Arizona republican., 1908-01-17

does not stop the feminine comment in refutation of womans disregard for truth. whether under oath or not. For the Chicago Woman's Club one woman said: Ever since Adam and Eve met in the Garden of Eden men have been trying to put the blame for everything on women" Meanwhile the question about the'absence of Senator Davis re- mains unanswered. at least conflict ingly answered by Senator Davis him self, Senator Stone of Missouri and the self sacrificing secretary to Sena- tor Davis.
 Those alarmed about the future of the Mississippi river because its headwa- ters region is becoming denuded of forests. find little comfort in the re- ports of United States government en- gineers which caused the expenditure of more than a million dollars for five reservoir dams. In the report of Col. F. V. Abbott. acting chief engineer. for 1905. he said regarding the reservoirs: Without the addition of stored wa ters from the reservoir system the riv- CT at St. Paul is liable to fall to stage of 0.2 foot. as happened in July and August 1904, or tO zero, as happened in April, 1905. whereas with judicious and economical use of the reservoir waters it is quite practicable to keep the gauge at St. Paul from ever falling below feet. z . flood stage ex- isted this season from Sandy River to Aitkin Minn.. and below. from May 20 sA VtrTr- ltrrf ta-hf
 was impounded and held back in the reservoirs. 16,00O, 900, 900 cubic feet of water. the flood waters of a drainage basin of 3.265 square miles," The cut ting of the timber has caused the fill ing up of lakes because the soil no longer is protected from erosion by rains. and the floods and droughts will each year become more violent, and the limit of reservoir capacity has been reached. It is for this reason that those favoring the revival of riv- CT transportation on the Mississippi declare that the cutting of timber on the Indian reservation under the Nor ris bill. must be stopped and reforest- ing be hastened.
  which made Carrie Nation famous. is now being worked out in Chicago by the advocates of both answers. The national headquarters of the prohibi- tion party are here; within few blocks are the leaders of the brewery and liquor interests of the country. The first weeks of the new year have found both sides very busy. The pro- hibitionists report unusual activity throughout the country as a result of the recent temperance victories in Georgia and Alabama and they are clearing the decks for the presidential campaign The brewers, on the other hand. are just as busy, carrying out their new plan of putting an end to abuses in the liquor traffic bv closing up disreDutable saloons. The ohio vigilance bureau has notified all retail CTS of the state that it tintends to clean up the state as a similar organization did Texas. The St Louis brewers have signed an agreement with the excise commissioner to furnish no beer to what are known as "lid-lifting' clubs. Brewers in Minneapolis. Cleveland. To- ledO. Decatur. New Orleans and other
 
 stop to disorderly saloons No one would accuse the brewers and the pro- hibitionists of playing into each oth- CTS hands. but to a man up a tree. it looks as if they were both running down the same road.
 The famine in school teachers which has affected western cities for some time past. has now spread to the east. and is assuming national proportions. Superintendent of Schools Cooley re- ports that New York City has adver- tised for zoo more teachers and that similar shortage prevails in Boston, Philadelphia and Pittsburg. Since the opening of the Chicago schools ten days ago. it has been necessary to dis miss twenty to forty school roomfuls daily because there was no one to teach the pupils. To meet this situation ef- forts are being made by the National Council of Education to discover the causes of the shortage and if possible devise ways of correcting it. Circular letters have been sent out to the su- perintendents of schools in most of the large cities in the country asking for oplHlOHS oH the ioiioWhHS iiNt ways ot relieving the situation: (a) TO raise salaries: tb) To enact pensions: (c) To establish security Of tenure during ef- ficiency: ed) To reduce requirements for admission to the teaching rank: Ce) To form public opinion which shall recognize the dignity of the call ing of the teacher. For their part teachers are pointing, out that while the cost of living has increased enOr-