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Evening star., 1927-08-18

were surrounded by we'll kept lawns
and large shade trees. A nattily
dressed woman was crossing one of
the lawns and Bertha Abbott pulled
down her veil.
II didn't want to be bothered talk.
ing to Dora just now" she explained,
answering Johns questioning look.
He nodded derstandingly.
A few blocks down the broad ave-
nue. they turned in at their own drive
way. Bertha breathed a deep sigh of
thanksgiving.
She removed her coat in the long
hall and stood pulling off her gloves
slowly. her fleshy form reflected in
the full.length mirror of the hall
closet. John. having taken the car to
the garage, breezed in whistling
blithely He paused and watched his
wife with a little frown of perpleXity
Nothing wrong. is there, honey?"
Well. no not exactly" she began.
slowly. Then, with a little rush of
words she poured out her misgivings
You see. John. l had to wait over
today in Chicago for a few hours and
| thought L really ought to look up
my Cousin Jane. Well, John, l feel
so sorry for that poor girl! She is
cooped up in the dinkiest little flat
imagina ble--and thin, John, she is
positively skinny" Bertha viewed her
Evening star., 1927-08-18

the car. and as they drove off John
remarked:
II must stop minute at the office.
Bertha. Some important blue prints
came in just as / left and want to
look them over after dinner"
Their course took them down Main
street and Bertha gazed with rather
absent eyes at shop windows while
John talked jerkily of contracts, blue
prints, and a new architect he had
discovered recently. Bertha followed
his remarks with very little attention
it was evident that something was
on her mind.
Suddenly her glance was averted as
they passed a four-story brick build
ing. A sign at the very top OF the
structure read:
GEORGE r. LANE.
Wholesale Plumbing Supplies.
Farther down the street, they drew
up at n beautifully modelled minia-
ture Dutch colonial house. n neat
gold lettered sign on the door con
veyed this information:
Office Of
JOHN X. ABBOTT.
Contractor and Builder.
Several minutes later they entered
a broad tree-lined avenue. On both
sides of the street big rambling houses
Evening star., 1927-08-18
THE EVENING STORY

spend the time between trains with
her dear Cousin Jane. Well, thank
goodness. she would be gone before
James came home.
Now. she said she had some shop.
ping to do and would lunch down.
town, so she can't possibly get here
before 1880. Then her train leaves at
3:30--oh. we'll. that isn't so bad.
will have her on my hands only two
hours-a little less. II only none of
my friends drop in unexpectedly I
will be all right
About / o'clock Jane, with a last
glance around the living room to see
that everything was spotless. betook
herself to her bedroom to dress. She
bathed quickly. slipped into dainty
silk undertakings. but hesitated when
1t came to donning a frock. The blue
canton or the gray crepe de chine?
She wanted to look her best--not that
Jane wished to create a feeling Of envy
in Cousin Berthas ample bosom!
Perish the thought! Poor Cousin
Bertha, married to a common carpen-
ter, would know better than to be
envious Of her, the wife of the chief
designer in the Chicago plant of the
Bigby Sign Co. Her husband was
the personification of perfection--a
Evening star., 1927-08-18

Shanghai Washermen Boost Prices
Owing to High Costs.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI. - The bill for thu
weeks washing has been increased in
China. original home Of the laundry.
man and the undecipherable launart
ticket
The Gull. 81 Shanghai Laundry.
men. made up Of Shanghais thou.
sands Of waShermen. has issued no.
tice to customers that, due to in.
creased costs of living. piece rates
have been raised a half cent, gold, and
contract rates so per cent.
Shanghai's host of foreign residents,
faced already with higher living ex-
penses in other directions, have no
recourse but TO pay the washermen
the wages they demand.
Evening star., 1927-08-18
The Point Of View.
ANE MILLER Mt at her perfect
w annointAd deak and nibbled

II YANE MILLER mt at ner perIect'
= ly appointed desk and nibbled
her pencil thoughtfully. She
~ was making UP her grocery
order for the day and she
could not decide whether to have
string beans or new peas for dinner.
sLet me see. which did We have last?'
She began turning back the leaves OF
her order book, but stopped abruptly
90 the telephone at her elbow rang
shrilly.
Several minutes later Jane hung up
<he receiver. An exasperaed frown
formed on her brow and her eyes be-
came a cold gray. Cousin Bertha Ab.
bott! or all people. That's what
comes of being the least bit friendly
with ones relatives! She and Cousin
Bertha had carried on q desultory
correspondence for years, but they had
not seen each other since their GIRL
hood in Rossville. She recalled Bertha
as a fat, somewhat sloppy girl with
maddening, placid countenance. And
now that girl. or rather woman. was
to be in town for a few hours on her
way home from a visit to her mother
1nlaw in Michigan and had elected to
Evening star., 1927-08-18

own fair figure complacently. "Of
course l had to ask her to visit us
and I really would like to fatten her
up-but I would die of shame IL she
brought her husband. You see. John.
she married common sign painter"
The End.
tCopyright. 1877
Evening star., 1927-08-18

, Dresses, $780, were $40. Attractive
fiat crepes with long sleeves. Sizes 46,
4S and 50.
) Imported Linen Dresses, $4.50j were
$3.50. With long sleeves, and in shades
of green, orchid and copen. Sizes 38
to Al.
) Twill Coats, $3.50; were SIS. Edging Of
fur on collar, and trimmed with braid
and buttons. Sizes 36 and 3S.
2 Linen BIouses, $3.50; were $5.95. 1 in
blue size IL years, and / in green, size
38.
DoWN STAIRS STORE
Evening star., 1927-08-18

Skirts, $3.50; were IS. Flat crepes. han-
mel and crepe de chine. On bodices or
belts, in white, tan, green, and blue; small
sizes for women and misses.
IS Silk Dresses, $5.e5; were S1o to $3.50.
Women's and misses. in good styles and
colors. (Slightly soiled).
25 All-wool Bathing Suits, $1.95; were
$2.95. One-piece styles, in wanted
shades, and sizes SO to 40.
20 ChiIdren's Bathing Suits, 81; were $1.95.
All WOOL in size 3 years only. Blue,
green and orange stripes.
Evening star., 1927-08-18

23 Dresses, $625; were $16.5o. Flat crepes
georgettes and wash crepes, slightly
shopworn. Sizes in group IA to 20 and
SO to a.
20 Silk Pongee Dresses, $225. With smart
square necks and short sleeves. Sizes
&c. Is and &c.
20 Navy Georgette Dresses, special, $7.75.
Satin trimmed styles, in sizes IA, 16, 20.
38 and 40.
a Dresses, $9.e5; we're $19.75. Georgettes
and fiat crepes. Blue, beige and two
in prints Sizes 16, 38 and 42.
, 1927-05-11

Joliet, Montana. Charley Bretney
was helping him with the horses.
George Schmitaker was over from
Powell after a couple more loads
of machinery and other things from
the ranch, they sold this spring.
Mr.. and Mrs. Schmitaker will
sure be missed.
The new neighbors seem to be
making good progress with their
farming, though the ladies haven't
called on them yet, as their are
only Mr.. Leech and his two sons.
The Clarks Fork river is .getting
pretty high, it will soon be too
high to lord if the weather con
tinues to be as hot IS it has been
in the past few days.
Cord Knisley better put up some
signs. along the Paint Creek road,
as to the direction in which to find
his ranch.
Bear creek folks seem to find it
a rather difficult place to find.
The ODonnells moved some of
the sheep and lambing crew, from
the lower ranch to the upper one,
last week. to finish lambing.
Mrs. Glen Brough and her two
daughters, and children motored to
Clark last Saturday. 1t being Mrs.
Frank Brough's first trip over the
new road from Hopkins to the
store.
Mrs. Glenn Brough, Mrs. McGinty
and Frank Brough motored to Hop
kins on business last Sunday.
John Wogoman and Buster Rey-
nolds made a trip to Cord Knis-
ley's last week. or very important
business.
There was quite a rodeo at F.
l.. Brough's last Sunday.
, 1927-05-11
MEETEETSE

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Burr Farr, Donald r. Long and
Ralph S. Greeson were Grass creek
contingents in .Meeteetse Thursday
afternoon.
Monday evening, James Elliott
came over from the L., U. ranch to
Meeteetse to see Mrs. Elliott and
the children.
David Dinkle passed through
town Monday on his way to the
county seat.
Grandma Avery came down from
the ranch last Friday and is spend
ing a few days in the city, while
here she is helping care for her
daughter, Mrs. Orren Avery who
has been seriously i'll for three
weeks.
Bishop Thomas held services in
st. Andrews church Thursday
afternoon. A small class was con
firmed. A fair sized congregation
met the Bishop and to whom he
delivered a very interesting SER
mon.
Miss Pauline Zimmerman was
surprised Wednesday, her ninth
olrthuay with a surprise party to
which nine of her young friends at
tended. There were present, Helen
and Pattie Elliott. Rose and Grace
Barham. Edith and Lucille Thayer.
Catherine Drummond and Margarta
zimmerman and her teacher, Miss
Stahly.
Earl Kennison came in from the
Dickie shearing pens Tuesday event
ing. He was in town only for a
short time before 1Nsturning to the
pens.
Mrs. Grace jacobson went to
Cody Wednesday, intake Mrs. An
drew Jacobson q. ME train for her
home at Logging tah. She has
been making heR dpughter a visit
for the past ten days
Thursday. Waiter r. Bane of
Cody came ov4r and put In his
time telling of kba food points OF
the oidamoDile oNfsS yhich he is the he
local agent. and Bane sells them.
Mrs. Scott of Scots Bluff, Neb..
arrived here Sunday Of last week
She came to help care for her
daughter. drs. Roy Webster who
.
, 1927-05-11
CRANDALL

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Chas Bretney and Martin Ran
mael returned Wednesday from an
extended trip outside.
Mat Kearney came over to Lodge
Pole last Sunday stopping at the
r. L. Morton place.
Mr.. Newly, Chas. Bretney, John
Stab. R. l.. Morton and Bert Mar
win We're callers at the Ranmael
ranch last Monday.
Fred Wright went u with a
pack out fit down the canyon after
supplies.
Mrs. N. P. Dodd was a recent
guest at the Braten home.
Recent over night guests at the
Oliver ranch were Frank Sims, Art
Braten and Bert Marvin.
Frank Sims were over night
guests at the r. l.. Morton ranch
Saturday.
Mrs. B. Wogoman was a recent
guest at the Alexander home.
Mat Kearney is at the Oliver
ranch again for a while.
, 1927-05-11
SOUTHPORT


John PAIL is back again after
spending the winter at the Sol
diers Home at Hot Springs, S.. Oak.
and will be at home for the sum
mer on his Rock creek homestead
Mr.. and Mrs. S. w. Aldrich went
to Cody Monday where Mr.. Aid
rich win attend the commissioners
meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Petermann
were Cody visitors Tuesday even
ing.
Mrs. e. B. Shaffer and children
spent Tuesday afternoon with Mrs.
Joe Sutherfield at the ditch camp.
w. e. Billings and Blen Holman
were Cody business visitors Thurs
day.
John Rowlett vas a Cody visitor
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Sutterfield and
Lennea, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Grips,
w. e. Billings, MI. and Mrs. Walter
Petermann and children spent sun
day at the N. Osher home.
After six weeks under the man
agement of Ed. Ballinger and Carl
Andren the Lake View Canal is
again in readiness to carry water
which will be turned in, in the
near future.
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has been yer seriously ill for some
time.
Harvey v. Lee of Grass creek
came over last Monday from the
oil fields and had a day of enjoy
ment fishing OF the Greybull. Har-
vey has a lot of pleasure catching
the speckled beauties.
Mrs. Fred Christie returned from
Worland Saturday evening after a
week spent with her brother and
family.
Mrs. Roy Webster, who has been
seriously i'll with pneumonia for
the last four weeks is slowly inn
proving and has SO far recovered
that she a now sit up for an hour
in both morning and evening.
Mrs. George Martin went to Cody
Tuesday with Mr.. and Mrs. Chuck
Curtis. Mrs. Martin will remain in
Cody for a few days and while
there will have some dental work
done.
Thursday, shearing was finished
at the Dickie pens for the present.
The crew zane into town Thursday
and went to the TT ranch Friday
to shear out the Phelps sheep. On
account of the snow storm Satur-
day and Sunday the men were de-
layed in beginning. 1t will take
about a week to finish this job.
Then it is the intention for the
crew to go to the Cottonwood pens
and shear the Corporation sheep.
Mrs. Jap Hale and children ar
rived home Friday from Matt, n.
Oak. She has been there for a
month visiting her parents.
The Ladies' Guild met Wednes-
day with Mrs. Donovan. There
were present, Mesdames Johnson.
Peoples, Smith. Hamilton, Bennett,
Bowman. Clawson and Drummond.
Mr.. Harris, mother of Art Har-
ris, after a three months visit here
with her son, returned to her old
home in Sheridan, Wyo., Friday.
Arthur Argento made a trip to
the county seat Tuesday.
Art Harris went to the L. u.
, 1927-05-11
PAINT CREEK


They are very busy on the
O'Donneli ranch at present, build
ing ditch. and Landing.
Buster Reynolds is helping on
the ditch.
Glen Rroush of Belfry, is helping
Leon o'i9oanell with the lambiI.g.
Some felix's cuss the rocky land.
but while frank Brough had to lay
off his crew during the rainy spell.
Fred Schmidt kept right on plow-
ing thanks to rocks and sand.
Mrs. Glenn Brough, of Relfry.
and Grandson Carol. also Mrs
Hobbs, motored to Paint creek last
Sunday. Mrs. Hobbs being the
chauffeur.
Mrs. McGinty went to Belfry
with her son to spend a few days
during the busy season of house
cleaning.
Thor Lasater put up a fine ride,
for a crowd of spectators last Sun
day. He rode his horse straight
up and scratched him too.
Thor Lasater made a trip to
Chance. Montana, to get a load of
seed wheat.
John Wogoman was a Chance
visitor last week, you know there
are some school teachers in that
part of the country as well as or
Paint creek. John also made n
trip to K%nisley's last week.
Martin Ranmael of Crandall Is
on his way back to the mountains,
with his and some of his neighbours
horses, which they had wintered at
, 1927-05-11

ranch Monday to help with, the
lambing work.
Donald Duncan, of the Y. U.
ranch was in town for a short time
Saturday.
Harry f. Diemer of upper Nee
teetse country has been having a
weeks vacation in the city.
Sid Herbert of the TT ranch
was a city visitor Sunday. a
Bill Dickie of the l.. U. ranch
was in town Thursday for an hour.
Frank Scott, who has been sick
for the past two weeks is now re-
ported as improving.
, 1927-05-11
CLARK FORK

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Mrs. NJ. Doyle spent a lew days
in Bear creek the past week with
her father.
John e.. Simpson is helping with
the lambing at the Leon o'Donnell
ranch.
DR.. Adams of Red Lodge was
called to the NJ. Glockner ranch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glockner both being
quite sick. But are improving at
this writing.
MRS. Joe Earle is helping at the
w. E. Hogan ranch for a while.
DR.. Adams was called Friday to
the Tolman ranch where Mr.. Wade
Is threatened with tick fever.
The spelling contest between
Line creek and Pioneer schools
Friday vas won by Pioneer. Helen
Ter. The contest took place at the
Line creek school house and a
dainty luncheon of ice cream and
cake was served after the contest.
Anna H%oithuse is home after
teaching the winter term of school
in Crandali.
Myrtle Earle is spending the
week end with her sister Mrs. Otis
Brown of Belfry.
Mrs. J. N. Mcknight spent Fri
day at the Martin ranch.
Chester Castle motored to Red
Lodge Tuesday returning Wednes-
day.
, DR.. Adams called at the w. E.
Hogan home Friday to see Leola.
Leola is improving very slowly
from an attack of plureal pneu-
monia int heart trouble.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. B. Turmoil mo-
tored to the Mcknight ranch Sun
day.
, 1927-05-11
PAT O'HARA

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Mrs. Kron from Elk Basin came
into Sunlight last Friday. The
Snyder "a brought her to the Me-
sen ranch She will do the cooking
on the Snyder ranch this summer.
MIR. and Mrs. l.. Lowe and Ray
Prante made a trip to our vicinity
last Sunday.
The Browns write from Califor-
MIA they may return to their home
here in August.
Mrs. Mcknight visited with Mrs.
Marlin last Monday. She was in
Cody the first of the week.
Grandpa John Nielsen has been
laid up a few days with lumbago.
Mrs. Mary Say and Mr.. Walt
Beebe visited at Nielsens Sunday.
Fred Walters came down Blaine
creek and got some grain last Mon
day.
Miss Geraldine Kinder is finish
ing the school term here. Miss
Fuson being unable to return on
account of her school work. Miss
Kinder will be remembered as the,
Paint creek teacher two d ago.
She is quite competent to take care
of u school. Her cousin brought
her over from Powell.
Miss Gladys Horner is recovering
from her break down and
will soon be able to be out again.
Sheriff Blackburn and Lawrence
Nordquist went to Sunlight Wed
nesday. They had lunch at the
Mcknight ranch.
, 1927-05-11
NOTICE TO WATER USERS
UNDER CODY CANAL

All water users are requested to
notify ditch riders when they want
water turned on or off
Phone numbers are: Headgate
, 1927-05-11

2Fss. Middle Section 2F24. Sage
Greek 1921.
BY order of: 4
The Board of CommissionerI
The Cody Canal Irrf-
cation District.
5-11-1S-25-6-1
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-08

| Arizona's products of basic I'M
dustries last year had a gross value
of $180,000,000, according to report
issued by the Industrial Congress.
###
Fifteen carloads of lettuce are leav-
ing Mesa daily.
Suit to recover $1,25O,000 for
alleged damage in connection with the
sale Of certain mining properties has
been instituted in the Maricopa sup
erior court by Edward Smith against
Monte Cristo Mining and Milling
company and ]. H. Roth.
Five year old girl in Bisbee died
Friday as the result of bullet wound
received when she fired her fathers
revolver at herself while playing
Indian
The body of Miss Minnie Marone,
residing near Gilbert, was found Fri
day night in the Consolidated canal at
a point two and one-half miles south
west of Gilbert.
Twenty ty-five applications for loans
to be secured by the United States
government bonus insurance were
applied for Friday at the United
States veterans bureau office at Tue
son as the quota for the first day of
the opening of the new veteran loan
system. The average loan was 500
**
After resting for five wears in an
unused basement room of the College
of Agriculture of the University of
Arizona, a large box Of ancient
Egyptian agricultural implements
was brought to light last week. For
some unknown reason the box was
never opened on receipt but was
stored away and forgotten.
More than 22,O0O,OOO automobiles
were registered in the United States
last year.
Sodom, Gomorrah and Tucson, and
the greatest of these is Tucson, wrote
"a traveller back in 1864 when he said
that these three places constituted the
Tri-city league of Iniquity. The Tue
son Star now remarks that 1927 isn't
1864.
Tucson's Yaqui dances for Easter
are featured in the April pictorial
poster put out by the Southern Pacific
railway.
$50
"A contract has been let for the drill
ling of 12-inch oil well few miles
northwest of Bowie. Another we'll.
sunk to the depth of 1000 feet showed
indications Of oil.
#*
$500,000 is to be spent this season.
on the Gillispie dam near Phoenix,
is announced.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-08

from Mexico last week ran SO miles in
less than Is hours, feat that would
kill the ordinary horse.
II
The University of Arizona has six
football games scheduled for the 1927
season.
A piece of pottery found in Colossal
Cave near Tucson has been pronoun-
ced as being more than 1000 years
old.
S350,000 will be expended at once
in the development of the Tornado
Mining company's property, it has
been announced.
Enthusiasm for the Casa Grande
flower show to be held April Is is
running high.
Casa Grande played host last Fri
day and Saturday to music lovers
from all parts of Arizona.
Going bareheaded is dangerous
fad, is the opinion Of doctors through
out the country.
The oldest mine fire In the world is
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-08

Supervisor Miller and Chief Lum-
herman Merkle have spent most Of
the week at the Cady Lumber corpor-
alton woods operation. On their trip
down they found the road open and
reasonably good as far as the Nor
mon Lake ranger station. From there
to the lumber camp they had to buck
che snow on foot, drifts varying from
IL inches to six feet enlivening the
trip, which took them two and one
half hours to make when returning
yesterday. Lumberman Rhinehart
says they've had IL feet of snow since
December /, and the loggers have been
working days, nights and Sundays to
keep things going. Mr.. Miller was
fascinated by the work which is be-
ing done by the "cats," which travel
through any amount of snow and soft,
sticky mud, hauling in tree-length
logs with uncanny regularity and
ease.
The men report that Mormon Lake
lacks about two feet of reaching the
high water line, but that if we should
have warm days, rapidly melting the
mass of snow on the watershed, the
lake will easily reach the high water
mark in a short time.
Ranger Lochman is building one
room addition to the Woodland ranger
station, which will probably be COM
pleted next week.
Ranger and Mrs. Erickson pulled
in on Thursday, driving handsome
new Nash coupe. They went out to
the Walnut Canyon station yesterday,
quite happy at being once again on
the mountain.
Ranger Hough moved this week to
Mrs. Hough's mothers home, and
though still fiat on his back, writes
US that the doctor tells him he is
making marvellous recovery, and
viii soon be better than he has been
for many years.
Assistant Supervisor Munro is on
the south end on grazing admins
tration, and Mr.. Wall is at Coffee
Greek checking range reconnaissance
figures. During the peaceful interval
caused by the absence of the "pow-
ers," Chief Clerk Harley has prac-
tically finished the enormous task of
making up the 1927 fire plan, while
oursef has cleaned up all the little
odds and ends which the grazing per-
mits had crowded to the bottom of
the pile. What a delightful feeling it
is to see the basket emptyl
A recent letter from former Assist
ant Supervisor Cope, now at Colum-
bus, Ca, reports that he is enjoying
four broken ribs, miscellaneous cuts
and bruises, received when struck by
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-08

buring in a coal mine in Pennsylvania,
having started in 1859. 1t has
destroyed 100000 tons of coal and
$3,000,00O has been spent in trying to
extinguish it.
The call has been issued for the
state university's Wildcats" to start
spring football training.
A million dollars is spent annually
on radio fan kilograms and along with
the two telegraph companies the tele-
phone companies have come in for a
share of the "shekels."
An application has ben made to in
crease water rates in Thatcher and
Pima.
The Pickwick Auto Stage company
plans to. put 36 new stages in oper-
alton in Arizona. They will cost ap-
proximately 1881 900.
- II
While drilling for water in Tucson,
gas pocket was encountered. Posi-
bilities Of deposit Of coal or oil are
being discussed as result of the find
and a geologist is to be called to in
vestigate.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-08
EXTRACTS FROM
THE WEEKS
NEWS
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Mere than 81 ,2OO, 100000 will be
spent this year by states and sub
divisions on highway building and
maintenance, reports the United
States bureau of public roads.
More than $617, 900 worth of bus
mess was diverted to Arizona trade
channels last year by adherence of
the Calumet and Arizona Mining
company and associated companies to
the BUY at Home" principle which is
observed annually throughout this
state.
A gain of 100 per cent in the ac-
tivity of 1926 to date over 1926 has
been reported for the extension ser
vice of the University Of Arizona.
Two Indian Tarahumara runners
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-08

another car coming up behind him
just as he turned off the road, on
March 81. A man with him was more
seriously hurt, but both soon expect to
be as good as new. Mr.. Cope doesn't
like the southern climate, nor the fire
season. Twenty-Five fires up to the
date he wrote US had burned over L.
$50 acres of government land and g.
900 acres outside the forest boundary.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-08
THE CoCoNINo SUN

Arizona's products of basic I'M
dustries last year had a gross value
of $180,000,000, according to report
issued by the Industrial Congress.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-08
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NEWS OF COCONINO
NATIONAL FOREST
April 3, 1927

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