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The Arvada enterprise., 1918-05-09
war Garden Con.
test Inaugurated

rONoWlhE Cne meetlnX at the town
hall on last Thursday evening, at
which. meeting it was tentatively de.
cided to take advantage of the money
appropriated by Congress to the diff
ferent states for the purpose of pro-
noting production and conservation
Of food, the school board met at the
high school building with Mrs. Barth
Of the Woman's Council of Defense :;
Mrs. Pipkin Of the Parent Teachers
Association: DR.. Russell and Mr.. Co
rich, representing the town board,
and other citizens interested In the
school war gardens. The local
board appropriated $3.50 and this
amount is duplicated by the Federal
government, same to be used for the
purpose of interesting the school
children between the ages of 10 and
IA In raising produce andcnnning and
caring for same. The following act
as an executive board for carrying
out the governments plant: I
Mrs. Barth Of the Women's Coun-
ell OF Defense: DR.. E. L. Foster,
president of the school board; Mrs.
Pipkin Of the Parent Teachers' Asso-
citation: Mr.. Maoney, Of the Com
munity club, and Mr.. erich Of the
town board. l0.a... I.... ,.r.
The requirements for child to
enter the School War Garden Club
nre five. viz: The member must
agree to grow a garden, keep an &C.
rurate record Of receipts and expen-
ditures on blanks furnished them,
write n story of the years work and
attend all meetings Of the club. Each
member will he given perfect grade
as follows: Gardens, 40; story, 10;
expenditures, 30; record, 10; attend.
nnce, 10.
A list of prizes in cash and mer.
chandise have been donated by the
business mon Of Arvada to the
amount Of approximately $56 and
more TO follow.
Each member " required to do
their own work, keeping the garden
clean, planting seed, irrigating. etc
II being the wish Of the government
that each child shall have q rcspon.
sibility OF their own. the work will
be done under supervision Of Mr.,
Brown. working In conjunction with
the parents, 1t being allowable for
the parent to instruct and help the
child in things he Is not capable Of
doing. Owing the latcness Of the
time. parents arc urged to lay out
the garden plot for their child and
help them get started. Already fifty
members in Arvada will have their
garden ut home, fifteen members will
be furnished ground, besides mem.
bcrx in Oberon, Griffith and other
parts Of the school district. The
minimum size plot for n child to par
ticipatc in the distribution Of prizes
will be $50 square feet, but mem
ber may have more or less, ~ he
chooses.
The children are encouraged u
have NJ large garden ~ possible
as that will probably count In the
grading Of the garden.
The Arvada enterprise., 1918-05-09
munaI Victor In Il
School Election

which took place last Monday was a
real lively affair and the results while
naturally displeasing to the losers
was most gratifying to Mr.. Munal
and his frieds who stood SO Loyalty
by him. The day was perfect, but as
the people of the district were very
busy getting in their crops most ev-
eryone expected light vote and
were greatly surprised. to see the in
terest manifested early in the after
noon. Automobiles were in evidence
everywhere carrying the voters to
and from the polls and the regularity
of the trips of certain cars soon evil
denced the fact that there was or
ganization and teamwork back of it
all and that once more the people of
the district were in the throes of an
other Interesting" contest for hon
ors on the school board.
When the polls closed at 700 p.
m. it was. found that one of the heav-
lest polls in the schools history had
been taken. The result was as fol-
lows:
Joseph c. Munal. .36a
Hiram A. Brown. .181
A total of Sag ballots in all were
cast.
1t eight o'clock the annual meet
ing was called at the High school and
a very small attendance was had.
The secretary, John J. Webber,
read the minutes of the last meeting
and also the annual report which in
dicated that the schools had made an
advancement along several lines and
the finances were in good shape.
President DR.. Foster then threw
the meeting open for general discuss
ion and asked the peoples advice on
the matter Of purchasing the lots on
the south side, including the cottage
which they said could be used for =
Domestic Science building. Messrs.
Staley, Juchem, Newcomb and others
expressed the opinion that II the six
lots could be purchased for 4 reason
able amount they should be purchas-
ed and q motion duly seconded was
carried that the board be authorized
to take such steps as necessary to
open up negotiations for the same.
The matter Of = Union High school
was discussed and considerable inter-
est was shown and an effort will be
about some such plan as soon as the
people can be educated up to the
idea, which seems to be working out
so successfully elsewhere.
Mr.. Munal. the newly elected trea-
surer, was introduced and made .
few remarks stating that he was not
in position to say great deal as he
would have to familliarizs himself
first with the conditions Of the school.
The meeting was then duly ad-
journed.
1t goes without saying that the
people Of School District No. 2 have
spoken their mind thru the ballot As
to whether their schools will be con-
trolled by party bosses in Golden or
elsewhere, whether they be Demo-
crat or Republican. The cheap talk
Of the political trickster has again
failed In its purpose and It il too bad
that such thing should have been
attempted. not only for the defeated
candidates' sake, who 70 far ~ We
are informed. was not to blame, but
for the sake Of the community VEL
fare.
The Arvada enterprise., 1918-05-09

both Mr.. and Mrs. Evans have the
sympathy Of the entire ncixhborhood
In their serious misfortune.
The Arvada enterprise., 1918-05-09


Arvada W. X. e. met In regular
session on May 4th. with one visitor.
Mrs. Thompson. from Minneapolis,
and two comrades present. The Wo-
mans Relief Corps. y nationwide
movement to assist the e. A. r.. was
organized In Denver In 1859. This
Is one of the most powerful move
mentx for good ever organized. To-
day these loysl women are doing
their best for the United States Ar
my. Aryada Corps voted to make
three rugs for the SoldicrS' Home nj
Monte Vista. Mrs. Edwards donated
n beautiful large rug which will also
be sent 10 the Home. Committees
were appointed. and preparations
made for the annual dinner 10 bc
vIvcn 10 the comrades upon their re-
turn from decorating the graves Of
departed comrades on Decoration
Day.
Brisg floral tributes rare, md thus
we'll teach
The children sil, thruout our IAnd 10
great
To honor those who for their country
stfovc-
These tributes, too, will cen u ser
mon preach
TO nll the world around. that love.
not hats,
Dwclls in our hearts. and grace
from God above.
The Arvada enterprise., 1918-05-09

= Harry Stannard has enlisted from
California and has gone to Camp
Lewis. Mrs. Stannard IL still unable
to walk from rheumatism.
The Arvada enterprise., 1918-05-09

The W. c. T. U. will meet at Mrs.
Bnrth's Tuesday afternoon. May l4th
Mt two o'clock. .Importnnt business.
All members roquectod to be present.
The Arvada enterprise., 1918-05-09

Arthur Newton Is still carrying his
right arm In u Splint, which wss brok-
en- when Ne fell out Of u tree three
weeks ago while engaged In working
for the Arvnda Electric Company.
The Arvada enterprise., 1918-05-09
Community Club 4
Has Good Meeting

The Arvada Community Club took
another squirt last Tuesday night by
electing new set Of officers and lay
ing out some constructive plans for
the general betterment of the town.
There was fairly good attend
ance and the spirit of the meeting
was fine. The officers elected for the
the ensuing year are as follows:
President, Walter P. Smith; Vice
President, w. w. Moberly; Second
Vice President, C. M. Danford; Sec
retary, A. J. Recht; Treasurer, Wes-
ley Staley. ",
The matter of a sanitary sewer
for Arvada was the chief topic un-
der consideration and Mr.. Izett, the
engineer, who made survey of the
town submitted the plans and gave
estimates on two or three different
systems, the highest priced one being
the Imhotf, which he estimated would
cost about S32 for each 25x125 foot
lot in the sanitary district. The other
sysems about $2s to $2s per lot.
A committe with J. F. White as
chairman, was appointed comprising
A. L. Davis, A. H. Barth, Wesley Sta
ley, H. J. Juchem, J. T. Kennedy, R.
Russell, E. L. Foster and o. N. Ev-
ana, to look into the matter fully.
A committe with w. w. Moberly
as chairman and Josiah Maloney and
W. P. Smith was appointed to take
up the mater Of securing a gas SER
vice, IL possible from the Denver con-
cern. All who would like to see gas
put into their homes for cooking pur-
poses should let it be known at once.
Several renewed their dues and a
new member, in the person Of D. W.
Grosnsll, who recently purchased the
Stewart proprty, was received and
he seems to be = very desirable ac-
QUESTION to the club.
Mr.. Maloney was given = vote of
thanks for his very efficient and en-
thusiastic services ~ president Of the
club forths past three years. Mr..
Isstt, who agreed TO come out Mon
day to give assistance ON the roads,
was also rendered vote Of thanks.
The Arvada enterprise., 1918-05-09

The Craig Colony Club met at the
home Of Mrs. AL Cole Tuesday with
q good attendance. The afternoon
was spent In sewing carpet rags. As
planned, alinsn shower was also held.
The next meeting will be held At the
home Of Mrs. Chas. McFadden.
The Arvada enterprise., 1918-05-09

The MolAe Plow Companyhas ar.
ranged for . plow tractor demon.
stration next Saturday and Monday
May 11tk and 18th on the farm Of
Hiram Brown west Of town. Those
interested cannot afford to miss it.
Phoenix tribune., 1918-11-02
Texas And Georgia Will Stop Lynchings
LOYALTY rs SECOND
NATURE TO NEGROES

Greensboro, N. c., Oct 29.-She was
old and wrinkled, her ebony face
scanned with years of toll, but there
was a determination reflected in her
eye as with firm step she led her
eighth and youngest son TO the court
house and presented him to the legal
advisory board
In due time with her stalwart son
at her side she was seated before
member of the board and together
they were answering the questions
contained in the QUESTIONABLE
"Do you claim exemption for any
reason, young MANI" asked the. law
yer
The young Negro turned an in
quiring eye toward his mother, but
before he could answer, she broke in:
mo. sir, I'm not going to claim
any exemption for him at all. I've
already got seven sons in the army
and they're all right over in France
for democracy right now; and /
think l can get along somehow with
out them until they come back again.
so if Mr.. Wilson needs this boy to
help kill the kaiser, then II offer no
objection at ALL"
So, on the strength of this state
ment the lawyer marked an "X" on
the line opposite the words Single
man with no dependents" and
proud old mother walked away re-
ioicing in the knowledge of a duty
well done, and husky youth made
ready to join his seven brothers
"over there"
Phoenix tribune., 1918-11-02
COLORED JOCKEY
SHOT IN QUARREL

Baltimore. Md, Oct. 29.-Perhaps
fatally injured. Booth Bryant, we'll
known colored steeple-chase jockey.
is lying in the Franklin Square Hos
pital with a bullet hole through his
stomach as the result of a brawl over
a game of craps. He was rushed
hurriedly to this city from Laurel,
Md, where early last evening the
shooting occurred Before losing con-
sciousness Bryant alleged that white
boy by the name of Isaacs fired the
shot that may cost his life after they
had engaged in heated argument
The bullet entered his stomach and
passed out his back. Physicians at
Laurel. realizing the seriousness Of
the case, lost no time in having the
injured man rushed to this city.
Bryant has been well known on
the turf for several years. He has
ridden in many steeplechase events,
has always been known as a skillful
rider and was very familiar to pa
irons of the local race courses. During
the meeting at Havre de Grace and
the session at Laurel, which was in
terrupted last Saturday by the epi-
demic of Spanish influenza. he fire.
quently appeared as a rider in the
struggles through the fields and won
a couple of these affairs.
1t is understood that Bryant, before
lapsing into unconsciousness, gave a
thorough description of the man he
claims shot him. The authorities at
Laurel quickly took up the chase to
the alleged assailant.
Phoenix tribune., 1918-11-02
COLORED LIBERTY
LOAN COMMITTEE
ISSUES STATEMENT

AS chairman Of the committee of
colored people for the Fourth Liber-
ty loan, I deem il my duty to thank
and congratulate this committee for
their splendid efforts in behalf of the
Fourth Liberty loan. also wish to
thank the colored citizens of Phoenix,
who purchased Liberty bonds through
this committee Notwithstanding this
committee started upon their work
after twothirds of the colored people
had purchased Liberty bonds through
their banks or through their employ
ers, we succeeded in raising for the
Fourth Liberty Loan a tidy sum of
1880.
| am indeed glad to know that my
people stand one hundred per cent
behind the president and the boys in
the trenches. The patriotism and
loyalty of the American Negro has
never been questioned He has fought
in every war that has occupied the
attention of this government and has
brought credit to himself and this
Nation as well. He fought at Bunker
Hill and at Gettysburg; at San Juan
Hill and at Carrizal; and he is fight
ing NOW somewhere in France"
(Signed): PAUL GREEN.
NOTE: This article and the names
of bond purchasers should have ap-
peared in our last issue, but owing to
war conditions which have curtailed
the output of the paper mills, we were
crowded for space.-Editor.
Phoenix tribune., 1918-11-02
GEORGIA COTTON
PICKERS GET A
PENNY A POUND

Atlanta, Ga.-Coming to the rescue
of the cotton farmers whose fields are
white with cotton and pickers almost
unobtainable, the women's committee
Of the Fulton County Unit of the
Council of National Defense are en-
rolling volunteers for this patriotic
and now renumerative work. Many
other womens organizations are or
ganizing to send women and girls to
the fields throughout Georgia to save
the crop of fleecy staple. Farmers
are paying from 81 to s1.5O per hun
dred for the picking, and in many
cases the women turn the proceeds
over to the Red Cross.
Phoenix tribune., 1918-11-02
WHITE MASONS REFUSE TO
WORK WITH COLORED
MAsoNs IN BALTIMORE
Experience of Mr.. J. A
Boiler, A First Class Mechanic

Baltimore, Maryland, Oct. 2S. -
Mr.. ]. A. Boiler, a first ,class brick
mason of Florence, S. c.. was brought
to Baltimore few weeks ago to work
on a government job at Curtis Bay
When Mr. Boiler was put to work the
white mechanics Immediately walked
down from the scaffold and declared
they would throw up their job rather
than work with Negro. There was
no question of union or non union
merely Negro and White.
The government agent who en-
ployed Mr.. Boiler endeavored to salts
fly all parties and did all he could to
take care of Mr.. Boiler under the cir
cumstances. He was placed in charge
of a laborers group by the employ
ment agent After two or three days
on this job several white laborers
who were in the group refused to
work under Negro and Mr.. Boiler
concluded it time to try for work else
where. He found work at the Beth
lehem Steel Company's plant and is
now at work satisfied and giving per
feet satisfaction to his employers.
Mr.. Boiler is highly intelligent
workman and one who thoroughly
knows his trade, having taught at
Tuskegee Institute; he also carried
on contracting business in st. Louis
He came to the city from Wichita,
Kansas. Mr.. Boiler is not at all
believer in the absorption of Negroes
by the Federation of Labor as cure
for color line prejudice; on the con-
trary his experience makes him know
that the effort to unionize the Negro
is simply to control him and force
him out of profitable and the most
preferable classes of labor when nor
NAL conditions return.
Phoenix tribune., 1918-11-02
WILSON EXPECTED
TO MAKE ADDRESS AT
A coLoRED SCHOOL

The October number of the South
ern Workman published by the
Hampton Institute Press) is largely
devoted to the war activities of the
Negroes and Indians of Hampton In
stitute as training school for young
soldiers of these races.
A page is devoted to items aboui
"The Negro and the War;" and ar
ticles and editorials on the same sub
ject include an illustrated paper on
the Hostess House at Camp Upton
for Colored soldiers; "The Psychol
ogy of Senegal" a most interesting
character study; an account of the
naming of Camp Alexander, the new
stevedore camp at Newport News; the
Hymn of Freedom by Natalie Curtis
Burlin with the story of its origin
and it's Introduction in the army
camps; tributes to Negro soldiers and
records of incidents showing the loyal
ty of the black race,
Poems include The Indian Soldier,
"Our Colored Soldiery", and Take the
Loan" an appropriate song for the
Fourth Loan drive. An important il
lustrated article is report on the
new County Training Schools for Ne
goes in the South by Jackson Davis,
field agent of the General Education
Board.
The leading editorial announces the
program for the coming celebration on
October 81 and November l of the
Fiftieth Anniversary of Hampton In
stitute when President Wilson is ex-
pected to make an address if his pub
lie duties permit.
Phoenix tribune., 1918-11-02
TEXAS AND GEORGIA
ENACT LAWS DESIGNED
TO STOP LYNCH|NGS

Texas and Georgia are trying to
put stop to lynching. The Texas
plan is to pay rewards for convic-
tions. The Georgia way is to take the
sheriff's job from him if he allows
anybody to be lynched in his baili-
wick. The Texas plan is the most
expensive but the Georgia way is sure
to prove the most effective.
Tho open handed Texans propose
to end lynching and mob violence not
only in Texas, but within the bounds
of continental United States" The
idea is to raise fund of 100000, to
be maintained for five years, to con-
bat and punish lynching and mob vio-
lence. A reward of 500 is to be paid
to each person directly responsible
for the arrest and subsequent convic-
tion of any person or persons instru-
mental in arousing a mob to commit
lynching or participating in the lynch
ing itself, when the victim is white
and $1,000 under the same conditions
when the victim is a Negro The offer
applies to officials and private citi-
zens of any state.
The Georgia legislature is ponder
ing bill which provides for the re-
'moval from office of any sheriff who
permits prisoner to be taken from
the Jail or from his deputies and
lynched
The difficulty about the Texas plan
is that it makes no provision for get
ting juries that will convict in lynch
ing cases. 1t looks like prosecuting
witnesses are going to have a hard
time getting the 500, and harder
time getting the $1,000. unless suffi-
GENTLY alluring rewards are offered to
jurors to convict. Juries in lynching
cases are peculiar.
The Georgia plan has been in oper-
alton in Illinois for several years and
has been found extremely efficacious.
1t has not put stop to lynching in
that state. but it has practically stop
ped the practice of taking prisoners
from the sheriff's custody and lynch
ing them, which was popular and
perfectly safe pastime before the law
was enacted. An Illinois sheriff, when
confronted with the alternative Of
holding his prisoner or losing his
job, generally finds a way to foil the
lynchers.-St, Louis Post-Dispatch.
Phoenix tribune., 1918-11-02
SPANISH INFLUENZA;
HOW TO DEAL WITH 1T
(By zeno H. Lockett)

Editors Note: The following arti-
Gle, written by Mr.. Zeno H. Lockett OF
the Medical Department, Twenty-fifth
Infantry (colored). stationed at Ajo.
Ariz., was handed the Tribune repre-
sentative in that town for the purpose
of having it placed before all readers
of this journal (the majority of whom
are known to be colored). that they
may act wisely in combating this re-
cent epidemic. Mr.. Lockett and 9th
ers Of the Twenty-fifth have just re-
turned from the Hawaiian Islands.
where they were stationed for some
time) Following is the article:
l would like to inform the readers
Of the Tribune about the influenza.
SO that they may inform others.
Spanish influenza, which we have
heard or read so much about. is not
quite SO alarming as one judges it to
be. still there are lots of precautions
we should take in preventing the
spread of this disease. l advise the
people to take necessary steps to keep
Phoenix tribune., 1918-11-02
WHERE BATTLE WILL BE
FOUGHT THAT WILL DECIDE
WAR is QUESTION NOW ASKED

The question as to where and when
the deciding battle of the present
great war will be fought is one which
the whole world is asking, says
writer in Philadelphia North Ameri-
can. The battle of the Somme, Yer
dun, the battle Of the Marine and the
great drive against the Hindenburg
line were each a great stride toward
victory, but only the future can tell
just when and where the deciding
blow will be struck And without
such a blow, say the historians, nc
permanent peace can be achieved, for
wars of the past show that the end is
always brought about by some great,
decisive victory.
Gettysburg was the deciding battle
of the Civil war and Saratoga is con-
sidered as having been the critical
fight during the Revolution. One must,
however, go back some 2,407 years to
find the first decisive battle of his
bOAJ, WAlCh Wdo lOuSnI dI
when the Athenians under Militades
defeated the Persians and preserved
free government
Equally decisive was the victory of
the Syracusans over those same Athe-
mans some seventy odd years later,
and since then there has been no war
in which some battle has not been de-
finitely the deciding struggle Oddly
enough, such battles are almost al
ways fought ON land, for no matter
how great the victory at sea, it does.
not seem as efficacious in ending war
as does such victory on land.
Thus, while the battle of Trafalgar
in 1906 was the deciding naval battle
between France and England since it
destroyed Napoleon's hope of invading
Great Britain. it was not until Water
loo, some ten years later, that de
cisive defeat was administered to
Bonapare by the allied armies of
Russia, Austria, Prussia and England.
Phoenix tribune., 1918-11-02
FIRST COLORED BANK
DESIGNATED AS
u. S. DEPOSITORY

Portsmouth, Va.-The Mutual Saw
ings bank of this city has the dis
tinction Of being the only Colored
bank in this country which the Unit
ed States has designated as a deposit
tory of the government, this honor
having been conferred upon it on
account of its splendid record in the
Liberty Loan campaign.
The record made by the Colored
people in this city and vicinity in the
first. second and third Liberty Loan
drives is worthy Of the highest COM
mendation. In the first loan twelve.
persons subscribed through the Mu-
tual Savings Bank for $4,000 worth of
bonds; in the second loan AGA per-
sons subscribed.
Phoenix tribune., 1918-11-02
COLOR QUESTION
ARISES-TRANSVAAL
Whites Do Not Want Natives to Have
Monopoly of Unskilled Work
In the Colony

The Transvall is now discussing
whether unskilled labor shall be the
exclusive property of Kaffir natives
or whether white men shall be en-
ployed for such work. There is con-
siderable difference of opinion in the
matter, and although certain inter
ests oppose the employment of white
men at comparatively high wages,
several newspapers and organiza-
tions are strongly in favor of edu-
eating white men to perform all the
important work of the country.
One objection to the employment
of white men for unskilled work is
that it may bar blacks from employ
ment Of any kind. White labor now
has a monopoly of the skilled trades
and there is possibility that the
high wages for white unskilled labor
may cause employers to hire white
men exclusively as they refuse to
pay the same money to blacks.