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The Coconino sun., 1927-09-16
MARINE BUILDING DEPOT:
ALSO SERVICE STATION
FOR E. D. BABBITT MOTOR

Flagstaff's latest business acquisi.
ton is the Marine Oil company, which
last week started construction of 9
gasoline and oil depot on site next
to the old flour mill on Santa Fe ave-
nue.. Bert Cameron, formerly man
ager for the Union Oil company in
Flagstaff, has been appointed man
ager for the Marine Oil company Oh
the northern district, which includes
all Arizona towns along the Santa Fe
railroad. The Marine Oil company
are building depots in Winslow, Hol-
brook, Williams and Prescott and ex-
pect to construct score of filling and
service stations to dispense their pro-
ducts.
Along this latter line, construction
work on what will be convenient
and up-to-date filling station was be-
gun Saturday by the Marine Oil COM
pany on the vacant property between
the post office and Masonic temple on
North San Francisco street.
The filling station has been leased
to the E. d. Babbitt Motor company,
who will discontinue their sidewalk
gasoline pumps.
The construction is in charge of
George Moody, district sales manager
for the Marine Oil company, and the
plans and specifications of the COM
pany are being used in the project.
The building will be all steel. In the
rear will be plenty of space for free
parking. Mr.. Moody says that in ad-
dition to the regular filling station
equipment, there is to be large sign
board directing tourists to points of
interest and showing the various
routes. A large force of men is work
ing to complete the station in record
time and those in charge look for gas
to be pumped within the next week.
1t is expected that within the next
80 days work will be commenced on
what is commonly known as super
service station and camp ground by
the E. D. Babbitt Motor company on
Santa Fe avenue between Agassiz and
Verde streets. Plans and specifica-
tions of the Marine Oil company will
be used, but the proposition will be
financed entirely by the local motor
company
The construction of this super
station and camp is something new in
this line, according to Ed Babbitt.
There will be "a cottages, all Of brick
veneer, each with two rooms and
The cottages will be
modelled after the popular bungalow
type and will be provided with all
modern conveniences. These super
stations and camps are being con-
structed everywhere, says Mr.. Moody,
and will fill want of the travelling
n,1h1io that has existed for some time
They will take care of that class of
tourist who cannot afford to take his
family to hotel, but who desires
better than the ordinary
camp ground affords. Rates for the
cottages will probably be from three
to four dollars day. The location of
the main portion of the camp will be
opposite the new building of the Will
son & Coffin Trading company at
Agassiz and Aspen.
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-16
Famous Meteor Again
Being Sought; Work
To Begin In so Days

Meteor Crater, 45 miles west of
Flagstaff, will again be the scene of
activity within go days when third
attempt is made to locate what is
thought to be a huge meteor buried
hundreds of feet in the ground.
This announcement was made last
week by George NJ. Colvocoresses,
representative of the Meteor Crater
Exploration and Mining company.
According to Mr. Colvocoresses more
than 100000 will be spent for ex-
ploration and mining at the crater.
Eighty per cent of this amount has
already been subscribed by eastern
capital, he says.
This is the third attempt to uncover
hidden riches at the famous crater,
known throughout the world by the
publicity given it by every scientific
magazine and journal.
Much exploration work has been
done in the past but the new company
is going to work on an altogether
different theory A shaft will be sunk
on the outside of the crater to tap the
main meteor body which it is thought
entered the earth at an angle and not
in a perpendicular plane as was
thought heretofore.
A number of scientists from Smith
sonian Institute are due in this vicin-
lty soon to spend much time studying
the formations at the crater.
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-16
LOS ANGELES C. c. TRADE
EXPERT HERE SAYS LET'S
PLAY OUR GAME TOGETHER

Los Angeles during the last IL
months bought $15,720,000 worth of
Arizona products, according to E. F.
McDonough, domestic trade commits
sioner of Los Angeles Chamber of
Commerce, who spent couple days
in Flagstaff the first of this week
during which he visited The Sun Of
fices.
Of the above amount, Mr.. McDon-
ough said, more than six and a half
million dollars was for cattle, Of
which he estimated Los Angeles took
million was for sheep, quartermil-
lion for hogs, four and half million
for cotton, three and a third million
for copper, $4,000 for grape fruit,
about the same amount for dairy
products and about 100000 for wool.
Mr.. McDonough said he brought
greetings from Los Angeles.
"As domestic trade commissioner of
the Los Angeles Chamber of Com
merce," he said, "my time is solely
devoted to, and it is my privilege to
call on, the business men and the
business organizations of the eleven
western states; establishing contacts /;
reviewing problems which we have in
common; and through these closer
contacts work toward more constant
cooperation which should always
prove mutually helpful.
"This present trip of over three
weeks to the principal cities of Ari-
zona and New Mexico is altogether
devoted to meeting your business
men; discussing your plans, ambitions,
and development programs with you;
finding out more about the principal
products which you produce, and for
which we can, in many instances, find
a ready market in southern Califor-
MIA
'Then too, it might be permissible
to remind you of the great industrial
and manufacturing development going
on in and around Los Angeles which
means that Los Angeles, as the mar
ket place of the west, is growing In
Importance daily and merits your
careful consideration for all your
needs which are not produced or avail
able within your state.
"All of Arizona, New Mexico and
California and the other eight states
west of the Rockies are neighbors in
every sense. We are part of the ma
tion which can truly be described as
the Great Western Empire, and any
economic progress or business devel-
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The Coconino sun., 1927-09-16
NeW Rogers Lake Road
FOLLOLUs Better Route

The new Rogers Lake road is now
completed for three and a half miles
from its junction with the National
Old Trails. One may now motor over
a fine dirt road to the pass in Woody
mountain, through fine tracts of tim
Der and rolling grassy parks. Con-
struction this summer was under the
direction of County Engineer j. B.
Wright, though some work was done
last year with funds from the forest
service.
The new route has several advan-
tages over the former road which
branched off at the A. L. & T. lumber
yard. A mile Of new construction
was saved by branching off a mile
further west on the main highway,
many grades were avoided, and prac-
tically no rocky formations were en-
countered. The new location skirts
the low place on the old road, which
became /boggy in bad weather, and
goes by Dry Lake, thus permitting
the Dry Lake road to be abandoned
The new road follows along the old
logging road to Woody mountain and
through the pass. 1t leads to the fa-
nous hunting grounds at Fry Park,
Barney Pasture and the wilder sec
tions near Sycamore Canyon and the
rim, where some Of the largest bears
and turkeys are found and where
mountain lions and deer are more
plentiful.
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-16
EXPECT DECISION SOON
ON LOCATION POSTOFFICE

Whether Flagstaff's postoffice will
be moved soon or will remain another
year and perhaps longer in its pres
ent location probably will be decided
within the next few days.
Z. p. Smith of the headquarters Of
flee for this district in San Francisco
was here last week and with Post
master Dick Connor reviewed the local
situation, looked at available buildings
and sites where new building might
be erected if it is decided to erect
one.
The lease on the present location,
which now is part of the Hotel Monte
Vista property, is UP the first of De-
cember, this year. The hotel direc-
tors have given permission for the
postoffice to remain where it is an
other year, at an advanced rental, and
it is possible there will be no change
soon. In the meantime at least two
other conveniently located buildings
have been offered, and one or two
sites on which new building could
be erected, are under consideration.
1t is understood in this connection
that coast capitalists are quite will
ing to finance federal building
here.
Postmaster Connor says that the
present quarters, with 1900 feet floor
space, are getting too crowded. In
case of a move, the new location will
have from $500 to 5000 feet floor
space, to care for present needs and
future growth.
Flagstaff postoffice has grown
steadily in business, year by year, and
it is anticipated that it will continue
to grow each year for long time.
AS fast as street and sidewalk de-
velopment takes place, there will be
additional carrier service. Ultimate
ly, it is expected, the space now oc-
cupied by private post-boxes will be
greatly reduced, the users getting the
new carrier service. Flagstaff, it is
said, has nearly twice as many pri-
vate postoffice boxes as Prescott,
which has about the same population.
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-16
Auto Population OF
County Has Healthy
Increase OUer 1926

The automobile population of Coco
nino county has shown a healthy
growth in the last year, according to
tax figures given out at the office of
Howard Marine, county assessor.
There are now 2,209 automobiles IL
censed in the county as compared with
2,1OO last year. With three and one
half more months to go the total will
more than likely exceed 2,30O.
Although no definite figures are
available it is estimated that there
are approximately 200 trucks in the
county.
Local auto dealers are of the opin-
ion that more new cars have been sold
in this territory than ever before and
that the automobile business is in a
verv healthy condition.
This county is now furnishing IL
censes to Mohave county, where all of
the available plates have been used
up. Drivers are coming here almost
every day from the neighboring coun-
ty to secure plates, says Mr.. Marine.
A few Navajo county car owners are
also getting plates from this county.
With over 400 available plates still on
hand here there is no danger of a
shortage here.
Heretofore the county has realized
no income from the sale of licenses,
all the funds so earned being turned
direct to the state treasurer. At the
regular session of the eighth legisla-
ture bill was passed allowing coun-
ties next year so cents for each set of
plates issued. This will bring a
revenue to Coconino county of more
than 81 900 and will finance the work
of handling the plates.
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-16
Prairie Dogs Extinct
In Local Cemeteries
Says Rodent Director

From now on prairie dogs will be
a curiosity in the fields Immediately
south of this city and throughout the
local cemeteries which until only re-
Gently were infested by several thou
sand dogs, according to +: M. Mercer,
rodent control director in this dis
trict.
Mr.. Mercer says the work OF
cleaning the dogs out of the 600 acres
of land in which the cemeteries are
located was finished last Friday when
the last burrow was filled after being
treated with gas. Examination the
first of the week showed the holes tc
be still closed, leading to the belief
that the colonies have been extermln-
ated.
The work began in June when ar
attempt was made to use strychnlne
The rodents failed to take this poison
and recently the holes were treated
with thallium poisoned grain. Three
hundred and fifty quarts OF poisoned
grain were used on approximately 9,00O
burrows on 600 acres. After the thai
lium treatment was made, the holes
were filled and only 200 out Of the
900 burrows reopened. Two gas
treatments followed. After the first
one only Ia holes reopened. A sec
ond treatment finished the work.
An effort had been made by pri-
vate interests for several years to
rid the cemeteries of the rodents.
Due to the quantity of blue grass
which thrives in the district and of
which the dog is particularly fond,
the area was thickly infested. Mr..
Mercer says that with little atten-
tion the prairie dogs will never re-
turn,
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-16
Call At County Jail
If You Lost Keg OF
Moon, Says Sheriff

Last week Sheriff J. 0. Parsons
went out to look for signs of the car
reported by Miss Edith Perry to have
been stolen. A mile west of town the
sheriff came to auto tracks leading
off the main highway. Hoping to
find trace of the stolen car ne fol-
lowed the tracks into the woods. Aft
er going some distance and coming to
the place where the car had turned
around and gone back, the sheriff be-
came suspicious and started a search.
Back of log and under pile of dead
timber he found 10-galon keg OF
moon" The owner, says Sheriff
Parsons, may call at the jail for his
property.
No trace to date has been found OF
Miss Perry's car.
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-16
BOOMING, NOW
HAS ITS WATER PROBLEM

Ell Tovar on the south rim, but will
be right smack on the edge. The
foundation is pretty well laid and the
structure is expected to be completed
next June first. Logs are being
peeled for the erection of several cab
ms, which are to be splendidly fin
ished inside and furnished and will
rent at something like SIS day each.
The water situation on the rim is
interesting. Ell Tovar hotel on the
south rim, with railroad connections,
gets all the fine water it needs by
rail from Flagstaff On the north
rim, with no rail connections, the only
possible way to get water is to pump
it 1000 feet from Bright Angel creek.
The road between the rim and
Fredonia is fine. Fredonia people
even those as far away as Las Vegas,
Nev.-are eagerly awaiting compile
tion of the new Lees Ferry bridge
over the Colorado river, and then will
frequently visit Flagstaff, they say.
Strangely enough, this year, the
wettest in seven south of Grand Can
yon, is the dryest in seven in that
part of the state to the north of the
Canyon. Range up there is in bad
shape. Normally, the country north
of the Canyon, with its greater eleva-
tion, gets more rain than we do on
the south side. But not this year.
The visitors saw hundreds of deer
in the Kaibab forest, and they looked
fat. People living up there say that
some of the deer have drifted away
to other regions, or there has been
some epidemic among them, because
thnrp are NOT &C many this wear as
usual The visitors, however, could
not see much if any difference in the
number They believe the increased
activities there, especially in connec-
tion with building of the hotel and
cabins, may have driven some of the
deer to more remote parts of the for
est.
The party spent five days on the
trip, going by way Of Lees Ferry and
returning by way of southern Nevada,
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-16
MARY, LITTLE DAUGHTER
OF MIR. AND MRS. ]. {.
NICHOLS, DIED TUESDAY

Mary Margaret Nichols, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Nichols, died Tues
day morning at eleven o'clock at the
family home from acute poliomyelitis,
which affected the respiratory organs
almost from the beginning. Though
Margaret was not well day or so be-
fore, no alarming symptoms appeared
until about five Monday afternoon
when a doctor who was summoned
recognized the disease, which pro-
gressed rapidly and caused death the
next morning.
Mary Margaret was born January
25, 1914 in Los Angeles and came to
Flagstaff five years ago with her par
ents. She was an eighth grade stu
dent at st. Anthony's school, where
she showed exceptional scholarship.
A year that she was out of school on
account of illness was rapidly made up
when she returned. She was excep-
tionally bright, cleverly editing school
papers and dramatizing stories which
She coached playmates in acting. Her
literary talent was noted with inter
est and expected to become worth
while in the course of time. !.
Her gentle, lovable little person will
be sadly missed. Cheerfulness was
one of her dominant characteristics.
When she injured knee in fall two
years ago and spent months in bed
and year on crutches, she utilized
her time in mental entertainment and
endeared herself more than ever.
Mr.. Nichols was working at Tuba
City and hurriedly started home when
he heard of his daughters illness; but
on account of the washed-out roads
did not reach here until an hour after
death. Ellsworth, brother, is at
Kayenta. She leaves two other broth
ers, Bobbie and Raymond, and two
sisters, Virginia and Mary Leone, as
well as many other relatives.
A private funeral was held yester-
day morning.
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-16

Fredonia, the Ettle Mormon town
north of Grand Canyon in this county,
is growing, everyone is busy, and the
expectation there is that the town will
double in size, perhaps even better,
within the next two or three years,
reports R. E. Taylor, chairman of the
county board of supervisors, who re-
turned from there Tuesday night.
In the official party with Mr.. Tay-
lor were Supervisor Jos. J. Waldhaus,
his brother, Leo Waldhaus of Cincin-
natl, here on visit; DR.. Felix Man
ming, county health officer, and Under
sheriff D. L. Mckinney. 1t was the
regular annual inspection visit by the
board and health officer to the big
section of the county lying north of
the Canyon.
The main problem Fredonia has in
promoting growth is lack of water
They have some for irrigation but no
more for ordinary domestic uses than
they now need. Wells, some of them
running to depth of nearly 200 feet,
furnish some of the water. That wa
ter is alkali There is spring of
very fine water seven miles from
Fredonia which would fill three-inch
pipe. If money could be raised to
pipe it to town it would solve the
problem until Fredonia is four or five
times it's present size. 1t is not be-
1ieved that money could be raised for
pipeline any way except by bond
ing, but that is impossible at least un-
til the town is incorporated. FREEDOM
ians feel they should have some help
from the United States in financing
water project, and asked the visitors
to use their influence with our repre-
sentatives in Washington.
It is reported that the Union Pacific
railroad, which is building an inn
mense tourist hotel on the north rim
of Grand Canyon, some 80 miles south
of Fredonia, would build another hotel
at Fredonia if there We're enough wa
ter there.
The new hotel on the rim is not be-
ing built back from the rim, as was
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-16
NO NEW CASES INFANTILE
PARALYSIS; BELIEVED THE
SCHOOLS WILL OPEN SOON

There being no more cases of infan-
tile paralysis in Flagstaff it is be-
heved the schools will soon reopen,
though not next week.
The decision to keep the schools
closed next week was made yesterday
by the city school board.
Many Flagstaff people have been
unduly, though not unnecessarily
frightened over the four recent in
fantile paralysis cases here, though in
the opinion of the physicians the
scare has been just what was needed
to help prevent the malady spreading.
Rumors have been afloat in neigh
boring cities that Flagstaff was quar-
antined against arrivals and depar-
lures.
There has been no quarantine at all
except of the homes in which the four
deaths have occurred. The schools
were not closed by order of the board
of health, but by the school directors.
The various civic and fraternal or
ganizations of the city also took action
entirely upon their own Initiative. 1t
was public-spirited effort on the
part of all to do their part toward
putting a definite stop to the disease;
and it looks like it has succeeded
splendidly.
There are no new cases. The time
was up Tuesday night for any to be-
come i'll through infection in connec-
tion with either Of the first two cases.
None of the physicians believe there
will be any more cases, though there
may be one or two; however it is the
belief of all the local physicians that
there will be very few if any more.
The disease is not contagious, but
is infectious, which is vastly differ
ent, and means it's spread is much
more easily prevented.
Usually when the schools close be-
cause of an epidemic, it is at best a
measure of doubtful value. This was
true following the first two deaths
and until the death on Sunday of lit
tie Vera Raudebaugh. From the mo-
ment news of her death became gen.
eral, practically every child in town
was kept strictly at home and very
few even of the women came down
town. The result has been exceeding
ly helpful to the physicians in their
work.
Flagstaff has been no more affected
by the epidemic than any other part
of the country. 1t has been as gen
eral all over the United States-in
fact, all over the world-as was the
flu, though only fraction as many
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The Coconino sun., 1927-09-16
NEW Auto C5SALESROOM AND
GARAGE WILL BE ERECTED
AT ONCE BY WEBER BROS.

Plans have been completed and the
contract let for the construction of a
modern, up-to-date automobile sales
room and repair shop next to Web
Der Brothers garage, Agassiz street
and Santa Fe avenue, by Webber
Brothers.
Although the lease has not been
signed it is understood from reliable
sources that the salesroom will be
taken over by the E. L. Chase Motor
company, local Dodge distributor. !,
The new building will be of steel
and brick construction, similar to the
Wilson-Coffin company building now
being completed. 1t will be 81" shape,
the leg of the "Il' being 40 by 85 feet
and the foot 35 by so feet. 1t will be
one story without basement. Skylights
and factory windows will give plenty
of light. The front of the building
will be for display of automobiles with
storage space for approximately 25
cars. A 35 by so repair shop will
have two entrances, one from the
salesroom and the other from Agassiz
street.
The construction contract has been
let to Pete Solberg, who is pushing
work to completion on the Wilson
Coffin company building. Actual
work on the new building will start
next week. In order to make room
for the new structure it will be nee
essary to wreck the present repair
shop Of Morrow Brothers, located in
the rear of Webber Brothers garage
and service station.
The cost of the structure will be
approximately $4,000.
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-16
FIVE NEW MEMBERS
co. / ON TUESDAY

Five new members of national
guard Company were at the armory
Tuesday night for preliminary train
ing, making the largest single weeks
enrolment in the history of the pres
ent infantry unit, according to Cap
tain John Matthews. The paper
strength of the company now is 78.
The new recruits are William End
finger, Burton E. Richards, William
H. Nickel, Jack Erwin and Wayne s.
Shields.
Training of the new recruits is be-
ing made as interesting as possible,
especial attention being given the
first night to the handling of arms
and simple drilling. The new recruits
are put under sergeant for special
training until they are ready to take
a place in the ranks. The work OF the
regulars is under the personal leader
ship of Captain Matthews and If the
large number who turn out every eve
ming is a criterion, the captain is max
ing his instruction both interesting
and popular.
Great interest is displayed every
Sunday in the qualifying rifle shoots
on the range northwest of the city.
Last Sunday over dozen tried the
200 yard targets and to qualify for
the position of rifleman, sharpshooter
or expert rifleman, and the respec-
tive cash prizes of $3.50, SIS and $40.
Captain Matthews wishes it under
stood there is no charge connected
with joining the guards. Instead ev-
cry private is paid one dollar night
for attendance at drill If a private
shows aptitude for the work he is
rapidly advanced and with application
can soon be in line for commission.
Anyone desiring information should
see Capt. Matthews or Lieut.. Henry