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Arizona republican., 1921-05-01
Sell Property for Taxos

sell Property TOT ax0s
 TUCSON-Two plots of property ovF-.ed in Tucson were sold a. public auction from the steps of the city han "wednesday by City Treasurer George Gray, for liquidation of street improvement assessments.
 A. A. Worsley was the purchaser of lot 8, block A, on South Stone ave- nue. This piece was sold for tha sum of $441 to liquidate assessments standing against it's owner, Joe Men eger.
 Margaret Paul was the owner of lot g, block 54, sold for the sum of $243.- 53, to Jack Martin. Citizen.
 Alleges Cruelty, Asks Divorce
 PRESCOTT-An act of cruelty of a nature so outrageous as to merit the lack of detail with which it was mentioned, is one of the charges upon which Mrs. Ethel L. Naylor yesterday asked the superior court for a di- vorce from W. D. Naylor.--Journal- Miner
 Closing Plan Blocked
 DOUGLAS-There was consider able disappointment manifested to- day when the committee in charge of the promotion of a half halliday in Douglas on Saturdays during the summer, announced that the propo- sition would not go through on ac- count of three of the leading mer- chants positively declining to cIose.- International.
 Arrest Robber Suspect
 BISBEE-Charged with footing th' c. M. Moore jewe1ry store at Doug las Sunday night after beating thu proprietor into submission and leav ing him bound and gagged, H. C. Legros was arrested yesterday a Naco by Deputy Sheriff Lee Hall a
Arizona republican., 1921-05-01
ABOUT THE STATE

the result of investigations made by Dr. W. F. Haas, postmaster. who be- came suspicious when Legros at tempted to mail a package to Fl Paso that was found later to contain be- tween $500 and $500 worth of jewell ry said to have been taken from a Douglas store.--Review.
 Report Threatened by Fire
 TUCSON-Summer Haven is in grave danger of being wiped out bs fire. The flames which were burn. ing yesterday and which wer thought to be ext1nguished lasl lence this morning.
 Over 100 acres have already bee. swept. and despite the best efforts of the augmented group of forest rangers. the wind, which is helpinE the blaze along. Is carrying it steat~
 fly from Oracle up toward the sum init of Mount Lennon.
 A long distance call to the tn a little after noon reported that tit people at the Stratton mine were sll packed and prepared to leave arid that if the fire crept any nearer tn residents at Summer Haven wottl' be ready to come down the Sabin' trail on this side.-Citizen. Woman Charged with Aiding TUCSON-Charges of aiding tn escape of Frank Allen and Chaile E. Fletcher from the Pima count | jail were outlined in an informatiol filed yesterday in the office of tn clerk of the superior court. Date fo l trial has not as yet been fixed. 1 The Butler woman is charged wit l passing to the imprisoned mea l pistol by which they forced. the iail CT to release them on the night ( March 4.-Citizen.
Arizona republican., 1921-05-01
Questions And
 Ansluers

(Any reader can get the answer to any question by writing The Republi- can Information Bureau. Frederic J. Hasl1in, director, Washington, D. c. This offer applies strictly to infor- nation The bureau cannot give ad- vice on legal, medical and financial matters. It does not attempt to set tie domestic troubles, nor to under take exhaustive research on any sub ject. Write your question plainly and briefly. Give full name and address and enclose two cents in stamps for return postage. All re- plies are sent direct to the inuuirer.)
 c. Can old barrels be used for curing meat? H. B.
 A. Molasses barrels or other strong hardwood barrels are satisfactory for curing meat. Stone jars are practi- cal for small quantities of meat Any container should be thoroughly cleaned and scalded before using
 O. Was there ever a Christian re- ligion that believed in daily baptism.
 A. The Hemerobaptists were an early Christian sect which practised daily ceremonial ablution. This name has also been applied to an an- O. Why is the suffix "anthes" added to the names of flowers, such as aeroanthes and zePhyranthes? R. l. S.
 A. "Anthes" is derived from a Greek word which means flower. c. How high is the EiffeI Tow err H. c. D.
 A. The Eiffel Tower, the highest structure in the world, is 1000 feet | in height.
 o. When did American agricui- ture reach its lowest point? K. A. A. The decade ending with the | year 1890 marked the 'ebb tide" ir American agriculture. It was at the end of this time that a change was made from a single crop system tc diversified farming in many states
 O. Is the discovery of new plan ct or asteroid rare occurrence? M. V
 A. The naval observatory says | that the discovery of a new minor planet or an asteroid is Of frequent | occurrence.
 O. What is rneerschaurn and vyher. does it come from? A. A.
Arizona republican., 1921-05-01
SUNDAY MORNING. MAY |. 1921
Butler compared the tongues ot these eternal takers to race horses srhsch go faster the Jess aUeight they curry. Colton.
Tsaehers' Salaries

Inc salaries of instructors. the rural school 9zstrzct teacher to the member of the university heuty. have for years been so low as to be national scandal but in many parts of the country w1snin the last three four years this situation hns been remedied without special attention having <Ae habit which had been formed by the newspapers = calling attention to the disgrace and demanding reeorm was continued
 Last fall The Republican pointed out that 50 0r as concerns Arizona the teachers were being prekty well treated According to the state educa- uenA1 directory. the lowest salary received by any rural teacher was $9o, which admittedly too low bst only teacher affected. In less than ooen dstricts in the state salaries as low as t11o Elsewhere salaries in the rural schools range upvard to sl5o month with s1a5 as month probably neor average
 We may admit that that is sufficiently low for what expect of a teacher for the responsibility wnich the teacher assumes, when to deer the cost of the teachers preparation. But oe fs also to be taken into consideration situa- tinn of the taxpayers whose attitude toward the scAoods has always been of unquestioning Iber- snty- He may have kicked against taxes for any and an other purposes. but seldom against school sAscs which make up the principal item of the sum teka1 of taxation
 wAeeher this great Item could not be cut without 1npairing the efficiency of the schools Nowhere, M bel!ese there reduce salaries ce teachers but there wastes which it was be- Geved might be avoided That was attempted in scAooa reform legia'a..on the legislative e1on The sentiment back of this legislation is re- nected in the Tucson meetingo of the states educa- tora leaders. who for the first time. believe in recent years are not advocating an increase of tsachers salaries Their purpose find some way of reducing school expenses as to relieve as lar a possible the weight of taxation.
 The pressing necessity of doing this win probably make economy ir school matters habitual: will wipe ont waste and which have become time honored that school appropriations may be lowered by many thousands of dollars
 And then when happier times come again the teachers themselves reap financial benefits from these reforms.
Arizona republican., 1921-05-01
The Value of Hiaher Education

There is no place sacred, or immune from the scrutiny of prohibition enforcement officers as wit ness the descent the residence of Professor Agassiz Shaw of Harvard in the exclusive Back Bay district. The honored name of aAgassizs might have been expected to be shield against suspicion but 1t not. Professor Shaw was raided like common bootegger, five gallons of whisky and fifty of mash and still were confscated
 But event be sad as not to yield some comforting reflection. The whisky was pronounced by the raiding officers be excellent quality and the still said by them to be the finest that had to their attention"
 Yet there are some people who pretend to be- leve that higher education offers advantages to those who pursue it--that it is a waste of time.
 There are those who would eliminate Greek and Latin from courses of study, who would make geom- etry and trigonometry elective by those who are about choose vocation which these studies are peculiarly fitting These sight value these subjects as mental discipline of their usefulness in enabling the adjust himself to vacations to which they do to di- rectly- We know for instance distinguished who fitted himself for the bar and who said that the gift of oratory him not through forensic research but by the mental train ing he had received in grueliing geometry.
 He had forgotten long since the demonstrations of the various theorems and problems. He could prove the truth proclaimed in "Pons Asinorurn,' he had become logical, pleasing and convincing speaker legal and political subjects
 There nothing in Professor Eha-'s s>Sc4zns possibly. bearing upon the science of digulling In his university there was probably nothing fitting him for proficiency in that industry. But the general training of his university course had fitted him with condition which neither he nor anyone else could foresee when he n under rraduate-that the country going dry Anno Dornin, 1913.
 No doubt there thousands and thousands of young men in colleges and universities pursuing studies which they and their friends may suspect that they wasting their time. They perhaps training which will enable them to rise sometime contingency unexpected prohibition ten years ago.
Arizona republican., 1921-05-01
WILL THE. WOMEN SAVE US?
BY DR. FRANK CRANE tCopyright. 1921. by Frank Crane,

Women have into politics 's
 Women have common sense than men. Men are ideaists, enthusiasts creators. Women are pracca economists, conservators
 Into the hands of women there has newly been thrust an enormous power.
 What will they do with it?
 If they merely join the existing Political Parties and take up the cries and bunk of the men who run them, they will be only mob of supers added to the already crowded stage, and will mean nothing whff ever, except more confusion Ek
 The big, overtowering issue of the world is Dis armament.
 The appalling facts need to be repeated and over Nine-tenths of government expenditures go to pay for wars, past, present. and future Five nations, the United States, Great Britain, France Japan and Italy spent in 1920 more than two billion dollars for military purposes than they did in the fourteen years from 1900 to 1914.
 Yet the world trenbleS the brink of bankruptcy!
 Only inhabitants of madhouse or political party could be blind to the conclusion that the one way to get economic relief is to stop war and getting ready for war.
 The League of Nations presented way to do this It may have been poor way, but it was way,
 Which is infinitely better than no way at all But And now come the Women. Thank God somebody can See what's the matter!
 On March 27th meetings of women were held in fifteen States urging reduced armament
 Mrs. Florence Kelley, of New York, said these meet ings mark the spontaneous uprising of on the first Easter on which they have had power
 She added, sthe time to dsarm is now, and the place is here"
 Every one of the five great nations declare they ready and anxious to go out of the war business ,l Why then this stalling around? Why so much "after you, my dear Alphonse," and ! No, my dear Gaston, after you!
 We must realize the truth, that Politicians will never take the initiative in anything for the public welfare because their first is party advantage !. Nothing but overwhelming Public Camor will move { them.
 : Hence more power to the Woman's arm The biggest issue in the history of the human race threatens to be derailed by coalition of all reaction aries mischief makers moral infidels and blather- s sixties
 If the Women of America shall to the rescue of the throtted human race, they will be marked in his tory as having done the nobest deed of all time. Great Britain has taken up again programme navy building Japan buying aircraft and the Unl 9 States is being urged to compete. q No wonder Ida Clyde Clark just like woman, rises and asks,
 ssWhat sort of deal you trying to put over Q on us?"
 E Disarmament will come, and when 1t shall be accom- " plished the record shall be written: Fl "Dux femina facti."
Arizona republican., 1921-05-01
ev Frederic J. l4asl<ini

NEW YORK CITY. April 3o.-No malicious ape today could get away with a series of secret murders such as startled the Rue Morgue. Not unless he wore rubber gloves. For there would be the unmistakable evil dence of his finger prints, which are very different from the human finger prints, and which. likely as not, could be quickly traced to the newiy-cstab- lished "rogues gallery" of some near by zoo.
 This assurance is given by Dr. Raymond l.. Ditmars, curator or rep tiles of the Bronx Geological park who has recently made a thorough study of monkey hands. pr. Dit mars was first interested in the sub feet by the American Museum of Natural History of this city, which wanted some hand prints of monkeys to use in it's elaborate study of the evolution of man. The Cation socf- ety of Washington, which is also devoted to the study of mans evo- lution, was likewise anxious for a similar supply.
 My only part in the project was to get the prints," explained Dr. Ditmars, but as the work progressed I became so much interested that l bought several books on palmistry containing great numbers of prints of human hands"
 The curator immediately found that while the general hand prints of monkeys and those of human be- ings are similar, the monkey hand possessing the life line, heart line. head line and fate line which are to be noted in the human hand. close examination shows striking differ ences in every instance between the human hand and the monkey hand.
 The human hand in all cases, says he has the tips of the fingers and the tip of the thumb marked with lines arranged in whorls. The monkey hand, on the contrary. invar- iably has the tips of the fingers marked in straight lines. never in whorls-
 "On the monkey hand the whorl- markings are always on the mounts the soft Jumps of flesh at the base of the fingers. In the human hand these mounts are always marked with straight lines, never with whorls.
 No matter how human the mon- keys hand may appear at first glance a print examination always shows this difference, although in the orane outang, for instance, the resemblance is otherwise startling.
 The whorls on the tips of the fin gers and especially on the thumb a, the means whereby experts establish identity. In monkeys the whorls or the mounts could be used for tn, same purpose. Apparently. there ar, no two monkeys with the same mark. | ings on the mounts of their hands | just as there are no two human be | ings with whorl markings that ar
Arizona republican., 1921-05-01

sonal outbreaks because the employment itself may be classed seasonal
 Three four years in Cleveland, Ohio, plan agreed upon for early adjustment of differences between employers and employees, by an agreement upon board of referees. That has worked successfully Now extension of the experiment is proposed to bring assurance of continued employment or its equivalent in wages.
 The announcement of this plan follows award by the board of referees of reduction of wages of from sh to 13h per cent which understand will bc accepted without resistance. The plan of the insure continuity of employment that is employment for forty weeks of each year. together with a vacation of week with pay. There however be no assurance that all employers fur nish employment steadily. But the plan provides a way by which the employer may pay his employees thirds of their weekly wage during period of unemployment within this forty weeks period.
 Such payment would be made from ance created by the deposit by manufacture with the chairman of the board of referees of equal A per of his direct labor payroll This limits the liability of the manufacturer a able amount and at the time insures the a steady and predetermined yearly income.
Arizona republican., 1921-05-01
ANATURALIST AT WORK

exactly the same on the tips of their thumbs or fingers"
 Monkey Character
 In obtaining the finger prints. Dr. Ditmars had to confine his efforts to the most tractable monkeys. the larger and more savage animals stubbornly holding out against this process of Identification. But he succeeded in getting specimens of the ringtails. a tame black ape. a South American monkey, a pigtail Cey- lonese monkey, a bonneted macaque. a Javan macaque and an orang outang. The principal difficulty lay in keeping the animals quiet so that they would not jump at the psycho- logical moment.
 T used a sheet of dull surface paper with a fine grain for making the print" explained Dr. Ditmars. "The monkeys hand was covered with a paste made of oil and graphite. After the hand was covered with the substance it was pressed against the paper and an excellent print ob- tained.
 sounds" said the curator refle ctively. At first nose of the monkeys i'm mediately licked off the paste. We then put some cologne in the paste and this seemed to interest tfem im- mense1y. Their curiosity was SC much aroused that they went through with the operation without flinching
 "One fellow persisted in licking his paw. however. and his actions were 1 so ridiculous that I decided to make a motion picture film of the monkeys being finger printed to show at a dinner of the New York Geological society.
 Feeling that the monkeys deserved a treat after being finger printed brought in a bunch of bar anc made a movie of the greedy animals which I called Dinner in the Rogues Gallery One monkey distinguished himself by thrusting an entire ba- mana crosswise into his mouth, on' end into one pouch of the cheek ana the other skilfully inserted in thu other pouch. He then put one fin ger in his mouth and broke th' banana in the middle
 The finger printing oi .ns monkey' is only one of the many interesting experiments that Dr. Ditnlars is con
 stantly carrying on at the New Yorl
 Geological Park. Usually these ac
 tivities, started for the crrator's per
 sonal entertainment, turn out to b'
 of scientific interest Thus when h.
 first set up his movie apparatus Il the zoo and announced his intention | of filming the various species no on
 was very greatly impressed. Ye , many of these pictures have prove . of great value. In the same casua
 way pr. Ditmars has succeeded il , building up a collection of reptile which is recognized as one of tn finest in the world
Arizona republican., 1921-05-01

ward. unless he had a theater en-
 gagement, never dined earlier than
 80, and the present prince proves
 himself follower of his grandfath-
 er's custom On one occasion many
 years ago two royal dinners were ar
 ranged for the same evening at the
 same London hotel
 One was being given to the late King Leopold of Belgium. the other to the prince of Wales fafterward Edward VII)- At both of these func- tions Chantrain was expected to be in attendance. Fortunately old Leo- pold liked to dine at 6. and Edward refused to dine before S:30, so that the anxious servitor was able to ac-
 quit himself of the tasks of waiting
 at two royal meals on the same even- ing-New York Sun.
Arizona republican., 1921-05-01
MOTHER HUBBARD AT CAPITAL

Washington Nearly everyone in the house office building at the capi- tai is in the market for a paddock This is the reason:
 Jack V. Campbell, Cincinnati, prosecuting attorney of Hamilton county, called on his fellow towns man. Representative Nicholas Long, worth. in the latter's office.
 How about itssp asked Nick.
 ''Uh. huh.' replied Jack.
 Nick led Jack to a corner of his of flee. But the cupboard was like old Mother Hubbard 's-bare. A thief had jimmied it They could see the marks on the door
 Mir Longworth has not reported his loss to the pctsce. Whats the use Milwaukee Journal.
Arizona republican., 1921-05-01
Microbes, MsthuseIah and Mason


 Walt Mason a poet and a humorist Poets and humor1sts do allow themselves to be trammeled by facts. In comment Microbes and Methu- sclah' he writes in Hearts:
 This grand old man lived in . period when sani- tary rules. moderns understand them, hadn't been suspected His residence just across tho alley tho Checkered Front libery barns. where most of the town camels and goats kept and tho flies were thick he had to fight them with shovel
 There were screens on his windows and fly traps were not sale at the hardware store and Methuselah just had defend himself the best way he could. There plumbing. and he throw the slops the back door, often when he won't to the we'll for . refreshne drink he found a dead cat in 1t The air around that unfortunate man have been crowded with germs and microbes and the wonder is that he lived long enough to cast his first vote. Yet in the all long evity contest Methuselah the silver loving and gold headed cane, and his record makes also- rans of all who came after him. Even the president of the board of health can't hope to equal 1t.
 MT. Masons notions of sanitary regulations in the time of Methuseah are probably based on what heard prevailing disregard of sanitation in that part Of the world where Methuselah flour ished.
 We prone also to look contemptuously on the past forgetfu that within period covered by the scripture and recorded profane history civilizations fourished perhaps not inferior to own but only different And many of us are not quite satisfied with our own civilization. An overwhelming majority of believe we could vastly improve it. vide the innumerable reform organizations and agencies. A minority seems to think we are rapidly sliding backward.
 We do not know. moro than Mir. Mason does what sanitary precautions taken Methu- seahs time but do know that sanitation was rigidly enforced at somewhat later period under the administration of Moses, the first great law giver- Moses being human doubt some mistakes The rules he laid down not all arbitrary and they did all have sole religious significance as many suppose. Ills code abounds in health regulations many of which could be adopted and enforced to advantage. We learn also in tho Thousand Nights and Night" that in the eastern cities at stin later period sanitary regula- tona were in vogue It Is not probable Moses in his day the originator of these sanitary measures that Mahomet devised them indepen- denty at much later period; they had probably como down from civilizations which antedated the earliest of which there Is any record graph ilustrating the progress of sanitation would not probably show steadily rising across the centuries but rather abruptly broken line. It would probably be found touching high points in tho l time of Moses and for centuries thereafter II would almost certainly descend to low points al much later dates. especially in the middle ages fir England and France.
Arizona republican., 1921-05-01

The fountains of the great deep breaking up Colonel E. M. House is going to Europe as cores pendent of the Philadelphia Public Ledger. If the colonel should begin revealing the things concerning which he has been silent. world will have an earful.
Arizona republican., 1921-05-01

Of the s562.375.52 collected by the American Committee for devastate> France during the past year $4o1.- 530.54 has been remitted to that country to carry on the work for moral and physical rebuilding in the department of the Aisne.
Arizona republican., 1921-05-01
The Garment Workers

We probably hear of Garment Workers Strikes ro freouently than do of industrial disturbances .,y other one craft There usually sea
Arizona republican., 1921-05-01

It will be easy thing to fix American atten- ton on European crisis before the end of the ball season.
Arizona republican., 1921-05-01

Cleveland mystery man can't understand language known to linguists Work is his only word Can it be that has asked for it much that he's forgotten to say anything else?
Arizona republican., 1921-05-01

Montana bachelors are to be taxed, but no enough to make marriage seem the more economical
Arizona republican., 1921-05-01

The people of Phoenix. officially informed arc each using barrel of water hour, in the az gregate 70Ooo0o gallons daily Should not insti- ute a survey as to the effect of prohibition?