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Newspaper
Winslow Daily Mail
Location
Winslow, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1927
Page
4
A collage of brief city snippets includes a red headed messenger tale about a gun scare at Oakland Apartments, a Hollywood child actor with a cigarette gag, a candid political quip about open grocery store access, and playful exchanges on cats tea marriage somnambulism and payback models. The items sketch a lively urban chatterbox.
Officials of Winslow and Arizona Sunshine Oil Company push support for Sunshine Well No 1 22 miles west of Winslow arguing the venture could spur a new oil field. Geologists with major firms back the project noting strong interest and promising the test may yield commercial quantities. Citizens see potential city growth and financial returns if the pool exists as experts predict.
The Arizona Republic urges travelers from Salt River Valley to visit Prescott for the Smoki dance and Frontier Days, then continue to Flagstaff, the Grand Canyon, Painted Desert, Hopi Snake Dance season, and southern resorts like Summerhaven near Tucson. The piece argues trips boost health, money spent in Arizona, and state loyalty.
News reports say Death Valley Scotty plans another record run from Los Angeles to Chicago via the Santa Fe. He previously completed the trip in about 44 hours, and now seeks 38 to 25 hours less than the fastest time. He may ride with a newspaper man or alone, aboard a Santa Fe consist including locomotive baggage diner and Pullman car. Old timers recall his Winslow pass where the locomotive jumped tracks but the train kept its break-neck pace.
A European visitor’s tale from the Miami Bulletin compares town pride in the United States to French booster spirit. It notes Cassis surpasses Paris in local fame and boasts a postmark boast: he who has seen Paris and not Cassis has seen nothing. It also cites concern over rising fake livestock remedy expenditures and argues funds should support veterinarians to lower losses in livestock.
Spare wild flowers shrubs and trees they have made the place pleasant for you leave the tor ges to enjoy. Don't make c ampfire in the leaves or rotten a cack or against a log where it may spread. Don't make a fire too close to a tree. Don't toss away burning matches of tobacco. Always leave a clean camp and a dead fire. Some fires come from lightning and from unavoidable causes but about 90 per cent or more are from sheer carelessness.
Dr. J P Iverson of the California Department of Agriculture urges livestock owners to consult reliable veterinarians before using stock remedies. He notes ads for untested cures cost the US over 500 million dollars annually, with most of this spending going to human treatments.
In Tucson Arizona June 7 AP the defense in a $51 000 county jail site case won two legal points Judge Fred L Ingraham ruled the Board of Supervisors may purchase property for a county prison without bonds and a 1917 map of the county courthouse could not yet be admitted as evidence the map may be introduced later if connections are shown there are 21 defendants including three former supervisors with further litigation to determine fraud claims
The Arizona Power Company of Prescott was granted two rights of way over state lands for constructing power lines in Skull Valley south of Prescott by the State Land Board. The board heard six appeals but issued no decisions, keeping all cases under advisement.
Hume Lewis of Denver was elected President of the National Conference for Development of Commercial Aviation at the closing session of its first annual meeting in St. Joseph Missouri.
In Phoenix on June 7 20 year old Joe Wilmoth was killed when an old revolver discharged while he cleaned it. His wife watched as he stood on the bed and said it was loaded this time before collapsing. Coroner Clarence Ice ruled it accidental.
The Denver AP report notes Dr. Arthur Hoare of the Los Angeles school urges parents to attend to a child's eye care, citing cross eyed conditions as often preventable with proper attention while noting failing to detect optical defects in an earlier stage. A new sewer system bond proposal is also mentioned in the same dispatch.
Secretary Wilbur declares Navy fivers can take up with women friends and relatives now and says time-honored mother-in-law problem is solved. A film actress newlywed vows to stay married as headlines note social trends. Turtles found in Illinois yards after heavy rain. sharks fins mentioned for possible use in cloudbursts.
Pedro Guevara, Filipino resident commissioner, warns Governor-General Leonard Wood may auction Manila Railroad Company, Philippine National Bank, sugar mills, coal mines, and a cement factory, risking heightened oppression and foreign economic control in the islands. He notes Filipinos seek autonomy but would accept local governance in return. The issue stirs strong anti Wood sentiment among natives and critics in Washington.
There is no longing like that of returning to one's Mammy south of the Mason-Dixon line. There is no romance that of Normandy, Picardy, Brittany, Araby, and Waikiki.
The passage links June to moonlit illumination and a single rose as symbol, while romance triggers a strong attraction and song. It notes blues triggering a jazz-like dance and a classroom moment where a teacher asks about syntax contrasted with duty on liquor.
A playful verse extols several women by their traits. The speaker lists qualities from lips to eyes and dancing, ending with a humorous twist praising Skinny for her fasting. The light affectionate tone echoes a vintage unsigned lyric style.
Read-up notes Pirery Canon indicate ongoing tombstone excavation work at a forest site with progress updates and safety considerations.
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