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THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN
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MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 16. 1920
Ph
1 There is ; nothing costs less . than
civility. Cervantes.
f ' 1 Why Not Get Down to Bra Taek?
We'think that a party or a candidate who would
announce some ' specif ic plan " for ' reducing the nigh
cost of living and for dealing with profiteers and
others who are disturbing natural economic currents,
would win the coming national election. The people
are pretty'well fed up on unsubstantial things. There
is no vital interest in any of them. Outside of poli
ticians and theorists there is" no, real popular interest
in'the Leagtieof Nations "and few of the people out
side those classes have ever-been interested in it."'
" It might become" a very essential issue if there was
nV more material-one. People, a' part of whom are
republicans and' a part" of whom democrats, could be
divided ordinarily upon any issue which the leaders
of, one party or the other might , introduce even
ttough it" was nothing ' more substantial than that
sbisra " wtiicti set' the Blg-Endians and the Little
Endians by the ears. -
But, we have .other troubles now very definite and
intimate, so that we do not care much for the theo- ,
re and purely . partisan ..issues. The high, cost , of
living affects u all alike, republicans and democrats.
A' first though we groaned-under It we accepted' it
as the result of the natural operation of economic laws.
TJiere were apparent; reasonable causes,' the neces
sary inflation of -our currency, the great destruction
of property in tbe war. the diversion' of. the produc
ing power of many millions from the production of
commodities. we use in time or peace, to the. produc
tion of commodities, useful only to armies at war. All
these things easily accounted for' higher prices and '
we. were reconciled. " .' .
; Mostof us did not believe.that it, was within the
power of the government to af ford, relief ; on 'the con
trary we remembered thatwhen ever the government
had intervened in economic ana industrial matters n
had generally,. only made them .worse. ,We, could see
no other outlet except such as' tirtie would lead us to.
Bat 'since' then, we; have, seent something else., We
hare seen powerful corporation . purposely haltjng
production in order to, maintain prices We have seen
such a vast accumulation -of wealth -in the hands, of
men producing or handling " the things that, people
buyas was never witnessed' before.. And -all -of us
ha,ve" 'come 'to believe that "if "unofficial groups of "men
lik .the Amrican , Woolen company, the Sugar Trust
anil other, combinations in, a; position to control var
ioa commodities control, them, to- the disadvantage of
tbi public, a government - which cannot loosen that
control is not the. kind of, government we want.
; A government which cannot, protect its members
against the aggressions of outside governments'! is not
daserving of - existence; much less to is one which
cannot protect the, great public againt the "rich, and
powerful few of its own. members: . '
Something "is fundamentally wrong with a society
in 1 which groups or powerful, individuals can prey
without restraint upon the great maes of the people.
t All this can be changed by-law and the people-are
faijr more interested , in having' it' changed ' than they
ar in anything else. 'The brotherhood , of man is no
doubt a very fine and beautiful' thing ;we should all .
like to see it, but we 'would rather, .for. the moment,
that the people who think they are powerful enough
to fasten the completion of such a "task would perform
'the far easier one of making the prof iteers let go of
us ! We know that, we ought to be uplifted but the
uplifting can await a more convenient season.
t It is an very wen iu im uui i-.
bu we should first have peace at' home'and we haye
not peace. Labor ad capital are at. war, fierce war.
Monopolists and lanllords look upon .consumers and
tenants as their , proper prey. " Consumers and ten
ants naturally regard monopolists and landlords" with
fierce and growing hatred. , , '
Now what do the two parties propose to do" about
it?. The party. that can make a' satisfactory, not ' a
genefal. reply to this questjoni whatever may be its
position with respect to the tariff.. the League of Na
tions or prohibition, will be given by the people the
next four years to make 'good.
I There is a. way to make good. . It : may involve
oroe new and drastic' legislation, even revolutionary
legislation. : It-may even be necessary-to change, our
coistituUon., But all this will have to be, done some
time. , The present, situation is one which .will never,
w ork itself out. - If we let it run its course it will run
info bdlsherism.: .; .
'..' " Vn4Aid to City Planning ' s .
A 'few weeks ago the subject to city planning was .
tagen up Py tne cKX commission and we suppose when
tne: vacation season is over and the weather becomes
m$re reasonable' it will be pursued toward some con
clusion in the 4 meantime there has been an im
portant development in the east which. will make'the
work Vasier and more comprehensive, if -Phoenix de
aires to make use of the power which has been con
firmed by the establishment of the validity of zoning
legislation. '" ' " ' .
.The first zoning law of wide grasp was adopted
bv New York .city four years ago. Its validity was
lately sustained by the supreme court of that state.
The result must be heartening to the -friends-of city
running everywhere, where there is nothing in state
oorstittions which a zoning law controverts. We
relieve our constitution leaves the way open for It.
? In fact." we have already crude zoning regulations
l lch we believe have not been tested mainly we sup-
for the reaon that they , have not Invited a test.
P!-Nevv York's zoning Jaw establishes residence.
ness and industrial districts, and also districts
Tthich the height of buildings is regulated, regu
"tke the percentage of lots that may be covered by
Gildings and prescribing the. size of yards and courts.
ere and elsewhere, it is said, the people have gen
erally been favorable to this kind of control.
'"People soon learn that under tnis policy tl.eir
' ho hopd is. protected against improper invasion
ncj$n r uU property values have been conserved
'nf stabilised. ' At. the same time, the schne. has.
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proved to be elastic enough to permit changes, which
are found to be desirable as conditions change.
During these four years there has been some fear,
however, that the new restrictions might be found to
be unconstitutional. New York's highest court now
relieves this fear following a favorable decision by
Massachsetts supreme court on the same question.
Zoning regulation, of course, is not all there is
of city planning but it is very much of it. for without ,
it any plan of convenience or beautif ication would
frequently find itself against the stone wall of cupid- y
ity. selfishness or pure stubbornness of property own
era. It removes' these obstructions.
Phoenix for several years has been spotted with :
unofficial zones which have been of great advantage
to those living within them. Many years ago local
pride only established such a zone embracing several
of the avenues north of Van Buren street. Property
soon became so high there that no one coujd afford
to buy there for the purpose of building a shack or
establishing himself otherwise to the annoyance of
residents. Invaders were deterred only by the prices
Many new additions were laid out with restrictions
which kept out inferior buildings, with the result that
prices there became such as to make the neighbor
hoods exclusive and they were soon filled up with only
good buildings. In all such localities the prices of
real estate have advanced far above the general level.
- Fifteen or twenty years ago real estate in many
parts of the city, some of them by reason of their
superior elevation even better adapted to residential
purposes than the older exclusive sections, were in
vadd by cheap people with the result that real estate
there is much lower in price. Conditions were es
tablished which it will take years, perhaps a genera
tion, to change."
ANGLIN'?
Divorce Figure
This is referred to the primary class in arithmetic,
though we fear that the solution must be furnished.
If at all. by those familiar with higher -mathematics,
conversant with the calculus of variations, or the com
binatory theory including combinations, permutations
and determinants. We frankly confess that It is too
much for us. . .
The divorce statistics show that "185.000 women
and 158,000 men werqr divorced In a year." We would
not think anything of It if these were Turkish sta
tistics but they are not. They belong to this sup
posedly monagamous land. Therefore, what has be
come of these 29,000 husbands who seem to be unac
counted for? When one is divorced he or she must
be divorced from somebody.
We can only offer suggestions to the real workers
on this problem. They may or may not be helpful.
Perhaps bigamy Is involved. There are notoriously
. more bigamous men than women. The range of men
over the country is greater than that of women and
they have greater opportunities to commit bigamy.
But then when we come to think, that complicates the
problem and makes ft worse. If it was the other
way, if the divorced men were more numerous than
divorced women this suggestion would be illuminat
ing. Aa it Is, it only deepens the murkiness. So.it.
may be disregarded; we're, sorry we offered It.
Forget it. ,
The language of the statement may be defective,
a misapprehension by the statistician of the meaning
of the word ''divorced." A divorced person. is com
monly understood to be the one against whom a sue-
cessful action for separation is brought, against
whom the "writing of divorcement" is directed.. the
one "put away." the divorcee. Thus the plaintiff is
never divorced except, perhaps rarely, on a counter
complaint. '.
This being the case; we know that the figures
are wrong if the word "divorced" has been properly
used, for there are more erring men than women.
Again It may be that what is meant by the cen
sus bureau is that 156,000 men were defendants in
. divorce actions, and 185,000 women. But that is dis
proved by the statement In the immediate foregoing
paragraph, as well as by the records of all the courts
we ever heard of. '
We can't make head or tall of It.
In Tennessee Today
We hope the Tennessee legislature is not playing
the despicable joke that Arizona territory legislatures
used to work off on the women of this territory. The
council of the house, at first regarded the joke as
directed at the other branch. Each knew that .v bill
grunting votes to worn in would fa-l in ;e last vJilt-:.
so that one or the otnT with a profession of "sym
pathy, would hurry a bill through. A little lar. as
the sentiment in favor of suffrage grew stronger,
neither house was quite sure of itself or tne other,
and usually there was an understanding that before
a bill. was passed in either house it would" surely be
finally beaten. A democratic legislature once pro
posed to pass it up to Governor Kibbey, republican.
But on an intimation from him that he was prepared
to approve it, the legislature declined to pass it.
There was something suspicious in the unexpect
edly overwhelming vote by which the Tennessee sen
ate ratified the amendment. The most sanguine of
the suffragists who had canvassed the senate were
surprised. They thought they knew exactly the
strength of their forces. This suspicion was
strengthened on Saturday when the speaker of the
house replying to a telegram from President Wilson
urging the house to concur today In the senate action,
said "I do not think the men of Tennessee will sur
render their honest, convictions for expediency or
political harmony." .
In view of the president's record on the suffrage
question and his tendency toward partisanism, that
was a pretty sharp rebuke, the most stinging he had
received since a certain November night in 1918.
It is palpable that the solicitude of the president
and of the great majority of the democratic leaders
for favorable action by a democratic legislature would
not be felt if the matter were pending before a legis
lature of one of the only two republican states which
have not ratified the amendment. It is not woman
suffrage the president wants but the democratic votes
of women which the party needs. The president in
sending that message asked the legislature to abandon
the very ground he himself occupied with respect to
suffrage up to the late summer of 1916.
4 There is said to be an invasion of England by
American bartenders. The English are naturally
and nationally conservative and will probably stick
to the barmaids despite the allurements of the ingen
iously mixed American drinks. If we were an Eng
lishman we would not abandon an established insti
tution . '
A federal reserve bank official says that about
half the total currency of the United States Is being
carried in people's pockets when it would be a great
ilea! better invested. But it takes about half the
currency of the country for incidental expenses now
adays and most of us find we haven't half enousrh.
;! The Spiritual
FORTY YEARS AGO TODAY
From Tbe Phoenix. Herald, which waa abaorbed by THe Arizona Re
publican In 1899, and for time waa atibtiehed aa -an
evening ditto)
' Monday, August 16, 1880
Pittsburg, Pa- Aug. . 15 President
Hayes says: "I don't intend to say, a
word about politics or on my Pacific
coast trip or engage in the campaign
there. ; , -
San Francisco. Aug. 15 John II.
Clemenshaw has been ' convicted of
perjury in swearing that Charles De
Young fired the first shot when he
was killed by young Kalloch. He was
brought into court .for sentence. The
prisoner asserted his innocence of in
tention to misstate and said that he
had not been - influenced by Mapor
Kalloch i giving his ..testimony. A
motion in arrest of judgment and for a
new tri'al was deniwi and Clemenshaw
was sentenced to 14 years in the penitentiary.-
San Francisco, Aug. 15 J. C. Dun
can the long imprisoned defaulter of
the defunct Savings bank was set at
liberty today, he having given bofd in
the amount of $30,000.
Local
The Republican primary election of
Phoenix precinct was held on Saturday
in the office of Judge Hancock. The
following are the jiames of those elect
ed to represent this precinct in the
county cueivajition to be held next Sat
urday for the purpose of electing dele
gates to 'the Republican territorial
convention and to nominate candidates
for county offices: R. l- Kirkland. J.
B. Kelly. George Coats, M.H. Clader
wood, E. Rood, F. M. Post. J. B.
Creamer, E. Mayer, R. L. Long. C. ft.
McClintock, C. A. Luke, Gus' Becher,
George E. Mowry.
Dr. Conyers has performed a very
difficult operation on Henry Morgan,
taking from the head of that gentle
man two pieces of the skull, the re
sult of the beating by Pima Indians a
short time ago.
Richard Martell. delegate to the re
publican territorial convention from
Yuma county. is in the city. About
Saturday ,we may look for a great
gathering of people here from all parts
of the territory.
Saturday evening was the time set
by the Democrats for thei'r weekly
meeting and the third , meeting was
held at the courthouse. Opening time
arrived with but few people on hand.
Under Sheriff MacDrVeald tried to at
tract attention with a triangle, which
falling in . its object he was reinf oreed
by Supervisor Lively vith a bell. Their
united efforts succeeded by twenty
minutes past eight, in drawing just 13
persons to the building Including the
editor of the Herald. Finding the out
look very. blue a messenger was dis
patched for the band which in due time
made Its apperanee followed by a
goodly crowd of Indians, squaws and
Mexicans. Several lively tunes were
plr.yed outside which succeeded in ak
tracting a crowd sufficient to fill the
house. The ' speaker of the evening
sang the old, old song but to a very
poor metre, claiming . for the Demo
crats all that is pure and holy. In one
of his illustrations showing that if all
the money collected as revenue was
loaded in wagons of a given length.
depth and width, drawn with horses
with earts a given length it would
stretch a certain distance with silver
worth $13 a pound.
QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
I In-spite of the strenuous efforts of the railroads
to make people stay. at home they persist in traveling.
Q. What is the present status of the
work of bringing back the dead sol
diers from Europe? I. M. C.
A. All i t mains in Great Brital.i. Bel
gium f.r;d Italy are to be brought rack,
except upon request of nearest lela
tive for permanent burial in these
countries. All remains in France are
to be returned if requested. All re
mains in Germany, Luxemburg and
North Russia, are to be returned un
less there are special requests that
they be left, or relative in Germany to
whom transfer of remains may be
made, the United States government
being released of further responsibility
concerning disposition of such bodies
or maintenace of such burial places.
Q. For whom was Mount Vernon,
the home of George Washington,
named? T. E. D.
A. The mansion at Mount Vernon
was buVlt by Lawrence Washington, an
elder half-brother of George Wash
ington. The estate was named in
honor of Admiral Vernon under whom
Lawrence Washington had served in
the West Indies.
Q. Where is the largest bel in the
world? M. W.
A. The largest bell in actual use is
in Moscow. Russia.
Q. What are some of the biggest
fire losses that have occurred in the
United States? R. E. G.
A. The four most destructive fires
in this country were San Francisco,
April 18, 1906, loss J350.000.000; Chi
cago. October 9, 1871, loss $165,000,000;
Boston, November 9, 1872, loss $75,000.
000; and Baltimore, February 7, 1904,
loss $50,000,000.
Q. Should cottonseed meal be fed to
hogs? M. E. R.
A. This meal is not satisfactory for
use as hog feed, because it contains a
poisonous principle which is injurious
and often fatal to swine. There are
other concentrates having equal feed
ing value which can be purchased at
about the same price.
Q. How much has the time for
crossing the ocean been shortened
ince the day of Columbus? T. E. C.
A. Columbus, in 1492. crossed from
Palos to Salvador in 37 days. The
Savannah, the first Keamship to cross
the Atlantic, crossed from Savannah.
Georgia, to Liverpool, England, in 27
days. The Mauretania covered the dis
tance from Queenstown, Ireland to
New York city, 2.000 miles, in 106
hours, 41 minutes. The airship R34
crossed from Mineola, New York to
Pulham. England; a distance of 3,300
miles, in 75 hours. 6 minutes. The sea
plane NC4 crossed from Rockaway.
X. Y.. to Plymouth. England, 3,900
miles, in 54 hours, 17 minutes. Tjie
Vicker's airplane crossed from St
Johns, X. B., to Clit ton, Ireland, 1,900
miles, in 18 hours. 20 minutes.
Q. What does the name "Idaho"
mean? N. F.
A. Idaho is a North American In
dian word meaning "Gem of the Moun
tains" or "Sunrise Mountains.
Q. How is Scotch woodcock made?
V. I. M.
A. The ingredients are 4 hard boiled
eggs, 3 tablespoons butter, Hi table
spoons flour, I cup milk, J,i teaspoon
.salt, few grains cayer ne, anchovy
sauce. Make a thin white sauce of
butter, flour, milk and seasonings; add
eggs chopped fine, and season with
anchovv sauce. Toast bread on one
side serving with woodcock poured
over untoasted side.
Q. What are the factors in physical
efficiency? F. A. H.
A. Food, clothing, shelter and habits
of life make uj the elements upon
which physical efficiency is based.
Q. What is the plural of "memo
randum?" B. M. G.
A. While the form generally used
for the plural is "memoranda," the
newer editions of dictionaries and en
cyclopedias also give memorandums.
Q. Of what is air composed? B. N
A. Nitrogen and oxygen, inthe ra
tion of 78 to ;i respectively, are the
principal constituents of the earth's at
mosphere.
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any question by writing. The Repub
lican Information Bureau. Frederic J.
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I Where the People I
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Delinquent Tax Collection Waste
The Republican:
We wish to call your attention to the
laws of revenue and taxation of which
very few of you are familiar with. We
are not finding and fault with these
laws except the delinquent tax law, it
is the most absurd and unreasonable
law that could be enacted incurring
the greatest expense possible in the
collection of back taxes.
The system now in use in this: When
the time has arrived for the tax col
lector to close his books he is then re
quired to make up the back tax record.
These books are very expensive and
it reqnires expert help to transcribe
but of the original roll into the delin
quent. When this work is completed
he is then required to make out tax
bills to be delivered to the county at
torney for his use in preparing suits
for the collection of these delinquent
taxes.
After these suits are prepared he
files them with the clerk of the su
perior court which entails much work
in his office.
Then summons are issued and are
served upon the defendant personally
or by publication and if the taxes are
not paid judgment is entered against
the taxpayer. The filing fee is $10 fbr
every suit filed and where the sum
mons is by publication the printer's
fee for each publication is $2a.
On May 25; 1915. thtre were 32 judg
ments and decrees rendered on suits
filed and among then were suits for
taxes as follows: One suit for C6c.
one for $1.25, one for 99e, one for $1.86.
one for $1.64 and on, each of the suits
are. $10 filing and $25 printer's fees.
The county paid to the printer $800 in
cash when the' publication of these
summons were completed.
This delinquent tax law has the tax
collector's office,- cotinty attorneys, the
clark, of the superior court and the
sheriffs office-involved in-the collec
tion of delinquent taxes the most ex
pensive system, that could be imagined.
: Why have all these offices involved
when the treasurer can : do all this
work in his office?
Here is a system to be adopted which
is simple, concise, efficient and econ
omical. . '
When the taxes become delinquent
instead of the tax collector making out
the back tax roll, he should prepare
the .delinquent .list for publication for
30 days requesting all delinquent tax
payers to pay their taxes within time
stated, and if not paid the property
Rhould be sold to the state and a cer
tificate tax sale should be issued to the
state with one year allowed for re
demption, and if not redeemed a deed
should be issued , to the state and the
state can then lease or seil .the land.
The records of these transactions
should be kept in separate books, one
for certifieatts of tax sale, one for tax
deeds.
When the tax collector makes the
sale to the state he shall issue to the
state a certificate simple in form with
the certificate of- redemption annexed,
to be filled out when the taxpayer re
deems from the sale, the certificate to
be delivered to him the same as receipt
in payment of taxes.
This will clear the office of that
much dead matter. The certificate will
be numbered and a brief description of
the land should be recorded in the cer
tificate of tax sale record.
Also the date of sale and number of
the certificate should be noted in the
column of the tax roll which contain
the date when paid.
This system will relieve the county
attorney, clerk of superior court and
sheriff of all obligation in the matter
of collecting back taxes.
The men who are seeking to be
elected to the next legislature, take
notice that there will be a bill intro
duced to repeal the present delinquent
tax law, and enact a law based on
reason and common sense.
KEYSTONE ABSTRACT CO.,
By W K. SCARBOROUGH,
President.
Need of Aviation Field
To the Editor:
Phoenix has received both a warning
and a lesson in the notices of the ar
rival at Tucson of Captain Eddie Rick
enbacker and John Larsen of the New
York Aircraft corporation with their
big all metal monoplane.
Had Phoenix just a little more "pep"
and actual knowledge of aviation prob
lems and the aviation .eommitttes that
have been named at various times
would get in touch with persons ac
quainted with air problems and get
busy and condemn property and in
augurate a class "A" United States
air service field and air port we would
be on the transcontinental air routes
and also get air mail service.
The trouble with the air port prob
lem here is ignorance of fejc-onautical
conditions and no real action.
Lieutenant Glover of the air photo
graphic service states that the only
field near Phoenix that modern air
craft not the small "Jenny-4s" we
see around htre could land on its at
the Ingleside golf links.
Let us end this condition, first by
organizing an Aero club of Arizona
composed primarily of ex-air service
men who know- aeronautics, and take
the air situation here out of the hands
of men who can do and have done
nothing. Second, let this club take
over all such activities in Phoenix and
line up a real field. There are some
Kites that should be condemned, and
let this be done at once, so before "
(Written for The Christian Science
Monitor)
"The one important interpretation of
Scripture," writes Mary . Baker Edd
on page 320 of "Science and Hcaltfc
with Kev to the Scriptures," the text
book of' Christian Science, "is the
spiritual. For example, the text, 'In my
flesh shall I see God,' gives a profound
idea of the divine power to heal the
ills of the flesh, and encourages mor
tals to hope in Him who healeth all
our diseases; whereas this passage is
continually quoted as if Job intended
to declare that even if disease and
worms destroyed his body, yet in the
latter days he should stand in celestial
perfection before Elohim, still clad in
material flesh an interpretation that
is just the opposite of true, as may
be seen by studying the book of Job."
In this passage from the textbook
Mrs. Eddv sets forth the great funda
mental fact of Christian Science,
namely, the allness of Spirit. To the
seeing eye, the operation of God, Prin
ciple, is seen everywhere because there
is no other operation. Now, Christian
Scince teaches that what is called
Spirit is divine consciousness, the only
reality, while matter is a mere belief
of suppositional mortal mind. In pro
portion, therefore, as reality, or Prin
ciple, is discerned, it governs belief by
the simple process of destroying belief,
and revealing its own, only and ever
existence. To human sense, this pro
cess appears as healing of an errone
ous condition. Actually, it is the re
vealing of the fact that such a condi
tion never existed or obtained.
"In my flesh shall I see God. in
other words, in my apparently materia!
suroundings I shall see the operation
of Principle.' that is. " as matter gives
up more and more its claim to exist
ence, Principle will be more and more
manifest. The ministry of Christ Jesus
was a continuous demonstration of
this great -fact. In everything he said
and did. those who had ears to heai
and eyes to see could discern the op- .
erations of Principle. The tremendous
part which healing, in its widest sense,
occupied In Jesus' work may be for
cibly realized by turning to any of th
gospels in the King James version and
scanning the sub-headings of each
page. Thus, take Matthew, for instance
beginning at the conclusion of the sermon-
on the -mount, the -sub-headings
at the top f each page run: "Christ
healeth the centurion's servant." "He
stilleth the sea-" "The sick of the pal
sy" (healed). "Christ, ralseth Jairus'
daughter." "The demoniac cured."
These are. of course, only some of
the signs which Jesus did. walking on
the water, feeding vast concourses of
men . and women, procuring tribute
money from a fishes mouth and so on.
At every turn, Jesus manifested the
operation of Principle, and this opera
tion of Principle was always to destroy
the material so-called law. He proved
that right In the very place where ma
terial sense saw sickness, there was -fiealth;
saw madness, there was. san
ity; saw lack, there was abundance:
saw storm and tempest, there was n
great calm; saw death, there was life. .
As Mrs. Eddy writes on pages 476 and .
477 of Science and Health. "Jesus be
held in Science the perfect man. who
appeared to him where sinning mortal '
man appears to mortals. In this per-
feet man the Saviour saw God's own
likeness, and this correct view of man
healed the sick." Jesus, in other words, .
was always conscious of the operation
of Principle, and as a consequence,
this operation was made manifest, not
only to himself, but to those round
about him in what they regarded as a
material environment. In their flesh.
iney saw uuu. -
Now if for a moment reference be
had. once again., to the sub-headinirs
of Matthew already referred to, it will
be found that, immediately following
the record ' of the healing of the de
moniac, there is this further record.
"Christ sendeth out his apostles. He
instructeth and comforteth them."
Turning to these instructions, it is at
once found that their central point is
the injunction, to preach the gospel and
to heal the sick, "cleanse the leners.
raise the dead.' cast out devils." That
this instruction was not to be confined
to the nobles Jesus clearlv ishowed in
his last talk with his disciples before
his ascension, as recorded in the clos
ing chapter of Mark, where he states
explicitly that these healinsr works are
the duty and privilege of "them that
believe." the inevitable result, that l.
of an understanding of Principle.
Now this understanding of Principle,
or the reality of things. Is not some
thing which can only be acquired to
nraotiriil nurnose after a. lone oeriod
of toilsome study. True. It is aci infinite
study, for it is the forever unfolding of
the reality of all things. And yet, the
smallest glimPBe of Principle Is at once
applicable and demonstrable. First and
last Christian Science rests on demon
stration, and just as the child who
learns the simplest rule In arithmetic
can immediately begin to apply that
rule, so anyone who discerns th trutli
of a statement of Christian Science
can at once begin to demonstrate that
statement: can at once begin to see in
his seemingly material surroundings
the operation of Principle. "Spirit is
God." writes Mrs. Eddy on page 46S of
Science and Health, "and man is His
imare and likeness." Man. therefore,
reflects Life and so possesses health,
happiness and peace, abundant supply,
infinite freedom and ever-present wis
dom. Any evidence to the contrary o'
this is false evidence, as false as the
evidence of the eyes that the sky and
sea meet on th horizon, or that the
sun travels across the sky from east
to west. Christian Science states this
and proves it. The riehts of man are
comprised in his infinite capacity to
reflect Principle, and In proportion to
the faithfulness with which this right
is maintained by anyone will that one
begin, in his flesh, to see God.
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SEIZE CARLOAD OF LIQUOR
CHICAGO, Aug. 15 A carload of
liquor valued at $175,000 .and shipped
here from Kentucky was seized yester
day by federal officials.
Officials said the liquor was con
signed to a "dummy' address and that
it had been shipped on a forged permit.
Two men were arrested and held to the
grand Jury in $10,000 bonds. They were
Hugo Weiss and Harry Fabrini. the
latter one of several men who recently
complained to police that they gave
Harold Michelev, president of a pickle
factory, $1,000 with whiVh to purchase
liquor, and that Michelev absconded
with the money.
BORDER IS CLOSED
CALEXICO. Cal.. Aug. 14. The
United States immigration service to
day ordered the international line
closed to all holders of passports ex
cept thos able to show actual bus
iness in Mexico each time they cross.
The order was applied about noon and
in a short time scores were waiting
examination on both sides of the line.
Restrictions were ordered yesterday
on issue of passports.
ICE PEDDLERS BALK
DALLAS. Tex., Aug. 15 It is esti
mated that 90 per cent of Dallas homes"
were without ice yesterday as a result
of refusal of local ice peddlers to de
liver ice at 65 cents a hundred pound.-;,
the "fair price"set by R. E. Taylor.
United States district attorney.
next trip we may pUice our city on tl.
airmap of the country.
All parties interested in the ilul'
should write care Kox ity.
k. w. ni'iyrz.