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Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1922-12-20
MRS. TACKETT
WINS LAST OF
SHOP FEATURE

View by week the interest in the
Shop Early contest has grown and
this week, the last of all, was the
greatest. The winner is Mrs. Jack
Tackett, $50 South Eighth street.
The mistakes were model, spelled
"modle' in the advertisement of
the New Southern Barber shop; nov
elites, spelled "noveltes y in the adj
vertisemcnt of b. Solomon, and dur
ing,( spelled "dureing" in the ad-
vertisement of the Valley Steam
Laundry.
1t is no longer possible to "Shop
Early for this Christmas and the
feature will be discontinued.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1922-12-20
Wilson DeplOres
Great Number of
Cal. Hitter a t e s

Members of the Chamber of Com
merce heard a very interesting talk
at the weekly luncheon this noon in
the Barbara Worth hotel, by Stanley
b. Wilson of Los Angeles, member
of the state board of education.
After assuring the business men that
education is in no way demoralized
by associating if with business life,
as some few contend, he proceeded to
outline various periods in history,
showing that education and business
expansion 90 hand in hand, and that
one is absolutely essential to the
other in building up a strong and well
informed nation.
He deplored the large number of
ilIiterates in this country and stated
that at present there are approx
mately $4,000 such in the state of
California alone. He urged the
business men to take an interest i'll
educational affairs and lend their
aid and assistance in overcoming the
disgrace OF illiteracy. He assured
them that education is essentially
practical and Il part of the common
things of life, which he believed
should have the earnest consideration
and attention of those who are in
terested in the welfare of our
country.
Mr.. Wilson told of prediction he
made many years ago, or the future
of Imperial Valley, which at that
time was apparently a hopeless des
ert, and though his remarks were
ridiculed at the time, he expressed
his qualification at being able to Wis
it the valley at the present time and
see his predictions fulfilled beyond
his anticipations.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1922-12-20
Auto Dealers in
Annual Banquet

Members of the Automobile Deal
ers Association Of Imperial Valley
will hold their annual banquet and
business meeting tonight in Next
cali, according to Charles n. Mer-
rails, president of the association.
Cars containing members and friends
of the association will leave the Bar
bara Worth hotel at 6 o'clock for
the trip south. Representatives of
the following automobile agencies in
the valley will make up the party:
Cass and Morgan, McDearmon Motor
Car Company, Davies Overland Com
pany, Van b. Anspach, w. II. Lewis
Company, C. w. McCabe Company,
Herman and Houston, and Charles
n. Merralls of FL Centre; Frank
Evans, Heber, and Hart and Carey
Company of Brawley.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1922-12-20
WHAT'S DOING

Rotary Club luncheon at Bar
bara Worth Thursday.
Teachers Institute December
20, 81, %.
Ten Thousand Club meets at
clubhouse tomorrow.
McCabe Farm Center tonight.
Meloland home center tomorrow.
Travelling Conference Farm Blu
reau tomorrow.
Prayer meeting at churches of
city tonight.
Testimony meeting Christian
Science, tonight at clubhouse.
FL Certro Lodge No. 100, Royal
Arch Masons, tonight at Masonic
temple.
"Pawned'' featuring Tom
Moore at Palace theater tonight.
American Legion, election Of Of
ficers, Department l, Superior
Court tonight.
Calsxico Chamber OF Commerce
luncheon tomorrow.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1922-12-20
All Parcel Post
Records Broken
at Ell Centre P. 0.


With total of 123 sacks of parcel
post shipped from the FL Centre
post office Yesterday, the previous
highest total was broken by 21
sacks, according TO Postmaster c. w.
Collins, who states that the people
of Ell Centre are cooperating won.
derfully wen with the postal ser.
vice, in compliance with the request
that mail be brought to the post
office early in the day.
Yesterdays mail came in a steady
stream all day long, Mr.. Collins said,
and at no time was there any con-
gestion due to a heavy influx ct
mail. The post office is operating
thus far without any additional help.
and hopes to be able to continue
doing so, He praised the work OF
the regular force of clerks, all Of
whom are working overtime, inelui-
ing the young women, who are
cheerfully doing their bit to keep
the post office from becoming flood
ed with Christmas mail.
Due to the heavy traffic on the
Southern Pacific, and the eonse
quent delay in the arrival of the
morning train, mail is late in reach.
ing the post office, with cores
ponding lateness in delivery, but
even this handicap is overcome dur.
ing the day, through the efficiency
of the clerks.
Varney Brothers Company IL
maintaining a wrapping table in the
post office lobby, where the general
public can have their bundles tied
up for mailing without any charge.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1922-12-20
Boys Band Will
Play for Riddles

Plans for the Christmas dinner at
the Barbara Worth Sunday are go-
ing along nicely. 1t is to be big
day for the Riddles with the iolliest
of Christmas dinners. The FL Centre
boys band will furnish the music
for the occasion and they are busy
practicing. 1t has been limited that
the boys need uniforms more than
anything, and possibly some of the
big men s organizations will find a
way to fix them up.
This band is sure to become quite
a feature in the life of the eommuni-
ty, especially in view of the fact
that there is such great need for just
such an organization, It's promoters
are very much pleased with results
so far.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1922-12-20
FATTY ARBUCLE PARDONED BY WILL HAY
Allies and Turks
Nearing Break in
Straits Wrangle

LAUSANNE, Dee. 20.-The Near
East peace conference has reached
its gravest point, although converse
tions are in progress necessarily for
the purpose of reconciling the Turk
ish and allied viewpoints on the Oar
danelles before this afternoon ses-
sion. Both sides are unyielding, each
demanding that its own plan for set.
Element of the straits problem be ac-
cepted.
The Turks resent departure of the
British naval and military experts
before hearing Angora s final propo-
sitions.
Although the allies now declare
that failure to reach an agreement
on the straits won't break off the
conference today as they are willing
to take up other questions, the Turks
said it would be useless to continue
the negotiations if their straits set
Element plan proved unacceptable.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1922-12-20

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20.-A jury
in federal court this afternoon re
turned verdict of guilty against
eight Santa Fe trainmen charged
with conspiracy to interfere with
the United States mails during the
recent rail strike.
The men were charged with re-
fusing to take trains from a divi.
sion point at Needles because, they
said, the equipment was in Danger
Gus condition. This stopped the
mails, it was charged. The govern.
ment declared that the equipment
was in good condition and that the
real motive was a sympathetic
strike to aid the striking shopmen.
This constituted conspiracy to stop
the mails, in the government S eyes.
The right to strike was urged by
the defense as making prosecution
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1922-12-20
BRILLIANTLY LIT :
CHRIST MAS TREE
CAUSES SENSATION
Old-Time Comm Il n i t y
Spirit Revived By
Tree

"Sav, that S just what this town
needs. -
Believe me, little more of this
Christmas spirit every day in the
year, will help this city a lot.
81 don t know who is responsible
for that tree, but whoever he is, m
with him.
These and hundreds of similar re-
marks could be heard by anyone who
stood at Sixth and Main streets yes
terdav and listened to the man on
the curb, - as he aired his opinion
about the big community Christmas
tree, which the Rotary Club has
placed at that corner With the ill.
tention of giving the proper holiday
atmosphere to Ell Centre Is downtown
section. Professional men, business
men, merchants, laborers, and even
the panhandler, were enthusiast
tic about the tree, and stood around
with an expectant grin as they
watched a group of volunteer work
crS from the Holton Power Company,
the Ice Company, and the fire de-
partment, decorate it with colored
lights and all the trinkets so neces-
sary for the proper Christmas at
mosphere.
Not once did anyone come along
and howl about ''hard times or
the foolishness of putting so much
time and mony into Christmas tree.
To yharn tbn
community Christmas tree has long
been an institution, FL Centre S tree
brought back pleasant memories,
and he began to consider Ell Centre
more homelike than ever. Those
from other sections of the country
We're reminded of their own Christ
mas trees in the old days, and decid-
ed they had been negligent in send
ing presents back home, and imme-
diatelv got busy.
It's the Peoples Tree
While the Rotary Club has been
the instigator of the plan for the
tree, +. w. Judy, president of the
club, said yesterday that it is not
It Rotary tree, nor does it represent
any organization, group or society.
1T is the peoples tree he said,
land while the Rotarians hope to
assist in arranging program in
connection with it, everybody has
to kick in and help us, and we
know they will. Our city has been
lax for some time in the matter of
community spirit, and it S high time
We all got together on some common
subject and let the rest of the
world know we are alive. A revival
of the spirit we developed in the
war days will work wonders for us,
and it is to be hoped that the com
munity tree will aid a little in re-
covering that pull-together attitude
that is so essential to the welfare
of any community. Besides, we re
all kids at this time of the year, and
we We just got to have Christmas
tree. -
The tree was brilliantly ablaze
last night with colored lights and
could be seen for blocks
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1922-12-20
LITTLE TOT IS
KILLED PLAYING
ON ROAD GRADER
Daughter of Meadows
of Imperial Dead,
Found in Street :
Autoist Finds Girl as
Irrigation District
Machine Passes Il
By Press staff Correspondent

IMPERIAL, Dee 20.-Mary p.
Meadows, 5-year old daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. J. L. Meadows, living on
Main street near the Brawley Main,
was run down and killed today by a
tractor and road grader on Main
street.
The tractor, owned by the Imper-
ial Irrigation District and operated
by A. l.. House, was not working ut
the time the accident happened, but
was being transmerred-
The little girl ran from her home
TO the street, according to testimony
at the coroner's inquest, and at
tempted to ride on the grader being
hauled by the tractor, when she slip
ped and fell, the wheel striking her
head and fracturing her skull. The
child is said to have died instantly.
Mayfield Holds Inquest
Justice of the Peace L. Mayfield,
acting coroner, conducted an in
quest and examined A. l.. House,
operator of the tractor, f. A. Nance,
a rancher who happened by and first
noticed the body of the child in
the road and C. A. Bedford, a ranch-
err.
Mr.. Nance had stopped his car to
notify Bradford, working near there.
that a ditch was overflowing, when
he noticed the body of the child.
House did not know that his ma.
chine had run down the child, testi-
monv showed, until informed by Mr..
Nance.
The accident happened near the
Brawlev Main on Main street, I'm.
perial, about 9:15 today.
Members of the coroner s jury
We're:
C. w. Waite, Henry j. Drake.
Sam Mack, Charles Sproul, Edward
Bedford and j. Roy Adams.
Mother PROSTATE
The mother of the child did nO4
know of the accident until she miss
ed her and went to the front of the
house to call her. Mrs. Meadows
was almost PROSTATE with GRIEF
when she found the body OF her
baby in the street.
Llttic hdiy was Vno p'"! W .Ao
family. There are several other
children, all older.
The jury's verdict did not hold
any one responsible and said
that the death was caused from
fractured skull.
Funeral arrangements are held
up pending word from relatives in
the north. The body is at the fun
eral parlors of +. j. Mulligan, El
Centre. .arhsu
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1922-12-20
Little Girl Killed By irrigation Tractor At Imperial
Give Your FavOrite
Candidate a Gift
of An Automobile

Best wishes for a Merry Christ
mas.
Can you think of any way that
your Christmas would be made
happier than by giving an auto
mobile to your favorite candidate
for her Christmas?
You can do it, at cost of a
subscription to the Press.
Call up your favorite today and
tell her to come over and get
your subscription.
The great 100000 six auto
mobile gift distribution closes
Friday night at 9 o'clock.
Act noW!l!!
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1922-12-20
Sarah Barnhardt
Ordered to Bed

PARIS, Dec. 20.-Sarah Bern
hardt, seized with illness at a the
alter here, was ordered to remain in
bed week by her physicians today.
Although the "divine Sarah y was
not in pain, she was very weak, ac-
cording to the doctors. Friends and
relatives watched closely at her bed
side day and night, different persons
keeping the vigil in two hour relays.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1922-12-20
Name High Men
in p. @. Race in
San BernardinO

WASHINGTON, Dee. 20.-The
postoffice department today an
nounced that the civil service com
mission had certified the names of
Leo A. Stromee, Sherman G. Bache-
lor and Joseph G. Bishop as the
three highest eligibles for the post
mastership appointment at San Ber-
nardino Stromee and Bachelor were
allowed five percent on their exam
nations for military service.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1922-12-20
NEW MEXICO MAN HONORED

. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-Presi-
dent Harding today sent to the sen
ate the following nominations:
Stephen B. Davis of New Mexico
to be solicitor of the department of
commerce.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1922-12-20

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WEATHER

. Tonight and Thurs.
day, fair.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1922-12-20

BANK ClEARINGS..
$282,218.03
New-York tribune., 1922-11-06
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ON
Election Rules
British Trade
Rout of the Labor Party i'm
the Municipal Contests,
However, Gives the Coun-
try M ore Confidence
From The r~tbames Buropean Bursa.

From The Ts-bume's European Buredu
Copyright 1922. New York Tribune Inc.
LONDON, Nov. 5.--The disorganiza-
tion and uncertainty incident to the
coming general election have affected
the markets and business in no small
measure, but the rout Of the Labor
party in the municipal contests served
to give the country more confidence.
The violent movement in German
exchange naturally aroused the deep
est interest here, and British business
interests have noted the significant
fact that the presence Of the Allied
Reparation Commission in Berlin has
failed this time to support the mark.
Had it not been for the feverish excite
nent Of the exchange market 1t would
have been an exceedingly dull week.
Heavy speculation is going on in
French francs, while the Swiss franc
also is attracting considerable atten-
tion.
Taking broad view of the Euro
pean situation, there Is not much cal
culated to encourage feeling Of op-
timism. Britain is in a state Of t1ux.
The Conservatives seemingly are in q
fair position to obtain q small major
ity over the other parties in the cleo
tions of November 15 and thereby as
sure continuance Of the Bonar Law
government, but the margin of victory
Is bound to be narrow at best.
Then there is the Lausanne confer
ence on Near Eastern affairs, sched-
uled for November 13, and despite the
exchange of conciliatory messages be-
tween the heads of the governments
interested. the differences remain
sharp.
Soon Bonar Law must send his debt
funding mission to the United States.
The Fascist government in italy Is
an unknown quantity, but develop
ments have been so rapid and start
ling that every one is inclined to take
cautious attitude in approaching the
new regime.
The Central European situation is
about as black as could be and it is
likely to remain so for a considerable
period according to those best ouali-
ned to express an opinion. Appar
emily Europe is in for another hard
winter, with Britain in the best DO
sition to improve conditions. If, as Is
probable, the Conservatives are in
trusted with the management of this
country for the next year or so it
will be business administration.
though not advertised as such.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-06
Paris Interest
Is C.entered ON
Budget Deficit
Excess Of Expenditures Over
Receipts xPrevai
Throughout Europe, Even
I'm Gold Basis Countries
France Would Aid Mark
Policy Is Primarily to
Make Alliances With the
Big German IndusfriaIists
spec.a, Gable to The T'rsssne


Copyright. 1899. New York Tribune Inc
PARIS, Nov. 6.-The budgets for 1928
are the autumn preoccupation through
out Europe. as deficits are the rule even
in countries on gold basis. Switzer-
land estimates receipts of 425,00o,o 900
francs and expenditures Of $4,000, 900
francs. Holland likewise faces deficit
of 60,000,000 forms in the ordinary
budget alone. The deficits in the ordi-
nary budgets of France and Belgium
will be about 90 per cent of total re-
ceipts, amounting to 619,000,0o0 francs
in the case of Belgium and approx
mateiy 4,o0o,o00,0o0 in the case of
France.
The French policy in Germany is
primarily to make alliances with the
remaining islands Of credit there by the
extension Of the Stinnes-Lubersac
agreements, at the same time helping
to stabilize the mark. BY gaining the
dustrialists 1t will be possible to have
g more certain source Of supplies than
by the assistance Of weak government
alone.
No moratorium will be consented to
unless Germany changes her fiscal pol
icy of printing banknotes without gold
backing and adopts legitimate infa-
tion afforded by issuing bonds. France
has given an example since the begin
ming of 1920. Although forced to aug
ment her debt by this bond process by
nearly 30 per cent since the armistice,
the cost of living is practically un-
changed at about 1-3 times the 1913
figure.
The drop in exchange has had little
effect on interior prices, as the customs
act as an obstacle to any rapid read
iustment Of exterior values.
England has made wages conform
to the needs Of commerce, but France,
being self-sufficient like the United
States, has not found this necessary
and they remain practically the same
as in 1918. Undoubtedly this system
will be altered, because the economic
status Of the country Is more in
dustrial than before the war and out
lets must be cultivated for the absorp-
tion OF surplus steel and potash
products.
The wheat shortage has resulted
in an increase In bread prices five cen
times kilogram. Textiles are likely
to be advanced correspondingly. An
thracite, which comes mainly from
England, retails at $50 francs, against
$50 at the same period last year.
Coffee is unchanged, as Brazilian ex-
change has dropped in proportion.
The fiscal inquisition, the examina-
tion of bank accounts, has been
abandoned. Incomes hereafter will
be valued only on the basis Of ex-
ternal signs Of wealth, such as auto
mobiles, houses, ETC., reinforced by
declarations.
Fresh political complications are
found in the attitude of the Fascist
Ministry toward the status quo Of the
New-York tribune., 1922-11-06
From the Financial Listening Posts of Europe


Allied possessions. 1t favors strong
action toward Germany, but is sus-
pected Of seeking to change the policy
Of the Facta government toward Jugo-
Slavia, Austria and the French colo
nies. Tunis is overrun by Italians,
who outnumber the French by $4,000,
and the request has just been repeated
for their exemption from the naturali-
cation law which provided that after
two generations residents must adopt
French citizenship.
The European equilibrium is dis-
turhed by superabundant population
in Italy. It now numbers $4,000 900
and is forced to overflow into neigh
boring countries, which, unlike the
United States, lack room to absorb sur
pluses. Although they are desirable
as citizens it is felt that it is danger
GUS for Italians to preserve their
nationality indefinitely in the French
dominions in North Africa.