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Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-07
New Record Set
by L. A. Harbor
By United I'rcss

Los ANGELES, April T. A
new record for the port of Los An,
gelcs was made during the month
of March, when, according to data
compiled by Il newspaper, 5ll
commercial vessels arrived at the
harbor during the 81 days OF the
month.
A similar increase in shipping nc.
tivity is reported all along the
coast, and shipping authorities say
they expect the. boom in shipping
TO continue for the rest of the
year.
At Astoria, Oregon, lumber ship
ments for March from the mouth
of the Columbia river are reported
to have been the largest in several
months. Similar growth in lum-
Der exports is reported from Port
land.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-07

DROM Canev Creek Community
r. Centre, a successful educa-
tional enterprise established
in Knott County, Kentucky, come
six knights, a-mule-backJ to plead
for the establishment of like cen
tres in Kentucky, West Virginia,
North and South Carolina and
Tennessee.
Their request is for aid in helping
five million native Americans to
help themselves. The young cru
sadcrs will make speeches and will
tell true stories of hunger that is
not physical, and of a brand of
courage that did not pass with the
pioneers.
These boys have been taught in
the Canev Creek School, and they
hope in their two months tour of
the nation to persuade other Amer
leans, in more favored sections of
the'country, that the cause of edu-
eating the people hemmed in from
civilization in the mountain fastness
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-07
VISIT THE AUTOMOBILE SNOW

Every public spirited citizen Of the wnoie OF I'M
perial Valley is interested or shogd be- in the sue
cess Of the automobile show the dealers putting on
i'm this city next week at considerable monetary outlay.
Automobile shows have grown in popularity
throughout the country during the past few years
til they have come to be established institution IN
almost every progressive community.
While sponsored by automobile dealers, these eX-
positions are not conducted from the selfish viewpoint
of how many cars can be sold Their purpose is edu-
catona The average rlotorst knows very little about
his car. BY attending the show he is enabled to
visitor contemplates purchasing new machine or not
the show will afford him her information and
amusement.
Don't fail TO attend the show. 1t would be your
loss Also a worthy undertaking would have to be
put across" without the support OF your presence Be
there
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-07

machine that is hard to slaii. They
like to drive macilinr hat Will
walk up The hills withoUI thc bother
Of shifting gears. They iihe a car
that is beautiful in appearance,
both inside and out and they like
a car that is wcH appoialcd and
equipped.
&" Chalmers fills IN of these vans
in the neW models. The euelosed
ears cannot be duplicated At any.
where near the price and The me.
chanical Improvements and refine.
ments viii astonish persons who
have been familiar With the fine
construction characteristic II Cbuls
mcrs motor cars in the past. One
cannot ra9llv appreciate what a
zine automobile tho Chalmers ~ ua.
til it is seen, ridden IL and driven. =
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-07

of the south, is worthy Of encour-
agement and support.
For two centuries, utterly forgot
ten in the march of progress, native
Americans, the people of Lincoln
and Clay, have struggled for exist
ence in their hillside cabins. Now
and then some bitter feud, or long
drawn out war over moonshinj
whiskey, drew the attention of the
world to them. From time to time,
stirred by their isolation, attempts
have been made for education in
their behalf. But it has been almost
impossible to pierce the wall of in
difference which has been the great
est barrier to their cause.
Cc1 Corbett Franklin, Dan Mari
tin, Birchel Moore, Rush Sloane.
and Conner Sturgill shatter that
wall? All of Caney Creek believe
in them, and SO does Mrs. Lloyd.
former Radcliffe student, who start
ed the Caney Creek Community
Center with a ten dollar bill, {
typewriter, and faith.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-07
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
April 7, 1908

At the city election held ycstcr-
day in FL Centre, l03 voted for in
corporation and II against Trus.
tees elected were H. i. Pearson, j.
Stanley Brown, u. y. Pellet, W. O.
Hamilton aud Charles Buttrcss,
clerk +. G. Ilaycus; treasurer, Il. Il,
Jauman; city marshall, clyde Brad.
shaw.
Stevenson Brothers are paying
% cents per dozen for eggs,
Ladies' Of the Golden Rule Chap
ter of the Eastern star are prcpar-
ing to give parlor entertainment
next week at Masonic hall.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-07
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell of
Imperial Valley for This Date
in Past Years
TWENTY-oNE YEARS AGO
Aprii z. 1902

Home grown truck now adds at
traction to Imperial dining tables
and the vegetables growing
throughout the valley will add much
to the known productive power of
the soil.
It is evident that no great tiluc
will clapsc before there will be a de
mMd for a city hail, fire depart
meut building, ctc.,and to make
certain that land viii be available
for such purposes when needed,
lots have been set aside by the I'm
perial L&ud Company to be donat-
cd TO the town for municipal pur-
poses.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-07
Women Motorists
Like the New
Chalmers G ars

Al Arnold, manager for the CUFF
Arnold Motors Company, local Max
well-Chalmcrs distributors, is clIt-
ed. The complete limo If The new
Clalmers has arrived and he uoa
has them on display in TIE show
rooms where he is proudly showing
them TO admirers Of fine motor cars.
How the ness Chalmers appeals
to the lady driver! exclaimed
Arnold, Women like to drive a
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-07

The Lyon bill, which caused so much discussion at
tine beginning of the present session Of the legislature,
is dying hard but it is surely dying. When the Los
Angeles power bureau undertook to monopOlize all the
power projects in Southern California, if there were
no other interests to consult except Of those OF the
metropolis, that bureau "bit off than it could
chew as the saying is The smaller communities i'm
so formidable that the Los Angeles members have
withdrawn their endorsement Of the Lyon measure.
HI the bin reaches the Legislature from committee it
Nil be speedily put to DEATH tor there are none SO
loWly to do it honor.
The Holly chieftain., 1923-08-02
NOTICE OF HEARING

State OF Colorado,
County OF, Prowers, IS.
In The District Court
In The Matter OF the Estate Of
zilah A. Dewald, Deceased,
On the Petition of M U. DeWald
For Determination of Heirship.
The People Of the State of Colorado
To Henry 2. DeWald, Clara Salters,
: Bessie Grimes, Bryant DeWald,
Leah Peayy and NJ U. DeWald,
Greeting;-
Notice is hereby given that on
the 18th day of September, A. d.
1928. or at any time to which the
hearing may be continued. the
Court will proceed to ascertain and
determine who are the heirs OF the
above named Zilah A. DeWald. de-
ceased, and as such who inherit any
lands, tenements, heriditaments or
other property, consisting of all or
part of the estate OF the said de.
ceased, more particularly described
as follows towit:
The undivided One-half interest
in and to Lot TWenty.one t2D of
Park Subdivision Of certain lands
adjacent to the.Town OF Holly, Co
dorado, being q part OF the South
east Quarter tsEA OF Section Ten
(10), Township TwentyJThree (23l
south, Range F0rty-two t42l West
together with the right to use GER
tain waters for the irrigation of
such land derived from the Buffalo
Canal In accordance with the water
deed therefor, recorded in Book 26.
at Page 446, of the records in the
office Of the County Clerk and Re-
corder, Prowers County, Colorado.
owned by the said decedent in fee
simple, and enter a decree accord
ingly, at which hearing all persons
claiming to be heirs at law of said
decedent may appear and present
their proof.
Witness, A. Z. Downer, Clerk Of
the District Court within and for
the County OF Prowers In the State
of Colorado, and the said seal of
said court this 18th day Of duly
A. D. 1923.
A. E. Downer,
Clerk of the District Court
tSEAL) IS.
First published July 10. 1923
Last published August is, 1928
The Holly chieftain., 1923-08-02
NOTICE

At recent session Of the State
Legislature OF Colorado law was
passed providing that an automo-
bile license shall not be issued until
the owner produces receipt from
the County Treasurer showing that
the previous years taxes have been
paid. The law went into effect at
once and much difficulty has al
ready been experienced by auto
mobile owners In procuring their
Licenses. since in many instances
they have, not been able to comply
with the law. All car owners are
therefore cautioned to see to 1t
that their cars are listed for assess
ment. THIS may be done by calling
upon field deputies in the diffe-
rent localities or the County
Assessors office at the Court
House at Lamar. Colorado
H. G. Lamson.
County Assessor
The Holly chieftain., 1923-08-02
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATIONS
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
U. s. Land Office at Lamar, Colo
rada, June 27, 1923.


Notice is hereby given that Joe
F. Hammer. of Holly. Colorado, who
on October 10th, 1919 made Home
stead Entry, No. O267l9, for the
Northeast Quarter (NEA), Section
10, Township 22 South, Range AZ.
West, 9Th Principal Meridian has
filed notice OF intention to make
three year Proof, to establish claim
to the land above described, before
the Register, U. s. Land Office, at
Lamar, Colorado. on the Goth. day
OF August 1928.
: Claimant names as witnesses:
E. A. sunafrank. Holly Colorado
Fred Logan, Holly, Colorado.
William H. Gurley. Holly. Colorado
Ted Baxter. Holly, Colorado.
SILAS E. SPECKMANN,
Register
First Published July 5. 1928
Last Published August 2, 1923
The Holly chieftain., 1923-08-02

Rev.R. E. scarffe and Mrs. scarffe
and son departed for the west by
auto today. Mr. Scarffe spends his
two weeks vacation at Colorado
Springs He will leaye Mrs. Scarffe
at Pueblo from where she goes to
Salida to visit with her folks.
The Holly chieftain., 1923-08-02

Thirteen Boy Scouts OF Garden
City, Kansas, passed through town
with banners flying. last Tuesday.
They plan to 60 Into camp with the
Pueblo Scouts at Beulah for ten
days.
The Holly chieftain., 1923-08-02

Mrs Anderson from Okmulgee,
Oklahoma, who has been visiting
her sister, Mrs s. H. Vineyard at
Blaine, Colorado, for the past two
months returned home Saturday.
The Holly chieftain., 1923-08-02
LOCAL nsws IrE,Gs

Mrs. J. L. Robinson and children
and Mrs j. I. Cramer who have
been visiting J. s. Oliver Of Lycan
returned to Hannibal. Missouri. on
Monday.
The Holly chieftain., 1923-08-02

Mrs J. n. Citizens left Monday to
visit relatives at Pueblo to be gone
several days. ~
The Holly chieftain., 1923-08-02
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS

Mrs. Kate Nolan and grandson,
Jack Heokalthorne left for Granada
Tuesday.
The Holly chieftain., 1923-08-02

Miss Marvel Shackelford returned
home yesterday after a two weeks
visit with friends at Rocky Ford.
The Holly chieftain., 1923-08-02

Mr.. and Mrs. Shive returned home
Saturday afternoon after very
pleasant weeks vacation in and
near Denver.
The Holly chieftain., 1923-08-02

Mrs. Robert Fall and children OF
Syracuse are visiting at the c. Q.
Virgin home this week.
The Holly chieftain., 1923-08-02

Nit me" at the Cow Club Thea
tire, Friday and Saturday night
Mutt and jeff also Constance Tai
mage.
The Holly chieftain., 1923-08-02
HoT1of

According o the School Laws in
acted by the Twenty-fourth gen
eral Assembly, State Of Colorado,
1923 the regular examination of
Teachers for County Certificates
will be held on the Second Thurs
day and Friday In August December
and April Notice IS hereby given
that said examination will be held
in the Prowers County Court House
Lamar, Colorado, als9 in the Holly
High School Building, Holly, Colo
RADIO. on August 9th and 10th, 1923.
Morning session will open at 800
o'clock.
Pauline Gilbert.
County Superintendent of Schools
Powers County, Colorado.
Is
The Holly chieftain., 1923-08-02
ANNUAL FINANCIAL
STATEMENT

OF School District No. 30 County
Of Prowers, State of Colorado, from
July l, 1922 to July /, 1923
The Holly chieftain., 1923-08-02
ANNUAL FINANCIAL
STATEMENT

OF School District No 81, County
of Prowers, State Of Colorado. from
June so. .S22 to June &C. 1923.
The Holly chieftain., 1923-08-02

Mr.. Harry Vesper left Wednesday
for eastern Kansas to be gone the
rest of Summer.
The Holly chieftain., 1923-08-02
RECEIVED

RECEIVED
Amount on hand July l, 1922 held
by County Treasurer
General Fund .........................s 7479
Special Fund ............... .7011
County Superintend. ,ent .1565l
Received from General Fund
by apportionment 632 80
From special tax for school
purposes ..55622
For teachers salaries s500.39
For fuel. rent, insurance and
all current expense..............342.3 81
For w r. Call. .......1.3G
( For rebate taxes and ..1249
Total amount paid out, dur
ing the year.................,.... $685.
Balance in hands Of County
Treasurer to credit ef
District, July l.. 1928
General Fund 1863 80
Special Fund .........................,.....25 .250I
mnmAY NJ ann on
Balance in hands Of County and
District Treasures as above. s6l4oi
J. r. Tally,
Secretary of District No. 80
The Holly chieftain., 1923-08-02
H. G. Lanson

County Assessor
Palisadian., 1923-10-12
Labor Member of Parliament Wins
Prize in Ancient Ceremony for
Happy Married Life.

An elderly and self-conscious Labor
member of parliament knelt with his
wife on ancient stones at Ilford, county
of Essex. recently and was solemnly
awarded a magnificent side of bacon
by two bewigged judges. A crowd OF
country folk burst into cheers. The
NJ. P. had just proved to jury OF six
bachelors and six spinsters that he
had been married a year and day
without a single quarrel and without
once regretting his marriage. His wife
backed his case.
The NJ. P.'s name is Thomas E.
Groves, member Of the Stratford divi-
sion of West Ham. A handsome Essex
county side of bacon has been given
yearly for hundreds and hundreds Of
years to the husband and wife who
can prove they have been happy for
that particular time. Always there are
competitors. This year several smil-
ing couples appeared from surround
Palisadian., 1923-10-12
Absolutely Honest.

Robert w. Chambers, whose vivid
portraits of the modern girl have made
him famous, said at dinner party
in his New York home:
The modern girl has many faults,
but at least she is open and aoOve-
board There's nothing of the deceit
full puss about her.
"On moonlight winter night in
Florida modern young man passion
ately kissed beautiful modern girl
under palm tree.
's1'll be frank with you,' the young
man said after the embrace was over.
You're not the first girl I've ever
kissed, by long shot
'SEe lit huge and costly cigarette.
"'And I'll be equally frank with
you,' she answered You've got a
great deal to learn even at that -
New York Mail.
Palisadian., 1923-10-12
SHIP FOUND ON BIG ICEBERG
Captain Of Steamer Sights Large Mass
of ice Carrying Three-Masted
Schooner.

For centuries mystery ships have
sailed the seas, guided only by the
winds OF chance. One of them was
found by steamer captain rounding
the Horn recently. While cropping mis-
way into the open, a gigantic mass of
ice carrying large three-masted
schooner, with its boats still in the
ciefts, was sighted. Efforts were made
to find the survivors, but no trace of
them was discovered Another sea
tragedy was added to the already long
list of those as yet unsolved when a
Greenland whaler came upon strange
looking dereIict. battered and weather.
worn. apparently built in the last CEN
fury and ice-bound for years. A board
ing crew found in the cabin the body
of IA young woman. preserved by the
Arctic frosts. Near longdead fire
was the remains of young man still
holding IA flint and steel.-Popular Me
chanies Magazine.
Palisadian., 1923-10-12
Degenerated.

Fifty years ago meals We're far more
heavy than they are now-one has
only to read Dickens to realize this.
Our grandfathers would have felt
starved on the diet that most of us
find sufficient.
But If we go back a few centuries
we find appetites that seem amazing.
Louis XIV of France, who had the
reputation of being very moderate
trencherman, used to breakfast Off
four outlets of whole chicken, four or
five eggs, and some ham. The records
of dinner, given by Henry VIII show
that each guest consumed nearly seven
pounds of food. The fish course alone
included cells, salmon, pike, barbed
(now considered rather unfit for food)
mullet, land sturgeon.
Palisadian., 1923-10-12
SWAMP. FOR
KIDNEY AILMENTS

There is only one medicine that really
stands out pre-eminent as medicine for
durable ailments of the kidneys, liver and
bladder.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root stands the
highest for the reason that it has proven
to be just the remedy needed in thousands
upon thousands of distressing cases.
Swamp Root makes friends quickly be-
cause its mild and immediate effect Is
soon realized in most cases. 1t is a gen.
tie, healing vegetable compound.
Start treatment at once. Sold at all
drug stores in bottles of two sizes, medium
and large.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Advertisemen
Palisadian., 1923-10-12
Discovery of America Cost $1,000.

After searching inquiry, it has
been estimated that it cost $3.50 for
Christopher Columbus to discover
1920. Louis Santangel, a nobleman,
and not Queen Isabella of Spain, pro-
vided most of the money to outfit the
three ships and pay the sailors, VINO
were seeking a new route to Asia,
says the investigator. The PinZons.
who commanded two of the ships, were
paid $130 each, and common seaman
got 500 for the voyage.-Popular Me-
chanics Magazine.
Palisadian., 1923-10-12
M. P. CARRIED OFF THE BACON

ing countryside only to be worsted by
the popular NJ. p. and his buxom wife,
the daughter of farmer. Previously
the ceremony has taken place in Dun
NOV, one of the most ancient of Es-
sex towns, but this year the sacred
stones were moved to the modern town
of Ilford.
c. e. Grigsby, London journalist,
cross-examined the masculine candi-
dates for the historic bacon. One
question meant to test the claimant to
perfect husbandhood was:
"What about those all-night sittings
in the house Of commons? Aren't
they sometimes used as excuses to
stay out at night?"
MY wife and l are always in tele-
phone communication whenever / am
at the house." was the reply. Mrs.
Groves nodded an emphatic "yes."
"What curse telephones are"
someone shouted from the audience
New York World.
Palisadian., 1923-10-12
Tellinu an AlIiuator's Ace.

The width of an alligator's nose be-
tween his eye teeth is the means for
determining the reptiles age, accord
ing to the experts on such subjects.
After the reptile is ten feet long the
nose widens one-quarter of an inch for
each so years the alligator lives. Ock-
lawaha, the largest alligator in captiv-
ity. weighs 1,400 pounds and is 1874
feet long. He is estimated to be sew.
eral hundred years old.
Palisadian., 1923-10-12
euloars After Profiteers.

Profiteers in Bulgaria will be sub
ject to public beaungs with lashes.
confiscation of their property and per
manent disbarment from business un-
der the terms of bill to be submitted
to the national assembly. Decision
of what constitutes prof1teering or IL
legitimate speculation is to be placed
in the hands Of the communal councils
under the measure.
Palisadian., 1923-10-12
A Difference.

'Hew long is it going to take to get
through with this case?" asked the
client, who was under suspicion Of
housebreaking well" replied the
young lawyer, thoughtfully. "it'll take
me about two weeks to get through
with it, but I'm afraid it's going to
take you about four years. Green
Bag
Palisadian., 1923-10-12
For One.

The speaker waxed eloquent and.
after his peroration on women's rights,
he said: "When they take our girls, as
they threaten, away from the co-edu-
cational college, what will follow? 3?
What will follow, fepeat?"
And a loud masculine voice in the
audience replied, II will"
Palisadian., 1923-10-12
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Palisadian., 1923-10-12
A Message to Mothers

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Palisadian., 1923-10-12
Break Up Gas

United States Armed Force Increased.
The only important power which has
actually increased it's armed forces
since 1913 is the United States, the
figures having risen from $4,000 in that
year to $1,000 in 1922.
Palisadian., 1923-10-12

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