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Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-07-25
Progress in Sanitation.

The development of several cases of
cholera at New York and one case at
Boston has not alarmed the medical
profession, nor has the public shown
any tendency to become excited.
This is because of the great prog
ress made in the science of sanitation
and in methods of fighting plaques
which has been made by physicians
during the last two decades. Twenty
years ago a single case of cholera
would have been sufficient to alarm
the whole country.
It was formerly believed that
cholera goes in the air" The fallacy
Of this belief has been thoroughly
demonstrated. 1t is well recognized
now that the disease is conveyed by
the person, and it is only necessary
to isolate the afflicted patient One
of the most dangerous channels of
transmitting cholera was the public
drinking cup" It was possible for a
cholera victim on a train, for example,
to infect everybody in a car by using
the common drinking glass or cup.
Not only cholera. but every other
infectious disease may be transmitted
through the public drinking cup, and
recognition of this fact has led sew
eral states to prohibit the use of a
common glass or cup on trains. If
one wants a drink of water while
travelling on trains through Kansas
he must provide his own cup, and
it is to be hoped that all other states
will enact laws equally rigid for the
protection Of the public against in
fictitious diseases. Diseases among
children have been materially re-
stricted in Phoenix by the abolition
Of public drinking cups at the school
buildings and the substitution of san
itary drinking fountains.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-07-25
A Useful Regulation.

The war department has formulated
a regulation which provides for the
retirement of army officers found
"temperamentally unfit for command"
Under the old regulations officers
were placed on the retired list only
for age or for physical disabilities.
No matter how ill-tempered quarrel
some or unbalanced in temperament
generally an officer might be. there
was no way to relieve him of his
command if he appeared to be physi-
cally sound and was within the age
limit.
The new regulations, if it had been
in force when Mr.. Roosevelt was
president, would have saved him from
a flood of embarrassing criticism.
1t had been found that a certain
colonel was so lacking in balance that
he had become a "problem-his high
temper and quarrelsomeness having
made him an unpleasant companion
for his fellow officers, while the men
under him suffered from his frequent
wrath. Mr.. Roosevelt took the bull
by the horns and sent this officer to
an abandoned army post in this ter
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-07-25
WEATHER REPORT.

Record of temperature. rainfall and
state of weather as made by the L.
$ Weather Bureau, at a. m, noun
tain time yesterday.
Stations. Temperature Rain. Weather.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-07-25
Gratifying Water Conditions.

The gauge at the Roosevelt reser-
voir yesterday showed a depth Of
1882 feet, the water in storage
amounting to 47S,S67 acre feet.
on July "A, a year ago. the depth
of water behind the dam was 1896
feet. the volume in storage amount
ing to Only S1,7OS acre feet.
The excess now over a year ago is
therefore 597.159 acre feet-in round
figures. 100000 acre feet.
And it is still raining on the great
watershed of six thousand square
miles which drains into the gigantic
reservoir.
on account Of the unfinished condi-
ton of the dam in the winter Of
19O9-1O, the whole quantity Of water
in storage at the beginning of last
years growing season was but little
more than 100000 acre feet; and yet
this was sufficient, with the normal
flow of the river, to enable the Salt
River valley to raise abundant crops.
This year there is a fine surplus
of water There is actually enough
in storage now to meet the require
mcnts Of the valley for a full twelve
months from today. taking no ac-
count of the rainfall which is to come
during the year.
The salt River valley is all right,
tn, k YOU.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-07-25
COMPULSORY INSURANCE IN
SWITZERLAND.

The Standerath, or upper house of
the Swiss Federal Diet, has just
passed by a vote of 136 to II a bill
for compulsory insurance against sick
ness and accident. The lower house
or Nationalrath, has passed it unan-
imously. The measure had been under
consideration by the two houses for
eleven years.
In 1900 a bill with similar object
was submitted to the people to be
voted on. They defeated it by very
large majority. The new bill is en-
tirely different in detail from the old
one, and should a referendum be de-
manded on it the federal authorities
believe it will be approved by the
popular vote.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-07-25
When to Phoenix?

On Friday of this week, it is I'M
derstood. bids will be opened for the
construction of the extension of the
Ell Paso & Southwestern railway from
Benson to Tucson. We congratulate
Tucson upon her acquisition of this
important railroad.
How long will it be before the
owners of the Ell PasO & Southwestern
decide to build from Tucson to Phoe-
mix? They know, for a certainty, that
Phoenix is the logical terminus for
the line.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-07-25
The MiIlionth Patent.

Today, according to announcements
made at Washington last week. Uncle
Sam will issue TO somebody, in re-
ward for somebody's invention, Patent
| No. 1000. 600. The whole number of
patents issued had SO closely APP
preached the million mark that it
was practicable to fix upon today,
July %, for the issuance of the mill
lionth patent.
1t will be a valuable patent, re-
CARELESS of the merits of the inven
ton, because of the wide publicity
which will be given to it as the
millionth patent. What invention it
will cover, nobody knows outside of
the patent office, and the patent Of
ficials also profess ignorance. They
say that patents will be issued to-
day in the usual routine, and the
document which happens to come
under the automatic numbering ma
chine at the millionth numbering will
be the lucky one. 1t may he for a
trivial invention of no practical or
commercial value. or it may cover a
discovery of exceptional merit. But
in any case, as we have said it will
be a patent of great value TO the
owner. As soon as the announce
ment is made which may not be for
some days, the owner will get a
vast amount of free advertising.
1t is a little more than a hundred
years since the first patent was is
sued. That was to Samuel Hopkins,
for a device for making pot and pearl
ashes. and was signed by President
Washington on July 81. 1890. The
president and his cabinet congratulated
Mr.. Hopkins and no doubt he felt as
proud of Uncle Sans first patent as
the now unknown recipient Of the mil
lionth patent will feel If he receives that
precious document with the signature
Of President Taft. Unless the presi-
dent depart from custom, however,
he will not sign the patent which is
to be notable in today's issue. as the
president no longer signs patents per
Isonally.
There could be no better evidence
in brief as to the inventiveness Of
Americans than the fact that in the
short history of our government one
million patents have been issued. No
other country approaches ours in the
number Of patents granted. France
comes nearest the United States, with
426 900 patents Following France is
Great Britain. with 415,OOO; Germany,
236, 600; Belgium, 22S.OOO; Italy and
Sardinia, $4,000, and Austria Hungary
with $4,000.
And it must be remembered that
many of these foreign patents have
been granted to American inventors
for their protection in the old country,
so that America is SO far ahead of
the old world in the number of in
ventions that everybody has to con-
cede the supremacy of the American
i'm mechanical genius.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-07-25
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications they cannot reach the dis
easel portion Of the There Is only way 20
Deafness and that Is by constitutional remedies
Deafness Is caused by an tnflamed condition OF the
mucous lining OF the Eustachan Tube. When this
tube Is infamed you have a rumbilg sound i'm
perfect hearing. and when t Is entirely closed Deaf
Is the result and unless the Inflammation be
taken and this tube restored to its normal cond
ton. hearing will be destroyed forever: nine cases
out OF ten caused by CataTrh. which is nothing
but an inhamed condition OF the mucous surfaces
We viii give One Hundred Dollars for any case OF
Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure. send for circulars. free
T. J. CHENEY 4 CO.. Toledo O
Sold by Druggists. sc.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-07-25
LITTLE SURPRISES.

Papa. I don't want any O this fire
cracker business in mine: let's spend
the Fourth in the woods"
You won't need TO send me any
money. John; l have enough to pay
my bill here and my fare home"
Here's a seat, mister; we'll crowd
along a little and make room"
Stranger. you dropped this 50 bill
from your pocketbook as you hurried
through the turnstile."
Your story is accepted, Mr.. Percol-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-09
KEoUaH NOW
ExPoUNDs THE LAW

Tho wrangle over the calling OF
Of all bets on the Gotch-Hacken-
tschmidt match continues. Here ID
the way Hugh Keough Of the Chicago
Tribune passes upon the subject:
According to fundamental sporting
law, all bets 90 with the decision Of
the referee The referee 10 ex-oficio
6nal stakeholder of all wagers de-
pending upon the match, whether the
money il placed in his hands or not.
It 10 his privilege to void all bets be-
fore the contest and his reasons for
exercising that privilege are negligi-
BILE. When he declares OF all bets
before the match the effect is the same
as II the match resulted in a draw
or no contest and 1t is the plain duty
Of shareholders to return all moneys
in their hands to the parties to the
wagers. to each his own part, provid-
ed, Of course, that the party to what
would have been the losing end Of the
wager does not waive his right to the
return Of his money. No matter how
the bet is worded in the making and
no matter whether it depends on the
main issue or on any Of the minor
points that bet II of when the referee
calls it of and It cannot be reinstated
except by the mutual consent Of the
pereOnR making it."
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-09
FAN, Fan, al NJ
q IN BRIGHT EYES

Grand Forks fans will have an OPP
p%ortunity to see how they really look
when roofing in the bleachers when
bright Eyes" comes to the Metropoli-
tan on Monday. Sept. Is. In this new
play, which is by the author OF
"Three Twins" Cecil Lean who, with
Florence Holbrook, Is specially fea-
tured In the cast, interpolates his ia
NOUS baseball song, Hes a Fan, Fan,
Fan" one Of the ~cleverest satires on
the baseball "rooter" ever given on
the stage. The words and business
of the song are Mr.. Leans own and
the music was written by Miss Hol-
brook. Mr.. Lean is q baseball fan"
OF the first water and admits that he
learned to initiate the "rooter' by the
simple method Of being one himself.
In his boyhood days in Detroit Mr..
Lean was q sand lot ball player and
he still at times regrets that his
earliest ambition, that Of becoming
one Of the stars Of the diamond, was
doomed to disappointment. But he
never misses a game that he can pos
sibly see, he numbers many of the
great players as his personal friends
and In the song which he has intro
duced In Bright Eyes" he has i'm
mortalized the faithful, but humble
"rooter"' who is to a real baseball
game what the character of the mel
ancholy Dane is to the tragedy Of
Hamlet"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-09
ALEXANDER SHOWS
THE SIGNS OF WEAR

the great is showing signml rdlwyyp
Philadelphia, Sept . ALEXANDER
the Great Is showing signs of the ex-
ira duty early in the spring, and has
been weakening toward the close Of
many Of his recent games. When
Christy Matthewson broke into the
league he started out on a sensational
streak, but the overwork killed him
for that season, and he finished up
with twenty victories and sixteen de-
feats.
The big Nebraskan will at least
have the satisfaction of beating Mat
TVS mark for the first season big
Six" twirled ten years ago. The early
season work of Alexander would not
have affected him had he not been
forced to warm up almost every day
while the team was in the west and
on its home stand.
Nothing kills q star twirler more
than warming up every day. When
a twirler is sent to the "bull pen,"
as the pitchers call it. he is pitching
at least five innings every time he
warns up. and no pitcher can stand
1t and be At for regular duty.
"Alex" should be given a long rest;
in fact, I think he should not be work.
ed more than ono a week for the bal
ance Of the season, just enough to
keep him in shape. The pennant is
beyond reach, 30 why sacrifice a grand
young twirler's future Just to remain
in the first division?
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-09
r COLLEGE GETS
TWO EASTERN MEN

Fargo. N. D.. Sept. 9.-Fargo college
will get two good football players
this fall il the present plans of Dun
bar Cole and George Moulton mate
rialize.
The two Fargo men have about de-
cided to stay at home this year and
attend Fargo college. Although not
yet definitely decided it is hoped that
they will be seen in the lineup of
the south side school football team
this season when the team plays it's
first game.
Cole was formerly a player at Allen
school at West Haven, Mass, and held
down a good position in the Allen
eleven. Later he went to Andover,
where he played the gridiron game.
Andover has an enviable reputation
for turning out great players, Har-
ward and Yale getting many of their
best players from the famous prep
school.
Moulton is a leader in the gridiron
battle and is a man of much expert
ence. During the last season he sue
cessfully captained the Allen football
eleven and held down a backfield job.
II the two men go to Fargo college
this year 1t will mean 4 big boost to
the athletics at the local school. Sew
eral Of the old men do not anticipate
returning this fall, which will leave
some big holes in the lineup.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-09
G0TCH SAYS HE IS NOT
DoDGING WREsTLERs

st. Paul, MIMI, Sept. 9.-Frank
Gotch. champion Of champions among
wrestlers. was q visitor in st. Paul
and at the state fair. The big Crap
pier arrived in the city early in the
morning Thursday and, instead of reg
istering at a hotel, went to the home
Of a friend. The champion is accom-
panied by his wife, and the two did"
the fair from start to finish. Gotch,
who is a farmer of note down in Iowa.
is intensely interested in any and ev-
erything that pertains to the rural
life. and he declares that when he
finally quits the athletic game he will
retire to his farm outside of Hum
boldt, Iowa, to live in peace and quiet
the remainder of his life.
The champion wrestler is a par
ticular friend of M. w. Savage, owner
of Dan Patch and the other great
steppers, and on his arrival at. the
fair grounds the mat artist went at
once to the tent in which Dan Patch
was being exhibited. Frank is a great
lover Of the equine family and he had
an extended visit with the worlds
greatest PAGER. The two champions
eyed each other closely and the news
that two champions were in the Saw
age tent spread rapidly.
Il am not lodging any one," said
the champion when asked what he
thought Of Jack Herman's challenge
for his ward, Zbyszko. eff the fans
want me to wrestle Zbyszko, then I
will wrestle him, and If l am ordered
by my followers to take on Mahmout,
the Turk, I will give him a match. I
am open to the world and | wrestle
any man who has a right 10 issue a
challenge. The Hackenschmidt match
was really a softer battle than l ex-
pected, but that's all over now"
Gotch is interested in Minnesota
farm lands and is attending to bust
ness matters while in the city.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-09
JENNINGS BLAMES HIS


Detroit, Mich, Sept. 9.-Manager
Hugh Jennings blames the Highland
ers for losing him the pennant. and
he speaks whereof he knows. Getting
down to brass tacks. the Highlanders
have won IA ana lost. but s games
with the Tigers. this year. 1t 80 hap
pened that the Highlanders appeared
on the Jennings program just in the
midst Of hot contests with the Ath-
letics for leadership.
The two teams met last week and
divided q. two-game series. The last
time they met the Tigers dropped
three and won two and the time be-
fore, just when the Jungle team had
cleaned UP the Athletics and Boston
four straight each, the Highlanders
extracted the wind from the sails Of
success and started the Tigers great
slump by taking the four games on
the card,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-09
SOME STRANGE CAFES.
Walters, CARRIED Is Convicts, Serve
Diners In One of Paris's Weird
Restaurants.
Gid Bits.)

(Tid Bits.)
There Is, or was, in Berlin a certain
cafe where rudeness is the keynote
of the waiting staff. Every patron
who enters the restaurant is hustled
roughly into a seat, abruptly interro-
gated as to his wants and finally has
to submit to seeing his food thrust
before him with al little ceremony
as one might show to a stray dog.
This cafe is. o %fcourse, one Of the
many freak" restaurants which
abound on the continent, and the
entire scheme Of rudeness is simply
a device to attract customers In
search of a new sensation, which they
undoubtedly they secure.
In Chicago there is a restaurant
which boasts that ithas never closed
its doors for a single hour from the
day Of its opening, more than 20 years
since, to the present time. A double
star of walters Ia employed, and the
cleaning of the rooms is done in sec-
lions and during slack times. As far
constitutes q record which Is quite
unique.
Tourists who did" the sights Of
Paris a few years ago will probably
remember the amazing Convict" cafe
where every waiter was CARRIED like
a felop, wearing the hideous uniform
of the French convict. Chains. hand
cuffs and other grim relics decorated
the walls of the extraordinary res
taurant, and the plates on which the
food was served ere models of pris-
on dishes. The owner Of this freak
cafe, n odoubt, amassed q considera-
BILE fortune.
Paris is undoubtedly the parent of
weird cafes. Near the Boulevard
Montmartre there stands the famous
Cabaret de Meant (Inn of Nothing
ness, of Death). The entrance to the
cafe is through a small opening in a
black shutter, and once inside the Wis
itor is appalled, by the gloom Of the
room. Lighted by Pickering tapers.
its walls are hung with skeletons in
various forms Of activity. Food and
drinks are served in collins, and the
walters are CARRIED like undertakers'
mutes.
More cheerful are the restaurants
of the Isle Robinson, a summer resort
near Paris. These restaurants are
suspended from the branches of huge
trees, and amid the leaves and
branches of magnificent oaks and
beaches patrons a thei Rood and sip
their summer drinks, music being
provided by a special band" Of feath-
cred musicians.
A silent cafe was inaugurated
some years ago in Paris, probably to
cater to ~votaries of the rest" cure.
Not a word is permitted to be spoken
above a whisper. and v the orders
to the staff had to be given in writing.
The strange venture only enjoyed a
brief life, and soon faded into still
greater silence.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-09
FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH.

Not knocking anybody, but the
schedule committee which framed up
the National leagues set Of dates must
have been talking in its sleep about
that time, with a nightmare attached.
Mack's people close on Saturday, Oc-
tober g.. The Giants meet Brooklyn
on the Monday following, then rest
until Thursday, with Brooklyn on the
card again. Which means that If the
Giants and Athletics slip into the
worlds series frame and 60 it at the
first available day, they are to meet
on Friday the thirteenth.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-09

'mollycoddle' myth. For ton years I
football at school and college,
and for two years was on the univer-
sity squad and played In two match
games with Yale. In all thst time l
do not now recall more than q hand
full Of men who. I thought, needed
their sand developed. or were
willing to hit the line intelltgently
and some were such awful brutes
that they never got hurt
when they did hit the line.
II have since wondered whether
they had really Do much sand - the
papers gave them credit for at the
time and whether they we're not real
ly analogous to the school DULLES; but
there was no danger then and there
ID non now Of 'mollycoddles' playing
football. The 'm%ollycoddles' were all
in the bleachers singing Down with
Yale and Smash 'em and break
through when they ought to have.
been out having their noses rubbed
in the mud Of Soldiers field.
Courage Not Lacking.
II do not mean that everybody who
was not playing football was q mol
lycoddle.' I do not think that foot
ball six years ago was or Is now q
very high test Of courage, and I am
sure that there + and have been
lots of fellows too small to play, or
who did not care to play, or who had
some good reason for not playing,
who possessed, nevertheless, as much
courage a. any man on the. football
field and far more courage than many
a great numbering giant whose name
has gone down to posterity for his
deeds on the gridiron.
THE old game Of football that
MANNED many men, and even killed a
few, did not improve the breed Of
slogan-singing 'mollycoddle' In the
bleachers any more than an ocean
yacht race from New York to the
Needles improved the breed Of yachts
men who held down chairs on the
piazza at the home club. That Is all
there is to the 'mollycoddle' myth.
~ do not want to see any less
vigorous or less manly game than we
now have, but I do want to see more
of the men who now develop their
lungs by singing and cheering, try
the deep breathing that comes when
your mouth is parched and your knees
are beginning to feel q bit shaky."
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-09
GEE! WHAT A DIFFERENCE.

It only requires a couple Of great
ball players sandwiched with a lot Of
mediocre players to transform a tall
end club into a battling aggregation,
to-wit: the Boston Nationals. Before
the advent of Johnny King and Mike
Donlin into the Rustlers they were
a pitiful cartoon on the great national
pastime. Now all this Is changed.
King has taken a number Of likely
twirlers In hand and has taught them
the rudiments and essentials of good
pitching. Donlin has taken the OUT
flelders in tow and taught them how
to work their various positions for all
that is In them. These two instructors
have made the Boston Nationals a
fighting aggregation and ready to take
a fall out Of the topnotchers at any
stage Of the game,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-09
ADAMS WILL NOT SHINE.

Should the Pirates succeed in land
ing the National league bunting,
which at this writing seems improb-
able, 1t is not likely that Babe" Ad-
ans will shine in the worlds series
as he did two years ago. because he is
a much overworked pitcher and is be-
ginning to show the effects of twirl-
ing 81 often out Of turn. For the Cor
sairs to win the flag Babe" would
have to continue working two or three
games a week, and by the time the
banner games roll around will be all
in and an easy mark for such slug
gers as the Athletics.