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The Coconino sun., 1927-07-08
Utah Insists On
Colorado Pact

Utahvhas made direct appeal to
President Coolidge, members of the
cabinet and both houses of congress
against approval of any legislation
affecting the Colorado river until the
states to be affected have reached an
accord on the seven state pact ap-
proved several years ago at Santa Fe.
The appeal is part of a report made
public Saturday by the state Colorado
fact finding commission named by
Governor George H. Dern, several
months ago, which is composed of
eight members including engineers
attorneys and laymen.
The appeal contains the following
recommendation:
'sThat there first be brought about
an accord among the seven states
through conference of duly author
lied representatives of the seven
states concerned the sole purpose OF
which shall be to assist the lower
basin states, California, Arizona and
Nevada in settling any existing diff
ferences and in arriving at an under
standing among themselves on all
points now at issue between them.
"That the representatives of the
upper BASIN states, wyoming, 0Olo-
rado. Utah and New Mexico acting
Jointly shall, if called upon lend their
good offices to the lower basin states
to bring about such an understand
ing. :,
"That the upper basin states shall
make it clear at this time that they
will not participate in the considera.
ton of any phase of the subject until
the lower states have reached this
amieable and definite agreement.
''That the even states shall then un-
qualifiedly and unconditionally ratify
| the so-cailed Santa Fe Colorado river
pact.
''That congress shall thereupon sci
its seal of approval on the compact.
"That consideration of Legislation
dealing with the Colorado river de,
velopment shall then and not unit
then proceed"
The Coconino sun., 1927-07-08
MANY LOCAL WOMEN To-
GO TO GRAND CANYON WITH
B. P. W. SPECIAL TRAINS

With the entertaining of the three
special trains carrying members of
the National Federation of Business
and Professional Women's clubs to
their eighth annual convention in Oak
land, Calf, and stopping at Grand
Canyon for Wednesday, the 18th, will
find the Flagstaff club much in evi-
dence.
A committee of 20 from the Flag
staff club will board the trains as
they pass through this city at three
the morning of the 18th and go with
them to Grand Canyon, giving out spe-
cial copies of Progressive Arizona and
'Iumberjack" stickers for luggage.
Miss Margaret X. Stewart, member
Of the state committee, has appointed
Mrs. Carolyn Smith of the local club
assistant chairman. Others assisting
are: First, or "Blue" section, which
will carry the national president, Lena
Madesin Phillips of New York City,
and Emma Dot Partridge, national
executive secretary and other mem
bers Of the executive committee, will
be in charge of Miss Lena Laney, as
sisted by Miss Mary Ann Bowen, Mrs.
Viola Babbitt, Mrs. Elizabeth Bah
bitt, Miss Grace Thomas, Miss Mary
Costigan and Mrs. Agnes Pouthie. The
second, or "Red" section in charge OF
Miss Helen Runke, assisted bv Miss
Lourene Eden, Miss Elsie Cornforth.
Miss Helen Strom, Miss Thelma
| Davis and Miss Julia Benson. Third
or Green" section in charge of Mrs
Felice Garcia assisted by Miss Marion
| Wallace, Miss Bernadette Moritz,
Miss Mary Wilson, Mrs. Margaret
Howard Fay and Miss Wilmyth Case
The only two men invited are Jake
Bracker and A. w. Carson Mr.
Bracker will cover this event for the
Associated Press and Mr.. Carson will
| be the official photographer.
1t is the hope Of the Chamber OF
Commerce that the local business peo-
pie as we'll as others, will cooperate
with the Flagstaff club in allowing
their employees time off in order that
they may go to Grand Canyon July
13. The members Of the chamber
consider this a splendid opportunity
for advertising Arizona to these won
en- from all parts Of the country.
Through the state publicity commit
1 tee of the Arizona federation, o1
which Margaret Stewart is the chair
man, arrangements have been made
at the canyon for special Hopf In
/ dian dance on the 18TH Lena Made
4 sin Phillips, the national president
will be presented with a Navajo rul
4 just following the dance. Souvenirs
will be given out to the delegates al
they pass into luncheon and Dime
such as wooden plaques on which
Joyce Kilmer's 'Tree" poem is printe,
and given by the Arizona Lumber 4
Timber Co. Of Flagstaff; cantaloupe
from the southern part of the stat
and many other typical gifts. An en-
tirely different selection of souvenir
will be taken to the national conven
ton by the states delegates.
The Coconino sun., 1927-07-08
State HighWaymen
Now Out OF Jobs

Approximately 80 employees of the
state highway department were laid
off Friday due to lack of finances
with which to pay their salaries and
wages, according to the statements Of
highway officials. The reductions in
the forces made Friday combined with
the heavy reductions made about two
months ago, cuts the force of the de-
partment, it was stated, down to the
few employees necessary to handle the
special projects under construction by
the department and the maintenance
of the roads built.
The further reductions in the de-
partment, it was declared, were nee
essary because the finances OF the
state highway department have been
tied up by the opinion of the supreme
court in the gasoline tax suit which
held the department could not spend
any of its 25 per cent fund derived
from the gasoline tax, the mill tax
and the 10 cent property tax provided
by the 1928 highway bill.
The Coconino sun., 1927-07-08
Mesa Dam
Bucking Over Top

Horse Mesa reservoir went over the
top at 5 o'clock Friday morning, with
in a few minutes of the time predicted
by engineers Of the Salt River Val
lev Waters Users association. The
first few drops to reach the bottom OF
the north spillway were scooped up
into a jug, to save for some fitting
historic occasion Of the future. The
battleship Arizona was christened at
her launching with the first water to
come over the top of Roosevelt dam.
The lake rose deliberately. Gradu-
ally, the shining liquid ribbon broad
ened, whitening at the edges as it
gained volume In two hours, 1T was
a sizeable stream. BY noon it was a
plunging cataract, more than half as
high again as Niagara Falls.
Down below the dam in the power
house. the three $4,000 horsepower
generators were delivering their rated
capacity for the first time. Not until
the water back of the dam reached the
lip of the spillway did they have a
full head of pressure behind them.
Henceforth, they will be earning
money at the rate of an estimated
s1,000OOO year. Every kilowatt
hour is contracted for in advance.
The Coconino sun., 1927-07-08
Now See What The
Legislator Has
Went An Done

A possibility that automobiles in
Arizona for which license plates have
not been purchased for the remainder
Of this year and all automobiles in
the state during 1928 may not be
tagged, with a consequent loss of
thousands of dollars in license taxes,
is expressed in a letter from Secre-
tary of State James Kerby, written
to Ed Oglesby, assessor of Maricopa
county, in which Kerby declined to
fulfill a request for 1000 additional
sets of 1927 automobile license plates
for Maricopa county.
The secretary of states letter indi-
Gates. that proportionate loss may be
sustained by each county unable to
supply a demand for license plates, if
the present quota is exhausted.
Replying to Ogleby's request for
additional plates, the secretary OF
state writes:
"In reply / will state the increase
in the number of automobile plates
has entirely exhausted our appropri-
alton for fiscal years 1926-27. The
appropriation committee"-(a this
point listed the members of the ap-
preparations committee )-"are re-
sponsible for the appropriations for
the elective offices for 1928-29 as fol-
| lows" (Here the secretary listed the
various appropriations made and the
amounts asked for, including S40,29O
granted his department.)
Furthermore, it is indicated in the
communication to Oglesby that next
year every automobile in the state will
be run "tag free" and "tax free"
The letter continues "there will be
no disposition on my part to purchase
any plates or printing supplies until
the money is available, and the pur-
chase of any supplies or substitute
plates furnished, either by the county
or otherwise, will not have my APP
proval."
'The law provides that the secre-
| tary of state purchase and supply IL
| cense plates to the various county as
SCISSORS, but it does not provide any
substitute therefor. / am of the opln->
ion that in case you are unable to de-
| liver the owner of an automobile
set of plates, as provided by law, that
Won will be unable to collect the IL
cense fee That is, indeed, an unfor-
| tunate state of affairs, for it will de-
prive your county of thousands OF dol
lars in personal property taxes, and
also will deprive the state road mann
| tenance fund of more than S5O0,O 900.
| 1t will also allow automobiles to be
driven upon the highways without
number plates for the balance OF this
year and the next two years, with no
record whatsoever of the individual
ownership other than the certificate
of title" Kerby's letter continued.
The Coconino sun., 1927-07-08
State Road Men
Pass Many Good
Road Resolutions

What was held to be the most i'm
portant question to come before the
members of the Arizona Good Roads
association during its midsummer
session at Prescott, which closed Sat
urday, or any of its recent meetings,
was broached in the form of resolu-
ton presented to the delegates and
passed, resolution which, it is hoped,
will bring the question of highway
legislation squarely before the admin
istration and legislature. 1t is plan
for the appointment of a committee of
the roads association meeting to ar
range a conference or a series of
conferences between the two powers,
with the intention of arriving at some
solution of the difficulties facing the
department and to call for a special
session of the legislature, at which
the highway problems would be
thrashed out and resumption OF work
on the roads approved. The commit
tee is to appoint special committee
to confer on the problem.
Other resolutions passed by the
members, who adjourned to meet
again in Nogales in January, included
the following: One thanking the
county board of supervisors, the cham
Der of commerce and the city of Pres
colt for their hospitality; one urging
the immediate completion of the
Apache Trail; one urging the forest
service and the state to cooperate in
the early construction of the Oak
Creek highway; one indorsing the Ari-
zona Automobile Association, Inc;
one urging the cooperation of the
boards of supervisors in the state,
commercial clubs and the Arizona In
dustrial Congress in a national pro-
gram of advertising for Arizona.
The Coconino sun., 1927-07-08
State Auditor Starts
Paying Bills July Ist

State Auditor Frohmiller started
July to approve legitimate claims
for payment from the funds provided
for in the general appropriation bill
passed by the eighth legislature, she
announced. Some doubt had existed
as to when the appropriation bill
would become effective because of the
fact that the measure did not carry
the emergency clause. Some held that
the bill should not become effective
until so days after the adjournment
Of the legislature, which in this case
would be July 81. Mrs. Frohmiller
said that the bill itself contemplated
that it should become operative on
the first of July, and saw no real rea-
son for making a delay which seem
ingly would gain nothing. In the alb
sence Of any formal protest, she said
that her office would consider the bill
aperativc from that date.
The Coconino sun., 1927-07-08
James G. McNdry
Accidentally Shot

James G. McNary, president of the
Cady Lumber corporation, of Arizona,
chairman Of the republican state ex-
ecutive committee of New Mexico,
and former president of the First Ma
tional bank Of I'll Paso, was accident
ally shot through the leg above the
knee by revolver at Springerville,
about $50 p. M. Thursday Of last
week and was taken to an Albuquer-
que hospital for treatment.
The wound, inflicted when the gun,
living on the seat of an automobile
beside Mr.. McNary, was accidentally
discharged, is serious, but his condi-
ton is believed not critical.
The Coconino sun., 1927-07-08
Oklahoma Parades'
The Proud Movie!
Kimes Bandit Kid!

Okmulgee, Okla, July 1.-Two cur
tain calls were made yesterday by
Matthew Kimes, Okmulgee county bad
actor, who was returned here Wednes-
day night by convoy of sheriff's of
ficers to face a murder trial in con-
nection with the robbery of two banks
at Beggs, Okla, last month.
w. ]. MacNally, Beggs chief of po-
lice, was killed in an encounter with
the bandit gang.
Paraded before large crowds of
curious persons twice during the day,
the youth who became notorious be-
cause of the recklessness of his ex-
ploits admitted that he was as embar-
rassed as a school boy speaking his
first piece.
Kimes consented to appear in pub
lie after the county Jail had been be-
sieged by folk who expressed desire
to see him.
"A crowd estimated at 1000 wit
messed his first appearance, and the
second audience was as large.
The Coconino sun., 1927-07-08

ARIZONA TO STAGE GREAT BUFFALO
HUNT TO CLEAR HERD OF OUTLAWS

meat will go toward defraying the
cost of the herd
According to the game warden, the
heads of the old bulls are the finest
to be had and are regarded by authori-
ties as prize trophies of the first or
der. The value Of head and hide at
the present time is not less than $3.50.
Further information concerning the
hunt or the animals may be had by
communicating with D. E. Pettis,
state game warden, state capitol,
Phoenix.
The drawing of the names Of the
lucky hunters will take place the
Wednesday of state fair week.
The Coconino sun., 1927-07-08
TOTAL RECEIPTS OF
COMMISSION GIVEN

The total receipts in the office of
the Arizona corporation commission
from all sources for the fiscal year
of 1926-27 ending June 80, 1927, ex-
ceeded the total receipts of the COM
mission for the previous fiscal year
ending June 80, 1926, by $27,270.68,
according to a statement issued by
Loren Vaughn, member of the COM
mission.
The report, compiled by Glenn D..
Grant, cashier for the commission,
shows that for the fiscal year begin
ming July 1, 1926, and ending June
80, 1927, the various departments Of
the commission collected in fees a
total of $285, ,75941, as compared to
total collections for the previous fis-
cal year of $258,488.74.
The Coconino sun., 1927-07-08
opment of that river which is a great

opment of that river which is a great
national project.
"Arizona's conduct is indefensible. |
am going to tell these facts to the
people Of the United States and | am
going to ask congress to repeal the
enabling act by which Arizona became
state, which act Arizona has itself
repudiated. 1t i'll becomes any Amer
ican state to treat its solemn covenant
with the federal government as a
scrap of paper"
The Coconino sun., 1927-07-08

Construction work on Tombstone's
new municipal electric light and power
plant will start abort July Is. Bonds
amounting to $4,000 have been IS
sued by the town.
The Coconino sun., 1927-07-08

Mrs. Allie Dickerman. chairman Of
the Arizona hospitality committee
will be in Flagstaff July 10 finishing
up plans for the big day. Mrs. Dick
ermann is the official conductor for
this state and will board the train at
Gallup the night Of tho 18th.
The Coconino sun., 1927-07-08

Give the Sun yorr Job printing.
The Coconino sun., 1927-07-08
Ousondin0 Women of Business and
Professional WOn1ens Clubs

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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-09-22
First Topical Song"
Sung BY Frenchn1an

What purports to have been the
centennial of American vaudeville
was celebrated recently, and al
though much was said about the
origin of this form of amusement,
Olivier, "the fuller" a Frenchman,
was left out of the picture. When
Olivier was born, nobody knows,
but in 141S his booming voice went
to the choir celestial on the cheru-
BIN circuit. Olivier was poet
as well as a fuller, and composed
songs which he sang at his work.
His songs were just frivol, yet
they caught the public fancy. They
were filed with hits on the foibles
of the day, topical songs we would
call them now. These then new
lyrics, named in derision from the
hamlet where Olivier lived in the
valley of the River Wire, in Nor
mandy, were called Valdevires, or
Vauxdevires. and later Vaudevilles.
Just as one might say today, sing
us Hicksville ballad, so fastidious
Paris branded the songs of Olivier
Basselin, as of lowly provincial
origin. Yet for 500 years the name
has stuck, and is now considered
more elegant than the American
term, variety" John Walker
Harrington, in the Smokers Com
panion Magazine.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-09-22
French Dandies First
to Sport the Crauat

One of the few words of Slavonic
origin that does not retain. it's ex-
otto flavor is cravat The linen
scarfs worn around their necks by
Croatian merchants captivated the
fancy of the fashionable French,
who adopted the French word for
Croatian to designate this kind of
neckwear Thus "croate" became
"crovate' or "cravate," from whence
our word "cravat.'
The word was adopted in France
in 1886 and appears in English
about 100. Its synonym, necktie,
is of later origin, its first use as
cited by the Oxford dictionary be-
ing in 1888.
Cravats, when first introduced,
were not exclusively an article of
mems apparel, but some, which
were lace-edged and tied in bow
with flowing ends, were worn by
women. "Cravatted" as a verb
and "cravateer" applied to one who
ties cravat, although now practi-
cally obsolete, were at one time fire.
quently used. Thackeray in "Van-
ity Fair" speaks of a young man
being handsomely cravatted."
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-09-22
Nature Works Blackboard

The following is an interesting
instance of a reversal of the ordi-
nary course of nature which cost
an English gardener dear:
Watercress is eagerly devoured
by caddis-worms, and caddis-worms
are a favorite food Of trout. The
trout, in turn, have voraciOus en-
envy in herons, which ordinarily
catch the fish after they have
grown fat on caddis-worms. Now,
in the case referred to, it happened
that a large grower Of watercress
had three-quarters of his crop
ruined by the ravages Of caddis-
worms. On Investigation 1t was
found that the trout which or
dinarily protected the plants from
the worms had been devoured
ahead Of time, so to speak, by q
flock Of hungry herons which, in
thus reversing the course of events,
had brought disaster to the owner
Of the watercress.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-09-22
Echoes of the News

A wrecked flivver found in a
, ditch near here bore on the wind
shield. the inscription: 81 do not
choose to run in 1925"
The Literary Digest should take
a straw vote to determine whether
or not the people want another
president.
This season will go down in his
tory as the summer in which no
sea serpent appeared off the Jer-
sey coast.
The w. C. T. u. in convention at
Minneapolis goes on record as en-
phatically against Al Smith and
Jim Reed. but we don't see any
news in that. #E"
Mussolini has ordered that there
must be no more adenoids in Italy.
Next thing, predicts the Topeka
Daily Capital, he'll be ordering
Vesuvius to cease its rumblings.
Vice-President Dawes will not
comment on what anyone says a.
bout him. What hurts most politi-
clans is having nothing said about
them.
A Minnesota town has held a
lawn moving contest, but we doubt
that such events will become po-
pular.
All eyes are peering up the road
to see Henry coming back in his
new flivver.
A human skull with horns has
been found in Oregon. Maybe Old
Nick is dead after all.
The meaning of the word "dole"
is: grief, mourning, lamentation.
Augustus Dole demonstrated that
there is something in name.
1t begins to appear that a news
paper department will have to be
created for aviation, something
like the sports page.
All the little boys who were try
ing to be like Red Grange are now
wearing their haid mussed like
Lindbergh. such is fame.
1t begins to look as if the new
Fords "do not choose to run" until
1928.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-09-22
Risked Life Seeking
Ideas for Explosives

When in 1854 Emmanuel Nobel,
the Swedish inventor, was expert
menting with explosives and his
building blew up, killing one Of
his sons and several other persons,
the government forbade him to
continue the dangerous work.
However, he bought a scow and
anchored 1t in Lake Malar, and
there he and his son, Alfred, best
known today for the Nobel prizes,
continued their experiments that
were to revolutionize the explosive
industry and prepare the way for
modern high explosives.
1t was on this old boat that Al
fred made the discovery that his
liquid explosive, nitro-glycerin,
could be mixed with an inert por-
GUS substance such as clay and
chalk, thus making an explosive
that was much more powerful and
much more safely handled, as 1t
was in solid form. 1t was not till
1875 that this explosive, to which
he gave the name dynamite" was
perfected. Before long there were
factories in all leading countries
making 1t. .
He also brought out other forms
Of explosives. including the first
smokeless powder. Nobel believed
In mildness and peace and regret
ted that his inventions were put
into use by anarchists and others
who employed them for evil pur-
poses. He also regretted that they
would be called into service to
make war more destructive and
terrible.-Kansas City Star.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-09-22
. DISTRICT NO. 9 :
Mrs. ]. S. Kennett

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F. H. Hutchinson was bust
ness visitor in Hover Monday
morning.
Mrs. J. S. Kenneth spent the
week end at Finley. Her daughter,
Mary, came to visit with home
folks, returning to Riparia Mon
day morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. o. Meals were
Kennewick visitors Saturday.
Bobbie Beall of Finley is visit
inp at the Kennett home this week.
Mr.. Meals will haul his wheat to
Yellepit.
Mr.. Ayers left Tuesday for
Neippe. Idaho. where he will as
sist in bringing his sheep home
from summer range on Clearwater
reserve.
Mrs. J. R. Ayers is spending sew
eral weeks with Mrs. B. B. Stew
art.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-09-22

Mrs. B. B. Stewart spent several
days in Hover visiting, early in
the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Ayers re-
turned home Monday. They report
a very successful year in the sheep
business. They returned via Bon
ners Ferry, Idaho where they WIS.,
tied with former friends and neigh
bors. While there. they enjoyed a
short trip to Canada.
Mrs. j. Dahlin and daughters,
Emma of Hover and Mrs. Mas of
Portland. called on Mrs. Kennett
and Mary Sunday afternoon.
A. McCarty attended the w. o.
w. dance at Finley Saturday eve
ming.
Ranchers are approaching the
sunshine after the unusually wet
spell. In the summer fallow the
rains reached thru to the deep
moisture, caused the threshed
wheat to be shifted, and delayed
threshing until this week. s. M.
Cochran has begun threshing for
j. S. Kenneth. w. Tewalt and Ted
Carratt of Finley are helping.
"A letter from Miss Edith Serier.
who taught three years in our dis
trict. says she is very pleasantly
located at Auburn. where she is
teaching the sixth grade this year.
Joe Murawski of Hover is TAX
ing the place of III. Hendricks
who is at Prosser.
Mrs. Kenneth called on friends
in Hover last Thursday.