Arizona republican., 1910-08-12
SCALED MOUNTAIN AND
 TALKED POLITICS

B. F. Marks, the attorney. and w. D. O'Neil have just returned from a little vacation trip to Flagstaff and the Grand Canyon. It was at Flag staff that they really had the most fun. They met quite by accident and Joined a party from the Weatherford hotel for the ascent of Sunset noun tain, some eighteen miles away.
 The trip was really suggested by Prof. Fuchs of the Smithsonian in stitution, who happened to be there. and the party set out last Sunday morning. They drove in an omnibus 10 the base of the mountain and then began the weary ascent
 Sunset mountain is a dried up vol cano, several thousand feet higher than the rest of the landscape. Ii quit working several centuries ago With a small lunch basket provided by the kind-hearted proprietor of the hotel, Mir. O'Neil and MT. Marks be- gan the ascent
 The summit is formed of the ashes Of the extinct volcano. The ashes are small and loose, so that for every step forward one takes two back ward. The only way We could make headway at all," said O'Neil. was to turn around and go the other way. It was like climbing a mountain of loose peanuts
 After an hour and a half of the hardest kind of travelling. Marks and ONeil finally sat on the crest of the crater and looked down into it's vitals. They gazed across at the Painted Desert, view. they said. second to nothing but the Grand Canyon itself. Like pair of twin Jobs they sat in the ashes and began to discuss politics. They ate. of the frugal lunch. consisting of ham sandwiches and hard boiled eggs. O'Neil got all of the ham sandwiches and one of the eggs. They talked about the initiative, the referendum and the recall O'Neil knows more about horses and typewriters than he does about these things, and so asked the lawyer to explain just what is meant by these terms so often lIsed at the present time. t't
 Perhaps can make it clear to you by a practical illustration" he said. huge cinder, tossed out of the earths appendix Centuries gone by. rested at his feet He toppled it over the brink. It went crashing down into the mountains maw, bounding on it's way till it reached the bottom of the crater six hum dred feet below.
 That" said Marks, lis prac- tical illustration of the initiative
 'I see,' said O'Neil, as he ate an- other ham sandwich, though he pre- ferred eggs.
 Now" said the lawyer, T have here two hand boiled eggs I, per sonally. represent the public in gen eral; the eggs represent proposed laws. You will notice that when crack them that one is good and the other bad. I. as the public, dis card the bad one and absorb the good one. That is the referendum"
 That is very clear" said ONeil Now for the recall"
 The attorney ransacked his brains for a physical demonstration of the recall" but could think of nothing It was not till some days later. after the pair had visited the Grand Can yon and were on their way back from Williams to Flagstaff that the illustration appeared of it's own ac- cord. Marks forgot to get his ticket validated at Williams.
 When the conductor came along he looked the attorney in the eye and remarked: "This ticket isn't vali- dated You will have to pay your fare to Flagstaff"
 "Very we'll" said MT. Marks, as he dug down into his jeans.
 And before you ride to Phoenix on this ticket" continued the con .ductor, you will have to go back to Williams and get it validated"
 From Flagstaff Marks took the train back to Williams to get the agents signature to his ticket. As he swung aboard he said to O'Neill. "I have already illustrated the initia- tive and the referendum; l am now giving you an example of the recall.