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THREE NEWSPAPERS THAT LEAD THE ARIZONA WEEKLY SENTINEL Established 1872 Published Every Thursday for Over Forty Years Without Missing An Issue Entered in the Post Office in Yuma, Arizona as Second Class Mail Matter Price, $2.00 Per Year Two Subscriptions. $3.00 THE WEEKLY INTER OCEAN Established January 20, 1911 Published Fridays Subscription $2.00 Per Year Pioneer Newspaper of Northeastern Imperial County, California Entered in the Postoffice at Bard, Imperial County, California, as Second Class Mail Matter "From the Country God Remembered and Man Doesn't Know" THE YUMA DAILY EXAMINER "A THINKING PAPER FOR THINKING PEOPLE" . By W. Harold Shorey Published Daily, Except Sunday Entered in the Postoffice in Yuma, Arizona, as Second Class Mail Matter Price, $6.00 Per Year Established March 17, 1906 75c Per Month For President THEODORE ROOSEVELT of New York For Vice President HIRAM W. JOHNSON Of California For Congress ROBERT S. FISHER For Presidential Electors E. S. CLARK DWIGHT B. HEARD JOHN C. GREENVAY ROOSEVELT WOULDN'T COMPROMISE When it was evident that the Taft leaders could prevent the nomination of Roosevelt at the National Republican Convention last June, Senator Borah, of Idaho, made the Colonel the following proposition as coming from Taft leaders, whom he stated, were able to deliver the goods: "The roll will he purged of the seventy-eight delegates we claim are taint ed, a Progressive platform acceptable to us will be adopted, Taft and Roose velt both to withdraw and we will name Hadley by acclamation." Colonel Roosevelt was seated under a glass chandelier when he received the proposal from Borah. He sprang to his feet and raised his fist, smashing the chandelier, then bringing his fist down on the table with a whack, he said: "By God, I will never do it! Let them purge the roll and then come" to me and I will tell them what I will do." There was a silence and a drawing away for a few seconds, and then Borah, white faced, said: "Well, Colonel, in the future you and your friends can do as you please, but you can't make a jackass out of me any longer." Borah immediately left the room and never returned. Shortly afterward Roosevelt issued his famous statement: "I ran only serve the Progressive cause by bearing the brunt of the fight myself." The above statement was personally given to the editor of this paper by one of the Roosevelt delegates from Kansas City, who was high enough in the coun cils to be made chairman of the caucus of all the Roosevelt delegates of the United States. His name is Homer B. Mann, the original Roosevelt man of Kansas City. His office is the Dwight building, Tenth and Baltimore, if you. care to verify this statement. Olathe (Kansas) Mirror. Had Theodore Roosevelt accepted the compromise, coming from the Taft leaders, he would have been false to his trust and unworthy of the confidence imposed in him by the great mass of the American people who commanded him to do just what he did, and for his prompt decision in refusing a humili ating compromise when most men would have weakened, the American people will hold him in loving remembrance a hundred years after such men as Borah and Hadley are forgotten. SUIT TO TEST VALIDITY OF NEWSPAPER LAW Suit to test the rights of the government to enforce the Federal law of Au gust 24, 1912, requiring newspapers and periodicals to publish their circulation figures twice a year, and imposing other publicity requirements, was filed in United States District court by the Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin comany, publishers of the Journal of Commerce. That portion of the law which directs that all printed matter for which compensation is received shall be labelled "advertisement," is also attacked. The suit is direcled against Postmaster General Hitchcock, Attorney Gen eral Wickersham, United States District Attorne'y Wise and Postmaster Mor gan of New York. The petitioner charges the law in unconstitutional and prays for a temporary injunction, restraining its enforcement until final ad judication. Back of the action, according to" Robert C. Morris, counsel for the complain ants, is the American Newspaper Publishers' Association. The association recently decided to file a test suit, and the Journal of Commerce, Mr. Morris said, in filing its petition, had the sanction and co-operation of the association. The petition alleges there are upwards of 35,000 newspapers and perodicals in the country are affected by th law. It charges that the law is void because it violates the Federal constitution, and particularly the first and fifth amend ments, and abridges the freedom of the press. The law is characterized as of no benefit to the postoffice or any other department of the government, inas ,much as obedience by the periodicals and newspapers would not "aid or assist in the operation of the postoffice department or in carrying of the mails or the regulation thereof." PARKER WILL HAVE IRRIGATION PROJECT A project that will mean nearly as much to tjie state of Arizona as the Roosevelt dam has, is about to be started. That project is the Geeley-Arizona irrigation company. This company has raised the money to construct a large diversion dam three miles above Parker, Arizona, and this dam will irrigate about 250,000 acres of land and transform, what is at present a desert, into a paradise. The project has been worked upon for some time now, but until several days ago, there was nothing definite about the proposition known. The only thing that stands in the way of the projet at the present time is an act of congress opening the Mohave Indian Reservation to settlement. It is the in tention of those having the work in hand to give the Indians five or. ten acres each in lieu of their present holdings. The cost of the dam and all of the canals and the laterals of the project will be in the neighborhood of $5,000,000. The land itself is among the best soil in the West, and when the project is complete, will be another garden spot in the West and in the state of Arizona. ASSIST A WORTHY CAUSE Is there in our fine, new state one man, woman or child who does not know the Florence Crittenton Home at Phoenix, Sr its mission? It is the' one, only open door for women who are unfortunate in the battle Which Better for Arizona IT K B r nxperiment : is rospenty o at Every Arizona Voter Should Know and Why. Arizona has hundreds of thousands of acres of land that should be tapped by railroads. Ore running from $10 to $40 a ton is being thrown on the dump because it costs too much to haul it to a railroad. What Arizona needs most to develop her resources is Railroads. Under the laws of the State and the rules of the Interstate Com- , merce Commission, railroads cannot make improvements or extensions except with borrowed money. (See Laws of the First Legislature of the State of Arizona, Chap. 90, Sec. 48, and Rules of I. C. C.) By reason of the absolutely unnecessary expense and unfair' reduc,, lion of earnings, it will cost the railroads about one and a half million dollars a year, if the bills submitted to the people to be voted on November 5th become laws. One and a Half' Million Dollrrs will pay interest, at 5, on Thirty Million Dollars. These bills will exclude just that much capital from the state, which could it be invested, would develop the country and give employment to thousands of people. THE MEN WHO HAVE SUEMITTED TH ESE BILLS HAVE CON FIDENCE THAT THE PEOPLE WILL GIVE THE RAILROADS A SQUARE DEAL. THEREFORE, THE RAILROADS HAVE REFUSED HERETOFORE TO TREAT WITH SELF-SEEKING POLITICIANS AND HAVE APPEALED THEIR CASE TOTHE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA. PROSPERITY FIRST, EXPERIMENT SEC OND, THEREFORE, DEFEAT THESE BILLS NOVEMBER 5TH. "AN ACT REGULATING THE NUMBER OF MEN' TO BE EMPLOYED ON TRAINS AND ENGINES." (On Official Ballot, Nos. 304 and 305 House Bill No. 44.) This is a useless expenditure of money and against public policy. It roquires an extra man on light engines, that is, engines that are not pulling cars. Of what earthly use is such a man? Where would he sit? What would he do? Just draw pay. Do you think that is fair? Certainly you don't. The fewer men on an engine the better. There is less chance of their talking instead .of attending to business, and causing a wreck. "AN ACT REGULATING HEADLIGHTS CN ALL LOCOMOTIVES." . (On Official Ballot, Nos. 3CG and 307 House Bill No. 42.) It practically creates a monopoly. One company, the Pyle Co., virtually controls all high candle power electric headlight patents. What was the power behind the throne? Experiments have- shown conclusively that electric headlights are dangerous on double track. Inventions are coming so thick and fast that this form of light may a back number in two or three years. Why tie the railroads dovn viih a law and prevent them fiom taking advantage1 of new inven tions? Even now, competent authorities disagree as to the best form of 'headlight. "AN ACT REQUIRING ALL ENGINEERS AND CONDUCTORS TO HAVE THREE YEARS' EXPERIENCE BEFORE BEING ELIGIBLE TO nOLD SUCH POSITION. " (On Official Ballot, Nos. 3C3 and 309 House Bill No. 50.) It is class legislation that forces every man who now holds a position as an engineer or conductor, if he did not have three years' experience as a fireman, or a brakeman, to give up his job. Experi ence won't make brains. Some men might be firemen, or brakemen, for years and still be unfitted for promotion, and others, after one year's experience would be perfectly competent to handle a train. The law robs the sons of Arizona of their birthright and forces them to give way, because of lack of opportunity, to the tramp engineer," or conductor men who are able to produce letters showing they have had three years' experience, letters that may be forged. "AN ACT LIMITING THE NUMBER OF CARS LN A TRAIN." (On Official Ballot, Nos. 310 and 311 House Bill No. 43.) The development of the State' will be held back because the rail roads will not be allowed to work up to their' full capacity. What inducement is there to a railroad to improve its lines by eliminating curves, reducing grades, putting in heavier rails a.id better equipment, if it is not going to be allowed to reap the benefits. It is claimed that it is dangerous to handle long trains. Where does the danger lie, with modern airbrake equipment? On the Southern Pacific, there has not-'b,een a man even injured in more than three years as the result of handling long trains. Mr. Cattleman and Mr. Farmer, it means that your products must wait, if the train has seventy cars, when it reaches the station where jour cars are, even though the engine might be capable of handling ten or fifteen cars more with ease. What you want is service, and you don't want that service restricted by law, as long as it is safe. "AN ACT PROVIDING THAT RAILROADS SHALL. NOT CHARGE -MORE, THAN THREE CENTS A MILE." ' (On Official Ballot, Nos. 312 and 313 Senate Bill No. 21.) The population of Arizona is less than two to the square mile. Passenger traffic is so light -that this law will make a drain of about $320,000 a year on the railroads: It will limit their borrowing power by just that much, will force them to curtail present high class service and will inhibit expansion in the future. The Southern Pacific took in, last year, from sources in the State. of Arizona, $501,474.4 and spent $3,818,G33.51. Does that look as If It were-charging the people too.much? The three-cent fare law-will force the restriction of excur sion and homeseekers' rates, that are doing so much to bring people into the State. In proportion to population, the rates in Arizona are now lower than any State in the Union. Texas has tried these re strictive laws with the result that railroad construction has abou come to a standstill only 12 miles of road built in the first six months of 1912, and no promise for the second six :months. Remember $320,000.00 will pay interest, at 5, on $6,400,000.00 that the nUnoads will not be able to invest. FOR A S2MI- "AN ACT PROVIDING MONTHLY PAY DAY." " (On Official Ballot. Nos. ,314 and 315 Senate Bill No. 19.) It will put a burden on the State by increasing poverty, bec.mne the temptation to spend money foolishly when one has it in his pocket is too great for the average man. We are usually broke the day aster pay day. It would be twice as bad with two pay days. The work inguien don't want it, as shown by the petition sent in to the Coipora tion Commission, against, the- law by the railroad men. This lav would play into the hands of that class of business that lives by induc ing the working .man to spend all he-has on pay day. It will increase the cost of doing business for both the merchants and the railroads, without benefiting either. Nor will.it benefit the working man. FINALLY: The', people of this State established a Corporation Commission to take care-of just .such questions-as these. . (See Chap. 90, Laws of the First Session of the. Legislature of the State of Ari zona.) Here the railroads and. the people might be heard and equal justice done. -Why not let this body attend to these mattuib? Why enact laws that are no't needed? (ADVERTISEMENT) of life. Women and girls are received here and cared for in a home which is all the word implies; to the indigent, ostracized or abused of high or low degree, youth and age, the Florence Crittenton Home is an open door. "The high cost of living" is as much an item with the management of this Home as with other homes; so to help defray the expenses for the coming year, the Florence Crittenton Home Circle, of Phoenix, will serve fine, well cooked meals all through the Fair days at the Fair grounds. Look for the booth, help a good, work, eat with us. Come to dinner! Yumaites should remember this appeal when at the State Fair next week, i A QUESTION OF PRONUNCIATION An old schoolmate of Colonel Roosevelt's relates an interesting story, which is as follows: "One of his first public speeches was made when he arose at the first meeting of his class at Harvard to correct an instructor who pronounced his name 'Ros-e-velt,' in stead of 'Rose-velt.' Even people in official life who know the ex-president well, are apt to make this common mistake in pronunciation. No. 17 Buy Improved Property ...An acre, of land in the city is worth . hvpnfv times ns much ns nn nrrp in thp country Ju.st so with a Stickney Engine, it will give twenty times the service of any other, because of its outside igniter, its straight line valve motion,, its modern cooling system, its ball bearing governor and its three point suspension. Let me show you. . E. F. Sanguineffi Adds Healthful Ooaltefol EXCLUSIVE AGENT E. F. Sanguinelti-tfardware Dept.-Main Store Yuma, Ariz. FORD'S THEATRE UNSAFE The days of .Ford's theatre, where President Lincoln was .shot, are number ed. A report declaring the building to be unsanitary, badly ventilated, and un safe, has been prepared to be filed with President Taft by the Efficiency and Economy Commission within the next month. - Ford's theatre building is now used to house the files of the adjutant gen eral's department. In the years !gone by it was used for the medical museum I and library of the surgeon, general's division... The building is used and owned by -the government, which acquired it shortly after the close of the Civil War. There are 110 clerks employed in the historic structure. Prof. Prescott, of the University of Michigan, testified before the Pure Food Committee of Congress, that the acid of grapes held highest rank as an article of food and he regarded the re sults from baking with cream of tartar baking powder as favorable to health. Royal is the only Baking Powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartan TEACHING JOURNALISM Washington, as the headquarters for a greater numher of newspaper men than any other city, has .been, watching the development of plans for a school of journalism in connection with Columbia University. The late Joseph Pul itzer of the New York .World,- in providing a fund for the creation of this class of schools, made the statement: "It is. the fashion in the newspaper w.orld. to say the idea of a school of journalism is ridiculous." It is then pointed" out hat in former years a boy began the study of law by sweeping, out a. lawyer's office,, or of medicine by mixing pills for a, country doctor, J.t was held by. Mr. Pulitzer that instruc tion in journalism is in about the same state. With 114,073 lawyers and. 30, 098 persons clased as journalists, and with- one hundred law schools employing 1106 professors, there should in proportion be twenty-six colleges and 291 in-. 1 structors whereas there are none in. .the field of journalism." 8 WILL MJtJBa Here is a calm appraisal of just how- much danger there is of Col. Boosevelt falling into the hands of the bosses. The danger is wholly to the bosses, if one may take the word of- one of the greatest of them. This extract is from the autobiography of the late Senator Piatt, of New York: " - V "Roosevelt proved himself the anti thesis of Garfield, tftid-' repudiated5 ev ery contract he ever made with me. I have ever preferred that, .a man.should tell me frankly, face to face, that he will or will not do a thing, than to ! i J 1 J 1 Po An pi uima to uu n auu iueu iciuao w i it. Roosevelt told me, for instance; that he proposed to remove Lou Payn. I protested, but he was removed." - - YUMA COUNTY'S GREAT REGISTER IS-" COMPLETE There are 1311 names dh the Great Register of Yuma county '-eilgible-to vote at the coming election? Novem ber 5. The Register has been closed for several days, the returns are in and the Register is now made uprn ' There may be a few- transfers' yet. Some from other counties "mSybe transferred to Yumar apd soni'd frdm Yuma to other counties, but the total stands at about 1300. This Is a fair ly good registra.tio.a-.fort.-Yaoia. coun ty, considering the fact that fit least 200 voters have been disfranchised by the educational qualification.-- BIG PEANUT SPECIMENS FOR COMMERCIAL CLUB Supervisor B. F. Hopkins brought in a record-breaking bunch of peanutB today, and it may be seen at the Com mercial . .Club's headquarters.: With other similar exhibits, these peanuts -will "be sent to the State Fair on Thursday. . Remember, those who have exhibits for the State Fair, should have, .them in by Thursday noon, as Fair Commis sioner Glen L. Wheeler leaves on Fri day morning. ' - MOVED FROM BARD 'TO YUMA T. L. Lane, of Sard, 'has moved to Yuma, and has rentetj the KTarr house in Speese addition. TWO HORSE BRAND . BOYS' OVERALLS FREE if the JT rip. LEVI STRAUSS & CO., R&f..SiaEruaea PTTMPQ tbatcombise simplicity, effieiesey. '4owv..QS.t. of maintenance The Layne PMentMiJH-StSKeEndojeJSGft Centrifugal Pump and Screen.. SaaJ does nix trouble WRITE FOR CATALOG: JfO. 3e- - Layne & BovvferCotp. 902-910 SantaFe Ave (Cor-Viefet) LOS ANGELES, CAL.-... i V,ir MONEY IN IDEAS Howe. Since . "and other mfflfeoafc 31 eoor feov.' k ?dftunat await other inventors. -YCXJF'4Sfk ff something to patent? America's 'gftlt inventor tells HUW' TCMRttflT m a Dootiei 5eni.Kj.you iwc try COPP & CO., l?ateaAttor neys745 SthStWiskljig ton , D. C. IBewreto name, this, newspaper, in. 'your? letter. 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