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Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-04
D R Y A GEN 7
ARRIVES ON
CLEAN j P
I R | P
Ell Centro Suddenly C es Dry
When Federal Prohibition
Officer Arrives in Town
Without Announcement

Ell Centre on New Years night
was probably just as wet as any other
town on the coast and there were prac-
tically no signs that prohibition and
the Volstead act and the 18th amend
ment had ever been heard of in the
community. Almost everybody that
wanted drink, or was used to taking
drink when they wanted it, had a
hip pocket supply that was apparently
ineXhaustible. The very wet celebra-
tion LASTED into the small hours of
1922.
Today FL Centre is as dry as the
whitened skeleton of dead coyote
bleached in the suns Of the waterless
desert. There is not even suspicion
of anything to drink that carries the
slightest kick.
Home brew, Swiss cider, grape juice
apple juice, corn-likker, red-eye, all
have disappeared from their accus-
toned haunts and the best you can get
is soda pop and ginger ale.
And the reason for all this is that
one w. L. Creston, who carries a neat
" engraved certificate showing that
he is an assistant prohibition enforce
ment officer and field deputy of the
revenue department, is in town.
II 1oto hnO n
a quiet survey of the local wet and
dry situation. He didn't find anything
serious to complain of but there was
a lot of fruit and other kinds Of juices
which were being dispensed that
might carry better than one-half Of l
per cent and he notified the dispens-
ers to stop business right quick. Suf-
flee to say, business stopped at once
E. Forest Mitchell, state prohibition
director ordered a cleanup of the
state few weeks ago and he made a
tour Of the state to personally ex-
anime into conditions.
The day before New Years all pro-
hibition agents were ordered into the
field to bring about the cleanup.
This had the effect of stopping wet
celebrations in most rural communi.
ties, but it left San Francisco, Los
Angeles and San Diego wide open, and
the vets taking advantage of the fact
tore the lid off and threw it away. Ir
all of these cities, alcoholic beverages
were dispensed openly and without in
reference.
The field deputy had too much ter
ritory to look after to get here II
time to stop Ell Centro's celebration
but the town is dry right now.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-04
PESCADERO CUT TO TURN
RIVER IS COMPLETED

CALEXICO, Jan. 1.-The Pesca-
dero cut, which at times threatened
to throw the whole Imperial Irriga-
ton district into turmoil Of interna-
tional complications, was finished
yesterday and is now completed
piece of work ready to do its part of
protection against the flood waters
of the Colorado river which annually
cause unrest in June and July. )
The work was completed Is days
ahead of schedule time. The piles are
driven to make a dam below the open
ing at the cut and the waters will be
diverted at once. The cut turns the
water south instead of permitting it
to flow westerly towards Volcano
Lake. The new channel should pass
to the east of the lake if it is success
full, and save the strain on the Vol
cano Lake levee which is a source of
some uneasiness each flood time.
The work was accomplished with
three specially built dredges which
will be utilized in the drainage work
whic his to be Immediately begun in
the No. Five district around Holt
vile under Engineer Murphy, who is
specially employed by the district to
look after that work only.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-04
IS
\ T A West
BUSINESS
N D n !. /
Ell Centro Postoffice Passes
All Records in Handling
Mail and Selling Stamps
Only One Package Is Left

The heaviest Christmas mail, both
outgoing and incoming, ever handled
in the Ell Centre postoffice, was that
of the holiday period just closed. In
addition the business of the postoffice
for the month of December, 1921 was
the largest in the history of the of
flee, according to the announcement
made by Postmaster C. w. Collins,
this morning.
Because of the publicity given the
matter in the columns of The Press
and the appeals to the school chill
dren to aid, the public generally did
all of their mailing of Christmas mat
ter early and in the proper manner.
All packages, with but few exceptions
were we'll and securely wrapped, and
properly addressed. And because this
mailing was stretched over period
of several days the work in the post
office was made that much easier and
Mr.. Collins and his force of assistants
were able to send all Of the stuff
away on time, and up to date not
single complaint has been made Of
any lost or missent package or let
ters.
Of TIE several hundred tons of
Christmas packages received at the
office there is just one lone package
left in the office. This package Post
master Collins is very anxious to de-
liver and he has requested the Press
to find the person for whom it is in
tended
The package was received at the Of
flee in one Of the regular mails. 1t
was without wrapping, and carried
no address, nor mark to tell to whom
it was going or from whom it came,
or what city or town.
The package contains two very
handsome presents, one for woman
and the other for a man, and within
the package is a small card bearing
the Merry Christmas greeting and
the written inscription "To Julia and
Jim-from Rosie and Leonard"
Now if Julia and jim will appear
at the postoffice and properly identi-
fly themselves Mr.. Collins will be very
pleased to deliver the package to
them.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-04
THE COUNTY HAS BIG LOT
OF CASH AND SECURITIES

The county of Imperial starts off
the year 1922 in a most prosperous
and satisfactory condition so far as
finances are concerned. The payment
of taxes which have been coming in
with unusual promptness, have been
large and the delinquents are few
and far between.
In accordance with the law District
Attorney E. r. Simon, County Audit
tor Walter D. Gary and Chairman
George Pulliam, of the Board of Sup
ervisors, counted the county funds
and found the amount on hand in cash
and securities tailed to a penny with
the books.
1t was found that besides the cash
on hand in the treasury, there is on
deposit in different county banks, the
sum Of $459,l50; invested in U. S.
Treasury certificates, $350,00O and in
Liberty and state highway bonds, the
sum of $4,000, making a total of
$1,349,150. This is in excess of the
cash on hand.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-04
ASK FOR BIDS FOR
MILES OF HIGHWAY

The State Highway Commission
announces that bids will be received
on the section of the highway in the
Imperial Valley betewen Whitewater
and Indio until p. m. January 16:
Construction of this important link
in the road is divided into two sec
tions, the first of which is seventeen
and one-half miles between Whitewat-
er and Edom. The second section is the
eleven and -one-half miles from Edom
to Indio.
These two sections are contiguous
to one another and bids for them may
be submitted separately or jointly.
Plans for the work may be seen at
the division engineers office in the
Pacific Finance building, Los Angeles
or copies may be had upon application
to the headquarters of the State high
way commission at Sacramento.
Alternate bids will be considered for
the use of either Portland cement
concrete or asphalt concrete pavement
This is one of the most important
contracts ever let by the State high
way commission
For many years the people Of the
Imperial Valley have been fighting
for good paved highway to connect
Imperial Valley with the central por-
lion of the state.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-04
BEAUTIFUL SERVICE
MARKS FUNERAL
E. A. HOWARD
Well Known Young. Business Man
Who Passed Out on Christmas Day
Laid in Grave With Impressive
Rites by Loving Friends

A simple, yet beautiful and impress
sive ceremony marked the funeral
held over the remains of Charles
Arin Howard, the well known young
business man, who passed out on
Christmas Day at his home in this
city, and who was buried from the
funeral parlors of E. E. Lemons, on
New Years Day.
Reposing in the little chapel before
the altar, the casket was almost bur-
led in covering OF beautiful bios
SONS and banked around the bier were
and other offerings of the
many scores of friends of the de-
ceased and the family.
The funeral service was conducted
by the Rev. George A. Hartmail, pas
tor of the First Presbyterian church
and consisted of bible reading, prayer
and a brief eulogy of the high char
acter and worth of the deceased, and
a number of appropriate hymns sung
by friends of the family.
The body was borne to the grave in
Evergreen cemetery by six young men
friends of the dead 1Aan, and after a
simple ritual the body was consigned
to the earth from which it came, with
the earthen mound, literally covered
with the floral tributes including a
great wreath of immortals from the
men friends of his lifetime.
Charles Arin Howard was born in
Brooks, Oregon, April s, 1889, and
was almost 81 years of age at the time
of his death. He is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Blanche Howard.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-04
P|CkF 0RDS
DIVORCE IS
WORST Of
K | n D
Attorney General of Nevada
Bitterly Assails the Famous
Star in Brief Demanding
Decree Be Set Aside

Mary Pickford's divorce from Owen
Moore was "the worst of its kind, and
should be the last Of its kind" Atty
Gen. Fowler of Nevada declared in a
closing brief filed in the Supreme
Court at Carson City in his action to
have the decree set aside.
Miss Pickford was granted her de-
cree at Minden, New, March 20, 1920,
and in a short time married Douglas
Fairbanks in Los Angeles. When
Fowler attacked the divorce, Gavin
McNab, San Francisco attorney, was
engaged for the defense. He declared
that the Attorney Generals move "vi-
olated every principle of institutional
government"
'No language can be found in any
law that can be tortured into giving
an excuse for the untruthful testi-
mony of respondent and the fraudu-
lent decree awarded her by reason of
such untruthful testimony" Fowler
declared in today's brief. "To allow
deceit and trickery to overthrow law
would be akin to anarchy"
Miss Pickford swore that she was
"a resident of Nevada, and that she
had no other home, the Attorney Gen
erals brief said
"Yet," it added, "from the very day
on which the decree was granted she
has been beyond the boundaries of the
state of Nevada, and is now battling
in the Nevada courts, contending that
she and her fraudulent decree cannot
be reached by the courts of Nevada
because she has fled from their juris-
dcton.
when her counsel champion
wrong they cannot contend that they
are inspired by high moral and ethical
principles. When they denounce the
Attorney-General for opposing unlaw-
full and outrageous methods they have
assumed an attitude which, if univer-
sally accepted, would lead to universal
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-04
NEW ASSISTANT POSTMASTER

Postmaster C. w. Collins this
morning announced the appointment
of Paul A. Lee, under the classified
service, as assistant postmaster in
the Ell Centre office. Mr.. Lee was
transferred to this office from the
position of assistant postmaster at
Calexico. Previous to going to that
office Lee was chief postmaster at
Camp Kearney during the wartime
period and handled all of the volum-
inous mail for the military establish
ment there.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-04
REALTORS CONVENTION

OAKLAND, Cal, Jan. 4-More than
500 real estate men of California are
expected to attend the seventh an
nual California Real Estate Dealers
Association convention here January
10, 20 and 81, 1922.
Speakers at the convention will in
clude William d. Stephens, governor
of California, and Irving b. Hiett,
president of the national association
of real estate boards.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-04
GRAIN RATE REDUCED

C. w. Runge, district freight and
passenger agent, Southern Pacific
Co., Ell Centre, announces that the
freight rates on wheat, grain pro-
duets and hay between trans -conti-
mental points will be reduced by the
Southern Pacific Co. on Jan. l, 1922,
to a basis of 16 2-3 per cent higher
than the rate in effect August 20
1921 or before the general increase
in freight rates became effective
This is an Approximate reduction OF
Is per cent less than the new wheat
rate.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-04
f. & N. BANK
At IMPERIAL
CLOSES ITS
D D D R s
Financial Institution In Hands
tf State Bank Superinten-
dent Because of Inability to
Realize Upon Its Loans

The Farmers and Merchants bank,
of Imperial, commercial and saw
ings institution with a capital of $50,-
900, and deposits of $1S0,O0O, closed
its doors this morning and is in the
hands of Jonathan S. Dodge, state
superintendent of banks, pending a
reorganization or the liquidation of its
affairs. The failure of the bank is
attributed to the inability of it's Of
ficers to realize upon its loans which
amount to approximately $4,000.
There is no suspicion of fraud or
!crookedness in the failure of the
bank and the statement is made that
the depositors need have no fear of
losing their money, as it is believed
that the necessary amount of money
can be secured in due course to pay
dollar for dollar.
Jonathan S. Dodge, state superin-
tendent and Y. c.. Porch, his assis-
tant arriver here yesterday and i'm
|mediately began an investigation of
the affairs Of the bank. After making
such examination Mr.. Dodge issued
the following statement:
"In order to conserve the assets of
the Farmers and Merchants bank and
to protect the depositors Of the bank,
it seems best to take possession of all
the property and assets and hold the
same till the directors can arrange
some method of resuming business,
or failing in that until the bank can
be liquidated.
"The officers and directors have
exerted every effort to continue busi-
ness and have pledged their personal
credit to large extent during the
past few months, but despite their
efforts the reserves of the bank have
been exhausted and the bank finds
itself without ready money to continue
its business. No suspicion of fraud or
crookedness has developed"
Mr.. Dodge has placed his assistant,
Y. C. Porch, in charge of the bank.
Up to o'clock last night President
Frank Wilkin, and Vice President L.
J. Thomas, had every hope of being
able to keep the bank, and the direc-
tors had pledged securities and credit
for a large sum in hopes of securing
the money to continue; but at the last
minute the negotiations failed and
the bank was forced to close.
Aproposition has been made to
Leroy Holt, president of the First Ma
tional bank of this city, to take over
the bank, but while Mr.. Holt stated
that he would be able to find the mon
ey to take the bank over and put it
on a firm financial base he had not
determined yet to do so, and in any
event he would have to examine thor
oughlv the condition and kind Of
loans and assets the bank holds be-
fore making any move.
The Farmers and Merchants bank is
differed by Frank Wilkin as presi-
dent; l.. J. Thomas, as vice president;
w. D. Smith, cashier; J. A. Harris, j..
II. Holland, W. D. Smith, j. G. Chalup-
mix, A. E. Wright and L. J. Thomas,
directors.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-04
HIT BY STRAY SHOT

Little there-year old josephine
Gonzales from Calexico is in the El
Centre hospital with three ugly but
not necessarily fatal gun shot wounds
She was at home nthe rear of the
Ochoa store on the east side Of Cal
exico when the bullet entered the
fleshy part of the abdominal region.
No one understands how the accident
occurred.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-04
TRAIN SERVICE RESUMED

Train service on the San Diego and
Arizona railway, was resumed yester-
day with the arrival in the afternoon
of the first through train from the
coast since the big storm of week
ago. The train left San Diego at 8
a. M, one hour earlier than the form
er schedule and this time will be main
tanned for about 10 days, when the
former schedule will be returned.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-04

A new ward has been opened in
the general hospital of Mexico City
for radium treatment, for which is
provided $4,000 worth of the prec-
ious metal.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-04

Because of their inability to write
correct English, the business men of
this country lose $2O,0O0,00O every
year, it is said.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-04

Miss Sarah P. Clark has been or
ganist for &c years in an Essex, Eng
land, church.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-01-23
TO STIMULATED INTEREST
nv EDUCATION GENERALLY

gan is 4 graduate OF St. Pan!'s and
the sons of. the late Theodore Roose-
veli are all Gro.on men. Seven bish-
ops alone have graduated from s..
Paul's while Kent School has on its
roster today the sons OF seven other
bishops DR. Thayer of st. Marx
commenting on the situation said:
While our schools in the North are
aourishing. in the South and TO some
extent in the West, they are running
into colt This IS particularly true
of the agricultural sections. Unless
we can help them out with money our
young men win receive no religious
instruction whatever. since they do not
get il in the public schools. ] believe
there is no question that. irrespec-
tive of UNCONVENTIONAL affiliations,
some sort OF religious instruction IS
essential to the training OF our youth "
Rev Dr. William T. Gardner. Sec
rotary of the Department OF Religious
Education OF the Episcopal Church,
Under whose leadership the conference
was held said:
"A recent report Of q commission
Of the church shows decided falling
of in recent years in recruits for the
ministry. This was especially true
OF the Episcopal Church | am glad
10 say that the newspapers have
proven TO lie wonderful recruiting
agencies for the ministry for through
the publication OF the story of the
shortage OF recruits ! an receiving Of
| fors of service from all sections OF
The country. Something else. how
/ ever. is needed than the mere will
10 serve: and that is the initial train
| ing which is given in these schools
which DR.. Thayer and his associates
| nave generously volunteered to ass'st
in building up. | DO rot mean that
tho Church Schools are to lie re
garded merely as training schools for
( The ministry. On the contrary they
are first class institutions for the
training Of young men of all denomi-
nations for service in every walk OF
4 life, since they add 10 secular instruc-
ton that religious discipline which
is the groundwork for the Christian
citizenship which is ore of the prime
requisites OF the new era upon which
the world has entered"
/ Participating in the conference in
addition 10 those named, were Father
I sill, of Kent School, Connecticut
Rev William F. Church. of st. Adams
School. Washington. D. C.; Miss Davi.
OF Bethany College. Topeka; DR.. c. w
Newhall. of Shattuck School. Fari.
bault, Mimi; and Rev c. J. Chamber.
Iayne' Of st. Chris;ophers School
! Richmond. Va.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-01-23
REV. GRAEPER'S SERMON
ON JESUS PREACHING
ABOUT GALILEE

The rector of st. Martins Lutheran
Church yesterday morning preached
from the text, And Jesus went about
all Gaiilee preaching the Gospel" and
the succeeding statements found in
verses %, "a and %, of the fourth
chapter of Matthew.
The pastor said that the Saviour had
Just passed through the temptations
offered to him by Satan. and John the
Baptist his forerunner had been ar
rested and his career stopped. Then
John sent TO Jesus TO ask was He
that was 10 come or did we look
for another, and the Saviour had re-
turned the answer that the blind see.
the deaf hear and the poor have the
gosrel preached to them-that is your
work going on" So it is today that
the work of Christianity is progress
ing. ! speak, said the preacher, not
as a church or denomination, but as
to the whole work of the Christian Re-
ligion
Some find fault with the church le-
cause they say 1t no longer has the
healing power; but see what chris
tianity is doing for the world. 1t is
the only religion that establishes hos
pitfalls and goes about healing the
people.
Christianity is the only religion that
gives promises Of good to the people
We all like to hear of good things
10 come. We all enjoy preferment
The Christian religion gives hope for
the future. Let us devote ourselves
TO greater work for the cause of Chris
tianity
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-01-23
JACK H0LTIN PARAMOUNT PIC.
TURE TONIGHT AT CIRCLE
PLAYHOUSE

Jack Holt appears tonight in Par
amoUn; feature production, The Call
Of the North" from the novel Con
jurors House" by Stewart Edward
White. This is Mr.. Hollis first picture
as 4 star for Paramount Patrons
of the Circle have teen long familiar
with him as leading man TO Rebe Dan
iels. Mary Miles Minter ana others
ana will welcome this opportunity 10
see AR Holt as a star Jack Holt is
a Virginian. mcml er Of one OF the
oldest families OF that State, his moth
er Icing a Marshall He was a stu
dent at the Virginia Military Insti-
tute.
In the language of the Paramount
press-book. The Call of the North
is a picture of a lonely land of the
SHOWS and the bowling wolf-pack.
where the viii of the strongest man
is ,law. and the way of defeat is the
Trail of Death" We are further told
that into this land. and agains, the
tyrant that ruled il. comes 2 rank
0NkSlNtI " ANiANAtNfs ~ q NAAs7N'
love Furthermore it is q drama that
stirs the blood like a wintry wind in
the face. races THROUGH dauntless adj
venture amid the wild beauty of Ma
turo untamed."
From the somewhat ford diction
and discounting some Of the superia-
tives Of the pul licity man we have
decided that undoubted entertainment
awaits friends of the Circle. The
name Of the director alone. joseph
Henaferv. means well-told story
Nadge Bellamv can Re counted on 60
beauty. For the heavy we have Noah
Berry. one OF the wcs. finished and
vicious villains ever in a movie cast
Jack Hollis work is always restrained
and fni he' IN execution.
The Wednesday ~ The Circle
shows Conscience Talmadge in one 81
coYeav dramas. a Pair OF Silk Stock
'p~s." q itIo Cat may mean anything
and . Harold Lloyd comedy. Worthy
oe snac.al attention is the picture
cooked Thursday evening. a Para
I noun; picture produced in England
The Bonnie Driar Bush"