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Imperial Valley press., 1917-10-26
100000 MARK
} IS ATTAINED
FIREMEN WHIRLWIND BOND
SELLERS.
P ULL DOW N $4,000
BIG SURPRISE PROGRAM FOR
TONIGHT.
p ULL DOWN $4,000
Farmers to Prove Themselves patri.
otic Tomorrow, Last Day of Cam
paign for Liberty Securities.

At noon today the FL Centre
firemen had proven themselves
redh0t Liberty bond statesmen by
selling $35,OOG worth of bonds,
boosting the total for FL Centre
to little more than $290. 900.
They are determined to sell $75,-
900 worth before midnight. Farm
ers tomorrow will complete the
maximum allotment for FL Cen
trO.
The race between Calexico and thii
city to subscribe for Liberty bonds is
becoming neck and-neck affair
with the Southern city in the lead
last night with $4,000, while FL
Centro's total was $16O,OOO.
1--WE are just beginning to fight .
said Joe Seymour, leader of the fire
mems flying brigade Of bond se"ers.
"Calexico had better sell 100000
worth more, quick"
Attorney Seymour was tQastmastar
at lively series of patriotic, enthu-
siastic talks at the MONDAY luncheon
at the Oregon Hotel today. Speeches
were made by Mayor Egerer, George
Anderson, Fire Chief Folsom, Attor-
ney Allen of Brawley, Attorney Nc
Fherrin of Imperial, Floyd Brown.
and others. There were more than
fifty around the board.
The firemen promise a big surprise
for everybody at the corner Of Sixth
and Broadway at 1880 tonight. Every
one should be there and hear and see
some surprising things, they say.
The largest single subscription to-
day was $4,000 from the British
American Mercantile Company.
Other heavy subscriptions today in
clude the following: Timken Ranch
Company, $4,000; Ell Centre National!
Bank, $5,OO0;' Delta Mercantile Co.,
$4,000; employees of Central creamery,
$4,000; Dee Kimura, $500; Sam Dan
enberg, $500.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-10-26
Americans View Battle.
(Dy Associated press)

American Camp, France, Oct. 26.--
Major General Siebert, returning
fround around Scissors, where he wit
Eessed the French offensive on the
Aisne front, said that the French
lcsses were extremely small because
of the effectiveness of their artillery
preparations. He and other Ameri-
can officers were enthusiastic over
the French victory, especially over
the material and number of prisoners
taken.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-10-26
PROTECT WAR WIDOWS
FEDERAL AUTHORITIES CON-
FRONTED WITH BIG PROBLEM.
Seventy Per Cent of Women Arrested
in Chicago Raids Are the
Wives of Soldiers.
(1y Associatsd Pr>ss)

Chicago, Oct. 26.-Federal authori-
ties are confronted with the problem
of protecting the wives of soldiers
from the influences of abarats.
from the influences of cabarets.
Seventy per cent Of the women ar
rested in raids, according to Judge
Uhlir of the morals court, are mar
ried, and many are wives of soldiers
who have gone to the front.
The government has been asked to
devise some way by which soldiers
will be guaranteed that their wives
will be protected from these influ-
ences.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-10-26
IRISH PREPARE
SlN,N FEINERS DECIDED THAT
..., MEMBERS MAY ARM,
Will BE Trained in Use of Firearms,
t. Though 1t Is Not COM
pulsOry.
(Dy Associated Prsss)

Dublin, Oct. 26.-At the Sim Fein
conference last night it was decided
that its members should be trained
in the use Of arms, though it will
not be compulsory. The conference
promised that provisional govern
ment in Ireland will be established
without delay.
The adopted provisional constitu-
tion aimed at securing international
recognition Of Ireland as an indepen-
dent republic, and providing for the
convocation of constitutional as
sembly.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-10-26
(By Associated Press)

Berlin, Oct. 26.-The Teutons today
captured more than 10000 Italian
prisoners and 300 guns in their Of
fensive along the Isonzo, the war of
flee announced.
The Germans were fighting in many
places in Italian territory, the sec
ond Italian army being defeated, re-
firing to the northern wing. German
divisions are advancing beyond Kaf-
reit and Ronziana.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-10-26
IMPROVE SAND ROAD
STATE HIGHWAY ENGINEER ~
HERE.
Proposes to Open Up This Important
Artery Of Travel to the
Eastward.

Mr.. East, engineer for the State
Highway Commission, arrived in Holt
vile yesterday and left for an inspec-
tion trip over the Sandhill road to
Yuma.
To Supervisor Lin Shaw Mr.. East
ennounced that the Highway Commits
sion will begin at once making repairs
on the Sandhill road.
The nature of the repairs are not
announced. 1t was stated, however,
that they will begin at once. Engf-
neer East is already gathering a crew
of men to start the work.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-10-26

Growers here have, within the last
two weeks, become aroused over the
fact that they have not been getting
within $40 of the market price for
their seed. Cottonseed in New Or
leans is bringing about $50 per ton.
The seed is crushed here, and the oil
and meal is consumed on the Coast,
and cotton ranchers argue that they
should be paid the full market price.
Within the last ten days outside cot
ton seed buyers have appeared in the
valley and are now offering as high
as s55 per ton for the seed. They
have secured much of the seed, and
the new policy of the Globe Mills peO-
pie is the result
EpressiOn From. Mr.. Moore.
I'VE do not care to gin cotton un-
less we can handle the seed at fair
profit" said Mr.. Moore of the Globe
Mills, this morning. 1--WE have de-
cided not to gin cotton unless the
growers sell their seed to us, and the
most we can pay now is $50 per
ton.
"We have a large investment in the
Valley. Many growers are selling
their seed to outside buyers, who are
offering dollar or SO more ton"
The Imperial Valley Oil and Cotton
Company, which has dozen gins in
the Valley, is still ginning cotton
without regard to whether the seed
is sold to the concern or to- an out
side buyer. This company is also
offering but $50 per ton. The Inde
pendent gin at Imperial is paying s54
per ton.
Immense Value of Seed.
The cotton seed of the Valley will
this year amount to about $4,000 tons,
considering that the total number OF
bales ginned will amount to $4,000.
If the growers get S. per ton more
for their seed they will be gamers
by $225,OOO.
The gins here are located in the
following cities: Calexico, 10; Mexi-
cali, 3; Heber, 2; Ell Centre, 2; Holt
vile. 2; Imperial, 3; Seeley, 2; Braw-
ley, 2; Calipatria, 2.
A prominent Ell Centre cotton man
this morning predicted that the VAL
ley cotton growers would have CO.
operative gins and crushers operating
in the Valley to handle this years
crop if they were not offered more
money for their seed.
J. w. Reynolds of Cisco. Tex, who
is credited with raising the price of
seed last year from $50 to $40 per
ton by buying for Texas refinerics.
boosted the pirce this year to $5S be
fore he was drafted at Imperial and
left for Camp Lewis. He instituted
the Imperial Independent Gin last
year so as to get cottonseed. A new
concern, it is said, will take hold OK
the gin and enlarge and extend it,
Imperial Valley press., 1917-10-26
GERMANS SHOW
DECENTRALIZATION
IN BIC RETREAT
FRENCH FIND EVIDENC OF PAN
&c AFTER BIG ADVANCE.
AMERICANS PRE- SENT
ATTACH GREAT IMPORTANCE TO
CAPTURE GUNS AND MEN.
British and French Troops Advance
on Wide Front in Belgium
Near Ypres.
(Py Associated Press)

Paris, Oct. 26.-The French
captured Driebank. Papegoed
Wood and number of fortified
farms and hundred prisoners in
an attack today on the Flanders
front.
The Germans are being relent-
lessly driven back from heights
along the Aisne front toward the
important fortress of Loan, and
perhaps to a general retreat along
the line of St. Quentin to Cham
agne.
The loss of strOn gh0lders, $4,000
prisoners, many slain and wound
ed, and l2O big guns, has made a
most serious predicament for the
German Crown Princes armies.
French Army Headquarters, France
Oct. 26.-Certain demoraliation in
the German command is shown by con.
Trajectory orders found on prisoners
taken in the Aisne drive.
Today the French advance proceed
ed rapidly with units of the army
reaching various detectives with reg
ularity. They found many German
cannon abandoned with breech blocks
gone. Dead horses, killed by Ger
man gunners lay beside the can
non.
The Germans found it impossible to
move their large weapons over the
marshes adjoining the Aisne canal
over which most of the bridges have
been destroyed, making artillery re
treat impracticable.
Demoralized prisoners taken in the
advance seem astounded at the vast
ness of their defeat,
Imperial Valley press., 1917-10-26
DESTITUTE SLACKERS"
Ell CENTRIC MAN FINDS QUEER
CARD AT CAMPO.
for Benefit for the
Poor American Draft Dodg-
ers in Ensenada.

Rev. J. Rankin Barnes, pastor
of st. Paul's Episcopal church.
while en- route to this city from
San Diego. found on IA post at
Campo the following placard:
10 YOUR BIT.
"Grand Patriotic Benefit.
Tickets, 25c.
For the relief Of the destitute
American Slackers at En-
senada. Mexico"
No information Obtainable at
he mountain village threw any
light upon the question of whether
the card was evidence of an at
tempted practical joke or really
advertised benefit.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-10-26
u. S. LABOR LOYAL.
Refuses to Participate in Conference
Of Socialists.
(By Associated Press)

Washington, Oct. 26.-The executive
council of the American Federation
of Labor has declined to participate
in the international conference of
workmen and Socialists of all coun-
tries, as suggested by the Russian
workmen's and soldiers Delegates
council. They declared that such
move would be untimely and unap-
propriate, and conducive of no good
Imperial Valley press., 1917-10-26
Germans Lose in East.
(By Associated Press)

(EV ASSOClated PrtSS1
Petrograd, Oct. 26.-The Russians
yesterday repulsed German de
tachment on the Esthonian coast. A
part of the German squadron, includ-
ing some dreadnaughts, is anchored
in Kuivst Bay, on the eastern side
of Moon island.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-10-26
SUFFRAGE LAW KNOCKED OUT.
Measure Declared Unconstitutional by
Indiana Supreme Court.

Indianapolis, Oct. 26.--The Indiana
Supreme Court today held that the
Indiana woman suffrage law was un-
constitutional. This decision will pre-
vent thousands OF women from vot-
ing at the municipal elections next
month
Imperial Valley press., 1917-10-26

yesterday brought their product
Globe Mills cities given the alternative
their these taking their
elsewhere o be ginned
the refused abide
Indignation meetings held HOlve.
FL Caexco meeting end
three Of
the
Imperial Valley press., 1917-10-26
NATION DRY NEXT YEAR?
c Congressman Randall Indicates That
Condition in Speech.
(By Associated Press)

Denver, Oct. 26.-Congressman
Charles Randall of Los Angeles, on
his way home from Washington, made
a speech here today in which he de-
clared that the first act of the next
session Of Congress will be to intro
duce bill providing for nation wide
prohibition during the war.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-10-26
Clark Backs Down.
(By Associated Pross)

st. Louis, Oct. 26.-Speaker Clark
today withdrew the charge that ring
of New York men had been hamper
ing the sale of loan bonds to froce
Il higher rate of interest for the next
issue
Imperial Valley press., 1917-10-26
British Advance.
BY Associated Press,

T
British Front in Belgium, Oct. 20.
BIRTHS hand French troops pushed
forward on wide front in attacks
north and east Of Ypres.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-10-26

The Press classified cslums have
become = clearing house for the wants
and demands Of Imperial Valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-10-26
So. California Allotment Reached.
(Bv Associated Press)

(Bv Associated Press)
Los Angeles, Oct. 26.-Liberty loan
committees today declared that South
ern California counties had reached
their minimum allotment of S4O,OOO,-
900 liberty loan bonds.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-10-26

Phone your wants T. The Press--
s---and get quick results.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-10-26

Big Dance at Woodlawn, Saturday
night, October 20.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-10-26

Phone your wanta to The press--
q and get quick rssnlts.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-10-26
COTTON GROWERS AROUSED;
MUST SELL SEED At $50
TWELVE GINS REFUSE TO HANDLE COTTON UN-
LESS SEED is SOLD TO THEM AT $50 TON.

Hurried Meeting of the Cotton Men of the Imperial Val
et.' ley Is Held and Plans Are Already Laid for
- String of COOPERATIVE Gins.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-10-26
kEAD THEM TO-DAY

You may he one Of a 1Oz-
en people to whom one Of
iOday's Classified "Ads" il
the most important thing
printed I'm this paper.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-28
HOW THE RED CROSS
SUPPLY DEPOTs AID
THE WAR HOSPITALS

What tne American Red Cross hos
pitai supply service means in increas-
ing the effectiveness of many OF the
war hospitals in France is shown in
a message recently received by DR..
Harvey Gushing of Boston, in charge
of a base hospital behind the British
lines in France. Major Gushing wrote
in part:
Il Cannot tell you how cheered was
when / found how well organized the
Red Cross was in Paris and what
sreat start you had made.
WHEN an American officer could
actually walk into the warehouse you
had taken over and find Squibb's and
Mallinckrodt's ether, bathrobes, ad-
hesive plaster. aspirin, surgical in
struments, kerosene lamps. canvas
aprons, aspirating needles and many
other things which our camps happen
to need, | for the first time began to
realize what the Red Cross might be
able to do for waits like ourselves
over here.
1T all goes to show what an enor-
mously important part the Red Cross
will undoubtedly come to play as
more persons come over and our af-
fairs overseas get more and more
complicated.
"UnQuestionably countless emergen-
cies will arise and sudden calls such
as ours will be made for odd and d.
verse things; and | hope that we may
see huge storehouses established un-
der you where those in need can get
he supplies which are absolutely es-
5ential to their work-whether it be
IN automobile or hypodermic needle.
Certainly the people at home will
subscribe with their accustomed lib
crafty to an organization of this kind
and you will do as much toward win
ming the war az the men who carry
the rifles"
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-28
Red Gross PLAN IS
HIPPED BY NATIONAL
FIRE UNDERWRITERS

"A Red Cross Service Flag in 15.-
000,000 American Homes Christmas
Eve With a Lighted Candle Behind
it,"
This was the slogan Of the Red
Cross Christmas membership drive.
which began Dec. IL. But the slogan
mas been altered slightly. If every
patriotic American does his or her
duty the 100000 service flags will be
displayed, but-there will be no can
dies behind them, that is, il the Ma
uonal Board of Fire Underwriters has
its way.
The service flag-candle idea had
been exploited in thousands of news
papers throughout the United States
and hundreds of thousands of patriots
had provided themselves with candles
after receiving a service flag upon
joining the Red Cross. Then the un-
derwriters issued a warning to ma
tional headquarters of the Red Cross.
at Washington, to the effect that light
ed candles behind the paper service
flags in millions of homes on Christ
mas eve would involve a fire hazard
of such proportions that hundreds Of
fires might result.
1t has been suggested by Red Cross
headquarters that every member of
the organization display his flag in a
front window of his home between the
hours of 7 and 9 o'clock Christ
mas eve, but that the candle be dis
pensed with. Instead, it is suggested
that curtains be removed from the
windows so that the ordinary lighting
in the room may illuminate the serv-
ice flag. If an electric flasbtight is
available that may be placed behind
the service flag with safety.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-28
Sufficient Unto the Day, Etc.

When a father decided that his son
needed application of the CAD, he In
formed the boy that punishment was
not far off and went into the yard to
cut a switch, says indianapolis News.
When he returned the boy was gone.
He searched and did not find. Then
he called his wife and both of them
searched. They searched low but not
high, for If they had cast their eyes
aloft they would have seen that the
boy had climbed a telephone pole and
was safely out of harms way for the
time being. A neighbor spied him and
gave away his whereabouts. The boy
sought compromise, saying he would
come down at declaration Of peace
and no sooner. The compromise was
finally effected on the promise that the
next time he needs a whipping he will
get one twice as hard as is needed, to
make up for the one he missed.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-28

Mrs. Geo. H. Clinton has returned
from a visit to her parents at Clarks
dale, Miss.
Miss Ehmee Fortier Of Vicksburg
and Mr.. Michael Elgutter Of New
Orleans spent Nmas with Mrs. Helen
Abrahm and Miss Pauline Abrahm.
Mr.. w. A. Cooper, former prin-
cipal of the Waterproof High School
and now travelling auditor for the
State, was a visitor to St. Joseph
this week.
Hon. and Mrs. Thos. NJ. Wade
and Miss Rosa Magruder and Mrs.
Van Landingham spent the Nmas
holidays with Mr.. and Mrs. Thos.
NJ. Wade, Jr.
With the gladsome Xmas season
oft times comes the odor Of orange
blossoms. aud it is rumnred that
rveral weddings are scheduled for
this parish ere many mUons.
Sergeant Kirk Hazlip of Machine
Gun Company. Fort Beauregard, at
Alexandria, visited his parents at
st. Joseph TINS week. Kirk is look
inv well n"l ~.'.n,~ we'll pleased with
ia hi- u.. ~.
Mrs. Annie Cruthers is visiting her
laughter, Mr-. Edgar Sower, at
Norwood. In Lieutenant Sower,
e :. A.. has h..ru ordered To France.
puiirg her h.i-i,aud'S absence. Mrs
Snwer will pr"hahly take a course at
he Louisiana State University.
Mr.. Walter Snrrell has resigned
= manager of the St. Joseph Tele-
,hone Exchange and has been sue
-eded by Mr.. E. NJ. Stanley, who
was for So many years manager
here We are all glad to welcome
ir. and Mrs. Stanley back t. their
Id home.
Mr.. stephen lrlche, l4lSt +. A. ,
Camp Beau pgard, at Alexandria,
writes the Gazette as follows: Wish
ing you and the people Of Tensas
parish Merry Xmas and Happy
New Year" Steve was one of the
first of the Tensas boys to join the
colors and will make a good soldier
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Abrams are
receiving congratulations on the
coming of Xmas present in the
form of a fine hoy who will hear the
name of Henry Abrams, for his
maternal grandfather. Both mother
and babe are doing well, while the
daddy is the proudest man in St.
joseph.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-28
Half Your Living
Without Money Cost

A right or wrong start In 1917 will
make or break most farmers in the
South. We are all facing q crisis.
This war in Europe puts things in
such uncertainty that no man can
foresee the future with any degree Of
clearness.
The sure and certain increase In
cotton acreage means lower cotton
prices next fall. Cost Of all food and
grain products il high. 90 high that
no one can afford to buy and expect
to pay out with cotton.
It's time above all others to play
safe: to produce all possible food.
grain and forage supplies ON your
own acres; to cut down the store bill.
A good piece Of garden ground.
rightly planted. rightly tended and
kept planted the year round, can be
made to pay half your living. Il will
save you more money than you made
on the best five acres Of cotton you
ever grew!
Hastings 1917 Seed Book tells all
about the right kind Of o money sav.
ing garden and the vegetables TO put
in IT. II tells about the field crops az
well and shows you the clear road to
real farm prosperity. tie Free. Send
for It today to n. G. liIcTiNGs CO.
..;anta. -sa.-Aavt.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-28
St. Joseph Electric
Theatre.
Friday, January 4, 1913
"BABBETTED
FEATURING
Peggy Highland
and Marc MaCDermOtt
HEARST PATHE NEWS
(,;very Friday

War Tax-25c ticket, Sc; 15c ticket, &c
must be added 20 price of admission
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-28

The several school teachers out of
st. Joseph are all home for the holi-
days, viz: Misses Willie Lewis, Rosa
Guice and Laura Bondurant from
Waterproof school; Miss Ida Hornsby
from New Era school, Concordia par
ish, Miss Anna Maude Van H oose, All
Saints College, Vicksourg, Miss Alme-
da Van Hoose, Thibodaux, Lafourche
parish. Several Of the faculty of the
st. Joseph school spent Xmas away,
viz: Miss Greenburg at Natchez, Miss
Pipes at Amite City, and Miss Lynch
at her old home on the Tensas. The
schools will all open on next Mon
day.
Another blizzard has swooped down
on US and is making big holes in the
coal pile. We have had more cold
weather before Xmas this year than
in any winter since 1898. In February
1899 the thermometer went seven de-
grdes below zero OH hotel gallery.
Prof and Mrs. Smith had their tv o
daughters with them for the holidays.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-28
Land for Sale |!

VIZ of SE4 of Sec 81, T. II N, R.
10 E., containing 80 acres, near Dick
ard, La.
NW14 of NE14 OF Sec. 4, T. IL NJ, R.
II f., containing 40 acres.
NW1 of Sec. "a and E1a Of NE4 of
Sec. %, T. II N, r. 9 E near CoOter
Point, containing 240 acres.
The above tracts will be sold to-
gether or separately, for cash or on
terms for reasonable prices.
Apply to THOS. Nj. WADE, JR.,
st. Joseph, La.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-28
ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON

WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA, ss.
On this 18th day Of December A. D.
1917, on reading the foregoing petit
iion, it is ordered by the Court that
hearing be had upon the same on the
18th day OF January A. ID. 1918, before
Honorable R. H. Oliver, Jr., Referee
and Special Master, at Monroe, Louis
lana, in said District, at 10 O'Clock IN
the forenoon; and that notice thereof
be published in the Tensas Gazette, a
newspaper printed in said District, and
that ali known creditors and other
persons in interest may appear at the
same time and place and show cause,
any they have, why the prayer Of
The said petitioner should not be
granted.
And it is further ordered by the
Court, that the clerk shall send by
mail to all known creditors copies OF
said petition and this order, addressed
to them at their places OF residence a.
stated.
Witness the Honorable Geo. Whit
field Jack, Judge of the said Court,
and the seal thereof, at Shreveport, in
said District, on the 18th day of De-
cember A. d. 1917.
Attest: nj. B. LEE, Clerk.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-28
SURGICAL DRESSING MANUAL

Five hundred thousand manuals on
the making of surgical dressings are
being sent out by the national head
quarters of the American Red Cross
to chapters throughout the country.
Complete directions are given for
making the twenty-three standard and
special dressings now authorized for
shipment to base hospitals IN France.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-28
That Funny FEELING.

Little Bobby had been visiting
lately at a place where they have
big swing, which is highly popular with
the rising generation. When he re-
turned home his father asked him:
"Well, Bobby, did you swing In the
big swing?"
"Yes, a little, papa. But 1t made my
head ache In my stomach % that I had
to STOP"
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-28
A Romping Heaven.

Mamma" said Bobby. "does the
Lord love little children?"
"Oh. yes, indeed" replied mamma.
"And does he like to romp with
them?'
"Romp with themf What put that
idea into your head. Bobby?"
"My Sunday-school teacher says
that whomsoever the Lord loveth he
chaseth."
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-28

See the Gulley Grocery Co. about
that new Galvanized Iron Tank you
will need this fall to catch the winter
rains. You will need more water now,
as whiskey is awfully high. adv.
Join the Red Cross and hslpi