Nogales international., 1931-07-29
1T11 T TTTrTTT 1s Observation-Disclosures
Cleaning Up The Wreckage

Cleaning Up The Wreckage
When Governor Geo. W. P. Hunt again enter
ed office chief executive Of Arizona on January
s. 1881 he surveyed the sad wreckage Of the preced
ing Republican adminitration.
Here are some of the outstanding results of two
years Of Republican rule in Arizona which came with
IN the governors perspective:
state prison whose funds had been ex-
hausted and which was being operated on
a private loan
A state school for the deaf and blind child
ren closed for lack Of funds following an
orgy Of extrayagant management.
legislative examiner preparing to give the
taxpayers the biggest budget and highest
tax rate in the history of the state
An adlutant generals department facing
court charges Of alleged fraud in obtaining
public MONIES
Private organizations subsidized by state ap-
preparations.
Sick guests Of the pioneers home being eaten a
alive bv bed bugs.
A state agricultural and horticultural de-
partment running wild in an orgy of money
spending and building up Russianized sys-
" TEN Of highway inspection stations at public
expense.
A state game commission that DESTROYED the
records Of it's receipts.
And as an anti-climaX, a state historian who
wrote doggerel poetry and published it in the
historical magazine at state expense.
Governor Hunt took off his coat rolled up his
shirt sleeves and started in to clean up the wreckage
and to restore some of order in the house of
Arizona. 1t comparable to the job Of cleaning the
Augean stables. Governor Hunt is still at it. The job
IS not completed by any means but considerable nrO-
gresS has been made
The Republicans do not often get an opportunity
to run the government Of Arizona but when they do
get chance, they make up for lost time After each
6ennium of Republican mis-rule, the succeeding
Democratic administration is faced with the Hercu-
lean task Of cleaning up the wreckage.
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Mrs Freda Marks, republican national commit
teeWoman TOR Arizona, who recently went to Wash
IngtOn to personally urge the President to name Hugh
*Daggs collector of the Port at Nogaes is reported
to have told Mr.. Hoover that he could not expect
the electoral vote Of this state if Mr. Daggs was not
appointed. Mrs Marks was right as far as she went
pQt sIle could have truthfuy gone further and told
MT Hoover that he could not get the electoral vote
of Arizona whoever he named collector of the Port
-Dunbar's Weekly.
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When airplanes become as numerous as autos
there may be legitimate market for blue sky
When Denver man recently claimed that he was
Napoleon clever detective quickly proved he was
an lmpostor.
The politicians idea Of farm relief is to give the
farmer chance to plaster the old home place with
another mortgage.
FUTURE historians will have some trouble in find
Ing the first industrial leader who predicted that the
upgrade is just around the corner.
Tannany might learn political trick or two
from town in Chile where POI per cent of the quail
fled electors voted in a recent election.
Tip for movie-nakers: The public is beginning
to get just little bit tired Of SEX as screened and
gangsters, as they are not.
Sunday, if you go to church, drop few coins in
the plate even if you have to do without couple Of
cigars few dopes.
Somebody said the other day that the only time
fisherman ever told the truth was when he called an
other fisherman q liar