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Arizona republican., 1915-05-03

it was decided to levy direct tax
 of S19.5OO.OOO. and in the same
 breath that the plea was made money was appropriated for score or pur-
 poses which could be of no other
 benefit than to those who clamored
 for patronage as the promise or re- publican victory in 1916
 single idea patiently possessed
 the minds of the republican majorl- " In the contemporary weakness of the Wilson administration they saw guarantee of republican victory in 1916. They saw an easy immunity from all penalty for their own ac- tions. They discerned license to destroy legislation that represented gains for humanity and protection for the less fortunate, and an oppor- tunity to plunder the great city of New York.
 Thus it has happened that what was a local disgrace has become
 national party peril What the re-
 publican legislature of New York has done has been accepted as an eX- pression of the spirit of the repubh- can party in the nation. It has been accepted as the promise or the threat of what republican success in the na- ton next year would mean.
 To the failure of the legislature
 there has been added that of the governor. In a generation no man in this state has had the opportunity that came to Charles & Whitman. Roosevelt never had it. Hughes nev- CT had it. What they did for them selves circumstances did for Cover nor Whitman But what these men did for themselves he has been to- tally unable to do for himself. All over the state thousands of
 young men, republicans and progress
 sives alike. careless of party ties and party leadership. were ready and eager to rally to a man who would
 utter one word of command, give
 one sign of the power to lead, of the will to fight. From the executive
 mansion to the White House the path on January 1 ran clear and straight.
 But to all this Governor Whitman
 was blind. When the situation re- quired courage he could only resort
 to cunning. When his party cried
 out for leadership he could not make
 up his mind who to follow. When
 the state demanded an executive he
 could only be a candidate.
 Enthusiastically attention will turn
 now from what is ended at Albany
 to what seems beginning at Syracuse.
Arizona republican., 1915-05-03
WORSE THAN A CRIME

CNew York Tribune April 24, 1915)
 The well-worn phrase worse than a crime a blunder,' be in many minds the legis- ative session of 1915 closes Against the members the present legislature there is laid no such charge of corruption a decade ago marked the passing of an Albany session. Nor it be justly said that vicious bossism controlled and dictated legislative action.
 What will be said what be said, is that the republican leaders legislators, have been in credbly nconeeivably stupid. They have sacri- ficed great opportunity; let splendid chance slip through their fingers. Instead of doing well in large things they have done ill in small things. In the main their worst offenses have been petty.
 And what chance there for this repub lcan legislature last January! A state, weary, nauseated by Tammany rule. by incapacity fortified by vicious and ntolerable political methods, turned to the republicans with hope and with confidence that efficiency would he restored in state admnis tration. that the abominations of the Suzer time. the weak and uncertain purposes of the Ciiynn ad- ministration. would be superseded by honest anG economical party government.
 completely the hope been destroyed longer debated. No they in the saddle than the republican legislators directed energy. their whole attention, undong the evils of the last two administrations and there were enough of them-bat to destroying such good legislation had been wrung from Tammany legislature already facing the prospect of disaster.
 To catalogue the list of attacks upon humane and progressive laws which made by the pres legislature is almost impossible the list is so long So far as it was able it deprived the women of the canning factories of the modest measure of protection provided by law after there had been re- veaed by investigation a condition shameful in the present time. It attacked the tenement house law this city; it assailed the labor laws and the work mems compensation law
 And the time when popular indignation rapidly and decisively- turning the moral issue against the republican leadership. it undertook to deal with this a cOnqueror with city taken by To clean rural frog ponds, to pave Vil lage streets, O provide jobs deserving reIuh- cans and patronage for hungry upstate leaders the total of state appropriations raised beyond thing in state history.
 Protest argument. statistics of the fusion mayor and president of the board of aldermen of this thrown aside with contempt On the spacious plea that proceeding democratic state administra ton had failed provide adequate appropriations,
Arizona republican., 1915-05-03
Help Your District
Help Salt River Valley

These letters are to give the world true and helpful information about what has been done, and therefore what c;n be done hero.
Arizona republican., 1915-05-03

inch concrete base is suitable for ordinary traffic streets and on a , inch base for streets having a heavy traffic The "Camino Real" having a , inch concrete base and 114 inch wearing surface receives the heaviest traffic of any street in the city. as high as 7OOO motor trucks, passing over it In a day. deliveries being made via this road to and from San Francesca to San Jose on the south and to HalfmoOn Bay on the west "Ths road" says MT. Erie Wold. city engineer of Burlngame. after eighteen months of this traf- flee shows no sign of deterioration and has probably received more fla vorable comment from the travelling public than any road in northern California"
 The cost of the Camino Real pave ment constructed with inch con crete base 1-2H-5 mix) and a 1% inch Topeka top was. including the grading q quote MT. Wod's own figures) 15.9 cents per square foot. or equal to $1431 per square yard. While the lighter pavement laid on "a inch concrete base G-3-6 miX) with 11b inch Topeka top, cost from s122 per square yard to $1 n per square yard. including grading.
 We also learned that in New York city the borough of Queens laid 5.S94 900 souare feet of the 'TopelIa' pavement in 1912-1St And that Lang avenue, Pittsburg. Pa. was paved in 1893 with q pavement practically the same as the Topeka Specifications. which pavement was referred to in 1909 as a standard for imitation.
 J. A R. IRVINE.
Arizona republican., 1915-05-03

sity and president of the interstate association, and w. H. Day interstate secretary with headquarters now at Albuquerque. where a new building is now in progress.
 Mir. Cooper's subject is purely edu- cational, and is given here in order that the members of the association as well as those not connected with the organization may have an idea of the tremendous work being engaged in and accomplished by the Y. NJ. C. A. all over the country. The dinner tonight will be one of the largest get together and enthusiasm provoking meetings ever held by the local association.
 The principal address to be delivered a the convention of the international and employed secretaries to be held
Arizona republican., 1915-05-03

in California will be delivered by Mir. Cooper. He will give the annual review of the work all over the coun- try. and he is in this section of the states at the present time for the pJ"poce of making a survey of the Y's to he incorporated in that report. MT. Van Scoten will accompany him to thia convention.
 Saturday evening MT. Cooper, ac- companiel by Vice President Marshall attended the Brotherhood meeting at
Arizona republican., 1915-05-03
BIGGEST DINNER IF YEAR
 AT THE '. M. |. 4. TONIGHT

''The Modern Association in all it's phases and aspects will be dealt with tonight by General Secretary William Knowles Cooper of the Washington, D. C., Young Mems Christian Associ- ation at the dinner to be given by the local 'Y'' this evening.
 The dinner is for the entertainment of MT. Cooper, J. B. Van Scoten also of the Washington association. Ed ward Grace of Tucson, pr. Von Klein Smid, president of the state univer-
Arizona republican., 1915-05-03

the Presbyterian church. They both delivered short addresses. Last even- ing he spoke to the congregation at that church and in the morning he delivered an address at the Baptist Church.
 The dinner tonight is complimentary. Invitations have been sent out all over the city and a large attendance is expected
Arizona republican., 1915-05-03

Whenever for family or syndicate reasons it is de- sired to have title to a piece of real estate in the name of an impcrsonal, non-individual holder, se- cure the services of the trust department of the PHOENIX TITLE AND TRUST co. This is a safe and certain method, this company being ex- perienccd in all legal phases of transfer and title work.
 ''It is the Safe Way"
Arizona republican., 1915-05-03
The Best Plan of All

The city commission considering plans for the securing or more convenient and suitable quarters for the municipal government In the order in which they stand in the favor the commission, they said be a follows: arrangement with the county for joint office building. prefer ably located Central school property a mod office building constructed by private capital be leased by the city for term of years, and, thirdly if neither of the foregoing projects should practicable. a reconstruction of the city hall to meet the growing needs of tn municipal ment.
 It is unnecessary dwell upon the superior vantages from point of view of the first project It has further qualification having already received the endorsement a majority of the people interested when the voters of this schoo district voted sell the Central school property the city the county a a joint office building. Two elections. course, would be necessary before there could be a consummation Of that plan The would be the question The acceptance by the city of the property that purpose But that expression may be regarded already having been given for the would be practically the same those who voted sell the property. The people of the county. a majority of whom reside in the school district yet be heard from.
 The first election was held two years ago The leed of the sale Central school property and the need of joint building for city and county purposes are greater than and think these needs are now more popGlarly appreciated.
 In connection with these projects the commission has practically agreed upon urgently improvements the city hall plaza the of a comfort station and a band-stand These inn Irovements it is estimated. would sl20O s3O00. At either price, they would be very prop erly installed for either of the first two projects for securing other and commodious quarters for the. municipal government would require siderable time execution
Arizona republican., 1915-05-03

Unless thinks a member of the legislature who faVors the strctest economy in the conduct of the affairs of state. there O a curtament of the number of employees in practically all the offices the capitol. the building should be enlarged whatever expense may be necessary He has tained that there is not enough air space in many of the rooms. nearly 275 cubic feet for each cupant. which authorities proper modicum. The lack of air space the capitol sug- sests sweat-shop" methods. But with the lack Of sufficient air space, the verisimitude the shop" ends Any difficulty the employees may expe- rience in drawing their breath is compensaed by the ease with which they draw their salaries.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-02-18
Important Meeting.


The Finance Committee of the
Police Jury, consisting of L. L..
Sa .dford, R. E. Keaton and w.
}. Knight, met at the courthouse
Friday with M. J. OFT, attorney
for Bank and r. E. Furlow, at
torney for Bond Company, to
discuss the finances Of the par
ism.
The object of the Police Jury
is to put the parish on a cash
basis for all current expenses
for the year 1915, but thru the
absence OF the Bank P esident
the matter was only discussed
and no definite plan was adopted,
it to be taken up however and
disposed of at the next
regular meeting of the Police
jury in March.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-02-18
Women Take All Kinds Of
Work.
Only Five Occupations Which
Census Shows They Have Not
Yet Entered.

Necessity is forcing Women in
to all the so-calIed ''gainful occu.
pations." There is hardly an oc-
cupation listed in the 1910 census
for the United States in which
woman is not represented.
According to a review made by
the Empire State Campaign Com
mittee there were no women steam
boiler makers, no women veteri-
nary surgeons. sailors and ma
riners, but there are women in all
other occupations,
Woman's presence in some
comes with the effect of a shock
to those who fondly dream that
every woman has a home and her
place is in it, There, for instance,
n women lumberme (raftsmenn
and wood choppers) in the Unit.
ed states. There are 1850 wo-
men stock herders and raisers, As
quarry operators, 81 blacksmiths,
Is brick and stone masons and Al
longshoremen, Many women
have travelled far up the road to
success in their work. Ten wo-
men head iron foundries. There
are 335 women bankers and 1.347
bank cashiers. Nearly a thous.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-02-18
Waverley Notes.

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The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-02-18
cannot be done.

cannot be done.
The time is opportune for the
people of this community to take !
up this matter and see that
prompt measures are taken to in
sure the best of roads in the eoun-
try districts before the time is at
hand for the moving of the great
crops we are asked to produce.
Horses and mules must draw
this produce to the shipping
points, and this is a matter re.
curing both time and animal
energy.
An animal possesses only a
certain amount of energy, be-
yond which it may not be taxed.
ana when that energy is exhaust.
ed 1t ceases to be of the greatest
value to It's owner, and future
movements are retarded because
OF its lost vitality.
II the country roads are placed
in the best possible condition dur
ing the spring and summer
months, the fall movement of
crops will be accomplished with
greater ease and less expense
than heretofore. And every hour
OF time will be needed this fall if
the farmers heed the call of the
world and the warning of our
president.
Let US "up and be doing''here.
that We may contribute bounti-
fully Of our substance when hu.
mainly turns to us for bread.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-02-18

pected to far surpass even those
of normal.
Our roads must be in condition
for prompt harvesting of the
great crops which the world is
demanding Of America this wear,
Experts in all lines of business
predict that 1915 will be the most
prosperous year in the history Of
the United States.
President Wilson has publicly
warned the farmers Of the country
that the task of feeding the world
will soon devolve upon US, and he
urges us to utilize every ounce
OF energy and every foot of
ground, that the supply may be
equal to the tremendous demand
for food.
Europe to-day is non.productive,
yet the people Of those countries
must be fed, They must not
starve. And America is the onlv
nation that is equal to the gigan.
tic task.
And because this hercuIean
task falls upon the American
farmer, it is imperative that nc
act of ours be left undone that
may be productive of greater Of
swiftor results,
And herein lies the value Of
good country roads.
Tremendous crops NAV be
grown and harvested, but thew
must be marketed in record fine
this year.
And without good roads this
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-02-18
Many Attend Mass Meeting
Loading Educators Speak
Interesting Discussions I5y State Sunt. r. IT
harris and State Rural School In
spectOr, Chas. T. Trltleau

The citizens Of Washington
Parish enjoyed a splendid educa
tionaI treat Saturday at the well
attended Mass Meeting called for
the purpose Of discussing a parish
wide tax to take the place of the
several special district taxes. At
the invitation Of the Board uf
Directors Of the Public Schools,
State Superintendent T. II. Har-
ris, and State Rural School In
spector Chas. F. Trudeau made
two Of the best speeches on edu-
cation that We have ever heard.
So sound aud convincing were the
arguments advanced in favor Of
a parish-wide tax in spite Of the
fact that the people have been
accustomed TO voting special
taxes by districts and in spite of
the fact that this district system
has possibly tended to foster a
selfish Interest Oh the part Of some
who have school districts with
large assessments. We are con-
tident that these excellent tai ks
In conjunction with the best judg,
ment and earnest efforts of the
good people of the Paris h will do
much good for the schools of
Washington Parish, and we Sill
cerely hope that not one man
who claims citizenship in WASH
ington Parish will be in OPPOSE
ton to any move for better
schools said move being foStered
and supported by the best judg-
ment of the majority Of the citi-
zens Of the Parish.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-02-18

Want to be in style girls? Use
a wash rag and a cake of a soap.
Society has pronounced them an
indispensable aid to beautY. No,
this is not a grocery advertise
ment.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-02-18
Some Striking Points In
President Wilson'S Speech.

PRESIDENT Wilson'S Speech.
If | We're not ready to fight fol
everythingl believe in would
think it my duty to take a back
seat.
love the Democratic Party,
but | love America q grtat deal
more than | love the Democratic
Party, and when the Democratic
Party thinks that it is and end in
Itself, then I rise up and diss ent.
There are Democrats who are
sitting in the breeching strap, who
are holding back, who are nervous.
| claim to be an animated con-
SerVatlye, because being a con,
sentative | ind erstaDd to mean a
man who not only preserves what
IS best ~ the Nation, but who
sees that in order to preserve it
you dare not stand still.
Politics in this country does not
depend any longer upon the regu-
lar members Of either party
There are not enough regular Re-
publlcans in this country to take
and hold national power, and |
must immediately add that there
are not enough regular Democrats
either. This country. is guided
and its policy is determined by
the Independent voters.
What seems perfectly evident to
me is this that if you made a
rough reckoning you would have
to admit that only about one.
third of the Republic Party is
progressive, and you would also
have to admit about two-thirds Of
the Democratic Party is progress
sive.
The Republicans have not had
a new idea in thirty years, they
have not known how to do any,
thing except to sit on the lid.
This country is busting its jack
ct. and they (the Republicans
are seeing to it that the jacket is
not only kept tight. but is riveted
with steel.
There is one thing that | have
u great enthusiasm about. |
might almost say d reckless en-.
tnusiasm, and that is human lib.
erty. Until this recent revolution
in Mexico, until the end Of the
Diaz regime, 3Oper cent of the
people of Mexico never had a
"look-in' determining what their
government should be-
The country is theirs. The
liberty, if they can get it-and
God speed them in getting it. is
theirs, and so far as my influence
goes while | am President nobody
shall interfere with them.
Have not European nations
taken as long as they wanted and
spilled as much blood as thew
pleased settling their affairs,
and shall we deny that to Mexico,
because she is weak? No, saw,
want to ask these men here
present if this is not the first Ian.
uary in the recollection that did
not bring a moLey stringency for
the time being | have asked
bankers if that happened this year
aud they say, "No, it did not
happen; it could not happen un.
der the Federal Reserve Act
We have anticipated the credits
OF this country.
Why Have Good Roads.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-02-18
Why Have Good Roads,

There az an abundance of rea-
sons Why we should have good
roads, even under normal condi-
tione.
But there are urgent reason S
why we should have them this
year, when conditions are ex.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-02-18

AMI women are wholesale dealers.
One woman is listed as a railroad
official. Three are proprietors of
grain elevators.
The Huttig news., 1915-11-06

than the rags I had cast aside, and I donned the two gladly, finding them no bad fit. The hat was looped up with a star Feeling quite myself again in these new habiliments, and conscious ot clean face, l stole across the sheriffs deserted office, seeking the door into the corridor. I found 1t, but it was locked. Failing to force this, l tried the windows only to discover them securely barred. All these offices were connected together, that of the county clerk adjoining the sheriff's, and possibly l might find a door unlocked somewhere; at least none of the other windows would be ignored.
 l listened at the door leading into the clerks room, but heard no sound There was no lock on the door, and 1t opened silently to the pressure of my hand. A flood of light swept into my eyes, and l stood blinking blindly. too surprised and startled to draw in stantIy back. There were two men in the room, one bending over desk, the other leaning back against the wall directly facing me. The latter was Lieutenant Raymond.