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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-07

disparity between the salaries in tn,
Post Office Department and wages paid
in private industry is one OF the prin.
cipal causes OF delay and irregularity
in the handling of the mails"
The public may or may not he in
clined to accept that assertion in it,
entirety The public may not be aware
OF any delay or irreeularity in the han
ding OF the mails. But ii there be any
such delay or irregularity. lack of ade-
quatc pay for employees Of the depart
ment. or lack OF any definite planning
system to provide for future needs as
they arise. could easily account for either
or both OF the conditions complained Of
1t costs the people OF the United
States billions OF dollars to maintain
their country'S government Now and
then some postmaster general announces
that he has put his department on self
sustaining. or almost seli-sustaining.
basis. But subsequent audits show that
the postal service is sustained partly by
funds which it does not directly earn
The public is entitled to the most eff
iicient postal service which it is human
~ possible to build and maintain. Ii
delays and irregularities are caused by
inadequate salaries and by the lack OF
a businesslikc planning system to make
provision for future growth. then these
deficiencies or disabilities should be re-
moved without unnecessary delay. All
OF the departments OF the United States
government spend enough money-the
peoples monev-to warrant popular
demand for efficiency of the highest de-
gree attainable by intelligent and cx-
pertly trained men.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-07
Poets Corner
MY FLiPPER BRIDE.

The poor girl thinks sauer kraut grows
ON trees:
Doesn't know honey is made by the
bees,
She don't know milk has to come FROM
COW;
And she knows beans grow, but she
don't know how,
Thinks spaghetti is a Mexican dish:
And thinks hamburger is some kind
Of fish,
Also thinks oysters all live in can:
And an egg is something that's made
by man.
She also thinks weiners grow on 4
vine;
Nor does she know grapes are what
make the wine,
Don't know caviar is something to
eat;
Thinks asparagus is some kind of
meat.
She thinks that preserves grow in
glass jar;
And rocquefort is the name of a car.
Believes chill is the name of a beach
Watermelon is an overgrown peach.
Thinks cabbage is all you need in a
stew:
And the meat that she cooks no man
could chew,
The poor old girl would never make
any hash;
So half of the food she throws in the
trash.
The biscuits she makes would kill any
horse;
The cakes that she bakes are heavy
and coarse.
She thinks that eggplant must grow in
"A coop;
And noodles are all she puts in her
soup.
We never have turkey. never a roast;
Each morning, she feeds me only burnt
toast,
She never makes pies, nor does she
make bread:
The chicken she fries are all tough
as lead.
When she makes salad I look on in
dread;
It's really shame. the way am fed.
You'd think I'd quit her, now all's said
and done;
But that's a mistake, my life's just
begun.
C, D'YROMA.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-07
FEET TO BE FREED.

Three rousing cheers for the shoe
maker.
Emancipation for cruelty enslaved
feet is on the way. Corns. buniOns
and other pedal deformities are due TO
disappear. The American shoemaker
has organized himself into a society
for the prevention Of cruelty to the
feet. At the annual convention and
style revue of the National Shoe Re-
taiers' Association in Chicago this
week every one of 1900 pairs of
shoes exhibited is said to conform to
the slogan. Freedom from foot hurts. -
Shoes hereafter are to be approx
mately 100 per cent American. Such
terms as French heel and French
toe" are said already to be fast dis
appearing from footwear vocabularies.
IL the 'cobbler will now devise n
shoe that will feel just as comfortable
new as it does worn ont. we shall owe
him an everlasting debt of gratitude
as well as the .cost OF the last pair
purchased.-Omaha World Herald.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-07
GREEN GROW THE RASHES, o."

There's naught but care on every han,
In every hour that passes, o,
What signifies the life o man.
An 'twere ma for the lasses. q,
Green grow the rashes, o,
Green grow the rashes O.
The sweetest hours that e'er | spend,
Are spent amang the lasses. o.
The warlly race may riches chase.
An riches still may fly them. o,
An though at last they catch them fast.
Their hearts can neer enjoy them, @.
Gle me a canny hour at cen:
My arms about my dearie. o,
An warlly cares. an warrly men.
May a gae tapsalteerie, o!
For YOU sac douce. ye sneer at this;
Ye'er naught but Senseless asses. O!
The wiseSt man the warl' Ger saw
He dearly loved the lasses, o.
Aud Nature swearS the lovely dears
Her noblest work she classes. O,
Her prentice han she tried man.
An then she made the lasseS.. o,
Robert Burns
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-07
SECRET INVESTIGATIONS

Have we government or have we
not? II we have, do we trust it: II
we have not, what do we trust:
Such questions are certainly pertinent
IN view of the proposed organization
OF the citizens federal research bureau
suggested by Frank A. Nanderlip for
the purpose of conducting rigorous
scientific investigation OF the federal
government without malice and without
fear" This bureau. which is supposed
to be in the process OF organization. ac-
cording to Mr.. Nanderlip has already
employed distinguished lawyers. expert
investigators and good newspapermen'
but the names OF those who have yolun-
teered for the work and been employed
were withheld.
If secret investigation OF the federal
government and by self-appointed BODY
of citizens, unsolicited BY the public. is
a necessity, then all branches of the
government have completely broken
down. Such move, were it necessity.
would be a declaration of complete an
archy, an emergency measure to get
heads and tails out OF chaos and to give
the public facts on which to proceed.
But in the face of actual conditions.
such action looks like nothing so much
as a monstrous piece OF officiousness.
and species of the sort OF thing of
which people in this country. since the
war, have had ample and enough. 1t
is in line with the activities of the Lusk
Committee in New York state. which in
vestigated and probed into every con-
ceivable thing, wove web of spying and
espionage reminiscent OF the famous spv
system of the ancient regime in Russia.
and came near destroying free institu-
tons in the state.
Public opinion is open. but such Or
CARNATIONS work in secret. They refuse
to come out and give names. They deal
Nrgely with rumor and hearsav and in
tangible stuff. the Pigment of magma
tons distorted by belief in corruption
and avid to discover crooledness. Work
ing in the, dark as they must work. they
generate suspicion and defeat the very
ends for which they propose to operate.
that is, justice and truth.
Conditions unfortunately do arise that
make Investigations necessary. with all
the engendered suspicion and distrust.
but such investigations are made openly
and with all due process OF law. il this
is not done, then there is no actual gov
eminent, nothing but control by back
biting mob.
The people of the United States. how
ever, do still believe they have a GOV
eminent, in spite OF Mr.. Nanderlip. They
also believe. in spite OF ordinations and
recriminations, that honesty and in
-tegrity have not vanished from oil the
face of the earth.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-07
POOR PAY-FAULTY SERVICE

Whenever anybody speaks in deroga
ton OF government ownershp'-a
broad term that covers many vices and
some virtues-somebody is almost sure
to cite the postal service OF the United
States as shining example OF what can
be done with official enterprise on the
job. The postal service is the one gov
ernment-owned-and business OF
which Americans. generally. are proud
On occasions of controversy over
government ownership the critic is
asked: Gould any private concern OPP
crate such vast business so efficiently
and at such low cost for service as
does the United States government: And
would private industry be equal to the
task. financially"
But now, when the tendency is to
inquire more scarchingiy into govern
mental affairs. one reads in the public
prints this headline: "Poor Pay Delays
Mail"
What does that mean? Every en-
ploye OF every post office in the coun-
| try knows what it means. even it the
average voter doesn't But the average
voter is doubtless intelligent enough to
understand that. as general rule. there
| is cause and effect relationship be-
tween commensurate salaries and GOOD
work and between inadequate salaries
and poor work; that relatively high sal
! aries attract comparatively capable men.
while relatively low salaries are lett to
| those who are not so capable.
Oh course there are eptions-many
in the postal service. \ man starts in
with the idea OF working up; but in
the beginning he may not know that the
business which he is taking up is not
on basis on which he may grow
SO, he may spend his best wears be
coming highly efficient in that work. and
! neglect other opportunities until he iaels
that it is too late for him to make a
change that would be profitable to him.
! In the meantime he has been entertain
/ ing hopes OF Announcements in his occu-
. patton. When those Announcements do
/ not come. except i'll the nominal sense
when promotions do not bring raises in
salary commensurate with his increased
value to his employers may lack the
courage to change his occupation. Or
his lack OF courage" may be good judg-
ment, the choice OF designations depends
largely upon his age and his encum-
! brances.
In a recent report the postal-service
committee of the United States Cham
Der OF Commerce said that 'the wide
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-07

Coolidge would subscribe to the political
: equivalent oi tho philosophy oi the pre-
sumably experienced old lriShman who
/ advised his son: "Aly boy. marry foi
love. never for money: but remember
that its just as easy to fall in love with
rich girl as with poor one
The nations chief executive i look
ing primarily Tor a competent man. not
for a political asset. il seems: but most
likely his search is limited by the CON
yiction that il is Just as easy to find
its object within the Republican ranks
as elsewhere.
Nor could the Democrats. themselves
living i'll glass house. afford to throw
any stones. Moreover. If President Cool
idge should appoint To his cabinet any
body who had not always been 4 100
per cent Republican partisan. he might
provoke from members OF his own party
the same sort of criticism as that heaped
poSthumously upon the late President
Wilson by some Democrats for his APP
pointment OF cambridge Colby. form
er Progressive. as secretary OF state.
However, aside from all partisan con-
sidorationS-if indeed. they can be elm
mated from the reckoning--the job OF
finding ready to hand. man competent
to administer the navy's affairs is an
extremely difficult one. Why? Not be-
cause there is any shortage OF brainy
business executives or of technical eX-
perts in this country. There seem to
be two major difficulties.
First. to perform the functions OF his
office with the maximum of good re-
suits. the secretary of the navy should
be both an experienced business eXecu-
tive and somewhat OF technical expert
on naval matters: and where might a
man with this combination of qualii-
cations be found? Possibly within the
Navy, one slight guess. But as gen
eral rule naval officers. as such. are not
for much OF the work which
the secretary of the navy should be able
to do; they receive their training at An
napoliS. i'll naval maneuvers and some
times in war. Besides. the appointment
of a naval expert to be secretary OF
the navy would be contrary to custom.
Second, not every brainy business
executive. commercial leader or promi-
nent engineer in the country would be
available from his own standpoint Many
abominate the very idea OF government
service except in time OF war, because
government service. besides affording
small monetary rewards.
Smacks OF politics.
SO. after all it is hard TO get away
from political con>iderations-from a
reckoning in which partisanship is al
conspicuous factor Accordingly. the
country has no choice but to accept what
ever decision the President may make,
at. the same time retaining. as always
the right to criticise if the decision should
be too flagrantly designed to serve politi-
cal ends.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-07
DID WOMEN WANT THE VOTE?

The coming presidential election. the
second since the granting OF the fran
chise to women. is expected to throw
light Upon more than the actual results
To those interested in what is called the
woman vote" the numbers of votes
cast by women in the election will be
supposed to answer the question: Did
the women really want the vote:
That might be regarded in the light
OF one OF the nine hundred and ninety
nine daily foolish questions. OF course,
there are women who did not want the
vote. They organized against it. They
put out all sorts OF sentimental reasons
for their stand. 1t was not a sufficiently
feminine performance. It threatened the
existence and the stability of the home.
which is always one OF the first things
threatened when anybody proposes a
change. and which, incidentally, has STIR
vived more imminent calamity. seen in
the ofiing by obstructioniSts. than any
other known institution. There was
quite list OF these reasons. good enough
in their way. and doing what they were
bSSlSiICu ~ w. llldl -. DSNlOuNl tIIN 10
site and cover the real reason. which
was nothing more than that the women
who opposed the franchise did not want
the added responsibility and thought it
entailed.
These women naturally will not vote.
But whether they door whether they dc
not can have no real bearing upon the
actual problem involved. 1t would
amount to the same as saying that be-
cause large numbers of men fail to go
to the polls. that the men do not want
the franchise Again that has nothing
to do with the actual problem, which
is fundamental one Of democracy and
the rule OF the people through their
votes.
A woman member OF the Republican
National Committee from New York
put her finger upon the heart of the mat
ter in a recent interview regarding wo-
men and their vote:
eve are Urging every woman, regard
less OF party TO bring at least ten women
in to vote that have never voted before.
and we are begging them to cast their
votes as citizens not as women"
AS long as women live in a republic.
pay taxes. work for living or live on
what their husbands make, have children
who go out into the world and meet
every sort of condition. and are governed
by the laws of the country, they are po-
tential citizens. \ fundamental prin-
ciple OF democracy is violated il the
political powers of actual citizenship are
not theirs.
Having become actual citizens. it is
II iii duty. as OF all citizens. to set aside
selfish disinclinations to responsibility
and as inteligently as may be cast their
votes.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-07
WANTED: MAN FOR BIG JOB

President Coolidge is reported to be
searching for a Seasoned executive" to
take the portfolio relinquished by Ed
win DENLY. He "hopes to lind" says
an Associated Press dispatch, IAN out
standing industrial or commercial leader
or possibly a prominent engineer for
the Navy post"
From this one might we'll conclude
that the President does not regard poli'i-
cal availability" as being of primary
importance. However, perhaps it would
not be unfair to assume that even Mr..
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-07
DenOunce Exiling Of Caliph.
BY the Associated Press.
Berlin. March ..-Resolutions

Berlin, March 7.-Resolutions de-
nouncing the Turkish nationalist for
abolishing the caliphate and calling
upon the the entire Moslem world
to establish commercial and social
boycott against the Kemalist govern
ment. were adopted yesterday at 8
gathering of the entire Islamic COM
munity in Berlin comprising Mohsm-
medans from Al lands.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-07
German Plant Fires 10000.

Cologne. Germany. March 7.-More
than 10000 workmen at the Baden
Aniline Dye Works in Ludwigshafen
and Opau have been dismissed upon
their refusal TO work nine hours
day. 1t was at the Ludwigshafen plant
that yesterdays clash occurred be-
tween strikers and policemen, result
ing in several casualties.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-07

Daily only sS.6iI
Sunday only ......3a.O.6
The above totals and averages for paid cir
cuaton exclusive of all spoiled copies any free
We hereby swear that the foregoing statement OF,
paid circulation is correct
II. e. BROWN
Circulation Manager
c. l.. BUCHANAN.
Business MANAGER
of March A. D. 1924. " '
'seaD FRED J. BONNER JR
Notary
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-07
A Puzzle a Day
I SAW MY GRANDMA IN ENG.

These We're the words Of little boy
who had returned from trip abroad.
They contain the name of the state in
which the boy lived. The name is
there in the sentence, in full view.
Can you find it:
Yesterdays answer:
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-07

NEW York OFFICE-verTee & Conkiin, Inc. SOC
Madison Avenue.
CHICAGO OFFICE-verree & Conklin. Inc. IS East
jackson Boulevard
oFTRoIT oFFIcE-Vcrre. & conklin, Inc. III
Lafayette Boulevard.
Inc. S54 Nonaduock Building
AUSTIN CIRCULATION OTF1CE-F A. puval. fO7
Congress Avenue.
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The Associated Press IS exclusively entitled to the
publication o. all dispatches credited 20
not editod in this Paper and also that
local news published herein. All rights OF repuh "a
zion Of special dispatches herein also reserved
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Il is important when desiring the address o. yom
,,aper charged 90 give both OLD ana addreSses.
should delivery irrcculai please uotify the office
Telephone Crockett 171s.
The Antonio Light Is sale at hotels and
news stands Throughout; the United States.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-07
FEBRUARY CIRCULATION

The paid circulation OF The san Antonio lgh
during the month of February. day by day. was a
The Coconino sun., 1924-07-04
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, JR.
SAYS FLAGSTAFF HAS THE
WORLDS BEST SCENERY

"Most wonderful country / ever saw.
Why in the world do people go to Eu-
rope for sightseeing before they have
seen Northern Arizona? 2"
That's what John Davidson Rock
efeller, Jr., Standard Oil company
magnate, said in Flagstaff last Sun
day evening.
Mrs. Rockefeller nodded approving
". 'fYes,' she said, the Alps have
nothing on your mountains for rug
ged grandeur and are far inferior in
rich coloring while Grand Canyon
why, words are futile in speaking OF
it and it would be sacrilege almost to
mention it in the same breath with
any other scenic wonder Of the world.
Grand Canyon is above comparison"
Mr.. and Mrs. Rockefeller and their
three children arrived in Flagstaff,
via Tuba City, in one. Of the Fred
Harvey automobiles from Grand Can
yon Sunday evening; then, a short
time later took train for California.
W. G. Bass Of Grand Canycn, who
drove the car, stayed at the Weather
ford that night.
Mr.. Bass said that the comments
made by the Rockefellers here were
not any more appreciative than the
many they dropped during the course
Of the trip in commenting on the
varied scenery.
The Coconino sun., 1924-07-04
YEOMEN INITIATE AND
FEAST A BIG CLASS

Flagstaff Yeomen celebrated Tues
day night, the occasion being the re-
ception of rs applications for member
ship, and the initiation Of a fine class
of candidates. Election and installa-
tion of officers was followed by a
watermelon feed.
John nj. Clark was elected foreman.
Associated with him in the Yeomen OF
ficiary are Frank Fairchild, master of
ceremonies; Bertha Kinsey, master
of accounts; Frank Compton, cores
pondent; Mrs. Fairchild, chaplain;
Helen Perry, overseer; Arthur Perry,
guard; Chas. E. Cain, watchman; John
G. Kunzelman, sentry.
State President H. A. Davis acted
as installing officer and Post Fore>
man Peter Zion assisted as chief Yeo-
man.
Another class will be initiated the
evening of July Is, followed by So
cial session to which friends of Yeo-
men will be invited.
The Coconino sun., 1924-07-04
LASHMET PLANS GOLF
COURSE AT LAKE MARY

L. G. Lashmet, who now has the
lease of the cottages and grounds at
Lake Mary, plans building nine-hoie
golf course within the next few weeks.
Mr.. Lashmet is golf enthusiast. II
develops that there are several other
residents here, and many more who
want to learn the game. E. A. Haight,
cashier Of the Arizona Central bank,
himself golf addict, is circulating a
petition and getting signatures OF
those who favor the proposition and
believe they would like to join a golf
club to play at Lake Mary.
Mr.. Lashmet has all the equipment
for building the course and plans if
he can get permission from the forest
service to put two holes on the east
the west side. He says the location
is fine for a modern course, witt
plenty of hazard, and all that sort
Of thing. Rocks win be removed
where necessary and used in the build
ing Of a club house for the course,
which will contain a dance hall,
shower baths, lockers, etc. He also
plans building a summer hotel at the
lake. The clubhouse and hotel will
likely rot be built this. summer
though the construction Of the latter
may be undertaken in time to finish
it up early next spring.
Mr. Haight is much impressed with
Mr.. Lashmet's plans and believes a
golf club here would prove successful
and very popular.
The Coconino sun., 1924-07-04
STOLE CADILLAC CAR AT
MORMON LAKE; ARRESTED

w. Fl. Swall on Monday stole Cad
lilac touring car belonging to Joe
O'Connell of phoenix, camping at
Mormon Lake, drove it to Seligman,
then abandoned it and tried to escape,
but was arrested and brought to Flag
staff county Jail.
A member of the O'Connell family
had driven the car down the lake and
was in swimming. Swall had been
bumming around in that vicinity and
evidently thought he had good
chance to travel stylshly. A few
miles this side of Seligman he ran ou.
Of gas. He got enough to get in from
q tourist, then he tried to hide out. BY
that time the official dragnet had
been we'll spread and his arrest was
made within a few minutes. A gold
watch was in the car when it was
taken and it also was recovered.