THE STATE MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER. 1924 Price 15c

·zona State Fair, Phoenix, Nov. 10, 11, 1 2, 13, 1 ,15, 2 MOUNTAIN, FOREST, SUPER AND DESERT PURE IHI®lIDllfrlID lIDtIDcdI ~lI"!h!ruIDna~QO ARIZONA SCENERY These go hand-in-hand in Arizona N THE STATE MAGAZINE comers are e peCIa, II y welcome in Phoenix. ewd· Sal,t River yalley, Corre pondence regar~~ Published Monthly in the Interest of the Development of the Resour~es of ARIZONA, "The Land of Today." ArIzona and It resource cordially invited, g XIV.-No. 2 Capital and urpJus 1,000,000.00 PHOENIX, ARIZONA, SEPTEMBER, 1924 15c COpy-$1.50 YEAR lImJE V&J1J1Ir:lr Iffi& Ib\ Phoenix. Arizona ASK FOR IT Memb r If d ral HE SNAKE DANCE OF' THE HOPI you'll find it wherever SUDDEN hush falls upon the and unearthly, their cheeks shining places his left arm around the car· Snake Priests retire to their kiva, crowds of Whites and In· toIack, their jaws ghastly white, their rier's neck, and plays his whip gen· (house) where emetics are taken and you go dians gathered on the dull red kits striped in snake desigb. tly around the reptile's head to keep a feast spread. The Antelope priests hous&-tops, a hush punctu- In perfect unison, they, too, march its attention diverted. Behind comes withdraw to their own kiva, there the sullen bong-bong-bong of four times about the plaza in their the gatherer, to pick up the rattler to await disenchantment the follow· native drum. Into the plaza. stamping step, treading heavily on should it drop. The group prances ing day. The ceremony is over. by the war chief with bow "sipapo,' 'and come to rest in a line off. Such is the famous Hopi Snake "Say It With Printing" , and Antelope chief with facing the Antelope clan. The other groups rapidly take Dance, Arizona's most celebrated In­ "tiponi," sacred badge of of- Whispers rise in the crowd in the their turn and receive their snakes, dian ritual, and one of the most Printing Carrie the Message files a long line of copper-hned moments pause; die away as the and the plaza is filled with dancing widely-known Indian ceremonials of white zigzags on shoulders, ceremony goes on. 'Each Snake priests. The reptiles writh and twist, America. kilts gay with embroidered priest carries a "paho," (pra.yer· weave themselves about arms and The Snake Dance is given in Aug­ Shaking white rattles stick) , and a whip made of two necks. Young women in ceremonial ust each year, the date being deter-

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ed like mushrooms. which sound eagles' feathers. Pointing the latter robes appear. scattering cornmeal up­ mined by the priests according to the wind rustling in pine boughs, downward, they begin waving them on the snakes as they are borne the position of the moon. This year ey march with a solemn, crouching gently with a quivering motion in past. it was given August 18, at Hotevilla, SALT step four times around the which their bodies swa.y together. With stately tread the Antelope the location being changed each 300,000 acres under irrigation R I V E R each stamping h eavily as he Almost inaudible at first, a low chief now walks forward and on the year to another of the principal Hopi VAI~LEY "sipapo,' 'a covered pit rep' chant arises. voices ascending and ground draws a great circle, inter· settlem nts. And each year the cer· Over 300 miles of paved roads· The Garden A d:::iry section that is favored the underworld. The fourth dying Rway. "Tca-ma hia" steps for· sected with lines pointing to the mony is witnessed tty a great crowd Spot finished, they line up abreast ward Rnd invokes the ancients. The four corners of the earth. The Snake of people drawn from the four quar­ Every farm within 1 mile of ~ wIth outdoor climate the priests dance by in quick succes­ ters of the nation. of the "kisi," (literally sunshade,) chant rises and falls again, fades paved highway. Arizona year round. the snak s have been deposit- into silence. sion and toss their burdens into the The great popularity of the Snake Where alfalfa makes 6 to 8 11" The line of Snake Priests dissolves circle. The women throw the rest Dance-which, by the way, remains The place you have been Where the finest Grapefruit of their meRion the mass of slimy, a sacred rite at which whites ar" crops a year. Snake Dance has begun. The smoothly into groups of three--the SeekIng to make a home­ and Oranges are grown. ntelope Priests have performed carrier. the hugger and the gatherer. moving bodies. The high priest in­ merely politely tolerated, the taking of pictures being forbidden except in Where the famous Pima Long let us help you. Where the Roosevelt Dam as­ eir sacred rites. The bong-bong·bong of the drum tones a prayer. So suddenly that it Staple Cotton is grown and The bong-bong-bong goes on. Now seems far away as the spectators fo­ is stRrtling, the priests dash forward, rare cases-is due both to the fact For Information sures a permanent water to the op n space, with a quicker, cus their attention. The carrier of seize all the snakes they can carry. that the Hopi country is easily ac· Write to-- there are no cotton pests. supply. step, the Snake Priests the first group of three reaches into and rush down the trail to the cessible from the Old Trails highway Cantaloupes and melons are BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Where infinite possibilities with his the kisi, brings forth a great writh­ snake·houses, where the pahos are across northern Arizona, one of the MARICOPA COUNTY " and "Tca-ma-hia," the an· ing rattlesnake, and places its body planted, a trail of meal scattered, and most heavily traveled of the trans· the finest grown. await the investor and just behind its head in his mouth, the snakes left to find their way continental routes, and from several PHOENIX, ARIZONA :ent, in a fillet of cottonwood leaves. home maker. ring before him a bowl of his sa­ leaving the tail to the right, whip· back to the supposed underworld. points along the Santa Fe at which liquid. The priests look weird ping about in the air. The hugger The audience breaks up. The motor transportation can be ar Page I'fltr September, 19~ , 1924 Pa.(Je Five ARIZONA ARIZONA This kiva was the abode of Ko­ by many otb r nak . l'anged, and to the fact that the for backgrounds, have become some ceremonials were and animal shows, talked them into continuance of the Indian dance, and ing aware that it is being given not kyang Wurti, the Spider Woman. ('hi fB turn d at onc Into m by Indians, but by white men and Da.I1ce has been known since the 80's thing of a tourist Mecca. In this re­ en, and merely as another show as the idea. the Smoki People were formed. In­ who saw that the Hopi d sired to A kl d th ' ntur -am Hopi What women. The Katchina ,the Butterfly as ODe of the most unique tribal gard they rank with the Grand Can· of financial assistance to And that year the "Way Out West" dian lore was studied, other Indian r.ustoms of the Indians of the West. yon, the White Mountains, the Petri· cross over, and obligingly I t down wi h d. Hplaln d his err he Dane, the Fire Dance, the Flute and annual Prescott Frontier Days included among the burlesques a ceremonials were reproduced,- the a rainbow to serve him as a bridg . Dance, have become as well known Although by far the best known fied Forest, the Flagstaff pines, Oak And Pl'· eh with the r~ given on July 1-2-3-4, which faithful reproduction of the Snake accompanying Wild West burlesques Arriving on the island, the youth 11'8).'1'1' t\<:ks, f r hI- h th and popular as the original Snake tr'hal rite of all the southwestem Creek Canyon and the Verde Valley, 1 ey were with the Cheyenne and Pen- Dance in which staid citizens of were dropped, and a genuine civic propitiated the snakes with pahos, \' r~ fO'at CuI. Indians, the Snake DanCe in reality the lake country south of Flagstaff, shows as the foremost Wild Prescott pranced solemnly with great institution created. rites. is but one of eight or nine impres- the Natural Bridge and other scenic and following the Spider Woman' . t all h other snak!j celebrations of the country. live snakes draped upon their half­ Today the Smoki People have So today thousands of visitors see sive Hopi ceremonials given each wonders of northern Arizona which directions entered the house. ming " ry angry, and the Frontier Days entail heavy nak ed, stained bodies. Kate T. Cory, turned in thousands of dollars to two dances which typify the old tra­ ),URr, all of them equally beautiful are making it as popular a summer "Why do you come here?" ask d chi f t Id the outh that to propiti­ the going has not been an Arizona artist, and Sharlott M. the Frontier Days treasury, and ac­ ditions of the Hopis. And if ever and interesting. The Sllak~ ritual .as southern Arizona is a winter reo Ko-kyang Wurti. at th m h must take one up in and four years ago the deficit Hall, an Arizona poet and writer, cumulated thousands of dollars worth government regulations, or the de­ cline of the tribe take the Hopi has been handed down fo r centuries sort. "I have come to learn ceremoni s hi moutb. Th oung Hopi was veil sufficiently large to occasion a both of whom had spent years study­ of genuine . Indian rotles and beads Snake Dance from public ken, fu­ tU) ough the Snake clan, and the pub- The Snake Dance is, like many oth­ so that my people may have more mu b afraid, but gath ring his cour. of the business m en of the ing the Indians, arranged the cos­ and trappings. A Hopi kiva has been ture audiences may see it reproduc­ lic performance is preceded by nine er well-known Indian rituals, nothing rain and better crops," returned the ag he ad anc d to one, spurted on to decide whether additional tumes and settings true to the Hopi built on the Prescott fair grounds; ed, step for step, chant for chant, by flavs pf secret rites, including the more nor less than a prayer for Hopi, presenting her with red paho . It a liquid whi h th pider Woman could be raised, or whether it pepole. adroit stage fittings make possible men who know and love the legends gathering of the snakes and wash- rain, and also like other ceremonies, The Spider Woman was preparing had giv n him to mak it tame, and be necessary to drop the con- The snake ceremonial proved so the bringing gods from fire and wa­ they keep alive as well as the Hopis ing and praying rver them. 'l'hf. is reputed to generally give the de­ tobacco to smoke, and the youth po· boldly plo(' d i in hi month. Then altogether. successful that it was decided to per­ ter. Hundreds of visitors see the themselves. l '!tDce itself is also preceded by races sired results. Its origin is preserved litely tendered his first, which orig­ al1 th . nak b am people, and present felt it was unthink­ petuate it, against any future dis- whole ceremony without once becorn- between the young men of thn tnbe in an ancient Hopi myth which may inated, so says the legend, th In­ hi. wa a b aulitul young maide~ that the Frontier Days, preserv· th1'ough the cornfields of the Hopi be summarized as follows: dian custom of the pipe of peace. The . nAk folk tau ht him all their usages and traditions of the lIation, during which corn is gatil- In the long, long ago, a Hopi After they had finished their pip s (' r moni and gave him the maiden should be allowed to die. e; fd, followed by t/le youths llleeting youth began meditating during the the Spider Woman, who was girt d for hi wif 0 aft l' I1w girls of the tribe, gayly lj,·CSSl.nt is l' tain d, and that i~ th. , was a picture worthy of We remember being in Los Angeles vice and crime, stranded without re­ wild at will ; when our so-called ograph director. velopment of the industry. Though goes up to clean up the movies; why most essential thing of all. name, and save in spots, kept several years ago when Ingram, a sources. The producers, through their "best" men and women have private Now ,in two decades and less, we there are scores of producing units, men and women of intelligence and A motion picture is li ke a book. fi early standard he set years young director without reputation, organizations, are meeting the situa- bootleggers and frequent the divorce have million dollar motion picture a majority of them are controlled by no intelligel}ce every so often devote is ucc ssCul only if before too much attention was theaters as impressive as the finest the few big distributing corporations, good time to asking what's the mat­ forget yOU are kUl ing In a th~ to the spectacular. opera houses, veritable palaces of such as Paramoun t, First National ter with the films. Mostly bunk of ater, and II! yOU In to the story an4 entertainment. Studios cover tens of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, etc. Some of ucers fail to remember that course ; people cant' talk about mak s yoU li ve and f el with til! acres of ground, and represent in­ these corporations own chains of good book is known and liked things without knowing them at first hara tel's por trayed. d any vestments of millions. Thousands of theaters; all maintain exchanges In s of thousands of picture hand, and reformers of the pictures ar still not convln Ing. dollars ar e paid for stories. Salaries the 31 so-called "key centers." The who do not care to see it generally know nothing whatever A good example of thIS ~bout them. range to the enormous- though nol pictures are first r eleased in these The motion plctur produc r8 r to such enormous figures as we see key cities, and carefully exploited. shown in the production of Mary It is ineVitable, however, that mo­ Iy do surpriSingly well when y quoted. This exploitation helps when the sec­ 's famous novel "To Have ti?n pictures should have a very defi­ consider how many chances tbe ond and third cities in each territory Hold," made tJy George Fitz­ mte place in public interest. A movie are of SPOiling ach feature. The L. W. Boynton, writing in the Wall are reached. Distribution is on a for Famous Players-Lasky a scandal is always better news than are too many s peciallz d op ration! S.treet JOUrnal, gave some interesting cash basis. of years ago. Ouida Bergere a stage scandal, because movie stars any on of which will detract fro fIgures on the financial side of the half the story around and are known to hundreds of thousands the olhers if carried too far. it noticeably, and the di- industry some weeks ago. From them Progress of the motion picture in­ Wh ere stage stars are known to thou­ First ther is the story, pur has lost all convincingness by we glean the following: dUstry to date has been a survival sands. Not that we mean to indi­ usually from a magazine writer the court scenes. For cate scandals are unusually common Total investment in the industry: of the fittest. In the old days it novelist, or from a professional a its ~eautiful and impressive sel­ $1,5 00,000,000. was a good deal of a gamble; men i~ .either-they merely get more pub. well-known film story writer. (T~ the picture did not measure hClty. Total number of persons employed, who knew nothing about making pi c­ untrained amateur sending storie to the one made ten years ago 300,000. tures went into it on the chance of It's because we're all interested in into the studios at random b same company, with Wallace Average number of feature films reaping the golden harvest. Those Pictures that we're allowing our­ scarcely one chance in a hundred Mae Murray and Tom Forman, made yearly, 700. who could develop with it have selves to muse upon them for a success, for writing is as highly spl fairly breathed the spirit of while. Average weekly attendance at pic­ stuck; thos who couldn't progress cialized a profeSsion as th law, book. ture theaters, 50,000,000. themselves have fallen by the way­ GRAND CANYON, A RIZO N A (See Page 5) Admissions paid annually, $500,- surgery.) Then some member of fr of Fitzmaurice, we were side. Directors and actors have been just back from the war, was making tion as best they can, and doing court; when high schools have scan­ To get the right perspective of the 000,000. staff "adapts" the story, and tM ointed in "The Eternal City," developed. Finances have been "The Four Horsemen of the Apocal­ fairly well. dals of their own, what can we ex­ motion picture world, we must re­ Salaries and wages paid annually another scenario writer Miss Bergere (who in private Illember that the movies have grown placed upon a better baSis. ypse.' E veryone was saying it was pect of the idlers and the excite­ at studios, $75,000,000. the "continUity," a script is Mrs. Fitzmaurice), rewrote to There is still room for improve­ hopeless; that he couldn't get the We still hear a good deal about ment-seeking young in any circle? from a few scattered peep-shows to Theaters running six or seven days individual scene outlined. ern seting with the co-opera- ment, of course. Casting of actors story over ; that it was too late for the morals of Hollywood. It is fu­ the eighth industry of. the United a week, 9,000. dir ctor can change the story tM of the author, Sir Hall Caine. States in barely twenty years Thev for the respective parts still is not war stuff anyway. And yet that tile to claim that they are up to Theaters running four or five days assembled, it he so deSires and ~ was an impressive picture, and Manwhile the producers are mak­ ha"e mush-roomed even gi v~n sufficient care in many pro­ picture was one of the biggest suc­ the nation's standard, yet it must mor~ tha~ a week, 1,500. tel' all the scenes are take~ the edi LaMarr and the others in ing efforts to cleanse their industry the motor car indUstry. And such ducmg companies; there is still a cesses in the history of the industry, be admitted that they are on a par Theaters running less than four tor and cutter hav a final chance. did well, but the spirit was by their own efforts, under the guid­ rl>lJid growth is not conducive to sta­ great tendency to make a fiood of and an artistic triumph- better in with the morals of any other busi­ days a week, 4,500. Making a picture is a much hard Quite different was Fitz­ ance of Will Hays-a dictator de­ ),ili ~y and definite ways of running a pictures of the same kind as the our opinion than even Griffith's ness or profession offering opportun­ pendent for his power on the will Producers spend $5,000,000 a year er task than is generally known; recent "Cytherea," a strik­ bUSIness. The pictures really don't latest big hit. But on the whole It "Hearts of the World." "The Four ity for comparatively sudden rises in newspaper and magazine ad­ which explains why locally-boosted real presentation of the Herge­ of those who employ him. Frankly, Im ow where they are and whero has become generally realized that Horsemen '" made Ingram, and it to fame and fortune, and too young they are trying to avoid censorship vertising. independent companies which ar a! "'F 'uu~r beautifully directed they're going, yet. ' the cast, the direction and the story made Valentino a star. to feel the restraint of old conven­ Producers spend $7,000,000 a year ways springing up here and ther it and public regulation, but never the­ Gradually, but surely, the making are equally important. More im­ Ingram, incidentally, is beginning tions. for cuts, lithographing, posters, variat'ly fail. Hundreds of scenes a less many of the producers are sin­ and distribUting of motion pictures i!' ~ ro vem e nt will come when the pro­ etc_ taken; three or four and nine o· pictures seem to be well over to rival Griffith as a maker of stars. Success and sudden wealth will cere in their efforts to make better becoming a real buSiness on a solid aucers fully awake to the fact that One large picture corporation has t n fee t of film are used for recent "run" on so-called "cos- "The Prisoner of Zenda" "Where the turn anyone's head, and ofttimes suc­ pictures, and improve conditions gen­ fo undation, rather than a game anLl a picture is not necessarily made be­ Pavement Ends," (another artistic cess and comparative wealth comes erally. a gross income of $1,000,000 a foot that appears in the final produt stuff," ushered in by Fairbanks' ~ j) e C~lation . The ir.dustry is still cause they get a certain director or triumph, but not of a type to be ap­ suddenly to those in motion pictures. week. tlon. Scenes are nol tak n in the 5e production of the "Three Mus- aandlCapped by ignorance in inter­ fl tar, no matter how successful said preciated,) and "Scaramouche" have Most of them are not fitted by posi­ The industry also has an important quence In which they appear in L,, __. IRP1·"," which although it covered Arizona, during the last few years, preting public desires; it still fear" director or star has been in tho international status, for between 80 Picture, but in the most con a part of the book, and that brought Ramon Navarro to first rank. tion and training to resist the giddi­ has Vecome quite a place for mo­ ~) try to mold public opinion; it stin past. Already they are learning the and 90 per cent of aU the films ex­ order for the cast. Sometimes changes, nevertheless held all Ingram's marvelous casting is one ness of the rising tide. tion picture making. Several of value of good characterization, and I! . marked by a rush to put on any­ hibited in foreign countries are Am­ scenes containing the same p spirit of the never-to-t'e-forgotten of his strongest points. At the same time, the real movie Zane Greys novels have been filmed L mg that the public seems to Uk p. character actors are being featured erican made. Last year's exports of and the same settings are taken Griffith's "Orpha,ns of scandals generally originate merely in r.'11 thern Arizona, around Flagstaff without experimenting to see if t h~ with the "leads" in many all-star pro­ p i~ tur e s ran to 200,000,000 lineal feet weeks apart. Imagine the Storm" and Ingrams "Scara Motion pictures have made real with the hangers-on, the parasites, and the Grand Canyon, by Famous I=ublic wouldn't like something bet­ ductions. o~ filIH .. During that same year only of the assistant directors who ' were fitting companions to progress in developing their screen who prey upon those who have P layers-Lasky-among them "To the ter; but nevertheless the solid foun­ SIX foreIgn-made pictures were shown to see to It that in such cases was Fairbank's "Robin Hood." talent. Gone are the old days when achieved success, and the young Last Man," "Heritage of the Desert" dation is herp at last, and growing D. W. Griffith's immortal "Birth in the United Stat es, and only 42;) clothes and "props" match different was Cosmopolitan's being a star required merely a pret­ movie-struck boys and girls who and "The Call of th e Canyon." Now more solid every year. of a Nation" started the real ad­ were offered for sale. For the motion picture audience Knighthood Was in Flower," ty face. It has come down to hard thirst for lite and a good time. The the same company is preparing to vancement of motion pictures- and critical, and if the dashing by grotesque burlesques work, like every other profession. really big people in the industry are (Continued on page nine) ------~- ARIZONA l'a(Je Nme ARIZONA copa county; the Date Creek project in Yavapai politic and all tb Return of Rudolph Valentino to directed without undue featuring of county; the Charleston dam project in Cochis the star. This film, by the way, the Famous Players-Lasky banner af­ county; the Wellton project in Yuma county, and SINGS OF AN iDLE MAN was made from the same story as The State Magazine ter his long legal batUe with them others which are sure of future development. Mary Pickford's "Rosita," directed by (Continued from page seven) has been widely heralded, and his Lubitsch, and of the two 'The Span­ Published Monthly by the State Publishing Co. Within ten years Arizona's farm acreage will lie Chaplin will always be good, for first new picture, "Monsieur Beau­ "The Vanishing American" in ish Dancer" was the better. 'Rosita' Editorial and Business Offices toe nearly doubled. there is art m his buffoonry. His caire," from Booth Tarkington's fine locale. Lois Wilson of was not the type for Mary Pickford, 121 East JeUerson St. Phoenix, Arizona 'l'ake railroads. Consolidation of the El Paso 'Woman of Paris" was a noteworthy story, is among the fall releases, Wagon" fame; Richard Dix, and the comedy parts were grotesque EDITOR and Southwestern with the Southern Pacl[lc production, too. Wallace Reid, the We arent sure about it, after reading I. L. GARRISON Daw, Bebe Daniels, Lloyd as compared with the fine comedy awaits only approval of the Interstate ommerctl most popular male star of the silvel that the story has been changed a CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Noah Beery and Ernest '1'01'­ touohes of the Brenon effort. Neither Commission. And that approval will result III sheet-and if you don't think he was good deal. Valentino was excellent PROF. G. E. P . SMITH, U. of A. "n lh been included in the production resembled to any great immediate tJeginning of a new mam line from a real dramatic actor as well, just in "The Four Horsemen," and su­ G. M. SPARKS ~ E. B~S but m r Iy an extent the original story, the play Pichaco, near Tucson, to Dome, near Yuma, remember "Forever," "Clarence," the perb in 'Blood and Sand," but most ARTHUR C. T,AYLOR MANAGING EDITOR lh n took bl p year Principal Pictures, a and opera, 'Don Caesar d Bazan." which will traverse the Florence-Casa Grande old "'1'0 Have and To Hold," the pic' of his other Paramount pictures were it i tru , tAlt ml bl b National unit, made Harold Charles de Roche was a French H.emittances should be made payable to ARIZONA, and S~lt River valleys. In addition to openmg tures with Geraldine Farrar, and mediocre, mainly due to the fact !li iau. Wright'S ....When a Man's a star imported by Famous Players, The l:>tate Magazine, and sent by postal or expreSli up large areas not now fully served, and lmprOI ' even "The Birth of a Nation"-died that he was obviously miscast. Val­ money orders, or registel'ed mall. ~LamP8 accepted ow all lbi i \' 'ry Yo orlby in the Spirit near Prescott, on the original and has proved passable in support­ ing present facilities, this transportation dev l ' the victim of his own fight against entino is not at his best excep~ in for amounts not over 50 cents., of the story, and the samll ing roles. Ricardo Cortez, also an \\ hi" h it i lnt nded, but It is n verthele s r~ drugs. He deserved to win, for he costume stuff. He comes back to opment will mean the expenditure of between has just fhdshed taking the importation, we understand, is much Advertisements of patent medicines, ta.kes, frauds, roi 1 adlng. bat la m ant 18 lb t n of abo was a game, likable fellow. He was face a worthy rival and great actor $12,000,000 and $15.000,000 in Arizona. At the scenes of the same author's better, and has good prospects. or ot a quesllonable nature will not be accepted. lty ar sought tor dmlnl8tr th' really the victim of the myriad para­ in Ramon Navarro, also an Ingram Glassilied adver,Ll.sing rates lUc per line per issue, same time the Santa Fe is making a good many With the Iron Door" near Jiellc lh l rm 'busln s m n" i u 'll. sites and idlers who dabble about find. n.o advertismg accepted tor less than ~f>c. Roe­ developments of its own. Double-traCking of A number of scenes of One of these days some one is \ hat onstltul s a. busln Ii man! is th ~ Hollywood, taking advantage of the Valentinos real name is Guglielmi, mlttanCe mul3jt accom,pany order. the mam line across northern Arizoni:l. IS con­ National's western epic "Sun­ going to make a big hit with a bool{ som magic Corroul tb t nd .... a in b successful and urging them on to par· by the way, and Navarro's is Sam­ Address all communications to ARIZONA. The tinuing, and will be finished next year at a total " were tal~en near Douglas, and that really gives the spirit and the n tI witb m r than ordinary lDlelligen« ties and diversion which leave in­ aniegos. While we are at it, we ::t.r.a.te M.agazine, 1~1 .I!J. Jefferson St. cost of $5,000,000. Additional ballasting and lm­ probably will rig­ facts of life in the motion picture Hardly. tatlst1 s ar said to sbow l 90 sufficient time for rest. Harold may remind you that Mary Pick­ provement work is to be done on the A.sh Fork­ forthcoming "The industry. The late George Randolph billtered as Second Class Matter M.arch ~~, 1911. n t of all busin stall. Tb l would s Lockwood, also exceedingly popular ford is really Gladys smith; the Gisn ,at LIle .Postollice at .Phoerux, Arizona unoer the Phoenix line, at an expense of neariy ~200,OOU, Chester did a good deal along thiS and announcement has just been made of the Indicat that all bU8lD m n -do you remember his great 'Pals sisters are really Griffiths; Colleen line with his recent Hollywood series AQt ot March a, 1879. is all good publicity for Ari­ purchase of a 40-acre tract in Phoenix for addi· "\ . know se er 1 men who au First "-died of influenza, Olive Moore was Kathleen Morrison; Mar­ in the Saturday Evening Post, but no matti'lr it some of the p ; ~­ Vol. XIV.-No. 2 September, 1924 tional shops, and for industrial uses. in small retail 8 bll.Shm nta, nd Thomas died in Paris. BotJby Her­ jorie Daw was Marjorie House; the rest of the stories laid in film­ do portr3.] a west that -':.1'.1 ' 01 is · r c. bly wb n th y ul d to xpand. ron, Griffith's male star, shot him­ Mary Miles Minter was Julia Riley; land have been pure buncombe. ----rake power. The Salt River alley Water years ).go. Meanwhile let's ARIZONA GOES AH EAD men at the head oC larg self accidentally. Jack pickford is Antonio Moreno was Monteagudo; Frank Condon, however, wrote a very Users' association has authorized conSLrUCtlOn that more of our theaters-and would be lost if they had to st rl over directing, and acting ,too. Irving Lila Lee was t'Orn APpel; Viola Dana amusing screen story on pictures It requires no extraordinary intelligence to of the Horse Mesa dam, to develop 40,000 horse­ Phoenix theaters-will get In another line. Cummings and King Baggot and Tom and Shirley Mason w~re the Flu­ which made the highly entertailling perceive that Arizona is in truth JUSt enter­ power, at a cost of $4,400,000. The power al­ the ~ond new pictures here- Gorman, who had great possibilities garth sisters; Wanda Hawley wal! And at the same Um w know production "Hollywood." ing its greatest period of development-that the reaay has been contracted for by the lnspml,­ but gave them up to go to war, are Selma Pittack. who are excellent buslD s m n, ble tion Consolidated Copper company, and the rev­ successful directors. Bryant Wash­ next decade will see tremendous progress, Al­ llecided success 8 of th ir undertakln s. W· enue, added to that from the Mormon Flat anu s Players-Lasky (which is burn is playing supporting roles; so Notwithstanding the efforts of the JUSTiCE-iNDUSTRiAL most every newspaper contains something about hav known profe880rs wh tJecame coli , Roosevelt developments, will make $2,000,000 a producing side of Paramount) is is Elliott Dexter for the most part. producers to develop new talent, they J(,~1.JA'1 ' lUNS new projects planned, authorized or under way; pre sid nts and ga e([icl nt nd conom lc year-sufficient to pay back the remainder ot real competition as the lead­ Clara Kimball Young and Pauline are still forced to dep'end to a con­ une 01 tne thlllgS which impl'essea ministrations. And we hay known men the last few months have seen any number or the cost of the Salt Rlver project over a period producer these days. First Na­ Fredericks are doing little. Theda siderable extent on the stage. In­ m~ mObt ounng my years of euort III important developments. of years, and reduce farmers' water costs to public omce who had nel' r b n in busin ' and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (a Bara's "comeback" has not appeared. deed, some critics maintain that al'lzona, 1S tne lllscnption on the waH the minimum. And many more power projects but who were none the 1 ss succ s [ul· consolidation of the Metro 01 Lne court room III tne leOerat buliO­ The most important of these have toeen listed Norma Talmadge and Connie are stage-training will always be neces­ are in sight, including one on the Bill Williams This is not meant to d cry th en Goldwyn corporations controlled popular as ever. Francis X. BUS~- sary in developing stars, tor the lng aL l'noemx: .. ~tuoy Wlthout by the. Arizona Industrial Congress in a leaflet river. the business man in public altaire. Marcus Loew) are equally pow- man and Beverly Bayne, now hIS legitimate drama is a wonderful tllougnt 1S USeless; thougnt W1thout or envelope stuffer headed, "Faith in Arizona, Take mining. Arizona's mineral output tills it. Of two men who possess the arne and both are making as many wife are back in the films after a school of hard work and adversity. :;tuuy lS perlious." 'J.'hose worOs al'e plus Co-operation, Creates New Wealth." The year will be in the neighborhood of that of 1923, ability, the one with buslDess tra1nlng pictures. Universal and Fox, lOng' stage experience; Bushman will Certainly the screen has nothing that a" tl'ue Louay as when tney were Wl'lt­ leaflet bears the slogan "To Reduce Taxes, In­ the largest peace-time production on record in farthest. But that does not say tbat the s~ continuing their westerns, have appear in Metro-Goldwyn's forthcom- can compare to John Barrymore, ten oy \.JOlllUCUS !lve centunes before ability can not be (ound in a lawyer, or a d turning out some excellent Dol' ,"hose '·Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and vnn:;t was oorn. Tney are appU­ crease Wealth," and then shows how wealth lS the state, with a total value of $104,000,000. The ing "Ben Hur." Elsie Ferguson, - " Inspiration has called for bids. tor excavation tor, or a teacher, or any other prof sslonal ma: and so have many other is Kenyon, Viola Dana and others "Beau Brummel" rank with his great- caOle w every phase of our acuvltle:;, being constantly increased, by itemizing the new work for its new leaching plant ,a project which Newspap r men are popularly supposed to Hllltl1JLUtl:ut companies. Warner still appear l0cqa.sionally between" est stage successes. And certainly lllClUUlllg \;De proDlem 01 present aay Southern Pacific main line to cost around will cost around $6,000,000. The United Verde entirely hopeless as buslDess men, yet a num a few years in the in­ stage engagements. The Barrym..,ore screen experience alone could not numan I'elatlon:; ill lllaustry. i' ar too $15,000,000; the new Inspiration Copper cOlD­ at J:erome is considering construction of a 1,000- of former newspaper men hold tremendou ly in Fair- return, too, at intervals. Mary Ml1es develop an actor of the dramatic pow- mucn UISCUSSlon of thiS vlLal questIon versatl'll'ty of Lewis Stone, pany leaching plant to cost $6,000,000; the Horse . ton flotation plant, contingent on success of portant positions in some ot the great st but Minter is virtually retire d,a t 1e. ast er and tlmanaLes :rrom people speaKlllg not nesS establishments ot the country. independents. for the present. Marguerite Clark IS whom you will remember in "The from ooservauon, llOL UUlll "AVe1' , Mesa power project of the Salt River Valley Wa­ present experiments in treating ores. The new Cornelia at Ajo has just finished a $5,000,,000 So when you hear the term "Wsln Ss mill aph, probably' the oldest raising dogs and chickens on her Prisoner of Zenda," "Trifling Wom­ "'HCe, not 1rom personai COntact WHn ter Users 'association to cost $4,400,000; the mill construc~ion program. The Magma at Su­ used in connection with pOSitions of public left, is still producing. Its husb'ands place in the south. Mabel en,'" Scaramouche," "Cytherea" and lollt: :;ltUaUon, not trom a practlCal San Carlos project, to reclaim about 100,000 perior is operating its new smelter. The Phelps­ ministration or service, do not think that , releases include Saba­ Taliaferro is dealing in antiques in a host of others. Nearly all of our :::..uuy 01 the SitUatIOn, but trom a acres, thereby increasing land values $12,500,- Dodge, the Calumet and Arizona, and others necessarily means a man engag d in busine' " aptain Blood." This com­ New York but has not given up the older stars, and many of the young- l1lor' ~ 01' less thougnuess a:;simllatlOll . MOll'< er, received their training on the 000; the Auxiliary Eastern and other Maricopa have made important improvements. The words merely apply to a man or prove! turned out a real masterpiece a stage for good. AntOlllO oren , 01 :;econu nana lIUOrmatlOn gatnerea ability. ago in 'The Prodigal h F nums stage. For that matter, so did many nom lllalscnmlllate promlscuouS county projects which will irrigate new lands Manufacturing is making rapid strides. New back, playing leads. Tear. . · best dl'rectors, and all the are not much in evidence. W I11 lam of our l'eaulllg. ~uch people advance popu­ and add nearly $10,000,000 to values; the Wil­ creameries and flour mills and cotton mills are going in. Oxygen is being manufactured for Outstanding pictures of recent S. Hart, after making a couple ~f character people. lar Lheories Whlcn serve to entertam. liamson Valley project near Prescott, and others, OUR COVER FOR SEPTEMBER the first time. New plaster plants are in pros­ have !:Jeen well divided among pictures, has retired again. HiS Speaking of actors, have' you no­ Out wmch are barren of concrete re­ Now these are all projects that are definite­ pect. New enterprises are springing up on The cover deSign tor this month Is tak larger companies. We can not novel based on Patrick Henry was ticed the rapid rise of Adolphe Men­ sultS. When they confuse "collective ly assured, and which may reasonably be expect­ every hand. from a painting by Hart M. Schultz, and ' th m all, but might men­ not at all bad reading. R~th Roland,. jou? Not the type for a matinee bargaining" with collective harmoni­ ed to be completed within the next rew years. Famous Players' "Covered Wag- . reparlng to re- l'dol,' perhaps, but a character lead ous understanding, and mistake co­ All these things mean much to Arizona. fittingly described by the following poem fro of serial fame, lS p .' There are many others which will be assured by "Blood and Sand," "Spanish P 1 WhIte III of adml'rable poise. Menjou rose operative effol·t for "effec~ual control Money spent for construction goes into Arizona the pen ot Etta Gifford Young: enter the films. ear , the time these are finished, for Arizona is on , and "Ten Commandments;" France, has been variOUSly reported to the top by dint of common sense of rivalries," they simply expose their business channels and helps to make prosperity. An Apo8trophe the up-grade--and going strong. Brothers "Main Street' and as engaged to a nobleman, and as and work. So did Barbara LaMarr, ignorance, or misuse terms, forgetting Every new project means greater payrolls Gone from the earth are thy people, Brummel;" Fox's "Count of planning to enter a convent. Hen- who has become a noteworthy dra- that words are things, and those who Let us take reclamation, for instance. Ari­ more residents to buy Arizona products and Where once the bison and the elk fed on Christo," "If Winter Comes," Walthall still appears. The matic actress. misuse them frequently deceive them­ zona's present cultivated acreage, including dry­ swell Arizona trade. Every development ~eallb The wild pasturage of boundless prairi s, ry B . 't "The Sil nt Command;" Ingram's Gish girls retain their populan y. selves as well as other.- L. S. Catet:! farm lands in the north and east, is not more new taxable wealth to pay our taxes and eventu­ The Pale Face tames the land to tillage wi ~ Several producers in their search pictures for M tro; Universal's And so it goes. Vice-President, Utah Copper Com than 600,000 acres, which nevertheless will pro­ ally reduce tax rates. his plow. for talent have tried importing foreign duce this year around $40,000,000 worth of farm back of Notre Dame" and The character people are receiving pany. Yes, Arizona is going ahead. Let every The White Man's right is might; stars, without a great deal ~f suc­ products. The San Carlos project now author­ -Go-Round;" First National's more attention than ever. Notal:Jl e citizen put his shoulder to the wheel and pull! Thy children wear his ugly, alien garb; cess. Pola Negri, who was dIrected 'Cytherea," "Sea Hawk" and several among them are Wallace and ized by Congress, will reclaim at least 80,000 Stifled within enclosing walls No~h in some striking films, such as "Pas­ Imagine the shock to American orma Talmadge productions; and Beery, Hobart Bosworth, George S Ig­ acres in the Florence-Casa Grande Valley, at the They ape his civilization. sion," by Ernest Lubitsch in Gernlany traffic dodgers if our autoist, in­ same time resulting in pumping developments course Fairbanks', Pickford's and mann, George Fawcett, Robert Ede­ stead of honking and whizzing pa t, THE BUSINESS MAN COMPLEX Stalwart, swarthy sons of the West! was brought over by Famous Players­ which will bring the total well over 100,000. Who once rode unfettered and unafraid, s veral pictures. son and others train d in the old followed the example of the London We can not help but wonder, after attend­ Lasky. Her earlier films here were The Auxiliary Eastern and other Maricopa COUL.­ Adorned only in the feathers stage school. hand om driver. When he aw aped ing public meetings, reading speeches and fol­ not particularly good, but the Her­ ty projects whiCh are assured, will add 75,000 Of the tree and tearless eagle, Young as the motion picture Ill­ Stars still come and go. Some are estrian directly in the way of his cab lowing the papers for a few weeks, if the bert Brenon production of "The acres more. The Williamson Valley project near But thy features, so stern, so strong, try is, it has seen tremendous exploited too early; some achieve horse he drew up, leaned over and great American public is not suffering from . "UalugtlS. How many ot the favorites Spanish Dancer," starring her with , 'I Prescott will reclaim 15,000 acres. Shall bear DO servile smile to solten them. leads after long d lay. Those who AntoniO Moreno, were strikingly px­ gently inquired: "Hi say, !Ill', may what a psycho analysist might call a 'business Thy proud head no conqueror's covering even t n years ago are lett? Mary have the brains and the desir to awsk what are your plans?" Besides these which are certain, there are man complex." and Douglas Fairbanks are cellent ue perhaps to a good atory the Paradise-Verde and other projects in Mari- Oh! Warrior ot the Iron Heart, work last; the others do not· This becomes particularly apparent when What can ye do but dieT with us, and better than ever. Char- Page Ten ARIZO A , 1924 Page E leven ARIZONA tJrizona Good Roads Association Adopts cARIZONA INDU

Yuma-Local stocky rd clos for A GRIN'S NO SIN Resolution Against Bond Issue nut- Local broom factory short period, r opened. crossing the river Styx, the ily production of 0 r 20 A boy and a girl went riding irit of an ardent motorist For Paving Blythe Road Tucson-Agriculture Product com­ -wid di tribution s tied. s P . In a flivver one bright day; the Boatman in conversatIOn And as they sped along the road pany, operating 9,000-acre gu ul \\ in 10 ntract RESOLUTION his amazement was told by These words she heard him say: with Federal Aid money will give us plantation in Santa Cruz vall , pI n­ on truction of road fron t r worthy that although there Whereas, the voters of j'l'lzona $9,000,0 00.0- more than enough to ning installation of improv ... . C onino county line. will be called upon to vote, at the system and cheaper electric I po ~ r. no motor cars in Heaven, th ~ r e "Will you love me when my complete the Phoenix-Yuma road, lum - outhern c· car- general election to be held Novem­ build a fine 1:Jridge at Gillespie Dam ViCksburg-Ore shipmt nt from old plenty of them for a~l who buretor's rusty? 2,000,000 imprOving the Other Place. With but ber 4, 19 24, upon an initiative meas and construct a good paved road Apache mme to be resum c.I u I -r Or when my radiator starts nlarging local y tern. to leak ? ure which proposes the bond:ng of from Gila Bend to Ajo ; and, new management. s reflection, the spirit of Will you love me when my diffe ren- lIolbr k- Larg block timber started a "dicker" with the state for $3,500,000.00 to be used Phoenix-Three-compartment haft tial's different? Whereas, The Phoenix-Yuma road in vicinity of 1 in aI to be sold to have himself delivered to construct a road "from the bridg", is .graded and macadamized its en. sunk f rom 770 to 1220 level in K ' Or when all my fenders start to over the Hassayampa River in Town­ f II. instead of St. Peter. It was tire length, and California is rushing . i operty, in Canyon district. squeak? so arranged and as he stepped ship 1 South, Range 5 West, of the to completion its road to connect Telephone and telegraph lines in Satan's fireplace he was over­ Gila and Salt River Base and Meri­ with it at the inter-state highway "Will you want me when my battery Arizona will have tax valu tion of to see a great many high- dian, by the shortest feasible route bridge at Yuma; and Yuma County $4,797,000 this year, an increa' of needs recharging? cars parked in every avail­ to a point on t he Colorado River at, has constructed a good dirt road Will you have me when my engine or near, Ehrenberg; and $400,000 over last year's figure . space. With a beaming face across the northern part of the coun. PhoeniX- Contract linking outh­ starts to skip? Whereas, the said proposed road of the motorist walked up ty from the Maricopa County l. ne ern Pacific and EI Paso & outhwe t­ Will you love me when my inner will not traverse a single settle­ Nick and asked which car he east of Wenden to the Colorado Riv­ ern system provides for construction tubes need patching? ment in Arizona, but will traverse a have. er west of Parker, where it connects of main line railroad through Phoenix Will you ditch me when my clutch Protection! country with no population and with your pick, said Satan, with with California roads leading west­ within next two years. begins to slip? IRE burglary and health protection, represent~d in a no immediate possibility of develop­ ward, and Maricopa County has (;on. chuckle and a twinkle F instrument, costs but a few cents a ay. Globe-M. r . Thompson hips 21 tel~ph' one llent, it will, therefore, not aid in of 29,000,000, according eyes. The motorists spirit structed a good dirt road from Wick­ carloads of cattle to Denver. "Sweetheart mine, I love you madly In the dead of night you may discover your home on he development of any section of enburg west to the Yuma County Arizon lndu trial ongre into a shining, high-powered fire You must call for help quickly. A telephone s?m­ Phoenix' postal r eceipts for May, A.nd so it is I ask of you- \rizona, and can only serve as a line, where it meets the Yuma and stepped on the starter. mo~s brings the department on the run. That's protection. 1924, show an increase of 1,340.72 Yuma- L rg t road contract Even when my tail light flickers, tourist road over which tourists may way now?" he asked Satan Police can be called quickly and quietly if you have a County road, and Yuma County has over May of 1923. let in Yum county, c mpri ing Will you , WILL YOU still be true." be hurried out of Arizona and into connected Ehrenburg wi th its Parker­ mil s Of p. \' d r ads, jusl pie shoulders. 'Where's the telephone. That s protection, too. . Los Angeles as rapidly as possiMe, WillCox-Survey of cotton pros­ -Whiz Bang, Wenden road at two pOints, viz : at Kingman- Tom Reed Gold Min And suppose the baby suddenly falls !ll. A do~tor 15 thereby primarily serving Los An. pects thr oughout district reveals needed NOW. The t.elephone saves prIceless nunutes. Bouse and at Vicksburg, by good company tak 0 r Katherin mine ' isn't any road," said the geles to the detriment of Arizona; cellent conditions. Sandy and Ws lass has been sit­ That's the best protectlon of all. dirt .roads; and, !J year I a e. "that's the Hell of it." and WillCOX-Over 2,000 head of cattle ting together about half an hour in Whereas, the proposed road, some­ Yuma- T t I v lue of 1924 p Whereas, the seven per cent sys­ shipped from here in last 10 days. silence. times called the "Weak-end," or the duct · within Yuma project e tima\« to crowded conditions during tem is far from completion ann Additional shipments planned. "Maggie," he said at length, "wasna "Bell System" "Floating West end" road, if con­ over 5,000,0 0, highe t in hi tory a party of old maid should be completed at as early a Hackberry-Valuable arsenic de­ I here on the Sawbeth nicht ?" ., structed, will parallel the two trans­ territory. teachers were obliged to se· Mountain States Telephone & date as POSSible, and every dollar posits discovered in mine eight miles 'Aye, Sandy, I daur say you were. Yuma County roads which no w fur­ lodging in a rooming hous'3 spent Upon useless highways still east of city. Tuc -o n- Buck ye tate Mining " An' wasna I here on Monday Telegraph Company nish the people of middle and south. it was necessary to use a coo- fu rther delays the c.ompletion of the Quartzsite-Gold_silver ledge assay­ lilling company planning to float nicht ?" ern Arizona with good highways to conc nti'a le mine or s. bath-room, the second door of One Policy-One System-Universal Service seven per cent system and other use. and from California; and, ing $210 to ton opened on King prop­ opened into a room occupied "Aye so ye were." fu l state highways now in COurse of erty. uperior_ orth Platte Min' "An' 'I was here on Tuesday nicht, Whereas, the financial condit:on ot gentlemen. No complica­ construction; and PhoeniX- Salt River Valley Water company xhibiting high gra e 0 an' Wednesday nicht, an' Thursday Arizona is Such that it is not able amples. s were encountered the first day Whereas, all roads should first be User s' association to build $4,000,000 nicht an' Friday nicht?" to construct purely tourist roads to wo, but the inevitable could not constructed to aid in the develop. Elgin- Nog les Oil "Aye I'm thinking that's so." the detriment of thb construction of Horse Mesa dam. Inspiration Copper indefinitely postponed, and one ment of the state 'and to serve the to SPUCl 10 8 cond "An' 'thiS is Saturday nicht, an' I'm I its industrial roads, and the proposed company signs contract to buy $565,- days. one of the old maids walked people who are spending their all in here again?" The O'Malley Lumber Company road will not serve anyone living ill 000 worth of power annually. the bath room to find the tub such development, and should be con­ Prescott-Bodi mining property "Well, I'm sure ye're very wel­ Arizona, but is a useless, extrava­ Oatman- Placer fields bringing re­ pied by a very fat gentleman s' ructed through the largest centers be reopened. gant, foolish and selfish proposition ; turn of $46 a yard discovered in Sil­ had just started to take his come." WHOLESALE AND of population so as to develop busi. ver Creek territory. Camp Verde-We tern Che Sandy (desperately) : "Maggie, RETAIL DEALERS Now, therefore, Be It ReSolved, bath. With a scream, she "l ess and bring the greatest financial Inc., to open new plant with D'e no begin to suspect That we, the Directors of the Arizona Appr OXimately 2,000 carloads of d her head with a face towel woman! return; and, tonnage of sodium sulphate. Good Roads ASSOCiation, do hereby cantaloupes will be shipped from Salt are a gentleman somethin'?" BUILDING Whereas, the Phoenix-Yuma road declare that we are unequivocally op River valley dur ing coming season. Crown King-t n carloads of higl and make 'em MATERIAL 'asses through the Gila Bend, the Nogales-Repairing of MOrley' a'lt~­ grade ore shipped from Brestlin mi& She: Did you ever have any reall y posed to said proposed measure and mg property. Vellton and Yuma Irrigation pro­ said proposed bond issue; that we nue under way. exciting experiences? Lumber, Lime, Lat' .e cts; couples up four of the great will combat it in every way we can; Safford-Local dairymen organiz­ Walker_ heldon Mining com an! South Dakota railroad is noted H e: Well, once I was ordered ?ut Shingl s, Posts, Wir( l'rigation prOj ects of the state; taps and we call upon the people of the ing for bett erment of industry includ­ bUilding concrete mill adjacent II its execrable roadbed. A new f a famous cow town in Wyommg ails, Corrugated . I he great Imperial Valley ; gives a property. State, the press and all Chambers 0 1 ing inspection of all cows. man was making his first run ~y a notoriou s gun man who didn't Iron, Builders' 'ninimum number of miles of non- Commerce and other organizations in Arizona business conditions better P rescott-Bannie Gold & Co per the road at night and was stand­ like the cut of my clothes. Hardware !l roductive road ; traverses a com­ the state to aid us in deefating it. than at any time since war, accord­ company constructing private road in the center of the car, grimly She: Oh , how thrilling! I suppose munity w.hose development is pro. August 25, 1924. ing to report of Arizona I ndustrial from main highway to mine. lost no time in getting away. Phoenix, Arizona. gressing rapidly and where before the seats to keep erect. P. T. ROBERTSON, Congress. Yuma-Six mining companies ac. youH e: No, no, my dear , I bo ug ht hI'm ma ny years hence will be Some enly the train struck a smooth ATTEST: PreSident. Wagoner_ ApprOXimately $3,000.- tively developing Yuma county south. a couple or drinks and sold him the JO O,Oo o acres of land in cultivation; of track and slid along with­ 000 to be spent r econstructing Walnut east of Caslte Dome peak. suit. will draw Winter tourist travel to A. C. TAYLOR, a sound. Seizing his lantern, the Grove dam; work to be under way Chandler- Approximately ,500,000 Arizona from California; connects Secretary. ran for the door. before January I , 1925. to be spent improving San Marcos Lawyer: "Sambo, do you sol emnly he Yuma, Wellton and Gila Bend he shouted. hotel. t tell the truth, the whole rrigatio n prOj ects with the great A certain little boy had long ex­ Casa Grande- Three-acre tract swear 0 h?" YOU WILL Yuma- Opening of Fourth street jalt River Valley and the balance pressed a wish for a baby brother. His west town purchased for construction truth and nothing but the trut . of large warehouse. ) f the state ; furnishes an outlet for mother finally advised him to ask from Main to Madison avenue under widower was to be married for Colored Witness : "Yassuh, boss, I the mining city of Ajo; now serve1l> God for one. He adopted the sug­ Arizona's 1924 hay crop estimates consider ation. third time, and his bride had, shorely does." APPRECIATE at 600,000 tons. Lawyer : "Well, then what have Service over 30,000 Arizona people outSide gestion, and nightly asked God for a Walter Douglas, president of elf, been married once before. If ? " the Salt River Valley; is one of the o~e. He adopted the suggestion, and Nogales-Erupcion Mining com­ P helps-Dodge corporation, which The groom-elect wrote across the you got to say for yourse . I' roads of the seven per cent system nightly asked God for a baby brother. pany uncovers r ich ore vein. owns EI Paso & Southwestern rail- _ ULLUlll of the wedding invitation Sambo: "Jedge, with all them Im- and, like all roads in the desert re­ After a time he became discouraged Secretary of State estimates 65,000 road, announces proposed amalgam a- to a particular friend: itations what you jes' mentioned, r se FOR REAL ESTATE, LOAN ··ODS of Southwestern Arizona, must and announced that he would pray automobiles number plates VJ ill be re­ tion wit h Southern Pacific. He says, "Be sure to come; this is no ama- speechless." INSURANCE, INVE TMENT 'le provided with a hard surface b&­ for one no longer. quired in 1925; increase based on "It is purely a partnership. The performance." ( re it can be deemed completed ana On Christmas morning his father 1924 registration. Southwestern interests will have three The battI was preceded by thl! ore it will stand up under tho took him to his mother's room, Where Cour tland- Ore shipments from directors on the Southern Pacific Vendor- Buy a Christmas tree, following conversation: ~ c mand s of the traffic it will be two new baby brothers were awaiting this territory steadily increasing. board and t wo members in executive tree and mak the kid- Mike: "What were wheelbarrows called upon to accommodate; and his inspection. His first comment $45,000 to be available f or well committee." invented for?" Dwight B. Heard Co. Whereas, $3,500,000.00 matched was: "Gee, Dad, isn't it lUcky 1 drilling on Navajo and Hopi Indian Bisbee-New ore body opened up in (blushing)- Sir! I have Isaac: "To teach de Irish to valk stopped praying When I did 1" reservation in Arizona and New Mexi­ Erupcion mine. children. on dey hind lel/:s." Heard Building Phone 66: co during coming fiscal year. Taxes on gasoline brought some mistletoe, lady! And not another word was said state treasury , 29,380.95 until the cops arrived. Page Twelve ARIZONA • 1924 Page Thi"teen ARIZONA By CJ{ANDALL one sta r by \Vb1ch sbe enaea v- occa'ionally held 111m tnexoraoly to could not be true ~ I i must be dell, tbrougl! leagues of sana, lying sum­ steer, She was lost utterly, the olltlll\'ard, She swayed wearily I Ollt inll 'd fr m I I'ium, tJ wild fiction of 'ornance raging ciently below the l-evel to conceal GIFT OF THE DESERT that. and, when for a moment in the saddle, rlinging to the high in the Iwain of a half-mad dl'eamer, tbelr movements, and yet fUl'Dishing strayed everything became pommel for support. unable to see, ...... -~------.. Yet this was the desert- the desert ! water tor their stock. Surely they lI eJ' every sense of direction yet aware that th-ey cro:'sed shallow then topple over, do,,' n inlo those She lifted hel' eyes to look, gazing out • must have left some trail behind. iii cold l)lood ns h(ltoIHI '1I110\lPII " How long he tolled on, how I'avines, and found passage occasion­ yawning d-epths below, She ('oul d not blinrlly over the (lull gray expanse, But 11 so no trace remained along again t thnt gl(>HIlI of firl', Th "It'lilll rate of progres, the girl ally along ridges of outcropping rock, even scream, hut some iJ're"istihlp in­ What was it over ,I'onder? a tree? a the western shore. Convinced of this. hat! toppl d 11\' (>1' the !'Ilff, und, If nllt knew-the way was nneven, and then f.\dvanced more easily for stinct rallf;ec'l her in:;:tnntl,1' to 1'011 ridge of uplifted "ock? Not much, Deborah, leading her horse, crossed I already (I :\(1 frolll th h\!lI 't, Ill\!, t depressions here ancl long spaces over wide expunses of back fJ'om off the stone inro the slight surelv, and yet 1'\ er,"l hing in midst the narrow stream, stepping from rock , have b n cl'ush~<1 Into pulp n thl' and ridges 01 rock projecting sand, nols-elessly as a specter, It was depl'p~ f; iC1n at its hase, In the black of th'at solitude, Her Ii t'HI' t b-eat sud­ to rock, and clambering up the l-evel I'ocl\. h low, the sand, and occasionall y hard to keep awake, to concentrate, darkness of thi~ >lh:ll lo11' holp sh-e lay denly with hope. Pel'haps that plateau on the other side, Even here The. fact 'Hili hom she bad to go around. Once motiol1lps>l, sean'ely nmlul'ing to to remember-she had to struggle to Uttle was visible, and she would have more vi ibly to the gIrl' a shallow ravine, reaIlze this was not all a drea m, mal'ked the enrl: ~~ I 'h aps that was where the trail ra l - the trail to Box overlooked even th-ese signs but for broathe, In her fl'l;: IH and oaze she o otT into It unconsciously, and had e caped di COy I'y a by It mira I' l'hen, aft-er seemingly endle s old Tom's training. Evidence was yet com pI'P !Il'IHled all thaI had oc­ " wllng painfully up the oppo, ran von, If so, Go" was good! and yet to what end ? It WI\ alon. hours, the dawn came. Would she tound-the scattered dead ashes of a cuned; tlte :sltot had t'OlUe not from T'he tired horse li ft-e d his head, and 10>lt, without ither hor, cu t by sharp splinters of ever again forget it? She hardly tIre; the mark of a shod horse's hoof, heneath, hut out of th e desert. Kel­ to aid her In cap , B attaining the level again, knew at first what it was, Riding whinnied, breaking Into a slow trot, leen hacl heen killed, the horses stam. the sand crunching nnoer hIs hoofs. an open sheath knife, the blade not yet had di 'appeared in th de rt nl ~hl, moment she lost her star, but dr(>al'i!y with lowered head, she be­ rusted from exposure, and a half· petlpd; she lI'as unhul'l, but alone. Deborah was wide a wake now, alert her revolY er had gone down with E" 1- located It once more, and came dimly aware of a chanl,,"e, a dozen emptied cartridge shells. Later, It was all o\'el' so quirkly the situa­ and ready. Yer it actuall~' was a u'ee, leen, But one I nder bit of 1'0l'tun c1-esperately on, lightening of the gloom about, a dull upstream a tew rods, she found where tion ha I' ply flashed through her brain, and the tops of othel's hegan to show relll:lineo-her pr enc ther wa she saw omething just ahead gl'ayness tingeing faintly the black a dozen horses had been tied to a H beyond; their pre!'ence promised wa­ hefol'e I'oiee f;noke, a veke familiar still ' un u pected, The man wh dim, Indefinable shadow, wall of the surrounding night. Almost picket rope, stamping their hoofs into :I nt! hllt ed, ter, grass, life; that hOl'l'id de"el·t left li~rol'pry I'" h'li! mo t rel\ . on III seemed to move. It was so as he wondered the dayUght came, the soft sod, But beyond this point behiod, Yet It was a long, dreary "B ~ ' G-d, tllat got him! Did you so grotesqu and hapeles, wan and pectral at first, widening the solI ceased, and, whatever trail see holl' he toppled plumb over the heart tood tnl with terror, her vista on a gray circle as th-e stars ride of an hour before they reached y there was .anlshed on a surface of cliff? That settles his spying on us, sank to her I,nee. , trembling, slowly faded from out a multicolored there. coming to a shallow vail.e hard rock which left no trace. Nev-er­ I reckon," f:ves for anything except that ky, To the left a brightening white through II'hich trickled a mere rill, theless she mounted once more, and "~i. ,;enor; but I would swear there ou~ movin:.; ohje!'t. Mi s 'hapen, light shot up In long streamers, touch­ rock strewn and almost as desolate rode on, still with her course to the was two of them there." oddl,' throl\gil the ing with more gaudy tinges the edges as had been the de, ert itself, but with south. here and there a 9atch of grass vis­ "You saw two?" I\'a. ad':,lDdng steHdil,l' of tIeecy clouds, while In the other di­ How terribly exhausted she was, Ible, and a few scattered, wind-l'acked "No; only the one standing against hel'-li fOl'lnlp;;, "olllethin~ rection a purple haze blended with the reeling In the saddle from faintness, trees, It was a scene scarcely less the light, the SenOl' 'Kid.' I know r e~emh l e(\ nt' ither man nor hpll"t deeper shadows along the horizon, It She ached from head to foot, and she him; but I thought h-e spoke, and was the coming of the sun, rising ma­ felt strangely dizzy, Twice she dis­ sure, senor, there were two -horses." CHAPTER XIII jestically above the far-off rim of the mounted to bathe her face in the run­ "Of course, he stole mine. I had desert, and she was stlll moving ning water, but had found it so diffi­ :I shot at him then; but there is no The Border Patrol. outhward; through the long nIgbt cult to climb up into the saddle again One else here. D-n you, look for hours she had kept the faith. she dare not venture a third time, She Was Deeply Interested Now. rah 1'0 e lilllicll~' to her fe t, ,I'ourself, Sanchez! This rock is clean 1'1 b-eginnill/,! to beat on('e morp, Yet there was littie at hope, of en­ She could only cling tight to the pom­ ·:it mUfit have been; the old M-eXl­ as a billiard table, and there's no 01 with fell I'. (.'orth I'rlllll tIlt' coul'agement, In the picture unrolled mel, with eyes closed, and let the "an camp was south there in that can­ place to hide, Where th-e h-I do you came the low whinnpy of II \rpfol'e her, Her "iew gradually pread horse pick his own way along the out­ I" on where I told you the ca va 1rymen out In wider and wider circle, bUI law trail. Box tanyon! Could this fi Uppose those broncs went?" in sudden I' c'(),:!'niticlll, \\'hile Il~ ,I'cre waiting tonight. I am heginning with no relief to its drear amenefi, be BO:l( canyon? She opened her ey-es "We find 'em when the oay comes; Iy that hOl'l'i el 'h:ld1l\\ 1001; '0 unoerstand what is up-oj', at leafit, or Illonotony, Sa nd, leagues upon to look up, the great cliffs towering they not go far in the desert, senor, happ and forlll , II \\'n , : 1 hor, p, ~ l1 . pect what aU this may mean, leal!u("s of sand, stret~hed wherever so high above he eould starcely gain Where th-e 'Kid' fall-hel'e?" hl'i(lI d, lit" ,'pin Irn"in~ ,omeon-e has accid enta ll~' stumhl ed hpr W('a I'ied eyes turned, leveled b~' :.r Iimpse of a ribbon of blue sky. It Deborah realized that the Mexican the 'a nd, Cl n of Ihe 1\\'0 nnimnl ;: 'nto this old mine. I don't beli eve the ha d clambered onto the fiat top of the 111(' wind, 01' ca t upward In rounded was like twilight where he I'ode, the iiscoverer could be either Bob or Gar­ ded It," I\]e ",1101 \\'hi!'!1 It:l" walls pUl'pli!';h blue, notbing clearly rock, and was peering down over the [(ellepn, [l p harl ,,:pnsp(j h!'1 hillo!'l;,., hu t ever gray, depre sing, a ity. But In some way they got win(1 sea of t1("fio lation, c1ead, unmovable, ex­ l'isible a dozen yards ahead, She edge, whiI-e Meager remained on the g in th(> c1 S(,I'I ni::hl. :Inri ~I'n'" f It and have tnken posse s ion, l."'his lendin;! to the far circle of the over­ ~hurldered al the dreal'y loneliness, fia nd, impatiently moving about, then dumhl,l' \\ C'!,'lInJin,!! her, rile ll1l1i tlon train, supposed to be Il'eadec' ..;hueluwillg arch of sky. It was all the awful sIlence, If this was Box "Well, what do you see?" he barked ent for\\'ard ,iowly, c1oubtfuILy, 1r Mexico, stops here, Caseb ee ,finally, Ii fel ;-;~, not even a sagebrush or Span- ca nyon, then be had come too late­ >n't know what's up, and don't care, lu t, stnnlin;: the animal i 'h hayonN vi ible, Doubts assailed thel'e were no soldiers thel·e. e g'E'ts his money just the same, with "Not one d-n thing, senor; black nlak I' lll:linec1 quiet, Ii el', B ud !>he taken the right co urse'! She closed her eyes again, struggling '>l S traveling and danger. Maybe he like h-l down there-he no live after Thl that." g at her a dr w ncar, anrl l1irl Kpllppn impl~ ' that Box canyon fo r control, for courage, clutching at !< ks no questions; mayhe he knows a ll y put hand lin the (la ng-lin;.,: la " clil'I'('I I,\' outh Hnd had he been the pommel to hold herself upright. I' hat's up and is in on the deal. Auy­ Meager laughed chucklingly. It was the hOJ' e \0\ 11 en hael Il'~l :I tnl," , and thll wandered bIindl~ Then the horse stopped as though I' ay, under orders, he dumps the stuff "I'll say he couldn't; not even if he . and Debol'ah hic1 her face in Clllt intn I he , ' el'~ ' heal't of the desert, gripped by a hand, and a voice said -powder, dynamite, whatevel' it is­ was a cat. There ain't no use our hanging round here. Tliat guy is out a ne and cried IIftly, I\'hil h ('ollio she, could the horse live . hortly: 'no hustles it out of sight into vhat "Gee! but It's a woman, Say. wake of the way, and we'll pick him up an' unrl rubbed hi . muzzl!' aglliusl IlIl'Ough sllch a rIll,\' of torture as that ahin, Before daylight comes Ms Deborah Gazed Frightened Into Those 1'i siu ::: ,:;un promi. 'l'iI ? Helpless, hope­ up. i tel', and tell us what yer doln' plant him, after these others clear out. d up and hOIlI(IPI' in ,:;1 I1"11 t ~reetin!! , It 'l ule train is back again on the c'les. Dizzy Depths Below. Ip~ " the "I rl dl'ooJ1!'cI down wearily III here." Casebeer's outfit must be through by he kn IV _ 0 IIIlI of tho too "ood to be Irue ; :1 _ th u;:1t 'It empty, traveling north." he , tared nt him dumbly, a boy In frIght n d and ('onfu, II h r In harl I lin;: her e~' efi to the "And there is nothing you can do, this time. Go on down and start back. dread yet believed her back at th~ khaki. hI. hand gra ping her bridle You paid him?" d "t bl'lIllan 'y, a nd y I II r Th e IHlclen I' action I ft h r clp"oilltinn, They plodded on drearily, ;8 there?" she asked. "It is no crime ranch, hiding from him behind lockecl hl'l' Ill ind R ChilO", Ita Ilnted by every rein, a short I'ifl e in the hollow of bls "SI, senor; he never unload till I doors, but helpl-ess to escape his re h "eel nough to III t h I' 1m"""'''''''' ;J discover and work a mine?" of 1\ other arm, his face featuring aston­ d, Th Big r Ipp l' \\'11 . "he 11lU I go on; ther wa more IlIl-'nlOl'y horror ri"ing from those "No-only, perhaps, that dead man do; he what you call 'hard-boll.'" turn. How she had ever evaded his found, und th n th orth tar. ' noll' Iltan Her h fore to go on- sll'ift-o('('IlI'1'ing e,'pnt:;: which had led Ishment, I'O U tell me ab~ut; murder is still a "He's hard-boiled, all right, but by recognition was a mystery, yet, thank "Asleep, was yer? H-I ot a place must b ri ght, for I{ >11 PD had Il c'll l-' of Sill'!' >is , 'h made the to this tl'ag-erl,\', Ilcr fOl'dble mar­ l'lme, even on this border, There is G-d, he's got to hold his d-n tongue God! she had; and thIs fact alone ov I' thcre, and th (IIrf.' tlon h t\\'in~ he)'ore 'h(' suc!' ded in rill !!'1-' to Boh ~Ipl\ gp l', the bitter hatrerl What Was It Ovor Yonder? tel' "Ieep," omething about this affair which isn't over this deal! I'll go on down with ~ave her a slender chance, "Are you a soloiel'?" he asked, c1 s lgnat d COin If! d xa tly Ilg li PI'spl), lip into the addle, hi!; touch hHd aroll,.:ec'l, his drunl{en, tralght; otherwise Garrity and Bob yoU and have a final word with him, Assured at last that th-e men had dreary than the upper plain, yet to t"uggllng wIth her c'lizzlne s, "a cav­ What th tar told, he could Dot I1p hOI'''e ' tClod plltl ntly. making III tful ~'P, th bioI\' he truck h~m, ' Ieager wouldn't be in it. Those guys I'll tell that guy something he'll not really departed, a measure of stt'ength wIth mill' lei' In her Ilen l't, the fleelllg Deborah and h-er horse was rno t wei , alryman1" forget, Come on ; there's nothing fa,· wrong It she kept that It'lllPI III hl'plIl; 1I11' IIY, Once there .. re playing dirt somehow-it is up l'etul'Ding as she moved her 11mb and II desp~rately come, "Sure-U. S, You're Yank too, , tnr at h I' ba k-she would be going girl', II 'Plll!Ih C' :tlll hack, and III;p hunted criminal. , 0 me to find out how." more for us to do up here." faced the realities, Deborah crept The latter came down the slanting ain't yer'! That's II'hat hoth-ers me; 'outh, A moment sbe paused. b 51 , it her til'lpl'Iltin:lliun, All was 'i ekillg I'seape, Tllen thl' commg of Kell-een stood up, advancing to the The frightened girl, crushed into back apon the tlat sUI'face of the I'ock Kpllpen into her life, 'trflngely, my - bank gingerly and made f?r the, ne,al :~ now If yer IVa III ex, I'd know wbat tatlng to tak th plunge. a prayer dpllthh ,till ' not II hi' ath of all' "ery edge of the flat rock, where he the shallow hole, halt beneath the an.d gazed frightened into those dlzz; e t watel' hole. the girl IJPpm,.. on her Itp. Bow Ion ly. de 01 I> d It 'I' ('ht't:I;; the II n e night t I'lou I,v I\' avlng about her a web to do." ould look straight down into the oeep shadowing rock, dare not stir for some depths helo,,", It was like a night. tlf fn . II, quickly from the Hdd le and eeldng "Whut?" black the night was; the very silence 'II I'I'f'ully he located rlnatlon, even th y rode to­ 'epresslon below. time. The m-en might decide to reo mare. the horrid memory which haunt. gether through the rllIl'lme, She to quench her thlr t Ca rther up tream, s m d to h m her In, Isolate her 1'r"m'LI_wuly tnr "It 1m w: to hel' mind "Hufitlp ;l'pr on to the L1 pu t; ..h e a n' "There is no movement down there. turn; some dim suspicion might enter ed her of Kelleen' body whirling I' I'he watl' l', slightly brackl h, but still all the wOI'Id, Then, with firm-set ell lItterl~ " II'l'ong In It po 1- had I1 P' ntit'ely thl'own that off, th the l'e"l (If '1'111 lire hud; thl're, , " asebeer's outfit is not onto the their minds, causing them to retrace down through that glare of t'ed light, fall'ly clell1' lind pure. broughl ne," lips, the gIrl went forward, plunging y-e t he Wll~ faithful to It, Half IIdd sppll of hI pre ence, hi cool, can "Ye yes, I know." h 1~~('llIlllH'd cherne; after tll ey go that stuff wIll their steps. She could see nothing, But by then the light had faded, the life, the animal \\'andering ~hOllt 111 her way through the sand, Instantly (I, yet not dal'lng to ventur other. liOf'nt I\'ord - !;Iw felt he never .' I'll' " YIIU :Ire her!' to lOt!'I'!'!'pt III be carried into the t.llnnel. Meager her fac-e pressed hard against the hi!; fre, h enI'iJ·onlllent. nlbhllll/! can, f'xc lle{ , ' . '. 1- l lIa\'\:' dIstant fiJ'p hllvln~ !1led down to red wOlllo , E,' n when Rhe qu stloneo hIm 'un-runnel's l\('1' IJ~< the lin!, sand, and the sound of the two died wallowed up In th black desert. Rhe drew til hor about and , I 'cattered tufts of ,vill never dare leave it out yonder." aSh, and her eyes we l'e unable to rhp mo. t. shp till err tly bp!leved: Il' lltl'(ll~ ' III tie s . ' , ' bepn huntIng for yo u all n l~ht. 111'­ away quickly. At last, unable to re­ She plung d on recklessly, desper­ " ras~, whilp Dehorah stud I d ~lel Sill' "What's the place called whel'e the penetrate the glooul beneath. She :Ind noll' lllnt he wa actually dead, soldiel'S are?" main in that posture longer, she cau, ately, hope dying withIn her as she cmNI endle s, the black ;oundings wIth a wnl,ened , ~ntere s t. he Is '1I'Hd-ld ll !'rl.'· stal'ed into a hlack void, seeing no advanced, NothIng could guide ber 1I0t fiO milch as the flick r of a rlouhl "D lid! Wh o'f.; df'a(I'!" "Box canyon- why?" tiouSly lifted her head and gazed eternal. Th re we,'e time Old Tom l\1l'uger, In their I'lde to' movement, heal'ing no sound, Th now, or ave ber, but God's mercy, rC'11l1t In.,cl. .. "Iptain 1\1'11 1'('n," "I was wondering'-" about into the darkness. There waR the gI rl 10 t con. cion ne of ev· "ether hlld laught her orne of thl' awful Rilence and loneliness crushed The soundless void through which sbe Sir!' . flW lignin that dead man In th E' h~ repled 111 the ... a dell I', (.\' rytlllrl" nothing to he seen or heard, and she ng, except that hlnlng North funda~entals of plnln craft, how to A sharp spit of fire leaped out ot her splt'it. moved, the Impenetrable black curtaIn "Rve; pxpel'I 1J('E' trOup " I' 1))'1111' the night beyond the horses, accom­ finally strUggled to her feet, clinging ever at ber buck. It wa her one ob en thi thing and that, when enveloping her almost drove ber mad, "nvlI/!p nrtn>l, IInrl nnrp more, In hp rI · and CUU:;hl h"r 8. 'he fl'll. to the rock edge for Support. It was What Could she do? Where Cou ld a nd hope: through It he re­ lone In the wild, Now she app\l el panied by a dull I'eport. The startled She could not fight the depression or Ip~ , 1'E'I'I'Ol', firl'd down the black tun­ all plain enough, yet she could not she go? Not to thoRe m n there In ed sanIty and faIth, In thaI wa~ ' ~he e Ie . onR eag l'ly, s arching for animals whirled and disappeared in keep her mind clear. Tbe sand shifted n I IInrl th n '1 stl'ug'g led upwRrd CHAPTER XIV • seem to think clearly, and her limhs the valley Surely; not to Bob Meager, Box canyoD Hnd thoR-e wafting ome evidence of that trail which she the darkness, but Deborah saw only under her tfeet and twlce abe tell thr~t1gll thnt HI , ,I holp Into the Ughl were so weak th-ey would SCarcely SllP­ asking for mel'cy find release. H ~h durp not I'ide fast, telt convinced mu t run up thl lonely [(eileen, poised there on the edge of h-eavJly, tripped by lome protruding of (In~', Thpn II lhat followed, (01 · "Alvilra'. Lost Mine," port her body, Kelleen had heell was Im possible; her hlttel' Ita tred ot not what pitfalls wer ahead, valley. Nothing could be better the chasm-Raw him fling up both rock, and left bruIsed and breatble.. . IO\l'l'rI so ~\\'il'tl,\', 1I11 ~ but a Jumble Kelleen 111\ hr!'f1thl( on hi hnl" k1lled, murdered. Meager had crept him more intense than ever, To all Course In gular. up and down, adapted to the purpo of these out· hands, clutch in g vainly at. the air, and Her advance was blind, uncertain, and of p\,~IH<;, ,I'el pach (""tinct. untorget· /ltarlng up \I~( 'Olllfl1'l'hllllll "Iy tlirl)u'h up In the dark. and shot the man down the wrong done hel' in the past was horse picked bls way Intelligently, laws than the cour e ot thIs desolate tahl(', Iturnf.'o n h-el ,0uI. True! It the tan led brune'h.' II tr!'e, Ill'! ~dded now this bl'utal murder of Dan- she scarcely dared turn ber face for. reIns ly.lJ1.cr loo~, except as she stream, a mere thread extendlm( or ward tor fear of 10sl_o.J_ the I1Ildanee Page Fourteen ARIZON A

was brulsert, dazeo, sca l'cE'ly ('erta1n , "aye held llim as an enemy? Tlw ":ile (lprO of tllt' 11(/\ nlllt'e ,cnn't'l whether he wa!' dead or alive, yet onl~' ans\\'!'r' Kelleen ('ould find to th i~ oecul'I'{'d to /tim; Itis Iff' hlld Ion:: II dimly aware of what had actually Query wa~ Deborah, There was no fore inurE'd him to don~ r, All hE' OC(' III'1'ed, He I'PlI lplllht'f'e d the spit of other sati~ f: letor~7 explanation, Boh ' oug-ht \l'a, opportunity, :lowly, ('au· flame out of thE' rl:1I'1;npss, the l'epOl't, lind not prel'iously known the \l'oman tiousl)', ke pin~ \\' II hnck In thE' tilE' hllilet stl'ikin ,~ hilll, and the hOlTol' had lefl tire ranch; he belie\'ed her .;;hado\\', he lo\\' I' d hi, hody clown til of thllt Hwful fall, as he ~I'a,;pe r l lIIadl,\' still there, hiddE'n in his st eplllothel"s fnce of the dill'. taking ad\,lIntll of

at the air, And what then '! Dirl he I'oom, his helpless victim on his return, I'\'ery ine ularlty, outcrnPlIln r r 'k losp ('onsclollsness? Dirt the shod Otherwise the man had nothing ((h'inl! him foot and handhold, until numh his brain? He IlII1~t haye against [{ell'een, bad no suspicions of he finally r ached the firm turf I - Cflh lied head long through thmip tl'pe him, except possibly a desire that he lo\\'. A he glanced back 0\' r hI. limhs, hi pro~ r e~s ~t(Jpped Hnrl di­ keep out of this pnrti cu lar affair, That co urse, marKing the blgh outlinE' ot verted, until, b~' SOllie fate, his hl'lliseel surely was 1I0t suflkiE'nt t o ju tify an the c!'eM again t the light r ky aha\' , anrt hattE'r erl hody hurt heen f1l1n~ her E', attempt at cold-blooded mm'der, No, thE' l1I E' tllory of that awful plunlt \' r IIl,e a bit of driftwood on th!' hell('h , . it must be the girl. thp edge left him tor an In, tllnt I k He ext!'nded his a l'lDS, alld felt Anel what hnd become of her? Kel­ and nervele , Then hI' droy th ahou t to he SIII'e--yes, he lay there on leen had no recollection of a second recoilection from him with a bitt a sh('1 I' of ea rth, out of which th:1 t shot. so it was altogether probable she laugh, What odd, ! he wa olh- ; he tre!' ~relV; the gnarled trullk \\,:1" had heen spared, lind wa ' ngain a would pay the deht. H oule\ • no within 1'1':I('h of hi" hand, and :lnMhl'1' prisoner in the IHmds of her hrutal loII', unci, exposure of Bob ~l eage l" s I 'as('a lit~" rhe gloom and ear Ii tpnin tor IIny If he shou ld roll off, he lI'ou lrl haye With the fello\y on('e safely in the ~ound, aooth!'1' shl'el' dl'op, God knel\' 11011' hands of the hl\\' she would obtain I'f'­ far, lIe dal'e 1I11t1;e no elTol'( to turll Tn that darkne he 8 ar ely r 111- lease, and th e oPPOltunity of e, ('a pe ized whel'e he was, y t, wh n h fIve r, lIow had l,v was ,he hnn? H e If she so desired, And he felt n" dl'eaded to I('a l'n t he truth, yet 1'01'('eel to stand el' rt (epl­ tion a practical jok r plac quite Naphthenic Base Crude, ol;>tained from Pa­ the Zerolene-Iubricated car averages about was dpael, and safel,\' out of thp \l'ay, in:: :Iho\'e the 10\\'el' harrlE'r ", :'o<'k, Be must I' elllain unseen , U11!li,,;('ovel'ed III:lt he I'e:lll,\' c'onvinced hilmiplf ()f It<; little of that which ill now forbid cific Coast wells. And the most advanced and 5 % better gasoline mileage than when other until he learnpri the tl'llth, H is llIind C'x i!':ten('e, Ile <;toon he itntingl,\', hi;; in th milk, Th ramo a pause efficient refining process yet developed is the oils are used. Carbon deposits are also less, chief­ gl'H sped the situation s\l'i f tl~ " as he he:lrt thulllping from exeltl! 11\ nt the mid t of th oration-the a planned his o\\'n ('Olll'"e of action, '1'111'1'1' 1\'ft S no ~nund of III I/\'CIll(,11 t of milk- a que'r 10k, and then high-vacuuT7l process, the patents on which ly because of the selected western crude from Thpl'e wa;; no n '''''OIl \\'h ~ ' (':I~E'hepl"s \1 ithill-onl,\' Pl'ofollnd silE'nee and Im­ much I ngE'r sip, A . W b_ t r f are owned by this COmpany, which Zerolene is made. outfit ;;holliri I'eillain ill thp ~" tlll'\ " ~" - nptl'''hll' dnl'lmesiI, Yet Slll'el~' thi~ the firely liquid p rcolat d thf',\' had al l'p:ld,\' Ullionrif'd alld ;tol'~ci (,Clu ld Iw no , lol'ag hOllse, no 1I11'l'e You can drain and refill your crankcase every Insist on Zerolene even if it does cost a \\'lI,\' {lut of "i;.:ht \l'hmeH'1 the,\' hnd throat, h whi p"r d, "Lord, l'l'(,ppt·nhlE' f()J' !cI vin!'!), no pathwuy "penlng will lubricate the modem automobile as WANTED - A live young mobIle manufacturer will tell you had di"d do\\'n into IlIel'e elllh (~ I'S, 'and, thl'ollgh the !'>hl'ubs, The ef'rf't of thE' or woman In wdJ or better than any other oil o1fered to hp IIpl i(> ,'I" 1. a P:ll't at 11':, I or the plHf'e remHined hl(Jden, Its shJC'Jd 11n­ ery city and (own and chool dl - and still save money if you use the public at no matter what price. A se­ pH('I, Ira in Ilad d!'p:II'1 ed, .\ I ll'f' tliev rli~ : tnrhed, ' Vhoeyer caml' he f'e mu' :I ' t. rnvsteriou d~ath he!'e in Hilil bl ack Phoenix. Arizona 1 11 111 111 111 111 111 1111 11 111 111 111 111111 111 111 1 11 111 111 111 1111 111 11 111 11 1111 111 1 11 111 111 111 111 111 1111 11 111 111 111 111 111 111 111 I II I 11 111 111 111 111 111 11•1 11 1 II 1 1 I I I I I I I I 1 I I I 1 I I I 1I I II I 1I II 1I 1I 1 11 1I II I1 1I 1I 1I 1I II 1I 1, II 1I 1I 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 I I I I II ~ 1" 111 1111 111 11 1111 11 1 11 111 1 11 111 111 1 11 111 1 11 111 111 1 11 1 11 111 1 11 ' 11 1 1I I 11 1111 11 1 11 111 lJ II 1I I II I II I III II I II I II I II I 1I111 111 111 111 111 111 111111 1 11 1 11 1 11 1 11 1111 11 11 1 1 11 1' , 1 ' 1 I I' I I , , , I I I • I I I I I , I I I , I I I I -. II ~ ~ U !!!-~~ ~~ ~;

!!!~~­ ~~ ~ ~ See ARIZO N A First ~ ~ !!;!! . U It's Camping Places are Boundless in Number and Beauty-fI' m th 1" nd n n o ~; ~ ; Mexico stretch vast forests of noble mountain , pictur qu n tr u tr m ~; ~ ~ mountain lakes and a wealth of nature's wonders, seconded b m h ~~ --~~ and ranches. Big game and small game in season abound all v rth ~ ~ -~ -~ ~~ -; ~~ -~;. iii ;; Coconino County offers: ;;~~ ~~ Thl (;1"(111(/ ('(I/llInll ;; n(llr r k ;;; ;; Th [,ok ;; ~; ;; ~~ Navajo County Offers: ;;-- ;; ;;; Til I'drifi d Fnr -; ~; n hif .l/olll/fain.'! ;;;; ;~ -..~ .~ Apache County Offers:

Whil }"10111lI"i7llt !! It "flrh Inrlirlll R I r,'"li(/)/ -- Yavapai County Offers:

r.,.,111 if n "II T" r U 1J1]rr 1 "d I~!!I ~~-; I'rNroll .V"tion,,' Frn'r I ~ ; ~ ; !!~~. Gila County Offers: ~ ; ~ ; Thr , iPIT(( Al1rhflll ;~ ... ~ Tmlfo C'1:PPK .. ~ -~ "i11(II Jl1()//?1lai?'H .. ~ .. ~ ... ~ !" ~ Pima County Offers: ; ~ ~ ~ Mi. [,emmon :~ nl'acle ~ ~ While H OIlHr (1111101' E~ ; ; ;; Cochise County Offers : ~ ~ .. ~ H uachuca Mountains ~ ~ Rustlrr's Pru'k -~ - ~ T m'key C?'eek -~ -~ -~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ii!~ .; ~ ~~ .. ~ For Detailed Information -~ .. ~ .. ; ; ~ write- ~~ ~~ ; ; ;; ~~ M; ; ; CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ... ;;~~;; FLAGSTAFF ST. JOHNS PRESCO TT WILLIAMS SPRINGERVILLE ~

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