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Imperial Valley press., 1923-09-14
PRESSCLASSIFIED ADS
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l1NJtih
FOR SALE-A money making bar
gain for sale on easy terms, 160
acres highly improved, Il new
$4,000 residence and . small ten
ant houses planted to 20 acres
Thompson Seedless Grapes, 10
acres Malaga Grapes, 5 acres to
Grape Fruit, all in the pink of
condition, with perfect stand, the
remaining l25 acres in alfalfa
aud leased for 3 years for cash
rental for $25 per acre per year.
l offer you this property on easy
terms at $3.50 per acre. There is
no better land i'll Imperial Val
ley. This choice bargain will
not last long, so get busy. Geo
A Carter, 664 Main st. 1916
Imperial Valley press., 1923-09-14

OPPORTUNITIES =
80 acres best land, fine location
leased to yield IL per cent net on
price asked, might get possession
of 40 acres. June or sooner if de-
sired, easy terms, no exchange. so
acres best land, fine improved,
plenty shade. IA acres young
grapefruit trees, fine stand and
condition. 16 acres ready to plant
to lettuce, 40 acres in alfalfa,
fenced for dairy. Price right,
easy terms, no exchange. Press
Box 519. 1876
Imperial Valley press., 1923-09-14
For Saie--LiDest0ck

FOR SALE-Feed for 100 head of
mules or dry stock. Phone 97F'1.
Fred Reliquette. 1919
Imperial Valley press., 1923-09-14
TODAY'S WANT ADS
By ALTMAN

FOR SALE-Large lot, two. houses,
modern, shade and garage. o53
~ Holt Ave. l4t5
Imperial Valley press., 1923-09-14

LOST-Ladies gray leather bag in
I'll Centre. Einller please return
to Press office. 12tf
Imperial Valley press., 1923-09-14
Wanied--lkiscerianeous

WANTED--Seeonu hand eurnifnrs
Call 495W. $40 Main 81. lDtf
Imperial Valley press., 1923-09-14

FURNISHED APTS. and house for
rent. Apply 65f IIoit. l4t6
Imperial Valley press., 1923-09-14

Press want aas bring results,
Imperial Valley press., 1923-09-14

DIR. NORMAN E. DUPONT
Glasses fitted aud lenses duplicated
lis So. Fifth st.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-09-14

FOR RENT-Front room, complete
ly furnished, adjoining bath. 664
Holt. l4t3
The mirror., 1923-11-15

yore case fo lack OBJ ebbidenee, so yo is
free!" he announced.
Nose bounded from his chair and he
and Hamfat left the room.
"Here am five dollars fo yore' trouble,
Mistah Hamfat-dat shore is dirt cheap!
An that's phony diamond" chuckled
Nose.
"Jumpin' Jupiter! Yo is sly old pos
sunni" roared lawyer Hamfat. 4 done
loses ten dollars tub git yo Off"
The mirror., 1923-11-15
Sernonette

HH ERE you to be told that
just outside the door great
minds were waiting to give you
the secret of acquiring fabulous
wealth, you would not stop for
anything. Yet that which you
would hope to gain belongs but
to the perishable, Aeeting, ma
terial side of life. Why not
make as great an effort for the
knowledge that will give you
the secret of right living, reveal
to you the mysteries of life?
The mirror., 1923-11-15
A MILLION MILES OF PRINTING

Some startling statistics, which reveal
the development and widespread use of
the telephone, have been compiled by a
Chicago printing house, which prints tele
phone directories for many cities.
This printing establishment announces
that in 1920 it printed 6,699,O00 telephone
directories, using 1S,3sO,42O pounds of
paper, which required 4s9 freight cars to
transport it from the mills.
These directories if placed end to end
would reach from Chicago to jacksonville
Fla, and the paper stock if made into a
strip one foot wide would reach from the
The mirror., 1923-11-15

earth to the moon and more than halfway
back.
To set the type contained in the listing
of these directories would occupy one
mans time at Linotype machine for
nearly forty years and an ordinary CYL
inder press, running eight hours per day,
it would require seventy-fve years to COM
plete the run.-Ex.
The mirror., 1923-11-15
NOTICE TO INMATES

Each inmate is accorded the privilege Of one
subscription to THE MIRROR, to be sent home
or to friend. free Of charge. In order to
obtain this privilege you must write your own
name and register number and the name and
address Of the person you wish to send the
PAPER to, and hand same to your officer If
you wish 70 enter additional subscriptions, they
win be charged for at the rate Of so cents q
year for each subscription.
The paper delivered to your cell each week
must be kept clean, and should be folded in
the same manner as you receive it. placing it
at the foot Of your bed on the morning fol-
lowing the day on which it is delivered to
your cell.
The mirror., 1923-11-15

NOTICE-Innates submitting contributions
to THE MIRROR for publication must sign their
preferred, if not original proper credit must be
given to the writer If known; if writer's name
Is not known, it should be so specified by con-
tributor. Should contributor fail to comply
with this request he will be dropped from THE
MINORS contributing staff.
Approved by Warden. Editor.
The mirror., 1923-11-15

VI tuC OhitCu OtdeSS Oy shS &AheiASoh
Library Association. That there is no
reason why convict should not be. per-
mitted, and even encouraged, to read and
study, instead of brooding over his real
or imaginary wrongs, would seem to be a
foregone conclusion, and yet until COM
paratively recently, but little effort has
been made to give those incarcerated in
prisons an opportunity for such activity.
1t has seemed to be thought that as soon
as any individual was confined within the
walls of Jail, it Immediately became the
duty of most of those with whom he came
in contact to render his life miserable as
possible, and to fill it full of reminders
of his past misconduct
The library movement has done much
to mitigate all this. AS the display in Bos-
ton shown in connection with the meeting
of the American Prison Association indi-
Gates, the influence of good books is being
appreciated more and more. 1t is also be-
ing found out that many of the problems
which in the past proved almost insup-
cradle to the prison authorities are solving
themselves when the prisoners under their
care are allowed to occupy their thoughts
with good reading matter and spend their
time in improving their opportunities. Ac-
tually at the Sherborn Reformatory for
Women at Framingham, Mass, is library
among the shelves of which the women
are allowed to roam freely, picking up the
books which appeal to them and sitting
around and reading them. 1t is true that
this is the only prison in which such COM
plete liberty is allowed, but the mere fact
that its success has been demonstrated in
one institution carries with it strong evil
dence that the plan employed there could
be utilized in other places equally salts
factorily.
One thing is certain with all such move
ments which have for their primary pur-
pose the upbuilding of those who have for
one reason or another been unfortunate
enough to be confined within a prison, and
that is no good comes from brutal ad-
herance to methods dating back to the
Middle Ages. 1t may be granted that there
are some criminals who seem not to be
amenable to kindness and who resent
every effort made to help them stand on
their own feet, but these are comparatively
few. Far more in number are the men
and women who respond to every effort
made to bring them aid and who show by
their actions that the confidence reposed
in them is not misplaced. When it is re-
allied that the influence of thought upon
the individuals welfare is beyond measure
powerful for good or i'll, the work of this
library association in turning the thought
of imprisoned men and women into
healthy channels is seen to be invaluable.
-Christian Science Monitor
MORE: 1t is pleasing to see the interest
that is being manifested in libraries for
penal institutions. Our institution was
one of the first to install library and to-
day it contains over 10000 volumes, care
fully catalogued, many of which are books
of reference enabling our inmates to OBJ
tain information on practically all sub
jects and many of them are taking ad-
vantage of the opportunity presented to
improve themselves mentally.-Ed. :
The mirror., 1923-11-15

LETTERS TO BOARD OF CONTROL
Ali Inmates desiring to write to the State
Board Of Control will notify their officer, who
to the Deputy Warden's Office Friday noon in
order that special paper for that purpose may
be furnished you. Letters written on regula.
ton size paper will not be permitted to 60.
J. J. SULLIVAN,
Warden.
The mirror., 1923-11-15

"Our conception may be narrowed either
into misconceived spirituality or misap-
piled materiality, in accordance to the
actions of negative and positive reasoning
the one leading into realms imaginative,
and the other into paths destructive to be-
ing" /
The mirror., 1923-11-15

If falsehood had, like truth, but one face
only, we would be upon better terms; for
the liar says for certain truth; but the re-
verse for truth hath hundred figures,
and is field indefinite without bound or
limit.-Montaigne.
The mirror., 1923-11-15

"Next best to natural, spontaneous
cheeriness is deliberate, intended, persis-
tent cheeriness, which we can create, can
cultivate, and can so foster and cherish
that after a few years the world will
never suspect that is was not hereditary
gift"
The mirror., 1923-11-15
A DARKY'S ALIBI


CONTINUED from page ~
The huge lawyer loosed his hands from
Moses grip and replied, coaxingly-
"Whut l Graves tub know, is how come
dem chickens in yore wagon-coop ef yo
didn't steal 'em?"
Oats de simples thing imaginable Dey
jes natchully come dere dem-selves"
Hamfat looked incredulous.
"Yassur dey did, Mistah Hamfat,-dey
shore did! Yo see, de tother night / done
drive out in de country tub de dance whut
de "Mystic Brudders of Ham, was gibbin',
an had five er six drinks OBJ hot alkehol
wild sugar in it. Den when wus drivin'
home it started to rain pitchforks, an I
done stopped under big elm tree whut
was full OBJ chickens roostin' on de limbs
an didn't know it. Den goes tub sleep,
an de lightin' hit de tree an down come
whule flock OBJ chickens. Den when wus
tryin' tub make de hosses stand anudder
flash OBJ lightin' done lit up de whule
yearth es bright es day, an dem chickens
done seed de coop in nah wagon an jes
natchully flew right into it. Den nah
hosses started tub run an couldn't make
em stop till Use done got tub town. Den
dem chickens begins tub cackle an gets
pinched fo' stealin' EN-. Yassur-dat's de
Lawd's troof"
Nose raised his hands aloft to swear to
his story, and lawyer Hamfat caught sight
of a glimmering stone set in a gold ring
which was turned under the finger to
escape notice. His eyes now glowed with
new and sudden interest.
"Where'd yo git dat spawklef!" he de-
manded, grasping the hand and turning
the diamond to its rightful position.
Nose looked sheepishly at the ring,
while Hamfats eyes grew greedy with
visions of acquiring unexpected wealth.
"Dat's NAH pregagement ring! rs
gagged tub git married tub Miss Daisy
Blackfoot is, an rs bawt dis ring tub
glib her tuh-night We hab decided tub
join de holy bonds OBJ matermony de fust
OBJ next month";" confded Nose.
"Iooks tub me es if yo would be poundin'
rock bout de time yose weddin' bells he'd
ought tub ring!" observed Hamfat dryly.
ooh, please doan say dat Yo is gwine
tub git me off isn't yo?" pleaded Nose
piteously.
Hamfat shrugged his shoulders uncer-
tainly. "I tells yo, Mose-mebbe I kin if
yo gibs me dat ring. De Distric' 'ttorney
am shore awful sore at yo, an de ledge
amt gwine tub b'lieve no such tale es yo
bin tellin' me, but yo glib me dat spawkler
and rs shore kin fix dat. rs got good
troo frien' whut's got anudder frien' who
am on good terms wild de Distric' 'ttorney,
an rs jes got time tub see em now-an de
Distric 'ttorney will jes natchully fergit
tub call yore case, an den yo is free-d'ye
see?"
Nose gazed wistfully at the ring as he
reluctantly removed it from his finger.
"Yo is shore, is yo?"
ashore es Possum am good eatin'w re-
sponded Hamfat, depositing the diamond
ring in his purse as he strobe from the
room.
Nose gazed at the departing figure
hopefully. In few moments Hamfat
returned carrying long, folded paper
which he gave to the Deputy Sheriff on
guard.
ode Distric' 'ttorney's done quashed
The mirror., 1923-11-15
THE VALUE OF PRISON LIBRARIES

1t does not require extraordinary dis
cernment to appreciate the value of the
work being done in many of the prisons
The mirror., 1923-11-15

THE MIRROR is weekly paper published in
in 1887 by the prisoners and is edited and
managed by them. 1t aims to be home news
raper; to encourage moral and intellectual i'm.
prOvement among the prisoners; to acquaint
the public with the true status of the prisoner,
10 disseminate pathological information and to
aid in dispelling that prejudice which has ever
been the bar sinister to a fallen mans self
redemption.
The mirror., 1923-11-15
CHURCH NOTICE

CHURCH NOTICE
Services in the Prison Chapel at nine o'clock
lie service every alternate Sunday. Rev. G. E.
Benson and Rev. FIR. Corcoran, Chaplains.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-08-09
LONG TERMS IN CONGRESS
American Law Is Not So Favorable
to Youth as 1t Is in the Brit
ish Parliament.

His near fifty years In congress
b~racketed Uncle Joe Cannon's name
with that of Gladstone.
But it was 65 years from the time
Gladstone was first elected to parlia-
ment until the last parliament of
which he retained a seat was dis
solved, observes the Philadelphia In
quirer.
Henry Clay's span In congress was
about fOrty-six years, although there
were In his case long Interruptions.
Benton's thirty years were made the
title Of a book, while Blaine's Given
ty Years in Congress" once seemed an
impressive mouthful.
Simon Cameron. off and on, repre-
sented Pennsylvania In the United
States senate over a stretch of thirty
two years, sandwiching a Russian am
bassadorship and a cabinet place with
Lincoln in his senatorial career.
Our American law Is a bar to quite
so long a tenure in congress as Eng
lishmen may have in parliament. One
must be at least twenty-five before he
can be a representative and thirty Is
the minimum for a senator.
In England twenty-one is zero point
for a member of parliament. Glad
stone was but twenty-three when first
elected.
OF England's thirty-seven prime min
listers elevn began their careers In
parliament at twenty-one and the av-
erage, for all was but twenty-five.
When a man goes to congress Mt
thirty his extreme youth Is a matter
for gossip and newspaper comment.
Uncle Joe' was well past thirty when
he went to Washington.
At one time in England there lived
10 past or future prime ministers.
In 1861 there lived IL past, present
or future Presidents Of the United
States.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-08-09
HOW MONTANA RANKS
in WOOL, OIL AND COAL

Washington, Aug. ga 1923 wool
clip of 228,031,OO pounds is pre-
dicted by the department of agricul-
ture. In the list of states Montana
is third with an estimated produc-
ton of S,295,O 900 pounds, Texas
leading with 10, 100000 and Wyom-
ing coming second with 1890, 900
pounds. Five other states are given
at over 100000 pounds, being, in
the order named, Utah, Idaho, Ohio,
California and Oregon. No other
state has as much as 10, 900, 900. The
predicted 1928 clip exceeds the 22O,-
$4,000 pound clip of 1922, that of
223 ,O62, 900 pounds in 1921, but is
below that of 1920, which was 235,-
OO5,OOO.
Montana in the first half of 1923
contributed 1,286,OOO barrels of
crude oil to refneries, geological sur
vey figures show. This is exclusive
of production held in storage. The
six month output for the opening
half of 1923 exceeds that of the same
period in 1922 by $4,000 barrels.
National transportation production
for the period was 337,471,O 900 bar
rels, as compared with 287,239,OOO
barrels for the first half of 1922.
Soft coal production in Montana
for the six month period ending June
80 amounted to 1869, 900 tons, the
geological survey announces. The
national output was 273,27O,OO tons.
1t is pointed out that if this rate is
maintained throughout the year the
1928 total will be but four per cent
under that of 1920, a year of indus
trial activity and of steady demand
for coal. The supply was consider
ably less in 1921, due to depression.
Last year the miners strike was a
prevailing factor.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-08-09
Fountain Of Jewels.

The use of Novagem jewels, which
became famous at the Panama-Paciic
exposition in 1915, for electrical foun-
tains is believed by the Illuminating
engineering laboratory of the General
Electric company to be a particularly
happy field for these gems as the re-
suit of the electrical show at Pitts
burgh. which has just closed. An eIes-
trical fountain in which 10000 of the
jewels were displayed beneath the
rays of searchlights and amid the fall
ing waters was n of the spectacular
sights at the show. The installation
was directed by w. D'A. Ryan, head
of the Illuminating engineering lab
oratory, who introduced these jewels
to the American public.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-08-09
She Missed the Joke.

My queerest boss was inclined to be-
come playful at intervals and business
would be suspended while he romped
with some of the younger girls in the
office, sometimes for Is or 20 minutes.
One day he drew a little girl down
on his knee. saying he would keep her
there until she took back" something
she had said to him. She was strug-
Cling madly to free herself from his
grasp, and the rest of the Office force
were laughing loudly when who should
step in the door but his very jealous
wife. She took in the picture at a
glance, and walked into the boss pri-
vate ofice.-Exchange.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-08-09
Ancient Work of Art.

An ivory ~statuette, about six inches
high, made from a raammoth's tusk
has been found In a grotto at Lex
pugne, Haute-Garonne, France. It rep
resents a woman and was no doubt
carved with sharp fints in. the paleo-
lithic period, when the climate of
France, its fauna and flora, were like
those Of northern Africa. and when
the mammoth roamed through vast for
ests. The statuette rs, therefore, pre-
sumably one Of the Oldest known
works Of art In the world. It's age
may be anything from 10000 to 10000
years.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-08-09
PROGRAM OF
EXTENSION SERVICE

The fall program of the Roosevelt
County Extension Service and Farm
Bureau is one that is of value, i'm
portance and interest to farmers of
Roosevelt county interested in edu-
cational and cooperative progress. 1t
carries a campaign in the early fall
on selection of seed corn, which will
take place about the first week in
September; the judging of 20 filters
of high grade and registered pigs
that were entered last spring in the
Boys Club contest; the assisting with
local corr exhibits and shows; series
of demonstrations of killing, picking
and packing of poultry, also furnish
ing the market quotations of poul-
try to individuals and to community
organizations; the training of demon
stration teams and Judging teams for
state fair competition; series of fall
community meetings and picture
shows in connection in organized
communities; getting data on the
three corn variety test plots in the
county and assisting in the operation
Of the Northern Montana Corn Show,
together with such emergency prob
lens as may come up in the mean
time.
1t is believed that all of the things
connected with the fall program are
important from a cooperative and ed
lcational standpoint and some of
Them have an appreciative value to
not familiar with some of
points.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-08-09
COUNTY CORN SHOW
CULBERTS0N, NOV. z

The community of Culbertson has
taken the initiative in boosting the
corn program in Roosevelt county by
staging a county corn show just one
week previous to the Northern Mon
tana Corn Show. The County Corn
show will be held at Culbertson on
November End and 3rd.
The business men of Culbertson
have made up a purse and have pub
lished a premium list which can be
secured by writing the committee in
charge of the corn show at gilbert
son, who are, Harry Anderson and
Prof. A. A. Wood.
Competition Open
Competition is not only open to
farmers of Roosevelt county but to
any farmer in the northeastern cor
e of the state. 1t is understood
from recent publicity that farmers
in the Medicine Lake and Homestead
country are raising corr fourteen
feet high and it is hoped that these
farmers will be some of the outsiders
that will exhibit at the corn show for
it is believed that Roosevelt county
will show her northern neighbors
pretty good competition when it
comes TO raising corn.
Stock Sale Also
Plans are also being made by the
committee to hold a club
live stock sale in connection with
the show AMI it is also believed that
& Powers will hold their an
nual pure bred livestock sale at that
which will make some added at
traction with the corn show itself.
Application has also been made
the extension service at Be-
for assistance of such corn
experts as can be had to give in
'truction in the different phases of
corn growing.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-08-09

message ran. ." had no intention OF
proposing to any one else and only
told you that in the hope of bringing
you around. Fred"
Quickly Jeanette scrubbed a line at
the bottom:
ut did. Love, Jeanette"
"Oh, mother, ge, John TO rush this
off, she said. jumping up. II wonder
whether he'll get it in time to catch
the 9 O'Clock train back?
Who'll get whatY asked her mother
pIacidly.
"Oh, nothing. I'll jump In the car
and send it myself. It's dreadfuIly
important"
Probably an invitation to a house
party next June" said Mr.. Mcdowell,
going back to the morning paper as his
daughter fitted out of the door.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-08-09
Page Tablet, in Westminster Abbey

Page Tablet in Westminster Abbey.
The London Times says the dear
and chaplain of Westminster abbey
have decided to comply with the re
quest made In January under the sig
natures of Prime Minister Bonar Law,
the earl of Balfour, Herbert Fl. AS
quith, David Lloyd George and Lord
Grey, to erect a tablet in the abbey in
the memory of Walter Hines Page,
once American ambassador to the
court of st. James, according to a
New York Times dispatch.
The tablet will be placed near the
monument to James Russell Lowell, at
one time American minister to Great
Britain.
The London Times In an editorial
which warmly approves the decision of
the church authorities, says 1t would
be peculiarly fitting to place a me-
mortal to the late Viscount Bryce In
the same part of the abbey, "as his
memory may fifty be associated with
that of Mr.. Page as a strenuous and
convincing worker in the same cause"
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-08-09
RURAL CORRESPONDENCE
From Our Rural Patrons
4 q a9aR y q
r BONN
e
BONN
Il K 4 Il < d II 4 q ID q q n q

Earl Starner and family moved to
Frazer recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Underwood de-
parted last week for their home near
Turtle Lake, N. d., after a pleasant
visit with hteir son and daughter
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. B. Manganese and
son Berent of Riverside were recent
visitors at the Fred Starner home.
Russell Sewer of Frazer came out
Saturday to help Oscar Smith move.
Oscar Smith has purchased a house
at Frazer and is moving irto it this
week.
Mrs. Lydia Lynn returned Thurs
day from a visit with her sister, Mrs.
E. Andrews of Frazer.
Glen Witherbee was a Frazer visit
or last week.
Miss Anna homeland called at the
Fred Starner home Saturday.
Gene Wood helped Frank Konicek
with his harvesting last week.
Henry Anderson and family, Chas.
Nelson and Mr.. and Mrs. F. Starner
were Sunday visitors at BERTHE
Berry's.
Charles Nelson made a trip to Fra
ger last week.
Mrs. homeland called at the Maur-
ice Tew home Sunday morning.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-08-09

If it's news-The Herald gets it.
, 1923-01-11

and butter fat, that was forth 81
621. $50
Total Livestock Returns e8O,8BO,20O
Add to the heretofore listed pro-
ducts of the livestock industry the
$1,600,000 worth OF poultry and
eggs marketed during the year:
100000 worth Of hides, and for
lack Of q better division in which to
place It, the 100000 received for
the 100000 pounds Of honey pro-
duced In b state during the year,
and the total financial return from
the livestock industry. appears as