Arizona republican., 1917-12-16
COW AUCTION FUR
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 MEETING CLIMAX

Something new under the sun was unearthed in Phoenix yesterday when a COW, the pick of the herd of J. Stan ley Howard, was donated to the cause of the Y. W. c. A. fund for war service. Donated at a big luncheon held at the Hotel Adams yesterday noon, bossy was immediately auctioned off, Dwight B. Heard being the auctioneer. pr. A. J. Matthews of the Tempe Normal was the first bidder. and, knowing the quality of the Howard herd, he started the ball rolling with a starting bid of S250. It was only a starting bid, how ever, for almost instantly Auctioneer Dwight B. Heard received a bid $50 higher from Fred T. Colter and then J. B. Cook of the Pacific Creamery put in another at 1850, and pr. J. C. Norton followed with @ bid of $400.
 pr. Matthews was evidently bent upon getting the choice of the How ard cows, if possible, for the school herd, and he went Dr. Norton $25 better. It looked for a second as though it might stop there, but Gov crnor Campbell intervened and after telling something of the Howard herd, tho bidding started briskly again with Fred T. Colter offering a round $500 for the choice animal. Even this was not high enough, for !. B. Cook, who on behalf of the Pacific Creamery, bid in the animal for S550.
 The auction was the most spectacu- lar feature of an intensely interesting gathering, a gathering of prominent men which raised in ten minutes for the Y. w.. c. A. war fund the neat sum of SZ,llO, to which must be added the S550 from the sale of the cow making brisk l5 minutes campaign netting @ total of S2,660 for this noble cause.
 This was the second donation of the kind given to the cause of "Y' war work by Mir Howard. During the Y. M. C. A. war work fund drive he gave two bulls to the cause and yesterday a cowboy" cattle for the Y. M. c. A. and @ 'girlr for the Y. w. c. A. Dr. James Francis of Los Angeles ! on leave from the First Baptist church in the Angel City for war work, was l the speaker of the occasion. He was cleverly presented 10 the audience by Bishop Atwood and at once plunged into his theme-the Y. ". c. A. wal | fund. Most interestingly he told oi what the money is to go for and afteI he had finished the hearty response ! proved conclusively that he had struck the right chord.
 After telling something of the srear war-of the q million men under arms on the 14 battle fronts and of the 4. million men away from their usua homes on war service-he said tha now the great giant of the west ha, been drawn into the leld and that it il necessary for people to adjust thei thinking to the cause of war.
 Dr. Francis charged the war to tn, frame of mind of the ruling class il Germany, & war whose start aroused the conscience of the civilized world.
 If l were a decent German" saiC he. T would never try to explain tha act in Belgium. It took a more tre mendous drag to draw this nation int the war than was ever exercised t bring any country into war in the his tory of the world.
 We were dragged into the war forced into it after the exercise of tn greatest amount of patience in history Some of us thought too much patience but I never criticise the president c the United States, for I always con slider that perhaps he has some feV facts that I haven't got"
 Dr. Francis predicted a greater co ordination of national war work an said he believed that within a yea there would be but Two welfare or ganizations. the Red Cross and grea general organization to take up all tn different necessary tasks the govern ment has asked be performed. Thi: he said, would do away with the ne cessity for all of the different drives which have been necessary this yea of the start of this country's entry int the fray.
 He termed the Y. NJ. c. A. work tn Largest piece of emergency welfar work in the history of the world" an he took occasion 10 again deny tn yarn that the Y. W. C. A. is plannin a dance hall at American Lake for tn Continued on Page Two)