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Number 29
HOW MUCH IS THE
WATER PLANTW0R1H?
Last week the News promised to
discuss the feasibility of munici
palizing the Williams public utili
ties, by purchasing the property of
the Williams Water & Electric Co.
will be understood, tho it was not
so stated.
In discussing the purchase ques
tion the News debires only to see,
if a basis may be found for friend
ly negotiations between the Town
and the Water and Electric com
pany. While the company is not
seeking to sell its property, as far
as the News knows, it has offered
n Cull VVkiJ Ika TV.n Co mitlrin.
no considerable effort to buy the
company's property, the News
assumes that it would buy, if it
could do so on terms satisfactory to
the people of Williams. Below is
presented a discussion of price,
reduced to mathematical term?,
which is offered as tentative, mere
ly, for at least one of tue fac'ors
involved is subject to modifica
tion. The discussion" of price will
center largely on these factors.
The News accepts the income
figures of the Water & Electric Cc.
The net income of $14,000 musi be
depended on to meet the expense
of purchase, of interest on bonds,
of replaeemect and to make up to
the Town the loss of taxes. The
News assumes an issue of 30 year
5 per cent ' bonds with , which to
make the purchase, which the
Water & Electric Co. has offered to
accept in payment for their proper
The News assumes that, if the
funds set aside annually to create
a sinking fund with which to pay
off the bonds at the end of 30 years
are invested judiciously as they
accumulate, 3 per cent of he pur
chase price will be sufficient for
this purpose.
The News assumes that 2 per
cent of the purchase price, set aside
each year and used when ' needed,
will provide for the deterioration
of the property and constitute a
replacement fund. Tbis fund . is
necessary to make ownership safe.
In purchasing the property of
the Water & Electric company,
Williams would lose annually
about $l,000in taxes.
Now arranging these factors in a
mathematical formula, an equation
with a single unknown quanity,
the tentative price Wiliiams can
afford to pay, represented by x in
the equation, there appears the
follwing expression:
5x 3x 2k
plus
100 100
plus plus 1000-
100
equals 14,000.
The solution wf this simple equa
tion gives $130,000. which under
assumption that the factors are cor
rect, is the price which the Town
of Willims could afford to pay for
the property of the Williams Water
& Electric Co. At this price the
purchase would he feasible, tha
consumers of water and eiectr.c
current footing the bill.
Were Williams to municipalize
h r public utilities, the Town
would have to increase the capacity
rf the reservoir in the canyon to
a supply of Water adequate for any
emergency.
The water and electric rates of
Williams are high. They would
have to remain about where they
are for the present, probably, but
with consumption increased, it
should be possible ' to lower them
later.
Mr Hug! es says he did not
want the nomination. Tell it to
the marines! The presidential bee
had 1 een buzzing in Mr. Hughes'
Donnet for, lo these many moiths.
BOYS SUBSGRIPTON
CONTEST CLOSED
The Boys tSubscription Contest
closed on schedule last Saturday
morning and the prizes were
awarded. The final score stood as
follows:
Eugene Smith
Allen Montgomery
Jerry Duffield
Raymond Haynes
James Callan
Glenn Moore
Oscar Tyler
3800
3275
3250
2400
2150
1250
1200
The closing hours of the contest
were quite exciting. During the
two or three hours before 9 o'clock
the boys were pretty busy working
for new subs or collecting from
present subscribers. The points of
several boys rose rapidly. Allen
Montgomery and Jerry Duffield
added 1000 to Friday's record.
The most consistent worker thru
out the contest was Eugene Smith.
Starting two weeks behind he grad
ually gained on his competitors
and passed each in turn and gain
ed first place at the end of the
eighth week and held it until the
end.
The boys were all well pleased
with their prizes and the News was
well pleased, too. The b'ys added
40 new subscribers to the News
sub' l:s , besides collecting a jon
sideruble sum from old subscribers.
An Oregon Professor in Town
Prof. Grant Dubacb of the Ore
gon Agricultural College with ' his
wife and infant daughter, visited
with the F. M. Gold family last
Friday and again Sunday of this
week. 1 Saturday Mr-' and Mrs.
Dubacb spent seeing the canYon.
They left for the east Surday evening-Professor
Dubacb. is professor of
economics at the Agricultural Col
lege. He is a young man with
broad views and he will do much
to make the department of Econ o
mics very attractive to young men
and women of Oregon who are inter
ested in the politico-social develop
ment of our country.
Mrs. K. Robinson and daught
er Margery of Flagstaff visited
with friends in Williams the lat
ter part of last week and the
! first part of this, returning to
i Flagstaff Monday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Stevens and
daughter Frances of Pittman
Valley entertained a crowd of
young people from Williams and
the Valley at the Stevens ranch
last Sunday. The young people
report a very enjoyable time and
they are unanimous in the opinion
that the Stevenses are admirable
j entertainers.
! Dr. Jeffries On Vacation
Dr. Jeffries with his family
! left town Tuasday for a few
; days outir g at Oak Creek. They
i took tha train to Flagstaff and
motored from there to the Creek,
i This is the first vacation the Dr.
has had for three years. He
: met an old time professional
1 friend at Oak Creek, a friend of
; Georgia days, and a Jhance to
; renew an acquaintance of the
I old times makes his outing
especially enjoyable.
BOY SCOUT NOTES
i The Boy Scouts will meet in
. the News office at 9 o'clock Sat
iurday morning preparatory to
! taking a hike to the Bill Williams
I mountains.
Each boy who has a small can
teen should bring it. Lunch will
be provided by the Troop Com-
i mittee,
PERSONAL 8 LOCAL
Mr. Chester Munson has been
quite sick the past week.
Pictures frames made to order
at Plummer's Cash Store.
Mr. Geo. McDougall is applying
a coat of paint to his residence. '
Phoenix milk and cream. Tele
phone 58. Albert Lebscn. tf.
Mr. W. W. Bass of Grand Can
yon, was in Williams on business
last Saturday.
Try a Lover's Delight, or a Bill
Williams Special, at Lebsch's
Mrs. Haynes and son Raymond
lft last Friday to visit friends in
the oast, v
Martin Buggeln is driving a new
32 Oakland purchased from John
son & McConkey.
Mis. Andy Smith visited Mr.
Smith at the Saginaw & Manistee
lumber camp one" day last week.
Mr. Tann' Wolfe has accepted a
position as deliveryman for John
son & McConkey.
Mrs. R. Kennerdall visited
friends itf Maine, Ariz, for a couple
of days last week.
Ed Emerson has left Johnson &
McConkey's vo take a position in
the Sultana pool hall.
Mr. Pat Rhan is having a con
crete walk built in front of his prop
erty in the south part of town.
Mr. R. C. Wente is assisting in
the bank during the absence of
Mr. Munson who is on the sick
list.
Mr. X. N. Steeves is remodel
ing his rental property on - Sheri
dan Ave. He will install bath
and toilet.
Mr. Spellmire of Babbitt & Poi
son's returned last Friday from a
business trip to Bisbee, Tucson and
other Arizona point3.
Johnson & McConkey got in a
carload of Oakland automobiles
last week, consisting of 4 touring
cars. 3 of the cars were sold.
Mr. Frank Poison returned Tues
day from Dodge City, Kansas,
where he has beer on a short visit.
He reports a plenty of rain in that
part of Kansas and crops looking
fine.
Mrs. M. J. Flaharty and daugh
ter left last Friday on No. 10 for
Winslow to spend the summer
with her son Arthur who is em
ployed there by the Santa Fe R
R Co. -
Mr. Clifford Klock of the News
staff visited the Stevens ranch at
Pittman Valley last Sunday. Miss
Nellie Smith was also a visitor at
the ranch. She was spending a few
days with Mrs. Stevens.
A fire alarm at 5:15 P. M. Tuas
day caused Williams people to
'sit up and take notice" but there
proved to be no sufficient pause to
call out 'the fire department.
Someone got excited over a minor
accident near the electric light
plant
Mr. Cns Reed of Stockton,
Kansas came into Williams last.
Saturday on No. 9 to visit his son
Frank for a few days. Frank Reed
moved to Williams last October for
the purpose of improving his health
which had broken down under' the
strain of Kansas farming. '
Mr. F. M. Gold accompanied by
Messers Bobby Burns, T. II. Cure
ton and M. J. Wells drove to
Flagstaff, Monday, to listen to the
lawyers' arguments before the
jury in the Azbill case and meet
old friends. They left Flag, on
the return trip before the argu
ments were completed.
SURGICAL DRESSINGS MEETING
A meeting of the Committee will
be held on Tuesday afternoon,
June 20th, at the Gate way Club
All who are willing to assist in
making Surgical Dressings will be
most welcome.
Materials are greatly needed,
linen and cotton, no matter how
old and worn, bid bed spreads and
tuikish towels, of any size what
ever "an be used. It is hoped
there will be a generous response
to the appeal of the Committee . for
this materia!.
Water Supply For Coconino
A Chicago company is engaged on
a project to impound water in the
crater of an xtinct volcano north
and west of Flagstaff and the San
Francisco mountains. The com
pany estimates that when full this
crater will hold 135,000,000. By
building up the lower side of the
crater rim, a capacity of 350,000,
000 can be secured. It is believed
ny the promoting company that all
of Coconino County lying between
the Santa Fe railroad and the
Grand Canyon may be supplied
with water by this project.
A Horse Buyer In Williams
A Mr. Word who is buying
cavalry and artillery horses for the
French government, was in Wil
liams last Monday, looking up the
prospects for buying a bunch of
horses here. He left for Flagstaff
the same day, but will be back to
Williams June 29, when be will be
on the market for horses.
Mr. Word wants all the horses
he c:-i Ret which are not under 15
hands and are not under five and
not over ten years old. The prices
which Mr. .Word will offer will
range from $55 to $90 for cavalry
horses and from $55 to $125 for
artillery horses.
Mr. Word trid to enlist Fred
Holden in his horse-buying cam
paign, but Holden can not give
time to it at present. From his
knowledge of the supply of horses
in the vicinity of Williams, Mr.
Holden thinks that a buyer should
be able to pick up a matter of 300
head, if he is not too exacting and
his price is sufficiently liberal.
The improvements which .Bab
bitt & Poison's have been making
to their store are now, practically
complete. A balcony has been
built on both sides of the store
room and a new system of ligiiting
nas been installed. These im
nrownvnts will add to business
convenience and they will be ap
preciated by the patrons of- the
store. '
J. R. Scantlin Goes to Glendale
Mr. J. R. Scantlin who was
Cashier of the Williams State Bank
until quite recently, has a position
now with the Security State Bank
of Glendale.
The Glendale bank has just
opened up for business and Mr.
Scantlin has the position of Cash
ier. Mr. Scantlin writes his Wil
liams friends that the country
around Glendale isproepeious and :
there is no question' of the pro?-1
perity of the new bank.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Trinity Sunday, June IS.
10 A. M. Sunday School
11 A. M. Morning Pnyer and Ser
mon.
Wednesday, S P. M. Choir
practice.
For quick reliable transfer ser
vice by truck se.i or phone W. J.
Parker. Phone No. 43. 6-15-tf.
AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL
TO GRAND CANRON
The first tourist machines to
visit Grand Canyon this season,
according to the garage record,
arrived there on March 17th, St.
Patrick's Day. First came a Stude
baker, from Hereford, Ariz., fol
lowed by a Stearns, from San
Francisco, with a little old Ford
from Los Angeles, a close third,
all making the transcontinental
journey eastward.
To date May 30th, 214 automo
biles in all have stopped at the
Grand Canyon garage; these ma
chines carried 657 travelers, whose
homes were in the following states:
Colorado; California; Texas; Mass
achusetts; Connecticut; Kansas;
Minesota; Iowa; New Mexico;
Michigan; Ohio; Oklahoma; Mis
souri; Nebraska; Illinois; Wash
ington; Wisconsin; New York;
Pennsylvania; Oregon; Sonora,
Mexico; Indiana; Canton, China;
Arizona; Nevada and Utah.
Among the different rrachines
represented, the Fords of course,
predominate, numbering 85. the
balance comprises: Studebakers,
Saxons, Chandlers, Overlands,
Metz, Packards, Twin Sixes, Hup
niobiles, Hudsons, Cadillacs and
Cadillac Eights, Chalmers, Pierce
Arrows, White Truchs, Buicks,
Big Sixes and Little Sixes, Flan
ders, Jefferys, Dodge, Maxwells,
Aliens, Hendersons, Robinson
Special, Appersons, Cartercars,
Regais, MoJine-Kniehts, Oaklands,
Oldsmobiles, 'Reos, Moon, Loco
mobile, Indian, Abbott-Detroit,
Pullman, Stoddard-Dayton, Na
tionals, Winton Sixes, Willy s
Knight, Kissel-Kar, . Chevrolet,
Paige Eights and Stearns. .. .
Many of the cars hauled trailers
loaded with baggage and camping
equipment. Some of the travelers
were prepared to enjoy camp life
to the fullest extent, being provid
ed with easy chairs, ice-boxes and
tents equipped with electric lights
and electric fans.
134 cars were traveling east, 8
southward, and 72 were going
west.
Fire Destroys Mexican's Home
Ramon Negritti, a Mexican liv
ing at the south end of Second
street, lost two houses and a barn
by tire early Monday morning. It
is not known how the fire started,
but it was well under way when
the fire department got on the job.
The elevation of the ground where
the house was is considerable and
a fire plug was not very convenient,
so some time was lost in getting
water onto the burning building.
The fire boys succeeded, however,
in preventing the further spread of
the fire.
Negritti lost, besides bis build
ings, some household effects and a
part of his tiock of hens. ,
Meeting of Wool Growers I
The annual meeting of The!
Arizona Wool Growers Associa- j
tion for the election of officers,
an executive committee, and for .
such other business as may come j
before it. will be held in the
court house at Flagstaff, Ariz-I
ona at 8.30 o'clock A. M. on!
Wednesday, July the fifth, 1916.
It is earnestly urged that all
members be prest-nt, as well
' as, all sheep men in the State
who are interested, or contem
plate joining the associat.
H. J. Gray President.
L. F. Varkamp, Secretary
The Saginaw Club Danes
The Saginaw Club, composed
of Spanish young people, will give
a dance in the Williams Opera
Hou$e next Saturday night.
j Attendance will be by invitation, j
FOREST RESERVE AT
WORK FOR WILLIAMS
The Forest Reserve is doing no
little to keep v"illiams on the map
as an up-to-date, progressive town.
The activities of the Boy Scouts
have been supported by the Forest
Reserve people who have provided
teams for hauling rubbish gathered
by the 'Scouts. In thie way the
work of the Scouts has resulted in
a very much improved appearance
of the Town.
A Ul vol Ull f uuca UUl DLUJ
with team work. A new dump
ing ground for Williams has been
provided, by the Service which will
enable tne Town to put its garbage
out of sight and in a place that
will relie ve the Town of all possible
insanitary consequences. A ravine
west of Town and well to the right
of the Ash Fork road has been
selected and its use as a dumping
ground for Williams garbage has
been granted.
If Williams people wi!l be- care
ful to observe . the rules governing,
the accumulation and disposal of
garbage , and report violations of
the rules by the thotless and care
less, there can be no reasonable
complaint on the part of sticklers
for cleanliness and ' sanitation.
Health and beauty will both be-
The Forest Service proposes to
be helpful, also, to campers who,,
are traveling thru the country..
Good camping grounds will be
selected along the routes of travel
and fireplaces will be constructed(
and receptacles for trash placed on
the grounds for use ' of those who
camp, ' ,
Notice
You are hereby notified by the
Williams Town Council that an
annual street tax of two dollars
hereby levied on each and every
able bodied male inhabitant not
exempt by the laws of the State
rf A M7nna frar tho a crp. rf
twenty one years and under the
age of fifty year3 residing w'ith-
111 lUC UlIUlHwC iUIIil3 ul UIC
town of Williams, according to
ordinance No. 83 of said town.
Your street tax is now due and
payable at the office of the towYi
clerk or to Bobby Burns town
tax collector. . '
Jerry Lee
Town Clerk
June 15-29 ,
The Catholic Ladies Dance
The Catholic ladies of Williams,
will give a dance at the Williaii-s
opera house Friday evening, June
16. Admission bv ticket $1.00
AZBILL BROTHERS GUILTY
Williams men who went to Flag-
staif to listen to the trial of Azbill
brothers report a full house with
ladies predominating. Tho speech
es of the lawyers were good there
was a lack of oratory. County
Attorney Wilson's statement of the
case was plain and convincing.
The result of the trial of the
Azbill brothers for the murder of
Henery O. Thomas of Peninsula,
Ohio, was phoned to Wilham9
Monday night. The jury was out
one hour. The verdi'tt was guilty
of murder in the first degree with
the death penalty.
Weren't you surprised at the
ridiculous figure Rossevelt cut in
ttje republican convention? His
friends insisted that lie would be
strong and get the nomination after
two or three hallots. On the third
ballot, the ballot that nominated
Hughes, R'josevelt had IS votes.