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Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-29
DRYS MAKE GAINS
IN SCOTLAND; 292
,.a E SALOONS CLOSED
(By Associated Press)

LONDON, Dec. 29.-Voting on the
prohibition question in Scotland has
been going on in the more remote
districts for a month ore more, and
the final result will probably not be
known until the end of the year.
The latest returns are: 1876 local
tiles for no change in the present
system; "a rolimitation of saloon
licenses and 3for the abolition of
existing licenses.
w. E. "Pussyfoot" Johnson, the
American "dry" campaigner, stated
to an interviewer at Bradford the
other day that he was very satisfied
with the results so far, which meant
the closing down Of 292 saloons in
Scotland.
Asked how long he though it
would take to make Britain dry, Mr..
Johnson said he believed that England,
Ireland, Scotland and Wales would
be bone-dry in 10 years. :.
i,r The Cambridge Union, the we'll
known university society, held a de-
hate the other day on prohibition and
voted against prohibition 2l1 to 20S.
J1 Toy oniakersS eagerly seized upon
the Tpussyfootn notion for the Christ
mas season. and ALI sorts of toys.
!, dolls and mechanical devices bhave
been adapted to the idea. 9i b9tqebs
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-29
{. |bARRA TO
TAKE PLACE
Of MANUAL
bA[AREzO
Said That Present Execu-
tive Is Transferred to the
Southern District; Change
Has Been Expected AlthO'
It Is Still Unverified.

According IT, rumOrs current
in Mexicali this morning there has
been another change nj the gov
ernOrship of the Northern District
of Lower California.
Epigmenio 1barra, native Of the
district, 36 years of age, and for the
past 16 years a leading banker in
Sonora has been elevated to the pos
ition by President Cbregon, and ac-
'ording to the story given out in
Mexicali, the present governor is to
be transferred to the governorship of
the Southern District of Lower Cali
fornia at La PaZ, his former home.
The present governor of the south
ern district is to be deposed. His
name is Agustien Arriola, Jr.
Sr. Ibarra is native of the dis
-trict, having been born in Ensenada
and it is understood that President
Obregon yielded to the wishes Of
thousands of residents in making the
native son an appointee. =
According to the same story Bald
omero Almada, who has been prom
inently mentioned as a possible ap-
pointee, has already moved his family
to Mexico City, and will be given a
high appointment by the president.
Governor Balarezo this morning
professed ignorance of the situation
when asked to confirm the story,
which is so general around the capital
city that it can almost be taken for
granted on this score alone. The
governor said that he would be
pleased to assume the governorship of
his former district, but further than
hat was communicative.
His chief subordinates also pro-
fessed complete ignorance of the
change which is said to be impend-
ing. 1t is understood that the new
appointee is planning on being here
about January Is
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-29
YAKIMA APPLES
SENT TO EUROPE
(By United Press)

YAKIMA, WASH, Dec. 29.-Ship-
ment of apples from this district to
Europe by refrigerator steamers via
the Panama Canal has proven a big
success this season, according to local
fruit growers. Sixty one carloads of
Yakima apples signalizes the first
seasons export by this method. Ac-
cording to the plan proposed by ship
ping men the growers will have a
vessel a month in which the refriger-
ator space will be contracted for
Washington apples. The first Yakima
Most of these apples will go direct to
the London market and some will find
their way to the continental cities, to
compete with the continental apple,
according to local apple brokers.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-29
PASADENA ON EDGE
OVER TOURNAMENT
(Ey Associated Press)

PASADENA, CAL, Dec. 29.-For
weeks Pasadena has been preparing
for the thirty second annual Tourn-
ament of Roses to be held here New
Years day. Thousands of people from
all parts of the United States will
attend the tournament, it is expected.
Every color in the rainbow will be
in the multitude of flowers in the
procession of floats which is always
the feature of the morning program
of the affair. Schools, fraternal or
ganizations, civic and commercial
bodies from all sections of Southern
california will be represented in the
parade.
+ In the afternoon the annual tourn-
arnent football game will be played
between the University of California
and Ohio State University unde-
feated elevens.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-29
C0NFEREN NCE
IN |. A. WITH
MEXICAN
LEADERS
Mexican Government to be
Officially Represent e d !;
Imperial Irrigation Dis
trict Directors to be Pres
ent.

An important conference will
be held in Los Angeles tomorrow,
when various members of the
board of directors of the Imperial
Irrigation district and the repre-
sentative of the Mexican govern
ment, Luis Romero, will meet
with the board of directors of
the Colorado River Land and
Cattle company, to discuss the
situation below the line.
President J. S. Nickerson of the
district arranged the conference with
President Harry Chandler of the
company. He will be accompanied by
Director r. D. McPherrin and General
Manager F. N. Cronholm.
There is a possibility that Direc-
tors Mark Rose and J. M. Edmunds
may make the trip, as they are priv
ileged to do so, but both were unde-
cided today.
The Mexican government repre-
sentative, Sr. Romero, will be present
and it is expected to be a historic
meeting as this will be the first time
in years that the three divergent ele-
ments have placed their feet under
the same table.
No attempt was made today to say
whether the recent offer of the Mex.
ican interests would be discussed OF
whether there would be a new offe:
presented. The fact that all will b.
in conference, however, lends itself td
the theory that some agreement may
be arrived at, which would probably
have to be sent to Mexico City for
final ratification.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-29
D 'ANNUNz|0
SURRENDERS
HOLD ON CRY
(By Associated Press)

FIUME, Dec. 29.-Gabriele Dan
nunzio today surrendered all his pow
ers to the Fiume communal council.
General Zaviglia, commander of the
Italian forces, will arrange the con-
ditions of peace with delegation
from the council today.
The truce arranged during the
night will continue until the conclu-
sion of the conference.
Mayor Gigants of Fiume and Cap
tain Hostwenturi in whose hands
D'Annunzio placed the city will be the
spokesman for the defenseless city.
D'Annunzio himself, is apparently
being ignored.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-29
UNEASY
OVER j. 5. IN
WESTERN SIBERIA
(By Associated Press)

TOXIC, Dec. 29.-Concessions in
Kamchutka granted to Washington d.
Vanderlip of California by the Rus
sian government might prove ser
ious disadvantage to Japan, Viscount
Uchida, japanese foreign minister
told deputation of the opposition
party which visited him today.
He pointed out, however, that the
United States has not recognized the
contract because America has not
recognized the soviet government.
The deputation also questioned the
minister of way and the navy and both
replied that if reports concerning the
concessions were true the situation
held menace to Japan from the view
point Of Defense 84s
They declined to express any fur
,ther opinion in absence of confirming
reports.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-29
CONFERENCE IN
LONDON IS NEXT
(By Associated PressS

PARIS, Dec. 29.-Because of labor
conditions in England, which makes
necessary the presence of Lloyd
George in London, the next confer
ence Of the allied premiers will take
place in London or Paris and not at
Nice, as said by the newspapers.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-29
SUICIDES RATHER
THAN DIE OF COLD
(Ry Associates Press1

HAVRE, Mont, Dec. 28.-Long
George Francis, who was to begin a
prison term for horse stealing to-.
morrow, was carrying Christmas
gifts to his sweetheart Friday when
his automobile was wrecked near here
and his leg broken. He crawled a
mile in temperature ten degrees be-
low zero and when exhausted cut his
throat. His body was found in the
snow last night.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-29
PATRONS COMPLAIN
OVER BUS SERVICE
. (By Associated Press)

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29.-Re-
quests that there be cessation of
frequent breaking of automo b il
parts" which cause ''insufferable de-
lays" to an automobile bus service
operated by Charles B. Holbrook in
Huntington Park, Los Angeles, were
made recently to the State Railroad
Commission here by Holbrook's pa
irons. The netition of the patrons
also asked for reduction of Hol-
brooks fare from ten to five cents
The petitioners said they wanted
Holbrook instructed to provide equip
ment which will give his patrons less
jolting and jarring. Necessary tires
and springs were suggested as needed
purchases for the line.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-29
QUAKE WAKES ALL slf992 (. .
WILLOWS SLEEPERS
(By Associated Press

WILLOWS, Dec. 29.-An earth
quake shock so severe it aroused all
inhabitants of the town occurred here
at 2:15 o'clock this morning. No
damage was reported and it was ap-
parently not felt elsewhere as nearby
towns reported no disturbance.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-29
TEN MILLION FOR
COLORADO ROADS
(By United Press)

DENVER, Col, Dec. 29.-Ten mil
lions for state highway work and
general good roads will be spent dur
ing 1921 in Colorado. The budget of
the state highway recently announced
calls for an expenditure Of S6,22O,0OO
on state highways and various coun-
ties will spend an additional $4,OOO,-
600 on county roads. This is the
largest budget ever considered by the
Colorado state highway commission
it was announced.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-29
GERMANS PROTEST
ACTION OF ALLIES
GRv Associated Press'

PARIS, Dec. 29.-The foreign office
has been advised that the German
government delivered a. note yester-
day to the allied representatives in
Berlin, protesting against the recent
note of General Nollet, head Of the
nter-allied commission of control in
Berlin with regard to the failure of
the German government to disarm the
or the civic guard.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-29
BEGUN OF BHOPAL
BUYS MORE WATCHES
lBy Associated Press,

GENEVA, Dec. 29.-The Begun
(princess) of Bhopal, India, who
bought 1000 silver watches to take
back to her people in the central In
dian state when she visited Switzer-
land in 1911, has just sent for another
lot of $500 timepieces. She wants her
subjects to be punctual and not rely
on the sun for the time of day.
The Begun, or Mohammed prin-
cess of Bhopal, probably is the only
female ruler of state in India and
is also called sultan. The throne of
Bhopal has descended in a female
line for more than rs years and many
of the begums have displayed modern
tendencies in looking after the well
fare of their subjects, who number
$685. 900. The Sultan Jahan Begun sue
ceeded to the throne in 1901. Bhopal
is the principal province of Central
India and it's capital, the city Of Bho-
pal, has about $4,000 population.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-29
HOUSE PRUNES CIVIL TAX Bill.
FIND COPY OF
FIRST NEWSPAPER
fpv Associated Press)

I0V Associated Press)
JUNEAU, Alaska, Dec. 29.-One
copy of Alaska's first newspaper, The
Sitka Alaska Times, published Sept.
10, 1868 and written with pen and
ink on foolscap, has been found in
an abandoned oyster house and pre-
sented to the Alaska Historical Lib
rary here. ir' ES''i
Editorially the publisher, Barney
O'Hagan first voiced IN prlnt al u.l
Alaska dream of railroad connections
with the Estates" outside.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-29
EFFORT BEING MADE q
TO CUT ARMAMENTS
(Ry Associafed Pressl

WASHINGTON, Dec, s'299;57T!sAA ospe2
ccial meeting Of the senate fqteign re- rifS
lations COMMITTEES will l111bbePf, be held Men
day, Senator Rorah announced, tto
consider his, resolution looking y. 4
reduction of naval armaments. !. The
resolution would request the president
to negotiate with Great Britain and
Japan for an agreement. Borah said
he hoped for favorable action by the
committee.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-29
Observation-Disclosures
DEPORTED TO LIBAU
(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2s.-The de-
portation of Russian radicals is be-
ing resumed, it was said at the de-
partment of labor today. A number
of Russians were started home last
week and another batch of 25 win
leave New York in about three weeks.
The radicals are sent to Libau, thence
by rail to Soviet Russia,
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-29
AMERICAN MAY
MARRY PRINCESS
CRy Associated Pressl

(By Associated Press)
ATHENS, Dec. 29.-William Leeds,
son of Princess Anastasia, may marry
Princess Olga, daughter of Prince
Nicholas and niece of King Constan-
tine, it is rumored in court circles.
Prince Nicholas is the brother of
Prince Christopher, the husband of
Princess Anastasia, who is an Anieri-
can.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-29
NO ELKS' MEETING

There will be no regular meeting
of the B. p. o. Elks, No. 1926 Thurs
day evening of this week, due to the
fact that it is the holiday season.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-29

Navel oranges have colored nicely
and liberal shipments have been made
from the southern en- dof the state.
The real shipping season will not open
until early January.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-29
Daily
Weather


SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - To-
night and Thursday fair.
ARlZONA-Fair and warmer to-
night, Thursday partly cloudy.
IMPERIAL VALLEY - Continued
fair with not much change in temper
ature,
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-29

A bond issue Of $2,000,0OO has been
proposed for the acquisition by the
Fresno irrigation district Of the Fres-
no Land & Canal company.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-29

Manager Churchill of the California
Lima Bean Growers Association re-
ports heavy carry-Over of small
white beans in this state and in Mich
igan.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-29

The committee will make it's report
tonight to the board of directors
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-29
GAS PLANT RAISE
TOLD IN FIGURES

Figures to substantiate the claims
of the city council that the raise in
the price for the gas plant is justi-
fled have been compiled by Mayor
Sones showing the additions the
council has seen fit to make to the
engineers report. The engineers re-
port has not been entirely satisfact-
ory to the city council.
The figures are:
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-29

According j, rumOrs current
in Mexicali this morning there has
been another change nj the gov
ernOrship of the Northern District
of Lower California.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-11-13
By ROBERT J. c. STEAD
Author o "The C01V Fussci3er '' Efe.

the grass. A community some 20 miles to the eastward boasted threshing mill, and arrangements were made for its use after it had discharged the du- ties of it's own locality. When Harris thrashing was done he found he had 600 bushels of wheat and TOO bushels of oats in cone-shaped piles on his fields. The roads were fine and hard, and no- snow had yet fallen, so he determined to begin at once with the marketing of his wheat. His last cent had been spent months before; indeed, it had been only through the courtesy of the storekeep- CT at Plainville, who was also post master, and who had stretched the law to the point of accepting hen eggs as legal tender in exchange for post age stamps, that Mary Harris had been able to keep up the brave, opti- mistic series of letters written "home." So Harris decided that he would at once market some of his wheat Most of the oats would be needed for. his horses and for seed, and what re- mained would command good prices from new settlers the following spring, but some of the wheat must be turned into money at once. During the lat ter part of the summer they had lived exclusively on the produce of their farm; on vegetables from the garden. fish and ducks from the stream, prai- rie chickens. and an occasional rab- bit from the fields. The wild geese had deserted them early in the spring, and nf& ho, they should have a change on their table. Mary had accepted the pioneer fare of the summer without complaint, but of late Harris had discovered a strange longing in her eyes, and more than once she had arrested herself in the words 'I wish we had" Then two penitent little tears would steal softly down her cheeks, and she would bury her head in his arms as he soothed her with loving words and promised that "after thrashing things would be different"
 So nowshe set out for Emerson with the best load his horses could draw. The first few miles he drove in silence, for there was heavy weight at his heart as he thought of the little wife alone with the responsibilities of the farm. That she would be faith full to every responsibility he knew beyond question. But he was not quite satisfied. A strange moodi- ness had come over her, and even with him at home she had at times given way to fits of downheartedness which seemed altogether alien to her nature.
 Ten days later he retraced his course in the teeth of a blinding bliz- gard. A dozen times he had been lost in the last AS hours. but he had devel- Oped the prairie dweller's sense of di- rection, and had always been able again to locate the trail. The Ar thurs would have detained him, al- most by force, but the thought of a pale, patient face, wrung with an ag- ony of anxiety not for itself, made him adamant in his resolve to go home at whatever cost. The roads were almost impossible; he left his lumber at Ar tburs', but carried with him his win dow, few boards for door, and a little bundle of dry goods. Everything else had gone by the way surrendered in exchange for food and shelter for himself and horses.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-11-13
EsDppddd!yS
 B6Evenn8 Fairy Tale
FIFTY CATS.
6JWNARY GRAHAM BONNER

'T'm going to tell you a story this evening" commenced Daddy, about fifty cats" ..
 Dear me. Daddy" said Nancy, you aren't picking out many characters for your story. How are you going to get them all tn?'
 ''Yes, Daddy" said Nick. ''Have cat or two"
 "Oh, I'm not going to tell you about each one by name. I'm not going to tell you about what he or she did or said or thought. I'm going to speak of the whole fifty cats all at once, or as nearly together as can.
 "You see, there was a cat show. which was able to go to the other day, and I had to talk to the cats and see just what they all had to say for themselves, for I said:
 Listen, Cats. I have to tell Nick and Nancy about you, and Nick and Nancy have lots and lots of friends who want to hear about you. too-that is, if you are nice.'
 'The cats all purred and leaned back on their beautiful cushions and said: "'We're worth telling about. We're
  show cats, beautiful silver show cats. We have perfect heads and perfect tails and perfect eyes and perfect fur.
 Tn fact, we're beautiful, and we're so fine that we can stay in the hotel and not keep the hotel guests awake 'aThat sounded interesting to me. so asked the cats what they did to themselves. Did they sleep all the time, and never fight? Didn't they look for back fences and not finding them, pretend that the backs of their little homes were backyard fences.
 "They drew up quite stiff1y at that, for they were very proud cats.
 "'No.' one of them said. if we were ordinary backyard cats we probably would keep folks awake. But you see we aren't. We are fine, superior cats of great and noble aristocracy. "tNVe wouldn't raise our voices in the horrible way that some of the com
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-11-13
BIG ULCER
 ALL HEALED

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 Dear Sirs:-
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The Connecticut labor press., 1920-11-13

the vast sweep of the horizon. Tom Morrison had found land to the satis- faction of his heart within three miles Of the Harris homestead and his big log house, 18x24. assumed the propor- tions of castle by comparison with the smaller homes springing up around. Some miles to the east Dick Matheson. straight from the lumber camps of the Madawaski, had pitched his tent, and a few miles farther on was his friend of the shanties, John Burton. To the west were the Grants, and to the north Hiram Rifles and his wife, Eliza. A missionary had in some way spied out the field, and held monthly Sunday services at Morrison's s house; and Dr. Blain, when not in one of his unfortunate debauches, had his headquarters at the new town of Plainville, which consisted of Semp- ter's general store and a stopping place." and which had sprung up near the junction of two streams in antici- patton of the railway.
 And so the first summer wore away and the first harvest was at hand. Any disappointment which had been occasioned by backward conditions earlier in the season was effaced by the wonderful crop which now crowned the efforts of the pioneers. On their finest eastern farms they had seen nothing to equal the great stand of wheat and oats which now envel- oped them, neck-high. whenever they invaded it. The great problem before the settlers was the harvesting of this crop. It was a mighty task to at- tempt with their scythes, but there was no self-binder, or even reaper, within many miles.
 Finally Morrison solved the problem for the whole community by placing an order, at fabulous figure, for self-binder from the United States. It was a cumbrous, wooden frame con- trivance, guiltless of the roller bear ings, floating aprons, open elevators, and sheaf carriers of a later, day, but it served the purpose, and with it's aid the harvest of the little settlement was safely placed in sheaf. The farm CTS then stacked their grain in the fields taking care to blow double fire guards, with a burnt space between, as a precaution against the terrifying fires which broke over the prairie as soon as the September rosts had dried