The Coconino sun., 1927-06-24

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Coincidence is a funny thing.
A lady at the dinner dance of the
Arizona Lumbermen's club at Hotel
Monte Vista last Friday night was
born on Nav 10. She is Mrs. E. E.
McCartv of Winslow, wife of the
superintendent Of this division of the
Santa F'e railway.
Among those there that night We're
NJ. J. Riordan and l. B. Koch, both OF
whom were born on May 19. The
formers only grandson, the little
newcomer in Art Riordan's home, ar
rived on May 10. There was one 9TH
er in the dining room who laid claim
to the same birthday,
In the Twenty Years Ago" column
in a Redlands, Calf, newspaper a
few days ago appeared this item:
Lieutenant Charles w. Lehr was adj
vanced to captain to fill the vacancy
left by the retirement of Captain ~.
j. Underwood.
+. 1t was a national guard organlza-
ton Charlie belonged to for several
years before he came to Flagstaff
Mr.. and Mrs. jess r. Smith had a
woman from the east with them few
DAYS ago motoring from Grand Can
.gyon by way of Cameron to Flagstaff.
When they reached the turn where the
highway comes within foot OF the
two-thousand feet sheer drop to the
bottom of the Little Colorado river
gorge, the visitor sighed:
"My, what a remarkable wrinkle!
President Tex Mackey at Rotary
last week. told of a Scotchman play
ing golf. His competitor had a sun
stroke and the Scotchman insisted
that he count it.
Ed Haight. chairman for the day,
said when Dr.. Charlie Ploussard was
fresh here from ST. Louis a cowboy
walked in for advice. Doc looked him
over and told him to cut out smoking.
The cowboy said he never took drink
in his life. Doc told him to ride horse
back lot, for exercise. The cowboy
told him he practically lived in the
saddle. Then Doc concluded it might
be better if the patient would go to
see another doctor.
Ed said lot of little boys We're
bathing in TIE altogether in the pool
made by a public fountain. A maiden
lady approached and asked them II
swimming without bathing suits there
wasn't prohibited.
eyes, ma'am,' said one of the boys
"but my fathers policeman. Come
on in"
Earnest Coulter didn't tumble al
first and when he did was a little
vexed after he had run out, of gas
and walked mile to Rex Coolies aft
er a gallon and Rex asked him If the
concern he bought his new car from
didn't furnish bicycle with it.
Keeping a woman in clothes now
adays isn't altogether a matter Of
money.-Jim Giddings.
Carter Joy says learning a profes
sion or business don't allus do fellel
no good He was messenger boy In
bank onct for two weeks, but learnln
the bankin' business amt never beer
no use to him sence.
Glen Meyer says there amt moth
in1l scare horse nowadays 'cept an
other horse.
Speed Campbell got in awful bac
with a girl the other night.
"The more / look at you, the more
beautiful you SEEM" he told her.
''Yes?" she breathed, expectantly.
"Yeh," Speed said. Il ought to l9ol
at you oftener."
Youngster called up DR.. schermanl
the other night to tell him his daC
wanted him to call around Return
ing from the phone, he told his dad:
''They don't know when Dr. Scher
mann will be back. He's been calle'
out on an eternity cases
Funny thing, but I've noticed tn
older a feller gets the less optimistic
ally he begins reading continues
story.
Dear young woman stepped into tn
First National bank and said to Telle
Ray Prochnow: I'D like to open a.