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Arizona republican., 1920-05-26

of miners strike died and has ever since lain dormant and buried.
 In reading the Literary Digest find today an article headed Mining for Oil" under which is a cut of mill erected at ElIzo. %eV- for the reduction and mining of oil shale, which it say presents no troublesome problems Further, the article says. 'tbese oil beds contain organic matter and show lifeIike algae. fish scales etc." which are frequent in these immense lodes 70 which l refer. The writer further says ..The oil shale industry presents a long series of problems to be solved by ! trained men,"
 Good enough; what industry docs not2 ask Again ] note that ''these deposits are found iH Colorado. Utah. Wyoming. Nevada. Montana and CSs- ] fornia." with no mention or intimauoF of the state of Arizona being in ey ] istence Let me whisper 10 the Ne7 | and to the residents of the richest Nnd ! fairest of all lands with it's diveFsi- ! fled means of wealth and wonderful cIimate-Te have this unlimited indus trial chance at hand and there arc worlds of the material for its produc ton Who will lead in it's develop
 GEO. 0. FORD.
Arizona republican., 1920-05-26
Where the People
 May Have a Hearing
Oil at Our Doors

To The Republicans
 The cry has been and has been beard from the date of my coming to Arizona 30 years ago to the present day, Our wealth is assured by minerals. agrtcul- ture, stockraising and industries if the question of cheap fuel could be solved" It is and has been solved for many years. but the rustler and young blood necessary for the progress of a new issue. scheme or test seems not to have awakened.
 During my first 20 years in Arizona my whole attention was given to pros pecting and you will find on the rec ords of three counties the name of Geo. Ford. locator" several hundred times. Few men of moderate means have labored more assiduOuSly or eX- pended more in prospect development than myself Being wholly unaccus- toned to oil indications or favorable contacts. [ paid Iittle attention to the subject until in sinking a shaft on a shale ledge I was struck by the pecu liar odor of the rock when it was first broken, the fumes quickly eVapOrating when air exposure was met
 Many and frequent were the expert ments and primitive tests made and myself with others sent samples to the school of mines and also to Washing ton being finally informed that from boulder "less than the size Of your fist a teaspoOnful of the very highest s9ade of gasoline making oil was Cb-
Arizona republican., 1920-05-26
FORTY YEARS AGO TODAY
From Arizona Re- public h nd for a time published
 n evening edition

Mrs M. J. Cotton. Washington St, near Center.
 The event of the season was the social party given by MT. and Mrs A. b. Lemon at their home on the evening of the 18th. the occasion being the celebration of their china wedding. About fifteen couples spent happy evening in social greeting and pleas
 ant conversation in their cozy and
 neatly furnished parlors. enlivened by excellent piano music. Among the per
 formers we noticed Miss Irene Barton
 MT A. Goldberg and Miss Tho NJ.
 Lemon. Among those present we flo- ticed MT. and Mrs. John T Aisap. Miss Flora Murray, Mir. and Mrs. W A. Hancock, Miss Hattie Lount MT. Charles E. McClintock. Mrs. Judge Oury and daughter from Florence, MT. 1 A. Goldberg, Miss Hattie Tucker. l Judge De Forest Porter. MT. J. D. Mon l ihon, Mrs Josie C. AIonihon, Mir Frank l Kirkland. Miss Lulu Cotton. Mir. and Mrs. Beverly Cox, Mir. Charles Gold
 man, Miss Irene Barton. Miss Jennie i Thornburg, Miss Lena Cox. Mr. Neri { Osborn, Miss Rose Osborn. Mrs. Dr. | Sheets, Mr. and Mrs. McNulty. Dr. 1 Rosson. Mir. and Mrs. r. A. Shaw. Sturenburg has now on hand a fresh 1 lot of hair compeller- The attention of those needing it is called to this fact
Arizona republican., 1920-05-26

A--The atmosphere soon becomes too rare to sustain human life, but recent astronomical experiments have fixed the actual depth of air al $50 miles.
 o.-What is the meaning of the col lar device worn by officers in the med . ieal corps of the arnny7-D. p.
 A.--The Caduceus. the emblem Of the Medical Corps of the United States army, is a winged rod entwined by two snakes. Of these symbols. the rod signifies power, the serpents wis dom. and the wings. diligence and ac- tivity. In the times of Greek myth ology this was the symbol of Mercury InthetimesofGreekm eekmyth-vtty pvf 9393
 0.-How is the horsepower of an automobile engine measured 2-E- B.
 A--The nominal horsepower Of an engine is determined by an approxi- mate formula of which that of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce is the. most common Ac- cording to this the horsepower is equa to the square of the diameter of the cylinder times the number of cylinders divided by two and one half.
 (Any reader can get the answer tC any question by writing The Republi can Information Bureau, Frederic , Harkin, Director, Washington, D. C This offer applies strictly to informa tion. The bureau cannot give advice on legal medical and financial mat ters. It does not attempt to settl, domestic troubles. nor to undertake ex. haustive research on any subject Write your question plainly and brief 1 ly. Give full name and address anC i enclose two cents in stamps for re turn postage. All replies are sent di. 1 rect to the inquirer.)
Arizona republican., 1920-05-26
The Twelfth District

The bulletin for May of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. general business and agricultural conditions the Twelfth Federal Re District made public yesterday It indi- cates a shortage of 100000 bushels the grain crop as compared with the estimates of May year ago. but improvement conditions estimated a month 13 per cent normal They are now 7S per normal compared with s9 per for May of last year. The situation with respect hay is much the same.
 Concerning cotton prospects the bulletin says:
 Cotton prospects in the Imperial Valley of Cali fornia, and Mexico, only fair at this time While acreage has been increased from 145ooo in 1919, 225,O0o 1920. damaged the condition of which is reported at only so cent of normal. The Arizona crop is in fair dition 21o.O0o being planted cotton in this state this year, compared with s7.O0O year ago. few contracts for future delivery have been made the basis of minimum price of 75 cents per pound. It is anticipated the average price for this years will be between S5 and 90 cents per pound"
 There is indication of a serious shortage and much higher prices for canned fruits The crop in California is below of last year. Because of the high prices asked by the growers the shortage and high price sugar. together un- certainty regarding the ability the market ab- sorb canned fruits at higher prices practically contracts for the 1920 crop have been made
 There was a moderation of building activity ing April in all the principal district cept three, of which is Phoenix whose building permits for that month aggregated ss9412s. against $4245s4 for March and s132027 in April year ago. This the largest percentage of gain recorded cept the of Portland where permits for April to $2.2s5,soo from ss46.1o5 March. PortIand's showing that month than that O April a year ago. The only city in which there building gain Los Angeles, $sS74.472 in April against sS.O76.7ss March and s1.e1O,255 in April of last year.
 Sales of retail stores throughout the distrec teu below those of March by 13 per but they were 25 per cent greater than for April of year
 clearings in principal cities O this district aggregated S1.713.406000 during April as compared with s1,S0S 2O3 during decrease 2 per cent s1,179.O92. during April 1913 increase of 45-3 cent. Comparative statement clearings federal reserve bank and branch cities is given below:
Arizona republican., 1920-05-26
rhs Miaadventure of President pesehanel

We know nothing of the personal habits of Mon f,r DeschaneI president of the French republic. ,vc have never heard anything to his discredit But , know what per of the American people ,,oild have thought if any time previous June of last year probably January II of the present
 ,r an American president arrayed in his night
 ,, had fallen out of the window of moving train. x special meeting of the Good Templars Lodge would ,.,,. been called to the question of his ,,,Iion and the more impusive ladies of the W. c. T. r. would have hastened to circulate petitions for
 ,,g course it is possible for one to fan off of a
Arizona republican., 1920-05-26

to hide anywhere don't have to be forever wondering part a great for hearing with can hear snoopy skunk mile away Nick Nancy followed for they wished to find out all they could to tell badub WI O scanbfs tBunnys reaIy A faint had hurredy olds
 Am all in | a
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  teI jim q yout tonnor ena
Arizona republican., 1920-05-26
TO MYSELF
BY Guv c. Terhune

DJ SNJ Gs iSfHNtS What I am hope to be Nothing more nor less for me. If a liar be it bold, From myself no secrets hold; To myself no petty lie Tell to paths of right defy; To myself be straight and true, Hiding nothing from my view. Tn the chambers of my mind would hide no things unkind. In the attic of my brain Evil thoughts I would not chain. Lest they do more harm to mo When their moves I cannot sec. Lest they flourish in the dark, Kindling to a flame some spark. What l do l would not hide Shamefully the way beside. If it be a wicked wrong I would not deceive the throng, For l know no deed deceives One who numbers all the leaves: So why should l for worthless prai. Blight my soul with damniug ways
Arizona republican., 1920-05-26
WEDNESDAY. MAY 2s. 1920

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have striving good enough to be called a failure
 George Eliot
Arizona republican., 1920-05-26
PUTS BAN ON DANCING
 ANp HIKES AT NIGHT

COLORADO SPRINGS-Roscoe c. H1l. superintendent of schools re- fuses to take the responsibility for girls and boys dancing together. ou can't hold a dance in the school s name he says. If your parents want you to dance ] can't stop you" He also bans mikes" at night about the school grounds.
Arizona republican., 1920-05-26
sl.4s2. .8I4 bod sl .57O. .725Ooo sl. .o44. .asg. bod

Total .$1,4S2,S140oO $1.57O.725.O0O s1O44sS90OO
 Mention is made of the tendency toward a stiffening interest witho It sn explanation of the of which though tte pub apprised this bulletin was pc pared.
 It is found that labor shortage exists in all sections of the district, especially in miners farm 1aborers and domestics. While there is some labor the industrial skies fairly clear there nowhere any important strikes or disturbances.
Arizona republican., 1920-05-26

tained. highly fnnammable. The usual enthusiasm followed. but no capital be-
 ing interested. the natural excitement
Arizona republican., 1920-05-26

Doubtless when the profteer dreams of heaven he wonders if the golden streets are so securely fastened down that slabs are movable.
Arizona republican., 1920-05-26

We have all sorts of vice crusades except vice presidents and nobody seems to anything about
Arizona republican., 1920-05-26

The demand for increased production was nobls by remarkable output of advice from jaw smiths
Arizona republican., 1920-05-26
ADVENTURES OF THE TWIN S y Olive Roberty Bareosa

and in h 
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Arizona republican., 1920-05-26

Back the old days. we are reminded by \. L. A. that they stoned their excess prophets.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-19
The Tragic Tale of Buffalo Coat
Which George Wore 10 the Theatre

II was while he was in Chicago that
George broke out in brash. He discovered
at the railway station rows upon rows of his
frs, book and crowds of people buying them,
and George trying to do one good deed or
bead n day took down a volume, twinklingly
autographed and replaced II upon the shelf
Here you" said the book seller with one
eagle eve upon the autograph, one upon the
scurrying George, you'll pay me dollar
and half for scribbling your name in that
book. don't care who you are" With even
less Of tho five hundred dollars than he had
when he bow secuted himself UP TO the stall
vounr Mr. McCutcheon took the first train
leading anywhere.
spealing of shyness. ! have often Won
dered why our author has never told any
larger public than the poker game of the
night he escorted a girl into Lafayette to
SEQ n show. We consider the incident the
turning point in his life and frequently dis
.cuss IL. 1--WE do not play much poker in
our game. that is one Of the nice things
about rs The night he took the girl TO the
theatre was very cold George says, and they
drove into town in buggy. Not that George
minded as he had a new coat, made from
several buffaloes He was proud OF II, but II
took up a good deal Of room. That was all
right in the buggy. for in this way there
was enough buffalo for both-which was
pleasant, indeed. But IN the opera house IL
was hard to get into one seat with H. The
girl had seat all 10 herself OF course-at
the opera house George admits he should
have taken off his coat and carried Il on
his arm. but he had rather looked forward
TO wearing 1t down the aisle and by the
time they reached their seats he was so
terrified by the gisgles he and the girl were
receiving that he crushed himself into his
place, collar still around his ears, and be-
came tho complete bison.
every ono knew that their fellow just on
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-19
of Kings Crown" at Columbia College 1899
George Barr Daisy McCutcheon
and the Coat of Several BuftalOes

saws our success" which, if you are keen.
you will recognize as one OF the attributes
making up his rosary)-owe all cur sue
cess / repeat, to our parents he Is great
on parents. / point out to him that our
pioneer forefathers didn't have any hVe-
thousand-dollar canvases themselves as the
result Of Imagination and never encouraged
their children to have them.
George then sayS-paclng his cigar ON q
corner of his book shelves teeming with
Napoleonana-"They had imagination enough
to get up and get when they found the
Eastern farms unyielding. They foresaW
productive iands-productive for the chill
dren-as they hewed forests and turned over
the virgin prairie soil. The men worked all
day and the women worked all day ana III
nieht. There wasn't much time for sonnets.
So the love of expression stayed bottled up
for few generations, then burst
George" says Daisy, don't let your cigar
go out. 1t smells So
George Barr Daisy resumes his cigar
while / explain that the Hoosier creates
beautiful things because life in Indiana Ia
rather arid the country fiat, the landscape
generally uninspiring. so the writer supplies
that which he unconsciously misses. All
those chapters of Indiana authors are strug-
giles against suppression and every DOCK
desire for something better They live and
have a nice time in their characters" i
conclude.
The author Of "Graustark" then replies
that he wouldn't have had nice time at all
in this monarchy of his invention. He would
have backed into something as sure as fate
upon leaving the presence of that family he
had created II wrote that story to try to
get used to royalty. / thought If / could
manage that I might get along with the
young ladies in Lafayette"
George Barr Laura contends that he Is
shy, but he isn't. It's a sort Of cult among
men to be shy just now. But George Barr
Daisy really is a bit skittish, and probably
has a pink head as he reads this. He just
tried to be brash once-the success Of
"Graustark" probably occasioning 1t. There
was very little but the Joy from a general
reclamation got out Of this first novel of the
young editor DAISY says he was editor-in-
chief but George discredits the statement).
His friend, George AIDE. upon reading the
manuscript advised him to sell 1t outright
for the five hundred dollars that was offered
him II was not that this other Honest One
despised the Story of a Throne, but that the
Money looked pretty Good TO both the
Georges So II was Sold and the author
went to Chicago on a trip with some of the
money: and the price of a million copies
OF that book has since poured into the purse
of the publishers.
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Vol. Ill. Reviewed by
GEORGE 8. HELLMAN.

The first half Of this volume (the third in
Mr.. Woodberry's Collected Essays'D is given
over to papers on Crabbe, Landor, Keats.
Byron, Browning, Arnold. Colerdge Nand
Shelley, essays which first appeared in book
form in 1890. some of them having had their
prior presentation I'm the Atlantic Monthly
perhaps ten or twelve years earlier. Adequate
always and often excellent as are these writ
ings Of younger days, II Is not quite fair
either to the author or to the reader that
they should have been included with the
later and greater studies without any prefa-
tory or annotative indication of the disparity
as to the dates of composition. The average
reader of such book does not take up the
essays in sequence, but naturally turns to
his favorite themes; and IL lis not wholly
satisfactory to go, for instance. from such
papers as the Shakespeare and the Virgil.
where Mr.. Woodbury. shows himself the
masterAas far any man can be the mas
ter--of the mystery of life. to such studies
as the Keats and the Byron, where the crit-
cal faculty, for all its alertness cannot-yet
avail itself of the full treasury OF humanity.
vitalized by personal experience Tor Its most
powerful intuitiona well as analytical APP
praisals This criticism seems to us to apply
TO the entire series of these volumes, for
despite the inherent unity of Mr.. Wood
berry's outlook on life and literature and his
undertaking loyalty to his ideals of both, in
presenting the works of so unusual a mind
and spirit a chronological arrangement would
:, have most effectively set forth all those
processes OF intellectual and emotional
growth, even those processes of emotional
subsistence. which are best revelatory Of such
q mans life and achievement: as also. In
large way. typical Of life itself
The earlier essays were widely reviewed
and their merits recognized when they APP
peared more than a score of years ago under
the title of studies in Letters and Life" 1t
Is therefore to the concluding portion OF the
book that would devote our present COM
ment. OF the seven authors who are the
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-19
i.
Reviewed by ROBERT J. COLE.

~ Oct. critic and teacher oodberry
- Is each of these, and all Of him is
in each. For nearly forty years he
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-19
George Says Our Pioneer Ancestors
Had Imagination Enough to Move

AS fellow HOLSTERS we have talked over
this uper-development of Imagination that
has resulted in so many fiction writer's from
our state. George goes across the room
and straightens 6ve-thousand-do dollar can
vas 1--WE are at Georges now and opines
that we owe al our success The always
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-19
Literary Societies of Lafayette
Tried to Indemnity the Characters

He was named George so that he would
never tell lie Ego over your list of Georges
and see if they aren't all pretty honesty, and
the Barr was put i'm like a new kind OF
hyphen solely for the reason of annoying
our polite circle of poker players. There is
another George Barr in our circle-George
Barr Baker. The man who is setting this
type knows this George Barr, probably. Like
the Lafayette G.. 3. he served his time on
newspapers And for six years Europe has
known him in connection with foodstuffs,
and Hoover timed milk and ships carrying
II, methodical reports and the endless,
GREATNESS quest for funds. One might think
that the output OF my two friends. romanti-
cist and grim realst had been sufficiently
individual to grant them recognition by
other means than the adoption of their
wives names. But there is dominating
force in these two women which has caused
us to distinguish one husband from an
other by calling them George Barr Daisy
and George Barr Laura.
II Is of George Barr Daisy that am writ
ing to-day Rather / am slipping along
little rosary Of the authors attributes, each
attribute not tear nor yet prayer, but "A
humping good reason for his being novel;
list of Imagination and quiet understanding
and humor.
His Imagination began early. When
first novel is tremblingly put forth, such of
the authors friends as can borrow the book
search for home characters familiar to them.
They cannot believe that anybody who ever
worked at a soda fountain could create
type out of his inner consciousness. i my
self once wrote about a rather unpleasant
girl named Caroline and received a tart let
ter from an old friend named Carolyn to
leave her out "if I could manage it, in my
future romancng. II consider 1t actionable,"
wrote Carolyn.
George Barr Daisy was cutter than that.
His first novel which was written before
he ever left Lafayette. was "Graustark-the
Story of a Throne" The literary societies Of
the town met at various grocery stores and
went into the chara cterzation pretty strong
w. Leading citizens were compared with
potentates. young McCutcheons castles with
the best houses on South street, but from
cover to cover there was nothing to show
anything but young mans shimmering
fancy Wrote II right out OF his head"
was the "miraklousl"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-19
By LOUISE CLOSER HALE.
Copyright. 1890. oy TIE New YonK HnHALp.

Copyright, 1890, bU THE New YORK HERALD.
Wv THEN called up Daisy so as to be
\N/ sure about it, she said. yes it was
w in Lafayette. But that evening at
the poker game George said it was not right
in the town-it was little ways outside.
That is just like Georges wife, she is al
ways trying to show him off; and that is
just like George: he always tells the truth.
Daisy knows that to Hoosier like myself
(to be sure Chicago is my birthplace. but
that was an indscretion the part of my
parents, we are Hoosiers just the same) be-
ing born right in Lafayette is quite chic,
whereas being born on a farm doesn't inn
press me. I know all about farms and how
ugly they were about the time of the embryo
novelist's arrival. l can smell the straw
ticks and the hot little bedrooms and hear
the rasp of insects Although l was but
tiny girl on those visits l hated it. They
tell me it is different now, but / don't be-
lieve it.
Still there is satisfaction in the very
shadow of Lafayette. Ask any Indianian If
the place doesn't sound aristocratic to him.
It may be for the reason that it's a college
town. George took his degree at Purdue
University graduated with honors, Daisy
says); but / think it's because Lafayette Is
so Frenchy. Besides like "camoufiage," no
body can go very far wrong on the pro-
nunciation George has many accomplish
ments daisy says), but met him once in
Paris and he was awfuly mute. and that
may be the reason he chose Lafayette to be
born near. Then. too. his father and mother
lived there
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BOOK REVIE w S
First Volumes Issued
OF His Prose Works

COLLECTED ESSAYS: VOL l., HEART OF
MAN Vol. H.. The TORCH: Vol. Ill,
LITERARY ESSAYS. BY George Edward
woodbury.. Harcourt Brace and Howe
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-08-14
farm BUREAU NOTES

Mrs. Lena M Stanley Of FrSFl-
dencs. z. /, who sings N Trinity
episcopal church II thai CRY and
VINO Is sunmerlng a. South China
mas consented TO sing d. the heio day
meeting August i of the kenneoec
Farm Bureau ana the hennebec Po-
monas.
The heIa day of The Benton ana
the wlnsiaw Farm Bureaus whlcn
was neld on Thursday n Nlnsiew
was attended by about 125 members
of the TWO puraa LIS and the meeting
was d very interesting one c a
Day, county agent. gave very n
IerestlnE talk on EOW The Farm
Bureau FunctlunB. Miss Hsisn L.
man gave talk on "Enme C0nVen-
lences' C. L Crawford secretary
Of me Maine Sweet Corn Growers
associaron. explained ne sweet corn
situation N Maine and the necessity
fer organization Of the rural people
L Z Mcintyre Of East Waterford a
mem Der of me executive commit e
OF me New England Mix Producers