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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02
THE LAND OF FIRE.

Plain Living and High Thinking OF
the Natives of Iceland.
Iceland IS, as William Morris said.
"the Greece Of the North" 1t pro
duced in the twelfth and thirteenth cen
turtles Il literature unparalleled after
Rome before the golden age of England
and France. in character drawing, in
passionate dramatic power, in severe
noble simplicity, in grim humor AL
the characters of the Sagas live and
move to-day. Every nil and headland
and valley in the island is full of their
presence. The Icelander of to-day
knows them by heart. 1t is as if every
EnglishmaD, from pauper TO king, knew
Shakespeare's Historical plays and
could retell them more or less in his
or her own words. 1t has kept the
national times alive through evil times
1t has preserved the language almost
untouched by time and foreign inter
course.
Nowhere is the contrast between
man and his surroundings so glarine
as in Iceland. Buried in snow in
darkness, deprived of every comfort.
living on rancid butter and fried fish
drinking sour whey and mulk, dressed
like his servant. seeking in a little boat
his food, yet a cultured mind, pos
sessing an Intimate knowledge not only
of the history of his own country but
of Greece and Rome; poet fond OF
throwing off satires, intellectually and
morally the equal of his European
guest, considering himself your equal
and refusing to be ordered about by
rich Englishman. owner of several
square miles of land and hundreds OF
sheep. with peSgree going farther
back than that of his visitor; Jack
of all trades. n blacksmith in his
smithy, boat builder and carpenter, an
artist in filigree work, a carver In
wood, he has universal education ND to
the degree to which IL Is useful for a
man.
There are no schools in Iceland. YET
every child at II can read, according
to the parish statistics In no country
in Europe are so many books printed
and sold in proportion to the popula-
ton. A population of only 10000, scat
tered in many hamlets. has twelve
printing presses, the earliest being es-
tablished as far back as 1880; about
100 books annually. fourteen news
papers and eight periodicals are pro-
duced to satisfy the literary needs of
this little nation.
Yet this literary people still live in
pastoral and Homeric civilization.
which is modern lesson of the health
fulness of human life lived i'm close
contact with the free, wild life of ma
ture. such as would have delighted the
heart of Rosseau or Thoreau. AS
proof that this life is healthy, 1 give
the example OF clergyman who died
four years ago 113 years old, having
managed to live all his days healthy
and happy on $50 year, the average
stipend in the Icelandic church.
The sheep yield food anG clothing.
Their wool is pulled off In the spring
carded, spun, woven in hand looms.
and worn undyed You make shoes of
their skin and spoons of their horns.-.
National Geographic Magazine.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02
Elec.r,aed Potato...

The use Of electricity in cultivating
farm and garden products is not new,
says the Ohio Magazine, but it has
made considerable progress in recent
years. One method of experiment has
been to stretch a wire netting across
Geld nigh enough not to touch the grow
Ing plants and circulate through it an
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02
Too Bright.

Didn't you win anything in your
suit for damages?"
NO"
"Why didn't you engage a bright
lawyer to take your part?"
Il did. but he took my all."-Phila-
delDhia Press
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02

electrical current. In other expert
ments the soil has been electrified by
wires under and around the roots. By
the former method ii is said that straw
berries attained an increased product
of from 80 TO 1873 per cent, corn from
80 to 40 per cent, potatoes 20 per cent,
beets &c per cent and other products In
proportion. 1t is claimed that an av-
erage increase Of 40 per cent could be
obtained with substantially all crops
on fertile land by the electric treat
ment.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02
Promptly Furnishing an Example.

Miss Hope-What fools some young
men make. of themselves when they
are in love.
Mr.. Spoonamore-They do, indeed.
Dora. will you marry me?
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02
His Conception of a Joke.

HIS Conception OF Joke.
Il fooled a banker friend of mine
to-day"
How was that:"
why, | went up to him and said,
Can | draw out $50? Certainly he
replied. Then l had my laugh
But l don't see any joke about
th2t.''
Don't you? Why | hadn't any
money in the bank. Plain
Dealer.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02

Many farmers are now forcing their
pigs to make the greatest possible gain
in weight for killing time" The Of
fee OF experiment stations of the De
partment Of Agriculture summarizes
some Wisconsin station pig-feeding ex-
periments covering a period of ten
years, with the following conclusions:
Where there is plenty of time for
maturing pigs, and it is not necessary
to secure the maximum daily gain. 1t
is doubtful If it pays to grind corn
for pigs. The test shows that where
quick maturity Is an important item.
better results are secured from corn
meal. Pigs fed cornmeal eat more
grain and make somewhat larger daily
gains. Cornmeal can doubtless be fed
to good advantage in finishing off a
bunch OF hogs which were first fed
shelled corn. Changing over to corn
meal near the close Of the feeding
period also furnishes a change In the
character Of the ration which will he
satisfactory to the animals. When fit
ting hogs for show, sale or in high
pressure feeding for market, the feeder
will consider it advisable to grind the
corn, even though 1t Is expensive to do
so.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02

Don't be discouraged II mistakes are
made; those who do things make many
of them. but repeating the same mis-
take spells disaster.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02

Don't hitch the COLI to load until he
has been thoroughly accustomed to
drawing a light wagon or sleigh, then
hitch to a light load at first.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02
He Went.

The Hungry Guest-Jeames, what
time is dinner? The Candid Butler
l as my horders, sir which is to serve
hup as soon as ever you go, sir.-L0n-
don Express.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02

In selecting tomatoes for seed, save
the large, smooth fruit on the vines
that produce the earliest; try to save
the fruit with the most meat and the
least seed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02

Sheep restore to the soil larger
proportion OF the elements than they
take from it in grazing than do any
other stock
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02

In nearly all cases the offspring of
immature, undeveloped animals is in
feriOr 40 that of mature and full
grown parents.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02

A sure way to make an enemy of
what might have been friend is to re-
count to him the number of times you
have accommodated him in the past,
some time when you happen to be a
little "out"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02

Cold air will not injure sheep, but
a wet coat and a cold wind may prove
as dangerous as it would with any
other animal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02

Pumping poultry is done by dip
ping the fowls ten seconds in water
nearly o. quite boiling hot, and then
Immediately in cold water. Hang in a
cool place. until the animal heat is en-
tirely out of the body.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02
SSSSSSSSSSS

Profit depends as much on the cost
OF production as on the selling price.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02

How nice woman looks in a new
pay for 1t!
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02

Never choose dairy COW because
she Is fat, sleek and a beauty.
Beauty is as beauty does" The fat
and sleek dairy cow doesn't do the
handsome thing. The scraggy, bony
cow does. Therefore, she Is the real
dairy beauty
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02

Where the pungent smell of ammonia
is noticed escaping from the manure it
may be taken as an indication of loss.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02

Cultivate black walnut, as the supply
Is fast becoming exhausted, while the.
demand for that kind OF wood for fur
niture and other purposes is very great.
Trees Of good size grow in ten TO
twelve years, and the lumber COM
mands very high price.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02

For a number of years it has been
the policy at the Iowa Experiment Sta
ton and Agricultural College," says
Professor Curtis, Ito use corn and cob
meal insscad of cornmeal whenever the
conditions are such as to warrant grind
ing at all, and we have neveG. had any
Injurious results that could be attrib-
uted to the use of corn and cob meal
when properly ground and fed to cat
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02

a farm horse is the most valuable OF
any.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02
For the Farmers Deneft.

FOR the FARMERS DcmCnts
Those who are crying out against the
tariff laws and say that the farmers
are not getting the benefits of protec-
ton, should look over the records Of
the past, and see IL there ever was a
period when the farmer in this country
got so much for his produce as within
the past ten years. With 1000 millions
of produce to the credit of agriculture
this year, it is good time for those
who dig wealth from the ground to
look closely into the matter aud see
what part the protective policy Of the
Republican party has taken in securing
remunerative prices. In the interest Of
his own financial prosperity let the
farmer lay aside any consideration OF
the partisan view, and do little figur-
ing on the problem Of the conditions
changed, so that his products would be
seeking a market In foreign countries
to feed the poorly paid working men
there, instead of at home to better paid
and better fed and clothed working
men.-Mulhall (Okla.) Enterprise.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02

1t Is queer now the seasons can af-
feet the size Of some fields in all neigh
borhoods- In the spring a piece of
ground may be thirty acres In measur-
Ing the work done per day, but in the
fall the same piece may be only twenty
or twenty-five acres in measuring the
yield per acre.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02

To preserve the wheels Of vehicles
and also to prevent shrinkage of any
Of the parts, put some boiling linseed
Gil into pan or other vessel and raise
the wheel so that the rim will pass
through the oil. Revo've the wheel
and let the felloes be well soaked for
about three minutes. and the wheel will
then be more durable
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02

For old orchards the trimming up"
method is perhaps the best. Cut off the
bottom limbs to a point 3 or feet
from the ground, then cut off the ends
Of the most extending branches. Do
not prune too closely. Pruning may
be done any time this winter, or early
spring, but the wounds should be COW
cred at once with paint. An old tree
bleeds freely, and win suffer If there
are a large number of wounds on it.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02

The fact that the annual message to
Congress embodies no recommendation
either for such a modification OF Gus
toms administration as would give
10 per cent leeway for differentiation
without penalties or for "comprehen-
sive commercial treaty"-that is,
treaty embodying tariff reductions on
competitive products OF all kinds-does
not indicate a policy Of non-action on
the part of the President. By the terms
OF the German tariff trade agreement
the President is obliged to urge upon
Congress both of these recommended
tons Failure to do so would violate
the compact. The matter is only post
poned temporarily. 1t will come UP
later in the form of special messages
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-02
A. to the Wage Garner.


If, as the President asserts, the
"well-being of the wage-earner must
ever be a cardinal point of American
policy"-which nobody can deny-it
necessarily follows that the wage-earn-
er ought not to be kept in the dark as
to a tariff reduction that will necessi-
tate wage reduction. Tariff reduction
after election will hurt the wage-earn-
er just as badly as before election. 1t
will hurt industry, trade and business
just as badly. Then why is after cleo
ton "wise time?" 1t would seem
that just before election would be
wiser time for tariff tinkering, for then
the wage-earner could determine who
were his friends and who were not and
vote accordingly.
The people are ready TO let the DEM
ocrats reform the tariff, says the Peer
less One. We don't believe anything OF
the sort. The Democratic party is OPP
posed to protection. For years and
years its leaders have denounced pro-
lection as robbery, while this same
principle has more than once demon
strated its effectiveness in bringing
general prosperity to the country. The
people know this and they are not
ready to abandon so benefcent sys-
tem.-Columbus (lnd.) Republican.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-12-06
HAMILTON is WILLING.

PHOENIX, Dec 4.-Judge D. H..
Pinney yesterday received a letter
indicating that that one of the most
formidable opponents of statehood
and one of the principal advocates OF
Joint statehood may not oppose admts-
sion of the territories separately a
the coming short session of congress-
The letter is from Chairman Hamil-
ton of the house committee on terri
tories. though 1t will be observed that
Mr.. Hamilton does not commit him
self He writes:
Niles, Mich, Nov. q, 1908.
Hon. D. II. Pinney, Phoenix, Ariz.
My Dear Judge: Your letter re
ceived and / am taking first oppor-
tunity to reply.
"Of course, as chairman of the com.
mittees on territories l shall expect
TO proceed with hearings In relation
to such measures as are brought be-
fore the committee, and | have rath-
er assumed that both Arizona and
New Mexico would ask for state
hood
sSpeaking for myself as a member
Of the committee. shall certainly be
disposed to give the most careful con
siderafion to the claims advanced IN
advocacy of statehood, and II the
president shall recommend statehood
Il would undoubtedly simplify the SIT
uation.
/ II hope yon are well and hope t.
see you again one OF these days. With
best wishes. am,
Yours very truly,
"E. L. HAMILTON
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-12-06

PHOENIX, Dec. (Special.) -
Judge Kent yesterday annulled the
action of the territorial board OF med
ical examiners IN fevoking the license
of DIR. r. A. Alton. physician of the
Bi-Lo-Zone company on the ground OF
professional misconduct in giving pub
hcation to lot of testimonials as the
result of treatment administered by
him and 10 the curative or remediai
character of the waters dispensed by
the company.
The action came before the court on
an application for writ of certiorari
for a review of the proceedings of the
board of examiners.
DR.. Alton was present and was FUR
ther represented by Judge Baker and
P. H Hayes Attorney General Clark
appeared for the board. A demurre"
had been filed on behalf of the board.
The application had attacked the
validity of the statute empowering
the board of revoke certificates and
the applicant was prepared to show
that similar law ia California and
in other states had been set aside as
being unconstitutional. Though the
case yesterday did not reach the
stage in which the validity of the law
was at stake, Judge Kent said in the
beginning that he had no doubt of
the power of the board and that while
similar laws had been successfully
attacked there was a conflict OF de
cisions, the majority appearing to sus-
tain the law.
Contrary, however, to the conten-
ton of the board, the court said that
he was of the opinion that the court
had power to review the proceedings
of the board on complaint that there
had not been that due notice and
hearing" which must precede a re-
vocation of license.
Judge Baker complained of the re-
turn which had been made and asked
for an order of the court TO make it
more special and to state any other
facts in connection with the hearing
that might have taken place Attor-
ney General Clark replied that il
might be presumed that the return
was complete The court agreed and
said that no order could be issued un-
less it could be asserted that there
had been a suppression or facts.
Judge Baker then attacked the re
turn as corrupt and fraudulent"
He showed that though the hearing
took place on October the affidavit
of DR.. Redewill, the secretary of the
county medical society, did not ap-
pear to have taken the form or a PUB
lshed affidavit until three days ar
ter. The return also included the at
fidavits of Drs. Bond, Thomas and Dy-
sart, setting forth that the diseases
which the testimonials stated HAD
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-12-06
OLD OFFENDER
HAS SU|C|DED
IN YUMA JAIL
He Requested Judge Campbell
To Give Hin, Long Sentence.
So He Would Get An Easy
lob.

TUCSON. Dec. SC Especial. MORO
vas received In Tucson yesterday that
William Douglas had committed SUI.
eide BY taking muriatsc acid, strons
poison. In the penitentiary at Yuma
Wednesday.
In explaining his reason for desir-
ing a long term. Douglas said that
ne had served terms In seven difres-
ent penitentiaries throughout the
United States, and was so inclined 70
crfminaiity that he could not keel
straight when out of Jail, and he
knew that the longtime prisoners got
easy jobs. This time, however, whiie
ne was given tne limit, his expeeta-
tons Of an easy Job we're not fulfill
ed and he was given the hardest work
that could possibly be melted ont 10
him, that of breaking stone in the rock
quarry.
The man. who was AZ years old,
and a Scotchman by birth, had a
long string of crimes to ais credit and
had been sentenced to Jail for several
offenses from time to him, his SEN
fences always being quite light until
this last conviction, when an example
Was made of him.
His disappointment, when he learn
ed that instead OF soft snap he was
expecting, he was to be given haro
work, probably preyed upon his mind
and ne decided to shift of the mortar
coil.
Wednesday it was noted that ne
was not appearing very well and he
WAS ordered to the hospital by AS
SisfauF Sunefi ntaudan+ Wilder IN
whom he remarked that ii was too
late and nothing could be done for
him. A short while after he was re-
moved to the hospital he breatned his
last
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-12-06
DIR. AIKEN WINS ONE ROUND
IS READY FOR THE NEXT

been cured or relieved were incura
BILE. These affidayits bore the date
of OCTOBER u, eight days after the
hearing.
1t was pointed out by Judge Baker
that the return did not show that any
evidence he'd been taken at all that
though DIR. Redewill was in town he
was not present at the hearing to be
subjected to cross examination; also
that the defense through its attorney
had denied the allegations of the
Redewill affidavit aud had objected to
any action by the board at that time.
The affidavit. If it had been com
plete at that date, Judge Baker said
could not be regarded as proof in a
case of this character. The statutes
provided that in certain cases. as in
attachments, an affidavit was regard
ed by the statutes as proof but that it
could not be SO regarded unless it
was especially provided by law that IL
should be. : II would be intolerabIe
said Judge Baker to suppose that one
could SO proceed against one In a
matter involving his property or as
In this case, his means of livelihood.
Replying to the statement that
Judge Baker had objected to any ac-
ton by the board at the hearing, At
torney General Clark said that the re-
turn showed that the board had
nearly complied with that objection
and had done as little as possible.
though enough. He said that the
only charge against DR. Alton was
that he was guilty of unprofessional
NJ Il IT,
the testimonials complained Of That
was a charge ne said that proved it
self. There was the affidavit of DR..
Redewiil supported by the publica-
ton itself.
As to the conflict Of dates ir the re-
turn, the attorney general said that
the final action of the board revoking
the license was not taken until No
yember 10. In reply TO this Judge
Baker said that there was no hearing
at that time or at any intervening
time between October 8 and the date
of the revocation OF the license.
Judge Kent overruled the demur
rer TO the application aud taking oc.
casion to say that the board had the
right to decide what was unpro-
fessional conduct there had been an
insufficient hearing in this case. The
action of the board was. therefore
annulled.
1t is understood that the board will
take the matter up again, following
more closely the law governing it
DR.. Alton said that he would welcome
such a hearing and that he would be
prepared to prove that all of the ties
timOnials complained of were true.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-12-06
Excursion to CORTLAND.

The matter is being discussed OF
getting a number of the business men
of Douglas to go by automobile to
CORTLAND to look the field over with
view of making an effort of drawing
the trade of that place to this city.
coIorado Barker Here
Ed Marshall of La Juanta, Colo,
is here visiting J. A. Vestry. Mr.. Mar
shall is one of the directors in the
First National bank in La Juanta. He
has just returned from a sightseeing
trip down into Mexico and is very fav-
orably impressed with the country
and Douglas in particular. He is plan
ming a big hunting trip in Mexico for
next year
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-12-06
Overlook Tax Suit.

the Douglas city government, contest
ing the assessment of the Queen hotel
property, is set down for trial next
Monday in the district court at Tomb
stone. Mr.. Overlook contends that
the assessment against the hotel prop
erty WAS higher than it ought to be.
Mayor Greene and Jack Sparks, who
made the assessment and perhaps one
or two more of the city council, will
go TO Tombstone to be present and
give testimony in the case.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-12-06
win be delivered promptly.
knIahts q Maeeabees otaeers.

Knights Of Maccabees Officers.
The Knights of the Maccabees held
their annual meeting last night and
elected the following officers: Sir
Kt. Com, whitley; Sir Kt. Lieut..
Com. Roberts; Sir Kt. Record Keep
er, Daiber; Sir KIT. Chaplain, Joschke;
Sir Kt. Sergeant, Silverman; Sir KIT.
Master at Arms, Anderson; Sir KIT.
Isl NJ. of G., MowberTy; Sir KIT, End
M. of G., Hockett; Sir KIT, Sentinel,
Barneet; Sir KIT, Picket, Riley. Trus-
tess, Washington, Zeitlin and Wood.
ham were elected for the terms of
one, two and three years, respectively.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-12-06
Wilcox Booming.

Attorney Cass returned today from
Wilcox where he went on mining
business. Mr.. Cass states that VIII
COX is enjoying quite a boom. There
are three or four real estate agents
and over 1900 acres have been taken
up within the past six months by set
tiers from the east,
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-12-06
New Insurance Map.

Ernest Pinter of San Francisco is
making new map Of the city for the
fire insurance underwriters assocIa-
don. The one now in use was made
about two and half years ago.
United States that has been run on
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-12-06
Wants An EriIeptic.

A man passing along Tenth street
one afternoon this week threw" an
epileptic ct in front of Uncle Jim's
place and attracted n big crowd which
came running from all directions. I'm
Gle Jim thinks he sees a sherwd bust
ness move as a result of it and stands
ready to offer any good reliable cpl.
leptic three dollars a day for one per.
Torrance each day.