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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-28

S.400 6.e6 Sheep: Receipts, S,ooO closing weak: good to choice lambs s1 down; medium
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-28
NEW YORK COTTON
 nxy Aacnaiatad Prasa

New York, June 27.--The cotton market
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-24
DRY D|CTAT|ON
IS RESENTED

WASHINGTON, May 24-Congress
resents the dictation of the Anti-Sa-
loon league. Members have recently
expressed the opinion that the prohi-
bition law is making the United States
nation of crooks Reports of en-
forcement and the daily records pro-
vided by the newspapers show very
clearly that there are more violations
of the prohibition law in a day than
of all the other criminal statutes in a
month.
Prohibition leaders dispute this,
but the reports to the revenue depart
ment and the attorney generals of
flee tend to confirm it. The result is
that congrss, who has been led to be-
lieve that there would be no trouble in
making the country 90 per cent dry
within two years-as claimed by the
prohibition propagandists-are now be
ginning to be very doubtful about it.
Both the vets and drys who differ
over the sincerity and efficiency of
the law officers in attempting to
shut off the supply of liquor agree as
to one feature of the matter This
is the obvious fact that the ATTEMPT
TO enforce the Volstead act has pro
iiected a great deal more disorder and
generally unsatisfactory results than
were anticipated by either.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-24
HOVLEY GETS THIRD
STAY OF EXECUTION

Peter Hovely. he Brawley rancher
and banker, who pleaded guilty to a
violation of the Mann White Slave act
in having brought his niece, Mrs.
Barbara Staalduynen from Chicago to
Los Angeles for an immoral purpose,
and was fined $1,000, with II month
term in the Orange county jail, yes
terday was given another STAY of ex-
ecution. The money was paid.
~ the time of the sentence hv L. s.
District Judge Bledsoe, Hovely was
gwen a two weeks stay of execution
to allow him to fix up his business af-
fairs. AT the end of that time he was
Riven another stay bv Judge Bledsoe
for sixty days. That time expired Sun
day, but in the meantime, third
stay of execution of 60 days has just
been ordered by Judge Bledsoe, sitting
in court at Fresno. The original jude-
ment was pronounced on Feb. 2s, last
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-24
A N { RI c A \
LOANS ARE:
MILLION
A DAY
United States Now Has
Credit of Two Billions In
Other Lands, Outside War
Debt.
(By United Press)

WASHINGTON, May 24.-Private
American investors now are "grub-
stalking" foreign industry and foreign
governments at the rate of $1,000,000
day through purchase of bonds,
stocks and other securities, according
to estimates made by New York bank
ers which have reached government Of
ficials here.
Dollars are flowing abroad il steat.y
streams in search Of hope for large
dividends. The stream began immc-
diately after the outbreak Of the great
war and has continued ever since al
most without break. During the las:
u months, approximately $3.50, 100000
has been loaned to foreign borrowers,
despite the nationwide economic de-
nrcsSinn in The United States.
American dollars now are building
docks and packing houses in South
America, municipal waterworks and
tram lines in cities of Switzerland and
other European countries, elevators in
Canada, and factories in France. And
the dollars that are working abroac
are not the dollars of only American
capitalists. In large proportion they
were invested only after having been
saved from wage and salary envelope $.
Through the Edge law the foreign
trade and banking corporations now
being organized iii many parts of the
country, every American who can save
a dollar is being given the chance to
get hi sopportunity at foreign invest
ment, is he SO chooses.
At the beginning of the great waf,
the United States owed European in
vestors approximately $4,000, 100000.
This was money which Europeans
loaned during the big expansion per
iod that began in 1890. 1t was repre-
sented by stocks in mines, railroads,
more than $80,000,000 a year to the
foreign owners in interest charges and
in dividends. Soon after the war,
Europe began to find herself badly in
need of enormous credits in the Unit
ed States. Gradually, the 50 ,000,O ,O00,-
900 came back to this country to help
pay Europe's rapidly mounting debt
here. Soon the credit was exhausted.
The United States had earned enough
to buy back all the foreign interests
in domestic industry.
Then the United States began to
loan. At first the loans were counted
in millions. Now the total is approx
imately 00,000,00O. or almost pre-
cisely the amount which the United
States formerly owed European in
vestors.
This grand total of American invest
ments abroad is in addition to about
t$13,0 100000, loaned to foreign gov
ernments by this government, IN $10,-
000,000,000 worth of direct war loans
and about $500 100000 credit on sur
plus war and navy materials.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-24
MORE COTTON FROM
SMALLER ACREAGE

Although the cotton acreage of I'M
perial Valley has been materially re-
duced from that of last year, the
amount produced per acre is expected
to equal if not surpass last years pro
duction and to mature at an earlier
date than usual, according to some of
the growers.
Many of the fields in various Sec
tions of the country have begun bloom
ing, the first to be reported being a
volunteer patch of so acres on the
Harry Riddle farm near Imperial.
Most of the cotton is making splen-
did progress, it is reported, and those
who have planted it on as large a
scale as they did in former seasons eX-
pect that by the time the crop is ready
for the market prices will have
reached a level which will enable them
% show fair profit on their produc-
ton. One reason for this belief is
that labor and water are both lower
this year than they were during last
season. When picking time arrives
growers expect to handle their crol
with less expense than they encount
eYed last year.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-24
Bic TIME FOR
ROAD OPENING

The big opening celebration of the
highway on June 2 is to be general
outpouring of the people and the
lodges, churches, labor unions and all
organizations are requested to be in
line with cars and as far as possible
have them properly marked. Private
parties are also asked to be in line
and il is hoped Ell Centro and CaleXico
will turn out 1000 cars at least.
Tentatively, the procession from
CaleXico will be headed by officials of
the city, Chamber of Commerce, Wom-
ans Improvement club, MeXicali Cham
ber of Commerce, Mexican officials,
and perhaps the Mexican band. The
procession will start at 10 o'clock from
the Calexico city hall on Heber ave-
nue.. Chief Boucher will be chief
marshall of the Calexico parade and
Chief Matlock of the Ell Centre parade
the two marshalls will join and ride
in one car after reaching Ell Centre.
The procession will march to Ell
Centre where Calexico will have
charge of the ceremonies and short
speeches of felicitation will be made
by the mayor, president of the Cham
Der of Commerce, and representative
of the Woman's Improvement club and
if it can be arranged by the president
of the Associated Chambers of Com
merce of the avlley this organization
will be asked to be represented by its
officers.
From Ell CentrO the combined pa
rGde will move to Heber where a flora
rooo will he Savarad with n briaf cnra
mony. Young ladies of Heber ar tC
take part in this, and then it will move
to Calexico, where the Ell Centro peo
pie will speak and have charge. AS ;
finale all will join in singing "Ameri
ca" with bands playing. The Elks
band of Ell Centre will be in the line
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-24
WALTHALL TONIGHT.

Advance sales of tickets for Henry
B. Walthall's appearance at the Pal
ace theater tonight indicate that the
house will be filled to capacity when
the curtain rises on the first ac: OF
''Taken In," the satirical comedy dra-
ma in which the noted film and stage
star will make his first appearance in
person in Imperial Valley.
The star takes the place of the poet
brother of a minister and the plot of
the play hinges around his love affair
with a young girl who is supposed to
be winning her way back from the
underworld by way of the minister s
kitchen, although she is in reality a
newspaper reporter bent on obtaining
first hand information. regarding the
reception accorded girl with past
in the home of the minister who has
preached for a more Christian atti-
tude toward this class of woman.
The play does not preach a sermon
as might be suspected from the outline
of the plot, but provides very anus
ing entertainment by an excellent cast
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-24
TALOUPE is
ACCLAIMED AS
SIGN OF: SUMMER
Los angeles RhaDs0dizes in
Prose OUer ArriUai of First
imperial Valley Melons.

The Good Old Summer Time" is
really here, shouts q Loss Angeles
newspaper, in ecstacy and glee.
Here is the proof:
imperial Valley has sent its first
cantaloupcs to Los Angeles.
And with this good news come othes
glad tidings.
Heretofore, when the first melons
came to market there was always Il
rush Of the uncommonlv rich to en-
gage IN price boosting contest, it be
ing case of the early melon catching
the rich bird.
Rivers Brothers, leading dealers in
melons, said yesterday that while the
melons have not come in great quar-
titles, five or six crates having arrived,
they are cheap. nevertheless, this year.
The price of the original crates were
SO to $12, and Charles Baad, manager
of the Alexandria, has put in force a
low tariff Of SO cents for a whole
cantaloupe.
Happily, pre-war practice is dead.
Then all the young Vandergoulds in
town would hasten to the ..xur:ous
hotel on the first "Cantalou0e Day"
and pay as high as $40 for the dis
tinction of eatin@ the first melon.
III show you a picture of anticipa-
tion,' Mr.. Rivers said. yesterday, as
lie called the reporters attention TO an
alluring young woman opening crate
Of Imperial cantaloupes, and later
Mr. Baad said, "I'll show you picture
of realization and he pointed out an
other young woman eating her first
melon of the season.
So here's conclusive evidence that
Old Man Hi Costoliving has departed.
1t was not so long ago that so cents
wouldn't buy anything at hotel, not
even a 'kyou' from bellhop; but
now money is easy, and the cantaloupe
is popular. Can it be that Secretary
Mellon of the United States treasury
has anything to do with it?
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-24
FAST. TRAIN
Of MELONS
| EA Y ES
TONIGHT
Express Company to Inaug-
urate Refrigerator .. Car
load Shipments Of sCanta-
loupes and Other Perish
able Products of Valley.

The first solid express trainSof re-
frigerator cars, carrying Imperial Val
ley products to the. northern. and east
ern markets leaves this afternoon
The train will carry cantaloupes,
tomatoes, summer squash, apricots,
water melons and other pershable
products of the field and garden in car
load lots.
The schedule as arranged by the
American Railway Express starts the
train from Calexico at 5:l5 p. m. The
first stop will be at Heber. The train
and Brawley at 7:30 p IN. It will run
ahead of the regular passenger train
to INLAND, where east bound cars will
be hooked onto the limited and fast
iast passenger trains leaving there a
33fsM minutes later, and No. AT, the
passenger train for Los An
geles and the north will pick up the
ears billed west. Less than carload
shipments will be handled at each sta
ton by the regular train. In order
to take advantage of this fast train
shipment growers will have to delivef
their produce to the express company
early in the afternoon, but ears will
be spotted for loading at all shipping
points from CaleXico to inland, and
when filled, iced and sealed will be
picked up by the special.
Bumper crops of all the summer ag-
ricultural products are anticipated.
Shipments so far have been in less
than carload lots, for the reason that
the cold weather of last week retarded
the maturing, but with the return of
higher temperatures it is expected
that the rush to start tonight will con-
tinue to the end of the season. The
shipments so far as tabulated by Hor-
ticultural Commissioner +. W. Waite
are as follows:
For the first 20 days of May 1914
carloads of tomatoes and 50,G77 crates
were shipped.
Three hundred and fifty crates Of
cantaloupes went forward up to Fri
day night, and yesterday the first car
load lot of melons was sent out of the
valley.
Eleven crates of honeydew melons
have been shipped to date.
Apricot shipments have totaled thus
far, 2S74 crates.
The quality of all the goods shipped
has been exceptionally high, except
in the case of q few crates of honey
dew melons, the further shipment Of
which has been prohibited by the in
Spectors until fully matured.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-24

Immediate steps will be inaugural
ed by the directors OF the Imperial
Irrigation District toward absorbing
the mutual water companies of I'M
perial Valley as the result of an ulti-
.matum delivered by the California
bond commission at conference in
Sacramento last week. The bond COM
mission will refuse to sanction future
financial projects of the irrigation dis
trict until the mutual water companies
have been abolished and the water cIs-
tributing system put on a more eco
nomical basis, the directors were told,
and the bond commission will do
everything in it's power to facilitate
the dissolution of the distributing
companies.
Many angles of the old controversy
between various factions in the fight
between the irrigation district and The
mutual companies were brought up at
the conference and plan was BRO
posed by the bond commission where
by it is believed that the mutual COM
panies can be taken over by the dis
trct and the water distributing sys-
tenn operated direct and much more
economically than UNDER the present
arrangement. ..t .,
1t is proposed that Il bond issue of
approximately $6,000,000 be voted by
the district and the money used to pay
for the water stock and equipment of
the nlutuals. The bond commission
also suggested that about $1,OOO,0
for drainage purposes should also be
voted ,,.
A flat rate for the water stock of
all the companies is proposed and as
soon as meeting of the directors of
all the mutual, companies can be ar
ranged by the irrigation district dl-
rectors that phase of the situation will
be cleared up, and the necessary steps
taken for financing the purchase of
the mutual interests.
1t is the consensus of opinion among
those to whom the subject has been
broached that under the plan proposed
by the bond commission the mutuals
will all readily agree to enter into. the
arrangement and turn their propert es
over to the district, thereby eliminau-
ing much of the cost of water distribu-
ton and ending all the friction which
has been manifest in the water affairs
of the county for a number Of years
The question of absorbing the mutual
companies has been before the di
rectors of the irrigation district il
different forms and from different
sources for a long time, having re.
Gently reached an acute stage arc
caused wide division of opinion
in different parts of the county, all OF
which had their own ideas of how the
question should be settled. and none o1
whom were fully in accord with thu
proposition of any of the others. L
is generally believed that the new
plan will bring all the factions to
gether and end most Of the difference:
which have been a source of endles!
turmoil in the county's water affairs
year.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-24
WOMEN CLUBS
IN SESSION At
YOSEMITE PARK
More Than 1000 Delegates In
Attendance at Goth Annual
Contention of Federation.
(By Associated Press)

YOSEMITE, Cal, May 24.-Reser.
vations have been made in the Yose-
mite Valley for more than 1000 Cal
ifornia club women expected to attend
the goth annual convention Of the state
Federation Of Wolnen's clubs which
opens today and continues until May
~. Sessions Of the convention Will be
held at Camp Curry.
Unusual features are on the pro-
gram, which has been prepared under
the direction of the San Joaquin Val
,iey district of the federation, which is
the conventions hostess district. A
feature new to federation conventions
will be held Wednesday when the en-
tire day will. be given to presentation
of pageant "Ca.ifornia-the La ID
of Dreams" in which club members
from all parts of the state will take
mart.
Mrs. Aaron Schloss, Berkeley, pres
lGent of the California federation, viii
occupy the chair at the meeting and
WIN be assisted by two vice presidents,
Mrs. w. A. Fitzgerald, Fre>>.o, and
Mrs. Robert f. Garner, San Bernas-
dino. Mrs. Fitzgerald is chairman of
the program committee.
Addresses of welcome to the dele
gates viii be made at .he oper.ns
session by Mrs. Mollie Bloom F'iagg.
president of the San Joauuin district,
and w. 3. Lewis, superintendent OF the
Yosemite National park. Reports of
officers will follow. Tonight there will
be a musical program and Arthur
Farwell, well known musician. will
talk on 'The Pageant Drama and It's
Future
Tomorrow there will be the election
of officers. reports of committees,
adoption of resolutions and an open
forum on the question, Carrying the
Federation Message to Every Clup
Through County Meetings." Thursday
evening Mrs. Herbert A. Gable, de
putty state labor .ssioner and
past president of the state federation
and DR.. Alice Luce, faculty member at
Mills College, Oakland, will speak,
Fridays speakers include Mrs. Ed
ward Dexter Knight, manager OF the
women's department of ;.ie canX Of
Italy, San Francisco; Mrs. Frank A.
Gibson, member of the California I'M
migration and Housing Commission;
Francis J. Heney, Los Angeles, and
Mrs. Martha Nelson McCan, member
of the Los Angeles board of park CON-
OiSSiOnerS
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-24
AGUILAR HEARING.

Efforts to show that Santos Ortez
committed suicide and was not MUIR
dered by her sweetheart, Ramon Agui-
lar, were made by o. V. Wilson. de-
fense attorney. at Aguilar's prelimin-
ary hearing in Justice Mayfeld's
court this morning.
Dozens of colored people and Mexi-
cans from the east side filled the court
room almost to capacity, many OF
them being called as witnesses, while
many friends and relatives of boti
the young people were present as in
terested spectators. The hearing is
expected to end this afternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-24
FAKES HOT SHOT AT
PROHIBITION LAWS
(By Associated PresS)

SALT LAKE, MAY 24.-Rev. DR.. FL
mer A. Goshen, g Congregational
minister, who is the editor and pub
Usher of the Salt Lake Telegram, TO-
day in an editorial condemned news
papers and the prohibition laws. The
editorial declares the average rSws-
peper is concerned only in the mere
making of money and that to make a
profit it will keep still on every great
and vital question and fill it's columns
with slush. He contends that the pro-
hibition laws have failed to prohibit
and are producing the finest crop Of
youthful brewers, distillers and Grim,
inals in the world, He advocates the
United St\es government mating Ii.
quor and dispensing it to the people
desirous of obtaining it.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-24
& ~
FORD AT LA POSTA
WILL BE MADE SAFE

rHF h0sTe of supervisors of San
Diafsps apnty have arranged to have
thsaf ft1sxIs saI La Posta .ereek on tho
state highway route between El Cen
trosaid Imperial Valley points and the
coast kept in repair and safe for mot
orists.
This action was taken following com
plants made to the board by MOTORISTS
from this section who found the ford
dangerous. 1t is also announced that
the state highway commission will
build temporary bridge for the use
Of motorists just north of the present
right of way as soon as the engineers
:an draw the plans.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-24

"Old Timers Club" has written this
appreciation in Los Angeles of Judge
Marvin w. Conkling, of the Superior
court: 1
Last week by friend, NJ. w. Conk-
ling, Superior judge of Imperial coun-
ty, came up here to try few cases
for Judge Albert Lee Stephens. 1t was
a real treat to meet him and talk over
old times. Marvin came out here from
Missouri in the eighties and abandoned
the carpenters trade for the intrica-
ces of the law
His first experience was before the
U. S. land office, of which was then
registrar. There was lot of govern
ment land in this district and Mr.
Conkling made deep study of that
branch of the law, rivaling j. Harry
Call as land lawyer. His practice
grew amazingly but he found time TO
do a little politics and became a factor
in democratic circles.
In 1898 | wanted to make a voyage
to the mouth of the Colorado river,
and persuaded my friend to accom-
pany me. We bought flat -bottomed
boat at Yuma and in the early part of
November we embarked at midnight
and started down the river for Hall
Hanlon's where we were to pick up
Joe Carter, noted desert bug who
had been with me on my Salton Sea
trip some years before.
1t was a beautiful moonlight night
and the start was most auspicious, but
the river was at low stage and we
ran aground on sandbar. accorded
Conkling the honor of getting over
board and pushing the boat off, but
he declined most courteously and
passed the buck to me. After some
argument we both got out and soon
the boat was afloat
We made landing at Hanlon's
Ferry about o'clock and were greet
ed by pack of noisy and vicious dogs.
We shinnied up couple of big mes
quite trees and stayed there until
morning when the people of the house
got up and called off their dogs.
We spent wonderful two weeks in
that most interesting of countries, the
Colorado river bottob. We hunted
deer, and wild pigs, shot ducks, gees
and quail, caught fish by both the hook
and dynamite methods, saw the great
'bore" at the mouth Of the river. Also
we went up Hardy's Colorado to the
sulphur mine and the volcanoes. where
we saw thousands of rattlesnakes.
| My friend Conkling became enam-
CURED of that region and when Inn
perlal valley was opened up, some
years later, he cast his lot with the
pioneers there. He was leader In
the movement to create the county, got
.COntinuad au nm Ua
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-24
STUDENTS WORK IS
ATTRACTING NOTICE

Products Of the manual training de-
partment Of Central Union High
school that would do credit to master
craftsmen are on exhibition in the
show window of the Varney Bros.
store, where they are attracting a
great deal of attention andeliciting
many favorable comments.
While many are interested by the
furniture which has been built by the
students the dozens of drawings are
interesting and show a mastery of the
subject that is in many cases very
unusual in school work.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-24
uating class and the number of stu
L. Z .

uating class and the number of stu
dents from each follow: Navajo, s;
Digger, 1 Mission, 2; Pima, 3; Mono,
2; Shoshone, 2; Concow, 2; Hopi, /;
Piegan, 1; Ute, 2; Pueblo, 3; Papago,
8; Hoopa, l; Apache, /; and Paiute
8.
Eleven of the graduates come from
Arizona, 10 from California, and New
Mexico, Nevada, Idaho and Montana
are represented. There were Is boys
and II girls in the class.
The program for the week includes
the usual graduation events such as
the baccalaureate sermon, school play
athletic meet, competitive drills, alum.
nj meeting and commencement address
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-24

ONE big irrigation distributing system dealing with the
u water of the valley.
economical administration of the affairs the I'M
perai Irrigation District.
bond issue of $6O000O0 pay for the stock mutual
water companies the stock to be taken rate TO
fixed by mutual agreement for drain
purposes
These the outstanding facts resulting meeting
the officials and directors Of the Imperial Irrigation District
and the California bond commission held Sacramento last
week discuss the affairs of the district plans
the relief financial burdens Of the district
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-24
GRADUATION WEEK
AT INDIAN SCHOOL

RIVERSIDE, Cal, May 24.-This
is graduation week at Sherman Insti-
tute, federal school for Indians near
here, and 35 young people represent
ing Is tribes from seven states will
take part in exercises, continuing
every day, that will mark their COM
pletion of educational work here.
The tribes represented in the grad