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Arizona republican., 1920-10-24

Provides for, the establishment of a permanent system of state highways under, the control of continuing commission which does not change with a change in political administra- tion. preventing the constant changing of the state highway system which has been so expensive and unsatisfactory in the past.
 Provides that the commissioners first appointed shall serve for one, two. three, four and five years, as decided among themselves by lot, afterward each commissioner serving for live years, and further provides that no member of the commission shall be asked to resign because of any change in the state administration.
 
 Provides that commissioners shall give bonds for faithful performance of duties and shall Aceive s2o per day for not exceeding 100 days per annum. and their actual expenses, thus enabling any person honored by appointment to serve on the commission.
 VI | Prescribes specific duties of the state highway commission and of the state highway engineer, the latter to 1 be engaged by the commission, the l policies and road location, the making of contracts for the construction and maintenance of highways. the making of all rules and regulations for the government of the department; while the duties of the state highway en- gineer are strictly those of road con- struction and maintenance.
 VII
 Provides that no action of the com ! focfnn chn11 ha falran xryifhOr9f fha affirmative vote of four members, this clause effectively preventing log-roll ing or trading for sectional advantage.
 VIII
 Provides that the commission may manufacture and sell to sub divisions of the state. cement and other road making materials.
 TX
 Does away with the present very unsatisfactory division of the road funds of 75 per cent to the county and . 25 per cent to the state, and Tn place , provides for a levy of two mills on the . dollar on the taxable property of the state for state highway purposes. thus , giving the state adequate funds to match the federal aid funds. without 5 having to trade with the various coun. 2 ties, and insuring the best interests oi 2 the entire state.
 . Provides for the creation of A specia . fund for state road maintenace. to b, Q obtained from all fees or fines in con 7 nection with motor vehicles or iron : ehauffeurs' licenses.
 XI Provides for the expenditure of al $ funds on a definite budget basis. il - accordance with modern bushes q practice.
 
 e Provides for the transfer of all stat e property now under the control of tn e state eigineer to the control of tn highway commission. Provides for car e rying out by the commission all con i. tracts made by the state engineer. an f generally provides in an orderly man e ner for the prompt transfer of all prop l. erty and authority to the commissio Id in connection with the constructio te and maintenance of a state highwa system without any interference wit ,e existing work.
 .d XIII in Provides for a classification of tn highways of the state, co-operatio i'd with counties as we'll as with the fed eral government. and for the estah ,n lishment and alteration of highway ls on basis just alike to the state an r. the ahutting property owners.
Arizona republican., 1920-10-24

E. S. Wheeler, district engineer for the United States bureau of public roads having in charge the work of Arizona and New Mexico writes under date of September 24:
 Tn reference tO the highway bill which is now before Arizon- I may say that have gone over the material therein. several times. and believe on the whole it is a wonderful forward step in road legislation. When present laws in Arizona are taken into com parison 1t stands out clearly and dis tinctly a great improvement"
 Col. J. A. Rountree. the very efficient | Good Roads association and field rep
 resentative of the Bapkhead Nation5
Arizona republican., 1920-10-24
AUTOMOBILE MEN REALIZE NEED
 OF NEW SYSTEM

That the automobile men of the state are decidedly in favor of the pro- posed highway commission act. wher- ever the same has been brought to their attention. is the statement of Cal Messncr. president of the Phoenix Chapter of tho Arizona Automotive Dealers association.
 The automobile men have been among the most urgent advocates of good roads since the advent Of the au- tomobile and truck. and have realized that nothing can bring about the de- vclopmeut of the state faster than an improved and well located highway
 system. with trunk lines tapping the rich districts of the state.
 .'Thc fact that VIC have few rail- roads ia the state.' says Messner means that we will have to depend upon truck transportation more and more. Our present road system abso- lutely prevents the hauling of mer- chandiso in interclty traffic by truck SO bad are the present highways. II
 city is not blessed with up-to-date
Arizona republican., 1920-10-24
PRESCOTT MEN
 ENDORSE ACT AS
 VERY ESSENTIAI.

The following letter received froH Thomas c. Norris of Prescott, YavapS. county, for many years president of the Arizona Good Roads association. and Francis Veile, one of the men rep resenting Yavapai county on the com mission which prepared the highway commission bill, is convincing evidence or the merit of the measure and the Tact that the time has arrived to treat our highwy system from the stand point of the development of the entire state.
 The letter follows:
 Arizona Good Roads Association.
 'Gentlemen: Referring to the High way Commission bill to be presented to the voters for action in the coming election, we feel that the bill, as a whole, represents a distinct advance Tn providing a means for securing a com prehensive, continuous road program divorced from the political changes i which now occur every two years. , The bill is an endeavor, and we be- lleve. satisfactory means of eliminat- ing county lines, as if treats the road question from the standpoint of the state as a whole to secure the greatest good for all.
 The subdivision of the state into five geographical districts with a commits sioner from each district. and the pro- vision of the bill that a vote of four members is necessary to a decision of the commission, makes it difficult. f not impossible for any county or dis trict to secure undue attention from the commission as a whole or to dominate the actions of the commission.
 Anything that is worthy the ap- proval of four members must neces- sarily be of benefit to the four dis tricts. The bill certainly should pass, and will be of inestimable value to the state.
 Yours very truly.
 "T. C. NORRIS.
 "peloeate from Navapai County,
 "F < NIE,I IL Alferrats :"
Arizona republican., 1920-10-24
.StatementsFrom Men Who Know

MT. N. D. Darlington, chairman Of the California Highway Commission, who has had many years of prac ca experience in the operation of State Highway Com mission Law and writing about the Arizona State High way Commission Bill No. 10 states as follows
 Ihave gone over the bill quite carefully and feel that is excellent one, and will provide for carrying for ward your state highway work along proper lines"
 Mir Leonard E. Curtis, for six years member of the Colorado Highway Commission, and an engineer of eminent standing of great assistance to the commit tee of the state association in their preliminary work this b and writes regarding the proposed highway bill
 q very much obliged for the copy of the highway bil and hope most sincerely that it will be adapted think is in excellent shape and have criticism to make It s as you know very similar to the Colorado highway flaw which we have found to be very satisfactory
Arizona republican., 1920-10-24

plified.
 The whole plan of the state highway system should be 10 develop all DOT tions of the state and to connect up through trunk line highways the va rious sections of the state. This will do more to destroy sectionalism and build up cooperation and mutual un- derstandiug than any other one thing.
 There is no question that with the proper amount of information given the public as Go the bllrs purpose. It. tic or no opposition would hc found against it. No person. with the best interests Of thc state at heart win fail ! to hive Arizona chance to show hcI 1 progressfvenesr Go Co the polls No ] ycmbcr 2 and vote for this measure.
Arizona republican., 1920-10-24

director general of the United States highway, after a careful reading of the bill when he was here few weeks ago stated:
 T have gone over the proposed Ari-
 Zona highway commission bill, and consider it an exceptionally practical and constructive measure, with 10 op- portunity for the sectional advantag
 Of any portion of the state" l Dell Potter, president of the South | ern Highway association. and a man who has given many years of his life
 to the development of a highway for i the southwest, recently, after a careful l examination of the bill. stated that ht ] endorsed it thoroughly and would give it his vigoroas support
Arizona republican., 1920-10-24

tensions in the next few years. the problem has narrowed itself down 10 the fact that wc must have a highway system that will permit truck trans portation for short hauls"
 Messnsr states that in the proposed
Arizona republican., 1920-10-24

definite highway system that practi- cally nothing is returned 10 the people for the money they have spent This highway commission bill will purge the road system of politiCs-the curse of any department of the peoples govern ment. Nothing can be accomplished a.
Arizona republican., 1920-10-24

rau road connections. it is at tremen-
 dous disadvantage at the present time. Nothing can he shipped by truck. even from relatively short distances. and with the Inadequate railroad system,
 and the slim probability Of further ex
Arizona republican., 1920-10-24

long as the present system is tolerated.. and this state win never go forward as it should under such d system as wo noR have"
Arizona republican., 1920-10-24
FEDERAL AID FUR
 GOOD ROADS WORK
 TOTALS MILLIONS

Up to June 30. 1920, 29S5 projects in- volving a toal tof 29.319 miles of road had been approved by the Secretary of Agriculture. The preliminary estimate of the cost of these projects is approxi- mately s3S4,9o0,0 900, of which approxi- mately s163.s41, 900 will be approved as federal aid.
 The total cost of federal aid work ap- proved by the secretary in the nineteen months subsequent to the signing of the armistice, and prior to July 1. 1920, which is approximately $3So,00o, 900, exceeded by S63, 900 900 the cost of all road and bridge work done by states and counties in this country in 1915. bill. the automobile men see the great | opportunity for Arizona to establish quick and adequate communication tN- | tween all cities in the state. and that as fast as the highways are completed the motor truck will be found on the job. transportaing the products of the farm to the city and the manufactured products from the cities to the rural districts.
 "Every farmer, every . merchant every manufacturer. every stockraiseI and mining man should get behind this measure and insure it's adoption by his vote. There is not single class o
 trade. not an industry in the state which vii not be benefited by this ac and it's splendid results. There is nc room in this state for sectionalism, ant no small group of men should be al
 lowed to hold back the rest of the stat
 in it's forward march.
 q believe I am safe in saying tha
 every man in the automobile industr' indorses the proposal to place the con trol of the state highway system unde the commission of five men from tn five eeogra pbtcel districts of the state We have long realized that log rolling ! methods and trading between countiel
 has so Eampcred the laying out of
Arizona republican., 1920-10-24

Provides that the commissioners first appointed shall serve for one, two. three, four and five years, as decided among themselves by lot, afterward each commissioner serving for five years, and further provides that no member of the commission shall be asked to resign because of any change in the state administration.
Arizona republican., 1920-10-24

Provides that commissioners shall give bonds for faithful performance Of duties and shall hkceive s20 per day for not exceeding 100 days per annum. and their actual expenses, thus enabling any person honored by appointment to serve on the commission.
Arizona republican., 1920-10-24
SUCCESS OF HIGHWAY COMMISSION BILL ESSENTIAL TO GOOD ROADS
people of the state information as to principal
Tue State H5ghWay BaH
 Whdt It Medns to ArazOn0

Provides for the establishment of permanent system of state highways under, the control of continuing commission which does not change with change in political administra- ton, preventing the constant changing of the state highway system which has been so expensive and unsatisfactory in the past.
Arizona republican., 1920-10-24

Yours very truly.
 "T. C. NORRIS. "pelocate from Navapai County "F,. <. NIELE. Alternate.
Arizona republican., 1920-10-24

Provides for a classification of the highways of the state, co-operation with counties as we'll as with the fed eral government, and for the estab- lishment and alteration of highways on basis just alike to the state and the ahutting property owners
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-26
6ERSi1ANTowN-whcn ,

GERSiANTOwN-whe you buy a nome you
want not only value for the money. but a
home that, should the occasion arise, you
could dispose OF at q profit. We offer such n
proposition that in 523l Archer ST.: one Of
these genuine homes that have upheld the
reputation OF the West Side OF Germantown
as an ideal residential section: Forty-six in
dividuRl bone buyers have substantiated our
claims as to the unusual value we here offer
by purchasing homes In this section. g.
story twin house, with bedrooms and 2
baths. with a frontage of "a feet. high ter
raced front. overlooking a street that Ii
planted with beautiful old shade. The in
terror Is finished IN mahogany and white.
which creates a bright and cheerful condition
that Is greatly augmented by unusually large
windows throughout the entire house Latest
effects In papering with artistic lighting hx-
lures. and a heating plant that Is new and
guaranteed to heat TO 10 degrees in zero
weather at the minimum expense for coal.
We take care OF financing. Price Is $3.50;
carrying charges S4I.ls per month. plus an
additional sl5 per month. which Is paying
on the second mortgage. Is 1t not fallacy
to pay rent when you can own your own
home tone that you will be proud of on .
plan cheaper than rent? Only II minutes
ride from Broad St. Station TO Queen Lane
Station via p. r r.. or route No. SO on
18th st. to Hansbury St: walk west blocks.
Open daily and evenings, Z to o'clock.
RICHARD J. SETTER, 400 Chestnut st.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-26
REAL ESTATE FOR RENT
CITY

1850 8. GOTH sT.-For rent. rooms and
bath; modern improvements: $4,000 per
month. Apply 784 Pine St
2018 N. ,82D ST.-Cor. propertyi excellent
cond. Apply on premises. Phi. Dia. b85I J.
Rusevsss vxcx,.~xs.~ auA atoreA
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-26
GLENOLDEN
ELKINS PARK

ASHBOURNE ROAD least Of Park ave. >
baths % rooms and 2 baths on second roor):
exceptional woodwork. hot-water heat. hard
garage, space on second floor for rooms
and bath; minutes from train and trolley;
truck garden. chicken houses. etc. will sell
right. JOHN H. SHIELDS. $500 York road.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-26
OFFICES, BUSINESS ROOMS. ETC

REAL ESTATE FOR RENT
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-26
BROOKLINE
ELKINs PARK

COLONIAL DWELLING, Just completed;
10 rooms baths, hot-water heat, hard
ley; Immediate possession. Mccormick &
Mccormick. Lincoln Bldg. or Eikins Park
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-26
ALDAN
Bargains

One fare from Goth st. /: hoilow-tile bungalow.
bedrooms. fireplace. hot-water heat. cleo
white frame house. red brick chimney.
rooms and bath; $1,000: both OF these are
action to your adyantaRe' CHESTER
OSBORNE 1929 Chestnut st. Locust 5087.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-26

100 ACRES; 12-room brick house. . harn..
lots fruit; near town. railroad trolIeys
very good land; grand home; a bargain
Huyett. 65S Federal ST., Camden
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-26
WEST PHILADELPHIA
GERMANTOWN

3-SToRY dwelling; frst-lass condition; "a
=, N: ioth: Apply to Samuel Serman, 11O
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-26
REAL ESTATE FOR RENT
CITY

RENT. S75: new houses. 1890 block N. 9th
ST.: rooms and tile bath. hardwood foors'
ga4 and electricity, inclosed heated porch
and garage. Phone Walnut e4te.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-26
NEW JERSEY FARMS


A 5-ACRE FARM is BETTER THAN
THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Tor assuring you protection against b.ra
times, nigh prices and want: no boss mo
worry, Just steady income as long az yn,,
work; eggs. poultry. fruit, truck are bring.
ing enormous prices: markets are nearby
Richland Garden Farms Ext. No 2. Where
else can you get acres for $3.50 and nav
81 week? Buy at Introductory prices. Man
free. GILBERT O'CALLAGHAN Toa
WALNUT ST, PHILA. w"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-26
ARDMORE


NEAR BRISTOL, PA,--3i acres Groom
new brick house., with all eltv conven-
IL acres of asparagus; 2h miles from Bris.
tol station. C. THOMAS ORR. 112 Pond
at Bristol Pa
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-26
REAL EsTATE-sALE OR RENT

FOR RENT OR FOR SALE-Commercial
,o6 o66uilains: possession LIST OF November: s0x
io0; story and basement: about 26. 900
SQUARE feet: steam heat. electric elevator,
good IRht. good shipping facilities. MORRIS
WElL & SONS. S37-4l NJ Sd 81
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-26
R. E.-sALE OR EXCHANGE

WILL TRADE $4,000 equity in a nnoaor.
dwellings in Germantown for an up.ta,
date cottage In Fentnor: all rented advan
sured. DALLAS & HARTLEY. INC, 4fos
WILL TRADE American "G' Sedan. fr.t-
class condition: value soSOO: for property
subject TO hrst mortgage. George Meade,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-26

TWo.sToRY BUNGALOW. Just finished. at
less than cost to build. $1,000; o rooms and
bath on hrst floor; extra eonstrueti2n and
fnishi AL improyemsn,S & Iot cn,i; 1Sxi1o; 20
n j. Open. Apply Builder and Owner, w.
Anthony 520 Market st. Camden, ~. J.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-27
MAYHEM CASES ARE PASSED IN CRIMINAL
 DIVISION OF COURT

The cases of Charley Wade and Ed IO'Neil, charged with mayh em, were called before Judge William E. Fort in the criminal division of the circuit court Mon- day afternoon, and were passed until May 25.
 A number of witnesses had been called and the two cases had attracted many spectators. The defendants are charged with having attacked and performed a criminal operation upon George Warren. a salesman for a candy concern. at Wade's store, near Ensley. some time ago.
 Tn Judge H. P. Heflin's division of the court Paul Curry was convicted on a charge of violating the prohibition law and was fined $50.
 Tn the case of Nose Mullin, charged with violating the prohibition law, a yer dict of not guilty was rendered by the jury.
 The cases of S. M. Cohen and M. L. Cohen charqed with e~i.- e-.i forgery, were nolle pressed by Judge Wff- liam F. Fort with the agreement of the solicitor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-27
ENTIRE STRUCTURE MILITARY COURTS
 PERILED, BELIEF
Attorneys See Far-Reach- ing Effect of Supreme Court Decision in the
 Caldwell Case
Br JoHN D. FITzGERALD

Anniston. April 26.--( Special )-The decision by the supreme court of the United States last week holding that the civil courts of this state were se- cure in their jurisdiction in the trial nd condemnation of Sergt. Edgar C.. Caldwell. slayer of Conductor Cecil Linten in this city on December l5, 101S may have the effect of endan- gering the entire strueture of the mili- tary courts of the United States army, as they relate to m5rder trials ac- cording to the opinions expressed Mon day by several leading attorneys of this city.
 The opinion of the supreme court of the United States m the Edgar c. Caldwell case has just been received The opinion is of Considerable inter est not only on account of the great interest which has peen aroused in the case itself but cn account of it's sweeping assertion O. the supremacy of the civil government over all mili- tary tribunals in the United States
 The opinion was written by Chief Justice White and additional interest Is given his views in this case by req son of the fact that he is not only one cf the eminent iurisls of the world but is a southern democrat and Confederate veteran. The opinion sm- phatically asserts the full and com plete jurisdiction of the state courts in this case and then proceeds to cast he utmost doubt upon the rights of any court-martial to try a defendant accused of murder. unless the mur- Ger was actually committed in terri tory occupied by armies in actual war fare. Since the question was not di- lectly before it, the court did not di- rectly decide whether a court martial could try a soldier for murder, but when such a case IS actually pre- sented to the court. it would appear from the weighty iutimations in the Caldwell case that every conviction by a court martial of a soldier charged with murder in the United States dur ing the war with Germany will be held void Hundreds of men were tried and convicted of murder by courts-martial in this country dur ing the war, the military authorities proceeding upon the assumption that & state of war existed which gave them Jurisdiction to try the case. The opinion in the Caldwell case estab- fishes the proposition that, not a mere state of war, but the presence of actual warfare operations is necessary to confer such jurisdiction on the oourts-martial. The opinion, in part is as follows
 TEXT OF OPINION
 Pending the existence of a state Of war with Germany, the appel lant. soldier in the army of the United States serving in a camp in Alabama, was tried and convicted for the murder of a civilian at a place within the Jurisdiction of the state and not within the confines of any camp CT place subject to the control of the S,Eil or military authorities A the United States. The conviction ss re- viewed and affirmed by the preme court of Alabama and was re-eSamined and eeaffirmed on rehearing.
 @ he contention of a total absence
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-27
Many Civil Service
 Positions Are Now Oper

Numbers of positions are open for both men and women in the United States civil service. according to A. B. Guyton local secretary.
 These positions will be filled by open competitive examinations in winch anyone can take part who is citizen of the United States and can qualify. The field of service is in all parts of the United States.
 Following are some of the positions open: Senior and junior land appraiser, $9OG- g, roo per year; passenger and freight clerk, $l, ,200-s1 500; catalytical chemists. &, ,000-$4 000; assistants and junior cata- lytical chemists, s1,e00-s3000; training, placement and district medical officers and assistants for each, $l50o-s3 ,ooo; structural engineer, $S000-s4.OOO; bookbind- CTS, pressmen, electrotypers and stereo- typers, 75 cents per hour; examiner of ac- counts, S1 SO0-3000 computer, $l,2o0; me- chanical and electrical engineer, Fl, ,loo- 8, ,40o associate and assistant engineer, $l, ,40o-s2 800; electrician, ss40-s1. 200; naut- cal expert, s1.Oo0; machinist, n,20o-$1 800; and laboratory aid, s4 per day. Albert Guyton, local secretary of the civil service will take the matter up with any who would stand the examfna- tiOnS