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The sun shines on Brewery Gulch 330 days in the year, but there is moonshine every day.
VOL. XIX
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I have been reading
the columns of some
of the softheaded
people connected
with the past and
present New Deal
administrations in
Washington and also
newspaper reports of
the talks made by
some of these people
before clubs and
other organizations,
and I infer from what
I have read that they
believe that we could
do something about
this cold war by
appealing to Joe
Stalin’s better
nature. One of the
women columnists
comes right out and
says that we should
show other nations
(she evidently refers
to those behind the
Iron Curtain) the
benefits of peace and
thus put over the
idea that we are all
brothers and should
not fight or threaten
to fight. It is a
perfectly lovely
thought, the idea of
this learned lady,
which seems to be
that we should sell
the idea that "Peace,
it’s wonderful" (as
Father Divine said)
and should show how
much more fun it is
for everybody to
dwell together in
harmony than for some
•f the brothers to
be rough and to get
tough with others
(us for instance) who
have more of the good
things of life than
they have and which
they would like to
take away from us.
There might be more
to this proposed
appeal to Good Old
Joe’s better nature
if it were not for
the fact that it has
been tried before,
in a very substantial
way, and we can’t
see that it did
any good. The Great
Humanitarian, who
was always so liberal
BISBEE, ARIZONA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1950
DOWN IN COCHISE COUNTY
By George Bideaux
Spring
The sun is warm
Like wine the air
Off with your winter
Underwear.
—Pete
The little poems that head these
columns are often hard to compose
tho this is one of the easier ones.
Many subjects are taboo and words
that rhyme are often hard to find.
The subject matter of the above
is one that will raise no row. Ev
eryone is glad to get out of their
winter woolens. The fact of the
matter is that few people wear
them any more, particularly in
Southern Arizona. And even in
the middle West and on the East
coast the old “heavies” have been
abandoned for year around shorts.
Anyhow—it’s fine spring weather
hereabouts, at least at the time
this is written.
Speaking of subjects that are ta
boo—the movie people are com
plaining that they are having a
tough time casting villains. If they
cast a Negro or a Jew in the role
of a malefactor of any kind, the
civil righters rise up and demand
that the picture be either side
tracked or blacklisted. Now the
defenders of the noble red man
are said to be protesting the west
erns that portray the Indians in
anything but a favorable light. We
can soon expect the same outcries
from the other races and national
ities and soon there will be no
villains in the flickering films. All
will be sweetness and light an en
tertaining no end —or will it? Put
us down for more and meaner vil
lains. All colors and nationalities
—and when the gallant Seventh
Cavalry charges across the desert
wastes, we want Indians, bad In
dians, burning the wagon train.
We had just finished reading a
news dispatch that told how Tuc
son had been slighted in favor of
Phoenix by the travel editor of an
Eastern magazine that carried an
article on Arizona. Praising the
Salt River metropolis to the skies,
the writer barely mentioned the
Southern Arizona city except to
say that it was of about 50,000
population and surrounded by
mountains. Our ire was still with
us when we reached the post of
fice and found among our incom-
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with things that belonged to other
people, gave Joe a good deal, a
wonderful deal, at Yalta, gave him
not only some of the things that
belonged to us but also some that
belonged to one of our allies, the
Chinese no less. “Never give a
sucker an even break 1 ' is Joe’s
idea, and up to now it hasn’t
worked out too bad for him. I’d
hate to find myself in a barrel
with a rattlesnake and find that
I’d have to talk him out of the idea
of striking me. I’m very sure that
I would be unable to do it, and I
think that it is very doubtful that
Joe Stalin can be talked into a
willingness to settle any problem
on a fifty fifty basis. And it is
my unalterable opinion that any
one who believes otherwise is soft
in the head.
GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
BROUGHT UP TO DATE
The following modern version of
Lincoln’s famous address seems
rather apropos at this time, espe
cially as his birthday comes next
Sunday. This version comes from
some source at this time unknown
for which reason it is not possible
to give credit. Here it is:
One score and sixteen years ago
our fathers brought forth upon
this nation a new tax, conceived in
desperation and dedicated to the
proposition that all men are fair
game.
Now we are engaged in a great
mass of calculations, test i n g
whether that taxpayer or any tax
payer so confused and so impover
ished can long endure. We are
met on form 1040. We have come
to dedicate a large portion of our
income to a final resting place
with those men who here spend
their lives that they may spend
our money.
It is altogether anguish and tor
ture that we should do this. But
in the legal sense we can’t evade—
we cannot cheat —we cannot un
derestimate this tax. The collect
ors, clever and sly, who computed
here, have gone far beyond our
power to add and subtract.
Our creditors will little note nor
long remember what/we pay here,
but the bureau of internal revenue
can never forget what we report
there: It is for us taxpayers, rath
er to be devoted here to the tax
return which the government has
thus far so nobly spent. It is rath
er for us to be dedicated to the
great task remaining before us—
that from these vanishing dollars
we take increasing devotion to the
few remaining; that we here high
ly resolve that next year will not
find us in a higher income tax
bracket.
That this taxpayer, underpaid,
shall figure but more deductions;
and that taxation of the people by
Congress, for the government shall
figure out more deductions; per
ish.
EL RIO STAGES
6TH TUCSON OPEN
GOLF TOURNAMENT
By Mac
Perfect weather helped make
the Lloyd Mangrum Open, the
sixth Tucson Open Golf Tourna
ment, the most successful in point
of attendance since the first was
held in 1946. The crowd on the
final day was estimated at close to
8,000, a record for Tucson.
With a few exceptions all of
the top pros participated; Lloyd
Mangrum, last year’s winner, and
Ben Hogan as well as Ellsworth
Vines, who placed third at Phoen
ix being among the notable absen
tees. Mangrum’s 263 for the
course is still the record when
Chandler Harper, who won Sun
day, came in with 267, 13 under
par.
Mangrum is still unable to - play
since his injury in an auto acci
dent last fall; Skip Alexander, who
won two years ago, finished Sun
day in even par, 280, and was out
of the money. Jimmy Demaret,
who won the event three years
ago, was lucky to finish in a tie
for sixth place due to severe at-
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FIVE CENTS PER COPY
RATTLING THE BOARDS
With Mac
Considerable progress has been
made in the campaign to raise $5,-
000 in donations locally to finance
the Bisbee-Douglas ball club the
coming season, according to Chair
man Tom Nelson, but he adds that
there is a lot more work yet to be
done. And if some of the workers
don’t get the lead out pronto . . .
it is really going to be bad.
Last season the sale of stock
brought in nearly all of the SIO,OOO
subscribed by the time the season
started, but when the club re
turned from its first road trip that
money was all gone. There was
the expense of buying the two sta
tion wagons, buying uniforms,
paying training expenses, manag
er’s salary for two months (Will
iamson’s salary started February
19th) bats, balls, tickets, printing,
etcetra in addition to the league
deposit of SIOOO and the deposit
to the national association of
SI7OO. The league deposit for the
1950 season was put up last fall
but the SI7OO must come out of the
donations now being made.
The bulk of the donations must
come from the business and pro
fessional men of the district; as I
have said many times, any time a
salaried man or wage earner gives
ten dollars he is doing his share.
Last year there were 222 stock
holders in this district who bought
either one or two shares at $lO a
share. A few of these were small
business men who bought two
shares. Thirty-six business hous
es bought 181 shares costing
$lBlO, which was a distinct let
down from the season before when
the contributor along the main
drags of Lowell and Bisbee came
through with almost a thousand
dollars more. The slack last year
was taken up by one stockholder
who bought $650 worth; this was
necessary when Main street fell
down.
As one fan said to me recently,
“If we can’t raise $5,000 in Bisbee
without putting too much of a bur
den on a few individuals we had
better forget about baseball. I
know that we have always done it
in one way or another and we’ll
make it this time, I think! But
every fellow who shirks is putting
just that much more of a burden
on the good fellows who will do
more than their share if necessary.
We all remember that two years
ago we raised $5,000 up here and
let Douglas have 20 games without
putting up a dime in the way of
donations. Last year Douglas fans
did their share and they seem to
be doing it this time.’’
Yuma business men and fans
seem to think that a place in Or
ganized Ball this season is worth
$25,000 to them; that is the amount
that it takes to put their team in
the Sunset League, and they have
raised that much cash money.
The local park is being put in
playing condition and by the time
the local high schoolers are ready
to start practice it will be in good
shape for them. Both the high
school ball club and the Junior
Legion team will use the park this
summer and possibly some future
major leaguers may come out of
these two groups. There was nev
er a time when young ballplayers
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DON'S
MBS ®
T
I DON PAJAMAS
No. 60
Suicide Either Way: If we can
make a hydrogen bomb and do
make one, so can and so will Rus**
la. And Russia is likely to drop
the first one—another Pearl Har
bor, a sneak punch, calculated to
render us incapable of ever drop
ping one on them.
But suppose Russia does this,
suppose she kills everyone in
America and destroys all industry
here, what would she gain—what
would the world gain? Destroy
ing America would, in effect, de
stroy civilization or at least set it
back a thousand years.
However, suppose Russia does
not knock us out with that first
punch, that we can drop some of
the bombs there, and destroy Russ
ia too —that will even be worse,
two great nations destroyed, and
all the little nations who will join
in the war, taking sides as they
always do.
What with our fears and ways
of thinking, our trusting bombs
more than we do God, it is suicide,
with or without a hypdrogen
bomb. Christ said that we should
love our enemies, but this theory
has never been carried out by a
nation. We can not expect the
Godless Russians to follow this ad
vice, and we have a fear of becom
ing Christian martyrs if we do—
enslaved by the Asiatic hordes.
Hydrogen bombs will only de
stroy us, and the Russians too, but
how do we know but that love
would render our enemies incap
able of harming us? We have nev
er been good enough Christians to
try it, so we will probably try the
hydrogen bomb, going blindly to
our doom!
Man-Made Static: Confined in
bed, my world is a small one, and
things which happen around me
often set off a train of thought
which reach out into the wide
world.
For instance, there are several
men patients downstairs who sit in
the yard and talk, and one of them
or a visitor, sprinkles his conver
sation with “God damns,” "Bast
ards” and such. My ears have be
come unused to such blasphemy
through the years, and it sort of
makes me cringe to hear it.
These men talk about world con
ditions, politics, Russia, and such
things which most people talk
about these days, and one of them,
by his “God damning" sends up a
sort of static into the cosmic air
which drowns out any good which
might come from discussing to
day's problems.
There are many good people in
this world who pray daily for
love and the brotherhood of man
—for the healing of the sick. I,
too, do this, since I have much
time for it. But our prayers must
get through the static of millions
of "God damn him—kill the bast
ard,” and thoughts of hate and av
arice, like this one small sample
which I hear through my window.
It isn’t much wonder that the
prayers of good people are not
answered, that we still have war,
sickness and trouble of all sorts,
when so much of this static is in
the air to drown out petitions sent
Heavenward.
If a man can’t pray, he can at
least refrain from shutting off the
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