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Imperial Valley press., 1922-11-08
VALLEY CHAMBERS
FIRE FIRST Gun
MELOLAND FRIDAY
Great Soil Fertilization
Campaign to Open At
Experiment Farm

Members of the soil fertilization
committee recently appointed by the
Imperial Valley Associated Chambers
of Commerce will fire the first gun in
an intensive campaign to get the ranch
ers interested in the planting of legumes
at Meloland, Friday evening, whelk sev,
cral five minute addresses on the i'm;
portance of soil fertilization will be
made by men who are in position TO
kno wthe needs of the valley in this
respect, according to John W. Scott
of this city, member of the committee.
This committee has been at work for
several weeks gathering data on soil
conditions throughout tine valley and
has program mapped out which will
place this important subject before
every rancher in the valley.
Lcgumes is a scientific term for
cover crops such' as alfalfa, peas and
clover. Instead of exhausting the fer
tility of the soil, legumcs are nitrogen
producing and restore to the land the
vitality which nonlegnminous grows
Imperial Valley press., 1922-11-08

The state highway commission has
its own force of men working at Point
Magu on the Oxnard' 'Capistrano high
way.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-11-08
Glass of Salts
Cleans Kidneys
II your Back hurts or Bladder
bothers you, drink lots
of water.

When your kidneys hurt and your
back feels sore, don't get scared and
proceed SO load your stomach with a
lot of drugs that excite the kidneys
and irritate the entire urinary tract.
Keep your kidneys clean like you
keep your bowels clean, by flushing
them with mild, harmless salts which
helps to remove the body's urin-
Gus waste and stimulate them to their
normal activity The function of the
kidneys is to filter the blood. In "a
hours they strain from it 500 grains of
acid and waste, so we can readily un-
derstand the vital Importance of keeping
the kidneys active.
Drink lots of water-you can't drink
too much; also get from any pharmacist
about. -four ounces of Jad Salts ;stake u
tablespoonful ina glass of water before
breakfast each morning for q few days
and your kidneys may then act fine
This famous salts is made from the
acid of grapes and lemon juice, com
bined with lthia, and has been used for
generations to clean and stimulate
clogged kidneys also to neutralize the
acids in urine so it is no longer source
of irritation, thus often ending bladder
weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; can not in
lure; makes delightful eiferyescent
lithia water drink, which everyone
should take now and then TO help keep
their kidneys clean and active. TRY
this; also Keep up the water drinking
and no doubt ven win wonder what be-
came Of your kidney trouble and back
ache,
Imperial Valley press., 1922-11-08
AMERICAN TRADE
WILL DEPEND ON
QUALIFY COT TON
Plant Destruction ard
Early Planting Will
Stop Weevil

Continued supremacy of American
cotton in world trade is dependant upon
the production of cotton of high quality
at relatively low cost, according to the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture in it's 1921 year book just publish
ed.
Production Of high quality can be
continued or restored through the adop,
ton of proved varieties and the estab,
blishment of single variety in conf
munities where superior varieties of
cotton can be kept pure, it is said. The
custom among growers of planting many
different varieties in the same locality,
the practice of using ordinary gin
run - seed for planting, and the popu
lar idea that cotton varieties "run
out are also touched upon. The fact
is, the writers assert, that many times
locally selected seed of good varieties
has proved better than the new stock
and that some of the best known varic
ties have been grown continuously in
the same districts for many years with
no indication of " running out - as long
as isolation, selection and clean ginning
were maintained.
Concerning the boil weevil, it is said
that a profitable crop of cotton may be
raised by adopting measures which will
control the pest under ordinary cir
cumstances. The use of calcium arsen.
ate in drydust form, Which has proved
fairly successful, is recommended. Other
protective measures are the fall destruc
tion of the cotton plants, either by
burning or by blowing under, the use
of early maturing varieties of cotton.
and planting the seed early in the
spring to get the crop well along before
the weevils have become numerous
enough to be destructive.
Regarding cost of production, the de-
partment says that the grower who
knows his own actual cost of production
and has average or standard figures
to compare with his own, is in fair
way to stop small leaks in his expense
and to reinforce those features of his
practice in which he has an advantage.
In planning cropping systems, farmers
are urged not only to provide for suffi-
cient acreages of corn, small grains,
hay and other feed crops to feed pigs,
chickens, the farm work stock, and the
family cows, but also to build up and
maintain soil fertility to get the best
returns from the land used and the capi
tai and labor expended.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-11-08
BOOKLET WRITTEN
q YEARS AGO in
DATE PREDICTION
V0lumn Written in 1901 Has
Prediction of Date
Culture Here

Dr. Walter r. Swinglc, whose name
continues to appear in every discussion
of the date industry, discussed 1.-The
Date Palm and Its Culture in pam
phlet issued by the United State agri-
cultural department in 1901, the full
text of which appears in Volume | of
the Press.
In this pamphlet, DIR. Swingle had
the following to say of Imperial Valley
as possible date producing section:
"The best region for the culture of
the date palm in California, and prob
ably the best date region in the New
World, is without doubt, the Colorado
desert, which occupies an area of some
thousand or more square miles in the
southeastern corner of California. A
large part of this desert is below the
sea level and at Salton it is some 266
feet below sea level while Salton Lake
is considerably lower.
''Thc winter temperatures there arc
rarely low enough to injure the date
palm; only once during the last 10
years is there a record of temperature
below 20 degrees, and sometimes, in the
lower part of the desert, the thermome-
ter does not fall below 80 degrees dur
ing the entire winter The air is ex-
tremcly dry and this, together with the
intense heat renders the climate pcculi,
arly adapted to the culture of the hest
variety of dates.
The one drawback cited by the writer
was the lack of water in the region
discussed. OF this he said:
unfortunately there is very little
water in this desert, and it will be a
very expensive, though probably very
profitable operation to conduct water
from the Colorado river which furnishes
II bountiful supply at all seasons of
the year. And then, DR.. Swinglc
speaks of the artisan wells at Indio,
because of which, it may be possible
to inaugurate date culture in that see
tion on a small scale -
After 20 years, the industry in this
section is receiving the support of the
government which plans to establish
test plots in various sections of the
county to try out the varieties and
climatic conditions with the purpose of
promoting the industry here. The latest
move on the part of the county itself,
was the offer Monday of the board of
supervisors, of 40 acres of good land
ideally located for a government ex-
pertinent station, to- be conducted pri-
marily in the interest of date culture
in the valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-11-08

Practically 90 per cent of
he o5,OOO,OOO barrels Of
portland cement shipped
last year was delivered in
returnable cotton sacks.
To supply users Of cement
promptly, the industry must
have about 2OO,OOO,O0O
sacks either on hand or in
use.
The sack method of ship
ping is most convenient.
There are four sacks to a
barrel. Each sack contains
"a pounds Of cement-a
cubic foot. And a cubic
foot is a handy volume in
proportioning concrete
mixtures.
When cement is shipped, thesacks
are billed to the purchaser. When
they are returned, they are bought
back at the same price if they are
in usable or repairable condition.
This involves much work in
checking, cleaning, sorting and
repairing.
But in spite Of the fact that every
good cement sack is redeemable,
3O,O0O,OOO OF the sacks shipped
everyyearfail to come back-aloss
Of nearly $5,OOO,OOO year at
present prices Of new sacks.
To replace these ''lost, strayed or
stolen" sacks requires annually
over 10000 bales of cotton. 1t re-
quires that the textile industry
weave a strip Of cloth 80 inches
wide and 1900 miles long. 1t
means that l 900 looms are kept
working full time for year.
Thousands Of sacks returned to
the cement mills for redemption
are damaged, yet accepted for
credit, if they can be repaired.
This repair is done by the cement
manufacturer at his own expense.
A medium sized plant shipping,
say 100000 barrels of cement a
year, has to repair an average Of
5000 sacks per day from among
those returned for credit. This
keeps E people constantlyworking
at rapidly operated electric sew
ing machines. In million barrel
a year plant, u people are con-
stantly employed sorting, counting,
repairing and otherwise caring for
returned sacks SO that they may
again be used.
AT the present time $30,oOO,oOO
would be conservative estimate
OF the investment which the ce-
ment industry has in cotton sacks.
Sacks are one Of the lesser, but
nevertheless important items in
the cement industry.
, CEMENT ASSOCIATION
n National Organization
'e and Extend the Uses of Concrete
parkcrsLuro
Imperial Valley press., 1922-11-08
Horticultural, Dairy
Poultry, Stock Raising


lumber Twenty-one miles of railroad
win be built to connect with IN exist
ing logging railroad 40 miles in length.
As usual IL this type Of forest, the
logging will be done by donkey engines,
but forest service men will carefully
supervise the cutting 50 that all young
and thrifty trees will be left for future
growth. Only marked trees will be cut
and brush and debris resulting from
logging will be piled and burned.
This large body of timber was sold
to the Swayne Lumber Company, an
established concern in the locality,
which is now logging ON private lands
in the same watershed The United
States treasury will be enriched ap-
proximately $36O,OO0, at the rate Of
about $4,000 a year, Prices received
were $3.50 per thousand feet for sugar
pine, $3 for yellow pine, and 81 for
other species
Imperial Valley press., 1922-11-08
i. s.. Government to
Get $36O,OOO From
Plumas Forest Sale

WASHINGTON, Nov. S.-Onc hum
dred and sixty-sevcn million feet Of
timber has recently been sold on the
Plumas National Forest, California, ne
cording TO an announcement just made
by the forest service, United States de-
partment of agriculture. The timber
covers about $4,000 acres in what is
nown rs the sugar pine-yellow pine
lelt in the heart of the Sierra Noun
aims of California. d.
1t is estimated that this amount of
imber, together with the intermiXed
privately owned timber, will require
light wears to cut and convert into
Imperial Valley press., 1922-11-08

consume. This beneficial quality is in
addition to the crops intrinsic value,
making the growing of legumes doubly
profitable.
1t is hoped by the committee that
through its work among the ranchers,
at meetings of farm centers, chambers
of commerce and other organizations to
reclaim much of the land which is now
barren because the soil has been ex-
hausted and an extensive propaganda
program will be carried out among
business houses, schools and wherever
the committee believes the interest in
lepumes can be increased.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-11-08
THINK OF IT
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PeOp1e


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Over one hundred thousand have rec
commended Doan s Kidney Pills.
For backache, kidney, urinary ills,
Fifty thousand signed testimonials
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Some of them are FL Centre people.
Some are published in Ell Centric.
No other remedy shows such proof.
Follow this FL Centre mans ex-
ample.
J. G. Daily, contractor, Sixth &
Buena Vista Sts., El Centro, says:
|" Doan's Kidney Pills are the best
remedy | have ever used for kidney
complaint, and | never miss chance
to recommend them. A cold settled in
my kidneys and caused me to have a
soreness and dull ache across my
back My kidneys acted too freely and
annoyed me. Doan's Kidney Pills
gave me relief and put my kidneys in
good shape"
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don Il
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Daily had, Foster Milburn Co.,
Mfrs, Buffalo, n. Y.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-11-08
Agricultural News
of Imperial Valley !.
Citrus Growers Find
By-PrOducts Market

Growers of citrus fruits are finding
a ready market for their byproduets
which is adding substantially to their
profits. These products are made from
the Gull fruit that has heretofore been
thrown away. The United States de-
partment of agriculture has issued a
bulletin giving information for the
utilizing of Gull fruit and producers
who are following the instructions are
meeting with success. The products
made so far include grapefruit juice,
citrate Of lime, orange vinegar, mar
malades, jcllies, fruit buffers, jellies
and candicd orange peel.
A fine display Of these products was
shown at the San Bernardino Orange
Show of last year under the auspices of
the women S clubs of that city.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-11-08
Alfalfa Increase
Due to Livestock
Market of Valley

The north end has come 40 be recog
nized as the center of the livestock in!
dustry in Imperial Valley and this year
progress in this line has been marked
with unusual results. The pasture
around Calipatria and Westmorland is
said to be exceptionally good and thou
sands of feeders have been fattened for
the market, brought in by local stock
men.
w. b. Coberly of No. 8 water district,
recently shipped Il solid carload of cat
tie purchased by him in Arizona and
fattened here for the market.
The acreage in alfalfa has been great
ly increased this season and the in
dustry promises even better next year.
Interest in livestock is being stlmulat
ed by the pig clubs and the campaign
for building up the dairy industry.
There has never been time in the
history of the valley, it is said, when
the young people on the farms have
been so interested in agriculture and
it's allied subjects. as they are ut this
time.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-11-08

a bond issue of 100000 is proposed
for Pomona to provide new sewer sys-
TEN.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-11-08

An apple festival was held by the
Woman S Club of Yucaipa, October 27
and %.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-11-08

Brant Rancho of Owensmouth was
awarded perfect score, 100 per cent, i'll
the milk contest at Santa Cruz fair
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-25
TRACTION NOTES

Earl B. Smith of the Investment
department of the NJ. p. & R. Co..
is in Petersburg tocay >pn bust
ness. Mr.. Smiths local office IS
now in the Bethlehem Building.
Employees of the company ara
looking forward with much inter-
ests to the picnics to be held at
Norwood Park next Tuesday and
Thursday these days having been
set aside for the annual outing for
the members of the Traction fam
lily. Among the features on the
program will be baseball games
Clarksburg playing Fairmont on
Tuesday, while on Thursday a
team composed of Fairmont and
Clarksburg ( employees will play
Parkersburg Fairmont expects 10
have a fast tea mreaSy for the
game on Tuesday.
dad" Ransom. sup-station oper-
ator at Pennington, is going to
serve fourteen pound turtle at
the picnic Tuesday. He caught it
in Buffalo Creek.
A pole fell across the tracks Of
the interurban line near Bingamon
Junction yesterday and passengers
had to be transferred for several
hours until the track was cleared
.'Uncle Jack" Johnson of Weston
has reported on time every morn
ing for eighteen years on his
Clarksburg Weston run. He is duo
at the barn each mol~N1 at 1870.
A. NJ. Lynn, preside1D, and c.
P. Billings, vice president. and
Mr.. Lynn's assistant Mr. Bennett
were in the city yesterday.
Special car service will be run
from here to Clarksburg for the
Clarksburg fair on September IL.
10 IA, and Is. Sherman DenhaEl
of Clarksburg was here yesterday
making arrangements for the ssps-
cial cars
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-25
SUNDAY CLUB WILL
CONDUCT SERVICES

All groups of the Billy Sunday
Business Mems Club will be en-
gagged in services on next Sunday.
Group No. 1, w. H Barnes.
leader, will conduct evangelistic
Services at Benton's Ferry begin
ming ats O'Clock Sunday evening
Group NO. 2, Harry G. Drum,
leader, will have charge of the
evening services at the Manning
ton Methodist Episcopal Church
in the absence of the pastor.
Group No. 4, J. NJ. CoIebank,
leader, will put on full program
of music and speaking at the
Shinnston Baptist Church Sunday
evening. This is the second invi-
tation for this group to hold SER
vices at that church.
Group No. 5. c. C. Denham.
leader, will conduct an evange-
Iistic service at the Worthington
Christian Church, beginning at s
Group No. 6, S. o. Feaster.
leader, will fill return engage
ment at Middleton Sunday even
ing. The meeting held at that
point last Sunday evening by this
group was the most successful SO
far and it is expected that
greater results will be achieved by
returning the same group,
The next regular meeting of the
club will be next Monday for noon
luncheon. Arrangements are be-
ing made to have one of the
quartets furnish some special
Emusic, and discussion of some
ttopic OF general interest will fol-
low. 1t is expected that the at
tendance at the business meetings
of the club will be larger than for
some time.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-25
ST. LOUIS DOWNS
CHESY YANKEES
IN OPENING GAME
Continues from pare one,

fcontinued from, page one,
and second. Meusel then persisted
on an attempt to steal second
Hoyt and Shocker continued to
go strongly in the fifth, both sides
going out in order.
st Louis got to Hoyt. in the sixth
inning and put over two runs. Sis
Ter led with a single and Foster al
vanced to third after Williams
drove long fly to Witt.A pass to
jacobson filled the bases McManus
lined the first pitch to left for a
single scoring Foster and Sister.
SEVERED hit long fly to Ruth
While Gerber was tossed out at
first by Ward
Shocker again BANKED the Yam
KEGS in their turn OF the sixth.
Hoyt regained his stuff in the sew
enth and retired the side in order,
but Scott aided him by making
spectacular circus stops
St Louis threatened in the eighth
when jacobson and McManus hit
clean singles to center. with one out
But SEVERED forced McManus at
second for the third out Shocker
showed the same supremacy over
the Yankees in their half again re-
firing the side in order
A spectacular double play pre-;
vented St. Louis from scoring in
the ninth, after Murray went into
pitch for New York. Gerber led off
with a single but Shocker's attempt
ed sacrifice was converted into u
double play, Pipp to Scott to Ward
Tobin doubled but Scott tossed out
Foster at first
New York's rally in the ninth
flickered out after one run was
scored.
Dugan opened with a single to
right and Ruth singled through
McManus. his first hit in four
games. Foster made a great run
nIng eaten OF Pipps' foul. Schans
famed on three pitched balls
Meusel singled to center. Dugan
scoring and Ruth taking third.
Ward ended the game with pop
fly to Foster
Score by innings: r.. Il. =.
st Louis o1o OO2 oO0-3 10 !
New York -. 900 900 oo1-1 s 0
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-25
LOCAL KlWANIANSl Is
MISS BIG SESSION.

Lee Satterfield and O.. S.SHeKin-
ney. appointed delegates to the!
state convention Of the Rwanians
held in this week in Wheeling
were unable to attend owing to
matters that required their atten-;
ton at the last minut tie, SO that the.
Fafrmont Kfwanis Club was MOI
represented at the convention.
Morgantown had the largest dele.
cation at the Wheeling meet3nss
and those who attended from. KS
University city report a splaud
time. BIuefield was selected as ths
next meeting place for the annual
convention The following statesofj
ficers were elected: q,
Ernest Henson, B1uefield, distrio
governor; B. A. Watts. Clarksburgs
lieutenant governor; Guy Patterson!
Cameron, second lieutenantsgovern.t
or; W. e. Glasscock.5 MorgantoWns
third lieutenant governor Paul
Layman, Parkersburg, district sec
rotary and William Smith, distrtc{
treasurer. .s3satz ~
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-25
MAN CHAT GEls vITI-I
CAR YIIY REvO YER E / !

Charged with carrying re-
vo1ver without state license,
Abe Brummage, colored, of Rives-
vile, is being tried before jury
in Justice ]. L. Blocher's court
this afternoon The defense will
try to prove that Brummage was
taking the gun from local store
to his home at Rivesville. The
defendant is represented by At
torney Curt Amos while the state
is represented by Assistant Prose
cutting Attorney ]. w. Mason, Jr;
Brummage was arrested severa
days ago at Monongah by Sam
Cornell, chief of police At the
time he was ARRESTED, Brummage
was carrying the gun in question:
Jack jeffrey, who has been in
the county Jail for several days
on charges of having moonshine
whisky in his possession, was
taken before Justice j. Z. Bloch-
er this afternoon and after con-
Tossing to the charges was given
the minimum sentence of thirty
days in the county Jail and fine
of 500.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-25
OFFICIAL OF B. & o,
in .FAIRMONT TODAY

E. G. Lane Baltimore. engineer
of maintenance of way. B. e O.
Railroad. is in Fairmont today. In
company with A. H. Freygang,
Grafton. division engineer and Di-
vision Engineer Gibson. Councils
vile went to Grafton and re-
turned by motor car They VIII
leave for Pittsburgh this after
noon.
Railroad Representatives
Gaylord F. Allen. Pittsburgh.
travelling freight and passenger
agent. Union Pacific Railway. was
in Fairmont last evening.
Charles A VAIN. Pittsburgh.
travelling freight agent, Northern
Pacific Railway. was in Fairmont
H.,sB. stappleton, Pittsburgh.
travelling freight agent. P & y: F.:
Railroad, was in Fairmont on Wed
nesday
On Sunday the B. & o: will run
one day excursion to Pittsburgh
The round trip fare will be 10.
8 e. o Trains late
B .4& o. train 6S was two hours
late in arriving here this morning.
No. 40 was almost an hour late
this morning. Train Sc from
Pittsburgh was half hour late
Special Rates
The B. & O. Railroad will OBJ
serve special rates between here
and Wheeling because of the state
Fair, which will be held. there
from September to 9 inclusive:
The rate will be on the basis OF
one way fare and a half OF S4.22
for the round trip out of this city
Tickets may be used for returning
here on Monday. September II.
Priority Orders
B. & O. Conductors have been
instructed to see that coal COM
panies have cards on coal cars
specifying the class of coal for
shipments. that is, class l. 2,3, q,
or 5. They must make report OF
the matter.