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Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1919-07-01
NOTICE OF COUNTY HIGHWAY
BOND ELECTION AND PKOCLA-
NATION THEREOF

Notice is hereby gwen to the quail
flied electors Of the County Of lmpe-
rial, State Of California, that in &C
cordance with the provisions Of the
Political Code OF the State Of Cali
fornia, and of an act Of said state,
approved March 10, 1917, entitled;
can act providing for tie layinG out,
constructing, Strengthening, improve
ment and repair Of main public high
ways in any county, providing for
the voting, issuing and selling Of
county bonds and the acceptance Ct
donations to pay @e such WORK and
improvements, pre-. 5dIng for Z high
way commissio. > have charge CT
such work and improvements, and aU-
th0rizing cities and towns to inl-
prove the portions of such highways
within their corporate limits and to
issue and sell bonds therefor" and al
amendments thereto, an election will
be held on Tuesday, the first day Of
July, 1919, in said county and state.
between the hours Of 6 o'clock a. ~.
and Z o'clock p. m., during which pc
Rod and between which hours, the
polls shall remain open, for the pur-
pose Of voting upon the question Of
issuing and selling bonds OF SAID
county, to the amount Of One Nil
lion, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
for the purposes recommended by the
Highway Commission Of SAID county
and set forth in report made by SAID
commission, and filed with the B0aIC
of Supervisors of said county o. MAY
"a, 1919, and approved and adopte,
by said Board on said May n, 1919
which is in words and figures as fol
lows:
"To The Honorable Board of Super
visors, Imperial County, State O
California.
Gentlemen:
We, the members o. the Count.
Highway Commission, bee to submit
our report and recommendations foi
your consideration for highway sys-
TEN to extend from inland, via Cali
patria, Brawley and Holtville tC
Bonds Corner; and south from 4 nOint
on the proposed State Highway to the
existing State Highway west OF See
ley; to CaleXic0; and cas-. from HraW-
ley to the center OF Section -, Town
ship Is South, Range l. East; &uo
east from the intersection Of the west
side highway in Section 80, Township
Is South, Range - East TO the inter
section of the Eastside highway; and
north from Calcxico to Ell Centric.
and from Bonds Corner west to the
CaleXico and Ell Centric highway; AND
south from the Third Standard to in
tersect the Holtville highway, com
prising approximately 100 miles OF
paved road, Is feet wide; or as much
thereof as may be possible with tht
funds available; and request you
Honorable Body to call an election at
your earliest possible date for the
purpose Of voting a bond issue in
the sum Of one million five hundred
thousand dollars, which amount, to-
gether with anticipated danations NJ
provided in the Highway Act, shall
constitute the sum deemed necessary
by your Commission aud Highway
Engineer to construct the proposed
highway system.
Respectfully submitted,
+. S. LACK.
CASEY ABBOTT,
!. J. THOMAS,
Highway Commissioners
Attest:
G.. T.. WADE,
Highway Engineer.
Dated May q, 1919.
The said bonds hereunder to be is
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Ell CENTRIC PLANNING MILLS, 315
East Main. We repair anything.
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+ S. LACK,
CASEY ABBOTT,
J.. J. THOMAS,
Highway Commissioners

Highway Engineer.
Dated May q, 1919.
The said bonds hereunder to be is-
sued and sold shall be Of the denum-
nation Of one thousand dollars each,
and shall bear interest from the date
thereof, at the rate Of Per cent per
annum, payable semn-annu9lly; said
bonds to be numbered from to 1900,
inclusive, to bear the date Of Au-
gust 4, 1919, and said bonds to be-
come due and payable in annual par
GELS Of so bonds, commencing AUGUST
4, 1929, and ending August 4, 1859.
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Hotels
Insurance

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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08

terry and United Gas improvement did
not make their appearance until the sec
ond hour. Limited dealings elevated the
former to 1873 and the latter to 90
Among the inactive shares American
Railways preferred came in for con
siderable attention by reason of block
of zoos shares changing hands at 64H,
unchanged from the previous price. An
other 1000 block transaction took place
in Tonopah Mining at 2I@, Tonopah
Belmont at the same time yielded TO
2 9-16. A small sale Of Westmoreland
Coal caused decline of 81 to IA. Phil
adelphia and Western preferred was 70
cents higher at 20. PENNSYLVANIA Salt
was taken at 76. American Stores and
American Gas lost 81 at 40 and 45,
respectively.
Rumor had it that some important
announcement in connection with the
American Ship and Commerce Corpora
tion would be made during the current
week. The nature of the development
was not disclosed, but it was intimatcd
would have an important bearing upon
the affairs of the company. This was
partly confirmed by the strength Of the
stock in the New York market today,
with an advance above 81. or over 5
points above the low water mark estab-
lished last week.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08
OIL ISSUES AGAIN
LEADERS CURB
Most of Group Make Substan.
tiaI Gains-Asphalt Has
Wide Range
PUBLIC DOING LITTLE TOBACCO STOCKS STRONG

New York. Dec. S.-Thc feature ot
the Broad street curb market TODAY
was the persistent accumulation of the
petroleum stocks representing proper
tics which are actively engaged in de
Vclonmcnt work and obtaining new pro
ductiOn in large volume.
Most interest was attached to the
buying of Gilliland Oil. which was
bought by strong interests. moving ur
TO above 46 and making new high
record White Oil was also strong.
selling at the new high of 49,. Other
oils made substantial gains.
Carib Syndicate was traded in nj
II p and 53M, and Magma sold at ols
to 03s. General Asphalt had wide
range again today. selling at 11jai to
l2lM, Columbia Emeralda sold at
1Sla TO 10.
The tobacco stocks were again strong.
American Tobacco Securities being
traded in Mt 65 to 67A and Tobacco
Products Exports at 80 to 80. United
Retail Candy sold at 1917 to 1873.
Submarine sold at 1JT. Libby. Nc
Ncill & Libby was strong. with sales
at 24lt to 2J. Indian Packing sold at
lies TO is. American Safety Razor
was steady, with sales at 1871 to 1S%
Nanadium Steel yielded from 61h to
60%
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08
INTEREST CONCENTRATED
WHOLLYIN LNDUSTRIALS
Changes in Coal Situation and Mexican ,brogo Served
Make Sentiment More Cheerful

New York. Dec. S--IutercSt in to q.
day stock market centred very large.
" In the industrial shares. That ig
to say about the only important changes
o uOto wCro registered in this division.
while elsewhere fluctuations were slug
gish aud without feature OF interest
Wal! street began the new week in Il
much moro cheerful state Of mind. ia.
vorablc changes in the coal situation,
with the promise of normal operations
at the mincs before the end of the
week. with the partial clearing un Of
the Mexican imbrogio. contributed to
lift Somc of the clouds IN the spccula
tive skies. supplementary could be in
Cludcd the possibility of supreme
Court decisions today on matters in
which there is acute puhlic interest,
namely. the wartime prohibition and
the long looked for verdict on stock
dividends.
About the only adverse development
was the further weakness in foreign
exchange. but this. in Il measure. was
countcrbaIaurcd by relative ease OF
money. Call loans were renewed ana
new money was loaned at q per cent.
Altogether. however, the market $
general character underwent com
purativcly little change. II Wa, in q
sense strictly traders market Some
increase was reported in the commi--
sion house inquiry, but the bull, OF the
operations originated and WcrC confined
within the four walls of tue stock CA-
change. A.. the wider advances during
the morning wcr" scored by the 50.
called SpCcialtiCS, or in those particular
stocks which are known TO be closely
held by pools and cliqucS, it was to be
presumed short covering furnished most
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08
TRYING DAY FOR
THE BEAR CROWD
Promise of Speedy Adjustment
Of Coal Strike Difficulties
Led to Free Covering

Now York. Dec S.--Thc New York
Evening Suns closing financial review
today saya:
the bears had rather trying time
Of it in today's stock market. what with
the promise Of speedy adjustment of
the coal strike difficulties and the pos =
sibility of several important decisions
from the supreme Court at Washington,
notably the stock dividend and prohi d.
bition cases. Neither accession material e
izcd. but this was not definitely known
until shortly before o'clock
Market letters of the various repre- =
sentative brokerage houses over the
week end we're moderately bullish, op-
tions being based mainly on the techni
cal conditions within the market. 1t
VIII be known tomorrow whether or not
the Offer OF President Wilson, with its
undiscloscd terms. will be accepted by
the miners. but of course. indications
point strongly toward favorable recep-
tion. since the leaders have expressed
themselves as desiring it.
1t bchoOvcd the shorts to cover.
therefore. Trading was not in large
volume and buying initiative probably
originated with the short interests
mainly. 1t was not apparent that the
general public was doing much in that
way and offerings of stock were limited
The fact that the Germans were in
clincd to be pugnacious about signing
the treaty protocol was of scarcely more
academic interest.
The foreign exchanges again suffered
considerable weakness. most of the
leading centcrs experiencing new low
Co..
dollar Money continued at case al
though in restricted supply. Call loans
renewed at & per cent and ruled .thcre.
Time funds were hard to get with bids
at q per cent for mixed collateral and
~ and s per cent for industrial col
lateral
A higher cash ratio for the Federal
Reserve Bank was, naturally, welcome,
although the improvement was small
and very much quallned by the absence
of any marked bettermcnt in the matter
of loans at the central institution. Dis
counts on war paper were reduced by
some $132 200. 900. but there was a
substantial offset III other forms of bor-
rowing.
On the whole. however. developments
favored the constructive side of the Sc
curities market. which was apparent
from the beginning. The steels. equip
ments, coppers. tobaccos and sugars dis
played a particularly good tone, ad-
vances ranging from a fraction to t and
; points. The oils did very well also,
Mexican Petroleum being the slowest
one.
Some of the speciaIties were highly
buoyant such as Pittsburgh Coal, Rem
ington Typewriter. Associated Dry
Goods and others. The food stocks were
in good demand so long as the street
was in doubt about the prohibition de-
cision. The rails held steady to firm,
but there was not much push in that
list
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08
tEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA STOCK QUOTA
LOCALS DRIFT ALONG IN
FAMILIAR NARROW GROOVE
continued DribbIng Liquidation in Pesyuania Railroad
and Lehigh Nauigation-Price Changes Slight

Inc outstanding feature of the local
market was the striking diversity Of
inc trading, longer list of purely
local stocks being dealt in than wit
messed for some time This included a
number. of inactive shares which only
make their appearance on the tape at
wide intervals. While the volume of
transactions was relatively light, sereral
OF the stocks were brought into promi-
nence by reason of big blocks changing
hands. AS to price changes IL was sim
ply jumble Of small advances or de-
clines. neither carrying significance,
except to emphasize the narrowness of
the market.
1t would be somewhat difficult to
diagnose the real character of dealings,
as they were open to wide interpreta :
tions. In some quarters, notably Penn
sylvania Railroad, Lehigh Valley, Le-
high Navigation and Philadelphia Elec-
trio there was evidence of continued
dribbling liquidation. In other places
testimony was to be found Of quiet
absorption by the socalled bargain
hunters.
In the usual active leaders little or
nothing was done TO speak of. General
Asphalt common at the outset dropped
50 to us. but before midday regained
81 of the loss, only to drop back to III
near the closing. Electric Storage Bat
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08
ANOTHER DROP IN MARKS
German Coin Worth Two Cents In
Foreign Exchange Market

New York. Dec. S.--Marks and lire
sustained further declines in tho market
for foreign exchange today, the first
mentioned falling to the new low record
of 200. Lire cables dropped to 1894
and checks to 1906. Sterling was n
shade above the extreme low record, at
3.S4la for demand and 3.S5H for
cables. Francs were heavy at II. .O3 for
cables and II .05 for checks.
At the opening quotations were al
most entirely nominal. There were
differences of az much as 10 points be
tween the different bankers in quota
tions on Italian exchange.
After the opening the market de-
veloped further weakness so that the
following quotations are given mainly
as a matter of routine.
Quotations
Demand sterling 3.S54t. checks
3.S6E; franc cables 1880 checks
l0S2; lire cables 1900, checks 1892
Swiss cables 5.2S. checks $50; guilder
cables 3SHu, checks 1874 pesetas cables
20, checks 1890; Stockholm cables
u So. checks 21.70; Christiania cables
2O6O checks 20.45; Copenhagen
cables 1890, checks 1875; Belgian
cables 1925, checks 1927; marks
200m2. 200; ruble notes, 800 for 5OO's
apd 4.2j for 10O's.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08

covering operations were rather of
dcsultory nature. as there was nothing
to force the reduction Of the outstand
lug short lines. The scarcity of supply
however. permitted the bidding up when
effort wns made to cover.
At the opening and directly after
interest was concentrated IN the indus
trial quarter. Food shares dominated
the list for 4 time, sugars extending
last weeks gains by | to , points.
Oils. motors and shippings also regis
tered further Improvement with StCClS.
textiles. tolaccos and miscellaneous
spccialtics. including Associated Dry
Goods and Remington Typewriter,
EQuipmcuts were in demand later,
American Car rising } points with
concurrent gains Of | to . for Amcri.
can Locomotive. Baldwin Locomotive,
New York AR Brakc and Pullman.
Rails alone displayed reactouary ten
denotes. standard shares. including
transroutincntalS, losing to points,
Toward midday there was u decided
slackcning in the trading all through
the list. which was easily attributed to
the disposition. to await the supreme
Court decisions.
licavincss Of motor shares at mid.
day was balanced by demand for
motor Spccnltics. notably the rubber
group. StcclS also reacted. but Indus
trial Alcohol advanced points on news
that the supreme Court had rendered
no decision in tho prohibition ease.
Trading was at low rbb in the final
hour. the only features of that duh
period being q brief Spurt in Inter.
nutionul Paper. Writing Paper prefer
rod and American International Cor
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08
BUTTER, EGGS AND CHEESE

New York. Dec. S.--BUTTER-Firm. Re
csPts s29i q tn0s Creamery higher than
sSorS 7S s %saS bacnF EiF"s Stock R
tur"ont make No o. 4oc
I;GGS-St -ady, Receipts 1929 cases.
licSh ga hercd rNtrns 03m04c; extra firsts
S6@o1c; tirsts sGI SSc state, Pemnsylvanit
and nearby western hcnnery whites fine to
fancy, 81 O2Gp1 | 0h; state. PENNSYLVANIA and
nearby hennory whites. ordinary to prime
~ % mlOSc; sctate. Pennsylvania and nearby
browns and mixed colors 03@94c
CtlEESE-Steady. Receipts. 800 boxes.
state, whole milk. hpts, current make spe-
cials, 32h q 39c; do. average, : al q 85c
state. whole milk ,wirs. current make, spe.
c'als. 81 a 32c: do average run ale
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08

Washington, Dec, S.-Cotton ginneG
prior to December | amounted to 81
S33.712 running bales. including 80, :
CSC round bales; ~. .24O bales of
American Egyptian and $3.50 bales of
Sea Island, the census bureau an
nounced today. Prior to December
last year, ginnings were 9.5T1 Ala run
ming bales. including 1872 .662 round
bales, 10,170 bales Of American -Egyp-
tian and % sos bales of Sea Island.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08
LONDON METAL MARKET

New York. Dec. S-Cable advices re-
ceived at the New York Metal Exchange this
morning quoted prices in London az follo,ws:
futures. 1905 los a gain, Of 60 los and
straits, t9O4 los. up. f6: Singapore, 1901 a
S50S tons, a ana Singapore 100 tons, STANDARD
copper-,.SPot, ITO. an advance. Of & ~,
iOsi futures, $40 I2s ed. a gain tor both Of
"a "A sS sPststPoi ss.s sP Fl t 1s % futures
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08
Liverpool Cotton

Liverpool, Dec S.--Thcre was fair
request for spot cotton today with prices
steady on the basis of an advance of
13 points for middling at 25,GJd. Tile
sales We're 5000 bales. The receints
were $4,000 bales. including 40. 70b
bales American. Futures were steady
iu the early dealings. Spot prices
were: American, middling fair, 30. 75d;
good middling, 27.50d; fully middling,
20, sod; middliug, 25.60d; low middling.
%. 40d; good ordinary. Old, and
ordinary, 20d.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08
Reserve Banks Discount Rates

Official discount rates at the twelve
Federal Reserve banks were as follows:
(The first column gives rates for all
periods up TO and including fifteen
day maturity, the second for a period
of sixteen to ninety days. The third
and fourth columns give the rates for
rediscounts of collateral loans secured
by government bonds or notes)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08
BAR SILVER

Commercial bar silver was quoted in
New York today at $1.321a an ounce.
an advance of lac In London the
price was 11sd higher, at 74Ad an
ounce.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08
nent ponds or noteSD d.
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BANK CLEARINGs
Aetna MIIIs DECLARED Extra

Boston, Dec. S.--The Aetna Mills
have declared regular quarterly diyi-
dend OF ? per cent and an extra of ]
per cent, payable January to stock OF
record December 20.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08
CIoVerseed

Toledo. o., Dec. s-CLOyERsEED-
Prime cash. $40 7oi Dc:sTwbsr, $50. l5i jagg-
i9I 20 March tsi. TIMoTHa aY-Prlme eash.
s5' 81: Decelnber. ss.r5; n arch. t5,72h
April ana May. $40,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08

MEMBERS RESERVE SYSTEM
Reserve held $50 73T, 900 S5.8s7. 900
Excess reserve ~ 1920. 900 b517. 900
TRUST COMPANIES NOT MEMBERS
RESERVE SYSTEM
Re serve held ~ S3,GT8, 900 SIS. 00d
Excess reserve 649, 900 u 900
In addition 10 tho deposits above there were
this week SIS, ,4S4, 900 government deposits
against which no reserye is required.
'Dccregse,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08
BANK LOANS INCREASE
Clearing House Statement SHOWS
Gain Of s2.s32,ooo over Last Week

The most striking item in the Week
" statement of the Philadelphia Clear
ing House Association was an expan-
sion of 2,332. 900 in loans: On the
other hand, individual deposits shrunk
S3.775, 900. ,sy
The excess reserve was increased w.
01G, 900. bringing the surplus above le-
gal requirements to $5.O6S,0OO.
Details follow:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08

New York, Dec. S.---Reduced offer
ings, a renewal of Liverpool buying.
local and outside covering aud further
calling by spinncrs agents gave the
market a strong undcrtonc in the aft
crnoon, prices advancing to level al
most full cent above Saturday close.
Eastern belt advices reported a poor
spot demand and an easing basis.
CIearings were again heavy, and there
were predictions of large shipments
soon to be made from South Atlantic
ports to japan.
Local sentiment appeared to very
be very much mixed. with probably
more of a bearish leaning than other
wise
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08
RAILROAD EARNINGS

COLORADO AND soUTHERN LINES
1919 Increase
Fourth week Nov. ~. 464A. S8f sS5a, $50
From January ~ 2ssii'bsl a-S7aleso
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08
MoNEY.LENpING RATES

NEW YORK-Noney on call, both
mixed and collateral and all industrial
collateral, opened today at per cent
for lending and renewing.
The time money market continues
slow and the tone is very hrm. some
small loans are reported today at ~
and s per cent for sixty and ninety
days on industriais.
Prime bank acceptances show mod
crate movement at unchanged rates.
The call loan figure on acceptanccs
is still Az
The local demand for mercantile
paper is very light.