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Western Kansas world., 1914-04-25


The demand of men teachers this
year exceeds the supply. This must
be due TO the good work done by our
new, young men teachers of last year.
Each of them made good.
And now this Column reluctantly
bids adieu to the schools and goes off
for the summers vacation. 1t en-
tered upon its career last fall with
fear-and trembling-fo it was a new
venture and all new innovations meet
with more or less criticism and op-
position. But there is one, way only
to escape criticism and opposition in
this world of ours and that is 'fto do
nothing" That person is criticised
most who does most. But the VEN
ture proved successful beyond all
sanguine hopes. The language work
in : the country schools improved
visibly, the interest in reading
doubled, and every school became in
terested in contest work of some
nature. We feel amply repaid for
the few moments of extra time spent
each week in the preparation of this
wook. We wish to thank the editor
of each paper for generously giving
us double the space promised and for
their kind, helpful suggestion in this
work. We assure them that we feel
happier and wiser" for the years.
experience. With best wishes to
everybody for a profitable and enjoy
able summer, we are:
The County Superintendent and
Teachers.
Western Kansas world., 1914-04-25

when the successful terms of school
are closing.
Western Kansas world., 1914-04-25

And this i the time Of the year
Western Kansas world., 1914-04-25

District "a, Mr. BOngarrz, clerk IS
Western Kansas world., 1914-04-25

The Blue Ribbon school reports
twenty-four pupils-out of an atten-
dance of forty-as neither absent nor
tardy during the term. Let us hear
from others
Western Kansas world., 1914-04-25

CARRIE A. STRADAL,
County Superintendent.
Western Kansas world., 1914-04-25

DICK TAaRAPH.
Western Kansas world., 1914-04-25

Also it is again the time to quote
Camps epigram: Front yard reputa-
ton; back yard, character. Clean up,
fore and aft
Western Kansas world., 1914-04-25

And nearly every uncle has his
''aunty", if you look around a bit.
Which is to say, we all have our
Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-26
Houston Canal Ready March Is

Houston, Texas, Feb. 26.-The
Houston ship canal will be completed
and ready for service March Is, Chas.
Grotty, government engineer in
charge of the work announced today.
This will be two years ahead of the
time allowed. The canal will have
depth of 25 feet from the turning
basin clear to the Gulf. During De-.
cember the dredges removed 100000
yards of material The heavy work
already is completed, the barges be-
ing devoted to clearing up odds and
ends and making the work perfect.
The channel will give Houston all the
facilities of a seaport.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-26
Thieves Enter
Julian's Store

Thieves entered Julian's grocery
store last night and made away with
IS cents and quantity of eatabies.
A futile attempt to break open the
cash register, which contained $15,
was made, but it is believed that the
robbers were scared away before ac-
complishing the deed.
. Entrance was gained through the
skylight. A screen was cut out and
the thieves slid down ropes used for
raising and lowering the windows.
The escape was through the rear
door
In attempting to open the cash reg
iSter, the door which covers the
mechanism was pried off and pieces
Of potato placed over the bell ham
mer to muffe the sound should they
succeed in operating the keys. 1t is
evident, however, that the working
Of the machine was strange to the
Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-26
robbers, as they were unsuccessful
No attempt was made to pry open
the cash drawers.
King George There.
Omitted Press Day Service)

London, Feb. 26.-King George and
his suite occupied the box at today's
exhibition ball game between the
New York Giants and the Chicago
White Sox. Many European diplo-
mats attended. The game was a
splendid exhibition, Chicago winning
in the eleventh inning, 5 to A.
Ambassador Page and his secre-
tary, O'Loughlin, sat on either side
of the king, explaining the game. He
seemed greatly interested and asked
to have McGraw of the Giants and
Callahan and Comiskey of the Sox
presented to him. Fifteen thousand
saw the game. The score was tied at
2 all in the sixth inning and at all
in the eighth. The finals were: Chi
cago, 5 runs, 10 hits, l error; New
York, 4 runs, 8 heits, no error.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-26
Stockholders to
Contest Election

Certain stockholders in Water Com
pany No. 2 are preparing to contest
the election of officers and directors
which took place at the annual meet
ing of the corporation in Holtville
yesterday.
Through Attorney O. V. Wilson of
this city they intend to ask the su-
perior court to set aside the election
on the grounds that $500 shares of the
corporation was voted by proxy of
the pledgee of stock, issued to the
pledgee to be held by him as collat-
eral security for a loan made by him
to the corporation. The Pledge is
Mr.. Hamaker, credit man for the First
National bank of Los Angeles.
The point raised by the plaintiffs
is that it has been held in the state
of California that the Pledge of
stock can vote at an election of stock
holders if the stock was first issued
to person who paid for the stock
and afterward assigned it to the
pledgee for loan, but that this stock
voted yesterday was treasury stock is
sued direct to the pledgee for loan
made to the corporation.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-26
Movies Used to Teach Boys

st. Cloud, Mimi, Feb. 26.-The
moving picture machine used for the
past two years at the Minnesota train
ing school for boys has proved ex-
tremely beneficial and has more than
paid for itself in the good results
obtained, according to j. T. Fulton,
acting superintendent of the state
training school for boys here today.
The state board has sanctioned use
of moving pictures at the institution
as q permanent course of instruction
and educational amusement. Pictures
are chosen for their educational
value.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-26
Cut. Freight Rate
Rehearing Denied

Several months since the state rail
road commission issued an order pro-
viding for a decrease in the freight
rates from the valley to Los An
geles and San Pedro, following which
the railroad company asked for a re-
hearing.
This morning Attorney M. w. Conk-
ling received a communication from
the commission enclosing a decision
handed down by the commissioners re-
fusing to reopen the case.
1t is believed this implies that the
reduced rate will now become perma-
nently operative in the valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-26
To Utilize Vacant Lots
CUnited Press Day Seryice)

sStrVrCtJ
Toppenish, Wash, Feb. 26.-Every
vacant lot in Toppenish will be gar
den this spring and summer, yielding
vegetables and flowers in profusion
under the careful cultivation of stu.
dents in the city board schools, accord
ing to plans announced today by Su-
perintendent f. T. Robinson.
The school authorities will have
the ground plowed and the boys and
girls will plant and care for the
growing crops with experts to ad.
wise them. Prizes are to be given for
the best results from lot of given
size.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-26
Italy to Exhibit,

San Francisco, Feb. 26.-Italy has
appropriated 100000 lire, 100000,
for an exhibit at the Panama Pacific
exposition. 1t is more than likely thac
this sum will later be increased to
8 100000 lire or 100000.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-26
Hospital burns.
Omitted Press Day Service)

(UnIteU FTtAS Day StTVICtJ
Montreal, Feb. 26.-Fire today des-
troyed the hospital annex of st. Vim
cent de Paul's penitentiary, with
loss of 100000. Two hundred and
fifty prisoners were safely removed
with no casualties.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-26

Vienna, Feb 26.-The wedding of
Crown Prince George of Greece and
Princess Elizabeth of Roumania has
been set for May 21. The ceremony
will be celebrated at Athens. EN-
peror Wilhelm of Germany will be
among the European crowned heads
at the wedding.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-26
Candidates Pass
Century Mark
CONTINUED FROM PAGE oNEl

lCONTINUED FROM PAGE ONEl
Mrs. DR.. McCombs, Ell Centre. 1925
Mrs. Winthrop Pier, Ell Centre 3,45O
Mrs. Percy Thacker, Ell Centre. 1925
Mrs J. F. Seymour, Ell Centre 3,25G
Mrs. W. B. Gibson, Ell Centro.. 2,725
Mrs. J. D. Meadows, Ell Centre. 2,725
Mrs. Ray Fowble, Ell Centro.. 1850
Miss Bernice Ray, Ell Centro.. 2,475
Mrs. Phil w. Brooks, Holtville 2,25G
Mrs. C. C. Mcbride, Ell Centro.. $3.50
Mrs. l.. L. Rogers, Calexico. 2,125
Mrs. Grace Wright, Calexico.. 2,025
Miss Edith Tufts, Holtville. -. 1875
Miss Anna Shaw, Ell Centre. =. 1,750
Miss Lulu Currie, Holtville. -. LIPS
Mrs. F. H. Carter, Ell Centro. 1,62J
Mrs. C. A. Shafer, Ell Centro. 1000
Mrs. R. G. Goree, Calexico. -. 1,45O
Miss Garnette Jackson, Ell Cen
tro ....................... 1,275
Miss Grace Bennett, Ell Centre. 1880
Miss Faith Cummings, Holt
vile ............... LIPS
Miss Leila Kelsey, Ell Centro. LOTS
Mrs. S. Emerson, Calexico. 1,025
Mrs. J. R. Harrison, Ell Centre 800
Mrs. Anna King, Ell Centre. -. 500
Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-26

The Press Rural Wayfarer," con-
stantly driving from house to house
through the country, is the only
farm reporter in the valley, and his
visits everywhere are welcomed by
the farmers. tt
Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-26

Rules.
Any white woman of good stand
ing, whether married or single, may
compete.
Employees of the paper and MEM
bers of their families are alone ex-
cluded.
The right is reserved to reject. any
person nominated without stating rea-
sons.
Votes may be obtained only from
coupons clipped from the paper and
from subscriptions paid for at the
time votes are issued.
A new subscription, to carry votes
as such, must constitute a bona fide
increase in the circulation of the pa
per.
Changes from one address to an
other, or from the name of one men,
ber of a family to another, will not
entitle contestant to the extra votes
allowed on new subscriptions.
The right is reserved to cancel all
votes issued on old subscriptions
turned in as new. In case of dispute
the decision of the Contest Manager
must be accepted as final.
Subscriptions obtained on the last
day, with cash to pay for same, may
be submitted in plain sealed envel-
opes, which will be opened only by
the Jury of Awards. This will pre-
vent the winning of prizes by unfair
means and will discourage the use of
personal funds by contestants.
The contest will end on March 81.
Voting Power of Subscriptions.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-11-09

Maryland has proved herself a little
Dqnocraiic Gibraltar. The Republican
tiHal wave that has swept over New
N"rk has been able a. Snhmrrgr but one
district IN Maryland. and that district
one which J. peculiarly hard ~ protect
from such foundations. IN every other
district the Democratic Congressional
candidates have been victorious. and
even the the Sixth district a H,epubli-
can ttrong hold-rcfusel 20 return 10
itS party allegiance. In the state M large
senator smith ~triumphS by 4 plurality II
nearly $4,000. in spite of Il most deter
mined campaign against him.
Why does Maryland stand firm when
- much other Democratic territory ~
captured? For One great reason. We
thoroughly believe. And that reason j.
Woodrow Wilson. There we're no side
issues of any consequence in this STA.
a. there were in New York and else
where. The great Issue was Wilson. lie
was the shield and sword. the breast
plate and banner Of every candidate from
end " Maryland to the other. vii
son was given e. the country in Mary
and she i still lovaI u his ideals
and his leadership. III H. 4 thing ~ BE-
proud Of in this hour Of diSastcr-to
feel that Maryland rrcmains true 10 the
who represents the highest aspira.
tions and hopes of the nation-Baltimore
sun,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-11-09
Educational System Unified.

The last legislature. for Instance. en-
acted "a measure by which the university.
the Agricultural and Mechanical college.
the three state normal schools and the
schools Tor the deaf and dumb and the
blind were placed under complete control
~ a single board III regents. The mem
bcrS. three IN number, receive annual
salaries Of $4,000 each. They are appoint
ed by the governor and are expected Ia
give their entire time To their official dutic~
and 10 visit each school once 4 month. The
board, a. at present constituted. consists
OF one lawyer. a graduate of the Kansas
university, who D. it, president aud sole
college bred member; \ former RcpubIi
can governor of the state. famous Nv N
public speaker and editor NJ \ small town
weekly. and 4 lady NJ great prominence III
the activities Of womcn'> clubs which exert
n strong influence in Kansa-. Many of
the leading educators of the state di-ap-
prove of a paid board. and the objection
urged that 1t eliminated the state superin-
tendent Of public instruction from any
supervision ot the normal schools whose
graduates and ccrtiiicant- become public
school teachers, seems certainly valid.
Prevailing opinion. however. cites thr
following good results from \ single hoard
for all the states higher education ln-ti-
t%ution-
Financial management j. systema .
tizcd.
2-Lcssens necessity Of lobbying for
adequate appropriations.
3-Moncy saved without Gripping the
efficiency Of the institutions.
4-Tend~ ~ eliminate duplication WI
work by the various State institutions.
The board j. working III thi, direction
very cautiously. howeyer)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-11-09
Queer Bits of Hitory
Ry CHAMP CLARK
copyrighted by Champ Clark 1914

Justice samuel r. Miller of Iowa, one
of the ablc>t jurists who ever sat on the
bench of the Supreme court Of the United
States. practiccd medicine a, a country
doctor some years N Southeastern Ken
lucky and Southwest Virginia. before he
was admitted to the bar Al the age Of 81.
This recalls the fact hat two Of the most
successful soldiers the world has ever seen,
Oliver Cromwell and Andrew Jackson,
never set a squadron IN the field until past
forty. Ii may not be unreasonable 10 as-
sumo from the foregoing statements that
Miller was a natural born lawyer and that
Cromwell and Jackson. were, what Lord
Give was dcnominatcd BY an admirer.
"IIcavcn born soldiers
II seems u thing incredible that George
Washington rendered the chief iu-tice-hip
of the Supreme court Of the United States
10 Patrick Henry, who wa one of the
greatest orators of the age. hut utterly de>-
titute of judicial temperament. lie had
sense enough To decline the proffercd
honor.
Most folks regard the chief iu,ticc~hip
of the United States Supreme court a. a
very high honor. but Mr.. Kate Chase
>pruguc did not. shortly after President
Lincoln made her father. Salmon Portland
Chase. chief Justice. she met Senator
Charles sumner Of Massachusetts M a
~oircc, and ~a~tounded him by shaking her
finger under his august nose and by be
rating him viciously for hi, part in having
her father >helvcd a, q presidential can
didatc, a. she considered it. by his APP
pointmcnt n chief Justice. The dream II
her life was a. zee her stately father IN
the White House. and hi acceptance Of
the highest judicial position not only il
this country, but the highest IN the world.
embittercd the remnant OF her days.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-11-09
Lincoln a Soldier.

Most people know that Abraham Lincoln
and Jefferson Davis were both natives OF
Kentucky. and were born within 4 few
miles Of each other. but il J. not ~ gen
orally known that Davis, then 4 lieutenant
~ the regular army. ~wurc Lincoln IN a.
a captain Of volunteers IN the Black Hawk
war. That scene would make a fine sub
Jet for a great painting. Had Lincoln
been taken 10 Mississippi when he was a
boy and Davis to Indiana, how differently
their biographies would rIn.
Governor Claiborn H. Jackson of Mis-
sour was the only governor Of 4 state a.
command AZ army III 4 battle during the
civil war-which he did III the battle va
rlou-ly named 1.-THE Battle Of Cow~kin" and
"thc Battle Of Carthage" and. what -
he achieved u brilliant victory. Gen
eral Jim Lane of Kansas was the only
man during the civil war who managed to
command 4 brigade in the field without
holding any military commission what~o-
ever.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt. IN hi Life
"a Colonel Thomas Hart Benton ~ay~
that by actual measurement the kentuck-
Ian~ were on the average the largest men
~ the Union army. NJ doubt they were
the largest men on the average IN the Con
tcdcrate army. II will surprise some Of
The evil war historians 10 know that Mis-
>our = the only state in the Onion Ia send
q full quota of soldiers Ia both armies
without amy draft. In fact. she furnished
more soldiers than She had voterS III 1860.
Il viii bc news 10 many oi my readers
- learn that the Colonial legislature III
feor-ia wa~ the first legislative body IN
America a. put upon The statute hook 4
prohibition law and a law against African
slave trade. Whether these statute, owed
their enactment to the influence of General
oglcthorpc. the founder of the colony. or
to that 81 John Wesley. the famous Meth
pdi>t preacher. ] have been unable "a a.
certain. Perhaps they ~collabnratcd.
fernando Dc Soto. ~ who searched IN
rain for mythical gold mines. vas the first
white man ~ ~ buried III the Mississippi
llc was buried 10 dead N night
with religious ceremonies. not TAR from the
spot where Memphis now stands Her
nando DO soto Money Of Mississippi wa.
named for him. Also several towns in the
| nited States named for him are perpetual
monuments to hi memory
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-11-09

organization for the enlargement and cx-
tension by the state of it. higher mstItu-
tions set me 10 answer.
From 4 painstaking study ~ documcn-
tarv evidence. such ~ catalogues. an
ncuncemcut- and reports. ! turned ~ n
tour Of investigation. visiting the states
reported upon IN the following series Of
a~rtlcleS. interviewing presidents. deans.
professors. instructors, students. parents.
men representing large business enterprises
a. well n small. the farmer and the fac
tory man. In short. II wa my intention
10 get the information and. n possible. the
point cf view Of a substantial number M
rerrc~, ntative- Of every important inter-
1T W the states visited. Tax supported
institutions Of learning IN these days must
serve yoa and me and everybody else. and
II iqust b, generally known that they per
form u service commensurate with their
cost. If We. n democratic free men. and
lolder~ Of the purse strings 81 the public
treasury are to vote the taxes necessary
to keep them alive and going forward.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-11-09
Kansas My First Stop.

Because Kansas !, typically ~ western I'm
Texas. because from the first the people
ot Kansas have evidenced a lively interest
in public education and little disposition
To dispute the bill for the same, because
mainly and finally. Kansas has an envi-
able reputation for doing things ~ earnest.
that ! selected that state a. the field for
my initial investigation. was not dis
appointed M my expectations. While ac-
compli~hing the unique feat ~ reducing
the tax limit for the support ~ the public
schools. IT maintains it, position well to-
ward the head of the states Of the Union
in the matter of attendance upon schools
of all grades and cla>>e>, n well a. in the
number of graduates. and. a we shall see.
IN the beneficial services Of al kinds rem
dered by the higher Institutions of learn
ing. ID ha~ been a pioneer III adopting
helpful innovations and ha- hIazcd trails
several Nj which Texas. ~ well ~ other
states. may follow with profit.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-11-09
Conditions of Statehood.

Five States have been admitted INTO the
Union on conditions:
Even after Congress had passed The
enabling act for Missouri. and after she
had adopted a constitution and elected a
full quota OF State and county ofhrerS, to-
gether with two senators and 90 repre-
sentative IN Congress, her admission into
the SiSterhood of States was refused bv
Congress until her legislature had passed
a solemn ordinance"-whatevcr that may
be-promi~ing never To enforce the clause
~ her constitution prohibiting free per
sons 81 color from settling in the State.
Michigan wa> compelled % di~claim
title 10 a strip % territory also claimed IN
Ohio.
3.Utah was compelled To prohibit poly
gamy IN her constitution.
1.-The enabling act for Oklahoma re-
quired prohibition in the Indian territory
portion Of the State for twenty-one year,.
5-TexaS came ia on conditions. bu.
Texas made the conditions. enc J. that
~he can divide herself into tive State.
whenever ,he chooses, without asking any
bOdy's consent, a thing which no other
State can TO and which Texa. most prob
ably viii never do on account of STATE
pride.
Missouri j. the only State whose area
was increased after her admission into
the Union. Originally the western line ran
due north and south through the mouth
NJ the kaw river. but in 1886. fifteen wears
after he became a State. Congrc-,
changed her western boundary ~ far ".
"a follow the Missouri river from the
mouth Of the Raw IN a NORTHWESTERN ii
%rection. thereby adding to her area a tri-
angular piece of land richer than the Val
ley oi the Gauges. or the Delta of the Nile.
since carved into xix great counties. con
irihuting nm entire Congressional district
with II. Joseph a. H. metropolis.
That was n remarkable performance
when We remember that BY the first Mis-
sour compromise All the territory living
west and north ot the Missouri "a,
~olemnly dedicated "a freedom. The FIGHT
over that controversy came near 10 pre-
cipitatine evil war. but, fifteen years later.
a plot of ground larger than Delaware or
Rhode Island Wa, without much conten-
tion >ubtracted from free territory and
given % a slave State.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-11-09
DEMOCRATS WERE ovER-coNFIDENT


Mann have been the attempts To explain
ths %nndeniahiy ble slump m the Demo
crati" ma iontr, 49, the result oi the late
"%iertlun. somc atirihutlng II to the IN
popularity ui tho vast aud important leg
\ lstivc program which the Democratic
'oHgre ha. carried out, aud some u al
eyed broken platform pledges b. the par
tv ~ power But Oh time political OH
'crNer- know that the result wa- only
"atural-th1t m "tt wears succeeding "A
,hapge 81 admin tration the political
pendulum wmr back 10 gives the oppo-
siiIen a boost. One feature, however. that
-eema 20 have been overlooked IN explain
ug the NJ ult that the Democrats per
mp. have been entirely too confident and
ifrno. neglected to gn INTO the fright with
the VIM and yiaor which i~ always nece--
airy whom the election of Congrcs~iona
fepr Crtatpr- aud %cnator, Is M stake.
Proud beyond measure of the magnificent
Achievement Of the Democratic administra-
fVu daring the bret year and a half I'm
whr.h t ha had control of the government
'- tdiN i'h iN'N miEii Tt~i on llt
rtfc,d An ~, same time. 10 absorbed
wyrt t4., M the critical -ituatiun involved
IN th- European var. and ID occupied IN
thf .tTsI,e required ~ Congress IA the
ttesldlnti even ~ d" the very eve Of the
lection itself. the Democrats simply made
t.most no fight al al IN the great majority
IF az tan,cs. The Republicans. ever on
lie alert to pre- their advantage. of
r0pi =, made the most Of thu neglect on
ne part q tho Democrats ~ their interest.
-n The tampalLr
lhe election can not ~ looked upon NJ
te "a 4 mocracy' hold upon the coun-
trl Fortunately there -tIl remain two
'eaI ~ winch the legislation effected "a
The ull dominant party viii be- tired ont
t~holoughly and proven either sound or
vaptm.. vail bc upon the rcsulis of
he next two YEAR that democracy will
rest - claims m the next national clcc-
ron.
Meanwhile. rorhap- n Nv a- well that the
ate election u, ullrd wv II dod. tor this
experience will -crNr a- y lesson ~ the
Democrat two YEAR hence. when thcy will
meet thu enemy ou the hu~ting- and give
1' hari hlov - they may receive. That
h. vii be- the real tc-t of democracy,
hold upon tit heart ol the American PEG
pie.