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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-02

THE late Sir H. Rider Haggard once
wrote a story about old Mr.. Nee
sons will-which was tattooed on
the back of a pretty girl.
Mr. Meeson was shipwrecked on a far
away island with two burly sailormen and
his beautiful niece, Augusta Smithers. Mr..
Meeson was dying. The exposure in the
And he had fortune of several millions
back in England which would go to people
he hated if he didn't make a will.
He wanted to bequeath his money to
his favorite nephew, whom he had not
done right by, and as he felt his end APP
preaching he begged pitiably for pen and
paper. But there was no pen and paper.
Tic and the beautiful Augusta thought of
writing the will in blood on white cloth,
but there was no white cloth, either. Nor
was there anything on the whole desolate
island to write with or on. Time was
short Old Nelson's life was ebbing. How
could his dying wish possibly be graft
hedt
Then Augusta noticed the brawny arms
of Bill, one of the tars marooned with
them. HIS arms were brilliantly tattooed
from wrist to shoulder. All An idea.
The very thing. They would tattoo the
viii on the hide of one of the sailors
But examination showed that both the old
salts were already so profusely tattooed
with flags, flowers and mermaids that
there was no room on either of them for
poor Mr. Nelson's will
So OLD Meeson selfishly begged Augusta
10 ont
n was cruel sacrifice to ask of her. She
hit her i'm and tears came to her eyes.
| She knew that her back was one of her
greatest beauties, and was proud of 1t.
| She knew that once she submitted she
would be SCARED for life, for no way has
ever been devised to remove the marks
az a tattooer's needle She could never
wear evening gowns. 1t meant giving up
much that girl most prizes.
But the old man was dying. Bravely
she barred ner shapely white back and said,
go on; let's get it over as soon as pos
nble"
With hshbone and sharp piece of
wood for needles and the blood of a cutie
fish for ink, Bill set to work. Augusta
set ner teeth and endured the pain in
silence For nearly five hours Bill pricked
and dug away, lettering these words in
her skin:
II leave my property to my nephew,
XEustace Meeson." Meeson held out his
|hand TO Bill, who took it and gouged hi.
|name into Augustus back, and the two
lars witnessed" it.
When this torture was over, Augusta
staggered into the hut and went off into
b dead FAINT.
In the story the extraordinary will was
,uly probated after a lawsuit. Augusta
married Eustaee and they lived happily
BIZ old Nelson's money forever after,
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-28
Sued Hubby Who
Made Her Work
Out In Field S

S. Pa-rir, 5 Day was apparently
an uuHrkv day fer ,Iuventina
Gutierrez, according to the com
r'ain- for divorce which she has fill
eI against Jesus Z. Gutierrez.
The couple were married in this
citv ON March L. and separated on
May -. because of alleged intoler-
able cruelty ON The part of the hus-
band. The plaintiff alleges that he
forced her 70 work with him in the
fields ON a ranch near Heber, as
wei. Is 70 take care Of household
affairs. and that he frequently beat
her. iutlirting bruises which under
mined her health.
Willie visiting relatives in San
Diego several weeks ago. the plain
tiff claims that the defendant took
her clothes away from her and that
if was necessary for her to enlist
the aid Of The police to get portion
Of them back.
Finally, en- Nay l.. after another
alleged beating. the plaintiff was
forced To leave the defendant. as
snc asserts She feared for her life.
I'm addition To a divorce she asks
flat rlc court order the defendant
10 dpfrav The costs Of the divorce
action. ". G. AtchinsoH of CalcXico
is her attorney.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-28
MANY TRAINS
OF SHRINERS
ARE DUE HERE

In the belief that MANY Shrin-
ers in Imperial Valley viii he in
terested in the special trains bound
for the Los Angeles convention,
which will pass through FL Centre
from the east in the next few DAYS,
the following list Of trains has been
issued by G. W. Runge, district
freight and passenger agent of the
Southern Pacific company.
The first Shrine train through
here will carry members Of Boumi
Temple. from Baltimore. and will 90
through here tomorrow. On Satur-
day the train carrying members of
Kaala Temple of Davenport, Iowa,
will pass through Fl Centre.
Sunday will be the big day for
the trains, the following being
scheduled 10 arrive: Alzafar Tenn
pie, San Antonio, Texas; Al Koran
Temple, Cleveland. Ohio: Mozlah
Temple, Fort Worth, Texas; Alice
Temple, Savannah, Georgia; Al
Silah Temple, Macon, Georgia; The
Add Temple, Duluth, Minnesota;
Oasis Temple. Charlotte, North Car
olina; Aladum Temple, Columbus,
Ohio.
All these trains will be routed to
Los Angeles via San Diego, trav-
cling on the San Diego and Arizona
railway.
In addition, FL Zaribal Temple Of
Phoenix, Arizona, will also pass
through here on Sunday, being rout-
ed TO Los Angees, however, by way
Of INLAND.
There will also be eight trains
passing over the main line through
INLAND on Sunday and two on Sat
urday. These trains will rot pass
through FL Centre.
Members of the Shrine who may
have friends arriving on any Of
these trains, can obtain the time Of
arrival by communicating with the
Southern Pacific company, so that
they may meet then friends.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-28
COURT OF HONOR
GIVES OUT MANY
BADGES OF MERIT
Troop 3 Takes Most Hon
Ors. Many Others
Present

81 the court Of honor held here
Tuesday night many boy scouts from
aiI over the county were present
to receive merit badges and to mov,
up tu first aud second class scout
ranks. Randall Henderson of Ca
ic>icu. county chairman of tn,
court of honor. WAS present togeth
cr with l.. R. phiIicv, secretary
John T. Rice. Charles T.. Scott and
.lut.r Fr"1kliu j. cole.
Several of these men made in
futma, speeches touching on the
benefits OF the boy scout work and
90 goodly number of parents and
friends OF the young scouts were
present to see them take their hon.
urS.
Troop No. , walked away with
more honors than any other iudivid.
uai troop, with Troop No. giving
them - close run. The merit awards
in Troop No. ; were as follows:
Billy FoSS, cooking, saftey first
and civicS; Hiram Gordon, poultry
keeping; William Douthitt, ma.
chinerv; Chester Collins. machin-
cry; Victor Heztel, life saving and
first aid; John Nichols. choking and
firemanShip.
Troop No. I merit badges were
rs follows: Eugene Schreirer, han
dicraft and personal health; Albert
Weber, Handicraft and personal
health; Robert Huston, fireman
ship; Austin Head, firemanShip; vii
liam Mcdaniel, handicraft.
Troop No. |: Charles Blackman,
carpentry, fircmanship and swim
ming.
Troop No. Q: Alfonzo Perez. min
ing and pioneering; Charles Archi-
bald, pioneering.
Troop No. 13: Robert Lutes, fire
manship and pioneering.
Troop No. %: Dale Sharp, per
sonal health; Roy Poole, athletics
and personal health; Charles Thomp-
son, personal health.
Troop No. %: Walter Bromley,
cooking and craftsmanship; Bobbie
Rice. swimming
First Glass Scouts
Julian Raya. Troop l: Standlee
Rank, Troop :; George BaIarezo,
Manuel Balarezo, David Hinoiosa
and Emil Hasham, Troop 9; Mat
thew Labrucherie and Elwood Veil
quette. Troop %; Davis Wynne. Ro-
bert Douthitt and Marshall Cara
dine, Troop %.
Second Glass Scouts
Ross Sims, Troop ]; Edgar Nice,
Gilbert kirkpatrick, Robert Weber,
Forrest Ferris and Carl Hardy,
Troop; Frank Bezdecheck and Al.
bert Blunt, Troop p; Sherman Eld-
ridge and Morgan Rice, Troop 26.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-28
Bert LytelI and
Bride Return TO
Hollywood Home

HOLLYWOOD, May 29.- Bert
T.ytcl film star, and his bride.
Claire Windsor, were back in IIoI.
lvwood today after Il three weeks
honeymoon in MoXico.
Edwin Caewe, and Mary Akin,
best couple, returned with them.
Miss Akin denied reports sh" and
Carewc were married at Juar2z with
the Lytells, but said:
~ wish we were-wc II have to
wait until Eddie gets his divorce. 10
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-28
BOY FALLS IN
IRRIGATION CULVERT

WHITTIER. Cal, May 2S,--Jamcs
Dohcrty, >. fell in an irrigation
ditch here and was washed irto
street culvert. After pedestrians
had rescued the body from the sew
or, physicians worked in vain for
two hours to rcsuscitatc the lad.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-28
Mrs. Burnam Is
Victim OF Fall

The success of the "hicll' fair
at Imperial last night was marred
by an accident which befcll one Of
the members Of the Business Wo-
men ; Club Mrs. Robert l.. Burnam,
who sustained bad fall.
Mrs. Bunam who had worked
for days to help make the affair
:; success, was ON one of the, trucks
in the parade which proceeded the
evening 5 festivities and in alight-
ing slipped and fell to the cement
pavement. At first it WAS feared
She had suffered a broken hip but
N-ray pictures taken Immediately
aftcsward by Dir. IL. V. Gray show
cd that no bones were broken.
Mrs. Burnam was removed to her
home ON West Main street, in this
city. where she is rctting easily
.oday, although suffering from
shock and bad bruises.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-28
Mary Bratsouleous
Weds Local Man

Following an order from Judge
Cole this morning, discharging her
as ward Of the Juvenile court,
under whose jurisdiction she has
been for the past two years, Mary
Bratsouleous OF this city was mar
ried this morninA 10 William Sigri-
mis- also of this city.
The order Of the court decreed
that the girl should be a juvenile
ward until such time as she reached
the age Of Is. She is now 10, ac-
cording TO the statement given when
the marriage license was obtained,
and was accordingly discharged as
ward and given permission to
marry.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-28
EIGHT FOREIGNERS GET
YALE SCHOLARSHIPS

NEW HAVEN, Conn. May 2s.-
Eight foreign students, including
four from Canada. are among the
~ who have been awarded fellow
-Liu> and scholarships amounting to
>ID.ou0 for graduate study at Yale
University. it WAS announced here
today. Tho other students repre-
s.r- I'D states
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-28

svS-am announced Today tol'ow;n.
complaints II feminine passengers
tha. eaadaetv.S wer7 interfering
with their ..si-ats.
= tsrreta' goa may smoke. il
vou have 10 objection TO sitting
win ~ mn IN the smokc.scctiau
o1 the rars. officials told tlc com.
planners. Orders were then issued
to conductors 10 Permit .H women
passengers - smoke # ta,y dc>ir-
#.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-28
commencement Ol
HOltville Schools
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willie boot district s -
the high hu.. IaH Nefa
evening.
One hundred HI s faH
were presented Ns o. 8. ra,. aH.s
iu,cudcrt u. >,Eae- - l#Hs
county. Two rn....fllg E4I.H
Of the sr.,udI uHt..H atH. .a #f
dress hy o.. g. sfHu.l. ..a-aI.-.
,,rrctar, o. ~t.iH,.H tsHfa1aI.
.,,rl 90 I,.,lftFrT ,...H ssh. -. -
Well, hy Mrs. tHa.'es n. If.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-28
BANKSFAIL, ALI
BUSINESS HAS
HOLIDAY"

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Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-28

They arrested famous swindler
in Chicago, but he hasn' t sold the
Judge any oil stock yet.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-28

SAN Fuu,i..o hotel hrrI ~
night. Eu it's u~gfII, n1m r#.U b
there tu flee ...WE ,.l
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-28
Women Allowed
To Smoke In
!. L. A. Street Cars

40 Los ANGELES. May 23. Wo-
,a3en may smoke on Los Angeles
street cars, officials Of the trolley
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-28

A man vlo mr.le .suHeaa ii
New York g.ts hi. exercise EHaaas
up columns If Figures.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-28

Rum war wages in the land of the
free and home of the crave.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-28

People Who live iii spring suits
should not open milk bottles.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-28

r era .a-a f.r ae IS vita
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-28

Es. aa.r. H.. .at.ul fafu n
.a f.e ..#r af I..e a.IHngs.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-28

Eaa t. Shipped eIm ears
a. .a #afe
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-10-21
Explains How Oil
"Puts Out" Wigglers

Mosquito 'wigglers." or larvae, are
not smothered by the oil sprayed on
their pools; they simply drown. The
researches Of DR.. David Keilin, work
ing at the Molteno institute In South
Africa, and just announced in London
by Sir Arthur e. Shipley, run counter
to the older and commonly accepted
notion.
Mosquitoes and their larvae, like all
insects, have no lungs or gills to
breathe with, such as higher animals
nave. They get the oxygen they re-
qulre through systems of tubes open
ing directly to the outside air and
inward to all parts of their
bodies. Doctor Keilin discovered that
mosquito larvae had certain cells in
these tubes that secreted a fatty sub
stance, which served to keep the water
'ut. But upon experimenting with
hem, using oil, liquids that dissolve
ats. he found that If these protective
ecretions were thus dissolved, the
'reathing tubes Of the larva filed I'D
Win water and the hapless "wig-
lers" drowned.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-10-21
Live Stock Items

There is nothing better for grAw
Ing pigs than skim milk.
incubation Is essential, II alfaIfs
has not been growing on the farm
The soil may be inoculated either hr
commercial culture or by using sol,
from a successful alfalfa field
1t costs cents an acre to treat soad
wheat with copper carbonate to nro
vent smut which often causes a los,
OF 81 to So an acre. and sometimes
runs rs high as $40
Farmers should begin now to m.t
plans to put In flock of breed,no
ewes this fall.
Crude petroleum thinned with n,
tie kerosene is effective In eliminatin.
hog mango or scurvy.
Sheep, If properly handled ana
cared for, will give greater retnrns
per dollar invested than anv othas
class Of live stock. They will claan
up the fields in the fall and turn fesd.
that have no marketable value ,nt.
cnsh.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-10-21
Steer Feed Experiment
Gives Beneficial Data

Experimental steer feeding was con
Quoted during the winter of 1924192s
at the Caldwell substation of the
Idaho agricultural experiment station.
Fifty two-year-old Hereford and
Shorthorn steers, purchased In Owy-
hee county last November, were used
In this experiment. This group of
steers was divided into five lots of
ten each and fed the following rations
for hundred-day period:
Lot Long alfalfa hay and corn.
Lot alfalfa meal and corn.
Lot 3-Chopped alfalfa hay and corn.
Lot 4-Long alfalfa hay, corn silage
and corn.
Lot 5-Long alfalfa. hay and barley.
Shelled ground corn was used in the
first four lots and ground barley In
the fifth lot
The feeding period being over on
March n the steers were shipped on
that date and sold on the Portland |
market March 80 The average shrink
age was 48 pounds per head. Market
Ing expenses amounted to rs cents Der
hundredweight.
The prices received and the dress
ng percentages for each lot were as
M
Lots and 4 topped tho market at
500 per cwt Each of these lots
ressed out COS per cent
Lots 1 and each brought 1878 ner
w.t. The dressing per cent of these
ITS was 500 per cent.
Lot sold at $3.50 per cwt and
ressed out at 5s.6 per cent.
In the coolers the carcasses graded
; follows: % choice, 20 good, l me-
um and poor.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-10-21
Care of Little PIGS

At narrowing time the herdsman
should be at his post, for it is then
that he has the chance to save some
of the young pigs, and In some cases
the SOW When the pig is born It
has SOME small needle teeth, or arti-
fetal tusks. Some of the best herds
men make 1t practice to remove
these. After narrowing it is a good
rule to feed thin slop containing
double handful of ground feed the
second day. and gradually increase
this amount as the pigs are able TO
take the milk.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-10-21

where before l did not feel like doing
anything or going around. After nv
first child was born about four years ago
! saw an advertisement in the paper
about the Vegetable Compound. knew
IT would help me, but l was afraid to
try it because people said it would help
you to have children and knew was
having children fast enough. But /
thought If it would help me it would be
better to have whole house full of
children and have good health. I be-
came stronger from taking it and nv
husband says ! look like live woman
instead of dead one. When Spring
comes | am going to take your Blood
Medicine as am very thin. will an
'wer letters from. any woman who
wishes to ask about your medicine. r.
Mrs. WILLIAM BUTTS, Wellston, Ohio.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-10-21
FARM
,S!!s.EI;QCK
FEED COWS MILK
TO ORPHAN LAMBS

In feeding orphan lambs many thinh
that cows milk should be diluted with
water, but since the analyses of ewes
milk shows 1t to be richer in fat than
cow'g milk this practice is entirely I'M
necessary. For the first week the
orphan should have some ewes milk
If possible. A good way to get 1t is to
take the lamb to the ewes whose
lambs are not yet old enough to take
| all the milk.
The orphan should be fed milk
often, but 1t should not be given a
large amount at one time until it is
two or three weeks old.
Upon the first day Of its life an
ounce 1.-TWO tablespoonfuls) is a lib
eral feeding and 1t is safer to feed
only half that amount, but 1t should
be fed at least every two hours.
1t is most convenient to feed the
milk from bottle to which is at |
tached medium-slzed nipple of the
swan-bill type. The bottle should be
kept thoroughly clean and the milk
should be fresh and at natural tenn
perature; that is 100 degrees. In or
der to maintain the temperature, the
bottle containing the milk should be
Kept in a vessel partly filled with
water heated to 100 degrees or slight
~ above.
After the lamb Is two or three
weeks old, 1t Is not necessary to feed
It more than two or three times a day
an eve has two lambs and
only enough milk for one In such a
,ase 1t is usually possible to bring the
ambs along nicely by supplementing
Ter supply with cows milk. AS they
earn to eat grain and hay, the milk
eeding can be gradually diminished
nd finally discontinued.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-10-21
FIRST "Blenheim Spaniel"

pl Ell Is said that during the Batt,s :.
Of Morlh spaniel followed the d,,, OF
p bs marlborough all day long ' o,e1 auke
neel, never leaving him unt s eros elose at
ravo success had turned decis,va e 'ide
the fam me Jog g home, and his duchess beAs
If ti1 d", ~, Sarah Churchill carol e ~
y .,ll IT'S death. This doe s ,"a Ior
ha,, Of the well-knowmm was me
oeiin spanIels. Ever sInon Blen-
nce that time
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-10-21

treatment, provided BY ~ n' ts y
abundance and to be had lOf M y "A
ing :, There is more in IT than !. o. d
vanity Of getting a coat u -. u. W
posing shapely limbs. IL =
insurance. ,.yous 4
The sunshine has a s..uyt
of affecting the blood. IL arr
'haemoglobin, the o1ysen ,M W
part Of the blood stream, ~. sy ,pi
calcium content of the bl'0 'ssI h
proves the quality OF inc N. tta y
In the blood, and provioe
for the bodily processes
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-10-21

lands are the spawning ground Of vas
e numbers Of game fishes, including tn,
: black bass-"inch for inch and pount
r for pound the gamest fish that swims.
}. And these game fish need mans help
} For when the high waters of spring
J recede millions of small fry-and many
large fsh-become landlocked and
J perish, unless rescued and returned
} to the parent waters From this natu-
raj nsh hatchery go millions of game
nshes for the stocking of lakes and
streams. The demand every year for
olack bass Is something like thirty
times the supply, for the bass does not
take kindly to artificial propagation.
IN addition, the commercial fishing op
eratfons Of this region involve millions
OF dollars annually.
Inls region Is a land of scenic
beauty Of kind differing from sur
rounding areas. 1t Is an "unglaciated
oasis left untouched by the great ela-
cier OF the last Ice Age. SO 1t was not
planed down to common level with
tne rest OF the region round about
30 Dav1ess county In the northwest |
corner OF Illinois, for examine. "a
rugged and picturesque. The Miss,s-
slppi flows through valley three to
I'VE miles wide between bluffs that rise
In places to 600 feet. There are many
permanent sloughs and bayous. and
III tne spring much Of the bottom land
is unoer water. The wild animal and
plant life Is varied and Of interest
So beautiful is this unglaciated re-
zion that six years ago the MississIppi
aiiey association, the state of Iowa
ne General Federation of Wome,,s
'iuDs and other organizations beeon I
movement for the establishment here
Il the Mississippi Valley Nat,ono1 o
ARK. A private owner offered TO do t
ate the l25 Iowa acres forming the a
celic keystone. 1t was proposed that +
purchase 1900 acres an c
raised at $224,0OO. But congress- n
lrned deaf ear. =
Inns region is historic ground too W
iact winch adds to it's attractiveness 8
all good Americans. ft
Inc FOX and the Wisconsin IN nra- 81
Storic DAYS were the canoe routa NJ W
e indian between the Great Lakes tt
"a the Mississippi; they portrayed III
nere now the canal at Portage con. M
Gus the two rivers. The Rock river W
.ered another water route of
jean Nicollet in 1889 went from
cen bay up the Fox river to the gr
lsconsin and there heard of tbo Nj
'essl-sipl-Great river. Pierre Ra- Re
'son and Jean Grossiller canoed On tw
FOX and "Ouisconsingp to the Mis- Flo
pi and then went across country 70 WI
missouri; to them is due the char lat
ing OF the Hudson's Bay comnanv st,
|narles II Of England In 1870 Sa
Ills Joliet and Pere Marouette IN Tor
0 went down the Mississippi to tbe me
Iansas Father Hennepin IN 1870 Alb
aored the upper 'Mescha-sipi, for \
Sale. pi ior =
onatnan Carver in 17ee was the cas-
hnglishman to see the region: he low