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tion, Hoover followed another phase
of the examination and inquired If the
Government had taken any action to
invalidate the claims of the Pioneer
Go. or Teapot Dome, to which the wit
ness replied In the negative
Then he was asked If he was ia
, mlliar with the action taken on the
claims of White and Bofin on Naval
Reserve No. l. IN which the witness
replied he was. Hoover said he wanted
10 show that the Government asked
for bids on reserve M. | and At that
time IL was discovered there were Ger
tain claims. The award Of the lease
was held up until the claimes had been
disposed Of in the manner Of the
lessee obtaining quit-claim deeds to the
reserve, Upon submitting these quit
claims he got the lease, Mr.. Hoover
said.
The whole ohieC in developing this
was 10 "ounteract the Government :
charge that Fall did not act in bad
faith. Hoover declared. but Justice Sid
dons maintained that the defendant
could reach the questions affirmatiVely
at I later date.
oil Debate Recalled.
Abandoning altogether this phase
to conference Finner tad with scar
Sutro. attorney for the STANDARD Oil
co. of California, in which the latter
maintained that If the Interior DE
pal tment exchanged royalty oil for
tuet oil and storage facility it would
be in violation of the law. F'inneN do.
clared he did not agree w;'h Sutro S
views, and told FAN latc.. 10 his tf.
feet. When Hoover asked II r'inneN
told Sutro he WAS firm in the con
Vlcton that competitive bidding was
not required. Finnev replied hn did
not recall such a statement. captain
| ing the meeting occurred six wears
ago Hoover hammered away on that
point. however. until Roberts ohiecte cd
and the court sustained the Govern
ment.
Mr.. Hoover then brought the Nam,
| moth Oh co. lease into his cross.ex.
| animation In October. Finney had
gone to Falls Office for some maps
of reserves No. ] and 2 OF California
and there had met j. Foster Balm of
the Bureau Of Mines and Admiral
John n Robson
Following that did YOU know that
the Navy Department was investi-
eating the drainage situation in re.
serve No. ; tTeapot Dome,? Hoover
asked.
Il learned that some Investigation
was being made Finnev replied He
could not recall whether it was in No.
vember 1921. hut said that 1t was
around that time.
Refers to Proposition.
Hoover asked the witness whether
, ran told him that he had prop.
osition from Sinclair Finnev replied
| hat he had done so in the early part
Of February. 1a"@. shortly after the
Secretary's return from the West.
What did Fail tell you?" Hoover
asked
"&hoiIt 2ll I recall now. he was
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ment and considered by the depart.
meht. That they were not used as a
pretense," Mr.. Littleton said. The
question to be determined. he declared,
In whether the claims were mere
shadow OF pretense or presented an
honest obstacle necessary to be re
moved before the Government could
give lease to Sinclair.
The good faith of Secretary Fall
is challenged as to how he dealt with
these claims" Littleton declared.
These questions must he explained
To the jury 10 show whether these
, we're real claims or merely A pretense.
We wish to know how he took this
action. Let us 60 TO the heart Of the
matter.
1T was an honest thing 10 do. per-
fectlv legitimate, Littleton said in
referring to the acquisition Of the
pioneer claims.
The court rls'ad that Finney could
rot give his Interpretation of policy.
As II was evident that defense was
merely asking for some expression of
opinion. which it was not allowed to
do under cross-eXamination.
Hoover encountered difficulties
when. as he told the court. he wanted
10 draw from the witness II distinc-
ton between an application for a lease
on producing well and status "
q claim which may he the basis for
an application for a patent. He said
he wanted 10 s;,ow that the denial OF
a lease application did not mean that
the claim was void Roberts objected
to All OF Hoover's questions put to
FinueN on this subject and Justice
Siddons sustained the Government
HOnNnr NJ
he wanted TO address the court on the
subject, Roberts objected. stating that
often matters pertaining to evidence
creep IN such statements. Hoover
replied ''he was not going 10 follow
the bad example by Mr.. Roberts" to
which Justice Siddons remarked that
Mr.. Hoover should not follow had
example, no matter by whom it was
set
Patent" Explained to Jury.
Failing to get an answer, owing to
Roberts objection to question as
to whether FlnneN's decision had amy
effect on the validity of placer min
ing claim. Hoover further explained
to ths court his clients position on
the matter as follows:
The Government contends that
when F'inney made his decision on
the application Of the pioneer claims
on. Teapot Dome, that wiped out the
whole thing and that when Mr.. Sin
clair acquired quit claims deeds he
acquired nothing and that was the
subterfuge the Mammouth Oil Go. em-
ployed in getting the lease on Teapo,
Dome. We want to show the claims
could he asserted for patent"
The word patent" was explained
TO the jury as being title in fee simple
for life OF an area of public land
upor which claim had been made.
Forced to abandon his line of cross,
examination by the courts action in
urhoid'r~ Roberts strenuous ohiec.
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Mr.. Hoover brought out that before
Finney left for the West, in June,
1921. Fall asked him 10 suggest the
apt ointment OF some one TO be placed
in charge Of oil matters He suggest.
I'd w. c. Mendenhall. eeologist con.
nected with the Geological Survey.
After Finneve return to Washing.
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G.. A. r. Post To Meet

Joseph r. Gordon Post, Grand
Army of the Republic, will hold it's
monthly meeting at 2 n. m. Satur-
day at Ft. Friendly, = n. Illinois st.
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LESLIE TO Be
SCOTTISH RITE
GUEST OF HONOR
New Deputy >of Supreme
Council Will Be Honored 20
at Reunion.

Gaylord M. Leslie, thirty third de-
gree Mason of FIT. Wayne, Ind, will
be the chief guest of honor at the
sixty-second semi-annual convoca-
ton and reunion Of the Scottish
Rite bodies of the Valley of Indian
apolis and at the corner stone lay
ing ceremonies of the new $3,500,00C
cathedral, Nov. % to Dec. 2.
Leslie is the newly elected deputy
of the Supreme Council for Indiana
succeeding William Geake, thirty
third degree Mason of Ft. Wayne
Ind, who died June 10, 1927, after
holding the high Office since 1902
Leslie is a charter member of EN-
manuel Chapter, Rose Croix, and
Ft. Wayne Consistory of the Scot
| fish Rite, and a trustee of the FIT
Wayne Lodge of Perfection. He also
is past grand commander of the
Grand Commandery knights Temp
lar.
Blue Lodges to Participate
The laying of the corner stone on
Nov. 30 will be one of the outstand-
ing Masonic demonstrations in the
country.
Blue Lodge Masons in the Indian
apolis Jurisdiction of the Scottish
Rite have been invited to partici-
pate in the parade at 2 p. m.
Special invitations have been ex-
tended to councils of Royal and Sc
lect Masters, Chapters of Royal
Arch Masons, Communicates of
Knights Templar, Temples of the
Mystic Shrine, Grottos of the Yelled
Prophets of the Enchanted Realm,
Eastern Star members, and other
Valleys of the Scottish Rite in In
diana.
Scoonover Is In Charge
Edward j. Scoonover, is chairman
of the committee in charge of the
celebration. Other committee men,
bers are the presiding officers of
JIlc lOuI OOQlCo VI IllC IIltS, ElOO l.
Willis, William D. McAbee, Henry
c. Thornton, Marshall T. Levy,
Raul Richey. Walter T. White,
Alfred V. Reschar, Of Anderson;
Albert r. Ross, of Lafayette, and
Robert G.. Mcclure, of Indianapolis.
secretary of the Rite. William H.
Kershner will be grand marshall of
the parade.
The peak Of the days activities
will be reached during the observ-
ance Of the solemn rites of the
Grand Lodge Ritual with the plac-
ing of relics and names of the
members of the corner stone class"
in the corner stone box "in the
northeast corner of the building ac-
cording to Masonic tradition"
Leon McCord to Speak
The first section of the class
started on work Sept. %, and will
receive the degrees each Wednes-
day evening through Nov. %. The
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K. OF C. WILL
HOLD MEMORIAL
Council to Honor Is Who
Died in Last Year.

Indianapolis Council of the
knights of Columbus will hold a
memorial for the sixteen members
who died in the year ending Oct.
1, at the hall, Thirteenth and Del
aware SITS, Monday night.
James E. Deery, grand knight,
will preside. The address will be
given by the Rev. DR.. Henry Dugan,
chaplain at lakewood school, and
the eulogy will be given by Timothy
P. Harrington, past grand knight.
The male quartet from the Cathe-
drae choir will sing.
Brothers to be honored are:
Frank H. Beckman, John T. Magee
Peter M. Hoole, Lee John Kirsch,
John L. Burke, w. H. Tobin, John
Keefe, John E. Casey, John T. Han
rahan, B. j. Sullivan, William G.
Mclaughlin, E. G.. Sphinx, A. H.
Crosby, Y. w. Kennedy, Eugene G,
Granting and John A. Murphy.
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nineteenth and twentieth degrees
were exemplified last Wednesday
and the twenty-first through the
twenty-seventh degrees will be
given next Wednesday.
The second section will receive
degrees from Nov. % through Dec.
2. Last date for receiving petitions
has been set for Nov. 8. according
to Mcclure.
LEON McCord, Montgomery, Ala,
will give the main address at the
convocation banquet at 6 p. M,
FRIDAY. Dec. Q.
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TO FETE
SECRETARY OF
EASTERN Star
Honor Mrs. Nettie Ransford
on 89th Birthday; Serv-
ice Sunday.

Mrs. Nettie Ransford, grand sec
rotary of the Order Of Eastern Star,
will be honored by indianapolis
chapters on her eighty-ninth birth
day Saturday.
Queen Esther chapter, of which
she was the first of 1,700 members
+ to be initiated, fifty-f1ve years ago.
held a reception in the Masonic
Temple. North and Illinois StS.,s
from to 4 p. m. today.
Reception Sunday
Mrs. Earl Fcxworthy, worthy mat
ron, was in charge. Mrs. Fletcher
Boyd, wife of the superintendent of
the Masonic Home at Franklin, sang,
and Miss Olive Killer gave a violin
solo. Mrs. William Swintz and Mrs.
Edward Madinger sang a duet.
Robert Halter also sang and two
pupils of Miss Ruth Kerstlng
danced.
Dinner was to be served at 6 p.
m. followed by stated meeting In
honor of Mrs. Ransford.
The fifteen Eastern Star chapters
of Indianapolis will honor her Sun
day with a reception and program
at the Masonic Home at Franklin.
The Rev. M. A. Farr, pastor of the
Broad Ripple Methodist Episcopal
Church, will give the sermon at p.
m. in the auditorium. Matrons and
patrons will give the play, "The
Story of Ruth" Members attending
the services will give cakes to the
members of the Home.
Here 81 Years
Mrs. Ransford was born Nov. 5,
1888, in Little Falls, N. Y, and
moved to Denver, with her parents
during the gold rush Of '49. She
has a gold ring made from gold
mined near Denver. She has lived
in Indianapolis siXty-seven years.
She has been grand secretary
thirty-thre years, and is the Oldest
past worthy matron Of Queen
Esther. She is a charter member of
the Local Council of Women and
the earliest living president. Mrs.
Ransford is a charter member of
the Indiana Woman's Press Club,
and has been active in work of the
Woman's Relief corps.
Mrs. Ransford has attended every
national convention OF the order.
She was confined to her bed several
months ago as the result of a fall
several years ago.
Started Home Fund
Mrs. Ransford Is generally &C
credited with inaugurating the
building of the Masonic Home at
Franklin. Many years ago she in
stalled a tiny bank in her Office and
made every one deposit pennies
and small change in it when they
called on her.
She told them then she intended
to build Masonic home. The fund
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NOV. 4, 1927

The post recently celebrated it's
second anniversary with ritualisVc
work for a Gloss of eleven cantV
dates Representatives attendef
from Richmond, Kokomo, FN
Wayne, Charlottesville and Terre
Haute.
Frank A. Tabor, Terre Haute, de-
partment commander, gave the
principal address. Eugene Hart,
Richmond, junior department vice
commander, also spoke. Mrs, Fraz-
A. Tabor spoke on activities Of the
auxiliary. More than 1870 attended.
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INSPECT FOUR LODGES
Masonic Gand Instructor to Visit
Decatuer County.

BIZ Times Special
>GREENSBURG, Ind, Nov. a
Four Decatur County Masonic lodges
will be inspected here Nov. %, an
nounces Grand Instructor, Ivory G.
Tolle, Lebanon.
Entered Apprentice degree will be
exemplitied by Clarksburg lodge No.
1874 at p. m. and the Fellow Craft
degree will be given by Viewpoint
lodge No. 255 at 4:30 p. m.
Dinner will be served at $50 p. m
followedby the resumption of work
in the Master Mason degree by the
Greensburg lodge No. SO at 7:30 p.
m. Milford lodge No. 81 is included
in the inspection but will not pre-
sent degree work.
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VETERANS INVITED
Foreign Service Men Will
Hold Open Session.

Convention City post, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, will hold an open
meeting, Nov. 20, in its club rooms,
Castle Hall, 21O E. Ohio ST., for all
who have seen service on foreign
soil
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Masons Banquet Tonight

BIZ Times Special
MARION, Nov. About twenty
five thirty third degree Masons will
attend the George Washington
birthday observance by Marion
lodge, F. and A. M, tonight. John
r. Browne will give the principal
speech at the banquet at $50 p. m.
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grew with the years, until finally :.
Masonic committee was appointed
to supervise the administration Of
the fund. The penny bank is now
one of the relics of the order.
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|. o. O. r. TO GIVE PLAY

Connersville Lodge to Improve
ClaypOol Fairgrounds.
By Times Special
CONNERSVILLE, Nov. 4. 49, Re-
hearsals will start Tuesday for the
benefit play, 'Let's Go to Jericho"
to be staged Dec. 81, by Union
lodge No. 81, Independent Order of
Odd Fellows. Billy Lee, Richmond,
author, will direct the production.
Funds from the show will be used
to improve the Austin B. Claypool
playground and athletic field. More
than 100 persons will take part.
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Mrs. Nettie Ransford, grand Sec
rotary Of the grand lodge Of the
Order of Eastern Star, was hon.
ored today with a reception by
the Queen Esther Chapter, o. E.
S., in commemoration of her
eighty-ninth birthday, Nov. 5.
Fifteen chapters OF indianapolis
will hold exercises Sunday at the
Masonic Home at Franklin, Ind,
The Coconino sun., 1927-11-25
And There Vas No
One to Clean Streets

(Coconino Sun of July %, 1SS6)
Last Saturday evening some 1900
head OF cattle were herded within the
northern limits of our town, and their
constant believing, mingled with the
cries Of the cowboys, kept up such a
racket throughout the night that sleep
IN the vicinity was impossible. Next
morning the cattle were driven right
through the main street, of which thew
held possession for over an hour to
the detriment and obstruction of all
other travel and business, while there
were better and more feasible routes
on either side of town. The cattle
were rendered frantic by the unusual
sight OF houses, engines, cars and
labyrinth of railroad tracks, and only
the utmost efforts on the part of their
drivers prevented a general stam-
pede. We do not know who directed
this drive, but hope such an outrage
will not happen again.
The Coconino sun., 1927-11-25
THIS HISTORY OF FLAGSTAFF
WAS PUBLISHED IN 1887

Ashurst, president; Al. Doyle, treas
urer, and w. G. Stewart, secretary;
and the Arizona Sheep Breeders and
Wool Growers association of which
Harry Fulton is president; w. j. Hill,
treasurer, and c. Fl. Schulz, secretary.
The principal objects of these associ-
alton are to protect the interests of
cattle and sheepmen and to secure
the conviction of any person who may
steal stock that is the property of the
members of the organization.
Mercantile Houses
?. j. Brannen is the pioneer mer-
chant of Flagstaff He came to the
town before the railroad reached here,
and opened branch business for p
B. Brannen & Co., then doing busi-
ness in Prescott. The store at first
was in a tent at Old Town, and when
the railroad was completed to this
point, the firm removed to the site
of the premises now occupied by P.
j. Brannen, and built a fine stone
store. at cost of about $4,000.
Business rapidly increased in the
new location until transactions grew
w DC FC1y Iii I1lC Idll VI
1885, P. B. Brannen died, the busi-
ness at Prescott was closed up and
the interest of the concern centered
at Flagstaff, where it has been con-
Quoted by p. j. Brannen. Although
the stone building was thought to be
fireproof, at the conflagration of Feb
ruary IA, 1886, it proved to be no
more secure than lumber building,
and was entirely destroyed, not par
ticle of the stock was saved and the
total loss of stock and building was
over $4,000. Since then new build
ing has been erected, using part of
the old stone masonry. A handsome
brick front has been placed to the
structure, and it is now one Of the
handsomest and most commodious
stores to be found anywhere. 1t is
now fireproof in reality; not a par
ticle of woodwork appears on the out
side when the store is closed, iron
shutters closing all of the doors and
windows and the roof being also made
The Coconino sun., 1927-11-25
THE CHINAMEN
A Mass Meeting of the Citizens Held
and the Chinese Ordered to
Leave Town
(Coconino Sun Of Feb. 27, 1856

(Coconino Sun of Feb. 27, 1886
On Sunday morning considerable
anger was shown on the streets
against the Chinese, who were be-
lieved to be directly or Indirectly the
cause of the fire. About o'clock p.
m. some 25 or 80 men went to the
house of Hop Sing, who was recog-
nized as the leader of the Cinnamon
here, and ordered them all to leave
town within "a hours. The majority
of them went on that evenings west
bound train, leaving only two or three
in town who had business to settle up
or owned property they wanted to dis
pose of. But on Tuesday several OF
them came back again and went to
work. A meeting of the citizens was
then called for Tuesday evening, which
took place out of doors near the old
postoffice corner. W H. Ashurst was
appointed chairman, and several gen
tlemen addressed the meeting, some
of whom defended the Chinese and
urged they be allowed to remain, but
on vote being taken every man pres
ent excepting about three or four
voted that the Chinese must &C" and
a committee of five was appointed by
the chair to see that the decision OF
the meeting was carried out.
Some difficulty was experienced by
the committee at the Aver Lumber
mills, where several Cinnamon are
employed as domestics. The difficulty
of obtaining white help made the resi-
dents of mill town object to parting
with their servants, but this hitch was
arranged by the Cinnamon at mill
town being allowed to stay until fe-
male domestics could be procured to
fill their places.
The Coconino sun., 1927-11-25
Miserable MiscreGnts
MOOch Mans Mule
(Coconino Sun of Nov. 13. 1886)

(Coconino Sun of Nov Is. 1867
Last Tuesday night Judge ]. A.
Marshall, whose ranch is some nine
miles from town, and who had come
to attend the election, tied the mule
he was riding to post in front of
Kilpatrick's store. About nine o'clock
that night, intending to return home,
he found that some cowardly mis-
creant had cut the hitching strap, and
the mule was gone. Naturally think
ing%that, if not stolen, the mule had
gone home, he borrowed another rid
ing animal and went there to find him,
and spent the whole day visiting the
neighboring ranches without success,
and finally about dark returned to
town. When relating the circum-
stances to some friends, he was in
formed that his mule had been seen
quietly grazing in Brannen's pasture
The judge went there and found the
animal, bridled and saddled, just as
he was left, with the exception of
the cut strap. Thus quiet, peace
able citizen lost a whole day of valu-
able time, and suffered much hardship
and worriment of body and mind, to
crafty the destructive instincts of
some low, cowardly beast in human
shape. There are a few such in this
town, and they are marked, and if
caught in an infraction of the law
they should be punished to its ex-
tremity, else the citizens will take the
matter in hand and deal with them
bodily.
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CONTINUED from Page one)

rage O0oJ
JOS. D. BelD are young and enter
prising sheepmen. Their flocks are
near the Little Colorado, which in an
excellent winter range. This firm
commenced the business but short
time ago, but they are plucky and
Industrious boys, and a fortune is in
store for them in the near future.
Ralph Cameron is another young
sheepman who has been most success
full during the short time he has been
handling sheep and wool He is also
located near the Colorado river for
the winter season.
Al Doyle has an extensive herd of
cattle on his range at the Mogollon
mountains.
w. NJ Fain is another of our promi-
nent cattle growers of the Mogollons
Acker & Walker have about 1,50O
head of cattle on their Apache Maid
range, in the Mogollons.
Among the sheep breeders here, one
of the most extensive is Harry Full
ton, who owns something like 10000
head.
D. F. Hart's range is on upper
Oak creek, Wnefe ne has Tine band
of cattle. VIM. M. Munds, w. H.
Ashurst, Lockett Bros, G. H. Schulz,
John Clark, P. B. Rumsey, Harry
Marvin. Mehrens & Sherman, w. E.
Lockwood, w. d. Black, w. G. Stew
art, John Marshall, Lot Smith, the
Aztec company, Messrs. Rosildo, Tap
pan, Howell, Reamer and the Perrin
Land and Cattle company and others
are among the prominent cattle and
sheep growers of this section of Ari-
Zona.
The most extensive horse breeders
are James Allen, the Mormondairy
company, Philip Hull, Acker & Walk
er, Brannen, Finney & Brannen, Mer-
ems & Sherman, Harry Fulton, j. p
Williams and the Arizona Cattle
company.
There are two associations in con-
nection with the cattle interests -
The Mogollon Live Stock Protective
association, the officers being w. H
The Coconino sun., 1927-11-25
THE ARIZONA NIGHTINGALE

(Coconino Sun of Sept. IS, 1886)
The burro is a condensed iackass.
He is little all over except his ears
and voice. He has long hair all over
his body, four legs, two ears and one
tail. AS vocalist the burro stands
without rival. He starts off with
low, sweet, "Oh-he-hy-he, haw he, haw
haw haw he hawl" and keeps it up
until you tremble for his life; and lust
as you think he will surely stop, or die
and get out of misery, he disappoints
all your fond expectations by turning
on little more sound, reversing the
action, and retracting all that he has
just said. A vocal solo rendered by
an equipped burro is an experience
never to be forgotten I have seen
strong men moved to tears as they
listened to his sweet but melancholy
cadence-because they had no club or
battering ram with which to show
their appreciation and soothe their
perturbed spirits. The burro can not
sing without raising his tail. AS his
vocal chords timber up, his tail as
cends until it is extended IN a hori-
Zontal straight line, and from the tip
of his nose to the tip of his tail he
is one continuous. harmonious, exult-
ant wave of sound.