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Imperial Valley press., 1909-07-24

The fishing party headed by Bill Johnson returned yesterday fishIess. Bill says the only fun they had was drinking Folgers Golden Gate Golf fee. 16-1t
Imperial Valley press., 1909-07-24
EL csnrRo mErAoOlsr CHURCH

Sunday school at 10 a. m. Preaching services at ii a. m. and 7:s0 p. m. Ep- worth League at 6;30 o'clock Sunday eve ming. Prayer meeting. Thursday evening at 1880.
Imperial Valley press., 1909-07-24
CATHOLIC CHURCH.

Services are held at 10 .. m. on Sun days as follows El Centre. 1st Sunday; Brawley, 2nd Sunday; El Centro (Im- perial.) Srd Sunday; Calexico ith Sun day; Holtville, 9th Sunday. For sick calls, call at Priests residence in El Gen. fr0
Imperial Valley press., 1909-07-24
HAY A1 sroRMs, CROSSING

If you drive out to the mountains you can secure first-class barley hay at Storms Crossing on New River. l also have pasture for horses. P. J. Storms. 14-3t
Imperial Valley press., 1909-07-24
pREssvrsRlAN CHURCH.

Services are regularly held in the Pres byterian Church at Ii a. m and 7:s0 D. m. every Sunday. Sunday School be- gins at 10 a. m F. B. Fraser Pastor.
Imperial Valley press., 1909-07-24
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAIL.
DEPARTURES

DEPARTURES For the North: SPA @. m. local and west closes 7:56 a. m. 2:24 p. m. local and east closes 1856 p. m. 7:3s p. m. L. A. and west closes 7:0s D. m. For the South:
 5:06 a. m. No local mail l2:30 p. m. Calexico closes .12:00 m. 500 p. m. Calexico closes .... b:S0 p. m.
 ARRIVALS 5:05 a. m. From Los Angeles, east G west l2:30 p. m. From North and East. 500 p. m. From North and East. SPA a. m. From Heber and Calexico. 2;24 p. m. From Hsber and Calexico. S;35 a. m. Holtville' closes ... .7:56 a. m. e:05 D. m. Holtville daily closes $: 80 p. m. 6:O5 p. m. Meloland daily closes 5:3O p. m. TAO p. m. From Holtville' 7:2o p. m. From Holtvills and Meleland Except Sunday.
Imperial Valley press., 1909-07-24

Radium Sulphur Springs EzgsoXE SsMN tSsMNeEk THE MOST CURATIVE MINERAL WATERS CALIFORNIA S % pov and ss d y yS RS
 
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Imperial Valley press., 1909-07-24
CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN
 (Called Dunkards)

Services each Lords Day. Sunday School, 10 a. m. Preaching, II a. m. and p. m. All are welcome.
 W. M. PLATT,
 Pastor
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-15
IT'S UP TO THE PRESIDENT

1t is President Taft, not the senate,
that must make good to the people.
The senate made no promises. Presl-
dent Taft must either veto the bill or
prove to the people, face to face on
the public platform, where his promises
were made, that the tariff bill which
he signs is substantial revision down.
ward. And his proof can be made by
no long compilation of confusing figures,
by no devil and stump hippodrome of
how the maximum will reduce the
differential, and the advalorem will sit
on the minimum neck. There is but
one test ineligible to the plain people
to whom the promise was made:
Whether Mrs. John Smith, frugal
housewife in Spokane, gets her sugar
next year cheaper; whether Farmer
Williams of Lyon county, Kansas, buys
the lumber for his barn next year sub
stantially cheaper; whether the under
clothes, the stockings, the wooden win
ter suits, and the other items that
make up ten million household bud
gets, are next year substantially
cheaper. This, and this alone, will
make the difference, when Mr. Taft
makes his next trip among the people,
between friendly sea of faces, or a
Justly indignant one. -Chippewa hide
pendent.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-15
beauty spots of the city, instead of so
many private dumping grounds, as It
is at present.

The laws of this country are appar-
emily made in the interest OF wealth,
and hence the abundant provision for
appeal. Therefore the poor man hangs
and the rich one appeals. In England
it is different. There the judge on the
bench picks the jury from the panel to
try the murderer. Here the counsel
for the defense chooses the jury from
an improvised venire to pass on the
case. Two postponements are equal to
one hung jury, and two hung juries are
tantamount to one acquittal; and If, in
spite of all, the crime is so reeking
with enormity as to force conviction,
there is appeal to higher court, which
seems to deliberate with but the single
end in view to find a way to give the
miscreant a new trial. In England
there is no appeal from the sentence OF
a court of oyer and terminer.-Superi-
or Telegram.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-15
Crows on a Spree.

Sitting in an Indian garden one day
and irritated beyond measure by the
petty larcenies and effrontery of par
ty of Indian crows, the writer was
tempted for once to put them to the
proof in this matter. They had taken
the bananas from the table in front
and the biscuits from the plate at his
side with shameless persistency. So
few more biscuits were procured and
surreptiously soaked in rum. 1t was
not long before half dozen crows
came down and cleared the plate as
usual
The spirit worked very promptly
upon them, and in ten minutes they
were all in a state of semi-intoxica-
ton While few made futile efforts
to reach branches overhead others es-
sayed to perch On the roof ridge OF the
nearest bungalow and helplessly fail
ing, rolled into the cutters.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-15
SPIRIT or REVENGE IN CHILDREN

Charlie Morris had his good clothes
on. Along came Tom Griffin a n d
pushed him into mud-puddle. Later
Charlie Morris saw Tom Griffin stand
ing on board over an ash-bin and had
chance to pull out the board and let
him down into the ashes. Ought he to
have done it?
This is the story that has been told
to thousands of schoolchildren all over
the world and this the question that has
been put to them for an answer In
writing. The work h a S been done
under the direction of Professor Earl
Barnes, one of the lecturers in the
Summer School of Ethics at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin. The question
has been put to children in Patterson,
New Jersey, where anarchists are said
to abound; to the children in country
towns whose inhabitants are chiefly or
thodox Christians; to the children OF
America.
In the answers there is a strange un-
iformity. Of seven year old children,
70 per cent say that of course Charlie
Morris ought to dump Tom Griffin into
the ashes; of the eight year Odds, only
about s. per cent; of the ten year Odds,
only 40 per cent. At that age the tide
turns, among the boys at least, and at
thirteen only half of them are sparing
Tom. From that age on to manhood
however the spirit Of revenge gradually
dies out.
Professor Barnes showed all this on
chart and also other facts which indi-
cate that in children between five and
twelve years of age, the savage is
really uppermost. T hey cannot be
made into saints but they can be made
into decent savages, at least most of
them can be. They will hit back but
they can be made to hit back fairly.
They cannot be made to turn the other
cheek to the whole world in general
but they can to old ladies, very young
children and sick people. And out of
that small beginning there will come in
time, if the child is normal, broader
sympathies and wider altruism.
They can be made to play fair too,
and Professor Barnes says that we are
building wiser than we know in getting
Fairgrounds n d recreation centers
where they can play rough, hard, siren
uous games. No boy can be taught to
play fair in a tenement house, because
there is no place to play there at all.
To teach children to observe the rules
Of the game of life as they see it may
be as important as to try to make them
see the game as older people do.-La
Follette's Magazine.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-15

Iau5nIng, are women ciad IN rich satin
of bright colors, sparkling with gems,
their white shoulders peeping above
the lace; and rich caballeros with fiery
eyes looking out beneath their black
sombreros.
Dragging his limbs along, he crouch.
es in the shadows of the walls of a
palatial house in the rich American
quarter of the city
A ray of light from the window
falls upon his drawn face as he sleeps
ON the hard, cold stones.
Hank! Can it be-the beloved voice
the rich, deep tones? Madre de
Dios, look!
Staggering to his feet, with wild
eyes he gazes in at the open window.
He sees brilliantly lighted room
filled with luxurious works of oriental
art, table with luscious wines, and
roses, weary with the artificial heat
Of the room, crowded upon it. Half a
dozen men, their faces showing the
wine they have drunk and the lives
they have led, are lifting about. Be-
fore them is woman, once beautiful,
bot now hollow-eyed and hardened,
whose rouged cheeks and blackened
eyes and tinselled dress tell their own
story.
She sings-holding her wine-glass
high-a seductive love song of old
Spain.
The men cheer and drink again.
The old man totters against the
wall.
Lisa, Lisa, Mother of Christ!
why did | fin6 thee?"
In the cold gray dawn the wine
sleepy jewellers reel from the house
They stumble over an old man near
the gate-dead, his hands clasping his
beads, his eyes fixed as though in
prayer.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-15
The ONLY ONE.
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/ 8 A
A Sketch Of Spanish California
BY Eleanor G.. Walton
Copyright, by J. B. Lippincott Coz

Lisa, mia bonita, bring thy guitar
and sing to me. / am weary, my child,
and would have they voice to soothe
me-
The little village of San Gabriel was
drowsy with the feeling of a perpetual
summer afternoon. Long shadows and
a golden summer atmosphere were
over all. There was faint droning
as of bees. There was nothing doing
There are few things worth striving
for in this world Peace alone is
worth the struggle The peace which,
to some degree, may be in this life is
nearer idealiZation in these old Fran
ciscan missions among the olive lands
of California than anywhere else. The
peace there cannot be put into words.
1t is in the air, and it is like the
breath of sainted nun. The dust lies
thick in the crooked paths, the solemn
old mission overlooks all, and one al
most-eXpects to find the print of san
dals and to hear the chant of the "Te
Dcum"
HC 9OICS vi Tic HALVES, IuHClIL lieu
from their Spanish ancestors, is soft
and musical, Bright scarfs cover
raven tresseS. There are glimpses of
feet in high-heeled slippers, tawdry
lace and cheap jewelry, the love of
ornament inherited from mother
Spain
There was no wind and no noise I'M
til evening came on, bringing the cool
breeze that stirred the beautiful palm
and pepper trees that all through
the hot day had remained motionless.
The rambling and roofiess adobe with
it's brown walls crumbling with age
was near the mission The padre S
dwelling, a litter better than the 9th
ers, was on the bank of the murmur-
ing river.
Sing to me, caro- mio." This from
a swarthy ranchero, bent and old, with
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-15
DEMoNsrRATEPoTAT SPRAYING

Plans for potato spraying demonstra-
tons in five counties of the state are be-
ing completed by the Agricultural Ex-
pertinent Station of the University of
Wisconsin under the supervision of J.
G. Milward. The fields selected for
these demonstrations are on farms near
Waupaca, Waupaca county; Plainfield,
Waushara county; Spooner, Washburn
county; Cameron, Barron county; and
Fort Atkinson, Jefferson county.
1t is planned to hold field meetings
in connection with spraying of these
fields to which all farmers of the vari-
Gus localities will be invited. An
nouncements will be made of these
meetings in the various communities.
Directions for potato spraying can be
secured from j. G. Milward Expert
ment Station, Madison, Wis.
In Waupaca county the station has
five acres of land on the Pinkertown
farm, north of Waupaca, upon which
about 80 varieties of potatoes are be-
ing tested. In Waushara county
about ten acres of potatoes on the
farm of Mr.. Fairbanks, near Plainfeld,
will be sprayed. An eight acre po-
tato field on the farm of Mr.. Stubfors,
near Spooner, Washburn county, is to
be sprayed. On the farm of Mr.. Pr
per, near Cameron, Barron county,
spraying will be done on a five acre
tract, and plans are being completed
for tests.in Jefferson county, near Fort
Atkinson.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-15
Tins First Impression.

Little Tim had never enjoyed a
glimpse of tie country. All his lit
tie life had been passed among the
crooked courts of great city. One
day the teacher took him out for a
jaunt in the woodlands.
Tim" she said, impressively, as
they stood on the crest of a hill, 'sis-
MT that beautiful sunset! Just look
at the great yellow orb surrounded
by the white fleecy Clouds
Tim gazed at the beautiful picture
for a few moments and then answer
ed:
"Yessum. It looks exactly like
fried esq.,"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-15
TOO MUCH FOR POLICEMAN
New Workers. Explanation Couched in
Language the "Cop" Could Not
Understand

A man whose work ends at two
a. m. was inspired by the spring at
mosphere to take stroll before 60
ing home to sleep. Near his house
is section Tin Brooklyn where the
houses are surrounded by private gar
dens and the owners give their adj
dress as on the terrace 1t was in this
section of beauty and exclusiveness
that this man chose to take his stroll
taking to himself an odor of refine
ment and intellectually by inhalation
He was strolling with a delicious,
suspicious leisure when halted by a
policeman with a query as to what he
was doing there.
Exercising my prerogative," re.
Piled the pedestrian, who really didn't
see that it was any ones business.
"Ye're what?"
Exercising my prerogative."
well, we'll see about that said
the cop. "You can come tell the lieu
tenant all about it,
Willingly the man went. The sta
ton was just far enough away to
make his walk so much the more
beneficial. Arrived there, both he and
the policeman told their stories
Exercising your prerogative?"
asked the lieutenant with a smiling
nod at the policeman. "Well, Mr..
Man, that is all right when you ad-
dress lieutenant, but you deserve to
be run in when Won fell If RI n CON
lie amt no walking dictionary. Now
go home: and another time kindly ex-
plain to cop in language he will IN
derstand. Or carry dictionary with
you. Good morning. New York
Press.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-15
Keepino the Flat Vacant

There was the sound of the stop
ping elevator, then the opening of the
door of the fiat across the hall and
the tramping of feet On the other side
of the wall. The fiat dweller sprang
up ran to the piano and began to play
wildly, inharmoniously, discordantly
The caller listened frowningly for a
moment, then clapped his hands to
his ears
DON'T" he implored. Don't! I
never heard you play so badly. Why?
Why?"
1t was not until the door of the op-
posite fiat was closed and the sound
of retreating footsteps was heard that
she stopped to explain.
Il don't want them to rent that fiat
this summer" she said. TITS a whole
lot nicer to have it vacant"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-15

Prof. w. N. Mackin last week start
ed upon his fifth consecutive term as
Superintendent of Schools of Rusk
county. The oath was administered
by County Clerk Munroe at the court
house. Ten years is long time for a
man to serve in so important public
office. 1t is to be hoped that when Mr..
Mackin's work is finished that Rusk
county may be so fortunate as to secure
the services of a person equally well
balanced in all the requirements for the
successful performance of the duties of
county superintendent.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-15

Everyone who has inspected Lady
smiths ''back-door" river front re-
marks that it is such pity that it was
not laid out for park with a boule-
ward running along on the brow of the
hill. However, the opportunity is not
altogether lost for making our river
front more attractive. If, with the
cooperation of each individual property
owner, the Woman's Club will suggest
some general plan for improving the
river front, it can be made one of the
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-15

The Wisconsin State Board of Agri
culture, in the interests of the farmers
of the State, is building upon the State
Fair Grounds in Milwaukee, Model
Farm Barn, and Model Rural School
House. In these buildings will be ex-
hibited the most approved appliances
for the promotion of the work to be
done in the respective buildings.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-15

The corner stone of the new 1852, 900
high school building at Superior was
laid by Pres. C. R. Van Hise OF the
State University July 2. He made a
speech emphasizing the necessity of a
high school to serve the needs of the
community, rather than to serve as a
step to higher education.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-15

hard, drawn features which soften
only when his eyes turn to the beauti-
full child near him.
Little Lisa, his only treasure. The
child of his Marie, the laughing child
Of Spain, his bride, who had died in
his arms Is years ago, leaving little
Lisa, babe with no dover save her
peerless beauty, and a voice like that
of the song birds. Oldest and poorest
OF the poor in the old Spanish village,
Spicca had for eight years spent his
earnings on 'Lisa-'Lisa with roses in
her hair and cheeks-'Lisa, who
danced, laughed, prayed, and cried
with an inconsistency that was be-
witching The tinkle of the guitar and
a silvery voice ring out. Old Spicca
listens and dreams and is content.
Lisa must marry. Some handsome
caballero would come along and take
this f1ower-this gem of his old life
to a happy home. She would be
wife-a mother; but now. this little
one must cheer his old days. Her
sweet voice must sing to him and
drown the voice of misery that would
come up in his old hardened heart
Her bright face must be before him to
shut out the dark scenes that age,
poverty, and sickness bring before his
eyes He would not be here long He
would work for her, work with his old,
rough hands to buy the laces, the flow
ers, the little trinkets that she loves.
He would
The song dies away on the soft even
ing breeze. Spicca sleep peacefully
with a smile on his face. The birds
are still, the echo of the vesper bell is
heard in the distance.
The fierce sun pours down again.
the old man drags his weary limbs
about to prepare the breakfast of fruit
and milk. He steps softly towards
'Lisa's bed Elisa, Lisa, sweet one,
the birds are calling thee. Lisa, Lisa,
where art thou?"
The bed has not been touched. Lisa
cannot be found. No one has seen
her
Only the little red dress and comb
thrown carelessly near the door and
what is that? A glistening object,
bright gold piece, the kind the tall,
insinuating American yesterday Of
fered Spicca for draught of native
wine. Poor Spicca is alone. A fever
seizes him. Death letters around the
adobe door, and Spicca rises mere
shadow of the man he once was. His
first cry is: Lisa, Lisa, my little one,
let me find thee"
The way is long and rough to the
great city, but old Spicca starts out,
begging ana working as best he can.
For five years we hear of his wander
ing about the great city, living-God
Knows how A poor, bent cripple
haunting the cafes and tie plazas,
searching vainly for the dear, lost
face. He kneels upon the stone floor
Of the great churches, hoping to hear
the sweet familiar voice Mother of
Christ! Holy Virgin! guide me to my
Lisa"
1t is night Bowed by grief and
other WEAKNESS, he creeps past the
gay plaza. where. coquetting and
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-15

Dan Patch and Minor Heir, the two
fastest race horses in the world, will
try for the Worlds Record in a race
on the State Fair track, Milwaukee,
Tuesday, September 18th.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-15
SUBSCRIPTION: $3.50 PER YEAR

It not infrequently happens that a
man is honored by an appointment from
some high authority who couldn't be
made dog-catcher by the votes of his
home people.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-15

The politician who was in the habit OF
CARRYING his county around ''in his vest
pocket" a few years ago never gets
tired of cussing the primary election OF
recent years.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-15
AGE OF CIVIL WAR SURVIVORS

Many persons wonder that there are
almost half million surviving soldiers
of the civil war, considering that it is
forty-eight years since it began and
forty-four since it ended. The reason
lies in the fact that it was young
mans war as the following official
statistics as to the age of men as they
enlisted will show:
At the age of 10 and under. ............25
At the age Of IL and under ..........225
At the age of Ia and under ...1, 523
At the age of 16 and under. ..844, 801
At the age of Is and under. ....1, Is, 438
At the age of 81 and under -. 2, $50, 1913
Twenty-Five years and over. ..618, 519
These figures include re-enlistments
or which there were almost 10000
but it can easily be seen that this was
practically boys war, since only small
a percentage were 22 years and over,
and these must, to large extent,
have enlisted previously. 1t is estimat-
ed that if the year 1868 be taken as
starting point, since it was the middle
of the war, the average age of the
soldier was about % years, which would
make him 68 at the present. That is
fair age, but not old by any means, and
it ought to be remembered that those
who served through campaign and
came out fit showed a vitality which
indicated promise of living beyond
the normal. Philadelphia Inquirer.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-15
A Doubtful Compliment.

"The professor says my bathing suit
Is rather exiguous."
els that q compliment?"
st don't know. Pm going after the
dictionary now"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-15
A. A. MADDEN, Publisher
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
AT LADYSMITH, WISCONSIN

Entered as second-class matter April y, 1907, at
the Postofice at Ladysmith, Wisconsin, unoer the
Act of congress of March 3, 1873
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1t is night. Bowed by grief and
other WEAKNESS, he creeps past the
gay plaza. where. coauetting and