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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-28
Golden Gossip
Club Meets

The Golden Gossip club of Lock
met at the home of Mrs. III. j. Hood,
one mile west Of Lock, Thursday after
noon, the occasion being Mrs. Hood s
silver wedding anniversary. The club
presented Mrs. Hood with an engraved
spoon. Regular business was dis
posed of and missionary program
was given by members of the club. AS
visitor, the Rev. Mr.. Akers of Homer
was present
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-28
transcripts Filed


transcripts from Mayor Mitchell's
court were filed in the common pleas
court Friday in the cases of Charles
Suttles, charged with attempt to rape,
and John Bliss, accused Of using OBJ
scene language in the presence of a
woman. Suttles pleaded not guilty
when arraigned and was hound over to
await the action of the grand jury.
His bond was fixed at $1,000 and he is
confined in the county Jail, being un'
able to furnish the bond.
Bliss was arrested upon affidavit
made by Luther A. Stream. He waved
examination when arra'gned before
the mayor. His bond was fixed at $10O
which he furnished and was released
Bliss must also appear before the grand
jury.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-28
Enjoy Wiener
Roast

About twenty young people attended
wiener roast at the home of Miss
Pansy Morey on the Columbus road
Thursday evening. The guests went
to Miss Moreys home about o'clock
and enjoyed the evening a great deal.
The rain drove the people indoors but
that had no effect on their being de-
lighted with the party.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-28
ENTRIES FOR FAIR To
OPEN SEPTEMBER |
Exhibitors OF Livestock Must
Enter Animals Before
The Fifteenth

Secretary H. c. Gates of the Knox
county fair board, announced Saturday
that entries for the fair will be open
ed Sept. l and the livestock entries
will close on the Saturday before the
fair opens, Sept. 10. A meeting of the
board of directors has been called for
Sept. | at / o'clock.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-28

Rev. Ralph w. Sockman, who has
been spending his vacation in this
city with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Potter Sockman, will return to his
home in New York city Monday. Rev.
Sockman is pastor of the Madison ave.
nue. NJ. +. church in New York. He
viii have charge of the services at the
local M E church Sunday evening,
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-28
An INDIGNANT Compliment.

On one occasion when change in
the cast had been made at the Savoy
theatcr Sir Arthur sullivan. who hap
pened to he dining at the Savoy hotel,
slipped away for few minutes from
the table and went into the theater to
the upper circle, there, to hear and
judge for himself the capabilities Of the
new artists AS the play proceeded and
n favorite score in the opera WAS taken
the talented composer unconsciously
commenced to hum the refrain as he
desired it to be rendered. This coasid-
erably annoyed his next door neighbor,
who abruptly remarked, Excuse me,
sir. If | mention the fact that | have
paid my money to hear Sir Arthur Sui
livans charming opera as given by the
company and not your confounded
hummingw Sir Arthur returned to his
dinner and related the incident with
great guSto.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-28
Honors Toledo

Vsitoro
In honor of DR.. G. M. Wright and
family of Toledo, who have been
spending a few days with Miss Clara
Stephens and friends, pleasant So
cial time was had at the home OF MIS-
Zona Merrin of Mansfield avenue
Thursday evening. Those present
were: DR.. G. NJ. Wright and wife'
Miss Helen Wright and Master Lanson
Wright of Toledo Mrs. M. l.. White
man Of Liberty Center, Mrs, M. Steph-
ems, Mr.. and Mrs Mac Stephens, MISS
Clara Stephens, Charles Hutton, MIS-
Jennie Stephen, Ralph Thuma, Mr.. ana
Mrs. Earl Thuma, Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
Corwin. Helen Curtis OF Frederich'
town. Mrs Zona Merrin, Misses Mary
Ruth, Gladys and Constance Merrih
After a picnic supper was enjoyed
the guests were entertained by MISS
Helen Wright, who is an accomplished
uianist. Master Lanson Wright sang
and Mrs. Mac Stephens and Hiss Hel
en- Curtis gave readings.
A marshmallow roast followed, Th'
doctor and family left in his car Friday
morning for! Toledo, accompanied p'
Mrs. Zona Merrin and Miss Cara
Stophens, who will spend few weeks
in Toledo.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-28
DUTIES.

Man cannot choose his duties.
He may choose to forsake his
duties and choose not to have
the sorrow they bring. But he
will 90 forth, and what will he
find2 Sorrow without duty
bitter herbs and no bread with
them.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-28
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+ SOCIETY NOTES i

Teachers Attend
Social
A social for al teachers attending
the teachers institute was held in the
high school building Thursday even
ing. Games and contests Of various
kinds were enjoyed by the 80 teachers
who were present. Refreshments were
served.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-28
Files Account

Files Account
The second and final account of
Molle Sherman, trustee for Lola V.
Sherman and others, has been filed in
the probate court. The account
shows 5000 received and expended.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-28
REUNIONS

*%"The annual reunion of the Dowds
family will be held at Camp Sychar
Wednesday, Aug. 30.
**#The fourth annual reunion of the
Hoar-Frye families will be held at
Riverside park August 30 All mem
bers of either family come with we'll
filled baskets.
*%*The Purdy-Lepley reunion Will be
held at Glenmont, Holmes county, Sat
u"day, Sept. l.
*%*The Mapes family reunion Will
be held at the home of Mrs. Joseph
Howell, 6 West Curtis street, Sept, 8
s"#The Fishburn family reunion will
be held at the home of Frank Fish
burn in Miller township on Labor Day
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-28

First Lieut.. Headington donned
"swagger stick" Thursday. This saw
ed-off cane has proved great favortte
among the British officers and U, 3.
officers as well where it has made Its
appearance at the barracks and camps.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-28

The average weight of the men In
Battery L is 152 pounds-and are all
men, as any Knox county resident will
swear. 1t is the boast of local resi-
dents that never in the history Of
Knox county, where "a reputation has
always been sustained for turning out
good soldiers, has better "all-round
bunch OF men donned Uncle Sans uni
form.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-28

"I never buy rattle tickets. l never
won anything in rattle in my life
Been unlucky, eh?"
wouldn't say that. You see. nave
never bought rattle ticket. detroit
Free Press.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-28
FRANK o. LEvERIH0
hrrOQNEX AT LAM

All business OF legal nature gfvss
prompt attention and especially 10
bractice in the Probate Court. Once
No. 8 East High street, Mt. yernoS. o.
New Phone, Office 104.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-28
Statement. Filed

Rollin II. McIntire, administrator OF
the estate of James Rogers, has filed
statement in the probate court in
lieu OF his account, representing that
no funds of any kind belonging to the
estate has come into his hands. He
asks that this statement be received In
-lace of an account and that he be
discharged from the duties of admins
traitor.
Real Estate Transfers
William M. Wolfe to Ella II. Biggs
lot in Buckeye City, $4,000.
BOYD S. Wise to Lille Wise, city
property, 81.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-28
Possible Date OF Moving Not
Disclosed; May Be Some
Time Yet
ORDER OF SECRECY
COVERS MOVEMENTS
Loney And Pealer Permitted
To Re-Enlist; No Men On
The Sick List

Orders were received by First Lieut..
julius w. Heddington Thursday morn
ing with references to the departure of
Battery h for training camp. The or
ders were c,hefy information concern.
ing the rules under which the troops
we're to be governed while enroute and
other matters pertaining to their COM
fort during the trip. No indication of
the probable date that the local bat
terry will be ordered to move was Civ
en-, blrr Lieut.. Headington is of the
opinion that it may be some time vet
before the order to entrain arrives.
When that order does come" he
said, Il should not be surprised IL we
would find the train already waiting
us in the local railroad yards and we
would have but little time in which to
pack up and get on board.
The instructions received Thursday
contained an order issued by Adjutant
General II. o. S. Heistand by order
of Major General Harry as follows:
"No information as to the
strength and composition of a COM
mand, its destination, route, or
hour Of departure will be given to-
anyone except as absolutely neces- >
sary between troop commanders
and railway officials"
A telegram was received ct battery
headquarters Wednesday authorizing
the enlistment Of two more men, max
ing the total strength of the battery
1872 men. William Roy Loney and Law
renee Pealer were at once enlisted
These men are two of the three that
were discharged from the battery ow'
ing to physical disqualifications and
later underwent operations at Mt. Car
mel hospital in Columbus to remedy
the defects The third man, Melvin
Black, was enlisted several days ago.
j Lieut.. Headington said Thursday
that the making out of the sick re-
port for the last week was mighty
easy Job owing to the fact that not q
man in the battery reported as unable
to perform his duties.
Arizona sentinel., 1917-10-18
TOBACCO CROP
 FOR THE NORTHWEST

HELENA, Mont, Oct. 17.-The northwest has been promised a new agricultural crop. Pat Carney of Waterloo, who is declared to have raised the first apples in the state, back in 1880, had an excellent ex- hibit of Montana-grown tobacco at the recent state fair here. He is now known as Montana's potato king, y but declares that hereafter he will devote a part of his attention to devel- opment of the tobacco raising indus try.
 "Montata is going to be big tobac- co state" he said. q have had several patches on my place and it has done splendidly. I had to water the plants only twice this year"
Arizona sentinel., 1917-10-18
GOOD WORK BY SENATOR AsHURsT.

Joint resolution to suspend the requirements of annual assessment work on mining claims during the years 1917 and 1918.
 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America Congress assembled That order that labor may be effectively used in raising and producing those things needed in the prosecution o the present with Germany that the provision of section twentyhee hundred and twentyfour of the Revised Sta tues of the United States which requires each mining claim located and until patent has been issued therefor not less than S1OO worth of labor to be performed inn be made during each year. be- and the same hereby suspended during the years nineteen hundred and seventeen and nineteen hundred and eighteen Pro- vded That every claimant of any such mining claim in der to obtain the benefits of this resolution shall file or cause be fined in the office where the location notice or certificate recorded on before December thryfirs of each of the years nineteen hundred and seventeen and nineteen hundred and eighteen notice of his desire to hold said mining claim under this resolutions Provided fur ther That this resolution shall apply oil placer oca tions claims.
 This resolution shall not be deemed to amend repeal the public resolution entitled Joint resolution relieve the of mining claims who have been mustered the military naval service of the United States off enlisted from performing assessment work dur ing the of such servce approved July seventeenth nineteen hundred and seventeen
 Approved October 5, 1917.
Arizona sentinel., 1917-10-18
CASINO THEATRE.

Today-Mae Murray in "On Rec ord" a five reel Paramount; also Bray cartoon comedy and Ford weekly.
 Friday-Bessie Barriscale in Wooden Shoes" five reel Triangle and also Episode No. 5 of ''The Gray Ghost"
 Saturday-Lew Fields in "The Bar ker," drama of heart interest; also two reel L.-Ko comedy and Hearst Pathe News.
 Sunday-Dustin Farnum in Our and of the Badlands;" also two reel Fox comedy.
 Monday-George Bronson Towards mightiest melodrama, Come Through" also a two reel Keystone cmedy.
 Tuesday - Fannie Ward in 'The Winning of Sally Temple" also Hearst Pathe News.
 Wednesday-"The Grafters," five reel Triangle feature.
Arizona sentinel., 1917-10-18
CONSUL TING ENGINEER ANDERSON DE. CLARES GOVERNMENT MUST ULTI- MATELY SOLVE IMPERIAL VALLEY
 PROBLEM

control gate about four miles below Hanlon headgate, it's attached levees to extend from the sand hills to the river bank, to act as an aditional pro- lection for the Alamo river canal, and for further protective work on the Sais and other levees $5O0,OO0.
 "It is possible that no permanent solution of the proposition of the val ley overflow can be secured until the river is confined to it's old channel with properly revetted banks-and these maintained from Yuma to the Gulf on both sides of the river. That is a national, or rather international problem. Under existing government al conditions, it may not be possible to carry it out for some years to come And for economic reasons, it may not be advisable to carry ali of it out at one time. It certainly ought not to be incurred, financially, in such manner as to place the bur den entirely upon the present genera tion.
 And, in any event, the maintenance of the Volcano lake levee is essential to any work of protection as second line of defense, in event of any ac- cident occurring to the river levees proper.
 And in the design of any system of protection levees, recognition must be made of the reservoiring of flood waters, if only for the regulation of the stream flow apart altogether from the conservation of water for use dur ing low stages of the river in the same or subsequent seasons.
 From the experience of the pres ent season, it is plain that with the existing levee system on both sides of the river below Yuma, no danger need be apprehended with river discharge as great as 100000 second feet There might be localities where maintenance work at maximum flow would be required and it is probable that these and the work required upon them, would lessen periodically. With approximately that volume of discharge at Yuma, the water sur face at Volcano lake rose to 40.4 feet, 3.3 feet below the present crown of the Ievee there That will be raised at least two feet during the coming fall-it is possible that increasing sitting up may require that it con- tinue to be raised higher. It is sug- gested that the water surface at Vol cano lake will continue to rise to ele- vation 50 before adequate capacity of outlet channel to the gulf is secured.
 Even that involves no serious prob lem in the increased elevation of the levee itself
 "It has been stated that the total volume of discharge in excess of 1OO,- | O00 second feet, in the recent high water. amounted to 1,310,000 acre feet i and that the volumes so in excess in 1909 and 1912 approximated or exceeded that figure while in 1914 it was 100000 acre feet.
 And for the irrigation of the ulti- mate irrigable area dependent upon the Colorado river, a flow of 100000 second feet is not required.
 La Rue has estimated that. below the mouth of the Virgin river, there
Arizona sentinel., 1917-10-18

Consulting engineer George G. An derson of the Imperial irrigation dis trict, recently delivered an exhaustive dissertation on the development of the waters of the Colorado with par ticular reference to their relation to the Imperial irrigation district. I have a full copy of his address before me and have read it with great interest. I would be glad to print it in full, even though it would require a full page, if all of it would prove interest ing to my readers. But most of it is of technical nature, dealing with fig ures as furnished by those who have made scientific researches along all the tributaries of the Colorado.
 In discussing the flood of last year the observations made by MT Ander- son are quite interesting to every body who takes any interest in what is apt to happen any year that the old Colorado concludes to go on a ram page; but after all the study that has been given the subject, MT. Ander- son finally concludes that the final solution of the control of the waters of the Colorado must be left to the government, which means that soOn- CT or later Imperial Valley will be asking the government to do some thing" to save that splendid country from ruin. His facts and figures vii! be news to many of our people, as showing the serious condition that eN- ists at Volcano lake, which he says will require the raising of the levee at that point to at least 50 feet be- fore the river breaks back into it's old channel. Among other things MT. Anderson said.
 Before high water of this year, discharge of approximately 30,OOO sec ond feet would register about 36 at Volcan lake. at the present time it r gisters between 37.5 and 3S feet.
 "Silting up has undoubtedly oc- cured, probably to a depth of two feet. That will be a continuing per formance so long as the main dis charge of the river continues to flow towards Volcan lake. And with larger area down stream irrigated this year the probabilities are that the outlet channel will naturally be con stricted for the next period of large discharge, and that there will be in creased deposit.
 What are the plans to meet the | future conditions?
 "In the report of the consulting en- gineers, it was recommended that the Volcano lake levee should be increas- ed in height two feet, and, as has ] been stated, that work was not over taken before the high water of this year It will be done as soon as the bonds are sold and weather condi- tions permit of efficient work.
 'It was also designed to build a second line of defense the Solfatera canal. This has been done in part, but not to such extent as would have been useful had there been a breach in the Volcano lake levee. This work also will be overtaken immediately.
 In addition to that, there is pro vision for revetment and remodeling of the river and canal bank above and
 below Hanlon heading headgate, to the international boundary, the new
Arizona sentinel., 1917-10-18
RELATED HONEYMOON
 BY FLORIDA COUPLE

BUTTE, Mont, Oct. 17.-When MT. and Mrs. R. L. Chandler of Jackson vile, Fla, were married, many years ago, they were unable to afford honeymoon trip. They passed thru here recently, however, on their be- lated honeymoon, accompanied by their grown daubhters.
 The Chandlers made the trip in touring car, and announced thelr ln- tention of visiting every state in the union in this manner before they re turn home.
Arizona sentinel., 1917-10-18
DATA FOR WEEK
 OCTOBER IA, 1917.

Mean temperature S2 deg.
 Normal temperature "A deg. Maximum temperature 105 deg. Minimum temperature 62 deg. Mean rel. humidity 35%o.
 Rain this month trace.
 Rain this year 2.22 inches.
 Normal rain for Oct. .19 inches. Normal rain for year 3.10 inches. Departures in temperature: Since first of month plus Ill; since first of year minus 123.
 Departure in precipitation. Since first of month, minus IS; since first of year, minus .04,
Arizona sentinel., 1917-10-18

may be 2,730,0OO irrigable acres, the maximu:! requirements for which would be 23,300 second feet, in July.
 "The situation then is that the river requires regulation to vC umes vary ing from 25,000 second feet for i-ri- gation requirements to 100000 second feet, as approximating the safe vol ume of discharge in view of existing protective works.
 "The present maximum demand for the irrigation of approximately 500,- 900 acres in the Imperial valley is about 5000 second feet La Rue's es- timate of 25,300 second feet for 2,730,- 900 acres is thus shown to be reason able.
 "The next consideration is the availability of reservoir sites to i'm pound the volume in excess of the re- quired or safe amounts. These must be located, of course, as high upon the headwaters as possible, to avoid reservoiring of silt and low enough to secure adequate volume. There are known reservoir sites of sufficient capacity and with available supply sufficient to fill them to provide this opportunity for regulation.
 with the forecasting of runoff con- ditions even approximately as accu- rate as those of the present season proved to be, there would not appear to be much, if any difficulty present. ed in regulating the stream flow with in safe limits to irrigation require ments and protective necessities.
 "The ultimate development of the total irrigable area dependent on the river is within reasonable distance. Without proper regulation of stream flow, there will certainly be no re- curing period of inadequate supply for junior appropriatols, for which there would be no necessity, on con- sideration of the bald statements of stream discharge which have been made.
 "To secure the development, which is inevitable sooner or later, the as sistance of the federal government is required, and in addition to that, the cooperation of the governments of the various states through which the stream passes. It involves, as fact, the unified control of the river from it's head waters to it's mouth, and that also involves the co-Opera- tion of all interests dependent upon the stream.
 "As time passes, without such uni fled control, there will be efforts at development which will undoubtedly lead to discord and strife and litiga- tion, all of which, in the light of all the experience gained in similar irri- gation development should be avoided at any cost. Such controversies as have marked the differences between Colorado and Kansas-and other neighboring states which develop animosity and accomplish nothing, are liable to be repeated here in great ly magnified form.
 ''The time is ripe to-, at least, be- gin a thorough investigation of all the conditions affecting development on the Colorado river, outlining definite line of action, concentrating all efforts on the working out of such definite plans as one harmonious whole, at such times as conditions will warrant the building of each unit, and depending, as a foundation, upon the cooperation instead of the conflict of all interests that are af- | fected."
Arizona sentinel., 1917-10-18
YUMA THEATRE.

aturday-"Treason," powerful drama of love and modern warfare.
Evening journal., 1917-11-30

accomplishments N The selcclivc ser
vice system and lis future.
Gen. Crowder points out TO the local
boards that In The new plan is2 forms
which served 10 bcwilder them and the
rcgistranls and 10 increase the work OF
The local boards have been abolished
and their place has been taken by nine
teen forms under the new regulations
which will bring about a great reduc.
tion Of The clerical labor. For the regis
trant there is a single form, the ques-
honairc. He says the new method Of
making The physical examination IS an
other labor saver for only those persons
Immediately needed are 10 be physically
examined now.