Flagstaff History: Normal School reopens after influenza closure

Rev. T. C. Moffett, pastor of the Presbyterian Church at this place, has made arrangements to hold services in the Union Church in Winslow on the fourth Sunday of the month.

Sheepmen are getting their flocks near to the rim of the mountain where they will be safe from storms.

J. H. Hoskins Jr., Arthur Corbit and John Clark left Monday for a week’s hunt in the country north of here.

Under Sheriff Drum and Deputy Gray arrested Alonso Williams south of here Monday on shares of horse stealing. He was examined before Justice Prime Tuesday, and as there was no evidence against him he was discharged. He was arrested shortly after the trial and held on suspicion of being one of the prisoners who recently escaped from the Phoenix jail.

The Arizona Lumber and Timber Co. have an order from the Bisbee Copper Co. for two million feet of lumber and mining timbers.

Sheriff Donahue and Deputy W. Payne left on Tuesday with three prisoners who were sentenced to the Yuma prison last week. They go by way of Colton.

Friday afternoon at the Davenport logging camp of the Saginaw Lumber Co., Alex Collings and three other men were loading logs on a wagon. A log started to back down the skids. Collings attempted to catch it with his cant hook, but failed. The log ran over him crushing his head into a shapeless mass. He was a valued employee and leaves many friends behind.

For choice sauerkraut or fresh cream candies, go to the News Depot.

Levi Strauss & Co’s Copper Riveted Overall and Spring Bottom Pants. Every pair guaranteed.

100 YEARS AGO

1918: The infamous crossing on Aspen Avenue and Beaver Street is no more. This was the only street crossing in existence and was built for the purpose of allowing vehicles to pass over the crossing without bumps – if they hit the grooves squarely. Pedestrians could jump or wade through. At last, this relic of by gone days will be seen no more, for it was cut out and filled with cement Saturday.

The Normal School reopened for class work last Tuesday morning with an attendance of about 50 percent of the students who had enrolled for the term. Letters and telegrams are coming from other students who had gone to their homes when the school was closed on account of the influenza epidemic. Prof. Stephenson hopes that within a couple of weeks all will be in full running force as usual.

Do you own or know of any Manganese Deposits in your locality which is now being operated but is hampered by lack of capital? Do you know of any deposit that has not been worked? Write giving full information to Post Office Box 1004, Phoenix, Arizona.

Best buy in town. $300 cash, balance monthly, 50 ft. corner on Grand Canyon Avenue, near pines. Almost new, three rooms and pantry with built-in features. Hot and cold water - ventilated cooler, large sleeping porch, garage, sheds, etc. Come and see any time. T. A. Slattery.

I.H. Flagler has moved his family back to Flagstaff from the ranch at Hart Prairie where he has been farming this summer. Mr. Flagler says that he has 600 sacks of potatoes and 60 tons of hay as a result of a hard summer’s work.

For Sale Cheap: Hunting coat. Used once, Size 36, Phone 268-W.

Latest reports from Cliffs are that the “flu” is through there and there are no more cases of sickness.

Luther Hart, the sheepman was in Flagstaff from Winslow on Tuesday. He is getting ready to ship a cargo of lambs to the Kansas City market the coming week.

Al Beasley came home last week to vote and to visit friends says he has just finished planting 100 acres of wheat down in the Salt River Valley.

L. D. Landers, the cowman who has a splendid fruit ranch down on Beaver Creek was up with a splendid lot of apples and pears that will attract the attention of any lover of fine flavored fruit.

For Sale – a number of hens and pullets, also a good heating stove. See Willis Brown at Brown’s Jewelry Store.

75 YEARS AGO

1943: Four Santa Fe employees were injured. Two of them seriously and west bound traffic was held up for about 12 hours Monday night when a helper engine plowed into the back of a Santa Fe work train as the train was backing down the west bound track three miles west of Flagstaff near Riordan.

Gilbert Bjorque, three-time loser who had told Deputy Jess of Phoenix that he was absent without leave from the Marines, was arrested Tuesday in Phoenix in connection with the burglary of Babbitt’s warehouse and offices last Friday night. He was returned here on Wednesday and taken before Superior Court Judge H. K. Mangam who sentenced him that same afternoon from 2 to 5 years in penitentiary at Florence.

On the same day a 15-year-old youth who broke into a service station on Santa Fe Ave, and $105.00 in cash was also taken before Judge Mangum and released on his own cognizance.

Now is the time to start control of the Cattle Grub worm. This grub injures both the hide and the animal and then in the spring produces the heel fly. Get your leaflet about control at the Agricultural Office.

Take the codling moth bands off your trees now and burn them. Leaving on longer does no good and may do harm. C. G. Lueker, County Agricultural Agent.

For Sale: Turkeys live or dressed at Ranch on Walnut Canyon Road. Write Ms. Oscar Hubbard Route One Box 130 Flagstaff.

Sam Ensminger is the new manager at Babbitt Drug. He has more than 20 years experience as a pharmacist and druggist replacing Francisco V. Martinea who left recently to accept a position as medical service representative for the Eli Lily Pan American Corporation. He comes to Babbitts from Prescott where he was managing a drug store as well as the Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix.

Jams, jellies are to be ration point free in jars containing one to one half ounces or less - that is in gift size containers that are considered to good sizes to send to send as gifts to our soldiers.

50 YEARS AGO

1968: Four injured when work train and engine collide. The rail traffic was tied up for abut two hours.

The Grand Canyon Visitors Center and Yavapai Museum on the South Rim wil be will be operated on a reduced schedule of five days a week, eight hours a day, Wednesday through Sunday until June 15, 1969. The concession facilities are not affected by this change.

The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe’s three major passenger trains through Flagstaff were all delayed on Friday for about eight hours as a result of a burned out bridge on the mainline near Bannock, California.

New city ordinance provides that “No person shall throw or deposit litter on any public place or private premise” and holds violators liable for a 90-day jail sentence, up to a $300 fine or both.

The U. S. Bureau of Public Roads has accepted the city’s request to add Flagstaff’s Enterprise and Butler Roads to the Coconino Federal Aid Secondary highway system. The route will be eligible for preliminary engineer improvements with matching (Federal) secondary funds. It will connect U.S. 66 southerly on Enterprise and Butler to connect Fourth Street in Flagstaff with and extension with Lake Mary Road.

25 YEARS AGO

1993: Flagstaff is not immune to fires. People get excited about moving into forest get-a-ways and summer cabins up here and don’t always pay consider the danger of wildfire. The 1977 Radio Fire which charred Mt. Elden serves as a reminder of residents here to the constant danger of forest fire. By aggressive thinning and burning in high-risk areas, the Forest Service is working toward lowering the persistent presence of this danger.

A malfunctioning electrical system is believed to have caused two class rooms at Thomas Elementary School to be gutted early Sunday morning. The fire discovered by a security guard, caused about $40,000 in damage. Acting Principal Dan Smith said the music room is beyond repair and the art room is about half destroyed. Portable class rooms will probably be brought in to provide places for the art and music programs to continue.

Flagstaff is an expensive place to build but the market for new homes continues to thrive. 204 permits this year had, as of October 31, been issued. It costs 25 to 30 percent more to build a house here than it does in the valley. Currently a quarter acre site with utilities in place begins at about $40,000.

Goodwill Industries in northern Arizona has been helping the disabled lead productive lives for the past 40 years. It has now purchased land and is about to build a large facility in Flagstaff at 2225 S. Steves. It will house a 4,000-square store, a large processing plant and a drive-through drop-off point.

The dismantling of the old Stone Forest Industries lumber mill is underway. This week construction workers from Mesa’s Busby Metals and Page Steel lowered the three old steam pipes at 825 East Butler. A big land mark has fallen.

Hundreds of people who owe the county money have something to worry about. The Superior Court has cracked down on defenders who have failed to pay fines, fees and restitutions in an aggregate amount of about $5 million. Sharon Hicks, manager of the courts new management program.

Thursday’s first snow was a dud. With up to 10” forecast, a meager 1.9” was recorded.

The Museum of Northern Arizona is building a pond with assistance from Flagstaff High Schools’ outdoor adventure class. The 50 x 90 foot - 7 foot deep pond will provide ecology education for local schools and organizations. The $1400 project has been funded by the city of Flagstaff. The water comes from a local stream.