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Bisbee daily review., 1909-11-05
HOW HANKS kND DAVIS
 MANAGED THEIR BANK BOOKS
Davis Was Short Sl8,OOO While Cashier Was Into Institution for S5,OOO>>
 Both Amounts Were Returned

DOUGLAS. Nov. 4.-(Special) )-
 Now that the shortages have been made good by the peculating employ es of the First National Bank, it is proper to publish all the facts re
 garding the discharge of Cashier Hanks and Earl Davis, the bookkeep- CT. The facts are that Cashier Hanks was short with the bank something over $5.OO0, this discovery being made by the bank examiner at the same time he discovered the shortc5e of Earl Davis. ---
 Both these shortages have been made good, Cashier Hanks turned over to the bank officials sufficient securities to secure the amount of his deficiency and three of the directors gave their individual checks to the bank for the shortage the cashier.
 The shortage of Davis amounted to S18,000 Tom Pollock, of Flagstaff,
Bisbee daily review., 1909-11-05
MAKES HIT
 WITH SHOW PEOPLE

DOUGLAS, Nov 4.-(Special.)-
 In direct contrast with the story Of the Land Of Nod company ride is the hit which Douglas has made with the Orpheum stock company. If this company made a hit with Douglas, and it certainly did, Douglas made quite as much Of hit with the com pany, all of whom are now enthus- iastic boosters for the smelter city.
 When the Orpheum company first played here they were little non plussed as they received a rather cool reception when the curtain rose and each member of the troupe felt the you'll have to show me" air of the audience. The second night was diff ferent, and now all the members of the troupe are saying, q wish we could play five nights in Douglas and two in Bisbee instead of it being the other way"
 Mrs. Arbuckle (Minta Durfee) is one of the most enthusiastic Of the company. She said before leaving Douglas last week: T feel so much better here. I have not been well l since I reached Bisbee, where the al- titude is too high for me and affects my breathing so that 1 cannot sing as I should like, and cannot both sing and dance. Here I feel myself. All the others say the same. It is es- pecially so with the girls, for altitude is harder on women than on men.
 When first came nere on Thurs day and looked out from the hotel SH G avenue, so broad and pleasant, just wanted to go out and run and skip about like a little girl. I like Douglas, and now that the people know us and we are getting acquaint' ed with them am sure we shall like the Douglas people too. think Doug las is the incest and the prettiest city have seen in Arizona, and I wish we were here all the time"
 Thus two dozen more boosters are added to the live boosters of the city
Bisbee daily review., 1909-11-05

casket of cheap pine the two unfor- tunates, one about twenty and the other about twenty-two would be bur jed in a hole which had been dug out in the desert. ....
 This travelling man does not be- lieve, from the appearance of the two young men and the way they were dressed, that they were mere hoboes, and thinks further efforts for identi- fication should be attempted, as some where in some home in this country, there may be two mothers who will wait hopefully and then hopelessly as the years roll around for some tidings of, some word from, their wandering boys. >~--..y--~-l y--se~'--S-----
Bisbee daily review., 1909-11-05
FORGERY CHARGE MAY
 RESULT FROM ARREST

DOUGLAS, Nov. 4.-(Special. .l-
 Manuel G. Monales. a Mexican of good appearance, was arrested and brought before Judge Rice this morn. ing on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses upon complaint of Francisco Carrenza.
 The woman complains that Monales persuaded her to cash a check for him in the amount of $45. She al leges that the check was made to the order of Monales by another. and that Monales declared to her that the check was all right, that the money was in the bank to meet it and that she would nave no trouble in getting the money On these representations and from the fact that the maker of the check is well known, has money and is of good business reputation, she cashed the check. Later payment upon it was refused and it may he that a forgery charge will yet arise out of the affair Investigation is going on today and the hearing is set for late this afternoon.
 The other cases this morning were vagrancy and drunk and disorder ly charge. Ten dollars or ten days was the sentence in each of them.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-11-05
How It Worked

The manner of covering up his ac- count by the bookkeeper is explain ed by the bank officials. Davis, as bookkeeper, would give himself credit on the books without passing any de posit slip through in the usual way On occasions of examinations either by the board of directors or bank ex- aminers, it is said that he would re move some of the loose leaves from the books sufficient to cover up the shortage. When the bank examiner arrived last week Davis was in Tomb stone and the first discovery of the shortage, which began to grow in 1906, was made.
 There was much surprise in the community when the fact that there had been discovered a shortage in the bank and that Cashier Hanks and Earl Davis were responsible for it. Both have stood well in Douglas and neither have ever been suspected Cf any conduct which would suggest ex- travagance or dangerous speculation. MT. Davis had invested money from time to time in Douglas property, ln- cluding half interest in the Interna- tional laundry, a home, some lots, etc. This Douglas property was all mortgaged for the money which was returned to the bank and this with other property it is said will be suffi- cient to secure the loan made by MT. Pollock.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-11-05
Shortage Admitted

President Packard admitted this morning that there had been a shor.- age discovered on the part of both Cashier Hanks and Mir. Davis and in that connection with that admission stated that every dollar of both short ages had been paid back into the bank.
 A new cashier has been practically agreed upon by the board of directors. but until he has definitely accepted the position his name will not be giv- en to the public. He is said to be a high class man, and one well qualified to handle the business of the bank
 The International had this story last Saturday, but withheld the sen sational features at the request of the bank officials who were then con- pleting the arrangement by which the bank was secured from any loss. It is not the intention of the bank off cials to do anything in the way of prosecuting the discharged employees. but they cannot say what action may be taken by the government officials.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-11-05

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Bisbee daily review., 1909-11-05

"Red Wings Gratitude" Royal to night.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-11-05

one of the bank directors, repaid this money to the bank and took mort gages on the property of Mir Davis. including his home, half interest in the International laundry and other property
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-17

lection for their mother or for each
other, but glide away, probably never
to be together again. Is it any Won
der, when they act SO just after being
Matched out, hat boa constructors
never like anybody and never have
anything to do with people if they can
avoid it?
Each little snake measures from
twelve to fourteen inches in length and
is about as big around as a lead pen
Gil. 1t is said that they eat nothing
at all during the first six months of
their lives or until they are old enough
to catch and crush to death small
animals and swallow them whole. The
boa constructor never bites 1T has no
poison fangs-but always kills by coil
ing about it's victim and crushing 1t to
death. Fully grown. the boa constrfc-
tor is thirty to forty feet long and
as big around as the large part Of q
mans leg.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-17
MYRA'S VACATION


I'm so glad It's vacation murmur-
ed Myra Blaine, reaching her plump,
white arms lazily above her head, as
she swung in the hammock out on
the breezy lawn. What a blessing
schools cannot keep in session for
ever!" Then, with a sigh of content
ment, she r]earranged :he pillows and
nestled down for a nap.
Myra was primary teacher in the
graded school Of a n~eighboring town,
and was, OF course. a little weary;
almost tired to DEATH she told her
mother, and the latter, fully believing
1t. petted her and babe her try and
get rested"
S"But l must help with the work.
Myra said. dutifully, and her mother
called her dear daughter and let
her wipe the. dishes and rearrange
some parlor bric-a-brac. This done,
the young woman took of her apron,
shook out her puffs, picked up an I'M
cut magazine and repaired to the
hammock, while her mother mopped
the kitchen, pantry and back stoop
floors. made pies, tended her wood
1re, shelled peas, cleaned new pota-
toes and got dinner. Myra came In
with a fine appetite. a pretty color in
her cheeks and an abundance OF good
humor. Mrs. Blaine smiled on her.
albeit 1t was a smile, and sat
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-17
Few May Marriages..

It will be noticed that there are no
marriages of Importance fixed to take
place during May. At most a dozen
are included In the list of fashionable
weddings, and inquiry at such church
es as st. Mary Abbot's, ST. Paul's
Knightsbridge, Christ Church, Lancas-
ter Gate and All Saints, Ennismore
Gardens, all temples Of Hymen," clio
it's the fact that business is very
slack" during May.
ITO marry in May is to rue the
day" runs the old rhyme. and it is
clear, therefore, that we are still sen.
timental enough to wish to avoid run.
ming any such matrimonial risk. There
may be something in this superstition
about May marriages, for 1t Is a belief
that age cannot wither. 1t is difficult
to trace to It's source, but it has sur
vived through practically all ages.
Ovid alludes to it, and it was evident
" no new idea ven in his day.
What is more, It is one which OBJ
tains all over Europe, and in face Of
such strong testimony that the gods
are defied and fate tempted, II the
"merry month" is used as a marry
month";" 1t is certainly wiser for those
who are embarking on what must al
WAYS be the uncertain expedition of
matrimony to either choose April for
setting sail or tarry until June
Ladies' Pictorial.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-17
MAKE FATlr- - GIH TREES.

Vermont Waste Land to Be RefOrs
exteu--G,0 Goa. U%G,"oO Feet Cut.
A novel experiment in American
forestry IS to be tried by the State OF
Vermont, says a Burlington special to
the New York World. She is going to
coax or make all her farmers on the
waste lands and deforested tracts buy
from her at cost price at least 500
young trees apiece for planting. The
state has established Il tree nursery
and has also imported from Germany
more than 100000 saplings. mostly
white pine, suitable for building pur-
poses.
An investigation by A. F. Halves,
who took Office on April l as Yer
mont's first State forester, shows that
more than 1000, 600, 900 feet of the fin.
est lumber has been cut from forests
Of the State since 1880. This was prac-
tically all heavy growth. the lumber.
men paying no attention to the annual
growth, though they could have used
them as well as not.
Vermont officials are alarmed by
this tremendous destruction of the
best forest lands in the State, and an
agitation is to be started in favor Of
tree planting. The 5,S46,o 0G acres IL
the total area of Vermont is divided as
follows:
Forest and waste lands in farm
boundaries. .2.597, 900 acres.
Forest and waste lands not in farm
boundaries, 1,122,00 acres.
Improved farm lands and pasture,
2,127, 900 acres.
The plan is to reforest the waste
lands all over the State. At present
the forest products of Vermont sell
for about $4,000, 600 a year, but the
cut is diminishing. owing to the fail.
ing supply. More than 500 lumber
mills in constant operation have at
last produced their inevitable effect.
The State forester will cooperate
with lumbermen and farmers desiring
to improve their lands and prevent
them from going to waste.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-17
CONVERTING THE CHINESE.

~-A n the matter Of the American girl teacher,
~ Elsie Sigel, who was Murdered by her
nNRE n Chinese lover, no better sense has been
k~9AN- spoken than is attributed by the papers
HSINN&AY to Miss Helen Clark of the Clark Mission
&S0HGGsI in Worth street. For fifteen years, Miss
| Clark says, she has protested against
white women attempting to ChristianiZe Chinese, and
she declares that there are more women missionaries
degraded by Chinese men than there are Chinese con-
verified. Miss Clark goes on TO say:
at is the attraction of the sex that predomtnates in
both cases, not that of religion. Despite all that is in
the papers, the public does not see the other sidc-the
Chinese side. The pictures that have seen are of
young, vain, frivolous white women deliberately nirt-
slider what a puzzle such a woman must be to the
Chinese, a race totally unaCcustOmed to any freedom
for women. Is It strange that they misjudee behavior
that even an American man would question:"
Practically all the Chinese in this country are liv.
ing isolated from women of their own rcce. They
are about as dangerous associates for young girl mis-
slonaries, and the missionaries are about as danger
Gus company for them as could be conceived. For
American women who are interested in the Christian.
ization Of the Chinese the place TO work is in China
and among the Chinese women. There Is a vast deal
to do, but among the Chinese men who live here there
is no work in which young women may safely engage.
OF all the Eastern countries China IS in these days the
most attractive to missionaries of ASSORTMENT and de-
votion. In the Chinese they see the best and strongest
human material in the East, and the race that promises
under Western influence and leading to develop the
greatest efficiency and the highest character. Western
lie, Christianize China by all means. She is ripe for
it and needs 1t. But keep American girls out of the
Chinese missions In this country. Miss Clark is right
about that when she says: White women must leave
the lives Of the Chinese alone"-Harper's Weekly.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-17

down-when she could get time-to
eat almost nothing.
1t was ~15-year-old Fred who noticed
this last and remarked: why, moth
er, l reckoned when Sis got home you
wouldn't alters be SO tired you
couldn't eat"
Myra flushed, but looked searching
~ at her mother.
"She Is the tired one" said the lat
ter. hastily, and l made her rest
Wasn't hard to make, l reckon
blurted the boy, with an a~ggravatlng
grin.
Myra flushed still roster at this and
the grave glance BEN on her by her
father.
Il mean to help mother when l get
4 little rested" she said; but the last
weeks of school are so trying that 1t
seems one must have a little vaca-
ton"
Mother never has none," was
Fred's stout reply.
When dinner was done the girl pin
ned up her sleeves and donned a huge
apron.
Nov, mother" she began. when a
merry voice calling from the gateway
interrupted her. 1t was her bosom
friend, Kitty Nye, driving a pretty
pony and phaeton.
I'm going to Mollie's; come on!'
said Kittie.
.Too bad, mother! All right; I'll
he there in a minute. Guess I'll wear
my blue lawn. Why can't Fred help
with the dishes?' were some of
Myra's rather disjointed remarks, as
abe threw her apron on a chair, put
her head cut the doorway for a mo-
ment and then ran upstairs.
II will do better tomorrow, NOM
mie." she cried, gayly, kissing her
hand to her mother from the phaeton
-. they wheeled away. II do feel aw-
fully guilty" she exclaimed to her
friend: "but it is such hard work to
aettle down to business just when
one vacation begins; but mother is
tired out"
And then the conversation drffted
to more congenial subjects. and a mer-
ry afternoon was spent with Kittie's
married sister.
1t wal late when they returned.
Mrs. Blaine was Just completing prep
arations for breakfast.
The Blaines were early risers at
this season, rs morning is the best
time to pick berries. and Mr.. Blaine
~as = small fruit grower. Breakfast
was LONG wei when Myra opened her
Aves. The eldest son was gone ito
town." where he held a clerkship and
tho two younger ones were in the
berry held. The father had nilked
their ave cows and returned from
carving To milk to the creamery.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-17
NIAGARA $4,000 YEARS OLD.
TooI1 ) Centuries to Hollow Out
First Three Miles Of the Gorge.

Took! > Centuries to Hollow Ont
First Three Miles of the Gorge.
According to Mr.. Spencer of the
Canadian Geological Survey, the great
spectacle If Niagara Falls as we see
it to-day has been about $4,000 years
in the making. .ar-
Mr.. Spencer, III common with other
biologists who have studied Niagara,
believes that originally the cataract
fell into Lake Ontario ove three steps.
or platforms, the first being thirty
five feet high and the third being at
or near the edge of the lake proper,
instead of seven miles back up the
river as at present, says the Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
It took the stream $4,000 years to
hollow out the first three miles OF
the gorge, but only 1000 years for
the other four miles. The difference
of time in these two stages OF the
erosion and of the ]cataracts recession
of seven miles in all, is explained on
the theory of a sudden and enormous
increase in the volume OF water,
caused by seismic disturbance.
Formerly the Niagara River served
as outlet to Lake Erie only. After the
upheaval the waters of Lakes Huron,
Michigan and Superior, which prevt-
ouslv had debouched directly into Lake
Ontario, were diverted by way OF Lake
Erie into the Niagara River. swelling
that stream to six times its former
volume.
Mr.. S%pencer's figures, of course, can
be taken only approximately, as even
contemporary authorities are at vari-
ance as to how far the falls Of Niagara
have receded during the last fifty
years-some estimates making 1t 1.2S
meters per annum, others 1.52.
Moreover, while the United States
Geological Survey declares that the
rate of recession of the falls has In
creased during the last fifteen years,
the corresponding Canadian official re.
port shows that the rate has decreased
some sixty-six centimeters per annum
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-17

ems lay and are a dark cream color,
They are oblong and more the shape
of a pecan than a hens egg. The
shell is not hard, like a hens egg,
but yields to the pressure Of your
fingers, something like rubber, says
the Springfield CID Journal.
Having laid her eggs In the nest of
sand, the mother boa winds herself
into a perfectly fiat coil, like a round
mat. This done, she gently pushes
waves OF sand upon the eggs until
they are covered from four to six
inches deep. Then she settles herself
upon the top and stays there for nine
teen days. At the end Of this time a
lot of little snakes may be seen push
ing their way out from the nest and
away into the world to get their, own
living. They don't show a bit Of af-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-17
Different


1t would pay pleasure seekers tt
try the old plan of looking on life
as a duty, where pleasures came by
accident or kindness, and were heart
lily, gratefully enjoyed. It stands ia
reason that if you are deliberately ar,
ranging to get pleasure, and plenty OF
1t, you cannot enjoy it as much az
II your life consisted of duties, and
your pleasures came by the way.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-17
SHE WANTED MORE.
A Maid Learns of q Young Mana
Terrible Past.

A Maid earns of q Young Mana
Terrible Past.
you have eve told nae anything
about your past" she said, timidly.
A troubled look came over him. He
realized that, although they had been
engaged nearly a month, he had GER
tainly been negligent in that direction.
II suppose I ought to say some.
thing about it," he said.
PROMISED tell me ALL"
DO you mean that?'
Everything"
He clasped her hands. The crisia
had come.
Dearest" he said. I'll make .
clean breast of 1t. OF course, 1 real
lied that it had to come. STILL"
go on"
Eve led a pretty hard life. I guess.
In college there was q time whsnl
didn't do much else but buck the
tiger"
What's that?"
well, it's playing poker mostly. I.
got In the hole pretty deep. Then, Of
course. I had my fill Of drinking. ca.
rousing, late hours. 1 broke loose at
last. You see, I had to, but It was
pretty fierce"
Did you stop7"
"Well, partly. Then I had love at
fairs-there were SO many of 'em, you
know, that 1t didn't matter. I was
dropped once-then I braced up-sot
through. I spun around a little after
that until I got to playing the ponies"
Playing the ponies!"
"Yes-race track, you know. Bet
ting on horses. But, thank heaven, I
saw the folly Of that"
And you stoppedr
Absolutely. You see. I came to
myself. My character asserted itself.
It was a hard fight, but I o I
wish 1t wasn't there, dear. But I was
bound to tell the truth. Tell me that
it's all right. Tell me you viii for.
get it."
Have you told me all?"
Everything. Tell me It's all right"
She looked at him with q troubled
look.
II suppose I shall have to-" she
said. Butt thought you were . good
deal worse than that."-Thomas L.
Mason, in LippincOtt's Magazine.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-17

greater. Noble impulses led the woman to the rescue.
She took no account of danger in going to the imperiled
husband and son. The one thing was to free them
from the murderous assailant. What good wife and
mother would do less? The son, with a courage not
to be surpassed, fought a human monster, wrenched the
pistol, which was intended to kill him, from his grasp
and, in turn, used it effectively on his desperate as
sailant. Owing to his superb courage, two malefactors.
who have long piled the burglars art, will no longer
torment and terrify innocent people at night In the
shelter Of the home. Only for such as these the bur.
glary business would have many more followers than It
has to-day. Mrs. Staber gave up her life and her son
took a desperate chance that life and property might
be the more secure from the cowardly wretches who
prey upon society ready to kill the defenseless In their
power-Utica Globe.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-17

arctic record for neaEness to the south
pole, went to within ITS kilometers Of
the goal, which is within about seven
ty miles. He hopes to make another
trip to the Antarctic Ocean within a
few years.. and, with the innovations
In methods of travelling e the ice
he will then introduce, he hopes to
reach the pole. The lieutenant and
his hardy assistants had many narrow
escapes from death on their hazardous
Journey.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-17
Those Awful Hats.

At a meeting of the Fathers and
Husbands Protective Society to take
action on the dishpan, wash basin and
bath tub hat craze. a man who has
an ambitious wife. five charming
daughters and two equally charming
daughters-in-law to support and keep
+ headgear, offered q resolution. It
was in the nature Of a memorial TO
American mtlliners, ~beseeching them.
to, make the framework Of tho xhato
Of tin. agateware or copper. % tAe4s
may be used in the kitchen Or ba4Ahe
room after the fad has wefn aW1y
and the trimmings have besA&Nkso