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The Adair County news., 1922-09-12

heard them, and already Erskine had
wheeled away. And Ephraim saw
Firedy skim along the edge of
blackened meadow behind its hedge
of low trees.
"Gawd!" said the black boy, and
he stood watching the road. A band
of white-coated troopers was coming
in a cloud of dust, and at the head
+. of them rode Dane Grey.
"Has Capt Erskine Dale been
herer' he demanded.
Ephraim had his own reason for
being on the good side of the ques-
tioner, and did not even hesitate.
'Yassuh-he jes' lef'! Oar he gOes
nowl" With a curse Grey wheeled
his troopers. At that moment Firefy,
with something like the waving flight
of bluebird, was leaping the meadow
fence into the woods. The black boy
looked after the troopers dust.
"GawdT' he said again, with grin
that showed every magnificent tooth
In his head. "Jest as well try to
ketch a streak o. lightning" And
quite undisturbed he turned to tell the
news to old nanny.
The Adair County news., 1922-09-12

lieutant-governor of Massachu-
etts-probably needs Fuller's
help, small as it is 1t has not
been 80 long since Fuller referr-
ed to Lodge as "a blood-drinker"
and " a senile whelp." These
expressions are Indicative of the
depths to which the morals of
Of the party had sunk.
A party must be in desperate
plight when it will choose the
Newberry case as its least dam
aging issue.
The Adair County news., 1922-09-12

next time. 1t will be remember
ed that Hughes started his cam
paign in 1916 with a trip across
tHa continent He had been
Governor of New York and well
knew what courtesies we're due
from him to a Governor or a
sovereign State. He went to
California and Johnson was
then Governor of the State: he
was in the same hotel with
Johnson but refused 10 call ON
him. Result, Hughes failed TO
carry the State, though Johnson,
running for the Senate on the
same ticket, won with an enor-
nous majority. Johnson's
friends slaughtered Hughes.
The fact is that Hughes lost the
Presidency and the people es-
capped his re-actionary administra-
tion by reason of the nervous
break. down which he suffered
the previous winter while Oh the
Supreme Bench; he had not re-
covered from it when be started
into the campaign and before he
was himself again he had kicked
the fat into fire by indiseretions
on his cross country campaign.
The facts about that k-down
have been made public. but
sometime it will be recognized as
having profoundly altered the
history of the country. AS re-
CARDS Mr.. Hughes personally it
was most unfortunate. but the
country at large might readily
take a different view
Politics still makes strange
bed-felIows. Senator Lodge
must indeed be hard-prsssed to
endorse AIvan Tufts Fuller for
The Adair County news., 1922-09-12
"He Fought Once Under Benedict Ar
noId-Perhaps He Is Fighting With
Him Now"

"He Fought Once Under Benedict Ar
nold-Perhaps He Is Fighting With
Him Now"
Arnold-perhaps he is fighting with
him now"
mol" she cried hotly.
"Then he must be "a"
She did not allow him to utter the
word.
"Why Mr.. Grey is in British uni
form is his secret-not mine."
''And why he is here is-yours."
Exactly" she famed. "You are a
soldier. Learn what you want to
know from him. You are my cousin,
but you are going beyond the rights
of blood 1 won't stand it-I won't
stand it-from anybody"
Il don't understand you, Barbara
don't know you. That last time it
was Grey, you-and now" He
paused and. in spite of herself, her
eyes flashed toward the door. Ers-
kline saw it, drew himself erect,
bowed and strode straight out. Nor
did the irony of the situation so much
as cross his mind-that he should be
turned from his own home by the
woman he loved and to whom he had
given THAT home. Nor did he look
back-else he might have seen her
sink, sObbing, to the floor.
When he turned the corner of the
house Barbara'S old nanny and
Ephraim were waiting for him at the
kitchen door.
"Ephraim," he said as he swung
upon Firefy, ''you and nanny keep
a close watch, and if I'm needed here,
come for me yourself and come fast. y
''Yassuh. Marse Grey is sutn'ly up
to some devilmint no which side he
fghtin' fer. l got a gal oveh on the
aige O. de Grey plantation an she tel
me dat Marse Dane Grey don't wear
dat white uniform all de time"
whats that-what's that?' asked
Erskine.
mo, sub. She say he got an uddel
uniform, same as yose, an he keeps
it at her uncle Sans cabin an she's
seed him go dar in white an come out
in our uniform. an afays at night
Marse Erskine- -al'ays at night"
The negro cOcked-his ear suddenly
'sTake to de woods quick. Mars'
Erskine. Horses comm down tht
road"
But the sound of coming hoQfbfatI
had reached the woodsmln1 E1rI
some seeonds before the bIaek mai
The Adair County news., 1922-09-12

coal strike was then settled in
stanter. r.~
Sir Robert Peel, in the days of
high tariff laws in England, be-
fore Golden and Bright convert
ed him said: Through an indi.
rect (tariff) tax you can tax the
coat off a mans back and he will
never know what is hurting
him." Probably true at one
time, but now men read and
think and every time a man
sweetens his coffee he can re-
fleet on the knowledge that the
price of the sugar he is using
has been increased a third by the
tariff tax placed upon it in order
to force him indirectly to help
enrich others. And what is true
of sugar is true of a hundred ar
ticles which enter into his ever
day life.
Washington taiors and clothiers
are advertising the fact that it
behooves the man with a few
spare dollars to lay in a suit or
two before the evil days come,
the when woolen cloth will cost
the dealer a third more because
Of the tariff bounty allowed to
the American Woolen Company
with its sixty mills and its sur
plus of thirty-odd millions.
which paid extra dividends of IL
per cent recently, and which is
no infant industry in need of q
nursing bottle.
/ have it from one of the wise
ones that Secretary Hughes il
staying up nights to cultivate
Uncle Hiram Johnson in order
that California may not escape
The Adair County news., 1922-09-12
Revised Ages OF a Man.

At fiVe-Nobody loves me. Pm
going out in the garden and eat
worms.
At fifteen-She does not love
me. shall hang myself in her
fathers garage.
At twenty-five world does
not understand me. My life is a
failure.
At Thirty-6ve-Why didn't |
marry Helen instead of Mabel?
Helen. always understood me.
At Forty-fve-Now, ifI were
President of the United States |
would
At Sixty-This isn't such a
bad old world after all.
At Seventy / expect to see a
great improvement in conditions
in the next twenty or thirty
years.
At Eighty-Johnny, tell your
mother that her grandma and /
have gone to the cabaret. New
York Sun.
The Adair County news., 1922-09-12
WARRINGTON LETTER.
[wALLACE BAssFoRD.]

Where two or three are gath
cred together in Washington the
conversation turns sooner or
later to the monumental failure
of the Republican administration
No one disputes the fact cf fail
ure, but there are differences of
opinion as to why. Probably
the best reason l have heard is
that the party leaders are not
trying to give the people what
they desire and need, but rather
meet their obligations to the men
who put up Harding's enormous
campaign fund and hoping to be
able to moIlify the dissatisfie,t
public on some issues which they
will encourage to come to TIE
front in the hope that more dam
aging ones can thus be kept in
the rear.
Strangely enough. it appears to
some, they are willing, as evil
denced by their action in having
Secretary Hughes revive the
the Newberry scandal, to have
that as an issue. for most men
regard the seating of a man in
the Senate after conviction of
bribery as a very serious stain
on the party guilty of snch ac-
ton. There can be but one con-
clusion as to this, as ably pointed
out by chairman Hull of the
Democratic National Committee
and by Senator Pomerene, and
that is that the Republican lead
ers are choosing the least Of sew
eral evils. They doubtless be
leive that many men will be of
many minds about question of
moral turpitude, and that many
men will be of many minds about
a question of moral turpitude,
and that most strong party men
will not be driven from their
party by even a highly question
able performance done for high
ly questionable performance
done for party supremacy. hence
they would rather risk the New
berry issue than to fight it out on
the grert increases in the cost of
living surely to come from the
enactment of the high tariff bill,
for they well know that the most
sensitive nerve in the average
mans political makeup is the
one that reaches his pocketbook.
This is the issue they fear the
most. After that comes a year
and a half Of Harding hard times,
accentuated by four big strikes,
which the administration has
utterly unable to handle. In
truth, their settlement seemed
to be actually delayed and ham-
pered by the very presence of
the President in the equation;
his efforts seemed to be resented
by both sides. with neither side
willing that he should be the
mediator. The only time the
warning sides showed evidences
of getting together was after the
President got out and the soft
The Adair County news., 1922-09-12

Senator A. o. Stanley address,
ed the American Legion at NAM
moth Cave.
The Adair County news., 1922-09-12

TO BE CONTINUED
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-20
VOLSTEAD Law AT SEA

The government, in abolishng liquor American
ships has the conscience of the nation and made
consistent application of the Volstead Act
1t neither good morals good law to allow the
liquor traffic at while forbidding it land Ships
flying the American flag American territory"
Is particularly bad for the government itself,
through the Shipping Board to be engaged in the liquor
business nolerabe that any vessel of American
registry should be in that business The situation at
mockery of enforcement efforts by the specious
justification it lent to law-breakers at home.
That is ended now, and the national gain in self
respect and consistency is worth the price If lost
for while American liners, because they cannot com
pete with foreign ships that liquor for tourist bat
very well. Somehow other, later, that in
equality will be Strengthened out
Any undue application of the Volsead Act to foreign
shipping another thing American prohibition
intended to interfere with the established rights of other
nations make needless trouble for them. All that
be properly expected in the enforcement of the law that
sha prevent foreign ships from engaging in the liquor
traffic in American ports within the threemile line at
What they carry sell beyond that line is their
busneA long they obey the law when they inside
1t Impossible to believe that federal authorities
combel them either to eliminate all liquor cargoes
when they want to touch at American ports to dump
overheard Whatever liquor supplies they may have on
hand when they cross our three mile line.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-20
By HOWARD r. GARIS

The Fuzzy Fox and the Woozie. Wolf
sat gloomily on a hillside together and
glowered around. That means they
looked cross.
"Weli," growlod the Wolf, :" IN
almost ready to give up!
81 IN not!' snarled the Fox, who,
though smaller, was more sly and cum
ming than his friend the Wolf. 81 m
not going to give up trying to catch
Uncle Wiggily. Listen, as the telephone
girl says, have new plan"
'sWhat is it!" growled the Wolf.
."We'll go in the woods and hide
behind trees" proposed the Fox.
"When Uncle Wigglly hops along, as
he is sure to do, sooner or later, look
ing for AN adventure, we II jump out
from behind our trees and grab him.
That will be an adventure for him,
and meal for us, as we shall nibble his
ears
"Pooh! Nonsense, = snarled the Wolf
" We we tried that trick time and again,
and Uncle Wiggily is always too smart
for us! He gets away"
"Ah! but this time it will be diff
ferent,n whispered the Fox. ''Llsten
once more. We shall cover ourselves
with patches of moss, and we II look so
much like trees that the rabbit won ,!
know us.
"WelI, perhaps that trick MAJ
work. agreed the Wolf. We ii trj
it. I'll cover myself with green moss
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-20

"Then d better hop to my hollow
stump bungalow right away said I'm
Gle Wiggily, twinkling his pink nose
in alarm.
" 40, don T., /" advised The snake, who
was wiser even than the Fox. 'f III tell
you how TO turn the joke on those two
bad chaps"
"How?'' asked the bunny.
"Listen,' said the sanke. "As the
Fox and Wolf sat there they rustled
their feet in the dried leaves. The
made just the sound I make as | crawl
along-a rustling noise i'll the leaves.
Yes" laughed Uncle Wiggily, for
he could guess what was coming, 81
know the sound you make. What hap
pencd2"
"Well,'' went on thc snako, the
Fox and Wolf were making SO much
noise, rustling the dried leaves, that
they did not hear the rustic | made, and
| wiggled close enough to them TO bite
them. In fact, ! was just going TO Bite
tncm in fun, when the wird suddenly
blew off some leaves over my back,
and, looking down, they saw re.
'You should have seen them jump
up aud run, for they are afraid of
snakes you know. And TO make them
run faster / rustled the leaves again,
They ran off so fast they nearly lost
their tails, and cYer since then, as soon
us they hear the leaves rustic they
think | am coming and they start an,.
run.
:" Now this is what you can do, Cn
cIe Wiggily Hop through the woods
until you get to the place where the
two bad chaps are trying to make them
selves look like moss on the trees.
Now that you know their trick you can
easily see. them. And when you do see
them, take stick, rustic it in the
dried leaves and see what happens.
81 will" laughed the rabbit gentle
man. Sad
Through the woods he hoped until
he reached the path he often took
while looking for adventures.
81 think they II be somewhere along
this path,' thought The G,bbit.
Surely enough, he had not hoped
very far before, all at once, looking
amend, he saw two trees that seemed
to have big Jumps Of green moss ON
the side.
"Thosc Jumps are the Fox and
Wolf, ;" chuckied the bunny. {" Here :
where fool them! y He crept as close
as he thought safe and then, taxing
a long stick, Uncle WiggAy rustled
the leaves behind the green lump that
was the Fox.
"Oh, myl The rustling snake!"
barked the Fox, and shaking off the
moss with which he had covered Inn
self, away he ran through the woods,
humping his nose against the trees.
Then Uncle Wiggily jiggled his stick
in the dried leaves behind the green
lump that was the Wolf.
"Oh, the lcaf-rustling snakei =
howlcd the Wolf, and away he ran,
humping his nose twice against the
trees.
Hal Hal laughed Uncle wigglly.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-20

and you do the same; well hide be
hind trees and maybe we ii catch the
rabbit!'
The Fox and Wolf sat for littie
while longer on the hillside, where
many dried leaves had fallen from the
trees. AS they moved their paws tho
dried leaves ruslled.
Some little time after this, as Uncic
Wiggily was hopping along, locking
for an adventure, he heard Kissing
sound on the round.
"Is that you, my friend Mr.. SnakcF
asked the bunny, for he could see no
one, and yet the dried leaves were
moving and rustling near his paws %
the bunny knew it must be a snake
crawling along.
eyes, / am here Kissed the snake
f" And, oh dear! Hal Ha! have such
a good joke TO tell YOU! Tee, Tee!
Teel llo! Ium!" And the snake laugh
ed until his tail shook.
"TeIl me the joke so | may laugh,
begged Uncle Wiggiiy, who was 4 Jolly
rabbit.
"gWell, - went on Mr. Snake, mot
long ago | saw the Fox and Wolf SIT
ting together on the hillside. softly
crcpt close and | heard them talking
They are going to try to catch YOU
Tney are going to cover themselves
with moss aud hide behinJ trees along
the path where you will 60
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-20
Borrowed Editorials

The Hollywood Citizen announces
that it will support Friend w. Richard
son for governor. The editor says:
WiI.Thomas Lee Woolwine, if elected
governor, after taking his oath OF
office, in which he will pledge his
support to the constitution and the
laws of the state, set about to nullify
that constitution and those lawsi The
light wine and beer platform is false
one. The constitution of the United
States either comes first or we have
no basic law and no nation. There is
one and only one way of securing
light wines and beer without changing
the constitution, and that is TO laugh
at the country 8 laws.
The state machine ana its bosses
appear to be against Friend Richard
son 3 candidacy, which leaves him
nothing but the people to fall back
upon. The people are with him prac
tically solidly, however, and the DISCS
have been told to go to. Rctrenchmcn'
aud reform are on the way.-Lynwood
Tribune.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-20
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
October 20, 1907

Holtville wins over Calexico in base
ball with score of 19 to 2; Ell Centre
tea mbeats Imperial, score to 2.
Brawley section plants considerable
acreage of beans after harvesting of
cantaloupes. Crop makes fine show
ing to date and farmers estimate a
net return of from $50 to SIS per
acre.
Pictorial American publishes illus
trated article on Imperial valley with
numerous illustrated article on Impcr-
ial valley with numerous illustrations
and valuable descriptive articles.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-20
TEN YEARS AGO
October 20. 1912

Carloads of Chinese shipped through
El Centre bound for Mexico.
First church services at Dixieland
attended by 80 people. Real estate
over there booming with "a number of
lots sold in the last week.
Hcber dramatic club gives banquet
at Heber hotel by j. w. Haynes; 2J
guests present
Ten Thousand Club will have charge
of educational and art departments at
county fair.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-20
Looking Backward
What the Press Files. Tell of
Imperial Valley for This Day
in Past Years
TwENrY-oNE YEARS AGO
October 20. 1901

Crop of sorghum, put in, cultivated
and harvested all within three months,
yields rs tons for the 10 acres. Ex-
pense of raisngi, sl25; crop sold for
$2S7.50. Farmefs have demonstrated
that crops may be raised and ready
for the market at from 60 to 80 days
after moving onto land in Imperial
valley.
I. P. Banta raises choice Rockyford
cantaloupes on his ranch. When rail
roads are developed, cautaloupes will
be one of the certainties in valley
rops.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-20
LIBRARIAN ANSWERS
GOOD BOOKS QUERY


The value of "A library depends upon
'the use the public makes of it. Many
times "a week the librarian Of the FL
Centre library is asked, "What is some.
thing good TO rcads". The following
books are from list Of 100 Worth
While Books, selected by a committee
of SO educated men and women who
have made real success in life.
They are books Of culture and power,
they will widen one s horizon, and may
be read with pleasure and profit. The
complete list is posted ON the bulletin
board this week ut the library and the
books may be had for the asking.
A few of the books are listed below:
Education of Henry Adams,p by
Henry Adams; "The Niger Of the
Narcissus,' by Joseph Conrad; "It0
lnola,' by George Eliot; +" Rise of Si.
las Lapham,' by William Dean How
ellis; "Lettcrs to his Children by,
Theodore Roosevelt 'virginibus Pucr-
isque,' by r. Il. Stevenson; Henry
Esmond by William Makepe;iec
Thackeray; "OhtIine of History" BY
IA. q. Wells.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-20

Olives In brine, green or ripe, are
given protective tariff of 20 cents per
gallon pitted or stuffed, 80 cents;
dried ripe, 4 cents pound; olive oil
Mess than 40 pound containers, I IL
cents.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-20

A two story reinforced concrete ware
house is being built at Los Angeles
by the Poultry Producers of So,;Fherr
California. 1t is on the corner of Mill
and Industrial.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-20

81 guess J turned that trick all right.
My ears shant be nibblcd today!''
And they weren't And it the, rock
ing chair doesm t tip over backward
and put its arms around the piono-
graph when il 's trying to sing, II tell
you next about Uncle Wiggily's : oil can,
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-20

Honey has been given tariff of
cents a pound; walnuts, unshellcd,
cents; shelled, IL.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-20

Santa Ana, Fullerton, AnaheinI and
Orange are joining in an outfall sewer
to the ocean.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-20
Tom Sims Says

Some people think every season comes
at thes wrong time sof the year.
We saw a man with beautiful COM
plexion on his coat lapel.
Chicago hunter tells US he was shot
at so much in the Michigan woods it
made him feel at home.
If golf interferes with your worE
get 10 job as boss.
Pity the poor bachelor. He has no
home to stay away from.
Sometimes we think back to normalcy
is the way we are standing.
--
The poet who wrote s'Let there be
no moaning at the bar when ] put out
to sea, didn t know about the shipping
boards booze ban.
The closer a man.is the more distant
his friends are.
Our idea of hard luck is getting kill
ed by mistake.
Only safe place for a speeder is the
Sahara desert where roads are as wide
as they are long.
Only few weeks in which to DO
something to be thankful for this
Thanksgiving.
New York youngster talks five
languages; but that S nothing, most
babies speak ten or twelve.
Fast as the boy learns geography
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-20
Bedtime Stories
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE RUST
LING LEAVES

Copyright, 1922, by Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-20

Men running for office are nice tt
women Most women control "a vot,
and voter.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-20

Fast as the boy learns geography
some war changes it.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-20
LLOYD GEORGE RESIGNS

In accordance with the traditions of the British para-
mentary system Lloyd George having failed of the sup
pot of majority the House of Commons has rendered
his resignation King George and the same has been ac
cepted
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-20

New York youngster talks five
languages; but that S nothing, most
babies speak ten or twelve.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-20

The Imperial Valley Press delivered to city subscribe
at Is cents week; 55 cents per month"; 5000 per year
carrier BY mail any address in Imperial and adJoini
counties at $500 per years six month Sou.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1922-02-11
Music Never Grows Old

The Chicago Musical Exchange, 50
I. Van Buren, St, is rendering a great
and much needed service to musical
instrument owners OF this city. This
service has recently been extended to
the South Side. They have engaged
the services OF Marcus D. Threikeld
OF The Whip staff, to represent them
throughout the South Side.
To piano piano player. victrola.
photograph and other musical iustru-
ment owners, the Chicago Musical Ex-
change Is furnishing such services TO
It's members free of charge as, tuning
their pianos as often as they wish.
keeping their victrola or monograph
III first class condition, and looking
alter their piano, player, victrola.
monograph or other musical instru-
ments three times a year.
They are putting forth every effort
obtainable to keep their members mu-
steal instruments in first class condi-
ton and tor such service they are
prepared with a force OF experts for
any musical instrument their members
may have.
They have a free exchange depart
ment at which their members may ex-
change free OF charge and as many or
as often as desired their music rolls.
monograph records and sheet music.
Tor this service they charge a mem
bership Zee OF SO cents per month, it is
to the people advantage to become a
member OF this wonderful and much
needed exchange