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Imperial Valley press., 1925-10-05
STARS WALLOp
IMPERIAL TEAM
SIXTEEN TO One

L"forc a. small crowd and on u
diamond that resembleI = quagmirc,
steve 3 @rars walloped The Imucrul
'ltN tenn yesterday afternoon, the
s'orr being lG 10 /. Tn, game was
'aicd ii the cad q the fifth in
InG. players beng unable to yet
around in tn Nof, mud hat stuck
Y tIftIa Ike g.uc.
FAIthouga the acofc Sas ol!e-si,lcd
1rd playing conditions were not of
,hr best, the Ioeals showed plenty
Of elias. Smith, tie rev first base
nam looked good in the field and
better at the bat. scoring 'ripi,
and a two baggcr in three times up.
Livingston and Patterson formcd
the battery for the locals. Living.
S'or = old soup bone WAS in pretty
good shape as he held lmperiaI to
two hits III five innings.
Promising Squad
The local squad looks to br ono
&C the best baseball dggrrgttions
seen here in several Seasons. Eackrd
by \. l.. Barnes, proprietor of
SteNc's Coffee shop, the. stars are
ready to take on any team in South,
California playing scmi-Pro bascbal
The team has three offers to play
next Sunday. but has not DECIDED
rron it's opponent vet. Barnes is
hoping he can get the uniform,
c!raucd in time for Sundays 5 game,
rs yesterdays affair nearly ruined
hem
Imperial Valley press., 1925-10-05
Also Olive Street Lot

Located within less than . blks.
Of post office, Ideal lot for
apartment house, rooming house
or bungalow court. Where can
YOU invest 500 that will bring
you quicker returns
Imperial Valley press., 1925-10-05
UNIVERSITY. Cal.

STAMFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal.
Saturday S 20 to , score against
Santa Clara, together with the fact
that the Stanford eleven rose TO
occasional heights of doing just
what it wanted to, With its oppon-
cut>, sent the team today into II
week of practice on coordinated eff,
f,pt
Imperial Valley press., 1925-10-05
American Lea quo

Women may be slaves Of fashion.
But, in summer, their BURDEN 1re
very llght.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-10-05
- ----------------- II
ADS
MUST SELL
ON PAVED STREET

A dwelling house, with = bed
rooms. one sleeping porch. Liv-
ing and dining room finished
with hardwood floors; located
in south part of city. $500 cash
payment down, balance easy.
Will give immediate possession.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-10-05

FOR RENT - Unrurn.ohej -Four
room modern k..Lse IN rear. So
Apply 442 HeI or 13S NO. Fifth
St. Phone 45J. I3tf
Imperial Valley press., 1925-10-05

The Southern California soccer
season started yesterday when the
Vikings defeated the Thistlcs t to
! and the Sons of st. George trim
med the Scots 1 to o.
Evening star., 1925-03-15
The Adventure of the Creeping Man ~ n ~ zS%9

This is the second of a series
of stories, never before publish
ed in a newspaper, in which
good old Watson" tells some
of the most thrilling adventures
of Sherlock Holmes.
Evening star., 1925-03-15

r OWENSTEINi The name brought
- back to me the memory Of some
snfppet from a newspaper which
spoke of an obscure scientist who was
striving in some unknown way for
the secret of retuvenescence and the
elixir OF life Lowenstein of Prague!
Lowenstein with the wondrous
strengthening serum, tabooed by
the profession because he refused to
reveal It's source.
In n few words I said what I re-
membered. Bennett had taken a man
ual of zoology from tho shelves.
"Langur," he read. the great black
| faced monkey OF the Himalayan
slopes, biggest and most human of
climbing monkeys" Many details
were added. We'll, thanks to you,
Mr.. Holmes, it is very clear that we
have traced the evil to its source"
"The real source" said Holmes.
Ties, of course. in that untimely love
affair which gave our impetuous pro-
| fessor the idea that he would only
| gain his wish by turning himself
| into a younger man. Whom ono tries
to rise above nature ono Is liable to
fall below 1t. The highest type Of
man can revert TO the animal II he
leaves the straight road of destiny"
| He sat musing for little with the
phial in his hand, looking at the
clear liquid within
when I have written to this man
and told him that hold him criml-
nally responsible for the poisons
| which he circulates, We will have no
! more trouble. But 1t may recuI4
| Others may find a better way There
| is danger there-a very real danger to
| humanity. Consider, Watson, that the
| material, the sensual, the worldly
1 NynnId
| lives. The spiritual would not avoid
| the call to something higher. II
CONTINUED On Fourth Pa4asl
Evening star., 1925-03-15

THE hall door had slowly opened
and against the lamp-lit back
ground we saw the tall figure of
Prof. Presbury. He was clad in his
dressing gown. As he stood outlinAd
Evening star., 1925-03-15

CULKILY our host-if I may call
- him so-cleared the path to the
door. We were glad to find ourselves q,
outside the house and in the quiet of
the tree-lined drive. Holmes seemed
crafty amused by the episode.
Our learned friends nerves are
somew out of order. said h.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-04-03
Choir Boys Sometimes
Need Restraining Hand

The restless choir boy Is often the
best singer, as the inhumanly we'll
behaved youBgster is often devoid of
Initiative, musical or otherwise,
writer in the Montreal Family Herald
comments The writer we'll remeni-
bers the choir master of his own
ehorister days who. to his sorrow, sat
Immediately behind him In the choir
stalls. This gentleman had dir
Guilty Of speech, which prevented
from pronouneing the word ears
1t deserves. This must have been
sore trial to him, for the word wus
constantly on his lips. At freanen
intervals during the services, at all
events. the boy sitting in front OF him
would hear loud stage whisper, an
grily tuned, saying: "I'lI box your
years with a book" It became a
famous phrase among the boys-and
sometimes 1t was translated, painfully
for them, into action. But even this.
surely, was a less embarrassing pun
lshment for choir boy than tina
devised by clergyman who, in the
course of his sermon, stepped from
the pulpit, drew forth from the choir
an offending youth, took him into the
pulpit and stood him in the face Of
the congregation through the remain ,
der of the sermon. That was indeed
q penaItyl
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-04-03
Pdsoner's Fate Left
to Trial BY Ordeal

AS recently as the beginning of the
nineteenth century the populace of
Heia, near Dantzig, twice plunged In
% the sea an old woman reputed to
De sorceress, who. on persistently
rising to the surface, was pronounced
guilty and beaten to death.
Grotius mentions many instances of
water ordeal In Bithynia, Sardinia, and
other countries, and it was in use in
Iceland from very early period.
In the primitive jurisprudence of
Russia, ordeal by boiling water was
enjoined In cases of minor importance,
IpA&ha Eleventh century we find burn.
Ing iron ordered where the matter
at stake amounted to more than half
a gfivna of gold"
A curious survival of ordeal super
stitin prevailed till quite recently
in southern Russia. When a theft
was committed In a household the
servants were summoned together and
sorceress was sent for. Should no
confession be made by the guilty party,
the sorceress rolled up as many little
balls of bread as there we're suspected
persons present. She then took one
Of these balls and, addressing the
nearest servant, used this formula !:
If you have committed the theft the
ball will sink to the bottom of the
vase, but If you are innocent 1t will
float on the water"
The accuracy of this trial, however,
was seldom tested. The guilty person
usually confessed before his turn ar
rived for the ordeal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-04-03

The full significance Of this is real.
lied only when we visualize savings
deposits as meaning much more than
merely dollars in the banks. They
really mean an increase in the accu.
INFLATED productive capital of the
country. since money deposited In the
banks as savings is promptly applied
by the bankers in the purchase of Sc
curities by which plant, railroad and
other Industrial development is made
possible. These figures mean, there
fore, that the small savings Of many
millions of people, instead of being
frittered away in the purchase of
goods that are Immediately consumed,
which involves destruction of CAPT.
tai. are gathered together and applied
In the better utilization Of capital
through the upbuilding of industrial
equipment This means the preserva-
ton and perpetuation of the country's
physical wealth and its application to
the production of further wealth more
easily and in larger volume. resulting
In higher standard Of living for all
classes In the country.
These tremendous savings figures
indicate sound habits Of thought and
practice on the part of millions of
people IN their personal economic az
fairs. This is an asset OF no small
value In appraising our present bust.
ness outlook. 1t is, in fact, one of the
most promising elements IN the stu
alton today. 1t means that we not
only have the resources for prosper.
ity. but also enough common sense to
make good use of them.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-04-03
FORCING LOWER TAXES

Gerard B. Winston. Undersecretary
OF the Treasury IN the American
Bankers Association Journal says.
''rhe burden OF taxes must be light.
ened- Per CAPITA Feder~1 t~-.~ s--sss
rom $32 In 1913 to t54 In 1920; then
commenced to drop, and have been
successfully $45. $32 go. $2s IN the
last four fiscal years. It Is estimated
that for the next fiscal year the fig
ure will be about SGT. With the
states and municipalities the opposite
tendency is disclosed. In 1918 their
per capita tax was something over
$50. In the next four years it rose
to $27. $50, $50, $3S, and later figures
win undoubtedly show further in.
creases."
He says of excessive death taxes
that examples have been cited OF
how the states and Federal govern.
ment, under existing laws, can take
more than 100 per cent of an estate.
II Federal and state governments
take more than the particular source
Of taxation can stand. 1t will ulti.
mately destroy all revenue from that
source. After a man has provided
for the reasonable requirements OF
living. the impetus to further produc-
ton Ia largely the desire to leave
ones family well provided for. So
long as the individual feels that he
can pay the tax and still leave an es.
tate to his family. he will increase
his efforts; but a man will not seek
to build up large fortune just to
have 1t taken away from his family
at his death"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-04-03
Authority on Cards

The expression according to Hoyle''
refers to Edmond Hoyle, a writer on
games, who was born in England in
1872. Little is known about Hoyle's
life. Tradition says he was educated
for the bar. At any rate, he went to
London, where he spent much of his
time writing on games and giving les
sons in card playing, especially whist.
He published book In which he sys-
tematized the laws and rules of whist,
a game on which he was considered an
authority. His name became proven
bal as an authority on games.
Playing game according to Hoyle'
came to mean playing it fair and ac-
cording to the recognized rules. Hoyle
died in London in 1769.-Kansas City
Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-04-03
Indians Had Effective
Method of Fire Making

The most widespread method of
making fire practiced by the American
aborigines at the time of the discovery
Of America by Columbus was by recip-
rocatory motion of wood on wood
and igniting the ground-off particles
through heat generated by friction. 1t
was the most valued as well as the
most effective method known to the
aborigines. The apparatus, in its SIM
plest form, consists of a slender piece
or drill and lower piece or hearth,
near the border of which the drill is
worked by twisting between the palms,
creating a socket. From the socket
q narrow canal Is cut in the edge of
the hearth, the function of which is
to collect the powdered wood ground
of by the friction Of the drill, as with
in the wood meal the heat rises tc
the Ignition point This is the sim
plest and most widely diffused type
of fire-making apparatus known to I'M
civilized man. Some or the tribes also
OF flint and steeD. which Is supposed
to have been introduced into America
through scandinavian contacts or from
Europe or Asia.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-04-03
Fish Associate Sound
With Time of Feeding

In Argyllshire, Scotland, there is a
cottage standing on the bank of a fair
iy large river. 1t is the custom of the
occupants to carry out domestic op-
erationa on the edge Of the stream.
1t is there that fish, rabbits and
fowls are cleaned and garbage dis
posed of generally. The result is that
cells, attracted by the faint in the wa
ter, have been in the habit of coming
out from the middle Of the river to
gorge themselves on this refuse.
So accustomed have they become to
feed at this spot that they have
learned to associate certain sounds
with food, and the Gathering of pots
and pans on the stones. even before
anything has been thrown out, will
bring them up out of the depths in
considerable numbers and cause them
to go cruising toward the shore. To
call up the eel Is a recognized Item In
the entertainment Of visitors at the
cottage.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-04-03
Early Americans Tied to
Coast by Need of Sail

Early American settlers we're tied to
the coast by the need of salt. without
which they could not preserve their
meats and live In comfort. Writing in
1852, Bishop Spagenburg says of a
colony for which he was seeking lands
In North Carolina: They win require
salt and other necessaries which they
can neither manufacture nor raise.
Either they must go to Charleston,
which is 500 miles distant, or else go
to Bolings Point In Virginia on a
branch of the james and also 800 miles
from here, or else they must go down
the Roanoke know not how many
miles-where salt is brought up from
Cape Fear"
An annual pilgrimage for salt thus
became essential. Taking furs and
ginseng root, the early settlers sent
their pack trains after seeding time
each year to the coast. But when dis,
covery was made Of the salt springs
Of the Kanawha and the Holston and
the Kentucky and central New York,
the West began to be freed from de-
pendence on the coast It was In part
the effectsof finding these salt springs
that enabled settlement to cross the
mountains. Detroit News
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-04-03
STORE CREDIT COSTS 2s PER
CENT.

In q survey Of 500 farms made by
the North Carolina Experiment Sta
ton. 1t was found that over 40 per
cent Of the total credit needs for the
farmer Is for short term loans, either
through the bank or through merchant
advances. Only one-sixth of this
amount comes from banks and the
rest from stores or landlords. For
store credit farmers are paying over
% per cent interest. and only little
better than half of the farmers real
lied this fact. The bank rate OF In
terest at the same time was only
trife above per cent. Practically
all merchants would be delighted to
go over to q cash basis.
The remedy lies in the production
of more food and feed and in the dis
continuance Of shipping n hay and
grain with their attendant high freight
rates and dealers profits. This means
the establishment of better working
relations between bankers and farm
ers, for there is great opportunity for
educating the farmer along the line OF
bank credit-Banker-Farmer
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-04-03
Cost of "Liffinp" Oil

The bureau of mines says that from
20 to 80 per cent of the total cost of
producing petroleum may be charged
to lifting the oil. Although the lifting
cost ranges from less than three cents
a barrel at flowing wells, producing
several hundred barrels a day, to So
a barrel, at wells producing less than
a fifth Of barrel day, the lifting
cost per well may range from more
than $1,000 at large flowing wells of
the type recently discovered in Okla
homa, Texas, Arkansas and California,
to less than SO at many of the old
wells pumped only few hours week,
as In most of the oil fields of New
York and Pennsylvania, where the
average daily production per well per
day is less than one-fourth of a barrel
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-04-03
Whence Comes Tern, "Bit'

The visitor at the west coast of Can.
ada is likely to be puzzled by a mer-
chant asking two, four or six bits for
an article. Its history is connected in
the old Chinook" or trading language
but the origin of the term ''bit" goes
back even farther than that A "f-
penny Bit (fve-penny bit) was really
the 1919 cent unit derived from the old
Spanish real or one-eighth of dollar.
long used for computation and pricing
in New Orleans, California and most
seacoast towns. The United States
never had a 121a-cent coin Of its own,
but to this day a quarter or 25-cent
piece Is commonly spoken Of as ''two
bits" The name ''fpenny bit" or five
penny bit obviously was derived from
reference to the British and Ameri-
can colonial penny, which was worth
a fraction more than two cents OF
Canadian money.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-04-03
Rich IN Roman Relics

Folkstone, on the Kentish coast,
vas Roman stasfozs svnszs zszszEanu
was young, says the London Times
There are still evidences Of Roman
occupation and 1t has been proposed
to reconstruct the ancient village.
Judging from the relics discovered
round about, In Saxon times 1t was a
royal manor called "Folcanstane. :"
William l granted IT to Nigel de Man.
deville, one of his followers. As a
port" 1t became attached to the
Cirque Port Of Dover. but as late as
Queen Elizabeth's day 1t was still but
a fishing hamlet of 40 houses. The
present Thirteenth century church oc-
cupies the site of the Saxon convent
of ST Eanswyth, ESQ. and behind is
the bail, or ballium, where stood the
Saxon castle of King Eadbald
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-04-03
Creation of States

congress In 1850, in order to per
suade the states having claims on ter
ritories west of the Alleghenies or
elsewhere, not included within their
confines, to relinquish such claims.
promised that 1t would not hold land
Entrusted to 1t as subject territory,
but would erect II into states Of mod
crate size as rapidly as population
should warrant. This promise has been
kept 81 times by the government
Aside from Maine, Vermont and Flor
Ida, all the states in addition to the
original thirteen have been created In
accordance with IL.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-04-03
BEGAN Life Work EorIy

Two men who have been considered
the worlds most famous clowns start
ed acting at very early age Joseph
Grimaldi, the great fun maker of Eng
land, made his first bow to an audience
as the Little Clown at the age of one
year and eleven months. BY the time
he was three years old he was a regu-
lar member of the company at Sadler's
Wells theater. being cast in the ardu-
GUS part of the little monkey"
George L. Fox, the Grimaldi of
America, and the man who, made
"Humpty Dumpty" famous, was of q
theatrical family and made his first
appearance on the stage when he was
five years old.-Mentor Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-04-03
Too Much Inspiration

A poet at window. bruneiteI
came along. The poet liked her looks
began to pen a song. In just another
moment a blond came into view. She
was so very pretty she got line OF
two. And then there was a red-haired
girl, and she was not so worse. She
gave a lot of color to the ensuing
verse. The poet couldn't sell his sorg
could not a nickel get. 1t served him
right-he should have been true TO
the brunette.-Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-04-03

Iuvest yo=r money q the percen
Certificates OF the Shenandoah Valley
Loan & Trust Co., Woodstock, Va
Security unquestioned. Interest pay
able spontaneously, and Certificate
rsdssm&bls any time sftsr six months
On short notice.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-04-03
Minerals Not Necessary
for PIGS Being Fattened

Mineral mixtures are not necessary
for pigs being fattened for market II
enough tankage Is fed to supply .
sufacient amount Of protein. for tank
age = also rich in the minerals needed.
Alfalfa hay II also rim In minerals,
especially Lime. Tankase and alfalfa
hay Il tho bet and cheapest minosal
uiztpzo ayafeloa y the far19.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-04-03
Removal Notice

Having vacated ]. +. Ramey's Room
on Court Street. am temporarily To-
Gated. Until permanently located. work
left att. s. Bowman's Department
Store, or Arthur Boyer's Variety Store
will be given prompt attention.
Dec. fit, LIB. r. HIsEY.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-04-03
Raw Furs Wanted

We are licensed fur buyers for
Woodstock Court-days and can be
found on East Court st. ready to take
care of this trade. All shipments by
'express to Woodstock, Va. and par
cells post shipments TO Seven Foun-
tains, Va, will receive our best prompt
attention and will be held separate TO-
your approval of our returns. We
can also have our buyer call for large
lots. just write or phone us.
f. II. MUNICH e. BRO,
Nov. 28-tf. Seven Fountains. Va.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-04-03
Birds and Animals True TO Life
tn whom 1t May Concern:

The undersigned, having. qualified
as adaD nistrators of George w. Koontz,
dec request all parties having ac-
cou.,s against the said George w.
Koontz, to present them to one of the
undersigned, properly authenticated,
and all parties knowing themselves in
debted to him win kindly come forward
and settle with US promptly:
X, K. KOONTZ,
w. L. NEWMAN,
Admrs. of Geo. w. Koontz, decd.
Mar. 27-2t. Woodstock, Va.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-04-03

Put your savings In the Saving
Department OF thu Shenandoah Val
lev Loan and Trust Co., Woodstock
Va at 3 per cent compound interests
Amounts OF 81 90 and upwards receiv-
ed. The only savings institution In
the county for the accumulation OF the
small savings of lsboring men, wo
men, and children.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-04-03
UNDER NATURAL LAWS

Great changes are occurring in the
agricultural situation. Gloom and
crouch are giving way to renewed
hope. We all rejoice that this is hap
pening. 1t Is being brought about
through ne immutable and memorable
natural laws. II Is as difficult to leg
:slafs prosperity as to attempt by law
to make folks honest Agriculture In
the last analysis operates under about
the same basic laws as any other bust
ness.-R. B.sDoty. Agricultural Com
miseion. American Bankers Associa
ti6G
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-04-03
c. D. Wheeler
Contractor
and Builder
South Main Street

WOODSTOCK, VIRGINIA.
What You Want When
You Want 1.-THE Way You
Want 1t and At The Rigl :
Price.
No JOB Too LARGE AND
NONE Too SMALL.
Mar. eff
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-04-03
BUSINESS CARDS
RR. C. C. BEIDLER,


PHYSICIAN aud SURG EON.
Graduate of The United States Col
Iege of Veterinary Surgery has perms-
ueusiy located In Woodstock. CANS
answered day or night.
4-le u-u
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-04-03

Special Sale on Pagel's Poultry
Fountains.
LANDoN STIcKLEY,
Electrical Store
March 6-St I'd. Court Street,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-04-03
FurS
RenlodeIed

Let us give estimates on costs for
remodeling your old Fur Sets into
present day styles much cheaper than
buying new Jones. We also maniac
ture New Furs from your own Raw
Furs. We wount all kinds of
Birds and Animals True TO Life
a. Any work brought to Mrs. d.
NJ. Clark's Grocery Store in Wood
stock, Va, will receive our prompt
attention.
ASA A. SHEETZ & SON,
Shenandoah Valley Foremost Tax
idermists.
Feb. 27--5t.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-04-03

A recent compilation made by the
Savings Bank Division of the Ameri-
can Bankers Association showed that