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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-03-05
Railway Executives
Vote to Abolish the
Committee on Labor

New York, March 4.-The Nation
al Association OF Railway Executives
voted today to abolish its labor COM
mittee, asserting that it had virtually
completed its work and that its fur
.iher maintenance was constant in,
NGation to seek a uniform settlement
OF labor matters which ought to be
settled between each railroad and its
own employees.
The association also decided to
stand clear of national boards OF
adjustment, declaring itself in favor
o; the decentralization in labor re-
lations.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-03-05
Santa Fe Cuts Force.

Topeka, Kan, March A cut OF
Is per cent in the shop forces OF
the Santa Fe railroad, to go into
effect March s, is 10 be made on the
basis OF seniority, officials OF the road
announced.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-03-05
InauguraL Address

The complete text Of President
Harding's inaugural address, de-.
livered at his Inauguration in
Washington today will be found
on Page II of this edition Of The
Bee.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-03-05
shippers Bulletin.

Protect shipments during the next -
TO SO hours from temperatures as follows.
north and west, so degrees Shipments
east and south can be made safelA
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-03-05
The Weather

Forecast.
Saturday cloudy and colder.
Hourly Tcmperatures.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-10

ANNIVERSARY
OF So. PACIFIC
Veterans of Road and Officials
Gather Around Banquet
Board on "GOlden Spike" Day
(By Associated Press)

SAN FRANCISCO, May 1O.-Pen-
stoned veterans of Southern Pacific
railway yards, locomotive cabs and of
fees and trains met at their annual
luncheon here today to celebrate the
Sind anniversary of the driving Of the
last spike at Promontory Point, Utah,
which joined the Union Pacific and the
Central Pacific systems and completed
the first transcontinental railroad.
William Hood, dean of American
railroa dengineers, who was one of the
luncheon speakers. told how he helped
drive the last stretches Of Central Pa
cifc track in record time to meet the
Union Pacific. Mr.. Hood retired from
the Southern Pacific May 3, 1921, after
81 years service, at the age of seven
ty-five, in order to seek more difficult
work, having tired of the office routine
which became part OF his life when
the railroads big outdoor projects
were completed.
William Sproule, president of the
company, Paul Shoup, vice president,
E. o. Mccormick, vice president, and
J. H. Dyer, general manager, were
among other Southern Pacific men
who spoke.
Tribute to the III veterans of the
service who have died since the last
luncheon one year ago ~nd to the "Big
Four" of the old Central Pacific Le-
land Stanford, Charles Crocker, C. p.
Huntington and Mark Hopkins, was
paid by silent standing toast.
The golden spike driven at the
meeting of the rails so years ago, the
silver hammer which drove it, and
the spade which turned the first dirt
at Sacramento in the construction of
the system, were on exhibition.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-10
JUST READ WHAT
JAZZ DOES TO YOU
(By Associated PrsssI

CHICAGO, May 10.-Jazz is the
evil spirit of music, according to DR..
Frank f. Morton, chairman of the
Music Industries committee, in speak
ing at the opening of the Music Trades
convention here today.
"Jazz," said DR.. Morton, expresses
hysteria and incites to idleness, revel-
ry, dissipation, destruction, discord
and chaos. 1t accords with the devas-
tating, volcanic spirit that has burst
forth over the world in the last six
years. Rhythm and musical vibrations
swayed the half savage voodoists like
a powerful intoxicant. 1t shows the
extreme to which musical vibrations
can control human nerves when inn
properly employed. This is bad music
but the difference between the incan-
tation-craZed fanatics and the pa
triot or soldier stirred to noble action
by music is a difference in the music
itself. Jazz is compounded after the
same formula as the Voodoo chants
Typifying the unbalanced state of hu-
manity's mind, it tends to unhinge il
more and more"
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-10
B R A v | |: !
I R j s I {
FA Y D RS
SLASH
Wants Salaries of School
Teachers Cut at Least 20
Per Cent From Wage Now
Paid.

Imperial Valleys school system is
on a par with any in the state or the
country and we would like to maintain
it that way" declared school trustee
of this city in discussing the recent
conference on teachers salaries had
with delegation of the Taxpayers
association. 81 believe in paying the
teachers the highest possible salaries
and II 1t is necessary to chop expenses
make the cut somewhere else," he
added.
AT this conference between mem
bers of the taxpayers organization,
the school trustees, citizens and others
no action was taken it being the con-
sensus of opinion to allow the present
salaries to stand.
Over Brawley way they held a meet
ing last night to discuss the salaries
of the teachers. What action was
taken, if any, was not reported here
today, but from statement given out
by H. B. Griffin, recently elected as
school trustee, there seems to be a
decided sentiment to slash the wages
paid teachers by at least 20 per cent.
"The average salary in the elemen-
tary schools in 1920 was $11466 per
month, the average was increased in
1921 to $1S6 per month, an increase
of 62 per cent. A 20 per cent reduc-
ton for the ensuing year would pro-
vide an average salary of $3.50 per
month.
1.-The ranchmen and home owners,
who pay 80 per cent of the mainten
ance of our schools have suffered a
loss of from Is to 100 per cent of thei,
incomes. Modern agriculture requires
a high degree of intelligence and spc.
cial preparation and a good per cent
of our ranchmen/ are themselves col
lege trained, and all trained in that
wonderful university of agricultural
experience for their vocation, and like
wise object to being classed as a COM
modify.
This reduction of salaries will work
no hardships on the teachers because
$3.50 has larger purchasing value
now than $lS6 had one year ago.
Not to make q reduction would then
be equivalent to a raise of 80 to AZ
per cent.
"All this talk about decreasing the
efficiency of our schools should not
alarm anyone, The sam- policy of re.
trenchment is being demanded every.
where in all lines of business, anc
there will be no lack of good teachers
who will be glad to accept positions
at reasonable salary"
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-10
RURAL MAIL ROUTE
SERVICE EXTENDED

BRAWLEY. May 1O.-Extension of
the rural mail delivery service in No.
5 district, between the highline and
lowline and into sections not now
served by the present delivery route
has been authorized-by the Postoffice
Department, according to information
received from Representative Phil d.
Swing.
This extension has been sought for
a long time bv farmers and develop
ment organizations of this section, and
when extensions We're granted for No.
A and No. districts about two months
ago and No. 5 left unchanged renewed
efforts were made for better service
with the result that the No. route
will be extended about 25 miles. The
extension, it is said, will make it neces-
sary to split the route and add anothe!
carrier.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-10
MAY SECURE LOANS.

7. d. Mccall has received letter
from Congressman Phil d. Swing
which indicates that Imperial Valley
ranchers may be able to secure loans
from the farm loan bank of the gov
ernment in the near future.
So far the bank at Berkely has
turned a deaf ear to all applications
from the valley, assigning as reason
the water irrigation system and the
fact that they did not think the drain
age is good. The answer to that has
been that each year Imperial Valley
has produced more in crops and live
stock than it's total assessed valua-
ton.
Congressman Swing writes that I'M
perial Valley is to have an immediate
appraisal from the bank people and he
believes there will be change il
policy.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-10
WAR PICTURES
WIN APPLAUSE
FROM VIEWERS
Realistic Battle Scenes of
World War ShOlcs California
Soldiers in Action OUer There

Army and naval officials and movie
lovers from all over the country have
nothing but praise for the wonderful
war pictures that are shown in "Pow-
der River" which will be presented at
the Palace Theater Thursday evening
by the Boyce Aten post of the Ameri-
can Legion. The pictures, released
officially by the war department are
the most realistic showing of actual
battle scenes ever presented on the
screen, and there is especial interest
attached to them for the reason that
they depict the field maneuvers of our
own Pacific coast boys who went ''over
there"
Among others who have praised the
films are Captain J. II. Tomb. COM
mander of the Naval Air station at
San Diego, who saw the presentation
in that city, where it is now showing.
He writes to the San Diego Post Of
the American Legion as follows:
"a. C. Baker, Commander,
american Legion Post No. 6,
"San Diego, California.
81 wish to thank you very much for
the privilege you have given me of
witnessing the war picture Powder
River previous to it's showing at the
Spreckles theater.
''The pictures. obtained from Ger
many after the war, showing the oper-
ations of the Hun submarines are most
realistic and clearly depict the TRACE
1iac Of tho con which aroucoJ c,,.b 40
sentiment in the United States previous
to our entry into the war.
"The pictures Of battle scenes in
France are splendid, and | am sure
that not only the members of the Am
erican Legion but all Americans will
appreciate an opportunity of obtain
ing a closeup view of the operations
of our army on the firing line in
France in 1918.
yours very truly
81. H. TOMB,
captain U. S. Navy, Commanding
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-10
INJUNCTION SUIT
FOR NEXT WEEK

The tria lof the injunction suit of
August Taecker, the Brawley rancher,
against the coa'.ty board of supervis-
ors, the highway commission and the
contractors to stop the further laying
of pavement on the county highway
contract and to prevent payment OF
money for work already done, is set
for the 18th inst, and it is expected
that there will be no further delay II
the hearing of the case.
Who has been secured to hear the
case has not been announced but it is
understood that a superior court Judge
from Los Angeles, or Riverside county
will hear the case. The taking of evil
dence will probably occupy week or
more of the time Of the court, and a
decision can hardly be looked for fc,
some time thereafter.
In the meantime some IL miles OF
paving has been paid. The road from
Calexico to Ell Centre is completed and
ready for acceptance and crews are at
work on the Brawley- Calipatria and
Imperial -Holtville links in the SYSTEM
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-10
GRADE COTTON
BY Us. STANDARD

WASHINGTON, May 10.-Adoption
of the American standards for the en-
tire world trade in American cotton is
hoped for by representatives of the
Department of Agriculture who will
attend the second session of the
Worlds Cotton Conference i'll Liver
pool, England, June Is to %. Chester
Morrill,, assistant chief of the bureau
of markets, and W. R. Meadows, i,
charge of the cotton division, will re.
present the department. Nh. Mead
ows will read a paper on "Universa'
Standards of American Cotton"
The LIVERPOOL conference will be at
tended by all the cotton interests from
the growers to the manufacturers
The first conference was held in New
Orleans in October, 1919.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-10
ONE MAN FARM
EXPERT TO TALK
At LUNCHEON
Distinguished Visitor to GiUe In
formative and Interesting
Talk on Home of Little Land
erS.

The Gone Man Farm" idea is to re-
'ceive a boost and intelligent and in
formative discussion tomorrow at the
meeting of the Ell Centre Chamber of
Commerce luncheon at the Barbara
Worth hotel
W. T. Clark of Wenatchee, Wash,
probably the foremost exponent Of
and authority on the small farm idea
is to be the principal speaker at the
luncheon and he is expected to give
the members of the chamber and their
guests information that will be of in
calculable value in furthering the plan
of the little landers in this valley.
Up in the Wenatchee valley of Wash
ington, where Mr. Clark comes from,
they have a host Of little farms of
ideal size for handling by one person
and with diversification of crops and
intensive cultivation this little north
ern valley, which could be slowed away
in q pocket of the great Imperial Val
ley, has been made one of the most
prosperous and beautiful communities
on the entire Pacific slone .,.-.-.-..
Mr.. Clark is said to be the father
of the idea as carried out in the We
natchie community, and his expert
knowledge will be of vast benefit to
the proponents of the idea here His
attendance was secured through Sec
retary Frank Virgins of the Los An
geles Chamber of Commerce by let
ters written by Secretary Leffingwell
Of the local chamber.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-10
Al BACK
PL { A s { D
WITH AlL.
THINGS
Stormy Petrol of Legislature
Got Is Bills Passed and
Believes Everyone of
Them Good for People.

Assemblyman W. F. Beal, who
banged his way through the legisla-
ture and attracted more attention for
a ''first termer" than has another since
the days of Hiram johnson as COVER
nor, is back home. He took liesurely
journey from Sacramento back to
Brawley stopping upstate to view
matters at first hand in the various
political centers and hobnobbing with
the powers. He returns we'll satisfied
with his work and has no excuses or
explanations to make for anything
that he has done.
He is quoted in his home town pa
per as follows:
81 introduced 18 bills in the legisla-
ture, Is of these were passed by both
houses, but three did not get through
the senate committees. Whether the
people of Imperial county want these
signed by the governor or not IS a
matter for them to decide.
Mr.. Beal appeared at a loss to un-
derstand the fight made by the I'M
perial Irrigation district on the meas
ure consolidating the tax assessing
and collecting machinery. This meas
ure, he says. was fought by all 3ho
job holders Of the state, from the as
SCISSORS association down, who thought
their tenure of office would be affect
ed. The question of the saving to the
people through the elimination Of un-
necessary expensive duplication meant
little to the office holders, he declared.
The Yuma road bill is receiving
warm support from many sources N
Southern California.
This appropriates 100000 for the
proposed highway between Yuma and
Ell Centro. 1t was introduced when
the highway bond situation indicated
little money would be available from
that source.
Assemblyman Beal believes the
measure requiring electors in the I'M
perial Irrigation district to be prop
erty owners will tend to remove poll
tics from the district, and place it on
business basis. "The operation of the
irrigation district" he declared, sis q
business proposition, pure and simple
No reason exists for permitting t tC
be conducted like the ordinary public
corporation" He believes the meas.
ure will be held constitutional by the
courts, if tested.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-10
POLICE DRY SQUAD
MADE BIG, WET RAID

No, Constant Reader, the police did
rot have a battle with bandits; nor
was it an attack on the U. S. mails
Mexican revolution, attempted Jail
oreak. Nothing like that at ALL
That putt! putt putt. and bang.
)ang! bang. was neither the drum.
ming of a machine gun nor the sta
,ato reports of automatics.
There was plenty of gore spllt and
considerable debris and wreck and
ruin, but it was red liquor and broken
bottles and bursted flasks.
The dry squad from police head
quarters was out on raid. They mad
gathered up bottle here and a bottle
there, of cider and cherry flip and
Swiss-es, and few more kinds OF
home brew and started to the station
with it to have it analyzed for alco-
holic contents.
Somebody's foot slipped and that
started it. First one bottle and ther
another blew up and finally the wholl
works went off like pack of Chi
nese fire crackers on celebration day
Now, Chief Matlock believes tina
the stuff was loaded for him.
The above explanation goes for Vo,
Populi, Old Subscriber, Pro Bono Pub
lico, Anxious Inquirer, Advertiser
. Hospital Clerk and many others.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-10
MOTOR TRUCKS
GIVEN AS AL|B|
(BY ASSoclated PresS1

WASHINGTON, May 10.-The
trouble with the railroads is the ex-
cessNe operating expenses and the
abnormal amount" of labor costs was
the statement made today by Julius
Kruttschnitt, chairman of the board
Of the Southern Pacific railroad, before
the senate Interstate commerce COM
mission investigating the general
railroad situation.
AS a remedy for the improvement
Of railroad freight service Mr.. Krutt-
schnitt suggested that the use of the
public highways for common carrier
purposes, without tolls or regulations
De stopped. The railroads in freight
hauling are bothered by the motor
!ruck freight haulers in the same way
that motor busses cause losses to the
street and interurban railways in hand
ing passenger traffic.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-10
SOME SENTENCE.

BERLIN, May 10.-Communists cor
victed of participating in the recent
roitng in Central Germany received
sentences ranging from one hour in
Jail for disturbing the peace to death
for murder.
One man was convicted of murdc,
and sentenced to death, and the trial
proceeding on other counts as required
by German law, he was further SEN
fenced to 20 years Imprisonment fol
manslaughter, to 10 years for robbery
six hours in Jail for disturbing tht
peace, and was deprived of the rights
Of citizenship "for the remainder Of
his life "
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-10
A VI A 7 D R IS
TO PATROL
TURBULENT
RIVER
For First Time in History
Airman Is to Be Used to
Watch Conditions Along
Colorado.

For the first time in history the
airplane will be used this season to
aid the government engineers and the
Imperial Irrigation District in flood
control of the Colorado river.
The Federal forest fire control serv-
ice has for the past three years used
the airplane in forest fire protection
and it has been found to work to the
greatest advantage Of the service. An
airman, flying high above the noun
tain peaks and over the wooded Sec
tions of the country has been able to
almost instantly detect the start of a
forest fire and to flash by wireless the
information of the location Of the blaze
so that the alarm can be given at once
and the fire fighters sent to the spot.
The same scheme will be used to
give an alarm of floods, levee breaks,
and other matters in water control re-
quiring quick action. Permission has
been secured from the Mexican. gov
ernment for an aviator to fly over
Mexican territory and the word has
come out from Washington to the bor-
der patrol that the water guard will be
in the air from now on.
The aviator selected for this work is
Bergin johnson, skilled and daring
pilot, who not only performed in the
air during the world war, but has been
used in the forest fire patrol for the
past two seasons at various points in
the western country.
johnson, in big Curtis military
plane, will make daily trips over the
course of the Colorado river from the
Palo Verde valley south to Volcano
lake and will watch closely all of the
moods and tempers of the turbulent
stream. High water, threatened levee
breaks, changes in course of the body
of the river; all matters pertaining ia
safety of the great irrigation system
of the Imperial Valley will be watched
as "hawk from the sky" and infor-
nation flashed to headquarters in this
city and Calexico at once, and to the
nearest control point, where workmer
can be obtained at once.
The patrol of the Colorado, accord
ing to the advices from Washington,
will be maintained during the summer
when there is possibility of flood OF
of water shortage. The prompt infor-
nation thus to be obtained by the
aviator will be of great value to the
engineers and directors of the district
and is a most welcome adjunct to the
control system of General Manager
CronhOlm and the officers.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-10
EXPERIMENTAL SHIP.

w WASHINGTON, May 10. - The
steamer Charles H. Cramp is beinf
equipped by the Atlantic Gulf and Pa
cific Steamship company for use as !;
practical laboratory for experimenting
with the shipment of citrus fruits ahC
vegetables from the Pacific coast
through the Panama Canal to eastern
markets. The plan is being WORKED
out in cooperation with the preserva,
tion of fruit and vegetable project OF
the Federal bureau of markets.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-10
MEDIATION FAILS.
(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, May 10.-Repre-
sentatives of the marine workers or
ganizatlons have left washington as
a result of the announcement by Sec
retary Davis that his efforts to ar.
range settlement of the wage dis
pute between the workers and the ship
owners had been unavaling and that
no further conferences would be held
at this time.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-10
TO OJNSTALL OFFICERS.

Imperial Valley commandery,
knights Templar, will install the fol-
lowing officers at the next meeting,
(which will be held in this city on the
oath inst. Commander, Charles Scott;
Generalissimo, II. j. Worthington;
Captain General, J. w. Herman; Sen
ior Warden, E. V. Horthrop; Junior
Warden, G.. w. Anderson; Treasurer
Clifford Coggins; Recorder, W. A.
i'rick; Trustee, Vene Bloomer.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-10
LOSES NARCOTIC FIGHT

A siX-year fight by f. E. Young, a
CaleXico druggist, for the return of
$4,000 worth of drugs which were
seized by the state board of pharmacy
resulted yesterday in a decision of the
United States Circuit Court of Ap-
peals at San Francisco, upholding the
action of the board. The drugs were
seized under the narcotics act.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-10
PROUD FATHER NOW

The following is the copy of spe-
cial message received by The Press
from Billy Silver, whom everyone in
the valley knows:
"San Bernardino, May 10.-My baby
boy, pounds, Wallace Clayton Silver
was born Sunday at p. m. Mother
is doing extraordinarily fine. Also
the husky one. Gee! This is a great
old world. Billy Silver"
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-10
. ESPRIT DU CORPS

COBLENZ, May 10 Somebody
asked one of the soldiers of the Ameri-
can army on the Rhine what they
meant by referring to their organiza-
tion as the "a. F. in G." He replied:
"Officially it means the American
Forces in Germany but doughboys call
ii ALIENS family in Germany"
The reply is indicative of the rela-
tions between General Allen, the AM
erican commander, and his troops.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-10
Weather Report t

Southern California-T6night and
Wednesday, fair; except cloudy on
coast. Moderate westerly winds.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-05-19
SCOUT EXECUTIVE
NOW OUT IN COUNTY

Scout Executive Geo. c. Driesbach is
out among the county troops this week
inspecting the troops and completing
plans for the spring review to be held
at Rothschild park, June 4. and ar
ranging for the summer hikes and
camps. He is making the trip by
auto aud expects to spend four days.
from Tuesday until Friday, visiting
all the scouts in the county.
Troop s held very satisfactory out
door meeting last might at Oak Island,
which provides an ideal place for
such outings.
Friday afternoon about twenty
scouts of Troop 6 are TO hike to the
dells OF the Eau Claire to stay until
Saturday evening.
The new Pine Tree patrol No. 5 is
to be organized Saturday. The inter
est in advanced scouting is increasing
and the new troop is the result.
Each scout desiring to take the exam
nation for the Pine Tree patrol must
be at least Is years old and must
weigh at least lis pounds. He must
be first class scout or must make
the first class rating at the next court
of honor in order to be eligible for
the tests which are to be given Sat
urday at scout headquarters.