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The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13
Wants North Strip
Road Worked Over
Cedar City, Utah,
MAY 5, 1927

OGudT OILyt OLdIl,
May 5, 1927
To the Coconino Sun.
Dear Editor:-Will you please pub.
lish this letter and the clipping which
/ have enclosed about the road on the
strip between Zion park and the
Grand Canyon. What has been said
about that road by the Utah road com
mission is all true. They said that
both Coconino and Mohave county
commissioners were to meet them at
the state line but they failed to show
up, so it stated in the Salt Lake paper.
Now it's time for those commission
ers to come alive and do a little over
here for Utah commissioners are up
and a-coming. You won't catch them
mapping on their job. They are try
ing to get the Lees Ferry road at the
bridge across the Colorado river to
cross the north end of Kaibab, then
go by Kanab, Utah. Now we have
tried to get our commissioners at
Flagstaff to connect that north end
road with the Kaibab and Fred0nia
road. There are two routes from the
Fuller road at the foot of the noun
tain and both should be fixed. One is
to follow back south along the foot
Of the mountain four miles to the
Lees Ferry and Fredonia road, con-
Meeting where the Ryan road takes
off, and the other is to go nearly due
west about five miles and join the
Fredonia road. Two teams will do
this work in two weeks. This will con-
meet the road up with Fredonia and
the entire Arizona Strip road. The
Fuller road should be Strengthened on
top where it crosses the mountain
and come off into the valley on the
east side with a short dug way at the
top of the divide in the valley. This
road can be used all the year round.
1t win be several miles shorter and a
better route than where the road goes
now. It will be very easy construct-
ed road. You Flagstaff men that
have any interest in your county, jack
up your county engineer and commits
sioners and get this done at once be-
fore the road will be pulled further
north across the state line, when the
travel will miss all the towns and set
Elements on the Arizona Strip. Now
fellows, get busy and let's get this
road completed before deer season
opens up. It will make an easy route
to the west side deer range. From all
indications the deer will be fat and
fine this season.
Respectfully,
CHAS. MCCORMICK,
Fredonia, Arizona.
The clipping from the Salt Lake
paper says:
@Arizona-Inspection Of the Arizona
end of she road from Zion park to the
north rim of the Grand Canyon re-
vealed that it is in an extremely dam
gerous condition, according to Henry
H. Blood, chairman of the state road
who has just returned
from a trip through that section. The
Grand Canyon road by way Of Rock
vile and Pipe Springs has been diff
ficult road to keep in condition be-
cause of heavy traffic and steep
grades from Virgin River Canyon to
the plateau, Mr.. Blood said. BY sew
eral years of effort, Utah has brought
her end of the road to good condi-
tion all the way from Zion park to the
Utah Arizona state line. Inspection
of the Arizona end Of the road shows
that little, if any, betterment work
has been done there, the Utah road
commissioned reported"
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13
BY State Senator Walter Runke

There is feeling of apprehension
and deep concern among many of oul
Coconino county citizens and will
some registering a strong profess
against the proposal which is on foo
to change the present route Of tht
highway from Lees Ferry to the Utaf
line and which now crosses the Buck
skin mountains, through that mosi
magnificent of virgin pine forests, the
Kaibab forest.
The plan as outlined by the u. s
forest service is to construct a mod.
ern highway so as to go completely
around. the forest by continuing the
road up the draw between the Buck
skins and the red mesa on the east
and over a high saddle around the
north end of those mountains. Sc
that instead of allowing the traveller
that rare treat of traversing this most
beautiful of natures area he will be
required to pass over monotonous
stretch of uninteresting desert road
through the open country along the
Utah line.
We are informed that the forest
service has gone so far as to contem-
plate the expenditure of a vast sum
of money to improve such a stretch
of highway which at best climbs to a
height of 5000 feet, detours across
the Utah line and adds miles to the
distance now required to reach the
northern boundary of the state. We
are further told that it is contem-
plated because the Buckskins are too
high in altitude to make a good WIN
ter road. It must be plain though to
everyone that an 5000 feet altitude
saddle road in the winter time on ac-
count of snow and other weather con-
ditions has little or nothing to offer
over a road constructed at an altitude
a few feet higher. The difficulties in
working snow plow are no less in
one case than in the other.
Further, if our county or state
should be called on to put snow plows
in use at any time during the year
economy and practicability would de-
mand the shorter road and one wholly
within the bounds of our county and
state rather than over longer stretch
of road going over areas in and out
of county in another state.
The matter of this proposed con-
struction beyond the Colorado river
is really question of vital concern
to our county and state The ques-
tion may well be asked, too-shall the
first expenditure of funds and i'm
provement work on this route be one
which shall enhance the attractions of
this scenic highway or Shall the err
ror be permitted to be made which
will so largely detract and seriously
eliminate miles and miles of de-
lightful drive through mountain for
est, the home Of the biggest herd of
wild deer on the continent? In addi-
ton to this there is already construct
ed from the state line south to prac-
tically the mountain tops a modern
auto road waiting to be extended this
way. There is every reason to believe
that the forest service is ill-advised
in this matter and must be made to
consider the facts in relation to the
prime value of this road in their true
light.
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13
Wife Slayer Denied
Habeas Corpus Writ

Granville Johnson, convicted slayer
of his wife in their cabin in an auto
camp on the outskirts of Williams, in
the early part of 1926, was denied an
application for writ of habeas COR
pus by the supreme court.
johnson alleges in his petition for
the writ that he was unlawfully held
in the prison at Florence, as he had
been granted writ of probable cause
by the Coconino county superior court
following his notice of appeal from
judgment Of conviction.
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13
Heard Makes Plea
For The Farmers

After a brief furry over farm re-
lief, which terminated with the organi-
zation supporting the recommenda-
tions Of its resolutions committee for
delay in advocating a national agri-
cultural policy, the United States
Chamber of Commerce late Thursday
of last week brought its annual con-
vention in Washington, ID. G. to a
close.
Lewis E. Pierson, New York bank
err, was elected president and Edwin
B. Parker of Houston, Texas, umpire
of the German-American mixed claims
commission, was selected to fill the
newly created post Of chairman of the
board Of directors.
What he termed the duty of busi-
ness to help stabilize agriculture was
stressed by Dwight b. Heard, Phoenix,
Ariz., publisher, who spoke for the
farm group Of the chamber.
Personally" he said in part, i
dislike the phrase farm relief My
work brings me in constant contact
with large numbers of dirt farmers
thoroughly self respecting, hard work
ing, level headed, dependable men,
thoroughly representative Of the farm
er group. These men are not asking
for doles but for equal opportunity
Continuing, Mr.. Heard said that the
farms were supporting 28,OO0, 900 per-
sons and that the country had not yet
recovered from the agricultural infla-
tion that followed the world war. He
counseled against restricted produc-
ton as remedy for present condi-
tions and urged organized industry to
assist any sound plan for stability,
even though industrial profits might
temporarily be curtailed.
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13
Mrs. Snyder and Gray
Get Death Sentence

Long Island City, N. Y.-'sWe find
the defendant Snyder and defendant
Gray both guilty of murder in the
first degree" was the verdict of the
jury Saturday one hour and ten min
utes after being instructed by the
Judge.
These words spoken in a calm,
droning voice by the jury foreman
spell doom for Ruth Brown Snyder
and her paramour, Henry Judd Gray,
convicted for the brutal murder of
Albert Snyder, art editor of Motor
Boating. Snyder was slain as he lay
sleeping in his home on the night of
March 10.
The verdict was returned in one
hour and ten minutes after the jury
retired for its deliberations. The jury
took two ballots. They stood ten to
two on the first ballot and the Sec
ond was unanimous.
Death sentence is mandatory for
both.
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13
Carolyn Smith Elected
Vice-President OF The
Stnte B. e p. w. Clubs

Mrs. Wilma D. Evans Hoyal of
Douglas unanimously was elected
president of the Arizona Federation
Of Business and Professional Woman's
clubs ut Jerome Saturday, at the con-
Guiding session of the seventh annual
state convention of the organization.
Mrs. Hoyal succeeds Mrs. Lutte A.
Brown, also Of Douglas.
Other officers elected to serve
during 1927 are: Carolyn Smith,
Flagstaff, first vice-president; Mata
Dexter, Prescott, second vice-presi-
dent; Margaret Hartline of Phoenix,
third vice-president; Kate Anthony,
Miami, fourth president; Pearl
Hodges, Yuma; fifth vice-p president;
Mary Olson, Jerome, recording sec
retary; Ann Rodgers, Tucson, treas
urer; and Dorothy martin, Globe,
auditor.
The election of officers late Satur-
day climaxed the business session of
the convention. The delegates,
representing clubs in nine Arizona
cities, having "a total membership of
more than 500, Saturday night at
tended a grand ball which brought
the convention to close.
The final festivities were marked
by addresses given by number of
prominent Arizonans and visitors,
including: Sharlot Hall, Of Dewey.
Arizona; Otto S. Lund, Anna P.
Cooper, Mrs. Allie Dickerman and
Miss Francis E. Plath, national
recording secretary of the organi-
zation.
Flagstaff was chosen as the con-
vention city for the annual meeting
of the state federation in the spring
of 1928.
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13
WEALTHY DENVER WOMAN
MAY BE EXTRADITED ON
MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE

Extradition papers to bring to Ari-
zona Mrs. Louise G. Porter of Den
yer, Colorado, widow of the multi
millionaire John H. Porter, to answer
to a charge alleging manslaughter,
were issued Monday by Governor
Hunt. March 19 of this year, Mrs.
Porter's automobile in which she was
being driven collided with car in
which Carl Mineer and Mr.. and Mrs.
B. Y. Duke, all of st. Johns, Arizona,
were riding. It is understood that as
a result Of the collision Mrs. Duke
came to her death.
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13
BEER AND FREE LUNCH
JUST LIKE OLD TIMES

A modern survival of the old time
free lunch" was discovered at Tue
son when police officers of that city
raided "beer garden" which was
selling the home brew for 25 cents per
drink with sandwich included. Fif-
teen hundred bottles of beer and It's
gallons in kegs were netted in the
raid on the establishment which was
run by negro.
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13

more appropriately be titled on ac-
count of its past as well as its fu-
ture, s'The Bridal Tour or Honeymoon
Highway" for honeymoon trip it will
be so long as there are men and wom-
en- peopling the earth.
Let US make it our business to see
that the first money we spend in de-
veloping this road is spent right and
that the road building u. s.. forest
service is put straight in the matter.
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13

The name of Thomas McCarty ap-
pears among the list of successful
candidates taking the Arizona bar ex-
aminations. Mr.. McCarty and wife
are now in Flagstaff, camping in City
park. He plans to locate here perma-
nently. With his foster mother, Mrs
Lou Kirkpatrick, Mr.. mccarthy visited
here several years ago with the Matt
Black family, who are family connec-
tions of the latter.
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13
Big Dam Is
Planned for Arizona

Plans for the construction of a great
reservoir and power dam across the
Salt river at Stewards mountain, ten
miles below Canyon lake, have been
prepared by engineers of the Salt
River Valley Water Users association
and authority to construct the dam
under revenue bond financing plan
probably will be submitted to mem
bers of the association early this fall.
Announcement Of the plans and es-
Inmates were made by f. A. Reid,
president of the association, in his adj
dress at the annual joint meeting of
the board of governors and council
men of the association
Mr.. Reid said with the completion
of the proposed development the aver
age annual gross income from power
will be over $2,600,000 This together
with miscellaneous revenues and ex-
cess water will leave an excess of
100000 per year surplus for I'M
provements,
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13

and was returned to the county Jail
without bond.
Both Edwards and his wife had fam
lies by previous marriages
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13

Bring or send in your news of all
kinds to the Coconino Sun office or
phone Il.
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13
Foot Troubles
affect the whole system
Don't neglect your feet
Free
Foot Comfort
Demonstration
May II
By an Expert from Chicago

Pains in the feet go through the
nervous system to remote parts of
the body, causing distress which
nothing will remove till the real
trouble is corrected.
Whatever may be the cause of
your suffering - weak or broken
down arches, weak ankles, painful
heels, crooked or overlapping toes,
excessive perspiration, corns, cal
louses or bunions--you can rid your
self Of it permanently and quickly.
On the above date Foot Comfort
Expert from the Staff Of DR.. Wn-
NJ. Scholl, will be at our store. He is
thoroughly trained in DR.. Scholls
methods of foot correction and he
will make Pedo- graph impressions
which reveal the exact nature of any
foot trouble, and demonstrate how
the correct DR.. Scholl Appliance or
Remedy will relieve you.
FREE SAMPLES Se9s s;ss sansI. n spd GF IS s.. :
Scholl's Zinopads for corns They give instantr re-
lief and remove the cause- friction and pressure.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-06-07

| Social
| Church
SOMERS POINT EVENTS

Charles S. Moore has opened his
cottage for the season.
j. B. Flaherty, of Philadelphia,
will open his cottage next week.
Mrs. A A. Hammell, of Philadel-
phia, has opened her summer home.
Nj. and Mrs. David E. Townsend,
of Philadelphia, will open their
cottage this week.
Charles Lawson, of Camden. has
opened his residence here for the
season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cromwell, of Phila-
delphia, have opened their home
for the summer
Jack Ware and family motored
from Philadelphia to their bungalow
and spent the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Thomas
and family, of Mays Landing, were
guests of Mrs. Hilda Ackley.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Miller is
having constructed a new home at
Seventh street and Con. avenue.
George Hyde Jr, Raymond Hyde,
Andrew Summers, Willis Camp
bell and Edward Ellis motored to
Ocean City and took a dip in the
ocean Saturday.
Mr.. Alfred Mason, of Merchant
vile. spent Sunday at the home of
David Reed.
Miss Francis Collins and Miss
Charlotte Megronigle have returned
home from Philadelphia, after
attending a wedding of relatives.
Mrs. Elizabeth Casey, of Phila-
delphia, has returned home after
being entertained by Mrs. j.
Meyers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Olaf Anderson
were visitors of Mr. and Mrs. John
P. Smith, of Scullville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Getz and family
of Philadelphia, spent the weekend
at their home at the Point.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bono and
son, Frank, of Mays Landing, were
guests of Mrs. Hilda Ackley.
William Boyd has returned from
a business trip to- New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Saylor spent
Sunday in Philadelphia with
friends.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-06-07

and Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew English.
Mrs. Olive Sullivan and Miss
Alice Booth passed Friday in Allan
tic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. Smith,
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Lloyd and
Miss Josephine Smith spent Mon
day in Staten Island
Jacob Schiedt and son Buddie, of
Atlantic City, called on Mrs. Emma
Steelman Friday.
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna
Mattox, who died at her home here
Saturday, were held Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Soul spent
the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs.
Somers English.
Miss May Scull, of Atlantic City,
spent the weekend with her mother
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-06-07
Harlequin Prune Salad

- EMOVE the pits from large,
IN ffieaty prunes, which have been
steamed and allowed to cool.
Mix cream cheese with a little cream,
mayonnaise and nut meats, and
mold iii prune form. Place a slice
of pineapple on a lettuce leaf and
alternate the prunes and cheese on
the pineapple, using three prunes
and three cheese prunes In the
center of the pineapple place a
marasehirfo cherry Serve with
mayonnaise dressing.
Pear and Pineapple Salad in
sastry Shells
Make the shells Of faky pastry
baked on the outside of muffin or
patty tins. When baked, slip the
,hells from the pans and set aside
10 cool. The filing will require:
Large Mellow Pears or 8 Halves
Of Canned Pear
Slices of Canned Pineapple
8 Cupful of White Grapes Halved
and Seeded
81 Iupful OF Maraschino Cherries
Gut the pears and the pineapple
n dice, mix the three fruits to-
yeticr and set away in very cold
,lace to drain and chilli. Add half
cupflil pf nnaraschino cherries cut
n bits, sweeten slightly and mix
With little whipped cream dress
ng Fill the pastry shells, serve on
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-06-07
Sailors Que Sextant
to Chance Happening

The element of chance plays an
important part in invention, and
in no case is this more strikingly
illustrated than in that of Thomas
Godfrey, the American who i'm
proved upon the quadrant, or, rath-
er, devised the sextant, the basic
notion for which he got by not
ing the reflection of the sun from
pail of water.
Godfrey was glazer by trade,
but he had a taste for mathemat-
les and was a man of some cul-
ture.
John Hadley had also invented a
sextant, apparently development
Of suggestion of Newton's, found
among his papers at his death.
Godfrey anticipated Hadley by
about one year, but for a long
time his claims were not recog-
nized, Hadley receiving the entire
credit.
The glazier thus received his in
spiration for the instrument that
was to prove of such value to mar
liners. One day while replacing
a pane of glass in window of
house in Philadelphia opposite a
pump he saw a girl, after filling
her pail, put it on a sidewalk. The
observant glazier saw the sun re-
fected from the window on which
he had been at work into the
bucket Of water. His mind quickly
perceived the significance of the
situation and he was thus led to
the design of an instrument "for
drawing the sun down to the no.
rizon," a device incomparably SUI
perior to any that had hitherto
been used for the ascertainment of
angular measurements.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-06-07
SCULLVILLE notes


Miss Josephine Smith and Miss
Elizabeth Lee motored to Atlantic
City Wednesday evening where
they attended the regular meeting
of the College of Commerce Jol-
liers, of the New Jersey College
rof Commerce, held in the college
rooms. Among others attending
were; Miss Louise Reiber, Miss
Frances Willis, of Pleasantville,
Miss Loretta Rider, of Absecon;
Miss Bertha Weller, Miss Yetta
Shapiro. Miss Gussie Hyman, Miss
Elivra Bouffano, Miss Mollie Kliger-
man, Miss AiIeen Fluck and others.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-06-07

Aomng those who attended the
Memorial services held on the
Asbury church grounds Memorial
day were: Rev. and Mrs. Richard
Sullivan, Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Scull,
Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor Shamrock. and
Frank Haley, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Blake, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Head
ley, Rev. and Mrs. Alfred H. Burr,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Oakley, Mr..
and Mrs. Lewis H. Smith, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Ingersoll, Mr. and Mrs
Willard Soul, Mr.. and Mrs
Horace Ingersoll, Mr.. and Mrs.
Bell, Wallace Smith, Mrs. Rena
Woolbert, Mrs. Lizzie Force, Mrs.
Mamie Steelman, Mr.. and Mrs.
Vernon Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. Mark
Steelman, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Lee
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-06-07

Mr.. and Mrs, Mark Steelman, of
Mrs. Abbie Soul,
Wilmington, were guests of Mrs.
Martin Lee, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Lee, Miss
Edith Lee and Harry Lee Jr, of
Camden, spent the weekend as the
guests of Rev. and Mrs. Oliver Lee,
of English Creek.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ford, of Green
Bank, and Mrs. Lydia Field called
on Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Nickels
Tuesday evening.
Miss Frances Willis, of Pleasant
Vile, was the guest of Miss Eliza
beth Lee, of English Creek, Thurs
day evening.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-06-07
Prune Tulip Salad

Large. meaty prunes are required
for this salad Soak and steam the
prunes till tender, cool and remove
pits carefully through Sits in the
ends. Then cut the prunes down
from the top almost through, in
four quarters, spread open in tulip
shape, and arrange on lettuce
leaves. In the center of each prune
place small ball of cream cheese
sprinkled rather thickly with
paprika. Serve with mayonnaise or
fruit salad dressing
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-06-07
PERSONALS
BY r. VAN sYcKEL.

Volunteer Fire Co. No. l. will
put into use new service truck
within a week. Those engaged III
the work are: George Hyde, Jr.,
Henry Oliver and Lewis Tallman.
Louie GIMME, Jr, and George
Perkins hauled in seventy weak.
fish in a seine Saturday in the bay
e. M. Saylor has been added to
the police force, having been ap-
pointed lat week to steady
position.
Captain Steelman and Mate Sam.
uel Fox made their first fishing
trip of the season outside in the
yacht Helen.
The Grace Lutheran Congre
CATION will present at the Seaside
theatre, playlet entitled "The
Red MILL" starring Marion Davies,
Tuesday evening, June'7. Proceeds
are for the building fund of the
new church.
Mrs. Amelia De Mile, of Pleas
antville, is visiting at the home of
Mrs. Mary Stebbins.
The Rev. R. C. Phillips, president
of the County Ministerial Union
has announced that the daily Bible
school win open this year, Monday
June 90. The session will be held
in Linwood public school. instead
of the Somers Point public school
as heretofore. The Rev. Walter c.
Bishop will be in charge assisted
by several clergymen of the Main
land. The teachers will be Mrs.
Carl Hopt, Mrs. Wesley Brown and
Mrs. Nettie Leeds.
The Hyde Boat Works is now
building SS-foot express cruiser
for New York yachtsman.
Joseph Meyers and ]. w. Davis
brought home eight snappers Satur-
day. some weighing fifteen pounds
apiece, which they caught up near
Wading River.
A three-act drama under the
direction of the ladies of the Beth
any N. P. church. entitled, "The
Little Clodhopper." will be shown
in the hall of Fire Co. No. l, Satur-
day. June II, for the benefit of the
building fund.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-06-07
BALL TEAM TO PLAY

The Somers Point Athletic club
will play the Olympic Athletic club
of Atlantic City on their home
grounds at go P. NJ. next Sunday.
No game was scheduled for this
week. They have fixed up their
ball grounds and are planning to
put seats around the field.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-06-07
'Baysiide
City
Notes
MASON GIVES PARTY

Entertains in Honor of Sons-in-Laws
and Son
Elias Mason gave a birthday
party in honor of his two son-in-
laws and son. The decorations were
orange and black. Music and dane
ing were enjoyed. Refreshments
were served at a late hour.
Those attending were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Rex Lyons and son. Earl, Mr..
and Mrs. William Tomlin and
children, Alexander Mason, Harold
Mason, Mrs. Anna Prague and Mr..
and Mrs. George Leonard.