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THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 1, 1920
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THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 1. 1920
What is there that is illustrious
that is not attended by labor?
Cicero.
REMOVING OBSTRUCTIONS
The obstacle thrown in the way of the county
highway program has been promptly removed.
The injunction suit filed at Chicago attacking the
county bonds and the contract for building the county
highways has been summarily dismissed.
There is nothing now to prevent the realization
of the dream of years a splendid highway system for
Maricopa county.
Let the next step be taken today the initiation
of the State Highway Commission bill, looking to a
complete highway system for the whole state.
Do It Today
This Is the last day when petitions for initiative
measures may be signed. Petitions may be filed in
the office of the secretary of state not later than
midnight. ' '
Maricopa county should furnish many xnoro
names for the initiative petitions for the state high
way commfsslon bill and the proposed constitutional
amendment relating to the state's bonded indebted
ness. We are sure that a very large majority of the
voters of this county are favorable to both measures.
But the campaign for signatures has not been Vigor
ously carried on. The disposition has been to 'let
George do It," and nobody has taken the trouble to
apprise George of the responsibility that was thrust
upon him. So, he busied himself about something
-lse.
There is almost no opposition at all to either of
these measures In this county, but the people do not
run after initiative petitions and, therefore, thous
ands who would have signed have not been offered
the opportunity to do so.
"We: would urge all citizens at whose door oppor
tunity in this matter has not knocked, to seek oppor
tunity today, knock at her door for the privilege of :
signing these petitions.
It will be a great day for Maricopa county and
the whole state when this proposed legislation has
been enacted by the people.
It Does Not Mean Greater Indebtedness
One thing that should be made plain to the voters
in the matter of the constitutional amendment to
raise the limi of the state s indebtedness is that the
amendment, if adopted, would not itself, increase in- '
debtedness a single penny.
T It would only give the people, that is, the tax
payers on whom the indebtedness would rest, the
power to say whether they wanted to assume it.
I In case, after the adoption of the amendment.
Arizona should propose to undertake some great pub
lic improvement, the question of issuing bonds to pay
for It would be submitted to the taxpayers. If a ma
jority of them voting, favored the improvement the
bonds necessary to pay for it would be voted. If a
majority voted the other way, no bonds would be
issued. t
As matters now stand with the absurd limit of
$350,000 on our bonded Indebtedness, we could un
dertake no public improvement if every man, woman
and childin the state wanted it. "We are tied, hand
and foot.
Those who inthe fnterest ofthe great mining com
panies are opposing this measure try to terrify, the
people with the statement that under the amendment
wc would issue bonds in the sum of $34,000,000. Of
course, we could do that, and as the taxable wealth
of the state increases we could issue bonds in a still
greater sum
But, would the people do it? Certainly not in
so large a sum and not In any sum unless they be
lieved that i't would pay to do it. If more' than half
the taxpayers should desire to issue bonds in any
amount permitted by law, that would be a good rea
son why the bonds should issue. Taxpayers are not
given to saddling bonded indebtedness upon them
selves unless they see how it is going to benefit them
financially.
There was once a man in the city of Bagdad
who had never been outsidethe city walls; he had
never desired to go beyond them and but for one
thing, he probably never would have felt such a de
sire. But for some offense the caliph condemned him .j,
always to remain within the walls. At once the man
was seized with a violent longing to visit Bassorah,
a journey he had never even remotely contemplated.
In consequence of the limitation placed upon him by
the caliph's prohibtton he pined away and died.
All we ask now is permission to go beyond the
ridiculous, present limit of our indebtedness if ever
vve want to go.
That is all there is proposed in the amendment.
There are many citizens, though, who are not
Cuite like the man of Bagdad. They have already
'realized the need of certain public improvements for
which, there is no money.
No doubt, if the . amendment should be adopted
they would propose a bond issue, but if a majority
of the taxpayers did not feel the same need of the
improvement, there would be no bond issue.
Though Arizona is a very wealthy state there is
no other in the United States so cramped and crippled
by its bonded debt l'imitatfon.
Experience As a Teacher
To adopt plans and methods which others have
found successful is always a ise and profitable
ThatUwhy we are urging ie bil. for the creation
of a state highway commission. We know of no pr
!Live state whose roads are not constructed undo.
F ctate highway commission. Another
v. Erection OI a Stale in;,"
the direcuo t know pf no whf p
ws-v of saying the same
thinks it is progressive, than Anaona.
. - v,:hwav construction upon such a
v-iiirh depends for hignw.fj
Iteful unjomtcd system which .s really n., system
7 .U a higgle-de-pigPedy throwing in a stretch of
at all. a rpmotI! from it; a bridge here,
approached by an impassable highway, and another
there, equally inaccessible, because of bad roads.
State highway commissions are created under
many different kinds of laws, some better than
others, but all of them better than no system at all,
and better than our chaotic county system.
The proposed Arizona state highway commission
law is taken from the highest development of state
highway legislation, with such changes of detail as
better adapt it to conditions in this sta.te.
It has the approval of every man in Arizona,
recognized as a good roads advocate, who wants
roads unobstructed by political bumps and ruts.
The Road District Plan
Those who lived in the middle west a generation
ago remember how roads were built and maintained
there. Each township was divided into road districts,
each district with a supervisor. The supervisor called
on all male citizens to turn out at a certain time to
work on the roads. Every citizen was required to
put In two days and those who had property were
required to work a little longer, according to the
amount of the property on which they paid taxes.
Equipped with plows and scrapers, the workers
made a ditch here and filled up a depression there.
The road work done was made evident by irregular
piles of earth thrown up in the roadway or by newly
made ditches a.long-the side. Much of the time was
spent In conversation and resting the horses. There
waa no attempted connection of the improvements (?)
in one district with those of another.
'The road district system of the middle western
states a generation ago was a miniature of the present
Arizona system. But in one respect, at least, the
principle of the road district system was better than
ours. There the worst places in the roads were made
passable. Under the Arizona plan improvements are
not made where they are most needed but in sections
which happen to have the most money available or
which promise the greatest political returns.
So, we have not improved the principle of the
old road district system.
Nodding In High Places
A curious slip has been allowed to occur in the
"Conning Tower" conducted by the scholarly and
brilliant F. P. A. in which a contributor is allowed to
print a variant, "The female of the species is livelier
than the male," of what he calls Kipling's "The fe
male of the species fs deadlier than the male." F. P.
A. of course is not necessarily responsible for the
errors of his contributors, but inasmuch as his col
umn is partially given to the correction of the mis
takes of others it might well have taken judicial
notice of this one.
The famous l."bel on women in the linee, "The
female of the species is deadlier than the male," is
. Kiplingesque only in its force. But Kipling would
notfhave written it; certainly he has never had oc
casion to do so. The author is William Watson, who
was a disappointed aspirant to the post of poet '
laureate to which Robert Bridges was appointed. He
escribed his defeat to the malignity of Lady Asquith
and Violet Asquith, the wife and daughter of the then
premier.
Another, but a less serious slip in the most cur
rent literature appears in Bruce Barton's latest
"Common Sense Editorial" in the current Red Book.
"You shouldn't expect the lamb to do all the loving" to
which he lends more force and illustration in a mis
quotation from a bit of philosophy which he says he
discovered in a book from his four year old son's
library:
" 'What makes the lamb love Mary so?' '
The little children cry.
'Because Mary loves the Iamb, you know,
The teacher did reply."
Mr. Barton's mature rythmic sense, if not his
childhood memory should have come to his aid:
"'What makes the lamb love Mary so?'
The eager children cry.
'O, Mary loves the lamb, you know,
The teacher did reply."
Why Not Try It Again?
We have reproduced the other morning in "Forty
Years Ago Today" a notice issued by Sheriff Thomas
of Maricopa ' county, forty years ago, warning
all persons without proper, employment or vi'sible
legitimate means of living in idleness, that they would
be regarded as vagrants and would be taken into
custody.
We think it would be a good thing if the sheriff
of tho county and the chief of police would copy this
notice, post it in publi'c places, about the pool rooms
and certain shady hotels and lodging houses and
then begin immediately rounding up the suspected
vags.
That there Is a great deal of rottenness here is
generally believed. It may be difficult to uncover
much of it but it would not be difficult to make a man
suspected of being, a pimp, a gambler or a bootlegger
or a woman suspected of prostitution, to explain how
existence may be perpetuated without legitimate em
ployment or legitimate means. In case of no ex
planation or an unsatisfactory explanation a term in
jail would be salutary.
There are a great many young men and some
older ones in Phoenix who would fall under investi
gation and much that now appears mysterfous would
be cleared up.
Forty years ago some things were legtimate in
the sense that they were allowable, that are not per
mitted by law now but such laws as were then in
existence were rigidly enforced with the result that
the town though open was orderly and was kept so
by the authorities who weeded out the undesirables.
There was then and for ten years later only one po
liceman and two or three deputy sheriffs. They knew
though how every man and woman who fell under
suspicion lived. There was then little theft or burg
lary and lfttle disorder in the streets. There were
few boys growing up in idleness. There was no place
for them to loaf. The saloons would not allow them
to hang about and foolish parents did not supply
them with money for their ultimate undoing.
The kind of midsummer weather is reviving the
loose talk that the climate of the Salt River is chang
ing. It takes more than one swallow to make a sum
mer and it takes more than one summer to establish
a climatic reputation.
We would rather have Mr. McAdoo's chances of
succession than those of Frederick William, the other
Kronprinz. We mean, of course, of succession to the
nomination. r
The moisture of the atmosphere in the neighbor
hood of the Golden Gate could not but affect a party
platform constructed in that vicinity.
Whoever may ho nominated at pan Francisco
today or tomorrow will bo squirrel-food of equal
ticlicucy for Mr. Harding.
QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Q. What kind of a golf game does
Warren G. Harding play? F. G.
A. Senator Harding plays the game
of golf for recreation and exercise. liis
golfing companions are usually other
members of congress. He keeps him
self well out of the dub class with
scores ranging from 90 to 100, ana
would be handicapped at about 18 on
the average golf course.
Q. Why is the expression "safe as
the Bank of England" used? L. E.
A. The Bank of England was incor
porated in 1694, and from its outset
has been closely connected with the
English government. The reserve ol i
its banking department is always in
coin or in notes, against which there is
coin lying in the issue department ol
the bank. Since it is through tho Bank
of England that other banks "clear,"
many of them keep their reserve lying
as a deposit in it, rather than in their
own banks. It is essential, therefore,
to the stability of all banks in that
country that the Bank of England
shall always be possessed of coin, and
even be able to pay on demand, all
checks of depositors or notes that may
be presented" to it.
Q. How many parts are there in a
Ford car? M. E. C.
A. The Ford Motor company says
that there are from 2400 to 2500 parts
in a Ford touring car.
Q. Do animals live as long in cap
tivity as in their native state?
T..U. H.
A. It is not possible to make an ab
solute comparison, but it is known that
foxes and monkeys are so fretful in
captivity that their lives are shortened
materially, while elephants, snakes and
turtles do not seem to suffer from cap
tivity. Q. In the word "vis-a-vis" is the
first "a" sounded? L. E. T.
A. , The first "s" is sounded, the word
being pronounced as if spelled "vee-za-vee."
Q. What is the origin of the word
"hooch" as applied to liquor? M. N. B.
A. Hoochenoo was the name of a
spiritous liquor which was concocted
by the natives of Alaska and named
from one of the tribes of Indians. The
name was shortened by the white man
to "hooch" and used as a synonym for
an intoxicating drink.
Q. Do many babies die before reach
ing the age of one year? I. N.
A. From 10 to 20 out of every hun
dred babies die before they are a year
old; many more die in summer than
in the winter time. The chief cause of
sickness and death among infants Is
improper food. Thi3 often finds its
cause in the ignorance or carelessness
of those in charge of babies. Proper
food and care of all children would
lower the death rate appreciably.
Q. What is the name of the decora
tion that soldiers wear composed of a
cord around one arm, fastened on the
shoulder? H. N. B.
A. The name of this decoration is a
fourragere, and it is an individual dec
oration given to each soldier of a unit
which has been decorated as a whole
Q. Would you please inform me re
garding the death of Mary, Queen of
Scots? Was she beheaded? H. M. S.
A. Mary, Queen of Scots, became
entangled in a conspiracy against her
cousin. Queen Elizabeth of England.
Sh was brought, to trial and con
demned, and was beheaded on Feb
ruary 8. 15ST. at Kotheringay castle.
Q. Has the climate of any part of
the world changed materially?
E. R. T.
A. There have been no well -authenticated
changes of climate within the
past 2000 years. Changes due to man.
such as deforestation, agriculture, the
building of canals, railroads or tele
graph, have only a local effect.
Q. When were the first and last
eruptions of Mt. Shasta? E. R. W.
A. Mt. Shasta has had no eruptions
within the period that it has been
known to white men. In common with
Mt. Lassen, the eruptions began in
Tertiary time (tho time interval imme
diately following the Mesozoic era) and
continued down to a very recent period
of time. Mt. Lassen has been active
within the past three years, but Mt.
Shasta has remained quiescent.
FORTY YEARS AGO TODAY
From The Phoenix Herald, which was absorbed by The Arizona Re
publican in 1399, and for a time waa published as
an evening edition
Thursday, July 1, 1E80
New York, June 20 The bodies of
23 more victims of the Scawarbaka
disaster In Long Island Sound have
been recovered and SO are still miss
ing. Only 11 thus tar have been
identified, including Rev. J. Dillon,
rector of St. Luke's Protestant Epis
copal church. Brooklyn, and David II.
De Boise of Brooklyn.
London, June 3U A dispatch from
Lilla says that reports relative to
Russian defeats by the Chinese have
been brought to Cabul by a party of
Keohand travelers who were a month
on the road.
A bailiff who had been serving eject
ments was shot and killed near Balla,
County Mayo, Ireland.
Quincy, I1L, June 30 The levee be
low the city has given way and the
water has inundated from SO, 000 to
100.000 acres of the best farming land
in Illinois.
The Ratification Meeting
Last evening the unterrified had a
grand ratification meeting over the re
sult of the Democratic territorial con
vention held in this place last week.
There waa a lack of that intense en
thusiasm that generally goes along
with, and -is synonymous with with a
Democratic ratification. The brass
band was out with music and torch
lights to drum together a crowd which
they succeeded in doing to the num
ber of 200. The meeting was called
to order by A. C. Baker and who nom
inated Dr. Alsap as chairman of the
meeting. The speakers were G. H.
Oury, the nominee of the convention
for delegate in congress, J. G. Camp
bell, the defeated candidate, and oth
ers. Marriage Sells
Torter-Cotton In Phoenix, June 30,
1S80, Hon. DeForest Porter to Miss
Lulu Cotton by the Rev. I. II. Cox.
Last evening the marriage of the
Hon. DeForest Porter to Miss Lulu
Cotton was solemnized at the resi
dence of the bride's father. The wed
ding was strictly private, none but in
timate friends of the family being
present. The happy couple started im
mediately after the ceremony on an ex
tended bridal tour. The best wishes
of all go with them.
Local
Phoenix Lodge I. O. O. F. No. 2 has
elected the following officers: Newell
Herrick, N. G.; George H. N. Luhrs,
V. G.: B. T. Kirkland, R. S.; J. A.
Lutgcrding, treasurer.
M. L. Teralta is erecting on Wash
ington street in front of his store and
the bank an awning made of cloth. It
is 60 feet long and six feet wide. On
Center street he will put up an awn
ing of lumber.
Charles Crismon of Utahville will
commence immediately the erection of
a flour mill that will cost $10,000. It
will be located on the upper end of
the Grand canal, arrangements having
been made with that company for wa
ter sufficient to run the mill. It will
do, we understand, general custom
work. This makes four flour mills In
this valley.
(Any reader can get the answer to
any, question by writing The Repub
lican Information Bureau. Frederic J.
Haskin. Director, Washington. D. C.
This offer applies strictly to informa
tion. The bureau cannot give advice
on legal, medical and financial mat
ters. It does not attempt to settle do
mestic troubles, nor to undertake ex
haustive research on any subject.
Write your question plainly and
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SUN BATHS
Phoenix. Ariz., June 30, 1920.
Arizona Republican:
Our bodies are not always temples
of health. Not more than one in a
dozen is. as physically fit as he should
he. Sun bfths will increase our re
sistance to colds and disease as well as
individual efficiency and happiness.
In the September number of the Na
tional Geographic there is an article
on America's South Sea soldiers, from
which the following is quoted:
"It would be hard to find a more
picturesque body of' men than these,
our South Sea Island soldiers. Tall,
broad shouldered, handsome in fea-
THE YOUNG LADY ACROSS THE WAY
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tures, possessing splendid poise, they
are admirable types of their race.
"'A leather belt carrying a dagger on
the side holds the kilt or lava-lava in
place. A bright red turban is the
head dress.
"Too much uniform, the soldiers took
cold.
"When the native soldiers were first
taken into the service -of the United
States, a less abbreviated and more
conventional uniform was provided
them, with the result that they were
constantly suffering from colds; so
there was a wise reversion to a uni
form on the lines of their native
dress."
If exposure of the body to the sun
was essential to these picked islanders,
whose duties kept them out of doors,
we might expect the average towns
man who is indoors much of his time
would be benefited by moderate ex
posure of the body to the sun.
I have personally given the matter a
fair test, taking three to six sun baths
a week during the past nine months.
Am weighing more than usual and
have more endurance. The increased
oxidation will tend to reduce those who
are over weight. Remember that only
heat rays pass through glass, all the
tanning rays are filtered out. Also
that mosquito bar and wire screen fil
ter out a large percent of the violet
rays, which are the beneficial light
rays in the sun baths. Even a woman's
veil is quite efficient in stopping these
rays, as it keeps her from tanning.
The average individual can start
with an exposure of five minutes an
terior and a like amount posterior,
gradually increasing the time. If you
have a headache after the sun bath
you have either taken the bath too soon
after a meal or, too long on exposure.
Do not expose -the-head. I hope many
will secure this valuable coat during
their vacation season: A long coat of
tan covering the entire body.
Those in poor health should not ex
pose body to sun except as directed
by their physician. .
Herbert Spencer says; "To be good
animals is the first requisite to success
in life, and to be a nation of good ani
mals is the first condition of national
prosperity."
Sincerelv.
WILL WILKINSON.
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SANTEL BEATS
YOUNG HACKENSCHMIDT
SAN' FRANCISCO, June 29. Ad
Santel defeated Young Hackenschmidt
of Chicago in straight falls in a wrest
ling bout here tonight. Santel pinned
the Chicago man to the mat the first
time in 22 minutes 2S seconds, the sec
ond time in 22:15. The men axe heavyweights.
CONVICTED TEACHING GERMAN
AURORA, Neb., June 29 Robert T.
Meyer was found guilty In county dis
trict court on charge of violating a
state law designed to regulate foreign
language instruction in Nebraska
schools. Meyer was charged with
roday In History
Slightly Jazzed
King Henry VIII of England wa
born 429 years ago." The dope ol
Henry is that he was a model young
man and kept in the straight and Nar
row until he was 36, when he suffered
an acute attack of Reno fever, with
consequent relapses from time to time.
Whenever he relapsed his current wife
ran into a spell of hard luck that
usually ended in death. , Henry was
not as bad as he might have been,
but where did he spend those 36
years?
teaching German during school hours
in a parochial school. He was fined
$25 and costs, but stated he would ap
peal to the supreme court.
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THEY'LL PROBABLY
CALL HIM SMITH
TOLEDO Albin Stszysz, when tak
ing out citizenship papers, asked if he
could change his name. 'Sure," says
the judge, "what name shall I enter?'
"Just leave off the last s,' " paid Albin,
so his name is now much simpller.
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The president of Cuba estimates the
present sugar crop shortage on that
Island at ;f0.000 tons.
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Mr. l'.ryan seems to have been securely hitched
outsid
THE YOUNG LADY ACROSS THE
WAY.
The young lady across thp way- savs
the thing to do is to eliminate the mid
dleman entirely and buy direct from
the jobuer.
laving Trouble Yith Your
Lights, Starter, Ignition, or Battery?
The electrical equipment on your car is reliable.
But it requires care, like any other mechanical
device.
When your electrical equipment begins to give trouble, feel sure
there is a reasonable cause. To find this cause is the quickest, easiest and
least expensive way out of the trouble. And the quicker you find it, the
quicker, easier and most inexpensive you'll get out.
The quickest and best way to find the trouble is to get in touch
with this organization of electrical experts. Frequently the cause is slight
and only a slight adjustment is necessary. But if the cause is neglected
much trouble and heavy expense might result.
Our battery and electrical experts are here to serve you if you are
a car owner, no matter what make of car you drive, or the kind of elec
trical equipment on it. All you have to do is to drive in occasionally and
let them do it.
This service is worth real money to you. It
means better service, longer life, and less ex
pense attached to the equipment on your car.
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