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Arizona republican., 1920-03-24
Wealth, after all is a relative thing, since he that has little and wants less, is richer than he that has much and wants more.
 -COlton.
How to Reach Contractors

Though The Republican is in the advertising business and wants all the legitimate advertising it get though it believes in the patronizing of home industry and in keeping money at home 1t would suggest the county highway commission the advertisement technical journals for bids the highway program.
 Local of course reach local con- tractors. They might also reach some outside con- tractors, construction in search contracts do look for advertisements in news papers. That speciality of the technical journals
 advertisement thirty days placed in two three of the best known journals of that class would brought under the eye of practically every contractor United States who is engaged in construction. In that way think, competition in bidding by the commission something that previous advertisements have not brought out.
 The money spent in reaching the largest pos sible number of contractors believe would be good investment.
Arizona republican., 1920-03-24
FORTY YEARS AGO TODAY
Phoenix was publican in 1899 and for time published
 evening edition

dispatch from Washington to the Western Associated Press just re- ceived from Galveston says that the City of Mexico has been sighted and will arrive in port in a few hours
 Galveston, March 24.-The City of Mexico has arrived with General Grant on board.
 San Francisco. March 23.-A dis patch from Mesilla, N. NJ. reports the killing of Fred Nichols mail driver near Aleman station by Indians who robbed the mail sacks, scattering the contents along the road.
 Alma, Colo, March 23.-W. J. Porter desperado deliberately murdered Thomas Carmody yesterday In less than an hour Porter was hanged by the Vigilantes.
 (March "A, 1880 was not a good day for local news in Phoenix or else the news gathering force of the Herald was off its feed
 Members of Arizona lodge, F. X A. M will meet at the lodge room tomor- row morning at 10 a. m. in lodge of sorrow. Soiourning brethren are frat ernally invited to attend.-J. T. Aisap, w M
Arizona republican., 1920-03-24
Platform Contest Closes
 I71 s DQVS

The Statewide platform contest closes in just eight days. Contestants urged to send in their manu- scripts to The Arizona Statewide Platform Contest, care The Arizona Republican.
 Here the items contestants should remember in sending in their manuscripts.
 l. Four typewriter copies of manuscripts, one
 copy signed by the contestant
 2 Manuscripts must be accompanied by
 signed statement the effect that the
 testant is not over 25 years old.
 B. Manuscripts reach The Republican of
 flee before March 31. Don't put off the work of finishing the platform you started, and don't put off until tomorrow Even if you do not win of the prizes you will have performed task which will improve the quality of your citizenship affairs.
 If you have not started to write the platform begin today. Some unforeseen circumstance may turn up which would prevent your entry in this contest you postpone the start.
 The prizes $500 for the first $500 for the second and $2OO for the third.
Arizona republican., 1920-03-24
Wednesday. March 24, 1880

Erie, Penn, March 23.-A stonecut- ter of this city named Dan Conray has become insane from attempting to solve the "15" puzzle After working at it for several days and nights in succession he developed unmistalSable signs of mental derangement. Four policemen were required to take him to jail. He scratched diagram of the puzzle on the wall of his cell at which he worked in his ca1mer moments. The 15-13-14 puzzle which arrested the at tentions of the country some years ago, immediately preceding Pigs in Clover" consisted of box marked off into sixteen numbered squares. Each square was occupied by a block bear ing the same number but the squares marked 13. If and 15 were occupied by transposed blocks. There was a lee way of one vacant square. The object of the puzzle was to shift the blocks around so that the 13, 14 and 15 might be put into their respective places. It was not an impossible puzzle but many American citizens after struggling with in inte-mittentIy for months be- lieved it was.
 Grant Is Safe
 San Francisco March 24-A special
Arizona republican., 1920-03-24

sense of justice for the establishment of the bonus and decent wage cale.
 Perhaps he suspected that the public would be apathetic it usually when it is not itself vtay concerned, does realize it's concern, it often does not for he added "Get of the public service if you possibly for long main federal employe you will be served with form of injustice"
 It is not strange that young woman should enter the federal service where employment at beginners remuneration is to secure But it is strange that woman Of ambition and capablity should remain in the service Many of them do not. In spite of the clogging. stcky-fly paper character of the level upon which they placed, there many who rise above it. and attract the notice of more discriminating and generous private employers.
Arizona republican., 1920-03-24
A Bad Paymaster
could fill

The postoffice clerks and other employees have
 grievance in the proposition withhold the $24O bonus by which their meager salaries have been eked out nation which would permit such an act of injustice would deserve inferior postal service of which complaint always been made
 This service, by the way, is the fault not of the empoyes of the system. It is, perhaps, worse than any other government blunder- singly performing but only people inti- smatey touched by postal any other.
 The whole plan is wrong and the system remuneration is outrageous. not only in the postal service every other branch of the government service. Only heads who receive executive ap- spointments and who usually do work, exercise little or no supervision, do nothing but their salaries are decently paid-frequenty beyond their deserts. But real workers receive than ta private employer a somewhat similar service
 It is often said that those in the employ of the Government inferior Conditions have a 1evelng effect not the least influential these ronditions is civil service which. while it was aimed at the inquitous spoils system, had also 4he effect of stifing The other adverse condition has been remuneration paid gov ernment employees.
 This subject touched upon with character sstc yigor by Federal Judge K. n meet ing of postoffce other federal employees Chicago last Sunday He described the vvares and the proposed abolition of the bonus as frank njusticc' He urged appeal to the public's
Arizona republican., 1920-03-24
increasing the Cotton Yield

(By James l.. Shelly of the r. ii. S-
 Agricultural Department)
 In prehistoric times the ancients, knowing nothing of crop rotation but realizing that land produced less after a few years of steady yield. were continuously moving to new fields We of modern times are benefited by centuries of endeavor, spent in learn ing the crops which deteriorate ana those which up-build the soil.
 The requirements of cotton are such that to produce it more than two sue cessive years is to invite ruin. Land at $500 an acre should receive no such invitation, neither can 1t be left idle for several years as was the GUS tom of our early ancestors. We or the present time profit by the exper- fence of others and, by rotation re- pIenish mother earth for her many gifts to us.
 Alfalfa, recommended as restorer of the nutrients of the soil also as a food for stock and ideally suited to climatic conditions of the Salt River valley. we will use in our rotation.
 To be of value alfalfa should De grown four years and as cotton may be produced two years without harm, the fields are divided so: 192O-2I 1leId No. 1 cotton, No. has been in alfalfa two years and No. 3 is seeded to al- falfa: 1922-23 field No. 1 sown to alfalfa, No. cotton and No. was sown to alfalfa two years previously etc.
 This rotation besides increasing the soils fertility gives maximum yields for minimum labor
Arizona republican., 1920-03-24
Only Three Days More

Only three days for registration. There are only about $500 voters now, less than tion. At the rate things have been going not up that 500 it will appear that we have fewer people here than year ago.
 Of that will not be fact; there are probably several thousand people here than were Phoenix spring. what can we say to fact that it will be shown that have not as many of the right kind of people we had then?
 say nothing. There excuse we can offer who does not care enough for Phoenix qualify for it.
Arizona republican., 1920-03-24
The Watch Trade

!. It may not be generally known the trade , jewellers finding it difficult plensh their stocks of watches. We have at hand a copy of letter from the Elgin National Watch company to a local jeweIer explaining situation in the watch trade and which, at the time, no doubt throws light the general scarcity of commodities
 Normally. it is stated there are enough watches made in this country fill the demand caused by replacements. and by the increase in population Usually a small margin side of pro- ducton- But for the last three the demand has not been met by the supply Among the causes these: the diversion in Europe of skilled work
 men from the watch making industry into munition making and other better paying lines; change of policy before the of large American pro- ducers who had to believe that quantity pro- duction wrong policy; and their inability since account of the labor situation restabsh themselves quantity producers. Thus, though the demand for watches is greater than it was. fewer watches being turned than there a half dozen years ago.
 This greater demand is caused by two infu- ences. One is the unprecedented prosperity of the country and the other is prohibition. People who bought watches before." says letter, "are buying them because they cannot think anything there people who wearing silk shirts are clad in silk underwear, who previously only wool cotton, and who buying clothing and shoes of quality they had dreamed
 We learn with interest that in to meet the situation, the Elgin company has recorded order in the last two years. It sought to effect distribution possible. of output among jewellers In order accomplish this was obliged effect the distribution wholly through the job bers pro rata using the individual jobbers average guide in making deliveries to him.
 The company has gone after business and it deprecates the that some too ambitious jobbers who have outside the of their reg ular customers. have accepted than they could fill.
Arizona republican., 1920-03-24
Solution of the Servant Problem

Though it is not yet mid summer in New York that heat may establish alibi when accused of affecting the metropolitan brain, housewife staggering under the servant problem rushes to the papers with what she conceves a solution. She proposes that in order that the American home be maintained intact and kept running smoothly. the unmarried the country enrolled, ject to selective draft home helpers to the married"
 And why not? Is it not as important that the country be made safe for family life it that the world should be made safe for democracy?
 The young it should be said. did not propose the selectve draft for unmarried girls settled national policy; only emergency policy which would be abandoned the restoration of such normal conditions the swarmng hther again of servant girls from Europe. But then the selected war draft not settled national policy, only emergency policy
 We need not into the other side of the ques- tion. that of the unwilling unmarried woman who would no doubt protest against involuntary servitude and point screamingly at the thirteenth amendment the constitution. We that such a scheme would put into the kitchen of strange homes some thousands of young who are now chas- ing around in limousines maybe hunting servants themselves. We suppose, though Miss We're vere the, heiress of millions. would be given chance enlist before she would bodily by force to wait the table of new-rich lady"
 We will inquire only into the needs of the Ameri- home in the present exgency No there are many harassed and overworked housewives whose work from sun to sun is done'
 But there other homes where the housewife is not harassed by household duties, neither she her unmarried daughters (who by the way would be subject the selective draft) pure y social Should they be compelled to neglect those duties to be thrown into domestic drudgery?
 We should like the government adopt such seectve draft, just to behold what would happen. After it the government would know that it had been
Arizona republican., 1920-03-24

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Uncle Sam has embarked in the motion picture business and bids fair to rival the lead ing commercial producers as the gov ernment movies" are exhibited all over the country by the federal and state extension workers-chiefly the agri- cultural county agents No admission is charged to see the filmed stories which deal with every angle of farm ing.
 At present the U $. Department of Agriculture, through its motion pie ture laboratory at Washington, D. C., offers films on 69 different subjects. ag- gregating 40 reels, which range from
Arizona republican., 1920-03-24

Will appear in the Menestrel gave little exhibition of some real saxaphone music.
 Allen Campbell tickled the worries and at the same time told little stories of the different teachers. Along that line, there were also the Piano Fiends" who pulled the clever stunt of playing the same piece at the same time on three different music boxes. If the public could have seen one little part of the program place ten times larger than the high school auditorium would not hold the audience which would at tend the big show next Friday and Saturday.
Arizona republican., 1920-03-24
OPPosEs THIRD PARTY

BAY CITY, Mich, March 22.-Sen- ator Hiram W. Johnson of California. on a campaign tour of Michigan, said tonight he would have nothing to do with third party in referring to the possibility of such a move by repub- lican liberals as outlined in the sen ate today by Senator France of Mary land.
 q have had my experience with a third party once" he said, and that is enough"
Arizona republican., 1920-03-24

one reel. 500 foot films of such mat ters as ''How to Select a Laying Hen" and "Construction of a Concrete Silo" to the mammoth Story of Cotton which consists of eight reels and deals with all the activities connected with the growing, harvesting. milling and marketing of this king of southern crops.
 More than 100000 farmers and their families enjoy Uncle Sam's free movies" each year. The 5000 odd county agents show the pictures at To- cal meetings in their respective locali- ties. either renting or borrowing the projection machines of their local mo- ton picture houses for this purpose.
Arizona republican., 1920-03-24
HIGH SCHOOL u NOTES
Big Assembly Boosts MenestreI
GROVE

Johnnie Newberry and Alabama" Hill were nothing less than a scream in the assembly yesterday. They were made up as real old time coons, and they certainly put their little act over in great shape. Their performance
 added to the rest of the stunts, should boost the comedy sky high. Lloyd Eisele and the Norton Brothers, who
Arizona republican., 1920-03-24
MIXING MATRIMONY AND
 MOONSHiNE POOR IDEA

AKRON-Don't mix matrimony and moonshine. Steve Petrinski enjoyed an excellent trade in illicit hootch. His wife said he wasn't supporting hcr
 Officers went to serve the warrant for wife neglect. They met Steve driving to town. He had moonshine in his wagon. He's gotta talk twice in court
Arizona republican., 1920-03-24
FLOCK TO FUR AUCTION

from all parts of North America and Europe assembled here today at Can ada's first big fur auction since the days of the Old Hudson Bay company. Skins valued at more than $5.000.0 900 were offered and the morning sales amounted to $r90,473.
Arizona republican., 1920-03-24
Next Game With the Wildcats

If the weather permits, the Coyote baseball team will get chance 10 come back against the U. of A. Wild cats. That does not mean tLe Re serves, either. It means the first team This will be the first chance for this nigh school to be pitted agfinst the University in any kind of athFcllcs for years. The Coyotes always show up well against teams who ore their superiors, such as the Miami team, the U of A. Reserve, and other. so do not be surprised to see the college boys humbled when they show up on the Coyote field next Thursday afternoon.
Arizona republican., 1920-03-24
CAN EXCHANGE LIBERTY BONDS

WASHINGTON, March 22-The treasury has completed arrangements for the temporary exchange of Lib erty bonds for bonds of permanent form with interest coupons to matur- ity attached. Secretary Houston an nounced today
 Exchange of temporary third loan bonds began March 15, all banks be- ing authorized to make the transfer. Within the next month, officials ex- to exchange permanent beds of
Arizona republican., 1920-03-24

Six of the centers in the state which have been served with lecture courses by the University Extension olVlsioh have already written and requesteu of this service next year.
Arizona republican., 1920-03-24

other Liberty loans except those which still have an interest coupon. They need not be exchanged until after those coupons mature. the latest date being October Ia.
Arizona republican., 1920-03-24
AT ROOSEVELT DAM
By w. R. Coates

How like Lucerne and fair serene Geneva
 The lake reflects moonlight and the stars Locked it's mountain fastnesses of beauty
 Where fowler's shot, nor huntsman's bugle mars, But in its placid depths and crystal mirror
 We see much more reflected than in these A dream come true-supremely useful beauty,
 That makes desert fruitful as it please. We see in it mirage that is fleeting
 But wealth and cheer where once desert wild. Wide realms flung in rich intrinsic beauty,
 Where erst alone, the desert wild flower smiled How stale beside Natures 1istless waters.
 For man here Wrought with magic stride. And engineers, with genius, well directed,
 Have blessed the lands the heavens had denied. <t
 We feel pride OCT we ponder
 Beside he ripping in the breeze. .The look Marathon in wonder
 And well they may on waters such as these. And those who wrought this spell, as in the valley
 Of Marathon. victors were they Who fought tyrant hordes for human vantage.
 And gained deathless fame in that far day.
Arizona republican., 1920-03-24

In the spring the young mans fancy does not turn lightly to thoughts of daylight saving-but his erpp1oycrs
Arizona republican., 1920-03-24

If the U S. Steel Corporation had doubled the wages of every empoye 1918 1t still would have had a surplus of se651700o
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-08-20
TURKEY SIGNS PEACE
TREATY WITHOUT FUSS
Last Of Central Powers to Remain In
State OF War With Allies Is Now
Officially at Peace

Sevres. France, Aug. 1i.-Turkey,
the last power to remain In state of
war with the entente. signed the treaty
yesterday and Is now officially at
peace. Serbia and lIedjaz alone Of
the nations Interested had refused to
sign.
II was simple. sober ceremony.
Premier venizelos, although achieving
what Is considered To have been one Of
his life ambitions, affixed his sigma
turc to the three yoluminous docu.
ments-the treaty itself. an ltalo-Greek
protocol. and n protocol on Asia Minor
AMI the zones of intluence--with trem-
bling hand and somhre face. which
was ascrihed by some as due To III.
ness and overwork. The three Turk
iSh delegates looked away as the pre-
micr passed their seats not howing 10
him as they did Ia the other dele
gates
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-08-20
FIVE HUN WARSHiPS ARE
BROUGHT INTO NEW YORK
Journey Across Atlantic Occupied
More Than Month.-vesseis viii
Be Sunk After inspection

New York, Aug. 12.-Five captive
warships, once units of the proud Ger
man navy but now humbled and bat
tered relies Of II defeated nation, came
into New York harbor yesterday. Their
! arrival marked the beginning OF their
last year Of existence, for when they
serve their purpose as exhibits, they
will be sunk.
They were the dreadnaught Ostfries-
land, the cruiser Frankfurt and three
destroyers. the Vas. G-l02 and S-132.
Except the Ostfrlesland. they are part
OF the great fleet that surrendered at
Scapa Flow and afterwards were sunk
by their German crews. They were al
located to the United States In the d.
vision of captured vessels.
Led by the th'cadnaught, the only
one that could move under her own
power, they came up the Hudson as
the sun was sinking. Ii was not an In
spring sight. River craft gave them
little heed.
Because II was necessary to tow the
y Iuuhiult uUU utStTottTS the voyage
from British ports occupied more than
month. A stop of week was made
at the Azores, where mysterious leak
In the Ostfriesland was patched up.
For the balance OF the trip they aver
aged 10 miles an hour.
In command Of the Ostfriesland was
Capt. J. +. Hellweg with crew OF
400 men. From 30 to 100 men were
assigned to each OF the other craft.
For more than three months Captain
Hellweg and his crew worked to make
the warshlp navigable. The Germans
had stripped her of all electric equip
ment and furniture. Temporary furni-
ture for the officers was made of
boxes. Her engines, however, were
found In fairly good condition.
Due to their submersion at Scapa
Flow. the other vessels are little better
than rusted hulks. The battleship still
Is a powerful fighting unit. according
To her crew.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-08-20
1875 RAISE IN EXPRESS
RATES IS AUTHORIZED
Requested Increase Of 25.t6 Per Cent
is Declared Not Justified by Pres
ent Conditions

Washington. Aug. 14.-An increase
Of 1873 per cent In express rates was
authorized yesterday by the interstate
commerce commission. Request Of the
American Railway Express company
for Increases averaging 25.18 per cent
were found not justified by the COM
mission, with the exception that rates
on milk and cream may be equalized
with those contemporaneously supplied
by the railway lines between the same
points.
The l2.o per cent increase does not
take into consideration the increase In
wages of approximately S30,0O0O00 n
year, recently awarded by the railroad
labor board.
The commission held that pre-
scription of terminal to terminal"
rates to apply In the absence of pick
up delivery service, or deductions
from the published rates where either
service is not rendered, was not war;
ranted
The increased rates may be made
effective upon not less than one days
notice. The express company was au-
thorized tn file blanket schedules maxi
ing the increased commodity rates eff
fectlve.
The 12.5 per cent increase. il was
estimated unofficially. will add ap-
proximately So, 500 00 Ia the annual
income of the American Railway Ex.
press company.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-08-20
THIRD 5000, 100000 BUSHEL
CORN HARVEST Is FORECAST

Washington, Aug "a three bill
lion buShel corn crop for the third
time in history was forecast yesterday
by the department of agriculture on
conditions existing August l. AS Au-
gust is the critical month for this crop.
ii is uncertain whether the promise of
n crop almost equal to those of 1912
and 1917 will be fulfilled. Improve
ment was reported during July in the
important states with the exception of
Illinois, and crop forecast o24 .OOO, 900
bushels larger than predicted July 1
was issued.
Spring wheat was adversely affected
during July, principally by rust, and
the production forecast was reduced
2ooo0,Ooo bushels from month ago.
or to 62,0o0ooo bushels. The prelim-
mary estimate of winter wheat was
13,WS,ooo bushels larger than forecast
in July. making the combined wheat
crop only 100000 bushels smaller
than estimates month ago.