Arizona Sentinel, 1916-10-12

against state-wide prohibition, really expects to get results, it should make a radical change in its advertising. In a few words it should be honest. It should not attempt to deceive the pub public. - lic. public. And unless it does change it will not only be barred from the decent newspapers of the state, but it will defeat-the very purpose for Av.hich it is intended.". In California the wets are printing advertisements to the effect that president Wilson is opposed to state statewide - wide statewide prohibition. The president has issued only one statement in regard to state-wide prohibition and in this he favored prohibition for the ' state of Texas. Many Democrats have felt that the president should openly re resent - sent resent the falsehoods of the liquor inter interests - ests interests in various states, but some of his friends have contended that he should absolutely keep "hands off" of the pro prohibition - hibition prohibition question and that it would be impossible for him to say anything without having to follow it up. Reports are also beginning to come in that Mr. Hughes' name is being misused in certain sections. Friends of the 'president and of ?.ir. Hughes should not be deceived. Neither man has ever said anything that could be honestly interpreted as opposition to the present national and state-wide prohibition campaigns nor has 'ever said anything in favor of them. homes. In spite of the flood the meet meet-was - was meet-was well attended. J. c. Gatti head headed - ed headed a delegation from Clifton that braved the storm, and many who had planned to come in from the country were prevented. On Friday a day meet meeting - ing meeting will be held here, at which 'time there will be a great many people in Duncan to attend the flower festi val and dance in the evening. Tom Campbell will be the speaker then, as all the other candidates trav eling in his party spoke here last night.

The County Commercial Club held a business meeting this morning at which Hon. George Michelsen made a short address on the subject of fi finances - nances finances for the Yuma County Fair. Yu Yuma - ma Yuma business men are contributing lib liberally - erally liberally and a complete list will be pub published - lished published in the Examiner tomorrow. IIS OF INTEREST FROM THE SEfl By J. E. JONES.) The Festal Savings Bank. WASHINGTON, D. C. Oct. 13. Things bumped along pretty slowly with the savings banks during the first year or more, and as a result the postoffice department withdrew the system from many small towns. Its first success was attained in the large centers, whose foreign population had been educated to its use in their own coun countries. - tries. countries. Residents of interior places find a good deal of dif difficulty - ficulty difficulty in reconciling the placing of their money in the local postoffice, when they have full knowledge that it is to be carried direct to the home bank and placed on de deposit - posit deposit by the government. They have argued that if the gov government - ernment government has such faith in the local banks, then why should the individual be so charry about depositing direct directly - ly directly with them. The postoffice depart department - ment department reports an increase of $5,000, $5,000,-000 - 000 $5,000,-000 in deposits last month. At the department it was said that the gain is due to the removal of restrictions on the amount that may be accepted, and is also one of the results of na tion-wide prosperity. The New York postoffice has more than $20,000,000 on deposit; Brooklyn $6,4G7,000; Chi cago $4,239,000; Boston $2,300,000; Detroit $2,127,000. Work on new coins is being delayed at the mint because of difficulty with the dies. But your old ones will work just as well as the latest models. Indianapolis News.

"The president says : I am against a statewide prohibition unit. I believe in a smaller local option unit. x I believe in home rule. I shall vote for home rule." The Detroit Times calls attention to the above as a sample of the trickily worded, trickily displayed, dishonest advertising used by the" liquor inter interest - est interest in various states. The Times says: "The president of the United States 'says' none of the things the league has printed 'in bold type in its ad advertising. - vertising. advertising. "The president of the Home Rule League says them, as the reader as ascertains - certains ascertains after he has read far down, in the smaller type. "The trick in the ad. makes it a lie to the people of Michigan and a sland slander - er slander upon the president of the United States." So unscrupulous has been the "Home Rule League" of Michigan in its advertising, that the Port Huron Times-Herald, which accepts the ad advertising, - vertising, advertising, has warned its readers in detail as follows: "If the Michigan Home Rule League, which is doing considerable publicity Avork in the newspapers of this state in favor of a smaller local option unit and (Special to the Yuma Daily Examiner.) DUNCAN, Oct. 13. Ploughing through water-soaked roads "The Fa Favorite - vorite Favorite Son" auto carrying the Tom Campbell party arrived in Duncan on Wednesday in time for the speaking. A cloudburst over the plains and filled the roads with running streams, and when Duncan was reached the little city was found to be inundated, break ing all records in the quantity of water the town could safely take care of. The main street was a lake of water and people could not get out of their

YUMA, pass the Palo Verde intake, if all the water happened to be needed for Imperial Valley. That is one way in which "Jupiter Plu Francis Sellew" has of showing has abnormal love for Yuma project, whose destinies he guided for ten years, and guided to well that practically every farmer on the project was up in arms against the reclamation service before he was removed from office. But it is a hundred to one shot that the government: will not permit Imperial Valley to do anything that will act to the disadvantage of Yuma project. The recently constructed Hanlon Heading dam w,as the last straw. Never again will Imperial 'Valley be permitted to jeopardise the interests ,of Yuma Val Valley - ley Valley or Yuma project as a whole. That day is gone, and so is Jupiter Plu Sellew. Nobody has any objection to his breaking into print now and then with his "wild goose" schemes, like he did some time last year, when he attempted to tell the government what (Continued on Page Three) "Send the Examiner to me please," writes Rev. Irving Lovejoy, former Yuma pastor, now at Indio, on a card received today. He also enquires about the progress of a Go-page Yuma Methodist Church year book now on the press at the Examiner Printery When 500 books have been completed Rev. Lovejoy will return to Yuma :ind attend to the distribution of them. Once a year retailers and newspa newspapers - pers newspapers all over North America join in a display called International News Newspaper - paper Newspaper Window Display Week. It is now going on. Some of Yuma's own merchants are participating as any one can see by looking at the win win-wods - wods win-wods filled with Newspaper adver advertised - tised advertised products.

VOLUME 47 (By B. F. FLY.) '"Jupiter Plu-Francis Sellew, He opened the gates, and out it flew," Well, he is on deck again, this time bobbing up in the Los Angeles Times in advo advocacy - cacy advocacy of a scheme to divert the waters of the Colorado at the Palo Verde intake, dig a tun tunnel - nel tunnel about 30 miles through the mountains, and force the waters of the Colorado to flow bv gravity down by way of Indio and thence on to the great Imperial Valley, thereby solving the water problem of that section for all time to come, regardless 5f whether Yuma Valley ever gets any water or not and we know enough of Imperial Valley to know that not a drop of water would ever The temperature last evening at ' o'clock was 7G, humidity 30. The maximum for the day was 78 and the minimum 4S. The weather man, Sum Sum-, - , Sum-, ner Hackett, has returned from the coast and takes the place of L. Lod Lod-holz, - holz, Lod-holz, who has been here for the past two months. Mr. Hackett looks much better than he has for many years. Yuma county has had but one mur murder - der murder in nearly two years, since Arizona went dry. Shudder when you think of the murder record of Yuma's 29 saloons previous to that time. Frank Daniels, former Yuma boy is now at Douglas, Ariz., where he recent recently - ly recently went from Tucson.