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Arizona state miner., 1927-03-12
MAY ATTEMPT To
GET STOCKYARDS
JUDGE NUISANCE

Continued from Page y
because the men it will be neces-
sary to intesert are now busy be-
cause of the Legislature being in
session.
A mass meeting between Land
Office and city officials and citi-
zens of Tempe and vicinity was
suggested by the Land Office men
as a good method of arriving at
the real desires of majority of
the community. Steps to arrange
such a meeting will be taken after
adjournment Of the Legislature, it
was said. John Curry is the other
member of the school lands COM
mittee for the Civic Club.
dent, suggested that all members
agitate for recognition of the urgent
need of a new bridge over the Salt
river here and to use their influ-
ence in the Legislature for part of
highway funds appropriated for
construction of such a bridge. The
members present agreed to do all
possible.
Mayor j. L. FELTON, reported that
action of Congress on authorizing
sale Of the Papago Saguaro Ma
tional Monument lands to the State
and town of Tempe had been de-
layed until too late and that he was
Informed by Representative Carl
Hayden that the authority could
not be secured until next session of
Congress, two years hence. 1t is
expected the sale will be authorized
without opposition at that time.
H. B. Clary exhibited several de-
signs for a proposed civic arch to
be erected at some point on the
highway through Tempe. Other
forms of advertising for the town
also were discussed. Mr.. Goodwin
suggested that the $4,000 consid-
cred necessary for a comprehensive
advertising campaign be raised be-
fore definite plans are made re-
garding the best means by which
publicity may be secured. This
opinion was concurred in by those
present.
Advisability of constructing
lighted billboard to be placed near
the depot as one means of adver-
tising the town was suggested.
Raymond Still, postmaster, H. B.
Clary and Ed Decker were ap
pointed committee to ask COM
mittee from the Gilbert Chamber of
Commerce to visit Tempe as guests
of the Civic Club at it's next
meeting.
C. B. Wivel and William Laird
were appointed a committee to at
tend to business with one of the
Phoenix papers pertaining to the
clubs advertising.
Miss Alma Norton directed the
Tempe Teachers College Training
School orchestra, which furnished
music for the evening. Miss Norton
and the members Of the orchestra
were present as guests of the Civic
Club.
Miss Rachel Murdock played the
violin, Mary Elinor Baird and Jean
Frances Clary played piano solos.
William Payne and Arthur Clark
! played a clarinet duet.
The dinner was furnished by the
ladies of the Methodist church.
Guests present were H. Bigbee
of Chandler, Ross W. Lewis and
P. G. Flumerfelt.
Arizona state miner., 1927-03-12
YUMA PROJECT TO YIELD
LESS COTTON THIS YEAR

SOMERTON - Less cotton will
be planted on the Yuma project
this year than any season since that
body Of land was placed under irri-
CATION, reports of farmers in this
vicinity indicate. Thirty thousand
acres were in cotton on the pro-
ject last year. This years acreage
is not expected to exceed $4,000.
Arizona state miner., 1927-03-12
REPAIR WORK STARTED
ON CASA GRANDE RUINS

Repair work to the extent of $3.50
has commenced on the Casa Grande
ruins and an Indian camp has been
established. A very fine micro
scope has been added to the mu-
scum equipment.
For February of this year total
of 1853 visitors was reported. All
of the United States are represented
on the register but seven. There
were visitors from England, Canada
and Mexico.
Arizona state miner., 1927-03-12
POOR PAPA

Bobby: "Could 1 have another
piece of cake, father?"
Mr.. Peck: "You must ask your
mother"
Bobby: "But, father, don't you
ever have anything. to say"
Arizona state miner., 1927-03-12

A racing car with power supplied
by the pulling Of levers by the
riders recently attained high speed
on track in Munich.
Arizona state miner., 1927-03-12
ARIZONA PATIENCE

Of the Papago Saguaro National Monument lands to
Tempe and the State before it adjourned once more
Of their cardinal virtues e. patience Patience is one
of the outstanding attbues Of not only Tempe but Of
most Of the citizens Of Arizona as we'll.
Pioneers tell us Of the years the Roosevelt dam was
discussed before constructed Old residents at
Yuma Casa Grande and in the other irrigated sections
have learned the lesson Of patience After long
of waiting they ready to reap the benefits of
their faith in the country and the ultimate triumph of
constructive ideas the delays of statecraft
Perhaps the imposed loss of two years may rebound
have first-cass hosey open here for accommodation
of travellers and tourists We hope will have
bridge the Salt river many residents, even
better Schools milk evaporator doing twice the pres
ent business and that the Southern Pacific sockyards
will be planted in the middle Of section. of alfalfa
where the bovine guests may beler and kick up all the
Tempe.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-08-13
Ruth ST. Dennis Honored With Major
N. Clark Smith, Lem Foster, ]. E.
Mitchem and Ben Fernandis

After the theater, Wednesday night,
November II at the Grace Hickox Stu
dio in the Fine Arts building (Chi-
cago), Marion Kerby, Of the Seventh
Heaven" company, got together a
group of personalities in musical and
theatrical circles to honor Ruth St.
Denis and her husband, Ted Shawn,
who were dancing that evening at Or
chestra Hall. Included among the
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick
Stock, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick J. Yves
sells, Mr.. and Mrs. jacques Gordon.
all Of the Chicago Symphony orches-
ira, Miss Eva lie Galliene Mr.. Basil
Rathbone, Mr.. Reginald Owen and
Mr.. Richie Ling of The Swan com
pany, Mary Nash, who was playing
that week in a one-act sketch Fear"
at the Palace, Ouida Bergere, also
Miss Mabel Bert and Mr.. Franklin Of
the Seventh Heaven" company, and
Charles Weidman, solo dancer with the
Denishawns. In addition to telling
several Negro dialect stories and sing
ing some spirituals in a very charm
ing manner, as part Of an impromptu
program, Miss Kerby presented Major
Smith and The Business Mems Quar-
tet mentioned elsewhere on this page)
who were received as nothing short of
sensation by the guests. Mr.. Weld
man gave his Dance Americana" and
"Pierrot." Miss st. Denis gave a Chi
nese number and Mr. Shawn did two
Spanish dances, all Of which made the
writer eager for their appearance in
Erie as one OF the numbers on the
Elks' course next spring-Daily
Times, Erie, Penn.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-08-13
SEGREGATION INCREASES IN
GOVERNMENTAL BUREAUS
preston News Service)

Washington, D. G., Aug. H.
Charging that jim-crow tactics and
segregation Of Negroes in government
employ is being speeded up in the tenn
porary absence of Secretary Work,
Negro leaders point to the discharge
recently of four Negro employees as
evidence
The four colored men removed from
the floor Of the pension bureau Of the
Department f the Interior, where
they had contacts with whites, has
caused nationwide expression Of dis
approval among Negroes. They were
the last Of twenty-five Negroes to &c
from the pension floor.
1t is claimed that during the Hard
ing and Coolidge administrations seq
regation has rapidly increased. Many
complaints have been made to Presi-
dent Coolidge, it is said, but he has
consistently refused to do anything
about the situation.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-08-13
FIND PELLAGRA ALREADY
AMONG FLOOD STARVED
preston News Service)

Washington, Aug. 1O.-The peril Of
pellagra has appeared in the food
swept lower Mississippi, according to
reports to the U. S. Public Health
Service.
The Mississippi State Board OF
Health asked the government to CO.
operate in the fight. against the dis
ease, said to be due chiefly to bad or
insufficient food.
Brewers yeast, virtually forgotten
since prohibition, is a preventative and
cure for peIlagra, according to Assist
ant Surgeon General G. G. Pierce.
Good fresh food is another essential
preventative.
PelIagra is more or less endemic
throughout the poorer sections of the
South and is we'll known to be caused
by a poorly balanced, too cheap diet 1t
is starvation disease, and can be ex-
pected to follow the food unless food
is received.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-08-13
MOREHOUSE PREPARES FOR
RECORD ENROLMENT

Morehouse college is making prepare
tons for one of the largest enroll
ments in the history of the institution.
While it has not yet been deemed ad-
vlsable to cut off the academy because
OF the lack of accredited high schools
IN the state Of Georgia, the academy
will be limited to about 100 students so
as to provide for the increasing num-
Der Of college men who apply each
year. Only thirty of the most prom
ising applicants for the frst-year acad-
envy will be admitted.
In keeping with the tradition of per
sonal contact between student and
teacher, the college is instituting a new
system of faculty advisers whereby
each student will have a faculty adj
wiser in his major field who will assist
him in making out his schedule, give
him necessary information regarding
his lifework, and discuss with him
problems pertinent to his social. finan-
cial, and intellectual welfare.
This year the college will inaugurate
freshman week, beginning September
Y. All freshmen are expected to be
present. Lectures, exercises, and So
Gals will be held in order to assist
freshmen in finding their place in col
lege life, getting acquainted with one
another and the traditions Of the col
lege, and realizing the higher posi-
bilities and larger responsibilities OF
life.
With an enlarged faculty the COL
lege is offering new and more special
lied courses for those majorine in
biology, business administration. chem
istry, the classics, education, English.
history and government, mathematics,
and physics.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-08-13
TRY TO IMPLICATE RACE IN
SACCO-VANZETTI DEM
ONSTRATIONS
preston News Service)

Boston, Mass, Aug. lin what
appears to be well-laid plan to fur
Their cast aspersions on the Negro race
report was broadcast throughout the
world Saturday morning to the effect
that Mary Harris, a 14-year-old mu-
latto girl, attempted to set fire to the
statehouse, but was frustrated by a
guard. She was seized, it is said. as
she was trying to ignite a section OF
the building. Superintendent of build
ings and grounds stated that the girl
had refused to identify herself further
than to tell her name 1t is believed
by the police that she is a Sacco-Van-
zetti sympathizer, It is also reported
that she is not a Negro girl but a
dark-skinned Italian girl. Police are
making an effort to discover the girls
identity.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-08-13
CK-TO-AFRICA GROUP
ROUNDED UP BY POLICE
preston News Service)


Chattanooga, Tenn, Aug. IA
general roundup Of members OF the
Negro Union Improvement Associa-
ton, an organization purporting to
foster "Back-to-Africa" movement,
was begun Friday by police as the re-
suit OF a gun battle Thursday night in
which officers and approximately 40
members of the n. U. l. A. exchanged
several hundred shots.
Two members of the association
were shot, perhaps fatally, and a po-
hceman was shot through the thigh. 1t
IS claimed by members Of the organ
lzatlon that the whites of the South
do not want them to leave and as a
means to keep the Negroes in the
South are always spying on them and
will not allow them to hold any meet
ngs for fear that plans are being
made to leave
According to police the organization
was refused permission to hold a pub
lie street meeting four weeks ago and
since that time reports Of secret ac-
tivities have been received by the DO
lice. Thursday night police were mott
fed Of a meeting in a house in the
Negro section. Police said that when
they arrived they found much loud
talk and decided that the meeting was
nuisance and proceeded to break
it up.
When the officers approached the
house, they were stopped inside the
hall by man in a pompous uniform
who was armed with a repeating rife
He was told that the men entering
were police and was ordered to put his
rifle down. Instead he raised the
weapon to his shoulder and covered
the officers. AT the same time he was
joined by three other men, members
OF the N. U. I. A., each armed with
repeating rifles.
Police say someone fired a shot 1t
was thought to have come from the
interior Of the house Captain Hyatt,
in charge of the police detail, kicked
out the lights, and the shooting be-
came general, as the members of the
n. Y. |. A. swarmed from the house
into the street.
1t is said that police are searching
many Negro homes 1oking for rifles
and ammunition.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-08-13
N. c. MUTUAL GLEE CLUB
SINGS FOR U. N. c. SUM-
MER SCHOOL
preston News Service)

Chapel Hill, n. C., Aug. 1.-THE
North Carolina Mutual Life Insur-
ance Glee club Of Durham gave a
concert of spirituals under the aus
pices of the Y. NJ. c. A. (white) in
the Memorial hall here, Friday night,
Aug. 5.
The club is composed entirely of
employees Of the North Carolina Mutual
Life Insurance Company, Of which
Mr.. c. c. Spaulding is president, and
consists Of twenty voices.
The club sang in the Methodist
Episcopal church (South) several
weeks ago on the Epworth League
program and delighted the large audi
ence.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-08-13
A NOVEL THAT'S DIFFERENT
(By Georgia Douglas Johnson)
preston News Service)

Zone Drop Of Midnight" is the title
Of new novel by Kenneth Phillips
Britton that deals with the mixed
blood. This is a departure from the
old line of racial books, perhaps more
like one would find by the author Of
the Silver Fleece"
Mr.. Britton gets his idea from the
poem, entitled The Octoroon," BY
Georgia Douglas Johnson, with special
bearing upon the lines that run:
Zone drop Of midnight in the blood
Of LIES pulsating stream,
Marks her an alien from her kind, a
shade amid its sheen"
This poem has had quite a run, hav-
ing first appeared in the Liberator
Magazine, and then included in the
Braithwaite Anthology Of Magazine
verse and lastly incorporated in book
by the author called Bronze"
It is interesting to note the view Of
Mr.. Britton as against that given in
Niger Heaven"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-08-13
IS FAMILIES ROUTED BY
HOMESTEAD FIRE
preston News Service)

preston News Service)
Homestead, Pa, Aug. IL Fifteen
families were forced to fee and dam
age estimated at $17,500 resulted when
a three story brick apartment house
and storerooms at 3O5-7-9 Dickson
street, Homestead, were partially de-
stroyed by fire Wednesday, Firemen
were summoned when flames were dis
covered issuing from the storeroom Of
the A. Morrison jewelry store, 3O7
Dickson street. With the arrival Of
the fremen the blaze had spread to
two adjoining storerooms.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-08-13
COUNTERFEITERS BROUGHT
BACK TO NEW ORLEANS
preston News Service)

New Orleans, La, Aug. Il. 60 Re-
moval Of Gus PurneIl from Chicago
to New Orleans, to face counterfeiting
charges, has been granted by Illinois
authorities in which state Purnell was
arrested.
Participants in a gambling game at
Baton Rouge on July were victim
lied by Purnell, who was described as
the bearer of the bag Of gold. The
coins turned out to be counterfeit and
came into the hands of secret service
men who traced the source to Chicago,
Purnell is said to have come to New
Orleans and Baton Rouge as men,
Der of the holiday excursion party
from Chicago.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-08-13
DIR. A. WHEREFORE
WILLIAMS AND MR.. AND
MRS. JOHN L. WEBB ARE
BACK HOME FROM THEIR
EUROPEAN TRIP

The latter part Of last week DR.. A.
Wilberforce Williams and Mr.. and
Mrs. John L. Webb, Hot Springs,
Ark, arrived home from a trip to the
Old World, where they had the honor
OF being presented to the Pope OF
Rome in the Eternal City. They also
had the honor OF meeting the Lord
Mayors Of London and Edinburgh
Scotland. All in all, they had a most
wonderful trip while abroad.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-08-13
MAJ. N. CLARK SMITH
Bac. Mus. A. NJ, Chicago
Musical College.
Pupil of Oscar Saenger, the
great voice specialist, New
York City.

tons, for concerts or dancing. It IS
one Of the windy city's premier sing
ing organizations, composed of rich
vocal and instrumental timber. The
quartette has appeared with Tate's
Vendome Orchestra and scored with
wonderful success.
Note.-The audience fairly shouted,
whistled, clapped for them again and
again, in demand for an encore-al-
most stopped the program, says Dave
Payton, Chicago Defender.
Now booking. Write for open date.
1889 South Parkway, Chicago.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-08-13
THE CHICAGO BUSINESS
MEMS QUARTET

The members Of this quartet, be-
cause Of their keen appreciation of the
worth Of their songs and their knowl-
edge of the correct Interpretation,
banded themselves together for the
sole purpose of giving to the public
these correct interpretations. In this
connection, in cooperation with Major
n. Clark Smiths studio research work.
arranging, compiling and publishing OF
Negro Folk Songs will be carried on.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-08-13
DAYTON NOMINEE FANS RACE
HATRED IN CAMPAIGN
SPEECHES
preston News Service)

NAlCStOH news SerVlCe)
Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 11.-Things are
waxing warm here as the campaign
nears close. To listen to some Of
the candidates making their plea for
votes one would think he was in the
heart Of Mississippi listening to James
<. Vardaman asking the red necks of
Mississippi TO support him so that he
could 60 to Washington and keep the
"Niggers in their place"
Alleging that Negroes we're gradu-
ally but surely ousting the whites
from their West Side homes, and that
Negro men were meeting white wom-
en- on the hills around the city hold
ing clandestine siestas in the cool Of
the evening, Dr. Nicu1n, candidate for
city commissioner, injected race hatred
INTO his strenuous campaign in a meet
ing in the Z. B. church, while excited
whites gave vent to their outraged
feelings with "tar 'em, feather 'em!"
DR.. Nicum charged the present CITY
administration with being too friendly
with Negroes and allowing them too
much privilege. Being unable to
arouse interest in the usual campaign
promises, DR.. Nicum has taken this
method to insult the Negro citizens OF
Dayton and at the same time sow the
seeds of race hatred in the minds Of
the large crowd Of maudlin whites
who fear the contest with Negroes in
thrift and economic struggle. He ap-
pears to be determined to arouse the
ignorant whites to a pitch where race
war will be an imminent possibility.
AS l sat there quietly listening and
calmly surveying the whole situation,
someone shouted that a reporter for
that "Nigger loving society,"" the N. A.
A. c. p, was in the audience and
ready to carry back information on
every action and resolution taken.
None OF them turned their eyes on me
as l turned to look about to see who
the person might be that was a re-
porter from that organization. Cries
OF Lynch him. arose. However, no
one rushed out nor did anybody make
suspicious move. But | was there,
nevertheless, not as a member OF the
N. A. A. c. P, but as a man who
loves justice and one who will use
good sense and play safe, but who will
attend the meetings and spread the
news.
However, l must say that in a very
earnest and able letter to the Dayton
Journal, J. E. Bush, president of the
N. A. A. c. P, pointed out that if Ne
groes were buying out the West Side
the whites were selling it, and if Ne
groes were on the hills around
Dayton, it was white women who
came to meet them This sort OF
clandestine association between oppo-
site sexes of the races was to be sim
cerely regretted by both races and de-
cent people everywhere condemns
such conduct.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-08-13
EN- ROUTE WEST

Harry ]. Brown, recording secretary
Of Fl. Dearborn Lodge No. A, Elks,
is en- route west on a motor trip with
a party of Elk friends. They will
return in time to join the Chicago del
egation to New York
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-08-13
WILL ENTERTAIN

Fl. Dearborn Lodge No. "A and Fit
Dearborn 1927 Marching Club of Elks
are preparing to entertain the thou
sands Of visitors who will be in the city
August IS to 20 with lawn parties on
the beautiful lawn Of Fl. Dearborn
Home, 1920 South Parkway.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-08-13
WIN PRIZES

Leona Co. &C" and Oakleaf Fancy
Drill team Of the military department
Of A. U. K. & d. Of a., Chicago,
brought back the prize for regulation
and fancy drilling held in Toledo,
Ohio, during the grand session.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-08-13
MRS. OLIVIA SCOTT INJURED
IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
preston News Service)

Columbus, Ohio, Aug. IL. - Mrs.
Olivia Scott, aged 80, was cut about
the face and body and legs, Thursday
night, when an automobile in which
she was riding with her husband col
lided with another machine, driven BY
c. v. Hughes, at Gibbons and Hill
dreth avenues.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-08-13
HOME FROM OHIO

Mrs. Elnora E. Clayton, official
pianist for the National Grand Council
session Of A. U. K. & d. Of A., at Toledo,
Ohio, has returned to the city after
scoring a high credit for herself as a
pianist of merit.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-08-13
But IL Persists

We have never heard a story inn
proved by conjugal interruption es-
sayed in an attempt at correction
Fort Wayne News-Sentinel.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-08-13
Major Smiths
OPERA QUARTETTE
and
Little Symphony Orchestra

16-Professional Musicians-l6
will be presented to the Chicago music
patrons in classical and popular selec-
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-08-13
FREDERICK STOCK AND
JACQUE GORDON

Chicago Symphony Orchestral
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-05-20

Unfavorable Weather IN Can.
ada and Deterioration
Of Crop Reported

Chicago, May 2O.-lRy-Unfav6r
able weather in parts Of CenadA to-
Rethsr with reports Of domestic crop
deterioration southwest and west
tended today to turn wheat prices
upward. Corn was also bullishly at
fccted by rains and low tcmpera-
ture, but met with heavy profit TAX
ing sales. July and September corn
reached new high price record for
the crop, and May corn went above
30 cents Cor the first time in many
months. =.
Wheat closed irregular u cent not
lower to Y advance, corn y to l&
cents up, oats Y to Y off, and pro-
visions varying from 5 cents decline
to rise Of Is cents. ST e.
Traders took special notice today
of reported severe deterioration OF
the Oklahoma wheat CROP. According
to a leading authority, the cold spring
combined with. excessive moisture
has stuntcd the plant, and has. been
followed by red rust and hessian fly
infection. Thousands of fields are
reported as scarcely able to- return
10 bushels. whereas 20 to 30 bushels
had been looked for. F.
Summarizing wheat conditions in
Canada today, one Of ting foremost
crop experts here said no arbitrary
rule can be laid down as to when
seeding is. late. as the outcome de-
ponds on the length Of the season
and the first appearance of killing
frost. It is evidept. however, that
Canadian seeding this eXqar is much
later than norpal and IS very likely
to give unsatisfactory harvest re-
suits.