Imperial Valley press., 1922-05-01
EXAMPLE OF NATIONAL UNITY

E4AMPLE OF NATIONAL UNITY
1t fine example of national unity given at Wash
ington on the anniversary of the birth of General Grant
of the dead general and president unveiled dispatch
to the Press said Veterans of the Federal and Confederate
forces stood side by side and paid soldiers homage
the great military leader"
One of the most beneficial effects Spanish Amer-
can war was to bring together in the uniforms the
of the North and the of the South fight for
common The slow of the amalgamaton of
the two sections had been going since their esrange
ment in the Sixties. Time gradually healing the
wounds that made in that great fratrcida war;
when the emergency wherein the of the
who fought each other in the days of rebellion
moned to the coors fight with each other for the
ton OF people oppressed by the tyranny Span these
young men who sat around the camp fires and
marched under the flag found they had the hopes
and the aspirations Former ceavages longer
dscerned, former differences forgotten and friend
ships out of ancient feuds and hatreds Then
when that catacysm of the ages when the spirit that
made America free danger being obterated and
the call was heard from the the young of
America support of liberty and the
ton of their heritage Troops of Alabama and Michigan
of Florida and Maine embarked in the transports
sailed under the same flag all wore the khaki that
deuged the enemies lines Belleau Woods in the Argonne
and at Chateau -Thierry. =
The White heat of patriotism engendered in these SUBJ
sequent struggles fused the citizenship Of the North
the South The latent hosties of the surviving from
that day Of sectional strife disappeared So it was
with pride in their hearts for the gories of America for
the of national ideals for the strength of
our institutions the men who wore the blue and those who
age to great military leader
The superb military genius of Grant conquered the
domitable men Of the South but this done in
sorrow than in anger. Under that old apple tree at
Appoox the Grant permitted the vanquished to
followed both Grant and Lee able stand shoulder
shoulder singing America and the Star Spangled Banner
in memory of the birth of the leader who lost
battle and who never planned a retreat.
With such spirit fostered unsullied and undimnished
in such nation there is height of material moral
sublfmity which America may not attain.
tended this phase of civilization known radio
vice is to be placed in the hands of Secretary Hoover Very
naturally falls within his of authority and within
the realm of his knowledge for he the scientist of
the And with his technical skill he has the
executive ability to handle big things. 1t will devove upon
Mr. Hoover and his department of the to
late wireless communication and keep the atmosphere
cleared of distractions To this end lengths must
be controlled and regulated that messages will not get
tangled up. 1t is new department Of public service
suddenly forced upon the adding to the COM
pexities OF 1t all AS might be expected lot of new
commissioners must be appointed to deal with the stua
tion How much pyraidng the government will
Of the problems bothering the philosophers.
The Los Angeles Times deprecates the idea that the
societies and other societies. and people
habua of the movies should nterpose obec-
tons Fatty and his proposal where he left off
when he his famous pa anna party That
the choice of preacher would hardly be left the habtues
of the track 1t is quite true that the judgment of
the sporting element could hardly be accepted par
matters of morals but is just true that the judgment
of the moral element is and must be accepted large
part of the pubics control the sporting element In
other words is not proper that only those
who in violation of law either moral statutory
should be moral Society would be at
ebb when that condition prevailed.
process has been invented in which by coating oranges
and other citrus fruit with parafn they be
long period without resortng refrigeration We
hardly think this can be adapted to our crops of lettuce
asparagus grapes and many other products
but it looks If cantaoupe growers might find in it
something worth nquiring about For one thing would
permit them to get away from buying and paying freight
good many thousand tons of ice.
The United States department of justice gives it out
that last people of the country swnded of
$140000000 by the sale of bogus securities Of the
lure of big dividends and high rates Of interest what gets
people into financial trouble If these wouldbe spectators
could only be taught to consult their bankers before
stead of after buying they would be infinitely better
The simplest remedy is to have little timely with
the family banker Better thus than to file complaint
with the prosecuting attorney which is trying fasen
the portal after the theft of the equine
Those Inglewood night riders are being called Ku