The Coconino sun., February 05, 1898, Image 10

About The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898-1978

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T UK COCONINO SUN.
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FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA.
Inucd trery SounUy. SoUcripnoa price, , two dolUn jd
bftv cent t year, la idTnct. Every paper u stopped at tltc
cipiraiioo d the tune paid lor.
C M. FUNSTON, Editor.
FLAGSTAFF, FEBKUAllY .'., 18!8.
It in clearly a mistake to christen onu
of our battleships Kentucky, for she
will never take to water.
II. Dorsoy Patton has leen iiiolntc(l
register St tlio land olllco at Tucson.
Mr. Pattim has been slated for the
apjKilntment for several month, and
H!0ilu have lieen wondering at the
delay in the appointment.
"' Captain Hay of the United States
'ariiiy, who is now in Alaska, says that
immigration to that territory should bo
restricted this year and that nothing
but a provisional military government
would meet the necessities this year.
Mrs. Frances S. Sampson, wife of
General Sampson, minister to Ecqua
dor, is contributing some interesting
letters to the Phunlx Herald of her
journey from the coast to Quito, the.
capital and the home of the new minister.
E. D. Kenna, the general solicitor of
the. Atchison, Tobcku and Santa Fc
road, has been elected vice president of
the road, and Paul Morton, third vice
president, was maile second vice-president.
On January 2, tit Valdes pass In the
Copper river country, Alaska, M. F.
Tanner, a cowboy, shot and killed
W. A. Lee and N. A. Call. The cow
1h).v was tried, convicted and sentenced
to lw hanged, and thirty-eight hour
after the murder the body of the mur
derer was hanging from a limb of u
convenient tree.
Mr. Bryan is the only political leader
in Jtho country who is absolutely with
out a following among organized busl
ness interests. Ho never appears
among the speakers at any banquet or
meeting of any Important business
association.
The year 18SW will embrace n period
of more than ordinary Importance to
the people of FlagstiiiT. Wake up and
get Into thu push I Don't .wait for oth
ers to do what you can do yourself to
advance the Interests of your town.
II. Dorsey Patton, who has lwen ap
K)iuted register of the land olllce ut
Tucson, is a Chieagojii, who took an
active part in the last campaign, lei:rg
president of one of thu large marching
clubs of that city. The place he gets
Is said to pay M,(KW a year.
Thousands of sheep are reported to
have perished In western Wyoming
from cold and starvation. In Carbon
county there are, r00,000 head of sheep
and the loss Is estimated at i"i per cent.
The loss in cattlu will not be so heavy,
as the owners were p.'cp ired for feed
ing in cold weather.
Governor McCord, says the Herald,
has been notified that 4.1)00 copies of
his report to the secretary of the inter
ior have been frtiipped. Tiro total num
ber of copies of the report published
was 5.000. 1,000 Iwlnir furnished by the
government, and the territory has to
pay the cost of printing the balance.
As the report of the governor is In
great demand, the 0,000 copies will not
last long. There is a constant demand
for literature pertaining to the re
sources of the territory by prospective
settlers and the Governor has received
many request for copies of the last
rejiort.
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