Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-15
eN ARTHUR w. DUNN.

ey ARTHUR w. DUNN.
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There is trouble In the war depart
nent, and no one can even guess what
Will be the outcome. As the matter
stands there is the chief of staff, back
ed by the secretary and president.
against the adjutant general One
would think that such combination
would win, especially when man Of
the prestige and power of Major Cen
eral Wood is chief of staff. But II also
happens that man OF the prestige
and power Of Major General Aims
worth is adtutant general
Years age the contest was between
the commanding general Of the army
and the adjutant general. The latter,
backed by the secretary and president,
alwaye had the best Of 1t. Now Aims
worth without such backing seems TO
have the best of it.
"Where Doctors Disagree"
Both Wood and Ainsworth are doc
tors Their transfer from the medical
CORDS is a long and interesting story,
but the fact is that they are now In
the most prominent positions In the
army and not In accord Atnsworth
may not have the administration. but
he has congress. He knows more
DeDbers of congress and has more
friends in congress than all the other
aDen In the department
That is q pretty good running start
when there is to be a fierce contest
over who shall be ''it" In the army. II
- all wrong. 1t ought not to be, There
= No reason Why the commander 10
&nbef and the Heo he selects sbOUd
not run the army az they want tO-only
Aat AiDswortb IL In the way.
Making States Of Texas.
livery little while the suggestion Is
made that Texas should take advan
fage Of the privilege It has and be di-
y1ded into Eve states. The only man
IN pubic life In Texas~who fayors that
slea Ne Congressman John Garner, and
he frankly .ssys flat he wants the di
vision 30 that he can go to the United
states senate
Senator Bailey made one of the mos
eloquent speeches i ever heard in the
senate on this subject q number OF
years ago, saying that Texas weuld
never be divided What part of Tex
~" he asked, could take as its share
Of Texas the glorious remembrance OF
The AlamOT He gave many other rea
sens why politics would never over
come sentiment and cause Texas to be
A3vf1ed
Professional AAilkeva.
What do you know about thisf Pro
Aesse6 6pillInan, chief Of the bureau Of
1aYm mana cement, has learned that
farmers In the dairy line ;save found
It feasible to employ men WHO do moth
aAg but milk cows. For many reasons
patent milking machines have not been
satisfactory. Here Is, what Professor
SpillmaD says: jYt
within the, last thEaH s1panths a
practical 'fafanef has made one Of the
most valuable discoveries Of years IL
farm economics-how to place dairying
On factory basis. making crew Of
trained men milk cows ten hours d
day The men work In two fiyehou!
periods, with the remaining fourteen
TO do az they please They do no farm
work, no work around the cows sAvp
nnilking The mixers han,is are soft
Il q in hn HaI.
their muscles have made u habit Cf the
movements of milking Their work ~
consequence is superior both IN qua II
and qua nifty. Fewer men are needed
and, despite the fact that those v ht
become expert are paid mere money
farm is remarkable"
One on Professor Moore.
DR. Wiley. the pure food man, likes
20 put one over on Professor Moore.
chief Of the weather bureau Moore
went into the Cosmos club one day
and was cbaffed about the weather
predictions.
AT my hotel" said Moore, "they
know whether the predictions are
Bigbtse5 wrong from my appearance
When they have turned out right ]
20 down TO dinner In fuD evening
dress and flower In my buttOnhole
and take seat in the center Of the
dining room. When the weather pre-
dictions are wrong wear my old
clothes and seek a quiet seat near the
door in I'D ,stseore place"
Moore" grOwied Wiley, "y0u must
Asve tine opportunity for wearing
Sut your old ciothes-
Anassiss Cab c.ndidstsa.
llr. Roosevelt tod TIE inyestisating
eennatts< fnaff ass Sad II to do over
again, n would permit the steel trust
70, absorb the Tennessee company.
New come the government lawyers,
who say the trust deceived Roosevelt
Naturally the query arises ~ to just
where an ex-presddent gets OF In u
eaae Of this kind Colonel Roosevelt