The Coconino sun., 1927-09-16
GRAND CANYON
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Torrential rains Iell in the Canyon
vicinity, beginning Sunday evening
and continuing until about noon on
Tuesday. Road work, which had been
frequently held up during the sum-
mer was at a stand still, with no pros
pect of resuming until the last of the
week, and roads into the Canyon were
impossible for the greater part of
the week. A decided drop in temper
ature accompanied the storm.
The American Legion sponsored a
grand feature picture show at COM
munity hall on Monday evening which
was unusually well attended. The
films shown were "The Alaskan" and
Shoulder Arms
Mrs. R. NJ DePierro and son Dale
left Saturday for Hollywood, where
the latter will enter high school for
the coming year.
Miss Jean Tillotson arrived Wednes.
day from Denver, where she went with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. NJ. r. Til
lotson, on vacation. Mr.. and Mrs.
Tillotson will not return for some,
time, as their son Dean, who is in
hospital is not doing very we'll Miss
Jean will visit at the home of Mrs. G.
E. Sturdevant until her parents re-
turn.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. G. Carr and son
Stanton returned Wednesday from
Hayward, Calf, where they visited
at the home of Mrs. Carr's parents for
three weeks.
The Yaqui road was opened for traf-
fic Saturday. Appreciation was shown
by number of residents who made
the drive to Yaqui trail several times.
Bus drivers SO far hold the speed rec
ord, according to spectators, but some
of our speed hounds will soon be out
to capture it. Macadam man Harry
Lewis stated that the road is not as
smooth as it will be after it has been
used for some time. The next strip
of road to be put in will be from the
garage out to the newly completed
Yaqui road.
Charley Greening returned Wednes-
day from Flagstaff, where he allowed
one of the dentists to go a round or
two with pet wisdom tooth. So far
the tooth has won and still remains
with its owner.
Ivan Payne received the sad news
of the death of his father in Arkansas
and left for his home on Thursday.
Les Kennedy has been very i'll at
his apartment at the Bright Angel
An alarmingly high temperature was
finally reduced after strenuous treat
ment and Mr.. Kennedy expects to be
up and about in a short time.
E. E. McCarty, division superintend-
ent of Winslow, arrived the first of
the week for a few days business. +
One of the most interesting things |
he accomplished while here was the
allotment of the new Santa Fe houses. |
Mrs W. w. Bass of Wickenburg
returned to her home after stay of |
a week here on business and pleasure. |
The monthly meeting of the PIT. |
A., postponed from last Friday eve
ming will be held at the school house
on next Friday evening. Mrs. G. e.
Sturdevant, vice-president, will have
charge of the meeting and details |
concerning the beginning of work for
the coming year will be taken up.
Col. and Mrs. George Hochderffer |
of Flagstaff have been guests at the |
auto camp ground for the past week. |
They are on an extended trip around |
northern Arizona, and are planning \
on returning to their home by the old |
original stage road, through Grand |
View, around Red and Kendrick noun |
tains and into Flagstaff by Fort Val
ley. Many old-timers claim this as
the best road from the Canyon to the
main line and are at a loss to know |
why it is not taken for the county |
road
Mrs. VIM. Kent returned Friday /
from Kansas City where she had been
the guest of relatives for several /
months. She underwent an operation
for appendicitis while there and has
nicely recovered.
Carl Hansen, superintendent for the
Mckee Construction Co., left the last I
of the week with men and material
for Phantom Ranch, where he will
the construction of three
houses for tourists to be added to the
Harvey equipment.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Vallandingham
left Friday by car for Salt Lake City.
Mrs. Vallandingham will remain there
for the winter to enter her children
in school while Mr.. Vallandingham
returns to his road work here.
Under the supervision of Herbert
Maier, architect for the national park
service, a museum is being constructed
at Yavapai Point 1t is being built of
native rock and will house archeolog-
zeal specimens collected in the vicin-
ity of and on the various trails into
the canyon.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. E. Sturdevant and
Mr.. and Mrs. Dario Travaini spent |
Saturday and Sunday on a short
camping trip to points of interest in
the vicinity of Rain Tank.
Mr.. Nelson Of Phoenix arrived at the !