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VOLUME XXXVI.
FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA, FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1919.
NUMBER 36.
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STATE AND FEDERAL
FORCES ARE TO FIGHT
. PREDATORY ANIMALS
The Bureau of Biological Survey,
U. S. Department of Agriculture, by
D. A. Gilchrist and M. E. Musgrave;
the Arizona Live -Stock Sanitary
Board by E. H. Crabb, chairman: and
the University of Arizona, by E. P.
Taylor, of the extension service, en
tered into an agreement effective July
1 for a general co-operation in the
destruction of predatory wild animals
and noxious rodents. ,
The government has appropriated
$50,000 for this work in Arizona,
which amount is duplicated by the
state, including $500. additional funds
appropriated by the state for agri
cultural extension work.
These funds, according to the agree
ment, will be expended through the
government agents, though accounts
will be audited by the state for pay
ments from its fund.
Under the regulations adopted, no
bounties will be paid hunters or trap
pers for animals killed; the furs and
hides of all animals killed by trappers
naid out of government funds, will
become government property, while
limit naid bv the state will turn
their furs and pelts over to state au
thorities. . I
ml -lA..-. J!Mnl inKnniTAt 1(3 i
required to make a financial state -
ment of all expenditures each month,
.11 ...lntn IJ1As1 ff fill
as wen as a cuiujnum icwiu
men hired and of animals killed or de
stroyed and other items of interest
pertaining to the work.
The state will be divided into dis
tricts, where the extermination of pre
datory animals is most urgent and
under the direction of Mr. Musgrave,
experienced trappers and hunters will
be employed.
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FREE CITY DELIVERY
MAY COME THIS FALL
Postoffice Inspector Dutton has fin
ished his inspection of local fitness
for city delivery of mail and forward
ed his recommenaation to a.
2&I5 S.JEJSS&. mfhe 6
it will bo sent to the first assistant
postmaster general in Washington.
No authoritative statement as to
ivhnthpr we will eet the system is
available; but the opinion of those in
a position to know is that the quar-"tcr-beginning
October 1 tt!iee Its
installation here. Two cafc&rs will
be used and two deliveries a day will
be made. City letters will require a
2-cent stamp.
The principal obstacle Mr. Dutton
found was the lack of sidewalks in
the district sputh of the Santa Fe.
Postmaster C. P. Heisser has laid this
matter before the town council; it is
presumed some action will be taken on
remedying the situation at the next
council meeting, and Mr. Heisser will
then notify Mr. Dutton of such ac
tion. While desirable always, cement
walks will not be necessary in all
cases to meet the requirements of the
department. Board walks connecting
the existing stretches of cement would
answer.
CHIEF PETTY OFFICER
FRANK COLCORD IS HOME
Frank Colcord, recently discharged
from the navy, arrived in Flagstaff on
Tuesdav afternoon with his father W.
C. Colcord. Frank has been laid up
in the hospital at Norfolk, Va., for
two or three months and his father
went East to bring him home. He is
able to get, about with the use of a
"cane. Frank went into the navy a
year and a half ago and was assigned
to the naval aviation "corps, where he
saw service in Belgium and northern
' France, and as an evidence of his
ability was discharged as a chief petty
officer.
He was delighted to get back to
Arizona again after his long tour of
duty overseas and wasn't in Flagstaff
an hour until he felt a heap better.
They stayed over in Flagstaff a couple
of days visiting old friends before go
ing to their home near Roosevelt.
OLD-TIMER COMES HOME
Now, who do you think has come
to town? Ed. O'Farrell and his most
estimable wife arrived home Sunday
evening from Norfolk, Va., where Ed
has been assisting the government for
the past two years with their railroad
work. Ed knows nearly every old tie
on the A. L. & T. logging roads from
long association with them during the
years past. He is looking fine and is
now around getting his chest full of
good,' old mountain air again and
rather thinks he will stick around for
some time to come. His right wing
has be"en nearly wrung off by old
.friends who are so amused to see him
home again.
LIVE-STOCK SANITARY
BOARDS HOLDS MEETING
The State Live -Stock Sanitary
Board held a regular business meeting
in Flagstaff Wednesday, taking up
regular business of the month and
also issued regulations for the admis
sion of stock into the state. Chair
man E. H. Crabb, Frank B. Moore of
Courtland, member, and Ed. Stephens,
secretary of the board, were present
at the meeting.
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Elmer Jackson is at home again
from Holbrook, and has taken up tel
egraphy with the Western Union un
der Captain Robinson.
GREETINGS TO STOCKMEN,
RANCHERS AND FRIENDS.
We hope you are well and
your family is well, and may
they live long and prosper.
Flagstaff's business men
are glad to see old friends and
make the" acquaintance of new
ones. They arc a live bunch,
taking 'em by and large, and
the better you get acquainted
with them the better you'll
like 'em.
If there is anything going
wrong, just tell it to an Elk;
if He can't help you out, he'll
know some one who can.
Flagstaff is the financial
center of a big northern half
of Arizona. Aside from that,
its climate and water is en
titled to a Distinguished Serv
ice Medal.
All cow persons are request
ed to park their guns with the
sheriff. If your slats com
mence to crack, see the sher
iff, wink at him and insinuate
you have symptoms of the flu;
if he don't come thiough, fly.
These pious duties having
been performed, don't forget
to subscribe to The Coconino
Sun ; it covers all Northern
Arizona; it is the official and
unofficial champion of the
ranchers and stockmen, and a
general live booster for all
Arizona. It's the cheapest and
best investment you can make.
It covers Coconino county like
a blanket.
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TOM PULLIAM WITH
LAND DEPARTMENT
At some time in the future, visit
ors to the office of the state land com
mission who desire to ascertain the
character of state lands in any town
snip will be shown them on colored
plats, by which the class of the land
"&? "a value is indicated by
color. All topographical features are
indicated, also depth to water, springs
and reservoirs, rainfall, kind of grass
and other forage, roads, railroads, etc.
At a glance the exact nature of any
40-acre piece may be seen. These new
plats, which arc to be bound in books,
will be a great assistance to the in
quirers, and will facilitate the work
of the office. When the state lands
were selected they were viewed in the
large. The department now has four
field men touring in Ford cars, and
mapping every section in detail.
The field men. who arc Guv D. Ac
uff, W. R. Evants, Joe A. Phillips, and
Tom E. Pulliam, are working in Co-
cnise county at present. As the state
has 11,000,000 acres of land, it will
require about a year to complete this
work. A few township plats are al
ready on file.
Class A lands are indicated by blue,
Class B by light green, Class, C by
pink, and so on. Conventional sym
bols are used to indicate bullctincs.
corrals, water, etc.
BABBITT'S BARGAIN
BASEMENT TO OPEN
A new departure in Flagstaff, but
one proven successful wherever tried,
is the bargain basement of the dry
goods department of Babbitt Bros. ,to
be opened about the 15th of this
month. Entrance, to the basement
which has undergone much alteration
and improvement and achieved a new
appearance through the efforts .of
painters and carpenters, is from the
main dry goods departments.
The bargain basement will be under
the direction of R. J. Connor, mana
ger of the dry goods department, and
Edgar Hash, merchandise man, and a
competent sales force will be on hand
daily. The name "Bargain Base
ment" was given for two reasons:
First, because of its location; second,
because of the promised number of
genuine bargains of clean merchan
dise which will make up the stock.
Economies of operation and buying
make those in charge enthusiastic
over the chance to offer Flagstaff
city bargains as'an every-day affair.
BADLY BURNED IN
GASOLINE EXPLOSION
W. H. Morse, painter, was painfully
and severely burned yesterday morn
ing at 8 o'clock while preparing to
take his car from the White Garage.
He intended to put water into his
radiator, but accidentally got hold of
gasoline. As the fluid ran into the
radiator some of it spread to a part
of the engine that was sufficiently hot
to ;gnite. An explosion resulted,
throwing the burning liquid about,
quite a lot of it getting on Morse.
Most of it fell on his legs, which, it
was thought at the time were burned
seriously.
The fire department was called to
the scene and put out the blaze, which
resulted in no damage to the shop and
practically none to the car.
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Franklin Walker, son of Prof. Walk
er of the Normal faculty, came home
the first of the week from Tucson,
where he has been attending the Uni
versity of Arizona. He intends doing
archaeological work with a party in
the Indian country during his vacation..
TODAY'S PROGRAM OF ELKS'
4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION
.MORNING
Log-Sawing Contest, at Race Track, at 10 a. m.
Ball Gamo, Flagstaff vs. Williams. v
AFTERNOON
1:00 p. m. Cowboy Relay Race, entrance fee, $2.50; xh miles. Prizes: First,
?ou; scconu, $za; mini, entrance ice to run tnrec norses.
1:30 p.m. Indian Frce-for-All Race, direction of Mr. Williams.
2:00 p.m. Pony Express Race, Vh
$ou; second, o; tniru, entrance fee to run three horses.
2:30 p.m. Indian Relay Race, Vk miles, direction of Mr. Williams.
3:00 p.m. Steer Riding, no entrance
mini, $zo.
4:00 p. m. Motorcycle Race, 10 miles,
seconu, $zo; mini, entrance lee.
4:30 p.m. Auto Race, 25 miles, balance of cars; entrance fee, $10. Prizes
First, $200; second, $100; third, entrance fee.
5:30 p. m. Broncho 'Busting, entrance
$ou; mini, entrance iee.
C:30 p. m. Airplane Exhibition.
1:60 p".m. Boxing and Wrestling
$1.50 each; first six rows,
9:00 p. m. Following Boxing Contest,
oi tne urpneum.
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CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AS IT LOOKED JULY 4, 1882.
This picture does not look like, much of a start for the present prosperous
city of Flagstaff; docs it? However, It was Flagstaff as it started
growing at what was known as the "Old Town Spring" ton the south
slope of Observatory Hill, now the western residence district. A few
years later the Atlantic & Pacific railroad, now the Santa Fe, located
a box car on the present site of the depot (which would have been
there yet, ifit hadn'tbumed ik-ra), and the town followed the box
car down to the' present site.
STEPHENS FOUND NOT GUILTY
OF MURDER ON FIRST BALLOT
At 6:46 Wednesday evening Bud his interest was not based on such
Stephens, of Prescott, sat in the pris- worthy grounds,
oner's chair in the superior courtroom, On the second of April, 1918. Miller
and heard these words from the fore
man of the jury:
"We find the defendant not guilty,
your honor," and in a few minutes
walked out of the courthouse a free
man.
This for him was thr happy ending
of his trial for the killing of A. R.
Miller in Prescott, Ariz., April 2, 1918.
At the first hearing of the case he
had been given life imprisonment.
The case took up exactly ten days,
and it was brilliantly fought by onpos
ing counsel to the last detail. Six
hours were taken up Wednesday by
arguments of counsel K. H. and Mom
Clark for the state, and Frank Do-
mingus of Los Angeles and G. B. Wil
son of Flagstaff for the defense. At
6:00 o'clock in the evening both sides
rested, and the judge proceeded with
his charge to the jury, taking about
an hour, until 6:00 o'clock to make
certain points clear. His charge was
decidedly clear and impartial. In ad
dition to defining first and second de
gree murder he defined insanity and
told the jury that if Bud Stephen'
was incapable of telling right, from
wrong at the time of the killing he
should not be convicted.
The jury then retired and deliberat
ed 46 minutes, thus upsetting prophe
cies of a hung jury. They and the de
fendant were out on the streets pick
ing up the usual threads of life again
in iust a few minutes.
The case opened here Monday a
week ago. on the 23rd of June. It was
first tried in Prescott the year qf the
killing, Stephens found guilty of first
degree murder and sentenced to prison
for the remainder of his natural life.
He was granted a new trial on tech
nicalities and the case was transferred
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Selection of a jury was completed
the night of the second day of the
trial, and the state introduced the
first of its witnesses on Wednesday,
June 25.
The story of the killing, as gathered
from testimony from state and de
fense, was sensational. Large crowds
crathered in the courthouse daily to
listen.
Witnesses told of bad feeling be
tween the defendant and his father on
one side and the murdered man on
the other, growing, they testified, out
of relations of Miller and the defend
ant's mother. The unwritten law was
not a part of the defense although
it was touched on by counsel. Un
pleasant relations between Mrs. Ste
phens, mother of Bud Stephens, anl
her husband were proved, and it was
the claim of some witnesses that Mil
ler's interest in her was that of a
friend for one in unpleasant circum
stances; while other witnesses claimed
miles; entrance fee, $2.50. Prizes: First,
fee. Prizes: First, $100; second, $50;
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entrance fee, $2.50. Prizes: First, $50;
fee, $5. Prizes: First, $200; second,
Contests at Orpheum. Admission: Box
$1.50 each; balance of house, $1 each
Auto Raffle, Oldsmobilc "8" in front
was in Brockner's clothing store in
Prescott, Ariz., buying a suit of
clothes. ' Bud Stephens came in and
stood at, the front of the store. As
Miller, going out, got opposite him,
Stephens pulled his gun and shot him
from a distance of a few feet, firing
five times. As Miller fell, Stephens
reloaded his gun and fired two more
bullets into the form of the prostrate
man. Joseph H. Stephens, father of
the defendant, came up just then and
he and Bud went to the sheriffs of-'
fice where Bud Stephens gave him-110.."e necessary ni gn scnooi worn
self up Lwith the present school building. Thus
The body of Miller was later found question of providing funds for a
to contain 11 bullet wounds 4 in i"! scho1 building is not involved
front, and 7 in the back. the present election. At some fu-
The deefnse based its claim for an! J""5.1"!"5,:? bond election will doubt
acquittal on the condition of Stephen's iess be Id1,.as's he- popular method,
mind at the time of the killing. Brain because it distributes the cost through
experts from Los Angeles and Tom I a !nE p1enod of years
Manning of Flanrstaff were witnesses ' " w'" be a surprise and perhaps
on this point. These medical author!-1 somewhat of a shock to many people
ties were given a question to answer f Flagstaff to learn that this town
several typewritten pages in length.! "as not kept Pace with such towns as
to which question counsel for the state Winslow, Williams, Kingman and Hol
objected vehemently, but which was brook, all of which have high schools.
allowed. Claims of many witnep"
wno saw aiepnens during tne snootin"
before and after conflicted as to
his rational bearing at that time.
ihe attorneys for the defense were
Pat O'Sullivan of Prescott: C. B. Wil
son. of Flap-staff: Frank Dominguez
Paul Schenck and Mr. Cohen of Los
Angeles. The state was represented
by E. S. and Neill C. Clark, of Pres
cott: County Attorney F. M.'Gold andt
Assistant uountv Attorney George ;
Harben, of Flagstaff. .
Superior Court Judge J. E. Jond
won the admiration of all counsel for
tne emcient and impartial way
which the trial was conducted.
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MR. NELSON AT CITIZENS BANK
My QTii MVo t it -m-,,1,- I
comers to Flagstaff who are here to
stav. Mr. Nelson will be found at the
Citizen's Bank, where he is filling the
piace soon to be left vacant by the
resignation of B. B. Brandon, who will
go to California to study dentistry.
Mr. Nelson has for some time been
manager of the Citizens' "Bank at Oat
man and so is well aualified to take
over his new duties. Mr. Brandon TOill
be at the bank until the 15th of July!
and will leave for the western state!
shortly afterward.
O. D. Cummins and family are now
residents of Flagstaff, moving here
recently from Mesa. Ariz. Mr. Cum
mins can be found at J. H. Crawford's
where he has been on general duty
for some days. He is an old hand at
the grocery game, having been in that
business in his old home.
THE SIGN OF THE CAMEL
DOBBED ON THE U. S. MAP
Booze was it ain't "is" any
more, except in favored local
spots but where it is, it legal
ly ain't anymore.
From now on until we de
mobilize which is a most un
certain period, since President
Wilson says th6re are still a
million men in the U. S. army
the great drought of 1919
will be a legal fact, despite
the sporadic outbreaks of spir
its in a freckled fashion over
the bioad area of the United
States.
There weie celebrations and
ceremonies of a solemn nature
as well as hilarity at the wakes
held in many places, and the
juice of the com, hops and
barley as well as grape went
up and down and scurried for
places of safety.
Any one related to old John
Barleycorn, even to the 2.75
degree, was hearsed, and now
all joy must be real and come
from the inner soul a free of
fering. He with the dumps
and blues, and those pessimis
tically inclined may husk it all
and wander through dry
places surrounded by a corru
gated gloom.
HIGH SCHOOL ELECTION
TO BE HELD JULY 13
The board of trustees of the Fl'rr
staff public schools authorizes the fol
lowing statement (the board is unani
mous in its attitude toward the new
high school, and warmly urges local
voters to back up the proposition):
In compliance with the Arizona
school laws, a petition siimed bv more
than .one hundred qualified electors I Z7rf3..Ed , 1.7 JL itS8
has been presented to the .countyter?,c?,IJ1,I
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high school in
establishment
Flagstaff.
In further comnliance with the law.
the county superintendent will call for
an election to be held Saturday, July1
13 at the Emerson school building, to
determine whether Flagstaff shall
have a high school. The law states
that any school district having an av
erage daily attendance of 200 or more
t-i nr me b'HAiBM ajttjvi k..:ij: a
pupils or having an assessed valua
tion of $1,500,000, or more, majr by
a majority vote of Qualified school
electors thereof establish and main
tain a high school. Flagstaff has
therefore long since been entitled to
school Ki,nrint.n,lflf nVin tn u
octnMt.i,f I.I..1. i.i tithe time of their
'"6" -"uu" .bvery train brought in its quota and
The board of trustees has for some ( every road leading into the city was
time considered the need of a high i carrying its stream of cars and wag
school, and the matter has now be-j ons and' buggies. Williams is sending
come a pressing necessity, for, as is about 50 per cent of her population
now generally Known, the boards of i
education of the state normal schools
Ariz?? have, found H necessary to
uuiiiit, nlc luiuiug yvui, umy pupils
who have had at least one .year's high
school training, and in 1920 only those
who have had two years. This means
that Flagstaff children would have no
school opportunities beyond the eighth
grade in the present situation.
The school board has carefully look
ed into the matter and believes that it
J111 5? Possble to provide temporarily
It is expected that Flagstaff people ;
iuny appreciate the evident need of a
high school and that they will in thi
case be as progressive in educational
matters as they arc in business. The
board of trustees urge all electors to
come out and vote and show the rest
of Arizona that Flagstaff does not
mean to be behind in providing for our
boys' and girls' educational advan-
tages the equal of
those in other
towns about us.
SWEET LITTLE ONE
PASSES QUIETLY AWAY
Eirly, Tuesday morning death
claimed the little daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William Rudd at their home on
West Birch avenue.
Martha Owendolan Rudd would Jmvo
? 3 a ?e?r J" tomorrow, having
been born July 5, 1918. The baby,
who was loved by neighbors and
friends of the family to an unusual
degree, did not suffer long in her last
illness, being sick only a few days,
and seriously so for only a maHter of
hours. When "Martha," as all called
her, fell asleep, she left many aside
from the family who grieve with the
relatives att the loss and the entire
community extends a real sympathy
to the sorrowing relatives.
Funeral services were conducted on
Wednesday evening at 4 o'clock in the
Federated Church. Rev. John Butler
missionery, officiated. Interment was
in the city cemetery, and arrange
ments were in charge of the Flagstaff
Undertaking Parlors.
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Colin Campbell, the sheepman of
Ash Fork, was in Flagstaff Monday.
CROWD AT FLAGSTAFF
CELEBRATING IS THE
LARGEST IN HISTORY
Everybody was here yesterday
with his family, and his dog and his
pony. Some, however, came in cars,
and others on the trains, and some
on foot. Where all of them came
from nobody knows but everybody
was here.
Bright and early in the morning the
streets were filled with the joy-seeking
and joy-creating crowds, and until
a very unrcspectable hour this morn
ing Flagstaff residents and visitors
had one large time chasing old man '
gloom from the city streets.
The program proper started at 10
a. m. with a parade directed by Capt.
J. B. Wright, starting at the court
house and marching over the principal
streets. Two bands participated the
local band and the Indian band of
Tuba City. Scores and scores of In
dians followed Navajos and Hopis
on their ponies and in buggies. Some
of the squaws had their babies in
front of them on the saddle while
others carried them in their arms.
Ponies, men and women were gaily
decorated, not to, mention the autos
and the streets and the store fronts.
Fully 500 Indians are here to enjoy
themselves and take part in the races.
They are in charge of Charles Wil
liamson, of the Little Colorado trad
ing post. They are encamped all
around the outskirts of town, wher
ever a level place of ground can be
found.
The bucking airplaneand its rider,
furnished by Sid Chaplin, of Los An
geles, who in his spare moments rivals
his more or less famous brother
Charley in the "comics," arrived yes
terday morning at 10:55 on the train
from the west. It was assembled in
the afternoon for the scheduled flights
and stunts at 5:30.
The juvenile sports at the court
house, under the direction of Mi;s
?u J?"aer
came off at schedule
?.Tenls were interesting ana iurnisnea
the time of their yuns live to the
rr-.j nf -t-mj- 'i.. f v .,
At 1:00 o'clock in the afternoon the-
races started at the race track with
I the fancy saddle pony race, and con-
tinued through the afternoon, accord
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mg to program. Ihe broncho busting
attracted a big bunch of fine riders,,
among whom were C. C. De Graften
reid, J. T. DeGraftenrcid, E. B.
Weems, Fred Moore, Ross DeGraften
reid, J. H. Williams, Jack Houghton,
Ray Moser.
The morning train brought in a spe
cial car of Kingman people, called to
the mountain by the fame of the Elks'
method of putting on a celebration.
up today to crow over our boys when
the dust of the baseball game rolls
away this morning. We like to be
hospitable and all that; but "they ain't
gonna be no chance to crow."
The Indian dances last night and
the public dance at the big tent were
patronized by tremendous crowds and
much joy was spread on every hand.
It's tough that we can't have a Fourth
every week.
CALL FOR SERVICE
MEN TO ORGANIZE
Service men of all arms of the serv
ice are requested to meet at the West
em Union Telegraph office at 6 p. m.,
Saturday, July 5, for the purpose ot
talking over the organization of the
American Legion at Flagstaff.
Other cities in Arizona have organ
ized branches of the American Legion
and a state convention will be held at
Tucson within the next two weeks and
Flagstaff will be entitled to delegates
to that covention.
The American Legion is a nation
wide organization and will mean much
to service men in the years to come.
All are earnestly urged to come and
take part in the proposed organiza
tion. BADLY BATTERED ENGINE
One of the big Santa Fe freight en
gines was in the local yards Saturday
attracting quite a bit of attention, for
it looked like it had been through the
war. It and two or three cars of a
through freight had gone off the
track five or ten miles this side of
Ash Fork. The cause of the wreck
was not known. No one was hurt,
ihe cab of the engine was completely
gone, and it was battered up other
wise in a good fashion. It took the
wrecker from Winslow two days to
clear the scene.
CAPT. GUTHRIE AT ARCHANGEL
We are indebted to Capt. John D.
Guthrie for a copy of the "American
Sentinel," a soldier paper published
by the American contingent who have
been scrapping the Bolshevild for the
past several months up in that de
lightful winter climate. The editor of
the Sentinel under date of May 24 in
a piteous appeal for plenty of dope for
his last issue says: "In one more week
the Sentinel will be relieved. Six
months on and then off for life. But,
at that, we'd rather be on the job
than on the waterwagon."
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Mr. and Mrs. A. Robertson, of Win
slow, spent Sunday in Flagstaff en
joying the cool air and looking over
the town. Mr. Robertson is employed
in the office of Superintendent Tuttle.
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