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Imperial Valley press., 1922-12-02
Yuma Valley Seeking Road Through
Imperial Valley For More Business

One of the most urgent demands of
the people Of, Yuma Valley and large
area surrounding Yuma is for Il paved
road from that city to El Centre, con
Meeting up the lin; 20 Los Angeles and
the coast. Prosperity in the Yuma and
Bard districts has been magEal during
the past few years and with th2 great
amount of development work n9W go
ing on it is expected that some plan
will be worked out to connect Tum;,
and Imperial Valley with Il first class
highway.
W. II. Leonard, writing in the Los
Angeles Evening Herald, in Il story of
the recent tour by the Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce writes the fol
lowing about the Yuma district and the
need for road to Imperial Valley:
''At Yuma they wanted California to
construct the road from the border Of
the two states to the main highway i'll
the Imperial Valley.
Yuma already has a fair highway
to the state line; the road from Los
Angeles to the Imperial Valley has
been built and is to be improved fur
ther; the connecting link therefore lies
between the Imperial Valley and the
state line. 1t is this section which the
Yuma people petition that California,
build, urging the Los Angeles people to
appeal to the highway commission and
use influence on other officials.
Would Draw Trade
"This highway would draw from an
immense territory of some of the finest
agricultural and citrus land in the
world. There are some 10000 acres
in the whole project of reclamation
which draws its water from the Laguna
dam across the Colorado river l. miles
above Yuma.
"Across the Mexican border lie 20O,-
600 acres more of highly desirable land
awaiting reclamation, project for
which is now in process of formation.
lone of the most remarkable things
the Chamber of Commerce party saw
WAS the tract of 1880 acres known as
the Yuma Mesa, southwest of the city,
which is claimed to be the only frost
less belt in the world, it never having
been known to freeze on this area.
"Aheady Los Angeles men have set
out citrus groves, the grapefruit grow
ing to what is declared to be nearest
perfection of any place in the world.
The grapefruit are sweet as oranges
and need no sugar to be served. They
lose none of their tartness, vet are so
Favored that sugar is not needed.
"The peculiar feature of the mesa is
that it must be watered by pumping to
an elevation of GS feet from the main
canal, which skirts its border. This
opens up several financing projects
which must be worked out in the next
year or two.
Need More Water
"The project of developing this mesa
requires intricate systems of storage
and distribution laterals which cost
money. Without water the land is
arid; with water it is the finest kind of
growing soil, putting lettuce, canta
loupes and citrus on the market weeks
i'll advance of other sections.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-12-02
State Must Spend>
$135,OOO,O For
Roads, Says Report

SACRAMENTO, Dec. 2.-California
faces IA minimum expenditure of $l33,-
100000 on its state highway system,
according TO the biennial report of the
California Highway Commission just
submitted to Governor stephens.
This takes into account only the
roads now in the system, without re-
gard to new mileage that may be voted
for by the people.
Funds made available for highway
construction out of the S40,000,OOO
bond issue viii either be spent or obli-
gated before the end of 1923.
The report estimates that $l00,OOO,-
600 alone viii be needed TO complete
the present unimproved mileage in the
state highway system. The remaining
$35 100000, it is declared, will be need
ed to widen aad thicken arterial high
WAYS and eliminate railroad grade
crossings Embodied in the report are
many suggestions relative to providing
future bond issues, budgcting of funds,
maximum weight. on highways, and
other features that would insure "a sys-
tenn of highways second to none, ac-
cording to the members of the COM
mission.
Many Recommendation
The ajor recommendation of the
commission included in the report fol
low:
!. While another bond issue appears
to be imperative, the users of the roads
should be asked to bear a larger
share of the highway burden than has
been placed upon them in the past.
~. Il, 90
contemplate providing funds for the
completion of the entire system. The
public should realize that the compile
tion of the state highway system is
many years in the future and that as
California grows, its road system must
grow with it. disappointment can only
follow any bond issue which the people
are asked to vote with the promise
that il will be the last one.
3. The preferable method is to ascer
Imperial Valley press., 1922-12-02
THREADED RUBBER
INSULATION BEST
FOR AUTOMOBILES
Giant Strides in Perfecting
Material That Would Do
the Right Work

Take a look at insulating materials
and you II see that they are all ex-
tremely poor conductors. The glass
insulators on the Lighting poles, the
porcelain tubes used on a job of house
wiring, the rubber that encloses prac-
tically all wires are the worst con
ductors in the world-and therefore
the best insulators.
Battery insulation has to insulate the
plates of the battery from each other
just as the rubber sheath on Il wire in
sulates it from the scel frame of the
ear. In addition it has to permit
chemical action to go on freely from
plate to plate. Moreover, battery in
sulation has to be hard to withstand
shocks, jolts and vibration, has to be
able to stand long immersion in strong
acid, and must be easily worked, plen-
tiful enough to insure constant supply,
and of uniform quality. Under the
early experiments, wood won first place.
But it WASH t entirely uniform, nor WAS
it easy to prepare for use.
Inventors turned to rubber--thc uni
versal insulating material-withi the
hope that by one means or another, it
could be made porous.
The thought and study put into this
problem brought benefits to hundreds
of thousands of car users who are today
using Willard Batteries with threaded
rubber insulation between the plates.
Threaded rubber insulation is as com.
monplace in looks as it is remarkable
IN results. 1t has somewhat the APP
pearancc of thick, heavy piece of
cloth that has been stiffencd in some
way. This appearance is given it by
the thousands of tiny threads that run
through from one side to the other
10000 tiny threads in the insulator
that measures, perhaps, four inches
square.
In reality each of the threads
through the rubber insulator is "a tiny
wick that soaks up the batter solu-
tion just as Il wick soaks up oil.
In this way the best insulators, clcc.
tricallv, WAS made the best of cor
duetors from "a chemical standpoint.
And it is because of this unique com
bination that one can be sure his plates
are protected by rubber-thc universal
nsulator-without interfering with
the chemical action on which both the
charge and discharge of the battery
depend
Imperial Valley press., 1922-12-02
HERE ARE POSITIONS WHICH
DRIVERS DREW FOR TOMORROW

With Thursdays postponement merely matter of record
the 1S drivers drew for position and these positions will
maintain for Sundays race. Here they
Imperial Valley press., 1922-12-02

''To put water on the land will cost
about 5000 an acre, but it is claimed
that this expense can be cleared off i'll
a year or two One such project, upon
which Los Angeles men are negotiat-
ing, is an issue of $1,200,000 on 5000
acres of the best-located portion of the
land.
"More bond issues are planned for
other portions of this mesa property.
The government has interested itself III
a portion of this land and has installed
an experiment station thereon. A unir
oE The land has been sold at auction
uldcr direction of the government, the
minimum price being 1925 an acre, with
water rights additional.
"The lowland areas are already well
under cultivation although large sec
tions are yet to be intcnsively dcvel
opcd. Above the city toward the La
guna dam are the Indian lands which
are parceled out to families at so many
acres per head. Needless to say there
is speedy effort to increase the Indian
population.
Dates Doing Well
'TAc white man S lands lie along
side those given to the Indians and the
latter rent out their acres to the whites
few of them farm their own lands.
Cotton, corn ana alfalfa are grown
with truck products in the more intcn-
sively cultivated sections.
Dates prove Il wonderful crop. One
date tree last year produced 600 pounds
of fine dates which sold at 81 Il pound.
1t is happy dream of date ranchers to
take this tree rs a basis from which to
figure. One hundred such trees to the
acre would produce 100000 year.
But, of course, there are few such
producers, and usually there are only
about 40 trees to the acre. Yet the
land is adaptable to wonderful produc
tion and has water distribution from
the main canal without pumping.
1.-THE Yuma people deserve some
thing in the way of recognition from
Los Angeles commercial forces. The,
have had Il long, hard pull of it, As
usual, in such cases, the big fight is not
on the land but in Washington, and fol-
years the Yuma boosters-as is the ease
in most projects of this character-bat
tied with legislators to get the land re
leased for development, to secure coop
Grafton in reclamation, to obtain the
water rights, and to obtain help to in-
| ance the building of dams, canals, later
| ais and other paraphernalia required.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-12-02

tain amount of work that can be econ
omically and efficiently undertaken by
the California Highway Commission in
any one year, and under normal build
ing conditions With this ascertained,
the work should then be financed for a
period of not less than five years. In
the opinion of the highway commission
$l2,000,000 represents the maximum
construction program that should be
undertaken under present building con-
ditions and costs.
4. Such plan would require rigid
budgeting of the funds of bond issue.
Some financial flexibiity is absolute
ly necessary in the conduct of the
work. This can be secured if federal
funds are left unbudgeted.
5. The gasoline tax and an increase
Imperial Valley press., 1922-12-02

Pos. Driver
AL Melcher
2-R. G. Durant
Harry Hartz
Tommy Milton
5-Jimmy Murphy
G-Peter De Paolo
Art Klein
8-Jerry Wonderlich
9-Frank Elliott
1C-Ralph De Palma
11-W. D. Martin
12-Alex Do Wore
13-Herschel Mckee
14-Leon Duray
15-Bennie Hill
16-Earl Cooper
17-Joe Thomas
18-Eddie Hearne
Imperial Valley press., 1922-12-02

LOS ANGELES SPEEDWAY, Dec
2.-The knights of the castor fumes
are all ready for the postponed Thanks
giving Day fray; business of groom
ing the metal steeds for more speed
has reached point where tenths of
a second are all the Improvement
shown. Practice laps during which the
boards of the local track have been
blistered and burned by every one Of
the lS entrants in the coming speed
fest over the 250-mile distance, develop
the most remarkable speed that has
ever been shown on the local speed
way.
A hundred and five miles is going to
be slow here tomorrow. If ear can t
go that fast, the management of the
Los Angeles Speedway Association has
decreed it will not start.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-12-02

and equalization of the motor vehicle
fees offer a practical and fair method
for imposing larger share of high
way costs upon highway users.
q. The legislature should definitely
and rgidly refuse to designate roads as
state highways unless at the same time
finances for their improvement and
maintenance are provided; nor should
any roads be included in Il bond issue
unless definite allotment for the con
struction of these roads is made.
7. The maximum permissible weight
on state highways should not exceed
% 900 pounds. 1t is now 10000 pounds.
8. An adequate force of State motor
police be authorized for the enforce
ment of traffic laws on State high
ways.
Q. The above police be under the
authority of the state highway commits
sion, the body responsible for the pro-
lection and maintenance of highways.
10. Where portable scales reveal
that a truck is overloaded, traffic of
ficers be authorized to demand the re-
moval before the truck proceeds on the
highway; the socalled Maryland plan.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-12-02
Wage Campaign for
Curbing Accidents
by Headlight Tests

With two official headlight testing
stations operating in FL Centre, in con
junction with the Automobile Club Of
Southern California and the State Di-
vision of Motor Vehicles, practically
every automobile driver is expected to
take advantage of the opportunity to
have his headlights adjusted so that
they will Civ chin TIE greatest amount
of service and at the same time elm
mate the danger to which other drivers
are exposed from glaring and faulty
headlights.
The Electrical Service Company, 6l5
State street, and the Valley Auto Flee
tric Company, go Broadway, have been
equipped with apparatus for testing
headlights, and ARE provided with GER
tifcates to be issued to automobile
drivers who have their lights adjusted.
In order to set Il good example to
other automobile drivers, Neal II. Gavin
local manager of the Automobile Club
of Southern California, was the first
driver in FL Centre to have his lights
adjusted, the job being done yesterday
afternoon at the Valley Auto Electric
Company.
Police officials and automobile men
throughout California are supporting
thc movement, us it will reduce the
number of accidents at night.
A nominal charge of 70 cents is made
for testing and adjusting headlights.
This price has been fixed by the State
Automobile Trades Association, and
simply covers the cost of doing the
work. Where it is necessary to make
repairs, or supply parts, Il charge is
naturally made for these.
Official testing stations have also
been established in Brawley and Cal
exico, the Valley Auto Eectric Com
pany and Imperial Valley Auto Elcctri-
clans taking care of the work i'll the
former city, and Hills Auto Electric
and Battery shop and The Electrical
Service Company filling the needs of
autoists in the border city.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-12-02
ON THE OTHER SIDE

us Mrs. Gaussip friend Of yours p
"No, she's a friend of my wife,
'lsn t that the same thing?'
'Not at all. She feels very sorry
for my wife. Jack Canuck (Can-
ada).
Imperial Valley press., 1922-12-02

Car
Melcher Special
Durant Special
Hartz Special
Leach Special
Durant Special
Duesenberg Special
Durant Special
Duesenberg Special
Leach Special
Duesenberg Special
Duesenberg Special
Frontenac Special
Shol1chek Duesenberg
Distell- l-Duesenberg
Mcdonald Special
Durant Special
Duesenberg Special
Durant Special
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-10-05
SEE
THEMSELVES AS
OTHERS SEE THEM

London--An opportunity for Amer
leans to see themselves as at least
some others see them, is afforded by
an English correspondent who COM
ments on the number of American
tourists he has met in his travels
through the country recently,
"At Chester he writes, zone would
have thought that the Mayflower's
passengers had all taken dateless re-
turn tickets and e n the whole of
their descendants back to the old
country in a bunch. IT,
The hotel where I stayed was full
Of sharp-faced men, elastic girls and
shrivelled old ladies' with eyeglasses
and a drawl. who drank their water
hot at breakfast and cold at dinner
with an air Of trying to believe, for
the credit of the Stars and Stripes and
the. laws Of the United States, that
they preferred 1t to wine.
ION the city walls, in the cathedral,
by, the pleasant Dee, everywhere one
heard the Chicago burr, the western
nasal twang. and what 1 beg leave
paradoxically to describe as the long
drawn %snappiness of New York.
There never were more Americans
here" a resident told me, but they
are mostly midd1e-c1ass people who
have been induced by the European
rates Of exchange to take a cheap
holiday across the pond. and they
don't lavish money like the million
aires of pre-war days.
This comfortable assurance" saws
the, writer, enabled me to leave the
city without running myself in tips \,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-10-05
Graveyard Mystery
Loses Interest When
Officials Investigate

Kenosha, Wis, Oct. 5.-Kenosha
county's grave yard mystery lost its
interest here late yesterday when the
investigation carried on by Coroner
Parker revealed that the new crave
which had aroused .thes4curiosity Of
the residents Of the community OF the
Lutheran cemetery near the town Of
,somers did not mark the last resting
place OF some person who had dies
sEscentiy and had been secretly puriea
The eoroDpsr ana the district attor-
1aney. with other officials. sMent to the
Graveyard and dug up the. grave to
md no 'casket there. They believee
that some one who years ago8had
buried his mother inssthe cemetery
and who had forgotten the exact spot
Of the grave came TO the graveyard
and. picking out the wrong location,
rounded the grave and placed the new
marker a. a headstone.
The manufacturers mark ana
number on the market ;m&y help
SsfrAcS tn Identity % the person WHO
sfnad6 tie mistake. Trustees SofNT the
cemetery stood by while the grave
vas dug to solve the mystery which
hiss settle village agog Tor several
days. . q Il
Three theories At irst were advanc-
ed a. to the mystery grave One wa
that IT. wasStnade I'M an. effort to COM
scea1 q crlEnss another wAatthAfSa BODY
.was buried there 1T Tisht ~ reiativds
unable to AFFORD the cost OF i aforr,61
funerd. ana the third WIS that the
mound WIS ghouiish prank perpA.
Itrated by some one Who wished ~
;ar0A1e excitemsnt ss4ss
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-10-05

virtually e forced to 'foi'ow 70
maintain general morale.
Mining costs still are hisn sn'
earntnRs small, Although surplus COZ
per is steadily Diminishing no suostan-
tial Improvement in the meta mar
ts expected until next spring. cop.
o has been selling recently a =
cents per pound or q fraction unoer
present and contemplated wage IN
rease will mean an increase OF COSTS
Of from one-half to a cent per pound.
The only way sheltered organization
could be revived and their efficiency
increased wa to raise wages. ever
though not strictly warranted BY the
present price for the metal, OFFICIALS
point out.
Copper mining companies at the
close Of the war were left with an
abnormal metal surplus. Demand Tor
the metal fell off sharply and the
price dropped from 26 cents per
pound, the war price, to under IL
cents. The majority Of the mines re-
ported operating losses. wages were
decreased, production decreased. and
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-10-05
5DeUils Lake
Shriners Will
Visit Circus

The Devils Lake Shrine club. $50
members strong, will come to Grand
Forks to attend the KEN Temple cir
Gus, to be held here the week Of Octo-
ber 1e to Fl according to E.. r.
Montgomery, who has charge of pub
licity arrangements for the big event:
The Devils Lake club will come for
the third day Of the circus, October
Is. ]
Other Shrine clubs from cities in
this section will send delegations, but
no definite time has yet been set for
their visit to the circus.
The fact that local merchants will
otter special bargains throughout the
week Of the circus, and that some
very attractive special sales are to be
put on will be of particular interest to
the out Of town visitors, as we'll as to
local people. 1t IL expected that this
will prove q drawing card. in addition
to the really big program which the
circus management will oner
throuRhout the week.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-10-05
HAIL WARRANT
INTEREST PAID
Treasurer Allen Turns Over
Sum Following Demand
Of Commissioners

Following a demand made by the
county commissioners late. yesterday
afternoon. County Treasurer Charles
Allen, turned over to the county treas
uryt ,$374.70 interest on hail warrants
which a report by c.. C. Carpenter,
deputy state examiner. stated had, not
been RENTED to the county. Tho
demand was made by resolution.
n The report on which the commits
part al. follows:
TN most counties. the county treas
urer accepts state hail warrants in
payment of taxes. and carries these
warrants as cash until the state treas
urer calls them for payment.
I'm accepting these warrants, the
county treasurer usually allows the
holder Of the warrant. interest from
the date OF assignment to the county.
When these warrants are called and
paid for by the state, interest is paid
to the date of calling. When this ia
received by the county treasurer he
allowed the holder Of the warrant
from that paid by the state, and re-
nit the balance to the general fund
of the county.
I'm this county, w find this has not
been done. No remittance has been
made for interest on 1919 warrants.
and onlya part on 1920 and 1921 war
rants.
Treasurer has no record Of the
date warrants were accepted. or the
amount Of interest allowed the hold
er.
The county treasurer is Of the
opinion that he is entitled to the diff
ference between the amount agreed
and the actual amount due the
holder Of the warrant. Since he has
used county money to pay the holder,
we cannot see why the county would
not be entitled to the difference"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-10-05
INCREASE MINERS
WAGE TO REVIVE
METAL INDUSTRY

Houghton, Mich, oct. zB.-The re-
cent Is per cent increase in wages
granted employees Of the Copper
Range and Quincy mining companies
in the Michigan copper district, and
the announcement that the Calumet
q Hecla and Mohawk and Wolverine
companies would shortly readjust
wogss. ID interpreted as an effort on
the part Of the mining companies to
hold together such forces as they
now have and add to them is possible.
Men have left the district in consid-
cradle numbers during the past few
months. due TO higher wages obtain
able elsewhere. A crtpplinS of mine
Organization has resulted. with sub
sequent higher costs and 'lessened pro.
duction. It has been the history Of
the district that when one or two
companies increased wages the others
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-10-05
INKSTER PIONEER
IS VISITING HERE

r. B.. MONTGOMERY. Of Inkster is In
Grand Forks on a business trip. and
also to visit his son., E. r. Montgom-
cry. Mr. Montgomery is closing up his
business affairs preparatory 70 going
to California, where 4hhestand Mrs.
Montgomery expect to spend the win
ter, and possibly will locate perma-
nently. They will 60 to Los Angeles
to- make their headquarteFSeAndSwlll
look up a. location during the winter.
Mr.. Montgomery has been a resi-
dent of Grand Forks county c%ontinu-
ously for AZ years, and is one of the
well-known pioneers in this section.
With the exception of a year or: two
during which the family lived in
Grand Forks. Mr.. Montgomery has
spent all of the ~ years at Inkster.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-10-05
NEW REGULATIONS
FOR MILK DEALERS
ARE BEING ISSUED

Mrs. r. A.. sprague. city food in
spector, IL issuing notices to the milk
dealers Of the city, drawing their
attention t. certain regulations which
must be observed In cases where they
sell milk which is not from the cows
In their own herds.
In cases where the dairymen lack
sufficient cows to, provide milk and
cream for their customers. they have
been buying the products from farm
ers, Mrs. 6prague states. This Is the
notice which each milk dealer in the
city will receives:
"All milk dealers selling milk or
cream in this city, other than from
their own cows. are asked to notify
Mrs. r. A. Sprasue, city food in
spector, from whom they. are buying,
and the amount Of milk and the
amount Of cream they are buying
Those who fail to comply with this
request within five days after receiv-
ing notice will not be allowed to sell
any more milk or cream in the city
OF Grand Forks for a period of ten
days, in compliance with the city
ordinance"
Mrs. Sprague will be in her office
at the city hall each afternoon from
/ to $3.50 o'clock, she states.