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Imperial Valley press., 1922-05-17
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Visalia Delta: A highly successful
banker, speaking of the gold pieces us
ually given for attending directors
meetings, says:
81 think the best way is to put the
money in a pile in the center of the
table, and when five minutes past the
hour for calling the meeting has
elapsed, then divide the 'spoils among
those who are on time. / find it makes
for punctuality.
A prominent business writer tells of
important business men he knows who
make practice of avoiding dealings
with men who are not punctual. "If
man doesn't keep an engagement
with me ut the time he promised, -
explains one stickler for promptness, 81
canaot trust him. l feel that he him
self is not well organized, that he
doesn't function efficiently, that he
is careless. / won't have people like
that in my business, at any salary
The keeping of a definite appoint
ment with anyone, for business or
pleasure, is usually recognized by bus-
inesslike people as a matter of simple
honesty. There is less recognition of
the fact that attendance at church or
theater, or at any public or private
gathering for which time is set, i'm
plies an agreement to be there at that
time, and the late person lis breaking
faith with the rest. {si}fs ,fif.
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Imperial Valley press., 1922-05-17
Side Talks : =
dw Ruth Cameron &
LET'S CLEAN HOUSE
Spring is housecleaning time.

Spring is honsecleaning time.
Spring herself cleans house, doing
| something U never could make out
just what) with the old, brown, grass
carpet and laying down a new green
| one in its stead.
Women clean house, passing through
hectice days of paint scrubbing, wall
brushing, curtain washing, and closet
and attic recognizing to the surpass
ing peace that comes to a woman when
she feels that her house is clean and
in order.
But this housekeeping consists of
physical things, how about Il mental
housekeeping? WOuldn I it be good
thing for all of us once in 4 while!
Your Mental Furnishings
got to thinking of that last night
when I found myself starting on Il re-
sentful line of thought. Why not II
spring cleaning of the mind? Why
not sort over ones mental furniture
and bric-a brace Throw out those
things that are useless, and worse than
useless, and bring forward the more
worthwhile furnishings, and clean them
anu luI HioH iHcIi up IL tity Hctu IT.
How many worry thoughts one could
clean out of one s mind to advantage
There are certain stock worries that
most Of us keep on on hand. We worry
about them as Il matter of course Sup
pose we threw open the doors of our
minds and just threw them out
Wouldn't the mental house be much
pleasanter to live in?
Imperial Valley press., 1922-05-17

bird neighbors, Mrs. Oriole cut the old
hanging bag nest from the tree, the
spilled sugar was picked up and put
in the bag nest and the bunny carried
it safely to his bungalow.
81 had a wonderful adventure he
said to Nurse Jane, and he told her the
story | have told you here, and hope
you liked it.
And if the tack hammer doesn t
shave AL the hair off the head of the
nail, so it catches cold, l III tell you
next about Uncle Wiggily and the
teacher bird.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-05-17
Throw It In The Furnace

And then there is the habit of re-
|, sentiment. We get into the habit of
feeling resentful about certain coHdi-
tiohs in our life. We don't do any
thing to change these conditions, we
just let ourselves null bitterly over the
hardship or the nnpleasantness or the
injustice. The habit of resentment
doesn t do the slightest good and it
does harY. Let's just take it and
throw it in the furnace and burn it up
one of these spring days. The house
will be so much easier to take care of
when we have gotten rid of it.
Then there are a lot of worn out
prejudices up in the attic or tucked
away in the closets that we would
really be ashamed to have anyone see.
What wonderful bonfire they would
make!
Took In The Eaves
And now that we have made room
for something better in the mental
house why not bring down from the
attic some of those old tendernesses,
and dusty ideals, and youthful amb-
tions that have been pushed way back
in the caves behind those worn out
prcjudices. Why not dust them, and
clean them, and bring them down
stairs and give them the places Of
honor and prominence that some of
those worries and resentments held.
And then let s throw open the win
dows, especially those that give toward
the East, and let in the sun and air
and see if our House of Life is not IL
better place to live in.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-05-17
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell Of
Imperial Valley for This Day
in Past Years
May II, 1912

May II, 1912
The first show for the season in the
airdome given last night by Sawyer
and Carey drew good house, open air
entertainment being as popular as ever
At the opening day program of the
Meloland farm, Senator Leroy Wright
spoke on "Raising crops by law"
Supervisor j. J. Carr spoke ON "Imper.
ial Valleys Interests" and Argyle Me-
Laughlin on "Imperial Valleys Boys
and Girls clubs.'
May II, 1918
The second part of May is well
started without mercury having yet
reached the 100 degree point, while the
cool nights leave little to be desired so
far as comfort is concerned. The first
ripe apricots of early varieties ap-
peared on the market today.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Leonard returned
today from a trip east, Mr.. Leonard
going to Chicago and Mrs. Leonard and
the baby visiting friends in Missouri.
Horticultural Commissioner Whsle
and his assistants are busy with plans
for the fruit fair to be held early in
June.
The work of surfacing the pavement
was begun this morning on Fifth and
Main streets.
W. +. Holt is in town in his private
car accompanied by number of Los
Angeles capitalists.
Judge Franklin J. Cole is holding
court in Los Angeles.
In 1906 all Of the water for cooking
and domestic purposes was dipped from
a ditch where the FL Centre bank now
stands. In October Of that year the
W. c. T. U. was organized at meeting
held in the State bank at the corner
of Fifth and Main. Practically every
woman in the town joined the organiza'
tion which arranged for reading room
and 40 books were donated by those
present with Mr.. Albert Durham as Gus
todian. Soon thereafter Allen Kelley
arrived and became the editor Of the
Imperial Valley Press.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-05-17
INTO THE BEYOND

INTO THE BEYOND
We who have walked the Aprils of the
earth,
And borne our lot of sudden storm
and sun,
Attended miracles of bud and birth,
And quiet dusks when quiet days
were done
We who have sacked the summer of her
bloom,
Her orchard boughs of blossoms
showery white,
And gone together through her scented
gloom
When all her flowers were blOtted
in the night
Shall we strain backward from the
final gate
That gives on other seasons than we
know,
On longer journeys than we went of
late?
Shall we not pass, instead, as two
who go,
Asking but that each have the other
near,
Adventures still, and lovers there,
as here
Imperial Valley press., 1922-05-17
TO MANUFACTURE VALLEY COTTON

An effort being made to finance what be known
as the Imperial Cotton Mill at Los Angeles so called be-
cause the mill is to manufacture the grown in Inper
ial Valley Generally speaking it is well to the manu-
featuring done near to the production of the
la as possible Better to have done Angeles than
at some distant point But what would nure to the
greatest benefit to Imperial Valley would be to have the
manufacturing done here However, just Los Angeles
present in this valley when is transmitted
4So miles Los Angeles has cheap rate factor
OF It's power and water service combined Some day may
to the mill located here contiguous to the
cotton ranch That will be when publcsprted citizens
nave succeeded in bringing about the development un
tied power from the nearby Colorado In that glad
day there should be industrial institutions dotting this
ley everywhere
Imperial Valley press., 1922-05-17
GAS PRICE INCREASE rs MYSTERY

Perhaps the public should be satisfied with any price
since the oil trust has it within its power charge what
peases Still the announcement of big boost the time
when there the largest stock gasoline recorded
in long months must be regarded paradoxca are
to suppose that the law ouppy and demand has anything
Lawmakers at Washington perturbed by this latest
demonstration but their perturbation will result in moth
ing more than that The Judge lands fine against the trust
Of twenty-nne million dollars has never been paid
Affairs have gone badly against the trust except
on paper When read that back Of all and under all the
chickering's and turmoil Genoa the question of oil we
well ask ourselves whether the United States the big
ges and strongest of all the nations is big and strong
as It's OIL concerns? It is scarcely hnkable that part
greater than the whole.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-05-17
The Bachelor Maid Says

When one hears of gentle, sweet,
long g-suffering wife's deathbed request
that her husband marry again, one won
ders if her motive was post mortem
philanthropy or post mortem vengeance.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-05-17
Inn-PRESS-ions

Foolish Dictionary
Prudence-An old fashioned virtue
that our grandmothers tell us was
practiced in their day.
We have seen persons who would buy
hippopotamus if they could get it
charged.
The Preacher Declares
A living wage is one that permits
the employers soul to live.
Skirts couldn't get shorter any long
er SO they may oct LONGER shortly.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-05-17
About Some Woman or Other

group of New York society women
have started movement to provide
bathing stations in New York and other
cities, so that men temporarily out of
work can keep clean and retain their
morale while hunting jobs.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-05-17
VALLEY SALVATION PAYS

The managers of the Southern Pacific railway must feel
for their wonderful engineering achievement
This feeling when they contemplate the thousands of
OF products originating here for distant markets
AS source OF freight revenues there nothing like it.
The has been able to get as interest on
house. In view Of this hardly that the
county cannot afford house-one that will make
that will mark the public spirit of citizenship and set
tie vexed question that until it settled will be one of
divsve strife Let's get this thing done and
to the other important matters
Announcement of the organization of an airshp con-
Germ to ply its craft between Imperial Valley and Los
geles indicates the increasing Importance of this inland
pire The slow methods of steam and gasoline out of
date for the place and times The earth compes much
friction get into the air for communication of
all kinds The arshps ride the air and almost keep
up with the radio waves.
The agitation by members of the Chamber of Commerce
betterkept yards in Ell Centre is wise thing Devel
opment of spirit of rivalry among home owners tends to
beautify the city And the same spirit may well be stmu
parativey new section and the crude wrinkles should he
ironed out as fast as possible.
When the amiable Congresswoman Alice Robertson
gets aroused she makes the fur fly She that the
oa ssns mai; es si s1qS douS her
less more afraid of the women than she is of the
is little uncertain
The county bonds will necessitate the payment of
fabulous dividends in its advertisement of wonderful
More than that the of the bonds will
give notice to the world of determined purpose go
forward.
Wonder what those government experts" who made
the Imperial Valley soil survey few ago think about
when they view the figures showing the valleys pro-
hucton? They're preserving silence in all kinds of
languages. tt..
Speaking of w. j. Bryan's announcement that he will
not make the for senator from Florida remind
ed that he is something of carpetbagger in Florida and
that the south took kindly to carpetbaggers.
Some of these days when flowing oil we'll is Struck
in Imperial Valley of prosperity will be
flowing
Now that have registered get out election day
and vote for the bonds Sh-s4ss
Georgia has law taxing bachelors. California would
make good deal more out of by taxing Divorces
The figures show that h. dropped percent in three
months That isn't far enough hurt anybody or help
BY the way what are you getting in readiness for
Imperial Valleys great fair next fall?
In the matter of paving the city board purposes to be
sure it is right before going ahead.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-05-17

BY the way, what are you getting in readi
Imperial Valleys great fair next fall?
Imperial Valley press., 1922-05-17

The figures show that h. c. !. dropped A perez
months. That isn't far enough to hurt anybody,
Imperial Valley press., 1922-05-17

Georgia has a law taxing bachelors. Califorr
make good deal more money out of it by taxing
Imperial Valley press., 1922-05-17

Now that you have registered get out on el
and vote for the bonds. Ss-3sss
Imperial Valley press., 1922-05-17

The managers of the Southern Pacific railway
for their wonderful engineering achievement
IN 1905 when they saved Imperial Valley inundation
ms feeling comes when they contemplate the thousands
carloads OF products originating here for distant markets
AS source of freight revenues there nothing like it.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-05-17

In the matter of paving the city board purposes be
sure ii is right before going ahead.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-05-17

The agitation by members of the Chamber of Commerce
for betterkept yards in Ell Centre wise thing Deve
opent of spirit of rivalry among home tends to
beauy the city, And the spirit may well be stmu-
lated in all the towns of the valley This is as yet conn
paratvely section and the crude wrinkles should be
ironed out fast possible
Imperial Valley press., 1922-05-17

When the amable Congresswoman Alice Robertson
gets aroused she makes the fur fly She announces that the
Womans Political League go hang; can't snub her
and get aNay sithit Being old maid Alice is doubt
less afraid of the than she is of the men,
Whether she get the male by swattg the female
is little uncertain.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-05-17

Some of these days when flowing oil we'll
IN Imperial Valley our cup of prosperity viii
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1922-01-25
Reprinted from Atlantic Monthly
NV BERNARD M. BARUCH

OF their inability to meet mortgages or
to pay current bills, and how, seeking
relief from their Ills, they are plan
ming to form pools, inangurate farm.
ers' strikes, and demand legislation
abolishing grain exchanges, private
cattle markets, and the like, we ought
not hastily to brand them as economic
heretics and highwaymen. and hurl at
them the charge of being seekers Of
special privilege. Rather, we should
ask il their trouble Is not ours, and
see what can be done to improve the
situation. Purely from self-interest,
II for no higher motive, we should
help them. All Of US want to get back
permanently to "normalcy;" but is II
reasonable to hope for that condition
unless our greatest and most basic In
dustry can be put on a sound and solid
permanent foundation? The farmers
are not entitled to special privileges /;
but are they not right in demanding
tilat they be placed on an equal foot.
ing with the buyers of their products
and With other industries?
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1922-01-25


jAs to take the ~unfavorable chance,
il TIE favorable n also is theirs and
they a retain for sthenseIves 3 part
Of The service charges that x4e Uni
form. in good years and bad, with
high prices and low. fb
While, In the main, the farmer must
sell, regardless Of market conditions.
at the time OF the maturity or crops
he cannot suspend production in toto.
lie must go on producing il he is to 90
on living, and If the world is to exis,
The most he can do is to curtail pro
luction a little or alter its form, and
,lIat-because he Is in the dark as t.
the probable demand for his goods
may be only to jump from the frying
pan into the IRE, taking the consumer
with him.
Even the dairy farmers, whose out
PIT is not seasonal, complain that they
find themselves at a disadvantage in
the marketing OF their productions.
especially raw milk, because Of the
high costs of distribution, which they
must ultimately bear.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1922-01-25

Gtefansson says he will take along
no food on his rush to the Pole, while
his rival Amundsen has just contracted
for . seven-years' supply. Amundser
says there = little animal life north
ufs8S degrees. md the sleds must BE-
'naded MIN ssad n the explorer would
pCG ms slarvaa5oo.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1922-01-25
CHEEKY Kitchen.

CHEEKY Kitchen.
Women who perform their house.
work unaided should see to 1t that tns
Kitchen is made as CHEEKY and CONVEX
lent as possible. Perhaps, II many >
housewives steps were counted, 1t
would be found that she travels sew
eral weary miles each day, yet q great
deal Of this unnecessary exerti0n coulc
80 avoided II her kitchen were fitted
up with ! FEW labor-saving devices and
al surplus furniture. pictures and SUN
dry shelves that catch dust and make
. lot Of work were SeGnove6
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1922-01-25

The whole rural world Is IN a fer-
ment Of unrest, and there Is an un'
paraIleled volume and intensity Of de-
termlned, II not angry, protest, and an
ominous swarming Of occupational con'
~ferences, interest groupings, political
movements and propaganda. Such q
turmoil cannot but arrest our atten'
tion. Indeed, 1t demands our careful
study and examination. It Is not like.
" that six million aloof and ruggedly
Independent men have come together
and banded themselves into active
unions, societies, farm bureaus. and 50
forth, for no sufficient cause.
Investigation Of the subject conclu.
sively proves that. while there is much
overstatement Of grievances and mis-
conception Of remedies, the farmers
are right in complaining Of wrongs
long endured, and right In holding that
It Is feasible to relieve their Ills with
benefit to the rest of the community.
This being the case of an industry
that contributes, In the raw material
form alone, about one-third Of the ma.
tlonal annual wealth production and
Is the means OF livelihood Of about 40
per rent of the population, 1t is OBJ.
vious that the subject Is one Of grave
concern. Not only do the farmers
make up one-half OF the nation, but
the well-being OF the other half de-
ponds upon them.
So long as we have nations, q wise
politcial economy will aim ut a large
degree OF national self-sui1ciency and
self-containment. Rome fell when the
food supply was too Tar removed from
the belly. Like her, We shall destroy
our own agriculture and extend our
sources Of food distantly and precarI.
ously, II - - ~ . to It that our
farmers ate well and fairly paid for
their services The farm gives the
natlon mea - well % food. Cities
derive their Vitality and are forever
ronewed lns0 H. scenntry. but N Inn.
poveriahed c~ouatryside exports intelll.
renee and retains unlntelligence.
Only the lower grades Of mentality
and character Will remain On. or seek,
the farm, unless agriculture 10 capable
d btine pursued with contentment and
adequate compensation. Hence. to EN-
bitter md imnoterish the farmer Is to
dry Up and c6ntaminate the vital
sources Of the nation.
The war showed convincingly how
~AnnenhAnk fhA alton n IN the full
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1922-01-25

Read the lad" on page two.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-11-04

The basic changes that have taken
place in business during the past
year or more-specifcally the
change in price levels and price
tendencies-have caused business
men everywhere to think less sup
critically and more fundamentally
about business.
Great basic facts which were but
little realized, except by thinkers
along economic lines, have now be-
come clearer to the public at large,
and to business leaders in particu-
lar.
One such fact is that Desire is
the foundation Of business. 1t is
the desire Of the people for any ar
ticle of commerce that makes it
profitable to produce it. When that
desire fails all the agencies of its
production must cease to operate.
This fact was considered acad-
emic until the nationwide cessa-
ton of liberal buying made it
matter of cardinal importance, and
the question of the hour became
the means, il any, of restoring the
popular desire to do business-the
desire to buy.
It came to be seen that the pub
lie desire for the products Of a
business or an industry was the
only real and permanent asset.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-11-04
PROPERTY
ESCAPES
TAXATION
More Than One-haIf Of
Total Gets Into Exempt
Class

The special committee of the
State Farm Bureau Federation
which has been conducting the re-
cent taxation study in Vermont
has been in session in Burlington
for two days AS a result of this
meeting, there has been prepared
and submitted to the executive
committee of the Vermont Farm
Bureau Federation, which met at
Burlington a report on needed tax
legislation, proposing to broaden
the basis of taxation to include
much property that has hitherto
yielded no revenues to the State.
Investigations have shown that
less than one-half of the property
owned in the State is taxed. It IS
the purpose of the friends of this
proposed reform in taxation to in
sist upon a fair and equitable dis
tribution of the tax burden, and it
is expected that property owners in
the intangible class will welcome
the opportunity for sharing in the
expenses of the State and local
governments under an arrange
ment that does away with the
present unfair determinations.
The Vermont Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton tax committee which is
made up of f. B. Cornwall Of this
city, C. w. Fitch of East Montpe-
lier and James Leach of West Ru-
pert, recommended to the eXecu
tive committee of the organization
that bill be drafted Immediately
along the line of those laws in
other States that have successfully
dealt with the class of property
and that the same be submitted to
experts for criticism.
At the meeting of the executive
committee of the Vermont Farm
Bureau Federation this recommen-
dation was accepted and the COM
mittee ordered that such a bill be
drafted at once and subjected TO
criticism by taxation experts, after
which it will be presented to the
coming annual meeting of the Yer
mont Farm Bureau Federation.
Other business transacted by the
executive committee included the
authorization of a statement from
the Vermont Farm Bureau Fedora
ton in answer to Congressman
Frank l.. Greene on the question
Of his vote on the potash matter.
K. l.. Brigham, commissioner of
agriculture, met with the executive
committee and outlined the work
that is being done for the eradi-
cation of bovine tuberculosis in
Vermont, answering many cues
tons as to the cost of various
branches of the work and future
plans in this department.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-11-04
South Ryegate

Miss Mabel Hall Of South Rye
gate, aged Al years, died Monday
afternoon at the hospital in
Brookline, Mass, where she went
last week for treatment. The flu
neral was held at the home Thurs
day afternoon at Z o'clock, the
Rev. W. I. Bailey officiating.
Miss Hall was the daughter of
George L. and Eliza (Lauder)
Hall and had always made her
home in South Ryegate. Although
teaching for time in Newbury,
most of her life was spent in the
home, caring for ner mother, who
died nearly two years ago. Mr..
Hail is also deceased. For the past
year Miss Halls health had been
impaired and for two months she
was in Brightlook hospital, St.
Johnsbury, for treatment, going
from there to BrooKline for fu1th-
er care. Two sisters survive, Miss
Marion Hail Of South Rvegate and
Miss Elizabeth Hall of Minneapo-
lis.