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Arizona republican., 1921-04-09
MAIN STREET

Take it from us, brethren, you do some interesting things by staying away from church. Last Sunday, for example we understand that Dean Scarlet devoted a part of his sermon to Main Street, Sinclair Lewis recent book about life in the small town
 Nothing would have liked us better than to have heard the deans talk. As it is, we must depend upon what the reporter learns from bitter exper- fence to be the most undependable critter-'second hand information" We had fully hoped to snatch a min ute from one of these past days and run up the avenue to talk the book over with the dean, but the pleasure has been denied us and so We are estopped from discussing the rever- ends criticism of the book on the strength of information that was ad : mittedly not as certain as it should be-
 To those who have not read the book we say, read it! It has created something of sensation in American life, because it deals most intimately with American life-particularly with life as it is ground out in the small town. It is the story of a young girl the product of a small middle west ern college, who married a good hearted doctor of a small town typical of the mid west. How she goes witT him to live in this little town, i'm bued as she is with plans and desires to jump right in, become a potent fac tor in the community and help build the place up into an abode of life worth while.
 How the towns women of the so- called elite set looked upon this young woman at first with suspicious restraint which soon turned to smal town gossip, and thence to ridicule and thence to domineering. How tn, small town life which she was going to rejuvenate eff you will pardon tho ''re'D turned on her and crushed hel ambition. Oh, il is a rare treatise or not only life in the average smal town but on life in certain of it: aspects in big towns as well
 As We understand it. Dean Scarle takes exception to the hood on thu ground that it Vivisects too cruell!
Arizona republican., 1921-04-09
"Ain't It Fun?" vs. What's the Use?''
BY DIR. FRANK CRANE ,Copyright. 1921. by Frank Crane)

Of the two my vote goes to "Ain't it Fun?"
 The two sayings represent. two opposite types of mind
 One might call the Conclusion type, and the other the Process type
 People who always looking to Conclusions do not enjoy life much.
 Because, mostly there are Conclusions, and if there they usually disappointing.
 It doubtless is the part of wisdom and prudence to look forward and see how it's all going to come out but then we have it upon the very highest authority. that the best of life is hidden from the wise and pru dent and revealed unto babes
 And babes pre-eminently don't hang about out comes They interested in right Their motto carpe diem although of course, they never heard lof it.
 And it is an intelligent, decent unsefish and de- iberately adopted carpe diem that insures any kind of joy of living among grown-ups
 If you not going to be happy until you are sure of tomorrow you might well jump in the river for you'll never know, and if you do you'll wish you hadn't known
 leave the book of fate | prescribed the present date
 Heaven does this on purpose. Heaven does It so we will be interested enough in living to go with it.
 "Enjoy Today' is command that is of even more use good honest and gentle folk than it is to people who are mean, selfish and vulgar Tomorrow was originally invented to give us all hope to cheer up with the prospect of chance to do better and to lure along and when make of It spoil-sport, gloom and bugaboo we are foolish.
 ''Whats the Use?" hangs the Pessimsts wall.
 Over the deck of the Optimist hangs "Aln't 1t Fun!
 70 toiling feet of mortas," said R. l.. Stevenson q quote from memory, "how little ye realize your own blessedness! For the true joy of and women IS not to Arrive, but to Travel
Arizona republican., 1921-04-09
THE OLD TIM ER

While it is not our intention to snatch any glory from the brow of our valued contemp-the Republican but everybody knows that the Hump started this pioneer stunt.
 Our faithful reader will recall that months and months ago we started the search for the pioneeriest pioneer. Among those who were runners up for the honor were such as the man who could remember when they started to pave West Adams street; the bird who could recall the launch ing of the campaign for new union depot; the duck who remembered when the local street cars ran on scheduled time; the real old timer who was in town the time the cor poration commission first ordered the company to pave in between the I car tracks; and many others too nu-
 merous to mention"
 We merely mention these candi- dates to recall the fact that the Hump was first with the big idear. | Now that the hunt has been taken
 up by the Republican, We have a
 hunch that the oldest pioneer will be | found to be a man who never was in a stage coach holdup. never fought the Indians. never played faro. didn come into this country on prairie l schooner always locked the doors and windows when he went to bed married a clean country girl, settled down. and has been saving wood ever since. If they find this ostrich we suggest he be made president oi
 one of these purity leagues. Hell
 be just the kind of president they don't want.
Arizona republican., 1921-04-09
eEARps BACK IN POLITICS

Boards are in again. Surely it is no coin cidence that simultaneously with the appointment of Charles Evans Hughes secretary comes the Information that Sir Joseph Cook is to high commissioner for Australia in London Sir Joseph's beard is the pride of Antipodes
 Or again. in South Africa the electorate rejected General Hertzog, who has nothing but mustache for. the bearded Smutz. And Lenine imperturbably holds his own, with a beard, while the smooth and smooth shaven Kerensky is not merely out, side.
 Venlzelos, they say, popular as since his withdrawal, the Italian press insists that when he makes move Constantine is doomed. His is the finest beard in Europe Shaw will admit. Then look Briand and the precarious hold he has in the French premiership-lackng a beard.
 The lesson is obvious. The world realizes it has had shave and intends to do it's own trimming in the future.-Detroit News
Arizona republican., 1921-04-09
Over 4,000 Public
 Fairgrounds Help
 To Keep Boys Fit

NEW YORK, April 7.-More than 1000 playgrouHds and recreational centers in the United States are help ing to keep boys out of mischief. teaching girls swimming and other athletics and showing adults how to benefit themselves physically and mentally by play.
 .The effect they have in keeping boys out of trouble with the police Is emphasized in reports which have come to the Playground and Recrea- ton association from all over the country as one of the most important results of the establishment of play grounds in cities These facts are gwen in the year book of the associ- ation just made public.
 The chief of police of San Francis co believes the establishment of | neighborhood recreation centers is a constructive measure toward sup pressing the crime wave. He asked | the community service to extend it's | recreation work because he believed that the wrong use of leisure time had much to do with the increase in crime.
 Granville Lee. supervisor of the Portland. Maine, recreation commis- sion, says that bad boys behave them | selves better during the playground season and also that there are fewer street accidents of children because of playgrounds.
 The playground directors of Bay City, Mich, have discovered that
 summer activities on the playgrounds | have practically eliminated all swear | ing, cheating and stealing among the ! children. They note with satisfaction that the spirit of fair play has helped | to put the playground bully whersD | he belongs and beast of an appreci ; | able falling off of delinquents. Cases are reported where mothers 1 have been amazed to note that their | children did not catch cold although | they played in the snow, that the youngsters have gained in weight and
 bade his daughter to play because it made her eat too much. | One thousand children were taught | to swim in one week at Tacoma, and
 it is estimated that 500. the majority of them girls, have learned to swim at Seattle.
 Pageants, plays and community singing have been fostered through
 out the country in the past year with
 good results. One pageant was given
 at Kalamazoo, Mich, in a snoNsform
 but it was attended by several thou sands and the scenes were much en- hanced by the snowy setting.
 | Community singing in factories has
 been helpful in establishing friend | ships among the employees and be- | tween them and their employers and in lessening the popularity of crap shooting.
 Many different organizations are promoting this work with the result
 that a 42 per cent gain is reported
 last year.
Arizona republican., 1921-04-09
The Government and the Railroads

There is an evident disposition the part of the railway unions to recede from the advantageous position which the exgencies of placed them, together with too complaisant, timd perhaps, hopeful administration The time has when they must yield something for the runous freight and passenger destructive the business of roads, such obstacles to the return of ty, that there must be reduction Naturally, when it is considered railroad wages the inqui- tious national agreements constitute two thirds of the of operating the roads, it is in wages and these agreements that the cut must come.
 The roads not solely for the purpose of accumulatng money with which to pay wages. A business having other object than that could last long. Nor the roads run merely for the pur- pose of creating profits for stockholders railroad managers believed.
 They are the public. They long since became public necessities and they must be run to the advantage of the public regardless of the em- ployes and the owners, and the the employees and owners perceive this the sooner will there be an adjustment of the differences between them.
 This adjustment will of course have made by the government and in the making of it. the govern ment will have to proceed in disregard of both the railroad owners and the railroad employees. It must undertake to safeguard the rights each and allow each as much possible consistent with giving jus tice to the public.
 The most important thing is not that the stock holders of rtilroads should be guaranteed extra ordinary profits Nor yet, is the important thing the integrity the railway workers organza- tion As much as may be necessary of each must be sacrificed to the good of the public. The govern ment must take firmer grip on the railroad situa- tion than tever held It long since undertook the fixing of railroad rates and undertook also the direction in part of the financial operation of the roads It must now undertake the fixing of wages and the establishment working conditions It may call these things national agreements" and they will he "nationar though not necessarily agreements any more tba our statutes and governmental regulations are agreements.
Arizona republican., 1921-04-09
Raisin Growers Seek Land

MESA-With the object of pur- chasing about 5000 acres of land in this vicinity. a party of 30 of the leading raisin growers of California are in the valley today looking over this district, and it Is probable that the trade will be closed within few days, as this is the second visit these men and their representatives have made to the valley within the past month. The last visit was made some three weeks ago, when the members of the party that were here then col lected an immense amount of data regarding the local soils and climate, and the present visit of the prospect i've settlers has been made following the submission of the report of the other party.-Tribune.
 Shortage Totals S35,oOo
 BISBEE-The shortage in the ac- counts of the county treasurer's of flee amounts to approximately $35,- 900, according to H. T. Cuthbert head of the firm of H. T. Cuthbert & Co., which has been in charge ot the audit of the accounts since the arrest several months ago of Assist ant County Treasurer Walker.-Re- view.
 Asks $5o,oOo Damaqes
 PRESCOTT-Su for s50.oo0 gen eral damages for the death of heI husitand, James A Chapman, yester- day was filed in the superior court by Jessie M. Lund, formerly Jessie NJ. Chapman, against the Arizona Binghampton Copper company oi Stoddard. The complaint. filec through the plaintiffs attorney. Ar thur T. LaPrade of Flagstaff, allege. that Chapman met his death through carelessness and neglect of the de fendant company. Mrs. Lund is act ing in her legal capacity of admins tratrix of the estate of the deceased Journal Miner
 Yuma Mayor Resigns
 YUMA-Mayor J. F. Hightower ha moved to Beaumont, Cal, and wi enter business at that place. Thi leaves Yuma without a mayor. Tn city council met in session last nigh and accepted the resignation of NJ, Hightower but postponed the cleo tion of a new mayor until next Tues day night.-Sun.
 Put Stop to Crime Wave
 PRESCOTT-That Prescott is du
Arizona republican., 1921-04-09

the small town. laying open its spinal cord for no other purpose than just to lay it open. That it breaches a doc Urine of pessimism about life in the small town and offers no substitute for the alleged evils which Sinclair Lewis holds up to the public gaze.
 With this as our setting, we take the liberty of suggestion the possibil- ity of getting together some evening all those within reach who have read the book or are reading it for the purpose of an exchange of opinions on the book. As a program of pro ceedure we suggest that the dean be good enough to discuss the book as he interprets it. This will put the matter before us as a basis for dis cussion. It will be a round table" talk.
 Discussing the book casually with friends who have read it, We find that it opens up most interesting ave nues of discussion, with opinions varying to startling degree. If We find the dean agreeable, We shall an nounce plans for the gathering through our reverend contemporaries. In the meantime if any more of the readers of the book have suggestions to offer. send them in.
Arizona republican., 1921-04-09

the South American caciques, ana huuming birds, the European tit mouse. and Asiatic tailor birds.
 O, What is meant by the Benefit of Clergy in legal sense? C. A. w.
 A. By the Medieval Church this was a privilege claimed for the clergy when charged with crime, exempung them from the process of the secular courts. In England the privilege was conceded in all cases of felony except that of treason against the king, ana originally available only to persons in holy orders. Later, in 1850, IL was extended to all clerks whether re- ligious or secular and finally 10 all persons who could read and write The spread of education making tnis an anachronism the practice was abolished in 1927. In the United States the right was recognized IT only few cases in the colonies oi Virginia and North and South Caro- lima Under this law, laymen whe were exempted were branded on the left thumb, as the Benefit of Clergy could be claimed but once and the brand was an evidence of former con viction. This method is now aool- ,shed both In the United States ane Great Britain.
 O.. Has a piece of skull bone of human being actually been removes and replaced with plate, the pat'en' becoming normal thereafterf G. A. C
 A. The public health service say: that frequently plates have been usee to protect the brain and replace tn' missing bone in case of an injury tt tho head where a part of the skull hal been removed.
 O. Which is the most, watt or | volt? S. w.
 A. The bureau of standards say' that watts and volts could not p' compared any more than pounds ant inches could
Arizona republican., 1921-04-09
Questions And
 AnsUers
By Ripley

(Any reader can get the answer tc any question by writing The Repub lican Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin. Director, Washington, D C. This offer applies strictly to in forus2Con. The bureau cannot giv, advice on legal, medical, or financia matters. It does not attempt to settle domestic troubles, nor to undertake exhaustive research on any subject Write your question plainly ana briefly. Give full name and address and enclose two cents in stamps for return postage. All replies are seni direct to the inquirer.)
 O. What place in the world has the heaviest rainfall? J. s.
 A. So far as known at the present time, the heaviest precipitation oc- CUTS on the southern slopes of the Himalaya Mountains in Northern In dia. Here during the monsoon period usually from May to September. in elusive. the heaviest rainfall has beer recrded. At Cherrapunji in this re zion. the average annual precipitation ie about 40 feet or slightly less thar 5v0 inches.
 O. Is the word "oblique" as in us, in the army pronounced as though tue "SfS iOHS VT iShS L. S. H.
 The war department says that thu | word 'oblique" when used in the arm, | is pronounced with the sound of lonl ''i'' as in like"
 i o. What kind of cloth should b. used for dusting furniture? r. F. c i Silk makes an excellent dust clotl l because it leaves no lint. Old sill stockings and underwear should b. saved for this purpose.
 c. Why are buffalo moths so called? A. A.
 A. These moths were first notice' in the United States in Buffalo, N Y. about 1872, and were so-named fo this reason. They are also called car pet beetles or carpet bugs. 0. saw reference to "pensil
 nests.r Please explain. w. A. w.
 A. Tensile nests are nests of bird woven in the form of a hammock. cuI
 bag. etc. They are suspended fror the twigs of trees, bushes or plant:
 Many birds construct this kind c rest notably the Baltimore oriole:
Arizona republican., 1921-04-09
One Hundred and Thirteenth Trip
COMING! NEXT WEEK

OOm iN1! NGAi "GGN Good friends, give ear to the pioneer
 As he vets his sun baker tooter And tells the tale of stage coach mail
 And the rattling old six shooter. Of mining camp and frontier vamp
 With lkl<er. love, and Hazard Of fight and flood and crimson
 Enough to turn your gizzard. Old Wild Eyed" Bill delays to fill
 His pipe with strong tobbaccy; He lights CT up and draws-pup puI
 And then we're off, by cracky. The days of 'gats' [" says Bill, and
 spats
 Twelve feet across the room, sir. Were days of strife with gun and
 knife.
 T recollect the time we checked
 The Indians who would vex us, And killed the bunch with one swift
 punch In the well known solar plexus. We took and guve in hate and love. % (And here old Bill's lips quivereO T loved the gal, did . old Sal (Yeah. his lips, they quivered.) | T paid my fee to the agency,
 She was worth it. too. you | betcher-" | He clenched his fist and groaned, q | missed | The train that was to fetch Ter, Then old Hank Kantz. he grabbed the chance 1 To tell her l was pickled- l And was she game to take his name She answered she'd be tickled.' | And saying that old Bill, he spat l Again across the room, sir: ! Nor did he light his cheerful pipe | But settled down in gloom, sir. Just how old Bill went out to kill | The man who filched his wider | Is a hit of hell that Bill will tell Hes a second Captain hidder.
Arizona republican., 1921-04-09
Women at the Polls

Mrs Maud Wood Park of National League Women Voters has more cause to complain of the indifference of voters than of voters. In many places the proportion of women voters last fall was equal to that of the men,
 characteristic of the American male voter to absent himself the polls when any important thing is be submitted A bond issue offers appeal him a rule does question of inn provement principle
 He is disturbed only by the personal touch will turn and become excited if constable a dog catcher is be chosen He will nfest the polls all day and will set up all night that the cleo ton board makes mistake counting the vote disadvantage of his choice
 We suppose in time the women will rise to an equal height of patriotism; when they too will de- mand that the men who administer offices and catch and impound dogs of principle integrity and ability.
 But in other matters connected with the suffrage think that superior men; that they take deeper interest in those things which the welfare of communities in legislation for betterment
 So long woman suffrage isolated, was still regarded as a sort of joke. Many women feared ridcule at the polls and remained away. when suffrage general they took another view of it and last fall everywhere they turned well the polls.
 It is to be taken into account too that it is much trouble for to go to the polls. She does not want appear there in housedress An entire change of raiment involved prepa- ration to exercise the privilege of suffrage while husband or brother may go in his everyday clothes
 Attendance at the polls in this respect is re- versed in church attendance. There the women have the best of in numbers by a big majority They bravely undergo. the ordeal of getting ready while balk at their lighter task of prepara ton and loaf about home go fishing Or indulge in some other amusement requiring sartoral prep aration
Arizona republican., 1921-04-09
Au REvoIR. MR. CHAIRMAN!

The county lost valuable man when the board of supervisors took Eugene Hackett off the highway commission. He is a shrewd prop osition, old Hackett is. And for ability to tell crooks and slickers where to head in, he is hard to match. The sobriquets, Buffalo" and Hard Boiled" are tributes to his ability and integrity, for 1t was those who failed to bulldoze him who handed him such titles.
 Unfortunately. in the nature of things, the taxpayers cannot know what an asset this man has been to them as chairman of the county highway commission. And so the world goes.
 The thing to be thankful for is that the rest of the members of the commission escaped the official aX for they, too are unusually capable men,
Arizona republican., 1921-04-09
THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN SATURDAY MORNING,

consists of the whole people. The railway workers and the railway owners constitute but a small part of the people. Their interests must be submerged when necessary, for the common good.
 The government is not supposed to compromise or haggle n the enactment of the Adamson law or as through the United States Railroad administration. It is supposed to think for itself and then
Arizona republican., 1921-04-09

Suffrage is a law that will be either good bad 1t is exercised. Giving the the right of the ballot does not make them vote. If the home loving women the mothers of the race the who give character to community, refrain from the exercise of the right accorded them, they will leave the field the women of another type and to the professional politicians. Then suffrage would be failure.-Bakersfield Echo.
Arizona republican., 1921-04-09
ABOUT THE STATE

for a disappointment in the matter of crime sensations is the opinion of those who watched the speed with which the sheriffs office yesterday corraled. roped and rounded up one of the men implicated in the footing of Ed Blocks clothing store on South Montezuma street early yesterday morning,-Journal-M Miner.
 Alarm System Proves Efficient
 MIAMI-Opening the door leading to the bedroom of her home last night, Mrs. Pauline Moreno, a resi- dent of Millvue Canyon. was mortified to find the room in which three young children lay asleep. filled with smoke. By the time the babies were bundled up in bedclothes and removed, the structure was in flames.
 The fire furnished the first practi- cal test of the new fire alarm ap- paratus Within 10 minutes of the time the box was pulled, firemen were pouring water on the flames To this prompt action is attributed the fact that the Moreno home. five-room house, was saved. and without dam aging adjoining structures.-Bulleti
 To Form NogaIes Chapter NOGALES-The American Asso- citation of Engineers will form a chap ter in Nogales. the initial move to- ward organizing to be made tomor- row, when all mining, civil. electrical sanitary, chemical engineers and as savers are invited to luncheon to b, held at the Nogales cafe.-Herald.
 Electric or Gas, Which? NOGALES-After arguing unti | the early hours of this morning tn, members of the city board of alder ] men failed to agree as to whethe | the new unit of the city pumping sta i ton would be electrically driven O an oil engine installed and the matte 1 was taken under advisement until to night.-Herald.