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Volume S 3
BIG CARNIVAL
PLANNED BY THE
AMERICAN LEGION
The America# Legion of Winslow
is planning a big “Home” Carnival
here for three days commencing Sep
ember the 6th. There will be all
the regular Carnival features with a
great many extraordinary events in
addition.
Among the added attractions will
be, “One Night in Venice” (Italy not
California), auto races and base ball.
It is a little early now to give in
detail what all the attractions will
consist of, however, you may rest
assured that it will be a real, old
fashioned joy time for all in a new
way.
Probably the'greatest event of the
whole Carnival, and the one which
will receive the greatest amount of
enthusiasm and support, will take
place on the third day of the festi
vities, September Bth.
There is not one among us who
does not desire a home all our own.
The Frank Perkins Post Number 15,
American Legion, is going to give
one away. And when we say home,
that is exactly what we mean, a
Home with a capital H.
A lot 50 by 142 feet at the north
east corner of Winslow and Elm Sts,
with sidewalks, fence, lawn and
flowers. A new bungalow contain
ing four rooms, breakfast nook, bath
and screened in porch. Absolutely
modern, with gas, electricity and
water. Furnished completely, in
good taste, including drapes, cur
tains etc., with a clear title furnish
ed. All you have to do is furnish
the girl.
,The Fraiik Perkins Post is noted
for its originality and pep and this
“Home” Carnival promises to outdo
all its previous efforts according to
the handwriting on the wall. No ex
pense or effort will be spared to
make September 6,7, and 8 , dates
that will long be remembered in Win
slow and the surrounding country.
Now', don't forget the dates and
give the American Legion the sup
port which it deserves. Don’t let us
forget the dark days not so far in
the past when those who are now
legionnairs supported to the utmost
this great country of ours.
So get your tickets for this mod
ern home now. Someone is going
to have the lucky number. Get your
ticket on the “Home”. Get the girl,
get three days of unalloyed pleasure
and above all get behind the Legion.
Let’s go.
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HEAVY INDEMNITY TO BE PAID
TO THE CAPTIVES OF
THE CHINESE BANDITS
It is said that an agreement is ab
out to be consumated by the diplo
matic corps in Peking. China, where
by an indemnity of about $5,000 will
be paid to each of the 27 foreigners
who were taken captive by the Chi
nese bandits on May 6 and held until
June 12. The arrangement calls for
SSOO for each of the first three days,
and SIOO a day for the rest of the
time. There were eight Ameicans
among the captives, several of whom
were held for the entire period of
captivity.
NEW $250,000 DEPOT
Ogden, Utah. —Approximately $250,
000 will be expended for a new rail
road depot here, it has been an
nounced.
huntlndorses
WILLIAM MW
;FOR PRESIDENT
A dispatch from Phoenix announ
ces that Governor Hunt has endorsed
William G. McAdoo for president of
the United States. Another dispatch
says that Mr. McAdoo is not yet cer
tain whether or not he will be a can
didate, but it is pretty certain that
he will be, if the pressure of friends
and admirers have any influence over
him. Indeed, some of his friends
have already launched his candidacy
in the East. In this connection it
may be noted that Mr Bryan stated
a few days ago that he had not en
dorsed Mr McAdoo for president or
any other candidate. It seems that
a report had been circulated ihat
Mr Bryan had endorsed Mr. McAdoo
and this brought forth the denial
from the Commoner. It does not
seem to be Mr Bryan’s way to en
dorse a candidate until a critical
stage has been reached and that is
usually while the convention is in
session. And it may be noted also
that the influence of Mr Bryan has
had much to do with nominations in
the last several conventions, and it
must be conceded that he still has
considerable influence, and may be
able to turn the tide to whatever
candidate he may wish to see nomi
nated.
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THE WINSLOW MAIL
MINIMUM WAGE LAW
DECLARED INVALID
The case on the minimum wage
law for women which was heard at
Los Angeles Monday resulted in a
decision that the law was unconsti
tutional and the issuing of an inter
locutory injunction by the court of
equity which halts the operation of
the law, which went into effect, or
would have gone into effect on Feb
ruary 13, 1923, but for a restraining
order, until a decision is rendered by
the United States supreme court, to
which the case has been appealed
by John W. Murphy, attorney gener
al of Arizona. The law provided
that a minimum wage of sl6 per
week be paid to women employees.
The case was brought by A. Sardell
of Nogales against John W. Murphy,
attorney general, and W. A. O’Con
nor, county attorney of Santa Cruz
county to restrain these officials
from prosecuting him under the law.
A preliminary hearing was held in
Tucson before Judge Sawtelle sever
al weeks ago at which the Judge de
nied the application on condition
the officers would not prosecute
pending a hearing of the case before
a court of equity. The case was
then set by Judge Sawtelle for July
16, in Tucson, but owing to. the in
ability of one of the Judges to come
to Tucson for sometime the hearing
was transferred to Los Angeles. The
judges who formed the court of equi
ty were Judges Sawtelle, Ross, and
Bledsoe.
The decision of the court, that
the law is unconstitutional, is based
upon a recent decision of the United
States supreme court in declaring
unconstitutional the District of Co
lumbia minimum wage law, accord
ing to a statement of Judge Ross.
The contention of Sardell was that
the law was in violation of the con
stitution under article 14 and amend
ment 14, in that it deprived him of
his property without due process of
law and deprived him of his right to
contract for labor.
The injunction issued at Los An
geles is only temporary in nature,
serving to restrain enforcement of
the law until such time as the Unit
ed States supreme court has had op
portunity to hear the evidence and
review the case and issue its verdict.
Just how long that will be can not
be forcast.
Should the supreme court hold
that the Arizona law is constitution
al, payment of the sl6 wage would
be retroactive to the date of the law
becoming operative in the state. The
decision of the supreme court will
be anticipated with a great deal of
interest by the employers and wom
en employees of the state.
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TWO IDAHO TOWNS
DESTROYED BY FIRE
The towns o fßurke and Mace,
near Wallace, Idaho, were destroyed
by fire on Friday, the 13th. The loss
is estimated at $1,500,000. No lives
were lost but about 1,000 are home
less.
CARL MAGEE"eOONI
GUILTY. PARDONED
BY GOVERNOR
Carl Magee, editor of the Albuquer
que Tribune, was found guilty of
contempt of court on seven counts,
in court of Judge D. H. Leahy, at
Las Vegas last Friday, July 13. Fri
day, the 13th, seemed to be an un
lucky day for this editor. Magee
was sentenced to 90 days in jail on
each of four citations, making 360
days altogether, and to pay a fine of
one dollar each on each count or
seven dollars in all. In addition,
the Magee Pubishing Company .own
ed by Magee, and made codefendant
with him was fined a total of $4050
for publishing the articles said to be
contemtuous. The case grew out of
certain articles, written by Magee
and published by the Magee Publish
ing Company in which it was claimed
by Magee that the court of Judge
Leahy was influenced by a political
machine led by one, Secundino Ro
mero, a United States marshal. The
case will likely be appealed to a
higher court. Other cases, it seems,
have grown out of the Magee con
tempt case. One of them is an ac
tion against Attorney R. H. Hanna,
a former supreme court justice, who
acted as Magee’s attorney, to suspend
him from practice and another ac
tion against him for contempt of
court during the Magee case. These
cases are set for July 20.
Later reports announce that Gov
ernor Hinkle has pardoned Magee
and remitted the fines imposed upon
him and also the fines assessed
against the Magee Publishing Com
pany. The governor declared that;
the contempt cases were a “persecu
tion, and that the sentences harsh
and beyond reason, and the whole
procedure a disgrace and a blot up
on the name of New Mexico and the
good people thereof.”
Time it gets cool enough to go to
work it is time to go to bed.
WINSLOW, NAYAJO COUNTY, ARIZONA, JULY 20, 192 S
DEVELOPED OF THE COLORADO
HELD OP PENDING RATIFICATION
SAVS CONGRESSMAN CARL HAYDEN
Fifty Rotarians and Guests Hear Elo
quent address on the Colorado River
Pact. No Development in any man
ner or by any means likely untill
the compact is Ratified.
The local Rotary Club entertained
a number of guests at their lunch
eon on Wednesday at the Harvey
House, among whom was the Honor
able Carl Hayden, United States
Representative from Arizona. Mr. J
Hayden had been up into the White <
Mountains for a fishing and recrea-1
tion trip and very graciously con- j
sented to stop over here and speak j
to the Rotarians and others on the
Colorado River compact. The ordin
ary routine of the club was dispens
ed with and Mr. Hayden given the
right of way for the entire time al
lotted for speaking.
President Tom Quebedeaux, in an
nouncing the speaker, said that Carl
Hayden didn't need any introduction
for everybody knew him.
In beginning Mr. Hayden said he
didn’t know all about the compact
but mentioned as one of his qualifi
cations the fact that when he enter
ed Congress some eleven years ago
he was put on the committee on ir
rigation of arid lands which had
given him opportunity to make quite
a study of the conditions here in the
west. He then went on to speak of
the different dam sites along the
river where dams might be located,
and of the amount of water that
might be these dams, for instance he
said that a dam 600 feet high at
Glen Canyon would hold 30,000,0°01
acre feet of water, which would be
an enormous amount. He spoke of j
the Diamond Creek located near
Peach Springs as a good one for a j
power plant.
He said he was one of the group
of 22 legislators who came to the
West several months ago to look
over the Colorado river situation and
other projects in the west. It will
be recalled that these men were re
ported to have been impressed with
the Boulder Creek location as a g>od
one for a dam site. These men vent
down the river to Yuma, then into
the Imperial country where they
made a thorough inspection of that
district and the river conditions. No
doubt what these men saw on this
trip would have a great deal of in
fluence in any action that migh be
taken by the federal government in
matters pertaining to the Colorado
river and conditions along its course
Mr Hayden spoke of the different
conditions prevailing in the lower
and upper basin of the river. In
the lower basin the climatic condi
tions are such that agriculture can
be carried on during most all the
year, while in the upper basin the
altitude and climate are such that
agriculture can be carried on during
only a portion of the year. These
different conditions would have quite
a bearing on the use of the w'aters
of the Colorado river.
One of the most important ques
tions in connection with the Com
pact is that of flood control, accord
ing to Mr. Hayden. Engineers say
it is only a question of time until
the river will break into the Imper
ial valley again with destructive ef
fects. A limit of only about five
years is given until that is likely or
almost certain to happen. So that
flood control is one of the urgent
reasons why Mr. Hayden thinks the
compact should be ratified and steps
taken to build a dam or dams in
odrer to control the floods of the
river. The two other things sought
by the State of Arizona according
to Mr. Hayden, are water for agri
culture and hydro-electric power.
On the need of action to secure
flood control, Mr. Hayden called at
tention to what happened in the Im- 1
perial Valley some years ago when
the river broke through into the
valley and formed the Salton Sea,
and of the great effort and expense
put forth by the Southern Pacific
railroad to stop the break. This
cost was over a million dollars and |
has never been repaid to the railroad j
by the government which it was
practically assured would be by the
then President Theodore Roosevelt.
This may happen again most any
time if flood control is not provided
to prevent the waters breaking over.
Mr. Hayden spoke of the benefits I
to be derived from the storage of the
water by dams, especially that to be j
derived from agriculture. He said ;
that a total of at least 280.000 acres J
could be irrigated along the valley 1
of the river known as bottom land. :
and he didn't know how much more
might be irrgated on higher levels
by use of the necessary provisions j
to get the water on to the land. He
stated that an investigation is now,
being made by competent engineers!
to determine just what can be done |
along that line. This investigation^
will determine just what it will cost
for such irrigation and just what
lands can be irrigated.
He went on to say that it would
be necessary for the w'ater behind
| the dams to be emptied out each
year in order to taLke care of the
j floods of the following year. This
| would furnish power for hydro
j electric machinery that would pro
! duce at least 600,000 horse power
This could be distributed over a
wide area, and could be used for
pumping in districts where it would
be impossible to carry the waters of
the river for irrigation purposes.
Mr. Hayden thought that such power
could be brought into the valley of
the little Colorado for use in pump
ing and thus furnish water for agri
cultural purposes in this part of the
state. His idea is, too, that this
power can be used extensively for
mining purposes throughout the
state.
These are the things sought also
by California and by Nevada, the
other states of the lower basin.
Nevada’ may not be so much interest
ed from the standpoint of agricul
ture, but she is interested in power
for mining. Mr. Hayden said that
the states want these benefits now,
and that they do not want to put off
getting them until some future time.
It is imperative that something be
done soon to provide for the control
of the flood waters of the river, or
it will mean the ruination of the Im
perial valley and Yuma country.
The states of the upper basin real
ize they can’t get the same benefits
as the lower basin from agriculture,
and what they want is to be secured
by agreement or compact from the I
loss of their water rights. And this i
is exactly what the compact aims to
do and will do if ratified by all the
seven states. Mr. Hayden stated
that there are on the average 20,000,-
000 acre feet of it, leaving a surplus
of 4,000,000 acre feet for future al
location should it be needed. Mr.
Hayden further stated: The com
pact, only attempts to allocate the
waters of the river, and provides
against future law suits that might
tie up the use of the waters of the
river. He said it is possible to get
4,000.000 horse power in Arizona,
and that we now have need for only
about 100,000 horse power. This
would provide for all the power Ari
zona would ever need and perhaps
leave a large amount or surplus.
He says we must unite if we get
anything through Congress. There
are only 40 western representatives
out of over 400 and these must be
united in any project they want to
put through congress or they will
never get it through. The Colorado
River compact is an agreement for j
the allocation of the waters of the j
Colorado river. That is all it is. It!
is a beginning and nothing more. In
reply to questions, he said that the
compact had absolutely nothing to
do with power or dam sites, that all j
it aimed to do was to allocate the
waters of the river. In reply to
another question he said there could
be no development of the river or
building of dams without an agree
ment between the states and the
United States for the reason that the
states claim the water flowing
through them while the United Sta
tes lays claim to the banks of the
rivers. There must, therefore, be
an agreement between them or each
can block any attempt of the other
to carry out development. As to
whether or not the United States
government would proceed with de
velopment if the compact were rati
fied, Mr. Hayden gave it as his opi
nion that it would, owing to the ur
gency of the need of flood control in
the lower basin.
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NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION TO
MEET AT FLAGSTAFF
According to a report in The Coco
nino Sun, The Arizona Daily News-j
paper association will meet in Flag
staff sometime in September. The
exact date has not yet been set. The :
association at its last meeting in j
Miami decided unanimously on Flag
staff as the next meeting place and
arrangements are now under way for
the meeting. The membership of the
association includes every daily
newspaper in the state with a few
weeklies. J. H. Westover of Yuma j
is the president of the association.
Efforts are being put forth to secure
the attendance of every member.
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Maybe the noise of a presidential |
boom is caused by log rolling.
NOEL H. CALDWELL
WINS SCHOLARSHIP
Word has been received from Pres
ident Marvin of the of
Arizona that Noel Caldwell, one of
this years graduates of the Winslow
High School, had won the County
Scholarship of Five Hundred Dol
lars. The announcement came in
the form of a personal letter from
President Marvin as well as a beau
tifully printed card bearing his
signature.
Besides the handsome money value
this scholarship carries, it also
means a very distinct honor to Noel
as well as the local high school.
This honor is made all the greater
by the fact that out of the six com
peting candidates two of them were
university students fresh from their
studies in the University of Arizona.
A recent ruling of the Attorney Gen
eral made it possible for university
students to take the examination
along with those who had not gone
beyond high school.
Noel has shown himself to be an ex
cellent student and is deserving of
j congratulations and encouragement
for this splendid achievement. The
I grades of Navajo County ranked
I fifth of all the counties of the state,
j Some counties had only one or two
I candidates which places their aver
age high. The grade of Noel, rep
resenting Winslow, undoubtedly ran
ked much higher than the average
of any county and stood among the
few very best grades for the entire
state. Reports from the University
I show all the grades ranked higher
I than in any previous year.
The money is paid in nine install
j ments at the rate of $52.82 per month
This will pay all necessary expenses
j at the university for one year.
Noel is visiting relatives in Illi
; nois but the good news has been
] wired to him by his sister, Miss Eva
r Caldwell.
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LUNCHEON PARTY
On Wednesday at 1 o’clock, Mrs
W. L. Martin gave a three course
luncheon in honor of Mrs A. L. Mar
i tin who is leaving today for her
home at Burton, Kansas. The in
vited guests were Mrs Dora Sprague,
Mrs N. S. Bailey, Mrs Wm Brewer,
and Miss Helen Bennett. The deco
rations were shasta daisies for a
center piece, and little Japanese un
brellas to which were attached the
names, of the guests for place cards.
Adelaide Martin and Arthur Haw
ins Jr., waited on the table. A little
i surprise for the guest of honor was
! a birthday cake which was decorat
ed w'ith candles forming the number
72. Mother Martin was ill on her
birthday some little time ago and
was not able to celebrate the event
then, so the birthday cake was a
gentle reminder of the day. After
the luncheon had been served Mrs.
W. L. Martin and daughter Adelaide
gave a short program of music and
the remainder of the afternoon was
spent in conversation
COURTICIN
TO TEST LEGAL
STATUS OF VETO
Gasoline companies are anxious to
know if they are going to have to
pay the three cent a gallon tax pro-1
vided for by a bill which passed the j
last state legislature. Governor
Hunt vetoed that part of the bill j
and the question has been raised as j
to whether or not the veto will stand.
Some say it will, others think it
won’t. In reply to a question on the
subject front the secretary of state,
the attorney general, John W. Mur-
Phy, replied that in his opinion the
secretary should collect the three
cent tax. Mr Kirby, did not follow
this advice, however, but decided not
to collect the tax, but abide by the
Governor’s veto until the matter was
settled by the courts.
The oil companies have been ad
vised that in case the veto is declar
ed invalid by the courts, the compa
nies will be compelled to pay the
three cents a gallon tax on all the
gasoline sold from the time the bill
became effective on June 9, to the
time when the court passed on it,
which would amount to several
thousand dollars. Hence the compa
nies want a decision on the question
as soon as possible and are bringing
mandamus action against James H.
Kerby, secretary of state, to force
him to collect the tax. This will
have the effects of bringing the case
into the courts and securing a deci
sion as to the legality of the Gover
nor’s veto on a part of a bill, the
rest of which he ratifies.
There is also considerable specu
lation as to whether Mr. Kirby should
collect a one cent tax on gasoline in
accordance with the old gasoline bill.
Mr Kirby has refused to state wheth
er he will collect this one cent tax.
Mr. Murphy, the attorney general,
did not express an opinion as to the
legality of the Governor's veto, he
merely expressed the opinion that
the secretary of state sohuld collect
the three cent tax. The dicision of
the court will settle the matter.
SFSƑD
(GOVERNOR HUNT
INSPECTS ROADS
IN NORTH ARIZ.
Governor Hunt has just concluded
( a tour of road inspection in the
| northern part of the state. The tour
j covered five days of time and includ
jed four counties. He went to Pres
; cott by train and made the rest of
the trip by automobile. Prom Pres
cott the governor went to Ashfork
and Flagstaff, inspectiong the road
camps along the wny. From Flag
staff he went to Grand Canyon on
Saturday to inspect the road to the
canyon’. From the Grand Canyon
he w r ent to Springerville where he
attended the sportsmen’s picnic at
the state fish hatchery on Sunday.
! Following the picnic the governor
went to St. Johns and Holbrook and
also inspected the road from Spring
erville to Rice. The governor made
a very careful inspection of the road
i between Springerville and Rice as
! there has been considerable agita
! tion to have this road made into a
good highway in ordef that the tour
ist travel might be turned to the
southwest byway of Rice, Globe and
Phoenix. The governor returned to
Phoenix on Wednesday. The people
I of northern Arizona are glad to have
1 the governor inspect the roads up
this way. There are some good
roads and then there are some migh
ty bad roads, especially between here
! and Flagstaff. Let us hope that the
! governor went over some of these
| bad roads and that he was sufficient
! ly impressed so that he will do all he
| can to have those bad roads made in
to good ones.
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ARMY CAMPS MAY BE MOVED
FROM THE BORDER
A report comes from the southern
part of the state that certain move
ments of army troops along the bor
der pressages the abandonment of
most if not all the army camps
along the southern Arizona border.
Announcement has been made of the
removal of the troops from Ruby
and Lochiel. These posts to the
west of Nogales and south of Tuc
son had only small garrisons, it is
true, but other movements in addi
tions to these indicate that it may
mean a general withdrawal of the
troops. The troops stationed at Arl
vaca have also been withdrawn, and
it is understood those at Naco will
also be withdrawn. It is not known
yet, according to a statement of Col.
A. J. McNab, Jr., commander of the
25th Infantry stationed at Nogales,
whether or not the withdrawal or
ders will affect the troops at Noga
les, Fort Huachuca and Douglas. It
seems the war department sees no
further need of troops along the
' border for police duty, and thinks if
j the recognition of Mexico results
| from the negotiations now in pro
j gress there will be no need of
troops along the border of Arizona
i except a small detachment centrally
| located for use in emergencies.
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Harry Hall was acquitted at Pres
cott in his second trial for the mur
der of Robert L. Johnson at Cotton
wood on May 12. The jury was out
20 hours. The first trial in June re
sulted in a disagreement by the jury.
Johnson was killed in a gun duel
between the two men in Johnson’s
pool hall and is said to have been
due to liquor. Hall was wounded at
the time.
FARMER-LABOR
CANDIDATE IS
NEWSENATOR
The farmer-labor candidate for
the United States Senate, Magnus
Johnson, was elected by a large
majority over Governor Preus, Re
publican candidate, in Minnesota, on
Monday. Mr. Johnson is a Swede
and a real “dirt farmer” who started
out in life as a class flower and de
veloped a pair of lungs that enables
him to “holler” louder than any can
didate who ever ran for the United
States Senate. This qualification
may be of advantage to him when
he gets into the Senate. Some of
his enemies made fun of his English,
to which Mr Johnson replied, “They
say I can’t speak English! What do
you think about it? I can understand
it w'ell enough to vote right in the
Senate, anyway. Magnus Johnson
knows what is the matter. I got a
pretty good farm. I got a mortgage
on it. I got a big family and twen
ty-four cow’s. I married an Amer
ican girl, and she understands me
all right.” After learning of his
election Mr Johnson w r ent back to
the farm to help the boys put up
the hay before making any further
plans for his entrance into the Unit
ed State Senate. He says he will
affiliate with Senator LaFollette and
others of Hike mind.
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