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Arizona republican., 1921-01-02
NEVER BETTER TIME ID BUILD ROADS THAN NOW

WASHINGTON, D. C., Dee. 3l- lepeclai)-'f unemployment assumes widespread proportions. the most log lcal answer to the situation would loo tne prompt utilizing of this excess la DOT in the building of highways pos sessing an interstate significance, comments David Jameson, president O. the American Automobile Association. which organization has been promin- tnty Identified with roads betterment since it's formation at Chicago in March. 1902.
 "it will be remembered that when congress was approached some two ytara ago for s200. 900 900 additional tndei the provisions Of the Federal Aid Road Act" continues Mir. Jameson. "it was set forth that this money, which called for an equal amount from the several states, would serve to carry on roads building and absorb the surplus labor which it was anticipated would result from the abrupt conclusion of the big struggle. Besides this total of tf0.000,O00 from the National treasury and the several states, tho sum of s9.o0e 900 was added to the S1O. GOO 900 previously appropriated for the con- struction of roads in Federal forest re- serves.
 But the period of nom employment did not arrive, besides which there was difficulty in obtaining materials and their shipment and the abnormal prices cut down very substantially new road mileage. Present indications, however, arc that the supply of labor in the near future may considerably exceed the demand. and hence a recourse to i'm portant public improvements would be a direct means of stabsllzing labor conditions. Surely there can be no greater benefit conferred upon the en- tiro country than by tho building of highways which Will materially re- duce tho cost of transportation and facilitate the exchange of farm and manufactured products between the country districts and the centers of population.
 Cor gross could not act more wisely than to pass at this short session the Townsend bill calling for the creation pf a federal commission to lay out q great system of interstate highways end arrange with the several states for the prosecution of this National undertaking at the very earliest mo- ment. The building of roads is one thing which will unquestionably inn prove conditions. and we are all now well aware of the fact that public sen timent is overwhelmingly in favor of maximum activities in this regard from nation, state and county"
Arizona republican., 1921-01-02

ere the race had started.
 Bertaud will be q new comer at the Indianapolis track but he is popular as g race pilot on the coast.
 Howard and Bertaud were aviators lu the world war. Howard was in Italy with the Italian fliers and Bertaud was an instructor in acrobatics with the American aviators.
 They were in the air 10 hours making the trip from New York where they re- s.de, to Indianapolis They stopped Ecre ali week and left for Kansas City. They viii thea go 10 Tulsa 10 demon strate the possibilities of the airplane .n the oil fields. The racers and fllers encountered cola weather on their trip especially along 3le great lakes ] The Italian plane Howard and Der 1 taud are pnotng is the same as the i Italian army Giers used, and is cap- able of doing 143 miles an hour. There [ fore speeding race car over the bricks of the Indianapolis Speedway is rathel ! slow occupation for these speed 1 demons.
Arizona republican., 1921-01-02
TIRE DEALERS ID
 FORM NATIONAL
 BODY THIS MONTH

CHICAGO. Jan. -(SpeciaD-The week of January 3 will probably usher into being a new national organization, that of the 100000 tire dealers through out the country. Plans are being laid here. and invitations have been sent out. looking to the formation of the National Tire Dealers and Vulcanizers' association, which is scheduled to take place during the Chicago Automobile Show, held here during the week of January %.
 Many cities have promised their sup port Go the movement, and it is ex- pected that hundreds of delegates will attend the meetings incident to prop eriy starting tho new organization on it's way. These $cities in part are as follows San Francisco, Dallas, Mem This, Kansas City. New York, Cleve- land, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Seattle and Los Angeles.
 Officials behind the movement state that the need for such an organization has been felt for several years by tho tire dealers and that they anticipate nc difficulty in bringing the movement tC a definite conclusion.
Arizona republican., 1921-01-02

speed transmission on suspended amid ships, the multiple dinsc clutch, the fibre universals, the sectional radiator, the metal wheels and other results of a6vanced engineering design and con struction.
 In these early days the great major ity of the parts going into the con struction of the truck were purchased in the east. It has been the belief of the company that in time it would demonstrate that truck manufacture could be carried on on the Pacific coast as anywhere in the countrys Gradually more and more of the supplies have heen bought here, until today over 50
 per cent of the entire truck Is made right here in Burbank plant while over so per cent of the supplies are locally purchased. This means that practical ly every important feature except the accessories are made in this plant from tho crude material.
 From a few trucks sold locally the sales of the Morelands has been car r.ed throughout the western states to | 17 foreign countries bordering on the Pacific. The fame of California pro- ducts has been spread far and wide anC millions of dollars have been brought | ltttO the west lO dld III tAS AllSAS east +i local wealth. Small industries have
 been nursed along and attracted by
 the company's success, many new in dustries have been led to come to the l coast Along with this the company | has continually lent it's aid in every movement for the development of the highways and transportation. IL has
 a firm belief in the future of this sec
 tion of the country and by manufacture | ing the finest truck possible and pro viding the means of cheap and efficient
 transportation. spending its money as
 far as possible here it has and is en-
 deavoring to hasten the realization oi | that flItnra
Arizona republican., 1921-01-02
Don't Use Gasoline
 To Clean Leather

Many automobile owners make the mistake of trying to clean leather up- holstery with gasoline. This method cracks the leather and destroys the good appearance of most leather Just riain water, mixed with little am monia, is recommended by the Liberty Motor Car company. After this has dried the leather should be rubbed with a soft cloth in order to get a pol iSh. sService stations will recommend good prepared leather dressings.
Arizona republican., 1921-01-02

Barrets and the little Pottbergs,) de- termined some time ago to provide a surprise for the youngsters. Ac- cordingly when Christmas rolled around old Santa Claus was brought to Phoenix as the guest of Barret & Pottberg and provided with several thousand toy balloons in all shades of the rainbow. For several afternoons immediately proceeding Christmas the childrens patron Saint distributed the balloons throughout the town to every child he met
 Of course Santa was enthusiastically
Arizona republican., 1921-01-02

Some things just naturally seem to belong together; ham and eggs, for instance; coffee and doughnuts; a New Years celebration and a headache the next morning. By the same token. a trio usually associated in the minds of the youngsters are: Christmas, Santa Claus and toy balloons.
 NJ. P. Barret and Charles J. Pott- berg of Barret & Pottberg Inc, Stu deballer distributors, (possessing in side information of the status of the juvenile mind, by reason of the little
Arizona republican., 1921-01-02

Entry blanks for the coming race were not ready for distribution, but Howard and Bertaud will fly back in a few weeks and sign up then.
Arizona republican., 1921-01-02
WISE

T want to get a good mechanical toy for a boy"
 Yes, ma'am.'
 And I want one that his dad vii. like to play with, tOo."-Detroit Free Press.
Arizona republican., 1921-01-02
lN rHE roRNApo RELr

Taking your piano lesson, are you. dear?' said the farmers wife to her
 1 daughter. Yes, mother"
 ! Where is your father?"
 ] Tn the cyclone cellar, mother!7
Arizona republican., 1921-01-02

German residents in Milwaukee, have sent 8O,O00,000 marks to Berlin to alleviate the distress in Germany and Austria.
Arizona republican., 1921-01-02

During the past 25 years there have been brought into the United States nearly 50,000 varieties of foreign seeds and plants.
Arizona republican., 1921-01-02

received by the younger set, many of whom constituted themselves an in formal committee to personally start the distinguished visitor on his trip each day with the load of balloons and see that he returned safely to the Studebaker salesroom after the load had been distributed
 The above photo shows a few of Santa's friends watching him leave the Studebaker headquarters, 125 North First street in a Studebaker Big Six.
Arizona republican., 1921-01-02

Japan has appropriated s2o0,00e,- 900 for the construction of new rail- road lines.
The Washington times., 1921-07-22
Sales Tax a Fair Tax

of the enormously rich or from the
incomes of us alive all have to
help pay the piper.
Now, as we say, the nation must
have taxes, and it is all right to tax
incomes, but we should make the
necessary burden upon the indus
try of us all as light as possible in
it's effects upon production and
trade and consumption.
Any tax that unnecessarily him
ders investment inevitably causes
capital to be withheld from indus
trial enterprises, checks industrial
expansion, and so promotes unem-
ployment, limits production, limits
trade, limits consumption, and
makes us all poorer instead of bet
ter off.
The nearer any tax approaches to
fairness and universal distribution,
the easier that tax is to be borne
and the less injurious effect it has
upon the industrial activities Of the
nation, by which we all live and
without which we would be mis-
cradle group of poverty-stricken
savages.
The sales tax is the nearest APP
proach to fair, equal and univer-
sally distributed tax that has yet
been proposed, and that is why we
favor it.
The Washington times., 1921-07-22
The Opposition to the
Ball Rent Act
By, BILL PRICE.

In reference to recent editorial by this writer,
pointing ont the necessity for the continuance OF the Ball
rent law for the good of the greatest number OF people
of this community, JAMES L. KARRICK sums up the
opposition to that law which he declares to be injurious
to the best interests of the District As he sees it:
The Bah Rent defeats is b. stepping pract
c.y all new building purposes does than
that II actually decreases number Of premises for rent
vast number Of houses The would under
ordinary conditions while
e market They now prefer hold them vacant because of
the delay and annoyance before the Rent Commission
to ret possession in Of SALE
People win not buy that delay and uncertainty before
them.
Look at the Of property for sale and when
that it il = good buy
tenanted.
yellow through this generation and
repudiate all contracts with greater freedom Inc
fabric people carrying out
good Boshevism and chaos follow
G. GARDNER knows OF she CON
ditons filed his protest and reasons
therefor COMMITTEES together letters
protest many Of Washington These letters
show that over SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS worth OF new
will be until this blight removed
Money is building enterprises, and in
loans =, :,
The day that it becomes that the act will not be
extended the Building Inspectors Office will be hooded WIN
Then the law Of supply and demand operate and
JAMES L. KARRICK
The Washington times., 1921-07-22
HU M A MS MS
William Anterior Du Puy

friend Of Mrs. Sawyer, wife Of Bri- Gen.
Charles f.. Sawyer. physician to the President
a short time ago asked her this question.
After lifetime spent with your husband in
his practice Of medicine you must have become
very accustomed to calling. him Doctor Now
that he has acquired his new title, do you call
him Doctor" or do you call him 'GeneralT"
call him neither" responded Mrs. Sawyer,
Il call him 'Brigsy Dear"
During the war the manufacturers Of munitions
had lot Of trouble getting plenty of sulphur
from which to make sulphuric acid which Is one
of the most used materials in the production Of
munitions The sulphur supply came larely from
Louisiana and Texas and one Of the difficulties
was in transport They could not get the
sulphur delivered
Gormley, who chief clerk to the president
of railroad with headquarters IN Chicago. This
youngster was father of the idea that commodi-
ties be made up in trainioad lots at the point Of
their origin and shipped right through to their
destinations without being touched by . switch
engine anywhere along the line.
The figures showed that the requirement was
three trainloads Of sulphur a week from Louisiana
to Baltimore Somebody went over to Mr.. McAdoo
with Gormleys idea rs 1t applied to sulphur.
What would be necessary to make this posi-.
ble7" Mr.. McAdoo was asked.
Nothing but that should sign the order"
the reply land will sign it right now"
So the three sulphur trains ran straight through
to Baltimore.
And this young chief clerk this man with prac-
teal IDEAS Of getting things done! What do you
suppose became Of him7
Well, he IL now manager Of the transportation
division of the American Petroleum Institute,
which is quite q considerable Job.
Ladislas Laxaro, son Of Alexandra Laxaro and
Marie Demise Ortego, might be expected, by those
who draw conclusions from mere nomenclature, to
be a son Of old Spain with red sash around his
waist. when, a matter OF fact, he is perfectly
good American representing the Seventh District
Of Louisiana in the United States Congress-
When Brig. Gen. Charles q. Dawes. now chief
of the new Government budget system. used to
be in Washington twenty years ago. a young
Irish lad by the name Of Francis ]. Kilkenny
worked as his confidential clerk. Kilkenny aft
erward started a back -to-Irelsnd movement that
made him a national reputation. He is still as
ISOLATED with General Dawes In Chicago and has
made a lot Of money. When the general went
overseas to run the financial end of the Pershing
expedition, Kilkenny was there his right hand.
all logged out in the uniform of a sergeant Now
ne Is back in Washington again with him.
Copyright, 1871,
The Washington times., 1921-07-22
Issue in 1924

THE postponement of the soldiers
bonus bill means that it will
sleep the sleep of death, unless
it can be revived in the election of
1924.
No changes that can be made in
the personnel of the Senate in next
years election will change the OPP
position in majority to an opposi-
ton in minority.
So the bonus bill will undoubted-
ly be very live feature of the next
Presidential campaign. The people
favor it. In every State-more than
twenty-where the question of q
soldiers bonus has been voted on
the majority for it has been over
whelming.
How formidable the bonus issue
may be in 1924 will depend greatly
upon the business condition of 1924
and upon what Roadway has been
made in reducing taxation.
Nobody can tell now what those
conditions will be or how the pub
lie mind will view the bonus pro-
posal, or how strong or how weak
may be the soldiers sentiment in
favor of it. President Harding's
effective opposition may help him
in 1924 or it may hurt him a whole
lot. But that is pure guesswork.
Nobody knows yet
The Washington times., 1921-07-22

TT is necessary to tax incomes.
But all taxes ought to be flat
rate taxes.
The worst feature of our income
tax is the surtaxes.
When we say this is a bad feature
we do not mean that it is bad for
the rich person who FIRST pays
the income tax.
We mean that it is bad for you
folks who FINALLY pay the rich
persons income tax and who have
yourselves no income large enough
to be taxed very much.
Any mans income comes from
production and trade consumption,
no matter if he is the idlest para
site that ever lived on inherited
wealth, the most INSCRIPTIONS thief
who ever stole, the most abject beg
gar that ever whined for aims, or
the most industrious person who
ever played busy and honest mans
part in the world.
The more incomes are taxed the
more you must pay for every neces-
sary and comfort Of daily life, from
the production and consumption of
which incomes can alone come. And
1T makes no difference whether this
taxation is drawn from the incomes
The Washington times., 1921-07-22
Plotting a
Big Stumble
THERE is bill now before the
Senate, sponsored by Senator

"HERE is bill now before the
Senate, sponsored by Senator
4 Penrose, which gives the Secre-
tary of the Treasury unlimited
power to do as he pleases about the
debts of the Allies. Under the
powers thus granted the Secretary
could, if he wished, carry out the
plan reported from London as hav-
! ing been practically agreed upon
namely, postpone the payment of in
terest on the debts of the Allies to
the United States for fifteen years.
The man who made Mr.. Mellon Sec
rotary of the Treasury is Senator
Knox, colleague of Senator Penrose.
We do not believe that an able
financier like Secretary Mellon
would ever sanction such a scheme.
We do not believe any Secretary of
the Treasury should be granted the
power to do it.
There are hundreds of millions of
dollars worth of ninety-day British
Treasury notes held in this country
by powerful financial institutions
and Industrial concerns which fur
nished England war supplies. These
notes have been simply renewed
when due. The holders want them
cashed. The British government
will cash them if it can get payment
of principal and interest of its debt
to us postponed for fifteen years.
And there you have the secret of
the American influences which are
making for this postponement.
The amount of renewed and I'M
paid ninety-day British Treasury
notes held by these interested Amer
lean concerns is approximately eight
hundred million dollars.
The amount foreign governments
would gain by the postponement to
the United States of INTEREST
PAYMENTS alone for fifteen years
would be more than SIX THOU
SAND MILLION DOLLARS.
That is to say, we American tax
PAYERS are to make these foreigners
A GIFT of six billion dollars in
order to get them to pay few
American war profiteers eight hun
dred millions owed to them by the
British treasury.
The Times confidently expects
that the same men who have hith-
erto defeated every similar scheme
Matched in London and New York
will again protect our interests
against this last and most danger
Gus of them all.
The Penrose bill is the first step
in this private arrangement, and it
is even now being put through its
preliminary course in the Senate.
The hope of the authors is to es-
cape publicity until the trick has
been turned.
That hope will be disappointed.
The Washington times., 1921-07-22
DemOcrncy's Chance
n ENATOR WALSH, of Massachu-
~ sets, recently delivered an ad-
dress that is good reading for
real Democrats. Senator Walsh
said:

The League of Nations, rejected by
the American people by an amazing pre-
ponderance Of votes, should find no har-
Dor in the rejuvenated Democratic party.
these are the tasks of the Demo-
cratic party: To restore individual lib
erty of expression and action; to insure
to every man mis- inalienable right Of
Americanism before internationalism; to
preach brotherhood and destroy political
and economic oppression at home; to
fight necessarily against unrestricted
capitalism or unbridled radicalism; to
restore the vigor and purity of our
Democratic institutions"
This is a sound program. The
crushing defeat of the Democratic
party last year was not more over
whelming than the defeat of Taft.
The quick recovery of the Repub-
lican party should teach people not
to misinterpret the election of 1920.
Those Democrats who think they
can capitalize the present discomfort
and restore the wisconsin of the
last two years of the Democratic Ad-
do not know the Amer
lean people.
Not by the fickleness Of public
opinion, but by accepting the YER
dict and by avoiding the issues
which proved unpopular, can the
Democratic party regain power.
The Washington times., 1921-07-22
Cats That Spread Disease
NEW JERSEY town decided to kill all 81
And Other Things.

4 NEW JERSEY town decided to kill all stray cats
~ Then ladies fond of little kitty appeared and
the catdestroying ordinance was killed Stray CATS
roaming about collect diseases in their fur and exchange
germs with cats that out and back to play with
children Health officers tell You there is no hope OF con-
auernR dphthera scarlet fever and other cldrens
diseases until the "pretty kitty problem is solved
The Allies will ask the United States "to end dscord in
Sesia" which asking Uncle Sam to put his finger
between the door and the amb The Allies it is to be
hoped viii find large plainly written NO awaiting them
The New York Tines observing that President Hard
ing taking the helm of Congress" says the President
bound boss things because the Senate is "leaderess
1t fortunate for the country that Mr. Harding is taking
hold and steering The nation had drifted about long
enough. But the Senate is not "eaderless." 1t has in
Hiram johnson of the most powerful able honest and
intelligent leaders developed in any country But
leader must have worthy following to be useful Ard
while the Senate has firscass leader in Hiram Johnson,
hash material supply him with much of following
dozen very able there-not enough to give life
to ninety-sx.
big Georgia peach grower says that thanks to Post
master General Hays peaches be sent by parcel
post They delivered promptly and be picked ripe
development of the parcel post enabling farmers to build
up retail trade get the full retail price for their go1
with prompt delivery, will do as much for the farm a.
any one thing could do.
The old locomotive, "De Witt Clinton, first ever used
on the New York Central is sent to Chicago Under its
own power it gruns along at fifteen miles hour. On
the Chicago journey it is pulled by locomotive &c., speed
record of than liz miles hour Locomotives have
been improved, but rairoadng is primitive, too much
stock watering, Government substituting, public robbng
too little progress The average freight travels less
than thirty miles in twenty hours The old "De Witt
Clinton could beat that several hundred per cent
In Germany you can take airplane trip for $3.50
The government encourages and develops flying Regular
flying time tables printed and the flying ships
punctua.
The United States which invented flying, alone among
nations of any Importance, utterly negects the most i'm
portant modern invention, weapon and protection That
neglect is crime against the people of this country
The Irish question is not easily settled few days ago
it was the south of Ireland the Sim Fein fighting the
British Empire with every kind Of weapon Then came
a prospect of arrangement between De Valera and
Lloyd George Now the situation changes and you learn
that the north of Ireland and the halfway independent
government set up there will not consent to the arrange
ment that England would make with the south of Ireland
The trouble not all in control of Ireland by England
Part of it is within relands boundaries which may
only be settled in the end by civil between the
North and South
The Washington times., 1921-07-22

Some more nimble facts
about Mrs. Wilkinson. Rich
est woman on rouged face
of earth.
The Washington times., 1921-07-22
INDIA.s GENIUS FOR RELIGION

India is said to be the burning heart of Asia"
That Ia to say, II has genius for religion that Is
unsurpassed. OF the four great faiths which had
their genesis In Asia, three born in India.
It il a land OF 1<7 languages. Some of them are
spoken by only a few people but there are ten
Of these languages, each Of which Is spoken by
IL, 900 900 more, OF every 100 people in the
world, eighteen live In this one land The latest
census Of India gives that land 1S132,537, $780,
900 of them being mendicants or holy men.
The Washington times., 1921-07-22
THE SPEED OF BIRDS.

The best speeds recorded
for birds are forty-six miles
an hour for ten miles py
the American eagle, and
fifty miles for four miles
by a wild duck with a fol-
lowing wind. Racing
pigeons have been timed to
roach nfty-nve miles an
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