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" "Wm'Y..i lvS4r:- BN' . T?kS? Bff'Mr, - - ', - ;?- !?&' ' 'v -.?wir 7 - ;" v . W3 ". w f ' ' PAGE TWO THi COCONINO SUN FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 191S ' H h , '' . .ci1iSi EtJilii il &SUM-mmM..4ti ijt' i!HfessaWiarailEiHWK2! ISmX-JTBTiSBM?. Ill mu I III WWII ' III I il U IH B'ti mmam - . - '.,; -twV 7Vt" '"-" nJKfTV J'V lUfcfc . r-s- NORTHERN NORMAL NOW THREE HUNDRED STRONG Dr. Blorae, one morning in assem bly, asked the students if they could sing the- refrain to the "Normal Song." They could, and then he an nounced that the enrollment had reached, the 300 mark, whereupon there was much applause and every voice joined in the chorus of the "Nqrmal . Song." Dr. Blomo 'said he would tell them later just when the holiday was to be given, but it was expected about Thanksgiving. The crowded conditions of the As sembly room has impeded very much the movement of students to and from their classes, so a new plan has been adopted. Instead of just pass ing put in a disordered bunch, a march is now played and the students file out to their classes. This system has been found to be successful and the classes arc moved much more easily and rapidly. The ten teams of girls' basketball players are showing much style and advancement. Coach Honn is able to coach four teams an evening, thus handling each team every other day. The debating society, organized by Sir. Lathrop, is taking much interest in their work. They meet on Wednes day evening from 7 to 8:30. Mr. Hyde and Mr. Prather are to debate the question, "Resolved, That the United States should own and oper ate the railroads." Mr. Hydo is a very good debater, and Mr. Prather was one of the team who journeyed to the Tempc Normal last spring and helped to "thrash" them. Tho organi zation is composed of fourteen mem bers. This society is independent of tho Inter-Scholastic Debating Team, and its members do not compose the team, but when tho timo comes for choosing the TEAM, this society is expected to have some good material ready for it Among tho new students who have arrived arc Miss Gladys Woods, of Bisbec Pratt Udall of Eager, Luclcn Owens of Holbrook, and Elmer Robin ette, of Clinchport, Va. The students were allowed to dance in the dining hall from 8 to 10 p. m. last Friday. Punch was served and a spclndid time was had by all who at tended. The music was furnished by a number of the local talents. The game between Captain Bea ton's team and Captain Brandt's team, scheduled for last Friday, was postponed until" Wednesday on ac count of rain. This will be the first game of the season, and a hot con test will be had. Tho next scheduled game of the season will be held on the Normal gridiron with the Wins low high school, September 30. The Normal defeated them in both games last season. They have a new coach this yea?, Mr. Porter of tho Univer sity of Arizona, and a much stronger playing team is expected, but Coach Thorpe does not seem to think that the Normal is defeated, and the play ers know that they are not. The two literary societies, the Lit erati and the Adelphian, are already having splendid programs. The Adel phians meet on Tuesday and the Lit eratis on Wednesday of each week. The programs furnish much entertain ment for the members, and also de velops the material for the annual inter-society contest. On Thursday and Friday the stu dent body was given a fine talk by Mis3 Ryan, the new .domestic science teacher. Her subject was about her trip to the Hawaiian Islands, Japan and China. She told the students many interesting things about the trip going over, the people, their cus toms, the climate, and the vegetation of those countries. Every two or three we'eks a member of the faculty addresses tho students, and these in teresting talks are very much enjoyed and looked forward to by them. COL BRYAN REMEMBERS NARROW ESCAPE HERE - i . William Jennings Bryan, the three times candidato for tho presidency, and recently secretary of state, passed through Flagstaff last Sunday morn ing on his way to Tucson to visit his son, who is assistant United States attorney. In advance of his arriving, in Flag staff Mr. Bryan telegraphed Mr. T.' A. Riordan to meet him at tho train on private matters. There were a number of people to meet the cele brated orator, but most people be lieved he would go through here on No. 9, consequently he did not receive as large a welcomo in the state as he would otherwise. Col. Bryan in the course of his con versation with Mr. Riordan, recalled the very narrow escape ho and his .party had at the Bottomless Pits sev eral years before while returning from tho Cliff Dwellings. Col. Bryan had lectured in Flagstaff and was given a short touring trip to points of interest Returning from the Cliffs in the evening, the vehicle in which tho Colonel was riding came within an inch of going down into the bottom of the Bottomless Pits; the rear wheel just crumbled tho edge of the big hole. Jt is expected that Mr. Bryan will make a number of speeches in Ari zona before leaving for California. WILL VISIT AMALGA- MATED AT OATMAN A' large party of local capitalists and investors will take the trip to Oatman overland for the purpose -of inspecting tho mines and workings of the Oatman Amalgamated Gold Min ing Co. This property is rapidly com ing to the front as one of the best in the district, the shaft being down 340 feet, with crosscuts on tho 300 foot level east and west The show ing so far is such as to attract capi tal, as all mining men who have taken the trouble to inspect the prop erty aro of the opinion that the Amal gamated will be the next property to put Oatman back on the map. The y cars will leave hero Sunday morning, and any one interested can get infor mation from Mr. George Babbitt or Chas. Procknow. O'Connor pleasure and commercial motor cars, are assembled of world known standard parts, medium priced and sold on a convenient PAY-AS-YOU-RIDE plan. Cataloguo mailed on request. Exceptional agency prop osition and exclusive territory for persons desiring to act as representa taives. Inquire of the O'Connor Cor poratlon,6331 South Halstead street, Chicago, Illinois., HOW THE GREAT PETRIFIED FOREST ORIGINATED The "Petrified Forest" of Arizona, really a series of petrified forests, lies a short distance south of Adamana, on the line of the Santa Fe railway. There are four "forests" included in a government reservation called "Petri fied Forest National Monument," cre ated by presidential 'proclamation in 1906. Tho name "forest" is not strictly appropriate, for the petrified tree trunks are all prostrate and aro broken into sections. The logs are the remains of giant trees that grew in Triassic times, the age of reptiles. The trees were of several kinds, but most of them were related to the Nor folk Island pine, now used for indoor decoration. Doubtless they grew in a nearby region and, after falling drift ed down a watercourse and lodged in some eddy or a sand bank. Later they were buried by sand and clay, finally to a depth of several thousand feet The conversion to stone was effected by gradual replacement of tho wooden material by silica' in tho form called chalcedony, deposited by underground water. A small amount of iron oxides deposited at the same time has given tho brilliant and beautiful brown, yellow and red tints which appear in much of the material. ' ' Some of the tree trunks are six feet in diameter and more than 100 feet in length. In tho first forest there is a fine trunk that forms a nat ural bridge over a small ravine, the water having first washed away tho overlying clay and sand and then, following a crevice, worked out the channel underneath. The length of this log is 110 feet, and the diameter 4 feet at the butt and Vh feet at tho top. The petrified woods are beautiful objects for study. When thin slices are carefully ground down to a thickness of 0.003 inch or less and placed under the microscope, they show perfectly tho original wood structure, all tho cells being distinct, though now they are replaced by chalcedony. By studying the sections F. H. Knowlton, of the United States Geological Survey, department of the interior, has found that most of these araucarian trees were of the species Araucarioxylon arizonicum, a tree now extinct. It" is known to have lived at the same geologic time also in the cast-central part of tho United States, where the remains of some of its associates have also been found. These included other cone-bearing trees, tree ferns, cycads, and gigantic horsetails, which indicate that at that time the rainfall was abundant U. S. Geological Survey. Ata the Plattsville pickle day last week Hans Puddlehofer was speaking about tho high price of cabbage. "Kebbeges is awful high ,dis year," he said. "Me and mine frau puts up Beven, eight, nine barrels of sauer kraut efery year but ve can't dis year. De kebbeges cost too much." "But you will put up some sauer kraut, won't you, Hans J" questioned a friend. "Oh, yes, two or t'ree bar relsjust to haf in de hous in case of sickness." "I can read nature's secrets. For one dollar I offer to tell you the names of your, enemies." I know the names of my enemies already, pro fessor." "Indeed? What are they?" "Laziness, Temper and Envy) and I must fight them all." What funny things a littlo child en genders in its brain. It toots and runs and thinks that it is exactly like a train. "COCONINO JIM," LUMBERJACK By Harry E. Rieseberg. Hero am I stretched in careless ease, Outside the bunkhouse, -in these strange woods; The night-birds chatter somewhere in the trees, And other birds pipe in dreariest moods; Whilo tho pine trees nee,dles inter lace, As acreen from the glare of the set ting sun, And phantoms of old flit past my face, With the old day's hours dying out one by one. Forest bush perfumes fall thick on the sense, And the dogwood blossoms whiten the ground, While tho silence around me, grow ing intense, Gradually laps my soul in a languor profound, Save for the mosquitoes' unwelcome hum, Fanning their fires as the day grows cool, Or tho muffled monotones that come From cattle at a neighboring water pool. This forest is peopled with dark, stiff forms That stare me like sentries in the face Not men, but grim, wier,d trees the ' storms Have thrown together devoid of grace And parasites climb the bald, smooth sides, Hanging their tendrils from every bough, Like my present life, that scantly hides - The ghost of lost hope that is ended now. "Friends?" I had many in my young er days At least they appeared to be so to me They told of my future "with smiles and praise, Faithful and steadfast they prom ised to be But now, like a withered leaf lightly whirled By the wind from some far-off flourishing stem, I am blotted wholly out of their world, My name is forgotten forever by them. "Books?" Ah, well! I am not such' a dunce You may consider me now, dull and slow Grave or gay, I had love for them once, But useless now as would be for ests of gums, To" cheer or shade they have lost their art As vinegar upon nitre comes, The singer of songs to a worn-out heart ARIZONA SOLDIERS ARE MOBILIZING AT NAGO The third battalion of tho First Arizona regiment,, comprising Com panles L and K from Ajo, Company I from Casa Grande and Company M from Roosevelt, passed through Tuc son on the way to Naco at 4:48 on Thursday of 'last week. They ex pected to remain in the city for 'a short timo and were to have been en tertained at the Y. M. C. A., but re ceived orders la'te in. the afternoon which caused a cancellation of the plans. Major Haedicke is in command, and under him are Captains Sidney Mash bir and Hall, and Robinson of Com pany I. ( Captain Hayes is in com mand of Company M. Captain, Ira E. Huffman is with the troops. The bat talion headquarters were at Ajo." The troop train stopped at the El Paso and Southwestern depot for fif teen minutes, during which time the local Bed Cross society, co-operating with the chamber of commerce, load ed v fruits, tobacco and magazines on the train for the use of tho troopers. Mrs. Nathan Kendall had charge of the work. Company K has been at Ajo since the Fourth of July. They broke camp at 7 o'clock Thursday morning in re sponse to orders which they had been expecting for two weeks, from Gen eral Funston. There are 240 men en route and the hospital corps accom panying them is composed of ten men. Several of the troopers stated that they have no idea how long they will remain at Naco. The first battalion is at that point now, and the entire regiment will mobilize there shortly. Tho hospital corps, stationed at Ajo, has been making an interesting collection of various insects and rep tailes infesting the locality. They are said to have collected some enormous specimens of tarantaulas, scorpions and centipedes. The men avow that the country around Ajo is most fer tile for research work of that char acter. The companies carried all their paraphernalia with them, including baggage, canines, felines and other domesticated quadrupeds. REORGANIZE SAW MILL AND RAILROAD PROJECT Yes, to I was one time- tempted drown in drink The regrets that haunted me from tho past But the fiend was conquered for I could not link Remorse to the shadows around me cast I've been roughly dealt with, I think, at tipies, I'll keep my innermost shrine un stained, Hoping still that more generous climes May in God's universe yet be gained. Ideas, that formed the romance of youth Hopes, that stirred mcin earlier life The yearning for undiscovered truth, With which my boyish days were rife The thirst to rise, excell and com mand Seem only now to provoke a smile, As I take my axe in hand, And hack at the pines with ceasc less toll. Now for my pipe. Tho setting sun Darts its last rays thru the old oak; And the phantoms vanish; one by one, i Before the ascending wreaths of smoke. I've .done an honest day's work, God knows And when I turn in, and go to sleep, All that I ask is deep repose In dreamless slumbers my soul to keep. " SUSPENDED SENTENCE. Three-year-old Keith had told his mother a deliberate lie and she had put him to bed as a punishment Sit taing by the bedside she asked him what he would do if he had a little boy who would do such a thing. After a moment's thoughtful silence the child replied, "I find I'd give Mm an over chance." 4 For the purpose of building a rail road and mills to work the timber of the White Mountain belt, F. H. Bowen, formerly president of the Navajo Southern railroad company, has reorganized the project under the name of the Western Pine Lumber and Mill company. The company plans to construct a standard gauge railroad from Holbrook to the timber belt, 120 miles southwest. The gen eral office, warehouses and mills of the company, it is said, will be located at Holbrook, where connection will be made with the Santa Fe system. The working capital for the construction of the road has been pledged, jind it is planned to begin actual construc tion work in February, 1917. The Navajo Southern Railroad com pany was organized some years ago to build & railroad into the great tim ber belt in southern Navajo county, where it is estimated there is suffi cient timber to keep the mill occupied for years. REQUIRES FINESSE. The situation needs careful hand ling when you want a woman's graphaphone at a party but don't want her. X j Wm '4 ENID MARKEVm" THE DARKENrrlGTRML" Supporting Wm. S. Hart at Em press Theater Saturday, Sept 16, matinee and night. HE'D BE SAFE TnEN. "Do you think with your native American independence you would feel unnerved in the presence of a king?" "Not if I had an ace." fMM iji iili-IHEAL , ' .""L.. ..FIE' , . I SUCCESS comes in "cans" and failure in "can'ts". There's success in every can of VELVET. q00 IDnnnnDngrii mi &?J&f4JeW.t&J;b$ iftFf noamd Milk the Best Stimulant for Soldiers Press dispatches say the Pasteur Institute of Paris, has just made the declaration that one of the most powerful stimulants known is milk. It-has been in use for montlvs as the one stimulant for the French soldiers in the tren ches and its effect on them is said to apply justify the statement made hy the famous institute in regard tto it. Milk has been used liberally to stimulate the French soldiers before they go into battle and its, effects have' been such that the French government lias urged the sale of milk, in preference to other soft drinks, behind the trenches when the soldiers go off duty for ilieir spells of rest and recreation. . v - "' ?- Use Milk Plentifully and Prove Its; Wonderful Food Value The flagstaff Dairy FRED GARING, Prop. 'U'S lV i S -. T.W ;; udA&ii 1 4 i v. k S