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CHAPTER 111.
The Blessing of Aridity.
When Blckard left the main line at
Imperial Junction the next afternoon
his eyes followed the train he was
deserting rather than the one that
was to carry him to his new lubors.
He felt again the thrill of detachment
' that Invariably preceded his entrance
Into.a new country. With the pulling
np of the porter's green-carpeted stool,
the slamming of the train gates, the
curtain fell on' the Tucson set scene.
The long line of cars was pushing
off with its lineu-covered Pullmans
and diners, steaming down grade
toward the Sink, the depression which
had been primeval sea, and then des
ert. and woB now sea again. . Old
Beach, rechrlstened Imperial Junction
for railroad convenience, was itself
lower than the ancient sea line where
once the gulf had reached. Rickard
knew he could And shells at that des
ert station should he look for them.
He picked up his bag that the porter
had thrown on the ground and faced
the rung-down curtain.
Its painted scene was a yellow sta
tion house broiling under a desert
sun; a large water tank beyond, and
in the distance the inevitable card
board mountains, like property scene
ehlfts, tint and thin In their unreal
hues of burnished pink and purple. A
dusty accommodation train was back
ing and switching, picking up the
empty refrigerator cars to carry Into
the valley for the early melon growers.
Already the valley had asserted Its
Industrial importance; the late ram
page of—the Colorado had made it
spectacular. Those who would pay
little attention to the opening of a
new agricultural district In the heart
of a dreaded desert opened their ears
to the vagary of the river which had
sportively made of a pnrt of that des
ert an Inland sen. Scientists were
rushing their speculations Into print;
would the sea dwindle by evaporation,
as It had done Tiefore? Or would the
overflow maintain the paradoxical
sea?
The flood signs were apparent
There cracks had spilt the desert
.sand; here water Assures had men
aced the track; and to the south a
fringe of young willows hid the path
of the Colorado's debouch.
The men crowding the platform
wore the motley of the new country.
In Tucson the uniform of the mnle
citizens, with th£ exception of those
reckless ones .who found inevitably
that lotus is a liquid, was the wilted
pretense of a gentle civilization; de
spondent ducks and khakis and limp
collars. Imperial Junction marked the
downfall of the collar. The rest of
the composite costume was Irregular,
badly laundered and torn, faded and
sunburned; the clothes of the desert
soldier. Rickard saw buttonless
shirts, faded overalls, shabby hats —
the sombrero of Mexico. The faces
nnder the'hroad-hrlmmed hats made a
leaping impression upon him Of youth
and eagerness. H6 noted a significant
average of Intelligence and alertness.
This wns not the Indolent group of
men which makes a pretense of occu
pation whenever a trifin conies In!
"Going in?" asked a voice at his ear.
A pair of faded eyes set in a young
old face, whether early Withered or
well preserved he had not time to de
termine, was staring at him.
He assured his Interlocutor that he
I was golngTin. Ills mood isolated the
phrase; Its significance vastly dlffer
ent from "going on."
"Buying?" - •
"I think not."
"It is a good time to buy." Rickard
suspected a real estate, agent. "For
land Is low—rock bottom prices on
account of the uneasiness about the
river. People are afraid. They want
j to see the company redeem some of
Its promises before they come In; and
the compnny Isn't In much of a
hurry."
| Rickard asked what company he re
ferred to.
The young-old face with the faded
eyes looked at him In surprise. "The
D. R. company, Desert Reclamation,
which brought us all here."
"Scamr *J" The newcomer's survey
of the long line of naked mountains
and lean lands that formed the neck
of the valley gave a snub of casual
ness to the question. .
"No. Koolri I" The answer was as
swift as a bullet. "Though some
people think them worse than that. I
don't go so far; I'm will I rig to say
they've tried. Fli eay that niich. Bnt
they haven't the knew-how." \
The window seats,
see, were filled before the cars Jialted,
by the ones who bad not
waited for the train to be made up.
In the scramble he spied a vacant
window on the sunny side and made
for it. A stranger dropped lato the
seat beside hlrn.
Every window in the car was open.
Each red vclveted, dusty seat was
filled. A strong desert wind was blow,
ing sand into their faces, discoloring
the seats and covering the floor.
The engineer turned to (lis compan
ion, who was coughing.
"Do you mind this window being
open?"
"I'd mind if it were not. It's alway*
bad at the Junction. When we get
Into the cultivated country you will
see what the valley will be like when
■>. Ji
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It is all planted. The wind is not i
bad when it blows over grain or al- |
fnlfa. It Is the desert dust that nags ]
one." He coughed again. "Going lnt" |
Rickard said he was going in.
"Are you going to settle in the val- i
ley?" The Inquisitor was a man of ]
about fifty, -Rickard decided, with a
desert tnu of apparent health. His ,
face was clear ;ut and Intelligent.
"I don't know.". ,
"Just looking the country over?"
"You might call It that."
"Go slow," admonished his compnn- ;
lon. "Don't let yourself be carried ,
away. It Is a wonderful country. But ,
go slow. It's the ones who expect to ,
make millions the first year that be
come the worst knockers. Go slow, .
I always tell them. Go slow."
"It's not a good time to buy, then?" ,
"Not so good as It wus ten years ;
ago! But land Is cheaper thnn It was j
a year back. In some districts you i
can buy a good farm for a ticket back •
home, the farmers are so discouraged. (
Cold feet." The slang sounded oddly ,
somehow. The man's voice had the ,
cultivated precision of the purist. ,
"Cold feet. The river's chilled them.
The valley's losing faith in the com- ;
pnny."
"What company?" inquired Rickard ,
again.
"There's but one company to the '
valley, the one that brought them
here, the D. R. They .don't cnll the
He Was "Going In."
railroad liio company They won't rec
' ognlze that problem 1 It's bad hard
, luck from the first, the D. R. At the
very start the wrong man got hold of ]
| It. Suther, the first promoter, was a 1
faker—a pretty thorough faker. The
' ■ company reorganized, but It's been In |
1 bad odor with the public ever since." .
Rlckard's eyes left the deep cuts In
1 the land made by the ravening waters
' and looked at his companion.
' "I thought Estrada was the original
' promoter?" he Inquired.
I "Estrada's a recent comer—oh, you
' mean the general. He started the ball
rolling; that wns all. Bad health, fol
' lowing the Bliss complication, tied his
' hands."
The man in the Neat ahead was lis
tening. His head was leonine, his
bpjly shriveled. Richard could see on
, the neck" the ancient burns that had
■ spared the magnificent head. The rest
of the inan hud been shriveled and
twisted Into terrible deformity. Klck
ard fotind himself puzzling over the
Incident with its accompanying mir
. aele. There was not a scar on the
powerful face,
j "Estrada's business methods were
s then not different from Sat tier's and
t Hardin's!" It was a deep, rich organ.
f "Ob, you can't class Hardin with
I Sather," protestwl Rlckard's compnn
t lon. "Sather used Hardin. Hardin'*
honesty cannot be questioned. It's not
money's he's After, His whole heart
Is In this reclamation scheme."
j "Hardin's a false i.larm," growled
, the owner of the massive head. "He
makes prmnlwes. He never keeps
' them."
The older mnn's smile was to>nffit.
, "Barton," he Indicated, "Is the ;ir«-sl- ,
f dent of the water companies. And If (
you want to hear rtbout a rogue and a (
. scoundrel asU the water companies
their opinion of Hardin."
I "Well, whnt sort of a hole has he j
s got us Into?" demanded the oth >r with |
I heat.
r "Hardin's In a hole himself,
t "No one seems to renumber fhat ho (
Crucified hlriself to sate the valley.
I I've a great lespeet br Thorn is llar>
din." J
' "Yes?" returned Hi itard. whose Ilk
t Ing had been caplui'ed by Ihe speaker.
The Impression of distinction sharp
-8 ened. The stranger wore a laundered j"
pongee silk shirt, open at the neck but
L restricted by a brown silk tie; and It
j was trimly belted. There were but 1
~ two neckties In the entire car. and
, they occupied, Rickard observed, the
same seat.
"The beginning of the canal sys- j
tem."
I Rickard looked out upon a flat, one- j
toned country, marked off In rec-1
t tangles by plows and scrapers. Far
ther south these rectangles were edged
j by young willows. He fancied Irt i
q could see, even at that distance, th« j
gleam of water. I
GBAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. MaRCH 6, 1919
- It" was the passing of the desert. A
few miles back he had seen the desert
ln its primitive nakedness, which not
even cactus'relieved. He was passing
over the land which man and horsef
were preparing for water. And h«
Could see the land where water was.
"That was the way Riverside looked
when I first saw It," commented th«
other man .who wore a tie. "Come out
on the rear platform. We can see bat
ter."
Rickard followed to the back of th«
dust-swept, stifling car. The glare oi
the platform was Intense. He stood
watching the newly made checkerboard '
of a country slip past him. Uecedlng I
were the two lines of gleaming steel
rails which connected and sepnrated
him from the world outside. He wai
"going In." Not in Mexico even had
he such a feeling of ultimate remote
ness. The moentalns, converging per
spectively toward the throat of tlx
valley, looked elusive aud unreal li
their gauze draperies of rose and vio
lpt. The tender hour of day wns cloth
ing them with mystery, softening theli
sharp outlines. They curtained th«
world beyond. Rickard felt the sus
pense of the next act.
It was a torpid Imagination, h
thought, which would not quicken ovei
this conquest of the desert.' Bast ol
the tract men and teams were prepar
ing the newly furrowed ground for th«
seed. The curved land knives were
breaking up the rich mold Into rldgei
of soft soil as uncoheslve and feathery
as pulverized chocolate. It was tlic
dark color of the chocolate of com
merce, this slit which had been pil
fered from the states through whlcl
the vagrant river wandered. The smel
of the upturned earth, sweetly damp
struck against his nostrils. Rickard
Indulged a minute of whimsical fancy;
this was California' territory ovei
which his train was passing, but th
soil, that dark earth those blades were
crumbling, was It not the tribute ol
other states, of despoiling Wyoming
of ravishing Colorado ami Arizona?
To the west new squares were being
leveled and outlined. Shrubby rec
tangles were being cleared of their ere
osote bush and tough mesqulte. Com
pared with other countries, the prepa
ration for planting was the simplest.
Horses were dragging over the ground
a railroad rail bent Into u V angle,
which pulled the bushes by the rooti
and dragged them out of the way. Be
yond, farther west, could be seen the
untouched desert. The surfuce foi
many miles was cracked by water
lines, broken and buked Into Irregular
sand calces; the mark of sand which
has been Imprisoned by water and
branded by swift heat.
Close by men were putting In with
enre the seed that was to quicken the
river silt. They were pas King a square
where the green tips of the grain
were piercing the ground. Now they
were abreast of a field of matured al
falfa over which the wind raced grate
fully. Desert and grain field; death
and life I The panorama embraced the
whole cycle.
They went back to their seats. After
a few minutes the other leaned over
his shoulder, his hand waving toward
the passing mountains. "Those are the
Superstition mountains you can see
over yonder. An unusually apt name."
"Yes?"
"Why Is it goocL you mean? That
pile of dark roek"stands as a monu
ment to an effete superstition. It Is
the gravestone for u gigantic mistake.
Why, it was only the grossest Igno
rance that gave to the desert the label
of 'bad lands.' The desert Is n con-,
dltlon, not a fact. Hero you see the
passing of the condition, the burial of
' the superstition.' Are you Interested In
irrigation?"
| Rickard was not given to explain
. the degree of Interest his profession
involved, for the stranger drew a poln
fDPhreath, end wentom—
"Of course you are, if you are a
western man. You are, I think?"
| The engineer f.ald he wjis, by choice.
"Irrigation Is the creed "of the West.
Gold brought people to this country;
water, scientifically applied, will keep
them here. Look at Riverside. Aud
we are at the primer stage only. We
are way behind llie ancients In Infor
mation on that subject. I learned at
school, so did you, that some of the
most glorious civilizations flourished
In spite of the desert which surround
ed them. That was only half a truth.
They were great because of It! Why
did the Incas choose the desert when
their strength gave them the choice of
the continent of South America? Why
i did the Aztecs settle In the desert
when they might easily have pre
empted the watered regions? Then
there are the Carthaginians, the Tol
tecs, the Moors. And one never for
gets Egypt 1"
"For protection," Rickard gave tho
slighted question au Interested recog
nition. "Was that not what we were
taught at school? The forest held
foes, animal and human. Those na-
Moris grew to their strength and
power In the desert by virtue of Its
I'.itn'ion."
"Superstition!" retorted the man
with the tie. "We are babes ut the
breast measured by the wisdom of the
meu who settled Damascus, or com
pared with the Tol tecs, or those an
cient tribes who settled In northern
India. They recognized the value df
aridity. They knew Its threefold
worth." j.
"An Inherent value?" demanded the
college-bred man, turning from the
window.
"An Inherent value," declared the
exponent of aridity.
"Will you tell too Just what yon
mean?"
"Not In one session I Look yonder.
-That's Hrawley. When I came through
' here ten years ago I could have had
my pick of this land at '£> cents an
acre. They were working at this
scheme then—on paper. I was not
alive to the possibilities then; 1 had
not yet lived In Utah I"
I The train was slowing up by a brand
j new' yellow-painted station. There
were several dusty automobiles walt-
I Ing by the track, a few faded surreys
| and the inevitable country hotel bus.
The platform was swarming with
alert, vigorous face*, distinctly of the
(American type.
The man in the seat beside him
asked Rickard'lf'Be oßserveu the gen
eral average of Intelligence In the 
faces tiflhe crowd below. Rickard ao 1
knowledged that be had been struck 1
by that, not only here bnt at Imperial 1
Junction, where be bad waited for the 1
train. . . I
"There le a club In the valley, lately 1
started, a university clnb which admits 1
us members those who have hnd at !
least two years of college training. 1
The list numbers three hundred al
ready. The flrst meeting wns held last
week in an eippty new store In Impe- 1
rial. If It had not been for the set- 1
; ting we might have been at Ann Arbor
lor Palo AltQ. The costumes were a
llttle'motley, bnt the talk sounded like
home. 1
The dust blowing In through the car
doors brought on another lit of stran- ;
gllng. Rickard turned again to the :
window, to the active scene which do- 1
nled the presence of desert beyond.
"The doctors say It will have to be
the desert always for me." The stran- 1
ger tapped his chest significantly.
"But It Is exile no longer—not In an
Irrigated country. For the reason of
lrrlgutlonl It Is the progressive mail;
the man with ideas, or the man who Is
willing to take them, who comes Into
this desert country. If be has not had
education It Is forced upon him. I saw
It worked out In Utah. I was there
several years. Irrigation means co
operation.' That Is, to me, the chief
value of aridity."
k The wind, though still blowing
through the car and ruffling the truln
dust, was carrying less of grit and
sand. To the nostrils of Rickard and
his new acquaintance It brought the
pleasing suggestion of grassy mead
ows, of willow-lined streams and fra
grant fields.
"It Is the accepted Idea that thle
valley Is attracting a superior class
of men because of Its temperance
stand. It is the other way round. The
valley stood for temperance because
of. the sort of men who had settled
here, the men of the Irrigation type."
Tho engineer's ear criticized "Irriga
tion type." He began to suspect thai
he had picked up a crank.
"The desert offers a man special ad
vantages, social. Industrial and agricul
tural. It Is no accident that you flnd
a certain sort of man here."
"I suppose you mean that th«
struggle necessary to develop such a
country, under such stern conditions,
develops of necessity strong men?''
: evolved Rickard. "Oh, yes, I believe
1 that L too."
, "Brandon's My Name."
"Oh, more than that. It Is not sq
much the struggle as the necessity foi
' co-o|ierntlon. The mutnnl dependence
Is one of the blessings of aridity." I
"One of the blessings of aridity!";
1 echoed his listener. "You art; a phllos
ophcr." He had not yet touched the
' other's thought at the spring.
| j "You might as well call me a social-
JI Ist because I praise Irrigation In that
I It stands for the small farm unit," i
! retorted the valley man. "Tftat Is on
i of Its flats; the small unit. It Is tht
| sinull fnrm that pnys. That fact bring*
| many advantages. What Is the charm
j of Itiverslde? It comes to me Ulwayi
_ I like the unreal dream of the socialist
come true. It Is a city "of farms, of.
\ small farms, where „ man , nn y i
( | his living off his ten acres of orange*'
J or lemons; and with all the comfort*
r | ond conveniences of a city within
t | reach, his neighbors not ten miles off I.
i A farmer in Itiverslde or In nny Irrl
! ' gated •(immunity does not have to
postpone living for himself or tils fain-1
lly until he can sell the farm! He j
can go to church, can walk there; the'
( trolley car which pusses his dool I
takes him to a public library or the
opera house. Ills children ride to I
. school. His wife does not need to be
a drudge. The bread wagon aud the j
| steam laundry wagon stop at her
door."
Hlckard observed that perhaps be j
| did not know anything nbout Irrigation
after all! He had not thought of It
before In Its ftoclologlcal relation but
merely as It touched his profession.
"Not going Into sol) values, for that
Is a long story," began the older mini,
i "Irrigation Is the answer which sel
-1 enee gives to the agriculturist who Is I
| Impatient of haphazard method". Irri
gation Is not a compromise, as so tnuny
believe who know nothing about It. It
Is a distinct advantage over the old
fashlou'd methods.
"I arn one of those who always
thought It a compromise," admitted
the engineer. •
"Better call rain h compromise." t»-
toru-i the Irrlgatlonlst. "The man
j wh.i Irrigates gives water to the tree
which needs It; rain nourishes one
tree and drowns out another. Irrlga- '
1 Hon is a.i Insurance policy against,
drought, a guarantee against floods, j
I The former who has onoe operated an
I Irrigated form would be as Impatient
I j w«rp he again subjected to the caprice i
»j of rain as a housewife would be were
- she compelled to wait for rain to Oil
• ; her wsshtub. There Is no Irregularity
- or caprice about Irrigation."
> j "Wonder how the old fellow picked
* I it all up?" mused Rickard with dis
respect. Aloud he said, "You were
II speaking of the vfciue of tbe soil?"
" "Look a£ (iff etfTii tliose" pfbws are
turning over. 'See how rich aud friable j
It Is, how It crumbles? You can dig
for hundreds of feet and still flnd that
sort of soil, eight hundred feet down I
It Is disintegrated rock and leaf mold
brought In hero In. the making-of a
delta. Heavy rainfalls are rare here,
though we have had them, In spite of
popular opinion. Were we to have
frequent rains the chemical properties
which rain farmers must buy to enrich
their worn-out soils would bo leached
out, drained from the soil. I can't
make this comprehensive, but I've a
monograph on desert soil. If you are
Interested I'll send It to you."
"I should like It—lmmensely," as
sented the engineer, still amused.
"It explains the choice of the ArteCa,
pf the Incas, of Carthaginians, the
Moors," observed the stranger. "They
chose the desert, not In spite of the 1
soli but because of It. I doubt If they j
were awake to the social advantages
of tho system, but It was their co
operative brotherhood that helped |
them to their glory. We are centurle*
behind them. I'm getting out here— |
Imperial, If you come up to Imperial'
look me up. Brandon's my name, I'v«
no card these days I"
"There are several things I want ta
hear from you," answered Rickard,
following brown necktie and pointed
benrd to the platform. "I'll be sure
to look you up. Mine's Rickard." i
The breeze which was now entering
the car windows had blown over th«
elovcr-leafcd fields. Its messago was
sweet and fresh. Rlcknrd could see
the cunnls lending off Ilko silver
threads to the homes and farms of the
future; "the socialists' dream come
true 1" Willows of two or three years'
growth outlined the banks. Hero and
there a tent or a ramada Bet up a
brave defiance against tho hnrd con
ditions of the land It was Invading.
Rickard leaned out of the window and
looked back up the valley which wns .
dominated by the range now wrapping !
around Itself gauzy. Iridescent drap
eries.
"The monument to at> effete super
stition!" he repented. "That wasn't
a bad Idea."
To be continued.
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DIBPOSINQ OF CONFERENCE
REPORT ON HOSPITALS.
MANY BILLS DOOMEO TO FAIL
No Matter of Sufficient importance to
Require the Calling of an Extra
Session Expected to Arise.
Washington.—The sixty-fifth con
gress entered upon Its last full work
ing day, facing an unprecedented mass
of legislation, but with the contested
"Victory loan" bill out of the way.
The senate remained in session all
night to pass tho loan bill, the key
stone meosuro of the calendar, while
the bouse held a business session,
disposing of thu coutorenco report on
tbe hospital bill.
Passage of the loun bill without a
record vote and In the Identical form
I In which It came from the house defl
' nltely marked tho course of future leg
| (station and gave assurance that
President Wilson would iot lEt~lt'
necessary to change his plan of defer
ring a call of the new congress until
after his return from France, prob
[ ably In June.
j Most Republicans favored an ear
lier extra session, but after Republl-.
can senators at a conference last ntglit
failed to reach any decision as to the
advisability of obstructing the loan
bill no filibuster was undertaken.
Although many Important bills. In
i eluding the 1720,000,000 navy appro j
| prlatlon measure with Its authorize
, tion of a new three-year building pro
gram and the 1.21&.000.000 army hill
apparently are doomed to certain fall
lure, administration leaders believe
that nono Is of sufficient Importance
to require an earlier call of con
j gress, and that the president will ad
here to his original plan, announced
: after he arrived from Puis.
Passage by the senate of tho "Vic
{ tory loan" bill, authorizing sale by the
treasury jnt 17,000,000.000 of nee
short term notes and $1,000,000,000 foi
| advances by the war finance corpora
j Hon In eitehdlng American foreign
commerce, came after a bitter con
troversy. a threatened Republican fll
I bus ter.
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I It will corn the American people
about a b'lllon and a quarter dollars
a yew lor the next twenty-five years
to pay off the war debt. In addition to
Interest of $76i,0Q0,000 a year.- "
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* SQUARE DEAL FOR EVERY *
ft INCOME TAX PAYER *
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* Washington, D. C, "The *
* rfglits of all persons now filing *
* Income Tax returns are amply *
* protected by provisions for *
* abatements, refunds and np- *
* peals," says Commissioner Dan- *
* lei C. Ito|>er. *
* "Every person enn be sure of *
* a square deal. No iierson Is ex- *
J * pected to |my more than his *
I * share of tax. ilia shhie is de- *
i * termined solely by the amount *
* and nature ef his net income for *
* 11)18, as defined In the law. *
1 * "Abatement petitions are deal* *
> h with open-inindedly. Refunds 4
I # will be made in every case where *
' A too much tax ts erroneously col- *
* le ted. t ii
I * "Tbe Income Tax Is 'on the *
* l£vi* all tho way throui;a." *
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PAY AND FILE
INCOME TAX
r BEFORE MAR. 15
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U. S. Internal Revenue Bureau
Gives Warning That Severe
* Penalties Will Be Enforced.
WOMEN WITHIN LAWS SCOPE; i
HOW THEY REPORT INCOME
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Tlx Income Tux drive comes to • '
close on Saturday night, March IS.
All payments and returns duo on that
date under the provisions o( the new
Revenue Law must lie in the hands of
local Internal Revenue Collectors be
fore their ofllcea close that night.
The Income Tax Is being collected to
meet tho war expenses. Every person
who shouted and tooted his horn on
Armistice Day is now called upon to
contribute bis sbaro of tho cost of win- ,
nlng the war.
The Inwards and the dodgem will
i face severe fines and' Jail sentence*.
The Internal Revenue Bureau an
nounces that Its officers will check us
all up to see that every person who
comes within the scope of the Income
Tax law did his share.
Wher* to Pay and File. •
Resldunts of North Carolina should
muke their returns and pay their
taxes to JoHlali W. Bailey, Collector of
Internut Revenue, Raleigh, or to Aus
tin I>. Watts, Htatesvlllv, or tolny of
the deputy collectors who are now do
ing free advisory work on Income Tax.
Payments sent hy mull should be at-
I tacbed to the returns and should be in
the form of check, money order or
draft. Cash payments by mail are sent
at the taxpayer's risk of loss.
If you are unable to make your re
turn personally becuuse of Illness, ab
sence or Incapacity, an agent or legal
representative may muke your return.
If there are any doubtful (mints as to
your Items of Income or allowable de
ductions, you should get In touch at
once with a Revenue officer or n bank
er for advice.
Women Pay Ta*.
Women aro subject to all the require
ments of the Income Tax. Whether
single or married, a woman's Income
from all sources must be considered.
, If unmarried, or if living apurt from
her husband, she must make her re
turn for 1018 If her net Income was
SI,OOO or over.
If married and living with her hus
band, her Income must be considered
with tho husband's in determining the
liability for a return. Their Joint In
come, less tho credits allowed by law,
Is subject to normal tax. The wife's
net income Is considered separately In
computing any surtax that may bo due.
Husband and wife fllo Jointly, as a
rule. If the husband does not Include
his wife's Income In his return, the
~wifc must file a separate return.
Severe Penalties.
The new Revenue 1 -nw places severe
penalties on a person who falls to
make return on time, refuses to mnke
return or genders a fraudulent return.
For failure to make return and pay tax
on time a line of not more thun SI,OOO
is named, and 25 pur cent of the tax
duo Is added to the assessment. For
refusing wilfully to inukc return, or
for making a fulse or fraudulent re
turn there is a fine of not exceeding
SIO,OOO and Imprisonment of .not ex
ceeding ono year, or both.
Farmers' Income Taxable.
Every farmer and ranchman who
hail a fair or a rood year in 1018 must
heed tho Income Tax this year. He
must consider nil bis Income us tax
able;He lit entitled to deduct from '
his gross Income all amount* expended
In carrying on his farm. The cost of !
farm machinery, farm hiilldlnK* and
Improvements cannot be deducted.
The cost of live stock, either for re
sale or for breeding purposes, is also
I regarded as Investment.
Overtime and Bonuses Taxed.
Salary mid wage earners must con- '
slder us taxable every Item received
from employeers anil from other
) sources. Bonuses and overtime |>ay
| are to be reported, as well us the tegu- I
I lur payments.
Allowances for Losses.
Losses sustuliied Hi 101S ami not cov
ered by Insurance are deductible Item*
If Incurred In the taxpayer'* business
or trade. In any transaction under- |
taken for profit, or arising from fire, 1
storm, shipwreck or other casualty, or
from theft.
LAST OF COASTWISE SHIPB
REBTORED TO THEIR OWNERS
Washington—Ships of tho Mer
chants and Miner* Transportation
Company, engaged Ift Atlantic coast
wise traffic were turned back to pri
vate management by the railroad ad
ministration. Officials of the company
accepted tho relinquishment which
heretofore they have protested.
This action restores tho last of tho
coastwise steamahip lines not owned
by railroads to private management
40,000,000 RUSSIANS ENGAGE -
IN EFFORT TO SAVE COUNTRY
Pari*,—"Forty million Russians In
organized government* are now co
operating in a movement for a re
united Russia. Theso Russian* are
working and fighting, dying by hun
dred* and even by thousand* dully.
In an effort to save Russia from com
plete detraction; and all thi* is being
done without a thought of political
ambit 10r..' said Sergius Sazojoff, min
itser of foreign affairs In the Denlklns
government.
Major General Crowder, Judge ad
vocate general of the army, appearing
before the senate military committee
at a resumption of hearings o.n the
courtmartial situation, said that all im
prisonment sentences imposed on men
of tho army during the war and found
upon review to be too severe would be
mitigated through the president'* pow
er of remission.
NO. 4
GKAHAN CHUKtH UIRKCTORY
Qrahijm Baptist .Church—Rev. lu
U. Weston, Pastor.
Preaching every first and third
Sundays at ILOO a. m. and 7.00 fe
m.
Sunday School every SuDday at
9.46 a. m. W. I. Ward, Supt
Prayer meeting every Tuesday at
1M p. m.
Graham Christian Church—N. Main
Street—Bev. P. C. Lester.
Preaching services overy Sec
ond and fcourth Sundays, at 11.00
a. m.
Sunday School every Sunday at
10.00 a. M.—W. R. Harden, Super
intendent,
New Providence Christian Church
—North Main Street, near Depot—
Bev. P. C. Lester, Pastor. Preach
ing every Second and Fourth Sun
day nights at 8.00 o'clock.
Sunday School every Sunday at
9.« a. m.—J. A. tiayii/f, Superin
tendent.
Christian Endeavor Prayer Meet
ing every Thursday night at 7.48.
o'clock.
Friends—North of Qraham Pub
lic School, Rev. John M. Permar,
Pastor.
Preaching Ist, 2nd and 3rd Sun
days at U.OU u. m. and 7.00 p. m.
Sunday School every Sunday at
9.45 a. m.—Belle Zachary, Superin
tendent
Prayer meeting every Thursday "'4
evening at 7.30 o'clock.
Methodist Episcopal, bouth-cor. I
Main and Maple, Streets, Rev. J.
R. Edwards, Pastor.
Preaching every Sunday at lI.M
a. m. and at 7.30 p. m. .
Sunday School every Sunday at
9.45 a. m.—W. B. Qreen, Supt.
M. P. Church—N. Main Street.
Rev. R. S. Troxler, Pastor.
Preaching first and third Him
duys at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m.
Sunday School every Sunday at
9.46 a. m.—J. L. Amies, Supt.
Presbyterian-Wst Elm Street-,
Bev. T, M. McConnell, pastor.
Sunday School every Sunday at
9.46 a. m.—Lynn B. Williamson, Su
perintendent
r P f,? ,b /. terlaD (Travora Chapel)- 1
J. W. Clegg, pastor. . '1
Preaching every Second and
Fourth Sundays at 7.30 p. m.
Sunday School every Sunday at
«.30 p. m—J. Harvey White, Su
perintendent
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