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Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-07
cAMFHoR FARMS IN TEXAS.

Camphor farms are the latest addi- tion to the resources of the Lone Star State. So far there are only two, ! both of which are operated by the Government, but Texans confidently expect their State to become one of the great camphor producing regions of the world.
 Practically the entire supply of camphor now comes from FornTosa. The demand has increased to such an extent that the attention of all the leading countries of the world has been directed to opening up a new source of supply. This is made nee essary by the fact that in the manu- facture of modern explosives which are used in high power guns, cam phor forms an important ingredient.
 Now that the Japanese Government controls the worlds supply of the product, it is by no means certain that it may be obtained in the desired quantities at all ti-les in the future. In order to provide against any such contingency as this the growth of the camphor shrub is being encouraged in Texas.
 The camphor experimental farm at Wharton was established nearly a year ago, says the Southwest The shrubs have thrived wonderfully we'll and they are now as high as a man s head.
 The process in operation in For nlosa for extracting the camphor is tc chop the trees down and cut them into small pieces, from which the fa Nxra kins will adopt different method ir l Texas.
 He sows the camphor seeds like wheat or oats, and the shrub quickly sprouts. When it has attained 2 height of about three feet it will be cut down by a moving machine at . height of about one foot from the ] ground. The several portions will be put through the distilling process and the camphor extracted.
 From the tender stubbIe other 1 shoots will spring up. and the cutting 1 process can be repeated once a year l for several years. It is asserted that better quality of camphor can be I obtained by this methed than by the ancient process that is in use in For mosa. The crop requires no atten tion except the sowing and harvest | ing.
 It is claimed by pr. Watkins that . 1 large portion of southwest Texas is specially adapted to successful cam phor growing. At present prices one acre of camphor would yield a profit of about s450. It is expected. how ever, that when it's cultivation be comes general in Texas there will bt a drop in prices.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-07
A COUNTRY OF TROUSERS.
Women Work in Them-Even Donkeys
 Sport Striped Ones.

There is point on the coast of France where not only the men but the women and donkeys, too. wear trousers.
 At He de Re the peasant women work in the salt and oyster beds, catch shrimps and take their turn in the fields. They don't draggle around in petticoats, however, but wear 5aggy knee brooches, loose waists and light colored sunbonnets.
 The sabots Of the winter have been put aside and the feet are left bare, although the legs of old stockings are often drawn up as far as the knee as a protection from the heat and insects.
 It is, indeed, a country of trousers. Nor does 1t stop with humanity, for many of the donkeys as well wear long striped red and white or blue and white coverings on their legs, which look very much like the remnants Of Uncle Sam's wardrobe. These are put on the stubborn little animals to keep off the flies and mosquitoes, so that they will be less liable to kick.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-07
THE APRIL McCLuRE'S

There is much Tn the April Me Ciure's that you do not want to miss. The leading article by George Kibbe Turner is study of the sale of dis sipation, and, the ruin and disaster that it has brought "The City of Chicago" is the title, and MT. Turner shows the tremendous forces that are working to destroy the social organi- zation in every American city. His viewpoint is entirely new. Mary Baker G. Eddy, the Story of Her Life and the History of Christian Science" continues to pile up it's interest arous- ing facts-the various and many wan derings of Mrs. Eddy, while she was hazily evolving her Science and teach ing the art of Quimby's healing, are graphically told. Carl SchurZ writes of an almost unknown portion of American History in his "Reminis- censes"-the foreign attitude to the Union during the Civil War, as seen from his residence in Madrid The episode ot his introduction to the Spanish Court is humorously told. Maud Younger's Diary of an Ana teur Waitress adds much light to our knowledge of New York's quick lunch restaurants.
 The fiction is noteworthy in the eE. treme. Viola Roseboro's "The Mis- taken Man" tells of an engineer, a div idend-hungry railroad president, a bridge that they built, it's wreck, and the wreck of their lives. In "The Dice' Perciyal Gibbon shows us Rus. sian Prince and student who gamble for their lives in the Russian Reign of Terror Sister Ann's Lions,'' by Floy Sulzer Bingham, is unique and original combination of animal and children stories-yery imaginative. My Baseball Debut" by L. Constans is good spring reading and droll. In "A Brother at Arms" Grace s. Rich. mond introduces to us Yale sopho more and his solictous married sister in a capital comedy dialogue. 'fThG Haste of Joe Savarin,' by W. A. FIs ser, describes an up-torrent canoe journey, an Indian guide with. a heavy heart and a need for haste.
 "A Mountain Vigil' by Homer s Woodbridge is a piece of noteworthy and distinctive verse.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-07
PUBLIC POKER GAMES RUN IN
 TUCSON
The Kitty" Is In Evidence and the Rake Of Is Estimated at Thirty Dollars Per Game Each Night,

This is a day of fine legal distinc- tioas and as d result Pima county and the city of Tucson are the losers in revenue because public poker games run openly in this city without any license being paid to either the city, the county or the territory, says the Tucson Citizen. "
 Professional poker in which the kitty or take of" figures is played openly in several places. notwithstand- ing the seeming intent of the legisla- ture to put an end to all forms of pub lie gambling in Arizona.
 For one day immed1a,eiy after the going into effect of the law prohibit ing gambling no poker games ran in Tucson but yesterday afternoon and last night they were going openly in full blast.
 An error was previously made ill stating that District Attorney Dick had ordered all public poker playing stop ped. Draw poker" as it is called is not mentioned specifically in the act doing away with gambling in the ter ritory. The games mentioned are stud poker, faro, roulette, craps and all banking games" That all such games are in violation of the law the district attorney is certain, but as to poker playing he has doubts.
 The largest poker games in Tucson are run in the Cabinet saloon. Two and quite frequently three tables are in operation there. That these games are very profitable there is no doubt They have a take off, which, accord ing to close observers, must amount to from $50 up each night. It Ii claimed that this take off, is 'to pay for drinks and cards"
 For conducting those games whicf are highly profitable not single pen ny of license is given to either thu city the county or the territory.
 Although no mention has ever beel made of it there is good reason t doubt whether shell and pea" game "chuck-a-luck," the ''old army game, or any other skin" gambling game not mentioned specifically in the terri torial statute could be stopped or eyei a license required for their conduct.
 District Attorney Dick, when his at tention was called to the poker games stated that he did not know whethe they come under the head of bank ing games or not.
 Attorney s. l.. Kingan, who repre- sents c. J. Cunningham, has informed his client that they do not and tha poker games are not in violation O the territorial anti-gambling statute.
 IL is not matter of record iron what could be learned today that an. Arizona judge has ever ruled as |, whether poker playing is in violation of the territorial statute.
 Whether such a test case would bt made or not could not be learned. bu mus far no move has beer mad,
Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-07

Up the Canyon, down the Canyon help J. E. T. get the franchise. (Adv.)
Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-07
LAST VESTIGE OF GAMBLINGGONE
 IN FL PASO
Slot Machines Give Way Be- fore New Texas Law, and Like Mother-in-LaW'S Pic ture, Are Turned to Wall.

FL PASO. Texas, April 6.-Slot machines went out of business in Fl Paso Friday, up to which time they were working full time, but today, all machines, whether for cigars, drinks or trade checks, are entirely removed or are turned towards the wall In most cases they have entirely disap- peared, but in one or two cases they are only turned to the wall.
 This action was brought about by the new anti-gambling law, and the statement of the county attorney that he intended to take steps against all persons allowing them on their prem ises, as soon as he could get an au- thenticated copy of the new law. He wired Representative Davis night be- fore last for a copy of the new law, and although the machines were allowed to run up to the very last minute, they were not in evidence to- day
 In all the cigar stores they have been removed. In the bars. restau- rants and hotels, they have disappear ed. The Gem cigar store; Miller's two places in the Sheldon and on San Antonio street, Eckman's Michel sons and in the Trust building, they are thing of the past.
 A patron of one of the stores en- tered the place this morning with a nickel in his hand, and in astonish' ment asked where the machine had gone.
 ''No gambling allowed" was the re ply of the proprietor.
 Well, I will shake dice with you for the cigars" said the customer
 NO you wpn't,' was the reply "The new law is too strict. You can't even spit at crack for cigar: i with me"
 The slot machines paying money were dispensed with months ago, ex cept in isolated cases. where in some l cases they were turned to the wall ! but stood about two feet from it i so that there was no bar to the play CT. Machines paying in trade, how ever, were employed by almost all ot | the places and they were not molesteC | until the passage of the new law, bu now they are all gone.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-07
DEF WITH OLO ON WITH HE
 NEW LOVE
Judge Doan Kept Busy Grind ing Out Divorce Suits-WelI Beaten Path Between Dis trict Court and Altar

TOMBSTONE. April 6.-The atten- tion of the district court during the past week has mainly been taken up in the trial of divorce cases and in two instances where the decrees have been awarded, and before the testi- mony had been written up and the decree signed by Judge Doan, the party had visited the office of the pro bate court and secured the necessary passport from Cupid's agent, Ed. James, for another chance in the mar riage lottery. The first chance not having been a successful one they seem to be willing to try their luck again. It would be the most natural assumption to believe that in both these instances that it was the female that had been persuaded to again try her fortune in the matter, but in these instances it was a stand off, there be- ing one of each. Cochise county is rapidly gaining a reputation in this respect of divorcees walking from the district court into the probate court, or from a divorce into a marriage as has been the case in number of in- stances during the past few years, the star witness" in the case being the groom in the probate court.
 On Monday of this week T. Judia of Douglas was granted decree of di- vorce from Mary Judia on the grounds that she deserted him and refused to live with him. When the court had heard the testimony and the decree had been ordered granted, Judia walk ed from the court room into the of fee of the probate court and digging up the necessary S2.50 was given a license to wed Annie Heidberg of Douglas.
 On Thursday there arrived on the noon train from Douglas, a good look ing woman, of the brunette type, ac- companied by a rather good looking man. The bunch at the depot that usually meets the train immediately sized it up as wedding proposition, but they did not know that there was another chapter to come before that. AS soon as the district court opened for business in the afternoon Mary Lawrence appeared in court, accom- panied by her attorney and one AL bert Harmon, who acted as her wit ness. After the testimony had been heard by the judge, the couple walked into the probate court and secured a license to wed. They then left i'm. mediately for their home at Douglas. The couple spied the reporter while they were waiting for court to convene and the fair one" was heard to re mark to her intended, I hope that he won't write us up in the paper"
 Judge Doan has during the days that court has been in session during the past week granted five .decrees, there being three others besides those men, toned above. They were those of R A. Wanehope vs. L. N. Wanchope from Douglas; Mary Hoyt ys. Luke Hoyt, from Tombstone, ana Mary Vii Hams ys. James Williams from Tomb stone.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-07

Up the Canyon, down the Canyon, help J. E. T. get the franchise. (Ady.)
Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-07

Up the Canyon, down the Canyon, help J. E. T. get the franchise. tAdv.l
Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-07
IN THE PROBATE COURT of tn
County of Cochise, Territory of Ar

County of Cochise, Territory of Ari- zona. Notice of hearing petition. In the matter of the estate of Eliza. beth J. Henry, deceased.
 Notice is nereDy given that James s. Williams has filed in this court his petition praying for letters of admin istration of the estate of Elizabeth | Henry, deceased, and the same will be heard on Monday the 18th day of April A. D. 1907, at 10 o'clock in the fore. noon of said day, at the Courtroom of said court, in the city of Tombstone County of Cochise, Territory of Ari zone, and all persons interested in said estate are notified then and there to appear and show cause, if any they have, why the prayer of said petitioner should not be granted. Dated April End, 1907.
 J. E. JAMES, Clerk.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-07
Office of CALUMET 6 ARIZONA MINING COMPANY.

To the Stockholders:
 You are hereby notified that the An nual Meeting of the stockholders of Calumet 6 Arizona Mining Company will be held at the office of the Com pany, Bisbee. Arizona, on Monday, April 8. 1907. at 10 a. m., for the pur- pose of eIecting nine directors for the ensuing year, and for such other busi- ness as may come before the meeting. The transfer books of the Company will be closed at 12 m-, March g, and will remain closed until 10 a. m., March 25, 1907.
 By order of the Board of Directors.
 GORDON R. CAMPBELL,
 Secretary. Dated at Calumet. Michigan. March IS, 1907.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-07

gainst poker playing. Judging from the comments on the streets the aver .ge citizen can not see the difference between a professional poker game and faro or roulette or any banking game" and can not see why the latter
 should be stopped and the former al. lowed to go on. |.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-07

The average English gsIi of the up- per classes starts life hopelessly and indifferent. In her more or less shei- tered, easy life she has no particular interests, no opinions, no temptations. The only excitement of her life is her marriage, and even that she takes very mildly. Field.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-08

1 we lately reached period when the
| deadlock between capital and the de
! 'nand for 1t was manifest Is shown
by The higher terms OF interest offer
I'D by conservative enterprises. In
| fact. longtime bonds could find nc
buyers during the past year. :. In
the cx!Sency thus revealed. the great
borrowing enterprises. finding It i'm,
possible 10 negotiate longtime bonds
resorted TO the device OF issuing short
time notes running for one. two, and
three years. 1t the most tempting
tatcs Of interest. Under these unus-
unl inducements, the controllers of
cnrltal represented by money and
credits in TANK. who would have con.
'idercd It imprudent TO Invest funds
III longtime bonds. felt justified In
'ah'ng over hundreds of millions OF
dollars OF short.timc securities. and
hrs the dclicacy of the situation was
greatly aggravated.
This was about the situation in the
emily fall, when the annual harvest
put in It's Inevitable demand for tho
temporary use OF capital. 1t Is n
knvwn fact that the thousands OF
banks standing next In proximity to
the ngrIculturist keep n large portion
Of their funds on deposit IN reserve
cities. Upon these reserve centcrs.
then. tho country banks from Louis.
inna to Minnesota made their usual
autumnal acquisitions. The situation
thus created found the banks In re-.
serve citleH especially weak in their
money reserves. With proper sys.
TEN of currency In the United States.
this strain from the country would
have been met by bank credits issued
n the form OF circulating notes, fully
qualified and entirely adequate TO
meet tho temporary requirements OF
tho crop period. But In the absence
OF any such system. these acquisitions
from the interior upon New York
banks had to he met out OF the nj.
ready scant suppy OF their legal
money reserves. Tho withdrawal OF
thcso reserves operated upon the
great superstructure of bank credit
liko the removal of foundation.stones
from under come great building. To
restore equilibrium. tho banks In re.
servo centers We're obliged to turn
upon their borrowers and force pay.
menf tom ca dit 'rs Wit" lite
regard to the Inconvenience or The
loss incidental to liquidation by the
debtor class. All the phenomena Of
shocl---a horrible fall In the price Of
securities--fright, and panic were the
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-08
The Recent Panic and its Cause

From the point OF view tho man In
he street the most interesting article
II the December Everybody's is q
discussion OF what Caused the Pan
lc.:' by Lyman J. Gage. ex.Secretar,
OF the u. 8. Treasury, James J. Hin
Stuyvesant Fish. Byron W. Holt, edi.
tor OF Moody's Magazine, w. G. Sum.
ner, and Thomas W. Lawson. The
oplnlons OF these experts differ on
some points. but all agree that the
present crisis has leen widely anti.
cipated for many months. Mr.. Gage
thinks that the crisis IL duo prlmnri,
to weak currency system. but h,
also believes that tho recent wars
natural dlsastcrs.' ana vastly augment.
cd building enterprises have been nc
rlous contrlbutory causes. Mr.. Gage
says in part:
"a modest estimate OF the destruc
ton wrought by the Spanlsh.Amer!
can War. tho Boer War. and tho war
between Russia and Japan IL $4,000,
100000. and to this should be added
at least s50O.0Oo.o00 of property ywal
lowed UP In tho San Francisco and
the Chilean earthquakes OF last year
All this vast sum. II not destroyed
would have been available for use
lul works OF value to man. During
the past few years, also. there has
been an unprecedented activity In
the creation or works ministering to
human needs. The construction of
railways. electric-llghting plants. cot
ton-mllls. steamships. etc, In tho past
six years has used up no less than
$5,000,000. Capital thus transferred
and fixed In permanent form has
heen gradually furnishd by those who
possessed 1t, and In place OF 1t the
possessors have been supplied with
securities. such rs stocks and bonds.
from which they might expect to
draw an income over an indefinite
future.
Tho creation OF these vast works
has laen justified by tho needs OF n
progressive civilization, but that does
not null,fy the fact that capital once
transferred to the creation of rail
ioads md similar enterprises no long
Il exists In available form for other
purposes. II has been further evident
To thinking persons that the pressure
for the use OF capital has outmaasured
the supply OF capital II Is much
tssier and quicker to plan schemes
pass resolutions In directors meet
ings. print ana offer bonds and OK.
change for them, no matter how NOR
itorious an enterprise may be. That
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-08
SlRAUsE Hello FOR
GRAND JURY ACTON
sa'd Master Ct AlIaniI Soldiers
Hqns Must An, Vsr serI"us
Gh rye Ii U. S. Court.
HAIv 0 The PallIAIH RY HEARING
Old Man Was Taken Before United
.s.a,ea Commissioner L. Nj. Parker
For a Preliminary Trial Yesterday
Mornlrs, But Asked to Have the
Cause Certified to Norfolk Court.

Nathan ". Strause. the master OF
ward seven In the National Soldiers
Home. wac yesterday held for tho
United States grand jury to answer
ito charge Of robbery and forgery.
" hen taken before United States
Commissioner l.. NJ. Parker. Strauss,
who is &C years old. waved a prelim.
mary examination and asked that the
case be certified 10 the grand jury.
He was recommitted to the guard
aouse at the home pending tho arrival
of one OF the United STATES marshals,
who will take IN across the roads
to AVA the action OF the court.
Strause Ia accused OF having forged
tho name OF Daniel Disport. para.
lytic patient in his ward. TO cheek
amounting TO several hundred dol
lars. He deniep the accusation and
contends that Disport. who was unable
to write on account OF his infirmities,
instructed him TO take tho money
out OF the bank. Srause. however,
admits that no forged the name OF
Y veteran to the check as a Witness
to tho supposed signature OF Daniel
Disport.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-08
Origin Of Neckwear.


While every man wears cravat
there Is probably not one in n thou
sand who could, in an omhand way
tell you how IL came about that men
iirst placed such an ornament about
their collar. says the Sartorial Art
Journal
The word crayat came into our
language about 1896. Prior to that
year n feature of the uniform of the
Austrian cavalry was wide band
OF coarse linen worn in folds arounc
tho neck under their short hussar
jackets. This cavalry organization
was called the "Cravatc," It's mem.
bers being styled the "C-ayates."
Later. in tue seventeenth century.
France recruited regiment of caval.
ry adopting for it the uniform of the
Austrian regiment recruited in Croa.
tia, calling II the Royal Cravattes.
Later, In England. tho word "crabat
was applied to neckerchief.
After the battle OF steamklrk. In
Flanders. In 1902, an English ofiicer
brought home Understandable" n long.
flowing neck scarf, edged with fine
Flemish lace. the ends OF which we're
.irawn through buttonhole of enor.
nous size The ncckwear Of today Is
clearly trdcenble to tho steamkirk
and tlr modification II underwent.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-08
tlaH PAGES toa aARg BOOKS.
Original Audubon fotches $1,000. end
an Eracmus Sells for $500.


A collection OF rare books, seiected
pr noirally from the library OF Wi
Lam II. Buckler. OF Baltimore, secre
tary o, tho American Legation nj
Madrid, was sold at auction this az
tornoon and evening, says New
York dispatch in the Washington
Post, Many were sold for new high
prices.
Among them was John Milon's 81
Die With the poets name written on
tho fly Leaf A copy CT Homer from
t%ol ors library. aud his copy oil
Erasmus brought high prices. there
were also copy O. Prometheus
Bound given by Shelly to TrelawneS
che week the poet was drowned;
pros STATION copy of Popo's Odyssey
II raro lirst" of ramb essays OF
Ella with an inscription from Lamb
TO John Howard Payne, the privately
printed edition OF Mrs. Brownings
aonnc's. and many other treasures
coveted by collector and student.
Tho high pr'co OF the afternoon
SaiQD was brought by Audubons
liirds Of America. with 1875 coloicd
mates, together with tho "ornitholog
zeal biography" in Ave volumes. A
copy OF the original folio edition wa
sold In Philadelphia in 1905 for s4.S0a
Browning's own proof copy Of the
Riug and the book brought 5000 while
Mrs Brownings sonne,s. the rar
frat issue wen. for s2O5. A Hud
bras with on inscription from tn,
Mthor to Capt. John Grant, brough
1920. A similar copy withou. the au
tngraph wtnt not long ago for s25
which would seem TO fix the ya!ut
OF an autograph. Epi'tre's ct Evan
giles on Francois, In fifteenth con
fury binding, brought S425 the Gro
Tier Homer, $3.50: while the Grolier
Erasmrs went for the second highcs'
price of tho afternoon, $1,000. Othe,
high prices were sl55 for a rare
Heures a rUsa9e de Rome. and s52n
for first edition OF l1igglnson's New
England Plantation. printed In 1880