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Imperial Valley press., 1916-05-24

physics, Mr.. Shepard; in east wing,
High School. Music department: Pro-
gram throughout reception. in open
air auditorium. Light refreshments by
domestic science class.
Wednesday-S:30 in the evening,
Senior class night; dramatic and hu-
morous entertainment, open air au-
Gitorium. Admission, so cents.
Thursday-Graduat Address by
DR.. T. c. Knoles, University of
Southern California. Presentation of
diplomas by President J. Stewart
Ross, board of trustees, Central
Union High School. o'clock in the
evening, open air auditorium.
Thursday - Following graduation
exercises-Reception in honor Of the
graduating class, by Principal and
Mrs. Randall, by invitation, in the art
rooms.
Friday-Banquet to the Glass of '16
by the Class Of II.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-05-24

New York, May 24.-The recapture
of Fort Douaumont by the French aft
er all the lives Germany sacrificed
for it's capture is taken as one of the
most discouraging features to Ger
many of all the long struggle about
Verdun, and even though Germany
took some ground from the British
further northwest, this is not due COM
pensation for the loss sustained.
In the fight between the Austrians
and Italians, the advance by the for
mer constitutes the most important
gain made by the Central powers du-
ring recent days, though the utmost
admission by the Italians is that they
have been forced to fall back on their
main line of defense.
All Paris is celebrating the triumph
at Verdun. 1t was declared by the
war office that French soldiers re-en-
tered Fort Douaunont after storming
German positions along a mile and a
quarter front.
Further gains also were reported on
the west bank of the Meuse. The
French are now convinced that the
Dead Mans hill stronghold is i'm
pragnable.
News of the French victories was
partly offset by word of British re-
verses near Vimy ridge. The Bavar-
ians there thrust back the British
lines to remove the threat against their
holdings which has existed since the
British took the offensive.
Bloody hand-to-hand fighting has
continued along every foot of the Ver-
dun front since Saturday. The slaugh-
ter along the hills northwest of YER
dun is growing deadlier every hour.
Trenches have been pounded to dust.
Infantry are locked in payonet strug-
giles to the death. The most intense
battling is occurring at Hill 304, Dead
Mans hill and connecting positions
west of the Meuse.
Heavy German charges on both sides
of the Meuse were repulsed, except
north of Thiaumont farm on the east
bank, where the Teutons gained en-
trance to trench recently seized by
the French.
When today's official communique
was issued the conflict was growing
more terrific every minute, following
one of the bloodie;t nights in the his
tory Of Europe.
Among the ruins of Douaumont Ger
man detachments were still offering
heroic resistance. With bayonets, hand
grenades, trench mines and dubbed
muskets, soldiers fought individually
there, refusing to retreat and dying
where they crouched. In the mean
time the French engineers were busy
strengthening their hard-won gains
expecting counter attacks.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-05-24
Reaching Effect
Of a Great Storm

degree and thus prepare for the big
ger flood which is inevitable In three
or four weeks.
There was considerable apprehen-
sion this morning for fear the wind
had done serious damage to the cam
taloupe and cotton crops, but informa-
ton obtained is to the effct that
while the wind tangled the cantaloupe
vines considerably, the damage is
slight, while the cotton is not be
lieved to be badly damaged.
In many minor ways damage wa
done. Shade trees in many cases werS
broken down and fruit was throw
from trees or bruised. Yet the ag
gregate of the loss is slight.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-05-24

snow that already covered the noun
tains to great depth.
From this it seems certain that the
Colorado will continue to fall rapidly
for a number of days longer before
the summer flood sets in in earnest
thing that is not desired.
Telegraphic advices to the Press
are to the effect that the Colorado
last night at Yuma had reached the
25-foot level, having raised A OF a
foot in the previous "a hours, ndl-
eating that to be about the crest OF
the present high water.
1t is hoped this high water Will
have the effect Of securing out the
channel of the river to considerable
Imperial Valley press., 1916-05-24

The weather a thousand miles away
is of more interest to the valley than
that which we experience here. The
heavy windstorm of last night-one
of the worst seen here for years
was but an outward token of a great
storm which has prevailed through
out the west and which has covered
great part of Oregon and other
northern states with a new blanket
of snow.
To what extent this new snow
reached the headwaters of the Colo
RADIO river is not known, but 1t is GER
tain that it was cold enough there
to at least check the melting of the
Imperial Valley press., 1916-05-24
Omit Talk of Peace.

Washington, May 24.-The state
ment of Premier BRAND of France,
to delegation from the Russian du-
ma, that war must continue until the
Allies triumph, pu; damper upon
peace discussions in the capital to-
day.
The premier's added statement that
"peace must not result from diplomatic
intrigue" was accepted as hint to
the United States and other neutrals
Imperial Valley press., 1916-05-24
Industrial Boom of First
Magnitude Starts Things
Moving At Terrific Pace.

Gentlemen it is here at last and with vengeance
that tidal of prosperity of which have been read
ing sweeping the nation. This is no idle boast.
Everybody who is giving any thought to the matter
knows it to be fact and the stranger recognizes in
stantly when he lands from the train
Just by way Of demonstration-for it is pleasant to
demonstrate known facs-the valley has exhausted
it's own human and animal supply and is securing the
coast country for to work and them in by
the truck load and at the time teams being
brought from the San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys,
tranloads of them
These men and these teams are not being brought
here for fun for advertising purposes They be-
ing brought because the need for help is running far
ahead Of the supply
Back of this is another story. year ago everybody
discouraged The farmers saying that it was
no trying to grow crops there would not be de-
mand for their produce The merchants were down.
hearted and employed help than necessary.
There money be had except at heavy rates OF
interest," and little that No ground of consequence
was being broken in. \
And now what change? Everything that can be
produced here commanding good prices and the supply
is inadequate The farmers have taken heart and are
doing as the Press advised months agoeach endeav
orng to produce the utmost the soil turn out this
until than $780, 100000 worth of produce is in sight
for this years harveSts and even now the sale OF many
commodities is going rapidly Vast of new land
are being brought under cultivation and the great army
of at work is throwing money into circulation as II
never was thrown before Interest rates have fallen to
point that invites investment and there is no limit to
the money available.
Gentlemen, it is here Prosperity is at hand to de-
gree that is astounding and it reaching every class of
citizens And now that it is here let for forget
that there is such thing summer season. We can
not afford at this stage of affairs to break into this new
era of prosperity. If work to the common end we can
maintain this order of things throughout the summer
We can make it wear without summer ull in business
if we wish to.
Day after day. the Press appealed to the farmers OF
the valley to make this record breaking year in produc
tion Whether the advice of this journal had any rela
Imperial Valley press., 1916-05-24
Tidal Wave Hits Valley, Sweeping Al Before It

tionshp to the fact not is fact that the farmers
have done the Press advised and county in America
harvested such crops being grown in this
valley.
And now it is time for the business to act. 1t is
incumbent them to do their part in cooperation with
the farmers. 1t will be the greatest business year the
valley has known if the business will do the
farmers have done and to bat to accomplish this end
The farmers have put in such crops that it will be
necessary for them to stay at home and farm throughout
the summer and every man that be obtained will be
required to help in the farm work The farmers will Of
necessity be heavy buyers throughout the summer
son.
Last year many of the farmers as has been said
failed to crowd their crops and many business houses fell
into the same way There arc business houses in the
of the valley which in the last year have not
red message to the people, The farmers have had no
means of knowing whether these merchants alive
farmers have acted.
No one could blame the farmers for negectng their
business when the market conditions most unfavor
able, and could blame the merchants if some of
them showed inclination to lay down on their work
when trade not to be had.
But it is new spirit which has taken hold of the val
ley The payrols greater than ever before The farm
ers have money for purchases such as they have not
known for years. 1t is year for big crops alike for the
farmers and for the merchandise they each 60 after the
crops-and the destiny of Ell Centre commercial me-
tropolis will be determined in proportion as the mer
chants go after the business which has suddenly be-
come available.
And is time the real estate business resuected
from the dead 1t is believed there still several real
estate agents in Ell Ceno but the fact cannot be learned
from the newspapers The time for action on their part
mas arrived To wait until fall to let the world know there
land to be had in the valley is foolish We can make the
real estate business start off with rush if we set our
hands to the task The agents have had their siesta For
two years they have had excellent time for slumber
But the time for that has passed. The time to act has
come and in ringing the alarm gong in this way in the
ears of the real estate the Press is doing as service
able deed did when it kept hammerng on the prop
oston of making recordbreakng farm production this
year. 7
And this is only the first CALL The Press proposes
to make campaign for town activity as perslsenty
as it did months ago for farm activity This gong is to
continue to ring until we see signs that there still
some real estate men in the community.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-05-24
French Recapture
Fort DOuaunOnt

that their services as peace mediators
are not desired.
In German diplomatic circles the
BRAND utterance was pointed to as
justification of statements repeatedly
made that, while Germany is ready
to discuss means Of achieving honor
able peace, the Allied governments are
Imperial Valley press., 1916-05-24
intent upon crushing the German EN-
pire under their heels.

Facing Serious Situation.
London, May 24.-Francis Dyke
Ackland, financial secretary of the
treasury, speaking in the House of
GcoNTINuED ON PAGE FouR1
The fool-killer., 1916-01-01
Let Us Talk Ii
Over

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Does that sound strange.
Well. bless your soul, am so"'
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never travelled any to SPEAK OF, Dn.
have read q great deal anu law
T have also writ q few books whlc,
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Great books never 90.
And then I started The Fooi-hlisl Vsu
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= bundle of literary dynamite that WI.
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The fool-killer., 1916-01-01

Since The Fool-Killer started IN
January, 1910, three issues have
been missed, and that accounts
for the fact that this is only Vol.
VI, No. 10, instead Of Vol. VII,
No. /, as it would have been il no
issues had been missed. But IN
the matter Of time, it has been
running six full years and is now
starting on it's seventh year
Come along, boys, and see the fun
The fool-killer., 1916-01-01
MORE SHOP TALK

Law. YES, honey, / claim to
know a little something about
running a paper. Didn't learn It
from somebody else, either. Dug
it out for myself. Started me
Fool-Killer from absolutely notn-
ING and made big success OF It,
while dozens Of other papers that
had a more promising start have
long ago gone busted.
Being an. editor is sorter Ike
being a poet-you've got to be
horn with a talent for it. Having
been born that way, the next
thing in order is to get thorough
|ly acquainted with every crook
and turn Of a printing office. 1ou
would laugh at a man who would
try to run farm without know
ling the difference between a
wheel-barrow and hame-string
But he is in the same class with
the editor who don't know type
case from a form table nor a com
posing stick from 3-em quad. ]
have seen men with plenty of writ.
ing ability who utterly failed as
editors because they were not
: printers. I attribute much OF my
: success with The Fool-Killer tx
the fact that I first learned th'
printers trade from the bottom
k up. Then with a secondhand jol
l. press and a shirt-tail full Of type
I was ready to launch out on m,
editorial career. A circulation Q
# 10000 at the end Of six year
,e proves that somebody has bee
r listening to my CAB, and that may
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Not Dragging at all, but I hay
20 made some money out OF Ii
!. !, Fool Killer, and expect to max
> some more. At the same time
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,h to help put it into as many ne
hands as possible. Let's resol
to get more subscribers duri1
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;s all the past six years. It can
- done easy enough if every su
no scrber will help just little. |
depending on YOU, brother. n
the other fellow, but YOU!
The fool-killer., 1916-01-01
SIX YEARS OLD.

Il y
mo on another year. Six years
Of hard work and bitter struggle,
with many disappointments and
some success. But taking every
thing into account, guess the
s,,ccesses have outweighted the
failures. I am sure the past SIX
Years have not been wasted.
Through the medium OF Inc
Fool-Killer I have come in touch
with many thousands OF good
friends who have stood by me
through thick and thin. And |
feel confident that they are gong
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foht which must go on and on.
The Fool-Killer needs no Label
TO show where it stands. Every
line speaks out in thunder tones
against the legalized crimes OF
Capitalism and the helllsn
methods Of those who grind the
faces Of the poor"
There is only one "poor mans
party on earth, and although It's
very name is a stencil in the nos
: trils Of the rich, the poor are hock-
: inc to it as never before. The
s, Fool-Killer is free and indepen-
: dent so far as being tied to any
= body's prejudices is concerned,
/ but all it's sympathies are with
, the poor and oppressed.
:, The poor in this country, as IN
E all other countries, are in a sad
g condition. They slave, starve and
:, suffer while their cruel masters
> feast and fatten in idle luxury.
And no matter what party is in
: power, these conditions get stead
80 80 ily worse. The Republicans did
= not even try to help matters. The
g Democrats made great promises.
| But they have been at the bat
On three years now, and what have
an they done? Nothing, or worse
ut than nothing.
w There is some excuse for being
We fooled one time, or even twice
ng but after that the poor working
ng man who sticks to either Of the
~ ~ old phutocratic parties is either
=, -, crazy or a fool.
80 80 The Fool-Killer is not altoget
W her a political paper, but SO fa1
as it is political it is Socialistic
., Now have a fit, durn ye, Miste
.Ae Plute, and see if I care.
LUZ The Fool-Killer has made
~ few enemies as we'll as a grea
an' host Of friends. That was to
,an M expected. We can't fight wron
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those who profit by wrong-doins
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~ ~ Many malicious lies have been to]
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! 90 long ago passed the experiment
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low established institutions of t
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The fool-killer., 1916-01-01

At this distance it looks like
the Republican nomination for
president is going to have trou--
bles Of it's own. Those who want
it can't get it, and those who can
get it won't have the blamed
thing.
The fool-killer., 1916-01-01
EDITORIALS

EDITORIALS
Off on another gallop around
the race-track of time Hooray!
And now we shall have new
crop Of Ford jokes.
Maybe we better loan old
Whiskers Carranza billion or
two.
They are actually fighting IN
the Garden Of Eden. And 1t all
started from that Apple.
If Ford had Morgan's power, or
Morgan had Ford's heart, some
thing could be done. Yes. IL.
Even poor old Booker is a
mighty good fellow now that ne IS
dead.
There is getting to be a sight
Of business in religion, but mighty
little religion in business.
Money is mighty close these
davs. but it amt got close enough
for me to get my hands on it.
What has ST. Louis done to de-
serve such punishment as Don
| kevcrat National Kickup.
! Laugh all you please, but thinl
! some as you go along. The Fool
Killer will make you do both.
One of the Capitalists papers o
d Chicago says there is a shortag
b, Of laborers in that city. ALI per
ished to death, I guess.
IL This new revolution in Mexlc
is the first one in nearly week
% They must be getting awful
7 civilized down there.
n A good New Years resolution
7 will send in at least one club
e. =, month, and try to make each clu
ten Or more.
at The New York Sun sounds
:. warning to the effect that there
u ve going to be a ''drug famine
Well, it will be a great blessll
ch to everybody but the doctors.
"To hell with the hyphen
or, bawls T. r. He has probat
he thought Of some way ne can I
,en the hyphen when he gets do'
lth there.
I'LL
ie- Vice-President Marshall c.
ION fessed that he gets his suffrs
us- views ready-made from his wi:
So She is an Anti, and every time
says "anti" he antics. r
49, little Tom!
ev-
Il This issue goes to press ab
not nos a week before Christmas. Lots
tles our friends have responded to
call for a club Of ten, but sc
. have neglected to send it
What have YOU done.
The fool-killer., 1916-01-01

Toothadore Specksvelt is re-
ported to have said that he hoped
to die on the BATTLEFIELD. Then
why in the thunder don't he GO
ahead and die? There are plenty
Of battlefelds to die on just now
and I'm certain nobody will care
The fool-killer., 1916-01-01

The Fool-Killer starts the New
Year with circulation Of Forty
Thousand, and still going up.
Fifty Thousand is the next sta
tion, but we only stop there five
minutes. All aboard for Mil
lion by the end Of 1916!
The fool-killer., 1916-01-01

Comrades, I am one Of the
workers, and proud Of it. I am a
poor man, and my income from
The Fool-Killer is my only chance
Of getting rich. And that's about
ducks chance Of becoming a
steamboat. So don't be afraid
Of sending in the subs. You can I
spoil me.
The fool-killer., 1916-01-01

Off on another gallop around
the race-track Of time Hooray!
The fool-killer., 1916-01-01

Laugh all you please, but thin! !
some as you go along. The Fool
Killer will make you do both.
The fool-killer., 1916-01-01

What has St. Louis done to dc
serve such punishment as Dor
kevcrat National Kickup.
The fool-killer., 1916-01-01

This issue goes to press about
a week before Christmas. Lots OF
our friends have responded to our
call for a club Of ten, but some
have neglected to send it IN.
What have YOU done.
The fool-killer., 1916-01-01

One of the Capitalists paper
Chicago says there is a shor
Of laborers in that city. ALI
ished to death, I guess.
The fool-killer., 1916-01-01

The New York Sun sounds 6
warning to the effect that there Il
going to be a ''drug famine
Well, it will be a great blessing
to everybody but the doctors.
The fool-killer., 1916-01-01

Money is mighty close thes
days, but it amt got close enougl
for me to get my hands on it.
The fool-killer., 1916-01-01

"To hell with the hyphen =
bawls T. r. He has probably
thought Of some way he can use
the hyphen when he gets down
there.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-05-03
INTERESTING STATISTICS.
s2,163,173.So Spent in Year for Educa-
tional Purposes in Vermont.

Early in March State Auditor Graham
sent out to each town, city, village and
Incorporated school district in Vermont
for copy of its report for the last fiscal
year. Reports or statements were re-
eeived from all but two towns and almost
all of the villages and incorporated dis
tricts. From these reports the auditor
office has compiled the following stats
tics, which may be of interest to the peo-
pie of the state:
This tabulation shows that the several
towns, cities and incorporate ted school dis
tricts expended for educational purposes,
including the amount received from the
state, during the last business year, 81
l63.l73.59; that the several towns. cities
and villages expended for highways, not
state highways, 1857 1925, but in this
amount is included the distribution from
the state treasury of the automobile
maintenance fund; that the several
towns, cities and villages expended upon
permanent or state highways, including
the amount received from the state,
S4ss, 1901 SO; that the several towns and
cities expended for the support of the
poor. S25s 406.35; that the several towns,
cities. villages and incorporated school
districts expended for all other purposes
except those heretofore enumerated, S..
673,5Slss
The lowest tax rate in any town or
city for 1916 is 90 cents, and the highest
tax rate in any town or city is $3.50.
The tabuhtion further shows that the
total bonded and net floating indebted
ness Of the several municipalities as of
Feb. l. 1916, was 50. 4O3, 555.4l.
The total grand list Of the state for
1918. the latest available at this time, is
S2.5l44eO.7s.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-05-03
A Cough May Lead
10 tuberculosis

Distressing and dangerous compli-
cations may follow II you neglect H.
Even when so serious a stage is
reached, Eckman's Alternative may
bring relief. For more than twenty
years 1t has been widely used In such
cases with beneficial results.
As with any medication employed in
this trouble. the best results are OBJ
tanned when the patient pays strict
attention to diet and gets plenty OF
rest and fresh air.
Because Of Its easily assimilable
content OF calcium Chord, this prepa-
ration Is effective where a tonic up
builder is indicated. As corrective
of nightsweats II has proved most
useful. 1t may be tried with abso-
lutte safety, since 1t contains no
harmful or habit-forming drugs of
any sort.
At your druggists.
Eckmnn Laboratory. Philadelphia.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-05-03

p. r. ROGERS, Owners.
D. A. PERRY, Auctioneer, Barre, Vt