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The Coconino sun., 1926-06-11
WIEN LEADERS oUARREL-wHo LEADsl

Regardless of who may be right or who may
be wrong in the controversy over the manage
nent of the state university at Tucson, incacula-
Ole injury has been done to that institution from
the publicity it has received during the past few
weeks 1t has the same disastrous results as a
quarrel among the leaders of church. Like a
church an educational institution should be above
and beyond petty chickering's and contentious
which only tend to confuse the minds of those
who are none too ready to accept higher things
in any event Precept and example should go
hand in hand. Few people, generally speaking
have much if any idea what the trouble at the
university is all about. They do know that there
Is 9 big row on in which the faculty members are
81 logger heads and that the ministerial associa-
tion of Tucson has charged lack of morale at
that institution. The head of an institution OF
that character is always the shining target for
ali criticisms, right or wrong. The doings of the
members of his big family are all charged to
HIM Like the general public, we have no inside
information as to just what may OF may not be
Wrong at the university and hold no brief for
President Marvin, but we can suggest that few
r7aleontents can start a rlotouS feeling which
picks up adherentS along the line from friend to
fIiend regardless of the real rights of the con-
1ention Americas hope is in education The
building of brains and training them to think
70 think how to combat wrong ideas and emplant
them with good sturdy thoughts which will carry
on regardless of the pin pricks of every day life
Young America is willing to fight But when
leaders quarrel, how are they to know which
leader to follow? Which is the straight and mar
row path? Just who can you trust to point out
the way?
All, there's the rub.
The Coconino sun., 1926-06-11
REMARKS OF THE GANG


so out-nun1bered by incidents the re-
verse as to be unworthy of notice.
Luck-won successes are accidents
Work-won successes are Incidents
Accidents always attract more atten-
ton than incidents for the same rea-
son that normal human beings, which
freaks of nature, which are accidents.
are incidents, pay money to see
To depend on luck is to play blind
mans buff among the laws OF nature
and of man.
These laws, when studied carefully,
seem to prove that in the long run
the best man wins the best place, and
personal merit does succeed Evil
dences to the contrary are merely the
fHps of chance.
Luck smiles on those who take off
their coats, put their shoulders to the
wheel, and plug away at the task.
Fortune favors men who are not
afraid of dreaTy, irksome drudgery.
Luck climbs no Everest. Luck trans
nlntes no cataract into electricity.
Luck is never a ladder from the earth
Of mediocrity to the heaven of
achievement
The Coconino sun., 1926-06-11
MORE FINE LAW DOPE

Secretary of State James Kerby must have
been going to school to Adjutant General Harris
OF at least has taken a leaf from Harris book on
how to improve your salary and perpetuate your
self il office His salary was raised during the
last session Of the legislature from $500 to $1,000
per year because of the extra work entaied by
the new automobile law a law he proposed and
cot through the legislature. Now he proposes
another new automobile law which provides sal
ary for an automobile commissioner with salary
Of $500 per year to hold office six years. Mr..
kerby makes it plain in his proposed law that
the secretary's salary shall remain where it was
Boosted to by the legislature, then he tightens
things up so that the secretary, during his ab-
sence from the state the assistant secretary,
may appoint the commissioner for a. term of six
ears; after that he is to be elected. Kerby
slipped a little there he should have made the
term for life, then when he slipped out of the
state, his assistant secretary could appoint Kerby
to the Job This would be as efficatious as hav-
ing law enacted which would make it impossi-
bic for any other person to hold the office. One
section of the law reads:
"Upon the passage Of this act the Secretary OF
State CT the Assistant Secretary of State, in case
of State is absent from the State,
shall appoint a commissioner of the motor vehicle
department. of the State of Arizona who shall hold
office for term of six years, beginning ten days
after the date of issuance of the Governors pro-
clamation declaring the act effective. The Com
missioner shall be an elective officer thereafter
Fine DOPE isn't it?
The Coconino sun., 1926-06-11
FLAG DAY MONDAY

June fourteenth is National Flag day. The
schools over the country will observe the occa-
sion with appropriate exercises and it is to be
hoped that there will be more universal observ-
ance of the event than ever.
Certainly the setting aside of one day to pay
tribute to the American flag is appropriate. A
flag in itself, of course, means nothing. 1t is
only an object of veneration when it stands for
something. The black flag and the red flag GER
tainly belong in this category.
But there is every reason why the thinking and
patriotic American should pay little tribute to
his country on June Ia, by displaying the colors
of Old Glory. For the American flag stands for
something. Designed as standard to establish
liberty on the American continent it mas always
stood for law and ORDER for freedom and justice.
Under it's starry folds we have grown from a
struggling handful of colonies on the eastern sea-
board tosthe most powerful and most prosperous
nation on earth.
And strange to say, although we think of our
country as a comparatively new one, yet our flag
is the oldest on earth in point of continuous ser
vice. All other nations have changed the design
and makeup of their stands since our emblem OF
the stars and stripes was adopted Some nations
are a great deal older than ours, but their flags
are not, and nearly all Of them have made radical
changes in the form of their governments since
the American Constitution was adopted.
Therefore, when you honor Old Glory, renem-
Der that it is not only the most honorable but
the oldest flag on earth in point Of continuous
service. And don't forget to display the Stars
and Stripes on Flag Day.
The Coconino sun., 1926-06-11
1T is CHARACTERISTIC OF
LOS ANGELES
(Arizona Republican,

All Gaul, which we learn from the
opening remarks of one Mr.. Caius
Julius, was divided into three parts,
in which respect it differs from Los
Angeles, which is always divided into
only two fon whatever proposition
may arise there that affords ground
for speculation If q criminal is
brought to trial, the court room is
thronged by the populace, whose
members range themselves on one
side or the ether Many of them
bring their luncheons with them that
they may retain their points of van
tage throughout the day. So it was
in the Obenchain case, the hammer
murderess case, the Kid Mccoy case
and whatever involving doubt or mys-
terry that has arisen.
Now we learn from an Associated
Press dispatch that "the entire Los
Angeles district (which comprises q
considerable area @af Southern Cali
fornia, is divided into two definite
camps" regarding the disappearance
Of Mrs. Aimee Semple Mcpherson, an
evangelist or leader of one of the nu-
merous cults Of that region, who was
supposed nearly two weeks ago to be
drowned in the surf at Ocean Park.
Almost from the first we, from a
remote and disinterested position, felt
that there was something fishy about
the disappearance of the woman,
though we could not, Il we had been
sufficiently interested, have offered
o definite reason for our suspicion.
But evidently many breathless citi-
zens on the ground felt the same way
about it, for we learned that day af-
ter day, the two heated schools of
Los Angeles thought were at the
point of coming to blows over the
controversy.
We do not suppose that all bust
ness and industrial activity in Los
Angeles has been laid aside awaiting
the solution Of this mystery. No
doubt, the banks are open as usual,
the street cars are running and the
racuous voice Of the director is heard
in Hollywood as he tears his hair in
agony at the stupidity of actors and
actresses But over all this seeming
activity "as usual" there is the pail
of doubt as to where, why and how
Mrs. Mcpherson went, and when, if
at all, she shall reappear.
No doubt, there are some cold and
sordid souls even in Los Angeles who
do not care a continental about it one
way or another, but they are not true
Angelenos and would not be permit
ted there but for their value in as
sisting to swell the population.
The Coconino sun., 1926-06-11
'POLITICS ADJOURNED"
prescott Journal Miner)

The democratic attempts to stir up
dissension, doubt and distrust by pic
turing the president as standing cold
~ aloof in congressional contests,
even where the men who have been
politically affiliated with him are
awaiting the verdict of the people,
has been finally dissected and dis
posed of by Raymond G. Carroll, the
head Of the Washington bureau of
the Philadelphia Public Ledger" in
an article in which he very aptly calls
attention to the fact that "Once there
was a president named Wilson who,
in a national political situatioA SINH
lar to the ore existing today, issued
demand on the American people
that they return congress to his lik-
ing. He was specific about it in that
he asked for a democratic congress.
THE American people resented be-
ing dictated to and they rebuked their
chief executive by delivering to him
a republican congress.
fThis lesson Of just eight years ago
has not been lost upon the present
occupant of the White House. Pres
ident Coolidge is completely sold on
the idea of leaving it to the American
people to select the 435 representa-
tives. all Of them, and 81 senators,
one-third of the senate, who are to be
elected this coming November"
The Coconino sun., 1926-06-11
NOT OUR SAND HILLS
(Phoenix Messenger)

The Messenger fervently objects to
the fayorite Characterization of Ari-
zona as land of pistoltoting cow
punchers, with hairy pants, of be-
feathered Indians, of sandy plains
and of horny toads, rattlesnakes and
Gila monsters. We especially object
to the sand, for there is mighty lit
tie of it within the state. In this
connection we must call attention 20
the newspaper reports Of how Holly
wood movies were taken con the
American desert, along the Mexican
border in Arizona" The Yuma pap
ers appeared to acquiesce, though the
filming was done in the California
sandhiils thirty miles west Of the ATl-
zona line. The quotation however,
came from California newspaper.
They know their onions over IN south
ern California.
The Coconino sun., 1926-06-11

the reputation of being the all-pow-
erful boss Of his party, the ruler
whose word was law to the Spanish
American citizenship, the high poten-
tate of "the little kingdom of San
Miguel"
And with what was charged by his
enemies and denied by his friends, it
was inevitable that there should be
some dissension within the republican
party which weakened the party's eff
fectiveness in combat against the
democratic opposition.
Mr.. Romero's mselfish act, Of with
drawal, sacrificing his own interests
in order to strengthen the party,
will be appreciated to the full by his
fellow republicans.
The Coconino sun., 1926-06-11
HIGHLINERS IN WASHINGTON
(Kingman Miner)

Governor Hunts highline delega-
ton arrived in Washington without
mishap, even though the newspapers
made no mention of the occasion, and
they are now on their way home.
During the interim the Boulder Can
Won bill was deferred until the next
session Of congress, which conyenes
on the first Monday in next Decem-
Der, and it is supposed that all the
members will regale their particular
constituency with details of how they
throttled the measure by the mere
fact that they were going to Wash
ington for that purpose, congress
knowing their attitude on the meas
ure and fearing to lock horns with
them. And when Cleve Van Dixie re-
turns and learns that the union or
ganizations are in a fighting mood
over his appointment to the head Of
the compensation board, together
with two other non-laborites, it is
rather expected that he will betake
himself off the board and allow Hunt
to try his hand at pacification Of the
unions. And yet Van Dixie likes the
idea of a good salary as much as
does Hunt, and it may be that he will
need some placating and explanations
before he will give up the fat job, so
far as fat jobs go in Arizona, and
betake himself to the big mansion
out in the desert that he is soon to
occupy. But the query that will be
asked and, left unanswered is "who
put up the wherewithal for the trip
to Washington" and from whose
funds are the checks to be written, or
do they pay cash, with one pay
master.
The Coconino sun., 1926-06-11
IN THE OFFING

News item Control over the vast herds Of
nlule-tailed deer in the Presidents forest, COM
monty known as the Kaibab national forest, in
Arizona, is a matter which must be decided in
the United States district court of that state"
Score one for Governor G. w. P. Hunt Of Ari-
zona.
But let US not forget the threat that the gov
ernor made when the Kaibab deer question first
arose in the dim dark ages, months and months
ago: He threatened to call out the national guard
to protect the deer starving in the states great
est forest.
His threat was laughed at all over Arizona.
1t ought to have been. How ridiculous, not
only the idea, but also the statement. If Con-
gressman Carl Hayden had not prevailed in pig
eon-hong the Johnson-Swing Boulder Canyon
bill, we were expecting threat by the Governor
to call out troops to protect the Colorado river.
About the only effect such threat would have
had would be to give editorial room humorists
an'opportunity to post fictitious communicates on
the bulletin board recounting tales of heroism to
stem the federal advance That opportunity
never came, but the court decision affecting the
Kaibab deer has been handed down, decision
favorable to the state. And how much better it
is to take things to court than to the battle field
All of which means: Let the state of Arizona
get legal advice relative to the Colorado river
while it may. With the Johnson-Swing bill in
the offing' is the time to straighten out Arl-
zonas policy and determine her rights.--Tucson
STAR
The Coconino sun., 1926-06-11
LET'S MOVE TO NEW MEXICO
(El Paso HeralO

United States marshal Secundino
Romero's announcement that be with
draws his application for Teappoint-
ment to that office will, indeed, have
a wholesome effect upon the repulbli-
can party in New Mexico.
Mr.. Romero is said by certain out
spoken persons and publications to
have exercised more power politically
than any other man in New Mexico;
more, indeed, than the state central
committee itself.
With that understanding or mis-
apprehension, whichever it be, it was
natural that Mr.. Romero achieved
The Coconino sun., 1926-06-11
IRWTN'S HISTORY OF SENATOR CAMERON
AND BRIGHT ANGEL TRAIL

Will Irwin a. writer of national note, started
series of articles last Sunday in the Sunday edl-
ton of the Los Angeles Times covering the actlV-
tiles of Senator Cameron in detail relative to has
Grand Canyon mining claims and the Bright An
gel Trail during the past thirty years. Irwin
seems to have inside personal information nclud-
ing copies of Cameron's personal correspondence
which is extremely interesting to old timers IN
this section of the country. Many who sympa-
thized with Cameron in his big fight against
the big corporations and especially the Santa te
railroad company knew that he had agreed TO
sell his claims to the Santa Fe for 100000 and
actually was paid $4,000 in cash as first pay
ment. For reasons Of their own neither party
to the transaction cared to have the deal made
public Later the same claims and others were
located by Cameron and parties interested with
him. Few care that Senator Cameron stung the
Santa Fe for the $4,000 but many feel that their
sympathy for Cameron had been entirely wasted
Irwin goes into details as to the financial system
employed by Senator Cameron and started OF ms
series of six articles in a way that promises to
make very interesting reading to those who knew
pretty much Of one side OF the story locally m nut
the "financiers."
The Coconino sun., 1926-06-11
WORK. NOT LUCK, COUNTS
(Nogales Herald)

There is an adage that tThere is
luck in leisure" but there is no truth
in that adage and there is as little
truth in the preachment Of many
failures that "work and merit don't
mean anything any more, the lucky
man will win anyway"
OF course there have been battles
won by luck in which the better man
lost, but they are the proverbial ex-
ceptions which prove the rule and are
The Coconino sun., 1926-06-11
An EFFECTIVE Comeback

Countess Russell, author Of 'Eiiz-
abeth and Her German Garden" met
at a party garrulous society wom-
an who had taken under her wing a
brilliant young soldier. The woman
dearly loved a lion and she talked
about her new find until the other
guests felt inclined to scream. And
do YOU know" she remarked in VI
brating voice, che was wounded in
Is places"
Lady Russell looked at her with Q
plaintive smile. 81 didn't know men
had so many places" she said.
The Coconino sun., 1926-06-11
The Tables Turned

An old man was called upon to
give evidence for the plaintiff. Coun-
sci for the defendant tried to bully
him.
"Have you ever been in prison?"
eyes, twice"
"Ah! How long the first time?"
Zone afternoon"
"Ahl And the second time ?"
"Only one hour"
"And what offense had you COM
mitted to deserve the punishment 2"
81 was sent to prison to whitewash
Al cell to hold a lawyer who had
cheated one of his clients"
The Coconino sun., 1926-06-11
THE HUMAN SIDE
OF LIFE
Name. Please,
- : + = = + !.


Although the lovers had known
each other only three days, they had
to part.
"It'll be beastly without you, he
observed
"And III miss you, too," said she.
II never was so happy and all be-
cause we met three days ago.
But think how dreadful it's going
to be-" he walled.
you'll write ?" she called from the
car window.
every day." he answered.
Then suddenly he tore after the
train, and as he almost overbalanced
the extreme end Of the platform, he
made trumpet of his hands and
cried:
Darling! Darling! What on earth
did you say your name was -
The Coconino sun., 1926-06-11
Embarrassed the Newlyweds

Doris's mother was entertaining a
young couple Just returned from their
honeymoon. Doris, feeling neglected,
sat a little apart reciting nursery
rhymes in loud voice to attract at
tention to herself. Little notice was
taken of her until the conversation
slackened q bit, then she was heard
reciting, Needles and pins, needles
and pins, when man marries-" she
hesitated, striving to recall the re-
mainder of the couplet. Suddenly
her brow cleared. "When a man
marries the cradle will rock" she
finished triumphantly, and she Won
dered why she was sent out of the
room.
The Coconino sun., 1926-06-11
We've No Appetite for Either

Ask your doctor ffom WnIcH VII
YOU receive most nourishment from
poultry that has been killed from
three to six months and packed in ice
for the same length Of time or from
the farmer that is killed after you
ordered it.-Circular Of Yonkers
IN. " poultry market.
The Coconino sun., 1926-06-11
Sold!

Victim: "Your invention will M
crease the speed Of my car, did you
Salesman: eyes, your car has so
horse power. hasn't it,"
Victim: about that"
Salesman: "Well, this little device
I'm selling will twist the tail of each
horse"
The Coconino sun., 1926-06-11

The political situation in Arizona at the pres.
ent time very forcibly reminds us OF the story OF
the federal soldier detailed to care for the wound
ed. He had picked up poor fellow who said ne
was wounded in the leg and was carrying h1Jr
over his shoulder through barrage. An officer
came along and noticed that the man was carry
ing dead man with his head shot off. The Off
Ger said: "That man is dead, go back and help
the wounded" The buck private looked around
and saw that he had been carrying corpse and
calculated Nov wotinel did he lie to me for;
he told me he was only shot in the leg" This
seems to apply to both political parties in Arizona
today. Be careful how you shoot at the supposed
enemy, for you may kill friend.
The Coconino sun., 1926-06-11
pnttinn Il Gracefully

CORPORAL: II hear that the drill
sergeant called you a blockhead.
Private: "No, he didn't make it
that strong"
Corporal: "What did he actually
say?" - ,o
comes a woodpecker. -
The Coconino sun., 1926-06-11
Answered

An attendant at certain institu-
ton for tie deaf and dumb was un-
dergoing a pointless rapid fire inqui-
sition at te hands Of female visi-
tor.
"But how do you summon these
poor mutes to church ?" she asked,
finally, with what was meant to be a
pitving glance at the inmates nearby.
'By ringing the dumb bells, mad
am" retorted the exasperated attend
ant.
The Coconino sun., 1926-06-11
Tho Raffled Fxecntioner

"Wat's the matter, little boy
"Ma's gone and drowned all the
kittens" !,
aDear me! That's too bad"
"Yep, she-boo-hoo--promlsed me
I could do it.
The Coconino sun., 1926-06-11

United States Marshal Secundio Romero seems
to have very peculiar idea of politics, at least
very much different from the Arizona idea. lie
proposes to withdraw his application for reap
pointment if it should cause a lack Of harmony
in his party. We'd like to know Sec personally,
not officially
The Coconino sun., 1926-06-11
MIGHT Try Cotton Wool

The Prodigy's Mother: "Uf COURSE
7 know she makes little mistakes
sometimes; but you see she plays en-
tirely by ear" ..I-e.a,,
The Prodigy's Uncle: "Untortu-
nately, that's the way ! listen.
The Coconino sun., 1926-06-11
Tor Men Only

Hooray, we knew it was coming.
Bert Sims, local barber at Mexico,
Mo, advertises he viii open a men,
y-ladies-barred shop, to which will
he added lounge-room, smoking
room and gymnasium equipment. Al
SO and why not a copy of the Police
Gazette instead of Good Housekeep-
inc and the Woman's Home Compan-
ion
The Coconino sun., 1926-06-11
Erenzied Finance

Young Mrs. Green Cat bank-teller 5
window: "I wish to open an account
here" ,.a uow
much do you want to deposit,
Mrs. Green: "Why, nothing. I
want to draw out S40.p
The Coconino sun., 1926-06-11

A San Francisco man secured divorce from
his wife because she persisted in driving from
the back seat of the auto" If this should be-
come epidemic, just think of the families it
would wreck,
The Coconino sun., 1926-06-11

Did you ever stop to think how much better q
President Abraham Lincoln would have made #
he could only have read Sinclair Lewis books
when he was boy?
The Coconino sun., 1926-06-11
T'he Brute

Wife (enthusiastically) NlagIa!
The most magnificent sight We've
ever set eyes upon! Do you know
Henry, when look at that. just reel
as though can't say anything at all.
Henry: "Well, shut up, them"
The Coconino sun., 1926-06-11
T;as Tn Tonoue Traffic

Professor: WHATS the most cVIH.
mon impediment in the speech OF
American people ~
Freshman; "Chewing gum,
The Coconino sun., 1926-06-11

Governor Hunt has issued proclamation
against auto accidents We knew something
would be done about it,
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-02-18
FOUR sHIPLoADs SUPPLIES
 FOR ALASKA CANNERIEs
Especial to the sentinel3

Especial to the Sentinel.)
 SEATTLE - The approach of the fish packing season in Alaskan waters Is indicated by the putting into commission today of there Idle units of the Alaska Steamship Com pany's fleet and ordering a fourth to be put in readiness to load for the north. All four vessels are ad- ditional to the regular service maintained by the company the year round. The vessels ordered into commission at once are the steamships LaTouche, Cordova and Redondo which are to load cannery supplies, piling, coal, and cannery equipment for Alaskan points, the first two being assigned to False Pass with the Redondo to load supplies for points on the west coast of Prince of Wales Island.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-02-18

SAN DIEGO, Calf. - Although the 72 hour period allowed Judge S. Urius of the Court Of First in stance, in Tia Juana, to act on in formation presented in his Court for the outrage of the Peteet girls and murder of the Peteet family against seven men now held in the Tia Juana jail, would not end until tomorrow, aa announcement of his decision is expected momentarily from below the border.