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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-11
FOR PENSACOLA.

There has never been campaign in
which the issues were SO clearly understood
as the one brought to a close in yesterdays
election.
The movement had its inception in a
auickening of civic pride. 1t is healthy
sign when people turn their thoughts to
government, and the luminous discussion OF
public problems from the platform and
through the columns of the press of the past
few weeks, has given Pensacola post
graduate course in civic economics. Our
people rejected the proposed amendments
because they knew they did not mark
definite progress.
If at some future date Pensacola wants
a better government, the knowledge dis
seminated by the charter boards invest1ga-
ton will be the foundation upon which to
build This knowledge in the meantime
will assure, good government under present
conditions
One of the principles of democracy is that
the will Of the majority must erase precon-
ceived ideas The people are the supreme
tribunal, from which there is no appeal
There were two parties yesterday-each
sincere in believing its Interpretation Of
civic requirements the correct one. Today
the democratic choice of the people has re
duced the two sides of the controversy tc
one cause.-The best interests of Pensacola
A city is made up of a number of people
: of a number of interests. The strength of {
city, like the strength of bundle OF sticks
depends on whether they all stand togethe
or whether they can be broken one by one
There must be no warning elements in Pen
sacola. There must be no antagonizing in
terests. The welfare of the city depends OF
the absolute coordination of all civic AM
economic endeavors.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-11
THE SCRATCH PAD.
By THOMAS EWING DABNEY.

Don't cheer, boys; the poor devils
are dying"
Beans are so high they viii soon
be quite fashionable.
The real hyphen in this campaign
is Hughes in his relation to Taft and
Roosevelt.
The prolonged cheering that greet
ed Wilson out west completely
drowned Hughes little hymn of hate.
Sidney J. Cats and jeremiah
OTeary would do wen to mingle their
tears together.
There is no doubt that during his
younger days, Candidate Hughes was
a hairum-scarum boy.
That fierce protest against the
longer skirt is no. being made by
the bowlegged girls.
/ The Bible says something about the
sparrow's fall, but nothing at all
about the rise of meat.
The milk famine of New York is as
nothing compared with the shortage
of the milk of human kindness of our
Cats in Florida.
While we heartily deprecate the
wild oats of youth, we think some
thing ought to be done about the corni
of age.
The fact that new world recort
has been set with SO bushels to tn
acre in Kentucky doesn't mean tina
bread is coming down.
Now that the election is over, Their
is the usual crowd of people runnin.
behind the band wagon and trying t
climb aboard.
1t was pretty tough fight be
tween that submarine and basebal
for that front page prominence, bu
the latter won.
} Is it due to the difference in eli
mate between Florida and New Yor
that Candidate Hughes says he
warming up, and that Candidate Gait
is hot under the collar?
Ambassador Gerard has now reach
ed the United States and has hurrfe
! to the White House to discuss til
! submarine issue and the baseball si
uation.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-11
THE SUBMARINE ACTIVITY.

The submarine activity off the American
coast is one of the periodic outbreaks OF
commerce raiding which have made Ger
man daring a by-word; but which, al
though they have resulted in the destruc-
ton of a certain amount of property, have
not affected the war in the least. In the
early DAYS of the war fleet cruisers were
the raiders, but they in time were destroyed
Later on submarines preyed on commerce
in the English channel, but English vigil
ance soon drove them away. The only
strange thing is that the Germans hadn't
thought of attacking shipping off neutral
port long before now, for with cargo
submarines acting as supply bases there
are no unusual difficulties connected with
it, and the danger from allied warships is
practically nil.
So far, the submarine warfare Oft OUR
coasts has been conducted in accordance
with international law, though Washing
ton is plainly apprehensive for the future.
1t may be English strategy to allow Ger
MANY to embroi1 herself with the United
States, and in this event the U-boats will
be allowed to ply their trade unnolested
but if the English desire to put an end to
the practice, they can do so without much
trouble A few cruisers, a few patro
boats, few aeroplanes guarding the com
merce lanes, and the submarines viii
either be destroyed or will be driven to
sea, and the merchant vessels, detourins
from the usual course, will not run much
risk of running afoul of any of the raiders
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-11

is holding its own near the 15-cent
mark for middling, making bale
of cotton and the seed worth to the
grower more than 500. The farmer
has received fabulous prices for prac-
tically everything produced on the
land this year and If every member
of the household is not generously
remembered by old Santa Claus this
Christmas the misery old dad
should be disciplined by committee
of whitecaps. Buy an automobile
for the family, and become a good
roads booster."-St. Augustine Rec
ord.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-11

Ambassador Gerard has now reach
ed the United States and has hurried
to the White House to discuss the
submarine issue and the baseball sit
uation.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-11
Progressive Council

Progressive Council
All honor to our city council While
we were trying to figure out ways
and means of raising the extra three
hundred dollars necessary to secure
the services of real good farm dem
onstration agent for Jackson county,
the city council got together and
agreed to supply the money. The U.
S. government gives six hundred, the
county commissioners six hundred
and the city of Mariana three hun
dred, maxim a total of fifteen hum
dred dollars. Mr.. Pace, the state
agent, promises to see to it that we
get the best man to be had. Our
county commissioners and city coun-
Gil are to be congratulated upon their
favorable consideration of this mat
ter. A demonstration agent is an
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-11
SOME HOPE FOR FLORIDA.

j..
interviews:
I'm Alabama, where raised, If had got
ten the nomination by the free and pure vote of
a pure and noble people expressed at the ballot,
and if Mr.. Knott should have contested that
election, he would have been described as bolter
and independent, and would have been dead
politically for evermore l am glad to see that
the same sentiment is also greatly developed in
Florida"
No need to refer " the bad grammar
in the above It is 3not, good human gram
mar, but it is good Csatts grammar, and
that is as much AZ Could be expected.
But the thing that all Florida should be
devoutly thanked for, is the largesse of
praise he has showered upon this fair land.
The sentiment of democracy, according to
Cats definition, is greatly developed" in
Florida. True, it has not yet attained the
glorious fruitage of Alabama, the place
which Cats left, pursued by a secret
sorrow, for Florida, his second choice. But
it is greatly developed.
Since the political is but an indi-
cation of the social and economic develop
ment, we are to infer that Florida schools
are almost as good as Alabama's, Florida
land almost as productive, Florida
men almost as progressive, Florida women
almost as noble.
But, alas that Cats holds out no hope
for the future We are greatly devel
oped,g not developing; plainly we have
| reached the pinnacle.
Well, cen so, let us take the need O
praise to our bosom and cherish it, if tha
| is what You do to a need. It is the bes
| that Cats is capable of.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-11

anything that would add more to ths
attractiveness of the city and to the
impression made upon visitors here
OF course we understand that the
city will put the middle strip OF West
Duval in fine park shape, and keep
it so. The city should also put the
strips between the sidewalks and
brick paving in shape, and start them
off right, and then require property
owners TO keep them up to an adopt
ed standard. This could be so or
dained by the city that in case proper
care were not bestowed upon any sec
ton, then the city should have it done
and tax the property with the ex-
pense. We do not believe they would
ever be called upon to do this, how
ever, for we believe our people have
enough civic pride to take keen de-
light in looking after these beauty
spots.-Lake City Index.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-11
State Press Comment
Cotton Crop

LOTION Ir0p-
While Santa Rosa county is not es-
sentially cotton producing territory
at this time owing to the fact that
corn, beans, hogs and cattle are DEM
onstrating themselves to be more
profitable, still the past few days
has witnessed the arrival of num-
Der of loads of the fleecy staple on
the streets of Milton. While posi-
bly, more cotton was raised here in
the past than at the present time,
this decrease in one of the South's
staples is by no means a mark of
retrogression on the part of our ag-
ricultural developments as small
area devoted to cotton, with the re-
mainder of the land formerly devoted
to cotton given over to the production
of food stuff, is found to be much
more satisfactory, than the old one
crop way of working. While cottor
will never be- the exclusive croI
again that it was in the past in this
section of the state, it will always
be grown to greater or less extern
in this county, and is properly mum
bered among the agricultural pro
auctions of Santa Rosa county
Milton Gazette.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-11
Commendable Action

When advised by Mr.. j. D. Smith
the other day that government aid
for half the cost of constructing a
bridge across the Apalachicola river
could be secured if Jackson and Gads-
den counties would furnish the other
half, the Jackson county commission
ers promptly put themselves on rec
ord as being heartily in favor of the
proposition and assured Mr.. Smith
that our county would be ready with
her part of the cash when the others
were. This is one of the things Jack
son county and this whole West Flor
ida needs more than anything else,
and our county commissioners realize
it. thus their commendable action. II
is now up to the Gadsden county au-
thorities to show their progressive
ness.-Marianna Times-Courier.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-11
THE PARTY'S CHOICE.

Knott is the nominee. The state Demo
cratic committee, after full and earnest de-
bate, in which every phase of the question
was discussed, endorsed Knott as the Dem
ocratic choice of the people. The secretary
of state has certified that Knott is the nom
inee in a certificate that annuls the certih-
cate given another contestant through
error.
Had Knott lost in the recount. the Cats
people would not be charging the court
with unfairness. The whole trouble, there
fore, is not that the courts ordered the re-
COUNT is that Knott won.
That is why Cats, obeying ambitions
goad has tramp1ed under foot the gTea -est
principle of den1ocracy-the be-all and end,
all of the peoples rule; that the will of the
majority must govern, whether that major
ity be close or overwhelming.
When this, the north star of civilization,
is lost to sight, the ship of state drifts help
lessly upon the rocks, while nutiny RACES.
Revolution, anarchy, destruction-to see
what happens when the will of the majority
is denied, look south of the Rio Grande!
Cats, if he accomplishes his purpose, will
| so divide and weaken the Democratic party
| in Florida that, considering the Republi-
can strength, the negroes, numbering prob
ably 10000 electors, will hold the balance OF
| power.
Say what he will, palllate his conduct az
he may try, there is one thing that Cats
can not explain away; that he jumped the
Democratic party before there was any
necessity of Jumping; that he abandoned
the principles which he swore to uphold
while there was still hope. Had he waited
until after the decision of the state Demo
cratic committee, his conduct might be I'm
derstandable; but his treachery was as care
fully prepared as Roosevelt's, who, whil
still trusted, was planning the monstrou
BETRAYAL Roosevelts oath to lead the Pro
gressives, and never to abandon the princi
pies to which they had consecrated them
selves, was no less binding than the obi
cations to which Sidney J. Cats ha
: pledged himself. Yet long before Gait
was defeated in the Democratic party, h
had sanctioned his endorsement by anothe
party, and had circulated petitions to pit
his name on still another ticket.
The day has passed when it was ques
: ton of Knott or Cats, just as the daysha
, passed when it was a case of Knott G
a Cats or Hudson or Farris or Wood. 1t
), now question of Democracy alone. tt
party is bigger and more important tina
: any man.
Support the party! Support the non
inee
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-11
Wrong Crowd

wrong OrOWu-
We still believe that we are send
ing the wrong crowd to the border.
Let the boys of Co. D come back, and
let us pick out bunch of old bucks,
including old women with pants on,
and with their exit we'd have the
dandiest town in the U. s. A. And
self-respecting Mexicans wouldn't
come a-nigh that border while that
bunch was there.-Lakefand Tele-
gram.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-11
Pensacola Has En-

Pensacola Has EN-
The newly paved streets afford
Lake City a wonderful opportunity,
such as is often coveted by less for.
tunate people.
We allude to the opportunity to
have beautiful grass plots in the strip
between the sidewalk and the brick
paving. To our mind there is hardly
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-11

Much of the ivory from which piano keys,
billiard balls, knife handles and combs are
made, is collected in Siberia from the fossil
remains of the giant mammoth
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-11

The United States cruiser Saratoga,
which recently arrived at Seattle for repairs
entered port flying pennant 700 feet long.
| One foot for each soldier aboard.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-11

No Wolf
The following from the Gadsden
County Times makes interesting
reading and would seem to suggest
that there are no wolves proving
around the doors of the farmhouses
in that section. What ever the fu-
ture may hold for the cotton grower
he seems to have done pretty well IN
some sections this year: Cotton
seed, excluding the boil weevil, has
been selling on the Quincy market
this week for $45 per ton, with every
indication that the price will reach
$50 bafars the end Of the season. LINT
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-11

absolute necessity if we are to have
the desired advancement in things
observation-disclosures Times Cour-
Ter.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-11
Remarkable "Straw" Vote

Remarkable "Straws Vote
The New York Independent, an old
and influential publication of national
circulation among people of high in
telligence, recently invited its read
ers to tell for whom they had chosen
to vote and why they had chosen him,
In response to this invitation the In
dependent received letters from sub
scribers in AZ states. The number
who took the trouble to write their
views to the Independent totaled 229,
and all but two were voters. Many
of the writers were women voters,
three-fifths of whom cast their votes
for Wilson in spite of Mr.. Hughes
opportunist declaration for national
woman suffrage. Their sentiment
was expressed by one of them as fol
lows: az am an ardent suffraglst
but no woman's party can get my
vote away from Wilson. "-Tavares
Herald.
The Coconino sun., 1916-08-04
R Office of the County Recorder

Ise Every one MUST register this year
In order TO be able to vote at the cleo
tions this fall. You may register be-
fore the following named Registration
Officials in the following precincts, or
before any Justice of the Peace:
Bellemont--Merrill G. Walker.
Fredonia--A. w. Brown.
a Grand Canyon--A. v. Francis.
Howard Mountain---H. p. Aselin.
81 Camp No. Twill j. Flaherty.
Greenlaw Mill--Mrs. Mary Barden.
Greenlaw Camp-John J. Cum
mings.
Canyon Diablo-John Kruse.
{ Sedona--Frank Owenby.
Tuba City-Mrs. Laura Preston.
s Loys--Myron s. 10y.
scamp No. Ten--Charles Lindstrom.
IS Rose Well--A Sanford.
Blys-J. G. Meyers.
~ Long Valley--Addison e. Fuller.
Mormon Lake--George VIM. Reid.
Garland Prairie--J. D. Tannehill.
n Red Lake--Walter F. Thomasson.
3 Williams-Miss Helen j.. Stark, F.
M. Gold.
= Flagstaff-Dan j. Cronin, Recorder,
Irene Bart, Deputy Recorder.
DAN j. CRONIN,
July 2t-Aug. 90. County Recorder
The Coconino sun., 1916-08-04
PUBLIC AUCTION SALE
University Land Timber

State Land Department, Phoenix,
Arizona, June q, 1916.
Notice is hereby given that in con-
formity with the provisions Of the act
of Congress known as the Enabling
Act, approved June 20, 1910, the Con-
stitution OF the State of Arizona and
the Act of the Second Special Session
Of the Second State Legislature Of
the State Of Arizona, entitled in part
"An Act to Provide Code for the
Systematic Administration, Care and
Protection of the State Lands etc,
approved June 20, 1915, the State
Land Department will, on the 9Th day
Of September, 1916, at 10 o'clock, a.
m, at the Coconino County Court
House, at Flagstaff, Arizona, sell at
public auction to the highest and best
bidder, 100000 feet, B. NJ, more or
less, Of western yellow pine, upon the
following described University land,
viz: Secs. 10 and IA, T. 20 NJ, r. E.,
and Sec. IS, T. 20 NJ, R. 8 E., G. &
S. r. B. & NJ, Coconino National For
est, Coconino County, Arizona. Said
sections contain 190746 acres, more
or less. No bid of less than 1925 per
NJ. feet, B. NJ, will be considered. The
successful bidder must deposit certi-
fed check for 100000, drawn in
favor Of the State Land Department,
at the time and place Of sale. The
right to reject any and all bids is re-
served. Further information concern
ing the timber and sale conditions
may be obtained from the State Land
Department, State House, Phoenix,
Arizona.
STATE LAND DEPARTMENT,
By w. A. MOEUR,
State Land Commissioner.
Date Of first publ. June 30, 1915.
Date Of last publ. Sept. 1, 1916. p
The Coconino sun., 1916-08-04
.C0C0NINO COUNTY ONLY
TAXES STANDING TIMBER

Expediency was the keynote Of Fri
days session of the Arizona State tax
conference in session at the Elks
theatre. The State tax commission
and its conferees hustled through q
good many classifications Of. property
comparing the various counties, meth
DDS and amounts of taxation.
Quite a little humor resulted from
the dusty subject of sawmills, espe-
cially when the various assessors were
called on the floor as to what the
sawmills in their counties were doing.
One sawmill, it was reported, had
been sold for taxes. Another did not
show the least activity when the
assessment was made and still an
other assessor reported that he taxed
couple of small mills just to show
some industry in his county in the
northern part of the state.
1t was brought out at the confer
ence that Coconino county is the only
county in the state assessing standing
timber.
The following subjects were inves-
tigated by the conference: Value of
improvements on city and town lots,
unplatted town land, productive pat
ented and unpatented mines value of
improvements on latter, non-product-
i've patented mines, value of improve
ments, patented miilsites, value of i'm
provements, improvements of surface
mining claims, improvements of town.
sites, non-productive unpatented
mines, value of improvements, surface
mining claims, industrial lands, i'm
provements on possessory rights,
smelters and appurtenances, concen-
traitors, mining machinery and sup
plies, smelter supplies, sawmills and
machinery, and standing timber
Prescott Journal Miner.
The Coconino sun., 1916-08-04

TOM l.. REEFS,
Clerk, Board Of Supervisors
July 28-Aug. II.
The Coconino sun., 1916-08-04
sTOCKMEN NOTIFIED
OF PLANT POISONS

The United States department OF
agriculture has just issued Farmers
Bulletin No. 720, Prevention of Loss
es of Live Stock from Plant Poison
ing" This publication is written by
DIR. Marsh, the government authority
poison plants, and should be in the
hands of every stockman. Though
brief II is brimful of practical infor-
nation on the subject of plant pois
oning in relation to stock grazing.
Among the. topics discussed are ~
teradication of poison plants by prac-
teal means, (2) the use Of grazing
ranges, when poison plants are least
dangerous, (S) the grazing of ranges
with animals not affected by the par
ticular poison plants, ~ hints on the
driving of stock through poison plan.
ranges, and (5) use of ranges at diff
ferent seasons by different classes of
stock. 1t is observed that cattle and
horses rarely suffer from death acorn
as, while sheep are seriously poisoned
with them. Lupines are far more
dangerous to sheep than to either
horses or cattle, in fact they are
relished by horses. Larkspur plants
are deadly to cattle and harmless to
horses and sheep. Larkspur is good
forage plant for sheep. Sneezeweed,
though harmful to sheep does not
appear to injure cattle or horses. DR..
Marsh suggests the elimination of
fixed driveways for the movement of
stock, since the forage plants along
these areas, are grased off earlyin the
season, leaving poison plants for later
bands ofstock to Craze. As is gener-
ally known, it is pointed out that loss
es Of livestock through poison plants
are often closely associated with lack
of suitable forage on the ranges. 1t
is'stated that rarely do stock eat pois-
on plants through choice, but rather
because they are driven to this as d
result of shortage Of suitable feed.
This bulletin may be obtained by
writing to the secretary of agricul-
ture, Washington, ID. C.-Prof. J. j.
Thornber,; Botanist, u. of A. Agri.
Expt. Station. 100
The Coconino sun., 1916-08-04
ORDINANCE NUMBERED 1856

An Ordinance prohibiting the sale,
bartering, or giving of liquors or al
coholic beverages of any kind what
soever within the limits of the town
of Flagstaff.
The Mayor and Common Council Of
the Town of Flagstaff do ordain and
enact as follows:
SECTION 1
That THE exchanging, giving, bar
tering, selling or disposing of ardent
fspirits, ale, beer, wine, or intoxicating
liquors of any kind whatsoever, with
in the limits of the Town of Flagstaff
is hereby prohibited.
SECTION II
That every person who sells, ex-
changes, gives, barriers, or disposes of
any ardent spirits, ale, beer, WINE, or
Intoxicating liquors of any kind what
soexer to any person Or persons with
in the limits of the Town of Flag
staff, shall be guilty of misdemean-
or, and upon conviction thereof shall
be imprisoned in the Town Jail for
not less than ten (1O) days and not
more than ninety COY days and shall
be fined in the sum not less than the
sum of twenty dollars and costs, nor
more than three hundred dollars and
costs for each offense.
SECTION III
All ordinances or parts Of ordin-
ances in conflict with this Ordinance
are hereby repealed.
SECTION "
! This Ordinances shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage
and posting. q
\ Passed by the Mayor and Common
Council Of the Town Of Flagstaff, this
18th day Of July, A., D., 1916, and by
the Mayor approved this the 18th day
Of July, A. d., 1916.
Approved: o. H. JOHN,
Mayor, Town of Flagstaff.
Attest: ALEX. A.JOHNSTON,
Clerk, Town of Flagstaff.
Z First publication July 81, 1916.
Illy 21--Aug. a. g.