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Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-19
PLEA FOR VALLEY
CHAMBERS WORK

Editor Imperial Valley Press-Dear
Sir: IN your issue of last evening you
stated under the caption of my res
ignation that Secretary Manning was
asked to act temporarily, but, finding
there was no money available to pay
his salary, he had resigned, and the
board of directors would soon be
called upon the fill the vacancy.
From time immemorial it has been
the privilege of the press to open
its columns to correspondence deal
ing with matters of public interest.
The resignation of mere secrc-
tary does not matter, the fact that
he has not been paid may be a mat
ter of equal Indifference, but the per-
petuation of the County Chamber of
Commerce is not mere incident, it is
& matter of vital Importance to the
welfare of the valley.
Secretaries may come and secretar-
les may go, but the work of q coun-
ty chamber of commerce will crop up
and must be done forever.
Of myself, let my work speak for
itself.
Of the Chamber, it will live as long
as it is worth the support of the pub
lie.
It will get the support of the pub
lie just as soon as the public knows
what it accomplishes, and it will re-
tain the support of the public as long
as it merits the confidence of the pub
lie.
The County Chamber represents the
county. 1t no longer represents Ell
Centre as against other towns in the
valley.
1t has nine directors, chosen one
each from nine towns in the valley.
1t is up to the local director to
see that his town gets proper rep
Iesentation on the county board and
that his district receives the atten-
tion his constituency demands.
Of course the old Chamber made
onemies, but you cannot make real
success without making real enemies
The man or men who never made
mistake never accomplished any
thing worth while.
You cannot work up to command
ing position without engendering
strong opposition.
/ Viewpoints are not uniform. You
put through good plan for one set
of men and you tread on the toes
of another set of men. The County
Chamber can only have one viewpoint
the greatest good for the greatest
number.
No useful life can be entirely peace
full md care-free. A man in public
life cannot expect to lay on a bed
of roses; he has to plan and achieve
to initiate and plod-to work or
against odds-but if the end is worth
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-19

When his attention was called to this
article by representative of the
Press, Mr.. Booher made the following
statement:
my attention was called to the ar
ticle last evening when it first ap-
peared, but | have attached so lit-
tie Importance to it that did not give
1T any consideration. Only one thing
surprised me, and that was that a
paper supporting my opponent would
publish an article that had so little
truth and so much viciousness in 1t,
and did not think for a moment that
the .,rticle was sanctioned by my op-
Fonei,t, for whom l have great deal
Of respect as a gentleman.
81 have at all times tried to con
cuct my campaign in a straightfor-
ward manner on the record / have
made as assessor and collector of the
Imperial Irrigation District, and have
been very careful at all times not to
say anything detrimental to my op-
poneTt, or that would reflect upon
his character and ability. If l can
rot be elected without using the tao
ties set out by the Enterprise | would
prefer not to have the office.
"On the other hand, l am proud
of the fact that my record is being
by the same paper which
sees fit to criticise the public records
of such men as Franklin J. Cole, Phil
D. Swing and Mobley Meadows. l
consider that being criticised by a
paper that sees fit to attack such
men is being shown a marked appre-
ciation."
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-19
European Use of Open Lots.

New York Evening Post: Some OF
the gayest, happiest pictures of fam.
lily life to be found in Germany and
even as far north as Copenhagen, arc
of the evening gatherings of work
ing men and women in the vacant
lots, who families who live in apart
ments and tcnements are allowed tc
have small gardens or play plots
there. The actuating purpose behind
this movement in Europe is the pres.
ervation of the home, and limitation
of the poverty and disease due tc
alcoholism, but it is as powerful ar
influence in directing the recreation
of the "grown-ups" into wholesome
channels as are our school gardens
in this country.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-19
TIME SHERIFF AND THE LAW

L The Press regrets TO sec the
Brawley News opposing Mo6lcy
Meadows for reelection as sheriff,
and especially does it regret to note
the points of objection to Mr.. Mead
ows. The principal point cited ig
that the sheriff has failed to capture
Byrd, who shot the deputy marshal
at Ho!tville and escaped.
Byrd had a horse staked out ready
to mount in Holtville Immediately
after the shooting, and the sheriff
and lis deputies were in Ell Centro,
miles away.
So soon as word reached the sher-
ifs Office, every man turned out and
and worked for thirty-six hours try
ing 70 capture him. He apparently
he'd friends who helped to hide him,
and ne managed to get away, as oft
en- happens with criminals. But Sher-
iff Meadows is still doing everything
possible to capture Byrd.
The true test of an officials eff
cheney is not one case, but his rec
ord as whole, and Sheriff Mead
ows is famous throughout the South
west for his successes in the capture
of desperate men.
Has the Brawley News forgotten
the case of the horse thieves who
fed from its own neighborhood and
were run down by Sheriff Meadows? 4?
Has it forgotten the capture of the
Blythe bank robebrs? Does it not
remember the chase and capture of
q band of horse thieves who were
going into Lower California to join
the leyolutionists
The whole record of Sheriff Mead
ows is one of success in suppressing.
crime in Imperial county, and the
county cannot afford to let 90 of
an Official with a record so thoroughly
satisfactory.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-19
Vote for H. W. Brewer
THE REASON is PLAIN

H. W. Brewer candidate superior judge the candidate of
the
to do to
sides the which
and well
body, did present
office superior judge but the will readily
arrasg dilemma confronting attorneys who have ga
pending brother behalf the
judge before whom their must be tried and requested sign
the
unethca and unfair that just what has been done in the
behalf the
to
the should for him. Judge probably
would such
be influenced the
attorneys had been solicited such had
voluntarily signed the the people would the
attorneys of the county the right choose their Judge for them The
much right
attorneys If is not then whole scheme of
the people have too much about it.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-19

fighting for, why worry over the pin
pric,lS of criticism?
The Imperial Valley Chamber of
Commerce was reorganized on July
1st last. 1t became legatee to many
things charged as sins of omission
or commission of the old chamber.
/ The new chamber started out with
"a secretary invited from an outside
town; he was not an Ell Centric man;
only one of The nine directors was an
Ell Cehtro man.
| The old regime had been dubbed an
Ell Centro clique. The new organiza-
tion has started out as a countrywide
body to serve the old body-and it
| is doirg it.
! The old body had series of debts.
These have not yet been cleared up.
The new organization needs $500 o
month to pay its secretary
who devotes all his time to the work
and is the only chamber secretary
in the valley who does so; to pay rent,
postage, kilograms, stationery and
travelling expenses, for, no matter
how much the county may do for the
Southern Pacific, when its county Sec
retary travels he must pay his way,
even if he is engaged in steps to lead
up to greater freightage and traffic
in general for the Southern Pacific.
1t is hardship on the county, but
then it is the Southern Pacific-and
it is greater than the county
Is it not possible for the County
Chamber to get 800 men in the length
and breadth of Imperial county to
pay just 81 month, and no more,
to keep up the Imperial Valley Cham
Der of Commerce
Are we not tired of passing the hat
to about ten men or banks and firms
and getting tenspot when we need
Iit? Is not our self respect getting
frayed at the edges? Are we be-
coming chronic beggars?
Do not let the secretary or his point
of view enter into the subject at all,
for, believe me now, you may neglect
your Chamber this year, but the time
will come when you will see the ur-
gent reed of central body and when
you sorely need it I hope it will be
at your service.
BIT open neglect of it is not the
way tc keep it alive. / need not dwell
upon what the directors of this body
have Gone for the county during the
past six weeks. The press has been
very liberal in reporting our actions.
Keep the chamber alive.
Get the best man you can for sec
retary. Pay him the last cent he is
worth, but pay him.
Whatever he gets, if he does his
full duty he will earn it.
Public office is no sinecure. 1t keeps
the brain active and the body moving.
A man doesn't get time to loaf. Can
we not through such appeals as these
through the public press secure 800
members at dollar month and put
the Chamber where it belongs-abovc
penury and the constant solicitation
of aims.
Speak to your local director, or
write the secretary for any informa-
ton as to the aim and scope of the
work of the chamber. If satisfied it is
worth your dollar month fill in a
membership blank and keep up the
dollar month, and 800 willing dol
lar givers can save worthy county
institution and restore our self re-
spect. Yours faithfully,
j. F. MANNING.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-19
BOOHER REPLIES
TO A CRITICISM

The Imperial Enterprise of Mon
Gay, August II, contains very Sc
we're criticism of the record of Clark
Booher as assessor and collec Jr Of
the Imperial Irrigation District. OF
course this attack is made on account
of the fact that Mr.. Booher is can
didate for county assessor. That Pc.
per says that his record shows il.
competency and careless management.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-11-12

The First State Bank of Cogswell
has closed its doors temporarily, pend
ing an investigation.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-11-12
ADVERTISING.

1t has been very gratifying to the
management of the Times.Reord to
note that the amount of advertising
is gradually increasing, which is at
tributed in large measure to the zone
price to all' plan that has been in.
augurated in handling both foreign
and local advertising. The first at.
tempt to make collections resulted in
encountering receipts showing various
prices, different and varied and so it
was decided at once to make one price
to everybody ranging from Is cents to
the small advertiser to a slightly less
price to the man who used large space
during the month. All business houses
will be offered a contract, if it has not
already been done and there will posi-
lively be no variation from those con.
tracts to anyone under any conditions.
1t will be the aim of the advertising
| department to treat every firm or in.
dividual with equal courtesy. It is
hoped that those who wish to give
publicity to their business will COOP,
crate in this change which Is a slight
decrease in the average price hereto,
fore collected.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-11-12
FREE TREES.

In accordance with an act of Con
gress, dated August 10, 1912, which
provided for the establishment of tn,
Northern Great Field Station, this sta
ton will assist in cooperative shelter
! belt development, free Of charge, farm
ers in the Northern Great Plains Area
comprising North and South Dakota
west of the 100 meridian, and Montana
and Wyoming, east Of the 5000 con
tour line. Trees will be available for
planting in the spring of 1916 but ap-
plication for these trees must be re-
ceived prior to April first, 1915.
The purpose of this cooperative
shelterbelt development is to encour-
age the growing Of windbreaks on the
prairies of the Northern portion of the
Great Plains.
A circular has been prepared which
states the conditions governing the CO.
operation. In Lrief, the government
will have the tract, which it is desired
to plant, examined by an inspector
who will prepare a planting plan. Al
sufficient number of hardy suitable
trees will be furnished the applicant
free Of cost, except express charger,
to plant shelterbelt of net less than
one-half acre. The applicant must
agree to prepare this land according
to instructions during the year pre-
ceding planting and to properly plant
and take care of the trees, giving them
clean cultivation for two years at
least and preventing injury by fire or
live stock by means of frebreaks and
fencing where necessary
For the 1916 planting preference
will be given to applicants from Sec
tons having five or more applicants. \
The purpose of this ruling is to keep
down the expenses of inspection dur
ing the first year. Single applications
that are received from isolated dis
tricts which cannot be visited econom-
ically the first year will be filed and
filed from the following years sup
ply.
All farmers who are DESTROYS of CO.
operating in shelterbelt development
should write to Mr.. w. A. Peterson,
Northern Great Plains
Field Station, Mandan, North Dakota,
for tree planting circulars and appli-
alton blanks.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-11-12

ed and fed. These armies must have
shoes and wooden clothes and blank
cts for winter and ammunition and
guns and automobiles and a vast array
Of goods that Uncle Sam is prepared tc
make for them.
Above all they must have food, ant
they will demand great quantities Of
wheat and corn from the north central
part of the United States.
All this means prosperity for your
Uncle Samuel. His factories will be
humming with day and night shifts
His railroads will be grooming under
the great trainloads of moving goods.
His mines will be worked overtime
for iron and coal and copper and other
minerals.
If the European nations are crazy
enough to keep up this criminal mad.
house performance, and there is every
evidence that the struggle has but be-
gun, the United States may look on
with sincere sorrow and regret, but
one Of the results will be to turn the
whole nation into throbbing, buzzing
beehive of industry.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-11-12
ELECTION RETURNS.

The election returns are highly graf
flying to great many people. while to
others they are equally displeasinT
still we OF North Dakota are good los
ers and our displeasure OF the results
that displease, will in no way inter-
fere with our giving our hearty sup
port to the administration, state and
national and proclaiming to the out
side world that We have little the
best state as wei! as the best govern
ed state in the world, and that all is
harmonious ct home. The fight has
ended, for a time at least, and the ma
jority have expressed a preference in
unmistakable terms, therefore the
minority must admit the wisdom of
the choice as it can hardly be cha g.
ed that unfair methods were used or
that the money bags were opened"
The women lost in rather discourag |
ing vote but at the same time they
have the consolation of knowing that
this is the first battle and that there
is always a matter of educating vot-
ers to new ideas that must proceed a
change in sentiment or government
such as they ask for and that sooner
or later the ballot will be given WO-
men.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-11-12
MORE ABOUT VALLEY CITY,

The Times Record is in receipt Of
the last number of the Merchants
Trade Journal, published at Des
Moines, Iowa, which carries two pages
pertaining to the Valley City Chautau-
qua and the various plans of maintain.
ing it. The subject is handled in de-
tail and several touching tributes, well
earned ones, paid to the manager as
we'll as to the Commercial Club back
of the movement originally. One of
the editorial staff of the magazine
which reaches about every merchant
in the United States spent a day here
recently and while here became inter-
ested in the stories he heard of the
Chautauqua and remained over a day
in order to study the matter and ia
miliarize himself with what had been
been done and left with the idea that
the great Valley City Chautauqua was
not retrospective but prospective and
has written the article with that idea
foremost. Barnes county is enjoying
a great deal of publicity at this time
the result of the publicity given the
Chautauqua through the magazines,
and should not be lost sight of by
those who are really interested in see.
ing new settlers coming here to join
us.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-11-12
sANeoRN ENTERPRISE 50 YEARS
OLD,

The Sanborn Enterprise has passed
its 33rd year under one continuous
management, Editor VIM. Mexican
having established the paper and ably
conducted it since. The following is
his announcement of the passing Of
the birthday of the publications:
The Enterprise has passed the
thirty-third year if its existence and
with this number enters its thirty
fourth volume under the same man
agement record which is not equaled
in the state of North Dakota. We are
proud to say The Enterprise has many
subscribers on its list who began with
the first ISSUE which is another record
which is hard to beat. The writer is
also proud of the many steadfast
: friends who have stood with him dur
ing all these years of fat and famine,
mostly the latter. Though the paper
antedates statehood nine years it has
never missed an issue.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-11-12
PROSPERITY AHEAD.

Fargo Forum: That there are pros
porous times ahead for the United
States is becoming more and more ap-
parent with each passing day. The
financial centers of the. east, which
We're plunged into depression follow
ing the outbreak of the war, are be.
ginning to perk up with considerable
perkiness. The war caused a period
of sudden retrenchment throughout
the world. Money went into hiding
like flash, and there was resultant
depression.
But there was really no need for
a depression in the United States. This
country is just as prosperous as it
ever was. 1t has just harvested a
great crop. Its mills and factories are
running overtime. In fact Europe is
prepared to pay fancy prices for the
things they have quit manufacturing
but must have to such an extent that
there never was such huge demand
for American made goods.
And there are signs of coming
boom in the United States. Money
has been piling up, and it is now seek
ing an outlet. 1t demands a safe in.
vestment but the big thing is-it is
looking for investments.
And there will be plenty of oppor.
tunity for investments for every
American dollar. The world is at war
and the worlds armies must be cloth.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-11-12
VISITING NURSE

What is visiting nurse? Most
people are familiar with the name, yet
some may not be. A visiting nurse is
a woman who devotes her whole time
to the care of the more needy and an
fortunate of community. If there is
need of help where there is sickness
and no means at hand to secure reg
ular nurse, such one gives her SER
vices without extra charge. II there
are persons unable to secure proper
clothing and food this nurse seeks
them out and helps them solve their
difficulties. Where there are clothing
and Christmas gifts to be given out
this party knows just where to take
them and to what extent.
Valley City needs just this kind of
person who will represent its citizens
and organizations in their efforts to
serve the more unfortunate of the
town. Winter is coming on. We have
no Associated Charity and may not
need one in the more specific sense,
still we do need more system and def
mite knowledge in the service that will
be rendered Without this we dupli-
cate each others work. One family
has too many clothes, another has a
scarcity. At Christmas time one fam
lily gets two turkeys at once and 9TH
ers none. In fact much we do is done
so spasmodically that part of the time
our subjects are surfeited while at
others they are in dire distress.
Valley City could through the CO.
operation of all its people and organi-
cations put such a nurse in the field
by the first of December, and know
that no case would be overlooked or
others pauperized by gifts. am
minister, but speak as citizen, not
for the church, but for our unfortu-
nate brothers and sisters. l speak
also that We may more successfully
utilize the benevolent spirit that runs
high in our city. This is the CON-
munities' work, and will no doubt be
entered into by all, should call be
made for organization. Others inter-
ested should make known through our
papers or otherwise. Cold weather
will soon be on us, and worse still it
will be on those we really want to
help. This is sent out as suggestion,
but will be backed with time and
money if there are others who feel
likewise.
Charles E. Vermilya.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-11-12
PROSPERITY AHEAD,

Notwithstanding the many predic-
tons of dire disaster INDUCED in dur
ing the recent campaign, the best
posted financiers of the country are
now predicting unusual prosperity for
this country, largely on account of
the European war which will make
such demands on the resources of this
country as to Offset the legislation and
various influences that has worked
toward a reaction.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-11-12
NEWS OF THE STATE

T. T. Kongelie of Upham had his
leg broken while unloading hay.
There have been 1898 pupils enroll
ed in the public schools at Minot.
. A new organ has been installed in
the Synod Lutheran church at Velva.
The county superintendent will
hold their April meeting in Sentinel
Butte.
The farmers of Stutsman county
will hold big exhibit at jamestown
Nov. q.
The E. ]. Thompson general store
at Coulee was robbed of something
like $125 worth OF merchandise.
Roy Squires of near Kenmare was
adjudged insane and has been taken
to a sanitarium at St. Paul.
An event in the history of Bottineau
was the dedication of the town hall
erected by E'dsvold township.
A prairie fire west of Minot caused
residents of the section to send in a
fire call to the fire department just in
time.
Albert Gunderson of Bowden, a boy
Of about ten years of age broke his
collar bone by being thrown from a
horse. ~. TT
The farm house of Gunder Erikstad
two miles froH Grafton was destroy.
ed by fire. The loss is quite heavy.
w. c. Husband of Crystal had his
automobile stolen from him at Harlow
, ton Mont. No trace of the car or
, thieves have been found.
At Sentinel Butte a three acre tract
, of land south of the railroad and op
posite the Hart-Robinson elevator is
being surveyed for business lots.
Hog cholera is reported as having
, broken out at a number of farms
south Of Grand Forks and the farm
ers are making strenuous measures tc
suppress the disease. 49,. .
; A drunk on the 500 train was taken
off at Minot and turned over to the
police after he had caused big row
and frightened a number of passen
gers.
J A special election is to be held in
Mott in the near future for the pur
pose of getting an expression of the
people on issuing bonds for water
works for the town.
John Olson of Lawton had his
shoulder badly crushed when the team
he was driving became frightened VI
a passing automobile throwing Mr.
/ Olson to the ground. ... ..
There was considerable excitement
at Hettinger when a gasoline lamp ex
ploded in the Jantzen residence. The
fire resulting from the explosion was
quickly eXtinguished but considerable
damage was done to one room.
! A serious fire was narrowly averted
caused by two little boys of Crosby
playing with matches. They were
playing in a small building used as a
coal and store house and thought 1t
would be fun to burn some SCRIP paper
that was lying near. The house was
soon in flames and though help was
soon brought the damage amounted to
a great deal. The boys had quite a
scare.
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