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The Holbrook news., 1915-08-06
DEEP SEA WONDERS.
Life Where Light, Sound Nor Change
 of Any Kind Can Enter.

What happens in those impene- trable depths of the ocean where il is four and five miles deep? What manner of life do their weird deni- zens lead? Some of the conditions have been conjectured by MT. P. L. Lowe in "A Naturalist on Desert Islands,"
 'The creatures of these neither most depths brood forever in the appalling silence of uttermost night, preying one upon another in constant carnivorous strife, living under a pressure that is almost in conceivable and in a temperature so low that it actually seems to defy the possibility of organic life.
 ''Every hour of their life, every day, every year, is passed in the same stagnation of hideous change lessness in circumstances of almost absolute uniformay. For them there is no night; there are no sea- sons; there is no sun, no moon; there are no changes from warmth to cold or from cold to warmth. We cannot even conceive that there is anything in the nature of sound. There is absolutely nothing to mark the flight of time.
 'eThe great cold of the bottom water of the ocean is best brought home to those who have examined the contents of haul of the trawl. The bottom ooze is intensely cold, and it is a strange sensation, while your back is broiling beneath tropical sun, to have your hand nearly frozen of by the stiff cold mud or ooze that you are compelled to handle while sorting the contents of the trawl.
 "The pressure at depth of 8,634 feet amounts to nearly two tons to the square inch. We ourselves, liv- ing at ordinary levels, are subjected to constant pressure of nearly ff- teen pounds on every square inch of our bodies. We can calculate, but only feebly conceive, what the pres sure must be at the bottom of those abysses.
 ''Take again the question of light Photographic plates let down beneath the surface of Lake Geneva showed that at a depth of 51O feet the effect on the plates was no more than that which would be produced on dark, moonless night. Similar results in the Mediterra- mean, whose waters are unusually clear, were reached at a depth of 1900 feet, so that we may conclude that in general at any depth below this a profound darkness exists. This complete absence of sunlight at once puts out of account the pos sibility of plant life. And this all important factor in the economy of animal life, human or otherwise, at once raises the question, How dc deep sea animals ultimately ive?"
The Holbrook news., 1915-08-06
Mexico's Fans.

In Mexico fans were used long before the conquest, and when Montezuma heard that the Span iards had landed and were about 10 visit him he sent for goldsmiths and lapidaries and ordered. among other gifts which were to be offered to Cortes. two feather fans orna- mented with d sun and moon of highly polished gold. Like the Japanese and other ancient nations, the Aztecs evidently considered the fan an emblem of authority, for they generally placed it in the hands of Ometeuctli. god of paradise. and of Totec. the military disciple of QuetzalcohuatI.
The Holbrook news., 1915-08-06
uneompIimentary Husbands.

In China the wife is seldom men, tioned by her husband, but when he does mention her it is always il some roundabout way. He has some name that he calls her in his howery language which takes the place of the word wife" One man calls his wife ''my hand the clothes. an- other calls her ''mv dull compan- ion. another my thorn in the ribs" another describes her as s'the mean one of the inner rooms"
The Holbrook news., 1915-08-06
After Four Years of DiscOuraging Conditions, Mrs. Bullock Gave UpinDespair. Husband
 Came to Rescue.


 catron. Ky.-In an interesting letter from this place, Mrs. Bettie Bullock writes as follows: "I suffered for four years, with womanly troubles, and during this time. l could only sit up for a little while, ard could not walk anywhere at all. At times. I would have severe pains in my left side.
 The doctor was called in. and his treat ment relieved me for a while, but. I was soon confined to my bed again. After that. nothing seemed to do me any good.
The Holbrook news., 1915-08-06
Puzzled Grant.

Grant and Sherman were dis cussing the plans of a campaign when third general, a brigadier, entered the tent-a good soldier, but notorious for his carelessness as to his personal appearance. The brigadier finished his errand and went out. General Grant pulled upon his cigar for few minutes in silence and then said. "Shermsu. wonder whom that man gets 10 wear his shirts the first week"
The Holbrook news., 1915-08-06
TAILoRS IN A TEMPER.
They Rose In Riot Asainst Play That
 Satirized Their Art.

In l769 Samuel Eootc, the Eng fish dramatist, had produced in London a burlesque, the author of which has never been discovered, entitled ''The Tailors-A Tragedy For Warm Weather" DowIon, the actor, announced the revival of this piece for his benefit. As the title implies, it was d satire upon the sartoriaI craft, and upon the bills being issued an indignation meeting was convened by the knights of the needle, who vowed to oppose the performance by might md main.
 Menacing letters were sent to Dowton telling him that 1000 tai lors would attend to his piece. and one. who signed himself Death, added that 10000 men could be found if necessary. These threats were laughed at by the actors. but when night came it was discovered that the craft were in earnest and that with few exceptions they had contrived to secure every seat in the house, while mob without still squeezed for admission. The mo ment Dowton appeared upon the stage there was hideous uproar, and some one threw a pair of shears at him.
 Not a word would the rioters listen to, nor would they accept any compromise in the way of changing the piece. Within howled and hissed without intermission hundreds of exasperated tailors; outside howled and believed thou sands of raging tailors. who at tempted to storm the house. So formidable did the riot wax that q magistrate had to be sent for and special constables called out. but these were helpless against over whelming odds. so q troop of life guards was ultimately summoned. who, after making sixteen prisoners. put the rest to flight.
The Holbrook news., 1915-08-06
County Officers
Postoffce SchednIe

Mail for train No closes at FOO a. m. daily. Mail for Indian Wells. closes at7SO a. m. Monday. Wednesday and Friday.
 Mail for train No. 2 closes at 6:3O a. m. daily. Mail for St Johns, springerviIle. Eagar etc closes at s:3O a. m. daily.
 Mail for Snowflake. Ft- Apache closes at 800 a. m- daily.
 Mail for train No. closes at 45O D. m. daily. Mail for train No 10 closes at 500 p. m. daily. The office is open for money order business from 1000 to 4:sO D. m- every day except Sunday. The General Delivery window will be open daily except Sunday from 9.3O a. m. to 5.OOp m- On Sundays between 800 a. m- and 800 a. m. only The patrons of the Post Office are requested to kindly bear the above information in mind and thus aid in promoting the efficiency of the office.
 CHAs. OSBORNE. Postmaster.
The Holbrook news., 1915-08-06
SnoDRake Correspondence Continued from Page Onel

Wallace H. Larson from Lake side was visitor in town Thurs day.
 Judge Sidney Sapp of Hol- brook was a visitor ID town Thursday.
 George and Percy Morse. sheepmen, were Tn town Satur- day enroute for their ranch.
 Homer F. Bushman from St. Joseph is in town for the pur- pose of erecting a building for his store which will be located between the Herald office and bank.
The Holbrook news., 1915-08-06
A SENTENCE OF DEATH.
Tragic and Pathetic Climax That Came
 In Murder Trial.

|
 In a Murder Trial.
 ''One of the most tragic scenes l ever witnessed" said an aged law yer, occurred in small town. The judge was man of sixty or more, and in addition to a most venerable and dignified appearance and man ner he was the saddest faced man ever saw. He had come to our town ten or dozen years before from the east, and we knew little of him except that he was an able lawyer and jurist and that his wife, who was the only other member of his family, and himself had some great sorrow.
 ''One night our town was all torn mp by robbery and murder and the capture of the killer and thief aImost in the act. For wonder he wasn't lynched then and there, but he wasn't, and as soon as day light came proceedings were nlsti- tuted against the prisoner, and I was appointed, with another young ster, to defend him.
 Really there wasn't any defense, and l was frank enough to tell him that he might be tIenkful : we could save him from a lynching. He was a strangei' in the town, evident ly led there by some stories he had heard of an old miser we had among us, and was man of perhaps thirty three or thirty-four, with a most appearance, greatly accentuated by a weeks growth of rough whiskers, years of dissipation and hard living. In those days and ir such cases the laws delay was not much in force, and by o'clock of the second day the prisoner was standing before the judge to receive sentence. As he stood there that day harder looking customer 1 think 1 never saw.
 Have you anything to say why sentence of death should not be pronounced upon you?' said the judge after all the preliminaries were over.
 "T have, your honor, if you are to pronounce that sentence,' replied the prisoner with an air of almost impertinence. At least,' he added, half apologetically, possibly under the circumstances you might not care to pronounce it.
 ''This was entirely out of the or dinary, and 1 touched my client on the arm and was about to remind him of the customs of the court when the judge requested me to leave the prisoner to him.
 "fWill you be kind enough to ex- plain 2 he said in a strangely ex- cited tone.
 l" "'Well, your honor,' responded the prisoner without a quaver of voice. 'as Pm your only son
 ''But the judge heard no more. It was evident that he knew the prisoner was telling the truth, for, with a groan, he threw up his hands and fell forward across the desk in front of him, dead. little stream of blood trickling from his lips The excitement was terrific, and in the midst of it the prisoner dashed through a window and would have escaped, but a timely shot from a rife in the hands of a man on the outside settled him forever. And, l best of all. his mother never knew. She fingered few months after her husbands death, and the entire population of the town considered ! it to be a sacred obligation to lie to | l --L
The Holbrook news., 1915-08-06
Ramhoo In the orient.

Bamboo, one of the most prnvi- dent gifts of nature to a people, is put to so many uses by the natives of the tropics, especially in the orient, that it is difficult to see how they could live without it. Among the principal uses to which it is put may be set down: Building houses. furniture of all kinds, cas- ing of artesian wells, water buckets, rafts, pipes, window shades and blinds. mats, umbrella ribs, hats, raincoats, outrigger on native prows. cover for junks, palanquin poles, blowpipes, picture frames, decorative purposes, including paint ings; paper and paper pulp, baskets, small bridges, walking sticks and flutes.
The Holbrook news., 1915-08-06
Notice to Delinquent Tax.Pauers

All delinquent taxes for the year 1914 must be paid on or be- fore September 1st of this year. or judgment will be had in the courts against the property and sufficient of the same will be sold to cover all taxes and costs.
 J. W. RICHARDS,
 Treasurer and Tax Collector. Holbrook. Arlzona, July 30, 1915.
The Holbrook news., 1915-08-06
Male Helh Wanted

Middle aged and elderly men make money selling our hardy guaranteed ornamental and fruit stock. Cash weekly. Part ex- penses provided.
 WASHINGTON NURSERY Co.,,
 Toppenish. Wash. In
The Holbrook news., 1915-08-06
Helping 1t AIonq.

'Tt's almost certain that she'll marry that good for nothing chap" Has the engagement been an- nounced?"
 ''Not vet. But they'll get mar ried all right"
 "What makes you think so ?"
 "Her mother and father have beth started in to knock him.- Detroit Free Press.
The Holbrook news., 1915-08-06

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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-13

New Orleans in 1901. Prior to that
the city had leased its wharves and
farmed out the revenues from that
source. The system proved entirely
unsatisfactory. The wharves were
temporary structures, without even
shed coverings and tarpaulins were
relied upon for protection. There was
no machinery for the handling OF com.
modities and the charge assessed
against vessels were too high.
This was the state Of affairs when
the dock board assumed control. The
board Immediately employed compel
ent terminal engineers and with che
aid Of the commercial exchanges, ship
pers and others vitality interested. out
lined definite constructive policy,
The legislature helped out with a
bond issue Of s3,500,000 in 1908 and
further and larger bond issues in 1910
and 1913. With the money so obtain
ed all the splendid improvements
made up to date have been accom-.
piished and there still remain $685.
600, 900 unissued bonds, which will be
sold from time to time to finance the
work laid out for the future.
While the dock board boat was
skirting the long shore line of the
harbor, j had an interesting talk with
Mr.. George H. Davis, of the. firm OF
Ford, Bason and Davis, the engineers
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-13

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DON'T SUFFER--LAUGH
AT STOMACH MISERY
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Money II MI-o-na Des Not Re.
lieve Dyspepsia.

Among all the remedies in their
popular drug store, there are few that
they are willing to sell on a guarantee
to refund the money ii they do not
cure.
Mona, the famous dyspepsia rem
edy has helped SO many Of their Gus
toners that Wilkinson 4 Co. says,
IF this remedy does not relieve you,
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Anyone who has dyspepsia. indiges
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Such record is simply marvellous and
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-13

CIR part Of its length, seemed lined
with ocean going vessels, lying end
to end. Many Of these vessels were
loading scrap iron from immense piles
Eaggregating thousands upon thou
sands Of tons. that lay on the
wharyes.
Where's that going,'' asked. ITO
Italy" said Mr.. Loeb, where they
iseem to be long on steel mills and
short on raw material"
Then we slid by q series OF Inn
mepse coal tipples where several big
ferighters were mechanically loading
/ with remarkable rapidly; past mile
or SO Of warehouses crowded with
mixed export freight and between a
couple OF big outbound tramps and q
group of steel barge,, under tow.
Many Publicly Owned Wharves.
ON this east bank we have seven
miles OF publicly owned wharves.'
Mr.. Loeb explained, Tin addition to
the privately owned terminals OF the
New Orleans Terminal company, the
Southern Pacific company. the Texas
and Pacific railroad and the Illinois
Central railroad On the west bank
the water frontage is used almost ex-
clusively by private enterprises for
industrial purposes.
THE public wharves." he added,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-13

persons q year. Then the Epesky 1it.
nsy made its appearance. Now the
"flivvers" are carrying just half the
traffic.
Although tho tftney fars was ten
cents, the Same rs the railroad. the
buses proved 30 popular with the
people that the raffluad was forced
TO reduce It's faro. Tho trip soon be-
came 4 sporting proposfnon, the jit-
neys racing the trains, and ofbm beat
ing them to the finish.
will be electrified and ali thetofd equip
nent replaced with modern oaxs and
appliances. These irnproven1e ends will
cost many thousands Of dollars, not
oourting what the rivalry already has
cost the road IN traffic Shs3nkage.
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employed by the board to plan and
develop port facilities.
An Uncertain Future.

develop port facilities.
An Uncertain Future.
"The people of Davenport and thu
other cities of the upper river should
remember" said Mr.. Davis, that a
city without water outelt to the
worlds products and markets, has an
uncertain future. There is at present
no great interior city in the United
States having only privately owned
rail communication. Chicago has
either actively or potentially the great
lakes and canals to the Atlantic sea-
board, potentially the Mississippi river
system to the gulf and will have the
actual use of the Mississippi when
the Illinois river and Illinois and
Michigan canal improvement, for
which s3,500,000 was appropriated by
the Illinois legislature at the last ses-
sion, Is completed. And this advan-
tage applies, so far as river naviga-
ton is concerned, to all the cities OF
the Mississippi valley.
1.-THE import and export commerce
OF the Mississippi valley must use the
port of New Orleans" Mr.. Davis con-
tinued, because it is the only river,
rail and ocean port Of the Mississippi
valley and potentially the most i'm
portant river and canal port in the
world; because It is a two-way port,
ranking fourth in the United States in
imports and second in total trade; be-
cause it is the geographical center
Of North and South America and near
the center OF the navigation area OF
the Pacific and Atlantic oceans; be-
cause it Is a great natural railroad
center; because it is now equipped to
trans-ship, store and transport rail
and ocean traffic and because 1t is, in
Guiding harbor equipment, publicly
owned and operated. thus insuring
minimum cost through operation with
out profit
Must All be Equipped.
Now, let us remember this. New Or
leans, with all her development, all
her advantages, is merely one in a
chain OF river terminals extending up
the great stream 1000 miles as far as
st. Paul and Minneapolis. To give the
entire Mississippi valley the benefits
of reduced freight rates either
through water or modified rail trans
pertatior t ) essential that all ter
r....-n such as New Orleans, Mem
St Louis. Davenport, Dubuque.
polis and all the rest, must be
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properly and adequately equipped and
publicly owned and operated.
The cost Of handling freight at
poorly and inadequately equipped ter
minals is equivalent to the cost OF
transporting that freight great dis
tances. It IL these excessive handling
costs that now prohibit the use Of the
Mississippi river. With these costs
reduced to normal by the construction
and equipment of modern terminals.
the Mississippi will be utilized for the
.carriageGof freight.
New Orleans IL equipped, Davenport
is building. Minneapolis Is building.
ST. Louis has Just appropriated.
What are the other river cities do
ing?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-13
Bike Riders Make Rsoesd

fuaNed Psess I4eaaed WYys Service. ]
dIrCAuO. Sspt. B.-6aE nzDtor bike
riders broke the worlds re0psd yester-
day when the saxsst gfound out 800
miles over. thu Msyvood spes4way at
be4tsr than .an AtsrssS speed Of eighty
udiles IN houf. Carl GowdB On an
nxcels1or, crossed the tape n4st Ia
three hours, 70 pstuutss snd 81 81
seconds, beating ths record Of Earl
Armstrong. made - FNcoma. Wash
. few wesks ago. Armstrong; time
was 8:46:2s. The nvs others Who es-
tabltshed better MARKS than Armstrong
were Teddy CArroil. r. Weishaar.
w. Brier, b. BruEsrman snd Nard Arm
strong.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-13
BIGGEST LOAN
IN THE WORLD
From ons-hah to a Billion Dollars to
be Borrowed by Europe From
United States,

limited Press Leased Wire Services. ]
NEW YORK, Sept. 13.-With the a.
rival here today Of James j. Fill, rail
road fInancier, the Anglo-Frenc h-Ame1..
lean capitalists, with J. P. Morgan, be
gan formal negotiations for the con-
summation OF the biggest loan the
world has ever seen. None of the
members Of the conference would dis
cuss the probable amount, but esti-
mates in finacial circles run all the
way from 500, 600, 900 to $1,000, 900, 900
Hill Is said by his friends to be
heartily in favor Of the loan. He be.
lieves, it Is said, that IL 1t dsss not
go through, the United States Is 60
ting to find one Of her banner crap
years, one Of her worst, because I'M
less the European nations are sap
piled with money, they cannot mako
purchases.
Just what form the loan will take Is
unknown. but 1t IL hinted that syn
dictate of bankers. embracing every
part Of the United States will under.
write the loan and offer it to the pub
lie at rate of interest probably fve
per cent. The notes would be secure
Iby the French, England and Russian
government. Sentiment IN banking
circles today was that II the United
States doesn't como to the aid OF tbs
financially embarrassed nations, South
America probably will.
We want to keep this great trade
which we have built up during the
war; said one banker. TT goes
without saying that the more the al.
lies can borrow here, the more they
will buy here"
Today's meeting was attended by
prominent bankers from coast to coast
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-13
Biggest Road Congress.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
. OAKLAND. Calf, Sept. 1S.-What
gives all indications OF being the
greatest, assemblage Of road builders
ever seen in America opened here TO-
day under the name of the Pan-Ameri-
can road congress. Organizations par
ticipating are the American Road
Builders association, the American
Highway association, the Pacific High.
way association and the Tr-State
Good Roads association Of Washing
ton, Oregon and California. The con-
gress has drawn thousands OF dele
gates. Their interests include ma
terials, methods Of building. mainten-
zee, financing, engineering and edu-
eating the public.
Representatives of Canadian prov.
inces and OF Central and South Ameri
can republics give the congress its
Pan-American character. but the
greatest interest lies in suggestions
for national and state road building
programs.
Delegates bring the word that al
most every section of the country is
becoming aroused to the necessity
for and the value OF good roads. The
chief question In most countries ap-
pears to be methods OF financing
whether bonds or direct taxes are
preferable: how long bonds should
run and the matter of sinking funds
and bond retfrements.
Governor Charles ". Gates Of Yer
mont is chairman Of the executive
committee in charge of the conven-
ton, other committee members being:
Major W. w. Crosby OF Maryland !;
James H. Mcdonald, Connecticut; j.
e. Pennybacke-, of the United States
office of public roads and p. L. Pow
ers, editor of Good Roads.