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Williams news., 1922-06-16

Big Picnic.
 The Odd Fellows and Re- bekahs and their families of both Flagstaff and Williams will hold a big picnic Sunday be all sorts of sports and a gen. eral good time for the lodge people.
Williams news., 1922-06-16

Miss Cain and Miss Kirk left this week for their homes in the east. They will visit Estes Park, Colorado, together. Miss Cain intends to study music in Cincinnati, Ohio and Miss Kirk is planning on attending the University of Chicago.
Williams news., 1922-06-16

Box factory wood piled in wood yard can be had free of charge if hauled promptly. Inquire at office.
 SaxiaAsx q Manistee Lbr. Go.
Williams news., 1922-06-16
CALL FOR MID-YEAR
 MEETING

The mid-year meeting of our Arizona Cattle Growers As sociation will be held at Pres colt, Arizona, on July 6, 2, and 8, 1922. Following the sue cessful practice of previous years. we will also at that time meet in joint session with the members of the Arizona Wool Growers Association.
 Our mid-year meetlng comes at very opportune tine for the eattlemen- to take up the conditions now prevail ing in business as bearing up- on the present and future wei fare of the industry. There has not materalized the ic:prove- n1ent in market that we had hoped tor this spring. Better times are ahead, however. but we have a number of things of great interest to every cattle man u at compel ou" united counsel and action at this time. All Of the cattlemen arc there fore urged to attend these meet ings.
Williams news., 1922-06-16

Mir. and Mrs. E. H. Dufield and family with Loretta Walsh left Wednesday for the White Mountains to spend the sum- mer.
 FOR RENT - Sine cottage Phone IA. Adv.
Williams news., 1922-06-16

Mrs. Cox was up from Ash Fork Monday.
 O O O
 Miss Minnie and Miss Aphra Anderson will attend the Nor mai School at Flagstaff this summer.
 o O
 Mrs. Al Sanford, of Flagstaff, was in Williams Tuesday. Mrs. H. l.. Benham and Miss Minnie Watson left Tuesday for Greedy, Colo. to attend the university there.
 The Grand Canyon Drug Go. received a beautiful line of
The New York herald., 1922-05-28
The Long Drought Ahead.
Maybe Prohibition VIII Become q
Habit Before 1t Is Repealed.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: One of
our enthusiastic anti-prohibition friends
says that within the next four years
well plumb ruin the volstead act"
and that in six years well blow the
Eighteenth Amendment clear out of the
Constitution
Which recalls favorlte story OF the
long ago by Press Eldridge of the tlpsy
joker who encountered a band OF Sal
vationists parading up lower Broadway.
When asked where they were going, the
leader replied that they were marching
to meet the Lord
And you haven't got any further
than Houston street," quoth the inebri-
ated one.
Four years Is long time, a sufr-
cient length OF time for the people 10
forget all about DR.. Volstead and his
celebrated act. AS for six years, az
Artemus Ward would say, This is 4
mutch." Which leads to the conclusion
that the gentleman does not know what
he is talking about
If those of us who banker for a glass
OF wine or a good old stein of beer
must wait four long and dreary years
before we are able to quench our thirst
am afraid that many Of US Will be
used to the drought How use doth
breed habit in man." said Shake
speare. QUICK STEP.
NEW YORK, May 27.
The New York herald., 1922-05-28
Point Of View.

East west and north and south turn
And there is naught 10 see
Save hills and other hills that rise
Beyond them cndlessly.
Like water all my little thoughts
Go seeking for the sea;
They have no peace and no content.
They wander restlcssly.
MY thoughts are all OF tall. green waves
That lift and fall and spill:
hear them sucking nj the sand
Their tongues are never still
| see brown sails OF fishing boats
Against a metal sky
see proud ships that need no sail,
And white gulls dipping by.
But these are dreams--here on the hill
| herd my stupid sheep,
And day runs into endless day;
work and - and sleep.
wonder If s4 e sailor lad.
Who sees hR sea aud sky,
Looks out across the endless waves
And wishes he were II
= ABIGAIL CREssoN
The New York herald., 1922-05-28
The Selfish Smokers Responsibility
in the Fire Loss.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: was
much pleased with your editorial COM
ment on the selishness of smokers or
ferryboats, but ! believe that something
more than sentiment and persuasion is
necessary to correct or ameliorate the
condition.
The enormous fire loss is constant
subject of comment and discussion, and
there Is little question that the careless
ness of smokers is responsible for a
very large share OF that loss. The ac-
cepted method of disposing of ciza-
rette or cigar is to draw 1t to the
highest possible fire and then drop IL,
without regard to where IL falls or
what It falls into. The same may be
said of the contents of the pipe. Matches
are rarely extinguished, but are dropped
blazing and allowed to burn out where
they fall.
These practices should be prohibited
and severely penalized by local ordi-
nance, and the prohibition should be
rigidly enforced and the penalty vigor-
ously applied II smokers were per-
suaded that such practices would be
punished they would soon stop the in
discriminate distribution of live fire and
the fire menace would be substantially
reduced. C.. S.
NEW YORK, May 81.
The New York herald., 1922-05-28
A Danger and a Nuisance.
Practices Of Smokers on Ferryboats
and In the Hudson Tubes.

To THE NEW York HERALD Your
editorial article regarding The Seinsn
smoker" is excellent and much needed.
I have no objection TO smoking In my
own house or in any other place where
Il does not infringe upon the rights OF
others. but / have become so exasper-
ated by the selhshness of the average
smoker that begin to sympathize with
Lucy Page CASTOR
on the Erie ferryboats there are
number OF men who have persisted in
smoking even in the women's cabin.
They do not merely carry lighted cigars
or cigarettes into that cabin. but smoke
them.
Another common and highly danger
ous practice is for men to light their
cigarettes in the crowd standing in the
womcn's cabin. ready to leave as soon
as the boat docks. have spoken twice
recently TO man who did this. merely
calling attention courteously to tho no.
tlce displayed. but each time received
All impertlnent retort
Another very dangerous practice Is
that OF lighting a smoke in the jar1
waiting TO go on the boat, the match
being usually tossed away without any
regard for those around on one occs-
SION my ven was set on fire in this
way and ! narrowly escaped becoming
a burned Offering 10 the goddess Nico-
tine.
I wish the campaign could be carried
far enough to include the Hudson tubee.
There are mo Smoking" signs all along
the passag from the Erie station. but
people persist in smoking there, not only
finishing out = smoke bu, lighting up
afresh. Every commuter knows the
abominable jam there morning and
evening. Let the lishts go out sud
denly---it has happened--let careless
smoker throw a match or cigarette stub
The New York herald., 1922-05-28

on some woman's inflammable clothes,
and there is material for a disaster that
would pale the horrors of the Iroquois
Theater.
Recently. seeing young man lighting
a cigarette in this tunnel jam, / called
his attention politely to the mo Smok-
ing" signs. He responded contemp-
tuously: II can read, and I'm going to
smoke. What are you going to do about
it?' He was we'll dressed and spoke
like an educated man.
One result of the insolent selfishness
of the tobacco users is that 1t is con-
verting many formerly tolerant people
TO the views OF DR.. Pease. Anti-tobacco
propaganda is greatly strengthened. Pro-
hibition became a fact because the
liquor business was regarded as a public
nuisance and an economic danger. II
majority OF us are in any way con-
vinced that tobacco is a nuisance it will
be next in line for tie AK. f. I. r.
NEW YORK, May 81.
The New York herald., 1922-05-28
The Rlnsh Rose.

I saw y pretty wedding in the early
morning hours
While most OF folks were still asleep
wedding OF the flowers
The white rose was the dainty bride, a
spider wove her veil.
Twas spangled DER with drops OF dew
like moonstones milky pale.
The rcd ross was the happy groom. the
bridesmaids sweet were two
Moss rosebuds wearing satin frocks and
bright green bonnets new.
The bluebells rang tho wedding chimes.
the buttercup. behold
Had wrought the shining wedding ring
Of It's own yellow gold.
4 daisy from the meadow spread her
tablecloth OF white
And put a pat Of butter on she nodded
over night,
Aud 20 complete the wedding feast =
lingering dsndclion
Presented on golden tray his nncst
home made wine.
\ breeze came up the garden path and
boldly blew aside
The hmy veil Of gosssmer that quite
concealed tho bride,
And lo her petals, once az white as
snowy pearls that link
Their lovelinoss on beautys neck were
all glowing pink
MiNSA IryiSc.
The New York herald., 1922-05-28
Pulling Father Times Whiskers.

The fact that a college of astrono.
mers was summoned by the late Pope
BENEDICT for the purpose of making
better adjustment of the date Of
Easter Sunday has opened the way
to a small army OF reformers who
desire to rip the calendar at present
in use into slithers.
The calendar as we now have il is
practically that of JULIUS CESAR
The Julian calendar was faulty to
the extent that it made the year too
long by about twelve minutes. Pope
GREGORY corrected this error. The
Gregorian calendar was Immediately
adopted in Catholic Europe. and in
England in the latter part OF the
eighteenth century. The Greek
Church has not adopted it at all.
Unfortunately, the year does not
consist Of number OF complete
days. The difference must be adj
justed by the use of leap years. The
error has been so accurately COM
putCu, hoNcNti, thdb thcic VIII Ds
neither gain nor loss OF a day in
several thousand years.
Calendar reformers are troubled
about the length OF the month. There
are months Of twenty-eight days. of
twenty-nine days, of thirty days. and
OF thirty-one days. Had JULIUs
CESAR taken a grade course in Col
burns intellectual Arithmetic" he
might have made year OF thirteen
months each OF four weeks. leaving
posterity to take care OF the 365th
and 366th days.
This is exactly the plan Of some OF
the calendar reformers. Several pro-
posals are before the public ss to the
disposition to be made OF these two
days. One is that the 365th day shall
be known as Zero. All the reformers
are agreed In making the 356th day
legal holiday. Fine! A holiday
will follow zero day, and neither
'ill count.
Humanity has struggled along
Nth the Gregorian calendar for a
century and a quarter among Eng
lish speaking peoples, and for a much
longer time In Catholic Europe. TN
I'll now humanity has raised no seri.
Gus objection TO it. But u has not
occurred to the reformers that their
proposed calendar Ia open 10 the
same objections that have been urged
against the calendar now in use
Nor does the fact occur to them
that change OF the sort they advo-
cate would throw the whole world
into confusion ten times 40 greats as
The New York herald., 1922-05-28
Back to Adam and Eve.

Major j. A. MCEwAN and Mrs.
McEwAN OF London are looking for
an Eden in England in which they
may live the life of ADAM and EVE.
Major McEwAN led the Black Watch
at vimy Ridge; his courage needs no
further Endorsement. He is seeking
for his experiment spot beyond the
reach Of the curious. His under
standing Of one diffculty modern
imitators Of ADAM and EVE must
overcome is thus disclosed. ADAM
and EVE had the great advantage Of
pioneering an idea. They were not
pursued by photographers, inter-
viewers or health food cranks anx-
ious to use them for advertising
purposes.
1t is hard job that Major and
Mrs. McEwAN have set for them
selves. They start seriously handi-
capped. ADAM and EVE had the great
advantage Of knowing nothing about
WOiAu Wdio, VI dutOniODliCb, VI IduIO,
or electric fans. While they were in
Eden the problem Of the fiapper
never bothered Eve They endured
life, enjoyed it indeed, lacking many
things their descendants have be-
come accustomed to use and abuse.
Consequently ADAM and EVE did not
miss the things Major McEwAN and
his wife are going to miss. The
question the Major and Mrs.
MCEwAN must face is whether they
are going to be able to put the con-
veniences OF conventional civilized
life out of their minds along with its
inconvenience. Perhaps the irritat-
ing factors of contemporaneous exist
ence which have driven them to the
experiment they are going to try
have obscured some of the compen-
sating, comforting factors which they
accept without due thought.
IL ADAM and EVE were alive now,
and still in the Garden, they might
be willing to swap places with
Major and Mrs. McEwAN.
The New York herald., 1922-05-28
DR.. Stillman's Gift.

The gift OF DR.. ERNEST G. STILL
MAN OF tract of wild mountain land
between the Military Academy at
West Point and Cornwall constitutes
a valuable addition to the Palisades
Interstate Park, the great recreation
and pleasure ground at the northern
gate of the city.
This park already included about
$4,000 acres, OF which $4,000 acres
are in this State. 1t embraced the
Palisade cliffs and the west bank OF
the Hudson from just north OF Fort
Lee to Palisades, New York. Within
this area lie many Of the most pic
turesque spots and much of the fas-
cinating scenery of the lower Hud-
son Valley.
The highland region OF the park
system, its widest and most inter-
esting section, lies just south Of
West Point and extends westward
to Tuxedo. 1t includes the heavily
wooded slopes OF Bear Mountain.
DR.. STuLMAN's addition comprises
500 acres which lie along the Storm
King Highway for more than four
miles upon both sides of the road
and are separated from the Hudson
River only by the West Shore Rail-
road right of way the entire distance
from the West Point reservation to
the town Of Cornwall. The land
was acquired by DR.. STILLMAN's
father with the purpose of preserv-
ing this beautiful wild region OF
New York State, and with this OBJ
ject in view the son has turned it
over to the Park Commission.
The value Of this gift, great as it
is to the present generation, will in
crease with the years. 1t is bene-
faction to the people Of which the
State may we'll be proud.
The New York herald., 1922-05-28
The Call to Service.

The determination OF FREDERIcK
TRUBEE DAWSON, son OF the late
HENRY r. DAWSON, and ROBERT l..
BACON, son OF the late ROBERT BAcoS,
to follow political career is one in
which the public may take satisfac-
tion and upon which young men who
find themselves in position Of sim
liar advantage should ponder.
Careers in finance were open to
both these sons OF distinguished
fathers. Had they so decided they
could have looked forward to an en-
largement OF their material fortunes
10 degree which they cannot expect
IL they hold to the ideal of disinter-
ested public service.
The fathers Of both Mr.. DAWSON
and Mr.. BACON were eager that their
sons should enter public life. They
themselves were ready always to find
time in the press of their personal
affairs for the opportunity Of serving
the community or the nation. Dcth
rendered the country service Of ex-
ceptional merit, eliminating in Mr..
BAcoN's residence in France rs our
Ambassador and Mr.. DAvIsoN's lead
ership of the American Red Cross.
1t would have been a natural ambi-
tion on the part Of these men TO
desire to see their sons follow them
into the vast field opened by mem
bership in the Morgan firm, but they
chose to advise them otherwise.
Young Mr.. DAWSON will be re-
nominated for the State Assembly, in
which he has gained favorable atten-
tion during his first term of office.
Mr.. BACON will be nominated to sue
ceed Representative HICKS in The
First Congress district. Their prog
ress will be watched with interest,
and their success, II it comes, Is GER
tain to lead others in the same
direction.
1t is not probable that this country
will ever have a governing class in
the sense that England had in the
days before the war. Nor is it desir-
able that it should. The conditions
that prevailed in England did pro-
duce class of young men who were
in many ways admirably trained for
the responsibilities of public Office.
But these conditions were not neces-
sary for the growth Of Lincoln.
What is important is that men Of
wealth should feel the same spur to
accomplishment that stirs those less
fortunately placed. Their example
can be a precious influence for good
citizenship.
The New York herald., 1922-05-28

Years ago when levees were three or
four feet high in tine low places along
the banks of the Mississippi man by
the name OF Cowden advanced the the
ory of outlets as a means of protection
from foods.
The steamboat interests and various
cities and towns which were entirely
and exclusively dependent upon this
their commerce rose up in arms against
his idea The city of New Orleans
especially became alarmed at the pos
sibility of retarding the current and
thereby closing the mouth OF the Mis-
sissippi River. In the excitement that
followed they closed up every outlet
and damned every creek and bayou
that nature had provided for the relief
of this mighty stream. and all this for
the sake Of transportation.
The great middle West in the mean
time was clearing forests, digging
canals and hurrying the waters that fel!
from heaven between the Aileghenies on
the east and the Rocky Mountains on
the west to the great natural drainage
basin of the nation.
The engineering ability of the War
Department and the ten thousand levee
boards insisted that the theory OF ero-
sion would take care of any overhows
in the future. In order to create the
erosion they called on the nation to
build the Mississippi chain of noun
tains called levces on each side of this
great stream. costing the Government
billions And still wet have the disas-
trous overf1ows.
The engineering societies OF the ma
ton have discussed the solution OF the
Mississippi River floods at their annual
conventions and they have accumulated
data about the Danube, the Seine, the
Nile in fact all the principal rivers OF
the world. Whether in this discussion
they have discovered that any two OF
these great rivers are alike in all OF
their physical surroundings has not yet
been determined.
To confine the waters rbetween levees
so as to produce erosion is the basis OF
their proposals. IL the experience OF
sixty years is of value asl evidence then
their plan Is failure, and they should
at least seek some other solution.
There Is no question but there will be
sedimentary accretion in all spillways'
but IL the accretion is utilized to i'm
prove the topography Of the country ]
am sure that it would contribute more
to the country's benefit than rushing 1t
into the Gulf Of Mexico.
Let the Government and the ensi-
neers get away from the old underlying
principle that the Mississippi River is
for navigation only. Let Congress reck-
on with the Mississippi River as a
great drainage system Of the nation ana
make the question Of transportation Sec
cndary. There is no use In having
boats on the river when you flood out
the corn crop on each side.
A spilway can be made at cost
comparatively low when 1t is compared
with the injury suffered by thousands
of people and the damage done to prop
erty from foods occurring in spite OF
The New York herald., 1922-05-28
Patent Medicine Frauds.
Some Samples Of the Deceits Pre-
pared for the Gulllble Sick.

From the Food and Drug Bulletin OF the
Ncto York city Department Of Health.
The division OF patent and proprie-
tary medicines of the Bureau of Food
and Drugs Of the New York city De-
partment OF Health was established
with view of preventing the sale Of
all preparations for which false. fraud
ulent and misleading claims were made.
For this end the division undertook the
perusal OF all literature accompanying
preparations for registration and also
of number that have not been regis
tered for the reason that they COM
piled with the law by having the name
CT the active ingredients printed on
the label or package.
As a consequence great number Of
manufacturers were notified of viola
tions and they in most cases revised
their labels and literature so as 10
comply with the law. Others were in
formed that the preparations which
they offered would be analyzed and IL
the therapeutic action OF the ingredients
were not such as could relieve the all
ments or diseases for which claims
we're made they must withdraw such
preparations or the department would
prosecute IL sold or offered for sale
In New York city. A few cases OF par
ticular interest in this connection that
came under the supervision OF the dl-
vision are as follows:
Two manufacturers offered prepara-
tions for registration that were said
to be cures for leprosy. On learning
the names OF some of the active insrc-
dents this claim was disputed and one
of the manufacturers Withdrew his
medicine. which was. In our opinion.
evidence that he doubted the prepara-
tons efficacy. The other. however. main-
taincd it was positive cure. There
fore, the application for registration
was denied and the manufacturer noti-
fed that he would be prosecuted II he
sold it in New York city.
Another preparation presented con-
sisted OF bag of clay containing a
small amount OF free sulphur. This
bag, weighing from two to nine pounds.
was TO he applied hot in cases OF can
Ger and other tumors, tuberculosis ao-
pendictis and various other diseases.
A large number of testimonials were
submitted TO prove the truth OF the
claims made for 1t. The analysis and
literature lauding its virtue. and testi-
mony given before a Federal Judge 10
the effect that the witnesses had been
permanently relieved OF cancer and
other diseases. were presented to the
patent medicine committee OF the De-
partment of Health for its opinion
This committee pronounced the claims
fraudulent. false and exaggerated and
recommended prosecution II the prep
aration was sold or offered for sale in
New York city.
The New York herald., 1922-05-28

mittee, using the economic sense he
possesses in large measure, tried to
steer the mad McCumber tariff max
ers away from the folly which makes
their glove schedules an irrational
tariff. But they. like Mr.. LITTAUER,
thought they knew more than the
worlds economists and bankers-or,
more likely, they didn't care so long
as they piled up the duties.
Even IL Mr.. LITTAUER's dream OF
pre-war prices came true, a 81 spe-
cific duty on IS was 25 per cent,
but go per cent. duty on IS is $3.50
--or an increase Of 140 per cent.
And such treatment of American
women, newly possessed of the bal
lot, is nothing less than political as
well as economic lunacy.
AS for Mr.. LITrAUER's mathemati-
cal fancy that it is possible for a
rate of duty or for anything under
the sun to become 800 per cent.
less" than it had been, THE New
YORK HERALD confesses its inability
to fathom the mysteries OF that prop
osition which out-Fordneys FoRpNEY.
In plain arithmetic, 100 per cent. is
the limit of reduction for anything
and everything; after that the thing
ceases to be. 1t might have in
creased 1000 per cent, but when that
loco per cent. thereafter has de-
creased 100 per cent. it is all wiped
out and there is nothing left to talk
about in reason.
And SO we leave his 900 per cent.
reduction discovery to the solitary
edification of Mr.. LITTAUER