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grees line. From our seats we could
look out over the Statue of Liberty and
see the cloud-dimmed glow which told
Of censored moon. The Weather Man
was making nervous little pokes at his
collar, as if it had a rough edge that was
cutting his neck.
Suddenly he gripped the table Some
where clock was beginning to strike
twelve. | shut my eyes and waited.
Ten-eleven-tWelve
Look, Newspaper Man, lookw he
shrieked and grabbed me by the tie.
| opened my eyes and looked at the
thermograph. At the last stroke of the
clock the red line had given a little, final
quaver on the so degree line and then
had shot up like rocket until it struck
~ degrees and lay there trembling and
heaving like a runner after a race.
But it was not at this that the
Weather Man was pointing There out
in the murky sky, the stroke of twelve
had ripped apart the clouds and large,
milk-fed moon was fairly crashing its
way through, laying out a straight
away course Of silver cinders across the
harbor, and in all parts of the heavens
stars were breaking out like a rash In
two minutes it had become a balmy
dangerous night. Summer had come
turned to the Weather Man. He
was wiping the palms of his hands on
his hips and looking foolishly happy |
said nothing. There was nothing that
could be said.
Before we left the office he stopped to
write out the prophecy for Wednesday
June 81, the First Day of Summer.
Fair and warmer, with slowly rising
temperature" His hand trembled so
as he wrote that he forgot the final "e'
in temperature. Then we went out
and he turned toward his home.
On Wednesday, June p, it rained.
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with her things on, waiting for me.
"'You needn't tell me what it's going
to be tomorrow she sobbed i know.
Every one knows. The whole world
knows. | used to think that it wasn't
your fault, but when the children come
home from school crying because they
have been plagued for being the Wealth
er Mans children, when every time go
out | know that the neighbors are talk
ing behind my back and saying, "How
does she stand it? when every paper
| read, every bulletin see, stares me in
the face with great letters saying,
Weather Man predicts more rain" or
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little diagrammed cuff provided for that
purpose, writing all about the tempera-
ture. The Weather Man inspected the
fine, Jagged line as it leaked out of the
pen on the chart. Then he walked over
to the window again and stood looking
out over the bay.
You'd think that people would have
a little gratitude" he said in a low
voice, land not hit at a man who has
done so much for them. If it weren't
for me where would the art of Ameri-
can conversation be to-day? If there
were no weather to talk about, how
could there be any dinner parties or
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she would turn away and bite her lip,
and once thought saw her eye-lashes
wet.
Then, one night, the break came.
It had started out to be perfect day
Just such as one reads about, but along
about noon it began to cloud over and
soon the rain poured down in rain
gauges-full.
Il was all discouraged, and as | wrote
out the forecast for the papers, Rain
tomorrow and Friday felt like CIV
ing the whole thing up and going back
to Vermont to live.
when | got home Alice was there
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his brother weather prophet in New Or
leans, Il know just how he feels. l
hope he's not married"
He glanced at the clock. 1t was II :56.
In four minutes summer would be due,
and with summer a clearer sky, re-
newed friendships and a united family
for the Weather Man. If it failed him
i dreaded to think of what might
happen. 1t was twenty-nine floors to
the pavement below. and | am not a
powerful man physically.
Together we sat at the table by the
thermograph and watched the RED line
draw mountain ranges along the 80 de-
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Lynch the Weather Man and let the
baseball season go on" then / think 1t
is time for US to come to an under
standing. am going over to mothers
until you can do better"
The Weather Man got up and went to
the window. Out there over the Bat
terry there was a spot casting a sickly
glow through the cloud-banks which
filled the sky.
That's the moon up there behind the
fog" he said, and laughed bitter
cackle.
1t was now II As. The thermograph
was writing buSily in red ink on the
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BEFORE

Suddenly the telegraph over IN the
corner snapped like bunch of fire
crackers. In second. the Weather Man
was at it's side, taking down the mes
sage:
"NEW ORLEANS. LA NHRUFKYO-
ELPWZWOTUDK HEAVY
PRECIPITATION SOUTH WESTER-
LY GALES LETTER FOLLOWS
NEW ORLEANS u S WEATHER
BUREAU
Poor fellow" muttered the Weather
Man, who, even in his own tense ex-
element did not forget the troubles of
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Bv ROBERT C.. BENCHLEY

church sociables or sidewalk chats?
"Ali have to do is put out real
scorcher or a continued cold snap,
and I can drive off the boards the
biggest Allied offensive that was ever
launched or draw the teeth out of
Mexicos most delicate situation. Why,
if the Germans were to take tip from
the Preparedness movies and invade
New York and had an army corps en-
camped at the corner of Broadway and
Forty-second Street, I'll bet, if | should
on the same morning uncork the hottest
day of the season, that the first remark
of nine out of every ten conversations
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would be, Looks like sizzler, eh?'
81 have saved more regulations and
social functions than any other infu-
ence in American life, and yet here,
when the home Office sends me a
rummy lot of weather, over which
have no control, everybody jumps on
me and says use 'weasel-words.'
He pulled savagely at the window
shade and pressed his nose against the
pane in silence for a while
There was no sound but the ticking
of the thermometer and the steady
scratching of the thermograph. |
looked at the clock. ll:47.
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June 20-last Tuesday. we were
seated in the office of the Weather
Bureau on the twenty-ninth floor
of the Whitehall Building, the Weather
Man and |, and we were waiting for
summer to come. 1t was officially due
on June p. We had the almanac's word
for it and years and years of precedent,
but still the Weather Man was skeptlcal.
II had been a hard spring for the
Weather Man. Day after day he had
been forced to run a signed statement in
the daily papers to the effect that some
time during that day there would prob
ably be showers. And day after day.
with a CHASTITY consistency, his prophecy
had come true. People had come to dis
like him personally; old jokes about him
were brought out and oiled and given a
trial spin down the road piece before
appearing in funny columns and vaude-
vile skits. and the sporting writer's,
frenzied by the task of filling their space
with nothing but tables of batting
averages, had become positively libel
lous.
And now summer was at hand, and
with it the promise of the sun. The
Weather Man nibbled at his thumb nail
The clock on the wall said Ills.
1T lust couldn't go back on us now"
he said, plajntively, when it means so
much to US. 1t always has come on the
DIST"
There was not much that could say.
didn't want to hold out any false hope,
for | am a child in arms in matters of
astronomy, or whatever it is that makes
weather.
81 often remember hearing my father
tell" | ventured, chow every year on the
DIST of June summer always used to
come rain or shine, until they came to
look for il on that date, and to count
from then as the beginning of the sea-
son. It seems as if
Il know" he interrupted, but there
have been 50 many upsetting things
during the past year. The Mexican
trouble-the laundering of the Progress
sive party-the tonsillitis epidemic-all
of them upsetting. We can't check up
this year by any other years. All we
can do is wait and see"
A gust of wind from Jersey ran
along the side of the building shaking
at the windows. The Weather Man
shuddered, and looked out of the corner
of his eye at the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
which stood on a table in the middle of
the room. II indicated whatever ane-
mometers 90 indicate when they want
TO register bad news. | CONSIDERABLY
looked out at the window
you've no idea," he said at last, in
a low voice, "of how this last rainy
spell has affected my home life. For
the first two or three days, al
though got dark looks from slight &C
\ quaintances, there was always a CHEEKY
welcome waiting for me when / got
nome, and the Little Woman would say,
Never mind, Ray, it will soon be pleas
ant, and we all know that it's not your
fault, anyway
but then, after a week had passed
and there had been nothing but rain
and showers and rain, began to notice
a change When would swing in at
the gate she would meet me and say, in
far-away voice, We'll, what is it for
tomorrow And ! would have to say
Probably cloudy, with occasional show
ers and light easterly gales. AT which
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Anything to Oblige

III WISH" said Gladys, coquettishly, that
somebody would do something for me-
why" answered Percy, gsllanty'
81 should be pleased, Pm sure, to do anything
for you. What do you want"
"Oh," continued Gladys, 81 want somebody
to go down to the newspaper store and buy ne
a magazine"
''I'll go with pleasure"
But I've forgotten the name Of the old
thing"
"Oh, | guess l can find the one you want
without much trouble. Were you reading some
story"
Eyes; but I've forgotten the name OF that
too. Let-me-see. No; simply can't recall
it. But I'll tell you how you can know when
magazine to get. The one | want has girls
head on the front cover"
CHAPTER H.
81 wonder what can be keeping Percy" alc
Gladys for the twentieth time. II wonder
anything could have happened TO him. Really
I'm almost worried"
CHAPTER III.
(FrOm the merit mornings pop0J
Last night, as Policeman Hartigan was pa.
trolling his beat on Anyold Avenue, he notieeo
what appeared to be huge pile Of magazines
on the sidewalk. Investigating closer, ne founo
underneath them the unconscious form OF
well dressed man. Apparently the man mao
been carrying bundle Of summer periodicals
and, the string breaking, they had fallen on
and buried him. He was taken in an anou-
lance to Saint Killjoy's Hospital where al
late hour he had revived somewhat, but not
enough to give his name or to explain his pre-
dicament.
The magazine want has a girls head on
the cover" he kept repeating
BY an odd coincidence every magazine 10
the pile under which the man was found mao
q girls head on the cover.
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was II o'clock on the night Of
June 2O-last Tuesday. We were
seated in the office of the Weather
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CHAPTER III.

81 wonder what can be keeping Percy" sale
Gladys for the twentieth time. Il wonder
anything could have happened to him Really
I'm almost worried"
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-22
NOTICE TO HOUSE MOVING CON-
TRACTORS.

The Trustees of the Silshee School
District hereby call for bids for the
moving and rcsetting OF the schoo.
buildings of said school district from
their present location to a site known
as Block No. SO of the Silsbee Town.
site. -,
Plans and specifications for the
work to be done may be seen at the
home of F. S. He'll, Clerk of said Board
of Trustees, or at the office OF
Samuel B. Zimmer, architect, in the
City of Ell Centro. -,
Bids must be filed with F. S. Hell
on or before August 81, 1916, at D
o'clock p. m.
Bids will be opened at 1880 o'clock
o. m. on the same date by the Board
IF School Trustees at the Sllsbee
School House.
The Board reserves the right to re-
iect anv or all bids.
BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES
FOR SILSBEE SCHOOL DISTRICT
By +. S. HE'LL, ,o
Clerk. WedAug3O
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-22
NOTICE OF FIRST MEETING OF
CREDITORS
I'm The DIstrict Court Of the United
States, for the Southern District of
California, Southern Division.

In the District Court of the United
States, for the Southern District of
California, Southern Division.
In Bankruptcy No. 2G37.
In the Matter Of Imperial CONNER
clal Company, Corporation, Bank
rupt.
To the creditors Of Imperial Com
mercial Company, a CORPORATION of Ell
Centre, in the County of Imperial and
district aforesaid, bankrupt:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:
That on the 8th day Of August, 1916,
the said Imperial Commercial Com
pany was adiudged bankrupt. and that
the first meeting Of its creditors will
be held in the office Of holland and
Kibbey. room 104, over the First Ma
tional Bank, in the City of I'll Centre,
County Of Imperial, State Of Califor-
MIA, on the 2nd day of September,
1916, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, at
which time the said creditors may at
tend prove their claims, appoint u
trustee, examine the bankrupt, and
consider authorizing the trustee elect
ed, to sell the assets of the estate upon
a petition to be then filed by him,
and transact such other business as
may properly come before said meet
ing.
Dated at Riverside, California, the
18th day of August, 1916.
THOMAS Il. PORTEOUS,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-22
FOR SALE--LIVE STOCK

FOR SALE-Registered Duroc Jersey
gifts, bred or open also some east
ern boars, age IL to 16 months;
good size and large bone type; now
is the time for improving your herd
in fall pigs. G. d. Willoughby &
Sons, Calexico, Cal. Box 395.
FOR SALE-5O Duroc-J ersey boars
for Nov. 1st delivery; so Gilts
choice; will make attractive prices,
all hogs cholera immune. Geo. J.
Evans, Raymore, Mo. ia
FOR SALE-Well matched and we'll
broken general purpose horses; also
other teams, harness and buggies.
M. G. Hill, r. F. D. 1, Box 4, or phone
93F12. 100
FOR SALE-Three Berkshire brood
sows, bred; one Duroc boar; seven
feeder shoats; few tons good loose
alfalfa hay. On Crawford ranch, 2
miles south of Date school and u
mile west.
FOR SALE-Three thousand good
ewes at $3.50 per head; can be bred
Sept. /; can be delivered any time
after Sept. /. l.. M. Macarthur, Ce-
dar City, Utah. 1O6
FOR SALE-Thirty head A 1 dairy
cows; little cash; other security;
easy payments. On Stockwell
ranch, 10 miles southeast of Holt
vile.
FOR SALE-Registered Duroc-J Jersey
SOW for sale; also one registered
boar pig, months old. Stokely
Dairy, 1 Il miles west Phone 113F6.
FOR SALE OR TRADE-Two young
cows, both milking; will take light
runabout. r. f. d. A, Box 45A,
Holtville, Cal. x97
FOR SALE-Good dairy cows, or will
trade for hogs. Geo. H. Silvey,
Applecate Ranch. x120
FOR SALE-Nice lot of steers, 6 to
Is months old. Porter N. Ferguson,
Holtville. Phone 36F6. If
FOR SALE-Duroc and Poland China
boars. Geo. H. Silvey, Applegate
Ranch. x12O
FOR SALE-Gentle pony, suitable for
children. f. S. He'll, ! mile S. E.
Silsbee.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-22
ET CENTRIC. CAI.
ESTRAY NOTICE.

l, d. X. Butler, hereby give notice
that l have taken up one roam mare,
weight about one thousand pounds,
branded j, reverse l. and l. on left
shoulder and JP on left hip, about
ten or eleven years old, probable
value $25.
Above mare was found and is now
confined at the ranch commonly known
aa the McPherron ranch, five and a
half miles north of Imperial and "a
Of a mile west, now occupied by ID. X.
Fuller.
The above animal will be delivered
to the constable Of Imperial Township
on September 16, 1916, for sale.
XTues-Aug29 d. K. BUTLER.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-22
G.. A. SHAFER
UNDERTAKEN
81 CentrO Phone Main la
iotel Suttcr, San Francisco,
POnular Under New Management;

George Warren Hooper, who formerly
greeted the patrons OF the historic olt
Occidental Hotel, is now smiling the
same genial welcome 10 old friends ant
new at Hotel Sutter.
Quite as popular as the new service
however, are the reasonable rates
which attractivcly read: Groom with
out bath. $1.0O per day Room witt
oath, $150 per day
Sutter st. cars from Ferry, Third 81
cars from Third and Townsend depot
pass the dOor.-AdV.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-22
APOLITICAL YEAR.

This, too, is political year. The nation must elect a
chief executive and must keep informed if he
she is to perform the duty of aiding in the election The
Press politics. all things ese with fairness to all
Sides .. .sa.. .l}4 ~. "a agsaGgg
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-22
SPECIAL NOTICES

'RECLEANED ALFALFA SEED
Free from Dodder and Johnson
Grass; high termination, excellent
color, common variety tic, smooth
Peruvian 1SRc per pound, f. o. b..
Your railroad station. Send for
sample. E. f. Sanguinetti, Yuma,
Arizona" 11S
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-22
FURNITURE
HELP WANTED

WANTED-Boys and girls. Here's
an opportunity for you to start in a
little business of your own, selling
the Rural World, the big cent
weekly. We pay liberal commits
sion and give extra prizes to our
little statesmen each week. Write
today and we will send you the first
ten copies of the popular Rural
World magazine next Saturday
FREE. Address Circulation Man
ager, Rural World, 719-721 South
Hill St., Los Angeles, Cal. 96
WANTED-Man and wife; man to
milk; good location. Phone 79F5,
El Centre. x100
WANTED-By ranchman and wife,
Pirl between Is and 20 for house
work. Address E. S., care Press. 100
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-22
FOR RENT-REAL ESTATE

FOR RENT-Leaving for year, my
80 acres for rent, 20 acres alfalfa,
balance should be plowed now. Has
been in alfalfa for years. A miles
east Of Heber. Harry Cross. If
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-22
FOR EXCHANGE-REA ESTATE

HAVE $4,000 worth of good San Di-
ego income property, well rented,
to exchange for good 160-acre i'm
proved ranch in valley. Owners or
agents. N. O. Ramage, Oil Sew
enth ST., San Diego, Cal. x1O8
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-22

$25,000 SAN DIEGO apartment prop
erty and furniture for exchange for
good improved ranch. E. D. Sack
ett, Gordon Arms Apis, San Die
go, Cal. x99
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-22
EDITORIAL COMMENTS.

While the Press has decided views of It's pub
lie questions, and gives expression to those views it
spects the contrary opinions of Others and the first law
OF this newspaper to deny the honorable motives
OF Others however much it may disagree with them on
the wisdom of specific acts.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-22
ST THOMAS HOSPITAL

Thoroughly equipped for any IN edical
or surgical case. Artistic rooms exclu-
sive1y for maternity cases, where the
patient has the comfort and quiet of
home combined with hospital convent
ence. New two-story building with
spacious screened-in verandas, sur
rounded by lawns and trees. Thirty
bed capacity. Graduate nurses.
RATES-Ward, SIS per week; pri.
vate rooms, $40. $25 and $50 week
For further Information address
Sisters of Mercy
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-22
Proceedings Of the Board Of
Supervisors

The following claims were ordered
paid at the meeting of August Z:
Warner Ranch Road.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-22

ALFALFA SEED-New crop, first
quality; prompt shipment. Order
direct from greatest producing sec
tion. Write for prices and free
sample. Be sure to state amount
wanted. Leo Turner, Yuma, Ariz. 10
FOR SALE-$3OO piano for $3.50;
leaving city reason for selling. Ad-
dress Box 821, Press office. 100
WANTED-To buy small spring
wagon. Inquire Cotton Association,
Fourth and Main streets. If
WANTED-Dead cattle and horses
removed free of charge. Call imme-
diately. 57F5, Brawley. If
FOR SALE-Times agency. Inquire
Times agent, 622 Main.
SOME choice garlic for seed, cheap.
Kelly's Nursery.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-22
MONEY TO LOAN
MONEY TO LOAN

MONEY TO LOAN
| have $50,O00 for first lien
loans on improved patented farms
t z per cent, Long time contract;
liberal prepayment privileges;
small commission.
PHILO JONES,
Brawley, CaI.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-22

Political Announcements
FOR SUPERVISOR

/ hereby announce my candidacy
for the office of supervisor Of the
Second (El Centro) district, subject
to the primaries of August 20.
w, III. BROOKS.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-22
FOR SALE-REAL ESTATE

FOR SALES. w. IA of tract 131,
81 acres, 3 miles east of Heber. John
Cross, 554 E. 11th St., Piverside, Cal.
119
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-22
THE EUROPEAN WAR
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS.

In these columns more classified advertisements
than in any other valley paper for the that the
Press always has been recognized the Public Market
Place for all Imperial Valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-22

FOR SALE-Three Berkshire brood
sows, bred; one Duroc boar; seven
feeder shoats; few tons good loose
alfalfa hay. On Crawford ranch, 2
miles south of Date school and u
mile west
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-22
LOCAL AND COUNTY NEWS
IRRIGATION AFFAIRS

covered in wholly independent way by the Press
with fairness to all parties.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-22

FOR SALE-Well matched and we'll
broken general purpose horses; also
other teams, harness and buggies.
M. G. Hill, r. F. d. 1, Box A, or phone
93F12. 100
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-22
THE MEXICAN SITUATION

brings it's problems directly home to ever,
the Press covers this field of news broadly.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-22

FOR SALE-Three thousand good
ewes at $3.50 per head; can be bred
Sept. /; can be delivered any time
after Sept. 1. L. M. Macarthur, Ce-
dar City, Utah. 106
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-06-26
THE CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE


Il was much surprised when | got
20 tho station 10 find that the motor
had not been sent for me.
81 was Just about 10 enter a taxi
when jeff said, There comes my
car, you must lot me send you
home In that | told him it was not
necessary. but be insisted. and 70
my surprise he did not make the
mistake OF riding with me. 4 am
going TO the University club; Il Is
only a few blocks, and | will be glad
10 walk was his excuse.
AT home the door was opened by
Aunt Rachel always disliked her
How is mother?' / asked Please
ring for Sarah to take my things,
Il was shedding them all the way
20 the staircase.
'Paula-you must be more quiet.
Your mother is dying You had bet
ter not disturb her until tell her
you are here
81 just kept on my way and pres
emily opened my mothers door.
"'Oh. mother, mother!' exclaim'
ed.
Aunt Rachel came right after Us
and was afraid she was going "a
stay but mother said, I want to talk
with Paula alone"
Even the nurse went into the 9th
or room and then | inelt beside my
mothers bed.
She was silent a moment and
then she said Hold me up little
In your arms, child
II picked her up as one would a
baby She was so frail.
Il was awfulIy afraid you would
not get here in time
Don't say that, dear mother
You will be better now that have
come
"'No, my chnd, I will never be any
better, and now that my last wish
has been gratihed am ready 10 go.
"Sha was silent Cor few moments
and ,he0 said Paula. don't be hard
ON your father
For The first time 7 thought Of
dad
Why should ! be hard on him.
/ said wouderiugly.
Don't you know? Haven't you
soon the papers,
81 thought Of JEFF Perrisreen'
saying he could not get any papers
and knew that he had known all
about my father. whatever It might
be
Paula, the bank accuses vour
father Of hoine a defaulter and
since day before yesterday he has
been MISSING. ! em sure he could
explain, and II he did.-borrow--som.
money from the bank IL was only &C
make ps--vou and happy Paula
If hc should come back after ! an
gone. you will be good 10 him. vii