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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-10-23

They say it's good luck to pick up
pins, but you can't make the boy who
works In bowling alley believe 1t.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-10-23

Some women can't lose the married
look, even after they become widowA
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-10-23

People who live in glass houses
shouldn't live within a stones throw
of each other.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-10-23

III success in love saves many =
man from paying alimony.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-10-23
Liars All.

II you wish beautiful. clear whits
clothes. use Red Cross Bag Blue. At all
good grocers. Adv.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-10-23
Peruna Cured This Man OF
Catarrh.

Mr. J. B.
Reese. Habnab.
M a rylan n d
writes: " T W o
years ago I be-
came q suf-
ferer with ca
tarrh. W h l G h
c on t ! nued to
grow W or 8 Q
and made me
IN 1 8 Q r a BILE. I
could scarcely
smell at all,
and my taste
had almost left
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-10-23
STATE NEWS
OF INTEREST TO ALL
c OIL O r A 30
PEOPLE

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Dates for CominE Events.
Oct. 30-Nov.1-Tenth annual Dog Show
at Denver.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-10-23
Ag@zSA Watch Your Colts
Evil In Nervous Excitement.

Evil In Nervous Excitement
Professor Won Pfungen Of Vienna IL
conducting some interesting expert
ments which bear upon the relation OF
the state OF the nervous system to the
electric resistance of the skin. and he
claims that nervous excitement Of any
kind lowers the protecting power OF
the skin to quite q marked extent.
YOUR own DRUGGIST WILL TELL. YOU
Wv Murine Eye Remedy for Red Weak. watery
Mos and Granulai.d Hy.ild,; No smsripE-
iuai Rye Comfort Write for Book OF th~ Bye
81 mail Free. Murine Eyo Remedy Co., Chicago
Liars All.
so you went fishing with Brown
yesterday. What did you catch?"
ASK Brown. l forgot the number
we agreed on"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-10-23

LIP. Pellitier, postmaster general
of Canada. has resigned from the
Borden government owing to ILL.,
Evening star., 1914-12-06

h OSS Of the big guns. That Is
the unofficial title of Brig. Gen.
n Erasmus NJ. Weaver, chief of
the coast artillery of the
United States Army.
Evening star., 1914-12-06

THE Indian troops of the British
empire fighting in France and
Belgium appear. from the meager
news accounts from the western theater
of war, to be upholding their tradition
for valor and efficiency. OF the Indian
native troops in action those mentioned
in the brief dispatches are Gurkhas and
Sikhs and these troops appear to be the
backbone of the continent SO far with
drawn from India for service on the
continent of Europe.
The Gurkhas are frequently referred
to as '.the little brown men from the
bills" They come from northwestern
India and are the ruling Hindoo race OF
the great Indian state of Nepai- Though
generally of stronger and larger stat
ure than the Japanese. they are said to
bear a strong physical resemblance to
the sons Of Nippon. They have long
been "westernized" in their general
habits and modes of living. or as nearly
so as their observance and practice Of
their religious tenets will admit. and
they fraternize with occfdentals in
more comforta BILE and harmonious way
than with orientals. Their national
weapon is a heavy curved knife, which
in their language is called kukr1, and
this bears the same relation to them
that the machette does to working
classes in various parts of tropical
America and the Philippines.
The Gurkhas have fought under the
British flag for more than century
and have always fulfilled the reliance
placed on their loyalty and courage.
The ten regiments of Gurkhas. having
a strength of about 10000 men, for the
full period of their association with the
most valuable element in the native
forces of the Anglo Indian army. Their
history is largely the history of the
British conquest of India. They COW
CHAN and Sikh wars and fought shoul-
der to shoulder with the British troops
during the Indian mutiny. They have
always been loyal to the union jack,
aud t. j Gerccness and dogged tenac-
Evening star., 1914-12-06

4.7-inch howitzers and a very few g.
inch howitzers. They are popguns by
comparison with the new Krupps. In
reality. the United States has abso-
lutely nothing that can be classed as
siege artillery.
Last year the military authorities,
realizing the fact. planned to create
in the Coast Artillery Corps at
least a battalion of siege artillery, but
this project has been abandoned, and
now the general staff is at work on
plans to create a siege artillery organi-
zation as an auxiliary of the field ar
tillery.
Siege artillery work, in modern days.
is new class of soldering. 1t consists
in operating very delicate and intri-
cate piece of machinery very long
way from the enemy. 1t is an arduous,
but studious, occupation. There is none
of the glamour of war and shock of bat
tie about 1t. You don't see what you
shoot at and you don't see the result.
Bespectacled engineers and highly
traired mechanics make up the per-
Sonu !.
Evening star., 1914-12-06


the unofficial title of Brig. Gen.
~ Erasmus NJ. Weaver, chief of
the coast artillery of the
United States Army.
His is the corps that mans the forti-
ncations at the harbor entrance of so
many of the nations ports
He commands the men who. behind the
'frowning battlements'' of the fiction
writer. operate the great rifles and barrel
mouthed mortars that threaten invaders
except that 'frowning battlements" in this
day and generation is mere idle phrase.
Only the ancient works, such as the
masonry walls of old Fort Monroe. at the
entrance to Chesapeake bay. frown. The
really dangerous works present smooth
ard innocent appearance
The green terraces. the sweeps of tree
clad hills. the picturesque mounds OBJ
served from the sea are but screens for
potential death and destruction Get in
behind them and the engines of war are
revealed.
They are good engines. too. for in re-
ent years the whole system of sea coast
iefenses of the United States has been
-reated. Prior to the Spanish American
there were a few old forts. impress
Ive-looking structures, but armed with
,oiutely no value against modern navies.
Then came a period of long delibera-
ION in the army and in Congress on the
subject, with the result that a plan of
defensive works was agreed upon. and
iinally authorized by Congress. Any idea
of protecting all Of the sea line was re-
jected at the start Uncle Sans coast
too long
But it was decided that strategic loca-
LIONS, the entrances 10 the greater harbors
and larger sea coast cities. ought to be
covered by Notifications strong enough TO
discourage an enemy from attempting an
entrance or landing there He might
go somewhere else TO land 4; 1t Is the navy's y
job TO look after him in any event, but
lie must not be tempted to go after the
really important places.
After all, the seacoast defenses
are in ay an auxiliary of the
mayor the navy an auxiliary of the
seacoast defenses. that being dependent
upon whether you most admire the
Coast Artillery Corps or the navy. 1t
is the purpose of both to keep an in
vading enemy away from American
shores.
So for years Uncle Sam has been
building up to the plan of seacoast de-
lenses previously agreed upon. But
before he got well started on il along
came Hawaii. the Philippines and the
Canal Zone to be fortified. They had to
go into the plan. and huge fortifica- =
fions have been erected for them.
But now the work Is pretty we'll COM
pleted, az planned.
All the defensive projects for the
casts of the United States and its
,versea possessions which have hith-
rrto been approved have been carried
20 completion" said Gen Weaver. re-
entity, with the exception of the de
lenses of Los Angeles. Cal; certain
i'atteries in Manila bay. certain bat
terfes in Hawaii and certain batteries
In the Canal Zone. These. except the
nrSt. ar. nearing completion. Work
- 80 - ~.I-ua ,he ea4 Oh t!-e de
Evening star., 1914-12-06
GEa RanRS SnKnEM MI0nuE HuQmusM sMEE hn1auEEA
BOSS OF THE BIG GUNS ARMY REPORTS NEED FOR LARQ

that the enemy come up to it to fight.
The field artillery is the galloping
guns
Until 1907 field artillery and coast ar
tillery were all one corps in the Ameri-
can army. but then the growth of the
coast fortifcations and the necessary
higher degree of specialization brought
about division.
Proportionately and actually, the field
artillery is almost hopelessly made
quate. The regular army field batteries
have a total of only 144 guns, and the
militia field batteries only 326 guns.
In the whole establishment are only
twenty-four so-called heavy guns.
These are made up of 4.7-inch rifles,
Evening star., 1914-12-06
Guns for Fortifications Yet to Be Built-Larger
Pieces to Replace the Existing TwelNe-Inch
Guns - The Defenses at Cape Henry.
Building the Great Guns-The German
Success With Powerful Siege Guns-Opin-
ions of an Expert.
Mpee,nooo q 5DMaee,voooG
MzxeMZz0~sx NkMc q

a course at the Massachusetts, Insti-
tute of Technology. and in 1883 he was
graduated with honors from the Army
Artillery School.
During the Spanish-American war he
left his own corps for active service
and served as lieutenant colonel of the
5th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.
In the development of the artillery
following that war and in the upbuild
ing of the present Coast Artillery
Corps he played a prominent part.
Then. as chief of the Lewiston Of mill
tia affairs in the War Department.
from 1903 to 1911. he assisted in the de
velopment of the Coast Artillery Re
serves in that body. and also assisted
in increasing materially the efficiency
of the entire National Guard.
For a number of years also he has
been member of the general staff OF
the army, that picked body of officers
to which an officer wins only by the
display of signal ability.
ASHMUN BROWN.
Evening star., 1914-12-06

men who have been handling the new
big Krupps are not soldiers at all, but
particularly qualified mechanics from
the works at Essen, soldiers being used
only in the rougher work of assisting
the motor trucks to yank the pieces
about.
Gen. Weaver is OF the opinion that
Uncle Sam in creating this highly spe-
cialiZed corps should turn to the citizen
soldiery of the country. Rather a revo-
lutionary statement for a regular army
officer to make and decidedly compli-
mentary TO the National Guard.
"It Is believed" said Gen. Weaver,
that siege artillery service lends it
self particularly to the conditions and
Evening star., 1914-12-06
Gen. E. M. Weaver's Suggestions-Long-Laid
Plans for Coast Fortfications Worked Out
Almost to Completion-But New Problems
Have Arisen, Notably the One of Woeful
Shortage in Field Artillery-Need More Six
teen-lnoh Guns, and Congress Will Be
Asked for Them.

lenses of Los Angeles and has pro-
gressed satisfactorily.
The only new fortifications for which
appropriations are asked of Congress
Va, for the defense of Chesapeake bay.
and certain additional mortar batteries
at San Diego. CAL
Cape Henry is one of the POINTS to be
armed to defend the approach to Wash
inston from the sea. There has been
long delay there. incident to trouble
Uncle Sam had in acquiring the land he
needed for the purpose.
Now. all these defenses are about the
Still, properly to fulfill their function,
Indications are that they must be bet
ter. Advances have been made in the
art of war since they were started.
Europe has shown that no defenses
may be regarded as absolutely I'M
pregnable More and more, war is get
ting around to big gun battles.
Twelve-inch guns. for the most part.
form the main batteries of the seacoast
defenses of continental United States.
Each of these discharges a pro1ectile
seaward almost as far as the limita-
tions of the eye and the curvature OF
the earth will permit-some eleven or
twelve miles. They are rified weapons,
C.
But fourteen-inch guns are becoming
fashionable in modern navies. They
have proved their efficiency. Naturally
fourteen-inch gun shoots further than
gun aboard ship shooting at a twelve
inch gun ashore has an advantage that
is not counterbalanced by the fact that
the shore gun has secure and i'm
movable platform from which to oper-
ate. while the fourteen-inch gun wob-
This consideration gave the military
authorities of the United States some
worry, with the result that in the new
er defenses. notably In those at Panama
and in the insular possessions. four
teen-inch guns were mounted.
Dipping into the future. they built
at the government arsenal at Water
vliet Sixteen-inch gun, a veritable
whale. 1t has been sent to Panama for
one of the defenses of the canal
This piece is just short of fifty feet
long. its exact length being 5s0.9
outside diameter of sixty inches. Were
IT resting on the ground the man Of
average height could Just look over
its top. The outside diameter of the
muzzle is twenty-eight inches-as big
as the top of card table.
The powder charge, including igniter,
weighs a third of a ton, or 6s65 S
pounds, and the projectile more than
a ton. or 2.400 pounds. When 1t is
fred the powder sends the projectile
out of the muzzle travelling at the rate
of 2.250 feet a second. The foot pounds
energy of this missile-if you know
what that means-is S4.32S.
With the gun elevated at an angle Of
Is degrees the projectile will travel
$3.50 yards before it touches the sur
face of the sea. or nearly eleven miles.
Stick the muzzle up at a higher angle
but there is not much use in that, for
unless one can see the battleship one
wants TO hit there is small profit in
shooting.
But The Increased powers Of penetra-
Evening star., 1914-12-06
THE GURKHAS AND SlKHS
A STRONG FIGHTING FORCE,

ity have won for them many a bril-
liant victory.
Lord Roberts. in his long career in In
dia. commanded Gurkha troops. and
that officer, lamented by the British
people, has on several occasions paid
tribute to the wonderful lighting quail
ties of these famous Indian soldiers.
Lord Kitchener has also often paid
them tribute.
Fighting by the side of the Gurkhas
are the Sikhs. The Sikhs are a relig-
ious sect the word sikh meaning
piled TO these people by the first Guru
Mann * whose followers they became
A Hindoo becomes Sikh by baptism
under the rites of that religious belief.
The home of these people is in northern
India. mainly in the Punjab, the United
Provinces and in Kashmere. They have
fought against the British, but their
half century. 1t was their fanaticism.
worked on by turbulent leaders, which
led them in 1S45 to rise against the
British troops in India. For four years
Gujrat, in 1s49, Sir Hugh Cough in a.
decisive battle finally broke the Sikh
power and brought the whole Punjab
under British rule During the great
Indian mutiny they not only did not
join the rebels. but fought to aid in
quelling the outbreak.
~
There are 10000 Sikhs in the ANGLO
Indian forces. and this number may be
readily increased. il this has not been
done already. They have long been de-
scribed as hardy. brave. amenabie To
rigorous discipline. and are strongly
attached to their officers. Military au-
thorities have said of the Sikh that he
is the best soldier In the orient, though
with so many magnificent lighting races
or scots in the east 1t might be safer
to say that there is no better soldier in
the orient than the Sikh
There are two religious divisions
among the Sikhs and that division
known as the Kesadhari is also called
Singhs or lions. According to their re-
ligion they may not use tobacco or
drink wines or stronger liquors, though
this prohibition is observed only by the
orthodox members Of the creed, though
at worst, these soldiers are models OF
sobriety.
Evening star., 1914-12-06

opportunities, in so far as time and
means are concerned. of the personnel
of the organized militia.
"It is believed that it is better adapt
ed to the conditions which obtain
among the state forces, and promises a
more satisfactory measure of war eff
cheney than either field or coast artil-
lery.
The difficulties which have hereto
fore existed in regard to developing
field artillery among the organized mill
tia have been practically insurmount-
able, in so far as providing suitable
horses is concerned.
wherever the organized militia has
taken up coast artillery, and wherever
suitable equipment has been supplied
to their armories in the way of dummy
armament and accessory equipment, ex-
cellent results have been obtained. The
ti'.'.cultv has been in the ;croat cost in
Evening star., 1914-12-06

one before the chief of coast artillery;
he must get the men to handle them as
well. Both are serious problems.
Gen. Weaver is a native OF Lafayette,
Ind, and was graduated from West
Point in 1875 at the age of twenty-one.
At once he went into the artillery,
but in 1877 he went to the Western Re-
serve University for a three-year detail
as professor of military science and
tactics. From 1883 to 1885 he occupied
a like position at the South Carolina
Military Academy at Charleston, and
from 1883 to 1891 he was instructor in
the department of chemistry and cleo
tricity at the Military Academy at
West Point.
From 1900 to 1903 he was instructor
in artillery practice in the Army Artil-
lery School.
Gen. Weaver, when a lieutenant, took
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-21

neers of Imperial valley, coming here
at 4 time when life on the desert
meant real hardships and danger. He
has seen and has taken very ac-
tive part in the growth of Calexico
from the day when the town consist
ed of only a few buildings up to the
time of now, when it has arrived at
the small city stage. To be forced
to leave the city causes Mr.. Potter
regret only equaled by that of those
who have iabored by his side during
this time and who realize his sterling
qualities. 1t is hoped that his health
will soon improve so that once more
this family may return to the town
with which they have been so long
Observation-Disclosures Chronicle.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-21
MAINLY PERSONAL

Attorney I. w. Wilson of Brawley
was business visitor at the court
house today.
John C. Parker of Los Angeles ar
rived in the city this morning for a
short business trip.
w. F. Montague, assessor Of River
side for sixteen years, is visiting many
friends in FL Centre. He is much in
terested in the growth of the town,
which he had not seen for six years.
Ex-senator and Mrs. J. w. Bucklin
and son, of Colorado, arrived in Ell
Centre last evening and are guests at
the home of Mr.. Bucklin's brother, A.
N. Bucklin. The former Colorado
state official is planning to make FL
Centro his winter home.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-21
Bryan on Currency.
Omitted Press Day Service)

Omitted Press Day Service)
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 21.-Strong
praise for President Wilson is voiced
editorially in today's issue of Bryan's
Commoner. 1t says in part:
Currency reform is an established
fact at last. For more than ten years
different bodies, official and semi-of-
fetal, have investigated the currency
problem, but the plans heretofore had
in view the promotion of the inter-
ests of financiers. No other presi-
dent in recent years was free to un-
dertake currency reform from the
standpoint of the people, but when the
present executive took the oath he
entered upon his duties without being
under obligation to special interests
and therefore was in a position to
urge a change, liberating the fiscal
world from bondage.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-21
For Rent.

240 acres finest cotton land in val
ley, 214 miles southwest of Ell Cen
tro. Prefer to rent for share of crop.
Will be in Ell Centre until Friday. Call
at J. ID. Mollison Real Estate Office,
in Davis block, and ask for NJ. w. Ma
son.-Adv. 224
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-21
The New klaxOn Horn.

Come in and see-we have it. The
New Klaxon Hand Horn. No batter
ies-but never fails to work. Stanley
De Blois Garage, Sixth and State SITS.
ADV. 223
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-21

l have been instructed to look after
the insurance and bonding business of
the late G. S. Helms, temporarily.
Those wishing renewals, new policies
or endorsements made, can see me
at my office, 1OS First National Bank
Bldg. T. A. Iasigi.-Adv. 226
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-21

See Spikes Detective and Collection
Agency about taking over regular col
lections anywhere in the valley. We
get results. P. o. Box 232, Ell Centro,
Calif.-Adv. tt
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-21

Our photographs are more than
good photographs-they are true
portraits, bringing out all that's best
in character and individuality. Call
and see work. Evan V. Davis, third
door west of Postoffice.-Adv. 227
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-21
CITY AND VALLEY

Dairymen Hearing Friday-The
hearing of the thirteen dairymen who
are charged with conducting unsani-
tarv dairieS, will be held before JUS
tice of the Peace /. Mayfeld Friday
morning.
y y X
Wire Act Makes Hit-A packed
house at the L. & S. theatre last even
ing gave its approval to the Stuart
Sisters in their wire act. These two
girls are clever artists and rank with
the best in the business.
X X x
Specials at Tulape-"The FaithlesS
! Friend" in two reels, will be the fea-
ture at the Theatre Tulane for to-
night. Two excellent comedies,
"Dodging Matrimony" and "The
Troublesome Telephone" are also on
the bill.
x X X
|. o. o. F. Banquet-Following the
initiation of candidates tonight the
Independent Order of Foresters will
serve banquet to which all members
of Ell Centre court are invited. The
initiatory work will start at p. m.
sharp.
Notice to Parents-A new class for
beginners will be organized January
26. All children 6 years of age are
eligible Please notify the principal
by Friday or before, so that we may
know how many to expect. H. c. Coe.
principal.
Report Horse StOlen-A report has
been received at the sheriff's office
that the barn of Frank Thing, in Ca
lexico, was entered last night and
horse and saddle stolen. 1t is be-
lieved that Mexican did the work
and escaped across the line.
X X
More Complaints Filed-Attorney
Burke of Los Angeles has caused to
be filed with the county clerk twenty
seven additional complaints in an ac-
ton for specific performance in the
matter of certain government grant
lands in the northern part of the
county. This makes 1877 complaints
filed in this matter.
X x x
To Leave CalexicO-L. A. Potter is
making plans which take him and
his family from Calexico. Because
of poor health he has resigned his
position as manager of Varney Bros.
& Co.'S store in Calexico and expects
to take up his residence at Exeter,
Cal. The vacancy in the store force
which was made by his resignation
has been filled by his brother, Clark
Potter. Mr.. Potter has been connect
ed with Varney Bros. & Co.'S Calex-
leo store ever since the store was
located in this city. His term would
have covered ten years had he re-
mained with the first until the first
of April. He is one of the real pio-
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-21
S425.OO BUYS 1913 Ford.

5-passenger touring car, A condi-
ton, oversize tires, coverings, extra
equipment. Inquire Dominquez. o. K.
Repair Shop, corner Fourth and Brigh-
ton.-Adv. tt
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-21

The finest diamond in the valley
at 1915. Diamond rings $12.50 up.
Elgin and Waltham watches-lowest
price in the valley. Expert watchmak.
ing. ]. F. Lukens, 522 Main St.-Adv.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-21

New modern Photo Studio, third
door west of Postoffice, opens Satur-
day, Jan. II, for business.
221 EVAN DAVIS, Photographer.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-21
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., 1914-01-21

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., 1914-01-21
Cotton Land.

200 acres of fine cotton land to
lease; share of crop. See M. w. Ma
son in J. D. Mollison office, Davis
block.-Adv. 224
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-21

The best alarm clock in United
States, Seth Thomas makers, guaran-
teen two years. ]. F. Lukens, 522
Main St.-Adv.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-21
Announcements
Notice

F. S. Wing announces himself as a
candidate for City Trustee at the
spring election in April, at the mercy
of all Republicans and good citizens.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-21

Wood for sale. Dool's ranch, 3
miles west of Calexico.-Adv. If