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POLITICAL, AND OTHERWISE
BY Harrison w. Smith

Charleston, w. Va, March o.
An interesting primary contest will
doubtless be waged in the Second
Congressional district, if F. Roy
Yoke decides to oppose r. E. L. Allen
for the Democratic congressional
nomination. Mr.. Allen, who was
elected to Congress in that district
four years ago and defeated in the
election by Frank l.. Bowman two
years ago, has already made known
his ambitions and there has been ex-
pectation for some time that Mr..
Yoke would get into the race. 1t is
understood that Representative Bow
man will have no opposition for the
Republican nomination, as he is SER
wing his first term and is making an
excellent record
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FOR SALE.-If sold by April 18th
J viii make a very reasonable price
on my farm of 100 acres on Sugar
Creek, known as the viii Booth
farm. Will only require part cash,
See me at once.
G. FRANK ROW,
4-1-2t Junior, VI va.
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RECORD OF ATTENDANCE

First NJ. E. Church, March 28th,
1926. Sunday school-115; Morn
ing Public worship-75; Evening
Public Worship-95.
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Governor Gore, pursuant to res
olution of the last legislature and a
general state law, has asked the
heads of the various departments of
state government for a detailed re-
port under oath and at an early date.
The governor called the attention Of
the departments to the policy an
nounced early in the beginning of
his administration that except for an
unexpected and emergency cases
each department would be expected
to turn back into the state treasury
q substantial balance by the practice
of strict economy. The text Of the
executive communication was as fol-
lows:
Pursuant to the authority herein
after referred to, and in view of the
fact that the revenue of the state is
restricted and economy is essential,
and OF the desirability Of turning
back into the treasury at the end of
the fiscal year an 'unexpended bal
ance if possible, have the honor to
require of you at the earliest date
consistent with accuracy, full and
complete information in writing and
under oath on The following subjects:
First, on all subjects relating to
the condition, management and ex-
penses of your Office, and each de-
partment thereof, as required by
Section 81 of chapter Ia of the Code
of West Virginia, together with
statement Of the services rendered
herefor
Second, on the methods and plans
followed by you in the handling of
all revolving fund or funds and pub
lie moneys, if any, coming into your
hands and not going directly into
the treasury, as provided by joint
Senate resolution number %, adopted
by the legislature April %, 1925,
which resolution may be found at
page $50 Of the Acts of 1925.
Third, you will also please re-
port the amount of your appropria-
tions made at the last sessions of
the legislature, the present condition
Of the finances Of your department,
and an estimate Of thesamount there
Of, that you may be able to save at
the end Of this fiscal year, and such
other matters as you deem pertinent
in the interest of economy, efficiency
and sound governmental policy.
The Coconino sun., 1926-02-26
LAND CONTROL is FOUGHT
In WEST BY GOVERNMENT

Further extension of government
control of land in the far western
states was opposed in the house on
Wednesday by Representative Win
ter, republican, Wyoming.
Reviewing the history of land<trans-
actions in this country, he said that
in II western states the government
retained permanent control of $780,
100000 acres.
"An average Of 30 per cent Of the
area of each of the II western states
is thus placed forever beyond owner
ship and taxation," he added, mot
withstanding that these states must
extend government, maintain police
jurisdiction, keep law and order and
build roads,"
He declared some western senators
and representatives, apparently at
the request of livestock associations"
were active in favoring proposal to
put the remaining 186,000,000 acres
of free range public lands under a
System Of federal regulation, with
fees.
Representative Winter termed the
proposal wrong in principle" and
said it would practically stop all set
The Coconino sun., 1926-02-26

cold on the ranch lately. He went
out the other day with kettle of hot
water to thaw his carburetor and slip
ped and spilled the water. It froze
so quick the ice was still hot and
when he touched his hand against it
it blistered
Very friendly tourist lady said to
Bucko Sisk
"Did you ever attend school for
stammering 2"
"N-n-n-no," said Bucko, "I Just
p-p-picked it up"
Marriage is such a wonderful insti-
tuition, says Carter Joy, that no fam
lily ever should be without it.
"Some men shuah am de bes' pro-
viders," says Jedge Miller. 'They's
goin' ter get their wives some new
clos an furniture m maybe so a
Fohd cab providin' dey gets de money;
dey's goin' ter get de money provid-
in dey goes to work; dey's goin' ter
work providin de job suits 'em; /
never see such providin' men in all
nah bohn days"
Another golfer and me discovered
the best thing for cleaning golf balls
the other day. It's whiskey. You jes'
drink the whiskey an then breathe
on the golf balls.
The Coconino sun., 1926-02-26
72,552 CASUALTIES OF AMERI-
CANS FROM GAS IN WORLD WAR

According to figures compiled by
American Legion officials there were
in the World war 1852 casualties
from gas in the American army. Two
hundred of these men died on the field
of battle and 1921 of them died in
hospitals, a mortality of 2 per cent.
There were 1877, ,586 casualties from
other weapons than gas. OF this num-
ber 46,519, or "a per cent, died.
Of binding casualties 754 men suf-
fered loss of sight of one or both
eyes. Gas was responsible for 20
cases, or 3.8 per cent, other weapons
accounted for 725 cases, or 962 per
cent.
There are one and one-half times
as many cases of tuberculosis per
thousand occurring among soldiers
who were gassed in France as there
were among those not gassed.
The Coconino sun., 1926-02-26
WORK AND JARDINE READY
TO SOLVE GRAZING TANGLE

The interior and agricultural de-
partments' proposed solution of the
problem of grazing regulation in ma
tional forests and on public domain
was submitted to the senAte public
lands committee Wednesday by Sec
retaries Work and Jardine in the form
of two bills covering the entire ques-
tion.
The measures were widely differ
ent from the committee bill for the
regulation of grazing in that they re-
tanned for both of the departments all
their present powers in regulating the
public range. A joint letter of trans
initial by the two secretaries inform
ed the committee that the bills SIM
ply put into form Of legislation poll
cies now being used in grazing regu-
lation.
One of the measures dealt with
grazing on public domain, and the
other with grazing in national forests.
In the former, provision would be
made for the election of local advis-
ory boards which might give counsel
to the interior department in deciding
on grazing questions. The committee
measure also would create such
boards, but instead of being advisory,
they would have q legal status and
would be empowered to make primary
findings of facts, from which appeal
might be taken to the interior de-
partment.
The measure also contained 0ro-
vision which would empower the in
terror secretary to create grazing
districts on his own motion, which is
directly opposed to the committees
bill, which would permit formation of
such grazing districts only upon ap-
plication of residents of the area af-
! fected.
A comprehensive plan for grazing
| domestic livestock in national forests
and establishment Of grazing dis
tricts on public lands of the United
States and Alaska was proposed in a
bill by Chairman Haugen of the house
agricultural committee.
Tine measure provides for issuance
for periods not longer than ten years,
! of permits, licenses or contracts Tor
grazing, non-revocable except for vio-
| lations, under control of the secretary
of agriculture. The impounding OF
cattle grazing on public lands illegal
! ly would be provided.
Creation Of new grazing districts
would be made at the discretion OF
the president. The opening of irrigi-
Bile lands to homestead tracts of 320
acres would be at the discretion of the
/ secretary of the interior.
The Coconino sun., 1926-02-26

tlement and development and hope of
private ownership.
He called it the "final step to en-
graft permanent system of land
lordism upon public land states in
volving % to so per cent of the areas
Of these states"
He contended the government
"should close out the land business
disposing of the remaining unreserv-
ed and unappropriated and non-irri-
gable public domain in the quickest
manner for the benefit of the people
of the states in which the lands are
located
The Coconino sun., 1926-02-26
GOLD STRIKE REPORTED
AT YOUNG, ARIZONA

Widespread interest is aroused in
Pleasant Valley over the striking of a
three-foot lead of gold on the claims
of John Fuller. Many residents be-
lieve this find may result in the dis
covery Of a rich property. Mr.. Full
ler made the strike when doing assess
ment work on his claims,
In addition to this interesting de-
velopment of mining activity in that
section, it is reported that good ore
is being found in the Spring Creek
mine. These discoveries have revived
interest in nearby mining claims.
Give The Sun your Job Printing.
The Coconino sun., 1926-02-26

agln a chair he run on to. He let q
yell outahim and his young son,
George came in and wanted to know
what was the matter. Earl turned on
the light
"That feller hit me, he said
"What feller?" said George.
Earl pointed solemnly at vacancy.
"That feller there" he said.
George nodded Understandings.
"They both jumped on to me-" he
said.
"How many laps to a mile,' some-
one asked
"Good many sometimes" said At
torney G. b. Wilson. In Long Beach
last week was on a street car starr
ing up when it suddenly turned COR
ner and / covered three laps all at
once"
Jack Irish was strutting around
the other night, boastful over having
just found a word in the English
language that has more than hum
dred letters in it. After he'd aroused
good deal of curiosity among The
bunch that wanted to know abe it.,
he told them what the word is ost-
office.
X. j. Nackard says the meanest
man he ever knew bought box of
cough lozenges for one Of his boys,
who had cold, and then, when the
boy got over the cold before the
cough lozenges We're all gone, made
his other boy go out into the snow
barefooted to catch cold 50 the rest
of the cough lozenges wouldn't be
wasted.
/ notice Flagstaff people don't have
many twins, gemarks Davy Joy, but |
also notice that a whole lot Of 'em
come within one of it.
Doc Tex Mackey tells about prize
fight he went to once and one of the
fighters was knocked out in Is sec
onds after the fight began. Tex re-
marked Just after the first blow was
struck:
"This is going to be an exciting
fight, wasn't it -
Feller asked Sid Gassman how
much for the hat if he paid cash.
Eight dollars" said Sid.
"And how much on time z"
Twelve dollars-eight dollars down
and dollar month for four
months"
For the last several months we have
been collecting SMILES. Arizonans
have a picturesque way of talking,
putting lot of imagination into what
they say. Not imagination in the
sense that what they say is untrue,
but in establishment.
He is so dumb they had to burn
down the kindergarten to get him in
the first grade.-Paul Morton.
Appetizing as a secondhand fried
sausage frozen in q saucer. of cold
lard-Orinn Compton.
She was so cold she shivered like
Ford fender-Tom Rickel.
His breath smelled like a leaky ci-
gar lighter.-Tom Stahl.
The carpet was SO thick it was like
stepping on a cat.--C. i. Kelsey.
Useless as a curry comb in Detroit
Bib Switzer.
Useless as a tire pump in canoe.
-Dayt Draine.
So still you could hear microbe
gnash its teeth.-Lew Benedict.
Nervous as a man with strange
bootlegger-Bo Taylor.
She's so thin her full face looks like
a profile.-Frank Brooks.
Stingy as the man who tried to
sead night letter during an eclipse.
Lefty Lewis.
Fred Platten says its been pretty
Solution of Puzzle No. So
The Coconino sun., 1926-02-26
COUNTY CHRONOLOGY
, Compiled from the Files of The
Coconino Sun, Twenty Years
, Ago Fhis Week.


1888 So %** *%+* + =
George Babbitt and Eugene Sliker
visit gold mines at Kingman.
Walter Jones, who has been spend
ing the past six weeks at his old home
in Kansas, returned.
Miss Agnes Todd left for Los An
geles for a visit with her mother.
H. G. Hibben, county recorder, re-
turend last night from trip to Gila
county where he purchased goats.
Godfrey Sykes and family are now
located in Tucson.
Alex McDermid is the proudest
sheepman on the range having re-
ceived the top price Of 221s cents a
pound for his clip.
L, S. Drum rode in on horseback
from Stoneman Lake where he has
ranch.
Ike Wheeler and William Bayless
announce their candidates. for town
marshal.
Roll of honor in the primary grades
at Emerson: Frank Compton, Carl
Dickinson, Lizzie Byron, Dolph
Treat and Earl Petty.
The Coconino sun., 1926-02-26
NO DENIAL

"The speaker who has just closed"
said the president of the health con-
gress, ''is striking example Of the
efficacy of the doctrines that he so
eloquently advocates. Hale and
hearty at eighty years Of age, he
could tire out many man younger
than himself"
A voice from the audience:
"He did,"
Blank receipt books in stock at The
Sun office.
The Coconino sun., 1926-02-26
CROSS WORD PUZZLE NO. SO

HOW TO SOLVE. A CROSSWORD PUZZLE
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vhch
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black
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slang,
in defni TONS
The Coconino sun., 1926-02-26
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

u. S. Land Office at Phoenlx, Arr
zona, January 27, 1926.
NOTICE is hereby given that Earl
M. Cundiff, Of Canyon Lodge, Ariz.,
who, on October 3, 1923, made origl-
nal stock raising entry, No. 055769,
for the S12, Section IA, Township
2ON., Range 12E., G. & S. r. Meri-
dian, has filed notice of intention to
make Three Year Proof, to establish
claim to the land above described be-
fore Tom L. Rees, u. S. Commits
sioner. at Flagstaff, Arizona, on the
18th day of March, 1926.
Claimant names as witnesses: Har-
ry E. Miller, Euell b. Weems, Telitha
Weems, Amos G. Reed, all of Canyon
Lodge, Arizona.
L. L. FERRALL Register
The Coconino sun., 1926-02-26

Young Mary rolled her stockings low;
Two rubber bands held them just SO.
The bands, however, were not stout.
And that's how Mary's calves got out.
-"RIMMY" JIM GIDDINGS
The Coconino sun., 1926-02-26

"Once / jumped from the edge Of
Grand Canyon down on to some rocks
over 600 feet" said Alf Dickinson,
and was going to tell all about why
he done it when some gaping darn
fool who couldn't keep his mouth shut
spoke as an says, says he: Didn't it
kill you, Alf?"
ooh migosh no." said Alf q lived
The Coconino sun., 1926-02-26

The fact that beef fat makes per-
son be fat amt nothing at all to beef
al
The Coconino sun., 1926-02-26

~''If l had COW that gave such milk,
I'd dress her in the finest silk;
I'd feed her on the best of hay,
And milk her fifty times day."
The Coconino sun., 1926-02-26

Jimmie Mitchell got outside a
milk punch at a friends house the
other night and right away he began
to sing:
The Coconino sun., 1926-02-26

Al Beasley writes from Glendale
for advertising rates. AIS goin' to
market new fertilizer he's invented.
It's DANCED good stuff, All writes. He
used some on some corn he planted
Sos he could compare results where
he used it with where he didn't he
stuck lath next to each hill where
he used the fertilizer Not only did
every stock in these hills have two
big ears of corn, but every lath had
one big ear.
Earl Brewster, state manager for
the Union Oil Co., who was here
from Phoenix last week, said he went
into the front room at his home after
dark and nigh broke one of his legs
The Coconino sun., 1926-02-26
CHEERFUL CHIRPS
(By "DEL.")
Mostly except those idea
along and is grabbed off.
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through the spring, but l died in the
fall"
The Coconino sun., 1926-02-26

Damn it all, jes' as I was goin'
in my MOTOR" grumbled Fred Mack
ard.
Huh, thought that was the best
way to have the best time" said Bob
TAYLOR, Jr
The Coconino sun., 1926-02-26

"How many laps to a mile," some-
one asked
'sGood many sometimes" said At
toney G. B. Wilson. In Long Beach
last week / was on street car starr
ing up when it suddenly turned a COR
ner and i covered three laps all at
once"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-06

patronized and both Meiseher and
Cooper spoke generally in favor Of
such an institution IN Douglas. Hun
saker spoke an opposition to the
move from the cattlemen's point of
view while it was also stated that
the farmers of the valley in many
instances do not favor such a mar
l1et The directors moved to allow
! the investigating committee to go
further into the problem before act
ling one way or the other
1t was announced that George
Henshaw, county assessor, would be
in this city Monday and Tuesday and
would then be glad to confer with
the chamber committee regarding the
lowering of assessment rates through
out this city and Cochise county.
The local directors moved to ask w.
M. Adamson to serve as chairman of
the Douglas Chamber of Commerce
and Mines committee on this matter
and to ask S. p. Applewhite and
Charles Nichols to serve with ADAM
son. Tom Glenn deputy county as
SCISSOR pledged his support in every
way possible.
1t was reported that one carload
of rubbish had been shipped from the
junk heap alongside the Bisbee-
Douglas highway near this city and
that the onion seed favored by the
chamber has been ordered by the
Phelps Dodge store here.
A communion was read from j.
S. Douglas asking the chairman to
act for a 20 per cent cut in the
toll and exchange rates of the Moun-
tain States Telephone company in
.the Douglas district. Replying to
this request, A A. Sundin, Douglas
manager for that concern, stated that
the monthly rate for a business phone
now is six dollars with an extra
dollar being charged for an extern
sion phone when required. In the
matter of house phones, he gave the
present monthly rate as three dollars
with an extra 60 cent charge for an
extension phone, u, When the d. I.
corporation ran the local phone ex-
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-06
WHOLESALE DEALERS, ASSN.

AT meeting of the Retail and
Wholesale Dealers Mutual Protective
association on the evening Of Feb
ruary Srd, 1926, the newly elected
president, c. Holguin, announced that
the association would meet at the
usual place at 1880 o'clock, p. m., on
the 18th and last days of each and
every month hereafter, and on the
call of the president and secretary,
special meeting may be called and
had to transact business necessary.
That the members are enthusiastic
over the good that may come from
the efforts of this association in the
Observation-Disclosures
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-06
OUTLINES CLAIMS

/ KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Feb. 5.-An
outline of points on which three wo-
men recently brought proceedings al
! leging they were daughters of the
] late Senator w. A. Clark of Montana
and should share in his estate, was
given here tonight by e. C.. Hyde,
attorney for the claimants.
Hyde asserted he would be able to
show that persons who knew a Mr..
| Clark as the father of the three wo-
men in North Missouri, knew the
same man years afterwards in Mon
itana when he had attained wealth
and had become a United States sem
ator, and that these persons had dis
cussed old times with him. One such
person, Hyde declared, talked with
Senator Clark not more than ten or
twelve years prior to his death.
In a statement, Hyde summarizes
the basis of his clients claims as
follows: ds-
In 1856, Clark, with his parents,
went to Mount Pleasant, Iowa. He
taught school there, and later attend
ed a small college, now extinct where
he studied law. Later Clark moved
to Missouri, teaching school II De-
kalb, Cooper and possibly other coun-
ties. In the early sixties he made a
trip to Montana, but returned to Mis-
souri,.
Clark, the statement continues,
married Miss Kate L. Brooks, who
liver near Stewartsville and Clarks-
dale, Mo-, in 1863 After his mar.
riage he operated a drug store in
Stewartsville. They had three chill
dren, girls The oldest child was six
or seven years old when their father
left.
His clients had believed for many
years that Senator Clark was their
father, Hyde said, enuhnerating these
points: That the name, William An
drew Clark, was that of their faith
er; that their father, like Senator
Clark, had been a school teacher;
that it was their understanding that
their father had gone to Montana.
There is no record of the alleged
Clark Brooks wedding, Mr.. Hyde said
adding that records were not kept at
that time. The marriage, he asserts,
was performed by a minister.
'.Who's who in America" lists the
late copper king as having married
Kate L. Stauffer of Connellsville, Pa,
in 1869.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-06
Two Men State They
Knew of Clark's Family
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serted marriage of Clark to Kate
Brooks, mother of the claimants,
since in those early days. it was COM
mon for a perfectly proper marriage
to be performed without even the
formality of obtaining a license.
Miller, who said he was no relation
to Mrs. Addie Clark Miller, exhibited
a school certificate and several land
deeds which bore the signature "W,
A. Clark" He said the papers were
given to his mother at Clarksdale,
mo-, and that Clark was married to
the former Kate Brooks at that time.
Three brothers of Clark who are
now dead lived at Lebanon Their
relatives still live there, he said.
Miller described Clark as dash
ing young fellow, who went west
and returned Inbelevably rich, but
refused to recognize his wife, three
children and brothers.