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Arizona republican., 1916-10-09
REPUBLICAN COUNTY PLATFORM
 CLEAR GUT AND T0 THE P0|NT

In direct contrast with the lengthy and verbose platform adopted by the democratic county central committee, the platform adopted at a meeting of the Republican county central com mittee Saturday afternoon is concise and straight to the pOin.
 It condemns the eXtravagant county and state administrations, pledges the party candidates to he advancement and well being of all citizens alike, and favors the passage of progressive and just laws.
 Following is the platform in full
 The republican party of Maricopa county, Arizona, unqualifiedly and sin cerely endorses and approves the re- publican national and state party plat forms.
 We vigorously condemn the present eXtraVagant administration and pledge ourselves to an economic and efficient government upon sound business prin- ciples, and particularly to the adoption of the budget system, to the end that expenses may be kept within income and that the burden of taxation may be frightened.
 We are opposed to the method adopted by the present county officials in assessing farms, cattle, city property, | merchandise, and in fact all classes of property in Maricopa county at the present high valuation. We pledge our efforts to secure a more equitable valu- ation in order that Maricopa county may be relieved from contributing more ] than its just proportion of state taxes We believe in and stand for sane | legislation, fair and equitable to all and condemn the tendency of the pres ent administration toward class legis- III ,.lf q tf the advancement and well being of al citizens alike. We favor the passage | of progressive and just laws to curl selfish seekers for wealth and predatory agitators wrecking industrial peace fol | personal gain.
Arizona republican., 1916-10-09

We believe in and belong to the union | of the patriotic citizenship of Arizona, ] and condemn alike all lesser combina tions of wealth or labor which would uS and control our government for selfish ends.
 We favor stringent laws to aid in carrying out the purpose and intent of the prohibition amendment, and pledge ourselves to the strict enforcement of such laws.
 The county and school officers of MaricOpa county who have been cleo ted to administer governmental affairs have filled the numerous appointive of fices under them with their relatives and with the relatives of other state and county offices, a system of recip- rocity in this respect being prevalent among them. This practice of nepotisrn we condemn as contrary to the spirit of our form of government. We believe that in filling appointiVe offices, com potency and fitness for the particular office only should be considered. We favor the passage of the Amend
 ment to Article " of the Constitution of Arizona, known as the "Redistricting Amendment" believing that thereby the representatives of the people may | be brought in closer touch with their constituents and the true principles of a representative form of government more nearly realized.
 We call attention to the selection of
 candidates made by the republican par ] ty and appeal to the voters of Maricopa county to scrutinize and investigate
 their fitness to administer the offices
 for which they have been selected We
 know that their records and qualified tions will bear the closest investigation,
 and we ask for the support of all those voters of Maricopa county who
 are dissatisfied with the present state I and county administrations and who
 desire to see the principles and pledges
 herein set forth carried into effect | with Seeing Amerca t'rst" and cartoon comedy. yyil be seen at the
Arizona republican., 1916-10-09
At The Plaza

The Prince of Darkness" a sensa- tional spectacular production in five parts will be the attraction at the La mara theater today. The story. as the name indicates. deals with his Satanic majesty. and naturally some of the pic lures are hellish, or otherwise they would not fit the subject In former years there were a number of stage spectacles that often undertook to DOT tray the internal regions, notably Faust" and "The Black Crook" but no stage spectacle succeeded in bring
 ing the realism to the point that is reached in the picture which will be shown today The three reel feature Fantomas will also be a part of the program making eight reels in all.
Arizona republican., 1916-10-09
GERMANS DENY
 INHUMAN ALT
Republican A. p. Leased Wlre1

BERLIN, Oct. S. Cvia wireless to SalyiIle1-Th German government in an official statement, according to the Overseas News Agency, refutes the recently published report that prison CTS n German camps have been in tentionalY infected with tuberculosis and nad been sent home or into d neutral country in order to propagate the plague.
 All prisoner camps m Germany, the statement says. may be inspected at any time. l. is pointed out that the percentage of prisoners with tuber- culosis is much larger among the French. owing to the racc that many French suffer from the incipient stages of the disease, which speedily develops in consequence of the hard tho statement adds immediately after ships of war. Such sick prisoners. their arrival in tte camps, are iso- lated and are treated by the best methods
 Hire a Little Salesman at the Re publican office
Arizona republican., 1916-10-09

time and anywhere and his engage ment naturally involves a very heavy outlay on the part of the management of the Sells-Floto Circus But not withstandng this heavy outlay for special features there will be no cur tailment of the circus features proper, for there will be an all-champion pro- gram to keep up the pace set by these world champions
Arizona republican., 1916-10-09

will be seen with him in the arena in series of illustrative bouts, showing how he broke down Jack Johnson's famous guard and the punches used in his latest fight with Frank Moran at Madison Square Garden. The champion will also appear in the arena in cow boy costume, heading the Buffalo Bill Cowboys.
 Jess Willard is a big feature at any
Arizona republican., 1916-10-09
"Behind The Lires," at The Columbia

6ehInd he LireS, at he Columbi9 Go down to the Columbia and see Mary Riders spearkling timely novel, "Rehind The Lines" done to pictures by the Blue Bird people, and there will he no chance to say that the picture makers have run out O. ideas. This is the fastest action fotoplay of the month cram full of sparkling situations. daring horsemanship and the ZeSt that goes with men attempt ing to do or die. It is just one action stunt after another and shows Harry Carey at his best, as the dash ing American fighting odds on the Mexican border It is not a rough and ready picture. but a well told tale as only Mary Rider knows how to write. and the Blue Bird people have given 1t q sparkling setting A one reel comedy added is further augumcnted by the first appearance of two reel feature loaned by Uncle Sam showing the United States navy at work and at play This is the first picture the United States gov ernment has ever made 10 show how
 Uncle Sans sailor boys live when aboard of the big ships It reveals 1 them as their sports on the decks of the great battle machines. shows thHm boxing. playing wagon, working at the big guns, shows how the divers go down to repair the ships when struck by the torpedoes, shows the placing of the nets and many inter- esting close ups of the inside of navy
 life Uncle Sam will have an exhibit at the state fair this year showing
 the navy at work and play and these
 pictures are the prelude to that ex- hihit
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tells him the whole story. He al- lows her to choose her own course and she is about to go away with Mason, when little Ann. the eldest of the children, comes to- her and takes her
Arizona republican., 1916-10-09
RAY CONSOLIDATE ] PLANNING HALF MILLION DOLLAR MILL;
 SHELTER CAPACITY EXPANDS

ment of the smelter at that place means d greater Hayden and cannot but be reflected i2 the business done in that already great district by Phoenix business houses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-23
White Rabbits AND Colored Eggs

bothered by the other rabbits. Raoul didn't mind in the least being carried that way; for 1t didn't hurt him at all.
 Wait until Easter morning" said Uncle Paul, with mysterious shake of his head Wait! You have never seen such wonderful Easter eggs as these rabbits of ours will bring?"
 Rabbits. Bring Easter egg? s?" cried Jane. Why, why Uncle Paul."
 Sammy and Jane were astonished. Rabbits bring Easter eggsl How could that be? And yet, come to think about it, they never had known where their Easter eggs did come from. They had never tried to find out. Always, on Easter morning. there had been small basket of eggs for each of them on the table in the living room
 How do the rabbits make some of them red and blue and pink and all those colors?" asked Sammy. | "Ah" cried Uncle Paul. "Ahi That is just it, my little man! How do they do it? Now, think I under stand how they get the pink ones. At least people say they rub the eggs on their pink ears-and that makes them pink!"
 l Jane gasped for breath; and Sammy sat with his mouth wide open in amazement
 Mind you, children" continued Uncle Paul, a queer little smile play ing about the corners of his mouth "I don't say this is sol merely re- late what has been told me-"
 How about the gold ones?" asked }Jane.
 From the buttercups, my dear" answered Uncle Paul promptly.
 'I had a purple one last year" sug- gested Sammy.
 Uncle Paul sat very still, thinking deeply. Well" he said at last, 1T must confess that do not know where the other colored eggs come from but I have heard it said that all rab- bits know a secret pathway to the end of the rainbow and that it is there they l. dye their Easter eggs, thus making them any color they like.''
 And Uncle Paul went off laughing.
 Then came Easter morning. And to the amazement of the children there were no baskets of Easter eggs on the living room table for them. But Uncle Paul winked at them slyly and
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"oh,. cried Jane. And again, "oh.'

"Oh!" cried Jane. And again, "Oh!" brother, who was playing out in the yard. Come here-quick!- quick"
 Sammy came-and quickly, too!
 "Ohv' he said And again "Oh!"
 Just then Uncle Paul entered the kitchen. "Well, you little rascalsl' he laughed. My, my, what sharp noses you have! I had meant to keep these little bunnes until tomorrow morning as surprise-but now I see it is inn possible. Come out to the woodshed and we will fix their cage for them"
 What wonderful creatures the rab- bits proved to be. Sammy named his two Raoul and Eff, Uncle Paul sug- gesting the names; and Jane called hers Francois and Claire. On bright, sunny afternoons, the children would turn the rabbits loose in the yard and watch them scamper about into their cage and out again. The children would range afar, too, looking for soft grasses, and for choice heads of cab bage and lettuce-from the market for their pets.
 Sammy was particularly fond of Raoul and he would often get choice handful of greens, pick Raoul up by his ears and carry him off to a se- cluded part of the yard where the bunny could eat his fill without being
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dem" Run erlong now, chil'un an buy dat lily an bring it ter me maybe yo' old Aunt Dinah done bet tah go erlong wid you-all ter see dat l yo' gifts a good one, huh?" | But Helen didn't want her to; she wished to select the plant herself, thinking that in that way, somehow, it would make the gift all the more her very own and Mary's.
 So, holding fast to her little pocket book in which were seventy three cents, the total of their savings, Helen set out for the florists, leading Mary | by the hand and telling her how care full they must be to look at every lily plant for sale and be sure to select the very prettiest one for Mamma.
 And, goodness me, what a beauti- full lot of flowers the florist had. In- side the store. Easter flowers were banked in profusion; and he had even ! put up wooden stands right outside his shop and had lilies and pansies and hyacinths and asters and violets l and, it seemed, every kind of flower that grows set in rows on them. so that the purchaser might walk slowly along and find just the flower he wanted.
 The two little girls looked and looked and--looked. And the longer they looked the less able were they to decide which lily-plant they wanted.
 'I fink dat's des a booful one" lit tie Mary would exclaim, pointing her chubby finger at a graceful lily, nod ding on it's long stem.
 But see this one, Mary!" Helen would cry out. pointing to still larger and more beautiful one.
 So, round and round the room they went in their search. And presently they came to one which was far and they had ever seen.
 "Oh!' cried Helen.
 "Oh!" echoed Mary.
 That settled it-that was the one they would buy for Mamma.
 Just then the fat, jolly-faced old florist himself came walking down the aisle.
 Please" said Helen, in her most grown-up manner, well take that one. can carry it if you will wrap it up for us.'
 "So-so!" said the florist. Dot is der vun you vandt, yah? Vell veil, dot vun cost him four dollars und-'
 "Oh!" cried Helen, waiting to hear no more. "Oh-oh-oh," And with each "Oh" her misery and disappoint- ment were more apparent. "Oh, Mary. We've got only seventy three cents and-and-." And Helen be- gan to cry
 Mary did also Not that she knew the real difference between seventy l three cents and four dollars and some more cents-but Helen was crying
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bade them go with him.
 First he led them to the rabbits cage-and, sure enough, there in one corner was a pile of red and blue and green and pink ones. And then Uncle Paul felt certain they would find few more hid about the house They did, too. And what merry time they had looking for them in all sorts of queer hiding places. 1 T know how the rabbits. colored these eggs" spoke lip sammy pres ently.
 You do?" exclaimed Uncle Paul. Well. well. how can that be?"
 Tt wasn't any rainbow. either!' Sammy continued. q don't believe such a fairy story like that. You see, put a lot of pieces of colored rags and some of fathers paints in a cor ] ner of the woodshed, and I took the rabbits up to them and pointed out all the different colors They knew what meant, because they nodded their heads and Raoul winked at mel Now, I guess I know all about it!"
 "I dare say-I dare say" replied Uncle Paul. Or, at least. you know as much about it as anyone does But, my young man, suppose the rabbits haven't any rags or any paints? What then? How do they color their Easter eggs?'
 Sammy was "stumped" He hadn't thought of that. And he could not answer the question.
 Can you? That is, of course if rab- bits really do bring the Easter eggs, as the French children believe.
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and-and-boo-h we have only seventy-three cents d-and-''
 "Himmel! Is dot all!" cried the old florist, his face lighting up with a wonderful smile. and his voice ringing merrily. .Is dot all? We'll, veil, you come init me der door ouid und show you-I show you!"
 And taking each little girl by the hand, he led them to one of the wooden stands on the sidewalk.
 Now! Now!' he said in just the jolliest and proudest and kindliest voice imaginable, you look at desc und see what you like und-yah, look at dot one-see, der one init der paper wrapped around hin-yah, vot you tink of him? Ach, vot a beautyn And he reached up and carefully lift ed a Iily-plant down from it's place on the stand
 Helen stopped weeping and looked; beautiful flower. Not quite so large maybe, as the one inside. But that one, you see, was very fine one Moreover, the regular price for the ones on the stand was dollar and a half apiece-though the kind old flor ist said nothing about that.
 Further, when they had nodded their heads that they would take it, and when Helen had counted out the money into his big hand, he laughed and handed her back all but fifty cents of it. Then he carefully tucked the flower7pot under her arm and showed her just how to carry it so as not to injure the tender flowers.
 They thanked him and started for home. And he waved his hand to them until they had walked nearly to the next corner.
 Old Aunt Dinah was waiting for them, and she let them in the back gate so that Mamma would not see them come in the front way.
 The next morning? Goodness me wasn't Mamma surprised. At first she couldn't imagine where the extra lily had come from. But when she did she threw her arms around her lit- tie daughters and kissed them and hugged them and-indeed yes, indeed it was happy Easter morn in that housei
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distributed to all parts of the land.
 But to return. to the stately lily on it's native heath. There have al seems. When Bermudez landed on the island in 1522 he found the lily there in profusion, but, of course, in a wild state. Now the cultivation of the lily is one of the chief occupa- tions of Bermuda.
 The celebration of Easter there would indeed be no celebration with out the lily. It sheds it's perfume and smiles it's golden smile on all sides. The altars, chancels and walls of the churches are literally buried in the fragrant blooms. And even the houses, both inside and out, are load ed with them.
 There is a pretty legend about the lily and love in Bermuda that is in- teresting. Way, way back in the long ago, it runs, young man was passing through a. field of lilies. Ac- cidentally, he stepped upon one and bruised it. Now the young man was in love with a maid and feared that his love was not returned. He looked down at the broken plant and it seemed to him to be symbolic of his own heart.
 So, tenderly, he dug up the plant, bound the broken stem to a splint and re-planted it in the yard of his own home, where he nursed it care fully until it bloomed again. And it put forth an exquisiteIy beautiful flower.
 Then he dug it up once more and, under cover of darkness, re-planted it in the yard of his lady love. But, it seems, she saw him while engaged in his tender task and, finding out the whole story of his kindness to the lily since first he trod upon it in the field, she concluded that such an act was an indication of his true charac- ter And straightway she consented to marry him.
 From that time on, it has been the custom for a lover to plant a lily in the yard of the house where his lady-love dwells. And if she tends and cares for it, he takes it as a sign that she is ready to return his love and accept his proposal of mar riage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-23
.s c7Namma's Easter Lily xs

@ UST as Christmas without gifts
 and Santa Claus would seem a
 very doleful occasion, so Easter Ap without the gorgeous lily-frag- rant, pure and beautiful-would seem not Easter at all Now little Helen had not put it in precisely those words; but she had wondered how strange Easter would seem if there were no pretty lilies around the house And suppose-oh, just suppose-that on Sunday when all the children gath cred in the big church to sing their Easter carols, suppose then that the altar was not mass of Easter lilies Why. 1t wouldn't be Easter, it just couldn't be Easter
 Always, at Helen's house on Easter, they had flowers, And there was a lily for each member of the family Two big ones-in their big pots which were carefully wrapped with green crepe paper so that the ugly brown was hid--were for Papa and Mamma. And then a smaller one for Helen, and a very small one for Mary, five years old but, if you please, quite the most important member of the family. And even old Aunt Dinah, the cook, wasn't forgotten, for she, too, had her !. Easter lily.
 Now, for many many weeks, Helen and Mary had been saving their pen nies and their nickels, for this Easter was to be very especial one Many were the times the two conspirators had put their little heads together and talked in whispers of their plan, their great surprise" You see, Helen had thought 1t would be oh, so nice for them to buy an Easter lily for Mamma and to give it to her on Easter Morn as gift of love from her two children.
 And now-on the day before Easter when the two little girls went out for their afternoon walk, they we're to buy Mammals plant. At the last min- ute Helen had seen that old Aunt Dinah would have to be told about it. for the lily had to be purchased that afternoon, since the florists shop on the corner would be closed on Easter Sunday; and. besides, some one had to keep the lily and hide it all during Saturday night so that it would indeed be Surprise for Mamma the next day.
 'Lan's sakes, now ain't dat jes too prescriptions in you chilun 'sprisin' yo' Ma dat away! She jest gwine be plumb tickled ter death. An jes' reckon yo' ole Aunt Dinah gwine take pertic'lar good keer ob dat Easter lily fo' you all Jes you glib it ter me an An done hide it down in de back airy way whar it am nice an cool--and termorrer mo'nin' dat lily gwine perl1 up an say Happy Easter ter you, Mamma, an many ob dem; thank ye. ma'am, same ter you an many ob
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Home cf the
 Easter Flowers

TIT this season of the year, the
 Easter lily is to be seen in
 florists windows, carefully I nurtured in pots and boxes. But can you imagine whole fields of them nodding and swaying in the gentle breeze? They grow that way in Bermuda, the home of the Easter lily, acres and acres of them as far as the eye can see.
 It is said that over two million lily plants are grown each year in Der muda; and there lily can be picked at nearly any season of the year. Three times each year the crop is har- vested--in January, again in Febru- ary and lastly, during the week which precedes Easter
 The first crop consists of. the bulbs
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wN OTH sammy and Jane thought
 #A it nice to have an Uncle; and
 & even nicer to have one who had AH lived for many, many years in far-off Paris. But, incest of all, to have such nice uncle as Uncle Paul proved to be from the very moment he arrived to spend a whole year with his brother, their father.
 Uncle Paul was such fun! And he had such queer foreign" waYsl Mes petite enfants" he'd call them and pinch their ears. meaning My little children" Always. he was ready for frolic. or long walk in the woods, or quiet hour just before bedtime, when he would tell them of all the interesting and strange things he had seen in Paris-before this cruel war which is now raging over all Europe.
 But, one day. several weeks before Easter, Uncle Paul sent Sammy and Jane into "the seventh heaven of de- light" as the grown-ups sometime es say. He brought home -. well, per haps 1t would be better to tell it as the children saw 1t. Jane, happy, pretty, smiling Jane, slipped noiselessly into the kitchen on the lookout for @ stray cookie, or even a piece of buttered-breadand suddenly stopped stock-still, her little hands upraised in gesture of amaze ment and her brown eyes big as saul cers.
 And with reason, too; for there on the kitchen table. was a market basket
 filled with soft green leaves and grasses and squirming around in, the greens were four of the cunningest lit tie white rabbits one ever saw.
 "Oh!" cried Jane. And again "Oh," Then she fairly flew to the kit c h en door. IS m m y! Sa-a-am- -my!' she called to her
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which are carefully wrapped and packed for shipment to this and other countries The second is the gather ing of hardy young plants which are wrapped in soft paper and moist earth and then packed in boxes for ship ment abroad.
 And the third crop, the delectable flower itself, is for home consumption in Bermuda's elaborate celebration of Easter So far as our country is concerned most of the lilies are ship ped to New York, whence they are
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and that was quite sufficient reason for her to cry, too.
 4'So-so- so -o-o!" said the kindly old florist, bending down and batting Helen on the shoulder "Vot you cry for, leedle girl? Ach! Doand do it.! Shtop iti Tell me yet what der drouble iss und maype I fix him for you!"
 "Oh, oh' walled Helen. We've want to buy a lily for our Mamma