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Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-07
Horticultural Commissioner
Reports on Months Work

10 the Honorable Board Of Super
vlsors Of Imperial County-Gentle-
men: The following goods were in
spected and passed into the county
during the month of February, 1917.
1919 sacks Of potatoes, 3187 boxes
OF apples, 886 boxes of oranges, los
boxes of lemons, 27 boxes of grape
fruit, 72 boxes of tangerines, 20 boxes
OF pears, 463 sacks of alfalfa seed,
sacks of cotton seed, 1 sack of bean
seed, sacks of cantaloupe seed, 9
sacks OF wheat seed 80 sacks of hemp
seed, 10 sacks of garden seed, 2 sacks
OF bermuda seed, SO sacks of sudan
seed, IL sacks of red oat seed, / sack
OF cane seed, 20 sacks of asparagus
roots, 1909 olive trees, 10 carobtrees,
l2O6 fig trees, 1896 citrus trees, 1870
apricot trees, Is year trees, 215 peach
trees, plum trees, 5 prune trees,
1900 eucalyptus trees, 1O9 deciduous
trees, 8 bundles deciduous trees, 1877
ornamental trees and plants, 80 boxes
and bundles trees and plants, 235
rose bushes, 636 berry bushes, 435
grape vines, 5000 strawberry plants.
Fifteen sacks of alfalfa seed were
condemned on account of sour clover.
One bundle of trees were condemned
on account of greedy scale. One bun
die of umbrella trees were condemned
on account Of greedy scale and re-
turned to shipper. One bundle of
trees and grapes were condemned on
account of grape vines coming from
north of quarantine line. Grapevines
destroyed and trees delivered to con-
signee. Two orange and one lemon
tree were condemned on account Of
black scale and returnd to shipper.
One bundle of grape vines and fig
trees condemned account of grape
vines coming from north of quaran-
tine line.
The fore part of the month the State
Commissioner of Horticulture issued
{. call for the commissioners of the
southern counties to meet at River
side for the purpose of discussing,
proposed laws pertaining to horticul-
ture; also the best methods to COM
bat the infestation of mealy bugs,
which have made quite hole in Riv-
erside county. Several changes are
recommended in the bills to be pre-
sented at this session of the legisla-
ture, which will benefit agricultural
and horticultural interests if passed.
The standardization law has amend
ments that will strengthen the law
and allow close inspection. The
words Interstate" and foreign" will
be left out, which will then include
all fruits, ETC., packed or offered fol
sale to come under the meaning OF
the law.
The mealy bug has infested River
side county and is one of the worst
insects to eradicate. In fact, it has
not been aradicated wherever it has
been found. Rather, it increases its
infestation. of territory. Every pre-
caution is taken to keep it out of thi;
county.
For the benefit of the cotton grow.
ers in this county who wish to grow
Egyptian cotton, there has been al
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-07

Egyptian corn, which reads as fol-
lows:
"These crops should be planted from
about the middle of April to the first
of May. The usual method of plant
ing is to drill them in rows three
and a half feet apart with the plants
from four to eight inches apart in the
row, depending upon the character of
the soil and the amount of moisture
available.
"These rates of planting will re-
Quire from five to seven pounds of
seed per acre. The depth of planting
varies with the character of the soil
and with the condition of the seed
bed. If the seed bed has been well
prepared with a shallow mulch on the
surface, planting to the depth of two
inches will usually be sufficient tc
bring the seed in contact with moist
soil. If the seed bed is rough anc
the surface dry to considerable
depth, deeper planting will be neces.
sary, but it is probably never advis.
able to plant the seed at a greater
depth than four inches.
"After the crop is planted, if tht
soil tends to crust before the plant.
appear, the fiend may be cultivated
with harrow or Dunham roller il
order to break the crust. When tht
plants attain sufficient size so tina
tie rows can be plainly seen the!
should be given rather deep cultiva
ton, using an ordinary corn cultiva
tor. This implement will stir the sol
to a considerable depth, providing
deep mulch and at the same time de
stroying the young weeds. Two O
three similar civilizations during tn
growing season, or until the plant
head, is usually sufficient.
"These crops are grown in a grea
many sections of the state without ir
rigation, although where the rainfall
Is less than IL inches and irrigation
water can be provided, it is usual,
nuch better to irrigate. Two applica
tions during the growing season ar,
usually sufficient. The first applica
tlon of water may be put on at an,
time when the plants exhibit particu
Ter need for it. The second applica
ton, however, should be given abou
the time the plants start 20 head il
order to maintain rapid growth during
the fruiting period.
"Milo and Egyptian corn should no
be pastured early in the growing sea
son, as in this process the plants ar,
apt to be totally destroyed. In grow
ing a grain crop it is much bette,
practice to force the plants to full
maturity as rapidly as possible. Har
vesting is usually done by cutting tn,
heads by hand when they are full,
ripe and spreading them out on tn,
ground or on layer of straw to cure
This curing process will require abou
ten days and is absolutely necessary
as green or damp seed, when PLACED
as green or damp seed, when placed il
bin, will heat and spoil very quick
ly.
when the heads are cured, thresh
ing is done with the ordinary grain
thresber, the only modification neces
sary being a reduction in the speet
of the cylinder to prevent the crack
ing of the grain"
One of the most successful raiser.
makes the statement that the princi
.pal feature is the seed bed prepara
tion. Where irrigation is practiced
and if it is possible to get the seec
in early, with no frost consequences
enc crop can be cut and a second le
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-07
Immense Tonnage Sunk.
(By United Press

Berlin, March Tt is announced
that submarines sunk ships totaling
204, 900 tons between March l and 3.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1917-03-07
Great Value Of Fresh Air.

Roughly speaking. an increase in
production of 10 per cent is not at all
unusual III the average office. shop or
warehouse, following the installation
OF ventilation system. Fresh air
properly circulated, is an essential
factor in successful factory manage
mont
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1917-03-07
Can Surplus Fruit.

Ii you have never canned any n1it
or vegetables. according to modern
methods. YOU will be surprised to
learn how easily you can put up stuff
that is better than you can buy.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1917-03-07

Algernon Sartoris, grandson of Gen.
Y. S. Grant, has joined the Foreign
Legion of France and is now training
at levallebone. He is a son of Nellie
Grant Sartoris and Is forty-two years
old
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-06-20
Government Kept Down Prices.

The president of Guatemala has, tC
a considerable extent, solved the prob
lem of the high cost of living, at least
in so far as the poorer classes OF
Guatemala City and Quezaltenango
the two principal cities of the republic
are concerned. By his supervision the
price of bread is kept to a minimum,
and there are government warehouses
for the sale OF rice, corn, potatoes and
bananas, all at fixed prices, for the
benefit of the poor people of the two
cities named, according to a report
from United States Consul James c.
Beat. The poems or the poorer class
Of the inhabitants of the republic, rep
resent fully 20 per cent of the total
population.
For their benefit the government of
Guatemala in September, 1914, shortly
following the outbreak of the Euro
pean war, inaugurated a system of
government purchase and distribution
of flour at and below cost, which has
been effective in checking the tendency
of increased prices.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-06-20
New Pastor for Unity Church

Rev and Mrs. A. NJ Smith went June
IL to Canton, n. Y, to attend COM
mencement at the Canton Theological
Seminary, from which Mr.. Smith gradu-
ated % years ago. Before their return
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith will attend com.
mencement at Goddard Seminary, where
their youngest son is one of the gradual
ing class, and from which they both
graduated. Mr.. Smith has been preach
ing as a candidate at Unity church the
past month. He has made a favorable
impression and has received a call to be-
come the pastor of the church, which he
has under consideration. The re-organ-
lied choir comprises Mrs. Il. w. Bar
rows, Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Douglass and
Miss Ruth Mcmahon, with Miss Marjorie
Watts as organist. Officers elected by
the Sunday school were:-Supt., Miss
Ruth Mcmahon; assistant. Mrs. Agnes
Jenney; treas, Miss Rose d. Straw; Sec,
Douglass Barrows; assistants, Misses
Minnie Straw and Daisy Bailey; organ
list, Laura Bailey; pianist, Dorothy Bar
rows.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-06-20
Tell Tale Signs Mark Benedict
By LAURA JEAN LIBBEY

would be nottled until someohe relieved
him of the burden LIE held so awk-
wardly.
The married man does not stammer
or grow confused in the presence Of
women. On The contrary, he enjoys
confusing the gentler sex. \ married
man cannot accept an invita- lion to an
affair olfhand. lie knows very we'll
that his wife will have something to
say about that. A single mans hours
are his own outside of business. There
is no one to dictate what he may or
may not do. He can make an engage
ment on the spur of the moment for
anything that suits his fancy.
The married man shows his RESPONSE
bilities on his face. The single mans
face shows absence of them. The
married man shows plainly that he has
no heart to lose. The single mans at
titude toward women shows that he Is
looking about for the right one.
The married man has no real interest
in any woman outside of his own FAM
lily or circle Of close friends. The sim
gle man has interest wherever there
are Hkeable young ladies who appeal
to him. A married man is always ready
to go to his dinner at the tap Of the
hotel gong. If single man is con-
versing with single young lady he
forgets dinner, everything in the pleas
ure Of her charming presence.
There are upward of a thousand
ways, never failing signs, by which you
can tell whether a mans married or
single. But If you have mastered the
few hints given you here you have
learned quite enough to help you deter
mine whether the fascinating strangeri
you have recently met is married or
single.
Copyright, 1919
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-06-20
VERMONT TO RAISE 5000, 900
This is Her Share in S10O, 0O0,-
600 Red Cross Fund-Rais-
ing Campaign

Vermont is to have another Red Cross
campaign.
The Old Green Mountain State is ask
! ed to raise 100000 of a 500, 900 900
fund, and Red Cross delegates at meet
ing held in Burlington, Tuesday, June
nth, pledged themselves to lend every
effort toward making the giant under
taking success.
Chairman Redfeld Proctor of the
Vermont Chapter presided at the gath
ering, which included over 200 dele
gates, and he graphically recited the
aims of the Red Cross in the conflict in
which the United States is now the
greatest factor.
The purpose of the present campaign
is to raise sufficient sum for the Red
Cross that it may be placed in position
to aid the needy families of soldiers who
are in service in this country as we'll as
to aid the families of soldiers who are
fighting IN France; to aid the soldiers
themselves who are in the trenches and
to rehabilitate the devastated sections
of France and Belgium, furnishing tenn
poraTy living quarters for the inhabit-
ants who were driven from their homes,
provide them with stock, farm nipple
ments, seed, etc, that they may be Civ
Cu q uCW start
Gov. Graham made a strong and ur-
gent appeal to all Vermonters to give of
their means to this worthy cause.
J. Bayard Backus, field director of the
Red Cross War Council of New England,
outlined the plan of campaign which
began on Monday, lIune IS, and contin-
ues to Monday evening June as Local
branches of the Red Cross are to organ
ize by the appointment of captains of
teams that are to consist of not less than
six workers who are to solicit funds on
the partial payment plan. As many as
four installments may be made, the last
payment to be on October Ist.
This extract is taken from Gov. Ora
hams speech: 'Some of you have an
automobile, and next Saturday after
noon you will think that you will go
and take a trip and have an enjoyable
time. If you will leave your automobile
in the garage and sit on the piazza, and
take the money you would spend for gas
oline and oil and give it to the Red
Gross, and do it for two or three weeks,
We will have every dollar of money we
have been asked to contribute"
Everybody is expected to do his bit
in this great cause. Vermont must not
fail. She should and will live up to her
patriotic traditions.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-06-20
Who wrote

Oh, ever thus, from childhood's hour,
I've seen my fondest hopes decay7
Thomas Moore Q779-1S52) in "The
Fire Worshippers, in "Lalla Rookh.'
Following is the context:
Oh, ever thus, from childhood's hour,
I've seen my fondest hopes decay.
never loved a tree or flower
But twas the first to fade away.
I never nursed a dear gazelle
To glad me with its soft, black eye
But when 1t came to know me well
And love me IL was sure to die.
Can the national guard be called to
serve outside the territories Of the
United States7
Under the law of June 3, 1916-the
national defense act-the president of
the United States is empowered to use
the state militia in the service of the
country under the same conditions as
The regular army.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-06-20
Greek Athletes Were ~crooked.n

Crookedness among athletes was in
vented by the Grecians. The practice
of one man allowing another to win a
contest through a previous arrange
ment was common but unpopular. The
penalty was for the guilty one to be
fined heavily, and when a certain sum
of money had thus been raised monu-
ment was created with inscriptions
warning others to be good.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-06-20

them with his wife or daughters. We
will suppose this to be the case and
let it go at that.
A single man is not versed in the
ways of women and takes no chances
in trying to get up Irritation with a
charming young widow. The married
man gives a widow back as many
glances as she turns in his direction.
He knows she could not accuse him of
flirting.
The married man is always looking
after babies he sees on the street. Pat
ting them on the head, dangling them
on his knees or whistling to them If
they are at arms length, is his way,
The single man steers clear Of them.
If one was thrust within his arms he
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-06-20
Peal Eoreslnhf

Willis-"So your chamber Of COM
merce is going to put your town on
the mapI No doubt you will get some
large manufacturing plant to locate
here" Gillis-"No; we are going to
persuade some well-known prizefghter
TO be born here."-Life.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-06-20

e ID o u = II. j u ) [
watch him for tell
tale signs. The sin
gle man is usually
polite to the la
dies, but not over
officious. The mar
ried man is over
jealous in his eff
forts to make him
self agreeable to
the feminine sex.
The single man is
not often, if ever,
S t a r n G a f t e r
young girls. The
married man sell
dom let's one pass
h / m unObserved.
OF course he may
be Just comparing
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-06-20
Not "Americanisms."

Those characteristic American
isms." such as take it from me-" the
real stuff" "pLker," "sure thing" and
so on. have been traced to Sheridan,
Thaekeray, Smollett, Dickens, and
others, and are in common use in
Great Britain. while there appears to
be little question that Aristophanes
was the first to use the expression
1--WE take the cake
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-06-20
SWISS REPUDIATE ATTACKS
herman Influence Blamed for Grill
cism of Wilson.

Geneva, via Paris.-Continua at
lacks upon President Wilson by Swiss
papers supposed to be more or less un
der German influence have been re
pudiated by the more important jour.
mails, which express the opinion that
the object is to develop discord be.
tween Switzerland and the United
States and line up Switzerland upon
the side of Germany and the Central
Powers.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-06-20

In his address at the acceptance of
the gift to the nation of Abraham Lin
colri birthplace President Wilson
mac some ,triking remarks about the
mys.ery and isolation of LincoIn's
character. Can you print what he sale?
On that point he said: Il have read
many biographies Of Lincoln; l have
sought out with the greatest interest
the many intimate stories that are told
of him, the narratives of nearby
friends, the sketches at close quarters,
in which those who had the privilege
of being associated with him have
tried to depict for us. the very man
himself in his habit as he lived but
l have nowhere found a real intimate
Of Lincoln's; | nowhere get the i'm
preston in any narrative or reminis-
cence that the writer had in fact pene-
trated to the heart of his mystery or
that any man could penetrate to the
heart of it. That brooding spirit had
no real familiars l get the impression
that it never spoke out in complete
self revelation and it could not reveal
itself completely to any one. 1t was
a very lonely spirit that looked out
from underneath those shaggy brows
and comprehended men without fully
communicating with them, as if, in
spite OF all its genial efforts at COM
radeship, it dwelt apart, saw its vi
sions of duty where no man looked
on"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-06-20

MY good man, shall have TO put
you on a diet"
"Oh, don't. doctor! This bed is Gne.
-LampOon.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-06-20

When baby suffers with Group, apply
and give DR.. Thomas Eclectic Oil at once.
safe for children. A little goes a long
way. 25c and SOC. At all drug stores
adv.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-06-20
AROUSE THE NATION TOITS DANGER"
US. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ADVISES

MISUNDERSTANDING that the United States is fast approaching
crisis brought to s own
United
President WILSON
resolution asking him special commission to investigate
the them to sense OF
( their
The which signature OF Joseph
H. Defree Chicago Chamber, the
peril thus:
aside shortening there life
e are
the fighting her
"Tf
to
'If reversals should be the front
"Tf Tie submarine be not checked"
Chamber of big business
drawing Geographic approval
and the
actually passed May "a, public
is commission
entirely independent all other
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-06-20

For regular action of the bowels; easy
natural movements, ,. lief of constipation,
try Doan's Regulets. 25c at all stores.-
adv.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-06-20
Please tell me in what parts of the
world Spanish is generally spoken.

Spanish, of course, is spoken in
Spain, to some extent in Morocco, in
the Philippine Islands, all of South
America except Brazil, in Cuba, Porto
Rico, Central America and Mexico,
all of the West India islands except
the British colonies and to some ex-
tent in the states Of Texas, Arizona,
New Mexico and California.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-06-20

How much is an English pound in
American money?
An English pound is usually comput-
ed at $4.S6 in American money. Quo
tations are, however, liable to daily
changes. To find the English equiva-
lent of American money divide the
sum desired by 1856.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-06-20

Did constantinopIe, capital of Tur.
key, ever belong to Russia?
No.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-06-20

How can you tell whether or not a
mans married? Why it's simple
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-06-20

Stone walls do not prison make,
Nor iron bars a cage,
Minds innocent and quiet take
That for a heritage.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-06-20

Was the world war responsible for
the daylight saving movement
The daylight saving movement has,
of course, come into prominence
through its adoption In Europe since
the outbreak of the war. But it dates
back to 1907, when William Willett
published a booklet on 1.-THE Waste of
Daylight" In 1908 a daylight saving
bill was introduced in the house of
commons, but didsnot pass. The prop
osition on which the daylight saving
movement is based is that from May
l to Oct. 1 clocks should be set for
ward one hour so as to take advantage
Of the hour of sunlight at one end of
the day instead of using artificial light
at the other. On April 16, 1916, the
German federal council passed a meas
ure ordering all clocks to be set for
ward one hour. Within three months
the example of Germany had been fol
lowed by Holland, Austria, Turkey,
England, France, Norway, Sweden,
Denmark, Italy, Switzerland, Spain
and Portugal. In this hemisphere the
scheme has been adopted in Nova SEQ
tia. In England the change was made
as war measure only, largely in order
to save the coal supply for military and
naval uses; it has been estimated that
the British people are saving in sum-
mer about $12,OO0,000 In gas and cleo
trio light bills. On the other hand, 1t
must be mentioned that the gas and
electric light companies raised their
rates to the consumer, in order to meet
the loss of their lessened demand. The
of the daylight saving plan
is, of course. somewhat dependent on
England and Germany are
so situated as to benefit greatly by the |
change. Scotland and the Scandinavian /!
countries have an excess Of daylight in
summer anyway. In the southern J
states of this country there is not much
difference in the summer and winter
length of the day.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-06-20

Will you please translate the Massa-
chusetts state motto?
"Ense Petit Placidam Sub Libertate
Quietem" means with the sword she
seeks gentle peace under liberty
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-10-22
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Exc 1PT FROM war Tx

There has been so much discussion
OF the tax on musical instruments"
in the war revenue law recently en-
acted by Congress that the general
public, unnmiliar with the wording
OF the section in Title VI. referring
to that subject. have obtained the
impression that pianos, violins. clar-
ionets. plccolos, oboes. drums. Gym
balls and the host OF other instruments
on which artists near artists and
learners perform are taxed This,
however, IS not the case.
Il is only canned music+ that Is
hit by the law. Subdivision (b) OF
Section GOO Of that title makes this
clear IN these words.
Upon all piano-players. graphic
phones. Photographs. talking ma.
chimes and records used IN connection
with any musical instrument. piono-
PLAYER graphophone phonograph OF
talking machine sold by the manufac-
turers producer or importer tax
equivalent to per centum OF the
price for which sold.
Thousands OF these articles are
solid on the easy plan
and a large proportion OF those sold
In this manner this year Will b sub
lect 10 the tax The law provides
that taxable articles so sold and
delivered afer May must pay the
tax.