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The Coconino sun., 1927-09-09
TAX LAWS SHOULD BE sIMPLIFIED

demand that congress redraft the tax law OF
1926 in the interest of smpfication, will be pre-
Sented to the house ways and means committee by
representatives of the National Association of
Manufacturers, National Lumber association, Ma
tional Petroleum. National Coal association, Ma
tiona Boot and Shoe Manufacturers association,
the American Mining congress and American Cot
ton Manufacturers association.
1t is pointed out that the taxpayer is required
to take oath to his income tax return; therefore,
he is entitled to have the substantive provisions
of the act stated in simple, clear and understand
able language.
The new law should contain clear definition of
persons, individual corporation, partnership
trust, etc, who are called upon and expected to
make returns and pay tax. A clear statement of
allowable deductions is necessity.
Tax authorities allow as deductible expenses
contributions made by corporations for hospital
facilities, recreation centers and research work
when these activities are carried on under juris-
diction of the company, or by the municipality
and paid for by the company in it's local taxes.
However, if the corporation finds it cheaper and
better policy to contribute to the maintenance of
local private hospital other eleemosynary insti
tutions, to research activities of business col
lege such expenditures are not permitted to be
taken as allowable deductions.
The committee declared it appears that bust
ness corporations might reasonably be presumed
to be conducting their business for the profit and
advancement Of their stockholders and that their
Judgment should not be overruled as to expendi-
lures for public or semi-public purposes. 1t
seemed to the committee members to be unwise to
permit the possible prejudice of tax auditor to
override the considered judgment of a board of
directors of business corporation in matters of
this kind.
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-09
REMARKS OF THE GANG

gardless Of the seriousness of it. If
two or more drivers are involved he
would have the court decide which one
was responsible and assess a fine for
reckless driving. 1t has been the es-
tablished custom, he pointed out, for
courts to drop the case when the per-
sons involved settled the damages
among themselves, but he would have
the courts fine or imprison the re-
sponsible driver regardless of whether
he settled with the victim of the
crash. We believe that this plan
might accomplish more toward elm
ination of recklessness and careless
driving than the nation wide safety
campaigns conducted by automobile
clubs and other organizations. The
realization that fine would be i'm
posed on the driver responsible for the
crash would educate" the recklessly
disposed much more expediently than
placards and propaganda. For a sec
ond offense the law should provide for
a prison sentence of not less than 80
days, and correspondingly longer
terms for succeeding offenses. It is
doubtful if more than one sentence
would be necessary to convince the
majority of reckless drivers that the
public is determined to make the high
ways and byways safe for the careful
motorist and pedestrian.
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-09
WHO is FOOLHARDY?

It is probable the freak 'hops" or attempted
hops across the oceans by ill-equipped aviators
endeavoring to make records, has done much to
bring about public disapproval. Then again it has
done a vast amount in stirring another element,
the youthful pioneer spirit to greater efforts in
conquering the elements of the air. 1t is fool
hardy and a reckless jeopardizing of lives" is a
declaration that has come down through genera
tions. 1t was said of Lewis and Clark and their
famous expedition across the vast wastes of
country which was Of no use anyhow
But there is no use going back into the very
early history of the United States and describing
in detail how we gained territory or how it was
developed There were factions who fought it's
acquisitions at every jump in the road. Aged
patriots walled in congress and predicted the
downfall of America.
Coming closer to our time many old '49ers yet
living can remember what was said of them m
their foolhardy attempt to cross the plains in face
of the vast hordes of savage Indians in an un-
known country. Then again the foolhardy spirit
of youth went on doing and daring. Many lost
their lives history accounts. But they did it
and kept coming.
You will remember the fool bicycle--the boys
toy.
Then of all the fool things in the world that
idiotic contraption-the automobile!
Then the submarine! Wireless telegraphy! The
radio!
Each coming generation will have it's fling and
go forward, consolidating the gains the previous
generation has made and start something new
from there.
That's why we are not using talow candles now
That's why us old-timers should look back over
the record of time and be intellectual enough not
to make decided declarations as to what will or
viii not happen in the next generation. Let's
help carry
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-09
SCANDAL AND LAWYERS

Here's new one as to why newspapers publish
stories of crime divorce and morbid cases:
Andrew r. Sheriff, chairman of the American
Bar association committee of cooperation between
the press and bar says that blame for publication
of articles regarding shocking crime, scandalous
divorces and other morbid cases rests only partly
with the newspapers and too often such articles
bear the ear marks of having been instigated by
lawyers. It is not unknown even that judges have
sometimes facilitated similar activities on the part
of the press and other agencies of publication"
Mr. Sheriff probably knows whereof he speaks,
but the case does not apply to Tucson judges or
lawyers
When the present editor took charge of The
Star, divorces were not being published. He asked
the night editor why divorces were being omitted
The reason was simply, "They never had been pub
lshed" So The Star began publishing them
Divorces are just important news we'd
dngs, only much less pleasant. But they are
news and the public ought to know about them
Divorces can be published, however, without dev-
ing into family skeletons.
A newspaper can publish shocking crimes and
morbid cases without becoming shocking and NOR
bid about it, A mere statement of facts minus
the sordd details, is all that is necessary in any
scandal story.
As for lawyers promoting publication of scan
dial stories, that is theory that hardly holds
true for Tucson.-Tucson Star.
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-09
THE COMMUNITY CHEST

The straw vote being taken as to whether or not
the Chamber of Commerce should put on a drive
for community chest should meet with an
overwhelming majority of 'yeses."
Yes, we said drive purposely and with malice
aforethought because it brings up old abhorrent
idea of drives that have been made in the past
Every day there is either touch or drive of
some kind with sob sisters telling you of the urg-
ent need to save the boys, or girls or some other
deserving bunch of worthy souls.
1t gets you. You want to help every deserving
cause, but you don't know how much you have al
ready given or how many more calls are going to
be made before the year is over.
The community chest idea to our mind solves
the problem in an honest conscientious way. If
there is community chest with duly organized
and responsible committee to handle it, they have
facts and figures and will know the deserving and
give them the aid they should have.
To our mind it saves on all sides. 1t saves the
cost of charity solicitors, it saves the time Of the
fellow who has gotten certain charity lists and
makes reasonably certain that unworthy solicitors
are turned down.
Few individuals know worthy causes from those
not worthy You hate to turn down worthy
cause and you hate to be bilked.
With a community chest those who are CON
scientious can, with clear conscience, turn the
solicitor over to the community chest committee
and feel if the is worthy it will be aided as
it should be.
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-09
AIR TRAILS BLAZED; NOW rs
TIME FOR AIRPORTS
prescott Journal-M Minerl

(Prescott Journal Miner)
The time, money and energy being
spent on trans-oceanic flights would
return better results now if applied
to developing land routes of utility.
When the season of Atlantic
flights was inaugurated by Lindbergh,
there was a reason for such flights in
the awakening of national conscious
ness of air travel, but no good has
come of the many flights that have
been started since.
The toll of air tragedies has been
too heavy.
The people now have their atten-
tlon turned on aviation as a means of
transport for mail, light commodities
and passengers, and are in a good
mood for the development of a great
network of air lines throughout the
country. But it is not mere flying
across the ocean to win fame or to
show that it can be done that trans
oceanic flying needs now. Until there
are air lanes marked by large float
ing islands anchored across the seas,
there can be no regular service be-
tween the continents.
What this country does need is the
development of standard airports in
every town of any importance, and Of
emergency landing fields along every
possible air route. Prescott is inter-
ested just now in an air route and is
doing what it can to provide for the
safety of airplanes that may land
here. Such work as is being done here
by the chamber of commerce is of
great usefulness. For the time will
come when Prescott will be on regu-
lar air schedules before any services
are started between America and Eu-
rope or America and Hawaii.
The flying over land is much less
clancy than overseas flights. A man
has some chance of landing safely or
of parachuting, and besides he can
come down and refuel and tinker his
whereas he hops off for Eu-
rope with the certainty that he must
keep hitting on all cylinders or run a
very good chance of joining the great
The time of stunts" and flying for
records-in other words, the pioneer
ing, is past. The aviation forces now
ought to frown on mere show flights
and encourage the development of the
practical aviation to every nook and
corner of the country.
Within ten years flying will have
greatly changed every present con-
cept; aviation will have it's effect on
all our lives. We should prepare for
it soberly and with fore-thought.
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-09
FUNDS TO BE RAISED IN A
REGULAR WAY
Arizona Rennhlicanl


What we need in Arizona now is
some more specific legislation on the
subject of the appropriation of money
for public purposes. The constitution
provides that funds can be provided
only by legislative authorization, but
it has frequently happened that it has
been obtained by Interpretation Of
the acts or intention Of previous legis-
latures and il has happened also, in
some cases, that the legislatures had
plainly intended to make no such pro-
vision, though by the language of acts
it might have appeared that that was
what they really did.
The determination of the state
treasurer to demand court decision
whether he shall recognize procla-
nation by the governor making avail
able $121, 900 for certain purposes will
be approved. 1t is true that this
money was designed to be applied to
meet an urgent need, though since the
proclamation other legislation appears
to have removed the urgency.
But the main need is that of set
Ting definitely upon some plain and
direct way of creating public funds,
and barring in the future the employ
ment of indirect and disputed ways.
We trust that in the forthcoming ad-
journed session of the legislature this
subject will be given attention to the
end that we may not be driven now
and then to hunt for hidden sources
Of wealth to be seized upon without
plain legislative authorization.
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-09
PEACE TIME FRANCE IS
DIFFERENT
Gallons. enfants, a Paris" /"

k1IIOIlS, q 4 Otis.
Fifteen thousand Legionnaires are
turning toward Paris to renew old ex-
periences with their buddies and to re-
visit old battlefields long since plowed
into grain fields or left standing as
monuments to heroic conflicts.
But will Paris be the same to those
who gladly turned homeward seven or
eight years ago? We doubt it, for
the old feeling of comradeship can not
be artificially revived even under the
influence of pinard. The attitude of
France has changed. Every return
ing tourist brings reports that resent
ment toward America is only thinly
hidden beneath a coat of polite veneer
and not always hidden, either.
A year ago it was doubted whether
it was advisable to hold the legion
convention in Paris, but doubts were
cast aside and plans matured Paris
wanted the convention. Paris hotel
keepers, 300 of them-Paris shop
keepers, restauranteurs and mer
chants are looking forward to the new
American invasion. Preparations are
going forward, even down to such de-
tails as re-equipment of jails and ar
rangements for special police courts
to handle Legionnalres who might be-
come too denonstrative.
France will be welcoming the
Americans for very different reason
than that of 1917-18. In eight years
France has changed. Edwin L.
James, New York Times correspond
ent, warns the Legionnaires: Lead
ers' heads have grown bald or grey;
trim military figures have become fat,
and pretty ma 'moiselles in their mat
ronly lines will yield more than one
disappointment.
While thousands of Legionnaires
are embarking, there are probably just
as many other thousands who do not
wish to go, at least in a convention,
because they do not want to have the
memory Of war time France obliter-
ated by the picture of peace time
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-09
SOMETHING MUST BE DONE
(Bisbee Review

The department of commerce sur
vey Of automobile accidents in II large
cities Of the United States for the
four-week period ending August 81
shows an increase of only six fatali-
ties over the same period last year.
Small as this increase is, it is nothing
for the safety organizations of the
nation to brag about, and is an indi-
cation that some other method of COM
batting the automobile accident evil
must be conceived. In Los Angeles the
director of public safety has advocated
the arrest of every person who fig
ures in an automobile accident, re-
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-09
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OLD COCHISE'S STRONGHOLD
(El Paso Herald)

1t might interest old Cochise to
know that his stronghold in the Dra-
goon mountains of Arizona is now be-
ing used for picnics and Sunday school
singing contests. But the old Apache
chieftain may have learned in that
other existence which he is presum-
ably experiencing, that a good many
things he thought worth fighting
about while on earth were really not
important. And we others may make
the same discovery.
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-09
IGNORANCE CAUSES WARS

War is only the old game of the survival of the
fittest," meaning that to the strong physically
went the success of the war. Again some brainy
general won against physical odds In later years
it has been conceded that brains can beat bat
talon of bruisers. If there were more brains
there would be no wars, and the great idea today
is to develop sufficient brains to prevent wars.
If it is necessary to kill man to convince him he
is wrong, it is evident he thinks Drawn is worth
more than brains.
Yes, it is true that sense of fairness must be
incucated along with our lack of desire for war.
If one has knowledge of facts, the chances are
he will be amenable to reason-even if he has a
bad temper. If he has no knowledge and a bad
temper, what can you expect?
Nations are wrought up to wars just as the in
dividual is. The Individual makes up the nation.
If the majority of the individuals of a nation are
ignorant and have no knowledge of the facts, it is
easy for a few Of those who can financially profit
by creating war, to create war DR.. Grady
Gamnage's recent talk on the subject was a most
enlightening one and will go far not only in help
ing to prevent wars but hopeless neighborhood
squabbles as we'll.
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-09
ANOTHER SILLY LAW

And now we witness the sudden enforcement
of one of the silest statutes ever placed upon the
books The Dempsey-Sharkey fight films have
been prohibited from showing in Phoenix. They
are being exhibited in many states without inter-
vention from government officials, many of whom
realize that the people are decidedly not in favor
of the federal law that prevents them from view
ing great sporting events. We can imagine moth
ing sillier than law that prevents the showing
of motion pictures of an event that is allowed by
laW-Miam Bulletin.
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-09
THE TWO KINGS OF MEN
(El Paso Herald)

One man, asked how business is,
says "Fine." Another says Terrible"
One seems to have about as much
business as the other and both appear
prosperous.
One may be keeping careful check
on his overhead expenses, however,
while the other may be letting his
costs eat up his profits.
One may be insisting on a fair
profit while the other may be cutting
his own throat by sacrificing profit in
order to lure customers.
Or, and this is important, both may
be making about the same amount of
money but one may be cheerful and
the other pessimist.
The habitual pessimist goes about
his work with heavy weights on his
ankles.
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-09
THE HUMAN SIDE
OF LIFE
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AS He Were

AS He Were
The supply sergeant had just issued
the last assortment of shoes to the
colored outfit. There were plenty of
kicks, but the loudest and most pro-
longed came from Private Indigo
Snow who, failing to receive satisfac-
ton elsewhere, betook himself to the
captain.
"Cap'n, suh," he announced, "mah
shoes am too big fo' me-"
You'll have to make the best of
il" answered the captain. "Plenty of
men have shoes that don't quite fit"
Don quite fit" calculated Indigo.
IF yo' says 'tenshun, cap'n, All comes
to 'tenshun. Den il yo' says to right
about face All right about faces, but
NAH shoes stays at 'tenshun. Don
quite fit? Huh!".
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-09
O. He Had Helm

An alumna of Radcliffe was helping
IN recent drive to raise money for
Radcliffe endowment fund by selling
soap. She employed two small boys
to take the soap to the houses of some
Of her friends Little Johnnie, with
the boxes under each arm, marched up
to one door and knocked.
"Why are you selling the soap?" in
quired the lady of the house.
ITO raise S3,000,000 for Radcliffe"
"Three million dollarsl And are you
trying to raise it all by yourself?"
mo" came the quick response,
there's another little boy helping
me-"
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-09
Some Mistake

The telephone in well known sur
geon's office rang and the doctor an
swered it. A voice inquired, who is
this 2"
The doctor readily recognized the
voice of his seven-year-old son. AL
though an exceedingly busy man, he
was always ready for bit of fun, so
he replied:
"The smartest man in the world"
Il beg your pardon" said the boy,
Il have the wrong number"
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-09

France, France whose welcome is
not entirely sincere. Paris may fete
the Legionnaires with wine and kisses
and parades and bows, but it will be a
different Paris than the city that lay
within range of the big Bertha and
dimmed its lights at dusk against in
vading aviators.
We fear there awaits in France
many disillusions for the returning
doughboy.
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-09

We are glad to note that optimism as to the
solution of the Colorado river problem still feigns
according to newspaper reports. We think from
results so far obtained that the word 'reigns"
has been misspeled.
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-09

Bachelors in Wisconsin town have organized
to protect themselves from the Wes of bobbed
haired, silk stockinged young women This is the
most useless movement we have heard of lately
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-09
Suspicious Sign

Much to his surprise, someone asked
Bill Austin, clarinet player, if he had
gotten home all right the other night.
"Of course" said Bill. What made
you ask?"
WELL when you got up to give your
seat to that lady you were the only
two people in the car"
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-09
Research Rennired

Uncle Joe pushed his wheelbarrow
against the curb, wiped his black
brow and knocked at his employers
door.
"Boss," he began. "Td like fo' you
all to lem me de loan of yo' cycloped-
lars and dickshernerries and any od-
der nice big books yo' got!"
"Good Lord, Joe! And you've
brought a wheelbarrow What on
earth do you want of them?"
''Ve'l important 'cassion, sub. Ve'y
impo' 'tant. Me an Phoebe wants to
hunt up name TO- de baby, suh.'
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-09
No Chance

Judge: Driving car while intoxi-
Gated, eh? Fifty and costs and don't
let it happen again"
Accused: ut can't, your honor. l
wrecked the car and / lost my boot
legger's address in the smashup."
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-09

In spite of the failure of congress to do some
thing to 'hep'' the farmers the price of wheat
oats and corn seems to be taking on comfortable
proportions.
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-09

More than two billion dollars of our public debt
will come due before the first Of the year but the
public, knowing Uncle Andy Mellon is on the job,
refuses to become concerned.
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-09

Here's hoping that the California fellows now
for camel hunt in Arizona will find
them. There may be few of the Volstead brand
loafing around the Boulder dam site
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-09
Too Much Chicken

The other day William Lord Wright
went across the street from the "U"
to get his shoes shined. He was fig
uring out episode nine of his latest
serial and not really aware that the
bootblack was talking to him.
sWhat will it be, sir-light or
dark? ?"
"I'm not particular" said Bill, alb
sently, ''but don't give me the neck" !"
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-09

An ankle contest was held up in Maine the other
day and the woman who won first prize was a
grandmother. Who was it said that this is the
age of youth?
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-09

We can all be thankful that it still takes more
than a threat of dynamite to upset justice in the
United States
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-09

Growing cities always have growing pains
They usually come from filling in old ruts where
some Eolks have called home too long.
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-09

The village smith has now opened an up-to-date
filling station and the spreading chestnut tree
under which he used to stand is now being used
by mother for an open-air tea ROOM
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-09

Mayor Walker of New York City is touring in
Europe and the farther he goes the more he ought
20 feel just like he is at home-on the lower East
Side.
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-09

A New Jersey musician, injured so that he can't
blow his saxaphone any more, asks $4,000. Well
it ought to be worth that much to the neighbor-
hood
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-09
Safety in Silence

Mannishly Dressed Lady-"Did yo
catch any fish, little boy?"
Country Boy-"No."
M. d. L.-"No what"
Boy (gazing obviously at her rig)-
"Durned if | know"
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-09

Mrs Chaplin gets divorce and $825,000, and
it will take some little time for Charlie to walk
that off.
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-09
Memories

Two women were passing butcher
shop where pigs head was on dis
play, with a lemon in its mouth.
There, Liz" exclaimed one of the
women, "that reminds me that
promised to get new pipe for Joe. +"
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-09
Fifty.Fiftv

Smith: Brown, you're man of ex-
perience. Which makes the best
wives-blondes or brunettes?"
Brown: II didn't notice any par
ticular difference in, my wife either
way"
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-09

Well let the Trail go with the hide.
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-09
ShOckingl

Willie wanted to play ball with the
other boys, but his mother wanted him
to carry in some wood-in fact, was
quite decided that he should. Willie
demurred, but mother prevailed. The
final scene was stormy, and as Willie
came out of the woodshed, he danced
with wrath.
Darn! Darn!" he cried "If / had
moving picture of the way feel
I'd never get by the censors."
The Coconino sun., 1927-09-09
Wary

Rural Cop: "These doggone motor
lists are a-gettin' too blame smart.
Somethin' oughter be DONE"
Friend: Whats the matter?"
R. c.: "Why, the sons of guns all
slow down afore they get into Hicks
vile lately"