The Coolidge examiner., 1941-02-28
A RIZONA
IA AIR
by TEX HANCOCK
OLD JUP ON THE JOB

| PIuVluS is SeILlnS even with us
all the Grabbing we have been do
ing for the past several years. He
may have been stingly thru several
years but, if so, he is making I'D
! for it now
1t is as if the old fellow had got
ton impatient over our grumblings
and finally, grabbing the rain bar
rel and emptying it over our
heads, was saying "Alright-you
asked for it."
And grumbling goes ON just the
same. We grumble because we do
not get rain and then grumble
because we do. With plenty of
it coming down we take the Oliver
Wendell Holmes attitude that Just
because we like pinch of salt
In our soup does not mean we
wish to be immersed in BRINE.
But let 1t rain. For the most
of the people it Is good Of course
there isn't anything that suits all
the people all the time, or at the
same time. When we think Of
what is good we have to consider
the majority.
Our desert in February has a
spread of beauty that has not been
equaled for years The under,
groth of grass and flowers is al
ready way ahead of even late
spring. An old time up in the hills
the other day said he had not seen
such growth since 1916. He was
stopping thru the mud and rain
happy as boy going fishing
Singing in the rain"
A LAUGH AND A GRUNA
A persons reaction to a thing
is good index to the person. The
fellow who can make a joke of the
rain instead of a grumble has the
edge. We will take the fellow who
will sit out On a fire plug with a
fishing pole and "boughten fish
on the end of it every time to the
old sour puss that shivers and
> belliakes becaose the atmosphere
is damp
The communities that thrive on
their sunshine record are wise
when they can joke and get fun
out of an unusual" wet season.
After all it is the spirit of good
cheer that counts. And a giggle is
better than a grunt no matter
what kind of weather is being
dished out
WAR HORROR
Funny how We can overlook a
bad or horrible condition right
under our noses and strain our
eyes to see the horror of some
thing a thousand miles away and
get all fused up about it.
Some folks are getting all fuss.
ed up over the possibility of send
ing soldiers overseas. They are
thinking of the toll in death in
case our men are sent. And that
is considerate.
But here is the thing under our
very noses that We are not seeing
the fact that 96,5OO persons were
killed in the United States in 1910
by accident. The figure Is 4 per
cent higher than the 1889 total
(92,623).
The cost of war gets in our
hair also. But the cost Of these
accidents totaled $3,250, 100000.
Auto accidents led the list with
a total Of 34,40O deaths. Strange as
1t may seem the next most unsafe
place in the country to a highway
is the home. There were 32,500
people who died last year as the
result of home accidents.
The rest of the causes were
Public (not motor vehicles) 49,
500; Occupational, 1900. This is
an increase of 10 per cent for oc
cupational deaths over the previ
Gus year.
The auto death rate figures
show that IL persons are killed fol-
every 100,000,O0O vehicle miles.
In addition to the 34,400 persons
killed by motor vehicles last year
there were 100000 injured, 100,
900 of which resulted in perman
ent disability.
| According to these figures this
accident business should be in,
cluded in our national defense pro
gram. 1t would seem that we must
not only save our nation from our
enemies but from ourselves.
| A GOOD PLACE TO LIVE
Troubles have a way Of open
ing our eyes. We go along on a
smooth road for miles and miles
not thinking how good the road is
Then we get off into some rough
spots and the good road behind us
takes on new Importance.
I'm glad l live in the United
States" "This is a good place to