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Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-22
.TEC0LOTE CUT /
SOON FINISHED
GREAT IMPROVEMENT IN MAIN
CANAL SYSTEM.
ALAMO IN FINE SH APE
CHANNEL NOW CARRYING 500
SEC0ND-FEET.
Engineer c. X. Clarke Reports to III,
District Directors ON Progress
of Work Below Line.

The Alamo canal is carrying ,
Per cent more water to the vale.
Users this year than at the same tim,
last year and there are three or fou
feet Of bank 10 spare"
This statement. made 10y Directo
!. S. Nickerson Of the Imperial Iru
cation District today. gives one n
idea Of the effect Of the Improvement.
made on the Alamo channel in tn
last few months. The ability of th>
canal to carry an increased volume
of water with less danger of over
flowing its banks Is the result oi
strengthening the channel at Sevega
pc ints. Chief Engineer c. X. Clark
advised the directors Of the condit.o~
CT the Alamo at their meeting til
week The engineer SAID that a strean
Of about 5000 second-feet is flowinc
into the canal past Hanlon heading.
1t was indicated to the directors
that the Tecolote cutoff, eliminating
SIN miles Of the Alamo channel, VII
probably he ready for use July l. Th.
Ecw overpour intake gate above Hsa-
Ions IS not expected to be complete
tefore fall. The contractor has con.
l,ieted all the work that could u
done in the digging Of the new intaE.
canal until he will be able to get II,
oredgers on the job
According to Director Nickers@r
all arrangements hav.
teen made for the construction of the
proposed weir in the Colorado cxce2
d few final details tnat are bein:
worked out Bond has been posted
for the protection Of the water users
in the Yuma Valley to reimburse then
for any possible damage due to tn.
V cir. Permission has been grante5
~ the War Department and the Sen.
. te has adopted resolution erantin.
tie privilege of Installing weir, :.
be removed before January, 1918. Il
remains now for the House to az
prove the measure Senators Hira2
W. Johnson and James D. Phelan AM
William Kettner "a
-nown to be aiding the district in !
clans to install the weir. It is ez.-
1ccted the Yuma people viii be tax
are OF in a way that will elimina-2
heir objection to the Wen
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-22

tanned possession of the Uniform of
Il captain and, accompanied by girl
friend, made a tour of garrison towns
Iii central Germany, especially Sax
ony. He described himself as cap
tain of minc-throwng company and,
with the aid of false stamps, had
provided himself with the requisite
papers. He arrived at each barracks
decorated with numerous orders and
medals, and in each case inspected
tie military guard, and then filled
cut orders granting leave to certain
number of officers and men, aud
signed free passes for their railway
journey to wherever they wished to
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-22
MILITARY ASPECT
TO RED CRDSS
CONCERT TONIGHT WILL END
DAYS HARD WORK.
PARADE BIG FEATURE
FIRE BOYS, WOMEN'S CLUE,
COTTON MEN GIVE.
Entire Valley to Join With FL Cen
tro in Street Parade-Speeches
and Dance Tomorrow Night.
Continued from Page One)

continued from rage One)
CT the Fire Department, the street
will be cleared for dancing, this fea-
ture of the evening being under the
auspices of Chief Folsom and his as
Sociates.
FL Centre has passed the $4,000
mark, which, however, is less than
half of the share allotted to it. The
necessity of raising a large fund here
has been recognized and larger sub
scriptions are being made. Subscrip-
tions of $100 from Ben Salomon, w.
s. Fawcett and j. II. McKim were
announced at headquarters today. Th2
Fire Department last night voted 500
to the fund, William p. Hall contrib
uted Il bale of cotton, worth over $lc0,
credit for obtaining it going to the
BOY Scouts. Report was also made
mat the Womcn's Ten Thousand CIuO
N d meeting last night voted to con-
t! ibute $iO0 to the Red Cross fund.
The subscription OF the county for
S400 to the county chapter has been
received, and 500 each has been cred
tied to Brawlcy, Imperial, Hotviilc
and Ell Centro. The money raised by
Eiiss Estellc Mckim's team III ad
Joining towns is also apportioncd t,
the towns in which the money i
laised.
Campaign Manager Stone devoted
the morning to communicating with
Leighboring communities urging their
activity in raising their share of the
valley fund.
Chairman \. l.. Richmond of t.
county chapter was host to the ntire
force Of workers at lvncheon at The
barbara Worth hotel ut noon today,
during which meeting the results tha,
far accomplished were summed up
and the forces devised ways and means
tf raising 1885 per day for each Of the
remaining three days.
Following are the names of those
present: Mrs. J. S. Larew, Mrs. V. NJ
bishop, Mrs. Ernest Boston, Miss
Amy Galener, Mrs. Carl Sargent, Mrs.
Sophia Curtis, Mrs. T. O. Luckett,
Mrs. 7. T. Cook, Miss Irma Echols,
Miss Lola McKim, Miss Estella Me
Kim, Mrs. Armiger Howe, Mrs. Pail
II. Black, Miss Lille Larey, A. l.
Richmond, Helge A. +. Thenberg, Ro%
Moorman, Walter |. Stone, a. NJ. Mel
son, O. B. Tout, Miss G.. Rumbaugh,
Mrs. R. f. Swearingen, Mrs. 0. G,
Horne, Mrs. James W. Glassford, Mrs.
Eiolette S. Campbell, Miss Bertha
Griffin, James w. Glassford, Mrs.
Leroy Holt, r. B. Whitelaw, Mrs. &.
:. Helms, Eddie Lyons.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-22
German Unrest.

Germany is in sSate Of sellou;
unrest because Of the q ntrance of the
United States into the war" declares
.7rles Cambon, general secretary o.
tho ministry Of foreign affairs 1t
Paris.
Whether or not the opinion Of this
frenchman be true, it seems scarcely
conceivable that the German nation
could maintain a state Of mental re-
pose when the rest Of the nations OF
he earth are determined that tbs
German spirit must die
1t must be plainly evident, even III
Germany, where thinking for the na-
ton is apt to be done in Berlin, that
The United States, once into the stTuS-
sic, will never give up. 1t would
seem that nation as war-wcary as
Germany would accept the entrance
OF the United States into the war
arainst her as the lasl straw, which
would make her burder too great.
Evidently we, as a nation, cannotl
conceive the national spirit Of Ger
rany. We cannot conceive how al
silceiance to a dcspo.ism can blind
them to the fact that the forces OF
humanity. outside the small inclos
ures Of the German nation, arc lined
aoainst her We cannot see how the
minds of one nationality can escape
the influences Of the s"me moral and
ethical considerations that influence
t1o minds of all other nationalities.
1t may Re that the life and spiri
If Germany is rcplc cs2ntad in thc
forces Of The German military ma
chime. It may be that those at home
are 50 crushed with he burden OF
the war that their minds cannot in
protest. 1t may be that
the German nation, outside Of the
lighting forces, is plunged into -
soddcn apathy that knows no rebel
lion,
The United States would rather sec
The German nation throw off the iron
land Of dcspotism, demand that tn
war cease, and declare her own de-
Iendeace, than 10 ne comneiled t.
crush her first, and 'hen assist II
making the terms under which Ger
many may exist as Il nation.
Germany should realize that he
fate is sealed. There is honor in re-
Lellion against depotism. There is
in being defeated while up ]
holding inhumanity ant despotism.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-22
KELLERSTRAUS BABY DIES.
Little Girl. Months Old, Dies This
Morning at Jacumba.

The baby had been sick for four
days with dysentery and yesterday
afternoon she had heat stroke. Last
night after the desert cooled off Il
little the parents, accompanied by Dr..
Elliott, the attending physician, took
the baby to Jacumba. The little one
seemed to improve after reaching the
mountains, but this morning she failed
TO gain and at $50 passed away. The
body is at the Mulligan undertaking
IarlOrs.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-22

Mrs. Ray Moore and daughter lcft
m this mornings train to spend the
summer with Mr.. Moore's people.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-22

Mrs. Charles Hall HIS gone to Les
ngeles Tor the summer.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-22
LOCKSM|TH IS ARRESED
YOUNG GERMAN HAS Fun AT
OFFICERS EXPENSE.
Imprisonment for Youth Who Repre-
scented Himself to BE
High Official.
(By AsSociat ID Press)

London, June pa German lock-
smith from Berlin has been sentenced
It Casscl, Germany, to six months
for an unusual exploit.
The locksmith, youth of 20, OBJ
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-22

Ivy Rumaey returns Sunday 10 he.
home in San Diego after visiting fol
u moath with her father.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-26
Saturday Evening Letter
BY Justice J. E. Robinson.

Memorial Day, I wish they name were
Day Progressive,
I wish the same of Labor Day, Of
Mothers Day,
And Fathers Day, and every other
holiday.
Then should we talk and sing Of HUI
man Happiness,
The Brotherhood of Man, the Father
hood Of God,
Then should I wed thee to fair Justice
And never paint thy Consort blind;
Then should our Boast of human
Happiness
No longer be an empty Sound.
In every department of government,
state and national. civic reform is the
great question before the American
people. 1t is a question that merits
special and business-like consideration
on every legal holiday. In our consti-
buttons 1t is written that all men are
by nature free and equal and have a
right to life. liberty and the pursuit
of happiness and the right to acquire,
possess and. dispose of property. And
in the great memorial speech at Get
tysburg there was a resolve that the
dead should not have died in vain
that this nation, under God. shall
have a new birth of freedom and that
government of the people. by the peo-
pie and for the people shall not perish
from the earth.
Beauteous and rhetorical is the
word painting. but the picture is an
illusion, A government by and for
the people is still a thing unknown.
As the United States supreme court
declared, under Jul constitution, as
it existed prior to the civil war. the
black man had no rights that a white
man was bound to respect. And the
court might we'll have gone further
and have held that the poor man had
no rights which the rich were bound
to respect. Even in our day and gen
Grafton, poor white soldiers were tied
to posts and flogged on the bare back
bish. well-paid officers. And it would
not be far amiss to say hat they were
logged because of being poor and ILL
paid. If the soldiers had received a
mans pay Of 500 a month, then there
would have been no flogging and no
Bulls Run.
BY long and persistent effort 1t
seems we have just secured from con-
gress the passage of an act giving
the soldiers an additional pay of SIS
a month. In my letters to the presi-
people, l have shown that a mans
time is his private property and that
under the letter of the constitution.
private property may not be taken for
public use without Just compensation.
Hence. to conscript a mar and take
his time without just compensation Is
a mere hold-up. 1t is passing strange
hat u congressman do not learn
that war service and civil service
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-26

should be put on the same business
principles. There is no more reason
for CONSUMPTION in one case than in
the other. And. as every one knows.
II congress will pay for war service
the same as for civil service, there
will be plenty Of volunteers.
Conscription were commendable if
1t were necessary, either for civil
service or for war service; but when
the government can get war service
for the same salary as civil service
for h salary paid by all the corr
porations and business houses, then
CONSUMPTION Is a mere hold-up. 1t 10
q national disgrace. ii leads to pow
erty and crime.
And there is no reason for making
a loan to paw the soldier or to pay any
person. Even during the civil war,
gre.nhacks or treasury notes were al
ways as good as gold when made a
legal tender for duties on imports
and for all debts. public and private
without any exception. Surely con-
gress should be given to understand
that in dealing with the soldier our
government cannot afford to be dis
honest or to act the part Of a bully
or a bulldozer in violation Of our con-
stitution.
In the war business 1t seems there
is always a false economy. What was
the cost Of our recent expedition
against Mexico, including railroad
charges for transportation from all
the distant points Of the country?
You may rest assured 1t was twice
the cost of hiring at 500 a month,
a proper number OF Texas rangers,
sharpshooters and cowboys. There
were plenty Of them where they were
needed in the border states. The cost
was doubled by the failure of congress
to act on the matter promptly and
wisely, and the ann IL true of the
present war. Congress IL a mountain
that cannot be moved by either faith
or reason. 1t seems that in due time
our Townley must undertake the task
Of recognizing congress and the
country. Townley is the great leader
and organizer of America.
I am a thinking, constitutional law
yer, and do offer my services to draft
all proper laws and amendments to
the &C institution. From such amend
ments and laws the yearly benefits
sure to accrue are far away up In the
millions. There Is a way to reduce
immensely the burdens of taxation;
to reduce idleness, poverty and crime;
to assure general prosperity and hap
piness. There is a way to secure f1del-
ity and efficiency in public service.
There is a way to use the strength
and credit Of the state to build up and
not to pull down. and to beheft every
citizen. And still we grope for the
wall like the blind. we grope as IL we
had no eyes, and stumble at MONDAY
as in the night. An echo answers,
why?
May 2s. 1917.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-26
REGISTRATION

On June S every male person in the United sta,es
between the ages Of FL and 81 must register in accord
ance with a federal law recently enacted, and with the
proclamation Of the president issued under authority of
that law. There arc no exceptions. Aliens as we'll as
citizens must register; those who have declared their in
tention Of becoming citizens and those who have not;
those who are already members of military bodies as well
as civilians; the physically unfit as well as the phys
ically fit.
The purpose Of this registration ia not at this time
TO ascertain how many able-bodied citizens there are in
the country fit for military duty. It Is to ascertain how
many men Of all sorts there are in the country between
the ages OF Fl and 81. and to obtain and place on record
certain information about each Of these men. Thar I'm
formation will be used later in the sitting process which
will set apart those who. because Of their sound physical
dependent upon them. or make them indispensable in the
empted from service.
Registration is not optional with the individual.
EVERY MAN WITHIN THE AGES
MUST REGISTER OR RENDER HIMSELF LIABLE TO
THE HEAVY PENALTIES IMPOSED BY THE LAW.
The process of registration is brief and simple. The
individual registers at any time between the hours or z
a. m. and 3 p. m, at the polling place in the precinct
where he resides. Registration officials Will be on duty
there all. day. For each man there is a registration blank
on which are printed about a dozen questions relating to
the person, his name. nativity, age, occupation and 80
forth. These questions must all be answered by the In
dividual; the answers will be written by the officer in
charge; the statement will be signed under oath by the
|registrant and attested by the officials. A card will then
be issued to the person registering, which card must be
fpreservsd-as evidence Of compliance with the lave. The
whole process need not take moro thanIa minute or two.
It cannot b too .sssAssy undsrstsoA that this = not
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-26
MANY RUMORS OF
TRAIN CHANGES
Reports Say That Duluth Train n
Night and Nos 40 and 4 VIII Be
Taken on by Great Northern.

Persistent rumors anent changes in
Great Northern passenger service
have been circulated during the past
few days. but local oficials declare
that absolutely no changes have been
decided upon as yet.
1t is reported that the Duluth train.
which leaves here shortly after 10
o'clock at night. will be taken of, and.
while no definite announcement wonld
be made. It 10 believed that this
probably will be done. az the train is
doing very little business at this time.
II there is very much travel to Glacier
National park. however, the train may
be kept on. as many tourists from tho
EAST make the trip via the Great
LAkeA "
Runor also says that No. 20, the St.
Paul-Minot train, which leaves ho:e
at 1850 a. m, also will be taken or.
a. we'll a.. No. 1. which arrives from
the west shortly after noon.
Branch line service undoubtedly
will be changed to some extsnt. K
mixed train probably will be returned
to the Iakota branch, and the san,e
nay be done on the other branches. IL
IL sid.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-26
MEMORIAL SABBATH
CHURCH SERVICES

"A special service for the Observance
OF Memorial Sabbath will be held to-
morrow morning at st. Marks Luth :
eran church.
Members Of the q. A. r.. Post. and
all visiting comrades, veterans OF the
Confederate army and spanish.Amar.
lean war, the Womeh's Relief Corns
and soldiers identified with present
organizations. are expected to attend
in q body.
REPRESENTATIVES Of these organiza-
entrance Of the county court house a.
10 O'Clock. to go In a body to The
service. which is to begin at half mast
ten o'clock. Rev. j. II. Richards. pas.
tor Of st. Marks church Win deiivs+
q special patriotic sermon With an
propriate music. At this time a fae
presentation to the g. A. Il. Post vii
be made by the Women's Relief
Corps. ~
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-26

a method Of volunteering, a substitute for volunteering.
or a means Of compuision employed in Default Of volun-
teertns. There 10 here and there a feeling that In this
registration there 10 something humtliatng. some sug-
eestion OF duty unperforned, some notion that those who
now register. having not volunteered, are being treated as
siackers. Nothing could be farther from the truth.
The government Of the United states has issued no
call FOR volunteers except for the purpose Of filling up
the ranks Of existing lines of service ana for special work
requiring specially trained men. The decision of the gov
eminent Is. for the purpose Of this war. to create q new
ement shall not enter at all. The basic principle 10 alb
solute equality of obligation and. opportunity for all men
OF proper age to serve in that army. Only those in the
prime OF life must register or will be permitted to do so.
OF these a large number will be exempt from various
causes. OF the rest. sometime in September. there will be
chosen by lot the men who are actually to serve in this
new force. The number will be approximately five per
cent Of the number registering.
Registration day will not be a day for volunteer en-
But, when regarded in its broader aspects, the act Of
registration will be the concrete expression OF i patriotism
which has never before been shown on a similar scale
In the history Of the world. The people Of the worlds
greatest democracy. acting through their chosen repre-
sentatives, with the concurrence and approval, not alone
of the men of military age, but of their parents, their
other kindred and their friends, have adopted this prin-
greatest war. This is something which ought to send a
thrill through every heart, for it ID. in all essentials, the
volunteering for service of a hundred million people.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-26
ELECTION CALI
CAME AS RELIEF
Local Republicans and Democrats
Began Early Preparations-Go
Ahead with Convention Plans.

The announcement that Governor
Frazier had called a special election
for July 10 to choose a successor to
the late Congressman II. T. Helgesen
came as a relief to local republicans
and democrats, who already had be-
gun preparations for the election.
Many had expected the election to
be called earlier and prospective can
didates got into the field early. but
when Governor Frazier persisted in
delaying his call, interest began to
wane until the meeting Of the Re-
publican central committee was call
ed to make plans for a convention.
w. H. Alexander. secretary of the
Grand Forks county central commit
tee today was completing preparations
for the caucuses and county conven
ton, despite. as he said, Attorney
General VIM. Langer's ruling that
candidates must be nominated by Pc
titiOn. ~
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-26
NOMINATION BY PETITION

The attorney general has furnished Governor =
zier an opinion on the method of procedure in the non ..".
ton Of candidates for congress from the First o's'' ~
and Governor Frazier has designated July 10 Tor ~
election. The opinion is that nominations. must o e h'aue
BY petition, and may appear on the ballot unoer 'he d =
|propriats party designation. y ~.
Josh Billings once remarked that when anyone a.N
ed him for advice he found out, IL he could, "hat
of advice the man wanted, and then gave him that K'"o
The attorney generals opinion having been given !.
is to be presumed that the governor and secretary oi
state will act in accordance with that opinion. ana tha '
petitions nominating candidates will be received Ill"
placed on file. 49,.
In the meantime a Republican district conVehe'oh
will have been held and that convention. will have nom'-
mated a candidate for congress. That candidate, whoever
he may he, may, of course, be formally nominated late'
by petition, but 1t is Understood from the attorney gen
erals opinion that the nominations will be expected ~
follow the course usual with petition nominations III"
in that case there may be as many Republican of DEM
ocratic candidates as individuals choose to nominate.
1t.seerns that a very convenient way of getting into
the lawsuit that is inevitable would be for the Republlc-
an officials, after the convention nomination has oeen
made, to apply for a restraining order prohibiting the
secretary Of state from receiving party nominations maze
in any other way than at regularly called party conveh-
lions.
It is nearly time now for a heavy supply Of new po-
tatoes from the south to cause a large drop in prices OF
both old ana new potatoes.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-26
HIDDEN LIFE
REVEALED BY
INSURANCE
Widow Of F.. ]. Everett Met
by Claim Her Husband :
Was Another.

San Bernardino. Cal, May 26.-
verdict has been handed down here
directing the Standard Accident In
surance company to pay Mrs. Francis
J. Everett Of Redlands. California
$500 with interest as the beneficiary
Of Francis j. Everett, who 1t was al
Cowie of Fergus Falls, Mimi, former
law partner, Of U. s. Senator Moses e.
Clapp.
The insurance company held pay
mont Of the policy taken out by Ev-
erett who was killed in 1915 in an
accident, claiming that Everett q
Cowie had another wife living. and
that 1t. was desired to fix the real
beneficiary before the money wa
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-26
Twin DEVILS
OF DEFEAT AS
SERMON TOPIC
Moral Conditions at Army
Training Camps Make
Serious Problem.

DR.. Harvey J.. Moore. pastor Of the
First Baptist church will discuss M
of the big problems that confront the
nation in the present war situation, In
his sermon during the Sunday evening
service.
The subject, Attacking Americas
win Devils of Defeat will deal with
the need of organizing a strong moral
influence to counteract the vicious and
demoralizing environment so apt to
be prevalent in army mobilization
amps The need of cooperation
among the people Of the country to
strive for keeping up a standard Of
morality. in the training camps of the
various states hat been emphasized In
communications sent to governors Of
all. the states, by Secretary Baker Of
the war department. and the discus
sion which DIR. Moore will give to-
morrow evening is of special interest
at this time.