Arizona republican., 1921-05-07

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 When the dressmaker left the [ builder sat down and wrote a letter: 1 My dear artist friend. I must post pone sitting for my picture. We are going to have hard times and I think 1t best to wait until things are set tied before indu1ging in this expense. Hard times, you know, must be re- | garded"
 When the artist rece:ved the let ter he went to the cafe. He ordered small bottle-just enough, he said, to soothe him. Staring at him from nearby chair was the newspaper he had seen two days before. He picked 1t up. scanned it more closely, and found that 1t was two years old
 Farmers Can Pay
 Cold figures showing that, despite the impression to the contrary in the minds of many, the farmers of the Salt River valley are not hard up," were presented by c. c. Cragin. gen. eral superintendent of the Water Users association. Payments of wa ter assessments and cues are 31a per cent greater this year than last year at the same time, he declared The third payment on 57,000 acres, not due until July, and the fourth pay ment on 47,000 acres not due until November, have been made, MT. Cra- gin added
 Material reduction in operating ex- penSe was shown by the speaker, the cost this year of running water being s1 per acre, against g per acre last year, he stated. The Water Users will close this year in the best financial condition it ever has been, Mir. Cragin declared, there being at Ia,,
 Mir Cragin closed his talk with a warning to the Rotarians that the floods from Cave Creek must be con trolled Eventually" said Mir. Cra- gin, "if this creek is not controlled, there will be a raging torrent in the city of Phoenix"
 Verde Project Explained
 With a map showing the 31 'mila pipe line from the Verde river to Phoenix, City Manager A. Thomp- son explained to the Rotarians the present status of that great munic- ipal improvement and the need of the $175,000 asked in the proposed bond issue to be voted on May 27. Eff teen miles of the pipe line is com pleted and accepted, the city mana ger said. while the remaining 16 miles is awaiting final inspection.
 Showing by means of a map the paving contemplated in front of city property with the s60,000 item in the bond issue, Mir. Thompson explained its pressing need and also the need of voting the other items in the issue.
 James F Horan, general manager of Twohy Brothers, explained by the means of a map the stretches of highway already completed under the county paving program. F1fty-sIx miles already is done, MT. Horan said, and they are paving at the rate of 15 miles a month. eve are using the money as fast as it comes from the bond company" said the speaker The present contract of Twohy Brothers will be completed in short time, he declared.
 That they sold Is per cent more gas during the first three months of this year than in the same time last year. was the statement of Howard l.. Aller, general manager of the Arizona Light and Power company, who declared that while a private l corporation in time of financial de- nression curtailed it's expansion op- ] eTations and it's money expenditures, i a public service corporation must l continue to enlarge and to spend money regardless of business condi- 1 tions.
 MT. Aller gave an outline of the 1 year increase in gas manufactured and sold and the continued increase in money spent.
 The regular program of the meet 1 ing was closed with the following l delivered by G. P. Nevitt:
 Lesson of Meeting
 The theme which we have chosen for today's meeting has been op- timism as against pessimism. The lesson which we have attempted to read into the lives of the Rotarians today is, that if times are hard. and prospects are weariSome, one should gird up his belt a notch or two, put on brave front and scale another peak of opportunity, rather than lei failure sit on his neck and grind his face into the dust. Think of the porterhouse steak of tomorrow.
 We have attempted to impress vol with the fact that this is wonder } full world, full of opportunity an( } enjoyment for those who go through life with their heads up and alway' ? looking upon the bright side of life The definition of a pessimist i ] one, when looking at doughnut
 sees nothing but the hole. He see ] nothing but the negative side. H r does not see life as a whole, with it e lights and shades. it's joys and sor e rows, its inevitable ups and downs y because his gaze is fastened on tn
 gloomy side. His mind dwells on tn ', shadows, the sorrows and the heart 0 breaks and therefore, his view ( life is onesided and is an indication ( II a small, narrow, lopsided soul.
 The optimist sees all of life, it t joys, it's beauty, its love as well a e pain, sorrow, suffering. His philoso " phy is to enjoy the good things an
 be thankful for them and do his bes to cure the evils. He believes tha e every failure, every reverse, and ev cry disappointment is only a mean - of preparing man for a man i work.
 s"Come On; Let's Go"
 Come on, Let's go! What a lt
 these words mean if we get into tf
 spirit of them.
 When you begin to lag and you
 spirits are ebbing, when interest
 life is at a low point, just repes
 these words with force and enthus
 asm. Why you can knock the wor
 case of blues gala west-you ca
 pick up from the lowest point
 Iethargy-if you get the spirit the: | words convey.
 When I count three, let us repe
 them aloud-put real ginger in | them-Come on, Let's gol
 Your pulse quickens; your hea
 beats stronger; there is more grip
 your hands; your eyes are bright
 and your mind is more active.
 We all have wonderful brains. V
 should flood our minds with hopef - ideals, capitalize our mental T