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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-12
MINI :; Vr PEACHES By L. E. Powers
If a Man Threw MUD in Your
Face You'd Fight
When He Coughs or Sneezes Deadly Disease Germs,
WORSE Than Mud in Your Face You Say, Poor
Fellow What Cold He Has"

In ordinary loud conversation cursed with grippe
can send the germs flying thirty feet in front of him as he
talks.
If you listen public speaker and sit within thirty feet
of him. you catch whatever he may have Let tnaE console
you for back seat sometimes
When man coughs violently he scaers microbes
to distance that only the microbes perhaps could estimate
correctly
It is certain that the poor fellow bred and reckless who
with face uncovered coughs street other
public place risks injecting with his cold and other
plant lodged membrane many human beings
as there near him.
I'VE have that and punish for splitting
In public which is beginning of decency.
But remember that the who coughs and sneezes with his
FACE uncovered harm than the other bred
savage who spit upon the floor
Sneezng and coughing processes by which nature Kills
germs and elects them from the system.
Sneezng beneficial the and poisonous to those
near him. when he lacks the decency to up his face
The constantly and heard in public places sneezg
and coughing violently with his face uncovered and looking
rather proud himself because he ably should
be treated with contempt like any other yahoo.
We cannot perhaps for coughing and sneezng
M AIS lGTT RESPONSIBLE FOR EPIDEM1Cs OF
GRIPPE AND OTHER DISEASES.
But it is possible through public contempt teach better
manners.
When you see some ilmannered ruffian filling public
ehice with germs sneezing ostenatiousv and openly as
though highly moral act take your hand
kercef and hold it before your face gentle hint When
he finishes his performance hold handkerchief close to
the floor and shake it out gently much to II
trying to get rid the germs which that hyena has
been scattering generously"
One thing that the bred ruffan cannot stand to have
some suggest that he Is Il-bred.
Women have almost stopped tobacco chewing in semciv
zed sections of this country by glazing at the chewing
splitting ruffians We could in the way discourage Grim
inal spreading of disease germs above.
We might hang small paper handkerchiefs in the with
sign "Please coughing and sneezng
you can't afford handkerchief of your own That would
help.
But public contempt would do more than all
Mankind can stamp out invisible disease germs
animals have been stamped And the wpng out of
disease requires only sense decency and consideration
for others Make your children especially understand this
The generation should do the work that this generation
neglects.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-12
LIGHT WAVES
By Garrett P. Serviss

more than a fleeing conception
of what light-wave could be like.
Light and Energy
And with the new century now
on wing, back go the eagles to
Newton, for the latest theory
that Of "quanta"-returns to base
itself on the idea Of emission, or
of the shooting out Of discrete
particles, or entities, from the
source OF light. I am not going
to discuss this theory, but only to
describe some extraordinary things
which go along with 1t.
Light Is only a particular form
Of energy, little packets of energy.
science-When it is condensed in
a particular way. becomes what
we call matter. So we may con.
clude that light is matter. too.
The universal characteristic OF
matter is that 1t possesses inertia,
or it resists being moved. Also,
all the matter that we can deal
with possesses weight. We may
conclude. then, that light has
weight. So "the arrows of
Apollo" must strike a blow wher-
ever they alight.~ The billions Of
them that enter your eye in a
second lombard the retina with q
force whose effect you feel in the
sense Of vision. If they were
heavy enough they might make
your head bob about like a toy
balloon in a hailstorm.
All Is Relative
But everything is relative. We
may thank Einstein for having
beaten that fact most thoroughly
into the worlds head-though it
knew 1t before without knowing
it. When things are properly
proportioned, then, the hailstorm
of light "quanta" does drive taem
about. Your head, eight inches
thick, is steady even in the face
of the sun. But If it were about
one 250,000th of an inch in diam
eter the light bombardment would,
If nothing else interfered, drive
1t off among the stars. The total
repulsive force of the sunlight
on the earth amounts to thou
sands of tons, but 1t is SO little
in comparison with the earth's
weight that no perceptible effect
is produced. But If the earth
were reduced to a cloud Of ex-
cessively fine dust, away 1t would
go; for then the pressure" of the
sunlight on each particle would
exceed the attraction of the suns
gravitatioA en- each particle.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-12
MIR. SNUFF IS
OWN AID

HERE, for variety, is the way
IL John l.. Snuff has built up
an amazing business with the
Union Central Life Insurance
Company in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Mr.. Snuff wears clothes which
fairly shout with color. AS he
walks down Vine Street a man
will pause on the other side Of
the street and mention to a friend
that gentleman Is passing who
looks like an advertisement for a
circus.
"Why, that is John Snuff" his
friend will probably reply.
"Who is he?"
"Most successful insurance man
in mountaineering character"
The name John Snuff is prob
ably impressed upon the mind Of
the observer. He connects the
name with successful insurance
business. And according to Mr..
Shuff's own statement he will
probably come to John J.. for his
insurance. It IL an unheard or
type of advertising. but it seems
to work.-F'orbes Magazine IN. ".
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-12
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland

WOman's Greatest Failing
The greatest trouble with wo.
man, in this life, is that she
never keeps her eye on the ball.
A man knows what he wants
when he wants it--and goes right
after it!
A woman knows she wants
something-f she could only
think where it is!
She wants but little-but she
wants a little of everything. A
little love, little freedom;
little home, little career; a little
excitement and a little content
ment. But, alas, like sunflowers
and shade flowers, these do not
all grow in the same garden.
A man concentrates on tho one
Big Thing in life he wants.
whether it's money, fame, art or
just ease and amusement-and he
usually gets it. A woman scat.
tiers her forces on a thousand lit
tie things-and then wonders why
she has failed in the only thing
worth while.
She cannot keep her EYE ON
THE BALL. Whether it's in d
game, in business or in love, her
attention is always wandering off
on a detour. While she's playing
cards, she's carrying on a snappy
conversation; while she's in
church, she's mentally e-draping
the dining room; while she's TAX
ing letters, she's thinking what
nice eyes the Boss has; and
while she's flirting with one man,
she's dreaming of another.
She mixes gossip with bridge.
social life with her religion, ro-
nance with her job. and vanity
or cupidity or coquetry with her
love! And all she gets is
HASH!
Keep your eye on the ball,
Sister mine! If you want love, go
after it. But, don't look for g.
limousine and the Leeds pearls
along with it. Most men who can
give you French dinners. dia-
monds and motor cars have har'
dening of the arteries, rheurna-
tism, and a varicose vein of sem
timent. They are not romantic
ally inspiring.
If you want money, work for
It or marry it-but don't expect
Fate to hand you a fortune, with
Prince Charming attached to
it. There is only one Prince Of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-12
By ELSIE ROBINSON


world was a world fitted to the
conception of an undeveloped
child. 1t consisted Of those
things which interested you. the
child. There were other things
in existence but you didn't care
about them. Only the things
which excited you, amused you,
pleased you. flattered you or
threatened you were Of interest
to you.
1t was a very small and ex-
tremely personal world.
The word YOU" was written
all over it in capital letters
and all other words seemed in
significant.
That was your baby world and
It was a good and necessary
world-for a baby.
You had to think OF yourself
first as baby or you never
would have developed.
Those narrow personal interests
and actions were the baby
teeth" of the mind and character.
You had to sprout those before
you could grow stronger, deeper
teeth wherewith to grip life.
But, as you shed your milk
teeth when you were child so
you should have shed these
mental milk teeth when you be-
came a man or a woman.
You should have outgrown
your baby teeth world as you
outgrew your baby bodies.
But that's something very few
of US have done, or wish to do.
We refuse to grow up in mind
or soul. We want bigger worlds
with more things in them. but
they must be the same kind OF
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-12

We still want lollypops.
Lollypops of love-
And we won't be happy till we
get them.
So we're not happy. No one
who hangs on to his baby world
Is ever happy. The lollypops al
ways fail him. He grows sour
or anemic of soul.
If we would achieve great life
we must make ourselves ready
for greatness and pay the
price for greatness. Like that
grim old fighter Saint Paul we
must put away childish
things''-
We must stop putting every
thing in our mouths as a child
does to see if 1t tastes good
rejecting it If it doesn't taste
good. We must learn to accept
things whether they taste good
or not. We must see that there
are things of Infinitely greater
Importance than OUR happiness
or OUR grief. We must reach out
for adventure that lies in other
lives and other interests. We
must learn to accept the personal
pricks Of fate as an adult learns
to accept the inconvenience and
discomforts which set a child to
squalling.
To look at life as a gallant ad-
venture instead Of a ''ring-around-
the-rosey."
To bear ourselves as Citizens
OF the Universe.
That's the only way to free
dom or power or q real mans
estate.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-12
ONCE-OVERS
BY J. j. MUNDY
When the Foolishness of Middle Age Besets Man


When the Foolishness of Middle Age BeSets Man
Men, in what stage of life are you at PRESENT.
Is it the stage in which you trying to make some
woman love you you trying fortune
is it the stage of doing foolish thingsG
The first natural thing for young do; the
second laudabe ambition carried honestly but the
last is the stage to guard against
The stage of doing foolish things is likely catch the
mddeaged and those past middle age in which will
ruin them financially socially perhaps both
who have accumulated enough that efforts
have ceased peculiarly susceptible to mddeage
foolishness
There time to out whims 1ongcherished
desires
The long, rugged road the so-caed good times missed
these things loom large and you decide is time for you
''step out a Bit
But you entertaining dangerous thought.
Better check it before your foot slips.
When you get on the downward slide, you gain momentum
rapidly. Be careful not to get into traps that lead
''foolish things
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-12

If you want money. work for
It or marry it-but don't expect
Fate to hand you a fortune, with
a Prince Charming attached to
1t. There is only one Prince Of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-12
LISTEN, WORLD!

things W h &c h
delighted US as
a child. Per.
sonal thin & 8.
T hin gs tn a {
please u.s. amuse
us. natter us.
threaten u o -
they constitute
our world.
Our own tears
20 u r o W n
laughter - q r Q
still of supreme
Importance just
as they were
when we were
children. Other
people are i'm
portant as they
affect our laugh
ter or our tears.
We are not cen.
corned with the
world sa Va az 1t
ministers "a Us.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-12
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
Roaring


A RECENT editorial asks what makes lion roar
AZ When he is about to spring upon his prey, he emits
- terrific friohtfnl roar. Why does he do this?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-12

" o U C n t
i hold on to
your baby teeth.
Nor to your
baby world.
You'll h a v e
to outgrow both
Of h 9 m If
you're going to
g e t anything
out of life.
what do ]
m e a n by a
"baby world?"
T oy s-games
-lollypops?
N o It h e s g
didn't constitute
ur b a b Y
world. T h e Y
were only part
Of the furniture
of that world
which you in
habited a s a
youngster.
" INV ho - "
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-12

Wales-and he's not a marrying
man. much less Mormon.
If you want fame, glory, sue.
cess, you can get 1t. by hard
labor and the sacrifice of nearly
everything else on earth worth
having; but you can never get it
by lying in bed until noon, and
hanging around studio parties
with near-geniuses and wouldbe
celebrities, all night.
If you want jazz. petting, wild
times, snatch them-but don't ex'
pect them to last. They are only
the tawdry, tinsel ornaments on
LIES Christmas tree; and some
bright morning you'll wake up to
find them all tarnished-and Santa
Claus will be gone!
Choose your game in life-and
keep your eye on the ball! That's
what a man does! And that's
why a man nearly always gets
what he wants, while a woman
gets only the crumbs and the
left-overs.
When Opportunity knocks at
the door, don't be too busy pow.
dering your nose or wishing on
the new moon. to answer the
summons
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-12

THE ancients had the right
- idea-Apollo, the sun, dart
ing his arrows. Newton, too, had
the right idea-light made up Of
particles shot from a luminous
body. But the ancients were
blown down the wind by the repu.
tation of being too, poetic for
science, and Newton was blown
down the wind by a mistake of
science itself.
Poor mortals! How we blunder
on from age to age. And yet In
spite of all our blunders. again
and again we get the feeling shat
at last we are become infallible.
When that feeling arises, beware;
there Is a precipice ahead.
The undulatory theory of light.
which threw Newton's corpuscu-
lar theory into the sea of dis
cards, reigned supreme in the
nineteenth century. When I was
a college student I used to feel
sorry for Newton-to be put
down, like the great Napoleon,
by interiors. But, before that
century ended, the electro-mag-
netic theory had given the Water
loo winner a mathematical wrench
from which it never recovered.
Henceforth nobody could form
The Coconino sun., 1926-03-26
LOCAL GUN CLUB BOYS
LOST in BOTH JOURNEYS

Flagstaff lost to Williams, Sunday
in the state clay pigeon telegraphlc
tournament. The local boys went to
Williams for the shoot and both clubs
did the poorest work Of the season,
Flagstaff getting 225 out of possi-
bic $50 and Williams 227.
Flagstaff also lost in the Uncle Dud
Intermountain states tourney, our 225
being topped by Trinidad's 237
Phoenix, on its way to champion
ship in the Uncle Dud, was defeated
Sunday by Prescott, 240 to 238.
Though winning from Phoenix in
the Uncle Dud, Prescott was defeat
ed by Yuma in the state tourney, 241
to 240.
Grand Canyons score was 22F,
Somerton, it's opponent, not reporting.
The Uncle Dud results;
Trinidad 237, Flagstaff 225; Ster-
ling 232, Alamosa 242; Colorado
Springs 230, Louisville, Colo, not re-
ported; Fort Morgan 222, Fort Collins
not reported; LaJunta 220, Scotts-
bluff, not reported.
Flagstaff five high gun scores: w.
B. Raudebaugh AZ, E. B. Raudebaagh
Al, F. NJ. Gold As, Lefty Lewis 43,
Paul Morton az. Other scores: Pete
Solberg 80, l.. w. Cress So, Jack Fuss
81, Ed Babbitt 35, Buster Raude-
baugh 81, Pat Morgan 20, Ray De-
Lescaille 35.
Williams scores: G. A. Ray AZ, c.
Al. Button As, J. 3. Tool1er 42, Charles
Wade Al, Charles Whitfield 48, r. w.
Melick AZ, j. Pouros AZ, Il. w. Foster
"A, Ed Conway 80, r. T. Muzzy 80, i.
Montgomery 81, Claude sShaul az, Roy
Ambrose 81, P. A. Melick 43, A. Hud-
son 80, J. Boyd 81, John Juhl 49, r.
Sullivant 43, G. NJ. Murray 81 and L.
Honey 20.
Sunday we shoot at the local traps
against Ft Morgan in the Uncle Dud.
We have a bye in the state tourney.
Prizes will be awarded to local men
highest during March in each class A,
B, and G, to the high gun over all
and low gun under all. These prizes
are on display in Rickel & Hilkins'
window. They are given by l.. w.
Cress, Breen-D -Dingle Drug Co., Bah
bitt Bros. Trading Co, Flagstaff
Pharmacy and Central Commercial
Co.
The Coconino sun., 1926-03-26
GETTING BILL OF SALE
ON OWEN BUFFALO HERD

Joe B. Rickel, clerk county super
visors, and Under-sheriff d. l.. Nc
Kinney left Monday morning to drive
to Fredonia, north of Grand Canyon,
to get Uncle Jimmie Owens, owner of
the buffalo herd in Houserock valley,
to sign a bill of sale of the herd.
The bill of sale was drawn up by
Assistant County Attorney Frank M.
Gold. 1t fixes the purchase price at
$4,000, based on so buffalo at S125
each.
After Uncle Jimmie's signature is
secured, the bill of sale will be placed
in escrow at the First National bank
at Flagstaff, and will not become IN
force unless before date in next De
cember the full amount of $4,000 has
been raised.
What procedure will be adopted IN
securing the money and establishing
new ownership and protection for the
herd remains to be worked out. 1t Is
expected that the $4,000 will be
raised by public subscription from or
ganizations and individuals through
out the United States interested IN
preservation of wild life. Whether
the animals will be left in Houseroek
valley or driven to a more central and
less isolated section of the state will
later be decided along with other de-
tails. If the herd is left intact and
not split up for different parts OF the
country, undoubtedly a caretaker will
be provided to protect the buffalo.
The Coconino sun., 1926-03-26
AUTO THIEF CAUGHT
BY OFFICERS HERE

c. G. Crosswaite was picked up
here OH Wednesday By Deputy Sheriff
Harry Greene upon advice of an Oak
Greek rancher who gave him a lift TO
town during which he decided that
Crosswaite was wanted for breaking
into the Red Rock ranger station on
Tuesday and stealing q revolver, a
meerschaum pipe and other articles
Crosswaite was travelling in
Dodge roadster and was on his way to
Holbrook whence he had planned to
90 on to the coast by way Of the Oak
Creek canyon route when he got stuck
and asked for ride to town, Under
sheriff Art Vandevier yesterday
went after the car which he found "
be one which was missing from Texas
There was a Texas license plate in
the car, which was travelling on q
stolen Yavapai license. All possible
accessories had been removed and
sold. He will be turned over to the
Yavapai county officers.
The Coconino sun., 1926-03-26
HIRAM MEMBERS HEAR
OF OUR SCHOOL WORK

Observing Buy Arizona Products
week, II. +. Softley, chairman of FRI
days meeting Of the Hiram club, pre-
sented a luncheon composed Of Ari-
zona products and a delightful pro-
gram by native-born students from
the Flagstaff public schools. There
was a display Of the work of the art
department Of the high school.
The luncheon, prepared by the
ladies Of the Eastern Star, was en-
tirely of home grown products and in
Guided grapefruit, pork, beans, p0ta-
honey and butter, and impressed those
present with the fact that there is no
necessity to go beyond the boundary
of the state to secure the necessities
of life.
The first number was a little recita-
tion by Sarah Malindeth, a little Mexi-
can girl from the first grade Of Bran
men school. Miss c. E. YandevorU,
principal of that school, spoke in re-
gard to the work among the foreign
element of our town, and told Of the
wonderful pro0ress made by these
children in the first few years Of at
tendance.
Mrs. Bertha S. Kennedy, principal
of Emerson, presented Roy Nicholl
and Glen LeBarron, two third-grade
boys who, with Miss Selma Aas at the
piano, sang several songs which de-
lighted and surprised their hearers,
City School Superintendent John @.
Thomas presented Miss Mildred Mat
son, one of the winners in the local
defamation contest, who read in q
pleasing manner, A Perfect Tribute"
The program was completed with
the invitation from the heads Of the
various churches and schools to visit
their respective places and become
more acquainted with the work being
DONE
Miss Lucille Bigham, art instructor
in the Flagstaff schools had arranged
on tables an unique exhibit Of the
work being done by the students in
her department. She showed reed
work at different stages Of compile
tion, lamp stands, plaques, drawings,
examples Of lettering, etc. The cX-
hibit also contained samples Of work
being done by the lower grades.
The Coconino sun., 1926-03-26
MAN WHO DITCHED GEO.
FLEMING IN ASYLUM

Deputy Sheriff Fred Holden came
up from Williams the last of last
week and took to the state insane asy-
lum Frank johnson, last Thursday
adjudged insane. He had been ar
rested during the week at Pat Nc
Coy's logging camp and the hearing
was held before Judge Jones on COM
plant sworn to by George A. Flem-
ing of this city. Johnson had the first
part Of the week begged a ride from
Del Rio with George in his Buick and
the other side of Bellemont grabbed
the steering wheel of the car, heading
it off the road and over, George un-
derneath.
George says he doesn't care if he
did get out Of the smash without in
juries, he'll pick up no more strangers
asking rides; not even if it's St. Pat
rick himself.
Johnson's especial hallucination was
the belief that someone was bent on
killing him, and evidently when he
piled George and his car up he
thought he was acting in self de-
fenSe.
The Coconino sun., 1926-03-26
INTER-CLASS BASKETBALL
HIGH SCHOOL TOURNAMENT

The basketball season closed at the
high school last week with the togT-
nanent between the live classes. The
games were fast and exciting and
showed that material viii be plenty
for future teams.
The juniors were easily The class
Of the teams and had little trouble in
winning all four Of their games. Most
of the boys had played on the second
team ali season. Lettermen were
barred from the tournament but acted
as officials The eighth grade team
surprised everyone by finishing in q
tie for second place with the sopho-
mores and seniors. The freshman
failed to win a game, although they
played one of the most interesting
games Of the tournament with the
seniors.
Bill Harrison, a junior, was easily
the star Of the tournament, making a
total Of 40 points in the four games.
The eighth grade team, though, COM
posed of smaller fellows than the
other teams, played a good defensive
game, holding their opponents to
lower scores than the other teams
Following is the final standing;
The Coconino sun., 1926-03-26
RESUMING WORK ON
new CITY RESERVOIR

G. r. Green, contractor building the
new 50-million gallon city reservoir,
will, it is expected, resume operations
the last of this week or first of next.
There is a lot of work to do before
concrete pouring can be resumed. 1t
is believed this work will be cleaned
up by the time it is warm enough
nights to make concrete pouring safe.
The chances are very good that the
new reservoir will be ready by the
time the present SO million gallon
bowl is filled from the summer flow
and no water will be wasted; in which
case Flagstaff should have hundred
million gallons Of water to go into the
winter with as compared with a
twentieth of that amount last fall.
The run off from Schulz pass has
been caught during the last few weeks
and the water supply. about quad
rupled. If Flagstaff people will con-
tinue to be careful in use of water
until the normal summer flow begins,
there will be all we need for house
hold and fire purposes.