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Milford chronicle., 1927-04-15
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Facts Worth KNO1Oing
By ]. Marvin Nichols
Dallas, Texas
A STTDY IN FACES
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A dry eve means a hard heart.
Brown eyes are the most kindly.
Voltaire had the typical foxy face.
Black eyes are the most rash and
impetuOus.
An insignificant nose means an
insignificant man.
An open mouth is a sure sign OF
an empty head.
Very large, thick lips, are sign
OF sensuality.
Large ears are found on the
heads of coarse people.
Coarse hair always indicates a
coarse organization.
Very full cheeks indicate great
digestive powers.
A projecting under lip shows
malignity and avarice.
Pointed noses generally belong to
meddlesomG people.
Blue eyes belong to persons OF an
enthusiastic turn of mind.
Narrow, thin nOstrils indicate
small lungs and low vitality.
Power of language is indicated by
fullness beneath the eyes.
A retreating chin is always bad;
it shows lack of resolution.
If the forehead be shorter than
the nose, the sign is of stupidity.
An oblique mouth is bad sign;
it shows a crooked character.
A steely blue eye is often the
sign OF a merciless disposition.
Fine hair generally betokens ma
tive good taste and intelligence.
Very tightly closed lips are usual
" found in secretive characters.
A long forehead indicates intelli-
gence; a short forehead, activity.
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-15
A CORRECTION

Mrs. Lillian NJ. Morgan, of Lin
coin, who was reported to have Sc
cured a divorce from her husband,
Clarence H. Morgan, in last weeks
issue of the Chronicle, states that
the report is in error in that it
stated that she alleged in her pc
tition that her husband beat her un-
mercifully." The divorce was
granted, but the grounds, she says,
was for desertion only. The article
came to us from our usual source,
and we are only too glad to make
the correction.-Editor.
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-15
THE IDLE WORD

The idle word that stings is as
old as human speech. Spoken
thoughtlessly or spoken in a mom-
ent of irritation, it says more than
the speaker meant. At least it says
more than he would have said if he
had taken second thought. Too Of
ten in a hasty moment one who
really would not for worlds cause
lasting hurt, does just that because
he reaches for the first remark that
will register.
These idle words go deep, deep
into the heart and memory of the
one to whom they are addressed.
Tbere is no way Of reaching this
harm by laws and courts. There is
NO way Of resolving that one will
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-15
IN MEMoRIAM

DONOVAN-In loving memory of ouI
dear son and brother, Fred s., who de-
parted this life on April IS. 1926:
We little thought when you left us
That you would never return;
That you so soon in death should sleeI
And leave US alone.
We who love you, sadly miss you,
We who held you very dear,
And of lonely hours of thinking
Often feel your presence near.
Sadly missed by Father, Brothers and
Sisters. 1t
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-15
POLICE AND SHEPHERD DOG

Ques. What is the difference be-
tween a German police dog and a
German shepherd dog?
Ans. German police dog is mere
ly another name for the so-called
German shepherd dog. The Ameri-
can Kennel Club decided that this
breed of dog is correctly called the
shepherd-The Pathfinder.
Frogs are making the evening
hours cheerful with their singing
b meadows.
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-15
RUNCMAGE SALE

The Girls Friendly Society will
have a rummage sale on Saturday
April 2Srd. for which any articles
viii be gratefully received
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-15

Wlere IOlkS can swirl du pldyS
An soak the dirt Off" so Bill sez,
"The good, Old-fashioned way"
Cement Bill, he sez, sez he,
They're pushing buildings high
With cement reinforced by steel
They're reaching for the sky.
They tunnel under rivers, too,
Where trains rush through hellbent.
You ask me how they do it all,
Cement, my boy, cement.
"They burrow under city streets,
Dig in just like mole
Then brace it up with pier an wall,
Where cement plays THE role.
They smooth it then, all spick an
span,
From floor to wall an roof,
An prove right there, what / con-
tend,
Cement is waterproof"
Cement Bill" he sez, sez he,
you may think I'm a liar,
But barns built out of cement block
Will stand the hottest fire.
Then think of all the tireproof
homes
Cement in every style
Why even bridges crossing streams
Are built on cement pile.
"Now take the question up" sez Bill,
"Of making cement piles
I know a bridge across the gulf,
Some sixty cement miles.
Flagler had it all planned out
An knew just what it meant
He could not get the bridge across
Unless he used cement"
AN last, why mister, bless your
soul,
I'll give my guarantee
That cement pile when made hrst-
class
Outlasts eternity.
Exaggerate! Oh no, not I,
1 merely state what's true.
Exaggerate cement you say
A thing no man can do.
"For when you want a first-class
job,
An see your cash well spent,
You naturally got to own the coin
There's nothing like cement.
Why, Cement Bill" he SEE, sez he
Cement, be gosh, will float.
I know it will, because" sez he,
Folks built cement boat"
"Then think of all the cement roads,
Why man they set the pace,
They ride so smooth, 10 jars nor
bumps,
An say, they eat up space"
Then Cement Bill he sez, sez he
"I'll bet my last durn cent
That folks could build road 10
Mars
With reinforced CEMENT.
'Now there's the cement silo, too
The silo built of wood,
Takes lots of paint, an soon blows
down,
Where cement never could.
''Then please recall those brick side
walks
They filled your feet with woe,
But now they're made of smooth
cement,
You never stump your toe.
While some may pin their faith to
steel,
Cement is Bills delight.
An when it comes to cement talk
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''You may back STEEL" sez Cement
Bill"
"My bet is one sure thing
Give steel laurel wreath or two,
But cement is the King"
Sez Cement Bill, when I pass out,
Bound for my last abode,
I want the boys to drive me down
A first-class cement road.
1 want my little two by six
Lined with good cement
So devils cannot fork me out
Or hellfire make a dent.
"When Gabriel comes to rout me
out,
An calls for my ascent,
I want to know he'll find me therei
Embedded in cement.
Then when I'm waited to that place.
OF mansions in the sky,
If they amt built Of cement block
I'll ask the reason why"
This Cement Bill" Oh he's all
right
Just a regular guy,
Who wouldn't even stretch the truth,
Much less tell lie
But Bill gets sort O. reckless Ike
On Concrete business bent,
An file the ambient atmosphere
With missiles Of cement"
By GEN. ALDEN R. BENSON,
Ex-Secretary Of State, Della
ware, Chairman of the Della
ware State Highway Depart
ment,
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-15

The person who pines over hi'
hard luck needs to spruce up bit
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-15

Try our cent-a-WOrd adVA.
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-15

Springtime now.
The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898-1978, 1927-09-02
SUPERVISION KAIBAB
DEER HUNTING STRICT

Through an agreement between
State Game Warden Pettis and Dis
trict Forester Rutledge of the U. 5:
forest service, there will be parts OF
the Kaibab forest open for deer hunt
ing during the season from October l
to 81 inclusive.
Every hunter, however, will be re-
quired to carry either resident or
nonresident license and will also be
required to pay a $3.50 fee to the for
est service which will be used to de-
fray the expenses of supervision OF
the open season.
AS parts of the forest will remain
closed to hunters, all hunters will be
required to check in and out at base
camps which will be established, and
all guns will be sealed until the hunt
ing parties reach these camps. There
will be no hunting permitted from
automobiles and the costs Of guides,
horses and packhorses will be super
vised as well, it is announced.
The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898-1978, 1927-09-02
ARIZONA ASKS FOR
ARREST OF DEMING

Permission to return Paul H. Dem
ing. formerly cashier of the defunct
Bank of Jerome, to this state was
asked at a hearing held at the office
of the attorney general for California
in Sacramento.
A petition for writ of extradltlor
was signed last week by James ii
Kerby, secretary of state and acting
governor during the absence of Gov
ernor Hunt in Colorado, and presented
to the acting governor of California
Saturday by County Attorney W. Il
Patterson.
Deming, who is charged in two In
formations with having accepted de-
posits in the bank after it was known
to be in an insolvent condition, re-
fused to return when the warrants fol-
his arrest were filed and is resisting
the granting of the extradition.
Should the petition be granted
Deming will be brought back IN Gus
tody and held until he is arraignec
and the bond for his appearance al
trial set. R. N. Fredericks, president
of the Jerome bank and father-ln
latw of Deming, for whose arrest
warrant also was sworn, will not be
returned for trial this fall, it is said
i'll health preventing his being moved
Both Deming and Fredericks have
been making their home In Pasadena
Deming was tried in Flagstaff two
years ago on change of venue from
Yavapai county and was acquitted II
some of the several indictments
against him.
The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898-1978, 1927-09-02
CLARKDALE INDIAN BOY
HELD FOR KILLING PAL

Stoddy Francis, 16-year-old Indian
boy of Clarkdale, is in custody facing
possible murder charge as the re-
suit of the fatal shooting of his play
mate, Alex Deecher, also an Indian.
Deecher, in a death-bed statement,
charged the other boy with having
fired the shot deliberately.
The tragedy occurred while the two
lads were hunting and was an acct
dent according to Francis. The two
youths, who had been friends for
years, he says, were some distance
from their camp. They had been try
ing to catch a young quail alive and
were running around bush after the
bird, each going in an opposite direc-
ton, when, meeting head-on at full
speed, the gun, in Francis hands, was
discharged. The shot entered the 9TH
er boys body on the left side under
the shoulder.
Deecher, while mortally wounded,
did not die at once, living until about
six o'clock that night. Francis lifted
the injured boy onto burro the two
had with them and took him to his
home, where a physician was sum-
moned after which the boy was taken
to the United Verde hospital at Jer-
ONE.
The Francis boy was not arrested
until after the other boys death, when
the elder Deecher filed the complaint.
A coroner's jury, summoned by Judge
D. L. Robinson of Clemenceau, re-
turned an open verdict and no action
will be taken in the case, other than
to hold Francis in custody until the
affair is investigated by the county
attorney.
The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898-1978, 1927-09-02
KERRY EXPLAINS REFUSAL
TO GIVE HIGHWAY. BOARD
THE MOTOR TITLE PAPERS

State Secretary Kerby turned over
to the state highway department on
Saturday all records and equipment of
his office pertaining to the issuance
of license plates and the collection of
the gasoline tax but refused, in for
NAL written statement to the high
way commission, to surrender his adj
ministration of the motor vehicle GER
tificate of title act. His decision was
taken, he said verbally, on his own
responsibility and without the advice
of counsel, on grounds of constitution
al law.
"The certificate of title law" said
Kerby in his letter to the commits
sion, "can be administered by the sec
rotary of state without delay or incon-
venience to the motor vehicle owners
or the department of state highways
until the people vote on the referen-
dunn now on file against the. repeal
of chapter 70, session laws of 1925.
How vigorously the legislature
thought otherwise is to be seen in the
fact that it made plain its purpose by
repeating the chapter in question
the certificate of title act--three sep
arate times. 1t was bitterly assaulted,
and repealed the first time on two
grounds-first, that it had been ex-
ceedingly expensive to operate and
second, it awarded him added compen-
sation of $4,000 year.
Governor Hunt vetoed the repeal.
Thereupon the legislature OVERRIDE his
veto, repeating the act second time,
but lacked the necessary votes to i'm
munize the repeal from attack by ref
erendum.
Between sessions the expected at
tack developed and on July 2 petitions
containing the required number OF sig
natures were filed with Secretary
Kerby, thereby perfecting the refer
endum.
Again the legislature was called
into session. Ignoring the referen-
dunn, the fourth special session passed
the highway bill, creating the state
highway commission, with jurisdiction
over all highway affairs, including
the gasoline tax and the motor vehicle
license law, as well as the certificate
of title law, which latter was thus re-
pealed a third time. Governor Hunt
signed the bill
Demand for the books and records
was served on the secretary Saturday.
In support of his refusal to comply, he
contends that the legislature, IN enact
ing the highway bill, had no power to
write into it provisions which already
had been referred to the people, for
decision at the next general election.
The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898-1978, 1927-09-02
DEVELOPMENT COAL BEDS
COUNTY WILL MEAN
GROWTH AND PROSPERITY

In Coconino county lies one of the
greatest potential resources in the
state of Arizona. This is the vast coal
field northeast Of Flagstaff in the
Navajo and Hopi reservations, the
best situated field being southeast of
Tuba City in Coal Mine canyon. Ac-
cording to estimates by biologists this
field alone covers at least 100 square
miles, the vein being four to seven
feet thick and of a good grade of
soft coal.
The writer last week was fortunate
in being able to make trip to the
mine being operated in Coal canyon,
Is miles southeast of Tuba City by
/ the Western Navajo Indian agency.
Between three and six tons of coal are
now being hauled daily by six-mule
teams from the mine to Tuba City for
the boilers in the Indian school. Not
until one sees the Is miles of sandy
waste over which the coal must be
hauled does he realize the impossible
| ity Of getting out coal under the ex
listing methods and making it COM
mercially worth while.
The mine in Coal canyon has been
in active operation under Jeff Nelson
for the past four years, with yearly
production of between 800 and 400
tons. The first mine, however, was
opened by the Mormons when they
settled at Tuba City in the late '70s.
Jeff has one helper to get the coal out
and keep the mine in repair. Only
the crudest equipment is used for
mining, yet the mine is in excellent
shape and small as it is could easily
be made to produce 100 tons a day
This amount alone would more than
supply the needs of Flagstaff if coal
alone were used for fuel.
The question that sometime will
have to be solved is how to get the
coal out to the railroad and someone
to take over the fields and develop
them to the enrichment of the Indian
tribes, Coconino county and the state.
Without doubt, if the Santa Fe rail
road were using coal for its trains or
this division they would have made an
effort to develop the field long ago.
But with all its engines and equip
ment arranged for burning oil, little
or no interest is taken by the railroad
in opening up this field.
The development OF the mines
would insure the use of gas to Flag
staff for cooking and heating and
might mean cheaper electric power
and light Using Flagstaff as a cen
trail shipping point, coal could be
transported east and west of here and
to Phoenix and other cities in the CEN
ter of the state much cheaper than it
can be brought from Gallup and other
eastern points. Such a condition of
affairs could not help but increase the
economic wealth of the state as
whole. 1t would be an exemplification
of the fuse Arizona products first"
campaign.
Development of the coal supply on
the reservations is bound to come.
The discovery of oil in the state in
large quantities may retard its ex-
ploitation but the time will come
when railroad will run across the
desert from Flagstaff and tap the
beds of coal deposited cons ago when
a sea covered that section of the coun-
try.
An interesting feature of the coal
beds is that the layer above the coal
is composed almost entirely of fossil
shells, in some places 10 feet thick.
The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898-1978, 1927-09-02
THREE HUNDRED YEARS
IN PRISON TAKEN LIGHTLY

Cheerfully shouting "G'-bye boys,
we'll see you in 800 years" Harry d.
HiBbs and Thomas Hennessey, con-
victed Los Angeles bunco artists,
parted company with deputy sheriffs
at San Quentin prison, to start sem
fences aggregating three centuries.
Convicted in the so-caHed lotto / case
involving a supposed $6,000,0 100000
railway merger in which numerous
people were mulcted, they were SEN
fenced to serve from one to ten years
on each of thirty counts, sentences to
run consecutively.
The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898-1978, 1927-09-02
Carpenter Fell 1854
Into Lake Pleasant

Hurting through space, rolling and
sliding down 164 feet of a steep con-
crete buttress on the upstream face
of Lake Pleasant dam, landing I'M
conscious in so feet of water and be-
ing held under the surface by bag
of nails suspended from his neck, Wal
ter King, %, of Cummings, Ia, car
penter employed at the dam, lives to
tell the story.
Responsible for his life, aside from
his good fortune in not having been
killed in his sudden and swift descent,
are Joe Garcia of Peoria and A. G..
Mortensen, another carpenter, who, at
the risk of their own lives, negotiated
q similar swift descent to reach the
water and pull King out before he was
drowned.
The accident and rescue occurred
Saturday evening.
King was walking on a plank 164
feet above the water when the timber
broke and threw him down the up
stream face of the dam. His drop
was not directly into the water. When
the plank broke he struck one of the
extending buttresses and slid and
rolled down the steep concrete face.
The fall made him unconscious, and
carpenters bag full Of nails, which
was suspended from his neck, pulled
his head under the water while his
feet were held up by a heavy piece of
timber
Garcia had a short rope, one end of
which was tied to some scaffolding,
and he threw this rope out over the
edges of the parapet, swinging over
the side and sliding Is feet to the end
of the rope. He then let go, dropped
an additional Is feet, and slid 70 feet
down a steep buttress into the water.
Both his and Mortensen's shoe soles
and part of their clothing we're burned
off in the terrific slide, but neither,
was injured except that their feet and
parts of their bodies were badly
scraped.
They righted the position of Kings
body and sought way to get him to
land. The lake at that point is 1000
feet wide and so feet deep.
With the aid of drifting timbers
they were enabled to drag King to the
bank, where first aid treatment was
given him, and he was taken to the
camp hospital, where it was learned
he had broken nose, scalp wounds
and numerous cuts and bruises on his
body. His condition is not regarded
as serious, and it is reported that he
will recover.
The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898-1978, 1927-09-02
COTTONWOOD MAN HELD
FOR ALLEGED ATTACK
ON 9 YEAR OLD GIRL

Tilden Scott, AZ, son of a we'll
known Cottonwood family, is in Yava-
PAL county jail at Prescott, charged
with attacking a 9-year-old girl. The
child is in the county hospital and &C
cording to reports her condition is
favorable.
The charge was made Friday aft
ernoon and warrant sworn for the
arrest of Scott. News of the startling
charge spread like wildfire in Cotton
wood and in an hour after it was gen.
orally known, extensive preparations
had been made to hand out mob JUS
tice to Scott, who had fled. The mad
dened mob, keyed to high pitch
searched the surrounding country UNI
til late Saturday.
Evidently in hiding in the Rec
Rocks, Scott later drifted toward Cot
tonwood and was apprehended in q
shack near the river. He was placed
under heavy armed guard and whiskec
to the county Jail. Deputy Sheriffs
John Munds and Bill Dickinson were
the arresting officers.
Munds and Dickinson said Scott
made no statement upon arrest.
The charge was made by the moth
er of the child
The case became known following 9
medical examination by Clemenceau
physician Friday, whose verdict sub
Stimulated the statement of the child
The parents are now living apart, The
father residing on the coast.
The charge, signed by the mother
said that the alleged attack took place
IN A1uuct z in Cottonwood Accord
| ing to the mother, Scott had been en-
trusted with the care of her foul
children during her absence. The
other children, all younger than the
9-year-old girl, were taken to The
children's home at Prescott by The
county probation officer.
The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898-1978, 1927-09-02
BISBEE GETS HOCKENBURY
HELP FOR NEW HOTEL

The Hockenbury Hotel System, Inc,
of Harrisburg, Pa, an organization
which has financed IA hotel projects
throughout the United States, includ-
ing that Of Hotel Monte Vista in Flag
staff, was authorized by the board OF
directors Of the Bisbee chamber OF
commerce ''to make survev to deter
mine the hotel needs of the Warren
district and to recommend financing
plan, this survey to be made at the ex-
pense of the Hockenbary System, Inc,
and its findings and conclusions to be
submitted to this chamber, subject to
its acceptance or rejection, and that
the application for survey be changed
to provide that all subscriptions be-
fore being accepted, be passed upon
by a committee appointed by this
chamber"
The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898-1978, 1927-09-02
State Vegetable And
Fruit Growers Unite

Agreement to organize and incor-
grading and marketing association of
day afternoon at a meeting of an or
ganization committee in Phoenix. A
committee of four was appointed to
meet again tomorrow, confer with at
torneys, draw up membership agree
ments, and make application for cor
poration privileges.
The organization is an outgrowth
of and will absorb the Salt River Val
ley Potato and Onion Growers asso-
citation which functioned with re-
markable success in the Salt River
Valley during the last potato and on
ion season.