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The broad ax., 1927-07-02
Another False Alarm

Six fire engines, forty firemen and
a large number Of policemen, report
ers and photographers answered an
alarm in London, only to find that a
man had accidentally singed his hair
and companion had turned In an
alarm.
The broad ax., 1927-07-02
Old Marine Policy

Marine insurance is really oldel
than the Christian era. Lloyds still
possesses a copy of a policy (not its
own, Of course) dated 1880. This was
believed to be the Oldest marine policy
in existence until, six years ago,
document dated 1856 was found.-Ex-
change
The broad ax., 1927-07-02
Scottish Dignitary

Bailie is a Scottish term denoting
a magistrate of a municipality or royal
borough. The provost and bailies Of
municipal corporation in Scotland cor
respond to the mayor and aldermen Of
an English borough or of an Ameri
can city or town.
The broad ax., 1927-07-02

Nothing destroys the bond but death.
Cannibals? The most moral race on
earth. The women chaste and the men
faithful. I've lived amongst them like
a brother a young lad clean and safe.
Safer than in London"
What a revelation! Think of it!
Chaste women, faithful men, among
the "canniba1s" Of Africa.
Truly, our forefathers have left us
a heritage heritage which gains
greater respect as the ages pass BY.
The broad ax., 1927-07-02
DisIikes Solos

I have always thought there Is some
thing ridiculous about solo singing.
There is good deal of screaming and
yawping. And do not care to see
any mouth open to its greatest extent.
r. w. Howe's Monthly.
The broad ax., 1927-07-02
Common but Costly

Aluminium, which forms a part OF
all clay soils, is the commonest metal,
points out an answered question in
Liberty. It's high cost compared with
iron is due to the difficulty of ex-
tracing the pure metal from the ore.
The broad ax., 1927-07-02
Hello, Bill" Goodbye

Hello, Dill GOOG-DyO
The antlered monarchs of Elkdom
seem to be about to plunge their horns
INTO the mountains of discord and
strife. In a sweeping proclamation,
Grand Exalted Ruler J. Finley Wilson
has moved the 1927 convention of the
boois and horns from New York, the
mace selected by the Grand Lodge al
Y, last years meeting, to Cleveland.
Ohio. And in response to this sudden
change Of base, the New York Elks,
representing the largest urban group
IN the country, is said to have entered
vehement protest, followed by vigor-
Gus campaign to discredit the Grand
Exalted Rulers discretionary powers.
To reduce the tangled facts which
surround Elkdom, to simple language,
we would describe the troubled situa-
ton as follows:
On the law books of New York
there sublimely rests the so-called
Grattan Law, backed by an injunction,
which forbids any inward or outward
imitation of the Benevolent and Pro-
tective Order Of Elks, the white parent
of The l. B. P. o. E. Of w. Under
The Grattan Law, Grand Exalted Ruler
Wilson's organization would be sub
iect to varied legal difficulties were it
10 carry its fraternal thousands to
New York. Upon this conclusion,
fortified with the advice of the legal
experts Of the Order and armed with
Grand Lodge precepts, J. Finley has
decided to take his brood to Cleveland.
A cloud has formed, however, in the
shape OF internal dissension. The New
York Elks, who have prepared lavi3!
entertainment for their brothers and
daughters, have gone on the warpath
They point out that if the Grattan
Law were alive, in truth and in deed,
no longer could they bury their dead
and otherwise function as benevolent
and just Elks, to say nothing Of parad-
ing up Lenox and down Seventh ave-
nues. They say, in fact, that they
would long have become fraternal
nonentities if the Grattan Law had any
teeth in its jaws.
They have exhibited formal invita-.
tons from their white brethren and
claim to have smoked the pipe of peace
with the injunction proponents. They
are sure that pleasure and peace would
follow in the wake of the 1927 gather
} ing, and are decrying what they term
technical evasion on the part of the
G. E. R.
Out of all the smoke of dissension
and far more important than the wishes
Of either the New York IElks or the
Grand Exalted Ruler, there appears
the danger of a split which would be
most harmful to the greatest Negro
fraternal order in the world. The
Elks have done good work and it is up
to their leaders that it is kept going.
Right now they are making survey
OF Negro infant mortality; they are
fostering educational plans; they are
stimulating progress. Indeed, this eff
fort should be tremendously continued;
and it will be sorry day if the CHEEKY
Hello, Bill" becomes suhixed by
mournful Goodbye" which will GER
tainly be the case if the Elks agree to
disagree.
The broad ax., 1927-07-02
Solution for the Race Problem7

George w. Mitchell, in his article,
sPerils of Race Color" appearing in
the latest issue of the North American
Review, tries to show how the univer-
sal brotherhood Of man is to come
about. First the yellow races will over
run and absorb the Anglo-Saxon races
OF Europe; while the brown races OF
the Orient will become amalgamated
with the black races of Africa. The
subjugation of the yellow race by the
brown-black race will next proceed i'll
Europe and America; and the whole
world will be of one race and one
color. Then there will be a universal
brotherhood and a lasting peace.
Something for Nordic America to pom
der about and worry over.
The broad ax., 1927-07-02

No city slicker should be President.
Misunderstanding would be even harder
on man who never had practiced on
a pump handle.-Washington Post.
The broad ax., 1927-07-02

Some men who claim to have great
mental agility have minds that are
merely turning handsprings on the
same pIace.-Atchison Globe.
The broad ax., 1927-07-02
COLORFUL NEWS MOVIES

|. Hello, Bill" Goodbye
} How Florida Handles the Mob
}. Hypothetical Cause Of Prejudice
a. Not All Savage
s Solution for the Race Problem?
Z Mexico and the Chinese
The broad ax., 1927-07-02

There Ii nothing 30 annoying as
squeaky shoes Place them I'm a dish
with just enough linseed oil to cover
the snles and let them stand oil night.
The broad ax., 1927-07-02
Hypothetical Cause of Prejudice

~oANANAAA AdllOWlGSS and
prejudice are clearly portrayed in the
issue recently taken by a southern
Nordic preacher against The Forum 81
policy of presenting subjects in the
form OF debates. The ''intelligenzia"
believes that no issue has any more
sides than mathematical problem"
and further says, There is no other
impeachment in the world today 50 hin
dering human progress, as an intellec-
tual habit Of mind fostered by, and
exemplihed in, debate and argument
and controversy"
Surely this is the reasoning of either
an immatured mind, or a mind warped
and distorted through prejudice. For
all fair-minded, acknowledgements
loving people must agree with the edi
tor OF The Forum when he saws.
The Forum believes that any given
body of facts may give rise to not one
nor two only, but often to twenty diff
ferent and absolutely true interpreta-
tons" No Northerner confines him
self to the singleness and narrowness
OF his own opinion on an important
issue, but is ever ready and open to
the judgment and expression of others
Freedom Of thought and expression
has always characterized the north. 1t
was through these mediums that the
abolition movement was agitated.
Some writer said: "And what pre-
cipitated the greatest tragedy Of his
tory? Was it debate or absence Of it?
The trial Of Jesus is the best possible
illustration of the fallacy of the one
side to the truth idea. Plate showed
himself ready enough to get at the
truth; but the theologians would hear
of no debate" (Like our Southern
preacher) THE sequel showed that the
victory was not to the truth, but to the
loud-mouthed, and this is the inevitable
result: When even the most sincere
and pure-minded attempt is made to
apply to life, the notion that there is
only one side to every question" AS
in the days Of the Crucifxion, so today.
the south has only one cry to make for
the Negro, Cruelty Him."
Very little of humanity and its prog
ress does this wise" theologian know
if he thinks ''there is no other impedi
ment in the world today, SO hindering
human progress as an intellectual habit
Of mind fostered by and exemplihed in
debate and argument and controversy"
Does he not realize that the narrow,
preiudiced desire Of the south to keep
the Negro suppressed and in his
place" helps to stihe their progress
and thereby keep themselves down too.
We cannot hold others down without
remaining down ourselves. Just as the
south handles the Negro question to-
day, and has in the past, SO would i
also handle all other questions that
should be open to discussion, and an
exchange of ideas. There are none SO
blind as those whoawill not see.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-14

(By Pacific < Atlantic1 Royalty continues to visit Wash- ington, D. C., and Prince Will helm of Sweden (left) is latest royal visitor. He was welcomed on arrival by Swedish Minister Bostrom (center) and wife. Will helm, who is noted hunter, ad- dressed National Geographic society.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-14

(By Pacific & Atlantic) Used as prison during French revolution in 1792, this crypt in ancient college of the Bernardins not far from Cathedral of Notre Dame is now being rented as garage by city of Paris. This is one of regular labyrinth of un- derground tombs that abound under the streets of the French capital, about which many novels and tales have been written.
The Coconino sun., 1927-02-11
Especial Correspondence

PHOENIX.--Fred Al. Sutter is a
probable candidate for governor. A
fact which has long been surmised
was made as plain as the nose on
your old mans face by the remarks
of Senator Sutter on the floor of the
senate few days ago in the course of
his statements favoring the purity in
elections bill prohibiting state en-
ployes from making political contrib
utiOns.
Suffer was arguing the necessity of
the measure as a benefit to the poor
man running for office. Turning to
Senator Golfer, the only opponent of
the measure, he said:
'sWhy you and ! might want to run
for governor again next time, Fred,
and how can either of US ever expect
to be elected if we have to combat an
administrative machine?
Sutter is chairman of the special
committee which has been inyestigat-
ing the highway department. Il have
learned enough in the last two weeks.
regarding the building up of these
enormous campaign funds to make me
want to see this bill passed even
though we do not pass another single
measure declared the senator from
Cochise with considerable vehemence.
The speaker then went into detail to
show how the employees of the high
way department and other depart
ments of state had been assessed five
per cent of their salaries to contribute
to a huge campaign fund for the ben
eft of Governor Hunt in the primary
campaign. How was it possible for
any other democrat, paying his cleo
ton expenses. out of his own pocket
to compete with such an arrangement,
he wanted to know.
ut is this practice that is striking
at the very heart of free govern
inent," Sutter continued, "and it is
this practice which must forever be
stopped unless you would continue the
government of Arizona as bureau
cracy."
sWill the senator yield to a ques-
tion," put in Golfer. Isn't it a fact
that the copper companies assess
their employees for hospital fees.
What is the difference 2"
certainly that is true, but what
has that got to do with this bill. Those
assessments by the mining companies
are to preserve the health Of theil
employees but in the case Of these po-
litical assessments you are not foster
ing health but creating disease and
corruption.
Senator Donnely Of Pima asked for
The Coconino sun., 1927-02-11

the hardwood floor. Then the New
Mexico squad got busy, and at the
end of the half the score was 16 all.
In the second half Flagstaff played
the Aggies off their feet, shooting the
pellet from every angle Of the crack
er-box court. Detloff, Flagstaff CEN
ter was high point man, with nine
field goals and two free throws.
The game was pretty much void Of
personal fouls, Flagstaff being
charged with two and the Aggies with
five. Flagstaff made good every free
throw.
Teachers 46, Seventh Cavalry 29
Friday night the Teachers had lit
tie difficulty in defeating the crack
Ft. Bliss, Texas, regular army squad.
Coach Lynch used all OF the Flagstaff
men during the game, giving the sub
stitutes a chance to show their stufI.
Detloff, Flagstaff center, was high
point man with 10 fielders. The cav
airy played under the colors OF the
Garry Owen regiment.
Teachers %, N. M. School Of Mines a
New Mexico School of Mines copped
from the tired and over-worked
Teachers in Saturday nights game at
Socorro. the final score "A to ~.
The GoId-diggers had the edge over
the Flagstaff boys in that the latter
The Coconino sun., 1927-02-11
VERDE EXTENSION
STRIKES TT RICH

United Verde Extension, mine in
which successful operations usually
are kept we'll guarded, is reported to
have cut about so feet of copper
glance, ore of remarkable richness in
a drift into Florencia ground, though
no intimation has come from the
management of any such good for
tune. The Florencia claim for some
time past has been held jointly by the
United Verde and Extension, the lat
ter purchasing the United Verde's
third after drilling operations that
are understood to have missed the ore
by 10 feet.
President James S. Douglas and
Manager George Kingdom have been
leading, during the past few months,
in broadening of their company's
activities. They are said to have pur-
chased a remarkable copper prospect
in Nova Scotia and to be negotiating
for property in Chile, while company
operations have been started on new
area near Bisbee. In addition, they
are reported to have purchased a
large interest in a well-developed
lead-zinc mine in the Joplin field, in
Missouri, to be handled by new or
ganization, the Jasper Mining COM
pany.
The Coconino sun., 1927-02-11
GOU. Hunt PrOcL0inas
State Flag Day

Whereas, the children Of Arizona
should know as much as possible
about the Arizona state flag, its ori-
gin and description, thus cultivating
patriotism and loyalty to the state
and its ideals;
Now, therefore, I, George w. p.
Hunt, governor of the state of Ari-
zona, do hereby designate February
IA, 1927, as ARIZONA State Flag Day"
as well as Admission Day; and on this
day the public schools Of the state are
required to prepare programs which
will give their pupils the greatest
possible amount Of information and
instruction concerning the Arizona
state flag. Admission Day is named
as Arizona State Flag Day" because
it seems the most appropriate day on
which to become better acquainted
with the flag and to study the civic
virtues for which it stands. The sec
retary of state is hereby requested to
cooperate in making Arizona State
Flag Day" a success by printing
copies of the Arizona state flag upon
small sheets to be distributed to the
public schools, interested societies and
others.
The Coconino sun., 1927-02-11

Twelve victories in Is starts was
the record Flagstaff Teachers college
varsity basketball squad had when
they got home Sunday night tired
from their seven games IN New Mex
leo ard Texas.
Leaving here for the invasion they
had eight straight wins They won
four out of the seven games away
from home defeating their toughest
competitors and losing to their easier
opponents, one of whom, Montezuma
college, they had easily beaten twice
here few days before.
Injuries and over-confidence were
responsible for at least two of the
three defeats they sustained.
Indications. are very strong that
when the season closes, which it soon
will now, Flagstaff Teachers will be
acknowledged easy winners of the
Arizona conference.
Following is the story of the last
three games in enemy-and strange
territory.
Teachers Az, Aggies %
New Mexico Agricultural college
at Las Cruces fell hard before the
invaders from Flagstaff on Thursday
night. Flagstaff early took the lead
sinking five fielders before the Ag-
gies realized they had opponents on
The Coconino sun., 1927-02-11
Want Pact With
Mexico on RiUel

The Garner resolution to authorize
the president to appoint commissions
ers to confer with Mexican officials,
with view of negotiating treaty
over equitable use" of the lower
waters of the Rio Grande and Colo
rado rivers, has been approved unani-
mously by the house foreign affairs
committee.
At the suggestion of Representative
Swing, republican, California, the
resolution was so drafted that the me-
gotiations would not interfere with
the Colorado river development pro-
posed in the Swing-Johnson Boulder
Canyon dam bill, now on the house
calendar.
President Coolidge last week in
dorsed the proposal to open negotia-
tions in letter to congress.
On objection of sRepres entative
Garner, democrat, Texas, author of
the resolution, the committee refused
to accept a proposal by Swing that
the American representatives be Civ
en- authority to include the Tijuana
river in the negotiations. Garner
said Mexico had agreed to discuss
water division on the two other rivers
and that he did not believe third
river should be included without the
consent of that government.
The Coconino sun., 1927-02-11
Dolores, RObber Queen
Captured Here Said to
Head Big Bandit Gang

That the babbling of Dolores, the
Robber Queen" in her cell in jail at
Holbrook where she was held after
her two men companions had been ar
rested for robbery and the shooting OF
Sheriff Maxwell of Apache county, is
responsible for the unearthing of one
greatest robber rings ever heard of In
the southwest, was the belief of CO.
chise county officers Friday night
after the second day of work in un-
earthing veritable treasure in stolen
property found at Kelton, Arizona, 35
miles north of Douglas.
Deputy Sheriff @. A. Ash of Doug
las was notified by his. chief, Sheriff
Henshaw, on Thursday that the woIll-
an Dolores, in the northern. Arizona
Jail, had talked of camping near Kel-
ton and of making cahces of stolen
goods there. Ash went to Kelton Oh
Thursday and on Friday night, more
than $1,000 worth of stolen property
had been transported from that dis
trict to the sheriff's offices at Doug
las and in Tombstone, and the work
was reported not half done.
Deputy Sheriff Ash found where
the robber gang, the two men and
Dolores lived on the old Stidham ranch
house near Kelton. He found there a
number of pictures of the woman and
her companions, and inquiries about
the neighborhood led to the finding of
d number of caches of stolen prop
erty.
Another startling find was that of
number of United States mail sacks
used to stow the stolen goods in OF
ficers are now working on the posi-
bility that the sacks were secured by
the gang through a mail robbery, pos
sibly several years ago.
A car, now said to be in the pos
session Of T. r. McGinnis, the Kelton
postmaster, is also being closely stud
led, as there is every reason to be
lieve, officers state, that it is the car
the bandits have used and that it has
been at the scene of many robberies
and has had many different license
plates on it.
The Coconino sun., 1927-02-11
Some OF Our Legislators Wstuy Thinking OF Governofshp
Governor Says Federal Highway Aid May Be Lost
James Scott, Well
KnOUn Pioneer, Dies

James Scott, prominent sheepman
Of Northern Arizona, and member
of the firm of Scott Brothers Sheep
company, passed away at his winter
home in Mesa at a. m. Friday
morning. He was SO years old.
No particulars were received as to
the cause of death. Mr.. Scott had
been in good health and word of his
passing came as a distinct shock to
friends and relatives in this section
of Arizona. He is widely known
throughout the state and during his
long residence in this section has ac-
quired extensive sheep holdings, the
greater part of which are ranged
during the summer, in the northern
part of Navajo county, around Show
low. Extensive holdings in the Salt
River Valley were used for winter
grazing land it was for this reason
that Mr.. Scott had made his winter
home in Mesa.
Mr.. Scott was a member of the
territorial legislature and the con-
stitutional convention, and state
senator from Navajo in 1929.
He had resided in Arizona as years.
Funeral services were held in Mesa
Sunday afternoon.
The Coconino sun., 1927-02-11
NORTHERN HIGH SCHOOLS
BASKETBALL TOURNEY
HERE ON MARCH l1-12

T. D. Jessupe, physical director OF
Flagstaff Teachers college and chair
man of the Northern Arizona High
School Athletic association, announces
that the basketball tournament for
the northern high schools will be
held in Flagstaff on March IL and
IL.
It is expected that high school
quintets representing Winslow, Hol-
brook, Snowflake, Round Valley, st.
Johns, Williams, Prescott, Jerome,
Kingman and Camp Verde will parti-
cipate. 1t is also expected that Pine
and Payson will enter the tourney.
However, these two latter schools
have only recently been made into
four-year institutions, and it is not
known whether their material is of a
strength to be classed with the bal
ance of the teams in the northern
loop.
Director Jessupe announced that
formal entry blanks will be mailed
within a few weeks.
Members of the physical education
classes will assist Mr. Jessupe in
handling details of the tournament.
The Coconino sun., 1927-02-11
DURING DEBATE OVER THE
PURITY IN ELECTIONS BILL
SUFFER- REVEALS HIS AND
HINTS AT GOLFERS HOPES

the reading of a communication sent
out by the democratic state central
committee to heads of state depart
ments, admitting $4,000 deficit in
the last general election campaign and
assessing all state employees drawing
500 month or more, two per cent
of their salaries to meet the deficit
The letter was characterized as a
veiled threat-a marking OF all enl-
ployes who did not come through
with the committees demand
Golfer opposed the measure on the
grounds that it would destroy the
right of the employe to work for the
interests of his employer, declaring it
was against the interests of free gov
ernment, and challenged Senator Win
sor, the author of the bill to show
where any other state had enacted
any such absurd legislation.
"Neither has any other state a con-
stitution, such as the senator from
Apache and myself helped to draft,
was Winsor's retcrt. eve are blaz-
ing the way"
Akers asked that the clerk read a
portion of the governors message
condemning the expenditure of huge
sums for election purposes, and ask
ing the legislature to remedy the evil.
He favored the bill, Akers said, for
the very reasons set forth by the gov
ernor. When a vote was called Golfer
was the only one to vote against it.
The bill in question is one of series
of four written by President Win
sor. It was introduced by him orig
inally in the fourth legislature, and
would have become law but for the
veto of the republican governor,
Campbell.
One of the four measures now un-
der consideration gained the unanl-
NOUS approval of the senate. 1t IS
aimed to prevent the hiring Of cleo
ton workers and automobiles, and any
person offering or accepting pay for
campaign services of any kind would
be made guilty of the crime Of brib-
cry, and subject to imprisonment
ranging from 80 days to five years or
to a fine Of from 500 to $4,000 or to
both fine and Imprisonment.
Speaking Of gubernatorial timber
for 1928 in the democratic ranks, quite
a number of senators have been
named by the political wiseacres who
infest the legislative galleries. Win
sor is considered as a strong potential
candidate. Golfer is said to be nurs-
Continued ON Page Four)
The Coconino sun., 1927-02-11
Senator King Wants
Indian Affairs Quiz

A thorough investigation of condi-
tions among the American Indians
and their relations with the bureau
of Indian affairs was proposed in a
resolution submitted by Senator
King, democrat Utah. .s
Under it, the senate Indian affairs
committee would be authorized To
conduct an inquiry and would be in
structed to note particularly the
operation Of existing laws intended to
assist in the civilization and protection
of Indian tribes. 1t would be
directed, too, to make recommend
ations for the correction of abuses,
if any should be found to exist.
In the preamble, Senator King cited
charges Of improper administration
of Indian property by the bureau and
said that control of the persons and
properties of the Indians as vested in
the bureau was preventing them from
accustoming themselves to the re-
quirements Of modern life and from
becoming self-reliant, independent
citizens