID OFF IN
TUCSON, SAYS OFFICIAL

TUCSON = Effective August 3,
104 employees in the motive power
department of the Southern Pacific
railroad shop forces at Tucson were
temporarily laid off, according to
an announcement made by A. F.
Burke, master mechanic in charge
of the Tucson shops.
The men affected by the new or
der include machinists, blacksmiths
boilermakers and members of al
lied crafts