The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15
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An average of $4,000 day through
May and $4,000 during June is the
market value of power which will be
generated following commencement of
operations at the Horse Mesa power
plant which went into service last
week. While the dam is still unfin-
ished, construction had proceeded to
such point whereby the hydroelectric
generators can be put into commits
sion.
Doc Grahame and his caddy, "Hap-
py Harry" Kirby win soon pass
through Arizona, being at the two
thirds mark on the "fairway" of the
longest 'tgolf hole" ever played. Gra-
hame, attempting to drive golf ball
from Mobile, Ala, to Los Angeles, is
at present playing golf in Texas.
Citizens Of Tucson will be asked to
express their approval of an $800,000
bond issue May 8 for sewerage work
as a result of resolution passed re-
Gently by the city fathers.
Jerome is in the throes of a clean
up session this week and the slogan
is "Now is the time for all good men
to come to the aid Of their premises. !"
The ranks of the second A. E. F.
are rapidly filling, it has been an
nounced by Robert H. Dickson of
Jerome, department French conven-
tion officer for this state, upon IN
formation received from Howard P.
Savage, national American Legion
commander. Thousands of American
Legion members are planning to at
tend the ninth annual convention
which is to be held in France in Sep
tember.
Bicycle racing today is claiming the
attention Of Mesaites, special pro-
gram being held in that city under the
auspices of the Amateur Bicycle
League of America.
During recent typhoid scare in
Mesa it was found necessary to have
all the wells Of dairymen and the city
tested for the presence Of colon ba-
cilli. In only one well were the germs
found and none of the cases OF fever
could be traced to that source.
Last Saturday the streets of Yuma
re-echoed with the sound of marching
feet as the Spanish American war vet
Grams with their wives, daughters and
sweethearts took the city by storm.
Nearly 100 veterans were present.
Nogales is the latest city to sue
cumb to the "gold fever" following
reported strike five miles north of that
city last Thursday
The vicinity of Bisbee for goat
dairy is being considered by +. Il.
Smith of Tucson. Mr.. Smith says
Bisbee has a climate and altitude ex-
actly right for that sort Of husbandry.
One of the best opportunities ac-
corded Arizona writer's and lovers OF
romance is forecast in big prize con-
test for the book of the next Arizona
state pageant, to be given at the Casa
Grande ruins early in November, has
been announced by the Arizona Pa
geantry association.
S144O0O,OOO worth of copper IS
produced annually in Arizona, accord
ing to the u. S. bureau Of mines.
A vision of Phoenix made great
seaport by means of barge canal
connecting that city with the Gulf of
California was described by F. J. h:
Harmon of London, who passed
through Phoenix last week.
A rare Mexican anteater, killed IN
the state Of Sonora, Mexico, has been
presented to the museum at the UNI
versity of Arizona by Ben Tinker,
noted Mexican big game hunter.
Definite plans to increase the size
of Bisbee's new rotogravure foider
from 12 to 16 pages and to make the
booklet the most elaborate ever IS
sued is the plan of the publicity COM
mittee of the Bisbee Chamber of Com
merce.
Active warfare against the automo-
bile speeder who uses highways about
1 the city for a racetrack has been
! launched by the city Of Douglas.
Automobile factories in the United
States produced 260,330 passenger
cars and 38,029 trucks in February, a
total of 298,359 vehicles of both kinds.
according to the U. S. department OF
commerce.
"A copper strike was made on the
land of the McGinnel Copper Mining
company near Superior last week,
which proved sensational in charac-
ter, the ledge that was opened up be-
| ing five feet wide and carrying a
heavy streak of copper, some silver
and slight showing of gold.
A Latter Day Saints chapel is be-
| ing built in Snowflake at the esti-
mated cost of $12,500.
328, ,429 head of cattle were shipped
from Arizona in 1925.
| If plans carry through Yuma will
soon have a new hotel, located on
Prison Hill. Construction Of such an
institution is being considered by a
hotel company of Ell Centre, Calf.
For some motive not found out,
| Karl Anderson. Minneapolis realtor,