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Evening star., 1918-04-14
KEYsER, w. VA.

Italians have 4 process for making an
edible oil that can be used in soap and
for illumination from grape seeds.
Evening star., 1918-04-14

Work has been resumed by the Red
Cross unit OF the Teachers Club at the
clubrooms, 602 11th street northwest,
under the direction of Mrs. Harris, in
structor in surgical dressings. The
class meets every Saturday morning.
Evening star., 1918-04-14

The Home and School Association Of
Eastern High School held its monthly
meeting Friday evening. April II, at the
school. Arthur NJ. Smith presided.
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Business High school at the school the
evening Of April "a. The boys Of the
club will uphold the affirmative and the
girls the negative. No girl members Of
the club could be found who were in
favor of woman suffrage and the boys
had to take the Affirmative.
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School Meets,

April 70. Dual meet with Episcopal
May 4.....,..... QuadransuIar meet
Georgetown Preps.. Western High,
Eastern High ard Tech.
May II. .irterschoiastic freshman meet
May IL. .Preliminaries OF intersche
Iastic rleat
May 49,. Finals Of iaterschoIastic and
championship meet.
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IN THE SCHOOLS.

Red Cross week at Tech High School
has netted the school auxiliary many
members and n considerable sum of
money.
Evening star., 1918-04-14

George r. Wales, chief examiner es
the Civil Service Commission, will give
the next lecture of a series on voca-
tional subjects at Eastern High School
Tuesday morning. Mr. Wales topic will
be The Civil Service as a Profession"
Evening star., 1918-04-14

The date of the Red Cross benefit
play at Tech has been postponed in
definitely. The play is called "A Royal
Runaway" and was written by 7. J.
Marble.
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Gave. Mrs. Virginia D. Holt. who has
been the guest of her daughter, Mrs. W.
Ebwen Merchant, has returned to Rich
mond. Miss Sallie Harrison Of Peters
burg has been visiting Mrs. Jacob L.
Harrell. Mrs Orville W. Mosher, jr.,
has returned from an extended stay in
Charles Town. w. Va Miss Bessie Her
1sll IL visiting her brother-in-law and
sister. Maj. and Mrs. w. A. Newman. at
10rt Caswel1. N. c. Miss Hinman OF
Charleston. w. Va. is the guest Of
Yfuf. and Mrs. Orville W. Mosher, jr.
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with his brother. whe continued to
Camp Greene. N. c. DR.. and Mrs. James
NJ. Porter were visitors to Baltimore.
engage IN 7. n. 9! A. war work. WI
liam r. Guntsr and Marshall Pressman
returned frem Florida. whore they spent
the winter. Miss Mary Close returned
of Barton gave an organ recital in the
Midland Presbyterian Church. The
Joliet Club held a dance at Eclshart
Monday. Mrs. B. H. Baird Is here from
and Mr.. and Mrs. q. Gale Townsend
motored to Washington and Baltimore
Miss Minnie Gar1its returned to De
troit. Miss Marie Noonan, Mount Saw
age, gave reception In honor of her
MARTINsBURG, W. VA.
Mrs. Adam l. Walter. Washington. is
]. N. Lnthicum. George L. Freeze was
in Baltimore. w. ]. Gallagher. who
visited Albert Trammell has returned to
Gallagher. Washington. spent the week
here. Ernest Adams. Gainsboro, Va.
visited his brother. Thomas Adams. Miss
Mamie Johnson has gone to Dante. Va
Chicago. Daniel Baker was here from
Baltimore. Mrs Hannah Geyer and
daughter, Mrs C. s. Cowenhoven, Phila-
delphia, are guests of Mrs K c. Grove.
Mrs. Janney, Mckee and Miss Loho Pur-
oell were here from BFuceton, Va Miss
Leo Pownall returned to Lynchburg, Va
Mrs. r q. Ashton and Miss Helen Blake
returned from Winchester.
KEYsER, w. VA.
Benjamin Hall Of Montana, who visited
his sister, Mrs. Helm. has gone to Wash
ington. William Woodward was rendered n
surprise birthday dinner Harry q. Staort.
has returned from Florida. where he
spent three months. Alesander Be~son
returned to Jersey City. Robert Wells
chonce is in Baltimore. Miss Pauline Will
Eon returned from Pccomoke City. Miss
May Long returned from Baltimore Ray
mond Lowry is horne from Jackson Mich
George c. Macfarlane and family have
moved to Towanda. Pr, Mrs, Harry John
ston returned to Monterey. Va. Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Vernon and little daughter
were visitors to Baltimore. Miss Eliza
beth Hoffman was in Washington, Prof
Bushrod Grimes will move his family to
Deer Park soon. Mr.. J. H. Holtxman
and Mrs. Boyd are visiting in Cincinnati.
Mrs Rebecca kildow returned from Flor
ida, where she spent the winter
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WINCHESTER, VA.

Mrs. Charles W. Trenary has returned
from a visit to relatives at Staunton
and Front Royal Va. Miss Margaret
Heardon has returned to Washington
after visiting relatives here. Mrs. J. D.
Cox and her daughter, Miss Theodosia
Cox. who have been visiting friends
here, have returned to New York. Mr..
and Mrs. ]. n. Moling have been visit
ing relatives in Washington. Mrs.
Harry B. Keckley is visiting relatives
IN Hoboken, n. J. Misses Maude and
Elsie Renner have returned from a visit
% Mrs. r. r. Riser at Harrisonburg, Va
Mrs. James N. Frye has returned from a
visit to relatives in Washington Mrs
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dance Of companies r ana q Of Eastern
High School was given In the drill hall
Of the school.
A dress rehearsal OF the spring play to
be presented at Eastern High School
will be held Wednesday afternoon. The
play will be given Friday and Satur-
day evenings, April 10 and 20.
Evening star., 1918-04-14

The cast for Miss Business" the
play to be produced at Business High
School by the pupils the evenings OF
April II, IS and 20. has been announced
as follows: Mollie Moore. buyer in a
department store, Miss Emma Morozxi: !:
head of the ladies' wear department.
Miss Adelaide Watson; Mr.. Hill of Hin
4 Co., Kenneth Markward; Robert
Ford, store manager, Albert Altemus.
The feature of the play viii be singing
by Myer Jolson. brother of Al Jolson,
star in musical comedies for the past
three years. The play will be laid in
a Washington department store.
Friday evening the annual comnanY
Evening star., 1918-04-14

Arm bands for Company NJ. at Bust
ness, are out Company e arm bands
will be out next week.
Evening star., 1918-04-14

The alumni of Business High School
gave a dance at Dyer's Friday night.
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The issue of Tech Life which comes
out week from tomorrow will be
patriotic number devoted to the activi-
ties of Tech students during the war.
Evening star., 1918-04-14

The profit on Techs spring play,
robin Hood was above $500. Door
receipts were more than $500. This
money will be used for the school ath-
letic fund and the G. o.
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ROMNEY, w. VA.

Jacob shearer went to Washington
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The following schedule for inter
class and school track meets at Tech
has been given out
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stunts. Chirieleson says that they are not
dangerous but require great skill and cool
headedness, especially in the tafl-spin,
considered by f1iers the most difficult
of ALL
Lieut.. Johnson, while not in such an
interesting branch of the service, consid-
ers the infantry of equal importance. He
is stationed at Camp Lee. Va. and says
that the bes.. sanitary and living condi
tons prevail The troops are given ex-
ceiient food and almest all of the men
arc satisfied with the life.
lhe houses are equipped with electricity
ahu many other modern conveniences.
IiHerent forms Of amusements are avail
abie and Lieut.. Johnson says that too
much praise cannot be given the Y. NJ
Z. A. since. without 1t. great deal Of
pleasure would be lacking
Lieut. Johnson says that many of the
men at camp Lee are foreigners who are
unable to speak English, but these same
men make fine soldiers and learn very
quickly
Both officers advise Army life as an
Ideal way of gaining health and happiness.
The rife team of Tech High School
IS maintaining its hold on third place
IN the National Rifle Association In
door sna!l-bore matches according to
latest y: x. A. reoorts. The fifth match
was flnished recently with a score of
9i9 out of a possible 1000 Individual
~; Eearful. 100: Roberts, 1856, and
kemper. 1S6.
The following schedule for inter-
class and school track meets at Tech
has been given out
Evening star., 1918-04-14

Mr.. Drummey, printing Instructor at
base bail.
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Where He Was.

Two blind men were walking in
street on the outskirts Of the city
where there were no cement side
walks. At some places there was not
even a clearly defined path. All went
well, however, until one of them stray
ed away a little from his companion
into an adjoining lawn. Close to the
sidewalk was small cluster Of rose
bushes, which he was soon In close
relation with. After trying for time
to avoid them, he called to his COM
panion:
"Where are your
"Over here" answered the man on
the sidewalk. "Where are your"
II guess I've gotten into black
berry patch, or something" he said, as
he finally disentangled himself and
worked his way out.
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II calmed him. The kick of the gun
subdued his excitement and cleared
his brain. He surprised himself by d.
recting jacket In cool, authoritative
voice, to sbovt low. When he had emp
tied the magazine he led two Of the
horses forward. Then, grasping his
own machete, he Joined in clearing q
pathway.
1t seemed an interminable time ere
they had extricated themselves from
the trap, but finally they succeeded
and gained the welcome shelter of the
woods, pausing inside its shelter to
cut the muffies from their horses feet
BY this time the defenders Of the tro
cha were pouring volley after volley
ut random into the night.
Now that the skirmish was over
Jacket began to boost of his part In 1t
"Ha! Perhaps they'll know bettel
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CHAPTER xy-contInued.

Esteban raised himself to his elbow.
You think It's a myth, n joke. Well,
It's not. know where It is. I found
mr.
Norine gasped; Johnnie spoke sooth-
ingly:
Don't get excited, old man; you've
talked too much today"
"Hav Esteban fell back upon his
pillow. ~ haven't any fever. I'm rs
sane as ever / was. That treasure
exists. and that doubloon gave me the
clue to Its whereabouts. Don Esteban,
my father, was cunning; he could hide
things better than n magpie. 1t re-
mained for me to discover his trick"
"He is raving," O'Reilly declared,
with sharp stare at his friend.
The girl turned Loyalty to her pa
tient. "I'll believe you. Mr.. Varona. /
slweys believe everything about buried
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erything seemed favorable for cross
ing some time that night. and that he
had selected promising point. Be
yond that the old man would say moth
ing.
Supper, a simple meal, was quickly
disposed Of. Then followed long,
dispiritlng wait, for a gibbous moon
rode high in the sky and the guides
refused to stir so long as 1t remained
there. 1t was still night; In the
jungle no air was stirring, and dark
ness brought forth torment Of mos
qultoes. As day died the woods awoke
to sounds Of bird and insect life
strange, raucous calls pealed forth
some familiar, others strange and un
! accustomed. Sitting there In the dayk,
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CHAPTER XVI.


OF all the military measures en-
ployed by the Spaniards In their wars
against Cuban independence. perhaps
the most unique was the trocha-
trench or traverse. Martinez Campos
during the Ten Years war built the
first trocha Just west of the Cubitas
mountains where the waist of the
island Is narrowest. Not until Wey-
ler's time were the two methods Of
pacifcatfon. the trocha and the concen-
tration camp, developed to their fullest
extent Although his trochas hindered
the free movement Of Cuban troops
and his prison camps decimated the
peaceful population Of several prov
inces, the Spanish cause gained little.
Both trenches and prison camps be-
came Spanish graveyards.
At the time Johnnie O'Rellly set out
| tor Matanzes the war-a war without
! hattle, without victory, without defeat
--tii settled into grim contest of en-
durance. In the east. where the insur.
rectos were practically supreme, there
was food Of sort, but beyond the Ju-
/
Campos' bullding-the country was
sick. Immediately west of II, in that
district which the Cubans called Las
Villas, the land lay dying, while the
entire provinces of Matanzas, Habani
and Pinar del Rio were practically
dead. These three were skeletons
picked bare Of flesh by Weyler's beak
The Jucaro-Moron trocha had beer
greatly strengthened since Campos
day. 1t followed the line of the trans
insular railway. Dotted ut every quar-
ter Of mile along the grade were lit
tie forts connected by telephone ant
telegraph lines. Between these fortl
mas were sentry stations Of logs or rail
road ties. Eyes were keen. rifles wer
ready, challenges were sharp, and coun
tersigns were quickly given on the Ju
carO-Moron trocha.
In O'Reilly's party there were thre
men besides himself-the ever-faithfu
Jacket, wrinkled old Camagueya
who knew the bride trails of his pro,
ince as fox knows the tracks to II
lair, and silent guajiro from farthe
west. detailed to accompany the exp,
ditlon because Of his wide acquaintanc
with the devastated districts. Bot
guides, having crossed the trocha NOR
! than once. affected to scorn Its te
r rors. and their easy confidence rea
: sured O'Reilly In spite Of Esteban
/; parting admonition.
The American had not dreamed I
tak,ny Jacket along but when he can
n to announce his departure the boy ha
d fatty refused to be left behind.
Fifty miles Of hard riding brougl
the party to the trocha they neared
$ on the second morning after leaviI
Cubitas, and sought a secluded cam
n Ing spot. Later In the day Hilario. Il
It old Camagueyan. slipped away to r
connoiter. He returned ut twiligf
n but volunteered no report Of what
e. had discovered. After an insistel
t, cross-examination OReilly wrung fro
'e him the reluctant admission that e
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trated.
than to show themselves the next Ssns
/ come this way" said he. "You saw
me, didn't you? Well, made . few
Spanish widows tonight"
When no one disputed his assertion
jacket proceeded further In praise Of
himself, only to break of with word
less cry of dismay.
"what's the matter?" Johnnie in
quired.
Look! Behold mel" walled tDe
hero. II have left the half of my beau
tiful trousers on that barbed wire !"
Antonio swung leg over his saddle
saying: "Come along, amigos; we have
fifty leagues ahead Of US. The wer
will be over while we stand here go3-
siping."
O'Reilly's adventures on his swift
ride through Las Villas have no part In
this story. 1t Is only necessary to
say that they were numerous and va
ried. that O'Reilly experienced excite
ment a-p)enty, and that upon more thai
one occasion ne was forced to thlnh
and to act quickly In order to avoid Q
clash with some rowing guerrilla band.
Food became a problem immediate
ly after the travellers had crossed the
trOcha. Such apprehensive families al
still lurked in the woods were liberia
enough-Antonio, by the way, knew al
Of them-but they had little to give.
and, In consequence, OReilly's party
learned the taste Of wild fruits. ber.
ries and palmetto hearts. Once they
managed to kill a small pig, the sole
survivor of some obscure country trag.
edy, but the rest Of the time theii
meat, when there was any, consisted
Of iguanas-those big, repulslve liz
ards-and jutias. the Cuban field rats
Fortunately there was no shortage
Of food for the horses, and so. despite
the necessity Of numerous detours, tht
party made good time. They crossed
into Matanzas, pushed on over rolling
hills, through sweeping savannas, past
empty clearings and deserted villages
to their journeys end. A fortunate
encounter with rebel partida from
General Betancourt's army enabled
them to reach headquarters without
loss Of time, and one afternoon, worn
haggard and hungry. they. dismounted
In front of that gallant officers hut
General Betancourt read the letter
which O'Reilly handed him, theu
looked up with smile.
"Sol You are one OF Gomez Ameri
cans. eh7 Well, would never hav'
known 1t, to look at you; the sun and
the wind have made you into a yer!
good Cuban. And your clothes Ont
might almost mistake you for Cubar
J cabinet officer"
(To BE CONTINUEo)
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n Know whsr. Il L. Found itl"

treasure. The bigger the treasure the
more implicitly believe In 1t. ! sim
ply adore pirates and such things; II
were q man I'd be one. Do you know.
I've always been tempted to bury my
money and then 60 look for It."
there Ii no doubt that my father
had great deal Of money at one time"
Esteban began: ''he was the richest
man In the richest city Of Cuba"
O'Reilly shook his head dubiously
and braced his back against tree
trunk; there was look Of mild disap-
probation on his face rs he listened to
the familiar story Of Don Esteban and
the slave. Sebastian. When Esteban
hid finished. Norine drew deep
breath.
"Ohl That lays over any story I
ever heard. To think that the deeds
and the Jewels and everything are In
the well at this minute Suppose some
body finds itf' Norine was aghast at
the thought.
'Not much chance Of that. The
treasure has lain there for genera
ton. and the story itself Is almost for
gotten" Esteban turned triumphantly
to O'Reilly, saying. "Now. then, do you
think I'm 30 crazyT
O'Reilly didn't have 1t In his heart to
say exactly what he really thought.
What he more than half suspected was
that some favored fancy had formed
lodgment In Esteban's brain.
''It's an interesting theory" he ad-
mitted. anyhow. there Is no danger
Of the treasure being uncovered very
soon. Cueto had good look and made
himself ridiculous. You'll have ample
chance to do likewise when the war is
over"
"You must help me find It," said
Esteban. "We shall all share the for
tune equally, you two, Rosa and l."
"We? Why should we share In it?'
Norine asked.
~ owe II to you. Didn't O'Reilly
rescue me from dungeon? Haven't
you nursed me back to healthf DOM
owe my life to you both?'
Nonsense l. for one, sha'n't tax,
a dollar Of It,"
"Oh, but you must. I insist Nurs
ing is poorly paid profession
Wouldn't you like to be rlchf"
profession Poorly paid" Norm,
sputtered. angrily. "As Il I'd tax,
payl"
"As II would accept a great servic,
and forget II. like some miserable beg
garl" Esteban replied stifly.
OReilly laughed out. "Don't let
quarrel over the spoil until we get 1t,
said he. ''That's the way with al
treasure-hunters. They invariably fal
out and go to fighting. To avoid blood
shed, I'll agree to sell my interes
cheap, for cash. My share of the ia
nous varona fortune going for dol
lari"
''Therel He doesn't believe wor
Of IT," Estebnn said.
Norine gave an impatient shrul
sSoms people wouldn't believe the
vsss alive unless they saw thsis breat
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A clnch.

"Into each life some rain must fall
said the philosopher.
"Yep. Especially II he Ives In tn
tssrltory duFtng H. nea<A g ~
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While censoring war news 1t might
be well to look after some of the
"scare-head" intellects about US.
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Groves Tasteiess chill Tonic
restores vitality and energy By purifying and ens
riching the blood. Iou can soon feel It's Strength
enins, lnvigorating hnect. Price &c.
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Kicking at portions of bread and
sugar In the restaurant will not win
the war.
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Accounted For.

"Why do you suppose the poet want
ed his ladylove to drink to him with
her eyes?"
II suppose she had liquid eyes full
Of spirit"
Imperial Valley press., 1918-09-21
ELECTRIC BATTERY.
SHOP W|TKMODERN
EQU|PME OPENS

Imperial Valley auto owners will
welcome The news that a new electric
Service Station will be apened shortly
at 1876 South 5th street, this city.
Charles T. Ferguson, well known
electric contractor, and Harry E. Glenn,
for the past two years connected with
the selling organizations of some of
the largest automobile agencies in the
Valley, are members of the new firm,
which will be known as the AUTO
ELECTRIC & BATTERY SHOP.
The entire salesroom adjoining the
Ferguson Electric Shop has been fit
ted up into frst-class battery shop
and everything necessary to give in
slant service to the electrical needs
of the autoist has been provided.
The new firm have the exclusive
agency for the famous Philadelphia
Grid Battery, which is now being ma
tionally advertised and which inciden-
tally carries an eighteen month quar-
Imperial Valley press., 1918-09-21
EL CENTRO AUTO
ACCESSORY MAN
FORCETS TOOLS

p. e, Colvin, proprietor of the Col
vim Auto Supply Company, had rath-
er extraordinary experience the other
day, when he was returning TO the val
ley after attending the Tractor Show at
Los Angeles.
There is an old saying to the effect
chat an insurance man never takes
the trouble to insure his own house"
and b. Els experience would seem to
bear out the truth of that saying.
After leaving Is Angeles, hard luck
seemed to follow him, and the worst
part Of it is that HARD LUCK caught
up with the Colvin car with the result
that several biow-outs left him strand
ed in the road somewhere between Los
Angeles and San Diego. Both spare
tires fiat, there was nothing to do but
to make repairs on the road Here is
where the story begins, Mr. Colvin, al
though fully aware that today is the
day of preparedness, had neglected to
bring along his repair kit, and was
forced to make the nearest garage on
! his rims.
In speaking of his experience today
Mr.. Colvin said, "that he was only
more thoroughly convined of the nee
eccity for carrying repair kit at al
times" Quick repairs can be mad
with even small kit. With a. few
patches, a blowout boot, cement
valve inside and a small amount o1
filler, practically any small repair ca
/ be made, and fabric or thread break
filed so as to prevent sand or pebble:
working into the tire.
Incidentally, the Colyin Auto SUP
ply is heaquarters for Auto accessof
les and auto supplies. MIR. Colvin add
that in the future "Repair Supplies
and tool kits will be made a specialt,
at his store.
andoeee eetes OOrrCoc drraaanoresr:
Imperial Valley press., 1918-09-21
LIBRARY COURSE
TO Be CONDUCTED
BY MRS. B[EMAN

Mrs. Thomas Beeman, county Ii
brarian, will conduct a library train
ing school this year. The course will
consist of technical library economy
and practical work. The training will
be open to only limited number.
In the librarians annual report, just
submitted to the supervisors, the in
stitutiqn is shown to have had a
steady growth during the past year.
With the exception of two, every
school district in the county is affili-
ated with the library, ten new dis
tricts joining during the year.
"Out of the five high school dis
tricts, all but one belong to the IL
brary," the report reads. "This one
will join in September. They have
agreed to pay over to the county IL
brary $25 ner year and receive in
turn from the county library the serv-
ice of supplementary classics for
English works in sets Zone book for
each student); debate service is Civ
en-; state library service, and special
request service.
'To the deposit stations the county
library sends from rs to 800 books,
as needed; at the branches colIec-
ton OF from 400 to 1000 books is
kept permanently. Exchanges are
made from time to time so as to keep
fresh material in all of the branches
Where a book stands idle on the
shelves for two months in any one
given branch it is shipped back to
headquarters and resent to place
where it will he read. There is a
constant moving of books and thus
Pivin@ the entire community access
to all of the books in the county H.
brary" Z