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Imperial Valley press., 1916-01-24

you DON'T get the highest price for
your poultry unless you sell to Fritz
Heilbronn. Box 635, El Centre. X230
FOR SALE-Eaby chicks. all breeds
place orders early. Mrs NJ. A. Ken
dali, Holtville. Phone 4SW
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PASTURE AND PRODUCE

FOR SALE-Barley pasture and alfal-
IA hay. 3la miles east, for dairy F.
NJ. Ballou. X225
FOR SALE-Good clean alfalfa hay
w. r. Carey, 6S3 Broadway.
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! DR.. Edward Metzger, Dentist,
Rooms 3 and A, lei Centre National
Bank building--Adv.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-01-24
FOR SALE--LIVE STOCK
JOHNSON & ZINN
SALE DATES

Sale, Irwin's stock yards, Saturday
January 29. List anything you have
for sale as soon as possible.
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NOTICE OF DELiNuUENT SALE.

El Centre Country Club. Location of
principal place of business, 5S5 Main
street, El Centre, California.
Notice: There is delinquent upon the
following described stock, on account
of assessment No. 4, levied ON the 14th
day of December, 1915, the several
amounts set opposite the names of the
respective shareholders, as follows:
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POULTRY

MAMMOTH BRONZE turkey hens. S
months, weight II to 16 pounds; a
selected and choice bunch from prize
stock. Toms, same age. 25 pounds
and up. Mrs. Il. V. Blaschko, phone
CaleXico 23F32; 3 u miles southeast
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PHILO JONES

PHILO JONES 225
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ILOST-One gold Rebekah pin with IN
NJ. E. engraved on back. Finde,
please return to Smith & Bishops
1nualry Sfnrp
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,STRAYED-Small brown mare, trim
built, active, 500 pounds. Henry j.
Parker, II. f.. ID. =, Box 25, Imper-
+ ial. X232
TAKEN UP-About 2-year-old red
steer. Phone II. j. WriEht. 32E2. 225
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HELP WANTED
WANTiID-WORI<

WE'LL EDUCATED, refined woman,
good cook, also thoroughly expert
enced in raising poultry by thou
sands, would like position on ranch
or in restaurant or rcoming house;
could take fun charge; highest ref
erencos; experienced and competent.
Inquire 441 Main or address House
koener. as above. f225
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LOST, STKAYED OR STOLEN

LOST-Tuesday morning, a mile south
| on Fourth street, a new Weed auto
chain, 3X3 Y inches. Finder please
| leave with Hamm- m-Worthington Co.
and receive reward. 225
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-01-11
WAYS OF PICKING HUSBANDS
MaIdens Have Various Methods, Some
of Which Would Seem to Border
on the LudIcrous.

To ninety-nine girls out of hun
bred the most important duty in life is
choosing a husband Methods OF
choice vary good deal, of course,
chiefly perhaps as between town and
country-bred maidens
To the town or suburban girl q
mans clothes count almost for every
thing. The bride is to the best dressed.
The cut Of a coat or the color Of a
eravat weighs more with Clara than
character.
Her country cousin, on the other
hand. knows better than to pin her
faith to tailor's dummy. She is
guided in her choice by more than oc-
cult signs. BY agitating with her
hand the water in bucket she can
see the image of her future spouse.
II she desires confirmation she has
only to throw broken eggs over a
friends head and the same image will
appear.
The peasant girls of Russia arrive
at similar result by seating them
selves in front of small looking glass
in semidark room, when vision Of
their future lord and master will be
certain to present itself.
Once year an exceptional oppor-
tunity occurs. At twelve o'clock on
Christmas eve every girl who can
reentriyes to steal out in order to ask
the first man she meets his name.
Whatever he gives is that Of TIC Tic
bridegroom-to-be.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-01-11

and three Of the most determined. BY
the faint light they saw the sheriff and
their victim.
surrender" they yelled. and Sheriff
Artemus held up his hands.
A rope was brought out and, looped.
flung round the throat of the grotesaue
figure in the car. One end was fas-
tened to limb of water oak. Amid
chorus of yells the figure, jerked
from its place at the sheriff's side.
swung swiftly aloft. The revolvers
were emptied into 1t.
Sheriff Artemus suddenly pulled a
revolver with either hand and covered
the little group Of four.
The leader turned to him with a puz-
zled look.
Say, what's the game, sheriff." he
asked. TITS over now"
Get into your car and drive slowly
ahead" answered Artemus., Il can
OUTRAGE you, and I'll shoot every man
who doesn't sit quiet. You're going to
drive to the jail at Ransome First,
look at that tree again"
They looked, and, in the gathering
light, saw the grotesque figure of
Dorothy's rag doll with the negro face
swinging sardonically from the limb.
Il dropped Jim Sanford twenty
miles back" announced the sheriff
softly. Hop in, gentlemen, If you
want to get to Ransome alive
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-01-11
SURELY VICTIM OF HARD LUCK
Incident Of the Trenches That Reveals
the Hardshlps That Are Under
gone by the Soldier.

He was a Canadian and he wore a
corporaps stripes. There he sat snug
ly in a sheltered part Of his trench in
that little corner of Belgium and
played poker with quartet Of his
comrades Luck was against him. He
had lost about everything he had to
lose, when at the very height of the
game-just after the dealer had done
his best and worst-a shell came
through the roof Of the shelter,
passed between the Canadians long,
lean legs luckily without hitting
him., and buried itself harmlessly in
the soft earth: Fhe others Of the
party leaped up In not inexcusable
haste and fed from the place, but the
Canadian did not move.
The disturbance brought the com
pany commander on the run.
What's up?' says he.
We'll. sir, says the Canadian,
that there shell drops in on us and
when it don't explode at once l Judge
it is pretty safe not to go of at all.
So just set where am. The cursed
luck of it is that I've been playin'
away here all mornin' drawin' rotten
cards and losin' my shirt, and here
just as / holds the first four of kind
that's gladdened my two eyes since
Hector was pup and kings at that,
sir-at that identical moment there
comes this piffin' German turnip and
the other fellows beats it."--New
York Evening Post
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-01-11
RILEY HAD TO WRITE lINGLES
Former School Teacher Recalls Days
When the Loved Poet Was
Her Pupil.

"Jingles" and not regular studies oc-
cupied the school hours of James
Whitcomb Riley. the noted Hoosier
poet, according to Mrs. libby u
rey, sevenly-three years old, Of Athens,
Tenn, who is visiting with Mrs s. A.
Rice of Covington, KY. the Cincinnati
CommerciaI-Tribu states.
In the year 186O-61, when l taught
ia the subscription school at Green
field, Ind, Riley was one of MY pupils,
and, although he was good student,
he never carried OF the honors of his
class.
His chief delight was to hide be-
hind some other pupil and compose
'jingles,' as he called them, and when
caught in the act always explained
that he had to write, as the verses
were always going through his mind.
Composition came natural to him
and he would stop in the midst of
task to jot down some little verse.
When he was about eighteen years old
he ran away with travelling medicine
show and later painted signs on fences.
but would stop work suddenly to
sprawl out on the grass by the road
side and jingle
Mrs. Ulrey attended the celebration
in honor of the poet which was recent
ly held in indianapolis and she and her
former pupil spent several hours to-
gether recalling the old schooldays.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-01-11
OCCUPATION ONE OF PERIL
Men Engaged In Removing Awnings
/ Risk Their Lives In Every Task
4 They Undertake.

Steeplejacks have long enjoyed a
reputation for daring, but 1t is Ques-
ton whether they come in the same
class Of riskers as the awning remov-
ers, says the New York Times. These
removers do not need or use the rope
and block and fall accessories of the
steeple men. Yet they climb to places
and do their work in what seems to be
an impossible manner.
4 Starting at the street level two or
three awning remevers will strip the
entire front Of fiat house and never
go indoors. They are as agile as aero
bats. They reach up to window sill
and then raise themselves to the win
dow ledge. Finishing the window
while standing at this ledge they seize
the top stone Of the window, pull
themselves up to it and from there
reach again to the window ledge
above SO as to strip another window.
Through the belt they wear runs a
line and with this they lower the avn
ings as they take them down.
j How they can do their work with
SO little to hang on to is more re-
markable than the tasks performed by
the structural iron workers. The iron
worker If he slips has something at
hand In the way Of beam around
which he has chance to lock his
arms. The awning remover when he
slips falls outward from the ledge and
has nothing to clutch. Recently three
awning removers stripped seven
story fiat of rs windows in the Bronx
in the remarkable time of three hours,
all from the outside.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-01-11
canada,s nlant rreea.

The 225-foot long "spar" of Doug
las fir, gift from British Columbia,
which is to be erected as a Flagstaff
in Kew Gardens, in England, is typi-
cal of hundreds of similar pieces of
timber which grow in the forests of
western Canada. The Kew Gardens
flagstaff, which was taken down ow-
ing to its insecure condition in Deem
Der, 1913. and which was 100 feet
in length, also came from British
Columbia and carried the flag in Kew
Gardens for over half century. 1t
was presented to the gardens by the
late Mr.. e. Stamp and was brought
to England by a sailing ship, via
Cape Horn. in 1861. When 1t was de-
cided to take 1t down two years ago
it occupied big staff of workmen
over a fortnight in rigging up the
necessary derricks and gear for low
ering it to the ground.-Pall Mall Ca
zette.
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Trench courtesies.

I'm trench at NJ says LIE Cri de
Paris, the artillery of the enemy bonn
barded the French position day and
night The French were downhearsed,
not because of this concert, to which
they had become accustomed, but be-
cause they lacked aluminium to make
souvenir rings. The shells which had
been bursting over them for several
days were all 1865. which did not con-
tain any of it, and they waited in vain
for, 1905. which should give them the
desired metal. What were they to
do?
That's quite simple, said one Of
the men. sAll that is necessary viii
be to write to them and ask them for
some Thereupon the following let
ter was written:
Gentlemen, the Germans Since
yesterday we have been without alum
mum. Instead of showering US with
1865, could you not send us 8 few
1908? Thanking you in advance.
1.-Two men presented themselves to
go Immediately and throw the letter
into the nearest German trench They
were prevented from doing so. but il
some way the letter reached its des-
tination, and the Germans sept the
150's asked for. ss..
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-01-11
THE LYNcHING Bee.
BY H. s. WATSON.


Come out, sheriff! Give up your
prisoner" yelled the mob.
John Artemus looked out of the win
dow Of his little home. The mob had
already battered down the fiimsy doors
at the entrance to the prison yard.
They stood without, an Infatuated
crowd, awed temporarily only by the
fear of the unknown. John Artemus
was as much feared as he was re-
spected. He was the man to spring q
surprise on them. They hesitated, but
they did not cease yelling.
It was six o'clock in the afternoon.
The militia, for which the sheriff had
telephoned upon receipt of news that
the mob was on its way, could not ar
rive till midnight. John Artemus
looked out. Two rooms away his little
daughter accustomed to the cries Of
the prisoners. and knowing nothing
what this new outburst portended. was
playing with her dolls A wonderful
collection Dorothy had, ranging from
life size to the regular ten-cent doll.
but all were equally cherished by her.
She was the beart of the sheriff's life,
and had been since her mother died in
giving birth to her.
Come outl" the mob was bowling.
John Artemus unlocked the door and
stood upon the steps of his house,
confronting the mob boldly.
Boys he began. you want Jim
Sandford?'
Eyes, and we mean to have himl"
shouted their spokesman Beat up
old Mrs. Rogers and stole her ten dol
lars. Wen fix himl"
There has never been a lynching
in Custer county" the sheriff began.
"We'h have one now" said the
other.
The crowd had shrunk back at first,
thinking the sheriff was armed, but
now, concluding that he was not, they.
began to press forward about him.
They saw the look of indecision on his
face. John Artemus was cowed. A.
yell arose again. The sheriff held up
his hand.
I'll bring him out to you" he said.
mo tricks, mindi The jail's sur
rounded. You'd better play fair, or
wen burn down the place."
Give me five minutes"
wen come and get him"
'There'll be no jail-breaking when
I'm in charge" retorted Artemus, his
face assuming that look which had
cowed the mob before. I'll defend tt
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-01-11

One of the attractions at The lowe
state fair last year was Beachey. the
aviator, sometimes advertised aa-tbas'
human bird AS be was preparing
for one of his flights, large coIored
woman in a stiffiy starched white
dress stood outside the race-srack
fence, about forty yards behind the
aeroplane. When the propellers start
ed, they created small whiriwind,
and sent back cloud of dust and peb-
bles that blinded and pelted the near
Gest spectators.
After the fight, the colored woman
stood looking at her soiled dress, with
an expression of regret oddly tinged
with pride that she had been the re-
cipient of such distinguished atten-
ton.
What you t'ink of dat bird man.
Sister Jones?s inquired an acQuaint-
ance. who had just edged her way
through the crowd.
Sister Jones looked up and smiled
broadly.
Say, woman, dat Beachey am sure
some blrdl Why. dat man scratched
up more dust dan fo'ty chickens in an
ash pile! '-Youth's Companion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-01-11
ABOUT THE HUMBLE RABBIT
All DweIIers in the Country WIN Rec
osnIze Truth In the Remarks
of Hunorist.

There are many kinds Of rabbits
besides the Welsh kind and Belgian
hares.
The rabbit is what some people
haven't any more sense than.
RABBITS are great mathemakicians.
They multiply with much rapidity and
are good to eat in addition. Almost
any fried rabbit is big enough to d.
vide.
When we we're boys, we used to lie
on our alimentary canals near the
root Of tubular tree where a dog
had caused closely-pursued bunny
to sequester himself, and twist at
that entrenched wat till we had so
much of his foliage on the green briar
we were using, that he was glad to
come out and join the maturity OF his
fleece.
This was rank cruelty fiom a hui
name standpoint. but it is Iart Of q
regular boys normal life, so w6y mas
ticate the rag and get horrifed over
it?
If you are fond Of young fruit trees
and rabbits, you are doomed to have
a one-sided happiness in your life. Tor
you will have to give up one or the
other.
A ten-cent rabbit with It's belly full
Of the vital sap bark Of twelve.dollar
apple tree is the happiest thing ever.
Strickland Gillian in Farm Life.
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Reckon I'm an unlucky specula-
tori" he laughed, Nellie's CHEEKY
smiles acting like tonic on him. ekll
right, but try, try again! I'm going
to pitch in to honest, humdrum, prac-
tical farming and give up my wild
goose schemes
Home, father!" cried Nellie, as
they reached the old homestead.
Jump down, DEAR
But Abner only stared. The old
place had new look. The house
had been painted, the fence mended,
new wing had been built onto the
house.
why, Nellie!" gasped the old man
in dubious stupefied kind of way.
And who's that-why, Paul Worth
ington!"
Father" whispered Nellie in his
ear and all athrill with love, The IL
my husbandi"
How much that meant of an assur.
anceI of safe comfortable home for
all his life. Abner Post realized after
Nellie had told the story Of her secret
engagement.
Il didn't want to worry you, dear"
she said lovingly. 81 was afraid you
would think | was getting tired Of
you, and going away. and all that
Whereas" pronounced big-hearted
Paul Worthington. first we bargained
that you should be with US with the
casting vote, permanent fixture, then
we got married."
Copyright, 1915. by w. G. Chapman)
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-01-11
The War spy
BY FLORENCE LILLIAN HENDER-
SON.

I'm neutral" observed Mrs. Lucy
Moore to her brother, James Wilson.
shut"
what are you getting at, Lucy7"
challenged Wilson. In his usual gruf
way.
Il knowi" and Mrs. Moore bobbed
her head wisely. you can't fool me.
It's about the war-and treasonl
And maybe I've made q great discoy-
cry, and maybe not"
More likely not" growled Wilson.
you and your chattering gossips are
always hunting up some mares nest"
Gum! That's your way of taking
something that may be of importance
considerable importance-to your
self personally
rs that SOL" jeered Wilson sneer-
ingly. Then don't be so mysterious,
and let US know what you are limiting
at"
Very well" replied Mrs. Moore,
you know that young stranger, Pro
lessor Dixon. as they call him. who
came here about month ago and
took rooms with old Mrs. Roderick?"
Il ought tot" fired up Wilson. with
q venomous CLEAN in his eyes.
HE Just caught the fancy of the
girl you was after, hey?" Uttered Mrs.
Moore maliciously. Not that think
she'd ever have had you. but the field
was q clear one. Well. James, think
] have found out something about Pro-
lessor Dixon. that will make q big
stir-up In this community"
Wilson looked interested. Savage,
too! He shut his teeth and Missed be-
tween them malevolently He might
never hope to win Edna Rolfe, for she
was not Of his class, but there would
be good deal of satisfaction In get
ting even" with the fellow who had
'cut him out!'
Now. James," proceeded his Sis
ter, Il know what fiery. impetuous
creature you are. and II tell you
secret, want you to promise that
you won't blaze right up and make
q trayesty of what may be big feath-
er in your cap. AS one OF the honora-
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-01-11
Boy First to XIII Bear.

Dorset Ringler, seventeen, of Trout
Run is the first Lycoming (Pa.) coun-
ty hunter this season with bear to
his credit Ringler and Floyd Bowen,
another Trout Run lad, were returning
from an unsuccessful coon hunt at one
o'clock the other morning when they
heard something crashing through the
brush, and a moment later large
black bear passed 20 feet in front of
them and started to climb an oak tree.
Bowen was the first to fire and
missed. At the report of the gun the
bear started down the tree, and as it
touched the ground Ringler sent bull
let INTO its heart, killing it instantly
Returning to the village of Trout Run.
five miles distant, the boys awakened
their fathers, who accompanied them
to the scene and helped get the car
cass home. The bear weighed 225
pounds.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-01-11
Artillery In the Aims.

All sorts of out-of-the-way and often
unexpected difficulties are met by the
Italian troops in the fight against the
Austrians. Several fights, for instance,
have taken place at heights between
1000 and 10000 feet above sea level
{, At these great heights the ordinary
gun sights are useless. The higher
the altitude the, rarer the air becomes
and farther gun will shoot. Most of
the gun sights are made for and test
ed at practically sea level, so the Ital-
ian gunners in the Alps would have
found that their guns we're not shoot
ing accurately If special sights had
not been used.
A shell at 5000 feet up. for In
stance, which at the ordinary level
would travel $500 yards, would go g.
$50 yards, while at 1900 feet altitude
it would be going $500 yards, or 100
yards further than 1t ought to go.
All the Italian mountain guns, there
fore, have to have specially corrected
sights. We have, of course, used sim
liar mountain guns in India and other
places, but there has never been a
campaign waged at such a height as
the one between the Italians and Aus
trians.-Pearson's
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-01-11
Band Carried in Motorcycles Parade.

- > - -
A brass band of % pieces recently
participated in night motorcycle pa
rade held at Milwaukee. The bands.
men were seated in side cars. one ia
each car. The leader directed By
waving a baton to the end Of which
was attached small incandescent
lamp.
The problem Of Illuminating the mt-
sic held on the instruments Of the
various players was solved in sim
PIE manner A small-globed electric
lamp, mounted in a reflector and con-
nected with storage battery carried
under the seat, was provided in each
side car.
The lights we're pinned to the caps,
or coats, worn by the members Of the
band, while the wires connecting with
them extended over the mems Shout
ders, SO that they were entirely out
Of the way and did not Interfere with
the playing.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-01-11
south African SIGNAL service.

According to report received, there
has recently been inaugurated at the
Union government wireless station at
Slangkop a radio time signal service
for the convenience Of mariners in
South African waters The signals win
be sent out daily. The stations at
Cape Town and Durham are operated
during the "a hours of each day and
send signals Of 600 meters wave
length. A eleven o'clock (Union time
nine o'clock Greenwich time) at
nighttime signals are emitted by the
Cape Town station, extending over an
interval Of 80 seconds. The time sig
nails are preceded by the usual warn
ing Scientific American.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-01-11
OIL Wells sunk IN Bed Of ocean.

Many persons would doubt the state
ment that it is possible to pump oil
from the earth beneath the waters of
the ocean. That this is done, how
ever. is proved. The well towers are
located on rough frame piers over the
ocean and as far as hundred feet
from the surf. The oil is pumped
through the waters of the sea and is
carried through pipes to the land,
where it is. emptied into tanks The
pumps are worked by means of steam
engines stationed on the piers. A few
years ago there were many more Of
these wells. but some have been ex-
hausted and abandoned in recent
years.-Popular Science Monthly and
Worlds Advance
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-01-11
Tourists in France.

One of the curious aspects of the
war in France is the effort of the
railways to encourage the customary
tourist travel The tourists. of course,
are confining themselves to travel in
the large part of France that is out
side of the war zone. where the fear
OF the dangers Of war may be "un-
grounded"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-01-11
street Car Etiquette.

Right back of you in the street car
is another seat in which other persons
may be riding. If yen forget to lay
your arm over the back of your own
seat and also to fold your overcoat
back of your seat you may not cause
sufficient annoyance TO your neighbors
in the rear In that event they may
spread their newspapers and maya
zines in such a way as not to tip your
hat and tickle your ears. One cannot
be too careful about street car dis
courtesy. It might go out of fashion
at any minute.-Los Angeles Times.