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New-York tribune., 1922-08-20

complishment, the educational opportunity
offered to-day does not prepare boys and girls
Tor life in many cases. We need to re-
member that education through schools alone
is not the real need, but education in schools
and in life constitutes American character and
intelligence.
"The purpose of the American Youth Move
ment is to bring to every American bow and
girl, no matter what his race or creed rank
or station, the opportunity to grow into a
thoroughbred American citizen through def
mite programs Of service and work, through
schools and camps as working models Of edu-
cational program through dramatic activities.
through the American Girl and Bow Patriots.
through The American Youth Magazine.
through the Employment Service Bureau.
through the City of Youthville and through
the development of activities which shall give
the American youth the opportunity of ex-
preston rather than repression
So much for boyhood and girlhood ambitions
OF the future. The working plan for al these
attractions may be charted.
The three schools which form the backbone
of the American Youth Movement are to be
known under the geographic names Eastford.
Middleford and Westford, two of which already
are in operation. These schools offer the
opportunity for vocational education as well
as cultural programs. The following points
will be emphasized:
discipline, self-control and self-restraint,
work (manual toil), carefully selected pro-
gram OF activities and curricula, information
Tor the preparation for life, a thorough mas
terry Of few fundamentals and appreciation
OF the privileges Of citizenship.
The Esstr-n school, at South Woodstock.
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the occupations recommended to preloos n.
Yet, hazardous as it may be to eo4a. ~ =
stiller, about nine times out of ten ~, =. s's
figures, the jury lets him 40 back to H. es'aa
ness. Unless man is surprised az a. y-s' a.s
still with stains of still slop on hi. .l.as sar
it is almost impossible to convict him s'''s
your mountain moonshiner never n.,as
body to fix up his aibi. All his laprvaw : a''y'
do is to ask him the right questions Al.s. ..e 2
the evidence may appear to leave b,,, asa i..ss
doubt he takes the given circurnstano.. '''''s
explains them in most amazing way ''''
Tom Campbell and Andy Gordon weys ~.
asleep at a still one rainy night. The az. @a
was hot and the mash was ready for a-sas ,,'sSs
run. Both of them had still sion - 'ss & =
overalls and shoes. And Tom was .on..-s. s's''
That was the raiders story.
Tom end Andy denied nothing. hu, -,
court another variation on the same tbsn. '''s
Tom knew there was still arouns !.
and, feeling it his duty as a constaNs = e'
courage nnoonshining, he looked aboat ur,a - :
located it one day. 1t was cold, but th,,.
about five hundred gallons of mash sbs,s i 80
looked like it would be ready to run /, -
or at the most three, days
On the night he figured the operator ru,,.
be sure to be there TO make his r,n ~
strengthened by the might of the Law. ,,sr,,-.s
forth to capture the moonshiner >. Ii, ..s'
It was pitch dark, but flashes of Ightn;r, Il.
and then helped him to find his wav u.s
slow and careful steps through tho ,.a.-
orusn' ne came to the edge of the bluff jus.
above his quarry.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-20
Telling the jury Just
Hoso IL Happened

i never said no more tell / seen they WHIT
amin to move peaceabe. Then went "
the creek to that still site--I knowed hlt wa
thar-bound to bust hit to pieces.
We'll, they wuz two OF 'em an one Of ns
an hit haint pleasin' to recollect, but shss
gev me genteel thrashin'.
i come home an went over after rhs one
armed brother-in-law an his shot gun. Nash
we went back up thar them rascals shorely a's
huh out from thar.
We busted the still and then fetched 1s
worm and the whisky down to the house, aE
my brother-in-law he bruag pail Of sloY a0'
the hawgs. ! WIZ amin TO go back 81 u'F
leave one rock of that furnace on top t'olass,s
Next mornin' ] went to work bright aas
early. An / warn't more'n out o sighf N
them Wards come down and skeered the ea.1
ern purity near to death and made Oh VIZ
the copper an mighty nigh all the likker'
Ez soon ez they wuz out o. sight the saa.
ern TUX the likker ez wuz left an hid hat asss
fear they wuz aimin' at comm back. Tneh
warn't more'n an hour tell che revenuers So@~
a-lookin' fer me-
Mountain women leave the naoonshinls'g Y
their men folks. They are too busy mak.ss
the crops and milking the cows and ssas'ss
out-size families to worry about their fisp's' IS
However, when they begin to take their aqas
ity seriously they may take hand In sf'l''as'l
too. s
New-York tribune., 1922-08-20
A SCHOOLROOM AS WIDE AS AMERICA

THERE is anything you ever wanted
to do when you were young-play-actin
i story writing or other boyhood and girl
hood ambitions--the American Youth
Movement has it catalogued, and is going to
offer opportunities to the youth of to-day and
tomorrow to achieve its ambitions Of similar
nature.
What may be the outcome when there is a
whole generation of middle-aged folk with no
secret repressed ambitions of youth affecting
it remains to be seen. Probably those self
expressed folk Of several years hence will
think up lot of things they would have
liked to have done had they thought of then,
or had time. For such is the human race. and
there really is great satisfaction in "rnight-
have-beens," Mr.. Whittier to the contrary
notwithstanding.
However that may be, the keynote to the
American Youth program is equal opportunity
Tor young people. As our Secretary of State
has said
The American ideal is the ideal OF equal
eoucationai opportunity, not merely for the
purpose OF enabling one to earn living and
20 MT into an economic status, but tending to
give play to talent and aspiration and to tho
development OF mental and spiritual powers.
Underlying its program for equal oppor-
Iunity Tor young persons the American Youth
Movement is built upon sound educational
foundation system Of co-ordinating camps
and schools located East, Middle West and
West is already in operation. These schools
one at South Woodstock, Conn, one at Colo
rado Springs, Col, and one being organized on
the West coast--will have the same curricu-
inms The plan of operation provides that the
young person enrolled in an Eastern school
TOT several years may go to the Middle West.
ern school for time and then on TO the
Western coast school.
The result will be q sort of rIorif;ed co,,r..
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land he ufh to ohaDe
for "ca.un bread"

nessee got yard or 50 of names subscribed
to the following petition:
Dear Governor, please send Tim Russell
home He makes the best whisky in our
county and we need him."
And Tim came.
Sleds loaded with lard cans of molasses and
sacks of corn pass along the woods roads that
lead neither to mill nor to market. Wagon
loads of apples going nowhere in particular
mean brandy by and by, but they might as we'll
be as many loads of stovewood for all the at
tenton that is given them.
II passerby sights smoke sitting through
the tangle of treetops and wild grapevines in
some ravine he takes the 'far way" around
Or If by rare chance he comes upon cold
still he never stops to look about. Better
never go near mans still unless he asks you,
and then he'll take you," was the significant
advice of a ruddy young mountaineer.
He had been to Akron, Ohio, working in
tire factory, and saved enough money to buy
Ford. He seemed to know just how to invest
his savings to get the biggest returns. Once
week he drove to the nearest town, fourteen
miles away, over road that was too narrow
to be more than wrinkle on the side of the
mountain. He invariably bought half load
of meal and balanced it on the other side with
sugar. Nobody ever appeared to observe this
cargo, and he volunteered no explanation AS
for that matter it spoke for itself.
Moonshine has been made in the mountains
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neighboring county made it so hard to keep the
courthouse dome covered with sheet copper
that it was finally deemed advisable to select
a roofing material less in demand.
Senator Shields, of Tennessee, tells of one
of his early clients, who was convicted of
stilling in spite Of all he could do
Il hated to lose that case," says the Sena-
tor. II didn't want Ben to go to Jail for
year, and, besides, was a young lawyer and
needed practice. o.
Anyway, Ben went down to Nashville and
gave the penitentiary a thorough trial 1t
wasn't long until / had letter from him that
read like this:
Der John, yule haf tue du sumthin' about
gtten Me out of here this amt no place for
Gentleman. b."
His lawyer thought Ben had made the situ-
alton clear enough, SO he inclosed this letter
with communication to the parole board
The board agreed with Ben.
Then there is the case of Timothy Russell
Somehow the revenuers got the location Of his
still and caught him right there making a run
There was some talk that the Widow Me
Intosh told for spite because her three shoats
came reeling home every evening from over
in that direction. Anyhow, it looked pretty
bad for Tim.
They sent him down to Nashville for year
and day. But after he had been there about
three months his honor the Governor of Ten
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since the settlers began to crowd the Indians
out. But even mountain dew faint what it
used to be-"
Now that q man can make more money on
three or four runs of whisky than he can on a
seasons hillside crop the laurel thickets and
ravines are infested with stills, little and big.
Occasionally moonshiner operates dry"
still; that is, an outfit set up where the water
supply must be stored in barrels or vats. But
New-York tribune., 1922-08-20
The Atibf a Firm Friend
OF the Moonsainer

He could see the fire glowing in the furr,s.
and he waited for light or some rnoversr.
to show him the stiller Minutes uassad u,.a
as much as an hour must have slipped BY. ard
still no sign of the operators presence ~.
ccpt the furnace glow. It began to rain IN i
beating downpour and the constable decided
to find shelter under the still shed.
He had just opened the furnace door to sn5
his way about by the freight when mzs
stepped in out of the wet darkness.
Tom thought he was the moonshiner and ths
newcomer thought the same about him rntl
the constable called Halt" Then ANDY knew
it was stranger at the still because he was
regular customer.
He told Tom he was looking for littls
moon" and seemed to assume that they vera
both on the same mission. The constable was
wary enough not to correct this impression.
They looked at the barrels of mash and
drank little beer, and while they were fool.
ing around one or the other Of them brushed
against a bucket of spent beer from the last
run, and down it fell with great srlash.
That must have made the stain the officers
told about.
Finally they got so sleepy they .umtlsa
into the bunk to wait for it to stop rainns,
and the next thing they knew the reveuuers
were shining flashlights in their face;
Now, what do you think of that?
For good running story with plenty cf
action take this one that John Holt toli shs
jury The court would have appointed law.
yer to defend him, but John said he Didn't
need lawyer, because anybody could see hsv
1t was when he explained it.
still was found about quarter of a rsls
from Holt's house. The furnace was wam
and about 400 gallons Of beer was waiting FL
the next run. But the worm was missing
The dry agents followed a path tha. led away
from the still site and arrived at the Hc.
canin. After thorough search they dsew-
cred about two gallons of corn whisky undsr
the porch floor. In some blackberry brars at
the edge of the clearing they found an Old pail
with little still slop in it. Still tie copper
could not be located.
1t may have looked bad for john. bit yua
see it was this way:
They wuz two brothers Of the name d
Ward ust to allus be goin' bac,ards and for-
ards by our place." began Holt facing the
jury.
When they seed me they'd stop and pass the
time O. day, but nothin' never WIZ said about
whut their bizness wuz up the holler tell one
day sez, sez i: Pears to me thar's heap
O passin' and repassin' an drinkin' a-goin' on
about hyear. An haint a-likin' the locks q
1t eroun whar my ehilern is
Whut you a-goin' to do about it? ne sez
:" i hain't lookin' fer no trouble sez, 'nii
/ hain't a-goin' to have no such earryins %
erounf hyaar,
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most Of them are tucked away in the under
brush at the waters edge, for despite all pro-
hibition has done to simplify and abbreviate
whisky making it is impossible to distill with
out cold water.
That was exactly the trouble on Fightin'
Creek. The banks Of this noisy little stream
were popular for still sites that by the time
the water got down to the lower still it was too
warm to be useful. The sinners might have
worked out satisfactory schedule, but every
body contended that somebody else had to
move, and before they settled it Fightin' Creek
had its reputation.
Some of the mountain dew factories have a
capacity of only ten or fifteen gallons. They
usually belong to moonshiners who are here to-
night and gone tomorrow. The owner of
pocket still' makes or two and moves on
to the next hollow before he makes any tell
tale paths. He never leaves the still in the
furnace. As soon as it cools off he lifts. it out
and hides it in one place and the copper worm
in another. So that if the raiders descend
upon his place of business in his absence they
can do no more than burst his mash kegs and
scatter his furnace stones, unless they stamp
around until they find the still in big hollow
stump the copper" hung in the branches
Of tree.
Where months of uninterrupted business at
the same old stand has given stillers faith in
their immunity they set up big stills holding
forty and fifty gallons and even more. AS
they gain confidence they build sheds so that
they can work rain or shine and put in bunk
so they can sleep between runs.
If Q man has scruples about how many
he poisons he may use fifty-gallon galvanized
gasoline drum for his still and make "reg'lar
butt-skull likker."
Hunting moonshiners is not classified among
New-York tribune., 1922-08-20
A Mount0ineer Learns of
The L0sU's Limitations

His honor had some curiosity as to why
Sam should be singled out for this attention.
Me an him wuz stillin' together off an on,
and everybody knowed we never made drap
Of mean whisky. They had the evidence on
me, but Sam, he warn't thar when the reve-
nuers come. Directly they TUX me TO Frank
fort Sam done the stillin' by hisself An the
pizen likker he's been a-making' with thet still
OF ourn has plumb ruined my reputation up
thar. Eff you'll gev me the papers III be git
tim on before the sun gifts any lower"
Ayou can't give no sich permits?" Jess kept
turning his old felt hat over and over in his
hands, his elbows on his knees. He was dis
appointed, but not perturbed.
II lowed you could ez long as you could
send man to the penitentiary and sich like
Well, reckon / kin tend to Sam thout any
papers"
A wireless system" the "furriner' can
never listen in on sends the word to the dis
tant coves that the revenuers are out. From
the moment prohibition agent is seen or sus-
picion Is aroused by the appearance Of
stranger he is watched, sometimes from
ambush and sometimes by those who seem TO
bs only casual passersby. News Of the sus-
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and young women should enjoy and profit by,
Tor ne has the viewpoint and the understand
ing. Last week "Kel," the boys call him,
expounded some of his aspirations with re-
gard to American youth.
New ideas, new standards, new ethics, are
in the air. With all due respect for past ac-
New-York tribune., 1922-08-20
BY HANNAH mitchell

in the United States. At the same time the
student is keeping pace with his academic work
and athletic prowess.
Stanley Kelley, the founder Of the Ameri-
can Youth Movement, has been active in camp
ana school work for years. He is peculiarly
htted to offer program which young men
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pected revenuer's whereabouts is carried by
tearnster, . man riding up the road to hor-
row scythe or take turn Of corn to mill,
the keeper Of a little roadside store or any
body they may chance to see, for they are all
loyal TO J.. Barleycorn, hermit. Hours ahead
OF the raid the copper as the worm is called,
has been hurried away to safety and the still
is hidden. A surprise raid by night is prac-
tically impossible unless the raiders are guided
New-York tribune., 1922-08-20

by mountaineer who knows every log road
and sheep path. And pilot like that is hard
to find and harder to keep.
One evening as Uncle Zeke and Aunt Lidy
and sat on the little porch in the late twi-
light heavy charge Of dynamite flashed down
the creek and echoes thundered through the
hills.
The two hounds dashed barking to the gate.
"Begone, Brutus! You Bounced"
Hits jest warnin'; they amt no harm
done," explained the old man in reply to my
excited questions.
Pears like some folks has been talkin'
Eff this don't warn em mebbe next time they
won't be no warnin."
Aunt Lidy smoked her cob pipe in silence
as If she had heard nothing more startling
than the crickets and frogs
IN at least one mountain county near the
Kentucky Tennessee line moonshiners convict
ed in Federal court and serving short SEN
tences in the county Jail are treated rs guests
unfortunately detained. The jailer does in.
sist on their being prompt to meals and he
never wants to have to look outside the jail
yard Tor them when visitors come In the
mornings they lounge in the shade at the west
OF the building, smoking and chewing and
talking, with their chairs tilted back against
the Jail walls. After dinner they follow the
shade around to the other side and take the
prescribed afternoon nap lying on the grass
in the shade of the big trees unless some of
the folks come down to town and stop in to
talk spell.
But let man be proved thief in that
same county and he would be thrown into
dungeon if the prison afforded one.
However, certain unknown citizens Of a
The Coconino sun., 1922-12-22
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

DA SILVA OME-BUILDING
 ASSOCIATION KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
 That we, the undersigned, do here by associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation un- der the laws of the State of Arizona and do hereby make, adopt, execute and acknowledge these articles of in corporation:
 ARTICLE I.
 The names, residences and post-of- flee addresses of the incorporators are:
 P. J. Moran, Residence, Flagstaff, Arizona; Post Office Address, Flag staff, Arizona.
 John G. Verkamp, Residence, Flag staff, Arizona; Post Office address, Flagstaff, Arizona.
 Henry L. Albers, Residence, Flag staff, Arizona; Post Office address, Flagstaff, Arizona.
 Eugene Phelan, Residence, Flag staff, Arizona; Post Office address, Flagstaff, Arizona.
 bdFlu DdDDlIl, NeSluenCe, FlaGSCaI1, |, Arizona; Post Office Address, Flag staff, Arizona.
 ARTICLE II.
 The name of this corporation is DA SILVA HO> HE BUILDING ASSO- CLAYTON.
 ARTICLE III.
 The principal place of business of this corporation shall be Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona, but branch offices may be maintained at any place or places which may suit the requirements of this corporation.
 ARTICLE ".
 The authorized capital stock of this corporation shall be Fifty Thousand Dollars (S50,O00), divided into five hundred (500) shares of the par value of One Hundred Dollars ($1O0) each. The capital stock of this corporation shall be issued when paid for in cash, or its equivalent, and shall be for ever non-assessable. No capital stock shall be originally sold or disposed of except to persons who are members of the Roman Catholic Church or to Council of the Knights of Columbus in good standing and located at the Town of Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona, and any of the capital stock of this corporation passing by. any
The Coconino sun., 1922-12-22
HOW AUTO TRAMPS BUM
 WAY ACROSS COUNTRY

Automobile tramps' seeking the southern transcontinental highways never were more numerous than now according to garage and traffic offic- CTS. County Engineer Julius Morton of Globe declares that "some of these men pick up autos that already are wrecks and then proceed to start across the continent, living off the country as they travel, little better off, except for the broken down ma chine, than the old-fashioned tramp. Some of them ask for a few days of employment on the roads, that they may buy gasoline and journey on."
 A resident of Douglas tells that in ] his city the gasoline station men de- mand cash in advance from a certain 1 type of tourists, who has been known to get his tank filled before hesdivulg ed the sad fact that he was broke. A continual stream of travellers flows through Phoenix, bound for Califor- mia in machines that drop by the way side continually, their owners then stopping the passing autos to ask for gasoline or oil or even for the loan of spare tire till the next town can be reached. One cheerful party of five people managed to get to the Col orado river without a single whole tire, with gasoline, oil and water ex- hausted and without a dollar in the party with which to pay for supplies or gasoline.
 On the northern highway, near Kingman, passed traveller of very different sort. When he stopped for lunch he hung on the side of his truck sign, Danger! Keep awayw His freight in cages, consisted of a grown mountain lion and cub, a large black bear and several dogs.
The Coconino sun., 1922-12-22
HOW WANAMAKER KEPT
 CLOSE TO THE PUBLIC

John Wanamaker, whose long and useful career was closed by death re- gently without doubt was the worlds greatest merchant when he passed away. Succeeding A. T. Stewart in the New York Wanamaker store, he went far beyond the mark in mer- chandising attained by Stewart. It safely can be said, in due respect to others, that Wanamaker was Ameri- ca's biggest and most successful mer- chant.
 Wanamaker was a pioneer in ad- vertising and he set the pace for de- partment stores everywhere. He ex- pended millions of dollars in adver- :ising, and to it he gave credit for the success that came to him. His advertising covered Philadelphia, and his New York stores advertising helped draw trade to his establish ment in the metropolis.
 The advertising of Wanamaker car ried with it a personal touch. The feature of his newspaper advertising and he used practically no other agency in reaching the public-was the "Store News Page" which he al ways led with an editorial over his own signature, and invariably written by himself.
 The Wanamaker editorial was his means of talking to the public, and he ranged in subject from store poli- cles to state and national matters. Of ten his friends saw him writing the editorial while on his way to the store in the morning, setting it down on the back of an envelope or any scrap of paper he might have in his pocket. His editorials became noted, and they were eagerly read by the people, of ten with more eagemess than the edi- torlals of the newspaper whose space he bought.
 In his writing Wanamaker told his customers all about his business, what his policies were, and of his plans for the future. Thus, his hold upon the public became strong and enduring, for each day the readers of the news papers he patronized felt he was talk ing to them. "I have found newspa- per advertising the lest" he once said, "because they reach more people and are more closely read than any other medium. The distribution Of circulars and handbiIls is valueless. and is money thrown away, since they rarely are read, and certainly they do not reach the buying public" And John Wanamaker, having tried all methods and tested them, ought to know.-Prescott Courier.