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Imperial Valley press., 1920-05-01
TRUCK TRAFFIC
GROWING YEARLY
Recent Surrey SholUs Distribu-
ton of Motor Trucks in the
United States; Report ShOUs
What They Accomplish.

NEW YORK, May 1.-If Captain
Nicholas Joseph Cugnot, the French
man who in 1869 invented the first
propelled road vehicle, could visit
the United States today, he would be
astonished perhaps, to find the horse
almost obsolete, the United States gov
ernment on the eve of spending $685.
600, 900 FOR good roads and factories
turning out automobile trucks at the
rate of about 1000 a day.
Motor truck traffic between indus
trial centers in Connecticut and New
York City, Boston and Providence has
reached such great proportions that
state highway commissioners are urg-
ing shippers to restrict the maximum
load on trucks to 25,000 pounds. Ac-
cording to the National Automobile
Chamber of Commerce utilization of
the motor truck is enabling the rail
roads to "catch up" with traffic needs
which mounted so enormously during
the war.
A recent survey by the organization
shows the distribution Of motor trucks
in the United States:
Imperial Valley press., 1920-05-01
WILL WOOD SAYS
IMPERIAL VALLEY
is FUL
State School Superintendent
Spends Three Days Here
and Then Writes of His Trip
in California "BIue Bulletin"'

In reciting the details of his trip to
the Imperial Valley in January in the
California "Blue Bulletin" quarterly
magazine of the department of edu-
cation, Will c. Wood, state superin-
tendent of public instruction, pays a
growing tribute to educators of the
valley, County School Superintendent
Shibley and the ranchers.
Special mention is made of the ag-
ricultural activities, although he
writes at length of the various schools
from INLAND to Calexico, all of which
he visited. He has only the highest
eulogy to pay to those interested in
educational work, especially those
teachers who are located in the out
lying districts, away from the main
arteries of travel and outside the cit
les. In part, his story is this:
GREATER THAN EGYPT
Imperial Valley! One must go
there if he would even begin to ap-
preciate its imperial possibilities. In
days of old, men spoke of Egypt as
the granary of the world, paying trib-
ute to the productivity of the Nile
delta, which yielded not only corn for
famine-swept world in the time Of
Jacob and Joseph, but also all man.
ner of grain, fruit and vegetables. But
the Pharaohs knew not Imperial. If
they had known the great valley it is
probable that these monarchs, so ap-
preciative of richness of SOIL would
have migrated to California and built
their pyramids in the ancient sink OF
the great Colorado river.
Twenty years ago Imperial Valley
was a silent waste-a sandy desert,
dotted with hummocks and covered
sparsely with scrubby growth. To-
day it is vast community of forty
or fifty thousand people. Then the
whole valley could have been pur-
chased for whistle. Today its value
| is in excess of $4,000, 900. Then, the
only habitations were the willow huts
of. the Indians; today there are we'll
built cities and thousands of homes.
FINDS MARVELLOUS CHANGE
"The desert with it's stump growth
Imperial Valley press., 1920-05-01

and hummocks is gone. Water, pre-
cious muddy river water, has been
brought into the valley, and the soil
has been made to blossom with alfal-
ia, to curl with lettuce and to boil with
cotton. No fairy godmother of olden
time. however adept she may have
been with magic wand, has ever
worked a change greater than the
transformation of the Imperial Valley.
"But l must not allow myself to
dwell too long on the soil and the
products of the valley. It's the schools
am thinking about-the boys and
girls, the teachers, the principals and
the superintendent. / visited them
for three busy days during the latter
part of January.
"Superintndent Shibley of Imperial
county has one of the most difficult
as well as the most interesting prob
lens in school supervision. The super
intendent of any ordinary county can
sit awhile and think about reorganiza-
tion work. But Shibley has no time
to sit and think. He must be hustling
early and late to keep up with the
growth of the valley. It's bond is
sue for Brawley tonight; it's plans for
a new building at Meloland tomorrow
and it's starting new unit
at Calipatria tomorrow afternoon.
Shibley has exhausted the possibili-
ties of an automobile. In view of the
still air and the level stretches of
country everywhere in the valley, he
ought to use an airplane. This would
Imperial Valley press., 1920-05-01

Eeyah morning pedestrians Michgan-av.
Chicago, halted What
fellows through motions
Hotel Clark Griffith. using old pitching TO iris
And iris batting with
Jennings caught the and let loose regular midseason
umpiring. They
clared in the American League
Imperial Valley press., 1920-05-01
VISITORS WARNED
MUST REGISTER
WITHIN "a HOURS
Auto Club Announces Spring
Sign Posting Campaign; Fine
Tours of Various Sections of
State Are Suggested.

Included in an unusual schedule of
highway marking announced yester-
day by the Automobile Club Of South
ern California for 1920 is the plan to
erect huge signs at all road entrances
to the southern part of the state warn
ing visitors that they must register
within "a hours after entering Cali
fornia.
Good news to the effect that the
great transcontinental signposting
system is to be revised this summer,
beginning May 16 when a road crew
is also contained in the schedule.
At the present time the Arrowhead
Trail, tapping Utah and contiguous
northern states, is posted to the Utah
state line. but from there to Salt Lake
City the unsettled condition Of the
route has made its signposting impos-
sible, according to club officials. The
Southern California organization
stands ready to complete this work
as soon as the permanent route is de-
cided upon.
SIGNS IF WANTED
In regard to the marking Of the inn
portant roads leading to this part Of
the state from the south through Tex
as and Arizona, the club states that
it is ready to signpost them in the
customary manner just as soon as the
territories Indicate that such move
would be welcome. Such a signp0st-
ing system would be of benefit to the
sections selected, it is pointed out, as
well as of unusual value to transcon-
tinental visitors.
The-coast route to San Francisco is
to be completely resigned says the
club, work to commence at once. This
will be of particular Importance to
summer travel. At the same time,
maintenance work is to begin in Ven
tura, Santa Barbara and San Luis
Obispo counties.
All Big Bear Valley regions. as well
as San Bernardino and Riverside coun-
ties, are to have new metal signs i'm
mediately. San Diego county has just
been remarked and the signposting
system there is at its best.
RENOyATE OLD SIGNS
The transcontinental work will in
clude the renovating Of the sign sys-
tenn over the National Old Trails west
from Kansas City, and the Lincoln
Highway west from Omaha, tapping
Denver and the north country.
Visiting motorists here will appre-
ciate some spring suggestions for
tours which have been offered by the
touring bureau Of the Automobile Club
of Southern California, and for which
maps are available.
Both mountain and beach territory
is offered, and while many of the To-
cations pointed out may be familiar to
local ca rowners, the thousands of
tourist parties from the east and north
at present in this part Of the s-a.c
will do well to see if there isn't some-
thing new in the clubs outline.
SUGGEST VALLEY TRIP
For mountain trips after May l, the
sections embraced by the San Bernar-
dino range about Big Bear Valley. the
Cuyamaca territory in San Diego
county and the Ventura and Santa Bar
bara country are suggested. In each
of these sections the roads next week
Imperial Valley press., 1920-05-01
WANTS
SU c { EST|0NS
FROM EMPLOYEES
Many Haze Been Found to Be
Very Valuable During Recent
Years; One Man Has Is to His
Credit.
In modern industry ideas are wort

In modern industry ideas are worth
money.
Big industrial companies realize
that suggestions from employees are
valuable from an efficiency standpoint
and are eager to pay well for those
accepted.
: Ir the last seven years more than
$4,000 suggestions have been received
by the Goodyear Tire & Rubber COM
pany which conducts departmnt sole
ly for this purpose. from the rank and
file of its employees.
Money awards from SIS to $100 have
been paid for 2217 suggestions accept
ed from the total number submitted.
Nearly $1,000 dollars a month is paid
FOR suggestions to improve methods,
change systems, and to lessen fatigue.
American born workers have no
monopoly on the inventive faculties,
for everv nationality is included in! the
list of men and women to whom
awards have been made. Emplyes
who were farmers or laborers in the
country of their birth develop surpr!s-
Imperial Valley press., 1920-05-01

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Imperial Valley press., 1920-05-01
GOVERNOR CALLS
ON COUNTIES TO
BUY ROAD BONDS
Governor Stephens Says Inter-
est on State Road Bonds
Must be Increased if Bonds
are to Sell Readily.

Following is statement by Cover
nor VIM. D. Stephens on the highway
situation:
The present unusual money situa-
tion, with the bond market abnormal
ly depressed, is making it impossible
to dispose of the a A per cent bonds
Of the state of California, voted by
our people for highways. The condi-
tion is not a>local one, but a national
and worldwide one, due entirely to the
great demand for money, and the con-
sequent raising of interest rates. The
Liberty bonds of the United States
government, with the best security in
the world back of them, have fallen to
a figure far below par. At prevailing
rates, most of the Liberty bonds COM
mand return of 5 Y per cent and
over. Many of the states of the union,
in borrowing money recently, have
been compelled to issue bonds bearing
higher rates of interest than hitherto
and bonds issued by various munich
palities of California are now being
sold on a basis of to 6 per cent.
Leading industrial securities of high
rank are today commanding from 6
to as high as s per cent interest.
In view of these conditions, it is ap-
parent that the state of California can
not sell at par the remaining millions
of dollars of the original $40,O00,0 900
bond issue. Our state, while it's fin
ancial credit is unimpeachable, cannot
borrow money on more favorable
terms than other states of the United
or the United States government. The
latter is now compelled to offer 5A
and 5A per cent on it's interim cer-
tificates>
MUST INCREASE RATE
With this financial condition con-
fronting us, some measures must be
promptly adopted to increase the in
terest rate on our highway bonds that
the work may be prosecuted and the
highways built. Temporary expedi-
ents have been adopted which have en-
abled us to maintain our state high
way operating organization and to con-
tinue with the work thus far, but it
it hopeless to expect to be able to
finance the entire bond issue with the
aid of these expedients.
1t is impossible, of course, to think
at this time of stopping the highway
work. The developing complexities of
our modern life make us more and
more dependent upon safe and expedi-
tious routes of transportation. The
motor vehicle, ten years ago an instru-
ment of pleasure, is now an important
Imperial Valley press., 1920-05-01
FEED 10000 DAILY

Feeding 10000 daily in four large
cafeterias, and caring for the sick
among $4,000 factory workers means
lots of soiled linen and lots of laundry
work. In fact it means so much
laundry work that the Goodyear Tire
& Rubber company announces that It
will install and operate its own laundry
in the future.
The laundry will be fully equipped
and in charge of an experienced laun-
dryman, and will have a force of 25
working in two daily shifts. The laun-
dry will handle several thousand pieces
Of table and bed linen daily.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-05-01
DETAILS FORMING

Continued on page 2.)
Imperial Valley press., 1920-05-01
TOUR OF TRUCKS
IS ENDORSED BY
IMPERIAL VALLEY
Twenty-Five or More Trucks
VIII Make Record Run From
Los Angeles to Imperial VAL
ley and Return in May.

Enthusiastic endorsement in every
community between Los Angeles anC
the Imperial Valley has been given the
second annual Southern California ship
by truck-good roads tour that will
make circuitof the prosperous south
land May % to May 25. Returned
from flying trip around the route
OF the truck caravan, H. A. Faulkner
and Frederick Wagner, members of
the committee in charge of the big
event, report that keen and aggres-
sive interest is being taken in the forth
coming motor transportation demon
stration in~every town.
Public spirited citizens in the var
ious cities have taken an energetic
partpart in the program in the way Of
planning local meetings and demon
strations, and when the fleet of 25
or more trucks, loaded to capacity
with freight from Los Angeles fac
tories and wholesale houses. moves on
its way over the public highways it
will be accorded an appreciative well
come.
Z NEED BETTER HIGHWAYS
The economic value of shipping by
motor trucks is keenly realized by the
communities between Los Angeles and
the rich Imperial Valley, and the neces-
sity of better highways to bring about
further decreases in hauling costs is
equally recognized as vitally essen
tial. On every hand it is acknowledged
that the sending of such big fleet
of land freighters as proposed by the
most progressive truck dealers of Los
Angeles will be forceful lesson in the
movement for better roads.
The organization in charge of the
big ship by truck-good roads tour of
Southern California, which will be
held as part of national good roads
week, is elated with the speed and
completeness with which public inter-
est has been aroused and there is every
reason to predict that the 1920 run
will be the biggest and most success
full of its kind ever held on the Pacific
Coast.
DETAILS FORMING
The details of the big undertaking
are rapidly being worked out, and
every effort is being made to make
it business like affair to give mer-
chants and farmers practical demon
stration of the speed, economy and de-
pendability of shipping by motor truck.
Actual freight from Los Angeles busi-
ness establishments will be transport
ed to Imperial Valley points, and re-
turn loads from the valley districts
will be brought back to Los Angeles.
In this connection, there has been
Imperial Valley press., 1920-05-01

Fifteen trucks with POI demount-
ible bodies in Cincinnati, according to
f. w. Fem, secretary of the chamber,
"free for long freight hauls $4,000 rail
road cars, replace 115 teams of horses
and mules and move more than 1000
tons of freight day."
Indianapolis, he says, is the largest
livestock motor trucking center in the
Imperial Valley press., 1920-05-01
DEAD u. S. SOLDIER
CONSTRUCTS TIRES

William Writ, Akron, Ohio, rubber
worker may be officially dead accord
ing to government records, but unof-
ficially, he says he is enjoying life.
Writ was officially reported killed
in action during the war, but is back
at his old job of building Goodyear
tires. The other day, on the new
bronze tablet for Goodyear men killed
in action, which has just been placed
in Goodyear Hall, the new employees
recreational institution and home of
Goodyear Industrial university, he was
surprised to see his own name en-
graved.
Needless to say it took about two
minutes for Writ to register a COM
plant and have his name removed
from the tablet.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-24
MISCELLANEOUS

CHICAGO. Aug. 24.-Potatoes, re-
ceipts 40 cars; market strong; Eastern
cobblers. $5.2j per barrel; Jersey cob
blers, $3.l5MS.55 per Cwt.; Minnesota
Early Ohios, $2,SO@295.
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 24.-Butter,
poultry eggs and potatoes unchanged.
CHICAGO, Aug, 24-Butter un-
changed.
Eggs - Unsettled; receipts 12,475
cases; firsts, 47m 4sc; ordinary firsts,
q acc, storage packed firsts 49c,
Poultry-Liye, higher; fowls, SIG
33hc springs Csc,
NEW YORK, Aug. 24.-Butter firm
creamery firsts, 5l12d56c.
Eggs-Firm; fresh gathered firsts, So
G55c,
Chcese-Ftrm; average run, 26G271kc.
Poultry-Firm; broilers by express, 36
d42c; fowls, 32q37c. Dressed steady;
Western broilers, fresh, iO054c; other
prices unchanged,
ST LOUIS, Aug. Poultry:
Springs 32c, others unchanged. But
ter and eggs unchanged
NEW YORK. Aug. 24-Bar silver, do
nestle 99h; foreign 90; Mexican dol
lars 70 3-S,
NEW YORK, Aug. Copper
steady; electrolytic apo, and third quar-
ter, ~.
Iron steady; prices unchanged
Tin easier, sPCt and futures. 45.75.
Anthony 1?5
Lead easter, SCOT. 9.oonal5
Zinc s,cF.il. East 81, Louis delivery,
spot. SpUsi&.l5
.' At London srot copper eel. IS, Cd;
futures EHi rs, I'D
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-24
NEW YORK COTTON.

NEW YORK, Aug. a4--The cotton
market showed continued nervousness
today and early fluctuations were ex-
tremely irregular. Liverpool was lower.
foreign exchange weak and cable ad-
vices from London said that British in
dustry was overshadowed by the fear OF
a coal strike. There was selling on
these features and prospects for better
weather In the South, but Wall street
and local shorts were heavy buyers,
After opening barely steady at an adj
vance OF 5 points to a decline OF 10
points the market sold about Is TO %
points net lower with october touching
%. 75c and December ease, but then
rallied some % to 80 points on the COW
ering movement. Part OF the early
selling was attributed to the liquidation
Of trade hedges
The early break carried all active
months into new low ground with Oc-
toher selling at 25.6se. and December
at 24.4hC or 30 to IS points net lower.
Covering continued very active, how
ever. and while the market showed fur
ther. nervousness and irregularity prices
worked upward late In the morning,
Western and Wall street interests were
particularly active buyers and the dis
position TO take profits on short con
midday when October sold at 20. zoe and
December at IS, 4sc, or 100 to l0s points
above the low level of the morning. and
6S to ~ points net higher
There was some irregularity during
the early afternoon, but offerings were
absorbed on reactions OF 90 to 80 points
and the market made new high prices
for the day around o'clock. October
sold up to 27.0S and December to 25s2
or l02 10 ITO points net, higher.
Futures closed steady at advance Of
70 to lao points.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-24
FROM WALL STREET
Transportation Shares Strong
Feature in Early Trading
With Equipments Also Up

NEW YORK. Aug. 24.--Transporta-
tion shares again constituted the
strongest at the opening of today's
stock market New York Central rose
one point, Reading y and the leading
transcontinentals, Chicago & North
western. 81. Paul preferred Baltimore
4 Ohio and New Haven averaged gains
Of y polne Equipments, motor special
ties and several of the prominent oils
also improved, American Car rising Ia,
bosch Magnetic and Mexican and Pan
American petroleuIns gaining large
fractions. Vanadium, Royal Dutch and
International Paper featured the back
ward issues.
Rails continued to lead the market
during the listless noon hour, the low
priced Western and Southwestern issues
extending their gains. Oils were the
center OF another selling movement
however, Royal Dutch losing 3 points:
steels and equipments were heavy.
The closing was strong Sales APP
proximated 100000 shares.
Range OF prices on New York stock
exchange, with prevIoas closing bids.
furnished by Shepard & Gluck. Falls
building,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-24
DOW JONES SUMMARY.

NEW YORK. Aug. 24.-Polish victo-
ries growing, eight red divisions wiped
out and eight others reduced by one
half, according to unofficial Warsaw
advices to Paris.
Harding confers with Hughes, and
Henry p. Davidson, of American Red
Cross, this week on his league OF ma
tons speech to be delivered Saturday.
Gov Cox requested by senate sub
committee investigating campaign ex-
pendtures to substantiate his charges
that Republicans are raising $15,000,000
campaign fund. Committee meets Mon
day at Chicago.
Railroad car service association an
nounoes greatest improvement in car
shortage situation since January.
President Adams, of American Lin
seed company, returned from Europe,
says trip was satisfactory, but declined
to make any statement as to proposed
purchase of company by Lever Bros,
of England.
Permiers Lloyd George and Giolitti
adopt proposals to be submitted to
France for allied action to secure Po-
land free and unrestricted use of Dan
zig in accordance with Versailles
treaty.
Twenty industrial S57S, off 1903
Twenty rails 1858, up So
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-24
NEW ORLEANS COTTON.

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 2i---Poor CO ..
bles, better weather over the belt and
a generally unfavorable view OF foreign
economic Conditions taused heavy sell
ing on the OPENING OF the cotton market
today and during IN, course Of the first
hour Of business prices lost % to 40
points October droDplng Off to 2l62c
and March to % o. a good demand
for covers from realizing shorts stea died
the nlarke' at the decline.
The decline continued until prices
were 80 TO 5, points under the close Of
yesterday October falling TO 2454c. At
this level extremely heavy realizing set
In among traders on the short side and
, rapid recovery and strong reaction to
high levels resulted, the most active
months rising more than cent a pound
from the lowest levels Late In the
morning October stood at 2569c and
The market was 90 10 81 points higher
than the final prices Of yesterday
The report that the Northern Russian
army had offered to surrender caused
the best demand Of the day and the
market became active and excited. Late
In the session prices were 161 to 1871
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-24
AUTO IS TAKING
PLACE Of DOBB1N
~-v-~--
Horse Census Shows Decrease
on Farms, Flivver Sup
planting Them.

WASHINGTON, Aug. %. by Inter
national News Service. )-AIs the automo-
bile supplanting "old DobbIn" on the
farm Returns OF the 1920 agricultural
census now being compiled by the cen
sus bureau, indicate steady decline In
the number of horses on the farms OF
the country in 1920, as compared with
the number in 1910. While the COM
pilations are far from complete the
available figures show that the faithful
horse is not holding his own, and 1t is
evident that the 'flivver," as well as the
more costly makes OF ears, are driving
him from the farm.
Just how fast the use of the horse
on the farm is declining Is well illus
trated In the case of Alpine county,
Cal. In 1910 that county reported 426
horses on its farms, while in 1920 the
number had declined TO 1863. In Carroll
county n. H., there were ais horses
on the farms in 1910, but in 1920 there
were only 2't04 equines. Edmondson
county. Ky, reported 2,25S horses in
1910 and only 1,942 in 1920, while Put
nam county, Ill. reported 1883 horses
in 1910 and only 1878 in 1920. In Ster-
ling county. Texas; the number ,opdt
TO 800 In 1920. Similar declines in
the number Of horses on the farm are
noted in many counties in South Caro-
lima, Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas,
virginia ana missouri, AL tehalne 10
show that the horse is not the big fac
tor on the farm that he was before
the motor tractor, the motor truck and
the pleasure car came into such general
use.
on the other hand, the lowly mule
is more than holding his own on the
farm, and in many. counties his use is
increasing. In Liberty county, Fla,
for example, only three mules were re-
ported in 1910. while in 1920 the mum
her had increased TO 1888, Mules on the
farms OF Stark county, III, increased
from 312 in 1910 to 4S9 In 1890, while
Edmonson county, KY. reported / ,l5l
mules in 1910 and Zip in 1920. In
Cleveland county, Ark, the number OF
mules on the farms increased from |, 70S
in 1910 TO $500 in 1920, while in Wash.
ington county. Mo. they also increased
nom i g25 in 1910 TO ? 339 in 1920. This
same growth is indicated In reports from
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