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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-11-26
SOUNDS FAMILIAR

In the field Of stage and movies,
And In affairs Of the heart,
She says after they are married:
81 love George, but I'm devoted to
my art"
Then. in tho course Of a short time,
When their affairs get phOBey,
You read. In the papers. that
The court awarded her $4,000 a
year aiimOny."
GAMBLING GUS.
, 1927-08-17
CUTS OFF "a MIL
LION ASSESSED VALUATION
State Board Hands Down a Leng-
thy Opinion Which Brings Out
some Fine Points-Decides
What is Taxable-Fifteen
Million Dollars In
One Case

The state board of equalization
last week cut $4,000, 900 from the
assessed valuation of oil properties
in Natrona county. as approved by
the Natrona board of county com
missioners, which may have some.
thing to do with an increase in
state taxes.
Properties of 16 oil companies
were involved in the appeal to the
state board. asking cancellations of
increases which had been made by
the board. There is a chance that
this may yet go into the courts.
But in spite of this the assessed
valuation of Wyoming has jumped
five millions over last year. accord
ing to Claude Draper, president of
the board, because of taxation for
the first time in the states history
of the raw materials and manufac-
'tured products.
In a. signed statement he explain
ed the action of the board on ap-
peal of 16 oil operating. companies
from valuations set for taxation of
their property by the Natruna coun-
ty board of commissioners.
$15,O00,O00 Involved In case
This presented questions in
volving a sum of $4,9S7, 500 for cas-
ing in the well and 10 million dol
lars for the oil run from the well
through the refinery. o. a total of
$14,sS7.500 as to properties never
before taxed" the statement said,
land $4.0S7,001 increases in the
valuations admittedly taxable proper
ties. or a total of $19,o74,236 COM
planned of by the appellants
During the hearing before the
board the appellants withdrew their
appeals on increases in values OF
tanks. pipe lines and pumping rigs.
aggregating s2.310.265, leaving 81
.776,766 increases In valuations to
be considered, aside from the casing
in the we'll and crude oil, 1t is
said.
Board Decides What is Taxable
The board in a lengthy opinion
held that the easing in the we'll is
not taxable as such, but it has been
taxed in the gross product tax,
which under. the constitution Is in
lieu of the tax on land.
The oil run directly from the
well through the refinery has been
taxed rs part of the realty tax
The oil held in storage for one
year after 1t has been taxed in the
gross production tax as part of the
realty is taxable as manufacturers
raw material.
The manufactured product-gaso-
line, etc.-is taxable and the board
ordered these last two items taxed
as of the value Of $3.9e6,333.
Some adjustments were made as
to the increases in values. 1t was
said.
, 1927-08-17
CHRIST CHURCH
Arthur H. Beatty

Eight a. m, morning services.
During the summer we find the
500 o'clock morning service is
very well attended. The service
lasts only half an hour.
, 1927-08-17

1t may be that the mills Of the.
gods grind slowly because they get
paid for overtime.
, 1927-08-17

The Road Appraisers which were appointed to view TIL public
road paitoned for by E. T. Fuson, ct al, reported as follows: $3.50
That Emil H. Steiser will sustain damages to the amount of
100000 and the County to build the fence needed. Said above road
was ordered established according to the petition. A
A Petition for a Public Road signed by w. o. Sanzenbacker ct al,
was ordered advertised; the County Surveyor a ordered to survey
said road
The Commissioners of the following irrigation districts. shoshone
Irrigation District. The Cody Canal Irrigation District, presented their
Assessment Rolls of their respective districts showing description of
The County Commissioners examined said assessment rolls ana upon
all. lands in said districts. and the amount assessed against ZACH tract
motion by Aldnch, seconded by Phelps, and carried, approved each
assessment roll. a IS to form. and ordered sam certified to the County
Assessor. ave. feraHaA L
Upon motion, made and duly carried. a n order was made estab-
fishing and fixing the zlevies for Park County, Wyoming, for 1927,
, 1927-08-17

The proceedings of a regular meeting OF the Board Of Count
commissioner Of Park County, held at Cody, Wyoming, August End
and 3d A. D. 1927.
The Board met n its office, August End. there being nresent
w. G. Wilkins. Chairman, Eugene Phelps, S. w. Aldrch. Commissioner
and Bertha M. Rousseau. County Clerk.
The minutes of the las regular meeting we're red I'M approved:
The following accounts were allowed and ordered maid.
, 1927-08-17

D. M. Baker, Deputy Sheriff. to $4,000. SD
The SemiAnnual report raj ordered dvertsed
The following rebates were allowed: eNHt 20 $3.50.
Geo. ]. Soth, for year 1925, erroneous assessment amount NV lS0v
Crawford, for rel 1926, erroneous assessment amount S6S
The following rebate was disallowed:
First National Bank, Powell, for the year 1926. -
The County Surveyor a ordered to survey the petuoned Tor
by j r. Golf ct all; and said road was ordered advertised.
After considering the application Of the on Fields Power Co.
highways in Park County, it was moved by Phelps. seconded a. by
along certain highways mentioned in application, providing they
cut n o treee, nor damage and private property, without the individuals
consent. ~af ~ 8 aseTs-#s 4ysA.@H e9HsI
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15
Game Licenses Net
Arizona S44,312.5O

More than 5,150,OO0 hunting IL
censes were taken out during the sea-
son 1925-26 by sportsmen throughout
the United States, including Alaska,
and the returns to state treasures
amounted to more than $6,800,OO0.
Although data are lacking from four
states, detailed figures for the sea-
son compiled by the biological survey
of the United States department of
agriculture show increases in the
numbers of licenses issued and fees
received over the two years preced-
ing. In the 1923-24 season, the IL
censes numbered 4,395,038 and the
fees paid were $5,594,982 One year
later 4,904,74O hunters paid for their
licenses a total of $6,19O, ,S63.94. Dur
ing the 1925-26 season the license
figures were 5,168,353 and the fees
paid totaled $6,872,812.59. Pennsyl-
vania with 525,045 licenses and fees
of $646, ,467.25 headed the list both in
licenses and returns to the state
treasury.
In Arizona for the 1925-26 season,
there were 29,738 resident and 388
nonresident licenses issued for which
$44, ,312.50 was received.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15
Hunt On for Old
Mines Near Clifton

Al lost mine and treasure vault
which have baffled prospectors for 81
years and more than ton of gold
dust and nuggets worth in excess OF
$1,000 buried by prospectors In the
early eighties when about to be at
tackled by Apache Indians are the OBJ
iectives of two gold rushes now on
east and north of Clifton
At least Is men have gone insane
trying to find the lost mine, known
as adams" Diggings," supposed to
be located some place between Cliff
ton and the Mogollon country IN New
Mexico, and one man is said to have
shot himself because he had sworn he
would find that mine or die.
The annual hunt for the Adams
diggings started earlier this year than
usual, according to Dud Eldridge, q
cattleman on Dix creek, northeast of
Clifton, resident of that country
since 1887. He recalls the story OF the
diggings, that Adams, his partner and
eight other prospectors with a burro
pack left Tucson in 1875, bore off up
the Gila river to some point, and then
went north until they struck fabu-
Elously rich placer beds. They washed
out several fortunes. Then the eight
men returned to Tucson for supplies
while Adams and his partner re-
mained. The buried the most OF the
gold under a cabin erected near the
diggings.
In the absence Of the eight men
Apache Indians attacked Adams and
his partner, killed his partner and
scalped Adams. Adams wandered
back to Tucson and later went to Cali
fornfa. News Of the great placer dis
covery spread but nobody could find
the way there. Adams himself was
brought back from California by
| friends and taken into the country east
fof Clifton, .but he could tell nothing
at all, and he could not find the way 1
said Eldridge. Since that day until
| this search has been made for the
Adams diggings and the buried gold
dust, but in vain.
The other rush involves what Eld-
ridge saws ssis considerably more than
| 100000 in gold dust and nuggets, II
stories handed down by word OF
mouth can be depended upon" Ed
ridges version follows: A party OF
/ about 20 American and Mexican pros
pectors with heavy burro pack were
en- route from rich placers in the Mo-
gollon country to Clifton when they
/ discovered they were observed BY
Apache Indians. In their pack they
had this fortune, more than ton Of
gold. which they buried for safe keep
ing either near Chimney rock or II
Slate Rock canyon on the Geronimo
trail. Is miles northeast of Clifton.
Nobody has ever been able to fine
this buried treasure, although ole
timers insist that it is there.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15
Dog Guards Dead
Body of Master

Guarded by his dog Of nameless
pedigree, the body Of George Champ,
Tucson junk man, was found last
Thursday night in small adobe
shack at the end of Anita street,
Tucson where the man died victim
Of dropsy.
Told of the dead man by small
boy, Captain Mark Robins and. De-
tective Jesus Comacho of the Tucson
police force went to the hut with an
ambulance from mortuary. The dog,
lying on the body of his master, had
kept the curious from entering the
room where the body lay, bystanders
told the police.
Comacho spoke to the dog and
entered. The four-footed guard eyed
him donbtfully, but maintained its
position until the men with the
stretcher started to lift it to carry the
body from the house.
AS the strecher was lifted the dog
growled and leaped, snatching at the
arm Of w. H. Rice with its teeth, and
it was only after it. was driven away
that the body could be removed to the
ambulance. Champ, according to the
people who lived near, had been III for
some time and had not been able to
get medical attention.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15
FOrbOrO School
Directors Confer

A conference in Prescott between
M. B. Hazeltine of the Bank of Ari-
IONA and the Hassayampa Hotel Co.,
and DR.. v. M. Slipher, director of the
Lowell observatory at Flagstaff, dealt
with the work to be done this season
by the Foxboro Prep school, newly
created Northern Arizona asset on the
Mogollon Rim in Clay Park.
Both gentlemen are directors Of the
school policies and programs.
The prep school undertakes to take
Young men and give them an in
yigorating life in the great outdoors.
Located among the pines and spruces
in the most beautiful part of Arizona,
the institution is going to prepare the
youth Of the land for life by giving
them wonderful physical stamina to
90 along with intellect and character
Al number of Prescott men are
members of the organization which
was started by a wealthy easterner
with the idea of a sturdy body and q
clean fresh mind for the youngsters
who will patronize the institution.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15

Thus it happens that our warmest
climatic zenes are also the driest, and
the coolest zones are the wettest.
Consequently, tree which requires
considerable heat must be relatively
drought resistant, and one which
demands abundant moisture must
have low heat requirements. These
laws determine the natural distribut-
ion of our forest trees. Western
yellow pine, the pinon and the juni-
pers, or cedars as they are commonly
called, all require q fairly warm
climate. It is not that they are par
ticularIy sensitice To low temperature,
but that they require heat energy in
order to carry on certain life pro-
cesses. In addition to water and soil
elements, a plant must have food
which is elaborated by the leaves in
the presence of sunshine and heat.
The western yellow pine, the pinons
and the jumpers cannot grow in the
high mountains because the daylight
hours are too cool. Spruce and fir
grow there because they require
relatively little heat. These species,
however, cannot grow in the low alti-
tudes because the soil is too dry for
them.
When western yellow pine or other
heat demanding species are trans
planted to the Douglas fir of Engle-
mann spruce type, they may live for
few years but they soon show signs
of abnormal development, such as
short needles, slender stems and a
pale color. It's only matter OF time
until they succumb. When the
spruces and frs are brought down to
the yellow pine type, if it happens to
be a wet year they grow beautifully,
but when a protracted drought comes
they are almost sure to die The high
altitude species can be successfully
transplanted to the low attitudes
under irrigation, but the low altitude
species can not be transplanted to the
high attitudes because usually 1T is
impractical to supply the necessary
heat.
By relating the presence or absence
of the various species to climatic
records, it is possible to indicate their
heat and moisture requirements with
fair degree Of precision. Converse
ly, knowing the requirements Of q
species, its presence on any site Is
pretty good index of the climate and
soil conditions prevailing there. The
practical application of this relation
ship is obvious. Moreover, it Is not
| limited to trees, for all plants are
more or less accurate indications OF
the character of their environment.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15
Three Men Hurt
In Car SnGshup

Two large cars, one coach and the
other a passenger touring car,
travelling at a nice clip on the jerome
road between the Jerome-Ash Fork
highway intersection and the under
pass beneath the Santa Fe railroad
tracks, near Prescott, smashed head
on Sunday night about o'clock. Both
cars were badly damaged and three
men. were hurt.
Albert Sharpshire, % years old
bookkeeper for the T. F. Miller COM
pany department store in Jerome, was
the most seriously hurt of the three
He lies in Mercy hospital at Prescott
with q fractured skull, four broken
fingers, lacerated right hand and leg
and bad bruises over his body. He
was riding in the coach, headed to-
wards Prescott.
Jack HI. Hampel, 27 years old, cleo
trician for the United Verde Copper
company in Clarkdale, was driving
the coach. He has a black eye, cuts
about the face, neck and hands from
flying glass, and body bruises.
Elmer Porter, negro, was driving
the large touring car, headed foi
Jerome. He is employed as q baker
in the Jerome Baking company, and
was returning from a visit to his
home in Kansas City where he has
been since a few days before Christ
mas.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15
FILE DAMAGE SUITS AS
RESULT OF AUTO WRECK

Attorneys Isaac Beard of Albu-
querque and Dodd L. Greer of St
Johns, representing B. Y. Duke and
children, have filed two suits for
damages as the outcome Of the auto
wreck on March 10, in which Mrs
Duke was fatally injured and Mr.
Duke sustained serious injuries.
B. Y. Duke was appointed special
administrator of the estate of his de-
ceased wife, Minnie L. Duke. One
suit is filed for $4,000 against Mrs
Louise C. Porter, wealthy widow OF
John H. Porter, Denver, Colo, and
Carl Mineer Of st. Johns. For this
claim the Packard car of Mrs. Porter
which figured in the wreck, has beer
attached.
The other suit filed is for $4,000
in behalf of B. Y. Duke as special adj
ministrator and his seven children
Mrs. Martha Cowley, Hugh Duke
Mrs. Jeffie Brown, Charley, Wallace
Earl and Marguerite Duke. This suit
also is filed against Mrs. Louise c.
Porter and Mr.. Carl Mineer.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15
Spring Lambs
Net Big Prices

Arizona early spring lambs jumped
into the spotlight of public attention
last week when several carloads sold
on the Kansas City market for $3.50
per hundred pounds, the highest that
has been paid for many years. Some
authorities here claim it is the nigh
est that has ever been paid.
Lou Charlebois sold two carloads
from Salt River valley for S18.40 per
hundred, and two cars OF Morltz lake
lambs for $3.50. The lambs av-
eraged IA paounds each, bringing
approximately $14 per head.
Jim Scott, another valley wool
grower, sold II carloads, double
decked, for $17.25 per hundred, and
Fred Porter disposed of several car
loads at $1760, his lamos also aver
aging "a pounds.
The high prices began to drop last
week, however, as more lambs reached
the market, but are expected to re-
main good throughout the spring
movement from Arizona.
Approximately $4,000 early lambs
have already moved out Of Arizona,
and 25. 900 more are expected to move
before April 20. A second crop OF
10000 later spring lambs will be
ready for market by June l, according
to M. R. Wells, agricultural statistl-
clan for the United States department
of agriculture, who has checked up on
the situation.
The shipments of early lambs this
year win exceed those Of last year by
I. 900. It is estimated, the increase
haino due largely to the perfect con-
ditions on the desert ranges last
winter and this spring. All early
lambs are averaging heavier than 72
Mounds and most cf them III the state
are ready to ship. Practically all of
the carly movement will occur before
Anril 20. or by May / at the latest,
Wells believes.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15
Boulder Canyon Propaganda AS
Spread Back East By California

Not long ago the Journal Tribune
drew attention to certain inaccuracies
IN an article on the Colorado River
controversy published by the sup
posedly infallible Literary Digest.
Now comes the staid old Youths
Companion with an editorial on "The
Boulder Canyon Dam" which ihdi-
Gates that the intelligentiza of New
England are wofully ignorant on
various matters that have become
familiar to every Arizonan.
In its issue of March 81 the Com
panion editor, in commenting upon
proposed dam at Boulder Dam, got
off the following:
"Such a dam would create a reser-
voir that would contain enough water
to irrigate 7,120,000 acres of rainless
or nearly rainless land-an area con-
siderably greater than the fertile land
Of Egypt; it would control the
occasionally disastrous floods to which
the Imperial Valley and other districts
along the lower course of the river
are subject; and it would be capable Of
producing the enormous quantity of
| IL 100000 horsepower of electrical
energy"
Well Well! That Boulder dam
proposition is even bigger than we
thought. We knew it was something
stable, butt, 10000 acres and H.
100000 horsepower Hot dog!
It is barely possible that the Com
panion editor means, if he means any
! thing, that water stored behind the
Boulder dam would irr-gate 1920
600 acres once over. So far as keep
| ing such an area irrigated and pro-
ductive, from years end to years END
well, it is barely possible that the
gentleman up in Boston has his sights
raised little too high. But we don't
expect those New Englandeds tx
know so awfully much about the duty
of water.
Eleven million horsepower, too. AL
from one dam. Yes, sir; its going
1 to be an "enormous" dam.
The greatest amount of electricity
which any engineer has estimatec
can be generated along what we cal
| the Grand Canyon is 100000 horse
power. Others say that 5,000,00(
horsepower will never be exceeded
bue we never worried about tha
because if we can distribute and make
use Of 100000 horsepower thi:
section will throw even New Englant
i into the shade as a manufacturing
country.
1t is possible that the writer Of tina
leditorial heard the 100000 and 5000
900 estimates at different times, adde'
them together and announced tn
result as the power to be harncSsed q
i Boulder Canyon alone.
4 Farther along in the same articl
4 the declaration is made that while tn
i Swing-Johnson bill was up in Con
gress, "Arizona put in a claim for g.
annual payment of $6,000,000 yea
/ in return for consent to the generation
of electrical power at the dam."
:" annual payment of $4,000,
900 year" is surprisingly poor gram
mar to come from Boston. The mean
ing of the statement, however, i
I made doubly clear. Arizona's attitud
could not be more completely mis-
represented.
Not only the Literary Digest ant
the Youths Companion, but also man,
of the largest papers of the natio,
are decidedly "off". in the Colorad
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15
FAULKNER CONVICTED
OF TRYING TO WRECK
GOLDEN STATE LIMITED

Joe Faulkner, 81, of ella Bend,
Ariz., was found guilty Saturday IN
the Maricopa county superior court
of attempted train wreeklng IA capl,
tai crime in Arizonal by Jqry ana
sentenced to from 70 70 90 years III
the state prison at Florence.
Faulkner was on trial Tor tne At
tempted wrecking OF the Golden state
Limited, prize train OF the SouIhefn
Pacific railroad and among tne Ilnest
in ths southwest on the night of No
veraber 8. 1926, when he opened a
switch four miles west of ella Bend,
which is SO miles west of Phoenix.
Faulkner, according to testimony Civ
en- atE the trial, was arrested Novem-
ber 14, about 1:30 p. m. beside camp
fire iii the desert.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15
Nogales Latest In
Gold Rush Field

Nogales was the latest one to
succumb to gold fever when it was
reported that rich strike had been
made in the Gold Hill property, five
miles north of Nogales, by miners who
exposed an old shaft, presumably
dating back to the days of the Fran
ciscan padres.
More than $4,000 in free gold,
in the ancient drift, it was reported.
It is presumed the padres, who were
working the mine were surprised by
Indians and hastily departed, leaving
the gold behind them.
The discovery was made when
blasts shattered wall and exposed
the old workings. The timbers in the
shaft were made of mesquite wood
and holes in the quartz walls showed
that those who worked the mine re-
sorted to the old method of using lime
and water in their mining operations.
Operators of the mine are now
working to the mouth of the shaft and
expect to discover the original high
grade vein from which the free gold
evidently came.
Immediately after the discovery,
an armed patrol was placed on guard
at the mine. News of the find soon
filtered through to Nogales and an
other gold rush was on. At least TOO
persons have joined the rush to Gold
Hill to stake out claims.
Meanwhile the ancient records at
San Xavier mission, Tucson, are
being scanned in an effort to find
further information regarding min
ing operations of the padres in the
Nogales district.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15
DEATH WAS SUICIDE
SAYS CORONER'S JURY

That James P. Roberts, branch
manager of an auto equipment COM
pany of Ell Centre, Calf, had come to
his death from a inflicted gum
shot wound" near Tucson, was found
by the coroner's jury who investigated
the facts surrounding the death of the
suicide, Monday afternoon.
In the mass of evidence Offered, the
fact was revealed that Roberts faced
charge of einbezzlement in FL Cen
tro. his home. One warrant charging
q shortage of S246.30 had been filed
by representative of the auto equip
ment company by whom Roberts was
employed, which was designed to
hold Roberts, pending more COM
pletc check of his accounts. Roberts
left Ell Centre before this warrant
could be served.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15
NEGRO WORKERS AT McNARY
ENGAGE I'M SHOTGUN BATTLE

It was learned here Thursday that
the reported negro killing at McNary
Monday in q quarrel was unfounded,
and that the two negro mill employees
shot each other in the arm and hand.
DR.. Wilson stated that he dressed the
wound of one of the colored men, who
was shot in the right arm with a
shotgun. shattering the arm. The
other man was shot with a .S2 caliber
revolver through the hand Holbrook
Tribune.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15

River information they give to their
readers.
The Colorado River issue is the
first Of national import in which
Arizonans- have had a direct personal
interest. They are beginning to Won
der j fthe press is as inaccurate in re-
cording and commenting upon other
public matters as it is upon this
Mesa Journal Tribune.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15

clip continues to move to Boston on
consignment as it is sheared The
Boston market appears rather slug
gish slt this time.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15

"Don't expose your ignorance
"Why not? What better way is
there to get rid of it,"