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The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
BUZZ THAT PUZZLED ANIMALS
Noise of Wind In Telegraph WIres Used to MlsIead Them, But They
 Have Grown Wiser.

When telegraph poles were first sen up they had a most disquieting ef- feet upon various species of animals. In Norway. for instance, at the time of the introduction of these useful ar ticles, the bears were much perplexed to determine their purpose.
 The Norwegian bear, hearing the moaning of the wind in the wires, such a buzzing as he had somewhere heard before. proceeded in the ursine fashion to put two and two togeth- er." Such a buzzing must mean the presence of a sweet morsel; the poles must be gigantic hives; so the bear sot to work to root the poles out of the ground.
 The strange humming also attract ed the attention of the woodpeckers, which concluded that innumerable in sects were concealed in these tall poles. Therefore the birds went to work to find the treasure, boring holes to extract the insects.
 In time, however, they all became wiser, and the telegraph pole or wire came to be used by more than one species of bird as a safe place for It's nest. There is a small bird of Natal that used to build its cradle shaped nest in the branches of trees, but as soon as the telegraph wires were set up 1t changed the location of It's housekeeping and built on the wires, so that snakes could not molest its treasures.
 The new position was found so se- cure that the bird added a second door to the nest, which had hitherto pos sessed only a small opening on the side furthest from the overhanging branch.
 For many years the buffaloes of our western plains utilized the telegraph poles to scratch their backs" and so delightedly would a group of them at tack the poles for this purpose that many of the big sticks were put out of commission.
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
BIG FIRMS EvADE TAX LAWS
Deceive the United States in Salary Re4urns-office Boys at
 $1o,ooo a Year.

Denver, Colo.-Somewhere in Den yer there are sevefal-maybe a score -of office boys who are drawing fabu- lous salaries for opening mail and running errands. The boys don't know that they are drawing these sal aries of $3,O0O or $5,0OO, or even $1O,- 900 year, but they are just the same
 But it is only in the reports of an- nual net incomes that are being made to the United States internal revenue officers by Denver corporations that these salaries appear.
 Under corporation tax law salaries are deducted from the net total sum taxable. Revenue officers say the total of salaries this year as shown by the returns has taken an enormous jump. If some of the reports are true, they say, there are many firms in Denver who are giving away money every day.
 Then there are salaries listed for employees now living in three-room flats that, if f-really paid, would enable them to live in mansions.
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
BROKEN LIFE-PREsERVER
Homer Davenport Tells About He ES. Perlence In Learning to Skate
 on Rollers.

When MT. Homer Davenport was a boy roller skating reached Silverton. In his book, The Country Boy," he tells of his plan to learn without get | ting hurt, as he thought falling about the skating rink was no joke He bor- -owed a pair of overalls of the stout est man in the village, and a long pii- ow from his mothers bed. and be .!eved the game as good as won when he entered the door of the rink.
 I lowered the pillow into the seat of the overalls after had put them on, and then got boy to hold the pillow up against my back while I put my vest over 1t, and I dived out into the thick of the skaters. To my astonish- ment, I didn't fall I leaned back and tried to fall once to see how it would be. and I really couldn't. I'd been skating fifteen minutes when I did fall, but fell forward and slammed my hands on the floor
 An elderly lady, who had had some troubles of her own that afternoon, skated up to me and told me she thought perhaps we went at it too fast; so we were leaning against the wall talking over the scientific points of it. when gave the audience a rare treat
 While leaning there talking, all at once my feet, that were close togeth- CT, started, and rolled out toward the middle of the room. I don't think bent finger, but fell exactly like a tree, and To and beholdl the pillow burst. It must have been five min utes before they got through laughing all over the house. In that time the feathers were so thick they followed in a boiling streak after every skater.
 The manager declared recess of ten minutes while they swept out the hall, and at this point came another big laugh, as three men had been sweeping twenty minutes and they hadn't got over three feathers out into the street.
 Some fellow suggested sprinkling, so they did; but most of them were in the air, and wouldn't come down to be sprinkled, so they had to close the rink for the afternoon
 The manager of the rink tried to collect damages from my father, and think there was compromise made Youths Companion
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
SKIN IN COLD STORAGE
cUTIcLE KEPT ON ICE FOR A.
 MONTH IS STILL ALIVE.
Physicians Discover That Skin Taken from the Human Body May Be Kept in Healthy Condition
 Indefinitely.

Philadelphia, Pa.=Through the suc-- cessful outcome of an operation. per ormed on 1S-year-old Anna Windt, the physicians at the Samaritan hospital lave made a discovery which may be incalculable benefit in the grating If skin. The discovery is that skin aken from the human body may be ept in healthy condition for an in 'efnite period and that it may then 1e used to replace skin that has been
 urned or otherwise destroyed.
 Early this year man entered the, iamaritan hospital to have an opera on performed. This operation in luded the removal of thirty-two' 'quare inches of skin from his abdo- nen. Dr. Babcock had this carefully rolled up and put on ice until he should be ready for the experiment. This was made thirty-five days after the skin had been removed from the male patient. Twenty square inches were taken, smoothed out, and care fully put in place on the girls arm.
 For several days the arm was ex- amined minutely and then it became apparent that the frozen skin was "ta- kirg hold'' to the natural skin with as much firmness as if it had been taken directly from living flesh.
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
Ancient Greece.

Three-ffths of the interest which the modern Greeks take in themselves and that is much-comes from theil worship of their assumed ancestors the Greeks of the historic period from Homer to Honorius. Every year we discover new things about this vastly interesting people-some broken bits of art, some fragment of literature which has nine-tenths perished, or sleeps in undiscovered crypts or Egyp- tian dustheaps-or else some new theory of orign and pilgrimage, in. vented and eFucidated by ingenious scholarship in England, France or Ger many, and of late by excavators from America. Vase-painting. for instance, a Greek art coeval with Greek poetry older perchance. but we know noth- ing accurately of the beginnings oi either-and more persistent even in It's fragments than the later art of the grand painters, Apelles, Polygnotus, Zeuxis, an dthe rest, of whose known work nothing remains.
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
War m EIIea-

It Is estimated that s1O.o00,Ooo is spent annually for fly screens. while the wholesome out-of-doors is left to the enemy. In addition. there are expensive and disagreeable poisons sticky paper and other devices for killing of the pest. Dr. Clifton F. Hodge, professor of biology at Clark university, will endeavor to make Wor' Easter, Mass, "a hyless city" He has . practical plan to get rid of house flies, which spread typhoid fever and other diseases. He purposes to edu- cate the people to cooperate with him and will start on his campaign of pre- vention as soon as flies begin to ap- pear in the spring. Students will as- sist him and be assigned to different fields. One will be assigned to @ dairy. another to a barn and every breeding place of the insect pest wiD be under surveillance.
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
Art Rubbish.

Duchess de Choiseul-Praslin (for- merly Mrs. Hamilton Paine of Bos- ton) has had a good deal of trouble over the gallery of bogus "old mas ters" that she bought from the bogus Count d'Aulby.
 The duchess, even while in Bos- ton," said Boston art dealer. bought B good deal of art rubbish. Her kind heart caused her easily to be taken In.
 There was a young impressionist who sold her a lot of daubs for fifty to sixty. times their real worth. This chap was quite a lion for a time. He wore velvet jacket and prided him self on his pictures unintelligibility.
 At one of his studio teas a lady paused before an enormous canvas that looked more like a pink and gray fog than anything else.
 "Tt's awfully pretty. the lady said, 'but-er-what Is it a picture of?'
 The artist studied his production closely. Then he drowned and shook his head.
 By love. I can't remember he said"
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
roy. AIIke Throuah Aaes.

In the graves of ancient Peru have been discovered spinning tops almost identical in shape with the ones used at this modern age. In China was made a discovery of top almost ex- actly like the one found in Peru, and scientists are at loss to understand how these little articles could have been so much alike, and yet be found In centuries so far apart. It has been estimated that toys are at least 5000 years of age. Old Egyptian toys have been found which show that they were arranged on wheels, much as the toys of today are made Toys, very much alike in all particulars, have been dis covered in all parts of the globe, and their age dates back into the thou. sands of years.
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
nconseIenee-Moneyv to vIenna.

Conscience money" to the amount Of $25 was received by a Vienna bank at Christmas from an Austrian who emigrated to America more than sixty years ago. It was formerly the GUS tom for apprentices to call at Christ mas time on the firms with which their masters dealt for trifiing pres erts. The old emigrant in a letter ex- rlained that he cheated the bank in question by calling twice for Christ n,as gift. disgusting h''reAlf on his sec ond call in a shoemaker's apron. He duly received a second present of a forin. The act has so weighed on his conscience ever since that he decided this Christmas to repay the fiorin to the bank, together with interest for sixty years. The bank manager has given the $25 to charity.
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
Mrs. Judklns Veteran Deer Hunter

Mrs. JudkIns a Veteran Deer Hunter.
 Mrs. Walter Judkins of Portland is a woman to whom the lure of the Maine woods Is strong. She has just returned from her twenty-third season in the autumn forest, with record of 2S deer to her credit Mrs. Jud- kins shot her first deer when girl of fifteen while in the woods in search of partridge in her home town of Gilead.
 Mrs. Judkins during her twenty three years of hunting experience has tried many varieties of hunting cos tunes and has finally settled upon what she deems the most practical. She wears in the woods a stout gray sweater pair of very full bloomers. the stout huntsman's stockings and shoes similar in shape to a moccasin and waterproof, with top of skin and vamp and soles of heavy rubber Kennebunk Journal.
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
Hop. of Japan ot coronatIon.


 There will be no more interesting royal guest at the coronation than the crown prince of Japan, who, 1t is now definitely decided, will represent the mikado on that historic occasion. The prince will visit England in greater state than any other royalty. for he Is to be escorted by a formidable squad ron of warships-the pick of Nippon's navy.
 The imperial highness bears the sonorous name of Yoshihito Haron- omIya. He is the only son of the mi kado, Is in his thirty-first year. and Is the hundred and sixty-second in the imperial line. the hope of a dynasty which has ruled Japan for nearly 2.00o years.
 Prince Yoshihito admirably typifes the newer generation in Japan. He speaks English and French extremely well, and is a close student of the methods and manners of the west
 One of his characteristics is a fond ness for wrestling. apropos of which 1t is related that during his school days he suffered the indignity of being beaten, in the presence of his father, by a powerful schoolmate. People expected the emperor to be displeased but, on the contrary, he called the vic, tor to him and heartily congratulated him
 My son." said the mikado, will one day need many such men as you"
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
BLIND BOY LEADS HIS CLASS
Gotham Lad Is Brighter Than Any of Ills 42o School Com
 rades.

New York-Blind ffteen-year-old William Schenck was graduated in this city recently. He led 450 pupils in examination percentage, has re- ceived the Davis character medal and is said by Dr. William H. Maxwell, superintendent of the schools of New York, to be a 'fboy marvel"
 As a child Schenck was sent by his parents, who live in Bayside, L. l., to the New York Institute for the Blind. There he was taught by the New York point system. Three years ago he was enrolled in public school No. 20 At the end of six weeks he was at the head of his class and has remained there ever since.
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
WERE THE FIRST AMERICANS Come Pertinent Facts About Ancient People In Whom Scientists Are
 Greatly Interested.

Tn the beginning, says a writer in Harper's Magazine. the Hohokam dwelt in the land They were the first ans-before the Pilgrim Fath- CTS, before the Spaniards, before the Indians They were the unknown peo- pie who lived in the United States so long ago that their name is utterly lost Out in the southwest old tribes of Indians like the Zunis and Navajos know nothing of them save by vaguegt tradition. The Pimas and Papagos of southern Arizona. who occupy part of the land that once was theirs, know that another race possessed the coun- try long ago. More they cannot tell. They and their fathers, for hundreds of years. have seen what we see-the scanty remnants of ancient villages For the inhabitants of the villages they have no name except the Hoho- kam-that is, the Unknown" The modern archaeologist describes the i'm plements and pottery of the Hohokam- He cannot do much more, for their houses are laid low. Except in few places, such as the ruins of Casa Grande near the Gila river, the very walls have vanished. Casa Grande it. self may be the work of people later than the main body of the Hohokam. We can never know the whole story. Yet little by little we may learn Its chief facts. Arizona and the adjacent regions are full of ruins unknown to scientists and even to the people who live within a mile of them. They are so nearly obliterated that there seems at first sight little to repay study Archaeology begins the task of recon structing the past; geography must finish 1t. Modern geography enables us to determine the mode of life which must prevail, especially among primi- tive peoples, under given conditions of physical environment. If we can correctly picture the geographic en- vironment of the Hohokam we may learn much of the history of our ear seest fellow countrymen-
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28

bean on the north coast of Venezuela in the vicinity of Caracas. Here the coast range of mountains rise straight up from the sea from a mile to mile and three-quarters in height. The val ley is only three or four miles broad. Is watered by four small rivers, three of which flow into the fourth. Look ing from the house tops in the cen ter of the city 1t seems to be entirely surrounded by mountain peaks, high est on the north rising to 5000 feet or over and on the south to about half that height.
 Caracas is not located wholly in the valley proper, but lies in a pocket of the hills It Is situated on the south ern slope of La Silla, and extends eastward and westward down into the plain to the Rio Guaire and. the true valley. It Is very regular in struc- ture, even more regular than the ma jority of South American cities, which in this respect are far better planned than North American or Euro pean cities The streets of Caracas cross at right angles, running north and south and east and west.
 With some exceptions the streets are narrow, usually not exceeding 30 feet from curb to curb, but are for the most part well paved with a hard con crete. AS in Washington, the streets are numbered and lettered from cen tral point, the capitol, so in Caracas the enumeration starts from the cathe- dral or northeast corner of the Plaza Bolivar, but this beautiful little park in the Venezuelan capital is nearer the center of that city than is the stately building in the North Ameri- can capital the center of Washington.
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
Growth of Insanity.

Our strenuous life. high living Gnd self-indulgence produce an increas- ing number of mentally defective each year. In every community of 279 per eons in New York state, there is one insane person. During the last decade insanity has grown faster than the population. At present there are o2'- 65S persons in New York state known to be insane, all except 15o of them be- ing in state institutions. Doubtless there are hundreds besides, whose res tdenoe has been in this state, who are now in private sanitariums in adja, cent states.
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
eIrI PupII Is HxpnotIzed.

Cincinnati. Ohio.-Miss Ida Isham, a teacher in the Hyde Park school, or dered her class to play a sleeping game and all her pupils closed their eyes as if asleep. A moment later she called the class to awake. All the children promptly obeyed except Peggy" Gordon. The child was car ried to an anteroom, where unsuccess- full efforts for two hours were made to awaken her. Finally the mother ap- peared and by crying Awake" sever al times sSc"sad her. Physicians
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
The swappers.

e4las wasn't quite sure that Jede- diah's old horse was quite up In value to his COW, and he demurred.
 oWa-al, I dunno, Jed'diah." he said. scratching his head dubiously. That there old caow O mine hez her good pints-" , - sd,ah but I callate ye gotta agree ebat a caow's to be jedged not by her hints. but by her quarts -"-HarperS Wsa]Ely-
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
The Motorman,. Lament.

Barney Oldfeld. at the dinner in honor of his victory over Jack John son at Sheepshead Bay, told number of automobile stories. tt-
 'rBut my best story" said the famous racer, '1s about a taxicab chauffeur. This chap was discharged for reck- less driving. and so became motor man on a trolley line.
 "As he was grumbling over his fallen fortunes a friend said: Oh, what's the matter with you? Can't you run over people just as much as ever?' Yes the ex-chauffeur replied, but for. merly could pick and choose
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28

aealthful and pleasant places of resi- dence on the American continent. In the torrid zone and at no excessive elevation, only about 5000 feet, it en- joys an almost entire springtime the year around. There is no winter; at the coldest it never approaches near CT than 30 degrees to frost. There Is a touch of summer at times, but not the sweltering heat of the tropics nor even the heat of our Atlantic sea- board cities of the United States.
 One may sail around the world, but nowhere else will he find so bold shore as that presented to the Carib-
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
proud of Fine Hall.

The Daughters of the American Revolution are proud of the fact that they have completed their $SO0.000 me. morial hall in Washington without a lawsuit or a strike" The furnishings cost S50,O0O and the hall is all paid for except the mortgage put upon 1t by Mrs. Donald Mclean, and that is be ing decreased each v~--
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
Stronger Weapon.

She-They say that an apple a day will keep the doctor away.
 He-Why stop there? An onion a day will keep everybody sway.-Tit-
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
MEW 0F c4RAc4S, N1xEZzlsZA

F HE capital of the United States of Venezuela deserves to be known better than 1t is as one of the most charming cities to
Arizona republican., 1911-11-18
TRAILING TOWARD
 THE SUNSET STATE
The Automobile National Highway Party, Were Enthusiastic Over
 The Beauties of Arizona.
 Friends of the Woosey's

The Trail to Sunset people have morning at ten o'clock, on the last lap of their ocean to ocean journey over what will probably he the auto mobile transcontinental highway of the United States They were es- corted as far as the ostrich farm by several autos. one of which was the governors These intrepid trav- elers. part of whom are ladies. have been on the way since the second Of October and appear to have en- joyed every bit of the way. They could not say enough in praise of Arizona roads. ostriches, oranges and roses and when it came to describing the Grand Canyon. they simply dealt in superlatives and eXclamations as visitors to that wonder always do.
 One especially pleasant incident which occurred during the visit of the Sunset Trailers was the acci- dental meeting of Mir. and Mrs. LegS of Ithaca. N. Y, who are members of the party. and Mir. Woolsey of this city. The Ithaca folks and the Wool sevs were old friends and of course the home of the latter on North Central avenue was opened to Mir. and Mrs. Legg immediately. Mir. Wool sev proceeded to make it his busi- ness to know that his friend saw everything of interest that 1t was possible to show them in the few days of their stay.
Arizona republican., 1911-11-18
BIGGEST NEWS YET
 COMES FROM MARICOPA
The World Has Heard Something It Has Been Waiting For Patiently
 For Long Time.

There is no place of its size in tha world that has been so productive of news items during the last quarter of scentury. as Maricopa. the place where a large part of the world side steps when it comes to Phoenix And there has never been So important a news item from Maricopa. as that an nouncing the marriage of Perry NJ Williams. |. That might seem like an exaggerated statement but it is not and it will stand the test of logic
 There was never anything more i'm psrtant to Mir. Williams than his mar
 riaEe and all the world knows that there was never a more important in- stitution in Maricopa than Mir. Will Hams. He has held every position Of civil and official preferment man may aspire to in that community. even to that of erstwhile newspaper cores pendent. It was due to his energy that the red bat was given recognition bv accepted authorities on zoology and natural history. Only for MT. Will Hams. million tourists from the sea boards. who think they know all about t' the Arizona Indians. their bas- Retry and their pottery, their folk lore
Arizona republican., 1911-11-18

F. w. Wolf. Kansas City; J. w Me Lain, Kansas City: Frank F.. Greg ory, San Francisco; Victor H. Lefy. San Francisco; J. w. DeitZ. Tucson; J. T. Murray. Denver; Geo. :. Has kins, San Diego; A R. Rutherford. Los Angeles: T M. Dashiell, Los Angeles; Mir. and Mrs. C. P. King. Los Angeles: C. A. Lyman, Los Ang eles: H. A. Perkins, Searchlight, Nev.; l.. G. Dieker. Los Angeles; II. D. Weeks. Chicago.
 Commercial HOtel-Henry Nesbit Seligman; T. H. Cannon. Los Ang eles; J. F. Buchman. Cleveland, Ohio: Mrs. \. Mackenzie, Denver; George Margaret and wife, Balkan City; F. F.. Harris, San Francisco; V. Ander son, Los Angeles: M. R. Lesher, Los Angeles; Chas. Yaeger. Los Angeles; J. B. Shea, Watsonville; T.. A. Ire phOgen, san Francisco; J. C. Ste phens, Prescott; A. NJ McOmie. Tue son: A. F. Ninson, Tucson; J. B. Pendarvis. Casa Grande; F.. Miland. Los Angeles: T. ". Ring. Summons, 
 Ford HOtel-E. J. Buckley, New York; C. Fred Bracket. Mesa; H. w. Seeger. Ray; John T. Knapp. Home Again; J. H. Ballinger Lowellville, Cal: George c. Warren, Boston; Min nie F.. Warden. Los Angeles; F. P. |. $. general survey: A C. Mason, Washington, D. C.; w. l.. Fowler. University of Arizona, Tue son; F.. NJ. St. Charles. San Diego, Cal: Tom Kelly, St Louis; F. A Bennett. Los Angeles; II. F.. Arnold, Ray, AriZ.; M. C. Williams, Whit tier. Cal.
 At The AnneX-John Carem, Port land. Ore; P. l.. McHOney, Spokane; Mrs. P. D. Spears. Terre Haute. Ind: NJ. F. Peterson, City; Albert Fox, Los Angeles