Arizona state miner., 1924-04-26

cred early "Wednesday ,rot ming IN the
garage of w. l.. Richards by Chas.
Sh0ntz, his nelghDor Just another
gentle reminder to our citizens that a
general Cleanup Day would eliminate
to great extent the danger of such
fires. Any sheds or out houses that
have an accumulation of old rubbish,
loose hay, and odds and ends should be
cleaned out at least once year. Let's
all boost for Cleanup Day.
M. GEN UNG. Fire Chief.
There was good attendance at the
Presbyterian Church on Easter Sunday
when over thirty dollars were received
from the children as their contribution
in dimes towards the new building.
The Miner editor has been permitted
to read a letter from Miss Pauline
Hopping, who recently left for her
home at Council Bluffs via Los Angeles
and Seattle. Her experience warns
against big steamship agents in Los
Angeles who lie to get passengers to
Los Angeles and then trim" them of
their loose cash before putting them on
board. Miss Hopping got ''maddern a
wet hen" and proceeded by rail after
several days delay. The letter makes
good reading and was directed to Mrs.
Jernigan, Mrs. Thofern. Mrs. Watson,
Mrs. Shackelford, and Mrs. Wright.
and is quite warning to travellers 60
ing west.
The true value of man on the city
council is expressed in what he does
while a member of that body and not
the official honors it has to bestow.
The man or woman who declares he
can see nothing in being a town coun-
Gilman is deficient IN good citizenship.
They can't see anything except thru
the "dollar eye", which is visionary
defect that affects too many of us.
The Rev. Borthwick will preach his
farewell sermon on Sunday the 9th
after which he will have charge of the
work at Kyrene, Goodyear. and Tempe.
His family will remain in Wlckenburg
until school is out. A large attendance
is requested.
And now they say Wickenburg is to
be railroad fumigating point against
the foot and mouth disease. Fun,iga-
tion may be a good thing, but that
remedy should be applied before Cali
fornians get here. If our alleys and
streets and some of our residents were
included in the new orders, perhaps
Wickenburg would be highly benefited
as much cleaner city.
Mrs. Hugh Jernigan and daughter
Maxine went to Phoenix this morning.
Mrs. Henry Thofern is rapidly I'M
proving and expects to be up again in
short time.
Every newspaper in the State that
supports a democratic administration
ought to run column on the rat in
ratification.
Mrs. D. L. Bishopp went to Los An
geles for the summer on Monday eve
ming.
The usual combines for closing up the
other fellow In summer is working.
Three bakeries are striving for Wick
enburg trade.
The big fellows who live by killing
off their business rivals all have to die
themselves some day when some bigger
walloper happens along with Teapot
Dome club. When that time comes
they think this is a heluva country for
liberty and lawbreakers.
1LS WOIlUGIAuL uOW QulCh OOAAc DuSl-
ness heads learn the Importance of a
friendly unison with the home town
paper and it's usually too modest editor,
when their interests are in jeopardy.
Eleven electric companies of six east
ern states have consolidated into q
super-powerg group, representing 81. 125,
900, 900 investment, to produce power
for industrial concerns. Within year
the power groups of Niagara Falls,
New England, and the Southern and
Western systems will be linked up into
an organization more dlctatorial and
powerful than the u. S., demanding
new profit making privileges in oil lands,
coal, water power sites, and other re-
sources of the nation which the people
themselves own, but have allowed to
get away in perpetual leases like the
Teapot Dome oil lands.
Those ''spot dances" at the
Baxter theatre tonight are an in
teresting feature every dance.