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Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-20

WANTED-1 1-2 H. P. GAS ENGINE
must be in first class condition. Give
price in first letter. Jacumba Meat
Market, Jacumba.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-20

FOR sALE-A' MONEY MAKER
Ice Cream and Soft Drink business.
Rhone 482.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-20

FOR SALE-MILO THRESHED $1.75
per hundred; head corn $125; good
seed. G.. G. Hussey, Seeley.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-20

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE ON Pc
TlTlON TO MORTGAGE.
No. 939.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. IN AND
FOR THE COUNTY OF IMPER-
IAL.
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE,
AND GUARDIANSHIP OF REUB-
EN- ERICKSON, Incompetent.
1T is ORDERED by the Court, that
all persons interested in the estate of
Reuben Erickson. an Incompetent per-
son, do appear before the Superior
Court of Imperial County, State of
California, in Department No. there
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-20

FOR SALE-NEW VICTOR MA
chine and records. Good buy. Model
X, oak case. 1916 Ell Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-20

FOR SALE-ON EASY PAYMENTS,
good dairy. All Al cows with or
without lease. Address F. E. Bos-
worth, r. F. D. No. I, Box "a, Ell
Centre. Phone 39W2
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-20

FOR RENT-NICE COOL FRONT
apartment. Summer rates. Adults
only. 1888 Olive. ~=
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-20

FOR SALE-AUTOMOBILE, 1920
Crow Elkhart, $500. Run 4500 miles.
392 Holt avenue.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-20
SITUATION WANTED-MALE

SITUATION WANTED-MARRIED
man wants work on ranch. Steady
employment desired. Route 1, box 88,
Imperial.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-20
SITUATION WANTED-FEMALE

WANTED-POSITION AS HOUSE.
keeper for men only. Middle az,
lady. with boy 10 years old. 72z
Broadway, Ell Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-20

FOR SALE-REGISTERED GUERN-
sey bull, Is months old, bred for pro-
duction. Can also deliver bull calves
to Imperial Valley points at farmers
prices. Good alfalfa hay will be ac-
cepted in payment. For particulars
address San Dieguito Guernsey Farm,
Ramona, Calf.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-20
POULTRY

POULTRY WANTED-WE BUY ALL
kinds of poultry. For information
or appointment with one of our buy
ers Phone Ala. Ell Centre Poultry Co.
East of Hayward Lumber Co.. Main st.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-20
FOR RENT-HCUSES

FOR RENT-FURNISHED ROOM
with sleeping porch. Park View
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-20
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

FOR RENT - UNFURNISHED
house, 5 rooms and bath. 755 Broad
way.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-20

:. tlVeS or the marine engineers VIM -
We New York today to confer with
American Steamship Owners assoc
oor ton in an effort to have it agree
,lal the terms, also. The radio operat
ing and seamen it is said will agree to
tee same terms.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-20

FOR RENT-APARTMENT; ALSO
screen sleeping porch. Lennox, 422
Olive.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-20

FOR RENT-ROOM AND APART
ment with sleeping porch. sos
Brighton.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-20
SITUATION WANTED - WOMAN

SITUATION WANTED - WOMAN
now in San Francisco, wants per-
manent position in Imperial Valley as
stenographer, good salary; well edu-
Gated, used to business, good referenc-
es. Address Mrs. Bonham Smith, 1872
Coleridge St., San Francisco, Calf.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-20
LIVE STOCK

FOR SALE-OR EXCHANGE-FIVE
choice heifers from Al grade stock.
One Davenport roller bearing wagon
and rack. Box so, Press office.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-20

FOR RENT-FOR 3 MONTHS, SIX
room house nicely furnished. Reas-
enable rent. Phone 72-W.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-20

FOR SALE-LOTS 4, 5, and 8, block
27 South 3rd street in Ell Centro. 5Ox
$50 each. $3.50 each. A. E. EZELL,
Seeley, Cal.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-20

FOR SALE-TRUST DEED $1415.OO
per cent interest, on modern three
room house with garage in Ell Centro.
Will sacrifice as trust deed is part of
an estate and must be sold. For par
ticulars address VIM. Anderson, COL
Higgins Building, Los Angeles, Cal.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-20

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
Send for free May price list ofSanta
Cruz county ranch bargains and litera-
ture. Wilson Bros, Santa Cruz, Cal.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-20
FOR EXCHANGE
SPECIAL NOTICES

AN sA-1 DAIRY PROPOSITION TO
right man. See DR.. w. E. Lyons,
once.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-20
LOST AND FOUND

STRAYED-NINE HEAD MULES;
branded on left neck: some "EC",
some &c" some "CS". Notify o. Il.
Campbell, Box 737, Calexico.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-20

LOST-DARK BLUE SERGE CAPE
with fraternity pin. Reward, 62i
Paulin avenue, Calexico. Phone 232-J
Mrs. j. P. Riley.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-20
FOR SALE-REAL ESTATE
FOR SALE-41 ACRES SOFT PAT
ented land, SIG per acre. las Press

FOR SALE-37 ACRES SOFT PAT
ented unimproved land $40 per acre
lis, Care Press.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-20
FOR LEASE

FOR RENT-COUNTRY PROPERTY
FOR RENT-80 ACRES FINE AL
falfa pasture; also so tons of loose
hay. 1-2 mile east Of Heber. The
Heber Ranch.
Arizona republican., 1921-12-23
Let It Go To Waste

It may be as pr. Reese of Morgantown. West Virginia says, that account of reluctance to eat rattlesnakes. crocodes and other reptiles, letting thousands of pounds of meat go to waste annually, when meat is high priced that whole families denied 1t from weeks to another Dr. Reese proved to his students that rattlesnake palatable as the breast of chicken. Perhaps, but still repugnance remains intact. and. we fear, impregnabe.
 Our imagination is too strong to be overcome by proof; antipathy. too deep seated
 Some years ago caterer of this town secured and cooked mountain lion. He served it in the shape of stew at free lunch. It was eaten to the accompaniment beer other liquids of greater alcohol component. It supposed to be beef, and it the most pretentious free lunch to which the guests had been admitted, they employed travagant phrases in their praise of it. There was enough of the feast for all and when they had to repletion. the caterer showed them the hide of the beef and pointed certain characteristics the bones which they had picked clean
 They had never eaten more palatable "beef" but they again infested that free lunch counter recognize at glance.
 Mankind has got very far away from the Mosaic definition of what kind of good to eat the flesh of animals that "chewed the cud and pareth the hoof' The hog parteth the hoof all right but he lacks the qualifications of chewer. Though he is consumed in large numbers, there is widespread opinion among people who do not care much for Moses and his doctrines, that he was not far from right when he failed to include the hog among eatabe animals
Arizona republican., 1921-12-23

of age lessening virility but because of other development of newspaperdom. another phase of the modern attitude of the public toward the independent attitude to which the press is fre- quently compelled to yield. The readers of the Courier Journal which owed its greatness entirely to the genius of MT. Watterson not in accord with his attitude toward President Wilson, or should say. toward the temporary head of the demo- cratic party. The great editor, too had taken adverse stand the League of Nations which democratic subscribers regardless of the merits of the controversy had accepted democratic doctrine Mir Watterson in the position of having to advo- cate that doctrine or to retire.
 There but thing to do, for who had always led and had never followed. As long as thirty years ago, MT. Watterson had affronted a majority of his party by his opposition to Grover Cleveland, but the position of Mr. Watterson then too strong to be disturbed Or. rather the paper readers at that time not willing to revolt against a leadership which had been unquestioned through decades.
 But Henry Watterson is recognized by all gardless of their accord with him great jour- nalist. In their admiration of him it will be for gotten that they were not in accord.
Arizona republican., 1921-12-23

cases even the preacher has been known to partake of the labors and the profits of the venture. In a word, the whole neighborhood is pretty sure to be in cahoots. and the way of the stranger there is apt to be hard. 1t was published not long ago that the prohibition enforcement department was sending a hundred men into the Appalachian region to comb out the stills" Probably a thousand could not have done the job.
 Meantime the market for the pro duct steadily widens. It has always been used largely in the southern cities, such as Chattanooga and Birmingham. and the moonshiners found a ready market in those places as soon as prohibition went into effect. Washington has also been a steady user of White Mule for a long time New York. it is said, is just beginning to acquire a taste for it, but the market there is growing despite the competition of imported stuff. Moreover. white corn whiskey while terrible thing at its worst, Is by no means unpalatable at its best. There is no reason why the moonshinerx field of activity should not widen. as he learns how to cater to the better trade.
 Perhaps next this infant industry will have it's lobby in Washington. and will cooperate with the Anti Sa- loon League for legislation to pre- vent the importation of liquor. White Mule is 100 per cent American, so it must be good.
Arizona republican., 1921-12-23
Henry Watterson

The death of Henry Watterson yesterday moved the one prominent link of the journalism of today with that of two generations ago, a golden ege covering considerable period and embracing such demi- gods Prentice, the elder Bowes, Greeley, and Dana, Raymond and Medill of a slight ly later period, but all members of glorious galaxy. This list by includes all Of the im1nortals.
 In those days opinions moulded, thought led Those men looked upon as leaders that time because the public the same to the news that citizens today have
 Then There compara- The circulation of daily papers small and fined almost entirely to the urban population Rural readers content with weekly papers or those papers could not reproduce all they had densed the more important news into editorial form and at the time interpreted it. Their inter pretations were accepted by many of their readers ss the gospel and readers to accept the views of their favortte newspapers.
 At a later period when the dissemination of news was greater and more nearly complete when almost every urban dweler reader of at least one daily paper and still later when majority of rural residents also reading the great dailies, they tended to depose the ''moulders of opinion" to make their Interpretations and form their opinions. Nevertheless, these great editors kept strong hold upon the public long they lived, but when they passed away and unimportant suc- eessors were elected fill the vacancies.
 We believe MT Watterson is the last of these great editors to pass from the stage. He retired from the profession more than year ago, not be-
Arizona republican., 1921-12-23
Income Tax and Bad Debts

The ruling of the treasury department that bad debts may be counted off in computing income will leave the door open the government. It is not always easy to know what is a bad debt. Government agents would be under the necessity of taking the word of the income taxpayer as to the character of the debts owed There would be oppor- tunities collision between the taxpayer his debtor that not only would there be a reduction of but the aggregate credit of citizens dividuals would appear to be seriously impaired
 If losses by bad debts to be deducted why should all other losses be deducted. Many of the latter losses unavoidable while the citizen who suffers loss because he has reposed too great trust in another is himself in part to blame.
Arizona republican., 1921-12-23
Mr. Stokes Signature

Mir. Stokes, American. is in jail at Delhi, h. dia, ruminatng upon the lack of freedom of speech allowed by the British government. His offense that of signing manifesto 'reaffrmng that it was inconsistent with national dignity for Indian to the British government, especially a sol dier." As American citizen it really none of Mir Stokes business. If he did not like the arrange ment it his privilege to leave the country and thus the afront his feelings occasioned by any injury to nationaal dignity in consequence of service by an Indian in the British government.
 But Mr. Stokes having come from a country where the signing of protests petitions and manifes toes is popular pastime ranking with baseball, af fixed his signature a -operationist.
 Then they c1apped him into jail for six months for not behaving himself and because of any he to British institutions. And there Mir Stokes friends may communicate with him any time within the next half year.
Arizona republican., 1921-12-23
ABOUT THE STATE

hundreds of pieces and colored balls of fire flew in all directions. but soon faded out of sight. For about 10 minutes after the meteor had ex- ploded there was a long string Of smoke, that had a yellow tinge which gradually floated orr toward the north.
 Those who saw the meteor were of the opinion that it fell in the direc- ing over from Tombstone at that time, stated that it appeared to fall between the Huachuca and Santa Rita mountains.-Review.
 Business Increases
 TUCSON-That the volume of business at the Tucson postoffice for the first Is days of December. 1921, exceeds that of the same period in 1920. was the statement given out by Assistant Postmaster Don Et- chelis- Since the receipts of the post office nation wide are regarded as barometers with respect to business in communities where located. this report is received with much interest by Tucsonans.-Star.
 S. ?. to Extend Line TUCSON-That 1t is the wish of the Southern Pacific company of Mexico 10 complete the long-deferred construction Of the railroad from La Quemada to Topic. a distance of about 100 miles, and thus give Mexico City a complete rail connection from tha west coast of Mexico. was the mes sage conveyed to President Obregon by President H. B. Titcomb of the Southern Pacific de Mexico Railroad company, on the latter's recent trip to the southern republic.
 Should the Mexican government recognize the claims of the railroad company. estimated at approximately 321z pesos, either by bonds or other negotiable paper of the Mexican fed eral government, the railroad com pany expects in turn to construct tha link and reconstruct its west coast properties as fast as the Mexican government liquidates these o5liga- tions.-Star
Arizona republican., 1921-12-23
THE TRAIL OF THE WHITE MULE

citizen, wearing no socks and carry ing in the hollow of his arm rifle six feet long.
 Then came prohibitions, and moon- shine suddenly jumped from dollar or two a gallon to ten or twenty a gallon. The result was inevitable. Create any opportunity for anyone to make easy money and that oppor- tunity will be used to the full. Nor will a spice of danger in the least in- terfere with the proceeding. And es- pecially is this true of the mountain men. They are adventurous fellows. they are used to breaking laws where liquor is concerned, they are accus- toned to the use of firearms. and they have a sort of clan loyalty which makes it very hard for stranger to work among them.
 Not only coon hunters. but many others whose business takes them into the sparsly settled sections. have | found this out. The work of all sorts of Government field officers has been crippled by the suspicious attitude of the natives. Thus the l Biological Survey. in its work of | trapping predatory animals. finds | that its first and most difficult task | in a given region is to convince the natives that the trappers are not looking for stills. The Veterans | Bureau in its roundup of men who wers entitNad to compensation, met | the same obstacle.
 | The stills seem to have first null tiplied within the mountain sections, | and then to have slowly crept down l into the valleys near the cities. There have always been a few moonshine stills in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Washington. but now there are
 a hundred in the woods along the | Potomac River for every one that was hidden in the mountains 10 years l ago. The men who operate these stills are for the most part of the
 mountain type. It seems to be lit
 orally true that the mountaineer of ! romance has come down from his
 wooded heights bringing his art of liquor making with him.
 The Rise of the Mountaineer
 And in coming down physically he
 has gone up socially and financially. 1 That lean. hawk-nosed, sockless man has become a prosperous fellow with
 a good car and a bank account. | Many a mountain boy and girl is getting a better education and better l food and clothes by reason of pro-
 hibition. There are no more staunch
 supporters of prohibition than these
 artists of the White Mule. It has
 been a boon to them. They are back
 of the Anti-Saloon League to a man
 There are risks, or course, but they
 cannot be great. In the cities the
 police frequently arr rest bootleggersi
 but in the wild rural neighborhoods,
 where White Mule is made. the local officers are seldom hostile. In fact
 1t is not unusual to find the sheriff
 a part owner of still and the local | storekeeper supplying the sugar for
 share of the profit and in some
Arizona republican., 1921-12-23
Questions And
 .AnSuuers

tAny reader can get the answer to any question by writing The Re- publican Information Bureau, Fred eric J. Haskin, Director. Washington, D. c. This offer applies strictly to information T he bureau cannot give advice on legal, medical, and finan- cial matters. It does not attempt to settle domestic troubles, nor to un- dertake exhaustive research on any subject. Write your question plain ly and briefly. Give full name and address and enclose two cents in stamps for return postage. All re- plies are sent direct to thte inquirer
 e. Under the army reorganization act, which part of the force will be commissioned offieers7 H. F.
 A. The regular army authorized by the army reorganization act of June 1. 1920, as amended by an act of June 8, 1921, will have 16.675 commissioned officers and 157,635 en- listed men,
 o. What is meant by relative hu. midity"? ". A. D.
 A. Relative humidity is the ratio of the vapor actually present as com pared with the greatest amount the ar could possibly contain at given temperature.
 O.. What do the English call the "wishbone"? C. c.
 A. The English name for the wish bone is merry thought.
 O. How is Los Angeles pro- nounced7 Also St. Louis? A. w. 4. A. Los Angeles may be pronounced los angeles, long o. short a. short es: or los an'-jel-es. short O, short a short e's. The Spanish pronunciation is los an'-ha-las. long O. first broad the others a bit shorter. St. Louis may be pronounced either sant loo,- is or sant looS-i.
 c. When people burn corn instead of coal. does it mean shelled corn or corn on the ear7-J. c. E. A. Corn can be burned in either condition. but the ear might we'll be burned as 1t has heat value.
 O. What is the unit of foree?-A
 A. The unit of force Is that force which, acting on one gram of matter for one second, will give it the ve- 1 locity of one centimeter per second It is called the dyne. It is approxi- mately the force exerted by a milli- gram weight under the influence of gravity.
 O. How many Secretaries of State | has EngIand7-W. B. C.
 A. There are now in the United Kingdom five principal Secretaries oi ] State. appointed respectively for | home affairs, foreign affairs. war the colonies. and India. The first authentic record of the office of Sec retary of State Is in the reign oi | Henry TIT, when John Maunsell is | described as "secretarius noster." | O. Would a tin roof affect wire | less receiving set?-A. C. Nj. A. A tin roof would affect a wire ! less. It should be well insulated | O. Who is president and who is l vice president of the American Red l Cross? c. T.
 ] 4. Warren C. Harding is pTesi- | dent or the American Red Cross and | William IT. Taft and Robert W. Dc { Forest are vice presidents of the or ganiZation.
Arizona republican., 1921-12-23
(By Frederic J. Haskin)

WASHINGTON, D. C.. Dec. a. There is a wooded section not far from the nations capital which was once a favorite ground for the good old southern sport of 'coon-hunting Some of the people thereabouts have been known to pay as high as $15O for a coon dog of good reputation. In those parts you might slap a mans child and get away with it, but If you kick his coon dog it is case of fight or run.
 And now most of those expensive coon dogs are getting fat and stiff in the joints from lack of use, and the coon hunters are all disgrun- tied. The reason is not any shortage of 'coons, either. The reason is that every little branch and gully which the 'coons use is now the home of moonshine still. and if you blunder into a still suddenly and at night with a gun in your hand, you are more than likely to encounter charge of shot.
 In some sparsely settled sections not too far from the great thirsty cities, there is almost a still in every bush. Not long ago posse was formed to chase a murderer through the woods of Virginia near here, and it is said that in Is miles of travel they uncovered IT stills. Usually the owners were not at hand. One or them was seen, however. He was sitting on a hilltop not far from his still. A large flock of turkey bug yards was circling around over the still, attracted, as buzzards are, by the odor of the mash. The man had a repeating high-power rifle and he .1, Irazzaf.dS 1hRV flew over him in order that they might not betray the location of his still.
 And he wasn't missin' none, either,' said a member of the posse in recounting the episode.
 The posse decided not to arrest the man. They couldn't prove that he owned the still anyway.
 Still More Stills
 The stills are multiplying at an astounding rate. No doubt ever since prohibition there have been many stills, both for private supply and for commercial purposes, in all parts of the United States. but the great development of this infant in- dustry is in the Appalachian noun tains and their immediate vicinity AS every reader of romance knows it is in the mountain regions that the art of converting corn into liquor in secrecy has long been practiced The mountain men all know how tC do it. Before prohibition there was 2 little still hidden away somewhere in almost every mountain neighbor- hood. Its owner, at some persona risk, saved perhaps 50 cents on eacf gallon of liquor he made by evadins the revenue tax. At best he made . precarious living. Everyone who has read the magazines knows what he looked like a gaunt, hawk -nosed