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Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-18
Booster" Dinner
Perfects Plans
for Sciot Order

Plans for the organization of In
perial Valley Pyramid, No 81,
Ancient Egyptian Order of Sciots
were perfected last night at an on
thusiastic "booster dinner in the
Barbara Worth hotel. Applications
arc being received in good numbers,
and it is expected that double the
required number will DO on hand
when the Pyramid is instituted in
this city next Saturday.
A special train viii bring n big
delegation of Sciots from San Diego
accompanied by Il band, and the
institutional ceremonies will be i'll
charge of the supreme officers from
San Francisco. An open meeting
will preccde the ceremonies to which
all Masons are invited.
The Sciots are known as a live
bunch of "boosters -, their member
ship in California; having grown
from 1000 to 10000 in the past few
years.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-18

The following officers have been
elected for the local lodge:
c. w. Collins, toparch; Andy
Prcblc, nobip; j. l.. Travcrs, haru-
spice; f. j. Allen, pastophore; j. s.
Loofbourow, scribe; A. V. Casnavc,
chancellor; II. W. Tyler, A. W.
Tondro and A. II. Spencer, trustees;
+. M. Jacobs, Calexico, marshall; d.
B. Roberts, Holtvillc, klashcr;
Harry Dyke, Imperial, mozai; J. d.
Foss, proclmaator; Dewey Carey,
Brawlcy, chief of the NEE; Rodney
Hcrmon, sub-chief of the NEE; Ii.
+. Jones, Holtvillc, mohar; icholas
Novak, Calexico, trumpetecr; j. y.
Schofield, captain Of guard Roscoe
Gould, standard bearer.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-18
Wanted to Buy

WANTED-Any Kind lumber OF
building material in any quanti
ty. Collins Wrecking Co. Phons
572. 270 No. 12th. 24t26
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-18
Helm Wanted

BOOKKEEPER OFFICE EXECU-
TIVE. Some local experience in
valley. Open for permanent con-
nection in about 10 days. Ad-
dress Box 355, care Press. l7t2
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-18
For SdIe-MisceLl0HeOuS

FOR SALE-Cotton seed. $4,000
ton. Old Whsle ranch on the
Erawley main. See II. b. Singh,
17t2
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-18
Junior College
Meets Defeat at
Hands CalexicO
By r. J. KLIEGEL

Ell Centre Junior College show
ed the lack of practice yesterday
when the Calexico high school base
ball nine beat them Il, to 3. Yabar-
ra, the first man up for the high
school, knocked one over the fence
for q home run. Shortly after this
Wakefield took Davis's place in
the box and the team Gained down
little. Glenn Davis was strong
with the etic}; yesterday, knocking
two hoEle runs.
For q short time the College
tightenod and the score stood to
4 but as the game went on CalexicO
gradually forged ahead. CaleXico
seemed to have the knack of scor-
ing with two men out. Time and
time again the border city lads
managed to squeeze q couple of
runs in while the College bows
were trying to put the last man
out.
Wakefield struck out II men for
the College. Brandt of the high
school st4uck out s III innings.
Nottingham forcing g men to the
bench in the remaining three in
nings. The summary is as fol
lows:
II + f
II r f
CaleXico ................................. il 3
Junior College ---..---...-----...... 5 Z
Batteries: Calexico, Brandt, Well
ingham and Lopez. Junior Col
lege, Davis, Wakefield and Wake
field and Davis.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-18
TODAY'S WANT ADS

WkNTED--position as housekcep-
er or maid in Ell Centro. Imperial
Valley Press, Box 304. 1878
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-18
For Sa[e-POHlirU

W WANTED-Any amount of poul-
try. Highest market prices. We
call. Jos. Mintz & Co. Third aud
Main. Phone 60. loft
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-18

Lambs, "a pounds down, good and
choice, l00@12.50; medium, S.0oG
HOO; medium and good ewes, 500
@GO0, yearling wethors, medium,
good and choice. 9.50@1l.00; aged
wetheTs, 7.50@S.25.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-18

FOR LEASE-Melon and lettuce
land. 4s0 acres alfalfa west of
Calipatria for melons and lettuce,
will lease part or all. Excellent
land, been in alfalfa a number
of years. Close to shipping sta
tion. C. L. Sprouse, Gas Citi-
zens Natl. Bank Bldg, Los An.
geles, Cal. 1ltl0
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-18

FOR SALE-One Of the best estah-
lished businesses in Ell Centre
This is a money maker. Imperial
Valley Press, Box sol. Its
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-18

WA1NTED--Milker at once to milk
80 cows. Good pay to the right
man. j. c. Armstrong, r. +. ID.
], Seeley. 1918
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-18

WANTED-First class automobile
repair man. C. Il. Cogglns Ma
chine Shop. ITO
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-18
Lost or Found

LoST-Packago of valuable papers
in or near Security Bank. Papers
only valuable TO me. Leave at
Press office and receive reward.
1873
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-18

FOR SALE-Good big ice box with
water cooler. Fred Veliquette, y.
milo west, II mile north Of Me
Cabc school. 17t3
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-18

FoUND---1 aolstcln heifer, . years
old, branded "M" on left hip.
Call Otto Rueggor, Baker Ranch,
Hober. I6t4
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-18
Wdlated--Misceiidneous

WANTED--0ne good family COW,
Call WiIsie Ranch on the Brawley
main. H. B. Singh, lTt3
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-07-06
EsEswns.z s7EREcb91S&SSGS
DIR. JAMES CONOVER

DR.. James Conover passed away at
his home in Elmer, Nd, June IL, 1870,
in the sixty-eighth year of his age In
addition to his widow, he leaves a son,
Howard, a resident Of Cleveland, Ono.
He also leaves a sister, Mrs. Charles
Hurff, of Elmer, and two brothers,
Samuel, of Swedesboro, and Prof
Elisha, Conover, of Newark, Del. III;
brother, Rev. Howard J. ConoVer, ana
sister, Mrs. C.. c. Avis both died dur
ing the past two years. Another SIS
ter Tillie, wife of E. r. Borton, passed
away a number of years ago.
DR.. Conover, as he was famllarly
known, was the son of Elisha and
Eliza Conover and was born near
Woodstown, July II, 1855, in the same
house in which his father was born.
While he worked on the home farm
he was of a studious turn of mind and
while still a student in the public
school, decided that he wanted to be a
physician. He attended Pennington
Seminary for two years and then took
a course in the Electric Medical Insti-
tute at Cincinnati Ohio, from which
he was graduated in 1880.
In addition to being an unusually
successful practitioner the Doctor had
time for various other interests. He
had been a director in the First Ma
tional Bank Of Elmer, N. j., ever
since it was organized and served as
vice-president for many years. he
was a member of the Elmer NJ. q.
Church and had served on the Official
board. He was a member Of Elmer
Lodge F. and A. NJ, and of Excelsior
Consistory, of Camden. He was local
treasurer of the Order of Modern
Woodmen of America.
Six years ago he erected in Elmer
the c. and A. Drug Store building and
with Clinton F. Avis, established the
business which has been successful.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-07-06
THINGS YOU SHOULD
KNOW ABOUT THE MAILS

Mail containing money OF valuables
should always be registered.
A special delivery stamp does not
give better protection to your mail.
Mail can be sent both special delivery
and registered. To send money un-
registered, invites stealing, and there
is no reimbursement for the sender.
The money order system affords a
safe way to send money. If money
orders are lost a duplicate will be is
sued.
turn address is sent to the dead letter
office. If it contains nothing of value
it is destroyed.
Patrons should use envelopes bear
mo their return cards for social cor
respondence as well as for business
Your postmaster will sup
ulv them, or your local printer will
furnish them for you.
If YOU put a message in a parcel
most bundle you make the whole pack
age first class. t5
You may %inclose an invoice with
merchandise sent by parcel post.
The postmaster in his discretion
NAV decline to allow you to receive
vorIT mail at the general delivery I'M
less you are bona fide transient vlsl-
tor.
The limit of insurance on a parcel
most bundle is 500 and the fee is 20
cents.
Only first class matter may be for
warded to you free. If you desire
your magazines and papers sent you
should leave postage with the for
warding clerk.
If YOU drop a letter without a
stamp on it the clerk must write the
addressee and ask for stamps to
I'VE He may not forward it post
age due"
postal card may be used separately.
If YOU spoil a quantity of stamped
envelopes the government will redeem
tbe stamps but not the envelopes. The
complete envelope must be surren-
dered.
Daily newspapers travel frst-class.
The department is very particular to
have daily papers dispatched and de-
livered promptly.
You may refuse to take a publlca-
tion from the office or you may re-
turn it marked Refused after you
Complaints are still received of the
use of postal cards to request the pay,
ment Of a bill. This is a criminal
~offense.
A specil delivery stamp on a parcel
most bundle e~xpedites its dispatch; 1t
entities it to travel in a frst-class
pouch if not too bulky.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-07-06
State Government of New Jersey, 1922
Expenditures.

The Department of Commerce an
nounces that according to reports
made TO the Bureau of the Census the
costs of government for the State of
New jersey for the fiscal year ended
June 80. 1922, amounted to $685.
S97, which was a per capita cost of
1851. In 1918 the per capita cost
was S7.OS, and in 1915, S6.5S, the
totals for these years being $21,130,-
S51 and S1S,3S1, 1863, respectively. The
per capita cost for 1922 consisted of
expenses of general departments,
$14.12 payments of interest, SQ.13;
and for OUTLAWS S2.67. The chief item
among payments for permanent m
provements was one for highways,
amounting to SS,000,000.
Revenues
The total revenue receipts for 1922
were S42, 900 sos, or S12.79 per capita.
For the fiscal year the per capita ex-
cess of governmental costs over rev.
enue receipts was, therefore, $4.12.
In New Jersey property and special
taxes represented 69.4 per cent of the
total event for 1922, 1854 per cent
for 1918, and 77.6 per cent for 1915.
The increase in the amount of prop
erty and special taxes collected was
PCS per cent from 1915 to 1918, and
GAG per cent from 1918 to 1922. The
per capita property and special taxes
for the three specified years were
1888, 1898, and $500, respectively
Earnings of general departments,
or compensation for services rendered
by State officials represented SO per
cent of the total revenue for 1922, 81
per cent for 1918, and 7.3 per cent for
1915.
Business and non-business licenses
constituted 40 per cent of the total
e for 1922, 1873 per cent for
1918, and 10.1 per cent for 1915. Re
ceipts from business licenses consist
chiefly of taxes eXacted from lnsur-
ance and other incorporated COM
panies, while those from n~on-business
licenses comprise taxes on motor
vehicles and amounts paid for hunting
and fishing privileges.
Indebtedness.
The net Indebtedness funded and
floating debt less sinking fund assets
of New jersey was S4.95 per capita
for 1922, $O.04 for 1918, and 5000 for
1915. During the year reported re-
ceipts from the sale of highway bonds
amounted to 5000 900, and those
from -soldier-bonus bond, S12,000,000.
Assessed Valuations and Tax Lev1es
For 1922 the assessed valuation of
property in New Jerey subject to ad
valorem was S4,055, 796 ,108; the
the amount of taxes levied was $25,-
090,360; and the per capita levy, S7.64.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-07-06
IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
Lesson

cBy REV. p. B. FITZwATER, D. D.,
Teacher of English Bible in the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago.)
Copyright. 1919. Western Newspaper Union.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-07-06
Judgment Entered Against Mitchell

Before Judge Ralph w. E. Donges,
in Camden, on Monday, former Judge
Henry Burt Ware, representing the
City of Salem, secured judgment IN
the sum of $4,000 against former
City Treasurer Alfred D. Mitchell.
This was a civil suit against Mitchell
to the amount of Salem City
School Bonds which had been hypoth-
ecated.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-07-06

From an agricultural point of
view. Federal experts say, there is
need for a considerable permanent IN
crease in the production of rye. In
many localities rye will give better
Yields and more food per acre than
wheat. ~ -FyEar44EF
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-07-06
You Guard Against Burglars, But
What About Rats?

Rats steal millions of dollars worth
of grain, chickens, eggs, etc. Destroy
the property and are a menace to
health. If you are troubled with rats,
try Rat-Snap. 1t will surely kill
them-prevent odors. Cats or dogs
won't touch it. Comes in cakes. Three
sizes, 35c Csc, SIPS. Sold and guar
anteed by P. Jordan, 10 North Broad
Street.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-07-06
"Judge Not Men"

Judge not men by the tint of skin,
BY the gods they love or the vim
tage drink,
By the way they love, or hate, or sin,
But judge them by the thoughts
they think.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-07-06
Our Mistakes

There are few, very few, that will
own themselves In a mistake, though
all the world see them to be In down
right nonsense.-Swift. -itshNAl
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-07-06

There is no such thing as luck. It's
a fancy name for being always at our
duty, and so sure to be ready when the
good time zones
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-07-06

The P0Iarinc Chart
recommends a certain
consistency Of Potarine
for your motor. Consult
it at your dealers.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-07-06

Liquid oxygen explosives 7 uesd
to advantage for reducing blasting
costs in iron, salt and other mineral
mines and quarries.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-07-06
The Art Of Learning.

The great arr of learning is to un-
dertake but little at a time.-Locke.
The Washington times., 1923-07-26
Foreign Bonds.

COther foreign bonds unchanged.)
The Washington times., 1923-07-26
FARRAR IN CORPORATION
TO BUY VAIL ESTATE

BRATTLEBORo. VT. July &c.
Geraldine Farrar, primma donna, is
the dominating figure in the pur.
chase Of the 300-acre estate of the
late Theodore N. Vail at London
vile. which will be utilized as a
health resort, Major Frederick de
Trafford Craven. a retired English
army officer. who has been negotia.
ting for the purchase Of the place,
has announced. He said the deal
involved more than $1,000,0 900.
It was learned from Harold q.
Whitney, attorney, of this city, that
papers were being prepared for the
Incorporation of Manor Vail, Inc"
and that a large sum had been
paid over to insure the purchase of
the estate.
Healthful qualities are attributed
to the water of springs on the es-
tate, Il Is said, and an elaborate
system of piping was laid by the
late Mr.. Vail.
The Washington times., 1923-07-26
PLANS-F|GHT ON
WORLD COURT
FOR ]. 8,
Committee of One Hundred
Will Urge Nation Avoid
EntangIements.

In observing Law, Not War
Day" in Washington Sunday, the
anniversary of the beginning of
the world war, the Washington
Committee of One Hundred will
launch a campaign against Ameri.
can participation in the world court
of the involving of this nation in
any foreign entanglements.
This stand Of the local body is
considered remarkable, In view Of
the fact that the National Council
for Prevention of War, under whose
auspices the local group was
formed, is in favor Of the court
plan.
Sundays demonstrations will in
clude services at the tomb Of the
Unknown Soldier at 2 o'clock in the
afternoon. followed by a procession
to the Church of Our Father, Thir-
teenth and L streets northwest,
where mass meeting will be held,
with such speakers as David j.
Lewis, of the United States Tariff
Commission; DR., Norman Thomas.
director of TIE League for Indus
trial Democracy; Prof. Kelly Miller.
Of Howard University; Miss Amy
Woods, national secretary of the
Women's International League, and
Mrs. Alice Thatcher Post. Louis F.
Post will preside.
Charles N. Pidgeon is chairman
OF the committee, with Cora r.
Hutchinson as secretary and Jane
Grey Allen as treasurer. Members
or the executive committee are Ed
win S. Potter, Edwin Evans, Miss
Mabel TRY, Edmund C. Stanton, and
Bertha Ballard.
The Washington times., 1923-07-26
FORD, HEARS OF TROUBLE
OF WOMAN. OFFERS SURETY

DETROIT, July 26.-As his yacht
drifted about Grand Traverse Bay
recently Henry Ford looked up from
belated copy of a Detroit news.
paper. With tears in his eyes he
rose and went to the wireless room.
He had been reading about Kath-
crime Gorka, who was in Jail await.
ing trial for shooting and killing her
husband, Frank.
Gorka had bought an automo.
bile with the money which his wife
was saving for a home and had
threatened to leave her and their
three children.
Tell my office in Dearborn" Mr..
Ford instructed the radio operator
ito supply bail in any amount and
let that woman out of Jail"
Ford representatives rushed to
the prosecuting attorneys office to
do his bidding. but they found that
Mrs. Gorka had already been freed
under a $4,000 bond supplied by
friends.
The Washington times., 1923-07-26
To
BOOST C|TY'S.
TRADE
Proposed Club Will Be Formally
Organized at Meeting
Monday Night.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, July 90
Fiftyfive members of the Chamber
of Commerce will meet in the
Chamber of Commerce rooms Mon
day at 2:3O p. m. to organize a
Boosters club. A committee com.
posed of eight men from the Retail
Merchants Bureau started the
movement. They are: Benjamin Ez.
r1ne, Irwin Diener, Page Waller
w. r. Ross, Claude Fletcher, w.
G. Illch. F. C. Knight and Aubrey
Shuman. The club is to be or.
ganized on lines so successful in
Culpeper. Fredericksburg, and
other cities close at hand.
. A boosters trip will be taken
throughout the surrounding country
previous to the Fall Trade Exhibit
In October.
The automobile owned by r.. E.
Knight was badly damaged yester-
day when a head-on collision oc-
CURED on the Little River turn.
pike, five miles from Alexandria.
No one was hurt. The accident is
said to have been unavoidable
j. I. Preston, secretary Of the
Chamber Of Commerce, and Alfred
Thomson, chairman of the railway
committee of Post F, Travellers
Protective Association, returned
yesterday from a trip to Richmond,
where they attended the Freight
Claim Prevention Convention held
under the auspices of the Rich.
mond Chamber of Commerce.
The Kiwanis Club held its regu-
lar weekly luncheon in the West.
minister building today at 1890
o'clock. Music was furnished by
the Krazy Kats Orchestra, but no
set program was followed.
The funeral of Mrs. Dora c..
Dunn, who died at her home in
Gun Springs, Fairfax County. yes.
terday, will be held from the Metho.
dist Church in Accotink. Va, to.
morrow at 2 p. m. She Is sur.
vived by her husband, r. M. Dunn
The Washington times., 1923-07-26
WOMAN ASKS LICENSE
AS MASTER MARINER
FURNISHED by ". B. Hibbs & Co

BOSTON, July 26.-Mrs. Jennie
Croker, of Cliftondale, has applied
for a license as master Of sailing
vessels empowering her to command
and navigate any sailing vessel on
any waters. Her application is said
to be unique In the marine history Of
America.
Mrs. Croker is the wife Of Capt
Nelson A. Croker, skipper of the
schooner Ruth Martin. Both hail
from Machiasport, Me. They were
married in Bangor twenty years ago,
and since that time Mrs. Croker
has sailed in her husbands vessels
to all the seven seas. She studied
navigation during these voyages.
On one occasion while Captain
Croker was sick his wife for twenty
days navigated his four-masted
schooner, bound from the west coast
of Africa, taking her regular trick
at the wheel and nursing her hus-
band as well.
The Washington times., 1923-07-26
DAY
DISCUSSED BY
STEEL MEN
Judge Gary Heads Conference
of Ironmasters Trying to
Solve Problem.
BY international News Service.

NEW YORK, July 26. The
United States Steel Corporation to.
day took its first definite step to
establish the universal eight-hour
day within it's industries, in accord
with a pledge made President Hard
ing.
Ebert H. Gary, board chairman,
and spokesman for the entire steel
industry, sat in conference with
presidents of the corporations sub
sidiary companies for the purpose
of working out a plan by which the
steel mems promise could be met
with the least possible loss Of both
money and production.
The conference was behind closed
doors, and it will be many months
before the final program will be
announced, subsidiary company
presidents arriving for the meeting.
said.
To Work Out Problems.
A number of problems are to. be
worked out, along a line already
agreed upon by the steel men. it
is said.
The many problems, incident to
the establishing Of the eight-hour
day, are to be divided between the
mills of the subsidiary companies,
observed and later introduced as
the general plan of the United
States Steel Corporation If found
practical.
The problems to be worked out
at the conference, 1t was learned,
at Judge Gary's office, were:
~ Wages.
(2) Labor supply.
(3) The introduction Of labor
saving machinery.
VIII Lower Wages.
Grave fear was expressed by
those attending the conference, that
the workers would react to the re-
duction of wage which the eight.
hour day will bring.
At present, it was pointed out,
unskilled labor in the steel mills
earns $3.50 a day on the twelve"
hour basis. With an eight-hour
day this wage would be cut to
1920.
How to overcome this problem
was admittedly the chief concern
of the conference. and it was freely
admitted that should labor prove
willing to accept this wage on an
eight-hour basis, the universal eight.
hour day would only be a matter OF
months.
It was expected, the reaction to
the wage problem would be put
under observation among the enl-
ployes of the open hearth depart
ment Of the Republic Iron and
Steel Company, and at the Youngs-
town Sheet and Tube Company,
subsidiary companies, where the
eight-hour day has been put into
force.
More Laborers Needed.
The problem of labor, it was exc
pected, would be delegated to the
National Tube Company and the
American Sheet and Tin Plate Com"
pany, of Pittsburgh.
If the 100000 steel company EN-.
ployes were put on a universal
eight-hour day next week, it was
stated by those attending the con-
ference, the corporation would be
forced to employ $4,000 additional
men within a week to keep its
plants in operation, and add 10000
more within two months.
The Washington times., 1923-07-26
BEAR ATTACKS
ON STOCKS
FUTILE
Railroad Securities Lead in
Strength That Prevents
Driving Down Prices.
By w. p. EDWARDS,
Copyright. 1923. by Cosmopolitan



NEW YORK, July 26.-With
transactions in limited volume
tocks displayed steadiness in the
first two hours trading on the
stock exchange today. There was
less inclination on the part of
traders to sell the market, due to
the resistance to pressure shown
in yesterdays session. On the
other hand, outside interest was
reduced to minimum, being strict
~ confined to the purchase Of
thoroughly tested investment is
sues.
Still, the market gave a good &C.
count Of itself, influenced no doubt
by the excellent car loading figures
for the week. ended July II, show
ing total loadings again in excess
of 100000 cars, and the publica-
ton of some. remarkable earnings
statements for the month of July,
among which the Philadelphia and
Reading report was most promi-
nent.
The better feeling in the railroad
: group stimulated industrial shares
to a moderate extent.
Independent steel stocks reflected
the more optimistic tone of the
iron and steel trade journals, adj
vances Of a fraction to a point
being noted in Bethlehem and Cru.
chile Steel.
The oil stocks, however, were in
clined to heaviness, due to a fur
ther cut in gasoline prices by the
Standard Oil company, OF New
York and the reported increase Of
1920 barrels in the daily average
crude oil production. Trading in
this department was light and losses
in most cases were fractional.
The trading pace showed further
s1ackening with the approach Of the
noon hour, but steadiness was well
maintained.
Call money was a shade firmer,
renewing at 5 per cent, 4 per
cent above yesterdays renewal rate.
The Washington times., 1923-07-26
Local Stocks.
MONEY.

Potomac Electric G. and Ref. 6's
1883, $1,ooo@1o1h, $1,oooQ1o1k
81, 000@1o1h, $1,00o@101A, $4,000
101A. $1,o00@1O1h. $1,ooo@1O11s.
Capital Traction Company. 100
1o0A, 10Q100k.
Washington Gas Light, 1850.
Riggs National Bank, 1861, 10
651h, 5@653, 10@653.
Lanston Monotype, 5Q74, 1904
10@74.
Mergenthaler, 1O@151N.
After call
Washington, Baltimore and Ana
polls SIS, $1,000@7015.
Money-Call loans, and pei
cent.