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Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-26
SEEK ORGANIZATION To
MEET LABOR SHORTAGE
ALL INTERESTS OF COUNTY TO
MEET SATURDAY.
PACKARD HAS A PLAN
PROVIDES FOR DETAILED ANAL
YSIS LABOR RESOURCES.
Proposed Organization of Growers to
Provide for Representative
in Labor Fields.

A concerted effort by all the ranch
ing, business and civic interests OF
tie county to solve the problems Of
the labor situation, and to formulate
plans to meet a threatened serious
| labor shortage in the fall will be
launched at meeting Saturday morn
ing at the Farm Bureau offices in
s,he court house.
The situation is demanding the Sc
rious concern of all interests in the
valley and, realizing that steps must
oe taken Immediately to supply help
for the corn and cotton interests in
the fall, representatives from the
county board of supervisors, the cham
bers of commerce of the cities Of the
county, the council council of defense
and the cotton growers association
will consider plans for relief, which
will be submitted to this meeting.
Discuss Packard Plans.
A plan will be submitted by w. E.
! Tarckard, who resigned yesterday as
president of the County Farm Bureau,
providing for careful analysis of
the sources of labor within the state
and neighboring communities, an
analysis of the means by which the
forces which might be used to secure
labor may be mobilized, and a plan by
which these forces may be distributed
throughout the county.
Assess Members.
The sources of the funds for the
maintenance of the organization would
be provided for by small assessment.
ca the grower members. The chief
expenses of the organization would
be the transportation OF the labor into
the county. The plan provides for
nothing more than cooperative or
ganization Of the growers with rep
resentative in the labor fields of the
state.
The plan will be submitted Satur-
day morning in considerable detail,
and will be discussed, and amended.
! # necessary, or new suggestions will
Re considered.
Situation Better Now.
Although labor at the present time
| is short, the situation is not consid-
cred serious to the county at large by
Paul |. Dougherty, county farm ad-
wiser. According to Mr.. Dougherty,
the cotton chopping is nearing its end
and labor for the melon fields is fair
ly well supplied. In the fall, however,
when 100000 acres Of corn must be
harvested, and cotton must be picked,
nearly 1000 farm hands will be need
eo. A general scarcity of labor
throughout the state threatens to
make the situation serious unless a
well orgtnized effort is made in the
county to secure its quota OF available
labor.
Spanish Labor Available.
Representatives of the Southern Pa
c;fic railroad at New Orleans have re-
ported that Spanish laborers from
Cuba are now available to the United
States and could be secured for the
Imperial Valley. 1t is possible that
some labor will be secured from this
source.
Saturday afternoon at 1870 a gen.
eral meeting of the cotton growers
viii be held in the Union High School
10 discuss the labor question, while at
4. o'clock a meeting of all persons
interested in the labor question, and
those having suggestions to make, will
lie held at the high school to discuss
tho m oattar
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-26
ENLIST 300 YESTERDAY.
California Shows Up Well in First Day
Of Campaign for Soldiers.
(By Associated Press)

10y ASSUCIdttU FTtSSC
Sacramento, June 26.-Incomplete
returns from various counties show
over 800 enlisted in the regular army
yesterday. 1t is hoped complete re-
turns will show over 500 daily to fill
California quota. San Francisco led
with siXty-five.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-26
BRAWLEY TO SHINE.
Will Have Best Illuminated City In
the Valley.

Brawley after Wednesday evening
will claim that it possesses the best
illuminated city Of the valley, follow
ing the dedication of it's new lighting
system, recently installed by the Hol-
ton Power Company.
Additional lights have been installed
over the entire city and tha lighting
lsystem is most modern
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-26
BEET MAN HERE.

Investigates Recent Paintings of Sug.
ar Beets in Various Soils.
f. C. Rittue, beet sugar investi-
gator from the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, is in the valley
Investigating the results of several
experimental paintings of sugar beets
made last spring on all kinds of sol
in the Valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-26
CHAPTER RAISES
ITS ALLOTMENT
local RED CROSS WORK ERS
SUCCESSFUL.
FILMS WELL RECEIVED
IMPERIAL RAISES S11OC FOR
GOOD CAUSE.
Assault Upon the Dollars Through
FILMS WELL RECEIVED
Assault Upon the Dollars Through
County Districts to Be Continued
by Stone and His Assistants.
fBy Associated Fress)

Washington, June 26.-The Red
Cross Humanity Dollars" cam
paign passed the mark with to-
tai of $1O4 ,CO0,O00. Returns are
still coming in. 1t is predicted
that the total returns will be
$l1O,0OO,00O by night.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-26
ROSE AGREES TO
SECONDARY RIGHT
NEW CONTRACT WITH EAST
SIDE MESA MAN.
FURNISH ENG INEER :,
COST OF MESA PROJECT TO BE
ESTIMATED.
Interior Department Anxious for the
Valley to Be Connected With the
Laguna Dam Very Soon.

Interior Department officials
favor a contract with Mark Rose
for the irrigation of the East Side
mesa chiefly because the depart
ment desires the Imperial Valley
connected with the Laguna dam
by an all-American canal.
After the representations of the
Imperial Irrigation District were
made, the Interior Department
pigeonholed>the proposed contract
with Mark Rose.
Mark Rose has agreed to recOg-
nize the prior right of the valley
proper to enough water to irri-
gate all land which may be COW
cred by the present system, and a
new contract embOdylng this pro-
vision has been drawn, but not
signed.
Directors Holt and McPherrin
stated to Assistant Secretary
Bradley that the district would
in all probability furnish engi-
neers to estimate the cost of an
all-American canal.
Representatives of the Irriga-
ton District suggested to the In
terror Department that $4,000
acres, or the cream of the mesa
country, could be irrigated from
a new high line canal running
from HanlOn heading.
An amendment to the food bill
now in Congress providing for the
construction Of the proposed tenn
pOrary weir in the Colorado river
by the secretary of war was in
serted with the unanimous con-
sent of the agricultural commit
tee of the House.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-26

HDONc arc OUTSTANDING lCdluiCo VI
the negotiations between Directors
Leroy Holt and R. A. McPherrin and
federal officials regarding the Rose
project and the proposed weir.
Director Holt, who returned from
Washington Sunday, and Director Nc
Pherrin, found that strong friends in
Congress were behind the Imperial
Valley in its efforts to raise enor-
r,ous crops this year, and that the
chief reason why the Interior Depart
ment wished to enter into contract
with Mark Rose was that the depart
r ent desired as soon as possible to
see this great valley connected with
the government dam at Laguna by a
canal constructed in American terri
tory. No opposition whatever was
experienced regarding the weir, and
the amendment will be carried along
with the food bill if it passes.
To Show the Coast.
Assistant Secretary Bradley of the
Interior Department was delegated by
Secretary Lane to have charge Of the
Negotiations with the local men. 1t
was the contention of the Imperial
delegates that the all-American canal
was too costly and too far in the fu-
ture to be considered at the present
time, costing between $8,000,0O0 and
$18,OOO,000, and requiring five years
before it could be built.
In support of this stand, Messrs.
Holt and McPherrin agreed to take up
with the officials of the Imperial r.
rigation District the matter of fur
rishing competent engineers to sur
vey the East Side mesa and all-Amer-
lean canal projects, with the possi-
bility in view that it could be shown
that the project was too costly and
too far in the future to be taken up
at this time.
The upshot of the Rose matter
seemed to be that if Mark Roses pro-
ject was opposed by the majority of
the people of the Imperial Valley, he
had not much chance of getting il
last, but that if he would agree to
a secondary right the people of the
Valley might consent to the diversion
| Of water for the new lands
1t is probable that he showing by
the District that, with the construc
tion of a new high line canal to ir
rigate $4,000 acres of the mesa frou
the new lockwood gate, the Rose pro
ject would fall because the best lant
would be under the present system
had some effect on the Washington
Officials.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean., 1917-01-25
DEFENDS LETTING Of
SHELL CONTRACT ABROAD

the papers with advertisements crit
icising the departments" |" admitted in
one~of these publications that it had
failed to make satisfactory shells on a
contract awarded two years ago.
Wishes To Buy Az Home. 81
Until it is able to fill its contracts.
he adds, "it does not become the Beth-
lehem company toAcriticise the Navy
department for awarding contracts to
anufaturers who can make shells to
meet the tests. The depar rtment wish
.es to give all Of its II to kmerfs
can nahufacturers whenever they
quote reasonable prices and furnish
shells that meet navy requirements.
:" Nothing but the utter failure of
the most patient negotiations and ap-
peals to the patriotism of the little
group Of steel manufacturers who
have = practical monopoly Of this busi-
nessshave madesit imperative for the
government to build ass Il ssjectile fac
tory and give contract Us i foreign
bidder"
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean., 1917-01-25

The Leak" working Washington we predict
that aerhey the money whole
thing will fall by weight It looks
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean., 1917-01-25
How North Dakota Be-
came a State in 1889

North Dakota fifteenth legislative assembly il session
and indications that effort will be made to call
Early history in regard to the formation Of state and
the adoption Of the constitution will
interest.
in the city Of Fargo and located the territorial capital Bis
marck The act Of the commission provided that
OF land should be donated the for capital
condition Of location of the seat Of
The citizens BY voluntary subscription contributed the
in cash and 800 acres Of land s7 . .s,s-9e e''@s-I
bill known as the omnibus bill which was an act
dividing the territory Of the Dakotas the North
dakota and South Dakota and enabling the two Dakfas Mon
ana and Washington to formulate constitutions
February q 1889 and constitutional was
bismarck beginning July 1889 A constitution was foru
lated and submitted TO vote Of the people state
Dakota ct an election called for that and
officers October 1889 There votes cast for an1
AlO7 against the adoption Of the constitution
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean., 1917-01-25
\ CALIFORNIA LANDS!

Why buck snow and cold when you
can enjoy outdoor life every month in
the year It is springtime now in
Califclnia verything is nice and
green Settlers getting land ready
either Tor planting fruit and nut trees
or for their wonderful truck garden
produce. WRITE FOR NEW TESTI-
MONIAL BOOK and read about our
successful settlers. Their letters, also
pictures Of their homes, are convincing
Of the great opportunities that await
YOU. We own several sten-acre tracts
and argers4surrounded by variety Of
orchards oranges walnuts, almonds,
olives, cherries, etc. While trees COM
ing into bearing our settlers get a
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean., 1917-01-25

u. 6. McMurray, who lives in High
land township, northwest Of Edmore.
was in the city Monday enroute from
Chicago, where he has been taking a
course in the Jones School Of Auc-
tioneering. He il one Of the large
farmers Of the northeastern part Of
the county, but still has some time to
devote to the work Of auctioneering,
and after his course at Chicago viii
be better equipped than ever to cry
auction sales, 93
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean., 1917-01-25
Put PATENT
UNDER L ] l| | \ I 4 I BAh | 4 / |
NEWFOUNDLAND DRY Law
1 STOPS SALES OF MANY FAVOR
ITE REMEDIES. 81

At midnight, December 3lst tho
whole island Of wfoundland went
dry, prohibit on act becoming ef-
fective. A long list ofspatent rnedi-
cines have been placed gader the han.
The government has provided a con-
troller through whom medicinal pre-
scriptions will be filed and supplies OBJ
tanned. Ess. Y II u.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean., 1917-01-25

IStltnMon what there
Sosd not know hssy fess y
~ Within So
hest 6 tAis t
lsesdoh, to ehalSs = y their pleasure N
reported farmers
. tho
dollars ts The And
that As c.
league dsposi4
Wood
the TIE of s7s
they e. h.,s , soasht IS doubt
farmers aoss n,osnins
and find out that they win haze s.
F%s6
Wait until passed
toizing packing elevators
owned harness and hotels and lot
ley his
for the the
Towney
II W. VS. and he will catch en- going coming
8s I
present has asked
the next
for that period Just figure
the the State then
going to be lighter than they have been
The appropriated pur
Of combating the WIS
it country legislation r
the control this should
lature. gs4$s sz5sS s.sa 1sf75S $@sS
The Leak" Washington predict
that aftey spend the money whole
thing fall
detract attention from Of the
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean., 1917-01-25

FOR SALE: Two registered Holstein
bull calves, eight and fifteen months
old Fine individuals from worlds
record breeding stock. Write for ped
igree and prices. MAX =. KRUGER,
50H Crary, N. d.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean., 1917-01-25

good living and income from vegeta-
bles, berries, chickens, alfalfa, etc.
Splendid soil, and unlimited water sup
year. Tracts adjoin concrete boule-
wards and electric car line, seven miles!
: from Sacramento, population Ii, 900.
Taxes average $500 per ten aaratract.
We have many Dakota dfinne-
sofa farmers on our land, who will ibe,
your neighbors. Get ready Is 90 out
on onor next excursion to inspect it.
Write today to Sacramento Sub. Fruit
I Lands Co, McNight Bldg, Mime
iapolis, OF call on. n.our agent Mr.. r. Al
Young. 3-4rt
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean., 1917-01-25
AND INTER-OCEAN
E. M. CRARY, Publisher

Subscription, One Year in Advance !. i. -. :.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean., 1917-01-25
NAVY SECRETARY DECLARES HE
CANNOT GET GOOD SERVICE IN
AMERICA. ~ ~
PATIENT NEGOTIATIONS
HAVE FAILED, HE SAYS
ANXIOUS TO BUY MUNITIONS AT
HOME, IFPRICEs ARE REASON
q ABLE. u

j. u u = I Il III
Washington, Jan, 81. 21.Secretary
Daniels issued a statement today sex-
planning and defending his action in
awarding to Hadfeld's, Limited, a
British munitions company, contracts
for large number Of navy armor
piercing projectiles at price about
5000 each below the lowest American
bid. 81
The statement is in reply to pub
lished comment upon the contract
which, Mr.. Daniels says, CONVINCED
me that q concise statement Of the
experience Of the department in OBJ
tanning shells equal in quality to those
used by foreign navies at a reasonable
price is necessary to enable the pub.
lie to understand what has been going
on. 3IF II. IN
Calls Report Absurd.
Il Referring to a report in certain Am:
erican trade journals that the British
government had urged Hadfelds, to
seek this contract for the purpose d
creating q panic in the American steel
market and a resultant reduction in
the export price of American steel, the
secretary says that sis patent absurd
ity" as such an order would have no
appreciable effect upon the market.
+ Mr.. Daniels says the Bethlehem
Steel company, which t'has been filling
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean., 1917-01-25

Gosiaon Of the United
cFsd laws that can be placed the
the has been carefully
political change
their method of amending
and believe that the needs
lawful should be pursued legislature
liberty of revising amending adopting
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean., 1917-01-25

We believe
thing times compelled little for goods than
be secured for by sending them IF leave
chance getting back
We do not believe that there class business loyal to
business than the and verangy
boosting becomes rather
illustrate; publisher the World hundreds
general
But bills rendered do find At least fifty
the stationery which bills rendered find printed
in St Cedar Rapids
and Lincoln Neb Minneapolis St Paul.
other cities These merchants who send
stationery
week
stand and willing do printing
than goods sending
nothing the line printing that through the
along
condition believe
would think the matter that would that would
better but would setting the right
by dealing with the local printing houses
THE GET VILLA" BILL.
Transportation Of regulars maliamen OOO0O0
Transportation food border
Transportation baggage tenage implements 100000
Subsistence regulars and liamen
officers and enlisted militia
Special
the border 100000
Clothing equipment issued to militia 100000
Ordinance equipment militia
Medical supplies 100000
Purchase Of horses for militia 100000
Payment by Federal Government dependent relatives of
nliamen 100000
Transportation of niitanen discharged
places Of intment
Total .s67
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean., 1917-01-25

The World covers Ramsey county
like . blanket. 8
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean., 1917-01-25

the conditions management half
bad government
seton that there up
smoke there be
than investigate the dirty which being
guilty ones should be fred With
We thantha
Indian school and those people, and
not doing their duty guilty the
bold maintain that they
then the
evident TO that all and that things
ggSsNation the sufferers. @# 5Sa ss#@T-%8@31
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean., 1917-01-25
SHAKING UP THE RAILROADS. :

8@ SHAKING RAILROADS
The Interstate Commerce Commission
drastic demands
shortage It required these
edatey
tape in handling transportation
carload placing
not whether the placed or not
This instance is illustrative lin
held and
get their freight The
required like supplying the country with
against the meth
DDS which will charged
payable the
70 deliver the after had reached destination
age would be solved.-Mnot Daily
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-29
Vest Groue Women
Buy $3.50 Worth

CENTERVILLE, Ind. Oct. 2e.-Like
the Centerville Cemetery association,
the women of the West Grove associar
ton decided to invest their savings, to-
gether with the money left to them by
the Jarbos, in Liberty Bonds accord
tngly 1,45o was invested in this way,
81, 900 being the amount left by Jarbos
and the remainder. earnings by the as
ISOLATION. The Red Cross women
cleared $40 at their penny supper We'd
nesday evening. The donation was
liberal in food stuffs and the supper
was exceedingly well patronized. Meet
ing for election of officers for this
branch of the organization will be held
at the Red Cross room next Tuesday. :.
Mrs. Alice Bymaster who for several
weeks has been assisting with the care
of her mother, Mary Ryan, returned to
her home Thursday. Mrs. John Sense
has taken her mother to her home to
care for her. Mrs. Martha Weishart
and Mrs. Annie Hoover were the
guests of Mrs. Taylor McConaha this
week. Jesse Henderson and wife
moved this week to the farm of Mrs
Frank Lashley south to town. j. Ms
ses Mary Wilson, Bessie Bull Norma
Hennigar and Mrs. E. C. Bull were
shopping in Indianapolis Thursday.
Meetings at the Christian church clos
ed Friday evening. There have beer
five additions to the church. Mr.. and
Mrs. Earl Smoker, Raymond Martin
Albert Anderson and Miss Ashbaugh.
Mrs. Lide Wilson Of Richmond spent
Thursday In Centerville visiting with
friends
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-29

For two years Wisconsin has been
fighting forest fires by aeroplane in
stead of from swatchtower. 1t is said
that at a height Of 1900 feet an avi-
ator can detect forest fire sixty miles
distant.
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NORWALK. O., Oct 27.-In the lit
tie brick house in Milan, O., near here,
the birthplace of Thomas Edison, there
still lives Mrs. Nancy Wadsworth, the
inventors favorite cousin, with her
daughter Mrs. Wadsworth declares
that Edison's mission on earth is to
solve the U-boat problem.
Tom will do It as certain as night
follows day" says the venerable little
lady. 'tFIe has done wonderful things,
but the most wonderful is yet to be
done"
Mrs Wadsworth tells how she re-
members we'll the day that Thomas.
her cousin, was born, and that in his
childhood he was not strong and had
been kept from school on the family
doctors advice. Edison's mother had
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-29
Masonic Calendar

Monday, Oct 2e.-Richmond Com
mandary No. 8, K. r. Special con
clave work In the Red Cross degree.
Tuesday, Oct. 30.-Richmond Lodge
No. 1876. F. and A. NJ. Called meeting:
work in Master Mason degree.
Wednesday, Oct. 31.-Webb Lodge
No. "a, F. and A. M. Called meeting
work in Master Mason degree, com
mencing at o'clock.
Thursday, Nov. Wayne Council
No. 10, R. and S. M. Stated assembly
Saturday, No. 3.-Loyal Chapter, No
40, O. E. S. Stated meeting.
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when the now famous inventor was
toddling about it years ago.
Cousin Nancy" as Mrs. Wadsworth
is known to Edison, shows the greatest
pride in the famous man she has seen
grow from early infancy and there has
been an affectionate companionship be-
tween the two for almost seventy
years. And at least once month Mrs.
Wadsworth receives letter from her
cousin, not a typewriter letter. but
long one in his own hand telling of
the many little common place affairs
of his daily life that are sure to in
terest Cousin Nancy. On the wall in
Mrs. Wadsworth's sitting room is a
picture Of the Edison mansion in New
Jersey, far more elegant but not near
so dear to Edison as the little brick
house that was his birthplace.
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Kills Wife and Her
Brother, Then Self;
3 Children Orphans

BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Oct 29-Al-
bert Walden, 20 years old, prominent
farmer, three miles west of Elects.
vile, killed his wife. Mrs. Wayne Wal
den, 26 years old, because she would
not consent to dismiss court action
for divorce which she had filed against
him, her brother, John Hawkins, and
then shot himself.
The triple killing occurred at the
Walden home on the Ellettsville and
Spencer pike. There were no wit.
nesses. Mrs. Walden charged cruelty
and non-support in her complaint for
divorce.
Three children, one of whom is
only six months old, are made orphans
by the tragedy.
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been a school teacher and when little
Tom was old enough she began his
instruction.
The Edisons moved from the little
brick house in Milan when Thomas
was seven years old and took up their
residence in larger and finer house
In Port Huron. Mich, where the elder
Edison's business had called him.
The little home now occupied by
Mrs. Wadsworth passed into other
hands and for sixty years or so 1t
was occupied by various tenants,
About five years ago Thomas Edison
bought it back again and Mrs. Wads-
worth, who had lived just across the
street, moved In to keep house there
Conveniences and improvements have
been added from time to time, but In
most respects it remains just as 1t was
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-29

Actor King is noted for the rapidity
with which he works, his notable feat
being the completion of six five-reel
features in little less than six
months.
Henry King was born in Christians
burg, Virginia. and at the age of seven
teen, after being graduated from Roa-
noke College, when he made his debut
in stock productions. His first screen
engagement was with Lubin and short
~ afterwards he signed a contract
with Balboa He was Immediately
featured in who Pays?" which es-
tablished him as a screen actor His
direction Of the Mary Sunshine" Sc
ries brought him into fame as direc-
tor