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Arizona republican., 1914-04-06
= Arizona Republicans Editorial Page =

all related branches of civil engineering MT Parish is an accomplished civil and constructing engineer It was regarded essential also that the city ager should be successful MT. Parish is that. He has occupied many positions of great sponsibility of them involving the handling of large numbers of men, In every position he has made good and from each he has been called higher
 Of the personal qualities of who has lived in Phoenix for thirty years, it is unnecessary to speak. Mir. Parish is man of probty and with a high sense of honor, who has always stood for the better things in civic life.
 All those who have desired a model government for Phoenix have believed that there quality which a city manager should NOT have-he should not be partisan politician. Mr. Parish is not a par tisan politician. When the announcement that he had been agreed upon by the commission was re- ceived many asked Whats his politics." Prob ably not in fifty in Phoenix knows. We have yet heard the question answered: MT Parish we believe has never sought a public office As a good citizen, he has discharged his duty at is partisan politics in the city hall We feel sure that, under the management of Mir. Parish We will have a business like, efficient and economical gov ernment-that the charter will be correctly inter- preted We are equally sure that the who will be chosen by MT. Parish to under him will be chosen solely their efficiency and not for thelr political activity and usefulness.
Arizona republican., 1914-04-06
The City Manauer

The announcement that the mayor elect and the commission had definitely agreed upon w. A. Parish for city manager received yesterday with great and general satisfaction-wth more than isfaction-with enthusiasm. was the commonly expressed opinion that the commission could not possibly do better. MT Parish is conceded to have all the qualifications for this great task that any man, except specially trained for it. could have and there at this time few specially city managers in this country Probably no amount of technical training could take the place of Mir Far ish's personal familiarity with the Phoenix.
 MT. Farshs acquaintance with Phoenix has ex- tended almost a generation In all that time he has kept closely in touch with its development, and he has had much to do as any man. with it's later development. He of the most valued members of the paving commission of three years ago To his expert knowledge and his sound judgment may be traced, in large measure the protection the citN received during the early period of paving construction
 There has been prevailing opinion that the city manager should be a civil engineer not merely a surveyor, but whose technical training
Arizona republican., 1914-04-06
UPS AND DOWNS OF A CONTINENT

Most people know in a general way that large portions of the United States have in the past been covered by the ocean, but it is perhaps not so gen.
 eraly known that the continent is now rising in places and sinking in others There is every reason to believe that minor movements of the land constantly taking place. No so very long ago, in geologic sense, the Hudson river flowed through deep canyon or gorge at New York citv Soundings show that this gorge extends through the harbor and far to sea It is evident that the land surface has been lowered in this region allowing the to creep in the and fill the old river channel, and in places wholly sub merge it. The submergence of the land greater time than it is In excavations for some New York skyscrapers remains of oysters and other salt animals have been found As a rule the only available knowledge in regard to the former submergence of is derived
Arizona republican., 1914-04-06
The Circus
By WALT MASON

They grease the circus wagons now and else the spotted horses and curry down the sacred cow-and this a harbinger of is In training are the acrobats, those dauntless neck and shoulder riskers the clowns invest in steeple hats and sacrifice their winter whskers Full the and only show will set forth from it's winter quarters, and shall to the big tent go and take wives and aunts and darters. I've lived earth a hundred years, and most things weary and bore me, but every time show appears glad sensation trAes OCT me. I'll never be so beastly old that I unmoved the circus, with charOts of red and gold and fm-flam gents who deftly work 1 like watch the lion track around his lair in futile rages, the camel and the yak, the bughouse monkeys in their cages. I like to the hippo swim like mermaid in the dirty water, then turn fond, admiring glim upon the warthog and the otter. Without the circus genial spring would be tame and plotless story; come oh circuses, and bring red lemonade and peanuts hoary.
Arizona republican., 1914-04-06
COFFEE ON STEAMBOAT

One of the peculiar customs on board Missis- sppi river boats which changing conditions have been unable to do away with is the fixed habit of steamboat men for having their coffee promptly 4 o'clock. The custom dates further back than the memory of Capt Bender Capt Neff Dukes, and probably taken from vessels, where it is the custom to have cup of tea in the middle of the afternoon River men drink much stronger beverage than pink tea, and the black coffee on steamboats is known all the country
 The o'clock coffee a steamboat is the center of social life of the boat, and when the cap tain says to the mate have you had your coffee?" all class distinctions dropped for back in the cookhouse it is man to In that forum all matters relating to the boat are discussed with the utmost freedom and without the restraint which may be felt when the captain is the roof and the the deck.
 In winter time there is a of red-h stove league around the kitchen table, where the records of the Robert F. Lee and the Natchez pared with those of the first Kate Adams other famous boat The records of the perform of famous steamboats carried in the heads of young watchmen and cub pilots just the the batting averages of ny" Cobb and Hans Wagner in the head of the average small boy.
 The cookhouse is also the of all the steamboat news and unestablished rumor is al ways branded "cookhouse talk" which means that something about happen is being talked about by steamboat men, AT Fl
 The custom is kept up. when the boat is in port On towboats the cookhouse is more of an institution than on the packets, because the have less to divert them than on passenger carry ing boat
 A passenger very seldom gets an invitation back to the cookhouse, and it is not good form to go less accompanied by of, the crew. The steam boat fraternity is very tenacious about holding to certain customs and traditions. but the o'clock coffee hour has lasted longer than any of the others.
 Steamboat coffee is different too, from the bev- craze it is known on land. Owing to the fact that it is not practical carry the board steamboat generally prefer to take it black in great iron-stOne cups which hold little less than quart. It helps keep away malaria, they say.
Arizona republican., 1914-04-06
The Use of English

young man once wrote Richard Grant White, a foremost authority on the English language asking him to settle dispute among local grammarlans- Which was right: Tomorrow will be Thursday, or tomorrow s Thursday?' MT. White replied that either expression right, and he added that one who stopped to consider such trifling matters would make little progress in the study of his own language and could not hope to rank high as gram marian.
 There are, of gross violations or the rules of grammar, but there are fewer of them even by ordinary writers than we would suppose Most supposed violations only alleged offenses aganst diction-questonable elegance of expression we say questionable for two men, however learheu' would clothe the same idea in the same language.
 Students all over the country just divid- ed in opinion a variance of expression by tive of the most learned men in the country, President Wilson and Dr. Charles Eliot, president emeritus ol Harvard Dr. Eliot had been requested to prepare several inscriptions for Washingtons new post office building. They were received and ruhlessy blue-penciled by the president Dr. Eliot used the expresson Instrument of trade and commerce. The president changed to instrument o traue and industry In Dr. Eliot's Messenger of love and sympathy" the president substituted carrier TOT messenger" "Enarger of public life" by Dr. Eliot was changed by the president to "Enlarger of com mon life Many of the other inscriptions were changed by a word more and some only by punctuation.
 English scholars throughout the country dls- cussng the original and the blue pencied inscrp- tons are agreed upon two things: that they came from Dr Eliot they more poetical and richer in imagery; that they rendered simpler and stronger by the changes. But whether they were made better for the purpose for which they were intended is still open question.
 Dr. Lovett professor of English at the UnlVer- sity of Chicago, adds this interesting contribution to the discussion:
 There is nothing surprising in the president be- ing able to better Dr. Elots inscriptions Take any two men of similar education, let one of them suo- init completed work of literature to the other and it only would be natural that the second person would improve the first mans work.
Arizona republican., 1914-04-06

We would dismiss improbable, if 1t did not appear the top of the middle column of the tront page of highly esteemed contemporary, the Wash- ington Herald a story told by telegraph rom Ono' Michigan of herd of tipsy cows, made so by reed ing on ensage. The cows stagger as they walk, put they give increased volume of milk which has milk punch flavor and is much sought after by resi- dents of that locality, which happens to be in dry district It is stated in the dispatch that an ein- poye the farm tapped the silo and secured enough
 liquid produce state of intoxication that would have been credtable to wet district The neigh- bors of the who owns the cows and the silo are wondering whether he is within the law Thus we how unexpected obstacles rise up in the path prohibition
Arizona republican., 1914-04-06
To the Water Users

It is necessary, of course, to elect officers and governing bodies of the Water Users Association is principally that purpose the cleo ton is be held. But there will be an issue before the members that will completely over shadow the election governing bodies and officers It is the question whether 30 900 shall be added the Salt River project; rather, it the question whether we shall have ample, additional water supply for at least 3O,OOO acres.
 The question is Shall the recommendations O the board of for the construction of reservoir the Verde river and the installation of twenty-One pumping plants be endorsed? If these recommendations favoraby acted upon practically every of land in this valley, every susceptible of irrigation, will be brought under cul tivation.
 It is the belief of many who have a dollars interest in any lands under irrigation that the consummation of this purpose will more to the valley and the the valley and to every citizen than mainline railroad. and we all realize how much that will mean. As the lands of the valley are now divided into holdings, SOOOO will give room for 75O families than As the holdings grow smaller year by year, as they have been doing the number of homes in this 3OOOO will greatly increase The effect will be felt upon the towns which will grow with
  ing
 In making a comparison of the benefits which would follow mainline railroad with those sequent upon the addition 3OOOO acres the irr gated of the valley. do that compelled make choice between more land and the railroad. The latter is coming anyway and and others would come more readily if our farm ing area were larger
 ic cIacC next to the these lands, that need water, will be directly benefited than any others. They the who have the whole matter in their hands-the members the Water Users sociaton upon whom the payment for the Salt River project It has been shown that the of the additions recommended by the board of vey would not exceed s1,5oOOOO that is about $50 for the lands that the additional water sup ply would serve. The estimated cost per acre of the 17O,OOO in the project is about s6S per acre, counting off the revenue to the water users from the sale of power. If the 3OOOO at $50 per acre. added the 10000 acres at s6S per the cost for the whole increased project would be reduced about S4 Thus the water who vote Yes tomorrow for the Verde reservoir and the "Yes" tomorrow for the Verde reservoir and the twenty-one additional pumping plants, will be vot- ing, each, $4 acre of his holdings into his own pocket That is all the benefit the present would receive from the additional supply thus developed. The service them would be more reg uar and uniform There would be an abundance of for them at all times It seems to us and it must them that the users, than any other class of citizens, should desire the carrying out of the board of surveys recommends tions We earnestly urge the tomorrow support these recommendations
Arizona republican., 1914-04-06
HI-sPY
of prohibition

Strange that the city's thoroughfare Noisy and bustling all the day, Should with the night renounce it's care And lend itself to childrens play. Oh girls are girls, and boys are boys, And have been since Abers birth, And shall be so till dolls and toys Are with the children swept from earth. The selfsame sport that crowns the day Of many a Syrian shepherds son, Eegnes the little lads at play By night in stately Babylon. 1 hear their voices in the street, Yes 'ts different now from then Come, brother from your winding sheet And let two be boys again!
 Eugene Feild
Arizona republican., 1914-04-06
"A modern trust company"

from the marine shells and other animals found in deposits laid down by the By the nature of the fossils geologists able tell approximately when the ocean invaded the land. They have found evidence of submergence of much greater mag nitude and much older than that which now floods the Hudson valley. Gothamites and others need not however feel alarmed this statement of the ups and downs of the continent, for while geo logically this submergence is not very old. the geologist thinks and speaks in terms of thousands if millions of years.
Arizona republican., 1914-04-06
PERHAPS

Was of first sight?"
 "They call it that, although before they met she had heard that he was wealthy and he had been told she heiress "-DetrOt Free Press.
Arizona republican., 1914-04-06

It is heaven upon earth to have a mans mind move in charity, rest in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth. Francis Bacon.
Arizona republican., 1914-04-06

"No' cried the fair young thing she gently but firmly resisted the kiss of her ardent sutor .I am not afraid of microbes, but of your crobes" And he never darkened her door again.
Arizona republican., 1914-04-06

friend of who says he has tried our recipes with unfaing success, sends us a sure cure for lockjaw in horses. His method is to lay inch board between the animals ears climb into the feed box and strike him over the head twice with sledge. He says this will either break the lock or kill the horse Sounds reasonable but We would like expert opinion upon it.
Arizona republican., 1914-04-06
Farm Notes
BY HOWARD L, RANN

We don't know of anything that will break the rest of an estimabe family quicker than the sleep walking shoat. The pig which rises from an uneasy couch and meanders the premises, clad in sleep and like accordion with a hot box, is a greater menace scientific agriculture than the practice of rotating pea hay with quack grass. There is something wrong with the home training of the pig which gets up in the middle of the night and butts into the hired girls room in a sleep walking jag It will usually be found that the shoat which has acquired this habit is accustomed to sleeping his back on a mattress Of corncobs, with his mouth wide open which makes him the easy prey of every nomadic night mare You can't expect a pig to sleep with all four feet in the air and a back resembling a sec ton of corrugated roofing and not look with long ing on a spring cot If more twin beds were in- troduced in the hog house. the head of the family could retire to at night without having the coverlets pried off by some heavylidded porker in pursuit of quiet snooZe.
Arizona republican., 1914-04-06
A LAMB IN THE STREET

Kidd looks very sheepsh lately He seems to have been thoroughly cowed by something
 Didn't you hear? He foolshly took steer from a bull on a bear market
Arizona republican., 1914-04-06

If your fireless cooker smokes, it is evidence of spontaneous combustion in the hay tank. Remove the hay and replace with Wisconsin leaf tobacco which nothing short of full -bosomed suction pump can get any smoke of. Every fireless cooker ought to be equipped with a time lock to prevent food from scorchng
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-29

in a social way Will be u smoker given
by the Wilmington Chamber OF Commerce
In honor OF President Jonn II. Kenly. OF
the Atlantic Coast Line. II will be IA
most elaborate affair. and number OF fine
speeches will be made The date has not
been definitely Settled upcn rs yet but
preparations are going for IL. Colonel
John Van Nets being chairman of the
committee OF arrangements. The smoker
was nrst planned for about April! !. bur
~ President Kenly has attend n meet
Ing of the stockholders the road in
Richmond a; that t;~,v and will subse-
puenty go the line an inspection
tour. IL was decided to make 1t later: like
iy the 18th OF next month
Another brilliant event take place
early next month will be a banquet to
supreme Regent Frank r. Wickcraham.
of the Royal Arcanuiu. The distinEuish ed
fraternal man comes TO visit the Whining
ton councils of the order Monday. April
g. and that night will pc rendered :, ban
quot y number OF prominent citizens will
respond TO toasts appropriate to the occa-
sion
The members and friends OF Grace Meth
odist CHURCH enjoyed delightful evening
on Tuesday at the hospitabe residence of
MIR. and Mrs. w. B. Cooper. North Fifth
street y delightful musicale was one of
tho features OF the event. those taking part
| being Mesdanes j. D. Edwards and David
Struthers and Misses Julia Post. Katie
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-29
.DANDRUFF ON HEAD
HAIR FELL OUT
Could Hardly Sleep for Scratching.
Hair Thin, Dry and Lifeless. A
Few Applications Of Cuticura Soap
and Ointment Cured.

Olln, KY was bothered several years
with scalp disease. There first came q
pin,ple with hard scab on it. would
scratch 1t of and then It would make sore.
AT times could hardly sleep at night for
scratching. My hair gradually fell out.
IL was thin. dry and lifeess and dandrufr
was In my hair.
II tried several remedies but mono OF
them did me any good only for short tmc.
At last saw the Cuticura Soap and ONT
ment advertisement. l wrote for sample
and after uginS il once or twice found out
that It WAS just what had been wanting.
So secured a larger amount OF Cuticura
Soap and Ointment from my druggist. I
first put Cuticura Ointment on my scalp
md then would wash my head with Cuti-
cura Soap. With just n few applications
OF the Cuticura Soap aud Ointment I was
cured" (signedl II. l.. Pope. June 2. 1918.
why should | use Cuticura Soap?
There s nothing tho matter with my skin.
and thought Cuticura Soap was only for
s,s!n troubles" True. 1t is for skin troubles.
but tt great mission is TO prevent skin
troubles. For more than q generation its
delicate eInolient and prophylactic proper
tics have rendered it the standard for this
purpose. while its extreme purity aud re-
freshlnS fragrance give to 1t all the cdvan-
tages Of the best of toilet soaps. Cuticura
Soap Csc. and Cuticura Ointment SOC. arc
sold everywhere Liberal sample of each
mailed free. with 32-p. Skin II ook. Address
postcard " Cuticura. Dept. r. Boston
tE-Men who shave and shampoo with Gu
Hcura Soap will find II best for skin and scalp.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-29
gotten n good bit OF sound, wholesome
sleep every night"
Palmer Cox II Delicate BOY.


Palmer Cox Il Delicate hoy.
IL may say / have no recipe for a
long life or sure reason why I have
enjoyed so many years. said Palmer
Cox. OF brownie" fame, who is now
nearing scvcnty-four.
"a long life may depend very much
on chance, luck or the special mercy
of the Almighty. The shipwreck the
misplaced switch, the capsizing boat
or the premature discharge of the gun
can cut short life that bid fair o
reach the highest figures in the family
record.
LAS boy was called delicate more
so than most of my playmatcs, and
used TO think nT life would be a short
one. yet have been spared 10 follow
many of the sturdy companions OF ms
early years TO their last resting place
and | am still privileged 10 turn my
car 10 hear the song Of the bird, and
the saw of the parSon.
II was member of the National
Guard for over twelve ycars-firat,
about seven years i'm Canada. and then
service. no doubt, had something to dc
with Strengthening me up, giving the
pand. and the breast TO swell with
pride, if not with patriotism. ! won
| many valuable prizes and medals as
one OF the best shots in the companies
/ | belonged 10.
II have been called Industrious
along whatever pursuit | followed J
| was steady ana somewhat careful.
/ have never had any sickness To speak
about. except an ATTACK of the grip
Delightful I.nbor "physic. Pain"
| Though not tectotalcr, out and
| out, / never cared To look upon the
wine when either RCD or white and
/ never used tobacco Tn any way. not
because thought these things might
shorten life, but rather because found
no pleasure in them.
Il always found pleasure in both
writing and drawing, and could in
dorse The line OF the bard: The labor
we delight in physics pain Though
not a woman Halter, by any means, but
quite the reverse. ] esiaincd single
but matters just seemed To turn out
that way, perhaps through an unset
tied mind or rowing disposition, and
though enjoying company, am never
lonesome or III AZ ease when alone
There is society where none intrudcs.
People tell me | look and act ten OF
fifteen years younger than am: | Ger
tainly have not felt many touches o
age up TO the present time
! one old lady OF national fame. whom
approached on the subject. offered I,
sell me the secrets of her longevity "a
> cents word.
Copyright, 1914. by John Elfrcu
Watkins.)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-29

of any kind which keeps both mental
ind physical in fairly balanced action,
is, l think, other things being equal.
ife If all is we'll in another three
months. 1 shall have completed eighty
zine years and stepped through Times
door into my ninctieth year"
Looking back over his more than
eighty-siN years, former Senator
George T, Edmunds told me:
II think have lived so long by try
Ing TO observe the rules ana nutits of
temperance, by change of exercise
both mental and physical. and by dis
missing entirely any solicitudes con-
corning the practice of my profession.
or my duties in the Senate. while l was
enjoying my vacations. spent III travel
or III quest of fish ana game amonc;
the woods and waters OF Northern
United states and Canada, or in the
enjoyment OF layman's studies of
inc geology and ilora OF the regions
where ! happened to be, and perhaps
more than all to the fact that had
no political ambitions, except that of
trying to do my full and independent
duty in Whatever trusts might be con
iided to me"
Now past his scvcnty-ffth birthday.
| William Andrews Clark, former Scnn
| tor from Montana, and now a member
J Of New York City's multi-millionairc
/ colony, said
! Generally speaking, I find what is
termed the simple life very conducive
TO maintenance OF good health-that