The Coconino sun., 1927-02-04
NelU Members, Worlds
Court, Road Matters
at Tuesdays Rotary

Rotary's first meeting in Hotel
Monte Vista was ably chairmaned by
Ray H. Simpson, who had arranged
an interesting program.
President Ed Miller had Billy Swift
zer dedicate the meal in preliminary
dissertation in rhyme about how
though he never laid awake nights
worrying over calories or vitamines
Methusaleh lived to an over-ripe old
age.
Then Billy read resolution prais-
ing the Woman's club for the fine
meals served the Rotarians every
Tuesday for more than year, and it
was adopted On President Miller's
suggestion, the initial hotel meal
service received round of applause.
Secretary Art Riordan reported
January's attendance as averaging
94.23 per cent, with three meetings
escaping a hundred per cent through
one absence.
Art made Fred Breen blush pro-
fusely in trying to look un-self-con-
scious over some complimentary
things about The Mop, of which Fred
is the editor, from Harry III. Rogers,
PACS1OSAiI 1(OIdi
Tom Bellwood, George Myers, Alex
Johnston and Chester F. Deaver, with
Miss Selma Aas at the piano, sang a
special new smile song and led the
bunch in an attempt to make it more
melodious. Apparently discouraged in
the latter endeavor, the next quartet
number they sang with without So
liciting any outside help
Billy Switzer introduced Joe Tis-
saw and Doc Tex Mackey introduced
Ed Haight. These are two "baby"
Rotarians, resolved to abandon their
respective lives Of electrical and fl
nancial crime and hereafter live
Rotarily. Their introductions were
witty and served TO leaven the dis
pleasure with which the club members
received them into fellowship. To re-
taliate upon the novices and make
them sorry they ever got into such a
mess, Chairman Simpson had Doc
Charlie Ploussard, Doe Mart Fronske,
Sky Pilot Frank Softley, Washee
Washee Henry Albers and Del Strong
preach to them extemporaneously
some printed Rotary admonitions.
President Grady Gammage Of the
College helped to soothe the savage
feelings the foregoing had engendered
by giving a brief history of the almost
entrance of the United States into
the worlds court, which so far has
been prevented by a single mooted
point which the speaker said he
thought possibly may be ironed out.
1t was a lucid presentation of an inn
portant phase in international life that
probably very few of those who lis
tened in had previously known great
deal about, and left them in complete
possession of all of the facts and that
much better qualified to themselves be
college presidents.
Captain j. B. Wright, county engi-
neer, reported on the recent state and
forestry road meetings in Phoenix,
which he and County Supervisors
James Kennedy and JOS. j. Waldhaus
He said there is now in
sight for immediate county road inn
S1,535, GOO; which, he said,
''is going some" More than a mil
lion collars is to be spent in Grand
Canyon national park. The 1927
county road fund is $4,000. There is
the annual allotment of road money
from the forest service. Federal
to the amount of 100000 will
be spent on improvement of the OAK
Greek road. On the Clint's Well road
below Mormon Lake there will be
spent $130,000 in grading and drain
ing, with money available next year
for surfacing. Completion of the sur
facing of the Flagstaff Angel section
Of the National Old Trails highway
will begin soon and will cost $4,000.
The state highway department will
also finance the building Of modern
highway between Canyon Padre AM
Canyon Diablo and the work there
will begin very soon.
Captain Wright contrasted present
road conditions in this county with
those of 10 years ago, when we had
about a dozen miles of graded road
and not more than half that mileage
n surfaced road. Then, also, we were
required to match federal aid on a
$3.50 basis, whereas now our share IS
only % to the governments 72.
Captain Wright said the Lees
Ferry bridge appropriation by the
present state legislature is practical
Y assured.
Visiting Rotarian, Chris Poster of
Denver. Guests: Miss Aas, Miss Elsa
Myers, Messsr. Myers, Johnston,
Deaver and Wright. Frank Good
man Nh. paceav of Phnonix