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Arizona state miner., 1926-01-16

are in good condition and spirit Of
confidence is marked.
Tombstone Business for holidays
better than year ago Ranges and
stock in good shape. District shipped
80 cars of silver-lead ores in Decem-
ber, an increase of nine cars over
previous month. Two mills now run
ming, with three more due to start
soon. Tombstone-Bisb paving is
finished, facilitating motor travel.
Tucson-Banking transactions show
general improvement in business over
last year; checking transactions of
all Tucson banks in 1925 were $11O,-
100000 compared to $102,0OO,0O0 for
1924 and $92,00O,0OO for 1923. De-
cember building permits totaled $144,-
082, against $83, $50 for November and
$51,57 for December. 1924 Total for
year was $1,345,S58
Yuma-Cotton picked to December
81 amounted to 1896 bales; outlook
for crop is $4,000, gain of 500 over
last year. Present outlook for larger
acreage of wheat and oats next sea-
son, probably reducing acreage of
cotton. Lettuce being shipped from
200 acres. Indications for planting
200 to 300 acres of watermelons. Sew
eral new buildings under construc-
ton; building permits for years we're
$465,000, four times as large as in
1924, and largest on record. Tourist
travel heavy Contract awarded for
paving across sand hills, eliminating
last bad piece of road between Yuma
and the coast. Yuma National Bank
to occupy it's new $135,000 building
about the 18th.
Arizona state miner., 1926-01-16
DRAMA WORK IN
ARIZONA TO Be
ORGANIZED SOON

The First Arizona State Drama
Convention will be held at the Uni
versity of Arizona on May Z and
during University Week for the pur-
| pose of organizing the drama work
in Arizona. This convention is being
held under the joint auspices of the
| Shaman Players and the Bureau of
| Community Drama, University Exten-
sion Division of the University of
| Arizona.
| In addition to organizing dramatic
work throughout the State, there
will be lectures, demonstrations and
| representations of all phases of
drama work carried on by Little
Theaters and communities during
the two days of the Convention The
studio and equipment of the Shaman
Players will be used for demonstration
and illustrations. There will be talks
and discussions concerning all tech
nical problems in the management
of Little Theaters and the production
of plays. The Players will give for
the entertainment of the representa-
tives a special performance of Shake
speare's The Tanning of the Shrew
There will also be a demonstration
performance of a cne-act play show
ing how to set stage, to regulate
lighting, to do makeup, and to con-
duct performance. The work being
done at the University in Arizona
folk-play writing, based on the his
tory and traditions of the State, will
be explained. Costuming, scenery,
contraction, scene painting, the build
ing of lighting equipment, the use of
lighting equipment, and the construc-
,tion of special properties will be
demonstrated on both the miniature
and the large stage of the Shaman
Players
Letters announcing the Convention
are being sent to the high schools
Women's Clubs, Community Centers
and all individuals who are in any
way interested in drama work in
their communities or in the State,
urging them to attend the Conven-
ton personally or to send represen-
tatives. Further announcements will
be sent out from time to time. The
complete program of the events of
the Convention will be published in
the near future
Arizona state miner., 1926-01-16
PROGRESS REPORTS FROM ALL
OVER THE STATE

Phoenix-Holiday business good,
showing improvement over past year.
Early lettuce season favorable. Build
ing permits for December amounted
to $147,104, against $239,237 in No
vember and $95,278 for December of
year before. Total permits for year
aggregated $3,182,989, largest of last
five years and $1,275,O00 above 1924
Total transactions of Phoenix banks
for year were 1921, 900, 900, compared
to $276,0 100000 for 1924 and $780,
100000 for 1928.
Prescott-Ccntinued mining devel-
opmenE indicates new year will be
best in years. Considerable interest
shown in possibility of establishing a
custom mill. Range and weather
conditions favorable and outlook for
livestock industry bright. Construc-
ton of new Hassayampa tourist hotel
to begin shortly. Formal opening of
new Hassayampa Trail, main north
and south state highway, will take
place In January. Despite recent fl
nancial disturbances local interests
Arizona state miner., 1926-01-16
SWITCHBOARD HERoINEs

In an ice cream plant in Brooklyn
the other day an ammonia pipe burst.
The fumes spread through the build
Ing, menacing the lives of scores.
Helen Carroll switchboard operator.
was one of the first to sense the
danger. If the thought of fleeing to
safety came to her she set it aside,
and, plugging in every connection
swiftly, she warned every other work.
er out of the building. Almost over
come by the deadly fumes, she was
the last to leave the plant.
This is the type of young woman
who is developing a splendid spirit
OF service in her profession. News
paper reporters have come to know
that whenever there is danger or
disaster in a crowded building, the
telephone operator flashes the first
call for aid and remains longest at
the post Of service. Her courage
has almost become commonplace
Heroism is expected of her in en-
ergencies nowadays.
Arizona state miner., 1926-01-16

Whereas, The Honorable Ralph
H. Cameron, United States Senator
from Arizona, on February 26, 1925,
introduced in the United States Sen
ate a resolution to investigate all
matters relating to the national for
ests and the public domain and their
administration, affecting the live
stock industry of the eleven public
land states, which, on March 4, 1925,
was agreed to, and
Whereas, Through the consistent
and untiring efforts of himself and
colleague, Senator Henry F. Ashurst,
the Committee on Public Lands and
Surveys of the United States Senate,
acting under the authority of said
resolution, held hearings throughout
the eleven public land states, in
vestigating the condition of the live
stock industry as affected by the ad-
n1inistration of said public lands;
and
Whereas, This comprehensive study
of conditions of the livestock indus
try as affected by the administration
of the said public lands will undoubt-
edly result in permanent benefit in
stabilizing the livestock industry in
the eleven public land states; and
Wheras, Through the consistent
and untiring efforts of Senator Ralph
H. Cameron, ably assisted by his col
league, Senator Henry F. Ashurst,
the fees for grazing on the national
forests Of the State of Arizona for
the year 1925 and part of the year
1926, have been waived; therefore be
it
Resolved, that the thanks and sin
cere appreciation of the Arizona
Wool Growers Association is hereby
rendered the Honorable Ralph H.
Cameron and Honorable Henry F..
Ashurst, and that they be assured
of this associations continued ap-
probation and support in their eff
orts to aid the livestock industry.
Arizona state miner., 1926-01-16
CAMERON RECEIVES RESOLUTION
OF APPRECIATION

A resolution of appreciation thank
ing United States Senator Ralph H.
Cameron for initiating and carrying
successfully forward the investiga-
ton, by the United States Senate
Committee on Public Lands, of the
administration of and the conditions
on the national forests and the pub
lie domain affecting the livestock in
dustry, and which resulted in the
waving of grazing fees for 1925 and
1926 as a necessary temporary re-
lief to the industry was given a
unanimous vote at the largest annual
midwinter meeting ever held by the
Arizona Wool Growers Association
Senator Henry F. Ashurst was
strongly commended in the same res
olution for the unwavering support
that he gave and is giving Senator
Cameron in his fight for the welfare
of the livestock men of the West.
The meeting of the woll growers was
held last Monday in Phoenix at the
adams Hotel
The text of the resolution follows:
Arizona state miner., 1926-01-16

Owing to the fact that one new case
of scarlet fever has developed in the
Washington school, the trustees have
decided to close the school for per
iod of 10 days in order to permit a
thorough fumigation and cleansing of
all school rooms There will be no
public gatherings Of any kind at the
school during this time. The farm
bureau meeting and dance for the
choral society which was to have
been held this week have been post
poned indefinitely.
Arizona state miner., 1926-01-16
DEMAND $4,000 FOR DEATH OF
LABORER

Harry DeBruyn, wealthy Chicago
tourist wintering in Phoenix with his
family, has been named defendant III
a $4,000 damage suit filed by Mrs.
Flora CANA, mother of Manuel CANA,
the 19-year-old laborer who was
crushed to death when the car of the
Chicagoan swerved from the road at
North Central and Lexington avenues
Monday afternoon and caught young
Cana who was working with crew
of Central Arizona Light and Power
men digging a trench.
Arizona state miner., 1926-01-16
BORN

To Mr. and Mrs Thomas A Friend.
1913 West Washington, six pound
baby girl, Jan. II.
To Mr. and Mrs. William c. Lind
say, Route 1, Glendale, 91A pound
girl Jan 13.
To Mr. and Mrs Joe King, $50 w.
Washington, boy, Jan. 13.
To Mr. and Mrs Johnnie Lockwood.
SIS S. Second Avenue, girl, Jan. 49,
Arizona state miner., 1926-01-16
TIM &
New Year, 1926. A hundred years
from now. it will be POPS.

New Year, 1926. A hundred years
from now, it will be 2026.
The past is backward line of
infinite length; the future runs for
ward through eternity; the present
is merely the tick of the clock, dot,
a second, an instant of time.
But the tick of the clock is not
the important thing.
Achievement is the thing; not the
date of the achievment- The worth
of values, not the time taken in doing
it. Columbus discovered America in
1892; but the magic lies in the heart
and the indomitable will of Columbus,
not in the year "In the beginning
God created the heaven and the
EARTH" and the time consumed in the
work of creation is of no moment at
ALL The endless discussion, the long
drawn debate between scientists and
theologians as to whether creation
kook six days or six thousand or six
millions of years, is all beside the
point. Nothing could be more fruit
less. The real question is, whether,
when 1t was all done, it was, in fact,
very good.
1t is a common mistake to confuse
haste with progress. Running in cir
cles will get us nowhere unless our
circles form an upward spiral Let
each year run it's wonted circle, but
the ends must never meet. Decem-
ber must round out little above the
starting point of January
And the surprising truth is that
LIFE IS LONG.
Too readily we have listened to the
preachments on the brevity of life.
Philosophers have pondered it, the
poets have sung it, preachers have
preached it, and humanity has be-
heved it. But it's all wrong It
puts the emphasis on the wrong place.
Your own experience disproves II.
At the age of six, twenty is a life
time away; from twenty to forty is
an age; from forty to sixty every
year is an epoch and from sixty to
a hundred man is given forty lives
in the past alone. 1t is all wrong to
say that life is short. Three score
and ten is enough for anything to
happen. and it is the present business
Of science to lengthen the average
life OF man by another century
1t is the seasons that are short.
Seed time and harvest, work and
play, sorrow and gladness:: there is
time for everything and the wise
man considers the times. Who but
sloth, or sluggard, or a dilatory
fool will be deceived into idleness by
the thought that life is long? Let
the dtlatory fool be begged in the
mire Of procrastination Let the slug
gard sleep, and the slothful man de-
lay to SOW his seed; but the wise
man takes counsel of the morning,
counts his day long, makes his jour
ney heavenward with the steady pace
OF the sun, and in the evening time
rejoices himself in the comfort and
assurance that the morrow is another
day.
There is no gain in getting nervous
at the tick Of the clock. This is 1926.
And Life is long.
Arizona state miner., 1926-01-16

Reservations for the Presidents
Luncheon of the Central Arizona Dis
trict federation which will be given
next Tuesday at l o'clock at the
Grand Cafe must be sent in at once.
it was announced today, Notify either
Mrs. BARLEY Skinner or Mrs. Henry
Baswitz, phone 914S.
Arizona state miner., 1926-01-16
PHOENIX
ESCAPED TRIO BROUGHT HERE
BY YUMA SHERIFF

H. Levy, who has been chief of
police at Yuma since 1909 with the
exception of two years in 1890, was
in Phoenix this week on business.
Chief Levy brought three federal
prisoners from Yuma for appearance
before Federal Judge Fred Jacobs.
Arizona state miner., 1926-01-16

Jack Hambirck lost his pet collie
this week when an automobile crush
ed the animal. 1t was near the
curb, harming no one. Those who
viewed the affair, state it was un,
called for and the parties deserve to
be prosecuted.
Arizona state miner., 1926-01-16

two on charges of violating the Dyer
act and the other for alleged viola
ton of the Harrison act
Evening star., 1926-04-28
The Traffic Report.

Traffic Director Eldridge and Chief
Of Police Hesse have gone over the
traffic regulations with a fine tooth
comb" in order that unnecessary rules
may be thrown in the discard. This
action was taken at the request Of
the Commissioners of the District who
became alarmed at the large number
Of arrests being made for violations.
The net result of this latest investi-
CATION is that several more regula-
tions for traffic are proposed, clarifica-
ton of certain clauses in the code is
accomplished. and the rules governing
Washington are increased rather than
lesSened.
All of which goes to show that the
large number of arrests is caused not
by too many regulations, but by too
little obedience on the part of the mo-
torists. There is, Of course, one more
factor in the situation: The police
have stressed the violation Of petty
rules and have made an impressive
record for arrests, but in so far as
violations of the major regulations are
concerned arrests are not increasing
at the same rate.
The Commissioners have not adopt
ed the six-page report Of Director Ed
Evening star., 1926-04-28
The Traffic in Guns.

a clearer illustration of the need of
a protective law regulating the sale
OF deadly weapons in the District
could not be had than that furnished
by the deplorable shooting affair on
Monday when a drink-fuddled youth
cartridges from another and then shot
at a taxicab driver and dangerously
wounded a woman standing near. Had
there been such a law as The Star
have been impossible for this young
man to obtain a weapon, for which
he had no need and which he could
use only for murderous or a suicidal
purpose.
The statute which has been pro-
posed and which has been approved
in principle by the District Commits
sioners and urged for enactment
would provide that no person shall
sell or give a deadly weapon without
the production Of a permit to buy and
possess such a weapon, issued by a
designated public official, judge of
court, the chief of police, or some
other equally responsible authority.
Any person selling or giving a weapon
or ammunition to one who has not
secured such a permit should suffer
a severe penalty.
Under such law it would be pos
sible for any resident Of Washington
to arm himselc upon proof of char
Evening star., 1926-04-28

ridge and Maj. Hesse.' No action was
taken on it at the last meeting OF the
Board Of Commissioners.
One feature Of the whole traffic mud
die stands out clearly no matter what
action is taken. If the suggestion
that parking be liberalized In the
downtown section, contained in the re-
port, Is carried into effect, there will
be just as many arrests for infractions
as there We're previously, provided
the police keep up their present ac-
tivity. If the three additional streets
in Georgetown are made one-way there
will be just as many arrests and just
as much protest from the residents in
the vicinity as now in other sections
of the city.
Traffic violations will occur as long
as there are regulations to violate.
The theory that regulations should be
eliminated because trev are not obey
ed Is .allacious. Co operation between
Congress, the Commissioners, the di-
sector of traffic, the police and the
courts in the enforcement Of wise reg
ulations is the only means Of traffic
betterment in the District.
Evening star., 1926-04-28

acter and responsibility and need.
There would be delay, slight but suf-
flcient to interpose an obstacle between
passion and crime, intoXication and
homicide.
A bill is now pending in Congress to
prohibit the sale of weapons through
the mails. AS the case now stands
the Post Office Department is made a
collecting agent for dealers in and
manufacturers of pistols ordered by
mail and delivered through the post,
charses collect This traffic should be
stopped.
1t is not proposed to prevent any
body from securing needed weapons
for self protection or defense. with
the mail traffic cut off, trade in deadly
weapons would be maintained under
regulation. Not so many pistols would
be sold, but reputable dealers would
find the trade concentrated in them
selves instead Of being as now scat
tered among vendors who have no
communications whatever about arming
potential criminals.
Had such a law been in force in TIE
District as has been urged so often
and so earnestly the tragedy of Mon
day would not have occurred. AS the
law stands it is not possible to punish
the dealer who supplied this gun. 1t
is to be hoped that this case will be
noted in Congress to the effect OF
speedy enactment of the pistol regu-
lation law and likewise of that which
stops the use Of the mails for this
infamous traffic
Evening star., 1926-04-28
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

what are the characteristics Of these
boats Il. l..
A. The lifebOat was invented IN
1884 by Lionel Lukin of Dunmow,
England, a landlubber who had al.
ways lived away from the sea. These
boats are now made of corrugated
iron. The first one contained side air
chambers, then cork was substituted,
and the keel was curved.
@. How does the operation of an
electric fan compare in expense with
the burning of electric light?-A. G.
A. An S-inch electric fan takes
about as much electricity as 25-watt
Mazda bulb.
@. Why was Christy Mathewson
called Big Six?-B. i S.
A. He was so named for a New
York chapter of the Typograp phical
Union. This No. 6 was so prominent
in labor affairs that popular Christy
Mathewson was also called Big Six.
O. When were the first college boat
races held in this country?-W. K. w.
A. The first races held we're between
boats owned by Yale students in Bos-
ton Harbor in 1914. the contestants be
ing an eight-oared gig and a dugout
I canoe. The first intercollegiate race
Tas rowed by Yale and Harvard crews
, 81 eight-oared barges over a two-Inile
. nsurse on Lake Winnipesaukee In
1852.
Q. How many KINDS of roses sre
there?-J. A. X.
h. Mest botarists recognize asNsut
100 species of roses. The nump4r Of
horticultural varieties, crossed and
hybridS, however, is very large, more
than 5000 varieties being listed in
French catalogues, with new ones add
ed every year.
! Q. Does a lawyer have a ri-'st 10
refuse TO take a case?-J.
| A. The thirty-:irat articfE or tina
! Canon OF Ethics of the American n B;s
/ Association says. ''No lawyer is ohli-
| gated to act either as adviser or advo-
cate for every person who may wish
to become his client"
O. Where did Pail Mall get IT'S
name?-R. p. L.
A. The we'll known London street
| derives it's name from the old game oY
pail mall, of which croquet is the mod
ern prototype.
Q. What is meant by sea level
| high tide. low tide, or halfway be-
| tween?-S. S. B.
A. 1t refers TO the level of the
surface of the sea midway between
| high and low water.
Gen. Robert E. Lee said. "Thc thor
| ough education of people is the most
eficGciOuS means Of promoting the
! prosperity of the Nation" These
1cords of the distinguished Southern
general are none the less fTpc H0tO
| than tchen he spoke them. our Wash
! ingtOn Information Bureau is one Of
/ the greatest agencies for the distribu-
ti0n Of free information and educd-
tiOn0t data in the 1cOrld It's scrrices
are free to readers Of this paper. All
you need to do is to send in 1Our
query together 1citb 2 cents in stamps
| for return postage. Address The Ere
ming Star Information Bureau. Fred
eric J. Hdskin, Director, Washington,
ID. G.
Evening star., 1926-04-28
Scout Executives Meet.

Ways and means of advancing and
lettering the Boy Scout rnoyemsnt IN
America are being discussed at the
regional executive conference o: the
organization which Is being held in
this city. Heads Of the movement
from all sections Of the country are
represented at the meeting and not
only is past work being reviewed but
future efforts are being planned with
a view of extending the beneficial ac-
tivities of the body into a larger field.
The three-day conference, which
ends tomorrow. is preliminary to the
annual convention of the national
Scout council to be held on Friday and
Saturday. Dan Beard, national Scout
commissioner, and Sir Robert Baden
Powell, chief Scout of the world" are
due to arrive here in time for the
convention. Sir Baden-P -Powells pres
Scout field day at the Ellipse on
Friday.
That the boys Of the world will reap
the benefits of the conference and
convention is a certainty. The Boy
Scout movement, and, for that matter.
the Girl Scout organization, have
grown to huge proportions and have
attained place in the hearts Of not
only parents. but sons and daughters
who participate in the activities.
Character building is a paramount OBJ
ject in the upbringing Of tomorrow s
citizenry ana the Boy Scout move.
ment does more than its part to in
culcate this desirable and necessary
attribute in the youth Of the country.
Evening star., 1926-04-28
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Passing the Same Old Points.
Years and years and years ago
We supposed that teachers wise
Had arranged for earth to go
Heavenward, straight beyond the
skies.
But the same old faults appear,
And the same old follies. too.
Still we hope from year to year,
Vast reforms we start anew.
But as Science scans the sky
We are glad to hold our ground.
Earth can't travel straight on high.
It keeps going round and round
Evening star., 1926-04-28

Music lovers and theatergoers every
where whose tempers have been tried
by the person who arrives late and
leaves early are rejoicing over the les
son in manners given an audience re-
Gently by Leopold Stolowski, director
of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Sto-
kowski presented special first and last
numbers in which the musicians ar
rived one by one at the opening and
departed in the same way at the close.
Behavior such as Stokowski OBJ
jects to-" says the Columbus Evening
Dispatch, seems to be an inevitable
incident to public gatherings every
where. A concert or a foot ball game
may be scheduled months in advance,
not only as to date, but the-eXact hour,
and some people who plan from the
first announcement to go invariably
are late. They crowd past those who
had the decency to come on time, dis
rupt their view of what is going on.
distract the attention of others and
spoil the effect for which the musi-
clans, the actors or the speakers have
been striving. They are the bane of
every public occasion. A little plan
ming and a real consideration for
others would go a long way toward
eliminating this practice, much to the
X X
These sentiments are indorsed by
the Wichita Beacon, which exclaims,
| "Hooray for Mr.. Stokowski!' and
declares that the symphony director
did the right thing; the only regret is
that he didn't go farther in realism
He should have had a few husky per
formers" continues the Beacon
| "break into a delicate violin passage
with an occasional loud 'Chowiff,' in
! imitation Of the chronic coughers in
the audience. Then there should be
a few program rattlers and individuals
, making audible remarks" The Wich
ita paper records the fact that "about
forty members of the audience became
angry and left the hail." but adds that
| ''at any rate, Mr.. Stokowsl1i deserves
| the thanks of music lovers every.
! where; he is q real benefactor and his
courage should not go unrewarded."
"The lesson undoubtedly went
home," in the opinion of the Morgan