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WILLIAMS. COCONINO COUNTY. ARIZONA. SATURDAY. AUGUST 2. 1913
Number 12
Volume 22
Northern Arizona Normal School at flagstaff
Faces Most Progressive. Prosperous Year
80.000
EXPENDING IN
Largest Attendance in
History Now
Predicted
High up in the Sky City where
the air is always cool and fresh and
pure, and the stately pine ever
breathes forth its health-giving fra
grance, in the protecting shadow of
the majestic San Francisco peaks,
lies the Northern Arizona Normal
School, one of the youngest but one'
of the most promising of all west
ern schools.
This institution has an enviable
record to look back upon. In the
past four years under the energetic
and efficient direction of President
Blome, the school has registered the
phenomenal earn of two hundred
uer cent, in attendance: in the last
school year the increase was thirty-
three and one-third per cent, and
the summer school just closing was
more than a third larger than that
of the year preceding. In these
four years, too, the equipment has
been steadily added onto, so with
increased size has come- increased
efficiency. The Northern Arizona
Normal School now offers all the
standard courses to be found in any
well-appointed first class school of
its kind. Agriculture. Manual
Training and Domestic Science are
features recently added to the cur
elculum. Thes' three courses an
swer the call for instruction in
things practical thai isarising over
the country.
In a region such as Arizona where
the probloms of farming must be all
reduced to a scientific basis, agri
cultural studies are of especial ben
efit. The training school of this insti
tution is una of the best of its kind
anywhere. It is under expert man
agement and given the most careful
consideration. It has more than
kept pace with the rest of the de
partments in growth, an increase of
one hundred per cent, in enroll
ment being its record for last year.
By Christmas time, it is confi
dently hoped, a splendid new home
for girls will have been completed,
a generous addition built onto the
boys' dormitory, and a central hea..
ing plant erected to radiate warnitb
. and cheer throughout the school at
a cost of $80,000. The opening of
these fine new buildings will, with
out question, mark a new epoch ui
the career of progress and growth oi
this remarkable little school th
beginning of her greater and larger
future.
With Miss Barber and Mrs
Blome in charge of the dormitoriet
there is created for the boys and
girls at Nor hern Arizona Normal
school a big family home life de
lightfully pleasant aud comfortable
There are, of course, some neces
sarv restrictions but these are few
in number and sane in principli
with the best interests of the stu
dent considered first of all. Thi
social life of the school is varied
but always clean and wholesome.
From Col. Tom Weedin
J. V. Van Eaton, who recently
purchased the Williams News, has
converted that paper into an up-to
date journal. Mr. Van Eaton is
brilliant and forceful editorial
writer and also know how to gather
news that will interest his patrons
Under the new management the
paper is democratic along Jefferso
nian lines, therefore on the right
track, as Jeffersonian democracy
means government by the people
for the people. -We wish Mr. Van
Eaton success. Florence Blade-Tribune.
DOLLARS
EQUIPMENT
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Is
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Group of Students and Facu'ty of he
E IN DETAILS
GLADLY RECTIFIED
BY THISrPAPER
Nellis and Scott Not Accused
of Stealing Household
Goods, But Wire
The statement made in The Wil
liams News of July 19, to the effect
that Norman Nellis and Hanford
Scott had been arrested and held to
answer for the theft of household
goods from a house in Williams
owned by 1 nomas 11. (Jureton, was
a mistake. The young men were
held to answer on a charge of steal
ing about two tons of barbed wire
from the yard3 of the Santa . Fe in
Williams, which was found con-
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rancn iocaira at wanauu i rairie.
Friends of Nellis and Scott assert
vehemently the trial will prove the,
innocence of the two young men,
who belong to well-known families
in the Garland Prairie region.. They
also declare the alleged Santa Fe
stamp on the wire found in the saw
duct pile is fiction; that the wire
bore the stamp of the Colorado t uel
and Iron Company, as does nearly
every bale of barbed wire shipped
into the southwest. Ihey are also
indignant over the assumption by
the peace officers of this county
that a band of organized thieves ex
ists in the Garland Prairie section,
declaring the residents of that sec
tion as a whole are among the most
respected and law abiding in Ar
izona. GALDERMOOD GETS
DEMON RUM IN
THE PLEXUS
lhe Demon Kum came in lor a
good slamming Sunday by W. F.
Calderwood, a gentleman with a flu
ent tongue, evident sincerity, and
one whose heart evidently had been
touched, if not his pocket book, by
the Great White Way on Railroad
avenue. For half an hour or more,
Dr. Calderwood flayed the demon
in great shape from the 6idewalJ& in
n
front of the Babbitt-rolson store,
but the verdict of the spectators at
the close was a draw, while Sam
Edgington and Pat Crowe declared
the Demon rightfully should have
had the verd.ct by a shade.
The flaying of the Demon inci
dentally, led up to a black hand
scare by Adolphus Boenitsch, of the
Babbitt-Poison store. Early Sun
day morning,asis his ever and anon
wont, Boenitsch hied himself to the
store. On the sidewalk in front of
the entrance he espied the word
Challenge in hugh red letters.
"The Black Hand as I'm a sin-
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Northern Arizona Normal School at Flagstaff
THRONGS PAY TRIBUTE
TO MEMORY OF MISS
MABLUSKEW
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Mathews
Back From Sad Journey to
Old Tennessee Home.
Attesting the almost reverential
regard entertained by the people of
her old home town, .Medina, Ten
nessee, for the memory of Miss lia
ble Askew, sister of Mrs. George
Mathews, who passed away very
suddenly in Williams a short time
ago while visiting her relatives here
with her father and mother, hun
dreds attended the funeral of the
unfortunate young woman, cut off
in the flower of youth, which was
held at the Baptist Church in Me-
Idina July 24
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Before leaving the east for the
visit to her sister in Williams, Miss
Askew had a strange presentment
of her own passing. In view of
this presentment she had selected
even the one who was to speak her
last message to her home people,
among whom she had bien a very
active church worker for many
years. When the beautiful hymn.
"1 Know not Where. 1 Know not
When," was sung, at the request
of Miss Askew, hundreds in the
congregation were moved to tears.
Mr. and Mrs. Mathews returned
from Tennessee Wednesday even
ing. In all probability Mrs. Ma
thews' parents, Mr. and Mrs. As
kew, will come-to Arizona in the
fall to make their permanent home.
Rain Needed in Valley
Pittman Valley is badly i- need
of rain, according to Mr. and Mrs.
George Nagiller who came to town
Wednesday, preparatory to prov.n '
up on their choice 160 in that sec
tion. Mr. Nagiller has about sixty
acres of oats which would make
considerable of a crop yet, if rains
would come the coming week. The
potato crop in that region also is
much in need of rainfall.
ner," muttered 'Dolph, with a fur
tive glance around the corner of
Bill Williams. Spying no red Aug
or other sign of danger, 'Dolph hied
back to interpret the black hand
message further. It proved, how
ever, to be merely a challenge from
one D. F. Fitzpatrick, whose social
istic tendencies are well known, to
Caderwood. Fitz wanted to discuss
the demolition of the Demon from
the Debs standpoint, but Calder
wood either did not see the chal
lenge, did not hear the challenge,
ore else ignored the challenge, and
the Demon Rum got off with a light
sentence.
which has its Biggest Year Ahead
DELIGHTFUL DANCE AT
PARISH HOUSE ON
Society Folk of Williams Pass
Most Enjoyable Evening
-rhose Present
The informal dance held at the
Episcopal parish house Wednesday
evening proved one of the most en
joyable events of the summer sea
son in Williams. About forty
gathered to pass ihe evening hours
in dancing and social conversation.
Those present were: Mr. and Mrs.
M' Donald Robinson-, Miss Robin
son and Miss Fisher; Mrs. W. F.
Dermont and Miss Dermont,' Rob
ert Wente and Miss Wente and Miss
Dye; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ferguson,
Mr. and Mrs. W. C Rittenhouse;
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Maddock;
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Amundsen; Mrs.
Martin Bugateln, Miss Edna Bug-
geln and Dede Dennis, of Phoenix;
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Johnson; Mr,
and Mrs. Degering; Uoy Watson and
Miss Watson; Miss Margaret Bab
bitt, of Flagstaff; Lester B. Snow;
Mr. and Mrs. Wuiohet, Miss Wuichet
and West Wuichet, of Chicago;
Mr. R. E. Daggs and Miss Daggs;
Dick Connor, j. R. Scan lin, H. C.
Smith, Gu.stavus Adolphus Boen
itsch, E. J. Nordyke.
Delightful music was furnished
by Mrs. Boulin.
Noted Automobile Party
Judge and Mrs. P. H. Hayes,
and Miss Charlotte Hayes, of Phoe
nix, Mr. and Mrs. Patten ard Mrs.
B. S. Snyder, of the same city, Mr.
and Mrs R. A. Perkins, of Clark
dale, motored to Williams Wednes
day, where they were the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Johnson at the
Johnson home west of town. Wed
nesday afternoon ihe entire party
motored to the Grand Canyon to
view for the first time, and at their
leisure the world's greatest wonder.
They reported a most enjoyable trip.
Teachers' Examination
The regular quarterly Teachers'
Examination will be held this fall
and hereafter on the Third Monday
and Tuesday in August, the dales
this vear being August 18th and
19th."
The date of the fall examination
has been set at an earlier date than
usual to give school boards more
time in which to secure teachers,
in case this is made necessary by
failures to pass the examination
N. G. Laytox,
County School Superintendent.
While in the city of opportunities
.'phone the Bobby Burns Transfer
Co. for teams, buggies and saddle
horses. -
HAL CHASE ONE ROBERT WENTE
BIG FIND FOR CHOICE FOR
C AN
Californian Playing the
Best Game of Career
for White Sox
Speoial to The Newl
Chicago, August 1 "That th
White Sox are not in first place is
not the fault of Hal Chase If all
he team were putting up the game
which the Ca iforniun has been
pla. ing since he came to us from
New York, Chicago would be in
second place right now, instead of
trailing the first division. But we
have two mouths and a half to play
yet and I believe Philadelphia is
bound to slump. The oters are in
hailing distance "
Manager Callahan said a lot more
good things about the" brilliant but
erratic Californian last night. Ever
since gett ng away from the blight
ing influence of six years with a tail
end club, or very near the tail,
Chase has been playing as never be
fore. The biggest improvement has
been his batting, bince joining
Chicago, Chase has been hittuig at
over a three hundred clip, and has
pulled his average up to about 275
from 250 or thereabouts. He is the
idol of the Chicago fans, and it is a
good thing for no one plays more
brilliantly .under the mnuence oi a
friendly crowd.
The bis weakness of the Sox has
been the batting. Given two more
men as good with the willow as
Chase and Chicago would be boom-
ins alone: towaids the top in no
time. Callahan regards Chase as
the biseest pickup of his baseball
career. - -
E LIKE MISS
FLORENCE NELLIS?
SENDTMJLONG
Big Detective Agency pays
One High Tribute to For- ,
mer Williams Girl
The following letter from Nick B.
Harris, head of the celebrated Nick
B. Harris Detective Agency of Los
t Angeles, ranking on the coast with
the William L. Burns agency in
thf. east, will undoubtedly be of
much interest to many Williams
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neonle who knew MUs Hon-nce
Nellis when a tot in her old home
town:
Los Angeles Cal., July 29, 1913.
Epitoh The Williams News,
Williams, Ariz.
My Dear Sir.
I happened to notice a clipping
taken from one of the recent issues
of your paper, concerning an oper
ative of this office, to-wit one Miss
Klorence Nellis, whom you compli
mented very highly as being a mod
ern Sherlock Holmes and a model
of Old Sleuth.
I wish to thank you first, and
will also state that ifyour germless
city has any more of those tow
headed girls with the same set ot
brains that Miss Nellis has, 1 wish
you would ship them all to Los
Angeles, so that they will be closer
for me to reach, as I can use a few
more such people.
Incidentally, I wish you would
send me a copy of your paper con
cerning that account, and also any
other issue that might have an ac
count concerning this lady, and we
will forward stamps covering post
age and expense thereto.
Again thanking you, I beg to . re
main,
Very truly yours,
Nick B. Harris,
Chief Nick Harris Detectives.
Nicodemus Yoder Happy
Nicodemus Yoder, who has been
spending his college summer vaca
tion as foreman of the Triangle C
ranch for the Rounseville cattle out
fit, has become an expert calf
brander and is said to be proud of
his , accomplishments along this
line. He will spend nearly another
month on the Rounseville range
before returning to his university
I studies in Kansas.
PRESIDENT
Chamber of Commerce
Holds Election orr
'Officers , V'V.
At a rousing meeting if the:! Wil
liams Chamber of Commerce, at , . I he
City Hall Wednesday, evenin '
dominated entirely by the spirit t
et together for the' ierinanent if
ass stant general, -manager fofvtlie.i: a;
Saginaw and Manistee Lumber to,,., j-
was elected president, Justice Holuq,,- w
vice president, Man its Duffy,' treai-
urer. - - ' V : ;
All of the officers were chhseihy ;" .
acclamation except President Wente,-.'.'
who won out by one vote, twelve U "
leven, over righting Jajce Kaufman,
one of the largest st ckhohJer of
the Williams Water and Elfctrio
Light Company. . .
Thomas H. Cureton, President of 1
the chamber, called the meeting tu " .
order and immediately called, for ,:
the business of the evening, the" e
lection of officers. Wente, Judge
Rounseville, Judge Hat ben, Kauf- K
man ana tne editor oi ine r jes. j.
were placed in nomination tor tht.-
presidency. The; ballot resulted:
Wente 5, Kaufman 5, Van Eatohr4,' "
Rounseville 3,, Harben 3,. . In the -
second ballot Wente got 7, Harben
5, Kaufman 4, Rounseville ' 3, : Van
Eaton 6. All but Kaufman, and .
Wente withdrew and., the election
resulted as stated above. , s :
The election is looked upon as
the beginning of a new '. regime for "
the upbuilding of Williams.- The "
men elected represent the best in
the business life of the city and. .
have pledged enthusiastic c'vopera-
tion in the efforts of the chamber to
arouse the civic spirit of the city for '
better things." During the coming
week President Wente will name the '-'
committee chairmen, who will, act
as a board of directors for the com-. -ing
year.
Judge Holub, the vice president, "
is cashier for the Babbitt-Poison
Company, and Treasurer Duffy ia
head of the big merchandise firm
of Duffy Brothers.
About the first work to be .undef
taken by the chamber is a town
cleaning up campaign. The object
is to arouse the residents' of Hhe'city "
to the advantage of dom rfw&y-with
the ar u.e nuisaive, thu- adding
to ihe li al hfuluts of Williams by,.
tin; destruction of germs and ffeduij
i ann breed.ng places for flies. Thi
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question will be taken up at Uiti
meeting of the chaiuler next
Wednesday evening.
' Another campaign inaugurated U
one against flies. A number of the
active member of the chamber, a
cutely interested in the civic uplift
of the Gateway City, plan to offer a
ueward of seventy-five cents a quart
for dead flies. In connection with;
this plan is a bonfire on the band
stand plaza twice a month at which
the remains of the pestiferous in
sects will be cremated while the
Boys Band plays a dirge, followed
by a march of triumph.
Fall Stock Purchaeed
After a visit to New York City,
where he went in the interest of the
good dressers among' the men of
Williams, Buying Salesman Olson,
of the Babbitt-Poison Company was
in St. Louis Wednesday and Thurs
day, making final selections of odds
and ends in shoes and clothing over
looked in the fashionable empori
ums farther east. Olson will li
ready with an announcement of
choice fall stocks next week. Watch
for the big Babbitt- Poison Ad.
Jim Pearce in Town
Jim Pearce, the well known and
popular traveling represenative of
the Golden Gate Tea, Coffee and
Spice conce n of J. A. Folger, San
Francisco, was a Wuliams visitor
early in the week, giving and get
ting the glad hand from his many
llliams friends. Pearce is one of
the most popular knights of the
road doing Nor hern Arizona, loves
a good story, knows how to tell a
lot of them, and is welcome always
where the good fellows meet. Jim
reports business good throughout
Northern Arizona.