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The Coconino sun., 1927-04-29

ranged from there down to ordinary
quality Oklahoinas at $S.25. The bulk
Of the steers taken by killers brought
$3.50 to $11.5O. Today's supply came
from wide territory no one state
being Represented. The fact that the
total supply was not larger signifies
that fed cattle have been marketed
closely. All classes Of butcher cattle
were fully steady. Both cows and
heifers sold freely Veal calves were
sharply lower, the. best bringing $40
to $1O.50. Bulls were steady,
StOckers and Feeders
Prices for stockers and feeders
were strong. Receipts were moderate
for Monday and demand was broad.
In q good many cases feeders took
fleshv steers on which killers had
placed early bids. Stock calves were
scarce and fully steady.
Hogs
The downward movement in hog
prices continues. Today's decline was
10 to Is cents and the market was
carried into new low position for the
year. The spread between the light
and medium weight classes has mar
rowed and packers are regarding Of
ferings above the 200 pound weights
more favorably The lao to 240 pound
hogs sold at $40 to S10.25; 240 to 325
pounds 1866 to $40; packing sows
$8.25 to So; stays $3.50 to 1925; and
stock hogs and pigs $11.75 to $3.50.
Sheep and Lambs
Sheep were 25 cents lower and
lambs off so cents. This decline was
in line with lower prices elsewhere.
Arizona spring lambs sold at $3.50
to $3.50; wool lambs S15 to $15.10;
shorn lambs $13.25 to $13.75; shorn
wethers SO to 1926 and shorn ewes
S7.75 to- S8.25. The supply of winter
fed lambs is about cleaned up.
CHAS. M. PIPKIN,
Market Correspondent.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-29
Arizona Highways To
Be Signed Soon With
Large Directory Maps

Highways and leading roadways in
Arizona will be signed with A. at
tractive signboards, on each of which
will be printed a map Of the state
with distances between the various
cities along the different routes Of
travel, according to word received
this week by Margaret Stewart, of
the local chamber of commerce, from
an advertising company which is
erecting the signs.
One or more Of the signs are to be
placed in the Flagstaff district, Miss
Stewart has learned. The signs are
regarded as unique, in that map of
the state will be printed on each bill
board, which will contain attractive
display advertising of national firms.
The signs are to be 18 feet high and
36 feet long.
Signs of like character are to be
erected in five western and southern
states, Louisiana, Texas, Arizona.
California and New Mexico.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-29
KANSAS CITY WEEKLY
MARKET REPORT
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Kansas City Stock Yards.

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A decline of 10 to Is cents brought
hog prices to a new low level for the
year today. The general market has
shown downward tendency for three
weeks and is now more than S2 under
sshis years high point. Sheep and
lambs weer off 25 to so cents. The
decline however stimulated demand
and trade was active. Fat steers
opened slowly at weak prices, but lat
er trade became fairly active. Other
classes held fully steady, except stock
ers and feeders and they We're quoted
strong.
Today's Receipts
Receipts today were 1900 cattle,
i'll 900 hogs and 10000 sheep COM
r,ared with 1880 cattle, $4,000 hogs
and 5000 sheep week ago, and 14,-
$50 cattle, 1886 hogs and 6,650 sheep
a year ago.
Beef Cattle
Fat cattle held steady with last
weeks close and about 25 cents lower
than the high point on Wednesday.
Ime to lack Of finish and weight in
the offerings the price basis was es-
't,ablished on medium to fairly good
kinds. Killers said prime heavy weight
steers would have brought as much
as any time this year. Some good 1850
pound steers sold at $3.50. Sales
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-29
Woman Inspired BY Song Of Lark, Finds
Bird-1lusic Basis of World 5 Melodies


EsAME + travels strange roads.
War. the arts and different
CAUSES. have conspIred to wrap its
mantle about other humans.
But I'm Oak Park. H.. lives Mrs.
Jesse Daggett Moxom. who
achieved International reputation
through the joyous carol OF a
meadow lark.
In this country and abroad.
Mrs. Moxom. quiet. well-past-
middle-aged mother or six grown
children is celebrated as the ''Rird
Woman
Volumes OF Lore
For the last ten years or so
she has been amassing pOnderous
volumes of evidence to prove that
there is similarity between the
classics OF man-made music and
the meaningless twitterings of
feathered songsters.
Her well-attuned ears. grown
skilled at the practice. for that
length OF time. have been de-
ciphering operas. symphonies and
the motifs for countless melodies
of rare beauty from the joyous
chirps OF the robin and other
birds.
Mrs. MOx0m. musician princi-
pally Tor her own pleasure before
she took up her bird studies. came
to distinction quite by accident.
She attributes all her Iaureis to
an unknown meadow lark which
one morning years ago greeted the
rising sun with fuil-throatcd re-
frain in vacant field adjoining
the station where Mrs. MoxOm was
waiting for train
Mrs. Mox0m paused in rapt
wonderment when in the ! sur
rounding countryside silence she
thought the bird had hit upon an
army bugle call
Sings "a Motifs
Before her train came along the
lark had sung Ia different motifs
from The Campbellss Are Coming,
and practically every .rudimentary
tune In the Bohemian Girl she
says
That set her thinking. Since
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-29
Warmer Weather
Helps Lamb Crop

During the past week the weather
was dry and much warmer, and this
was favorable for calving, lambing,
and shearing. Feed was improved by
recent rains. Livestock is improved
generally except in the Grand Canyon
section. The observer there reports
that the range is fair but cattle poor.
In the vicinity of Prescott there was
no rain, but the range is good. There
is no snow on the ground in the Se-
lignan section, but water is reported
ample and stock fair. From the graz
ing district around Pinedale comes a
report that while there has been no
rain or snow during the past week,
new feed is fair, water was increased
by the necent storm, and cattle are
doing well. A few reports from the
other sections are as follows: Hol-
brook, range and stock fair, water
adequate; Whiteriver, water, stock
and range good, over three-quarters
inch precipitation; Stafford, range and
grass good, stock fat; Williams,
ground bare of snow, no rain, stock
and range fair. In the southeastern
grazing section of Arizona, in the vi
cinity of Douglas, it is reported that
the range is dry, but cattle are in
fair condition. Favorable conditions
prevail in the neighborhood of No
gales, but it was very hot there dur
ing the week. Conditions are good,
and stock are steadily improving in
southwestern New Mexico.
In the Salt River Valley, canta-
loupes are making good progress, but
cotton is irregular owing to the re-
cent cold spell; barley and wheat are
in fine condition. In the Yuma Val
ley the warm weather was welcomed
by the bee men, as honey making was
slow during the cold weather. Much
cotton is in, and a good deal up,
though the acreage is less than was
expected. Strawberries are at peak
of production. Hot weather will prac-
tically end the lettuce season.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-29
Glad Tidiytgs
Baptist Church
By Y. A. VANDERHoOF
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The services on the Chapel car are
good and well attended. These are
busy days for those who are helping
with the work Of the church. Cot
tagc prayer services are being held
prior to an evangelistic effort planned
for the near future on the car.
The prayer service Tuesday eve-
ming was at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs
]. L. Shipp. Wednesday evening the
service was at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Nose Anspach The regular
weekly prayer service is held at the
car every Thursday night
At the Woman's meeting Wednes-
day evening little missionary play
was put on by the ladies,
The young people of the B. Y. P. U.
held an ENJOYABLE social at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Goodwin Friday
night and the juniors had social at
the Shipp home Saturday evening
Monday night the young people met
again for q social tirne at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. d. Elmer Hart, by in
vitation of Mr.. and Mrs. Hart it be-
ing the birthday of Margaret Hart
and Of Christine Hobbs.
Messengers have been selected to
accompany Mr. and Mrs. Vanderhoof
to Somerton, where the Arizona Bap-
tist convention is to be held May 4
to 8.
The start is planned for Sunday aft
ernoon as Mr.. Vanderhoof is invited
to occupy the pulpit in the new Bap-
tist church in Prescott Sunday eve
ming.
The regular services on the car viii
be conducted as usual during the alb
sence of the missionary and wife
Following the morning services a
baptismal service is being arranged
for some who have recently presented
themselves as candidates for baptism
dam northwest of the city.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-29
DELEGATES TO HIRAM

DR.. Vaughn S. Mcclure was elected
delegate bv.the Flagstaff Hiram club
to represent it at the Hiram conven-
tion tomorrow at Tucson. Grady
Gammage, who will be in that part cf
the state, plans to be III Tucson at
that time to also represent Flagstaff.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-29

AGEMENT, CIRCULATION, ETC,,. Re.
CURED BY TIE ACT OF CONGRESS or
of The Cocenino Sun, published weekly ct
State of Arizona,
County of Cocotlino, IS.
Before me, a Notary Public in ana fst
the State and county aforesaid personally
appeared +. s. Breen who. having bseft aais
sworn according to law, deposes. and sSyS that
he is the publisher OF the Coconino Sun
and that the following is. to the best Of
his knowledge and belief. a true statement Of
the ownership, management land If a dsily
paper. the ciFculationl, etc, of the aforesaid
publication for the date shown ih tha aboyo
caption, required BY the Act q. August q,
1912, embodied. IN eection 4A8 Postal Laws
and Regulations printed on the reverse slde
OF this form. to-wit:
l. That the names and addresses ef the
publisher, editorS managing editor, and busi.
ness manager are:
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Managing Editor. L. S. Breen, flagstaff
Arizona.
Business Manager. Dol Strong. riagstatf.
Arizona.
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4. That the two paragraphs next above.
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curities than as SO stated by HIM
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Sworn to and subscribed before nc this 2sth
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(Seall f. S. BROWNING,
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My commission expires Dec. 6, 1913.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-29

then she has accumulated over.
wheiming evidence that most OF
mans music has either found its
inspiration in bird songs or is a
duplicate.
With pencil and scale book in her
hand the Bird Woman wanders
aiield to hear and record the deli
cate bird themes which she has
made the basis Tor expanded meIo-
dies.
These have been acclaimed OF
such rare color and tune that Mrs.
Moxom now has difficulty keeping
up with her schedule Of engage
ments. so many are the audiences
that want to hear her.
"No bird sings the entire tune"
she says. ABut the motif is there
the basic theme or tune on which
the great oratorios and operas are
built"
The bird Woman refuses to
sell any OF her bird songs.
Nor does she depend on them for
her living. E5er studies are more a
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-29
Grand Canyon r. r. A.

At the regular April meeting Of
the Grand Canyon Parent Teacher as
sociation, plans were discussed for the
entertainment OF the delegates to the
twenty-third anual convention Of the
Arizona Parent Teacher association
to be held at Grand Canyon May IL,
18 and 19. It is hoped that delegates
to the national convention to be held
in Oakland the following week will
stop over on their way to the coast.
Further announcements will follow.
A special meeting Of Grand Canyon
Parent Teacher association is called
for Friday evening April 29 at the
school house. Plans viii be completed
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-29

hobby which occupy most her time
now that the children have grown.
Translating the Themes
Sitting by an open window in
the summer time. Mrs. MoNom mas
iransposed on her piano the uniin-
ished masterpieces suggested by
scores Of birds.
She has heard a pee.wee sing the
original strains Of the second
phrase OF Wagner's Swan Song"
while she played the complete
work.
Sparrows with their chirping
lave rendered motifs for What
later under Mrs. Aioxom's skilled
Lands bIossone,t forth into canta-
tas OF exquisite beauty.
The most wonderful music Of all.
Mrs. Moxom declares. Is the wooug
song OF the cardinal. This she has
never been able 60 translate for hn-
man perception due TO the tiny so
called "fourth-notes" which birds
can master but no instrument has
been able 10 duplicate.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-29
MRS. TOM DRUAIM ILL

Walter Durham was in Monday
from Stoneman Lake, bringing the
news of the serious illness of Mrs.
Durhanl's mother, Mrs. Tom Drumm.
Mrs. Drumm on Sunday suffered a
slight apoplectic stroke. Mr.. Dur
ham notified Mrs Drumm's son, r,
l.. Neill of Winslow He returned the
same day with a doctor. He reports
the road greatly improved by the
warm weather and increased traffic
But few snow drifts, and they were
not bad, were encountered ON the di-
vide between Stoneman Lake and Nor
mon Lake.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-29
LUMBERMEN MEET HERE

j. Z. McQuatters, John McNary,
James McNa-y Of the Cady Lumber
corporation, M. ]. Ramshaw of the
White Pine Lumber CO., Of Bernalillo,
N. NJ, Louis Wuichet Of Chicago; r.
al. Nickerson 1T the Saginaw & Man
istee Lumber Co, Of Williams, met
this week with /. B. Koch of the A.
r. e. q. company Of this city in a
conference for the purpose Of stand
ardizing lumber grades.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-29
YOUNG MISSOURI
WOMAN DIES HERE

Miss Martha Angelina Ludlow died
April 13 at the home of her brother,
r. T. Bellew, on West Birch avenue.
A sister left Friday with the body for
their home in Missouri. Deceased was
in the advanced stages of tuberculosis
when she came here the first of the
month, accompanied by her sister and
brother and his wife. She was only
25 years old and had been i'll for two
years. Her brother and wife had just
been married and drove here on their
honeymoon, accompanied by the
groom's two sisters. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ballew will make Flagstaff their
home. He is employed as extra man
by the Lightning Delivery company.
Give the Sun your job printing.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-29

for the state convention to be held
here the second week in May. Fol-
lowing this short business session, a
Patterson and Music Week program
will be given.
The Washington times., 1927-05-25
DR.. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
Cnoc;nT T,.,;,,;,,1, /r<,,,,re
Special Training Camps
By DIR. FRANK CRANE

you have made arrangements for your boys vaca
III ton this summer, I would recommend taking up the
subject of sending him to a Citizens Training Camp
You not want your boy to be soldier and you may
be opposed to mtarsm but this should not blind You
the fact that the army is the training the world for
young people.
There the boz learns obedience and discipline things that
will stand him in good stead all through life.
HIS physical condition is well looked after and every
is taken that he should be trained in the manly that
the physical foundation for every kind Of
The training will get the boy Of doors and that
is what he needs.
The training camp is mighty school of democracy. 1t
teaches the young that he better than anybody
s ne has to toe the mark just like everybody does and he
gets correct notion of the Importance of the nation
There has been good deal said and written about ind
7iduasm AID sefexpression but this does not do
with the Importance Of cooperation 1t necessary for
to learn how to get along with his fellows to restrain him.
self and to exert his energies in the best for the general
good He gets the idea drilled into him that the individual
IS OF minor Importance compared with the State and he
gets the right notion about his duties and obligations
There higher of honor and personal integrity
than that found among army officers and is good for
boy to associate during his formative years with these
PEOPLE
Whatever other the army may have, there is no
doubt that is the admirably equipped for training
people, and to the army school for boys to
ploy it In the most valuable way.
The Citizens Training Camps stronghods of mill
arsm but they the best developers of civilization and
too high praise cannot be accorded to their efforts
Copyright 1927 Mcclure Newspaper syndicate)
The Washington times., 1927-05-25
ONCE-OVERS
BY ]. J. MUNDY
Your Spirit Is What You Make II

Why act S spirit-broke
You downcas and melancholy, but can you shake
yourself out of it2
You say you have tried but have been unsuccessful
It must have been hafhearted effort.
You didn't stop dwelling the details of your sorrow ~
disappointment indeed tme you started again from
the beginning and found few fresh details to harrow
That is the way you tried to liven up and forget.
You just added little to your Affections by sitting
the special kind of unpleasant developments that have
to you
WE'LL others have suffered as much but they lifted them
selves up.
Perhaps have just awakened the fact that Won are
being showed down and vigorous young capable and
enthusiastic persons dsplacng you
But suppose they have ddn you take the place of older
men in your younger days and yearsf
Do your best and keep your spirit and your spirit is what
you make it-remember that
The Washington times., 1927-05-25
EVAPORATION
OF WATER

ONE of the most remarkable
" series of evaporation measure.
ments ever made was the result
Of a disastrous flood that occurred
in the desert region of southern
California in the year 1905, says
Nature Magazine of Washington.
The breaking of dams constructed
in connection with an irrigation
project allowed the water of the
Colorado River to flow into a
large depression. below sea-level,
known as the Salton Sink.
BY the time the break was
closed, at the end of 1905, the
flood had formed a lake ATS
square miles in extent-the Salton
Sea. After its principal supply
of water was cut off, the lake
diminished rapidly in depth and
area on account of the great ex-
cess of evaporation over the very
scanty rainfall.
Weather Bureau measurements
showed an average evaporation Of
nearly seventy inches q year,
The Washington times., 1927-05-25
MAN OR MONKEY
By Garrett P. Serviss

DRoF. OSBORN affirms that
i man is not descended from
the apes: Prof. Gregory. who has
worked side by side with Prof.
Osborn in the teeming fields of
archaeology, paleontology. biology.
and whatever later "ologies" may
be concerned, as stoutly affirms
the contrary.
But this is by no means such
a head-on collision as it may seem
to be. In fact It is no real col.
lision at all. for when the state.
ments of the two professors are
compared in the presence of the
generally accepted facts, there
does not remain any essential
Z difference of view concerning the
evolutionary origin OF man.
Both derive man from the line
of the Primates, who have been
described as having originated
among. "tree.living, insectivorous
mammals more or less closely
similar to the modern tree shrews
of Africa
As to the relationship between
man and ape. it appears to be sim.
ply a question of how and when
their respective branches separated
from the parent branch of the
Primates. which itself is only one
of the main limbs of the tree of
life. On one hand. Prof. Osborn
believes that the human branch
Is very much older than the
simian, or ape branch, though
both are descended from the same
remote ancestral form. Mans line.
Prof. Osborn AYERS. put off mil
lions Of years before the separa.
ton Of the ape line. So, although
The Washington times., 1927-05-25

also their method OF attack on
rare occasions when an elephant
comes their way. 1t seems in.
cerdible that they should succeed
in bringing down so enormous
and thick-skinner a creature with
bows and arrows that resemble
children's toys. But their patti
ence is infinite. They will spend
weeks in pursuing and peppering
an elephant until they succeed
In inoculating him with their
poison and he sinks down ex.
hausted. Then they climb upon
him, like swans of ants tearing
away at the best parts in great
glee and secreting the tusks for
purposes of barter.
In appearance they are al
most ape.like. The upper lip is
stretched almost to bursting
point over their prominent jaws
and the mouth reaches almost to
the center of their cheeks. Their
foreheads are low and sloping.
Their skin is reddish brown and
they are very hairy.
The Washington times., 1927-05-25

wanton wastes-in short, the
whole Of the tragic-farcical hui
man scene is certainly not con-
ducive to any attitude save that
of rebellious, healthy cynicism
"I hardly believe that you
would call the cynicism of
genius like Anatol France 'ridic-
ulous.' The laughter Of this
Olympian is surely the mockery
of the Gods themselves as they
view the human scene. How
truly did he define the world
when he called it "A tragedy by
an excellent poet"
Why is cynicism ridiculous?
Here's why.
You speak my friend as ian
intelligent person with his eyes
wide OPEN"
There "ain't no such animal!'
There is not and there never has
been such an enlightened human
being on this globe. The very
wisest man that ever lived is AL
most as blind as a new born pup
when it comes to comprehen-
sion of fundamental truth.
We have made a few dis.
coveries-compiled a few odds
and ends of facts-adapted a few
principles to mechanical inven-
tion-but we haven't as yet
touched the outermost fringe of
knowledge. Ask any honest doc.
tor what we know about the hui
man body--or any honest priest
what we know about the human
soul. or any honest scientist
what we know about the world
we inhabit and the life which
moves through it. One and all
they will tell you-"ALMOST
NOTHINGw