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Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-07-04
What We Celebrate

1t 141 years ago today that it was decided
after much debate and amid some misgivings that
a nation should be formed on a basis on which
other nations had been established and had fallen
There had been republics and democraces, but none
of them had survived. 1t only in a general way
that signers of the Declaration of Independence
considered a form of government 1t was not until
many years afterward that the precise form de-
termined upon 1t was understood that there should
be no hereditary ruler, but it not understood
there should be ruling class, arstocracy.
There was a distrust of the wisdom of the people
and when finally it was decided that there should
be a government by the people it not, perhaps,
believed that the people could or would actually
exercise their power would interfere with the
government except spasmodicaly.
The founders of the government had illusions
regarding the people They didn't believe that they
would be patriotic, wiser more courageous
than the people of any other country They had
faith however in that generation of men, but the
future was clothed in doubt The thing that espe-
cally favored the experiment. for it expert
ment, was the isolation of the country. Removed
more than 5000 miles from troublesome neghbors,
a republic should survive here if it could survive
anywhere. There were, of course, internal dissen-
sions be expected and they various
periods of the republic. They from the be-
ginning and they have always been present,
times only annoying and sometimes in
malignant threatening form, menacng the existence
II the nation.
Declaration independence, however,
little thought distant future of the country
II concerned only with the formal and absolute
severing OF the ties which bound the colonies to
England with the success of the American Revolu
ton which succeed the Instruction
The celebrations we since have had of that day
related not to the founding of the government
many of suppose when speak of the
of the revolution which made the founding of the
government possible
That government has survived through storm and
which have only left it stronger 1t has
another phase where other and trials will
beset and have doubt that will
Withstand them. The protection of isolation has
been removed and have been thrown into the
cauldron where all the powerful nations of the world
struggling. not for mastery any longer, but for
their very existence
1t is proper for to celebrate the virtues of the
of not only the revolution but of other episodes
which have marked growth. 1t is a fit time for
the gathering of strength for the new and greater
struggle before 1t is time for thoughtful
consideration of the past in its relation what is
come.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-07-04
FOOD CENSUS IS
SHOWN ON MAP

The first census map ever produced
is being prepared at the state house by
the Arizona Council of Defense, after
plans devised by Dwight B. Heard
chairman of the executive committee
of the council. When completed it will
show the entire crop acreage of the
state of Arizona and also an outline
map of the crops contemplated for the
year 1918.
The work is being carried on under
the supervision of ]. E. Sellers, statisti-
clan for the council, who is co-operat-
ing with the various organizations
throughout the state where district
managers are assigned a given terri
tory. This is turned over to the district
managers, who with a committee of
three, place the crop acreage in each
section and name the crop growing.
The plat is then returned to Mr.. Sellers
where it is plotted on a large county
map, sixteen by seven feet, in its re-
spective district, with colored symbols
denoting the kind of crop being grown.
When the total crops for the district
are completed, the total acreage is
again plated in district short. show
ing the total acreage in figures for both
districts and crops. This graphic meth
cd allows one to secure at glance the
exact amount of grain within a certain
radius and how best it can be handled,
and also gives one an idea at glance
just how much of each crop is in the
district.
This work will be of unquestionable
value not only for the council of de-
tense, but will answer, also, for all
other committees and will be COM
plete record. suitable for statewide
use, in all matters pertaining to eff
cient handling of crops and foodstuffs.
1t is hoped to have this map ready for
use on or about July l.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-07-04
BATTLE BY NOTICE BOARD

We have heard of war by land and
under the water beneath, of hand-to-
hand combats with grenade and bay
onet and knobkerrie: of fighting with
rifle and machine gun for fire super
iority; of duels between artillery of all
calibres, velocitieS, and ranges; of sud
den death by the bomb from above and
the mine from below; of attacks with
gas and fire and other forms of
|.rightfulness; and of those terrible
periods when all of these have been
combined to make the hell which is
modern war. But there are other
methods of warfare of which we hear
less, which pass almost unchonicled;
and it is of one of these that | pro-
pose now to write-of battle by no.
tice- board, or war by publicity.
When and where it began l do not
know, but it essentially belongs to the
leisurely conditions oftrench warfare.
When either side is moving there is
no time for amusements such asthis.
But when the opposing armies settled
down into their burrows facing one
another some form of light relief from
teh daily tedium was required; and it
was amusing. when you had been I'M
successfully sniped at as you were
building up the parados, to wave your
shovel in the conventional signal of
the musketry range which signifies an
outer: or to stand momentarily on the
fire-step and shout across the parapet
some insulting remark about the
kaiser or news of the latest mythical
victory with which we comforted our
selves in those days. And as the i'm
promptu and somewhat amateurish
fighting of the first year developed
into the stern and organized business
which we learn today, so this practice
of communicating with the enemy de-
veloped until the messages which be-
fore we were content to shout to the
enemy came to be conveyed to him on
| notice boards, and either side Wed with
the other in their elaboration and
decoration.
Repartee is the first essential of this
game, or the most powerful weapon
in this form of Observation-Disclosures
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-07-04

way you like to look at it. If the
other side has announced some vic
tory you must cap it with a success in
turn; or if you have started off with
gibe at his habits he must reply in
the same kind with one at yours. If
no repartee is available, the only thing
to do is to go over by night and take
the other sides board away-though
that is a part of the game on which
the German is not over keen.
So when at the time of the Sim Fein
rising the Germans informed an Irish
regiment which was opposite them
that the English were shooting down
their fathers and brothers in the
streets of Dublin, a small patrol of the
Irishmen, led by very gallant officer,
went across No Mans Land removed
the notice-board under very heavy fire,
and brought it back in triumph to our
trenches. 1t was the only possible re-
ply to this message-at least, the only
reply which would make the Germans
understand what the Irishmen at the
front thought about it. So, too. when
the Germans. just after the battle of
Jutland, displayed close to their wire
board bearing the legend, Where's
your - navy?" we, as then supplied
thought the best reply was to remove
the board and substitute in its place
one asking where's your
board?" Later, when we got the COM
plete facts, we published them to the
enemy in the usual manner, but our
former procedure seemed to rile him
much more. and that is what counts
in this contest for moral effect
1t was about this time that the willy
but somewhat unsporting German, no
ticing this propensity of ours for TAX
ing his boards, took to setting up Of
fensive placards which. by an ingeni-
GUS cOntrivance, on being pulled up,
instantaneously exploded two bombs
attached to it. But our patrols soon
learned to circumvent this trick.
A few days after the last incident re-
ferred to one of our officers, going his
rounds after the morning stand to-"
deserted in the dim light of the early
summer dawn notice on the German
parapet, and when full daylight came
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-07-04
MOTOR GROWTH
IN YEAR SHOWN
BY NEW REPORT

The receipts of the office of secre-
tary of state for the year 1916 from
motor car license fees, motorcycle fees,
chauffeur fees, transfers and sale of
extra plates and badges, report of which
was made Monday, announced 10 Sl393f.
Other fees brought the total receipts
of the office for last year to $77,S17-3f.
For the three previous years, the totai
receipts are as follows: 1915, S4S,-
429.22; 1914, $3S,55172; 1913. $13,S245l.
The rapid increase in motor car IL
cense fees is shown in the figures for
the past three years as follows: For
1916, S67.Z14.5s: for 1915, s40,9o9; for
1914, 1897. Expenditures of the office
for the past year were <zf,055.l4.
During the year 1916, there We're
1?124 motor cars licensed in the state.
Although the present year is but few
days more than one half gone, there
are $500 motor cars licensed in the
state.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-07-04
ASPR0DUCERS
ALL HAVE BIT
By w. S. Clifford
of the Council of National
Defense and of the Advisory
Commission

Defense and of the Advisory
Commission
Our nation possesses more produc-
ing resources than any other two ma
tons in the world. Organized as a
producing machine we shall win the
war. Individual initiative and self
reliance are normally developed in a
democracy to higher degree than in
any other form of government Peo-
pies and institutions have grown I'M
der the spur of competition and free
dom OF action so that we are noted for
our individual efficiency and enter
prise. An army must obviously be
highly organized and subject to disci-
pline. Individual efforts, no matter
how great, must be organized so as to
work for a common purpose if they
are to be effective. Not alone team
work. but a voluntary acceptance of
discipline in the cause of national de-
Tense is imperative. We do not wish
to PruSSianiZe America, but each of us
must voluntarily submit to the rules
and regulations of organization in or
der that we may build up fighting in
dustries which with their voluntary
discipline will stand side by side in
efficiency with our fighting armies
The time has now come when we must
sink the individual in an organization
of which the keynote will be the high
est efficiency, the spirit will be pa
triotic unselfishneSs and Self-sacrifice,
and the accomplishment will be the
realization of democracy in the speedy
termination of the war.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-07-04

read that Kitchener has gone back to
the devil" 1t was not till the next
afternoon that we learned officially of
the loss of the Hampshire. 1t is in
things like this that the German lack
of any sense of propriety becomes APP
parent. Compare this with our COM
ment on the fall of TirpitZ-a board
with "Wie gents nit at its head, and
beneathe a beautiful be-whiskered and
cock hated portrait of the old admiral,
the work of one of our many trench
artists
Shortly after. however, the Boche
undoubtedly scored in the same neigh
borhood 1t was before the Somme
battles began, and there was no great
activity on the part of the British to
chronicle; but we put out notice tell
ing of a French success. and the vast
haul of prisoners taken by the Rus
slams Next morning we found that
the Germans had replied with the re-
mark England expects that every
Frenchman and Russian this day will
do his duty"
During the fierce fighting of the
summer neither side had either the
time or the spirit forthese pleasantries,
but in the quieter parts of the line we
used regularly to inform the enemy of
our advances and captures. The next
incident of this kind which | know
was after the first big advance on the
Ancre in the winter, when we set up
an announcement of our capture of
seven thousand prisoners. Next day
we read. put out in rough lettering Ga
sign of the enemy's decreasing moraD
on the parapet opposite, the single
word, Bucharest
One last instance. 1t was just after
| the first definite rupture between the
United States and Germany that one
of our battalions, with the usual san
guine outlook of trench men, put up a
board saying that America was COM
! ing in. The Germans replied laconi-
cally $50 did Roumania."
Other methods of communicating
with the enemy have been used Mes
sages have been shot across from one
trench system to another on blind
trench mortar bombs and rifle gre
nades. but l doubt whether this is
very satisfactory, as no one is eager
to examine unexploded projectiles. A
Brigade which / konw of used regu
larly to send out patrols for the spe-
cial purpose of leaving English news
papers on the German parapet. Once
the Germans sent us a message on a
little paper balloon which landed just
behind our support line. 1t was an an
noying message
And so the game goes on. Whether
any of these messages has altered the
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-07-04
THE DAY

Far back in the dawn of the morning of time,
Ere the zoophite emerged from his home in the
slime,
Should slave and ensave and at last be made free.
And for long ages he crept through the night,
No guide but his passion reason but might;
Taking and holding all that seemed good,
And paying with fire and famine and blood
Till God in His mercy sent them Son
To teach the new freedom the many in
His be the honor land and sea,
For brotherhood true and all people free,
Still heavy the blight of Old Ignorance lies,
Greed and injustice, with all it implies
But he's totterng and will fall from his throne
When all of Gods people come into their
So here's to the day Of that proud declaration
That ALL of the people ALL of the nation
For here confusion bosses and kings
And all the abuses that privilege brings
Let us never forget the first Fourth of July,
When claimed equal rights and told the world
why;
Nor sons now in France with Old Glory I'M
furled,
Proclaming the lesson to all of the world
The power Of the despot is breaking away,
The allies of freedom ending his sway.
United comrades, flag in the sky,
And, Live through all ages, the Fourth of JULY"
EDGAR KENNISON.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-07-04

is producer as well-or law violator
Under a state law now effective, ev-
cry able bodied man in this state be-
tween the ages of 16 and SO must en-
gage in some recognized occupation,
profession or employment and contrib
ute to the support of himself and his
dependents.
Unless these men work thirty six
hours week they are liable to a fine
Of 500 and hard labor on the streets
for sixty days.
Rich and poor alike are affected
Clipping coupons isn't listed among the
legitimate occupations.
The law was passed at the sugges-
ton of the state defense council and
with the sanction of the National
Council Of Defense as a war measure
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-07-04
EVERYBODY WORKS
IN WEST VIRGINIA

Everybody works-including father
in West Virginia now. Each consumer
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-07-04
asst ST. Louis
to come.

Now is the time for national if there
shall be time. No gossip of the
proceedings at East St Louis Sunday and Mon
day should be permitted percoate out of the
try, that it might reach the Germans the
Turks. If they should hear of the burning and
slaughter at East ST Louis would be estopped
from rendering the soil of Belgium sodden with
one with us in unfolding and spreading civilization
think of us?
1t is not a pleasant thought that the United
States is the only country pretending to high de-
of civilization in which such horror that
East St Louis could have been enacted. 1t is the
only country in the world making a pretense of civ
ilization where such things smaller scale have
been enacted for than fifty years and have
been defended in the communities where they have
taken place.
The fact is. not very highly civilized and
very far removed from barbarism. We
speaking especially of East St Louis now,
the Illinois, but the states of Indiana, Ohio
and the great group of southern states where such
grace of the American people that they may be
mitted anywhere in the United States.
We speaking of ordinary lynchings when
persons guilty of unspeakable crimes summarily
dealt with. Incidents of that kind too, dis
graceful but they reflect less upon those who par
ticpate in them than upon the administration of
laws, upon the communities where they occur,
upon the lawless and the o-called law-abding alike
The fault lies not in the Deeds but far below in
the very foundation of our system
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-07-04

results of the war one whit or short-
ened its duration by moment is open
to grave doubt. But this form of sport,
has encouraged the play of wit, and
given opportunity of much gallantry
which is all the more admirable be-
cause it has no apparent object or re-
ward And as the sergeant in the re-
cent book about the Somme says, it
does not do to take this war too seri-
ously.-H. w. Y. in Westminster Ga
Zette.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-07-04

Do not wait till tomorrow-phone
that WANT AID. to The Republican
office now, and get your wish fulfilled
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-07-04
Guaranteed Market is Guaranteed Production

Ever since remember and, we suppose,
since the beginning of the agricultural industry
the happy lot and independence of the farmer has
been the subject of remark. He alone has not
joined of late in the chorus of congratulation upon
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-07-04
VERY DELICATE

'Is your husband subject to draft"
Yes indeed. He catches cold the slightest
thing.-From the Detroit Free Press.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-07-04

DR.. L. S. Rowe, famous interna-
tional lawyer and economist, secre-
tary of the international high COM
mission and professor of political
science at Pennsylvania University,
has been offered the position of as
sistant secretary of the treasury to
succeed Andrew ]. Peters, who re-
signed to go into private business.
He is asked to take charge of Gus
toms.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-03-28
URGES WOMEN TO BE MORE
ECONOMICAL IN DRESSING

New York, March 21.-Patriotic
women were asked to use their in
fluence on fashions in dress to keep
them as economical and practical as
possible, in resolutions adopted to-
day by the woman's section of Mayor
Mitcheps committee on national de-
Tense.
Because of the unprecedented high
prices of the necessities of life and
the great sacrifices the country may
be called on to make for the national
welfare, the committee registered its
disapproval of such styles as the
"melon and the peg top skirt, or any
other styles that imply extravagant
change in the wardrobe, to the end
that the time and money thus saved
from the clothes may BE devoted tc
the needs of the nation"
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-03-28
NOTICE

The Assessment Roll for the wear
1917 is now in my office at the Citv
Hall and will remain open for inspec-
ton to all Tax Payers until the first
Monday in April, at which time said
Roll will be delivered to the Board of
Equalization
The Equalization Board will meet
the End of April (frst Monday for
the purpose of equalizing the taxes
for the year 1917 any person agriev-
ed by anything in the Assessment
Roll may appear before said Board
and file complaint.
The Board will be in session from
day to day i'll the. Clerks office, until
its labors are completed.
This 10th day of March, 1917.
DAVID L. PAULK,
No-Zo-5O. City Clerk.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-03-28
$4,000 FOR THE VETS

Atlanta. Ga. March 27.-The pass
age yesterday by the senate of the bill
to appropriate $4,000 to pay the de-
felt in the Confederate pension fund
completes this detail of the extraor-
binary session program and leaves the
senate with nothing to do until the
house acts on the bone dry prohibi-
ton bill.
The senate will meet every morning
and take recess subject to the call
of the president. and senator's will
spend their time chatting with con-
stituents and with the good looking
ladies in the gallery. who never fail to
put in their appearance during a SEES.
sion of the legislature.
Rome, Ga, will get the armor plate
plant which the government is prepar.
ing to build. if the hearty endorse
ment of its claims by. the Georgi;
Legislature has anything to do will
the determination of the location. TIL,
house on yesterday roncurred in tn,
resolution of the senate recommend
ing the location of the plant il
Rome
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-03-28
ALL ATLANTANS URGED
TO RAISE AMERICAN FLAG

Atlanta, March 24.-Atlanta mer-
chants and all residents Friday were
being urged by committee of the AID
Mems Club and the Retail Merchants
association, headed by F. ]. Paxon, to
display the American flag on stores,
office buildings, public institutions and
homes.
The movement followed the Joint
meeting Of the two organizations
Thursday afternoon, when they were
addressed by Senator Hoke Smith on
the war crisis.
The display of the Stars and Stripes
was urged editorially by The Geor-
gian and Sunay American several
weeks ago, and number of flags were
spread Immediately afterward. The
activity OF the two organizations is ex-
pected to bring out universal display
of the flag.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-03-28
REV. COOPER AT Triton

Rev. L. A. Cooper, popular pastor
of the First Baptist church, of this
city. made an address at Triton today
in the interest of the statewide CAM
paign for raising 100000 to free the
three Baptist institutions of the state
from debt. Says the Triton Gazette:
"a Rally in the interest of this
great movement will be held at the
First Baptist church, Triton, Wednes-
day, March 10Th, beginning at 10
o'clock. Rev. L. A. Cooper, of Fitz-
gerald, will address the gathering.
Arrangements are being made tc
entertain the visitors at dinner in TIT.
ton homes"
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-03-28
RAILROAD EARNINGS SHOW
DECREASE SAY OFFICIALS

Atlanta, Ga. March 2j.-That the
railroads pay IA cents out of every
dollar of earnings for. taxation, as
compared with taxes of 8 cents out
of every dollar ten years ago. is fact
to which Atlanta railroad officials call
attention in connection with the pend
ing 8-hour controversy and the gen
eral railroad situation throughout the
country.
That railroad earnings have not
kept pace with the increase in rail-
road expenses is now generally adj
mitted, and is one of the principal fac
tors responsible for the present traf-
nc congestion. The railroads contend
that they simply cannot get the mo-
ney from investors to provide facili-
ties which will keep abreast of the
country commerce. when confronted
with the constantly growing demands
of national, state, county and munic-
ipal governments for more taxes, and
confronted moreover with the de-
mands of organized labor for one
wage increase after another, and with
other additions in the general costs o.
operation.