Arizona state miner., 1924-04-19

it ought to have, it thrives and is
able to present an appearance of pros
perity for the town to the outside
world. If it does not thrive, out
siders are inclined to look on the
town as undesirable to live in, and
so move on to other cities.
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| The JOhnson-Swing BILL framed for
development of the Colorado by the
government, for benefit of California
and Mexico is not so much in favor
at Washington just now. Gov. Hunt
has been wired twice to appear be-
fore the committee to repeal charges
that Secretary Work was using his
position to favor the State of Color
ado in the proposed Colorado devel-
opment. Go to 'em, Governor, alta
boy!
While the American people, thru
their representatives in Congress, pile
up new laws and restrictions against
price-fixing of petroleum products, the
federal commissions and bureaucra-
cies keep busy in "hogtieing the oil
reserves" and placing them in the
hands of such men as Sinclair, Do
heny, Fall, Daugherty and DENLY
who are now enjoying Teapot Dome
barbecue.
Since the exposures in the office of
the highway department have pointed
| the finger of fraud at Tom Maddox,
he has got stirred up and announces
he will run for governor this fall
Tom may have had a following when
State Engineer but with the oppor-
tunity for "perquisites" to his friends
gone, he will have hard time to
build political machine of any pro-
portions.
You bet! The little uncorrupted
home paper still commands the re-
spect and confidence of a nation.
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Listen to the bull they are peddl-
| ing thru the Manufacturer quoting the
Dept. of Commerce as authority that
| lumber prices for January and Feb
ruary are lower than any time since
| 1918, when everything was on war
basis. The outrageous price of lum-
ber has headed off the building of
five million homes the past year.
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| A public auction of more than so
square miles of State School and In
stitutional lands will occur at Phoe-
nix on Monday. MAY IL There ought
TO be $4,000 bidders at the capital to
bid on this acreage but it is doubt
full if more than dozen persons
will do the bidding.
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Heard and his Phoenix newspaper
is like the guy who split two silver
half dollars, soldered the two heads
together in one piece and the two
tails together in another, and then
went out to pitch "heads or tails"
with some poor sucker who always
tossed up first. With the other fell
low already down as heads" all
Heard has to do is to toss the coin
with the two tails. The pioneers of
Arizona already have a parent or
ganization and what the rest of us
ought TO do is to sidestep D. B..
Heard's aspirations and form an aux
Hilary in everv county of the State
to affiliate with it. Looks like d. B.
Heard wants to be the whole thing
and make republican cheese out of
the pioneers of Arizona
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The Dlnbars have been in Arizona
for sixty years and up to the pres
ent none of them has ever pinned
his colors on with D. B. Heard
badge.-Dunbars.
Not quite that long; but we're with
you on that song from this time on
neighbor.
/ Republicans new organization or
ganized four years ago at PhoeniS
fnow has visions of a pioneer build
ing at the Capital City to cost $100,
900. D. B. Heard is nuts on the
idea" and is feeding his lambs or
stewed rhubarb and sanddobs tc
give them republican zeal.
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A WORLD OF FUN
We are always glad to welcome the
old timers to Phoenix, even though
the pilgrimage is made under the per
sonal supervision of Gineral Bunk
, We have the greatest admiration an(
I respect for these sturdy men and wo
men who blazed the trails Of civiliza
tion into our state and made it pos
t sible for those Of us of later gen
Grafton to live here. They get :
{ world of fun out of these annual re
| unions and lit is a genuine pleas
j. ure to Phoenix to have them here
We can't understand why a Pioneers
= Day wouldn't make a most attractive
q feature of the State Fair. If an,
| grnnn of nnn and women are en-