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Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-06

claimed by the organizers OF the
movement.
The first effect of the revised esti-
mate was to cause cotton to sell otI,
January contracts going under II
cents, but since then with good
conditions in the cotton goods
trade prices have advanced about
two cents the pound. Exports OF
cotton since June have been well
above those of the corresponding
months of last year, and there Is
some feeling in the British cotton
trade that world stocks OF cotton
goods are low and that better bty-
ing is not far off. Trade in India
is rnfavorably affected by the patri-
otic boycott of British goods.
The Governments final report
makes this country's production of
wheat about 54,000,000 bushels above
former figures. Exports for the
twenty-five weeks ended December y,
as reported by Bradstreet's aggregated
231,O0O,000 bushels against 238,000,Q00
in the corresponding time last year.
The market has been unsettled and
fuctuating, but at the end of Decem-
Der was upon about the same level as
at the beginning. The worlds needs
and supplies seems to be closely bal
anccd in this crop, but the growing
, crop in this country is rated at a low
condition.
: The West has d surplus of corn
; which rests heavily upon the market,
i but prices have held their own during
. the past month, and gained couple
: of cents, partly on the strength of
psDsDeStaSe purchases for Russia.
n Cattle afe depressed, but hogs around
, 81 per hundrcd-weight in Chicago
Weld a fair return to the farmer who
has grown a good crop of corn. Dairy
I products also are bringing fair prices.
Farmers who own their land and
= are out Of debt can get along very
:, we'll under present conditions, although
u local taxes have been pushed up III
y recent years until they are as much
as rent was twenty years ago. Far
ncrs who went into debt for land al
/ the prices ruling two years ago have
:; an interest charge which cannot be
II met from the land. This will be the
e first year in great many i'll which
II numerous defaults will occur in tht
payment of interest upon farm mort
cages.
= There is good reason to believe tina
in present prices for farm products ar
a about the lowest that will be seen
Mt The last two seasons have been TN
is usually favorable for the grain crops
cs The carry-ovcr OF wheat certainl
OF will not be large and the growing GRO
at has a poor start. 1t would be re
ay markablc to have another bumper cor
< Weld after three great crops and thcr
T. is reason to believe that less corn Wi
+ he planted this year. Moreover, it
in likely that the hog crop will be in
c creased. During the years when cor
:, brought high prices, it became tn
gc popular thing to sell corn and goo
gs many farmers got out OF hogs. The
C. are likely to get back to a more event
1n balanced agriculture, with more mile
gc COWS, more pigs, moro grass and for
an age crops and more scientific culture
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-06
NEW VIGOR AND LIFE
IN NEW DISCOVER I

Any person who has lost "pcp" and
vitality may try new discovery en-
tircly free. Wonderful new chemical
in extract from bark of African tree
renews vitality and brings new life
and vigor to every part. Superior to
famous gland treatments. Minister
says: "1t is Il gift from the hand OF
Cod Full week treatment entire
Iy free. Simply send name and ad-
dress to the Stunz Laboratories, Dept.
325, 100 Coca Cola Bldg. Kansas
City, Mo. Ask for 81 box OF ke-Blld-
Tabs. If they help you, pay th2 lab
oratories $500. Otherwise you owe
nothing
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-06
TO UNKNOWN OWNER OF ES-
TRAY ANNALS.

The following described cstray do
mcStc animals were taken up ard arc
now confined by me at the II. l..
Boone ranch formerly Eddy ranch)
one mile west of Eucalyptus School
house on San Diego highway, and !
ono fourth mile south. If not claimed
thirty 500 days from date said ami
mails will be delivered to the Shcriff
Of Imperial County on the 9th day Of
February, 1929, to be sold for charges
such sale to be at said ranch at 1C
o'clock AN. of said day.
One % black and white Holstcin
COW, no brands, dehorned.
One % black Holstcn cow, with
white between front legs, and ne
brands.
One % black Iolstein COW, nC
brands.
One % black Jersey, dehorncd, NJ
brands.
All of above are dry stock an
from six (6) to ten 10) years old
II. l.. BOONE.
Dated January 4, 1922.
Jan 5-12-19-26.
GSNRrrS
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-06
CERTIFICATE Or COPARTNER-
SHIP TRANSACTING BUSINESS
UNDER FICTITIOUS UAME

We, the undersigned, do hereby
certify that we are now, and at all
times since November 1st, 1920, have
been copartners transacting gcncr-
al mining, hauling, trucking and eX
cavating business under the firm
name and style of "Alumbaugh {,
Sons; that the principal place of
business Of said copartncrship is II
Centre, California; and that the
names in full of all members of SAID
copartncrship and their respective
residences are as follows, to-Wit:
J. S. Alumbaugh, residing at 7@f
Orange St, Ell Contro, California.
c. j, Alumbaugh, residing at 79c
Orange ST., Ell Centre, California.
c. C. Alumbaugh, residing at 612
Holt ST., FL Centre, California.
In witness whereof we have hcrcun-
to set our hands this 18th day Of De
ccmber, 1921.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-06
NOTICE or PETITION FOR PRO
BATE OF WILL
IN TlIE SUPERIOR COURT OF rNI

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF TIL
COUNTY OF IMPERIAL, STATE
or CALIFORNIA.
In the matter OF the es tate uf lcou l.
Hcbert, deceased.
Notice is hereby CiVan Sat a urti
tion for the probate Of Inc viii Of
Leon L. Hcbcrt, doreaaed, aud for ~
issuance to Verne = Iebert of let.
tcrs tcstamentarY, has been filed in
this court, and shat sIiday, the 18th
day of January. a, y, 1922, ut two
o'clock p, M of said 6aT, at the court
room of Department one of said court.
at the Court House N the City Of III
Centre, County OF Imperial, State OF
California, has been set for the hear
ing of said petition, when and wherr
any person interested may appear AID
contest the same, and show cause, il
any they hive, why said t.cti.iou
should net 3c granted.
DATED December %, 1874.
(ScaD Vi, S. COOK,
Clerk.
BY s. E. KIRK,
Deputy Clerk.
HickcoX, Crenshaw & Trude, Attor-
neys for petitioner.
Dee 27, rs, 20, 30, 81, Jan. 8, {, g, s,
Z,
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-06
J. s. ALUMBAUGH.,
G.. j. ALUM MBAUGH.'
C. G.. ALU MBAUGli.
State of California, County Of Impcri

State of California, County Of Impcri
AIS.
On this 10th day of December, 1921
before me, j. J. Simmons, a Notary
Public in and for the said County o
Imperial, residing therein, duly com
missioned and sworn, personally an
peared j. S. AlumbauGh, c. }. Alum
baugh, and G. c. Alumbaugh, known
to me to be the persons described il
and whose names are subscribed to th'
foregoing instrument, and they ne
knowledgcd to me that they execute
the same.
(Notarial SeaD J. ]. SIMMONS,
Notary Public in ard for the County
of Imperial, State of California.
Dec. 16, 23, 30, Jan. 6, Is.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-06

The operation of railway repair
shops always has been regarded as
matter Of policy within the dis
cretion OF the management. If a
company can save money by opcr-
ating its own shops it should do so,
and by the same reasoning if money
can be saved by letting out the
work, that should be done. The
railroads are maintained primarily
to give service to the public, and
the public is entitled to have them
operated upon a level of costs cor
responding to what the public pays
and receives for like labors and SER
vices. Continuity Of service and
merit in service may we'll be Tecog-
nized, but compensation should be
based upon the value of services
rendered. Any other system would
make railroad employees a favored
class, at the expense, not of the rail-
road companies, but Of the public,
including millions Of people who
have less pay than the railroad men
We have {. letter from Mont
gomcry, Ala, in which the writer
says
"Thc producers arc forced % sell beef fo
from l1z to ) cents per pound and hide
for from ! to cents and the consumer
pay from 25 to 40 cents per pound 10
steak and from IS to SIS per pair TO
shoes. The same is true OF all other prod
ucts. The negro porters CT rallway tram
get Il salary OF from Sl00 to, $500 per mont
fo- eight hours Of easy work 4 day; Will
tho farm lahorors work from 10 u IA hour
day in the dew and cold and receive
salary Of from 50 to SIS per month, an
the farmer loses money pay ing that salary
Something is radically wrong and / tea
the result will not he good for our country.
The prospect is for cessation o
coal mining when existing contract
> expire on April 1st The pay 70
mining coal is SO far above wha
it was before the war that the prlc
of coal is one of the most seriou
: obstacles to the general reductio
g of living costs and til re.iTal {
; industry. The increas It
= coal and increased 9" trans
c portation are causinl more men
5 plovmcnt and more hardship in tn
: country than any other two intll
- cnces that can be named. No pr
dlCtlOnS can be FentuIcd dS 70 Niie
y industry will be running full tin
L 50 long as it 1abors under sue
G handicaps
e Agricultural Conditions
& Conditions in the agricultural Sc
d tons arc far from inspiring, but
" the cotton country the feeling is
little better. The final governme
estimate upon the cotton crop
&c S.340O00 bales, which compar
n. with the October estimate
lc 6,537,OO0 bales, an increase tn
Up might have been expected to pl
os smash with the market. The c
re- p1anation given for this cXtrae
Or dinary revision is that the Depal
at mcnt of Agriculture was crippled
to the bureau OF estimates by redr
n ton of its force of investigate
n and was mislcd as to the acrea
al planted in cotton. The ginnln
~ proved the inaccuraoy OF the {
ne tobcr estimate and the conclusi
n seems to- be forced that the acrea
c curtaiimont was much les tn
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-06

TN an industrial forecast for 1922
it is necessary to consider the
causes of the depression, chief
among which is the unbalanced re-
lationship between the prices OF
farm and other primary products on
the one hand, and the prices OF
manufactured goods, transportation
service and various other products
and services on the other hand.
The final estimates Of the Depart
mcnt OF Agriculture upon the I3zI
crops give them a market value to
the farmers $4,000, ,0000 900 below the
value of the crop Of 1913 and
$3,400, 100000 below the value Of the
crop of 1920. These are figures OF
great significance. The farmers
have produced nearly as much in
quantity, but it has been valued IN
the exchanges at less than onc-halt
the figures of 1910. As other prod
ucts and services have not declined
in like degree, the farmers must buy
much less, and all the industries are
suffering in consequence.
1t is useless to expect d return to
normal conditions while this dis
parity OF compensation between
great bodies of producers exist. 1t
is unfair and it establishes an
effective blockagc against a revival
OF business. 1t i, time that the bust
ness community took cognizancc OF
the situation, and set itself to the
task OF correcting il. The argument
that stock on hand was purchased
at higher prices has lost whatever
force it ever had Merchants who
are interested III the return OF pros
perity should do their part for it
and one of their duties is 70 reduce
operating costs
In l9lgc part the situation i.
~h~Igrablc to the action OF organ
izad labor in clinglng to the war
time wage rates. Raw material
and foodstuffs have had great dc
cline at wholesale. but between tn
wholesale markets and consumer
the cost OF handling and manufac
turing has not declined in like pro
portions. The effect is to obstruc
the distribution OF goods and throl
millions OF W4gc-Carners out OF EN-
ploymcnt, at the same time kecpin
up the cost OF livin@ Oh the entir
wapc-c-rning population. In tn
aggregate there Is 10 gain, but
great loss, to the wagc-earncrs as
class.
Railroad Wages
The railroad companies AT
STRUGGLING with difficult situatio
ard although their efforts are i'll Il
public interest they have little he
from tic public. Railroad wag
in shops and for common labor a
so far above the wages paid fC
similar work along their lines tn
the companies find it practicable
make important SAVINGS by COZ
tracing Tor their repairs and muC
other work. The New York Ccn'r
has contracted for frcight-handlr
at some OF its terminals, and Il
Eric has contracted Tor track-mai
tcnaucc ovlr portion Of its lin
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-06

The imperial Valley Press cannot
guarantee the accuracy or assume re
sponsbiity for more than ono incor-
rect insertion of any advertisement
ordered for more than one time.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-06

RATES-The rate for Inserting rrc-
paid Classified or Liner Advertise
mcnts in the Imperial Valley Press is
/ cent per word each insertion, If paid
in advance. Minimum charge rs cents.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-06

Classified advertising CHARGED TO
ACCOUNTS will be at the rate of Y
cents per word, with u minimum
charge of 25 cents.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-06

Errors not the fault of the advcr-
tiser which clearly lessen the value of
the advertisement, will be rectified
only by republication without extra
charge on presentation of claim withlh
rive davs after insertion. No allowance
will be made when the eror does not
materially effect the sense or purpose
of the advertisements
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-06

Classified ads run till forbidden, and
cannot be killed by phone.
Legals, SO cents and 80 Genus.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-06

ISTRAYED OR sTOLEN-Jersey COW;
dark face, small horns, heavy bag,
going to be fresh. Notify p. o. Box
1877, Weist.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-06
SPECIAL NOTICES

BABY CHICKS-Book your order now
for early spring chicks from our Sc
Iectcd stock of 1000 birds. S. G. White
Leghorns only-the laying strain.
Stcelcs' Egg Ranch, Moneta, Calf.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-06

LIST YOUR HOUSES, furnished or un
furnished, for rent or sale at 603
Park Avenue.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-06

GDAPEFRUIT--Wh not come to my
home and get grapefruit and or
angos al half the cost in town or at
the packing plant? G. i. Harrison,
three-quarters mile south on 8th st.
Home for sale or trade.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-06

NOTICE TO LETTUCE GROWERS
viii have trucks in lei Centre We'd
ncsday to haul lettuce from fields
to packing house and station. Terms
reasonable, address, Box 1913 I.V.Press
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-06

BABY CHTX Buff. white and brown
Leghorns; Anconas, Black Minorcas,
Buff OrpingtonS; Il. l. Reds; and
Barred and White Rocks. Ready
Jan. 10. Enoch Crews, Scabright Cal.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-06

1900 BABY CHICKS, due Dec. 81, w.
LcGhoruS. 1ic; II. Rocks and Reds
15c. Hyde, Euclid and Imperial
Avenue.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-06

Classified advertisements accepted
according to tho following rates and
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-06
Current Business Conditions
By GEORGE E. ROBERTS

National City Bank OF New YORK Tor January
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-06

10000 HATCHING EGGS WANTED
We pay bonus. Imperial Valley
Hatchery half mile west of lIl Cen
tro. Phone 6W1-2
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-06
DATE, 0FESIIOOIS

lave quite a number of date off
shoots to be taken from proven
bearing trees, that | would like to
make arrangemcn to plant and rc
tain an interest in them. These off
shoots are free from scale and In
groups of from to 20. Call at
Timkin Date Ranch west of ti
Centre or call J. L. Dudley, Mission
hpts, City.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-06
POI, LIR

FOR SAIE~-Ordcr those baby chicks
now. Reds, Rocks and White Leg
horns, the cheapest and best. Get our
prices. Kinks Hatchery, Sccicy. Tel
cphonc El Centre 2dFl2.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-06
Business Directory
PHYSICIANS

DIR. REX +. CUNNINGHAM
Osteopathc Physician
Office and Residence Phones, 572
532 Main Street Eel Centre, Calf
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-06
HELP WANTED-FENA

IWANTED-An unencumbercd women
to keep house for employed couple
Must understand the care of chill
dron and also cooking. Inquire
PRESS Office
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-06
LIVE STOCK
EXCHANGE
ESTRAY

2 MULES. / buckskin horse,
branded L on left front
shoulder. King & Han
cock, $40 Main St., Phone
347-W.
TO LET--FOR LEASE
SAEESM EN-57 miles per gallon made
with new patented gasdlinc vaporiz-
err Write for particulars, StranSkY
Vaporizcr Co. Pukwana. =. D.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-09-29
HoLYOKE JUDGE DIES AT
 NIOruER5S IN SrnHn

Judge Robert A. Allyn of Holyoke, Mass, died Wednesday afternoon at Stonington, this state. His illness dates back several nonths, but he had been failing steadily for several weeks. His death took place at the home of his mother, Mrs. H. E. Allyn. It was at Stonington or Charlestown that he was accustomed to spend his summer va cations year after year. He was great. ly liked as judge and by his associates at the bar.
 Robert A. Allyn was born at Holyoke son of the late Samuel B. Allyn, on Nov. ember g, 1869. He was educated in the Holyoke schools graduating from th4 Holyoke High school in 1888. He al ways took much interest in the higi school and was a prominent member O. the High School Alumni association serving as its president for severa years. His high school course was fol lowed by four years at Amherst college from which he was graduated in 1882 and he then west to Westfield and stud l fed law in the office of the late Alfre, L. Lilley. He married Miss Elizabet] Cooley of Westield.
 He was member of the Bay Stat l club and of William Whiting lodge 0 Masons. His appointment to the benc was in the early 1900's, following tn deaht. of Judge H. L. Sherman.
 Judge Allyn leaves besides his wid ow. two daughters, Mrs. Earl Poop C the Raymond Riordap sSNOd at High land, N. r., and Katherine, at home.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-09-29
INCIDENTS IN SOCIETY

Miss Catherine Gage, has entered Wellesley college.
 Arnold Smith is entertaining the fresh- man class at Williams college.
 Mir. and Mrs. Charles M. Cole of New port recently visited relatives in town.
 Miss Helen M. Lathrop has returned, after visiting in Worcester and Hartford.
 MT. and Mrs. c. Royce Boss returned early in the week from motoring trip through the White Mountains
 Mir. and Mrs. Lincoln Grant, of New York, were recent guests of their son in-law and daughter, MT. and Mrs. E. Howard Baker, Jr.
 Mir. and Mrs. Leonard 0. Smith and family have closed their cottage at Ocean Beach and are at Oldelms, their Wash ington street residence.
 After passing the summer in Europe Miss c. c. Bacheler spent week at hel home on East Town street, leaving this week for Dobbs Ferry on the Hudson where she is member of Miss Master. school.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-09-29
MUCH NORWICH PROPERTY NOT IN
 TAX LIST SAYS COMMISSIONERBLODGETT

Without casting reflection on your off cials, he said, want to say to you that your system in the assessors office is one of the most antiquated systems of Keeping track of valuations that there is n the state. It is antiquated. useless, bad. You must have change if you ex- pect to keep up with the growth of your community.
 Tax Map Essential
 Norwich needs a tax map and you need 1t real bad. You never will have proper reassessment without a map If you get a map, a reassesment, and card system you will have a system whereby each individual taxpayer can find out the why and wherefore. If there is an, equal assessment then every body gets fair play.
 maintain that a high assessment with low rate Is more advisable than | a low assessment with high rate. The grand list represents the assets of the | city. When you keep the grand list down and pay high rate you are kid ding nobody but yourself. Your assets represent your stability. The stock in trade of the city of Norwich is just as I important as the stock in trade of the individual. How are people to judge your l stability by your assets if you conceal them? Why conceal your assets? High Rate Keeps Manufacturers Out
 The concealing of your assets has a l tendency to keep manufacturers out of your community. Mir. Simons went on | to explain how low grand list and a high rate keeps manufacturers out of a Icommunity. A manufacturer who wish ed to locate a plant in Norwich would naturally inquire as to the grand list and the tax rate. He would naturally suppose that the property of Norwich was in the grand list at full value When he learned that the tax rate was 40 mills he would naturally suppose that lie would have to pay 40 mills on a million dollars investment. He would look else l where for lower tax rate. He would
 discover that the tax rate in Hartford
 was 20 1-2 mills. Looking further he
 would ind a town where the tax rate wal 12 mills and that would be the town il which he would locate his plant
 You now have a tremendous increas,
 in your tax rate each year, said Mir
 Simons. Why? Because of your un equal taxes. Your lists remain the sam,
 from year to year inspite of increasin, , property valuations, and you have to adC . | to your tax rate.
 MT. Simons said that it should not b f necessary to increase the tax rate in a town each year, as new buildings, if the, 5 are assessed and put into the lists, an, : increasing property valuations shoul T take care of any increase in town ex s pendftures.
 On motion of Arthur L. Peaie tn
 speakers were given a rising vote o a thanks. A number of questions regard
 ing taxation and reassessment were ask
 ed and answered by both Commissions
 Blodgett and MT. Simons before adjourn Iment was taken about 8.30 o'clock
 During the supper which was served b.
 the women of Hope Rebekah Lodge, Nc
 2i, 1. o. o. F., Swahn's orchestra ren
 dered a concert programme.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-09-29

You haven't had q reasgeasment for so long that you will find. as has been true of other towns, property that isn't in the grand list at all There Is more property in Norwich not in the tax list than any body can possibly suspect. said State Tax Commissioner William H. Glodgett of Hartford, who was the principal speak CT at the membership meeting of the Nor Wich Chamber of Commerce held Thurs day evening at Odd Fellows hall The entire meeting was given over to the subject of equitable taxation. During the course of his address Commissioner Blodgett made some rather startling re- veaiations in regard to real estate sell ing values as compared with the assess ors valuations as they appear in the grand list.
 Commissioner Blodgett said that he found that one piece of Norwich prop the list for only $7,000: another which sold for $1s,65o was in the list for s4.- 900. In an the commissioner quoted the selling values of 30 pieces of property comparing them with the assessors val l uation. These thirty pieces of property sold for $258, 300 and were In the tax list at $113.s76, or only 43.79 per cent. of their selling values.
 ] The meeting, which was the first of the fall membership gatherings of the cham Der. had an attendance of about 75 rep | resentative business men and manufac- turers of Norwich. At e:l5 o'clock a baked bean supper was served and at the close of the supper. Charles F. Wells, i president of the chamber of commerce called the gathering to order. State Tax l Commissioner Bfcdgett was introduced by President Wells as the first speaker
 Commissioner Blodgett Speaks
 When we talk about taxes we talk oi your money, said Commissioner Blodgett You have your own problems and yor know how to take care of them. don't come here to dictate. I want to discus; the question as tax commissioner
 I say that many towns have approach
 ed nearer solution of. the tax question than Norwich. There is room for i'm
 provement in Norwich. It is the old cas-
 where town falls into the way of doint
 thing certain way. Many towns in
 stead of assessing pass the hat Every
 body pays according to his conscience.
 Compares Sales and Assessors' valua tons
 made little investigation of your ta, . list. am making similar investigation
 Tn other towns in the state. Comnis , sioner Blodgett said that investigation 0 31 transfers of property in Norwic
 showed that the assessors valuation wa only 1879 per cent. of the selling val
 uation. He went on to quote yaluatio 2 figures on these 31 pieces of property a follows: