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Arizona republican., 1922-03-26
The Tenement and the Farm

We used to look upon the crowded tenements OF
the large cities as districts where babies had but
small chance of survival. There was the heat of
summer the cold of winter, the absence of sunshine
In all seasons the CRIME and smoke of squalor.
But surprising things have been shown by sue
cessive censuses and nothing has been surpris
ing than the fact supported by figures that baby
born in a city tenement has better chance of
viving infancy than one born in the average rural
community
Census reports pretty dry things usually,
sisting mostly figures They neither opin-
ions conclusions so that we are forced to look
elsewhere for the causes Of the decreased mortality
infants the tenements compared with that of
babies born on the farms. We should add, though
that the latter rate has not increased
There several reasons Much, we think is to
be credited to the settlement for the decrease
In the cities Their activities disclosed the condi-
tions in which babies died like flies Their recon-
mendations became laws which imposed Improvements
IN sanitary conditions, especially with respect milk
and water supplies and ventilation Epidemics were
eliminated reduced Typhoid fever in the cities is
now almost unknown. Diseases WHICH were peculiar
to the very young have been abated by the strong
arm OF the law.
But in the country conditions have been less
changed and in many sections, wholly unchanged.
The water supply is what it hundred years ago.
bringing with it recurring typhoid and other cpl
denies
Arizona republican., 1922-03-26
STETS VERNETNT
BY DR.. FRANK CRANE
Copyright, 1921, by Frank Crane)

One of the characteristics Of Mephistophe was Thai
he denied everythns-Stets vernent
the mind of ACES
intellectual obedience to authority identified dcit
with pey the Devil supposed unbridIed intellect
Instead OF accepting, he doubted
logians - n - ~ " ~ '"'0'
But it does stop there
Now the spirit Of science is turning upon doubling
it's postulates
Einstein is playing hob with the axioms
ereeds religion = ~ = ~
We confidently forward IL we can believe Einsen
AZ east as INTERPRETERS by Charles to
be self evident - ~
bare list Of some Of the theories in Nordmanns
recent book Ensten ct PUnvers" Give s soma idea :. "a
the realm OF doubt into which are salina
FIRST OF ALI space and time do Of themselves
Time Is the fourth dimension objecs that ia To saw we
must NOT know how long and wide and broad anything
must know what time it is
you know what this you be congratulated
Inc mass OF object NeNo afFr ned
but varies with the object rnovnc
to first find out how fast going speak The mass Of an
OBJECT also Identical with the inertia you we mean
Lsh IS not the airy nothing have
can DC Weighedi that 49, light
The universe curved For this
although mtIsss is not necessarily infinite Sc there
you -
that It has limits But il is immense,
Milky Way that he concludes light TRAVELLING 1s63oo
miles second at least nine hundred years to 90 round IL
has US so lonc a this hut si vou never
tell. -
Even Old Euclid fares badly Newton at the hard. d .h
new doubters Fer the shortest distance between two pon IL
not a straight line but a curve.
II is also possible to straioht En.. Al.
plane which shall be parale that never meet A.
the strashtnes Of lines vsua and the oath 81 oht
never straight ins called parallel lines will always
meet II prolonged far enough.
So cheer up! No certain anyhina r. merriam. 10
may not be " '-r'
Arizona republican., 1922-03-26
The state School Tax

Governor Campbell in his address before the Con-
gress Of Mothers on Friday night declared his un-
yielding support the principle the richer parts
of the state should divide their substance with the
parts Of the state that the benefits of educa
tion might equally distributed That principle has
already been established though the system is not
yet quite perfected but we slowly moving toward
perfection. We believe the time is coming when all
the money expended for education. every cent Of
will come from state fund.
The first step toward this perfection Of the prin-
ciple was made when the public school system
introduced. Previous to that time, education by
families Then groups of families were formed in
communities for the education of the children of the
group Payment was made out Of fund.
From these groups the poor excluded by cir
cumstance.
In the earlier days OF the public school system
communities including the rich and poor were served
against the protests OF the rich, who complained of
the injustice Of being compelled pay the edu-
cation of the children OF the poor These communi-
ties were in sense political subdivisions which
afterward extended include the township and then
the county
Some townships were rich and some were poor,
as later some OF the counties were rich and
were poor. In consequence, there spotted dis
trbution Of educational opportunity Then came the
movement for the extension of the educational
opportunity.
THAT movement has become quite general
throughout the more advanced sections Of the coun-
try ana it viii ultimately prevail We may indeed
1oo< forward to a time when there will be a national
eoaIjzation of educational opportunity.
II has not been long since Arizona counties stood
Zach on it's own educational bottom Some Of them
we're verx rich in taxable wealth with comparatively
te children while others poor with many chill
dron when it was at first proposed that the rich
counties should assist the poorer counties in educa
ton we heard from the former reiteration Of the
,,n+ts which the rich families had uttered against
~ common school system The folly of the protest
nm. o,icklv recognized, that the principle is now
otablisbed in our per capita educational fund and
,,,,cb we have no doubt viii be elaborated until the
state school fund will be our only school fund
1tnder the present operation Of the principle we
H., .tate school fund Of about $1,25o,000, to which
4 u be added from other sources about 100000
The rest Of the money needed for school purposes is
a.frod from local taxation There is at present no
','-ros,tio, Of which we aware to abandon this
on,ont 10 take a backward step toward local-
Arizona republican., 1922-03-26

zaton 1t is admitted by all far-seeing persons that
the tendency must inevitably be toward Capitalization
and that the time is coming when there will be no
local taxation for school purposes.
Some fear has been expressed that the arrange
ment may be disturbed in the future-that sometime
legislature may refuse to authorize in general ap
preparation bill continuance OF the per capita sys-
tenn. or that having authorized it, governor may
veto the authorization.
For three reasons this fear is groundless. In
the first place the principle has been accepted; there
can be difference Of opinion only to the extent
the rapidlty the development of it. In the
place. the principle for sef-interest alone will always
have the support of the agricultural counties. Eight
counties now benefciaries of the system. These
eight counties control the legislature in both
branches by decisive majorities and under the new
apportionment members their control of the next
legislature will be pronounced.
AS to the possibility that obstructng governor
might some time overtum the principle cannot
conceive that either of the parties would go
far back into mediaevasm to select a candidate who
would be so blind as not perceive that if he
strong enough to pull down this structure, he and
his party could not escape the fate OF Samson in
the ruins.
The per capita will be reduced, but the
exigencies of the poorer counties may require viii
be increased
Arizona republican., 1922-03-26

do something worth writing about and YOU will
have trouble getting publicity" is the advice given
by publicity director. It is good advice but it
requires some explanation, elaboration and modifi-
cation. All very worthwhile things are OF course
worth writing about but there are the peculiar views
OF the news editor to be overcome. He may fully
recognize the worth -wlileness of the things done
He has doubt of the correctness Of his judgment
to that but he thinks OF the Judgment or lack of
judgment OF the readers of his paper He knows out
Of his study and his experience that very worth
while things Of interest to but small number
OF them, while the story of something else which
nobody would regard at all worth while appeals
to very large part of the readers OF the daily news
paper. IT, then he finds himself compelled by the
limitations OF time or space, to choose between the
two, what choice is he to maker? He has before
him the copy" of story of something very worth
while and uplifting in its character Beside is the
story Of tragedy. and maybe very sordid one
There is time for only one Of them. Both
possess news value But since the news editor can
not avail himself OF both. If he's a trained news
paper man. every newspaper man knows what his
choice will be.
The editor is, after all, only a salesman and
sales people long ago. especially drug sales people
learned that 1t was good policy to give the people
what they want and avoid substitutes
Substitution though, is possible in the drug busi
ness and in many other lines whose commodities are
not always labeled. But substitution in the news
paper business is impossible
But the writer gives lot OF other good advice
to writers OF copy club and other activities make
1T "newsy" she says eliminate effusive accounts
Of the personal charms the hostess That is only
personal opinion and opinion is never news
The more news crowded into accounts Of worth
while activities, sthe greater their chances in COM
petition with tragedies and heartinterest stories in
the contest refereed by the editor who is also
not insensibe to the charms Of brevty
Arizona republican., 1922-03-26

pared article. he will say: "Whv
here is the same proposition my old
friend Bill wrote about in the old
Town Daily the other day. This "a
one piece I must read" Don't YOU
see? You tie him down TO II. You
are responsible not only for his read
ing your letter. but for his reading
the publicity stuffand reading ii
with interest, and ready to believe.
because you have prepared the
ground for the seed to take root and
sprout.
The United States needs educating.
They do not know. and cannot edu-
cate themselves. They can not lift
themselves over this fence by their
own boot straps. II is up to us who
do know, and are interested, TO edu-
cate them.
Mr. Editor. Chairman OF General
Dissemination OF Information. I make
a motion for the adoption OF the fore
going suggestions. Do / hear a sec
ond?
Respectfully.
f. e. RICH.
Arizona republican., 1922-03-26
SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 2s. 1922
IN eVe1y Uillage there qOiU arise a
n''Scrednt to establish the most gy.i,,o-
ang tyranny By calling himself the
people. Sir Robert Peel
The Congress Of Mothers

The Congress OF Mothers and the Parent Tea CHI
ers associations accomplishing a great work
throughout the country and there was never a time
when such work was urgently needed. There was a
time not far distant when there were no associa-
tions and congress. In those days the problems
were less complex than they have since become and
as they have more rapidly become within the last
half dozen years
These associations were not, as many suppose to
raise better girls and boys than our mothers and
fathers We're They grew out of a new and increas-
ing need for them every great enduring move
ment has had its origin All other movements, since
the world began not so inspired have been fads and
have been short Lived.
In period in this country have there been
sharper changes in habits of thought and living and
in relations than have witnessed in the last
twenty years. There has been drift toward dis
order which could be avoided only by cooperative
effort. The symptoms of the new disease appear
in the divorce and police courts in such an indis-
crlmnate and unrestricted nterminglng Of the sexes
would have Mortified our ancestors Parental con-
troll became threatened with helpless laxty or
This was not, OF course, universal situation.
No great scourge, the Black Death or yellow fever
or cholera ever universal where it ragged. There
were always many who escaped its ravages
than there were OF those who were attacked.
So 1t did not about that all homes were
invaded by the social conditions. In a majority
of homes the old ideals were maintained and just
good girls and boys were brought to womanhood
and manhood any Of the old days when the teach
ing Of the lessons OF virtue and industry was
nearly general.
But out Of the new conditions came an alarming
number Of hoodlums, idlers and "nappers." germ
beds Of disorder and crime, threatening the next
generation rather than to the present one
Within fhe last few Ynonthe Ynanu xrarnfro artf.
cles have appeared in this paper against practices
which threatened the deterioration of the cotton in
dustry in this valley through the recklessness of
few growers against the care and foresight Of the
many. So few careless parents might bring upon
whole community in generation or two evils
which could be averted by the many guarded
households.
It is Of the missions of the Congress of Moth
ers and the Parent Teachers associations to arrest
the downward tendency Of the yet comparatively few
well to devise ways for the improvement Of the
youth Of those homes which have been preserved
against the infection of the times.
Arizona republican., 1922-03-26

project would be constructed, but not
Immediately. as the people east Of
the Mississippi river generally did
not know about it, and that there
viii be objection on the part OF farm
ers with poor markets to opening UP
new farm land; father that it viii be
a matter of educating the country in
regard to the project.
Permit me to offer a suggestion
along these lines. A large percent
age of the residents of Arizona are
not native born, but are from other
sections Of the United States. Let
everyone OF these write a letter on
this project to his old home paper.
And l would especially suggest TO
write it naturally. each one in his
own way. Many who read this may
say: Il never wrote for n paper in
my life. What / write might not be
interesting, or in the best Of form.
Why not leave this to expert writer's,
who have made a study of this mat
ter, and who have the knack of writ
ing?" DO not fear but that there will
be expert publicity. But think what
1t would mean to have a letter. or
several letters. as several will be
from the same community, appearing
in almost every local paper of the
United States. AS to the value OF
letters from individuals, remember
that one of the greatest charms in all
writing is the personal touch. Your
old editor win be glad to get this
letter from you. and your old friends
will all read 1t. telling about the won
ders OF this unknown country. and
the boundless opportunity Of devel-
opment. They are every day facts to
you. They are new and unknown to
them. your old friends and associates.
Hoover says so. Governor Campbell
will tell you the same. So will Cam
eron and Hayden and Ashurst. 1t is
hard to realize Il here-but your let
ter will be news, and interesting
news. And farther. they will be
ticlkled to death to hear it from you.
You all know how interesting any
piece in the paper is that describes
some affair or occasion in which you
took part 1t is the personal element.
Different letters will be in different
forms, deal with the project from
different angles, so that those in the
East may read dozen different let
ters. in different papers, and by diff
ferent writer's. and each one will be
different TO be interest
ing without surfeiting. There will
be comprehensive articles in national
but they will slide by the
of multitudes like water off
a ducks back. But let one of your
old friends have read your shorter
and personally interesting letters on
this subject. and then when he sees
the longer. the more elaborately pre-
Arizona republican., 1922-03-26
Mexican Indians, Money Poor, Have
Only to Scratch Rich SoiLto Thrive;
Chubby Babies Are the Best Proof

air was chill to these dwellers under
a burning sun and a touch Of do
mesticity, an Indian father sat by ii
rocking a cradle gently as il swung
from the rafters overhead. On il
sprawled a naked little brown baby.
as plump and round and shimmering
as hen partridge.
There were others on the road. of
course. There were multitudes of
burros under heavy packs and eight
and ten mule carts and a great bull
that threatened to dispute the right
of way. Along the road. every mile
or so it seemed, were the crosses the
Mexicans erect to mark the place
where men have died. In one deep,
narrow cut there were ten such
crosses but newly scratched in the
rock OF the wall. From the sparkling
white of the cutting they may have
been made last week. Evidently there
had been an ambush in this narrow
way. Once. too. there was an Indian
merry making of some sort A score
or more Of poems. clad in their cere-
monious clothing of spotless white,
the width of their bell mounthed
pantaloons being such that each one
seemed almost pyramidial in form.
tapering up 10 his huge hat, leaned
motionless against a rock wall lis
tening to the jerky whining of an ac-
Gordon inside.
HospitabIe and AmiabIs
"Hola. senoresi" cried one.
And a half drunken young Indian
dashed down the road after US wav-
ing bottle Of tequila. When we ex-
planned that we had long road to
go and could not take the time, but
that we wished him well. he fell back
more gracefully than any film star
could ever manage and bade us go
with God. Now and then we rat
tied and clattered through the small
towns. Always the local band
played in the patio and the local
small boy ran and shrieked and the
girls walked arm in arm. while their
would-be lovers smoked and giggled
from the nearest corner. Sometimes
we caught glimpses through open
doors down what seemed tunnels in
the darkness into dimly lighted patioa
of oranges and flowers.
So at last we came to Ixtlan and
saw to it that the mules we were to
ride next day were strong and OF
peaceful minds and that the gear
was what ii should be. All night
long, in moments Of wakefulness, we
could hear the munching to tomor-
rows beasts on the other side of the
party wall.
Arizona republican., 1922-03-26


Arizona Republican,
Phoenix. Ariz
In your issue of March %, you
published as news the fact that the
state game warden put out a large
quantity of milo maize on the Hurst
slough TO feed large colony of ducks
and geese.
Why could not this feed have been
placed on the river and other public
water courses and sloughs? Why
should the ducks and geese be en-
couraged to stay on a privately owned
and controlled slough? Pretty soft for
the Gun club which controls the
slough to have the state feed the
game for its exclusive benefit.
If the state can afford it these
hard time to feed wild fowl, why not
feed them where the public (who
pays the bills) can get the benefit
from keeping them here.
AS matter of fact there Is no nee
essity for feeding wild fowl at this
time of the year as they naturally
migrate as warm weather ap-
proaches.
At any rate Mr. Game Warden if
you are going to feed ducks, feed
them for the public and not for a gun
club.
ROBERT HOLMES.
Tell 1t to TIE Old Home Paper
To the Editor of The Republican:
In his recent visit 10 Phoenix,
Mr.. Hoover said the Colorado river
Arizona republican., 1922-03-26
SOMETHING WRONG

you heard me say my prayers last night didn't
you nurse?"
Yes, dear!"
and you heard me ask God to make me good
girl?"
"Yes!"
well, he amt done 1.-THE Sharks (starr
Woods) Annual
Arizona republican., 1922-03-26
Questions And
4AnsWers

(Any reader can get the answer to
any question by writing the Repub-
lican Information Bureau. Frederic J.
Haskin, Director Washington, d. c..
This offer applies strictly TO infor-
nation. The bureau cannot give ad-
vice on legal, medical and financial
matters, 1t does not attempt to set
tie domestic troubles, nor to under
take exhaustive research on any sub
ject. Write your question plainly and
briefly. Give full name and address
and enclose two cents in stamps for
return postage. All replies are sent
direct to the inquirer).
@. How many cities and towns
are there in the United States? K.R.E.
A. According TO the 1920 census
report there are 2,7S7 cities and in
corporated towns having a popula-
tion OF $500 and over.
@. ! have hens which are laying
fine large white eggs. The shells are
so thin they break easily. What will
improve them? G. G.
A. The poultry division says the
reason the shells OF the eggs are so
thin is due to the fact that the hens
are not getting enough lime and oys-
ter shell food This is fed separate
ly and not with other foods.
@. What was "shew bread"3
&. NJ S.
Arizona republican., 1922-03-26

Argentina is more than five times the size Of
Germany and has approximately $500 600 inhabit-
ants according to best estimates
Arizona republican., 1922-03-26

The sport of falconry is still in existence and an
Englishman catches from "a hawks each year in
Holland and ships them to the old Hawking club at
Lyndhurst England.
Arizona republican., 1922-03-26
MISSING

Habitue Introducing his wife to favorite hoteD
Here, waiter where's my honey?
Waiter-Im sorry sir, but she doesn't work here
now.--Punch.
Arizona republican., 1922-03-26
POOR EIsH

The Regular Customer think I'll have some
fish
The French Waitress-Pardon, Monsieur the fish
he is not well today-London Opinion
Arizona republican., 1922-03-26
MISTAKEN IDENTITY

The Pumber-"Tve called ter see ther old geyser.o
jeans" 'Er Ladyships not at 'ome" The
Sketch.
Arizona republican., 1922-03-26

Rubies have been produced in Paris chemical
laboratories They arc perfect in appearance and
answer every known test
Arizona republican., 1922-03-26
ENROLL YOUR NAME NOW
IN PIONEERS ASSOCIATION

Enrolment Pioneers association is
All and residents the state
such for eligible membership
The annual membership fee decided when the association
was organized dollar
the blank below qualified and desire
The filled in blank should with the
Mr. Mel Fkas, the association. II North First
Avenue