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Arizona republican., 1921-04-10
ABOUT THE STATE

to information reaching here from the valley. Even the alfalfa in some localities was so badly frozen that it must either be cut at once or used for pasture in order to be saved.-Review.
 Frontier Day Show in July
 PRESCOTT-The annual Prescott Frontier Days show, more and more considered the best in the country by cowboys and riders, will be held this year on July 2. 8, 4 and 5, it was an nounced at last nights meeting of the chamber of commerce. An un- usually fine program will be held this year, and with committee heads ap- pointed. plans will rapidly be evolved for all the stunts and contests to at tract participants from all over the country Miner.
 Oil Company Seeking Site
 YUMA-The Union Oil company of California wants a site for dis tributing station in Yuma. It is very anxious for a desirable site and Is willing to pay good money for that kind of location. In addition. if the site can be found, this big California company will at once erect storage facilities, a permanent distributing station to cost about s40,000, and will become a fixture in the business world of Yuma.-Sun.
 Petition for irrigation District Denied TUCSON-The board of supervis- ors yesterday afternoon exploded z bomb in the superior court room with more than a hundred farmers present, when it was announced b, Chairman Woods that the petition fol the creation of an irrigation distric including 15.00O acres of the Pos project had been denied. Everyone | including attorneys for both sides was surprised. The entire day ha' been spent hearing testimony and ar guing in regard to the plea of Aloer Steinfeld and many farmers to be ex cluded from the district, and the i'm pression had been gained that thi question alone would be ruled upon.- | Citizen.
 Body -f Negro Soldier Found
 BISBEE-The body of negr trooper of Fort Huachuca, who ha' been shot three times with .45 cal iber army pistol. was found yester day afternoon buried in the sand in
 wash near the White City, but O the military reservation. The bod had been covered over hastily wit sand but the feet were left exposed The shooting apparently occurre
 Tuesday night.-Review.
Arizona republican., 1921-04-10

eruption usually taking the form of a stream of molten lava which breaks out through the sides of the noun tain As the region is thinly popu lated and the lava moves slowly, there is usually plenty of time for everybody to get out of the way. In 1919 there was a small flow of lava which entered the sea. Far from fleeing this eruption. the population of the island dashed to the spot in automobiles to see the sight of a river of molten rock flowing into the ocean.
 A Volcano Won a War
 Mauna Loa has been known to erupt explosively, throwing into the air quantities of ash, scoria or cin- derS, and great blocks of cold lava The last eruption of this nature took place in 1925 and is remembered chiefly for the fact that Admiral By ron of the British navy, the brother of Lord Byron, the poet, was on the island at the time. The eruption was a very small one.
 The last serious explosive eruption | was in 17S9 or 1790, the exact date | being uncertain. At the time, two native princes were warning for ths domination of the island. and one oi | the armies was encamped on ths i slope of Mauna Loa- This army wa. wiped out by the eruption. the only survivor being pig. and the victor, 1 was thus given to the other side Tn, natives all considered that the god had intervened in their affairs. Hawaii has earthquakes almos | every day. but they are so slight fo | the most part that they are not fei | by humans. but merely recorde, l through instruments. There hay | been no serious earthquakes sine | 1868, at which time a destructiv
 landslide was caused by one.
 l Whether the Hawaiian volcanoe
 are piped and made to turn dynamo | or not, they will always serve tn
 great purpose of making man feel tn l precariousness of his existence. Tn | awestruck natives made them tn
 homes of dangerous gods and god | desses. and threw living sacrifice
 into them. Modern science rejects a
 of this as superstition. but it show
 that man is living on this skin C
 rock and earth about a great core C
 molten mineral The shell is thinne
 in proportion than the shell of an egs
 and almost as brittle. It often trem bles and occasionally cracks from tn
 wrfthfng and bubbling of the Srea
 mass of molten rock within it. Her
 and there the shell is worn thin an
 the liquid fire comes squirting ou
 Man is a microbe crawling on tn outside of this thin and tremulou vessel.
Arizona republican., 1921-04-10
Cut Passenaer Schedule


 PRESCOTT-Main line train No. 20, one of the most popular Santa Fe trains on the Chicago-Los Angeles run, 4 will be cut to a semi-weekly schedule beginning May l, according to Fred Cromwell, local Santa Fe ticket agent. Whether the train will continue to run at all after May 31 is to- be determined by the volume of traffic offered during the coming month. MT Cromwell is informed by the coast line headquarters-Courier. Woman Killed in Auto Wreck DOUGLAS-Mrs. J.. English of Grapevine, Texas. was killed, and her husband and three children mar rowly escaped when a Ford touring canyon, in the Dragoon mountains yesterday morning and English and his family were pinned beneath it. International
 Grand Jury Dismissed
 TUCSON-The grand jury in fed eral court was dismissed for the term Wednesday after it had returned five indictments. The session of the investigators yesterday was the first since March and the fourth during the present court t-term.-Star.
 Bond Deal Completed
 PRESCOTT - Deposit with Clerk
 
 visors of five checks aggregating S75,00o marked the end of negotia- tions over the sale by contract of one and one-half million dollars worth of county road bonds yesterday after noon. The contract of sale was signed between Chairman w. w. Widgley and Member c. c. Stukey of the board and T. G. Norris, promi- nent local attorney who had been named as fiscal agent to find buyers for the bonds-Journal- Miner.
 Begin Hearing
 TOMBSTONE - Preliminary hear ing on the controversy over the water situation between the Huachuca Water company and the National Metals Recovery company was held yesterday in the Huachuca Water company office, at which facts were placed before David Johnson, corpo- ration commissioner, and Ben Fer guson. engineer Tor the commission IroSpector.
 Fruit Suffers From Freeze
 BISBEE-Much of the fruit in the San Pedro valley-peaches, plums apricots.. pears apples and others will be a total loss on account of tho freeze of Tuesday night, according
Arizona republican., 1921-04-10
The Mining Outlook

There is some encouragement in the prediction ,f the secretary of the American Mining congress ,n Friday of resumption of business within the six months which will enable the mines to begin operations again.
 Arizona is feeling the mining slump perhaps more than any other region not so much because of the increase in the volume of unemployment, in the closing of market outlets for many of the agricul- products of the state and the effect the commerce and other industries of the mining towns very large proportion of the miners who have been thrown out work leaving for other localities to seek other employment.
 The reserve stocks of copper in this state either held here stored by the copper companies else- where supp sed to be not short of a half of a billion pounds The mines were kept going turning out copper at production far in of the market price of it, until the mine owners could not see the future advance in price long addi- tions were made reserve stocks.
 What is true of copper Is true of nearly all other metals It is of it to copper, silver and lead in all countries at the present time But elsewhere there greater activity in gold production. That industry is being encouraged somewhat in this state now It being prosecuted in Mohave county more vigorously than years notwithstanding the hand cap under which gold mines in the United States operate as compared with the industry in other tries where gold taxes stimulating production. Here gold notwithstanding the increased cost of duction is the thing which in the general and startling uprse did not increase in value
 There is now pending in congress. the McFadden hiu which proposes stimulation to gold production .imlar to that which France and Great Britain ad- minister to their gold producers. Still with the nresent lack of this stimulation gold mining is taking m new life in the States especially since the lowering of miners wages is reducing the cost of nroducton toward former figures
 Eut American capital is being diverted to foreign ,,aas In 9 recent interview a resident of Northern ontario stated to Republican that that country
 bere lead silver and zinc mining had been the prin- .inaI industries had turned to gold mining and he beeved that the would be the development of the greatest gold mines on the western continent
 xve ,,av hope that the present lul in copper min
 -asuit in a similar development in this state
 bicb is known to be rich in gold
Arizona republican., 1921-04-10
To Use Volcanic Heat

tic rock which forms the bulk of the earth, began bubbling up at the northwestern end of the islands, and continued to do so until 1t had wholly or partly blocked the Assure at that point, when it broke out farther to the southeast. This process was re- peated until the whole string of islands had been built one by one, from the floor of the sea to an alti- tude of 14,0O0 feet above the level of it's surface This work is still going on in Hawaii and all of it has been done in comparatively recent geologic time so that these islands must be regarded as a very recent addition to the face of the earth. Because of their recent origin. the islands failed to share in the animal life of the rest of the world. Indeed, it is matte for speculation how even plant life originated there, but it is assumed that floating material carried the first seeds. Birds reached the islands by flying, of course, but rat aad lizard. both of which arrived prob ably by native boats, were the only i animals found there when the white men arrived Pigs. goats and deer were subsequently introduced.
 The volcanoes, which are a puzzle to the modern man of science, in l spire the greatest we in the natives and Dr. Sherzer reports that they still believe firmly in Pele, the god dess of fire, who lives in the crater of Kilauea Not long ago, he says, 6 native girl, dreamed that unless hu-
 man sacrifices were made to Pele, the goddess would inflict some great ca tastrophe upon the island. Thereupor
 a party of natives was organized anC
 set out for the crater to throw one O their number into the great cauldroT
 of boiling lava. The police heard O
 the expedition and Pele was robbed of her victim. Dr. SherZer says tha he himself has seen the natives conn
 and make minor sacrifices to thu | goddess of eternal fire.
 Hawaii has suffered very Iittl'
 from it's volcanoes, considering tha
 it is a small island and contains
 Mauna Loa, which is the largest act
 i've volcano in the world. Mauna Lo; erunts every seven or eight years, tn,
Arizona republican., 1921-04-10
THE TOWN OF IFlHAD

There is place not far away And many go there every day. It's business drags it's men are sad. It is the town of "IfIhad." When banks go up or stocks go down And half the fellows in the town Are hit, some light, some bad, They always speak of 'IfIhad." Oh, 'IfIhad" but checked it out (But robbed you might have been that night) no difference in the end You'd be in just the same sad plight. Or "IfIhad" but bought that Ford, Or made that payment on the house, Or paid that bill bought that gem, I'd something have besides just ten, Of course we think twill all come right At least we're hoping for the best But if it don't get out and work Don't sit around and be a pest. Yes. times hard and work is scarce I don't know yet just what I'll do But won't speak of IfIhad. Was I? oh. yes. hit, too. And so that place not far away Where many go and stay all day Is cursed, it's business bad Let's stay away from 'IfIhad."
 -C. w. E., 1921.
Arizona republican., 1921-04-10
THE SWAT SEASON WEARS

Prepare to Swat the Swy-beg par don-Swat the Fly! Playing the musca domestica in vulnerable spot will again me America S leading family circle sport this summer. ana already swat committees are getting together and preparing the swat cam paigns.
 This summer fly casualties are ex- pected to be unprecedentedly heavy Last year revised returns showed 200, 900, 900. 345, ,657 ,234 flies were slain without warning. The total casual tics for 1919 were 200, 900 ,000. .345,657.- 230. From these figures it can read ily be seen that the net gain for 1920 was but four flies.
 In other words, the country barely held it's own against the flies. But this year the swat boards are conf dent of a tremendous gain. For the past few years our people have been too busy to go into fly swatting ex- tensively But this year so many people are out of work that the flies will be outnumbered-
 In fact, a great proportion Of the peepul will have less work to do than the flies. This Tn ltsen IS great advantage.
 But there is the danger of over confidence, as Napoleon pointed out, | (Of course Napoleon didn't swat ines, l but think what would have happened | to them if he hadi Just now the problem is to arouse the people to an appreciation of the importance of the swat movement
 Some rather nifty slogans. it seems to us, such as are an essential fea- ture of all drives and campaigns, are needed. For instance:
 BE A 100 PER CENT FLY SWATTERi"
 SWAT TILL IT HURTS. (This refers, of course, to the fly-) ' NEVER PUT OFF UNTIL | TOMORROW THE FLY YOU
 CAN SWAT TODAY!"
 YOU WILL SWAT A FLY
 EVENTUALLY T. w H Y N O T NOW?"
 AMERICA EXPECTS EVERY
 FLY SNAPPER TO DO HIS
 DUTY!"
 "INVESTi BUY A FLY SWAT TER TODAYi" SWAT AND THE WORLD SWAPS WITH YOU; TRUST THE FLYPAPER AND YOU WEEP ALONE" THE FLY KNOWS SWAT'S SWAT DO YOU?' . (Rather catchy, that last one, i you get what we mean.) !, SAY IT WITH SWATTERS!"
Arizona republican., 1921-04-10
SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 10. 1921.
Tue expectations Of life depend upon diligence; and the mechanic th1t aoould perfect has aoork must first sharpe,a his tools.
 -Conf fMcius
Failure of the First Assault

Tho board of supervisors has withstood the first onslaught in the expected campaign to throw the ,ounty highway commission into politics; to commit to single type of roads and to make ducks and vrakee of the millions which the taxpayers of Mari yopa county have voted for good roads,
 But the board should be warned that single sepulse does not end such campaign There will be other assaults and it may be expected that the Next me will precede the second phase of the road building program, when come to make a contract contracts under the second bond issue of s4.s0O.Ooo.
 Previous to that may look for insidous movements replace. if all the members of the make partisan commission which will make the program place for job-holder and to determine in advance award of contracts. precisely what type If road shall be constructed.
 Four and a half million dollars is mighty temp taton to politicians and wire -puers That amount of money, whether in express guarded by men armed with ed-off shotguns, in so-called burglar proof vault, in public treasury is almost certain to become object of felonious attempt. This is fact from the consideration of which the supervisors should allow themselves for moment b be diverted.
 It is, of course. unnecessary to point out to the supervisors that the costiest and most worthless material ever used road construction s party pon hcs, either republican democratic. That has been amply, frequently and always disastrously demon ltrated that the of it has been abandoned in all but politics-ridden states and communities
 It must also be patent to the board that there should be a wide range of approved specifications 70 that competition may be encouraged-that there may be open field for bidders
 We think that the supervisors who have not allowed themselves to be taken by surprise in this assault will not allow themselves to be caught off their guard in any later
 The biggest job they have Is to take of this k4500000 that Maricopa county gets for it s45000o0 worth of good roads, mile a rod foot less; that not dollar goes for lubricants for political machinery lines the pockets of a favored contractor
Arizona republican., 1921-04-10

from an upper window of a house in Lyons. The first descent from a ball. loon was made by Garnerin in Paris in 1797. A parachute g feet in diameter, composed of several gores of canvas was used.
 O. Where is Peary Land?-6. C. N.
 A. This name was given to the northernmost coasts of Greenland. which were discovered by Lockwood and Brainerd in 1882, under the name of Hazen Coast. Knowledge of them was greatly extended by the explora- tions of Peary in 1892.
Arizona republican., 1921-04-10
Questions And
 AnsUers

Q. How many inches of unmelted snow are required to make an inch of water?-R. c.
 A. The custom of the weather bu- rcau, when conditions are not favor able for melting snowfall, is to as- sume ratio of one to ten between the melted and unmelted snow. That IS, one inch of unmelted snow will make tenth of an inch of water. This, of course, is not a constant ratio, a s the density of the snow varies greatly at different periods of the year and for different snow storms.
 o. Hw can | obtain meal worms for fish bait?-N. L.
 A. Meal worms may be obtained at any bird store, or may be propa- gated at home, by placing some corn meal Tn a box, with the lid partly open. During the warm weather meal worms will breed in the corn meal quite rapidly.
 O.. How many city and rural mail carriers are there?-J. w. B. A. The postoffice department says that for the year ending June 30 1920, there were S6.142 city carriers l and 43,332 rural carriers.
 o. Will dissolving a yeast cake ir boiling water impair it's food value i A. The bureau of chemistry say. that dissolvins a yeast cake in boiling water will not spoil it, and that i will still retain its food value
 O. What is the Jewish holida, | celebrating the handing down of tn, Commandments?-M. L. D.
 A. The Jewish religious hoIida, celebrating the handing down of tn, commandments is known as tn | Feast of Weeks. It occurs on Jun 9th and 7th of each year.
 | c: What is the meaning of a mex zanine floor?-D. c. G.
 A. The 'mezzanine floor is on l approximately half way between tw floors spaced at regular distance
 For instance. in a hotel. frequently half way between the lobby floor am the first floor to be occupied by room for guests, is an additional floor sometimes given over to use as
 balcony. or for business purposes. | O. Where in the United States ar
Arizona republican., 1921-04-10
THE ONCE OVER
 U By H. /. PHILLIPS N

Step up. Swat Committees, and take your pick, Almost any one will look particularls appealing inscribed on a huge poster depicting common citi- zen leaping from the sideboard to the hanging chandeliers in frenzied pursuit of the Fly That Has Struck Him Out for the Third Time in Sue cesSion.
 Let us all get behind the move ment . and the flyl Spring is well under way, and the little pests with the ground -grfpper, non-skid feet. and the all-seeing eyes win soon be in our midst. and at her places. Re- member that while fly seems a lit- tie thing. it is the little things of life that count.
 A fly produces something like g. 000, ,000,000 eggs a day. And each egg is a three minute egg. At 3 o'clock it's an egg. At sos it's a fly.
 O O
 Swat early and avoid the rush,
Arizona republican., 1921-04-10

the most potatoes srown?-l. M. c.
 A. The following states produced the largest quantity of potatoes in 1920: New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan. Wisconsin, Minnesota. and Maine. New York produced 46.250. 900 bushels and Maine produced 22, 140,- GOO bushels.
 O. Who invented the parachute? When was the first descent from a balloon made?-D. D. c.
 A. The invention of the para chute is accredited to Sebastian Le- normand. and the device was used by him in 17S4 in making a descent
Arizona republican., 1921-04-10

aside day the planting of trees: In no other section of our Union this day of such prime inn portance as in Arizona" Arbor Day was first cee- brated in Arizona thirty years ago, though it came then earlier in the year
 The idea of Arbor Day, which is now celebrated in every state in the Union and in many foreign countries has gradually to include the care of trees preservation of forests. This naturally brings up question of forest fire prevention since fire is the greatest of the forest It destroys to 10 million of timber each year in the United States to say nothing endangering the lives and homes of many persons
 District Forester Pooler of. the U. S. Forest Service in commenting upon the celebration of Arbor Day. said: T cannot er-emphasize the im- portance of considering forest fire prevention Arbor Day. is closely related to the life of that cannot grow timber unless fires are controlled"
 There is great need for residents and travellers in Arizona forests observe great with fires the records of ten years past have indicated that close to 50 cent of the fires in Arzonas National forests were man caused. In few hours the care lessness of cancel the Arbor Day efforts of thousands of people planting that day. by destroying with fire many more trees than they plant.
 Forest fires. sweeping 5s4ssso7 acres of land in 45 states, caused damage amounting to ss5.715.747 during the five years 1916 1920, sive. according information made public lately by the Forest Service of the United States Department Agriculture total 16o.a1s fires during this period. chief sufferer, it's loss being sso.ss5,sss
 The bulletin containing this information is special edition of Safeguarding America Against issued the federal and forest by National Board of Fire Underwriters. It presents the latest survey of the countrys fire situa ton. and points out that the major portion of the damage to America's resources, human agencies is preventable Railroads largest number of all fires chargeable such agencies.
 The bulletin also presents reports from the Forest Service fires in the National Forests from state forestry officials covering states. These reports deplore the present day. waste of natural resources emphasize the need for public education avoid the disastrous conse- quences of continued neglect in failing to provide adequate fire protection for the forests of the country.
Arizona republican., 1921-04-10

Four and eighth gallons of beer every thirty days appears to be liberal allowance infirm and ailing of Wisconsin It is perhaps not as much a confirmed -drinker of old days might desire. But consumed sitting it would have such effect that the consumer would want for thirty days.
Arizona republican., 1921-04-10

What have the parlor and other bolshevists of America to say about the treatment of their de- ported brethren by the Russian brand bolshevists If there was only some way deport to Russia all who do not like form of government Phoenix could contribute carload at least.
Arizona republican., 1921-04-10
.-;zon.,s Second Arbor Day

Last Friday Arbor Day in the Northern Arizona counties of Apache' coeonino' MohaVe' ->""'S u ,, the schools of the region. As 09 ~,,beu said his nroclamation setting
Arizona republican., 1921-04-10

Brewers report that the proposed medicinal" beer, that is. beer with a kick" can be made in conjunction with the half of-one percent variety What chance would the little half-o percent infant stand survive in a contest with it's lusy five brother ?-Sacramento Union.
Arizona republican., 1921-04-10

Winter has been lingering unnecessarily long the lap of spring. but it will have get now with the straw hat season at hand.
Arizona republican., 1921-04-10

Money. we are told is the root of all evil. For look at the Stilmans and the Stokeses
Arizona republican., 1921-04-10

More important than price reductions is the fact that factories turning better quality of products.
Arizona republican., 1921-04-10

A young girl with the fresh blush of youth and vigor in her cheeks makes mistake resorting paint and powder camoufage that both cheapens her and advertses her a counterfeit-Ios Angeles Express