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Imperial Valley press., 1915-12-04
Looking Into Expense
Of the Public Schools

Editor Press: Perhaps Z should
apologize at the very outset to the
GOOD people Of this community for
again daring To come forward with
an honest expression of opinion and
statement of facts as / see them. No
doubt / shall have to bear the cpl
thet Of "hypocites and anarchist
heneeforth, along with every other
man or woman in Imperial Valley who
nave dared to come out openly on the
side of he recall.
There has been much written and
said during the stress of this recall
campaign that might better have been
left unwritten and unsaid. Personal
lies have been indulged in, possibly
hy both sides, which have done their
respective causes infinitely more harm
than good. | submit, however, that
the recall forces have had no monop-
oily in "mud-slinging."
Desperate indeed must be the Ham
ilton forces when they have had to
call to their assistance such able and
distinguished gentlemen as w. f. Holt
and Lieutenant Governor Eshleman to
come down into this valley to mix
in our local affairs and tell us how
we must vote.
Mr.. Eshleman, during his two hours
address here on Thursday night, said
little in reference to the --latest con-
tract that the most radical recaller
would take exception to in any way.
Nearly everybody in this valley are
Of one mind in respect to the Irriga-
ton District getting control of the
system at the earliest possible mo-
ment. 1t may possibly be, as Mr..
Eshleman said, that the very best deal
possible has now been brought about,
and will soon be consummated, be-
tween the district and the Southern
Pacific Company The people are
willing to accept his statement of facts
and are only too anxious to get the
whole matter settled up and out of
the way. This is not the issue before
the voters in this campaign. The
issue, as | see it, appertains to eff
cheney and business methods in con-
Quoting the affairs of the Irrigation
District.
The lieutenant governor seems tc
have fallen into the same error as
many others, in that the full intent
of all on the side of the recall move.
ment IS TO diseredit and disgrace Mr.
Hamilton. No such desire or purpose
enters into the mind of one voter in
a hundred. Why will not he and
others realize that it is the business
or rather lack of business methods
pursued by Hamilton, that we are OBJ
jecting to, and not Hamilton person
ally. | understand that some of Ham
ilton's closest friends and well-wishers
intend to vote against him. Surely
these people cannot wish to disgrace
him. However, if there is any dis
grace attached to his defeat, he can
have the satisfaction of knowing that
he brought it upon himself, for this re-
call would never have been started
had he shown the least disposition oil
desire to cut out eXtravagant meth
Imperial Valley press., 1915-12-04
Address Changed.

The California Planters Exchange,
acting as agent for the grower, sells
milo, barley, cotton seed and other
products of the farm, from samples
and gets more money for the growers.
as our customers in the Valley will
tell you. Try us. Send sample, with
statement of quantity, to our office.
New address, California Planters Ex-
change, 351 South Spring street, Los
Angeles, Cal. We do the rest.-Adv.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-12-04

x1S4-Ady. j. w. SHURTS.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-12-04

DDS, and had not 50 stubbornly per-
sisted in forcing Conkling down the
throats Of the people against their
wishes.
So much has been already said in
this campaign in reference to the high
salaries paid to Conkling and Rock
wood that do not desire to refer to
it again, only should like to hum
bly, submit the fact that we hardly
have a Choate in the one any more
than we have a Goethals in the other,
therefore we object to paying salaries
which could almost command the
services of such eminent men.
Mr. Hamilton, in his talks before
the public, lays particular stress up
on the fact that he has been in some
office or other nearly ever since he
landed in the valley, and points with
pride to his record as city trustee
in Ell Centre and his long service on
various school borads of this district.
At the present time he is a director
Of the Union High School in this city.
In order to show his record for econ
omy in public affairs and his interest
in the taxpayers welfare, | wish to
submit to the voters the following
schedule of school salaries being paid
to the teachers of this school for the
school year 1915-16, from this year to
June next, and the janitor:
Imperial Valley press., 1915-12-04
RECALL COMMITTEE.

The Oregon, Room 103. until Monday
morning. A Pocket Manual on Gram
mar approved by Professor Brunton of
Fullerton High School as plain. di-
rect. effective" and as having merit, ,"
by your county superintendent, for 25
cents; and will in tho meantime en-
tertain an invitation to give free lee :
lures.
lx1S4-AdY. j. w SHIJRTS
Imperial Valley press., 1915-12-04

Evan Davis Studio will be open
Sundays and evenings until Xmas.
Cloudy or stormy days make no diff
ference in taking of photos, Loca-
tion, third door west of p. O. 1874
Imperial Valley press., 1915-12-04
Colorado River,

Mean daily gage heights, in feet,
and mean discharges, in second-feet,
of the Colorado river at Yuma, Ariz.,
for the week ending December 3, 1915:
Imperial Valley press., 1915-12-04

Pianos moved with best of care any
where in valley. Ed Royce.--Adv.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-24
n VILLA MURDERS.

General Villa has added eight more
to the long list Of murders already to
his d%iscredit. His victims were in
each instance men who had been
prominent in the affairs Of Mexico
and against some Of them Villa had
had grudgcs since the time when he
was an outlaw and the government
set a price on his head as a murder.
er. It is significant that these mar,
ders, cuphoniously described as "eXc,
cutions," occurred just after Villas
conference with General Scott, at El
Paso, at which Villa gave the stout
est assurances OF his desire for peace,
Recent startling disclosures of Villas
wholesale looting Of Mexico, practi,
cally with the consent OF his admins
tration, have just come to light. With
the assistance Of the treasury Off.
Gals, and at a time when great num-
bers of Mexicans were starving and
the American Red Cross was making
strenuous efforts to relieve the suf,
ferlng, Villa shipped into this coun.
try and sold for his W benefit 2,3OS
cars OF cattle, 2G cars Of mules and
horses and 50 cars of sheep and hogs.
Many of these we're stolen from Am
orican ranchmcn in Mexico. Later.
Villa established a slaughter-house
Of his own. 1t was conducted under
most unsanitary conditions and a re-
port on 1t. made by a United States
federal inspector. is now on the desk
of the secretary of agriculture, but
has never been made public "for cab,
met reasons Efforts were made by
the owners Of Villas plumber to pre-.
vent its transportation In bond in the
United States, but Secretary McAdoo
ruled against them.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-24

sonable explanation Is that the insti-
tuition OF slavery not only restricted
| tho South to agriculture alone, but
frightened off immigration and thus
induced a condition Of arrested in
dustrial development. Sucl was the
result of the presence Of the negro
as q slave. The result Of the pres
ence OF the negro In the South as a
freeman has been scarcely less mark
cd, remaining an effectual bar to i'm.
migration. Until very recent times
only a few white laboring men from
Europe or the Northern States have
been disposed to face the competi.
ton that had crushed the Southern
poor whites" for a century. Compc.
ton with slavery was followed by a
scarcely less unequal competition
with a lower standard Of comfort.
Such conditions are now being
modified. Negroes are going North,
and whites are going South in con
siderable numbers in response to the
call of opportunity involved in the
rapid industrial development of sec
tons no longer wholly agricultural,
but devoted to mining and manufac'
turing. This modification, due to
changing Industrial conditions, began
and progressed during tie period OF
lynching, which, as pointed out, is a
wholly modern phenomenon SO far as
the South is concerned. Not a red
bar Of anarchy or lawlessness, as su'
perficial observers are in too great
haste to conclude, but a black bar OF
negro competition, both as slaves and
as freemen, has, in the main, caused
immigrants to turn their faces away
from the Southern States.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-24
IN ERICA.

y Americans are said to be the most
o%mniverous readers in the world and
tails would seem to be established by
the statistical statement Of the Unit
ed States Board of Education. TO
say nothing Of the vast consumption
Of newspapers and periodicals, ma
tional pr%e-eminence Is indicated by
the fact that within five years the
number Of books in our libraries
within reach OF the public rose from
IS, 800 900 to more than $4,000. 900
an increase of about 10000, 900, or
more than one.third. Unfortunately,
this vast increase Is not due to thc
founding OF new libraries where they
are needed Or the desirable expansion
Of small ones. but Is almost entirely
due to additions to collections already
extensive. ,..
Further proof Of too uneven a dis
trihution Of books and of readers is
furnished by the showing that more
than half of the public libraries OF
the entire country are found in the
North Atlantic States and that four
fl:ths of the borrowers cards in use
are confined to the North Atlantic
and North Central States. TO the
North Atlantic States went more than
half Of the total number of new vol
Umes added to all American libraries
In the course Of one year. Omniver
Gus reading practically confined tc
one section may involve as much
mere "%culturine" as real culture, fol
the books read are in great part ic
ton and tho fiction is in great par
trash; hut it is obvious that in vas
sections of the United States the de
sirable habit Of reading books is still
to be acquired and that this is great
~ to be regretted. y
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-24
BAR TO IMMIGRATION.

Referring to the lynching Of Frank
and other recent barbarous episodes
in the South" the Philadelphia Rec,
ord asks: SIS it any wonder that
Immigrants avoid that section Of the
country?'
This is forcible as far as it goes,
but 1t leaves out Of sight the chief
reason why the Southern states have
attracted little immigration. Lynch,
ing, except on the Wild frontiers OF
tao West, is comparatively modern,
being practically unknown in the
Southern States prior to the disturb.
ed period following the wal Of seces.
sion, but the chief bar to immigra.
ton to the South has existed more
than a hundred years. Between $500
and 1860 the Immigrant did not wish
to 50 South and meet the Competi.
ton Of slave labor, and after the
\ emancipation OF the slaves he was
/ equally indisposed to compete with
cheap negro labor. Reports of law
Sl~essness were no doubt influential In
! many individual cases, but the aver
age European immigrant has not car.
ed to meet either the slave or the
free black labor in the industrial
field
In 1890 Virginia had more than
twice the population of New York,
while sixty years later New York had
more than twice the population OF
Virginia and had also forged ahead
in all Industrial lines. Similar was
the story Of the North and South as
q whole during that period--a period
in which lynchings were practically
unheard Of except beyond reach of
organized government in the West.
The population OF tae two sections
was about equal in 1890. hut that OF
the North was ore than double that
s0i the South in 1860. The. only req
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-24
The Magazines
THE SEPTEMBER POPULAR NE.
CHANlCS MAGAZINE.

An unusual collection Of II pictures
OF the "Eastland" disaster and rescNe
work accompanying an article by
Searle Hendee appearing in the Sep
tembe: Popular Mechanics Magazine.
These views give a clear idea OF the
general scene Of the accident, show
the degree Of submergence, and indi.
cate how 1t was possible. with thous.
ands Of persons rushing toward the
spot and with numerous water craft
swarming around. for nearly a thous,
and human beings to lose their lives.
Besides the "Eastland' views. the
September Magazine contains SAT 9th.
or illustrations. The first installment
Of & series o. three articles under the
general head -Four Years in the
Navy" shows the activities Of the
United States apprentice seaman dur.
ing the six months preliminary train.
ing he receives at of the govern.
ment stations. With drills, education.
al work, boating, target practice, and
amusements, the young man Is trans.
formed from a civilian Of careless or
indifferent habits into a mentally
trained and developed physical type
having a definite purpose in life.
Every phase of the great European
was is shown in Is consecutive pages
of views. and a page view and an
article give an idea Of the operation
and action Of the German aerial tor
pedo. a recent development in this
field. Other page views or groups Of
views in the September magazine are:
"Workmen Wrecking High Wall be.
meath Their Feet" Destruction in
Wake of Cincinnati Tornado" "Model
of Panama Canal in Operation" Der
elicit Found by Cutter in Atlantic
Lanes" primitive Processes in Field
and Home" etc.
An illustrated article by LIN. Lamm
tells how the nations mail is kept
under lock and key. In recent expert
nents conducted under government
supervision an eastern inventor DEM
onstrated q chemical which will puri-
air in submarines. The test is shown
In several views. A novel idea in cur.
tains for outdoor theaters was devel-
oped at a pageant held at Lexigton,
Mass, A picture shows the veil Of
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-24
WHAT II cosTs.

Running an auto is now so much OF
a necessity that I should like to give
my experience. I am deeply panied
from time to time. as I notice the
gross extravaganza Of my friends.
and I think it is high time that the
real figures should be givcu.
When I was getting fifteen dollars
a week, l talked the matter over with
my wife, and we decided that We
could deny ourselves the auto for an"
other six months, but at that time I
was suddenly raised to sixteen; no
obstacle then preventing, I got my
first cal. -
The cost of a car should be are
fully considered. My experience is
that it is better to get the best car
You cantor the money, so I cid not
hesitate. l secured a modest little
runabout for only five thousand dol
lars, paying the agent out Of MY first
weeks salary. The balance was EUR
mis- he'd by my mother-inlaw, who has
JHC pI1P1lC6C VI uoAu6 ~ JAW "'SAy
spring. m a. IA .
I have had the car now for six
months; during this period we have
been to California twice and we took
a hurried trip over the Alps; besides
this l have used it to go to and from
my Office.
The car has had very rough usage.
and yet the total expense counting
gasoline and three tire pluss, has
been only three dollars. How do l &C.
count for this? don't. l simply give
the facts.
I might add that I am using the
same spark-plugs as when l started
and l have been offered three times
what they cost me. l intend to use
them for a year or SO longer, how.
ever, when l confidently expect to
sell them for even more than this.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-24

was managed. Other articles Of spe-
cfal interest may be mentioned as fol-
lows: "Submersible Oil Tanks for
Supplying Submarines" Campers
Filter Pump Pmriies River Water"
New Armored Car Shaped Like a
Turtle Queer Train wreck occurs
IN Washington State" Board Of Liz
perls to Study Naval Problems New
Nail.P'cking Device Works Magneti-
cally," Finding Bullets In Bodies Of
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-24
60 @3S~S
~nARx =
4 FH&@|
a Galley O. Fun !
LIGHT ON A DARK SUBJECT.

LIGHT ON A DARK SUBJECT.
The suburbanite is a man who
spends his daytime in the city and MS
salary in the country. He usually Is old
enough to know better. The suburban-
tie Is a patron saint Of transportation
companies, snow.shovel makers, per-
ambulator manufacturers, lawn-mow-
err grinders, and growers OF seed
grass, garden, and canary.
He lunches at Thompson's, dimes at
home, and eats his breakfast on the
road to the station.
He knows his way home in the dark,
but probably would fail to recognizes
his bungalow If he were to run up
against it in the daytime.
The suburbanite usually hal a wllc-
four children, la grippe, and no per-
manent cook. r.
He sleeps all day Sunday dreaming
of trial-balances. Weekdays the ba-
bies are sill slumbering when no
leaves for the city in the morning.
and abed when he reaches home az
night. Offspring of s~uburbanltes'
know only by heresay that they have
a father.
All suburban jokes on record were
written by cave-dwellers. Suburban.
life is no joke to the s~uburbanite. Be-
sides, he has no time for foolishness
the seven-thirty local waits for
no man.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-24

IAc DS5liAl1lI6 VI LILY ulOtlOI1 ulClu1c
career. One must photograph well in
order to attain any degree Of success
In motion picture work. I was told
that I photographed well. My profile
Is clear and my features are adapt
able to the animated screen. l was
asked to take other minor parts. l
liked The work-there is a fascina-
ton about it-and ! accepted.
That was about two years ago. To-
day l have the honor of being as
signed to many important roles in
Sclig Red Seal plays. l have assumed
leading feminine parts in "A Texas
Steer" The Millionaire Baby" THE
House Of a Thousand Candles" "A
Black Sheep" and other productions
which have won further fame for the
Selig company.
/ have been asked the reason for my
rapid success in q difficult profession.
The only answer that I can give Is
hard work. There were other Incl
dents that also contributed to my sue
cess. One OF" the most important is
that Col. William N. Selig, president
Of the company which bears his
name, gives everyone a fair op-
p%ortunity. He appreciates close at
tention to work and loyalty on
the part OF his employees. l was for
tunate enough to please him and the
directors and was assigned to more
important roles as time passed, and l
gave my entire time and thought to
them.
Perhaps there is another qualifica-
ton connected with my promotion
that should be mentioned here. I had
had stage experience. l appeared In
the spoken drama when five years of
age, taking the title role Of Editha's
Burglar. Later l appeared in stock
companies. This experience in the
art OF acting was certainly OF untold
benefit to NE.
I have been told that I am the
youngest leading woman in motion
pictures. Maybe I am, but l have
earned the parts ! play. Working in
motion pictures is not pastime-it is
hard work. In motion pictures, as
elsewhere, work counts.
Lcng hours fall to those who en-
gage in motion picture acting. They
report at q studio at a certain hour
in the morning. They dc not leave
until q cortuin hour. Their days work
liz Just like a days work in any other
| occupation in life. In warm weather
the sun beats through the glass enclos'
ure OF the studio and the thermome'
ter sometimes registers $50 degrees
Perhaps in this warm atmosphere one
must DO compelled to appear as q
character heavily bundled in clothing
and you can imagine ones discomh
ture.
There are many recompenses, also
and | think, on the whole, that the
| work is ever so much o enjoyable
than IT,. speaking stage. Girls who
, wish to enter motion pictures, how
ever, should pause and think over the
eect that they are embarking on Z
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-24

Wounded Soldiers" "Cheap Talking
Machine Operated by Crank" "Chess
Game as Attraction for Theatergoers.'
etc.
The Shop Notes and Amateur Me.
chanics deartments abound in inter-
esting and ractival material. A new
series Just starting in the latter de-
artment is entitled Padding Your
Own Canoe" and brlmful Of boating
lore.
Tribune want ads pay dividends.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-24

the Chicago stu
dos Of the Sc
lig PolyscOp o
company. Il g
studios are not so
very far away
from my parents
homo. NJ a y b 9
that was the rea.
son I walked into
them. The SUI
pcrintendent of
the studios need.
cd extra people,
l had visited the
studios in curios-
ity; / remained
to take part in a
Selig t
film, That was
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-24
PROGRESSIVE FARMING.

"Well. yes" confessed honest Farm.
er Hornbeak, the while a grim grin
wrinkled his weather-beaten complex
ion. tits a good zeal O. trouble, but
the satisfaction I feel amply repays
me for the extry work. We see, BY
degrees I'm sharpenin' up the top Of
every stump on the place, and in the
cours O. time I hope to have mat.
ters so arranged that the hired man
will find it fully as comfortable to-
stand up durin' the day IS to set
down."
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-24
TRUE.

Willis-1 see a fellow in New York
took out $25O,0O0 insurance on 5000
worth Of goods.
Gillis-That's nothing. I know al
lot of fellows who carry $4,000 life.
insurance on a thirty-cent life,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-24
AN INTERESTED PARTY.

nv IN GnGS1 20 T1<VV'a Z,
Eyes! Cholly has taken up hunting
l believe his doctor recommended it,
Ellis doctor? | thought it Nigh,
have, been his tailor?"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-24
LOCAL WEATHER BULLETIN.
Forecast,

for North Dakota: Generally fair
tonight and Tuesday; cooler tonight;
slowly rising temperature Tuesday.
49, ORRIS w. ROBERTS,
Section Director.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-24
ITS LOCATION.

Little Brother-where's my nshin,.|
pole, gone to?
Bigger Brother-sister's usin' it tot
Z hat-pin.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-24

Tribune want ads pay dividends.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-05-30
LUMbERMEN WILL
 MEET HERE IN 1915
Selection of Pine Bluff by Lumber Dealers 1nsures
 Three Conventions.

With the decision yesterday at Lit tie Rock of the Arkansas Association of Lumber Dealers, to meet in thls city next year. Pine Bluff is already assured of three big conventions to be held here in the spring of 1916, and there are prospects that still more such meetings will come here
 News of the action of the lumber men was received here yesterday afternoon by number of local mill- men, and there was much enthusi- asm as result. f.umber and timber manufacturers and dealers from the four quarters of the state will be at the convention, <nd the meeting will last two or three days.
 sThe Elks, the Knights of Pythias and tho Lumbermen arc the three or ganizations which will come to Pine Bluff for business and entertainment next year, and already there is talk of the formation of a special com mittee. either by the chamber oi commerce or by business men direct ly, to assist the local representatives of the organizations in formulating and carrying cut the plans necessary for the proper entertainment of the several hundred visitors who are ex- pected to be in Pine Bluff during the conventions.