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Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-06
SPECIAL RACE At
TRACK MEETING
Added Attraction for the Big County
Track Meet Is 4 Grammar School
Race for 100 Yards-Twenty-f five
Boys From the Schools Have En-
tered This Race.

As an added attraction for the big
valley meet, and to stimulate track
athletics at the grammar school,
Coach Holloway has announced spe-
cial grammar school 100-yard handi-
cap race, to be run among the Wilson
school athletes.
Twenty-Five boys from the gram
mar school were at the high school
athletic grounds tonight, and have
signed up for the race next Saturday.
The race is to be run in heats, proba.
bly, two or three, and the first and sec
ond place winners of the various heats
will be run together in the final heat.
In the final heat, the winners will be
presented with gold, silver and bronze
medals, for first, second and third
places respectively. These medals
are exactly the same shape and size
as the medals to be given the lucky
winners in the high school meet. They
have already been sent from the sport
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Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-06
GROVES TO RETURN
FOR 4 FEW DAYS

Deputy Income Tax Collector Groves
will return to Ell Centre for few
days, commencing February 20, ac-
cording to letter received from Col
lector J. N. Carter of Los Angeles
this morning.
A letter was sent by the Chamber Of
Commerce to Mr.. Carter, explaining
the urgency of more help on making
out income tax returns in this county.
sud urging that Mr.. Groves returned
here. The collector sas complied with
the wishes Of the Valley people.
All those who have not made out
income tsx statements are urged to
(sst them rAsdy, for Mr.. Groves time
will b prssieus wheD he arrives.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-06
MAYOR TO Be GUEST
OF BATTERY BOYS

board of trustees, has received an in
vitation from Battery d boys at
Camp Kearney to participate in the
review of the regiment by Mark Pick
ford, for has been appointed god
mother of the regiment, on Satur-
day.
The mayor will be the weekend
guest of Captain Walter Andrewson.
Commander of Battery D, with the
mayors of other Valley towns, during
the review.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-06
NEUTRAL CONGRESS
ABANDONED IN SOUTH
(By Associated Press)

Buenos Aires, Feb. 6.-Ths special
Mexican mission which came to at
tend the proposed neutrality con-
gress will disband Sunday. The mem
bers will visit other South American
republics, to return later. The Ar
gentine foreign minister intimated
that the neutrality congress had been
abandoned indefinitely.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-06
EMMA GOLDMAN WILL MAKE
CLOTHING FOR INMATES

jefferson City,M o. Feb. T.
Emma Goldman, foremost expOn-
ent in American of anarchy,
whom the Russian BOlsheviki are
extremely solicitous that she be
returned" to Russia, arrived at
the federal penitentiary today
and was set to work making cloth
ing for thep rison inmates. Miss
GOulman was in a cullen mood
when told the work she was to
pursue.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-06
PAYMENTS
BY MEN IN ARMIES

Washington. Feb. 6.--Bills passed
today by the Senate permit The sus-
pension of payments on public land
entries by men engaged in military
service; authorize ths secretary Of
the interior to grant permits for the
cutting Of timber for mining purposes
to corporations organized in one state
but conducting mining operations in
another. and to permit persons of Is
years or over to make homestead en-
tries.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-06
sen ATORS HECkLE
SECRETARY OF WAR
AND INSIST ON OPEN
SESSION TO HEAR HIM
EXPLAIN.
Estimate of $4,000 Tons of
Shipping, Made by Secre-
tary Baker Recently, He
Now Declares Is Much
Too Small.
(By Associated Press)

Washington, Feb.6.-Iln the cross
examination of Secretary Baker on
his statement of army preparedness
which critics characterized as grossly
exaggerated, today there developed
squabble in the Senate military COM
mittee as to whether the secretary
should disclose shipping figures and
make them public. 1t was finally de-
termined to request detailed state
ment at the secret session tomOr-
how. Secretary Baker did not have
detailed figures of transport tonnage
available when he appeared and Sem
ator Hitchcock insisted that Secretary
Baker show the committee his
grounds for believing that shipping
would be available to transport sup
lies for the million men which he said
could be placed in France this year,
and. an additional half million to be
placed there early in the spring.
Secretary Baker said in reply that
he was not depending wholly on
American ships. He said, unfortu-
nately for him, that he expressed the
general opinion of the board on the
situation rather than dealing in de-
tails furnished by experts. He said
the estimate of 791, 900 tons available
now was small rather than too large.
Secretary Baker said that more
troops, combatant and non-combat-
ant, were sent to France prior to
January 1 than had been planned. He
agreed with Senator Weeks that it
was improper to disclose the number
in France. He said transportation
Of fighting forces was temporarily re-
duced by the necessity of sending
large engineering forces. He said the
War Department shipping board was
in constant contact with the depart
ment in studying the shipping situa-
tion.
General Bliss took the information
abroad as basis of calculation in
connection with the shipping situa-
ton. One hundred and thirty thou
sand tons additional was recently Sc
cured.
The discussion of of the proposal
to hold an executive session was pre-
cipitated by Senator Reed, who
thought the committee were entitled
to exact information regarding the
number of men no win France, and
on other subjects.
Senators Chamberlain, Hitchcock
and Mcclellan favored an open session.
Senator Hitchcock said he thought the
committee and the public was entitled
to know where Secretary Baker "pro-
poses to get the tonnage to supply
the men abroad"
"I think the secretary ought to be
able to put figures before US to sup
port his statement that he will have
a million men over there this year"
he said.
Secretary Baker replied that he
thought the question of ships should
be discussed in executive session. He
said the matter "involved interna-
tional arrangements"
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-06
UNDECIDED Ill.
ABOUT SENATE RACE

Washington, Feb. 6.-Secretary Tu-
multy returned to the capital today
after visit to New Jersey, where the
possibility Of his becoming a Demo-
cratic candidate for senator is being
discussed among political leaders Mr..
Tumulty still declined to outline his
intentions. There are indications that
if President Wilson wants him to en-
ter the contest he will do SO.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-06
DEPARTMENT STORE
FIRE A MYSTERY

Doris, Cal, Feb. 6.--Two fires in
this vicinity within the last twenty.
four hours caused damage estimated
at $4,000. A Doris department
store burned today, with an estimated
damage Of $4,000. The origin of the
fire is not known. Ths Weston 4
Dearmond sawmili, Near Uorris, was
destroyed y%stsrday with q loss d
$4,000.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-06
NINE SUNK ARGENTINE
SHIP, CONSUL ACBLES

Buenos, Aires, Feb. 6.-Argentina s
consul at Carcelona, Spain, has tele-
graphed report to the Foreign Of
flee here on an interview with the
captain of the Argentine steamship
Ministro Irridendo, which was sunk
in the Mediterranean January 26.
The captains statement indicated that
his vessel collided with a mine.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-06
UNDERGOES A
SERIOUS OPERATION

New York, Feb. Theodore
Roosevelt has been operated ON
for abscess of the stomach in a
local hospital, it was learned to-
day, when a bulletin announced
that his condition was favorable,
and the constitution of the patient
was such that it was predicted
that he would be on his feet again
in few days.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-06
Traffic Congestion.

Washington, Feb. 6.--Secretary
McAdoo today appointed a traffic in
vestigating committee to take fur
ther steps looking to the diversion of
railroad traffic from the most con-
gested satewey.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-06
|. w. W.s Are Freed.
(By Associated Press)

San Francisco, Feb. s.-United
States commissioners today dismissed
charges of violating the espionage act
against Miss Theodore Pollak and
two other Industrial Workers of the
World officials on the ground Of in
sufficient evidence.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-06
Rain Banishes DrOuth.
By Associatel ProSs)

Sacramento, Feb. THE warm
soaking rain of last night was gen.
eral in northern California and "ef-
fectually broke the drought" the To-
cal weather man said.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-06
Land Opened for Entry.
Ry Associated Press)

Washington, Feb. 6.-Half a mil
lion acres in Chaves county, New
Mexico, including part of the Roswell
land district, was today designated
for entry on March II under the stock
raising homestead act, Secretary Lane
announced.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-06
AMERICAN B|lDM[N
DEFEAT the GERMANS
(By Associated Press)

With the American Army in France,
Tuesday, Feb. 5--Lively shelling
took place Tuesday along the entire
American sector. American anti-air
craft gums repelled enemy airmen's
attempts to cross the lines.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-06
A Different Story.
fby Associated Press)

Amsterdam, Feb. GA Berlin dis
patch says Teuton foreign ministers
have left for Brest-Litovsk to con-
tinue peace negotiations.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-06
Marconi May Be Ambassador.
(By Associated Press)

Sacramento Feb. 1.-THE state fer
ester has reported losses by fires last
year outside government reserves at
$s7s, 900.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-06

Hsaa xeaS wants . He prsss..
k--aaa sst 4pick RESULTS.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-01
dred and forty odd years since it be-

bred and forty odd years since it be-
gan.
1t is going to spend this money al
most entirely within its own Dor
ders Stree the enormous credits of
money given our allies are mainly to
enable them to pay for their pur-
chases of supplies in this country.
Such sums are unthinkable as no
mortal mind can grasp the fullness of
a single billion, let alone eighteen of
them, and there is going to be more
money in this country this year than
ever before existed in any nation or
combination of nations in the worlds
history.
The fabulous wealth Of Croesus
would not pay the interest for a sin
gle year on the Liberty Bonds this
nation is issuing. Rome in its palm
lest days as mistress of the world
could not have absorbed a single is
sue of these bonds. This food of
money is not fiat money, but has back
of it the greatest natural riches in the
world. A United States Liberty Bond
has back of it the best security in the
world, and these bonds will largely
act as a currency.
Should peace be declared this year,
there would undoubtedly follow in this
country the widest era of speculation
and extravaganza the world has ever
seen.
There is one thing that is going to
leaven this situation and that is the
incubation of a new habit of thrift
and saving in the people of this ma
ton and if we can learn this entirely
new habit, we may come out of the
deluge of wealth safely and with
some considerable part of it left.
The Thrift Stamps, War Savings
Certificates, ETC., have a far more
important mission than raising addi-
tional funds-the mission of teaching
a natural spend-thrift people, possess
ed of enormous wealth, the habit Of
saving. If we learn it we will be the
bankers and creditors of the whole
world for ages. If we do not, we will
go through wild orgy after the war,
and then wake up with the worst
headache any nation ever had, a head
ache in proportion to the size of the
orgy, the result of which will be a
prostration worse in its economic eff
fects than the war itself.
Every parent should make it a re-
ligious duty to begin to teach his or
her children the habit of saving, by
starting them on the Thrift Stamps.
The children of today are the citi-
zens of tomorrow and a habit is not
learned in a week or month. Teach
the children to earn the thrift stamps
themselves, and then they will ap-
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-01
BURDEN OF PATRIOTIC
PUBLICITY BORNE BY
NEWSPAPERS AND BANKERS

The newspapers and bankers have
thus far borne the publicity burden
for the government. They have done
it cheerfully, too, and at heavy ex-
pense. More than that, they have
done it in the face of a most appall-
ing waste on the part of Government
officials who consume thousands of
tons of paper monthly for posters that
are never posted and for circulars that
are seldom read. Except for the space
given freely by the newspapers and
the intelligent cooperation of many
financial institutions, both Liberty
Loans would have failed and the Y. M.
c. A., the Red Cross and War Stamp
campaign would have fallen far short
of the goals attained. But the time
has come when merchants and pro-
fessional men should bear some share
of this publicity campaign of educa-
ton. The Government, for instance,
asks US to use other things than
wheat and meat. Most people are
willing to do it. What to use as sub
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-01
REAL FUN IN RUNNING A PAPER

An exchange thus speaks of the
real joy and delight that may be de-
rived from editing" paper:
There is more downright fun in pub
fishing a newspaper than in anything
else-if you think so. If you publish
the news, they say you are sticking
your nose into other peoples business;
that if you would attend to your own
affairs, you would get along better;
if you don't publish the news, they
say you are paid to suppress the
truth and your paper ought to be for
hidden the use of the mails. If you
attend church, they say you are trying
to "carry water on both shoulders"
and are hypocritical; if you don't go,
they say they are sorry for you be-
cause you will be given job of SHOW
cling birthstone. If you happen to
throw a nickel into the contribution
basket, they say you are trying to
"show off,. If you don't contribute
anything, they say you are so stingy
and little that you would Skin flea
for its. hide and tallow". If you wear
good clothes, they say you are ex-
IIdNtSdlJ, are INhB DtyOHu
your means, and will ultimately have
to fail in business. If you don't "tog
up" little, they say you are without
taste, and have no self esteem. If
you pay your debts, they will say that
at heart you are scoundrel and pay
because you have to. If you don't pay,
they will say you ought to be run out
of the community. If you publish
jokes, they will say you are nothing
but rattlehead and your paper ought
not be allowed in any respectable
home, where there are children. If
you don't publish jokes, they will say
you are an old fossil, and there is no
life to your paper. If you do actually
publish the truth, the whole truth and
nothing else but the truth, you will
see men walking up and down the
streets carrying rifles, pistols, shot
guns, base ball bats and knives, and
with blood in their eyes. If you don't
publish these things, they will say you
are dominated by a set of corrupt
people and are afraid to tell what you
know. If you don't use alcohol, they
will say you are too stingy to buy it
and more you are a phanatic; if you
use alcohol, they will say your brain
is going like pair of pinding blades,
and you are unfit for any business.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-01
BILLY SUNDAYS PRAYER

The following prayer was deliver
ed by Evangelist Billy Sunday in the
house of representatives at Washing
ton, on January 10th. 1t is such a
departure from the "cut and dried"
prayer offered by the chaplains that
it makes exceptionally good reading:
Almighty God, our Heavenly Fa-
Their, we thank Thee and rejoice that
through faith in Thee and Thy word
this government was built upon that
foundation.
eve thank Thee that the compact
signed in the cabin of the Mayflower
by our ancestors was for democracy,
liberty, freedom and the right to
worship Thee according to the die
tates Of our own conscience. We
thank Thee that as a nation we have
the courage to proclaim to the world
our continued belief in Thee by
stamping on our coins the inscription
"In God We Trust. We thank Thee
that we are American and live be-
meath the protecting folds of the
Stars and Stripes. We thank Thee
that Thou canst look over the battle
ments Of glory on our land and see
that there is not one stain on any
star or stripe in Old Glory. We
thank Thee for our happy homes. We
thank Thee for our wives and little
ones. We thank Thee for the fruit
full trees and bountiful harvests. We
thank Thee that as a nation we have
never gone to bed hungry or scraped
the bottom of our flour barrel, and
we pray continued mercy and blessing
upon us. We pray Thee that Thou
wilt forgive our transgressions and
blot out all our iniquities.
"Thou knowest, o Lord, that we
are in life-and-death struggle with
one of the most infamous, vile, greedy,
avaricious, blood-thirsty, sensual and
vicious nation that has ever disgraced
the pages of history. Thou knowest
that Germany has drawn from the
eyes Of mankind enough tears to make
another sea; that she has drawn
blood enough to redden every wave
upon that sea; that she has drawn
enough groans and shrieks from the
hearts of men, women and children
to make another mountain. We pray
Thee that Thou wilt make bare Thou
mighty arm and beat back that great
pack Of hungry wolfish Huns, whose
fangs drip with blood and gore. We
pray Thee that the stars in their
courses and the winds and waves may
fight against them.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-01

stitutes and where to find the substi-
tutes is where the rub comes in. Pa
triotic merchants should come to the
rescue by publishing lists of such ar
ticles, together with proper ways of
preparing them. Patriotic profession
al men should join in signed state
ments appealing to the public to CO.
operate in war activities of various
sorts. Patriotic preachers should
neglect no opportunity to impress
congregations with the fact that God
hates the man or woman who Stacks
on food or finance just as much as
He hates the man who Stacks out of
service in the army. And the bank
ers are not all helping to do publicity
work. Many of them say they can
not afford to advertise Liberty Bonds
or War Stamps because it is a los
ing proposition for them. Suppose
newspaper men should take the same
view? Suppose they, should give no
space to all these war activities just
because there was no money in it for
them? How would the public know
what was expected of it if everybody
declined to give information except
those who got pay for their services?
Now these are pointed questions. They
are also very practical questions.
While the newspapers are going to
stay right on the job of giving free
publicity they are going to feel
growing irritation at that part of the
business and professional world
which seems so intent on making
money that it has no interest in the
big work of building sentiment for To-
cal cooperation with the government
in its efforts to win the war. And
here is this additional reason why
banks and business men should take
hand in the publicity game. When
bankers of a community or county
join in recommending government
bonds and stamps as good investments
it carries lot more weight than when
the editor says they are. When mer-
chants give lists of wheat and meat
substitutes and recommend them to
their trade it makes a stronger ap-
peal than when the editor does the
work. Think it over, you bankers and
business men. Ask yourselves if you
are doing your publicity bit.-Paris
Appeal.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-01
FORCE OF HABIT

l read only a little while ago of
some Long Island fishermen who had
been paying as rent for the privilege
of fishing, a certain part of their
catch. They paid it because they be-
lieved that James H., dead man CEN
turtles ago, a man who never put his
foot in America, a king who was
kicked off the English throne, had
said they had to pay it, and they got
up a committee, went to the county
town and searched the records. They
could not find anything in the records
to show that James II. had ever Or
dered that they should give any OF
their fish to anybody, and so they re-
fused to pay any longer. But if they
had found that James II. had really
said they should, they would have
gone on paying. Can anything be
more absurd Henry George.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-01

eve pray Thee that Thou wilt
bless our beloved President and give
him strength of mind and body and
courage of heart for his arduous du-
ties in these sorrow-laden, staggering
days. We pray Thee to bless the
Secretary of State, the Secretary of
War and the Secretary of the Navy
and bless, we pray Thee, the naval
strategy board, Bless, we pray Thee
Lord, the generals at the head of our
army. Bless the boys across the sea-
Somewhere in France" and bless
those protecting our transports, load.
ed to the waters edge with men and
provisions. Bless our boys at home
who are in the environments. Bless
we pray Thee, the Senate and the
House of Representatives and give
them wisdom and strength for they
seem to have come into the kingdom
for such a time as this. And, Lord
may every man, woman and chile
from Maine to California and from
Minnesota to Louisiana, stand up tc
the last ditch and be glad and willing
to suffer and endure until final vic
tory shall come. Bless our allies and
may victory be ours. And in Thy owr
time and in Thy own way we pray
Thee that Thou wilt release the white
winged dove of peace until Thou shalt
dispel the storm clouds that hang
lowering over this sin-cursed world
and when it is all over we will Tn.
cover our heads and lift our faces tc
the heavens and sing with a new
meaning
"My country, it's of thee,
"Sweet land of liberty,
"Of thee / sing"
"And the praise shall be to Thee
forever, through Jesus Christ, Amen
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-01
PROSPERITY COMING

In the nearly $50 years that this
government has existed, its total eX-
penditures have been approximately
twenty-three billion dollars, but dur
ing the present year it is probable
that it will eXpend fully eighteen bill
lion dollars, or eighteen twenty-thirds
as much as it has spent in the hun
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-01

The War Department now permits
women to qualify as inspectors Of
small arms, according to an announce
ment by the Civil Service Commits
sion.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-01

preciate the difficulty of saving money
as well as earning it.-Illustrated Re-
view.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-15
Bolsheuik Troops
Advance $50 Miles
Into MONGOLIA

LONDON, May 14.-Bolshevik troops
have penetrated more than $50 miles
south into Mongolia from the Siberian
border below Irkutsk, according to
a. a dispatch filed on May II by the
Daily Mails" correspondent at Tien
Tsin.
The Chinese resident general at
Urga, in Northern Central Mongolia.
about 800 miles southeast of Irkutsk,
has urgently telegraphed the Peking
Government, says the correspondent,
reporting the arrival of Bolshevik
troops at Urga, Capital of Inner Mon
.golia and nearly 175 miles inside
Mongolian territory. The Mongolians,
the resident-general stated, were un-
able to resist the Bolsheviki, who had
confiscated goods belonging to several
wealthy Chinese merchants.
The Chinese Cabinet, adds the cor
respondent. is considering what steps
are necessary to prevent the movement
of the invaders spreading southwark.
The Peoples Commissarics at Ir-
kutsk, Siberia, are strictly censoring
all correspondence from Manchuria to
Russia and confiscating all letters and
kilograms dealing with the political
situation in the Far East, says Reuters