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Arizona republican., 1921-01-15
WANT RETTE2 PAY

4.-Better system of keeping com munication with the planes, with air mail agents in every community along the route equipped with telephones and with authority to give fliers any emer- gency aid required.
 5.-Better pay for all classes of en- ployes in the service. Some mechanics on whom the airmen are dependent for safety, are paid as little as $1,200 a year but remain at the work for the love of it.
 6.-More liberal expense allowance for pilots and mechanics. For hotel and meals. while on flying duty and in emergencies. pilots are allowed $3 a day, which sometimes is insufficient to pay for a hotel room. Pilots get s2,0OO
Arizona republican., 1921-01-15
HOLD SHORT SESSION
 OF SUPREME COURT

In a short session of the supreme co,trt yesterday morning arguments v-ere heard in the case of Bias Ocano' enpeflant. against the Ray Consoh- dated Mining company appellee rom Final county.
 ,rbc appellant is a South American ,,,t ,vas n timber boss in the employ ,t ,b. appcilcc He was Injured ln am ,cqissnt and brought suit for dauase- go.,irr~r thc appellee. Tine jury found e,irI -T~discrcpancy between ihc ln-
 -fee uc received and those he had
Arizona republican., 1921-01-15

The Scientific American is authority for the statement that there are S50,- 900 tractors in use in the United States today against 10000 at the time this country entered the world war.
Arizona republican., 1921-01-15
TOO EARLY TO SUIT HIM

TAre you SnOpplng edrIy!'
 'I will so assert" replied Mir. Chug- gins. 'T get up at o'clock to crank the flivver, so that the wife may be first at the bargain counter"-W Wash ingtOn Star.
Arizona republican., 1921-01-15

Michigan and Ohio railroads have informed the interstate commerce com mission that failure Of the state rail road bodies to grant increases in rates means an annual loss of SS,00e,000.
Arizona republican., 1921-01-15
OBITUARY FOR A HERRING

Fish Coster-Freshi Wy, mum, it breathed its last when it saw you a. coming.
 Customer (sniffing)-And wot a breath it had!-London Blighty.
Arizona republican., 1921-01-15
TRY THIS

Do you believe in the beneficial ef- fects of laughter?"
 'T certainly do. If I can get a man laughing I can nearly always borrow s from him."-Boston Transcript.
Arizona republican., 1921-01-15
RAISINS

You've heard about the raisin With the kick of 10 per cent, But the raisin with the wallop Is the raisin' of the rent.
 Columbus Dispatch.
Arizona republican., 1921-01-15

There are 25,OOo 600 dairy cows in the United States from which there is produced approximately 9O,000000 pounds Of milk a year.
Arizona republican., 1921-01-15
Barcelona, bona, strike

Wood is to replace metal in the con- struction of the hands of the clock in the old post office building at Washington, D, c.
Arizona republican., 1921-01-15

Fifty-five per cent of our foreign commerce is carried in American ships as compared with 8 per cent before the war,
Arizona republican., 1921-01-15
TREMENDOUS

Marjorie, s, was busily composing a novel. Her smaller sister annoyed her by continually chanting counting out rhyme to the effect:
 "Ana, mana, mona, mike,
 Barcelona, bona, strike-'' Finally Marjorie could stand it no longer.
 Say" said she, "who do you think you are-Amy Lowell ?"-Lfe.
Arizona republican., 1921-01-15

sued for that it returned a verdict of one dollar in his favor.
 That seemed so wholly inadequate that he appealed the case. The mat ter was taken under advisement.
 X large proportion of the usurers who lend money in the poorer London districts are women.
 Tls women pearl fishers of Japan commence their work at the age of IA. and are iu The water almost all the year round.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-07
Gasoline Tax is
Invalid Opinion
Of Judge Neblett
Special 10 The News.

Special ~ The News.
ALBUQUERQUE. y. ~. Jan. c..
That the New Mexico law placing q
tax ON gasoline IL invalid WIS the
opinion rendered recently hy Judge
colin Nchlott. ~ the United States
Court ~ New Mexico. ~ result the
State loses about cocoon ~ taxes az.
seSa,sl against gasoline dealers which
the dealers had refused 90 pay The
action WAS brought by the Continental
oil Companv
The United states Supreme Court
q f'w months nEn ruled that the act
~ far as IL related L. interstate ship
mcnts ~ gasoline was invalid but did
not question the right Of the State Co
tax gasoline handled locally. Judge
Nehlctt held that the act IL - wordsd
that II includes both Interstate and IL.
nestle business
III the Legislature had not intended
20 tax interstate business" hc ays.
~ could have easily inserted In tn.
law the words Except distributors who
ship gasoline into the state and sell u
In containers In whith shipped. ar
words 81 similar meaning. Since the
Legislature did not do this u is no, for
the court Ia read this language into
the statute and thereby give Il mean.
ing the Legislature might never haS@
tended"
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-07
Gamblers Dangerous Remedy for the
Money Troubles Ol santa be.

The clty 90 Santa Pc Is broke. 50
Santa Fe IL going 10 permit public
gamhllng-ai least. 80 says a news dis.
Iatch from the New Mexico capital.
The logic involved II familiar. We
have heard IL often In excavation -
ths fact Mexican border towns permit
prof, ssional gamblers o. operate under
government licenses. Alno. IL IN not
hard to appreciate the plight % tho
busted municipality. II costs money
90 keen city going and To- meet the
pay roll. ard tho meeting 81 the payroll
IL particularly important. When or
dlnary revenues arc insufficient. Ut
course. other means ~ raising money
must b. found. Hut one Is inclined
TO wonder II the financial cuu con.
deied by Santa Fc wouldn't b. In the
end worse than the nalady
II has lNecn the experience OF most
places where open gambling has been
tolerated TINT while a wide open
town means free spending and many
" the outward manifestations OF pru-.
perity that the effect ultimately II had.
II not only means that visitors 81 q
certain class come o. beware of the
ciiy-a matter ~ importance 20 san
tn Fc--hui eventually the gamblers
have most % the loose money and the
MERCHANTS are holding a sack ~ hard.
ioc,Slect bills owed by persons VINO
guessed wrong a. Co where the wheel
would stop or rolled box cars when
what they yearned for was a seven.
Also. there II the matter u unde
sirahlcs. Inevitably they flock 70
every wldc-open town. and their pres
ence becomes a problem. The proies
sionai gamblers don't want them
around. They hurt business. But IL
seems Impossible 10 keep them away
when The word Is passed that thing
ar" rolling loose and lib raj at some
,, town or another.
Santa Re posslbiy may be- able e.
solve her pressing financial problems
temporarily by allowing open gambling
That is the fact which undoubtedly ap.
peals most strongly 10 men who ar,
considering the matter. hut the after
effecta judging from other cases. most
likely would b. distrcsslnE-El Pas
Times.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-07


the West Texas State Normal College
has never had TO be dragged.
II should d. remembered. too. that
the record OF this Institution, as out.
lined above. has been made IN spite
Of DISASTROUS fire which practically
wiped the physical plant out Of exist.
encc IN 1914. the World War which
robbed us a. our young men for n
period and consumed the resources q
our people. and the most disastrous
drouth the w,'si has ever suffered. II
there h another higher institution OK
learning In Texas. state o. dcnomlnI.
tional. that has made such record
IN the first ten years of it, life. lot VA
hear about H.
Now. Mr.. Editor. am with you.
body and soul. faT every legitimate on.
tcrprise that viii develop our great
western empire. believe profoundly
In is natural resources. In the char.
acter Of iis citizenship aud In the glo.
rious promise of It's future hut I 40
not believe that the best way ~ pro-
mote It's development II through com.
plant nj the remainder ~ the state
or NJ the lawmaking body. Neither
do believe u IL wise 20 bciiitlc the
Few institutions We have. In my judy
mcnt, u would be- worth more ~ tho
cause you espuuse--the cauFe of West
TeNas-if you would cite the West
Texas State Normal College M an cx.
ample OF what the West viii do 10
develop nm educational institution when
once established hy the state.
Sincerely yours.
!. 4. HILL. Prcz.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-07
MEMIli.R OF TnE ASSOCIATED
GREAT CONVENTION
CENTER. LII

Amarillo with her coliseum as
sured. may now become a great
convention center for all ihi, sec
ton OF tn, southwest. responsive
10 the long cherished dreams OF
some Of the mos, ardent SUPPORT
ers OF this city and section. No
city in all OF the Plains country OF
Texas and this entire portion 81
the southwest. is so advantage
ouslv situated for handling big
conventions and other such gath
crings. as is Amarillo equipped as
she is now sure 10 be. with ample
auditorium facilities.
For years, not only the people
in Amarillo. but those OF sur
rounding communities have look
ed forward TO the tirnt when this
city would equip herself for tn
cntertainrhent 81 large numbers
at citizens drawn together in the
interest oi this or that interest.
With the coliseum completed,
this city viii be abs IL say IL
churches. y" ridges. To- s,hoti.. 90
associations and affiliations -
,ar;ors kinds: "Coa,c. and wei
come in FULLEST measure. we re
prepared 10 1ieet, greet aud house
You, in ranrcr unsurpassed by
any city IL :he country"
Just what the frr measure OF
advantage; TO Amarillo and the
sr-roundinc ,eritory VII be frcp
q Is collccu'a enterprise. noEc
are able 10 truly estimate at thi,
tine. il !, ariact ,ai, the be,.r-
IT'S 10 iol'cw. viii be almost J.
ineasurahle. Amarillo will draw
10 Ter the Peoples from all tbs
section oi The southwest. and IT.
dong so. VIII form friendship.
and amicai,'c relation, well ca
c.lated 20 make hcf strong with
ire territnrv served
In turn. II is hardly fair. that
mention b. withheld re touching
the service rendered the cosvcn'
tons themselves. through the Ia
cilities assured in Amarillo. Il
Is always advantageous to any
convention body 20 have propei
housing ami other facilities foi
work. and this will always ''c as.
sured. here. Another thing. tend
ing TO make successful conven'
ton. is fol- transportation f.,ilit.
this is OF the best. bleeding ad
mirahly with the coliseum ans
other desirable attributes ~ ;
great convention center.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-07
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to express our deepest graft
,ude 20 Dr. McM,nns Tor hts kindness
md splendid care and attention 10 Mrs.
NJ y. rarbrough during her short ~
ness. We also wish "a make knowa oul
sincercsi appreciation to the many lov'
Ink fricada and neighhors who express
Cd their sympathy and regard In terms
II beautiful floral offerings and thought
ful dec d. ~ Kindness.
Memory Of It all viii long serve AZ
an hour 81 sunshine IN our day of cloud
Gratefully.
THE FAMILY.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-07
RUN FoRWARp-poN"rs SLIP

In a recent issue OF the Phila-
delphia Ledger Richard Spillane
gave an interesting story about a
statement made 10 him by MIR.
Curtis. the publisher OF the La
dies Home Journal and the sat
urday Evening Post. Mr.. Curtis
suggested that MIR. Spillane write
an editorial entitled run As Fast
As You Can to Stay Where You
Are And in commenting on this
suggestion. MIR. Curtis. whose
amazing achievements in the Gre
alton OF his two publications have
brought him readers throughout
the wide world. said.
AN my business lie | have
spent more money Tor advrrts-
ing whenever a business slumT
came along than in normal times
and IL | didn't get ahead IN the
race. ! kept from slipping bach
and was in n position to shoot
ahead OF my competitors the mo.
mrni conditions changed.
In discussing this suggestion o.
Mr.. Curtis. afr. Spillane said
"rhe position OF Mr.. Curtis is
OF course. logical. for strong ner
breast the current: weak ones arc
carried down stream by il.
III yuu have goods to sell. tell
ihs people. They viii hu, j ;!ic
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-07
Declining Money.


Doston man has declined 90 &C
cept million dollar legacy from his
fathers estate, on the ground that h.
prefers manual labor 20 HE of lux.
ury. Cases - this kind are 81 unusual
that Il II not necessary 10 point out
fallacios IN the position that this young
man has taken. lie could. % course
have received the mpne. and have
used the legacy 10 furnish employment
to many people and promote the wei
fare II the community.
This young mans example may ~
q useful reminder that money IL not
the first ni'n ~ lie But Il rcmalns
true that we can't have good schools
and churches and hospitals and libra
rics. unless many people set theii
hearts on business success aud TAX.
and use their money generously after
they get h.-BuTkburnctt Star.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-07
Panhandle Press
Would sin thr stills.

n that Wichita falls man who has
-, mrrrls of wh.sk.y e. give away
can r,t be to beaumont he viii not
hryo the slightest difficulty thereafter.
IN iart wr viii guarantee him nu en-
htpiasiic reception committee al the
station -ncaummi Euierpris".
pi,.,so ulrcrye. dear Enterprise. that
thu Wichita Fails man did not have
tina, whlskcy in Wichita rails. That
much old hnc' whlskey in wichita
Fails would even Elll thu stills Tor q
time ard there would b. no necessity
for shipping o. Mexico or to Beau.
mont wichita tl,ls Times
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-07

goods are right and the price Is
right.
Rim as fast rs YOU can to stay
where YOU afs will pay big even
II II does not pa immediate digi-
Gcnds
III pays To advertise
The suggestion Of Mr. Curtis
lis an interesting one. \ business
either goes forward or backward.
and IN bad times il may require
lar more hustling than IN gocI
times aiciely Ia run IN order not
g. 90 backward. Driving one :
business O., hard as may be pos
sibll durir" dull times apparently
nav not s. The moment seem ~
&c gccowpli hing great result f.
hut u j. nj least breasiing the
stream and kccuing the ship oi
business On the move and pre-
venting is going backward. Then
when the tide turns, the man who
has driven M, business on that
nasis is in better shape 10 take adj
vantage Of the situation than tn,
man who has waited.
Kun q, fast aS Won can IN or
der io prevent vour slipping back
ward" i, good idea Tor universal
Development in these times which
arc tr, ing men, souls.-Manu-
ia.mrcrs Record.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-07
To Drill New We'll.
io The News.

HncciII t0 The NrWs.
ALBUQUERQUE. y. NJ. Jan. G.
The National Exploration Company has
signed D. contract to drill another well
In the vicinity n Pichacho on leases
frrnish,d by Il. &. Sowder Tn. Ma
tional's first well In that part ~ the
State II drilling AZ about ?ooo feet
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-07

But whether YOU agree with this
dea or not. We will remain friends. II
II not the intention Of THREADS
~. NJ. 10 offend anyone. He has 80
much 90 say and must ay H. II you
agree with ". let US know IL you
10 no; agree. kindly keep 1, secre,
rs we have Jus, about all the worric.
" can handle at this time. Possibly
We should have remained silent. or .
'ay the least have used another sub.
'ec'. But when We read In a PAPER the
other day. Of an odd maid who has
been running over the country for the
nast thirty year,. lecturing on the sub.
lect How 20 Raise Babies" we hal
had pain we couldn't locate. This
Young damscl q some fifty summers
the fond guardian % a poodle doc
n made THREADS proprietor want 10
20 20 lecturing On ''How % Raise what
VIVA DID IN Mexico" Hence this first
ins,allment Excuse US 70 we have Of
tended
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-07
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED

Tho following article. written Nv
President !. 4. Uil ~ The West Texas
state Normal. In answer 20 AN edl.
torial which appeared In the Abilene
Reporter, On account, OF It's wonderful
truths, IN reproduced In The Daily
New Editor
Canyon. Texas. Jan. ..
To the Ahlene Daily Reporter:
In recent issue Of your valued pa.
per there apIcais an article under tho
caption. How West Texas Has Il.,u
Disseminated Against" In which you
make \ statement tina, II very mis-.
leading about West Texas instltn.
ton. tn" statement follows. "oi
course. West Texas was awarded A
normal NJ Alpine. on the Mexican bor.
der. ana another ~ Canyon city. N
the New Mexican border. Both are
poorly supported and Inaccessible"
do not wish tn Ia understood ~
desiring In any way TO enter into tho
controversy a. 10 what the Texas Leg.
islaiuf" should have done or should
now do for West Texas. but having
been identified with the West Texas
State Normal since It's organization
and being now charged with the -
Eponslhliiy ~ administering ~ affairs
and guiding. In some measure. it, Dc.
vel0nmeni. ! feel that I cannot let 90
unchnllenged ~ damaging a statement
NJ tho above.
The statement contains two IDEAS.
~ The location Of the Canyon Sch 81
f. had. and 90 n IL poorly supported. ''
These together produce third: The
school ~ not worth much 90 West
Texas
Canyon II n little more than sixty
miles hy airline from New Mexico
about eighty miles by rail Denton,
where two state schools are located,
and Commerce the home of anoth r
state school. ARE each nearer than this
10 The state line. Canyon IN i0s miles
from the Oklahoma line an the north
and 10 miles from the oklahoma line
ON the easi In fact. Il ~ near tho
center ~ the Panhandle Plains terri.
'ny which contains $500 s1uare
miles and e2.S4S 600 acres n per cent
" which " tlllahle -one 81 the largest
bodies ~ tillthle soil In the world. This
ara produced In 1918 a small graln
crop worth on the markets 81 the CnL
ted States more than $4,000 900 =
NOR valuable than ~ the OF produced
~ the whole state of TrNas Tor IN.
same year. Yet only 81 per cent 20
N" land was In cultivation. This same
area. M well knew as part of the
Great American Desert. has an annual
rainfall - % inches and as many
pretty days during a year as has any
other section Of Texas 4, has popu.
lation ~ 1890 growth OF approx.
maiely ~ per cen, In the Inst decade
while the average growth throughout
the United States was it.s per rent.
These people are served by three main
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-07

Some Of these days we are going
20 give the babies another boost-cvcn
Z they do not deserve a. In the r'~qn.
time We shall carry a club o. ~ otcc.
1uiself from dogs For n by chance
here II poodle dow lover IN Amarillo
and We are pretty sure there "aint
7one"-they Nigh; send the young
s,er" out 20 meet Us some day and We
would be- compelled 60 pay In hide. for
our folly. It's great old world after
I'll. And even II we DO get dlsgueetei
discourage and demcn,ed M times. rs
really worth living
watch for oHT sr's-n Sunday.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-07
THREADS
BY Nee.

The policy Of THREADS l. Just
about NJ stable a. paper money In Mex
leo and Tor that reason We never have
any fears II We put out a dose and
fail to get results We have the priyl.
lcge ~ issuing another.
In truth THREADS II for adults.
but may he read By children with ab.
soiuie safety. In fact our work shat
De more or less confined 90 the chill
dfcn. tot In this exceedingly rapid day
81 fuss end feathers" We feel sur,
that many times children are not giyer
their just dues. only a day "a ~ az,
We mad, an attcmp, 20 get donations
Tor the starving babies 81 Europe. s.
Tar We are ~ the opinion that W dit
the right thing yet We can't sny that
our explosion" was strong enough q
ilr any dollars down. We hope thai
Il dbl and will die believing that suci
was the case unless We find out that
the scheme failed o. work.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-07

To-day. however. We have decided q
say a few words In behalf Of the kiddles
AZ home--,he Riddles that are playins
second fiddle TO poodle dogs right herr
IN Texas. Poor docs. how miserable
hey must h.. 81 cuurse every won
m. IN free Amcg.c7, my chooae y"
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-07
Hotel
Amarillo

This hotel is the common meeting
ground the place where all groups
get together
II is the center OF Amarillo'S So
cia, political and business life.
The Hotel Amarillo is really
Panhandle Plains institution. In
it's lobby and dining room Lubbock
meets with rlainvicw. Canadian.
Spcarman and Dalhart. The resi-
dents OF all this vast Plains country
feel perfectly at home in this hotel
They know that il is their hotel and
tina, all facilities and accommoda-
tions are at their command.
This institution gives employ
ment in the Hotel itself to iifty-six
individuals. In connection with the
Hotel the following establishments
are maintained for the convenience
Of our guests and the public;
Cigar and News Stand
Drug Store and Soda Fountain.
Taxis and Service Cars.
Public Telephone Station.
4 splendid Restaurant with an
Orchestra.
Public Stenographcr and Notary.
Barber Shop.
A ManicuriSt.
Tailor Shop.
Beauty Parlor.
Public Wash Room and Shine
Stand.
Garage and Auto Laundry.
These facilities viii ne improyed
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-07

tween dogs and babies, and We want to
ray right here that babies IN some So.
tions--not Amarillo--arc making a poor
sccond In the popularity race. In fact
u We We're a baby At this time We are
SURF that We would wish TO be- a dog.
although the baby many times gets
just a. much consideration as Mr.
roodle. For this We are thankful-yss
douhly thankful-for Il would be-
crime 70 place dogs ON a higher plane
than babies iust because they have
more legs and a stronger voice.
But with all these handicaps, babies
should not be discouraged They have
chance 20 grow up and eventually be
men and women. Some of them may
be president Of the United States. an
honor which has never been conferred
upon any dos. no matter how Pug"
hoscd he may have been. The girs
may become real mothers and wiycs
ana have an opportunity to raise
TOW dogs themselves. or better still
iondle baby or 80. and hy 20 DOING
teach it's grandma lesson which she
should have learned back In 80.
However. We are not saying anything
against dogs. THREADS IN a booster
and not knook.r. We Jus, had an
dea that II nigh, be well 20 boost the
labies along little a. they appear
20 b. In the minority, and We are
sure that the dogs will be able to care
Cor themselves.
II woman prefers dogs--let her
have dogs We will offer no objection.
Bui We want 10 say right here that 70
1 matter o. choice-we are for the ba.
hles-yestcrday, today and forever.
There In no great work. no greater re.
p0nsibility than thrt OF properly rear.
lng child OF children. II IL a duty
and should be- given our undivided nj.
lention. Few people really understand
the child. They are young. helpless.
inexperienced. They demand the mos,
minute attention. And "a he a good
father OF q good mother--and We want
20 say now that the father IN just as
much responsible as the moiher-tha;
Il is lifetime job 10 properly train 4
hid But once the task has been com.
plcted IL Is doubtful n a greater reward
'ould be given 10 man or woman. than
that consolation Of knowing that their
hid had reached the years % man.
hood or womanhood. and that they
were responsible for the success. In a
more OF less degree. for their attain.
ments.
It's worth while 10 give baby n
chance.