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Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-17
PLACE SCORES
INFORMANT AS
NOT RELIABLE

Th' identity of the author of lh,
following etflsion. uurporled Ia have
been given oil in an interview. and
HE identity Of HE person Wllo anuuy-
moasly sent the clipping In FroI f..
place. secretary of The Valley Clam
ber of Commerce. are pcrpleNin4 those
Who have read HE opinion of The
"sturdy journalist" referred In in the
folloWing:
"Thi, sturdy journalist Of country
wide fame expresses himself ao de
lighted with HE sccui" beauties here
ahou>. He ! a loNcr Of The hi2h al
,iludre and tersely Describes HE be
loN-soa-loNeI imperial Valley il, Hell
With the lid off lie adds HAT most
anything will grow there. and claims
chin Wh>ker~ ~nrou 81 fael HAT -
man need, two shave, a day jo keep
clean while in HAT uuderaround pit.
which. in his oninion. i 10 place fer
white man unless in The llel old~r,
of tuberculosis.
The rlipping cam in an envelope
po,lmarkod Bishee. Nrizo The clipping
having evidently hcrn taken from ID
publication in thai ely.
Place j. ronnine over list of
"promuoni' journalists Who have been
in lhc valley recently, but Is having a
difficult lime in thinking of ole whose
fame Is cnlmirNWide.
Tho runnine i, "a libel on HE val
ley" hc declared HIS morning. "Thcrr
are places i'm Arizona where the mcr-
cury scars above the hghrsi point
eNrr reached by HE mercury here, yet
lle papers in which this interview
appears takes the word of an iIinrr'ni
writer. posing H. a journalist. ON a
subject Of which he knows nothing "
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-17
WHY Paw More =?

One way fare between Ell Centre
and Holtville, 35c; round trip, 6Oc.
Ride in comfortable motor cars on a
good roadbed.
Leave RI Centre, 1880 a. m., 1900
M, $40 and 700 p. m.
Leave IIoltville, 200 and S:15 a.
m; 4:45 and 7:30 p. m.
uOLTON INTERURBAN RAILWAY
COMPANY.-Adv.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-17
DEvELoPiNG THE WEST SIDE.

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Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-17

she says, through a life in close ac-
cord with Bible and church.
Sometimes she still helps with the
housework, and often entertainl
friends. Always she wears the quaint
Quaker cap, while employing the soft
Thee and Thou of the early
Friends church.
With her IN the picture Is one Of her
p grandchildren.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-17
LONE STAR BLACK SMITH SHOP
210 EaSt Main

II you want Il share for your ploW.
We can make IL. If You want rack
tr bed. let IL bid on ii-or bench for
rane auto auy and all kinds II for
sms and lasf. but not least. trst class
loroeshUemg.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-17
FRATERNAL SOCIETIES

I'll MIRO LODGE, No. 315.
r knights of Pythias, meets every
Tuesday at X. Of p. hall, corner
Fifth and Main streets.
j. STANLEY BROWN. e. Z.
H. y. WEBB, X. OF i. & s.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-17
Notice.

Anyone having seed potatoes or
dercd, please call and get them-and
we have few sacks extra.
Adv. KELLY'S NURSERY.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-17

Wantcd-Somconc with good soft
soil to grow Bermuda onion sets on
shares. Call at Kelly's Nursery
Adv.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-17

Pianos moved with best of care any
where in valley. Ed Roycc.-Adv.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-06-15
Don't Prosecute
Your Bowels
The Embusuues.

The French papers have been busy
of late with the case of the EN-
busque,' which is the name given to
the man who chooses a safe job in
the army An incident seen last night
on the fringe of Soho suggests that
it is also applied to those who do not
choose the army at all. A couple of
French soldiers over here on leave
(they were in joyous mood, coming
down a side street, passed the kitch-
ems of a well-knOwn French restau-
rant. They were attracted by the sight
of the cooks in the kitchens and
studied them attentively through the
grating. Then they began to taunt
them with shouts of "EmbusQue!" The
harmless necessary French cooks be-
low, startled in this rough way in
their ambush" were furious. There
was an angry gathering of pots and
pans and an elaborate slanging match
between the cooks and the soldiers.
The language was rich and varied,
and In the storm the sharp word EN-
busque" sounded like bitter refrain.
Manchester Guardian.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-06-15
GOT CHANGE SHE WANTED
Woman Proved Herself Strategist In
Dealing With Man a. the Ticket
Window.

Here" she said, rushing back to
the ticket window, this dollar you
gave me in chenge is counterfeit"
Pardon me, but 1 didn't give you
a dollar in change"
Yes, you did. l bought ticket
here not two minutes ago and you
changed a five-dollar bill for me. 1t
was all the money l had, so / couldn't
have got this bad dollar anywhere
else"
You should have examined your
change when ;. was handed to you.
can't make any correction now.
Il shan't bulge from this window
till you give m a good dollar for
the bad one you tried to foist upon
me-"
Let me see it.
There"
why, this is a perfectly good bill
Here is another. I'm not afraid Of
it."
mo, won't take this bill. It'n
torn. Give me a new one"
I'm sorry, but if you don't want
that bill I'll have to give you your
change in nickels."
Thank YOU" she said, after count
ing the pieces of coin. Il wanted a
dollars worth of nickels, but l knew
you wouldn't have that many if l
asked for them in the first place. -
Chicago Herald.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-06-15
WORK OF MAKING A HOME
Many Things Enter Into Atmosphere
OF Abode That Is Dear to
All Mankind.

a home IS not merely house: it is
an atmosphere, feeling. 1t is
place OF beloved associations, where
you can wear old clothes, and think
old thoughts, and hear familiar voices
without hearing them. You can be
happy there, and be comfortably un-
happy' be thoroughly unpleasant
even and know that those you love
viii think no worse of you than they
DO already. Luxury cannot make a
nome, nor can books or pictures or
rugs or bric-a-brac. A cat, a canary,
TWO genarniums, Bible and old rock
lng-chair may make one of the love-
Hest homes in the world. At the same
time, home is not necessarily happy
because it is the house of poverty, as
some would have us believe.
The art of creating home atmos-
phere is wholly the art of woman, and
she has none more charming. Mere
care will not do it, or mere neatness
and tidiness; indeed, those things
sometimes work the other way. The
love of prettiness will not do it; good
cooking will not do it, although it is
mighty help. Even being gay and
merry and kindly yourself is not quite
enough, although it helps even more
than the cooking. Success in home
making, as in everything else, requires
that you shall feel a real joy in your
work. If it is a drag, if it is an irk-
some duty, if your mind is on a thou
sand outside things that are not home.
you cannot make home what it should
be. Not that the homemaker should
think of nothing else. That is neither
desirable nor possible. But the woman
whose first pleasure is to create that
beautiful thing, home, will be a pre-
cious and permanent influence not
only to her own family, but to all her
household, to all her guests, to the
whole community in which she lives
Youths Companion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-06-15
Most Primitive Race of Men.

The North pole natives alluded to
by Captain Amundsen in recent lee
ture were discovered by him while he
was navigating his little craft, the
Gjoa, through the Northwest Passage
in 1903-1907. He christened them
Nechilli, and considered them to be
the most primitive race on earth. No
white man had ever before invaded
their icy Businesses. Consequently they
were ignorant of the use of iron. Their
fishing implements were long spears,
fashioned out of reindeer horn. They
knew no other method of procuring
fire than that of rubbing two pieces of
wood together. They were, in short,
still in the stage of civilization reached
by our ancestors of the stone age. So
cut off were they from others of their
kind that they imagined their tribe
was the only one in the world, and dis
played the utmost establishment when
told of populous countries far to the
south, where neither ice nor snow was.
The Gjoa and her crew they thought
to have dropped from the moon, and
the first Nechilli to come aboard felt
the deck, masts, boats, oars, all the
while whispering to one another in
amazement: How much wood there
is in the moon-how very much!"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-06-15

been sung of in song, or praised in
story, and has had hard struggle to
hold her own-the heart pledged to her
to have and to hold while life lasted
II beautiful, INSCRIPTIONS woman
sought to wrest her prize from her,
and the heart she chung to was of the
stretchable kind.
While all of this reasoning holds
more than grain of truth, homely
women are apt to look over a few facts
which should be of much service In
building hope in their breasts. Most
men do admire women of striking
beauty; they are pleased to escort
them hither and thither, f1attered at
the admiration they create and the
envy they engender in the hearts of
other men. But when it comes to look
Ing about for wife, ten men out of
dozen will not offer either their heart
or hand to the royal beauties, but will
search out plain women to propose
marriage to.
The beautiful woman might make
quite as good a wife, but such men
viii argue she could not bring them
the peace of mind that the plain wom-
an would insure them. The man who
enjoyed the sensation the beautiful,
eXquisitely gowned woman created
whom he took to a theater or a fash
ionable restaurant would soon become
annoyed if men turned to stare at the
woman he had wedded-boldly, impu-
IDENTIFY.
The average man wants wife whose
light will shine for him alone. In wed
lock he must have heart ease, peace of
mind, the feeling that no one else is
craving the sweet, modest violet he
has gathered, and to whom he, and he
only, is sun god for all time to come.
What greater happiness, comfort and
supreme satisfaction than for a man
to know that he is the first and only
one who has kindled loves beautiful
flame in one noble, honest, woman's
bosom? That this one woman loves
him as she will never love any other
man, and will be faithful to him to her
latest breath? In youth, middle age,
and old age he will be her anchor, her
guiding star, through good or through
ILL.,
With the close companionship of
welded life, the husband who has wed
ded woman for her sweet womanli-
ness, her genial nature and her purity
will, in time, see so much beauty in
her which has escaped other eyes that
he will never cease thanking heaven
for giving him the treasure he discov-
cred and will shield her all the more
carefully, loyalty and lovingly from the
worlds snares and pitfalls.
There are men who would not wed a
lovely woman for all the gold the
world might hold. Only plain woman
she who is even homely of face,
could win him for a husband It is
we'll balanced that the men who adore
beauty should win the hearts of the
beauteous maid, and those who appre-
ciate the great heart that accompa-
MES lack of it should find favor with
palmer women. If women could only
realize how manageable men seek
homeiy wives they would surely take
heart of grace.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-06-15
WOMEN IN ARSENALS
HANDLE EXPLOSIVES WITH SKILL
AND FEW ACCIDENTS.
Government Declared to Have Gained
Hundredfold Since Their EN-
ployment Quickly Become
Expert, Always Careful.

Much of the important work at the
United States government arsenal at
frankfort, Pa, is in the hands of
women who are as skilled at making
deadly weapons as are their sisters as
nurses in army hospitals or on the
fields of battle. They are regarded
as more trustworthy, proficient and
conscientious than men, and are in
such demand in many departments
that they are worked in two shifts.
Even in the fuse room, where the most
dangerous work is undertaken, wom-
en- are employed and accidents are
few and far between, due in large
measure, it is declared, to the greater
care taken by the female employees.
Most of the work in the hands of
the women is regarded as skilled la
Dor, and it Is strange to see such cap
tons as Mary Mathews. skilled labor
err" Every precaution is taken to
safeguard the workers and no one is
overworked, but the government has
gained hundredfold since the wom-
en- have entered the arsenal as work
ers.
Each cartridge inspector in the ar
senal inspects $1,000 cartridges a day,
an average that has been maintained
for several years. This work is very
important, for the slightest defect, one
not even to be detected by the expert
enced eye, might mean a premature
explosion and the loss of an eye, limb
or life to soldier.
1t is interesting to watch the girls,
most of them quite young, handling the
big machines, some automatic and
some handled, in the rooms where
the cartridges are tapered and clipped.
In this work eight girls are employed
and each one handles $4,000 cartridges
day.
The girls employed on the gauger
are especially expert, and have been
in the arsenal number of years One
girl gauges the cartridges and two in
spect them. The gauger is also an ex-
pert inspector, and when the supply
gets too large for the girls to handle
she assists them.
The cartridge passes from the gaug-
er to a weighing machine, and if the
powder shot is the slightest degree
underweight the machine throws it
out. Every cartridge is weighed
second time. 1t is interesting to note
that not an underweight cartridge has
reached the Philadelphia section of
the arsenal in five months.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-06-15
w. N. u, MILWAUKEE, NO. 24-1s15.
COULDN'T BE WELL ARRANGED
Esther Would Very Willingly Have
Obliged Employer, but, Under the
Circumstances You Know.

A southern family employed very
skillful cook, called Esther. She had
been with them about ten days, when
she announced that she would have
to leave, as she was about to be mar
ried.
The mistress received the news
with CONSERVATION.
You've been with me only few
days, Esther" she said, land you re-
member you told me you would stay"
Il knows it, ma'am, an Use awful
sorry" said Esther mournfully, "but l
don't see how l kin help it. The gen.
tleman wants de weddin' to be on
Tuesday, ma'am."
Don't you think you could get him
to put it off, Esther" asked the mis-
tress, lust a little longer-until l
could get another cook?"
Deed, ma'ar, I'd like to oblige
you," said Esther, earnestly, but, to
tell you de truf, l amt we'll enuff &C.
quainted with de gentleman to AK hin
to do dat, ma'am."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-06-15
ARE PAINTINGS FOR THE BEST?

The heart that has truly loved never for
gets,
But as truly loves on to the close,
AS the sunfower turns on her god when
he sets
The same look which she turned when
he rose.
The girl who has, for any cause,
parted from the man she loves is
sure unkind fate could not have dealt
her a harder blow. If she could only
bring herself to reason out the matter
calmly, she might find heaven has
been most kind to her in denying her
her hearts desire.
If jealousy has been the cause of
sundering the ties that bound them,
and she had been the one whom the
green-eyed monster had made a vic
tim of she should ponder we'll wheth-
er or no the stand she took in the
matter has been justified by the cir
cumstances-he lover flirting with
other maidens, or openly sighting her
for another whom he has taken about
in utter disregard of his allegiance
to her, encouraging the hopes of some
other woman in the belief that he
was still heart whole and fancy free
If he had been guilty of any of
these discourtesies, refusing either to
repent or apologize, a proud spirited
girl could do nothing more or less
than sever the betrothal cord that
each might go separate way. The
lover who deliberately pursues a
course which brings unhappiness to
the heart of the woman who loves
him makes tickle, faithless husband
The girl who has force of character
enough to give him up saves herself
a world of woe which would surely be
hers if she welded him.
The heart which has once been poi
soned by the virus of jealousy never
fully RECEIVERS and Is ever after liable
to a recurrent attack from slight
cause. She can never forget the stab
to her pride, her modification and hT-
initiation. For girl to marry man
of whom she is jealous means the
suicide of peace and therefore happi
ness.
She has as little chance for con-
genial companionship with the drunk
ard whom she has not the influence
with to cause reformation.
If he is rogue, to part from him
is the best thing that could happen
to save her from future misery.
Women whose love affairs are
brought to a sudden termination
should be brave and be philosophers
enough to say, and believe, that what
ever happens must be for the best.
The pain of losing lover and the
loneliness of watching and waiting
for one who will never come again
would be greatly mitigated if the
thoughts were refused the sweet pain
of dwelling upon him constantly until
the heart is sick with unsatisfied long
ing.
To be bright and cheerful through
such an ordeal is, in truth, easier said
than done, women imagine, but in this
belief they err-will power has ev-
erything in the world to do with it.
Fill the mind with diverting useful
thought She whose hours are filled
with exacting work finds little time
for grieving over dead past and what
might have been. The sun is shining
elsewhere, if such women could only
look a little farther and behold it. The
powers that rule often remove a
worthless lover to give place to
worthy one who has all the attributes
that bring happiness and sunshine to
the heart of the woman whom they
crown with their affection.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-06-15
Kindly Superintendent.

A Chicago man with business in
terests in Missouri tells of an incident
as a railway junction there. He
was very hungry, with only two min
utes before the departure of his train.
Sandwich and coffee" he said to
the counter man. Haven't time for
anything else" Easy, friend" said
the other Take all the time
you want. Cast your eye over
this bill OF fare and I'll phone the
superintendent to hold the train a
while" Hold the train while l eat?"
Sure. This is a branch road. and
there's no other train comm or goin'
over it this mornin'. The superin-
tendent will want you to have good
meal-he owns this lunch room"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-06-15

Did you ever hear of the odd SUI
perstitions in regard to marriage
which troubled the breasts of young
women of ancient lore? Courtships
we're seldom of long standing. If the
young couple met early in the new
year and mutual admiration merged
into love, the sweetheart confidently
expected that he would make her an
Easter bride.
The making of her wardrobe and
the household linen which was to be
an important part of her marriage
portion was duly placed under way,
even though he had not as yet pro-
posed and put the betrothal ring on
her finger. To be welded in early
spring was every betrothed maiden 8
ambition, for such marriages were
supposed to possess all the elements
of luck forever after"
Surely it is a pardonable hope for
her to cling to. No wonder this sea-
son of all others has so much to rec
ommend it. Spring outfits, while far
prettier than those of other seasons,
are by no means as costly or difficult
TO prepare if a girl wishes to be her
own dressmaker. 1t is but a step to
the glorious warmth of summer, and
the dainty lowered mulls and berib-
boned organizes can transform even
the plainest faced winter girl into a
summer beauty, at least in her low
er's eyes.
Tradition has it that Easter brides
are always loyal. loving and true.
mother large families of sturdy sons
and beautiful daughters, are prudent,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-06-15
High Explosive Shells.

One Of the surprises of the war has
been the great relative demand for
high explosive shells as compared
with the demand for shrapnel. The
consumption of both has exceeded all
estimates. but it is shell that the new
conditions have most strikingly af-
fected. There was a time when it was
considered more noisy than dangerous
and in field operations more useful to
shake the enemy's nerve than to in
fiict damage; while as to the deadli-
ness of shrapnel against an enemy that
1t could reach there has never been
question. But in the elaborate
trenches employed in this war the men
are fairly we'll sheltered from shrap-
mel, and for the special purpose of pre-
pairing the way for an attack high ex-
plosive shell in prodigious quantities
is required. That the British are still
short is indicated by the complaint of
the Times correspondent that the ad-
vance attempted near Fremelles was
weakened by forced economy in the
use of ammunition. The French seem
to be better off, and if the Germans
have felt any scarcity on either front
they have succeeded in keeping it
secret, which is the next best thing
to having plenty.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-06-15
The Sinecure

A government official at a lunch
con in Washington said recently:
we are continually turning down
sular service, you know, has been
taken altogether out of politics.
You cannot talk now as Consul
Smith talked in the past.
So you got the consulship. ef !?
traveller said to Smith.
YES Smith answered, lighting a
cigar.
Is it hard work. asked the tray
eler.
Not after you get it, Smith re-
Piled"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-06-15
CelIuIold Watch CRYSTALS.

At the outbreak of the war Ameri-
can watchmakers were much con-
cerned regarding the watch crystal sit
uation; the German source Of supply
being shut off. and previous attempts
to make them in this country having
failed.
Watch crystals of glass are now be-
ing made here successfully, and an
American inventor has helped the
matter along by devising a celluloid
watch crystal, which has the beveled
edge and general appearance of
glass crystal and possesses the ad-
ditional advantage of being unbreak-
able.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-06-15
Valuable Borneo Timber.

The most valuable of all Borneo
timber is billian, or ironwood This
is an extremely hard timber, sand-col-
ored when newly cut, but darkens with
age. 1t is so heavy that it sinks in
water, and for that reason cannot be
RATED down the rivers. About two
inches of the outside of the tree is
soft and worthless, but the inside can
be used for almost any practical pur-
pose where a solid, strong and dur
able wood is required.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-06-15
FOR ITCHING PILES


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chapped hands or face. chafed infants. Noxema
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and leaves no trace. It makes the skin smooth
and healthy. No matter what you have tried.
don't fail to use Nox-ema.
Most druggists sell Nox-ema. sl.0O per package
or sent by mail on receipt of price by the
Hegtmuth Laboratories. Milwaukee, Wis. A trial
package will prove its power to heal.