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The Coconino sun., 1927-04-08
TUBA CITY


j. f. England and John Nichols
raotored to Kayenta over the week
end. 1t is very easy to understand
the attraction for Mr.. England at
Kayenta bit the mystery Of Why John
Nichols went up IS still unsolved.
John Conrard came to Tuba from
Kayenta on the third enroute to Flag
stRff on business.
J. y. Fish, electrician, who had been
working on the stoclzman's house in
the Botaway country, returned to
Tuba on the third and reported that
there was no water in that section.
He states that Willow spring has
dried up.
George Bancroft, who had been
employed at various jobs in and
around Tuba for Y or IS years, re-
signed from government work on the
first and intends TO devote his time
to taking care of his sheep and cat
tie.
Jot Stiles Of the Tuba Trading Post
company has bought the trading post
from j. O'Farrell at Red Lake. Mr..
Stiles brother from Williams will be
in charge.
The Laslxy picture outfit from Hol-
lvwood are at the Gap filming Drums
Of the Desert" from Zane Grey's
desert Bound" and practically all of
the population of Tuba City motored
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-08
GRAND CANYON

The Santa Fe concert at the COM
munity hall on Friday evening put on
bv. the Paramount Orchestral trio
gave program of classical and pop
llar numbers that was very well re-
ceived by crowded house. They
appearedin unique costumes and We're
artists of personality and ability.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alva Shoop have sold
their house to Guy Matley Of the
transportation department and left
FRIDAY for Los Lunas, N. NJ, where
Mr.. Shoop will be employed by the
Eddies Co., blooded stock ranch.
The shoot on Sunday afternoon
drew a good enthusiastic crowd, and
good scores were made in spite of a
high wind, which caused the pigeons
to swerve badly in midair. Mr.. Will
liams made high score in the general
shooting. The last squad at the traps
was composed entirely of members of
the transportation department, who
acquitted themselves well though
some Of them had never shot before.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Moore and three
sons and Mrs. Meore's brother, Guy
Matley, have moved from the Smiley
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WILLIAMS DOINCS
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Mr.. and Mrs. C. D. Jeffries enter
tanned at dinner Sunday DR. and Mrs.
E. A. Miller of Flagstaff, Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis DeBold and Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Larson.
j. Y. Edwards is spending few
days in Los Angeles.
A number of old-timers from Will
Iiams are planning to attend the Ari-
zona Republicans annual pioneers
reunion in Phoenix this month.
As a special number at the Com
rnunity Sunday school last Sunday,
Miss Fern Rigg favored with piano
solo. Miss Frances Sharpe, mission
airy superintendent, talked. Miss
Sharpe has recently organized a Span
ish speaking class, which meets every
two weeks. A meeting was also held
Sunday afternoon. Miss Sharpe will
cooperate with missionary who
makes regular trips through this ter
ritory.
The Community Ladies Aid held an
enjoyable social and business meeting
Wednesday at the Community church
social room.
Ted Brauiman, formerly with the
Babbitt company, has leased the small
storeroon next to the postoffice and
expects to establish a cleaning and
pressing business there within the
next few days.
Miss Alice King, a former resident
of Williams, was in town Monday
calling upon old friends. She was en-
route from Sacramento to Flagstaff,
where she will be for some time.
The American Legion viii hold a
benefit dance on Saturday evening at
the Sultana theatre. The Mite Owls
will furnish the music.
Chas. Guenther, John Morgan, r.
D. Mitchell and Marshall Gilson, 1. O.
O.. F. delegates to the grand lodge,
motored to Flagstaff Monday evening
to attend lodge there and to confer
with the Flagstaff delegates before
the convening of the grand lodge,
which takes place April Is in Phoe-
nix. They report an enjoyable ses-
sion with the Flagstaffers, with good
and plentiful eats also.
d. D. (Dink) Smith, for some twen-
ty years rancher and cowman of this
vicinity, died Friday evening at St.
Marys hospital, Gallup, after an oper-
alton for cancer. Mr.. Smith discov-
cred his condition some time ago, and
this was the second operation per-
formed in the vain hope of prolong-
ing his life. He was about AT years
of age and a native Of Texas. The
body was brought to Williams Sum
day night, and funeral services were
held Monday afternoon from Com
munity church, interment being in the
local cemetery. The senior class was
excused at 2 o'clock, that all might
attend, Gordon Smith, son, being q
senior. Two other children, Alva and
Vera, are high school students, and
there are two small children not of
school age. The bereaved family
have the sympathy of the comlnun-
ity.
It would be hard to say who made
the biggest hit with the capacity
audience in the comedy, Two Days
to Marry" staged at the high school
auditorium last Friday night. Lead
ing parts were taken by Virgil RoseD-
baum and Helen Easton, who both did
exceptionally clever work Prof.
Stevenson as the lawyer and Miss
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-08
IN COCONINO COUNTY

Swanberg as the vamp kept the,audi-
ence In an riproar of amusement. Mr..
Shill as the uncle with the money was
hit, as were Miss Esther Perry and
R. G. Gotthold in blackface parts.
! About $50 was cleared, which will be
divided between needy Williams
school children and the Dramatic
club. The credit Of much of the per-
formance must go to Miss Clementine
Shurtleff, head Of the Dramatic club,
who directed the play.
The regular meeting Of the Wom-
ans club wstS Saturday afternoon at
the NJ. E. social room. There was
discussion of the trade of the club
property and the cottage for the lots
directly south of the Button hotel,
now owned by Harry Dial The Of
fer was not accepted, but it was de-
cided to sell the cottage and the lot
upon which it stands should there be
opportunity.
The next meeting of the Book cluo
viii be Monday evening, the 18th, ut
the home of Mrs. r. @. Stevenson.
Miss Eloise SulIiyant viii give the
review of the evening.
Miss Gertrude Glasser, a member
of the faculty of the Prescott schools,
who has been visiting Miss Helen Liv-
ingston for the past week, returned
to Prescott Sunday evening.
r. ]. Hook was program chairman
Of the meeting Of Rotary on the 30th,
and put on another good Rotary edu-
rational program, calling upon G. M.
Proctor ard T.. S. Williams to read
furnish a lighter part, r. j. called
upon Geo Baumgartner, w. C. Rit-
tenhouse, r.. C.. Stevenson and @. NJ
Proctor to form an impromptu quar-
tet and sing. They fell back upon the
old favorite, My Wild Irish Rose"
and did it sd beautifully that they
were forced to sing it through the
second time. Rotaryann Lucille (Iind-
blom) presided at the piano. There
were no visitors. The president re-
ported three 100 per cent meetings
during March, and appointed COM
mittee- Dick Hoffman, George Baum
gartner ana Dir. Gillespie-to see that
the record IS kept up during April.
The American Legion contest for
members came to q close Saturday
evening, with C. M. Proctor winning
by margin OF one. He brought in 81
new members ard his opponent, G. B.
McNelly, 20. The regular meeting
was Tuesday evening and plans were
laid for banquet ard all around
good time to initiate the new men,
bers. 1t is hoped to make the BAN
quet coincide with the visit of the
state commander, Val DeCanap, who
will be here within the next two
weeks. With the new members, Cor
dova Post No. 18 will number 55 ex-
service men, and promises to make
itself known IN the community.
L. @. Humphrey, recently of San
Isadore, Calf, will be in Williams
soon to take over the active work in
Felix Alcorn's newly established
cleaning plant. Mr.. Humphrey is well
known in Williams, where he former
" ran the De Luxe cleaning estab-
ishment and also gained considerable
renowE as . bslllplayer.
For several weeks, rehearsals have
been going on for Schnacker's .Story
of Caavary@ which was given Sunday
evening ct the parish house by a
vested chorus of so voices from the
community choir and st. Johns mis-
sion choir. A large congregation
heard the cantata, which viii Be re-
peated on Palm Sunday morning at
the services at Community church. R.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-08
ARIZONA BOY WITH LEAGUE

Don FIickenger, formerly of Doug
las, is one Of the rockies at the
Yankees training camp in Florida td
receive favorable mention from
sports writer's. He was captain oil
the baseball team at the University OF
Arizona last year and gave up the
place when he, signed with the
Yankees this fall,
Evening star., 1927-11-14
SECOND COMMUNITY
PROGRAM ANNOUNCED
Dr.. George Dorsey Will Speak at
Central Center Gathering
November II.

The Community Institute OF Wash
ington will present the second of a Sc
ries of 10 events arranged for the sea-
son next Thursday night. November
II. at SIS o'clock. in the auditorium
Of Central Community Center, when
DR.. George A. Dorsey, author of why
We Behave Like Human Beings will
he heard in his most recent lecture,
Has Our Civilization Failed?"
Dr. Dorsey, who Las never spoken
here before. and who was formerly
professor of anthropology at the Uni
versity of Chicago. has Travelled all
over the world making an intensive
study of human life for the past 30
years. and is considered one of the
worlds most eminent scientists.
An event of special interest to stu
dents of instrumental music is also
announced by the Community Insti-
tute in the appearance of Richard
Buhling, DISTINGUISHED pianist, who
will give a recital at Central Com
munity Center Friday afternoon, No.
vember 25, at $50 pm.
The two regular bimonthly events
following DR.. Dorsey's lecture will be
the Metropolitan Museum cinema films
with Huger Elliott on Thursday. De-
cember |, and Cornelia Otis Skinner in
character sketches on Thursday. De-
cember IS
Evening star., 1927-11-14

time "bean hole" beans wanted to
taste their delights. But of course it
was impossible to bake beans this way
at home.
So maker Of fine food products be.
gan to try to reproduce that havos.
And he was successful! In Bean Hole
Beans he has caught the very flavor Of
those original baked beans.
Have you eaten Bean Hole Beans7
If not, you have a new pleasure In
store. Youth say you've never known
real baked.bean flavor before! Your
grocer has Bean Hole Beans. Two sizes
medium and large. 7: "a S:s;ss5sv a., .,.az
Evening star., 1927-11-14

the volstead law and defeat of any
attempts to modify its provisions.
she asserted that incomplete enforce
ment of the amendment was no argu-
ment for its repeal and cited viola
tons of the traffic codes, income tax
laws, customs regulations and ten
commandments as similar breaches of
established rules.
Mrs. Sherman named the Secretary
OF the Treasury as the official "di.
rectly responsible" for the enforce.
ment of the liquor lay.
mo man in the history of our Ma.
tion,' she said, has had such com
plete power to enforce, or dscredit,
any Federal statute as has been given
to the Secretary of the Treasury in the
administration of the prohibition law"
Referring to the individual enforce.
ment agent, Mrs. Sherman called on
the women's committee to pray that
all officers so empowered would full
fill their duties in suppressing the
liquor traffic.
1--WE have a right to demand she
concluded, that those who ask our
suffrage makes straightforward rd
statement of their views and inten.
tiOnS"
Evening star., 1927-11-14
DRY FIGHT TO GO ON,
SAYS MRS. SHERMAN
Women Will Not Allow Law to
Lapse, Declares General
Federation Head.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 14.-The
women of the United States do not
intend TO allow the eighteenth amend
ment to lapse into oblivion" Mrs.
John ID. Sherman, president of the
General Federation of Women's Clubs.
declared yesterday at special prayer
services of the Woman's National
Committee for Law Enforcement, held
in the Park Avenue Baptist Church.
This is a crusade and we have en-
listed not for battle, but for the
war" she told the women's commit
tee in urging strict enforcement Of
Evening star., 1927-11-14
Church Marks Homecoming.
special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WASHINGTON GROVE, Nd. Nov.
ember 14.-Celehration of the seven
teenth anniversary and Homecoming
week of the Washington Grove Metho-
dist Episcopal Church began with spe-
cial services yesterday morning and a
sermon by Bishop John w. Hamilton.
Wednesday night will be anniversary
night, and Friday night Rev. DR..
James Shera Montgomery, chaplain of
the United States House of Repre-
sentatives, viii lecture on american
ism." Next Sunday morning Bishop
Frank NJ. Bristol will preach, and in
the evening recently elected officers of
the Epworth League will he installed.
Evening star., 1927-11-14
SNOW BLOCKS PASSES.
Tourists Halted by Storms il
Sierra Nevada Mountains.

SALT LAKE CITY, November II
R.-Storms in the northern Rocky
Mountain States, which closed high
ways and sent cold wave sweeping
eastward, today extended into Utah
and Nevada to seal mountain passes.
A heavy snowfall in the Sierra Ne
vada Mountains near Reno blocked
passes and forced tourists back to
points east of that range. Air mail
planes bound for West Coast cities
were held at Reno esterday by snow
and rain moving southwark from
idaho.
Evening star., 1927-11-14
MI EUM GIFT CONFIRMED.
of Archaeological Insti.
tuition Is ROckefeIIer's Aim.

NEW YORK, November Il P).--
Eo~orts from Jerusalem that the
Palestine government is understood to
be accepting n cif. of 50 .o00, 900 from
gohn :. Rockefeller. ir.. for the e:cc-
tion of q museum were said by rep
fesertative Of NJ. RI ,kefeller last night
to relate to a gift he had offered for
I'll, er cticn and maintenance of an
archaeological museum in Palestine.
: The Palestine government plans to
erect the luseum on a plot of land
outside and Immediately north Of the
Wr;' of Jerusalem in a position com
handing Il view of the Mount Of
r'ives, Mr. Rockefeller's representa-
tive said. The new development of
the site and t. q new museum building
will form part Of the so-called. 'Ieru-
salem to- l-planninc @eheme" now I V
ING carried out by the Palestine gov
eminent.
Government i'm Control.
The Palestine government will erect
ar administer the new museum. In
rha distribution C the new gift, its
rIcns call for s1000.000 for eret ng
and tuipping the building. leaving
the remaining 81 900 900 as an endow-
ment for the future maintenance of
the museum, both as a center of
archaeological research mad as an in
s-'tution devoted to popular education.
The museum, it was said. will not
only provide ample facilities for dis
playing the collections now in hand,
but also for an anticipated expansion
in the future. as n result of discover
les being made each season by the
numerous archaeological expeditions
now e<cavating in Palestine.
Mr. r ,ckefeller'S representative
said that Palestine had long been in
need of building to house the monu-
ments "of country whose past Is
per haps of more im1ortance to the
world than thai of anv other land"
Evening star., 1927-11-14
100000 MUSEUM
ROCKEFELLER GIFT
Palestine Government Plan
ming to Erect Building for
Which Money Is Donated.
!, the Assnciated Press

7EN me AssntIateU PFess.
: JERUSALEM, Palestine. November
14.-1t is understood that the Pales-
stine government is accepting a gift
jef g. 100000 from John ID. Rockefeller.
Sir. for the erection Of a museum in
Jerusalem. The gift is conditioned o,
the completion of the building within
three years. and the government
already is negotiating for a suitable
site.
Evening star., 1927-11-14

From the lumber camps of the Maine
woods has come an old.time recipe for
baking beans.
These beans were famous for their
wonderful flavor flavor that
caught the fragrance Of pine forests,
the tang of wood smoke, the sweetness
of fresh earth.
They were baked in a peculiar way.
The big iron bean pot, full to the
brim, was buried deep in the earthen
oven called the "bean hole" and there
it cooked all night in a bed of burning
pine wood.
Everyone who heard Of these old.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-01
ACCELERAT0R WAS
CAUSE OF TRAGEDY
Foot Pedal damned and Fatal
Accident Resulted

Bridgeport, April up - Emery
stanton, 6, Of Norwalk lost his life
On March in Norwalk in an acct
dental manner, il is found by Cor
oncr j. j. Phclan in a report filed
today, The boy was killed when an
automobile in which he was n pas
songer overturned and he was pin
ned underneath the machine. The
automobile was operated by George
Howes. 10, of Norwalk.
While the machine was proceed
ing down a slight grade the foot
accelcrator became jammed and
the speed OF the machine in
creased.
Young Howes reached to the
flooring Of the car 10 release the
acGclerator and in so doing took
his hands off the steering wheel
and lost control Of the car. When
he attempted to regain control.
IoWes jcrkod the wheel sharply
turning the machine over. The de-
ceased was pinned under the car
The coroner declares he feels the
youthful unlicensed driver Of the
car was telling the truth about the
acce!erator, Examination Of the car
after the accident gave no indica-
ton that the accelerator had
jammcl but the coroner declared
that it is not an uncommon hap
pening.
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missioner OF the Southwestern In
terstate Operators association said
that a number OF minor phases OF
the controversy already had been
ironed out.
Union officials in Pennsylvania
estimated that 10000 workers We're
affected in that region. and they
maintained that a large number OF
non union miners also left the pits.
The non-union fields Of West Viz
ginia were expected to be little af-
fected. A strike call was issued in
the northern part OF the state by
Van a. Bittner. union representa-
tive, but only one union mine is in
operation there.
No statement had been issued up
TO midnight by the miners presi-
dent, John l.. Lewis. He planned
to speak today at Taylorville, H..
at the unvciiing OF the Bilyeu monu-
ment erected in honor of a miner
OF that name who lost his life in n
mine riot at Nir1en, Ill, in 1898.
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Voters May Hide Age
And Use Maiden Name

Jackson. Miss. April /. Ipl-An
ancient feminine privilege has be-
come a modern feminine right, for
Mississippi says her women voters
may maintain secrecy concerning
their age.
The attorney general gave his
opinion that a statement of being
"2l plus" was sufficient. Married
women may use either their own or
the names of their husbands in
registering. the prefix Mrs" being
required in case OF the former. An
unusually large number OF women
has registered for the democratic
state primary in August.
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Million Dollar Fund
for Episcopal Clergy

New Haven, April l tP--A mill
lion dollars with which to insure
10 the Episcopal church clcrgymcn
OF n type prepared TO make tomor-
rows civilization finer than any
thing that the world has ever
known will be sought in Connec-
ticut this spring. according to an
announcement made last night at a
dinner here attended by members
of the executive committee of the
Berkeley Divinity school campaign
fund.
Removal of Berkeley Divinity
school from M!ddletown to New
Haven and the erection Of new
buildings adjacent to Yale campus
is planned, with the objective OF
assuring to the Episcopal ministry
young clergymen of the highest
scholastic standing.
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Curious Conditions,

Chicago, April ! LPp-The coal
mining industry in the central COM
petitive field today entered a curl
Gus phase. II was neither a strike
nor lockout but it forced thou
sands of miners into idleness as the
Jacksonville wage agreement expir-
ed
Many temporary agreements have
been made throughout the mining
area to continue work, but it was
apparent that a large percentage of
IN. nearly 100000 men employed In
the central field and adjacent
fringcs had laid aside pick and
shovel pending solution OF a prob
lem that The conference of miners
and operators at Miami. Fla, sew
eral months ago failed to solve.
Situation Is Obscurctl.
Probably the fun extent Of the
shutdown will not be known until
early next week. as organized fields
observe April ! as Eight Hour
Day marking the anniversary of
the first eight hour day legislation
for miners. Saturday is half holi-
day and on Sunday mines are not
operated, so that the actual count
ing OF noses must go over until
Monday.
The Operative Side.
Operators, who maintained that
they could not continue the jack
SOnvilla agreement and survive esti-
mated that approximately 10000
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Seventh Day Adventists
Not Worried bv Strife

Washington. April LPi-The .or-
eign mission board of the Seventh
Day Adventist church has decided
that it will not order lis mission
aries home from China, but Will
leave the responsibility for their
safety in the hands OF the church S
authorities at Shanghai.
The boards order designated the
Far Eastern division conference OF
the church, located at Shanghai, TO
hold the workers in the Far East,
including the Philippines. East In
dies and Japan awaiting develop
mcnts in China with a view of re.
turning them to their Chinese sta
tions with the quieting of condi-
tions. The church has 2o3 missions
aries in China.
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Cleveland, April 1.-Pl-- Ohio
miners were idle today in the first
day OF a wage deadlock, begun at
midnight last night when the Jack
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Couple of Texas Police
Officials Shot to Death

Berger, Texas. April tP>-Depury
Sh"rilts Pat Kenyon and A. L. Terry
were shot to death on the road near
WhittonburE, near here. carly TO-
day Hugh Walker and Ed Bailey.
out on bond in connection with the
recent killing of Coke Buchanan,
policeman, were arrested.
The bodies of Kenyon and Terry
were found near their automobile,
their revolvers unfircd
Kenyon was shot through the
chest and through the back of the
bead. Terry was shot though the
head.
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sonyillc agreement expired.

sonyille agreement expired.
Operators estimated that more
than 800 men We're out of Jobs
because OF the tieup, the result OF
failure to establish a substitute for
the Jacksonville agI cement and re-
fusal o: operators 10 continue under
separate agreements at the Old
scale.
Although preparations for long
siege were evident, hope Of reaching
an agreement was held out when
both operators and union officials
suggested arbitration.