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Imperial Valley press., 1920-11-02

quate salaries for county officials
and their deputies.
We submit herewith a copy Of a
part of the testimony taken before
this body, and as soon as Transcribed
will file a copy of the balance.
N. J. Reid and Dan Weist, county
tax collector and deputy county as
SCISSOR were called the same day
The evidence introduced by them vas
IN line with other officers.
The report on file in the office Of
the county clerk is that of the first
session of the grand jury held Novem-
Der 70 and contains the testimony of
Y. N. Adams, superintendent of the
county farm; Harry l.. Barker, ur-
dersheriff; c. W. Barton, county
treasurer. Major S. Cook, county
clerk; w. D. Carey, auditor; E. r.
Simon, district attorney; N. J. Reid,
tax collector and Dan Weist, assessor.
Adams gave evidence as to the
pumber of men and women connected
with his department, their salaries,
increases and expenses paid by the
county, The automobiles operated
by the department and their cost of
WalHtenanceS.
Evidence as to the increase granted
the deputies in the office of III.
sheriff was given by Undersheriff
Harry Barker, who stated that by
special provision the board of surer-
Ivisors added $500 per month to ths
salaries Of the deputies by appoint
ing them deputy purchasing agents.
The original salaries of the deputies
is $125 he said. The salary of the
sheriff is $3.50 month, and the un-
dersheriff 5000, he said in response
to que&ion to that effect. The
sheriff is also allowed 500 month
for the upkeep of his car, the Cadil-
lac, and 25 cents mile on the Ford
and Overland owned by him and used
in the civil department.
AS to the number of persons en-
ployed in the sheriff's office Barker
stated there were four in the civil
department and four in the criminal
not including Jack Ridgway, bailift
Of Department 2 of the Superior
court, who was appointed with the
creating of the new department is not
paid by the state as the other officers
are. His salary comes from the gen.
eral county fund.
An allowance of 25 cents a meal is
made by the county for feeding the
prisoners or one dollar a day if they
are working on the chain gang
"Then," he said, "they are giveI
three meals day instead of two.'
Provisions are made for the feeding
of federal and city prisoners, Barke,
explained.
That eight men is none too many
was the expression used by the un
dersheriff when he pointed out tn,
Jail is filled to capacity and over
flooding all the time. "At the presen
time" he said the Jail will hold Al
men and when l left this morning W.
had AZ booked. This condition pre-
walls at all times"
c. w. Barton explained the opera
tion of the County development
board" to the grand jury and the man
Continued on page 4)
Imperial Valley press., 1920-11-02
POSTOFF|CE HAS
NEW MOTORCYCLE

The postoffice has recently added
a number of labor saving devices
which are expected to give the public
better service. Postmaster Collins
is proud Of his establishment.
An automatic scale for parcel poss,
telling at a glance the cost for any
zone, is helping the clerks to handle
more packages.
A new motorcycle with side car for
parcel post packages will enable the
otrice to deliver every package, prop
erly addressed, the day it is received,
according to Mr.. Collins. This will
flguiatively move the outskirts Of
the city towards the center.
Patrons do not generally know that
there is a Jacumba mail pouch over
the 6. d. & A. railway both ways
now. Jacun:ba is also a money or
der office.
The postmaster is having special
window cut through for Christmas
packages and expects to handle the
Chrisftmas rush in record time.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-11-02

luncheon will be an important one.
The annual election is due in anu
airy.
Of the chamber was to pass a resolu-
tiCn urging all land owners to pre-
pare their land for March alfalfa.
Tenants will be urged to do the same.
Cotton is generally being abandoned
One of the most important actions
in the valley and milo maize to a GER
tain extent.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-11-02
DISORDER OVER
PLAN TO SEIZE
KAISER'S ESTATE
(By Associated Pressl

BERLIN, Dee. ?. - There were
disorderly scenes in the Prussian as
sembly today during the debate on
the motion of the majority of the
socialists to transfer the Hohenzol-
lern property to the Prussian state
and assigning suitable income to
the family. The socialists that re-
mained claimed that they were not
entitled to penny. The motion was
attacked by Conservative Kaufman.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-11-02
Weather

Southern Califor-
nia-Tonight and
Friday unsettled,
probably rain.
Arizona--Fair in
the south, rain or
snow in north.
Colder in north.
Imperial Valley
Unsettled, windA
clouds, probably
no rain.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-11-02
STORY HOUR AT
PUBLIC LIBRARY

Friday afternoon at 2:45 Miss
johnson will tell the following stories
for all children under eight: How
the bears came" "The Pied Piper of
Hamlin,' Little half-chick." At
3:45 Miss McGovnev will tell stories
to the older children. How the
whale got his throat" and "The three
golden apples"
Imperial Valley press., 1920-11-02
MINERS WIN AND
RESUME. POSITIONS
(By Associated Press>

EAGLE PASS. Tex, Dec. 2. =
Work has been resumed in all coal
mines in the state of Coahuloa, which
have been idle since Oct. H. The
miners have obtained a 20 per cent
increase and the two mines which re-
fused to pay the increases have been
taken over by the government.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-11-02
HUGE SUM FOR u. s.
PROPAGANDA WORK
(RY Associated Pressl

MANILA, Dec. 1.-The legislature
adopted bill appropriating $5OO,OOO
yearly so that propaganda may be
sent to the United States to obtain
the independence of the Philippines.
Missionaries will also be sent to this
country, it was said.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-11-02
JURY DISAGREES
NV Associated Pressl

NV AssOcIated PressI
Los ANGELES, Calf, Dec. 2. -
The jury irving Maybelle Roe for the
murder of Mccullough Graydon dis
agreed today. The case will be re-
set for trial, probably with the other
three defendants in the same case
who will be tried Mondaly.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-11-02
OFFICERS FAIL TO
FIND CLARA SMITH
CBy Associated Press)

ARDMORE, Okla. Dec. Clara
Smith, wanted in connection with the
shooting and death of Jake l.. Ham
on republican national committee
man, is supposed to be in the vicinity
Of Ell Paso, according to Russell r.
Brown, county attorney. Hamon
was shot Nov. u in a hotel room.
The charge against Miss Smith is as
Eault with intent to kill.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-11-02
NO CONTROVERSY
(By Associated Pressl

NEW YORK, Dec. 2. - William
Denman of San Francisco, the first
head of the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration, testified before the congress
sional committee today that there
never has been controversy between
himself and General Goethals over
the wooden ship program. Denman
said he didn't favor the wooden ships
except as war emergency or auxil-
larry steel vessels.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-11-02
BIG DEATH TOLL
nv Associated Pressl

Los ANGELES, Dec. 2-Twenty-
two deaths resulted in this city for
the month of November from traffic
accidents, one by airplane Traffic
injuries number 400 for the month,
according to figures made public to-
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-11-02
ARMENIAN SITUATION GRAVE
RAND JURY TO CONTINUE TAX ZNVES7zGA TON PROBE
Suits SLashed
By Tailor Shops
(BV United preSS)

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 1.-Two coop
|erative tailor shops will be opened
here at the direction of the Mer-
chant Tailors Association of St.
Louis. Samuel Fox, president of
the association said that the con-
tractors, who make up the suits,
|after they are cut out by the mer-
chant tailors will be eliminated.
This will lower the cost of wool
and reduce the price Of suits from
$1,000 to $500, he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-11-02
Secret Votes
By Grand Jury
CBy Associated Press)

NEW YORK, Dec. 2.-While the
joint legislative committee today
continued it's inquiry into the
building trust" the grand jury
handed down a number of secret
indictments. Bench warrants were
issued for the defendants bu the
charges and names were not an
nounced.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-11-02
GlasgLouv Police
Arrest Kishn1en
(By Associated Press)

I
GLASGOW, Scotland, Dec. g
The police arrested six persons
Of Irish nationality, three Of them
women on charges Of treasonable
conspiracy.
1t is alleged that celignite, gun
powder, gun cotton, detonators,
hand grenades, revolver and cart
ridges were found in their homes.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-04-09
The American Roy..

Seven-year-old Joseph Mckee of vigc
county has begun to have some doubts
as to the existence Of Santa Claus
So on Christmas eve he announced his
intention Of sitting up and watching
for him. When told that If he were
seen Santa would not leave him any.
thing, he declared that he would hide
"But he would see that there was nc
one in your bed" protested his mother.
land then he would think there wasn't
any boy here and take your things on
to some other little boy"
For few minutes he sat thinking
Then a queer little smile came on tc
his face. Mother" he asked happily
"can't make a dummy and put it in
my bed, and then hide behind the
davenport in the living room to watch?'
indianapolis News.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-04-09
CINCINNATI MARKETS.
Hay and Grain.

Corn-No. 2 white $1.67@16S, No. 2
yellow $1.66@1.67, No. yellow $1.64@
1.66, No. 2 mixed $165@1.66, No. 3
mixed $1.62@1.64, white ear $162@
1.64, yellow ear $1.65@1.67.
Sound Hay-Timothy per ton $34.50
@39.50, clover mixed $36.50@39.50,
clover $26@41.
Oats-No. white $1O2@1.O3, No. 8
white $1.O1@1.O11s, No. 2 mixed SIG
1.00h, No. 8 mixed 99@$1.00.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Butter-Whole milk creamery extras
CSC, firsts CSC, seconds &c, fancy dairy
Coo.
Eggs-Extra firsts 41c, firsts 4Oc, or
binary f1rsts soc.
Live Poultry-Fowls Az lbs and
over, 38c, under Az lbs 3Sc, roost-
ers 25c, ducks, white, lbs and over,
35c, hen turkeys, 8 lbs and over 4Oc.
Live Stock.
Cattle-Steers, good to choice $11.50
@13, fair to good $9.50@11.5O, COM
mon to fair $7@9.5O; heifers, good to
choice $10.50@1225, fair to good $3.50
@10.50, common to fair $6.5O@S.5O
COWS, good to choice 5000, fair to
good, $4,000, Gamers $4.5O@5.25;
stock steers $7.50@11, stock heifers
$6.5O@8.50.
Calves-Good to choice $1S@1S.5O,
fair to good $12@18, common and
large $6@11.
Hogs-Selected heavy shippers
$1450@15.5O, coed to choice packers
and butchers SIC, medium SIC,
common to choice heavy fat sows SO
012.75, light shippers $15.50@16, pigs
(110 lbs and less) $10Q14.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-04-09
Strike Threatens Packers.

Chicago.-Almost $4,000 employees Of
packing companies here will be thrown
out of work if the workers of the
Union Stock Yards and Transit Com
pany, who went on strike, remain out,
packing company officials said. "We
have enough live stock on hand for
one day." said an official Of Armour
& Co. "After that we must close
down gradually if the strike continues,
and a week will see all departments
of the plant closed" The Chicago
Junction Railroad has notified roads
here that no live stock for the Chicago
market, other than horses, will be &C
cepted. Stock in transit to Chicago
will be handled as conditions permit.
Packing company officials say that the
number on strike is only about 900.
This includes stock handlers, cleaners
and unloading men.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-04-09
REASON IN LOWER ANIMALS
That They Possess More Than Mere
Instinct Seems to Have Been
AbundantIy Proved.

In the woods when male deer get
to fighting, the rattle Of their clashing
antlers may be heard long way off,
and sometimes other males hearing
the sound make toward 1t and lure
away the female over which the other
two are fighting.
Hunters frequently employ this
knowledge of deer habits to decoy
bucks into range Of their rifles by rat
thing together couple of sets Of old
antlers.
Take it all in all, 1t is hardly fair
t., the animals to say they merely pos
sess instinct, when we have so many
instances of their reasoning powers.
If monkeys were able to preserve the
best thoughts of each generation Of
their species as humans do with the
printing press-well, anyway, 1t Is too
bad that Garner didn't live to estab-
lish on the Florida coast his monkey
colony. Had he done this, who knows
what startling discoveries he might
have made concerning their intelleetH
Exchange.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-04-09
MEANT FORM OF CRITICISM
Original Expression, Getting the
Dickens" Was Not, as Many
Think, Something Profane.

Sometime, somewhere, from some
body we all get "the Dickens" And
those Of us who become prominent get
1t more than the others.
Among those of us ordinary NOR
tails who occasionally find relief in let
ting off steam in the form of some
thing more expressive than slang,
there seems to be common miscon.
ception that getting the Dickens" is
a modification or abbreviation of
(heaven help usD "getting the devil"
1t is not. It is a harmless, legitimate
and respectable expression that may
be used with impunity in the best of
company. 1t is simply an allusion to
our old friend, Charles Dickens.
Though immortal as a novelist.
Dickens was well known in his own
time as newspaper man. So vitriol,c
Is he said to have been in his at
tacks on faulty public officials or other
prominent men that gradually it came
to be said, when anyone was criticised
by him, that he got "the Dickens"
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-04-09
GAN WOMEN SEE STRAIGHT
" You Ask Them to Hang a Picture
You viii Get the Answer, De-
clares Writer.

There were two little groups of three
buttons on certain woman's coat
Four OF the appendages became de-
:ached, so that she had to stitch them
IN again, and when the job was fin
shed she held up the garment and hes
tatingly asked If the rows Of buttons
we're quite straight. They were not
They were about as straight as an ice
cream cone In the sun remains pyra-
nidical, and when the buttons were
'ut off and reattached by another wom-
IN matters were obviously worse in
stead of better.
The Incident goes to prove that there
s something in the assertion made by
some folk to the effect that women are
naturally endowed with crooked lines
If vision, London Answers states. 1t
nay be true or 1t may not. but there Is
certainly big army Of women who
:annot develop "a straight eye" for do
ng various things, no matter how hard
hey try. It does not call for much
linking to show evidence of this.
If you go to any sports where there is
ball throwing, ring throwing, shooting
1t mark and such like tests of
straight eye' skill, you will find that
women are far less successful than
men. Showmen with coconut SHES and
similar things vastly prefer lady Gus
.omers to men, because they take 1t as
matter of course that at least 95 per
cent Of the former are CROOKED eyed"
If more homely illustration is re-
luired just watch woman cutting a
few slices Of bread and mark how the
loaf gradually becomes like a sloping
hillside. There are dozens Of women
who have tried all their lives to cut
!oaves level and who still confess their
Inability to do so, because they haven't
straight eye."
So, too, with picture hanging. A
woman may hang single picture
straightly on a wall, but give her
dozen to hang In line and watch the
result.
Well, 1t is an absolute fact that the
majority of women walk very crooked
ly. If they are told to walk in
straight line for twenty yards and
guiding mark Is made between the
starting point and the goal the differ
ence between the straight line and the
actual walk will be found most illum.
mating.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-04-09
Cant Cut Off My Leg
Saws Railroad Engineer

IT am a railroad engineer; about 20 years
ago my leg was seriously injured in an
accident out West. Upon my refusing TO
told IL would be impossible to heal the
wound. have tried all kinds Of salves
and had many doctors in the past 20
years, but to no avail. Finally resolved
leg You cannot imagine my astonish-
mont when found 1t was doing what
over 100 things had failed to do. MY leg
e now completely cured:"-GIs Hauft. aSs
for piles, eczema. old sores and all skin
diseases 60 cents. Mail orders filled.
Peterson Ointment Co. Inc, Buffalo, N. X.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-04-09
SWAMP.ROOT FOR
KIDNEY AILMENTS

There 10 only one medicine that really
stands out pre-eminent as medicine for
durable ailments of the kidneys, liver and
bladder.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root stands the
highest for the reason that it has proven
10 be just the remedy needed in thousands
upon thousands of distressing cases.
Swamp Root makes friends quickly be-
cause its mild and immediate effect is soon
realized in most cases. 1t is a gentle,
healing vegetable compound.
Start treatment at once. Sold at all
drug stores in bottles of two sizes, medi-
um and large.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-04-09
kentucky Mob HANGS Prisoner.

Maysville, Ky.-Fifty armed men,
who passed through here in nine auto
mobiles with Grant Smith, negro, in
their custody, hanged their prisoner to
telephone pole on the Maysville pike,
six miles north of this city and three
miles from the scene of his attacks on
a white girl.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-04-09
OPENING OF VICE
CRUSADE IN n. Y.
EXTRAORDINARY GRAND JURY
is EXPECTED TO FURNISH
THE MAIN ATTRACTION
In the Bitter Warfare Being Waqed
Between the Police Department and
District Attorneys office-Nine Off.
Gals Under Subpoena.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
New York.-The arena was cleared
for New York's three-ring vice hunt
The extraordinary grand jury is ex-
peeted to furnish the stellar attrac-
ton in the bitter warfare being
waged between the Police Department
and District Attorneys Office, for Pc
lice Commissioner Richard e. Enright
and Second Deputy Commissioners
William J. Lahey are among nine off,
Gals of the city or county under sub
poena. The regular grand jury, how
ever, which is conducting simulta-
neOus investigation, also will be in
session, while 1t is expected the cru
SADIE may pop up in debate in Albany.
The extraordinary grand jury is in
vestigating charges Of connivance in
crime made against Assistant District
Attorney James e. Smith, Vice Cru
sader, by Police Inspector Dominick
Henry, of the "Tenderloin,' whose dis
trict is under fire by Mr.. Smith. The
regular grand jury, on the other hand,
is investigating charges of corruption
in the Police Department, made by
Mr. Smith.
Besides Commissioners Enright and
Lahey, the extraordinary grand jury
has summoned David Hirshfield, Com
missioner of Accounts, who supple
mented Mr.. Henry's charges against
Mr.. Smith with information" from q
gambler that Mr.. Smith himself con-
Quoted a gambling house. Other wit
nesses will include Henry Honest
Dan" Costigan, who was denoted from
Inspector to Captain when he was
superseded by Henry; John J. Gunson,
plain clothes man, and Frederick
Franklin, already under indictment,
charged with bribery and extortion;
Dennis Quinn, brother-in-law of Mr..
Smith, and Mr.. Smith. Mr.. COstigan
also Is scheduled to appear before the
regular grand jury.
According to Mr.. Smith, Mr.. Costi-
gan will testify as witness in GRIM
inal libel proceedings, which the AS
sistant District Attorney declared
would be instituted against Mr.. Henry.
Among score Of other persons Mr..
Costigan is mentioned in the Henry
indictments, and, according to Mr..
Smith, is determined to clear his
name of the stain Inspector Henry has
sought to put upon it." Costigan con-
ferred with District Attorney Swami,
who stated that "Jim Smith will re-
ceive all the aid and assistance this
Office can give him."
Colonel Augustus Drum Porter, for
mer Third Deputy Police Commission
err now indicted for alleged neglect of
duty, is in violent disagreement" with
Frank Hendrick, his counsel, accord
ing TO a statement by Hendrick. Col
onel Porter is said to insist upon
speedy trial.
Mr.. Hendrick wishes resistance by
every expedient afforded by the
Courts" Hasty trial, he says, might
cause grand jurors to become the
"pawns Of the wicked men whose dirty
work they are unwillingly made to do"
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-04-09
American Cigarettes Popular.

For a time most cigarettes were
made from the Turkish leaf. Then II
was discovered that the "bright" Vir
ginia tobacco, now grown in Virginia
the Carolinas and eastern Tennessee
made an agreeable cigarette. Eventual
ly cigarette-making machinery was In
vented, and today American cigarettel
are smoked all over the world.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-04-09
Hoover Refuses support.

Portland, Ore.-Herbert. G. Hoover,
in a telegram to former Governor Os-
valid West, refused to permit his name
to be placed on the Democratic ballot
in the Oregon primaries for Presiden-
tial nomination.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-04-09

A cynic is a man who claims to be
tired of the world. But in reality the
world Is tired of him.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-04-09

Eighty five thousand women are
now employed by the railway system
Of the United States.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-04-09

Only seven metals were known In
the days of Columbus. There are now
more than fifty In use.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-04-09
India six.

There are 100000 persons In India
engaged in the production of silk.
Caterpillars and moths of the null
berry silk industry of India are entire
" domesticated creatures.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-04-09
The Result.

"Esau gave up his birthright for q
mere pottage."
ayes, and he made a mess Of it."
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-04-09

Eskimo children play football with
q bag stuffed with hair.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-04-09

A married mans idea of a good
time is doing the things his wife OBJ
jects to.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-24
PRAISE \
new PRESIDENT
Editorials il French Papers
Il /, Say Miller.and is Strong
4 * a Man. 5s:ts ~ ~ ~ E

Paris, Sept. 24.-Praise Of Alex
andre Millerand, the new president
of the French government, is4 the
keynote of editorials upon his inAug-
uration printed here today. The on
ly discordant note comes from So.
cialist organs and some radical .jour-
nails. The. Oeuvre, for, instance, re-
calls how NJ Millerand was shouted
down in the chamber of deputies. and
was accused of being responsible for
the fact that the, French army was
poorly supplied with heavy artillery
and thus prevented the German re-
treat at the Marne from becoming a
rout.'.s The newspaper says that
many declared on that occasion that
IN. Millerand's public career was
finished
"our friends and enemies" writes
Charles Chaumet. former minister Of
marine, in Avenir, will learn by the
election OF Millerand that France is
still the lady Of Verdun, and that
she no longer will allow sabotage of
her victory L. e 81
This seems to sum up public feel
ing generally as expressed by tho
newspapers.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-24
EATING HOUSE
.PROFITEERS FACE
MUCH DISC COMFORT

Chicago Sept. "a Managers; Of five
leading hotels and of2two restaurant
chains have been summoned to ap-
pear today before the city cpnnciiia
.cpXInt q s,ai III b: AZ w
noancement by Chairman Max Adam
owski said that they would he asked
to- explain.tswhy their prices have not
been reduced In proportion to the drop
in wholesale food prices"
AtsTa conference last night. Alder
man Adamowski added. e. j. Stew
ems, ma anager Of another big hotel.
had promised an immediate downward
revision In prices,
1--WE have the facts and figures to
prove to these gentlemen" )" the alder
man added, that ,lthey- have been
profiteering. We believe that they
will agree. that the war is over and
reduce their prices II they do not
they face a whitening combination
Of prosecution and pitiless publicity"