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The Coconino sun., 1927-04-22
Flagstaff Has Helped Build Many
Brainy Men - Captain James z.
McGOyern Tells of His Start Here
in '97; Recalls Early Days Of "Sun"

sequently passed all necessary exam
nations and in 1918 was appointed a
captain in the A. E. F. In that di-
rection he was ably supported by Sem
ator Ashurst. Capt. McGovern re-
ceived his honorable discharge from
the army in January, 1919. He is now
general attorney for the National
Wood Chemical association; National
Paint, Oil and Varnish association;
u. S. Industrial Alcohol Co., and many
other concerns in the chemical trades
which are identified with the Ameri-
can Chemical Society and the Ameri-
can Institute of Chemical Engineers.
Asked to give his impressions of
Flagstaff, past and present, Capt.
McGovern said:
at goes without saying that / am
booster for Flagstaff. 1t gave me
back my health which, thank God, has
remained with me to this day. From
climatic standpoint it need give way
to no other section of the country. In
other respects Nature has so favored
Flagstaff that humanity finds there
all that the heart desires. The changes
which have taken place here since my
youthful days among you are truly
marvellous. Even so they do not begin
to approximate what in my judgment
the future has in store for such COM
munity. Much Of what has already
been accomplished may be attributed
to that spirit of self-sacrifice which
characterized Flagstaff's pioneers.
They exemplified indeed the noblest
instincts of mankind and the Flag
staff of today affords ample proof
of their unselfish devotion to its best
interests. Taking a mental flight
back to thirty years ago | recall with
heartfelt gratitude the kindly recep-
ton which "Tim" and mike" Riordan,
the Babbitt brothers, T. E. Pollock,
Judge E. M. Doe, E. E. Ellinwood, an
other buddy, Dan Hogan, and others
many of whom are still active In
Arizona's extended to me
when as a 90-pound 19-year-old lad |
arrived in Flagstaff in the fall of
1897. What they taught me in the
way of right living and worthwhile
activities furnished foundation upon
which any youngster could have built
an honorable career. What pleases me
particularly is the standing Of "The
Coconino Sun" as one of the nations
leading weeklies. l always liked the
field Of journalism and upon getting
well acquainted with the late c. M.
Funston urged him to re-publish the
"Sun" which had suspended Ia months
before. At first he steadfastly re-
fused, claiming that Flagstaff could
not support two papers tit had then
the "Gem," owned by the Jones
brothers) but he finally agreed to let
the "Sun" reappear in o tabloid form
| (6x9) provided | would do most of
| the work-which certainly did. When
not news-g gathering, soliciting sub
scriptions and advertisements and en-
deavoring to establish credit. was
setting type 1t surely "stirs the
blood and melts the eye" to realize
that my little press baby Of auld lang
syne has developed into such healthy
proportions that it is now recognized
everywhere as a really great news
paper. That Flagstaff and The
Coconino Sun may continue to pros.
per is the hope that is dearest to me"
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-22
Movie Men to Take
Arizona Scenery

Ten reels of Arizona scenery will
be filmed between now and midsum-
mer by Robert E. Ames, veteran
moving picture man, who has recent
ly been making his headquarters in
Mesa. Ames left recently to carry
out the first steps in the most am
bilious undertaking of its kind ever
launched in this state.
From time to time various agencies
have had short pictures made of diff
ferent scenic points in Arizona, and
these have been widely exhibited.
Ames himself made one-reeler for
the automobile club last year. His
experiences in the past have con-
vinced him that there is big de-
mand, particularly in the east, for
cinema views of the kind of natural
wonders that only Arizona can boast,
and he is going about his present
project in no half-hearted manner.
For the next four or five months
Ames will spend most of his time
touring northern Arizona with cam
era, now and then dropping into Mesa
for a short stay. He plans to make
pictures of the cliff dwellings, of the
Grand Canyon, of the Boulder cayonn
and Glen canyon damsites, Of the Hopi
and Navajo pueblos, of the Painted
Desert, of the Petrified Forest, of the
new road to the top of San Francisco
peaks, and a hundred other things
which may be commonplaces to Ari-
zonans but are objects of breathless
wonder to the easterners.
After his picture is completed,
Ames will start on tour of the
United States. He will visit the large
and small theatres, and hopes to give
Arizona wide publicity as we'll as
make few dollars for himself.-Mesa
Tribune.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-22
Ashurst Urges
Early Visit to Utah

Arizona's Colorado river commits
sion should visit Utah at the earliest
possible date, United States Senator
Henry F. Ashurst said Monday dur
ing an interview at Phoenix in which
he expressed himself both on Colorado
river legislation and the 1928 presi-
Dental campaign.
.1The Arizona commission should
arrange the earliest possible meeting
with the Utah commission" he de-
clared, "as Utah is the one and only
western state now in sympathy with
Arizona in opposing the Swing-John-
son bill.
at would also be prudent and
probably productive of favorable re-
suits if the Arizona commission could
visit and confer with officials of the
state of Nevada, and for that matter,
| the officials of all states in the Colo
RADIO river BASIN"
Senator Ashurst, leader of the
memorable filibuster during the clos
| ing days of the last congress against
the Swing-Johnson Boulder Canyon
dam bill, said that gigantic campaign
throughout the east, middle-west and
northwest, was being waged for the
purpose of creating sentiment favor
| able to the Swing-J Johnson measure.
| The Arizona senior senator said
that Boulder Canyon legislation to be
| introduced at the next session will
carry seven more angry blades and
i thorns than the last bill embraced. =
When asked his opinion on the next
presidential campaign, Senator Ash
urst said: "The republicans will re-
nominate President Coolidge The
democrats will have an excellent op-
4 portunity to elect their presidential
/ nominee"
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-22
OAK CREEK GETS FIRST
FINGERLING TROUT

Distribution of 5S5 900 young brook
trout to various streams in northern
Arizona will be made in the next three
or four days it was announced by D..
e. Pettis, state game warden. The
transplanting of the trout from the
hatcheries to running waters will be
supervised by Deputy Game Warden
Greer with the first distribution to be
made in Oak Greek south of Flag
staff.
Streams in the White Mountains
near Springerville will also be
stocked.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-22
By RAYMOND DYAS
Especial Correspondence

Phoenix, April 81 (SpeciaD Fear
full that the proposed meeting of the
Democratic State Central committee,
which some of Governor Hunts po-
litical advisers had planned to call for
the purpose of considering the impasse
now existing between majority mem
bers of the legislature and the COVER
nor, might develop into an inter-party
fight that would wreck what remains
of the machine" Louis B. Whitney,
chairman of the state committee,
Monday abandoned all idea of calling
such meeting and addressed let
ter to the governor in which he pre-
dicted that the democratic party in
Arizona would disintegrate unless a
speedy compromise is reached be-
tween the governor and that part of
the party now in control of the legis-
lature.
Whitney Has Solution
''If the majority of the legislature
and the governor can
not arrive at solution of the very
serious problem that now confronts
the people of this state" the letter
reads, in part, 81 make bold to sug-
gest the following course of proceed
ure," the course outlined by Chairman
Whitney, in brief, being:
l. That the legislature submit
the majority members highway
bill, and the administrators
highway bill, to the people, under
the provisions of article of the
constitution.
2. That special election be
held not less than so days from
now, at which both bills are to be
placed on the ballot, the people to
make their choice between them.
8. That the legislature enact
separate bill providing for pay
ment of the $625,00 indebtedness
of the state highway department.
This idea of the democratic state
chairman is not acceptable to the ma
jority members of the legislature, who
are also members of the democratic
party, since there are but eleven re-
publicans in the legislature, majority
leaders pointing out that provision for
relief of the highway creditors is con-
tanned in the highway bill vetoed by
the governor; that the expense of
such a special election would be an
unfair burden upon the already over
burdened taxpayers; that true re-
flex of public opinion could not be OBJ
tanned in this manner, since the ad-
ministration controls the party organi-
cation and in addition has the "high-
way department machine" to aid it in
putting over" any of its own meas
ures submitted to the people, whereas
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-22

Capt. James P. McGovern, the we'll
York and Washington and former
resident of Flagstaff, visited with us
this week on professional trip to
the coast. While here he was enters
tanned by M. J. Riordan, t. E. Pollock,
]. G. Verkamp and other associates of
the years when Arizona was strug-
Cling for statehood. To be exact it
was in 1897-thirty years ago-when
Jimmy" McGovern, then a youth of
19, came from the Empire state to
our part of the country on health
seeking journey. Upon the advice of
the late William 0. ('Bucky") O'Neill
he located in Flagstaff and resumed
his law studies in the office of Hon.
E.. E. Ellinwood, who was at that time
United States attorney. Incidentally
he taught the first parochial school in
Flagstaff which was housed in a small
wooden shack and from the very day
of his arrival was a factor in our COM
munity life. Having learned to "set
type" he worked evenings in the print
I ing shop of the late C. NJ Funston
and is credited with having induced
the latter to revive "The Coconino
Sun" which eventually appeared in
tabloid form on January 20, 1898. In
looking up our files we find in that
issue that McGovern was the papers
only reporter, editor of its illegal
notes." "local news" advertising
manager" and probably set most of
its type On subsequent pages we
find his own advertisement of "The
Flagstaff Stenographic Institute" of
which he was principal (As a mat
ter ofafact he admits he was the "in-
stitute.") To keep really busy he or
ganized the Flagstaff Literary society
on January %, 1898 and it may be
interesting from an historical stand
point to quote from his address in that
behalf which was published in the first
number of, the resurrected "Coconino
Sum-"
"Gentlemen-We are assembled
here today with a view of organ
izing a literary society, the OBJ
ject of which is to cultivate lit
erary taste and to further the
moral and social life of its mem
hers. That an associa-
ton of this character is needed to
counteract the influence of the
SalOOHs ana gaming LdUlS 10 q 1e1SI
brought home to us daily. That
! we can and will succeed if we
stand together is also beyond the
peradventure of doubt"
Capt. McGovern remained in Flag
staff until the outbreak of the Span
ish-American war. Failing to qualify
| for the Rough Riders (Arizona's quota
of the first call for troops was but 9
| few hundreds whereas there were sew
eral thousands of volunteers) he lett
for the east where he was commits
stoned second lieutenant in the sig
nal corps. The death, at the battle OF
| San Juan Hill, of his buddy "Bucky''
O'Neill so saddened him that when
peace was declared he finished his law
studies in New York, was admitted to
the bar there and has since practiced
in that state and in Washington, D.
C.
] In the World war he was one of the
| first to volunteer but was rejected as
physically unfit" Undaunted, ne
underwent two major operations, SUD-
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-22
Legislative Program Scheduled

When the legislature reconvened
Monday morning, in addition to the
matter of overriding the governor S
vetoes of various measures passed
during the regular session, it had be-
fore it a program of seven measures
on which final action had not been
completed before the now famous re-
cess was taken. These bills, recon-
mended for action by the joint sitting
committees of the two houses, are:
Senate bill 41-Making an appro-
priation for the construction of a
bridge over the Verde river in Yava-
pal county. Passed senate but not
voted on in house.
Senate bill 51-Relating to the or
ganization of irrigation districts.
Passed senate but not voted on in
house.
Senate bill 69-Amending the pres
Continued on Page Three)
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-22
HIKER HAD PNEUMONIA

Clayton Brown, the young man
whose hike east from the coast was
delayed by pneumonia, is gradually
improving at the county hospital
where he is under the special care Of
Miss Laura McDermid. He is a
plucky, if not too wise young chap
whose determination carried him
afoot as far as Williams. After being
put to bed at the hospital here he still
in his delirium attempted to carry ION
and repeatedly had to be persuaded to
give up his determination to dress and
leave. For several days he was very
sick.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-22
FORMER TEACHER OF
CLIFTON KILLS SELF

Mrs. Kate Washburn, %, former
school teacher, killed herself instantly
Friday at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. }. C. Mccullough, near
Duncan by firing a pistol bullet into
her head. The young woman was con-
valescing from an attack of typhoid
fever, having recently returned to the
home of her parents from Lordsburg,
N. M.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-22
ANNUAL MEMORIAL SERVICE

AN " AL M MEN1OAAAh OASRF NJ
Flagstaff Moose lodge will hold
annual memorial services at the
Christian church Sunday night at
eight. All lodges, clubs, organizations
and the public generally are invited.
This is very beautiful and symbolic
service, and will be Of interest to
everybody. Members of Flagstaff
lodge are called upon with their fam
lilies to be at the church at 7:45.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-22
1T PAYS TO ADVERTISE

An Oklahoma girl advertised for a
husband, and landed one within a
short time. The advertisement cost
So. She paid the wedding expenses,
&c. In less than year the husband
died, says the Atchison Globe, and
left his widow an $1,000 insurance
policy.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-22
Long Month on the Prairie

The grounding always sees his
shadow in Nebraska and if the ira
dition holds good we are doomed to
six weeks of mighty disagreeable
weather in February.-Norfolk (Ne.
braska) paper.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-22
A Visitor Gets
Verbose

!. !. Z. y = =. Il !. I. I
Of five letters the writer received
from the east this morning, three OF
them commiserated on life in the des-
ert. This either means that the east
is too dumb to comprehend or that
Flagstaff is too dumb to speak out.
Many a good man and true back on
the Atlantic seaboard takes his fam
lily to Colorado Springs for the sum
mer, because it's so convenient to "the
Grand Canyon of the Colorado
Who's looney now?
Here's free tip on advertising
whenever you decide to let twenty-five
or thirty thousand home seekers into
the well-kept secret of what Flagstaff
has to offer. Dispose of the climate
in one line. Admit it's the finest in
the world and move on to something
else.- Climate is good cry. We
could name towns that have mush-
roomed and held some growth on
nothing else. But people have heard
of climate before and man and his
1dulIly (dlA CdL Oil UiAAO VAoN HOS
Flagstaff to offer?
The same goes for attracting tour
lists. There's plenty of sunshine in
Texas. There's plenty of snow in
Alaska. In California, we have
heard, there is a plethora of both
plus the delicate aroma OF the pearly
streets of Heaven itself. Ask any
Californian. Let 'em have their eli
mate. Yours is better, but what OF
it? Advertise FLAGSTAFF, THE
CENTER OF THE WORLDS WON
DERS. Make it clear that this is the
logical base for a summer of seeing
scenic and educational marvels that
make the Grand Tour of Europe look
like a one-night stand. Considering
the sights and sports easily accessible
from Flagstaff, Switzerland must
have invented salesmanship and north
ern Arizona must be too proud to in
vite.
Who asked us into this discussion
anyway? Il. A. W.
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and glasses?" Vera demanded i'm
patiently, as he squinted at her
glasses with one eye closed in a
highly professional manner.
me? Why, I wrote advertising
copy for the National Optometrists'
Association" he chuckled at her.
"And I always study the line I'm
in. These glasses are for nothing
but very slight farsightedness and
the most minor astigmatism. Not
enough to give you any real
trouble. Nobody's eyes are abso-
lutely perfect. Throw 'em awayl"
he ordered her abruptly, in his
lordly manner, tossing the glasses
contemptuously to the top of his
desk.
Joy and resentment battled for
moment in Vera's completely up
set mind, then JOY won and she
smiled at him again, brilliantly.
go ahead! Complete the inven-
tory! What else is wrong with this
picture?" She thrust her face up
toward his almost provocatively,
impudently.
Jerry Macklyn took one step back
ward and for the first time dur
ing their extraordinary interview
he looked at her as If she were a
girl, a desirable girl.
"Freckles" he said, with exag-
gerated sternness to cover his own
confusion. "And no color. And
your skin is too dry. young woman!
I'll bet you've been washing your
facet"
"Of course, I have" she told him
Indignantly. Good soap and wa
ter"
Not when our marvellous, re-
vivifying, youthifying. identifying
Peach Bloom Cleansing Cream is
availablel" he doomed at her like a
Sideshow barker.
They both laughed, then, and in
that shared laughter they became
friends.
I'll confess that was so sure
you'd change your mind that I left
word for the crack demonstration of
the company to come to my Office
this afternoon at 8. Miss Proctor.
1t Is, and they tell me she's a whizz
with this Peach Bloom stuff. Then
Ill trot you over to a swank pho
tographer for the first picture in
the series. Oh, boy, it's going to be
a knockout! Something absolutely
different!"
"a photographer" Vera cried.
backing away from him. She had
completely forgotten in the extrem-
ity Of her need to become beautiful.
the price she must pay.
Ito Be Continued
photographs are only n minor Incident
vera learns: There are other and greater
sacrifices. but she determines TO make
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CIlaI SHOWED her perfect CSeIn anu
made her mouth an adorable and
almost irresistible invitation.
"Whew!" Jerry Macklyn whistled,
his whole face lighting up with
amazement and pleasure. Some
smile! Those lips! Those teeth!
That nose! Say, this isn't going
to be half the job thought it was!
Take off your hail" he commanded.
She lifted off her hat, and at a
gesture from him followed him into
his private Office. He grinned at
her over his shoulder as he turned
the key in the lock.
I'm not taking any chances on
being interrupted for a few min
utes," he chuckled, then his face
went blank as he saw her face grow
rigid with fear and distaste. Say,
Miss Cameron, what do you think
I'm going to try to do? Got fresh
with you? Judas Priest"
The fervor with which he uttered
his favorite exclamation made her
illogically angry, a fact Which he
refused to comment on. You can
trust me, Miss Cameron! I'll swear
by all the prophets and sign con-
tract to that effect If you want me
to, but for heavens sake don't keep
slowing up the works. Now-do as
I tell you to, or the whole shows
off. What say?"
Every instinct Of Vera's repressed
nature shuddered away from the
indignities which she could sense
that the future, If she agreed, held
for her, but more powerful than in
stinct was this terrible new need
of hers-to make herself into the
kind of a girl that could attract and
hold the love of a man like the
stranger whom she had heard called
Schuyler"
She drew deep, quivering breath,
spread her hands in gesture Of
surrender. "I'll do anything you
say, if you'll-keep your word and
make IA beauty of me-"
Good grill" he applaudeo "I
can't guarantee results. That's
largely up to Peach Bloom cosmetics,
but I've got whole bag of tricks
besides the beauty treatments.
Clothes, carriage, manner, psych-
ology-oh, girl dear, can make you
so different your own mother
wouldn't know you! Now - take
down your hair! Remember-you
said you'd do anything I told you'll"
Her hands trembled as she drew
the hairpins out of the fiat braids
that encircled her head twice. They
fell below her waist, those braids,
and she was proud Of their extraor-
binary length.
"Unbraid i'll" he commanded her.
1T want to get an idea of the real
color and the texture of 1t. Here,
I'll help you'll"
She was glad then that he had
locked the door, for his big fingers
began to work at one braid while
she, with the experiences of long
practice, untwined the three strands
of the other. When her hair hung
free, she took a comb from her
purse and ran it through the rip
ping mass that formed a cape
about her shoulders.
Pretty stuff, hanging like that!"
Jerry Macklyn told her. "But girl
can't go around using her hair for
a cape, and when it's all bundled up
on her head it's just so much ex-
cess baggage. Now, off with the
goggles! Can you see without
them?" And he lifted the horn
bows of her spectacles from her
ears.
81 can see perfectly without
them, but I had headaches for a
month two years ago and the ocu-
list prescribed glasses" she began,
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Rid of Awful
Stomach Trouble
Back Ache and Rheumatism Also
Left Her. Health Quickly
Restored.

Discouraged sufferers will find a
message of good cheer in a letter
written by Mrs. Eva Reynolds, 149
S. West Ave-, Kankakee, Ill. She
says:
81 was In pain and misery for
years with stomach and kidney
trouble, back-ache and rheumatism.
After every meal, gas pains would
torture me for hours, and food felt
like a rock in my stomach. had
back-ache all the time, pains
around my heart, and the sharp
rheumatic pains shot all through
my body. I was so sick and in such
agony that I was almost in des-
pair when I finally consented to try
Viuna. That was the turning point.
The first week I felt decidedly bet
ter, and today every sign of pain
has left me. My appetite and di-
gestion are fine, no gas, no distress
of any kind. It seems wonderful to
be entirely free from rheumatism
and back-ache. I am no longer
constipated, my complexion has
cleared up, and I am full of energy
where I used to be so weak and
draggy. Viuna brought back my
health, after I had given up hope
Of ever being well again."
viuna acts promptly on sluggish
bowels, lazy liver and weak kidneys. 1t
purifies the blood, clears the skin, re-
stores appetite and digestion, and brings
new strength and energy to the whole
body. Take bottle on trial. Then If
you're not glad you tried Viuna, your
money will be refunded. 81 at druggists,
or mailed postpaid by Iceland Medicine
Co., Indianapolis, Ind.
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KING OFF TO
SAND CASTLES
Michael to Play on Beach
While Others Rule.

BIZ United Press
BUCHAREST, July Is. - King
Michael, Roumania's f1ve-year-old
monarch, leaves today for Mama,
on the Black Sea, where he will be
able to forget about his new title
which has puzzled him so much and
play again in the sand building cas-
ties and tunnels.
Michaeps physician told the
United Press that the child was not
being taken to the seashore to I'M
prove his health.
Through physical training, he
has built up a strong resistance to
maladies and his health is perfect"
the physician said. HE is going
because of his fondness for the sea
where he likes to build sand castles"
Meanwhile, today's parliament
session was devoted to mourning
and the board of regents began
functioning for the young king who
must wait thirteen years before he
becomes king in his own right.
The late Ferdinand was buried
yesterday, but Michael knew moth
ing Of it. He was rigidly kept away
from the ceremonies he would not
have understood anyhow.