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Arizona republican., 1915-06-02
Muddled Public Accounts

The Saturday Evening that there a difference of $19,O01.OO0 between the republican estimate of the needs of New York the late democratic government thinks needs Also there is dispute whether the late democratic government left deficit of S4,OO0.O0O a surplus of $4,O01000 Both sides are supported by figures Post fears there in bookkeeping side the other, but says would be important matter if New York were alone thus affected ry bookkeeping. But similar misunderstandings result from figuring many other and cities
 f. says the Post, private citizen, the patron of grocery store. told that the proprietor in doubt whether his grocery bill for the month was S9SO $6S.9O, would feel like transferring his patronage to another store, where he would be subject to much risk of paying exorbitant bill.
 The might have made the illustration little apt hy making the private citizen the owner of a grocery whose clerks and mana ger were uncertain as the accounts of patrons. private citizen. a patron of such man aged store would the worst suffer more or less inconsequential loss. But the proprietor of a managed store would be in danger of bank ruptcy.
 The private citizens of New York, Arizona and all other states are the of grocery stores whose accounts always a less mud dled condition
 remember that when the democrats took charge of Arizona three years ago, they claimed that they had been bequeathed deficit. The republicans proved by figures that nearly fund plethoric condition, and We do not yet know just the account stood. It is this chronic uncertainty regarding pabiic financial af fairs that keeps the taxpayer in douot as to which party ought affiliate with
Arizona republican., 1915-06-02
First Prize

May x, l9l3- Editor Republican:
 came to the Puckeye Valley and located 33 miles west of Phoenix with a large family and no means of support l hauled wood to Phoenix at first. bought claim of 160 acres
 for $35O.O0, paving for it in wood, and borrowed money: commenced raising alfalfa and sorghum. I started in the
 hog business with one pet pig as gift
 which we raised on teaspoon. In
 few years the field was black with hogs which I found very profitable. I also bought ITO calves on borrowed money and took bees on shares. traded wood for store boxes which I changed to movable frame hives. I now have about l4GO colonies of bees. Other stock and so acres Of land worth S200 per acre have graduated four children and am giving two more q fine education, have travelled extensively the past five years and have not found a state in the Y s as prosperous and climate as beautfful or where the farmers make money as fast as in Arizona with wa ter iust when the crops need it Two crops of alfalfa hay and two seed crops or six crops of hay and six months of excellent pasture. Almost every eight
Arizona republican., 1915-06-02
Beware of the IshmaeIites

That Neas a timely suggestion conveyed by Chaplain Crltchfield the house yesterday in the quotation of the injunction of the Patriarch Jacob 10 his ye fall by the way, lest the Ishmaelites overtake you" Though the chaplain yet admit that he was admor- shinc members of the house as democrats, or that in the Ishmaelites he had any reference to re1abIcans nothing could have been more opposite from a democratic point of view.
 This is not the warning the members of the legislature democratic party in Arizona have had the republicans will overtake them unless they quit falling By the expression falling out patriarch probably meant one thing and the chaplain another. The former was giving advice against struggling, leaving the main body so that detail the strasglers would fah an easy prey tho lowering sons of Ishmaei
 That advice mas been given since to those who cross the deserts, to keep close ranks ranks against the Bedouin The chaplain, in the use of falling out" doubtless referred to an eN- pression which has long been colloquialsm. more directly from falling apart dividing into factions quarreling.
 This warning comes to the democrats iate' though may be not late They have been eX- posing themselves the Ishmaelites almost ever since statehood. ever since there were spells Of office to quarrel about That they have So long
Arizona republican., 1915-06-02
WHAT THE AIR IS MADE OF

The a mixture of several gases, ana these are all colorlesS and transparent. Among tie gases in the air Donc acid gas, which We give off when prvathe-and which is food for plants-and also a small amount of TarioUs OtneI gases found only a years Most air con- tains not q little in the form of or Vapor
 But all these taken together do not amount to very nearly the whole of the air Is composed of gases only-about four-ffthS are made of g.ls called nitrogen which is very valu- able plants and therefore to and the remain fifth is the wonderful gas, oXy gen. which live moment of our lives.
 The O crowded indoor places, or she air you find in bedroom in the morning jf only a single person has been sleeping it all night with closed windows is very different from fresh air open air. It has the same things in It, but it has q great many other things. It has too much carbonic acid little oxygen, and t has all poisonous gases which the sleeper has given his breath and from his skin.
Arizona republican., 1915-06-02

journment to Prescott to prepare enact and return to Phoenix for action on it. An invitation signed by the mayor and the president of the chamber of commerce of Pres colt, was received by both houses Tn the house it was referred to the appropriations committee. The i'm vitation spoke of Prescott as the Mile High City" where it was necessary to sleep under two blankets at night. MT. Claypool moved jocularly that the invitation be accepted as Prescott being a. mile high, would be a mile nearer heaven than many of the members would ever get.
 It was stated by members that whole to Prescott would involve no additional expense to the state. The mileage of members would be charged Cnly to Phoenix and negotiations with the Santa Fe Railroad com pany had disclosed that a fare of only S4S0 would be made to mem bers.
 The bills introduced were hurried along as nearly SIS possible to con- sideration by the committee of the whole so that by today some line may be drawn. It is expected that an anti-capital punishment bill will be brought into the house today or tomorrow.
Arizona republican., 1915-06-02

After earnest delberation, during which the committee was the busiest ibody intown, a decision was reached yesterday in the matter of the best letters submitted for publication in the Salt River Valley Prosperity edition of The Republican, as well as the best pictures of valley scenes. The first
 prize of S15.00 goes to B. A. Hadsell 1 of Buckeye. and the second to A. R. | Taylor, of Glendale. By an error it
 was made to appear that the letter winning the second prize had betn written by Y. Draper. Investigation l however disclosed that it was from MT Taylor.
 1 Of the many pictures submitted that by E. w. Pitts Box 391, Phoenix, was adiudged the best. The picture was | that of a pretty ranch home and it's surroundings. The prizze was $500. Checks have been mailed to the prize winners.
 The judges were c. s. Scott, NJ. F. Rems w P. M. Mcconnell, Mrs. 0. F. Young and Ernest Douglas.
 The prize winning letters contain so much that is good and that should be helpful to the struggling ranchers Ct the valley. they are reproduced here with:
Arizona republican., 1915-06-02
GOVERNOR OF SONORA
 BOOSTS HOME PRODUCT

Thirsty ArizOnans who make pill arimage to Naco in hopes of allay- ing the burning feeling in their throats brought on by five months of drought, will either have 10 pay fabulous prices or be satisfied with cry, according to Tax Commissioners Howe and Campbell, who have just returned fro ma visit to Cochisc county points. Governor Maytorena, they state. recently raised the duty on American liquors S10 a barrel, making the total $23. In consequence American beer is being sold in Naco, Sonora, at one dollar a quart, or three times the price of the Mexican product. Furthermore, deuizens of the border town who occasionally step across the lire for a little di- version and refreshment, dvow that the American beer is no better than that turned out by the industry which the governor of the province is so industriously protecting against competition.
 People in touch with the situatior state that the time is not far off when American whistles and other liquors will he entirely barred from Naco, and the Hermosillo brewery, which is apparently subsidiZing the government, will enjoy unmitigated proSperitX
Arizona republican., 1915-06-02
LEGISLATURE TAXES START
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cursory way, to the contents of the | call. l shall. firstly. reassert my be- lief. as expressed in my biennial message to the second state legis lature that a well formulated code i for the administration of state landA is positively necessary, if untoward developments affecting Arizona s public domain are to be averted It is. furthermore. true that the numer- ous school lessees are at present in situation fraught with such un- certainty that the continued absence of statutory authorization for the appraisal of improvements and the sale of this class of lands under irri- gation projects would impose a se we're and unnecessary hardship upon deserving settlers. It is most ur- gently recommended that this sub ! ject. above all others, be given precedence in your consideration. The second subject mentioned in the call is intended primarily to open the way toward the extending
 of relief by the state to numerous worthy citizens of Apache and Navajo counties who, though the l ravages of flood water. find them
 
 able property, but also, in the ab- sence of storage reservoirs facing an 1 Iharvestless season. For the legislat- ure to relieve these deserving people i of the crushing burden imposed so suddenly upon them by the de- vastating elements would be in the | nature of simple justice to citizens
 who have met with darkest adversity while occupied industriously in the IuDbuilding of the state In this con
 nection. it may be added that an
 illustrated report compiled at my in stance by a competent engineer will serve to acquaint your honorable body with the unfortunate conditions
 now prevailing in that section where the flood waters caused most dam age This report will be trans
 mitted for your consideration dur
 ing today's session.
 1 Continuing, it is proper for me to l call attention to the oversight com
 mitted during the regular session Of the legislature when no statutory i iDrovision was made for the effective
 operation of the prohibition amend ment to the constitution. Because legislative action in support of pro hibition is constitutional mandate, and also, at the urgent solicitation or pharmacists and civic organizations, | have framed the call to include the subject of law enforcement in rela- tion to the introduction of grain alcohol and the inclusion of intoXi- eating beverages. For this important provision of the call l bespeak your earnest attention.
 The two subjects relating to labor, as included in the call, are of such a degree of importance as should command the interest and endeavor l of every legislator. To establish a labor commissioners office is to
 safeguard and better the conditions
 of worlsingmen and employers alike,
 while the founding of a home for disabled miners is nothing more than
Arizona republican., 1915-06-02
Second Prize

! -'hoN . A"A'' i Editor Republican:
 Several years ago I bought small i tract of desert land one mile west and i one fourth mile south of Glendale at i sixty dollars per acre. After clearing and fencing, five acres were planted to Alberta peach trees which were from IS inches to feet high The trees and planting cost about thirty | five dollars and fencing twenty five dollars, making total of sixty dollars expense.
 i For two years a neighbor paid the water and cultivated the trees for the produce he could raise from the ground. This left no other expense until the third year The trees were then too large to admit successful gar dening but they yielded over six hun dred dollars worth of fruit
 In August of the fourth year from six to twelve men were needed to pick and haul the peaches to Phoenix where they were distributed to local markets Sample boxes were sent to the Repub- lican and Gazette offices where they were declared the very best. One peach exhibited in the board of trade window balanced the scales at one H'uilp' lltll large SiZt ana uellC1OuS flavor made them sell more rapidly than other fruit of it's kind Within about three weeks time over thirty tons of peaches had been sold The total cash received from the crop was Sl,515. The total expense including la bor, freight. crates and rent was s311. leaving $1,064. After deducting taxes and all other possible expenses a clear profit still remains ofover $1,O00, or $2o0 per acre.
 Ky adding $500, the price of the land and S60, the planting expenses We find that S36O invested in peaches and land within the first four years have pro- duced $1,975.
 A. R. TAYLOR,
Arizona republican., 1915-06-02
The Only Way to Do It

If those who desire the abolition of capital Punishment in Arizona expect accomplish any thing at legislature or the people they go about it the right way. It s lutely certain that the legislature will pass any bin for the abolition of capital punishment which does not substitute for it certain life i'm IriSonnent. which be by a pardon unless i shall be shown person sentenced had been unjustly convicted. The legis- llture, beyond the shadow any doubt, is power less to couple such provision with any law T,aling the capital punishment law, and it will not ls,ss n anti-ca pital punishment without such a provision
 There is only one way by which such a law the only believe the people will approve may be enacted It must come in the form "f constitutional. amendment. either submitted the people initiated by the people. If energies hent this end. feel reasonably that the people a year from November the earliest opportunity. would adopt such amendment.
 Such movement, of course. could not be Iected hold in suspension the cases the under sentence of death. and if that is in the minds those who desirous legislative action. they adopting the of securing the abolition of capital punishment. If il proposed again suspend the sentences death hanging over any convicts Flor until the people could he heard such a constitutional amendment have outlined. that would propose the certain defeat of the ..s.endmeEt just as such suspension during the last years defeated the proposition last No ternler to abolish capital punishment and secured the popular endorsement of the board of pardons and paroles law.
 The humanitarinsm involved in q sensible and ven-conceived proposition to abolish capital pun should be handicapped by purpose the lives of the under demnaticn. That handicap will certainly be fatal The average who is opposed tc business of saving the individual murderer and is particularly concerned with the business of interfering with the operation of law exist Inss. Whoever drew up the proposed law for the vember mind. specifically Nided that it not to be applicable to the cases of nlurderers already convicte1 and
 The sensible advocate of the abolition of capital punishment has in mond only the good of the state good of the state, and not the saving s4"m death those who offend the law.
 all these circumstances. urge all wko believe capital punishment institution is the best thing for Arizona to get together in d reasonable campaign substituting for it some thing that will deprive society of any security against nurderers that ihey will forever be as harmless as if they had swung at the end of rope This substitution be made only by cOnstitu- tiunal amendment.
Arizona republican., 1915-06-02
A. R. TAYLOR,
 Glendale. Arizona.

an act of simple industrial justice ! toward that class of men which gives the best of it's life and effort to the Gpbullding of the state, through the development of great industry. So apparent is the salutary character of these two measures, which were unfortunately. neglected during the regular session, that no protracted utterance concerning their merit is necessary in this message.
 The presence of the semi-annual
 tax repeal in the call which is be- fore you is, of course. clear to every one who knows that a serious de-
 feet in the statute adopted in re-
 lation to this subject during the
 regular session would, in the event
 that the law should take effect this
 month, impose a serious financial
 burden upon the state, the several
 counties and the public schools At
 the instance of the state treasurer,
 nearly all the county treasurers and
 many educators, I have requested
 your further consideration of the
 semi annual tax law along those
 lines specifically laid down in sub
 division number six of the call for
 second special session of the legis-
 lature
 In passing on, it may appropriately
 be noted that the inclusion of the
 subject of the abolition of capital
 punishment in the call is in con
 formity with a resolution wherein the
 house of representatives during the
 last special session, requested an op
 portunity to give official considera- tion to the death penalty and it's
 substitutes.
 To summarize briefly the status of
 the eight additional subjects last
 enumerated in the call. it may be stated that these topics for legis- lative consideration are suggested
 for your attention merely that cer-
 tain statutory defects may be speed fly remedied in such a way as will preclude tho imposition of any un-
 necessary limitations or hindrances upon the different branches of state or county governments. As the de- fciencies referred to herein are doubtless familiar to your legislature ii is wholly unessential that your time and interest should be occupied with any repetition of well known facts.
 It may further be added that these subjects last mentioned should not in view of their well defined character consume any considerable amount of
 time or energy on the part of your legislature.
 With the foregoing standardization of the relation of the contents of the call to eXistant public needs, shall conclude this perfunctory mes sage to your honorable body; assur- ing you, however, of my complete willingness to cooperate at all times in such 9 prompt and economical discharge of necessary duties as will
 meet the approval of the people whom we serve.
 Respectfully submitted. GEO. w. P. HUNT Governor of Arizona. | Phoenix. Arizona, June 1, 1915 | Following the reading of the mes sage a resolution offered by Mir | Christy was read. It pointed out the improbability that the legislature
Arizona republican., 1915-06-02
ALMOST A PERSONAL REMARK

In a town in the there is church that has a bright young pastor, but the attendance Is unfortunately small. Among the parishioners there a beautiful young widow. one evening, just as the little widow was about leave the edifice, she addressed by the deacon
 Good evening, sister" he cordially remarked, with usual handshake, how did you like the this evening"
 think that it was just too perfectly lovely Tor anything' the enthusiastic reply of the widow
 indeedl' heartily returned the deacon T only wish that larger congregations would come hear him.
 50 do l." declared the pretty little widow Ihe congregation small tonight that every time the parson said dearly beloved positively bushed'
Arizona republican., 1915-06-02

A very good reason for shiVerinS from the cold can be found Whenever muscle works, heat IS produced. Indeed, a very great part of the neat O body made in the muscles, which nave been called the 'firepaces of the body
 5hvering small, quick, to-and- fro movements. sometimes almost regular, as when our chatter ail of the muscles of the body. Though shiverng often makes aware cold. yet it helps to keep us w2rri for all these little muscular movements arc pro- uucing heat
 So we may say that when person, by keeping still, refuses O work his muscles to keep warm the brain takes the matter and does what little it by setting the muscles shlVerine. The Human Interest Library.
Arizona republican., 1915-06-02
.ELKS PREPARING FOR
 FLAG DAY CEREMONIAL

Believing that the American flag means more this year than for many years the program committee is mak- ing elaborate preparations for the Elks' celebration of Flag Day on June IA. The exercises will be held at the statchouse grounds in the evening, and the regular ceremonial will be made more effective by the illumination of the h3.lding and by an open air band onCe1t.
 The speaking exercises will take p!acc from the balcony of the state house, and the committee in charge announces that the program will be of pecial interest.
Arizona republican., 1915-06-02
FROM A BELLBOY
Commercial Hotel,

Commercial Hotel,
 Louisville Ky, May ?, 1915. To the Arizona Republican, Phoenix, Arizona Dear Sir: Allow congratulate you on yOur Salt River NalleA (May 23) edition of The Repub- lican d great success in every way and the citizens O Phoenix ought be proud of their paper. something which cities times the size of Phoenix boast.
 I certainly express my appreciation in words to vou sending that paper, and l only, a beIIboy at the above Pamed hotel. have permitted many the guests of the hotel to read paper they ali expressed themselves as surprised pleased. truly.
 JOE L. ADAMS
Arizona republican., 1915-06-02

as it was constituted could hope to carry out but a small part of the ip.ogram outlined by the governor. To attempt it would be a waste of time; there was the same old lineup in the house that would prevent ac- tioH on much that had been recom- mended and the resolution, therefore, suggested that the legislature con- fine itself to land legislation and such legislation as might be neces- sary concerning the law for the semi annual payment of taxes.
 Messrs. Vaughn, Farrell and Ma honey were appointed a committee to inform the governor that the house was ready for business and a committee consisting of Messrs Francis and Orthel was appointed to notify the senate Notification from the senate was received through Nessrs. Webb and Stapley.
 ] Introduction of Bills
 Then began the introduction of bills. The first was by MT. Clay pool of Gila, who presented a land bill which was the printed senate bill. Nc. 75, of the regular session. known as the Winsor bill It was ordered to print though it was learned later that there were already 300 copies of it in the senate But members said that even that num- Der with the 75O copies ordered would be insufficient as inquiries from all over the state had been made concerning it.
 MT. Newbury offered a bill making appropriation of $13,SOO for the in cooperating department of the cor poration commission. There had been such an item in the general appropriation bill of the house in the late extra session, but it had been stricken out by the senate. An other Iand bill was presented in the house in the afternoon by Repre- sentative Goodwin, and Mr Edwards offered a bill defining the prohibit ton amendment as not intended to prevent the importation of grain alcohol for medicinal purposes. This measure, it was stated, would be amended in several important par ticulars
 The Senate Session
 After the formality of an opening there was little other formality of any sort in the morning session of the senate. The call of the gover- iiOl Was IlOl Ititl anu no committees vas appointed to notify the chief eX- ecutive that the senate was in ses- sion; it was presumed that he had gathered from signs about the south end of the capitol that something was going on. An early recess was taken until two o'clock, when two bills were introduced. The former as the Riggs Land bill, No. 127, of the regular session which was pre- Sented by MT. Webb. The other was a prohibition bill by Mir. Stapley. It was the same as the bill which had passed the senate in the regular session with modified search and seizure clause added.
 The Prescott Session
 There was revival of talk in both houses yesterday concerning the re- solving of the legislature into the committee of the whole and an ad-