The Coconino Sun from Flagstaff, Arizona • Page 4

PAGE FOUR THE COCONINO SUIT FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1917 GJlu (ftnnntiun Bm F. S. BREEN, Editor and Publisher Entered at the Postofilco at Flagstaff, Arizona, as second class matter Issued every Friday. Subscription price two dollars a year, in advance Otlicial Paper of Coconino County Official paper of the State Live Stock Sanitary Board Official Paper for the Coconino Cattle Growers Association Usucd to tlic Coconino Sun by Prcs-cott Typographical Union No. 375 A CONDITION NOT A THEORY The work of the I.

W. has not met with a great deal of approval from the people over the state of Arizona. Their main object seems to be to control the industrial conditions of the United States. They are making no reasonable demand in the interest of labor and only hope to retard industries while true Americans arc making a splendid struggle to maintain the production of the country at its best during the war. They seem to have plenty of money and do not work.

Where does this fund come from That is a question being asked the great multitude of people today and the opinion prevails that our German "friends" arc putting it up. Whether or not the I. W. know or care where the money comes from in support of their propaganda for industrial destruction, the result is the same as though they were firing on American soldiers in the trenches. Is there any wonder that mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters of our soldiers are up in arms against them, with a purpose of putting them out of existence as much so as they are ths German enemy 7 Communities where this nefarious tribe attempted their treasonable work, have not asked for federal aid or investigations, but for preservation of their homes took matters in their own hands and meted out swift justice.

Governor Campbell's hands are tied. The state troops are all in federal service and the only organized machinery of law is in the hands of the federal authorities. If armed forcc3 are necessary it is up to the federal government to furnish them, when they fail, it is up to the people to protect themselves. An extraordinary condition prevails and it is up to the people to protect their lives, homes and property and allow the authorities to "investigate" afterwards. As President Cleveland once said: "It is a condition, not a theory that row confronts the people." NOW AND HEREAFTER The time has come when it is merely a question of whether you are for or against the United States.

Political reasons are mighty bad collateral at present. The tin skinned trimmers business men, judges or jurors might just as well make up their minds that there is no safe place to straddle a fence at this particular time. The people have been given the power to rule and the people will rule and point with derision at those who attempted to straddle the fence during strenuous times. This is no time for argument are you for or against the government? Technicalities don't count. If you are hindering, no matter how, you belong among the enemies, you are helping to sacrifice "our iboys" and are only entitled to the worst the people can hand out to you.

The "slackers" among the business men, political skunks and "we want the dollars" bunch should be long remembered among the fathers and mothers who were compelled to sacrifice "their own" that this class of vultures might wax fat and prosper. Spot them now and put them in your black book for future reference. The day will come when you should be able to point them out with dates and facts. History is in the making now and now is the time to mark them down in your record. The "slacker" of whatever kind, personal, political or business, adds to the and lives that are lost.

Remember it now when they arc showing their colors and don't forget them when the war is over. BONE-HEAD BUREAUCRICY There isn't a newspaper of newspaper man in the United States that we have heard of who has asked "what are we going to get out of this," when asked to handle all the free publicity the government has asked for and, the government has asked for it all free. While the government of the United States was unable to protect the publisher on "print paper" the average publisher never hesitatrd up to his last asset to publish the things the government wanted published. The only thfng that the people of this great United States has against the United States, is the inefficent sap head, over-empowered bureau clerk who is backed up by his chief right or wrong, just because the pin-head clerk happened to make such-and-such a ruling. "Bureaucricy" docs not go down very well in "free" America and law making by a cheap clerk with a lazy chief will not always last in this free country.

Law making by aMot of irresponsible cheap clerks in the different government bureaus is responsible today for more anarchy than all the laws that congress can pass. With the blanket authority they seem to possess, they can make a thief out of the most respected citizen and he has no recourse, except get-ing the supposed "government" who happens to be a "slacker" sap-head that a business man wouldn't pay $10 a week. Don't blame the government but wallop the bone-head system that prevails. The appointment of former governor G. Wobbly P.

Hunt as a "concil-liator" by President Wilson to help settle strike difficulties, brought great joy to the hearts of the valient crew of I. W. This part of "mediation" was one of the last straws which convinced the people of Arizona they would have to protect their own communities and in Jerome and Bisbee they acted promptly. There is a strong, growing undercurrent of sentiment among the real people that this is a poor time to drag in politics when there is so much at stake. Don't let a bone-head department clerk entirely disgust you with the.

United States government. Make the high chief of his department come alive long enough to read- the stuff sent out under his signature, if you have to appear plumb to the top to do it. The chief wrongs perpetrated on the individual come from bone-head clerks and lazy department heads. It is this condition and this class that make it necessary to fight for a legitimate opportunity to fight for our country. This is the real irony of the present day.

MISDIRECTED EFFORTS It is worth while to remember that the "leak" which caused trouble to our war proceedings came through tho war or navy department and not through the press. If the administration had saved some of the energy it expended in an effort to get control of the press and had spent some of that effort on the eradication of traitors from the departments, some good might have been accomplished. Judge J. F. Mahoney of Winslow, is the latest member of Governor Campbell's official family, having been drafted into the state service last week as superintendent of the Pioneers' Home at Prescott.

Judge Mahoney was one of the best suprintend-ents the Industrial school ever had and he will undoubtedly repeat his record at the Pioneers' Home. Fred Colter is making a strenuous race for the nomination on the democratic ticket for Governor, and with the Hunt forces behind him, seems to be far in the lead of the other bunch of candidates who have their hats off and ready to slam in tho ring at the opportune time. How do you like the idea of imports increasing this fiscal year one billion dollars worth oVer the last fiscal year of protection while revenues fell considerably short of ths 1913 record? Summer visitors arc crowding Flagstaff and many are not able to secure accommodations. The city can't grow unless there arc accommodations for people who want to live here. Miss Pauline Woods, a daughter of the late John X.

Woods of Winslow, has been appointed county Recorder of Navajo county to fill tho vacancy caused by the death of Miss Dee Moss. The board of supervisors werj unanimous in the appointment. Miss Woods had been deputy recorder under Miss Moss. OUR FINANCIAL STRENGTH Two billion dollars is a tremendous sum of money. Yet the American people have loaned their Government that much and have barely touched their resources.

The money was raised so easily it only seemed to show tho tremendous financial strength of the country. It is not one-tenth of our bank deposits. It is less than one-eighth of our bank loans for one year. It was less than one-half of our national savings for 1916 and only five per cent of our national income for that year according to estimates. Not only is this first Liberty Loan Bond issue of two million dollars much larger than the initial loans of any of tho other nations engaged in the war but it was raised in much less time with much less effort and was subscribed to by a vastly greater number of individuals; this too when danger, was far from us and the nation in a calm frame of mind.

The coming second issue of Liberty Bonds, with the great mass of the country much better educated as to Government bond issues and Government finances in general, it is reasqn-able to suppose, will be disposed of with even greater success than the initial issue. The over-subscription to the initial issue of over a billion dollars augurs well for the success of the next loan. There are several million more investors in Government bonds in America there were a month ago. Then there were some three hundred thousand holders of United States bonds; now thero are over four million. And the thrill of the thought of our soldiers in France will rally the people to the nation's call.

scenes been seen on the screen before, and it is doubtful if they will ever be surpassed. THere were few heartstrings that were not tautened in the moments of pathos in this production, and many tear-filled eyes when the last moments of France's wonderful heroine were shown. This photodrama is like a living page from history, but, though based on the doings of ancient times, it spells many a lesson to heeded by we moderns. It teaches that nothing can be gained without self-sacrifice. It teaches also that the humblest among us can become useful and rise to greatness if we only will it.

But, best and greatest of all, it teaches respect for the power and hearts of womankind who can rise to the highest pinnacle of success without the aid of men. At the Orpheum Saturday and Sunday July 21 and 22. THE FEDERATED CHURCH Presbyterian and Methodist Hearts Touched by the Pathos of "Joan the Voman" In these days, when the power of women to influence and sway the affairs of the world along channels that tend to the uplift of humanity, no greater protrayal of their influence could possibly be imagined than the wonderful production of "Joan the Woman," which is being presented at the Orpheum theatre Saturday and Sunday July 21 and 22. "Joan the Woman," stands super-eminent in power of story, in thn lesson that it teaches for good, in patriotic feeling and in everything that pertains to the making of a great educational spectacle. So gigantic is its scope that it i3 all that a human mind can do to grasp it in its cnterity.

Gcraldine Farrar brings Joan of Arc back ta life. She lives as one of us, and one can almost hear her speak, so vivid are the scenes in which she appears. "Joan the Woman" does not want for thrills. Never have such battle Last Sunday was the First Communion season for the present pastor and people. The pastor has a notion that the Communion Season ought to be most impressive because it is the one service in which the love and sacrifice of Our Lord is emphasized.

Hence we were glad to hear such expressions as these after last Sundays Communion: "The most impressive Communion ever attended," "Wo should all live better lives after So it should be and we shall pray that it may be every recurring season. Next Sunday morning the pastor will preach on "The Hiding of Gods Power" and Sunday evening on "The Preciousness of Christ" It will be worth your while to attend both of these services and you might serve the cause well by inviting others to come with you. The musical part of the worship you will greatly enjoy. We arc having the splendid leadership of home talent assisted by visitors, who also sing well. You may expect every service at the Federated church to be worth your while.

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