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WILLIAMS, ARIZ. Population, 2,000 Elevation, 6,750 RESOURCES Lumbering Stocktaking Mining. OUR JOB PRINTING IS UNEXCELLED RAILROADS' Santa Pacific Grand Canyon' Saginaw Southern Volume 19 WILLIAMS. COCONINO COUNTY, ARIZONA. SATURDAY.

OCTOBER 22, 1910 Number 23 ADVANCEMENT OF TILL TAPPED AT" CENSUS GIVES DOUBLE TRACKING PROGRESSING NICELY ARIZONA'S INTERESTS PULLMAN RESTAURANT Look Out We still handle the famous CHARTER OAR Heating and Cook Stoves SEE OUR LINE abbitt-Polson Co. DEALERS IN EVERYTHING MAINE NEWS ITEMS Mr. Hvde and Mr. Algeo, spent and MrB. Milton, Maynard visited in Flagstaff the 'laBt.

of the week. Mrs. James Morehead transacted business in Williams Monday." W. K. Ross spent several davs in Flagstaff attending to business the first of the week.

Hazel Hopkins of Flagstaff, has a position south of Maine and teomea in tri weekly for the U. 8 mail and a visit with old friends. Judge W- Q. Blakely who vis ited with Mr and Mrs. Milton Maynard -last week has accepted the pastorship at Kir.gman, Ariz.

Judge Blakely held the same place years ago before devoting his entire-time to the law and all his old iriends are glad to see him in the pulpit again Judge Blakely is a cheerful example of the fact that old age does not mean inactivitr for he enjoys a steadily increasing- practice in his coure work as well as attending to his pastorial flock and declares he is growing younger everyday if he never will see eighty again. He has known Mrs. May nard all her life and she was proud indeed to have him perform the ceremony that changed her name in the past year. W. W.

Kelly was a Williama visitor Tuesday. The telegraphic hours at Maine have been changed from 4 p.m. to 4 a. m. to 7 a.

m. to 7 p. and the day shift makes it pleasanter for all concerned. The postoffice hours have been changed from former hour eleven. to nine o'clock so that the patrons may obtain their mail at the usual postoffice hours and as Boon an we can accustom ourselves to the 'act that a postmaster is not a nobby horse for everyone to rido day and night everything will go along smoothly and well Surely one should be able to transact all business necessary between, nine and twelve and 1 m.

to 7 p.m Yet a great many of us seem to think a fourth class office should be open from Fix a or earlier to nine or ten at night without an hour off to eat. The cancellation i I Jack Frost AND PRICES these fourtbcIasB postmasters receive as compensation for their entire postal work is little enough qvv rttl tro. dtvi Kfn being made unpleasant by unjust and unreasonable demands upon their time at all hours of the day and night and harsh criticism if they do not agree to these demands. It has been said that every man once in life at least proves himself a moral coward and every fourthclass postmaster can testify to one of two things that he is a moral coward not to insist on his right to a few moments of his time or as to his being a brute when he bangs the postoffice door in the face of persistent claimants for letters everyone knows is behind that locked door. FLAGSTAFF NEWS ITEMS On Friday last a young man named Alfred Simmons more gen erally known as "Si Perkins" met with an awful death at Greenlaw's mill east of town.

He was riding on Borne empty log cars enroute from the mill to the woods when in some unaccountable way a board was placed in front of the train and ditched six cars and the tender on the engine. -The young man's head was crushed to a pulp and his left lee was terribly mangled in the wreck. Mr Simmons was a half brother to Wick Thompson and was about 25 years of age. The funeral took place at 2:30 p. m.

Sunday afternoon from the Methodist church. The Flagstaff camp No. 15031 Y. W. is giving a second grand ballon Oct 31st, 1910 It is to be a pillow slip and sheet mas querade Mr.

H. Crawford moved into his temporary residence the 15th and will occupy same until next year when he expects' to erect a fine bungalow on, his lota; I be new mill is to start the first. Logs are being cut and banked now in readiness. More- tourists have passed through here during the past ten days, over the Santa Fe, enroute to southern California than ever in this history of the road in the same length of time. v.11.

A call has been issued by the Phoenix Board of Trade for a meeting to be held in the rooms of the board of trade building during, fair week, when the representatives from all the commercial; bodies of Arizona will get together and the advisability of forming, for future work, a state organiza tion for Arizona. The plan of state work has been under consideration by many officials of the hoards of trade and chambers of commerce working for the development of the territory and much thought has been given to the plans so that good results are to be expected from the meeting. The co-operation of the Immigration Commissioners of the variouB counties will be invited and their support is a "Btate-wide movement for future advancement of Arizona's interests all over the country will be pledged. Unifying and systematizing the present work of organizations so that the beet results may follow, will be consid ered by the meeting, and the various methods of publicity and advertising will be discussed. Several papers are to be presented The question of the new Btate being represented in the east by a permanent bureau working for all Arizona is to be discussed, and consideration given to schemes for complete representation of the state on the Pacific coast looking to the opening of the Panama -canal and consequent increased travel and trade.

Statehood dav has been range, and it is probable the meeting will be held on that day in the new building of the board which will be ready for the fair week. Small Fire Sunday Afternoon A cottage belonging to Mrs Tabor on First street, betwen Wil liams and Grand avenues, was destroyed by fire laBt Sunday after noon. It was supposed to be occupied by Wm. Brown as a residence, but when the fire occurred several of the ladies belonging in the redlight district were noticed hustling their trunks from the burning building. How their trunks came to be there is a mystery f6r, according to offi cial report this class of our town are all sequestered on the reservation eet apart for them.

The fire is said to have originated from a defective flue. The building was entirely destroyed, but is said to have been fully insured. The contents of the "roomers'' were removed with little Iops. The fire department did good work in sav ing the adjoining buildings on the north and south sides. Boys Get Whiskey Friday highV at Silyernail hall some of our young men began making a nuisance of themselves and it became necessary to call an officer to take care of them.

They were under the influence of liquor and the officer tried to persuade them to tell where they had secured the whisky, but they refused to tell. However the marshal learned later they had persuaded a friend to purchase a bottle for them. If the guilty party is found out it will go just as hard with him as it would the" saloonkeeper, for the matter will not be The marshal did. not lock the boys up on account of the disgrace it1 Would bring upon their parents and relatives', but if the offense is repeated they' will have to take their medicine, friends or no friends. Boenitsch, the "cowboy stenographer" for Babbitt-Poison has been spending the week deer bunting The bucks roost high when Adolph goes a huntio'.

Motiaay night about midnight a Mexican named went into the Pullman restaurant and called for a sandwich. The proprietor. Woo Tim, was alone at the time and left the Mexican sitting at the lunch oounter while he went into the eorage room to get the, meat for tilt sandwich. While he was busy Ae heard the bell on the money drawer jingle and ran out at once just in time to see going ont at the front door. A glance at the money till showed that the money it contained, about $16, had been taken.

An -officer was.summonod but he arrived too late to catch the Mexican, and- it wsb not until Tuesday afternoon that he was ap prehended. He' was given an ex amination before Judge Rounse-yjlle Thursday forenoon. The Mexican strenuously denied taking the. money but the evidence was so strongly against him that Judge Rounseville sentenced bim to serve thirty days in the county jail. I Faces Ugly Charge Globe; Oct.

15. Ben R. Clark, former. treasurer of Graham county and a prominent man in demo cratic circles throughout the terri tor was today indicted on four counts of embezzlements at Solom The indictments charge mis appropriation of $1500 during bis term in office. Clark served as sheriff of Cochise county for four years prior to 1900, andin19Q5.waseIected to the aic0 of county treasurer, Me wa chief clerk of the assembly during the last session of the territorial legislature, and is so generally known throughout Arizona that the indictments have caused con siderable excitement.

Clark is at liberty on bail pending trial of the charges. Hazel Pray Paroled The Phoenix Republican sayB: "Viola Hazel Pray has been paroled from the territorial industrial school at Benson, by Governor Sloan. The girl was committed from Coconino county August 4, of last year lor the crime of "dependency and neglect." Her record at the school has been excellent and friends succeeded in convincing the governor. her personal interests would-be better served by her parole than by her detention." Miss Pray will be remembered as the young lady who made her escape from tJndersheriff Woody at Ash Fork when he was taking her to the reform school, but was later located at and brought back to Flagstaff. It ia probable that Mr.

Woody remem bers the circumstances. 5 M. E. Church Notes Sunday School rally at 9:45 a. m.

A special program by the school. A souvenir will be given to all in attendance. There will be no preaching ser vice: Sunday on account of the absence of the pastor in Los Ange les. Friday, evening at eight o'clock a pnblic reception to the new pastor Rev. J.

Ocheltre and family will be given in the church by the Ladies Aid Society. will be a program and light refreshments. Everybody is invited to come and help make them welcome. The attention of bur readers is called to the advertisement of J. L.

Doak in another column. Dr. Doak has decided to locate in Williams permanently. He comes highly recommended as a first class dentist. His office is located one block west of Babbitt-Poison on the south aide of the street.

ARIZONA 204,384 The Associated Press has sep out thar following figures on the population of Arizona as reported by the census bureau: The total given for the census of 1910 is 204.354. It is stated by the i census bureau this is a gain. of 81,423, or 66.2 per cent, over the census of 1900. The census for 1900 gives Arizona a population of 122,931. Following is the report by counties: Apache 9,196 Cochise 34,591 Coconino 8,130 Gila 16,780 Graham .23.547 Maricopa .....34,488 Mohave 3,773 Navajo .11,491 22,818 Pinal 9.045 Santa Cruz.

6,766 Yavapai 15,996 Yuma 7.733 The gains by counties oyer the cenBus of 1900 is as follows: Apache, 890; Cochise, 25.340; Coconino, 2.616; Gila, 2.952; Graham, Maricopa, Mohave, 347; Navajo, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz; Yavapai, Yuma, 3,588. SIXTH ARIZONA TERRITORIAL FAIR The territorial fair commission desires especially to call the atten tion of the ladies of Arizona to the advisability of sending exhibits several divisions of the woman's department. This has always been one of the most attractive departments of the fair and should be representative of every section of the Premium lists and entry blanks can be secured on request address to the secretary fair commission, Phoenix. The commission wishes to call attention to the rule concerning entries for department women's work. All entries for this depart ment must be made not later than five p.

Thursday; November 3. Tbia r.ule applies to all divisions of this Exhibits for all divisions of department with the exception of cooked foods, lots 178, 179, 180 and 181, will be received at the fair grounds on the Friday and Saturday immediately proceeding the opening of the fair. Cooked foods will be received on Monday. New "Pound" The town of Williams now owns a first class place for impounding stock found running at larpe. Dnring the week James Ragan has fenced in the lot back of the town ball, and put it in good shape for all purposes needed.

Water, con. nection baa been made, a good shed for stock has been built and aUo a shed for feed for the animals has been arranged. You must either keep your stock fastened up or you will have to put up pretty Bleep to pay for the banquet your old cow will enjoy in this exclusive resort. Mr. and Mrs; Wm.

Mr. Jamea Dempsey and daughter Miss Estelle, of Manistee. who had been spending a week here on business and. pleasure, left for the coast Monday where they will visit for a Bhort time before return ing home. Both of the gentlemen are prominent stockholders in the Saginaw and Manestee Lumber Co.

Mrs. R. C. Wente of Williams accompanied the party to Los John Langowsky, manager of Hotel Fray Marcos, was a business riattor at Grand Canyon Tuesday. The first twenty miles out of Winslow is graded, track laid and ballasted, and will be put in operation at once From Flagstaff to Williams work is about 60 per cent completed.

From Flagstaff to Agassi tbe grading is completed by the L. J. Smith Co. direct, and from Agassis to Riordan, about forty days more work is necessary From Riordan to Bellemont the L. J.

Smith Co, have, with B. B. Crosby, the work in about the same From Bellemont to Arey and about mile westward the work is graded, track laid and ballasted" From here to Maine fully 80 per cent of the work has been completed by T. C. Snyder and the Ohio Construction Co.

From Maine to Cballender about 50" per cent of the grade is finished hnt frnm flhallonrlAr tn fl.Mn practically nothing is done. With the exception of two rocks cuts between-Da vern and Williams the rrra Atk ia aKnnt finialiof? Vmt. iViAOJk are big ones and will hold the- here for at least ninety good working days. Twenty bridges have been completed by T. Maddock, who is working on four of the six remaining ones.

The desire on the Railroad Co's. part to finish the work is very evident, as they are pushing everything yoB-ibif- nrxl laving track under Chas Johnson as fa-t as the grade is Taking everything into consideration, we can see no reason why the work of grading should not all be completed by March 1st, 1911, and trains running from here to Flagstaff on the double track by June 1st. From. Williams to Supai the is practically finished, and from Supai west the construction under. Sharp-Fellow on the big change of line to fairview is progressing nicely, while moat of the work from Ash Fork to the east is It is rumoredr on good authority that those contracts will not be completed before additional ones to continue the double tracking straight on through from Albuquerque to Loa Augelea are let.

Mike Schmuck left for San Diego on Tuesday to look after hia real estate interests in that fast growing southern He will be gone about a 'mouth! For Worn 6 of Taste Every model of the new Fall and AVlnter "Grace Hats" appeals to the most discriminating taste. The style is correct and every detail of material and manufacture cannot be Improved upon. Call early to see them. RACKET STORE.