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The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13
THE sMOULDERING FIRE
Tucson Starr


"The domination of the university
by the present political machine pre-
cludes the hope of any immediate re-
lief from a situation which already
presents evidence of disintegrating
forces,n Dean Anna p Cooper wrote
in her open letter following the notice
that she would not be retained as
dean of women by the present uni-
versity administration.
"Since / came to the University of
Arizona conditions on the campus
have undergone a great change, which,
in my judgment, is not for the better.
It has been clearly shown that the
university is under political control
.and this has brought about grevious
situation It has induced a certain
group on the campus to become in
volved in political intrigue and to
work against others who were not
interested in politics and who were
content to make teaching and research
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13
LYING CLOSE TO THE FIRE
lArizona Republican,

We may derive some comfort from
the information that though the
weather here is unseasonably cold in
this part of the country, it is warmer
than anywhere else in North America
from which reports have been re-
ceived Though May cold waves are
infrequent in the Salt River Valley,
they are by no means unknown.
About forty-two years ago there was
one Of considerable severity, and in
the latter sixties there was notable
visitation in the midst of the wheat
harvest.
One ranchman reported that his
Mexican harvesters found the cold SO
discomforting that they quit work,
gathered about the ranch house and
built a great bonfire of cottonwood
logs which they fed through the rest
of the day and the following night.
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13
ADVERTISING LOWERS COSTS

Newspaper advertising IN America cost S235,.
100000 last year, gain of $4,000, 900 over the
previous year.
1t has been argued that advertising is so much
waste, so much added unnecessarily to the cost
of the articles sold In one sense it is true if thf
sales could be made without it, the prices coulo
be just that much Tess to the consumer
But the world buys only on information. II
travels because it knows where to go, what it car
see, how much it will cost It builds new houses
because it reads how other people build and live
and enjoy It dresses in new fabrics because these
come to its reading eyes. It is many times cheap
er to get all this information by reading than in
any other manner. The world would settle down
into tumble of ignorant unkempt, eaye-re-
alone provincial units, but for what it reads in
the advertising columns.-The Manufacturer
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13

State Engineer w. C. Lefebvre advises that the
state highway department will have plans ready
by May Is and bids viii be opened about June for
the Lees Ferry bridge. While Flagstaff will bene-
fit by this great connecting link from north to
south, it viii not be long before the whole state
viii realize that it has attached vast country to
the north which heretofore has been cut off as
foreign country" 1t has been a great struggle
to develop the vast spaces of the north and keep
up with the demands made upon it for more and
better highways-highways that will let the peo-
pie of the world get glimpse of virgin coun-
try, primitive and peopled by races which date
back to prehistoric ages.
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13
THE HUMAN SIDE
OF LIFE
Trying to Weep
4 s*@*4**@4@@*4**. =.

Edwin Arlington Robinson, the
poet who recently won the Pulitzer
prize, was condemming the new move
ment in poetry. He quoted some lines
from a poem in "The Dial that ran:
Across lynnpatic fields
Thin shadows spin
Tubescular
The heaven adulterate
Grows blood.
1eThat's the new movement" he
said. tits object is to attract at
tention, more talk. Well you have
to be pretty incompetent poet to
be willing to make talk about your
self, in such a way as that.
The incompetence of our new
poets reminds me of bookstore sales
man in a Maine town.
I'd like to have the Letters Of
Thomas Carlyle" !" please said to
him one morning.
"He took me by the arm and led me
to the door in a good d-natured way.
.Postoffice first corner to the left
Tom, old sport he said"
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13

From newspaper reports we note that Governor
Hunt has announced his candidacy for the COVER
norship in 1923, also that Dwight B. Heard, Frank
Stewart and E. S. Clark viii run for governor or
u. S. senator as the case may be. In nominating
republican candidates against himself and Mr..
Cameron the governor hopes to create real Bit
ter feeling amongst real republicans. While we
are willing to let the governor. vote the republican
ticket in part or whole as he sees fit in the gen
eral election he must move over further before
can see our way clear to his voting in the repub-
lican primaries
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13
VIRGINIA LAW UPHELD
sEl Paso Herald)


Virginia's sterilization law stands.
It has been upheld by the supreme
court of the United States. BY reason
of that successful test, compulsory
sterilization of insane, feeble-minded
epileptics, habitually criminal and the
criminally insane will commend itself
more and more to legislatures of 9TH
er states.
A few have undertaken it half
.heartedly. There will be more conf
dence in such law, now that the su-
preme court has ruled upon it. Other
states may be expected to take it up.
We may look forward to the day
when those elements in society which
are most dangerous because of Grim
inal tendencies, or of weakest men
tality, will not be allowed to repro
duce their kind, thus bringing into the
world more criminals to kill and rob
more degenerate moral types of both
sexes, and more anti-social creatures
to fill our allnshouses, jails, public
clinics and asylums for the insane.
There are some who profess to fear
that the spread of compulsory sterili-
cation laws may bring about a reign
of doctors with power to unsex not
only the unfit but also their personal
enemies, certain classes of society, the
poor who happen to fall burden
temporarily upon charity, and even
troublesome minor races.
If any such danger threatened, the
sense Of justice of public opinion
quickly would snatch the power from
tyrannical hands. But there could be
no such reign Of doctors," at least
so long as the state laws gave to those
proposed to be sterilized the right of
trial by judge and jury. It is highly
improbable any IL American jurors
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13
BORDERING ON-MEXICO

Governor Hunt apparently grows more talkative
on his trips to our southern borders Some few
weeks ago the chief executive visited Douglas
After being close to the international line for a
few hours he gave out an interview in which he
stated that he would be candidate for the demo-
cratic nomination in 1928.
Just the other day Mr.. Hunt was in Nogales A
few hours after his arrival he told newspapermen
that Dwight B. Heard, of Phoenix, would be the
republican candidate for governor 1928 and that
E. S. Clark would be Mr.. Heards choice to seek
the G. o. P. senatorial nomination. Miami Bull
letins
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13
Sir Walter and the Gallery

a. fine tribute to the great Walter
Hagen, who grabs the gallery wheth-
er he is going we'll or badly, was
paid by al Watrous on the opening
day! of the P. G. Al. championship
tournament at Olympic field, Chicago
AL in the course of his round came
within hailing distance of Johnny
Farrell.
"How's it going, Al?p Johnny
wanted to know.
"I'm breaking the course record,
All replied.
Where's your gallery z"
They're over behind the club house
watching Hagen play munblety peg.
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13
BIRDS AND THE FARMERS
(Alliston, Ontario, HeraIdl

When farmer complained that the
pheasants were eating his corn the
game department killed two Of the
birds and examined their crops and
found 200 cutworms and no corn. AL
most without exception when the sci
entists investigate such cases they
find the same results. The farmer
owes his crop to the feathered police
that keep down the bugs, insects and
worms. With continuing slaughter Of
every form of bird life, the insect loss
will be heavier and farm labor harder.
The nation could train an army of
riflemen in a comparatively short
time, but it could not in a century re-
store the bird armies that are the
farmers allies in raising food to feed
the country.
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13

The toll of death and destruction down the Mis-
sissipp continues and the list of sufferers still
grows The Red Cross society is doing great
work but needs more help to carry on the work.
While Flagstaff's quota was doubled we should
meet it in the name Of suffering humanity. We
give literally to other countries that meet disas-
ter why not be equally as liberal with our own
people?
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13

It is really regrettable that our democratic
friends in the southern part of the state are SO
wrought up over naming dam after a republican
Frank @. LoWden, because Lowden only lives in
Arizona a part of the time. Lord love us! We
have even been electing United States senators
who live here less, love US less than Lowden does.
Maybe the poor dam viii hold water regardless Of
its name.
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13

though a great many people were too anxious to
wait until Monday and have made a good start
already. If you have an old shed or shack you
can get along without, scrap it now. Your prop
erty will be worth more without the unsightly
shacks. A little paint viii not detract from the
appearance or value Of your property.
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13
Brutal Truth

Italian Consul Siciliani said at a
luncheon III San Francisco:
eve had too many political parties
in Italy in the past. Instead of two
parties in our house and senate, as
you have, we had nearly 22, and so
there could be no majority and
nothing could get done. Hence
Fascisna.
"A political party is good thing.
but you can have too much of good
thing. Thus four aces in game Of
cards are splendid, but five causes
trouble and disaster"
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13
Wild .Ine Cnmnlains

The door Of the hardware shop in
Bloody Gulch swung open and Wild
Joe, the worst man iii town. entered
in q state of Indignation
.sI'm bringin' this gun back, he
roared. 1T amt what you said it
was. You, told me it was a six
shooter
"Why, it is six-shooter," pro-
tested the dealer.
1T amt. been shootin all after
noon with it an only killed five
men!"
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13
THE IRRESISTIBLE PULL OF CONTINUOUS
ADVERTISING

Advertising does not jerk, it pulls 1t begins
very gently at first but the pull is steady It in
creases day by day, year by year, until it exerts
an irresistible power. Disseminating your adver-
sign If you are to do business, you must let the
public know it. Itwould as soon think of doing
business without clerks as without advertising
John Wanamaker
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13
Starting Young

Little Bobby was the proud pos
SCISSOR of one of the long-trousered
suits little boys are wearing now-a-
days. When he came downstairs to
show off to his father, he had his
hands in his pockets and staggered
like drum major.
''Gee, dadi' he said seriously, lit
feels comfortable to be a man, don't
TT"
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13

We believe that every voter should vote for the
Jwo proposed amendments to the state constitu-
sion on May 81 The eliminations proposed can
10 no harm and may be of value in determining
our rights in the Colorado river
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13

According to one statistician the women Of
America spent eighteen times as much in pursuit
of beauty last year as Uncle Sam spent on his
navy. Here is something for the pacifists to
worry about. For beauty causes more killings an
nually than the combined navies of the world
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13

All hope of the daring French aviators being
alive has been given up. AmericaAis being blamed
oy French authorities who claim the weather was
reported good on this side of the Atlantic when
ehe aviators started their flight Certainly the
French must love America.
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13

Evidently the Phoenix grand jury viii soon
nave an interesting budget Of sensational news
TO divulge It is reported it will return between
25 and 80 indictments and turn the limeIght onto
j state institution or two.
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13

could be found who would be ied BY
such is the temperament of our juries
that they would rather incline to give
the defendant the benefit of the doubt,
If there were any doubt, of his unfit
ness to bring children into the world
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13
Used To 1t

The secretary Of a popular country
club had been having a thoroughly
bad morning, not only with the COM
mittee, but with various members. :.
polite, obviously new member APP
preached him.
do you mind telling me where I
can hang my coat and hat2 I've
only just joined, and don't know my
way about yet.D
aHang ,em on me, old chap" was
the answer. "I'm the secretary
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13
Learning City WAYS

Louisa, the colored kitchen maid,
was from the country, but she was
energetic and learned fast. Part of
her duties was to water the fern and
change the water in the goldfish
bowl Her mistress asked her on the
second day:
did you remember to empty the
water under the refrigerator :"
Eyes, ma'am, cmptied it and put
in fresh water
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13

The people of this section of Arizona have al
ways been safe from the terrible cyclones and
storms now affecting the middle west In our
good fortune let us remember the helpless back
east
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13

It is said that gum chewers have about gnawed
their way through the rubber trees Of South
of Indian and Java The report is Evidently much
stretched.
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13

Senator Ashurst tells New Workers that the
democratic party is party of hopes and intimated
he thought they had bare chance OF look in for
the presidency in 1928. 1t is being runored about
the state that Senator Ashurst will be candidate
to succeed himself at the next election, in fact he
admits it quite freely.
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13

A London society has been formed for the pur-
pose of raising poetry to the Homeric standard
This may be difficult. Why not jazz up Homer a
little and let it go at that?
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13

You never hear anything about farm relief for
New England. The farmers in Vermont and New
Hampshire have needed relief so long they
wouldn't know what to do with it if they had it.
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13

Usually the fellow who says he is running for
office to clean up politics really intends to clean
up in politics.
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13

The American tourist goes to Europe to spend
money but the European tourist comes to Amer
lea to deliver lectures and get paid for it. Yet
they say we are the dollar chasing nation.
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13

The Japanese government seems to be in some
financial difficulties. Why doesn't it send for
Andy Mellon?
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13

killing harmless husbands seems to be quite
the vogue now in Hollywood and New York
Again demonstrating the fallacy of the remark
that East is East and West is West"
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13
Stumbling Blocks

What some men call stumbling
blocks others call stepping stones.
It is largely a matter of attitude
whether they trip Of elevate d man.
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13

Now the democrats are thinking some of taking
their 1928 convention to Washington. This will
make it possible for the convention to keep cool
with Coolidge
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13

Mrs Ruth Snyder, convicted with her para
mour, Gray, of numbering her husband, is said to
be showing symptoms of insanity. She had dis
ordered brain to start with.
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13

London is expecting 275,O0O American tourists
this summer. That ought to give them back most
Of the gold they have shipped over here on debt
payments, and then some.
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13

The farmer gets his extra hour of daylight IN
the summer not by moving the clock forward but
by setting his alarm for an hour earlier in the
morning.
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13

Mothers Day passed off quietly, except as to
those mothers who we're spring house-cleaning
and asked father to take down the stove.
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13
Another For Mr.. Belcher

Charlady: She wanted me to ave
d finger in the pie, but smelt a rat
an nipped lit in the bud.
Cook: Lor', Mrs. Jones, 'ow you do
mix your senaphores.
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13

Earth shocks weer felt in the lower part of Man
haitian Island the other day This is about the
only kind of shock with which New York has not
been familiar
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13

A man who had been dead several days was
found in Phoenix recently. The report that he
was found in front of the postoffice has been
deniedSsA
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13
Holding Ont

"When it comes to assuming its
war debts, France reminds me Of the
srobbish man." remarked Senator
Borah.
"A gentleman met the wife of the
snobbish. man and said to her: !
met your husband last night, dear
lady, but he didn't see me.
z So he told me-" was the reply.
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13

Remember the old days when you used to use
the expression as peaceful as q Chinaman?' r.
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13
Diamond Brand

There's a cheerful little news
urchin down in Hollywood whose
quick wit makes him a favorite with
the picture people. The other day
he was smoking dilapidated cigaret
when Fred Humes, the western star,
came along.
what kind of cigarets do you
smoke ?" Freddy wanted to know.
Baseball, was the reply.
Baseball? / never heard of them. Z
''Grounders, Mr.. Humes, ground
ers!"
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-13
In Good Voice

In Good Voice
This story is being told Of Lon
don judge who likes music.
He was the guest Of box-holder
at a musical play, but his hostess
maintained an even flow of chatter
all through the piece.
At the end, she cordially invited
him to join her party at the opening
performance at Covent Garden this
season.
with pleasure, said he. i would
like to hear You In grand opera.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-11-11
Sports
|DO1ieBrUw1l

Not a single important football
eleven-classed in terms of nation
al prominence--has kept its goal
line uncrossed up to this point in
the campaign. In the records of
over 100 prominent colleges recent
ly we found but one somewhat
well-known college with a clean
slate-Geneva. This eleven had held
the always powerful Bucknell
eleven scoreless, had kept Davis
Elkins, Duquesne and Boston, Coz
lege from its goal line.
Pittsburgh went into the Novem-
Der games with but one touchdown
and one point from touchdown
scored against it in six games, in
Guiding such opponents as West
Virginia and Carnegie. Washington
had but six points chalked against
its eleven after four games against
neighboring eastern elevens.
Putting the reverse english on
scoring records we find that the
Massachusetts Aggies scored but
seven points against the opposition
in six games. Bates managed to
score the same number against five
antagonists and incidentally those
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-11-11
BY JACK soRDs

Over 40 years and still going
strong. That's the dope on Grover
Alexander, Cardinal pitcher who
this year has completed his six
teenth season in the National league
and in a blaze of glory.
Last spring the wise ones already
had Alex on the shelf. But he
fooled them all and his remark
able pitching this season was a big
help in enabling the Cardinals to
nose the New York Giant out of
second place, putting to rest the
rumors that claimed the veteran
has seen his day. OF course Alex
ander has seen better days. There
were times when pitcher to fin
ish a successful season had to win
at least 90 or % games. Bali
games were easier to win then
than they are now. In 1915 Alex
pitched 13 shutouts for the Ph1llies
and for three consecutive seasons,
1915, 1915 and 1917, won 80 games
or better each season.
Alexander's control saved his
arm a lot of wasted effort, but his
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-11-11
GAME SEASON IS
OPEN IN STATE
Rabbits, Quail, Grouse and
Squirrels PIentiful-GOOd
Season Looked For

If the hunting enjoyed by stalk
ers of snipe and woodcOck during
the past month is any indication,
New Jerseys small game season,
which opened yesterday should be
one of the best in years.
Rabbits and quail in particular
have been reported as plentiful,
in Atlantic and Cape
May counties. The increase in
quail is far beyond the estimates
of the conservation commission,
and quail hunting in this section
should be equal 10 any that the
South has to offer.
A marked increase of the num-
Der of grouse in the pine belt give
assurance that this bird, too, will
provide great deal of sport for
local hunters. Pheasant shooting in
the northern and central counties
will be good, but indications are
that the southern part of the state
will not have as much to offer.
Woodcock and jacksnipe are still
plentiful, and there are plenty of
squirrels to add to the variety of
game on which the season is open.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-11-11

rugged health is probably respon-
sible for keeping him in the swim
so long. He has never adhered
strictly to any set training rules,
and has done things that would
have shortened the career of any
thing but an iron man. A year ago
last spring he was fined and
suspended by Joe Mccarthy, Cub
manager, who later sold him for
the waiver price of $4,000 to the
st. Louis Cardinals.
He was born in st. Paul, Neb.,
Feb. 26, 1887. He began his profess
sional career in 1909 with Gales
burg in the IllinoisMissouri league,
and after serving with Indianapolis
and Syracuse in 1910, was allotted
TO the Phillles by draft, where he
pitched until 1917 when he was
traded Dec IL, to the Cubs, along
with Killefer, for $4,000 and
players Prendergast and Dillhoefer.
He was released to st. Louis, June
%, 1926.
When he reports for spring train
ing next year he will be more than
Al years old.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-11-11

Mays Landing has not yet been
defeated this year, although Bridge
ton held the eleven to tie. Bridge
ton has lost to both Olympics and
the SylvaIlias, so that should the
locals win Sunday, the Mays
Landing team viii automatically be
scratched for the title list.
The Pleasantville team, despite
the rough moments in last weeks
game again st Sylvania, will go into
the game enjoying complete health
and a great deal more wisdom. At
ter the seasons two defeats at the
hands of the strong Atlantic City
elevens. the members of the Green
team have learned much. It will
take a tricky team to beat them
from now on.
The Pleasantyille players will
leave at 2 O'Clock from Washington
avenue and Second street, going by
automobile. 1t is expected that a
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-11-11

major league owners who has found
himself forced TO go into the man
agerial market to put new life in
his team, has learned considerable
baseball in his short career as head
of the Boston Braves.
He says, among other things:
1--WE learned that baseball repu-
tations amount to nothing if team
is a eronic loser"
Solomon never pulled a wiser
one than that.
Fuchs struck by Dayey Bancroft
through thick and thin because he
had faith in the star shortstop's
ability to build a baseball machine
Bancroft couldn't make the grade.
The fans decided before Fuchs did
that he couldn't. Fuchs had no
other course open but to release
Banny
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-11-11

seven came at the expense of the
.Aggies.
Michigan, of course, saw its
virgin goal line smeared by Illinois
after Yost's followers had dreamed
of another wonder team.
Also Pittsburg, with a total of
ZIG points in six battles, topped the
big teams of the country in scor-
ing.
Phil Scott. the British heavy
weight who has hopes of breaking
into the scramble for a chance a..
Gene Tunney's crown, is not rated
high as a fighter yet but he has a
record that cannot be sneezed at.
His lifetime record gives him a
total of II battles and only seven
defeats-three of them decision
affairs.
Judge Emil Fuchs, one of the