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"4 It t WWW MfttefWlt sw - " Tt " ' -"'iI$ .vwittttaft. Cociininu mi State Librarian 6-11-19 ' tWMT V1M t1 C-M i .;-, , , ?l i 3ltWtVAl!i J 1 If A I u VEHW 'F" Ti fvt r f I. it. . ; i VOLUME XXXVI. i -s : . FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1919. NUMBER 41. BUYING SHEEP FOR TEXAS COLLAPSED BRIDGE AND FREIGHT WRECK' MAROONJFLAGSTAFF Flagstaff was cut off from direct transportation, eithor one n .. nv ,..ot j j i "-"p , peu mem out inc nrsi oi me weeK. nrXnitefl?! a wck n Mr. whitehead wa3 a boyhood fricnd j ...,,.. Habitue, ly, west Ol here, and the washing out on Friday night of the big steel bridge at Houck, near the eastern boundary of the state. Tuesday's No. 2 wiis the first regu lar transcontinental train east, and No. 1, that night at 6 o'clock, was the first through train west. As a result, our mail was pretty much de layed, though a large part of it was detoured, and after the first day or so, letters and papers coming through with fair regularity. Transcontinental passengers suffer ed little Inconvenience, except for the delay occurring in being detoured over the longer route, by way of El Paso, Phoenix and Ash Fork. But those whose points of departure or destination chanced to lie along the 250-mile stietch botween Houck and Hackberrv didn't hnvn such nn mv time of it, and there were many cases reported of long-delayed arrivals, and of long-deferred pilgrimages from this to other climes. The Hackberry wieck was the first serious accident on the Arizona divi sion of the Santa Fe for several months. It occurred on Thursday evening, July 31, at 6:55 o'clock, when an extra westbound freight with two engines went into the ditch at M. P. 487, near Hackberry. The train was hi charge of Conductor W. A. Adams. Engineer C. R. Thomas was in charge of the head engine, and Engineer Fred Fuller in charge of the second engine. Firemen E. G. Key and E. M. Hand ley and Brakcmen A. J. Freedy and D. E. McGoughey constituted the bal ance of the crew. Engineer Fuller was killed; the balance of the crew were all more or less bruised and scratched but their injuries are not of a serious nature. The heavy rains of the hours nro- ceding the wreck had caused a heavy flow of water which had undermined the track. Roadmaster E. Cagle had inspected the track at 5:30 and every thing was all right, apparently. The water was receding and had already dropped two feet An eastbound train passed over the track safely about 15 minutes before the westbound train, and it was thought safe. The em bankment at this place is about 10 Walter Whitehead, a prominent stockman of Del Rio, Tex., has been in Flagstaff the past Week buying bucks for his big sheep Tanch down in the Texas country. He made a large purchase off Colin Campbell from his herds at Ash Fork and ship ped them out the first of the week. of R. T. and Duff Brown back in Texas some several years ago, and he was pleased to find them prospering here in this section of the country. ELKS TO GO GUNNING FOR 10OOTHER ELKS A lot of the Elks in this state have not complied withv all the retire ments "and regulations of the order,' and as a consequence, they are going j IU UU JUIICU. Special bands of gunmen, chosen carefully from among the various Elks lodges of the state, will start out on October 17, and from that date up to and including the last day of the month, will kill the Elks that have come under the ban. But no gunman is permitted to kill more than one. This isn't as bloodthirsty as it now seems, for the elk to be killed are of the four-footed variety. Jack Wilson, exalted ruler of the Flagstaff B. P. O. E.. has a letter from State Game Warden Joe V. Prochaska, advising that there will be a grand elk hunt in the Sitgreave Na tional Forest, from October 17 to 31, inclusive. None but members of the order may take part, the number from the lodge here being limited to five, and no hunter may kill more than one elk. which must be a male, with antlers. Mr. Wilson has five blank applica tions. Each application must be ac companied by half the fee, the fee being $10 for residents of the state. and $20 for non-residents. All appli cations must be in before September 11. If there are more than 100 annli- cations, there will be a drawing at Prochaska's office on September 12. The unlucky applicants will then be refunded their entrance monev and the lucky ones will be sent further particulars, including a special map of the country to be hunted over, and will be asked to send the rest of the entrance fee. , , In the application the aspirant must give,, his nationality,, place of- birth, sex, height, weight, color of hair and FLAGSTAFF'S FIRST HOTEL, BUILT ALONG IN BOOM DAYS OF 1882 SAYS CROPS ARE GREAT The above cut shows Flagstaff's f the picMnt' site of the Commercial first leal hotel,vhere the old-timers j Hotel. The old hotel went up in used to congregate freely and makeJ?moke' as di(l most of the first build predictions as to when Flagstaff i LTLl0W?i J".0."!6""?. .1 ...!""" aiiwuici, iui wic, wao wuiui would have New York backed off the map. It was built along about 1882, as near as can be ascertained, and was located on Railroad avenue, neai' 25 cents a barrel then and often went up as hieh as $1.00 a barrel and was delivered regularly every day by the "water-wagon man." ivpq. arm nfr nyA ntrran fn tfai? nil feet high, and when the westbound the rules. He must also have a regu- train struck the fill, going about SO miles an nour, it was seemingly in safe condition. Nothing wrong was I behaving very badly of late. They lar hunting license, The elk in the Sitgreave region are noticed until the engines' beffan to turp' over as 4he embankment gave 1 away. -. Engineer Fuller, of the .second en gine, was missing when the wreckers arrived, and it was at first thought that his body had been washed away. But, while clearing away the wreck age on Monday, his body was found pinned under the tank of his engine. Besides the two engines, there-were 13 freight cars piled up in a tangled mass, the engines beneath. Super intendent J. A. Christie and wicckers from the Needles and Winslow divi sions, cleared up the wreckage. Engineer Fuller had just returned from a Los Angeles hospital, where he had been sick for some time. His wife and child were in Los Angeles spenuing ine summer. The washout at Houck presented even greater engineering difficulties than the Hackberry wreck. This big steel bridge had been giving the offi cials uneasiness for some time, and for some time a patrol had been watching the approaches to the structure, as, owing to the heavy rains, a washout was feared. The Rio Puerco at this point has a habit of slightly changing its course occasionally, and, owing to the treach erous nature of the 'soil, the heavy rains of the last few weeks gave extra cause for apprehension, which Droved to be well-founded, the torrent under mining the abutments, followed by the collapse, of the main structure. Huge pile driving machines were put at work on either side of the river, and the work of throwing across a makeshift bridge was rushed day and night. A let-up in the rains helped a lot, it being at first thought that no trains could pet across the river before the end of this week. have been straying far awav from home, and the farmers and ranchers are taking-serious exceptions to some of their depredations. This is the rea son lor the hunt. Jack Wilson is a much sought after man today, just how he will go about it to make five applications go around is puzzling to him. He firmly in tends to hang on to one for himself, which leaves four to take care of a score of ' eager applicants, among whom are Senator Campbell, Rav Babbitt. Lew Charlebois, Charlie J. Lehr, George Timberlake, and Dr.. Miller. WAS SHE "HELD UP" OR ONLY, "FRAME UP"? A modern Version Of the celebrated jliHts tn hia rVtneAr Jn fJio 1-itnaf nrv. melodrama, "Did she fall, or was she 'proved Hawkshaw style, with one foot pusneu; was piayeci in riagstan on, on tne iloor, the other on the other. Saturday to a small but verv select. r n t. "i ji .., ,i. " lacunae omen me uuiiuneruiiei, audience. !., ,i.m!ln,i,,. icf . ,: o , Herewith is the complete feenariof- flaming with elation at his own suc- .SS1 o for.the vpecml jracaton ! cess in so quickly taking up the scent, of The Sun readers by our well-known he reaches for the article aforesaid. photo-dramatic editor, Mr. Dangerous-t ,(D . , .. ,. . ,. Rearbacks" I Perfume," he mutters, disgustedly, Man rushes breathlessly to Chief of "and d cheaP stuff at-that-" Police R. L. Neill. i The smell at the handkerchief con fine, quick; tarry not! Me sister, vincing him that he had the true has been foully set upon and robbed!" scent at last, he began firing ques Business of rushing on Neill's part, tions. And this is the gist of his con As Neill nears scene of the devilish elusions: That the fact that nothing, deed, sees heroine standing at win- apparently, had been taken, looked fAtxr Qlinutinr "Pahmm u In!., niippi- That tio victim lisiH Tint Tnnrlp SHE'S RID OF HIM Mrs. Josephine Seaward, -of Wil liams, was granted a divorce from Fred Odell Seaward in superior court last Saturday, with custody of all their children, five in number. Both are Williams people. According to the evidence, the now ex-husband was pretty much less than nothing at all. In their peregrina tions from place to place over this big broad land, his trade as carpenter had produced much less to keep the wolf from the door than her trade as a washerwoman. She also testified that he had tried, while they were in El Paso. $o induce her to lead an immoral Jife, so that he might be better supported. Judge X. N. Steaves was her attor ney, Gold & Harbin representing Sea ward. o JUDGE CROSBY TO PRESIDE FRED WHEELER PILOTS AUTO OVER 3,500 MILES A. A. Dutton and grandson, Fred Wheeler, arrived in Flagstaff the first of the week after a long trip around the loop from their home in Kingman. They left Kingman about two months ago in their auto, crossing the Colo rado north of Chloride and went to Hamilton, Mont., where Mr. Dutton visited his sisters for a short time. From there they went through Yel lowstone Park and to Denver, where they stopped to visit with cousins of Mr. 'Dutton; from'Denver they came to Flagstaff for a visit to old friends before going on home to Kingman. "Old Man" Fred Wheeler, who. an swers to thirteen long years of resi dence on this terrestial sphere, drove the "Lizzie" the whole distance of 3,500 miles without an accident and brought her into Flagstaff 'still "a-rarin' " to go. dow. Shouting, "Courage, fair lady, queer. That the victim had not made I am cameing," Neill rushes up the outcry, was queerer. That $30 in a stairs, in two jerks and a fraction. trunk hadn t been touched, was queer- Strange phenomenon: Woman now nat tne "victims" aoiiity to ten lying on bed in a deep fainting fit all that had happened while she was from which it takes the cjifef, htTMC jnnder the influence of chloro husband and her brother- several -feffer form -that-tiirned out to be perfume. and much persuasion to rouse her. ''was more queerer, and that she was Then she pours into the chief's ears said to be in the habit of getting up her fearsome tale, to-wit, as follows, little fake situations for the purpose and viz: of interesting her husband, or scaring "Here I was, laying on me bed, him, or something, was most queerest, asleep, when in walks a tall, red- So Mr. Neill concluded that 15 min headed dame and a little boy in knee utes was about enough to put in on paits who calls her 'Auntie.' Before that job, and having spent that much I woke up they claps me own hand- time already, he quit.' kerchief, wet with chloroform, to me The woman's husband, a former nose. I fades out. Then .they hog- soldier, works for a well-known con ties me, hands and feet, and pushes trading painter here. Her brother me under the bed. Then they goes works for a sewer contractor, through everything." The scene of the alleged hold-up Business of thinking on the chief's was the Denver House, opposite the part, the while he holds one set of Catholic Church. A. F. Kinnison, horticultural exten sion specialist from the University of Arizona, who has been visiting among our farmers for about two weeks, says the prospects for bumper yields of oats, wheat and potatoes are sure. weeds got a good start in the po tatoes durings the rains, but will do little damage, probably, as the raisers can work them pretty well out be tween showers. Hills are setting. 12 to 20 tubers each. Price indications are splendid, Sir. Kinnison says. LOCAL BASEBALL TEAM TOO MUCH FOR WILLIAMS The local baseball teahi added an other victory to their list last Sunday when they defeated ' the Williams team by a scoie of 10 to 7. The game was a clean shut out until the seventh inning, when the umpire lost his eyesight and wasn't able to see any of the WHliams gang put out, and his judgment in regard to Hanley's curves across the plate was sadly in error. The Flagstaff bunch played error less ball and cracked out a bunch of good hits Prochnow, Osier, and Home getting clean three-baggers, and Cailson, Hanley, Dahl and Fagg rapping out doubles. Flagstaff start ed off by making three runs in the first inning and kept it up until they piled up a total of seven, after which they merely tried to hold Williams to a shut out. However, after the um pires scored four or five runs for Wil liams on foul balls, undeserved walks, etc., in the eighth inning. Flagstaff walloped out three more runs in their half of the eighth which Was consid ered enough and Hanley fanned two men and forced Williams' heavy hitter to fly out to his brother Joe in the ninth. Hanley pitched first-class ball clear through the nine innings and although several walks were chalked against him, not one of them were deserved. His curves had clean, sharp breaks to them, but the umpires couldn't look fast enough to see where the ball was. Carlson played the old steady game and took his "kidding" with the cus tomary grin. Faggs fielding was a feature at shortstop. Next Sunday will be the first game on the home grounds since July 4, when the Flagstaff dub will meet the Santa Fe team fronTSeliirman. The visitors have been playing first-class ball and it is expected that the game SWITZER CANYON LAKE PLAN HASJBEEN HEARTILY APPROVED i The article in last week's Sun about the plan, as outlined by John Clark, to convert Switzer Canyon into a lake and resort, with up-to-date ho tel, cottages, and year-'round recrea tional features, aroused a great deAl of interest. There were many en thusiastic comments made, and on its practicability and desirability every body seems to be agreed. As one man expressed it: "This plan, if carried out, would as sure a brilliant future for Flagstaff. That something of the sort should be done, no one can deny. We have every advantage imaginable over every other city in the state except in our lack of amusements and roof age for the thousands ot people who come here every year and the thous ands of others who would come if it wasn't getting to be a well-advertised fact that there are insufficient accom modations here. "If we will get into shape to take care of the people, there is no reason on earth why we could not double our permanent population in less than five years. Our floating population this very summer would nave been three times as large if we could have taken good care of all the people who came in. Many who came to stay for months, didn't stay a week. Many others were prevented from cominir at all by fore-knowledge of 'the con gestion here. "Suppose we could have ta,cen good care of all of these people? Think " of the many thousands of dollars they would have spent here! "Suppose, even, we could take care of every person who comes here with the avowed intention of settling per manently! "Other resort, cities that haven't half our natural advantages in cli mate, scenery, water, etc, have grown in the same length of time to five and even ten times our size. But here we are, located better than nine out . of ten of all the other resorts in the . world, and we can not take proper, care of a quarter of the people who. come, let alone advertise for more to come. , "The lake project, if carried out;,., would mean the bringing in of men.' and money from the outside to build the hotel and take care of the other developments if home capital wasn't K POSTMASTER IS NOT READY FOR GROCERIES SHERIFF HAD TO COME BACK Judge J. E. Crosby, of Navajo county, will preside during one or two of the criminal and one of the civil tases to be tried in the superior court the last of this week or first of next, Judge Jones being disqualified to pre side over the cases by virtue of hav ing been counsel in one or two of them, and from other technical rea Sheriff J. O. Harrington went to Phoenix Saturday armed with extra dition papers for Fermin Arrango, of iMagstafr, alleged booze seller, who jumped his bond here and was ar rested in Los Angeles last week. When the sheriff trot to Phoenix he found that the governor was here in Flagstaff, so he had to hustle back, as it was necessary to have the state tion papers before going on to Los Angeles after the fugitive. Mf. Har rington is now in California, the date of his returniis uncertain, as Arrango is fighting extradition. It has Deen suggested, apparently with a-good deal of reason, that the law should be changed to permit some one else to sign extradition and other routine documents in the absence of the governor from his office. Other sheriffs, have been disappointed in not finding the governor at home, which is natural, as the latter's duties frc auently take him away for several days a,t a time. o NORMAL REGISTRATION WILL CONTINUE ALL DAY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY Postmaster Charles P. Heisser savs he hasn't gone into the grocery busi ness yet, though he expects to be up to his neck in it within a few 'days. The government's decision to throw on the market, through the post offices of the country, all the surplus food left on its hands as a result of the early ending of the war, was an nounced in advance of the perfection of the necessary details for handling the orders. As a result, the general public, eager to avail themselves of the much lower prices, have been bom barding the postmaster with all sorts of inquiries. Mr. Heisser says he will notify the public just as soon as he gets instruc tions and blanks fiom the eovem- ment. but he knows nothing at all of the plan now except what he has read in the newspapers. PADDY JOHNSTON IS NOW RAISING MULLIGAN CROP SUPERIOR COURT TO REOPEN ON SEPT. 11 Registration of students for the fall and winter term of the Northern Ari zona Normal School is being conduct ed by Prof. Walker, and it is request ed that all town students register by Saturday evening. Judge J. E. Jones on Wednesday or dered a recess of this term of the superior court until September 11, when the jurymen are. asked to report for further duty. The recess was ordered because of delay in getting several pending cases to trial. One of these was the $12,000 dam age suit filed by Dr. E. B. Perrin, of Williams, against W. H. Hughes and son. jvennetn'Mup'npK. "ho Hnrrhpa men came from California to run sheep on shares for Dr. Perrin. who now claims that .many of them died or were destroyed during the winter. There is also a difference on a cat tle settlement. This case will come up again on September 15. The case of the state against Al bert Willman and Forrest Willis, charged with misbranding calves, in informations lodged by R. B. Cor bett, was also held over. Paddy Johnston, of Bellemont and Williams, was in Flagstaff Tuesday from his ranch. Paddy has lived in this section of the country for an enormous number of years. When he first came he was engaged in plant ing section corners, but of late years he has been planting other crops. This year he has a very promising crop of "mulligan" coming on at least, he thinks it will be mulligan now, if it docs not turn out to be suc cotash later. It has bothered him considerably as to just how best to harvest the crop and save all the 'in gredients. It is a mixture of pota toes who were loafing around all win ter and came up this spring along with the oats he planted; the oats had been fraternizing with corn and there is a good sprinkle of beans in among the rest. The condition of the trround is such that it is impossible to take one- layer or crops off at a.time and so there you are, and there he is. will be close and excitine. The Santa-! interested. But what ! can't under- Fe shop teams draw players from a I stand is why our moneyed men here large district, and have a reputation ! do not seem to realize the possibili- for clean, fast play. The local club , ties. A big hotel here, even if it no has gone to a great deal, of lexpense to tying this team here, and every one-is urged to turn out and see the game. "Long" John LiOwery will do the more than broke even thoutrb. of i course, there is noquestion of its pay ing big returns would prove'mighty profitable in the increase it would twirjing for Flagstaff, and when John bring to business generally, and in unwinus uje mysiery oi mat soutnpaw . reai-estaie valuation. trr of his, he has a way of keeping his opponents close to their own bench. Walter Carlson will work on the re ceiving end. 'Nuff sed! GOVERNOR ENTERTAINED SUNDAY AT THE NORMAL "i( HARD TIME GETTING HERE" Miss Josephine Waldron, of Greens burg, Pa., js here for a visit with her friend, Miss Blanch Riordan, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Riordan. Miss Waldron telegraphed from Kansas City that she would arrive here Saturday night on No. 3. Before she got across the Rio Puerco, the big steel bridge.collapsed. Miss Wal dron, detounng, telegraphed from Deming, N. M., that she was "seeing America first." Mr. Riordan then telegraphed a friend in Tucson to meet Miss Waldron there, planning to go after her with a car. The friend telegraphed back that she went on through too fast for him to see her. Next came a telegram from Miss TOREZ, SENTENCED TO DEATH, STILL IMPUDENT WOOTEN-OWEN WEDDING James H. Wooten, 28 years old, and Lucille Owen, 20 years old, both of Williams, came to town Monday, got a marriage license from Clerk. Tom Rees, and then,' with -Mr. Rees and Frank Harrison as witnesses, had Jus tice of the PeaceR. J. Kidd tie the knot that made them one. " Simplicio Torez, the Mexican mur derer of Vic. E. Melick, of Williams, was sentenced by Judge Jones, in the superior court, Monday morning. The pronouncement of the sentence, which was that Torez be hanged at Florence, on October 24. was m-eceriprl by an argument for a new trial, by Attorney Hemperley. The judge de nied thetmotion. After sentence was pronounced, Torez said: "Thank you very much, Judge; I hope when you get there you'll get justice, too." o MISSIONARY CONFERENICE WILL OPEN NEXT TUESDAY Governor and Mrs. Thomas E. Campbell were entertained at dinner Sunday at the Normal school. At the main table with the governor and his wife were Daniel Campbell, of Pres cott, father of the governor; Brodie uampbeu, the governor's son; M. I. Powers, and Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Creager. Prof. Creager introduced the gov ernor, who snoke for a few minutes. He called attention to the great need for teachers to trn intn tho rural I schools and develop among the pu-1 Waldron, who said she would leave nils a snirit nt sproiro nnr? riH-rart-' Phoenix Mondav On No. 10. arrivinir ship. He said that while Arizona has i tnt night. been somewhat stingy in appropiiat-j When she got to Ash Fork she ing money for some needed public im- telegraphed that she would be here provements, notably good roads, gen-( on Tuesday morning at 6 o'clock, erosity has always been shown our ' Following that came a telegram from schools. He said it is only necessary, ' a freight conductor, who advised Mr. when in need of .money for schools, to i Riordan that Miss Waldron was in his make a proper showing to the legisla- j caboose and asking that Mr. Riordan ture. meet the freight that night, which he The governor said he hopes that did' at o'clock. Miss Waldron was -every student, when leaving the Nor- J th? train, sure enough. Still full mal, will carry away a feeling of 5 animation after her long trip, she pride both in the school and the state. danced until 2:00 o'clock the following- The main purpose of the irovernor's . morninS- visit at the .Normal was to inspect! .t. I...HJ!.. J , Jxl. 1? I the buildings and grounds with a view to recommendinir to the legislature requests made by the board for vari ous improvements, INDLVNS DONT LIKE TOREZ The Southwest Missionary and Bible Conference will open next Tues day morning at their grounds east of Flagstaff and continues until August 24. A very interesting program has been provided for this annual meeting and it is.emected that there will he the largest attendance in the history oi tne organisation. Already many have arrived from all uarts of the north and the grounds are filling up rapidy. . yJj Undersheriff Bill Hfelrlin is nwaif I ing Sheriff Harrington's return from Mr. anil Mrs, Alov .TnhnctnTi -rail LoS Angeles before Mino tn Klornpp Mrs. C. 6. Robinson were among the J"tn Torez, the Mexican murderer of dinner guests. i Vic. E. Melick, and the two Adaltonis.. During his tour, trie governor will ! Jndian murderers of Charles Hubbell. inspect the routes of proposed roadv'B, says he is going io handcuff improvements and the Lyman dam I Torez to the larger Indian, as he fig project j ures that is the best way to keep the ' The governor's father had nnt Wn ' Mexican quiet during the trio. Torer here since 1868, over 50 years ago. '"ow. has a wholesome respect fon th& He said all there was to this city then Indian lifer, as the latter, deeming was a little spring in the side of a patience no longer a virtue, turned on hill. He was much pleased with our' Torez the other day and started in to good looks and air of general pros-' Jake a little slice of revenge for the insuiis mat young Danuit had heaped I upon him. When Hicklin, roused by the noise from his dreamv inntm. plation of the beautiful facade of the court house, entered the jail, he found perity. o CAPTAIN GUTHRIE REACHES THE U. S Captain John D. Guthrie, formerly forest supervisor of the Coconino Na tional Forest, has returned from Si beria and was at the district forester's office in, Albuquerque last week. After a short stay there he left for his old home in Virginia. While nothing definite is known of what he will do, it is reported that he will be given charge of the Grand Canyon National Park on his return to the Southwest. The active management of the Grand Canyon National Park has, not yet been transferred from the agricul tural department though tentatively it has been a national park for several months. Torez on his back on the floor and Adaltoni Bigue No. 1 standing with one of his feet firmly planted on the Mexican's neck. Adaltoni No. 1 says he'll be glad when Torez is hung, as he doesn't relish having to be neighbors with him in the state "pen." o MURDERERS NOW"lN PEN Simplicip Torez, Adaltoni Bigue No. , 1, and Adaltoni Bigue No. 2 are now i in the ' state penitentiary. Under-. P sheriff. Wm. 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