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Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-01-24
Pleasant Old Ace.

What blessings are these-that the
soul having served its time, so to
speak. in the campaigns of desire and
ambition, rivalry and hatred, and all
the passions, should live in its own
thoughts and, as the expression goes
should dwell apart. Indeed, If 1t has
in store any of what | may call the
food of study and philosophy, nothing
can be pleasanter than an old age OF
MISUNDERSTANDING
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-01-24
Trials All Have Value.

Trials without discover forces with
in. Says Victor Hugo: "There are
instincts for all the crises of life"
A deep perplexity awakens a flash of
insight; a bitter opposition sets the
soul on fire; grave peril opens our
eyes to horses and chariots of fire; a
severe catastrophe evokes a heroism
of which the sufferer had not thought
himself capable.-W. L. Watkinson.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-01-24
EeIt Need Of chann.

Charles was staying in the country
where playmates were few. So long
as it was Hobson's choice he amused
himself with a little neighbor girl
some years younger than himself, but
on being invited to play with an Older
girl~well supplied with toys, he entire
ly abandoned his former playmate re-
CARELESS of all her attempts to lure
him back. On being demonstrated with
by his mother for his neglect of Julia
he disgustedly remarked, ooh mother,
I'll go back to Julia some day, but a
fellow sometimes wants a change
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-01-24
Do Your Own Thlnklnn.

You can't become a man of mark, a
man of real achievement, so long as
you are but an echo of other people.
You can't possibly progress as you
should in your chosen life work. For
the highest success demands vigorous,
alert, Independent thinking. And your
thinking is the opposite of this, as re-
vealed by your blind, uncritical assim-
.ilation of other, peoples ideas
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-01-24
Biblical Town of GAIA.

Al-Mintar, or the Watchtower, still
exists to the east of the town of GAIA.
1t is where Samson is said to have car
ried the gates of the city. On the road
from GAIA to Jaffa are ancient olive
trees, many of them more than one
thousand years old, with gnarled bark
and immense trunks. There is an old
legend which credits GAIA with the in
vention of the first mechanical clocks
These were perhaps the sand clocks
which are still used in some mosques
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-01-24
OriuinaI "Gaq Rule"

"Gag rule" was phrase applied to
a resolution passed by congress in
May, 1886, that three-fourths of all
petitions, memorials, resolutions, prop
ositiops or papers relating in any way
to the subject of slavery or the ADOLF
ton of slavery should lie on the table
without being printed or referred. The
rule was abolished a few years later.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-01-24
BE Kind ALWAYS.

One great trouble with unkind
thoughts is that it is so very difficult
to keep them only thoughts; sooner or
later they find utterance. We may
fancy that we are keeping our I'M
charitable opinions to ourselves, but
they are almost certain to express
themselves in look or tone, if not in
word. The only way to be really kind
is to be kind clear MISUNDERSTANDING
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-01-24
Well Called DEVILS Belt.

Long Island sound, in New York, was
known before the revolution, and per
hans later, as the Devils Belt, as may
10 seen ON Sauthier's map of New
York In the Revolution. II naa hen
gate at one end and the nearly as tU
<1rltuOus Race at the other.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-01-24
Heroisrn.

Heroism is always the same, how
ever the fashion of a hero's clothes
may alter. Every hero in history is
as near to man as his neighbOr, and
If we should tell the simple truth of
some of our neighbors, it would sound
like poetry.-George w. Curtis.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-01-24

A Boston Child.

"Our child is backward. -Four years
old and takes no interest in Shakes
peare." "That does not necessarily in
dictate that the child is backward. He
may believe that Bacon wrote the
plays."-Kansas City Journal.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-01-24
Yes, Why Is 1t?

Said the facetious Teller, "Why is 1t
when a man goes to a butcher shop
and learns that the price of a chuck
roast is SO cents a pound he invOlun-
tarily allows his mind to revert to
thoughts of the flesh and the devil?"-
Indianapolis Star.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-01-24
Times of Lies Deep Emotions.

At certain periods of life we live
years of emotion in a few weeks and
look back on those times as on great
gaps between the old life and the new.
-Thackeray.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-01-24
Confirmation.

No woman is really satisfied with
the compliments her mirror pays her
unless they are reiterated by some
man.-BOston Transcript.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-01-24
Unfortunate Fact,

There is one guess that is pretty ac'
curate. Men who make speeches like
to make them.-St. Louis GlObe-Dem-
Ocrat.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-01-24
Aim Hioh,

If you hit the mark you must aim
little above it; every arrow that flies
feels the attraction of earth.-Long-
fellow.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-01-24
How to Get Rich.

Some men would have no trouble in
getting rich if they held on to the mon
ey they earn as they do to the money
they borrow.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-01-24
MAR-NO7
~ For FLOORS =

Floors are walked on, danced on, and
furniture is dragged over them. They
are scrubbed and swept and rubbed.
Marriott meets these conditions. holds it's
looks and gives you long service.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-01-24
SCAR-NOT
~ FOR INTERIOR WORK y

The steam from radiator, the heat
of dish or the splash of boiling
water, has no effect on Scar-Not. 1t
takes rich, high polish; extensively used
by furniture manufacturers.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-01-24
Daily -

He is foolish to blame the sea who
As Shipwrecked twice.--SyT1Us.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-01-24
nntimistic Thounht.

The king cannot always rule as he
wishes.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-01-24
REsXPAR
EOR OUTSIDE USE

Weather lie relentless in tie attacks ON
vanish. Rexpar can be exposed to heat,
cold, rain or snow, or even submerged
under water, and still retain its lustre and
never turn white.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-01-24

That wear-resisting finish
on your broom handle is
also varnish.
The Sherwin-W Williams
Company makes both
varnish for the finest
pianos; varnish for brooms
and brushes, tools and toys.
Here you have the two
extremes in varnish max
ing and between these a
hundred other surfaces,
requiring a special varnish
all madeby the Sherwin-
Williams Company.
In the same way it has
considered your floors,
your woodwork and furni-
ture and your out-of-doors
surfaces and makes a var
nish for each-and one that
best meets the kind ofwear
that each such surface gets.
>hA->qSzz@..:
Graham guardian., 1919-05-30
RAINS DAMAGE CROPS

The heavy rains Friday night
and Saturday morning and Mon
day night have caused consider.
able damage to the wheat and
barley crops Of the valley. 1t
looks now as if a 80 per cent crop
would be about the best the
farmers can hope for. Two
weeks ago, expert reports placed
the wheat crop at 100 per cent.
The wheat and barley is down
so fiat on some fields that it looks
impossible to even cut it for hay,
but the farmers think the sun
may raise it sufficiently that it
may be cut for hay.
Were it not. for the recent
rains. the wheat crop this year
would have been the best ever
grown In the valley, and at pres
ent prices would have brought a
mint of money for our farmers.
While the farmer is mourning
his loss, the cattleman is going
around with the glad smile and
the happy hand, for the rains
that damaged the wheat and
barley crops in the valley are
making the ranges bloom in
green, the color that makes the
cattlemen happy and incidentally
wealthy, as fat, healthy cattle
are bringing top prices.
Graham guardian., 1919-05-30

A statistician has estimated
that the total cost of the war to
all the nations involved will
amount to 5000, 600, 900, 900. Stag
gering as is the money cost, it is
small in comparison with the
price paid in blood and suffering
to millions of others. And yet
there are men in America who
scof and seek to defeat the eff
fort to prevent the recurrence of
such a calamity.
Graham guardian., 1919-05-30
ATTACK FARM.LOAN BANKS

In an article more than a col
umn long, the official organ of
the republican organization ex-
ploits and encourages the at
tempt which Representative Nc
Fadden, of Pennsylvania, has
announced will be made to re-
peal the act under which farm
loan banks have been established
in behalf of small agricultural
interests. This organ of the re-
publican party and spokesman
for the republican majority in the
next congress refers to the pres
ent plan to help the farmers as
"an expensive folly" and "a So
cialistic bubble"
Repeating the statements of a,
former republican congressman,
the organ characterizes the farm
loan act as "class legislation
asserts that it does not promote
home building or the buying OF
farms; contends that it benefits
only one farmer in 16l, and de-
clares that, it costs the Ameri-
can people 70 cents to give the
farmer 81. /"
Herbert Quick, member of the
Farm Loan Board, has already
pointed out that the attack on
the farm loan banks is inspired
by the concerns which have made
millions in lending money to-
farmers at excessive interest.
The land banks rate is 81 per
cent. Since their establishment
no money lenders have been
charging more than 6 per cent
on farm loans, except in a few
localities. Before the banks were
instituted. interest on such ac-
commodstions ran as high as Is
per cent and was seldom under
8 per cent.
When it Is remembered that
the Federal land banks now have
outstanding about $3.50, 900, 600
of loans to farmers, the saving
to the latter in interest, COM
pared with the rates they would
have had to pay from private
lenders, will be seen to be a vast
amount. In addition to the lesser
charge for the use of the money,
the farm-loan banks have also
made borrowing much easier for
the small farmer. Loans are
made up to 30 per cent Of the
appraised value of the farm, plus
20 per cent of the value of the per-
ihanent insured improvements.
If the republican majority
want to prove the value and
popularity of the farm-loan bank,
let them undertake to abolish it.
They will hear from someone be-
sides the note shavers.
Graham guardian., 1919-05-30
ROAD BOND ELECTION

That the people OF Graham
county believe in good roads is
clearly shown by the petitions
now being signed calling upon
the board of supervisors to order
q road bond election.
More than the 15 per cent re-
quired by law will have been Sc
cured by next Monday when the
board meets in regular monthly
session, and there is no doubt of
the election being called.
A successful election for a
S1QC, 900 road bond issue, would
allow the board to sell at this
time at least $4,000 in bonds.
the balance to be sold when
needed. With the amount that
can be secured by Federal aid
and from the State, there would
be a fund of at least S400. 900 for
building good roads in this county
under the supervision of a high
way commission that would serve
without salary.
The completion of the highway
from the Greenlee county line to
the Gila county line will naturally
draw. the travellers this way from
Lordsburg or Deming, as those
who travel to the coast will
choose our route in preference to
the dreary desert route along the
southern border.
Besides the highway, a good
road should be built to Bonita.
Every election campaign the
politicians of both the democratic
and republican parties promise
the people that if they are elect
ed they will work for a good road
from the valley to Bonita, but as
soon as the election is over they
promptly forget their promises,
consequently the only way the
people of this county can get
good roads is by taking the mat
ter in hand themselves and vot-
ing for a road bond issue, for
after all. it is the people, the
taxpayers, those who pay the
bills, and not the politician, who
can secure good roads in this
county.
So the best thing for the quail
fled voters of Graham county to
do is to vote unanimously for a
road bond issue and forget the
political bunk, and by SO doing
they will get about what they
want.
We want good roads, yes; and
it is up to us to get them.
Graham guardian., 1919-05-30
BOON FOR INDUSTRIES

The great countrywide boom
for good roads, given impetus by
the appropriation by the recent
democratic congress of 5000, 900, :
600 to aid the states in highway
work, is proving a great boon to
industries that probably would
have Jagged during the period
of transition from war to peace
activities.
During the war, almost the en-
tire output of fuel oil was used
for war purposes. Now the as
phalt products derived from this
oil are being used on the roads.
Tar products that could not be
procured during the war are 60
ing back into the construction
and maintenance Of highways.
Producers of stone, gravel, sand,
ETC.. are finding a ready market
in the enormously increased de-
mand for road-building purposes:
In addition, reports reaching
the Bureau of Public Roads, De-
partment of Agriculture, which
is administering the Federal aid
fund.-. show that the extensive
road building program is absorb
ing much of the country's idle
lahOr
Graham guardian., 1919-05-30
SUCH is LIFE IN BUCKEYE

Life is joyful in ,Maricopa,
Where we never have the blues;
Where the sheriff catches hooters
And the "depies" drink the booze.
Where the women all are pretty,
And the horses they are, too;
Where they shoot men for pastime
When there's nothing else to do.
Where the red blood flows like whisky,
And bullets rain like hail;
Where every pockets got pistol.
And every coat tail.
You can go out in the morning,
Just to give your health chance,
But they'll bring you home at night
time
With some buckshot in your pants.
Where the owls are afraid to holler.
And the birds don't dare to sing.
For it's hell in Buckeye Valley,
Cause they'll shoot you on the wing.
SAM A. MCLAUGHLIN.
Graham guardian., 1919-05-30
The Barber's Plan

''I'm afraid we'll have to
charge 35 cents for a shave after
July 1st,'' ,sald the barber.
"How's that?" asked the man
in the chair. well, (" replied
the barber, mems faces are get
ting longer and longer every day
thinking of prohibition and it is
going to take twice. as long to
shave them. - Cincinnati En-
quirer.
Graham guardian., 1919-05-30
Do Your Best

Everyone should do all he can to pro-
vide for his family and in order to do
this he must keep his physical system
in the best condition possible. No one
can reasonably hope to do much when
he is half sick good share of the time.
If you are constipated, bilious or trou-
bled with indigestion. get package of
Chamberlain Tablets and follow the
plain printed directions, and you will
soon be feeling all right and able to do
a days work. adv-13-4t
Graham guardian., 1919-05-30
Judge Lyman, of the Superior

Judge Lyman, of the Superior
Court of Maricopa county, has
rendered a decision that the
Mountain States Telephone and
Telegraph Company may charge
the increased rates, lately put
into effect by the company,
which were opposed by the Ari-
zona Corporation Commission,
until a decision has been reached
by the United States Supreme
Court in a case now before that
tribunal.
Graham guardian., 1919-05-30
Suggestion for Camping Trip

Buy bottle of Chamberlain's Collie
and Diarrhoea Remedy before leaving
home. AS rule it cannot be obtained
when on hunting, fishing or prospect
ing trip. Neither can it be obtained
while on board the cars or steamships
and at such times and places it is most
likely to be needed! The safe wpy is
to have it with you. adv-lSAt
Graham guardian., 1919-05-30

1t is going to be exceeding diff
ficult for most of the thoughtful
"thirty-nine" to make their final
vote on the league of nations
square with their declarations in
the round robin. 7"
Graham guardian., 1919-05-30

The republican majority in
congress will now have an op-
portunity to spend six months
bills which they killed
in their filibuster in three days.
Graham guardian., 1919-05-30

Those who seemed to fear that
q peace based upon the presi-
dents fourteen points" would
be a soft settlement" for Ger
many are doubtless reassured by
reading the terms of the Paris
treaty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-11
REPUBLICANS TIRED AND WANT TO ADJOURN

Washing gton, October 10.-(Special) - The republicans of the House are pre- pairing to caucus in order to adopt a resolution of adjournment. The repub- hcans are very tired of the 'grind of business. They have displayed mark ed inability to accomplish any needed legislation, and are aware that their inability will more and more impress itself on the minds of the people.
 When the republicans acquired con trol of Congress, they insisted that the President call an extra session Tn that they might legislate a new tariff, re- duce the cost of living, and enact es- sential reconstruction measures for the facilitation of business. The President called the extra session. and requested a reduction of the tariff. repeal of war time prohibition. and other big legislation. He knew that the repub- licans could do neither the one nor the other.
 The republicans have completed two measures. The first submitted woman suffrage to the legislatures. The sec ond abolished daylight saving. Neither of the measures met with unanimous approval Each is the subject of con troversy and sharp difference ot opinion.
 Faced with complete failure. the re-
  adjourn. The President, calling to their attention the necessity of enacting leg islation dealing with the high cost of living, insisted that they unpack their grips and get to work. Much chagrined the republicans obeyed.
 But they could not move wheel They displayed marked inaptitude to deal with the peoples problems in the House In the Senate. they forced the world to stand still while they fought the treaty of peace. The country be- came sore" There were demands each | day for action, action" And the re- publieans could not act.
 In, their embarra ssment. they have again concluded to adjourn. They are going to caucus on the subject. For | in view of their promises last spring to alleviate all the burdens of all the people, and the fact that they have done nothing but talk and play politics l they are faced with a delicate situation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-11
PENROSE PROMISES
 "WETr, CHRISTMAS

Washington, October r10.-(Special)- Senator Penrose, boss" of the repub- lican party, and chairman of the finance committee, promises a wet" Christ mas.
 He probably knows whereof he speaks. But he gave no reason for his confidence that war time prohibition would be lifted by the merry Yuletide.
 While the attorney general says that
 the inhibition against the sale of
 liquor can't be lifted until after the
 peace treaty is ratified and filed in Paris, the government is issuing
 stamps for the sale of liquor and beer. The indications are that several more weeks will elapse before the treaty is ratified if it ever is.
 On account of the fact that the war is over and there is now no reason for the continuation of war prohibition,
 pressure is being brought to bear on
 the administration that it act at once. The government it is estimated, will receive in revenue S400, 900 if liquor is permitted to be sold up to January
 20 when constitutional prohibition is effective Senator Penrose, headin g the committee of the Senate charged with the responsibility of raising reve- nue for the government, possibly has some inside information. For his prom ! lSe of wet ChrlStIndS was eApFesSeu ! in positive manner.
 1 There is still a delcacy on the part 1 of officials respecting prohibition l Some days ago, ehe Philadelphia Pub !lic Ledger printed q dispatch from its Washington correspondent stating that l Secretary of the Treasury Glass had urged the President to lift the ban be- cause the government needed the money" Immediately, thereafter, MT Glass issued to 'all correspondents the following telegram to the Public | Ledger: [s
 My attention has been drawn to a dispatch to your paper under Wash 1 ington date, stating that I had gone to ! the White House on that day to urge l the President to suspend the operation 1 of wartime prohibition in order that l the treasury might not lose the reve- 1 nue involved in the tax on whisky now l in bond. This statement was an in- defensible invention and had not one 1 particle of foundation in truth. I have 1 never opened my lips to the President | on the subject and the only purpose oi my visit to the White House was tc | inquire as to the state of the Presi- dents health.-Carter Glass, Secretary l of the Treasury"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-11
GADsDEN

c.6sden. October 10.-(Specialo Congressman L. E. Rainey expects to leave for Washington Sunday or Mon day to take his seat in the lower house He expects to have his commission from Governor Kilby by that time. In a card today Mir. Mainey expressed his reciated to his friends for their work in his behalf.
 There were no developments in the street car strike today. The reply CT D. T. Schuler, president of the com pany to the proposition made by the men has not yet been received, George Raylor who was charged with an as- sai1lt on w. A. Wooten. conductor or the car line, was fined $50 and costs in county court today He filed nor tice of an appeal.
 Federal officers this morning cap tured a 60-gallon copper still on tho F. Lee place in the Ball Play section of Cherokee county. furnace and oo gallons of beer were found by county officers near Crudup late yesteroas.
 will B. Wood. proprietor of the Belle theatre, has purchased the Alamo theatre from R. E. Carter for $12,Ooe Mir. Wood announces that he is plan ming the erection of his third picture show theatre in Gadsden in the near future.
 A district conference of the Chris tian Endeavor will be held at the Firse Christian church Saturday and Sunday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-11
DRIVE FOR HARBOR |. AID AMENDMENT IS ID BE INAUGURATED

Mobile October 1o.-(Special )-With the passage of a resolution introduced by Frank c. Blair of Tuscaloosa at meeting of the state harhor commission today, a campaign of education will be inaugurated throughout Alabama in sup port of the constitutional amendment which will permit of state aid for the port of Mobile. Mir. Blair's resolution calls upon members of the Mobile city commission, the Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary club, the Kiwanis club and all other civic organizations and business interests of Mobile to join thefcampaign
 in an effort to see that the amendment
 is given favorable consideration at the hands of the people when it comes to vote.
 Mir Blair in his resolution stated that the passage of the constitutional amend ment would mean great advancement for Alabama as the development of the states only seaport would result in de- creased rates and consequently greater business not only for Mobile business in- terests, but throughout Alabama.