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THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN. PHOENIX, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER SO, 1921.
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FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 30, 1911
Most of us say we dislike flattery
all of us fib in saying iU
S. Wilbur Gorman.
Tha Trail of a Conspiracy
The railroads have agreed on one condition to an
inadequate reduction of cement rates to the Salt
Eiver valley permission by the county highway
commission to be left in peaceful possession of the
excess charges which the roads have already extort
eda sum varying from $75,000 to $175,000, according
to a final determination by the Interstate commerce
commission as to a just and reasonable rate at the
time cement began moving for the highway program,
and during the time of the movement until the
present.
This money of which, the railroads propose to
deprive the people of this county is the money of our
taxpayers, already oppressed by taxation and who
are now turning in various ways for relief from their
perplexities.
There was no justification for the cement rate
at the beginning of the movement. The Tucson rate
was then $5.40 and ours was $6.40, a discrimination
that could be excused on no possible grounds. It
was shown that a $4 rate on cement from Riverside,
Colton or El Paso would be a more remunerative
one than many which applied to other commodities.
Hope was held out by the railroad authorities
that the Phoenix rate would be reduced to a level
with the Tucson rate. Meanwhile, it has ieen ascer
tained, the roads had not' the slightest Intention of
making any suck reduction, but, on the contrary,
were then considering a plan to increase the Phoenix
rate. They accomplished that in July of last year by
applying the 25 per cent increase to the Phoenix
cement rate, bringing it to the present rate of $8.
A comparatively small part of the cement had
moved at the $6.40 rate, but most of it has moved
at the higher rate. When that became effective the
county highway commission went to the interstate
commerce commission for relief. Evidence was taken
by an examiner who at the close of the hearing
recommended a $5.40 rate with reparation for all.
freight charges that had been paid in excess of that
rate. "
That was more than a year ago. It has been
expected frequently since then that the commission
would render a decision adopting the recommenda-
tion of the examiner. But on the eve of these expect
ed decisions, it is stated that attorneys of the asphalt
trust have appeared with new arguments and data
and have secured postponements from time to time.
Now, come the railways with this new sop. With
the first section of the highway program nearly com
plete, with the prospect that little or no cement will
be moved, they propose to reduce the present extor
tionate rate to a still extortionate rate that we Willi
find prohibitive for our purposes, on the condition
that the county will waive its claim for reparation
which we have every reason to believe the interstate
commerce commission will allow, along with a rate,
$1.40 lower than the "generous" rate with which the
roads are trying to bribe the highway commission. ,
, The roads are evidently trying "to get out from
under" at no cost at all to themselves, and they are
adding to the Injury they have already done the
people of this county, an insult to their intelligence.
We have spoken of the activity of the asphalt
trust attorneys in the I. C- C. litigation which on its
face concerns only the railroads and the county high
way commission, representing the taxpayers of the
county. Here is where the asphalt Interest presum
ably Vies: It is expected that there will be spirited
bidding on the larger part of the highway program.
At least, we all hope that the bidding will be spirited
on various standard types of Class A roads and that
the contract will be awarded to the lowest and best
bidder regardless of the type he represents. A $6.80
rate would seriously handicap the cement concrete
type, for we must bear in mind that the present con
tract was awarded on the basis of a $4 rate on cement
which the 'highway commission had been led at that
time to believe was within the probabilities. Such a
reasonable rate, by the way, would have saved the
taxpayers of this . county a quarter of a million
lollars.
A $5.40 rate such as we now have reason to be
lieve will be put in and which the railroads are try
ing to forestall by this one-sided compromise, would
leave the concrete type of roads a good fighting
thance. It would at least result in forcing down
lhe figures of asphalt types to a reasonable level.
There must be no compromise with this iniquity
n-hich we believe Is a conspiracy against the tax
payers of Maricopa county.
The Costly Text Book Scandal
We do not know what . limitation Governor
Campbell will place upon the legislative program if
he should decide to summon the legislature in ex
traordinary session, but we hope that he will urge
restrictions against tho constant changing of text
books for the public schools. About $5 per cent of
the taxes go to the support of the schools, and
though no good citizen begrudges the expenditure of
the last cent for the genuine improvement of our
schools, every thinking and observant citizen is
aware that vast sums are wasted in the name of
education.
Not only here, but all over the country, the con
stant shifting of text-books has become a scandal
involving graft of varying degrees from that com
mitted barely within the law, to criminal graft, of
which proof is difficult to obtain.
That changes of text-books are sometimes neces
sary is to be admitted, especially of text-books relat
.v.. ,.rt sciences, discoveries in which are
;DB constantly made. But there is really no sense
in making frequent sweeping changes in text-books.
Persons of middle age or elderly persons who
attended the common schools of the middle west
recall the few changes that were made in periods
covering a couple of generations. Throughout that
region McGuffcy's readers and spellers were general
ly used; P.ay's arithmetics, from "Mental" up to
"Third Part" and "Higher"; Ray's algebras; Davies
Legendre's Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry;
Guyot's geographies; Clark's and, later, Harvey's
grammars.
For several years there has been a constant
inundation of Latin text-books, though there are
none which are so well suited for the beginner or
which so lead him on, step by step, as Bingham's
series.
And when we measure by results, we find no
such proficiency in our pupils in reading as the com
mon schools used to turn out, and certainly there are
now no such spellers as those boys and girls of from
twelve upward who boasted, that they could spell
"every word in McGuffey's if they didn't get rattled."
Some of them, more ambitious, strove to master the
then "Unabridged."
When a boy had finished Ray's "Third Fart
and could solve the "100 Examples" understandingly
he stood on a good foundation and there were many
boys and girls of twelve to sixteen who could do
that, as a result of four months' annual school
attendance, say between the ages of twelve and six
teen and perhaps seven months for the years be
tween six and twelve.
The school books of the elder chlid.-e-t descenitd
to their younger brothers and sisters and in turn to
still younger, and to children of the next generation.
There were, of course, infrequent revisions of tha
readers, .for the earlier ones .of the d.'ries we have
described, contained matter a trifle too stilted for
the pupils of the age for which they were, intended.
We can recall, though, not more than on-i revision.
There have never since been better selections
of matter for school readers and there are none today,
we believe, which . so ; attract the attention of the
pupil to the best of a golden age of English lit
erature. Pupils then fell In love with their text-books a
love that persisted until the pupils became old men
and women.
There is now a "McGuffey Society" having mem
bership in scores of cities and towns, throughout
the middle west and the -east. The members are
collecting all the old readers and spellers of the
series, at whatever sums they can be bought, and
they are cherished' as old friends.
Today a pupli" hardly has time to establish
speaking or recognizing acquaintance with a text
book, much less to form 'an affection for it, so ava
ricious have the publishing houses and the distribu
tors become for the money of the taxpayers through
the medium of something new.
There ' were not so many text-book publishing
houses in those days. Among the greater was Wil
son, Hinkle & Company of Cincinnati, later taking
the name of Van Antwerp, Bragg & Company. The
publishing houses were content with replacements
of existing text-books for books were always being
worn out or lost. The chief use of new text-books, to
wring money from the public, is a comparatively
new one assuming noticeable proportions, only a
little more than a quarter of a century ago, but in
creasing with marvelous rapidity until . now it is
threatened with successful rivalry only by mail-train
banditry.
The governor and the legislature will do well fqr
the taxpayers, the schools and the pupils if they will
do something to check this enterprise in Arizona,
A Greater Use ef Pima Cotton
A suggestion for the use of Pima cotton and a
wide advertisement of it, for hotel bed "linen," tow
eling, etc., subjected to hard usage, might be acted
upon with advantage to the industry. , It may be
thought that our cotton is too expensive for these
uses which have been met by cheap short staple
cotton, and which has served adequately in linen
for ordinary household use where it is subjected
only to the weekly washing. But the same kind of
linen quickly disintegrates under the more frequent
laundrying of the hotels, so that the latter would
find the more durable fabric the cheaper epd would
avoid the necessity of procuring frequent supplies.
We have had ample tests of fabric made from
our long staple cotton, in shirtings and prints which
had formerly been made exclusively of the cheaper
short staple. It has been shown, especially in
shirtings that the longer life of the long staple fab
rics much more than Justifies the use of long staple
at its normal price over the shorter staple at its
norma) price. The more widely this fact is adver
tised, and the advertisement would become the more
valuable with the extended use of long staple, the
greater will be the absorption of our cotton by these
uses of it.
We have, perhaps, too narrowly dwelt upon the
superiority of our cotton for fabrication in those
textiles where the things aimed at are fineness or
durability, such as thread, laces, aeroplane wings
and tire fabrics. Of course our cotton for those uses
are superior and therefore cheaper, but they seem
to be but a small number in comparison with the
whole number of uses that may be developed.
Ifi shirtings and prints, there is not only the
vastly superior durability of the Pima cotton fabrics,
but there is also the superiority of appearance over
those fabrics made of cheaper and common cotton.
Such an extended use of our cotton would come
about by a process of intelligent trade development
and would be beneficial alike to producer and con
sumer. In contra-distinction to an extended forced use
by legislation such as a few years ago was attempted
in Texas to relieve a cotton congestion, when a
statute was enacted requiring hotel sheets to be of
unnecessary length, by about two feet as we re
member. About the same time there was a bill
introduced into a Kansas legislature, though Kansas
is not a cotton-growing state, extending the caudal
appendage of the shirt by two inches. In both cases
the legislation was designed to benefit the producer
at an unnecessary expense to the consumer.
During the last year, if you remember, similar
kind of weather, hot, cold, wet and dry, has prevailed
at the same time during different periods, over large
sections of the country.
The capture of Wendell, the supposed participant
In the murder of two Los Angeles policemen, brings
to mind that the long reaches of Arizona make this
state a. difficult trail for fugitives. From the ear
liest times, even before we had telephones and fewer
telegraph facilities, the escaping bandit had a hard
time evading manhuntera who knew water holes
where he would have to turn in or meet death on
the more merciless desert
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BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TODAY
LORD SEES ALL: For the eyes of the LorS
ogy run to and fro'throughout the whole earth, t&
Y shew himself strong in behalf of those what?
heart is perfect toward him. 2 Chronicles 16:9.
McGUFFEY'S READER
BY OR. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1921. by Frank Crane)
Berton Braleys Daily Poem
Landis or Ruth, Landis or Ruth. .
Who gets the panning the judge or the youth T
True, the bambino was stubborn and naughty.
Somewhat inflated and overly haughty;
Still when his mood grew less angry and fairer
Babe, like a sportsman admitted his error.
So, for myself, my opinion Is clear,
I think his punishment over-severe;
Seems to me Landis has nourished a grudge.
Babe or the judge? Babe or the judge?
Landis or Ruth, Landis or Ruth
Lacking the infant, the season in sooth '
Looks like a dull one; oh why can't he play.
Why make the fans suffer such a delay?
Babe has done wrong, but the rule that he busted
Always made most of us sore and disgusted;
Fine the lad? Sure, but, oh judge, after that
Let him stalk forth to the platter and bat!
That's why to ball games we ride and we trudge;
Have a heart, have a heart, have a heart, Judge
Landis or Ruth, Landis or Ruth, '
Judge, don't forget that that figure uncouth
Means more to fandom than you do, old scout;
Come on, be nice to the caliph of clout.
Punish him plenty for busting that rule
But don't be so harshly and terribly crool!
Let him be there when the season begins '
Purged by your mercy of all of his sins.
We want to start with our olden-time thrill
Watching the infant belabor that pill,
Hand him his bludgeon and let the Babe bludge!
Have a heart, have a heart, have a hert! Judge!
POLITICAL EDUCATION
(By Frederic J. Haskin) i
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 13.
School children of Alabama are to be
taught practical citizenship so that
they will grow up to be intelligent
voters. This is the latest step taken
in the campaign to educate the vot
ing public.
It is tho women, mainly, who are
Insisting that the voter should play
politics intelligently. They find that
the public is sadly in need of educa
tion along political lines. For years,
men have taken the vote casually.
Their knowledge of voting systems
was based on such facts as they hap
pened to pick up in conversation
with other men and what they read
iir newspapers and magazines.
When 30,000,000 women were
handed the ballot, a large percentage
of them turned to the nearest man to
find out all about it, and a good
many were disappointed by the mea
ger information they could get. So
they stopped consulting amateur
politicians and engaged experts to
lecture to them.
The League of Women Voters,
which sponsors the idea of an intel
ligent voting body, organized a course
in citizenship at Chicago as an ex
periment. It was so successful that
the plan of having schools in citizen
ship spread all over the country.
Already, we are told, the league has
held literally thousands of courses.
Pennsylvania alone has had 600
courses, or schools, as the league
calls them, in the past year.
The schools of citizenship were in
stituted a year and a half ago, but
of late a new impetus has been given
to the project. Educators have be
gun to advocate that if schools train
for citizenship there must be some
practical courses given. Then, when
the newly fledged voters are turned
loose at an election, they will know
what sort of power they hold.
Until women agitated this subject,
the League of Women Voters claims,
practical education in the voting and
political systems was not included
in school courses. Such subjects as
civics and political law were taught,
but from an academic standpoint.
The league has succedeed in im
pressing the importance of courses in
practical politics on a number of
colleges. One professor" of political
economy at a state university en
dorsed the plan for schools of citi
zenship, saying, "The women have
done what the men should have done
100 years ago educate voters."
A College Course
Tale university held its first citl
zenship school last summer. The
Alabama state university held an
extension course in practical citizen-
ship and it proved so popular that a
lecture course was given last fall.
and two more are planned. -
Alabama Is to be the pioneer state
to carry the system one step farther
and introduce similar work into the
grammar schools. The league re
gards this as a progressive move and
believes other states will follow.
Not all of the courses are given in
connection with colleges and schools.
however. Baltimore and other cit
ies have held citizenship schools in
different wards, generally around
election time, when interest Is keen
est. Chicago held one of these
courses last month, to which men
and women alike came, to acquire
information on such subjects as:
Why men do not vote. What is
the matter with the ballot? Ballot
forms. Nominating processes. Your
own election laws and how to study
them. How politics handles electoral
machinery.
During some of these courses, if
election time is near, the local candi
dates are invited to speak at the last
session so that the .students may
judge them m the light of newly
acquired knowledge of politics.
Candidates, it is said, have come to
respect and fear these students of
politics. They cannot be easily won
over by a sob story or bv fiery elo
quence. They wait patiently for a
promise and a platform, and if the
candidate goes off the stage without
coming to the point he generally
learns his mistake at the polls.
Women's steadfast interest in the
platforms rather than smiles has been
a blow to many candidates, but they
have finally accepted the inevitable.
When the League of Women Voters
first sent out questionnaires to New
York candidates asKlng their views
on certain matters there was indig
nation among the aspirants to office
Many felt insulted that they should
be questioned so definitely. T.ess
than one-third of them sent back
answers.
At the r.ext campaign over half
answered the questionnaires. And
this fall, when the questionnaire was
late, several candidates wrote to
know if the questions were to be
abolished. They were not afraid, they
said, to answer questions, and they
wished their views to go on record,
so that there could be no doubt as to
their attitude on public matters.
Quizzing Candidates
When the belated lists of questions
went out 95 per cent of the candi
dates hastened to fill out the answers
and mail them back. They had found
that it did not pay to refuse naught
1ly the information which voters of
the state wanted.
New York was the first state in
which the questionnaires were used.
Now they are a popular institution in
a number of states. Voters who do
not have the opportunity to hear the
candidates can rely more safely on
answers to plain questions than on
reports of excited Campa ri speeches.
rew York women also held teas
quiz meetings they were Jokingly
called to which politicians in office
were invited to come and be ques
Moned regarding their attitude on
public affairs. The state legislators
were especially desired as guests at
these tea parties.
The women explained thit by ask
ing questions they did hot always
mean to criticize a man's way of vot
ing on a measure. They simply asked
because they wanted to know reasons
and facts.
Here again, some of the politicians
were glad of a chance to explain
their motives. Others felt that once
a man is elected, the voters, should
trust him to do his best. But. bow
ever they felt, most of the guests saw
the wise course to take when in the
presence of several hundred possible
voters.
This insistence on an accounting
from both candidates and office hold
ers is an outgrowth of women s
entrance into politics. As a class,
women know less about politics than
men, and they have set out deter
mined to remove the handicap. As a
result we have schools and quizzes
and questionnaires, and as a result of
them the League of Women Voters
prophesies a higher standard in
politics.
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Q. What language did Pennsylva
nia Dutch come troml O. t a.
A. The idom of the Pennsylvania
Dutch is really High German. It is
a fusion of Franconian, Alemannlc
and other German dialects, with an
admixture of English varying from
one per cent in rural districts to a
large percentage in towns.
Q. What are the two most fa
moui Egyptian statues in the round.
and who are the sculptors? I. c
B. W.
A. A member of the National
Museum staff says: "Opinions dif
fer. In my judgment the seated
stone statue of Chefren. the builder
of the second pyramid of Gizeh, and
the wooden standing ttatue of the
so-called "Sheik el' Ealad" are the
masterpieces of Egyptian sculpture.
No Egyptian artist is known by
name.
Q. What is the population of Cook
County. III? C. F. K.
A. The census bureau says Cook
County. III., with a population of
3.053.017 has the largest population
of anv rountv in the United States.
Q. What is a man of straw? F,
M. H.
A. A professional false witness In
the English courts who gives straw
bail. They wear or are said to wear.
straw in their shoes as a sign cf
their profession.
Q. Who was H. H.? S. A. G.
A. II. H. was the pseudonym of
Helen Maria Kifke who was Mrs.
Hunt and afterward Mrs. Jackson.
Q. Who painted the ''Descent
from the Cross"? T. F.
A. This has been a favorite theme
with artists and there are at least
six f-imous pictures of this name,
by Sadoma. (Jorarii David. Cavaz
zola. Oorreggio, Titian and Rubens.
Q. Can you give a recipe for
Spanish bunuelos? P. E. S.
A. These Spanish cakes are pop
ular during the holiday season and
at weddings. To three cups cl flour,
Some time ago there was a news item to the effect-
that Henry Ford was scooping around Cincinnati look
ing for JVlcGufieys First R'eader. - .
Mr. Ford said that McGuffey's Readers were the
source from which he gleaned the greater part of his
education. And now he claims to be the proud owner
of the whole series from the First to the Seventh.
When he went into a big book store and asked for
McGuffeys 'First Reader, the clerk said. "We sold the
last one twenty-five years ago," and referred him to
the American Book Company, which used to publish
the McGuffey series and might possibly have one left.
lord plodded over to the American Book Com
pany's quarters, where the general manager received
him and informed him that there are only three un
sold McGuffey's First Readers in existence. We have
two here and one in New York. I would hate to part
with one of them."
After establishing his1 identity, however, and argu
ing a bit, Mr. Ford was able to capture a copy of the
book he desired.
This exploit will be read by a good many thousand
people in this country with peculiar interest, particu
larly those who are on the shady side of fifty and who
received their education in the public schools.
Ihe writer of this speaks from first-hand experi
ence, but he makes the statement that a good part of
the mental furniture of these persons is due to McGuf
fey's Readers.
You may talk all you please about the influence of
Thomas Jefferson, or Poe, or Hawthorne, or any other
of the men of letters, or of propaganda of former time.
None of them equals McGuffey. ' t
tor the simple reason that he it was who had a
great part in shaping the minds of the little bovs and
girls in school fifty years ago. r - , .
Napoleon is. reported to have said that if he could
write the songs of the people he did not care who made
their laws. . " c ;;
With even more force it miht be said that the
man who compesss the Second, Third and Fourth Read
ers of the public scnools does most to shape the nations
of the coming generation.
It is a common ambition to desire to influence one's .
fellowmen. The popular novelists, the editor of a news
paper, 'the magazine writer, the preacher, the states
man, and the holder of high office, each has his throne
of power. Each does something toward controlling the;
Zeitgeist r
But he who selects the first impressions that are
going to be made upon the minds of children, in and
under their teens, is more powerful than all.
While this is a self-evident truth, it is one that we
continually neglect and overlook.
If we would spend half the energy in choosing the
reading matter for public school children which we
spend in disseminating heated propaganda, we should
be far more successful.
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enough milk to mix. Knead a's you
would bread, roll out and cut in
disks about the size of a small plate.
Fry one at a time in deep fat, and
serve covered with syrup made of
sugar and water.
Q. When was the first Encyclo
pedia Britannica published? T.
McM.
A. This "dictionary of arts,- sci
ences, and general literature" was
first published, in parts, at Edin
burgh 1768-1771.
Q. la it true that more people die
during fogs than when the weather
is clear? F. O.
A. It is said that in London the
deaths during foggy weeks always'
exceed the number during pleasant
weather.
Q. What is a treenail? R. K.
A. A treenail is a lon wooden
pin used in fastening the planks of
a vessel to tfie timbers or to each
other.
Q. Did England or did she not
reccgnize the South at the beginning
of the Civil war? S. p. S.
A. Knglar.d issued a proclamation
of neutrality cn May 11. lsSl, by
wlich action he recognized th
confederate states as belligerent.:
This actioa on the nart of Great
Piitain was shortly afterwards fol
lowed by oth;r European countries.
ABOUT TIE STATE
Chinese Serve Vets
TUCSON Chinese dishes, served
by Chinese maidens, to the accompan
iment of Chinese music, were tne
feature of a Yuletide entertainment
staged in the Kniguts of Columbus
hut in Pastime park last night. There
were two brilliantly lighted Christmas
trees.
The entertainment was given by
the Chinese colony, headed by Don
Chun Wo. Supper was served to 300
persons, including disabled veterans
and visitors, and in addition, dainties
were taken to ex-soldiers who Were
unable to be present at the merry
making. The menu included Chinese
soup, chop suey, Chinese nuts and
Chinese candies. Str.r.
Mexico Mining Silver
TUCSON While there is a mini
mum of mining activity in the state
of Sonora, Mexico, whose mines are
mostly copper, there is an increased
development in the silver mining
districts of Mexico, it was stated by
Thomas N. Stanton, mining engineer,
who is interested in several mining
properties of that country- Mr- Stan
ton, whose headquarters are in Tuc
son, has returned after an absence
of more than a year, excepting for a
brief visits at infrequent intervals.
Star.
Trial Involves Work
MIAMI An aftermath of the im
portant mining suit between the Iron
Cap and the A. C. companies just
closed, is noted in the activity of
Herman K. Zulch. E. M, of Oatman.
who testified at the trial. Mr. Zulich
has converted the upper story of the
court house, the large jury room,
into an engineer's studio and is bus'.ly
engaged making copies Of the various
exhibits introduced at the trial. These
are mostly maps and drawings of the
various shafts, tunnels, drifts ani un
derground workings cf the mining
ground the ownership of which is in
dispute. The Iron Cap introduf-ed 31
and the Arizona Commercial 52 such
exhibits. rop!c5 of these are requir l
by the litig.ints for examination and
future use. Mr. ZulWh will be busy
three or four dajs. when he expects to
return to Oatman.
The testimony submitted during
this celebrated mining suit, whtn
transcribed, will amount to five thou
sand folios or half million words.
Three skillful stenographers, working
in relays of an hour each, were kept'
busy for eight days, recording test -mony
and are now hard at work
transcribing their notes. Silver Belt.
Arrest Obliging Bandsman
GLOBE John Mrgudich came to
the hearing of Severiano Gonzales,
charged with violation of the Vol
stead law, before V. S. Commissioner
J. F. Hechtman yesterday, for the
purpose of furnishing bail for his
friend in case the commissioner
found grounds for holding him for
the next term of the federal court.
The commissioner did so and fixed
Gonzafes bond at 500. Mrgudich
qualified for londsman with an air
of conscious pride in his fidelity to
his neighbor in time of trouble. His
manner altered considerably when a
warrant charging him with the same
offense was read to him and he was
promptly put In arrest- Arraigned
at once, he pleaded not guilty and
his trial was set for December 30, at
the request of the prohibition en
forcement director for the state, who
'phoned over from Phoenix. Record.
Freed by Tapeline
TUMA V. Commissioner IT. B." J
Farmer yesterday dismissed the com-
plaint filed against Judge J. C Jones
upon the ground that not sufficient
evidence had been introduced to war
rant him holding him to the federal
court. The evidence as presented
was to the effect that three bottles
of tequila had been found upon Judge
Jones' premises. Judge Jones was
accused of knowingly and unlawfully
having intoxicating liquor In his pos
session. Yesterday when the com
missioner went to the Jones rremiFes
on Gila street and measured the
property it was found that the liquor
had not been found on Judge Jones"
premises. Judge Jones was accused,
of knowingly and unlawfully havin
intoxicating liquor in his possession.
Yesterday when the commissioner "
went to the Jones premises on Gila
street and measured the property it j
was found that the liquor had not
been found on Judge Jones' premises
hut upon a neighbor's property. Tha .
liquor was some feet over the lino
and as no other evidence was Intro
duced, the cae v. as dismissed.