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Imperial Valley press., 1921-12-07
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TOMORROW
ON WAY To
MEETING
Interior Department Chief is
Bringing Message to All
People From President on
Colorado River Project

Secretary Albert B. Fall will arrive
IN FL Centro tomorrow on special
train as the guest of Vice. President E.
y. Mccormick, of the Southern Pa
cific company. Today the Secretary
of the Interior Department is in Yuma
and the train on which he is to travel
will leave there tonight.
In Ell Centre, Secretary Fall will be
joined by Congressman Phil ID. Swing,
and will make an automobile tour of
the east side of the valley to view the
Mesa lands, which are designed for
settlement by the ex-service men Of
the state and nation, when the ALI
American canal is built.
Secretary Fall and Congressman
Swing will also meet large number
OF people in the valley in the brief
time allotted to the visit and will try
and cover as much ground as possible
in the few hours here.
From Ell Centre Secretary Fall and
Mr.. Swing will go to Riverside as the
guests of Mr.. Mccormick. There Sec
retary Fall is scheduled to deliver a
message to the delegates attending
the conference of the League Of the
Southwest from President Harding to
all OF the people of the Southwest who
are interested in the development of
Fthe Colorado river at Boulder, dam.
From Riverside Secretary Fall and
Mr.. Swing will go to San Diego, where
the Boulder Dam conference with the
people of the Imperial Valley and San
Diego is to open next Monday. They
will pass through Ell Centre on their
way to the coast city and will be join
ed here by the Irrigation District Of
ficials and others who are to attend
the San Diego meeting.
Congressman Swing was the guest
OF honor at the regular weekly lunch
con of the Ell Centre Chamber of
Commerce today at the Barbara
Worth hotel and he delivered the
principal speech of the day, bringing
message of good cheer and optiin-
ism from Washington.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-12-07
BAPTIST CHURCH MEETINGS

Intensely interesting meetings were
held at the Baptist church yesterday
afternoon and evening. Miss Viola
Hill from Ningpo, China, and Mrs. f.
A. Crandall of National City were the
speakers.
The ladies served light refresh
ments and had social time at the
close of their session. Mrs. Crandall
spoke again at general meeting OF
the church last night. DR.. F. G. Da-
vies of Los Angeles also gave an en-
thusiastic and inspiring address. DR..
j. d. Springston of Los Angeles, who
is the educational director of the
young people and the Sunday schools
of the Southern California Baptist
convention, will speak tonight at 1890
AN are cordially invited to hear him.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-12-07
TWICE TOLD TALES

The Twice Told Tales section of the
Ten Thousand Club was entertained
Monday at the home of Mrs. Clarence
Conant. Guests were Mrs. Robert
Campbell, Mrs. J. j. Dodderige, Mrs.
James r. Hermon and Mrs. r. B.
Whitelaw.
Mrs. R. B. Kepley told the story,
"The Happy Prince" by Oscar Wilde
The story is adapted to the gift Civ
ing season, and Mrs. Kepley brought
out the lessons and beauty in hel
charming and delightful way. Most
interesting current events followed
the story, and delicious refreshments
made pleasant the social hour.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-12-07
MEETINGS
VALLEY DAIRYMEN

There will be series of special
dairy meetings held in the valley dur
ing the week Dec. 12 to II, inclusive.
These meetings will be held under the
auspices of the Dairy Department Of
the Farm Bureau.
There will be some good speakers.
including Mr.. Rawl, former chief Of the
dairy division, Bureau of Animal In
dustry, U. S. d. A., and L. II. Moul-
ton of the California Dairy Council.
There will also be some time given to
a general discussion of the dairy in
dustry.
The meetings are as follows
Jasper school, Monday. Dec. ~,
8 p. M; Maloland school, Tuesday,
Dec. 1S, s p, M; McCabe school. We'd
nesday, Dec. IA, 3 p. NJ; Alamo
school, Thursday, Dec. Is, . p. m.;
Eastside school, Friday, Dec. ~. :
Ip. m.
! Every dairyman is Urged To attend
these meetings.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-12-07
GATHER COTTON
FOR EUROPEAN
TOLL SP|NDLES
X. N. Turner Wants Immediate
Shipments From Valley for
Export to CzechO-SiOUakia

X. M. Turner, well known cotton
broker Of Los Angeles; E. A. Lar
ton of Blythe, and H. G. Clardy of
Arvin, cotton growers, have sent The
Press an appeal to the cotton grow
ers of the valley to supply additional
bales of cotton for a shipment which
is to be made to the Czecho- -Slovakia
mills for spinning into cloth and the
cloth sold on account of the growers.
The Warrant Warehouse Company
of Birmingham and Los Angeles is
making the shipment, and they have
on dock at Los Angeles now $50 bales
of Pima cotton which is to go to the
mills as soon as the balance of the
shipment is made up.
Mr.. Turner in his letter states that
if grower will send one to two bales
at once, he can borrow from $50 to
500 on each bale and make successful
one of the best cooperative plans yet
undertaken for the marketing of cot
ton.
The contracts with the mills have
been made according to Mr.. Turner
and the market awaits for the cloth,
which is to be sold direct for the ac-
count of the grower, without profit to
ANY middlemen or others.
The first shipments made to these
mills, aggregating 10000 bales of
strict low middling, netted the grow
ers who furnished it 25 to % cents
per pound. Under present conditions,
Mr.. Turner states, California short
staple should net 35 to so cents and
Pima rs cents to $1.50. He invites
correspondence on the subject at once
Exponents of the toll plan claim
that cotton growers are thereby af-
forded an opportunity of selling their
cotton at much higher price than in
the event it were sold in the open mar
ket at prevailing prices. Local grow
ers expect to receive a price ranging
from 32 cents pound to $2.44 per
pound, the price to be governed en-
tirely by the quality Of goods manu-.
factured and marketing conditions at
time of sale. '''
Mills in centrol European states
are idle today, due to the fact that
their credit has been destroyed ano
they are unable to go into the market
and obtain raw materials. BY extend.
ling mill owners individual credit un-
der the plan outlined they will be en-
abled to start their factories, provid-
ing thousands of workers with EN-
ployment and take their pay for fab
rication in raw material. Numerou:
safeguards are thrown around the
transaction to insure fair treatment
of the poducers in the United States
it is said.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-12-07

Earl Rogers, famous Los Angeles
attorney, is here on business today.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-12-07
$500,000,000
POWER ACT
MENACE TO
s 7. A I {
E | e ctric Club Speaker
Warns of Huge Tax Bur-
den and Other Dangers
F cling Citizens if
Adopted

LOS ANGELES, Dec. THE pro-
posed water and power act to be voted
upon next November as likened to the
four horsemen of the Apocalypse by
John A. Britton, vice president and
general manager of the Pacific Gas
and Electric Company of San Fran
cisco, speaking here at the luncheon
of the Electric Club at the Alexandria.
"There are four distinct menaces
to the prosperity of the state in that
act" Mr.. Britton said in explanation.
Describing the first menace, Mr.. Brit
ton said:
''It sets up a super-government by
constitutional amendment which will
owe it's responsibility to no one, being
without legislative control.
"The second menace imposes pres
emily tax upon the people of the
state of California, and gives the
commission appointed under the act
the right to command the administra-
! tive bodies of the state to levy and
collect taxes from the people to meet
the interest and principal of the bonds
to be issued under the act, these
bonds totaling $500,000,000, which be-
come a mortgage upon the state i'm
mediately the act is passed, and every
taxpayer in the state of California
thereby becomes an indorser and
guarantor of the notes of the state of
California, irrespective of the fact
whether any of the moneys to be spent
under this act are spent in his or her
territory.
"The third gives unlimited author
ity to the commission to appoint any
number of employees and to fix their
compensation.
"The fourth menace 'solvietizes'
and North Dakotaizes' the state by
giving the commission full authority
to do all things needful or necessary
| to carry out the provisions of the
act such as to acquire, produce, man
ufacture or otherwise provide facili-
ties, materials and supplies, raw or
finished, and d. any property or thing
necessary or convenient to the accom-
plishment of the purposes of the act.
"In this fourth item one can mag
inc the building up of soviet gov
ernment in this state which would con-
troll copper mines, build factories, and
become an agent not for the building
up of the state but, as happened in
North Dakota, a virtual bankrupting
of the state.
at might we'll be asked-do the
people of California want this bur
den of uncertain and unnameable
taxation to be visited upon them? To-
day the state contributes more than
81 100000 day in taXation--between
$92 and $S4 for every man, woman
and child in the state. A reasoning
mind can see no limitation to the pos
sibilities of adding to this already
igreat burden through the entrance OF
the state into business which be-
longs to private capital and which be
longs to such private capital because
lit has proven in the past decade that
Through it's efforts it has been able
to bring the state industrially and ag
riculturally to the proud position
which it occupies"
Imperial Valley press., 1921-12-07
OELUOEO GIRL
GIVES ADVICE
0 N MARRIAGE
Maybelle HalUersOn Says See
DiU0rce Decree or Death Ger
tIic0te of Other wife

Don't marry a man who has been
married before unless you've either
seen his final decree of divorce or his
last wife's death certificate"
This is the advice of Maybelle Hal
verson, the pretty young Minnesota
school teacher, who was with DR..
Leighton Bonner Gentry as his bride,
when he was arrested here for swind-
ling a San Bernardino bank.
DR.. Gentry was indicted by the
Federal grand jury last Friday on a
charge of violating the Mann white
slave act in transporting Miss Hal
verson to Ell Centre under guise of
having married her. He is alleged
to have married and deserted six wo-
men within two years.
Miss Halverson, who is a Scandi-
navian, has the pink and blonde
beauty, the yellow hair and blue eyes
for which her race is noted. She
said at a downtown store where she
is working:
"Always l had wanted to know a
man who was highly educated, who
could instruct me and give me the
knowledge of history and English
that l longed to acquire, and DR.. Cen
try was the most cultured, the most
learned man had ever met. He was
not good looking, he was not young,
1 never thought about asking whether
he had any money or not. l was just
fascinated with his wisdom and his
vast store of information.
"There did not seem to be anything
he did not know and was very proud
to think that / had married such an
intellectual man. / have no complaint
whatever to make of his treatment of
men. He was always very kind to me
but never very confiding. | always
felt as if there was some sort of a
barrier between US, but thought that
WAS UcCduSc Hc was ~ HluSii HlOi Z
highly educated than l. When he
was first arrested it was great shock
to me and l was i'll from it, but |
know now that | did not really love
him deeply and | have found | can
earn my own living. So, while l feel
sorry for him and that everything has
turned out as it has, / am trying to
make the best of life and learn what
| can from the experience l have had.
"Dr. Gentry told me that he had
been married once, but that his wife
had been dead some time. He told
me, of course-I guess they all do that
that | was really the only woman
he had ever loved and he seemed so
serious and dignified believed him.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-12-07
1000 WILL Be
A 7 LEAGUE
MEETING ON
RI VE R
Riverside Conference on
Great Colorado River De-
velOpment to Attract Big
Men of Three Nations

When the conference of the League
of the Southwest is called to order at
Riverside Thursday morning at 10
O'Clock it is expected there will be up
wards of 1000 accredited delegates in
attendance. These will come from the
eight states comprising the league
and will represent about 5000 civic
and commercial organizations in the
Southwest.
In the unavoidable absence of the
president of the league, Governor
Thomas E. Campbell of Arizona,
President R. B. Won KleinSmid Of the
University of Southern California,
Los Angeles, will preside at the ses-
sions, which will be held Thursday
morning and afternoon, Friday morn
ing, afternoon and evening and Sat-
urday morning and afternoon. The
conference will close with a banque
Saturday evening.
Addresses of welcome on Thursday
morning will be delivered by Cover
nor William d. Stephens of California
and Mayor Horace Porter of River
side.
Among the notables in attendance
will be Secretary Of the Interior Villa
Real of Mexico, who will be the per-
sonal representative of President
Obregon, and Secretary Of the In
terror Albert B. Fall, the personal
representative of President Harding.
Arizona will be represented by w.
S. Norveil, state water commission
er; Colorado by Victor f. Hayes, at
torney general; Utah by R. E. Cald-
well, state engineer; Nevada by j. G.
Scrugham, state engineer; Wyom-
ing by Frank C. Emerson, state engi-
nees; New Mexico by Governor Mer-
ritt C. Mecham; northern district Of
Lower California by Governor f.
Ybarra, jr.; Sonora by Governor
Francisco S. Elijah. Francis Cutie,
president of the Water Conservation
Association, will be one of the Cali
fornia speakers, of which there will
be several.
In addition, governors and other
officials will be present from the
eight states of the league. A noted
guest will be Sir Adam Beck, chair
man of the hydro electrical power
commission of Ontario, who will tell
of the work being done along these
lines in that province of Canada.
From Los Angeles the speakers will
include, in addition to the mayor and
governor, William Mulholland, chief
engineer, and E. f. Scattergood, chief
electrical engineer of the city, ant
John B. Miller, president of the South
ern California Edison Company. From
the Imperial Valley will go Congress
man Swing, President J. S. McKin
non and Director Roy McPherrin ant
Mark Rose of the Irrigation District
Attorney Brown, President Hardin
son of the Farm. Bureau, and man!
others. .th'I - a'.a
, Thursday evening an informal re
ception to the distinguished guest
and the delegates to the conference
will be given by the Riverside Cham
Der of Commerce at the Glenwoo
Mission Inn. Saturday noon the Riv
erside Woman's Club will entertain
the visiting ladies in the women
headquarters.
The citizens of Riverside have ar
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Imperial Valley press., 1921-12-07
MEX|CAL| BALL
CLUB IS OUT OF
VALLEY LEAGUE
RolU BetlUeen Players at Holt
Uille Game Sunday Causes
Retirement of Crack Nine

A big row in Holtvillc Sunday end
ed the existence of the Mexicali base
ball club as a member of the Valley
league and caused the paying off of
lall players and their discharge.
It appears that one of the ~Holtville
players, either by accident or design,
Struck the third basenlan of the Mex
icali team and gave him an ugly
cash above the eye and that after the
inning the injured player is said to
have gone after his -assailant, when
trouble ensued. There are various
stories regarding it. but it appears
that the management of the Holtville
team strongly disapproved of it all
and appeared with the offending
manager at the league meeting last
night and expressed regrets for the
paid off the manager and
discharged him as an evident Of their
good faith.
The men who manage the Holtville
team are good sports and stand for
clean baseball and will not stand for
rowdyism as was shown by their ac-
tion in dealing heroically with the sit
uation and appearing at the league
meeting.
1t is said that the reason given for
the disbanding of the Mexicali team
was the trouble at Holtville as it was
feared that when other teams would
come to Mexicali that possible trou-
Bile might ensue and this General
Rodriguez did not want. The gener-
al, who has been the backbone of the
game, is good sport and has done
everything possible to give the pat
rons of the team good, clean baseball
and thus far the very best of order
has been maintained.
The general is reported as saying
that the main object in organizing a
baseball team and entering the league
was for the purpose of creating a
closer alliance and better feeling be-
tween the two countries. This was
accomplished so far as Calexico was
concerned, but he feared that the
Holtville incident might cause trouble
when other teams came to play and
the object Of the team not be attained
and things aggravated instead Of be-
ing made better. This was the state
ment made, in effect, this morning to
Captain Stevens, who regrets the re-
tirement of the Mexicali team.
Other reports are that the team
has not been given the support ex-
pected or deserved and that the finan-
cial hackers, or the ones who should
have been the financial hackers, weak
ened when the team did not march
straight to victory every time. The
team was a good one, stood second IN
the league and had good chance for
first place.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-12-07
ELKS' SUPPER

A supper before the regular meet
vlg of the Elks' lodge will be given at
the club rooms Thursday evening at
$3.50 o'clock. All the members of the
lodge are requested to be present. If
possible, telephone 800 and notify the
steward that you are coming; but at
all events be there. This is to be I'M
tiation night and big doings are on the
program.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-12-07
REv|SEO TAX
LAWS, FUND
EUROPEAN
| D A \ s
Secretary of Treasury Adj
vises That Government
Must Practice U mos t
Economy and Avoid Any
New Undertakings

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7-Further
revision of the tax laws, with a re-
duction of the maximum increase in
surtax rates to 20 or 25 per cent, and
adjustment of the rates on business
profits and estates, is suggested by
Secretary Mellon in his first annual re-
port, transmitted today to Congress.
The treasury secretary also an
nounces that the treasury's policy
with respect to deferment of the SOL
diers' bonus is unchanged, and urges
prompt funding of the ten billions OF
dollars of foreign loans as "one of the
outstanding needs of the present eco
nomic situation
Mr.. Mellon informs congress that
the maturity within the next six
months of $6,75O,O 100000 of the short
dated debt "makes it imperative that
the government pursue policy OF the
utmost economy and avoid new under
takings that would burden the treas
ury and embarrass the funding opera
tions" with respect to the floating
debt.
Revenue revision is the subject up
lon which the secretary lays the most
stress. He says the changes i'll the
tax law voted by Congress last month
"give substantial relief to business
and industry, and restore in some
measure the freedom of business
transactions, but our system. OF taxa
ton still requires careful and thought
| ful consideration" He then proceeds
TO saw that if the loss of revenue re-
sulting from the reductions in surtax
and other rates suggested cannot be
made up "by rigid economy in eX-
tpenditures," it can be met "either by
placing a tax on certain specific arti-
cles, or by low rate general tax on
broad class Of articles or transac-
tons"
at is of vital Importance Mr..
Mellon declares, "that adjustment be
made in our scheme of taxation
whereby the burden will not fall un-
dulv. either directly or indirectly, on
any particular class, and at the same
time will not seriously interfere with
productive industry and the general
prosperity.
! "Jt would not seem either wise or
necessary to change from our present
system of taxation to new and un-
tried plans. BY retaining the IN
|creasement tax with reasonable sur
tax rates, which in peace times ultl-
|mately should not rise above ten per
cent, taxpayers would still be re-
lo,ired to contribute in proportion to
their ability to pay; while by placing
Ia certain amount of tax on specific
articles or classes of articles, or trans
actions. also low rate, that they coulo
readily be borne without injury, the
increasement tax could be materially
simplified, the tax laws could be more
readily administered and at the same
thine the needed revenues would bt
raised without the evil effects now re
lsulting from the present excessive
Traits of taxation
Imperial Valley press., 1921-12-07
RATE REDUCTION JANUARY /

The recent cut in freight rates of 10
per cent on agricultural products an
nounced by the Southern Pacific
company has been confirmed by order
of the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion and will become effective Janu-
ary /, it was announced by c. W.
Runge, division freight and passenger
agent, this morning.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-12-07

The Calexico Lodge, F. & A. M,
will hold a memorial service this eve
ming at the lodge rooms of the order
for Past Master Carlton Brown of that
lodge. Local Masons are requested to
attend.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-12-07
ELECTRICAL CONTEST

Through the Hoiton Power Com
pany, the Boy Scouts and High
School students of Imperial Valley
are engaged in friendly contest
Electrical Merchandise Orders de-
signed for use as Christmas gifts
have been issued by the company, and
when properly made out are redeem
able at any of the valley electrical
stores for household electrical appli-
ances. The prizes awarded will be
given to the persons selling the high
est voltage over 5000 watts. The
first prize is $45 vacuum cleaner
second prize a $40 portable electrical
stove, third price, $40 electric iron
Imperial Valley press., 1921-12-07

Regular election Of officers Of the
Ell Centro Lodge No. S84, F. & A. NJ,
was held last Monday night in the Ma
sonic Temple. The following Off
GERS were elected: James R. Ford
W M; Charles l.. Childers, S. w.; ]
L. House, J. w.; Judge Franklin j
Cole, treasurer; c. w. Barton, secre.
tary, and Mont J. Reid, trustee.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-04
THE ROCK OF AGES.

Ten thousand men and women made a pilgrimage
last week to rock at Somerset. England TO pay
tribute 70 Its influence upon human life.
The great rock stands on the edge Of a gorge
through which terrific storms. at times, rage with
devastating force.
one hundred and fifty years ago. one OF those
tempes,s swept through this gorge man took
shelter beneath this rock
It was August Toplady. He went home to write
the Rock OF Ages
What he felt then has been transmitted during tie
years 70 the Tar places Of earth.
It has ben suns in triumph IN the little chapels OF
vldernesses and ii has been chanted in suppcat!o7
deserts.
To numberless men and women the song has
been source OF comfort in sorrow and through it
countless others have opened up their hearts in an
appeal FOR strength and protection in the stress Of
life.
Hearing It. the hopeless have taken new courage
10 meet LIES battles Singing It. the serene Of mind
and heart given TO thankfulness 10 thei-
source Of strength
To write song that lasts Ions after the nerncry
o. The writer erased In itself a great triumph
To write one that lifts men 10 better things Is a
greater one.