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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-01

ATLAS PECK left his fine twist Of
a chewing tobacco on the goods box
&, the postofTce yesterday and as a
result spent a very. restless night last
night Many times in his dreams he
saw Dock Hooks. lobe 1Ioseley, RAJ
Barlow and the Old Nizer walking up
10 the box and helping themselves TO
the tobacco
The wife OF the cashier OF the bank
OF Tickviue is the object of much
envy in social circles since she has
become able TO buy a dollars worth Of
sugar NJ one time They are all glad
VIZ can't get much for a dollar
The kinfoIks of FrisDy Hancock's
wife from BuZZard Knob spent Satur-
day night and sunday with him FITS
By saws nearly every person has kin
folks he is ashamed OF but can
Miss Hostetter Hooks has at last
wrote to her unknown correspondent
that she is willing. and the mail car
-ier is 1opinE his horse i'm the direc-
ton OF TickVille with hope tnaL ne
will get the letter 10 him before she
changes her mind.
The deputy constable is discour-
AGED with his job. as everybody he ar
rests gets on the witness STAND allo
makes the jury believe they are either
not guilty or that he has arrested the
wrong man
Most counting is done behind closed
doors. but everybody knows now tne
Z couple acts and what they are gong
I to say next
I Atlas Peck has a new war map, but
he can't find any Of the towns on l.
\ The Wild onion school teacher mas
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-01

found several mlsspeled words In the
big dictionary
There was new applicant to teach
the Wild Onion school this year. The
trustees. who are on the side Of the
old teacher, held an examination yes
terday as to the qualifications OF the
new applicant The examination con-
sisted principally Of spelling Off ths
book from q late European war map
and the new applicant made a very
poor showing. and the old teacher viii
no doubt land the job as teacher, as
he IS wen known and does nolhave 20
be examined.
Miss Fruzie AIlsop has a new hat
She thinks 20 right pretty but won't
admit IL unless pressed
Atlas Peck has been attending the
bedside Of one Of his Welltodo uncle8
Z at the upper end Of Musket Ridge He
got tired and returned home. however.
as it looks like the old man is going
to pull through
Isaac HeuwauEer has improved the
appearance OF his premises by cutting
down the sprouts and trimming MS
/ Whiskers.
I Cricket Hicks is now hard at work
+ behind closed doors on a patent mud
turtle trap, and If it works all riEhr
{ he may become a second Edison In
D life nearly all the hardest storms 60
Fillmore Hooks has moved 70 a
. house near Csauder Creek bridge, He
. is Iefthanded. and viii get around
rather awkwardly for some time as
his new home sets on the right hand
side Of the road
mysteriousIy missing for the past day
or two. is again seen sitting on his
front porch the monthly install lInenL
.l collector having come and gone
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-01
No HardshDS Contemplated By Work Or Fight Regulation
Fryer Thinks ELectioneerng At Registry Places Improper

considerably about IT, But thar same
afternoon I heard her talking TO a
number Of women about the Red
Cross activities in knitting sweaters
seeks and other articles She said
that it wall very well for rich women
who had nothing else 10 DO. and
money TO spend on that sort of thing,
but for women Of only moderate cir
Cumstances there were plenty Of
things for them TO do in keeping their
homes neat All the time she was
crocheting some little article, and the
women to whom she was speaking
were doing the same thing They all
agreed with her. 7 mention the incl
dent because IL is typical o. the
thoughts OF many women. even Yet
But TO find q woman saying such
things. who actually has a husband
on his way 10 Europe was incredible
at seems incredible that any one
would criticise the food administra-
tion or even think Of violating any Of
the REGULATIONS" said Howard Gold
berg. The food administration is
working wonders for the people of
this country and doing more than
anything else TO keep the cost or liv-
irg down. II It were not for the adj
ministration, II is very probable that
the price Of sugar and wooden goods
would be absolutely out Of sight al
this time. OF course they are really
high now. but If the government was
not controlling these things YOU would
see more civil war prices AS Il IS
nothing has gone NJ as IL did ~ the
late SOS and early fO's-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-01
KFRENSKY APPEAL MEANS LITTLE;
RUSSIA MUST HELP HERSELF FIRST

because Of the disparity in numbers between the Czecho
Sovas and their opponents The S0vaks determined
TO keep with the against Germany, If they
have to Siberia and the Pacc the United States
Canada and the Atlantic in order to reach France
If their power could grow great enough to overthrow
bolshevism in Russia there might be chance for that
country.
The second hopeful indication with the uncOn-
rmed reports that KoTnlof has overthrown the Boshe
wiki at Moscow and that grand duke Nicholas, former
commandments Of the Russian army, has been pro
claimed emperor If that really occurred there may
be hope for Russia, unless rumored German troops
aided Korn0 1t is hard TO see how Kornoff and grand
duke Nicholas both bitterly hating Germany, would
could accept German assistance.
Grand duke Nicholas is Of the strongest and
best fighters Russia has produced He led the Russians
extremely effective campaign against the Germans until
treacherOus bureaucrats home cut off the munton
supplies Then he forced to retreat before heavy
enemy pressure and It mastery retreat The grand
duke then victim of the cars jealousy, for he
removed from command the (Russian) front and
sent to the Caucasus 'front.' the himself taking nominal
command Of the front. There would be hope for
Russia under the strong rule of really powerful Ro-
manoff who showed ability to win command respect
from the millions of Russia. Until such unity IS
manifest there is little hope for Russia despite KeTen-
sys statements As for Kerenszy himself he might be
the useful agent Of stronger personality Otherwise, his
star is set.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-01
Short SnatCheS
From EUeryDhere

1t must be very difficult 10 be a
German cartOOnist and not be allow ed
to call attention 10 the fact that the
crown prince looks exactly like a
achshund-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Just now Germany is like the small
boy with the bucksaw and the cord of
wood when asked why he was labor
ing in such mad haste he replied that
he wished TO get through before his
saw got dulI-ChicaE Daily News.
An enemy alien who went 10 wash
ington 10 be naturalized has been ar
rested Now. If he had gone to blow
up the capitol he might have saved
himself from being annoyed by the au-
thorities-Phiiadelp North Ameri-
can
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-01
THE
Manicure Lady
By WILLIAM 2. KIRK.


s!IHTE had small informal and Sc
IF1ect card game up TO our house
last night" said the. Manicure Lady.
You might call it poker if you didn't
have no other name handy, George.
but IL wasn't no such poker game as
they used TO play on that Missippi
river. being that the stakes was ter
ribIe low. 20 chips for a cent"
There couldn't have been much
action in a game like that" re-
marked the Head Barber. who had
just lost five dollars on a sure win
ner in the south.
There was just as much action as
II we was playing for gold and them
yellow bills" declared the Manicure
Lady we pretended that we was at
betting a thousand like we was reEu-
lar plungers. It's all in the magma
ton. George. the way 10 looks 70 me.
If you think IL is big game it seems
big, and you get all the fun without
the expense
1T wouldn't be no fun for me II
I didn't stand a chance Of getting
cleaned good said the Head Barber.
What's the use gambling If you can g
feel blue2"
we never thought OF it like gam
bling" said the Manicure Lady. And
If you had been there. George. and
seen how some OF them ladies played
their hands YOU wouldn't never have
had the heart 20 call IL gambling. one
Of the ladies' laid down a straight
flush because there wasn't no kings
or queens in IL 70 make IL look swell
That's what she done with the three.
four. five. six and seven Of spades.
She laid it down.
Brother Wilfred was in the game
and 7 thought he was going 20 faint
when he seen how mean she treated
that lovely hand- Wlfred won dol
lar By working hard all the evening,
and the poor boy was singing az
breakfast It's the first bean he's had
all TO himself for some time. George
the old gent, having shut down on
him cold since we got into that there
Jam across the ocean He felt so good
about his dollar that he wrote poem
for mothers birthday. not wanting %
slip her the dollar for present This
was how his poem went.
~Oh. Mother. dear.
Your birthdays here
And so your loving son
VIII write for you
This line or two
And keep the buck he Won
You want 20 look out and not LEI
that card business go TO your head.
warned the Head Barber. 1--WE hearl
D Of lot of girls and married ladie!
getting into debt playing cards"
Its certainly q hit with me
/ Gearge. 70 get a lecture from you OF
I the evils Of gambling" said the Mani
/ cure Lady. "a gent like you. that i!
I so took up with horse racing that hl
wears the hair on his neck long like
I a mane- The very idea OF YOU haviul
/ the nerve 10 tell me anything abOu
[ the evils Of gambling
Il didn't mean no harm said th'
Head Barber. "only ] didn't want
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-01
Little Interviews

and nothing more. and at that to use
reason at all times The net result Of
the law viii be 20 require that class
CT persons usually dubbed fluukies'
70 secure useful employment. and to
fierce the lOafers and pool room
lOungers either 10 60 TO work or fight
AS 20 this class. there viii be no par
leying; but in cases where a man is
physically fitted for only limited milf
tcry service and IL is shown that he
is not physically able TO do useful en-
ployment and had a family TO support,
he viii be allowed 10 remain in the
taboo work. There viii be no undue
hardships imposed on men with de-
pendents. and the greatest effect Of
the rule III be TO put idlers 20 work.
II believe IL should be just as IL
legal to electiOneer about the places
where voters registered as it is
about places where they vote,
said county attorney ". H Fryer.
"I make this statement as re-
suit Of the extreme TO which
electioueering is taking place,
where the women are registering It
doesn't look right to me that when
the women 60 20 register they should
have TO run the gauntlet of dozen
candidates seeking their votes
at was very chlvalrous. and very
nNUE LsLllaAlLlae ALAeeA 44I lAae 1E4Ll1-l
to give an honorable funeral 10 the
German murderers who flew over
their English towns. and blew the
wives and children Of honest English
soldiers into eternity said Eugene
Simpson, "but. for my part. It seems
to me that IL was OVERRIDING the mat
ter considerably. A more fitting dis
position Of the bodies Of the Hun baby
killers would have been TO bury then
face downward in line. so that the re-
mains of such criminals should not
corrupt the soil Of merry Englaud
/ The British are sports. and men, thai
nobody doubts. but that was one time
they Overdid IT,"
"a soldiers wife Of my acqualnt
aEce." said Miss Gertrude Holm. IRE
/ ceived a telegram from her husbau,
I lu an eastern city yesterday, saying
+ briefly that he was sailing for some
where She has three small children
/ and has been married y years, ans
/ her husband has been in the army ].
! years. Of course. when she got th'
wire she was very grieved, and wep
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-01
Uncle Walls Denaiued Poem.
In The Field

IITHILE Pm busy
w shocking wheat I'm shedding sweat
endless tide and as the Hood
ves with pride know have not lived IN vain whatever you may
beats down back it's hot and hotter yet and al along my la69ea
ground is these
did
you'll
doubtless the
till the land
best
noist viii though heed been rain.
Copyright George AdamA WALT MASON.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-01
Plant Potatoes
To Heb Food Shortage

LONDON Eng. July Ito relieve
the food shortage England is growing
more potatoes this year than ever in
its history.
Announcement was made recently
By the ministry Of food that approx
uTatelv 100000 acres of potatoes had
been planted in Great Britain this
year The returns upon which these
figures were based came from persons
farming one acre or more and showed
an increase Of % percent In the 1918
planting as compared with that Of
1917.
Auormeuts and cottage gardens
were not included in the census Of the
food officials The proportion OF land
this year planted in potatoes by all
lctmeut holders is also far greater
than i'm any other year.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-01
ARIZONA RESTAURANTS TO
CUT OUT WHEAT FOR MONTHS

Phoenix, Ariz-. July 1.-The state
Of Arizona is evidently determined 10
do It's part i'm the feeding Of the al-
lies. Forty nine per cent OF its res
tIurants and hotels ere pledged 70
serve no wheat until September l.
a total Of go out Of the 500 public
the no wheat pledge. Ninety per cent
Of them are operated by foreigners
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-01
PAN-AMERICAN FEDERATION
OF LABOR TO BE FORMED

Washington. ID. c.. July IA pam
American federation &C. labor is 10 be
organized at a meeting Of American
and Mexican labor union representa-
tives on the Mexican border within
the next three months. Representa-
tives Of labor unions in all other
American counties win be invited 10
participate.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-01

feTHE work or fight rule viii not be
1 as stringent nor work as
many hardships as some people ex-
rect" said Judge L A Dale, OF ex-
emptiou board 10. l. AT the recent
conference Of exemption board mem
bers at Austin, it was stated repeat
ed1v that the local boards are ex-
aected 10 do just what the law says
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-01
D. DUNK BOTS.

HEtEEhSUN ED4LOAAo I'd. eA4 eos2
and they all seem to look upon him
as being the leading man OF the com
munity.
There IS always something 20 bother
the postmaster. When business Is duh
the loafers are laxative and the flies
bad.
Atlas Peck says whenever he hears
anything bad he always reckonS that
It is not as bad as at first reported,
and It hardly ever Is unless it IS some
thing on himself.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-01

TIP only work lots o. folks ever tackle
1 Is guess work. Constable Plum has
cut tn fight or work proposition up Z
Pony McPps who has promised Z hand
down a decision tn last o. tn month.
Miss Tawney Apples cousin VIZ mar
ned in her gran'mother's weddin'
dress while tn groom carried his gran
iather's gold t0OthpiCk,
ConyrIght 1918. International News Service
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-01
IrRnRs ARE scARcE

Due TO the failure OF @ majority OF
the jurors 90 report for duty, 30 was
impossible TO Try any cases Monday
the first day Of the special July term
OF the &fth district court OF 125
jurors summoned. only Is reported.
Judge w. ID. Howe had 100 more sum
moued 20 appear Tuesday.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-01

see every body in this shop get the
gambling fever. We gotta have a
respectable element here. just like
everytowu should have a church
You're the respectable element. kid"
Well" said the Manicure Lady,
ccndescendingly that being the case,
1 suppose you're right, George No
more plunEing for me I'm through
with gambling for goOd!'
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-01
NameSM The NeWS


Cadets-are the CONSTITUTIONAL DEM
ocratfc party Of Russia This party Is
moderate I'm its views. but is strongly
opposed TO the restoration OF the en-
pire. and 10 the principles Of the
Bolsheviki government
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-01

M McAdoo says his first aim is to win the Very
other obtained the battle front get the
vaudeville stage into the writing game, to have
capitalized their war experiences sufficiently to warrant
their return to the We love battle veteran
but not one engaged in cashing in it.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-01

Gasoline stations are thicker than horse troughs used
to be.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-01
HOGWALLOW NEWS

DUNK Bolts. REGULAR CORREsPONDENT.
Copyrghted-E. L. Adams George Bi7Ehanl.l
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-01

While American troops are being brigaded with the
British what's the matter with bgadng the weather clerks
with the wheat harvesteTs?
Imperial Valley press., 1918-03-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Ray E. Oliver and Mr.
and Mrs. Ted De Nyse spent the week
end in the mountains on hunting and
outing trip, with Mr.. and Mrs. Bert
Armstrong at Hipass, formerly known
as Summit Springs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mardonia B. Garcia of
Third street are rejoicing YER the
birth of a daughter, on Saturday
afternoon, March 9. Mother and little
one are doing well and are receiving
the congratulations of many friends.
Mrs. Iris Richey and Mrs. Villa
Frayne, of the local schools, have re-
signed and will go to Tacoma, where
they have accepted positions in the
schools there. Their husbands are II
camp there and they make the changt
Imperial Valley press., 1918-03-12

spoonful will clean your sluggish liver
better than a dose of nasty calomel.
and that it won't make you sick.
Dodson's Liver Tone is real liver
medicine. You'll know it next morn
ing because you will wake up feeling
fine, your liver will lbe workings, your
headache and dizziness gone, your
stomach will he sweet and your bow
els regular. You will feel like work
ing; you'll be cheerful; full of vigor
and ambition.
Dodson's Liver Tone is entirely vege
table, therefore harmless, and cannot
sallvate. Give it to your children. Mil
hons OF people are using Dodson's Liv-
er Tone instead of dangerous calomel
now. Your druggist will tell you that
the sale of calomel is almost stopped
entirely here.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-03-12
CALEXICO
FAREWELL TO ROY
GATES, A SOLDIER

Friends of Calexico Man Called to the
COl0rs Gather at Shepard's Bridge
and Bid Adieu-Wrist Watch Is
Presented to the Departing HonOree
News Notes from Border City.
Calexico, March pa party CT
friends gave a farewell party Satrr-
day to Roy Gates. Mr.. Gates has been
0{called to the colors and is expected
to leave soon. The party gathered at
the Shepherd bridge, on the San Diego
highway, and enjoyed an outing in the
mountains. A sumptuous dinner was
a very enjoyable part of the days
pleasures. A wrist watch was pre-
sented to him by his friends in he
party.
Those present were l.. S. Neagle
and family, w R. Waldrop and fam
lily, Mr. Smith and family, MIR. and
Mrs Sherbourne, Mr.. and Mrs. Gates,
Mrs. S. O. Buck and family, Mrs. H.
M. Bump and family, Mr.. Crosby and
family, and the Misses McLain, Nc
Coy, Bassett, Nichols, Van Horn,
Holmes, and the Misses Johnson, and
Messrs. Scotty Foulds, Roy Gates and
Roy Barrows.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-03-12

You're bilious! Your liver is slug
gish! You feel lazy, dizzy and all
knocked out. Your head is dull, youl
tongue is coated; breath bad;s tomacf
sour and bowels constipated. But don't
take salivating calomel. 1t makes you
sick; you lose days work.
Calomel is mercury or quicksiler
which causes necrosis of the bones
Calomel crashes into sour bile like
dynamite, breaking it up. That's when
Sou feel that awful nausea and cramp-
ing.
If you want to enjoy the incest, gen
tlest liver and bowel cleansing you
ever experienced just take a spoonful
of harmless Dodson's Liver Tone to-
night. Your druggist or dealer sells
YOU bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone
for a few cents under my personal
money-back guarantee that each
Imperial Valley press., 1918-03-12
1t Pays to eRad Our Ads.

AS the advertising manager of The
Imperial Valley Press was crossing
the street in front of The Press office
yesterday afternoon with one of the
papers fresh off the press in his hand
he was halted by collision between
a Ford machine turning a corner with
out skid chains and second machine
into which it had slid over the slip
perry pavement. The ad in the pape,
ne was carrying said:
"Don't slip in the mud. Slip on 2
skin chain"
The machine damaged by the Ford
which had slipped in the mud proved
to be driven by an official of the I'm.
perial Valley Hardware Company
"Nuf ced."
1t pays to advertise a necessity.
AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS
WORTH A POUND OF CURE.
The Ford driver promptly bought ;
pair of skid chains.
Phone your wants to The Press and
jget results.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-03-12
for that reason.

for that reason.
Ralph Russell and wife, o. Holtville
1notored over to see some friends anG
took dinner at the Goodfellows. MIR
Russell is one of the leading and sue.
ccssful merchants of Holtville ard
like all shrewd business men, saw the
evidences of the wonderful prosperity
CT Calexico.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-03-12

Miss Nettie Jackson, who spent the
week end at Brawley with friends, has
|returned to Holtville.
Mr.. end Mrs. G. E. Huebre~ and
T.ir. and Mrs. P. i. Brown visited
friends vest of Ell Centro .:crday.
The Is. L. Baker family were pres
e.t a. the Seeley bridge opening Sun
lday.
Mr. enG Mrs. J. D. Cartwright mo-
tored to Seeley Sunday to witness the
cerc,pe ny of the brideg opening.
Mrs. G. T. Dotson, who went with
one of the Holtville parties to San
Diego to witness the review, returned
to the city Sunday.
L. G. Liebert, sho has been con-
nected with the cooperative Cream
cry, has gone to San Diego to t2ke up
his residence.
.. P. Rye, Frark Copley aad Miss
Giace Copley eft for San Diego
late Saturday sfternon to spend the
week end.
Mr.. and Mrs Guy Chambers wa:e in
the big pactv Of Holtville people who
vert to Calipatria Sunday.
Mr.. and Mys. j. H. Turlev spe,t
Sunday with frien6s at Brawley.
Today's rain added 10 of an inch
to the seasons total in the Valley
settled the dust on the coards, anc
made skid chains and walking on the
asphalt popular.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-03-12
II OFT VILE
CATTLE SHIPPERS
HOLD THE BOARDS

!iOltville Farmers Besieging Branch
Line Officials for Cars for Ship.
mcnt of Their Stock to Market
Many Return Home From the Camp
kearney Review Saturday.
Holi"ille, March 12.-Preparations
were being made yesterday at the To-
cal depot Of the Holton Interuban by
James Coyle to ship out four cars Of
cattle for Roy Wimp, one car hogs
for H. II. Terwilliger and one car Of
COWS for c.. X. Jester. TWn cars Gf
hay are on the track ready to move
to the Coast for the Globe Mills.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-03-12
Canvas "KEDS'
For Men and Women
Ideal for Summer

-"KEDS" HAVE STYLE AND
COMFORT that other tennis shoes
do not show-the prices now for
cash that we can offer will con-
vince you how great the savings
are here.
-Women's White champion
Keds, high cut, 95c.
-Women's White champion
Keds, oXfords, 85c.
Mems White champion" Keds,
oXfords, 95c.
Mems White "Universal' Keds,
high cut with heels, SITS.
-Women's White Crescent Pumps
with heels, 1925.
-Women's White Crescent Mary
James with heel, 1925.
Misses and Childs' White "Ked'
oXfords, by size zoe and 75c.
Misses and Childs' White "Ked''
Sister Sue, by size soc and 90c,
Boys and Youths White "Ked"
oxfords, by size 75c and soc.
Boys and Youths White "Ked''
balls, by size Soc and 95c.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-03-12
PequOt Sheets

-54x9O Pequot Sheets. .$1,37 ea.-6 for $40
-72x9O Pequot Sheets. $1.57 ea.-6 for S. 50
-81X90 Pequot Sheets. $1.75 ea.--6 for 1914
-81X10S Pequot Sheets $210 ea-6 for $11 95
--42x36 or 45x36 Pequot Cases, 39c ea-6
for 1929.
-7-4 Blea. PepperilI Sheeting, 49c yard
81 Blea. Pepperill Sheeting, SIC yard
81 Blea. Pepperill Sheeting, 63c yard.
-104 Blea. Pepperill Sheetng, G9c yard.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-03-12

Phone your wants to The Press and
get results.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-03-12
White Silk Hosiery, nolu AZ
39c, 6Oc, S9c. CSC, S1.29

THREE BIG LOTS IN THIS GREAT WHITE hosiery special
at 47c paevery pair in quality can't replace sell
this price
Pure silk boots fibre boot with mecezed top full guage
Isle double sole and garter top.
WHITE PHOENIX SILK HOSE at SIC pair-double knit
heel and toe.
Womens Cotton Hose in white at 23chgh spced heel and
double