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The Snowflake herald., 1914-12-25
PAPER PRINTED IN
So READS LIKE NOW

1t does not necessarily follow
that there is going to be a fun
eral in the family because some
one breaks a looking glass. AS
a matter of fact, such an acci-
dent may throw considerable
light on things, and in a recent
instance the reflection is enter
tanning.
The other day a man broke a
looking glass, and back of it was
found an old newspaper printed
December 28, 1859. In this
newspaper was printed a quota
tion from President Buchanan's
message. as follows: Il regret
very much to inform you that
tlere is no improvement in the
affairs of Mexico since my last
annual message, and am obliged
. ask the attention of Congress
to the unhappy condition Of that
republic. :"
All of which sounds like 1914,
but it isn't.
Passing on down the page
there is the announcement of P.
[. Barnum. who tells the people
they could go to see "Alladin, or
the Wonderful Lamp" of which
Mr.. Barnum modestly speaks in
his advertisement: "A wond-
rous success has been the fate
of this grand and snowy spec
tacle." Or they could go to the
Academy of Music and hear Don
Giovanni" where Miss Adelina
PATHS youthful appearance"
in the part of Zerlina was favor
ably commented on by the Times
critic.
The conduct of the men who
run the government at Washing
ton must have been very differ
ent in 1859 to that of the present
day, and this old newspaper con-
tains an editorial rebuking Con-
gress for getting drunk on the
opening day of the session. 1t
remarks that the "pandemonium
of drunkenness. folly, violence
and drivel" with which sessions
sometimes ended might be ex-
cused, might be accounted for
by overwork, but that this would
not excuse them for beginning
in that way.
From the presidents message
we learn that our envoy to China,
John E. Ward, had just succeed
ed breaking into that empire and
negotiating treaty, though he
could not be received by the en-
peror, because he would not sub.
nit to the "huriliating cere-
monies" required of him as a
barbarian. In this, too, things
have changed since 1859. Doug
las international.
The Snowflake herald., 1914-12-25

The Southern Pacific railroad
company has reminded all wine
and liquor dealers that, owing
to the new prohibition law in
Arizona, which becomes effect
i've Jan. /, the company will not
accept shipments of intoxicants
to points within this state after
Dec. 81, 1914.
The Snowflake herald., 1914-12-25

DR.. J. A. Widtsoe, president
of the Utah Agricultural College,
has consented to be present ano
speak at the Farmers Short
Course of the Arizona UnlVer-
sity. On Jan. 7th he will speak
on the "The Principles of d, Dry
Farming" and on the 9th Inc In
Principles of Irrigation ",
Widtsoe has written seVeral a
hooks OK on dry farming" and is
said TO be the best authority IN
this line in the country.
The Snowflake herald., 1914-12-25

Snow and generous rains are
,.onorted from all parts of the
4,..;torv. Phoenix had a 72
lows rain which is said to be a
,.ecord breaker for the capital
city.
The Snowflake herald., 1914-12-25

According to a dispatch from
New York City, fifteen butter
and egg firms OF that city virtu-
ally control the prices of these
two commodities in the United
States.
The Snowflake herald., 1914-12-25
.,cs Items From Our Correspondents

river oats" or other horse class
matter. We buy first class
stamps and want our moneys
worth from the u. S. P. O. D..
The Snowflake herald., 1914-12-25
Ben Hunt is down at st. Josahh
toNp6nd Chnlia with his
friends

Den I1unC Is GOWN aLacL~yk kfSNklN
Eto spend Chnle with his
friends.
Owing to bad roads, caused by
the snow and rain, the mails have
not been exactly on time this
week.
Tom Tanner and Frank Nc
Laws each made trips in their
Fords to Holbrook the first of the
week.
The Academy and the public
school closed Wednesday for the
holidays and will not reopen till
Jan. 4, 1915.
Elias Smith and Hunt brothers
are dishing out some fine beef to
the hungry this week, but it
takes money to get it.
Dick Greer and daughters,
Ellen and Anna, were over from
Holbrook Wednesday to attend
the Hunt-Greer wedding dance.
William Smith, of the Senior
Class of the Flagstaff Normal
School, IS here spending the holi-
days with relatives and old time
friends.
j. C. Hansen of St. Joseph
came up from that place this
week after some of the Academy
pupils who wanted to go home to
spend the holidays.
All the most successful fnan-
ciers of our country have been
careful savers. Get the habit.
The Bank of Northern Arizona
pays 5 per cent on time deposits.
Mrs. Sarah Miller came over
from Holbrook Wednesday to
spend Chri. tmas with Snowflake
relatives. being the mother of
Mesdames M. R. and T. w. Tan
ner.
Among those from here who
wen4 to Holbrook Wednesday to
attend the Hunt-Greer wedding
were: Mesdames H. S. and
Sarah Hunt, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. T. Hunt, Misses TIA, Frances,
Georgia and Hattie Hunt; Messrs.
Ambrose Hunt, OrmuS Turley, Leo
Frost, Frank and Arch Campbell.
Mrs. Sarah Murray and daugh-
ter, Jessie, returned Saturday
from an extended visit with rela-
tives in the east, much to the
delight of Postmaster Murray
who was getting real tired doing
the patching act. Sam Sharp,
oldest son of Mrs. Murray, ac-
companied them on the trip.
Flake Bros. holiday auction
sale last Saturday was a lively
one. A big crowd was out to
witness the performance and at
times the bidding was intensely
enthusiastic. John Flake prov
ed himself an auctioneer and had
the real talk of an old hand at
the business. They will hold
another sale tomorrow (Satur-
day. afternoon.
Orwyn P. Veach, stenographer
in the local Forest office, is TAX
ing his annual leave. Each one
of these forest employees is given
so many days "off'' during the
year, which they can take now
and then or all at once. Not so
with a newspaper man. He has
to work 400 days year, with no
annual leaves, and then can't
make both ends come together.
The pupils of the public school
gave a Christmas entertainment
Wednesday afternoon at the
Social hall. Recitations and songs
constituted the principal part of
the program. During the after
noon old Santa appeared, with
a sack we'll laden, and each of
The Snowflake herald., 1914-12-25

The first paper mill to chew
no cornstalks and spread them
out into pearly white sheets Of
paper will soon be built at Bloom
ington, I'll. The proportion of
turning into paper the millions
of tons of cornstalks that are
annually burned in the corn belt
is one of great interest to finan-
ciers, and it is predicted that
the wood-pulp industry will soon
have a serious competitor in the
corn stalk paper industry.
The Snowflake herald., 1914-12-25
Lakeside

. yet, but a 0o0epii ~
,arrot measured twelve
- around at the waist and
i'I ~ its root twenty-three
he's he's in the ground.
p;,bop Larson installed a mo,
D.s; y, mill this fall and squeezed
~ refined and sold enough
INV Cake juice to sWeeten
,,r .,D' hot stack o wheat" on
~ Il the Mesa Mogollon or any
" high class restaurant.
I.tpside is the sanpete of the
lDtT-the Scandinavia of the
.+p-whose principal popula-
n is Lar8ons, Hansens, john
!, peters0rS, West q Sons,
\, few families Of "dry land
shes, " ct al.
Everybody and the cooks have
ned carpenters or plasterers
helpers" this week, working
b. and night to complete the
|prn hall in order that we may
Irsa req Hog KILN time"
home during the holidays.
Freafter ne expect to have
cur own sweet way, for a
Iange.
/ or Official altitude, or eleva-
|n above zero, according to
u weeks u. S. 2. S. as scrib-
bIm the base OF a big pine tree
handing in the middle of main
snpet near the public square, is
b NJ. 7074.69 But please
Brnt the decimal point or you'll
boost US all sky high, . or
lbout seven miles above the
arth's backbone and a little be-
Ond the breathing point.
We expect no important items
n visitors till after the grand
all in the brand new hall is all
YER. Those who want a merry
he come up to the high Mo-
l,n where the drink is Air
I0e-a -sunshine's bre eze S
eyed by cedars, pines, and
her ]. S. treeses such as oak
is is no joke.
Delayed by the weather
an); Winter has come at last,
now we're strictly in it.
me said 1T is going too fast,
plOW'- others "The n e W
ION will soon begin it. But
ne how both feet of Frost and
OW are here for Xmas cheer,
cost to chaps and charmers.
as, perhaps, no beer or booze
grass for them to choose or
9n smell another year for fear
we hate a state that's
'et, y you bet we're all dry
merS. "
)ur home dramatic company
Stock Troop" is rehearsing
the occasion O f the sea-
l." And if you want an up
1ate picture show mount an
o movie as it passes through
lr midst and stop off for a
u test of our expected "Mu-
| Weekly" screen. And we
not without an orchestra as
! as other important metro
ltan productions. Judging
m our growth and this week S
ather looks like Lakeside is
De one of the "Great Lakes. .
'ur daily paper" is a regular
Sance when the irregular
Il man is such a sober joke.
ase phone" us our mail or
Kindly knock some lncom-
7nt carrier off the line SO we
keep our communication
H. A daily" paper often
les every other day except
IN it waits until four can
Ie by parcel perhaps to
'e room in the rig for White
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-06-13

but with a union of 13 stars on a blue ground,
representing a new constellation" According
to tradition, the first flag after the new design
was made by Mrs. Betsy Ross in Philadelphia
There is much uncertainty both as regards the
origin and as regards the first use by the army
and navy of this new fag-probably however, it
was first used at Fort Stanwix on August 6, 1777.
No change was made in the flag until January,
1894, when two new states, Vermont and Ken
lucky, having been admitted to the Union Tin
1891 and 1892, respectively, congress enacted
that after May /, 1875, the flag of the United
States be Is stripes, alternate red and white, that
the Union be Is stars, white in a blue field"
No further change was made until 1918, when
five new states, Tennessee, Ohio, Louisiana, In
diana and Mississippi, having been admitted to
the Union, congress enacted on April 4, that
from and after the fourth day of July next the
flag of the United States be 10 horizontal stripes,
alternate red and white, that the union have 20
stars, white in a blue field" and that on the
admission of every new state into the Union one
star be added to the union. of the flag and that
such addition shall take effect on the fourth Of
July next succeeding such admission" This law
still remains In force. The manner in which the
stars were to be arranged in the union Of the
flag was not prescribed and ever since flags have
differed considerably in this respect. The rule
followed in our first expansion flags Of 1875 Of
arranging the stars so that the whole number
formed one large star was abandoned as new
stars began to appear on the flag, and the stars
we're placed In rows. This Is the form or the
flag today, whose stars tell the marvellous story
of our continental expansion and whose folds
voice the spirit of freedom and Justice on land
and sea.
Hail brightest banner that floats on the galei
Flag of the country of Washington, hail!
Red are thy stripes with the blood OF the brave;
Bright are thy stars as the sun on the wave;
Wrapt in thy folds are the hopes of the free.
Banner of Washington! blessings on thee!
Traitors shall perish, and treason shall fail;
Kingdoms and thrones in thy glory grow pale;
Thou shalt live on and thy people shall own
L~oyalty's sweet, when each heart is thy throne;
Union and freedom thine heritage be
Country OF Washington, blessings on thee!
On July 4, 1912, by the addition of two new
stars, one for each of the two new states OF
Arizona and New Mexico. the total OF stars
reached As and the end OF the chapter was
reached. There can be no more states admitted
to the Union, as all the territories OF continental
United States have now reached statehood, and
the only possibility of additional stars being
added is the partition OF Texas into two or more
states, which was reserved as a constitutional
right by that state upon Its coming into the
Union.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-06-13
A SONG OF THE FLAG.

(By Denis A. Mccarthy
Here is my love to you, flag of the free,
and flag of the tried and true,
Here is my love to your streaming stripes,
and your stars In a field of blue!
Here is my love to your silken folds wher-
ever they wave on high,
For you are the flag of a land for which
t we're sweet for a man to die!
Native or foreign are all as one when
cometh the day of strife;
What is the dearest gift we can give for
the flag but a human life?
Native or foreign are all the same when
the hearts blood reddens the earth.
And native or foreign, t is love like this is
the ultimate test Of our worth!
Native or immigrant-here is the task to
which we must summon our powers;
Ever unsullied to keep the flag in peace as
In wars wild hours.
Selhshness, graft and greed,
and the evil that hates the light,
All these are foes of the flag today, all
these we must face and fight.
Symbol OF hope to me and mine, and to all
who aspire to be free!
Ever your golden stars may shine, from the
east to the western seal
Ever your golden stars may shine, and ever
your stripes may CLEAN
To lead us on from the deeds we do to
the greater deeds that we dream!
Here Is our love to you, flag Of the free, and
flag OF the tried and true;
Here is our love to your Streaming stripes,
and your stars in a field of bluel
Native or foreign, we're children all of the
land over which you fly,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-06-13

6nTnT IN
tnres - a. hao sunmitted the flag, using pic
FOR !" 40 duty as an advance agent
Az roG SoncelVaDle kind of merchandise.
ara No., VI me work of this association there
ever Oh the statute books of almost
desaoroHaN Intended to protect the flag from
heinz 80, nespect and love for the flag are
erotto. pN inuo the minds of the rising gen.
dav IN = y ~ very general observance OF Flag
noois or the land.
II homans took the eagle for their war stand
aiu' ana the Greeks the owl of Athena; the an
oleht Egyptians marched to war with the device
Oh the sacred animal which they worshiped. In
tne later days of Roman conquest these emblems
seem TO have taken the form of flags, the verillum
or cavalry standard, probably being the first In
stance OF a national flag. In English history the
earliest flags were of a religious character. They
usually bore a cross, and the crusaders sailed TO
the East with the red cross of their patron saint
as their banner.
interesting is the story of the flag, and the
better to understand 1t 1t is necessary to go back
several centuries. Prior to the Revolutionary
war the flag generally used in the American colo
MES was of course that of Great Britain, though,
at different times in different colonies, minor
variations were introduced. The first English
flag to appear in what is now the United States
was the red cross of st. Georgia. red cross upon
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-06-13

The party of negroes assembled by
"Chief" Alfred Charles Sam have
sailed to establish a colony on the Gold
Coast Of Africa. The steamer Curl
tyba, chartered by Sam last winter
and brought to Portland, Me-, for over
hauling, has been changed from Cuban
to British registry and now bears the
name of Liberia.
1--WE will first go to Norfolk to take
on u bunker COAL" said Sam, land
we will then head for Galveston, where
many of the colonists are waiting for
US. We will have accommodations for
a few over sixty"
Capt. Mckenzie of the Holy Ghost
and Us society will be master Of the
steamer.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-06-13

OF all those who have been seen I'm
toxicated during the past seven days
in the streets of Caen. The first list
met with great success. Every wife
In town carefully scrutinized 1t. fear
ing at first to find the name OF her
husband and rejoicing thereafter over
the fact that families Of friends or
neighbors were well represented.
The editor has been flooded with
letters of encouragement from the
women and TO these communications
he gives much space in his paper.
But no mention is made Of the other
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-06-13

described to congress as follows, a flag used by
the commanderin-chief of the American navy, "a
yellow flag with a lively representation Of a rat
tlesnake in the middle in the attitude of going to
strike, and with these words underneath, Don't
tread on me-"
On January 2, 1776, a new flag was raised at
George Washington's headquarters at Cambridge,
Mass, where the Continental army was then sta
toned. This flag retained the crosses of St
George and st. Andrew of Great Britain, and in
addition had, as a field, 10 stripes, alternate red
and white, to represent the Is colonies. Finally
on June IA. 1777, the Continental congress adopt
ed a flag. having as before a field of 10 stripes,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-06-13
~AFRO-AMERCAN CULL|NCS

e. c. Branson, professor Of rural
economics at the State Normal school,
Athens, Ca, recently addressed the
Southern Sociological congress on the
subject Of negro progress. What he
had to say is gratifying to those who
hope to see the American negro ele-
waited in education, citizenship and
ambition. II Professor Branson lis
right, the American negro is working
out his own salvation, not in the
town, but in, the country. In the
southern states in 1910 the ratio of
negro farm workers ran far ahead Of
that of negro population in general.
For instance, in South Carolina, the
negroes were 55 per cent Of the popu-
lation, but 6S per cent of the farm
workers. In Mississippi during the
last census period negro farmers in
creased at a rate nearly two and one
half TIMES greater than the rate of
increase for negro population in gen.
eral. In Georgia the difference was
even more pronounced. The drift
everywhere among the negroes of the
South is from the city to the country.
Southern cities that between 1865
and 1880 were in a way of being over
whelmed by the negroes, now show,
In some cases, a diminishing ratio.
In the South there are about one hun
dred thousand negroes engaged in
teaching, preaching, the practise of
medicine and law and in business en-
terprises. These are, of course, up
ward-looking negroes. But on the
farms of the South there are $500, 900
negroes, and most of these are look.
ing upward, too. In the farm regions
the southern negro is achieving a new
economic status. He is rapidly rising
out of farm tenancy to the farm own
ership. He is becoming to the South
what the peasant proprietor" is to
France and Belgium. He is finding
that bank books and barns are more
important at present than ballot boxes
Nearly %one-fourth of all the negro
farmers in the South own the farm
they cultivate. This rural property
is valued at nearly $500, 900, 900. Th,
Russian serfs, after so years of free
dom, have not made greater head
way. They have not done so we'll
indeed, in their conquest of illiteracy
During the last census period thu
negroes of the South increased lesl
than ten per cen in population, Blu
they increased II per cent in tn,
ownership Of farms, against a IL pc
cent increase of white farm owners
The negro farmer now owns $4,000
600 worth of farm implements an
tools, $177,000, 900 worth of farm an
mails and s273, 600, 900 worth of farr
lands and buildings. In 1880 Georgi
negroes owned 5S0,664 acres of far1
land, but in 1910 they owned 1907 7
acres. Negro property upon the ia
lists of Georgia now amounts in valu
to $4,000 900. The facts show
dwindling ratio of negro population
every southern state except Arkansa
and Oklahoma; a decreasing ratio /
the cities of the South, but an increa!
ing ratio in the farming regions {
every southern state except Louisian;
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-06-13
A Lucky Escape.

II owe my success in life to polt-
tics"
II was not aware that you were a
politician"
I'm not; but I thought l was once,
and got myself nominated for an Office
that, if l had been elected, would have
paid me about $1,000 a year. l was
SO badly beaten that l dropped poll
tics forever and tool up the bust
ness that has brought me a fortune.
1t makes me shudder when l remem-
Der that If ! had been elected l might
now be afraid of doing something that
would deprive me of the lodging-house
vote"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-06-13

government statistics there are more
inebriates there than in any other part
of France, and the reputation is there
fore well deserved. Not only when it's
apple blossom time, but all year round
in Normandy the streets and roads are
rarely without one. two or ever a
small crowd Of men unable to find
their way home. But all this will
soon change If the campaign under
taken by a local newspaper proves as
effective as is expected.
This Journal has announced that It
viii print every week a complete list
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-06-13
italian state telephones.

Under an act of the Italian parlia-
ment Of July 15. 1907, the telephone
service In the larger cities of the king
dom was taken over by the govern
ment through the purchase of the
plants OF the largest two operating
companies. Several smaller compan-
les were allowed to continue opera
tons for ten years before being taken
over. The government operates the
principal long distance lines and has
exchanges In SO cities. On June 80,
1913, the number Of government sub
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-06-13

i've broken SpoIt-
ing records and I've played
At working corners up In stocks and
wheat;
Such things nave lost their charms for
me; I've made
The whole great round, the circle is
complete.
woman, wine and song-bah! Not for
There's nothing left to long for n
more,
There's nothing left to do or taste or see,
The world has not another thrill in
store"
But fate was kind to him who mus COM
planned;
1t came to pass by happy chance, one
day.
That, all alone and with his pockets
drained,
He on a far-off shore was cast away.
There, where his voice could reach no
friendly ear
And where remittances could not be
had,
Hard masters made him toll from year
to year
And every time he ate lbs soui was
glad.
He longed for things that he could not
obtain;
The prospect of a day or two Of rest,
The chance to save a little extra gain,
Sent new thrills trooping gladly through
his breast.
He sat him down no more with ~listless
signs,
But with the hope of winning liberty
He worked and looked ahead with eager
eyes,
Till Death was kind enough to set him,
free.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-06-13

Hampton institute, the pioneer
among the schools for teaching ne
groes and Indians, has decided that
in the future it will not give a diploma
to any boy or girl who has not re-
ceived definite vocational training.
According to DIR. H. B. Frissell, prin-
cipal of the institution, the result of
this will be a better prepared body of
rural teachers. A great many of the
Hampton graduates go back among
their own people to teach the things
they have learned In school.
In order to make their training
more effective" says DR.. Frissell,
much thought has been given to the
selection of new students. The APP
plication department reports that
2,32S letters have been written this
year; 1886 application blanks have
been sent out; 900 have been re-
turned; 1884 admission cards have
been issued, and 237 applicants have
entered"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-06-13
Parrot Had His outing.

Jeremiah, a parrot owned by little
Miss Frances Macomber of Belfast.
Me-. escaped from his cage and re-
fused to be caught for several days,
nying up in the trees and even going
without food. On one OF the cold days.
however, he apparently had enough
of it, and appeared on the windowsill,
trying to get in. Aside from lack OF
food, he appeared none the worse.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-06-13
How TO Please Her.

MY DEAR" said Burlington when he
returned after having remained out
on the road four days longer than was
absolutely necessary, you seem to
look younger every time l come
home"
When are you going away again,
John?" she asked. And can't you
manage it so that you can take your
trips oftener and make them shorter?'