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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-01-26

III "r HE YELLOW
STUB" Tie Tribune
great new serial, the au-
thor, Ernest Lynn, las
created a thrilling mys-
!. terry around the strange
murder OF Henry Rand. It
is the sort CT story that
will find a warm spot In
the hearts Of all those who
like mystery, thrills, and
red-b'ooded adventure. -
and that means nearly all
Of us.
But in addition. 1.-THE
YHLLOW STUB" contains
"A love theme equally as
thrilling the love Of two
women for a man. It is "a
story that will hold you us
few YOU have ever read
before.
IT STARTS IN THE
TRIBUNE JANUARY p.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-01-07
ANSWER PLEASE

A RE you a failure? Do your friends
: : still believe you will pay your
debts? During the past year have
you done your level best at your job,
to do as much for the world as it is
doing for you? Does someone become
happier when you come through the
front gate and up to the house? Do
your neighbors wave at you across
the back fence? In your office or
with the threshing gang does your
approach mean ease for those about
you, or strain? Do little children
trust you as much as a year ago?
Would your family go hungry if you
were taken from them? Is some boy
making you his ideal? Do you be-
lieve that the boss is a scoundrel
favored by luck or worth while
man who is profiting from your eff
forts and from whose efforts you are
papfting? Would mothers like to
have their sons go on week end
camping trip with you and your as
sociates?
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-01-07

railroad trains to go as the crow flies
from Ritzville to Ellensburg, but the
question that arises when the matter
is under discussion is the old and
time-tried sticker: If they must go
that way, why go at all? There is
no business in that part of the
country and most likely never will
be any. The Northern Pacific is a
longer route to the Sound than the
Milwaukee, we must freely admit.
The Milwaukee takes the straight
line and the N. P. goes down by way
of the Yakima country We note
that the Milwaukee is in the hands
of receivers and the Northern Pa
ciic is in fairly easy circumstances.
The explanation is simple enough.
One road has time to make money
and the other is in such haste to get
there that freight and passengers
don't count with it., The Northrn
Pacific may build a branch line up
to Priest Rapids some day, if devel-
opement work should be done there,
which is not likely. It always will
handle its great business in and out
of the Northwest on the main line
IS now laid out. Give the builders
of this leading transportation system
of our part Of the country some little
credit for knowing what they were
about when they came out here and
put their tracks down. Yakima Re-
public.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-01-07
IMPROVEMENTS

The Alex Bier Battery shop has
taken on fresh appearance. The
store proper has been partitioned off
which gives a better facility for heat
ing purposes. Also, the mechanics
department is shut off and made
more effective and more comfortable
The battery room is more compact
in fact the whole place looks really
up-to-the-minute, and Alec is pretty
well pleased with the job. All thesS
little "touchups" give the town bet.
ter appearance, and gives the next
fellow an idea which may result in
further town betterments.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-01-07
AS THE extraordinary session 0

"A
a the legislature enters upon the
last few days of its 60-day existence,
all doubt as to just what Governor
Roland H. Hartley meant when he
said he intended to carry CHS issues
to the people," has been dispelled.
The governor intends to enter the
campaign of 1926 with both feet and
he intends to carry the fight into the
various legislative districts and there
place his program before the voters
for approval or rejection.
From the day the governor deliv-
cred his most unusual and rather re-
markable message, down to the day
before the Christmas recess when his
third epistle was delivered, there has
been growing breach between the
majority blocs in the senate and the
house and the administration.
In his last message, which was de-
voted entirely to the timber problem,
Gov. Hartley openly charges that the
state was being defrauded in it's tim
Der sales, and his advisors and adj
ministration followers have repeated
ly asserted this one issue was going
to be carried into the campaign next
summer as this was apparently the
only way to get it before the people.
While the governor is charging "ir-
Irregularities" in the timber sales in
his public utterances in his private
discussions of the matter he goes still
further and declares "that if I could
have my way about it there would be
no timber of the state sold for the
next 25 years.
The governor then follows this up
with the remark: "Why should this
cheap timber, which will be worth
it's weight in gold in rs years, be
thrown upon the market at this time
in competition with privately owned
tax paying timber held by citizens,
forcing a low log market, breaking
and disrupting loggers, and generally
raising hob with the already un-
settled market conditions ?"
The governor has apparently found
one subject which he knows will hold
the attention of the average citizen
and taxpayer Of the state, that of
state timber, and is going to drive
this one issue as fast and far as
possible at the present session. He
out maneuvered the majorities when
he dropped this timber message upon
the membership the day they were to
leave for their own homes. He broad
casted it at time when there would
be between four and five days before
the recovering of the Legislature,
during which the constituencies If
the members could read and d III
his ideas and then discuss them 4
the representatives and senators.
Evidences that the majority r. Z
lied the governor had stolen a y
litical march on the legislature j. to
be found in the visit of the major B,
leaders to the executive chambers Se
afternoon the recess was taken. ,.sl
| the offer of the palm Of peace Il
the rev remaining days of the ses i
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-01-07
CITY VOTERS TO REGISTER

Registration of voters in incor-
porated cities begins January and
inasmuch as all county officials are
elected next year the principal bur-
den of promoting registration will be
thrown on local political organiza-
tions. The state political committees
are chiefly interested in the election
of a United States senator and five
representatives in congress.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-01-07
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Friday and Saturday-Dorothy
Mackaill, Hobart Bosworth, and a
splendid cast in "Chickie'' from the
wonderful story of the same name.
Also a fine comedy.
= = =
Sunday and Monday-Did you en-.
joy Sid Chaplin in Charles Aunt =
See hm again in a picture fully as
good. 'The Man on the Box" If you
have a delicate constitution, don't
come.
TX TX *
Tuesday-You all now know and
appreciate Raymond Griffith, the silk
hat comedy scream. See him In The
Night Club" it's funnier than "For-
ty Winks." Vera Reynolds, Wallace
Berry and Louise Fazenda are in it.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-01-07
WHAT'S IN A NAME

0NE out OF every one hundred peo-
" pie in the United Statese earns
his living by retailing. In other words
there are more people in retail sell
ing alone than in any other line of
endeavor except agriculture. Yet, af-
ter twenty years roll around, out OF
every one hundred, who have en-
barked in retail storekeeping, less
than five still have their names. over
the door.
The financial agencies show that
$4,000 retailers fail each year, and
85 per cent of them, 1920 did not
advertise. The outstanding reason for
the failure of more than SO per cent
of these is over-buying. Over-buying
means too much "stick stock"
Now, if profits lie in quick turn
overs, and failures are avoided by
having money in the bank-and adj
vertising will not only dispose of sur
plus stock but also bring in the mon
eny to put in the bank-you can see
not only the advisability but also the
absolute necessity of advertising.
Some of our readers can remem-
Der when there were practically no
mail order houses. Some can remem-
Der the time when all the mail order
houses put together (and it was on
" little over ten years ago) did not
do four percent of the retail BUSH
ness in the United States.
How do they stand today?
Of the $15,OOO,OOO,OO0 worth Of
retail, mail order houses do $780,
900, 000-10 percent. And how do they
do it? They advertise.
partment stores who advertise do
more than twenty-five percent of all
the retail business done in America
and their proportion is growing all
the time. Yet, altogether they only
represent $4,000 Of the retail stores
In the country or about 8 percent.
That's why it is safe to say that
advertising is that force which puts
the "busy" into business and the
"sing" into merchandising and takes
the "sin" out of both.
There is something in Kennewick
stores that is bigger than the store
bigger than the building bigger than
the merchandise You will find it
mentioned at the very beginning of
the 22nd Proverb, "a good name is
more to be chosen than great riches
"Some of you wear Hart, Schaffner
and Marx clothes. It is little thing
to look for, but big thing to find,
that little fellow sitting on horseback
blowing horn. Do you know what
tune he is playing? He is playing
$15, 0O0, 900.
"Some of you wear Arrow collars
Cluett, Peabody & Company estimate
their good name as being worth $751;
100000.
''Some of you smoke Liggett &
Meyers tobacco. Their good name is
worth 100000.
"Others may smoke American to-
bacco products. Their good name is
worth $54, 099, 430.
"F. w. Woolworth & Company, ter
cent stores, figure their good will al
$50, ,0OO."
What is the value of your name
in Kennewick?
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-01-07

GREAT excitement prevails in {
~ quarters because the Mort
Pacific surveyors are alleged tet
out making plans and specificat
for shorter route across the st
No doubt it is quite feasible
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-01-07

WHEN Sunday morning comes, a
- lot Of people in Kennewick have
influenza, but when the dances come
around, they merely have a cold in
the head and need to get out and
have a little change.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-01-07

WHY is it that the average poor
- man believes that in order to
keep the wolf from the door he must
have eight dogs?
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-01-07

MACAULAY says, "a politician
~ must often talk and act before
he has thought and read. He may
be ill-informed regarding a question,
but speak he must Watch Olympia.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-01-07

lust when man thinks he is go
= ing to be able to save some mon
ey and recover from the Christmas
expenditures along comes these clear
ance sales.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-01-07

livery dog has his day." is an old
saying. According to a professor
in sociology men once wore the paint
and feathers and the women did the
work. But them were ancient days.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-01-07
Good Mind Invaluable

He that procures his child a good
mind makes better purchase for him
than if he laid out the money for an
addition to his former acres. Locke.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-01-07

Wednesday-Jack Hoxie with the
Universal Ranch Riders in Flying
Hoofs." Pathe News and comedy.
The Coconino sun., 1926-03-12
THEY DON'T USE THIN SPACES

The Kelly Printing company OF which Bill kel-
" of Stafford, is president, now publishing the
Graham Guardian at Stafford; the Copper Era at
Clifton: the Valley News at Duncan, has bought
I'D the Tombstone Epitaph at Tombstone from the
Giraei Brothers and added it to his string OF
southern Arizona weekly papers. Bill IS now the
William Randolph Hearst Kelly of Arizona, but
he comes of a newspaper family and is Worklng II
both ways. Major George H. Kelly, his father,
has worked all the way through newspapers and
the printing game for more than fifty years; he
is now state historian and writing history he
helped make Bill cut his teeth on an OLD dried up
ink roller and when his son, Bill, Jr., arrived he
LEFT him play with an ink fountain and type
writer until it was impossible to keep him out OF
the "hen box" Young Bill will endeavor to keep
up the pace set by the Giragl Brothers gang on
the Epitaph While the press called the Kelly
automatic feeder was not named after this Kelly
family, they have fed on newspapers Tor three
generations so far, and young Bill may make 1t
four.
While we have always though well OF the I'll
ragi Brothers gang until one of them down at
Tombstone pulled a mean trick by naming an
Apache papoose after u.s. we hope this is not the
real reason for their selling out down there and
coming up here where we have friends among
the Indians Well, regardless of all these past
troubles and the fact that the boys got bum
start politically we welcome them up 20 the hlgh
places of Arizona, where men folks overlook the
short comings of those on lower mental ground; a
great vast undeveloped country where words
count less than works. Of course this is true OF
all Arizona, but the north needs men noW-for-
ward looking mex, men who can work and wait.
We believe the north has gained q great force Tor
good by reason of these indefatigable workers
coming, coming to help along the great devel-
opment of the north.
The Coconino sun., 1926-03-12
A BLACKHAND WALLOP

Editor Billy Spear of the Arizona Republican.
still seems to maintain the antlquated idea that II
a Newspaper is progressing and making money
enodgh to improve the plant and keep abreast OF
the merchants and business men IN a live town,
the fact should be kept secret least some one lind
out the printer is getting along to where he may
make an independent living without begging the
nubIic to Support" the paper. He says the Coco
nino Sun is not diplomatic certainly not strategic
in making such disclosures, such disclosures as we
made last week about the improvements gong on
in the plants of the different northern Arizona
editors shops All the people up in this section
had commenced to realize that advertising was
good thing; they were profiting by it and were
advising it to all comers, and, the more conlers
the better.
The merchants were beginning to realize the
good results of advertising and were willing to
paw for advertising like rent on the building, clerk
hire and were looking for more clerks to help out
in handling the business caused by advertising
their goods in good wholesome way, then Billy
Spear attempts to spoil prosperity for all hands
by saying that it is bad strategy" However, we
are constrained to believe that there is some veil
ed scarcasm in the following which IS not SO mucn
intended for the Tre.tocratc newspapers as Tor
those in other lines of business who want profit
able business, but want TO get it at loss to the
other fellow This is Bills backhanded Wallop at
the newspapers:
"It paws all right to advertise some things but
not to advertise too much our prosperity. 1t is
well enough to put up fairly good front but not
to everyday it. More money has been made by
Stimulating poverty than by making too great a
show of riches. Colonel Breen has in effect notl-
fled subscribers and advertisers of the lll-gotten
gains of the newspapers and they're likely to come
around any day now and demand a reduction OF
rates
The Coconino sun., 1926-03-12
MENCKEN AND Discomfort

H. L. Mencken of the Baltimore "Sun" and as
sociated papers who IS the uncrowned poet lau-
reate of the liberals in American in his last syn
dicate article, complains of the passing of the
radical-iberal tribe of thinkers and takers, of
which he has long been an honored leader He
lists William Allen White, Norman Hapgood, Will
liam Hard, Miss Tarbe, and Mr.. Willard, as among
the brave spirits of the past, who have grown
footsore from marching and mouthsore from
blowing trumpets to arouse unresponsive aud
fences.
The real trouble with these gentlemen is that
they have been undone by American common
sense and prosperity.
1t is hard to gather an assembly of the dscon-
tented when fat pay envelopes await every Satur-
day night, and when the dinner-pail is discarded
only because the workman prefers not to be both
cred carrying it. and goes to restaurant instead
Even Mr.. Debs, as Mr.. Mencken says, in his ar
ticle, has simply became an interesting historical
monument of a discontentthat was, instead of an
element of danger But we can stand it.
The Coconino sun., 1926-03-12


(Arizona Taxpayers Magazine)
Arizona has completed IA years as
one of the states of the union. Dur
ing that period it has fallen into line
with that growth of extravaganza as
to what has been deemed necessary to
properly function as state, by
adopting many lines of public activi-
ties carried on in other older, richer
and more populous states. Activities
which may have been actually \eces-
sary in the state from which adopted
for Arizona, and not necessary to the
growth and progress of Arizona. Dur
ing IA years, the state of Arizona, it's
counties, cities and towns, have at
tempted to keep pace with richer,
older and more populated states, cities
and communities. 1t has bonded
lavishly for its public schools, and
educational system, through public
school district bonds. It's counties
have bonded for buildings, and other
public improvements. The people
have planned their own burdens in
these regards. The legislatures since
boards and commissions, have adopted
methods to be applied to state activi-
ties which reflect similar activities
and similar methods used in those
states more able so to do. The same
wave Of extravaganza in unlimited ex-
penditures which has swept the whole
country, and has left its burdens in
the government of the United States,
and in each of the several states, has
not spared Arizona. The necessity
for retrenchment. The necessity for
remodeling public activities along
such safe and proper, such needed and
only indispensable lines as the pub
lie can afford to support, as distin-
guished from what some elements in
the public may desire regardless of
cost, is a necessity recognized in all
quarters.
Facing an enormous aggregate bur-
den of public expenditures of nearly
$24, 100000 annually, the foutgrowth
of fourteen years of public activities,
the public now demands that the ex-
periences of fourteen years be used by
every public officer toward reducing
the annual burden. The duty of COM
pliance with that demand rests not
upon the shoulders of any one officer,
department or commission, but upon
the shoulders of all and every officer,
in turn, is entitled to the honest sup
port of every individual member of
the public itself in line with per-
formaTfce of that duty.
The Coconino sun., 1926-03-12

far Hunt has not officially declared
himself, although his friends believe
he will certainly be on the ticket
again.
While the Hunt-Heard fight prom
ises to attract considerable attention,
the Hayden-Cameron contest will not
be an entirely quiet affair.
1t has been rumored-and the ru-
NOR has been strengthened by ap-
pearing in print-that the Hunt and
Cameron forces are aligning together
for the coming campaign.
Although it is well known that Mr..
Heard and Mr.. Cameron not only hold
no love for one another, but have no
use for one another as far as politics
is concerned, it is inconceivable tha'
Mr.. Hunt would go outside of his
party for support, especially when the
support carries the Cameron brand.
But the rumor persists, and whether
it was manufactured by Governor
Hunts enemies for political purposes
or by the Cameron forces in the homes
that the governor might be won ove~
if it is not true-and the Arizol.-a
Daily Star does not believe tit
ought to be denied from the COVER
nor's office, and the denial given wide
publication.
Neither Governor Hunt nor Ralph
Cameron can afford to be accused of
going outside their respective parties
for support in the coming election.
Nothing would weaken their candi-
dacies more. 1t is for this reason that
denials ought to be made.
The Coconino sun., 1926-03-12
A SILLY JUDGE
(Arizona Republican,


Some curious people manage to get
to be judges. A Denver Judge thought
it worth while to tell an automobile
tence that it was as bad to steal an
automobile as to steal horse. He
reminded the prisoner of the severity
with which horse thieves are punish
ed, or used to be punished, and then
he imposed the ridiculous sentence of
so days in Jail. As an excuse for the
lightness of the sentence, the judge
recited that the partner of the thief
in this crime had been given so days
by another judge. We have often had
occasion to refer to this sort Of rea-
soning by fool juries.
Nowhere is the crime of automobile
theft SO seriously regarded as 1t
should be; as the theft of any other
kind of property is. Why this view
of it is entertained by courts and
iuries we cannot conceive. An auto
mobile is far more valuable than
horse; it is much more easily stolen
and is liable to greater damage In the
hands of the thief.
Yet the theft Of an automobile by
a ioy-rider is regarded as reprehen-
sible prank, to be atoned for by
suspended sentence, if not by only an
admonition. A thief who steals car
for profit is usually given wholly.
inadequate sentence, in disregard OF
the definition of grand larceny.
This treatment by courts and Juries
of automobile theft cases, we be-
lieve, is largely the cause of the pre-
valence of this sort of crime.
The Coconino sun., 1926-03-12
POLITICAL SIGN WARNINGS
(Dunbar's Weekly

The laboring men of Arizona are
becoming interested in the signs that
point to an inner-party arrangement
for the coming campaign. Many of
them fear that it is a game to in
jure Carl Hayden, and if such is the
case, the mighty arm of labor will
smash it beyond recovery. Carl Hay
den has proven himself true to his
state, true to his constituents, labor
ing men and farmers, business men
and cattlemen; big and little, and any
democrat, whoever he may be, that
enters into any inter-party agreement
to defeat him for United States sena--
tor will awaken some morning to find
himself wandering alone in the gloom
of political oblivion.
The Coconino sun., 1926-03-12
BILL TO SAVE aLoG ROLLING"

The so-caled Elliott bill which provides fixed
amount for public buildings throughout the United
States to cover period of five years is measure
which seems to deserve the support of congress
at large. There is no denying that public build
ings for the United States government are gen
orally distributed like kissing-as favor. Non
essential towns obtain Greek palaces as bostof-
fices, while county seats have to content them
selves with postoffice in the corner of the gen
eral store In the pre-Volstead days, it was
known that in certain cases, at least public build
ings were secured because of the ability of the To-
ial congressman to mix a cocktail or buy good
dinner. They were traded back and forth and
votes were swapped for and against them on most
trivial grounds. Under the bill, log-rolling is
eliminated. The postmaster general and the sec
retary of the treasury, sitting as board, decide
where public necessity requires building, and
once that decision is reached, construction pro-
ceeds Immediately from fund already provided.
The new BILL of course, makes unnecessary the
annual tour of the best citizens to Washington,
but with the public building off their minds they
may be able to turn their energy into other chan
nes.