Arizona republican., 1903-08-24
MUSIC MICROBES
I'd Kill Mosquitoes for the Benefit of
 Phoenix City Recorder.

City Recorder Jobs people back in New Jersey are trying to inveigle him thitherward for the benefit of his some what dilapidated health. Mosquitoes seem to be the only obstacle and ex- peTlmentS at their eXtermination by sweet sounds have recently been made as detailed in the Asbury Park Even ing News of August F, 1903. It might be noted that the chief expermenter, City Counsel Hawkins, is mixed up some way with Recorder Jobs by paternal connection with three-year- old boy who refuses to hear evidence establishing an identity between his maternal grandfather and Recorder Jobs unless the latter is personally present at the hearing. This is in strict conformity with the rule enforced by the recorder recently during the inves- tigation of some rather conspicuous cases at the city hall. A subdued snicker cannot be suppressed over so speedy an instance of compulsion to take his own medicine forced upon the 'Jedge" by the first and only grand son he ever had.
 But to the mosquito holocaust nit which is as follows:
 .City Counselor John F. Hawkins is of an investigative turn of mind. Hav- ing heard of the deadly effects upon mosquitoes of certain strains of music he resolved to try the experiment and upon a. recent fishing trip to Barnegat bay took along a phonograph and a case full of the most approved popular melodies as ammunition. The coun- selor doesn't believe the theory now.
 He started the war of extermiration early in the first evening. The night was cool and balmy and the lawyer with his family and several guests gathered on tho deck of the yacht. The man of law pressed the button and the rest settled back contentedly to watch the carnage. Tn the Good Old Sum- mer Time" was the opening gun in the battle against the pests. MT. Hawkins esteemed it the most deadly in his rep ertoire, but while, as the counselor ob- served it aroused acute homicidal mania in man, as against the merry mosquito it proved perfectly innocu ous More than that they liked it inn mensely, and swooped down upon the yacht ID droves of millions, settling on the stays and rigging, till the ropes were fairly covered.
 '.'Ah.' observed the lawyer puzzled that doesn't seem to reach 'em.' Then, brightening. added: However, we've got an audience, and when we do strike a fatal rote the mortality will be aw- full. Truly, mine enemy is delivered in- to my hands,
 'Hiawatha' was next tried and prov ed a complete failure. At the end of the selection there was q distinct burst of applause from the rigging and the hunters began to feel that they were the hunte d.
 No enIcores, said the lawyer grimly to the rigging, and turned on. broad side of popular ballad. Silence reign ed through the first. then, as the air swung intp the chorus, or at least Mr Hawkins declares, every blessed insect in the audience came out strong with the refrain At the Call of the Roll III be Thefe.'
 This was discouraging and MT Hawkins gave up the attempt. Lacking entertainment the mosquitoes turned their attention to business and for the next few hours conversation was pune tuated with, the savage skipping of faces. A vast number of the pests met their end in this orthodox way, so, as MT. Hawkins hopefully observed, the expedition was not a complete failure"
 The city recorder of Phoenix will probably not visit his native state this year.