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CHAPTER iI-(continued.)

-
II know II, my boy" the captain an
swered. 1--WE been called crazy ever
since ! saw the sea serpent off Aber-
deem. have to thank MaeBeard for
that. Ever since he learned that
was on The track Of something big
he has been trying to queer me. And
when ! discovered mammalian life on
the sea floor, was called an impos-
tor, which hurt more. But as | see
1t. lieutenant, man can only be true
to himself, and stand for truth ana
fair play, moderation and courteous
dealings. not mudslnging and inyec-
tive, and calling names. like that pig
eon-bralned. pot-faced porous plaster.
MacBeard.'
But at least you won't mention
these matters to people who-who
haven't open minds" pleaded Donald.
NO, sir. wash my hands of them
all. That's why have told you about
this. But II you don't listen, II you
uont warn the world
1T" exclaimed Donald. Good Lord,
Masterman. you can't suppose that l
am able to stake my professional ca
reer upon the retailing OF such
story! Even supposing II true, the
thing won't happen In our time. Why
should a world epoch terminate In
this particular generation and another
beginf'
Mastermnn leaped out OF his chair
and stood beside the lieutenant. He
twined his fingers convulsiyely In his
long beard. and there was a look of
fanaticism upon his face.
Because II has already terminated
and begun" he shouted. Because !
have felt themw
"Seen them. you mean"
"Felt them. sir Ocean men. Mon.
sters, between the Shetlands and ths
Faroes. Just where the continental
shelf rises to hundred feet-fect,
sir, not fathoms-and then sinks to
the uttermost abysses OF the sea. A
natural ladder, sir, mountain path
up to the world. And II you won't
tell the world"
He broke on and stared at the door
leading into the passage from which
they had entered the cardroom. A
man was standing there. He was per-
haps fifty years Of age. short, rather
chubby. his round face covered with
a sparse, priekly growth of hair. His
figure was rotund, and like many
short. round men with sparse boards,
he had an appearance Of pompous dig.
nifty.
Somehow Donald imagined that he
had been behind the door for a long
time. and that his entrance had been
prompted by curiosity so uncontrol-
liable that II overcame all sense of
shame or fear Of discovery.
"MacBeardl" calculated the captain
quickly. Donald. my lad-Donald-"
He stopped and looked at Donald In
uhStu "uy. it put MS iihiiuS W MS
head. look Of bewlderment succeed
ed that Of anger, and he sat down
again heavily. His features were suf.
fused with blood.
Donald sprang toward him.
captain Mastermanl Are you M"
he cried, shaking the old man by the
shoulder.
MacBeard came into the room and
stood beside him, looking down at the
captain. Donald was conscious, even
In that moment, Of a strong personal
antagonism toward this man.
Il am afraid he has had a seizure"
said MacBeard.
Capt. Jonathan Roderlck Masterman
looked Into the lleutenant's face with
an expression Of pathetic helplessness,
smiled. sighed very deeply, stretched
out his legs, and died.
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afterward | will submit my proofs to
whoever Is qualified to receive them
and you can do the same"
MacBeard's hand opened and Don.
aid took out the envelope.
why, my dear SIR" said the pro.
fessor with an embarrassed laugh Il
really had no intention Of Withholding
anything that is legitlmately yours,
assure you, nor Of questioning your
good faith. was little startled
ut the moment. Perhaps, as mutual
friends Of the late Captain Master
man, We may take care of his inter.
ests jointly"
As Donald made no reply Of any
nature, MacBeard turned to the ply
slclan, and had soon completed the
arrangements for the removal Of the
body. Then he went to the clerks
desk.
He held the envelope In his hand
still, and he was abo"t to place It In
his pocket when his glance fell upon
sentence Of the manuscript within.
Donald drew 1t forth and read:
In the event Of your hearing Of my sud.
aen death you must not delay . moment,
but 60 to my house at les ......... street
baltimore. Above ALL beware Of Mac.
Beard. He II IN enemy Of the human
a. Il = -
Donald thrust the loose sheet Into
his trousers pocket and replaced the
envelope. containing the rest Of the
manuscript, In the inner pocket Of bill
coat Just as MacBeard returned.
He would 60 to the house In Balu
more, and see what there was to b.
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CHAPTER III.
The House In Baltimore.

Life was extinct. and the doctor
who was hastily summoned could only
confirm what all perceived. He gave
1t as his opinion that heart disease
was the cause Of death, and stated
that there would be no need Of an
inquest.
"Was he excited Just before his selz-
uref" he inquired Of Donald.
"Yes." answered the lieutenant. "He
was worked up about a theory Of his
own"
The doctor nodded. "A very happy
DEATH" he said. "He didn't suffer.
suppose you know where his relatives
are to be foundf"
Donald was entirely ignorant. The
little group that had gathered about
the body. their own theories tempo
raxily laid aside. were equally In igno-
rance. Nobody was much interested
@ anyone else at the Inventors club.
Tasn Professor MacBeard stepped
Ssrwsrd.
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B0ScHEE's GERMAN SYRUP

will quiet your cough. soothe the In.
fammation Of sore throat and lungs,
stop irritation In the bronchial tubes,
insuring good nights rest, free from
coughing and with easy expectoration
In the morning. Made and sold In
America for fifty.two years. A won
derful prescription, assisting Nature In
building up your general health and
throwing of the disease. Especially
useful In lung trouble, asthma, Group,
bronchitis, etc. For sale In all civil.
lied countries.-Adv. =
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TOWN WOMEN May
AID FARM WIVES.
May Also Release Men Employed
In Lighter Industries for 49,
ricuItural Work.
ALSO AID IN TRUCK FARMING
Not the Policy Of Agricultural Depart.
ment to Call Upon centier Sex
Until Nations Food Produc.
tIon 10 Threatened.

Only when the man and boy supply
Ii exhausted and the failure Of the
nations food production campaigns are
threatened. should the United States
call upon wor..en TO do mems work on
the farm.
That. briefly. may be said to be the
policy Of the United States depart.
ment OF agriculture In the matter Of
women as farm laborers. Badly as Ia
Dor will be needed to carry through
programs Of food production this year,
the department does not believe the
situation yet demands the employment
Of women for the heavier farming op-
erations. Rather, II believes that ef-
forts now should be directed toward
persuadlng able-bodied men In the cit.
les to do farm work and that commu.
nifty action should be directed to this
end.
Work for Women.
But there will be work to do for
the thousands OF women who are Of.
fering to help the farmers with their
big task. Helping farm women with
their added duties and taking the place
Of men In the lighter industries, thus
releasing male labor for the farms. are
important ways In which women may
aid agriculture's program. department
officials point out. Furthermore. wom-
en- can be expected to help, as they
have in the past. with the lighter work
Of truck farming, In picking and pack
Ing berries and fruit and with much
other light labor Of food production.
But II serious labor shortage threat
ems the harvest Of the country's food
crops the department Of agriculture,
In cooperation with the department
Of labor and other federal and state
agencies, will request women to help
meet the situation. 1t has instructed
Its field agents to aid farmers In OBJ
tanning women workers when such con-
diti0ns arise.
Among the sources from which ad-
ditlonal labor may be obtained on the
farms are: ~ from among the WON.
en- already on farms; t2) from rela-
tives Of farmers who are living In cit.
les and who are willing to work on
farms during slack business or indus
trial periods; t3) from the foreign
women who are accustomed to work
In the fields under a system Of inten-
slve agriculture before migrating to
this country: and fI from women In
nearby villages and towns who might
be employed on farms and still live at
home.
II In any community II becomes nee
essary to employ women, the princi-
pie problems to be met are to stimu-
late women to take up farm work and
to make farmers realize the necessity
Of using woman labor In order to main.
tain production.
Wages for Women.
The farmer desiring woman labor
ers should indicate the kind Of work
which he wants done. the amount and
the probable dates and wages offered.
and the woman offering herself should
indicate the kinds Of work she II wfll-
Ing to do, and whether she Is willing
to work all day and every day In the
week. 1t should be thoroughly under
stood by all parties concerned that the
women are to receive q wage equal to
that given men for performing the
same amount Of work. Wherever pos
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Talks Too Much,

"Sir, you do me great wrong to
call me an addlepate. You have no
scientific instrument for gauging my
brain power"
Il don't need scientific instrument
for that purpose. sir. You have an
instrument yourself that gives you
away"
"What Is that!''
"Your tongue. ."-Blrmingham Age
Herald.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-03-21
Ready for sprino Driver

Have you ordered the necessary
farm implements and machinery, lime.
fertilizers, and the like? II not. do
so at once. Don't wait until the spring
rush is upon you. 1t may be too late
then to get what you need. The Unit
ed States Department Of Agriculture
has been urging farmers to make ar.
rangements early for these materials
this year because Of transportation
problems. It will soon be too late to
be early.
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Their First Mention.

Bobby, for once. expressed great in
terest In the sermon. "Fancy flying
machines being mentioned In the
Bible." he said.
'But are theyf'
"Why, didn't the vicar say Esau sold
his heirshlp to his brother JacobY-
Stray Stories.
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EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN

As q rule the employment Of
women In farming operations
should not be considered II the
agricultural production can be
maintained by the employment
Of men and boys. The depart
ment Of agriculture does not
wish to urge the use Of women
laborers on the farms unless the
man supply becomes exhausted.
The lively interest now being ]
shown by women in all parts Of
the country who are eager to .
volunteer their services to help
the men and boys carry out the
nations food production program
this year has forced the atten-
ton Of federal ofIicials to the
fact that needed work can be
done by these willing hands.
Women who can help farm WON.
en- with their work and who can
release men In the lighter In
dustries to do the heavier work
on the farms can give valuable
aid in the present labor emer. !
gency.
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Important.

"The turnover Is vital to successful
merchandising"
sin that case." said the baker, may
be I'd better put more turnovers In the
oven."-Louisyille Courier-Journal.
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Some men seem to have married in
order to secure a victim to listen to
their troubles.
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MASTERMANS LIFELONG ENEMY APPEARS AND the FOR.
MER IS SEIZED WITH A FATAL AP0PLEcTIc STROKE.

Naval Lieutenant Donald Page given command Of the F5
submarine at Washington old distinguished though
somewhat eccentric scientist Captain has Just
returned from exploring expedition
the the species asserts menaes
the human family At Hares Maerpan e.
plains his theory to Paget,
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tf3-ttt$tttt$$$tf3,
shed Tor implemsnss.

Unless you have one already. now IL
a good time to build an inexpensive
implement shed. Machinery costs too
much to be allowed to rust and rot.
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Mean Better yeIlda.

Good seed mems better yields and
Qnality grain. Why plant scrub cornf
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Fos 10 Waste.

.Ars you a trampi mo, mum, I'm
q food conserver. Have you got anJ
old food you don't want wastedr
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Lieutenant paoet sees q speeI.
men Of the strange race which
Masterman has described.
(To BE coNTINUED.)

Her Generosity.
Jeweler-"For cash. madam. ! give
8 per cent discount" Customer (air'
ily)-~Oh. charge It I've no desire ts
reduce your profit"
Imperial Valley press., 1918-06-20
SHORTAGE OF CARS
FOR GRAIN OUTPUT
-W.S.S.-

Every effort is being bent by the
Southern Pacific company to rush as
many cars as possible into Imperial
Valley to facilitate the tremendous
movement of grain. The ranchers
have Just become aware of the fact
that new freight increase OF 20 per
cent faces them in few days, and
this has caused the heavy movement.
According to Commercial Agent l..
T. Sparks, even the old broken down
box cars are being hurriedly pre-
pared for temporary service and
placed in commission. An endeavor
was made to secure 500 box cars from
the Santa Fe railroad, but the ef-
fort to take advantage of freight
rates is not confined to shippers along
the line of the Southern Pacific alone,
and none are to spare.
Farmers are clamoring for cars and
all those possible to be supplied will
scarcely fill the demand.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-06-20
A|RMAN DESTROYS
GOLF FIELD GUNS

London, May II (By mail)-A folk
er's knowledge of the Belgian golf
course at Lobartzyde proved OF high
military value in recent British air
raid on the Belgian coast batteries.
A naval airman who had played over
the Lombartzyde golf course hundreds
of times in the days of peace volun-
teered to put out Of action several
guns which the Germans had located
among the rolling dunes of the ia
nous links.
He went about his task with a sue
cessful contempt born of familiarity.
He knew every hill and dip, every
likely spot for gun emplacement,
and found about dozen targets du-
ring his new game of "laying them
dead on the green"
His only regret as he flew home
ward after completing his work was
that he had been compelled to ruin
the particular putting green that he
liked best on the links.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-06-20
U-b0AT WAR.
HUN.
WRITER SAYS:
Mistake Has Been That We Have
Underestimated Resources of Our
Enemies" Says Sapt. Persius in
Berliner Boat Losses
Stir People of Hun Empire.
(By Associated PresS)

London, June 20.-A Rotterdam dis
patch says that Captain Persuis, mil
itary critic of the Berliner Tageblatt,
has virtually admitted that the u
boats are unequal to the warfare
against them. He writes:
EVERY layman knows U-boat losses
are unavoidable owing to the contin-
ually increasing sharpness and effec-
tiveness of the defense measures of
the enemy, which will perhaps fur
ther increase as the war progresses.
1t can scarcely be denied that our
enemies are both conducting war and
living, and it will BE prossible for
them to defend themselves against
tonnage needs for long time. From
the beginning of the U-boat cam
paign it was mistake, often commit
ted by us, to underestimate the re-
sources of our enemies"
Imperial Valley press., 1918-06-20
RIOTS IN
LAND Of THE HUN
-W.S.S.-
(By Associated Press)

London, June 2O.-A dispatch to the
Morning Post says heavily censored
private messages received in Stock
holm indicate that peace demonstra-
tions were held recently in Berlin,
Hamburg, Cologne, that several work
men were killed and many arrested.
Police and military forces were used
to disperse the demonstrants.
An Amsterdam dispatch says there
was a serious outbreak of riOting in
Vienna yesterday as protest against
the reduction of bread rations. Mobs
invaded a number of bakeries, stoned
the residence of the premier and one
wing of the Hofburg palace, the resi-
dence of the emperor. Cavalry is be-
ing rushed to Vienna to restore order
and it is probable that martial law will
,be declared.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-06-20
MEDICAL JOURNAL
SUICIDE FIGURES
--W.S.S.--
(By Associated Press

London, May THE British Medi-
cal Journal finds that the war has
caused marked decline in the proper
ton of suicides to the population
Among males the rate per million Nv
ing was 157 in the ten years preced-
ing the war, and 105 in 1915. In 1916
it was little higher, Ill.
The rate of suicide among women
showed fall from AZ in the ten years
19O1-1O to As in 1914 and 3S in 1916
The greatest reduction among men was
at the ages of 45 to 65, where as for
women the later middle age rate ha
not fallen.
The reason for this, according to the
Journal, is the increased employment
opened up by the war. Fresh interest
and diversion have given the mind q
new outlook on life,
Imperial Valley press., 1918-06-20
HUN OESTROYERS
ARE BOTTLED UP
---N,S.S.-

London, June 2O.-Twenty-one Ger
man destroyers, large number OF
submarines and numerous auxiliary
craft are penned in the Bruges canal
docks as result of the recent Brit
ish naval operations at Zeebrugge
the German submarine base on the
Belgian coast.
Thomas j. Mcnamara, financial
secretary of admiralty, made an
nouncement in the House of Com
mons to this effect today, and said
that the operations were more sue
cessful than at first had been sup
posed. He added that the German
craft were now the subject of con-
stant bombing.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-06-20
PREST0N'S REPORT
ON ALl-AMER|CAN
CANAL SU RVEYS
-W.S.S.-
Yuma, Arizna, June Z, 1918.
Engineer Porter j. Preston,
-W.S.S.-


Engineer Porter j. Preston,
Board of Engineers, All-Amelican
Canal.
Report-May, 191S-Imperial Valley
All-American Canal.
/. During the survey of the pro-
posed canal line through the Cover
ment Gap along the Plank Road was
finished and extended to point near
Monument No. 211 on the Internation-
al Boundary, distance of % 3-4 miles
from Siphon Drop. The topography
was completed on this line to a point
on the west side of the Sand Hills, a
distance of POS miles below the Siphon
Drop. The above line has been deslg-
mated as Line 'P' in the survey Inc
above line travels ses generally north
west course from the point where it
leaves the Boundary line 94OO feet
west of Monument Nc. 208, until 1t
crosses the Plank Road and then turns
west and southwest, parallelling the
road and reaches point 400 feet
north of the Boundary las miles east
of Monument No. 211.
.. An alternate line was run during
the last of April, known as Line "E'
from Sta. 793x10 to Sta. 79Sx6O OF the
"P" line. This line is 2513 feet chort-
er than the "P" line, but cuts through
"a high sand ridge. Another line was
extended westerly, parallel with the
Boundary Line from the point where
the 'P" line leaves the Boundary to
the point where it again intersects the
"P"' line west of the Sand Hills. This
line is known as the "F'' line. 1t is
2h miles shorter than the spy line.
Topography has been completed along
these several lines 1000 feet each side
of the base line, except where the line
parallels the Bounary, along which the
topography extends only to the Boun-
dary. The base line has been perma-
nently marked at 1000 feet intervals
by a hub 11a inches by llA inches by
3 feet, driven firmly into the sand with
the station number cut into the wood
to prevent oblteration by the blowing
sand. A bench mark has been estab-
lished on the top of each of these
stakes. Both the transit and level
lines have ben checked.
3. Computations of quantities are
now being made in the office on the
several different routes, based upon
certain presumptions agreed upon by
! the Board of Engineers at the meeting
of May Sth and 9th. A transit ant
level line is now being extended west
toward the Imperial Valley, and at the
present time (June y is about hall
way across the mesa between the west
side of the Sand Hills and the Eas
Side canal
Continued on Page A.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-06-20
PEAK CANTEEOUPE
SHIPPING PASSED
WITH 229 CARS
Lack of Refers COmpels CantalOupe
Distributors and Growers to Cut
OUTPUT of the Famous Imperial
\ Imperial Melons and Shipments
Expected to Decline.
--W.S.S.-

Tuesdays cantaloupe shipments,
comprising 229 carloads, will stand
as the 1918 record for one day, ac-
cording to Commercial Agent Sparks
of the Southern Pacific. The peak
load has been passed and shipments
are expected to drop below 200 cars.
The cause is the lack of refrigerator
cars. Mr.. Sparks estimates the to-
tai seasons output at 1900 cars.
There have been 21O cars of wa
termelons shipped and ther will prob
ably be $50 cars of these melons sent
out.
Eighty cars of tomatoes have been
shipped.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-06-20
LAMBS BRING HIGH
ON KANSAS
CITY PLATFOR MS
-W.S.S.-
Valley Shippers Advised That They
Received 2 Cents More per Pound
in Kansas City Over the Price They
Were Offered F. o. B. Los An
geles.
MSS

Shippers of livestock who sent their
products to Kansas City on June 10
are elated over the price received
$1,000 to $3.50, or about 2 cents more
than they would have received had
they sent them to Los Angeles.
On July 8 another livestock train
will be sent to Kansas City. This
will be composed of ten cars of
steers and forty cars of lambs. This
is the eleventh livestock train to be
sent east.
There is a dearth of shipping cars,
except gondolas, owing to the desire
of the shippers to take advantage of
the present rate before the raise goes
into effect July /.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-06-20
FAMISHED AUSTRIANS
UN NEQU AL TO THE
COMBAT WITH THE
BRAVE ITALIAN d.
VISIONS.
Aus tr i an Major General.
Deserted by His Staff and
Wounded by Italian Sol
diers, Dies Shortly After
ward in Hospital.
-W.S.S.-
VS. s.

Italian Army Headquarters, June
2o-The Austrian drive has been
brought to an abrupt halt, and the
army of Italy is winning territory by
counter attacks.
The Italians have won complete
control OF the air along the Piave
line, where the most determined fight
ing of the present Austrian offensive
is in progress. Not single Austrian
machine is aloft this afternoon. Pris-
oners captured by the Italians de-
clare the Austrian army has little
food. Some prisoners have not eat
en- in 48 hours.
An Austrian major general, Won
Kronstadt, was wounded in a fight
single handed against Italian arditi,
after his staff had deserted him on
Montello plateau. He died in the
hospital 1t seems the general and
his taft became lost in the woods and
encountered unit of arditi. His staff
ian when they saw the Italians, but
the general refused to surrender and
opened fire.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-06-20
HOUSTON PRAISES
FARMERS EFFORT
(By Associated Press.

;. Dubuque, Ia, June 20.-Secretary
Houston, addressing the Iowa bank
ers, classed American food stocks, in
creasing because of effort of the
farmers, as an additional guarantee
of a successful outcome of the war.
He called upon residents of cities and
towns to see that the bountiful har-
vests promised do not waste because
of labor shortage.