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Imperial Valley press., 1922-02-01
McAdoo Says Government
Did the Railroads
No Harm
HAS FIGURES TO PROVE
If There Was Any Ineffic-
iency, Says Boss, Railroad
Men We're To Blame
By HERBERT w. WALKER

OnlIoU 1TeSS SLa1I Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The rail-
roads were returned to their owners,
after federal control, in better con-
dition than when the government
seized them, William G. McAdoo,
former director general of railroads,
asserted before the Senate Interstate
Commerce Commission today.
McAdoo vigorously defended gov
ernment control and sharply assailed
leading railroad executives, who are
attributing the present crippled con-
tenance during war time operation.
He cited long lists of figures to prove
his contentious.
If there was any inefficiency in
railroad operation during the war,
McAdoo said, the responsibility must
be placed squarely up to the same
railroad executives, who are n5w
crying that their lines were Under
maintained. The executives were
managing their lines during govern
mental operation. McAdoo revealed
that shortly after governmental op-
GRAFTON began, he wrote letters to-
Samuel Rea, president of the Penn
sykania; Daniel Willard, president
Dice, of the Reading; w. G.. Bessler,
of the Central of New Jersey. threat-
ening to remove them from their off
ices, unless inefficiency on their lines
were Immediately eliminated.
Seizure Of the roads, McAdoc said,
was necessary, because the congcsted
railroads under private opera ton had
become "a menace to the safety of
the nation and the, allied cause"
Charges of inefficiency in the
management Of the railroads during
federal control, however, from time
to time, have been made and pub
lished with recklessness for which
ignorance, design or selfish purpose
alone can account for" McAdoo said.
I'm. 1913, after paying a rental to
the railroad corporations of 100000
900 there was a deficiency in railroad
operations Of $216,000,00G. Unthink-
ing people use this deficit as conclus-
we evidence Of the failure of the
railroad administration.
at was part of the war cost. like
all war costs; it was an expenditure
for which there is no compensation
but victory.
"When we consider the imminent
peril which faced the country because
of the breakdown of the railroads
under private control in 1916 and
1917, and reflect that the assertion of
federal control alone overcame the
peril and transferred the country in
to a tremendous and effective war
machine that the total cost of trans
portation for the war during the 26
months of federal control was only
it Is infinitesmal as
compared with the total expenditures
made by the American people to win
the war. IN
"The collapse of the railroads un-
der the burden of war traffic had
almost cut the line of communica-
tions between the American army at
the front and it's base of supplies"
Imperial Valley press., 1922-02-01
HOOver'S Colorado River
Board Will Investigate
Conditions on Ground
FEBRUARY 20 THE TIME
Irrigation District People
Will Be Ready to Present
All Phases

g The Colorado river commits {,
g sion, a federal body created to g
6 devise and utilize the flood 9
6 VIZ ters Of the Colorado river, =
8 will meet in FL Centro March g
G pupQ 4sI!J ssnos!p o. OF G
6 with irrigation experts here 8
g a program for conservation g
s and reclamation necessary to g
6 meet the needs of the tremen- 9
e dous project, it was announced
q today. g
This announcement was made pub
lie by Secretary McIver Of the Imper-
ial Irrigation District, with whose di-
rectors and experts, as we'll as others.
the commission will confer while
here.
1t was likewise advised that the
commission will meet in Phoenix,
March Is, and following the con-
ference here, will proceed to Los An
eeles for session with the Chamber
of Commerce there on March 26.
The commission, of which Herbert
Hoover, secretary Of commerce, is
chairman, recently completed import
ant discussions in Washington, where
it was decided to make tour of in
spection of the territory affected for
the purpose of gathering accurate in
formation on the problem.
Representative of the seven states
vitality interested in the Colorado
river project comprise the commits
sion with Secretary Hoover as the
government advisor and executive
head.
At the recent Washington confer
ence the commission met with dele
gates fro mFederal bureaus and de-
partments. At that conference the
Importance of flood control was
stressed above the project OF irriga-
ton and reclamation, DR.. O. C.
Merrill of the Federal Water Power
commission, sponsoring that view
point. Arthur P. Davis, Of the United
States Reclamation Service, endorsed
DR.. Merrills opinion, declaring the
rivers annual overflow to be men
ace to Imperial Valley and other i'm
portant projects.
Probably one of the important
phases of the proposed program to
be discussed in Ell Centre when the
commission meets here will be the
proposed resolution by COMMISSIONS:
w. S. Norviel of Arizona. That reso-
luton, referred to committee of the
commission, would provide for con-
troll of the Colorado river by the COM
mission. 1t is warmly opposed by
some members of the commission on
the ground that it would jeopardize
the irrigation facilities now used in
Imperial Valley.
Preparations for reception Of the
commission here will soon be under
way, it was said today.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-02-01
METERS ARE CAUSE
OF TEMPEST IN
RIVERSIDE
Mayor Evans Disn,isses Mem
bers of Public Utilities CON-
mission Today

RIVERSIDE, Calf, Feb 1.-This
city today is all stirred up over the
water problem and three members of
the board of utilities were removed
by Mayor S. c. Evans at the meeting
of the city council yesterday.
The three members, John l.. Bishop,
Frank f. Chase and Harry W. Ham
mond, three prominent business men
and big property owners, as mem
bers of the board of utilities voted in
favor OF the installation of meters.
This caused stir throughout the city
and opposition developed. 1t became
so strong that the mayor requested
the three members to resign from the
Loard so that their action could be
undone and appease the wrath of
property owners and water users.
The three refused to resign. Their
action as majority on the board was
final and :terday they We're re-
moved.
Later in t. 'ay to make things
more interesting Albert Braunsch-
weiger, superintendent of the water
and electric light department and
an advocate of the water system
rendered his resignation to the
mavor.
On top of this, the 1,10O water
users who ray bv meter measurement
today served notice on the mayor and
the city council that they would re-
fuse to pay for their water except
on flat rate contract, such as ether
water users nav who do not have
meters installed in their homes.
Navor Evans succeeded the late L. V.
w. Brown, who was killed on the day
of his inaugura ton.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-02-01
ARRESTS BY ALRSHIp
NEWEST VALLEY
INNOVATION

:, Arrested by airplane.
$ That is the latest innova-
3 tion of Imperial Valleys traf- s
g fic cops, it became known to-
g day, following the arrest by
$ Deputy Sheriff L. w, Dearing
s. of a speed vioiator who failed
= to answer the first summons
= sent him to appear in court
$ and answer traffic charges
8 against him.
> Dearing, a motorcycle Off
3 Ger, was ordered to serve
3 warrant of arrest on the Of
8 fender. He heard there was =
g but little time to find him at
s. home. Jumping quickly into
s. the cockpit of Jack Atkinson's
s. bi-plane at CaleXico, he scared :
s. fourteen miles to the speed
3 er's address, served the war
g rant and scared home again.
g Elapsed time showed exactly
s fifteen minutes in completing
g. the process.
8 "That beats the speed of :
g my motorcycle all hollow"
8 said Dearing. And it will go
9 some
s. &, 8, g g s. s. . s. y g g
Imperial Valley press., 1922-02-01
SEPARATE TRIAL FOR
SMALL AND
CURTIS
BY CARL VICTOR LITTLE


UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
WAUKEGAN, Ill.,, Feb. 1.-Sepa-
rate trials were granted Len Small,
Illinois governor, and Vernon Curtis,
banker. accused of conspiracy to Jug
gle millions of dollars in state funds,
today by Judge Claire Edwards in
Lake county circuit court.
The prosecution had indicated it
would dismiss the charges if sepa-
rate trial was granted, so severe a
blow was it to the states case.
Immediately after the ruling, the
governor pleaded not guilty to the
charges.
Judge Edwards denied the petition
of Governor Small for a separate trial,
but granted the request of Curtis that
he be allowed to go to trial alone
The judge said that propaganda cir
culated against Small, might be in
furious to Curtis.
Granting the request of Curtis
served the same purpose as allowing
the petition of Small's attorneys.
They will bs tried separately
Imperial Valley press., 1922-02-01
OF THE
MOVIES BEING
IMPORTED
United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, Feb. ALL sat
mosphere" in movie sets is not i'm
ported to Hollywood, as generally sup
posed. Often it is drawn there through
curiosity, then discovered, and ap-
propriated
Director James Young, working on
Guy Bates Posts initial film, "The
Masquerader," under the management
of Richard Walton Tully, recently
discovered Lady Sackville, Duchess De
Lante, and Lord and Lady Popham
Young, all of the British nobility
sightseeing in Hollywood.
He invited them to appear in the
picture as a lark, They accepted,
thereby lending a bit of atmosphere
that had not been planned, even by
the young directora
Imperial Valley press., 1922-02-01
DODGE CARSCODOWN
IN PRICE

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g NEW YORK, Feb. L. g
$ Prices on Dodge Brothers mo- $
s. tor cars, in effect today were: Is
s, Touring model $3.50, reduc- 3
8 ton of S105; sedan $l,440, 9
g which is S345 under the previ- g
s. Gus price; the coupe was re- .
6 duced $305 and the roadster 8
G. $S5. -
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Imperial Valley press., 1922-02-01
ORANGE MARKET

NEW YORK, Feb. Fourteen cars
Of oranges and no lemons sold. Or
ange market unchanged. Average
prices ranged from $3.48 to $500;
highest price 32 boxes Sterling $3.50.
Weather fair 8 A. M, Temperature %.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-02-01
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WEATHER.

2 Southern California tonight
; and Thursday fair. Heavy
3 frost in morning.
: Los Angeles and vicinity
? fair tonight and Thursday
3 with frost in the morning.
, S 8 6 e g $ $ 6 8 g 8 {
Imperial Valley press., 1922-02-01
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BUTTER MARK ET

8 LOS ANGELES, Feb. L.
J. Butter AZ. :
g Eggs extra 36, case count :
s 34; pullets SO.
3 Hens 27@32; broilers 36 to
2 Potatoes Stockton Burbanlls
S best $2.40@2.50;s few S2.75;
s. poorer $2.00@2.25.
$ g $ $ s 9 8 3 8 3 3 $
Imperial Valley press., 1922-02-01
BIG REDEMPTION ON
CORONADO
LANDS
tF

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= SACRAMENTO, Calf. Feb. y
: 1.-The largest property re- y
: demption in several years in y
- California came into I h e :.
. office of Ray l.. Riley. state y
: controller, yesterday. y
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= pany, San Diego paid SA7,li7- u
3 81 on tide lands on the penin- u
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Imperial Valley press., 1922-02-01

CONTINUED on page two.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-10

fortunate enough to own specimens of his craftsmanship will have the added advantage of possessing DOCKS whose insides are worthy or llell outsides. I may note. however, that when MT. Cobden-Sanderson ceased to do himself all the work of fof- warding and finishing Gwlth the alu only Of his wife) and when he es' tablfshed the Doves Bindery, he was willing now and then to clothe In modest half-b binding book by contemporary author. Thus II IS that I was able to secure, shortly after it was published. the Many Inventions" of Rudyard kipltng' with a back of blue morocco, with sides of a harmoniously marbled pa per, and with honest vellum corners. [ asked the author to authenticate it by his autograph. He wrote back that the blank pages at the begin ming of the book were very tempt ing. and he asked if I had expected him to write in all of them. He had written on three of them parody of Browning, parody or
 Whitcomb Riley (the dialect Of which was so accurate that HowelPs was ready to accept it as the actual work of the Hoosier lyrist and uuatrain which am indiscreet enough to copy out:
 See my literary pants.
 I am bound in crushed levants. Brander Matthews did it, and
 very handsome thing of Branda.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-10

an inhabitant of Sunfield: will un- derstand the enjoyment of the sud- den acquisition of wealth., limou- sine,s@ and-an adopted child CD by the sisters, Uncle" Mary and Aunt" Alice; will watch with interest the thawing and rejuvenation of Uncle" Mary, the cure of Alice, and the solving of the mystery of the wealth of sweet little Libbie Lee.
 1.-THE MAKING OF A SAINT" By w. Somerset Maugham. The
 St. Botolph Society. publishers, The
 Page company, Boston.
 Somerset Vaughan has attained literary fame and popularity with the reading public equaled by few En- glish writers. His plays are drawing audiences in every city; his books are always among the best sellers: so that the St. Botolph Society shows excellent judgment in selecting his sThe Making of Saint" for the first publication to carry the new imprint.
 "The Making of a Saint is a. TO- nance of Mediaeval Italy. None can resent the frankness and apparent brutality of the scene through which the hero and his companions of both sexes are made to pass. and many will yield ungrudging praise to the authors vital handling of the truth.
 FOR WHAT DO WE LIVE" By Edward Howard Griggs. orchard Hill Press, Croton- on-the- -Hud son, New York. -f54
 Dr, Edward Howard Griggs, who is particularly well known in the south. having delivered many courses of lectures here on cultural subjects, has a large circle of friends and admirers who will welcome his book For What do we Live" with great pleas ure.
 It Is the fullest and franlSest state ment the author has yet given of his
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-10

If you should happen to ask Dr. M. E. Lazenby, the able eidror of Alabama's great Methodist paper, "The Alabama Christian Advocate, who will be the guest preacher" at Highlands Methodist church today, in the absence of the pastor, Dr. w. K. Hendrix, who Is away on his vaea- tion. what the greatest pulpit Is that a man can fill, he will answer quickly:
 He has 1t who reaches through his pulpit the largest number of people
 "rhe greatness of a pulpit, then, eoes not depend upon the wealth and culture of the occupants of the pew. It does not depend upon the archi- tectural grandeur. the age, nor tile historic interest of the church; nor does 1t depend upon the learning and scholarship of It's past or present ministers. Its true greatness depends upon it's ability to reach and uplift tho largest number of human beings
 Tn the providence of God it Is my privilege to be the editor of the Alabama Christian Advocate. a pulpit that reaches about 10000 people each week l have, then, the honor of holding the greatest pulpit In Ala bama.
 @Church Publicity
 T am great believer in church publicity" Dr. Lazenby says en- thusiastically, land for years during my various pastorates l have bought space regularly in the daily papers, usually one-half page, frequently one whole page every Saturday have written extensively on the sub ject of church publicity for various To many conferences on the subject, for I am a sincere Believer In the power of the press"
 outstandfng Feature of Pastoral
 Work
 The outstanding feature of Dr. Lnzenby's pastoral work has been his success in organizing and con- ductinR the regular old-fashioned mid-week prayer meeting During the 10 months that he was pastor at First church, OpelIka, there was an aver age of 237 people who attended Wednesday night prayer service every Wednesday evening for 40 weeks. This record is seldom ever equaled.
 Another service of which he was especially fond was the Sunday eve ming service, which he was always pleased to call the Pleasant Sunday Evening Service. In different pass torates he was successful in increas- ing attendance on Sunday evening from a mere handful to a houseful, many times extra chairs having to be provided for those who attended.
 Native AInbamian
 Dr. Jazenby is a native Alabamian and proud of 1t.
 He was born at Forest Home on February s, 1885, and Is now young man in the hey-day of youth, with his greatest work in Christian fields yet before him.
 Dr. Lazenby Is one of II children. one of those big ld-fashioned fam
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-10

more and more am made to real ize my utter dependence upon God.
 Tt was while I was pastor at First Methodist church, Opeltka, that tha call came to me definitely to enter this great pulpit. Some won- dered why I should be willing to leave so delightful and so important a church, where I found hundreds of congenial friends, to come, as one man expressed it. and bury myselr within the four walls of the Adyo< cate office
 well, 1t did look foolish. But I knew that from the four walls of the Advocate office I would have the oportunity of preaching to hundred times as many people eacn week as could have, perhaps, rom any church pulpit. And olo not count that foolish.
 "Religious editorial work with me is more than a mere duty. It IS passion, Accepting this responsible place. I resolved to leave no stone unturned to make the paper real pulpit, and to seek to preach from this pulpit the great fundamentai doctrines of the gospel of Christ.
 The Editor a Preacher
  tor of a church paper Is preacher. He still studies and reads and prays and breaches the unsearchable riches of Christ's gospel. The great spir- final truths that characterize regu- lar sermons are5written in the form of editorials. and they become noun ina less nor more than sermons When briefly and attractiyely put these editorials are widely read.
 The Editor a Historian
 "But the church editor Is more than preacher. He becomes a church historian. Reading carefully the religious exchanges that come from other churches and other flelds, and gieaning items of current his- tory from the letters and messages that come from his brother preach- : CTS over the state, he complies anu arranges this data and It becomes church history. Not only does ne write the history of his own anu other churches, but he interprets re- 1tgious history and movements of his readers.
 rba Editor n Gatherer and Gnrnerer
 "It was never intended that an editor should do all the writing. Olo newspaper men used to say that an editor must have nose for news. Tilsewise he must know how to gather and garner literary and. re- Iieious articles from other writers. He must accept and reject. Often times his best service to the cause is done by procuring for his col umns articles from some Of the most brilliant writers of the coun- try. In this connection it would no. be amiss to say that recently we have secured the pledges of mum, Der of brilliant and dtstinsuishea men to contribute for the columns of our paper.
 The Editor An Organizer
 "The church Is now an organiza-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-10
KIpLING WRITES DoGGEREL


 Brander Matthews. in Arts and Dec
 oration.
 Andrew Lang was a mere scholar andaa journalistic journeyman (even as | am)~ but he was a true bibli- ophile, for all that (even as l should like to be): and he was annoyed when he found a trivial book sump-
 tuously attired. The foremost o British binders of our time, MT. Cob den- -Sanderson, has refused always to waste his skill upon book which did not deserve to be saved from ignorance by it's external adorn- ment. The late Locker Lampson cnce deputed Mir. Bain to ask MT. Golden -Sanderson if he would bind one of the volumes in the Rowfant library. Seemingly the binder sus- pected that the volume might be Lockers own charming collection of "London Lyrics." and therefore he sent back word that he did not care to bind anything ephemeral."- whereupon Locker returned that the book he had in mind was the first edition of Shakespeare's "Sonnets" and he hoped MT. Golden Sanderson would not deem that volume too ephemeraL"
 Of course, MT. Golden Sanderson was right in declining to bestow a robe of beauty on thing of naught. and as a result of his. artistic scruples the bibliophiles of the twenty-first century who shall be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-10
Dr. Lazenby Talks About "Alabama's Greatest Pulpit"

ilieR of the long ago, and his parents, James 10. and Mary Elizabeth Lazen- by still live at Monroeville, where they look from & distance with low Ing eyes upon the great work that their talented son Is accomplishing.
 Dr. Lazenby from the time of hls sophomore year in college, began to develop talent and predilection for Christian journalism, becoming ct that time associate editor of the ool- lege magazine; In his junior year he became business manager of that magazine, and In his senior year he was editor- -in- chief of the magazine.
 He represented the college in the intercollegiate oratorical contest, in which the Southern university, How ard college and Auburn participated. and he was on a number of college debates. and won the junior ora l torical contest medal.
 Begins Pastorate
 Immediately after graduating, Dr. Lazenby was sent to the pastorate l of Trinity Methodist church (EnE- | lish~speaking CongregationaD Ha. vana, Cuba, and he also held the chair of English at Candler college, Havana, Cuba. Because of tempo rary failure In health, he had to re- turn to the states. after being in Cuba r months.
 Returning Dr. LaEenby filled the following appointments; Forest
 Home Circuit, 1909-10; Centreville circuit, 1911, IF, IS and l14; Mid way circuit. 1915: Lafayette Street church. Dothan. 191e-1917; was sent 1 as Methodist camp pastor to Camp
 Sheridan, Montgomery, during the
 war, 1918; Dennopolis, 1919-1920. Dr. l'azenby became associate editor of Alabama Christian Advocate during the first nine months of 1921 and
 was then sent to First church, Ope- lika, where he remained until June.
 1922. when he was elected editor and business manager of the Ala bama Christian Advocate, succeed ing Dr. L. c. Branscomb, who suo- ceeded Bishop Hoyt M Dobbs, as pastor of First church. Anniston.
 pr. Laxenby,s Family
 pr. Lazenby was married in 1908 to Miss Mary Fea6in of Pine Apple and he has three splendid children,
 candler. Ora and Rosalyn. and since coming to Birmingham they have all made a wide circle of
 friends who admire Dr. Lazenby's courageous. fine. Christian spirit and look to his pen to keep In touch with the problems facing Chris tianity today.
 Dr. Laxonby Talks
 Tn making the statement that have the honor of holding the greatest pulpit in Alabama. I must add at once that there Is not the slightest tinge of boasting in this | statement On tho contrary, the awful responsibility of having to | preach each week to 50 vast con ] gregation of mortal souls humbles mo as no other responsibility can do. It drives me to my knees as l no other work has ever done, for