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The Winslow mail., 1926-03-26
GOLF BUGS ARE
ALREADY PLAYING
ON NEW COURSE

Local victims of the peculiar ma
lady known as "Golfomania" are
plotting meeting this week end
to settle once and for all the dis
turbing question of who is pass
ing the buck in the matter of GER
tain tasks relative to making
Winslow safe for golfers. The
meeting is to be held at the home
of Ross Bazell, and every charter
member of the organization is
begged, coaxed and urged to at
tend.
True love and golf courses never
run smoothly, of course and the
burning questions, while they
have not been made public, are
said to deal with too many phases
attendant to golf to stand printing.
Even so, the course is so far
completed that play is possible,
such as it is, and many are the
local luminaries who are seeing
the sunrise for the first time since
they stopped farming.
The Winslow mail., 1926-03-26
ARTHUR Il. LAPRADE
County Attorney who announces
himself as a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for
attorney general of Arizona

successful prosecution of bank fail
ure cases, cOnvicting P. K. Lewis,
president of the defunct Central
Bank of Phoenix, in the local
courts. Again at Tucson when
Lewis asked for a change of venue
LaPrade featured his legal ability
in the prosecution of the land
fraud cases in which the state was
swindled out of $4,000 through
dummy loans" made out of the
permanent state school fund to pri-
vate parties.
In handling criminal cases he Sc
cured the conviction of Bill Law
renee, slayer of Policeman Haze
Burch. Bill was hanged at Flor
ence last January and his brother
Babe is now serving a life term in
Texas. Another criminal case in
which the county attorneys office
was successful in getting a con-
viction was that of E. j. Woodson,
who shot down Norman Mckenzie.
Woodson is serving an indetermin-
ate sentence of 20-90 years at the
Arizona state prison. Ramon Es-
cobar, convicted by LaPrade is
awaiting the gallows at Florence.
Continued on Page 12)
The Winslow mail., 1926-03-26
Plan improvements
AT Northern Arizona
Teachers College

According to Sam Proctor of
Winslow, member of the board of
education of the Northern Arizona
Teachers College at Flagstaff, fur
ther improvements were planned
at the meeting of the board held
at Flagstaff Monday, which was at
tended by the full membership of
the board, which is composed Of
State Superintendent of Public In
struction c. o. Case, James Ken
nedy of Williams and Mr.. Proctor.
The board decided to let a con-
tract at once for the construction
of 25 new cottages for the accom-
odation of summer school students,
which will be completed by the
time the summer school courses
start in June, Already there are
76 of these cottages built and in
use and the additions will make a
total of 101 such cottages available
for summer school students. Rent
al of these cottages, which includes
also water and lights, is only $500
week, making it an inducement
for those who desire to Give in the
open" due to the unique style of
construction, to take advantage of
the summer school courses.
Besides the decision to build the
summer cottages, the board also
decided to proceed with the COM
pletion of the gymnasium, which
was started last fall, and con-
tract will be let for construction
of a swimming pool, which origin
ally had not been included in the
plans. The gymnasium and pool
will be completed by the time the
summer season arrives.
A large attendance is being ex-
pected at summer school, Mr.. Proc
tor said.
The Winslow mail., 1926-03-26
ROAD
WILL BE FINISHED
BY FIRST OF JULY

That the highway between Wins
low and Flagstaff will be complet-
ed not later than July 1st, was
the news brought to Winslow yes
terday by w. r. Hutchings, dis
trict engineer for Northern Arizona,
with the state highway depart
ment, with headquarters at Hol-
brook
Mr.. Hutchings was accompanied
by Engineer Bobby Burns of the
highway department with head
quarters at Phoenix, and Mrs.
Burns. They were just complet-
ing the log of the. main state and
federal roads in Northern Arizona
preliminary to signing of the en-
tire system by the state in con-
junction with the National High
way association. Erection of the
signs will be started Immediately
on completion of the log this week
the officials announced.
The signs to be erected by the
state will be of a different type
than heretofore used, being at right
angles to the road and will con-
tain all information relative to
bridges, curves, condition at var
ious points and distance informa-
'tion every five miles. The signs
will be low and easily read
Speaking of highway improve
ment, Mr.. Hutchings said a crew
was to be placed on the section
from WinslOw to Canyon Diablo
at once to start laying of surfacing
and on completion of that job work
on the section between Canyon Di-
ablo and Padre Canyon would fol-
low. In the meantime work on the
section from Flagstaff to Padre
Canyon is in progress and will be
finished by July 1st, which will
give Northern Arizona a boulevard
between Winslow and Flagstaff.
Work of scarifying and resurfac-
ing sections of the Winslow-Hol-
brook road will be also started at
once Mr.. Hutchings said.
He also reported construction of
the highway departments office
and warehouse in Holbrook is pro-
crossing and should be completed
within the next 60 days.
This building will cost $1,000 and
will house all road equipment.
The Winslow mail., 1926-03-26
WINSLOW MAY
BE ON new AIR
NAIL ROUTE

The Winslow, due to recent
completion of her new airplane
landing field, may soon be included
in a new air mail route to be es-
tablished between Southern Cali
fornia and Kansas City, was the
information contained in letter
received in Winslow this week by
the Chamber of Commerce from
the Robertson Aircraft Corpora
ton of St, Louis, asking for infor-
nation regarding the new field.
According to VIM. B. Robertson,
president of the corporation, which
operates flying fields and ware
houses at Anglum, Mo-, Houston,
and San Antonio, Texas, Kansas
City, Mo-, and New Orleans, La,
and which is also affiliated with the
Standard j. I. Airplane company of
Houston, the company wishes to
know if Winslow is interested in
laying out an airplane route and
wishes to know about the quantity
Of airmail and express that could
be depended upon from this sec
tion, should the route be inaugu-
rated and Winslow placed on it as
one of the regular stopping points.
Passengers would also enter into
the plan of the company on the
proposed route, the letter states.
The company has been advised
this week regarding conditions at
the Winslow landing field just COM
pleted, and relative to conditions
surrounding this part of the state,
which will also include possible
trading territory as far east as Will
liams and Needles, including Flag
staff, and as far west as Holbrook
and other points south, which
would serve as feeder lines to this
point in case it should be made
regular stopping point on the route.
In receipt of the query it is
pointed out that Winslow is already
beginning to receive the notice in
aviation circles since completion of
her municipal landing field, and Of
fetal notification being broadcast
through government bulletins.
The Winslow mail., 1926-03-26
WINSLOW BOY IS
HIGH-POINT MAN
in TOURNAMENT

Defeated in the first game OF the
Northern Arizona high school bas-
ketball tournament, which was
held at Flagstaff two weeks ago to-
morrow, by Snowflake, who later
won the Northern State title, and
later defeated in the consolation
tournament, Winslow High never
theless made at least one bid for
fame in having on their roster the
high point man for the tournament,
Charles Chase. Although no men
tion was made of Chase's exploit
during the awarding of trophies he
was we'll in front in the total scor-
ing, besides finishing the regular
season as high point artist on the
local squad.
in a spectacular finish, Snowflake
basketball team won from st. Johns
and is entitled to hold the T. E.
Pollock championship trophy dur
ing the coming year. Had st.
Johns won the trophy it would
have remained in st. Johns per-
manently, that team having won
it the last two years.
The T. D. Jessuppe sportsman
ship trophy cup was awarded to
Prescott and the o. B. MarstOn in
Continued on page g.
The Winslow mail., 1926-03-26
CHAUTAUQUA
FOR WINSLOW
APRIL 10 TO IA

Dates for Chautauqua for Wins
low have been set for April 10,
II, IL, 13, and IA, according to
announcement of the Winslow
Chautauqua Committee of guaran-
tors who met Tuesday night at the
office of Sam Proctor, at which
plans for the success of Chautau-
qua were laid.
Washington auditorium has been
secured for the use of Chautauqua
during the five days they will
appear in Winslow, and according
to the program and publicity mat
ter received by the committee
here this week, the program this
year promises to be the best ever
offered in the way of musical
events, plays and lectures.
TIL first evening Saturday April
10th will open brilliantly with or
gan chimes, banjo and piano se1ec-
tions, interspersed with vocal
music by the Murel Puor Duo and
a lecture on "The New Challenge
of the Races" by E. ]. Powell.
The second afternoon, April II,
will feature the Venetian Strollers
in singing and music and in the
evening they will appear again
augmented by an address by DR..
F. K. Gordon on Shooting the
Goal".
On the afternoon and evening of
the 18th, Miss Elmore, the diminu-
tive star from the Broadway pro-
duction of stepping Stones" will
give demonstration of the stunts
and charms that have made her
famous. She will be supported by
her company. In the afternoon
Sunshine Dietrich" will show
people how to find "Your Real
Job" by means of character read
ing and demonstration. In the
evening Dietrich will deliver a lee
ture classic "The Sacrifice Hit.
The fourth afternoon April 13,
will feature play company, The
DeKalb players in sparkling
comedy "Across the Street..
On the fifth afternoon the Junior
Town will present it's playground
festival to be followed by Earl
Scott, Marion Gallagher Scott and
Continued on Page y
The Winslow mail., 1926-03-26
''INDIAN" MILLER'S
BOND is $4,000;
SUM HALF RAISED

Unable to make bond, which was
fixed at $4,000 by Superior Judge
]. E. Jones, last Tuesday, Harry
E. Miller, (Crazy Thunder), who
was arrested on complaint charg-
ing him with the murder of Elmer
Cundiff, storekeeper, at Canyon
Lodge on March 3rd, was still in
Jail yesterday According to John
Parsons, sheriff of Coconino coun-
ty, about half the necessary amount
has been raised, and it is probable
that the full amount of the bond
will be secured soon, and Miller
set at liberty pending trial
Miller had originally been re-
leased from custody on the recon-
mendation of the coroner's jury,
which returned verdict of justi-
fable homicide Immediately after
the killing, according to reports
from Flagstaff and the Canyon re-
sort, but was re-arrested on a COM
plant sworn to by Mrs. Cundiff,
widow of the dead man.
At the preliminary hearing which
was held March 18th, the state pre-
sented several witnesses, the de-
fense calling for none. Miller was
represented at the preliminary
hearing by one of his attorneys, w.
E. Ferguson, of Holbrook. Blaine
B. Shimmel, of Flagstaff, is MilIer's
other counsellor. The state was
renresented nv County ATTORNEY
Frank Harrison and Harrison's as
sistant, Frank M. Gold, the latter
acting in an advisory capacity.
After bail was fixed, the amount
of which is believed to have set
a record for large bond in north
ern Arizona, Miller's attorney at
tempted to secure his clients re-
lease on a writ of habeas corpus,
which was denied.
The Winslow mail., 1926-03-26
No. ARIZONA
POWERPLANTS
IN new HANDS.

fsfrough announcement this
week by Claude Quebedeaux, man
ager of the Winslow, Flagstaff
and Holbrook Electric Light and
Power plants, owned by the Con-
solidated Light & Power company
of Chicago, the management Of
those plants in northern Arizona
has been transferred to Day q
Zimmerman, engineers of Phlla-
delphia, who are also interested IN
the enterprises, which include over
forty other plants in New Mexico,
Texas, louisiana, Nebraska, and
North Dakota.
According to Mr.. Quebedeaux,
who has been manager of the
three plants since the company
assumed control about a year ago,
ae decision to transfer the man
agement of the plants to the en-
gineering firm of Day & thinner
man, was reached by the directors
of the Consolidated at meeting
held in Chicago last week, which
was attended also by the man
ayers of the various plants owned
by the company.
The latter concern has been
long established, operating power
plants and also doing general
consulting and contracting power
plant engineering business. With
the management and control of
this chain of plants, Day q Zln-
norman have also acquired con-
siderable financial interest in their
ownership.
1t is understood that the trans
fer of management presages gen
eral physical and operating i'm
provements in all of the various
plants affected.
1t will be remembered that these
plants in the states above named
were taken over the last summer
by the Consolidated Power &
Light Co. of Chicago. The owner
ship of the plants is not affiliated
with the General Electric Co.. but
is independent. The whole thing,
it is understood, has been brought
about bv the desire of large east
e1n capital to invest in industrial
bonds, in other w rds is capital
s, king safe and permanent in
vestment.
While in Chicago, Mr. Quebe-
deaux announced on his return to
Winslow, he presented his resign
alton to the company to become
effective within 80 days due to
the fact that he and his brother T..
Quebedeaux have purchased con-
trolling interest in the Western
Ice Company of Albuquerque and
he expects to leave soon for the
New Mexico city to assume man.
agership of that concern.
Who will succeed him as man.
ager of the Northern Arizona
plants and on what date he will
be relieved, Mr.. Quebedeaux, said
he does not know at the present
time, but he expects to be notified
r1hin the next few weeks.
Prior to having been taken over
by the eastern capitalists, the
Winslow plant was owned by the
Quebedeaux brothers and since the
transfer Mr.. Quebedeaux has re-
manned here in managerial capa-
city for all three plants.
The Winslow mail., 1926-03-26
BOOM
TO BRING SANTA
FE APPRENTICE
CONVENTION HERE
(By Herbert PetersOn)

With the Santa Fe shop fore
man, and Sam Proctor, president
of the Chamber of Commerce, as
guests, the members of the w. D..
H. Apprentice Club met last Fri
day evening at a "get-together"
banquet held at the Baptist
Church with the purpose of the
meeting to hear the reports of
delegates to the recent apprentice
convention held at La Junta, Colo.
H. w. Peterson, president of the
local club, gave report of the
covention and basketball tourn-
ament of which Newton, Kansas
was the victor.
An interesting talk was given
by R. E. Hansen of the trip
taken by the delegates through
the Minnequa plant Of the Colo
RADIO Fuel and Iron Company at
Pueblo. This was a special fea-
lure of this years conference.
Pep and enthusiasm were in
abundance and Mr.. Proctor, of the
Chamber of Commerce, assured
the local apprentices of his 'rgan-
ization's support in their efforts to
bring the 1928 convention to Win
slow.
To bring the meeting here IN
1923 mans much advertising as
we'll as business to the merchants
of the Meteor City, was the point
stressed. Apprentices from each
state, which the great Santa Fe
system traverses, numbering some
500 will be guests here at that
time and the local club plans a
great instructive and sightseeing
program, if Winslow is chosen.
The ladies of the Baptist Church
served an excellent dinner. Cy
Barron aced as toastmaster.
The Winslow mail., 1926-03-26
WINSLOW NAN
RUNNING FOR
GENERAL

PHOENIX-Arthur T. LaPrade,
county attorney for Maricopa coun-
ty, has his hat in the ring this week
as the first to give formal an
nouncement of his intention to be-
come a candidate for the office of
attorney general of the state, sub
ject to the wishes of Democratic
voters.
eff nominated and elected I in
tend to bring to the office of at
torney general the same enthusiasm
and industry that has marked the
conduct of the county attorneys
office during my administration, -
Mr. LaPrade said.
On taking office as county at
torney, LaPrade stepped into prom
inence through his vigorous and
The Winslow mail., 1926-03-26
WINSL LOW IS READY FOR SCOUT MEET
TODAY; COURT OF HONOR TONIGHT

The stage is all set for the Grand
Canyon Council Executive Board
meeting which will be held in our
city today. Every detail has been
worked out and from the reports
from the other towns in the Coun-
Gil this meeting will be one of the
largest in the Councils history
Executive Chas. S. Mccormick
came back to Winslow Wednesday
to make the final arrangements for
the meeting and brought back the
good news that we would have a
record breaking crowd. Holbrook
will be represented with 10 men,
Snowflake with 5, Flagstaff with 6
men, Williams with 2 and st. Johns
will send at least three.
The Executive Board meeting
which will meet at 400 at the
Community Hall, will be a very
interesting one. Any person inter
ested in Scouting is invited to at
tend this meeting.
The Executive Board outlines the
policy for the Council, makes plans
for the next three months work,
and takes up the problems of the
districts.
At this meeting the Camping
program will be one of the main
features. J. B. Wright, County En-
gineer, at Flagstaff, chairman OF the
Camping Committee, with Execu-
tive Mccormick, spent Monday OF
this week, inspecting camp sites at
Mormon Lake. They will report
their findings to the board. 1t is
planned to have permanent camp
site. the site being leased from the
government forest service. This
will be improved from year to year
and put in first class shape. They
will submit plans for approval for
the erection of permanent cabins
for our boys and a new mess hall
and this will greatly add to the at
fractions for the Scouts. This will
mean new interest in camp and
record crowd of Scouts is antici-
pated.
The financial drives for the year
will also be discussed. The Coun-
Gil is operating this year on a
smaller budget, and is producing
much better results in the Council.
The problems confronting the
Scouts will also be presented with
a new system of organization and
work was presented at the last
meeting of the Board so the pro-
gress of the different districts will
be noted.
The Baptist Ladies will serve a
banquet for the Scout men in the
evening and entertainment will be
The Winslow mail., 1926-03-26
OIL SAND is STRUCK
AT BOWIE, COCHISE
COUNTY, TY,SATURDAY

BOWIE = Last Saturday at
a depth of about $500 feet the
drill at the Bowie-San Simon Oil
Well No. 1, sec. 18-13-29, pene-
trated what is believed to have
been a three foot oil sand which
contained considerable oil. The
news, which spread like wild fire
created a great excitement and
many visitors were here to see
for themselves unmistakable evi-
dence of oil. Oil dripped from
the cable and it was estimated
that each slush bucket brought up
containted as much as pint of
oil.
Sunday afternoon the well was
thronged with many spectators,
many of whom have contended
that "there is no oil in Cochise
county," but after watching
bucket after bucket being hoisteu
with oil plainly showing in the
mud and water, they went away,
convinced in spite of themselves,
to spread the glad tidings that
oil was actually being bailed from
the Bowie we'll.
The oil sand that was encount-
cred Saturday and Sunday is the
largest showing of oil that has
ever been struck at either Bowie
or Wilcox, and is but fore run
ner of larger bodies of oil at a
greater depth, which it is expect
ed will be encountered as the
drill keeps pounding it's way down
into the earth.
From now on drilling will go
ahead very carefully as there is
no question but that large body
of oil might be encountered az
any time and the company is not
taking any unnecessary chances
on bringing in a gusher and not
being prepared.
The Winslow mail., 1926-03-26
ROTARIANS HEAR
SPEAKERS ON A
VARIED PROGRAM

A varied program, with Walter
Olds as chairman of the day, was
enjoyed by members of the Wins
low Rotary Club at their regular
weekly luncheon Wednesday, chief
among the speakers being Hamp
Madden, superintendent of Wins
lows public schools, and Chas. s..
Mccormick, Scout Executive for
the Grand Canyon Council.
Mr.. Madden was called upon to
give the Rotarians a brief resume
of his impressions during his re-
cent visit to Washington, D. c. to
attend the annual meeting of the
National Educational association.
His talk was interesting and dur
ing the course of his remarks he
explained the workings of the pro-
posed Department of Education,
: Ehich was approved by the Asso-
eiation, bill for which is now
pending in Congress.
Scout Mccormick of Flagstaff
Rotary detailed to club members
the program of the meeting of
the executive board of Boy Scouts,
which is to be held here today, a
report of which appears in an
other column in this issue of The
Mail. Mr.. Mccormick gave the
Rotarians some interesting side
lights on the Boy Scout work pro-
sram and stressed the point that
all Rotarians, their families and
friends should attend the cere-
monial tonight at Washington
Auditorium.
George Harrington, member of
Flagstaff Rotary spoke briefly on
the plans of a meeting at some
future date of members of Wins
low, Flagstaff and Holbrook Rot
ary.
On the business side of the ses-
sion report on cost of construc-
tion of the swimming pool, being
fostered by the Rotary Club was
The Winslow mail., 1926-03-26
Garcia Bound Over
For Burglary Of
Hansen Residence

Guillermo Garcia, Mexican resi-
dent of Winslow, was last Saturday
bound over to answer trial in the
superior court of Navajo county at
Holbrook, for the burglary of the
C. A. Hansen home early last week,
in which several hundred dollars
worth of wearing apparel belonging
to Mr.. and Mrs. Hansen was stolen.
The arrest of Garcia by City Mar
shall Harp and Officer Rube Neil,
and Deputy Sheriff Walker, follow
ed the burglarizing of the Bob Fen
ton corral and his arrest was due
to his being trailed to his residence
on the south side by. the officers.
Following the corral burglary,
in which bale of hay was stolen,
tracks made by a child's express
wagon led to Garcia's abode where
the officers found the stuff taken
from the Hansen residence. On his
arraignment before Justice Proc
tor, the Mexican admitted the theft,
justifying his act by a plea that
his wife was ill in an Ell Paso hos
pital and he had stolen in order
to provide for her. He had ship
ped most of the clothing stolen
from the Hansen home to his wife
at Ell Paso, he told the officers but
so far no trace of the shipments
have been found In the loot found
at Garcia's home was also found
the trunk stolen over a month ago
from George Hatch at the Shugrue
home over month ago, the officers
discovered
The wagon, child's express wa
gon had been stolen from Conduc-
tor Keeney. City Marshal Harp be-
lieves the arrest of Garcia will put
an end to petty thievery and burg
larry which has been going on in
Winslow for some time, as it is
his belief that the Mexican has
been responsible for most of the
burglaries committed here during
the past several months.