Arizona republican., 1922-01-06
MAYOR URGES ELKS
To LOYAL EFFORT IN
NEW HOME DRIVE

tEEHu HOIHIA DIIhuE
Calling upon every loyal Phoenix
Elk to change his mental attitude
and discard the impossible impress
sion for the firm belief that it can
be done, Mayor Willis H. Plunkett,
one OF the district directors, in a
statement last night sounded the
spirit which will imbue every worker
who hits the trail next Tuesday
morning in the two-day drive to OBJ
tain subscriptions sufficient to in
sure completion of the new $40O, 900
Elks home this year.
IF this campaign is to be brought
to a successful termination the men
talogy and psychology of the drive
made by our loyal and faithful
workers must undergo a decided
change" he declared. Every loyal
Elk must change his mental attitude.
Nothing is impossible. The harder
the shell, the sweeter the nut. The
trouble is that most of us want to
remain in postwar r-inventory- men
tal-attitude' Like the frog we seem
to like the mud and dirt and slime
and just croak all day long, until we
have brought ourselves to the condi-
ton Of mind in which we see Phoe-
nix and this wonderful valley in the
last throes of a struggle for life.
TT is well, when economic changes
demand it, to slow up and take
sober inventory of our affairs and
bring them into harmony with con-
ditions. But when that inventory is
completed, forget 1t and start ahead,
slowly but surely, and with the right
mental attitude no one, no condition,
no power, can keep you from reach
ing your goal, and that goal is limit
ed only by your mental powers.
Recently I came across a little
poem, whose unknown author has
given us a wonderful bit of philo-
sophy. / want to pass it on, not
only to the brother Elks. but to the
citizens of this city. 1t describes
the symptoms of new disease from
which this entire valley is suffering.
As the remedy bears a name similar
to the title of the poem, we will add
a new word to the medical lexicon
and call this disease,-which is a
deadly foe to the speedy return to
normalcy in this valley 'Croakitis.'
This little poem The Coakitis,'
reads as follows:
once on the edge Of a pleasant
pool,
Under the bank where twas dark
and cool;
Where bushes over the water hung
And rushes nodded and grasses
swung,
Just where the crick flowed outer
the bog,
There lived grumpy and mean old
frog
Who'd set all day in the mud and
; soak
And jest do nothin, but croak and
croak!
Then blackbird hollered, II say,
yer know,
What's the matter down there be-
low?
Are you in trouble, or pain, or
The frog sez. mine is an orful lot,
Nuthin' but mud. and dirt and
For me to look at jest all ther
time,
It's dirty world!"-so the old
fool spoke
"Croakity-croakity croalxity-
, croak!"
But yer lookin' down." the black
bird said,
Look at the blossom overhead,
Look at the lovely summer skies,
Look at the bees and butterflies.
Look up. young feller; why, bless
: my soul,
Yer lookin' down in a mus'rat
hole!''
But still, with gurglin' sob and
choke,
t, The blamed ole critter would only
croak.
:. And wise ole turtle, who boarded
: See to the blackbird, Friend, see
Don't shed no tears over him. for
! he
Is low-d down jest cause he likes
5 to be-
He's one of them kind er chumps
{, that's glad
Ter be so miserable-liIe and sad:
! I'll tell Yer somethin' that amt no
joke,
; Don't waste no sorrow on folks that
croak!"
For the remedy we have the in
spiration of 1.-THE Cork"
"A little cork fell in the path OF a
whale
Who lashed it down with his angry
tail.
~ SPANS Vi OAOhSt
1t quickly arose
And floated serenely before his
nose.
Said the cork, you may flap and
splutter and frown,
But you never, never can keep me
down:
For / am made of the stuff
That Is buoyant enough
To float, instead of to drown"
Brother Elks, and citizens of
Phoenix, shall we diagnose your case
as 'Croakitis' or "Corkitis?' Will you
be a frog or cork a real hem
serving your city and your lodge,
constructively Loyalty and faithfully?
Your lodge does not expect a contri-
button or donation from you. This
is an investment which will Be
backed UP by the property, worth on
completion approximately half mil
lion dollars in addition to very sub
stantial net worth which the lodge
now has. To be sure money is lit
tie tight for speculative purposes but
for legitimate constructive enterprise
there is plenty.
Did you note the strong financial
condition of our banks in their state