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Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-26
PERSHING CELEBRATES
(Rv Associated Pross)

LINCOLN, Nebr., Dec. 26-For the
first time since 1915 General John j.
Pershing was with his ten-year-old son,
Warren and other members of the
family for Christmas. He spent the
day quietly, exchanging gifts and gen.
orally enjoying Christmas at the homt
of his sister, Mrs. d. NJ. Butler.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-26
UPHOLD U. S. LAW
(By Associated Press)

LINCOLN, Nebr., Dec. 26-The con-
stitutionality of the state law designed
to curtail the use Of foreign languages
in the Nebraska schools as an Ameri-
canization measure was upheld by the
state supreme court today.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-26
PASSPORTS DENIED
lRv Associated Pressl

Ell PASO, Dec. 26-Hundreds Of Ell
Pasoans and tourists who desired to go
to Juarez, Mexico where liquors of all
kinds can be bought, here was turned
back at the international line bridge be-
tween the two cities Christmas day. No
temporary one day passports We're issu-
ed
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-26
BOMB EXPLODES
(.Bv Associated Press

CBy Associated Press)
PARIS, Dec. 26-Residence of
chief of the conservative party ut
Las Palmas in the Canary Islands
was damaged by the explosion of
bomb yesterday, according to Ma
drid dispatch.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-26
SUBSCRIBE LOAN
(Ry Associated Pressl

NEW YORK, Dec. 26-France's ma
tional credit loan was oversubscrbed
the first day, cable advices received
from Paris by the French commission
state.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-26

The state department in Washington
announced December IS it had been
notified of the intention of the Japa-
nese government to stop giving pic
ture brides" passports when this could
be done without injustice TO such Jap
anese as had progressed so far with
their arrangement to marry as to
warrant consideration.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-26
turn CLOCKSUP
(By Associated Press)

PARIS, Dec. 26-The cabinet today
approved bill providing the turning
ahead of the clocks .one hour. beginning
February l as fuel conservation meas
ure.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-26

Col. c. s. Blodgett. of Rapid City. So.
Dakota, and Mrs s. C. Slocum, OF San
Diego, are spending the holidays with
their son and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. B. Blodgett Of this city.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-26
CHRIS TMAS
OBSERVED
QUIETLY
BY j. s.
Capital Scene of Old-Fash-
ioned Celebration; Persh-
ing Celebrates; Oregon
Football Team FOregOes
Turkey; No Booze.
(BY Associated Pressl

PARIS, Dec. 26-Paris celebrated
her first peace Christmas with great
enthusiasm, great crowds crOwtling
the churches and theaters. The
principle streets of the capital were
filed all night with celebratOrs
and the popular restaurants were
carried by storm.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-26
ENGLISH CHAMPION
K. 0'ED BY FRENCH
(By Associated d Press)

FARIS, Dec. 26-De Pontheiu feath.
erweight champion of Europe, knocked
out the British champion Tency Lee in
the seventeenth round of a fight here
last night.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-26
STOP STRIKES
(By Associated Press)

LONDON, Dec. 26-Seven of the
largest trade unions in Great Britain
have inaugurated movement aimed at
preventing unauthorized strikes.
1t is declared the movement is spon-
sored by the National Union of Gener-
al Workers representing an enormous
membership.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-26
KING TO VISIT S. A.
NV Associated Press)

PARIS, Dec. 26-King Alfonso and
Queen Victoria of Spain will sail for
South America next June according to
Eclair.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-26
GREET THE POPE


ROME, Dec. 26-All of the cardinals
presen in Rome, the patriarches, arch
bishops and ecclestesiastical lay courts
gathered at the vatican to present their
Christmas greetings to the pope.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-26
SEASHELLS FOUND
HIGH IN MOUNTAINS
(Bv Associated Press)

SAN BERNARDINO, Cal, Dec. 90
Drills T. Kennedy, an attorney of San
Bernardino. has returned from an ex-
ploration trip on Painted Hill north Of
Whitewater, which is 40 miles east of
this city. He brought with him samples
of seashslls from the great bed Of a
one-time ocean that is older than Mt.
San Jacinto and a story of seeing an
old Spanish musket and Indian water
vessels in an inaccessible place on the
Hill.
Mr. Kennedy plans to organize a
party to return and get the musket
which he believes is at least 100 years
old. To obtain the relic. somebody
will have to be lowered from a cliff on
rope and then swung into what prob
ably is an old sea-cavern.
Some of the shells. he said, were
found 205O feet above sea. level. He
stated there probably were millions EN-
bedded in the rock formation.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-26
JAPS TO STOP
PICTURE BRIDES
(By Associated Press)

TOXIC, Dec. 26-The Japanese gov
ernment, according to the newspapers
today has decided to discontinue the
issuance of passports permitting pic
ture brides" to proceed to the United
States.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-26
Still They Come
In Press Contest

Below are the names and figures
submitted today i'm the Press POpu.
latiOn contest.
A near fight resulted today when
a party of old time residents assem-
bled in the Press Office to make
their guess. The trOMble started
when two men quarreled over
difference of so people.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-26

II. r. Dizney, deputy sheriff. asks
the Press to thank the members of the
glee club for serenading the inmates
Of the county Jail Christmas eve. The
prisoners appreciated the courtesy very
much.
John d. X. Perry, president of the
AllAmerican canal and soldier settle
ment bureau Of the American Legion.
will address the Mount Signal Farm
Center on the American Legion's con-
nection with the All-American canal
this evening. w. r. Snow and j. stan
ley Brown will also address the meet
Ing.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-24
Great Riches Lie Buried in the Vast,
Untitled Acres Of Siberian Country

Hay is taken to market in small
carts or wagons which necessitates
numerous trips and a waste of time.
Grain is transported in the same
way The ambitious Americans hope
to introduce along with the com
modious hay-rack of the United
States, man-sized wagons, motor
trucks. silos, baling machines, reap
erS, planters and all the other APP
purtenances that make for the Guilt
walton of large areas.
The only horses to be found In
the farming districts are small,
scrawny Manchurian ponies. A draft
horse is unknown.
The Siberians are not fast work
ers-they plod along, methodically
accomplishing just half as much as If
they put in less hours and more
elbow grease"
Can you imagine" said one Amer
lean soldier to me as we stood look.
ing over a great sweep of unplowed
land. what a thousand Woodworking
hustling Americans could make this
country look like in-well. say I'VE
years? Why it would be a paradise
Of wealthy homes and communities
Just as you'll find in any rich farm
ing community in the states"
And l don't believe he exaggerated.
1t will rot be difficult to win a FOR,
tune from the much neglected SOIL
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-24
PVCToS q S1PH,ca 60,
BY PEGGY HULL

I have just completed a thousand
mile trip into northern Siberia. There
is no country richer, more beautiful,
Or more inviting to land-lovers. It's
valleys stretch away into thousands
Of miles instead of hundreds Its
hills and mountains are stocked, NOT
only with great forests, but stored
with gold. coal and other minerals.
NavigabIe rivers, well distributed,
solve the difficult problem of trans
portation. In the hands of men like
the pioneers of America, Siberia
could be developed into strong and
prosperous nation.
Ali these years it's possibilities
have been ignored Long rows OF
brick barracks in the villages are
bleak reminders that it was once the
dumping ground of intrigue and po-
litical tragedy. Great two and three
domed churches tower above the
squalor and poverty which, under the
right tutelage and a just government,
could be turned into comfort and
plenty.
Less than tenth of this fertile
country is under cultivation. There
are thousands of acres of virgin SOIL
because it has been impossible for
the Siberian settler to develop more
than a small tract with his crude
and homemade tools. All the work
is done by hand and oxen instead
of horses are used for hauling and
MI .
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-24
Another Dead Sea Is
Found Off ENGLAND

A sea in which nothing may live
has come into being off the south
east coast of England. 1t is a sec
ond Dead Sea.
Formerly this sea abounded in life.
1t was the home of the succulent
shrimp, the merry mussel, the win
some whelk and the coy cookie. Now
the natural home OF these domestic
dainties has fallen under blight,
and they have been obliged to pack
up their shells and silently steal
away.
Pegwell Bay is where the Dead Sea
lies. 1t was once the most famous
of the shellfish areas. Its downfall
is traced to the sinking of an oil
tank steamer early in the war. The
vessel was torpedoed one night and
thousands of gallons of crude oil
flooded over the Downs. -. ...4
The oil swamped the haunts OF
shrimp, mussel, whelk and cookie
They were fabricated to death. Fur
Their sinkings caused more poison to
invade the shellfsh beds. the
shrimps' breeding waters, and now
the whole area is dead.-Detroit
Free Press
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-24
THE TOYS OF CHINA.


Chinese boys and girls are just as fond
of toys and games as the children of other
lands, although to look at their solemn
little faces one would hardly think SO.
The little Chinese boy has big pocket in
the front of his red pinafore that he loves
to fill with all sorts Of thngs-bits of string,
top, coins and especially candy. His
sweetmears are very hard, some of them
like our rock candy. but they taste good
to him. He also likes the queer nuts, melon
seeds and bits Of sugar cane, that he buys
in the streets from man who goes around
with two baskets hanging across his shout
ders. The toys that the children buy, also
from man in the street. are generally
cheap figures of animals or of human beings,
made of clay or paper.
The little Chinese girls play at Emitting
the ball. a game Of which all of them
are very fond. They bounce the ball en-
the floor with the palm of their hands and
try to see how long they can keep 1t going.
They also have another ball game like bat
tledore and shuttlecock, only they keep the
Sometimes a very small boy flies big
kite, and his father and his GRANDPA Their
like to fly kites well as he does, which
seems strange TO US; but kite flying is a
great amusement for boys and men in
China. where they make wonderful kites.
in the shape Of birds, butterflies and drag
ons, with outspread wings-kites that look
very gorgeous they hand in the air.
Chinese girls do not play much with dolls.
but both they and the boys spin tops, which
are made of bamboo, and hum loudly. The
children get much excitement over Punch
and Judy shows. They also dearly love to
keep pets such as goldfish, rabbits ana
birds. They have many riddles, nursery
rhymes and games that they play together.
Some of the games are very. much like
Europe play, such as blindman's bluff and
pusS in the corner.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-24
Shade, Water and Proper Feed,
Hot Weather Hints for Hens

may be fed separated in pan, and
the beef scrap in the above ration
should be reduced one-half.
Whenever it is possible growing
chicks should be allowed free range
so that they may obtain as mucn
| natural green food, such as grass:
alfalfa and clover. as they need.
| Green feed is an excellent tonic for
chicks, and when they can not OBJ
| tain it on range such substitutes as
| sprOuted oats, cut clover, alfalfa,
mangel beets or cabbage should be
| fed daily.
Clean, Fresh Water Needed
| The Importance of clean, fresh
| water can not be overestir' teH. In
very not weather fresh water Should
be provided twice daily, and when
| ever possible the water should be
placed in the shade. The waten pail
| should be cleaned every day before
| fresh water is added. On many
farms, where both chicks and larger
| fowls have access to the same range
a wire-covered frame should be
made to protect the feed intended
! for the growing chicks. An opening
! of about four inches is left at the
bottom of the frame so that the
| chicks may run under to get then
feed.
An abundance of free range should
be provided if the chicks are tc
| make rapid, vigorous growth. Con
fining them to a limited range no
only increases the chances of dis
eases and loss of vigor, but als'
tends to increase the cost of feed
ing. Chickens on free range obtair
considerable food. such as worms
and bugs. which help to reduce tn
cost of feeding.
Poultrymen should exercise every
effort to maintain clean and sanitar!
coops and houses. Disease mos
frequently starts in unclean quar-
tiers. Each house should be cleane'
at least once a week, and clean SANE
and straw litter should be scatter
ed over the floor, When the chick
are confined to a limited range tn
ground should be spaded at freouen
intervals. so as to provide fresi
| ground for them to scratch III
Chicks should be examined occasion
ally for lice or mites, and if thes
pests are present immediate step
| cbo, he fa1< a inst them
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-24
THE FOOD SITUATION

The high cost of food is still agi-
tAting the public mind. This is nat
ural, for the tendency of all staples
seems to be upward. There is no
apparent relief in sight. The regu-
Atious of the food administrat ton
shaving been abrogated as they per-
tanned to the handling of our prin-
cipal foodstuffs. and the patriotic
and inspirational forces leading to
conservation have been abolished.
there is a tendency to again live
more in the old pre-war style and be
especially lavish in the use of meats,
breadstuffs and fats. Across the
water there are still 100000, 600 half
starved, dissatisfied. unhappy people.
Ia a sense many of them are bank
rdpt. and this applies to the nation
as we'll as it's citizens. Large areas
of their land are not being cultivated
at all, or only in a half-hearted way.
This is due to the destructive intiu-
ences of the war. to the lack of agrl-
cultural implements, to deficiency
in available labor, to the need of ter-
tilizers, and the lack of draft ami
mails 1t is exactly tantamount TO
the problem of the hungry neighbor
next door who must be fed or starve.
The peace of the world and the tu-
ture Of civilization are bound up IN
the conditions existing across the
water We in the united states dlS
still the one nation with great re-
serves of money, raw materials. food,
and unlimited industrial resources at
our command.
The above statement has been
written not from any pessimistic
point of view. but to call and focus
public attention upon existing facts.
TO emphas size some of the conditions
that have crea ted the present sltua-
, ton. to show the dangers which lie
ahead. and to demonstrate the need
of concentrating our energies more
chan ever on food production and
conservation. Apparently we will
sexport during this fiscal year approx
imately s10,00O.O 100000 worth of
products. A good proportion of this
will be represented by food. With
such demands upon us, is it surpris-
ing that the cost of living should
tend to increase. that hogs should
bring in Georgia, the unprecedented
price of approximately 20 cents a
pound. that beef cattle should sell
at from II cents to IA cents pound,
that new Irish potatoes should be
worth 81 bushel. and that every
product of the soil should be in great
demand at what we must now re-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-24
HOW TO HANDLE NITRATE OF
SODA

W. NJ. T., Villa Rica, Ga. writes:
would like to know your reason for
stating that mira tie of soda need not be
cultivated into the ground. 1 want to
make two bales of cotton per acre on
five acres. 1 put thirteen loads of ma
nure in the drill and then broadcast
some fifteen loads top after plant
ing. l put in with the manure about
100 pounds Of acid and put in the mid
dies 400 pounds more, and have used
200 pounds guano. will use 100 pounds
of soda per acre. Can l use some guano
with advantage with the soda, or is it
too late?
Nitrate of soda, as you probably
know, is very quickly and thorough
ly dissolved by the water in the soil,
II you will scatter some of it along
side the drill row where the crop is
growing, where there is a reasonable
amount of moisture in the soil, and
let it alone you will find that it has
apparently disappeared by the next
morning, or certainly within the next
day or two. The capillary water ris-
ing to the surface is sufficient to
cause 1t to be dissolved and absorbed
into the soil.
The tendency of most fertilizing
materials is to sink deeply and rap
idly into the land, especially where
the soils are well drained. A con-
siderable part of the nitrogen in a
given area of land often escapes
through the drainage waters. AS nj
trate of soda is so quickly available
to plants it has never been consid-
cred good practice to bury it into the
soil unless small amount of it is
used in association with other fer
tilizers to induce the rapid starting
Of the crop. The reason it is used as
q top dressing is because it is
quickly dissolved and becomes avail
able to plants. In an exceedingly dry
spell one might be justified occsion-
ally in covering it lightly into the
soil. but this is not often advisable.
These are the reasons for using it in
The manner indicated and if you fol-
low this method of application you
viii certainly obtain as good results
rs from any method of application
you could pursue
Judging from what you say about
your land, and in view Of the large
amounts of yard manure and acid
phosphate you have already applied
we hardly think that the use of adj
ditional fertilizer should be neces-
saEy. We are inclined to think that
the one element which is most likely
to give you results would be nitro
gen. and where one Is seeking for an
extraordinary yield such as you have
in mind it may be good practice to
use as much as 200 pounds nitrate
of soda, put on say in three or four
applications about a week to ten days
apart. Cotton. of course, is late this
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-24

Shade and protection from the
glare and heat of Old Sol mean bet
ter and more cheaply matured pull
lets. more summer eggs from the
laying fowl, and general abundance
of hen happiness.
Plenty of shade should be provided
especially for growing chicks, in
order that they may thrive and
prosper during warm weather. Shell
ter furnished by plants or trees is
much cooler than that afforded by
buildings or other artlhclal means.
Chicks allowed to range in orchards
will not only find ample shade and
green food, but will benefit the
trees as well as themselves by de-
stroying insects and worms. Corn
or sunfloWeTs will help to provide
the necessary shade, or artificial
protection may be obtained by sup"
porting frames covered with burla1I
or branches of trees few feet above
the ground.
Summer Calls for Care
Although chicks may be Matched
from strong, vigorous stock and
carefully brooded, their growth will
be retarded unless they receive the
proper attention during warn,
weather.
Growing chicks should be pro.
vided with plenty of nutritious food
including green Stuf1, dry maSh anc
grain. AS a supplement to the greer
food which the chicks will rustic or
the free range, a grain mixture, con.
sisting of six parts cracked corn
| three parts wheat, two parts hull
ed oats, and one part Kaf1r corn
should be fed where possible. Thu
| ration may be varied according t
grains available, providing the feed
| ing value is mainland. AS the chic!
| get older clipped oats may be uset
instead of hulled oats. In addition
| to the above feed, dry mash shoIlC
| be fed in a hopper to which thu
chicks can have access at all times
| A good mixture for this purpose con
sists of two pounds of corn meal
one pound of nliddlings, four pounds
of rolled oats, two pounds OF Whea
| bran and two and one-half pound
| of beef scrap. Charcoal grit AM
ground oyster shell should be avail
ubIe constantly so that the chick
| can help themselves. If continuou
| SuOnIy of skim milk is available !
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-24
Ranch Owner Retires
And Shares His Farm

II. D. Watson, of Kearney, Neb..
who owns a ranch of 10000 acres,
on which is the largest dairy barn
\ the world, has decided to retire
from active farming, and plans to
thereby inviting hundreds Of per
sons to return to the soil
Mr.. Watson's plan provides for a
colony of 200 families or about /, 900
persons. Mr.. Watson says that he
will .ccept applicants without a
c-nt of money, but that they must
be of good health and willing to
work, and he assures them at the
end of 10 years it will be possible
for each to be worth $4,000. Each
will have the exclusive use of 100
acres. The plan is both altruistic
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-24
Worlds Future Food Supply VIII Be Gotten
Largelv From Oceans Depths, Says SCENTS

world, freed by science from the raw
ages of disease and wars, shall con-
tinue to increase even more rapidly
than it has hitherto, and the limits of
agriculture have been reached, we
may yet find in mother ocean the
final impulse that will carry civiliZa-
ton on to it's goal. This indeed IS
visionary. We shall at least, through
this projected exploration, extend
the boundaries of human knowledge
and add greatly to the wealth of the
world"
Representative are In attendance
from Washington, Oregon, California,
Idaho. Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Alas
ka, British Columbia, Mexico, Hawaii
and the Philippines. The member
ship of the associations Pacific divi-
sion, comprising 1850, includes in
addition to noted scientists, men of
affairs. manufacturers, agriculture
lists. orchardists and many from 9TH
az wa ks of life
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-24

The problem of how to meet the
increasing food demand for the bill
lions of persons born in the future is
being discussed this week at Pasa-
dena, Cal, where 400 world-knoWn
scientists are gathered.
Their answer to the question Of
where the food is to be gotten is
the sea-"
every little is known of the re-
sources of the Pacific ocean or OF any
ocean. for that matter says one
scientist. when it is stated that the
organic productivity of the ocean
very probably exceeds that Of the
land the significance of scientific ex-
ploration in this field becomes ap-
parent
I'm the vision of the scientist, the
ocean. that great source of life IN
this planet, may yet prove to be our
main reliance for food and susie
nance.
"When the population of the