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Imperial Valley press., 1915-10-02
FOR RENT-REAL ESTATE

FOR LEASE acres, ON share rent
for barley or cotton; GOOD house;
fenced and cross fenced for hogs.
Also have an so for rent, same as
above. bul no house. This is good
land s miles east of BraWlcy. Joins
HE MaNon x Nolan ranch \. II.
GrisWold, Phone SiW.
FOR RENT Ranch 3 y miles easl Of
lIollNille: tG0 acres soft land.
CONS. & horses. poultry, imple-
mcnls. clc.: plenty shade; 5-room
house. alfalfa for stock: prefer
family with } or more workers. see
me- at ranch. q. T.. noanc. lloi-
vile. NH
FOR RENT, for cash, S0-acrc ranch;
% acres in alfalfa, ID acres III corn;
fenced into six fields; splendid
buildings; immediate possession.
LIENS AGENCY
Over First National Bank
FOR LEASE 30 acres Of alfalfa near
FL Centre al 5000 an acre: also
have - extra GOOD dairy COWS Ia
sell on easy terms. to 20 with HE
place i. &. Dcluzicr, l09 South
sixth s.. FL Centre.
To LET one of the best 40 or 60
acres for dairy: soft land; we'll
fenced Address r. +. ~ I. Ne. -.
RI Gentro, cal Nl3i
For LEASE 30 acres alfalfa and
grain land adioiniu. El Centre south :
GOOD house. Ross X Suarfs Gro
Gerry.
FOR RENT-Good house, partially
furnished, 1 block north of High
School. See 1922 Brighton.
fOR RENT 10 acres of land for cot
Lon NJ barley. See owner. mile
south / east Of ri C"ulro. Nl33
For RENT Partially furnished house,
or unfurniehcd. 1l3 Holt Ave. Map
FOa RENT House. CaIl al kelly'o
Nursery.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-10-02
To the Public.

We have moved 10 our new ~lor"
and have full and complete line Of
Pipe. PAINT, Glas, and llar-
ness of all kinds. >our inspection and
patronage solicited.
VALLEY HARDWARE,
6OJ Main street
& WATKINS, prop. ADV. l3l
Imperial Valley press., 1915-10-02
MARKET REPORTS
San Francisco Grain,

san Francisco. Oct. 2.-Whcal -
steady: no trading.
Barley SieadH; December sold at
Is T.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-10-02
Planes moved Nth best of care any
where in valley. Ed Royce.-Adv.

Modern Groom housekeeping apts.
658 Commercial. Ed Royce.-Adv.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-10-02
HELP WANTED

w 4 n T f ID - Ambitious workmen,
your work on actual jobs pays for
teaching trade of Automobiles,
plumbing, bricklaying; only few
months required; 700 students last
four years; write for information.
Bruins Contracting Trade School, 23
Also, Los Angeles.
WANTED for general houoc-
work Apply Mrs. viii Bernhard,
5G3 Hamilton Ave. fi32
WANTED Woman for general house
work: family Of ,. H. 4 Peters,
y mile north } miles east Of lie
ber. fi35
WANTED Woman lo cook. in private
family Apply Ia Mrs. J. w. Stems,
HoliNille, by letter, or phone
S2Fi5. 1876
HELP WANTED-Mi MiddIe-aged man
and woman; man lo garden: woman
Ia do general houseWork: no chill
dren. Box 81 El Centre, p q. Xl32
WANTED - Experienced hookkecper
who can take off monthly balances;
accurate and steady habits; llShl
man Will be paid good salary Box
%. Press office.
WANTED-Whiie married man to
milk on ranch near SeeIcY. Nd
dress RAYMOND Henderson. SeeleY,
or call at +. r. Henderson house, ,
miles north of Itollon lntcrurhdn II
r. on North Sixth &, FL Cen
tro 1893
Imperial Valley press., 1915-10-02
FOR RENT-Good house, partially
furnished, block north of High
School. See 1922 Brighton.
FOR RENT-ROOMS AND APTS.

FOR RENT One large furnished bed
room. close m and one furnished
len house. Inquire at al Fifth 81
FOR RENT-RoomS with bath, SO per
month: gentlemen only; private
family. 3S3 Olive 81.
For RENT \ nice i-room flat ii
132 Olive street see Owner. 163
Brighton 81.
FOR RENT-Two-room housekeeping
apartments, furnished. 779 Park
Ave.
For Furnished room 635 lloll
Ave. NIB
Imperial Valley press., 1915-10-02
SPECIAL NOTICES

SELLING GRAIN AND COTTON SEED
TIE California Planters Exchange
is selling Milo and COTTON seed, and
Ceiling good prices. send samples
of crops ready for shipment to 10
Temple Block. Los Angeles. tan
u,c any amounts Milo. Barley or Col
lon Seed.
FOA SALE Completely equipped "a
age and repair -hOn: one Of lh"
moe prominent IN hos Angeles: Will
SLOW profit from the start, owner
his good reason for selling; write
for particulars. 2i22 West seventh
81, Los Angeles. Cat. Nl3l
RECLEANED ALFALFA SEED
Excellent color, very high germina-
ton, first class quality, l8c per
pound +. o. b. your railroad station.
Send for sample. E. f. Sanguinettl,
Yuma, Ariz.
FO4 SALE -DouhIc recleaned Peru
VAN alfalfa seed, poe h.; special
price on ton lot,; f. %. h. Yuma.
Gha,. Hoppe. grower and shipper,
Bard. Imperial Co.. Gal. Al''
"ON YOUR early morning trip to San
Diego stop at Dixieland Restaurant
for breakfast. Homemade ice
cream. cold drinks and cigars
FOR SALE-Recleaned seed barley;
contains no mustard or sour clover;
S1.25 cwt. G. G. Hussey, Seeley,
Cal.
WANTED TO BUN-NeW or good sec
ond-hand house: rooms aud porch
B.F D Box 80. ioltNllle - !
WANTEp-sec0nd hand barb ,>ire
Address " Vineyard. HolfVl!le lo2
Imperial Valley press., 1915-10-02

WANTED-We pay highest prices for
second hand goods. McCune Furni-
ture Co
FOR SALE-Largc roll top desk. SIS.
3l1 Main. NIB
Imperial Valley press., 1915-10-02
BOGGS BLACKSMITH
SHOP

General Bldcksmilhing and Horse
,hocuS specially. Successor to +.
T. llclehmln. Work guaranteed
366 Main
Imperial Valley press., 1915-10-02
POULTRY
FURNITURE

For SALE Furniture 5-r00m houor.
complete. including piano. Box S33.
FL Gpntrn NIB
Imperial Valley press., 1915-10-02
FLOWING.

WE HAVE caterpillar engine and plows
for contract plowing. Inquire Cog
gins Garage.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-04-28

The fungous disease known as
brown-rot often destroys the crop OF
plums and cherries on unsprayed
trees. The early ripening plums and
sweet cherries are particularly sub
Ject TO attack. The injury is greatest
i'm wet, murky weather, and when the
fruit is produced i'm large clusters.
The work of the plum curculio and
the cherry fruit flies also increases the
injury from the brown-rot. and as the
disease often attacks the blossoms, ii
is very important that the application
just before the blossoms open should
not be neglected.
For this il will be seen that the
sprayings recommended for the leaf
blights will for the most part answer
for the brown-rot. but for sweet cher
ries and varieties of plums that are
especially subject to attack, we recon-
mend an application just as the fruit
begins 10 color, and another ten days
later.
For spraying the Japanese plums
also the early varieties OF peaches,
which are also subject to the attack
of brown-rot, we would use only one
quart of lime-sulphur solution in so
gallons. but would add pounds each
of flour of sulphur and hydrated lime.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-04-28
F A r M A N d
O r CHI A r d


early i'm the season. the fruit may not
ripen. and even though other leaves
form they often drop prematurely in
the fall Since this prevents the
ripening OF the wood, the trees are
generally injured by the winter and
i'm severe seasons the trees are killed
outright While in some years the
injury from this disease is not very
serious. we cannot tell i'm advance
when IL will appear and especially
since the effects may be SO disastrous.
the treatment suggested should always
be given.
The leaf blight may be held i'm
check either by lime-sulphur solution
Il TO 500 or Bordeaux mixture, il ap
piled often enough To keep the leaves
covered AS rule, ii will answer il
the trees are sprayed just before the
blossoms open, but after they show the
individual flowers; again, about
week after the petals have fallen; and
a third time i'm two or three weeks, In
the case Of certain varieties which are
unusually subject 10 attack, such as
the English Morello cherry and the
prunes, a fourth application may be
desirable just before the fruit begins
to color, and another as soon as The
crop has been harvested. BY the adj
dition of TO pounds OF arsenate Of
lead for so gallons, the same applica
ton will hold i'm check the curculio
and leaf-eating insects, as well as the
brown rot.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-04-28
POULTRY NOTES

Turkeys cannot stand dampness.
Rolled oats are fine for chicks.
Never keep chicks of two sizes in
one pen.
Kindness in the poultry yard pays
better than anything else.
IL you do not intend TO use hens for
Matching, break them up ut once and
get them to laying again
Never let feed become sour or fer
mented. II should be fresh and whole
some
Once a month is none too often to
burn sulphur in every poultry house.
All kinds of young fowls need bone
food. Neglect this and something is
bound TO go wrong with your profits.
Ground or powdered charcoal is
about the best condition powder that
can be fed poultry
Scald out all drinking vessels and
feed troughs every few days. to keep
them from developing disease germs.
DO not use harsh methods in break
ing up the broody hens. Remember
that broodiness is natures provision
for rest.
Chicks should not be exposed to
storms. but they must not be confined
TO warm board floors. They must have
fresh air. even if that is cold air.
good feed for little ducks the first
few days is bread moistened with milk
with little coarse sand or fine grit
and a little charcoal sprinkled in 1t.
When chicks seem droopy and hang
their wings. or sprawl on the floor
unable TO walk look for head lice. 1t
is best TO grease the head of each
chick once "A week ANYWAY
The hens that laid so well during
the winter are lower in vitality this
spring. They should have special feed
and care to build up their strength.
Grain is a necessity i'm the feed Of
every hen. DO not think that you can
fiji up troughs with bran alone and
then go away and leave them safely to
that and grass; ii will never do.
Shade is necessary to growing
chicks and adult fowls Don't forget
it during the hot season. Provide
shade and shelter from the hot sun
and plenty of places to run under
in sudden showers Quickly growing
vines will provide this shade if there
are no trees in the yards. For this
purpose the wild cucumber is very
good. But the best of all are the
double purpose
AS soon as the chicks are old
enough they should be taught to roost
outside the brooders. upon perches
placed near the floor Keep the
floors well covered with clean litter.
Never use sawdust.
II very frequently happens that
there are a great many sitting hens,
turkeys. etc, that il is desirable to
break up during the summer. For
this purpose nothing exceeds the Stat
bottomed coop raised from the ground
that the air may circulate freely under
the hen when she is placed in the
coop.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-04-28
HOW MANY FEMALES

| have choice cockerel, and am
anxious to have fertile eggs. How
many females should / put with him
An early Matched, vigorous cockerel
may be mated with eight to ten hens
during the normal Matching season
that is, from April on, but when the
weather is cold and the birds more or
less sluggish, the average cockerel
should not be mated with more than
six for the best results Leghorn
cockerels may mate with more fe-
males than the Cochins. or even the
American breeds. a method which is
sometimes practiced where trap nests
are used is to coop the male in good
sized exercising coop, feed him we'll on
variety of foods giving him plenty
of green food but not overlooking, and
when the hens are removed from the
nest, put them in the coop. After a
hen has just laid. the eggs are more
likely TO be fertilized than before, as
the developed egg oftimes clogs the
passage. BY this method. the vigor of
the cockerel is conserved. and fertility
is said to be greatly increased.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-04-28
Good Roads Department
Conducted Especially for the Banner by Hon. p
T. Cogrove, President of the Michigan
Good Roads Association.

have been studied for n series or
years The figures quoted above, OF
course. will not apply 10 ordinary mac
adam. gravel or clay roads, but in
all these cases the interest on the
bonds must be met, and there must
be expenditures TO maintain them in
condition. The poorer the drainage
and less permanent the character OF
the road foundation. the greater must
be the percentage that repair costs
will bear TO the first cost. Similarly
the question Of whether the actual
surfacing IL designed TO Withstand the
character of traffic and weather 10
which il is subjected also has an inn
portant bearing on what il will cost
the county to keep the road in such
shape that when the bonds are paid
the locality still will have valuable
property to show as "A result OF its
borrowing and repayment.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-04-28
ACTUAL COST OF GOOD ROADS

While IL is frequently easy for a
county 10 issue bonds and borrow
money FOR improving the local high
ways, the raising OF the money to re-
tire those bonds at maturity is often
not so simple. Many counties, In bor-
rowing money for bonds, figure that
the amount of money raised repre-
sents the total cost of the road, for
getting that the road must be main
tanned and repaired il, NJ the end Of
the term OF the bonds, the county is TO
have anything to show for its invest
ment
The question of financing county
road building is discussed fully in De-
partment of Agriculture Bulletin No.
1876, entitled Highway Bonds" which
is written by the office of public roads
in collaboration with James w. GLOW
err, professor of mathematics and in
surance, University of Michigan. In
this bulletin the authors discuss fully
the various methods of financing road
building and retiring debts for road
construction. and also deal frankly
with the actual total cost of a road
during the life of the bonds. ON the
total cost of a road, the authors cite
the following two examples as afford
ing at least a basis for estimating the
total minimum cost of a mile of road /:
Bituminous macadam: Cost of con-
struction C$10,50OD under per cent
serial bond with interest for 20 years,
S16,012.50. Cost of annual repair and
maintenance $4,000 for 20 years, $l2,-
900. Total cost for 20 years, $751;
Ol250
Brick. Cost OF construction ($1S.-
5000 under per cent serial bond with
interest for 20 years, $26,426.73 Cost
of annual repair and maintenance
$4,000 for 20 years, $4,000. Total
cost for 20 years, $50, 426.73.
The authors point out that the ac-
tual cost of building and maintaining
specified highway can he determined
only after the character and volume
Of traffic and actual wear and tear
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-04-28
HOW TO CHOOSE BIRDS FOR THE
BREEDING PEN

1t might be we'll to point out a few
Of the important things to be looked
for granted that the breeder is keep
ing a pure breed Then the first thing
to look for in his breeding birds. both
males and females, is breed type. A
bird that has breed type is one that is
of correct size: has the correct comb
shape; the correct body shape, and the
correct color for the particular breed
to which the individual belongs The
next character TO look for, and one
that is of paramount Importance, is
constitutional vigor. The reason that
our pure breeds have not reached a
higher general average from a utility
standpoint is because they have been
selected largely for fancy feathers and
body shape, sacrificing the important
utility characters OF size. and especial
ly constitutional vigor
Constitutional vigor is Of importance
first, because il determines TO a large
extent the productiae and disease re-
sistng capacity of the individual hen
or male bird. and. second. because IL
determines largely to what extent that
capacity will be transmitted to the Off
spring. Constitutional vigor is indi-
Gated by broad, short. deep head; a
full. red comb; a short. broad, we'll
curved beak; large. bright. dark
colored eye; a deep. broad chest; a
long body. well supported i'm the alb
domen: a broad back, with a well
sprung rib; short, stout, straight legs:
a good. heavy. glossy coat Of feathers;
and an active disposition.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-04-28
VOTES FOR WOMEN

Pennsylvania is the seventh state
whose Legislature has voted this year
10 submit a woman suffrage measure
The vote goes to the people i'm Nov
ember 1915.
Texas legislature gave large
majority i'm both branches but failed
to secure the required two-thirds of
the entire House. The question has
passed one Legislature in Tennessee.
but must pass another before going TO
the voters.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-04-28
INDIANS FOR PROHIBITION
who made the State go dry?
II ~ Tfsf

was the war cry chanted by the Clal-
lam Indians, living at jamestown in
the state of Washington. as they joy
ously celebrated the victory for state
wide prohibition.
Most of these Indians belong to
what is called the Indian Shaker
church. and no one is ever admitted
to this church until as they say, the
drink devil" is driven out of him. In
other words, he must sign n very bind
ing temperance pledge.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-04-28
THE SPRAYING OF CHERRIES
AND PLUMS

Although il is generally considered
that cherries and plums suffer little
from insects and fungous diseases.
none OF the fruits is more injured by
them or is more benefited by spraying.
Nearly all varieties of plums and
cherries often drop their leaves once
or twice during the season, owing 10
the work of one or more forms OF Leaf
blight These produce small, round
brown spots in the leaves, and when
the injured portions drop out the
common term, "shot-hole disease de-
scribes the appearance OF the foliage.
When the loss of the leaves occurs
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-04-28
EVERYBODY BENEFITED

Good roads help not only the farmer
by enabling him TO market his produce
when the market is highest but they
also help the merchant, the railroad
company-infact. every individual in
the county is either directly or ind
rectly benefited
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-04-28
REFUSES LIQUOR ADVERTISING

The Poster Advertising Association
at it's annual convention at Palm
Beach. Florida. passed resolutions
that no further contracts for advertis-
ing whiskey distilled or spirituous Ii
quors will be accepted and that under
no circumstances will existing con-
tracts be continued beyond December,
81, 1915.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-04-28


Age OF states
(yearS) ......, "a %
Population ......3 100000 1880, 600
Saloons ......... 1000
Per capita eNpendi
ture for liquor $1,000 S1.4S
Criminals To 5000
population $500. 10 /
Bank deposits per
capita ........ $1,000 $4,000
Assessed property
valuation per
capita ........ 100000 $1,000
Automobiles to every
100 farmers 80. 20
In Kansas there are 131 towns of
1000 population, which own electric
light plants. water and sewer systems,
splendid sidewalks and public schools
without a single cent Of revenue from
the liquor traffic. In Missouri there
are scores of towns Of from 1000 to
1000 population with open saloons
paying a high license where they have
no electric light plants, no water or
sewer system, and poor sidewalks.
I'm the panic of 1907 Missouri. with
all her big banks. was unable To send
one penny to the East. Kansas banks
sent S50.000.00O.
Kansas spends 100000 less per
year for intoNicants than does Mis-
souri, This explains the prosperity Of
Kansas.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-04-28

The regular meeting Of the w. G. r.
L. will be held at the home OF Mrs.
r.. "A. Thorne, III East Washington
street, the afternoon OF Friday. April
30
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-04-28

Winter ends everywhere on the
same day, according to the almanac,
but the almanac ought to know bet
ter than that.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-04-28

Allies have their eyes on Asia Minor
and Japan has her hands on Asia
major.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-04-28
PROSPERITY STATISTICS

The following figures are quoted
from "A w G. n. L. post card
NJ isSouri Kansas
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-04-28

Turkeys cannot stand dampness.
Rolled oats are fine for chicks.
Never keep chicks of two sizes i'm
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-04-10
Notice of Forfeiture.

To G. A. Brown, his heirs and ad-
 ministrators and to all it may con-
 eern:
 You are hereby notified that we have expended during the years 1912, 1913, and 1914, the sum of three hun dred dollars ($300.00), lawful money of the United States, ir labor and improvements, upon your one-sixtn interest in those mining claims iylhs and being on Mineral creek, in the recording precinct of Valdez, Alaska' which are known as the Monte Carlo group consisting of the Monte Carlo, Monte Carlo No. 2, Monte Carlo NO. 8, Monte Carlo No. 4, Monte Carlo No. 5, Monte Carlo No. 6, the location notices of said claims being of record in the office of the commissioner and recorder, at Valdez, Alaska, pages numbered 322, 323, 325, 326, and 327, of Book Min ing Records. in order to hold said claims under the provisions of Sec tion 2324 of the Revised Statutes or tue United States, concerning annual labor on mining claims, being the amount required to hold said lode claims for the period ending Decem Der, 1914.
 And unless within ninety days af- ter the completion of the publication of this notice, to-wit: within ninety days after the 9th day of May, 1915, you contribute your proportion or such expenditure incurred in perform ing said annual labor and improve ments, which is the sum of three hundred dollars (S3OO.OO). your inter- est in said claims will become the property of your co-owners, who have made the required expenditure, by the terms of said sec-ion.
 Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 4th day of February, 1915.
 MIKE BARRETT.
 JULIUS JUNGHOLM.
 Last publication May 6. 1915.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-04-10
THE FIRST TROUSERS.
They Were Worn Skin Tight and Led
 Mon to Pad Their Lees.

The advent of the silk hat led to the introduction of trousers. Knee breech- es and silk stockings did not core spond with stovepipe hats. Try them now and see if you think they do. So reformers set themselves to work to devise some neither garments congru- ous with the new headpiece.
 The result was trousers. There had, it is true, been some precursors of those inimitable garments. The Turk had worn voluminOus twin bags on his legs, gathered and tied, bag fashion, at the ankles The Cossacks, too, had found such things more convenient for horseback riding than any other garb, and "pantaloons" were used in armies, especially by the French. But none of these nor any other garment that was worn prior to 1915 could be described as genuine trousers.
 The first trousers worn in London were of plain, light colored cloth, and fitted very tightly; almost as tight, we may believe, as those in this country a generation ago. In the second sea son striped and other figured cloths were used by some, but such trousers were regarded as quite plebeian and fit for wearing only in bad weather when the streets were muddy, or as sort of rough outing garb at the seaside. X favOrite material for trousers worn by men of fashion was an elastic stock met, which fitted literally "sliin tight" Beneath such garments, to supply the deficiencies of nature, men were not averse to wearing false calves and other paddings on their legs. Straps passing beneath the foot were used to keep the trouser legs held down in place.-Exchange.