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The Coconino sun., 1923-03-09
MAJORITY RULE THREATENED

The filibustering, the bloc raids on the treas
liry and the bitter battling of sectional groups,
show among other things, that Congress is no
longer content to abide by a decision of the ma
1ority. The people are expected TO, but their
representatives will not. Our land is SO vast and
with such diverse interests, geographical and
economic. that general legislation fair or favor
able to every section becomes increasingly i'm
possible. What our national legislature ought to
application and advantage to all parts of the
land. We have gone too perilousy far in central
ization, and should take the back track now Un-
less we do this and leave more to the states
leave them freer to legislate to meet their pop
ular and local needs-the ever-increasing conten-
tion and confusion in congress will make 1t
cockpit of sectional selfishness and its sessions
d travesty and farce.
The fareical fiibuster would not be tolerated
in any. other body of men on earth. In ERECT the
senate is a small organized body IN Wnlcn
smaller body rules the country. Ii the majority
body permits the minority to rule, 1t is as BAD
as the minority
The Coconino sun., 1923-03-09
WHO is TO BLAME?

When the general public begins to play honest
with itself it will have honest men in of
flee and not until then, The politician has to use
the same tactics with the public as the public
uses with him, consequently honesty of purpose,
ability and integrity do not count much in the
political game as it is now played. You cant
blame man who wants an office for promising
the dearly beloved people the whole world and
the fullness thereof; he knows they will forget
what he promised and they will forget what they
thought they wanted If he, the politician,
stands too strongly for justice and right, when
immediate friends of previous devotees are in
volved, then he, the politician, is all to the bad.
The old Gen. Pub wants exact justice for their
enemies but much leniency and careful consid-
Grafton for friends who have been merely care
less in their demeanor toward the welfare Of the
general public. The primary education OF pol
itician teaches him that Standing pat" for right
and Justice won't ever get him to first base
with old supposedly righteous Gen Public. Now,
Just who is to blame for what we get?
The Coconino sun., 1923-03-09
HELP MAKE FLAGSTAFF PROSPEROUS

Few people fully realize the great amount of
benefit derived from "Trade at Home Week, !"
recently inaugurated in Arizona by the State
Industrial Congress. The good comes to all di-
rectly or indirectly, Getting acquainted with
your neighbours business knowing what he IS
sacrificing for the good of the community in
which he lives and some of the troubles that be-
set him often clears away erroneous Impressions
The prosperity of one helps in the success OF
the business of others and the prosperity Of all
is the aim in building up city. Thousands and
thousands of dollars are sent away from Flag
staff monthly, which money goes to build up
and make prosperous other cities. This is one OF
the direct reasons why smaller towns drag along
without improvements and conveniences of large
cities. NJ
Our schools, churches and societies are finan-
ced by local business men. Local business men
are not only called on for taxes, but for dona-
tions almost every day in the year for some
worthy cause. The foreign business man has no
interest here, pays no taxes for doing business
here and never donates for any local cause.
Money spent with him is just that much wealth
gone from the community. 1t may be possible at
times to get goods for few cents less from
specialists in certain lines, but it can not be call
ed gain to the purchaser, for that money never
gets around to him again-it is gone for all time.
Many people are awakening to these old-tme
truths and there has been a wonderful improve
ment in our business houses. Prices have been
lower because the volume of business would per-
nit smaller profits. Others have been able to
build up better equipped shops enabling them to
better compete with outsiders. 1t establishes
better home feeling among the whole people. The
general good spirit of helping each other spreads
and when one helps another he is indirectly
helping himself and his home town.
It is mostly thoughtlessness on the part OF
many who. do not realize that the few small
amounts when all added together make sum
that would easily mean a profitable business for
q few more people, or would at least make it
possible for those already in business to give
you better service.
The Coconino sun., 1923-03-09
COLLECTING OVERDUE TAXES

The drive of the internal revenue bureau un-
der the present administration to collect back
taxes resulted in nearly $165,000,00O in delin-
quent income and profit taxes being collected
during the last six months. If this rate IS
maintained, and it is believed by revenue officials
that it Will be exceeded, the collection OF back
taxes for the fiscal year ending June 30 will be
very close to S35O,00O,000. These receipts are.
Of course in addition to the regular collection OF
taxes The delinquent taxes that are being col,
leeted are taxes which were due but uncolected
under the democratic administration.
The Coconino sun., 1923-03-09
HE WAS OuTA LUCK

An exchange tells of man whose
wife is a trifle dilatory about get
ting up in the morning. One morn
ing she failed to get down stairs in
time. to receive her husbands parting
kiss before leaving for his office, so
he kissed the hired girl instead. The
wife heard Of it and from that time
on she was always up promptly in
the morning. The man told a friend
Of the success of his experiment, but
the other said that it wouldn't work
in his case. His hired girl was a
colored lady.
The Coconino sun., 1923-03-09
PAP SUCKED THE EGGS

An earnest young West Virginian,
misled by the stories of profits to be
made from chicken raising, complain
ed sorrowfully to a neighbor that his
hens wouldn't lay.
"Feed them moonshine," suggested
his friend.
A few days later the neighbor,
passing the farmhouse where the boy
lived, stopped to ask him how the
experiment was working.
''The hens are layin' fine" the boy
told him, as gloomily as ever, "but
paw has took to suckin' the eggs"
The Coconino sun., 1923-03-09

Since few people are expert at setting out
trees, or do not have the time, why wouldn't it
be q real fine plan as well as good business for
some one who does know how to set trees out
as well as the best varieties to plant in this CHI
mate, to collect orders and plant them on or
about Arbor Day, in April. The city needs
many more shade trees, and it has been dem
onstrated they will grow if given proper care.
There are many beautiful trees here now as the
foresightedness of old-timers who planted them.
Plant trees for the benefit Of those to follow in
compliment to the old-timers who thoughtfully
planted trees for you.
The Coconino sun., 1923-03-09
SMALL CAUSE FOR WORRY

Buddy was up before the disability
board. The pompous alienist was
asking him long string of questions
to determine his mental condition and
buddy was rapidly getting disgusted.
Quick" shouted the celebrated
doc, "tell me this: How many legs
has lobster?"
Buddy looked at him crushingly be-
fore replying.
'For the luvya Mike" he said, "is
THAT all you got to worry about y
The Coconino sun., 1923-03-09

Ormes' farm loan bill, which provides that no
state funds can be loaned on farms unless said
farm has been under irrigation for at least five
years sounds like it was Phoenix only, stunt
and reminds one of the man down in Arkansas
who wrote sawmill manufacturing company for
q price on a saw1nill. The company wrote back
that sawnnill machinery such as he wanted would
require an expenditure of $4,000 Mr.. Arkan-
sas almost exploded with the sardonic answer
'rWotinell would | want with sawn1ill If had
ten thousand dollars!" Some farm loan" bill
he proposes, Eh, what?
The Coconino sun., 1923-03-09

The state legislature has a desire to annex a
part of Old Mexico to Arizona. This is indeed a
most laudable enterprise even though Arizona
may not be entirely competent to care for the
present wide domain as yet undeveloped. 1t
shows that some of our legislative boys are look
ing forward to the heritages of our progenitive
grandfathers Thinking and providing for our
progenitve grandpas is great stunt for it
helps greatly to help the nowhere" people for
get the results they polled at the last election.
The Coconino sun., 1923-03-09
TALKS, TlCKLES AND
TANTRUMS
SATISFIED BUT NOT CONTENT
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A Scottish minister, marrying cou-
pie of his rustic parishioners, was dis
concerted by the bridegroom's answer
when asked if he was willing to take
the woman for his welded wife.
AYE, I'm willin'," was the reply,
"but I'd rather have. her sister"
Employer: "See here, young man,
you don't have to watch the clock.
I'll call you when it's time to go
home"
Employe: II know, but / might be
too busy to hear YOU"
Mrs. Flatbush: "Who is that woman
you just bowed to?"
Mrs. Bensonheurst: "Oh, she's my
next door neighbor."
Mrs. F.: "But she didn't return
the bow"
Mrs. B.: ooh, she never returns
anything"
The Coconino sun., 1923-03-09
SLIDE. KELLY. SLIDE

"Sam," said the tenant of the bach
elor apartment to the janitor, ''if any
of the other tenants kick about that
little party I had last night, just let
it slip your mind"
"Yassuh,' agreed Sam, cause a
five-dollah bill sho' makes wun-
nerful banana peel on de sidewalk
OBJ NAH memory"
The Coconino sun., 1923-03-09
REALISTIC DREAM

They were talking together under
the shaded lights in the conservatory.
mabel" he said, II had such a
realistic dream last night. dreamed
l proposed to you, and you said, Go
to father
eyes, Harry, and what did father
say?" she cooed.
"Well, that part is little hazy.
All know is that I woke up and
found myself on the floorn
The Coconino sun., 1923-03-09

An exchange has figured that the cost
of CITY. county state and national gov
eminent totals $500 for each family Of five per-
sons. Well what's that compared to $4,000? Then
too, if you don't have family of five don't you
get rebate? With the new state jobs suggest
ed by the state legislature, there should soon be
enough jobs so that each family. belonging to
the right party should have at least one job, un-
less of course, some few families hog them all.
The Coconino sun., 1923-03-09
DOG SAVES HIS MASTER MONEY

Il The other day a well known local mining man
dropped into The Sun office to advertise for q
lost dog, and such was the wonderful power OF
advertising that the dog walked into the office
while the man was writing out the advertise
n1ent-Superior Sun.
The Coconino sun., 1923-03-09

Jim was very much in love, but held
back his proposal from sheer bash
fulness. At last he decided to pop
the question by telephone.
mabel, love youw he gasped, his
heart humping, will you marry
me?n
There was women's hesitation be-
fore the answer came.
"Of course | will, Arthur. Why
didn't you come and ask me your
self %
Then Jim shouted back:
you'll have to break the news to
Arthur yourself. I'll be hanged if |
will"
The Coconino sun., 1923-03-09

Now our happy-go-lucky legislature, just to
show how little it cares for a few dollars if the
other fellow pays it. wants to square itself on the
Colorado river. pact by letting the people OF the
state vote on a bond issue of twenty-five mil
lion dollars to build state dam on the river
some old place. It's a brilliant idea and might
keep the minds of the people off their slaughter
Of the pact.
The Coconino sun., 1923-03-09
HIS.MIS-T TEAK

There is one restaurant in Holly
wood that is notorious for its tough
meat. A tourist entered one night
and ordered steak. When it was
served finally by a very clumsy wait
ress he tried to cut it, bat failed. He
called the waitress and complained.
Il can't get my fork into this" he
said, ut is as hard as rock"
"I'm sorry, sir" said the waitress,
sit's the best we've got and, anyhow,
| can't take it back"
"What do you mean? Why can't
you take it back -.
cts bent, sir"
The Coconino sun., 1923-03-09

We note with amazement that the star Beta
Ceti of the constellation Cetus is SO densely re-
mote that it takes its light eighty years to reach
the earth But, even at that, it hasn't much on
our legislature. The people, however, have no
intention to keep them in office long enough to
see the light.
The Coconino sun., 1923-03-09

bunch Of New York counterfeiters organ
lied to make money on much the same basis the
war profiteers did, but many Of them have been
arrested because some of their money went to
foreign countries
The Coconino sun., 1923-03-09

Many happy income tax returns of the day
March 18TH It's wonder this date isn't moved
over to March 17th, St. Patricks Day, and make
'em all pay in orange colored bills.
The Coconino sun., 1923-03-09

Some of the partisan politicians who are op-
posed to the Colorado River compact evidently
believe in the slogan of "Ses Arizona Thirst. -
Nogales Herald.
The Coconino sun., 1923-03-09

What this country needs is less work and more
money, and some legislators are trying to make
their constituents believe it can be done by law
The Coconino sun., 1923-03-09
DRIVEN TO IT

"He was driven to. his grave"
"Of course he was. Did you ex-
pect him to, walk"
The Coconino sun., 1923-03-09

The leading. bone. of contention is
the jaw bone. The next is the from
bone.
, 1923-05-06

the above list are thero. II you have
not got them. go TO any reliable
dealer in your town and make Il n
business OF equ;pping your Home Ga.
rage. You will find It viii n v you
in many ways.
Another thing, many Of the eup.
pics o should have in your Home
Garage would DO available TO take
along in tho car on your trip.
Thcn you won't have to stop no
frequently for supplies. When you
have n puncture, you have n repair
outfit In the n to fix tho tube or n
spare tire on back ready for use.
You can fil up tho crank case with
oil when you start on so that you
won't have TO buy It a,ong tho road.
You can carry an extra supply OF
spark piugs with you In case ono
goes bad. You will always havo extra
fuses for your ignition syutom- You
could mako lamp bulbs a part OF your
a equipment
And back in the Homo Garage you
will have al tho tools, nil tho ma.
|terials. NJ the equipment thai you
win need for minor repairs or nd
Justments that you can mako your.
self.
Another thing. in buying n seasons
supply o your Home Garage. select
a reliable dealer from whom you can
get high grade articles ut reasonable
dealer whom off on n trip II neccs-
'priceA y. -
II will help you TO avoid the "gyp'
slty forces you to buy n new tube
or another spare tire 70 rs to con.
tinuc you trip.
There are any number of reliable
dealers in the city. They would be
glad to tell you some OF the things
you will find II profitnh,e to keep
in your Homo Garage.
With this in mind. many of them
nra Hotting naidn tho week of MnY
, 1923-05-06

Tho United States government 10
cooperating to the fullest extent and
opening up national parks. building
trails through tho mountains and
forests ana providing camp sites
Whenever possible.
The National Park system has bsan
extended and improved and the fol-
lowing parks will be open 20 the mo
florists In 1923:
Crnter Lake. OREGON; General osNat.
California; Glacier. Montana; o<~na
Canyon. Arizona: Hawaii. Hawaiian
Islands. Hot Springs. Arkansas; Ia
fayettc. Maine; Lnssen Volcanic, Cali
%fornin; Mesa Verde. Colorado; ssuuois.
California; sully's Hri. North Dakota:
Wind Cave. South Dakota; Yellow
atone. wyoming: Yosemite, California:
Zion. Utah.
Prepared for me treat asasp ~
tourists who win 1warm evee the
highways. the National Motorists As
s~ociation stands ready to furnish d.
tailed information to any tourins hu-
automobile cub or simifar or
sanizstion In the United statss or
Canada.
"Dscovsr America. NJ national
touring s'ogan of the N. N. A., will
be put into effect along the highway
and bystnys OF tho enttu Unitsd
States n Canada this year by tho
worlds largest and most enthusiastic
army of discoveries.
, 1923-05-06
Editorial :: Automobiles :: Churches :: II

7 to May IL as a Homo Garage week.
in which they are mnieing n feature OF
h supplies md equipment that tho
average Home Garage lacks.
Identifying yourself with n reliable
denler accompanies two things. II
secures high quality products for you
at reasonable prices and II makes him
Interested in you when you need re-
pairs or adjustments.
The reliable dealer will " you
much needless expense Mt such times,
ANY time Ia tho time to equip your
Homo Garage but especially can you
do this during Home Garage week
whom dealers all over your town are
featuring these special supplies.
Don't put tho whole burden on your
automobile. 1t is n marvellous piece
OF machinery. 1t run under almost
any conditions. 1t needs practically
no caro but be prepared TO give 1t
tho cnro that II does need by having
tho materials on hand with which to
do Il.
Give YOUR car n rem homo
, 1923-05-06
UNIFORM QUALITIES IN (.
TIRE MAKING IS URGED
upon NATIONAL MAKERS

There is n big movement going on
among tire dealers everywhere ito
induce the tire manufacturers TO
abandon tho common practice of
making tires of several qualities.
Tho National Tire Dealers associn'
ton has just issued a bulletin urging
nil its members to bring h utmost
possible pressure to bear on tire
manufacturers TO stamp out whnt tho
dealers regard us n serious evil.
The practice OF making severn
grades of tires has become so bad
that one manufacturer now makes
four different grades of fabric tires
In the Ford size. not 10 mention his
ord tires. And n member of othcrs
make thrco grades of fabrics.
We believe hat tho manufacturer
the dealer and tho public win MI
profit II n policy OF n quality only
Is strictly enforced.
A cheap tire ncver pay anyone
Only n thing makes It cheap and
that Is reduced a~uallty-nnd in tho
tire business that means reduced
value. One OF tho reasons that tho
Hous of Micheiln In so strong. ia
that Michelin has eve made more
than ono quality-The Best. The
company that sticks q that policy
M put out tires at n moderate price.
y Michelin hns proved.
, 1923-05-06
OF AUTO OWNERS TO
ANSWER CALL OF ROAD In 1923:
big Increase HELD PROBABLE

Moro than 10 million tourists will
answer tho call OF tho great open
spacss and take to ths motor high
why's during the touring eeaSon OF
1923.
that $500. 900 car owners will take a.
vantage OF the splendid highways
which hAv. been constructed during
tho past aeverSl years and Wait Amer.
ica's beauty spots 4 be found IN nj.
mos. every n of the a. statoe ana
6rAda.
by estimating that each car owner
has four In tho family including him
sci tho total OF over ten million tour
ISL II conscrvntively arrived at.
Business institutions OF all kinds
will share In the greet distribution OF
money which will be expended, and
hotels, GHrages. automobile Acc~sapry
stores. department and clothing stores
will nli benefit thereby.
A number of cities are already M /.
Ing preparations to take care of tho
stranger within their gates, camp
sites and parking grounds are being
established. automobile club TOURING
bureaus are preparing to extend reel.
procni courtesics m furnish TOURING
information ana courteous treatment
to motoviata from other localities.
The National Motorista Association
through its touring bureau. 10 pre-.
pairing hundreds of'thouzsnds of Yout.
cards. maps. and touring instructions
which will be made svailAbls in Mi
parts Of tho country.
, 1923-05-06

or by 1900 than the preceding year.
yet two utates and thirty-cEht cities
showed that tho highwaS hazards can
DO reduced. Connecticut lowered It's
motor fatality record from 235 In
1921 TO 200 in 1929 and Massnchu.
sctts dropped from ga to b22. C,eve-
land. ohior Columbus. Ohio; Hart.
ford. Conn; Kansas City, Mo.
omnhn. Neb.; Spokane. Wash. /;
Springfield. Mass: st. Paul. MINI;
Tacoma. Wash; and Portland, Ore.
r among tho cities which lowered
their fatality rata In the past year
, 1923-05-06

navy - - ivy ktI mn
instruction book. telling how to op,
crate and caro- for tho automobile
But this very unfortunate condi.
builds n Home Garage no has nj
guide book about the a of this
Homo Garage or instruction book 10
tell him what he should keep in this
Home Garage.
And 70 II has como about that
most Home Garages nro little more
than covered parking spaces for tho
automobiles they contain.
But mi very unfortunate condi.
ton is expensive for tho motorist and
bad for tho automobile.
How much better II would bo II the
garage contained n few supplies that
tho average motorist would need. not
for a single trip, but for n season-
n few Of the tools that no would uso,
not once. but perhaps Curing his life.
time.
just for example. here's n list of
things that are missing from the nv.
erage Home Garage. which ought 10
BIO available for simple adjustments
or repairs:
Screw drivers. little homo vuicaniz.
Ing outfit. extra links. spare tirc.
spark n'ugs. n supply OF Indicating
oil. stiff brushes for washing the
wheels, wrcnchcs. tire chains. an ex-
ira Tube or two. lamp bulbs. n few
gronse cups. soap for removing
grease. spongcs. channels.
These arc Just n few OF re essen.
tai supplies that so to make n Homo
Garage something more han n mere
~storehouso for mn automobi2c.
Tho average motorist will find them
useful. There are many moro things
thnt he may need. not included in
this list.
Check up IN your own Home On
rage md sec what you really havo oil
hind. Bee II tho thlngs described In
, 1923-05-06

capital cost Of laying out new tracks
In sparsc.y settled territory.
Tho motor car and motor truck arr
not only developers OF business in
now territory when In tho han6,, of
tho ultimate consumer. but the manu-.
facturc Of thcso vehicles has a large
bearing ON tho prosperity OF other in
duHtries. The motor industry in 1922
was the third largest rail shipper
OF tho manufactured articles ciaasi.
~fication. Us shown by tho commodity
statistics of tho interstate commerce
commission
We find petroleum and its products
wns first in this group. an article
which is consumed chiefly in automo-
bile uso.
Ths manufacture of cnrs and
trucks calls for SO per cent OF the
plata class supply; 2 per cent OF the
tin. 10 per cent OF copper and rs per
cent OF aluminium.
Now Scfhoois m Cusn<ry.
Motor transportation has had .
stimulating effect in tho development
OF rural schools. There has boon .
growing tendency to consolidate the
one-room building into central schools
and to transport the children from
the different districts by bus. Thsrs
arc now over 1890 consolidated
schools in the country. 1888 being ss-
tabiished this year. Rcports from
school department heads throughout
tho country Indicate that Transports
ton was provided for Sos. 900 chill
dren. and hat motor vehicles car
rled ~ per sent of thcso passengers.
$1,000 Mile. Of Highways In 1872:
The advent OF tho motor car has
restored the highway to its old-tima
Importance. The IA which leads
past q mans hou,s leads eventually
to a main highway. which in turn
will carry him in a short time 10
some larger industrial center, This
possibility OF tho highway in abolish
ing DISSOLUTION has led to great nctiv'
ity in the increase or road building,
Twenty thousand miles OF highways
were built in 1922; ii.4oo OF thcsC
were Federal Aid roads. a check-ur
by tho United States bureau of pub
lie roads shows that there r $50,
as6 miles OF highway in the Unite
Stntea of which $50. 600 hnvo som,
sort OF improved surfncc.
Highway Safety Increasing.
Tho safe operation OF motor We
hicies is on tho increase. Although
tho total number OF motor fatalities
lHor tho nation in 1922 wn. II. 1000 larp