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The daily banner., 1919-08-14
Sit Tight and Wait Awhile

Living is high! Well, we've
known all during the war that hv-
ing was bound to be high. Thirty
million men in arms; world in de-
structive chaos for four years. OF
course living is high.
But everything that can be done
to make it lower will be done. The
whole country is aroused. These in
mere talkfests.
yestigations are not going to be
There is an emotional tension
throughout the country that causes
men who should be cooler and saner
to talk in terms of revolution"
There is bound to be emotional
tension. The world has been stirred
to it's very depths in the way a great
glacial lake might be stirred by con-
tinuous earthquakes.
1t is natural and forgivable that
many people with heads not as level
as they might be, with nerves not as
placid as they might be, should be
running around in circles momen-
tarily awaiting red ruin, utterly con-
fident that everything is going to
the .demnition bow-wows.
Meanwhile, however, it happens
that there is a higher standard of liv
ing for greater masses of people in
this fortunate country today than in
any nation the sun has ever shone
upon.
Meanwhile, moreover, it happens
that, with all the privilege, prof1teer-
ings, war profits and the rest of it.,
there is a more equitable distribu-
tion of wealth in this country today
than in any great nation the sun has
ever shone upon.
Europe is in very real and certain
distress. Austen Chamberlain pre-
diets bankruptcy for England. Mil
lions of Europeans are close up
against bitter and grim realities of
physical suffering.
The pound sterling is worth only
$4.32. An American dollar will buy
nearly eight French francs.
People of America will eat moth
ing but the very best wheat -four
bread" proclaims Mr.. Pillsbury, of
Minneapolis.
When beef tongues get scarce at
rs cents and dollar pound" says
Mr.. Healy. of WASHINGTON, sit
seems the people want more than
ever"
The eight-hour day is pretty near
ly universal in this country. Auto
mobiles are everywhere. Amuse-
ments and luxuries abound through
out the length and breadth of the
land.
The institutions of this country
have worked wondrously well for
six generations. They are like a
sound ship which may not have all
the newest-fangled attachm ents, but
which is, nevertheless, sound and
stanch in a high sea where most
nearby ships are old and on the
verge of collapse or else so new that
no storm has tested them.
A Jazz" period in thought, war
and politics has shaken all our
nerves. But are we Americans, who
have priced horse sense, sanity and
calmness, to get fiighty and light
headed in such serious days as
these? Are we to display less poise
than the tobacco-spitting wood
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| whiting Americans of those earlier
periods which more desperately tri-
ed mems souls?
Things are wrong in all the world.
They are very slightly wrong, by
comparison, in America.
Is the emotional tension of Europe
going to sweep us off our fet simply
because we have become so used to
comfort, to luxury, to incredibly
high standards of living that we
strain greedily after that little more
which hangs out over a precipice?
No clear-headed man can fail to
see that restlessness in America is
becoming dangerous. No clear-head.
ed man can fail to see that every
American of every class has every
thing to lose and nothing to gain by
shortsighted self1shness and by fran
tic, misguided efforts toward some
lndeterminate good in such times as
this.
If we sit tight for just a few mon
tbs the tension of the world will re-
lax. Other peoples who are expert
menting-under the pressure of dire
necessity-with new devices of gov
ernment and industrial relations will
furnish us object lessons from which
we can take what is good and re-
fuse what is bad.
If we do not sit tight, If we act
with our wishbones and our spinal
columns rather than with our brains,
much that is finest and best in Ameri
can life, much of the present great
new chances for greater happiness OF
the greatest number will go-crash!
There is an ancient British motto
which reads: "Wayte AWhyle!
Wayte Awhyle!"
1t is up to every sane man who
recognizes Americas marveious bene
fits and her very minor defects in
these serious times to sit tight and
to wait a while.
There will be crash otherwise.
And America will find herself man
gled amid the ruins of a structure
foolishly destroyed a structure
which all the rest of the world both
envied for it's stability and needed
as a observation-disclosures Sun. =
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Summer Complaint.

During the hot weather OF the
summer months some member OF al
most every family is likely to be
troubled with an unnatural loose
ness of the bowels, and it is Of the
greatest importance that this be
treated promptly. which can only be
done when the medicine Is kept at
hand. Mrs. F. F, Scott, Scottsville,
N. Y, states, 81 first used Chamber
lain's Collie and Diarrhoea Remedy as
much as five years ago. At that time
I had a severe attack of summer com
plant and was suffering intense pain.
One dose relieved me. Other mem
bers of my family have since used 1t
with like results. ADV.
The daily banner., 1919-08-14
No Worms in a Healthy Child

All children troubled with worms
have an unhealthy color, which in
dicates poor blood. and as a rule.
there is more or less stomach distur-
banee. GROVES TASTELEss chill
TONIC given regularly for two or
three weeks will enrich the blood, i'm
prove the digestion, and act as a
General Strengthening Tonic to the
whole system. Nature will then
throw of or dispel the worms, and
the Child Will be in perfect health.
Pleasant to take. 60c. per bottle
ADV.
The daily banner., 1919-08-14
WHITEWASH AS MARK
White Poles Show That Highway is
State-Owned And Kept Up From
Fund

State-Owned And Kept Up From
Fund.
If you look at the telegraph or
telephone poles and find that they
are whitewashed, the State Roads
Commission is to blame if the Grad
is not in proper condition. II there
is no whitewash on the pole the road
is not State highway, and some
body other than the State Roads
Commission is to be given the knocks
That is the way Frank H. Zouck,
chairman of the State Roads Com
mission, is answering some of the
complaints about roads in the sub
urbs of Baltimore city. So few mo-
torcar drivers know where the new
city boundaries lie that they fre-
quently mistake for State roads what
are now under construction to be
classed as city streets. So this year
the Roads Commission adopted the
plan of whitewashing the wire poles,
as well as the culvert heads and pro-
jecting rocks along the roadsides to
make them more conspicuous at
night. And the whitewashing stops
|sharply at the new city line. So il
one finds bad road leading into
Baltimore 1t Is not a State road, even
if it was one last year, unless the
poles are 7whitewashed.
When the State roads were turned
over to the city they had been put in
f1rst-class condition, said Mr.. Zouck,
and it is now. the duty of the city
government to maintain them. And
for this purpose the city is allotted
one-ffth of the net proceeds of the
automobile license fund each year.
This, engineers say, should be sufti-
eient to keep these highways in con-
dition.
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SOng-Bird Pot Pie

Robin pot-pie will probably not be
popular among the residents of the
State of New York for sometime to
come, as the Conservation Commits
sion of New York, through the Fed
eral authorities, have just admins
tered a lesson costing $500 in the
form of a penalty imposed on John
Verza, of Marlboro, New York, that
Robins are not legal article of food
in New York State.
This party was prosecuted by E.
P. Nolan, one of the Commissions
game protectors. In formation was
given Mr.. Nolan by a farmer who
had seen Verza shooting at a flock
of Robins. A search was made of
his residence and there were found
hidden in wine vat eighty-three
Robins and two Cedar Waxwings.
Verza was arrested and placed by
Judge Hutchins, under $1,000 bail.
Vera liability for this violation
aggregated $4,000, however, a COM
promise was agreed to by w. T.
Moore, Deputy Attorney-General, who
handled the case, and action was dis
missed upon Verza's settlement OF
$500
The daily banner., 1919-08-14
Ask Anyone Who Has Used 1t.

There are families who always
aim to keep a bottle of Chamberlain's
Collie and DiaFrhoea Remedy in the
house for use in case It is needed, and
find that It is not only good invest
ment, but saves them no end Of suf-
fering. AS to It's reliability, ask any
one who has used it.-Ady.
The daily banner., 1919-08-14
FOR SALE

zEFOR tional, 4 p. p,
hay baler, been Used two seasons, only
$3.50. Jas. r. Jones. S11-3t.
The daily banner., 1919-08-14
- Chronic Constipation.

1t is by no means an easy matter
to cure this disease, but it can be
done in most instances ~ taking
Chamberlain's Tablets and comply
ing with the plain printed directions
that accompany each package ADV
The daily banner., 1919-08-14
stomach And Liver Troubles.

No end of misery and actual suff-
ering is caused by disorders Of the
stomach and livcr, and may be aYoi-
ded by the use OF lChamberlain's Tab
lets. Give them 2. trial. They only
cost a quarter.--Adv.
The daily banner., 1919-08-14
e Gold bricks won't do for building


. Gold bricks won't do for building
material.
There's no place like home with
a donbg ghboy in it. p
Certain. foreign lands would rath-
er be fed than ruled.
The unspeakable Turk remains
the immovable nuisance.
There's nothing like a olue law
to make some people see rel.
One trouble seems to be that
there isn't enough earth to go round.
America is big place, but it is
not large enough for any bolsheviki.
The daily banner., 1919-08-14

FOR SALE-MaxweH touring car,in
good condition. VIM. ]. Tw1lley, 311
Maryland Ave-, Cambridge. S2-tf.
The daily banner., 1919-08-14
GOCDMEDAL
s1kkAL EN- on
gsHs25yIsa

The worlds standard remedy for kidney,
liver, bladder and uric acid troubles and
National Remedy of Holland since 1896.
Three sizes, all druggists. Guaranteed.
Look for the name Gold Medal on every box
and Accanf no imitation
The daily banner., 1919-08-14
WANTED

FOR RENT-House on Muir street
Phillips Hdw. Co. 8-11-6t.
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DON'T
DESPAIR

If you are troubled with pains or
aches; feel tired; have headache,
indigestion, insomnia; painful pass
age Of urine, you will find relief in
The daily banner., 1919-08-14

No odds what your religious faith
may be. your work must be work
for humanity. Gods work on earth
is all done by hand, so far as man is
concerned.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-14
bomb SHELL
THROWN | \.
MURDER CASE
BY THE STATE

The prosecution sprang a genuine
sensation of the afternoon session of
the "Albert Joe" murder case, when
the girl-widow, a Mexican by birth,
in hating English recounted the dy-
ing statement Of her Hindu husband
"a statement made while the swirl
ing smoke from the murderer's weap-
on was still in the air.
81 heard a shot, followed by the
agonized voice of my husband, cry
ing, 'Rulia Singh is killing me-" de-
clared Mrs. Albert joe 81 ran to the
separator house, where he had been
working, and leaned over him. His
first words were:
Ria Singh is killing me- l heard
Rulia's voice saying, ''You --;
that's what you get for keeping Be-
linda (Rulia Singh's former wife and
the mother of Mrs. Albert Joe) from
me."'"
This testimony-the first to direct
ly connect the defendant with the Kill
ling, was not brought out in the pre-
liminary hearings, leaving the defense
attorneys no intimation that such
damaging evidence was in existence.
Mrs. Albert Joe, to date, is the
star witness for the state She also
told of the family relations, the fl
nal break between the defendant and
his wife. and threats that Rulia Singh
is aggede to have made against the
dead man.
While District Attorney f. R. ST.
mon declined to discuss the future
revelations in the case, it was un-
derstood that he will introduce one
and possibly two, witnesses whose tes.
timony will be used to break dowr
the alibi which is the defense's stron.
gest card.
Deputy Sheriff Ridgeway was also
strong witness for the prosecution
He told of the meeting with Rulis
Singh at the hospital in Holtville the
night of the tragedy. Ridgeway de-
clared that when the officers entered
the room Rulia Singh was in bed, but
was wide awake and did not deny the
assertion of the doctor that "he (Ru.
lia) was not sick"
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-14
SUFFRAGE
EQUAL IN
NEW B0(;HE.
REPUBLIC.
Program of the New Ger
man Government Includes
Equal Rights to Both Men
and Women.
(By Associated Press)

Copenhagen, Feb. 14.-The program
Of the new German government, which
has just been published at Berlin, in
cludes equal rights for men and wom-
en-, improvement in the educational
system, conscription along democrat
ic lines to establish a peoples army,
rationing 1t maximum prices of food
and necessaries, care of wounded and
the families of those killed during the
war; socialization of all industries
ripe for such treatment, particularly
coal and iron, and considerable addi-
tions to the income tax.
The foreign affairs program de-
clares for peace along the lines laid
down by President Wilson, but refus-
ing any people of violence; for repat-
ration of German prisoners of war;
for establishment of league of ma
tions, with disarmament and an OBJ
hgatory court of arbitration, that
war may be impossible in the flu
ture.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-14
SNIFFLES, A NEW
HOG DISEASE, is
FOUN ID H ERE

An entirely new disease of hogs in
this section has been uncovered by
Dr.. ]. w. Logan, government expert,
and DR.. w. o. Johnson, Imperial coun-
ty farm adviser. By the timely ad-
vice given following the discovery the
ailment will likely be stamped out be-
fore it develops proportions.
The Latin terms OF the disease is
of little concern to the ranchers, but
the common name is snifflees. 1t is
caused by the little pigs playing and
gnashing each other with their tusks
An abscess forms in the wound, when
the germs propagate therein and the
disease spreads.
DR.. Logan advises that the pigs be
caught, the wounds scraped out until
free of the gus, then the cavity treat
ed with so per cent solution of 10
dine. This will stop the spread and
stamp out the disease. Of course the
pigs should be isolated.
DR.. Johnson will shortly issue a
bulletin for the entire valley so as to
render the disease purely local and
confined only to few isolated cases
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-14
BOOSTER BODY
THANKS S. D.
MEN FOR WORK

The Chamber of Commerce, through
Secretary S. w. Leffingwell, has
written letters to Colonel Ed Fletch-
er, and to William Tompkins, eXecu-
tive secretary of the San Diego
Chamber of Commerce, thanking them
for their good work at the San Fran
cisco Good Roads Conyeftion. This
meet approved the Expenditure of
about 81 100000 for highway construc-
ton in the Valley, The letters fol-
low:
civilian Tomkins, Executive Sec
retary, Chamber of Commerce, San
Diego, Calif.-Dear Mr. Tompkins;
We congratulated your organization
and your city on the good work ac-
complished by Colonel Ed Fletcher in
the San Francisco convention. The
completion of the Ell CentrO- Yuma
road will bring hundreds of auto tour
lists through our Valley and to youl
city who would otherwise go via Park
er or Needles to Los Angeles"
Colonel Ed Fletcher, San Diego
Cali.-Dear Mr.. Fletcher: This Cham.
ber extends congratulations on the
good work accomplished in the Sar
Francisco convention. We deeply ap
preciate your boosting spirit and the
kindly feeling always manifested to-
ward our valley
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-14
BRITAIN CASTS
HER LIVES FOR
MORE MONEY
(By Associated Press)

London, Feb. 14.-Captain Amery,
member from South Birmingham,
speaking on behalf of the government
in the House of Commons on the pro-
posed amendment to reply to the ad-
1ress from the throne suggesting
stimulation of national undertakings
throughout the empire, said the ma
ton was approaching the limits OF
It's ordinary methods of revenue. He
added it was advisable to inquire
whether a system of partnership with
industry was not feasible. He said
this plan might create a new source
of wealth where individual enterprise
might not be tempted to venture. He
said that undoubtedly there were
great problems regarding which the
empire might inquire regarding the
possibility of development.
London, Feb. 14.-The industrial sit
uation in Great Britain at this time
is making the Peace Conference and
world reconstruction merely minor is
sues.
The demands of the miners and rail
way men, with the high cost of food
and other problems of domestic recon-
struction, command the chief atten-
ton of the newspapers.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-14
B. D. IRVINE
NAMED PRES.
BUREAU
YEAR 'l9

New officers to guide the destinies
of the organization during the cur
rent year were elected late yester-
day at meeting of the directors of
the Farm Bureau. They were:
President, B. D. Irvine Of the Mag
nolia district.
Vice president, c. F. Boarts, West
moreland district.
Directors at large: DR.. B. R. Gran
dali, Holtville; w. w. Cochran, Ell
Centre; Mike Liebert, Seeley.
An important subject of discussion
was that of the Inauguration of hog
auction sales under the auspices
of the Farm Bureau, to be held at
regular intervals at various Valley
points. The hog auction sales have
been proving very profitable to ranch
ers in other parts of the state. A
committee to have charge of these
sales was appointed consisting of w
w. Cochran, A. H. Smithson and B
d. Irvine.
1t was announced that A. M. Mel
son, former county development agent
would return to this, position an(
resume his desk in the Farm Bureau
office.
A resolution that all vice presidents
of farm bureau centers be requested
to attend the regular monthly meet
ings> of the directors, in case of the
absence of the president, was passed
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-14
CALL N EE 7
TO CONSIDER
PROBLEM. OF


TIE first definite step to handle
the twin problems of unemployment
and the returned soldier has been
taken by the Imperial County Farm
Bureau directors in the appointment
of a special committee which will meet
tomorrow morning at the court house
for a consideration of these questions.
Invitations are extended to eX-sol-
diers and sailors to confer with this
committee to reach an understanding
on the kind and character of the work
desired and a fair and proper wage.
The committee consists of DR.. B. R.
Crandall of Holtville, c. F. Boarts of
Brawley. ID. F. HARRISON of Seeley,
T. d. Mccall of Imperial and w.
w. Cochran of Ell Centre. The bu-
reau issued statement covering the
meeting, as follows:
"The directors of the Imperial
County Farm Bureau at their regu-
lar meeting, February l3, appointed
a committee of five to meet with all
former service men, especially those
of Imperial Valley. to discuss with
them present labor conditions. The
question of their location on ranches
and a fair and proper wage will be-
up for discussion. An invitation i.
hereby extended to all ex soldiers ant
sailors to meet with this committe,
Saturday morning, February Is, a
10 o'clock, in the courthouse at f
Centre.
"The Farm Bureau directors fee
that, in view of the present congest
ed labor conditions, our soldier boy
should be given the first consideration
and that every effort should be mad
to find positions for them. "
1t is possible that after getting tn,
viewpoint of the 'boys" at the con
ference, the committee may submi
recommendations to the supervisor
that the county Immediately undertake
many needful public improvements
such as roads and courthouse, to pro
vide sufficient work to take up the
| surplus labor.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-14
ARMY OFFICER
ENDS LENGTHY
AERIAL TRIP
(By Associated Press)

San Francisco, Feb. 14.-Major AL
bert Smith, plotting the lone remain
ing airplane of squadron of five
trip from New York, is expected tc
arrive at Rockwell Field tomorrow
according to a telegram from the ma.
jor, saying he would leave Fort Bliss
today and would make stops at Phoe-
nix and Tucson
Accompanying the major as pas
senger and mascot is Flu, police
dog, reputed to have established an
unenviable record in criminal work
in the metropolis. He is reported to
be the first dog to essay transcon-
tinental aerial journey.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-14
MILITARY BEGIN
INVESTIGATION
BUTTE, STRIKE
(By Associated Press)

Butte, Feb. 14.-Major General
Morrison, commander of the Western
department, began today an investi-
cation of the strike of the miners,
which has now entered upon it's sec
ond week.
No violence was recorded during
the last "a hours.
The machinists have voted to re-
turn to work, making the first defec-
tion from the ranks of the strikers
or from those. who endorsed the walk
out.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-14
(By Associated Press)

London, Feb. 14.-Reports of re-
billion in Rumania have been current
for nearly month, but all emanated
from German and Austrian sources
and they are not confirmed by ad-
vices from disinterested points. The
Rumanian legation here knows
nothing regarding the outbreak, and
attached no importance to reports
received yesterday from Berlin. The
legation said it had known for many
months that German and Russian Boil
shevists, amply supplied with money,
had been working in Rumania, trying
to cause anarchy and deposition of
the dynasty.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-14
Cattle Rustler
Charge Dropt

Failure to establish the crime or
insufficiency of evidence was respon-
sihle for the dismissal of cattle rest
ling charge brought against Con Mon
tajano at a preliminary hearing held
this morning before Justice of the
Peace Isaac Mayfield.
Montajano was accused of running
two cows off the Becker ranch, To-
Gated near the border, and running
them over into Old Mexico for dis
posal at fancy prices.
C. B. Conlin was the defendants at
torney, while Dorsey Whitelaw repre-
sented the state.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-14
Camp Beacon
WantsReading

Mrs. Thomas Beeman, head of the
war library work in Imperial coun-
ty, has received another urgent ap-
peal for magazines, Reading matter
and photograph records for the SOL
diers on border duty at~Camp Beacon,
CaleXico.
She asks that those who have ar
ticles Of this description to give the
soldiers for their amusement in off
duty hours to kindly leave them during
the coming week at the Farm Bureau
in the Court House building.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-14
BILLIARDS. IN
WEST COUNTRY
DELAYS TRAINS
(By Associated Press)

Denver, Feb. lathe blizzard in
western Kansas and Nebraska con-
tinues unabated, according to early
reports received at Denver. General
weather conditions in the storm area,
which appears to be about fifty miles
wide, were unchanged. Telegraph,
telephone and railroad officials were
hopeful that the storm would soon
break. No eastern trains have ar
rived in Denver during the past "a
hours.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-14
FRANCE MAKES RESERVATIONS
(By Associated Press

Paris, Feb. 14.-Leon Bourgeois, in
giving Frances adherence to the So
ciety of Nations today at the plenary
session of the Peace Conference, will
make understood certain reservation
in the name of France the exact view
point of which he will disclose, ac-
cording to the Havas agency.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-14
FOUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
REOPEN IN DENVER
(By Associated Press)

Denver, Feb. 14.-Four schools,
closed by the engineers strike, re-
opened today with substitute engineers
on duty. Twenty are still closed.
Mothers of school children are picket
ing school where substitute engineers
are working to prevent interference by
the strikers with the running of the
schools
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-14
DEFERRED ACTION.

Seattle, Feb. 14.-The local union
has deferred action in regard to the
coastwide strike of telephone opera
tors and electrical workers, it is an
nounced.
Officials said the grievances may
be laid before a special convention
of the Pacific Coast District of the
Metal Trades Council in Portland,
Monday.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-14

ceptional cases such as those indicated
above.
"The court offices and records are
always open for inspection, and in
formation is gladly given to those
who desire to know the facts.
"Yours very truly,
"FRANKLIN J. COLE"