Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XXXVI, Number 23, 1 October 1941 — BY AUTHORITY [ARTICLE]

BY AUTHORITY

THIRD CIECUTT OOUKT N<WK« ESTATE OF THOMAS CORBETT \VHITE, DFI F \SKD Filed a document purporting to be the Last Wlll and Testament and Codieil of the «bovo nnmod Tostator, togfthor wUh a ( pctiUon pra>ii\g lor probat« , thoroof and Ltvsurauco of Lottors Testan\cutary to Roj' A, Wall. Saturday, October 25th, 1941, at 10 o'eloek A. M» beforc- the j Preaiding Judge ia Probate in his j courtroom, at K&ilua, North Ko- ( na» Hawaii, is appointed the time] and plaee for provuig said WiiU and Co4icil and hearing all part-j ies interested. i Datod at Kailua, North Kona., Hawai), this 29 Ih da> S«ptem-] b«r, 4. IX mi, i BY THE OOVRT (S«d) Roy A Wall Deput>' Ckrk. } vXtober 1, &, 15, l&il, \

at Thingvellir, and the Fair-Haired, first to unify Norway, nearly all Icelanders trace their direct descent.

BaclHl JFrailty Propowced Tt is this eommon herltage, coupled wiUi Uie fact that ainee earliept tiwes there hp been ltttle if any immigration to Iceland that accounts for the| intense nationalism, as well as many of his rac.ial frallties. Deficiencies in a diet based mainly on fish and potatoes have added to the Icelander's. susceptibity to illness, including the commong" eold. There also are manv sufferers from tuberculosis. ! Iceiand in the past_ has had a ' leper problem. but the number of lsufferers now is said to have been erduced to about 30 and it 'is expected that tlie disease will ' die out with them. ' : l No trees grow in lceland and' -in soii2o sectio))s of 'the interior : not even ;i bird distt!irbs the" silenee. 1 | Tcey streams tumble down from the placiers. while, often not 100 ' ya.rds away, other sireams r!se !up fro mhot spring"S beneath the I surface to go hurryiii & down perhaps to the same »ake or ! fjōrd with temperatures near the ] boilmg point. i Farms Have Greenhouses

Here and there are iso!ated f«xm houses, many with greenhouses ht>ated by the hot springs. Occasiom*Uy around the turn of the road will be a British eamp with a awimmtt|g pooi aiso heated by the warm &prings. Peat bo{rs fill many of the valsupplying the riiral popuiation with the bulk of tts fuei. Prior to the outbreak of the I war Iceland was making a strenjuous effort to become complete)ly modern. i A new power station, utilizing Icelands limitiess water power potentialities, supplies Eeykjavik «nd parts of the nearby eountryj «de wiUi eleotric power. īn the t towns mueii of the cooking ia jckme with electricity because o£ j the shortage of fuel. , j Roads> despite the: fact they j are expensive due to the eomI paratively few people who must , support Uieai, have been buUt j and now are being widened and i improved by the Biitish. i Even in the rural areas nearby ( all the younger women have arbandoned the picturesque natioa|al dress fox the lighter. streamjhned fashions of Europe and America.