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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-03
TO THE EARTH'S CENTER
French Scientists Propose to Utilize
EurOpe's Standing Armies to
Dig Hole.
(From Popular Mechanics. }

" AOAh Opuldr M6C1anlcS
Many of the dreams of modern sci
ence have come true, and the world
mas become accustomed to marvels in
the way of scientific accomplishment.
But the most daring dream of all
sinking as haft to the center of the
earth-contemplates a thing SO stu
pendous as to make all past achieve
ments seem insignificant. This has
been proposed in a vague way several
times in the last half century; but
Camille Flammarion. the French sci
enlist and author, has recently outlin-
ed a specific plan for setting the
standing armies of Europe at work
digging such a shaft, he purpose being
ito tap the inexhaus source of heat
and power" stored beneath the surface
of the earth.
In the present state of engineering
science an attempt to harness these
herculean forces would result in i'm
AiCuiotC uCotl uCIdOu VI JI6 apparatus
used. But no man can say what adj
vances will be made in that science in
a single generation, or what agencies
may be discovered for neutralizing the
effect of the high temperatures when
are believed to exist in the core O.
the earth. In fact, it is more than pos
sible that within 200 years, or even
half that time, trip to the center OF
the earth may be simply a matter of
time cards and train rules, with no
more danger than now exists in sur
face transportation.
Only one means of transportation
would seem to be practicable-a spiral
railway, running downward on
sharp grade around the edge of the
shaft, supported on cantilevers firmly
anchored in the solid rock Of the can
yon-like walls For safe and rapid
operation two tracks would be requir-
ed, one for downbound and the other
for upbound traffic, while the curve of
the track could not safely have
radius of less than 500 feet. This
would make necessary a shaft 1000
feet in diameter.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-03
THE COLONIES CASE
G ew Ecrk " orld.)

The inclination to facetious vein
which appears in many of the accounts
of the Roosevelt libel suit is the
strongest tribute to the general faith
in the Colonel's temperance. If the
writer's or the public at large had the
slightest doubt as to the outcome of A
distinguished mans efforts to disprove
himsef a drunkard, any levity on the
subject would be a sign either of utter
frivolity Or blackguardism.
But where the thoroughness of a
mans temperance can only be. gagged
by the number of teaspoonfuls of in
toXicants that he has absorbed, smiles
must become the order of the day.
We suppose the disapprobation ot
Mr.. Roseyets testimony will come
from two sources.
Kentucky colonies will be shocked at
the wicked waste of luscious mint-beds
from which the ex-President culled
and quaffed only twelve mint-juleps
during his seven years occupancy of
the White House. They will shudder
at such Philistine forbearance.
On the other hand, the total-abstin-
ence brogade will not care whether
the Demon Rum visited the Colonel ir
the pomp of a highball or in the hum
ility of teaspoon. To them the Col
onel will seem brand that may hard
ly be plucked from the burning.
Between these extremes there is q
multitude of worthy persons whose
sentiments we profess to represent in
expressing our satisfaction that the
Colonel allows himself the enjoymeit
, Of a glass of white wine with his din
ner, our regret that he misses the
enjoyment which the foaming stein CT
beer affords, and our relief that even
in his most desperate moments he new
err sought the insidious solace OF I'M
fermented grape juice.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-03

ton in this part of the cotton belt as
it has to the Texas and Mississippi
sections only experience can decide
The impression is that in the sections
where the climate is damp and where
there is plenty of rain the weevil Will
thrive.
1t is source of satisfaction that
the attention of farmers in the last
few years has been directed so strong
ly to other crops, so that if the weevil
brings disaster to the cotton crop
that is. if it is more destructive in this
state than it has been in other states
the farmers can all the more readily
devote their lands to other crops. The
fact shouldn't be overlooked, however,
that cotton is being raised successful
ly in Texas, Louisiana, Alabama. and
Mississippi, Notwithstanding the wee
vii. The same thing can be done in
this state, but only by adopting the
methods that have been found to be in
II measure successful in fighting the
weevil in those states.-Savanna
News.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-03
BREAKING UP BATTLESHIPS

1t is stated that the battleships In
diana and Massachusetts will be USED
for targets for a time and then so d
for scrap iron. The Oregon is out Of
date, and there is movement to pre-
serve her as a practice ship at one of
our Pacific ports. In short time the
Missouri and Alabama, both completed
since the war with Spain, will be dis
carded as unequal to the demands OF
the front line, and therefore no longer
sufficiently serviceable. Their crews
will be far more effective on modern
ships The Oregon is of 1929 tons,
has four 13-inch guns and a speed of
seventeen knots. But the Texas,
whose keel was laid in 1911, has a
tonnage of 2700, ten 14-inch guns and
speed of twenty-one knots. 1t is pro-
posed that the next of our battle ships
shall be the largest ever designed,
with 10000 tonnage and armament ID
correspond. Such vessel would cost
three times as much as the Oregon,
and be faster by eight knots. The 81
900 officers and men in the United
States Navy have no superiors in
training and it would be poor policy
to keep them on inferior ships. Econ
omy like that is dangerous as we'll as
misguided.
First-class battle ships serve their
purpose though they never fire hos
tile shot during the ten or twelv.
years between their launching and
condemnation. Dreadnaughts and
superdreadnaughts are untried in ac-
tual warfare. But it is vain to sup
pose that the Oregon or Missouri could
stand before a leviathan like the Ne
yada, begun in 1912 The latter is
much more heavily armored and
armed and is 80 per cent faster. In
telligent naval management demands
that, while our fleets will not head the
list in number of vessels, their indi-
ciduai fighting power shall be equal -
anything ahoat. Otherwise we must
act closely on the defensive. and that
is not the best way A nation that
builds only fortresses is not much bet
ter off than China with its great wall.
The initiative is yielded to ether na-
tons, along with the energetic fighting
morale, the spirit and enterprise o.
defense by attack. Our battle shios
are going to the scrap heap faster than
they come from the yards.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-03

no good word for it-belongs to the
past. The railroads are now run for
the benefit of the public. Have their
stockholders no rights?
What is the attitude of the public
so far as it can be judged from state
and Federal statutes existent or pro-
posed? Does the public understand
that capital employed for its benefit 8
entitled to reasonable returns? Or
does the public desire that the rail-
roads be taxed out of existence
The railroads complain that the in
come tax provisions of the Tariff bill
will add $6,500,OO0 a year to their too
ample burdens. Will their complaint
be listened to? Will anybody in pub
lie life demean himself to attend TO
what the railroads want? Labor or
agricultural or horticultural organize
tons receive exemption. Who favors
railroads?
On the credit, already so sorely
strained, of the railroads the proposed
income tax lays new weight. How
long will this passion of confscatioM
go on? Is Government ownership and
operation of railroads to be the end
If not, why do Congress and State Leg
islatures act and enact as if injury to
railroad credit were the supreme good
to the nation and the state?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-03

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Dvjo1 to dSse Of Issue.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-03
THE SANITARY LAWS OF MOSES
(Harper's Weekly.)


There have been gathered a collec-
ton of facts to prove that'the sanitary
laws of Moses were not on a line with
the modern rules of hygiene, but n
some cases in advance of them.
The Jew thousands of years before
Christ, settling in a semi-tropical
country, was forbidden to eat pork or
shell-fish, and milk was designated as
a source of contagion. In the Talmud
a method of slaughtering animals was
prescribed which is acknowledged to-
day in our markets as the most SAM
tary.
Five thousand years before Koch
gave to the world the results of his
research in bacteriology the Mosaic
law pointed out the danger to man
from tuberculosis in cattle, but did
not forbid infected poultry as food. 1t
was only a few years ago that German
specialists discovered that fowl tuber-
culosis was harmless to man,
The Mosaic law also enforced the
isolation of patients with contagious
diseases and the burial of the dead
outside all cities. These hints the Gen
tile world did not fully accept until 4
century or two ago.
The wise lawgiver prescribed not
only fasting, at certain periods of the
year, but the removal of whole famil-
les in summer out to camps, where for
a time they could live close to nature.
Many of the laws of Moses were pre-
scriptions intended for the health OF
both mind and body.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-03
HON. ". 0. RUSSELL
WILL SPEAK IN AMERICUS

How the farmers of the
South can get a greater re-
turn for their crops IS a
matter that should interest
every one in the South for
a greater return for the
products of the farm mean
not only more money to
the Farmers, but more MOL
ey to the banks, merchants
and business men; in fact
money to every one. You
should not fail to hear Hon.
w. 0. Russell explain how
our Farmers can geta great
er return for their products
it means more money in
the pOCket-books of the
South. Mr.. Russell is a
practical farmer from Texas.
He speaks in Americas June
4th.
MIR. Farmer, you are eS-
pecially urged to hear this
man.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-03
HAS A RAILROAD ANY RIGHTS!
New York Sum-

New York Sum-
Month by month net railroad earn
ings decrease. Monta by month rail
road employees apply for more pay.
They usually get it, The modest plea
of certain railroads to the Interstate
Commerce Commission for a per
cent increase in rates seems to stir no
popular sympathy State laws assess
railroads for additional millions for
additional employees the question of
whose necessity or superiority is too
delicate to be left to public service
commissions. The change from grade
crossings must be paid for by the
railroads and not by the public, which
has had the benefit of the railroads
from the time when they were regard
ed as benefactors, not malefactors, and
every village was grateful for the line
intrigued to get it through; whea
the modern notion of conditions Of
safety was not dreamed of.
The railroads have brought prosper.
ity; they are vital necessity of pros.
peritv. They are treated as criminals
Whatever has been dishonest OF
shifty in railroad management-anl
much there has been and The Sun ha.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-03


by Eugene Geary.)
! met her-well no matter where
And, ere told my passion,
boldly wooed this maiden fair
In quite romantic fashion.
But when l though the prize was won
My heart with qop inflated,
She limited Bradstreet, also Dun.
And asked how was l rated.
Amazed at this, l questioned why
She touched on golden Golfers,
she looked me coolly in the eye
And mentioned other offers,
satisfied her on this score,
But thought it past endurance
When she began to ask some more
About my life Insurance.
I stood there in the evening glow,
And watched her like a dumb thing
er figure might. for all / know,
Be Plilhellence-or something.
e deafening were those notes of love
The next one was Whopper-
II was the fluctuations of
Ama4gamated Copper
With mutual love we parted.
Aud neither in that parlous state
The poets call ''broken-hearted.
this | know, if some fine day,
The l&dyTs not peerless,
She's bound to blaze the golden way
A frenZied financicieress
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-03
WHALES IN THE GULF
New York Times.)

/ 49, - n t4AAAC0'J
Does the Gulf of Mexico abound
in whales and is the whaling indus
try to have a revival, but in Southern
instead of Northern waters? If what
jewellers around Galveston say is cor
rect, the revival of the trade in the
Gulf instead of the North Atlantic
would seem to be assured. In the
Tangent, monthly magazine publish
ed by the interurban railways operat-
ing between Galveston and Houston,
, there is a long article dealing with
Gulf whales, in which it is stated tina t
some day there is going to be on the
Texas coast a great refining plant.
wherein the oil and other marketable
products of whales and other big sea
things will be extracted and placed on
the market.
That whales exist in the Gulf, ,
says the Tangent, is undisputed, for
there is on record the substantiate
word of no fewer than half a dozen
ship captains and masters of fishing
schooners who regularly ply the trade
routes between Galveston and ports of
Cuba and Mexico. Schools of whales
with as many as seventy-fve or a
hundred in sight at one time haze
been reported at various intervals, and
SO close have these whales come to
ships at times that it would have been
possible to use harpoons with deadly
effect"
The story then woes on to tell how
Capt. Jim" Nelson, skipper af the
fishing schooner Dorothy, recently
sighted one of the sea monsters, eighty
feet long.
His report of the last trip of the
Dorothy" says the Tangent, which
ended with the delivery of fish to his
company in Galveston, was that when
he was on the way home and about
one hundred miles south of this port
there was seen one of the monsters,
which, according to his estimate and
the judgement of the crew, measur9l
not less than eighty feet in length
"The whale according to Capt. Neil
son, was what is known as a hump
back whale; that is, it had on it's
broad back two big humps similar to
those seen on a'camel. 1t was black in
color, with blunt, fiat nose.
Capt. Nelson says that the Gulf
is full of whales that could be cap
tured easily, were a boat properly
equipped to go and seek them. Fish
ing for anything else. 1t is a special
business and it requires skill and
knowledge and the habits of the mon
sters.
"On one trip that he made several
months ago he saw, early one morn
ing, near where he saw this one,
school that he numbered at between
seventy-five and one hundred, and they
were so tame that they paid little ii
any attention to the approach of the
Dorothy, the ship coming so close that
whale hunting weapons could have
been used with deadly effect. Not
having been hunted in the Gulf of
Mexico, they are bold and are not cas-
lily frightened.
THAT whaling station on the Tex
as coast and a fleet of vessels to sup
ply it will be a paying venture is the
opinion not only of Capt. Nelson bit
of many Others"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-03
rHE.LATEsr FASHION NOTE

Says: at is wise precaution against getting
holes in delicate hosiery to powder the shoes
before putting them on" Many people sprinkle
the famous Antiseptc powder, Aliens Foot-Ease,
into the shoes, and find that il saves its cost ten
times over in keeping holes from hosiery as well
as essening friction and consequent smarting
and aching Of the feet
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-03
DIET AND HEALTH
HINTS
BY DR.. T. J. ALLEN
Food Specialist
GRAPE JUICE HAS UNIQUE
FOOD VALUE.

Grape juice Is, next to milk,
the most nourishirg of drinks.
It will support life indefinitely
when severe physical and men,
tai exertion are avoided, and Is
to be preferred to milk in the
early stages of typhoid and in
cases Of blood poisoning. Grape
juice can be made at home by
pressing the ripe Concord
grapes, heating to a temporal
ture of $50, sealing In alright
Jars and keeping in a cool place.
6enzoate Of soda was, formerly
used for preserving Il from fer
mentatIon.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-03

The landlord smiles most blandly
upon a fat purse.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-03

'CanyriEht 1911 nv Joaanh p ReulA-I
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-03
OFFICIAL ORGAN

4naerfcHS, Ga. June 3, 1913
Imperial Valley press., 1913-01-23
MAINLY PERSONAL

Charles Brown returned from Los
Angeles last evening.
William l.. Urvey of Brawley died
yesterday Of heart failure.
B. Solomon returned from a busi-
ness trip in Los Angeles last evening.
The Odd Fellows of the valley will
hold district meeting at CaleXco Jan
uary 80.
Kyle MacBratney is back home after
a business trip in Los Angeles and
San Francisco.
ID. ID. Mulligan and family of Los
Angeles are in the valley booking for a
permanent location.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Kent of Forest
Lake, ILL.,, are in Ell Centre looking for
permanent location.
Marvin w. COnkling returned from
an extended trip through the southern
part of the state this morning.
Miss Agnes Lien will entertain SOW
eral friends at her home this evening
on the Lien ranch east of town.
Miss Nleen Laynr of Brawley and
j. J. Castlebury of Imperial Junction
We're married in Brawley last evening
l.. F. Walsh of Peoria, ILL.,. arrived
in Ell Centre this morning to look over
the, possibilities of general clothing
store opening.
John Scott. who is running a ranch
near Brawley, had the pleasure of a
visit from his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
D. B. Scott of Ell Centro
Raymond Henderson. prominent
rancher west of town. was in Ell Cen
tro today making arrangements for al,
extended trip through the northern
part of the state.
j. l.. Travers was taken with another
attack Of jaundice a few days since.
which IS complicated with other trou-
bles, and he has gone to a sanitarium
on the coast to take thorough course
Of treatment for the trouble
Imperial Valley press., 1913-01-23
Fashions Demand for AGONY

san Francisco Arg0naut: The fash
enable Womein of civilization are called
upon to face a grave diSillusionment.
They have been deceived in the nature
of the feathers that adorn their head
gear and their attitude under the reve-
lation in question will be awaited with
some curiosity. Hitherto they have
believed that the so-called aigrette SO
imperatively demanded by the mode of
the moment was torn from the head
of the living heron just after it had
been dOnned for the tender purposes,
Of mating. and that the young birds
thus deprived Of the parental care
We're left to perish miserably Of hunger
and cold. A realization Of the agony
inflicted in the search for the precious
plImeS naturally invested the aigrette
with a peculiar value in the eyes of
women. and even the most stringent
laws have been unable to suppress
decoration that had the charm Of so
great a cost in pain and death.
But now comes the distressing reve
latiOn that the greater number of these
phmes are not aigretteS at all. They
are made of the feathers of the COM
mon and plebeian rooster, who has no
particular recognition Of paternal re-
SpOnSibiiteS and whose demise is sud
den, painless and unregretted. Now,
what will women do under these dis
tressing circumstances? The aiSrette,
no longer associated with animal agony,
has lost its value. 1t has been cheap
ened and degraded to the level of the
farmyard. Obviously. il has lost its
decorative rights and must be discard
ed. But what can take its place?
Fortunately, the aigrette has a rival
in the plumage Of the albatross. Ac-
| cording to the report Of the National
Association Of Audubon societies, tnc
unfortunate albatross is able to comply
with the conditions necessary to the
favor of fashion. These birds are
caught upon LaysOn island United
States reservation, imprisoned in cages
and allowed to die of starvation. In
this way The fat disappears and the
feathers take on a certain luSter and
sheen much admired by the feminine
eye, and produced at a price in torture
! that should satisfy the most faStidiOuS
: devotee of fashion. 1t only remains for
! us to hope that no substitute for the
albatroSS plumes will be discovered.
| as i'll the case of the aigrette, and
that women will not be forced to search
| for some new decoration that shall
comply with the requisite conditions
| of blood and murder.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-01-23
LARGE Audience at Revival

The largest audience Of The week
greeted the evangelist last night a.
the Christian church. One Of the note-
worthy incidents of the meetings is the
presence Of a number Of visiting min
listers. Rev. Alfred InWOOd, district su
perintendent of the NJ f. church. as
sisted in the services last night. Mr..
Downing took for his text the scripture.
'Without faith it is impossible to please
God" The sermon was continuation
Of the series on "Old Time Religion ana
Modern Thought" While keeping a
firm hold of the tried and true princi-
pies Of the old faith. the speaker i'm
Imperial Valley press., 1913-01-23
NOTICE

l wish at this time to place my name
before the voters of the Imperial Irri-
cation District a candidate for the
office of tax collector and assessor for
their consideration at the election to
be held February 5, 1913.
During my eight years residence here
in the valley as a rancher I have be-
come familiar with the conditions here
from a rancher's point of view. 1 have
had great deal of experience in the
line of work that would fall to the
with the experience I have had in this
line of work. together with my ia
miliarity with conditions here will
cause me to be able to serve the peo-
pie of this district successfully as tax
collector and assessor.-Advertise EN- ent
234 CLARK BOOHER.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-01-23
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Main 343-E1 Centro.

Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office at Los Angeles, Cal, jan
uary 20, 1913-NOTICE is hereby given
that FANNIE A. SALISBURY, of See
Homestead Entry No. 1O76O, Serial No.
03629, for S1aSWH, Sec. 81, E1A NEA !,
Sec. %, T. IS s., r. II E., being Lots
g. 10 e II. Sec. 2S, Lots 1, 2. 8, 5
& 6, Sec. 33, Township Is s., Range
IL E., s. E. Meridian, has filed notice
of intention to make final five yea.
proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before the Clerk of
the Superior Court of Imperial County
a Fl Centre. California, on the 3rd day
Of March, 1913, at 2 o'clock p. m.
Claimant names as witnesses: Mrs.
English, of Imperial, Cal; Lester c.
Salisbury, of Seeley, Cal. F. Marshall
Salisbury, of Seeley, Cal.
FRANK buren,,
feb25 Register.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-01-23
River Very Low

The Colorado river has been down
to the 26OO-second foot level during
the last few days, the lowest point
reached in the river for more than
twenty years. This is equivalent to
10000 miners inches of water, or
about enough to irrigate half million
acres of land. if this were the perma-
nent flow. The low water was prob'
ably occasioned by the cold wave which
has just passed over the continent
freezing water in many of the little
feeders of the great river.