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Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-10
VALLEY BOOKLET WANTED.

The Board of Supervisors is getting anxious for the Imperial county book lets which were to be furnished the county as part of the contract with Sunset Magazine for advertising. Re- quests for literature are piling in ct the County Clerks office in each mail,
Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-10
INSTALLATION OF OFFICIALS

The new officials of Imperial county will take their offices on January 3. The present Board of Supervisors will have a meeting on December 31 to close up It's affairs and to make general inspection of the county of- fees.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-10
ELK'S MEMORIAL.

District Attorney elect Phil D. Swing went to Yuma, Saturday, to de- liver the principal address at the Elks' memorial service on Sunday afternoon. The Yuma lodge has many members in Imperial valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-10
. A CHRISTMAS GIFT.

Your friend would appreciate a Christmas gift of years subscription to the Imperial Valley Press. It would give many times the information you could possibly find time to write in letters. Start the subscription now, at the beginning of the facinating serial story.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-10
RESIGNS AS COUNTY EXPERT.

J. Stanley Brown has resigned as County Expert for Imperial county, as the first of the year he will assume his duties as County Treasurer
Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-10
STREETS ACCEPTED.

The Board of Supervisors, at it's ses- sion this week, accepted the streets of the Hazard & Strang subdivision, at Holtville. This is tract watered by artesian wells.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-10
EPISCOPAL SERVICES.

The St. Paul's Episcopal Mission will hold the regular Sunday services at 11:00 am. and 7:45 pm. in their newly established quarters next to the library. Rev. E. M. Rogers will have charge.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-10
COUNTY VETERINARIAN BUSY.

During the month of November Dr. Pace, County Veterinarian, inspected a. total of 8S51 head of stock. This included 492 dairy COWS; 66S beef cat tie; 2627 sheep and GA horses and mules.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-10
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICE.

The Christian Science servlces at El Cnetro will be held every Sunday morning at il o'clock in Masonic Hall.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-10
VITAL RECORD
BIRTHS.

Patterson-December 3, to MT. and Mrs. l.. F. Patterson, of Calexico, a son.
 McAfee-December 3, to MT. and Mrs. Fred D. McAfee, of Calexico, a son.
 Little-December 3, to MT. and Mrs. Leroy Little, of Calexico, a son.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-10
WEATHER.
Min. Tenn.
Date
WATER IN THE RIVER.
Max. Ten

Mean daily gage heights and dis charges of the Colorado river at Yuma, Arizona, for the week ending Saturday, December 3, 1910.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-10

for horses in Imperial county, in or- der to eradicate mango. He recon mends the construction of these Vats of cement in stead of wood.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-10
RECOMMENDS DIPPING vATs.

Dr. Morrison, Assistant State Veter- marian has written to the Board of recommending the estab- lishment of at least two dipping vats
Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-10
MARRIAGES.

Francis Pulliam-December 3, at El Centro, Benjamin Franklin Francis and Miss Bonny Eloise Pulliam, both residents of Calexico.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-10

and he has nothing with which to sap ply this demand The booklet shoula have been here December 1.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-24
COSTOF MARRIAGES

prospect of doing the flowers for the
wedding.
And what do you think It would
cost. dear?' asked her father. do you
suppose you could do it for 1882"
AS this last straw was laid on the
poor victims back. he reused himself
and managed to stammer that he must
consult his daughter before making the
final arrangements. and made for the
door, trusting to escape. But the cler-
gyman had reserved a parting shot.
Taking up small paper-covered book
rom the table, he said:
This IS a small book on the history
of the church. j am sure your daugh-
ter will like to read all about 1t. as she
is thinking of being married there"
Thank you; I'll give 1t to her." said
the innocent man.
'Thatll be rs cents" said his rev
erence, and the unfortunate father
placed the money on the table and fed
for his life. Needless to say he mar
riage did not take place at his church.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-24
Gators and Insects Hunt New Home

tions are now being made to reclaim
an additional half million acres
through the construction OF a wide
levee along the western shore of Lake
POntchartrain aud the southern shore
of Lake Maurepas. On the crown OF
this levee paved roadway 70 miles in
length will connect New Orleans and
Baton Rouge and ultimately will be
the southern terminus of Chicago
New Orleans highway.
The nearest town or settlement of
any o-sequence is now 80 miles dis.
tant from New Orleans. Within fifty
miles of every large city in the coun-
try a million or more people reside,
and many industries develop business
and wealth for the urban population.
This is the end New Orleans is
working to and will have reached, in
large part. anyway. by the time the
Panama canal is opened to the ships
of the world
Mean while modern sewerage and
drainage within the city proper have
and wholly solved the city's
sanitary problems, and the discovery
of a simple method of filtering the
waters of the Mississippi river has
given the city pure water service ex.
celled by none In the world. These sys.
TENS are in operation and are nearly
complete. They have cost the city
about $25.00O.000.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-24
No Corsets are Worn at West Point

discussion of West Pointers, that
many West Pointers acquire a figure
OF perfection of symmetry and a car.
riage the acme of manly grace. hut
these are due not to any ingenious an.
planes. but to the systematic drills
and exercises that make the cadet To
certain extent. an athlete. AT the
outset these young fellows are nut
through what are called the setting
up exercises. their object being 10
straighten the body and develop the
chest One might suppose that It would
require a great amount OF such exer.
else to make any marked showing
but three long hours of such exercise
daily will soon produce beneficial re-.
suits In the most stopped forms.
The cadet uniform is also a rreat
help in this direction. The dress coat
is tight. very tight The shoulders are
heavily padded in order TO give them
a square effect. The chest Is made
thick, so that there Will be no danger
of wrinkling. All this for the sake Of
looks; comfort has no place in the
makeup Of West Pointer. IL is dis.
cipline and looks"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-24

NEW oRLEANS.--More than 1,0OO,.
~ 600 acres of marsh land lying with
in 90 miles of New Orleans are to be
drained, reclaimed and transformed
from wilderness into gardens. homes,
Lamlets and towns. The work of re-
claiming some $4,000 acres within the
corporate limits OF New Orleans is
now well under way. while contracts
have been let for the reclamation of
fully 100000 acres additional In ad-
Joining parishes
This means that within two years
the alligator will no longer find abort.
ginal harborage in the Carnival city,
that the breeding grounds of countless
billions of mosquitoes viii be turned
anto highly productive farms on which
mosquitoes cannot breed. that hun
dreds of miles of paved roadways will
lead from New Orleans north, east and
west. and that for the first time In its
history New Orleans will possess sub
urbs.
To the westward the same character
of work is being done. and prepare
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-24
Uncle Sam Asks All to Swat the T

greatest disease propagation and the
carrier If more menacing and malig
nant germs than all other creatures
put together.
This little. but potent, messenger oil
death wanders from the sick room
from the filth of the garbage pail
from the heaps of refuse of all kinds
into the peaceful. happq homes of our
land. walks upon the butter, the meat,
the fruit. the sugar. takes a bath in
the milk. leaving everywhere the
germs of disease that have gathered
upon its furry feet and body.
In experiments conducted by the
New York health authorities the scien'
lists found on the body of single lit
tie fly 1,222.570 different bacteria,
enough to kill few thousand human
beings In another experiment fly
was caught in a sterilized net and
dropped into bottle of sterilized wa
ter The bottle was shaken and tho
germs washed off the insects body, as
would be the case if the fly dropped
into a glass OF milk for the baby. The
previously pure water was then exam
tned and 1t was discovered that the
fy's bath contained no less than 5000.
900 disease germs.
About half the deaths from typhoid
in New York, according TO the health
authorities, are attributed directly TO
the distribution of germs by house
flies. And worse than that, the figures
show that Of 1000 deaths Of cooling
babies in thai city from infantile dis!
eases. more than 5000 were traced to
infection carried by house flies.
According to a noted scientist the
of the pest is compare
lively easy. All that is necessary, he
says, is a systematic effort on the part
of the public. If all the people will
practise the utmost cleanliness. II is
declared, the house fly will be extinct
in this country within few years. for
the house fly cannot exist without
filth.
Cleanliness. then. is the watchword
for the American public to put an end
to an insect that is not only terrible
nuisance, but a terrible instrument OF
death to thousands of our population
every year.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-24
Shortcake.

Mix and sift two cups flour, four tea
spoons baking powder, one tablespoon
sugar. and one-half teaspoon salt
Work in one-fourth cup butter, using
tips Oh fingers. Beat one egg until
flight and add one-third cup milk and
combine mixtures. Toss on a slightly
houred board and divide into two
parts. Pat. roll out in circular form
hnd bake in two buttered round layer
cake pans. Mix one and one-half cups
raspberries and one-half cup currants.
Sprinkle with sugar, place on back of
range until heated and crush slightly.
Split cakes, remove soft part and
spread with soft butter. Put fruit be-
tween and on top of shortcakes, cover
tops with whipped cream, sweetened
and favored with vanilla and garnish
with whole raspberries.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-24
Dentists Believe They Have a Kick

bill. either. Say, this new tangled
hair style is putting me to the bad
The worst feature OF the whoIs
thing is that the heads, or rather the
hair won't fit into the headrests
have tried all manner of schemes and
even had a new headrest built along
lines that ! was sure would At hnt
the heads simply won't fit into anv.
thing.
III we do succeed In getting the
mass laid out and tucked away care
fully where it won't bother us. we 60,
something like this
"Oh. mercy. doctor. you are mpss
ing my hair all up. And am going
to a party this afternoon, too
But the most usual thing is. IN
doctor, there is hairpln sticking in
my head Wait a minute o. dear. it's
coming down. Doctor. do stop a min.
ute while fasten up my braid.
Il do tell you what. the dentists
ought to get together and boycott the
present style Of hairdress, or else in.
sist that all extra hair be taken Off
before any dental work will be done
That would settle it. all right"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-24
MANY VARIETIES OF PEAS.

grown Tor culinary purposes only by
expert gardeners in private gardens
They are much finer in taste than the
ordinary pea. but they have no com
mercial value, because the average pur-
chaser will neither pay extra, nor. in
deed. ask for particular kind.
AT the moment, as a horticulturist.
should recommend the Battleship
pea as the best. but the grower for the
market is producing quite a different
variety. He is growing a dwarf pea
of feet 6 inches or feet at the most
in height"
The manager of a popular restaur-
ant. who was also consulted on the
subject, said that the best quality of
peas could be supplied to the average
diner IF he would order or demand
them The ordinary diner out" he
said. does not realize that vegetables,
like wines or cigars. vary in quality
He orders peas without any specifica-
ton"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-24
Some People Try to See How
Much Can Be Spent.
Amusing Story Of Clergyman In Lon
don Who Was Out for All the Cash
He Could Get-some Of Access
sorles He Would Furnish.

London.~-Some of the fashionable
weddings that have taken place lately
would seem to indicate that the people
concerned were anxious to see how
much money could be spent on the af-
fair. In England the ceremony is much
more complicated. The most usual
form of marriage is nv "banns." Notice
is given to the clergyman of the
church where the young couple desire
to get married, the announcement is
given out three Sundays running be-
fore the wedding day. and for this the
bridegroom pays the clerk so cents. II
neither of the parties live in this par
ish. one or other of them must do so
for three weeks before the ceremony
takes place, but this condition is often
filled by the bridegroom taking a room
and putting a stick or bag in it for the
required time.
OF course, you have to pay the cler-
gyman something for performing the
ceremony for you. and the legal fee is
$1.25, with so cents to the clerk. and a
further 80 cents for a copy Of the GER
tificate of marriage. but each clergy
man asks what he chooses. and some
of them place their services rather
high
Recently a young couple who live In
the suburbs decided to get married at
one of the churches In the Strand. in
London, as this was a convenient cen
ter for all their friends, and also near
Charing Cross station, from which they
were starting for Paris Immediately
after the ceremony. II was to be a
quiet affair. no bridesmaids. no bou-
quets, no carriages, no red carpet. etc.
So one fine morning the brides's father
started off to find the incumbent of
one of these London churches, an In
divldual with double-barreled name
quacity as we'll. After a great effort
the father got him to talk about the
wedding. and finally inquired the fee.
The fee would be S25,' said his
reverence. And. of course, you would
like some music? We supply that and
1t would be S." The father was about
to say something. when the padre
broke in again:
"AnS you would like some red carpet
put down, suppose? We supply that
for So"
oh" began the man out OF whose
pocket the money was to come for all
this. when"
And If it's wet day, you would re-
Quire an awning" continued the clergy
man I'VE supply the awning and the
fee would be So"
Yes" gasped the father. casting
about in his mind for a way of escape.
when the other went on;
And, of course. you would have
some flowers. My daughter always
does the flowers. and I'm sure she
would be delighted to do them for
you" Before the astonished father
could reply. the clergyman rang the
bell and requested the servant who
answered 1t TO ask Miss Louie" to
step in" Miss Louie" duly arrived.
and expressed herself enchanted at the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-24

NEW YORK-Ihe whole United
~ States government, with fits vast
treasury of wealth, its brainy states
men and Insurgents. its army and
navy, its immense horde Of high
brows, against the poor little house
fly! That's the lineup in bitter war
of determination scheduled to set the
nation by the ears and enlist the cour-
ageous support Of every man, woman
and child in this broad land. The
final knell of the house fly has been
sounded and the battle has just be-
gun. Catch 'em and kill EN-; show
no quarter"-that is the war cry of the
army Of determination that is to put
forth every effort to rid the land OF
the Musca Domestica. the polite name
by which the house fly should be ad-
dressed by strangers.
Until the scientists got busy with
their Investigations the mousse fly was
considered merely as pestiferous in
sect. designed by the Creator OF all
things merely to take its bath In the
sweet cream and maple Sirup. annoy
the late morning sleeper, skate about
with abandon on the polished surface
of shiny baldheads and practise the
Morse telegraph code on the cleanest
of windows.
Long suffering housewives since
time began were the only really active
enemies OF the seemingly Insignificant
little Fly. and they alone and unaided
applied the imprecations and dish
cloths vigorously against the nuisance.
But after the scientists got onto the
job the fight against the insect began
TO assume proportions of magnitude.
That little insect which the average
citizen was wont to regard merely as
a domestic pest is now branded as the
most dangerous creature on earth. The
house fly has been publicly indicted as
murderer of the human race, the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-24
ARGUMENT ON RACE SUICIDE
Doctor Declares Statistics Prove FRS.
Born Children Not Equals Of
Later Ones.

London.-One of the new features al
the seventy-eighth annual meeting of
the British Medical association, held al
London. is a section on medical sociol-
osy. dealing particularly with the so
cial aspects of the failing birth-rate.
That the elder-born children of a
family are more liable to suffer from
disease than the younger ones is a point
DR., J. W. Hunter has placed before the
section. OF children 81 tila working
classes Doctor Hunter has found this
holds good up to and Including the
seventh born child with the eighth
born. however. a sharp increase In the
liability to physical defects has been
noted. which steadily Increases with
still later members Of the family. AS
a result Of his studies Doctor Hunter
believes that the limitation Of the fam
lily 20 two or three children means the
humiliation Of the race
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-24

Boil a cup of rice in slightly salted
water for 20 minutes. then add a
iscant pint of ripe blueberries. cup
of sugar and little grated nutmeg;
continue the cooking until the rice is
tender. Remove from the fire and
when nearly cold stir in a cup Of
whipped cream beaten with the yolk
of one egg and two tablespoonfuls, of
chopped nut meats. Pour into cups
and place on ice to harden. To serve.
turn out on glass dishes and use
any sauce liked.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-24

VIZ ASHINGTON.-"I have often heard
w a question as to whether West
Pointers wore corsets. 1t is absurd In
a way, because should any effeminate
lyoungster resort to such a thing 1t
would be impossible to keep the affair
a secret. and once known his school
life would become a burden to him on
account of the endless amount OF criti-
icism he would receive from his fell
lows. He would be made the laugh
,ing-stock of the school and would soon
find himself the possessor of any num-
Der of effeminate nicknames that
would crate upon his ears IN any but
"A pleasant manner.
ut is true" continued the old sol
der. who was no other than Col. X.
B. Collins. a retired army officer, in a
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-24
CROUCH GERM is DISCOVERED

turn, attacks the Juveniles, and they
answer back and make life miserable
for the complaining one.
About that time we get call COZ.
corning a big disturbance Some of
the men go out. learn it is the same
old story. and it is up to them to ex-
plain TO the adult that children must
play and that they can't be expected
to conduct their game after the fash
ion of Friends meeting. They also
lecture the children and take steps to
restore the equilibrium OF the neigh
borhooG which is ravaged by the sum-
mer bug"
The juvenile officers have not gone
into the investigation of the bug in
scientific fashion. and as yet have
worked out no cure
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-24
Cherry and currant Marmalade.

Stone six pounds large ripe cherries
and put into preserving kettle. Sim.
mer gently until reduced one-half, stir.
ring often to prevent sticking. Put
half the pits in wooden bowl and
mash with a pestle or stone. Add two
pounds currants and mash also, then
strain. Add the liquid to the cherries,
cook fifteen minutes. add six pounds
sugar and stir and boil until the mar.
malade thickens like Jelly. Skim and
fill small pots or glasses. A table.
spoonful of kirsch or brandy may be
added to this marmalade If desired.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-24
English Firm Shows Many Kinds of
Vegetables nall Proportion Of
CONNER al Value.

London-The average man. who en-
Joys a dish Of green peas and knows
the delicacy merely as peas" will be
astonished 10 Gear that at the Royal
Horticultural society's show at Holland
park one we'll known firm alone
showed 60 varieties OF the vegetable.
Though the ordinary consumer does
not know il. each variety possesses n
different quality and taste. which the
expert can detect.
A representative of one of the big,
gest firms of seed merchants in Lon
don said that the different varieties of
peas were grown almost exclusively
for show purposes.
For commercial purposes" he said.
only the dwarf varieties are grown.
The expense OF sticking the taller
peas would run away with the grow
er's p:oSt
The liner varieties Of peas are
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-24
TRAP 200 CATS IN A MARKET
Vicious Animals Fight Captors, But
Are Put Into Baskets for An
initiation.

New York. Yowling, splitting.
scratching and hitting, goo cats were
cornered. one by one. the other night
in the old Washington market and
dumped into baskets, 10 be disposed
of by the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty TO Animals.
Agents of the society, policemen.
watchmen, butchers, fishmongers.
green grocers and all the little world
of the market joined in a midnight
hunt that, for activity and noise. out
did anything ever chronic1ed from
Africa
For years the cats. at first encour-
aged to keep down the rats, had run
wild and increased in garrets and sub
cellars until they became an intolera.
BILE pest The market Is now in proc
ess of renovation.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-24
New Form of Bacillus Particularly Ac-
tive in Hot Weather Found in
Kansas City.

Kansas City, Mo.-A new germ. AS
yet unnamed. has just been discovered
in Kansas City. 1t is hot weather
bacillus and affects young and ole
alike. being particularly noxious in
adults, It is said. and producing a
chronic case of what ordinarily is
called the crouch"
The discoveries OF this germ are
DR.. f. L. Mathis, chief probation off,
Ger, and his assistants. who constant
ly are making study of human ma
ture and. by the way. this particular
bug is one which attacks human ma
ture only.
1T is a hot weather bug" said Doc
tor Matthias, "and can produce the
worst case of crouch in a short time
that you ever saw.
Just now we Juvenile officers have
little to do so far as the Juvenile
court is concerned, but we are kept
busy as bees looking after what we
call hot weather business
Somehow or ether. this hot wealth
err seems to 'peeve' every oody 1t
takes the form of grouch in adults and
the form of what the grown-ups are
pleased to call devilment' in children.
"A man lies down to take a nap of
hot afternoon. He is just tuckered
out by the heat. he says. and a nap
win straighten him out. Just as he
gets comfortably settled. boys or girls
in the neighborhood begin to romp.
and, of course. they call back and
forth. and the would-be napper Is an
noyed
Then the irate adult goes outdoors.
He is hard hit by the weather bug.
He loses his temper and gives the
children a calling down. The bug. in