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Bisbee daily review., 1917-08-16

Mexico is now in a situation that is known and ap- preciated by newspaper better than any else she don't where her dollar is coming from She is broke broke! It's congress has authorized President Carranza 150 thousand pesos but did specify from whom how he was to turn this little financial transaction If he gets the money he can qualify greatest financial wizard since the day of the man who started the Louisiana Lottery.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-08-16

Honorable Doane Merrill, chairman of the public institutions commission, who is in Tucson examining the Uni versity, spent Sunday in Benson, re- turning to Tucson by automobile. He says that the road between Vail and Benson is in terrible condition and ad- vises any travelling that way to carry a pick and shovel.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-08-16

And they call Hearsts New York American the antiAmercan Not bad name, considering its pacifist propaganda One alleged American preach ing impossible with rightful foe at this time does harm than three German-American papers printed in the German tongue. They known But the Hearst papers, under the insdious mask of impossible peace, stab from behind.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-08-16

The best record thus far fin the mat ter Of exemptions. that is, the lowest per cent claimed. is held by Pinal county Among 47 Americans exam ined in that county on Friday. only six claimed exemption. according to wire received by Colonel Fred s. Breen in Phoenix from W. L. Brown. recorder at Florence Of 26 Coconino men ex- smined at Flagstaff Tuesday. lS or just 50 per cent, claimed exemption. On the preceding day IS out of 2s ex- amined claimed exemption. The local board of Greenlee county began it's physical examinations Monday accord ing to a wire from L. M. Callicotte, member of the Board at Clifton. Ex- animation of candidates in Mohave county also were started Monday ac- cording to a wire from H. l.. Under wood. clerk at Kingman. Examina- tions in Pima county started yester- day.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-08-16

Gerald Jones. called to enter the of- fcers reserve camp at Leon Springs. Texas. has resigned as assisstant United States attorney. He will leave about August 24.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-08-16
HAPPENINGS IN ALL
 PARTS OF COUNTY

Some of the steel has arrived for the new S. P. R. R. 50.O00-gallon wat CT tank at Wilcox, which will soon re- place the s0O0-gallon tank now in use here.
 The American Mining & Smelling company have enlarged the Mascot store to double it's original size. The output of ore has been doubled also, being now more than 50 cents per month.
 Miss Elsie Toles is back in Tomb stone from an official swing about the eastern part of the state where as county school superintendent she made several official visits to various school boards.
 c. O. Ellis of the Bank of Douglas has returned from Phoenix. where he went last week to meet with the state tax commission in regard to the as- sessment of banks of the state. It had been proposed to increase the bank assessment beyond reason. according to MT. Ellis, but he feels now that the commission, after hearing the bankers of the state, will put the bank assess ments at a more reasonable and mod crate figure
 Miss Helen Benedict. the obliging young deputy school superintendent at Tombstone, left Tuesday morning for her vacation. She will spend it on her homestead and in Cochise Stronghold. It is thought Giat she will harvest her crop of frijoles if 1t is ready before her vacation is over. Miss Benedict is a great believer in intensified farming and believes in making two frijoles grow this year where only one grew last year. and if possible she intends to see that her crop goes to France to feed the "Sammies" over there
 series of mass meetings. pienicc and motorcades in the Sulphur Springs valley have been arranged by the Uni versity of Arizona. At 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon of Monday, August 20, there will be a lecture at the Double Adobe school house. followed by motor trips to the farms in the vicinity. At 7:39 D. m. there will be another lee ture. August 21 the university lectur- CTS will be at Whitewater school house. at 10 a. m. there will be a lecture by Prof F. P. Taylor. director of agricuI- ture extension service. There will also be a discussion of the agricultural de- fense survey by J. E. Sellers of the council of defense. Farmers still hay ing their survey forms are urged to bring them along At noon a lunch will be served by the ladies. following which there will be a motorcade under the direction of County Agent PaschaH to the farms of the community, lee lures being illustrated by the grow ing crops. At s p. m. there will be a lantern slide lecture on Poultry on the Farm and for Club Work" by Prof. Adamson. poultry expert, University of Arizona. August 22 the same pro- gram will be carried out for the farm CTS of Light. the lectures taking place in the Ash creek school house.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-08-16

Some of the steel has arrived for the new s. P. R. R. 50.O00-gailon wat CT tank at Wilcox. which will soon re- place the s0O0-gallon tank now in use here.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-08-16
State and County NelUs Briefs
Brief State Notes

Albert Condron left Tucson on the five o'clock train Wednesday for Bis bee, Idaho. He has received a gov ernment appointment under the Geo, logical Survey as land classifier and will examine government lands in the western states. MT. Condron is a graduate of the civil engineering de- partment of the University of Arizona
 The dewatering of the old Stump mine at Silverbell. famous in romance and story, will be begun within few days by Hughes and bier. packers of the Magnate properties in the Twin Butte district The property was talk en over from George Daily last April. but operations were deferred until de cision was made during this week to begin operations.
 w. D. Hatch of Fl Paso, was elected assistant secretary and general man. ager of construction of the metal re- duction mill that is being erected at Vail by the Miners Metal Extrac- ton company. as the result of a meee- ing of the executive board of the or ganization in Tucson recently. Parts for the machinery are arriving at the plant site daily and it is expected that within a month or two the mill will be in position to handle ore up to ca- pacity of fifty tons daily.
 A w Roshe, assistant postmaster of Tucson, has recently been awarded a commission as captain in the Forty First Infantry of the United States army. Roshe is ordered to report to American Lake. Wash, on the 27th of August. Other Tucson boys that have received commissions into the armyare: Harold Grimshaw, Patrick Ryon, F. Wildon Picket, Jr., Orville McPherson. H. Gray. These men have for the past three months been attending the officers training camp in San Francisco. Each received the rank of second lieutenant, and prob ably will be ordered to American Lake for further instructions in mili- tary tactics. Thomas R. Hollowen. with the Acme Printing company. has also received a commission into the army and has been given the rank of captain.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-08-16

The American Mining & Smelling company have enlarged the Mascot store to double it's original size. The output of ore has been doubled also. being now more than 50 cents per month.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-08-16

Miss Elsie Toles is back in Tomb stone from an official swing about the eastern part of the state where as county school superintendent she made several official visits to various school boards.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-08-16

certain magazine writer gets all wrought about
 the Uboat and predicts dark disaster for all of follo
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-05-03

bruised their hands. What matter? At
any rate, they continued endangering
their lives and beauties by reckless
pitching Of the ungainly plaything.
One Friday evening after school
they were amusing themselves on the
parsonage lawn with this huge ball.
When their father turned In, they ran
up to him with sporting proposition.
bet you a nickel, papa" cried
Carol. "that you can't throw this ball
as far as the schoolhouse woodshed =
BY the way, will you lend me nickel,
papa?"
He took the ball and weighed 1t light
ly In his hand. "Fm an anti-betting
society,"" he declared, laughing, "but l
very strongly believe 1t will carry to
the schoolhouse woodshed. If 1t does
not, I'll give you five cents worth of
candy tomorrow. And If 1t does, you
shall put an extra nickel In the collec-
ton next Sunday"
Then he drew back his arm and care
fully sighted across the lawn. "I'll
send it right between the corner of the
house and that little CEDAR" he said.
and then. bending low, 1t whizzed from
his hand.
Lark screamed. and Carol sank faint
ing to the ground. For an instant Mr..
Starr himself stood swaying. Then he
rushed across the lawn. For Prudence
had opened the front door and stepped
uuickly oIit on the walk bv tho cnrnar
of the house. The heavy ball struck
her on the forehead and she fell heay-
lily, without a moan.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-05-03
Rats and Fires.

At time when everyone Is COM
planning of the high cost Of living IT
might be well to see II we cannot elm
mate two great sources Of waste-fires
and rats.
Most fires are needless. All rats
are so. Some years ago study Of the
rat problem In Philadelphia arrived at
the conclusion that the rodents Of that
Aty ate more than q million dollars
worth Of food each year. At that rate.
the disgusting creatures can hardly
cost less than $1OO.OO0,O0O per year
to the whole country. This is a pref
ty high price to pay for the compan-
ionship Of implsh pests which, besides
their other bad habits, undermine
floors and carry the most dreaded Of
all diseases, bubonic plague.
Yet fires are more expensive than
rats. In 1915-the last year for which
figures are at hand-the American
people paid out In premiums for fire
insurance s419, ,348. OF this vast
sum at least three-fourths could be
saved by reducing our fire record to
the rate prevailing in England, France
or Germany; and even in our time and
nation s300.O0O.0OO per year is a saw
Ing worth noting, and one which
would have perceptible effect on the
cost Of living.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-05-03
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the famous landscape gardener, who
has made Golden Gate Park, In San
Francisco, one of the beauty spots OF
the world. His crowning achievement
ut the Panana-Pacific International
exposition was the stately Avenue of
Palms which he built by transplantlng
palms (soil, roots and alD from gar
dens in many nearby bay cities.
For half mile, the avenue was bor-
dered by a double row of California
fan palms and Canary island date
palms, ranging In height from IS TO %
feet. They We're festooned with vines,
and blossoming nasturtiums and gera.
NUNS and ferns were planted in the In
terstlces of the roughened trunks and
looked as IL they had been there al
ways. Some OF the palms were 10
years old, and since the close of the
great fair they have again been trans
planted to permanent locations along
the roadways in the Presidio, Uncle
Sans great military reservation.
One of the most remarkable collec-
tions of outdoor palms in California
is to be found in the Gillespie garden
ut Santa Barbara. Mr.. Gillespie Is an
enthusiastic collector. He has search
ed the deserts of Africa, the mountains
of Mexico and the islands of the sea
to add new specimens to his collec-
tion.
Extensive Variety Of Trees.
During a recent visit, l was told
that more than 200 varieties have
been planted in the extensive Persian
garden. One of the most interesting
trees to an enthusiast is Guadalupe
palm, a native of the island of Guada.
lupe, some $50 miles south Of San
Diego. In q sheltered corner, saw
n grand specimen of the Areca sapida
from far-away New Zealand. Dwarfed
Chamaerops humilis, from the Medl'
terranean region, contrasted strongly
with the stately Chamaerops excelsa
from China. On the terraced hillside
noted the Jubea spectabills, or Wine
Palm of Chile: the Erythea armata
commonly called the Blue Palm, a ma
tive of Lower California; the Saba
Palmetto, or Cabbage Palm Of Florida
and even the Seaforthia, from Aus
tralia, one of the most elegant of the
palm family.
But the most striking of all Is the
double row of feathery Cocos plumosa
natives of Southern Brazil, and the
wide-spreading Phoenix canariensis
that border the impressive roadway
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-05-03

leading to Mr.. Gillespie's Italian villa
which Is surrounded by the most un
usual water garden in California.
Resemble Marching Regiment.
Thousands of these ornamental
palms are used to advantage on the
Hope ranch. on the outskirts of Santa
Barbara. From an elevation we first
beheld them in great numbers flanking
the winding roadway in the valley be-
low. They reminded me Of regiment
of erect soldiers marching with pre-
cision, two abreast, carrying huge UNI
brellas over their heads to protect
them from the intense heat. And as
we watched them from speeding au-
tomobile, there was the added optical
illusion, owing to the angle from which
we saw them and the regularity with
which they had been planted in double
rows, of the trees actually moving
with long strides out of the valley and
disappearing over the rolling hills.
The city Of Fresno. boasts palm.
lined avenue that is without doubt one
of the finest In the state, not excepting
the famous Magnolia avenue of River
side. 1t was graded. planted and Inn
proved in 1892 by the late Theodore
Kearny at his own expense and decided
to the county. Think Of a smooth, dead
level road eleven miles long. 40 feet
wide, bordered on both sides with fan
palms, oleanders, eucalypd and pam
pas grass! The roadway runs through
beautiful stretches Of vineyards and
fruit trees, and In places, along the
grain fields, are masses of CALIFORNIA;
state flower. the poppy. of such vivid
golden coloring as to suggest flow of
fiery lava in sea of emerald.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-05-03

NE Of the first impressions the
visitor receives when he en-
ters California is the wide va
riety of palms to be found ev-
erywhere. You see them in the gar
dens of rich and poor. along the city
streets and country lanes, in park con-
seryatories, In private homes, In the
theaters. the hotel lobbies, the shop
windows.
Your interest is aroused and then
you begin asking questions. You soon
get SO that you can pick out the most
popular varieties and then you learn
their history and origin, for palms
from every section OF the world grow
in California.
From a historical standpoint, the
most unusual palm tree In the state
stands at the foot of the Preside Hill,
in San Diego. 1t was planted by
Father Junipero Sierra, who brought
European civilization into California
in 1769, and 1t is said that the only
time the Seeding bore fruit was in
1869, probably in honor of its one
nundredtn anniversary.
For years, group of these tall
palms stood on this spot, much scared
and neglected. In April, 1887, fence
was built to protect them from further
desecration. Six years later, one of
them was taken up and displayed In
the glass horticultural building of the
. Chicago Columbian exposition. 1t did
not live long, however, probably be-
cause 1t suffered from the long jour
ney across the continent or missed
the salt breeze 1t had enjoyed for a
century and quarter.
Old Landmark Preserved.
Several years ago, n severe wind
storm badly damaged another of these
veteran sentinels and it, too, sue
cumbed, leaving but one of the group
standing. This impressed the authori-
ties with the necessity of protecting
this old landmark and so 1t has been
braced and taken care of, and as a
result it bids fair to live for many
years.
But this reminder of California's
mission days is not by any means the
oldest or tallest palm in California. In
Riverside county Is Palm Canyon, To-
Gated In the dry, barren hills forming
the eastern slope of Mt. San JacintO.
There may be found thousands of ma.
tive fan palms, many of them over n
hundred feet tall, that are estimated
by scientists to have been standing
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-05-03

beauty | thought 1t was very kind
of Professor Duckie to send Lark and
me five-pound box OF chocolates, but
of course this is ever so much nicer.
Jerry's bird. say"
"a birdv Knocked Fairy. "Such lam
guage."
Lark came to her twins defense.
"les, bIrd-that's just what he is"
Carol smiled. ave saw him use his
wings when Connie yanked him out of
the big maple, didn't we, Lark?" Then,
"Did you send him anything, Prue?"
Prudence hesitated, and answered
without tine slightest accession of col
or Yes, Carol. / had my picture
taken when was in Burlington, and
sent it to him."
Your picture! Oh, Prudence !!
Where are they? Aren't you going to
give us one?"
mo, Carol. I had only one made
for Jerry. There aren't any more"
"Well," sighed Lark resignedly. ats
pretty idea for my book, anyhow"
From that day on Prudence always
wore the sparkling ring-and the wom-
en- of the Methodist church nearly had
mental paralysis marveling over a
man who gave diamond ring and
never came a-wooingl And n girl who
accepted and wore his Offering, with
nothing to say for the man! And II
was the consensus of opinion in Mount
Mark that modern lovers were mostly
crazy, anyhow
And springtime came again.
Now the twins were always original
in their amusements. They never fol.
lowed bllndly after the dictates of Gus
tom. And when other girls played
''catch" with dainty rubber balls. the
twins took unto themselves big and
heavy croquet ball--found in the Avery
woodshed. To be sure, 1t stung and
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-05-03
CHAPTER XIII.
Fate Takes Charge.

For hours Prudence lay unconscious,
with two doctors in close attendance.
Fairy, alert but calm. was ut hand TO
give them service.
1t is significant thing that In bitter
anguish and grief. Christians find com
fort and peace in prayer. Outsiders. as
well as Christians, pray In times of
danger and mental stress. pray, and
pray. and pray again, and continue
still in the agony and passion of grief
and fear. And yet they pray. But
Christians pray. and find confidence
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-05-03
rIA6NOL,A AVENUE RIVERSIDE

when Columbus discovered America.
DIR. Wildwood Murray visited this
unusual canyon about thirty years ago,
and upon viewing these wonderful
trees, was at once struck with the pos
sibilitles of using them for ornamental
purposes. He gathered their seeds,
shipped them to seedmen throughout
the country, also to Europe, and today
there are hundreds VI thousands of
these palms.
Visitors used to dig up the young
palms and carry them away to adorn
their. gardens, but this was stopped
about fifteen years ago, when this re-
markable canyon and several minor
palm groves Immediately adjacent
were set aside as national reserve.
Visitors to Los Angeles marvel at
the slender. towering palms that are
to be found In private gardens. Some
are still hale land hardy that were
planted shortly after the founding Of
the pueblo In 1871. Many of them
rise to height of 100 feet and it is
surprising how they weather the
strong winter winds without being
snapped In two or blown down, for
their roots are neither deep nor wide
spreading. These palms belong to an
other species, native to Lower Cali
fornia, but those of lower growth and
far greater girth are true Californians.
Pride Of Los Angeles.
The two oldest trees In Los Angeles
stood near the River station of the
Southern Pacific and when the rail-
road company decided to use the land
for building purposes, they allowed a
wideawake real estate dealer to move
the palms to a new subdivision near
Santa Monica. The experiment was
watched with great interest. Unfortu-
nately, as they were being raised from
the wagon on which they were being
transported. the tackle parted and the
veterans were broken.
The most notable and successful ex-
ample Of moving old palms, however.
yas accomplished by John McLaren,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-05-03
Never out Of Date.

We are inclined TO smile at the
quaint costumes that our grandparents
wore, and at their rather stilted. for
NAL manners. We dispense with a
great many things which were consid-
cred important n hundred years ago.
But patient, plodding perseverance,
sticking to thing till you finish 1t, is
held In as high esteem in the twentieth
century as 1t was in the eighteenth. In
dustry and patience are never out o4
date.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-05-03
Appraislnu Fathers Wealth.

When the kid went to Sunday school
the lesson was evidently about how It
Is easier for a camel to 60 through q
needles eye than for rich man to
enter the kingdom Of heaven.
Dad" said the hoy, you're awfully
rich, are your"
"why. no. son." answered the father,
NOT 50 terribly rich" rns
swell, you're pretty rich. anyhow.
aren't your"
II don't call myself rich at all.
WhyT"
"Are you rich enough to 60 to
HadesY
Brave is the man who will stand
within twenty feet Of anything wom-
an throws at.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-05-03
Criminal carelessnss.

What brought you here, my poor
man?" asked the prison visitor.
"Just little bit of absent-minded-
ness" replied the prisoner.
"How was thatr
Il forgot to scratch the monogram
on watch before pawnsd II"