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The Coolidge examiner., 1931-01-16
Welcomed End of Edict
Against Highland Dress

A Highland exhibition, illustra-
tive Of olden times and life in the
Highlands, held in Inverness, Scot
land, attracted many hundreds Of
visitors. There was among the
many 'relics" of the '45 a rare
copy of a Gaelic proclamation per-
mitting the use Of the Highland
dress after it was banned. The
proclamation was sent by Rev. R.
L. Ritchie, Creich. Sutherland, and
the Gaelic spelling is in parts
phonetic. The English translation
is as follows: Listen, men This
is bringing before all the sons of
the Gael that the king and parlia-
ment of Britain have for ever abol-
ished the act against the Highland
dress that came down to the clans
from the beginning Of the world to
the year 1746. This must bring
great joy to every Highland heart.
You are no longer bound to the un-
manly dress of the Lowlander.
This is declaring to every man,
young and old, gentles and COM
mons, that they may after this put
on and wear the trews, the little
kilt, the doublet, the small plaid,
along with the tartan kilt, without
fear of the law of the land or the
jealousy of enemies"
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-01-16
Picture Earth's Core as
Holding Rich Treasure

A bonanza beyond belief exists
from two to three thousand miles
below the surface of the earth, ac-
cording to two geophysicts Of the
Carnegie institute of Washington.
From all the known data these sci
entists infer that this planet is a
solid ball of nickel and iron en-
closed in three shells of rock.
Conjecture how the financial
giants could cash in on that, were
it accessible, if from mere pin
pricks on the surface they pile up
millions But the scientists fol-
low with the information that a
shaft more than 1000 miles deep
would have to be sunk to reach the
riches. 1t is doubtful if all the
wealth in the world would pay for
excavating a small fraction of the
distance.
The core, according to the scien-
lists theory, is surrounded by
three shells. The first is of gran
ite, about 80 miles the second Of
basaltic rock, increasing in density
for about 1000 miles, and the third
of heavy rock impregnated with
iron, or nickel and iron, for 1000
to 1.500 miles.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-01-16
Turning Spring" Owned
by George Washington

Curiosity may have killed cat,
but it also made George Washing
ton one Of the first investors in nat
ural gas property.
In 1875 he visited a tract near
Charleston, w. Va, where a
strange burning spring"-fames
Of escaping gas, probably ignited
by a water-seeker who came at
night with a lantern-attracte his
attention. Although the father of
our country could not have known
it, the property he bought was in
the heart of a great natural gas
field. He presented his property
to the nation as a national park.
The first well in this field, how
ever, was not discovered until the
early 1S00s when two brothers, Da-
vid and Joseph Ruffner, drilled
5S-foot shaft for salt in the great
Kanawha valley of east Virginia,
and opened up a gas well.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-01-16
DEATH OF
?. P. DACCS

Last Thursday night at Casa
Grande occurred the death of P. p.
Daggs. the owner of the Dekol
silver mine south of Casa Grande,
and a pioneer of this sta and the
Casa Grande valley. The Arizona
Republic has in it's issue of Jan. 10,
had the following to say of MIR.
Daggs, whose death has brought
sorrow to many sincere friends:
Casa Grande, Jan 9.-Peru Pax
on Daggs, Is years old, died in a
Casa Grande hotel at 11:3O o'clock
last night Mr. Daggs had been i'll
about 10 days. Heart disease was
gwen as the cause of death.
Mr.. Daggs was a pioneer resident
of Arizona and widely known as a
sheepman and miner
Mr.. Daggs was born in Missouri
but came ito Arizona in 1876. He
resided in Winslow, Flagstaff and
Tempe before making his home in
Casa Grande Mr.. Daggs retired
several years ago from active busi-
ness and moved to Claremont, Cal
bu since then had been spending
his winters in Casa Grande. He was
interested in the Dekol mine, %
miles south of here.
Survivors include the widow, for
merly Miss Annie L. Kloff, of
Tempe, two sons, Paul of Upland,
California, and Charles of Santa
Monica, California, one daughter,
Mrs Mary Davis of Cotton, Calf,
three grandchildren.
The body will be taken to Glare
mont, for burial.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-01-16
INTERESTING
MEETING

At the meeting of the WOman's S
club held Thursday, Jan. Sth, the
report Of their treasurer showed
that the debt standing against the
club had been substantially re-
duced. A fea ure of the meeting
was the presentation by Mrs. r. J..
Jones, president of the club. of two
Christmas gifts that had been
made TO the club. One was a
framed photograph of the late Mrs.
p. w. Hamilton who at the time
of her death, year past, was
president of the club. The gift
was made by Mr.. p. w. Hamilton
The other gift was a painting, d
desert scene. 1t was painted by Mrs
Vestry, of Douglas and presented
to the Glib by Mrs j. E. Bevan, of
Bisbee, who sta ed that the picture
be framed with cactus wood, and
she would stand the expense of the
work.
Mrs. Ernest McCleery was re-
ceived into the club by imitation
and Mrs. Mable Moxley was voted
membership, her imitation to come
up later
Hostesses Mrs. S. G. Burt. Mrs.
Bessie Berquist and Mrs. w. w.
Warren served delicious refresh
ments at the end Of the program.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-01-16
ROBERT DENTON
ELECTED CHAIRMAN

Robert Denton member of the
board of supervisors from Casa
Grande, was elected chairman of
the board when it convened Mon
day after the new member, James
L. Heron of Superior, took his
seat on the board. Mr.. Heron
succeeds Joseph w. Spray, also of
Superior. Carl c. Lynch is the
third member of the board. c.. H.
Nlemeyer was re-appointed clerk
of the board. No action was taken
on the matter of a new county en-.
gineer, Louis Fiscel will continue
in that position until a choice is
Observation-Disclosures.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-01-16
P|NAL COUNTY farm BUREAU
TO HAVE MEETING

On December 16, 1880, the Ari-
zona State Board of Agriculture
and Horticul ure promulgated an
order wherein certain areas in
Maricopa, Pinal and Pima counties
are defined as regulated areas" !"
and rules and regulations covering
volunteering of cotton. planting
da es, disposal of stalks, and plow
ing for the control of pink boil
worm laid down.
A considerable part of the irri-
gated area of Pinal County comes
within this regulated area" and
farmers are interester in having the
plan of the control work outlined
to them For this reason the Pinal
County Farm Bureau has invited
Mr.. R E. Mcdonald, in charge of
the Plant Quarantine and Control
Administration of the United States
Depar ment of Agriculture, and Dr.
Oscar c. Bartlett, State Entomo-
logist, to speak at a meeting and
outline plans for the eradication Of
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-01-16
Pays to Enter Own Door

How would you like to have to
pay a fee for entering your own
front door? The vicar Of st. Brides,
Fleet street, has to do this. Bride
we'll place, at the back of the
church where the vicarage is situ-.
ated, was built on land belonging.
to the Bridewell foundation, and
the old dividing wall ran along the
lines of the present vicarage rail
ings. The result is that there is
no free right of way into the house,
and the vicar has to pay a toll Of.
guinea (abOut so year. Bride
well has had an interesting history
Formerly a palace, it became in
turn a hospital, a "house of oc-
cupatiOns," workhOuse, and a
prison. 1t ceased to be a prison
In 1864, when Holloway jail took
its place, but there still is a cell
for apprentices who may be COM
mitted there by the city's cham.
berlain. 1t never is used,-London
Tit-Bits.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-01-16
INFESTATION UNDER CONTROL
OF PLANTERS

The fate in the battle against the
pink boil worm now hangs in the
balance, according to the eXper S
of the United States department
of agriculture bureau of plan
quarantine and control. The safety
of future Arizona cotton fields de
pends largely on what the farmers
do his spring to prevent spread OF
the infestatiOn, they declare. So
thoroughly convinced is R. E. Nc
Donald, entomalogist in charge of
pink bol,worm Grad cation, that the
late winter and early spring, pres
ent the crisis as far as the Salt
River valley infestation is concern
ed that he has sent H. P. Prickett
inspector from San Antonio, here
to remain for the next 10 weeks
for the express purpose of inform
ing the public the exact situation
IN regard TO manifestation and what
must be done to meet it.
"One great trouble" Prickett
- yesterday, has been that many
people, business men especially, as
sumed that because the non-cotton
zone has been abolished that the
Iinfestation was over and no further
appearance of damaging worm was
likely. The exact reverse is true
The worm is still here but in great
! ly diminished numbers. If we can
get cooperation of farmers and
business men, we believe it can be
completely eradicated this spring
If allowed to go on with out pre-
yentiVe measures, the infestatior
will become so bad as to practical
ly ruin the cotton growing industry
of Maricopa and Pinal counties.
Business Men Interested
Records show that the Sail
River valley cotton crop has ranged
in value from $1O,OOO,OOO to SIS,
100000 in recent years. 1t is i'm
perative that everyone, not only
the farmer, be awakened to the
seriousness of the impending dis
aster to this crop unless hearty and
immediate cooperation is given to
avert it. This applies just as much
to business and professional men
as to land owners and farmers.
Experience in Egypt where the
pink boIlworm originated, Mexico
proven that the infestation cannot
be allowed to thrive and cotton be
raised at a profit on the same land.
One or the other must go. Should
the pink bollworm get the upper
hand here, another non-cotton zone
will not be needed. The pest will
see to it that cotton is Abandoned.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-01-16

Between its ravages and he iron
bound guarantees other states
would place on Arizona cotton, it
would nor be worth while planting
one square foot of land to cotton"
Tho way out from such impend-
ing conditions is clear, Prickett
said. He plans to make personal
visits to farmers throughout the
valley to point out he procedure
necessary. 1t consists in following
out the regulation promulgated by
he state agriculture and horticul-
ture commission on December 16,
when the non-cotton zone ruling
was lifted.
Comply With Regulation
These regulations call for all land
planted 10 cotton in 1890 to be
thoroughly plowed under by Febru-
airy 49, All fields in the stated
areas which were in cotton in 1880
are to be thoroughly cleaned of
subs and parts of stubs by cut
ting. Tcking in piles and burning
prior to February 1
Several hundred acres have been
raked, burned, and plowed in the
Lehi, Coolidge and Glendale ais
tricts, according to Prickett, but
large areas remain % be treatd in
like manner and he has askd sup
port of all of tn farmers.
The destruction of all stub cotton
is the main objective this month,
the federal inspector said. Stub
cotton With its early blooms offers
food and an egg-laying nest for the
emerging moth. Deprived OF this
it dies without laying eggs. Il stub
cotton can be killed off and cotton
drilled in at the latest possible
date, there remains little to en-
courage the pink bollworm tocom-
plete another life cycle of egg, pupa,
worm and moth.
T"The infestation in the Salt
River and Coolidge district" Pric-
/ kett concluded, ''has been reduced
TO what might be termed traces.
Here is our greatest difficulty. Be
cause we have been so successful
the first year of the fight against
/ the infestation, farmers assume the
bat le is Won. On the contrary
insect pests are only conquered by
EXTERN nation. Leave trace
alone and in another season you
have a more destructive army han
ever before, which will bring on a
financial disaster THAT will be felt
by every resident Of the state either
Directly or indirectly. Arizona
Republic.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-01-16
LIONS MEET THURSDAY

Thursday, January 18th, the Cool
idge Lions gathered in heir den
for their bi-monthly meeting and
feed. The guests of the occasion
were Paul Feehan, Coolidges lead
ing attorney, and Mr. Powell, a
salesman for General Electric.
Mesdames Hazel Jones, Farms
worth, and Lane, had charge of
preparing and serving the fine
dinner which was enjoyed by the
Lions and their friends.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-01-16
WILL ERECT GOVERNMENT
BUILDING

From funds that are available
the Indian Department will soon
cause to be erected in Coolidge a
building to house their offices now
OCCUPYING the first floor of the Ma
sonic Temple in this city. Plans
have been forwarded to Washing
ton for approval When this is
secured it is expected work will
soon be started.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-01-16
This IS A LAW
BADLY NEEDED

A bill, we have learned, has been
prepared, to be presented to the leg
islature, which if enacted, would be
the first effective law against the
distribution of narcotics in this
state. That is, it would be the state
enactment to discourage traffic in
narcotics So far, we have had to
depend upon the operation of the
Harrison act for protection.
We have, it is true, and for many
years we have had, a so-called
anti-narcotic law which in one way
is worse than no law at all, since
it has served as an obstacle to any
effective enactment. The penalties
1t provides are not at all deterrent
to the fiends who reap such great
profits from the sale of dope. 1t
amounts to little more than a pro-
nouncement that public opinion in
Arizona is against the sale of GER
tain specified habit-forming drugs.
AS a border state, Arizona is in
special need of protection against
a class of drugs for which there is
such a ready sale and which may
be imported with so little risk of
detection. The state law is seldom
or never invoked, though our peace
officers generally cooperate with
federal officials in the rounding up
of criminals who have been un-
earthed by the latter.
There is Gn insufficient number
of officers engaged in the enforce
ment of the Harrison act. Their
operations consist, first, in the dis
covery in one way or another, of
huge narcotic rings the magnitude
of whose transactions render them
more or less conspicuous. Arrests
are made and their wide-flung
tentacles are traced into dozens of
localities in, maybe, several states.
1t would be hopeless task for the
federal officials to busy themselves
in any locality without such infor-
nation as they gain from attack.
ing the center of the narcotic rings.
Our neglect of effective anti.
narcotic legislation shows a strange
lack of appreciation of crime far
worse than murder which DESTROYS
only the body. Narcotics destroy
the soul after dragging the victim
through a wretched existance. The
narcotic net catches them young
1t is thrown about the school
houses of the land. A few years
ago it was discovered that pupils
OF schools in many parts of the
country had become addicts and
were being served by agents who
appeared on the outskirts of schoo
grounds during intermissions.
There have been, we believe, nc
recent complaints, but it can hard
ly be supposed that the narcotic
agents have ceased their actives or
their own motion, and we know OF
no action that has been taken tc
compel them to do so.-Arizons
Republic.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-01-16
FOREST
TRAVEL DURING THE
MONTH OF DEC.

The month Of December shows
average travel in the Petrified
Forest National Monument for this
season of the year, the total of
visitors being 2,717. 681 private
autos brought 2,3O5 of these and
the remainder, 412, came by Har-
vey car. This is slightly under the
figure for the same period last year
which were 3,188
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-01-16
LEAGUE GIVES CASH
GIFT TO NAVAJOS

Tucson, January 12.-(UP)-Nav-
ajo Indians at St. Michael and
Houck, Arizona, will receive a gift
of $4,000 from the Marquette Lea
que for Catholic Indian Missions of
New York, it was announced today
by the Rev. James P. Davis, chan
cellor of the Arizona diocese
Part of the funds will be usd to
build a small hospital at Houck for
sick and aged Navajos.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-01-16

William Short is building a re-
sidence ora back of his lot,
which is west of the Seagoe build
ing. Mr. and Mrs. Short recently
arrived from Los Angeles. Mrs.
Short is a sister of Mrs. G. w.
Ware.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-01-16
ROAD OlLlNG ABOUT
FINISHED

The oiling of the Coolidge-Pica
cho section Of the Tucson-Phoenix
Highway will be completed within
a short time. Thursday the oilers
awaited the final consignment of
OIL
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-01-16
AROUND THE STATE
(WITH UNITED PRESS

Coolidge-A triple celebration
will be held here in Febrauarv at
dedication of the new school,,
Southern Pacific railroad depot and
opening of the Coolidge-Picacho
highway.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-01-16
IzdDajQM

Monday, January II,
1881. to the family of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. B. Cross, at the home of M.
Whitlock. a baby boy was born.
The new arrival weighed S12 lbs.
Mrs. Cross is a daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Whltlock
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-01-16

Tombs one-The Cochise county
board of supervisors and Fred
Winn, supervisor of the Chiricahua
forests have reached an agreement
to carry on three road projects in
the county with S25 500 of he funds
provided by the special relief act
of congress.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-01-16

Globe-Surpassing expectations.
precipitation for The Globe Miami
district amounted to 20 inches for
1880, breaking a 1O-year record of
1878 inches.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-01-16

Yuma-Yuma was one of the few
cities in the state to induct a new
mayor into office at beginning of
the new year. Arthur N. Kelly
succeeded Mayor A. /. DeMund
January 5.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-01-16

pink boil worm
The Pinal County Farm Bureau
is calling a meeting of cotton
growers of Pinal county at the
Community church in Coolidge,
next to the Woman's Club, on next
Saturday evening, January II, at
700 p. m, at which time Mr. Don
aid and DR.. Bartlett will address
the meeting. We trust that all
cotton growers will attend.
Yours very truly,
K K. HENNESS,
County Agricultural Agent.
n. B. Mr. Harris, Of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture, has pre-
pared an exhibit showing the dam
age done by the pink boil worm,
and will have it on exhibit in the
window of the Arizona Land and In
vestment Company office in Cool
idge on Saturday afternoon, and
growers are invited to inspect this
exhibit.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-01-16

H. A. Odom was elected president
of the Coolidge school board at a
meetings held last week. The other
members of the board of directors
are G. w. Ware and Mrs. w. H.
Farnsworth. Carl Slater was ap-
pointed custodian of the new school
building.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Orr
are visiting for a few days
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
lies this week.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-01-16

Amilia Jackson and Ray
mond Norris were married
Tuesday afternoon, at the
Catholic church at Black
water. Father Donald of
Sacaton performed the cere-
mony. After the wedding
refreshments were served.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-01-16

TRADE IN COOLIDGE
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-01-16

Mr.. Fred Eberhart and
M. J. Reed, of Coolidge went
hunting last Sunday to the
Calvin Mountains and came
home rejoicing because they
had killed a fat wild hog.
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QUAINT MOVIE MORALS;
-. NEW HISTORIC SPOT .'n
IN BOSTON
Rv GILBERT SELDES-

Five years ago when l went to the movies was
interested in their art today find myself interested
chiefly in their morals which by far enter
tanning than the movies themselves The reason is the
elaborate facade of morality which the pictures have
constructed false front, with the Will Hays or
ganiZation, the womens clubs and other groups,
religious and social acting architects and builders
Through the operation of these fortes certain SUBJ
but-ths is very odd--no one seems to hold any OF
these people responsible for the pictures which do ap
pear. 1t is one-sided business
Not Dirty )ust Quaint
do not want any to to TRANSATLANTIC
in the hope of catching bit of dirt is on the Wnole
normal, average, clean picture But its moranty is
of the quaintest Sort Out of its confusion, gather
failure of his bank and decamped to Europe with
great sum in securities gang of racketeers or rob
bers sails on the same boat Object: Robbery on the
high seas. Also on board is personabe young thief
who years ago, has been polite, no more to the
bankers wife 1t is quite shipload for there appear
in addition, old lens grinder and his daughter (who
learn that all their savings have been lost in the bank
faiure( and Scandinavian dancer who has been and
presumably still is the mistress of the banker
Catches the Dancer in His Arms
The securities stolen the banker is shot, the lens
grinder is accused, the nice young thief proves that
umphant. But before all this happens the picture has
to give you it's moral (or sexualP thrill At the be-
ginning of the voyage the bankers wife catches the
dancer in his arms toward the end the agreeable pick
dancer is kissing him, just the banker enters for
rendezvous. Whereupon the banker, having little
humor goes back to his wife, and his WIFE with tears
in her eyes, takes him back. BY that time she knows
that he is thoroughly unprinciped crook has ruined
thousands of people; and her last word is that they
will return all the securities and the banker will give
himself up Again virtue triumphs; but the morality
of the whole thing is sleazy
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
New Deep Oval

Almost every good fashion
point Is found in the gown we
have Sketched. The back is
cut in q deep, low oval that
Is edged with q flat white satin
bertha effect. 1t continues over
the shoulders and makes the
little scarf ends that you see.
The buckle on one of these
scarfs matches the belt buckle.
The skirt has that fitted effect
below the hip that is so i'm.
portant, and flares out from
there. The scanning that fits
it is rounded like the shape Of
the bertha. This gown has the
new lower back, but it has a
built-up look and slightly COW
cred shoulders which makes it
very new. 1t is medium priced
in q Washington store.
II you want more information
about this gown, write Miss
LaviIle. incIOsing . Self-ad.
dressed, stamped envelope, or
call District $3.50, extension 16S.
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
Woven Sandals

You can wear woven san
6als without any stockings be-
cause they are so light weight
and soft. They are now re-
duced to $1.29 in one local
store and there is a full range
of sizes from to 6Ka. In a
combination of black and
white. tan and brown or tan
and white.
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
Mrs. Gwynn and
Daughter in
Canada

Mrs. William C. Gwynn, wife
of DR.. Gwynn, and her daugh-
ter, Miss Louise Harrison
Gwynn. who will be a debu-
tante this coming season, are
spending the month of August
at the Log Chateau. Seignory
Club, Lucerne, in the Province
of Quebec.
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
Lawn Showers

Try cooling off under
shower that you merely attach
to the garden hose. Let it
sprinkle your lawn and your
children. They are tall enough
for a grown.up and give a
generous amount Of rain. Only
$1.95.
The Washington times., 1931-08-12

Home seekers who want to Establish
themselves in home of their own
before the hot summer months will find
timely home selection in the Real
Estate for Sale Columns Of the CLASH
fled Section
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
IN CAPITAL
SHOPS

For names Of shops t0here you
can find articles described be-
lotU, address Patricia Lee, The
Washington Times, or telephone
District $3.50. Extension 165, be.
tDeen 9:3O Gnd S.
The Washington times., 1931-08-12

The wide patent leather belt-21z
inches wide-with covered buckle;
in white, brown, red, shell pink
and black. The clever braided
leather belt, with metal buckle; in
red, brown, black and white.
LEATHER GOODS, AISLE
FIRST FLOOR
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
Bath Pillows

If you are one Of those peo-
pie who like to cool off in the
bath tub, you will appreciate
this Spongy rubber pillow for
your. head. It is held to the
tub by one or two suction but
tons and comes in yellow,
green, orange or rose. Only
$i.25.