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Bisbee daily review., 1915-01-26
PLENTY OF OIL

few years ago We were told that petroleum wouldn't much longer. the great oil fields of ohio Pennsylvania and West Virginia were running dry Then came the discovery of vast new fields in Texas. fol- lowed by an amazing development in Oklahoma and California
 Figures for last year put to shame the production the year before which itself was record-breaker The United States Geological Survey reports that the country produced, in 1914 292OOOOOO barrels of oil against 24S446OOo barrels for 1913 That is than double the production of years ago There has been steady increase throughout the intervening per od and the volume of increase in the past year is the the history of the industry There may be cs great growth or greater during the present year, as deeper drilling continues to open poo' in Oklahoma and northern Texas and gushers arc struck in Caiforus and the untouched fields of Wyomnf are made available
 We are now producng more than two-thrds of tho worlds petroleum With many of the nations at war this years output may to the proportion of three fourths or fourffths
 comparison with this hidden wealth to be had fc the taking our gold and silver are trivial The oil fl worth onethird as much all metals put together
Bisbee daily review., 1915-01-26
IN HE ARID ZONE

The South is evidently in earnest in it's the Demon Rum And it is far more consistent in the ter than the North has been.
 In hfy-seven years, starting from 1850, eighteen northern states went dry" but only four of them mained Then the southern states started in. Of them that have ouuawed the since 197 only -Aabama-changed her mind. She banished liquor in 1908 and welcomed it back in 1911 And now she has banshed it again whether for good and a remains to be seen
 There is sign of yielding in the other southern states Though the enforcement of the law is not what might Mississippi Georgia and Tennessee those states have persitently down effort repeal
 It makes a notable roll of commonwealth Alabama Arizona Arkansas Georgia Mississippi North Carolina Tennessee Virginia o be dry" in 1916) and West vir ginla and the other states all spotted with arid local option areas may be possible make a complete circuit of the South without setting foot wet" terri tory if any traveller for so thirsty pilgrimage
 And southerners used to be considered the nations most inveterae drinkers!
Bisbee daily review., 1915-01-26

for the sake of long respite aTterward It better than to go on year year. with increasing arm ament an ever growing load of taxation an ever longer and harder period of military service an perverson Of ideals an backer background of fear marring the finest work of civilization.
 It is a warning needed just in America We want peace, but we want to be delivered from an armed peace" And we want to steer SO straight and honest a course that later may help the European peasant to shake the armed soldier off his shoulders the memory of corpse-hed trenches out of his heart
Bisbee daily review., 1915-01-26
NO ARMED PEAce"l

James Bryce former British ambassador to the United States who understands the American people as no other foreigner has understood them and whom the American people respect more than they re- pect any other foreigner has this to regarding our .war policy" in letter to President Butler of columba Uniyersity
 We have been reading with the greatest interest our article about military preparation and the creation f great ornaments in the United States Is there real y any large party that desires that? Here some people live in fear lest in fighting German mitarism we end by creating British militarism but of this do not tbipk there is much danger The horror of the war dominates every other feeling except that of needed resolution to fight 1t through and deliver us all from another armed peace
 Those last words carry the sting of bitter truth. Tie great var in which Europe is engaged today with ifs infinite horror end ,s merely war of relief rom tbe intoIerable burden of armed peace
 Governments and people seem to have felt Instinct yey that it was better and easier to face the night mare of war at once and have the ordeal over with
Bisbee daily review., 1915-01-26
BEEF ON THE FARM

The time has come" says J. ogden Armour, flor all concerned the packer the farmer tie dealer and the consumer to give heed to the menace of the growing beef shortage in this country, and realize that this situation will become more acute instead of improving in years to come"
 Force is lent to his warning by the statement that the cattle receipts the six principal western markets are now the smallest in thirty While the popua- ton has increased over per since 1900 beef cat te have decreased 20 per Several years there were in the country 51OOOOOo head of cate now there are only SsOOOOOO And yet prices have advanced so that those 3SOOOOOO are worth $35OOOOOOO more than the 51 100000 were worth in 1907
 If this tendency goes much farther it's evident that tie nation must swing pretty far toward vegetarian diet If we want the that have been accus- toned to- we have got to get busy and adapt cattle raising to changed conditions As Mir Armour points out the ranges have broken by the withdrawal of public lands for irrigation projects and dry farming In the future cattleraising must be less specialized Herds must be smaller and more widely distributed Hope of increasing or ever maintaining the present per capita beef production seems to depend the farmers of all sections
 'The farmer must receive every practical encouf agement to put the beef cattle his lands and to con tuct his buciness in such way that the cattle ana agricultural branches win be balanced" says Mir Ar mour Present beef prices ought be- in themselves a powerful encouragement for such balanced farming
Bisbee daily review., 1915-01-26
BILLING UNCLE SAM

Those belleerents will get us good and mad yet they're not careful We are kindly tolerant and long suffering people. but there are limits to national ratence
 We used to pardon Germany's bland assumption that we didn't know anything about the and had no means of judging it's origin conduct But our Ger man friends persist in their attitude of superior mow edge and continue to criucse for not admitting al their claims we begin to grow restiye.
 We wish that the German government and nation would begin to understand that the news is printed all over the United States completely and truth fully than it is in Germany anywhere else that there is here no blanket censorship distort news of any sort from any that have had chance to read all the war evidence of an the powers that this nation is therefore better qualified by adequate presen taton of the facts think imparay and judge accur ately than any other nation in the world
 We shall feel more kindly toward Germany whe. she stops pityinz us for our ignorance and when he prolifis and wemeaning but laundering press bureau stop delugug our editors and with old new and ex parte statements.
 Then there's dear old England We like her, in spite of temperamentaI differences and most of us have good deal of sympathy with her But when English poets like William Watson write sonnets bawfng us out be cause we don't jump in and send over army ant navy and help to lick Germany. it strikes us as piec. of poetic Jupudence Let the English poets understand once for a that we do consider Germanys assump ton of our own ignorance a legitimate for de clarng war against her
 Now Chrstabe Psnkhurst comes to America and tries to infiame the public with war speeches. and tells u honest neutral folk that of with the allie. heart and soul and pocketbook and of witt with the allies heart and soul and pocketbook and o course well fight Eugands battles if England tho word; and we feel like spanking Chrstabe. It make us hot under the collar too when the English play Trghts and noyeIsts who fighting yaantly fol their country-in their best literary stye-camly tel ,be world tLst they intend to make offensive and de fensive alliance with us, 'if it becomes necessary
 We wish that all and several of the belligerent would recognize that we are not merely neutral na
 ton but an intelligent independent nation, steering our own course in tune of war as time of peace, an that any foreign statesman or literary gentleman O militant lady who undertakes say what win do il a given international contingency is likely have al other guess coming
 We don't know ourselves, what we'll do in any give contingency of foreign politics But we do know tha
 whatever it is. we'll do it of own accord withor yhecding or dctauon suggestion from any foreg power. and that it will be consistent with own we fare. and in the interest of worldpeace.
Bisbee daily review., 1915-01-26

Senator Lodge in a speech on the floor of the
 United States senate, declares that the papama Canal ie miseraby and most inadequatey protected agaihs being blown up and blocked for months by agents or spies of hostile nation" Colonel Gothals the build CT and boss of the canal tells congress that the Pahana defenses both and munitions are adequate to with stand any attack Which expert are we to believe?
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-03-25

working women; and the majority are
wives of men who get their incomes
directly or indirectly from the Anal
gamated Copper Company, a big COT
poration, which is the open enemy OF
equal suffrage in Montana.
Belgium women are taking part III
the war. Premier Vivinna Of France
has asked the women to harvest the
crops. How can these nations refuse
to give equal rights to women
Kaiser wilhelm Of Germany, the wal
wolf Of Europe, does not believe II
euual suffrage. Womap's sphere d.
says. lies in attention to three thing'
children, kitchen and church. kals
er wilhelm probably couldn't see TN
point in the story about the womaI
whose husband said: II can't imagine
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-03-25
A DANGEROUS BEAN.

Miss Susie Eshbach. while stringing
b lot Of those little beans commonly
sailed Coral Beads, punctured her
|nhumbs with the needle used, and she
IA how suffering with two poisoned
ihumbs. A similar case occurred at IN
Ii1nola a short time ago.
Or. HughleSs, of Cocoa, wrote the
Infeau of plant industry at Washing
~ for information concerning the
linp, and received the following re
IN; ,o,
Washington, Jan. S, 1915.
|nr. W. L. Hughlett, Cocoa, Fla.
Dear Sir: Your letter OF January D.
teeether with accompanying specimens
~ Deeds and seed pods, has been re-
feEred to me. In reply to your inquiry
i would say that the specimens are
those of the Abrus- Precatorius l., com
monly known as Coral Beads, and
18ne times as Grab Eyes, borne by a
slant now widely distributed through
aut the tropics, and much used fol
taking necklaces, rosaries, etc. The
seeds, known in pharmacy as jequiritS
seams. contain two proteid poisons
which are almost identical in theil
aAy Biological toxic properties witt
tIose found in snakes venom, though
ldss powerful in their effects. ((Se'
Kunkel, A. j., handbook der Toxic
Ioeie, y. 1908, 1901. In India tn
ed are some times ground to a pow
Ger in a mortar, into which the native
1ip the points Of their daggers, ant
s.s wounds inflicted by the dagger
ieae prepared frequently cause death
Nhen a small quantity of the powder
"a peed is introduced beneath the ski
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-03-25

why Mary became insane; she never
had a thing to worry about-why, she
hadn't been out OF the kitchen for M
teen years."
Neither could King George, Of Eng
land. see the logic in the following
lines I'm the Boston Journal:
NO mntter what Miss Foley says,
The woman's place is in her home
She should not seek the fatal vote
Which causes one from home to roam
You see am an Ulster man,
An Ulster man both proud and free,
And being set against home rule,
That suffrage stuff don't go with me.
| 81. o. .. a.
At a banquet given recently in Oak
land, California, to Gen. Twang Fings
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-03-25

fatal results may follow. Less than
two grains Of the powder administered
in this way to cattle causes death
within forty-eight hours. One OF these
poisons called "abrln," is a tox-albu'
men. 1t Is easily decomposed by heat,
and in Egypt the seed are some times
even cooked and eaten when food Is
scarce. though they are very hard and
indigestiblc. The root has been used
as a substitute for Iicorice, and the
plant has consequently been called
wild Licorice in India, or Indian Lie
orice in Australia.
Verytruly yours,
w. z. Stafford.
Economic Botanist.
Melbourne Times.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-03-25
DUTCH TO MAKE PROTEST
TO GERMANY

The Hague. March 22,-Dispatehes
from Rotterdam and Muldenport say
the Dutch ship Bativer and the Fans
troom were seized by n German sub.
marine, and an attack made upon the
Dutch steamer Zevenbergen, In the
North Sea by a German aeroplane. II
is understood a strong protest will be
made to Berlin. The capital is great
~ excited.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-03-25
NEW TENT FOR
ARMY INFANTRYAIEN.

Washington, March 19.-By a decis-
ion just rendered by Secretary Garris-
on. all foot troops OF the army, num-
bering about 10000 hereafter will be
supplied with the shelter tents now
issued to mounted troops. The present
shelter tent has been condemned be-
cause II Is too snail.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-03-25
Chinese Women Are Honored.

A Butte paper has analysed the
membership of the Anti-Snurage
League lately formed in that city by
the organizer sent out by Mrs. Arthur
NJ. Dodge, Of New York. Half OF Its
members are chIldless; only three are
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-03-25
GERMANS MAY RETALIATE
ON FOOD SHORTAGE

London, March 19.-The Post today
published a letter from Neutral
Correspondent" in Berlin declaring
az there is any shortage Of food In
Germany, English prisoners viii b
the first to be starved"
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-03-25

MARY had a little vote
Which roamed the state about,
And everywhere that vote got In
John Barleycorn got out"
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-03-25

head of the party, and former minister
Of the First Republic, the Chinese ma
tional party put a suffrage plank in
its platform Pennsylvania Bulletin.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-03-25
Solution of the Unemployed Problem

Solution Of the Unemployed Pr0biem'
The liquor men are bidding for pub
lie sympathy on behalf of the poor
workingmen who, 1t is claimed, tire
thrown out Of employment by prohibi-
ton. They state that as resuH OF
the voting dry of Arizona, Colora1o'
Oregon and Washington, some torty
local trades unions under the juriSdic-
tlon az the Bartenders' international
League have disbanded, and are re-
suits are predicted. The labor news
| Of Galveston. H., however SOUNDS n
truer note. 1t Gays;
f'when the people quit spendlhS u
billion dollars year for less thah
nothing. then they will have money
N spend for necessities, and there VIII
be Jobs for everybody, making thihSS
worth while. Who would think OF put
fling M n wall for the poor manufa"-
turer and dealer in coke or other
drugs thrown out OF work through the
massage or enforcement Of laws AGAINST
The drug habit? who will lefend the
| moor worker thrown out II employ
ment because of the sumptuarY INV
against burglary or murder' IL is the
booze business that fills our cities WIN
unemployed and sends our girls 10 inc
devil. XIII the thing which not only
incapacitates man for YORK. nul
robs him Of the money he might spend
to make work for others, and thc un
employed problemryill be largely SOW
ed"
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-03-25

called the state board Of control. and
shall have the power TO fix a minimum
price OF citrus fruits for the entire
state. The state board Of control shall
have the power, In case the minimum
price 80 fixed Is found to be too high,
or too low, to change. the minimum
price to meet the exigencies OF the oc-
casion. There shall be no maximum
price fixed. 4
8. This agreement Is purely c.
tive, and In no sense binding upoI
individual signer until the state
Of control shall be fully satisfied
at least - per cent of all the Il
rus fruits produced In the state
Florida shall have been ~ ~ NJ
der the contract. 4 . ~ ~
@. A majority Of the1f. 2 = got
the state board OF controE. =, q Y III
tute a quorum for busines z, 8. & IA.
iority vote Of the membeS, z. = Tent
shall be necessary 10 decide a
We, the undersigned, growers Of De-
Soto county, Florida, having carefully
read the above agreement and being
fully convinced that the only hope Of
our fruit growing industry is for us
to stand together in fixing reasona-
BILE price upon the fruit subscribed to
the above agreement, and bind our
selves not to place our citrus fruits
on the market for a less price than
that fixed by the state board Of con
troll, above mentioned.
The agreement was passed among
the growers, and vas signed by -
following named gentlemen represS
ING nearly 100 600 boxes Of fruit: i
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-03-25

The members made a permanent or
Ganization by electing W. II. Smoke
president, f. II. Jones, secretary, and
+. L. Smith, treasurer.
Mr.. Perry. secretary Of the Citrus
Exchange, of Fort Myers, and p. o.
Hickman. of Punta Gorda, made brief
addresses, and the body adjourned t
meet at p. M. Saturday, April Bird
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-03-25
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ale drawn unto death, and those that
' a1e ready to be slain; II thou sayest
penold' we knew It not : doth not He
Una. pOndereth the heart consider III
ana he that keepeth the soul, doth not
20 e .s NOV 1T And shall Sot He render
" svery man accordipS fofAis worksr
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Nsvss. -ym Punta Gorda. y
John n 'o.s autoed to Fort er 9rset
modera ~ Net Mr.. A. Bryan nitg to
majesty eansas. who came q he full
his sono Plrough inspection OF 18th
said: we nuay very fave ne
form, the
the eloquee ne people Of the
loud az thhItd n very 81
,proelaiA house
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The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-03-25

lIE AbbfNpp ob@ANo " a. 49, ~ /
s. s. AYant |
NJ. X. W. Alhritton, \I
NJ. T. Howell. \
G. l.. Knight, /
Noah Albritton, ~
T. o. Parker. I
]. G. Swindall,
A. b. Sealey,
]. Paul Cobb,
DIV. Gaines, -
W. p Tucker. 80
l.. II. MorgafN A.N
L. X. Jones, 49,. ~ "
Franklin Tyler,
Samuel Swindall.
A. Mickler,
r. Z. Garner. "A
Toney Arinone, VI
X. Massman,
r. NJ. .Grantham, $
]. W. whipple, ~
j. l.. Fleetwood.
r. NJ Locke,
Robinson Manson,
- w. oullONht
T. NJ. Garner,
w. II. Smoke,
Thomas Gaskins, ST.,
V. l.. Givan,
J. Brutscher.
A. p. Mann.
o. T. Wells,
v. o. Russell,
T. d. Bourland.
- W. A. Jones,
a. d. Allen,
Henry Cowart.
l.. A. Evans,
r. l.. Lem,
George Chandler,
=. T. Smith,
y II. G. Jones,
S. W. johnson.
The members made a permanent q
Ganization by electing W. II. Smol
president, f. II. Jones, secretary. al
T.. 4. Smith, treasurer.
Mr.. Perry, secretary Of the Ctr
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-03-25

t,ra,co must h. dearest Lopes enfold, h
.,.nt Keep US .idfns', patient, true
Teetot, .s''renea
The i'm vi cue sued at the be
Ginning O. e war prohibiting tie ale
fslaa,,;a. ,apuehout tn Russlagse ntf
~ %iS ,oi = abb; :]i Sthe lle9H ssco
SS1 e I Sav er, ,'ls me. cow
ever. traffic In beer and vine has cow
! under the ban. No drink contaihluc
Ialeohol can be sold even in the cxcln-
siSe clubs and restaurants Of Petro-
grad. From palace to howell. from
prince to peasant, Russia Is not only
anti vodka, but anti-alcohol.
Nations and communities may com
NIT crimes as well as criminals, md
in the sale Of whiskey our nation anc
our cities are greater criminals thnr
individuals who sell It. The individual
will engage In this business for proh'
inst 30 long as our government and oul
cities engage in II for profit. The sa
loon keeper Is ostracised from our Dss'
society. and yet the members OF thi'
same best society praise our cities
which are engaged In the same busi
ness for profit. Our hest citizens avoi'
the saloon keeper. rating him with tn
lower classes and as the maker o
crime, and refuse to associate wiz
him because he is making money on
OF the sale Of liquor; and yet tines
same best citizens glorify our country
placing It at the head Of the nation
Of the earth, when our country Is ais
making money ont of the sale OF liquor
"I walked n mile with pleasure. Sh
chatted all the way,
e And left me none the wiser for all sn
had to say.
walked q mile with sorrow ahl nc
) word said she,
J. But. oh. the lessons that lehrn''
Il when sorrow walked with me-
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-03-25

Washington. Alelnlrr/ patience hold
ndep of Germany nd day alike In vie"
france must b, dearest LOpes enfold'
80 Keep US .,dfns', patient, true
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-27
MANY BELIEVE IN CHARMS
Soldiers of the kaiser's Army Put
Their Faith in All Kinds of
Peculiar Amulets.

The soldiers of the kaiser are very
superstitious, from the men in the
ranks clear up to the crown prince.
Wilhelm's eldest son carries a horse
shoe with him on all his auto trips,
and the crown prince spends most of
the day in his auto. The horseshoe
is attached to one of TIE doors of the
car and when being photographed in
his auto, the prince always insists on
the photographer taking" the side Of
the car with the horseshoe.
The soldiers of Wuerttemberg pin
their faith upon little bag containing
the dry pollen of flowers. which, they
believe. has the power of warding off
the bullets.
The Saxons sew into the lining of
their waistcoats the wings of bat,
and think themselves to be invincible.
The Bavarians hold on tenaciously
to a still more bizarre custom. Be-
fore going into battle each soldier
finds birch tree. cuts his skin, and
let's a few drops of blood fall upon the
tree. This ceremony, they assert, as
sures recovery. no matter what the
nature of the wound, when the leaves
begin to grow again
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-27
$1,000 FIRE AT ST. JoHNsBURY
Fairbanks Inn Practically Gutted-5C
Guests Temporarily Homeless.

ST. JOHNSBURY, Dee. PA fire
which practically Quilted three of the
four flours of the Fairbanks Inn yes
terday made so men, employees of the
Fairbanks Scale company, homeless
for time Practically all of the con
tents of the building was destroyed.
The loss, partially covered by insur-
ance, is estimated at between $1,000
and $4,000.
The flames were discovered about
$50 o'clock on the fourth floor near
the roof and are thought to have orig
mated near a chimney. The third
and fourth floors were almost entirely
destroyed and the loss to the entire
building by water will be heavy.
The furnishings were owned jointly
by the Fairbanks company and the
manager of the Inn, Joseph Brigham
The structure, which was a wooden
affair, was built number of years
ago but four years ago was remodele(
as a boarding place for employees Of
the scale factory. 1t was owned By
the company.