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The Coolidge examiner., 1937-06-24
Beat The Burglar
At His Own Game

Summer is here-and the burglar
is getting out his housebreaking
tools. There are six burglary, rob-
berry and theft losses for every fire
loss, according to the Association
of Casualty and Surety Executives.
The vacation months, when so many
residences are empty and un-
guarde, provide ideal work
ing conditions for the housebreak-
er He does not have to be wary of
sleepers who may wake momentari-
ly and sound an alarm. He need
have no fear that a dogs angry
barking will reveal his presence
He can work leisurely and
thoroughly.
If persons who are leaving their
homes unoccupied even for a short
time this summer will take the
following precautions, they will add
greatly to their protection and
peace of mind:
1. Lock securely all doors, win
dows or other entrances to the
house.
2. Inform the police that your
house will be empty. They can
keep watch on it and try the doors
and windows at regular intervals.
8. Take with you or lock secure
ly all jewelry, silverware, furs
valuable clothing and other articles
easily converted into cash by a
thief.
4. Be sure to suspend all de-
liveries, such as milk, paper, mail
A heap of newspapers or milk bot.
ties on a porch are sure signs that
a house is unoccupied.
In view of the increasing wide
spread threat of the burglary
hazard to property, local citizens
should take extra precautions at
this time of the year. That is the
most effective way they can aid
crime control in the community.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-06-24
|Corneha Mine
Enlarges Plant
Phelps Dodge Corporation
Spends S2,OOO,OOO to In
crease Co~3cc v1tput

Intense building activity marks
the city of Ajo today as the Phelps
Dodge corporation expands the
production capacity of its New
Cornelia mine.
The noted open pit copper mine
is being enlarged in every branch.
as the big mining company pours
over $2,00O,000 into the plant.
Though the mine was worked at
least as early as 1850 by the In
dians. it is in many respects the
most modern in the country.
A conspicuous sight at Aio to-
day is the building of SO new
houses for the workers. These
houses have steel windows. stucco
walls and are covered with cop
per roofs.
The copper Ioef order alone
broke all records as the largest
ever placed
The roof chosen is of the dou-
ble-lock type which was invented
in Arizona several years ago and
has now spread all over the coun-
try The construction method 4lt
costs in half and made copper
roofing available for the average
residence. AS a result, the mines
of Arizona have had their market
enlarged by this fast growing Ari-
zona industry which is already
using over a million pounds of it's
copper each year.
The roofs at Ajo are being ap-
piled by the Copper Roofs COM
pany of Phoenix. Phelps Dodge
has beer using these roofs for
years as have such other well
known producers as American
Smelling & Refining company,
Anaconda Copper Mining COM
pany, Inspiration Copper COM
pany. Magma Copper company,
United Verde Copper company
and the international Smelling
company. In Arizona alone many
hundrede of copper roofs stretch
trom one end of the copper state
10 the ossaer.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-06-24
Government Tiles
Canal Thru City

Continuing a project started
several months ago with the tile
ing of the Canal between central
and North Coolidge, the Govern
ment is now tiling west from the
High School one-fourth mile, and
south from the High School thru
West Coolidge, one-fourth mile.
When completed, this will be one
of the most needed improvements
in the city. Open canals are always
a menace to the lives of small chill
dren, as well as being breeding
places for mosquitoes and insects.
The government is to be commend
ed upon it's efforts to help the city
to be a good place to live.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-06-24
Injuries Mar Best
Game OF Season

w. C. Ketchersid and Ted Moore
ran together going after fly ball
while playing in the oldster's game
Friday night and bad crash re-
suited. Stitches were used literally
in getting the men back into the
land of the living. However, this
did not keep the Rheumatics from
winning from the Dispeptics 1925.
Skousen, Moody, Lewis, Durham,
M. Ware, Hines, Mognett, Cochran.
Shelter and Simmons were on the
losing end, aided by Robertson
Lynch and Jayne. Sharp, Ketcher
sid, Snyder, Mangum, Hamilton.
Blackwell, Moore, Claridge, Rhine
hart and Cleveland, assisted by O.
Boone, Zahalsky were the winners.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-06-24
Future Indian
Farmers Organize

The Arizona Producer carried an
article in the current issue dealing
with the organization of the Mother
chapter of the F. l. F. A. Future
Indian Farmers of America) at
Sacaton. Instructor Evans, feeling
the need of extra activities to in
duce interest in farming, organized
the F. l. F. A, patterned after the
Future Farmers of America, but
with some radical changes. Sixty
members are now members of the
group, and last season they COM
pleted 13O projects in cotton, barley,
mellon growing, poultry, swine,
calves and beef breeds of cattle.
The organization is bearing rich
fruit in both a financial and IL
social way.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-06-24
SPORTS
Coolidge League
LIONS DEFEAT GIN

The Loins tested out the pitch
ing of Kenworthy and found it able
to turn back the Gin boys last
Thursday night 4-3. Hancock pitch
ed for the Gin team but didn't show
his usual form in the box.
Sneed, Clemans, McGown, Clari-
dge, Dobson, Vinson, O'Conner,
Hancock, Shoemaker, and Rogers
composed the Gin team while the
Lions had their regular lineup of
Wilcox, Harris, Smiley, Jackson.
Kenworthy, Lard, Goree, Knapp. M
Harris and Lindemann.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-06-24
The Low Down From
Hickory Grove

SO much pcppiE off about takin
the money away from somebody
who has saved up four bits, ard
givin' it to somebody who maybe
would rather set down and wear
holes in his pants, and don't give
a hoot about tomorrow. it is hot
past-time.
And the ones poppin' off most,
they want the government to take
over everything, cause it is easier
to fool Sambo, and he runs his bust
ness like as if money grew on trees
And the latest | see in the paper,
is where he is in mass now with
some different states, and they are
pullin' and pushin' him around and
gettin' him confused more than
ever, about his new dams he has
built in Arizona and other places.
And in some states he charges off
a certain amount of navigation on
some creek or other, and it makes
the power cheaper in that state, or
anyway look cheaper, and the 9TH
er states are mad.
And if Sambo would just stick
with his army and navy and quit
fussin' around where he don't know
beans, he would not get his whisk-
ers caught in the wringer or be in
hot water half the time.
Yours with the low down,
10 SIERRA.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-06-24
G-Men and Novel;
Motors Tangle

Chuck Mech chalked up another
pitching victory to add to his al
ready numerous ones to beat the
NOVEL; Motor lis. He was ably
assisted by GLADDEN.. Castellum,
Perham, Hendrix, Sewell, Moody.
Neece, Jackson, Arney and Isles.
Capt. Killian of the NOVEL; team
had Wilborn, Rawles, McAllister,
Veazey, Chesley, Glenn, Suit, Condit
and Mathews on the line up.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-06-24
Fire Can't Down
Hines Drug Store

In spite of fire and water, the
Hines Drug continues to do busl-
ness. altho in a necessarily limited
way. Pete King, Stella Watson
and others hold forth in the front
door, with magazines, tobbccoes,
ice cream, papers, etc. Insurance
settlements have been made and
plans are steadily going forward
for the opening of a bigger and
better Hines Drug, according to
the owner, Jimmie Hines.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-06-24

Gertrude and Gwendolyn Reagan,
having won second place in the
KOY search for talent contest at
Casa Grande, were given special
addition by Mr.. Palmer at the KOY
studio in Phoenix. Upon Mr.
Stephen Shadeggs recommendation
they were put on the air for a try
out This number was Broken
Engagement, a duet accompanied
by guitar. Mr.. Shadegg as we'll as
they themselves have strong hopes
of accomplishing and succeeding in
the task they have undertaken.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-06-24
Base Ball Game
Sunday At Coolidge

The Shumway base ball team CT
Phoenix will be down to Coolidge
next Sunday, June 27, and play the
Coolidge team.
The Shumways are a fast base
ball aggregation and all lovers Of
the National game are assured of
fast game from start to finish.
The game will be called at the
base ball park at 800 p. m. Make
it a pont to be there on time.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-06-24

R. T. Prather has completed a
large screened in porch on the
west side of his house in North
Coolidge, adding much convenience
and comfort for the family.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-06-24
Coolidge Drubs
Florence Team

A close 6-5 game gave Coolidge
another victory over the fast Flor
ence team Monday night.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-06-24

Mrs. Olin Woodruff will vacation
in Colorado starting Sunday. She
will be accompanied by her two
sons.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-06-24

Ell Circule Espanol gave a fare
well party for Betty Bills at the
Maben home before her trip to
Tucson last week. She will spend
the summer there, going on to
Michigan in August. Everyone en-
joyed the games and performances
which took place in the earlier part
of the evening. Ice cream, cake and
lemonade were served before the
club members departed.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-06-24
Legion Auxiliary
And Post No. 81
Install Officers

A joint installation of officers
was held by the Legion Auxiliary
and American Legion Post No. 54
at the Legion hall Monday night.
The Auxiliary officers were INSTALL
ed by Mrs. Loleete Talla, Central
District ommitteewoman, as fol-
lows:
President, Mable Moxley, 1st Vice
pres. Marion Cochran, End Vice
Pres. Esther Sasser;; secretary,
Lillian Preece;' treasurer, Lillian
Prather; Historian, Vivian Fisher;
Chaplain, Lula Short; Sergeant at
arms, Avis Hobby.
The officers of the Legion Post
No. 54, were installed by M. l..
Talla, as follows: Commander P.
w. Moxley; 1st vice Commander,
Don Paul; End vice Commando.
Bob Hall; Adjutant c. J. Preece,
Chaplain, A. E. Taylor; Sergeant
alarms, Bill Urton.
A full years report of the Auxi-
liary units activities were read by
the president, Sue Stewart, show
ing the progressive and interesting
years work done by the Chairmen
of the various departments. Other
reports were also read by the de-
partment chairmen, specifying their
activities of the year. The retiring
presiding officers of the Auxiliary
and Legion Post were presented
with an emblem pin and badge of
their order after the installation
Ice cream and cake were served
at the end of the meeting.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-06-24
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The Examiner to any ad-
dress in Pinal County
one year for only che
dollar.
The Examiner yearly
publishes four serials
that If bought on news.
stand would cost you
two dollars.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-06-24

FOR SALE
And other advertise
ments are run in The
Examiners Classified
column for one cent per
word. Minimum charge
fifteen cents.
These little ads always
bring results.
Evening star., 1937-01-17
Dorinq Deoth Under the f Eorth

the opening was much too small for
either of us!
"We'll never get out of here" said
Dawson hoarsely. Sweat burst out on
his tanned forehead and glistened in
the white light of the gasoline lantern.
Man. we're buried aliver
Exhausted from repeated struggles
to squeeze upward through the crevice.
l stared speculatively at the relentless
rock above us. Don't get excited.
Tom." l said. bolstering my courage.
"I've been in worse places than this"
But / was keenly aware of the musti-
ness of the heavy cavern air and of
the dense smothering darkness beyond
our arc of light. ''l'll try it again."
Slowly. painfully. ! made another
desperate effort to wedge my bruised
shoulders through the cleft. got half
way up. then. as before. had to drop
back. simply could not make 1t
Evening star., 1937-01-17

n BELIEVE I am as familiar with
caves as most men are with city
streets.
Besides blazing more than thirty
miles of perilous trails in Carlsbad
Caverns. i have explored many of the
numerous outlying caves which cata-
comb the Guadalupe Mountains in the
Carlsbad country of New Mexico. OF
late years my purpose in exploring
these smaller caves has been to collect
relics of the ancient Basketmakers;
formerly. it was to assist the late DR..
H. T. Lee, of the National Geographic
Society. in his quest for another en-
trance to the Carlsbad Caverns. He
was firmly convinced that such an en-
trance existed.
Many of the outlying caves are of
incredible beauty and miles in extent;
others are immense. gaping holes. dam
gerous in the extreme.
Evening star., 1937-01-17

and I knew they had fallen tre-
mendous distance.
l edged my way around the ledge
in search of a possible opening in the
side of the cave; but found none.
Then l started back up. Getting out
Of this cave was the most difficult
thing ever did. Owing to the distance
had to make and the almost pefpen-
dicular walls, the climb was frightful.
Until now I had not realized how
much the trip down had tired me.
My arms were feeling the terrific strain,
but l could not rest them, for there
was no place I could let 60 of the rope
in safety. Long before I reached the
speck of daylight far above me. was
wondering if l could hold out until I
got there.
Another cave, similar to the one
1 have just described, is called
Slaughter Cave" My first trip into
this death trap was made by means
of ropes; but now it has ladders. Bill
Sorrel. a young man who used to work
for me at Carlsbad Caverns, built the
ladders for fertilizer company. with
the expectation of bringing out guam
titles of guano. But, as it turned out.
there was not enough guano to bother
with; so Bill had all his trouble for
nothing.
To get into this cave, you 60 down
a 5O-foot. funnel-shaped spread "a
precarious spread within itself - to
an immense hole where you find the
first ladder. 1t is 200 feet in length
and takes you to ledge. Here you
change to another ladder and 60
down so feet to the cavern floor.
One day Bill guided two girl sight
seers into Slaughter Cave. They had
reached the bottom of the first ladder
Evening star., 1937-01-17
THE "CHlNESE
WALL"
STRANGE FOR
NATION IN
ONE OF THE
CAvERNS

body lay. wrapped it in a tarpaulin
and hoisted it up.
The dangers l have explained are
not the only ones have encountered
in cave exploring. Once l stepped
through a crust into pit of decom-
posed guano and sank almost to my
shoulders. The sitting, four-like sub
stance offered no more resistance than
soft snow: it threatened to bury me.
After a few moments of fighting and
choking in this horrible dust, found
boulder and pulled myself out.
In caves, due to ones inability to
see any distance ahead, almost every
thing seems fantastically exaggerated.
Here's an instance - it's funny now,
looking back: but at the time
In 1924 l guided DR.. Lee and his
crew on the first official survey made
in the caverns. At the end of the Big
Room, which is 72O feet below the
surface of the earth, there is a huge
opening into black, mysterious-look-
ing space. Where it led to was not
known at that time. DR.. Lee wanted
it explored, so with a rope around my
waist, was lowered into the depths.
1t was agreed that three jerks on
the rope meant that wanted to be
pulled back up; two that l would 60
on down. With my sputtering kero-
sene torch. l started on my way.
l had gone about 100 feet when my
light glimmered on what appeared to
be an ocean. had no desire to explore
this forbidding expanse. l gave three
frantic jerks on the rope. My signal
was misunderstood. drew nearer and
nearer the dark. CLASSY looking surface
below me. There was no escape. |
would be plunged into the water.
l hit it-and it was only waist deep
Evening star., 1937-01-17

probably will never be known. l went
down it 500 feet without getting any
where near the bottom.
With the aid of a rope, which was
held by several men at the top of the
cave, l started down the rocky. slightly
sloping wall. Rocks would roll beneath
me and send me sprawling: but my
worst fear was of those above me.
which the movement of the rope kept
Evening star., 1937-01-17

attribute my success in mastering
caves to the fact that I never allow
myself to become panic-stricken. The
more hazardous the way, the calmer
strive to be. This state of mind comes
from habit, and is the outgrowth of a
conscious, determined effort to hold
on to my reasoning power.
I have never failed to reason my
way out of danger. In this connection
l recall an experience a friend and l
once had IN trying to get out of cave
in which we apparently were en-
tombed:
Tom Dawson and ! had made a
lOO-foot descent into a hole in the side
of a mountain and then. through a
small cleft in the rock which formed
the bottom of the hole. had wormed
ourselves down into the cave proper.
1t proved to be of little interest, and
in a short time we were back at the
cleft. When we tried to climb back
out, We were startled to find that
Evening star., 1937-01-17

Dawson. who was new at the busi-
ness of cave exploring. was dumb with
fright, and Of no possible assistance.
1t was up to me to find way out OF
this place. No use looking for another
entrance; we had already done that,
and had found only solid walls. l
forced myself to sane reasoning: We
had come into the cave: we could
set out. Suddenly saw a way.
tom. we amt dead yet! Give me
a boost and Ill show you"
By the simple process Of raising
my arms high above my head, l mar
rowed my shoulder breadth to such an
extent that Dawson could push me up
through the cleft. Then l pulled him
up. Don't think we didn't get to the
top of that cave in hurry!
This was a dangerous cave, but it
was nothing compared to one DR..
Lee sent me into in 1921. don't mind
telling you that one trip into this hor-
rible abyss was all I wanted. Its depth
Evening star., 1937-01-17

loosening. Even a pebble. hurting
from the top. had sufficient force to
make me lose my grip on the rope
should it hit me in the face.
When l reached the end of the 500
foot rope, struck what first believed
was the bottom of the cave. stood
up and held my lantern aloft. was
not on a floor. but a narrow ledge
which seemed to encircle the cave. I
tried to test the depth of the space
beneath me by hurting large rocks over
the ledge. They gave back no sound
Evening star., 1937-01-17
Asogoziss Ssesies

without mishap. and were standing
on the ledge. preparatory to tackling
the second ladder. when someone at
the top yelled. Look outr' Bill showed
the girls against the wall and glanced
up. A pebble was pounding down.
ward. 1t hit him in the eye. Half
stunned. he grabbed at the ladder.
missed it and fell to the bottom.
was asked to recover the body. l
stretched ropes, with a block and
tackle attached. across the top of the
cave. Then went down to where the
The Fort Peck press., 1937-05-27
DOCTORS FORM
ORGANIZATION

Doctors from Cut Bank, Conrad,
Shelby, Heart Butte, Chester, Coutts,
Sunburst and Browning met at Cut
Bank recently with officials of the
Medical Association of Montana to
organize the North Central District
Medical association.
At the business meeting, problems of
the medical profession, local, state and
national, were discussed. Desirability
of the government going into the prac-
tice of medicine was gone over and it
was unanimously decided that, aside
from all other considerations, it would
not work out to the advantage of those
who are i'll.
DR.. P. o. Neraal of Cut Bank was
elected president; DR.. H. F. Shrader
of Browning, vice president, and DR..
w. L. Dubois of Conrad, secretary
treasurer. DR.. L. j. Liest of Cut Bank
and DR.. H. w. Power of Conrad were
elected as delegates to the state med
ical convention at Great Falls in July
The next meeting will be in July at
Conrad.
The Fort Peck press., 1937-05-27
Last Will of GulliUer's Author i'm
Collection Of Montana SuUunt

Little did Jonathan Swift, famous
English author of Gullivers Travels
realize when he ScraWled out his last
will and testament that 219 years later
the original document would find its
way into Montana and be worth far
more than his itenized fortune.
That is exactly what happened, and
literary collection owned by H.. w.
Whicker, member of the Montana
State university faculty.
In addition to the Swift document,
Whicker's collection includes an orig
inal document by Elizabeth Barrett
Browning in her own handwriting.
The collection also contains original
manuscripts and letters Of Thomas
DeQuincy, Robert Browning, Thomas
Carlyle and many others.
Only members of thhe Whicker
family who previously owned the col
lection knew that the originals existed.
Facts concerning most of them have
heretofore never been published.
Whicker, well-known northwest
author, who recently published the
book, ''Silver Strike" is not, however,
a collector: The manuscripts were
Jonathan Swifts will is dated Sept.
8, 1718, and it lists bonds and mort
cages valued at 1874 pounds. OF this
sum 200 pounds were bequeathed for
a building at Nielytown and the bal
ance to his family. While the paper
is yellow and fragile with age, the
document is still legible.
Another unit of Whicker'S collection
is a page. from one of Edgar Allen
Poe's original manuscripts on literary
criticism. It is written in his own hand
writing. The page is pasted together
similar to the editorial copy for news
papers or magazines.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge's letter to
his publisher relative to certain re-
visions suggested concerning the fam
GUS Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner"
is also included in the group.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poem,
Life" bears her initials in addition
to her own penciled revisions. The
work was originally published under
the title, Human Life'S Problems"
A comparison with the poem as 1t is
published today shows that only two
of the stanzas are the same as the
original.
Among the collections items are
listed seven letters from Thomas Car |
lyle to a Miss Wilson, the last Of the |
seven being dated Jan. 7, 1843. In
addition there is a letter from Henry |
w. Longfellow to George st. NeWhall,
dated July 20, 1874, and a priceless
Robert Browning letter to MIR. Con-
way, dated Feb. TO- 1765.
The Fort Peck press., 1937-05-27
Auto Second Best
in Bout With Horse

That feud between the auto and the
horse, which might have been be-
lieved dead and buried, flared into
activity recently in LeWistown and
this time the auto came off second
best.
Driving along east Main street Mrs.
William Schultz noticed a runaway
team dashing toward her at the inter
section of Dawes street. Her husband,
who was in the car, shouted warn
ing, but too late. The horses dashed
headlong toward the car, tried to
swerve at the last moment but slipped
on the pavement and one of the ami
mails crashed heavily into the auto,
damaging the fender and headlanp.
The horse then fell unconscious in the
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Schultz summoned
police in the belief the horse would
have to be destroyed. In few min
utes, however, the animal arose, shook
The Fort Peck press., 1937-05-27
AIR SHOW TO BE
HELD in HELENA

Airplanes of all types and sizes
will dot the air above Helena June
5 and 6, dates Of the National
AerOnautics association air show
which will be put on at the muni-
cipal airport by the flying cadets
of Helena high school in order
to arouse interest in aerOnautics
in Montana, according to an an
nouncement made by L. w. Fahr-
ner, president of the organization.
Besides being able to watch Mr..
Fahrner's flying cadets in action,
Helena citizens will have an oppor-
tunity to view a squadron of army
flyers from the Spokane national guard
unit and pilots from several Montana
cities who have indicated they will
be present for the big show. Local
aeronautics officials said negotiations
are being made to secure a squadron
of regular army flyers also.
Exhibitions are being planned by
both the National Parks Anyways and
the Northwest Airlines. The National
Parks AirWayS will have a radio ex-
hibit. Numerous other attractions which
will be sponsored by both companies
have not been announced.
In connection with the snow an
airplane model contest will be held
Boy Scouts and others inter
ested Entries must be submitted to
Fred 0. Robinson at the Helena high
school or Freeman Bruce at the air.
port by May 25, officials said.