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Arizona republican., 1921-04-02
co. M'MURTRY AuctiOneer J. P. HANNAN, Clerk
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Auction Jefferson Street Auction House

SAT. APRIL 2, AT 1:3o P. NJ Hs, FIRST AVE. AND JEFFERSON " We will sell at this sale a large variety of furniture and household goods Wood stoves, oil stoves, dressers. commodes, library tables, oak dining tables, rockers, chairs. xsdeboard. kitchen cabinets. sewing machines, white enameled Vernis Martin and Ivory beds Simmons springs. mattresses. hospital beds, rugs. center tables, refrigerators, ice boxes sanitary cots, also chickens, Jersey COW and calf. two horses, set harness. cultivator, breaking blow, disc. farm wagon: this will be big sale. List your goods with us. We have the buyers and all are welcome. JEFFERSON STREET AUCTION
 HOUSE
 Phone 3093
Arizona republican., 1921-04-02

THREE new 4-room houses left on car line from $175o up; small cash payment, balance like rent, lots s400. Owner. Chicago Wall Paper Store. 327 W. Wash. St. d
Arizona republican., 1921-04-02
Look 20 Acres

Located in heart of citrus district has room frame house, good well of soft water, engine, tank, water piped into house and corral under ground silo, fruit. shade; an idea country home; for quick sale We art going to sell for s575O: $275O cash balance terms
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 Stewart Realty Go.
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Arizona republican., 1921-04-02
FOR SALE-HOUSES

RESIDENCE lot, northeast; cash or terms. Box s0Z, Republican. 8
Arizona republican., 1921-04-02
Look These Over

3room and porch, toilet and city water, electric lights. 1 block car line. Only $500. s200 cash, balance monthly.
Arizona republican., 1921-04-02
FOR sALE-MiscELLANEoUs

FOR SALE-400 feet of 16inch 10-gauge well casing, new; 200 feet of 24inch 10-gauge used casing. Will sell at big reduction. Call al 136 No Central Ave, Phoenix. Phone 257a g
Arizona republican., 1921-04-02

SMALL amount of furniture, in cluding fireless cooker, solid oak din- ing table. Inquire 1o21B N. 10th St.
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The New York herald., 1921-10-09
Astonishing Points of Resemblance Shown Melting Pot Products
and Amusing Result Because of Prohibition Is Forecast

result of inner physical changes. What
are these changes. and what affects them?
Many writer's think we are coming to re-
semble the Indians. One writer, in plumb
ing the soul of this changing race of ours.
comes upon the soul of the aboriginal Ameri-
can. whom we have elbowed off the cont-
rent. He argues that since we have cut off
the Indian from his racial development we
must take up the burden of his SOUL and
lodge him with all his desires and aspira-
tions in our collective breast. A new and
alarming view of the white mans burden,
that!
The climate itself tries to convert us into
redskins. The sun and wind of America,
especially of the plains and of the far
West, make for the darlSly ruddy. deep
lined face of the Indian. Then, too, we
seem to be running to the loosed limbed,
acquiine featured type. springy in carriage
and jaunty in demeanor. somewhat like the
traditional redskin type. Added to this mys-
terious and unconscious growing to- be like
the Indian. we seem to be consciously im-
tating certain styles and customs of the
red man
In our fondness for secret societies we
frankly initiate our aborgines The num-
ber and the vogue of secret societies il
America is source Of never failing wonder
20 the European. We have our orders of
the Badger. Snake Wolf Catfish Bear.
Gopher. ct cetera. et cetora, in ever increas-
ing numbers following the example of the
clan and totem. and the various false face,
masking and dancing societies. and other
secret organizations among the Indians.
There seems to be something in our
natures which responds 10 the mystery and
maskipg and mumhoiumho which always
Fascinated the Indian. a new secret So
ciety in the United states has only to make
its appearance TO get its thousands OF mem
bers at once Europe knows nothing like II.
AnthropolOgists have noticed with inter
est that the Indians, both in North and
South America deplate pretty thoroughly.
Tho men so without beard or mustache
and cut off n great deal OF the hair of their
head The women depilatc too. II needs
no Phi D's thesis to prove that we are
initiating the Indians in this Among us
a mustache is matter for Joking; beard
is a surefre butt for popular humor Hair
cutting styles follow the skirt. and go
higher every year. And as for depilation
among women one needs but look at the
advertisements for scores of curiously named
The New York herald., 1921-10-09
Aroused by Much Discussed Exhibition Meropoan Range From
ntrys Outstanding Use
you All" by SoMherners and ~Youe' by Norheners

None spring we gave him a write up in our
local paper when he announced his complete
retirement from business with the intention
of spending the remainder of his life in
travel He left shortly afterward for Europe,
where he remained about five months. So
far as we know he has never left the State
again. One season Of Europe cured him.
Upon his return I'd town we had the
pleasure of receiving the assignment to in
terview him. The unpublished portion of
that interview was the best.
"Unce john" we asked what was the
most interesting place you saw in Europe?"
He pondered before replying.
Il reckon it was Rome" he answered.
That is great place to see things
did you see the Vatican?" we asked
"Oh. yes, seen it," he said, "but l wasn't
very much interested with that You see
there are so many pictures in Europe that
you find them in every city. I don't just
recall what the Vatican looks like, hut
know I must have seen It."
We changed the subject slightly.
well, what was the most interesting thing
asked
We'll sir" he responded unhesitatingly
I'll tell you what it was. The second day
was in Rome they were selling Irish pota-
toes at 80 cents a peck right on the streets
of the city," .
~ ES, art is a great thing 1t awakens
all kinds of emotions and brings out
what is buried so deep that we are
often unaware of its existence Now there
The New York herald., 1921-10-09

the women of the tribe adopting men of the
captured enemy as sons or husbands. We
may reach that stage some day. Give us
time.
In athletic prowess the redskn and the
modern American have much in common.
The Indian was and is an athlete OF the
first order. We have only to think of such
men as Jim Thorpe to visualize the Indian
athlete. A recent writer on the Indians
Of the plains tells the story of brave who
travelled three days on snowshoes, without
food, ana without once stopping to rest, a
feat that makes the marathon look like very
small potatoes.
There seems to be something in the
American climate and in the American life
which puts the real ginger into our athletes.
The present position of America in world
athletics is sufficient proof that we have in
herited the physical zip" Of our red skinned
brothers.
Something of the vivid, descriptive quality
of the Indian speech is finding its way into
our language American slang is a swift,
picture making speech. Much of ut will
probably find it's way in time into the col
loquial and even into the literary language,
giving zest and color to our English.
There is still another way in which we
seem to be growing to resemble the Indian,
way WHICH is not very fattering TO u.s.
That is in our reaction to alcohol We have
banished King Alcohol from our shores.
Already Europe is being treated TO the
spectacle of Americans who come over In
droves prepared almost to sell their BIRTH
rights for a demijohn. The liquor trade
among the Americans Of. the present dav lis
proving almost as remCnerative to the
astute European booze runner as 1t was to
the fur trader and land buyer among the
American aborigines.
AS our prohibition laws grow more
stringent prices will soar. and greater efforts
will be needed to get the firewater Exped-
tons of daring adventures no doubt will
band themselves together in Europe to run
the flaming liquid into America in exchange
for our gold. Who can tell that cities and
counties will not be sold for liquor?
Then we may see the spires of Manhattan
exchanged for a magnum of champagne.
and the broad acres of Chicago going for
dozen bottles of amber fluid How the
shades will laugh in the happy hunting
grolindsl
Before the advent of that tragic and
comfcal time let us hope that we may be at
peace in our soul with the soul of the de-
parted red man, and that he will forbear to
wreak upon us that final and poetic ven-
geance. And with that peace we shall have
a new race among the races of the Garth.
It is possible All things, it seems. are pos
sible in this chaotic little cosmos of ours
The New York herald., 1921-10-09
Red Indians and Their Traits May Be Rencanated In Americans

NTHEN the American melting pot has
w done its melting and has fused
the elements of our life into
something stable and fixed, what will the
metal of our race be like? Will the Puri-
tan strain of New England be dominant
in the alloy? or will the result be a bal
anced compound of the various European,
Asiatic and African elements that at present
make up our national life?
Shall we emerge as a new race with new
traits new ways of looking at the world
new thoughts with which to face the riddles
of time and eternity? Or will we recapitu-
late the peoples OF the earth in an eclectic
mixture with the Anglo-Saxo strain domi-
nant. and will our thoughts be as the
mingled echoes of the conflicting wisdom of
the Old World?
These are questions that haunt the
imagination OF prophets of the new America,
and furnish riddles for Americanizers For
we all yearn toward that mystic land, the
America of the future. We know that our
land and people are different from the
push the button -automaton Of European
caricature an automaton that seems long
ago to have been accepted by our poll
ticans We know that there are elements
underneath in our people, emotional and
passional strains vaguely felt and scarcely
expressed. Will these become dominant in
the New America?
II is difficult to answer. But IL Is GER
tain that already we exhibit traits which
our Anglo Saxon cousins across the sea do
not recognize. These traits seem to be
struggling toward expression In art espe-
cially in the work Of our younger noveists
and poets.
The physical environment of America
works changes in the European peoples
that come here The very spirit of place
affects them. The western sun. soil and
air are different from those Of Europe.
Our immigrants are on a new earth, whose
vibration and chemical composition are new
10 them. and their very flesh and sinews
take on a disposition
II has been q frequent observation OF
travellers In the West that racial groups
like the Scandinavian and German change
considerably after generation OF life in
America. The Scandinavians lose their
brilliant blond colorlng. Their skins become
darker sallower; they acquire a new thin
ness, and their faces become etched with
the deep lines characteristic of tho faces
of the Indians Of the plains Our sun and
our climate do things TO these North Eu-
rcpeans, and they do things TO the South
Europeans as well. thovvl their physical
characteristics may not change so OBJ
viously
These physical changes. we may be GER
tain, are accompanied by or are perhaps the
The New York herald., 1921-10-09

hair removers to be convincedt that our
American sisters have taken this beauty
rule of their red skinned predecessors very
much to heart
While we are on the subject of women
we might pause to shy a brick or two at
the ordinary conception of the position of
women among the Indians. Here we would
expect to find something very different from
the position of the fair sex in our Ameri-
can life a position which has long been
occasion for humorous wonder to Europe
Surely the lowly squaw occupied no place
in life at all comparable to that of her
white sister. But any study of the subject
shows us that the squaw was not The hum
BILE, downtrodden creature that common
tradition makes her out to have been. She
was an important member of her society.
All property was vested in her. and If she
did not like her husband or think he was
doing his duty in providing for her. she
could send him packing out upon the cold
prairie
Among such tribes as those of the Iroquois
confederacy women had a place of power.
They could elect and depose chiefs, and cer-
tain chieftainships were in their gift ex-
clusively. War could not be declared with
out the consent of the collaborating women
of the tribe. Even the old saw about the
brave always walking in front Of his wife
to show his position head of the house
hold breaks down under close scrutiny.
Indians were accustomed to walk in single
file and. OF course like all good Americans
the man took the position of danger. And
that was in front of course. The Indians
habit of walking in front Of his wife was
the exact analogue of our habit OF taking
the curb side OF the street when walking
with q lady
The Indians, IL seems. were inclined to
put woman on a pedestal, just as we are.
Surely our gyneolatry IS not a heritage Of
the Puritans. Their thoughts were focused
on Israel and its patriarchal society, where
woman came Off second best. We do not
get IL from the European continent either
II would seem, for with the exception of the
Scandinavian countries. no European nation
has granted such powers and liberties to its
women as has ours The reds<in again
energies from the woodpile.
Women, by rhetorical compulsion, lead us
to the subject OF children, for women and
children" are among the historical and
hromidic afTinities Of English rhetoric. Our
America has been called the land of chill
The New York herald., 1921-10-09

same emotions as Charley and William. only
in more cultured way
If these. two old negroes had known any
thing of city life they would have realized
that men\do not abuse women now by strik-
ing them with whips There are other, bet
ter and more effective ways of abusing them
1t is easy to handle women If you just go
about it right. There was man in our
town who had grown very wealthy. He had
come to the city a poor boy. He had
saved a little and invested. His investment
was profitable. He saved again and invested
Again he profited And so he had gone on
and on. In the twilight of his life, when
we knew him best, he was very rich man,
The wife of his youth was still with him,
sharing in his joys and in his prosperity, as
she had once willingly shared in his sorrows
and his poverty
One day we found the old gentleman sit
ting at his desk In the bank with apparently
nothing very important engaging his atten-
ton, so we drew him into general con-
versation for the purpose of obtaining his
views upon various questions which were
at the time of interest. Finally we asked
him that question that has been asked many
the worldly sense.
"You" we said, "are rich Would You
mind saying to what you attribute your
material success in life. Why, in your
opinion, have you grown wealthy?"
"Rches are comparative" he answered.
"I am not rich when the wealth that others
have is considered. However, sknow what
you mean. You want to know why / have
The New York herald., 1921-10-09

dren, where great sacrifices are made for
the coming generation and where the old
Judaic axiom 4" pare the rod and spoil the
child" no longer holds good
But the America Of the Indians was also
a land of the children. for youngsters among
the redskins had pretty easy. time of 1t.
They were not compelled to go to school
and were permitted to do just about as they
liked by their parents. Indian children
were never chastsed or disciplined as Eu-
ropean children seem to have been from
time immemorial.
Crevecoeur, an early American writer, re-
lates that white children who had been
captured or adopted by Indian tribes, were
loath to return to their former homes. We
, can well believe it. What American boy of
to-day would not rather be a redskin, rowing
plain and forest with his bow and arrow,
than a cooped In paleface schoolboy? The
Indian has taken powerful hold on the
Imagination of our youth.
When we come to the matter of political
ideals we would naturally expect to strike
n snag. But there too. we find that the
Indians were treading in the paths which
we have trod. Chiefs were accountable to
the people. and could be deposed. Among
the Iroquois. men from the common lot
could be elected to civil chieftainships. War
chiefs had little power except ip--tknes OF
war.
The ideals of peace comfy between ma
tons and tribes, and Justice and good will
among the people find eloquent expression
in the constitution OF the 1roquois Indians
adopted early in the sixteenth century, and
attributed to the Mohawk statesman, De-
kanawida. >Dekanawida could have made
some OF our modern spokesmen Of democracy
blush for themselves. His constitution Of
the league OF nations made UP OF the Iro-
dliois tribes is IL anything a more en-
girtened document than that OF our own
league.
The Choctaws, Chickasaws and other
tribes were equally democratic. 1t has been
claimed by students of American history
that some of our most broadminded and
democratic statesmen learned much from
their association with the red men,
We pride ourselves upon the fact that we
are the melting pot of the earth. The In
dian, too. had melting pot all his own
He accepted members of other tribes and
nations into his tribes and made them full
sharers with himself in all its benefits
The Iroquois even accepted captives of war
The New York herald., 1921-10-09

was the case of Charley Trimble and William
Trimmins, both of Cumberland Island, Ca,
who once visited us in Atlanta. We had
gone to the Island during the summer for
the purpose of swimming and fishing, and
there we became the friend of Charley and
William. two venerable negro boatmen, who
furnished the bait rowed the boat and drank
the liquor if you didn't keep your eye on
them. We invited them to visit us in At
lanta and the following winter they came to
the city for the first time.
After acting as guide around the city we
secured them passes to a cheap melodrafna
then showing at the opera house and saw
them safely into the top gallery, after which
we returned to work. They were delighted
because it was their first experience at the
theatre
An hour later they were at the office
again.
why, boys, the show isn't over yet, IL
it?" we asked
mo, sur, de show amt over. but we Is.
What happened?" we asked
1t was Charley who answered.
"It was des natcherly turrible dats what
Yo' see, when we furst went in an sot down
after we quit blinkin' at de lights we had
-er chance to look at de picture. ItAho was
a pretty picture, too, and 1t must 0Htaken
heap er paint. Den dey drawed 1t up and
begun talkin' erbout somethn' that wasn't
none of our business, so / says Come on
William. les 60 But dey didn't nobody else
The New York herald., 1921-10-09
BY DAN CAREY.

%SPso saS@ss aaa %' 'sas thai throwing 'es P''
couple of fits in full view of the
spectators up at the Metropolitan Museum
of Art, which we still insist ought to be
known as the New York Picture Gallery
than we fastened to one of the two story
automobiles that operate on THE AVENUE
and slipped a dime into the crevice held out
to us by the Black and Tan Sim Feiner in
charge of the conveyance.
Being devotee of art, we are always
among those present whenever an exhibition
IL arranged for the Cubists the Futu-ists,
the Post Impressienists the Impressionists
and the Anti-Impressionists. 1t does us
good. 1t makes us appreciate art
IL is a splendid thing to be able to appre-
ciatc art We mean all kinds of art, not only
pictures. Now there was the case of friend
OF ours who went to Europe number of
years ago. He had been wholesale grocer
In our town and had amassed a considerable
fortune. or course. he really got his start
during the days when the retail grocery
stores sold liquor as well as provisions. This
was said to have been great convenience to
the women Of those days. because the man of
the family never objected to going in the
grocery store on his way home. Even after
his arrival there he very frequently noted
that his wife was out of pepper, salt, or
something of that kind and so, tired as he
was after a hard days work. he would
grumblingly put on his shoes and his collar
again and go willingly back to the grocery
store.
Well, anyway that is the way our friend
got his start OF course, later his business
became of the wholesale variety and still
later on he worked into the Captain of In
dustry class and became a deacon of the
church. But he always thought in terms OF
pecks and bushels.
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go, SO William lowed we better stay. So
greed.
"Furst thing yo' know here come out er
pretty girl wild er man all dress up in ridin
britches des for de world like dem Yankees
see ridin' around on Miss Carnegie's place
down on de Island. Well, sur, de way he
talked to dat pretty young girl was
scand'lous. He des insulted her right out,
dat's what he did. Den when she slapped
him he hit her wild dat ridin whip des as
hard as he could and grabbed her aroun' dc
waist She lit into hollerin' for help. DE
tears was streamin down her face and she
says, Save me! Oh save me from dis man!
We'll, sur, I was lookin fur somethin' to
start right den, but do you know dey warn't
nary white man in dat house rose up said
er word. 1 had done got nervous and when
looked at William seen he was likewise.
William / says. us better go fore dis
young ady's people git here and start
shootin'" so me an William made a break
for de door, so here we Is, and reckon we
are about ready to start back for de Island
ef dats de way de young white men of dis
town treats de wimmin folks"
T HE trouble with Charley and William
was that the artistic effects of this
= theatrical performance were more
than their simple natures could endure. You
know you can go to the Metropolitan Opera
and see tense young women breathing deeply
through dilating nostrs and drinking in"
the music. They are merely expressing the
The New York herald., 1921-10-09

TO sooner had we read that the Post
Impressionists were throwing a
couple of fits in full view of the
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w yHEN the American melting pot has
M/ done it's melting and has fused
the elements of our life into
The Cordova daily times., 1921-04-09
PERFECT ATTENDANCE
 AT SCOUT MEETING

A Scout meeting was held last night atathe home of Scout Wilson with a perfect attendance of Scouts. Scout Allan was elected assistant bugler, and the Scouts passed tests in thrift, boxing the compass and the Morse code. The first returns of the merit contest are shown as follows: Scout Field, 95; Scout B. OLoughlen, 90; Scout Tibbs, 90; Scout Walker, S5; Scout Marshall, S5; Scout Wilson, S5; Scout M. OLoughlen, S5; Scout Sheppard, S5; Scout Allan, 55; Scout Foster, 50; Scout Rosswog, 35; Scout Daggett, 25; Scout Johnson, 25.
 All Scouts who plan to take part in the overnight hike are requested to ring up the scoutmaster today about 6 o'clock.
 Scout Marshall will be the host of the next meeting to be given at the home of Mrs. Hubbert.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-04-09
RALPH M'CRARY KILLED IN FALL,
 FREIGHT TRAIN

most distressing accident oc- cured on the Copper River railway at an early hour this morning, which resulted in the death of Ralph Me Crary. While shifting cars at the scale house MT. McCrary fell from the train to the track and had 10th legs and his left arm cut off. Dr. Council was immediately summoned and the unfortunate man was le- moved to the Cordova general l03pi- tai, where he died at o'clock this morning.
 MT. McCrary was a popular resi- dent of the town and is survived by a wife and two children, who have the sympathy of the community in their sad bereavement He leaves q father living at Copper Center and two brothers, one at Latouche and the other in the Philippines. De ceased was a member of the local lodge of Knights of Pythias and An chorage lodge, No. 1851, B. p. Q. E.