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Milford chronicle., 1927-05-06
THAT GREAT AMERICAN
PROBLEM

We often hear much about the
incoming tides from foreign shores.
No little is said about the Ameri-
canizing of the un-Americanized
THE Great American Problems"
has become the shibbOleth in some
quarters. Just a little study of
facts will show that the laborer
from foreign shores
Contributes $50 of all labor in
the slaughtering and meat indus
tries.
Does 7-10 of all the bituminous
coal mining.
Does 1870 of all the work in
wooden mills.
Contributes $40 of all labor in
cotton mills.
Makes 1920 of all the clothing.
Manufactures more than half of
the shoes.
Builds As of all the furniture.
Makes 1-2 of all the collars. cuffs
and shirts.
Turns out AS of all the leather.
Makes IL of all the gloves.
Refnes nearly 9-20 of all the SUI
gar.
Makes 1-2 the tobacco and the
cigars.
Thus has the alien projected him.
self into the very blood of our
great industrial life. We have al
ready grated his Drawn and his
muscle. Will we assimilate his
ideals and convictions? Is America
really to be the melting pot of the
world? It's answer is our supreme
test.
ARCHITECTURE IN HISTORY
Solomon's Temple was begun
1904, B. c.
Obelisks were probably the first
monuments.
The church spire originated in
the twelfth century.
The pyramids of Egypt were be-
gun about 1900, B. G.
The Roman houses had no hinges,
but all their doors turned on pivots.
Pliny says that 400 years were
spent in building the Temple of
Diana, at Ephesus.
The Chinese Wall is more than
1900 miles long, generally over 80
feet high and "a feet thick.
Pompey's Pillar, at Alexandria, is
ia feet high, the shaft being a
single stone 80 feet in length.
Nineveh was fifteen by nine
miles. The walls were 100 feet
Milford chronicle., 1927-05-06

pendence had been won, colleges
and universities had been establish
ed which have stood unshaken until
this day. No human brain can COM
pute the influence of these institu
tions in the making of our Govern
ment in her struggles for freedom.
No wonder Professor Huxley de-
clared that if a nation could pur-
chase a potential Watt, or Davy, or
a Faraday, at a cost of a hundred
thousand pounds down, he would be
dirt cheap at that money.
Milford chronicle., 1927-05-06
PUBLIC SALE

I will sell at public sale the following
at my home. half way between Milton
and Georgetown. on
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-20
HERE MUST BE A STATE HIGHWAY BILL
AFTER THE GOVERNORS OWN HEART
(Arizona Republican,

imagination in effort discover how
bill governors liking could
devised than ocaled bill OF providing
unlimited the political machine would be
the state highway departments bill But
present
of the machine found to be impracticable.
however,
department the fund 100000 carried
majority though a
contribution $4,000 campaign fund something
be
qualifications o
highway commission appointed ridiculous
the bill; they be good standing" their
communities vocaion"
these his capacity
of the head not of the heart We do not the
appointing governor
therefore,
consumpive of language
five by the governor
powerful nucleus subsidiary political machine his
would be political machinery
still greater the taxpayers.
appointment
officers
the state Here is the crowning
provides
ton At the beginning of primary campaign
be possible highway
be hrong polling
as times able
three thousand
clause of the Francis bill this
to thirty
to make the doubly
In their
the appear gone
hogwd They have eliminated restriction
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-20
great program Of A roads lead to Phoenix" regardlegg

"An
o
this Donney
representatives and
they
BILL already passed.
which there
will Unless this bill before
discussion highway bill
these capitol Phoenix. If
representatives
al possible pressure O
Southern nothing fair
for rhernA ohernA keep Ter
passed FIRST any legislation.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-20
SIXTEEN YEARS AGO

Rumors of all kinds were travel
ing thick and fast around town
yesterday, but the one that seemed
to be coming officially from the
local junta was to the effect
that an attack would be made
on Naco today by Juan Cabral
and possibly other leaders of the
rebels and that that town was
sure to fall before night. Juan
Cabral is known to be only
short distance out, and the widow
Talamantes is also said to be in
the mountains between here and
Naco.
Mrs G. w. Cass will entertain
members ami friends of st. Ce-
celia's guild tomorrow afternoon.
The funeral of Robert Harring-
ton will be held this afternoon.
Harrington was an employee of
the r. p. & S. w. and was shot
through the head last Thursday
during the battle in Aqua Prieta.
Colonel Frederick ID. Sibley, in
command of the United States
troops in Douglas, has established
a strong patrol along the border
both day and night,
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-20
Fnrnishinr MS own

There had been wind storm in n
rural section, and it had done con-
siderable damage. Among others il.
the community, Alec Stinson hac
been hit pretty hard. There was a
lackadaisical sort of fellow who
SUI ported mortgages on a rocky plot
OF ground up in Possum Holler. He
lived in = house that wasn't much
more than a groWn-up dry goods
box, and his barn was a lean-t
shed matched with brush. But to
lear Alec talk you'd think he'd lose
n fortune in the storm A newspapers
man heard rumors of Alecs estima-
tion Of his loss, and sought con
firmation OF them. He asked one
of the neighhors
II understand the storm did $4,000
worth Of damage over to Alec Stn-
sons place, DO you know any
thing about it?"
swell, l know this much" drawle'l
the neghbor. IF it dill it moved
about $9,999 worth of somebody
else's damage up there to do."-New
Orleans Times Picayune.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-20
Democrats vs.. Democracy

Democracy in the state of Arizona
rupion because legislative says Louis Whitney
Speaker Crawford and President
Mulford Winsor of the
the opening Of the letter it will be
perceived that Mr. referring solely to paisanshp in
his Of the may wall that the
democratic party disintegration.
disposition from the newspapers over
the state present legislature
yet it would time
fails to function in one Of tho most critical ;a - 49, +.
hisorss E fs.s fs@r !. v. 2aatsA
whitney recommends
eomprom sacrifice on the
of two parties
Indications
the any highway
construction during the
It is foregone conclusion however that
satisfactory to Governor Hunt
legislature of to
he candidate to
succeed himself in 1928
highway personally run and
conducted basis n%FAM
by cast Monday favo
the highway threequar
majority emergency attached
possible rep the vetoed bill eliminate
emergency veo if the
vote in the house is indicative of the strength of the
would that be preferable
continuing the highway
though
in report legislative
Investigating committee price pay
elimination of waste and extravaganza that
department heretofore 7.5
1.-THE many attending
present legislative
asthey %
thNir in Phoenix would
t under ordinary circumstances would
lit county soidly to pass
the highway bill the
tohave
IMPOSING on of
when is recalled that
was
nhe naming of the highway commission sinister
be
the people the face together with
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-20

highway commissioners the sole creatures
highway engineer be
his their ap
evidence their good standing
theirs in vocations.
beyond the state highway law even
operated; intention OF
some Of intelligence of majority
and the people OF
quality it that palpaby vicious
majority of the ega
that it will receive
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-20

WASHlNGTON-One hears that
Governor AL Smith is gaining strength
within the democratic party and that
he is more likely to be nominated
than anyone else.
An attempt has been begun to
identify him to the public with at
least one national issue, the hydro
electric power issue, and it is not
unlikely that Governor AIS scope
will be similarly broadened as the
time draws nigh for the party to
deposit in someone's hands the little
red apple which last turned to a
decayed raspberry in the hands OF
the estimable John w. Davis.
In these days prior to convening
of the next congress one mans hazy
conjecture is as good as another's,
but it is hard to believe that Smiths
nomination is as nearly certain as
many insistent persons would have
us all believe. The swing to Smith
may be in progress, but various
obstacles remain. And there are
those who will stick as many more
obstacles into his path as they can.
rather take poison than a candidate
from New York. Some of this feeling
doubtless is traceable TO a stupid
hatred of New York and all it's works.
Bitter memories of the last national
convention intensified the sentiment.
But there is much more to it than
that
southern politician, haven't had an
electoral vote from New York in any
presidential election since 1892, except
in 1912, when the republican party
was split.
"The same is true of New Jersey,
where the democrats couldn't even
win for Wilson in 1916.
I'VE haven't had an electoral vote
from Illinois since 1892 and that
was the only time since the Civil
war.
I'VE haven't had one from Rhode
Island since 1912.
Never in the history of the party
have we had an electoral vote from
Massachusetts, except in 1912.
I'VE haven't had one from Penn
sylvania since 1912.
"Nor from Delaware, except in
1912, since 1892.
'We're not afraid of losing with
either Smith or McAdoo. If McAdoo
wins he will have better than
fighting chance to win with the vote
of the south and west, discarding
the northeast. If Smith is nominated,
we might well win with a combina-
tion of southern, western and north
eastern states and will lose some
of the doubtful states.
But we've got to be shown that
Mr.. Smith can do better for us than
Mr.. McAdoo."
Speaking of the progressive vote,
however, it should be added that
some of the late Senator LaFollette's
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-20
PIucked From the Plains
Line AgnInst LIND

Every cloud has a silver lining.
The burnt child breads the fire.
open confession is good for the soul
Coming events cast their shadows
before.
IN union is strength
Ihere are as good fish in the sea as
ever We're caught
The pen is mightier than the sword.
Consistency, thou art jewel!
Think twice before YOU act.
1t never rains 0ut it pours.
An ounce of prevention is worth
pound Of cure.
Least said, soonest mendcd
It's the unexpected that happens.
Every tub should stand on its own
bottom.
A bird in the nand is worth two in
the push.
Actions speak louder than words
Consistency is the hobgoblin of little
minds.
Obey that impulse!
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-20
RGNRB8
HINTING EGGS

One of the time honored customs
of Easter Sunday is the hunting of
eggs. Many a flapper thinks so well
of the pastime that she continues it
all the year round. An old Gus
tom in Sweden is the eating of as
many eggs as possible on Easter Sun
day to gain an extra amount of
strength. Proving the mlliners over
there, too, know what they're about.
Early risers on Easter Sunday
are supposed to see the sun whirl
around three times and dance up and
down In this country there are
those who don't have to go to bed to
see that! Easter brings spring,
though, and. the poets and house
cleaners We wish some Of the best
housecleaners and some of the poets
we've read could be brought together.
Coolidge has perfect feet, says q
physician. And the democrats agree
that, with platform like that, he
needs 'em. AA &E
An eastern pastor resigned beceuse
the congregation insisted on church
suppers. Those wild parties always
do cause trouble.
America is a country where pic
ture taken in Massachusetts at 10 a.
M is printed in the California papers
at 8 the same morning.
hear of anybody so bullisha as the
Cantonese?
Copyright, 1927, NEA Service, Inc)
Cigarets are vile and pipes are
crude says the Earl of Birkenhead.
The earl was smoking cigar when
he said it.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-20
$. p. INCREAsEs wACns

SAN FRANCISCO, April 10 (P)-Ap-
proXimately 10000 employees of the
Southern Pacific company We're grant
ed wage increases ranging from two
to seven cents an hour in a decision
rendered by a board of arbitration
here today. The decision was made
after long conferences by representa-
tives of the Brotherhood of Railway
and Steamship Clerks baggage hand
lers and station employees and the
Southern Pacific officials.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-20
More Truth Than Poetry
by JAMES J. MONTAGUE
A MISTAKE

A MISTAKE
With an ear unattuned to the rhyth-
mical beat
OF an orchestra's musical throes,
With a couple of awkward and in
dolent feet,
And a violent love of repose,
I kept out of ball rooms for most
of my life,
Viewed the foolish fantastic askance
And often observed to the dear little
That 1 never would learn how to
dance.
But this notion my doctor declared
was unsound,
He said 1 would lessen my girth
And strengthen my muscles by dane
ing around
And lengthen my years on this
earth;
He told me the sluggish existence
Would breed in me ailments untold,
And unless I learned dancing I'd
likely be dead
Before L WAS 11lty years Olu.
SO I learned all the steps that in
structors can teach
Jazzed around three or four times
week,
My feet keeping time to the saXo-
phones screech
And the oboe's unmusical squeak
1 often would dance from the gather
ing gloam
Till the time when the sunrise
loomed red
And then I would wearily take my
way home,
And tumble, tagged out, into bed
But now am told that most doctors
agree
That jazz-hopping quickens. the
pulse,
And engaged in by middle aged per-
sons like me,
Will often bring fatal results;
That habit is fixed and unbreakable
now,
But often I pause between pants
While the chill perspiration breaks
out on my brow,
And wish 1 had not learned to dance.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-20
Not The Same Game

Two friends went to see billiard
match between well known profess
slonals. After the match had been in
progress for while Joe turned to
his friend and said:
i What do YOU call this game,
Fred?"
"Blliards," Fred replied.
joe watched n few more strokes
and then asked: well, what do they
call the game we play at homer
Windsor Magazine.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-20
In the Nie1,x Cnrrc

Possibly he wasn't an official New
Orleans guide, hut he held the little
group of tourists spellbound by his
tales of the Cabildo and the Pom
taIba buildings and the old Cath.
cdral. And then somebody noticed
the big gun i'll Orleans Alley.
what is that?" he asked the guide.
"That?" informed the guide with II
look of condescending surprise on
his face. why, that's what they
used during The Spanish domination
10 canonize the Saints."New Orleans
Times Picayune.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-20
Abe Martin

We're all great party men till we
git i'm trouble, an then we hire q
lawyer o. tn opposite political faith
1t seems T. me we see an awful lot
o. long faces cOnSiderin' ignorance
is bliss.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-20
The wrong way Round

Banquet broadcasting would be
more successful if it enabled people
to get the dinner without hearing
the speeches, instead of vice versa.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-20
With Other Editors
ACTION DEMANDED, NOW
(Tucson Starr

(TucSOn
get Immediately
the wayd
"a vital
Arizona highway Casa Gande and
CHA
Los Angeles by 80 miles will bring
which is via Phoenix Globe.
:During the session Of the legislature
the
Doinely but failed bring
this the ONLY
asking legislature
following
NORTHERN
= Lees Ferry Bridge ge- $185,0OO
Il Whlterlver
II Wickenberg Blythe
a over the lila
Kngman-Topock road
PRISON labor roads ~ -- 10000
/
umor has 4 the appropriation
r Uchocho Chandler
contentedy klfuly energecay
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-20
WASHINGTON Al
LETTER SKI

best friends here are confident that
Smith, if nominated, would inherit
virtually every vote that was cast
for the LaFollette- Wheeler ticket in
1924.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-20
Unrecoeniaed Greatness

A hicl1 town is a place where the
bootleggers never make enough
money to get out of the criminal
class-Memphs Scimitar.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-20
Willing To Learn

If housekeeping youth have very
homely wits" Mayor Walker must be
rapidly becoming an intellectual giant.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-20

"FOR SALE-Canaries and prob
able thunder showers, cooler men in
trousers for centuries" = Daily Sa-
pulpa (OIla) Times.
Just another one of those novelty
shops.-NeW~ Yorker.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-20
Helping Prosncritx

What a boon prohibition must be
to the poison industry.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-20
Service Supreme

StFNIce SuuTcMt
In a restaurant a hat fell off
peg and dropped right on top of
piece of pie that was covered with
whipped cream
The owner of the hat called n
waiter.
"Wen" said the waiter, what do
you want, new hat or another
riece of pie?' Youngstown Tele-
cram.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-20

Artists Model, II, Starts. War on
Flaming Youth" Headline. That
sounds like fighting fire With fire
New Orleans Times picayune.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-20

America is a country where pic
ture taken in Massachusetts at 10 a.
M is printed in the California papers
at the same morning.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-20

very cloud has a silver lining.
he burnt child breads the fire
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-20

An eastern pastor resigned beceuse
the congregation insisted on church
suppers. Those wild parties always
do cause trouble.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-20

Coolidge has perfect feet, says a
physician. And the democrats agree
that, with a platform like that, he
needs 'em. AA AE
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give you . mans advice now ana
Them
The baby. having shaken hands,
now smiled and waved good-by.
To make 1t final ana without Be.
ing asked, he threw a kiss. Then
flounced about shyly, burning his
head in Rooms shoulder.
Mark laughed. That's speeding
the guest. isn't it,"
But he's tired. It's 10 minutes
past his sleeping time. ]"
You keep him pretty closely to
d schedale?''
Indeed, yes!''
7 guess you're quite an all right
mother. them"
On, please believe that ann
He stood fascinated BY the pic.
ture she made the baby snugkled
In her arms, her hand moving SO
yaarningly over its head.
He sat at dinner IN his own
home. This picture cf Roen with
the baby In her arms filed warm
and vivid through nis mind. It
made him feel glad--Enalle him
gay. Lovely, passionate yearn-
ing. He had never seen anyone
so haunting.
He scarcely listened to Pearl
Martin as she prattled on and on.
They were going to europe. Now,
why couldn't he ana Claire join
them? They were 50 congenial.
T4a ansuJey.Ad l1aysf1nly1 DIV - svren.
Ing, appIauding, not knowing what
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he said busy with images in his
own thought.
How wonderful he 70 tonight, =
Claire thought, happily. 1T did
him good to have that tax. Oh,
II he'd only be agreeable Ike this.
awaysg'
Caire moved about the living
room after their guests we're gone.
She plucked withered petals from
the tawny chrysanthemums.
Mark sat before the fire. his
book opeTl--Tlo; pages turning. He
suddenly remembered seeing golf
bag in Rooms living room Where
did she play7 When? He became
feverish with this query.
Did you mean what you said ~
Claire asked. She came ND and
stood at his chair.
II didn't hear that. Pardon me.
What were you saying?n
Did you mean that about join.
ing the Martins on their trip?''
What trip? Oh-ab0ut going
to Europe2''
Yes you said perhaps We
might make It 80
"oh yes Of course that would
be fine" He closed dis book with
q snap. Would you like to go.
Claire?''
6 AIone?''
Well ot course cant leave.
i've got that Jepson case and the
Andrews But il you're really
wanting TO goare YOU? RE-
- has.
with eagerness. He toyed with the
idea He got up and stretched.
ignoring the racing II his pulse
Wellthink about 1t II
you really want to ="
Ii The 4uileless suggestion kept
him awake. kept him restless.
Claire going to Europe, he left
here alone alone.
Thursday Frank Mullins dropped
in to SEE about the papers. Might
Is well get through with It.
What did you think Of Rom"
he asked bluffly. "Boy'll be b. K.
with her. don't you think?"
Fine. Why is she taking
Crazy about kids. Always was.
Raised her brother. Tired Of Iiv.
Ing alone, guess"
Why doesn't she Enarry?n
''Ronl Too hard hit, / guess.
She's that sort. Didn't tell
your Mullins stopped over, TAX
INK the cigar that Mark all but
crowded between his teeth and
lighting II . Thought / fold
you-'' He settled down. com.
placently putting. He told Of
Michael and that tragic home-com-
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bed. This she always did her
self.
She thought absently, "why
am 80 shaky?" Her teeth
chartered.
She combed the bahy's hair,
holding him before the mirror
as she did this, for he liked
to gaze at himself; he liked to
take the comb and tumble It
through Rooms hair. then look
up and laugh at his image.
she was not talking to him
not noticing him. He ducled
his head in that dear, inquiring
way, surprised that anything in
the world could be 30 fascirat.
ing to her as himself demand
ing attention. She kissed his
neck suddenly and with violent
tenderness.
Under different circumstances
might have married. She
tremble6 ct these words that
had come 30 abruptly from her
lips. She trembIed because of
the image that accompanied
them. Eyes looking into hers
wistfully sweetIy as Michael's
had looked.
Under different circumstances
She would not pursue this
thought further. But once com.
ing away from an interview with
Mark she had suddenly felt de-
spondent. She had walked from
Montgomery Street home plung.
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ing along pursued with q doom.
ing sense Of isolation.
At the top Of the hin she had
glanced hack over the city. She
did not see spires, chimneys. roofs
scribhled along the sky. She
saw Marks eyes
She saw these now. And she
heard Jackie's words shutting
out all possibility Of marriage
all hope OF q child OF your own. =
Why did this suddenly make
her tremble I'LL her with blight.
ing anguish? Az though never
before faced. Never before fatty
acknowledged.
But It did. 1t made her sit
with the child in her arms not
looking at it-holdinE It's head
against her shoulder desperately
quiet desperately frightened.
She thought suddenly: .'F'our
months more. Lord. I'll BE- glad
when it's final. |"
As though possessing the boy
would settle her once ana for ali.
Mark gave her card to his
golf course. She was often free
on Wednesday afternoons. She
and Jackie and Virginia played.
They were all amateurs and all
wild enthusiasts.
One Wednesday they were to
meet. R0en reached the course
first waited.
It was a clear. sharp day in the
week before Christmas. The
hills we're an old gray.purple, and
moody clouds went storming
through q palIid sky.
a boy brought her message
virginia and Jackie weren't COM
she decided to play alone. she
reached the fourth hole, stand
ing on lovely green alone. Tha
wind blew her hair.
Mark, coming toward her.
paused, watched her hand push
back the hair--saw her face with
Its sweet, strong chin appraised.
sculptured against the sky.
He laughed ana went toward
her with the elation of bow
feeling within him resurnence
Of youth. q wish to walk swiftly.
to shout.
CHAPTER XXXIIT
An hour ago, sitting II Ms
desk, an image OF Roan standing
like this on the hill, came Is.
Marks mind He thought: She'll
be playing there today
He went on with his work.
The image REQUIRED became more
vivid.
CTo Be Continued Monday
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often Ii the last few days. No
sign 81 II. Vanished utterly. Some.
thing Ike ) stab Of pain came
with the thought thar ne had
gone, that Jerry Evesham had
gone and she would never see
him any more. Why, Il was RI.
dicuIous-a man she'd scarcely
met knew nothing about But
she tried to be honest. She knew
that down deep In her was the
desire to know him much better.
Not many men were as nice as
that, as interesting.
Into her idle reflections there
came with d little sense Of won
der the fact that she was taking
her new life very much for
granted. Luncheon at the Robert
Brandons, tea at Mrs. John
Carr's, a dozen future engage.
rnents made. plans laid for dances,
dinners, parties, sports.
She was here to marry money.
but it seemed TO her she couldn't
remember that important object