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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-06-09
McCluskey Will Go
To Parkersburg Today

". o. McCuSkcy. lr" Will leave
day for Parkcrshurg where he VIII
m his duties as assistant engineer Il
the third division oC :hc stat" road com
mission. Mr.. MCCluSkcy has been oc-
Cupicd during the last low days in wind
ing up road work in IN" county. pre-
paratory TO turning the afra!rs OF the
local office over 10 his successor. Alex
ander Hoffman
At a meeting OF the county commits
sionerS yesterday morning matters per
tanning 20 repair work and construction
OF county roads were discussed. The
roads throughout the county are being
placed IN good condition. A number Or
district roa..s &C being rcsurfaced ami
quantities OF flag and other material
work are being daily received for the
carrying on OF the work.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-06-09
Had Good Appetite, But
Was Very Thin and
Couldn't Gain a
Pound.

Il was not 4 sick man when began
taking TaniaC." said William McAnu!ty,
Of 73t 18th street. Oakland. Calf, but
:or some reason or other. had for fif-
teen years or more. been considerably
under my normal weight and felt SO
mucn concern over the fact tina; made
repeated efforts TO find something that
would hu!!d me up 10 my old self aga IN. -
NJ. McAru!ty has lived in Oakland
nearly all has life. is a member Of the
Real estate Board. office phone. Oak
land I7J0. and is well-known and TO-
spec;ed throughout the city. Mr. Nc
Annuity further said:
1t Is very evident that could not
hssinilate my food properly. for |
would cat good substantial meals. but in
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-06-09
INVITED TO HUNTINGDON.

Announcement Of the Scottish Rite
ranion in Huntington was made known
Yesterday by local officers Of tho grand
council. and will take place on October
.. 4. and S. The Wheeling Consistory
will be present for the purpose Of put
ting on degrees. The invitation or
Wheeling Consistory was made known
after a recent visit Of C.. NJ Wallace.
Elliott Horthcott anf Sidney Broth. all
Of Huntington Guard.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-06-09
PAUL 0, REYMANN IS
NATIONAL PRESIDENT

Paul q. Reymann, OF Wheeling. was
yesterday elected president rr IN, Ma
t.onal Association Of AyreSh:rc breeders
at the annual meeting of the ASSOCIATION
held in Springfield. Mass. The honor
was bestowed upon the Whc"iiu% man
by unanimous vote.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-06-09
BOOSTS SCOUTING.

T. W Fornry. assistant scout eHecu-
tive os the Wheeling council. spent yes
terday in Moundsville discussing scout
ing with many prominent business and
professional men. All seemed 10 tak"
n great interest in this work. which IS
considered n very good thing for each
and every boy. They promised 20 do
considerable IN the near future.
Mr.. Forney stated last evening that
the outlook is very good for obtaining
several scoutmasters as well as organ
izinS several additional troops n the
different churches.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-06-09

1905 sharp. and from then on things
will move fast and furious. 1t Is said
nothing like this program has ever been
attempted before. and one member %as
unkind enough to remark that he hoped
II would never be again
Al any rate She will touch of with
bang. and nothing on earth can stop It
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-06-09
TRAFFIC MEN NET

s meeting Of the traffic committee Or
the Wheeling chamber % Commerce
was held yesterday afternoon at
o'clock IN IN" tra:ir department office
at the Market auditorium. Most q! the
mem crS were present and u number OF
traffic matters were brought {" Light.
A report was also made up which Will
be submitted 10 the board OF directors.
Friday for their approval.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-06-09
AUTOS IN CRASH;
OWNERS ARRESTED
- Mercer. Of Moundsv.lls. was ar

he Mercer. Of MoundsvIlle. was ar
"a las: r,Gh: by Offer Wood. FOL
dnS a collision with n" aTt"mohE"
W 2 Etc-Iau. which had hHNa
Yparked or 'Ns %-n7c size oS Iron;
street; Nc-.o- ~ answer % ~ charge
| OF operac;rS AZ automobile VIII" n
\toxica ted n police court this morninS.
while Edgman j. charged wt'h violation
Of the traffic ord nance.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-06-09

n:nr and The varsity and the alumni
nine.
The banquet this evening IS expected
20 be attended by more than one hum
dred persons from all parts OF tho
rruRty.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-06-09
uoR MUSINGS.

Even gay old dog" is better than .
sad old dog.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-03-29
WONDERFUL BARGAINS

Starting Friday morning Varney
Bros. big store is offering some Won
derful bargains in their dry goods de-
partment.
Their dry goods buyers has searched
the markets for some time to give you
Just the sensational salse that are
now offered to you. Buying the en-
tire sample line of handkerchiefs of an
eastern importer at very low cost
and turning these savings over to
you is just one of the many items that
will save you money.
Large purchases of towels, hosiery
handkerchiefs and yardage at quantity
buying prices gives you the same OPP
portunity to save. 1t is your chance
to replenish your needs with high
grade merchandise at very low cost
Every economizing housewife shoulc
now avail themselves of this eXcep-
tional opportunity to save.
There are extremely large displays
in the windows of Varney's this weel
of the goods on sale, 1t will pay you
to step in their store and see for your
self the unusual bargains. Further
details of this remarkable sale will b,
given in their full page advertisement
in this paper in Thursdays issue.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-03-29
| D \ c LOST
SPECIES Of
D A I { IS
FOUND
Rare and Valuable Deqlah
Nur Is Discovered Near;
HOltville After Search Ex-
tending Over a Decade.

More than 10 years ago four date
palm trees of that rare and valuable
species the Deqlah Nur, imported from
the heart of Asia, which had been
growing near Mecca, disappeared from
the knowledge of men.
An for ten years steady search
has been going on for these trees Of
some of the offshoots. This steady and
persevering search has at last been
rewarded, according to the Holtville
Tribune by the discovery of them al
most in the edge of tina tcty.
1t was some Is years ago that
specimen of the Deqlah Nur was
planted near Mecca.
This species of the date palm is
very rare and profitable one for the
horticulturists who are now working to
get the date palm industry more fully
developed in Imperial Valley, and, ac-
cording to the peculiar manner of pro-
pagating the species, four off-shoots
or sprouts were separated from the
parent stalk about ten years ago and
sent down into the valley to be plant
ed. Very little Importance apparently
was attached to the introduction of
the trees into the valley until jus
laely when tests made at the Meloland
experiment station, on the Heiney
ranch near Brawley, and on the Albert
Logan ranch near Calipatria. proved
that that variety of palm produced
fruit abundantly of a quality which
brought the highest price on the mar.
ket; and by that time the whereabouts
of the four off-shoots became known,
and personal search was instituted
by a few interested horticulturists of
the valley.
The search was rewarded last week
when ]. B. Dudley, who has started a
date palm nursery on his ranch north
east of Holtville, was called upon to
separate some sprouts from four trees
growing on the Cuthbert ranch just
south of Holtville. The sprouts were
taken to Mr.. Heiney at Brawley and
compared with the Deqlah Nur date
palm, the fruit of the original palm
tree was examined, and the four trees
on the Cuthbert ranch were pronounced
to be of that variety. The history of
the trees was traced and data pieced
| together until it was learned the trees
had originally come from the imported
species which were planted at Mecca.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-03-29
FULL QUOT A
At N Dewitt
RANCHES
\ D Y
With Arrival of Men on WAY
All Accommodations At
Tamarack and MistletOe
Will Be Taken.

With 1873 disabled ex-servce men
already on the ground and notification
received that II others are on the
way to Imperial Valley, the local Of
ficers of the McDevitt rehabilitation
plan have announced that for the pres
ent no more will be accepted.
Since the project was opened, nine
men have left, but all of those on the
Mstletoe and Tamarack ranch pro-
jects, many of whom have their famil-
les whit them, are we'll pleased with
conditions.
Plans for summer camp in the
mountains for the wives and children
of the embryo farmers and the men
who cannot stand the heat of the In
perial ;;'alley summers, will be made
during the coming week by Charles B.
Elliott, superintendent of the McDevitt
company, and Maj. Cadwallader. medi-
cal officer of the Western district for
the Federal Board Of Vocation Educa-
ton.
Disabled ex-service men who are re-
ceiving vocational training in Imperial
Valley will be given free memberships
in Roland w Bradley Post, American
Legion of Holtville. This action was
decided upon at the last meeting of
the post and II men from the Mistle-
toe ranch rehabilitation project of the
McDevftt company We're elected to
membership. This waiver of member
ship fees is the first action of the
kind to be taken in Imperial Valley
and has created a great deal of favor
able comment
Imperial Valley press., 1921-03-29
|F| POTTER
7 D PR|NG
SURPRISE:
n D 1ES
Batch of Intimate and Affec-
tiOnate Letters to Be Of
fered in Stillman Divorce.
Wife's Happy Easter.
fBy United PreSS)

WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, March 20.
A new sensational revelation in the
most startling double divorce action
ever brought before the New York,
courts, is all ready to be sprung in the
Stillman trial. y I M
A new batch of love letters, sale
be of such intimate and affections:, a
nature as to set the ears of all scandal
loving social set singing with antici-
patton, is to be introduced as evidence
according to latest reports.
These letters have to do with mys-
terious third woman who is to be
brought into the case, according to to-
days rumors.
While the spectators and interested
parties were awaiting the ruling of the
court of Mrs. Stillman's demand for
$4,000 a month alimony, and $75 900
attorney fees, the new phase of the
case was generally discussed.
Banker James A. Stillman, who has
accused his wife of undue intimacy
with an Indian guide and who has
himself been named as the alleged
father of Baby Jay" the infant son
of Mrs. Florence Leeds, former
chorus girl, asserted today. through
his attorneys, that no threats of a
third woman could bluff him from his
purpose" He intends to carry these
through to a finish and to divorce
Eff Stillman if possible.
"I've had such a happy Easter"
Mrs. Stillman declared at Lakewood,
today.
Mrs. Stilman apparently dismissed
her divorce suit from her mind en-
tirely to revel in the Easter sunshine
with her children.
at was one of the happiest casters
| have spent in years." she declared.
$50 many of my friends have written
me beautiful letters during the season
assuring me of their love and friend
ship.
Il had my children with me. They
are well and happy
"The other things are bad dreams.
These are the realities. "
Imperial Valley press., 1921-03-29
PLAY POKER; GET
JAIL SENTENCE

Four poker players enthusiastically
engaged in following the national in
door sport" or as Ruggles of Red Gap
used to say, drawing poker" were
rudely interrupted last evening, when
Officers Slaughter, Bogue and Lind
say led by Chief of Police Dave Mat
lock raided the game.
A sum slightly in excess of 500 was
taken from the table and sack con-
tanning S1l250 was taken from lock-
er in the room. Each man was al
lowed to count his chips before start
ing for police Headquarters.
Brought before Judge Thompson
this morning the men pleaded guilty
and were fined $50 each and SIS days
in jail. The dealer also pleaded guilty
and was fined $3.50 and 30 days in
Jail.
The game, according to Chief Mat
lock, has been going on for some time
and has been under the observation
of the police department for the past
two weeks. 1t was due to the effici-
ency and secrecy of the raiding Of
ficers that successful coupe was made
last evening.
The men were caught in a house or
Commercial street that had apparent
ly been specially fitted up for the con
venience of the players, it is said.
Chief Matlock intimated this morn
Imperial Valley press., 1921-03-29
RULES QUEEN
FOR A DAY At
SAN DIEGO SHOW
Imperial Valley Young Women
Giucn Royal Reception and
GAIA Time in Coast City.

Escorted by Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Jones, and a caravan of automobiles
from Ell Centro and other valley points
Queen Margaret Cromie, and her
maids of honor, Misses Sarah White Of
CaleXico, and Gladys Orr of Brawley
arrived at San Diego Sunday after
committee of officials of the auto
show, members of the council ard rep
resentatives of the press.
The young Imperial Valley queen
and her attendants were taken to the
L. S. Grant hotel where a dinner fit
for royal palates was served in their
honor.
Monday morning in a procession Of
cars decked with all the pomp of a
coronation procession, they were es-
corted to the show at Balboa Park and
given reception there of a character
that was betitting for the occasion.
The coronation ceremonies took
place in the persimmon room of the
California building in the afternoon
and in royal raiment, the you>s wom-
en- were presented to the immense
throng gathered to witness the cere-
monies. After the coronation, which
was conducted with due pomp and cir
cumstance, the show was turned over
to them and the big crowd of valley
people who were present.
Mrs. C. W. McCabe headed the re-
ception committee which received the
royal part yin the persimmon room
and later presided as hostess at the
tea and reception.
1t was Imperial Valley day indeed,
for the officials of the show, the city
officials of San Diego, and the people
did everything to show the visitors a
splendid time and hospitality in its
broadest sense was stretched over the
entire day.
The show. in every way comparable
to the best given in the country was
a surprise to everyone who was pres
ent and particularly pleasing was the
fact that c. w. McCabe, the Dodge
Brothers distributors of San Diego
and Ell Centre, was awarded the silver
loving cup offered by an afternoon
newspaper for the most beautiful ex-
hibit in the entire show.
1t was royal day indeed that the
valley people had and of the number
that returned home today, all We're of
accord in speaking in terms of the
highest praise for the quality of the
exhibits and the splendid hospitality
of the San Diego people.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-03-29
JAIL TERM FOR
BEBE DANIELS
CINEMA STAR
Nry Takes Only SeUen Minutes
To Find Dainty Little Actress
Guilty of Speeding.
SANTA ANA, March 29.-Judge
Cox hated to do it, but

SANTA ANA, March 29.-udge
Cox hated to do it, but
He sentenced Bebe Daniels yester-
day to serve 10 days in Jail. Even as
Mary, Queen of Scots, so courageously
received the stroke of death from a
swarthy headsman of Elizabethan day
so did Miss Daniels display a brave
little smile as the Santa Ana Judge
Topped the 10 days of liberty off her
fair young life.
The trial of Bebe Daniels shall ring
through the future years as the great
est day of many in Orange county his
tory. 1t packed the courthouse. 1t
drew into the county seat scores of
ranchers who, had Bebe Daniels not
been in town, would have been tilling
their soil; it brought forth some of the
most elSquent bits of oratory that
ever rang through the Orange county
halls of justice; it brought one of the
speediest virdicts of guilty ever re-
turned by an Orange county jury. 1t
took just minutes.
And all because Bebe Daniels was
captured by a motorcycle cop January
8 at the moment she was speeding
5G25 miles per hour on the Irvine
boulevard. She wanted jury trial,
and got it. And when it was over at
the close of day, YEARLY she turned
homeward, fatigued. reclining in her
Glistening limousine-and eating pea
nuts.
Back-fence gossips and curbstone
debaters had argued that if Judge
Cox failed to give her ten days in Jail
his reputation would be ruined. Never
had the ''eat 'em up" Judge failed be-
fore to send speeders to Jail. who
had been captured going faster than
SO miles per hour. Other guilty ones
had appealed to the higher courts, but
in every case the decisions of Judge
Cox had been upheld.
Miss Danielys' attorney took an ap-
peal to the Superior court, which act
ed as a stay of execution, until it is
heard.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-03-29
LIGHT COMPANY'S PROFIT

The Imperial Utilities Corporation
operating in inland and Barstow, Los
Angeles county, reports to the railroad
commission for the year 1920 that its
operating revenue was $62 ,203.l9; op-
Grating expenses SAT 7,6O6,82 giving a
net operating revenue of $l4,596.37,
Miscellaneous incorporating revenue
amounted to $26,714.75. Interest, rent
and other deductions tothed 6,S57.5l
The net corporate income for the year
was $4,453.61. The surplus at the be-
ginning of the year amounted to S4,-
1876. Miscellaneous addition to sur
plus for 1920 amounted to $lOSO.66,
and miscellaneous deductions were $S,-
96O.63. The accumulated surplus at
the end of the year was S1331,79.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-03-29
DEAN Of NATURE
WRITERS DIES
ON HOME TRIP
John Burroughs, Famous Ma
tuyulist, Striker With Heart
Disease on Speeding Train.
(By Associated PresS)

NEW YORK, March 29-John Bur-
roughs, famous naturalist, died at
2 o'clock this morning on board a New
York Central train at Kingsville, O.,
as he was returning to his eastern
home after spending the winter in
Southern California. He would have
been 81 years old April 8. His death
was due to heart disease.
He was born in 1887 and in 1868
took a position in Washington IS a
guard at the treasury. He worked IS
a treasury clerk and bank examined
for many years.
He first learned to love nature when
he drove cows on his birthplace farm
at RoXbury, among the Catskills, in
New York. After leaving the gov
ernment employ he built him place
called "Slabsides," near West Park
on the Hudson, where he lived and
studied nature.
John Burroughs was the venerable
dean of nature writers in the Jnited
States. Through a score of books he
shared with countless readers his life
long intimacy with birds, bees, flow
ers and the whole out-of-doors. His
highly developed powers of ohserva-
tion and the charm of his lnterpreta-
tions were the marvel of HIS critics.
His flowing white beard, his kindly
mein, his whole habit of life, ana his
literary style We're rather reminiscent
of that famous New England schoo! Of
essayists a generation or two BEFORE
him. His early writing, on EXPIRES
sion," was at one time widely mistaken
for the work of Emerson.
"Slabsides," Burroughs retreat on
the Hudson, became shrines for his
many admirers, and those who made
pilgrimages there were invariably re-
ceived in the most democratic fashion
by the celebrated naturalist.
On his 18th birthday he said Grow
ing old is a kind Of. letting go. The
morning has its delight and its entice-
ments, the noon has its triumphs and
satisfactons, but there are charm
and tranquility and spiritual uplift
about the close of the day that belong
to neither"
Imperial Valley press., 1921-03-29
HOME BREW CAUSE
OF HEAVY PLANTING

VISALIA, Calf, March 29.-Belief
that the "kick" in the raisin is respon-
sible, directly or indirectly, for the
unprecedented rush to plant raisin
grapes in the San Joaquin valley this
summer has been expressed by Charles
f. Collins, horticultural commissioner
"Unquestionably, home brew has
entered into the problem" he said.
Thousands of acres of orchards are
being torn out and cattle lands cut
up to make room for grapes. In the
entire valley it is estimated there will
be growing this summer $4,000, ,OOO
grape roots on total acreage of more
than 100000. Ninety-tive per cent
of paintings of heretofore uncultivated
lands are to vines.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-03-29
INTERESTING MEETING

Miss Mary White Ovington, CHAIR
man of the executive board, of the
National Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People, and Mrs. Char
lotte l.. P. Stearns of San Diego, a
former resident of the valley, were the
chief speakers at a meeting held IN
the interest of the association at Cal
exico last night. Ernest j. Bolts, OF
Ell Centre, president of the Imperial
branch, presided. A large audience
composed of both white and colored
people greeted the speakers.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-03-29
COTTON MAY
B { s D | D
B ! 7 / IS
PL A n
Goodyear Company Makes
Proposition to Pima Cot
ton Growers to Tave Over
Southwest Contracts of
Last Season.

w. l.. Garrett, cotton man of Braw-
ley, received a telegram confirming
the details of the plans adopted recent
ly by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber
company whereby they propose to
handle the Southwest Cotton company
contracts made with Imperial Valley,
Yuma and Salt River Valley ranchers,
year ago in which they were to pay
60 cents a pound for the number two
or extra" grade of Pima cotton.
The new proposition involves tire
handling of $500 900 worth of cotton
in the three valleys. The farmers are
to get 30c cash for the cotton. The re-
manning SOC is to be paid through the
issuance of prior preferred stock which
will become first lien on the property
of the Goodyear company after the
mortgage is paid off The assets of
the company are roughly estimated at
$150,O0O,000 The mortgage which
comes first is for $50O00,000. The
stock with which the cotton balance
of 20 cents is to be liquidated is Sc
cured by the remaining 100000, 900.
Prior preferred stock to the extent
of 1875 per cent of the balance on the
Pima contracts will be set aside for
sale and not less than 80 per cent of
the par value is to be accepted for
same. 1t will be held in pool until
April /, 1922, if necessary to hold it
that long before sale. A renewal priv
ilege Of two years is provided for. The
new common stock will have no par
value but the common stockholders
want chance to buy the prior pre-
ferred.
Pima ranchers will get interest on
their contracts from the time they
presented the cotton under the con-
tracts to Jan. /, 1921. After that date
the stock itself takes care Of the in
terest. The Southwest company
agrees to take off all the storage and
insurance charges. The proposition
will remain open for agreement by
the growers until June l, 1921, but it
is deemed advisable to investigate it at
once that the plans may be hurried
along. Under the proposed plan the
farmer gets in cash more than the
present market value of the cotton
and more than he can borrow on it at
the bank
Imperial Valley press., 1921-03-29
THE GOULD FUNERAL

The funeral services for Mrs Stella
Clara Gould who died at her home il:
Holtville Monday evening will be held
from the funeral chapel of B. E, Lem
ons tomorrow afternoon at o'clock.
Mrs. Gould is survived by her hus-
band, A A. Gould, and two children,
one 7 years of age and the other
years. She was 27 years at the time
of her death. She was the daughter of
U. B. McKinnon, a pioneer of the val
ley, the family having resided here
for II wears.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-03-29
EASTER EGG ROLLING

WASHINGTON, March 29.-The
youngsters took possession of the
White House lawns today for the first
Easter egg rolling since 1917. The
kids were free to come and go il
President Harding's back yard all day
and they poured down every street ano
by every car line, each carrying bas-
ket of colored eggs, to deluge the
great sweep of lawn in a flood tide OF
laughing, shouting and growing child
hood GrOwnups were not invited.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-03-29
COMPLETES BIG ORCHARD

Two years ago Girls Westgard pur-
chased 40 acres a mile southwest of
Brawley and called the place the "Pio-
neer Orchard" When he bought it
half of the total was planted to fruit
in only fair condition. Today the en-
tire 40 acres presents beautiful pic
ture, set to fruit in every spot. the
final act being his return from Los
Angeles recently with truck load of
Golden Nugget" navel orange trees
which he now has planted on the last
part of the orchard that remained un-
used.