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Arizona republican., 1913-09-18
Arizona Republican Editorial Page

About 1500 of the persons addressed made no reply, and they taken bitterly to task by MT Bok who found in their neglect that the one thing they not acquired at college a rudmentary knowledge of courtesy.
 He advanced the doctrine that a stamped reply envelope lays a moral obligation" the recipient There is a general acquiescence in this eXtraOr dinary doctrine that the busy must submit to interruption by every writing crank who muster the price of stamped and self-addressed envelope It a peculiar notion, says a writer in the Outlook. that a stamped and addressed envelope o a lays obligation upon him his time.
 The self addressed envelope does always mean that the recipient of it is expected reply. The letter enclosing it than relates to a proposition in which the writer desires to in terest the recipient If the latter declines be interested his silence is taken by the sender to be fully expressive Of that
 If MT. Box would only take that view of the matter. he would consider that e already answer to all of his unanswered letters proof that the colleges do not ready-letter writers.
Arizona republican., 1913-09-18
A QUESTION.

Is goldenrOd a blossom now As city folks concede? Or is it, as the farmers VOW. An irritating weed?
Arizona republican., 1913-09-18
Arizona's Agricultural Lead
Register today.

We been telling outsiders for years that valleys Arizona the most productive reaches earth, the Salt River valley, especially But inasmuch people everywhere put in similar claims their various localities, the outsider did not know whom to believe. When could get him here and show hom the crops it easy mat ter to convince him, but the outsiders whom We addressed could did not come They had only word for it.
 Now we have something official and convinc- ing the government crop report. Of course this is not the first report crop conditions in Ari- zona but nobody have given earlier ones any attention. that crop conditions here were all right all the time and we had nothing to learn government reports
 Government crop reports this state about as unvarying the governments summer weather prognosticatons for central Arizona-'fair and warm" The conditions about the same one corresponding month with another Such a thing as a failure or partial failure crops in this val ley is impossible
 But this year. The Republican showed last June a story relating to the midsummer fair. crops were much heavier some farms than they had ever been before That the result of any unusual natural conditions such affect crops in many parts country, but of improved methods of farming. Crops heavier only farms where such improved methods were em- ployed On other farms they abundant, but unusual
 The August crop report Of the government IS striking because of the sharp contrast be- tween conditions Arizona and those in other states Conditions here are represented by 1143. In only twelve other states the average of 100 reached. Wisconsin, next to Arizona, repre- scented by 1O8. California had only SAT, loss of 153, chiefly due to partial failures in the central southern parts of the state where climatic ditions similar But there lacking in Southern California the certain and abundant supply and something the fertility of the soil.
 It would greatly to the advantage of this region if this comparative report given circulation throughout the country, with special attention directed the long lead Arizona. With stamp of the government upon it, it would be convincing than other printed state ment of conditions here that could be made.
Arizona republican., 1913-09-18
The Days Are Slip ping By

With only thirteen the twenty days of the registration period remaining, hardly onet thrtieth O of Phoenix have enrolled for the char ter and bond elections 25O mark barely passed yesterday.
 There. evidence of increasing interest in the registration There a rush for short time yesterday afternoon the city hall, but i- will have become much stronger and steadier if a considerable number of voters qualify for these important elections.
 The rush of which have spoken illustrates though faintly, how difficult if not impossible, it will be for a large number voters register at all if they until the latter days
 It may be assumed that all of the enemies of the charter getting in early. Some of them are busy inducing those who may be counted upon to vote against the charter register. Certainly the interest of citizens who in favor of good gov ernment. best form of government, should be as great and a that of these men who find a continuance of the present wasteful and ineff1- cient system 0 their advantage.
 The first step that citizens must take toward the adoption O the charter is registration.
 Register today.
Arizona republican., 1913-09-18
Wasted School Funds

The Republican has frequently directed atten- Uon to the methods school supply houses in other states in dealing with the school trustees O Ari- Zona who are unfamiliar with the values of the supplies ignorant. n fact, O the need O them We have cautioned trustees against deaiing with these houses all, whatever is needed Is obtainable through houses a prices much less than the supply houses charge
 The county superintendent o this county is now holding up claims presented by O supply houses on the ground that they exorbitant Probably in the end they will have be paid.
 Some system should be applied O purchase of supplies that the great annual waste the throwing away of the money of the taxpayers may be stopped. In this district now. and for some years there has been. plaint But the he supply houses have found the trustees of many the country districts profitable picking.
 No one wants to deprive the schools of any facilities for the extension their usefulness but there is growing sentiment that liberaIity with winch this state makes provision leaves the funds unguarded amount to q vast eful prOdigaty-
Arizona republican., 1913-09-18
MUSTACHES VANISHING
CFrom the London Standard !

ITTUIn the London Standard)
 A Hutter was caused recently by he annolince- Ineht that the war office proposed to abolish the klhgs regulation, which lays down that the upper lip must not be shaved, and already officers have taken advantage of the report, many of them re- gard ther nustaches hardly II adornment
 Two three of my clients who are officers sald the manager in a ir-dressing establishment III boid street recently. have recently had their upper lips shaved clean. For a long has been a tendency among military either to do without the mustache altogether when a com Hdhulhg o111cer insists it's retention to reduce It to the smallest possible dimensions very dom extends the whole length mouth, is cut very short and is trimmed square each end"
 Feminine influence is root of the change for 1t is noticeable that in America England the two countries in which women emancipated. the tendency is toward the clean There was time when women acknowledged the mus taehe as sign of masculinty, if masculine superiority. But times have changed. Women de- sire to equal men. but since they cannot compete in the matter of mustaches they prefer o be reminded of their existence
Arizona republican., 1913-09-18
Answering Letters

The older Edward Box of the Ladies Home Journal grows, the of nuisance he becomes as a regulator terrestrial customs e raised a question regarding the duty busy answer foolish letters whose writers enclosed a addressed and stamped envelope for a reply. The buster is the more letters, sensi- ble and foolish, he is likely to receive Letters ask
 ing information usually answered by the average man a of courtesy, but most let
 ters from strangers relating to matters concerning hobby of the writers find their way into the waste-p paper basket, stamped reply envelope and all
 MT. have had some doubt about value a college education which he sought to addressing several thousand college grad
 uates the subject enclosing reply envelope.
Arizona republican., 1913-09-18

The pressure of the Thaw millions begins to manifest in the litigation return of Harry h IhaW to MatteaWan. It is so far the pressure has been improperly applied. has given the litigation tOrtuous direction that it would not nave taken in the of a fugitive alleged maniac with no money behind him or anyone with out great deal of money behind him It will delay Tor at least some years the of Thaw to the asylum for the criminal insane and somewhere along the winding path q way will in all likelihood b. found to prevent his return
Arizona republican., 1913-09-18
Modern Medicine
By WALT MASON

If any in sickness squirms. the doctor comes and talks of germs and quotes some Latin verbs and says that he outdoors browse around there on all fours, and eat grass herbs The doctors have such freaksh that man by preference endures his sickness while he can; he'll nurse his bruises and his gals n soli- tude, while he recalls this good old plan In Olden days-aas they're spedi-the sick man could remain in bed and and with zest; the doctor came and him dope and said: You'll soon be well, l hope what you need is rest!' An, my friends, in bygone time, bones. with his skill sublime, would and you are lazy slouch, and orders elbow grease out of that" he sternly cries, o him who's sick
 take exercise! Go out and climb Live in tent, sleep the he nd blue mass! Get busy can bel I Ike the old time way the best; when am sick I long for rest: I like to lie in bed while women fan my fevered brow and ask me if I'm better now bring me toasted bread
Arizona republican., 1913-09-18

AS conscience expands, vaccination is restricted. according to the Journal the American Medical Association, which views with regret and alarm inc. operation of the English law which exempts from compulsory vaccination those have conscientious scrupies against it. The percentage of those who nave claimed exemption has from 6.3 in 1907 to 316 last year
Arizona republican., 1913-09-18

We learn from the Snowflake Herald that the 7hhth family held reunion at Snowflake Sep ternber c. That recall now was the day when there was a report of unlOcated dis turbance, supposed to be by a depression of the surface of the earth somewhere in the inter- mountain region and tilting up of it in other places These Smith family reunions need interna- uohai regulation if the equilibrium is to be pre- served.
Arizona republican., 1913-09-18

Fresident Huerta has shown the world Tresldeht Wilson is not the only chief executive "ho can read his message congress We sup pose now that those captiOus critics of MT Wilson VIII proceed to take fall Mexican pro- Visional president delivering his nessaee in
Arizona republican., 1913-09-18

The less one chews his food, the more certain "e IS 10 nave stomach trouble" says advertise fhent of an Arizona dentist. That explains it. We have often wondered why most very small babfas were racked intestinal main
Arizona republican., 1913-09-18

from packing centers.
 The meat eating habits the American people are such would stagger. foreigners, and to considerable degree explain higher cost of living in this
Arizona republican., 1913-09-18
TOO MUCH OF IT

These dramas of the underworld Are numerous today. They may be fine, but I object To summing at the play.
Arizona republican., 1913-09-18
JUST A BLIND.

You pay your employees pretty good wages" of it back"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-30

NJ. H. Sexton of this city, who is at
the head of 40 minor leagues, is paid
the following tribute in the current
issue of the Sporting News:
M. H. Sexton of Rock Island, ILL.,,
is the president of the National Asso-
citation, the organization of the minors,
and though his name does not often
appear in the public prints. he is big
factor in their affairs. Such is the
confidence in his wisdom and fairness
that he is regarded as holding almost
a life tenure in office. He is not &C
lively identified with baseball, either.
Once he was the president of the
ThreeI league and then of the West
ern league. Now he is in business in
his home town. 1t is his business
judgment and his conservatism that
gives him his standing. He has done
much for the minors, that he has not
done more is not because he has moi
tried, but the day is yet to come when
the average minor league magnate car
be made to understand that business
principles are the lest policy in base
ball.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-30
FOOTBALL fever
SPREADS IN EAST
Demand for Seats for Big
Games Is Enormous-Army-
Navy Contest Draws.

New York, Oct. S0-Any lingering
doubt of the popularity of intercollegi-
ate football. even under the revised
playing rules, is removed by the deluge
Of applications pouring in on those
in charge of the ticket distribution for
the big games of the season. The de.
mand for seats surpasses any previ.
Gus record, and the various manage
ments are at their wits ends trying
to devise some method of equitably
meeting the situation.
From present indications. the seat
ing capacity of the various fields upon
which the Yale-Harvard, Army-Navy,
Harvard Princeton, Pennsylvania Cor
nell, and Princeton-Yale games will
be played will be unequal to the de-
mands already being filed by alumni,
undergraduates and their friends.
One of the surprises of the season
is the increased interest in the Army
Navy game, to be played in this city
! Nov. 90. 1t was thought that with
! the transfer of the contest from Frank
/ lin field, Philadelphia, to the Polo
grounds the 41.O00 seats would accom-
modate all those who wished to see
the game. Applications may exceed
$4,000.
New Haven, Conn, Oct 30.-The
Yale ticket Office is literally flooded
with thousands of unopened applica-
tons for seats for the Yale-Princeton
game at New Haven Nov. Is. Appli-
cations formally closed at 6 o'clock
last night. Everard Thompson. man.
ager of the ticket department, said
the demand this year broke all previ-
Gus records. With scores of extra
clerks working night and day there
are bushel baskets full of applications
yet to be opened.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-30
FEDERALS TO RAID
THE MAJOR LEAGUES

Pittsburgh, Pa, Oct. 30-Fortifed
with a big cash fund, the result of
their activity in interesting several
wealthy capitalists in their organiza-
ton, officials of the Federal league
now are preparing to raid the Nation
al and American leagues and take
many of their star players as soon
as it is definitely known that the de-
mands of the players fraternity have
been turned down by the major league
moguls.
This information was secured yes
terday from a Federal league mag
nate, who is arranging to approach
several star players with tempting
propositions as soon as the major
leagues make known their decision in
the controversy.
Further, according to the same
authority, the so-called outlaws" will
be prepared to deposit in bank a cash
guarantee for every player they sign
who feels that he is not properly pro-
tected by federal league contract.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-30
JACK C00MBS MADE HAPPY
BY WORLDS CHAMPIONS

Philadelphia, Pa, Oct. 30.-The hap
piest man in the University hospital
yesterday was Jack Coombs, stole
pitcher of the worlds champion Ath-
letics Jack had every reason to be
happy. The doctors told him that if
he is good they Will take off the
weights that have held him helpless
to a cot in the hospital since Sept. /.
But something else made Coombs
joyful yesterday. His teammates, while
winning and dining at sumptuous
BANQUET in tn Bellevue Tuesday night,
dill not forget their old pal. Some
time during the night some one sneak.
ed up in the room in the hospital
where Jack is lying and found him
asleep. Jack woke up during the night
with a strange sense of oppressive
ness and a fragrant odor in his nos.
trils. He stirred uneasily and glanced
down on the cot
What he saw there brought
tears TO his eyes, for his cot literally
was covered with American beauty
roses, carnations and haes of the val
ley, which filed the room with their
fragrance.
Physicians at the hospital say
COMBS cure is assured and predict
his speedy recovery
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-30
THREE-EYE FEEDS
new YORK GIANTS
Article in Sporting News Tells
of Graduates from Tearney
Domain.

The current issue of the Sporting
News contains the photos of Doc"
Crandall and Ferd Schupp, both of
whom trace their beginning to the
Three-I league and tenders the follow
ing in addition:
While the Three-I league continues
to operate, there need be no fear that
the New York Giants will lack for
playing material, as long as Manager
John McGraw continues his present
policy-and as long as Dick Kinsella
is on the job as discoverer of pros
poets, McGraw himself, it will be re-
membered, played in that circuit when
it existed under another name and
that may be one reason-along with
Kinsella's activity-that he seems to
favor it. The Giants appear to always
have one coming on from the
Three-I. Starting with Larry Doyle,
who joined the Giants in 1907, McGraw
has almost yearly drawn a man from
the pastures of kinsella. After Doyle
came Crandall then Wilson, then
Hartley. Last year McGraw took
Schupp. This year he gathered in
another in Dyer, but later turned him
! back because his team was already
above the limit. Perhaps there have
been others who have been overlooked.
! Crandall appears to be passing, but
/ McGraw, believes he has in Schupp
pitcher who will continue the glory
of the Tri-Optic circle on the National
league champions. Last year the young
southpaw did little but warm the
bench and pitch in exhibitions, but
Wilbert Robinson declared he is about
ripe now, and that next season he will
take his place as regular on the
pitching staff. If he makes good Kin
sella's verdict will have been confirm
ed and Dare Devil Dick will at once
proceed back TO the Three-I to gel
another, for it is his firm belief that
the Giants can not keep in the race
unless they have a player from his
pet circuit coming up"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-30
BRITISH OLYMPIC
TEAM ABOLISHED?

London, Oct. 30.--The special Olym,
pic games committee unanimously de.
cided yesterday that If the fund which
is being raised for the Preparation o.
British Olympic team for Berlin does
not reach $125,0O0 by the end Of the
year the committee would not be tustI-
fed in proceeding further in the mat
ter.
The committee expressed great dis
appointment at the Inadequate sups
port given the fund by the public. and
pointed out that the money is urgent.
/ ly needed for the 1916 preparations.
which are being held in allegiance uu:
I'll the committee is assured of straig;
| er backing.
/ In the meantime several Of the best
English trainers are being sought Il
train foreign teams, and unless there
/ Is quick decision they will be EN-.
( ployed In caring for the rivals OF Eng;
land. The fund now stands at S48, 200.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-30
DANNY JENKINS TO
LEAD DlSTILLERS?

Peoria, H., Oct. 30.-President
Meidroth of the Distillers has received
several applications from men who
want to manage the club in 1914.
The most promising of these is the
one from Danny Jenkins, who has
handled the Adrian club of the South
ern Michigan league for the past two
years. Jenkins is a Danville boy and
a great ball player. His work, while
with Adrians, shows up well. In 10
games he hit for 81 mark and field
ed .9S3.
The application of Jenkins is only
one of many that have come to Presi.
dent Meidroth recently, but no action
in the matter will be taken until the
mater of the franchise is settled
Bill Craig, who has been known in
baseball ever since the year of the
biz wind has written recommending d
young man as playing manager who
is now working in a FIVE and ten cent
store in Chicago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-30
RACING AUTO IS WRECKED:
DRIVERS SKULL CRUSHED

birmingham, Ala, Oct. 30.-In a
sensational 1O0-mile automobile race
at the fair grounds yesterday, two
serious accidents happened. Frank
KATE, driving. an Z. NJ. F. car, had
his skull crushed and several bones
in his body broken; Percy Captain
mechanician, and w. r. Lawson, a
driver, were dangerously injured.
.Lawson's car ran into the fence on
the eleventh lap past the grand stand
The car made a double somersault
Both men were rushed to the hospital
in waiting ambulances.
Kat was OIL the 62nd mile lar
when his car was wrecked. Physi
clans at the grounds held out no hope
for recovery from the first.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-30

er's head. 1t would have been a home
run on any ground and there was
never a chance to get the ball back IN
time for the out
Sam Crawford and Captain Doyle
were the other hitting heroes, each
getting triple, and they were clean
wallops at that.
Outside of Lobert's and Doyle's
swat there was nothing doing for the
Giants. The other four hits came too
far apart to be remembered. The one
inning which was as freaky was the
sixth, when Snodgrass and Magee
each scratched out hits. Lobert famed
and Doyle was given his base on balls.
In order to keep the Giants at bay,
with the bases full, Scott was COM
PEELED to strike out Merkle and Doolan.
SPEAKER HAMMERS BALL.
Speaker has returned to the hitting
class and is getting better each day.
Yesterday he accumulated a couple
of singles and a double. Callahan
made another shift when he trans
ferred Schalk to first, PUTTING Daley
good, as Schalk played a star game
at the initial bag, getting everything
that came his way. Daley started the
scoring in the second by Dumping a
two-bagger into left field, and Schalk'
single brought him home
Fromme got his trimmings in the
third Weaver, Rath and Speaker
! singled in succession, and to top it of
Crawford came along with his triple
and Daley butted in with a single
To start the inning Scott had beer
poked in the ribs by Fromme, and this
and the hits were worth five runs tc
/ the SoX.
In the eighth, with Hearne on the
mound, Speaker and Crawford straight
ened out his curves for two double:
and another run came in, Crawford
being caught at third trying to stretcl
his wallop into triple. The score
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-30
Death Valley jim" Fans IL
and Yields bat Six Blows
at Muskogee.
SPEAKER CL0UTS APPLE
Accumulates Two Singles and Double
-Fromme Proves Easy
Picking.

Muskogee, okla, Oct. 30.-In a
bright sunshine. but freezing weather,
the White Sox of the world touring
baseball team defeated the Giants yes
terday afternoon at the fair grounds,
: to l. Everything considered, Jim
Scott, who hurled for the Sox, was
as good as he ever was.
Death Valley jim" put everything
he had in the shop over the plate and
u Giants died at the home station on
strikes. Fromme, who pitched seven
innings, was hit hard in punches.
Hearne escaped with only one run off
his delivery, mainly because the ath-
letes were slowly freezing TO death.
There was no time wasted once the
battle was under way. The game was
played in 1:16, and making the proper
excuses for the newly made diamond,
neither team made an error. 1t was
as snappy a ball game as the Okla
Romans had seen for many a day, but
the town of Muskogee was not de
populated. Few ventured out and con.
sequently the globe trotters played TO
the smallest crowd on the trip with
( the exception OF Springfield.
COLD HURTS ATTENDANCE.
| Had the weather been just a little
decent there undoubtedly would have
been a record breaking crowd, as the
Commercial club, which had the un
dertaking in charge, had made things
hum since the town was assured OF
the game
The game was played within the
race track Enclosure in the fail
grounds and with the home plate right
near the finishing line where the loca
Axtells desport themselves during the
tracing season. No ground rules were
necessary and a hit went for what i
was worth. Several were quite valu
able, Lobert's four-ply swat for the
only ran for the Giants in the frs
inning being a sereecher over Speak