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THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 25, 1920
THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN
PHOENIX. ARIZONA
Published F.vrv Morntn by tha
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anterad at the Postofflce at Phoenix. Arizona, aa Mi
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THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 25. 1920
He that upon a true principle lives
without any disquiet of thought, may
be said to be happy. L'Strange,
governor of hia reasons for restoring them to free
dom. We can think of no reason he could give. It
cannot be said that the men were political prisoners
and therefore should enjoy the benefit of acts of
amnesty which follow political disturbances. Nor
could these men be regarded as enemies since we
were not at war with Mexico or with any faction in
that repubg. They were plain assassins such as
any other American or alien would have been
We will be Interested In knowing what Governor
Larrozala may have to say about It. We hope, how
ever, it will not transpire that tha governor was
moved solely by racial sympathy.
I
A REAL THANKSGIVING DINNER
i Why the Proposed Bands Should Bo Voted
Thiro will b submitted to the taxpayers of
Phoenix at an election next Saturday propositions
to vote bonds for seven purposes:
1. For purchasing and Installing extension and
Improvements of the water distributing system. For
this $450,000 Is asked. The growth of Phoenix and
the present requirements as well as the necessity of
making provision for the city's rapid and steady
growth, resolve all doubt as to our duty with respect
til this proposition.
2. For purchasing, constructing and Installing
extensions of the sewer system for which $140,000 Is
proposed. The same arguments In favor of this
proposition are as applicable and compelling as to
the first one.
3. For purchaaing and improving parks and
playgrounds for which $150,000 Is asked. Whatever
may seem to be a seasonable objection to Increasing
our bonded indebtedness at this time, we cannot
think that one who feels a civic pride or Is concerned
in the city's future can oppose this. That Phoenix
or any other city may reach its full development it
must be provided with those modejrn adjuncts of
which every city in the land has felt the need and
has taken measures to supply them. The longer wo
. delay securing them, not only the more they will cost
but wo will miss the helpful influence of them in v
our growth.
; 4. For purchasing, constructing and installing
new fire stations and apparatus for which $65,000 Is
necessary. This must be regarded as not only indis
pensable but profitable in the effect it will hare oh
firo insurance rates.
5. For paving certain streets and alleys. There
la needed for this improvement adjacent to the city's
property the sum of $45,000. The same civic prid
which moves the progressive citizen to demand sight
liness in the vicinity of his private property should
impel him to insist that the city should not be al
lowed to leave its property an eyesore In the com
munity. 7. For constructing a state armory in the city
limits. That the capital city of the state with its
numerous military organizations, should have an
armory is not to be disputed, though in other circum
stances we might counsel delay with respect to this.
ISut there is now available for this purpose $60,000
appropriated by the state on the condition that Phoe
nix matches It with $40,000. Unless this sum la voted
next Saturday the state's appropriation will be lost
to Fhoenlx.
6. And out of its order we take the proposition
to vote $150,000 for improving and constructing an
addition to the city hall. We were at first reluctant
to support this proposition for the reason that lie
believed that it would delay the development of a
eivlo center or, perhaps, locate a center, after a
fashion, where it ought not to be, on the city hall
plaza. It would there not only be out of place but
would be too restricted.
But the need of more room immediately is im
perative, not only for the conduct of the city's busi
ness but for a modern jail. The present one is a
disgrace to Phoenix or to any modern civilization, a
place where unusual punishment is necessarily en
dured by those in confinement.
Our objection to the further expenditure of
money on the city hall plaza, however, has been re-.
moved by a disclosure of the plans of the commis
sion in case the sum of $150,000 required for this
purpose, Is voted. Only $25,000 will bo applied to
improvements of the city hall. The rest will be ex
ponded in the construction of a four-story building
on the Jefferson street side of the plaza where tho
police department will bo Installed. There will bo
an emergency hospital and operating room on tho
first floor. Tho second and third floors will bo oc
cupied by city offices and tho fourth, by a modern
sanitary JalL
The building will bo erected with 'a view to its
conversion into a modern business building in tho
case of the sale of the plaza to private parties, should
it. later be decided to erect a modern administration
office building and Jail elsewhere, in the course of city
planning.
We regard all these amounts asked for in these
seven propositions as essential. No great burden will
be added to the taxpayers only 12 cents on each
$100. The bonds voted, covering a long period of
years will be ultimately paid by a much larger and
richer Phoenix.
But" it is not enough merely not to object to tho
bonds, or even, merely to favor them. If they are to
carry they must be affirmatively Voted for. People
are prone to neglect bond elections; that is, tho peo
ple except those who have a narrow purpose in de
feating them. They are always at the polls in full
strength. So. next Saturday should all be there who
want a greater Phoenix.
Pardon of- Columbus Bandits
Tho pardon by Governor Larrazola of New
Mexico of tho Mexican bandits who were sentenced
for complicity in the Columbus. N. M. raid four
years ago in which many American soldiers and citi
zen were killed is an unaccountable official achieve
ment. That these sixteen men were present and
took part in th raid, we think is not disputed.
Whether or not they actually killed anybody and
perhaps' they themselves do not know, they were
none the less guilty of the offense of which they
were convicted.
We have Keen no statement by the New Mexican
Revision Needed
Tho delay that attends the making known prompt
ly at tho capital tho names of legislators-elect after
every election suggests the advisability of amending
the present law so that the election of the senators
and representatives may be promptly certified to the
secretary of state or to the law and reference libra
sian preferably tho latter, since in order to save time,
it is necessary or advisable for him to communicate
with the members elect.
It is only within a day or two, three weeks after
the election, that a roster has been made of the legis
lators and still, not entirely from official sources.
There is even a doubt in some quarters as to the
exact number of members of the house under tho
now districting law.
At present returns as to tho election of members
"of tho leglslaturo aro mad only to tho board of
uporvlsor of their counties tho same as in tho case
of other county officers. Tho latter ar of no con
corn to peoplo outside their own counties, while the
identity of tho members of tho legislature is a mat
ter of interest to tho peoplo of tho whole state.
Tho first official information concerning them
comes when their certificates of election from their
county boardj are laid before the credentials com
mittee of the leglslaturo In Its organization.
Primary Elections
We suppose there will be a disposition in this
stata, as in many others, to revise or abolish the
primary election laws which were pretty widely
passed a few years ago when tho popular rule wave
was at its height. Tho discovery was quickly made
that tho dominant party In any state, the party more
responsible for-tho enactment of tha law, got tho
worst of it. That discovery was made, we believe,
by tho Republicans of Oregon.
Tho Democrats of Arizona ran across that fact
again in 1916, however, without fatal results. But
they were overthrown by it In 1918. That tho primary
election law of this state contributed largely to tho
defeat of tho Democrats this year there is hardly a
doubt.
There are several reasons why the primary law In
any form that has ever been enacted has always
worked against the stronger party. Not the most
important among these reasons is the one more
frequently heard, that member of the weaker pafty
having no contests of its own, enroll themselves in
the dominant party and assist in tho nomination of
tho weaker candidates of that party. That is purely
imaginary. Wo have never known it to be done. ,
It is true that members of the weaker party hav
ing no contests of their own often register in largo
numbers as members of tho stronger party and vota
at tho primary for their choice of tho candidates.
That has been done by large numbers of Republicans
in every primary In Arizona since statehood. Rep
rehensible as that practice wa and though the regis
trants probably did not intend In tho general election
to support tho Democratic candidate for whom they
had voted in tho primary, it is a fact that In tho
primary they registered almost without exception,
their, honest choice of Democratic candidates. They
always voted against former Governor Hunt though
they sometimes believed they were voting for a
stronger Democrat.
The reason why tho primary i bad for the dom
inant party Is that it invite factional splits which
cannot bo mended before the general election. To the
politician that is a ufficient reason for tho aboli
tion of tho primary but there are a good many peo
ple who are against it because they do not believe
that tho peoplo are sufficiently discriminating in
their choice of candidates.
Wo haye received a copy of Tho Republican
Junior whose editorial policy is summed up in tho
motto, "Get More Subscribers, Let tho Chips Fall
Where They May." Another slogan which must
appeal to all Is "In Numbers There Is Strength."
Tho Republican Junior, as tho organ of th circulation
department pledges tho department against irritating
delays which have kept peoplo waiting breakfast
so that the head of the family may lean tho folded
Republican against a sugar bowl and fill himself wlt
information and sound doctrine as ho takes in fo6d.
The marines wo are told, are tired of duty in
Haytl. And from some things wo have heard, lately
we suspect the Haytlans are also weary.
The new police broom in Chicago is raising a
lot of dust that had been allowed to accumulate, and
not all of it in corners and out-of-the-way places.
When Chairman Will Hays comes to the mem
bers of his party with a national campaign deficit
he is not in tho position of one who has spent his
money and has nothing to show for it. In one hand
Mr. Hays holds a subscription blank; in the other
the election returns.
BLUE LAWS
History says that there was a good deal of ex
aggeration about "blue" laws, and that after a mem
ber of the New Haven colony was driven out and
returned to England he spent his time in ridicule of
the colony and invented laws which he said were used
in governing its people.
Maybe ho did. If he did, he certainly was a good
Inventor, for among the rules were these:
No one shall (jross a river on Sunday unless he bo
an authorized clergyman;
No one shall run on the Sabbath day, or walk in
his garden;
No one shall travel, cook, make beds or sweep
houses, on the Sabbath;
No woman shall kiss her child on the Sabbath,
or fasting day;
Every male shall have his hair cut round accord
ing to a cap;
A man who strikes his wife shall be fined ten
pounds, and a woman who strikes her husband shall
be dealt with according to the law;
Whoever publishes a He to the prejudice of his
neighbor shall sit in the stocks, or be whipped 15
stripes.
And these laws were not called "blue" because
of their lugubriousness. They took their name from
the fact that as originally printed, these and a lot of
others, were bound in blue cloth.
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HIGH SCHOOL
NOTES
On,
OLD
FAITH F
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I VANCE COOKE
I once was inclined,. x
With a reverend mind,
To think on Thanksgiving with deepened devotion.
I calloused my knees
As I entered my pleas,
And I yielded my spirit to lofty emotion.
But alas! that my mind has grown weary and quit,
And alas! that my spirit refuses its bit.
I once did my part,
With a fullness of heart,
To make of Thanksgiving a gracious reunion.
When fathers and mothers
And sisters and brothers
Exalted their souls in a common communion.
But alas! that my heart has grown tired of its chore.
And alas! that my soul thinks Thanksgiving a bore.
I once used to feast
And in that much at least
Thanksgiving retains all Its earlier beauty.
My soul and my mind
May be deaf, dumb and blind,
But mj sturdy, old stomach is still doing its duty.
Of course I'm not hinting at allthat it's true
But some one did mention I'm something like you.
7
measure of ca-
FORTY YEARS AGO TODA Y
From tho Phoenix Herald, which was absorbed by The Arizona Re
publican in 1899, and for time waa published aa
an evening edition
Thuraday, Nov. 25, 188&
Washington, Nov. 25 Col. John Hay,
assistant secretary of state, acting In
the absence ot Secretary Everts, au
thorizes a positive and sweeping con
tradiction of all dispatches purporting
to give the terms of the new Chinese
treaty upon the authority of informa
tion alleged to have been received from
the state department. He says the
department has not placed any in
formation as to the purport of the
teraty which is said to have been
slsrned and although, of course, it may
" be assumed to be in accordance with the
commission's instructions, any other
statement purporting to bo telegraphed
from Washington concerning it is mere
lv imaginary. Your correspondent is
also enabled to state that it is In the
hiehest degree improbable that any
such detailed stipulations as those
Imagined at San Francisco could form
a part of the treaty for the commis
sion's Instructions contemplated only
tho clearing of tho way for legislation
by congress.
Local
The ball last night was a grand
success.
The Norveil baseball club of Mc
Dowell, and tha Phoenix club will play
a match game on Christmas at this
place.
Pythias hop this evening. Grand
march to commence at 7:30 p.m. All
members of the order in good standing
are cordially invited.
San Francisco. Nev. 4 Dennis Kear
ney has gone back to his dray.
W. A. Johnson has shipped seven and
and half dozen quails to Tucson, at
which city ho has a contract for all
gamo of this kind he has at $1.50 a
dozen.
The Globe-Chronicle is wrong in stat
ing that the Herald records a meeting
in Phoenix in relatlon'-to the discount
ing of the Mexican dollar. That coin
has been passed in this town only for
90 cents the past year.
for a bog, or it ia
pacity? N. M. I.
A. "Sack" has both meanings. It
is often used to indicte a bag, but it
is also a measure. In this capacity it
has differed so raaically In different
countries for different commodities and
at different times that its value as a
measure has suffered.
Q. How can emery be tested? T.
C. W.
A. The bureau of standards says that
there is no special way to test emery
other than by actual use. ,
Q. Who made tha firat motion pic
ture machine? H. K.
A. The first successful motion pic
ture machine waa manufactured by
Thomas Armatt in August, 1895.
Q. Are tho smokestacks on a bat
tleship upright or slanting? H. 8. G
A. The navy department says that
on all present models of battleships
the smokestacks are placed upright.
There were some old models on which
the smokestocks were slanting. -
Q. How much money does tho fed
eral government contribute to the pub
lie schools? H. F,
A. The bureau of education says in
1818 the federal government disbursed
$1,668,986 for such purpose, being one-
fifth of one per cent of the expense of
the public elementary and secondary
schools of the country,
Q. How large is the biggest cannon
hall used in the United States army?
C. O. B.
A. The war department says that
the largest cannon balls used by the
United States army troops at the
present time, are 20 inches in diame
ter. The largest military gun used by
the United States forces while over
seas was the 14-inch railway mounted
gun. Sixteen-inch guns are being pre
pared for use in both the army and
navy of the United States.
Q. What birds will eat the boll
weevil? D. W. L
A. Upon investigation of the gov
ernment, it has been found that the
boll weevil will be eaten by the
Carolinawren. titlark, pipit, tomtit
black crested titmouse. western
A bis assembly was held yesterday
afternoon to boost tha annual "Turkey
Dav" eame. Mayor Plunkett spoke first.
atating why the bond issues should be
passed Saturday. Mr. jmcneai, wno naa
charge of the program, was the next
sneaker and he formed a mythical foot
ball team, composed of players who were
not under former Coacn ueaory. Mr.
Geary then formed a team composed of(
men that he had Coached. The judges
retired and they decided mat uearya
team would win. During the assembly
Al Maynard, who had been selected aa
yell leader, resigned in lavor oi ueorgo
Goldsworthy.
The biggest parade ever pulled off in
Phoenix occurred last night. Everybody
was out to see the monster parade and
everybody Is going to be at the game this
afternoon.
Coach Robinson gave the team a light
workout last night. Everything is in.
readiness today and the Coyotes anxiously
await Jerry Abbot's whistle. If you are
not there, you will miss one of the best
games that has ever been played on a
Phoenix gridiron.
The Junior Hl-Y club, composed of
freshmen, held its opening banquet on
Tuesday evening at the Y. M. C. A.
John Glrand was elected president and
Roscoe Mills secretary.
Hurrah! No more school until Monday.
o :
Congress-woman -
Decides She Has
Enough Publicity
Republican A. P. Leased Wlra
KANSAS CITY. Nov. 21. Driven
from home, as she expressed it, by a
case of "nerves" superinduced by an
endless chain of special newspaper
correspondents, photographers, maga
zine writers and moving picture pho
tographers since she successfully ran
for congress in -iiie recent election,
Miss Alice Robertson is here from
Muskogee, Okla., resting at tho home
of friends.
In addition to election to tho United
States house of representatives. Miss
Robertson attained widespread notice
by her campaign, conducted" largely
in the classified columns of the Mus
kogee papers, in which she combined
publicity for her candidacy and for
her cafeteria.
Miss Robertson remained incognito
until today, when she waa recognized
by a former acquaintance, and ad
mitted her identity.
o
Bomb Explosion in
Cork Main Street
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
CORK, Nov. 2L. An explosion oc
curred in Patrick street this morning.
It apparently was a bomb but it is not
known from where it came. Many per
sons were in the street and six of them
were injured.
The people scattered In panic. There
were neither soldiers nor police in the
street at th'e time.
o
Kennedy Arms Co.
Has $90,000 Fire
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
ST. PAUL, Minn, Nov. 21 -Several
persons were rescued by firemen when
fire in the Kennedy Arms company to
day cut off their escape from the third
floor and did $90,000 damage. None
was sernously hurt.
Senator Sterling
Investigates Ellis
Island Conditions
Republican A. P. Leased Wlra
NEW YORK. Nov. 21 Senator Ster
ling of South Dakota, a member of the
senate committee on immigration who
recently completed a study of condi
tions in Europe arlved at Ellis Island
today to investigate procedure of re
ceiving immigrants there.
meadow lark. Florida meadow lark,
common phoebe, redwing blackbird,
white throated sparrow, western Sa
vanna sparrow, brown thrasher, Texas
bobwhite, brewer- blackbird, cowbird.
jackdaw, great-tailed grackle, mock
ingbird, butcherbird. kilVleer, Balti
more oriole, dickcissel and sclssor
tajl flycatcher.
QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
The Polynesian race in the southern Pacific
islands is gradually diminishing, due to the inroads of
civilizatiaiv.
(Any reader can get the answer to
any question by writing The Republi
can Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C.
This offer applies strictly to informa
tion. Tho bureau cannot give adyice
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.
wvirA vour auestion plainly and brief
ly. Give full name and address and
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turn postage. All replies are sent di
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Q. What are some of tho highest
priced augara? H. W.
A. There are several rare sugars
used in the detection of diseases for
which high prices are asked. Dulcitol,
for Instance, is worth about $375 per
nound. Mannose, mannlte, oxylose,
inulin, aribinose, levulose and raffinose
nr all bacteriological sugars wnose
prices range in dollars rather than in
cents, and which are sold by the ounce
more often than by tno pouna.
O. How much corn was harvested
in tho United States during the year
I. M. C.
A. Almost three million bushels of
rnrn were harvested in this country
In 1919
Q. What ia the distance between the
homo plate and tho pitcher's box, and
has this distance been lengthened since
thm aame waa first played C.
A. The distance is now sixty feet six
inches from the pitcher's box to the
nlate. At first the "thrower," as he was
then railed, stood thirty-five feet from
the plate.
Q. How many cases did the Na
tional War Labor board handle and
how many decisions did it render? A.
M. P.
A. The report of the secretary
states that the board received and
passed upon 1,245 controversies; a to
tal of 50 findings were made; 391 com- j
plaints were dismissed; 315 referred
to other boards, on adjustment agencies,
and a few remained on the docket.
Q. Are the skins of tho ordinary
mole valuable for their furs? G. I. T.
A. The Biological survey says that
the fur of the mole found in the north
western part of this country is supe
rior to that of the Scotch mole which
is generally used for fur garments.
These rodents destroy crops and should
be killed, while their pelts have recent
ly brought fromv 60 to 70 cents apiece.
Q. What is tho cost to keep the
league of nations functioning? M.
E. K.
A. The budget approved by the
council of the league of nations for
next year calls for the sum of $400,000
monthly.
Q. How much did it cost the United
States a day for tho war? H. H.
A. It cost this country about $24,-
000,000 a day for the time it was en
gaged in the world war.
Q. Why do some leaves turn yellow
and some red in the fall J. D. S.
A. The colors of tho leaves in the
fall depend upon the chemical con
tents of the tree. When the leaves be
gin to turn this is a sign that they are
returning to the body of the tree any
food matter contained in them. All
that remains In the cell cavities of the
leaf ia a watery substance in which
a few oil globules and crystals and
small number of yellow, strongly re
fractive bodies can be seen. This gives
the yellow color. In some trees there
is more sugar in the leaf than readily
goes back into the trunk of the tree.
This gives the red color.
Q. Is a sack merely another name
npHIS-is the seasoii of the year when
our thoughts are directed by
Thanksgiving Day toward a true ap
preciation of the blessings that we
have received during the past year.
We are inclined to believe that in
spite of the local conditions which
many believe might be more propitu
ous, that every day should be Thanks
giving Day in the Salt River Valley.
We have so many advantages here
.which are not enjoyed by those in less
favored localities, that we can cele
brate Thanksgiving Day, 1920, with
hearts truly full of thankfulness and
gratitude, both for the blessings that
we have received during the past
year and for the assurance of pros
perity for the future.
National B ank of Arizona
PHOENIX, ARIZONA.