davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Imperial Valley press., 1914-06-04

Edwards, David S., & Woodward, H
R., East " of Tract 67-16-L
Smith, Emmet j., Possessory Right
Lot / in Section 36-16-12. :.
Lot 2 in Section 36-16-12. :.
Northeast u of Northeast "a
of Section 35-16-12.
Lots l and 2 in Section 35-16-12. :.
Lot in Section 6-14-13. :.
Lots 1 and 2 in Section
7-14-13
Southeast Il of Northwest "A and
Southwest a of Northeast "A
of Section 7-14-13 .......
Lot 8 in Section 34-14-13. -.
Southeast Il of Southeast u
of Section 33-14-13. -.
Feslar, Ida M, South " of Tract 1872
Is and 1912 and 49,.
Harper, George, Possessory Right
Lots and 3 in Section
35-16-12
Copenhaver, Dent S., Possessory Right
Tract 40-16-12; Tract Al
1912
Bethurum, Thomas, Personal Property
Sparguar, j. w., Personal Property. j..
Imperial Valley press., 1914-06-04

Dofflemeyer, t. j., East II of Tract
7714-13
Macarthur, Lula M, Lots 7 and 3,
Section 4-15-13. 3........
McKesson, Mary E., South u of Tract
91-15-13 ............
Parazette, Mollie L., Tract 66-14-13. :.
Benson, j. A., Personal Property. -.
Dauskin, J. F., Personal Property. =.
Fernald, Charles W., Personal Prop
erty ...............
Martin & Jakeway, Personal Property
Tasaki, NJ, Personal Property.
Guest, Chas. E., Personal Property -.
Tate, J. T., U. S. De-Moulin Tract
Block
Imperial Valley press., 1914-06-04
CENTINELA SCHOOL DISTRICT

Gage, C. E., Lots 6, 7, 9, 10, 20 and
81 in Section 2S-16-13 .....
Possessory Right Lots %, %,
"a and rs in Section %; Lots
18, 21, %, "a, 35, SO, 81 and
Northeast a of Southeast 4 !
of Section 29-16-13; Lot Il
and the Northeast a of
Northeast "A or the North
a of Section 80; Lot 2 in
Tract PIP in Section 33-16-13
Not assessed in 1912.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-06-04

Hubbard, Dida L., Section 16-9-13. i
Lefrund, Martha, South u of Section
16-11-12
Fitch, Geo. W., West 1a of Section |
l6; Northeast a of Section
Bernhardt, A. N, West u of Tract
113-13-13
Garfield, c. A., & De Lana, C ST.
Tract 128-13-13 ..........t
Pagan, Harry r., Tract 125-13-13. :.
Hillhouse, Ida, East u of West "
of Tract 106-13-13. ..........
Stowe, H. F., Tract 131-13-13. 80.
Sawyer, Egbert NJ, East Y of Easi
u of Tract 106-13-13. /
Westgard, Christian, East la of Tractl
5A-io-lo :'..... ...........
Personal Property
Wells, Fred NJ, Tract 97-13-13. /
Welcome, Geo. T., Tract 84-13-13. i
Tract 85-13-13. ...........
Williams, Genevieve, Tract 8S-13-13. 4
Cole, Chas L., Possessory Right Easti
la of Southeast 4 of Sec
tion 14-13-12 ..........
Fortson, Florence H., PossessoryI
Right Lot in Section
7-13-13
Sutton, Mary B., Possessory Right
Lots /, 10, II and Northeasl
4 of Northeast a of Sectioj
18-13-13; Lot 20 in Section
z; Lot II in Section 8; Lot
a and in Section 17-13-13. |
Imperial Valley press., 1914-06-04
EUCALYPTUS SCHOOL DISTRICT
FERN SCHOOL DISTRICT

Burger & Co., North II of Southeast
a of Section 16-15-12. 80.
& Woodward Tract 67-15-12
Galway, Frances W., Tract 194-15-12
and 13 ..................
Personal Property ......
Park, Sara j.. Southwest a oc Sec.
tion 11-15-12 ..............
Snow, Asa G., Southeast II of Sea
tion 11-15-12 .... 80.
Mitchell, Martha, Extreme North IS
acres of Tract 64-15-12. -,
Kreig, Michael, North u of Northwest
"a of Section 14-15-12. ...
Lloyd, j. X, Possessory Right Lots
1 and 2 in Section 13-15-12;
Southeast "A of Southeast Il
of Section 12-15-12 ......
Embury, S. Harris, East Il of North
east 4 of Section 1S-15-12
West u of Northwest a of
Section 17-15-12 .....
South 1a of Southeast Il Lot
6; Northeast a of Southeast
"A of Section 32-15-12 -.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-04
WHAT'S THE MATTER
WITH UNITED STATES?
Timidity and Backwardness of Business
Men Inexplicable Under Present Con-
ditions.
HERBERT N. CASSON
In Associated Advertising"


What is the matter with the United
states?'
AS have been residing in London since the
beginning of the war, have been hearing this
question asked on all Sides l have never heard
any satisfactory answer No seems to
know.
Why are the American factories not running
night and day? Why are the railroads not
opening up new territories and getting ready
for the millions of immigrants who have
already made up their minds to leave Europe
as soon as the is over?
Why are there not so American drummers in
London right now. trying to sell 5000, 100000
worth of American goods in place Of the goods
that were bought last year from Germany and
Austria?
Why have advertisers become cutters, just
at the time when their advertisements were
most needed and most effective in cheering on
the business forces of the United States?
From the European point OF view, the United
States is haven OF peace and security and
prosperity. It has no troubles that 1t dare
mention to Belgium or Austria, or France
Germany or Servia or Great Britain, or Russia,
Every tenth Briton has enlisted, Every tenth
Frenchman is at the front Every tenth Bel
gian is dead. What does the United States
know OF trouble?
II I could afford it. l would charter the Mau-
retania and Lusitania and convey a party OF
5000 American advertisers to Europe for trip
of education. I would give them week In
London, a week in Paris and a week in
Antwerp.
1 would let them look at the United States
from the scene OF war. I would give them
look at real trouble. I would let them see trains.
10 at time, minutes apart, packed with the
manned and the dying.
l would let them hear. from fragmentaTy
vivors. the incredible story OF battlehelds $50
miles wide. and armies that are greater than
the entire population of Texas.
1 would let them see graves 100 yards long
and full and Belgium. the country that was.
nothing now but 1900 square miles OF
wreckage.
/ Then when they began to understand, to
some slight extent, the magnitude and awful
ness Of this war, would say TO them
Now go back and appreciate the United
States. Realize youH opportunities. Don't start
digging trenches when nobdy is fring at you.
Don't fall down when you have not been hit
Don't be blind to the most glorious chance you
have ever had in your life
go back and advertise. Get ready for the
most tremendous business boom that any
nation ever had. Build your factories bigger.
Train more salesmen. Borrow more money Go
ahead. and thank God that you are alive and
that your family ls alive, and that you arc liv-
ing In land that Is at peace. at a time when
nearly thu whole world Is at war"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-04
PHnADE1PnIA. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, IoI4
Citizens or serfs. Which? :?

DR1VILBGES imply duties. Citizenship is
i privilege, and to fail Of the sequent duty
Is base and cowardy Some of the greatest
problems that have ever confronted Phila-
delphia are now awaiting solution. They
involve the present honor and the future
development Of the city. II faced and settled
Alright, Philadelphia can take its place among
the great municipalities of the world; IL
evaded and shelved, the very life Of this
splendid metropolis must be poisoned and
strangled.
Words cannot be minced. The housing
conditions in some parts " this city are a
fragrant outrage upon human decency and a
blot upon civilization. From the stand
point of business our traction problem is
equally acute. The mere Inconvenience of
travellers is only trivial. The outstanding
fact is that inadequate transit facilities are
an indubitable strangulation of the social
and Industrial life of the community.
There are two parties to every wrong; the
ones who perpetrate 1t and the ones who sub
init to it. If the citizens of Philadelphia by
their quiescence permit these conditions to
continue they will be recreant. This city
belongs to the citizens and to all the citi-
zens. And the citizens must wake up and
speak out. Men who are silent under injus-
tices are no better than serfs and deserve
nothing better than the novels and alleys to
which serfs have always been relegated.
This fight for the rights of the people can
not be fought and won by few blg-hearted.
chivalrous men The citizens themselves
must throw off their lethargy, stand shoulder
TO shoulder in serried array, demand, not
petition for their rights, and make all dollar
marked and tax-eating obstuuctionsts do
their win or get out Of the way. The day
for the soft-voiced, bended-knee supplicatiou
TO rulers has passed; rights must be taken
by those to whom they belong. Sunlight and
fresh air were granted by the Almighty to
all men, and it is pretty pass when the cit-
gems OF a great city in free republic must
cringe before Councils and plead for their
birthright The franchises of the city belong
TO the citizens. and It is a pitiabe sight when
the citizens must plead against the denial of
their own possessions.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-04

nomlc value of corn as make you proud Of the
youngsters.
A chat with one OF them today recalled the
years in which made more than dozen trips
across the continent, from ocean to ocean, in
company with the late Senator George Hearst,
of California. He was happiest during those
trips when we were going through some corn
belt" Then he would muse like this: Corn!
No people can be hungry; no people can be
Door who raise lots OF corn You need no shop,
factory, but little capltal-only industry-to
turn 1t into beef, milk butter, cheese to turn
1t into pork, ham, bacon; to turn 1t into poultry,
eggs; it makes the best bread in the world. and
n corn pudding is better than Delmonicos best
dessert. You can make SYRUP and II you want
to, whisky, out OF corn. and corncob pipe
gives the best smoke. This country will never
want much when much corn is raised"
That was before the days of scientific corn
farming of corn boys or corn club prizes.
On Monday next the wheels of Congress be-
gin again to turn 1t is significant of the trend
of thought of the hour that people here, mem
bers especially. not discussing the project Of
the Philippines bill. Government freight ship
ownership, cotton legislation These are ignored
topics What is uppermost in every ones
mind 1t seems. is, How are we prepared for
war; could we successfully resist invasIon?"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-04
The Pink Oyster

From the Boston Transcript,
Not since the Secretary Of the Treasury de-
elded that frog legs are dressed poultry" has
such contribution to science been rendered by
Washington as that contained In the assurances
OF the Agricultural Department experts that a
brand OF pink oysters. coming from beds
IN Long Island Sound, harmless and may
be eaten with impuuity by epicuras rro.riSs5
their eomplexions match the shade. The ovs-
ters look like all oysters until they reach The
plate OF the consumer, Whoreupon they turn A
most delicate pink. much 10 the establishment
Of the person about 10 deVour them, who. fear
fuI lest the blYaiye be a chameleon IN disguise
hurriedly eountermands the order. Thanks 10
a patenal Government its officials have crap
pied with the problem. Now comes the an
nodncement that the pink oysters owe their
color not 70 the wreck OF 4 German aye ship
near their aquatic eouehes, but 10 the fact
that they feed upon wild yeast bacillus. Hav-
ing held heretofore 70 the opinion that man
who has eubjugated the ave-tosd prehlstoric
horse and yoked the believing bull 10 hia cart
had through long aBes '0f civilization, COM
plstely domesticatea the yeast cake. rendering
Il tame ana docIe and subserylant 10 ~ s,iii
the discovery that Il atin exists Ia 8 savari
state comes with something 0f q shock Hefs
e a matter for paiznthropl1t1. Let Is have
8 society for the prevention % the axternnina.-
ton qf the villa yeast. la4t lutuns HsaeFatlons
condemn us as We condemn our ancasfors for
the passing Of the huHaio With tha alld snsart
brought on the reservation. as Is we're and
given tle 4at4nfaasa 81 = modern eaueation.
there - no reason HhF H2 should n4z - ahIs
= sHiof pIut efeaa ana cafIae taaIIlzs ana a.
zHa4 nt zn tae necessity 8 a4ldne
st M ancle seHs seen.
- . - e4
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-04
Stadium Plans we'll Under wav

TIME plans for monster stadium are now
i well under way Mr. Ellis Gimbel and
other public-spirited citizens have taken hold
OF the enterprise with their accustomed vigor
and energy. That the structure should be
municipality owned and administered is clear,
but 1t is just apparent that the financial
features of the situation are sufficiently eX-
cellent to warrant public subscriptions to a
bond issue in the event of hitch in Councils
delaying too long the beginning of the work
The enthusiastic reception accorded the
program is a guarantee that it win be car
ried through. 1t is time 10 do away with the
reproach that Philadelphia is without proper
accommodations for games and athletic
events of the first magnitude, and especially
to meet the needs of the Army and Navy and
make this the permanent selection for their
great game In November. There is a spirit
of enterprise and do-it-nowness in Philadel-
phia that will be productive OF unprecedented
achievement during the next decade
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-04
WINTER QUARTERS

The armies of Europe are now preparing
for the tedious job of waiting for the spring
campaigns.
War campaigns do not thrive in the win
ter Either the ground is too soft to hold
up the 45-ton firearms or 1t is too hard
to allow graves to be dug In 1t with the
necessary ease and haste. 1t is also hard
tc keep the attention OF the soldier on the
enemy when he is suffering from frostbite,
chilblains and influenza. For these reasons
hostiiities diminish as cold weather sets In
and the soldiers settle down comfortably
in winter quarters.
Winter quarters consist OF tents, caves
tin houses, log huts trenches with roofs
over them, straw piles followed out and
in fact anything that will turn north
wind slightly aside. Living in army quar-
ters during the winter is as big a feat as
keeping house in Nebraska corn crib in
January. When an army has had to re-
treat a few times during the winter and
has had to scramble up an extempore set
OF winter quarters. the enemy doesn't have
to waste bullets. The cold weather does
Its work for II very effectively Doing
sentry duty half mile from stove during
a February night on the Russian frontier
is about as fatal as charging a machine
gun. Many an angry corporal VIII try TO
waken a nutionless sentry this winter IN
order TO shoot him, only to discover that
the said sentry is not sleeping, but has been
frozen stih at his post OF duty.
However commerce must thrive and ma
tional jealousies and ambitions must be pre-
served.
The winter quarters did more damage in
the American revolution than the British
ermy, and during the famous season at
Valley Forge, when the American patriots
lived on paFched corn and warmed them
selves by kicking trees with their bare feet
the spark OF American Independence nick
cred down so low that one good charge OF
canister would have blown 1t out How
ever, the American republic was saved by
another set of winter quarters. These were
In PHILADELPHIA and were comfortable that
the British army could not tear itself away
from them long enough TO do little winter
campaigning.
Thus we should give all honor to Phila-
delphia. She is slow, but she saved the ma
tIon by keeping the British soldier warm
George Fitch
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-04
Not Without Honor Save

rlHE marines are back from Vera CRUZ
Rand with what a welcome. No flags,
though Philadelphia had them for a football
game. No speeches. though there were words
enough at the many recent banquets No
public acknowledgement from this goodly Sec
tion Of the American public that some fellow
Americans have come home from didlcult, a
dangerous mission which they have fulhlled
with hrmness and honor.
Perhaps Vera Cruz killed 700 few soldiers
II 210O instead OF 21 had fallen the public
might still remember II battle after battle
had followed the invasion of a nation nomt-
naIly at peace with America, If the occupa-
tion OF the expedition had not been so readily
accomplished, there might have been cheers
At League Island. II Mexico City had been
captured a feat perhaps easier than holding
Vera Cruz as they held 1.-THE whole country
would have expected Philadelphia to turn
cut for the marines.
When shall We learn that heroes are not
made Ia the smoke Of battle alone? When
shall we encourage the more peaceful virtues
of statesmanship by rewarding with public
acclaim such men as Funston ana his
aaIdiers2
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-04
Give Us Back Our Slim

I THE President, it seems, will ply the whip
i to force to passage the Alexander bill.
He proposes to dedicate this government to
ship ownership, to put 1t in the carrying
trade, to discard the elementary principle
/ that the business OF government is to gov
ern and substitute therefor the new propb-
! sition that IL is the business Of the govern
ment to carry on the ordinary processes Of
trade, to sell transportation, to enter into
active competition with an industry which
already, by government interference, has
been driven into poverty lane.
II ocean-carrying under the American nag
is profitable there is no necessity for gov
ernment ownership: If it is not profitable,
government participation simply means that
the taxpayers will be mulcted annually in
large sums. mania for safety by regula-
tion, manifested on land by the absurd
extra crew laws, has taken the heart out OF
the ship industry except in the coastal trade,
and penalty after penalty has been laid on
operation until the burden has staggered and
halted all progress and has actually driven
the flag off the high seas.
1t is no solution of the problem to put the
government with its inexhaustible resources
behind an American marine and give the
emaclated body an appearance of health by
means of endless injections of blood in the
form of coin. It is no solution to throw
weight of money behind the enterprise and
force it through without any regard what
ever to the ordinary laws of economy.
If our coast and lake tonnage be included,
Great Britain alone outrants us on the
water At home, where it has a chance, the
American marine has progressed remark
ably. On the high seas, where 1t is penalized,
it is in a pitlable condition, The conclusion
is obvious there must be an equalization of
opportunity, partly by revision of the crude
and obsolete navigation laws now in force
and partly by wise protection, incidental or
otherwise, to compensate for the better con-
ditions in wage and treatment which Amer
leans demand.
It is not a question to be decided otfhand
IN Congress or anywhere else. It must be
approached In a scientific way with some
appreciation of the difficulties involved. The
Alexander bill and the La Toilette bill and
all the other hodge-podge measures before
Congress should be abandoned. There can
be no efficient legislation until the legislators
have some real information to guide them. A
commission of experts should be appointed
to study the situation from beginning to end
and to recommend a definite policy which
will be adhered to steadfastly irrespective OF
the vicissitudes of political parties.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-04
nave Done With Moping

VKTIaFs the matter with America? Lon
r Don asks the question. London thinks
sss IS not know over here when we are well
or An article which appears on this page
espresso this very natural Woaderment II
nskes us look ike lngrates. uHappreciativs
not oaly o. what We are escaping in the
ard sad consequences Of war but also OF
sse magnidcent business opportunities which
ave been thrown at our feet. Are He really
y bsnd that ua cannot see our new ad-
..faaea "a Industry ana commerce. Are
- hands s. aeak thar We cannot grasp
s.ss wonaerfaI GOLDEN buildiag stones of
rerity tbal = within Or reachf We
a.f he he'n'sss s. the face q opportuni-
n = - aasa nefer snoRH before ana
re4s ~ atn
S. af1aa ef Hqrslsn and D0-
rs asarss "a = care-
~ w
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-04
Shaping the " "Punch'' of Boyhood

NF ALL the movements" which give good
" promise for the future OF American life,
none Is more important or more valid than
the boyhood movement. We are growing
more appreciative OF the value OF boyhood,
and we are showing 1t in better ways. This
does not mean a new love OF fathers and
mothers for their sons, but It does mean a
public recognition of boyhood as a public
asset.
Philadelphia's hearty response to the appeal
for funds 10 put the Boy Scout work in this
city on a solid financial footing shows how
the idea OF conservation has expanded. The
conservation of boys and the guidance Of
their energies, to the end that their potential
capacities and powers may rightly be de-
veloped into the dynamic forces OF the social
America OF tomorrow, constitute one OF the
great duties which we owe to our experiment
in democracy The corn-groWing clubs. rep
resented by our youthful guests from Ohio.
are helping TO make boys thoughtful. re-
sourcefuI. successful, strong in character.
The Y. NJ c. A. Is likewise doing splendid
work In training boys. through their own
efforts. for the fuIhlment OF their obligations
10 themselves and to society. All this is
social engineering OF q superlative kind. The
method Of social engineering Is as admirable
as the result, for It applies the old, eternally
sound principle OF 'hslping others to help
themselves" II enables boys 70 solve "ths
boy problem" It works.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-04

Of the United states. orders for war sup
plies have been placed in America TO the
tune Of s25OOOOOOO Trade with neutral ma
tions is growing our factories are steaming
up, and many OF them cannot keep pace With
the business revival which is sweeping the
country. Mayor Biankenburg, summarizing
the results Of an investigation, showed that
this activity and this prosperity have come
to Philadelphia and that business is getting
lveler every day.
What we have accomplished in world
trade so far has been accomplished without
half trying. What will happen when the
results of real effort begin to show not even
an optimist is likely to exaggerate. Get
busy, and get busy quick.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-04
ARMl ARMl ARMl

(The following is a poem written by Alfre
IoFd Tennyson. and published recently for u
irst time Ia the London SPECTATOR
Oh. where Is ne the simple fool,
Who Gays that wars are oYerl
What bloody portent flashes there
Across the Straits Of DoVerf
Nine hundred thousand slaves IN arms
May seek 70 bring US under;
But England lives. and still will live
For wen crush the despot yonder.
Are we ready, Britons all,
10 answer foes with thundeF2
Arm arm, arm!
on. shame on selfish patronage
II Is the countryfs ruin.
Come. put the right man IN his place,
And up, nov. ana 20 doing
Oh. gather gallant volunteers
Iu every town ana village
For there are tigers henda. not men
4Iay violate burn, ana pAlagel
Ars you ready, britons All.
10 answer koea with thunderf
Arm arm. arml
up. sfout-Hmb'd yeomen. leave a while
The fattaHinE el your cattle
Ana II iaased ye wish Tor Peace,
Be ready for the hatilal
~ asht tha Battle cf fhe world,
of progress and humanity
In spite = hIs 100000 AFaz
And 1azEsfa Chr4tiauitEl
ara = e4tr aiifee 4A
Ia aeH EcNs Hfa Hs1aEF
M N
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-04
Buchholz on Bathtubs

COUNCILMAN BUCHHoLz is against an
~ appropriation to put the housing law into
effect He follows Mr.. seger In believing it
to be too drastic. Mr.. Buchholz, It seems. is
not only a statesman but philosopher az
well. Says he: You can't teach some OF the
foreign population the subject of cleanliness
merely by installing bathtubs." Mr.. Buch-
holz evidently believes that the way to get
people to battle is to see to 1t that they have
nothing TO bathe in
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-04

The Comprehensive Plans commlftee pre-
san8ad report - obviously excellent that
nothing except tie poverty CRY could possi-
- Iead lo q rejection 81 its rac9nmeada-
tas ana the people = one q tae Flehsst
sI.I. s. the a as .lns gegg Izs1 81