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Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-10

the winter and the Gila abstains from stunts in the flood line, the govern ment engineers may get through with out trouble and finish the work as they have laid it out, but if early floods oc- cur, as they have occurred in the past, the engineers will know more about the behavior of the yellow dragon and it's uncanny genius for upsetting the works of man than they seem to know now. They are welded to the theory that borrow pits must be on the river side of levee; that is: that the ma terial for the levee must be taken from ground between the embankment and the river, and they smile with the gentle tolerance of superior wisdom at anyone that suggests that experience has taught other lessons Govern ment engineers smiled in that same superior way at the work of Clarke and Randolph on the closure of 1907 and said it was all wrong and could not be done successfully. But the work was done, and it was successful because the borrow pits were on the inside. Had the pits been made out side, the levee never could have been built because the flooding of ground outside the levee would have made the work of teams impossible. Clarke fought the river from behind the breastwOrk of his levee, and as soon as he had his muck trench" back filled and low bank thrown up he was safe and could go on with the work when the water was rising against the bank.
 The government engineers say the second break of the Colorado in 1906 was caused by the inside borrow pit behind the levee at the end of the Hind dam or first closure. That is. not the fact The water came through under the levee because there was no muck trench under that section, and without such protection an inside bor- row pit is a weakness. When Clarke went on the job he corrected that CT TOT, and there has been no break in the levee that he built
 The most favorable time for doing the work necessary to return the riv- CT to it's old course is passing and the season of possible flash" rises is i'm minent It is to be hoped that the river may be kind to the government engineers and stay on good behavior through the winter, but there is no rashness in predicting that before the Abejos break is closed and a twenty five-mile levee built in the delta, the engineers will find out that the Colo rado is no respector of theories and that the men who have fought it in flood can tell things worth listening
Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-10
EVENING BAND CONCERT.

The El Centro Concert Band will give an open-air concert this Satur- day evening at 7:45. The program includes operatic selections waltzes and popular music.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-10
CHRISTIAN CHURCH

There will be special music at Christian Church services tomorrow. Rev. Conley's subject at II o'clock will be "A Conscript Cross-bearer, i" and at 5:SO The Great Salvation. !" Endeavor services at 8 pm.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-10

begin Monday Walter K. dirt Abeios grade completed ready n miles
 to ohavet of
 
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  Whether the built been decided decision nma ion 0
 the Abejos, may a he be rom quarry heading
Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-10
WORK BEGINS 0N THE COLORADO
ENGINEER OGERSON GIVES STARTING SIGNAL TO BOWKER
 AND DIRT WILL FLY ON RAILROAD GRADE TO ABEJOS

Mexican Complications Evaded By Arrangement With Coo rado River Land Company to Have Work Done On its i9Wn Account Importance of Closure of Breach Realized by President Taft and His Engineer.
 Subject Treated in Message to Congress
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03
Nezus of the Week
 in Church Circles

Jewish representation, besides its in- trinsic scientific interest, will have a considera ble moral effect and help to raise Jewish prestige in quarters where the race is too often decried.
 Governments, corporations and busl- ness men are today safeguarding and providing for the comfort of employees as. never before. A recognition of the Y. M. c. A. as a ready medium for this purpose has come from surprising g sources, of late. For instance, the mu- nicipality of Shanghai, China lately made an appropriation of $3500 from the city's budget for an athletic field and site for the boys building of the Y. M. c. A. there, and cablegram tells of the completion of fund of 326,00O for an association building at Tientsin. This fund was started by a non Christian Chinaman with a pledge of $13,00O. The Seoul, Corea, govern ment has subsidized the Y. M. c. As educational work at, the rate of $5000 a year, for several years and the Brit ish government does the same in India. In Colombo, Ceylon, a site in the city park was conveyed to the association for a nominal sum and in 'Dalny, Man churia, the government has furnish ed a site within a block of the center of the city, to erect building to which Americans gave $25,000. Coming near CT home we find the government of Mexico has given $SG,000 to finish the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03

of threatened riot at Upper Coalburg,
 many minutes of investigation he discov- about fifteen miles from the heart of town. Several deputies were hustled into a machine and the run made in record breaking time. As the car sped around
 the hills, the, searchlights piercing the darkness, it furnished excitement enough for a moving picture scene. The trip was
 made in less than 30 minutes, and the timely arrival of, the deputies put a Quietus on the threatened civil war
 There had been a shooting scrape in which one man was killed and another seriously wounded The miners in the town became greatly wrought up, divided | in two factions and were preparing to
 shoot each other up when the officers arrived. Had the deputies been com pelled to make the trip by train or with horses they would have been several
 hours reaching the scene. Some people are forgetful. Some auto .sts like to leave the engine running
 while their cars are standing still, tho reason given being that the rattling of the machine brings peace of mind to a
 morbid or disgruptled spirit a.isf There was one local automohilist who VAS bragging last week of his memory and of how he never experienced trouble
 with his machine by always remembering things. He decided to take long trip,
 and instead of leaving the machine at
 the garage all night. left it standing in
 front of his house, having previously filled the gasoline tank.
 He likes. to hear his engine run and for got to shut it off when he stopped So soothing was the sound that he ever forgot it when he strolled into the house He was surprised next morning to dis 1 covert the, ma chine wouldn't travel. After
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03
EngIand's Boy Army

From Harper'S Weekly. A
 One of the commonest sights in Eng
 land, on a Saturday afternoon especially,
 is that of groups of boys clad in khaki
 with loose flannel shirts. knickers, bare
 knees, cowboy hats, haversacks, and long
 staffs They look like cross between toy soldiers, Juvenile football players and miniature mountaineers. You will
 come across them at this time of year
 on nearly every open space or public
 common, playing their esoterie games.
 In summer and during the holidays you
 may find them camping out, clambering
 up mountains, plunging into woods, giv- ing public exhibitions of their skill.
 These martial looking youngsters are
 the Boy Scouts of England, and the cred 1t for their existence as an organization belongs to Lieutenant General Sir Baden
 Powell. "B-P'-to give him the name by
 which he is known all over the empire is himself one of the ablest officers and quite the ablest scout in the British ar
 my; and his spirited and ingenious de- fence of Mafekfng was one of the bright est incidents of the Boer war. It was
 during the siege of MafeSing that the
 first corps of Boy Scouts was organ ized. BPS chief staff officer, Lord
 Edward Cecil got together the boys in
 the village, put them In uniform, drilled | them, and used them for carrying orders
 and messages. keeping lookout and act | Ing as orderlies and so on-thus adding to the strength of the firing line by re- l leasi the grown up men who had hith- erto been employed on these duties At the end of 1907 "B-P" in series of lec- lures in different parts of England sug- gested that scouting should be taken up
 by the various societies and organizations that concerned themselves with the well
 fare of boys. The idea met with sue cess so immediate and widespread that
 in order to give the movement a general
 uniformity new organization, called
 The Boy Scouts, with permanent head
 quarters and an official staff, had to be
 formed Recruits have continued to pour in, and there are today probably l6o,0Oo boy scouts in Great Britain alone, and as many more in other parts of the em- pire.
 On becoming a member of a patrol a boy remains for one month on probation as ''tenderfoot." He is, only awarded the second class scouts badge after
 passing the following tests: Q Elemen- tary knowledge of first aid and bandag- ing CD Signaling, elementary knowi- edge of semaphore or Morse alphabet. (3) Tracking half a mile in 25 minutes; or. if in a town, describing satisfactorily the contents of one shop window out or four. observed for one minute each. O Going a mile in F minutes at scouts pace.' (5) Laying and lighting nre, using not more than two matches CS) Cooking quarter of a pound or meat anu two potatoes without cooking utensils
 other than the regulation billy. @ Hay ing at least six pence in a savings bank.
 (0 Knowing the IS principal points or
 the compass.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03
Gentle Side of Baseball

Baseball deserves to be our national
 game. It is not gentle, and we are not a gentle nation. Its best exemplification
 is by specialists, and as nation, the specialists are doing our best work Tn all lines. There is nothing We like so
 well, says Ellis Parker Butler In sue cess Magazine, as to sit around ana
 watch our specialists do their work and
 then to get off somewhere and tell each other how much better they might do It, if they would only take our advice. We are hero worshippers and professlonal gaseball creates just about the right number of heroes to go around. It Is not necessary for each man to have the same hero. which soon becomes tiresome. The comic element is introduced by. the um- pires. who have become a national joke and rank with the mother-in-law wit ticisms Baseball is a grand game.
 As for myself, would rather so out and see a baseball game than be base ball player and stand up and let one Of those modern pitchers who throws a ball with the speed of four-inch gun, cast wirgling ball at my person, and take a chance on the ball lodging around
 me before 1t bored a, hole through me
 I have been hit by baseball thrown by
 gentle hand, and I know how hard ha sehall is. Nor would l care to take
 to pitching as a serious occupation. To one unacquainted with the game it may
 seem a safe job to stand up and throw
 hard balls at the other fellow, but once
 in a while batter hits the ball, and hits
 1t hard, and it makes a bee line for the
 pitcher. The pitcher Is usually an a8Ae
 man hut he is seldom agile enough to
 lie down in time to let the ball pass safe Nv above him. and if he did his cap
 tain would possibly be angry. The ethics of the game require the pitcher to stand
 right there and let that nile-a-minute
 hall bore itself into his hands. did that
 once. and the palms of my hand still pal
 pitate with fear when I think of it. It
 was soon after that hot liner that l re- tired from baseball permanently. Some
 persons of weak character would never have wished to see another game of ball
 after such a narrowing experience. but
 sti;l love to see the national game, if l can have a seat in the grandstand, with
 a stout wire netting between me and the
 scene of slaughter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03
A\ AUIokdoBHLE elb (sek|zb (IOSSHP B. x.-...

Official pathfnders for the Gliddon tour will start on their trip within ille rext three weeks. 1t is very much desired that the itinerary of the tour include Birmingham and while the present plans do not bring it any fur cher into Alabama than Florence it is believed strong, concentrated efforts on the part of the Birminghainers would result in it's being brught this way.
 One plan has been suggested, which
 is that a number of Birmingham cars make trip to Nash vile and meet the official path finders upon their arrival there, With the information gained by this trip it. is believed they could Do induced to include Birmingham Local autoists who would volunteer to make this trip are requested to notify G T. Erazelton, secretary of the Birmin6- han Motor club, or the writer
 In the meantime an effort will be made to have Secretary Babb of 'he Chamber of Commerce, Secretary Chaf- fee of the Business Mems league, and officers of other commercial organi2a- tions, take up the matter actively>witn t:.e men in charge. of the tour. The tcur is handled by the American Auto mobile associa tion annually and is con- sidered the most important event of tie gear in the automobile world, fur nishing as it does the best method Of comparing practically all of the makes of automobiles in every particular.
 With hundred contesting cars and ail even larger number of others max Ing the trip with them, the. tour will furnish an unusually interesting event. Several hundred people will make tie trip. Should the tour be routed this way it is estimated that 25,0o0 visitors at the least would be attracted to Bir-. flii sha m by it. 5he runs for each day are schedulea, each days run averaging about 1oo miles. Matters could be so arranged that Birmingham would be a stopping over point. allowing all of the contest ants to spend the night here.
 Inducements for the bringing of the tour this way have. been gotten up by MT. Brazelton and S. M. Butler, 
 vised as to them. The Birmingnsrn Motor club will furnish all of the con tcstants with gasoline and garage spa ce willie here. f.s
 Chattanooga is anxious to have the. tour routed through that city. and is skiing strenuous efforts. In the event that it is taken that way. the route will be Nashville, Chattanooga, Birmingham, Florence. siss ss,-t N1v' ,,s
 The automobile as a help to officers of the law has often been exemplihed q number of times in the Birmingham dis trict alone. During the coal miners strike two years ago the automobile proved quite a factor. the military au- tnorities especially finding it of great benefit. ,s ...a.
 During the past,week an automobile was pressed into service by tho sheriff's < sssl .rsllt 4-5 ,-sss z, si-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03
The Plight of the Liar

Is there any power in cunning. in shrewd, long headed. deceptive methods that can for a moment compare with the truth, with absolute integrity, asks Orison Swett Warden in Success Maga. zine. There is no advertisement in the world, in the long run, that can compare with that which comes from the reputa- ton of always and everywhere telling the exact truth, of being absolutely reliable, This reputation alone has made the names of some of the great business houses in this country worth millions of dollars
 Every time man deceives he knows that he has to cover his tracks. He is always on thorns for fear of discovery. for everything in his own nature is try ing to betray him; but when he tells the truth, because he is built on the truth supporting, backing him.
 What difference there is between the power of man who is telling the truth and Is conscious that he is backed by the eternal principle of right and justice, and the man who is lying and is con scious of it. 3F
 One can look the world in the face without wincing, because he feels that he is backed by eternal principle; there is victory in his eye, assurance in his very bearing, while there is something within the man which says, .I am a
 liar; am not man. I know I am not a man, but a sneak, make-belieye."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03
The Accommodating Night Clerk

fUHI DuCCtSS
 Up to the night clerks desk goes Abe Perlmutter, Chicago travelling man. q wonder" he says, "could you find me somebody to play game of pinochle for an hour or two tonight?',
 Why says the clerk, 'T guess so, ' and he runs his eye over the register Boy he calls, page MT. Gutwillig. ' Before long MT. Gutwillig is found and introduced to the pinochle- hungry Perl mutter. and a game is arranged. "How did you know l played pinochle?" MT. Gutwillig asks the clerk. 'Oh, 1-'' be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03

gins the clerk. Just then emerges from the bar young man, triple-plied with wine. He staggers up to the desk and says: Shay. l wanna fight, Dye hear? I'm lookin fir a scrap'
 Thus the clerk: Boy. page Mir Kelly and MT. O. Brien."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03

The Change He Wanted

From Success Magazine.
 In a small California town a drummer brought the hotel porter up to his room with his angry storming.
 Want your room changed, mister?'' politely queried the porter.
 Room changed, no' fumed the drum mer. Its the f1eas I object to. that's s all"
 Mrs. Leary," shouted the porter to the landlady down below, "the gent in No. il is satisfied with his room but he wants the f1eas changed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03
Was He a Truck Garden.

WHS Ie Ifuck UdTucMs From Everybody's.
 How on earth did you ever culti- vate such beautiful black eyer" asked Browns friend.
 Oh replied Brown. who had unin- tentionally been Illustrating the fall of man on roller skates, T raised it from slip" s-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03
Was Not Fersettsn

From the Louisville aCourier-Journal.
 Did the presidential tran stop at Plunkvllle?"
 Tt did not" admitted the mayor of that thriving village; but one of the party threw out a burnt match as they passed through"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03
Llberality of Motives.

From Tit-Bits. y Postoffice Clerk-You've got two penny stamps on your letter The postage Is only one penny.
 Old 1rishman-Sure, niver mind. My sons in the postoffice, so it'll all hilp towards his wages.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03

Y. M. c. A. building in the city of Mexico, which will provide for tn C social life of employees on the govern ment railroads and the city govern ment of Los Angeles has made an ap- propriation of s7500 a year for three years to pay Y. M. c. A. secretaries who will look out for the welfare of the employees on its 25o-mile acque- duct.
 portion of the Christian church which we in the eastern states are sometimes tempted to forget, is the church of Sweden. For great many years 1t has been a matter of conten- tion as to whether, when this church separated from the bishop of Rome in the sixteenth century, it lost its char acter as part of the church Cath olic The Swedes who have been i'm migrating to this country in vast mum. bers and forming homes in the west tthere are 10000 in the diocese of marquette alone), are among our very best settlers and their relation to the religious bodies which they find in this country has been a matter of very great perplexity to themselves as well as to the religious teachers they ap- pealed to here. Last year the author 1ties of the church of Sweden. with the approval of the King, deputed the bishop of Kalmar to come to the Lam beth conference to express the wishes or his church for closer relation with the church of England. The bishon or kalmar made a fine impression and the conference enthusiastically request ed the arch bishop of Canterbury to ap point commission to further consider the matter. Several English bishops and Bishop Williams of Marquette were appointed. It is said that more schol- arly assemblage of men could hardly be gathered anywhere than the learned gentlemen who make up the catbedra chapter. The commission came away With Telling of the keenest enjoyment Of their visit to the sacred place with its rich associations and with hearts overflowing with love and gratitude to those who had received them with such lavish Kindness in the name of Christ
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03
A Matter of InspIration

From the Washington Evening Star
 So you've bought new mule,' said the man who takes an interest in every thing Whats his name?'
 "Jes' mule"
 But what are you going to call him?' oh, dat depends on how he behaves when Is drivin' him"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03
A Reliable We'll

Does your well ever run dry?" asked the boarder e
 No, ma'am," replied the farmer. Tt is supplied by main from the village water system
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03
An All Wool Guaranteed Suit For $1O :. { $12.5O $ SIS
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Nsrec: From our. own factory in New York. Made in. snap py, up.to-date style from test ed fabrics in attractive. pat
 They fit and wear and look as well as suits you've been accustomed to paying SIS, $2O and $22.50 for elsewhere
 Test these claims as you will -see the suits-try them on. We refund full purchase price if they don't make good.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03

cred that the engine had been working
 while he was sleeping and had used all of the gasoline. So disgusted was he with
 himself that he wouldn't take the trip Two huge oxen pulling an automobile
 gave the farmers near Springville good laugh one day last week Progress of the queer looking outfit was slow and
 after an hours travel. during which one mile was covered, the distressed autoist hailed another machine and was lowed into Birmingham by it. f- E. R. Mipnhinett, Jr.. one of the party
 who made the pathfinding trip to Atlanta last October, made record run to his old home at Cave Springs, Ga, last week in Buick. The time each way was six hours and he reports the roads as being in excellent condition. The distance is about 125 miles. +ig Senator J. B. Sanford of Ukiah Cal one of the most prominent political fig ures of that state, is an enthusiastic
 motorist. He is the owner of Chalmers '30 and an ardent advocate of good roads. In this connection he reports a
 novel road improvement among the auto
 mobile owners of Mendocino county
 The road between Cloverdae and Uki- ah, Senator Sanfords home town is not as good as it might be. About 50 motor ists of the country have nominated a road-making day, when they will march forth with picks and shovels, and fill ruts along the road. The Mendocino count, supervisors have promised cooperation and the motorists feel assured that the
 result of their labors will be an excellent
 road to the headwaters of the scenic Russian river, one of the most beau. tiful spots in California
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03

cred that the engine had been working while he was sleeping and had used all of the gasoline. So disgusted was he with himself that he wouldn't take the trip.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03

Do you want the fnest when buy
ing your winter suit or overcoat7
If 80 you will not forget N. A. Hol-
mer, the merchant tailor, whose
stock of suitings and overcoat pat
terms is replete with the finest the
market affords. His prices are al
ways right, he keeps in touch with
the latest styles, and his work al
ways gives satisfaction.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03

S. J. Cussons, general manager of
the Virginia & Rainy Lake Co., on
Saturday moved hls family here
from Duluth, occupying the hand
some new home on Central just
completed. Mrs. Cussons' sister.
Mrs. Grace, will make nome with
them.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03

N. A. Helmer, representing the
wholesale grocery firm of Linn &
Co.. Bemidji, called on the Virginia
trade and local friends the first of
the week. Mr.. Helmer says Bemidji
now has four wholesale hous, and
with the comiug of the 500 line he
says the importance of Bemidji az
a railroad and wholesale center 10
assured. He will make regular
trips to the range country in future.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03

DR.. Van Domlin, W. 7. Bennett, E..
c. A. johnson, A. E. Mckenzie and
Capt. J. a. Polglase were among
the Virginia delegation in attend
ance at the meeting of Hibbing En-.
camPment, I. O. o. F., on Saturday
evening last, at which time q LARGE
class of novitiates were admitted to
membership.