The Coconino sun., 1927-05-27

Stranger asked Bucko Sisk if there
is a good criminal lawyer in Flag
staff, and Bucko said:
"I b-b-b-believe there is, b-b-b-but
it amt b-b-b-been p-p-proved on him. ;"
Tuesday always has been my
favorite over other days of the
week" says Hal Lockhart, because
on Tuesday can tell myself that day
after tomorrow | can say day after
tomorrow will be Saturday.
Art Riordan reports that the radio
has added 5000 words to our vocabu-
larry not to mention those used when
the thing won't work.
Ike Veasy comes through with the
news that the tightest Scotchman IN
the world starved to death in contin-
uous movie picture house after get
ting IN on a comp.
One-eyed man tried to get into the
Orpheum theatre Tuesday night at
half price, but it was decided he
would have to pay double as it wou6
take him twice as long to see the
show.
Carter Joy says some people get
married so often that it must get so
after while that wedding bells sound
just like. an alarm clock to them.
u. S. Senator Henry F. Ashurst at
Rotary Tuesday directed a story at
the chairman, Vic Watson, who, he
intinated, belongs to a nation some
of whom are frugal
A Scotchman went to a bank and
asked to borrow $10 The banker
was reluctant to go through all the
red tape on so small loan. The
Scotchman stood pat and demanded
the loan and slapped down $4,000
worth of Liberty bonds as security.
The banker was impressed by the
value of the security, but didn't care
any more Ethan he did at first about
writing aut note for a $40 loan ON
which the interest would be only so
cents. But he finally did and then
asked the Scotchman what he meant
b. such monkey foolishness anyway.
The latter explained that he wanted
to keep the Liberty bonds in a safe
place and a safety deposit vault box
would cost him $40, while the bank
would take good care of them as col
lateral at an expense to him of only
so cents.
President Tex Mackey told of a
Scotchman who wanted to get up very
early next morning and was afraid
he wouldn't wake up in time
The other knew he'd wake up all
right and told the first he'd call him
on the phone. "And be sure We don't
answer" he said, "and I'll get me
nickel back"
Dave Joy has been having some
sort of roughness on the back of his
hands and he's been terribly worried
about it, bein' away so far with no
doctor handy.
81 KEEP thinkin'," he says, bout
that teller Ponpeii. I seem to re-
member he died of an eruption"
Speed Campbell is working out al
scheme of simplified spelling. Speed
says the way it is now a feller uses
too much paper writing a letter. Half
the letters in some words amt no
use, nohow, Speed says, an might just
as we'll be left out He tried it ont
the Other evening on a short story, and
it is just as easy to raed it, Speed
says. as if he'd put all the letters in.
Here's the story:
Lse Smith. yng nd btfl,s lvd Harry
Jns. One night, while stndg in htel
lbby, she chncd to hm ntr with a |
grgs lleng crtre in whm he sind vii
plsd The crtr was clngng to hs rn1 nd
lghng hrtly. Hrtsck, Lse wnt hme.
Mkt night WIN Hrry cid fl hr, she
fed hm dfntly nd chllngd:
HHo ws tht Idly | sn U with lst
nght?"
Hrry lghd hrtly. 90 tht," he
snclxrd. "tht ws no Idly, tht ws my
wfe."
"Prdn me-" sd Lse, 'T'm srry II
mstrstd u" Nd she flw nto hs rms.
Ncdntly she ct the jb.
H. J. McClung, president of the
Arizona Central bank, says maybe
George Washington didn't and maybe
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