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Imperial Valley press., 1913-10-27

Many playgoers have remarked the
flavor Of Madame Butterfly" in the
score ard tory of "The Marriage
Market .a which Donald Brian is
tarrin2 q he Kniekerbocker the
ater, whore Julian. Sanderson had
such a long run in "The Sunshine
Girl" There is much in both music
and plot 10 ggest "Madame Butter
fly"
Edward ehcldon, author Of SALIVA
tion Men, Romance" and several
other play hat have made good, as
as well a others that have been good
boomer, Getting ambition. Sheldon
is due To reach New York early next
week from Italy and today he wire
lc8aed Charles Frohman that he is
bringing two plays which he expects
10 be produced this season. Hereto
fore Sheldon has contented himself
with only one play each season.
Anna PaYIova, the Russian dancer,
IL in our midst with l31 trunks, con
tanning some 5000 costumeg, but she
will 70 on tour minus the fine feath-
ers with which she expected to deck
herself The customs Inspectors
seized all the costly aigrettcs that the
dancer brought with her, in compli-
ance with the provisions Of the tariff
barring such head decorations.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-10-27

Perhaps the greatest exhibition Of
trust and confidence that has come 10
Broadway's notice in a decade occur
red when Sir j. NJ. Barrie, bart, gent
his new play, "The Will" 10 New
York to be played for the first time
with John Drew in the leading role
Barric's manuscript came by mail,
with stage directions. He made no
suggestions whatever as 70 the age
and appearance Of the characters,
their makeup" or the stage ect-
tings. He md ated no "business."
Barrie simply wrote the lines of the
play and left it's entire production 10
Charles Frohman. They have been
Imperial Valley press., 1913-10-27

friends for many years and Barrie
knows that his ideas and those of
Frohman coincide Barrie never saw
his latest play in his own country,
and will not know how the child of
his brain looks until it has been
proved a success or failure.
New York seems assured to have
plenty of musical comedy of high
order during the 1913-1914 season.
The latest offering was Her Little
Highness," with Mizzi Haios in the
leading part. 1t is tuneful compo-
sition, with music by Reginald De
Koyen. Donnold Wolf and Claiming
Pollock wrote the comedy, obtaining
the material from Pollock's Such a
Little Queen The action Of the piece
moves all the way from Herzegovina
wherever that is-to a Harlem flat
and the plot is nil, but nobody looks
for plot these days in musical
comedy.
"Love and Laughter" will be the
next musical comedy on Broadway.
Il will be produced in a week or two
by Charles Frohman, who has had his
eye for some time on the piece which
now is being produced at the Lyric
theater, London, with considerable
success. The music is by Strauss, au-
thor Of The Chocolate Soldier" and
those who have heard it say that the
songs are even more catchy. "The
Marriage Market" "When Dreams
Come True, The Doll Grip and "Ad-
ele" are other musical comedies that
have won success on the great white
way this season.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-10-27
PHYSICIANS
DR.. j. r. FONCANON
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GRADUATE OF A s. o., Kirksville. Mo.
aldsr DR.. A. T. still, Founder OF the
Science. Rooms 116 and 116, First Ma
tionAl Bank Bldg. Ell Centro, CaHf
Phone 1871 Residence 1914 9Th st
Imperial Valley press., 1913-10-27
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF PART
NEHsHiP or THE FIRM OF
DAVIDSON AND NIXON

Notice is hereby given that the firm
Of Davidson and NIXON has this day
been dissolved. The business will be
continued AT the old location, 511 Main
street, Ei Centre, by G. w. NIXON, who
has purchased the interest OF j. t.
Davidson and who will pay all part
nership bills and obligations upon pre-
sentation OF claims 10 him at the above
address.
J. Y. DAVIDSON
G. w NIXON iEG
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We move the earth or anything on
it. ED. ROYCE TRANSFER. Phone
136W. If
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS
VETERINARY SURGEON
DR.. V. Z. CRAM

DR.. v. r. CRAM
VETERINARY SURGEON
OFFICE DEPOT STABLES. Phone B-gt
1875 Orange. Phone B 112.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-10-27
The Feed and Fuel Yard
Buys and Sells

Baled Alfalfa and Barley Hay, Whole
and Rolled Barley, Head and Threshed
Milo Maize, Mesquite Wood in 4-foot
and Stove lengths, Stove Coal in
Sacks, Pine Kindling, White Pine
Sawdust.
The Adair County news., 1913-01-08

working under directions from the gov
eminent and scattered all over the
United States. In these contests each
girl must grow one-tenth of an acre of
tomatoes and strive to can the greatest
possible amount of the fruit.
Although the Boys Corn club is three
years old in Kentucky we believe this
year is the first for the Girls Canning
club. Last spring, when Jefferson
county organized its Boys Corn and
Potato club. it also organized a Girls
Canning club and offered some very
substantial prizes. The season was an
unfortunate one, and those having the
work in charge did not at first realize
that it was not only a matter of grow
ing and harvesting a crop, but also a
matter of :nufacturing the crop into
a marketable commodity. Nevertheless,
the club marks the beginning and n
very good beginning at that
One strong teacher at a small, dilapi-
dated schOOlhOuse ten miles from the
city was the prime factor in this be-
ginning. The second factor was
strong mother who had the ability to
see and understand the educational
value of the work for her child. That
child was Mary Rogers, whose clear
gray eyes spell an ability to hold fast
to what she undertakes.
Eyes; it was awfully hot part Of last
summer" she replied to the questions
put to her, but l had made up my
mind to win if l could.
Lots and lots of my tomatoes rot
ted because of the rain," she contin-
ued. land then we ate great many
too. l bought my plants, and they be-
gan bearing about the list Of August,
so l had six weeks canning. Yes; that
was hotter than the patch, because
did the work over a wood stove. Next
year think We'll get one of those ten
The Adair County news., 1913-01-08

lem. earning his own money and grow
ing mentally, as any free agent must
This is not a fancy or fine spun theory
trying to set aside the accumulated
wisdom that the ages have striven to
give us in the rearing of the youth Of
our land. 1t is the experience that a
few short years in the Boys Corn
clubs has given US. 1t has shown US
that boys. mere lads of ten years, who
have worked listlessly for their IA
Tiers in fields that produced ut best
forty or fifty bushels of corn to the
acre, can be transformed into wide
awake youngsters producing from 80
to 100 bushels of good corn to the
acre.
Let the children be freed, not be-
cause their labOrs have been too
heavy, but that they may find them
selves in a larger and finer manhood
and womanhOOd, that will make our
country life into something better than
it ever has been in the past
The Adair County news., 1913-01-08
MIDwAY's SUCCESS.

1t provides teachers for the differem'
grades and makes efficient and stron =
work. By bringing many children t.
gether it gives chance for the CHI q
to develop his social nature in a groUi
of his own age. That the schooI ~
Midway is success is to put the nlal
ter lightly. y school that has ii.
rolled fifty new pupils this year. tina
has added fifty children to the scho..
population of Midway. that makes thu
renting of any kind Of house in trs.
town am lmpossibility. that in tw'
and half years does not show u
scratched wall or desk. is a huge sue
cess.
Does all this answer the question %
Investment? Can any one ever tigur'
exactly what stronger men and wonle
in a community are worth? Tn
school cost the community $4,000 l.
the money good investment for MID
way? The answer can only come II
asking any of the residents in the dis
trict of those who are willing to send
their children five or six miles and
pay extra tuition to have them In u
real live twentieth century school
The Adair County news., 1913-01-08
THORN HILL SCHOOL.

seen that the children would be helped
by more finger work and a better per
ception of form and color. As there
was no money beyond the bare con
duct of the school the teachers and
the parents gave a social and box
party. The proceeds of the entertain
ment have been used to engage the
services of an art teacher, who comes
out from Frankfort twice a week
a school garden is being planned for
the coming spring, but for fear they
may be disappointed at the last mo-
ment the children have arranged Ia
ultivate small plots at home. These
0are to be entered in the contest. which
IS carried on under the auspices of the
Franklin County Fair association.
HOW MUCH MORE COULD BE
DONE IF THEY HAD A BUILDING
WHICH WAS HANDSOME ENOUGH
TO GAIN THEIR RESPECT no one
IAN fell. bet they have taken what was
aft hand and with a fine spirit gone to
work TO make it as efficient as possible
and as close to the activities of the
community as possible. and they have
.ucceeded.. Under such conditions the
huilding will follow before long. In
the meantime the teachers and the
parents have the consolation of know
ing that, although a school is much
hetter for having a fine, comforta BILE
buiIding. it is possibility without it
The Adair County news., 1913-01-08

curtains that temper the sunlight are
plain, but have been neatly stenciled
in bright, pleasing colors. The big
ugly doorway between the two rooms
is fringed with a unique portiere,
which would puzzle the ordinary NOR
tai as to its manufacture. The secret
Of the large and many colOred beads,
that are strung on heavy cords, is that
they are made from wall paper. The
children had got huge books Of sam
pies of wall paper. cut the paper into
strips and rolled them into beads.
a line Of nails in the door frame
showed a brave display Of baskets of
all shapes and sizes. There was no
effort at any slavish pattern, for each
child had made 4 basket the size and
shape be or she wished. That the
work has proved fascinating is shown
by the fact that half Of recess time
is usually voluntarily given to this
work. As the boys have become adept
in the use willow they have been
urged to make small stools at home
and bring them TO school to be topped
with strong and beautiful basketry.
The teachers have realized the full
value Of this work, for they are ar
ranging for the older boys to cut and
prepare the basket willows from the
plants along the streams in the neigh
borhood. This will allow the child to
take the raw material as it occurs in
nature and make it into the finished
product with the added value that
artistic handwOrk gives.
Gradually this sane activity upon
the part of the children and their
teachers has caught and held the in
terest of the community. In a com
paratively short time the parents have
The Adair County news., 1913-01-08
A Fine Sense of Eeelinn.

One of two darkies who run q boo;
black "parlOr' in partnership was bras
ging Of his well developed sense "
touch, particularly in the matter Of
money. He boosted that he could tell
the denomination Of any United States
coin merely by feeling it. His partner
wearied of these boasts and came back
with this:
Your sense o feelin' amt nothin' t.
my friend Marcus. Him and me uSgl
to work on the Pullman down through
Kansas. Marcus had been on this route
for about ten years. One night whe.!
we was both a-sleepin'. long around
midnight. | wakes up and 1 shakes Mar
Gus and S;yS, Marcus. where are We:
And Mars Jest rolls over and sticks
his hand "U> the window and he says.
We're goin through Oswego.' "-Ev-
prvhOdV'S
The Adair County news., 1913-01-08
CAUSE AND REMEDY.

Uncertainty Of the immediate
-lture is looked upon by many men
- airs, as a blockade to enter
ori-e and business prosperity, and
MS blockade is now quite apparent
throughout the channels of trade.
The Presidential Election; the
-~~rt- # Congress with no fixed
p-rpo5e; Organized Labor as a new
,a---I = politics; together with
.-1-, matters Of greater or less
import, represent at this time a
chaotic conflict Of separate inter
ests, to harmonic which is now the
problem before the country.
NJ want Prosperity, Peace and
Plertv. Read with care the Gin
ci1rai Enquirer, a journal that
PIN I'll the news each day from
el-c~5 commercial center through
out TIE world. Il barometer Of
e. 5 and effects that points out,
asa Beacon Light, the danger and
the saseguard the-efrom.
Is veil known, the Daily En-
quiCer is the largest in size and
highest priced paper in the United
States, yet cheapest, measured ~
City and quantity.
The Weekly Enquirer. With he
cream and digest of ali the news,
able and conservative editorials,
market reports, methods and re-
suits from Government and Stcte
Experiment Stations, veter;r@-y
matters, Peoples Forum. chcice
lit.-2turc, short and continued stor-
les, non -5ectarian sermons, general
information, etc, with the exclusion
of I'll matters of scandal and I'M
morality, is today the C1eanest
Weekly Family Journal obta;nable.
Each issue is alone worth TIE r--;ce
Of q years subscription.
Solicitors for subscriptions ke
a handsome profit and increase re
good influence of The Enquire n
the uplift of morality and indus-1-y,
and for the betterment and welfare
of the continuity. For terms " tie
to Ile ENQUIRER, Cincinnati. OHIO.
The Adair County news., 1913-01-08
BREEDING Tells.

An expert in corn judging was look
ing over a county exhibit to select the
best ten ears. He had inspected the
display carefully twice, when he hest
tated and looked puzzled. He started
to speak, but stopped and examined
critically two piles of ten ears each
which were merely known to him by
their tag numbers. At last he touched
the two piles and said: 81 am going to
corn are Johnson county white, and
they have been grown from the same
lot Of seed corn"
Again he inspected the corn in both
piles, while the few people in the room
watched him with increasing interest.
He smiled as he again began to speak.
Eyes" be said, Il am absolutely GER
tain of my first two statements. and
am going to make a third. The seed
corn from which both of these exhibits
were grown was not brought from a
distance, but was selected and grown
by an expert somewhere in their neigh
borhood."
Several of the bystanders laughed ct
such a sweeping statement. When the
prizes had been awarded and the note
book which held the names and num-
bers of the exhibits had been consulted
it was found that the corn had been
grown by brothers. The seed had been
grown by their father, who had been
student of seed corn for eight or ten
years.
IF THE FARMER is UNWILLING
TO HANDLE SCRUB STOCK OR
RAZOR LACKED HOGS HE
SHOULD ALSO BE UNWILLING TO
GROW SCRUB CORN.
The Adair County news., 1913-01-08
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barns ard IL else In his life have
changed. TIM a ''tallow candle and
homemade fail' age to an electric
light and a steam thrasher' age.
Three years ago Midway and the sur
rounding country began to think it was
time to have twentieth century schoo!
plant. They began to feel tina it
would be well to have a building ~
good as any of their churches. At
first the general public shook its head
and nlumbled under It's breath. but
gradually it began to see the wisdom
Of the movement and ut last voted the
funds necessary.
While the trustees planned a schon'
that should be a credit architectural
they did not forget to buy enOu@A
, ground TO give the energetic yOuu@
sters that were to be trained ann
elbow room. The beautiful buildiu-
stands well back from the turnpi,.-
on five acres of fine blue grass Ian
Behind and to one side of the schn.
( building is a comfortable stable stall,
to hold twenty-foCr horses.
AS is usual in school affairs all owe.
the country. the trustees built tn
school with IN idea Of its taking CA
of all the pupils in the district for tin.
next fifty years. NOW, after only tN
and a half years, they are beginning
see the natural result Of fine grow
Ing school spirit among both childrr..
and parents. Today five grade and tx,
/ high school teachers manage to tea.
the go boys and girls that are r'
rolled. This number is just fifty mos.
than were enrolled last year. II
now plain that the school will Ia
! to add new teacher each year to tax
| care of the steady increase, and il Il -,
more years an addition will have to II
! built to take care Of the children. T..
| sides this yearly increase, the truste,
| claim that very few of those enroll.
even try to play trIant Ample plata
| grounds. clean, warm schoolrOom>
comfortable single desks, light an.
! pleasant surroundings make school 20
! ing less irksome, and the incentiyr
for playing out" has been removed
! Several schools rolled into one mas
many things possible. 1t allows thu
school fund to pay for a reliable jam
| tor. who can heat, clean and care f,,l
the property as it should he cared fcf
The Adair County news., 1913-01-08
THE GILA MONSTER.
Repulsive In Looks, It Is Really /:
Harmless Creature,


Probably there is no other living
creature more feared by the ignorant
than the ella monster. about which all
manner of weird tales have been told.
1t has even been held that the mere
breath of this animal is sufficient to
cause death to the one upon whom it
fell. Scientific inquiry, however, fails
to disclose Il single instance wherein
the breath or even the bite of this
creature has resulted fatally. The
fact that dissection and microscopic
examination do not reveal any trace of
glands for the secretion Of venom is
sufficient evidence to indicate TIA: tbs
curious member of the lizard family
has been Slandered.
Some years ago a civil engineer in
the southwest undertook to settle once
for all the question whether "the mon
ster" was deadly or not. A fine speci-
men was captured and confined in
wire Enclosure. A chicken was obtain
ed, and its feathers were removed in
order that the lizard might have every
opportunity to strike at the breast.
The chicken was then held quite close
to the ella monster, which soon snap
ped viciously and secured q firm hold
on the fowls breast, retaining this grin
for more than ten minutes. When the
victim was released it was found that
the chickens breastbone had been bro
ken. Nevertheless the fowl quickly
recovered, the bone knitting and the
wound healing with no symptoms of
poisoning.
1t is very probable that the reputa-
ton for evil borne by the ella mon
ster is due simply and solely to It's
most repulsive appearance.-Harper's
Weekly.
The Adair County news., 1913-01-08
WORK OF The
Girl GARDENERS
They Raise Tomatoes While the
Boys Raise Corn.
HAVE CANNING CLUBS TOO.
The Splendid Movement Was Started
by a Strong Minded Teacher and
Few Far Seeing Parents-Mary Ros-
ers, Who Canned 238 Quarts.

The farmers wife lad been examin-
ing the display of corn at the Boys
Corn show. At length she looked up
and asked in a puzzled and hurt mau-
ner: How about our girls? You have
Boys Corn clubs. What is there for
the girls to do? There must be some
thing"
Corn growing contests for the boys
in our rural schools are comparatively
new. but they are a great success.
Girls Tomato Canning clubs are still
newer. but they. too. are Il success. In
less than four years the membership
in the Girls Tomato Canning club has
reached the splendid total Of $1,000, all
The Adair County news., 1913-01-08

dollar canning outfits. You know, you
can use them out in the yard under the
shade of a tree if YOU want to.
Yes; I'm going TO be in the tomato
club next year, iE they have one. on
Pm only thirteen, so | have several
wears more in tie club. | forgot to
tell you that l canned 23S quarts.
have had a good many offers for some
of them, but after getting the prize.
which is quite large. we will eat most
of them at home"
Mamie Belle Shepherd. who was the
winner of the second prize, tried TO
grow her own plants and for that rea-
son got a very late start in canning
her crop
The Adair County news., 1913-01-08
PRESENT DAY
EMANCIPATION
The Orudgerp Of Farm Life a
Thing Of the Past.
KEEP THE BOYS AT HOME.
Make Them Industrious, Thoughtful
and Independent and They Will
Want to Stay-The Corn Club Is Best
Agent In Keeping From the City.

WANT 10 stay ne Sorn SIup Is 1eSt
Agent In Keeping From the City.
Gradually through the onward march
Of the centuries mankind has learned
that slavery, the buying and selling of
human beings, doesn't pay. Mankind
has learned that no human being de-
velops to its highest and best unless
it is free. 1t must know and feel that
it is constructing its own marvellous
destiny.
The child doing almost meaningless
chores, the boy Shaving the hot sum-
mer day through for his father, the
girl at work in the garden for the ben
eft Of the family, are one and all in a
measure enslaved. OF course every
thing in the childs life cannot be made
easy and pleasant, but to force the
child to feel that he or she is the phys
zeal slave to the family interest must
hurt and dwarf its growth.
Go out into the country when the va
cation sunshine is making vegetation
tremble in its eagerness to grow and
chat with some farmers son, a little
fellow still in the grades. If you
should ask him about the future he is
almost sure to say enthusiastically,
I'm goin' to town to work the very
first chance l get. I'm tired-dead
tired-of the farm all right
Why does he say it? Why does he
believe he will be happier in the city
than in the country? He says it and
believes it because he has never got
anything more than his board an
keep" out of all the early rising and
hard work he has known.
Wherever the boy has had an oppor
tunity TO grow a crop of his very own
he has shown that he is industrious,
painstaking. thoughtful and mentally
alert. Under such conditions he is
a free man, working out his own prob
The Adair County news., 1913-01-08
Writinq on a Pillow.

Every one who has had occasion to
write while riding in a railway train
will be interested in the fact that the
the carriage are greatly mitigated by
writing on a pillow. The pillow may
be either held on the lap or placed on a
table. The pad Of paper and the arm
which guides the pen or pencil should
both rest on the pillow.
In this manner it will be found pos
sible to write legibly and with COM
fort in train flying at full speed
London Answers.
The Adair County news., 1913-01-08
Warning.

Washington, December 3d.
Alarm seized officials of United
States Treasury to-day upon the
discovery of a remarkable count
erfeit five-dollar silver certificate,
the most dangerous imitation of
currency since the famous Mon
roe-head" one-hundred-dollar
bill was suppressed in 1898.
So nearly perfect is this spur
ious note that officials of the
cashroom of the Treasury declar-
ed it was genuine. Norman Mo-
ran, Assistant Chief of the Unit
ed States Secret Service, detect
ed slight changes from the orig
inal, however, and stamped it
unqualifedly as a counterfeit.
The note is so dangerous that
it was brought to the personal
attention of Secretary MacVeagh
and Robert o. Bailey, Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury. In
the case of the "Monroe-head"
bill the whole issue was with
drawn from circulation because
of the dangerous imitation.
1t will hardly be practicable to
resort to this precaution in con-
nection with the new counter.
felt, because the fve-dollar I'm
dian-head" silver certificate is so
generally in circulation.
The counterfeit was discover
ed in New York City, where two
specimens were obtained by Sc
cret Service. Treasury officials
have undertaken to investigate
the extent Of its circulation.
Widespread warnings to the
public were issued to-day by W.
]. Flynn, chief of the Secret Ser
vice.
1.-THE general appearance of
this counterfeit, " says Chief
Flynn's notice, is calculated to
deceive even careful handlers of
money"
The imperfections of the note
are detachable only to the eye of
an expert with the aid Of a glass.
Apparently it is printed on two
pieces of paper, between which
silk threads have been distribu-
ted.
The Adair County news., 1913-01-08

Commissioner of Agriculture Wilson
in his late report wrote the following:
''From a department with 2,444 en-
ployees in 1897 and an appropriation
of 3,272 ,902 it has increased to 1858
employees at the beginning of the
present fiscal year, with an appropria-
ton this year of almost $25,0OO.OOO.
whereas there are now $4,000 re-
quests every week for department pub
ncations, there were but 500 in 1897.
and during this period 225,0O0.O00
copies have been distributed.