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The Coconino sun., 1922-08-18
WONDER WHY?

The government very literally appropriated $1O0,000 to investigate the Colorado river basin and handed it over to the Reclamation Service to use. So far not cent has this service spent ex- cept at Boulder Canyon where in the past some thing like S10O,O00 had been expended "investi- gating," yet so far have obtained no more infor- nation than has been ascertained relative to the Glenn Canyon site. One site is just as far along as the other. It is wondered by natives just why the Reclamation Service discriminates against other sites along the Colorado river. Congress intended general investigation and it would seem that our representatives in congress might well inquire into the matter
The Coconino sun., 1922-08-18

Chief Justice Taft says delay of trials is not the fault of judges, but the fault of our laws, which do not give sufficient discretion to judges to expedite cases The American Bar associa- tion at their meeting in San Francisco agrees by resolution that something radical should be done to correct our laws, especially criminal law. The resolution points out that there were $500 un- lawful homicides in the United States last year and an average of $500 homicides for the past ten years. Crimes by violence are more numer- ous than ever, though the lawyers claimed our general moral condition is much better. Parole laws, they recommend be modified to include only first offenders. The resolutions strike a popular chord among the thinking people and we hope that actual steps will be taken to remedy our legal condition.
The Coconino sun., 1922-08-18
LAW AS IS

The second Obenchain murder trial in Los An geles resulted in disagreement, to that she is not guilty. The third trial is to come. There was trouble with the jury and some talk of in- vestigation of that body As yet there is not talk of Investigating the judge and the janitor and fumigating the court house, owing possibly to couple more most delicious murder cases breaking in.
 Whatever may happen, this little episode fur nishes most delightful and winsome legal end- less Obenchain, as it were. Still the California process may be right-try the beautiful women for so many years that good looks fail with the jury, then hang the woman's picture.
The Coconino sun., 1922-08-18
STAND BY THE PRESIDENT

The coal and rail strikes are far more than or dinary labor disturbances. Grave as is their menace to our industrial prosperity they present far more serious aspect in the challenge they offer to the strength and value of democratic in- StitutionS. The continuance of these strikes en- dangers the health, comfort and safety of the nation and offers stern test as to whether our form of government is competent to deal with crisis of this character.
 It is futile to discuss either of these strikes as if they were of the usual type of such struggles between employers and employees The issues in- volved here are far greater and directly affect every person in the United States. Unfort- unatey, none of the disputants seems to realize this national aspect of their quarrel. In this re- spect the labor leaders have no greater share of the blame than the employers. Mine operators, railroad executives and union chiefs are alike in their disregard of the great public interest in- volved and in their defiant attitude toward the effort of the government to bring about set clement of the quarrel In this crisis President Harding has shown firmness and quality of statesmanship which has surprised his political opponents as much as it delighted his friends. The president has apparently risen above all pet ty political considerations and has promised to stretch his executive power to it's fullest legal limit in protection of the American public. He has let it be known that he is prepared to take the extreme step of operating both mines and railroads in the interest of the nation if arb- tration is not accepted by both sides in the two strikes.
 If the president is forced to take this step he will have precipitated situation the outcome of which it is impossible to foresee, but which might well lead to a practical revolution in our whole economic system. Every right-thinkng American will devoutly hope that such action by the chief executive will not be made necessary, but there can be no question as to the duty of every one of us at this time.
 We must stand unitedy behind our president and strengthen his hands in every way possible by bringing to his support the overwhelming weight of public opinion. In times such as these the man who allows his action or opinion to be influenced by partisan political considerations is a poor American and lacking in the first quality of patriotism-my country first-Pacific Coast Merchant
The Coconino sun., 1922-08-18

James Girand, the engineer told the Rotary club last week that there was an invisible empire surrounding Flagstaff which only needs devel- opment Girand is right. And it isn't K K K empire either. It isn't the lack of water, it is the lack of development; it isn't because of lack of power, but the lack of development. Flag staff only needs to develop what nature gave her to be big, booming prosperous city.
The Coconino sun., 1922-08-18

Now is the time to study over the little panl- phlet sent out by the secretary of state contain ing the proposed constitutional amendments and arguments for and against. Look them up and have your mind made up what you are going to do before you go to the polls They are impor- tant and it is wise thing to vote ives" or mo" on each of them. Be real citizen and take an interest in your government.
The Coconino sun., 1922-08-18

Under a rather peculiar law, case is being tried down in Sonora, Mexico, to confscate the property of one rancher who killed another, and turn it over to the widow and children of the murdered man. Not such bad idea if the man charged with the murder is convicted. Killing person should be made as expensive as possible as well as annoying to the killer.
The Coconino sun., 1922-08-18

Former Governor Hunt says he was in nowise to blame for either former Land Commissioner Moeur or his assistant, Ben Clark, both of whom are now boosting Ward, and it is reported, will be appointed again to the same offices if Ward is elected. Hunt says he vetoed the land bill providing for a land board and the bill was pass ed over his head, leaving him minority mem Der of the board.
The Coconino sun., 1922-08-18

Mike Cassidy, state prohibition officer, has a burro on his hands which was caught transport ing home brew and he is puzzled as to whether or not burro is vehicle. Sure think of Ba- laam, also the burro's voice in his soulful song sounds like he was trying to say vehicle. Con- fiscate him, Mike, and take the "hic" out of his vehicle.
The Coconino sun., 1922-08-18

Washington, D. C., is educating their traffic cops to speak human like insisting that if the people pay them, the people should be accorded civil treatment. Cops, mayhaps, know too many congressman.
The Coconino sun., 1922-08-18

Thank goodness! Radium is going down and can now be purchased by the needy at S120 per mllligram. One can almost see milligram with a magnifying glass if it is strong enough
The Coconino sun., 1922-08-18

Sir Harry Poland, 94 years old, says Tread the newspapers and stay young." It's fact, ladies, Also read The Sun and keep warm.
The Coconino sun., 1922-08-18

The city of Nogales is buying hydrants Prob ably jealous because the next state tax conven- tion is to be held in Cooley-which is either in Apache or Navajo county
The Coconino sun., 1922-08-18

The Ward-Hunt campaign has commenced to tighten down as days go by Democratic papers are beginning to crawl down off the fence and show their colors.
The Coconino sun., 1922-08-18

Germany seems to have no high water mark. !"
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-03-23
PLANT CORN FOR
LARGEST YIELDS
Nothing Gained by Seeding Be.
fore Conditions Of Soil and
Atmosphere Are Right.
NEITHER EXTREME DESIRABLE
Greatest Total Growth of Stalk Made
From Planting in May or June
Experiments Of State Stations
Corroborated.

prepared by the United States Department
OF Agriculture.)
No gain is made in yield or maturity
by planting corn before conditions OF
soil and atmosphere are right, in the
opinion of the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture. Corn growers
in localities with long season have
observed that early and late paintings
Of the same variety usually show wide
differences in growth and number Of
days required to reach maturity. In
general, corn which is seeded early
requires longer time to come up than
that which Is planted later. The plants
also grow more slowly, are shorter,
and bear their ears lower. These are
commonly observed effects Of the date
Of planting. .
Best Yields From Early Seeding.
Studies recently have been made by
the United States Department Of Agri-
culture at the Arlington experimental
farm near Washington, D. c., in order
to obtain data which would supplement
that obtained earlier at the various
state experiment stations. Numerous
experiments have been conducted by
the state agricultural experiment sta
tiOns to determine the influence of
the different dates of planting on corn !
yields. The state experiments re-
viewed indicate that the best yields
OF grain may be expected from the
early seedlings and the most rapid de.
velopment and greatest growth from
the later seedlings. Neither the ex-
tremely early nor the very late plant.
ings are desirable.
The department Investigations were
directed more to a study Of the effects
upon growth and development than
to determining the most desirable date
OF planting from the standpoint Of
yield. The results Of these studies,
which extended over five-year period,
are presented in Department Bulletin
No. 1914, Effect Of Date Of Seeding
on termination, Growth, and Develop
ment Of Corn, by 3. B. Brown and
H. s. Garrison, which may be had
upon application to the department.
The varieties Of corn used In the
experiments cover a wide range in the
length Of the growing season required.
The data tabulated are limited to the
characters that seem to have been
consistently affected, although the
points studied included the rapidity
Of termination, the number Of days
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-03-23
BEST PREPARATION Of SOIL


The home gardeners Of ENGLAND
take great pains In the preparation
Of their garden soils, even going to th1
extent Of throwing the surface soil
TO one side and then spadlng manure
Into the subsoil to a depth Of q 8
10 inches. After the subsoil Il =
treated, the surface soil Is replaced
and great quantities Of decayed mo.
nure mixed with It. This process !,
known q ''trenchingr and has the q.
fect q carrying the crops through tha
lrcught period in much better man.
nef than where the soil Il not hrokan
% deeply. Preparation d soil ana s..
plication Of fertilizer Il discussed Il
further detail IN garden bulletins 8
the United States Department & AZ.
rfculture, free on request,
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-03-23
TEST SEEDS BEFORE SOWING
OF Big Advantage to Farmer to De.
tsrmine Purity and termination
Of Various Grains.

Whether the seed Is for sale or for
his own use on the farm, the farmer
will find It to his advantage to test
his seed, or have 1t tested, for purity
and termination. In making d purity
test, according to the United States
Department Of Agriculture, 1t Is Gus
tomary to determine the percentage Of
pure seed, inert matter such as dirt.
chat, and broken seeds, and foreign
seeds, including weed and other kinds.
A sample is taken varying In weight
from ] to 100 grams or more "a tea.
spoon for the clovers and small-seeded
grasses, q tablespoon for the grasses
and q considerably larger amount for
cereal grains), depending upon the
size Of the seed being examined. For
the termination test usually two lots
OF 100 seeds each are placed on or,
between plotting paper, canton fan
mel, Or such material, and kept In a
room or chamber at q temperature Of
90 degrees to 80 degrees r. for 8
to q days, depending upon the kind
OF seed being tested. (
Samples for purity and termination
tests may be sent to the seed labora.
tory Of the United States Department
OF Agriculture at Washington, b. Ct.
Or 70 the nearest branch seed labor.
atory q the United States Department
Of Agriculture at Washington, b. G.,
Or to the nearest branch seed
laboratory located at Lafayette, Ind.
Columbia 9 Mo-; College Station, Tex. !:
Corvallis, Ore. and Berkeley, Calf.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-03-23
S7A7ELAW AGAINST
L|QuDREFFEC7|VE
NO OPINION is EXPRESSED AS TO
THE LAWS CONSTl.
TUTlONALjTY
was becoming LAWlESS
Louisiana Was Fast Becoming One OF
The Most Lawless States In The
Union Until Present Law
Went Into Effect.

Monroe, LATHE Hood law il
meeting the needs of the people o.
Louisiana for bringing about cessa
ton Of illicit liquor manufacture anG
selling" said Senator T. L. Hood, Of
Monroe, sponsor of the law.
Asked about the possible unconsti
nationality Of the law, Senator Hood
said that-he had no right to express
an opinion in that regard as he is>not
a constitutional lawyer.
But if the Hood law is not consti.
tutional," he said, 1--WE will tear it
up and make bigger and better at
the next general assembly. The funda.
mental principle Of the Hood law is
constitutional and what is more to
the purpose, it meets the needs Of
the people in the prevention of law.
lessness. e.. -.
This or a similar law is on the
statute books Of Louisiana to remain
until the Volstead act is done away
with"
Senator Hood added that in most of
the parishes, even where there is op.
position to liquor law enforcement, Of
ficials are either enforcing the Hood
law or beginning to take measures to
stop dry law violations, and that he
had been advised the law had more
to do with making Louisiana law
abiding than any other law in the
history Of Louisiana.
Louisiana was rapidly becoming
one OF the most lawless states in the
Union until the Hood law went into
effect" he said. "Lawlessness is now
nearly a thing Of the past and there
will be less and less as the makers
and sellers Of moonshine begin to
realize that the law is effective and
that law enforcemnt officials intend
that it shall be obeyed."
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-03-23
Copyright, Western Newspaper Union
By EDWARD G.LOWRY

ting income tax returns showing tax
able income, aggregated 52,49S in TIT
calendar year 1909, and that number
increased to 232,079 for the calendar
year 1917. The number of individuals
making personal income tax returns
aggregated 357,59S for the calendar
year 1913, and that number increased
to 3,472,S9O for the calendar year 1917
For the fiscal year 1909 the tOta
ordinary receipts aggregated $6O3,5S9,
1884, Of which $3O0,711933.95 came
from customs duties, $246,2l2, 643.5G
came from internal revenue, and the
balance was received from the sale OF
public lands and other miscellaneous
items: whereas, for the fiscal year
ending June go 1919, the total re-
ceipts from customs amounted to $lS4,.
457, SG7.39, while the internal revenue,
including income taxes and corpora
ton and excess profits taxes, amounted
to $3,S39, 95O,6126.
So you will see that until 1910 the
money you paid toward the support
Of the government was slipped away
from you so easily that you hardly
knew anything about it. You did not
know that you were paying taxes to
the national government.
Indirect taxation is the most Sc.
ductive form Of raising public rev.
enue. You never came in contact with
the federal government except when you
bought a postage stamp. But now you
know 1t every time you buy drink at
a soda fountain, or bottle Of medi.
cine, or sand telegram, or make a
long-distance telephone call, or per.
form any one Of score Of other nor.
NAL activities Of daily life. Some.
thing must be put In the kitty for the
government. Its annual rakeoff runs
into the billions. You pay 1t and the
.yernment spends it.
But all that part o: the party Is
about over now. The oysters have
been eaten and put in the bin. They
must be paid for. 1t is perfectly clear
that ip the future by far the greater
part of the revenue required for con-
Quoting the public business must come
from direct taxes. 1t Is also clear
that the ordinary expenses for run
ming the government will In future
probably exceed four billion dollars a
year. That Is lot Of money to take
out of your pockets, and mine. Hadn't
we better see what is done with it, and
whether we can save any Of IT. Con.
gress, which is very far-sighted, and
able, when Its own skin Is concerned.
to distinguish a hawk from a hand
saw at a very great distance, IL be.
ginning to take notice
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-03-23
|HORSE-RADISH DOES
NOT REPEL ENEMIES
Pungent Qualities Of Plant Do
Not Discourage Bugs.
EntomoIogists Report New Pest In
Form Of European Webworm
Which Also Attacks and In
jures Turnps and Cabbage.

prepared by the United States Department
Of Agriculture.)
Even the pungent and tear-starting
qualities of hOrse-radish are not Suf-
ticient to discourage insect enemies.
In addition to two other specific and
two incidental pests preying upon this
plant, entomologists of the United
States Department of Agriculture re.
port third specific enemy, known as
the European horse-radish webworm
and described in a bulletin of that
title, Department Bulletin No. 066,
just issued.
The caterpillar, which does the
most destruction, is of medium size
and is also known as the purple backed
web-worm, as we'll as by its regular
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-03-23
XIV.
THIS WAS YOUR MONEY

Consider for a moment, If you will,
some further figures. This Is your
money am talking about.
For every fiscal year from 1866 to
1893, inclusive, there was a surplus Of
receipts over expenditures. During
this period of Is years the surplus Of
receipts over expenditures totaled ST.
202O5,0l3.H.
For the fiscal years 1894 to 1899, in
elusive, the expenditures exceeded the
receipts in the aggregate of $2S3,O22,-
99l.l4. For the fiscal years 1900 to
1904, inclusive, the surplus of receipts
over expenditures aggregated $3l0,-
Sl9,165.O4. For 1905 the expenditures
exceeded the receipts by $7S,776,-
622.3O. ....
For the years 1910 to 1914, inclus-
i've, the receipts exceeded the expendi-
lures by $149,024,D427. For 1915
the expenditures exceeded the receipts
by So, 4SS931.53. For 1916 the re-
ceipts exceeded the expenditures by
S5,171 $3.50, and for 1917 there was
deficit of $29,724,S6473.
From 1866 to 1917, inclusive, the re-
ceipts exceeded the expenditures for
each year with the exception of 1894,
1895, 1896, 1897, 1893, 1899, 1905, 1908,
1909, 1915 and 1917. The total amount
by which the expenditures exceeded
the receipts for these II years Just
named is $443, 766,7447O. For the 50
fiscal years, 1866 to 1917, inclusive,
the receipts exceeded the expenditures
In AZ years, the total Of such excess
for that period being 1851, Asa, 184.16.
For the fiscal years 1865 to 1910, the
revenues were raised through an in
direct system Of taxation. Beginning
with the fiscal year ending June 80,
1910, the receipts from direct methods
Of taxation have usually grown each
fiscal year, as will be seen by the fol-
lowing table:
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-03-23
REMEDY IN YOUR HANDS

represent you fairly, you can keer
them at home. Whatever majority
Of you want you can have.
TO this moment a majority have
approved, at least by silence, the great
military expenditures that have been
made from the money you have paid
In taxes. II now you have come To
the conclusion that It is too much, you
have only to say so.
Do you realize that this conference
on the limitation 81 armament which
President Harding called arose fun.
danehtalIy ont Of the circumstance
that all Of the sO-called big nations
are paying more than they can afford
to pay BY way Of preparation for war?
The endeayor to find a formula to
limit ornaments Is another way Of
saying that the nations are trying to
find a way to save money. Since the
war the great powers are all living
beyond their means. All Of them are
In debt. All Of them, except ourselves.
owe more than they can pay. In all
OF them, including the United States,
government expenses are running be.
yond government income. A nation
can no more stand that sort Of thing
than a private person or q private
business.
II You will devote half hour Or
an hour every evening TO thinking
about and talking about public busi.
ness you will be amazed at the
prompt response you will get. II there
Is any question you want to ask, write
to your congressman or to either one
Of your senator's. That will cost you
two cents for q postage stamp, and its
won't cost him anything to reply, for
bis letters 80 through the mails free.
That Is one way Of helping to remedy
he present condition.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-03-23
An Arms Cache Ii Crater,

4 weapon storehouse IN the immense
crater Of extinct Haleakaia, where the
natives Of Maui many years ago made
their last stand against the all-con.
quering King of Hawaii, has been ais.
covered, according to Emil A. Berndt
q business man Of Honolulu, says I
dispatch to the Cincinnati Times.Star,
Mr.. Berndt says each Of the three
white men With knowledge q the cave
stumbled across II when WANDERING
simlessly about after losing their way
To the crater. He reports that Il con.
talns crude stone hatcheta immense,
Quantities of sllnsshot stones. spear.
heads and other implements Of ~.
Client warfare.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-03-23
Horse.Radish Root Showing Value Of
Deep Digging for Straight Roots
This Applies to All Root Vegetables.

Deep Digging for Straight Roots
This Applies to All Root Vegetables
name. While favoring horse-radish, II
Is also known to attack turnip and
cabbage, and after feeding on the
lower surface of the leaves sometimes
webs them together near the ground
When abundant, 1t attacks the stalks
even down to the roots. 1t was first
discovered In injurious numbers In Viz.
ginia, near the District of Columbia,
in 1919, and occasional attacks have
been noted In Massachusetts, New
York, New Jersey, and Wisconsin. The
moth Of the species is rather bright
ocher yellow, with a wing spread of
about inch, peculiarly spotted. The
eggs are deposited In compact masses
containing from half a dozen to a
score. They are a little brighter
green than the leaf, and each egg is
surrounded by an irregular ring Of
yellow spots.
The webworm may be controlled BY
arsenicals and by Manipulating on
horse-radish, and more readily on
other crops by fall and spring plow-
ing and frequent cultivation
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-03-23
4 ltalv IA 0c,c., ll

Italy TO Occupy
Rome. Military occl J
ume has been ordered
government. The army
este will be used. The e.
entrusted to General Sam
has been suggested tint
be employed Tor the ~
order. 4