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This week in Flagstaff History

Saturday, September 29, 2007

100 YEARS AGO

Last Friday's public reception at the Normal School dorm was a delightful affair. Many Flagstaff people enjoyed the evening with faculty and students. The Chicago Press says that food prices may rise as much as 30 percent with the new Food and Drug law that keeps cheap alterations and preservatives from the market. Crops are short as well this season as high city wages have drained labor from the harvest.

The number of Mexican laborers crossing at El Paso into the United States broke all records in August of this year.

The Special Albuquerque Fair Rate for a round trip on the Santa Fe is $10.31. This is best exposition ever found in the Southwest.

Open hours on Sunday at the post office have been changed from noon to 1 p.m., said Mrs. Marshall, Post Mistress. She also reports that she expects to move into the new post office building on Oct. 12.

75 YEARS AGO

Another huge sale of copper bullion this one composed of 3 million pounds of the red metal has been announced by the United Verde Extension Mining Company at Jerome. Thirty railcars will be required to transport it to Los Angeles.

Louis King, director of Fox Film Sound and Movie Company arrived by air early Tuesday morning. About 60 others came in by train, went to the Monte Vista Hotel for a break then went on to Foxboro Ranches southwest of the city where some scenes for Zane Grey's "Robbers in Roost" will be shot.

The county will aid the jobless to get to the cotton fields in southern Arizona where they are paying 50 cents per bag for harvesting short staple and 85 cents for long staple cotton. Cabins or tents with stoves, wood and water will be supplied. Bring your own bedding and cooking items. Mrs. Edith Erwin, clerk of the Board of Supervisors will supply gas money for those unable to get their own. Sign up at the Chamber of Commerce.

Koch Field, Flagstaff's municipal airport, is to be leased to James Bond Rancher for a five-year period for the sum of $250 annually plus the care of the airport. Exclusive of the runways, the land will be used for farming.

High 72 Thursday, Low 35 Tuesday. Rain 1.18 inches.

50 YEARS AGO

Whiting Brothers Company of Flagstaff was named the high bidder on 90 million board feet of timber on the Kaibab, at $6.75 per 1,000 board feet on Douglas fir, $12.45 on ponderosa pine, and $10.20 on white fir, alpine fir and spruce. The value is estimated at $1 million. It is expected that it will be milled at Fredonia.

The overall population increase for Arizona is 22 percent in the past seven years while Coconino County has risen by 46 percent.

Extensive blasting marks progress on the new $802,000 Indian Dormitory and Cafeteria. The buildings are to be located northwest of the Pow Wow Grounds and accommodate the Indian Dormitory's 300 students who are slated to attend Flagstaff schools next year. This is a part of the Bureau of Indian Affairs long-range plan for the education of children from the reservations throughout the United States.

Beginning early Sunday morning a six-hour blaze near the Arizona Pulp and Paper Company left a pile of charred logs and waste paper. Company officials say the loss is not a serious one. Fire Department inspectors believe it was started by a transient.

High 78 Sunday, Low 36 Tuesday. Dry.

25 YEARS AGO

Wednesday evening brought us the first symphony of the season with Harold Weller conducting his first performance in Flagstaff. Pianist Natalie Hinderas was guest concert pianist.

Tuesday, the Arizona Daily Sun instituted a Spanish language column prepared by Dr. Manuel C. Rodriguez of the Northern Arizona University Foreign Language Department. This will be a regular feature.

The plan to increase the merchants refuse service fee by 30 percent rather than begin to charge residents a $1.50 per month fee has been defeated. It still costs the city 25 percent more than is collected to provide the service.

This week The Museum of Northern Arizona's director, Robert N. Bowen, received the gift of a 12Ãn by 7Ãn vegetal dye Navajo rug of excellent quality fr.om H. Clay Lockett who has been a continuing generous donor of these post-1960 special rugs.

High 81 Saturday. Low 35 Tuesday. Rain 1.50 inches.

Compiled from the files of the Coconino Sun and the Arizona Daily Sun by Susannah Carney.

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