Winslow Mail (Newspaper) - February 21, 1914, Winslow, Arizona City Official Paper MAIL County Paper WINSLOW - THE METROPOLIS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA NAVAJO february 2j, 3914. No. 45 A NEEDED IMPROVEMENT FIRE DESTROYS HOME OF FLOYD HAMPTON AND BURNS CHILD Several years ago a was the object of which was the construction of a bridge across the Little Colorado River about two miles North-east of this The cost of this bridge was to be in the neighborhood of all of which was to be furnished by the County excepting what could be raised by popular subscription among the citizens of The timber needed in the construction of this bridge was hauled down to the river banks just in time for the high water to wash jt and since nothing has ever been done towards getting a bridge put in at this good roads are being it seems that this much needed improvement should not be A bridge at this while it would cost considerably more than the estimated cost of the former owing to the widening of the channel is a thing Winslow and needs The entire country lying east and northeast of this city will be brought into direct communication with us by such a And the increase in trade would mean much to Winslow business At the present the Hopi Indian Reservation and country is practically cut off from Winslow and the bulk of trade goes to other This bridge should be a county as it is a direct and material benefit to the one largest settlement in the county and one from which the county receives a large portion of its While the people of no would be willing to help out in getting this much needed they should bring it to the attention of the proper authorities and leave nothing undone until they are THE NEED OF PRICE MAINTENANCE Banquet The coming of the Prescott High School Basketball Teams to our High School was of one of the dinners of the The banquet hall was decorated with hearts and the colors of both Favors were A three course dinner was and heartily enjoyed by at the conclusion of which both Prof. Hart of Prescott and Prof. Cornelius of Winslow delivered a Covers were laid for 32. Those Misses Hobbs and F. W. Marks and Literary Society Mrs. J. D. LaChance delightfully entertained the Literary Society Wednesday afternoon at her on West 3rd The home was charmingly decorated with of Valentines A delicious dinner was served and the following guests Lancaster and C. A presumably due to feet in electric caused the total destruction of the cottage occupied by Floyd publisher of the Winslow and resulted in serious burns to his four year old daughter Monday The two children of Mr. Hampton were asleep when the fire started and Mr. and Mrs. Hampton were at work fn the printing office which adjoins the Smoke entering the shop from the rear was the first intimation of danger and rushing to the sleeping apartments of the little ones Mr. Hampton was confronted with flame and smoke but with desperate efforts that resulted in singeing his face and almost suffocation he groped his way to the bed babes from the flames and carried them to one of them unconscious and badly burned about the face and The cry of fire spread in all Directions and in a few minutes brought hundreds of spectators to the When the fire boys arrived with hose the flames had enveloped the entire cottage and were reaching the residence of J. B. Drumm whose family sought safety with a nearby The inflammable nature of the structure and material made it an easy prey to the hungry flames and the printing plant as well as the dwelling seemed doomed to The absence of wind and the dampness of the night must be credited largely with preventing the spread of what might have been a catastrophe of large Two employes of the Santa Fe road brought a hose cart from the old round house and were first to get water on the followed closely by a second stream from the winslow The fire boys tho handicapped by lack of sufficient apparatus and the nearness of the crowd that hampered them in their work showed skill in arresting the progress of the flames and in a few minutes it was apparent that the chief dam age would be confined to the dwelling leaving the print ing shop and J. B. res idence in comparative safety The loss of the building with contents destroyed was estimat ed at the damage to the paper stock and machinery being but A scorching of the rear of J. B. residence and the damage incident to stretching a hose thru the entire house was the extent of his The child of Floyd Hampton is making good progress and its speedy recovery is expected by attending The tent house occupied Amen was damaged the front porch being burned off and water flooding the Loss fully covered by rule Was assumed to buyer Elbert It is an old and ruk in common law thai the man who produces a thing has the right to fix the price at which he shall sell it. At the time this the seller was be the and the If the consumer did not want to pay the price let him go without or buy The producer can keep article for his own he can give it or he can sell it at his own according to lat est the producer sells his commodity to a person and an agreement is made between the second party and the first that the second party shall not sell this article to a third party below a certain the government interferes and says that this transaction is in restraint of and therefore And in such where the party is found penalties can be enforced and an injunction In the case of the Miles Medicine the Supreme Court laid clown the rule that the having received the price which he fixed upon as a satisfactory return to can not go beyond this and agree OCEAN TO OCEAN HIGHWAY Meeting Called Wednesday by Supervisor Barnett Stiles No Definite Conclusion aa to What Point Road Shall Enter The City A citizens meeting was held in the open beyond the new round house Wednesday afternoon at which the representative business the town gathered cide where the State should enter the in regards to The majority of tin people favored a route Fe tracks th addition to 2nd St. but no definite conclusions arrived at on account of the un certainty as to whether a right o way through that addition wa deeded the county or It wa decided wait until the nex meeting of the Supervisors anc look up the deeds relative t* rights-of-way in that portion oi the city before anything definite was The road will be completed along the north the Santa Fe lines from the Nava jo and Coconino County line tc addition just as soon as Eight men are at present at Work on this df W. G. Kelly left for Thursday to attend a meeting of the Directors of the Pacific Automatic Employment Co. * * * Our old friend County is in Winslow getting a line on the material possessions of our tax payers and says the county needs the * * * DON'T FORGET the supper at the Christian Feb. 26, from 5 until 9 P. M. with one else to price that shall be charged the ultimate Where Fallacy Lies The fallacy of this reasoning lies in the assumption that when a manufacturer sells a thing and gets his he is eliminated from all further interest in the This implies that business can be done on This might have been true in the days of the but it is not true in these times when men invest vast sums in plant and For one sale has got to lead to wise bankruptcy Every sale in modern times must pave the way for We are working to build up an merely to make The fact remains that unless the manufacturer of a widely advertised article is able to main tain the price at which it shall be sold to the ultimate consumer competition becomes destructive instead of in exact to the popularity of the The final result will be the elimination from the market this particular whatever it may Cutthroat prices cut the throats of the commodities involved sim ply because the being will not continue the sale of an article on which he makes no The of cutting the price of an article to practically or is to attract trade Having attracted that ends the object of handling When the consumer applies for this he will find that the cut-rate dealer is probably out of and that he is substituting with else just as Cards Out DON'T FORGET the supper at Feb. 26, from 5 until 9 P. M. Strictly hot supper will be Strictly hot supper will be Single meals 35 cents or 3 for Single meals 35 cents or 3 for February 23, 1915. I Married in the East The many friends of Miss Ellen Connolly will be pleased at well as surprised to hear of which took at 111., Feb. 18. She of Father formerly of this spent a summer in Winslow about five years during which time she many and became very popular with the younger As an item of interest to the friends and patrons of the Navajo Apache Bank & Trust we are publishing elsewhere in this paper the condensed statement of the Bank showing the condition and relative - sizes of the State Banks of It is with considerable pride that we point to the fact that the Navajo Apache Bank & Trust Company is fast growing into one of the big banks of the Its present position is number two years ago we were number We take this opportunity to express our appreciation to our friends whose business has helped the bank grow and we solicit the patronage of all who can benefit by our We offer our every inducement that can bo offered by any financial accommodations within the experience of our officers and the advantages of our foreign connections and the safety assured by our large Our bank is our customers make your bank our bank and we will all grow Bank And Trust Co. Joe undersheriff of Yavapai County was here Tuesday looking for a Fred Cummings wanted in Prescott for horse He found his man in the safe custody of our Sheriff at Holbrook and returned to Prescott Despondency Cases Jodie W. 55 of committed noon by of a 45*c*tibre the bullet penetrating the Despondency over ill health was the cause ofi his act. He leaves who accompanied his remains 10 Colorado for burial on 10 A impanelled O. L 3ituce and Wi 1*pStm,^i-ef* PRICE Dow Thm Public Benefit vound Owi raring of 315-calibre Colt y his own The laws which have been passed in various states for the purpose f prohibiting constitute an against the Tlie City of Lost Angeles has gone one and has a city ordinance ing certain of untrue arid misleading advertisements it a crime to or cause to be made any statement or assertion of fact in or in any any for statement takes the haft the f appearance or which is intended commend such merchandise to the with the intend to or misinform we were in our work account rf were unable to | the buying publish jn Angeles any police would of interest to can * we wish assure them that items of. direct interest will be given space in our columns at a future dates We to * ho time O extend us a helping and them - under been negligent in we Were in the Editor an arrest without waiting for machinery of in In the last price-cutting is an insult to the public It is a safe statement to that no merchant continue to give values that others for less than half the and then make a No J merchant can do business without j a and hope to keep it There are times when all legitimate merchants may have or a heavy stock on some that he wishes to into But when a merchant sells Wow or makes a bait on is given that the street of for the year 1914 is now due And without a This can be paid in fif Q on the All males between the age of 21 and 50 years subject to T. Supervisor of Letter list List of letters remaining uncalled for at the ending Feb. 24, 1914. American A. Crockett Joe Z. Johnson Earl Merrick W. F. McGann T. Ed ' E. F. Sanguinetti Mr. and Mrs. Spaulding Lamara Theatre Elmo Spanish Mea Guillermo Florez Ynes Garcia Francisco Gonzales Milano Guisa Ramon Juan Gonzales Hernandez Costulo Hernandez Joe Lopez Damacio Molino Salvador Rodriguez Pedro Rubaleaba Jose Ramirez Trinidad Ramirez Cesaria Silva T. Francisco Mrs. A. cards for H. Hansen has issued an Under the efficient management of Street Superintendent 1st St. is improved and 2nd St. is to have badly needed Theodore knows the needs of the town but is on handicapped by lack of funds and an unsympathetic Pete the popular dispenser at the Navajo Hotel was on the sick list Thursday but is again greeting friends with his usual affable * * * C. J. J. A. Lyons returned from Los Angeles Tuesday after a long absence and left for their sheep camps They report conditions in the Phoenix country a3 satisfactory thus * * * Bob one of the magnates in the sheep is Signal is among us this that profit must be made up other The public intelligence will not believe such a merchant will not subsequently recover that deficit by charging rather more than the usual when he has succeeded in attracting the desired increase of From the point of view of the common price-cutting is for it merely means robbing Peter to pay The real usefulness of the Los Angeles law is No corporation will cut the price on goods of known such as Gillette Ingersoll Eastman if it is unable to recoup its losses by the same article of unknown When a dry goods for no longer dares to advertise that it will sell Crepe de China worth 50c for 32V^c a that store will be compelled to make a reasonable profit in all the commodities it offers for or else go into No establishment will continue to run at a all know that perfectly The buying pul expects to pay a profit on what it Why then should any merchant who is reputably adopt the tactics of the sneak FOR Forty white cedar fence Enquire of H. F. No. 507 West Third * + Mrs. Barnett Stiles has Kone to San to spend * the live man in Winslow to represent the Northwestern the Dividend Company of Th. von Hollywood Log 2t * * Pat Irish comedian connected with the Santa Fe with us this
