1923: A hard-headed veteran wants to know why the road from Flagstaff to the Tonto Basin is not maintained. He said that Payson and other townsfolk in the area used to come here for supplies and trade thousands of dollars a year, but now they were going elsewhere because of this bad road. I remember Their business will be more profitable for the town now than the tourism business we are bidding on.

Thank you Lowell Observatory for providing new information about Mars. According to Professor Thrifer, who has been director of the observatory since the death of Professor Percival Lowell, Mars has air and an average temperature of about 70 degrees Celsius.

Most scientists have argued that Mars is covered only with ether. If there was an atmosphere containing oxygen, it would be too thin for any form of life. But Dr. Lowell has discovered more about Mars than any other astronomer. Not only did he endorse the theory of the presence of flora and fauna on the planet, but in 1905 he provided the world with the first photographs proving the existence of canals on Mars.

1948: A plan to build a new urban airport near Fort Tuthill is almost ready to be submitted to the CAA, showing that the $100,000 set for the project could build the first unit of the port. said urban engineer Sid Fisher. city ​​council.

The first unit of development under the master plan calls for a 5,300-foot-long northeast-southwest runway. The runway lighting. Installation of electrically lit streamers. and harbor fences. The runway will be pitched to 300 feet wide, but only the central 150 feet will be blacktop paved for the first project.

Funding for the first project will come from a $40,000 bond issue approved by city taxpayers last September and $60,000 provisionally allocated by the federal government through the Airport Assistance Program.

A bid for the Weatherford Cafe has been accepted to feed prisoners in the city for a year beginning February 15, the police chief said. Weatherford’s bid was 55 cents. Bids from Weatherford, the Roundup Fountain Café and the Black Cat Café opened at a city council meeting on Monday night, but the bid was postponed pending further investigation.

Five counties in northern Arizona had 51 traffic fatalities in 1947, and four already in 1948, according to figures compiled by the Arizona Interindustry Traffic Safety Commission. Coconino County had the highest number of deaths in the north last year, no doubt because the county’s transcontinental highway stretches so much. He accounted for 16 traffic fatalities in the county that year.

1973: More than 1,000 people braved the cold winds that blew down the runway at Municipal Airport at noon Tuesday to welcome the Apollo astronauts to Flagstaff. Young children sat on the shoulders of their larger friends, trying to get a clear view of his three last men to set foot on the moon, while Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans and Harrison “Jack” did not have the opportunity to give warm cheers to. Apollo 17 astronaut Schmidt. Instead, boys and girls with their mothers and teachers, high school students who took an afternoon off, and adults who wanted to see . The “Last Moonwalker” turned his bundled body around and hurried back to his car. Everyone from the U.S. Geological Survey, Mayor Hallenburg, the Chamber of Commerce Commissioner, and the county attorney thanked the people for coming.

NASA No.2 passed the airport four times and found no gaps in the clouds. So the turboprop turned around and headed to San Diego, the next stop on the Apollo 17 tour. “They apologized for not being able to attend,” said Russ Warman.he is in USGS

The Arizona Daily SUN recently filed a lawsuit against the city government seeking full disclosure in a series of reports of a $300,000 fire that claimed the life of an 18-year-old. Reports produced by Flagstaff departments (fire, water, public works, and police) are not made public by city officials.

The fire struck an apartment complex near Flagstaff on December 29. A week later, the SUN reported that fire engines were unable to reach the apartment complex due to snow and ice on the dirt road. The SUN noted that the road should have been paved, but the city has waived the requirement for apartment developers.

The problem at the moment is that public information is being withheld without explanation. SUN’s lawsuit seeking to release information is currently pending in Coconino County Superior Court, along with a similar lawsuit filed by an apartment tenant. (Reprinted from Arizona Daily Sun, Tucson)

If you want to complain about the weather, go ahead. you have every right to do so. The city just experienced the longest cold spell on record, according to Paul Sorenson, head of the Flagstaff Bureau of Meteorology. He noted that the past six months have all recorded below-average monthly readings. November was the coldest on record. December was the coldest on record. Sorenson said the average temperature last month was 22.9 degrees. Normal is 27.3 degrees.