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Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-16

National City Company be fully deter
mined before they will give their full
support to the Aldrich plan of cur
rency reform.
i IS understood that Attorney Cen
eral Wickersham has reported TO the
President Tnat the recent action of
tbe National City Company in dispos-
ing ot certain Of its bank stock hold
incs does not eliminate all the con-
ditlons which ne criticised in his in
yestigatioL
. The President is planning TO take
up tne nigh cost OF living in special
message 70 congress when ne trans
mits me report OF the tariff boards
Investigation of the wool and cotton
schedules and also will vigorously re-
lew lis recomme endations for a par
cells post The tariff boards findings
viii snow. i is declared, that much
OF the rlgh cost Of living is due 10 the
nlddleman rather than the tariff
Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-16
President TAFT TALKS
OVER HIS MESSAGE

WASHlNGTON, NOV 16 6-Fresident
Taft met the cabinet yesterday for tins
= first time in three months Secretary
Stimson was the only member absent,
The head OF the WAY department is ID
Kansas p. City, where yesterday re
spoke ON the Panama canal
The reassembiing OF the President S
official family gave recurrence to the
rumors that Secretary Wilson soon is
to resign In official circles II Is SAID
that the secretary Of agriculture Is
only delaying the announcement OF
his resignation until President Taft
decides Oh another man for his place
Two men are said TO have declined
the portfolio
Aside from d consideration OF ne
many question: which nave accumu-
lated during the summer, To-Day :
meeting wa8 largely devoted q cor
sideratiOn of the rresIden, message
to congress and tAe otfcla repCrts o.
the cabinet officers
The President recOmmendatic,s :
to congress for supplementary anti
trust legislation probably along the
lines OF a federal incorporation act
viii be found after thorough confer
ences with Attorney General Wick-
ersham who intimatee that the Presi-
dent mad not fully framed ms IDEAS
Oh the subject
II IS understood that the President f
advisers pointed out that the work
of the coming congress- would center
On two main issueS-tBe tariff ano
the trusts. With Democratic leaders
declaring for some readjustment Of
the Sherman law and the Republican
insurgents declaring for some affirm
ative legislation to sosnt the paths
fer the legal conduct Of big business.
ithe Presidents closest cOunselers
seem to favor some legislation which
wild perrait business to go ahead and
knOw where n stands
1t became known that a decision ia
the National City Bank case probably
win be made soon by the President,
even though some steps have been tax.
en- To dissolve the relations between
the bank and tAe Nationa City Com
pany. Certain powerful westerH
bankers, sazfiouianly Chicago sroae,,
LEGALITY OF such a eSfP67ation as the
Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-16
Sense Of Direction In Bees.

The directive sense possessed by bees
is the object Of research made by M.
Castor BONNER Of Paris. and he seems
to have proved that bees possess a
special sense like carrier pigeons. Ex-
periments showed that bees can fly
two miles to their hives even when
deprived Of the organs Of sight and
smell. Many scientists and among
others Dadent have always declared
that bees are guided by the sense of
smell and that they can smell flowers
at one and half miles. BOnniers ex-
periments proved that bees detect
odors at only short distances.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-16
INSTALLING new MOTOR
At SEAER.PUMP PLANT
Means Taken to Insure Steady Power
for Relieving Outfall Whue Work
Of Cleaning is in Progress.

City Engineer Pearson is having in
stalled a ten horsepower electric mo-
tor for motive power at the pump
which is being used to relieve the out
fall sewer while the work of cleaning
the sewer is in progress.
The water after leaving the septic
tank is being pumped Out onto the
Blackinton ranch, where il is used for
irrigating cotton.
From the septic tank toward the
.ewer farm holes are being opened in
me outfall sewer every hundred feet
or so, and from these the silt and
solid material that has collected IS
being removed A new force OF men
has been put on this work.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-16
WILL UTILIZE CANAL
SOON AS FINISHED

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 16.-Vessels
will be allowed to pass through the
Panama canal before the official date
of the opening, which has been set
for January l, 1915.
This information is contained in a
letter received by l.. E. Bentley.
chairman of the progressive union S
committee on immigration, steamship
and rail services, from Maj. F. c..
Boggs of the United States corps of
engineers at Washington. Major
Boggs says:
II am directed by the secretary of
war TO inform you that while the Of
fetal date of the opening of the canal
has been set for January /, 1915, it is
the intentions for all vessels to utilize
the canal just as soon as practicable.
Present indications seem to bear out
the opinion previously expressed by
the chairman and chief engineer of
the isthmian canal commission that
this can be accomplished during the
latter half of 1913, although it is too
far in advance at this time to fix any
definite date"
Shipping interests will. however
be advised as soon as the commission
feels assured that vessels can be
fAa SGed uifbout dalavU
Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-16

Wear Grover shoes for tender feet.
At Saiomen's
Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-16
THE PLANET MARS.
Its Orbit ard Its Distance From the
Sur and Earth.

Its Orbit ard Its Distance From the
Sur and Earth.
While the astronomers are still de
batting and weighing the problem Of
Mars and its inhabitants few words
about the distance Of the planet from
the sun and earth may be Of interest.
The average distance of Mars from
the sun is Ill 100000 miles. The dis
tance from earth 20 sun is 93,000,0O0
miles. When sun, earth and Mars are
in line. with the sun and Mars on op
posite sides Of the earth, Mars is said
TO be in Opposition, and 1t is then
closest to the earth. II earth and
Mars both moved in circles about the
sun the distance from earth to Mars
at opposition would he fOrty-eight and
n Lalf 141l.-93) million miles. But
neither of the orbits is circular, that
Of Mars being much more eli1pticai
than that of the earth, with the re-
suit that at opposition Mars may be
as far away as 61,00O,O00 miles from
the earth when there is an unfavora-
ble opposition, or Mars may come as
close as 3J.000600 miles away. when
it is as near as it can possibly come
70 the earth, and its opposition is then
times Mars j. brightest in the sky and
alpcars Of greatest siZe.-New York
World.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-16
SEEDLEss LEMONS ARE
GROWN FOR FIRST TIME

SAN BEKNARDINO Noy. 1.-THE
seeCless lemoI for which botanical
exper-s hSve unsuccessfully labored
TO produce for many years. has been
discovered mere. A revolution in the
lemon industry is expected TO result
the buo-wood, from which the
trees how bearing the seedless lem
OBS nave been grown, came from a
sample provided by the department
Of agriculture number Of years ago,
having been labeled "citron of com
merce Instead Of citron however.
the trees are bearing seedless lem
ons
The Original uud came from Italy,
bat according 70 officials of the de-
partment of agriculture, a search Of
the groves of the old world failed to
reveal any trees which bear seedless
lemons. Fruit men believe the char
acteI of the fruit was changed
through budding.
Twelve trees, all OF which grow
lemons without a sign of seeds, form
part Of q grove owned by J. z. Bush
Of RialtO Government experts have
pronounced them the only seedless
lemon trees known to exist in The en-
tare world
Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-16
Knew What He Mas Doinq.

The stalwart policeman who guards
the traffic at Euclid and cross street
rescued a well dressed old gentleman
from beneath the very wheels Of an
automobile.
"Oficer,' said the rescued man. "are
you married?"
mo. sir answered the policeman.
"Ah. well. you will hear from me in
day or two nevertheless"
After he had gone a friend of the
officer asked: TON. why did you tell
the Old guy that you wasn't married?
You've got wife an kid at home.
and | know it
Sure | have. But if I'd told him
SO he'd have sent me ham or bas-
ket Of grapes AS it is he'll probably
come through with little purse.
amt no fool!'-Cleveland Plain Dealer
Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-16
No Rrops.

A noted sociologist tells the follow
ing story Of woman in a manufac-
turing town. Approaching her for sta
tistics. he asked, Madam, have you
any children|
NO" she replied. II have to work
in the factory myself. Life.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-16
INDIGESTION For Two,

Ella-They are very much In love
with each other. Stella-Very. She
doesn't even want him to have indi
gestion unless she can share it.-New
VOr,; Press
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-12-28
neli clasrsre Is Coffin.

The Infinite pT,ience Of the Chinese
is well Illustrated in 81 smuggling story
which heard from an imperial mari
time CUSTOM. official at one of the bar
r.ers' on the upper Yangtzc. The Incl
dent occurred several years ago In an
attempt to avoid duty Oh small
amount Of Szechuan opium that was
headed for Shanghai.
AN important article of down river
trade" said the official in question. lis
the little bellcd and spanglcd cap worn
by the Chinese children from two to
six years of age. In passing number
OF boxes of these in the spring of 1896
Glanced to notice that the tinlSlc
from the LITE bell in the center of the
cap was examining was rather muf-
fed. Forcing 1t open purely out OF
curiosity. was astonished to find q
tiny reIlct of opium hardly quarter
of I'll inch in diameter which had been
substituted for the clapper. OF course
we had to search the whole lot. and
our aggregate haul from about 5000
caps-a couple of days work for US
was less than ten pounds Of opium
Wide World Magazine.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-12-28
CLEANING In EnoIand.

There is q popular but quite err0nc-
Gus belief that Il coMtN.ail INV RICH. Vt
cleaning exists in England. A legal
o5iter dictum that Il man who enters Il
field for the purpose of cleaning cam
not be- prosecuted for trespass received
the dubious support of Blackstone.
But a majority of judges decided in 1,
case which came before the Old court
Of common pleas that to grant a gen,
cral right to s.nHm would be contrary
to public poll y. because 1t would de
moraliZc the li.'cr" and "open wide
door to fraui In many parts Of Eng
land the privilege is confined to the
wives and children of the harvesters.
Yet the privilege Of cleaning became
so firmly established in England that
the local custom has been recognized
by many acts Of parliament In some
country districts the cleaning bell'' Is
still regularly rung from the tower of
the parish church during harvest tide
twice Il day to let the cleaners know
when they may commence and when
they must finish Westminster Ga
zptta
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-12-28
faltoNRY IN Japan.
An Expensive Sport, Requiring a ssrv.
= inc Man to Every Bird.


In the east falconry is still the sport
Of kings. iHailso Sauna. the most in.
genious of warriors. brought the snort
to Japan with him from Korea and
some of the imperial hawks of today.
they say. are descended from his fledg.
lings.
II is a costly sport. perhaps the en-
neror's greatest extravaganza. At his
orders ana AT his expense men learned
IN falcoMry have compiled history OF
the art in the eastern world which fills
hundred volumes and the hawking
establishment entails heavy OUTLAWS.
There is serving man to every
hawk mud number of others who as
pire ~ enter the service of the i'm
pe,..i bird. One gets an idea how care
fully ,.,ere men are trained by seeing
the ;itar.int servants stand for hours
~ ';.,'' With outstretched hand hold
tng i, GAS, uf water filled to the brim.
ii Is '''lN when they can do this. with.
oul fatisu. and without splitting a drop
of the water that they are intrusted
with one of the precious birds. for If
III" wris, should give ever go little
under Tie hawk he is startled and
spreads his wings, which. according to
japanese ideas. is very unsiSh,ly and
Interrupts his training as we'll as ends
thu car,er of the aspIlant serving mon.
Hut. though the Wild ducks never es-
what is still al. Ma, IL
that they are never maii.led or man
g!rd Tie hawks. Whose claws and
talons are kept wonderfully naanicure,
and inspected every day bs The chief
hawker, strike their pnalsy n sinnnin.
blow and invariably bring them lown
to be retrieved. hut not n drop of
blood is shed. : MelronnIltan magazine.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-12-28
LAYING THE TABLEcLoTH.
II Was Almost Work Of Art In the
Sixteenth Century.

Sixteenth Century.
In tile twelfth century tablecloths
were very large and were always laid
on the table double. For long time
they were called "doubiers'' for that
reason. The cloth was FIRST placed so
as to touch the floor on tie side ut
which the guests sat: then all that re-
manned was folded so that Ii lust COW
cred the table
Charles v. had sixty seven table
cloths which were from fifteen to twcn-
II wards long and two wards wie,e He
lL,h "le cloth thirty-two Yards long.
which had the arms OF France EN-.
bruidered on ii In SILL, Nh those were
triE.pd
ln the sixteenth century ",louhiers'
were replaced by two tal!erloths. one
ol which was small and was laid Just
:'s we lay ours today The other. which
was put ca ever il. was large and of
beautifully figured linen II was skill
fully folded i'm such way that, as one
chunicler tells. lit les; nh,,-s Il wind
ing river. GENTLY lmflied Wy IL little
breeze for hnlnn. vc.y many little
folds We're here ;ld iiserc Great bnp-
bcs"
II must Lave required much ant and
care to take dishes. plates. sallcel-
lars. sauce dishes ana glasses Stand
steadily in the midst Of This undulnl-
ing sea and nmong those Bubbles
and puffy folds. However. the fashion
had only a short existence. and toward
the latter part of the century n single
cloth laid fiat and touching the focr ",l
all Sides of ,!,r table came into general
USE Now York Tribune
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-12-28
f0NDl'NG BABIES.
lt ls Bad For Thsir Nerves and
F. furious to hsaIth.


F. furious to hsaIth.
"Tao much love kills many babies
is the opinion Of Mrs. Mary Hines for
years natron of the Sunnyside day
nursery in Boston. There is too much
kissing. fondling and caressing," con
tinued the matron. Babies are not
any happier when coddled by moi hers
or ncighbors. In fact. It makes many
OF them miserable. I have known
number to pine away and Gle from tor
msh physical affection. TIE ~
self for an example When Mt fe.nn.
Well would you rather lie by Yourself
on couch or be close up against some
one: We'll, that ia the baby feeling
exactly unless his constant lt'i'sling
has made him prefer it.
"Kissing is bad for children. lie :,,lse
it might give them serious disease.
and 1t certainly does no good IL
Mothers would consider that Il baby
has rights the same as Il grown per
son there would be fewer sick babies
and much OF this harmful affection
would be abandoned.
THE love Of many mothers seems &,
be wholly to crafty the whiIIa of TIL.
child which is not sane love. 1t is
really true in my experience that
where there is large family of chill
dren the individual child is stronger
and healthier"
rs that because only the flttest sur
vive?" was asked.
mot at all" replied the matron at
is simply because each child does not
get SO much attention and therefore
is not weakened by an excess of affec-
ton. 1t learns to stand up for itself"
Exchange.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-12-28
A Night Alarm

That strikes terror to the entire
household is the loud. hoarse and metal-
lie cough of Group. No installing it.
AMI fortunate the nparenty
who keep Fo.ey's Honey aid Tar Com
pound on hand. H. W. Casselman,
Canton. N Y. says; at is worth its
weight in gold. Our little children are
troubled with group and hoarseness,
and all we give them is Foley's Honey
and Tar Compound l always have a
bottle of it in the house"
d3l R W. Harvey
Wnn said Missouri Valley
was behind the times? A lady
who travels a great deal told
US tine other day thar this city
Was the mos progressive and
upto date of a y town of its
size in western Iowa, and she
knows what she is talking
about. Just recently she visited
a number of towns in South
western Iowa, and has just re-
turned from tour of the towns
between here and Sioux City,
covering all tn. branch lines
and she says this city stands
head and shoulders above Ill
except in paving Our stores
are better and more 40 to date
the windows especially showing
more CARE n tb-ir DIS ing al d
the gnr'S ca j d ar, much
more s'vlish The women here
ais d.-ss nearsr h. city ssty le,
~, b. II c! 'rhing il Of better
u IL VII - Ct nevis g
ard =. b u I'd 10 com y. re
aii,.-.,;. V.' car 4
up -, y I'D .i'h IT. b.ss Of
them.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-12-28

r." nj " made by ~ lhysi-
Il " -" il London That all
autini .. 1slinctivelN cruel to
SO
y ~ 4 40.
'hc ln.rsrau who reads it Will re-
- ~, !'nyhood of Abta.laD
Is. ga III; 'i,d y st"pnother Night
: i she used tn t:s!se him upoa
d in he r;inc frontier cnI,i. and
i'm 10 read l,y The hinI:ern2
i n tie. 10. She it WAS WHO. ia
1T The opposition Of the father
."iiinfnd and saved that Al,r might 90
4" 4, al. no ;ill.lris! mother ever sur
paS.t;! li,.r - NE :narGi;n ;,ngci of n
!,ii
sally Hn.i. neon- wa@ not unique
There were ",.n; t.ml atepmoillcr:'
in tier I n' there are Kind s:ci,
LloihcrS ip,i.ls. the i-hslish doctor 10
The contrary Notwithstanding Boston
Globe.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-12-28
BLuFFED AND WON.
A Scheme That Enabled Two to Ride
on Ono Ticket.

A Scheme That Enabled Two to Ride
on Ono Ticket.
There were two comedians who had
with Cleveland many mile away.
And the first comedian. being the more
witty of the two and being. further
more. what they call the feeder of
the team. says he:
"Whatll we do ne1t?"
I'll tell you-let's count the house
They emptied their pockets and
found that by squeezing cent or TWO
they could manage to buy ticket to
Cleveland--one ticket. They did 1t and
started forth, the two grown men. ON
a single piece Of pasteboard. OF coul So
the conductor kicked.
There's only one ticket here" lie
growled.
That's mine" said one Of the actors.
"You lie-it's mine," put in the other
politely.
We'll. You can't both ride on oe
ticket" said the conductor. "I'll haze
to Int one of you off the train
chorus. Put me off-go ahead and do.
it'll spoke FIRST"
well. ! can't do it here, but one of
you must get off ut the next station"
Put three local stations passed. aud
| the conductor didn't come back. AS a
matter of fact. lie never appeared until
just ',efare Cie,s,nnd was reached
III think somebody's a CRATER he
remarked in passing. "but my orders
| ara. TO take the safe side when there's
4 possibility of mistake. Good night.
can lick either one of you if ever
see YOU again, Cleveland Plain Deal
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-12-28
What Is El,n2


II don't see what fun it can be for
Won to 20 on these fishing expeditions
with yoar husband, said her best
friend
That's because you don't know any
thing about fishing she replied
DO you:"
Indeed ! do. | can sit in the stern
of the boat and give advice to the best
of thc.a. And lwi,rn a big fish gets
away nobody can best me telling low
ii ought to have been or naish, have
been landed"
u shouldn't tl;n!: lint wand Nc
much fun for yoll
"shonldn, y,N: We'll. ,'n,i lecansp
you don't llno% hp" mad it make
husband Kid. Won don'l l;..uv NJ
fun Is "-Cley elnnh Plain Dvai.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-12-28
Persia's Great Superstition.

The greatest superstition in Persia is
what is known as the EVIL eye" You
must not say to some one whom ycn
meet. How well you are looking" for
IL you do and that person is taken I'LL
it will be because you gave him tll,.
evil eye. You must not say TO II
mother. What Il pretty baby" What
a bright child" for If you do and my
thing unfortunate happens to the child
you will be considered responsible
Many mothers let their children -
dirty and poorly clothed i'm order tina,
they may not attract favorable at;rn-
ton The sign which is lhonal.t 10
have some power to avert the evil eye
consists in holding tl.e second and
third fingers of bo.h .iln,ls chose 10 .llo
palms with the tL;l'nhs. Willie the other
fingers are extended straight out.
Then, with the llnl,., behind Npn you
make Il downward movement three
times. Los Angeles Times.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-12-28
III Small Boy and His Hat.

He tiiiia>, his hat across the dining
ro"n when he comes in from school or
leaves it in all manner of places in the
house, in ti,. coal bin or on SISTERS
bureau He loses it Just ut ciinrs b
lime and spoi;, tlc sl.irit of family
reverence aud lirty, AS the t,,mi.y
cutters tho church the anthem is Icing
s,.n@. aud The d >-.race of being i;lie
again Is laid on NO innocent head
h.aae cls,rl'sl i'm ihe h.snd of TIE
aiti.iii he> w',o liaa .!.ra,Jy forgotten
;!.. confusion ui Which he w;ts the
c:iGse twenty minutes 400 IN this
stage also ones hal is i,... ,v(d On tn.
way to school By ,he hand OF one
bosom friend. passed d5~ti tie l.ie OF
4uFruiii.,!tn; bpt,I, coni2i:ti4ns. stuffed
iilto u;1!,'l'.' packets while dir.
hon-hIs u u!tiiaate los; hold oar ii.
heir grip. aud inc rcrk"liis- To ~.
iesiSl al bonn WHIPS an world il, il.s..-
rly. ';coi:-c l.. i;lrl, u. Atlantic.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-12-28
Raade Alra.a S.andinu.

onc peculiar Ia,i with re@ard to ~;
writing Charles kc:i.c shared Win
ren;lin seated nj :, table. but did his
work standing ut n high desk Ills
VAS characteristic MISC of Victor Hugo.
wno wrote tile whole of LES Misern-
Iie," standing Will.ie Collins too.
declared that his thoughts flowed more
freely when standing on his feet In
direct contrast. one recalls that MARK
fwain did much of his work proplpri
up in bed and that Sir Walter Sco.t
found his brain clearest when rccIin-
ing comfortably on a couch London
Chronicle.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-12-28
Tho Turbine.

Tao first Steam turbine Fitted vessel
was constructed hy the Hon. g. a
Parsons at his works at NeWcastle-on-
Tyne. The Tnrbinia. Il small vessel, IL
hundred feet in length. made her trial
trip Noy l. 1884 The system rapidly
developed OWN. to increased speed of
he vessels fitted with turbine engines
and the economy effected In conl I'm
prorelnents were made in their con.
struction, and today the turbine ship is
popular the world over.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-12-28

Police OFF, GER: "Ia order that
tn villain who caught and
ki 'sed you in the dark may be
tr sckeJ, We must set our police
d 2 after aim So, to trace
the scent, you must give Nero
a kiss" -Fliegende Bleatter.