Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-02-08
GRANDMA DOWN THE WELL

Thomas l.. Mason in Life tells story that reminds us of many things-especialy of the way public business doesn't get done. The usual history of public movement is that its ueed exists for so long that everybody sees it, but the move doesn't come until patience has been completely worn out; and then, perhaps, the patient is dead. The story is worth being told in condensed form because it will remind so many people of the way so many things need to be done and arc not done
 ''Little Robbie Pankton's grandma had fell on down the well,'' the story begins. Robbie heard her grooming and reported the situation to his mother. Consulting her engagement pad, Mrs. Pankton found that unfortunately she was due at bridge party, so she called up her sister Adele, who lived across the street. "Adee was one of the accommodating kind the kind that al ways promises but never performs''; so she said she would do the best she could, and she telephoned the fire department about it and went to bridge party. The fire department made a memorandum about 1t, the firemen being out on fire, and when they returned they said of course they couldn't do anything about it, as it wasn't in their line, so they called up the doctor The doctor said he had no appliances on hand for getting old ladies out of wells but neverthe- less he called and ieift prescription for grand ma, saying he would call some day to see how she was getting along. On his way out he sug- gested to the waitress that she give grandma some chicken broth, but she said she wasn't hired to feed chicken broth to old ladies ill wells.
 When Mrs. Pankton got home at 0 o'elock she was greatly annoyed to think that her mother was still in the well, and she said 1t was just like Adele not to attend to it. She complained about it to her husband when he came home, but he said he never was good at mechanical jobs, and besides 1t was his wife $ funeral anyway, as she attended to the household end of it, didn't she? :? He suggested sending for Murphy, the con tractor, but his men were all union men, and be- sides it would be necessary to get an estimate from him, and that would take time and delay grandma, who would be needed to help the girl make beds next morning. MT. Pankton shrugged his shoulder and kicked because his quiet even ing at home was spoiled, and went off to the club. "A neighbor dropped in and said probably grandma had got all covered with typhoid germs by this time, so she proposed to inform the board of health, and she did Grandma s. groans resomded through the night, and other neighbors telephoned that the Panktons were disturbing the peace The police department was HotiHccs Duit lt odu CneIc was HoIIlS III Clle state constitution about old ladies in wells, and it could do nothing
 Next morning the health officer the doctor, Murphy the contractor, the chief of police and several neighbors arrived, but on looking over the ground each declined to act. Pankton was desperate He said that if this thing kept up the price of real estate would depreciate in that neighborhood. He said his wife ought to do something about it, if only as matter of pride. Mrs. Pankton said he needn't worry; everything would come out all right. The trouble with him was that he was in too much of hurry. She sat down and wrote several letters about it.