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Semi-weekly herald., 1909-02-22
ODD MIX OF PESTS
IN ANCIENT BABYLON

BERIlN.-The Babylonians of old
were tormented with lions and mos.
qutoes
That is what Professor Delitsch, the
famous Assyriologist and director of
the kaiser's Old Testament studies,
has been telling his audience in lee,
lures here upon recent explorations
of the Deutsche Orient Gesellschaft
in the ancient Mesopotamian city.
The Orient society found in its jaunt
"a Babylon an enormous quantity OF
brick 2nd clay tablets with curious in
scrip@ons which, translated, reveal
some absorbingly interesting facts.
The learned professor told his audi
,eEe that the tablets spoke of the
Babylonians being "agonized" by nr.
merous lions and myriads of mosqui.
toes. The tablets fail to reveal wheth.
er the invaders came all at the same
time, nor do they say how the Baby.
lonians Jared in battling the enemy.
Some of the tablets date back more
than 1000 years. They give particu-
lars of dwelling-houses of moderate
size that could be rented for any
where from rs cents to SO year. The
81 dwellings were extremely desira.
BILE. having eight rooms. courtyard
and garden and commanding access to
the river.
Old maids were not known In bliss
Cal D-k
kin made it a point to look about for
? suitor for her hand If no one chanc-
ed TO make so bold as to do his own
wooing. Girls who happened not to be
possessed of good looks had no cause
for worry Husbands were found for
them too. AS an inducement to the
sacrificing young men who took these
unprepossessing maidens for their
ed, so the tablets say.
Women held considerable power in
those days. She was allowed. for one
Thing, undisputed control over her
own property. No man dared try to
cheat her out of 1t. 1t is on record on
these little tablets that large class
of women were even permitted to ex-
ercise privileges OF citizenship They
were allowed to vote for representa-
lives in certain departments of the
state. No quarrel over woman's suf-
frage seems 10 have disturbed the
Babylonians.
In that city In those Old Testament
times farm stock was sold at figures
that today seem like a dream Chick.
ems. for instance. the particularly good
how to extract the square root and
cube root.
r The utmost discipline prevailed
among the Babylonians. especially as
TO agriculture, all their field worI;
their irrigation, the rotation of crops
their harvesting methods. were regu
lated by rigid laws. They never made
contract without witnesses. and they
zISEe wise enough TO see that ever,
asYeement. no matter how trifling, WI.
reduced TO writing
In breaches OF the marriage VOC
both husband and wife were punishei
with death.
As long as 5000 b. C.. the Babylon
ians were acquainted with money a
circulating medium. There are re,
ords on some bricks to prove tina
among the principal merchants Of tn
city there was free trade" and
protective" party.
There are bricks detailing bushes
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-02-22

The Russian duma has passed
measure which will have q far-reacb-
Ing effect on the future Of the peas
ant class In the empire. Heretofore.
the agricultural lands have been held
by communal system similar to that
in vogue among our Indian tribes.
The commune is now to be abolished
and the lands divided among the in-
dividual peasants making each the
owner OF his own estate. The future
Of the experiment is anticipated with
great Interest. as helping to solve The
land problem In the empire.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-02-22
Bryan Given Glad
Hand in Denver

DENVER, Feb. gov. ]. Bryan ar.
rived here this morning and before
noon address the large Bible class OF
Rev. DR.. Coyle. Mr.. Bryan, being the
guest of Denver. is being vociferously
received. Members of both houses Of
the legislature and hundreds Of cili.
zens Interested in Democratic affairs
tonight win hear the views OF Bryan
on the character Of laws that should
b pAsss1 "a rsdssm p,atferu pledges,
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-02-22

Last year President Roosevelt
changed the name OF a forest reserve
In southern California from San ia.
cinto to Cleveland. In honor of the
late president. The reserve has Just
been enlarged and now contains L.
$4,000 acres.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-02-22

work OF securing a man who has had
experience with some OF the successful
associations In Colorado. We believe
this organization VIII prove OF great.
advantage to the fruit growers and
me town and we woald like to see
all the good fruit growers in this acc.
tion get into It.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-02-22

Index says the Aztec roller mills are
To be enlarged
Steve Elkins is rounding up a con.
pie of mountain lions said to be nos.ug
around Cortez section.
J. d. Clark is Interesting outside
capital in $4,000 fruit growers or.
ganization at Pennington.
Work on Farmington's new bridge
across the Animas has commenced
win try to escape the high water later
on.
Contractors on the Citizens ditch
are able to ship oats along the line OF
work and save rs cents hundred over
local prices, says the Aztec Index.
Pennington enterprise says a man
by the name OF L. Chase will build
and operate creamery at that place.
Mr.. Chase gives interesting figures
showing splendid results for farmers
The Herald is pleased TO note the i'm.
provement.
Noah Barnes. an old timer OF Monte.
yuma county, who sold out and went
to California, writes F. NJ. Goody
koontz an interesting letter which in.
dicates Mr. Barnes is not highly pleas
ed with the change and contemplates
an early change.
Aztec Index calls attention to the
fact that hundreds of acres of new
orchards are being planted in every
way but the right way. The Index
Is doing its part trying TO get the farm
er TO follow improved methods and
benefit himself and the community.
Frank Quinn is reported TO have
signed contract to enlarge and ex.
tend the Independent ditch at a cost
of $4,000. Some of the land to be
watered lies under the ditch as at
present constructed but has no wnter
right therein. The extension will go
high on the mesa back of Pennington.
Index
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-02-22

The amateur gardener raises more
blisters than vegetables.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-02-22
STEAMSHIP IN PRE-
CARIOUS POSITION
Vessel Runs Ashore During (iale---Crew Res
cued in Safety But Vessel Probably
be Wrecked Schooner Sinks

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Feb. 2O.-The
steamboat John II. Starin of the Starin
transportation line. which ran ashore
off the outer breakwater last nigh
Is i'll precarious position this morn.
ing, with the waves breaking high
over her and she was in a heavy mist.
There was no passengers on the Starin
and all of the crew was rescued in
safety by the tug Sarah McWilliams.
although Captain Van Pelt and the
chief engineer at first refused to leave
the vessel and stayed on board after
other members of the crew had been
taken off. The John II. Starin went
ashore during the gale which swept
Long Island sound while she was on
"her way from New Haven to New
York
- VERA CRUZ. Mex, Feb. 2O.-Ten
men are believed TO have been lost in
The sinking of a schooner off the coast
near Vera Cruz during a recent storm.
Much damage is reported all along
the coast The name of the missing
schooner has not been learned.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-02-22

People who never change their
minds have no minds worth mention.
Ing.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-02-22
NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST
CONDENSED FROM EXCHANGES

Index says the Aztec roller mills are
To be enlarged.
Arizona republican., 1909-04-06
DINA, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL G. 1909.

l then president -elect was Walter J Travis. ex-amateur golf champion of the United States and England. and probably the best known player in the country. who is a personal friend of Mir. Taft. MT. Travis lives at Garden City on Long Island. a spot which his personally has done almost as much to make the greatest golfing center of the east as has the presence of two golf courses and club houses and its famous country hotel. Mt even a duff fer at golf would think of coming to New York without visiting Garden City. trying one or both courses and admiring the trophies which the skill of Travis has brought there.
 Come out to Garden City, Judge and we'll get up a foursome," said MT Travis.
 The Judges" eyes fairly twinkled as he replied: Well, I'd certainly like to. But, you see, came only for the day and I haven't any clubs" "Oh. that's all right" answered Ira wis. ''we'l fix you with clubs"
 And how do know I could get into your club house?" continued MT. Taft
 Well, you can all right" answered MT. Travis, his local pride coming to the front, and if you couldn't the ho- tel is about three minutes walk and it would be big enough. I guess. Any way, it's bigger than the one you're in now and a whole lot pleasanter, too You can dress there"
 "Dress-dress," cried MT Taft. ''but I forgot-I haven't any other clothes here"
 That stumped MT. Travis. He could furnish anything up to the clothes. but as he glanced down at his own sub stantial underpinning and then com pared it with the amplified expense of Mir. Taft's anatomy he decided not to press the subject further And sO the famous match did not come off, although it may next summer. But the incident is as characteristic of the
 The Normal school yaer is now on new presidents fondness for his chosen pastime as was that of President Roosevelt in taking a long horseback ride on the last day of his term.
 It is around New York that the greatest number of golfers are hoping for the effect of the presidents stamp of approval to put golf ahead of ten his once more. This is only natural | since sixty or Seventy thousand golfers make use of its nearby links. the real estate value of which exceeds s50.- 100000. The great majority of these are on Long Island. which is indeed a regular golfers paradise. with Garden City. the home of MT. Travis. the cen ter in a large part, because of its hotel facilities.
 Other localities. however. are already showing the effect of President Taft's fondness for golf. At Scarsdale. up in Westchester county S1,GO0.O0O hotel Is to be constructed in the middle of a famous golf course-a golf hotel, as 1t were-and all through that territory golf Is on the boom At Lawrence Park West. only a. short train ride from the city new 2SO acre course is short
Arizona republican., 1909-04-06
ECZEMA VICTIM SAVED
 AFTER THIRTY YEARS
Wintersreen Compound Stopped Itch at once-Disease Soon Disappeared.

After dosing the stomach for years and trying all kinds of alleged cures for eczema, Mir. M. T. Firmin, reports a perfect cure. He simply washed the skin with an oil of wintergreen con- pound mixed with thymol, glycerine, etc
 Mir. NJ. T. Firmin, for the last 20 years in the employ of the C. S Dan iels Furniture O., of Wichita, Kan, writes:
 'Eczema first appeared on my body when was child years of age. For over thirty years scratched and scratched and doctored, it drove me wild.
 'The disease covered my entire body from my scalp to my toes. My doctor and my friends all gave me up as in curable
 Then I commenced using the D. D. D. Remedy. The first application stop ped the horrible itching and gave me a nights sleep. It gave me strength and hope. I continued growing better
 'I kept up the treatment for months and am now entirely cured. excepting a little roughness on my left ankle"
 Having personally known of many chronic cases, we have gained great confidence in D. D. D. Prescription Elvey & Hulett, Druggists.
Arizona republican., 1909-04-06

Under the new schedule it will be possible for the traveller to leave this at 9:45 a. m. to reach Tucson at 3 p. m. and to return to this city the same evening. The new train will con- sist of wide vestibule coaches and will furnish a convenience which the resi- dents of this city have long desired, as the wait at Maricopa has proved long and monotonous and has detracted from the pleasure of travelling by that route. By the new arrangement this difficulty will be obviated, and as re- suit of the change a great increase of travel by the southern route is looked for
 A change is also to be inaugurated in the schedule of the Phoenix & East ern. When the motor cars arrive in June or July, there will be a short time service started between this city and Mesa, which will not only add to the convenience of the large number of travellers over that road, but will greatly increase the traffic between the valley points. It is the intention to have the motor cars stop at points between the steam road stations and as far as possible to supply the need which has long existed here for an interurban traction between Phoenix, Mesa and Tempe. and which will af- ford the convenience of easy access to the city to rural residents between these points.
 The train to Winkelmen will leave this city at S:15 a. m. forty-five min utes earlier than at present, and will arrive in Winkelman at 1l:30 a. m., and will remain there for two hours. This change will increase the time which may be spent at Florence or Kelvin as the lay-over at these points will be forty-five minutes longer than under the present service. The train returning will arrive in this city at 4:45 D. m.
 Considerable JIme has been spent by Superintendent Scott on the new time card. and he now believes that it will give the valley the best possible ser vice. considering the amount of traf- fife. No change will at present be made in the freight service as that service already reaches Los Angeles in two and one-half days. or very little more time than is required for ex- press.
 Although the service is in the win ter time. all that could be desired. the people of the south side still desire one change which would result to the advantage of those of their citizens who desire to go to Iron Spring. dur ing the summer. It is their desire that the morning train from Mesa reach ~l .Fe
 make connections with the o'clock train on the Santa Fe for the north petition will probably be sent from Mesa and Tempe requesting that the r. X F.. train from Mesa be started from that point a few-minutes earlier. and that the Santa Fe train north bound from this city be held for ten minutes in order that they may make the trip to the Springs by daylight
 The new service to Maricopa will
Arizona republican., 1909-04-06

try had fallen from its once great pop ularity to the stage where it was re- garded as only ladies' game. little more strenuous than croquet. Golf was steadily on the gain in popular favor, and many tennis players of note took it up to the exclusion of their former pastime. Tennis courts all over the country fell into what the only eX-president living at that time would have called ''inocuous desuetude." Of course. the administration at that time was not given to athletics but 1t may be noted as an interesting coincidence that President Mckinley. while he was never reported as indulging in tennis, not infrequently did pay golf.
 At any rate. such was the condition of affairs when Roosevelt came to the presidency with his fondness for the then almost forgotten game of tennis. What was the result? Within the seven years of his administration tennis has not only regained all its former popu- larity, but has even far exceeded it. Only last year a tennis team was sent to Australia. thing which would not have been dreamed of a decade ago. People began to clamor for tennis even in winter. and the indoor courts in the Sixty ninth regiment armory in this city. which each winter are the scene of tournaments almost equalling those held out of doors in the summer. are reserved So far ahead that it is practically impossible to get ene. The Hotel Gramatan in Bronxville, a near by suburb. which has one of the few other covered or indoor courts here abouts. is a mecca for winter tennis players also. All over the country more persons are playing tennis than ever before. Hundreds of them even go south for early practice. In word. tennis is once more supreme. and its return has all come during the admin istration of the ex-president whose fla vorite game it was.
 If Roosevelt has done this by set ting the athletic fashion. what is to be looked for from a golf-playing presi dent? If golf spreads as rapidly in the next four years as tennis in the past seven. nine out of every ten men. women and children in the country will be indulging in the ancient and honorable game by 1912.
 Perhaps not so much will be heard of President Taft's golf as was of Presi dent Roosevelt's tennis, when the burning question of the hour seemed to be whether on the fenced-in White House court he had or had not de- feated a famous English prelate. or whether he would be victorious over the German emperor. could such match be arranged. But President Taft is no whit behind in enthusiasm for the pastime which he champions. During his recent visit to New York, only few days before his inaugura- ton. when anyone but an enthusiast would have worn a furrowed brow, it was only the lack of a pair of trousers that kept him from going out to Long Island for a game of golf. \
 The matter happened in this way. One of the first persons to call on the
Arizona republican., 1909-04-06
THE PORK BARREL IS ELIMINATED
SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF NEEDS OF
 RIVERS AND HARsoRs.
A Comprehensive Plan for Develop
 ment of National Waterways.

Washington. D. C.. April 1.-(Special Correspondence of The Republican)- Senator Wesley L. Jones of Washing ton was for six years a member of the committee on rivers and harbors Of the house of representatives. leaving the lower for the upper body of the national congress on March at the same time as Senator Theodore F. Burton. formerly chairman of that committee and now chairman of the new waterways commission created by the last river and harbor bill
 During his services on the rivers and harbors committee of the house Senator Jones gave a very great deal of his time to a first-hand study of inland waterways of the United States. it's canals and harbors. and with his intimate knowledge of the needs of the rivers and harbors of the Pacific northwest. was one of the most in fluential members of that very i'm portant committee.
 Since his advent on the rivers and harbors committee, MT. Jones has seen the policy of the committee broaden and become more comprehensive, while the log-rolling that characterized waterway legislation of the past has given way to a scientific continuation into the merits of every proposition of value. with the result that the days of the NpOrk barrel as former river and harbOr bills were called. have been wholly eliminated from the question
 This change of policy" said Sena- tor Jones. lis largely due to the work of the river and harbors committee under the chairmanship of Mir. Burton, and to the National Rivers and liar bOrs congress, which has contributed largely to awakening the interest of the country in utilizing the nations waterways. While it is true that per sonal interests have occasionally pro- jected themselves in the great conven- tions which the National Rivers and Harbors congress have held in the ma tional capital in the main. the work of the congress has been of a lasting character and has done a world of good toward crystalizing sentiment for a comprehensive plan of waterway de velopment.
 It must be recognized by every thinking person that piecemeal appro- priations for improving our rivers and
 Ccontinued on page 2)
Arizona republican., 1909-04-06
IMPROVED SERVICE
 0h THE M.&P. ROAD 4 DAYLIGHT RUN TO MARI
 coPA. Quicker Time to and From All South
 ern Points.

A new timetable which is soon to be put into effect by the NJ. & P. will prove of great benefit and convenience to the people of this city and. in fact, to all of the travelling public in the southern part of the territory, by the Southern Pacific.
 The feature will be the inaugura- ton of a daylight service to Maricopa. which will make possible a daylight trip to the coast and will greatly shorten the time necessary for a round trip to Tucson or any point in the southern part of the territory. The new train will leave this city at 9:45 a. m and will arrive at Maricopa in time to catch the 1:17 train for the coast or to connect with the 11:25 train for the east. Travel to Mexico will also be accommodated as the con- nections with trains for the west coast will be made much closer The time of the night train will continue as at present.
Arizona republican., 1909-04-06

ly to be opened. Practically all the well known courses are extending their facilities and increasing their member ship at an unusual rate.
 If MT. Roosevelt were not going to Africa things might be different. since with his Oyster Bay home on Long Island he might put up a characteris- tic fight for his favorite pastime. but with him out of the way it seems like ly that President Taft's example will set the tide of athletic fashion again toward golf It is curious coinci- dence. too, in this connection, that ex- President Roosevelt is turning to just the same pastime as did ex-President Cleveland-that is shooting-though on a more elaborate scale.
Arizona republican., 1909-04-06
ATHLETIC FASHIONS
 SET BY PRESIDENTS
TENNIS IS NO LONGER IN THE
 AscENDENcY.
Yields Place to Golf as Taft Succeeds
 Roosevelt in the White House. \

New York, March 30.-(Special cor respondence of The Republican)-Is the tennis ball era about to wane and the golf bali era about to wax, po- litically aud economically, as well as in the field of sport? Do our presi- dents act as arbiters of fashions. not in the matter of clothes, like King Ed ward, but in the field of sports? These are questions which are being asked by many persons who are not inter ested in either game, as well as a great many others who are devoted followers of one sport or the other. Among the questioners are those who remember RooSevelt's tennis cabinet and note the efforts being made in Washing ton to construct a Taft golf cabinet. Some of them insist that the golf ball, hard and far going, is more symbolical of Roosevelt and the larger, softer, ten his ball of Taft Others there are members of the famous Ananias club organized by our only living eX-presi- dent with free membership for all per sons named by him-who assert just the contrary, claiming that the tennis ball well represents Roosevelt in that it is full of wind and light weight for its size while the golf ball like Taft is solid to the core and a heavyweight to boot In the end if one wishes to make the symbol of the administra- ton of either man one of these two implements of sport, the choice it seems will rest largely on his personal attitude. There is apparently only one point of argument - that it is far more desirable to be hit by a tennis ball than a golf ball. But although Roosevelt gave some pretty hard knocks, Taft has as yet had no chance to demonstrate his ability in this line. So even here the analogy is indetermi- nate. Perhaps the question is of no great moment anyhow.
 But among the real players. those who actually indulge in one or the oth- CT game because of a personal predi- lection, the question is of large prac- tical interest. It is of some importance to them, and not a matter of pure idle curiosity. to decide to what extent our presidents set the fashions in sports. and whether during the present ad- ministration tennis playing will de- crease and golf playing increase in popularity Prior to the Roosevelt ad- ministration lawn tennis in this coun-
Arizona republican., 1909-04-06

also improve the news service to the southern part of the territory. The Republican will by the new service be enabled to reach subscribers in the south nearly a day sooner than at the present time and will reach all the southern points in the territory soon CT after the hour of publication than any other daily. Even Yuma can be reached with all of the Arizona news an hour earlier than the papers of Los Angeles reach that city. The com munication with Benson and Bisbee will also be made in much quicker time.
Arizona republican., 1909-04-06
A FOOL TRICK.

When a man puts new rafters in the roof of This house thinking thereby to strengthen the foundation. he does a fool trick. It is just as foolish to take other remedies when a person needs Sexine Pills. When you need a tonic builder. there is no use taking any thing else: for Sexine Pills do it in half the time. and do it twice as well. Price $1 a box, six boxes $l5. Abso- lutely guaranteed. Address or call El- vey & HuIett, where they sell all the principal remedies and do not substi- tute.