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This Week in Flagstaff History: Observatory designated disseminator of planetary news

Sunday, November 08, 2009

125 YEARS AGO -- Grover Cleveland is our new President. In celebration, Mr. J. Stemmer of the Flagstaff Brewery presented the boys in our office with a keg of beer. It glided down our throats as a Cleveland Balm in Gilead.

100 YEARS AGO Louie Wilson narrowly escaped fatal injuries last Thursday on Milton Road. He was driving a wagon loaded with stone when a wheel dropped suddenly into a rut throwing him beneath the wheel. He was entangled with the lines and could not save himself before the wheel ran over him. No bones were broken but he was badly bruised and laid up for a few days.

We are to have another big saw mill. Ed McGonigle has received word from the District Forester at Albuquerque that his company's bid of $3.50 per thousand feet has been accepted. He, together with John G. Vercamp and Jesse E. Boyce are, with some California capitalists, organizing a company with a capital of $500,000.

Our Lowell Observatory will hereafter distribute the world's planetary news. Arrangement has been made with the Great Centrale Stelle at Kiel, Germany whereby our Observatory will assume world wide importance as an astronomical telegraphic distributing center. This means that all planetary news cabled to America will be first received at the Lowell from whom it will be then distributed to American observatories. We will be replacing Harvard University in this work.

75 YEARS AGO

The pinto bean crop is expected to give rich rewards to the growers of Coconino County. County Agent C. G. Lucker estimates a return in excess of $100,000 as a result of the crop failures in other areas.

F. L. Decker who had gone hunting with Dr. A. J. MacKey was looking over the C. D. Bell Ranch when he noted a huge mountain lion stalking him. He coolly awaited him until he could almost count the beast's whiskers -- then smacked a 30-30 bullet through its right eye without even defacing an eyelash. The lion weighed in at 120 pounds and measures 7 feet including his tail when stretched out.

H. 72 Tues. L. 19 Sat. Rain -- Trace Thurs.

50 YEARS AGO

City Manager C. T. Pulliam says the city does not have the funds to either lease or purchase any new snow removal equipment so we'll just have to hope for a mild winter.

A 72-foot-around pedestrian tunnel is being buried under the new race track at Fort Tuthill through which fans and horse owners can pass onto midfield.

The American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars have pledged their full support to the Chamber of Commerce's crash program to raise funds to decorate Flagstaff for the holiday season.

The Coconino County Board of Supervisors has purchased a used, 2,200 seat grandstand from the old Arizona Downs track in Phoenix from the Engleride Turf Club, Inc. for $27,500. An additional $17,500 goes to Pioneer Steel Co. for the dismantlement, transportation and re-building at Fort Tuthill.

H.52 Wed. L. 23 Thurs. Snow Tues.

25 YEARS AGO

The word from the Arizona Game & Fish Commission is that for all the recent attention, crossbows are still not legal in Arizona.

City Manager Frank Abeyeta recommends that the City Council authorize the State Department of Transportation to proceed with the necessary right-of-way work toward the construction of the Enterprise overpass construction.

Both the Republicans and the Democrats are offering free rides to the polls on Tuesday.

The City Council has approved the purchase of a new IBM Model 138 computer for $298,166. This will make possible the computerization and coordination of the police, the courts and the utilities operations. Our current Burroughs 1000 system is unable to do this, said City Programmer Mike Paulson.

H. 70 Sun. L. 24 Mon. Rain 0.03 Fri.

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

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