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Arizona republican., 1920-09-25
C. c. Fl. Editor
LESSONS IN AMERICANtSM No. 2-La Justicia (Or "A Horse
On You"

on You.
 It was along about the latter part of June or the first part of July that Felix created something of a ripple in the society life of our settlement by announcing that he had at last located the horse that had been stolen from him out of the pasture some weeks previous A white man in town had him.
 He sought the counsel of his neigh bors and was advised to go and tell the sheriff all about it-the sheriff would get it back for him. Well, Felix and his youngster, acting as interpre- ter, spent a day in town and upon their return sought further counsel from his world wise neighbors. It seems that the MeXicans had seen some sort of official-sheriff, constable, or policeman-who told them nothing could be done until they paid down some money.
 They were advised by the settlers to hire a lawyer. They spent another day in town hiring the lawyer. After paying him fifteen dollars, he advised them to return in five days. They did. Back home again, they recounted how their lawyer had gone to the man who had their horse and he refused to give the critter up on the grounds that he mad bought the animal and paid for him. A warrant had been sworn out and the hearing was set for ten days later
 At the appointed time Felix and his family armed with their lawyer, were on hand ready to go to trial. The trial was postponed for some reason or other. Incidentally, Felix was relieved Of ten dollars or so as court fee of some kind. With the trial hanging fire, we left town
 Some five weeks later we returned and meeting Felix and his son we in quired what luck he had with his horse.
 a erat eI- H,41-- son.
 "s1, si." assented the father with a weary smile.
 When did you get him?'
 Maybe ttee wicks ago.
 How much did you pay to get him back2"
 eSeexty dollars
 How did it come to cost you that much ?"
 Well. you see" explained the son. after long harrangue from the father. He say, the lawyer, he get feefteen dollars. Then we half to pay some money to the court Then the coort first we half to pay half the feed bill for the time the man had the horse So 1t is seexty dollars when We get the horse
 And the horse was stolen from you in tSe first place2"
 ''Yes. they take him from the field one night
 And they make you pay half the feed bill to the man that had the horse?"
 Yes
 What did you pay for the horse when you first got him ?"
 The boy inquired of the father and when he repeated, He say seexty dol lars" the father couldn't suppress the sheepish grin of acknowledgment that he knew somebody had been playing him for a fool
Arizona republican., 1920-09-25
LIVING A LIFE
By pr. James l. Vanc,

Some of busy trying to living that have time left to live life.
 The that clamors Men may not live by bread alone, but he will not live long without Then there the mouths at home to be bodies be clothed and the rent and coal bill all the other bills.
 The living far get, and it is poor living, at that. Born to be dropped down to -grubbers and for the who stakes claim, the grubbng yields but bare existence.
 What pathos life presents. Souls born for the heights must stay in the swamps.
 Wonder is a whose passion is music but e chained to a last because he must a living.
 There is another whose passion is poetry, but he sells groceries make a monthly wage.
 And trudgA the grind of daily toll, with leisure look up, with chance to get with opportunity to do anything but bit Of money that comes way pay day. It may be honestly earned but many of there is blood on our wages, the better self His main business is live life. To this as the soul gives spirit a chance. The tragedy that under the stress of physical need forgets that he has a soul unmindful that he is spirit.
 Man s immortal He can bring 70 the humblest tasks motives as high heaven He transform drudgery with the vision of spiritual realities He can glorify wages by working for wages but for the love of doing work well. As he does this he will be earning living; and He will be living a life.
Arizona republican., 1920-09-25

group of men were chatting in a per son3l sort of way.
 The clerk at the window to which went was so nice and when asked if I might open an account there he told me that I surely might
 "A dollar and a minute is all that is necessary to make you a customer of the Central bank" he told me. ana a moment later the deed was done Some banks require so mach red tape about opening an account, don't you think? But this one doesn't.
 The Central has savings depart ment too, the clerk told me. that has increased 100 per cent since January. 1920. This department pays the GUS toners 4 per cent. And iii case that ) had any money to invest was told that the employees cf the bank would be very glad to assist and advise me in every way. That WAS a part of their system on which they laid spc- cial stress. the giving of courteous and cheerful advice 10 their customers In deed. while l was at the window a quiet loOking littlc woman came in. evidently greatly worried over some financia. 1-attc~ F1t after & talk with one o7 tEe employees she went CIt apparent Y much relieved.
Arizona republican., 1920-09-25
MAKERS AND BREAKERS
By pr. James I. Vance

To which class do you belong? Are you maker or a breaker? a broad people may be divided into these two classes with lot left over who have not ginger enough get into either class,
 There are the They the people who put things across. They the promoters, the pioneers the path finders and road7builders They dream dreams visions, and then they get busy
 They throw out a line of positive energy and when they go on they leave something behind them They institution, a town, an age They make men. They touch their fellows with an cleo tric contact. and evoke. They dynamic It is a great thing to maker, to trek in the wake ot divinity to look chaos, God did at dawn and say: Let be-"
 Then there are the breakers They the people who pile things in the way. They depress and dis courage and down. They scent anything that is wrong, and there is always something wrong. They have critical instinct abnormaly developed. Such people ruin enterprise. They can spoil any picnic They break any Eden, They stop progress and prevent enterprise. They parayze faith and discredit hope They are the butchers ot civilization.
 If I cannot build up, God forbid that should tear down. If cannot make the day brighter and the way easier fellow traveller missed my chance
Arizona republican., 1920-09-25
Money, Men and Good Judgment Have to Do With This Article.

Just as l was getting ready to come down to the office this morning I had quite a scare. I heard Mrs. Allison. who has the room next to mine cry out that all her money had been stolen
 Two hundred dollars had been taken from my room I heard her say. Yes" she was explaining, q had it all in my pocketbook, which was in the right hand drawer Of my dresser And now 1T is gone.a
 Mercy me-" I thought. oI wonder if l have any money left It would be quite d catastrophe for Jean White to lose all her money right now Of course, knew that there was no dan ger of anyone stealing S200 from me but there was a chance that they might have taken less. But I found that my funds had not been touched and resolving to keep an eagle eye on my pocket book I went down to break fast.
 Mrs. Allison was explaining to the clerk that she had kept the money in her room because she felt that bank would not like to take transient checking account. She had not planned to stay in Phoenix long and so had not bothered to open an account
 But there is one bank that does want transient checking accounts ex- plained the clerk. You will find it right down the street on the other side. It's the Central bank They open at 10 o'clock and you will find that they will be glad to open an account with you. Really, madam. that is much the best way for you to handle the balance of your funds while you are here. You will be saved much bother and annoyance"
 "Now then, Jean White" I thought. 'Heres your chance. Why don't you open a bank account and not have to worry about your pocket hook all the time. Because you know that YOU do put things down and forget them and. anyway, your money might be stolen Have you folks ever gone into q hank that simply breathe6 Chininess? Where the business like atmosphere SC satur- ated the place that you felt positively frigid? You even felt as though you should apologize for coming into the building at aD and you could not pos sibly imagine yourself doing business with such an important concern.
 Well, the Central bank is not at all like that. 4 few minutes after 10 o'clock ] went into the bank and the very first thing that I noticed was that |The president, MT Stafford had his desk placed Informally at the right Of the entrance. and that around < q
Arizona republican., 1920-09-25
PLEASE EXCUSE HIM RN fha Cuh Renn rfer,

Good morning every body. q don't aim to steal Jean Whites stuff, but that's just how I feel over it) Good morning, everybody; have you got my notes on Cox's speech in your home I taken Gas we say in the Great South wesD some swell and clever notes on Cox speech at the fair grounds vest D. m. but some how and other l lost them. You have wonderful town here populated with wonderful people that full of pop, and I want to meet all of you if 1 can, petically, the section of your poppy population that picked up my notes on Gen. CoXs speech and is hideing out with them. I got good grounds for saying, Good morning every body" Aint I?
 But so long as my bread & butter is depending on these here notes that 1 lost about Hon. CoXie's speech, and the presses is waiting till l get some thing wrote, I guess I may as well try to write without my notes, as I would make a fine bundle of sticks out of myself if was to go up to the city editor and tell him I can't write up Admiral Coxes speech because I lost nay notes. Wouldn't I?
 Well here goes, and please excuse,
 tN-' NA@-S .
 One strong appeal that Sen. smith made on why we should vote for Judge Cox was that he kept us out of war. Gosh, folks, I'm kinda uncertain about Mark Smith makeing that re- mark, come to think on it. Writeing up q politicians speech when you lost you notes is kinda dangerous as my rememberance is just d little dull this a. m. Say, hasent some one out in the audience found my notes yet? Some thing tells. me I'm off on the wrong shoe when I say that Mark i Smith said Capt. Cox kept us out of war and that's how we should vote for him. It musta been in some body else's campaign. Maybe got it all mixed up and that it was when they was trying | to put Gen. Wood across on the slo- gan, '"They kept him out of war" No, that ain't the way it goes. It's: "He kept us out of war" If only I had my notes herei
 Come to think of it, I guess it was said by Charley Hughes when he was 1 been he they was talking about be- cause they didn't get into no wars when Roosevelt was president. did they?
 ITO illustrate my point" says Mir. 1 Cox, you have cooperation between your counties''-he has a good sense of humor, hasn't he2
 
 Are there any bankers in the au- dience ?'' asked the speaker. No .'' answered a raucous voice, ''but there's a coupla cotton pickers down there" He says he is for a protective tariff of lemons. He's something of a lem l onader, eh2
 Well. without my notes I'm afraid to proceed further.
Arizona republican., 1920-09-25
ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE

The word revolution many people cowed
 Events in Russia exertng terrifying in fuence upon ideas everywhere.
 Whoever whispers revolution must be bolshevik.
 This has been curiously revealed by attack Robert Whittier, actor-rnanager in New York, has revived Ibsens drama: An Enemy of the Peo ple," in which he plays the principal role
 Two anti-revolutionary New Workers have just been fined the police court because they disapproval plays denunciaon or middle-class conservatism.
 MT. Whittier has received also, anonymous letters telephone calls threatening his life and caihs mn agent of soviet Russia.
 And yet, the poor actors offense is more than this: He takes the part of Dr. Stockmann, who has discovered that medicinal baths which making polluted. When the doctor declares the baths repaired prevent the spread of contamina- tion he is cheered by the people. But when 1t be- comes evident that the repairs will require an in creased local tax rate for everybody to pay he Is reviled and called enemy of the people.
 Dr. Stockmann thereupon denounces the middle class, compact majority. He asserts the intel only class which is always right. To this disturb ing indictment, Stockmann adds a denuncation of governing class, and revolution is neces- sary give brains. That enough make Stock boshevik
 So, two representative Workers proved genius of Ibsen dramatist of life by doing to the flesh nearly they could what the compact majority did to Stockmann in the play. Thus by extraordinary irony of fate Ibsens writ 1882 a plea for popular leadership to be drawn from arstocracy of intellect, is de- nounced bolshevk propaganda. If Ibsen were alive, he would say the attack MT. Whittier is abundant Justification for the play
Arizona republican., 1920-09-25
PopuIarizing Postal Savings

The which has been inaugurated to stimulate postal savings and to add ma terialy to is said be receiving wide spread support. The plan is excellent one and should meet with general approval The leader in is Eugene Meyer, IT, former chairman the finance corporation who has presented the plan to the senate reconstruction committee.
 It is proposed that the postal savings system be made more attractive by increasing the per cent interest rate paid by the government and to duce the time limit of deposit year the limit to three before interest is paid compensation to posmasters their time effort in handling the business. to be based on the amount savings deposited with them.
 Raising interest undoubtedly would suit in a material increase in deposits which add wealth of both the individual and the nation The latter available at slight cost funds to replace from certificates at three times of postal savings. It would tend to bring to light the hoards in stocking and fruit jar banks place them in circulation to the great benefit of the country.
 People of foreign birth, newly arrived in this country patrons postal savings bank system in comparatively large numbers, it is shown. Make the postal savings bank system even popular by increasing the and these newcomers will be benefited greater extent their welfare aided their respect loyalty the increased and their Americanism materially advanced
 The better a lives, the better opportunity he has to become good citizen Therefore the plan to reorganize the postal bank system make it more attractive seems have many advantages and no disadvantages the support of sll
Arizona republican., 1920-09-25
USEFUL GUIDE

Several states planning the adoption of in dustrial laws. following the example of Kansas.
 Kansas experience will be useful guide.
 It is becoming evident that a mistake made in combining with the Kansas Court of Industrial Re Iations Public Utility Commission.
 Not only is work of either body enough group of men, but the two have nothing in com 
 The men who have the job of preventing strikes must first and foremost be experts in human Those who decide whether telephone railway panes may raise rates change their schedules of service must be, primarily, experts in finance operation.
 The one function is social; the other is technical
 States that create Court of Industrial Rela- tions should keep their Public Utility Commissions. There should be the best cooperation the bodies. but no overlapping.
 Don't stop a fist fight regulate ma chine with the same instrument.
Arizona republican., 1920-09-25
Saturday. Sept. 25. 1880

San Francisco, Sept. 24-President Hayes and party left this morning with a delegation of citizens for Spring Valley mine at Chico Flats where they were received with anvil salutes and repast was prepared for them. The party was conducted to the sluices where Superintendent Wildric opened one of the rifles and took out a hand full of amalgum in which there was probably about $500 in gold and pre- scented it to Mrs. Hayes. Mrs. Hayes set off a blast of 25,000 pounds of powder which made but little noise but broke up a large area of ground.
 New York, Sept. 24-The New York Times table shows that = out Of g members of congress from the states lately in rebellion served in the rebel army Thirty eight percent Of all the Democrats in congress. north and south, are Confederate soldiers.
 Hon. NJ. ". Stewart. Arlzona's next delegate in congress. in a letter re- ceived by the Herald this morning. states that he expects to be in Phoe- nix oct. Is.
 MT. Ellis is in Globe his way to San Francisco and will be absent about three weeks. He reports great activ- ity in that mining camp of which great things are expected in the future. The mining properties are all looking well and developing finely
 MT Meador of Prescott arrived by last nights stage and intends to make this valley his home. He will enter the fruit business.
 The public school at Mesquite opened last Monday with H. C. owen as teach CT and Messrs. Collins. Martin and Underalaid as trustees.
 Farmer Wilson has made some ex- cellent wine on his place this season. his grapes being very sweet and of good quality. There seems to be no reason why wine making should not be an important Industry in this val ley.
 The distance from the railroad sta- ton of Wilcox beyond Tucson to Globe City is 12S miles, and this, too. by a recent cutoff. The distance to Globe from Phoenix is S5 miles, or a saving of 43 miles and over a much better road, from which we would think it would be an easy matter for this city to control that trade as soon as the A. C. R. R. is completed to this town which is promised by Jan. 1.
 l. M. Seymour. president of the Vul- ture mine. passed through the city yesterday. He informs us that he will add 20 stamps to the mill, making 100 stamps in all.
 Roberts and Ryder have a force of men at work on the NJ. w. Kales' new residence, which will be completed in a few weeks
 An eating house offering a first class meal of } cents will soon be started in the city by r. H. Quinn.
Arizona republican., 1920-09-25
SATURDAY. MORNING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1920
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
 Aristotle.
A Wasted Resource

Once thought to have supply of timber abso- iutey nexhaustible, United States has awakened te the almost criminal extravaganza her forests being depleted and great na- tural resource almost the people. According to the report the forest service, timber in the United States is being used and destroyed four times timber growing.
 history lumber manufacturing business this country is not of which to be proud Years gro when there was believed be end to the timber supply only the very best lumber was good enough building purposes. The poorer grades Of timber were felIed left it lay were burned with ruthless the great injury done to growing trees. No made to replant the forests and today great gaunt tracts grnly attest to the lack of foresight days when no lumber problem seemed imminent.
 And now the people paying the price of this thoughtessness. Everyone feels it when he buys lumber or anything into the manufacture of which lumber The scarcity of wood pulp is felt in the newspapers and books and of article that comes in cardboard containers wrappers
 There are soo00 900 of land in the United States which the timber has been cut. Much of land is not fit for farming but is available for reforesting which should have been begun years ago. Under natures deliberate pan takes centuries to replace forest Even under the most advanced method forestry it requires 50 to 100 years to re- produce timber crop But instead of repanting the forests as fast as the denuded by the timber butchers it neglected and now the coun- try in consequence faces lumber famine. Fire has been an active and effective aid the wastefu tim Der cutting methods more s2ooooooo worth annually being destroyed in that manner.
 Legislation Is being urged to compel cooperation timber owners. manufacturers and others to practice conservation for the tnnber-cu lands in the most scientific that the menace of lumber shortage may pass and it become abundant in supply and reasonable in price.
Arizona republican., 1920-09-25
Good W anners

In a letter written a younger brother the Rus sian writer Chekhov the qualities which be found in one claims rightly to be person of culture and, laying particular emphasis courtesy and consideration for others. be set down a fundamental shortcoming in any such person ignor ance of the things which, he expressed it. heautif,I to do and good to know.
 Tn this dictum be discovered ozs Of the possi- hfl;+ies of the human which make the world a good place in to live. Among all the virtues, fand courtesy may called Q virtue) there is which so directly concerns our neighbor the cise of indiness and understanding in our dea irqs with him. As civilization progresses intercourse hatween man and man becomes more intimate Our fenendence upon each other increases daily We find ,hat o,r veIl-being and happiness may be made or -arred to q great extent by those about us. And we have thrust upon us the knowledge that happiness may Ina es,,re1 in no better manner than by copious lba ,ions of that cheapest and finest of fluids the milk of human kindness
 The praces of character are not liable to come to ~ v.,,o neither knows cares what they are. It co,,ires effort and will acquire the nieeties of
 d,,ct But once desired. they can be obtained by ,,, and as this is a commercial age 7bt may be re-
Arizona republican., 1920-09-25
SNAPSHOTS AROUND TOWN


 A Mexican and his horse at faucet near the street curb. The Mex, head tilted backward. is drinking from d water spurt out from leaks around the bottom of the vessel producing some thing of the effect of a fern dropping from hanging basket. The horse standing in the street, has his neck craned, head elevated, and his tongue is tapping at one of the little streams shooting from the bucket. Title of the picture, "A Less Than s2.75 Drink or Pinto Wins By A Neck"
 The entrance to one .of our exclusive cafes. The open doorway is blocked by a young woman of medium height, weight pretty close to 190 pounds Feet firmly planted about 14 inches apart One chubby arm hangs Imply at her side, a patent leather pocket book Is engaged in yielding a toothpick with which the lady is exploring the roof a yawning cavern in her face. Her eyes are rolled up as though she were draw ing a bead across her eyebrows. She evidently is waiting while her escort settles with the cashier. Title: t'Open For Business
 little burro tearing along cement sidewalk with two youngsters on roller skates hanging to his tail. A hundred feet behind, tot in jumpers trundIes along crying plaintively. Wanted: A title
Arizona republican., 1920-09-25

The interior of the Central hank ls being remodeled and will when com pleted, add one third more to the pres ent floor space, while the staff of cm ployes. now numbering 20 will be in- creased proportionately.
 Before I left the building Mir. Staf- ford came and spoke to me, saving that he had noticed me at tho window and was wondering if ] had become one of their customers.
 ''Aes. I have just opened am ac- count" I said. "It is so muaR sa,t49 than having 10 carry money aroHl~, And this bank seems so nice and friendly" I added. Tt isn't like many others"
 Well. Miss White" said AIr. Staf- ford. this is the bank where folks feel at home. We are just common folks around here, but we do everything in our power to serve our customers and friends sat5sfac. .orily and to prove oUr appreciation of their goodness in com ing to see us I hope that you win come in often Miss White. and bring your friends along.
 am so glad that I have my m0ncr in a nice. safe friendly place. It is such a relief And then it gives one such an important feeling, don't you fIIEk2