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Arizona republican., 1918-09-15
LIBERTY LOAN WORK
 |S BEING LINED UP

While Joseph R. Loftus, Maricopa county chairman for the fourth Liberty loan, is attending to some business matters in California. his plans for the
 campaign in this county are going right along. There is a lot of work to
 be done. He cannot do it all alone, so first thing he wishes all of his friends and the good workers of the last cam paign to be ready to again get into the harness, once more for the good cause.
 MT. Loftus will return from Los An
 geles on Tuesday morning ard will be-
 gin at once on his plans for the cam paign. He will have an office at the headquarters of the state committee. POP West Adams street, and probably will establish other office locations as the campaign progresses. He will ap- point a publicity director for the coun- ty and as soon as this appointment is completed, all of the counties in the state will be equipped.
 There will be chairmen for each dis trict and the districts will be outlined by the county chairman. Cities will have chairmen and district chairmen all working under the direction of the county chairman. Every citizen a bond
 is to be the slogan of the committee for Maricopa county of which Mr
 Loftus is the directing head
Arizona republican., 1918-09-15
DRAINAGE DITCH |S
 HELD NOT SAME AS
 WATERSOF STREAM

That the waters of a drainage ditch. though non -navigable, anyhow not more navigable than many of the streams which have been beneficiaries under rivers and harbors appropri- alton bills, cannot be appropriated as the unappropriated waters of ordinary non-navigable streams may be. is the decision of the United States court for Arlzona in the case of the government against Watson and Spicer.
 This action against the defendants was instituted largely for the benefit Of Lincoln Fowler who is irrigating large tracts of land, his own and oth CT. leased from the government on tine Indian reservation south of the city from drainage canal constructed to re- lleNe the lands south of Tempe
 The defendants, Watson and Spicer. made an appropriation of these waters Tn the same manner as they would have appropriated the waters of any flow ing, non- -navigable stream. The drain age canal was constructed under tine provisions of the state law for the or ganization of drainage districts. The people of the drainage district entered into an agreement with the govern ment for the disposition of the water on the Indian reservation and it was Tn that way that the case went into the United States court.
 The case same up last June at Tucson on hearing of an application for d temporary injunction to restrain the defendants from taking water from the canal. They had already established an elaborate pumping system and were absorbing about all the water that de- veloped above them. A temporary or der was granted and in August the hearing on an application to make the injunction permanent took place at Prescott. Judge Sawtelle rendered a decision on Wednesday granting the application
 The defendants at both hearings were represented by attorneys from Los Angeles who relied upon the laws of Colorado and California with respect to drainage districts. The Arizona law, however, gives to the districts the con- trol Of the water and in this case. the district had passed the control of it to the government
Arizona republican., 1918-09-15
COLLEGE CLUB BOOK
 LIST |S FURNISHED

Members of the College club will be interested to learn of the books on modern drama to be found in the First avenue branch of the public library. The list includes: The Red Robe,' by BrieuX; The Great Galeoto.' by Echegaray: The Weavers" by Haupt- mann; "The Sea Gull by Tchekoof. and The Good Hope" by Heijermans. These books are published with others in one volume, The Masterpieces of Modern Drama"
 In separate volumes the library con- tains; "The Sea Gull" by Tchekhoof; {; The Life of Man." by Andrejev; Justice by Galsworthy; The Daugh- ter of Jorio," by D'Aununzio: The Dawn" by Emil Verhaeren. and "The Stronger Like Falling Leaves and Sacred Ground by Giacosa
 Beginning Monday. September 16, the First avenue branch will be open from ? until 6 o'clock in the after noon daily.
Arizona republican., 1918-09-15
WARNING TO REPUBLICAN SUB
 SCRIBERS

Do not be deceived by statements from solicitors of other papers that The Republican is to be raised to s1.0O per month. Numerous reports have come to The Republicandirect that such is being done. The Republican itself will announce in due time any change in it's subscription price
 THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN,.
 -0- q Dairymen of Fowler district will hold a meeting at Fowler schoolhouse on Thursday evening, September 19, 1918. at o'clock. Kindly be present. Business of importance bp
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-15
asyHArEvER you WANT TO KNOW"

e The end of the second month of the
great Hun offensive is near. and while
there are indications that the thrust Is
20 be resumed on a gigantic scale, II
NAV well be doubted that such
movement will take place. The Ger
man war lords are reckless of the ex-
penditure of human life where there
q a chance to accomplish their ends,
but they are not fools. They must De
we'll aware by this time that they can
not break thru the allied lines. III
they ever had chance it has now dis
appeared and every day adds greater
emphasis to this fact. What then is
Germany's game? That she will
throw up her hands and submit to
such terms as she can get is not to be
expected The probability is that she
will hang on and trust to luck until
the allies take the offensive. On the
other hand it may be confidently eX-
pected that General Foch will not
move to the attack until he has sure
thing. There may be a long period OF
comparative inactivity on the western
front, lasting until a huge American
army is on hand and ready to strike
Hindenburg lost the war when ne
failed to induce the allies to try to
4urn back his army. His seeming VIC
tory spelled defeat.
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softly who has ever looked on these
things"
"Oh. I'm sorry" she glanced up
startled, and arose contritely. They
they are the loveliest things I've ever
seen"
Yes" he said. looking down into
her eyes, Il wanted them to be- For
seven years I've been making them,
bit by bit. in. my little shop up stairs.
Making them. you know, for the
foolish enough to-love me-" He
smiled wistlally.
She would have-have to be a
very wonderful dream-girl to be wor-
thy of-of such thoughtfulness and
and sense of beauty" said Irene
Wedgewood, as she stepped hesitantly
past him into the hall And a few
moments later she left. the original
intention of her visit to Mains COM
pletely forgotten.
Two months later when Irene
Wedgewood went out to superintend
the arrangement of the furnishings of
her new house, she found a certain
orangewood boudoir set already I'M
packed in the room adjoining her bed
room. For an instant she held her
hands over her surprised eyes and
then looked again. Star-eyed and with
flaming cheeks she went to the tele-
phone before which she sat for some
moments in deep thought, then sud-
denly she changed her mind, for she
slipped into her coat and drove her
car furiouSly back to town.
At five that afternoon she entered
Mains studio rather preathlessly
I've come" demurely said the once
imperious Miss Wedgewood, ito pay
for-for the boudoir SET
Mains smiled down into her eyes.
standing close. 1T was a fancy of
mine to send it, You were the first
woman to see it, and-and so were en-
titled to have it. It's value isis en-
tirely other than financial-so, you
see. money cannot pay fof it,
II didn't mean money" A tear
slipped down her cheek. II thought
I might be the-the dream girl-and
and pay for it with-love.' She
stood there with bowed head and
warm flushed cheeks.
Whereat Mains reached out and
gently cuddled her to his heart: COL
lecting his first payment promptly.
And the present Mrs. Mains will tell
you any time that Mains Made hap
piness is even more wonderful than
Mains Made furniture
Copyright. 1918 by Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate)
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wyoming, Minnesota and Wiscon-
sin are announced by the Ma
tionaI tuberculosis association as win
ners of remnants in the fourth annual
competition for the sale of Red Cross
Seals last Christmas season. Broad
view. Mont, leads the cities and towns
of the country with a record sale of
64.76 per capita, while 7S9 other towns
and cities reached or exceeded the
standard of six seals per inhabitant.
Wyoming's record of 10 seals per in
habitant triples any previous state rec
ord ever made. Over 100 900. 900 seals
were sold in the entire country, a gain
of so per cent over 1916.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-15
Is YEARS AGO IN TOPEKA
From, the columns of
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL

may 1875.
Col J. W. F. Hughes had honors thrust
upon him at the Republican National
League convention at Louisville. His pic
ture appeared in the papers, and he was the
candidate of the Kansas delegation for the
office of secretary of the national league.
J. Ware Butterfield and Sheriff John NJ.
Wilkerson were also talked of in this con-
nection. while 1t offered to and refused
by +. w. Hoch. j. NJ. Miller of Council
Grove was elected members of the execu-
tive committee and Fred Trigg of Kansas
City was elected national vice president for
Kansas.
Hugh Larimer, the 9-year-old brother of
J. Il. Larimer. was accidentally struck on
the head with Il baseball bat. while playing
ball near his home on Clay street this noon
and knocked senseless. He was carried
home and recovered his senses soon after,
aud it is thought the accident is not a SER
ious one.
Last evening at s 80 O'Clock Dean Col
well performed the ceremony which united
in marriage Miss Anna Stein only daugh-
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. W. c. Stein, and Mr..
1913 Polk street Mr.. and Mrs. Lyons left
today for Denver and win visit Colorado
Springs and other resorts before their re-
turn.
On their return to Topeka they will be
given a reception by Mr.. and Mrs Stein.
and will reside at 1915 Polk street, where a
pretty cottage has been remodeled and fur
nished by the brides father.
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n II is announced that American vet
.erinarians will hold a clinic in Port
Tand. Ore. for the purpose of devils
ing ways and means of eliminating the
bray from the mule. The proposed
xervice is a war measure. The rem
-edy for braying mules is simple and
effective All that is necessary is to
lie a rock to the mules tail. No mule
will bray until he has first hoisted his
fail If he be unable to elevate his
,caudal extremity his voice will remain
silent. Applice ton of the remedy is
hut little more hazardous than charg-
ing the enemy in the face of machine
gun fire.
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motorist. rs it a police trap? Be-
than twenty miles and hour
That's all right, SIR said the
country man blandly. Il amt no DO.
liceman. Only my wife has been invit-
ed to a wedding tomorrow. and
wanted to ask if you could spare her a
few drops o. gasoline to clean her
gloves with"
The sergeant had a squad of rs-
cruits on the rifle range. He trieA
them on the 50O-yard range, but non~
of them could hit the target
Then he tried them on the 300-yarA
The 200-yad and the 1O0-yard range.
in turn. but with no better success,
When they had all missed on thu
shortest range he looked around IN
despair.
Then he Strengthened up. SQUAD
attention" he commanded Fix bav.
onets! CHARGE"
A keen-eyed mountaineer led ht~
overgrown son into a country schooI
house.
This here boys arter farming b~
announced. What's yer bill o. fare %
"Our curriculum. sir" corrected the
schoolmaster. embraces geogra phv,
arithmetic. rigonometry-"
'That'n do" interrupted the father
-'that'll do. Load him I'D wen WITH
triggernometry- He's the onIv nco,
shot in the family"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-15
A HERO EVERY DAY
Brave Deeds of men in
Americas Fighting Service

Perilous work falls to the lot of
the man of the navy/on patrol and
convoy duty in the war zone of the
Atlantic. Always open to attack from
the enemy's submarines they take the
extra hazard of having to sail their
craft N black darkness for no lights
are allowed. 1t was when the United
States destroyer Chauncey was steam
ing. without lights that she collided
with a British vessel, the Rose. The
after portion of the American vessel
was submerged. Those in the for
ward part OF the ship were saved.
Among the men who made the SUI
preme sacrifice, losing his life'to save
those of Others was Ensign Harry G..
Skinner. jr., of the United States
naval reserve force. He was a native
OF Baltimore, Nd. and enlisted May
8, 1917. His mother, Mrs. Harry G.
Skinner, lives at Mt. Washington, Md.
A thirteen-star service flag has Just
been raised in Baltimore. It~repre-
sents thirteen inseparable companions
One star is golden and honors the
memory of Louis Cohen, a boatswain
mate on the U. S. s. Man1ey, who
made the supreme sacrifice when his
ship and a British vessel collided
somewhere in the Atlantic. The other
twelve stars represent his mourning
companions who are now preparing to
go over there" Four are in the
navy, one at Camp Mcclellan, Annis-
ton, Ala, and another at Camp Meade,
Md. The flag hangs from the window
of store kept by II. Mankowitz, at
1430 West Baltimore street where the
"crowd of Is" used to meet before
being called to the colors Cohen was
son Of Louis Cohen. living at 13
Ridger Place, New York. The Manley
collision occurred March 10 last A
depth charge aboard the ship was ex-
ploded by the impact. killing one Of
ficer and three enlisted men and in
juring a number of others.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-15
TRAVELETTE
The BaSQues,
BY NIKSAH


The Basques are people of mystery
"a race whose origin and early his
tory are lost in a tangled web of ira
dition and myth. When the Romans
came to Spain they found these tair-
faced people firmly entrenched in
their mountain homes. from which
they successfully defied the might of
Rome. Today these provinces of
northern Spain are still in their hands,
their people are unchanged, their Ian
guage the same.
This language they claim is the
first speech of the world. If their
claims are true we are not surprised
tongues, for the Basque language is
the hardest in the world to learn. 1t
is said that Satan himself spent seven
years in trying to master 1t and then
only learned three words. After try
ing to conquer such masterpieces as
are forced to admire the devils 1ingual
agility in mastering even those three.
Innumerable theories have been adj
vanced as to the origin of the Basques.
Some learned scientists claim that they
are the people of lost Atlantis. others
cient Egyptians, whose portraits are
traced on many an old tomb by the
Nile. But the Basques themselves say
they are a race that has always been
in Spain, ever since the age of din
osaurs and mastodons.
They are a proud race-proud of
their ancient traditions Every
Basque is a noble of bluer blood than
the haughtiest Castilian. And yet in
spite of their isolation. as a people
they have not degenerated or fallen
from their high standards Today the
Basques are more prosperous than
ever before. They have shown an
energy lacking in many other parts of
Spain, and willingness to accept new
conditions and customs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-15
DOROTHY DIX TALKS
BY DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.
Is Self Conceit an Asset?-2.

Is Self Conceit an Asset?-2.
Therefore, 1 had all of my faults
and shortcomings kept religiously be-
fore my Eyes. 1 was told continually
that 1 was a dark, ugly little thing,
and that 1 was awkward and in every
body's way. Children exaggerate
everything. and the result of my
mothers homilies on my looks was
to make me believe 1 was repulsive in
appearance, and a blunderer unfit for
petite society.
THE tears 1 have she'd the agonies
1 have suffered over my lack of at
tractiveness no one can even imagine
1 grew morbid on the subject. and to
this day, even when l am middle aged
it embarrasses me-to death to find
anyone looking steadily at me. My
mind flies back to my mothers early
teaching. and 1 think that they are
looking at me as at something gro
tesque.
"And the cynical part of it is that
ell of this suffering. and shame and
humiliation was for nothing. l really
wasn't an ugly girl a: ali. / was quite
as good looking the average, and 1
only needed the stimulus OF vanity to
have made me a pretty girl.
There are women who carry them
selves SO per cent above their looks.
and other women who carry them
selves IS per cent below their looks.
belonged to the latter class. for in
destroying my vanity my mother had
made me shy. and deprecating and
self conscious. So 1 went about with
my shoulders slouched over. and my
head hanging down, and wore my
good clothes as if they were rags and
pasted myself up against the wall, a
foredoomed failure in society, until
Providence rescued me by sending
along a good Samaritan who married
me.
You may depend on it have never
tried to suppress my daughters vanity.
On the contrary. I brought them up to
believe that every one of them was
Lillian Russell, and / have actually
got one girl, with carroty hair and
Stub no0o and a saleratus biscuit COM
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shortage of bandages and shortage OF
anesthetics in European conflicts. Let
us hope that an American soldiers
wounds need never be dressed with
straw and bandaged with newspaper.
Let it never be said that an American
soldier bleeding or near death was
neglected because those at home did
not care. To prevent this is the work
of the Red Cross. And to enable the
Red Cross to perform its task by fur
nishing it sufficient money is our
work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-15

On Friday of this week the great
Jewish festival of Shabuoth, or Feast
of Weeks, will be observed in all tenn
plies and synagogues turnout the
world. The festival will begin, in ac-
cordance with Jewish religious Gus
tom, at sunset on Thursday and viii
continue until Sunset Friday. Ortho-
dox Jews will likewise observe the
next day 'as a supplementary festival
In Reform temples children from 3
10 16 years of age will be confirmed
with appropriate ceremonies in the
religion of their fathers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-15
A KANSAN In NEW YORK.
CHAPTER V.
Food without Wheat.
will win the war.

| Food will win the war.
Hoover started this slogan. ana Is
certainly effectually not only shouting
it, but inducing the people from day
to day, week to week and month &c
month to believe in its truth; at least
as one of the greatest allies to the men
and munitions, which at the front are
bearing the brunt of the battle
Nothing is more important than
food and supplies in abundance tor
the brave men of Great Britain
France, Italy and America.
To insure this food supply, especially
the concentrated foods and the most
staple and necessary of the food in
gradients. wheat. we at home must
find substitutes.
This is being done.
| In the west we have wheatless days
and meatless days in order, as they
say, that we may not have some day
in the future mealless days for our
selves or any such days for our SOL
diers.
| The east is closer to the war. 1t is
no more loyal nor is it more liberal
in proportion to its wealth and re-
sources in supplying everything upon
| which the success at arms depends,
whether this be money, men or sup
plies.
But the east, being nearer the
worlds great highway. the ocean, and
near to the munition plants, the seat
of national government and the ac-
tivities of the war factories and the
ports from which our soldiers and
sailors and supplies go forth-these
things all make the east little closer
to the war.
While we in the west have wheat
less days, in the east every day is
wheatless.
From the time that the writer left
on this trip to New York, Friday,
April 10, until his return Wednesday,
May /, to the best of his knowledge
and belief he ate no food containing
wheat.
Starting out the first evening with
Fred Harvey of the Santa Fe dining
car system, no food with wheat in it
was served to him.
Printed at the head of the menu
card was this injunction in red ink:
I'm response to the urgent appeal
of the United States Food Admins
tration, this restaurant is pledged to
serve no food containing wheat in any
form until September 1, 1918"
A similar declaration appeared on
every menu card. whether On dining
car, at hotel, restaurant and at most
cafes.
Perhaps you would like to know
what 1 had in place of bread. Here
is what it was: Harvey bread, made
of rice flour. potato flour. barley
flour and milk. This is supplied
toasted and is extremely palatable.
There were also liberty mullins and
Mr.. Volmer, a steward for Mr.. Har-
vey of the Santa Fe, said there was
no wheat flour in the mullins, which
were made of corn flour. rice flour,
milk. egg and a little baking powder.
For dinner on the Pennsylvania
road between Chicago and New York
this is what / had:
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= 1t is difficult to realize how easy
the way has been made for each one
10 help win the war and at the same
time to help himself From the
penny which the child at school may
save until he has enough to buy IS
cent thrift stamp, up thru the gamut
of the war savings stamp. which costs
a fraction over 81, the liberty bond at
$50 or at any multiple of $50, all.
poor and rich alike. may serve and
save-serve by lending to the govern
srnent the pennies and dollars, save by
having invested at interest money
which might otherwise have slipped
thru the fingera
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plexion, who believes so much in her
self, and has got such dash and spirits
and self confidence that she has per-
suaded people into taking her at her
own valuation and accepting her as a
beauty of a piquant type.
after all. we mostly write our own
price tags, don't We? The world is
pretty apt to accept our own estimate
of our own abilities. At any rate, if
we haven't any faith in ourselves we
certainly can't inspire any confidence
in other people.
THE young fellow who starts in
the world sloshing over with vanity,
and admira ton for his own powers
and certainty that he is going to set
the world on fire with his genius, may
not start as much of a confederation
as he expected to, but he will make
lots more of a splutter than the hum
BILE youth who has no faith in his own
ability, and doesn't expect to achieve
anything, or get anywhere in partic-
ular.
ITS our vanity that keeps us strug-
Cling on at the thing we have at
tempted, that won't let us give up
and admit that we are beaten, that
makes us risk everything to win our
gives US the self confidence TO at
tempt big things. and that inspires in
other people a belief that makes them
help US. The slogan of victory is, L
know 1 can do it The wall OF de-
feat is the humble. L don't know
whether I have the ability to do it or
not. The measure of success or fail
ure is the measure of self conceit nine
times out of ten
But self conceited people are SO
afflicting to have to live with, and
modest people are so delightful. and
that's why / don't know whether to
encourage my chldren's vanity or
suppress it, added the woman with a