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With the finding of the “lost main reef” in the
Transvaal gold field, a big increase in gold produc
is expected. Half the world’s gold production comes
from there already. Now another great source of
supply is tapped, far down in the earth, but capable
of being worked.
This factor alone, it i> suggested, will have a bear
ing on the payment of war debts. And not only Great
Britain’s, but those of all .he other debtors. For more
gold anywhere means cheaper gold everywhere.
Other gold mines are likely to be discovered, with
production continuing to increase. The metal used as a
standard of value, which as economic history shows
has been getting steadily cheaper for centuries, will
doubtless continue depreciating.
Thus even if the United States had its war loans
repaid dollar for dollar, it would probably get back
a good deal less than it lent. Which is nothing to
worry much about, but a matter of interest neverthe
less.
It might be worth while to consider this poss
ibility in figuring out all funding plans contemplating
payments over a long period of years. Also in long
term leases.
It is also just as well for financiers to keep in the
back of their minds the possibility, however remote it
may be, of gold being manufactured some time in
paying quantities from base materials.
Sooner or later, in the history of mankind, a time
may come when the fable of Midas and his gold shall
come true on a big scale.
Washington. N. C., demands that Washington. I).
C., change its name. The former insists that it adopt
ed the name before the national capita! did, and sees
no reason why it should suffer from the confusion of
the two, particularly in the mails.
It sounds very much as if Rome, N. V., were to
demand that Rome, Italy, surrender its name.
Yet the sympathy of many a small city, suffering
from identity of name with a larger and better known
' city, will .go out to. the North Carolina town. There
are many such duplications, and the inconvenience is
• always suffered by the smaller place.
, In the matter of postal confusion, however, some
thing might be done to straighten things out. People
• wiio write “D. C.” to look like “N. C.,” or vice versa,
should be warned to address their mail more care
fully. Or the abbreviations might be changed.
For that matter, it might be well to make several
more changes in the official abbreviations of various
states. As commonly written, the symbols for Cali
fornia and Colorado are often indistinguishable, and
there is ofter danger of mistaking the letters used for
Maine and Maryland, Michigan and Minnesota, Ne
braska and Nevada, Vermont and Virginia, and almost
any of the half dozen “New” states.
Campaigning for elective offices is undergoing a
wonderful change. Candidates for city council in one
community are working through jazz orchestras, after
noon teas, black face comedians, singers, pianists, elo
cutionists, quartets and so on. One candidate for judge
has added to his musical troupe a boxing exhibition
of four one-minute rounds put on by two seven year
old youngsters.
The “ballyhoo” of other days, the lengthy cam
paign oratory and other ancient methods appear to
have been discarded. One would-be councilman, speak
ing of his “show,” stated that at its first trial it kept
a crowd amused until midnight without further stim
ulent.
All of which is interesting and entertaining and
probably an advance over former pre-election customs.
It remains to be seen, of course, whether the pub
lic is guided to a wiser choice of council men and judges
by these entertainments. There are hardened voters
who say it can’t be guided to a worse selection. It is
probably true, too, that when the electorate shows an
awakened desire to know in advance the political prin
ciples, personal character and ability of its public of
ficials, candidates for election will turn away from
variety shows and try revealing their qualifications.
WHAT AFTER UK'ARSO?
With the famous German-French security pact
signed and apparently sure of ratification by all th“
powers concerned, the diplomatic stage is cleared for
further action. What will be the next step to promote
world peace?
It is natural that American thoughts should turn
again to a continuance of the disarmament program
begun at Washington hree years ago. President Cool
idge desires to extend an inv ation to the other powers
for a new conference which would take up the ques
tions oi land and air armament and further aspects of
sea armament, lie would have done this sooner if for
eign governrr.cn ts had not disc< uragi the proposal.
In some ways the situation now looks more fav
orable. With strong guarantees of security for herself
and her allies, France, which has been the chief ob
stacle to disarmament so far. should be in a mon re
ceptive mood. All of the powers, feeling safer, may
be disposed to trust in smaller defensive forces.
But there are two rather obvious things w hich may
hinder the United States in sponsoring .such an enter
prise a 1 present.
With the League ol Nations, jealous of it« prerog
atives, already assuming new authority from Ger
many’s promised entrance, there is a disposition on
th' 1 part of the other powers to leave disarmament
problems to the League and let America go to Geneva
in such matters.
U that point is waived, it is still hard to see how
Ihe world can be expected to take American peace ef
forts seriously as long as America refuses to join the
World Court.
Letter a four-cylinder mind that hits regularly on
all four Ilian a missing fight-cylinder tninn.
MORE GOLD
TROUBLESOME SAMES
CAMPAIGNING A XT/C'S
j ßed-Time Stories’
By HOWARD B. OARIS
Copyright, 1923, by McClure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILYS SASSAFRAS
BOAT
Nipper, it was —Nipper, one of the
little boy rabbits—who found out
I what it was that caused Uncle
Wiggilv s chair to move across the
j room in such a strange way after the
i venture with the honey tree. The
bunnv gentleman was sittig in his
chair, you remember, about to tell
his wife of the adventure with Snif
fv the baby bear, and the stinging
bees. when, all of a sudden, the
bunny's chair began to move across
the room. Yet no on P could be seen
pulling or pushing it.
“What makes you move in that j
way. Wiggilv?" asked his wife, j
i “It's because there's a rope fast |
to one of the legs of his chair."'
cried Nipper. “And the rope goes
out of the window, see! And some- j
body must be pulling the rope, I .
guess!
“1 think that is right," Uncle
Wiggilv said as he looked down,
Surelv enough, fast to one of the
legs of his chair was a skipping rope
that belonged to Jingle and Jangle, j
' The rope was a long one and one j
| end dangled out of the window.
“Who is pulling it?" asked Mrs.
Longenrs.
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"Hold on.! Stop! "crie&Nipper
“It's Neddie Stubtail, the strong
bear boy!" answered Nipper, j
“Wait! Hold on! Stop! You’re |
pulling daddycums! " cried Nipper. j
“Ho! Ilo! Ha! Ha!" laughed!
Neddie, who was hauling the rope j
as if lie werrra'Ttrule towing- n cAitfiiU
boat. “I wondered why it was so j
hard to pull this jumping rope. The
end was hanging out of the window |
and Jingle asked me to get it for her j
And I did. hut I wondered whv it j
pulled so hard."
“Cause it’s fast to my daddy’s |
chair—that's why," laughed Nip-1
per. j
“Well. I'm glad it wasn't one of j
the bad chaps, trying to pull niv j
chair close to the window, so he]
could nibble my ears," Uncle Wig-1
gily said with a chuckle. Then i
In untangled tiie rope from where j
it was caught on the leg of his
chair and tossed it out to Neddie.]
who took it to Jingle and Jangle, j
Uncle Wiggilv finished telling his'
wife and Nurse Jane about the ad j
venture at the honey tree and then t
it was time to go to bed. But the j
next day Uncle Wiggilv started out j
to look for more adventures, and (
he took with him on his journey i
Nipper au\ Ijkippl- r, 1 ng'p and j
Tangle. Jingle am* Jangle, and •
Johnny and Billie Bushytail, the i
two squirrel boys.
Through the forest they went,
happy and jolly, the squirrels stop
1 ping now and then to gather nuts.
while the rabbits picked soft and
i fender leaves or nibbled sweet bark
i from the trees.
At last, they came to a brook
| which was too wide to jump across
too deep to wade, too swiftly flow- 1
, ing to all of them to swim, and i
j they did not know how they could
5 get on the other side, for there was
i no bridge to walk over.
“1 know what we cuu do!" said i
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‘Sawdust Sally’
Proves Popular
As Palace Show
j That “Sally of the Sawdust",
i now playing at the Palace theater.
|is proving popular with theater
goers in El Centro, is attested to by
! the large audiences in attendance
j This picture will be shown again
tonight.
The role of Prof. McGarglo. as
played by W. 0. Fields, the famous
comedian of Zlegfeld Follies, on
the surface seems nothing but the
broadest kind of fun-making. The
professor is a pompous, smooth-talk
ing, quickwitted sharper of the
type which is always to be found
hanging around circuses and carni
val shows; and the way in which he
bilks the gullible “rubes" and tlit* ]
nonchalant manner in which he j
manages to get out of scrapes and :
to turn the tables create a series of
situations which are extremely fun-j
ny.
And yet, under it all. there is a :
wistful note, mounting at times al-1
most to the heights of tragedy, ]
which makes the spectator love and j
sympathize with MeOargle even j
while !ip laughs at his cheerful !
idiocies.
WOMAN KNOCKS MAN OUT
WITH A MONKEY WRENCH
| TRACY. Cal.. Oct. 22.—Rose Gil-!
j brrt. San Francisco, has the honor ,
’ of being the first woman to spend j
i a night in the city jail here, built ■
;in 1900. She was arrested follow- 1
i ing a quarrel with her traveling;
! companion Robert Cheek, also of]
; San Francisco. A bystander who
I attempted to interferewas laid out ’
by the woman with a blow ou the I
head with a monkey wrench.
CLAIMS EGG RECORD
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{ Looking Backward
i What the Pres* Files Toil of
! Imperial Valley for This Date
| In Past Tears
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EIGHTEEN YEARS AGO
October 22, 1907
Republican county central com
mittee elections resulted in the
j follow ing selections: John \Y. Ksliie
j man, M. W. Colliding. El Uentro;
i M. Fatten, Major Cook, Holtville;
! J. N. Norwood, Nilsbce; L. F. Farns
! worth, R. H. Benton. Imperial; J. B.
I I’arazette, Roy McPhcrrin, W. F.
] MeCullom, Calexico; \V. T. Dunn,
Fred A. Stahl, Brawlev; G. A.
! Trumbo, Laguna; W. 11. tiuck. Han
lon.
FIFTEEN YEARS AOO
October 22. 1910
Mis.* Annie Mills arrived from
Dallas, Texas, to be the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. P. Holt.
C. K. Jones of Lockhart, Texas,
a valley land owner, arrived with
Mrs. Jones and a party of Texas
cotton growers who were interested
in looking over the local cotton sit
uation.
TEN YEARS AGO
October 22. 1915
Mr. and Mrs. E. \V. Burger and
Dr. F. A. Burger left for a week's
visit at the San Diego exposition.
M. C. Blanchard of Holtville was
a visitor in town.
Postmaster C. \V. Collins left for
a 30 days vacation, which lie ex
pected to spend on the coast, also
taking a trip east.
B. SaloiMMi purchased a new six
cylinder automobile and was busy
trying to learn bow to run it.
4 New Buildings
Planned for Navy
At Mare Island
Hy I nlteil I'rexM l.rnxcil W ire
WASHINGTON, Oet. 22.—Plans
and specifications for four now
buildings at the Mare Island. Cali
fornia, navv yard hospital have
been completed and competitive
bids will be asked for, it was an
nounced today.
The buildings will be a double
ward building, with capacity for
-"9 patients, a contagious disease
ward for 92 patients, a sick offi
cers' quarter's for 43 patients and
a central heating plant. In cage of
emergency the total capacity of the
additional buildings could be in
creased from 27t> to 550, it was
said.
The buildings will be built of re
inforced concrete, along the most
modern medical principles.
RELICT OF FOUR
MURDERERS IS
MARRIED AGAIN
Tly ( niteil \\ ire
S.V RAMKXTO, Oct. Mrs.
Eva Bollinger, widow of four mur
derers, th,- last of whom was haul
ed at the Folsom penitentiarv Octo
ber 9, has married again, it became
known here today,
Mrs. Bollinger, it was reported,!
was married last Friday -night in
Oakland to Calvin C. Williams, \ >
a carpenter.
h riends of Mrs. Bollinger’s mother !
here said she received a letter tell- j
ing of the marriage and stating that
her new husband is -‘a man who is
not afraid to take a chance.”
Alfred Bollinger, the woman’s,
fourth slayer husband, died on the
gallows for slaying a man with an
axe at a Marysville auto camp.
Twenty ears of grapes will be
shipped over the .Santa Fc from
Cucamonga and Fontana vineyards
in San Bernardino countv.
By Williams
FORMER DANCER IS I
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THE HOUSE OF QUALITY
Our Store
for Men
—A Separate Comfortable Place to Shop From
the Finest Stocks in the City
WE’VE PREPARED A BETTER MEN’S STORE this year
than ever before—with finer assortments of the quality
furnishings that men like best. Shop here comfortably in a
real separate men’s store and know that quality is certain.
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—NEWER FIFTH AVENUE styles in the late
shades for fall—Venice blue, pearl and woodland
brown. See the new exclusive shapes.
—Dobbs Caps $3,50 and $5.00
—RICH, SOFT WOOLENS—exclusive plaid, checks
and novelties—lined with heavy satins, real Russian
sweat bands. The finest caps you can buy.
-New Sweaters
—From Jantzen and Bradley
—FIRST QUALITY in worsted coats, novelty pull
overs—Fairisle patterns, stripes and plaids—a gor
geous showing of all the new styles. $O.OO, $7.50,
$lO.OO, $12.50 to $17.50.
—Golf Sox $2,50 to $5.00
- READY FOR THE GOLFERS are these new sox
in bright colorings and new Scotch patterns that
you’ll like. See the big variety.
- Lumber Jacks
—From Gordon $5-$6 to $lO.OO
—HIGH GRADE WOOL flannel lumberjack shirts
with knitted bottom and cuffs. All Gordon made
and in rich new colorings for winter wear.
—Suede Lumberjacks at $16.50.
—BEAUTIFUL GORDON leather shirts in lumber
jack style with knitted cuffs and bottom to match
the rich brown suede—all sir.es.
- New Knit Ties
—Rich Colors $l.OO-$l .50-$2.50.
—EVERY SHADE of the rainbow is found in these
new combinations in knitted ties for fall. See the big
assortment ready now at SIXO, $1.50 and $2.50.
- Grayco Shirts
—ln the New Styles $3.50 and $5.00.
—NEW PATTERNS galore in novelty shirts for
fall—some are pleated with laundered collars to
match and the very popular sofl collar attached
shirts at $3.50 and $5.00 Grayco collars do not
shrink.
■At $2.50-$3.50-SSM-$7.50.
GOOD LOOKING PAJAMAS in plain colors and
novelty stripes that men like. All made by the Man
hattan Shirt company and all sizes cut especially
full.
- New Luggage
—FROM “HELPER” come these fine new bags, suit
cases and ladies’ cases in black and brown leathers.
Some are completely fitted for both men and women.
The Bclbcr quality is easily seen in every piece.
Choose what you’ll need.
See the Windows
Showing in a Large Display the Many
New Things For Men
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Castle Treinain McLaughlin, former
dancer, who is confined to the Mi
chael Reese hospital here “for a
vest,” was doing “very nicely"
her nurse reported today.
Thursday, October 22, 1925
Reports that M rs. McLaughlin
was seriously ill were denied em
phatically by hospital attendants
and her husband, but the exact na
ture of her illness was not disclos
ed.