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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-04-11
One Solution of a Problem

No one less than a bishop would have dared to make
the statement recently made by Bishop Stang before
meeting of the Catholic Union in Boston, that is only
the woman who cannot find the right sort OF man to
appreciate her who makes spasmodic declarations of
woman's independence. The great churchman con-
siders it sort of moral epidemic bordering on insanity,
and finds the cause of woman's dissatisfaction in the
unworthy conduct of so many The good bishop
believes that when there are enough strong Christian
men willing to use their brains and muscles to provide
for women the woman question and the great social
question will be solved that then, women will leave
public life and stay at home.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-04-11
No More B1ue-Stock1ngs

Let US all be thankful that are living in age of
women who have learned not to despse the power of
good clothes. There was time when the clever
man who had taken all kinds of post graduate courses
and had whole mixed up alphabet after her name
despised clothes She had no time for such frivolous
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-04-11
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An Adam1ess Eden

THERE is an opportunity for the woman who says
She hates men 10 prove it. She can 90 away off
10 colony in Texas where there is at all times plenty
OF room between neghbors, and live happily with her
own sex. 4 deal has been closed by Mrs. Mary F.
Hayden of Chicago for $4,000 acres Of land in Refugio
County, to be used as colony for women exclusively
Not Single daring cowboy is expected set his high
heeled boot within its sacred precincts not even swing
his ariat across the border line. And what Texas
cowboy dares not do certainly other man will at
tempt Before the robins again, it IS expected
that the place will be ready for the army OF independent
disappointed or
women And by summertime, either the man who
thinks women cannot get along without him, or the
woman who thinks he is unnecessary cuberer OF the
earth will have a chance to say, Il told you So"
In the meantime it will be interesting to see how
many women follow Mrs Hayden to her Adamless Eden
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-04-11
Daughters of the Revolution

People will not look forward posterity who never
look backward to their ancestors said Edmund
Burke and the quotation has become the keynote of the
work of the Daughters of the American Revolution,
who are planning now for their sixteenth annual Con-
tinental Congress to he held in Washington the week
of April IS While they have looked backward to their
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-04-11

Y YES, | am great believer in accident Insurance.
especially for railroad men, and I'll tell you why
During the winter OF I8Q6-Q7 I was employed as
Imperial Valley press., 1907-10-05
Whats in a Name!

The new assembly hall or open air pavilion which is being erect ed on Sixth street by w. F.. Cox, the well-known attorney, is rap idly nearing completion and will probably be ready for use about Nov. 1. MT. Cox and his friends have been discussing a suitable name during the past few days and cognomens of various kinds have been suggested. The geni- al attorney at last hit upon a name which was unanimously approved by all with whom he had consulted as very appropri- ate. It will be called Sunset Pa vilion.
Imperial Valley press., 1907-10-05
Roger Webster Married

The marriage of Roger Web ster to Miss Blanche Strate, of Holtville. took place last We'd nesday at the home of MT. and Mrs. F. s. Webster, west of El Centro. MT. Webster is a well known young man of the valley and is the cashier of the Citizens Bank at Holtville, while the bride is beautiful young woman of Holtville. The happy couple left Thursday morning for a short trip to coast points. They will make their home in Holtville.
Imperial Valley press., 1907-10-05
Welcome, Settlers

Every train into the valley this week has been crowded to over flowing with people who are coming to see for themselves the famed Imperial soil. Every hotel in the valley is taxed to it's full capacity to care for the vis- itors and the agents for town and farm property are busy ar ranging for sales and transfers. All who come are interested and interested in the right way. A large majority are making in- vestments in land and best of all a great many men are buying land with the positive intention of locating in the valley perman- ently. The coming of actual homeseekers has been particu- larly noticeable this week and the new county of Imperial is to be congratulated on the charac- ter of men who are coming here to help build up the county. Im- perial county is growing more rapidly to-day than at any previ- ous time in it's history. Ell Gen. tro is also making rapid strides ahead and the time is not far dis tant when it will be one of the most important agricultural cen ters of the great southwest.
Imperial Valley press., 1907-10-05
To Improve Their Land

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 A carload of horses and imple- ments arrived here the latter part of last week and was trans ferred to the Holton InterUrban road to be delivered to Glason siding, between here and Holt vile. It was in charge of MT. Shepherd of Redlands, and the 320 acres recently acquired by Rev. Wright and other Redlands men is being put in shape for crop.
 New Locations
 Rev. s. C. Skafte and wife re- turned this week and stopped over at the Fl Centro hotel on their way to Holtville. MT. Skafte has been in attendance upon the annual Methodist con- ference and has received the ap- pointment as pastor of the Meth odist church at Paso Robles, where he will go shortly. Rev. Wentworth, of Imperial, has been transferred to church in Hanford, Cal.
 First Criminal Case
 \ <Deputy sheriff J. D. Meadows left for San Diego Friday morn ing and will bring back one An dres Ramirez, who is at present in the San Diego county jail. The Mexican is wanted here, and will be tried in the superior court about the middle of next week, on the charge of robbing and beating uo another Mexican and driving a team to death. This will be the first criminal case to be tried in the superior court of Imperial County.
 New Realty Firm
 J. J. Colby, senior member of the Colby Real Estate Go. of Long Beach, arrived in El Gen. tro, Friday, with the intention of making this his permanent home. MT. Colby will be joined next week by his sons, E. J. and J. J., Jr. The Colby Co. will conduct a general real estate business in the old bank build ing on Broadway. The building will be repaired and remodeled and the company will be ready for business within a week or two. MT. Colby is an eXperi- enced realty man who for sever- al years has been prominently identified with the upbuilding of Long Beach and will sreceive a warm welcome from the enter citizens of this town. Potato RObusto
 E, E. Forester, who last spring astonished the agricultur- ists of Southern California by producing a B pound sweet po- tato, drove into Fl Centro from his ranch few miles west of town Thursday with some more giant specimens, There were eighty pounds of the potatoes, all taken from one hill and while no one of them weighed as much as the potato displayed last spring the record for the hill is better. largest of the potatoes weighed 26 pounds and the average weight
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Imperial Valley press., 1907-10-05

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 Father Eunnelen will conduct the services for the Catholic church at this place tomorrow (Sunday3
 , At the High School
 \ Prof. Mott Arnold. principal ot the high school, reports the year starting off very favorably, with the enrolment of thirty-four pu- pils. an increase of about fifty per cent. over the attendance last year, the first year of the school The pupils are showing splendid spirit. Standard. !, An Indication of Business | As an indication of how busi- ness is increasing in the Imperial Valley the number of typewriters in use may be taken into'consid- eration. It is estimated that there are now in the valley near lv 4OL. c. Smith machines, IA or 15 Smith Premiers. 6 of the Remington, 5 Underwood's and ? Divers. This makes a big showing for the business of the valley and the number of ma chimes are being constantly in- creased.
 Market Changed Hands
 The Fl Centro Meat Market changed hands the first of the month, Louis Knapply retiring, and Messrs. Davies & Van Dev- enter taking charge. Some inn provements have been made Tn the interior of the building which makes it more attractive. The men who own the market now are people who will keep 1t up to a high standard and customers are certain of courteous treat ment and the best the market affords in the line of meats. It is their intention to put ln a line of fresh vegetables in the near future, and make of the place an up-to7d@1e market.
 A Fine Business
 John L. Wheeler, representing J. A. Folger & Co.,, of San Fran cisco, has been in the valley this week visiting the merchants of the different towns, taking Jnelf orders for FoIger's tea and cot- fees. He was a pleasant caller at the Press office Tuesday, and informs the writer that business in this valley is increasing Tn his line immensely. He Is much inn pressed with the way the valley is going ahead and predicts a large business for his firm Tn the future. The merchants of all the towns, he says, are feeling the increase in business and are getting ready to meet the large increase in the demands of the people this winter.
 Fifteen of Them
 A card received from 0. A. Crocker, of Spooner, Wisconsin, f - 1, ,,r, +bo+ o ,ooIstu Of fifteen.
Imperial Valley press., 1907-10-05
Town and County
Services Here
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Father Eunnelen will conduct the services for the Catholic church at this place tomorrow lSundayl.
Imperial Valley press., 1907-10-05
Opera House Services

Sunday at 10, Sunday School, preaching at II, and 7:30. All invited to these services.
Imperial Valley press., 1907-10-05
Court Convenes

The first session of the Super for court of Imperial county con- vened Friday. The first busi- ness to be taken up by the court was some public administration matters.
 Masonic Installation
 The Masonic lodge of El Cen tro will hold an institution and installation on Saturday night, Nov. 2. A banquet will be serv- ed and a right royal time is as- sured. Invitations will be ex- tended to friends of the order. All Masons are especially invited. l6O Acres in Grapes
 AF. C.. Havens has leased his tract of 160 acres at Holtville to H. l.. Sauers and J. A. James, of Gardena, for a period of three years. It is stipulated in the lease that the entire tract must be planted to grapes before the expiration of the term. As Mes SITS. Sauers and James are skill full and able farmers and garden CTS MT. Ravens is assured of a fine 160 acre vineyard in the near future.
Imperial Valley press., 1907-10-05
Baseball Game

A game of ball was played last Sunday at Imperial between the Imperial and Holtville hines. The score was II to 4, in favor of Holtville. The batteries were: Holtville, Sheppard, pitcher; Mead, catcher. Imperial, Young, pitcher; Mcbride, catcher.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-02
Why the Naval Personnel Bill Failed.

The Fifty-ninth Congress ends on Mon
day without the realization Of the plans
OF those who were specially interested in
legislation in behalf of the naval per-
sonnet The campaign has been con-
Quoted in a manner which was calculated
20 block the purpose Of those who hoped
for success. There has been a failure to
permit the most impartial and thorough
investigation Of the provisions OF the
measure submitted to Congress by the
Navy Department as a result Of the de-
HberatiOns of a special board of line Off
GERS, the head Of which was the Assistant
Secretary of the Navy. Aside from the
injudicious omission Of provisions for the
naval staff corps and the incidents which
have attended the discussion of the per
sonnet question within the Navy Depart
ment itself-aH of which form an inter-
esting chapter-there is phase Of the
situation which may well engage com
ment. This has been the indiscreet, not
TO say vicious, attacks made upon Con-
gressmen, principally those innuentially
concerned in naval legislation. who, when
the worst is said of them, We're simply
indifferent 10 naval personnel demands
Nothing IS obtained from Congress by
such unfriendly and unfair methods as
have sought 10 bring members Of Con
gress into public contempt because they
failed to lend themselves TO the desires Of
ardent advocates of naval personnel
change.
The naval personnel law, which re-
suited in the amalgamation Of the engi-
neer corps with the line. and by the oper-
alton of which trained engineers were
obliterated, has been unsatisfactory in its
effect, while the claims made at the time
that that law settled all questions have
not been realized 1t is only natural I'm
view of such results and the antagonism
to the bill shown by many naval officers
themselves that the members Of the
Naval Committees turn from the pr0p0-
sition Of doing much for the naval per-
sonnet without ample opportunity Of fully
learning Of what they are asked 10 sup
port
Naval personnel legislation is needed;
there is no doubt Of that. But 1t must be
accomplished by a fair and impartial
hearing of all sides and the Just recogni-
ton OF the claims Of all branches of the
navy.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-02
Talking and Doing.

From the Wall Street Journal
The Presidents talking should not be
deprecated. Its value to the country
IS greater than a good many people mag
inc When the President says some words
on righteousness and good citizenship. on
the moral uplift, and truth. honesty. and
square dealing. his words travel farther
than any similar words which might be
uttered by priest or philosopher or jour
nalist. The mere fact that he utterS
them gives them an influence which. even
if the same thought were better ex-
pressed by others. it might fail to exert.
But after all the one thing which gives
real power TO the Presidents talking is
the power Of the Presidents doing.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-02
CAPITOL GOSSIP.
VIII bailey speakt

No member OF the Texas contingent
yesterday was able TO answer definitely
the interesting question as 10 whether or
not Senator Bailey will deliver a speech
/ in the Senate on his return to Washing
ton Sunday. When II was announced a
week ago that he was expected to be here
the middle Of this week it was generally
surmised that he would rise to a question
Of personal privilege in the Senate and
briefly tell Of the happenings at Austin
during the past three months. Near the
close Of the last session Mr.. Bailey rose
TO a question Of personal privilege and
replied 90 the attack made upon him in
the Cosmopolitan Magazine. which con
tained some Of the charges that have been
the subject Of investigation by the legis-
lature ar Austin. Mr.. Bailey then de-
ciared that these charges had been COM
pletely refUted by a searching legislative
investigation six years before, and that
they would never again be heard OF IN
Texas. In that speech he stated frankly,
and with a show Of pride. that BE had
made money and was still making money
! by the practice of law between sessions.
and that he intended 10 continue 10 make
money In this way until he had enough.
Mr.. Bailey will be sworn IN for his
/ second term as soon as he appears IN
the Senate, and IL is generally believed
| that at the most convenient moment after
/ that formal ceremony is over ne will add
dress the Senate.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-02

Nowhere on earth have freak methods in
newspaper enterprise so completely run
mad as in the United States The dis
tressing and melancholy comic supple
meuts," so called. could not exist in any
other Iand-not even i'm our neighboring
states Of Mexico and Canada The wild
eyed and grotesque magazine supple
ments" Of many Of our Sunday papers are
distinctly affairs OF our own creation and
nurture.
Just now the prevailing craze seems to
be "tFe most beautiful woman" business.
wen-kuown Chicago paper has just dis
covered that "A certain Miss Della Carson
is "the most beautiful woman" in the
Windy City The remarkable and inter
esting discovery was made through the
coupon method, Of course Incidentally.
Miss Carson wins a prize of several hun
dred dollars, as direct compensation, and
her testimonial also appears along with
a certain hair restOreT and beauty
cream. She has been tremendously adver-
jised. and. if she shreWdly avails herself
of the same. she may make considerable
very easy money. In fact. she may land
on the stage ultimately. At the time Of
her discovery she was a modest shop
girl. living in a wholesome and healthy
atmosphere.
Taking note. doubtless. OF the great
success of the Chicago paper, a Louisville
paper has set about seeking. by the same
old. reliable coupon method, the three
most beautiful women in Kentucky" OF
course, Kentucky is famed for its beauti-
ful, refined. and gentle women; so it would
not do 20 limit the contest to one. One
beautiful Kentucky woman is such a com
monplace affair, It takes at least three
in a bunch to make the surrounding null
titudes sit up and take notice. So the
old Blue Grass State is TO be ransacked
from cellar to garnet, so TO speak. for the
three specimens of animated female lowell
ness as aforesaid.
Nor does that complete the list of news
papers. usually sane and safe enough. as
those things go. that have suddenly gone
crazy in their quests for good lockers
among the ladies. A staid and steady old
Massachusetts paper demands to know,
via the coupon. of course, who in all New
England is the handsomest and most raw
ishing of the fair sex. Now, good-looking
women do not grow i'm clusters in New
England. as they do in old Kentucky
They come one in a box. and the supply
.of boxes is limited. Hence. the Boston
paper-it really is Boston paper-does
not confine itself to its own State lines
but undertakes TO nose and poke about
ali over an entire section of the country.
Already the rush IS on, and "the most
handsomest Of her land" is soon to be
duly, truly, and surely designated
Incidentally. and quite by the way. cir
culations are padded" and astonishing
statements issued fer the delight not to
say the positive delectation, of the adver-
tisers and those who have money for the
purchasing Of coupons. Patent medicine
The Washington herald., 1907-03-02
warning TO the standpatters.

Massachusetts and Kansas have ear
nesuy petitioned Congress for tariff re-
vision. No heed has been paid TO their
memorials. Kansas asked for relief from
the Dingley schedules on lumber and
steel Massachusetts, begged for a lower
ing of the Dingley rates on hides. leather
and other raw products that the manu-
featuring establishments Of that State
need The chorus for tariff revision is
swelling all over the country. but the
Fifty-ninth Congress has listened with dull
ears. No more amazing spectacle of in
difference to popular demand was ever
presented by a body Of representative
Americans.
There is vague. indefinite promise by
the Republican Henderson rather, by
some Of them-of an effort" to readjust
tariff schedules after the next Presidential
election. The meaning Of this is too plain TO
be doubted or quibbled about. An endeav-
or will be made next year to make tariff
revision by the friends OF protection"
the paramount issue of the campaign. We
believe time will show that the men in
and out Of Congress who are responsible
for insolent standpatism were not the
friends of the protective system. But be
that as it may. ii is obvious that the
present leadership of the Republican
party is willing to hazard the risk to the
party and the country involved in the
programme of nOn-action decided upon
It viii be impracticable for the trainers
OF the Republican national platform Of
1908 to write into that document pledge
with respect TO revision that viii be sat
isfactory 10 the country. To accomplish
so unusual q feat would require speciEca-
tiOns as 20 existing schedules and the re-
auctions of them proposed as a party pol
icy that could not be encompassed in a
party declaration of purpose and princi-
pie. Evidently. however. some such fatu-
Gus idea as this is now IN the minds Of
the men who think they viii write the
platform.
Kansas and Massachusetts are repre-
sentative Republican States. Each has
repudiated the party under conditions
much less aggravating than those that
now exist Their citizenship IS intelli-
gent patriotic. and progressive. Massa-
chusetts and Kansas cannot be sup
pressed. Their voice cannot be stihed.
And yet the standpatters are trying 10 do
that very thing.
II we mistake not TIE signs Of the
times, the day Of reckoning Is coming on
apace for the standpattc~s, and the only
regTeuabie feature Of il is that when the
reckoning is made it may go too far. IN
famed Popuiism taught both old parties
a severe lesson only few years ago.
Have the Republican leaders so soon for
gotten all about that?
The Washington herald., 1907-03-02
MR.. SHAW ON FREE TRADE.
While a Strong PrOtectiOnist, Adj
mits Something 10 other side.

From the Neg YORK Evening Post
Secretary Shaw in bis speech before the
Springfield Chamber of Commerce re-
Gently said two things which it would
be a pity TO forget The first was this:
=, Though a strong protectionLst myself.
cOncede there is much in free trade argu-
ments. Undoubtedly, the American peo-
pie, in the swing of years. would be
prosperous We're this a free trade coun-
try" This is so important declaration
that the Tribune omits il from an other
wise adequate report of the Secretary s
speech. The man who said not long ago
that il was "'measuTably unimQOrtant'
what prices we paid for our goods, so
long as We paid them 10 ourselves, re-
pudiates at once the notion that free trade
and protection are like Mr.. Aiicawber's
ratios of income 20 expenditure, leading
always and inevitably 20 ruin on the one
hand happiness and prosperity on the
other.
But Mr. Shaw makes his issue definite.
As the iOgician might say, there are three
possible tariff systems: protection. free
trade cor revenue tariff. and a COmbina-
ton OF the TWO. The Secretary is i'm
patient of the idea Of a hybrid system,
the modification Of one schedule here
and one there. such as a good many
commercial bodies are asking. or a few
reciprocity treaties. He demands that the
policy Of high protection shall stand or
fan as a unit II is a challenge which
the American people are becoming more
and more ready 10 meet
The Washington herald., 1907-03-02
Iosephns ImmacuIa tns.

We hail with unfegned joy the return
to his seat in the Senate of the Hon. Jo-
seph Weldon Bailey. purged. purified. and
immaculate Not blot upon his scutch-
con; not a feck upon the unsullied white
ness Of his soul. For thus saith the es-
teemed Houston Post.
When the testimony adduced az the Investigation
Is considered, it Is amazing how this man has been
slsndced and lied about There is no parallel n
car history for the vindctivo mendacity with which
he has been pursued. His public record q sixteen
years has been most searchingly sc1tnized and not
one Uttcsncc nor one vote has there been dizc1y-
cred upon which there be rredi1ated chal-
leugs Of his fidelity.
His personal transactions have been honest and
clean and mc1unected in any sense with his duties
as a public Official. he has been honest with the
republic his State his constituents his clients and
with himself. And yet he has been compelled 70
submit 10 the Modification Of having almost every
transaction Of his life laid bare under the cruel s
uicions which personal and political enemies have
raised
Henceforth, o Columbia, let Bailey he
numbered with thy saints and enrolled
in the noble army Of martyrs.