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Imperial Valley press., 1917-01-11

in 1917 will be more reasonable than in 1916. This would
enable better sabization of business and serve to ma
terally restrain dangerous industrial initiation In all es
sentia respects business and credit sound and the
impetus impaired by will keep home trade active for
some months to in spite of the difficulties incurred
through readjustment. Both the West and the South
consequences of which will be large increase in
of all farm prodllcts-sonethng that would have been
impossible had the government attempted to keep prices
down. as cure-all refomers would like it to have
done AS for export trade what is lost in direction
will be largely made up by reopening old markets, and
the gains from exploiting fields of enterprise.
An unsettled tone developed on the Stock Exchange
particularly in the ndstrals Besides the success of the
recent bear attack on the stock market has undoubtedly
produced strong opposing force against inflated war
prices hence for the present it is likely to be tWoslded
market subject violent attacks. The money market IS
easy and large amounts of funds awaiting investment
January disbursements of the principal large corporations
amounted to over $3.50 000 compared with S2800O0
600 year ago. Last year 10000 new corporations
with capitalization of 500 000O00 report
ed an increase of 81 400 100000 This implies unprece
dented industrial development and activity rumored
that new British loan will shortly be offered in this
market probably issue based upon collateral held in
this country, and upon cent basis In view OF the
recent warning of the Federal Reserve Board and the
fact that this market is already we'll supplied with British
bonds it will be interesting how the issue will
be received It quite evident that there will be good
demand for capital during the current year and owners
thereof will be able command good rates either at home
or abroad
Imperial Valley press., 1917-01-11
LEADERS FOR PRIZES.

Each Cay this week a prize of 1O,-
900 bonus votes is being awarded the
contestant turning in the largest num-
Der of new subscriptions for year
or more each during that day, the Of
flee remaining open until 9 each
evening to accommodate those who
find it more convenient to call after
dinner.
The best record yesterday was made
by Mrs. L. F. Elam, who thereby won
the 10000 prize votes, which places
her name, after Only four days ef-
fort in the contest, in the lead for
one of the seven prizes to be award
ed one week from Saturday.
The end of the contest is so close
at hand that friendsof contestants are
getting excited. Someone must win
the S105G Studebaker and someone
must win the $3.50 cash, and another
the 5000 furniture order at the I'M
parial Valley Hardware furniture de-
partment. Who will prove the win
ners Any one of the prizes could be
won without much effort. Ore or
two generous subscriptions would ma
Imperial Valley press., 1917-01-11
1 Am the Unimproved Highway.
BY II. G. Andrews

BY II, G. Andrews
in the William Penn Highway Bu,lc-
tin. Harrisburg, Pa.
Copyright. 1916, by the William
Penn Highway Association.
| am the uuimproved highway.
My name is Mud.
The feet that pattered ." Nrimeval
slime gave me birth.
Unchanged while the ages passed,
/ have endured. Time has but served
to increase my infinite variety. Earth
worn. and without Il soul, yet have |
lived. From the beginning have |
been mans enemy.
A dust-colored python am |, stretch
ing my length across the hills, wait
ing my time TO crush endeavor.
| have SHARED caravans that left
bleaching bones in lands now des-
ert.
Empires have fallen because of me.
have turned victories into routs,
1 have trapped mighty leaders and
have crushed armies.
l am without faith, and those who
trust me l deceive.
Today | am fair to look upon; to-
morrow a steaminr bog.
l add Difficulty to Distance
With Isolation do | conspire to un-
joint the endeavors of man. | tug
at the wheels of the grain cart, that
bread may be dear. l hamper those
Who would feed the race. / am an
enemy Of church and school. mire
the healer on his rounds and delay
tie coming that little ones may die.
l am a disrupter of home. ] speed
the first born to the cities when
am fair to see, and when he would
return l face him with my forbidding
depths. | minister to bitterness and
lay a tax on all the world. There
/ is none WHO lives WHo uoeS HoI pay
me tribute.
When men plowed with a crooked
stick / was there. When the ancients
covered ME with stones slipped away
to other lands. | am the oldest lie
4hat lives today. Men count me cheap.
know the price they pay who count
me so.
] am the unimproved highway.
Ny name is Mud!
Imperial Valley press., 1917-01-11
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior.

U. S. LAND OFFICE at Ell Centre.
California, January 4, 1917.
Notice is hereby given that Tilla
Pruitt, OF Ell Centro, California, who,
on March 5, 1914, made desert land
entry No. E. C. 01876. l.. A. 022S65,
for Lot 81, Section A; Lots AZ and 80,
Section 5; Lots 1 and 8, Section 8, and
Lot 10 of Section 9, Township 16 South,
Range 13 East, San Bernardino me-
ridian. has filed notice of intention
to make final proof, to establish claim
to the lard above described. before the
Register or Receiver of the United
States Land Office. at Ell Centro Cali
fornia, on the eighth (Sth) day of
February, 1917.
Claimant names as witnesses: Will
liam H. Pruitt, of Ell Centre, Calf;
F. NJ. Barto. of Ell Centre. Calf; S. F.
Southard, of Ell Centre, Calf; Frank
Aymes, of Silsbee, Calf
Non-coal f. G. FARR,
No Withdrawals Register.
Imperial Valley Press
First publication, Jan. 5, 1917.
Last publication, Feb. 8, 1917.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-01-11
Adopts Trademark.

The adoption Of a standard trade
mark by a merchant is always mat
ter Of long and careful consideration
and it will be with interest that our
readers will notice in today's issue
the first appearance Of "The Butcher
Boy" Geo. Hayward's new trade
mark. The little butcher boy, who
will hereafter appear in all Mr.. Hay
wards advertising, will bring a new
message weekly to the public and his
in each new role will be
of interest to the readers Of The
Press.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-01-11
Urge Women to Wear White Hats.
(BY United Press(

London, Jan. 11.-Women today are
urged to wear white millinery at
night so they may be plainly seen by
vehicle drivers, and white coats are
Imperial Valley press., 1917-01-11

terially alter the prospects of some
of the leaders for prizes toady. A
little squirt on the part of any one
of those further down in the list
would place them up among the lead
ers for the two or three chief prizes.
Scores.
Miss Thelma Salassi, 574 Wood
ward avenue 131 ,87O
Miss Mary Mathews, Barbara
Worth hotel .112,94O
Miss Zula Moore, El Centro. 72,5OO
Miss Lillian Kissee, Westside. 68,O4O
Miss Elsie Adams, Seeley. ... 67295
Mrs. Geo. De Haven, 442 He'll 34,500
Mrs. L. F. Elan, 5O4 Fourth. 32,O4O
Mrs. Joseph F. Seymour, Jr.,
$50 Olive avenue. ....... 27,325
Mrs. Theodore lasigi, 526 Holt 15,745
Miss Jane Kelsey, Ell Centro. 1926
Mrs. Leotta Dunn, Ell Centro.. 8,125
Miss Ivy Williams, Princess
hotel ..................... 5,67O
Miss Alvin Patterson, 522
Brighton ................. 5,625
Miss Henrietta Drumm. AIT
Holt Observation-Disclosures. 5,4OO
Mrs. ID. r. Francis, Ell Centre 1926
Miss Evelyn Bowman, Seventh
and State streets ......... $500
Mrs. Arthur Williams, Holtville 3,1OO
diss Margaret Cronie, Eighth
and Holt 925
Voting Power of Subscriptions.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-01-11

urged for street sweepers. The rec
followed a series of
lstreet accidents due to the pitchy
sblackness of London nights during
Zeppelin season.
L. A. McNeeley of Brawiey is
spending a few days in Ell Centre
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-05-09
Abused Superlatives.

1t is hard to make people understand
that the adjective almost invaNably
weakens the noun, and that the word
''very," for instance, does not strength
en- statement, but qualities. it. A
good example might be taken from the
August communications Of our presi-
dent, who weakens the word "sincere"
by saying "very sincere" But the use
of the superlative is even more abused.
We talk of the "unimpeachable" hon
esty of somebody or other, knowing
perfectly we'll that anybody's honesty
may be impeached. What seems to be
required is readjustment Of our hab-
it's of thought, and better teaching Of
the value Of words and even Of the
usefulness of grammar. A superlative
necessarily involves an axiom. 1t COM
mits you, like saying that the sum Of
the angles Of any triangle is equal to
two right angles. Your dilemma arises
when you try to prove it. "Impregna-
bility" and 'invulnerability," and all
the other superlatives in such general
use are posing as axioms when they
are mostly fallacies.-Wall Street
Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-05-09
The Will to Act.

Two words are very significant In
life-situation and action. The sphere
in which man is situated, or what
is called environment" will largely
determine what he is to be, but no
amount Of situation" will Of itself
precipitate vigorous action Of noble
kind. Manly men are made by the
right sort of reaction against environ
ment. Whatever may be- claimed for
heredity and association. a certain
amount Of free play must be allowed
to the individual, who In his turn, by
strenuous and selective action. con-
tributes to the formation in future OF
a new heredity. No progress in hu;
man affairs would be at all possible
were life simply to the last factor q
recapltulation Of previous lives. 1t Is
part Of our heritage as sons Of GOO
that we can build upon the fathers
and yet be different from them-that
we can inherit the past and prede-
termine the future. 1t Is true that
some men are circumstantially situ-
ated more favorably for success than
are others; but the man who has IN
him the will to act, even though he be
a poor and physically weak Paul, Will
in the end, in spite Of beatings and
shipwrecks oft, win out among tne
best.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-05-09
Home IollJn
7 7 Helps Y
SITE SHOULD FIT THE HOME
One of the First Things One Must
Remember When Making Plans
to Build the House.

Most of the suburbanites who are
saving to build q house-the sort they
have dreamed Of possessing-give so
much attention to the actual plans OF
the dwelling that they do not stop to
think at all Of the vast Importance
of the houses setting.
There are joys and profits in site
hunting, and the average home-builder
who is willing to content himself with
the first strip of land in a desirable
neighborhood with which his real-es-
tate dealer confronts him never
gueSses.
Obviously, the average suburban lot
is the "flat, treeless, 80 by 1OO," on
which. of course, there is little possi-
BILE latitude in building. The house
must be oblong and stand on one of its
ends about in the center of the lot,
with an i2consequential margin on
either side of green in front and rear.
There are interminable streets Of these
in every suburb.
But in every suburb also there are
odd corners that have been passed by
as unsuitable. Like the neglected
creed beds in the farmers fields, they
are generally in odd shapes and wood
ed. the hand of the "improver" hav-
ing passed them as hopeless. In ru-
raj districts where land is rated by its
cultivatable a-ea, these are literally
waste and can often be bought for
very little.
One of the least-appreciated kind OF
sites for home is the gully or draw.
Everywhere among the hills there are
places where the waters have cut out
a bed to the rocks and stream
splashes swiftly downward among the
trees.
If you have definite plan for yorr
house in mind before you have an idea
for the site, you should seek your site
to fit the home. A chateau would be
out of place where bungalow cottage
would be wholly at ease. A barn might
be badly misplaced on the ideal site
for a farmhouse. Your house, as has
been said, is the chief element in your
composition.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-05-09
OutlaMed Rob Roy.

When the sheriff court was removed
from Inveraray to punoon, there was
among the documents the proclama-
ton making Rob Roy an outlaw. The
letter-press is as black as when it left
the press Of the kings printer, nearly
200 years ago. The Endorsement is as
follows: proclamation for the ac-
cusing and apprehending Robert Roy
Campbell, alias McGregor, dated lOth
March, 1719. 9th March, 1719.-Pub-
lished at the Mercat Cross Of In
veraray by John Mcpherson, messen-
ger; before these witnesses: James
Campbell, Provost there: Archibald
,Campbel and Charles Stewart, writer's
there, and divers others. s."-Edinburgh
Scotsman.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-05-09

serole with vegetables. A pound Of
mutton Drowned, then dredged with
flour, water and quart of shredded
carrots added with a small chopped
onion and allowed to stew for two or
three hours makes a most satisfying
dish.
Bavarian Veal chops.-Place in q
saucepan, six loin chops with q sliced
onion, six slices of carrot. two cloves,
a few peppercorns, two tablespoonfuls
Of butter and enough boiling water to
cover. Cook slowly until the meat is
tender. Drain, season well, roll in flour
and saute in pork fat until brown.
Serve with the vegetable, finely
chopped, in a brown sauce with cooked
macaroni. sT'..
Red Cabbage.-Wash and shred fine
one head OF red cabbage. Put in q
deep skillet a spoonful Of drippings
and q shredded onion, when the onion
is light brown. add the cabbage, stir
well and add boiling water to cover.
Cook one hour, then add three thinly
sliced apples and pinch Of salt, let
boil ten minutes; then stir in level
tablespoonful of flour, blended with
three tablespoonfuls of vinegar. Boil
up and serve hot.
Swedish Fish Soup.-Make q stock
by cooking the head, tail, fins and any
bones of a white fish like cod, haddock
or halibut, in cold water to cover. Add
q slice each Of onion and carrot, q
piece Of bay leaf and a few pepper
corns. Cook slowly for one hour, then
strain and thicken with two table
spoonfuls of flour and butter cooked
together, using one quart of stock, sea-
son to taste with salt, paprika and
add just before serving, pint Of milk.
.Garnlsh with q few peas or chopped
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-05-09
True ReIiqious Achievement.

If the relentless drift is bearing
away some traditional and convention
al household gods" and ecclesiastical
sanctities, there is abundant compen-
sation in the unveiling of higher Ideals,
the vitalizing of thought and charae-
ter, and in the dispersion of rubbish
which has almost hidden the Divine
lineaments Of mans nature. Religious
advancement is seen in the increaaeG
emphnsiG which Is placed upon these
living realities about which men can
not d:ffer-Henry Wood.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-05-09

ance society and social welfare or
ganization in districts where drink
is a difficult thing for person on the
streets to get except in saloons and
soda emporiums. The contrivance Is
of the bubbling-cup type and drains
through waste pipe into gutter adj
jacent to the plug to which it is at
tached.-Popular Mechanics Maga-
zine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-05-09

stalled at q num-
Der of places in
Rochester and
New York city
for the benefit Of
pedestrians. The
device is an in
vention Of an
employee Of the
department of
public works Of
the former city
and is being in
stalled in Goth
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-05-09
NaAA,.i.e.. !. N4fm mslQ
BAD eoGGH?:FEvER1sH? GR1PPY?
parsley.

You need DR.. Kings New Dis
covery to stop that,:cold, the sooth-
ing balsam ingredients heal the ir-
ritated membranes, sootRe the sore
throat, the antiseptic qualities DILL
the germ and your cold is quickly
relieved. Dr.SKihg's New Discov-
cry has for 43 years been the. stand
ard remedy for coughs and colds in
thousands of,<hemes. Get bottle
to-day and have it handy in your
medicine chesk Cor coughs, colds,
Group, grippe ~ all bronchial af-
fections. At g druggist, 56c. Q
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-05-09
Abbeville-Greenwyoiod Md4
dual Insurance 'Assoei-.
80 alton. !:

OTSdulZeu3lo o5l. - %nri
Property Insured $2,s00ooo.
WRITE OR CALL on The un-
dersigned for any information you
may desire about our plan of insur-
ance,
We insure your property against
destruction by
FIRE, WINDSTORM or LIGHT
MING
and do so cheaper than any Com
pany in existence.
Remember, we are prepared to
prove to you that ours is the safest
and cheapest plan of insurance
known.
Our Association is now licensed
to write Insurance in the counties
of Abbeville, Greenwood, McCor-
mick, Laurens and Edgefeld.
The officers are: Gen. J. Fraser
Lyon, President, Columbia, S. c.
J. R. Blake, Gen. Agt., Secy: q
Treas, Greenwood, S. G.
DIRECTORS.
A. O. Grant, Mt. Carmel, S. G.
J. M. Gambrell, Abbeville, S. G.
,Jno. II, Cbilds. Bradley, S. G.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-05-09

GABLNEE IS

Make yourselves nests of pleasant !,
thoughts.
Bright fancies, satisfied memories,
noble histories, faithful sayings, treas
ure houses of precious and restful
thoughts, which care cannot disturb,
nor pain make gloomy. nor poverty
take away from us-house built with
out hands for our souls to live in
John Ruskin.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-05-09
Whenever NJ Need deteral Tonic
fkel GdoYetS

The oldigtandafd Crowds Taste1ess
chill Ton9 is equally yabeble as =, a
General Rohic because t CONTAINS I the
we'll known tonic properties Of QulNlNE
andsIRON. sIt. acts on the. Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the. Blood and
Builds up TIP Whole System. So cents
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-05-09

am by q temper
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-05-09

AASetSs
mutton are high
and so are other
meats, b u t til e
housekeeper who
plans her meals is
able to make q
small piece of meat
furnish the meal by
nA0l,{r~ a. IN noo-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-05-09
DRINKING FOUNTAIN FOR CITY
Are Attached to Fire Hydrants, and
Have Been Installed in Promi-
nent Eastern Places.

Sanitary drinking fountains de-
signed to be attached to fire hydrants
hnnn in
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-05-09
SEASONABLE DISHES.

In many small places it is next to
impossible to get any variety Of fresh
moot Ionnh md
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-08-07
FOUR STRAIGHT
FOR POLISH A. G

The Polish Athletic Club made It
four consecutive victories Sunday BY
defeating the West Hammond A C's
by the score of Il to 8. Michael Hodor.
catcher for the Polish nine. hogged all
the honors at West Hammond. Sunday
by knocking two two-bag gers and a
single at four times to bat, thus scor-
ing four runs Krupa, the pitcher, on
the other hand gave a mastery ex-
hibition in spite of the fact that he
was not in condition to pitch ball on
account OF an injury received in the
game two weeks ago. He was in
trouble on numerous occasions. espe-
cially in the ninth inning when his
mates were up in the air, but pulled
out safely. not because of any wonder
ful support. but because he had the
West Hammond boys puzzled on his
splitter.
Although the game was not played
with as much pep as the previous ones
were but the future games will be
played with all that is in the Polish
lads The next game is with the Peer
less boys and it VIII certainly take
pep to beat them, but still the Poles
are confident OF winning.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-08-07
| DEAD, 5 HURT,
AdTO RACE TOLL

MILWAUKEE. WIS, Aug. AT the
state fair grounds automobile races
Sunday one spectator was killed and
four drivers seriously injured when q
car which blew a tire skidded and was
run into by two other cars.
Carl Healey of Milwaukee. who was
standing near the fence, was killed.
His stepson. Joseph Cross. Is years old.
was struck by a paling Of the fence
and suffered a confusion of the chest
and dislocated shoulder. The injured
drivers are:
ELMER vosBURGH 27. fractured
skull and confusion of back.
FRANK KLUG. 20 Cedarburg. wis.
possible fracture OF skull and con-
fusion Of back
HARRY NELSON. so. fracture OF left
arm and internal injuries.
FRANK ERDNfAN. 81. Cedarburg. pos
sible fracture OF skull
The drivers. with the exception OF
Nelson. who is suffering internal in
juries. probably will recover.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-08-07
ELKS WIN
FROM THE
Columbus

In the tenth inning Of a close game
the Elk Juniors defeated the Columbia
"A c. OF Hammond by a score Of seven
to six This game was featured by
TIE good playing OF both teams though
the Elks had shade the better of II.
overccming a four run lead. IN the
frst inning the Elks scored one run
and BANKED the c. A c. In the sec
ond the C. A. Ct came back strong and
counted twice. also putting the Elks
out In order In the third the Elks
tied the C A c. In the fourth moth
ing), neither side scored. In the fifth.
however. the c. A. c. scored four runs.
while in the sixth the Elks counted
three times and again in the eighth
By the tremendous drive Of Neiman
which scored Scherer and Melted three
bases for Neiman. Then the Elks
were speedily retired. Neither side
scored in the ninthsand an extra inning
had TO be played.
IN the tenth Scherer walked, stole
second and was sacrificed to third by
Cook The ball was thrown TO the
third baseman. the baseman missed it
and Scherer was able 10 score the win
ming run. The best all around playing
was done by Red Morse. the star
shortstop. Credit is also due to Nei-
man. Krieger. Cook and Beiriger The
leading sluggers were Cook and Nei-
man.
The lineup was Brown. c; Neiman.
p; Morse, SIS; Krieger. ID; Beiriger. 2b;
Cook, 3b; Scherer. II; Rolling eff;
Housely. RI. Any teams averaging IA
1s years wishing games should call
Hammond 7T9, between six and six
thirty and ask for Joe. Score:
Elk Juniors.1 o - 10
CoFbia A CO ? 0-6 8
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-08-07
STARS At CHECKER PLAY
TO COMPETE FOR TITLE

CEDAR POINT. O.. Aug. IA TWEEN
ty game match for the eleven-man bal
lot system checker championship or
the world will be a feature of the
American Checker associations annual
tournament to be held here this week
Newell w. Banks of Detroit and Al
fred Jordan Of London. England will
be the contestants.
Jordan claimed the campionshIp Il
many years. Last winter Banks wrest-
ed the title from him in Los Angeles
The eleven-man ballot system was
invented by Banks. Each player bal
lots of one man at the beginning of
the game and starts with eleven in
stead Of twelve checkers. 1t thus be-
comes necessary for the players to
work himself back into the prearrang-
ed play upon which he is relying TO
win.