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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-12-24
SHOPPING.

Ladies-f you want to do any shopping,
let me know. l can save you money.-MrS.
Charles Ellison, Dept. ], Urban Bldg, Lou
isville, KY.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-12-24
FARMS FOR SALE.

Good Hawkins County Farms. Also In
dian curios and fossils.--J Morgan Robi-
nett, Klondike, Tenn.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-12-24
ADDING MACHINE.

Wanted-Salesmen to sell a 81 adding ma
chine; they will do the work; show good
Hustlers, get in on this. Virgin territory.
Smith Supply Co., Bis, Los Angeles, Cal.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-12-24
COTTON.

Ship your cotton to Phinizy & Co., Au
gusta, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-12-24
SCHOOLS.

Learn to classify cotton and protect your
self in the market.-American Cotton &
Business University, Milledgeville, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-12-24
CABBAGE PLANTS.

Jouannet has all the leading varieties.
Only the best seeds used.-Alfred JOuannet,
Mount Pleasant, S. c.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-12-24
PEACH TREES.

Wade's Improved long staple cotton seed
makes 2 bales to the acre.-C. B. Wade,
VOsburg, Miss.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-04-04
PROGRESS OF VALLEY TOWNS.

All the towns of Imperial Valley growing rapidly in population and in business within few days three of them undoubtedly will become incorporated cities of the sixth class mperia the oldest tOwn already city and making sub sana progress under the stimulus of energetic board ot While residents of that city have been and yet neghbors than any sensible from his bus the majority appears to have weared of that foohness and determined to put into building and driving instead of wasting it in ghost dancing dead issue.
 Imperial building assembly hall for public and residence to cost $00000 Tn the aggregate have contracted for The local board o trade engaged secretary devote all his time to advertising the city promoting public projects and the influence of the boards public spirit the revived activity along lines that mean real progress.
 Imperas example is good worthy of emulation by the other valley cities county has been doing building than other and has made great in po local Chamber of Commerce has not received so which it needs to enable 1t to keep things
 moving few citizens maintained the body and provided money they cannot be expected to continue ryng whole load There is much work to be done l
 keep with the procession and 1t is to the interest business the and settler the dis making possible to do that work effectively
 Chamber of Commerce should have at least 15O members should wait be urged personally to join the body their obvious duty to the community which supports join the chamber and take active part in it's work
 Fl needs many things which be obtained only by body the means Dy Wncn public opinion aroused and made effective The city must high school and have ready for next fall 1t must public convenences of various or and the city trustees to be elected this month will need the backing of organized public opinion in their endeav ors to provide for the needs of a growing community
 Healthy rivalry, free from the spirit of good for all the valley The growth of beneficial to all When makes forward the others applaud the ad vance and then put spurt and try to catch
Imperial Valley press., 1908-04-04
SMITHS LATEST OUTBREAK.

Unless the Associated Press has made of it's report of Congressman Smiths outbreak against the Forestry Bureau that Statesman is behaving most unwsey to the mides term available The with which he assas project for public benehe Owens river aquedu equaed only by
 the zeal with which he private corporations desiring special privileges in forest Mr. Smith charged the chief for ester with trying to water rights Owens Valley for the of certain against others who had prior claims and being pressed for specific information he explained that certain meant the city of Los Angeles The prior claim ants to be companies whose interest MT Smith has been conspicuously industrious.
 Mr. Smith said reported that Los Angeles does not need the water of Owens rver having already perfect water system he is either grossly ignorant unwilling to state facts the first time Mr. Smith has untrue assertions concerning the Los Angeles water project must be that the ervor of his desire acquire merit the estimation of his constituents including the corporations which tried to hold Los Angeles and block it's enterprise him to take view of his public obligations and fills his mind with perverted notions and prejudices
 significant that MT. Smith supplemented his perverse assault public enterprise with acrd attack upon Pres dent Roosv recommendation that corporations be obliged to for special privileges forest and for water taken for purposes He waxed indignantly eloquent that shameful outrage"
 Congressman Smith is digent person, and in he useful his district He desires reelection qes on he sizes to the ob The district which includes I'm pera county needs representative who will promote public interests and not devote himself asduousy to the service of corporations greedy for special privileges.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-04-04
British Song = Birds

Some recent remarks about the En- glish skylark have stirred up one Britisher, a Scotchman, to judge by his name, who says precisely what asserted an Englishman would say about that alleged singer. He declares frantically, even abusively, that any one who denies that the skylarks note is the sweetest melody ever heard is a villainous libeller, an idiot and a nature-fakir of the deepest dye. Here is his outburst of British indignation:
 Los Angeles, Mar. 24, 1908. Editor Imperial Valley Press:
 Dear Sir:-Your paper dated March 21 contains false and villainous libel on the Scotch, Irish and English sky lark, the bird of the wilderness, blithe- some and cumberless, whose matin rings sweetly OCT moorland and lee as he greets the rising sun. If you had ever walked on Scotch moor or an Irish meadow and heard a choir in- visible of thousand en-skyed larks- so far on the heavenward way that their little forms could not be seen, though their melody flooded the world you would not have sanctioned, the publication in your paper of the absurd -frightfully absurd-idiotically ab- surd, balderdashically absurd, gro tesquely absurd, nature-faking state ment that the superb song of the sky lark is a shrill squeak, uttered at
Imperial Valley press., 1908-04-04
SEEING 4 GREAT LIGHT,

In response demands of the newspaper publishers dent Roosevelt Congress to material for the free list and to do at The Paper Trust squeez the publishers and is obvious to them that the tariff pulp wood and the mother of that particular octopus Increase the price of has caused the worhpers of the sacred Dngy Act to great light and they and the Pres ready lay mpious hands upon political the covenant Newspapers that have been able relation between the tariff and the Steel Trust clearly perceive the nqy of tariff which enables the paper manufacturers organize combination in restraint of trade and compel the to pay enormous tribute to captains of industry"
 The sacred tariff must be revised only by it's friends and the proeeon papers the dear friends preemneny qua fled tackle the job with But the talk about taking fall out of the Harvester Trust that would acrege You farmer friend the Dngley tariff.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-04-04
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
officers ot Imperial County, California.

supervisors-F. s. Webster, Sidney R, H. Clark, Porter N, Fer guson, G. R, Wade.
 Judge of Superior Court-Franklin J. Cole.
 Dist. Attorney--John Nj. Eshleman. County Clerk-D. s. Elder. Treasurer-Paul Roman. Assessor-Fred Fuller.
 Tax Collector--E. Wright. Surveyor-E. H. Gaines. Recorder-John B. Baker.
 Supt. of Schools-J. E. Carr. Sheriff-Mobley Meadows.
 Coroner-T. J. Mitchell.
 Health Officer-Dr. E. E. Patten. Pub. Administrator-E. D. Forester.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-04-04

If you want to help us prove it, You may; just stay. And make home in Dixie. It'll pay to stay In California Dixie. Here's where farmers dig potatoes With big steam shovels, and pick to-
 matoes With an ax-these are Iacts- Ask Stanley Brown. The corn is green at Christmas ct pops in June) You'll stay, we hope you can'teloupe; You may raise cane in Dixie. Some day you'll say: "Pn live and die in Dixie"
Imperial Valley press., 1908-04-04
CALIFORNIA DIXIE.

You're welcome now in the land of
 cotton, Salton Sea and sandy bottom; Don't go way, you may stay Tn sunny land. They're coming here from Texas, From Maine. Spokane, From Yankeeland. from Jerseys
 strand, From Michigan, from Dixie. Hooray; they stay In California Dixie. Here are the soil. the sun. the water For every mothers son and daughter Of the West; It's the best Land on earth
Imperial Valley press., 1908-04-04
FABLES OF ZAE>1BRI, T HE
 PARSEE :,
BY B0D GRlLE : hnInn

A wolf was slaking his thirst at a stream, when lamb left the side of his shepherd, came down the creek to the wolf, passed round him with considerable ostentation, and began drinking below.
 q beg you to observe" said the lamb, that water does not commonly run up hill; and my slipping here can not possibly defile the current where you are, even supposing my nose were no cleaner than yours, which it is. So you have not the fiimsiest pretext for staying me-"
 T am not aware, sm,' replied the wolf, "that require a pretext for low ing chops; it never occurred to me that one was necessary"
Imperial Valley press., 1908-04-04

The rector and the warden of a Philadelphia church last Sun day had a rough and tumble fight in the yestry over posses sion of the collection, and the floor was strewn with money as they fought and clawed and grabbed for the cash. In detail that incident is not typical of the church, but in general principle it is characteristic of the per verted religion" of the modern world. Imagine Jesus and Peter squabbling over the contents of the disciples scrip! It is a far cry from Palestine to Philadel- phia.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-04-04

One of the grievances of the United States against Venezuela is the latter's refusal to reopen case already settled by arbitra- tion. On such a pitiful pretext the big stick is being brandished in behalf of corporations proved in court to have conspired and supplied money for attempts to overthrow the Venezuelan gov ernment. Castro may be a bad man, but the Asphalt Trust is an incorporated crook.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-04-04

The American people have been too much in a hurry for the last half century to give much attention to social ethics, but now they are taking time to think of things other than mon ,ey, and they are smashing the saloon and putting the race-track gamblers out of business. It is good work; may it be done thor oughly.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-04-04
If the invention of a Scotch

If the invention of a Scotch man, who professes to have con- trived gun that will discharge a 2000 pound projectile with velocity of 30,00O feet a second, really works, it matters nothing where the armor belt is placed on battleship. Such a gun would shoot a hole through an iron mountain. At this rate, in ventors soon will make war an absurdity.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-04-04
NOT uNusUAL--cHRoNlc.

The people of Imperial seem to be hard losers in the location fight of the county seat at Fl Centro, but the citi- gems of that town seem to be saving wood" and going right ahead with the county court house building just as though nothing unusual was happening up Imperial way-Holtville Tribune.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-04-04

Because of increase in the cost of living, Kaiser Wilhelm gets a raise of salary to $3,930,000 a year. He has a large family, and the price of groceries has gone up in the last few years. The children too, are awfully hard on shoe leather. With the raise, Wilhelm thinks he can manage to scratch along.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-04-04

And he dined upon that lambkin with much apparent satisfaction.
 This fable ought to convince any one that of two stories very similar one needs not necessarily be a plag- iarism.
 A dog being very much annoyed by bees, ran, quite accidentally, into an empty barrel lying on the ground, and looking out at the bung-hole addressed his tormenters thus:
 Had you been temperate, stinging me only one at time, you might have got a good deal of fun out of me. As is is, you have driven me into secure retreat; for I can snap you up as fast as you come in through the bung-hole. Learn from this the folly of intemper- ate zeal"
 When he had concluded, he awaited a reply. There wasn't any reply; for the bees had never gone near the bung-hole; they went in the same way he did, and made it very warm for him.
 The lesson of, this fable is that one cannot stickBto his pure reason while quarrelling with bees.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-04-04

intervals as he ascends in spiral hightl You have evidently confounded the skylark with a rusty cork screw.
 Yours truly,
 DAVID c. BA1LLIE. told you so. If had spoken slight ingly of oatmeal porridge as table delicacy, some Scotchman would have arisen and raucously roared that any one who does not prefer oatmeal to strawberries is an infamous liar. Ask a Britisher how he likes grape fruit, and he will reply: Not harf nawstys you know, but you should taste our vegetable marrow at ome." Vegetable marrow being an inferior imitation of summer squash.
 1 have heard the skyrark, and [ am almost ready to accept Mr. Baillle's comparison of it's song to the squeak of a rusty corkscrew, which, I am informed, is the favorite music of many of his countrymen. But really the skylark's note is not quite so bad as that. It is almost as melodious as the querulous, insistent peep" of a young turkey.
 Another favorite British song-bird is the crow, known in the Isles as a rock" The Englishman colonizes crows about his house and revels in their chorus, and when he moves to distant lands he takes crows with him to remind him of home by singing counter-point to the skylark's reveille.
 FL CAPTAIN.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-04-04
An Axiom of Journalism.

The policy of newspaper should be based on principle. not personal pre- judice.-Los Angeles Times,
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-02-29
G0VERN0RJ0HNSON
MINNESOTA MAN WHO is A PRES
IpENTIAL POSSIBILITY.
His Rise to National Prominence Has
Been Entirely Due to His Own
Efforts-A Country Editor
In Early Days.

Chicago.-When the east selects a
western man as its favorite for presi-
Dental nomination It is safe to say
that the individual chosen is out Of
the ordinary. John A. Johnson Of
Minnesota is very far out Of the ordi-
nary.
Six years ago the people Of his own
state asked! who is Johnson" They
learned speedily. Six months since
the people Of the United States were
asking the same question: who is
Johnson?" They are learning to-day,
FOR this blue-eyed Swede, whose IA
ther was the village drunkard and
whose mother was the village washer
woman, is, after Bryan, the most COM
manding figure in the Democratic par
ty. He is self-made man, aud the
finished product Is held by many as
quite good enough to grace the White
House. That bespeaks ability out Of
the ordinary.
Undoubtedly Gov. Johnson owes In
some measure his present national
prominence to Henry Watterson. Poll
ticians the country over had noted
that Democrat had twice been elect
ed governor OF Republican Minnesota
once in presidential year when
Roosevelt might have been relied upon
to pull through the most unfit Of state
tickets-but to the masses Of the vot-
ers Johnson was little more than a
name, and a most general name at
that. Then, early last summer, Col.
Watterson made his famous announce
ment Of a Democrat living west Of the
Alleghanies and north of the Ohio who
could be elected president in this year
Of campaigning, 1908. That piqued
the country's curiosity, and now most
everyone knows something at least
about Johnson of Minnesota.
Johnson's early life was hard and
uphill. Born on a farm near st. Peter
Mimi, In 1861, his fathers conduct
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-02-29
LEOPOLD AGAIN IN HOT WATER.
Annexation Of Congo Free State a
Difficult Problem to Solve.

Brussels.-The situation in the mat
ter of the annexation to Belgium Of
the Congo Free State is again assum-
ing a disquieting aspect. 1t is stated
that King Leopold has taken back all
his fair promises and now demands
that the special fund which was to re-
place the crown domain be placed un.
der his control and not under that Of
parliament, as 1t was originally
agreed. In addition, he asks that $780,
100000 be placed at his disposal to
carry out various projects.
1t is understood that the govern.
ment is firmly resisting these de-
mands and is determined, II 1t be.
comes necessary, to resign, which, as
King Leopold could not under such
circumstances find any one to form a
new ministry, It is pointed out, would
mean elections that would be bound
to result in the return of majority
most hostile to the king.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-02-29
Sailors Make EnvIabIe Record.

San Francisco.-The record OF the
recent target practice at Magdalena
bay shows that the Maryland made
two worlds records with three-inch
and six-inch guns. Out OF 1855 shots
per minute with the three-inch gun.
the Maryland's men made 1855 hits
per minute. perfect record of 1000
per cent, without single miss. This
Is the highest score ever made with
this particular gun. In the contest
with the six-inch guns the Maryland's
gunners easily carried of the honors
with an average OF S.43 hits out OF a
possible 1915.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-02-29
BLIZZARD STRIKES
CENTRAL WEST
Several Deaths, Many Injuries and
Much Suffering Follows in Wake
os Worst Storm in Years.
In Chicago Traffic on Suburban Lines
Was Practically Tied UP, Many
People Being Unable to Reach
Their Homes.

Chicago.-Several deaths, many in.
turies and much suffering followed in
the wake of one of the worst bliz-
yards experienced in this section In
several years, which struck this SEQ
ton on Tuesday. Traffic on surface and
suburban lines was practically tied up
Tuesday night, and downtown hotels
were filled with residents OF outlying
districts, who found themselves un-
able to reach their homes. The storm,
which broke early In the day, ragged
with increasing fury until nightfall,
subsiding somewhat toward midnight
One of the most tragic occurrences
In connection with the storm was the
wrecking in the harboF at Waukegan
of the fishing boat Anspach, In which
two men lost their lives and six 9th.
ers had narrow escapes from death.
The boat left the harbor early. in the
day to visit nets set ten miles out In
Lake Michigan. Caught in the storm
on the return trip the vessel battled
with the elements until 1t regained
tuc az V " tloCh, only W 10
blown against a protection wall and
crushed. Captain oliver Rubber, with
five men composing the crew, were
thrown upon an Ice pack. Four OF the
men succeeded In clinging to the ice
and were rescued. Two slid into the
water and were drowned.
Milwaukee, VISA forty-mile gale,
a swirling, binding, drifting mass of
snow and temperature steadily fall
ing toward the zero mark, enveloped
Milwaukee in another blizzard Tues
day night Traffic is again democrat.
lied, the streets are piled with snow
and business is practically at stand
still. Trains. both incoming and out.
going are late.
Des Moines, lathe whole state OF
Iowa was storm-swept Tuesday, and
trains generally were badly delayed,
while telegraph and telephone com.
panies also suffered. In Des Moines
all day and residents of many outly-
ing sections were Obliged to walk. In
the western part OF the state the
storm was the worst in many years.
Omaha, Neb.-Nearly fourteen
inches of snow fell, the heaviest In
twenty years. There was a heavy
run of livestock at the yards and
much suffering from the storm was
the result.
Detroit, Mich.-Dispatches from
various points throughout Michigan
tell of heavy storm, with high winds
and a heavy fall of snow. At Mar.
shall the fall of snow was reported TO
reach twelve inches within one hour.
Topeka, Kans.-Tuesday a blizzard
prevailed over Kansas, which begun
on Monday evening with a sleet, fol-
lowed by rainy night, turning to
snow Tuesday morning. In Jewell
county the worst storm OF years is
reported. In the vicinity of Topeka
half inch of rain has fallen with
the temperature at 81 degrees above
zero.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-02-29
Borah's Bill Bumped.

Washington.-The senate voted
down Senator Borah's amendment to
the code bill prohibiting senators and
congressman from accepting fees for
services as attorneys in any court pro-
cedure in which the United States Is
directly or indirectly interested. There
was no record vote, but only few
senators stood with Borah, Burkett,
Brown, Dixon. Bourne, LaFollette,
Clark OF Arkansas. Bacon, Stevenson
and Richardson. Senator Borah says
he will introduce another bill accom-.
plishing the same object.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-02-29
PERJURY CAUSED CONVICTION.
Bohemian Fortune Teller May Yet
Escape the Gallows.

acknowledgements Jerry
NJ. V. Vzral, whose testimony more
than any other persons served to
convict the Bohemian fortune teller,
Herman Billik, of the murder OF six
members of the Vzral family, has, it
is announced, recanted, and in an af-
fidavit declares that the testimony
was simply perjury.
Billik is under sentence to be
hanged March 90. The supreme court
last week affirmed the judgment, de-
stroying the mans last chance unless
Governor Deneen shall issue a par
don.
Not only does the Vzral boy i'm
pugn his own evidence, but he de-
clares two of his relatives also lied.
In the affidavit the boy states that
all the vital part of the testimony
he gave against Billik at the trial
was perjury that was taught him by
high police official and an assistant
states attorney.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-02-29
SPY IMPRISONED FOR LIFE.
Tried to Sell Naval Secrets to For
elen Power and Got Caught.

Toulon, France.-Charles b. Ullmo,
an ensign in the French navy, arrest
ed at Toulon on October rs on the
charge of being a spy, has been found
guilty by a court-martial Of attempt
ing to sell naval secrets to foreign
power and sentenced to life imprlson-
ment in a fortress and to be degrad-
ed from his rank. The court decided
unanimously that Ensign Ullmo had
distracted military documents in.
volving the security OF the state and
had communicated them to a foreign
power with the view of selling them.
He had not, however, actually dis.
posed OF the papers.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-02-29
BLOOD MAY YET FLOW
IN STREETS Of LISBON
An Uprising Of Armed RevoIutionists
In the Capital Of Portugal Seems
Bound to Come.

Lisbon.-The greatest precautions
are being observed in Lisbon to in.
sure the maintenance of order. II IL
evident that the government fears an
outbreak Of some kind, but up to the
present time no disturbances have
been reported. The soldiers are be-
ing kept in their barracks.
The political situation in which the
government finds itself today is ex.
tremely critical. and there is much
uneasiness as to the outcome. The
government is fairly caught between
two fires, the renewal OF the popular
agitation for increased liberties on
the one hand and the reactionary con-
spiracy on the other, and 1t seems
to be trying to fight both at the same
time. A prominent politician who
was involved with the reactionaries
has been sent out of the country
to the Azores. The government is
considering plan which includes the
postponement Of the general cleo
tons fixed for April, and in their
stead to summon the parliament that
was dissolved last year.
The situation at Setubal is report.
ed to be critical and the gunboat
Zaire has been dispatched to that
port.