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Imperial Valley press., 1918-01-22
At The Theatre
At the Palace Theatre Tonight.

Winsome Marguerite Clark, as
Bah, the heroine Of Mary Roberts
Rinehart's story which appeared re-
Gently in the Saturday Evening Post,
has scored one of the greatest tri-
umphs of her entire career. "Bab's
Burglar" which was (,~o,ted by J.
Searle Dawley and which includes an
exceptionally good cast, will appear
at the Palace theatre tonight.
Coming, on Thursday, William S.
Hart; also Jack Pickford.
On Friday, Madge Kennedy in "Ba-
by Nine"
Imperial Valley press., 1918-01-22

Persistent rumors have gone the
rounds that sweaters knitted by Red
Cross workers are being sold instead
of given to. the Red Cross. Deter
mined to get the actual facts of the
matter, Miss Bertha Griffin, of the
local CHAPTER, wrote to Red Cros:
headquarters, located at San Francis
co, aid is in receipt Of the following
letter branding the reports as beins
absolutely false:
Dear Miss Griffin: We are in
receipt of your letter of January II,
relative to sweaters knitted for the
Red Cross being sold to the soldiers,
and in reply to same would say that
his is absolutely untrue.
"There seems to be a movement OF
he rart of our enemies bring dis
credit upon the Red Cros sin this con-
meet ona. We are doing our best to
run down these stories and bring the
people who are spreading these rlt'
mora to justice. Many serious cases
are being turned over to the federai
authorities, and they are now making
Investigations. 1t is very easy Tor
people to gather wrong impressions,
and by the time the story is repeated
several times it becomes absolutely
without truth or fundation.
eve shall be very glad if you will
write us again, giving us the name
of the gentleman who bought sweat
er from the Red Cross for $500. There
may be a possibility that he bought
it from the Red Cross, but if we can
find out where he boughtit the chap
ter selling it will lose its charter
The Red Cross does not sell anything
to soldiers.
Trusting to hear from you agair
with futher details, we beg to remain
"Yours very truly,
(Signed) JOHN L. CLYMER,
"Director, Bureau of Development"
The State Department of Weights
and Measures has standardized cord
measurement of 128 cubic feet as
the legal measure in the sale of wood
and the public is warned against buy
ing wood by any other measurement
Peddlers, vendors and unreliable deal
ers will offer wood by the load or by
the rick, tier, etc. These systems OF
Measurement are vey eastirc and are
meaningless so far as the interests
of the public are concerned, and theil
employment greatly facilitates the
perpetration Of fraud.
Those persons engaged in the sal,
of wood who arbitrarily adopt sys
TEN of measurement of their own o.
place any erroneous Interpretation o!
the standard as fixedb y this depart
ment, have a motive derogatory Il
and conflicting with the peaceful pro
cess of legitimate competition.
"Whenever the public orders wood
the quantity purchased should be de
termined by the cord measurement
and they should demand from tht
dealer a tag or voucher stating the
quantity of wood delivered by core
measurement. The county sealcr OF
weights and measures may then YER
ify the quantity delivered and protect
the public against commercial miscon-
duct and fraud
"The legitimate wood dealer today
rigidly maintains these standards and
the public will lencounter no diff
Guilty in purchasing their wood by
legal standards from legitimate deal
ers. There is greater probability OF
practicing deception in the estimation
of wood than in any other common
commodity. This department earnest
ly desires to effectively protect the
public and any complaint will nave
the immediate attention Of the comfy
scaler." /
Imperial Valley press., 1918-01-22
Detroit Thugs Get Rich Haul.
(By Associated Press J

Detroit, Jan, 22.-Three bandits
robbed a downtown jewelry store of
valuables rep. ted to be worth $780,
90. They b)und the proprietor, Ralph
Dewey.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-01-22
MARKET QUOTATIONS

Following are closing quotations
for New York cotton, furnished by
he Imperial Valley Long Staple Cot
ton Growers Association:
January, 30.75; March, 30.55; May
30.10. Spots, 3012.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-01-22
Romans Break Attack.
. (By Associated Pressl

Rome, Jan. 19-An enemy ATTACK
Thursday night on wide front in
the lower Piave was arrested, it is OF.
ficially announced
Imperial Valley press., 1918-01-22

House, in the City of Ell Centro, Coun-
ty of Imperial, California, sell at
public auction to the highest bidder
for cash, lawful money Of the United
States, the said property hereinbcfore
and in said Controllers authorization
described, which authorization is
hereby made part of this notice, to
wit: Situate, lying and being in the
County of Imperial, State Of Califor-
MIA, and particularly described in said
res pective deed to the State of Cali
fornia, above referred to, as follows,
to wit:
Lot 7, Block %, Townsite of Braw-
ey.
The following is statement of
he amount due, to wit:
Assessed to ]. A. Walton:
Taxes of 1908. SLY
Penalties and costs on Delinquent
ROll 10
Interest at 7 per cent per an
nun from July, 1909. ......... 9|
$2.79
Assessed to j. A. Walton:
Taxes of 1909. 9.......,.... .Sl.Zf
fGUdlClcS anu SOoIo Oil bCihA
quent Roll Observation-Disclosures. .66
Interest at 7 per cent per an
mum from July, 1910. ......... 80
$2.82
Assessed to John Doe:
Taxes Of 1910. ...............S0 $3.50
Penalties and costs on Delinquent
Roll .......... ......'....' .oo
Interest at 7 per cent per an
mum from July, 1911......... 81
$2.03
Assessed to j. A. Walton:
Taxes of 1911. 9l.Zl
Penalties and costs on Delinquent
Roll ...... .............. 20
Interest at 7 per cent per an
mum from July, 1912. ........ .o9
$2.43
Assessed to j. A. Walton:
Taxes of 1912. 80. 9l.oo
Penalties and costs on Delinquent
Roll ...... ....... ..'.'...' '0'
Interest at per cent per an
nun from July, 1913........ 90
s2.74
Assessed to J. A. Walton:
Taxes Of 1918. 2Z.o4
Penalties and costs on Delinquent 20
Roll -. ........ ......... 10
Interest at Z per cent per an
nun from July, 1914........ so
1888
Assessed to Unknown Owner:
Taxes Of 1914 ........... PI.9o
Penalties and costs on Delinquent
Roll ......... ''-
Interest at Z per cent per an
mum from July, 1915. .29
S2.99
TWO LEGAL ,;:t.,oi;. ;.i;..,'
Taxes of 1915. ............. 49,. size
Penalties and costs on Delinquent -
Roll -. ............ .'@
Interest at 7 per cent per an
mum from July, 1916. ....... lie
s2.6s
Assessed to Richard Mitchell:
Taxes of 1916. ....9 2o4
Penalties and costs on Delinquent
Roll ..... .............. 80
Interest at per cent per an
mum from July, 1917......... II
$2.Ss
Assessed to Richard Mitchell:
T.xas Of 1917, $27z
.2(
/, $2.9:
Total taxes .............. 9lo.o
Total penalties and costs. 81,
Total interest ...... az
advertising this notice. ...... 25.Ol
Least amount for which -
property may be purchased $52.9'
No bid shall be received or accept
ed at such sale for less than thE
tna tn..nc lnIriGd INnr
Imperial Valley press., 1918-01-22
NOTICE OF SALE

OF Property OF the State, pursuant
to Section 1897 of the Political
Code.
Office of the Tax Collector of the
County of Imperial, State of Califor-
mia.
Whereas, there was received by me
or the 9th day of January, 1918, and
filed in my office a written authori-
zation under the hand and seal OF
the Controller of the State of Cali
and is in the words and figures fol-
lowing:
NOTICE.
Controllers Department, State of
California.
To the Tax Collector of the Coun-
ty of Imperial, State of California:
Whereas, deed or deeds convey
ing to the people of the State of Cali
fCrnia the title to the property here
matter described having heretofore
been filed in the Controllers office
OF the State of California; and,
Whereas, said deed or deeds recite
the fact that said property hereinaf-
ter described was sold to the people
of the State of California for the
.ncn-paynent of state and county
taxes; and,
Whereas, five years have elapsed
since the date of said sale, and no
redemption, according to law, has
been made of said property, or any
part thereof;
r Now, Therefore, in pursuance of
the law in such case made and pro
vided, l, John S. Chambers, Control
Ter of the State of California, by vir-
tue of the authority in me vested
by the laws of this state, do by these
presents authorize, empower and d.
rect you, the said Tax Collector, 10
sell at public auction, in separate lots
or parcels, the property hereinafter
described.
The/ property above referred to and
hereby authorized to be sold, is stu
ate, lying and being in the County of
Imperial, State Of California, bounded
and particularly described as follows,
to wit:
Property sold to the State, June
26, 1909, for taxes of 1908, Lot z,
Block 22, Townsite of Brawley. Sale
No. 80.
No bid shall be, received or accept
ed at such sale for less than the
amount of all the taxes levied upon
such property, and all costs and pen
alties for every year delinquent as
shown by the delinquent rolls for said
years to the date of the execution OF
the deed to the state, and all expenses
accrued to the date of the sale here
under, together with interest at seven
PER cent per annum from the first
day of July following the delinquency
in each of said years to the date OF
the sale hereunder, computed upon the
aggregate amount of such delinquent
taxes, penalties and costs.
Said sale shall be conducted in all
respects as by law governing such
sales.
Giye6 under my hand and seal Of
offige,e at Sacramento, this 7th day
of january, A. d. 1918.
HEAL) JOHN S. CHAMBERS,
Controller.
BY ID. A. Moulton, Deputy
Therefore, in Pursuance Of law,
public notice is hereby given that ]
will on the
l4TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1918,
At the hour Of 10 o'clock 4 H., in
Imperial Valley press., 1918-01-22
No RED CROSS
SWEATERS SOLD

Denial Is Made of the Rumor That
Any Red Cross Knitted Goods Are
Sold After Leaving the Hands Of
the Fair knitters-Rumors Spread
by Pro-Germans.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-01-22

Least amount for which - =
property may be purchased $52,97
No bid shall be received or accept
ed at such sale for less than the
amount of all the taxes levied upon
such property, and all costs and pen
aIties for every year delinquent as
shown by the delinquent rolls for
said years to the date of the execu-
ton of the deed to the State, and all
expenses accrued to the date Of the
sale under this section, together with
interest at seven per cent per an
mum from the first day of July fol
lowing delinquency in each Of said
year to the date of the sale hereun-
der, computed upon the aggregate
amount of such delinquent taxes, pen
alties and costs.
MONT J. REID,
Tax Collector of Imperial County,
State of California.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-01-22

Butter-Creamery extras, SIC per
pound. The seinng prlHe to the trade
Is cents higher than above quota
lion
Eggs-Fresh extras, SIC; case count
Sic; pullets, soc All eggs sold include
cases and filters, valued at IS cents.
Poultry-prices to producers: Small
rollers, "a; large broiIers, / "a pounds
and up, 26; old cocks, IA; Leghorn
27DZo: roasting chickens, 3 pounds
nd up, 25; old cocks, II; Leghorn
ems, 22@24; young ducks, %; old
ucks, 20; SQUAD pigeons, 4.00@s.00;
urkeys, 26@29; geese, 10.
Grain and Feed-(Per leo pounds
Alfalfa meal, 200; alfalfa molasses,
2.10; barley, rolled. 3.35; ground bar
ley, 3.45; recleaned barley, $40; corn,
whole yellow, 4.45; whole white corn,
| .55, corn acked. 400: Egyptian
corn,S5; white feed oats, $50; bran,
.25; shorts; 3.05; No. wheat 100
pound sacks, 4.05; cracked wheat. A.40;
Milo maize, $40; oilcake meal, 3.75.
NOTICE OF SALE OF PERSONAL
PROPERTY TO SATISFY LIEN
FOR LABOR AND MATERIALS
FURNISHED.
Notice is hereby given that Bowen
& Ettelson, o-partnership, claims
lien upon one certain automobile.
being Studebaker Six touring car, Sc
rial No. 214609, Motor No. 6E14371, :,
for and on account Of labor, skill and
materials expended upon the same and
for the safe keeping thereof at the re-
quest Of the owner Or legal possessor
thereof; that the amount claimant de-
mands for said labor, skill, materials
and safe keeping is $93.45, and that
no part of the same has been paid, and
that the whole thereof is now and re-
naming unpaid, and has been due and
unpaid more than twenty days prior
to the date hereof.
Now, therefore, by virture Of said
lien and the law in such cases made
and provided, notice is hereby givar
that on Tuesday, the 22nd day Of Jan
uary, 1918, at o'clock a. n., at the
Bowen & Ettelson garage, on tht
southeast corner Of Sixth and State
streets,in the City of Ell Centre, Coun
ty of Imperial, State of California
said property will be offered for sale a
public auction and sold to the highes
and best bidder for cash, payable il
gold coin of the United States, to sat
lsfy said lien and costs Of sale.
Dated this 9th day of January, 1918
~BOWEN & ETTELSON,
L Claimant.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-01-22

/, Following are Los Angeles produce
quotations at the close Of business
last night:
Imperial Valley press., 1918-01-22
CLASSIFIED WANT ADS
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING.
Accepted According to the Following
Rates and Rules.

Rates-The rate for inserting PRE-
PAID Classified or Liner Advertise
nents in The, Imperial Valley Press
1c per word each insertion, If paid
n advance. Minimum charge, 25c.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-01-22

The Imperial Valley Press cannot
'uarantee the accuracy or assume re-
possibility for more than one lncor
ect insertion of any advertisement or
cred for more than one time.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-01-22

Classified Advertising CHARGED
70 ACCOUNTS will be at the rate OF
nc per word, with minimum charge
+ 25c.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-01-22

Errors not the fault of the adver-
iser, which clearly lessen the value OF
the advertisement, will be rectified
My by republication without extra
barge on presentation or claim Wlthlil
i've davs after insertion. No allow
nee will be made when the error does
lot materially affect the sense or pur-
ose Of the advertisement.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-01-22

FOR SALE-Beautiful modern 5-room
bungalow; sleeping porch, trees and
shrubbery; cement walks and drive
way; in Hollywood. Also two beau
tiful lois. Will sacrifice for quick
deal Address c. A. Terwilliger, Box
571, Brawley. Phone S4F15, Brawley
Imperial Valley press., 1918-01-22
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE
FARM LAND TO LET

ARGAIN-Must sell or lease; poor
health; feed and tools for sale. T.
ID. Mccall, miles east of Imperial
Imperial Valley press., 1918-01-22
FOR SALE REAL ESTATE

FOR SALE-3O0 acres soft and medium
soil; will subdivide; price right VIII
tam Griset, El Centro, Route l.
FOR SALE-150 acres, all under cul-
tivation, 10 in alfalfa, balance ready
for crop; SIS per acre; immediate
possession; in No. 1 Water Co. Car
ence T.. Gage, GOA Main ST., Ell Cen
frO. Cal.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-01-22

FOR SALE-"striche T. Mayo, Bard
Cal
OR SALE--Reg istered Jersey bull 10
months old; loose alfalfa hay. E. L.
Young. 31a miles west of Ell Centro
CATTLE FOR SALE--Seventy head Of
good fat young cows, from TO o
years old, $50 per head; thirty calves,
from to months old, $50 per
mead. w NJ Rice. Servoss. Ariz
Imperial Valley press., 1918-01-22

FOR SALE-1OO acres land, 80 i'm
proved, waterst ocked, one mile from
good railroad town; good alfalfa
and fruit land; $45 per acre, cash
or terms; $55 acres trade for clear.
Hurley, Press office.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-01-22
MONEY WANTED

WANTED-Loan of $3.50 on 100 acres.
waterstocked partly improved. half
mile from railroad; soft soil. Box
$50. Press office. ---,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-03-07

various languages, and posted in the
school centers and questions are en-
couraged and answered.
The University of Wisconsin Y. w.
@. A. social service committee is con-
ducting-a Big Sister movement among
Italian children, and works with a
neighborhood house in the Jewish
quarter. The Collegiate Alumnae as
ISOLATION of Minneapolis, Mimi, has
national aid committee which supplies
volunteers to teach English to foreign
soldiers and civilians.
Miss Edith Bennett, head of the Chi
cago Collegiate Alumnae Bureau of Oc-
equations, reports many calls in the
fall for secretaries and translaters
with knowledge of French and Span
ish. Swarthmore classes in elementary
German have shrunk this year, while
Spanish has won sudden popularity,
the classes having tripled in enroll
ment.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-03-07

have got to understand 1t nere, and
you have got to build and build and
sacrifice, no matter what it costs, to
beat that beast.
A War of Nations.
"This war is not war Of armies.
1t is q war of nations. There isn't
man, q woman or child III Great
Britain, in Belgium, in France or in
Italy that is not q factor in this war.
1 tell you that If you should go, as l
have gone, about those ruined dis
tricts in France and see the little
children, little bits of tots, four and
five years old, driving in the herds
at night, seeing the little boys COM
ing down the rOad-little bits of tots
with their arms full of faggots that
they were accommodating against the
winter; old men and old women work
ing in the fields until it was so dark
that as you looked, you could just
make out those vague gh0stly forms
gathering in the croDS for France.
81 have passed through those towns
and looked in the windows at night
where you could see little here and
there, and they were always working
working, working, to carry on this
war. 1t is not the armies of France
that are the essential thing to France
in this war, nor the armies of Eng
land, nor the other countries. Those
armies will do their part. and do 1t
to a finish, if they are supported by
the people behind, and the great cry
ing need in Europe today is to build
up the spirit and keep up the spirit
of the people behind the lines, and 1t
is that great work in which The Red
Cross-thanks not to us on the other
side, but to you on this side-have
performed and become the largest
known single factor since our entry
into the war"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-03-07
REAL FIGHTING when U. S. STARTS

thing he may get the surprise of his
life.
Every one is very much pleased
with the Americans over here. They
are splendid looking lot Of officers
and men, and their manners and atti-
tude leave nothing to be desired. Once
they start in think that the Germans
VIII have some real fighting to handle.
One is gradually beginning to real
lie the meaning of the expression a
war OF attrition.' With the enormous
slaughter which has been In progress
for over three years the Germans and
ourselves are beginning TO show the
strain. We see it In the type of Off
GERS and men as regards physique.
Our training possibly counteracts to
certain extent this loss of physique,
but would not care to see the aver
age unit Of today placed alongside its
former self. Similarly with the rest
of the beiligerents. 1t is at this juno
ture that the Americans arrive, and
one is Immediately struck with their
appearance. The first million men
from the United States army should
nearly be able to finish the war pro-
vided they are not used in driblets.
Given a completely new army, say of
two full corps, or possibly three, in the
spring and the end of the war should
be not long postponed.
German Tactics Simple.
II do not think that we are at the
last ditch by any means. We have
been in tight corners before, and will
no doubt sweep our way out Of the
present one. A German offensive put
on simultaneously against the French
and ourselves at the present time
would, however, make it fairly stiff
going.
II doubt, however, If the German Is
really sufficiently strong to do this:
/. e., two determined sustained often
sives. That he will use diversive tao
tics is probable. He must finish the
job this winter, or he never will, and
all we can do is to meet the blow when
it comes, or, possibly anticipate that
blow by one of our own. The German
grand strategy has never been any
thing but simple. His tactics are diff
ferent. His strategy has been simply
to wear down the forces opposed to
him until stage is reached when he
can attack"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-03-07
SHOWS GERMAN
AS HE REALLY is

dreadful foot She has stopped at
nothing. British officers told me of
seeing their wounded piled in heaps
and hand grenades thrown in the
midst and exploded to kill them while
they lay there.
British officers have told me OF
the men being taken as prisoners
through Germany and German women
coming and offering them glass of
water and splitting in it as they
handed it to them. I came back
across the water with prominent
British officer and statesman. He told
me of friend of his who lay wound
ed and suffering horribly in front of
the German trenches. He lay there
for day and a half or two days, and
the Germans came out at night, stood
around him and scoffed at him and
kicked him and made fun of him, and
then went away and left him, and
when some of his own people went
out at the risk of their lives ana
brought him In before he died he told
them of these things.
'sDid you think that the men In
that British regiment would be will
ing to make a half peace with Ger
many? Do you think that the Cana
dams who went in the trenches and
found their officers crucified-whether
those men will make half peace with
Germany? I tell you it Is only
short time before our boys who are
over there now are going to be suf-
fering those same things, and you
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-03-07

Our boys are defending this country
on the high seas and on the land. Our
own defense against a common enemy
is to keep the system clean by Kidding
the body Of the toxins, or poisons, which
are bred in the intestines. When you
feel tired, sleepy, headachy, when your
breath is offensive, or pimples appear
on the face and neck, 1t is time to recog-
nize the danger and protect your bodily
health by taking something for the liver
such as DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
The machinery of the body needs to
be oiled, kept in good condition, just as
the guns or machinery of q ship. Why
should human person neglect his own
machinery more than that Of his auto
mobile or his guns? Yet most people
do neglect themselves. Their tongue
has a dark brown color, skin sallow,
breath bad, yet they fail to see that
their machinery needs attention.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets have
been known for nearly half a century.
They are made of May-apple, leaves of
aloe and jalap, made into tiny pellet
and coated with sugar. They are stand
ard and etficacious. You can obtain
them at any drug store in Walls for
twenty-five cents. Ask for DR.. Pbefee's
Pleasant Pellets--and get no otherl
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-03-07
WORK AMONG ALIENS
College Women Training for
Americanization Campaign.
Opportunity for Splendid Service by
Those Having knowledge Of
Foreign Languages.

Washington.-The knowledge of for
eign languages which before the war
seemed almost superfiuous equipment
and of little practical use except as a
finishing touch to an education of cul-
ture, is now being appreciated by the
demand for volunteers to work with
aliens, and spread the ideal Of Ameri-
canization. One of the four war
courses at Vassar college. Poughkeep-
sic. N. Y, is training for work with
aliens" taken by those who have con-
yersational command of a modern lam
guage. This course will At young wom-
en- for work in censorship. translation,
the education of aliens and other social
work connected with alien supervision.
Young college women in Cleveland
are giving evenings to educating for
eigners. War news is printed daily in