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Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-07
SHEEP HERDERS TO
SUFFER WAGE CUT
(By United Press)

STOCKTON, Cal, Dec. 7. - The
wages of sheep herders and shearers
will be reduced from 500 to $40 a
month, to take effect Dec. Is, it was
announced here by the Central Cali
fornia Wool Growers Association.
For spring shearing the pay will be
10 cents to blade men and Is cents to
machine men. This schedule includes
board, the shearers to furnish ma
chimes and tie the wool.
The price to be paid for summer
feed was also fixed by the growers.
Ten cents head month will be paid
for stubble, bean straw and corn pas
turage.
The wool growers claim that the
wages paid their employees increased
from $35 to 800 a month during the
war. Havity no market for their
wool or lambs the growers claim they
must curtail their expenses pr go out
of business.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-07
NO FLUNKS AT
u. OF c.. BECAUSE
OF CROWDED ROOMS
(By United Press)

BERKELEY, Cal.,i Dec. 7. - Ru-
mors that several thousand students
will be "flunked out" to relieve the
crowded conditions of the classes with
the advent of the final examinations
at the University of California is de-
MED by the members of the faculty
of the State University.
Despite the denial of any set plan
by the college faculty, word has gone
out that the ten unit rule will be
strictly enforced. -:
The result of the ten unit rule will
be closely watched by both faculty and
students, for this is the first test Of
severity. The day of the "cinch
course" and happy go lucky eight unit
rule has passed at the state college,
students declare. But overcrowding
of the university has made it impera-
tive to raise the standard Of scholar
ship, faculty members have stated.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-07
ROAD SUIT NAMES.
COUNTY OFFICERS

As forecast by the Imperial Valley
Press yesterday the long expected
legal fight over the awarding Of the
county highway contract, involving
S75O,OOO was started today when
Joseph F. Seymour. acting as attor-
ney for A. F. Woodman, a rancher
southwest Of Ell Centro, filed com
plant with the county clerk and at
the same time presented restrain
ing order to Judge Phil D. Swing
asking all work to be discontinued un-
til final decision is made.
The complaint named as defendants
J. Row Adams. Frank Beal, R. A.
Holt, George Pulliam and w. H:
Brooks, members of the Imperial
County Board of Supervisors; Fred
s. Lack. l.. J. Thomas and Casey
Abbott, members of the Highway
Commission, w. D. Carey, county
auditor; c. w. Barton, county treas
urer; H. H. Peterson Fl. E: Dillon
and Adam Patterson, co-pardners IN
the company; Peterson Dillon and
Patterson, contractors, to whom the
award was made some months ago.
H. H. Peterson was present in the
clerks office when the papers were
filed. He made no statement but
smiled pleasantly as MIR. Seymour
laid the papers on the counter for
filing.
Seymour stated that he was of the
opinion that the restraining order
would be granted. II do not think
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-07

, The law of democracy is the pro-
lection of the west and the United
States cannot refuse the role Of .
champion without putting stigma
on the great men who brought the
country into existence.
The recovery from the disturbances
of war is exceedingly slow il other
countries and gives promise of early,
completion only in our own fortdn-
ale country. But even with US re-
covery haIts or is impeded and there
are servicea5ie acts of legislation
which it seems we ought to attempt
to assist that recovery-One is to
prove that a great democracy can
keen house as successfully and in as
businesslike fashion as any other
government. 1t seems the firt step
is the budget system.
He then said the nations war debt
was being reduced and disguised fin
ances of the government. He, called
attention to the fact that seven gard
half billion of war securities will
mature in the next two and a half
years.
The president did not appear per-
sonally but sent his message by mes
Senger :l.t. ,4F
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-07
SUFFER- BASIN TO
INCREASE ACREAGE
(By United Press)

MADDOX, Sutter County, Cal,
Dec. Z. - Sutter Basin will increase
it's acreage of winter and spring veg
etables 1900 acres, according to the
announcement from the general office
of Sutter Basin at Sacramento. This
will be large increase over last year.
Last year was the first year that win
ter vegetables were grown in Sacra-
mento valley.
\ The vegetable productions of this
district during the closing season was
approximately 1000 car loads. Most
of the production went directly to the
Atlantic iseaboard by fast rail. More
than 100 carloads of onions We're
shipped from here direct to Cuba. The
railroad company loads the vegetables
on the refrigerator cars, which are
side-tracked on the spur tracks run
ming through the gardens.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-07
SMITH IS
WILLING TO. FACE
.AJURY0F'WOMEN
(By Associated Press)

SAN ANTONIA, Tex, Dec. 7.-P.
M. Ross, local newspaper man
who claims to have conversed near
San Antonio last night with Clara
Barton Smith. sought in connection
with the fatal shooting at Ardmore,
Okla, of Jake L. Hamon, was taken
into custody by police detectives at
his home early today.
Ross was detained at the request
Of Rushsell r. Brown county at
torney at Ardmore.
Ross said that while a companion
repaired two flat tires on the woman's
machine he took her to i. nearby farm
house and there she told him she
killed Hamon.
According to Ross she declared she
is willing to face any just judge OF
any jury of women.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-07
COAST LEAGUE
MEETS DEC. 10TH
(By Associated Press)

SACRAMENTO, Dec. discus
sions regarding use of the "spitball'
in the Pacific Coast Baseball League
are expected to take up some of the
time at the annual league meeting
which, President William II. McCar+
thy, San Francisco, has announced
will be held here December 16.
At the present time any "spitball'
pitcher in the league can use the
moist ball but newcomers are barred
from delivering it. Several league
managers, it is said, would like to
have the "spitter" back so all pitchers
could use it.
Rumors regarding transfer of the
Salt Lake City franchise to Van
:ouver B. c. probably will be either
confirmed or denied finally at the
According to reports re-
ceived here Vancouver baseball peo-
~'A ere willing TO purchase the Utah
city's membership.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-07
WOODLAND CASE
SET FOR RETRIAL

The case of A. l.. Woodland, charg-
ed with statutory offense against
his 15-year-old daughter, has been set
for trial next Wednesday, Dec. Is, and
according to a statement given out
by Charles E. Scott, attorney for the
prosecution, a conviction is expected.
New evidence will be introduced by
both the state and the defense, it was
said. Attorney H. B. Wilson, attorney
for the defendant, spent three weeks
in the defendants former home in
Texa stalking depositions in the case
and is ready to again bring the case
before the jury. ,-
"Why, certainly We'll free the man,"
was Wilson's statement.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-07

Mr.. Peterson will care to continue the
work with affairs in their present
state" said Seymour.
THE taxpayers of Imperial county
will save minimum of S250,000 and
possibly more if this contract is de-
"lared null and void as asked" was
'Seymour's final statement.
The district attorneys office was
notified at once of the filing of the
complaint. They refused to make
public any statment other than they
We're Of the opinion that the contract
would stand as awarded.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-07
BUDGET PLAN, ARMENIAN
LOAN, CHANGED TAXES ARE
RECOMMENDED IN REPORT

WASHINGTON, Dee. I'm substance President
Wilson's annual message to congress is as follows:
When he addressed himself to presenting his annual
report the state and union his thoughts addressed
themselves to sentence of LincOns "Let have faith
that right makes might and in that faith let dare
do duty as we understand it,
He said that sentence marked the planest the
part that the nation should play in arranging domestic
and foreign affairs The manifest duty of the United
States lead in the attempt to make the spirit of dem
ocracy prevail in the world.
There are two ways, first the example within
border of the will and power of democracy second by
standing for rgnt and justice toward individual nations
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-07
URGE CUTTING: Of
COTTON ACREAGE
(By Associated Press)

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Dec. 7. - Radi-
cal reduction OF the cotton acreage in
every state where the staple is grown
and the planting on the surplus acre
age in cotton's place of something that
man or beast can eat are the objects
sought by the cotton convention which
meets here today and Wednesday.
Representatives of clearing house as
sociations, chambers of comm cree, Of
ficers, directors and members of the
American Cotton Association, farm
ers' and merchants associations and
all interests allied with the cotton
growing industry have been invited to
attend.
There will be general discussions for
extensive campaigns in every south
ern state to carry on diversification
Of farming. The executive committee
has expressed itself as wanting to see
that the farmers Of the south grow
more live stock, more poultry and
more Of everything else but cotton,
and to bring this forcibly before them
a campaign will be launched that Will
reach every land owners door. The
committee plans to make the reduction
in cotton acreage of equal proportion,
so that the same reductions will be
made in every cotton growing state.
The plan, as proposed, will ask for the
corporation and Support of the entire
banking and commercial industries
and all financial institutions of the
south. Assurances have been given
the committees by the prominent busi-
ness and financial men and all the
wholesale associations that they will
lend their cooperation in one big eff
fort for the welfare and benefit of the
snlltkarn nennla
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-07
FARMERS SAVE
THRU HOG SALES
(By United Press)

MODESTO, Cal, Dec. 6. - Accord
ing to 1920 report of County Agent A.
Jungcrman, $11,500 was saved to the
farmers in this county through the
holding of 20 hog auction sales by the
farm bureau at Modesto and Turlock.
The sales yielded $114,352 to the
farmers who consigned their hogs to
the sales.
Repeatedly the price received for
hogs has been higher than the price
quoted in San Francisco on the same
day (of the auctions), and the hogs
in this county at these auctions have
repeatedly sold higher than the Chi
cago in and Kansas City markets, F"
says his report.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-07
FOUR MEN SEIZE
SEVENTY-FIVE LETTERS

CHICAGO, Dec. -Four unidenti-
fed men forced an entrance early
today into an apartment building
here where the widow Of the late Jake
l.. Hamon lives. The men seized &
quantity of personal papers and rs
letters received for Mrs. Hamon dur
ing her absence at Ardmore, Okla,
where her husband was mysteriously
shot to death. The intruders took
nothing else. Charles Willis, land
lord of the building, had the letters
and papers in his apartment, which
is across the hall. The seizure. had
been carefully planned, police say.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-07
NEAR
IN HOVLEY CASE
(Special to The Press.)

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7.-As a set
tlement is said to be under considera-
ton by the United States attorney, the
case against Peter 3. Hovley, the I'M
perial Valley rancher who is charged
with mistrcating his niece, Mrs. Will
liam Staaldyynen of Chicago, was sent
over to the January term of his court
by l.. S. District Judge Bledso to be
set.
In both departments of the federal
court yesterday most of the import
ant hearings went over to the Janu-
airy term to be set, except where de-
PENDANTS are in the county Jail and are
unable to furnish bond.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-07

The Kings county farm bureau has
anproced the articles of incorporation
of the state marketing exchange.
Fifteen hundred people attended the
annual picnic of tn Merced county
farm bureau at the fair grounds.
The Colusa rice district reports now
in warehouses something over $780,
900 bags.
The University of California made
exhibit of livestock at the Portland
exposition.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-07
MASONS ELECT
1921 OFFICERS

Ell Centre lodge No. 384, F. & A. M,
last evening held its annual election of
officers with the following results:
E. J. Allen, master.
J..R. Ford, senior warden.
C. L. Chifders, junior warden.
Judge F. J. Cole. treasurer.
C.. Wharton, secretary.
j. Stewart Ross, trustee for three
year term.
c. N. Perry, trustee for two-year
term.
Installation will take place next
Monday evening.
C. w. Barton is the retiring master.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-07
KING DESIRES TO
TALK TO PUBLIC
tBy Associated Press

PARIS, Dec. with the object
of refuting the inaccuracies, even in
justices with which part of public
opinion has been misled and con-
tinues to accuse me" the former king
has suggested an interview with the
correspondent of the Havas Agency
at LuCerne and that the league OF
nations appoint an impartial impair
tial referee to proceed with a public
investigation of the events in Greece
during the war.
"Venizelos was the cause of all the
misunderstanding with the entente" d"
said Constantine.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-07
EXPECT ACTION
THIS AFTERNOON

The board of supervisors was busy
signing warrants this morning and
had not completed this work up to
$50 tr,s afternoon, so no acti,,. cn
the resignation of Sheriff Charles tp-
plestill IS member of the Imperial
county publicity commission or the
communications of the grand jury
mad been taken.
Members of the board We're hopeful
that they would reach these matters
this afternoon.
No cccision of the supervisors can
lie forecast, although the general pub
lie is expecting them to dissolve the
/ ublicity board and stop payment of
Snlal .es in excess of the legal limit.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-07
TRUCE CATCHES
POPULAR INTEREST

LONDON, Dec. 7.-Efforts to ar
range a truce in Ireland were the
dominating topic in this mornings
newspapers which printed many ru-
mors gathered in Dublin and Lon
don.
One Dublin dispatch declared there
is no chance Of truce while Arthur
Griffith and the MacNeill brothers,
prominent Sim Fein leaders are kept
in prison
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-07
FRESNO ENTERS
BIG CITY CLASS
(By United Press)

FRESNO, CAL, Dec. 7. - Fresno
will soon have a real sky scraper, it
was announced here. The Fidelity
Trust 4, Savings Bank will build 15-
story building, to be 24O feet in
height. The bank building will have
frontage ofiB0 feet on ! street and
a depth of 1875 feet on Mariposa. The
building will contain 200 offices, each
having an outside Room. The cost is
estimated at .S1.O75,O0O.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-07
Weather.,

Southern Califor-
MIA - Tonight and
Wednesday prob
ably ;Nlin. Warm
err in the east por-
tion tonight.
Arizona-Fair to-
night and We'd
nesday. Warmer
tonight.
Imperial Valley
Cloudy probably
tomorrow w i tn
threatening rain.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-07
CONSTANTINE is
PLEBESCITE WINNER
(By Associated Press

PARIS, Dec. T. Former King
Constantine received SO per cent of
the vote cast in Sundays plebescite
on the question of his return to the
Greek throne, it was announced in an
Athens dispatch to the Greek hga
ton.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-07
GOVERNMENT WINS
ANTI-TRULT SUIT
fRv Associated Press,

NV NSS0"IaTed PreSsl "a
WASHINGTON, Dc. 6.-The gov
eminent won it's antitrust suit
against the Lehigh V. r. company
end affiliated corporations. The re-
distribution Of stock of the Lehigh
Valley company asked by the gov
ernment was ordered by the court
upon the governments contention that
common stock by officers and direc-
tors constituted restraint of trade
prohibited by the Sherman act.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-07
CONGRESS HEARS WILSON MESSAGE
Nobel Prize to
Pres. Wilson

COPENHAGEN, Dec. 7. - An
nouncement was made that the No
bel peace prize would be conferred
chi President Wilson December 10.
The prize carries with it grant
OF about $40, 900, which is fifth of
the interest, on. about $9,000,000
left for the purpose bv DR.. Al1rde
d. Nobel, Swedish scientist and
tie inventor of dynamite, who died
in 1896. The only Americans who
received the prize have been Roose-
welt in 1906 and Elihu Root in
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-07
GAGE HEIGHTS AT ,t
COLORADO RIVER

The U. S. reclamation service re-
ports mean daily gage heights in feet
and means discharge in second feet ct
the Colorado River at Yuma, Ariz., for
the week ending Dec. 3, 1920:
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-07

No average IS given fer Arizona. as
only in the last two years has cotton
been developed in that state. The
figures for Imperial Valley. or Cali
fornia. as it is given in the govern
ment report, start with the year 1910,
as cotton was not grown in this state
previous to that time.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-07
IMPERIAL co.
LEADS LAND
IN COTTON
! TEL D
Report of Government Ex-
perts Show Average Pro.
ductiOn Is Way Up, Com
pared with Other States ;
Figures Are Given.

That the yield of Imperial Val
ley cOttCl per acre is greater than
any section CT state in the coun-
try, is the report compiled by L.
a. MOorhOusC, associate farm eco
nCmist, and M. II. Cooper, assist
ant farm economist of the United
States department of agriculture,
and published in the November
bulletin of the department.. The
figures cover a ter-ycar average,
from 1909 to 1918.
The report covers the 13 cotton
producing states of the south and Cal.
ifornia and Arizona. The total aver
age, including the California produc-
tion. is 1857 pounds per acre, while
the Imperial Valley average is 38E
pounds per acre, or more than two
times the average production per acre
for the entire country.
Imperial Valleys average produc-
tion per acre is 385 pounds. Florida
is lowest with 119 pounds per acre
and Missouri is closest to Imperial
Valley with 2G0 pounds per acre.
The Is states as tabulated by the
government and their yearly average
acre production for the ten years is
as follows:
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-07
TO QUIZ BAKER
ON LARGE ARMY
(By Associated Press

WASHINGTON Dec. 7. - Secre-
tary Baker was asked today by the
house military committee to appear
before it Friday and tell why the war
department had recruited an army of
more than 100000 men.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-07
GOVERNMENT DEFEATED
IN HOUSE OF LORDS

LONDON, Dec. THE govern
ment was again defeated in the
House Of Lords when an amendment
proposing a new clause to the Irish
home rule bill, offered by the Marquis
of Salisbury carried 81 to so.
The amendment provides t h a t
neither northern or southern parlia-
ments should be established under
the kings authority and protecting
rights. The liberties of all persons
in both northern and southern Ire
land were fully assured and that an
appointed day for putting the act
into force should be fixed by resolu-
ton of imperial parliament.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-07

Grape growers of Napa county are
an effort to hold the expert
ment station work at OakVille.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-07
IRISH TRUCE.
O(;CUPI
ATTENTION
OFPUbL|(;
Sir Hamar Greenwood De-
clares No Truce Is Posi-
BILE While Sim Fein Lead
ers Are Free; Government
Loses in Upper House.
CBy Associated Press)

LONDON, Dec. 7.-Sir Hamar
Greenwood chief secretary for
Ireland declared emphatictlly
amidst cheers in the house of
commons today that he is con-
vinced there can be no truce in
Ireland until the extreme leaders
of the Irish republican army
either surrender or are arrested.
The Washington times., 1920-02-19
Editorial
MOTIVE

william Rufus discharg-
ed an arrow at "A deer.
The arrow hit a tree.
glanced. and killed a king.
The archeTs motive was
ambitious. his aim errlng.
The motive measures the
responsibility.
The impulse to perform
some worthy act springs
from our best nature, so
you see IL Is always wise
10 keep our best nature
In the right channel.
When we bring the
most infinite pains TO
comfort others. we make
this small duty a sublime
motive; and you know
YOUR motives are the
measure OF your meaning.
Life is often made
dreary by lack OF some
good motive: hence the in
fluence that leads men
into good motives is OF
more value TO the world
than the power of steam
or the service of cleo
tricityN
Hope OF reward il In
born, but the reward OF
real service 10 as sure as
the sun.
Motive In the handspring
OF business, merchGnd' a.,
but the product of the
loom.
The Washington times., 1920-02-19
DROWNING OF SEVEN TO
Be PROBED BY NAVY

Five enlisted men were drowned in
the sinking OF "A naval barge yester-
day Off the Cuban coast, the Navy
Department was advised. and two
others lost their lives in the capsizing
of a motor dory from the u. 8. s.
Hovey last Sunday at Harwich. Eng
land. Admiral Knapp said a court
OF inquiry would investigate the
sinking of the dory.
The men on the lost barge were:
Seamen Harry T. Clouse, Reading.
Pa; Leo 7. Ucheweiz, Cleveland. and
Harry Sirody. Philadelphia. and Fire
men Raleigh W. Slower, Pittsburgh.
and Lulu q. Rigdon. Lndale, Ga
Those lost with the dory were:
Fireman Patrick Gill, Boston, and
Coxswain Frank ID. Moser, Philad,l-
phia.
The Washington times., 1920-02-19
DAYLIGHT SAVING
STILL IS PUSHED
Eastern Congressman viii Make
Effort to Revive Law Effec-
tive in Wartime.

Daylight saving agitation Ii aboard
in Congress, and an EFFORT IL TO be
made by Eastern Congressman to re-
vive the law Ia effect during 1918.
which turned the hands OF the clock
back one hour between the last OF
March and the lass of October.
Representative Oconnell of New
York has introduced a bill for day
light saving which re-enacts prac-
tically the former law. II IL receiv-
ing the support OF most of the East
ern members and members from the
Pacific Coast states.
The Congressman from the Middle
States and from the South are still
opposed to the law, and II is not
likely that the heavy majority
against the innovation can be over
come. Farmers generally are op~
posed to the change in hours. on the
ground that IL conflicts with the
habits OF the milk cows and with tho
hour for the lifting Of the dew from
the grass. hay. and grain.
President Wilson is an advocate OF
the daylight saving. He urged IL an
beneficial to the lives OF the workers
In the great cities. as an economy In
industry because II spared the use OF
artificial lights, and as conducive to
higher productivity in manufacture.
He vetoed the repeal Legislation on
the original law. but his veto was
overridden by a two-thirds vote In
House and Senate.
The Washington times., 1920-02-19
CATHOLIC WOMENPS CLUB
PLANS LENTEN LECTURES

DIR. Andrew Hoffman Krug. head OF
the department OF English. Baltimore
city College. is TO be the speaker at
the opening lecture on Monday even
ing OF a series OF Lenten lectures 10
be held at the Catholic women's Sery-
ice Club. 6Ol r street. lie will take
as his subject sidney Lanier."
other lectures during the course
will be DR. David Moore RobinSpn,
Johns Hopkins University; Dean whl-
lam Allen Wilbur. George Washington
University; Prof. Albert Burnley Bibb.
George Washington and Catholic uni
versities; DR.. Joseph Dunn. Catholic
University. and Prof. Alexander Hen
neman. Catholic Sisters College.
The Washington times., 1920-02-19
SAYS VISITING NURSES
ARE CHIEF HEALTH AIDS

Declaring that the solution of
health problems underlies the social
and economic readjustment question,
DIR. Livingston Farrand. chairman
OF the American Red Cross, in n
speech before the public health con-
ference last night by the Instructive
Visiting Nurses Society, asserted that
1.-The fundamental factor In the health
problem is the visiting nurse"
The valuable service rendered by
visiting nurses in saving The lives of
mothers and babies was pointed out
~ Miss Julia Lathrop, chief of the
Federal Children's Bureau.
Miss L. o. Adams, secretary of the
board. and Miss Alice Bagley, Super
intendent of nurses, read the reports
and sketched the work OF the /. v.
y. $, during the past sixteen years.