Arizona republican., 1908-04-21
4 SKIN OF BEAUTY IS A JOY
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 business demoralized and crime in 1 creasing daily without single ray ot hope for the fumre-this is Kansas 1 City. Kaas., today So much for the i fragrant falsehood.
 l Instead of this being a true picture. | during the tWenty-onc months since the joints" were closed Kansas City. Kans has witnessed unparalleled pros perity. as the following facts attest:
 Increase in population In 1907 over | 1906 of 1l.1S0. Since the joints were 1 closed, two new banks and one new i trust company have been organized | The increase in bank deposits in the past twenty-two months has been 35.I | per cent. There was not a single bank | failure during recent panic. The mu- 1 nicipality too. is on d better basis than when the treasury was profiting | by the joint revenue. Increase last ear in postal receipts was Is per cent.
 A Better City Morally. Crime is not on the increase. The | increase of cases in police court. ac- cording to Police Judge John T. Sims. is due to law enforcement following the closing of the joints" Whereas be- fore few arrests were made because the police did not do their duty. If tehy had. four or five times as many persons as now would have been ar rested" He further states that go per cent of the men who appear in my court are arrested near the state line which divides Kansas City. Kans.. and Kansas City, Mo- where there are 100 saloons on the Missouri side: one block having twenty-five. is said to be the 'wettest' block in the world" The cap tain of police. L. G. snyder. confirms the above. and says Without saloons and gambling in Kansas City. Kans.. crime is at a minimum. There are no dives or blind tigers in Kansas City. Kans."
 II is almost impossible to find a va cant store building on the business streets. Instead Of rents decreasing they have increased in some instances 25 per cent. Taxes have not been high CT since the joints closed. as the brewers assert. In 1906 the rate per S100 Of assessed valuation was S310. in 1907 it was s2.90.
 The chief of fire department. John AlcNarrey, cmphaticaily denies that firemen are paid by the corporations: All the men are paid by the Ncity." Fewer fires and smaller loss during past twelve months than any year for many years. is the report.
 Prosperity Follows the Flag O. Prohi-
 tior.
 Increase in property values has been considerable. During 1907 the increase was S6.90S.524. Secretary Dehoney says: Kansas City. Kans.. led all the cities in the United States in the larg- est proportional gain in building oper- atfons in 1906 over 1905. Its gain was 209.07 per cent. The second city was Seattle, with v per cent" Larllin Nor man. building inspector. says: My records show the building of new houses in Kansas City. Kans. in 1907. the year after the closing Of the joints to be the greatest in the his tory of the city" He adds. "Inme- diately outside the city. not included in my report. one-half as many new buildings are being erected as within the entire city F. L. McAlpine. city engineer. says: More sewers built and streets graded since April 1. 1907. than in any year for four years. Money iN III tlit NItdSuIS lD nave seventeen miles of streets the coming season.
 Do these figures make one feel that Kansas City. Kans.. is the bankrupt deserted village" which the brewers announce?
 In two years S22SOOO for new schools. $2l5.00O for new churches. ,.
 What few leading men say:
 Mayor Cornell: Prosperous. well behaved city. No one is wearing crepe because the saloons have departed"
 C. L. Brokaw. cashier of largest bank: Best twenty-one months in the history of the city"
 William Merriam, leading real estate man: Rents paid better. fewer eject pents. better real estate times during two years past than any previous six years"
 William Peet, president Peet Bros Soap Co. and Kansas City Cotton Mills: "Citizens paying their grocery and at.bills more promptly. City better off in every sense"
 Kansas City Star: Business has improved. Former opponents now for a dry town"
 Literature giving detailed informa- tion may be had of Carl Dehoney. sec retarN of the Mercantile Club Kansas City. Kans.
 The writer might add in closing this statement of the situation. that the sheriff of the county. Capt J. F.. Por- ter. stalwart friend of civic right eousness. is a member of the Edgerton Place Baptist church and. president of the official board of the church.
 Edgerton Place Church, Kansas City. Kans.