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Imperial Valley press., 1914-09-22
Chambers of Commerce
Have Great Work To Do

The Long Beach Press of September
s prints an interview with Mr.. Man
ming, local secretary. They call him
the Expert Booster from the South
ern Empire, a messenger of good
cheer, a civic upbuilder of state
wide reputation. They have followed
this up by request that ne con-
tribute a special article to help on
the Long Beach Chamber in its re-
organization. Here is the article.
1t will be read with local interest
1t is good advertising for our val
ley. Let this fraternal community
spirit spread for it does US all good.
A chamber of commerce, just be-
cause it is an institution controlled
by human beings, is subject to the ups
and downs that beset us as human
beings. It has its dog days, its tri-
umphs and its failures, and its mis-
zion and scope have never been faith
omed or measured to the full.
Most chambers of commerce start
off with an outburst of enthusiasm
shared and fostered by the whole COM
munity; month by month, alas, the
enthusiasm peters out, members get
lethargic, subscriptions fall off, dry
rot sets in; the poor overworked sec
letary and a few remain as forlorn
hope, fighting against big odds.
Many chambens of commerce of the
present day are mere shadows of their
former selves. Thirty-seven have been
reorg2nized since last May, the two
notable coast examples that l know
of being the San Bernardino City
Chamber and Imperial Valley County
Chamber.
Long Beach is big enough, strong
enough, wealthy enough to have one
of the most progressive and aggres
sive city chambers in this state.
She is growing so fast as to abso-
lutely need one.
Long Beach, in needing such a
chamber, must also realize that such
chamber will need money. Every
citizen should in his way and 10 the
full extent of his means support it.
1t takes, however, more than money
to keep chamber from going down.
1t takes more than intermittent en-
thusiasm to force a chamber up and
keep it up.
The income Of chamber should
and must come from every resident
within the sphere of its activities. II
e. is worth living in, if it give
you the wherewithal to live, join its
chamber of commerce, work with it,
stick b. it. If you cannot do this
Imperial Valley press., 1914-09-22

er-working force for civic and COM
mercial uplift and expansion; will pi-
lot the thoughts of community to
the needed thing and hammer away
until it is obtained; viii pass over
criticisms as willingly as it asks foy
and receives and acts upon sugges-
tions.
Such a chamber is a defender of
progress, promoter of civic and COM
mercial betterment. 1t asks for a
square deal and fair field and it is
entitled to get it and right to ask
and set the funds to do the work of
the people from the people. When,
! Ike Jonah, we get down in the mouth.
or, Ike Job, cavil at our boils, wheth-
er they be civic, political or CONNER
cial, Go not forget that the American
people believe in the truth, the whole
truth and nothing but the truth. They
want to know ALL
When they know all that is abso-
lutely needed they will you or cham
Der Of commerce square deal.
Let your local chamber take the
public into their confidence, tell them
the fruits of past labors, the cost and
the deficiency in funds.
Show them your program, produce
the men back of it, ask for a fund
sufficient to clean up the old debts
and sfart you off again, and the pub
lie will respond, because it is to their
interest to do So There is no argu-
ment. Your chamber has done good
work. The whole state knows it.
l speak with a deep interest in
Lon" Beach. Apart from the enthu-
siasm which is absolutely necessary in
the makeup of secretary and which
your Mr.. Bisby possessed so fully,
you end / must know no community
can stand alone.
There is a community of interest
letween Imperial Valley and Long
Reach. We are the bread basket of
Southern California. Long Beach is
our health resort. Your ozone-laden
air gives US health; our acres give
many of your residents wealth.
Your civic and commercial progress
is wrapped up with our own.
Our chamber slogan is: Get to-
gether, work together, stick together" !"
with added emphasis on the "stick to-
gether." Take heart, there is sill
yer lining. Your chamber of COM
merce will arise Phoenix-like from it's
present depression to go onward to d
greater mission.
I feel this because you have in your
midst public-spirited men who will see
that it does. They will rally, they
will do, for the hour and the day cries
for it.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-09-22
rs INFLUENCE SPREADING.

l The farmers of the great Middle West are just
capazng their greatest crop at the highest prices and
the amount of money thus being put into the hands OF
the peope is enormous The influence of this is certain
to spread out until every section of the country is af
fected.
Meanwhile the factories getting busy, and the
manufactured products will rise to level
Great prosperity is coming the nation by steady
degrees and all will share in it.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-09-22
MOT THE REAL ISSUE.

IN Some of the engineers have entered on discus
sion of technical questions to the proper methods of
constructing irrigation works, which is of some inter-
est But what the public wants to know is why in bazes
they don't get busy and build somethng-the ume over
New river, for instance.
If this discussion is designed to distract attention
from the need for this lume it will fail of its purpose
Imperial Valley press., 1914-09-22
Best equipped and most carefo
piano mover. Ed Royce Transfer. tt
GOLDEN WEST HOTEL

G. 50. (whole blockl from I'd to 4th Sts
SAN DIEGO, CAL.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-11-20
CHILDBIRTH OF
FUTURE WILL Be
WITHOUT PAIN

NEW YORK. Nov. 2o.--"The
Freiburg method OF producing that
state OF mind called twilight sleep
IL bound 10 become the method OF
the future In treating women In
childbirth"
This 10 the opinion OF DR.. VIII
liam Wellington Knipe. professor
at the New York Post Graduate
Medical school. who has Just re-
turned from Freiberg. Germany.
after making an exhaustive investi-
cation OF the marvellous new method
OF painless childbirth as practiced
there.
DIR. Knipe went TO Freiburg as an
avowed skeptic. and hence Ameri-
can physicians consider his com
plete conversion extraordinarily sig.
nificant. In an article In the cur
rent number OF The Modern Hos
pital." the famous surgeon says:
1T was only after repeated demon
strations OF successful twilight
sleep that at last became a con-
vert, and was forced TO admit the
poor results we had obtained pre-
viously were due TO the fact that
we did not follow the Freiburg
method"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-11-20
Some Slaughter We Can Stop

VTTEN the brings word of thousands slaughtered in
w battle the chances that Of still sens
enough hudder and to at the supper table, where
we sit and eat in peace: TOO badi Too badP
or course have let it go that, for there isn't
anything else that can do.
But II you happened to notice recent bulletin OF the
Chicago health department the subject Of the mortality
due preventable bad air. the chances you weren't
shocked at ALL Notwithstanding yearly death toll in that
city OF 10000 and fact that you COULD do
thing reduce II, if you tried.
What could you do9 do you ask'
Well for thing, you could throw your own windows
open wide every little while let the foul air out and
keep the windows open all night in the bedrooms.
Then If the the lodgeroom the church the
other public place which hrongs gather isn't properly
ventilated you could register kick and keep kicking till
something done to improve matters
Bad air is nothing less in the world than bad
habit There plenty Of good air absolutely free Of and
waiting to be used So it's nobodys fault but
don't all need of it.
making soldiers
bsth. mes
THE
Insult the United
Woodrows credit his
order Trotter kicked Into the street
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS hopes defeating DobIe
EVIDENTLY MARRIED life was no pipe for esher Pape
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-11-20
GIVE SEATTLE A REST ON this NIGHTMARE

getting ready to sell the railroad to the highest
bidder and wind up the receivership.
Let the judge 60 to il, and well have the
troublesome matter with
Why should Councilmen Dale and Cooley
bestir themselves over = proposition for the city
to buy the road At figure virtually the same
that refused only short time ago? Their attitude
only prolonss the agony and causes more court
delay, and perhaps tends to keep Judge Frater from
ending the receivership.
To pretend that there il any substantial DIFF
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-11-20
DIVORCED Wife
GOOD NEICHBOR
TO SUCCESSOR

DETROIT. Mich, Nov. 20.--After
living for n year on tho best OF
neighborly terms next door TO her
husbands divorced first wife. Mrs.
Alpha Pergau has Just requested
tho probate court 20 appoint her
guardian Of the divorced wife.
This tangled tale OF affections
began several years ago, when Mrs.
Laura Pegrau was sent to tho hos
pital as insane. Later she was dis
charged, but would not go back to
her husband. who thereupon secur-
ed a divorce. Last year he mar
ried again, and gave his first wife
q home next door to the one In
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-11-20
STOMACH SOUR? STOP INDIGESTION,
GAS, HEARTBURN-PAPE'S DlAPEPSIN

Do some foods you eat bit back
taste good, but work badly; fer.
ment into stubborn Jumps and
cause a sick, sour, CASEY stomachI
Now. Mr.. and Mrs. Dyspeptic, tot
this down: Pape's Diapepsin d.
gests everything. leaving nothing
to sour and upset No difference
how badly your stomach Is disor-
dered, you get happy relief In nve
minutes. but what pleases you
most is that It strengthens and reg
ulates your stomach so you can eat
your favorfte foods without fear.
Most remedies give you relief
oometimes--they are slow. but not
sure. Diapepsin is quick, positive
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-11-20

and puts your stomach in a healthy
condition 80 that the misery won't
come back
You feel different as soon as
Pape's Dtapepsin comes In contact
with the stomach--distres Just
vanishes--your stomach gets sweet,
no gases. no belching. no eructa-
lions Of undigested food. your head
clears and you feel fine.
Put an end 10 stomach trouble
by getting large fifty-cent case
of Pape's Diapepsin from any drug
store. You realize In five minutes
how needless II is TO suffer from In
digestion. dyspepsia or any stom-
ach disorder.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-11-20

CEATTLE 10 entitled to rest on the Renton car
~ line matter until il ceases to be a nightmare.
When the receivers, the bondholders, the
court which is handling the receivership, can get
down to a rock bottom business basis, and treat
with the city for the purchase Of the line at price
something like the real value, the city then can
take up the matter again.
In the meantime, let the receivers worry about
the Renton line
Why should the city Of Seattle bother with il?
few weeks ago, Judge Frater, il appeared.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-11-20

which he installed his new bride.
He had tho custody OF tho child,
Viola Pergau. and tho little girls
real mother used to run In daily
TO see her child. and to visit with
Mrs. Alpha Pergau
Recently the first Mrs. Pergau
has suffered relapse. and the sec
ond wife wants to be made her
guardian In order TO protect her In.
terests Both mothers love the
child. Viola. deeply.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-11-20
MOST ANYTHING.

woman
'oh. I know. And falls in love
with another man"
No. That's the original part OF
H. The play shows marriage 10
be n sacred relation that some
people take seriously. and get n
good deal OF happiness out Of"
A Mastery Retreat
John Smith came very near get
ting dog bitten last week. He had
been hog hunting q few days before
and told his wife he had found n
decr's track. He had started back
10 an old derrick TO see II he could
find any sign. Az he went he came
across George McAdoo's horse tied
In tho woods and a dog guarding the
horse. Tho dog made for john. and
he started TO run. The dog caught
him by tho seat OF his pants. and
when John got home the pants were
all gone except the waist--IIuuts-
yille ARK Republican.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-11-20

EVIDENTLY MARRIED life was no pipe for el.her pspe
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-11-20

The doctors article describes
carefully the method of inducing
the sleep BY injection Of soopola-
mine and morphine, and insists that
the treatment will have to be car
ried out exclusively in a hospital.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-11-20

ference in the pending offer BY the receivers from
the one discussed few weeks ago s ludicrous.
Il was a 81 400 900 proposition then. II is
100000 proposition now.
The difference Of $l0O,0O0 is mere bait.
When the terms get down to about $500, 900,
which 10 somewhere in the neishboghood of the
real value of the line, will be plenty time then
to talk about the city buying it.
With Judge F,ter about ready to end the
receivership, the city well afford to do little
"watchful waiting"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-11-20

n. ", wensdy--why IL II that
bride always looks ss clipper a.
can be. while tho bridegrumc 10
sutch a drcary-lookin objeck
nuthing seams To take all the
inter out OF Teller like citing
married
had TO laff at q storey herd
the uthcr day about funny crack
Guy made that was Citing
hisched up over in brpoklin
this duck had wigxled along
until tho age Of ~ or hcreabouts
without any dame being able TO
land him
then an articss young thing OF
praps 81 yores sniped him from
behind a rubber plant. and II was
good mite 20 single blesscdness for
that poor mutt
we'll, the fatal day arrived. and
the preacher was grouped IN front
OF the floral display. and the bride
was iurkin around the rear OF the
premises with her pa. waiting 10
begin the grand march
while poor clarence was fidget.
ing around sumthing terrible In
the coop where they had him con.
fined with the best man
the best man made about
efforts 10 shove clarence out
where the shackies was 10 be
rivitted on, but sumhow he
couldn't gift him started
clarence kept fumbling around
with his clothes and saying dcaf
me, and FINELY the best man hol.
lers. what's the matter. have you
lost the ring
no answers the unfortunit bride.
grume, tho ring Ia all rite. but 1
have lost my enthoosiasm
johnny
Bright view.
IT don't think moRenes ought to
be 90 pcssimistic about honesty"
whats your pointf"
All he had was his lantern and
HIS tub. He still has those, while
rye been skinned out OF three for
tunes. Yet I'm still optimistic"
or 10 II Just Our Luck7
| Experience has made us shy
At quick-lunch stuff called Chicken
pie"
Tho only chicken that gets IN
Ia feathers. bones and hunks or
skin.
Human Zoology.
oily dogs.
silly geese.
Ravening wolves
slippery cells.
Legal sharks.
Birds OF prey.
Scare crows.
The Safety Zone.
During n certain battle the col
onel of an Irish regiment noticed
that one OF his men was extremely
devoted 10 him and followed him
OK erywhere. At length he re-
marked: why, my man, you have
stuck by me well today"
"Yis, sorr," replied Pat. "Shure.
me mither said 10 me, said she,
lust stick 10 the colonel, Patrick,
me bhoy, and you'll be all roight.
Them colonies never gets hurted.'"
A Daring Drama.
"He has written a new play"
"Original7"
"Yes. The heroine II a married
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-11-20
A Mastery Retreat

biologists estimate that the coal
fields OF Shans province. China.
are great enough to meet the
worlds demands for moro than a
thousand years.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-11-20
SOME GLASS TO THIS

The Cherry Valley Timber Co.
has equipped IL railroad coaches
with steam heating apparatus, cleo
trio lights. Libraries and hot and
cold water, and ia using them an
camps for it's men. This novel
camp on wheels In at present sta
toned near saltwater, Wash.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-11-20

French railway In lndo-chIna
uses metal sleepers entirely.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-02-13
ONE HUNDRED CITIZENS
ATTEND MEETING
Called by Governor to Discuss Ways
and Means for Arkansas to be
Represented at San Fran
cisco Exposition,

Little Rock, Feb. 13.-There were
about one hundred citizens from all
over Arkansas present Thursday af-
ternoon in the meeting called by Gov
Hays to discuss the representation of
the state at the San Francisco Expo
sition. The members of the Arkan-
sas Press Association meeting at the
same time, attended the conference in
a body.
Gov. Hays acted as chairman, and ex-
planned the purpose of the meeting,
and Senator Hamp Williams of Hot
Springs was elected Secretary. Ad-
dresses were delivered by Gov Hays,
Judge w. M. Kavanaugh, H. l.. Rem
mel, Chas. S. Stiff, Deputy Commits
sioner Robert NJ. Hutchins, George R..
Belding, and others, and it was the
unanimous verdict that the state must
go after an adequate representation
at the Exposition.
A resolution was passed authoriz-
ing Gov. Hays to appoint an execu-
tive committee of twelve, and gener-
al committee of one from each coun-
ty, for the purpose of devising ways
and means. This will be done at once.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-02-13
NEWS FROM STATE CAPITOL

Little Rock, Feb. 13.-The Cooke
Bros. Mercantile Company of Mar
veil, has surrendered its charter to
the state, having sold its assets to
Cooke Bros. & Co.
The following new corporations
have been chartered:-
Harrison Building and Loan AS
sociation, of Harrison, 100000 cap
ital, S15,400 subscribed, c. l.. Glines
president, Frank Greene vice -presi-
dent, Lee d. Bell secretary, w. S.
Petit treasurer.
The Richie Grocery Company of
Camden, w. w Brown president, has
increased its capital stock from $3.50
600 to 100000, and the Helena
Wholesale Grocery Company of He
lena, has increased its capital stock
from $4,000 to $4,000.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-02-13
GOVERNOR HAYS PAR
DONS CLUSTER AUSTIN

Gov. Hays granted a pardon toClus-
ter Austin, a negro, convicted in jan
uary, 1910, in Ashley county, on a
chmarge of murder in the second de
gree and convicted and sentenced to
seven years in the penitentiary.
Clemency was petitioned by many
citizens, most of the county officials,
and the trial judge. One of the pc
titions states that ''if he was not en-
tirely justifable in committing the
crime under the circumstances. he has
already received sufficient punish
ment and the doubt should be resolved
in his favor now, as he was not tried
for the offense, but for the reason
of absent witnesses was forced to
plead guilty and ask the mercy of the
court"
He was charged with the murder Of
Charles Martin in 1910.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-02-13
PRAISED BY SUMNEas.
Congressman Summers Gives lndoroe'
mont and Support to the National
Corn Exposition at Dallas.


Hon. Hatton w summers, who re-
ing. In Dallas. stated that the logical
meeting place of the heXt conference
would be with the Sixth National Corn
Exposition, in 1914 and he felt sure
that Col Holland, who called the first
meeting in Chicago, would favor sucn
"A plan. He also said that the present
congress appreciated the value OF TINS
great agricultural congress to the whole
nation. They sent = delegation to the
Fifth National Exposition at Columbia
=. d., in 1913 and will, undoubtedly
have committee at the Sixth National
EXPOSITION in Dallas, in addition to
the elaborate and comprehensive gov
ernment educational exhibit which Is
pow certain fair idea OF the mag
nitude of this exhibit will be had when
l say that il Will cover practically
10000 square feet of floor space and Is
made up of ten or twelve different de-
partments.
Inasmuch as this coming exposition
beenfits the different africultural sec
tions of the country. and the farmers
of the United States, ii will benefit all
the people in making more secure their
opportunities to live. Every person
should certainly give his unqualified
Endorsement and support to Il move
ment that assures his country of sur
ficient supply OF food, for no nation
can attain to the highest state of civil
izatioD with an underfed population
The Prescott daily news., 1914-02-13
HAS BEEN DUBBED
FIRST AID TO CUPID"

Little Rock, Feb. 13.-J. f. Dug
ger, county and circuit clerk of Gle
burne county, who has been dubbed
first aid to Cupid" is in the city.
Mr. Dugger claims the record of hav-
ing issued more marriage licenses
for the year of 1913, in proportion to
the population, than were issued by
any other county clerk of the state.
His records show that he issued
492 licenses, or one for every ID popu-
lation. There were AZ marriages per
formed in the court house. most o.
them by the county judge. Mr.. Dug
ger is now candidate for a second
term.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-02-13

Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst is back
at her post in London, that is we pre-
sumo it is her post, and this time she
makes a sensational speech from a
window in her boarding house and
then announces that she is coming
down into the street and dares the
policemen to arrest her. A few min
utes intervent and a woman resembl-
ing Mrs Pankhurst comes out into
the crowd and is arrested but by the
time she is carried to Jail, it is dis
covered that she is not Mrs. Pank-
hurst, so Mrs. p. scores. Such is
life in a great city.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-02-13
CHANCERY CASE REACHES
THE SUPREME COURT
Case Involving 10000 Acres of Land
is Appealed to the Supreme
Court. Suit Instituted on
May ii, 1914.

Little Rock, Feb. 13.-A chancery
case involving nearly 100000 acres of
land has reached the Supreme Court
having been appealed from the Pu-
laski chancery court. 1t is the case
of A. j. Hunter, as trustee of the es-
tate of Silas F. Field, deceased, versus
w. A. Field ct al. Silas Field died in
September 1897 leaving very extern
sive real estate holdings in the coun-
ties of Pulaski, Desha, Faulkner,
Grant, Hot Springs, Saline, Scott,
White and Yell. There were thirteen
direct heirs. O. B. Field was agreed
upon as administrator, and A. j. Hun
ter, husband of one of the heirs, be-
came trustee for certain of the pro-
perty.
Suit was instituted May IA, 1912,
in the Pulaski Chancery court, by w.
A. Field against A. ]. Hunter for an
accounting, and the record of the pro-
ceedings is a most complicated one.
The decision in the lower court was
against Hunter, and he has taken an
appeal.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-02-13
RECESSION &c CARRIED
TO SUPREME COURT
Case Involving Authority of Bank
commissioners is Carried to the
Supreme Court. Consid-
erahle Interest Taken

Little Rock, Feb. 13.-The decision
Of Chancellor Martineau in the Ar
oenta case involving the question of
the authority of the Bank Commits
sioner to wind up the affairs of a
aofunct bank, is to be taken to the
crnreme Court for a final determina-
+ion Judge Martineau held that the
act is constitutional, and gives the
Commissioner properly, the authority
70 take charge of banks that fail.
Not only this question but the con-
stitutionality of the whole act, Great
ing a new department and prescribing
its duties, is to be passed upon.
Considerable interest has been
aroused in Arkansas over the action
of the Michigan and the Iowa Su-
nreme Courts in declaring unconsti-
utional the acts creating what is
known as the Blue Sky Department.
In Arkansas the Department is part
of the State Bank Commission. The
Department will secure copies of the
Iowa and Michigan decisions to deter
mine if they can be made to apply to
the Arkansas statute. The question
has not been raised in Arkansas as
vet except indirectly in a Little Rock
building and Loan case.