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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-08-27
21 %
of Advertiser 10 Make
PREMIUM LIST FOR 1921

/. tCont'nned from rase %
undcr years a.
10 Senior sow pir pam
bred - 2 h
SO Junior SOW pis pure
bred s4....s H.
DEPARTMENT "p"~~srrrp
nulc J. Entries IN ,hls department.
close a, 30 ocloek q m frs day
o. tho fair
Rule ? Al sheep muei have been
evenly and closely ahorn on or anof
March }. 1874 This applies 70 an
classes
Rule 3 Flock Ram. any agc.
eve years old or over eve year
old and under ,. and eve lamb Or
ram any axe
Rule g Pens -Four lamba. either
sex So, ~ ram. bred and ownoa by
exhibitor
Lot i--nophahlre
81 Ram, years and osert5 81 "
S. Ram year under 2 r.
S. Eve. years and over r.
70 Eve, year and
under a. @ a.
~ Champion ram. any
axe .s.s. Ribbon
"a champion eve any
age e......... Ribbon
same classification for other breeds
DEPARTMENT "E'-pouLrRY
Premiums wilI BE- paid 90 Al stand
ard xarloties Of chickens
Enter .afieiy
All birds wiil BE- judged by eompari
son and the JUDGES viii USE as
guide the new American standard u
Perfection
THn term cock hen "eoekrei.
and "pulet1 are thua defined coee
and hen birds ha.shea prior 70 1921
Cocsrol aud puIIel birds ha,rhe
during 1881 A breeding Pen shalt
consist of one male and four females
any ave ~ same variety
~ Cock +..t.....s. 81 50 81 n
a5--Hen .4...+.s@.. 30 X
70 rockrel - igo 1 a.
~ Pallet .....s.. $50 4 r.
= Exhibition Pen 500 x
DEPARTMENT "F"--AoRicuLTURE
y SCOTT supt
Such exhibits az are desired BY The
Fair Association will be retained Tor
he County Exhibit ~ the state Fair.
ITO be continued next Saturday.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-06-04
RATE FIGHT
DEVELOPS
REPR|SAL.
PLAN
Cantal0upe Distributors Be-
gin Diversion Of Car Lot
Shipments From Southern
Pacific to Rival Transport
Lines.

Petltioning in various forms from q
straight quid pro quo business PROPOSE
ton to humble supplication on Bonded
knees with tears in their eyes, having
failed to secure the cantaloupe grow
ers of the valley any relief from the
ruling freight charges made by the
Southern Pacific railroad for hauling
the Imperial Valley melon crop to the
market, the melon distributors have
started little war of car diversion to
see if it will not expedite action by the
railroad officials in helping along d
cut in the eXtortionate charges.
Yesterday with the very willing aid
of field agents of competing roads the
distributors began switching cars from
the Southern Pacific at Tucson to ,he
Ell Paso & Southwestern instead of al
Ell Paso as has been the practice. This
it is said will cut the revenues of the
Southern Pacific from imperial Valley
cantaloupes at least 25 per cent.
Seventeen cars were diverted the
first day and it is expected that by the
first of next week, more than 100 cars
day will be rolling over, the rival
line. While no saving in freight rate
is made, the shippers are adopting this
method of hitting the Southern Pacific
in its pocketbook as means of ex-
pressing their disapproval of the fail
ure of the railroad officials to show
interest in the future of the fruit and
vegetable business.
R. B. Voolfolk of the American fruit
distributors, at the cantaloupe meet
ing expressed his disapproval of the
attitude assumed by the railroads. He
suggested split shipments and the
need of taking extreme measures
since all others have failed. "Under
existing conditions one-half the crop
may be left in the valley, with no rev
enue to the railroads." he said. mine
ty-nine per cent of the Southern Pa
cific officials are with us. but it is the
other l per cent that we must con-
vert
"If the growers lose money, Their
the distributors lose." declared F. H.
SPEECH. II have have never known it
to fail All of US are here for one
common cause. Under the present
shipping rates it will be impossible to
move the crop" He expressed his
alarm at the way in which the markets
have opened.
The following is the present status
of the cantaloupe movement: Car ship
ments yesterday, IA; shipments to
Imperial Valley press., 1921-06-04
RUTH A. NANCE
AND DR.. BURGER
ARE TO MARRY
Ceremony viii Take Place
Monday at Home of Brides
Parents in Los ANGELES.

Many Obs and Abs of pleasant sur
prise were expressed by the many
friends of Ruth Adams Nance and Dr..
IA. Burger, when the news of their
wedding to take place cn Monday, June
9th, was Inadvertently made known
today.
The ceremony will be performed at
high noon in the rose garden at the
home of the brides parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. L. O. Adams of West 31st street,
Los Angeles. The wedding service with
the ring ritual will be pronounced by
the brides father, Rev. L. O. Adams
assisted by Rev. Smith of Emmanuel
Presbyterian church, Los Angeles.
Miss Avanella Adams is to be maid
of honor and Mrs. Robert R. Weeks
of San Pedro, Mrs. Raymond Price of
Pasadena and Mrs. Frank r. Holt of
San Francisco, all s. ters of the bride,
Will act as brides maids.
Roy Burger of this city and brother
of the groom, is to be best man.
The bride will wear beautiful i'm
ported real lace afternoon gown
trimmed with hand painted orchids in
hoop effect. Her hat will be an orchid
picture hat, while shoes and stockings
to match will complete the costume.
The brides maids will be gowned in
pastel shades of organdie. The bride
travelling costume will be a brown
habit.
The future Mrs. BurgeA has been a
resident of Imperial for the past six
years and during most of that time
was secretary of water company No.
II. DIR. Burger is a son of Mr.. and
Mrs. e. w. Burger of this city and has
been practicing physician here since
1915 when he was graduated from
Washington University of st. Louis.
DIR. Burger is we'll and popularity
known here and served over seas dur
ing the world war. After a two weeks
honeymoon on the coast the happy
couple will return to Ell Centre where
they will make their future home. A
second honeymoon of months dura-
ton is planned for the coming August.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-06-04
City Dads Promise
Ell Centric Will Not
Get Bad Paving Work

cessity of any alarm or rear that any
inferior work will be left in and ac-
cepted, as we feel that it is our duty
as citizens and taxpayers to see that
FL Centre gets the very best of work.
In justice to Mr.. Bragg, we wish it
known that he had no voice in any way
in the appointment of Mr.. Hanes as
Inspector, as he was out of town at
the time Mr.. Hanes was appointed No
member of the board and particularly
Messrs. Pitzer and Sones have ever,
at any time, made the statement that
they would not care to ask Mr.. Hanes
to resign because he was a relative of
Mr. Bragg. Mr.. .Ianes has offered
two different times TO resign if he was
causing any friction.
THE council feel that the citizen
of FL Centre have confidence in their
integrity to the extent that they know
that no employee of the city could hold
a position if he was not doing the
work required of him, in a satisfac-
tory manner, regardless of whose
relative he might be-"
Imperial Valley press., 1921-06-04
JUBILEE SONGS
WILL DELIGHT
At N. {. CHURCH
COlOred Musicians to Render
Program of Unusual Excel
leRce at Benefit Sunday EUe-
ming.

A great many years ago band of
colored jubilee singers from the south
ern states of Tennessee and Alabama
toured the entire United States giving
concert program made up of Negro
camp meeting and folk songs, relig-
ious hymns and other vocal renditions
as only an assembly of Negro voices
can give. The tour attracted the
greatest attention and won praise
from audiences in every big city and
town in the country.
Since then colored jubilee singers
have been most popular wherever
heard, and the really capable and
trained voices of the negroes is rare
and refreshing musical treat fit for the
delectation of the most critical of au-
diences.
Sunday evening the people of Ell
Centre will have the opportunity of
hearing a jubilee concert of the high
est order and those who fail to attend
will not only miss rare treat but also
the chance to aid a most worthy cause.
The First Methodist Episcopal
church has secured a genuine jubilee
singers chorus, composed of rs of the
choicest vocal talent in the valley who
have been under training for some
time. They will give an hour program
Sunday evening at the church at Sixth
and Commercial streets. This is an
opportunity for the white people to
hear this splendid talent, and show the
proper encouragement to the colored
folks who are doing so much to Chris
tianize and educate their own people in
our valley The silver offering will
be benefit to one of their churches.
Come early. The program begins
promptly at s o'clock and is as fol-
lows:
Chorus = (a) awake, Jehovah
Reigns." (b) "He Lifted Me-"
Observation-Disclosures w. Shamel.
Jubilee Songs--(a) Camp Meet
ing" ID "Aint Coin to Study
War Any More"
Scripture response. n
Jubilee Songs-(a) "There's a
Meetin' Here Tonight" (b) Soldiers
of the Cross"
Reading-"When Milindy Sings"
(Dunbar) by Mrs. w. A. Payne.
Jubilee song-"Swing Low Sweet
Chariot"
Selections-Male Quartet. Choruses
selected.
Duet-"Hold Thou Ny Hand" Mrs.
Johnson and Mr.. Payne.
Reading-(a) God Had a Job for
Me-" dunbar; "When Gets Home"
(Dunbar) Mrs Payne.
Jubilee Song-"Steal Away to Je-
sus."
Male Quartet selections.
Jubilee songs-(a) Couldn't Hear
Nobody Pray" (b) "All My Sins Been
Taken Away"
Benedicti6n.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-06-04
EDUCATORS WILL
MEET JULY FOURTH

DES MONIES, Ia, June 4.-Der1-
ocracy in education is to be one of the
chief topics of discussion at the ma
tional convention of the National Ed
vocational association. to be held in Des
Moines next July 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8.
Among noted spe~lers at the con-
vention will be Herbert Hoover, Unit
ed States secretary of commerce;
Judge Ben Lindsay of the juvenile
court of Denver; DR.. r. H. Rhinehart
of Mills college; Chas. II. Barker, field
worker of the International Rotary;
Fannie Fern Andrews, authoress, of
Boston; William c. Bruce, editor of
the School Board Journal of Milwau-
kee; John A. H. Keith, president Of
the Indiana State Normal school at
Terre Haute, Ind; DR.. Thomas d..
Wood and George ID. Strayer of Col
umbia University; and John F. Sims,
president of the Stevens Point, Wis.
college. Other noted speakers will be
on the program, But have not definitely
accepted the invitations to attend, ac-
cording to Chas. K. Pye, local secre-
tary.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-06-04
MANY De A D
| \ D | R {
PUE BIO
FLOOD
Millions in Property Des-
trOyed in Storm Following
Yesterdays ClOudburst.
Score of Other Towns Suf-
fer Heavily.

PUEBLO, Colo, June 4.-The loss
of life here is estimated at 500 to 800
at 1:45 this afternoon. The property
loss is $10,0O0,000.
At O'Clock this morning the Foun-
tain river had washed out all bridges
entering the city, washed away all
railroad tracks and cut off all wire
communications. Hundreds of people
escaped fro mtheir homes barely with
their lives, losing all their property.
flooded practically to a depth of six
washed out.
DENVER, June 4-From all over
Colorado east of the Rookie, with the
heaviest damage and probable loss of
life reported from Pueblo, come mes
sages this morning telling terrible
lowing the cloudbursts yesterday
afternoon.
Reports from railroad sources in
Pueblo say that hundreds of lives have
been lost and great property damage
caused. Pueblo has been cut off from
all communication since midnight, the
were raging in the city. Early esti-
mates placed the property loss there
at $4,000,O0O.
According to the railroad report
there is 1-2 feet of water where the
Union depot stood. At Frederick.
Greeley, Fort Collins, Loveland from
three to four feet of water is reported
standing in the main streets. All
wires are down and the towns in dark
ness as the result of the flooding or
washing away of the power houses.
At Lafayette hundreds of cattle have
been drowned.
Col. Patrick Hammock, commanding
the Colorado state rangers received n
message from Pueblo asking every
available mag be sent there to assist in
rescue work.
Reports to the Associated Press
from all other Colorado points within
the flood area indicate more or less
serious damage with loss of life I'M
estimated. Just before noon special
representatives of the Associated
Press, equipped with wireless left Den
yer in airplanes in an attempt to reach
Pueblo.
The railroad yards of Pueblo are
chOked masses of debris, slime and
wreckage of trains and railroad equip
ment. Heavy rain is still falling
throughout the eastern section Of the
mountain area.
A Denver & Rio Grande train turned
turtle in the flood when the tracks
and ground beneath it were washed
away. Death and property loss can
not be estimated here.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-06-04
CUSTOMS CHIEF
ELOPES WITH
SCHOOL MISS
Cdleric0 Girl Jlts Man On Ere
Of Wedding 10 marry Mexican
GFaHdce.

A runaway marriage which set the
city OF CaleXieo by the cars and Great
c dmorc excitement and gossip than
any event IF the kind in years was
that Of Miss Ruby Stone, high school
girl, and Francisco VerdGgo, chief Of
the Mexican cas .Cms force 81 Mcxicali.
They were married in NJ Centre late
yesterday by Justice /. Mayhrl1, with
Miss Bessie Morris and William G..
Silver as witnesses.
Immediately after the ceremony Mr..
and Mrs. Verdugo left for Mexico City
where he has been called by his su-
periors. The bride is one of the most
popular members of CaleXico's Younger
social set and the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. Stone who are ranch owners
east of CaleXico. The bridegroom is
the son of Francisco VCrdugo, Sr., the
Mexican consul at San Diego, and a
member of one of the most prominent
families connected with the present
administration in Mexico.
The marriage was a great surprise
to everyone who knew either of the
young people because of the extreme
" short length of time that they had
been acquainted. Miss Stone was TO
have been married at 6 o'clock this
evening to Garnett Potts, manager Of
the CaleXico ice plant, and prepare
tons for the ceremony we're almost
completed when the news of the elope-
ment was received in CaleXico. The
brides parents were Frustrated by the
incident and for short time It was
thought that Mrs. Stone would not
recover from the shock.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-06-04
HOW MONEY
FROM BONDS
WILL BE: .
SPENT
Water Commissioner J. L.
Travers Issues Compre-
hensiye Statement on
Needs of City for New
Water System.

Next Thursday the people of Ell
Centric are to decide by special cleo
ton whether or not to issue bonds to
the amount of 100000 for the pur-
pose of improving, extending and re-
habilitating the water system of the
city.
j. L. Travers, the city water COM
missioner, who is devOting almost his
entire time to making an intelligent
explanation of the proposal to the
people that all may fully understand
the necessity of the bond issue, has
prepared a statement for the consid-
Grafton of the voters and taxpayers,
explaining just what i. is proposed to
do with the money derived from the
sale of the bonds in the event Of the
adoption of the proposal.
Mr.. Travers has also secured an
opinion from City Attorney j. S. La
rev which states that under the law
the bonds must be sold at par and Sc
crued interest, thus disposing of some
objection that has been made that the
full 100000 would probably not be
realized from the bonds if issued.
The explanatory statement of Com
missioner Travers follows:
at is proposed to purchase the 20
acres just south of the present water
works to use for settling basins. The
level of this land is practically three
feet lower than that OF cur present
basins, and it will be possible to let the
silt collect in the new basins without
cleaning. This will mean a saving to
the city of about $500 year on this
item. 1t is estimated that j. will take
at least sSyen. or eight years TO 'raise
the level of the land Is inches, and
that the land can then be sold for more
than it's present day value, as at a
height of Is inches above it's present
level it will still be susceptible of ir-
rigation. Now, it is actually costing
$40 per day to pump the silt out of
our present basins. And this figure is
just for labor and electricity and does
not provide anything for depreciation
and interest on equipment to handle
the silt. 1t is proposed to concrete the
present basins so that when the water
is settled on the proposed 20 acres, it
will remain clear and sanitary and
ready for the filter. Our present fit
ers have a capacity of 100000 gal
Ions in "a hours. and practically three
Imperial Valley press., 1921-06-04

The members of the city council
held an informal meeting at the city
hall this morning to discuss the state
ment given in The Press of Thursday
by Philip w. Knight, former city en-
gineer, touching his reasons for ten
dering his resignation from that Of
flee.
Mayor w. A. Reams, just elected to
fill the position in place of Councilman
C. f. Sones, presided at the meeting
and all the other members of the
board, Messrs. Sones, c. E. Pitzer, j.
L. Travers and S. e. Bragg We're pres
ent.
After fully discussiDy the matter in
all it's aspects Mayor Reams and the
members of the council signed the
following statement in answer to Mr..
Knight:
"The board of trustees regret the
necessity of putting the matter of
street paving and curbing before the
people in this manner, but inasmuch
as our former city engineer, Philip W.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-06-04
MARKET
BECOMING STABLE

Prior to recent rains which have
done a great amount of damage to the
hay, markets had become stable and
were yielding the grower something
nearly cost to him. AS result of the
recent rains, thereby reducing the i'm
mediate supply, the market for No. l
dairy is somewhat bare and prices
are firm at around $24O0 to $500 in
Los Angeles. This rSice will no doubt
be maintained by the great underly-
ing strength of the alfalfa situation,
except for the possibility that hay
from district not yet organized may
overstock temporarily the central
market. We must bear in mind in this
connection that individual dealers are
as powerless as individual growers in
maintaining a stabilized market under
such conditions.
However, we are pleased to say,
that nearly all districts producing al
falfa hay, are alive to the situation
and are learning the necessity of CO.
operation in full strength in order to
Stabilize markets and make it possible
for them to exist.
Realizing the necessity of concerted
action in full strength alfalfa growers
80 per cent strong in the section north
of MERGED county, have organized the
Northern California Alfalfa Growers
association as part of our state asso-
(ciation land we confidently expect, as
a result, that the markets north will
soon be stabilized as they are in the
south. There were 600 tons received
in Los Angeles, so tons held over week
ending May 2Sth.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-06-04
BOGUS MONEY
MEN CAPTURED
OBy United Press)

SEATTLE, Wash, June 4.--Uncle
Sam by and large is "A mighty easy
going old fellow. There is one thing,
however, that he is mighty particular
about, and that is that nobody starts
playing tricks with his money. Day
and night. year in and year out, the
hunt by secret service uien goes on
for men who think they have a scheme
to make bills or coins $50 that YOU
can't tell the difference" Uncle Sam
will spend any amount of money, per-
haps good deal more than the coun-
terfeiter would have passed, and will
stay on the job any number of years
in order to catch and nut behind the
bars a man who wants to start up as
a competitor of the mint.
Hugh c. Hamilton, 80, an eX-eOnvict
is being held here on a charge OF c0un-
terfeiting. Two glass negatives for
printing SIS federal reserve notes were
found in his possession. lie claimed
they We're given to him by lifer in
the state penitentiary. A. l.. Butts,
30, was arrested at the same time, and
will be held as witness. Butts, Il Is
said, had been purchasing Dhotogra-
phic supplies for Hamilton. In add.
ton to the glass plates, five film mega
tives of IS reserve notes were found
together with bleaching material, de-
veloper, and silk threads for use in
initiating banknote paper.
Hamilton claims 10 have brought
the plates from prison in the false
bottom of small box he carried.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-06-04
ABSORPTION
Of MUTUALS
HEARTILY
FAVORED
Mass Meeting FavOrs TAX
ing Over of Smaller Com
panies for Sake of More
Economical Administra-
ton.

Consolidation of the mutual water
companies with the irrigation district
and operation of the water distribution
system of Imperial County under one
head would be the most satisfactory
method possible and would make for
economy and better service in the
opinion of about so per cent of the
men present at a mass meeting at the
High school building this morning. A
resolution in favor of the proposed
consolidation, as oiflined by the Cali
fornia bond commission was adopted
by vote of about four to one, approx
imately 300 intereste dfarmers, water
company directors and members of the
various chambers of commerce partic-
ipating.
The resolution was proposed after a
number of arguments for and against
had been heard, the principal speakers
being directors of the irrigation dis
trict and mutual water company di-
rectors.
President Nickerson of the Irriga-
ton district directorate spoke briefly
of the ultimatum issued bv the bond
NbliiiAilSSioU III NiANn NUt
of the various interests was made the
basis on which future bond issued by
the irrigation district would be APP
proved. He paved the way for Director
r. b. McPherrin's explanation of the
proposed consolidation. Mr.. McPher-
rim told of the various methods by
which the change could be made and Of
the benefits which will accrue from
such step, laying emphasis on the
fact that under one administrative
head that more economical admins.
tration and better water service could
be expected.
Most of the opposition was ex-
pressed by c. F. Boarts Of No. 8 and
Superintendent Moughmer of No. IL.
While their arguments were received
with interest they apparently had lit
tie influence on their auditors.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-06-04
ONE-FOURTH STATE
CONVICTS PAROLED
(By Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, June 4.-Nearly "a
per cent of the 3,743 prisoners regis
tered at Folsom and San Quentin pen
itentiaries are out on parole, the re-
port of E. H. Whyte, state parole of
ficer shows. The exacc number pa
rolled is 1893.
Fifty-six were paroled in April and
of these IL violated their parole, ac-
cording to the report, two by commit
ting crimes and others by failing to
report or not complying with other re-
quirements.
Whites report shows paroled men
earned $67,082.16 in April of which
they saved S16,770.54. Nearly 5000
men have been paroled since 1893
when the parole law became effective.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-06-04
C.. E. RALLY CALLED
SUNDAY AFTERNOON

A. S. Farley, president. of the I'm
perial County Christian Endeavor Un-
ion, has issued statement urging all
Endeavorers to attend -conven-
ton rally to be held at the State
Street Christian church in Ell Centre
Sunday, June 5, at 2:30 p. m.
Referring to the state convention he
sends out the following:
The 34th annual convention of the
California Christian Endeavor Union
is to be held this year at Glendale,
near Los Angeles, June rs to 80. Lo-
cal Endeavorers are showing much in
terest in the convention this year ow-
ing to the fact that the state union
is in race with the Ohio union to
see which can register the larger at
tendance.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-06-04

Knights, has seen fit to make state
ments which do not conform to our
understanding in the matter, we feel
that there is nothing else that we
could do.
Mr.. Knights has never come before
the board at meeting to complain re-
garding the way the work was being
done or the inspection of the work
This matter was taken up by him with
Messrs. Pitzer and Sones who notified
the street superintendent to see that
all specifications were complied with.
The contractor has never asked for
any acceptance of his work, and we
want to assure the people that at the
time he asks for sSch acceptance of
work, we will see that all work is in
first class condition. There is no ne