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Imperial Valley press., 1916-10-04
SOLUTION IN SIGHT

If the plan projected by the county farm bureau and
the supervisors for the investigation Of the best methods
by which the Imperial Valley may be irrigated leads to its
logical conclusion comprehensive development OF the en-
lire Colorado river susceptible of irrigation, may
follow
In the Imperial Valley many divergent interests
The easside the westsde the central area and the AeX
can lands all have their individual problems. Friction
rises constantly the claims Of the various localities
and their respective Development
centralized body, not subject to the whlns OF any
particular section working under Federal authority with
the cooperation of the state could if properly financed
construct an adequate SYSTEM including all districts capa
bic of irrigation, that would rival the tremendous
projects of the Nile and Euphrates.
Besides the transcendent possibilities of such plan
he present troubles Of the Imperial Valley petty in
deed.
And if the State of California could spare DR.. Elwood
Mead for few years, become executive head Of the
governing body the OF the plan would be assured
-Brawley News.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-04-25
Making Up" for the Movies

The colors that moving picture
actors use in their makeup differ,
explains the May Popular Science
Monthly. At one studio, for in
stance, red in varying shades is the
favorite, with no special reason ap-
parently; at another. blues are the
subject OF constant experiment.
Theoretically the blues are the
most sensitive, yet some companies
insist that other colors be used.
The net result OF color on the film
is gray. and provided the right tint
is obtained, the color preference OF
the individual makeup specialists
does not matter at all.
Browns are depended upon TO
make UP Indians, Malays and other
characters OF dark skins; but a very
little brown goes long way, for
brown Is a combination OF red,
black and gray, evidently a danger.
Gus and dark-colored combination.
For mnlattos OF Negroes a darker
shade OF the same pigment Is all
that Is required, although there are
special preparations for the negro
makeup.
Occasionally an actor will be
found with peculiar skin. one that
contains unusual pigments, and II
invariably photographs very dark.
The cure. in case of extreme dark
ness. may occasionally be accom-
plished in the developing room
CHASTITY faces to accompany death
scenes are obtained by a liberal ap-
plication OF white makeup.
Occasionally you will notice an
actor or actress with lips and
cheeks to which the color has been
too literally applied. This is over
zeslousness In an attempt TO coun-
teract the blue rays from the over.
head lamps by means OF which the
studio scenes are lighted.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-04-25
A Poem a Day
The ADVENTURES

England was never made by her
statesmen: England was made by her
adventurers Gen. Gordon.l
They sit at home and they dream ana
Raking tho embers Of iong-deHd
But ys 40 down 10 the haunted val
lev,
Light. hearted pioneers.
They have forgotten they ever were
They ksar your songs a. an unknown
But the dame Of God through your
spirit sttrs,
Adverturers Advcnturers'
They weigh and ponder and sh'liy-
WELDING tho pen. who are past
the sword
Rut ve go down to the mystic valley.
THAT never was yet explored
They brood over obsolete ways ana
Their ewes confusing the gray' and
Rut no tradition your vision bturs.
Adventurers--o- Adventures
They 1.-THE their herbs and they count
Choosing their words that phrase
But ye cast down In the hungry val
ley
All that a man can give.
They prophecy smoothly. with weary
FulnllinF their feeble appointed
But death himself to your pride de-
ferF,
Adyeniurers--O Adventures,
May Byron. in London Spectator.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-04-25
Why Don't You Protest.

In your private business, II you don't like tho
way things are going. you protest at once to the
employee who is responsible.
But in your public business. the business of
the nation you let the other fellow do the pro-
testing when he sees things are going wrong.
And generally. he doesn't pay any more atten-
tion to 1t than you do. SO the grafters get their
best chances.
Just now the grabbers al Washington are hav.
ing the very lovelest chance that ever happen
cd n is the Shields water power bill which
would hand over some OF the country's greatest
natural resources for exploitation by the big
hydroelectric corporations.
The Shields bill has passed the senate. II II
goes through the house and Is not vetoed by the
president, the country VIII lose enough natural
wealth TO pay the cost OF any sort OF prepared
ness
UNLESS YOU PROTEST. unless you write to
your congressman, you will be guilty OF an in
difference TO your public business which you
would be ashamed to confess In your private
affairs
THE enormous incomes and inheritances that
imperil our republic and the enormous power
over others that go with these fortunes. said
Frank r. Walsh, in a recent statement issued by
this committee on industrial relations, ARE
based on the unnatural possession by "A compare
tive few OF our mines and our highways OF COM
merce and of most OF our richest farming
lands"
N you do not want 10 see the Iast-and the
best of the nations resources 30 TO make .
few other enormous fortunes--while you pay
bigger and bigger taxes--THEN PROTEST 10
YOUR CON0REG1MAu TQpAYs 80 "
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-04-25

order systems are in fair way to mo-
nopolize trade in many villages. and they
mean the sale of inferior goods by all
dealers in order to compete.
The result of the general extension to
"cut prices" will mean the ruin of in
Vulnerable small merchants; the concen-
tration of trade in vast monopolies To-
Gated in few great cities; a decline in
prosperity and population Of villages,
towns and small cities, and the ultimate
injury to the consumer by placing him
at the mercy of monopoles which will
then be in position to extort such
profits as they see fit from the sale OF
any goods which they care to handle.
The supreme court of the United
States has committed itself unreservedly
to the principle that contracts for the
maintenance of the price of copyrighted
or patented articles are illegal, contrary
to public policy and void under the anti
trust law.
Because this ruling is at variance with
public interest. the Stevens bill was IN
PRODUCED in the last congress and pro-
vides that maintenance of price shall be
legal if the producer does not have a
monopoly of general class OF merchan-
disc and if it is not party to comoi-
nation for the purpose of securing such
a monopoly.
Sifted down then, it means protection
for the small merchant and also protec-
ton for the public, in that it Will make II
impossible for monopolists to foist upon
the public inferior goods at price TO SUIT
the manufacturer
If YOU wish to help in the passage OF
this bill. write at once to your senator's
and congressman asking their support.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-04-25
The Keep Well Column
TO be WELL BORN is cnlLo's sIRrHa,eHr.

II we were "a wide awake TO this
fact and gave II as much serious at
tention as Trance. for instance, this
on" item could he erased from
deaths ledger.
In France, big employers provide
special rest rooms for the working
woman who Is expecting a child. II
for any reason she il undernourish-
ed she IL furnished at cost or In
some cases free OF charge with the
needed diet that will keep her physi-
cally strong and healthy.
Two months before her baby Is
expected che is given leave of abb
serve with pay. In some cases, when
necessary provided with expert
medical attention.
The day will come when industrial
Americn. must pay attention TO the
same peobiem---vhy not besia now.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-04-25
Pointed Paragraphs

A promising young man often
breaks his promise.
Being a widow seems 10 be habit
with some females.
The optimist generates a lot OF
hope that never comes out
Don't expect any one TO give you
a medal for being a meddler.
There are more strikes now In the
ball parks than In factories
The females OF the species do a
lot OF figuring about their figures.
Political candidates always get
what is coming to them sooner or
later.
n one man in a thousand pays any
attention to what You say you are
In luck.
Perhaps a little exaggeration mix.
ed with your talk would make IL
more interesting.
The mind cure may be all right
but the patient must have a mind
OF his cwn TO start with.
Men are probably more forgetful
than women because they haven't 90
much gossip TO keep them I'm prat.
tice.
When a widow makes up her mind
TO marry again. she FIRST selects the
man. thou proceeds 10 fll him Wit:
what ne likes best 10 eat.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-04-25
A Thing Belonging to
The Darkest Days of
Barbarism Survives

Once upon time there was man In an iroh
mask. -. "a voraered
We have all read ABOUT MIN anu
Once mon another time there were men called
slaves. with an iron ball and chain ABOUT tneif
ankles. ,r MAO
Mo we're chained to stone walls. because tney
we're crazy and might do some damage
These things are all past
We are living in an enlightened age N7o W al.
told) and the barbarices Oh lie nave i@N
into the background.
Today in the city of Detroit there are CAGES
made OF steel bars, just like the cages tor wno
animals, only stronger; and In tnese cages arc
WOMEN.
You may see them il you like in the county
the coils are inside the cages and the inmates
.re allowed to promenade, as far as the bars will
hermit or retire to their caves, but cages the!
| are. just the same
II is place of confinement for persons sus
pected of, but not yet proved guilty OF crime
They may be completely innocent
Yet here they are herded together behind steel
bars
what do you think is the train Of thought
evolved in the brains behind these bars!
DO you think IL is one in which the GOOD OF
society plays a very important part!
Do you think that schemes OF trying to get
even" are perhaps thought out through this man
| ner OF treatment.
| We are not suggesting that the lock should be
taken of the doors and the inmates be allowed
| TO roam at will
We are not advocating complete change In
the present methods OF running jails Though we
would like TOT, but are thinking that locking
prisoners in a room with barred windows might
be a sufficient guarantee OF safety without the
| humiliation and degradation that must come to a
human being through the primitive, barbarous
custom Of caging.
| We hear much Of prison reform. and here !;
| very simple reform quite easy to accomplish
| Why not add these fine. steel cages TO the
wheel the rack the iron mask, the ball and chair
| and the whole list of curos with which man has
unsuccessfully striven TO reform" his brother
man through all the centuries?
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-04-25

The golf season. like the baseball
season, is now we'll Under way
throughout the land. And, as with
baseball. the popularity of golf is
undoubtedly growing year by year.
How account for this? In general,
beyond question, IL Is due to inereas-
ing appreciation of the necessity for
play as a means of relieving the
strain Of modern life with its ire
mendous tax or the nervous system.
Men Of all sges--and women. toe
ARE finding that some degree of
relaxation is indispensable If they
would retain efficiency and health.
Therefore in ever growing num-
bers they are seeking modes of re-
taxation. not merely for amusement's
sake, but as a means to an import.
ant end.
But why do they flock to the golf
links? What is there about this
particular mode of relaxation that
gives IL such special and increasing
favor?
An American psychologist, Profess
sor G. T. W. Patrick. has attempted
TO answer these questions. What he
has TO cay is worth the attention OF
golfers and non-golfers alike.
The former he provides with a
novel defense for their devotion 10
golf. The latter should find in his
views an incentive 10 become golf
players. Here. briefly, are the con.
illusions to which Professor Patrick
| comes:
THE game Of golf has a peculiar
restorative value SURPRISING Ill med
ical or other therape Itic arts.
we may be physically and men
tally weary from a mornings WORK
Despite the strenuous physical exer
ton of an afternoon at golf. our
fatigue is lessened, rot increased.
Fresh air does not explain 1t. II
Is the return TO the primitive out
door life.
I've stride over hill and through
ravine. We stumble into bitches
4 we a 'tiihr fi'fOtSis
at the ball We follow the ball with
the eye, and search for 1t in the
grass as our forefathers searched fol
their arrows and missiles.
I'VE use our legs and our arms
We let the nerve currents course
through the more ancient channels
I'VE revei unconsciously in latent
memories and old race habits, and
come back &c work rested, renewed
and refreshed"
In other words, Professor Patrick
suggests that the charm OF golf and
its peculiarly beneficial qualities
consist chiefly in its power TO sub
stitute primitive and simple race
ha bits for the tense life OF today.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-04-25
The Daily Reminder
ToDAY,s ANNIVERSARIES

isi5-rThe British troops evacuated
Casttne. Maine. the last place occu-
pied by them in the United states:
lsl6-Act OF congress appropriat
ing $4,000, 600 annually for eight
Years. for the general Increase or
ls s recognized the indie
lsts-U $. troops under Capt.
Thornton sent out by Gen. Taylor To
reconnoitre. were surprised and cap
tured by the Mexicans.
1st9--The Loyalists OF Montreal
entered the Parliament house, drove
out the members and set IRE to the
building.
was opened to traffic.
1s6s--Austria urged mutual un-
derstRnding In the Schleswig- Hol-
stein Question. and indicated the con :
cessions which she was willing to
isTs-coies Bashford. the first Re
publican governor OF WISCONSIN. died
Prince Bismarck in special audience
at Berlin.
lsso-Emperor william arrived AT
Darmstsdt 20 greet his Erandmother.
lssi-Rev Dr. Talmase's new tab
ernacls In Brooklyn was formally
iSss-rercentenary OF the birth OF
ieos-Ffrst stone laid for the new
| Campaniie In Venice.
ONE YEAH AGO TODAY IN THE
WAR
Both sides claimed advantage In
the battle around Ypres.
Czar visited the captured city OF
PrEemysl
British battleshlp Triumph hit by
three shells in the Dardanelles.
Canadians reported to have lost ~
officers in three days hghting north
OF spres.
Allies landed army on Gallipoli
peninsula and began general attack
on land and sea on the Dardaneiies
l fortiications.
ToDAY's BIRTHDAYS
Princess Mary, only daughter o,
| their Maiesties OF Great Britain ana
| ireland. born 10 years ago today.
! Sir Edward Grey, foreign secretary
/ in the British ministry born 81 years
Cardinal Mistrangelo. archbishop
\ 81 Florence. born near Genoa, Italy
/ 50 years ago today.
William Marconi. the pertector OF
wireless telegraphy born nj Bolog
| ma Italy. ~ years ago today,
| John r. stevens. former CHIEF en-
| gineer OF the Panama canal. born al
| West Gardiner. Maine. 81 years ago
| today -
/ congress OF the Eighth Tennessee
/ az strict born in Wayne county. Tenn.
/ 81 years ago today. -, ~
! Philip y Campbell. representative
/ I'm congress Of the Third Kansas dis.
/ trict. born I'm Cape Breton. y. ;, d
/ years ago today.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-04-25
> Fate Of the Stevens
HI Like Every Other
Bill Is Clearly Up To You

xhe Stevens bill, which was intro
od 81 congress by Rep. Stevens of
~ Hampshire, is designed to provide
nedy for the growing evil of unfair
Dotition which bids fair to ruin the
ri dealer and give the whip hand to
euopolists.
Would insure uniform prices of pat
~ tsade marked goods which the
tDc3ae1 are now able to cut, and
icno. 4 their own discretion.
u tevsnS bin asks the question:
- TIE anall dealer is put out Of
~ WHO vim stand In the way of
n1eerns rcosnefins' any commodity
Wioh and fixing prices accordingly ?
- Amoriean Fair Trade League and
IN Interested in safeguarding
S1oG6o u the invertebrates in
()les ~ standinS bsell
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-04-25
THE SECRET OF GOLFING.
~ n. AoDiNcToN BRUCE
Idle of Personality Psychology and Psrenthood etc

Through the evoking of old. an
cestral instincts ard idea there is
for the time a complete suppression
of the fatieuing stimuli Of our com
pick twentieth century civilization.
Men delight in golf. that Is TO say.
b. cause suhcorsciously it carries
them back to the days when the
world was young, andsgives them an
unwonted sense OF perfect freedom
of action.
To my mind this is more than q
plausible. interesting theory. II is
a theory which offers an adequate
explanation Of the fascination exer-
cised by golf
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-04-25
Building New YOrk's
Submarine Subway
Webster.

one OF the most recent examples
OF the maryels OF modern engineer,
ing Is the submarine" subway or
Harlem River tubes built beneath
the Harlem River 10 form the con.
Meeting link between the Boroughs
OF Manhattan and the Bronx sub
way systems now nearing compile.
tion, says the May Popular Science
Monthly.
The Harlem River at the point
OF this crossing is six hundred fee,
vide and varies in depth from
twenty TO twenty-six feet In &C.
ccrdance with the requirements OF
the Secretary of War. the ton of
the structure was fixed at a depth
which placed II an average of seven
feet below the river bottom and
made the lowest point in the struc.
ture about ffty.seven feet below
water.
The method consisted in assem-.
bling the steel shell or form ~ tho
Tour tubes. in sections about two
hundred and twenty feet in length
upon timber supports above the wa.
Ter. With the ends sealed or mar.
TALLY closed. q section was launcbed
ana floated as boat. Towing IL IN
ana anchoring IL above it's designed
location. It's tubes were filed with
water under positive and accessible
controls and gradually lowered into
previously dredged and prepared
trench. As each section was lowered
Ia turn. II was attached to the end
OF the previously placed section and
ehcased in concrete. When all of
me sections had been lowered and
properly encased, with their ends
closed by watertight walls or hulk.
heads, the water by which they had
been sunk was pumped out, and a
reinforced concrete lining was
placed inside the steel shell 10 com.
plete the structure.
The steel portion OF tho strpc,r-o
consists OF four parallel ,ubes
ooited together. with flat sides ON
their interior walls. Between rho
tubes are vertical diaphragm p,ates
which are placed at intervals DER.
pendicularly to the direction OF the
tracks and which extend 10 tho reo-
tansular limits OF the structure
Inc safe submerging OF this Iieb,
steel form and the temporary con.
tro' and final location OF /, com.
Prise the most spectacular mar, q,
'nis great scheme. The trench into
which the subway was IN ho -
Gated was formed by "cIam.sbelIy
dredge While the trench was no
ing prepared. the structural s,ee,
tubes were in process NJ br,,a,na
over slip about a milo .v.,
The flotation OF the structure -
MADE possible by the wa,or,,a,,
wooden bulkheads which complo,o,y
closed the ends OF the outsido -
ana The lower half OF the ends .,
'he center tubes. These bultbe.as
ana tubes presented sometbln, -,
inc appearance OF four largo s,h
marines tied together. their ends
cut on and boarded up. Az tho
same essential principles arc IN.
VOWED In their submersion IT,
might be termed. the Subway sub
marines. Their weight or displace.
meh' when entirely equipped was
about seven hundred and aftv tons
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-04-25

caring for the an
nuai crop OF ba-
bies.
Now let Us go =
step further and
give each baby q
hard and fast
guarantee Of It's
bIrthright-taat Of
being well born
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-04-25

This can be accomplished by Civ
ing more thought and attention 70
prenatal care, particularly Of the
working woman who IL about to be.
come a mother.
Forty per cent of all babies that
die in the first year die before they
are month old. This II directly
due 70 inprqpes prs-nsta, conditions.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-04-25
Love Letter of An Old Man.
~ OR. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1918. by Frank Crane)

Something very strange and beautiful
has come into my life, Anushka. 1t is
you.
Any one the least worldly wise would
smile at this. for the phenomenon is not
new at all. Has it not occurred since the
days of Eden? Is it not now continually
recurring among the swarming millions?
Does it not breed infinite literature?
But the obvious is always deeply un-
true Because thing is common it is
not necessarily non-miraculous. Indeed,
the daily miracles that flash before our
unseeing eyes are more amazing than all
the marvels of the Apocrypha.
You have come into my penumbra, the
over-soul of me that envelops as an at
mosphere my soul. You range in the
half flights that play around my spirit.
You dwell in my mental environment, al
a bright plumaged tropical bird would
fly in a New England wood Of birches
and fill the hills with weird and liquid
melody.
1t is not bana infatuation. 1t is not
the trembling Of the wintry oak at the
appearance of the first violet beneath his
branches. am old. You are young,
am not too old to feel the vibrant re-
Spouse to the appeal of your young
womanhood am not old enough to go
doddering into the paths of senile folly.
Some day you will love. as you should,
a young man of equal years, a strong.
future-flled mate, who will put his hand
upon the chords of your harp of life and
bring melodies | cannot. To him the
sacred mysteries of your heart will UNI
fold, not to me.
All can use you for, soul or body, Is
inspiration. You make me believe the
world is still young, that the CLEAN still
shines, that the lake is not water, but
a glass of God to catch the silvery sun
shine and he purple shadows of cloud,
that Presence walks the spring mead
lows, and voice whispers in the anem-
Iones.
A woman of charm has many lovers
besides her true love, and they do her no
harm if she is Of disposing mind and
knows how to place them They but en-
rich her to her husband. They are her
endowment of influence. They can do
harm, but only to fools. The admiration
of Michael Angelo was not harm but
halo to the heart of Vittoria Colonna.
So you pass. | cannot hold you. I
have no abiding place among my barren
hills for such golden-throated oriole.
But as you go by can sense the flutter
of your wings, and your free summer
song can awaken warm fancies in the
too empty hollow of my years.
Hail and farewell! You fly to join the
flock of possible loves that have trooped
by. Elsewhere is your home and nesting.
But am not desolate. A little while my
aura was filed with dawn-like light, a
little while there was a sound of wings
within me, fragrance of young, rich
life.
loved you, if only for a week and a
day, and go back to my task, not bitter
nor dissatisfied, but with an inner re-
freshment of spirit and renewed Gre
alive force, for love is love, if it be for a
day or forever, and il always works crea-
ton in the brain.
Adieu. Anushka! And adieu, our little
hour. May it tighten your heart as it
has mine. know it will never soil your
memory. !;