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The Coconino sun., 1927-02-25
American Legion
Auxiliary President
Flagstaff Visitor

Mrs. M. NJ. Forman of Yuma, de-
partment president of the American
Legion auxiliary, addressed a meet
ing of American Legion and Auxiliary
members and their guests at the home
of Judge and Mrs. J. =. Jones last
Friday evening, emphasizing particu
larly the work being done by these
organizations in Amcricanism, re-
habilitation, publicity and commun-
ity service, the development OF the
latter being the main objective OF
the national organization for this year.
She also stressed the necessity OF
membership, that we 60 backward II
we are not growing organization
in membership strength, and that a
department with less than one thou
sand members is considered by ma
tional as a liability. At the close Of
her address the meeting was opened
for general discussion, during which
the local Legion posts plan for a
membership campaign was present
ed. During The social hour which
followed Miss Grace Hunt gave a
reading and the hostesses, Mrs. and
Miss Jones, served refreshments. Mrs.
Forman was guest at the home of
Mrs. frankie Matthews, auxiliary
president while here.
The Coconino sun., 1927-02-25
Old Trolls First
Road Across State
Opened to TrGUel

National Old Trails highway, with
last weeks heavy load of snow on the
Flagstaff Williams section, neverthe-
less was the first transcontinental
highway across Arizona to be open to
automobile travel.
Ordinarily we don't have snow like
the welcome blanket laid over us last
week. Ordinarily, no matter how
heavy the fall, the road is never
closed more than two to four hours,
because the state highway tractors
and snow plows at once get busy and
clear through.
Snow at the worst holds up travel
only a very few hours. But when
storms of anything like the mag
nitude of the one OF last week hit
the central and southern portions Of
Arizona, blooey go the roads! Because
where we have blanket that little
work will fold back, they have floods
that tear out bridges and leave rag
ing torrents, sometimes for days.
We fell heir to untoward circunn-
stances during this big storm, how
ever. The state highway mainten-
ance men sailed out to clear the roads
in halliday and the first crack out
of the box smashed the snow-plow.
They substituted the grader, which
was too light for the job. Next thing
they busted the tractor. The net re-
suit was cars stalled for a couple days
that otherwise wouldn't have been de-
Iayed much longer than the time it
usually takes to eat a nice comfort
able meal.
SO, though our snow did hold up
cars, on the desert south they were
being held up by washouts, mud and
raging floods two to five days after
our road was clear.
Summers, tourists ride comfortably
along the Old Trails. Winters they
are much more certain of getting
through without interruption and IN
much shorter time than on any of the
roads to the south. Nor is there dam
ger of loss Of life from snow as there
is from floods and Washouts.
IA moving picture man in big Lin
coin car drove out from Maine dur
ing the height of the storm to come
through to Flagstaff. Sixteen other
cars lined up behind. He would buck
the drifts while, then get out and
shoot a few feet of film at the caval-
cade. He had to give it up that night,
but promised to go through the next
morning. And next morning he did,
the big car bucking the drifts like a
brOncho with elephant forbears, sway
ing and skidding, despite its four
chains. And the other cars, which by
that time had increased in number,
followed him here.
Bert Cameron on Sunday measured
the main drift between Bellernont and
Maine, where the hard wind across the
fiat had packed the beautiful snow to
a depth out of all proportion to the
snowfall. 1t was eight feet deep. BY
that time it had been cut through by
the state crew and cars were travel
ing either way without trouble.
The Coconino sun., 1927-02-25
College FrOsh Quint
SlUnnaped WinslOlU

In what was said to be one of the
fastest games of basketball ever
played on a Winslow court the De
Molay team Of that city was beaten
last Friday night by the Freshman
quintet of Flagstaff Teachers college.
Fritz, the diminutive forward Of the
Flagstaff squad, shot the first bas-
ket and was the outstanding player
of the game. Pace, team-mate cen
ter, also starred and was responsible
for a great part of the 27 tallies the
Flagstaff boys made. Through the
defensive work of Caughlin, Easley,
Shumway and Willhite the opposing
team was held to eight tallies.
The score at the end Of the half was
III in favor Of the frosh and they had
increased their lead to 27-8 by the
close of the game. This game was
the second victory for the freshmen
and the Winslow team.
The Coconino sun., 1927-02-25
EMERSON SCHOOL PUPILS
IN WASHINGTON PROGRAM

Washington's birthday was observed
at Emerson yesterday afternoon with
appropriate numbers. A patriotic
song was followed by flag salute.
The kindergarten children sang song
and gave soldier boy drill. Miss
Francis Stringfellow's class gave a
costume play called "The Great Gen
erals Lesson to the Little Corporal" !"
The part of George Washington was
played by Chew Sut Wong. Miss
Ford's room sang when the Regi-
ment Goes Marching By" Miss Turn
gren's pupils gave a gun drill. Miss
Haegar's children sang two songs.
Miss Stringfellow's pupils gave an
other costume play, entitled "Our
First Flag" Miss Runke's room gave
two songs. This program was to have
been presented on Washington's
birthday but was postponed as school
was closed that day.
The Coconino sun., 1927-02-25
MOTOR COMPANY
TAKES OVER NEW LOCATION

The Flagstaff Motor company
local agents for the Chevrolet, have
changed their business location from
Aspen avenue to the building former
ly occupied by the White Garage OIL
the corner of Beaver street and Rail
road avenue. The company took pos
session of their new home last Friday.
A few alterations in the interior
appointments of the building are be-
ing made by the new tenants with the
idea in view of being in a better posi-
tion to serve the public. The show
room is to be enlarged and complete
parts department is being arranged.
The Flagstaff Motor company is one
of this community's newest business
firms, having been organized in Sep
tember of last year. The owners Of
the company are NJ. j. Pilkington,
Marvin Leamon and w. D. Nelson.
The Coconino sun., 1927-02-25
House Boosts
Boulder Dam

With the senate in deadlock over
the measure, the house rules COM
mittec Wednesday agreed to recon-
mend priviledged legislative status
for the Swing-Johnson Boulder cam
yon dam bill
The committee will submit to the
house for consideration a rule limit
ing general debate to six hours.
Chairman Smell of the rules COM
mittee, said that he would confer with
the Republican steering committee as
to when the bill would be brought be-
fore the house. Representative Til
SON Of Connecticut, the Republican
house leader, has called a meeting of
the house steering committee on the
subject.
Adoption of the rule by the house
would expedite action on the bill, be-
cause it would make impossible long
filibusters, such as that in progress
in the senate.
The Coconino sun., 1927-02-25
Flagstaff High Won
Both Boys and Girls
Games from WinslOlU

Flagstaff High won from Winslow
In two games played on the local high
school court last Friday. The girls,
playing fast game, had little trouble
in defeating the Winslow girls 1923.
The boys game was fast and hard
fought and it was anybody's game up
until the final whistle. Flagstaff raj
lied with couple of baskets in the
last two minutes to win 25-21.
Mildred and Millicent Meyer, for
wards, were able to connect for bas-
kets from anywhere on the floor
while Gladys Hooten and Minnie Hill
kins guards kept the Winslow for
wards well covered. The score at the
end of the first half was 20-8, Flag
staff, and the second period was just
a question of how many points the
Flagstaff forwards could pile up.
The Flagstaff boys got away to
good lead and had made nine points
before Winslow could get going.
Scott, center and Galleagos, forward,
the Winslow mainstays, were not
showing much form and were replaced
by Parker and Christensen in the
second quarter. These two boys be-
gan to drop baskets and at the end Of
the third quarter Flagstaff was lead
ing by only one point. Flagstaff man
aged to keep the one point lead and
in the final few minutes, Cameron,
who had up to this time had an off
night, dropped two nice baskets to
cirlch the game Sheehan, Flagstaff
forward, played nice floor game and
connected for three much needed bas-
kets. Prochnow and Brinton covered
the Winslow forwards and forced
them to take long shots. Prochnow
slipped down the floor in the first
half and dropped two baskets. Cam
eron's five out of eight free throws
proved to be the deciding factor in
the score, as the field goals were
even, each team making ten. Lancas-
ter, Winslow guard, did some nice
work in recovering the ball off the
Blackboard ard kept his territory un-
der the basket well guarded.
Tonight the boys and girls go to
Williams for two games with Williams
High. Although Flagstaff won from
Williams earlier in the season by large
scores, they are expecting some tough
opposition in the games tonight. Will
liams always plays better against
Flagstaff and this fact along with the
advantage. of the home court makes a
winner hard to determine. They ought
to be great games.
The Coconino sun., 1927-02-25
ARREST MAN HERE ON
BOGUS CHECK CHARGE
AND THEFT OF CAR

d. R. Won Keller, 20, of Salina,
Kansas, is being held in the county
Jail here on a charge of passing two
worthless checks and following con-
viction on that charge may be turn
ed over to the federal government to
answer for interstate transportation
of stolen goods.
Won Keller was picked up by Will
Jams police Friday night and was
brought to Flagstaff the following
morning by Deputy Sheriff Bill
Smith, following the complaint OF
local pool hall and the telephone
company that he had passed two
worthless checks, $35 each. The
checks were discovered to be no
good after they had been presented
to the Arizona Central bank. That
institution wired to the Bakersfield
bank on which they were issued and
report of "no account here" was
received.
Won Keller says he had a partner
in crime, but to date no trace Of
him has been found, although Off
GERS have a good description of the
fugitive. The man in, question had
slept in the county Jail the night
following Won Keller's arrest but
had been left to go on his way the
next morning before his identity had
been learned.
Following conviction on the bogus
check charge, Won Keller will prob
ably be turned over to the. federal
government and made to answer for
the theft Of car from a Bakers
field garage. The Bakersfield gar
age has identified the machine, a
1924 Nash roadster.
Won Keller has not been arraigned
as vet due to the illness of County
Attorney F. M. Gold, but it is ex-
pected he will plead not guilty of
the charge by explaining that he had
taken the checks in good faith from
his partner and that he did not
know he was passing worthless pa
per.
The Coconino sun., 1927-02-25
HAROLD GREENE WANTS
CAMP GROUND HERE

Harold Greene, proprietor of Noun
tain Springs tourist camp west Of
Williams, and who seeks location for
another camp east of Flagstaff
across from the Standard Oil COM
pany plant on the north side of the
highway, was in Flagstaff Wedncs-
day. The land belongs to the Santa
Fe railway company and Mr.. Greene's
application for lease was referred
by that company to Flagstaff city
council. Mr.. Greene says if he gets
the lease, he will not put in a store
or service station but will build a
lot of cottages.
The Coconino sun., 1927-02-25
UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY
TO BUILD HALF MILLION
HOSTELRY FOR TOURISTS

Plans are under way for the in
stallation of half-milhon dollar
tourist development on the north rim
of the Grand Canyon, in the Grand
Canyon National Park in Arizona,
according to an announcement made
at the department of the interior.
Under the terms of the act Of
congress establishing the park the
department recently advertised for
bids for the installation of this
service. These bids were to be
opened in the national Park Service
on February Is. On this day the
only bid received, that of the Utah
Parks company, a corporation or
ganized under the laws of the state of
Utah, was opened, and found to be
satisfactory.
The company plans to invest
approximately $550,000 in establish
ing hotel, camp, and allied facilities
on the north rim. The principal
structure of the new development will
be a central pavalion of log con
struction. This will contain large
lounging rooms, recreation hall, store
room, dining room that will seat 200
persons, kitchen with cold storage
plant, shower baths, and accessories.
Sixty-two two-room guest lodges OF
log construction will be provided.
Each room will contain twin beds and
built-in washstands. There will also
be five special guest lodges each con-
tanning two rooms, with private bath.
Ample quarters for employees will
also be provided.
The Utah Parks company has
agreed to develop the water supply
and to establish electric lighting and
sewer systems and telephone lines.
Construction of the new lodge is to
be commenced as soon as the contract
is formally signed, and the various
facilities are to be finished and put IN
operation by June Is, 1928.
The Bright Angel camp, the pioneer
tourist establishment on the north
rim, is operated by Mrs. Elizabeth
Mckee, daughter of w. w. Wylie,
who established the we'll known
system Of "Wylie Way" camps. The
Utah Parks company is arranging
with Mrs. Mckee to take over this
camp, and to operate it until the new
accommodations are available.
The Utah Parks company also re-
Gently purchased the Utah and Grand
Canyon Transportation company from
its owners, the Parry Brothers.
operating from Zion National Park
and Bryce canyon to the north rim.
The Union Pacific system is therefore
in position to provide adequate and
comfortable accommodations from
Salt Lake and Cedar City, the rail-
road terminus, on through to the
north rim Of the Grand Canyon.
The Coconino sun., 1927-02-25
VALDEZ FOUND In SNOW
NEAR OAK CREEK ROAD
FIVE DAYS AFTER DEATH

Having lain in snow and water for
at least five days, the body of Maura
Valdez, 81, was found by two lumber
jacks about one mile from the Ari-
zona Lumber & Timber Co.'s skidder
logging camp Sunday morning at 7:30
O'Clock while they were on their way
from that camp to the main head
quarters.
The body was found about 100
yards from the upper Oak Creek Can
yon road, beneath a pine tree. The
two men passing along the highway
had noticed a strange object under the
tree and through curiosity were
prompted to investigate. They found
the body of Valdez, his face buried in
what appeared to be an attempted
fire; a fire which was never lighted.
They took the body back to the camp
and notified Justice of Peace Harry
Richwine.
Sunday afternoon a coroner's jury
was impanelled by Mr.. Richwine.
Witnesses said Valdez left camp Tues
day night in the rain and was bound
for the main camp, distance of about
four miles. He carried bundle of
unlaundered clothes and it was to
take these to a washerwoman that he
made what proved to be his death
trip. Investigation of the route took
seemed to show that he wandered a
distance of five miles before stopping
under the tree where he was later
found yet he was only a mile from
his starting point.
According to friend, Valdez was
subject to cramps and it is thought
that the condition became chronic
during his hike to the other camp
and brought on exhaustion and later
DEATH Just how he became lost is
not known he had worked in that
section for considerable time and was
well acquainted with the lay of the
land, and the fact that he had crossed
Oak Greek road at different times in
his wanderings leaves a slight air of
mystery about the case. The road at
that point is cut through the timber
and even one strange to the country
could not help but realize that to fol-
low it would lead to some destination.
The body was well-clothed in a
sheep-skin jacket and heavy wool
common among lumberjacks. This
precluded any possibility that he froze
to death.
The coroner's jury gave verdict of
accidental death caused from expos
ure.
AS far as is known the deceased left
no relatives. He was born in New
Mexico. The body was brought to
Flagstaff Undertaking parlors and
burial was in the Flagstaff cemetery.
The Coconino sun., 1927-02-25
FLAGSTAFF TIED WITH
FOUR OTHER TEAMS FOR
FIRST in UNCLE DUD

It's getting monotonous, week alter
week, announcing that Flagstaff Gun
club won it's Sundays shoot in the
Uncle Dud Intermountain telegraphic
clay pigeon tournament.
But it would be darn sight more
monotonous to have to write that it
lost.
Phoenix papers in seven-column
headlines announced the first of the
week that Phoenix tied Denver-the
leader to then-for first place in the
league.
The Sun failed to run a seven-col-
umn head early in the season when
Flagstaff beat Phoenix and forced
the latter into second place. Also, it
modestly refrains from announcing
this week in a seven column headline
that Flagstaff is tied with Denver,
Phoenix, Fort Morgan and Yuma for
first place.
But that's the fact.
Flagstaff got 123 out Of possible
l25 Sunday, the high gun men being
Wild Raudebaugh, Paul Morton and
Pete Solberg, each with 25, and Joe
Schmidt and Loren Cress, each with
"a. Lefty Lewis, who had broken all
but two of his It's birds to date, had
an off day Sunday and for the sake
of variety stayed out of the high-guii
class. But he can be counted on to be
up there again, most always, any
way.
Flagstaff shot against Fort Collins
Sunday, the latter getting 120 birds.
The other teams shot as follows:
Phoenix 124, Denver 121.
Walsenburg 120, Prescott 116.
Fort Morgan 119, Alamosa 116.
Sterling 118, La Junta 118.
jerome 100, Yuma not reported.
Scottsbluff not reported, Louisville
Ia.
Scores Of other Flagstaff men Sum
day: Frank Gold %, Ed Raudebaugh
"a, DR.. Felix Manning 18, Jack Fuss
22, d. i. Mckinney 81, Pat Morgan
23, John Matthews %, DR.. A. j.
Mackey 18, Ray Babbitt %, Lefty
Lewis %, Joe Tissaw 20, G. w. Davis
%, T. d. Jessuppe %, Frank Good
man 21, H. w. Micke %, Charlie
Isham IA, Del Strong %.
Flagstaff shoots against Sagauche
next SundaY
The Coconino sun., 1927-02-25
FLAGSTAFF CREDIT
ASSOCIATION NOW In
GOOD WORKING SHAPE

With more than 5000 credit ac-
counts listed in the Flagstaff Credit
association files, this organization is
now in position to give valuable SER
vice to its 21 members in this city
as well as to all Flagstaff citizens.
In opening this bureau each mem
Der of the association was provided
with listing sheets for the names Of
their credit customers over the past
year, giving their name, address, oc-
cupation and credit rating. These
names were then listed on credit cards
by the association with the various
ratings. For example, if "John Doe"
was turned in by six members as an
"a credit risk, which means prompt
pay, his credit card would be marked
"6-A." This association does not
"rate" anyone but reports according
to the combined ratings of the var
ious members.
After carefully going over the GUS
toners as reported, it is found that
to large extent the people of Flag
staff pay their bills. There are some
exceptions to this fact, but as a
general thing, the merchants of the
association have few really bad ac-
counts.
The association is a member of the
National Credit association and the
Arizona credit association and ex-
changes reports with the various
credit bureaus in Arizona and the ma
tional organization. The Flagstaff
association also sends out weekly re-
ports to its members which includes
on new residents, real estate trans
fers, conditional sales, out-of-town
warnings, divorces, marriages, su-
perior court actions, cases dismissed,
bills of sale, DEGREES of distribution,
realty mortgages, chattel mortgages,
satisfaction of mortgages, etc.
The Coconino sun., 1927-02-25
Thornton Describes
Storm Hazards of
White Spar Road

Thornton E. Nichols and Mrs Mich
OILS got home in their car Sunday
night from Phoenix, where they had
been three weeks. They were held up
at Wickenburg three days, the bridge
being out and the water in the Has
sayampa toe high to ford.
When the fording finally began,
Mexican with his team started tow
ing cars across. 1t was a diagonal
crossing, well over half mile, and in
the deepest part the water was over
the carburetors. The Mexican towed
80 cars across in one day, at $5 a car.
Then the Wickenburg Junior Cham
Der of Commerce sent team to give
free tows, and the state highway de-
partment next day also sent team.
One cattleman in big closed Buick
decided to drive through under his
own power. He hit the sand hard,
threw water SO feet in the air, and
went across in fine shape. That set
the drivers on both sides Of the river
wild and in they all drove, independ-
ent of teams. Not one of them got
across, and they were strung along in
the water in some cases several hours
until it came their turn to be towed
out. One big Jewett car drove too far
to one side, Mic says, and by the time
two teams got to it only a foot of the
top remained above the water and it
took lot of hard work to rescue it.
Mic reports numerous big boulders
in the White Spar road. Some Of the
worst had been removed, but others
are still there that allow barely room
to get past. In some cases these
boulders, plunging down from the
mountain side, were sunk three or
four feet in the road-bed.
The Coconino sun., 1927-02-25
TO CHANGE LINE OF
GRANlI CANYON PARK

8 A house bifl to revise boundar-
8 les Of the Grand Canyon National
3 Park, was reported favorably by
o the senate public lands committee.
o The proposed changes in the
o boundary lines of the Grand Can
o yon National Yark include elm
o ination and additions about equal
0 in amount of land and were re4
o commended to secure better adj
o ministration of the park and ma
0 tional forest lands.
o The changes were passed upon
. and approved by local stockmen a
o year or so ago together with a
0 committee appointed by the presi-
0 dent.
) o 0 0 o o o o o Q o o 0 . !,
The Coconino sun., 1927-02-25
HIRAMS HEAR ABOUT
THE COST OF ROADS

Ed Oldham Of the forest service
was chairman Of the day at last Fri
days Hiram club meeting. Arthur
Young, superintendent of road work
from the local forest service office,
told about roads as built by the forest
service: Cost per mile, different
kinds built and of the Importance of
the Mormon Lake-Clint's Well road
to Flagstaff for summer visitors.
Professor E. G.. Class Of the college
faculty recited several poems. Attor-
ney C. B. Wilson talked on Flagstaff,
the finest place in the world to live"
Orinn Compton will be chairman to-
day.
The Coconino sun., 1927-02-25

That the Lees Ferry bridge ap-
preparation was scheduled to
come up before the committee of
the whole in the state legislature
yesterday afternoon was learned
yesterday at noon in a telephone
conversation between Earl G..
Slipher of Flagstaff, member of
the legislature, and a represent
ative of The Sun.
Mr.. Slipher said he has every reason
to believe the bill would pass, that
there was very little if any opposition
to it, and that he hoped to be able
The Coconino sun., 1927-02-25
MR.. AND MRS. BAXTER
WCMACK HAVE SON

Baxter Womack says that he's glad
spring is nearly here for new hat IL
positively imperative. His old one is
altogether too small for him and he is
glad of it. In fact he is broadcasting
to the world the reason--that grand
new boy which selected him and Mrs.
Womack for daddy and mother the
day after Valentines day. He will be
christened Donald Eugene.
The Coconino sun., 1927-02-25
Flagstaff Rifle Club
to Hold Novelty Shoot

The Flagstaff Rifle club will hold
a novelty shoot tomorrow night in it's
club room in the basement under the
Breen- Dingle drug store.
All members are requested to be
present and take part in this shoot.
The details are secret and will not
be-revealed until this time.
During the past week some very
good scores have been made and in
terest in small bore rifle practice is
growing.