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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-03-11
BY GARRETT P. sERvIss.

Who would believe that not much
more than 100 years ago potatoes were
almost unknown as food for man, Peo.
pie disdainfully fed them to hogs. Even
so wise and inquiring a man as Benja-
min Franklin had to be convinced by
freak dinner that the potato was not
only eatable, but delicious and nourish-
ing,
The dinner was given to Franklin
and to the famous chemist Lavoiser by
Antoine Augustin Parmentier, the an
niversary of whose death has recently
been celebrated in France because he
was the discoverer OF the enormous
possibilities of the potato as an addi-
tion to the food supply of the world
Parmentier was an enthusiast. He
began life as an army pharmacist and
found out, first by accident and then
by experiment, that the potato, when
properly cooked, was one of the most
Nexcellent of all vegetables. Few, how
ever, would believe him. He inter
ested Lavoisier and Franklin by show
ing them the results of his chemical
analysis of the despised tuberele, and
they consented to try the new food at
his table,
The meal consisted entirely Of po
tatoes. 1t began with potato soup
which the guests found excellent, was
continued with dishes composed Of
boiled, roasted and fried potatoes, and
ended with potato desert and glass
of potato brandy. Even the bread
served at the table was made of po
tatoes.
Pahmentier succeeded in citing th'
king, Louis XVI, whose sympathy fol
the poor did not save him when the
revolutionists began to cut off heads
interested in his new, cheap food, ant
the king gave him large patch Of
ground in the plain Of sablons, nea
ar's m which to raise potatoes,
To introduce them to public notie'
they were served at the royal table
They became the rage when, in August
1856, the king appeared NJ court wear
ing potato blossom In his buttonhole
while the queen, the proud Marie An
toinette, had a whole boquet Of them i
her corsage.
After the revolution, when Napoleo
took hold of France and her destiniei
he saw the immeasurable value Of Pal
mentier's discovery encouraged him ]
every way, and made him a barone
In the meantime the rest of the worl
was learning to eat potatoes. The
popularity grew fast. Their eultuI
spread everywhere. Man had found
new food that we to become indispel
sable to his welfare as wheat or cor
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-03-11

JOURNAL WANT ADS. bring results
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-03-11

JOURNAL WANT ADS. bring results.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-03-11
curtis AND CONSTABLE
DENY RUNAWAY STORY
Declare There is No Truth in Report
That Sons Left Salem in Boxcar
to Take Extended Trip.
HAD PLENTY OF MONEY
TO PURCHASE THEIR TICKETS
Took Along Money and Extra Suits Of
Clothes and There Was No oppO.
Stion to Their Going.

Inundated and deeply hurt, G. U.
Constable, the county fruit inspector to-
day told the true facts concerning the
report which appeared in the local morn.
ing paper to the effect that "Hugh
Constable, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. G. O.,
Constable, and Dean Curtis, son of Mr.
and Mrs. L. G. Curtis, disappeared
Sunday evening, leaving the city, it is
reported, in boxcar of freight train
for trip through the country"
"My wife and l told the morning
paper nothing concerning the matter,
and the story appearing there is abso-
lutely false from start to finish, " said
Mr.. Constable this morning. "Why
couldn't the Statesman get the cor
rect information7 A man called up my
wife last night and saying his name
was Martini and that he was working
for the Statesman wanted to know if
we had heard from Hugh. Ny wife
told this man nothing at all nor did l
say anything to him,
"We were surprised and Inundated
this morning to note the article which
stated our boy had left Salem in box
car.
Had Money.
"The paper also states that my BOY
had about $10 That is not true. He
had sufficient money to enable him to
ride on the train decently.
"The. whole fact of the matter is
Hugh and Dean Curtis have been want.
ing to go to Tacoma for some time and
Hugh, to prevent us from talking op.
position to the plan, simply wrote a
nice note to his mother telling her that
he was going to Tacoma, and left. He
had both money and extra suits Of
clothes and along with young Curtis,
purchased ticket for Portland and
oarded passenger train here for that
place He don't have to ride in box
cars and he didn't run away as we
would have given him permission to 60
anyway, if he had insisted. Ny wife
and are willing that our son should
go out and hustle for himself if he de.
cires to take a whirl at that business
and we know that he wouldn' t stoop
so low as to bum his way over the coun.
try.
Gas l said before, this matter has
humiliated my wife and and am
emphatic in saying that we have been
greatly imposed upon.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-03-11

The man who doesn't agree with yon
ism 7 therefore necessarily a scoundrel,
william and chicken thief.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-03-11
FREE TRANSPORTATION
(Continued from page ones

you men to various points within a
radius Of so miles from here" an.
nounced Attorney Armfield from an
automobile in which were gathered the
Yolo supervisors, the sheriff and lis
trict attorney. 'We will give you the
chance of sending 20 or 80 men on
every train going out of Sacramento
We will send you to different points
and if you decide to get together again
that is your own lookout but we want
to get You broken up and scattered all
through the country. This condition OF
banding together cannot continue. You
must admit that the condition is a bad
one for yourselves and the community
as well. "
Some of Men Like offer.
Armfield was perfectly frank in bis
discussion of the plans, and there was
no sign of i'll feeling on either side
Many Of the men in the army who
gathered about the automobile, were
favorably impressed with the offer.
eve will retire and discuss this
thing among ourselves" announced W.
B. Anderson, secretary to General
Charles Kelly.
One Of the men from the army came
forward and asked Armfield if the con.
mittee would give the men the price Of
the transportation and let them go as
far as they want
Could Travel Cheaper
"You know that $1.5O which IL would
take to send a man so miles on pas
scnger train, would carry one of the
boys 200 or 300 miles the way we cal
tiaN Nel, suggested the unemployed.
THAT scheme would not work, " re-
piled Armfield, "because the people pi
Yolo and Sacramento would not glI,
you 10 cents in cash. If you will TAX
this offer you can get out Of here art
roach sections Of the country where yol
coo possibly find work."
VIII Go TO Several Towns.
hrmfeld stated that the men in small
hands of 20 to so would be sent e
Stockton, Marysville, Chico, Woodland
Winters, Dixon, Davis, Bay Point, Oro
vile, and many other places.
The Sacramento authorities wer
"resting on their oars" and doinl
nothing beyond maintaining the guard
on the bridges leading into the city.
Aid for Needy.
San Francisco March 11.-Immedi
ate aid for the needy resident uncm
ployed Of San Francisco was practical
| ly assured today, when the relief com
mittee, after announcing that $1,000 re
naming from the old unemployed re
lief fund, would be donated TO provid
ing work for married mon, issued
new appeal for funds. Only thos
whose cases have been investigated b,
the police win be given work.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-03-11
Lads Want Work.

Both Mr.. Constable and Mr.. Curtis
declare that their sons went to Tacoma
to work. The parents state that the
boys feel that they desire to get out
and shift for awhile and, if they cannot
make the stunt work, they will return
home where they win be received with
as much welcome as ever.
Dean Curtis and Hugh Constable were
both popular students at the Salem high
school and have been elected to differ.
ont societies formed in the institution.
Young Curtis father formerly conduct.
cd the grocery store recently taken over
by BogRs & Co., while the Constable
boy is the son Of one Of the most wide.
ly known fruit men in the state.
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rArrpNTAT W Nm A ng I.iuo ro.,,Ito
Imperial Valley press., 1914-12-09

burg Pirates, will pitch for the locals,
and we hope Baeder will heave 'em
over from Brawley.
Manager Cornett announces that
Gipe, the star pitcher from Seattle,
who goes to the New York Giants
next year, will be here tomorrow
morning to remain with the club, tax
ing Schneider's place. The latter tried
out his arm last Sunday in a game
at Los Angeles and decided to give il
& rest the balance of the winter.
Gipe will have chance to work out
several days before Sunday, the day
that Cornett will start him against
Calexico, which team plays here then.
All you fans who want TO see
redhot ball game, go to the Fair
Grounds tomorrow at 2:l5.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-12-09
French Statement.

Paris, Dec. 9.-Following is the of
ficial war office statement today:
"From the sea to Lys during the
Gay of the Sth there were artillery
duels.
an the region of Arras and fur
ther south there is nothing to report.
All positions gained by us during the
last two days have been organized
and strengthened.
"In the region of the Aisne there
were artillery duels, and with our in
fantry we made appreciable progress.
Several German trenches were cap
tured. We made progress on all the
front except at single point, where
the enemy blew up one of our trenches
with a mine.
"On the heights of the Meuse ouZ
artillery easily mastered that of the
enemy. In that region, as also in the
Argonne, we have advanced on the
entire front and have taken seyera
trenches.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-12-09
AGAIN ADJUST
THEIR DIFFERENCES

Once more it looks as though af-
fairs were adjusted to permit the
needed work to be done below the
line, including the installation of two
dredges. Several times arrange
ments have been made for this work
to proceed and each time Receiver
H6abird has found some reason why
he could not go ahead with the work.
A short time ago arrangements
were made to have the dredges bought
and the work done provided $4,000
worth of Boaz Duncan's bonds were
bought, but when the money was
raised and paid over to Duncan Hola-
bird blocked proceedings again ur-
less Water Company No. 6 would
practically admit the justice of dis
puted claim for $4,000 against that
company and pay the receiver the wa
ter rentals due January /. The com
panies had had their full experience
with the receiver and agreed with
each other to make no payments of
water rentals until the dredges were
purchased and the work done.
Affairs were thus blocked until two
or three days ago, when President
Brockman of No. submitted to Hola-
bird proposal that the receiver leave
the old differences to adjustment in
the courts, and proceed to purchase
the dredges, the mutual companies
agreeing to pay so per cent of the
water rentals to him Is days after the
! tdredges are in place and the remain
ing 80 per cent on the completion of
the work, and Holabird accepted this
proposal in writing.
AS a result of this agreement it
now is believed the work will go
ahead promptly.
1t is hoped by all that it will take
but little longer to shake Holabird
free from his position of receiver, in
which position he has so hampered
the development of the valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-12-09
X. OF p. ENTERTAINS
FRIENDS OF ORDER

Ell Centre Lodge, X. of P, held an
open meeting last evening, at which
lady and gentlemen friends mingled
with the members. Among the noted
guests was Louis Aston Barnum, Jr,
of Heber, who won first prize at the
County Fair baby show, with score
of 100 points.
The husky little fellows father gave
two recitations and ]. Stanley Brown
also gave recitation. Professor
Todd gave two piano solos and the
Thompson quartette, with piano, cor
net, violin and mandolin, contributed
to the pleasing features of the enter
tainment.
There was an impromptu discussion
of the question::
"Resolved, That women should be
admitted to the X. of p the teams
appointed being f. F. Howe and Fred
B. Walker on the affirmative and E.
]. Clark and Professor Kerr on the
negative.
DR.. Apple, C. A. Shafer, Professor
House and Mrs. Thompson also TOOK
part in the discussion, the decision be-
ing submitted to vote and being in
favor of the negative.
John Norton, chancellor commander,
presided,
Refreshments were served and an
hour passed in visiting after the pro-
gram.
There is a sentiment in favor of Or
ganizing a lodge of Pythian Sisters,
but no formal step has thus far been
taken in the matter.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-12-09
High School Notes.
(By Thomas r. WILSON,

Monday evening the faculty of Cen
trail Union High School gave house
warming party to the Misses Pope
and Stone in their little gray cot
tage opposite the High School. A
very pleasant evening was spent in
playing games and telling stories, and
delicious refreshments were served
AS they have recently started house
keeping, the guests presented them
with small kitchen articles, accompa-
MED by an original verse which caused
much merriment.
Yesterday the Freshmen elected
Harris Anderson as vice president of
the class. He takes the place of Keith
Graham, who has left school.
Mr.. Smith today issued a call for
all fellows who wished to go out for
basket ball. There were thirty-five
who. responded to the call. 1t is GER
tain that this bunch will furnish at
least two good teams.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-12-09
Commissioners Warning
Against Sudan Grass

nounce that he has the promise from
DR.. Cook that he will be furnished a
man to work out the life history of
aphis as well as the ladybird, in this
county, which is very important.
1t is much better to prevent than
to control after the infestation. Bet
ter results will follow when the hab-
its of an insect are known.
Aphis are already reported working
in the barley fields.
Sudan Grass.
The United States Department of
Agriculture says that sudan grass is
a drought tresistant hay plant, and
that demand for information has come
from all sections, but more especially
from the Southern states, where the
need of a desirable hay grass has
been acute since the advent of the
boil weevil forced diversification of
crops. | wish to call attention to the
fact that Sudan grass resembles John
son grass in all ways excepting it's
root system, and the fact that they
belong to the same family as our
milos makes it a question whether it
will be advantageous enough to over
come the risk of johnson grass be
ing introduced. All the sorghums
hybridize very readily, making it very
easy to cross Sudan grass with John
son grass should there be the least
mixture of seed used and the plants
be allowed to blossom.
The seed looks the same and it will
require expert examination to prove
that Sudan grass seed is not Johnson
grass seed.
With all the other sorghums and
alfalfa doing so well in the valley, and
plenty of water, it is a question if
Sudan is needed.
Twenty three ranches were visited
for noxious weeds and two notices
Of eradication were served.
Yours very truly,
F. w. WAITE,
Horticultural Commissioner.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-12-09

an the Vosges we have repulsed
numerous attacks northeast of Sin
ones. In the rest of the Vosges sec
tion the enemy did not make seri-
Gus effort 70 attack.
"The stubborn attacks by. the Ger
mans against the Russian front of the
Ilow-Lowicz Strykow Lodz line, run
ming from north to south six kilo-
meters west of Piotrokow, have been
repulsed.
Nevertheless, by reason of the ar
row shaped position of the line, the
Russians have felt it necessary to
evacuata LODI.
Tn Galicia, the Austrians, who
Lave been reinforced by Germans,
have again taken the offensive in the
region of Neusandez.
an Servia the Servian armies are
making progress. They have taken
the heights Of Meljon, capturing nu-
merous prisoners and cannon"
Imperial Valley press., 1914-12-09
MANY AUTOS IN
SAN DIEGO LINEUP

To secure the services of Hearst
Selig or Pathe Weekly representative
who will accompany the Imperial Val
ley-to San Diego auto procession on
December 81 and photograph scenes
of interest during the tri p is the de-
sire of the Valley Chamber of Com
merce. According to Secretary Place,
both film companies are considering
the desirability of the proposed plan,
but no decision has yet been reached.
Yesterday marked the initial regis
tration of auto owners who will make
the trip. They are Ben Garland, j.
P. Nuffer, A. p Nuffer, J. E. Davis,
]. L. Travers, Samuel w. Dunawav,
Frank A. Preston, C. F. Allen, c. f.
Sprouse, E. w. Burger, F. S. Wing, R
3. Moore, Winthrop Pier, E. ]. Lyons,
Roy L. Rumsey and Eugene White.
That other valley towns are meet
irg with similar success along this
line is the statement of Secretary
Place, who is optimistic over the pres
ent support being given the move
ment. Plans for county wide cam
paign to enlist the aid of every auto
owner are being evolved by various
commercial bodies that, according to
the secretaries of these associations,
will undoubtedly result in immediate
response.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-12-09
Baseball Game Tomorrow;
FL Centre VS.. BraWley Here

The FL Centre ball team will take
on the Brawley cellar champions to-
morrow at the Fair Grounds.
1t is certain they will bring forth
every effort to win tomorrow, for our
boys have taken three games from
them and they have taken none from
us. So it looks like we will have a
gay little time tomorrow.
Cornett has secured the services of
John Butler, star from the Tacoma
club in the Northwestern League, to
fill in at second base during the alb
sence of Carl Flick, who was hurs
painfully, but not seriously, last
Thursday in an automobile accident
while returning from the Brawley
game.
Kantlehner, the pride of the Pitts
Imperial Valley press., 1914-12-09

To the Honorable Board of Super
visors, Imperial County-Gentlemen:
The following goods were inspected
and passed into the county during the
month of November, 1914: 325 boxes
oranges, 119 boxes lemons, q boxes
pears, 55 boxes grapefruit, 1923 boxes
apples, IA boxes apples from Idaho,
85 boxes apples from Utah, 2,268
sacks potatoes, 598 sacks potatoes
from Idaho, 800 sacks potatoes frorr
Utah, 23 sacks alfalfa seed, 305 sacks
alfalfa seed from Arizona, 3 citrus
trees, l loquat, l kumquat, a Phoenix
Canariensis, 2 small date palms, 100
roses, boxes olive cuttings, Is fei-
ioa, 588 ornamental trees, boxes or
namental trees, 1884 vegetable plants.
Is apricot trees from Iowa, 1,61S
olive trees, 6 Mexican lines, $50 eu-
calyptus trees.
During the month the commission
er attended the Fruit Growers Con-
vention at Los Angeles, which was
very successful. Two days were de-
voted entirely to the meeting of com
missioners, where subjects of vital
interest in connection with quarantine
work were thoroughly discussed with
view of improving inspection and
culara ntine reolllationS
! At a meeting called by State Com
missioner DR.. Cook of all parties in
terested in date culture a committee
of seven were appointed, including
State Commissioner DR.. Cook, to draft
state quarantine law that would
give absolute control of all imported
offshoots until it was known that they
were free from the date scale.
Three date growers were appoint
ed from Coachella Valley and three
from Imperial county. The confer
ence will be held in Coachella val
ley on December IS, where State Com
missioner Dr. Cook will be in attend
ance.
The commissioner is pleased to an
Imperial Valley press., 1914-12-09
CHIEF ENGINEER TO
GET INTO HARNESS

The appointment yesterday of c. R.
lockwood as general manager and
chief engineer of the Irrigation Dis
trict by the district directors has met
with universal commendation, and
everybody will be pleased to know
that Mr. lockwood will get into the
harness at once and proceed just as
fast as the conditions permit.
Next Monday Mr.. lockwood will
return to the valley and will go to
Volcano lake to make careful est-
mate of exactly what will be required
to put the levee there in good condi-
tion.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-12-09
Emperor Is III.

London, Dec. 9.-Emperor William
is i'll and his return to the battle front
has been postponed.
The Kaiser is suffering from fe-
verish bronchial catarrh which he
contracted while on the eastern from
tier.
The emperor had planned to revisit
the front again today and the an
nOuncement was made officially in
Berlin as the reason for his failure
to depart as previously announced.
1t is reported officially that he will
be unable to resume his active direc-
tion of the campaign for several days.
However, according to the official
announcement, the emperor is still
able to give his attention to the re-
ports of the chief of the general staff,
the ruler.
1t is asserted that when advised by
his physician of the. serious nature
OF his ihdisposition, the Kaiser insisted
that he must not be ill-that the crit
ical stage Of the situation on both
fronts demanded that he give it his
active attention-but the counsel of
his medical advisers prevailed and he
reluctantly submitted.
In the popular mind the illness Of
the German emperor overshadowed the
actual war developments of the day
in point of interest.
Reports from scattered points in
Holland northern France and Belgium
tell of a renewal of the hard fight
ing along the YSer and of sharp ad-
vances recorded by the British and
French troops, valiantly assisted by
the Belgians.
Most startling of these was con
Star from Rotterdam, which stated
that the British troops had retaken
Passchendaele, to the northeast Of
Ypres. This is an advance of eight
miles from Ypres and if substanti-
ated officially, places the British in
control Of a straight road to Roulers,
only four miles away. Roulers has
been the base of the German center,
so that it may be said that the Brit
ish are striking at the very heart Of
the German line.
1t has been known for several days
that the British have been fighting
along this road in cooperation with
the French, who were operating from
the south of Ypres in thanking
movement which has for its purpose
the covering of Menin, an important
strategical point on the Lys river.
The French and British troops are
reported unofficially to have practi-
oally cleared the railroad of Ger
mans and to have hewn a clear path
in the direction of Roulers.
From Louvain comes dispatch
which reports that great numbers of
fresh German troops are being sent
in a northwesterly direction into
France. Other trains are returning
in continuous stream bearing wound
ed Germans and prisoners en- route
to Germany.
Sluis in Holland reports that fierce
fighting has been resumed along the
User, but the German official state
ment yesterday declared that the
movements of the German troops
have been seriously hampered by the
condition of the roads, which were
made much worse by the torrential
rains of the past few days.
The Germans are reported to be
taking extraordinary precautions to
guard against a renewed attack on
Zeebrugge by the British warships
In the houses on the sea side the
Imperial Valley press., 1914-12-09
Kaiser Suffering j:
Pneumonia, Says
Private DISPATCH

windows and balconies are being barri-
caded with sandbags on which are
being mounted small field pieces and
quick firing guns.
Berlin reports that the Kaiser's
troops have made slight progress in
the fighting to the north of Arras
and that the war hospital at Lille has
been burned down. The Berlin state
ment says:
"This is probably a case of ar
son."
No lives were lost in the fire.
Attacks by the French north of
Nancy are reported by Berlin to have
been repulsed.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-12-09
German Claims.

Berlin, Dee. Via wireless)-G
ran successes in both the eastern and
western theatres are announced in the
official report of the general staff
today, which says:
an the Argonne forest (France)
we have gained several places and
taken a number Of prisoners.
"The French suffered heavy losses
in the battle north of Nancy yester-
day. Our losses were comparatively
small.
"West of Rheims building flying
the Red Cross flag was bombarded
and set on fire by our troops, whc
ascertained beyond doubt, by means
of photographs taken by aviators