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The Coconino sun., 1927-08-26
SUCCESS WAS KEYNOTE
OF ANNUAL EXPOSITION
HELD HERE LAST WEEK

COconinO county's second annual ex-
position came to close last Thursday
night after a three-day successful
showing at the local armory and when
final check was made of attendance
it was found that 1925 people had
passed through the gate. No finan-
cial statement has been given out by
the Chamber of Commerce under
whose auspices the exposition was
given, but according to Margaret
Stewart, secretary, the monetary re-
turns will be up to expectations. The
funds derived from the affair will be
devoted to Chamber of Commerce
work
The greatest number Of people at
tended the exposition the last night
to be on hand when the score Of at
tractive prizes offered by exhibitors
and the Chamber of Commerce were
drawn. Prizes by the Chamber of
Commerce are as follows:
Most popular baby first, Gloria
Marsh, enlargement from Carson's
studio; second Betty Jean Dickinson,
kiddie-kar from Switzer's hardware;
third, Claude Phelan, Jr., wagon from
Rabbits; fourth, Ole Solberg, Jr.,
chair from ]. c. Penney CO., and fifth,
Dwight Eugene Womack, sulky from
Flagstaff Furniture company.
Booth prize winners-First, Babbitt
Brothers Trading company. Honor
able mention, Carson studio, W. H.
Switzer, Flagstaff Furniture company,
Rickels Market and Gassman's Mems
shop.
Door prize winner for the first
night was Mrs. NJ E. Tackitt. Second
and third night winners are unknown.
Vaudeville contest winners we're
First night, Catherine Beckwith; sec
ond night Miss Stallings; third night
was a tie between June Tissaw and
Harriette Paul.
An attractive list of prizes were
offered to those attending the exposl-
tion by the exhibitors as follows:
Babbitt Brothers Trading company
Basket of groceries, Frank Good
man; pan of cinnamon rolls, Miss
Naomi Dinsmore. Ten sacks of flour
and one basket of groceries were used
as prizes nightly by Rabbits.
Sid Gassman-Stetson hat, Fred
Browning.
Kim products gave many attractive
prizes every night.
Pilkington Motor company-India
tire, Garcia Labota.
Rickel's market-bacon, Mrs. Betsy
Fransen; boxes of mixed fruit, Mrs.
Wall; five pounds coffee, Col. George
Hohcderffer; ham, Allan Cree.
E. D. Babbitt Motor company-S25
in merchandise for one guessing
nearest to prices on new Ford coupe
and Ford roadster when such prices
are announced.
Flagstaff Electric company-waffle
iron, Miss Lorraine Allen.
Singer Sewing Machine company
miniature Singer, Miss Cecilia Proch-
now.
The Coconino sun., 1927-08-26
Sells Stolen Piano:
NOU Resides At Jail

They'll steal anything nowadays, is
the verdict of S. D. Sanford, who re-
turned here last week from Louisiana
to see about some furniture he had
stored in a vacant building in the rear
of the Coils Mayflower, residence.
When he came to check up on his
property he found piano missing
and Immediately called the sheriff,
who found that the instrument had
been sold by A. T. Underwood to a
man working in one of the local ga
RACES. Underwood claimed the piano
had been sold to him by George Lee
several months ago. Until it is cleared
up Underwood will be hold on bond of
$1,000 in county Jail. No clue can be
found of Lees whereabouts to sub
stantiate Underwood's story that he
purchased the piano. Unless Under
wood is cleared by Lee he will go on
trial in superior court at its next ses-
sion.
The Coconino sun., 1927-08-26
CANFIELD AND STEVENSON
TOUR KAIBAB COUNTRY

George C. Garfield, manager Hotel
Monte Vista, and Walter Stevenson,
contractor, returned Sunday night aft
er a week on the reservation. They
went over Lees Ferry and through the
Kaibab forest to the site of the new
Union Pacific hotel on the north rim.
Business was responsible for the ex-
cursion.
Work on the new hotel on the north
rim is progressing rapidly. Seventy
five deluxe cottages are being con-
structed in a semi-circle around the
face of a promontory jutting into
Grand Canyon, their floors flush with
the top of the cliff. The hotel will
occupy the center of the circle.
Mr.. Garfield says he never rode
over more perfect boulevards than
those from the north border to the rim
and through the Kaibab forest from
Jacobs Well west. Abundant rains
made the forest veritable park IN
which fat deer are as common as rab-
bits. Some time was spent catching
salmon trout in streams north OF the
Colorado river.
The Coconino sun., 1927-08-26
Vast improvements Made In
City Streets During Past Year

Fine to corner Of Ft. Valley road; sur
faced Elm from Beaver to Le-
roux; resurfaced Riordan way from
pavement two blocks east; Tombstone
avenue one block west from Paul Rod
riquez store; South San Francisco
street was greatly improved when
faced from the Santa Fe tracks to
one block across River de Flag; four
blocks in City park were graded and
surfaced; wooden culvert on Santa
Fe avenue was replaced by concrete
pipes; the east and west alley just
north of Santa Fe avenue running be-
streets, which had been low and where
drainage water had been wont to
stand for long time was graded and
drained the pavement on Milton road
from the training school for three
blocks west was widened from small
margin in places to an average of four
feet on both sides; the east end of the
pavement between the Shell oil and
Standard oil plants was Widened with
surplus material from graded streets
from a minimum of 18 inches to eight
feet on both sides; the Lake Mary road
from the pavement to the city limits
was given a surface of gravel brought
from Slaughter House hill, making it
almost as good as pavement; the bad
quarter of a mile of mud holes from
the mountain boulevard to the city
reservoirs was drained, filled and sur
faced; while paving repairs through
out the city were made.
David Babbitt and j. R. Cooper are
making marked improvement on their
property on the north side of Aspen
avenue from Agassiz to Elden avenue
by the laying of sidewalks. Dave Bah
bitt and w. H. Switzer are improving
their property on the east side of
North Verde from Aspen avenue to
Birch avenue with sidewalks, curbs
and cutters though the street is not
yet opened. This will be done by the
city next spring, as it is included in
the present fiscal budget.
Weeds along uncurbed cutters were
cut this past week by the city mower
while property owners continued the
good work by pulling weeds and gen
orally putting their places in order.
Garden and wild flowers, the latter
especially, were never so abundant
nor luxuriant as this summer.
City Engineer Goodman says that if
property owners would put in curbs
and cutters now the paving costs
would be reduced one-fourth, making
the burden much easier, while the cost
to the city of maintenance of streets
would be greatly lessened. Curbing
and cutters would help the looks of
the city in general more than any 9TH
er one thing, and be of immediate
benefit. The tendency all over town
is to assist the city in every way to
help the looks of the town, civic pride
is increasing to a remarkable extent,
possibly due to the abundant and
cheap water supply as well as to the
organized city beautiful campaigns.
The Coconino sun., 1927-08-26
Dean Scarlet At
Epiphany Sunday


Dean William Scarlet has accepted
an invitation to preach at the morn
ing service at Epiphany Episcopal
church next Sunday morning at the
eleven o'clock service.
DR.. Scarlet is dean of Christ
Church cathedral, St. Louis, the his
toric old parish of that city dating
back to the early days of the settle
ment of Missouri. He was called there
as dean after building up the cathedral
parish of Trinity at Phoenix to a
commanding position of Importance.
Dean Scarlet owns summer cabin
at Grand Canyon, and often spends
his summer vacation in Arizona, which
he regards as his other home. His
many friends in Flagstaff will no
doubt be present on Sunday to assure
him of the permanent place he holds
in their affections.
The Coconino sun., 1927-08-26
PAT NATHAN THINKS
ARIZONA GOOD STATE

Pat Nathan of Tucson, one Of the
old G.. 0. P. war horses of Pima
county, accompanied by Mrs. Nathan,
has been in the city the past week
making the circuit of points of inter-
est with a view of ascertaining wheth-
er or not northern Arizona is as adj
vertised. Pat, while G. 0. P. war
boss, is not politician, for he wars
without a hackamore sans bltt, and
his visit up into the northern wilds
demonstrates that he is Statesman"
loyal to all parts of his state. Like
many a southern visitor, Pat was as
founded by the number of states rep
resented by auto tourists at Grand
Canyon and along the National Old
Trails highway Il never fully real
lied before what a great advertising
medium the Grand Canyon has been
for Arizona. Too few of our folks
down south have taken the trouble to
explore the northern part of the state.
If thew would the election returns
would show a vast change. Why, we
know down in the southern part OF the
state that we haven't even started the
development we know IS bound to come
and up here-there's background for
every business interest to cultivate IN
their own personal interest" he de-
clared.
"When all real Arizonans concen-
trate on the development of Arizona
instead of attempting to peddle it out
as a political step-child, you will find
that it will finance itself, govern it.
self, rid itself of its bad publicity rec
ord and build itself into state where
men and women count more than
money" said Pat Nathan.
The Coconino sun., 1927-08-26
North Rim of Canyon
Is The Coolest Spot

Warm weather prevailed over the
state during the week with but mod
erately cool nights; there were heavy
rains in the Douglas, Nogales, and
Prescott sections and generally light
to moderate rains elsewhere On the
whole, stock water is sufficient, the
ranges are in good condition, refreshed
by occasional showers, and livestock
in all sections is reported to be from
good to excellent. In southwestern
New Mexico there was also a heavy
rain at Fort Bayard, and the observer
states that frequent showers occurred,
and that grass and cattle are excel
lent. On the north rim of the Grand
Canyon temperature of 36 degrees,
or above freezing, was reported. A
rain of nearly 2.25 inches fell at Pres
cott In the Seligman district only
moderate rain fell, but stock are good
and water is ample. Stock and range
are good at Williams and excellent at
Whiteriver Range and stock are good
at Holbrook, and water is sufficient.
In the Salt River valley agricultural
activities were at the seasonal halt
outside of some alfalfa seed harvest,
and cantaloupe shipments are prac-
tically over. Cotton made satisfactory
progress. In the Yuma section cotton
advanced normally with the warm
weather. Alfalfa seed harvest contin-
ues. There is some advance plowlng
for the sowing of lettuce.
The Coconino sun., 1927-08-26
Flagstaff Trap Men
At Williams Sunday

Flagstaff trapshooters took in the
Williams registered shoot on Sunday,
those from here being Wild, Ed and
Buster Raudebaugh, Frank M. Gold,
Lefty Lewis, Joe Tissaw, Pete Sol
berg, Nate Bankhead, George After
bury, Loren Cress, Mr.. Davis and Billy
Mullen.
c. A. Ray and DR.. P. Y. Melick tied
with 96 in 100 birds and the doctor
won the shoot-off.
Lefty Lewis, Wild Raudebaugh, Bob
Truman of Phoenix and Nate Bank
head tied for second, each with "a,
and let the following 50-bird handi-
cap decide it, Lefty winning.
Frank Gold and Pete Solbere., each
with 46 out of so, tied for first in the
handicap and will shoot it off at the
next Flagstaff shoot. Lefty Lewis
and DR.. Melick tied for second in the
handicap and took % birds each to
shoot it off, Lefty from the 22yard
line and DR.. Melick from the 19-yard.
Lefty got all of his birds, the doctor
dropping one.
Buster Raudebaugh won the miss
ing-out event,
The Coconino sun., 1927-08-26
SOMETHING TO SEE In
HOPLAND BESIDES THE
FAMOUS SNAKE DANCES

Attendance at the two Hopi Indian
snake dances this week was as heavy
as in previous years, perhaps heavier,
but being divided pretty evenly be-
tween the two-the one at Mishong-
novi on Sunday and the other at Walpi
on Tuesday-made it more comfort
able for all.
Both were good dances. The one at
Mishongnovi, usually unadvertised and
drawing very few people, had about
1900 spectators, two-thirds of the
Flagstaff people who went taking in
that one because of its being held on
Sunday.
Mishingnovi's dance was pro-
nounced by reservation people who
see most of them as the best snake
dance in many years. There were 30
odd dancers, a majority being of the
snake clan. The leader of the ante
lope clan was an aged albino Hopi, of
the albino family first noted there by
a government scientist about 80 years
ago.
The roads were fine. Returning,
the writer drove from Oraibi to Flag
staff, 80 miles, in less than four hours.
Mishongnovi is II miles east of Oraibi,
Walpi five miles farther away.
A visit to the reservation is always
fraught with interest. This time the
trip was via Tuba City, Blue Canyon,
Hotevilla and Oraibi
At Tuba Superintendent G. L. Walk
er kindly showed the party Homer
Kooyama's celebrated auditorium cur
tain painting, which has attracted at
tention in art circles all over the
United States.
Mr.. Walker said that the Hopis TAX
en- by Rev. Hugh ("Cowboy Preach
cry Smith to Australia to take part
in the prologue of Zane Grey's 'Van-
ishing American" were greeted by the
Japanese on the islands where they
stopped as of the same race. Indeed,
in several instances, members of the
Hopi troupe had the same family
names as some Of the Japs.
The Japs explained to their Hopi
guests that they were once of one
race, but that depression of land sep
arated the hemispheres and them.
Reverend Mr.. Smith, who was seen
few minutes later, said the Aus
Continued on page six)
The Coconino sun., 1927-08-26
FOREST SUPERVISORS
TO MAKE INSPECTION
OF COCONINO FOREST

The first school of instruction for
forest supervisors from New Mexico
and Arizona is now in session at Fort
Valley. Theory and lecture work are
practically over as well as the prac-
teal demonstrations. Instructors and
pupils are leaving the last of the week
for trip through the southern part
of the Coconino forest, along the Mo-
gollon rim, through the Sitgreaves
forest to McNary, winding up at Hol-
brook August 81. School will end here
with number of social affairs such
as have always brought to climax
forest schools in the past; the most
important will be a dance in the mess
hall at the Southwest forest expert
ment station.
Instructors on the training camp
known in Flagstaff. Heading the list
is Frank c. w. Pooler, district for
ester, Hugh G. Calkins, assistant dis
trict forester, chief of operations in
charge of the training camp; Quincy
Randles, assistant district forester,
chief of silviculture, and Stanley F.
Wilson, assistant in operation-all
from Albuquerque
Supervisors from Arizona forests
include E. G. Miller, Coconino forest;
Kenner Kartchner, Apache forest,
headquarters at Springerville; Fred
erick Winn, Coronado forest, Tucson;
Rex King, Crook forest, Stafford;
Frank G. w. Crubb, Prescott forest,
Prescott; Paul II. Roberts, Sitgreayes
forest, Holbrook; T. T. Swift, Tonto
forest, Phoenix; George w. Kimball,
Tusayan forest, Williams. New Mex
leo supervisors include: John A. Ad-
ans, formerly in the Flagstaff office
but now supervisor Of the Manzana
forest, with headquarters at Albu-
querque; c. R. Dwire, Carson forest,
Taos, N. NJ; F. S. Kirby, Datil forest,
Magdalena; James A. Scott, Gila for
est, Silver City; O. Fred Arthur, Lin
coin forest, Alamogordo; Frank E.
Andrews, Santa Fe forest, Santa Fe.
Mr.. Kirby is accompanied by Mrs.
Kirby, son and daughter. The family
is occupying a cottage at the City
park while Mr.. Kirby is at school. Mr..
Dwire's wife and son and daughter
are living in a cottage at City park.
Mr.. Arthur's wife and daughter are
staying with Miss Helen Williams for
the duration of the school.
The Coconino sun., 1927-08-26
RUTHLESS FLOWER THIEVES

Mrs. James Hughes spends much
time and loving attention on her
flower garden. Her pansies especially
were beautiful this summer. Her grief
Monday morning was great when she
found that some vandal in the night
had torn out great handfuls Of the
blossoms and plants as well. In care
less haste much of the plumber was
dropped in trail across the lawn.
Had the stolen plants been planted
and the pansies put into water and APP
preciated the theft would not have
been quite so sad. Mrs. w. H. Pierce
also suffers from thieves who refuse
to leave her flowers alone. Real
flower lovers it seems would care
enough to plant and raise their own
blooms.
The Coconino sun., 1927-08-26
ALLEN PLACE SOLD

The old Allen place, owned by Mrs,
R. d. Mitchell of Williams, was sold
this week through William Beeson to
Charles R. Mcclure of McNary. Mr.
Mcclure had heard agreeable COM
ments about Flagstaff schools, and
his family greatly wished to live here
so he purchased home for them
though he will be located at McNary
Mrs. Mcclure and daughter and q
married daughter and husband are
camping in City park until they get
possession. The Allen place consists
of four lots on the corner of Aspen
avenue at the edge of the Observatory
woods. The house has five rooms and
was built IL years ago to replace the
original house which burned on the
day that Miss Florence Allen, now OF
Williams, was born.
The Coconino sun., 1927-08-26
MRS. DILLMAN AT
MERCY HOSPITAL

Friends of Mrs. Gus Dillman will be
sorry to hear that she has been very
i'll but is better following an operation
by DIR. Charles Ploussard Sunday
night at Mercy hospital for strangu-
lated hernia. She will have to remain
in the hospital for several weeks. Her
daughter, Mrs. Arthur McDonnough,
and her son Norman on Monday came
from Prescott, Norman returning the
first of the week, but Mrs. McDon-
nough will stay until next week. Con
sidering her age-Mrs. Dillman is
nearing her SEVENTEEN birthday--she
is getting along very satisfactorily.
The Coconino sun., 1927-08-26
G.. b. Wilson'S Brother
Died Tuesday Morning

Orinn Compton of C. B. Wilson's
law office received a Tuesday wire
from Indiana, where Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilson are on vacation, that Mr. Will
sons only brother, Harry Wilson, had
died that morning at the family home
at Monmouth, H. Mr.. and Mrs. Will
son were leaving for Monmouth. They
probably will be home soon after the
first of September.
Deceased was Mr.. Wilson's older
brother and was about So. He had
suffered for some time with cancer.
He leaves a widow. He was known to
quite good many in Flagstaff, hay-
ing visited here three years ago.
The Coconino sun., 1927-08-26

Pride in the looks Of the city, on the
part Of the city fathers and citizens in
general, is in evidence. Since June /,
1926, a comprehensive program of
street improvement has been under
way under direction of City Engineer
Frank Goodman The council pro-
poses to prosecute this program in the
future as in the past for the better
ment Of city streets. Recently more
attention has been paid to the small
details of street maintenance than
ever before and alertness and thor
oughness on the part of the street
force accounts for the general salts
faction of those who enjoy good con-
ditions.
With the completion of the surfac-
ing of Cherry avenue from the bridge
to Park avenue, the three main east
and west arteries, Cherry, Birch and
Aspen avenues will be surfaced and
in first class condition. The work to be
done on Cherry and around the corner
on Sitgreaves will be a great improve
ment, as water often stood in this part
of town for long time. These blocks
were drained, while red sandstone
from Agassiz hill was hauled in wagon
loads. This will be surfaced with tufa
and will then be up to standard.
One of the larger and more spec
tacular projects under way is the cut
ting down of Agassiz hill in front of
the G. T. Pulliam, Don Jacobs and
Dean Eldridge places. The sidewalk
was laid before the street was cut
through. 1t is being lowered to street
level and replaced. The lowering at
the highest point-in front of the
Jacobs place-is four feet. Mr..
Jacobs will build a stone stairway
from the sidewalk to his house, also a
retaining wall; there is already one
fronting the Pulliam property, while
the rest of the cut is across Cherry
street, which is yet unopened. The
large quantities of rock being blasted
and hauled away are used to widen
Milton road and the east highway.
A danger spot was eliminated when
the short block leading up to the rail-
road crossing at Sitgreaves was filled
/ in and surfaced. The top of the hill
between the tracks is also in good
shape so that the danger from stalled
cars is at a minimum.
Another bad place was put in shape
Wnen AZIoC SJIG6b HUH OdllUd Il Z ave-
nue. to Cherry was graded and sur
faced AS one man expressed it eve
blasted and hauled away enough rock
from that street to build Solomon's
temple"
Special mention was made some
time ago of the heavy blasting and
the hauling away of tons of rock
when Humphrey street was cut
through the hill from Aspen to Santa
Fe avenue. The rest of the street
north to the mesa is graded and sur
faced with tufa. Another tough job
was the grading of Elden avenue from
Aspen to Cherry.
Following are listed the smaller and
less noticeable sections of the street
improvement program: Surfacing on
Cherry between Bonita and Toltec;
Toltec from Cherry to Birch; opening
of Cherry between Verde and Elden,
by grading; resurfacing Of Santa Fe
avenue from Bonita to Aztec; one
block on Sycamore between Summit
and Grand Canyon; grading and sur
facing Mogollon between Santa Fe and
Aspen; Santa Fe avenue from Sit
greaves to Park; grading and surfac-
| ing N. San Francisco from Fine north
two blocks; Hunt from San Francisco
to Leroux; Leroux resurfaced from
The Coconino sun., 1927-08-26
Lindena0Han Has NeLU
Apartment Building

Pete Lindemann is hearing admir-
ing comments upon the attractive new
combination apartments and garages
now nearing completion on the back
of the old Sandy Donahue place which
he recently purchased. The new
building is constructed from native
rocks gathered in the vicinity and put
together with light cement. Wood
work is red while this color and green
predominant in the parquet roofing.
The building is two stories; two
apartments upstairs and four garages
below The house on the front of the
lots will later be remodeled into two
apartments.
The Coconino sun., 1927-08-26
ARRIVED FROM COLUMBIA

Mrs. Waldo B. Christie arrived
Monday from New York where she
was on the Columbia university sum-
mer faculty at Teachers college, to
join her husband, who was on the
summer faculty here and is head OF
the commerce department at Tempe
Teachers college. They will visit here
two weeks when Mrs. Christie will
go to Los Angeles where she is head
of the home economics department in
u. S. C. Mr.. Christie and his mother
who was here with him this summer
will leave at the same time for New
York where Mr.. Christie has teach
ing fellowship in the department OF
commerce at Columbia, and will fin
ish his work for his degree.