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Imperial Valley press., 1923-03-05
SCHOOL BOND ELECTION
NOTICE 4

Notice is hereby given to the
qualified electors Of Acacia School
district of the County Of Imperial,
State Of California, that in accor
dance with the provisions of the
Political Code Of the State Of Cali
fornia, an election will be held on
the 14th day Of March, 1923. at the
temporary school house at the south
west corner Of Pope Ranch at the
old school house site, in said Dis
trict, between the hours Of eight
O'Clock a. IN. and six O'Clock p. m.,
during which period and between
which hours the polls shall remain
open, at which election the question
of issuing and selling bonds Of said
district to the amount of Thirteen
Thousand Five Hundred Dollars, for
the purpose of raising money for
building or purchasing one or more
school buildings, for insuring school
buildings, for supplying school
buildings with furniture or neces.
sary5 apparatus, and for improving
school grounds, will be voted upon.
The said bonds Hereunder to be
issued and sold, shall be Of the de-
nomination of Five Hundred and
One Thousand Dollars each, and
shall bear interest at the rate Of
six per cent per annum, payable
semi-annually, and said bonds shall
be numbered from l to 90 consecu-
lively, payable as follows:
Bond No. l, Five Hundred Dol
lars, to run four years.
Bond No. 2, Five Hundred Dol
lars, to run five years.
Bond No. 3, Five Hundred Dol
lars, to run six years.. t4tt..
Bond No. 4, Five Hundred Dol
lars, to run seven years
Bond No. S, Five Hundred Dol
lars, to run eight years.
Bond No. 6, Five Hundred Dol
lars, to run nine years.
- Bond No. 7, Five Hundred Dol
lars, to run ten years.
Bond No. g, Five Hundred Dol
lars, to run eleven years.
Bond No. 9, Five Hundred Dol
lars, to run twelve years..
Bond No. 10, Five Hundred Dol.
lars, to run thirteen years.
Bond No. IL, Five Hundred Dol
lars, to run fourteen years.
Bond No. IL, Five Hundred Dol
lars, to run fifteen years.
Bond No. l3, Five Hundred Dol
lars, to run sixteen years.
Bond No. II, One Thousand Dol.
lars, to run seventeen years.
Bond No. IS, One Thousand Dol
lars, to run eighteen years.
Bond No. 16, One Thousand Dol
lars, to run nineteen years. -
Bond No. II, One Thousand Dol
lars, to run twenty years. ~
Bond No. IS, One Thousand Dol
lars, to run twenty one years.
Bond No. 10, One Thousand Dol
lars, to run twenty-five years.
Bond No. 20, One Thousand Dol
lars, to run twenty three years.
That C. F. Haber will act as In
spector and F. E. Graham and G. c.
Tucker will act as the Judges of
said Election, and conduct the same,
said Inspector and Judges being
competent and qualified electors of
said School District.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, we
have hereunto set our hands this
18th day of February, 1923.
B. CHRISTIAN,
MRS. G. w. DYER, Clerk.
d. II. SAUNDERS.
Trustees Of Acacia School District,
Imperial County, California.
Feb 10 26 M S
Imperial Valley press., 1923-03-05
News From Over The Valley
HOLD FUNERAL
FOR MRS. PRIEST
Nv Pres. Stair ondcnt

HOLTy1ELE, March o. The fun.
eral Of Mrs. Elsie Priest, wife of
Jesse Priest, was held Sunday af.
ternoon at the Lemons Undertaking
Parlors in FL Centre, the Reverend
Maley officiating. Interment was.
at the Evergreen cemetery. Owing.
to the weather only few were able
to attend. The bereaved husband
has the sympathy of the entire com
munity in his sorrow, for he is left
with four little children. He has
kind relatives here who are caring
for the immediate needs Of the fam
ily.-
Imperial Valley press., 1923-03-05
LOCKETT NAMED ..
NEW ELK HEAD


CALEXICO, March 5.-S. n.
Loekett, chief clerk of the Ameri.
can Brokerage Company, has been
elected as exalted ruler Of the Elks
lodge in this city, The. other. Off
GERS elected were us follows: \
Esteemed leading knight, r. j.
Nicholason; esteemed loyal knight,
J. j. Lopez; esteemed leeturing
knight, H. 4. Zureher; secretary,
Herbert Going; treasurer, i. NJ.
Beidleman; trustee, b. L. Ault; del
egate to grand lodge, Charles Down
ing; alternate, w. J. Hartman;
tyler, A. W. Briggs.
The regular installation meeting
will be the first Friday in April.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-03-05
Personal News ~
from HOltville
Nv Press staff torreapondent

H.
HOLTVILLE, March 5.-Tsm
Webb has purchased the p. B.
Brown residence in the east side of
town and will move there shortly
with his family. The Browns have
stored their furniture and gone to
Porterville, where they expect to To-
cate. Mrs. Browns sister, Mrs. G.
+. Henbner and her brother Phil
Rust live there, and they will visit
with them for a while. =,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Dresser have
returned from few days business
trip which took them to San Diego
and on up to- Hemet. They report
the roads in bad condition through
the mountains,
Resume Work on Well
Work on the l04 we'll has been
resumed and it is hoped that no
other difficulty will be. encountered,
and that the 1900 foot level may
soon be reached, which win fill the
contract with the stock holders. The
prospects are good at the present
level and it Is being tried ont for
oil. s 90. --. -, -. ..,.-..-. II ~.
Mrs. Milton Biggerstaff has been
confined to her bed for the last
week with an attack Of the influ-
enza.
is Mr.. and Mrs. Milo Busenburg
have moved to their ranch at Melo-
land where they will be located for
q few months. ~ 'rs.a-a Z
Mrs. Sterling Kendrick Of the
Rumsey Store is i'll and unable to
be at the store. q -,
Mrs. Maley, wife of Reverend
Maley of the Baptist church ii re-
covering from a week Of sickness.
~. Dance Success
The Saturday night dance had a
good attendance and will continue
every Saturday night for while.
Mrs. j. w. Shuler, Mrs. R. w. Rit-
ter, Mira. Harold Hall and Mrs.
Fred Dresser were in FL Centre Sat
.urday, shopping and attending the
track meet. f. -
Miss Alice Carpenter Of the Jun
lor CoEege or III Centro was IN
Holtville Saturday posting for the
college annual play which will be
March 9 and 10. Miss Joyce simp-
son, formerly Of Holtville, will take
the leading role. Miss Carpenter re-
turned home Sunday after being the
week end guest of the, Sam Webb
family. , -ete -. ~,
!, Rex Maddox Ill
Rex Maddox is on, the sick list
this week and is unable to be down
town. *'+SE,s. -, ! = .
The services at the Baptist church
closes Monday with an all.day meet
ing with q pot luck. dinner at noon,
services. in the afternoon and at
night, after which; Reverend Sharp
will bid goodbye to Holtville after
the close OF three weeks successful
work here.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-03-05

Whitlock started out with winning
first place in the first event an $50
yard dash. Then he won first place
in two other entries; the 440 yard
dash and the high jump, which was
a splendid record and the school is
justly proud Of him. Dom Constable
also made good record with first
place in the 22o yard dash: second
place in the javlin throw; and
third place in ;-le i0J yard dash,
Grant Mcneil won second place in
the mile race. A good crowd went
.over,from here to see their favorites
win.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-03-05
Holtville Pupils
in Good Standing
by Press staff Correspondent

HOLTVILLE, March 5. - The
Holtville high school ranked third in
the valley track meet at FL Cen
tro Saturday. There were five boys
entered, Leslie Whitlock, Don Con-
stable, Grant Mcneil, Fred Corey
and Herman Covey. The boys start
ed out way ahead but as the after.
noon events went by they were
forced back to third place. Leslie
Imperial Valley press., 1923-03-05
HOT WATER N ALL
HOME COMFORTS
by pres. stair Correspondent

BY Press staff Correspondent
INLAND, Mar. 5.--Four miles Of
telephone wires have already been
placed on the unit from inland to
Glamis, according to Frank SEQ.
field, resident chief lineman. for
the Pacific Telephone and Tele-
graph company. This is over the
worst possible section where even
the big, wide-wheeled truck was not
able to make q track. Instead,
horses are used to drag the big
rolls of wire which weigh over
100 pounds each. G -
The camp at INLAND is the most
complete possible. Hot and cold
water, shower baths, and splendid
eommissary is furnished the men,
giving every possible convenience
and comfort.
One hundred and eighteen elemen'
tary schools in Los Angeles main
tain school orchestras, ..
Imperial Valley press., 1923-03-05
Babe Ruth is
in Hospital
ny United Pres.

HOT SPRINGS, March 5.--Babe
Ruth is very SEX man, according
TO his physicians. He Is suffering
from an attack of influenza, it Is
said, and his temperature Is running
high. Pneumonia is feared, and his
wife is hurrying to his bedside from
New Orleans.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-03-05
LEE HIGHWAY "FATHER,,'
MEETS IMPERIAL DADS
BY Press staff Correspondent

Z. IMPERIAL, Mar. 5.-Mr. John
son, president Of the Lee Highway
Association, met with the business
men of Imperial at the city hall,
Saturday morning, in an informal
meeting explaining the work Of that
association and asked for their 90.
operation in iurtilering the plans
for an early completion Of this great
southern highway.
Evening star., 1923-06-10

But the king-a tall. fat old man
with long nose and little shifty eyes
like a rogue elephant-"spotted" me
at once as an Englishman, and. call
ing me up to him. chatted very
civilly in my own language. which
he spoke without an accent
At that moment there arrived the
usual character who always does ap-
pear at the psychological moment in
any part OF the worlds drama-a
photographer of the Daily Mail.
Ferdinand OF Bulgaria had a partic-
ular hatred and dread of camera
men. believing that he might be as
sassinated by some enemy pretending
to snap" him. He raised his stick
to strike the man down and was only
reassured when I told him that he
was harmless Englishman trying to
carry out his profession as r press
photographer.
Photography is not a profession
said the king. IT'S damned dis
ease"
made another uninvited appear
ance among royalty. and to this day
DluSH dI dildSC VI my
audacity, which was unnecessary and
unpardonable. 1t was when King
George and Queen Mary opened the
exhibition at the White City at Shep-
herds Bush, London.
They had made a preliminary in
spection of the place on filthy day
when the exhibition grounds were
like the bogs of Flanders. and when
the king. with very pardonable irri-
tation, uttered the word "damnt" as
he stepped into a puddle which splash
ed all over his uniform. flush,
George" said the queen. Wait till
we get home!"
On the day of the opening vast
crowds had assembled in the grounds
but were not allowed to enter the
exhibition buildings until the royal
party had passed through. The press
were kept back by a rope at the
entrance way, In position from
which they could see just nothing. al
all. l was peeved at this lack of con.
sideration for professional observers
and when the royal party entered and
ACCORDION of police wheeled across the
great hall to prevent the crowd from
following / stepped over the rope
and Joined the royal procession. AS
it happened, the police maneuver had
Evening star., 1923-06-10

alted idealfsm, but was perhaps
woven with the genial wisdom of
man who had seen life in all its
comedy and Illusion. and had mel
lowed to 1t, stood high in the imag-
ination OF the world and in the af-
fection Of his people. Now he lay
with his scepter at his feet. asleep
with all the ghosts of history.
His death chamber was disturbed
by what seemed to me an outrageous
invasion of vulgarity. In life King
Edward had resented the click of the
camera wherever he walked, but in
death the camera men had their will
of him. A dozen or more of them
surrounded his bed, shaping him at
all angles. arranging the curtains
for new effects of light. fixing their
lenses close to his dead face. There
was something ghoulish in this pho
tographic orgy about his deathbed.
The body of King Edward was
removed to Westminster Hall. whose
timbered roof has weathered seven
centuries Of. English history, and
there he lay in state, with four
guardsmen, motionless. with re-
versed arms and heads bent, day and
night. for nearly a week.
That week was a revelation of
the strange depths of emotion stir
red among the people by his per-
sonality and passing They were
permitted to see him for the last
time. and, without exaggeration,
millions OF people must have fallen
into line for this glimpse Of the
dead king to pay their last homage.
From early morning until late at
night INCREASINGLY there were queues
Of men and women of all ranks and
Glasses. stretching away from West
minister Hall across the bridges,
moving slowly forward. There was
no preference for rank. Peers of the
realm and ladies OF quality fell into
line with laboring men and women,
slum folk. city folk, sporting touts,
actors. women of Suburbia, ragaz
muffin boys, coster girls and all man
ner Of men who make up English
life History does not record any
such demonstration Of popular hom-
age, except one other, afterward,
when the English people passed in
hundreds OF thousands before the
grave of the unknown soldier in
Westminster Abbey.
4 T Windsor, in st. Georges Chapel, /
1 saw the burial of King Edward.
His body was drawn to the castle on a
gun carriage by bluejackets, and the
music Of Chopin's Funeral March, that
ecstasy Of the spirit triumphing over
death. preceded him up the castle hill.
Against the gray old walls floral trib-
utes were laid in masses from all the
Evening star., 1923-06-10
Strength of Insects.

intervals there appear accounts
setting forth the prodiguous
strength Of insects. Their muscular
force is usually compared with their
size by stating, for example. that a
flea can leap SO many times IL own
length and that an ant can drag 50
many times its own weight. Then
1t is said that man, II he were strong
in the same proportion. could jump
so many rods or lift so many tons.
These comparisons, according to the
eminent French investigator Robida,
are misleading.
In his opinion, it is interesting q
consider solely from q mechanical
standpoint these comparisons between
the muscular strength OF man and
that of insects. Strictly from sthis
standpoint they are by no means ex
traordinary. and are only one Of the
forms of what has been called ''the
conflict of squares and cubes" The
law is well known-volumes decrease
in more rapid ratio than surfaces.
The force that a muscle can exert
depends on its section-that is. on
surface-although it's capacity for
doing work depends on its volume
as is logical Here is the expiana
ton of the astonishing strength OF
insects.
AS an example. compare two mus
cles. that of a man and that of al
insect, the latter one hundred times
shorter than the former. 1t Is evi-
dent that the insects muscle Will be
1000, 900 times lighter than the mans.
| while it's section, and consequently
the force it can exert, will be only
10000 times less.
The conclusion is that since man
can lift 81 pounds, the insect will lift
| 10000 times less, or 154 grains, and
one gets the impressive spectacle OF
an insect lifting more than one hun
dred times its weight. In fact, the
smaller the insect is the more 1t vii
astonish us by an appearance OF eS-
traordinary strength.
But 1t is no longer the same il one
examines the mechanical work effect
ed The muscle Of the insect, sup
posed to be one-hundredth of mans
in linear dimensions. furnishes, whe't
1t contracts, a force 10000 times less
than the human muscle, exerted
through space one hundred times
smaller.
Moreover, it seems Gust as with
machines where the smaller are pro
| portionately weaker) as If the In
| sect's muscle, instead of SURPRISING
mans infinitely, is notably inferior
to 1t in quality.
Take the flea's jump, for instance
BY its muscular contraction IL gives
to its mass a movement capable o.
raising 1t twelve inches. Man car
raise his own weight about Ave feet
by leaping. For equal weight the
human muscle thus furnishes f1ve
times more work than that of the
| flea in a single contraction.
Evening star., 1923-06-10

all the apparel which hides his SIM
plicity as a common man.
X y X
THERE was g. dramatic moment
l. when this unclothing happened to
King George. The lord chamberlain
of his cloak and surcoat and the cere-
mony was held up by an awkward
pause. But he was a man of action
and pulling out clasp knife from his
pocket, slashed at the ribbons till
they were cut.
Looking down the great nave from
| a gallery above, I saw the long purple
rows Of coronets, the little pages. like
fairy-ta princes, on the steps of the
sanctuary, the Prince OF Wales, him
self like Childe Harold, in silk doub-
let and breeches, the archbishop and
bishops, kings s-at-arIns and officers of
state, busy about the person $of the
king who was as helpless in their
ing him, amounting him, crowning
him, before the act Of homage in
which all the lords of England moved
forward in their turn to swear fealty
to their liege, who, in his turn. had
sworf to uphold the laws and liber-
ties of England.
A cynic might scott. But no man
with an artists eye, and no man
with Chaucer and Shakespeare in his
heart, could fail to see the beauty of
this medieval picture, or fail to feel
the old thrill in that heritage of an
cient customs which belong to the
heart of England.
I, at least, was moved by this senti-
ment, being, in those days, an incur
able romantic, though the war killed
some of my romanticism. But even
romance is not proof against the ma
terial needs Of human flesh and as the
ceremony went on. hour after hour, I
felt the sharp bite of hunger. We
| had to be in our places in the abbey
| by half past seven that morning and
keep them until In the afternoon. I
had come provided with half q dozen
sandwiches, but with a foolish trust
Evening star., 1923-06-10

for few minutes while I walked to
the end Of the gallery to see another
aspect OF the picture below. When !
came back. my sandwiches had disap
peared. I strongly suspected, without
positive proof. famous lady novelist.
who was in the next seat to mine. l.
was a deplorable tragedy to me. aS
after the ceremony I had TO write a
whole page for my paper and there
was no time for food
Copyright, 1928 by Sir Philip Gibbs. A..
rights reservedl
Evening star., 1923-06-10

the office and prepared to go home,
but the news editor said, as news edi-
tors do: Sorry. but you'll have to
spend the night at the palace-in case
OF anything happening"
V WAS tired out and hungry 1
/ protested; but in vain. They only
concession to me was that i should
take a colleague named Eddy to
share the vigil outside the palace.
Eddy protested. but without more
avail. Together We dined. and then
decided to hire a four-wheeled cab,
drive into the palace yard, and go to
sleep as comfortably as possible. This
idea proceeded according to plan. BY
favor Of the police. our old cab was
the only vehicle allowed inside the
courtyard of the palace, though out
side was parked an immense con-
course" of automobiles in which great
folk were spending the night
Eddy unlaced his boots and pre-
pared to sleep. I paced the court
yard. smoking the last cigarette and
watching the strange picture outside.
Suddenly a royal carriage came
very quietly from the inner court
yard and passed me where I stood.
The lights from a high lamp-post
flashed inside the carriage. and r
saw the faces Of those who had been
the Prince Of Wales and Princess
Mary. They were dead white. and
their eyes were wet and shining.
1 hurried to the four-wheeled cab.
Eddy I said, IT believe the king
is deadi"
Together we hurried to the equer-
ries' entrance Of the palace and went
inside through the open door.
I spoke to one of the kings gentle
men, standing with his back to the
fire talking to an old man whom 1
knew to be the Belgian minister.
How is the king?" asked.
Evening star., 1923-06-10
"WeIl of Montezurna.'

A MoNG the many natural curiosi
a ties of Arizona, one that is not
often visited by tourists Is the singu-
lar bowl-shaped depression in Yava
pai county. called THE Well of Mon
tezuma-" 1t is. nearly circular. and
between 500 and 500 feet in diameter
at the brin It lies in the midst
Of a nearly level area The sides
are vertical to q depth OF thirty or
forty feet Below they merge into
a sloping shape. which extends down
to a circular pool of water, alleged
by popular tradition, as are so many
other not very deep areas OF water
to be bottomless.
This remarkable formation has
usually been described as pit
crater" of volcanic origin, the result
of the falling of the roof Of q cavern.
formed In the limestone strata by
running water. The water of the
pool, it is said, flows out through a
subterranean channel into the valley
OF Beaver creek.
Evening star., 1923-06-10

stitution, and jeer at all it's pomp and
pageantry. Ones democratic soul may
thrust all its ritual into the lumber
room Of antique furniture. but some
thing Of the old romance of its meaning,
something of it's warmth and color in
the tapestry Of English history, some
thing of that code of chivalry and
knighthood by which the king was dedi-
Gated to the service of his people, stirs
in the most prosaic mind. alive when a
king Is crowned again in the abbey
church of Westminster.
The ceremony is indeed the old rit-
ual Of knighthood, ending with the
crowning act. The arms and en-
blems of kingship are laid upon the
altar. as when a knight kept vigil.
He is stripped of his outer garments
and stands before the people bare of
Evening star., 1923-06-10

people and their scent was rich and
strong n the air. On the castle slopes
where sunlight lay, spring flowers were
blooming. as though to welcome this
homecoming Of the king. Kings and
princes from all nations, in brilliant
uniforms. crowded into st. Georges
Chapel, and 1t was a foreign king and
emperor who sorted them out. put them
into their right places. acted as master
OF ceremonies and led forward Queen
Alexandra, as though he were the chief
mourner, and not King George. It was
the German kaiser. The kings Of Spain
and Portugal wept unaffectedly, like
two schoolboys who had lost their
father. and, indeed, this burial Of King
Edward In the lovely chapel, where SO
many of his family lie sleeping, was
like the passing OF some historic era,
and was so. though we did not know 1t
then, certainly.
saw George " proclaimed king by
garter king-at-arms and his heralds in
their emblazoned tabards, from the wall
OF ST. JaIneS EdldCo. 1SOOhiUS over luo
wall opposite, which inclosed the garden
of Marlborough House, was the young
Prince Of Wales, with his brothers and
sister, and that boy little guessed then
that this was the beginning of a new
chapter Of history which would make
him a captain in the greatest war of
the world, where he would walk in the
midst Of death and see the flower of
English youth cut down at his side.
The task fell to me Of describing the
coronation of the new king In West
minister Abbey, and OF all the great
scenes of which I have been an eye
witness this remains in my memory as
the most splendid and impressive. AS
a lover Of history. that old abbey, which
has stood as the symbol Of English faith
and rule since Norman days, is to me
always a haunted place, filled with a
myriad ghost of the old vital days. And
the coronation of an English king. in
its ancient ritual; blots out modernity,
and takes one back TO the root-senti-
mert Of the race which ii our blood and
heritage One may. IN philosophical
nom ents. think kingshlp an outworn in