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Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-17
Mass of Federal Printing.

Seattle acknowledgements: A recent
bulletin issued by the Federal Bureau
of Education states that there is a
matter absolutely invaluable to the
teachers of the country hidden away
in the government publications which
come yearly from the press. The bu-
reau has investigated and classified a
portion of these publications, giving a
guide through which the teachers of
the country may select those publ
cations bearing pertinently on their
work. ;.
It is a fact that, scattered through
the tons of publications printed at
enormous expense to the public and
carried free through the mails at very
heavy additional cost, there is an i'm
mense amount of valuable informa-
ton. Hundreds of thousands of dol
lars have been spent in collatlng this
information and printing it, but so far
as the public, for whose benefit it has
been compiled, is concerned, it need
never have been collated at all. Few
have the time and patience to select
the grains of wheat out of the tons
A monumental work, for example,
was that done by the monetary COM
mission. 1t gathered together and had
printed complete banking history of
the world in many volumes. There
were studies of every banking system
of ancient and modern times. There
were tones written by experts. 1t was
all collated in order that the mem
bers of Congress, who were to frame
a banking and currency bill, could
have the material with which to work.
1t is doubtful whether there is in
either house of Congress a single man
who ever used this material either to
aid in framing the bill or as a guide
to intellectual criticism upon the bill
which the House committee submit
ted
There seem no practical suggestions,
save that of the Bureau of Education,
how the public is to be guided so that
any portion of it can make intelli-
gent use of the vast masses of ma
terial printed, ostensibly for the pub
lie benefit.
Best equipped and most careful
piano mover. Ed Royce Transfer. tt
Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-17
Government to
Show Farmers
(From Congressman C. H. Tavenner)

(From Congressman c. H. Tavenner)
Washington, Feb. 1.-THE Ameri-
can farmer, like the Missourian, has
to be shown And the Lever agricul-
tural extension bill, recently passed
by the house, proposes to show hlm
bv ocular demonstration just what
the latest scientific discoveries In
agriculture can accomplish on his own
farm. Under this bill at least one ex-
pert and possibly two, will be as
signed to each county, and will spend
his entire time throughout the year
personally demonstrating on the
farms under the eyes of the farmers,
the latest and best ideas of agrlcul-
ture.
For wears the American govern
ment has been pursuing the scientific
study of farming. Wonderful results
have been obtained-in the labora-
tories and on the experiment farms.
Probably no nation on earth has as
much valuable farming information at
its disposal as has the United States.
Yet farming here is on a lower plane
Of excellence than that of almost ev-
erv other advanced nation.
The trouble is that the American
farm lore is locked up in libraries OF
bulletins and other publications. The
system of distribution so as to put 1t
to use on every American farm, while
not complete failure, is not as much
of a practical success as our farm
economists would ike.
The reason is tnat the American
farmer is slow to adopt farming
methods from books. The oldest hu--
man art, in his opinion, has existed
lone time with the old methods. He
is naturally slow to make changes IN
methods which, at least, have given
him and his family living.
The Lever bill is designed to take
farming science out of the books and
translate it into bigger crops at bet
ter market prices demonstrated under
the farmers own nose, in the field,
rerhaps. that he passes every time ne
drives to town At a cost. OF So
100000 a wear, it is planned to- con-
duct continuous demonstration work
in every rural county of the United
States.
Governmental patronage of agrl-
culture is an old thing with this coun
try. 1t began years ago when congress
nassed the Morrill, act, donating pub
lie lands to found an agricultural col
lege in every state in the union This
was the first step in the policy Of ap-
propriating public money for the ex-
tension of agriculture. 1t was fol-
lowed by the creation of the depart
ment of agriculture and the establish
ment of the state experiment stations.
The findings of these bodies OF scien,,
fists were published in bulletins and
in the farm journals. But the farmers
did not adopt the new methods with
enthusiasm. The next stem was to
begin the system of lecture institutes.
at which experts would give advice
to the farmers. But even this plan
did not meet the success hoped for it.
The appearance in the south of the
Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-17
Manhood Is Test for
Entrance of Aliens

Washington, Feb. -.-"Manhood
should be the test applied to aliens
seeking admission to the United
States" declares Commissioner Gen
eral of immigration Caminetti in his
first annual report of Secretary of
Labor Wilson, made public today.
"Such a test" asserts Caminetti,
"would constitute the ideal way of
sitting immigration so as to admit
none except desirable aliens. AS
rule aliens must earn their livelihood
by manual labor. The adoption of a
physical test similar to that which re-
cruits for the army undergo would in
sure a suitable standard. The physi-
cal standard now is far below what it
should be.
"The illiteracy test, notwithstand-
ing all that can be offered in its ia
vor. has drawbacks, but whether or
not the illiteracy test is adopted, the
standards of physical and moral quail
ilcations should be materially raised.
"With respect to criminal aliens, re-
lection should be predicated upon their
having committed a crime or misde-
meanor involving moral turpitude
rather than upon his having been
convicted of or admitting its COM
mission. The law should provide for
the deportation at any time of any
alien who becomes an anarchist or
commits a crime involving moral tur-
pitude after admission to the United
States"
+ During the fiscal year ended June
80, 1913, the report states, immigra-
ton to the United States amounted to
1,197,a92 aliens, which was larger
than in any year since 1907, when the
total was 1,285,349.
During the year 1898 aliens were
excluded, which was 1873 per cent OF
the number who applied for entry
The years net increase in population
from immigration was 815,303. "The
aliens have not only come" says Cam
inetti, "but have remained in larger
numbers than heretofore"
Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-17

Wood for sale. Dool's ranch, 3
miles west Of Calexico.--Adv If
Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-17
Wields Bat on Father

San Francisco, Feb. 17.-Called on
to choose between mother and father,
16 year old Joseph Bender Jr. yester
day decided that maternal love had
the call. He welded a baseball bat
during family quarrel with such
effect as to send his paternal parent
to the Mission emergency hospital for
treatment for numerous scalp lacer-
ations.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-17

DR.. S. Odle, veterinary surgeon,
treats all animals. Permanently To-
Gated. L. H. Parsons, assistant den-
tist. 727 West Main street, Ell Gen.
tro. Phone 217-Adv. tt
Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-17
Coffee ShiDpers Protest Rates.

Omitted Press Day Service)
Washington, Feb. 17.-Coffee ship
pers were granted a hearing today by
the interstate commerce commission
on their objections to a five per cent
increase in eastern railroad freight
rates.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-17
Something New.

The auto public can have their
wants attended to, day or night, at
the Standard Garage, corner Seventh
and Main, Ell Centre. Phone 230.
Autos for hire at all hours.-Adv. If
Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-17
Scratch Tablets.

Scratch paper in tablets suitable
for restaurants, merchants, house
wives and school children, 10 cents
pound at the Press Office. If
Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-17

ACCOMPLISHMENTS, decided land, in
Casa Grande valley. S. l.. Hartzell.
Duman Bldg, FL Centro.--Adv.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-17

Read B. Salomon & Co.'s ad to-
day.--Adv.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-08
Fear 6ubonic Plaque

New Orleans, June 3O.-State and
city health authorities were astir to.
day preliminary to the Inauguration
of the first wholesale campaign in
the history of the south for the ex-
termination of rats in order to pre-.
vent the spread of bubonic plague.
Two cases of the disease recently
have been discovered in the industrial
home of the Volunteers of America
in New Orleans. One man died, an
other is i'll and % inmates of the place
have been isolated. The plan for the
determination is to form a concrete
barrier around the entire area and
for a rat drive toward the center.
Galveston, June 30.-Ten cents
each for live rats was offered today
by the health authorities here. The
rats will be examined for traces of
bubonic infection. City, state and
federal authorities and business men
combined forces today for a sanitary
campaign.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-08
Roosevelt Opens Campaign

Pittsburg, June 30.-Former Presi-
dent Roosevelt made his first speech
of the 1914 campaign here tonight.
He spent five hours in Pittsburg and
was welcomed enthusiastically. In
his address before the Pennsylvania
Progressive league tonight, he crit
icised the policies of the Wilson ad-
ministration, attacked Senator Boies
Penrose, and appealed for support of
the progressive ticket.
1t was apparent as 500 as Mr..
Roosevelt began to speak, that he did
not possess his former strength and
vigor. There was a noticeable change
in his manner, as compared with that
of two years ago.
Colonel Roosevelt coined a new
phrase in tonight's speech. It was
what he called government by con.
%vulsion." BY this he said he meant
the passing back and forth of power
between the republican and democrat.
ic parties which he said would hap
pen unless the people intrusted the
power to the progressive party.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-08
Buying Candy BY the Ton

Philadelphia, June 3O.-To satisfy
the sweet tooth of the bluejackets of
the Atlantic reserve fleet. stationed
1T the Philadelphia navy yard. the
government has placed an order for
80 tons of candy and $4,000 packages
of sailed peanuts with the Peter De-
laney Supply company.
This supply will be delivered from
time to time to the stores on the yes
| sells of the fleet. The stores are cor
Quoted for the benefit of the sailors
who can purchase candy and tobacco
from them at reasonable prices. The
sailors are very fond of candy. sailed
peanuts and tobacco, and these three
luxuries are INDUCED in freely by
most of the enlisted men. as we'll as
officers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-08
PURE FABRICS LAW

Referring to the proposition of Mon
tana senators to have a pure fabric
bill passed by congress-, a manufac-
turer of the east, after a considerable
delay, come forward with the sug-
gestion that the agitation is nonsense
because such a law would not enable
people to buy any better clothes than
they do now and that shoddy clothes
does not hurt the public like the pur-
chase of impure food.
The amount of sickness which re-
suits from poverty in clothing is great
err than the amount from impure food,
comments the Helena Independent.
When one buys clothing with the I'M
derstanding that it is "all wool" to
protect him from the rigors of winter
and they are nothing but flimsy cotton
goods or shoddy, pneumonia, grippe,
rheumatism and tuberculosis follow.
When he buys what he believes are
good leather shoes to protect his feet
from wet and cold and they turn out
to be nothing but a composition of
paper, which exposes him to water
and slush and snow, the results are
much the same.
Impure food may injure any class
of society. Shoddy clothes affect only
the poorer classes for they can afford,
perhaps, only one suit or one pair OF
shoes a season and if what they buy
proves insufficient protection, they are
compelled to make the best of a bad
bargain and endure the sufferings OF
being poorly clothed.
Perhaps the labelling Of goods would
not enable this class to buy the gen
uine goods, but at any rate they would
be saved from dealers charging them
genuine prices for shOddy goods.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-08
insist Upon Trust Legislation

Washington, July 1.-Democrats of
the senate, in conference late today,
adopted a resolution declaring their
purpose to stay in session until the
trust legislation passed by the house
has been acted upon by the senate.
The resolution does not bind senators
to vote for the bills without change.
The resolution is desired to serve
definite and final notice to business
and the country that antitrust legis-
latiOn is to be passed before congress
quits Washington. 1t was proposed
by Senator Stone, after a talk with
Presidet Wilson and with other demo.
cratic leaders. Senator Stone said it
was intended as an nswer to the
propaganda for immediate adjourn
ment of congress.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-08
Closes - 600 Saloons

Charleston, W. Va, June 3O.-W...a
the tolling Of Church bells throughout
the state, West Virginia, at miini5i
entered the column of prohibit IN
states. The last day of licensed SAFE
OF intoxicants was beclouded by tive
sudden deaths.
Tie iost prohibition law, which BE
came effective at midnight, clos IS
10000 saloons in IS cities and towns;
closes - breweries, and one disC!'
lery, throws 5000 men out of work:
takes from the revenues of counttas
tow MS, r. d state, almost $1,000, 900. 4
is one Of the most drastic prohibition
measures ever put into effect. 1t pro
vidos that the *p.rituous liquors An
be made and sold only for medici::a!
mechanical and s.Ic1amental purposes
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-08
Much to Learn About Food

Americans as a class have much
to learn in the preparation and Sc
lections of foods. and they should re-
member that the most expensive food
is not necessarily the best" says DIR.
Charles F. Bolduan of New York's
public health department. people
who have passed their fortieth birth.
day are dying off faster than they did
80 years ago, and in the opinion of
physicians overindulgence in meat is
largely responsible for this condition.
The death rate in general in this
country has decreased steadily for
some time, but that's principally due
to increases in the birth rate, not that
people are living longer. We have
done much to drive down the death
rate in the way of lettering sanitation
and such things, but in spite of all
this our death rate for persons over
40 is increasing"
DR.. BOlduan says that while it is
wise to consume less in summer than
in winter, a better plan still is to eat
less the whole year around, both OF
proteins and of fats, starches and sug
ar. Overindulgence in food is a com
mon trait of nearly all ages in this
country where food is plentiful. A
less generous menu would prOlOng
the lives of many people who die just
at the time when they ought to be ell
joying life to the fullest extent.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-08

ters, Representative Evans, of Mon
tana, said the requirements of the
homestead laws were harsh and op-
pressive. He led a successful effort
of western men for increased surveys
of public lands.
He spoke of h%ardships endured by
sturdy people who settle on public
domains, and said land laws need re-
vision, but believed if laws were ad-
m%inistered in humane manner and in
spirit rather than in letter of the law.
present unbearable hardships would
be removed or lessened.
He denounced the feeling among Of
ficials that entrymen are thieves. He
said an espionage system, distasteful
to homeseekers and detrimental to the
progress of the west, had sprung up
in the interior department. He class.
ed special agents as "spies" on hum
BILE homesteaders and said the harsh
administration of the laws had driven
many citizens to Canada.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-08
Lower Cost Of Education

Atlantic City, N. j., June 3O.-The
cost per year of educating children in
Catholic institutions ranges from $l2
to SIT. as against $24 to $40 for the
public schools. according to a report
Of the executive committee OF the
American Educational association,
which met here tonight preliminary
to the opening of the organizations
annual convention tomorrow. The re-
port showed that 1,742 Catholic in
stitutions, including parochial schools,
there are 100000 children enrolled.
Less expensive instructors than are
employed in the public schools was
capita cost.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-08
Millions for Skunk Skins

The skunk brings annually to the
trappers of the United States about
$1,000, 900. 1t stands second in i'm
portance only to the musk-rat among
fur-bearing animals. The value of a
skunk skin in the raw fur market
averaged from about IS cents to $3.50
in December, 1918, and usually runs
higher. Although this fur is not very
popular in America, Europeans favor
it because it wears we'll, and has a
luster which makes it rival the Rus
sian sable in appearance. These facts
are emphasized in a new farmers
bulletin mo. $50, now being sent out
by the United States department OF
Agriculture, which may be had free
on application by those who are in
terested in the Economic Value OF
North American Skunks."
Thirteen states now protect the
skunk by game laws, and a fuller un'
derstanding of the economic value OF
these creatures will, no doubt, result
in protective measures in other To-
ca%lities. The earliest legislation for
the protection of these little animals
grew out of appeals from hop growers
in New York because of their value
in killing the hop borer. This was in
1898, and since then laws have been
passed for their protection in Maine
New Hampshire, Vermont, New York
New Jersey, Delaware, Ohio, Indiana
Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Kansas
and North Carolina.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-08
Tax Express Companies

Olympia, WASH, July 1.-The SUI
preme court sitting Ell banc reversed
a department decision and held con-
stitutional a 5 per cent. gross earn
ing tax on express companies doing
business in the state of Washington.
The law reads that the tax shall be
ION the" gross receipts of such eX-
press companies for business done
within the state of Washington. The
tax in question. which was declared
void by the department decision OF
last December is now reinstated, and
the state will collect more than $780,.
900 a year from this source.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-08
Wilson Disappoints Suffra9ists

Washington, June 30.-President
Wilson told a deputation of more than
500 women suffragists at the White
house today that woma suffrage was
a state issue and not a national one
for that reason, he would not use his
influence for the passage OF a con-
stitutional amendment in congress.
More than 500 woman suffragists,
representing organized club women
of nearly every state, marched on the
White house and demanded of Presi
dent Wilson, a definite statement OF
his position toward votes for women
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-08
The River Press
Pablished every Wednesday Morning
BY the RiUer Press Publish
ing Company.
PROFIT IN

Cattle raising conditions in Argen
tine and other countries of South
America, as reported by Robert E
Conway, who has returned from a tour
of inspection, are such as to give con
sumers of beef hope that their butch
er bill will not much increase during
the next few years. Were we to be
dependent upon the home supply the
prices of meat might become so alti
tudinous is to get beyond the reach
of the man of ordinary means. The
number of cattle in this country is
decreasing, while the number Of con
sumers is increasing.
Mr.. Conway says that fine cattle
sell in the market at La Plata at
$40, which would bring $125 in st.
Louis. This leaves a good margin for
the cost of shipment of carcasses to
this country. The American packers
are establishing extensive plants
there. He also says that vast plains
in Brazil make fine cattle ranges, and
that great herds are being created on
them. which will be a source of a
worlds supply of meat in a few years.
He also calls attention to the fact that
the number of cattle is increasing
rapidly, because the growers do not
send their heifers to market, as is
done by the small cattle growers in
this country.
Taken largely, this might be con-
sidered d;scouraging to the live stock
industry on the part of farmers in the
United States, but it is not. Prices
are high enough now to make live
stock farming, under the lev system
of crop rotation, alfalfa culture and
silage feeding, an extremely profit
able business, and there is such an
increase in the cOnsumptive demand
here. as we'll as all v the world,
that the South American supply is
not likely to reduce them much, if
any. Consumers will have to be sat
isied ii the new source of supply
succeeds in checking the upward soar
ing of meat prices. 1t ought to be pos
sible for our farmers to supply us at
present prices and become wealthy
in doing it under the plan of live stock
farming being urged upon them by
all tile expert agriculturists of the
country. If they do not try it they
will only miss the prosperity they
might have, but the poor consumer
will have to watch his meat bill soar
to the vanishing point of inability to
pay t.-Globe-Democrat.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-08
Prohibition Issue in Idaho

Boise, Ida. July 1.-Planks favoring
statewide prohibition were incorpor.
ated in the platforms of the republic
an. democratic and progressives. as.
sembled in convention here today.
The democrats were content with
recommending the submission to the
voters in 1916 of a constitutional
amendment. The progressives declar.
ed for that and a statutory enactment
for prohibition by the next legislature.
The republicans Went on record for
national prohibition, or state prohibi-
ton by constitutional amendment and
by statutory enactment in case of fail
legislature.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-08

Helena, June 30.-The federal grand
jury today indicted William c. Con.
way on a charge of using the United
States mails to defraud. Conway is
charged with falsely representing
himself to be an official of the Fed
eral Good Roads association and of
using the mails to defraud while rep.
resenting himself as such official.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-08
Some Have Short Terms

sometimes a man has a hard time
getting finally located in the United
States senate"
"Yes,' replied Senator Sorghum.
Sometimes a legislature sends
along a mar who scarcely gets
through reading the word Welcome
his attention to a sign This Way
Out"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-08
Will Study American Farming

London. June 30.-An extensive
has been arranged for a party of So
South African farmers, recently ar
rived here under the leadership of the
parliament of the Union of South AT.
RIGA.
Some of the farmers intend to re
main in the United States for a time
to study fruit farming in California.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-08
Evans Pleads for Settlers

A Washington press dispatch says
that in a speech on public land mat