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The Coconino sun., 1927-04-08
DISTRIBUTING PLANT
FOR SHELL OIL BEING
BUILT in THIS CITY

A building permit was issued Mon
day through the city council by
Clarence T. Pulliam, city clerk, to the
Shell Oil company of California for
the construction Of distributing sta
tion in Flagstaff. The location for
the plant is on the east side and next
to the Union Oil company and next to
the Santa Fe tracks.
In order to build the station it has
been found necessary to do consider
able filling in. on the site. A contract
was let the first of the week to the
Lightning Delivery company for the
work of filling and over 1000 yards of
dirt will be required to complete the
fill, the material for which is being
secured from near the stock yards
Four trucks and team of horses are
being worked on the contract by Ed
McGonigle, owner of the Lightning
Delivery company. The site, which
was leased from the Santa Fe rail-
road company, is approximately 175
feet long and ID feet wide.
According to j. A. Ingersoll, con-
struction engineer for the Shell Oil
company, the plans are to erect two
100000 gallon reservoirs, an office
and garage on the site, leaving room
for the addition of more tanks as busi-
ness warrants. The tanks will be To-
Gated near the railroad and the oil
viii be pumped direct into them from
the tank cars.
The Shell Oil company is one of
the three largest operating in Cali
fornia and it is only recently that
they have extended operations beyond
that state. The coming of the com
pany here means that Flagstaff has
acquired one more concern, which
should add to business activity of this
CITY.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-08
E. d. Babbitt Motor Co.
Building Camp Ground

Work was commenced yesterday
morning by the E. D. Babbitt Motor
company on the ground in the rear
of their gasoline filling station at the
intersection of Railroad and Eden
avenues. A considerable amount of
grading and filling has been found
necessary before actual construction
of the cottages viii start.
It is planned to build eight cottages
with separate garages to lessen the
fire risk. The garages viii face the
cottages with necessary space for
driving in between. The buildings
are to be Of frame construction with
walls and roofs covered with sanded
shingles.
The location Of the camp is an ideal
one and being on the Old Trails high
way it viii see a good number Of
tourists.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-08
Meeting
Government Men on
Canyon Road Matters

Chairman Bob Taylor and members
James Kennedy and Jos. ]. Waldhaus,
with Major j. B. Wright, county en-
gineer, went to Grand Canyon this
morning for conference with Horace
Albright, assistant director of nation
al parks and DIR. L. l, Hughes of San
Francisco, regional director of U. S.
bureau of public roads.
The conference is over right of way
for the new park road from Grand
View to Desert View. The route as
originally surveyed was partly
through privately-Owned property and
and there was difficulty about the
price. So the survey was changed to
miss the property in question and the
county supervisors were asked to at
tend to securing the right of way
along the new route.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-08
Is SCHEDULED
TOBE OVER NIGHT STOP; If
FRANCHISE GRANTED WILL
SOON BEGIN OPERATIONS

Application pending before the
state corporation commission Tor per-
nit to operate an autoombile bus line
from Phoenix to Flagstaff via Pres
colt and Ashfork, the understanding
being that the line would soon be ex-
tended to Salt Lake City, was unanl-
mously endorsed by Flagstaff Cham
Der of Commerce in regular meeting
Tuesday night.
The application for permit is by
F. E. Stevens of Phoenix, who has
wide and successful experience in the
operation of auto bus lines and who,
it is understood on good authority,
has excellent financial backing Tor
the enterprise.
Mr.. Stevens applied to the state
corporation commission for permit
early this year The latter body held
hearing on the matter on January
25, this year, and denied the permit
on the ground that the towns along
the line did not seem sufficiently IN
jterested. Since that time the Yava-
pal county chamber of commerce has
unanimously endorsed Mr. Stevens
application; as has also the Phoenix
chamber. Copies of the Flagstaff
resolution will be at once forwarded
Mr.. Stevens and the state corpora
tion commission ard it is believed the
hearing will be reopened at an early
date.
Mr.. Stevens plans to operate large
busses in the valley and to Flagstaff,
using seven passenger cars from here
to Salt Lake City, beginning as soon
as his permit is granted, whether the
Lees Ferry bridge over the Colorado
river is completed or not. Later,
when the bridge is completed and the
Continued on Page Fiye)
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-08
PROPOSES BUS line PHOENIX TO SAL17LAKE CITY
BABY BOY BURNED TO DEATH TUESDAY
Striking Facts
About Our Water

!. Flagstaff has the largest per
!. capita water storage Of any city
J. in the United States.
!. Our water, where it enters the
! pipeline, is the coolest, having
I a temperature of 38 degrees, just
!. six above freezing.
]. 1t is the purest-99. .98 per cent.
]. The fall from the collection
: sump to the reservoirs-over
!. 1000 feet-is believed to be the
: greatest.
!. The old reservoir so, ,000, 900
!. gallons-was full last Sunday
: morning.
!. Tuesday of this week we had
+ 42,378,000 gallons in the old res
!. ervoir and 81 feet or al, ,923, 900
: gallons, in the new reservoir.
!. BY yesterday, it was expected,
]. the new reservoir would be filled
J. to its full capacity Of 50,000,000
!. gallons, and the water would be
]. again turned into the old reser-
: voir.
!. In few days that also will be
!. full, and we will have hundred
!. million gallons on hand.
!. The above facts were given at
!. Tuesdays Rotary meeting by
!. City Engineer Frank Goodman.
!. i. !. = 4. !. !. !. !. i. !. !. + i. I.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-08
UNIVERSITY BAND HERE
NEXT THURSDAY NIGHT

Flagstaff music lovers win get a
real treat next Thursday night when
the University Of Arizona 3O-piece
band is to give concert at Teachers
college auditorium.
This organization is high-class, and
gives a splendid entertainment,
which includes, as well as ensemble
and solo instrumental numbers, a
dramatic reading or two and a one
act comedy skit.
The, reports coming up the line III
advance of the concert band are that
it is the best balanced and most tai
ented band the university ever has
had and that the program is unus-
ually interesting.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-08
Wallace Selling
His Mormon Lake
Ranch for Resort

William Wallace on Monday signed
papers giving an option on his Nor
mon Lake property to H. ]. Wilkins,
business man from Phoenix. At
torney e. r. Byers of Williams ac-
companied Mr. Wilkins as legal ad-
visor. The option is subject to sur
vey.
The Wallace ranch on the south
west side Of the lake was homesteaded
by Bill Wallace over 20 years ago.
There is more than q mile Of water
front, one of the few diminish
ing springs of fine water and enough
timber for an attractive setting. 1t
is understood that the deal, if consurn-
mated, will result in the Improvement
of the property for resort purposes.
Mr.: wilkins win return Sunday to
further his plans.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-08
ROBS STORE AND GOES
TO SLEEP NEAR CRIME

Robbing store ard hiding on the
premises beneath a straw pile is the
latest in crime methods, according to
Sheriff J @. Parsons, who was called
to Bellemont Saturday night to handle
just such q case.
The store broken into is owned and
operated by Thompson Brothers.
The burglar gained entrance by
jimmying window. He was evi-
IDENTIFY after money, but on failure to
find ay helped himself to canned fruit,
bread, cigars and wrist watch. Mr.
Thompson, one of the proprietors, saw
the man leave the building and go to
a shed in the rear Of the store. He
set a man to watch to see the caller
didn't leave and called the sheriff.
Upon arrival at Bellemoft, Sheriff
Parsons instituted a search Of the
shed, but no burglar materialized.
when Mr.. Thompson tried to tell
me the man might be hidden beneath
the pile of straw in the building, =
said Sheriff Parsons, II couldn't be-
lieve that anyone would commit a
crime and hide near the spot. 1t
didn't sound true to form. However,
to satisfy myself and Mr.. Thompson
that the man wasn't in the straw pile,
I dug into it and uncovered the
supposed burglar. When told to come
out he only dug in deeper, and later
we learned that he was attempting to
hide some of the loot. On threat Of
having a pitch-fork run through him,
the man came out and submitted to
arrest"
The man charged with the burglary
gave his name as William Weeks and
IS white. He was brought to the
county jail and charge of burglary
was filed against him Monday by
Sheriff Parsons. In spite Of the fact
that some of the stolen articles were
dug out of the straw-pile the man
danies all completely in the robbery.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-08
COOPER BACK

C.. H. Cooper. logging contractor,
came homie Tuesday morning from
Cloudcroft. N. M, where he has a big
contract for the Breese Lumber COM
pany, to get things in shape for con-
tinuing on his logging contract here
for the Arizona Lumber and Timber
Co. With the resumption Of his local
work, Coop expects to disseminate
himself around amongst our midst q
little mere copiously than he did dur
ing the winter.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-08
Williams Man May
Buy Park Cottages

A proposal for the purchase of the
cottages located at the city park will
be made April Is by Harold Greene
of Williams. Whether or not the city
dads" will consider the sale is not
definitely known although the camp
ground has never been money max
ing proposition and the necessity of
keeping a trustee during the summer
months has been drain on the city
treasury. Mr.. Greene, if he secures
the cottages will move them to a site
north of the Standard Oil company's
station.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-08

Every effort was made by firemen
to locate the child, which was known
to be in the blazing building, but it
could not be found and it was only
after the smoke had partially cleared
from the ruins that the charred re-
mains were found in the room in
which the fire had its origin.
The fire alarm was sounded at lilo
Tuesday afternoon and although fire
men were at the location almost i'm
mediately, the rear of the house was
mass of flames and the roof of the
room in which the body was later
found was beginning to fall.
Two firemen, Chief Ernest Hogan
and Guy Sykes, donned gas masks
and entered the flame and smoke
filled structure in vain effort to To-
cate the child. The dense smoke and
heat made their work almost inn
possible, but search as thorough as
possible under the circumstances was
made and no trace of the child was
found. When the smoke and fire had
subsidized it was decided that someone
had removed him when the fire was
first noticed. On further and more
careful examination, however, Fire
man Claude Phelan found the remains
on the floor of rear bedroom.
Mrs. Corello arrived at the home of
the Quesedas as firemen were bringing
out the body of the child. She was
prostrated with grief and tainted at
the sight. She was removed to the
home Of friend and placed under a
doctors care.
Mrs. Queseda in giving the story of
the fire said that she and her children
had been eating dinner while her four
months old baby and little Amanda
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-08
MARRIAGE LICENSE JUST
A JOKE, SAYS MISS HUNT

Phoenix. Although Miss Virginia
Hunt, daughter Of Governor George
w. P Hunt, and Fred C. Brannen, of
Big Greek, Calf, obtained a marriage
license Saturday, Miss Hunt Tuesday
said she had no intention of marry
ing Brannen and that the business Of
securing a license was 'just a joke
Friends of the couple declared this
is the second time they secured a mar
riage license without utilizing it.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-08
Here are the results for last Sun

Here are the results for last Sum
day:
Flagstaff 100, Sterling 120.
Denver 125, Walsenburg 119.
La .Junta 110, Longmont SO.
Fort Morgan 124, Yuma 121.
Phoenix 121, Scottsbluff ia.
Fort Collins 1913, AIamosa 113.
Jerome 121, Sagauche not reported.
Louisville 115, Prescott not report
ed.
Flagstaff's high first event scores
Sunday:
Wild Raudebaugh, Ed Raudebaugh,
Buster Raudebaugh, Tobe Jessuppe,
Frank Gold, Pete Solberg, Lefty
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-08
Mayor Brady Buys
Site for Boys School

L. F. Brady Of Mesa was here last
Friday and Saturday when he com
pIeted the purchase of a ten-acre TIM
Der tract at the foot of Elden noun
tain from Mrs. Winifred Lynch.
Mayor Brady will use this attractive
site for establishing summer camp
for the Mesa Ranch school for boys.
He will erect a number of cottages,
assembly hall and other necessary
buildings for this summer camp. He
was at one time connected with the
Evans school for boys at Tucson.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-08
ELEVEN MONTHS OLD SON
MR.. AND MRS. FRANCISCO
C0RELLO DIED IN FLAMES
WHEN HOME

Grim tragedy attended
the fire that early Tuesday
afternoon destroyed the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Fran
cisco Queseda, South San
Francisco street, Flagstaff,
and burned to death the
eleven months old SON of
Mr.. and Mrs. Francisco
COrello, neighbors of the
Queseda family. Valiant
efforts were made by fire.
men to rescue the child but
the flames had done their
work when entrance was
gained to the room in which
the body was found.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-08
RALPH BURNED HAND

Bandaged hands seem to be in
style down town this week, though
their wearers deny that they are pop
ular. One of the latest victims is
Ralph Verfurth, manager Standard
Oil company, who got his injury
Tuesday night when he threw out Of
the window an oil stove which was
misbehaving.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-08
AGAIN GOLFING

The most delightful day of the year
drew large number of members of
FLAGSTAFF Country club to the links
Sunday. The record score for the
course-44, as and 48 for the ten holes
was made by Carl Schwarz. Hem
derson Warnock was right on his
heels with 46, 49 and 81, and the de-
termination to beat him next time.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-08


Charlie Isham shot three events,
getting %, Is and "a.
In the missing out event Pete Sol
berg and Wild Raudebaugh, the last
ones up, had hot contest, Wild finally
winning the Is pound turkey.
Sunday is the last event Of the reg
ular schedule. President Wild Raude-
baugh plans an unusually good pro-
gram, with heaps Of fun for all.
Shooting will begin sharp at 10
O'Clock and the events viii include To-
bird events, missing out" "wipe your
eye" and such novelty features, with
liberal prizes of bacon, candy, cigars,
coffee, etc. 1t is expected that more
men will turn out to share in the fun
than any previous Sunday this VIM
ter.
The wipe your eye novelty shoot
gives every man, no matter how green
at the traps, good chance for prizes.
Captain Hardy, the famous gun
and pistol shot, will be at the local
traps Sunday and will do some ex-
hibition shooting.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-08
PHELAN NEW JAIL TURNKEY

At the recent session of the board
Of supervisors, Gene Phelan was ap-
pointed day turnkey at the county
Jail. George Atterbury, who former
" held the job down "a hours day,
is now on the night shift.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-08

Lewis, Harry Micke, each "a.
Sundays results in the 100 bird
ia rr;c+o,oJ Sboat.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-01
new WORLDP0WER
IS SEEN BY Dean
IDge Predicts Latin-AmeriCan
and U. S. Force in 1000

London. Sept tP)-Thc Very Re-.
William Ralph 1nge. dean OF ST.
paul's. predicts that in the year Of
@0hn tho federation Of the Latin
American republics and the United
States will comprise the two greatest
world powers. while tho European
Estates will he relatively unimportan'.
with the possible exception Of Rus
sla. against which he believes Aus
tria and Germany will unite to pre-
vent western Europe from being
ovorrun by Slays.
In an article in the Evening stand
ard the gloomy" dean says hat ma
tons in an isolated position. with
slight populations and great natural
resources. must nccessari outstrip
tho over-ropulatod countries of Eli
rope. which have hostile noighhors,
against whom they must arm, H DO
lieNcs that Argentina. AS Well as sex
eral other Zimmerman republics
will become extremely powerful
With the Italian population in excess
of tho Spanish and Portuguese. and
that all the Latin American nations
will be federated loosely TO prevent
aggression from the north
Dean Tnce believes that Canada
and the United States will, remain
s"narate
In his opinion Russia's present
paralysis will not last longer than
ono generation. and he urges that Il
lis undesirahl" to keep Germany per
mannnt'y disarmed, as she must
which he contends is really not En-
ropean.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-01

home here and the wife he has not
seen since entering Atlanta peni-
Tertiary.
Mrs McCray and a few close
friends planned to meet him. One
OF the first things the former cNccu-
tive wanted to do Was to see his only
srandChiId. now nearly three years
old. who was born after McCray en-
tered Atlanta. His future, he has
said. remains TO be worked ont.
Il am coming back" he declared
/ May l, 1874. when he began serving
a 90 year sentence. He avowcd then
he would vindicatr himself and re-
pay all his friends and associates
who suffered losses in his own tnan-
cjal collapse,
There was 4 possibility, hmtcd but
given no authoritative affirmation
that h" might he precipItated into
The political affairs now occupying
50 much attention in Indiana. 1t
VAS understood i'm some quarters
that he might he called as a witness
hcfoEa tho Marion county On
djanapolis) grand jury now winding
New Britain herald., 1927-09-01

summer White House has been call
ed Grace Coolidge Greek. Farther UT
in the hills memorial is being cary
ed Of Washington. jefferson. Lincoln
and Roosevelt and the president has
been asked to write the inscription
to appear below explaining its mean
ing.
Except for the short Journey to
Custer, Mr.. Coolidge spent the whole
day at the game lodge preparing the
address he will make at Brookings.
September 10. dedicating the Lin
coin Memorial library at the South
Dakota Agricultural college.
Tomorrow the President and Mrs.
Coolidge will make their last trip
from the summer White House. GO
ing by special train TO Newell, S. D.,
TO inspect government reclamation
project. and from there TO Nisland
to attend the Butte County Fair.
For the remainder OF his stay here
the president has few callers list =
ed. Among those who are expected
is Senator Bingham of Connecticut
New Britain herald., 1927-09-01
New Haven Widow Takes
Own Life Via Gas Route

New Haven. Sept. 1 R - Mrs.
Christine c. Chatfield, So, a widow,
committed suicide yesterday at the
home OF John H. HUM. her brother.
by inhaling illuminating gas from a
tube which was found clenched in
her teeth. ..
Nuhn. who lives at No. 2sS Elm
street. told the medical examiner
that short time after he returned
home this afternoon, he detected
strong odor Of gas and going TO the
cellar found his sisters inert form
stretched out on the floor. He shut
off the gas and summoned medical
aid but she had been dead several
hours.
Since the death of her husband,
Mrs. Chatfield has been subject 10
fits of dependency. She had been
living at No. II college street.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-01
TELEPHONE RATE
INCREASES TOLD
Will Average Is and 50 Cents
Per Month Here

Increases which average approx
mately - and so cents month to-
day were announced by President
lanes T. Moran OF the Southern
New England Telephone company as
Elective OH bills issued % subscrib-
rs in October. Rates for toll serv-
Pc" arc not increased at all. Neither
is H." rate increase general through
rut IN" Company's territory. Vary
ing advances are made in 50 en-
changes although therein not all
classes o. service are affected. In
"" exchanges lher" viii be no in
'ressgs in local exchange rates en-
r"p; in all of the II exchanges of
'ae company there is to be a varying
advdnce in the so-called professional
rate for physicians. dentists. etc.
md in III" rate for auxiliary lines
used by some factories and large
mercantile establishments.
i is estimated by tho company
hat the relatively small increase
per phone when applied throughout
ne IS affected districts will result
in about S4S5,000 additional revenue
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New Britain herald., 1927-09-01
EXPLOSION ROCKS CITY
AND CALLS OUT POLICE
Spark from Automobile Bclic> ed 10
Have Ignited Tank at Filling
Station-Considcra Damage

Bridgeport. Sept, l (P--An oxplo-
sion of a large gas tank in the Gel
lar Of Il filling station at Connec-
tcut and Carroll avenues last night.
which vas heard for several blocks.
caused bomb scare in East Bridge
port until detectives from police
headquarters arrived on The scene 10
find no traces Of any bomb eHplo-
sion. The force OF the explosion
shattered several windows in the
building and one woman was slight
ly cut by flying glass. The eNplc-
son was caused by spark from an
engine. il is believed.
Mrs BENJAMIN Fisher. an occu-
pant of an automobile standing
alongside the filling station was
slightly cut.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-01
Ware TO ATTEND
Victorious Republican Candidate
Will Be Present at Senate Cam
paign Fund Investigation.

Kansas City. Sept. tPl-Senator-
elect William S. Ware of Prnnsyi-
vania, and his defeated democrats
Opponent, William y. Wilson. Will
be present at the special meeting OF
the senate campaign funds inveSri-
gazing comnitte AT Chicago. Sept :,
they informed Senator James \.
Reed. Missouri. chairman Of the
committee yesterday.
The calling of the meeting to dis
Cuss preservation Of ballots in the
contested Pennsylvania election.
which may ho destroyed after Ihr
third Tuesday in September. was an
bounced here yesterday.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-01
COOLIDGE Will
DEDICATE CAMP
Boy Scouts 10 Name Retreat
After President

Rapid City. s. D., Sept. 1.-tP-
Another memorial 10 President Cool
idge's summer IL the Black Hills was
left to South Dakota today when
Camp Coolidge was dedicated as a
retreat for Boy Scouts near Custer
at ceremony attended by the pres
ident
Previously the state had renamed
one of the peaks in the Back Hills
Mount Coolidge and the ripping
trout stream which flows past the
New Britain herald., 1927-09-01

Rogers is expected to take part in
person.
An official OF the picture company
take tn. risk" OF having Mr.. Rogers
ride the horse through the capital
streets. The horse, YOU know has
to travel at a terrific pace" he
added.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-01

who will spend the weekend at the
game lodge.