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Daily picayune., 1921-04-05
Anenuntina for the Blue.

Mrs. Bacon-They do say that single grain of indigo will color ton of water.
 MT. Pacon-Do you suppose that IS why the milk is so blue this morning, dear7
Daily picayune., 1921-04-05
Just Fancy.

"Whatcher figuring out, JimmieT'
 .Tm thinking what a fortune 1t would be for someone If I could fig ure out how to harness the energy that is wasted in shimmy dancea"- Florida Times-Union.
Daily picayune., 1921-04-05

The Christian nations are those i'll which there is sale fo ranti-fat nos trums while large part of the world is starying-Moline Dispatch.
Daily picayune., 1921-04-05

Entered as second-class matter Jan uary 6, 1921, at the post office at Pres eett, Arkansas, under the Act of March ., 1S70"
Arizona republican., 1921-10-16

cells of uncultivated lands contain ing 100 acres each parcel, making an average loan of $50 per acre. The law prohibits a loan of more than s5,000 to any person, corporation or association. therefore it was neces- sary for 15 individuals to become 'mortgagors" in the above Is loans, and with one exception these mort gagors have reconveyed title to lands mortgaged by them to interests now represented by the Central Finance corporation.
 Our inspection of the lands, and in fact an inspection of the entire land holdings of the Central Finance cor poration, showed that not a single person resides thereon.
 Such of those lands as were par italy under cultivation in 1920 are not under cultivation at the present time. Two places were found Cndi- cated on plat) where wells for irri- gation purposes had been drilled, but later abandon d. The pumping plants which had been used in connection with cultivation, have been disman- tied; everything which could be de- tached and removed is gone. The plot shows the location of wells for merly operated for irrigation. Our investigation shows that the money received by the 15 mortgagors (15 loans of 5000 each) was not used to (Continued on Page ., Section 9
Arizona republican., 1921-10-16

Official publicity has been given to a transaction by the state loan board a yeNr ago last June, concerning which for many months there have been rumors only. The disclosure comes in a letter to Governor Camp- bell from State Land Commissioner Kuchler in reply to an inquiry by the governor concerning the loan Of which he had been apprised only by an application by the Central Fl. nance Corporation for an additional loan on the same security. that is, a tract or various tracts of land in the vicinity of Maricopa, aggregat- ing 46S0 acres.
 From the letter of MT. Kuchler. Il appears that this loan was made by Mitt Sims, as acting governor, ana Harry Ross, state treasurer, on June 15, 1920. The amount of the loan was $75,000, and it is supposed that the action of the loan board was tax en on the report of the field men or the state land department Whlch stated: We consider this land Is easily worth $50 an acre. if re- claimed in the manner contempiateo ndd ,el by the applicant" This Sl5,0O0, by the way came out of the permanent school fund.
 On account of the limitation by law of the loan of state funds to not more than $5,000 to one applicant this loan, it is stated, was made to Is applicants who later re-conveyeo the land, mortgaged by them to the state, to the Central Finance com pany.
 Governor Not Out of State.
 At the time of the making of the loans GoverneE, Campbell was IT Apache county land not out of the state, so there could have been then no acting governor. The rapidity with which the business was con-
Arizona republican., 1921-10-16

loan it's trust funds to make lands farm lands" which are not such in
 fact at the time the loan is made.
 There is no provision of law per
 hitting the state to speculate" as to the ultimate development of wa
 ter upon desert lands,'' by loaning its trust funds even for the purpose of or actual use for, any attempt at development of water. My under
 standing of the plain meaning of the
 words farm lands" is that such lands are presently ready for crop
 ping, with soil and water available
 therefor. I cannot approve loan which in tAe firat instance must be
 upon farm lands" when an exam
 ination of the lands offered discloses
 an absence of available water.
 The matter of existing loans to the Central Finance corporation would
 be foreign to this report were it not
 for the fact that the lands included
 in that loan are admittedly insuffi- cient security for the $75.000' of state trust funds already loaned, and the applicant now offers to give the state a second mortgage upon the now se- curity of lands as a so-called "addi- tional security for that prior claim A statement as to that former loan and the value of security now exist ing therefor, thus becomes pertinent to the matter now under discussion. l In 1920. fifteen loans were made l of s5,000 each upon the security of 1 1920 acres of lands. Seven of these l loans included an aggregate of 1,12G acres making an average loan per l acre of s32.15. Of these seven loans
 five were made upon 160 acre parcels which were cultivated, and two were
 made upon 160 acre parcels not cul- 1 tivated. Eight additional loans of s5.- 900 each were made upon eight par
Arizona republican., 1921-10-16

ducted is shown in the fact that while the loans were made on June 15, most of the 15 warrants passed through local banks on the following day.
 As to the value of the security of fered for the loan it is alleged that similar land in that vicinity was pur- chased with Santa F'e scrip, which at that time had value of $3 per acre, and it is further stated that a school section in close proXity was appraised by the state land depart ment and sold for s an acre.
 The first knowledge Governor Campbell had of the loan was offer ed him. as had been said, in letter from the Central Finance Corpora- tion, which succeeded to the inter- ests of the Central Finance company under a reorganization last spring, for an additional loan of $64,000. As the governor knew of no previous loans," he addressed a letter to the present land commissioner, Rudolph Kuchler, requesting him to make a thorough investigation of the records concerning the loan. The minute book of the loan board of the previ- ous administration disclosed that these loans had been made. Then came the following report from Com missioner Kuchler giving the details l. of the transaction and recommend ing that steps be taken to protect the state against loss through the collec- ton of the loans by means, "other than through an enforcement of the mortgage as against the lands mort gagged
 All the facts in connection with the making of these loans are re- vealed in Commissioner Kuchler's report which is here given in full:
 MT. Kuchler's Report.
 October 5. 1921 Governor Thomas F.. Campbell,
 Chairman State Loan Board.
 Phoenix, Arizona.
 My Dear Governor:
 On June 29, last, the Central F1- nance Corporation, through it's presi- dent, presented an application for a loan of state funds to the amount of S64000, offering as security for sucf loan mortgages upon an aggregate ol 46S0 acres of desert land in the Vi cinity of Maricopa, Pinal county, ol at the acerage rate of S1S.6S per acre as security for the proposed loan.
 Attached hereto is a copy of the letter from the Central Finance Cor poration, and also a plot of the en- tire body of lands referred 10 III Una letter. This plot also shows the To- Gtion of former state lands, hereto fore sold by the state. All of whlcf is of importance in understanding matters referred to in this report
 The duties of the state land com missioner in this matter are to de termine by appraisal the value O the lands offered as security. Pur' suant to that duty, after personal in spection and examination of the en ] tire body of lands, assisted therein b,
Arizona republican., 1921-10-16

thing would be just fine
 One thing I hope we will have and
 that is a large park within walking
 distance of down town. with lots of
 shade trees. flowers and MT Venne
 and his band in uniform. I will never
 forget the impression it made on us when we first came to Phoenix and saw MT. Nenne and his Indian band in their uniform of blue. The Indian boys looked so proud and the band master was very proud of them and Phoenix should be proud of them too.
 We wrote our friends back east telling about the music, flowers and | shade. The people here should all be i happy and make the tourists happy SC I they will speak well of Phoenix and | come again. We don't want them tC
Arizona republican., 1921-10-16
II EFT E R S A To the Editor
Missed the Point.

Editor. the Arizona Republican,
 Phoenix. Arizona
 Dear Sir:
 The writer. on a visit for the first time in PAoeniX, read with consider able interest this morning your edi- torial on high costs. Note you claim the refiners of gasoline are reaping an abnormal profit, and that you understand it can be produced or bought at from to 10c per gallon.
 Gasoline has never been sold any where in the United States for Sc per gallon. Ten cent gasoline was a reality a short time this summer but the cheapest price at this time is 15c per gallon f. O. b. North Texas or Oklahoma refining points. Add the cost of freight to 15c and see what you get. Then deduct a few cents for the dealers margin after it leaves our. tanks. and an additional selling and overhead cost and please MT. Editor, kindly tell us where we get off.
 The writer understands that for some months the Phoenix papers have created agitation against the o-called high prices here and ir view of the facts to the contrary be- ing in actual existence at this time and in past so long as we've operated here-we think it's time for you tc divert your efforts in other direc- tions. Moreover. we are advertiser. in your publication.
 The high cost of automobile acces- sories is something that could wei be investigated and believe youl findings would convince you that tht holdup game is played in another branch of the automotive business. Yours very truly
 A NJ SOCKHART. Vice president, Rio Grande Oil Com. pany.
 tThe writer entirely missed the point of the article he criticises. Tn, figures which he supposes were giver as the cost of producing gasolin, were not mentioned as the cost fo we do not know what the cost o production is. Those figures wer, mentioned only because they were low, the object of the article bein, to show that on a basis of all tn money invested in oil development | together with the cost of transpor 1 tation, the cost was much highe | than many suppose. We believe w | stated that it might be found tha the cost on that basis might be iron | 50 cents to s1 a gallon. The poin ! we were trying to make was tha ! more money is spent in the hunt fo l oil than is recovered in the develop | ment of oil)
Arizona republican., 1921-10-16
Phoenix the Beautiful
Phoenix, Ariz.. oct. l

Phoenix, AriZ-, Oct Ii, 1921. The Arizona Republican,
 Phoenix, Ariz.
 Dear Sir:
 1 have just received your very nice letter enclosing the order on Switzers S Style Shop.
 I am very glad that won the prize and wish to say that I do love Phoe- nix and this beautiful valley, which could be greatly benefited if we could only get taxes and freight rates down and finish up the improvements that bonds have been voted for. also have a union depot with large beautiful park all around it so people could see what a beautiful country this is. God has been so good to Arizona and if those in charge of affairs would only do the right thing and if every one would only do their share as The Arizona Republican does it. every
Arizona republican., 1921-10-16

say that all we want in Phoenix is their money. With the canal running through town there is plenty of room for a beautiful park. with lagoons, fountains. shade, flowers, canoes. skips. rustic bridges. This. with the ideal weather included, would make quite an improvement to Phoenix Over in California they beautify their canals with bridges, etc.
 I wish we could make Phoenix more beautiful and more comfortable. l am glad l live in Phoenix and I am going to do all I can to make the world at large take notice.
 Thanking you very much for your kindness to me. I am.
 Yours respectfully,
 (Signed) MRS. A. NEARHOFF.
 P. O. Box 1O73, Phoenix
Arizona republican., 1921-10-16
$75,OOO Loan on Bare Desert Lands is Called "Unfortunate"
 Use of The State Trust Funds

Interesting Transaction of State Loan Board of Year Ago Is Given Official Publicity In Report By Present Land Commissioner Rudolph Kuchler Made at Request of Governor Campbell-Urges Steps Taken to Prevent Loss to State
Arizona republican., 1921-10-16

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New-York tribune., 1921-01-30
Paris Reports Betrothal
OF Miss YyOnne MunrOe
Bankers Daughter To Be Bride of Louis de Kerman-
CANT; Other Engagements Include That of Miss
Elizabeth Jennings to Karl Hamlen Martin

Thirty-ninth Street, has announced the
engagement of her daughter, Miss Elise
II. Hughes, to Hampton Lynch, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. John II. Lynch, of 4lO
Park Avenue
Miss Hughes is a graduate OF the
Rreariey School, a debutante Of last
year and member Of the Junior
League. She is the daughter Of the
late Thomas P. Hughes.
MIR. Lynch is graduate Of Yale, class
of rs, and during the war served as
captain in the Field Artillery abroad.
The engagement is announced Of
Miss Florence Gunnison, of Brooklyn
and Purchase, N. Y, to Charles II.
Brown jr., Of 1856 Gienwood Avenue,
East Orange, n. j. Miss Gunnison
is the daughter Of Herbert F. Gunni-
son. publisher of The Brooklyn Daily
Eagle. Mr.. Gunnison and his daugh-
ter are passing the winter at the Ho-
tel Margaret, Brooklyn.
Mr.. Brown is the son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles II. Brown, Of East Orange
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Effinger, OF
Washington, announce the engagement
Of their daughter, Miss Katherine
Of tho late DR.. f. ]. Ware, of New
York. The wedding will take place
in tho early fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Stokes. OF 32s
West 10lst Street, have announced the
engagement Of their daughter, Miss
Dorothy Stokes, to Lawrence JOSEPH
Tillman. The wedding will take place
In March.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-30

The Charity Ball at the Waldorf is
the Oldest affair of its kind in New
York and this viii be the sixty-fourth
time it has been given. The first was
In the old Academy of Music in Four
tsenth Street in 1857 and there has
been only one break since then, during
the war in 1918. The ball moved from
the academy to the Metropolitan Opera
House and has also been given at
Madison Square Garden, Carnegie Hall
and finally at the Waldorf, where it
mas been held for years.
This year the ball has for its presi
dent Mrs. James W. Gerard, and among
tho ce-presidents and other officers
are the Princess OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ikey, Mrs. Charles B. alexander, Mrs.
?. Gray Griswold, Mrs. Frank 5. With
erbee, who is the treasurer; Mrs.
Robert L. Gerry, the secretary; Mrs.
Herbert l. Pratt, Mrs. William K.
Vanderbilt. I'd, Mrs. Newbold Leroy
Edgar, Mrs. Edward J. Berwind, Mrs.
John Sanford, Mrs. George F. Baker
il. and Mrs. William Averell Harri-
man.
Colonel Robert Lee Billiard, U. 8. A.,
commanding the Department OF the
East; Rear Admiral Glennon, Maurice
Casenavc, French High Commissioner,
and Justice Francis F. Pendleton Will
be the guests Of honor.
Ths grand march will begin soon
after 10 o'clock and will be led by
the floor committee, followed by the
cdicers and distinguished guests.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-30

From Paris comes the announce
ment OF the engagement Of Miss
Ivonne Munroe, daughter Of George
P. Munroe, banker, of New York and
Paris, to Louis de Kermaingant. Miss
Munroe is q niece of Mrs. c. Henry
Ridgway, formerly Miss Ella Munroe,
and is the only daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Munroe, who have lived in Paris
since their marriage. Her grandfather
was the late John Munroe, founder of
tho banking house of Munroe & Co.
She also is granddaughter Of the
late Colonel James Otis and niece of
Mrs. Frederick Edey and Mrs. Robert
r. L. Clarkson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip B. Jennings, Of
27 West Fiftieth Street and Old Ben
nington, VT, announce the engagement
Ct their daughter, Miss Elizabeth T.
Jennings, to Karl Hamlen Martin, Of
Bennington, son of DR.. Truman j. Mar
tin, formerly Of Buffalo.
At a dance last night in Washing
ton Mr.. and Mrs. L. 8. Bacon an
nounced the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Edith Bacon, to Olaf
Jensen, Of Edgerton, Wis. Miss Bacon
was introduced TO society this winter
in Washington. Mr.. Jensen is sor
Of the lats Andrew Jensen, pioneer
banker of Wisconsin. The wedding
will take place late Id the spring.
Mys Granville Parker, Of 1879 Eas,
New-York tribune., 1921-01-30
Many Weddings
Engage Interest of
Fashionable World
One of Most Notable Is That
of Miss Constance Rober-
son to Hayward Cutting
to Take Place Wednesday

Numerous weddings Of interest to
society will take place in the city this
week. One Of tie most notable will
be. that of Miss Constance Cleveland
Robertson, daughter of William Rober-
son, of 125 East Fifty-seventh Street,
to Hayward Cutting. son of the late
Henri Mason Cutting and Mrs. Lori
ceremony will be performed by the
Church and reception will follow at
mick jr.
Miss Robertson will be attended by
Mrs. Dominick jr., as matron of honor,
and Mrs. Marguerite Cameron, Mrs.
William Warner Hoppin. Miss Agnes
Fowler and Miss Beatrice Ecclesine.
Oliver Wolcott, of Boston, will be the
best man. and the ushers will be C.
Suydam Cutting, William c. Robertson
jr., Kermit Roosevelt, G. mccullough
Miller. John K. Hollins and Chase II.
Davis.
Miss Margaret Hyde Hamilton,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William Her
bert Hamilton, of 449 Park Avenue,
will be married Tuesday afternoon in
the Central Presbyterian Church to
Sydney Parker Hanshaw. Miss Ham
ilton will have only one attendant, her
sister, Miss Elizabeth Kittredge Ham
ilton. Wilder Goodwin will be Mr..
Henshaw's best man, and Abbott K,
Hamilton. brother of the bride: B.
Chester Noyes, Harley L. Stowell jr.,
J. Horton ljams, Schuyler NJ. Meyer,
John McVegh the ushers. The cere-
mony will be followed by a small re-
ception at the Colony Club.
Arrangements havo been completed
for the wedding of Miss Dorothy Lyon
to Fargo Balliett The ceremony will
take place at o'clock Saturday after
noon in the chantry of St. Thomas's 8
Church, followed by a reception at the
st. Regis. Miss Lyon will have for her
attendants Mrs. Cameron Macpherson,
Of Rye, as matron of honor, and Miss
Lois Stumer and Miss Beatrice Harvey,
Miss Elinor Ritter will be the brides
maids. Henry Budlong Greene, of Buff
falo, will be Mr.. Balliett's best man,
and James O'Neil, Of New York; Law
renee Martin, Of Glen Ridge, n. j.; Ray
mond Gage, of Philadelphia. and Cam
cron Macpherson and Emerson Bigelow,
Of Rye, the ushcrs. The bride will be
given away by her brother, Irving W.
Lyon, Of Rye.
Mrs Josiah Pierson Howells has sent
! out invitations for the marriage of her
! daughter, Mrs. Nellie Howclls de Rivas
to Benjamin Woolsey Rogers, Of this
city and Philadelphia. The wedding is
to take place Saturday in the Church
Of the Beloved Disciple. Mrs. de Rivas
! is the widow of Jose Cerillo de Rivas
! Of New York and Havana.
Mr. and Mrs. w. c. Sickel, of II East
Eleventh Street, have announced the
engagement of their daughter, Miss
Jane Allen Sickcl, to George w. Lewis
Of New Bedford. Mass. Miss Sicke
is graduate Of Miss Wrights Schoo
at Bryn Mawr. Mr.. Lewis is q member
Of the class Of '21 st West Point.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-30
Patr0nesses announced
For Music School Benefit

Rafaelo Diaz, Ernest Hutcheson and
Mr.. and Mrs. David Names will be the
artists at the concert tomorrow after
noon at the Plaza for the benefit of the
Music School Of the East Side House.
The patronesses include Mrs. Jonathan
Bulkley, Miss Julia A: Fish, Mrs. Harry
Hardness Flagler, Mrs. John Henry
Hammond, Mrs. Francis L. Hine, Mrs.
Adrian Joline, Mrs. ]. f. D. Lanier, Mrs
Herbert L. Pratt, Mrs. Benjamin
Prince. Mrs. William A. Read Mrs
Henry Seligman, Mrs. Francis S. Su th-
ers, Mrs. Lucien II. Tying, Mrs. John N.
WHY'S, Mrs. William Ross Proctor
Mrs James Mott Hartshorne and Mrs
William A. Hazard.
Miss Florence Easton, Of the Metro
politan, and George F. Mcader, the
American tenor, will sing. and Z. Rob
Joint entertainment given by the New
York Diet Kitchen Association and Ma
ternity Center Association on Thurs
day at the Waldorf.
Wellesley's recital in Adolph Lew
isohn's ballroom a week from to-day
ono of the preliminary events in the
coming Wellesley campaign for its
semi-centennial fund for $2.1O0,o0o
q
certainty of filing the ballroom on
the afternoon Nine. Matzenauer sings
Among those who have taken tickets
arc: Mrs. L. X. Hartman, Mrs. Pau
D. Crayath, Mr.. and Mrs. George W
Dawson, Mr.. and Mrs. William Hodge
Mrs. Newbold lie Roy Edgar, Dr.. anc
/ Mrs. Charles T. Butler, Colonel Henry
{ L. Stimson, Miss Candace Stimson
Mrs. Felix NJ. Warburg. Mr.. and Mrs
George Temple Bowdon, Ms
Marion Reckfoxa, Mrs. William Am
{ brose Taylor, MIS- Elsie Goddard, Mrs
Herbert Shonk, Miss Josephine Osborn
| Mrs. Emlen Roosevelt, Mrs. Henry NJ
| Alexander, Mrs William X. Draper
Mr. and Mrs. John n. Shreve, Mr.. ans
Mrs. Charles T.. Hughes, Miss Cath
arine Hughes, Miss Rose Phelps. Mrs
| William ID. Guthrie. Mrs. Alvin w
| Krech and Mrs. Dwight Morrow.
A concert for the benefit OF tho Ecol
Ma.ernclle Francaise (French Day Nur
seryj will be given 10 night at tn
Belngco Thcater. The artists who vii
lcontributo their services include Mile
Yyonne Gall, Of the Chicago Oper
Company; Nine. Germaino Schnitzel
Mario Chan1lcc, tenor, Of the Mctropol
itan Cpcra Company. and Saschh Jacob
scn. The nuraery, which Is az 3d6 Wcs
Twenty-cighth Street, feeds, teache
and takes daily care Of moro than 10
little children whose parents, OWN
" i!lness or to the necessity Of earn
ing a living outside Of the home. mr.
unable to attend to their little one
during tho day,
New-York tribune., 1921-01-30
Chun,s Married " ifI,iu
An Hour OF Each Other

Two girl chums surprised their
friends yesterday when they were mar-
red within an hour OF each other
One of them was. Miss Hester Noel
Burrows, daughter Of the late Charles
Clifford Barrows and Mrs. Barrows.
of So East Fifty-sixth Street, and the
other Miss Claudia Johnson, daugh-
te~ by a former marriage Of Mrs
Eugene J. Deuth, of 416 Madison Ave
nue. No announcement had been made
of the engagement of either of the
young women and the first lntimation
of the approaching marriages was
when Miss Barrows took cut her mar
riage license Friday. She was mar
ried to Evan Lloyd Sprague, Of | West
Sixty seventh Street. son OF Evan
Turner Sprague. of this city. in the
Church of the Heavenly Rest, and Miss
Johnson became the bride of Milton
Tenney Macdonald. son of the Rev.
and Mrs. Robert Macdonald, OF
Worcester. Mass, in the Church Of
the Ascension
formed the ceremony at the wedding
of Miss Barrows and Mr.. Sprague at
- o'clock in the presence Of only
about a dozen relatives. A wedding
breakfast followed at the Noison res
taurant in Park Avenue. The bride
who was given away by her brother
DR.. David Nye Barrows, who was mar
ried to Miss Frances Scovllc last fall
had only one attendant. Mrs. Piersor
Van Kirk. as matron OF honor Horace
( Flanagan served as Mr.. Sprague's best
( man. There We're no ushers.
MIR. and Mrs. Sprague will pass their
( honeymoon in Quebec and later will
I go to Florida.
The marriage of Miss Johnson ano
Mr.. Macdonald took place in the Church
of the Ascension at I o'clock. The cere
mony was performed by the rector, the
Rev. DR.. Percy Stickncy Grant, and
reception followed at d44 Madison Ave
| r,a Tho hriGa b. ad rao attnudanSs an1