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Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-05
To Attend Game.

left last night for Los Angeles
where he was to meet his son, Har;
rry Baker, and attend, the Oregon
Aggies-t. s. c. football game. to-
day. Young Baker has completed
his Junior year at the Oregon Ag-
ricuItufal college and will 90 back
at the beginning of next semester
to complete his course.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-05
''send One Over"

A solid trai1load of 1O4 Graham
Brothers Trucks was slapped re-
Gently to 81 K Dodge Ircshers Deal
ers in FloI ida. I en- Gays after ar
rival every true; had been sold
ard more were 4 the way.
This is an Exceptional rccord-but
it Illustrates an important point.
Business men need no longer feel
chat they must devote valuable
time 70 inyestiga ton ctstrucks be-
fore making their c-loice.
The remarkable record of Graham
Brothers Trucks has fedtic edanim-
portant buying problem to the sim
pie expedient of asking the Dodge
Brothers Dealerto send one over
lion CHASSIS s1lsOoo 1Ys Ton Chassis s16S0oo Delivered
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-10-06
Within the Law.

Secretary OF State Kellogg in ordering that
Sharpurji Saklatvala, communist member Of
the British parliament, be kept out of this
country performed a worthy service for the
government and people. Communists ought
to be barred, no matter who they are nor on
what mission they may seek to come The
law makes it mandatory that the state de-
partment should refuse to grant visas to per-
sons who carry on revolutionary propaganda
looking to the overthrow of American insti-
tutions. Mr. Kellogg had no choice in the
matter He was simply carrying out the pol
icy laid down by congress, and by this one act
has made himself a place in the hearts OF mill
lions of American people He has made it clear
that the republic Of the United States recog-
nizes its enemies and does not propose to
extend hospitality to them He has acted for
the nation just as a courageous and candid man
would act in defending his home and his
family
Chers Saklatvala, brother of the Hindu
communist and naturalized citizen and sue
cessful business man of New York, has
thrown an Illuminating light upon the pecu-
liarties of the radical agltator. He minced
no words in condemning his brother and up
holding the action of the state department
His patience and that of the rest of the fami
ly became exhausted long ago by the abnor
NAL tendencies of the revolutionist brother
He always has been against the existing or
der He always took the other side" He is
what would be called soap boxer in the
United States A radical from the beginning,
he has champoned the cause of the destruc-
tionists and the revolutonists.
The type is not strange or peculiar to
Americans 1t may be found anywhere. Few
communities are free from individuals who are
always "agn the gov'ment" Some of the
worst reds are natives. This makes it easier
to understand why the United States should
desire to keep this Hindu communist out Of
the country. Public opinion, no doubt, will
agree that the information at hand finally dis
poses of the matter Senator Borah of course,
is expected to disagree, but that kind of a
minority is nothing to cause worry. Next
easel
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-10-06
Dubs Dance Call of Wild.
From the New York Times.

In the suit OF Billker against Billiker be-
fore the supreme court of Iowa a wife sued
for divorce on the ground that her husband
was guilty Of cruel and inhuman treatment
in raising a disturbance because she attended
dances in local hall. The court, in deciding
that this was not ground for divorce, said
Whatever difficulty they had focuses and
gravtates around the conduct of the wife IN
relation to her frequent attendance at the
dance hall Whatever rifles are found their
sea of matrimony were occasioned by the OBJ
ections and protest to her absence from
home and child until the early hours of the
morning While her ambition was to trip the
light fantastic the symphony OF signing sax
ophone and the stuccato OF syncopated Jazz
held no charm for him. While she was pay
ing homage to the terpsichorean music he
felt that his and her first duty centered in
the home and the care of the son of tender
years. whom he literally worshpped He also
believed from certain facts which had been
called to his attention, that some of the
dances which his wife attended were improp
er places for his wife.
On one occasion his wife was accompa-
MED by two school teachers and their male
escorts and they returned to the Billlker
home about 8 a. m The school teachers room
ed and boarded at said home, and the de-
fendant, being disturbed by the conversation
between one of the teachers and her beau,
suggested that it was time to adjourn the
meeting This was provocative OF an appar-
entity heated controversy between husband
and wife, and four days subsequently this
suit was instituted. We repeat that
whatever friction existed and whatever do
mestic infelicity resulted was occasioned by
the suggestions and protests on the part of
the husband The lure of the wife was the
dance hall 1t was the call OF the wild, ap-
parently, and the husband attempted to pre-
vent the answering OF the call Were the
protests of the husband without justification?
Is he alone to blame2 1t may have been in
but the conduct OF neither party is subject
to judicial criticism. Clearly it is not ground
for divorce
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-10-06
Political Freebooters.

Death of the negro member of the repub-
1ican national committee from Georgia and
the stir over the selection of a successor re
calls to the Baltimore Sun the fact that mem
bershp on the committee is far and away the
best political plum in the south open to a
republican The national committeeman is the
referee in dispensing federal patronage. What
he says goes. In return he is expected to
deliver and usually does deliver the vote of
his state in the republican national conven-
ton according to direction of the job dis
pensers.
CAS- in many southern states the republi-
can party is no more or less than pigment
of the imagination" says the Sun, "and the
right to distribute patronage, to name post
masters internal revenue collectors, prohibi-
ton officials and other federal retainers makes
the national committeeman practical dictator
OF republican politics in his state. Once in four
years he moves on the big stage, and gets
the spotlight on his band of followers. When
there is a real fight for the nomination for
president he is in his glory"
Scandals which often mar the harmony OF
these occasions are attributable to these po-
to resists the lure of gold They are frequent
ly charged with selling out to the highest
bidder They have been known to bite the
hand that feeds them Their influence is who'll
" bad on both national and local politics,
and it will continue to be so as long the
present scheme of swapping federal patron
age for votes in the national convention con-
tinues
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-10-06
Georgia's Biggest Task.

The biggest problem confronting the prop
er development of agriculture and industry in
Georgia is the Selling of the state" to both
its own citizens and to the world.
Few people realize that where Georgia has
attempted to manufacture she has developed
plants that are the largest and most efficient
OF their kind Only a superficial study clear
ly points out that Georgias lack of industrial
development is due to lack of appreciation
Of her industrial advantages, and not to the
results of natural and artificial barriers.
Few states have the natural water power
that Georgia has. Several trunk line railways
run north and south through the state, and
Others across the state east and west. These
railroads are for the most part closely con-
nected with the trans-continental systems.
The highways of Georgia are far better
than in many states where the reputation for
good roads is excellent. The fact is, taken as
a whole, Georgia has the best roads of any
state in the Union. Much of the criticism of
Georgias roads has been unfounded, and
should have been withheld.
In the matter of transportation facilities
raw materials, banking conveniences and the
supply of labor Georgia has little to ask for
and the future progress and development OF
the state is in the hands of her own people.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-10-06
A Field of Corn.
R. Perkins in Council Bluff, Ia, Nonpariel

]. R. Perkins in Council Bluff, Ia, Nonpariel.
| have seen the cotton snow white above
the red hills Of Georgia; l have seen grapes
in great clusters that made blue a hillside in
Virginia; and | have seen oranges hanging
like golden balls in the trees of California,
but a field of corn at the summers end is
enchantntent Today l saw such field a
square plaque OF gold with 'filigree of sill
very Towering tassels, upturned to the soft
September sun. 1t lay in low place, wedged
between the everlasting hills, and it seemed
great, golden, molten mass cooling in the
first touch of autumn Had the gods who
work first in gold poured its liquid between
the hills to form a golden sea? 1t SO SEEM
ed, for when the sun was low the field of
corn became a yellow sea and the light on
it was wonderful to behold. Soon the hus-
bandman will go forth to work this mine of
gold soon the spider will spin long strands
of silver from sunfower to stalk, and late
bees, for final sip at fast fading flowers, will
sing in the sun. Iowa is a great gold field
in the autumn and those who prospected in
simple faith will reap their reward. And when
the snow covers the ground the oldest stalk
in the light of winters sunset will still
be gold, shining like a golden spear on the
shield of drab December.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-10-06

From the Commerce News.


There is quite a bit of discussion in the
streets in the homes, in the churches and in
the press of today about praying for rain. We
have all heard of the fellow who, when riding
horse that was in the act of leaping into
precipice, offered the following prayer.
Lord, make us thankful for what we are
about to receive" Evidently, that was the
first time the poor fellow ever tried to pray.
Right or wrong nearly everybody who is so
unfortunate as to come in contact with sure
enough hurricane-one of those storms that
uproot trees, blow down houses and SEEM
ingly strong enough to make the earth turn
turtle-nearly everybody, saint or sinner,
prays under such trying experiences. Years
ago two men kept bachelor hall in cabin
out in the woods near Commerce. One night
in the dead hours of the night-the thun-
ders roared, the lightning flashed, the winds
blew and the rain fell, and it seemed that
the cyclone would turn the earth upside down.
These men were not saints. On the other
hand, they were noted sinners. But the time
had come to pray. 1t was a case OF death
staring them in the face The man who was
holding the door shouted to the other to
pray Il can't pray he replied. Then d-m
you shouted the door holder, hold this
door and let me pray"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-10-06
Caring for the Insane

According to the census of 1920 there were
in that year ,2S0 inmates OF institutions
for the treatment of the insane, as compared
with 1921 in 1910, or POOL per hundred
thousand population as compared with 204.2.
This increase. accounted for in various ways.
ought in and Of itself to have caused appre-
henson sufficient TO make ample provision for
further increase Yet, accommodations were
not provided, and many patients who had
improved were released in care of relatives
to make room for others. A large percentage
OF released" were returned, but not before
some had resorted to deeds OF violence. Here
in Georgia two or three years ago many pa
tients in the santarium for the insane were
sent home because, it was said, the legisla-
ture had failed to provide needed funds for
the support of the institution.
The recent Noel case in New Jersey state
illustrates the situation This young man
whose mind was wrecked by over-study es-
capped from an asylum and was placed in
custody OF his father, whom he once tried to
murder The other day he killed a chauffeur,
took his automobile and kidnapped and muir
dered six-year-old Mary Daily, all because he
was not given the care he should have had.
He had not been cured" he had only i'm
proved" and there was still responsibility to
him and to society which could be discharged
in no way other than by such supervision as
would prevent his harming anyone.
There is pity for the insane which too fire.
quently vetoes what good judgment dictates;
in other words, there is sentiment that inter
feres with proper care. As by the Noel case
this fact is frequently emphasized; yet there
is always plea Ior exceptions to the rule. But
difficult as performance OF duty may be OBJ
legation should outweigh sentiment and quiet
pity. In Noeps case an awful price was paid
by two innocent persons.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-10-06
More North Carolina Supremacy.
From the Rome Tribune-News.

The per capita debt of North Carolina is
more than fifty per cent greater than the
combined per capita debts Of the states OF
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama
and Tennessee. North Cardinals per capita
debt is $3887 The per capita debts OF the
other states mentioned are: South Carolina
S515; Georgia, $171; Florida, So Alabama,
1904; Tennessee $685. total $2248. These
figures are from a report made by the Bank
Of America, New York, showing that the
Indebtedness Of states since 1916 has doubled.
A large portion Of state debts is due to enor-
nous bond issues for roads. But little of it
is for education North Carolina ranks third
in per capita debt, while Georgia ranks forty
first public debt in almost every instance
means that the money has been spent for
something from which there can be no direct
returns. The interest paid on this huge debt
OF states, not counting that OF the federal,
county and municipal debts, is enough each
year to stagger the minds OF all who have
regard for the future welfare OF their country.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-10-06
Curious Facts and Figures.

Using the scales of herring as material
manufacturers are now turning out artificial
pearls that sell for as high as $500 each On
ly experts can tell them from the genuine.
Fabrics are now waterproofed by plating
with thin coat of rubber the process much
resembling the ordinary electroplating of
metals.
The fact that his wife publicly rdculed
his grammar is the cause Of suit brought
by an Indiana husband seeking a divorce
Cherokee Indians give their children con-
coction made from burrs to strengthen their
memory.
The highest ambition of a Chinese is to
have fine coffin and fine funeral.
In Africa the white ant is pounded into
paste and is considered a food delicacy.
More than 700000000 eggs are hatched
annually by artificial means.
Bugs are said to cost the American farm
ers $2,000000,0O0 every year.
Tucson, Arz., is the only walled citys in
the United States
There are over 2,73O dialects and languages
in the world.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-10-06
The Way of Congressman.
From the Albany Herald.

The railroad valuation started in 1918
by the Interstate Commerce Commission,
is expected to be finished by 1923. max
ing a total of fifteen years required for
this gigantic task The length of time re-
CURED, however, probably will not make
much OF an impression on some members
of congress who feel that within fifteen
minutes they can come nearer to the real
value Of railroad property than the COM
mission can within fifteen years.-Daw-
son News
And the trouble is that the member OF
congress has the power to legislate to regu-
late the railroads even beyond their present
regulation. He can, and perhaps he will, re-
ject as unsatisfactory the conclusions OF the
valuation experts and base his bills on his
own ideas-ideas acquired by spontaneous in
spiraton.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-10-06
Pointed Paragraphs.

Had Diogenes visited this country while on
his famous hunt some get rich quick promo
ter would have swiped his lantern.
The average man is usually so glad to get
home from social that he is glad that he
went
Girls should never throw kisses unless they
really wish to miss the mark.
Some folks find consolation in thinking the
things they dare not say.
The majority may rule if the minority isn't
made up of women.
Woman may be the weaker vessel but man
is often broke.
Time heals all wounds. Money is also
great healer.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-10-06
Foolish Waste of Money.

The Free Lance, former Governor Hard
wick's paper asks what has become of the
government airplanes that busted" so many
Georgia fields in 1924 and adds;
I'VE missed them in 1925 Can it be that
they operate only in election years? If
so, may we not be honored with anoth-
er visit from them in 1927"
OF all the absurd and reckless waste Of
public money that OF fighting the boil weevil
with airplanes caps the climax. Utterly i'm
practical because OF the expense, il for no
other reason, the expenditure Of tax money
for such purpose is silly and little less than
criminal
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-10-06
The Negro in Philadelphia.
From the Athens Banner.

Since the migration of the colored either
to the north the newspapers have had much
comment to make OF them. Philadelphia, the
staid city, known as the City Of Brothery
Love, seems to be at sea when it comes tc
the whims and characteristics
of the colored brother In a recent issue Of
the Philadelphia Record the following men
ton of a rent party" and its purpose was
displayed with news feature head:
Zone OF the most popular diversions
in the colored sections in the city is at
tendance at rent party (which affairs,
given frequently, are watched closely by
the police, as trouble usually starts there.
When the finances of the family are low
and there appears to be grave danger that
the landlords stipend cannot be given 10
him the solution is to give party and
charge from IS to rs cents a head for
admission That covers all the expenses
and, in great many cases, has resulted
in the tenant gathering enough to, pay
the landlord No rent party is complete
without plenty to drink, and as the party
1ivens up there is always the danger that
some one will be hurt in the alteration.
The apprehension felt by the police is
borne out in many cases, and there have
been good number of murders which
had their start and finish in the rent par
ty"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-10-06
A Record to Shoot AT.
From the Jackson Progress-Argus.

Says The Dawson News: The Muscogee
county tax rate has been fixed at eight mills,
and is perhaps the lowest in Georgia. Mus
cogee has one Of the best systems Of high
ways in the state maintains its institutions
and affairs generally in a liberal and pro-
gressve manner, and the fact that its taxes
are kept at such low figure is highly cred
table to its board of commissioners Other
counties should fake notice, and profit by
Muscogee's example"
Isn't this altogether wholesome and re-
freshing? The local tax rate is the burden
some and oppressive one. The state tax Of
five mills is easy to pay and overwhelm-
ing majority of counties get back more from
the state than they pay in.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-10-06

Under the old law the released prisoner was
deserted by the state at the prison door I'm
der the present law the state finds him a job
and supervses' him for year Ninety per
cent OF the paroed convcts make good.
These facts are never published. They do not
make good news stories. But when a paroled
man goes wrong the fact makes good news
story, and this sort OF a story always pro-
vokes criticism OF the pardon board and the
governor
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-10-06
More Harmful Publicity.

The Commerce News, in the drouth-strick-
en- region and one of the outstanding news
papers OF Georgia, is indignant over the fub-
and the crockodile tears that have
been so profuse recently, and delivers itself
in this manner:
1t is time 10 call a halt on certain types
Of publicity being broadcasted with ref
erence to conditions existing in north
Georgia. We have lost our crops, bat we
have not lost our hope our faith, our en-
ergy. our determination. We are not OBJ
jects of charity We are not down and
out. Our climate is unchanged, and the
possibilities of our soil are unde6nable.
We will not sulk we will not surrender,
we will not perish, we will not take a
rope and go to the woods. 1t is an insult
to the brains and energy and determine
nation Of the best type OF men and wo
men on Gods green earth to place us in
a class with poverty stricken humanity
who are objects OF charity.
The situation is bad in the dry streak
no doubt about that. But it is not altogether
as bad as has been depicted Calamities are
always exaggerated The people need help
and it will be forthcoming but not in the
shape of bond issues to add to their already
heavy burdens Credit and supplies must be
had with which to tide over present distress
full times, and these will be furnished in ar
orderly and businesslike manner, and not
through the hysteria of calamity howlers.
Georgia has been given too much harmful
publicity, and it's time for public speakers to
quit talking and newspapers to cease writing
and give those who will have to take care Of
the situation chance.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-10-06

The president OF one of the big railroad
systems, in an address to boys and girls told
them that railroad arrangements were con-
stantly looking for men-good mentor the
railroad service and they had discovered that
men who had spent their youth riding cul-
tivator were preferable to men who had spent
their youth stepping on the gas of high
priced automobile The remark needs no
elucidation
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-10-06

Thirty years ago law was passed in Iowa
requiring motorists to telephone ahead to
the next town Of their coming so that drivers
Of nervous horses could prepare for their
devil wagon and its stampede. The law was
recently found by curious investigator and
it has just been wiped off the books. A Kan
sas law of 1877 required all males between
y and 65 years of age to be ready for the
call to kill grasshoppers, which were then
terrible pest in the state 1t was repealed this
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-10-06
RADIO ON THE FARM.

From the New York Times
1t is predicted that radio will prove to be
boon to the agriculturist by keeping the
young people on the farm. All that then re-
mains to be done will be to keep the young
people away from the parlor and in the COW
shed
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-10-06

The voters OF Terrell will pass judgment
on the City Court of Dawson at special
election tomorrow. 1t is to be hoped that
there will be a full expression of the electo-
rate of the county 50 that the will of the peo-
pie will be ascertained and the periodic agi-
taton for and against the court cease i'll
the future. Let everybody vote tomorrow and
definitely settle this question.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-10-06

Another judge has said there are too many
laws on the statute books. Yes, because the
more laws there are the greater the chance
for the criminal to escape while courts are
busy working out legal riddles.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-10-06

Ii there is anything in a name the Hon
Shapurji Saklatyala ought to be kept out OF
this country on general principles
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-10-06

Indiana, which has the strictest dry law
OF any state in the country, does not consider
it crime for one to possess a copper coil
such as is used in distiling liquor. That's
encouraging Perhaps one would not be ar
rested in Indiana for having red nose or
looking thirsty.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-10-06

A drug seizure worth $10O0,O00 made by
government agents in Tampa reveals that the
boom down there has not been confined to
real estate.