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Arizona republican., 1912-08-24
THE POOL OF SIVA

A remarkable Indian ceremony is
 the Kumbakonam Mahamakam festi-
 val. This feast takes place once a year, but the Hindoo gods are sup
 posed to visit the sacred tank on each twelfth anniversary. It is said that the God Brahma once requested SiVa to collect the essence of all the waters in the world It is understood that Siva succeeded in doing this, placing the fluid in a pot, which he hid away on the top of a mountain. During the flood this pot floated away from it's positiOn and when the waters sub sided it rested at a spot some dis tance away, now known as Kumba- konam. Siva, who happened to be hunting in the vicinity, saw the pot and, drawing his bow and arrow, shot at it with disastrous results. The water. rushing out, filled a hollow, and this at the present time is the renowned tank. This tank is now a place of pilgrimage, where, during the festival, untold thousands of the faith
Arizona republican., 1912-08-24
DRY FARMING
 SESSION TODAY
Conference of Delegates From All Over the State, Will Endeavor to Land Next Years Congress for Phoenix

A meeting of moment to those in
 terested in dry farming in Arizona
 will take place at the board of trade
 this afternoon. Called together by
 Governor Hunt, delegates from all the important towns of the state will convene to discuss bringing here next
 year the Dry Farming Congress, a body only second in importance to home making settlers to the National Irrigation Congress
 The purpose of the meeting is not
 50 much to talk dry farming. but to seek out the wires necessary to be pulled to get the convention for Phoe- nix. All the efforts of the delegates will be directed toward this end As chances run, there is a fair possibility they will succeed in their purpose. The congress this year will be held in Alberta, Canada.
 Although there is little of Arizona s area now under the system of farm ing known as dry, it is only because there has not been enough attention devoted to that phase of agriculture All eyes have been turned to irriga- | tion, and with big dams being built, projects organized and operated. the l land with dry farming possibilities has been overlooked, or the look has 1 been postponed.
 Governor Hunt believes now is the | time to interest settlers in arid land cultivation. By getting the conven- tiOn of dry farmers in Phoenix he ] hopes to stimulate interest in the scheme. By adding thousands of acres l to the producing lands of Arizona the wealth of the state will be very !, largely increased. To this end the meeting was called.
 A. l.. Moore and J. S Day are rep resentatives from Phoenix and B. F. 1 Marks represents the cooperation committee of the board of trade. J l A. Moore is delegated by the Ari-
 zona Development board, and Harry 1 Welch and Vernon L. Clark named by
 the governor for Maricopa county.
Arizona republican., 1912-08-24
SCHOOLS
 |. FACE A FAMINE
Neglect of State Authorities to Raise $50O,0OO for That Purpose as Authorized; Some Talk of Mandamus Proceedings

The schools of the state of Arizona find themselves in a serious situa- tiOn, a result of the failure of the tax commission to make a levy as authorized by law for the state sup port of the schools, in addition to the amount to be raised by county taxa tiOn.
 The commission was authorized to levy $500, ,0O0 for the support of the schools After deducting from this sum the expenses of the office of the state superintendent of instruction, the balance of the fund was to be apportioned among the counties.
 In many localities and especially on the South Side of this county the citizens are up in arms and they are said to be threatening mandamus pro- ceedings against the commission which has explained it's failure to make the levy in a most unsatis- factory manner. In fact no eXplana- tion that would not bring the money could be satisfactory
 The commission states that it did not make the levy on account of the ambiguity of the statute relating to the appOrtioning of the fund among the counties. Another reason is that the school board decided not to put the free text book law into effect this year. and it will be recalled that the reason for that decision at the time was regarded as a sort of sub terfuge and that the real reason was that the extravaganza of the state government had been so great that +I Iz
 The counties find some. but by no means, adequate, relief in a curious mistake made in a bill after it's final passage. It is the bill authorizing counties to make levies for school purposes. The law allows county boards of supervisors to levy as much as 90 cents on each $100 for school purposes.
 It was never intended that any such levy should be allowed and it was not contemplated that it would be required MT D. P Jones, one of | the members of the lower house from this county said that as the bill passed, the levy for school purposes l by counties was limited to 90 cents | But as the law now appears, and as | it is said, it reached the printer. the | limit was 90 cents
 The board of this county went the 1 limit and consequently there vii | probably be sufficient funds for most | of the school districts but it is stated
 that two of them at least will be
 short. Glendale and Wickenburg.
 But in many of the counties there will be educational distress. For in l stance, in Santa Cruz, $40,000 will b' required while the most that can pos
 sibly be raised with the 90-cent lev! will be $19000
 The tax commission also neglected
 to order the levy of $2500 authorized l for each of the high schools.
Arizona republican., 1912-08-24
MARATHON RACES
 AT THE STATE FAIR
Shorter and Less Exhaustine Events
 Will Also be Arranged.

Another feature of the fair attrac- tions will be a series of foot races em- bracing the mile race five miles, ten miles, fifteen miles or the short Mar athon and, possibly the full Marathon of twenty-six miles and a fraction.
 The commissioners are disposed to encourage this feature and Secretary Wood has been in correspondence with a Zuni Indian of New Mexico who is said to have lowered the worlds rec ords for both the Marathon and the short Marathon. This. however, was not done officially and the athletic world does not know about it. The Zuni's terms for appearing at the fair are modest. He seems to care more for the opportunity than for the money.
 It is said that Harry Mclean who a few years ago surprised the fleetest runners of the coast, including those of the California universities as well as those of the San Francisco Olympic club is stea dily training on the reser- vation and it is said that he is now faster than ever.
 John Lewis informed the secretary that he will be able to bring famous runner from the coast.
 Local aspiring youth who would like to enter the mile or five mile race should make their desires known to the secretary.
 The races will take place on the half mile track at the time the fastest hors- es in the country are breaking records on the outer course.
Arizona republican., 1912-08-24
THE WEAKNESS OF
 AMERICAN FICTION

Remembering the' sturdy enjoyment found by my grandfather's grand
 father in emptying his flintlock at the frightened backs of British red-coats, I feel free to utter the truth concern
 ing the deep superiority of present day English fiction over ours. Surely the old gentleman proved the absence of AnglOmania in the family. Not that living English novelists are so great; MT Hardy belongs to the past, and with him at one side they have nc creative genius to compare with Anatole France, nor anyone even to match against the cOarser Sudermann. Ideas and artistry are easily found among the English fiction writers, creative imagination is not. All three are necessary to the making of great literature. American fiction is truly a manifestation of profound ineptitude on the part of the authors, both as writers and as men. The predominant, the distinguishing quality of our sue cessfu fiction is an absurd glOrifica tion of cheap externals, mannerisms, habits of speech. dress, thought, feel ing action. The hodge -podge is hitched to d plot, concerning which the best that can usually be said is
Arizona republican., 1912-08-24
RED PEPPER FOR WASHERS

Minneapolis-The "masher' was the subject of attack by the Rev. G. l.. Morrill,, who declared in sermon that type of young man was "biped who roost on the corner and by look or gesture takes advantage of women who pass by"
 Girls" he said, when one of those fellows offends you wallop him with your handbag and throw rid pepper in his eyes.
 If any poor, bashful man in my audience" he said has fallen in love with some worthy woman and wants to meet her for a wife. I will see that he is introduced, has a place to court, help him get his license, pay for it if necessary. marry him free of charge and furnish him with a mar riage certificate, which he may hang above the motto God Bless Our Home"
 Several young men took advantage of the offer.-St, Louis Times.
Arizona republican., 1912-08-24
ALMOST DEPOSITED
 FUNDS WITH BANDIT
Japanese Who Nearly Became Victim
 of Dome Saloon Holdup.

A Japanese got in almost in time to become a contributor to the cam paign fund which a masked bandit was raising on Thursday night when he was holding up Bartender Warren of the Dome saloon The Japanese conducts a small business in the vii cinity and he closes up every night about eleven o'clock. Having no strong box of his own he deposits his proceeds of the day in the saloon
 On Thursday night he entered the saloon carrying the money in a coin bag but as soon as he entered and saw a man with mask holding d revolver at the head of the bartender the Japanese, though he does not speak the English language fluently realized that the proceeding was ir- regular. Something seemed to tel him that that was no place for him He had a hint that it was time tC join the Vamoosevelts.
 He darted out of the door, ran tC his own place of business and locked himself in. He expected the cam paign fund collector would try t, break in.
 But when no attack was made upo1 l him he ventured out and hearing tn ; voices of many persons in the vicinit, of the Dome he went back with hi money bag. He took part in the dis
 cussion of the circumstances of tn
 robbery and the conjectures regard [ ing the personal appearance of tn i bandit. He set the money bag on tn | bar where it was discovered shortl. l before closing time
Arizona republican., 1912-08-24

ful dip themselves in the wonderful water which is credited with all sorts of magical attributes.-Wide World Magazine
Arizona republican., 1912-08-24

the supporters of the theory that a log has no natatorial ability are in the minority, and hence may be set down as nature fakers. The facts are that a hog can swim, and without danger to it's jugular vein, too, ali though very fat animals attempting the fact injure themselves with the Shary hoofs of their forefeet. The hog that cuts it's throat while negotiating . stream may safely be put down as belonging to that category in which the naturalist places the hoop snake Nobody ever saw a hoop snake, although the illusion of roll
 ing created by the blacksnake in proceeding at a rapid rate of speed by a series of loops is probably re- sponsble for the yarns which have sprung up about this reptile.
 Writing to the St Louis Post-Dis- patch. one correspondent states that he has seen a sow and six pigs swim a rapid stream without injury to themselves; while another writer to the same paper recites that a hog which he once saw swimming the River Thames left trail of blood as a result of cutting it's throat with its hoofs Two correspondents of the Syracuse Post Standard tell of in stances of swimming feats by porcine animals Any country boy in Vir- ginia knows that hogs can cross streams by swimming. Just why a hog should want to do 1t cannot of course, be stated with accuracy. Prob ably it has the same object that q hen has in crossing foad.-Wa ash | ington Post.
Arizona republican., 1912-08-24

DO you think kissing is as danger Ous as the doctors say?"
 Well, it has certainly put an end to a good many confirmed bachelors at any rate"
Arizona republican., 1912-08-24

Contributions to The Republican Want Ad section are good business get in on it.
Arizona republican., 1912-08-24
BAMBOO SHELTER FOR
 LAWNS AND GARDENS

A particularly practical and artistic portable garden house or shelter, 1ri-
 ental in general design, is shown in an illustration in the September Pop ular Mechanics Magazine. II is easily erected and moved substantial in construction, and is made in sizes ranging from by feet, to [ by 1012 feet. Split bamboo adjustable blinds are fitted on all sides, and may be raised or lowered by pulling the cords.
Arizona republican., 1912-08-24

Here is a specimen of the neat walking hat which is shown among the fall millinery models. It is side tilted with a rolled brim, the edges of which are outlined by a smart black and white silk braid. This same braid is also laid on the crown. Satin ribbon and a bunch of uncurl- ed feathers further embellish the chanean
Arizona republican., 1912-08-24

that it is clean in intention and shows good heart The effect, the grand result, is pitiful. It's quality is that of harsh photography, uninspired by spiritual feelings or discoveries; and I am not forgetting the conven- tional radicalism which serves as d kind of novelists soup stock for ready use in place of the same.
 All this over emphasis of the un- meaning surface is due to a confusion of newspaper and literary standards, ends, aims The word literary" has come to suggest an absence of red blood; spinners and knitters in the sun; the thirty-five cent magazine crowd; this is nonsensical of course. In it's elemental meaning literature is at least as stern a job as journalism. albeit the intention and function of the latter is merely to present things that happen, of the former to vola- tilize such material into lowering and potent meanings, to strike the rock and raise a spirit that is life.-John Richmond in the September Metropoli- tan.
Arizona republican., 1912-08-24
INDIANS HOLD RESERVATION
(Continued rom Page D.

of a misunderstanding to state at the start that both this department and the Indian office consider the idea in any form it may have taken, of the action of a general allotment for the Camp Mcdowell Indians on the Salt river reservation or on land adjacent to it. rather than on the Camp Me DoweH reservation. to have been a mistake This department now prom ises to allot the Indians of the Me Dowell reservation on that reserva tion.
 "A report has been made by an ex- pert engineer favorable to a perman ent water supply for these Indians on the reservation"
Arizona republican., 1912-08-24
GAN A HOG SWIM?

The question of whether or not q hog can swim without cutting his throat is going the rounds of the
 western press, and is even breaking into the high brow columns of some of the eastern newspapers. Evidence on both sides has been adduced, but
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-23
More Like Him.

"Yo asst me bout Mis- Johnsing an
her husban' las week, Miss Lou" said
Matilda. looking up from her ironing
"Ah seen Mis- Johnsing on de street
las night an she says dey gone to
boa din. Her husban' been out o
wo'k TO- de las six monts an dey
cayn' ford to keep house no mo-.
All t'ink it mighty foolish cos dey's
stoIn dere furniture an 1t cos'es dem
fifty cents mont to keep it in de sto'
house. an eff dey don pay 1t ebe'y
mont de money keep a-growin' an
a-growin' an'a-bur-owin into dere bank
count, jes' like eatin' cancer. All
toll Mis- Johnsing dat. an All say wy
don she put her husban' to wo'k. He
right able body man. Hitch de reins
to de mule All say, an don yo'
wo'k yo finger nails to de quick TO-
dat niggah.' But she say he can fin
no wo'k he like, dough he out all day
an somet'm's till IL o'clock at night
a-lookin'. All reckon he don like no
wo'k he can fin', OATS w'ot's de mat
tab"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-23

The woman who "keeps house" has
enough to do when she is in good, sound
health, but if she is weak, tired all the
time, and suffering from morn to night
with an aching back, Homework becomes
heavy burden.
Many women who were afflicted in this
way say that Doan's Kidney Pills have
made life easier for them.
Women are subject to kidney disease.
The clothing they wear, the work they do,
the worry and strain of bearing and rear
ing children, the lack of proper exercise;
all tend to it.
Backache, bearing-down pains, headache,
dizzy spells, faintness, fits of "blues," and
other troubles often thought to be peculiar
to the sex, are found frequently in kidney
disease. When any one Of these ills ap-
pears. together with discolored condi-
ton of the kidney secretions, with passages
too frequent, scanty or burning, just make
up your mind that your kidneys are weak,
and be quick to help them.
Doan's Kidney Pills have helped a great
many weak women through the trying
times when kidney disease means so much
added misery. They do not disturb the
stomach or bowels and contain no poison
Gus, dangerous nor habit-forming drugs.
Doan's are harmless for children too.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-23
HOWTO BUILD
CONCRETE WALKS
Main Point An Construction, After
Good Material Secured Is
Proper Drainage
System.
tBy j. w. GRIFFIN.)

fBy j. w. GR1FF1N.)
The main point In constructing a
concrete walk, after good material
has been secured is a proper drain
age, without which no walk will give
entire satisfaction.
Water should at no time stand and
freeze around the base of the walk.
Freezing and thawing Of the earth
adjoining the walk will cause cracks
and checks, If there are not sufficient
absorbents to take away the moisture.
Under ordinary conditions where
the surface drainage is fairly good.
base of six inches of coarse gravel
or crushed stone is recommended.
This should be tamped perfectly solid.
so that there will be no settling or
giving down after the walk Is COM
pleted.
The base of gravel or crushed stone
should be two or three inches wider
on each side than the concrete. In
laying off walk the top level of same
should be located and marked on
stakes driven at intervals of five or
six feet.
The excavation should be made ten
inches deep from the level line. six
inches for the drainage. three and
one-half for the grouting and one
half inch for the top coat.
Some prefer enc inch for the top
coat. but have had better results
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-23
JUST A LITTLE TOO HASTY
Mr.. Newlywed Resented What He Con-
sidered lmpertinence, but the
Joke Was on Him.

They were on their wedding tour
and imagined that every civility Civ
en- them related to their new condition
of servitude.
Having stopped at way station, the
bridegroom was approached by the
station agent, who asked:
Are you going to take the next
train?"
Its none of your business" re-
torted the bridegroom. Indignantly, as
he guided the bride up the platform,
where they condoled with each other
over the impertinence of some of the
natives.
Onward came the train. its vapor
curling from afar. 1t was the last to
their destination that day-an express.
Nearer and nearer it came at full
speed; then in a moment 1t whizzed
past and was gone.
why in thunder didn't that train
stopi" yelled the bridegroom.
Cos you said 'twarn't none of my
bizness. l has to signal If that trains
to stop"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-23

(By III. e. M'NATT. Missouri Agricultural
Experiment Station.)
One of the most successful types of
silos is that generally known as the
"plastered" or Gurler silo. This type
is especially adapted to those sections
where there Is still local supply of
native lumber which furnishes cheap
building material.
The Gurler silo is built much like
frame house, except that 1t is round
in form, with lining of boards rum
ming lengthwise around it, something
like the hoops of barrel which give
1t strength to resist the immense pres
sure of the silage. Its cement plas-
tered walls protects the wood frame
work from decay.
Some of the strong points in favor
of this style Of silo are:
With the circle as a guide pit lie
dug to depth of from two to three
feet. The wall of dirt is cut plumb
and the floor leveled.
The foundation is reinforced con-
crete. The illustration shows In
cross section the construction of one
of the frames. which hold the form
boards in place. These frames, which
are made of by plank. should be
placed thirty inches apart around the
pit to hold the inside and outside form
boards in place. These boards are
half-inch lumber of four-inch width. so
as to be readily bent to conform to
the wall of the pit. The distance be-
tween the inside form boards and the
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-23

those times, and said that / ought to
have an operation. Iwould not listen to
that, and when friend of my husbands
told him about Lydia E. Pinkham' Veg
etable Compound and what it had done
for his wife, was willing to take it.
Now look the picture of health and feel
like it, too. / can do all my own house,
work, work in the garden and entertain
company and enjoy them, and can walk
as far as any ordinary woman, any day
in the week. Iwish could talk to every
suffering woman and girl, and tell them
what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has done for me. Mrs.
DEMA BETHUNE, Sikeston, Mo.
Remember, the remedy which did this
was Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
1t has helped thousands of women who
have been troubled with displacements,
inflammation, liberation, tumors, irreg-
ularities, periodic pains, backache, that
bearing down feeling, indigestion, and
nervous prostration, after all other means
have failed. Why don't you try it?
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-23
WOMEN AND HEALTH.

Women are beginning to realize
more fully that good health is not to
be found in the use of cosmetics and
face powders. The appearance of
health may follow facial treatment,
but health itself lies much deeper than
the surface.
Most important to the health of ev-
cry woman is regularity of the bowels
and digestive organs. The weary
eyes, bad breath, frequent headaches,
pimples and general air of lassitude.
is In most every case due to consti-
patton or indigestion, or both. There
are various remedies prescribed for
this condition, but the easiest, most
pleasant and certainly effective. is
a combination of simple laxative
herbs with pepsin known to druggists
as DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. This
simple remedy is far preferable to
harsh salts and cathartics and violent
purgative waters that disturb the
whole system without affording more
than temporary relief.
DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is q
tonic laxative, mild in its action,
pleasant to the taste and positive in
Its effect, strengthening the muscles
Of stomach and bowels SO that after
q short time these organs regain the
power to perform their natural func-
tons without assistance.
DIR. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsfn is sold
by druggists everywhere in SOC and
s1.00 bottles. II you have never tried
1t, write for a sample to DR.. w. B.
Caldwell, 201 Washington st.. Month
cello, ILL.,; he will gladly send a trial
bottle without any expense to you
whatever
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-23
Both Wronq.

ludicrous story is told of an Ed.
inburg bailie, whose studies In natu.
raj history seems to have been limit.
ed. The following case came before
him one day:
A man who kept ferret having to
go into the country, left the cage with
the ferret In charge of a neighbor till
he should return. The neighbor in.
cautiously opened the cage door. and
the ferret escaped. The owner was
very angry, and brought a claim
against him for damages.
The following was the decision of
the learned bailie: Nae doot." he
said to the neighbor; mae doot We
was wrang to open the cage door !;
but" he added, turning to the owner,
we was wrang. too. What for did We
no clip the brute's wings?"