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The Coolidge examiner., 1939-07-13
Sacred Feather
Stolen, Indians at
Fair All a Utter

George Creel. U. S. Commissioner
to the Golden Gate international
Exposition, has made repeated
pleas for return of a venerable
eagle feather stole from medicine
men of the Indian Exhibit in the
Federal Building on Treasure Is
land.
The plume cannot be replaced,
Creel said, and Bic be toh ME, who
owned it, will lose face" among
the Navajos, If the consecrated
feather is not returned. On top of
that, the Indian exhibit is now
"hexed", according to Indian be
lief, and Bic be toh ME, whose
name means Deer Water, can't put
his heart into his work.
He used his feather daily in a
religious ceremony in connection
with the painting of sand pictures.
It's loss ruins the ritual.
No other feather will do, Deer
Water said through an interpreter.
1t is hundreds of years old and was
handed down to him from scores
of his ancestors.
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Page Three.-..

And there is Q large clock as / rt
of he sign W lich gives you he
! tim -
Ycu can go M during any If
the g hours. Ell. aer a. N. or p. T.:
S to 8; II to IL, 2 to 3; 5 to 6. :. ou
can come down from the mount n.
IN. or D. m, during the hol- .,
$50 to 1920; 1890 to 1:3O,
$3.50 to 4:30, AMI $50 to 1880.
Climb Is Gradual
This may sound alarming, ut
the motorist NJ ed have no het "a
tion in travelling the seven miles of
, ccn-ro road to the mountain p,
! The climb is G. adual, and is m in
tanned very well by the Pima coun
ty Highway department.
The flora changes in color, she De
and size the nearer the motor st
approaches and mountain rim. IL
the desert inhc oitants drop back,
, soon the pine trees and the other
heavy foliage cf the mountains .p
pear. Mountain fern overhangs 1a
road in many places. The air ts
lighter and co ilerl AS the n Id
winds its way up the mounts n,
almost every lend offers a f,ne
panorama of tn hills and the gr at
valley below.
Soon the mo1orist finds himse Elf
at the summit, and in the midst Of
tremendous stand of pine.
Roads extend for IL miles
through this mountain region.
There are several inns where meals
and accommodation are available,
and there are clean, neat camp
grounds. There are many cabins
and lodges through the region FOR
summer residents.
A mile and a half hike from me
road leads the visitor to the gl0 50
encased lookout on Mount Lom
mon. The whole world seems 20
stretch out far below. and the lis
itor experience the pleasure end
the thrill of looking down on a
world faar removed. For below is
Tucson.
Incidentally, federal prioners are
building a road from Tucson up
the south side of the Santa Cata
linas, which eventually will cut
many miles from the trip to Tue
son. This will not be completed Tor
perhaps five years. Two miles or
this new road will be built through
solid road, at the rate of mile
; year.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-07-13
Casa Grande Ruins
Mount Lennon Are
Motorlogue Goals
(Continued from page one)

Continued from page one)
terry dug from Casa Grande and
nearby ruins, and many other
things OF interest both to the
archaeologist and the naturalist.
The guest book at the admin
istration building shows that tn:
travelling public exhibits a great
interest in the national monuments.
Addresses from all over the world
are inscribed on the register. Ap.
parently the Goth century motorist
is interested in relics of prehistoric
lore. Less than mile from a mod
ern Arizona superhighway with It's
bituminous surface to insure safe.
comfortable and fast travel, the
Casa Grande Ruin, a brown pile
of adobe with walls four feet thick.
is a land mark where you can
turn the clock back centuries.
Coolidge Provides Contrast
The antiquity of the Casa Gran
de Ruin is challenged by the mod
ernity of the town of Coolidge, in
Pinal county, scarcely a mile away.
Named after Calvin Coolidge, presi
dent of the United State from 1928
to 1929, the town was founded in
1926, in the center OF the agricul
tural area irrigated by waters i'm
pounded by Coolidge Dam.
Ten miles from Coolidge is Flor
ence, the seat of Pinal county. Flor
ence, where the Arizona State
Prison is situated, possesses an
interesting history. Charles G. Ma
son, a colorful Arizona pioneer,
built the first house in Florence In
1865, and it was there Levi Ruggles
settled as Indian agent that same
year. 1t was an important travel
center in the days of the stagecoach
and pony express in Arizona, trav
elers setting out from Florence
for Silver City, Pionee1 Globe,
San Carlos, Camp Apache, and also
to Phoenix, Wickenburg and Pres
colt.
Territorial governor A. P. X.
Stafford, named the town in honor
of his sister, Florence. Florence is
TO-DAY an important travel center,
being On U. S. Highway 80 and 90.
From Florence to Oracle juno
tfon, "a miles. the motorist uses a
graveled road, but hard surfaced
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-07-13
Farmers Organize
Protective Assoc.

A labor war. instigated by radical
labor leaders of the west coast. is
threatening agricultural, livestock
and dairy interest of the Salt River
Valley, and If not averted, may
spread to every section of Arizona,
according to a statement issued this
week by the Associated Farmers
of Maricopa county.
Headed by its fighting president,
Kemper Marley, the Associated
Farmers are calling upon the
authorities to preserve law and
order and prevent a wave of viol
ence like that which has all but
wrecked coast cities.
President Marley said that the
association is being supported In
it's program by thousands Of
citizens from every walk of life
who are voluntarily sending IN
their applications for membership
and pledging their unqualified sup
port.
He ridiculed charges of certain
labor leaders to the effect that the
association is fighting organized
labor, pointing out that his organi
zation is definitely pledged to pro
feet the rights of both the workers
and the employers.
"This is no fight against legiti
mate unionism," he said. but it
is directed solely to those radicals
in the labor movement on the
coast who have gained the upper
hand in their organizations and are
attempting by force of violence
and intimidation to achieve their
detectives.
I 1--WE believe that any labor dis
pute can be settled by peaceful
means. We firmly believe in the
right of any man to join or not
to join any labor organization he
might choose and the right OF
every one to engage in collective
bargaining. We heartily endorse
THE statement that appeared in an
editorial in Phoenix labor paper
which said, in part:
The only sensible procedure
when differences arise is for the
workers to conduct their own
negotiations with the employers
Friendly conferences between
parties who are known to each
other will produce more results
than the toughest bunch of crack
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road could not afford faster travel.

road could not afford faster travel.
This road has undergone cons der
able repair and Strengthening, and
is maintained almost a state of
perfection for a graveled road. The
entire "a miles is through a desert
region, the land stretching level as
a table board for miles and miles.
To the south and east is a dark
range mountains, the highest
peak of which is Mount Lennon,
the destination of the motorlogue's
party.
At Oracle Junction the traveller
turns from U. S. Highway 80 and
80 to Safe Highway II. From the
junction to Oracle, IL miles, the
road gradually ascends. This also
is a gravel road, but it Is wide,
straight and safe for fast driving.
Oracle, at 4,514 feet elevation, is
in the foothills at the northern
end of the Santa Catalina range.
and is both summer and winter
resort. The Tucson Preventorium
is at Oracle and there several hun
dred school children rest and enjoy
health giving sunshine during the
summer. There are two modern
guest ranches at Oracle, both Of
which are open during the winter.
There are few residences, several
ranch houses, several inns and an
old hotel. The community and
vicinity has between 300 and 500
residents.
Road is Narrow
Twenty nine miles from Oracle
the motorist reaches the very cen
ter of the summer resort com
munity of the Santa Catalinas.
Those 20 miles, however present
an interesting experience in motor
ing. The road is narrow, with many
curves, but not too rough. The
notorist gradually climbs, but the
desert seems to climb with him.
During this period of the year some
OF the yuccas are still in bloom,
and these sturdy plants grow in this
region in great profusion. Through
out the hills are small ranch
houses, nesting in clumps of scrub
oak.
The last seven miles is known rs
control road. Pima county has
erected a sign informing the mo
torist of the hours the trip can
be made up the mountain and the
hours the trip can be made down.
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dow ward-not upward.
LONG LOUISIANA

A coincident-that the same
wee the political explosion occur
red n louisiana LIFE published
fl page painting of the assassi
natl of Huey Long. Huey's
brot er becomes governor Of the
STAT only to find that DR.. James
Mon oe Smith, University head ap
roin ID by Huey Long, had disap
pear over night and that 100000
emb zzelment charge was chalked
up ;ainst him.
Fo nd in Canada a week later.
Dr. mith said he didn't run away
he only took trip to Canada to
do s me writing. He was so anxi
GUS 20 do the writing that he tried
ever way to keep the officer from
retu ming him to louisiana. The
literary world will never know
what it lost in having the law
inter ere with that job
department Name Explained
HI ADLINE: "Claude A. Swan
son. Secretary of the Expanding
Nav. Dies" What We want to
know is THE Expanding Navy"
the ew name of that department ?
We ave to admit that it fits. Just
now we could say: "The Expand
ing Navy" "The Expanding
Arm" 1.-THE Expanding De
ficit Maybe Expanding" is part
of tt language of the New Deal.
DANGEROUS TALK
Tho Ugh he doubtless intended that
his statement should be taken
with a grain of salt never the less
DR.. ercival nj. Symonds of Colum
bia, can be charged with having
dish 4 out some dangerous talk.
So IS the professor to a group
of 5 0 summer school teacher stu
dent. 1T is about time that the
community begins to axe a differ
ent attitude toward teachers.
Teachers are human and ought not
to b, put on a pedstal Go out and
have a good time. Have an atmo
sphere Of naturalness in your class
room Be happy person, and your
stud nts will learn quicker and
better Turn on the glamour. -"
He advised that smoking, night
clubbing, lipstick and short skirts
might be part of the new
peda ltic philosophy of glamour in
the lass room.
AL of which depends upon the
degr 3e these things are practiced.
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down agitators could achieve In a
dozen years.

down agitators could achieve IN a
dozen years
"The farmers of Arizona" MI
Marley continued, will negotiate
any labor dispute on economic
grounds alone and they will not
tolerate the weapons Of fear and
intimidation"
Epithets and charges being hurl
ed at the Associated Farmers are
"old stuff" Mr.. Marley declared,
and will not for one moment deter
the organization from its openly
declared purpose.
THE call us vigilantes," he ex
planned, "and you know that term
has a familiar ring in the ears OF
the old timers and we rather like
the term, for vigilantes were or
ganized to drive the outlaws out of
the state"
The "open shop for agriculture
must b maintained, Mr.. Marley
declared, pointing out that the in
dustry cannot submit to CLOSED
shop" conditions because products
of the soil are subject to all the
vagaries of nature. Crops must be
harvested when they ripen and
must bemoved to market without
delay. Any condition that would
imperil the accomplishment of
these results cannot be tolerated.
1t Is the earnest belief of AS
sociated Farmers, Mr.. Marley said
that through organization and a
campaign of education, threats OF
Communists and other agitators
can be met and obliterated; that A
condition can be created and
maintained under which men who
want to work will be permitted to
work; that workers will be pro
tected in their right to employment
under terms suitable to them, and
that farmers also will be protected
not only in their right to grow and
harvest crops but in their un
molested movement along public
highways to market
In no sense of the word is the
Farmers either politi
cal organization or rival of other
farmers groups. It's membership in
cludes both Democrats and Re
publicans; it is neither pro admin
istration or anti administration,
and is a purely voluntary organiza
ton with dues of s1.00 per year TO
defray the costs of its educational
program.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-07-13
ARIZONA AIR
BOARDS AND SPLINTERS

The parson stood solemnly read
ing a passage from the Sermon on
the Mount. 1t was about Judge
ments. Judge not that you may
not be judged" And why do yon
do you look at the splinter in your
brothers eye, and not notice the
beam (or board) which is in your
own eye"
Boards and splinters are in the
eyes of us all. But the reason we
are seeing splinters. while overlook
ing boards, is because we are look
ing for what is wrong in the other
fellow. Self examination is liable
to demand some action. II faults
in others can be brought to atten
ton they may off set our own.
Thumbing through the news
paper we got whole load OF
splinters out of one issue-there
seemed to be splinters or sand. in
the eyes of everybody-Bund lead
ers in New Jersey were peeved
about a new law prohibiting wear
ing of foreign uniforms. That was
not constitutional But their board
failed to allow them to see that
what they demanded of this gov
picking on someone who has more
fault, or Different Faults, than our
cwn. We are constantly comparing
erment was something their own
German government would not
tolerate.
The Japanese hatred for the
British is at it's highest mark
those Japanese women who had
lost loved ones in the China war
will never forget that the British
had helped the Chinese with sup
plies. In that case the Japs were
looking over a whole forest OF tree
trunks and catching sight of a
splinter in the Englishman's eye.
Americans are hating the Japs
for their undeclared war and at
tacking China-A nice splinter
seen over the log of furnishing
supplies to Japs with which to do
the fighting.
The whole world of nations TO-DAY
is engaged in a game of picking out
the faults of the other fellow.
Judgements, opinions, hates, sus
picions are being whooped up in
this practice that prevents the
Dove of Peace from finding rest
ing place for it's feet. Each nation
is seeking to hide it's own sins
against humanity by attempting to
direct attention to the sins of other
nations.
AMONG INDIVIDUALS
The same practice is common
among individuals. There is some
thing wrong with the other fellow
always the other fellow. We at
tempt to justify our own faults by
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-07-13
ModerniZation
Program Extended
For Two Years

For the next two years the build
ing industry, home owners, and
others may still benefit from the
FILA insured Modernization Loan
Plan CTitle u because of new Fed
eral legislation which went in eff
feet July l, 1889.
FILA will continue to insure mod
erniZation loans made by qualified
lending institutions. But the new
amendments to Title | of the Ma.
tfOnal Housing Act change several
details of the FHA plan. Industry
and the public in general will prob
ably be most interested in the
maximum amount which may be
borrowed and in the number of
years a loan may run.
The top loan is now $4,000. If
the loan is to be used for altera
tions or repairs, the longest term
in three years. Both limits are in
line with present lending practice
Ii the loan is to be used for con
structing a new residential or farm
building, the term may be as long
a. 10 years. The longer term, how
ever does not apply to loans for
other new construction such as ga
RACES. wayside stands. etc, which
come under the three year limit.
Insurance Premium Charge
Another point of interest in the
new amendments is the insurance
premium charge (A per cent on
modernization loans and " per cent
if the loan is used for new residen
tlal construction). This charge is
tn be borne by the lending institu
tion and does not increase the cost
of the loan to the borrower. The
maximum finance charge remain
So per 100 for modernization loans
and $3.50 per $100 for new residen-
tial construction under Title |.
As in the past, modernization
loans will be available to responsi
BILE prospects with good credit
standing who wish to fix up their
homes by making repairs or certain
permanent" improvements. Rent
ers, as well as owners, may mod
ernize on this plan only if they hold
sufficiently long leases.
The borrower. of course, must
have a regular income in addition
to good credit standing, for these
loans are Income payment" loans.
However, the dealer or workman
who contracts for the job is not
paid in installments. On the con
trary, material and labor are paid
for in cash with proceeds of the
loan. The customer repays the
lending institution in installments
which are figured according to his
means. In this way the moderni
zation loan plan can turn many a
prospect into a "cash customer"
Busy With Campaign
Having learned this profitable
fact from past experience, the
building industry is at present busy
with a campaign-both through its
advertising and its salesmen-to
tell the public about modernization
loans. Many people with adequate
incomes still live in homes that are
in need of improvements. Others
would undoubtedly modernize their
property if they were told how the
cost could be budgeted convent
iently.
Repairs, redecorating, remodel
ing. landscaping, and various types
of permanent installations and
built ins may be paid for with
FHA-insured modernizatiOn loans,
In addition, new structures may be
built.
If a specific ruling is desired
about the eligibility of any equip
ment. the request, preferably &C
companied by descriptive, Illus
trated literature, should be for
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-07-13

warded to the Federal Housing Ad-
ministration, Washington, d. c.
Evening star., 1939-08-04
Social Security Imposse Ends;
ConnoEy Amendment Ditched
House Conferees Accept All Other
Senote Changes, Drop Mccormack Clause
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
A Senate-House Conference Com
mittee today broke a month long
deadlock over amending the social
security law, reaching agreement on
changes designed to extend the acts
benefits and save taxpayers about
$905, 100000 in the next three years
The impasse ended when Senate
conferees agreed to discard the So
called Connally amendment, which
would have required the Federal
Government to provide increased
aid to States for old-age pension
payments.
House conferees agreed to accept
all other Senate amendments which
had been in disagreement and drop
ped the House-approved Mccormack
amendment which would have pro-
vided formula for reduction of
State pay roll taxes where unem-
ployment compensation reserves
were adequate
Chairman Doughton of the House
Ways and Means Committee an
nounced the compromise legislation
would be brought to the House floor
as soon as a formal report could be
written, possibly within two hours.
Evening star., 1939-08-04
Crews Seek 10 Liberate
fIood.Marooned Children
BY the Associated Press.

BY the associated Press.
REDLANDS, Calf, Aug. A.
Prison camp crews and c. c. C.
workers labored today to liberate soc
Southern California children ma
rooned in the San Bernardino
Mountain camps by a torrential
downpour.
Cut off from contact with anxious
parents, the children were reported
safe by the Forest Service in various
camping grounds above the upper
end of the Santa Ana River, which
overfloWed its banks yesterday after
rainfall that measured 139 inches
in two and one-half hours.
Two bridges were washed out and
roads were blocked.
Marooned by the heavy rain were
groups from the Pasadena and Los
Angeles Campfire Girls, Glendale
Girl Scouts, Glendale Y. M. c. A
and Orange County Y. NJ C. A.
Freak weather also touched the
long north slope of San Gorgonio
Canyon, where two trudging forest
rangers found snow on the higher
levels of "Old Grayback" Snow on
the mountain is unusual at this sea-
son. as any that falls normally melts
Immediately.
Evening star., 1939-08-04

Members predicted it would win
speedy approval
Signs of intense feeling among the
conferees were noticeable, particu-
larly when Senator Connally, Dem
ocrat, of Texas left the meeting some
time in advance of the others and
refused to answer questions.
The Texan and Senator Harrison,
Democrat, of Mississippi both de-
clined to sign the conference report.
The Connally amendment would
have required the Federal Govern
ment to put 81 for old-age assistance
to every 81 furnished by a State
up to total payment of SIS. Then
up to total of $40, the Government
would have matched on a dollar-for-
dollar basis.
Among other things, the social
security legislation would freeze for
three years the old-age insurance
tax of l per cent each on en-
ployers and employees. Under the
existing law, the taxes are scheduled
to increase to IL per cent on each
next January /.
The legislation also would extend
social security benefits and authorize
old-age insurance payments begin
ming next January l, instead of
in 1912.
Evening star., 1939-08-04
Scores Hurt as Blast
Tears Through Roof
Of London BuiIdinq
Possersby Cut by Glass
As Cos Explosion
Skaters Windows
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, Aug. 4.-Scores were
injured today. u seriously enough to
be kept in hospitals, when a gas ex-
plosion attributed to a short cir
cuited fire alarm box tore through
the roof of a building near St.
Pauls Cathedral
A number of plain windows on
the south side of the famous ca
thedral were broken, but stained
glass windows escaped damage.
The explosion occurred in a build
ing being demolished. One expla-
nation was that a water main burst,
crushing gas main and undermin-
ing the building. The structure COL
lapsed, a fire alarm was shirt-cir-
cuited and escaping gas ignited.
Workmen were flung 20 feet from
girders of the building, and police
combed the ruins for any possibly
trapped.
Passersby cut by flying glass and
other fragments were among the
injured Some so casualties were
admitted to hospitals and IL re-
manned.
Shortly afterward an explosion
occurred in box of letters being
unloaded from a mail truck at Pres
ton railway station and a few min
utes later a fire broke out in a
letter box at Blackburn, indicating
renewal of sabotage attributed to
the Irish Republican Army.
The terroristic campaign has been
dormant since one man was killed
July Is in an explosion at King
Cross Station.
Both Preston and Blackburn are
in Northwestern England.
Evening star., 1939-08-04
Presidents Trip
To Coast Waits
Until Oct. !
BY the Associated Press.

President Roosevelt intends to de-
fer his trip to the San Francisco
Fair until about October l.
He told a press conference today
he would be shutting back and
forth between Washington and Hyde
Park, N. Y. after Congress adjourns,
with a cruise in Northeastern waters
of a week or 10 days mixed in be-
tween.
Between $50 and 400 bills are to
reach the White House after ad-
Journment, he said. and he will re-
main here two days after Congress
quits, saying good-by to any men,
berS who want to see him and sign
ing and vetoing bills on the side.
He will continue action on the
bills for week at Hyde Park and
then embark on the cruiser Tusca-
loosa, probably at New York, for a
trip to Campobello, New Brunswick,
where the Roosevelts have sum-
mer home. The cruise possibly will
take him even further northward.