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Arizona republican., 1919-12-13

which capacity he is empowered, sub ject to certain restrictions, to sell or rent portions of the states domain. The chief says he is an ardent advo- cate of selling state lands whenever it is certain that the lands will never in- crease appreciably in value.
 Mountain tops and other bits of al most inaccessible country in which the best there is is grazing land and the worst is rocks, according to MacDon- aid. is not worth keeping when buyers are ready to take such property at from s3 to s4 an acre. The proceeds from the sale can be invested at per cent, the land immediately become tax able at about per cent, and probable buildings and other Improvements pro- vide approximately per cent more for the tax collectors. In this way, the land board claims, total of 10 per cent interest on valuation of s3 or s4 an acre becomes available to the state and the state has the prin- cipal besides.
 When retained by the state for pos sible rentals, according to Macdonald. the land merely brings in . trifling annual income frGGmDrU1ofo ma III
Arizona republican., 1919-12-13

spring, the state highway commissions grading crew on the 40-mile strip be- tween Clifton and Solomonville knocked off yesterday and transferred to other projects. The Clifton-S Solo knoxville highway is reported in very good condition just as 1t is.
 Engineer Thomas Maddock says the state trucks that were in use on the work probably will be loaned to Gra- ham and Greenlee counties, the stock will be sent to project in Gila county for replacing some hired stock there, and the men will be assigned to various camps throughout the state.
Arizona republican., 1919-12-13

The killing of a middle aged Mexi- can named Margarito Avila near Marinette on the night of July was the crime for which Solice was placed on trial Avila, engaged in night work in a cotton field, was shot twice and $200 was taken from him. His assail- ants were heard escaping on horse back and Avila, before he was taken to the hospital, repeated the name "Cho- mancho" several times. "Chomancho" was the name by which young Solice was known.
Arizona republican., 1919-12-13
JURY FINDS SOL|CE
 GUILTY IF MURDER

Only witness in his own behalf, Felipe Solice was found guilty of mur- der in the first degree yesterday eve ming by jury in the superior court after trial lasting three days. Life Imprisonment was stipulated in the verdict. and the young Mexican boy will appear before Judge Stanford this morning for sentence.
Arizona republican., 1919-12-13
s65,0O0 WORTH IF
 MOUNTAIN TOPS HAS
 BEEN SOLD BY STATE

Putting Wallingford, he of the get rich quick proclivities, to shame George A. Mcdonald of the state land board, has just rendered an account ing for s65,000 worth of Arizona noun tain tops and announces that in ad- dition to the s65.000 the state will re- ceive 10 per cent interest on that amount. Prior to the accounting. the state had 25 or 80 sections of arid mountain tops.
 Macdonald Is chief of the accounting and sales division of the land board. in
Arizona republican., 1919-12-13

state has a. big faculty of high school teachers and principals. and university pedagogues with degrees, as well as a long list of normal school teachers with many degrees, but their brain values are not listed in the superin- tendent's report
Arizona republican., 1919-12-13

garzing value decreases every year. Cattlemen are agreed that no part of the range supports as many cattle as formerly.
 The land just sold comprises parts of the state domain in Santa Cruz, Co., chise and Greenlee counties, the low est prices being $3.30 an acre and the highest prices amounting to s4 an acre. The state lands are not saleable for less than sS an acre.
Arizona republican., 1919-12-13

FORD-LEvY FURNITURE co. WILL BE OPEN UNTIL g P. M. TO- NIGHT.-Adv 1t
Arizona republican., 1919-12-13
MEDAL AWAITS INVENTOR

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Arizona republican., 1919-12-13
WEATHER STOPS WORK
 0N FT0N HIGHWAY

Halted by winter conditions and also by the need for additional government equipment that will be available in thel
Arizona republican., 1919-12-13

FORD-LEVY FURNITURE co. WILL BE OPEN UNTIL P. M. TO- NIGHT.-Adv. 1t
Arizona republican., 1919-12-13

Scientists say that an ordinary whale lives to the age of 800 years, while some whales have been caught whose appearance denotes them.
Arizona republican., 1919-12-13
WHERE TACT IS NEEDED
(Arkansaw Thomas cat.)

fFIkdUSdW InUI1IdS OdI.J
 Female juries might be all right in some cases. But heaven help a wo- man defendant if she is prettier and better dressed than any of the jurors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-26
SENATOR SHOOT \ CONVERT

From the New York world.
 Senator Reed Shoot of Utah is the second of the round-robin senators publicly to announce his approval Of the amended covenant of the leaguo of nations. Whether this attitude 1s due in fact to the changes made at Paris or is in response to public senti- ment, the senator is entitled to public credit for an avowal that is certain to be as Influential as it is manly.
 Most of the opposition to the leagHs of nations in this as in other countries was personal and partisan and was found expression in terms that could not be mistaken. If a war to end war was not to have been fought in vain, some sort of international cooperation was necessary to make it's triumphs secure There never was any pretense that the original covenant of Paris was finality. and so except as parti- sans thought they might profitably try the experiment of condemning it alto- gether as a Wilsonan dream, they had nothing to go upon-
 The amendments which are now 50 agreeable to Senator Shoot do not ma teria1ly change the nature of the frs. agreement, but If they shall serve as an easy bridge to carry men such as he from the last ditches of suspicion and partyism into the wider realms of progress and humanity they are well worth while. We cannot lessen the af. flictions of war unless we yield some of the prejudices and fears and hatreds that lead inevitably to war
 Whether the people of Utah reached this conclusion in advance of Senator Shoot or they saw the light together to all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-26
REST FOR THE WEARY
m the Detroit News.

From the Detroit NeWs-
 Americas first Liberty Loan was launched 129 years ago by Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury, after a bitter fight in Con- gress.
 The Continental Congress had in cured debts aggregating $54,00o,oO0 Tn the revolutionary war, while the va1s- ous states of the new republic had ob- ligations amounting to $25,o0O,0oo more
 Of the national debt $12,0o0, 900 was owing abroad, and all the members were of one mind in paying, but opin- ion was divided about paying notes held at home. The south had pracric- ally paid its own way through the war. and it objected to being saddled with debts contracted by the northern states.
 Then, as now, sharks were busy all over sthe country buying up the gov ernment's bonds. and paying less than they were worth. People were told that the country was too poor and too sparsely settled (there being less than 4, 1000, 900 people in the country) to pay the huge indebtedness. President George Washington SUD- ported Hamilton in his fight. and afte' two months argument the federal gov ernment assumed the whole nations indebtedness and the first Liberty Loau was floated-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-26

German sentiment. As to the Hohen- zollerns, that may be another story. There are indications that Germany is not worrying particularly about having the Kaiser back again, but that they are imbittered, that they nurse the hope of revenge, is but the natural result of a proud and warlike people having lost a struggle which they hoped would make them masters of the world. The Germans would not be Germans if they felt otherwise.
 Dost's tribute to the Kaiser is the mere outburst of an imperialist boot lick, Alas, there must be great many others like him in Germany, who fatuously give the "All Highest" cred it for everything Germany has ac- complished, quite oblivious of the fact, apparently, that even if it is conceded that the Kaiser gave the Germans food and drink in the piping times of peace, it was his hand that took these blessings away from them and plunged them into the maelstrom of war, from which they emerged beaten, but not contrite.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-26
A MONUMENT TO A SONG

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
 Here is a new idea in monuments a bronze and granite tribute to a song A national committee has been appoint ed. designs will be submitted, and pre- sently, if all goes well, million con tributed francs will stimulate the prog ress of the work.
 The committee is composed of dis tinguished Frenchmen, the song is the deathless "Marseillaise' and the pro- posed place of erection is the redeemed city of Strasbourg. It was in that city of the mighty cathedral and the great clock that in 1792 a young engineer of- ficer, Claude Joseph Rouget De Lisle, composed the fiery national hymn. and, as the story goes, sang it for the first time at the home of Mayor De Dietrich, whose descendant, Baron De Dietrich, heads the national monument commit tee. Almost immediately De Lisle's song reached the volunteers at Marseilles, who gave it fame and name as they tramped the high road on their way to shuddering Paris. It was sung at the stor1ning of the Tuileries, and its echoes swiftly spread and presently it was the hymn of France.
 This proposed monument is not built to honor De Lisle, but to honor the song, something far bigger and more important than it's author. It will at the same time be a tribute to the spirit If Erance trilmphant
 There is something peculiarly appeal ing in this idea of a Marseillaise mon ument Millions of voices have chanted the hymn. thousands of Frenchmen have gone to their death singing it. II has been an inspiration to liberty, defiance to tyranny-not for France alone, but for all other freedom ac- claiming nations. No man will look upon that monument to a song with out remembering this. ~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-26
SOMETHING ABOUT LEVINE

and shoulders above all his colleagues as the one man who Is above suspicion To Ienine, the stories of boishevfst orgies and carousals have no relation His own worldly needs are more than frugal, and his personal budget is prob ably the most modest of all the bolshe- vist commissaries. Dishonest, treacher- ous. guilty of the worst forms of secret diplomacy as the bolshevists have been in all their public occasions on which he has consented to see foreign jour- nalist or foreign official, has always been extraordinarily frank.
 Where Trotsky and other bolshevists have pursued their enemies with a bitter, personal hatred, Lenine in certain cases, where the individual has been of little account, has even been guilty of acts Of clemency, But where Trotsky might shrink through fear of the consequences from shooting 10,000 men in cold blood, Lenine although he is not one of the chief advocates of the terror, would as suredly not hesitate if he thought such an action were essential to the advance ment of his cause. No one who has ever been present at bolshevist con- gress can have any doubts as to the real driving power behind the boLshe- vist movement. In the numerous polit- ical crises. thrugh which the bolshevists have passed during their eighteen months tenure of the Russian political stage, Lenine's has been, the master mind which time and again has averted the almost inevitable disaster and re- stored the fallen fortunes of a party that had temporarily lost both it's head and its heart. In debate he is an unrivalled dialectician, facing his opponents with an unruffled temper which is provok ingly irritating in it's serenity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-26
Americanization Bill
 Of Vital Importance

1N HE Smith-Bankhead measure,
 J seeking to reduce illiteracy in the United States to the vanishing point and to promote the Americaniza- tion of foreign-born workmen, should be enacted into law.
 There are eighty million persons over ten years of age in this country and ''the percentage shown by army tests would give us twenty millions who, because of illiteracy or inability to speak or read our language, are hindering, not only our national but their individual progress and well fare"
 It is agreed that the person who can use "mind as we'll as body" can in all most any occupation earn more than the "mere drudge" Statistical experts estimate that the earning power of those employed in manual labor would be increased between two and half and three billion dollars annually if all workers in America were suffi- ciently educated to read and speak English.
 Under the Smith -Bankhead bill each state would receive an allotment in proportion to it's illiterate and non- English speaking population, as com pared to the total population of the United States.
 This country is we'll called the melt ing pot-the country where the vari- ous nationalities of the old world may be transformed into American citi- zens with common views in respect to government and society.
 The melting pot process will be more rapid and more successful in every way if the bill referred to is passed. It was favorably reported in the last Congress. When it is reintro- duced no serious objection can be of Ifered. The Americanization of for. eigners is surely of vital concern tc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-26
Confederate Memorial
 Day In Alabama

1T7 HIS is a day of tender memories
 < in Alabama, set apart for re- membering collectively the heroic dead who fought for the Lost Cause.
 The civil war, after four years of bloody conflict, came to an end with Lees surrender at Appomattox fifty four years ago. In the course of time sectionalism vanished and south and north are now firmly united in pa- triotism and in community of senti- ment, never again to be divided.
 But this national solidarity does not prevent the people of the south from honoring in an especial manner the soldiers who wore the gray, but who have Crossed over the river to rest under the shade of the trees"
 In other years Memorial Day was observed in Birmingham by a joint parade of the survivors of the Confed- crate army and the organized militia. There will be no parade today. The veterans are few and most of those who are still in the land of the living are too feeble to march; and the na- tional guardsmen, who were engaged in the world war, have not yet been reorganized But there will be fitting exercises in Capitol park. The Rev. Dr. J. E. billiard will deliver an ad- dress and after that the assembled company will proceed to Oak Hill to lay flowers on the graves of all the sol- diers buried there-those of the Grand Army of the Republic and the veterans of the Spanish American war as well as the Confederate veterans.
 The 26th of April is legal holiday in Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi, but in other states other days are fixed by statute-May 10 in the Carolinas and Tennessee, and May 30 in Virginia.
 After the last veteran is laid away the Sons and Daughters of the Con- federacy will continue to cherish the memory of the brave hosts departed. No state or community is entitled to respect that forgets its valiant men who sleep beneath the sod.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-26
Italy Is Having
 A~NHEn Storm

6HOyaE ~cf "Hurrah for America! g Down with Wilson!" may express the present wrought up feelings of the Italian people, but they are sound and fury signifying nothing. The same crowds cheered the President to the echo when he visited Italy and nailed him as the savior of world democ- racy.
 If the Italians think they have been betrayed by President Wilson and their allies, they are woefully mis- taken and will soon discover that fact for themselves. The situation is acute; yet it is not hopeless. Calm judgment must prevail in the end.
 It does not require a deep student of the European muddle to realize that it would be the utmost folly for Italy to break with her allies. She would have little, if anything to gain, and a great deal to lose. If it came to a matter of force, England, France and the United States would have Italy at such disadvantage that she would be practically isolated. In the present Chaotic state of affairs Italy has no other alternative than to accept a compromise in regard to Plume. She must drop the "spoils of war" policy, which does her little credit in these times, and continue b work unselfish- ly with her allies for the good of man. kind, Italians as well as all others.
 ItaIy's diplomats simply misjudged the temper of President Wilson and her excitable people now brand him an enemy and traitor whom short while ago they extolled to the skies. Such a cry as "Fiume or death!" is absurd. Would Italy try to wreck the league of nations for paltry town of about 30,O0O people? All the other major powers have made concessions, must Italy alone play the dog in the manager?
 The long-standing friendship of America for Italy will not permit of any such belief.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-26
LUKE NI'LUKE SAYS

What has become of the old-fash- toned girl who used to keep diary that made her blush when she read it year later?
 A dressmaker can be pretty good at figures and yet not know blame thing about fractions.
 Every girl is just as pretty as she can be. If she isn't it is because she hasn't had time to doll up.
 Some men give you the impression that they would be merely wasting their time if they ate brain food.
 Miss Stella Sheridan has opened school in San Francisco to teach men how to propose to girls. What waste of time! Just sit and hold q girls hand and shell do the rest. When you wake up you will discover that you are engaged to her and that her'n is your'n, and your'n is her'n.
 Ever notice how the oil and velvet gets into a mans voice when he meets pretty girl of about IT or IS?
 Never judge mans knowledge by the way he keeps his mouth shut when others are doing the talking. We know man who yelps loudly about Congress taking his personal liberty away from him. And yet his wife keeps the ice box locked so he can't get anything to eat unless she says so.
 Of course it is none of our business. But a woman with matronly shape should wear a brassiere or something with knitted sweater. There is such a thing as too much of the uncorseted effect.
 Many man who handed the preach 1 CT $10 for marrying him discovered la ter that he was stung for about $9.70. A Princess can act cute and get away with it. But when corn fed tries it | she acts like playful walrus. | Some ancient philosopher once re- marked that modesty is a maiden'a necklace. But it is too hot to wear a necklace when the sun is shining
 S-'~htlv on summer day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-26
IFIHAD RIDDEN HORSES

Theodore Maynard, in the New Witness. If had ridden horses in the lists, Fought wars, gone pilgrimage to
 fabled lands Seen Pharaoh's drinking cups of ams-
 thysts, Held dead queens secret jewels in
 my hands I would have laid my triumhs at your
 feet,
 And worn with no ignoble pride my But can only offer you. my sweet. The songs made on many night
 of, stars. Yet have worshipped honor. loving " you; Your graciousness and gentle cour-
 tesy, With ringing and romantic trumpeta
 blew
 A mighty music through the heart of joy as cleansing as the wind that
 fills
 The open spaces on the sunny hills.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-26
EASY TO ADVISE

New York Correspondence in Pittsburg
 Dispatch.
 Although Shakespeare had fond ness for the fat man, no one seems to love the lady of embonpoint as the fol- lowing lad" will prove It was culled paper. It reads: Ada, will forgive and forget if you become thinner By trying the formula suggested you will lose the superfluous flesh in 30 days. Write me if you decide to follow my advice. Harry"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-26

From the New York Telegram. Questions asked most frequently at the Hippodrone box office:
 Are these near the center?" Gan you hear from these seats?' Are they on the aisle?"
 What do you mean mezzanine?" Are they back of a post?"
 Are these behind the drummer" sWho started this war tax?" Are these the same seats I had last year."
 Gan a child see from these chairs?' Have you eighth row on the center aisle?''
 The sentence most rarely heard is Thank you"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-26
Interesting War Relics

T believe the most interesting single collection of war trophies and curios yet shown in Birmingham is the one in Dewberry & Montgomery's show window on Second avenue,'' said Paul Barnett. "It belongs to Preston c. Pogue, chief electrical engineer of the U s. s. Birmingham and consists of helmets. swords, pistols, cartridges trench spades, coins and other military paraphernalia. I was greatly interested in the pistol which was made by a noted Vienna firm"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-26

all MOuSCTldl ledueTS anu OO oAi P~~ triotic Americans. The sooner the Smith -Bankhead bill is written on the statute books the better.
 + * *
 King Albert will not visit America, 1t is said, because he didn't Ike the way he was treated by the peace conference. With toes to the right of them and toes to the left of them it was impossible for the peace delegates to avoid stepping on one now and then.
 A New York paper predicts that people will soon be committing from Chicago to New York. on pleasure bent. Chi cagos Hoop hounds have an idea that Broadway can't teach them anything.
 4. * < Bella Kun evidently believes in the old saying, If at first you don't succeed, try, try again." His attempt to start revolution in Vienna failed, so he went to Budapest and turned the trick.
 # * 2 What will the makers of buttons do when the last drive is over?" asks the New York Evening Sun. Those fellows will be on hand with immunity buttons when Gabrial blows his trumpet
 # # #
 Italy's threat to get coal from Ger many will be taken with a grain of salt by France, who has some ideas of her own regarding Germanys surplus coal supply.
 Lenine is reported to>be man of mys- tery. Trotzy's fondness for manicures and loud clothes makes it impossible for him to keep his movements dark.
 a; $ s. A great light has broken on Senator Smoot and he now favors the league of nations. Doubtless the honorable senator has had his ear to the ground.
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 The Kaiser is reported to have stopped saving wood in Holland. He is prob- ably convinced that he has no political future in Germany.
 x * # Secretary McAdoo indorses the "buy-a- hcme" movement Thanks to the movies he's in a position to buy a palace in California now
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 The rush to get out of the navy is no reflection on Uncle Sam. For tenn porary tar there's no place like home, sweet home.
 Premier Orlando replied to President wilson's statement on Italy's claims without asking, What would Julius Caesar say?' The Japs still believe in the divine right of kings, but they are not giving out lengthy interviews on the subject.
 # < * While the Barons bit the dust in the opening game, It stands to reasoh ln<'e somebody had to lose.
 # # # A Victory bond in your pocket is worth a dozen in your minds eye Have you bought?
 + < # President Wilson's ultimatum to Italy evoked lusty cheers from Jugo-Slavia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-26
Does Germany Want Another World War?

E WALTER DOST, former com Go mander in the German navy, recently arrived in New York on the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, being one of five German officers who were sent with the ship to explain it's machin- cry when it was allotted to the United States for transporting troops. Dost is quoted in New York dispatch as saying:
 "It is the feeling of the German people that Germany will fight again. It is point of honor with us. We will not let them rob us. You can not oppress people of 7O,000,000 for eternity. Most of the German people are longing for the Kaiser. We can't do without the HohenXzollerns. It is a question of thankfulness. The Ho- henzollerns have made us what we are. Every one had food and drink under the Emperor. Now look. They plunder and rob-"
 The first part of this statement is no doubt an accurate reflection oi