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Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-08

Miss Lois Leffingwcll who is valley
representative of magazine publica.
tions, will be home October l. She
has been at Live Oaks Springs since
early in the summer.
All of the services at the Methodist
church have been resumed, the We'd
nesday night prayer meeting having
been held this week after several
weeks recess. The Rev. and Mrs. A. f.
Schultz are settled nicely for the win
ter and are ready for Il busy year in
church activities.
DR.. and Mrs. Norman Dupont en-
ioyed n trip to Yosemite valley this
summer, the doctor being especially
enthusiastic about the fishing. They
returned from the outing this week.
Mrs. Keyes Mitchell left yesterday
afternoon for. two weeks vacation
in San Diego where her mother is
stopping for the summer. They will
return together about October |.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Dunbar of
Calexico were in FL Centre on business
yesterday afternoon.
Miss Rosalie Oldham is leaving to-
day for Los Angeles where she will
teach in the public schools. Miss Old
ham was in the kindergarten, depart
ment of the FL Centre schools last
year resigning to accept the new place
in Los Angeles.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. b. Whitelaw and
little daughter are back in their San
dalwood Drive home after vacation
of several weeks spent for the most
part in the mountains.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. o. King will return
to the valley tonight after spending a
few days in Los Angeles
Miss Peggy Lien is leaving soon for
South Dakota to spend the winter with
her sister, Mrs. +. A. Fosdick, formerly
Miss Florence Lien.
Mrs. w. p. Hamilton has returned to
her summer home at Live Oaks Springs
to remain till October.
j. l.. Travers will go to Jacumba to
night to accompany his wife and daughs
ter to Los Angeles
I5. II. Lien is back in FL Centre after
n visit of several days with his family
i'll San Diego
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-08

Mrs. Esther Kavanaugh is spending
the day in FL Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-08

Miss Lois Leffingwell who is valley
representative of magazine publica
tions, will be home October l. Sh,
has been at Live Oaks Springs since
early in the summer.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-08

Mr.. an Mrs. w. d. Moffatt, and Mr.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-08
HOltviHe News

IIOLTVILLE, Sept. S.-Bert Faubiah
returned yesterday from a four days
outing spent in San Diego and Los
Angeles.
b. F. Griffin, one of Souths1de :
most successful farmers, is transactIng
business in the city today.
f. C. Dillon, the popular and efficient
manager of Varney Brothers and Com
pany store, made a business visit to Ell
Centre yesterday.
Mrs. Gene Hatfield entertained with
chicken dinner yesterday at her home
in east Holtville, at which l.. c. Main,
w. A. Thompson of Los Alamitos, and
Coy Swindle were the honored guests.
Mr.. and Mrs H. f. Daily and son,
Homer, accompanied by Tom Mccall
are leaving tomorrow for a month 9
visit to the old home in Texas.
Mrs. L. C. Main and daughter, Miss
Mary, have returned from their vaca-
ton spent in Los Angeles and Pine
Crest Lodge.
John Gresham, the popular grocer,
is in Los Angeles on business.
Mrs. William Meyer will entertain at
dinner this evening in honor of Miss
Amy Meyer of Los Angeles.
Miss Helen Huebner will leave on the
evening train for Los Angeles, where
she will resume her studies in the Uni
vcrsity of Southern California.
Albert Greeplief, prominent ranchcr
of the Alamo eommunity, is transacting
business in the city today.
Mrs. Esther Kavanaugh is spending
the day in FL Centre.
Miss Lena Bridenstine is still quite
i'll, and will be removed to the coast as
soon as she is able to stand the trip.
w. S. Wark, prominent capitalist
of Long Beach, is in the city today
looking after his investments here.
Kenneth Burk leaves today for a |
short vacation in San Diego.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-08

Albert Greeplief, prominent ranchcr
of the Alamo Sommunity, is transacting
business in the city today.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-08

Miss Helen Huebner will leave on the
evening train for Los Angeles, where
she will resume her studies in the Uni
vcrsity of Southern California.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-08

Mrs. William Meyer will entertain at
dinner this evening in honor of Miss
Amy Meyer of Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-08

HOLTVILLE, Sept. S.-Bert Faubian
returned yesterday from a four days
outing spent in San Diego and Los
Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-08

Mr.. and Mrs. II. f. Daily and son,
Homer, accompanied by Tom Mccall
are leaving tomorrow for a month &
visit to the old home in Texas.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-08

b. F. Griffin, one of Southslde
most successful farmers, is transactlnG
business in the city today.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-08

Mrs L. C. Main and daughter, Miss
Mary, have returned from their vaca-
tion spent in Los Angeles and Pine
Crest Lodge.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-22
The Annual Coal Strike.

The annual coal strike is scheduled to be-
gin April /. This is All Fools day. Much
might be said of the choice of that date Some
Of the union leaders themselves are skeptical,
holding that the organization is heading itself
toward disaster They may be predicting more
accurately than they know, for one Of the is
sues forced by the strikers will be the six-hour
day and the five-day week. To the credit of
some of the spokesman be it said that it is this
issue which they believe will wreck the strike
and the strikers. The question to be determ-
ined is whether it is better to shorten the
hours, tighten labor to an unprecedented de-
gree in order to keep more men on the pay
roll, or reduce the number of miners, maintain
present hours of work and send the surplus of
men thus created into other productive lines,
where they can work full time and earn full
time pay Unemployment conditions that are
merely temporary will enlist a certain amount
of sympathy for the first solution.
Public sentiment, as usual will oppose any
proposition that would permit men to be idle
rs per cent of the time on five days each week
and wholly idle on each of the other two days.
Men, be they miners or workers in any other
industry, can not expect living wage unless
they earn it, and failure to recognize that prin-
ciple has caused many an unnecessary labor
war. In the coal industry there have been
abuses both by capital and by labor leaders,
with the miners the sufferers in either instance.
The check-off system, whereby labor unions
have collected their quotas from every mans
pay before he is permitted to touch it would
not stand the constitutional test in any court
The same might have been said of some of the
practices of the operators 1t was because of
Enthusiastically bad conditions that Senator w s.
Kenyon of Iowa introduced bill which sought
to settle industrial disputes without disastrous
strikes and the immediate purpose of which
was to prevent the strike which the miners last
Saturday called for April ]. subject to approval
by referendum vote of all coal mine unions
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-22
Governments Must Look Ahead.

We are told that the Japanese are such pro-
life people that unless the birth -rate in that
country is checked there will be war. That is,
there will be demand for room for these in
creasing millions. They must have space like
the swarming bees of the hive. OF course all
readers OF history recognize that there is danger
in this If the surplus population can't find the
means of subsistence in the present territory OF
Japan it is likely to reach out after the territory
possessed by other nations. 1t becomes strug-
gle for existence. One of the surprising things
of history is the manner in which great civiliza-
tions have succumbed to migratory populations.
that have swarmed away from the parent stock
and have gone forth to settle in other countries.
Great hordes have thus overrun ancient coun-
tries and for that matter even modern countries.
Europe has been swarming for several CEN
turtles. 1t swarmed over North America, and
over South America, conquering and subduing
the inhabitants of the land. 1t has swarmed
over Australia, over mach of Africa, and is
now swarming into Asia, which for so many
thousands of years has been the scene of these
migratory movements that wiped out civiliza-
tons and planted new ones which in their
turn had to give way. Possibly the observer
of the Japanese situation had this in mind and
it is well worth thinking about The catastro-
phe can only be averted by wise world con-
cert of action that will meet emergencies of this
kind, not by a war to the determination, but
by wise provision for the needs and through
action furnishing accommodations for the
growth of population. Perhaps in two CEN
turtles some such problem will face the United
States, for by that time the question Of feeding
its own masses will tax its productive capacity
to the utmost Governments must begin to
look ahead and plan for the future, instead of
gazing simply on the present status.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-22
Pension and Bonus.
4 81

Miss Alice NJ Robertson, member of con-
gress, criticizing veterans of the World war
for wanting the government to put the dollar
sign on their patriotism" says: These men
are not like the boys of '61 or '9S. They didn't
ask for a bonus"
Without regard to the merits of the question
at issue, and likewise without regard to the
ethics of asking for a bonus for service in any
war, but purely in the interest of historical
truth, it may be said that Miss Robertson is mis-
taken about it. True, the veterans of the Civil
war never used the word bonus nor adjusted
compensation either for that matter; but they
certainly demanded the same thing, in sub
stance, not once, but many a time. Moreover.
as the pension records show, they received it in
measure heaped up and running over 1t is
hardly necessary to remind anyone of the pen
sion records dating from the reconstruction
days that followed the Civil war. and of the
various extensions of the pension ROLL until
virtually every man whose name was on the
army list during the conflict, whether he saw
service not, granted a monthly pension
and his widow after him 1t is sufficient to
point out that more than half a century after
the war the pension list is still $200, 900 900
year. 1t was to avoid this precedent that the
government after the armistice worked out a
system of disability and life insurance for. the
service men, making compensation automatic
1t was hoped in that way the old sort of special
appeals in congress in behalf of the veterans
from time to time would be forstalled. But the
plan does not seem to be working according to
expectations. No matter what happens to the
present bonus proposal it is easy to forsee num-
erous additional demands during the next half
century, according to the CiEn war precedent
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-22
Too Much Lobbying.

Mr.. Stowe editor of the Peoria Transcript,
who remained in Washington during the disarm-
ament conference, returns with the criticism
that there is too much lobbying in the national
capital He would have been safe in stating
that this curse aflicts every state capital every
county board and every city council. The pop
ulace is separating into groups, each more in
tent upon getting something for Itself than in
getting something for the common good Labor
Hobbies against capital, capital Hobbies against
labor, the farmer against both, the Anti-Saloon
league against the vets, the vets against the
'Anti-Saloon league, the church, the merchants,
the manufacturers. the commission men, the
market gardeners and every social and industrial
group in our civil life is organized for the pur
pose of getting something for itself at the ex-
pense of all the others.
The common good is vague, indefinite term
which means little to any of us. Every man
seems to have forgotten the truth Of the princi-
pie that if any one would prosper all must pros
per, and that no single group of society can
safely profit at the expense of some one else.
Nature always strikes balance, and any ad
vantage that we take of our fellow men today
will be compensated for tomorrow in favor Of
the other fellow.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-22
Self IMPROVEMENT.


/ Although it is no longer the fash
! ion to call it such, everybody with
ambition in life endeavors to de-
vote a reasonable amount of time
each day to some kind of self i'm
provement That. is the way to
| look upon exercise The proper
purpose of regular daily exercise
or physical training is not to de-
velop large muscles nor to acquire
enormous muscular strength, but
to improve health. And by health
!. don't mean just freedom from Sc
rfous disease. / mean euphoria, q
normal metabolism, feeling bully,
full of pep. A great many people
have something like 20 per cent and
fancy themselves well; they need
some medicine to increase their
health up to IS or 80 per cent. ES-
ercise is in many cases the right
medicine. The great drawback
about exercise is that it doesn't
come in pill form, and a lesser
drawback about it is that it hasn't
been featured enough in current
literature so most of US still neg
lect exercise.
I say 20 per cent is about the
average standard OF health pos
sessed, but not exactly enjoyed, by
persons who, consider themselves
well. From 20 on down to so, TO
and 80 per cent, health is the field
of the semi-invalid who is still able
to be up and about, though COM
planning. And from 80 down to
zero is the field of the frankly i'll.
There are all grades of health i'm
pairment from the ideal 100 per
cent class down to zero, at which
point the solemn gentleman with
the high hat assumes charge of the
case. But most people do not real
ize or admit that they are ailing
until their standard falls below 10
per cent. The popular conception
of health is very liberal. From
80 per cent or better down to 20 or
a little less is the field of slight So
called functional" ailments, such
as brain flag, administration, tor
pid liver, that tired feeling, lack OF
ambition. constipation, poor circula-
ton, restless sleep, slow digestion,
and so on.
These are the expressions of a
slow metabolism, an inadequate
combustion process in the body. A
tonic is needed, but it can't be taken
from a bottle. More oxygen is re-
quired, but it can't be absorbed
from tank. The only effective and
satisfactory way to absorb the need
ed amount of oxygen is by exercise
every day. AS much exercise every
day in the year, rain or shine, snow
or blow, as is represented by two
miles of oxygen on the hoof three
times day at reasonably brisk
pace. You can take more exercise
in less time but you can take no
better exercise for health's sake at
any time. In order to induce rea-
sonable amount of sweating and
reasonably harder breathing, one
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-22
Work and Toll.

Some prisoners were kept busy carrying
stones from one of the prison yards to the
other When they had carried the stones one
way they began to carry them back again. The
mental and physical reactions of the prisoners
were not healthy. They took no satisfaction
out of their toll because it had no meaning.
Their was no healthy glow of their blood be-
cause of their unpleasant mental reactions
When the men were set at the task of building
a barn with the same stones their reactions
were better. Labor which is only the applica-
ton of physical energy is toll. Toll is dull and
deadly. Labor, proper, belongs to higher
sphere. Labor is the use of physical and men
tai energy in the performance of useful task.
According to Professor binders new book
Major Social Problems" work is higher than
toll or labor. Work is the application of ply
steal and mental energy to task one has either
chosen or enjoys. 1t is this element of enjoy
ment choice that differentiates work from
toll or labor. The successful man is the
whose work is his play. small boy spent
weeks school holiday driving delivery wagon.
When asked Saturday night how much he got
for the weeks work, the boy answered Moth
ing" When surprise was expressed that he
should work for a week without pay the boy
replied: well drove the horse, didn't T.
His reward expressed in terms of pleasure,
and the reactions of the weeks work had toned
up the boys mental and physical efficiency.
The gospel of work is the gospel OF mental
stimulous. The man who wrote BLESSED
Drudgery" was not a mocking cynic. but
fine humanist who had learned the philosophy
of work from Carlyle. Moses, Edison and other
opponents of the fundamental truth hidden in
the right attitude toward work. The ancients
looked on work as a curse. This view gave
rise to slavery. The modern view is that work
is mans glory. Twenty-Five years ago it was
common thing to hear the remark that some
one had so much money that he did not have
to work Today society assumes that everyone
is under social obligation to work There is
no escape from service in the modern world
The physical and moral wen being of the race
depends ON work. The ultimate freedom of
mankind viii be found In the devotion of all
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-22

life to honest work. Work masters nature.
Work eliminates seIfishness and sensuality.
Work overcomes fear. Work works magic in
the making Of peoples. The ancient law that
the man who will not work should not eat will
some day be revived and set in motion against
criminals. 1oafers, idlers and MASTERS, for civ
ilization is realizing rapidly that the unthrifty
man Is a social menace. The late John Ken
drick Bangs struck popular note when he
said: "a bit to eat, place to sleep. some work
and strength to do it, that's life for me- Here's
to H."
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-22

grasses, caused by the summer
breeze. made a shimmering sheen
now light, now dark, and ever
changing.
Il fancy that splotch of Indian
red and burnt orange at one end,
some low huckleberry bush l guess.
makes the marsh like a Mosleum
prayer rug where the faithful kneel
at prayer"
Put those in your note book"
said Neyland. You may need them
to paint with some time" he ad-
vised.
How about calling it the famous
Tangu carpet that brings me back
from the dead of No Mans Land to
the glorious PRESENT." laughed a
soldier from behind the screen
door.
1 gasped as 1 beheld Bruce Lind
say, in uniform and very much
alive.
Quick. Put this ring upon your
finger before the crowd comes. l
think l see the Wheeler girls in the
distance. Isn't that Donald Bart
lett with them coming this way?"
We'll, good-by, Laura said Ney-
land. Il see that your life is des-
tined to be filed with color, even if
not OF my order. l hope you will
appreciate the beauty of other
things as you did that of the
marsh" he said. looking from Bruce
to me, significantly.
1--WE loved you throughout all
the, nights of horror in France"
said Bruce, pushing through the
screen door and hardly giving Ney-
land more than a look and a nod.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-22
The Daily Short Story

q can read a little in peace and
! then watch the sunset" [ said, talk
/ ing to myself.
Ben-Hur' isn't light summer
| reading. | began it when Bruce
gave it to me on my 10th birthday,
and when l heard that he was
, drafted that day 1 put the book
away and forgot it Now l mean to
finish It. Poor Bruce l wrote
/ him letter thanking him for his
gift. I am afraid 1 revealed more
of my emotions at his departure
for Camp Deyens than was quite
maidenly.
. Just then. l turned the pages to
the scene where Tirzah and her
mother were gazing at Ben-Hur,
asleep.
why, I never sent it. after all, ="
l exclaimed, as the half-fnished
letter fell to the floor.
tore it open hastily and read:
Dear Bruce-How can l bear to
let you go"
That was enough. I could feel
my cheeks burning furiously as
tore the letter into shreds. Where
was my boosted seIf-controI?
"As much as that to Donald and
l would now be his promised Wife"
said to myself.
I'm glad l never sent it. Though
perhaps it would have been some
comfort to him in his last hours to
know that some girl thought low
ingly of him. But all those dreams
are ended now. IF could only
make up my mind to express to
Don one-half of the warmth of that
letter my battle for living would
be over. l never was Bruces wife.
He never even asked me. Poor
Dom" l sighed.
Although 1 was talking to myself
I was not very noisy. which was
lucky. Around the corner of the
house came Horace Neyland with
his canvas and paint box
Look at the marsh grass up the
river. It lacks just like a gorgeous
tent door, in some far-off land,
where a guest would be struck with
its beauty as he lifted it to break
bread with the sahib."
Especially if that guest were
Horace Neyland," l laughed.
at might be some camel's COM
parison, making a touch of color in
the desert" l suggested.
Good" he exclaimed. I'll make
an artist out of you yet"
Never a creator of the beautiful,
only an appreciation" 1 responded,
pleased with his approval.
ooh, 1 don't know about that.
Your word pictures are certainly
little gems. Your pen is certainly
as gifted as my paint brush"
We'll, then, I'll try again A !
pair of rich saddle-bags, stored |
with spices, ard dried dates, and |
sweet perfumes"
Bravo" cried Neyland. "Try |
again!"
October had touched the marsh |
grass and made the old familiar !
scene a new delight The long
narrow stretch of salt marsh. like !
some beautiful old Oriental carpet, /
smooth in its sheen of bleeding COL /
ors, followed the line of the river.
Soft tans melted into ochres, and
ochres mellowed into browns. Even |
the slime and Ooze of the brackish |
waters which l could not see but |
knew to be there. touched with !
green and beautifed the whole. A
swelling -undulatiQn of the tall