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The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-28
Its STYLE.

"The child actress in that piece has
a part which fits her like glove"
Yes. so to speak, kid glove"
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-28
He Knew the Kind.

The guide, in referring to the Egyp-
tian pyramids, remarked:
ut took hundreds of years to build
them"
Then it was government job
eh?" replied the wealthy contractor.
Youths Companion. 81
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-28

Constipation causes and seriously aggra-
Yates many diseases. 1t is thoroughly cured
by DR.. Pierce's Pellets Tiny sugar-coated
granules. Adv.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-28

Every man thinks he knows lot
about women until he marries one.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-28

Distance never lends enchantment
to the Office seekers view.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-28
or RzDcN4y ca.
cCIDENTs have contributed

cCIDENTS have contributed
billions to the wealth of the
world. They have made the
history OF the great mining
camps. The merest chances
have resulted in the discov-
cry of the great lodes of
gold and silver bearing ore.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-28
INTERNATIONAL
SUNlNSCnOCZ
LESSON
(By f. o. SELLERS. Director of Eve
ming Department The Moody Bible In
stitute of Chicago)
LESSON FOR MARCH 2
GODS COVENANT WITH AsRAM

LESSON TExT-Gen. 15:5-1s.
GOLDEN TEXT-"He is faithful that
promised d.''-Heb. 1923.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-06-24
including the Morgan banking firm, has

including the Morgan banking firm, has
had charge of both these financial op-
erations. ST il another mail. order house,
with 63 acres Of floor space, made a
net profit of SI7,OOO,O 900 last year.
1t is evident that the greedy eyes of
the great mail order tlnanciers are
turned upon the entire retail business
of the United States outside of the
great cities. 1t is also plain that a
gigantic trust is rapidly forming. The
small retail merchant is facing ruin.
| That the grip of the octopus is already
being felt is shown by the population
statistics. Nearly 1000 small towns
lost population in the census of 1910.
| 1t is declared that something must
be done by immediate legislation, or
( the parcel post will not be The complete
/ blessing it ought to be. 1t is asserted
! the solution of the problem will be in
/ the form of a heavy tax on mail order
I business. This tax would, it is con-
! tended, tend to stop the expansion of
the mail business, and to reduce its
present formidable size. The money
| thLS collected would be spent for road
! building or other local improvements in
| the districts which contributed to the
mail order houses.
! The small retail merchant is the prop
Of distributed prosperity, and the
| growth of the mail order trust serves
no common good. Here is principle
which works out: IF you spend your
money where you get it, you will be
able to get it where you spend it,"
Through a systematic advertising
campaign The mail order capitalists
have sought to poison The public mind
against the small merchant. The peo-
pie have been told that there are too
many merchants. and that their retail
methods are Wasteful and costly. But
would point out the other side Of the
question.
The Chicago vice investigation
showed that 10000 women employees
Of mail order houses are existing on
starvation wages, many Of them pelD@
driven by poverty to lives Of shame.
The mail order houses are the great
distributors Of prison made goods.
They are the explollers cf misfortune,
buying much of their goods at bank
ruptS' sales.
But who takes an interest in local
affairs and has a hand in the upbulld-
ing of communities Whose goods are
assessed for The taxes TO pay for local
improvements? Who. when the crops
have failed or the strike is on, and
there is no cash to send away, eN-
tends The credit Which enables the
community to live? The local mer-
chant and not the Wall street owned
mail order house.
We want cheapness, lower cost
of living: that is what we are all work
ing for. But we do not want 1t at
the expense of the women wage slaves
Of Chicago and Of the million little
merchants Of this country.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-06-24
Leeakes Bros, Props.
HOW MAIL ORDER TRUST
GRIPS NATIONS COMMERCE
[By Congressman Clyde n. Tavenner

WASHINGTON, June 24.-So silent
ly and insidiously that the great public
is as yet almost unaware Of its pres
ence, a new trust is extending its ten
tacles out over the country. 1t is The
mail order trust. Already its stranS-
ling grip is tightening about the million
small town and country merchants Wh
are the backbone Of national pros
perity.
The mail order trust has capitalized
women and child labor. 1t has cap
italiZed prison labor. 1t has capitalized
misfortune. It has capitalized vice. j
has turned all these things into dol
lars-dollars which should have found
their way into the tills Of the country
merchant, instead Of flowing into the
trusts Wall street hoard.
One mail order house recently in
creased its capital stock from SoOO,OQe
to S4O,O0O,O00. \ new 100000
merger Of mail order companies has
been formed. Wall street tlnanciers,
Imperial Valley press., 1913-06-24
Richest of All

WASHINGTON, June 23.-An ema-
ciated, spawned, disreputable looking
horse drawing a ramshackle, out OF
date, rickety and much abused "sea
going" hack stopped at the door of
White House the other day. A round
shouldered aged negro ''cabbie," his
plug hat dented and rusty, and his
cnce black raiment, now green with
age, looked anxiOusly through the glass
doors at the entrance to the executive
offices and waited. An old man emerged
"'Uncle Ike Stephenson Of Wiscon-
sin, the richest man in the United
States senate" answered the police
man.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-06-24
VALLEY Lumber Co.
Building Material
EL CENTRIC CALExICO
NOTICE TO ExcAvATINe CON
TRACTORS

Sc Sealed bids will be received by the
BELL DEvELoPMENT co. up until
noon Wednesday June 25 1918, for the
BARA WORTH" HOTEL at the North
West Corner of Seventh and Main
street, El Centre, Imperial County, Cal
this excavation to be hauled by the
Contractor to the property of the Bell
development Co., located, between
state, Olive and Brighton Streets, and
even and uniform grade. The haul
between the point of excavation and
dumping being approximately 264O feet.
The successful bidder to whom the
contract may be awarded will be re-
CURED to furnish the Bell Development
Co. Statuary bond equal in amount
TO FIfty (5o) percentum of the amount
OF the contract, also a bond to insure
faithful performance of the contract
equal in amount to twenty-five (25l
percentum of the amount Of the CON
tract.
The amount of dirt to be removed
by these excavations is approximately
1925 cubic yards. The measurement
for same to be determined by measure
Proposals shall be submitted, sealed.
addressed to the BELL DEVELOP
MENT CO. PROPOSAL FOR THE
WORTH HOTEL, and delivered to
Henry Huffman, Superintendent of Bell
Development Company, Ell Centre, Cal
ifornia
The bid for the work shall be sub
mitted in the form Of cost per cubic
yard, eXcavated and carted to the site
stated above and graded.
All bids shall be accompanied by a
certified check or bid bond equal in
amount to five (5) percentum Of the
amount of the bid, which shall be a
guarantee on the part of the contractor
to sign the contract submitted and to
furnish the bonds as described above.
The Bell Development Co. reserves
the right to reject any or all bids
submitted
June 18th, 1913.
BELL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.
A. B. SHAUB,
june24 Secretary.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-06-24
Your Vacation

IL you are interested in an excellent
place to spend that vacation OF yours,
come in and see Mr.. Whsle Of the
Southern Pacific relative to Lake Ia
hoe, where trout fishing is better than
ever, scenery unsurpassed, and where
you can get all your pleasure at a
nominal cost. Travelling passenger
agent from Los Angeles makes this
territory frequently and will be glad TO
call on you any time. giving all details
ADV. II
Imperial Valley press., 1913-06-24
CITY AND VALLEY

Examination for Postmaster. IN eX-
animation will he held in Ell Centre July
~ of applicants for position of post
master at seeeley.
At L. S. TonightS program in
cludeS THE Broken Vow, 4 tWo-reel
feature: "Pete Joins the Force" Great
Wall of China" and 'The Fugitive"
Fire Equipment Coming. The new
fire automobile truck ordered by the
city trustees is expected to arrive early
in July. 1t will he welcomed by the
fire boys as relief from the hard tug
on the hand cart.
Fire Alarm. Last evening the fire
alarm was sounded for an incipient
blaze in the new home of Professor
House on Brighton avenue. The fire
was out before The fire boys arrived
though they made their customary
quick trip.
Mercury at 1O2. With mercury only
able to mark 102 this afternoon, there
is continuance Of the pleasant sum
mer weather. With but a week of
June left, we are we'll toward midSum-
mer with no bad weather experienced.
The nights continue cool and delightful.
with a good blanket required before
morning regularly.
X i u
Water in the River. Following are
the mean daily gauge heights and dis
charges of the Colorado river at Yuma,
AriZ., for the week ending June 2I:
Date. Gauge Height. Discharge.
June l5...... 21.10....... $1,000
June I6....... 2l.35....... $1,000
Imperial Valley press., 1913-06-24
WOMEN

Women Of the highest type,
women Of superior education and
refinement, whose discernment
and judgment give weight and
force to their opinions, highly
praise the wonderful corrective
and curative properties Of Cham
berIain's Stomach and Liver Tab
lets. Throughout the many stages
Of woman's life, from girlhood,
through the ordeals Of mother
hood to the declining years, there
i. no safer or more reliable med.
icine. Chamberlain's Tablets are
sold everywhere at 25c a box.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-06-24

Elmer A. Todd will receive piano
pupils for summer class at any time
Studio Davis building.-Adv. If
Imperial Valley press., 1913-06-24
Parties WISHING STORAGE Space

We have leased the large sheet iron
warehouse formerly occupied by Hamil
ton Supply Go.and are prepared to ham
die any and all kinds Of storage busi-
ness. See Pioneer Transfer Co. at office
on 5th just N. OF Main. Phone Main 1
ADV. II
Imperial Valley press., 1913-06-24
Mermaid Artesian Water

VIII Keep your wife and children
healthy and cOntented during the hot
weather; 25 gallons for $3.50, deliv-
cred at your office, store or residence
in five gallon bottles, as needed. Holt
on Power COmpany.-Adv. 49
Imperial Valley press., 1913-06-24
The Sweetest
Thing on Earth

i. the general verdict regarding our
confectionery. That you will agree
with it we are absolutely confident, if
you but give our candy a trial. PeO-
pie say they cannot tell the difference
between ours and those sold at extrav-
agantly high prices. No wonder. There
isn't any difference except in the price.
OLD MISSION CONFECTIONERY
Leeakes Bros, Props.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-06-24

The Pioneer Transfer Co. is prepared
to handle your baggage or any kind of
dray work at reasonable prices. Of
flee on Fifth street just north of Main
street. Phone Main ADV. tt
Imperial Valley press., 1913-06-24
The Pefspicacity Of Uncle Sam

Is above the times dracs the nowsanng
several Of the
Uncle has discovered that the post office hold its trade be
within block
; next
0 0 is
had blessed with little
n
We during
o &c to
II he AMI
scount OF ten
0 any
of
il il
5 carried
Imperial Valley press., 1913-06-24
Grain and Hay Wanted

Newmark Grain Co., Ell Centric, al
ways pays the highest prices for alfalfa
and barley hay and all kinds OF grain.
Phone 393-Adv. If
Imperial Valley press., 1913-06-24

Ford owners, attention: a few tires
3Ox3 at special price. StanleyDeBlois
Garage, 9Th and State St.-Adv. 40
Imperial Valley press., 1913-06-24
DENTISTS

DIR. 1. F. BALDWIN
MANAGER THE
IMPERIAL VALLEY HOME DENTISTS
L. & S. THEATER BLDG, Ell CENTRO
PHONE 149
Imperial Valley press., 1913-06-24

Come to KeIly's Nursery for Marsh S
seedless grapefruit, vienless sweet po-
tatO plants and gypsum. West of post
Office.-Adv. tt
The chronicle=news., 1913-02-04

intimation was given as to the con.
tents of the imperial correspondence
The chronicle=news., 1913-02-04
Eads and Fashions

Colorcd cotton tassels are much
used on lingerie blouscs and dress
~. They appear at wrist or below
cuffs. on the points and corners Of
flat and turned down collars and
wherever there is "A chance to fast
en- one In order To introduce n hit
of color.
Fancy braiding Is much worn Tor
separate waists. and therea re- very
beautiful iinscl braids that are us
90 for collar and cuffs. and for trim
ming waists with liitle bands broken
In rotary fashion. One must not use
n prOfusion OF tinsel. hut n iIttlc is
extremely good.
The shorter the sleeves OF separate
waists. tho more trimmed They are.
AZ II rule. II is only the long sleeves
that are plainly tailored. The it'll.
puffy undcrslcve OF fine lace IL wnrn
under tho full elbow sleeve.
The newest blouse suits Tor girls
have tho belts TWO or three inches
below tho waist line. q very slcn-
der. tall girls. they are most bccOm-
ing.
Leather ornaments for the sirdi"s
OF gowns ar" printed In bulgaria n
designs nnd colnrings. ana have sill
Yer hill hutios To finish them.
The chronicle=news., 1913-02-04
Lucha Wants Bout
With Fireman Harris

Charles i.ucha. the clever heavy
weigh, boxer OF Blanca. Colo. has
Issued u challenge TO NEE; Fireman
Harris. the Trinidad whit. hipc. His
manager. q. u. sykes. wants 10 stag"
the bout in Trinidad tn. latter part
al this month. Harris Is at prcscn,
in Pueblo and Is matched to put on
mn exhibition with John Abbot; NJ
the Eiks smoker on February 10.
t.ucha Is a fighter OF reputation
who has defeated all the middle.
weights In this part Of the coun-
try and Is well known here. He Is an
Aguiiar youth and "a little over year
ago was ,ontcd as n conner. He has
been out OF training for the pas;
year. hut will get into condition Mt
once. Sykes promises to bring down
n bunch OF fans from the north.
The chronicle=news., 1913-02-04

benny Chavez. the local bantam
weight champion IL working out
daily for the scheduled contest with
Young Sinnoi OF Chicago NJ the West
theatre on Friday night. Though
little is known locally OF Sinnot his
record ix . good one. and the admir-
era OF Chavez look for Il hard battle.
Chavez has been keeping himself In
splendid condition and will enter the
ring In as good shape M At any
time In his career.
Every confidence is expressed that
Chavez will be returned tho winner.
His next match IL with Young Chico
at Albuquerque on February %. and
shortly Rfterward Chavez expects to
so 10 the coas, and look for bigger
game. This In considered a good
move as the likely lads who are going
after the big purses there have ad-
vanced hut little further in rcpu;a.
tion than Chavez. The local boz
stands an even show OF winning the
title against the contenders OF the
Johnny COulon class.
The chronicle=news., 1913-02-04
JAPANESE coALlNG
World Magazine.

From the Wide World Magazine.
Cooling at Nagasaki. Japan. is al
Interesting sight. being done entirely
by ;irls. Big coal harges bear dow n
upon the ship ak II approaches the
shore. aud as soon aS II comes TO an
chor u rough ladder Is placed be.
tween the liner and IN" foremost
barge. On each rung OF II girl
take, her place. Men In the barge
quickly shovel the coal into shallow
baskets holding half bufhoi each.
10 the sound OF n monotonnus chant.
and these baskets then pass from
hand TO hand up tn" living ladder
with marvellous cci.rity. Each girl
se!zcs one and swings II straight mn
In front OF her. abov. her head.
when /, Is caught by the next girl.
Down a second ladder. likewise
packed with girls. IN" empty has
s.ts pass In similar manner hack IN
10 the barge to be- rcfIiled. BARGE
after barge Is cmptied In this wa
Tn. monotonous chanting never rcas
%: tn. living elevator goes on hour
after hour with It's never ending
stream of baskets. until the last
bunker Is full. when the ladders dis
appear az II by magic and tn" shir
IL ready TO proceed on her voyage
A Pacific mail steamer VIII bunk
or" 400 tons OF coal In s!A and
half hours. an average Of :":. ton'
per hour. or nearly six tons per min
ute an almost Incredible record.
The chronicle=news., 1913-02-04
ANOYHER U. P. NETTING:
NOTHING ACCOMPLISHED

New 1Ork. FcD. t.-lnc excCu.
tive committee OF the Union Paci
fic railroad company held another
session today hut the meeting was
unproductive OF any news regard
ing the dissolution Of that road from
the Southern Pacific. From the fact
that the mandate OF the supreme
court ordering the dissolution has
been ordered back to the lower fed
crxl court in Salt Lake City II wa.
inferred that something in the na.
turc OF an understanding now ex-
lists between the department OF JUS
tive at Washington and the officials
OF tho Hartman lines.
u. =. Lovett. chairman OF the
Union Pacific. is authority for the
statement that the details OF the pro-
posed dissolution have yet to he
worked out TO n satisfactory conclu.
sion. Until that time. he added. all
reports dealing with the ultimate
control OF Central Pacific are mcr.
ely conjectures.
The chronicle=news., 1913-02-04
= Excursions

". have winter excursions TO
principal cities In tho following
states: Alabama. Florida. Georgia.
Louisiana. Mississippi. New Mexico.
Texas and South Cnrolina. also To
Cuba and Mexico.
The chronicle=news., 1913-02-04
sHEPARDs co ABROAD

NeW fOrk. Fed. F.--Mr. and Mrs.
Finley J. Shepard sailed away today
TO spend the rest OF their honeymoon
abroad. Mrs. Shepard was Miss Hell
en n. Gould. They were married two
weeks ago at the brides, home in
Tarrytown.
The Shenards were passengers on
the steamship kron Prinz Cecilia.
bound for Bremen. They intend 10
go by easy stages to Egypt and to
stay abroad until May. The Duch-
ess de Talleyrand. who was Miss
Anna Gould. was on the same boat.
with the Duke and the little Prince
De Sagan
The chronicle=news., 1913-02-04
MINISTER OF CHINA
TO CONE HONE SOON

Washington. Feb. William
j. Calhoun. United States minister to
China. viii! leave soon for the United
states on furlough. He will not
return to his post. 1t is believed. I'M
Ill he returns February ? via the
SucZ canal
The chronicle=news., 1913-02-04
FRANCES JOSEPH LETTER
RECEIVED BY CZAR

st Petersburg. Feb. I.-The auto
graph letter sent by the emperor,
France. Joseph OF Austria, was pre-
scntcd to Emperor Nicholas today at
the Palace oi Tsarkoc S.lo. by Prince
iiohcnloe Waldenburg SchiiIings.
fuerst. The Russian emperor after
ward conferred with Sorglus Sazona
off. minister of foreign affairs. No
The chronicle=news., 1913-02-04
WILSON SELECTS HIS
PRIVATE SECRETARY

Patrick Tumuliy, at present private
secretary 10 governor Wilon Will be
secretary to the president after
March I. according to an announce
mcnt by prcsidcnt-clcci Wilson veg
tsrday.
The chronicle=news., 1913-02-04

On sale daily TO April 20. 1913.
Final return limit June !. 1919.
Liberal stopover privileges. II you
are contemplating southern trip.
have n little chat with Little about
II.
The chronicle=news., 1913-02-04
DENVER ASSESSOR LOSES

ThVtr, Fcb. f.-AsscssOr {. 7
Pitcher OF Denver county Is pre-
vented from making his proposed 10
per cent reduction in the assessed
valuation or property by n decision
OF the supreme court yesterday.
The chronicle=news., 1913-02-04

Lace. stiffly fluted. IL tho peas-
ants Of Norway flute the lace on
their caps. is ound on some OF the
hcw lingerie blouses. Narrow lace
| fluttnsk arc also used to top black
silk and saith collars OF RobespIere
aud Elizabethan designs. Narrow
side.plaited friils Of hemsti,ched
null or batiste. themseives sugges-
tive or fluitings. are used to edge
the box plait OF front closing main.
sock or batiste waists.
| Nhinestoncs are In ercat demand
this year. Not only do they apnear
In the heels Of slippers. in gartcrs
ana ns trimming for bathing caps,
Tut they are used as the centers of
flowers in heavily embroidered white
stockings. They arc much used, 100.
IN combination with black silk vel.
vet ribbon. for variou. little bows
ahd ties and other neck fixings.
A charming shoulder scarf Ia made
OF an all-Ovcr lace. showing a small
rose design on n net mesh. Silver
thread Is used to outline fine, run
'ing design between the roses. The
scarf Is lined with white chiffon.
and is bordered with two-inch
rnchc Of the chiffon. Three or four
longthwisc ruches OF the chiffon
band the scarf from end to end and
the stitches which hold these ruch ;
ings In place. also hold the liring
firm.
| Colored china buttons much used
to give the necessary dash of color
are often sewed on with black or COL
| orod thread. TO produce q three-ton-
ed effect. For example. on n blouse
made of white crepe. embroidered In
black aud red. black and red buttons
would be sewed on with red thread
or red aud white buttons would be
sewcd on with black thread.
Metal In the form OF beads. gold
and silver embroidery, cloth of gold
and silver and metallic lace is much
used. Silk viole in bordereh effect Is
shown with mosaic border of flow
crs with metal tracery. A new
white silkbOrdcred material has
wonderful band of roses. In deep
rich reds, in II tapestry weave with
metal broaching In gold or silver
/ threads above and below the roses.
The theatre caps made OF gold or
silver tissue, neshes woven Of gold
or silver threads and strings of beads
are so heavy with gold and silver
lace and beads OF various sorts that
they Just escape being burdensorns.
The chronicle=news., 1913-02-04

ss--s
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-12-15
STREET CARS
Only twenty-five Years Since
They Become Operative.

Electrical News: The street cal
celebrated its twenty-fifth birthday il
October. 1t seems hardly possib i,
that the modern street railway sys
tenn, one of the greatest developments
in this electrical age. should be M
older than twenty five years Yet il
was in October, 1883, that the irst
~electic street railway passenger Cal
ever operated in this country, was
sent on its initial trip at Lynn. Mass,
taking the present course of the High.
land Circuit route through several Of
the principal streets of the city
Trips for the first few weeks were
made with horses. and they continued
to pull the cars until the poles and
wires were erected for electric power.
This was the first electrically
equipped street passenger car ever run
in the United States. Why the High.
land section of the city was selected
as an appropriate place for running
this car ssems rather peculiar to the
present generation, but there was q
reason for this. Inventors of those days
we're working zealously to present d
self propelled electric car. The High
land district, with its steep hills,
presented the best place for putting
the latest invention to a severe test.
Machinery for the car vas construct
ed at the LYNN works of the General
Electric company, and. father thar
go to the expense of trying the new
invention ont in some other munici'
pality. it was deemed wise to put il
to it's first test in the home city.
There was a sufficient number OF
dwellings about the highlands at thi.
time to guarantee paving expenses,
providing the a was a success.
Work Of erecting the support poles
and overhead wires was completed in
less than two months time. and about
the latter part of October, 1888, the
car was sent over the highlands, FOL
the first time under lite own power.
1t afforded the latest curiosity of the
time and hundreds of citizens, 10
gether with prominent electrical ex'
perts. turned out 20 witness the Cal
run up the hill under its own pow
or. electricity for operating the Cal
was supplied by n small power plan
located in the basement OF the ole
Lennox building. corner of Marke,
street and Harrison court.
On Tuesday. September 4. 1888, an
article under the beading of Highland
Street Cars appeared 10 the Daily
Evening Item, Lynn. ~ follows: "A
special ar. with horses attached, viii,
be run = the tracks If the High,
land Electric railway. this afternoon,
and wednesday the ca will begin Il
ran regular trtpA with horses. until