The Coconino sun., 1923-02-16
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Rowe's We'll, February 10, 1922

Rowe'S Well, February 10, 1928.
Grand Canyon chapter of the Hard
times. club met in regular nightly ses-
sion, at Rowe's Well, at $50 p. M, on
date first above written. Chief Vic
tim, John Hardup, presided. Roll call
disclosed a full attendance OF mem
bers and twelve visitors, or near hard
ups. Minutes last meeting read and
ordered disproved, after which meet
ing dissolved itself into committee
in hole and proceeded to cuss the
question of the evening, viz: The
Trend of The Times"
Professor Poverty Ike opined that
times were getting better every day
in every way, instancing Senator
Kamels bill on cancellation of debts
to the sovereign state of Arizona, and
the covert remarks of the editor OF
The Coconino Sun anent the worthy
senator's bill. Objection by Kalamlty
overruled by the chair and division
ordered. Whereupon it was found
that there was nothing to divide, all
present having paid first installment
of taxes for 1922, with regrets.
After 81 seconds of cussing and
discussing, the unworthy scribe was
ordered to elaborate, elucidate and
emancipate a set of resolutions, justly
laudatory of the beauties, needs,
righteousness and reasonableness of
cancellation, and to further express
the indignation, disapproval and con-
demnation of editors who should from
any motive, pure or otherwise, OBJ
iect to said cancellation of said debts
to said sovereign Arizona.
While the unworthy scribe wrote
the meeting was entertained by Miss
Hardtimes with a solo entitled: "Oh
What a Consolation" after which the
Starvation Quartet rendered a selec-
ton on the ukulele and the chair
passed the B. d. and everybody
smoked except the ladies'.
Then the Scribe announced that he
had something to report, whereupon
the clerk read the following:
Resolution by the Hardtimes club
in session assembled:
Whereas, 1t has pleased cur great
senator and fellow citizen to introduce
a bill to cancel debts due the A. S.
L. department by its clients, and
Whereas, said bill recites the pow
erty Of such clients as just ground
for such cancelling of such debts, and
Whereas, the editor of a certain
newspaper, i. e., The Coconino Sun,
has seen fit to condemn the above
mentioned bill for the relief of the
worthy poor, and
Whereas, 1t is the essence Of this
club that this bill should receive the
u nj Of oil nnnd p1fl-
zens who are so unfortunate as to be
in arrears to said department, and
Whereas, Many men Of poor judg-
ment have a pernicious habit of pay
ing rentals and taxes before the same
shall become delinquent, now there
fore be it
Resolved, That our esteemed sena-
tor be requested to piepare and intro
duce, or cause to be introduced, in
the state senate, at Phoenix, forth
with, bill entitled An Act to Punish
Profligacy in Persons Who Shall be
Found Guilty of Paying Taxes or
Rentals Before the Same Shall Be
ONE Delinquent, and to provide, that
the County Assessor, and Tax Collec-
tor, be commanded to place in the
hands Of the county attorney a full
list of all persons committing the
above-named offence, and when such
has been given such attorney, it shall
and it is hereby made his paramount
duty to proceed against such offenders
to the exclusion of all other BUSINESS,
at once. for the first offence,
offenders to be punished with i'm
prisonment for life; second Of
fence, death at the yardarm; third
offence, hanged, drawn and quarter
ed, or any just and humane death
thought to be effective to stop the
practice above referred to; and be it
further
Resolved, That in the opinion of the
club it would be fine thing to ask
that all taxes or rentals paid by
of this club, whether delin
quent or not, during the last five
years, be refunded, thereby providing
each with funds sufficient to pay the
monthly dues Of only cents to this
club, and be it further
Resoluted, That the editor above re-
ferred to be condemned to drink wa
ter once a day SO long as Volstead
rules, this by way of reward for his
unseemly comments on the Cancella-
tion BILL
Bald Pete moved the adoption of
the resolution. Sad-Eye seconded in
demands. The chairman
put the motion and after half an hour
wrangle, declared same carried.