Arizona republican., 1912-01-10
PARKER POST
AIRS PROTEST
Palo Verde Correspondent
Throws a Little Ink Just
to Set His Neighbors
and Affairs Alright This
New Year.

tests will be recorded as long as hu-
mans survive. Some are good and ef
fective: some are bad and worth moth
ing. But-hearken to the protest
against inertia that is aired by the Pa
10 Verde Valley correspondent of the
Parker Post:
Now that 1911 has drawn to a close
/, might be well for the farmer Of
the Palo Verde valley 10 initiate the
methods Of the successful business
man AMI carefully make out bal
ancc sheet showing the years gains
ard losses. He might also proiitablN
view in retrospection the events If the
past year AMI consider why certain
plans failed 10 materialiZe, why GER
tain labor bore fruit. while other en-
dcavors yielded but Dead Sea apples.
Perhaps the balance sheet will show
. loss Of a thousand dollars. II SO,
h. must fird the leak, and. finding II
stop that particular drain on his future
resources II he be allowed with the
power Of concentration and will care
fully review the cause and effect Of all
that pertainel to last years activities
and will resolve To profit by past err
us IFSdlu 4f-SS VI NOV A4it AlAsilArN AA4NAe
conflict with the deep rooted ideas of
q life time he may begin 1912 with an
entry in the helger that will offset the
one showing a thousand dollar loss.
L will be entered thus: Cash DR.. 10
Experience. $1,000.
In reviewing the ailments Of 1911,
tie farmer Will probably think of the
railroad that never came as the most
painful affliction OF the year. II WAS
such a DEAD SURE proposition. Ana
the railway enthusiasts 81 lavishly
smearei the rosy. pink paint on the
valleys immediate future that. for a
time. Bull Durham tags We're seen TO
dangle only from the pistol pockets Of
the noble redman. while Y. b Snipes
dotted the great HobsOnway from
Blythe 10 the Mesa. Alas. Times
bursted bubbles, The reaction was
he'll, II was like stopping a weary
plow- in the furrOw and proclaim
ing that his pillow days were over. AMI
holding To his wind cracked lips a
deep sourd Of vivifying corn juice AMI
commanding him to drink, be merry
ana celebrate like a barnyard despera-
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ter his gaurt abdomen hal been filled
10 the lid Of the larynx and after he
had in satiatei qualification done the
Mobile rag III the soft, upturned soil
beneath the scorching rays of the des-
ert sun; after the gourd had been
emptied. ard his calloused feet with
their in-grown toe nails had grown
weary in their glal tatOoo in the
smOuldering dust-then commanding
him to turn back to the lorG furrow.
10 the fragrance of perspiring mules
TO the musical jingle Of chain harness
TO the daily practice OF the Salome
muscle dance with ona are foot tang
led in the sea grass ribbons and the
other Stilson-locked in the tenacious
fork of mesquite root
II was but a mad. midsummer
dream-a wild Utopian fantasy of Z
time-dimmed optics. which were dazz-
led by the scintillating enthusiast. have
been cooled AMI Gained by Dacember's
long. frosty nights Of reflection. and
as the pungent corraldust of the pro-
phetic promoter has been detached by
the north wind from our shaggy eve
lashes. we may withdraw for a time
from all brain meetings of the politica
refOrmer. the pessmiStic fOrebOdings
Of the professional squatter and the
maddening delights of the Christina:
festivities; and, entering into the sane
tum sanctorum Of our floorless mud
castles. pOrler long and deeply ant
then inscribe upon the back of last
buttons for 1912 If the waistband ot
our Lewis encircle A healthy bunch ri
intestines and we have not spent toe
many summers in Long Beach, the fol-
lowing resolutions, if put in practice
viii help some during the coming year
in the PalO Verde valley:
Resolved, during the wear 1912 that
the rosy-hued representations of the
bombastic promoter shall not change
the even tenor or daily grind of my
ways, nor cause me to wastefully de-
part with the bacOn-rind while the
bean-pot remains unspiked Nor shall
the calamitous forecasts of the adlle-
pated pessimist cause me to withhold
the pumpkin seed from the ditch bank
nor my hand from the pillow. nor cause
nv u 'Se ialth III 'ToI mySelf, or the
future Of the Palo Verde valley
Resolved, in 1912, that I'll not seek
the rainbow's golden end. nor spend
my days in idle dreams Of the valleys
future greatness, nor let the salt weed
displace the fig tree. nor the brood
SOW starve in the jungle because a few
miles of railroadless desert separates
hef from the pOrk-living multitude.
Resolved, in 1872 that | viii cheer
fully abide by conditions as they are
mat / viii meet the issue as it comes
ard viii succeed-railroad q r no rail
road-in spite of hell. high water OF
the money trust
Having engraved the foregoing reso-
Iutions on the ossfied convolutions Of
his gray matter the wise nestor will
then lay aside his Montgomery Roe
buck catalogue for shaving pappr
Grange his National Rip Saw subscrip-
ton for farm journal. plant a garden
Tor his summers sustenance. raise
some frijoles, sweet potatoes and hogs
Ter next winters exertions, start an
account in a local bank with his egg
money. join local chamber OF COM
merce. and thus enroll his john Henry
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