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Arizona republican., 1921-05-21
THE CONTEST OPENS


 In order to insure the success of the Boosters Special, which will tour the country advertising Phoenix and he Salt River valley, the Hump has yielded to irresistible requests and has produced the official song to be sung by those riding on the train.
 We reprint herewith the first few verses of the song. It can readily be seen that the song is so simple in construction, the versiication and rhyme scheme being so--well, any body can do it. Additional verses for this song may be sent to the cham Der of commerce or to the Hump. The writer of the first 100 additional verses to this song will be entitled to a free ride on the Grand avenue line.
 The only rule governing the con- test-the secret is out-is that your verses should deal with the wonders of the Salt River valley or the peo- ple who live there. Preference will be given to composers who were un- successful entrants in The Republi l cans. slogan contest or the Gazette $ | flag contest. We might add in pass 1 ing, that inasmuch as the chamber 1 of commerce gave each of these pub 1 lications the right to conduct con | test, we have been granted the ex- elusive right to the song contest. Now | in order to keep dissention out of the 1 camp, what kind of a contest are we | going to let Bro. Mills of The Mes l senger conduct? (Echo from Bro. ! Mills, "Aw, helli'D But. ere we forget to introduce our song:
 | Here's a healthy swig from the Has sayamp | To Start the crew on their boosting tramp.
 Let's all drink deep; let the glasses
 rise So the Lord will forgive our daw- i gone lies.
 CHORUS: i Oh the boos. oh the boos, oh the
 booster bus: The Phoenix Special, she's a rarin' cuSS;
 Hark to the tale I'm about to tell In the Salt River valley is where I
 dwell.
 Now Phoenix is a town with SO.OOO Top;
 Is a place where the prices rise and drop.
 why do they rise?" asks the lady in brown;
 If they didn't, dear lady, how could
 they come down. 1 CHORUS The city is governed by a city cornish
Arizona republican., 1921-05-21

Whose duty it is to jump at your wish.
 They jump up and down and side
 ways. too. You'u find very often that they'll
 jump on you. The street car system is cracker jack, With single fare on a single track The first car ran back in ninety
 two, According to the schedule, there
 another one due. Lest we forget, let this truth be un- furled: Our climates the best of any in the world. It's fine in the winter and the fall
 and spring. And as for summer-that's an- other little thing. The old towns equipped with prom inent cits, Whose function is to throw proper fits;
 To point with pride and to view
 with alarm, And to do the little things that
 will keep us all from harm. In the Salt River valley we grow some mighty crops; We furnish the best in all the east ern shops. We grew crop of cotton worth a
 dollar a pound If we only can hold it til the dol
 lar is found. Now. l could relate for year or two Of the things We think and the things We do:
 But a fellow gets dry on a boasting
 tram
 So I'll have another drink from the
 old Hassayamp.
Arizona republican., 1921-05-21

ment of the patent office for a working model been complied with.
 O. Is there any stone, besides a diamond, which will clut glass?-A. J. D.
 A. There are a great many stones that will cut glass. sAmong them are topaz. beryl, corundum, chronite, garnet and quartz.
 O. What ,are insect flowers?-R. H. p.
 A. Insect flowers are produced by several species of the aster family and are so called because pyrethium or insect powder is prepared from the dried flowers.
Arizona republican., 1921-05-21
Which Makes Us Wonder

Abusing the democratic secretary of war for refusing to make public the slackers' list was a favorite in door sport indulged in by certain sec tions of the press. But now that the list has been offered to the press you don't notice any wild scramble to publish it.
Arizona republican., 1921-05-21

lists who have investigated the sub
 ject, and are to the effect that me chanical perpetual motion is physi- cal impossibility. These views can be rebutted only by the exhibition of a working model. Many persons have filed applications for patents on per
 petual motion, but such applications have been rejected as imperative, and
 opposed to well known physical laws, and in no instance has the require
Arizona republican., 1921-05-21

We do not rob you" advertises a local firm which builds automobile tops. Maybe not. old thing, but you must admit that you get top prices.
Arizona republican., 1921-05-21

Those who grow warm under the collar because of the non enforce ment of the city's auto head-and- tail light ordinances after an initial orgy of arrests and fines, will be re- lieved to learn that along June the state vehicle law becomes effective It carries provisions governing prop CT headlights and tail lights. We trust the state will show these city fellers how to enforce the law.
Arizona republican., 1921-05-21
IN THE WOODS

This is Gods house-the blue sky is the ceiling, This wood the soft green carpet for His feet, Those hills His stairs down which the brooks come stealing
 With baby laughter, making earth more sweet. And here friends come, clouds, and
 signing,
 And birds whose throats pour their
 love, And spring and summer, and the white lying Penced with shadows of bare boughs above And here sunbeams through the green leaves
 straying.
 And shadows from the storm clouds overdrawn warm, hushed nights, when Mother Earth is
 praying
 So late that her moon-candle burns till dawn. Sweet house of God, earth, full of pleasure I enter at thy gates in storm or calm And every sunbeam is joy pleasure, And every cloud solace and balm
 Frederick A bill imposing a fine landlords who refuse admit tenants with children has passed the New York assembly
Arizona republican., 1921-05-21
Do You?

Do you sense anything uncanny about the fact that II. D. Shotwell won the governors $ cup in the state rifle shoot, or that d man by the name of Bird is president of the In,
Arizona republican., 1921-05-21

has the strongest constitution of any living thing. No animal could stand the abuse heap ourselves by overeating, lack of exercise, gestion, late hours and dissipation.
Arizona republican., 1921-05-21

the title on the upper cover. inclosed in a folder. On the title is an en- graving of Mount Monadnock, New Hampshire. as seen across a lake. There is one copy of this in America. owned by Mrs. Livingston of Harvard.
 A unique item Is Echoes by Two Writers." a small volume of verse initiating modern English poets. written by Kipling and his sister Beatrice and printed at the Civil and Military Press. Lahore, India. 1884. Although there are several copies in this country, the Martindel one is unique in that it Is a presentation copy to Evelyn from R. K. Sept. 1ss4' and contains three stanzas of four lines each written by the author on the fly leaf.
 Over a hundred American girls are still in Coblenz, Germany. engaged in Y. M. C. A. Y. w. C. A. Salvation Army and other welfare work
Arizona republican., 1921-05-21

Last year 226o American coal miners killed in mine fatalities One miner died for every 2SS5 TOO tons of coal brought to the surface. Give them safeguardsI
Arizona republican., 1921-05-21

Carpentier can't lose and Dempsey can't lose So that those who get into the Jersey City promised from authoritative a long run for their money.
Arizona republican., 1921-05-21

Russian artist tells Chicago that paintings would criminals. A realistic picture the scaffold and dangling rope the electric chair might help
Arizona republican., 1921-05-21
One Hundred and Eighteenth Trip
Maybe This Win Hold Him

ternational aviation corporation Nogales?
Arizona republican., 1921-05-21

The question: "Wha lost the war;" will not be definitely answered until history the of indemnity paid by the Germans.
Arizona republican., 1921-05-21

If Henry Ford jitneyizes the railroads it is be hoped that each train will be equipped with self starter and shock absorbers.
Arizona republican., 1921-05-21
The Clearing Atmosphere

Many retail merchants prone complain of hard times, when times really hard or when, if they have been hard, have begun to pass. That Is perhaps matter of habit. We suppose if all in the retail business would feel that trade at time quite good it ought to be- There were never times good that they could not be better
 We though with pleasure many merchants and others admitting that the depression is lifting More money is coming into view and their counters.
 That is good way to keep lifting the depres- sion until have lifted it entirey-to talk provement to think improvement Half the time hard times is only matter of thinking and talking. It is something in the air.
 Now the lair which has been rather heavy is slowly clearing and people noticing it and speak ing of it. It has already cleared that they their way to buy. When people have reached normal in buying there will quickly be general restora ton of normal.
Arizona republican., 1921-05-21

One reason there is no sugar shortage is because there sugar profteers using box cars warehouses.
Arizona republican., 1921-05-21

A bill imposing a fine landlords who refuse 10 admit tenants with children has passed the New York assembly
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-12-01

were weak, and hoped It was, 50 that
l should not live TO fee: the teeth OF
the unknown Thing sink In my aesh.
thought Of my revolver ana after an
lnfinity of time managed TO draw 1t
from the case. My fingers seemed at
once nervelessly limp and woOdenly
rigid. This was not at all the daunt-
less front with which had dreamed OF
meeting danger. ! had fancied myself
with my automatic making a rather
pretty picture as young Amazon
but / had now dreadful fear that
my revolver might systematically go
of and wound the Thing, and then,
even If II had medltated letting me go,
It would certainly attack me. Never
theless i chung to my revolver as to
my last hope.
/ began to edge away crab-wise into
the wood. Like metronOme ! said
to myself over and over monotOnOus-
ly, Don't run. don't runT
/ did not run. Instead, Il stepped
on smooth surface Of rock and slid
dOwnhill like a human tobOggan until
] fetched up against dead log after
confused interval during which |
vaguely believed myself to have been
swallowed by an alligator. While the
alligator Illusion endured must have
lain cOmatOse and immOyable. Indeed,
when my senses began to come back
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-12-01

1t is better to be beaten In trying to
do right than It Is to succeed In doing
wrong.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-12-01

FROM far above among its crags a
beautiful foamy waterfall came hur-
fling down.
had not dreamed Of getting view
so glorious from the little, eminencc Of
tine ridge. Here WINS an item Of news
to take back to camp. Having with
great originality christened the place
Lookout. / turned to go. And as /
turned l saw a shape vanish into the
woods.
II vas an animal, not human
shape. And-lt was white. II had, in
deed, every distinguishing trait Of
Cookies phantom pig. Only it was
not q pig Ny brief shadowy glimpse
Of Il had told me that knew what
Il was not, but what II was could
not. As stood there rooted, even
guess.
Would n attack me. Or should only
lle ~ ffiglt1 / wondered Il iir heart
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-12-01

/ was still quite inert. l experienced
that curious tranquility which is said
to visit those who are actually with.
in the jaws of death, There ! lay
prone, absolutely at the mercy of the
mysterious white prowIer of the forest
and ! did not care. The whole pet
ty business Of living seemed a long
way behind me now.
Languidly at last ! opened my eyes.
Within three yards of me, In the open
rock-paved glade where had fallen,
stood the Thing. Yes, there 1t was
only now 1t had put an eur back and
was smiling at me with a mingling Of
interest and apprehension.
The strange beast Of the jungle was
a white bull-terrier.
Abruptly ! sat up. The terrier gave
startled sidewise bound. but paused
again and stood regarding me.
Here, pupil Here, pupil Nice dog
gums !" said In soothing accents.
The dog gave a low whine and stood
shivering, eager but afraid. con.
tinued my blandishments. Little by
little the fOrlOrn creature drew near.
er, until put out a cautious hand
and stroked his ears. He lodged at-
frightedly, but presently crept back
again. Soon his head was against my
knee, and be was devouring my hand
with avid caresseS. Some time, be-
fore his abandonment on the island.
he had been a well-brought-up and
petted animal Months or years Of
wild life had estranged him from hui
manlty, yet at the human touch the
old devotion woke again.
: The thing now was to lure him back
to camp and restore him to the happy
service of his gods. With another al
Turing, Here, doggums p started on
my way He shrank, trembled, hesi-
tated. then was after me with bound.
So brought him triumphantly across
the Rubicon of the little stream, and
marched him into camp under the as
founded eyes of Cookie.
At sight of the negro the dog growied
softly and crOuched against my skirt.
Cookie stood like an efiigy Of amaze
ment done in black and white.
$50 de Lawd's sake, Miss jimmy
he burst at last. lam dat de ghos-pig7p
at was, Cookie, but Changed him
into a live dog by crossing my fingers.
Mind your rabbits foot. He might
eat IT, and then very likely we'd .have
a ghost on our hands again"
"Yo' go 'lofg,. Mss jimmy, said
Cookie vallantly. ''Yo' think lyscared
of any ghos' what lower hisself to be
live white mong'oI dog3 Yere, yo'
lSl-yI, 20 bettah mex friends with o.
Cookie. cause he got charge o. de
grub Yere's a lille fat ma'ow bone
what mebbe come off'n 20 own grand
chile, but yo' am goin' to mind dat
now yo' is transformulated dis yere
way" And evidently the reincprnated
ghost-pig did not.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-12-01

day and night for meditation, he
had known better than to commit such
an outrage upon the pOssessOr of
ghOstly powers, and had resOrted to
prayer instead. This had answered
quite as well, for the phantom pig had
dissolved like the morning miSts.
While the sun blazed, what with his
devOtiOns and his rabbits foot and a
cross of twigs nailed to tree,
Cookie felt fair degree of security.
But his teeth chartered in his head
at the thought of approaching night.
Meanwhile he could not in conscience
permit me to venture forth into the
path of this horror which might, for
all we knew, be lurking in the jun
gle shadows, even through the day
light hours. Also, though he did not
avOw this motive, believe he found
my company very reassuring. 1t is
immensely easier to face ghost in
the sustaining presence Of other flesh
and blood.
For moment / wavered in my de-
termination. What If the island had
its wild creatures after all? But
neither lynx nor panther nor any 9TH
er beast of prey is white, except
polar bear, and 1t would be unusual to
meet one on tropical island.
! decided that Cookies pig was az
ter all pig, though still in the flesh.
| thought ! remembered having seen
quite fair pigs. which would pass fo"
white with a frightened negro in the
dim light Of dawn. l cOnsoled Cookie
as best ] could by promising to cross
my fingers if l heard or saw anything
suspicious, and struck out into the
woods.
For all my brave words to Cookie,
l had no intention of going very far
afield. From the shore of the cove
l had observed that the ground be-
hind the clearing rose to the summit
of low ridge, perhaps four hundred
feet In height, which jutted from the
base Of the peak. From this ridge
thought might see something more
VI Tie iSiduu lHdH TIE llHAIcu SuNI-
rOnment Of Lantern bay.
AS the woods shut out the last
glimpse Of the white tents In the
clearing, as even the familiar sound
of the surf died down to a faint, half
imagined whisper mingIing with the
rustling Of the palms overhead, ex-
perlenced a certain discomfort, which
persons given to hard and unqualified
terms might have called fear. 1t
seemed to me as II a very strong cord
at the rear of my belt were Jerking me
back toward the ingloriOus safety Of
the camp. fingered my automatic
and marched on up the hill, trying
not to gasp when a leaf rustled or a
cOconut dropped in the woods
gained the summit of the ridge.
and stood upon a bare rock platform,
scantily sheltered by few trees,
large shrubs. rather, with a smooth,
waxy ieaf Of vivid green. On the
left rose the great mass of the peak.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-12-01

soon found relief. Now ! can do al my
own work and it is the Vegetable Com
pound that has saved me from an opera
ton. cannot praise your medicine too
highly and tell all oc my friends and
~neighbOrs what the Compound did for
me. Mrs. MARGARET MCCUMBER,
a s. Frazier St., Georgetown, Illinois.
Mrs. McCumber is one of the unnum-
bered thousands of housewives who
struggle to keep about their daily tasks,
while suffering from ailments peculiar
10 women with backache, sideaches,
headaches, beafing-dow pains and ner-
Vousness, land If every such woman
should profit by her experience and give
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound trial they would get well.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-12-01

Helen FisIre was
born ut Amherst,
Mass, Oct. rs,
1881. She was the
daughter Of Pro-
fessOR N. w. Fiske.
she was twice
married, FIRST to
Major Edward b.
Hunt Of the United
States engtneerns
he died In 1885, 1T
was while living
M q widow at
Newport that she
made her PEN
name Of "H. H"
(Helen Hunt) well
KIN o W n. Years
later she married
w. 8. jackson, n
banker Of COlOra-
do Springs.
She was q PEN
woman Of great
industry and sue
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-12-01
COOKIES "HA'NT."

Synopsis-Jane Harding, respect
abe and conservative old maid
but never too old to think of mar
rage with more money than
brains, is inveigled by a strong
minded spinster. Miss Higglesby-
Browne, into financing an eXpedi-
ton to hunt for buried treasure on
I,eeward island. Her niece, Vir-
ginia Harding, undertaking to stop
her, gets on the vessel and Is I'M
willingly carried along. By no
means concealing her distaste for
the expedition and her contempt
for Its members. Virginia makes
the acquaintance of the Honorable
Cuthbert, Vane. Talking with
Dugald Shaw. leader of the expedi-
ton, Virginia very frankly ex-
presses her views, practically ac-
cuslng Shaw and the other men,
bers of the party, including
somewhat uncertain parsonage
Captain Magnus, and shady
"fnancter," Hamilton II. Tubbs, Of
being in a conspiracy to defraud
Jane Harding. Landing on the
island is a matter of some difficult
ty, Virginia being carried ashore
in the arms of Cuthbert Vane. The
party gets settled Miss Browne
tells about the treasure. Virginia
declares herself out OF It, The
lead sailors map is produced.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-12-01

AC4S DAAC NA44S = NQ4AU
mot walk across the
floor unless / was all
bumped over, hold
ing to my side. ! doc
tored with several
doctors but found no
relief and they said
/ would have to have
an operation. My
mother insisted on
my taking Lydia E.
|Pinkham's Vegeta-
hl0 CoYnuofInd and I
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-12-01
.You are impsFtinsn.. Let
me Passr'
lTo BE GoNTINUED1


NTTIUTIt VVVTE 8NTTUIICTl
SwOrd-shaped bars Of Iron were
used BY the ancient BritDns as money.
and many o. these are now found IN
British museums. A recent Investi-
eailon shows TINT SIX dlferent DE-
nominations were used distinguished
ny their sizes.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-12-01

cess. She Arst won attention by
"Verses by II. H.~ Her poems were
widely read and were praised by
Emerson and Il. w. eHigginsOn. She
wrote for the famous GNO Name
Stories" two novels, "Mercy PhIIbrick's
ChOice,1 and "Hetty's Strange History
She was author Of books of many types,
including those for children. She be-
came greatly interested in the Indians,
she was appointed n special commits
siOner TO investigate their condition.
From this work resulted "A Century Of
DishOnOr," and the novel by which she
will be remembered, "RamOna." She
died Aug. ~, 1885, in San Francisco.
She possessed the aMectiOnate regard
Of many readers.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-12-01

She possessed the aMectiOnate regard
of many readers.
kkn AMONA! The blesse
child" Father Salvierder-
ra, nearing his journeys
end, cried with Joy. Through the gold
en- mustard tangle that overhung his
path dark-haired maiden came swift
ly to meet him. At sight of Ramona's
angelic face the aged Franciscan for
got his WEAKNESS, almost forgot his
burden Of grief over his beloved mis-
sions, despoiled and crumbling. A ST.
lent blessing, and he followed her con-
tentedly to the Moreno ranch, where
sheep-shearing had been delayed until
his visit, that he might confess the
shearing band.
Before Mexico's surrender Of Cali
fornia, General Moreno estates were
lordly indeed; now huge portions had
been Topped away by the United States
land commission, and the generals
widow revenged her losses by de-.
ncuncing all Americans as "hounds."
A marvellous manager, the Sonora Mo
reno, whom her handsome, gentle son
Felipe obeyed in everything and knew
1t not Yet she never suspected that
Felipe's affection for Ramona could be
more than brotherly; she had never
loved the girl. For Ramona was not
Of Moreno blood. Her father was .
tempestuops Scotchman, who. cruelty
Tilted by the senora's sister, married
an Indian woman. To his old love,
childless and unhappy. he gave his
beautiful blue-eyed baby to rear as
her own. At Sonora Ortegna's death
the child came as a legacy to
Sonora Moreno, but at nineteen, RIA
mona still waited to learn the mystery
of her parentage. The stern, silent
sonora would not tell.
The Indian sheep-shearers arrived
at sunset, just as Ramona hurried to
the brook to wash an altar-cloth. Her
face aglow, she bent over the stones,
all unconscious that Alessandro, cap
tain of the shearing band, beholding
her. stood spellbound.
When Father Salvierderra led the
household sunrise hymn next morn
ing. a new rich barytone voice thrilled
Ramona strangely.
IT never heard anything like It," she
told Felipe.
'That is Alessandro, old Pablo's son
Ia splendid fellow. He plays the VIC
lin beautifully, the old San Luis Rey
music. His father was bandmaster
there"
strengthening began most unfor-
tunateIy. Felipe, up too soon from a
long illness, suffered a relapse while
packing the dusty fieeces. Only Ales-
sandrO could soothe his delirium; ac-
cordingly. AIessandro was persuaded
to remain until the invalid should re-
cover.
AS Felipe improved. he lived on the
open veranda, lying on rawhide bed
that Alessandro made. The family
sat near him. Alessandro, too, This
music delight, his strength and fidel-
-ity a repose, his personal presence
always agreeable, was freely welcome.
The young Indian watched Ramona
with dumb devotion.
''Such eyes," she unused. nike a
saint, so solemn, so mild. ! am sure
he is very good" She ceased to re-
gard him as an Indian. How could
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-12-01
ANOTHER WOMAN
ESCAPES
lIrs. McCumber Avoided q Serious
Operation By Taking Lydia E.
Pinkkam's Vegetable Com
pound u Time

Georgetown, nl.-'.After my first
baby was born ! suffered 50 with my
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-26
Arena Used
As Worshiping Place

New York, July 25-A boxing arena
in Seaside. Rockaway, Long Island. is
serving as a place of worship for
thousands of Catholic INNER va
%cationists.
The Rev. Joseph B. Brady. pastor
of the parish, obtained permission to
use the arena when he learned the
Catholics in the summe colony num-
bered more than $1,000. The little
church of st. Camillus could not seat
SO nan ever though seven masses
were held each Sunday.
And now, after the fistic encounters
of the week days, the ropes are taken
from the ring and an altar placed in
the middle of the resined canvas. The
seating capacity Of the arena is 1000.
y st. Camillus' church annex, as the
arena now is called, affords a pictur-
esque scene on Sundays. It's walls,
plastered with fight posters and sport
pictures are in sharp contrast to the
center Of the ring. where Father
Brady, in his ecclesiastical robes, Of
fers the mass.