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Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-09-03
PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS.

No one knows definitely how many
men are injured in industrial accidents
in the United states. The Department
of Commerce and Labor in 1908 esti-
mated that there are from 10000 to
80. 900 fatal and not less than 100000
nOn-fatal accidents every year.
A case was recently brought TO my
lattentiOn where n factory inspector in
one of the Western States called for
safety devices in one plant which would
trequre the expenditure of $4,000. This
would have paralyzed the resources of
the small organization that owned the
plant if the order had been rigidly and
promptly enforced: but an arrangement
was made whereby the work could be
carried along gradually, relieving to a
certain extent the financial burden that
otherwise could hardly have been car
ried
With the United states Steel Cor
poration, however. this consideration
has not entered seriously into the task
of the safety inspector Automatic en-
CINE shops in the mills Of the American
Steel and Wire Company (Which con-
entire corporation) have cost approx
mately $4,000. and its equipment of
automatic stop valves in boiler plants
amounts to about 100000 more: $4,000
was appropriated for placing q. walk
way on the side Of an open hearth
building. to allow the crane boys to
escape quickly in case a ladle of hot
metal should be spilled; q subway un-
der railroad tracks to enable workmen
to reach a mill without the risk of
crossing these tracks amounted TO s12,-
900. In another plant 100000 was ap-
prOpriated for placing overhead walks
and runways for the use Of window
cleaners and electricians.
The first installations of this kind
consisted of an arrangement for clos
ing the steam valve of an engine, con-
trolled by electric push buttons placed |
at various convenient points through |
out the mills; all that was required To |
stop the machinery in an entire depart |
ment was the touching Of a button. as |
one would ring a doorbell. Where a |
man is caught in power driven machin-
cry the extent of his injury is likely to |
be in direct ratio to the time that elaps-
es before the machinery can be stopped |
and the man released. and the push |
button stop system seemed to be an
admirable method of preventing or linn
ting such accidents.-Iron Age.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-09-03
WATCHED STEALING
OF HIS OWN HORSE
Phoenix Merchant has Most Unusual
and Costly Experience.

c. D. Barnett, Of 1885 West Monroe
| street, lost a horse recently under
most unusual circumstances.
Friday he bought the horse for use in
his business, paying 500, and took
him To the barn at his residence. In
the night he found ii impossible Ia
sleep. Shortly after two o'clock ne
heard a wagon drive up near the
house and looking out he saw a man
seated upon the wagon and leading
a number Of horses. A minute later
man stepped up to the front of
the house and flashed an electric
searchlight upon the number over the
door. He heard him say: yes that't
the number all right"
This morning he discovered that his
horse, which he had bought from f.
+. alton, Of Woodlawn avenue. yes
terday, was gone. He is certain it
could not have shipped its halter. The
horse is described as a dark bay,
weighing over 1000 poundsand brand
ed on the hip with an NJ.
In the morning he discovered that
the horse was gone II is dark bay.
of 1000 pounds weight. branded NJ on
one hip. He reported the loss To the
officers.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-09-03
ON A RAINY DAY.

Who says it's stupid on n rainy
day? Why I remember the jolliest fun
we used to have was a rainy day
game. How did we play it? Well. the
proper costume was a large hat, a
long skirt preferably with a train.
a white underskirt, high heeled shoes,
an umbrella and lots of rain.
After deciding on the distance we
should walk, we would sally forth,
keeping in mind three rules: The girl
whose hat and skirt were driest,
whose white petticoat was least mud
dy. and whose high heels were clean
est, would win the prize of a lovely
umbrella Often, when all my UNI
brellas had been borrowed apparently
for keeps" / have relinquished all
hopes of winning the much needed
prize. and stood dripping in the rain.
for the pure JOY Of watching my
friends go mincing down Main street
in the vain effort to keep dry.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-09-03

Sun. Back in 1900 we used 10 tell
tenants in office buildings that
the dust did not rise above the tenth
floor. and that all the offices above
that were above the dust line. The
fly and mosquito lines in apartment
houses was the eighth floor. These
divisions that We made were one of
our excuses for getting bigger rentals
for the dustless and flyless floors
But this is true no longer. The
dust line and the fly line have
moved up at least two stories. The
growth of automobile traffic explains
the dust rising higher. The motor
cars kick up twice as much dust as
the horse drawn vehicles. But the
flies and mosquitoes can't be explain
ed except by the theory that they
have had to develop more wing power
I'm order to get their food"
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-09-03
GET ACQUAINTED WITH YOUR
NElGHBORS.

Did you ever have telephone con-
troversy or a dispute by mail with a
man whom you had never met?
And after blowing him up" and
lprobably classifying him in your mind
with the undesirable, did you ever meet
that same person face to face and find
him charming, a most agreeable fellow
to deal with and a gentleman whom
you were glad to know?
! We are touching elbows every day
with honest, altruistic, congenial peo-
pie. If we could once break through
the hard crust Of the outer or public
man or woman and get at the real per-
son who looks at himself in the glass
each morning, how much more worth
while life might become.
Notwithstanding the popular super
stition TO the contrary, l think we
usually see people at their worst.
a man reveals the best Of himself to
no one-unless it be to his wife Even
then only passing glimpses of the real
self are allowed.
When the race was evolving from
the animal stage. il was necessary that
phere Of doubt and suspicion. II was
necessary that we draw down our eye
brows and scowl when a stranger ap-
preached. Every animal mistrusts ev-
cry other animal that he meets. He
regards him as guilty of some Interior
design until the stranger proves him
self innocent
Now that the race has evolved a lit
tie, it is time that we got better ac-
quainted with each other. If we could
go behind the scenes in each others
lives a bit: if we could see and hear
the thoughts that the men and women
around us are thinking; if we could |
realize their problem for a little time |
just as they realized them, it would |
help us to find a common meeting |
point, and in degree to solve the great |
problem of life and society.
The social center, the opening of |
and churches for weekly /
public meetings where all classes may
meet and mingle, and where discussion |
Of civic problems may be freely in
1ulged. all this marks the beginning Of /
I new era. 1t marks the beginning of
4 fuller revealment of the real in man |,
ana woman to the real in their neigh
E. Towne in Nautilus. |;
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-09-03
EXCITEMENT GROWS
Drilling For Oil Stirs Up People of
winsIOw and Vicinity.

Arrivals in Prescott yesterday from
Winslow stated that considerable ex-
element is prevailing i'm that sec
ton over the possibility Of oil being
discovered, and since drilling was
started a few days ago. a rush has
been on To secure locations. says the
Journal Miner SO animated is the
situation that practically all ground
for a radius of many miles has been
taken up and To secure location sew
eraI are going out as far as ten miles
and in a new formation.
The well being bored is financed
by local capitalists. with W. H Bur
bage, attorney and banker, at the
head. complete rig was purchased
i'm California and previous to placing
it in operation several experienced
oil men of the coast inspected the
country. all reporting favorably. The
point Of exploration is one mile east
of WinsloW.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-09-03
ATTACK AND DEFENSE

Craig Biddle. at a dinner in New
pert, defended cosmetics and attack
ed scandal mongering in one neat cpl
gram.
An elderly matron was criticizing
certain young girls for using rouge
and powder in what she deemed an
immodest manner
But" said Mr. Biddle. those girls
were educated in France, and over
there. as YOU know. cosmetics are
looked on as necessary-the same as
we look on bread and meat"
Nevertheless" said the matron. 4
have my suspicious about girls who
RANT like that"
We'll, as for me-" the young man
retorted, I think it is far better for
a lady to redden her own cheeks
than to biacken other ladies' char
acters."
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-09-03
DRESSER SCARF,

II you purchase gray linen. wide
enough To cover the dresser, only the
ends need to be scalloped. for the sell
wage may serve as a finish on each
side
To have three sides of the scarf
scalloped, however. and the selvage
next the mirror. gives a more finished
appearance.
For a mans room 4 scarf with 4
plain hemstitched hem all around is
the best style. for neatness with little
decoration is the first requisite here.
From the Philadelphia Buttetin
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-09-03
WOMAN POLICEMAN GIVES
VIEWS ON DUTY OF SOCIETY

Mrs Alice Stebbins Wells has been
appointed a policeman in Los angeles,
the first OF her class in the United
States" writes Clara NJ. Greening in
the Sunset Magazine.
Mrs Wells is practically on duty all
the time. and most Of her time Sunday
is spent in the various parks of the
city, w2tchiaG over the welfare of
young girls. Here are some of her
conclusions: An alarming increase i'll
the delinquency of girls is due to eco
nomic conditions that are thrusting
vast number into underpaid overwork-
cd positions. The solution for this? It
is the dignifyiag Of domestic service TO
a profession. It must be made just as
honorable as that Of the teacher, the
stenographer or the clerk. The home
makes must have time for leisure and
a place for receiving her friends. There
must be no more Of mistress and maid;
a woman should rot think Of being
ovrrbearing and rude 10 her cook any
more than would a lawyer TO his stem
ographer or a superintendent to Il
teacher. Domestic science has been
taught long enough; it is time for wo-
men to act. The vast majority OF girls
are domestic at heart. and will welcome
the change Of social standards that will
relieve them from the grind of office
and shop and put them in line for
homes Of their own. I want the women
Of Los Angeles to be the first to take
a definite stand on this question With
a strong force of pOliceWOmen to help
save the girls. we shall be on the road
to the solution Of the biggest problem |
of the age"
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-09-03
ADJUSTMENTS
WIGWAM

The Wigwam theater which changed
its bill last night. is now presenting
the following program:
Courage of Sorts" a western pic
ture that portrays incidents of life
that thrills every emotion that is in
spirational To our higher appreciation
of good deeds. Song, Miss McGrath.
Il Would Live or l Would Die for
Nou'-by request. Waiting" a
story of true love and devotion from
the cradle To the grave. One of
Natures Noblemen," a great big
western picture fun of life the kind
We like To see. Illustrated song. Miss
McGrath, In My Garden of Golden
Dreams" Stubs New Servants"
a comedy full Of domestic happiness.
a Wonderful Eye" comedy.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-09-03
HATTICH is osDURATE

Editor Hattich of the Tombstone
Prospector refuses To rise Cor faID
To the suggestion that he become a
candidate for the first Arizona State
Legislature and says he has 81 diff
ferent varieties Of reasons for a per-
sistent and insistent refusal-Arizona
Star.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-09-03
DUST AND FLY LINES.

THE dust line and the fly line
have risen in New York the last
five years" said a real estate man
ager yesterday. says the New York
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-09-03

He looked at the auditor a moment.
and then he said:
Il believe Wen have it, too"
And everybody else-even the audi
tor from Prescott-said the same
thing.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-05-25
&Uzs1;d;5
Monuments.

The Washington correspondent
for the Associated Press says: Act
ing upon instructing Of the caucus
held early in the session the demo-
cratic leaders brought two reSolu-
tons into the house for passage,
cutting off scores of employees and
rearranging the basis of committee
Clerkships upon a more economical
plan.
The first resolution, that cutting
off $4,000 worth of employees, went
through without much trouble. The
second one, however, providing seS-
sion clerks for several committees
broke up the democratic ranks, but
was finally passed.
IN the resolution was a proviS-
ion for an assistant clerk to the
committee on territories, a new
position, which was eliminated from
the resolution on protest of Mr..
Rucker of Missouri Representative
Garner of Texas, a democratic mem
Der of the committee on accounts,
assisted the republicans in CRITICS.
ing this creation of an additional
place. Mr.. Rucker said the trouble
with the democrats was they were
attempting too darned much econ
omy.' "-Commoner.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-05-25
Time and Setting Hens.

An enterprising salesman from
one of the large cities went to a
certain rural community and en-
deavored to sell an incubator to
a farmer. His arguments did not
make any impression upon the az
riculturist. Finally, as a clincher
in favor of his up-to.d date improve
ment, he exclaimed;
Look at the time it will savel
The farmer squirted a mouthful
of Tobacco juice on the ground be.
fore replying, and then said, with
provoking calmness:
"Oh, what's time to a settin
hen?"
That settled the question. No
incubator was sold,-Ex.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-05-25

high in price 1t is true that it is
difficult for the farmer to save up
enough to buy land in this section;
but it is also true that land in the
corn belt is better worth the price
asked for it than land in those Sec
tons of the country which must be
devoted to producing the luxuries
of life rather than the. necessities.
When the fever speculation is past
when the railroads have induced
enough farmers in the corn belt to
occupy other lands; when the corn
belt lands are divided up into small
er areas and farmed as they should
be, as they must be to get returns
for the money invested, and as they
will be when we really get down to
farming; the children of the farmers
who have left is will be likely to
wonder why their fathers ever left
the corn belt.
We have Travelled a good deal and
have been a close observer; but we
have never seen in any country In
the world a body of land taking
into account fertility, climate and
facilities for marketing that is the
equal of the corn belt states lying
in the northern Mississippi valley,
including of course the humid lands
in the valley of the Missouri
Wallaces' Farmer.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-05-25
A Friend of the Boys.

Make you a friend of the boys today
And the men of tomorrow will
come your way.
The boy Of today has eyes that reach
Through all your wiles and your
tricks of speech,
And sees the You that's behind the
mask
You wear as you toll at your
daily task.
Make you friend of the boy of to-
day
And the man of tomorrow will
rise and say
we know him of old. He was al
ways square.
When he needs us now he. will
find us there"
Make you a friend of the boy of to-
day
That the men of tomorrow may
come your way.
Strickland Gillian.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-05-25

In the north of Scotland a school
master keeps his boys steadily at
their desks, but gives them permits
sion to nibble from their lunch baS-
ketS sometimes as they work. One
day the master noticed that one of
his pupils was paying more atten-
ton to a small tart than to his les
son. Tom Balm" said the master,
listen to the lesson, will ye?" I'm
listening sill" said the boy. Listen
ing, are ye?" exclaimed the master.
Then ye're listening wi one ear
an eating pie wi the other. It'd
Bits.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-05-25

The protective policy is defended
on the ground that it nourisheS in
FAINT industries The truth is, as
most all know, that no industry
ever grows to such a size as to wit
tingly take itself out from under
the shelter of the tariff. The sur
face-coated paper industry is Meth
er an infant or a new industry. For
more than seventy years it has
been a part of our manufactures.
There are, in fact, several factories
still in existence that started sew
enty-two years ago. Surface-coated
paper is the familiar kind one sees
on shoe boxes, hat boxes and the
like. 1t is a simple manufacturing
process. the putting onto white pa,
par stock of a color and then pol
ishing that color until it becomes {
glazed finish. The materials uSeC
are pulp and dry colors, Clues, clayS
etc, the coating being done by ma
chinery after which the paper is
finished, if the real article, by being
glazed with a flint stone, or if the
imitation by being run through {
friction machine. The purpose o
the increase was to raise the price
to the consumer. 1t has since ther
been increased. - Commoner.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-05-25
Four rs.

There are four rs too apt to run,
'Tis best to set a watch upon:
Our Thoughts,
Oft when alone they take them wings
And light upon forbidden things.
Our Temper.
Who in the family guards it BEST
Soon has control of all the rest.
Our Tongue.
Know when to speak, yet be content
When silence is most eloquent.
Our Time.
Once lost, ne'er found; yet who can
say,
He's overtaken Yesterday?
Sell
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-05-25

Geo. V. Saffarrus of Palmyra sold
ten Jersey COWS for even $4,000 to
DR.. NJ L. Head, of Albert Lee, Mimi,
This Jersey sale is only one of many
and should put lots of Monroe
county farmers to studying about
the dairy business. We frequently
hear farmers say that a dairyman
can't get anything for his calves,
that these calves are a drug on the
market and the only income from
dairy cows is the milk. We say
secure good cows and when one
has a surplus of calves and heiferS
sell them for good prices. The de-
mand for good jersey cows and
heifers is very strong and the sup
ply is not in sight.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-05-25
Defined.

Champ Clark, even when a TWEEN
ty-three-year-old college president
had a sense of humor," said an in
instructor at Marshall college. Dur
ing his presidency here" he reSum-
ed, AN undergraduate was once
struggling through a definition of
human nature when Clark entered
the classroom. The college presi-
dent listened for a moment to the
undergraduates lame and hating
phrases. Then he said Listen, my
lad. Human nature is best defined
as the excuse that a man offers for
acting like a hog" Kansas City
Star.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-05-25
To Open Service on 1900 Miles Of
Road.

The latest reports of the progress
of construction work on the Grand
Trunk Pacific Railway indicate that
service over 1900 miles of new
transcontinental system will be
opened next month. This includes
the line for Fort William at the
head of Lake Superior, to the foot
hills of the Rocky Mountains be-
yond Edmonton, and marks the
completion of the Prairie section of
the road. The complete line is to
extend from Halifax on the east to
Prince Rupert on the Pacific coast
1t is thought that the line will be
completed in three years. Much OF
the track has already been laid
from Prince Rupert east. Financial
America.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-05-25

points of public interest, etc, l did
not find one who was not willing to
show a Rube like inc how to get
from one street to another or where
to find Central Park or Wall Street.
And he didn't do it as if it made
him weary to be asked such fool
questions but as if it really gave
him pleasure.
When l thanked one of these
Irish guardians and he told me
with his rich Irish accent that he
was pleased to help me, thought
perhaps he was lying about it, but
| have never been able to refrain
from a feeling of affection for the
affable liar who is lying in order
that he may make life seem some
brighter for you Ex.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-05-25

R. j. Parker and wife, of Shelby
vile visited relatives in this city
Saturday. Mr.. Parker is the tele-
phone and electric light magnate
of Shelbyville and while his oStenSi-
BILE purpose here was to inspect our
light plant and visit his wifes peO-
pie. We suspect Bob just wanted
to see how a carnival looked in a
real live town.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-05-25
The irish Press.

lean insurrectos had crossed the
line to procure supplies for their
fellow insurrectOs. One of the two
bore the name of Garcia and the
other was Cassidy.
The name Garcia proclaims his
nationality. He is Mexican or
Spaniard, but it is evident that
Cassidy has mixed in largely for
the love of the fight. If Cassidy
wasn't himself born somewhere in
the neighborhood of Limerick, his
immediate ancestors were. Some
days before the account of the re-
lief party of Cassidy and Garcia |
noticed that one Murphy had led
gallant charge against the regular
forces of Diaz. Murphy seems to
have had more valor than disCre-
ton, as his band rather got the
worst of it. On another occasion
man by the name of O'Higgins was
in command of band of the fight
ers for Mexican freedom.
There are numerous Americans
mixed up in the scrap down there
and if their real names could be
found out we would discover such
familiar cognomens as O'Brien,
O'Flaharty, MaginniS. McPike, Nc
Dougal and OLeary.
1t is marvellous what facility and
love the Celt has for a fight. When
you speak of a Celt you think of
the Irishman, but the Scot is his
near neighbOr and a mighty good
fighter himself In all the wars of
modern times the Celt has taken a
prominent part. His natural incli-
nation is to fight on the side that
he thinks is right. for his warm ma
ture naturally sides with the op
pressed and the weak, but often his
love for the fight gets him on the
side of the strong.
The great soldiers of the British
army have mostly been either Irish
or Scotch. Among the greatest
field marshals that rallied about
the banner of Napoleon was al
Irishman. The wonder is often ex
pressed why the Irishman with hi
, well established courage and ability
has not been able to attain the in
dependence of his own country
Well, one reason is probably founC
in the very fact that he loves t.
i. fight,
1t is hard for lot of Irishmen t
get together without finally having
a fight among themselves. WheI
they have nobody else to fight the!
f fight each other and by reason o
divided councils Ireland has re
manned a dependency of Great Brit
, ain. More than that, the Irish hav,
= been largely responsible for tn,
y elorieS achieved by the British
arms.
The poorer classes of London ant
. other English cities have grow
anemic and unfit for soldiers bu
the Irish peasantry still furnishe
o stalwart fighters to recruit tn
6 British armies.
But if the Irish have not bee
= able to rule their own country the
managed to get their work in i
. other countries, especially this bull
6 land of the free and home of tn
4 brave. Over here the Irishma
! seems to take to politics like due
takes to water. Collectively speak
ing, he has worked his way int
congress, the senate, governors
n chairs and the supreme court c
a the nation.
While there is a widespread i'm
q preston that he is naturally agains