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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-04-11
CHAPTER xvIlI-contlnued.


His eyes glued to the lurching sta
tion-house, Babcock took a brown
paper-roIled cigarette from the prof
fered box.
Look" he cried. eThere, she'll go.
See that"
There was a splash of splintering
timber; a Niagara of spray as the
building fell into the flood. A minute
later, wreckage of painted boards
was floating downstream.
At table Babcock resumed his cam
paign. "The trouble with you all,
you have cold feet. You're all scared
off too soon."
Wooster, up from his nap, looked
across the table. "Cold feet? So
you'd have If you had been up for
nights, wetting your feet on the levee.
as some of US have, as Hardin has.
Mine are cold all right" He lifted an
amazed foot. "Coldl Look here,
boys, they're wetl" The men looked
to find the water creeping in-Bab-
cock climbed on his chair.
"This means the station" cried
Wooster Every man jumped. If the
waters had got to them, it wouldn't
be long before they were reaching the
o. P. depot! The tracks would go
They We're piling out of the door
when the telephone caught them. 1t
was a message from Richard. A car
was to be rugged up, papers, tickets
and express matter taken from the
station. The river was cutting close
to the track. The car would be the
terminal, a half-mlle from town.
The situation looked black. Coul-
ter, Eggers, began to pack their stock,
The levee, it was said, would not hold
half of Mexicali was gone. Calexico
would go next. Richards Indians
were kept stolidly piling brush and
stuffed sacks on the levee. This, the
word ran, would be the fierce night
no one expected to sleep.
They were preparing for the bis
battle, the final struggle, when the
grade recession passed the town
Spectacular as was its coming, there
was an anticlimax in its retreat. The
water reached the platform of the
depot. and halted. The town held it:
breath. There was some sleep tina
night.
The next day, the nerves of the val
ley relaxed. The river was not cut
ting back. The men at the leve,
dropped their shovels, and went bacl
TO the discussion of their lawsuits
Their crops were ruined; too mucl
water, or too little. Whatever wa.
they had been hurt, the compan.
would have to pay for It'll
small shift guarded the river
Richard, in his room at the Deser
hotel, and Hardin up the river, slept |
day and a night without waking. Tn
chair-tilters picked up their argumen
where they had left it; was the rail
road reaping a harvest of damag
suits when they should be thanke,
instead? Faraday, the newspaper
reported, was trying to shift his re
sponsibility; he had appealed to tn
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-04-11

few landowners, and others who had
not completed their contracts, dis
trusting the good faith of the com
pany, or its ability to pay, had quit
in disgust, to begin again some
where else. Parrish, and Dowker,
and others of the sixth" secured dis
trict had secured the promise of en-
ployment at the Heading. Work, it
was expected, would be begun at once
now that the danger to Calexico had
passed.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-04-11
You ouohta Know that. Uncle.

Zine dog You have there, my little
man. remarked the kind old gentle
man. what do you call himT" Don't
hafta to call him" answered my little
man. HE goes every place / do"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-04-11
Optimistic Thouons.

He who knows nothing knows enough
If he knows when TO be silent.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-03-29
EDITORIALS:
REAL. AMERICANS WON'T BE FORCED

The United States is free country with Constlt1-
ton providing protection for law abiding citizens IN p
suing their religious and political beliefs and their traoes
and occupations.
In reality workngman is no longer free He is
controlled and regulated by system of overords known
as labor leaders.
AS an example, witness the recent Seattle shipyard
strike
The leaders of the union called strike which result
ed in loss of 38 days for 10000 workmen Then
the leaders "permtted the to go back to work.
impossible to get increased pay for the men were
already being paid wages under government con-
tract which it will be virtually impossible to maintain
much less increase in peace times The public knew this
and the knew it but the anarcstc leaders wanted
to wreck industry, hence the workmen had to strike
Why? Because the power of labor unions is now be-
ing abused to accomplish revolutionary ends
Unless laboring man belongs to the union he dare
not work, for fear of insults to himself and family and
even for fear of his very life.
An employer dare not hire a nonunion man for fear
of destruction of his plant.
Can we have worse mockery of our free institu-
The daily morning oasis., 1919-03-29
RJJTRAL DELIVERY

In winter when the tempess rage a tnk i5 IA about the
hostered before cheey raw and cod undaunt
pSna S e GGd rsy see see them from they ney
fu Journey thirty miles Ger bea country @ WITH
wish had Tyre hst mafry mght Ing tempest rips and
fire. down in chairs and read
xnd that blows all the Go rnga gales 5asE ahhoqgn n
kind Of ms sss e ehas ~af the Saa Of
warm ai, e and Where it hits it paa day it swais
sis fn The snow lands him the peck the ran
running u down his neck Dame Natures res sS hs shosa
STILL still he drives through mud ana d aaa M eas s9e' He
are hundred a bones day. alas alas his eagre pay
the coutrys scon his children cry in VA VAN fOr pe io'
he has lust enough to buy his pony hay ana corn'
- 49, Convright by George Matthew Adams
The daily morning oasis., 1919-03-29
Loss Was Serious.

"You can't alarm me, Big Ben,"
doesn't seem at all funny in print, but
at one of the Broadway theaters last
night, when the leading man addressed
this line to another leading character,
an old gentleman in an UPPER box
laughed so heartily, as did the audi
ence, that his set of false teeth shot
out and landed plumb in the lap Of
an ensign who was seated in the or
cbestra. The portion of the audience
that witnessed the accident went intH
mysteries to the evident discontinue
of the teeth's owner, and it was some
time before the show could continue.
In the meantime, the toothless inJi-
yidual sought out balcony usher, to
whom he tried to explain his plight,
but the loss of the teeth left him
more or less inarticulate. The usher,
who was unaware Of what happened,
attributed his wild panromimic ac-
tons to that of crazy man, and she
ran downstairs to renort to the man.
ager that $50. Guy in the halcony
was off b New York Sun.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-03-29
SUGAR AND PROHIBITION

The prohibition mandate will make it compulsory foi
everyone to use some other form of stimulation than al
cohol
Statistics show that candy has always replaced al
cohoc beverages in those sections which have gone dry
and the consumption has gone up in leaps and bounds
Sugar is one Of the most easily digested foods. II
produces heat-1810 calores per pound Heat is form
of energy.
Sugar, tea, coffee, candy and non-acoholc drinks
will be the most popular snulants when prohibition is
lin force But the basic stmulant will be the sugar they
contain and any product which contains sugar will be
popular"
Western farmers will have wonderful opportunity
Ito develop sugar beet growing
The daily morning oasis., 1919-03-29
ltions and people?

tons and people?
No man can reasonably object to laboring men or
ganzing for their mutual benefit and if they wish to
strike that is their affair.
But when any organization of either labor capital
gains such autOcratc power that deny to any cit
zen or industry in the United States the right to work
or operate without consent of such organization the time
has arrived to call halt If the individual members OF
such an organization are so cOWed that they dare not
raise their voices the great American public must take
hand.
And that is Just what Mayor Hansen in Seattle did.
He has the heartfelt thanks of every law abiding citizen
lin the United States. We have yet to see publication
which failed praise him which has sympathzed in
the slightest degree with the Seattle labor agitators who
promoted this strike which conceived in arrogant
oly and carried out with stupid obstnacy by despotc
eaders and their cques, to whom the rank and file Of
he unions forced to submit in humility that exceed
ed any exacted by the OverlordS of Prussia.
Now the American public is notified by the Interna
tiona Brotherhood of Teegraphers that nationwide
wire strike is proposed, to force recognition of the
union from Postmaster General Bureson and ncreas
ed wage scale
How can Postmaster General Burleson be forced"
recognize group of in preference to another
unless the American people can also be forced" to set
aside the Constitution of the United States under which
all men guaranteed equal rights.
If this can be DONE the churches can organize and
force the President to recognize national religious
belief to which any wishing to hold office must pro-
ess or the political party in power demand that
aone but member of that party may hold office.
When you go to forcing" free American to do
omething look out The kaiser tried that and his end
came soon.
The Seattle anarchists tried it and their shift
short
If the elegraphers and telephone operators want to
strike for higher wages that is their American privilege
but when they talk about forcing the American public
to recognize members of their union in preference to any
other American citizen, look out
Under the United States constitution a non-unlon
telegrapher has just as much right to job and proec
ton in his work as union and employer has just
as much right to hire him.
Labor unions instead Of hiring foreign agitators to
manages their affairs better start course in American
zaon for their members and would suggest the first
book taken up be United States history containing
copy of the United States Constitution.
The "forc~o" process in the United States is becom-
ing more unpopular every day..
Nationwide recognition Of unions can only come
about by system of voluntary mediation councils where
here equal and mutual representation to protect the
lights of employers and employees and the still greater
lights Of consumers and the general public.
The days of threats and force, coercion, lockouts
strikes and intimidation from either labor capital
numbered
The daily morning oasis., 1919-03-29
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CANNING INDUSTRY

The Pacific Coast and irrigated land states are the
ming industry.
These industries now represent investments of mil
hons and are third in the number of people employed in
producing supplies.
PROBABLY ten thousand of additional fruit and
vegetable tracts will be planted in these states this wear
for the canneries. -"
Ihls is very conservative estimate but it means q
ply of labor to harvest ''0 '"p
Cannenes and the production of raw material tol
supply them involves the question of distribution of sea-
sOnable labor. - 00"'
anese INDUSTRIES thrive best in and good sized
towns and smaller cities where family labor is avaah
IN large numbers. ''oi - "V'i'oe
There is no such thing possible for number Of vAar
all Goelsuppy OF canned fruits and vegetables at pres
The daily morning oasis., 1919-03-29
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
TWENTY-FOUR YEARS AGO
Items Culled from "The Oasis"
March, 1895

In the kindness of his heart
Mr.. c. w. Ridgway recon-
mended to The Oasis man
hotel in Guaymas which shall
be nameless here. In recon-
pense for the turn done, that
night, rats ate half of one leg
of Mr.. Ridgway's trousers. The
following morning the scribe
transferred his belongings to
the Hotel Cosmoopolita.
Monday last Mrs. Nourse OF
Des Moines, Iowa, who, had
been visiting the family of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Christ, started on her return
nome with her two children,
Master Paul and little Miss Vir-
ginia. Mrs. Christ went to
Benson with her, returning the
following day.
MIR. H. Laurance, from Con-
icheno y Pinos Altos, Sonora, is
a visitor at Nogales, having
come up Sunday from Minas
Prietas after a horseback ride
of 300 miles across the Sierra
Madre. He will remain this
week, then return to Chihua-
hua, where he is interested in
mining.
Mr.. Florencio Estrella, col
lector of taxes of the state of
Sonora, was in the city on Sat-
urday, coming from his home
at Magdalena. He returned to
his home town Tuesday morn
ing.
Early this week Mr.. George
3 Atkinson of Calabasas, was at
Nogales, en- route to points in
Sonora, returning Thursday
morning. While he was gone
he bought some 1,7OO head of
steers which are coming across
the line today.
Yesterday Mr.. Carlos Conant,
gentleman heavily interested
in development Of a great irri-
cation scheme on the Rio va
qui, passed Nogales en- route to
New York, on business for his
company.
During the last few days
. there have been large num-
Der of cattlemen who have TAX
en- advantage of the extension
OF time before putting quaran-
tine on Mexican cattle, and are
rushing them across the line.
Mr.. M. Mascarenas, Mexican
consul at Nogales, Arizona, has
just closed a deal by which he
is to sell to L. Zeckendorf & :
Co., of Tucson, 800 head of cat
tie from his Santa Barbara ran :
che, over on the Santa Cruz
river, Mr.. F. Hermosillo nego- :
tiating the deal.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-03-29
SHEEP ARE GOOD MONEY MAKERS

The following figures published by county agricul-
turist at Davenport Wash are interesting and equally
applicable to many sections Of the West.
local farmer near Davenport after keeping a book
of sheep for several years is thoroughly convinced of it's
profits from two Their value in wool and NUT
ton is easily computed in dollars and CENTS but there
great return in the destroying of weeds and as ferz-
er distributors that can not be reckoned
The farmer reporting shows an investment of $500
for 400 grade Lincoln Lambs their foundation herd
The daily morning oasis., 1919-03-29

and 100 for II miles Of wire fence including II
iron gates Their 1918 expenses $283 for alfalfa
hay, $85 for hired at lambng time one pound of
grain per head per day after February until marketed
for the market sheep and pound grain hay per head
per day from December Is for the ewes
Their returns from the sheep the first year were $3.50
for wool and $268 for abs second year, $500 from wool
and ST. 100 from ambs third year. $3.50 from wool and
81 O4O from lambs In addition total of "a lambs were
killed in the three years for home use
The daily morning oasis., 1919-03-29

Official Newspaper Santa Cruz County, Arizona
Official Newspaper of Town of NOgales
The daily morning oasis., 1919-03-29
The
@ w L
! Says

No matter how difficult that
prescription is to fili-our Mr..
Spence can perform the tlick.
Bring your prescription busi-
ness to the OWL.
No, Rafalo, the knots tied
by parson are not all love
knots.
If it's anything in the line
of drugs or sundries-yOu will
find it at the OWL. We cater
to a trade that appreciates the
zest in the line of good goods
kept right and sold right.
Habit is sort of cnattel
mortgage on a mans indivi-
duality.
Our confections are always
fresh-they arrive by express
from the best candy factories
on the Coast. Try the OWL
for the best in candies and con-
fections.
q q p
Make the best Of your sur
roundings. The duck pond is
an ocean to the tadpole.
Have you received your CO.
CA COLA calendar YETI.
There's one here at the OWL
for you. Better come in and
get 1t.
A stitch in time may save a
hole in the hosiery.
"RIISINESS TS COOnu
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1919-06-27

Every one is familiar with the say
ing ITO stick like limpet." hut there
are not so many who know how 1t Il
that a limpet Is able to stick as Il
Ices to the rocks upon which It passes
its existence. The creature is able
by means Of the central portion of ID
body. which can be raised Independent.
~ Of the edge Of frill which surrounds
1t. to create vacuum, much in the
same way that piece Of soft wet
leather can be made to adhere to q
smooth surface by pressing out all the
air. Thus the so-called strength" of
the limpet Is largely due to atmos
pheric pressure {
1t 10 not entirely 50. however, for II
they are closely examined It win be
seen that the shells accommodated
themselves around the edges to the
surface Of the rock upoa which IL
limpet = 1ocatsds ) 1850 81
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e News paper syndicate,

mark by which Schleswig was gwen to
Denmark and the king of Denmark
was recognized as duke OF HOlstein
and authorized to restore order In
that duchy.
Meantime, with the aid OF Russia.
Austria had crushed the Hungarian
rebellion and was stronger than ever.
The outcome of the Danish war had
been humiliation for Prussia and
Frederick William had formed
league Of Prussia, Hanover and Sax
ony, offensive and defensive.
Signed the Convention.
The alliance formed by Prussia
from the first was insincere and soon
broke up. and league Of the four
kings of Saxony, Bavaria. Hanover
and Wurtemburg was formed against
Prussia under the patronage Of Aus
tria. Prussia, however, drew to her
league some Of the smaller German
states, among them Hesse. After the
signing Of the treaty which closed the
war between Denmark and Prussia,
Austria, which had taken hold of and
revived the power Of the diet. prom
Used the car that she would enter
HOlstein. which was still In revolt,
and restore order. The elector Of
Hesse withdrew from his alliance with
Prussia and abrogated a constitution
which had been forced upon him In
1S4S. A revolution drove him from
his throne and he fed to Frankfort to
ask aid from the diet. Bavarian troops
were ordered to occupy Hesse. Prus'
sian troops had also entered the cleo
torate and there was some little fight
ing between the outposts. Austria.
backed by Russia, demanded the dis
solution of the Northern league
formed by Prussia and sent an ulti-
matum demanding the instant with
drawal Of the Prussian troops from
Hesse. Prussia was helpless and
Frederick william dispatched Baron
Manteuffel to 3 Olmutz In Austria
where ne was met by the Austrian
general. Schwazenberg. and on. Mo-
vember %. 1850. the two ENJOYS
signed the Convention Of Olmutx.
1t was complete triumph for Aus
tria and a deep humiliation for Prus-
STA. Prussia agreed to withdraw all
her troops from Hesse. except one
battalion at Cassel, and the right Of
the Austrian emperor to protect Hesse
was recognized. The full significance
of this will be realized from the fact
that electoral Hesse lay between the
two halves of the Prussian kingdom
and its occupation by Austria would
mean an Austrian garrison In the
heart Of Prussia. Also Prussia was
obliged to 90 back on her treaty with
Denmark and agree to help AustriA
force out the Holsteiners vho had In
vaded Schleswig and, finally, to
break up the League Of the North.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1919-06-27
FAMOUS
PEACE TREATIES
CONVENTION OF 0LMUTz, 1850.

BY III. IRVING KIN

At the signing Of the Convention of
Olmutz. Austria appeared for the last
time as the wielder of the hegemony
| of Germany; the convention marked
the last stage Of Prussia's descent In
the scale of Germanic influence un-
der Frederick William Nv and the be-
ginning Of the rise of that nation to
the supreme Teutonic power.
After the Congress of Vienna In
1915 there had been constituted the
Germanic confederation to take the
place Of the defunct Holy Roman en-
pire. 1t was more or less shadOwy
affair, born In trouble and filed with
troubles to the end of its days. In
this confederation Austria. backed by
the states of South Germany. had the
prcpOnderance of power. The revOlu-
tiOnnry movement which swept Eu-
rope in 1S4S shook all Germany. In
Berlin Frederick William was obliged
to make terms with the revolutionists
and at one time II, Austrian emperor
was driven from his capital only to
be reinstated by force of arms. The
question of succession to the throne
Of the duchies Of Schleswig and Hol-
stein was In agitation and Prussia de-
clared war on Denmark. The Russian
car, who as representative of the el-
der branch of the former reigning
house Of Gottorp, sovereigns Of the
duchfee. was personally interested,
and took hand. Russia and Eng
land brought pressure to bear and a
truce was arranged between Denmark
and Prussia while q conference met In
October, 1913. at London. to settle the
dispute. Denmark demanded that
both duchIes should be Enthusiastically
connected" with the Danish crown.
Prussia refused to agree and on April
5. 1S49, the war was renewed.
Prussia Desired Peace.
But, harassed by the actions Of the
confederated council, at Frankfort.
Prussia desired peace, soon opened
direct negotiations with Denmark and
another truce was proclaimed on July
10. The rest Of Germany. led by Aus
tria. declared this indepk ndent action
of Prussia a betrayal the confed.
Grafton which claimed the duchies as
''reichland." The czar said that the
right of the king of Denmark to the
duchies must he recognized; the Hol-
steiners-HOlstein was preponderating-
" German-were rebels and II Den
mark could not restore order In that
duchy he could. Napoleon II alone
supported Prussia and. talking of
the principle of nationalities." which |
we have altered over into the phrase |
INSTRUMENTATION" made overtures
to Frederick William who. rather |
than listen to ''the devils nephew"
as he called Louis Napoleon, placed |
himself In the hands Of Russia; and |
on July 2, 1850. a definitlve treaty |
was signed between Prussia and Den !
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The art Of tailoring In the western
hemisphere appears to have originated
In connection with skin garments rath-
er than those Of cloth. an exchange re-
marks. In the north. throughout the
reindeer and caribou area, well-tailored
skin garments were worn, completely
covering the body. The Eskimos and
caribou hunting Indians cut out pieces
Of skin and fitted them together In In
tricate patterns like q modern tailor.
The tailoring art probably began in
China, whence 1t spread to Europe.
thence to reindeer hunters In Siberia
and across from Asia into the new
world. Along the Pacific coast the abb
original Indians were but scantily clad
and the natives Of Patagonia usually
wore only a breechcloth. although
sometimes capelike robe hanging
from the shoulders was used. In Mex
leo and the Andes region, where the
art of weaving reached Its height. gar
ments retained the angular form In
which they came from the loom.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1919-06-27

row 70 Oteloo0e Dust In Camera.
Dust Is the hand-camera mans con-
slant enemy. Dust out the inside Of
your camera at full bellows extension
at frequent intervals, and pay all plate
holders the same attention. After q
rail or cycle journey or tramp on foot
there Is always a likely chance that
some dust particles may haye got
shaken up and found their way onto
the first plate of a magazine changer
or changing box. or any other contriv-
ance wherein a plate Is uncovered.
Therefore. II a good subject turns up,
1t may well be worth while to assume
that the first plate may be dusty. and
therefore the subject may justify
second plate. If the plates are In hold
ers 1t Is a good plan to take q holder
In one hand and give its lower edge a
good sharp bang on the palm of the
other hand. SO as to disIOdge III for
tune favors us) any dust particles rest
ing on the film surface. The holder is
held in the vertical plane during the
banging process. and with the same
edge lowest which will come lowest
when In the camera.