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Imperial Valley press., 1915-02-25
WANTED--REAL ESTATE

WANTED your ranches with us,
We have just closed two good deals.
We have clear Los Angeles income;
also clear ranches in the north; also
some cash buyers. Send full deScrp-
ton in your first letter. We know
the valley, having farmed there for
eight years. Imperial Realty ca,
523 Security Bldg, Los Angeles. =
a Allen, II. II. Stevens. 273
WANTED To lease 40 acres good soft
alfalfa land fixed for dairy. r. f. d.
?, El Centro, Box 8. One mile west
of pumping plant. x259
Imperial Valley press., 1915-02-25

FOR RENT Nicely furnished porch
room: reasonable rent. 532 olive
street.
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Between FL Centro---Seeley and
Dixieland
FRATERNAL SOCIETIES

~ UNA LODGE NO. 476, benevolent
aud Protective order of Elks,
meets every Wednesday evening
at Elks hall. Visiting brothers are
heartily welcome. Meeting hour. S
o'clock. L. II. KNOTS. Exalted Ruler.
J. II. STILLENS. Secretary.
- j. CENTRO LODGE. No. 315,
r knights of Pythias. meets every
- Tuesday at x Of =. hall. corner
l1irth and Main streets.
J. STANLEY BROWN. {. c.
H. Il. WEBB. X. of K. Il S.
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WANTnD-We pay highest prices for
second hand goods. McCune Furnl-
ture Co.
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NA1Ek SItN ID

FOR sALE-1o5 shares No. water
stock; will sell any amount. Stillens,
= miles west Main st, El Ccntro.
phouc 113F6.
WNNTED-32 shares No. / water
stock; quote lowest price. Address
Box 1873, El Centro.
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FURNITURE

FOR RENT-Two furnished rooms
very reasonable CSC Fifth st. N2ot
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FOR SALE-5- passenger Lozier auto
mobile in good shape. Can be con-
verted into racer, stage or one-ton
truck. A bargain for somebody. Hart
son Land Co.
For SALE-Onc-ton auto truck, in
fine condition and classy locker;
suitable for cream route. X. L. llar-
rell, 622 Main St
WANTED-To buy second hand Ford
cheap for cash. VIII Brooks, care
HebCr Creamery N-oo
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WANTED-LIVE STOCK
WANTED-WORK

WANTED TO BIrY-Good $50 mule. In
ri :" a. Corrins' Garage. 25l
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LOST Black leather card case, con
tanning cards and letters. Ithder
pleasc return to e. Salomon d co.
Reward.
1oer Monday morning. in ~ Centre,
laundry bundle. Finder please leave
al this office. |1oo
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LOST. sTRAYED OR STOLEN

IOST--One lady's coat, between Seeley
tanning large sum Of money, photo,
receipts and other papers. Keiuih
Ia y. Salomon & Go. and receive I'D
oral reward.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-02-25
FOR SALE-LIVE STOCK

FOR SALE-One span nicely matched
7-Year- old spirited driving Shetland
ponies and jump scat four passenger
pony wagon. Ed German, Holt
Vile. Xo55
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LEAVE HOLTVILLE

1900 am. 300 am. | 30 pm.
4:45 pm. *7:15 pm.
DO not run Sundays.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-02-25
FOR SALE-REAL ESTATE

FOR SALE CHEAP-65 acres ready for
subdivision; one mile from Fl cen.
Iro; all in alfalfa no softer or bef =
ter land in valley; electricity for
nshtlng and power at premises
Holton lnterurban stops at land.
rare 10 cents. Investor blIy NJ
land, subdivide it and make a onirk
cleanup.
LIENS AGENCY.
over First National Bank
foR SALE-S0 acres, close In: sofIesi
of land; all in alfalfa; fine buildings
with all modern conYeniences: va
ter under pressure to dwelling harm
una yard; Must be sold in ten days.
LIENS AGENCY,
over First National Bank
FOX SALE-9OU acres OF soft sedimen-
tary soil: best land in the Imperial
valley; in tracts to suit purchaser
Apply to owner, Box 176 Holtville,
FOR SALE-40 acres good soft soil.
near Meloland, in alfalfa; price. S5.,
600; very easy terms. Chas, Eerk-
man, 581 Main St, El Centre.
FOR SALE-Lot, S0x10O: gas. electric
ity and water; only $500 cash if tax
en- this week. r. L. Harren, 622
Main st.
FOR SALE-40 acres good alfalfa, well
fenced; will take good securities as
payment. Address Box 547, Imperial
FOR SALE, rent or lease. 6-rm. house
See M. q. Hill, 526 Vine st.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-02-25

FOR SALE--40 head good young dairy
cows, cheap for cash. Mrs. Belle Nc
Bride, miles west, one south, I'm
Dprill
Imperial Valley press., 1915-02-25
AUTOMOBILES

LIE IS young laying tukeNs,
c. W. Hoffer, Seeley, Cal. N25S
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NOTICE or GRANGE OF PRINCIPAL
PLACE OF III SiNESS OF NtRNEN
BROTHERS n COMPANY, a CORPO-
tI'IAN
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-06-24
Bad Breath and TonsiIs.
From the Los Angeles Times.

1t does not appear to be generally
known that foul breath is not infre-
quently caused by little caIcerous de-
posts In the tonSils. These deposits
are usually formed in tonsiIs that are
enlarged as the result Of former in
Examinations, blu even tonsils Of nor
NAL size may develop them. TX over
come this condition, these calcerous
masses must be removed, and the little
pockets in which they rest must be
treated with an a~ntiseptic. Some mild
anttseptic gargle used twice a day is
also useful.
The other causes Of foul breath are
stomach disorders, nasal catarrh and
decayed or badly kept teeth. This last
condition, which Is the most common
is also the most ~preventable and
durable, and. therefore, the least ex-
cusable. A little timely dentistry, fol-
lowed by persistent use of brush and
tooth powder. will prevent all foul
doors.
The choice OF the tooth powder
should be determined by results. Some
teeth require more friction in the DOW
der than others, and for these the
f~rictionless preparations are not
az effective as the more gritty kinds.
II the gums are tender, the brushing
should be followed by the use of some
antiseptic solution having slightly
astringent qualities. Weak solutions
of peroxide of hydrogen are good, but
g. 5 per cent solution Of chlorate OF
potash Is probably better. One Of the
best local astringents and local anti
iseptics is q solution, one part to Eve.
of alcohol in water.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-06-24
Stick to Your Own Game.
From the PHILADELPHIA Ledger

An offer of s1o.ooo.ooo was once made to
Augustus Heinze for his copper mines. His
estate has now been inventoried as less
than $1,500.OW. Heinze knew copper in
Montana, but he didn't understand copper
STOCKS In Wall street: He refused to stick
to the game he had learned in the far
west, and ventured upon the tempestuo1s
struggle in the east with results that par
alleled disastrously the experiences Of 9TH
er magnates. So Jim" Keene had piled
up a fortune in California Of several MIL
lions made in mining stocks during the
Comstock boom and lost 1t In less than q
year when he tried to play the bigger
game with Jay Gould.
The world is fairly crowded with men
who refuse to cling to the games they
know and launch. upon enterprises that
look easy. but which they pay dear to
learn. A Collins, a Cobb or a Baker, who
are stars Of the baseball diamond, would
scarcely shine in a boat, while a Nickalls
himself at the oars would probably be a
poor substitute in a bush league baseball
team. One game well played is worth
more to a man than half q dozen lone In
differently.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-06-24
How Pins Arc Made.
From Indianapolis News.

To make a pin is an intricate process,
but 1t is all done by machinery. A
spool OF brass wire running on steel
posts Is fed Into jaws which bite off
the length OF the pin. A small length
Is left to make the head, which Is
formed by three rapid blows of a ham
mer which moves forward 1-20th of an
inch at each blow. The pin then drops
to an incline in which are grooves deep
enough to admit the shank but not
the head. As the pin moves down Its
point comes In contact with a cylin-
der with q file-like surface, which
causes the pin to turn roun SO that
it is Eharpened On all sides. It next
drops into q receptacle where q layer
Of pins Is placed, and then q layer OF
finely ground tin until h pan Is filed.
Heat and q chemical solution Goa tho
pins with tin. They are then polished
in a barrel revolving rapidly. They
are placed In the papers by q machine,
which seizes the paper n crimps 1t
into divisions as wide al the length OF
the pins. The bottom OF the box is
made OF square steel bars, which allow
the shanks but not the heads of the
pins to pass through. The bars are
In motion. thus shaking down the pins
until q row Is formed, when they are
clamped In place by the bars. A fold
Of paper Is pushed up against them
and pressed into place. This is repeat
ed until the paper is full, when another
takes its place. 1t all sounds intri-
rate, but being done by machinery It
Is rapid and cheap, else we could not
have the billions of pins h q we
waste.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-06-24

properly. paraded before a city too poor
70 feed It's hungry school children; to live
IN a world where the opinions Of long
dead grandfathers-,inscrfbed In corstit1-
tions-wtl be of less consequence than
the mangled arms and limbs and the des-
tltute women and children Of our fac
not be permitted il coal mines, where it
in canneries.
II want to live in a city where the
daily wages of women and girls viii sup
Port 20 lfei where the lost job means some
'ii. 81 we o1 N F. t nan the street or starvation.
tuition will not be the price we pay for
U bargain counter economies in a coun-
try where the doors Of the prison viii
open iva for those who have be-
come tangled in the machinery Of the
modern Industrial world.
Il want to live in a world that hates
these things, hates them so Thoroughly
II want to live in a world that thinks
Of Its people rather than Of business. Of
users rather han makers, Of tenants
r. her than owners; in a world where life
man labor more valuable thar privilege"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-06-24
HOW THE TURTLE GOT HIS SHELL.
Copyright. 1915. by the Mcclure News

Copyright, 1915. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
Swift Wings was the handsomest BOY
In the tribe, n as he was also
the son Of the chief. he wore soft
fringed shirts of doeskin and mecca
sins embroidered with colored BEADS.
On his head there was always a gay
bonnet with bright feathers, just like
the one his father a The old chief,
whose name was Brown Bear, loved
his son very dearly. The boys mother
had died when he was but a baby, and
the child was left with his grandmother
until he was IL, when he returned to
his fathers tent. Though the old
grandmother was thought to be Il
| witch, she had been very Kind to the
child.
Swift Wings was fond Of fishing with
hunting. n would spend days o. the
lake in his small canoe. Now, at this
time. which was many long years
ago, there lived not far off another
chief-a bad man-who was always try
ing TO do something unkind to Brown
Bear. This chief was called Panther,
for he would slip about in the woods
and do all kinds of near tricks, such
as stealing game from traps and run-
ming away with canoes that did not be-
long to him. Brown e had caught
Panther one day and whipped him Sc
verely, so ever after that Panther
watched for a chance to do some harm
to Brown Bear.
One day Panther saw little Swift
Wings playing in he water, SO he
caught h boy up in his arms, ran to
his and set out down the stream
as fast as he could go. When the father
came to his tent that night, he could
not find the child, and, though he wait
ed till dawn. the lad did not come. So
Brown Bear 81 to the tent of the old
grandmother to see IL she could tell him
Where his son was and how to get him.
The old witch grandmother hap
pened to be very busy when Brown
Bear came, for she was making a magic
bowl. It was followed out of one piece
OF wood and carved all over the outside
IN pretty rings of light and dark spots.
! When she had polished it and fluted
1t around the edges, she went to he
stream and, looking into the water a
moment, told Brown Bear that by her
magic power she could see where Swift
Wings was hidden.
Panther a stolen him." she said.
and has carried him to the top of
Smoke mountain. T will give you this
magic bowl. which I have just finished.
SIT down in it and you will be car
ried at once to the top of the
where your boy is living. If you own
the bowl. any three wishes you make
will come true"
so BroWn Bear took his seat. in the
Dig bowl and wished he was at the ton
or smoke mountain, and, whisk! In a
moment he was there. The bowl float
ed gently down and came to rest on the
grass outside Of a big tent painted in all
sorts of colors. Inside the boy sat on
a stool. while stretched out on his bIan-
ket lay Panther. He was fast asleep,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-06-24
Papuan Head Hunters.
From the wide World.

All the Bamu tribes are head hunt
ers, and the majority c%annibaIs. The
bodies OF those slain are generally mu-
tilated. and the legs and arms cut off
as we'll as the heads; the calf Of the
legs and h hands are, 1 believe, the
two portions most esteemed. One
very powerful tribe in the Bamu, called
Bina, always, 1t is said, takes two heads
and two sets of arms and legs for every
man Of theirs that has been killed.
Heads, besides being the badge of a
warrior and items Of considerable So
c1al significance, play a prominent part
IN ceremony n dances. They are all
ways cut off with the bamboo head
knife, q Weapon which is used from the
Dutch boundary to the Purari delta.
This knife is a half section Of bamboo
with a handle: a notch is made at the
head of the blade and a thin silver of
bamboo torn off, leaving q sharp edge.
For each successive head an additional
notch Is made and mother slice torn
OFT; consequently, each knife is its
own recorder. / picked up one knife
a few years ago, all red with fresh
blood. that had eight notches in 1t.
IN this same Bamu river trip / saw
my first heads. There had been a
serious massacre at one village, and
when we arrived at the place there
We're several ~headless. legless and arm
less trunks lying about. Some Of the
police went out to look for tracks, and
not long after a sergeant came back
swinging a bundle OF fresh heads h
the raiders had evidently dropped in
their fight. The sight was not partic-
ularly pleasant. but 1t reminded me Of
nothing 80 much as a string of onions.
Once. when I was on the Upper Kiko
river, q long way inland from the head
Of the Gulf OF Papua, I found that the
natives there did not, apparently, coll
lect heads, but hands, which were
smoke dried n then hung round the
neck as ornamentsl They were quite
willing to dispose of them at a toma-
hawk apiece suppose on the princi-
pie that hands were easy enough to
get, but tomahawks were scarce.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-06-24
War Hurts SUGAR Industry.

The effect of the present war in Europe
on the geography of the worlds sugar
production IL striNingly shown in a state
ment Just issued by the National Geo.
eTaphic society. This statement is as fol.
Eifty-thrse out Of every 100 pounds Of
eugar PRODUCED In the world ts grown In
the countries now at war and their col
onies The total production of the world
= e~stirnated at approximately 100000
sugar and beet sugar, the total yield of
zane sugar having been a,545, 900 tons, and
of beet sugar, $3.50 o In 1919.
One OF the peculiar facts connected with
ne sugar maj OF the world is that while
Esurone produces more than SO out of ev-
cry 100 pounds of beet sugar grown. it
yields only one pound out of every GOO of
cane sugar OF Europe's total production
Of neeI sugar, amounting to 7.S0S,0O tons,
hs.66s GEO tons grew in belligerent territory
IN !slS, Nearly all of this product is now
entirely Isolated from the outside world,
peinw .rown mainly in Germany. Aus,
tria. and Russia. What this
fact that more than two-thirds Of the
WpTld,s sugar is not consumed In tho
country "a It's origin. this condition aris-
ne from the fact that the great sugar
s.sit,u ,satinns are principally outside Of
me t,alfs OF sfigar production.
IS ~ ra s Y xa1y Of sugar. growing out OF
more seriously than any other country,
for the reason that American people are
per carita the heaviest users Of sugar
IN the world. With 1-60th of the worlds
population. the limited States consumes
more than one-fifth OF its sugar. How
rapidiv this country IS becoming a nation
to the tables of sugar consumption of the
past hair century. Fifty years ago the
people Of the Tinted States ate IS pounds
1870. they were using So pounds per capita.
In lSS0s the per capita consumption had
Eosse IN. to 40 pounds; Twenty-Five years
had climbed still higher to So pounds. BY
1910 the mercury In the sugar consump-
ton Thermometer reached so. Today the
per scapits consumption is upwards of s6
II appear that the cane sugar Industry
VIII suffer little in the matter of the total
other hand the beet sugar business win
suffer heavily. The present Russian crop
NAG been almost entirely tied up by In
n saiiiss next 81 81 year. Sspo erop o i st RI ans eoIn WITH
a shortage resulting from the destruction
" the Industry IN Poland. where SO much
& ,ort hu fsem F ss'sas Il and nrsagc sSat t Tbs ri e,
sugar beet lands OF the northern section
were harvested last season under the di-
rection OF the and that most
pit the factories In this territory
heen disInant1ed to secure their cop-
pr for manufacture of wal muni-
information from Germany indicates
the empire will plant only three
of Its normal area In sugar beet1
year This would result in cutting
81 course. the prospective shortage in
boot sugar p~rodnction will be- somewhat
pffnet by the falling Off In sugar consump-
ton incident to the financial stringency OF
the world. caused by the war. Great Brit
IN. annually buying nearly 100000 tons
4lrnptA0n as much as Germany Will cut
AoMrasitp production.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-06-24
TWILIGHT SLEEP.

| l.e and 1-13o. respectively. OF course
there is a fairly heavy death rate
among babies / day old and less. Where
the care given is very skillful h rate
ls low. h women now using twilight
sleep are being cared for in high grade
hospitals. The death rate is very low
among babies born in such hospitals.
n authorities are generally agreed
that the baby's chance of living where
twilight sleep has been used Is not
the average chance prevailing in that
and similarly well equipped hospitals.
The prospective mother, in coming to
a conclusion. must figure hat her baby
VIII run an extra risk. When the
method Of twilight sleep was exploited
TO the public q few years g there
We're pictures of strong, healthy chiI-
dren who a been born to mothers
under twilight sleep. They were placed
by the side of other children not SO
Wei developed. 1t was argued that
babies born under twilight sleep started
other children like magic.
Those arguments were by ntnnies for
nlnnies. Taking one dose of morphine
does not make a child grow and keep
him growing for 10 years. Had that
been true the babies brought up in the
Old ~paragoric days would have grown
to be 10 feet in height and a ton in
weight. The prospective mother, weigh
Ing advantages Of the method,
should not count on added vigor of the
baby lasting throughout childhood.
There Is a general agreement that
the mother. though she is better off
mentally, is not so well of physically
as under other methods. In the first
place. there Is a considerable death rate
among the people who take twilight
sleep.
The method is not a new one. 1t was
proposed In 1899 as a method of anes
thesiafor surgical operations. It has had
two Gibbs and three flows. It's present
use dates back 10 years. In the reports
OF literature we find such titles as "a
Report Of $50 Cases." "a Report Of g.
600 Cases." "a Report of 5000 Cases"
Wood reported 1000 cases with nine
deaths, a death rate of n in 221. Roth
gave the death rate as one in ESQ,
1t is not possible to say with any de-
gree of accuracy what the death rate
would have been had these same people
been cared for under the same circum-
stances except that chloroform had
been used In place Of morphine-hyos-
Gin. Nevertheless, the writer's on the
subject advise that the twilight sleep
method should not be used unless the
mother Is being cared for in a hospital
well equipped with nurses and internes.
This opinion is founded on the opln-
ion that accidents are more prone to
occur than in ordinary labors, and that
emergencies are of a nature which can
be successfully overcome provided they
are promptly recognized and adequate
ly met. Therefore, the woma trying
to decide should take into considera-
ton some added danger to herself,
which danger she can materially lessen
by going to a hospital.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-06-24
STRANGE Death MESSAGE.

1t may have been a strange and
tragic coincidence. Some will believe
there was more in it than that. The
husband of a Paris violinist,
himself a musician, left for the front
shortly after mobilization. His name
vas Remy. At parting he told his
wife: "Tf I go under / will try to let
o know directly before the official
news reaches you" She scarcely
played any music during his absence.
But the other day she took up her vio-
lin. feeling impelled to play one piece
which he liked above all. She opened
the case, and two strings of the violin
suddenly snapped, the D and the r.
Re" and Mi" she at once thought.
1t was the warning he had said he
would give her. The next day a tele-
gram informed her hat her husband,
Sergeant Remy, had been killed in
action.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-06-24
Magazine EnaIish.

From the Minneapolis Journal.
A writer in the Writer has been muck
sights on the part of persons who write
for a living. Here was a lady in one of
the March magazines who gave her slip
What. therefore, was u surprise to
find fish sitting by the fire in her bath
robe and slippers, with a cup of tea in
But that was not the worst. In a re-
cent magazine a character in n Of the
stories must have had a strong stomach.
Notice what he had for breakfast:
James awoke with a fine sensation OF
uplift in head and heart. Victoria had
kissed her hand to him! He loved the
world. He breakfasted on a corner of the
A man harly notices what he Is eating
under circumstances like that.
Munsey's is credited with q better one
still. The writer of the story says:
1.-THE walk had been long n sunny
Davidson stood wiptng his wet neck on
the piazza"
has her careless moment In her Gus
toms Of the Country" see the position in
which she places one OF her characters
who was no acrobat:
woke on q stone beach,, his legs
and arms still dashed to his sides"
Authors sometimes neglect important
portions of their characters attire. The
summary In the Writer gives these
howlers:
"a frock coat, a string tie, and a high
hat comprised his attire" says a writer
in the Saturday Evening Post, and in the
same more or less carefully edited pub
location we have three pictures drawn by
Mary Roberts Rinehart thus:
HE looked very tidy n wore the
shoes we had had repaired, a pink carna-
ton in his ~huttonhole. and an air OF sup
pressed excitem ent."
The center vas empty save for a
swarthy gentleman in a fez and his shirt
sleeves, wearing a pair of green suspend
ers and dancing alone.
But hal was not all, In front Of the
machine, marching slowly and with dig
nifty. were three bearded gentlemen, two
We often hear remark about news
paper English which Is written for the
day, usually. and with one eye on the
clock and the other on the foreman Of
the composing room. But here are In
stances easily overlooked by writers who
have about all the time there Is. No
wonder newspaper English is sometimes
slightly warped
What newspaper writer has not stood
alone with his conscience at night, with
b paper In his hand and called on heay-
en- to witness that he never said nor wrote
nor thought h But the next day the
copy produced by h smiling proofreader
has destroyed his abb completely.
Who OF us has not perspired blood at
something found in his work Of the day
before.
The written language is full OF dynamite
caps. When you have written anything,
lay 1t carefully aside for a few weeks and
then take 1t out and drop 1t into the fire.
In that way you may avoid mistakes.