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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-05-25
CHINESE MILITARY TACTICS
CeIestiais Planned to Trip Up Foes,
Throw Water in Their Faces and
Then Cut OF Their Heads.

At the beginning of the Chino-Japa-
nese war, says d contributor to the
Washington Star, one of our military
attaches saw Chinese regiment take
the field at review and go through a
very curious performance.
The soldiers carried long bamboo
poles like fishing rods, and with these
they rushed at one another, yelling
wildly and making very queer gestures
and grimaces.
whats the gamer" asked the Amer
lean.
''That regiment" Chinese general
answered, us one of our very Oldest.
1t is now practicing a form of assault
that dates from prehistoric times. The
idea is to trip the enemy up with the
long wand, throw water in his face
and, in the midst of his bewilderment
at this extraordinary treatment, to
cut off his head. "--Youth's Compan-
Ion.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-05-25
Do You Neglect
Your Machinery -?

The machinery OF the body needs to
be well oiled, kept in good condition
just as the automobile, steam engine or
bicycle. Why should the human neglect
his own machinery more than that of
his horse or his engine? Yet most peo-
pie do neglect themselves. To clean
the system at least once a week is to
practice preventive measures. You will
escape many ills and clear up the coat
ed tongue, the sallow complexion, the
dull headache, the lazy liver, If you will
take a pleasant laxative made up of
the May-apple, Juice of the leaves Of
aloes, root of Jalap, and called Pleasant
Pellets. You can obtain at almost any
drug store In this country these vege-
table pellets in viais for 25c-simply
ask for DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
There can be no counterfeit X they
have the DR.. Pierce stamp. Proven
good by 80 years use.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-05-25


reply peevly Renig, full Of scons All
make go+home agreeing evening
At 211 clocktime while
Mrs Spggot set alonesome
why bring
dood?' she "One
They must get their fresh
Why should they spoil ous?'
Next morning were chsrchtime
I'VE
be
What denomino inquire
neverg go Methodist" say him. We are osteopaths"
Then will
glum I'VE dare religion
Hon
Hon. Axweides reading
dsguy from him.
When hear this orthly
your baggage
with immediate qckness and will ugge
What you by what say?" they require
Il observe how
Il should muchly admire he
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they included buraes and mentioned while speaking
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Spiggot
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Mrs Az.
Who told you this hat?" narrate those spggots shocky
so
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gott spoke furthermore.
Togo
depot and continue travelling by rail with dearie
Iessy afford to hire
So spanked
he needed.
same.
Yours truly
Copyright by International pursauo
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-05-25
Not the Whole Truth.

Il have nothing against the Edin-
burgh people," said a gentleman who
HE'D from the great outer world, "but
| must say I've found greater fellow
feeling elsewhere. My hat blew away
on Saturday, and though everybody be-
side me took a warm interest in It's
perambulations, nobody joined in pur-
suit.
"Eh, but We wrong Edinburgh folk,
replied one of his hearers. Dye ken
what l saw on Setterday? mans
hat blew Off just as cable car wis
passin', and the driver stopped the car
and sprinted ava doom the road efter
it. Can we beat that in the sooth?'
The stranger said he really couldn't
and would chalk it up to Edinburghs
credit
Evils it act'lly true, Tam?" asked a
friend, after the foreigner" had de-
parted.
AYE, wis it, but dye think I wud
tell that it wis the drivers ain cap
that blew OFF,"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-05-25
What Neighbors Say of
Old Time Herbal Remedies

Moscow, Idaho.-'I have used DR..
Pierce's medicine In my home for a
good many years, always with the best
results. When l was In badly run
down condition with disorders of the
blood causing pimples, boils and rash.
and had no appetite, l used three bot
ties of DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery, which cleansed my blood.
left my skin clear and smooth, and I
never felt better in my life.
When my daughters were coming
into womanhood l gave them DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription and
none of them ever had a sick day dur
ing that time."-MRS. w. Nj. COL
WELL, 245 N. Wash. ST.
The discovery" Is made from na.
tive roots without alcohol, and can be
had In liquid or tablet form from near.
ly all dealers. If not obtainable, send
$1.00 to DR.. V. M. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
and the tablets viii be mailed YOU
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-05-25
AN ANCIENT JAPANESE ART
Embroidery Made In FIowery Kingdom
for Centuries Before Country
Was Opened to World.

Japanese embroidery, now so popu-
lar in this country is one Of the oldest
arts Of the mikado's people. For CEN
turtles before the country was opened
to foreign intercourse heavily embroid-
cred silk kimonos, screens, and other
articles were made by professional
embroidery experts, principally In
kyoto. This same profession con-
tinues today, having been handed
down from father to son for many gen
erations. For this reason the center
Of the country's rt-embroidery indus
try is at Kyoto, although cheaper en-
broideries, principally for export, are
produced in large quantities In other
part of the Kobe district.
The majority of the workers in Kyo-
to are men, who produce the finer
grades of embroidery. 1t is essentially
a household industry, and is usually
conducted in small shops, where from
three to ten apprentices and skilled
embroiderers are employed. The men
received from 40 to rs cents gold pei
day. The women, however, are able
to earn from IS to so cents gold per
day, depending upon their ability ano
diligence.
The manufacture of handmade lace
is a comparatively new industry In
Japan, as lace was not used by the
Japanese before the advent of foreign
ers. The industry is still in its in
fancy, and the output is small
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-05-25
Takes a Strong Wind, Too.

DR.. George Z. MacCoy of Columbus
recalls that when the Spanish-Ameri-
can war broke out, In April, 1898, two
Irishmen We're at work on new
asphalt pavement, being laid on Wash
ington street. He was watching them
when one stopped handling his pick
tower where flag was waving.
whats the use of putting flag up
thereY the man questioned. 1.-THE wind
will whip 1t to pieces"
eyes, but the winds the only thing
that can whip It," was the others
quick reply-Indianap News.
The ball Is the oldest toy.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-05-25
GooManu
Operations
The Right Medicine in Many Cases
Does Better than the Surgeons
Knife. Tribute to Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
Doctor Said Operation or Death-But Medicine Cured

Des Mones, Iowa.-"My husband says l would
have been in my grave today had it not been for
Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound. / SUI
said could not live one year without an operation.
My husband objected to the operation and had me
try Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound.
soon commenced to get better and am well
and able to do my own homework. l can recon-
mend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to
any woman wonderful health restorer."-Mrs.
BLANCHE JEFFERSON 703 Lyon ST., Des Moines, Iowa.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-05-25


Richmond Ind-"For years sick and weak from
when going stairs had slowly
with hands the then sit down at the top rest The
thought would live into house My daughter
asked Pnkham Vegetable Compound she had
taken it with good results did So my weakness disappeared
gained strength home do all kinds garden
chickens and ducks.
enough praise of Lydia Pnkhams Vegetable Compound"
M o. JOHNSTON, Route D, Box 19O Richmond Ind.
OF course there many serious cases that only a
surgical operation will relieve. We freely acknowledge
this but the above letters and many others like them,
amply prove that many operations recommended when
medicine in many cases IS all that needed
If you want special Pinkham
Your letter will be opened,
nd by held confidence.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-05-25

Never judge the dimensions OF a
woman's brain by the size of her hat.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-05-25

Doing things that are not worth
while is a pernicious form of idleness.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-05-25
CouIcr't Keep Ii Up.

The City Man Ito ninety-year-old
peasant)-Tell me- what must one do
to grow to be as old as you are?
Peasan.-Don't drink. don't smoke,
keep out in the fresh air.
City NANNY father did all those
things and died at sixty.
Peasant-Yes, but he didn't do them
long enough---Fliegende Blaetter (Mu-
nich).
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-05-25
WHY He Subscribed,

A collector Of subscriptions for the
brass band fund once came across q
farmer who was noted for his mean
ness. To his surprise the farmer at
once consented to subscribe fully as
large sum as any he had yet re-
ceived.
Mr.. Hardest" he said, addressing
the farmer, ''you are surely very fond
Of music to give so much"
'Oh, yes" said the farmer; they're
grand for soaring the crows from ma
'taties when they're practicin' an I'm
grateful"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-05-25

Girls think that old bachelors don't
understand women, but widows know
better.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-05-25
Evident Course.

What Is the best way of determin-
ng II an ocean voyage suits ones
health?' "Why, go to sea-"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-05-25

w. N. u, Salt Lake City, No. 17-1et7.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-12
THE ECONOMIC FUTURE

s. W. Straus president of the American Society for
Thrift predicts hard times for the American people after
the war on account of the lack of thrift He says that
S2 out of 100 men in this country leave ncomeproduc-
ing estates when they die Out of every 100 women left
widows only eighteen in fairly comfortable clrcum-
stances The rest must go to work to seek charity.
Mr. Straus says are the "Belshazzar OF nations
in our thressness having been seated for years at the
Babylonian feast of plenty The great majority OF our
people can accumulate against misfortune Yet
is not quite easy for the ordinary worngman to save
money in these times as Mr. Straus thinks.
1t is constantly said by people OF wealth, that the
reason money is saved out OF small incomes is that
so much spent for movie shows candy etc. Yet there
has to be some pleasure in everyday life People can't
live with nothing but dull grind Heathful recreation
enables people to work better and more money
The family that has been buying four movie tickets at
10 cents each week spends but $40 year it, and that
is very much more than the average family spends.
The simple fact is that the modern world has higher
standards of living due better education and more In
teigence Things like dentistry care of eyes, nursing,
doctor bills etc. cost and people must have them
Of course thrift education is badly needed for the
majority of people do waste money There is some basis
for Mr. Straus' criticism He is right in urging that
thrift be taught schools What needed is not stinted
and over-frugal lives but intelligent and scientific ways
of doing things and willingness to live in small and mod
est quarters There many to beat the cost OF
living and yet live full life, if you only know how
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-12

surplus crop and no longer vitally
concerning the credit of the South in
the old sense, dominates al other
facts in Importance and that their rec
ognition as such must form the basis
for every intelligent study of the cot
ton market, whether that study is
made regarding its relation to a con-
dition OF war or a condition of peace.
The comparative calmness with
which the market received the events
at Washington during the week indi-
Gates that the public has come to take
a saner view of present and prospec-
tive conditions. 1t seems reasonable
therefore, to conclude that the era for
hysteria has largely passed, at least
such violent manifestations of it as
have lately shocked and demoralized
the market This is perhaps the most
important development of the week.
We can see no reason for changing
our views as to the effect of war
should it come, on business and its
effect on the price of cotton. While
the outlook is for a less turbulent
condition, it is still of the very first i'm
portance not to venture into the mar
ket unless the venture is protected by
the amplest margins.
l is the plain and patriotic duty of
every business man to support public
confidence by steadily maintaining a
constructive attitude towards business
1t is certainly just as plain that reac-
tionary methods will definitely tend
to undermine it.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-12
Palace Theatre Tonight.

Thomas H. Ince's million-dollar pho
to spectacle, "Civilization," will be
shown at the Palace theatre tonight.
There will be one show, starting at
o'clock.
"Civilization" is the most astound-
ing and daring production since the
beginning of cinematography and the
theatre. 1t is the greatest love story
CT the ages-the love of motherhood
and humanity. One year in the max
ing.
Forty thousand people employed.
Entire cities built and destroyed. Ten
thousand horses in thrilling cavalry
charges. Forty aeroplanes in great
air battles. The United States navy
destroys two battleships in full view
Of the camera. A submarine destroys
and sinks a loaded passenger ship IN
mid-ocean. The wonderful, gripping
story holds you tense and GREATNESS
from start to finish.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-12
BARBARA WORTH ARRIVALS

F. E. Denslow, San Diego; E. K.
Phillips, Coronado; c. w. Baumbaugh,
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Herrop Jr., San
Diego: z. S. Doris. ST. Louis; John
H. Robertson, San Francisco: G. Nc
Gowdan, Los Angeles; A. d. Strecker,
San Francisco; Mr.. and Mrs. Earnest
Crack, Los Angeles; Mr.. and Mrs. a.
S. Brooks. Mr.. and Mrs. F. Torole. De
troit: Mrs. NJ. H. Jacobs, Los Angeles;
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Helmes, Phila.;
F. E. Weston, Pasa; Owen O. Rouke,
Detroit; F. P. Harris, Los Angeles; j.
B. Wilson, Mil; Mr.. and Mrs. F. A.
Steffen, Los Angeles, G. w. Schlitch-
ten. San Diego; NJ, Abraham, New Y;
c. P. Lebus, Los Angeles, Phillip l..
Wilson, Los Angeles; Walter Birch,
San Diego; T. J. Holland, New York;
Willard D. Hill. Wash, D. c.; Mr.. and
Mrs. Mrs. w. c. Stitt, Miss Marguaret
Stitt. Miss Mary Stitt, Youngstown, O.;
w. w. Rhein, San Diego; James Mac
reth. William Macreth, Miss Macreth,
Archie Pickering, Pasadena; Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed Crane, Nuero, CAL; Mrs. A
J. Stewart, DR.. Stewart, Wis; Mrs. W.
B. Willard, Pasadena; Mr.. and Mrs.
H. S. Terry, ST. Louis; P. c. Holland,
Los Angeles; R. D. Mason, Los An
geles, G. RI. Topham San Francisco, H.
E. Dodge, Los Angeles; l.. R. Carney,
w. J. Fallen, H. B. Demon, Scott T.
Allured, Los Angeles, E. NJ. Bruce, n.
Y; w. j. Rudolph, w. S. Bayliss, Los
Angeles; r. C. Haskett, Pasadena
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-12

spoonful of limestone phosphate IN
it, drank before breakfast for awhile,
will not only wash these poisons
from your system and cure you OF
headache, but will cleanse, purify and
freshen the entire alimentary ca
nal.
Ask your pharmacist for quarter
pound of limestone phosphate. 1t is
harmless as sugar, and
almost tasteless, except for sour
ish twinge which is not unpleasant.
If you aren't feeling your best, If
tongue is coated or you wake up with
lad taste, foul breath or have colds,
indigestion, biliousness, constipation
or sour, acid stomach, begin the phos-
phated hot water cure to rid your
system of toxins and poisons.
Results are quick and it is claimed
tfat those who continue to flush out
the stomach, liver and bowels every
morning never have any headache or
know a miserable moment. IL
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-12
ALL CHILDREN LOVE
SYRUP OF FIGS" FOR
LIVER AND BOWELS
Give 1t When Feverish, Cross, Bill.
ious, for Bad Breath or
Sour Stomach.

Look at the tongue, Mother! If
coated, it is sure sign that your lit
tie ones stomach, liver and bowels
need a gentle, thorough cleansing at
cnce.
When peevish, cross, listless, pale,
doesn't sleep, doesn't eat or act nat
Erally, or is feverish, stomach sour,
breath bad; has stomach-ache, sore
throat, diarrhoea, full of cold, give a
teaspoonful of California Syrup of
Figs" and in few hours all the
foul, constipated waste, undigested
food and sour bile gently moved out
of it's little bowels without gripping,
and you have a we'll, playful child
again.
You needn't coax sick children to
take this harmless "fruit laxative;
they love its delicious taste, and it
always makes them feel splendid.
Ask your druggist for a 50-cent
bottle of california Syrup Of Figs
which has directions for babies, chill
dren of all ages and for grown-ups
plainly on the bottle. Beware Of
tounterfeits sold here. To be sure
you get the genuine, ask to see that
it is made by california Fig Syrup
Company" Refuse any other kind
with contempt. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-12
ADJUSTMENTS AT LOCAL
PLAYHOUSES TONIGHT
l.. & S. Tonight.

fSKfG- r A
The program at the L. & S. Theatre
tonight will be headed by drama CT
the Race track Scratched" featuring
Irene Hunt who plays the part of the
sister who tries in vain to reform her
wild brother. Earl Page is the brother,
who, though innocent, is sent to prison
to serve q term for Grand larceny.
Some fine Snapshots of the
Races at Jaurez were taken especially
for this picture. The balance of the
program will be taken up with a two
part L-Ko comedy "a Rural Romance.
a detective drama The Moving Fin
ger" and Her Chance"
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-12
Hot Water for
Sick Headaches
Tells why everyone should drink
hot water with phosphate
In It before breakfast.

Headache Of any kind is caused by
auto-intoxication-w means self
Liver and bowel poisons
called toxins, sucked into the blood
through the lymph ducts, excite the
heart which pumps the blood SO fast
that it congests in the smaller ar
teries and veins of the head, producing
violent, throbbing pain and distress
called headache. You become nerv-
Gus, Respondent, sick, feverish and
your meals sour and al
most nauseate you. Then you resort
to acetanilide, aspirin or the bro
mides which are temporarily reliable
hut do not rid the blood of these irri.
tating toxins.
A glass of hot water with tea
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-12
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.
Live Oak Springs Company, incor-
.oHoL III Gon&xo CnlsGAn,asa

Live YAK Springs Company, lncOr-
porated, Ell Centro, California.
Notice is hereby given that at a
regular meeting Of the directors of
the above named corporation, held on
the 5th day of March, 1917, an as
scssment of $1,000 per share was lev
led upon the capital stock Of the cor
poration, payable on the 10th day of
April, 1917, to Cyrus S. Hills, presi-
dent of said corporation, at The First
National Bank, Ell Centro, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment
shall remain unpaid on the 10th day
of April, 1917, will be delinquent, and
advertised for sale at public auction,
and unless payment is made before.
will be sold on the 18th day Of May,
1917, to pay the delinquent assess
ment, together with costs Of advertis-
ing and expenses of sale.
L. P. SARGENT,
Secretary of Said Corporation, El
Centro, California.
March12-19-26Apr2
Sudan Grass Seed 100 per cent
pure, Berkeley analysis. Kelly's Nur-
sary and Seed House, Ell Centro. If
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-12
Credit Of South No Longer
Dependent on Cotton Crops

TALLY a surplus crop. The legitimate
analysis of this means that any crop,
regardless of it's size. could be carried
now longer than the world could wait
for it. even under a condition of war
Since cotton is ultimately just as i'm
peraive a need as bread to the warning
nations, it is a reasonable assumption
that even should war continue no cot
ton will have to be sold at loss, and
it seems just as reasonable that the
South will carry her cotton indefinitely
before such a sacrifice would be &C,
cepted.
The history Of recent years, and es.
pecially the history of recent weeks,
fully sustains these conclusions. In
these letters we have often referred
to this feature of economic life in the
South in one form or another of it's
development. We have thought we'll
in the present instance to refer at
length to this new phase, since it seems
plain that cotton being now essentially
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-12

Less than twenty years ago fully 80
per cent of the prime necessities, as
they relate to food supplies, consumed
in the cotton growing section were
produced outside of Southern farms.
Now the South is not only producing
practically all that it consumes, but
is furnishing generous amount of
what is consumed by the world at
large. The position has been COM
pletely reversed. Instead of being a
tax, a very liberal share OF the 80 per
cent has become a definite profit. AS
result of this great change, if we
include live stock, cotton, one year
with another will only average now
about a third of the revenue realized
from the South's agricultural activi.
ties.
While still important, the credit of
the South is no longer dependent on
cotton in a vital way. Certainly not
in the sense that it was few decades
ago. In fact cotton has become essen
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-12
Charlie
Penn

Manufacturing Ex-
pert of The American
Tobacco Company and
a famous authority on
the m anufacture OF
chewing tobacco.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-12
METRO WONDERPLAY AT
THE G. S. TOMORROW

Harold Lockwood and May Allison,
the two steller screen favorites seen
recently by an appreciative Audience
in The River of Romance" will again
be seen at the L. & S. Theater tomor-
row in Big Tremaine" drama of
Love, Money and Politics and drama
tizedd from Marie Van Vorst's famous
novel. 1t goes without saying that
Harold Lockwood and May Allison
stand foremost and alone in their par
ticular artistic field and those who see
this production will be assured of a
good evenings entertainment.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-12

Garden Grove, Orange county,
shipped to Los Angeles canneries the
past season 1900 tons of pimientos
and 1000 tons of green chilis.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-12

Millions for an all-American canal,
hut not one cent for the old canal in
IF
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-07-03

some trouble in dealing with the speed
lovers. . With this new arrangement
Of having only State number it is
very difficult to locate car and the
police have been unable to stop the
speeder. He just moves on and you
can locate him. But the Greenville
police have a plan which stops them
They send one man ahead and when
the speeder refuses to stop the man
ahead just throws some planks with
spikes in them across the road and
the speeder is forced to stop.
1t is a strange thing to us that
in this Christian age and the age of
law and order that there should be
so much wilful violation of the law
and that men should have so little re-
gard for the rights of the other fell
low. The machinery of human ma
ture is running wrong somewhere. It
needs oiling up and adjusting AMI
maybe that is what this world war is
for, to call a halt and get the ma
chinery properly adjusted once more.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-07-03

Lord Northcliffe says that the war
has just begun. And that it is only
by an absolute mobilization OF man
power and machine power that it can
be won. Maj. Kilburn said it would
not be won by bravery or dashing,
but that the allies were up against
the most powerful and best organized
fighting machine that the world lad
ever seen, and it would be necessary
to bring against the machine better
machine and more powerful ma
chine. Mr.. Northcliffe is also against
this country making the mistake that
England made by it's censorship Of
the press and the suppression of the
facts We just as well face the
facts, them there Germans are not
yet whipped. Neither are they stary-
ed. And that in order to win the war
the United States has got to furnish
the money. the munitions, the food
and the men III fact she has got
to do about the whole job, and the
sooner we get through with the job
the sooner the war will be overs