The Coconino sun., 1919-05-16

Growers Association
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 Shall Flagstaff improve and be more paved? {? Make it so
 If you can't tell the truth, lie about it and gum the game
 Flagstaff is the biggest little city in the Southwest. Let's help cut out the "ittle."
 subscriber wants short definition of bol- shevism. It's "going crazy and biting yourself"
 It is not only Welcome home," to the boys but "Well, come home," to those who are yet over there.
 Never shoot when your gun isn't loaded Loan the unloaded gun to your enemies. (Poli- tics-I one; won.)
 America convinced Germany and has almost convinced Mexico that the "gringo" will fight. All he wants is just cause.
 Flagstaff offers wonderful opportunities for every one except the fellow who feels that "hook worms" should be the main crop.
 Carranza has declared war on Villa, says a headline Many people along the border have been afraid of this for several years.
 One thing proves the country is getting bet ter and better is that you can't always tell a mans politics from the state he halls from
 Germany bet all she had on the high card and only raised the deuce They lost lot of lit tie kinks, and the joker got in Dutch in Holland.
 Director Hines says that the government only lost $226 900 last year on the railroads. Won der what the people lost on top of this amount because of lack of service?
 A bolshevik orator at Petrograd declares: "We have abolished God" Quite believable, bu. Satan is evidently still on the job in Russia, and working three full shifts day. r.
 Senator Ashurst thinks we should stand be- hind the president. How can fellow when he is running around so much? Also, who would poy our carfare, boatage, and porterage?
 President Wilson has called Congress to con vene on May 19, and advises the boys that he would not be here to mark out their lessons for them, but would be home in time to mark their final papers.
 One of, the amusing things about Flagstaff is that it outgrows itself every year In other words the fellow who "out-prepares' the other fellow is always that much ahead of the "other fell0W.
 The pioneer rancher in this country is en- titled to just as much credit as any other pioneer and sometimes we believe heap more for he has made garden of the parks" and is still on the job.
 It is wonder the I. w. w. did not select July as the date to send out their bombs through the mails to kill women and children. It would be so much more in keeping with their idea of patriotism.
 The war department has sold twenty-four big army camps for S548000, The people are in luck that they did not have to pay that much to have them turned over to private parties. They only cost about $548000,000.00
 All that Flagstaff needs is more places to put more people so that more people will have places to work for more people who want to come to Flagstaff. We have the goods-al we need is brains to develop some of the vacant territory.
 The first item in any sane labor program is to make it possible for productive enterprises to go ahead and do business so that there may be no unemployment, but this is the item that most of the big takers about labor choose to overlook entirely.
 About the only thing that the Salvation Army workers have ever asked is: What can we do for you." They took what you gave them and gave it away to the next fellow who needed the money, and, they never thought of asking you what church you belonged to or whether you would ever give it back.
 There is a lot of pleasure in taking your hat