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Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-07

1t is now possible to determine what
taxes will have to be paid in the sew
eral communities Of the county and,
while the total is probably higher than
it ever will be again, 1t is not quite
so bad as was feared.
Several things have combined to
make abnormal taxes this year. The
irrigation district has been forced to
refund money borrowed for river CON
troll, though it avoided paying interest
on the purchase price of the system,
and the district has not yet got reve
nue. outside of direct tax.
j In FL Centre it was necessary to
make extensive repairs to the school
buildings.
The supervisors have made tax
rate of $1.25, exclusive of road tax
of 60 cents outside of the cities, and
a general high school tax of Is cents.
The irrigation district has not yet
made its levy, but it will be about
so cents.
The special high school rates will
be as follows:
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-07

Aug. 16-Explosion in Simamahon-
ing, Pa, plant of Aetna Explosives
Company, kills 5.
Aug. 25-Explosion of shell while
being tested at Bethlehem Steel
Works, South Bethlehem, Pa, kills 2.
Aug 29-Glazing mill of American
Powder Co.'S plant at Acton, Mass,
destroyed. Two black powder mills
belonging to Du Pont Powder Com
pany, north of Wilmington, Del, de
stroyed; = killed.
Aug. 29-Explosion at Aetna Pow
der Mills, Aetna, Ind; men injured; !;
cause not explained.
Aug. 30-Powder train with 1000
pounds of dynamite thrown off track
at Pinole, Cal; quarter-mile of rail
road bed blown out; train DESTROYED; :;
3 men killed.
Aug 30-Packing house No. of
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plies of artillery and ammunition. For
A months now factories in England
and every available piece of machin-
cry in France has been driven to the
| limit of its power to fill war orders.
But two thirds of Frances coal and
iron district has been held by the
Germans and that is why ships from
Japan, laden with coal and iron from
the big mines there, have been com
ing into Marselles, Frances big port
on the Mediterranean, with significant
regularity. Munition ships from
America also have been going direct
ly to French norts in such frequent
succession as to be significant.
Joffre-France's army chief-al-
ways waits until he is attacked be-
fore striking his best blows. This
has been the principal point in French
strategy in the present war.
This then may explain the present
delay of the Allies In putting into
operation their perfected plans-of
their willingness to confine their pres
ent operations to scouting expeditions
of their airmen and of mine warfare
in the trenches.
They, it is believed, are waiting un-
til the Germans, figurfsg the Russ
hordes have been driven far enough
back, turn again for an attack in the
west.
When that occurs this is what is
forecasted by military persons here:
The German crown prince, who has
been held in impatient leash during
Hindenburgs operations in Poland
aided by Won Klucks forces, is ex.
pected to begin big offensive move
in the region between Ypres and Lille
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-07

doubt that officials are anxious over
the continued fighting along the bor-
der between Mexican outlaws and
Americans, and, though Carranza has
issued orders to his troops against
participating in the border troubles,
it is feared this may not be suffi-
cient to prevent the trouble growing.
There is no doubt that the ignorant
classes in Mexico are in sympathy
with the bandits who are making raids
on the American side of the line and
the recent killing of many of these
raiders is melting many Mexicans on
the border to greater violence. Where
the end of this condition may be can
not be stated now, but it might very
easily lead to intervention by Amer
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-07
Mexican Border Trouble
Is Menacing Nations

A carload of infantry, supposed to
be company, passed thrC here
from the East this morninl nt ,ound
for CaleXco. There were - roops
of cavalry stationed in CaleXico be-
fore their arrival, and their coming
is supposed to ,be in line with the
general movement to strengthen the
forces along the line.
MeXicali is apprehensive of trouble
on the 10th, and Governor Cantu has
recently received large quantity of
ammunition, held for an emergency.
The United States government is
evidently determined not to permit a
force to be assembled on this side of
the line to attack Mexican.
Along the Border.
Washington, Sept. 7.-There is no
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-07
Is Making Model Dairy
With Finest Equipment

w. l.. Hodges, a Monrovia banker,
who several months since bought 800
acres east of FL Centre, is having the
property fitted up as one of the fin
est dairies in the West, and it will be
a model for all persons in the dairy
business.
The plant is to be modern in every
respect, with ice plant, cheese factory,
clear water for the cattle, barn 10
shelter 200 head, and having a ce-
ment floor that can be flushed off
daily.
1t is proposed to cut the feed in
the field and haul to the barn to be
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-07

of Canadian Explosives Company at
Beloeil, near Montreal, killed 4, in
iured 10.
July 13-MiXing building of United
Safety Powder Company's plant at
jefferson town, KY, wrecked by ex-
plosion; l dead, 3 hurt. Two buildings
Of Du Pont plant at Carneys Point
wrecked by explosion; l dead, 3 hurt.
Aug. 3-Explosion in Frankford ar
senal, Philadelphia, kills 3.
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fed green, instead of pasturing, and
the cows are to be given the closest
of attention.
There will be only thoroughbred
HOlsteins in the herd, and it is ex-
pected to bring them here between the
18th and Goth of this month.
There are number of dairies in
the valley that are fairly well
equipped, but it is believed there is
none quite up to the standard which
Mr.. Hodges has set, and there are
good many which need model of
this kind to show the possibilities of
dairying. T~0
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-07

/ EDITORS Note: A business and pro-
fessional mems camp of military
struction has been starred at Amer
can Lake, Wash. 1t is similar to the
camps at Plattsburg, N. Y, and San
Francisco. There are at American
Lake l06 war students, most of them
from Seattle; others coming from
Spokane and Tacoma, Wash, and
Potand, Ore. The students get
weeks of instruction for $25, the in
structors being regular army officers.
Among the recruits are bankers, mer-
chants, lawyers, doctors, ministers,
railroad officials, statesmen and clerks,
policemen and firemen, politicians.
college boys and few workingmen.
The idea here, as at Plattsburg, is
that these men, II war should come,
would be the captains and lieutenants
of the great American reserve army.)
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-07

Deputy Sheriff EE.Cummings. who
went to Missouri after Byrd, wanted
for shooting City Marshal Acrey at
Holtville, has returned, his man hav-
ing been released before he got there.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-07
Taxes for the Year
Less Than Feared

reunion. They were men who had
punched cows before 1885, known as
the "free grass time" A complete
COW camp, typical of the time. was
established some distance from the
city and the veterans spent the day
demonstrating their prowess with cow
pony and lariat and singing the an
cent songs of the rodeo. Governor
Ferguson was a guest.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-07
Celebrate Old-Time Prairie Days.

Sweetwater, Tex, Sept. 1.-Two
hundred voices were raised in the
Goleful strains of Bury Me Out on
the Lone Pairie ee ee" today when the
old-time cowboys of this section held
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-07
FRENCH AND BRITISH READY
BLOW THEY DELIVER LAST SPRING

Map showing nn.fe hlli>,; predict
big offensive move will begin with
two terrific drives in Verdun region,
to be followed by third at Nancy.
An effort will be made to break
through into Belgium.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-07

A note from Harry Krotz. who is
in Bisbee, Ariz.. says he and Mrs.
Krotz will soon return to Ell Cen
tro.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-07

The Ell Centre city rate is $l.41,
like the county rate being a small cut
from last years rate.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-10-20
LABOR GROWS SCARCE
AS WAGES INCREASE
Gazette Says Shutting Of of lmmi-
grafton Has Stopped Supply
of Workers.

Indications Of general scarcity o.
labor during the autumn and winter. in
sharp contrast TO the great unemploy
ment in the corresponding period in 1914.
are shown in the statistical and other
compilations published for October by
the Labor Gazette. The Labor Gazette
saws.
Unemployment has reached probably
the lowest point since 1877. The de-
mand for labor has so far been easily
satisfied except in a few trades con-
neCted with the manufacture of NUM-
tons and in the harvesting of enormous
crops, but there are already fears be-
ing expressed by employers that a gen
eral labor scarcity will occur With
but very few exceptions. the demand
for all kinds of labor has increased. while
the shutting off Of immigration has cut
OF a large source of the supply"
II is also pointed out that wage in
Creases were more general during Sep
TENDER than in August; that no instances
Of reductions were reported for the last
month: and that a marked tendency to-
ward the adoption of an eight-hour day.
particularly in New England States. is
shown by statistics collected from trade
journals, union periodicals, and the daily
press.
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Once In q while we still find an old
fashioned mother who has horror
Of the tomboy girl. Occasionally one
writes, as in a letter I had last week:
Dear Aunt Chatty-I must write
and ask you what I shall do to teach
my daughter 20 be lady. ! have
two sons and One little girl. and In
stead Of being nice and proper she
wants TO go swimming with her broth
ers and she traipses all over the coun-
try after them whenever she can get
out of my sight. / am afraid she
will be q hoydenish, coarse girl II
she keeps this up. What do you think
about it?''
Bless your heart, dear mother. don't
you know that you are away behind
the times? Girls are brought up 10
be just as athletic as boys in these
days The time has gone by when
girls were made to sit primly in the
drawing room and learn a few accom-
plishments. II we are TO rear sound.
strong. sensible race, the mothers must
be developed physically as well as
the fathers. Amy good doctor. II you
ask him. will tell you to be glad that
your girl is inclined to take so much
good exercise. She will be a healthier.
saner. more sensible woman for her
active, energetic life now than she
would be If you had your way and
kept her shut up in the house to learn
to be prim.
am always interested in reading
the accounts in the papers Of the girls
college games - the basketball. the
tennis matches, the rowing contests.
even the baseball mines and the foot
bail elevens. II is a sign Of progress
that tomboy is no longer a term of
r.pro.ch for a zirl. some of the finest
women I know have confessed to me
that they were tomboys in their
youth.
81 had to steal away from the house
and keep my mother from finding out
that I climbed the trees and the back
fences" one dear friend confessed TO
me not long ago. But there wasn't
a tree on the place, nor a roof, either.
that my sister and / did not attempt.
l am glad mothers are more sensi-
BILE in these days and let their girls
play like rational children should IN
stead Of making little ninnies Of them.
| think every real woman was TOM
boy in her childhood"
And. another thing, think we have
to thank the present day "tomboy
habits for the disappearance Of the
old-time invalid woman. Look back
over your own early acquaintances,
you mothers who are afraid your girls
will be hoydens, and see how many
women passed into invalidism In mid
die age, Invalids they were then-now
we should call them by their correct
name, neurotics. For want of proper
physical training many woman OF
the better class-so-called-in former
times was unable to stand the strain
OF childbearing and so she collapsed
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into morbid, often hypochondriac
condition and had to be waited on ana
petted and humored all the time, :
trial and burden to the entire Yam
lily.
believe SO fully in letting BOYS
and girls play together in exactly the
same way that / am a bit impatient
with the mothers who insist that their
boys learn to swim, for instance, but
9ever think girl should be taught
the art. too.
Be thankful IL you have a girl who
Is inclined to be a tomboy. And II
and jumps and climbs trees and swims
and does everything a regular boy
does IL you want her to be a healthy
woman.
Answers-to Correspondents.
Mrs. B. d. H writes: My little
girls face is disfigured with freckIes
Will you please tell me some good To-
ton to use in removing Them"
i know of no freckle lotion that will
not be hurtful to the skin. The freckIes
Will fade as she grows older. and IL
they do not they will not be so OBJ
Jectionable as a bad skin injured by
drugs and lotions.
Mrs. T. E. II. writes: Il was much
interested in your talk on the cure
Of stammering. Ny little girl lisps
when she talks. Can that be cured in
the same way"
Lisping sometimes comes from a de-
fective formation of the tongue. II
she will lisp because of her inability
to place her tongue properly. Let
physician examine her mouth.
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Patchwork the Popular
Fancy Work Just Now
Have you made any patches?

Have you made any patches?
II not, you are a bit behind the times.
Yes, TO be sure, patchwork quilts are old
fashioned-but just now they make fash
ionable fancy work.
You see, nothing so really becomes z
four-poster bed or any other old mahog-
any bed as does a patchwork quilt. So
women have been making patches this
summer for piazza fancy work, and now
they are putting them together and hav-
ing them quilted-or quilting them them
selves.
Some of these modern "crazyquilts" are
copied from truly old models. In many
cities. packed carefully away, there are
remnants of quilts which our grandmoth-
ers made. And these prove the source
of many interesting patterns to copy now
adays.
If you want to, however, you can make
your quilts in a new pattern. Copy the
design and coloring OF some OF the new
chintzes, of some japanese crepes, or one
of the marine fabrics, and so get a new
and interesting pattTn for your quilt
Women who have been spending part
of the summer in out-of-the-way country
places have come home with interesting
old patches begged or bought from coun-
try Internationally old patches. resur-
rected from farmhouse attics. Many of
these are admirable from a decorative
point of view and of course interesting
from a patchwork point of view.
Nothing could be prettier for a spread
to an old-fashioned bed than an all-white
quilt-just big squares or white muslin
sewed together and then quilted in as
elaborate a design as you please. One
really old quilt of this sort shows a
quilted design of flowers as fine and in
tricate as the design on a fine Marseules
spread.
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KYNZN'
.NWMAN
r. AER .
! ARZzA2AY
AND, NlRS
October 20-Pauline Borghese.

The most beautiful OF all the sisters Of
Napoleon Bonaparte was Pauline Bona
parte. later known as Marie Pauline and
after her marriage. the Princess Borg
hese- She was born at Ajaccio. In Cor
sica, in 17SO and when she was q she
became the bride of Gen. Leclerc A
year later she went with him to Saint
Domingo, where he died. and in 1884, when
she was %, she was married to Prince
Camille Borghese, Of Rome.
Marie Pauline's second husband was
man of feeble intellect and quarrelsome
disposition. and before many years had
passed they separated.
Though possessing extraordinary beauty
Marie Pauline was not the most gifted
Of Napoleon's sisters, the honors in
everything but beauty going to Elisa.
Marie Pauline was prodigal and volup-
tuous. She spent her money lavishly, but
never had the least hesitancy in coming
back with an empty hand to her power
full brother who, in spite of his protesta-
tons. always kept her well supplied. A
celebrated Italian sculptor made a statue
of the princess which greatly resembIed
the Venus of Praxitelles.
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HOROSCOPE.
The stars incline. but do not compel
Wednesday, October 20, 1915.

4hc STARS luGllncs DUI 10 NOT SOLlpcL
Wednesday, October 20, 1918.
AstroIogers read this as an unimport-
ant day. While Neptune rules strongly
for good in the evening, Mars and Uranus
are mildly adverse earlier in the day.
Under this sway commerce is said to
be well directed. Increase in many ex-
ports is indicated.
1t is rather a favorable rule under
which to begin a sea voyage.
The navy of the United States Ii held
to come under q sway of the stars which
will bring it unusual activities. Promo
tons for officers will multiply unex-
pectedly.
Persons who are quick-tempered should
exercise self-control while this confgu-
ration prevails. An increase in nervous
ness and irritability is presaged as one
Of the signs Of the times.
Employees should be diligent and tact
full while the stars are aspected as they
are today.
The sway is not a lucky one for sur
geons or their patients. Serious opera
tons should be delayed.
Western States come under a rule said
to presage a winter that may be ex
ceedingly hard financially. Weather con-
ditions will cause losses among stock
raisers.
This day should be suspicious for psy-
chic development, mind cures and kin
dred mental activities.
Theatrical managers have the augury
Of success that is unexpected during the
last weeks of the year.
The death of a European ruler is pre-
saged by the stars. This passing of q
monarch will not affect war conditions.
Hostile influences are indicated for the
King of Norway who may find the last
days OF this month most anxious and
troubled.
The death Of a governor Of Southern
State is foretold. This will disturb the
political situation.
Persons whose birthdate II Is should
beware of changes in the coming year.
By continuing in routine work they will
prosper.
Children born on this day have a happy
augury. Friends and pleasant ways will
he theirs. These subjects of Libra are on
the 'cusp and they partake Of Scorpio
influences.
tCopyriEht lqsD
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HOUSE
-MES
DAILY
ECONOMY,
CALENDAR
ARE YOU HosPIrABLE7

Are you truly hospitableg
There Is new era in hospitality
as In everything else. Last winter
most OF the fashionable debutantes
Many OF the huge and gorgeous draw
ing rooms and ball rooms of the
fashionable houses OF the big cities
were hardly opened from one end of
the season to the other. Their own
ers found IL less trouble to entertain
In hotels and clubs.
Now this may be AL very well for
the very well-to-do. II they hold a
ball in a hotel ball room IT is prpb-
might hold In their own ball room. In
either case It would be formal. the
refreshments would be furnished by a
fashionable caterer. and the hostess
would take little part In its actual
preparation. The hotel bail simply
means that all responsibility save for
that of welcoming the guests and see
ing that they enjoy themselves Is
shifted TO other able shoulders.
But women OF smaller means usually
copy women of large means. And so
there is danger that the old-fashioned
hospitality of our forefathers may
vanish. Many women OF small means
now give one rather large entertain
ment at some place Of public enter
tainment-a dance at the country
club. a card party at some place rent
ed Tor the purpose. q reading or mu-
sicale At their club or q hotel. ON
this one formal entertainment they
spend more than they can AFFORD; but
they feel that 1t frees them OF the
years social obligations. Like the
woman of wealth they shift the re-
sponsibility OF entertaining TO other
shoulders. but unlike the woman OF
wealth they can AFFORD to give this
sort Of entertainment very seldom. And
there comes the danger to American
hospitality
For he same amount of money
which one of these large entertain
terins tea kettle singing In your
drawing room or living room every
afternoon. with sandwiches and bon
bons and cakes and nuts to 70 with
IL as an Offering to tile casual or in
vited guest For the same money you
could have friends in TO dinner q
night every week-in for a simple but
always attractive family dinner. For
the same money you could give half
a dozen card parties at home. card
parties of a simpler sort. For the
money that a dance at the country
club for your young daughter might
cost. you could entertain her friends
whenever they happened to drop in
with tea In the afternoon, with dane
ing in the evening. II there 10 a phono-
graph or II you or some of the young
sters can play the piano.
Formal entertaining at hotels and
clubs is not to be condemned unless
It interferes with the sort OF hospital
ity that always welcomes the guest In
our homes.
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Aunt Chatty's Mothers Club
Conducted by Mrs. Charity Brush
THE TOMBoY GIRL.

THIS Mothers Club for the benefit Of mothers everywhere
who struggling with questions of discipline. training eea
on clothing for the children Write Aunt Chaty problems
which vexns YOU and she will advise and help you solution of
them discoveries Of you have
childish that through tn. Mothers Club experience may of
benefit who still tangled the of pepxy
you have happily unaveled
Cooperation the Of business; why not
business of motherhood that highest and hottest calling which always
and will be woman Of glory matter what
other of useiues, be opened Address Mrs.
Charity Brush. of this paper.
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DO YOU KNOW WASHINGTON,

In educational circles general ap-
proval has been expressed of the step
taken by the city of New Orleans in
providing the children in the public
schools with instruction in the his
tory of their own city. A volume
called THE New Orleans Book" has
been adopted as text book and from
this tine rising generations of the
"City OF Magnolias" will learn what
every citizen should know and what
most of the city's visitors inquire
about" ,
Other cities would do we'll in fol-
lowing this good example. but in
this respect our own Board of Edu-
cation has blazed a trail of which
they may we'll be proud.
For many years public school chill
dren here have been taught the i'm
portant facts about their own city.
In the third grade of our school les
sons about Washington are taught
by way of making beginning in the
study of geography-znd most natu-
raj and plausible way this is to be-
gin the study of other cities and lands
of the earth. In the fourth grade of
the schools this instruction is con-
tinued with the aid of the supplement
on the city of Washington written
by Miss Ella Given, we'll known as
a teacher and principal in the city,
which is bound in the geography text
books.
With these beginnings the children
are we'll informed in their own city
history before they learn about other
cities. Their curiosity is aroused,
they are started off in an inquiring
frame OF mind, with the result that
the average Washington child is far
ahead of the child of most other cities
in information about the city in which
he lives.
Just the other day a distinguished
woman who had been visiting in
Washington wrote to US saying that
in her opinion the Washington girl
is the most courteous and charming
girl she had ever seen.
when l first entered a street car
young girl rose and gave me her
seat. 1 thought What a nice girl.
That was lovelyp And as l saw it
again and again l realized that it was
not an unusual occurrence but a
beautiful custom. l have travelled in
Europe and in the South and the
North, and nowhere have l seen any
thing like this. AS visitor to her
city / want 10 say to the Washing
ton girl that l will never forget her"