1904 



JLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



613 



I\Ir. Andrew Kimball, the president of the Mormon 

 churoh in this State, is the father of the local-option 

 law, and was forced to make the -'two-thirds majoiity" 

 concession to get the law parsed. As j'ou probably 

 know, Thatcher, Hubbard, Central, and Pima are al- 

 most entirely made up of Mormon people. Pima is 

 said to have broken all records in local option elec- 

 tions. 



I rejoice with vou that the great State of Ohio has 

 taken such a brave step in this matter of prohibition, 

 and I earnestly hope you will drive this ruinous evil 

 out of your State. 



Bees here are doing well. I have just finished ex- 

 tracting from 152 colonies and got 20 cases. I think 

 we can ship two largf cars this season. 



Safford, Ariz., May U. W. E. Glasscock. 



ARIZONA'S ROLL OF HONOR. 



We have before referred to the results of the local- 

 option contests in Arizona, and here call attention to 

 a list of the districts recently voting on the saloon 

 question, with the results of the same: 



Safford No. 1— For prohibition, 109, against prohibi- 

 tion, 82; total. 191. 



Thatchei No 12— For prohibition, 116; against pro- 

 hibition, 11; total. 127. 



Hubbard No. '23— For prohibition, 11; against prohi- 

 bition, 1; total 12. 



Central No. 17— For prohibition, 29; against prohi- 

 bition, 2; total, 31. 



Pima No. 6 -For prohibition, 102; against prohibi- 

 tion 1; total 103 



Curtis No 13— For prohibition, 19; against prohibi- 

 tion. 16; total 35. 



We again call attention to the unreasonableness of 

 the Territorial law as shown by the fact that Safford, 

 while giving 109 for prohibition and only 82 against it, 

 was lost to the cause because of the requirement of a 

 two-thirds majority to accomplish saloon banishment. 



In Curtis, also, the same is true. Our readers will 

 notice the remarkable figures in the other districts, in 

 two of which only one vote was registered against 

 prohibition and in one only two. There are other 

 places in Arizona which should be added to this roll 

 of honor. 



The above is cfrtainly encouraging. If 

 Arizona can do so much on the two- to-one 

 rule, what could we not expect with a fair 

 chance - say, letting the majority of the peo- 

 ple decide whether they want saloons or not. 



PROGRESS OF THE TEMPERANCE WORK IN 

 TORONTO. 



I clip the following from a letter from our 

 good friend E. Grainger: 



We have had a victory for the temperance cause in 

 the western suburb of the city. Toronto Junction, 

 where they have carried an act similar to the one you 

 refer to. and the saloons have been closed tip after a 

 desperate fiaht with the liquor-men. 



Toronto, Ont. E. Grainger. 



HOFFMAN FRAMES DEFENDED. 



Since the discussion in regard to Hoff- 

 man frames has come up, there have 

 not been wanting those who are willing to 

 champion their merits. Under date of May 

 25 Mr. Geo. W. Brodbeck, Secretary of the 

 National Bee-keepers' Association, writes : 



I note the exceptions to the Hoffman frame recently 

 stated in Gleanings; and. so far as my experience 

 goes, after the use of over 10,000, most of them will 

 not hold good herein California. 



Again, Mr. Harry Lathrop, the modern 

 bee keeping poet, and an extensive bee- 

 keeper, one who has written much for vari- 

 ous bee-journals, says : 



I am handling Hoffman frames that I got of you 

 seven or eight years ago. They work as well as ever. 

 They shrink and wear off some, and that makes up 

 for the bee glue that would be expected to make them 

 too close-fitting. 



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