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Sweeping Compound, BeardsIey.s
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-14

Polishes, Beardsley's.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-14

White Shoe Cleaner, Beardsley'a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-14

Soaps Beardsley'A.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-14

Order promptly to insure install
lation before cold weather. When
you start your fires, have your storm
sash and doors in place.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-01-04

"At Chattanooga" said a veteran of
the Civil war, zone of the men in my
company left early in the action, and
no one saw him till after the battle,
when he appeared in camp unwounded
and unabashed. Some OF the boys ac-
cused him Of running away, but he
wouldn't admit 1t.
I only retreated in good order he
declared.
I heard of the matter, and a few
days later asked him If he had any
idea how fast he had 'retreated.'
well, I'll tell you, cap'n,' he said.
II had been at home, and going after
the doctor, folks that see me passin'
would have thought my wife was right
sick P"-Harper's Month";
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-01-04

the smart apron front TO a full tunic
skirt ut the sides and back and dem
onstrated that they were made for
each other.
The underdress Is plain slip OF the
satin with rather close-httlug coat
sleeves, The neck Is split to form
V-shaped opening with turned-bnck
rcNerS, The girdle Is merely cable
cord. covered with satin. SO smoothly
that II hcspeakS an expert needle Won,
ans work, IL defines the wniStIine
loosely and Is held IN Just the right
position with the simplest OF knots ut
each side than in front, where II loops
over. The balls ur seal-Skln make
perfect finish for the long ends.
In tan or taune or gray. or in dark
shades of other fashionable colorS, this
model viii prove itself an asset In the
WARDROBE 81 any woman. and especial
ly useful To her who wants to make
one dress answer the purposes Of two
or three. Resides this 1t is delight
to the woman Of discriminating taste
who will appreciate it's distinction.
Satin and seal,Skin do not need elab-
grafton.
With the rising tide ~ Christmas
shoppers current sets toward the
ribbon counter In search ~ novelties
The ribbon department rarely dlSap-
. points It's patrons From uufalliug
/ springs ot inspiration. the designers
I Of novelties bring, each year. the most
/ exquisite Of belongings, personal. and
for house decoration. made OF ribbons
Bags, Il goes without saying almost
/ are the item Of greatest interest and
Importance ut the ribbon counter this
/ year. The knitting bag is badge OF
patriotism and has made itself ann 4
IS Indispensable as hat or gloves.
Bass. are not TO be classed as novel
ties but certain kinds are new and
! taere ~ many new ways OF making
f nansh~ novelties in ribbons are
~ them.N
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-01-04

the neck of the bag. TaSsels of jade
and silk are suspended at the sides.
A small cap of green satin appears
ut the bottom of the bag and big
green bead, on a black silk cord hangs
from It. The same cord Is used for
handles.
The canoe bag is in pale tan and
gold brocade with a crocheted top Dor.
ton made of chenille and Hat taSsels.
also with crochcted tops. These and
the handle are all in light tan. but a
vivid green satin lining gives life to
the coloringS.
Plain roSe-colored satin is .sad 10
line the bag Of blue moire ribbon with
four petal.like tabs Of blue and rose
hrocaded ribbon about the top. II il
suspended by narrow blue satin rih-
bon and an unexpected but effective
touch ot gold appears Ia the taSssl
M the bottom.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-01-04
IN SATIN AND sEALskIN.

A new and very handsome devel-
cpment of the tunic appears in this
unusual dress of gray satin, trimmed
with bands Of sealskIn. II ever any
frock was designed, versatile enough
TO play greater number of roles In
the days drama, the memory of the
fashion writer fails to recall II. Here
Is costume, with a detachable collar
of fur, which needs only touch TO
make II quite In place on the street,
at dinner, ut almost any place that the
rounds Of the day will carry Its wearer.
The tunlc and Over-bOdIce in one
look like one of those sllp-Over affairs
that appear In dresses and blOuses and
sweaters of approved style In reality
II fastens at the left side. with snap
fasteners under n knot OF satln-cov-
cred cord at the waistline. The de-
sign Is so simple as to hardly need
description, which Is one sure sign
that II Is the product of genius Who
ever is to be credited with 1t welded
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-01-04
Gladstone a. Hard Worker.

Gladstone was a hard worker, with
no breads with regard to work, says
the American Magazine.
He turned from political RESPONSE
bilities Of the heaviest to Greek for
recreation, and lived his four-score
years and more, just as Pope Leo
XIII, turned to Latin poetry for his
relaxation from worldwide burdens,
and lived on beyond four-score and
ten, living so hopefully that when,
at the little dinner given him on his
ninetteth birthday, one of the cardin-
ais said, in proposing a toast to him,
Here's that you may live to be a
hundred, holy father" the old pontin
replied: But why limit me to a
hundred?"
They were contemporaries Of Ranke,
the German historian, who at the age
OF ninety-one proposed to write a his
tory OF the world In II volumes, one
volume to be completed each year,
and actually lived, believe, to com
plete nearly half Of 1t.
These men had no breads; but they
allowed their energies to work on,
without any fear Of exhaustlng their
vitality.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-01-04
RUSSIA TO RECLAIM DESERT
Good Pasture Lands Are Destroyed at
the Rate of One Hundred ThouS-
and Acres a Year.

The shifting sands of Astrakhan and
the measures taken by the Russian
government to deal with this problem
form the subject Of a memoir by ].
@. Firstov, published in Petrograd, OBJ
serves the Scientific American. Ten
million acres Of the province In ques-
ton are covered with shifting sands
formed during the nineteenth century
and subsequently. These sands have
been spreading at the rate OF 100000
acres year, the result being the trans
formation of good pasture land into a
barren waste. The principal cause Is
over grazing focks and herds are kept
so long In one place as to result in the
complete destruction Of the turf. Poor
agricultural methods are also respon-
sible. About the beginning of the pres
ent century the government took meas
ures of control and reclamation, and
between 1904 and 1909 an area of about
$4,000 acres was brought under Guilt
walton. In 1913 a special service was
ordered to deal with the question.
The province was put under the charge
of a chief forestry officer and divided
into six districts, in each of which
subordinate official was appointed to
superlntend the work. At the time of
writing good progress has been made
In planting soil binders and growing
herbaceous crops, but 1t was still prob
lematical whether the province was
adapted to the establishment of for
ests.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-01-04

The last word in knitting bags Is q
patriotic design made of red, white
and blue satin ribbon, by way of COM
plimentlng the colOrs. The red and
white predominant, and ribbon three
inches wide Is stitched together In
stripes to form a capaciOus bag.
Three handsome new bags are shown
here-two of them to use wherever a
bag IS needed and one made for a
sewing bag. One of them appears to
be inspired by n Chinese lantern, an
other brings to mind an Indian canoe,
while the sewing bag suggests that
some flower suggested 1t. These
fancies are helped out by the color.
ings used, as well as the shapes.
The lantern bag is of heavy black
ribbon brOcaded with vivid blue, green
and light tan color, all emphasized by
a sprinkling of black, and all as glow.
ing as these colors are In Chinese
silks. 1t Is lined with bright green
satin, which appears in rufie at
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-01-04
Hallway Work.

We are, none Of US, so good arck
tects as to be able to work habituas
beneath our strength; and yet the
Is not building that I know of, LAT
~ raised, wherein 1t is not sufficient.
evident that neither architect d
builder has done his best. It is q
especial characteristic of mode
work. All old work nearly has be
hard work. 1t may be the hard wd
Of children, Of barbarians, of rushd
but 1t is always their utmost. Let
have done with this kind of work
once; cast of every temptation to
DO not let us degrade ourselves vol.
tarily, and then mutter and mod
over our shortcomings; let us conts
our poverty or our parsimony, but 4
belle our human intellect. 1t is not
question Of doing more, but of dol
better. Do not let us boss our roc
with wetchsd, half-worked, bAA
edged rosettes; do not let us flank a
gates with rigid limitations of medleV
statuary, Such things are more
suits to common sense, and only u1H
US for feeling the nobility of their p
totypea-Ruskin. I
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-01-04
EARLY MAN FIGHTING animal
Ancestors Of Present People Wer
Called Upon to Face Beasts That
InhabIted'PIains and Rivers.

The first houses were caves. Earl
man was fighting animal, and had b
contend against the huge and feroc
Gus beasts that infested the plains an
rivers, observes a writer. His dwellin
naturally had to be a place of securit
as well as a habitation. Caves wer
natural and artificial, the latter beipI
followed out of solid rock by rude aII
instruments. Most of them were form
ed in the sides of cliffs and anon
high, rugged hills.
To those early ancestors of ours, hi
prlmeval men and women who secured
as one would think, but scanty sheItd
and protection from these stone cave
and holes in the rock, we apply on
generic term Of cliff dwellers.
They were entirely ignorant of agr'
culture, and subslsted by hunting an
fishing and on the natural product
they found growing in a wild state.
What Is very remarkable, at Cd
very doors can still be seen the typiee
houses and handiwork of those pre-hiS
toric tribes in the caves of the Lanc1
river in southern Colorado. These, d
most instances, are as well preserve
as when their ancient occupants a.
serted them-perhaps 10000 yeal
ago. When Inhabited they were read
ed quite frequently by notches cut
the rock, and at other times rope La
ders must have been used.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-01-04
Built for Giant

Gardner, Mass, has In one st its
parks what is believed to be the Ii gest
chair in the world. made for sktual
use. 1t is 81 feet square at the base,
and II feet In height. The seat is SIX
feet from the ground, so that those
who wish to sit in it have to literally
climb up into the chair. like children.
The chair weighs 1900 pounds. 1t was
presented to the city, and Is an object
OF considerable attraction to strangers.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-01-04
For Winter Coats.

Not all women get their coats ready
made. And those who do not are inter
eSted in selecting materials to have
their coats made up. velourS, Soft
and thick aud velVety. head the list ot
fashionable weSves one may choose
most any color and any one OF thu
several good qualities, Boliyias, too,
are high In favor, and these are even
more expensive and finer than the
yelours. The colors are charming
the SofteSt. prettieSt shades imagin-
able. Scotch tweedS for durabfutv-
these are always reliable. and in good
style this year. as they were last wear
and likely TO be next Hheupes ara
here agaln-Siiky and warm-sna
frSSustte TO make attractive wintsr
,SgaNR< ~
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-01-04
BurIaIs on HllItops.

Bufrab Bill Is not the only celebr
TO be buried on a hilltop. Cecil Rho
and Robert Louis Stevenson are b,
buried IN high points. The emp
builder lies on a kopje in Rhodes
and the novelist on the highest p
OF his beloved Samoa. Lord Dacre
supposed to have been buried on hor
back In Saxton churchyard.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-01-04
All aDolIad IJnR

Nan gazed with adoring eyes on her
uncle when he appeared ready to 90
to a formal dance. After giving him
the once over" the braid on his
trousers attracted her attention and
she exclaimed: "Why, he even has
'oroldery on his pants"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-01-04

A cobller passes on the secret
II about once q month the soles
shoes aa treated to a coat of Inns
oil they will always outwear the
pers.
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Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-16
SECRETARY BAKER
RETURNS; PROUD
OF US. TROOPS
War Secretary Comes Home on For
mer German Steamship Without
Seeing Submarine-Says There Is
Optimism in Europe Over the Ul-
innate Victory of the Allies.
(Bv Associated Press)

Atlantic Port, April 16.-Secretary
Baker returned to America on one Of
the largest steamships that flew the
German flag before the war, and
started for Washington Immediately.
He said:
81 return with sense of pride and
confidence at the achievements of
the United States and the Allied
troops abroad that would justify
many trips across the water"
He said this was the only state
ment he cared to make until he re-
turned to Washington. Those with
Secretary Baker said there was COM
plete optimism and confidence among
Entente peoples that the war will
be won by the Allies.
Inquiries by newspaper men for an
opinion on the Irish situation, on air
craft production and on the appeal
of Arthur j. Balfour for America to
hurry troops to France, were unan-
swered. Secretary Baker expressed
"deep regret" at the death of Sem
ator Stone, which he learned for the
first time today.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-16
CHAUTAUQUA TO
START APRIL "A
IN FL CENIR0
Important Educational and Amuse-
ment Event for the People of the
Imperial Valley-War Speakers
Prominent in List of High Class
Talent to Be Heard for One Week.

The Redpath- h-Horner Chautauqua
will pitch its huge tent on State
street, between Fourth and Fifth
street, April pa week from tomor-
row. This exceptional institution will
be here for one week. The advance
sale of tickets is large.
Everyone loves a band! That is
the reason the band is coming to the
,Chautauqua. There is something about
the tremendous volume of the band
music, something about the harmony
of a great number of instruments of
brass and wood, with the drums and
kettles, that has a universal appeal
The program this season has an un-
usual number of patriotic selections
and the throbbing, thrilling, stirring
strains of the military music will make
your blood tingle and arouse every
spark of latent patriotism. Come early
on band day and get a good seat at
he Chautaqua tent.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-16
SPENCERM' DONALD
RECITAL A TREAT

A capacity audience greeted Mr.. and
Mrs. Vernon Spencer and Mrs. Minnie
West Mcdonald at their piano recital
in the ballroom of the Barbara Worth
hotel last evening. Mr.. Spencer
greeted the audience in an informal
manner, interspersing his various num-
bers with instructive and original re-
marks, which at times were witty and
humorous, and which had the effect
of Frightening up the AUDIENCE to an
unusual degree and making them re-
ceptive to his beautiful music. His po-
etic children's pieces were gems of
fine workmanship and beautiful in
spiration. They made one feel that
it is a pity children cannot have
access to more music of this kind,
which stimulates them to real artistic
endeavor. Needless to say, these
numbers were exquisitely played by
the composer.
Mrs. Mcdonald, who was heard in
a recital in Ell Centro for the first
time, had chosen an ambitious pro-
gram, including the first movement OF
the Grieg Concerto. This number, ac-
companied on a second piano by Mr..
Spencer, was the big treat of the
evening, making exacting demands up
on both memory and technic. Mrs.
Mcdonald made a lasting impression
with this number and established her
self Immediately as pianist OF much
more than average attainments. Her
other numbers, including two etudes
by Chopin, which require refined ana
virtuoso technic, were both effectively
played and interesting to the large
audience, in which were many promi-
nent personages of Ell Centro, as we'll
as number from surrounding towns.
After a splendid rendition of ChoplnSs
celebrated Ballad in A Flat, she played
as an encore the Canzonetta by Schutt:
1t is to be hoped that Mrs. Mcdonald
will make a recital such as the one
last night an annual event, as, IN a
community of this size, the opportu-
nity to hear good music well rendered
must come almost wholly through
the efforts of the local teach
ers. 1t certainly speaks well for
Mrs. McDonald's ability. that so
distinguished an artist as Mr..
Spencer should have come so
Tar TO take part III iet'Iai Will iioi'
The hotel management left no stone
unturned in their efforts to minister
to the comfort of the pianists and the
audience. but, on account of the un-
usually large crowd which was pres
ent, the supply of chairs ran out be-
fore the recital began, and MANY were
turned away for lack of seats, while
many more stood up throughout the
performance.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-16
DEAN MAc9RMACK TO
Be HERE ON MAY 81

In harmony with the suggestion of
the war savings committee of the gov
ernment the high schools of the val
ley are arranging for commencement
addresses of a patriotic nature and
Dean Mccormick of St. Paul's pro-
cathedral, Los Angeles, has been Sc
cured for Brawley for the evening of
Thursday, May 81. Ell Centre expects
to have him Friday evening, Imperial
on Wednesday evening and Holtville
may arrange for Tuesday evening.
Dean Mccormack is one of the
leading speakers of the Pacific coast,
and he is especially effective on pa
triotic topics. Brawley is very for
.tunate to secure him for the principal
school address of the year.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-16
THROWER
TO TELL OF WAR
Private Collinge, of Canada's Fight
ing Seventh. will Tell of His Ex-
perience in the First Line Trenches
at the Tulane Theatre Tunesday
Evening, Under Auspices of G. A.
S. H. McStay.

Telling of the thrilling story of the
nine months he served in thetrenches
in France and Belgium as a bomb
thrower with Canada's "Fighting
Seventh" battalion which went over
seas with 100 men Of whom scarcely
fifty survive today, Private w. f.
Collinge will be heard in the Tulane
Theatrer next Tuesday evening, April
%, in Lights and Shadows of No
Mans Land" said to be the most vivid
warlogue on the American stage today
Private Collinge who after few
weeks engagement in San Francisco
is now enrOute eastward on his. lee
ture, will appear in FL Centro under
the auspices of the Home Guards OF
Ell Centro. Arrangements for his ap-
pearance was completed last evening
by Capt. Simon and fficers of the
Home Guards and at drill tonight the
full plans of the event will be read tC
the company
Private Collinge, who is in the bomb
squad for mine months, tell an in
innate .'and thrilling story of his life
in the trenches and of raids through
No Mans Land, that shell torn sahir
between the lines. His warlogue is
not burdened with ponderous statiis-
tics or historical data but carries the
personal note tharaught.
| The Boy Scauts of FL Centre, amor
ganization of which Private Collinge
was a member in British Columbia
will participate in the reception to Pri-
vate Collinge and aid in the advertis-
ing campaign to be staged by the
Home Guards Of Ell Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-16
(By Associated Press)

Geneva, April 16.-Fire caused enor-
nous loss Saturday when the Zeppe-
lin and airplane dorks at Manzel, near
Friederichshafen were destroyed and
vast quantities of raw materials, two
Zeppelins and forty airplanes were
destroyed. The number killed and in
jured has not been ascertained, be-
cause the military are preventing any
one from approaching the scene. Ere
quent explosions, apparently from gas
oline tanks and hydrogen cylinders,
caused panic in the town. The flames
damaged several houses.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-16
GERMAN IS
NABBEO At BRAWLEY

Edward Klein, aged 90, a ranch
worker, is in the county Jail becau use
he said "President Wilson is the worst
of the lot" and cast other reflec-
tions on the head of this government,
according to his own admissions toI a
Press reporter.
Klein expressed these sentiments
to a woman cook on the ranch where
he worked, and the cook told the
Brawley marshal. Klein this morn
ing stated that the woman's remarks
were also disloyal. and he believed
that she, like Mother Eve, "led him
on"
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-16
WATKINS NEW
MAYOR OF CITY
Salute the new Mayor, G. w. Wat

Salute the new Mayor, G. w. Wat
kins.
He was elected chairman of the city
board of trustees at the organization
meeting of the city fathers last night
it was no easy task as eleven ballots
were taken. Many trustees voted for
themselves. it is said.
Mayor Watkins is now water COM
Egerer, health commission
er, Reams fire and police commission
dn ones ctreet commissioner ares
err, Sones ctreet commissioner and
Bucklin finance commissioner.
Van Way was elected city clerck
Walsh city marshal and Gianola city
city treasurer.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-16
SEC0H0RTS
HUR[ TRADES
At DISTRICT
SWING AND GRUNSKY CALLED
NAMES AND DEMANDS MADE
THAT THEY BE "FIRED"-DI-
KECTORS RIVAL THE PATRI-
ARCH JOB IN PATIENCE.
Mark Rose and Disappointed East
Side Mesa Crowd Pack Directors
Meeting and Call Attorney and Con-
sulting Engineers Traitors to the
Best Interests of the Valley.

Hurting epithets at Attorney
Phil Swing and Engineer Grun-
sky, the Mark Rose company ad-
herents of the East Side Mesa
watering plan at stormy Irriga-
ton District meeting today called
upon the directors to forthwith
discharge the above officials. The
directors took no notice of the
demand, which was made in the
person OF Ed German Of Holt
vile.
Throughout TRADE of abuse,
misrepresentation and misstate-
ment of facts heaped upon their
representatives at Washington,
the directors were calm, exhibit
ing patience unbelievable. 1t
was openly asserted that the Dis
triet officials at Washington were
''hirelings" and traitors"
Being in the great majority and
in great voice, Mark Rose and
his friends took over the meeting
and ran it to suit themselves. 1t
soon resolved into meeting of
denunicatiOn of Swing and Grun-
sky, with once and a while a
small-vOiced protest on the part
of one of the directors.
Attorney Swing stated that he
would not remain on the board
longer than the board desired, and
refuted the claim by Rose that
he and President Holt were at
outs in the formation of the pro-
posed contract.
The directors adhered to their
stand of placing the contract be-
fore the people of the Valley,
when the Rose cohorts will count
only as much as an equal number
of other citizens.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-16
.SN|PERS FIRING ON
JAPANESE OUTPOSTS
(By Associated Press)

Toxic, Wednesday, April 10.-Offi-
cial advices from Vladivostok say the
city is calm. The japanese are not
replying to occasional night shooting
by snipers. The Japanese have taken
over the protection of the French con-
sulate. The Japanese foreign office
has announced that there is no con-
firmation of the Petrograd dispatch
that the Bolsheviki government has
proclaimed a state of war in Siberia
and ordered the Red Guard to oppose
the Japanese marines.