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Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1921-07-24
Taxation to Be Discussed

The state tax commission will also
have representatives at the confer
ence to give their views on the taxa
ton situation throu ghout the state and
TO hear the views of the county asses
cors. the clerks of the various boards
OF supervisors and the railroad
counsel,
II is also said that nearly all the
big corporations in Arizona will have
representatives present at the confer.
ence in Nogales to present their views
on the various questions that will
come up for discussion
This conference is held annually fo-
the purpose of considering the assess
N ents OF the different counties il the
state. making comparisons OF the as
sessments for the current year and
the previous year and cc2s;d ~:c-
matters OF taxation and a:sessr erts
on the various properties and holdings
within the entire state.
Various methods @; taxation and
assessment will be discussed at the
conference. specially prepared papers
by experts will be read. ard a general
Interchange of ideas will lie tie pur-
pose Of the meeting.
Corporations to Be Represented
The tax attorneys fo- ali the rail.
road companies in Arizona viii be at
the meeting to present their views or
taxation and assessments TO the con.
ference.
The various mining companies o;
the state are also to lave legal rcpre.
sentatiyes az the sessions. AMI the
cattlemen's association 81 the state
will have a representative at the con.
ference. as well as the wholesalers
associat;oa and othes large in,e, ests
in the state.
Other Cochise officials whU vii, at
tend the conference are Joan z. Hart
chairman. and J. c. f. Aiams and Q
A. Adams, members OF the Boari o.
Supervisors. County Engineer Sid
Smyth and J. F. Mcdonald. deputy
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1921-07-24
tf-YEAR-OLO BOY
GOES TO HIS DEATH
IN The TOWN DITCH

PHOENIX, July 21-Losing his
grasp on a rope used by youthful
the Townswimmers 10 keep them
afloat in shooting tbs rapids" Ed
ward Haenel, II.year-old. went to his
death in the Town Ditch shortly after
IL o'clock yesterday morning. III ef
forts in resuscitation by a pul,uoter
and three physicians failed
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1921-07-24
PIONEER xR,zoNAN
DIES IN CALIFORNIA

PHOENIX. July 21.-Mrs John
Dickson. pioneer resident Of Arizona.
died at the home Of her daughter.
Mrs. J. B. McCutcheon OF Bakersfield,
according to word received here yes
terday. Just short time before her
death. Mrs. Dickson made plans to re-
turn to this state to visit her daugh-
ter. Mrs. Ed Stephens. wife OF the Sec
rotary Of the livestock sanitary board.
The funeral arrangements have not
yet been announced
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1921-07-24
MAY FORM COMPANY

PHOENIX, July 20.--H H Wrenn.
OF Florence was in Phoenix yesterday
to confer with Adjutan. General Walt.
er S. ingalls, OF the Arizori National
Guard. relative to The preliminary
steps necessary to Organization of q
national guard company Of infantry
at Florence.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1921-07-24
AUTO CAMP SITE rs
CHOSEN A: PHOENIX

PHOENIX. July z1.-Definite selec-
ton of an automobile camping ground
70 Phoenix was made yesterday from
a large number of offerings by the
auto camp ground committee OF the
Chamber OF Commerce. presided over
by Harry A. Diehl. The location Of
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1921-07-24
e. PiRTlE ESTATE
is $339.744.61

PHOENIX. July 20.-The state will
benefit approximately $1,000 from the
estate Of Elmer Pirtie. who establish.
ed the town OF Pirtleville Mr.. Pirtle
died August S. 1920. leaving an estate
according to the appraisers. OF s339..
744.61. Since the property was held
jointly by Mr. Pirtle and his wife, the
state can collect inheritance tax on
only one-half the amount.
Mrs. Pirtle is sole heir to the estate
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1921-07-24
CLUB PROTESTS
TO PHOENIX AGAINST RoUT-
ING AUTOS WORST HIGHWAYS


BISBEE. July 20.-Complaints have
been made 70 the Warren District
Commercial Club by tourists travelling
between Phoenix and Tucson who say
that they have been advised to take
the road between Benson and Wilcox
rather than TO keep the Bankhead
highway. by way OF Tombstone, Bisbee
and Douglas Auto tourists who have
been so reuter- have suffered much in
convenience as the Benson-Willcox
road is practically impossible. and the
bridge between Benson and Wilcox
has been washed out. To correct such
mistaken routing the Warren District
Commercial Club has sent the follow
ing letter to the chamber OF commerce
at Phoenix. and copies to Douglas.
Tucson. Deming. Lordsburg and
Tombstone:
1t has been called to the attention
OF the Warren District Commercial
Club that east bound auto tourists
have been routed from Phoenix to e.
Paso by way of Benson, Wilcox and
Lordsburg. rather than via the Bank
head highway by way OF Tombstone.
Sisbee. Douglas and Lordsburg. This
matter has been brought 10 the at.
tsntioa o: the organization by the
complaints of tourists who have been
50 routed and who have contended
with the difficulties OF that route.
In the first place the bridge be-
tween Benson and Wilcox has been
washed out. and the road is utterly
impossible by a difficult detour. n
the second place. the road. at best. Is
An indifferent one. with stretches that
are admittedly bad at all times, while
al this time of year the entire road
is at its worst as the result of heavy
rainfaIls. Tourists who have negotia.-
ed it. and who say they were routed
that way at Phoenix. are quite veha-
ment In their remarkes when they dis
cover that the same trip could have
been made over a boulevard.
Now. in justice 10 the Bankheai
highway. Il justice to this section. in
Justice to the auto tourists, the Wa
rem District Commercial Club respect
fully urges the Phoenix Chamber Of
Commerce to do ali in its power to
have this matter brought to the atten.
.ion OF auto tourists. both through its
own organization. and through any
ether agencies that are ap: to direct
RAISING tourists.
"The road from Benson 10 Douglas
On the Bankhead highway is certainly
one OF the finest in the state. inclui-
ing the wonderful paved stretch ne
sw<er Bisbee and Dcugias. and .pc
road from Douglas to 3oaep Is a high
wsy. gravel-surfaced throughout. safe
and fast for travel. There is no pcs-
sib,c object in cas-: boun :rave' from
Phcenix in taking an .fher route
than the Bankhead."
eha nj S.S
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1921-07-24

the selection and other information
concerning it win be made public as
soon as the board OF directors Of the
Chamber OF Commerce has passed
upon the recommendation. About a
dozen sites were offered to the com
mittee, several OF which were Of ex-
ceptional merit.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1921-07-24
COPPER CRISIS PASSED

CALUMET. Mich. July 2O-Ai.
though there are no signs of a resum ).
tion In the very near future of coppe-
mining, either heer or in the other
large camps where the industry prac.
tically was suspended several months
ago, copper men are generally agreed
that the crisis has passed and that
steady improvement in the market FOR
the metal can be looked for from now
forward. In the meanwhile the larger
Lake Superior companies are keeping
their properties in shape for reopen
ing and very slight, if any. delay will
be experienced in getting mining I'M
der way when the time is propi,ious.
General Manager P. C. Beckett OF
the Phelps-Dodge corporation, one OF
the worlds largest producers of cop
per. declares that the question now
confronting the copper companies is
how soon will the economic conditions
return to normal He declares that the
copper situation is Strengthening out
rapidly and that there will be further
gradual Improvement as economic con-
ditions show recovery. both here and
abroad. Almost complete suspension
OF copper mining in this country has
done. he says. very much to hasten the
return of norma, conditions in the
metal market
Mr.. Beckett says that the copper
plus held in this country has been
very materially reduced and that there
IS no occasion for looking into the TT
ture with anything but optimism.
Strictest economy is urged upon the
copper companies by the Phelps
4 edge. however.
No Help From Auto Industry
Indications are that the automobile
industry will not come back" very
strong until after the first OF the new
year and that it may be next spring
before that industry will call upon the
copper producers for any large
amounts of metal The copper pro-
ducing companies and boards of COM
merce in the copper districts are urg.
ing a much wider use of the metal and
the replacement of the wartime sub
stitutes for copper with that metal
again. Their campaign is meeting
with some success, particularly be-
cause copper can now he obtained at
the lowest prices prevailing in a great
many years.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1921-07-24
AGED WOMAN DIES ON
WAY r. PICNIC

PRESCOTT. July 21.--whi.e on her
way TO a picnic with two OF her chill
dren and some frierss. Mrs NJ. c.
M5rrell, pioreer won1n o. this city.
del quietly fr,;h avtrerne age Gni
falling hear a. IL o'clock yesterday
morning. Sc was IS years old.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1921-07-24
cocHisE OFFICIALS WILL
DISCUSS TAX SITUATION

County Assessor George r. Hen
shaw and Clerk OF the Board OF Super
yisors L. r. Kuchenbecker are making
preparations to attend the annual
conference OF county assessors and
clerks of the various county boards OF
supervisors. to be held In Nogales the
week OF July IS to30 They will leave
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1921-07-24
FROM BIS5EE

o. s French. Bisbee merchant. was
a business visitor in Tombstone to-
day.
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Thea de mortuis nil nisi banum,"
remarked the man at the table. re-
Numbering the ancient phrase from
one of his earliest school boy ora
tions. And Of that dead past. in
deed. nothing good or bad was said.
though Torrie remained Unfortunately
quiet during the next few days and
spent q greater amount Of her time
away from the studio. II Storrow.
pre-occupied with the closing chap
ters of his book, was conscious of
these absences, he offered no COM
ment on them.
On a day of driving snow, with
the wind rafting the easements and
the street noises Of the city strange
ly muffled, Storrow bundled up his
manuscript and announced that 1t
was in fit and final shape for
Hardy's judicial eye.
you don't mind. do your" he
asked Of Torrie as he noticed the
hesitating light In ner eye. He was
disturbingly conscious of recent neg
lect, but he was equally conscious
on the other hand, that a new and
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tent on hiding sonne hayward
ebullition from her eyes.
AS he went he overheard tho
strains Of a piano. muffled and far
away, from some remoter door along
the gloomy hallway. He recognized
the air from Mignon, the air he had
always loved.
''Knowest thou the land where
the citron grows?' he muHTnured as
he faced the driving snow, weaving
that movement 30 accidentally over
heard into a vague and newborn
mood Of aspiration, and accepting
1t. without stopping to reason why.
as O. good omen.
Idle Thoughts.
Yet he was wrong in this, he
found when he had reached Fifth
avenue. for Hardy was not at home.
So he scrubbed note of explana-
ton. left 1t beside the manuscript,
and once more faced the driving
snow that seemed to put a soft
pedal on the multitudinous noises
of the city.
He wandered idly on, released
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Tunes of Students
WHICH OF THESE FOUR IS YOUR CHILD?

to a rounding out Of the whole
personality.
The flashy-ciothes type Of young
person may be for the time being
attractive to behold, but his quail
ties are thin and transitory. The
flower of youth quickly fades. Later
the effort to live on mere personal
appearance becomes a pathetic and
bitter experience.
Your political. buffer type Of stu
dent tends to develop into q schemer
and a trader. Later you will find
him looking for a place to get some
thing for nothing or drifting into
an out-and-out CRATER. The politi-
cal boss, the financial intriguer and
tho stock market manipulation are
the autgrowth Of this scheming
type of student.
The bookworm class of student
has usually been overestimated.
Often he Is selfish, bigoted and in
tolerant. He Is certainly not the
one whom we may expect later to
assist generously with the progress
Of society.
Wherefore, 1t Is the fourth type
Of high school youth or college stu
dent, as specified above, which we
must seek to pattern after. 1t is
the one who becomes a complexus
Of tho virtues of a well-balanced per-
sonality of head, hand. and heart
attachments.
At times this ideal student may
head the honor roll in the percent
age grades, but more frequently he
is what would be called a good aver
age on the class room record sheet.
Occasionally he ranks very low in
some unattractive subject.
What is most to be desired IL
that your school boy or girl early
learns to develop together The quail
tiles of head, hand. and heart
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nod Of the head. He was silent. In
tent, at the foment, on specializing
as to what Hardy's verdict would be.
II meant a great deal to him. II
meant a great deal to them both.
Good luck. Honey" she said with
a wintry little smile strangely
In contrast to the throaty intensity
of her voice.
He stopped. arrested by that un-
looked-for note. Then he turned
back to her IN the gloomy hallway.
What is it?" he demanded.
Nothing" she tod him.
What Ia it," he repeated. COM
ing still closer.
'You forgot something" she re-
minded him. Something l need"
He laughed. almost sorrowfully.
as he took her in his arms and held
her close against his rough tweed
ulster. He kissed her. depressed by
a sense of Incompetence. of heavy
clumsiness. a prey to the shyness
which SWAPS the naturally retcent
man, and a moment later made
hurried escape down the stairs, in
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less worried regime awaited them.
'Of course don't mind" she told
him. But you must bundle up for
this storm. And be sure and wear
your rubbers."
He laughed a little at that. To him,
the son Of the North. any such
gentle little furry Of goose-feathers
seemed scarcely worthy Of being call
ed a storm. He was even anxious
to feel the wind. cutting from river
to river through the narrow cross
streets. bite his face and sweep the
cobwebs from his brain.
Yet 1t pleased him to think. as he
dutifully pulled on the rubbers,
which he despised. that she could
worry thus foolishly about his well
fare. that she could nurse an excuse
for any such chance of "mothering"
him.
And IL I'm not back for lunch
con-" he explained. don't worry.
Hardy may keep me there for three
or four hours"
She followed him to the door. sig
nifying her understanding by q silent
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Perpetual Motion

into the machine as a mo

into the machine as a motive FORCE
Consequently. having exhausted
its energy Of motion. the mill comes
again by muscular effort extended
in turning the handle. The man
himself Is not a perpetual motion
machine. because his ability to do
work depends upon his keeping
his bodily functions in operation by
means of energy applied through
the food that he eats and the air
that he breathes.
Some one has affirmed that the
heart is perpetual motion ma
chine, because 1t never stops beat
ing as long as life lasts. This
would be true II the heart did
not depend for the continuance of
its motion upon the continued op-
GRAFTON of the respiratory appara-
tus. But shut off the breath and
after a while the heart. receiving
no fresh supplies Of energy to
enable II to overcome the resist
ances to its motion, will also cease
to beat.
1t is sometimes argued that the
revolution Of the planets around
the sun is an example of perpetual
motion. but this is doubtful. for
the sun has continually to expend
energy to keep the planets NOV
ing in their orbits, 30 that the
real perpetual motion machine in
this case would appear to be the
sun itself, perpetually exercising
it's gravitative force. But can we
affirm that gravitation is neces-
Ill. ka af
ergy?
One Of the principal sources Of
self-deception in the case of the in
ventors of supposed perpetual ma.
chimes lies in the fact that the
losses by friction may, by various
precautions, be reduced 80 far that
their continued existence In un-
noticed. But the greatest Of all
deceivers is the fact that what looks
on paper as though 1t must surely
work, fails entirely when an attempt
is made to put 1t into practice.
During the great war literally
thousands of devices which involved
the fallacy of perpetual motion, are
said to have been offered to the
various government boards haying
charge of military and naval injken-
tons, for all the governments then
were eager to obtain whatever help
human ingenuity could afford them
in getting a better grip upon the
forces of nature. But 1t goes with
out saying that none of these i'm
aginary inventions could work in
practice, and that the victors won
on the old principle of keeping the
income of energy always equal TO
the outgo.
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wv Jon sa' machine Ds'p be maa %S'
Is 1t really impossible or
Is 1t only that nobody has yet hit
upon the way to do it," This ques-
ton, in one form or another, Is so
frequently repeated that It must be
answered again and again, II any
good Is to be done.
The general reason why a perpet-
ual motion machine cannot be made
is because the work done by a ma
chino cannot be greater than the
work done upon the machine in
making 1t move. But the work done
by the machine is Invisible into two
kinds. First, the useful work, /. e..
that for the, accomplishment OF
which the machine was constructed:
and, second, the wasted work. or
that done In overcoming friction
and similar forms can never be
avoided by any human continuance
under the conditions of passive re
sistance.
The more ingeniously compli-
Gated your machine il the greater
the number Of sources Of friction
Ana, however, simple the mechan-
ism, some friction must exist, and
wherever there is friction there is
loss or waste Of energy or of the
power Of doing useful work. To
keep the machine going fresh
energy must be put into 1t, but
doing that violates the Fundamental
idea OF perpetual motion, which is
that the machine shall keep on
functioning at it's full, useful work
Ing rate without the necessity Of ex-
pending any energy in addition to
that impaired upon first setting it
in motion.
Let us take, for an example. a
man turning a hand mill. A certain
amount of resistance has to be
overcome. II the man swiftly
twfrls the handle and so sets the
machine In motion at high speed,
II will run for little while and
grind its grist without any addi-
tional effort on the part of the man.
He has stored a certain amount Of
energy in the mechanism over and
above what Is required simply to
keep the mill grinding for the
moment. But this stored energy is
continually being used in breaking
up the corn, overcoming friction.
etc, and when thus used 1t ceases
to be available for keeping the ma
chine in motion. Some of II has
passed into the form of heat, vibra-
tons, and none OF 1t can go back
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"A Stirring Narrative of the Influence Of
Love on the Lives of a Girl
: and Man.

The eavesdropper, from that mo-
ment, nursed no further qualms Of
conscience. He merely waited.
foolir.aly tense. for what might como
next.
Then you'd better depend more
on what I say than what ! happen
to appear" was Tories almost
listless retort.
"Bnt when you happen to appear
20 unlike the old Torrie used to
know, I'm district" murmured the
other, in a voice 10 low that tstor-
row had difficulty In overhea ing
1t.
Then why worry about it," was
Tories curt demand. And Stor-
row knew. by this time. that II was
Vibbard talking to his wife. He
knew 1t. without quite knowing
why he knew. And he was almost
glad of 1t, in a way. for at the mere
vibrations of that human voice a
thousand suspended antipathies and
animosities were definitely precipi-
tated, and made visible in the stag
nant pools Of suspicion. giving a
focal point toward which attention
might thereafter he bent, a nucleus
of offense at last ponderable to
cropping intelligence.
IT can't help worrying about IT.
my dear"
"And what gave you that right?"
Torrie demanded.
THE dead past that is never
quite as dead, my dear, as we
imagine" was the Others softly
enunciated response.
Then you'd better wait and dis
cuss that right with my husband"
challenged Torrie, obviously an
gened by tae others careless forti-
tude.
Husband" cried vibbard. THAT
word, Torrie, seems ridiculous on
your lips. 1t sounds unreal. / can't
imagine you married"
(To Be Continued Tomorrow
Copyright. 1920. by Arthur strinssr.
published by Arrangement With Inter
national Feature Service. fnc.)
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BY Brice Belden, M. d.


VIZ must constantly be upon
" our guard to offset the
evil effects of civilization,
for. despite it's advantages, there
are certain hygienic drawbacks.
Man Is not naturally adapted to
his present environment. He has
become a house dweller. has smoth-
cred himself with clothing and has
aopted a high protein diet: What
wonder. then, that the human con
stitution has had q hard time to
withstand its exposure to unhealth.
full conditions. and that the path
that the race has travelled has
been strewn with much wreckagel
Originally man was fleet of foot,
agile. muscular. supple and endur-
ing, Why has he so often become
puny. rheumatic. equity. short of
breath, flatfooted, and an easy
prey to tuberculosis and pneu-
monia? Why do his teeth decay
SO early-a certain evidence of
constitutional weakness, not to say
race degeneracy? Because he has
not used his intelligence to health
fully modify his unnatural en-
vironment. This does not mean
that he must revert to savagery.
What must he do to be saved?
He must provide compensations.
He must see that the air he
breathes in his houses is as pure
as possible, that his food and wa-
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from all thought OF time and des-
tination. isolated by the whirling
screen that made even a skyscraper
a thing Of romance. exhilarated by
the whip of the wind. exulting in
the air Of novelty which a mantl.ng
Wilderness was imposing upon every
day street corners and once famil-
lar buildings. But his delight in
that snowstorm, 1t suddenly &C.
CURED to him, was selfish.
He would get Torrie and they
would reyel in it together. So he
swung about and let the wind drive
him homeward. with a lightness Of
heart which was too airy even to
stop and question Its source.
He was at the studio door. with
his hand thrust out to grasp the
knob, when the sound of voices
came to him. His approach. he re-
member cd. had been silenced by
the rubbers which he wore.
But ara you happy7" he heard
a mans voice demanding. 1t was
a voice new to Storrow. 1t was a
voice with some slightest tinge OF
foreign information. a smooth and
mellow voice with a note of calm
authority which seemed to approach
the insouciant. And Storrow prompt
ly disliked that voice as a voice,
translating his antipathy into a ten
uous justification for remaining
there motionless, with his hand ar
rested on the knob of the door
which he declined to throw open.
"Of course, I'm happy. or
wouldn't be here" was Tories re-
ply. 1t was uttered coolly. yet with
a touch of 'irritability in it's frigid-
ness. There was the sound of a
laugh. Iow and confident. a mans
laugh which proved unreasonably
disturbing to the second man be-
yond the door.
You say that" argued the voice
with the slightly Gallicized intona-
ton. but something in your eyes
tells me that it's not quite the
truth"