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Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1914-10-08

then loan the section the necessary funds to put in their works. All work on the project will be done by the people, but at all times will be under the supervision of the reclamation commission to see that the funds are economically expended, and that the works are properly constructed. The benefits to the state under this bill will be wonderful.
 Arizona, it is estimated, has near ly five million acres of land that can be reclaimed by irrigation and under the provisions of this bill it will be possible to reclaim it, otherwise it will remain a desert fo ryears to come, as we have had more than our share of the national reclamation funds, and ia will be years before any more national funds are available for irrigation work here
 It requires no expert to figure the tremendous increase in taxable wealth and population that would ensue as a result of the adoption of a state rec iamation policy carefully worke dout. All of this increase in wealth and population would come without a cent of additional taxes to the people of Arizona, as the lands benefited pay back to the state every cent advanced for putting in the project, with inter- est at six per cent. As the state can borrow money on its bonds for about four per cent the difference in interest paid by the state, and that received from lands borrowing the money. would be sufficient not only to pay the expenses of running the reclama- tion commission, but provide a sink ing fund for investigation and other purposes.
 It is hoped that the people who are anxious to see a Greater Arizona will get behind this bill and help in securing its passage.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1914-10-08
AND NOW WHAT ABOUT
 THE CAR0L|HAs?

Since prohibition was adopted in North Carolina that state has bor- rowed, to meet deficits in it's revenue, $600,000 from two insurance compa- nies. A bond issue of $2OO,OOO has also been authorized and sold, mak- ing the total already borrowed in the manner indicated, $9OO,OOO. The last legislature authorized a bond issue of $1,142,000 flor relieving the present deficit in the state treasury" and for other purposes set out in the act.
 In some of the North Carolina cities taxes have been doubled since prohi- bition was adopted, and yet there is not enough revenue to run the state government in decent fashion. The per capita appropriation for pubI1> schools shows a slight decline since 1908, a time when the entire south was trying to- banish ignorance, thru the medium of public schools.
 It was thought that the simplest way to bring about the blessing of temperance to the colored population of the south was to put whiskey out of reach through prohibition. These prohibition laws did not, of course, reach the white man or the well-to- do negro. But the blessing did not prove an unmixed one by any means,' says Dr. Edward Huntington Will jams. For the negro and the white man quickly discovered that there were other substances besides alcohol that produced other pleasant intoxi- cant effects. .... Morphine and CO., caine offered the most alluring attrac- tions. ..... But cocaine eventually completely outstripped it's rivals in popularity, because the substance could be easily obtained. It is significant that hospital and police records show that during the last five years, the period of active pro- hibitive legislation, drug-habits have increased inormously.
 Moreover, it is most significant that in cities such as Raleigh, Ashe- vile and Knoxville, where open drink ing places have been abolished, CO., caine-taking is increasing at an alarm ing rate. In Knoxville as many as seven cocaine-using women have been hailed into police headquarters in a single day. On the other hand. in such a place as Memphis, with it's 10000 negroes, where no attempt is made to stop the sale of liquor, there has been only a moderate increase in the number of drug-takers.
 Tt is significant that many persons who formerly found their way into hospitals and jails as alcoholics now return as drug-habitues.
 'In short, there is no escaping the conclusion from the mass of available evidence that the enforcement of pro- hibition has created the demand for, and produced the traffic in habit-for- mlng drugs. ......" Adv.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1914-10-08
WHO RULES CALIFORNIA, THE
 PEOPLE OR POLITICAL BOSSES?

The attempt by the Republicans ot California to oust the Progressive can didates from the state Republican ticket is a Imaginable proceeding. This action is being taken on the ground that these candidates were nominated by electors of other parties than the Republican party. But thees electors were registered as Republicans ano not only no question of the genuine ness of their Republicanism was raised during the registration period but they were welcomed with tumultuous joy to the Republican fold as returning prodigals, and their coming was glee- fully chronicled by the Republican newspapers.
 Whether or not they registered in bad faith and were still Progressives, we do not know. We know that they had never been registered as Progress sives for no Californian previous to this year had ever been so registered. We also know that the Progressive newspapers and leaders could not have been parties to such a conspiracy as the busters now claim existed.
 The California law gave all voters the right to vote for whom they pleased in the primary of the party with which they had registered. The law also allowed a candidate of any party to have his name on the primary
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1914-10-08

ballot of any other party or all other parties. and so became eligible to re- ceive the votes of any citizens in thei'' respective primaries. The law further permitted the voters to vote for caG- didate though his name might not ap- pear on the party ballot, by writing in his name. In this way 15,009 Ee- publican voters voted for Governor Johnson though he had declined to follow the course of the other Progress sive state candidates and enter the Republican primary.
 The law which the busters are at tacking was designed to give the peo- pie of California the greatest freedom of action in the choice of candidates and that seems an ideal thing. It is unlikely that the courts will under take to restrict that freedom because the people have exercised it in a man. her unsatisfactory to a group of poli- tical bosses.
 But, suppose that the Progressive candidates were forced off the Repub- lican ticket, would not the voters who supported them in the Republican pri- mary still be likely to support them at the general election? Or would the busters insist that the Republican voters should be compelled by injunc, tion to vote for Republican candi- dates?
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1914-10-08
eAADQF0 mTH [eBBY

Jack Ashby, Thos. Young and B. F. Keeler, all of Tucson; c. M. Ellis and H. A. Donaldson, both of Fl PasO; J. P. Cacanaugh, Earl Starvey, P. J. Vigalitti and Robt Gordon, all of Los Angeles; A. V. Ross and G. P. Blaine, both of Long Beach; R. A. Barber, of Dallas, A. J. Smith, City; M. A. Smith, Bard; H. M Gordon, Oklahoma City; Sig. Simon, San Francisco; James Chappell, Wellton.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1914-10-08
T. R.'S NEPHEW CHOSEN

ALBANY, Oct. S.-At the Progress sive state committee meeting here Theodore Douglas Robinson, of Her kimer, a nephew of Col. Roosevelt, was reelected state chairman. He accepted the office, but said he could not promise that he would serve after the election. Among the vice chair men elected was Miss Anee Rhoades of New York.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1914-10-08
UNCLE SAM AS A BUTCHER

The Department of Agriculture puts it's seal upon all meat shipped from one state to another, or out of the country, and in addition to this tn entire meat supply is under the super vision of the Bureau of Animal In dustry. In the olden days any person could become a packer or shipper, but now application must be made in writing to the Secretary of Agricul- ture and upon receipt of this document the inspectors are sent out to examine the plant and equipment and to see that the rules laid down by the gov ernment are carried out.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1914-10-08
ALL CARRANZA CHIEFS LOYAL

WASHINGTON, Oct S.-All Car ranza military chiefs are still loyal and the prospects for peaceful so- lution of the misunderstanding with Villa are good, according to a dispatch from Mexica City today to the Con- stitutionalist headquarters here
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1914-10-08

Mulford Winsor, chairman of the State Land Commission, came in from Phoenix On the Sunset Limited at 2:25 his afternoon. making his monthly visit to his Yuma valley ranch, and, incidentally, shaking hands with old neighbors.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1914-10-08
AMERICAN SOLDIERS FIRED ON
 BY MENCANS AT NAC0, AR|z.

NACO, Oct. 7.-Private Leroy Brad ford, of the Tenth United States cav airy, was struck in the breast today by a bullet from the trenches occu- pied by General Hills forces, defend ing the town from Gov. Maytorena's s troops across the border. Bradford was in a trench dug for the protection
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of the border patrol. His wound is said to be serious
 Bradford is the second U. s. sol dier to be wounded by Mexican bull let since the Maytorena attack. Pvt Wilson was hit on Sunday, and a boy on the American side was hit in the hand yesterday.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1914-10-08

We condemn the Democratic party for violating its implied obligation to exempt from tolls American ships en- gagged in coastwise trade through the Panama canal for no other apparent reason than to avoid English displeas- ure and please the trans-continental railways; and charge that this action has imposed on the people of that state. and of other Pacific states the burden the canal tolls and thus added to the cost of living"
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1914-10-08
0 OOOOO OOOOO0o Cg POPULAR PLANKS Q 0 OOOOOOOOOOOOo oOOO

We condemn the purpose of the administration to pay $25, 100000 to Colombia on account of the Panama canal, as being humiliating to the American people because it is an ad- mission of an unlawful acquisition by us from Panama of the canal zone for which we have already paid to the Panama government an ade- quate price"
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1914-10-08

agitation up to the present time.
 The Democrats apparently believe that Thomas Jefferson should be an- neXed, with all that remains of his bones and memory, and MT. Bryan expressed this sentiment in his ap- peal to MT. Levy as follows:
 Tt seems to me that this would be a fitting time to make the deed, as it would commemorate the great Demo cratic administration of President Wilson, which is being conducted on Jeffersonian principles, and the fact that the president is by birth Vir- ginian makes the present movement still more opportune."
 MT. Levy may resist, but the tied has certainly set in and eventually he must give up Monticello"
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 7.- Special to the Yuma Daily Examiner That President Wilson favors the purchase by the government of Mont icellO," the former home of Thomas Jefferson, became known today.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1914-10-08

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asked Bride. I'm sure that ye got q
good penny for them same sheep"
I'VE did that" said my mother; but
the money Is for the landlords rent and
the priests tax"
At that time the new parish priest
the little man with the pot belly and the
shiny false teeth. was building a grand
new house. Farley McKeown had given
500 pounds toward the cost Of building
which up to now amounted to 1900
pounds. So the people said. but they
were not quite sure. The cost of build
ing was not their business--that was
the priests; all the people had to do was
to pay their tax. which amounted to five
pounds on every family In the parish
They were allowed Ave years In which to
pay 1t. On two occasions my father was
& month late in paying the money and
the priest put a curse on him each time
So my father said. ] have only a very
faint recollection OF these things, which
took place when l was quite a little boy
God be good to us! but five pounds is
heavy tax for even priest to put
on poor people," said Bride.
ITS not for us to say anything against
a priest no matter what he does" said
my idtHtT, CToSSIHb HlflseH.
Poor wee DAN" said Martha, looking
at the white face In the bed. ITS the
hard way that death has with II always
He was lively boy only three days ago.
Wasn't 1t then that he came over to our
house and tied the dogs tail to the
bundle of yarn>tha Just came from Far
ley McKeown's. I was angry with the
dear little rascal, too; God forgive mel"
ThenSiartha and Bride began to cry
| together, one keeping time with the
other, but when my mother got ready
| some tea they sat down and drank O
great deal Of II.
ON the day of the funeral Dan went
to the grave In a little deal box which
my father himself fashioned. They
would not let me go and see the burial
Everybody who comes to a Catholic
funeral in Donegal pays a shilling to
the priest who conducts the burial SER
vice. and the nearest blood relation
always pays five shillings. and is asked
to give more II he can afford It. Money
lifted thus is known as offerings and
all goes to the priest. who takes in hand
to shorten the sufferings of the souls
in Purgatory.
Eight pounds. nine shlllings," said
my father. ITS a big penny. The
priest was talking to me and says that
he wants another pound for his new
house at once. I'm over three weeks
behind, and If he pats a curse on me
this time what am to do at all, at all?'
What you said Is the only thing to
be DONE" my mother said. / did not
understand what these words meant
and was afraid to ask a question.
ITS the only thing to be DONE" she
remarked again, and after that there
was long silence.
"Dermod. asthor." she said all ut once
Come next May, ye must so beyont
the mountains to push yer fortune. pay
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Rise up. Dermond," said my mother,
touching me on the shoulder next morn
ing. THE white arm OF the dawn Is
stealin' over the door and II Is time We
were out on yer journey"
! took my breakfast, but did not feel
very hungry. At the last moment my
mother looked through my bundle to
see If I had everything which I needed,
then, with my fathers blessing and my
mothers prayers. / went out from my
people In the gray Of the morning.
A pale mist was rising off the braes as
l crossed the wooden bridge that lay
between my home and the leading road
to Greenanore. There was hardly
move In the wind and the green grass
by the roadside was heavy with drops
of dew. Under the bridge a salmon
jumped all at once, breaking the pool
into a million strips of glancing water.
AS l leaned over the rails ! could see
far down a large trout waving his tail
In slow easy sweeps and opening and
closing his mouth rapidly as II lie was
out of breath. He was almost the color
of the sand on which he was lying.
| stopped for a moment at the bend
of the road and looked back at my
home. My father was standing at the
door waving his hand. and i saw my
mother rub her eyes with the corner Of
her apron. l thought that she was cry
ing, but / did not trouble myself very
much about that, for / knew women are
very fond of weeping. ] waved my hand
over my head and turned round the cor
ner and went out of their sight, feeling
neither sorry nor afraid.
/ met Norah Ryan on the road. She
had been my schoolmate and when we
were in the class together / had liked
to look at her soft creamy skin and
gray eyes. She always put me in mind
OF pictures OF angels that were hung
on the walls OF the little chapel in the
village. Her mother was going to send
her into a convent when she left school
so the neighbors said.
Where are We for this morning,
Dermod Flynn" she asked.
beyond the mountains" I told her.
"Ye'l not come back for a long while,
will ye?"
said that ! would never come back
Just to see how she took It, and was
very vexed when she just laughed and
walked on. / felt sorrier leaving her
than leaving any one else whom I knew,
and l stood and looked back after her
many, many times but she never turned
even to bid me good-by.
On the road several boys and girls. all
bound for the hiring market Of Strabane,
Joined me. When we were all together
there was none among us over II years
OF age. The girls carried their boots in
their hands. They were so used to
running barefooted on the moors that
they found themselves more comfortable
walking along the gritty road in that
manner. While journeying to the
station they sang out bravely. all except
one girl. who was crying. but no one
paid very much heed to her. A boy Of
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children. Indeed I did not care very
much for the company of boys of my
own age. Because 1 was strong for my
years / despised them, and in turn
l was despised by the youths who were
older than myself. TOO long for your
trousers" they called me. and l believe
that l merited the nickname, for /
wished ever so much to grow up
quickly and be able to carry n creel
OF peat like Jim Scanlon or drive "a
1 horse and cart with Ned ODonnel, who
lived next door but one to my fathers
house.
isn't II shame the way Con-
mel Diver Of the hill treats his wife?"
] said to my father and mother one
day. "He goes out in the evening and
courts Widow Breslin when he should
stay at home with his own woman"
"Dermod. asthor. What puts them
ideas into yer head?" asked my mother.
what dye know abot Connel Diver
and the Widow Breslin?"
Its them two vagabonds Micky's
Jim and Dinchys Ned that's tellin
him these things" said my father. "but
! let me never catch him goin' out OF
the door with any Of the pair OF them
again."
Whatever was the reason OF It I liked
the company of the two youths a great
deal more afterward.
On this May evening, as I was say
ing. / came back from the days work
/ and found my mother tying all my
| spare clothes into a large brown hand
kerchief.
"Ye're goin' away beyont the noun
| tains in the mornin', Dermod," she
said. "Ye have to go out and push
| yer fortune. We must get some money
to pay the rent come Halloween and
| as yen get bigger penny workiR'
with the farmers away there me and
yer da have thought OF sendin' we to
the hirin' fair Of Btrabane on the
NORA"
l had been dreaming of this journey
for months before. and / never felt
happier in all my life than / did when
my mother spoke these words.
clapped my hands with pure joy. danced
in front of the door and threw my cap
into the air.
Are ye not sorry at leavin' homer"
my mother asked and from her man
ner OF speaking I knew that she was
not pleased to see me so happy.
What would / be sorry for?" I asked,
and ran off to tell Mickey's Jim about
the journey which lay before me the
next morning. Didn't feel proud, too,
when Micky's Jim, who had spent many
seasons at the potato digging in Scot
land. shook hands with me just the same
as II had been a full grown man. In
deed. felt that l was man when /
returned to my own doorstep and saw
the preparations that were being made
for my departure. Every one was hard
at work. my sisters sewing buttons on
my clothes, my mother putting a new
string in the medal of the Sacred Heart
which had to wear around my neck
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talking most OF the time, and this was
how he kept going on:
What IS yer name? Dermod Flynn?
A Papist?-all Donegals are Papists.
That doesn't matter to me, for II ye'rs
a good, wilin' worker me and yen get
on grand. / suppose yen have a big
belly. Jtll be hard to fill. Are we hun
cry now? / suppose yer teeth will be
CROWN long with starvation, 80 I'll see
IL can get we anything to ate"
We turned up a little side street,
passed under n low archway and went
into an inn kitchen. where Il young
woman with a very red face was bend
Ing over n frying pan on which she WAS
turning many thick slices of bacon The
odor caused my stomach to fee, empty.
This is a new cub that ] got, Mary"
said the man to the servant. HISS a
Donegal Ike yerself and he's hungry.
Give him some tay and bread"
And some b-tter?" added Mary, look
ing at me.
How much is the butter extra?"
asked my master.
"Tuppence," said Mary.
II don't think this cub cares for hut
tsr, D'ye?" he asked, turning TO me.
"I like butter" ! said.
who'd have thought of that. now?"
he said, and he did not look at all
pleased. aye can wait here" he con-
tinued, "and I'll come back for We In n
wee while and the two of us can go
along to my farm together"
He went out and left me alone with
the servant. As he passed the window
on his way to the street Mary put her
thumb to her nose and spread nef nm
gers out toward him.
Il hate Orangemen," she sail to me,
land that pig of Bennett is wan Of the
worst of the breedin'. All. the old slob-
Der chops! See and keep up yer own
end of the house with him any., Nv, and
never let the vermint tramp over you"
She made ready pot of tea. gave me
some bread and butter and two rashers
Of bacon.
"Ate yer hearty fill now Dermod,"
said the good natured girl. "for yen not
get a dacent male for the next six
months"
And / didn't.
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CARRYING THE BABY.

~ VEN though parental love may be
r strong within him the average
- man has an aversion to carrying
a baby In public. 1t Is not because the
task Is too laborious, but 1t seems that
the ordinary man was not intended to
do this duty.
Mans aversion to shoulderlpg baby
in public can probably be traced TO his
shyness. He dslikes to enter a public
place or conveyance with baby be-
cause he is aware that the eyes of those
present will be turned In the baby's d.
rection, and when they have Toasted on
the baby to their satisfaction they will
turn to him. If the baby Is pretty and
the man fails to measure up to the
same standard the gossips present set
their tongues to wagging and the man
is criticised until no becomes embar-
raised and grows red.
His every act Is scanned and COM
mented on. "He does not know how tc
carry the baby" Can that be that baby &
father?" Say. II he looked anything
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the priest and make up the rent for the
Hallow Fen next coming
When the following May came around
/ had been working at the turnip thin
ing with a neighboring man and one
evening l came back to my own home
in the grayness OF the soft dusk. 1t
had been a long days work. from Z
In the morning to 9 o'clock at night.
A boy can never have too much time
to himself and too little to do, but
was kept hard at work always and
never had moment to run about the
lanes or play by the burns with other
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Patrick Nag Who Wrote His Life Story in The Children
| of the Dead End and Created a
| in Or,dOr

when far away from her keeping, and
my father hammering nails into my
boots so that they would last me
through the whole summer and autumn.
That night when we were on our
knees at the rosary ! mumbled through
my prayers, made mistake in the
number OF hail Marys and forgot several
times to respond to the prayers of the
others. No one said a word Of reproof
and I felt that 1 had become a very
important person. l thought that my
mother wept during the prayers, but Of
this was not quite certain.
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made Of delft, SO she placed 1t on the
dresser and both followed me back to
my home. once there they asked many
questions about Dan. his sickness and
how he came to die. When they had
heard all they told Of several herbs and
charms which would have cured the i'll
ness at once.
"why did we not take in the docthor?"
asked Martha.
I'VE had no money in the house." said
my mother.
AN did We not sell half dozen sheep
at the fair the day afore yesterday"