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Evening journal., 1923-02-13
ST. GEORGES NEWS NOTES
ecial fo MIC Eveninr Journal.

special TO Tne Evening journal.
ST. GEORGES, Del, Feb. IA
birthday party was given Fletcher
Nelson at his home near here Satur-
day night Dancing and games
formed the evenings entertainment.
A Valentine masquerade social
( Will be given tomorrow night In the
Delaware Trust Hall by the Parent
Teacher Asseciation.
John w. Carrow, Sr., has been ap-
pointed trustee of the poor for Red
Lion hundred.
Mrs. Harry Williams is visiting
her mother at Easton, Md.
Mrs. Clara Batten. who has been
i'll at her home for the past week, is
improving.
Government surveyors who have
been making typographical sur
Vey OF the Chesapeake and Della
ware Canal between railroad bridge
and Delaware City will move to
Delaware City today.
Edwin Roby, who has been III at
his home here, is now able to return
10 his work at Washington, D. c.
Mrs. Oscar Starkey. Of Newark,
spent Sunday with her sister Mrs.
Evening journal., 1923-02-13


light that the wise priest was an
swered.
"Yes. father" she said simply, Il
am-but for one thing"
The other sighed.
You have known me all your life,
Val" he said Have ever advised
you wrongly in all that timer"
NO, father" she said wondering
Iiy.
Would you listen to me now-if
I advised something that might
make you less happy?"
Il should listen and heed you,
father. II were dead" said the girl
gravely.
For long time Father Hlllaire
looked out along the land, his fin-
gers tapping the worn top OF the
table.
Then he sighed again and shook
his silver head
"Ah. well" he murmured. per
haps 'tis just as well As / said once
before--it is in higher Hands than
mine"
"Eh ?" queried Val.
WAS only testing your loyalty,
dear child. meant nothing"
And then. one day a little later.
Velsntrie rode into the garden on
the good white horse-snd he was
doubly answered for the look that
leaped into Val lannon's face was
the light that never was on land
or sea" and she rose from her chair
and went TO meet the stranger as
helplessly as the needle 10 the steel.
The man dropped from his saddle
to strike a palm to hers-and for
once in their friendship with him
they had both forgotten the padre
of Refugio.
When they turned TO him the
priest saw two things instantly-the
joy OF Val the dawning struggle of
the man.
Father" said Velantrle, straight
~. II am in deep waters"
Yes. my SON.
II merely turn my eyes to the
fair shores for a heeting comfort
ere drift out TO sea. beyond all
hope"
There was desperate longing in
the words, depth and wistfulness,
that gripped the old mans heart.
He turned from them without a
word, pacing the far end OF the gar
den with his hands behind his back
and his rosary swinging at his knee.
Val Harmon listened to this mystic
speech open-llpped. for she did not
Then Nelantrie took
her hand for moment and smiled
Evening journal., 1923-02-13
illiam Asprll. of this place.

william Aspril. of this place.
Norman Van Heckle, of Rising
sun, Nd, visited his parents on sun
day.
Miss Hilda Rash. OF Bear. spent
the weekend with Miss Mildred
Rash.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. N. Lister spent
Sunday with Mrs. Listers mother,
Mrs. Hannah Hance, OF Delaware
City.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Nelson en-
tertained on Sunday Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Collin, of Newark.
National Lodge. No. 80, l. o. o. F.,
will hold their regular business
meeting in the odd Fellows Hall.
Evening journal., 1923-02-13

down at her-and II was as If she
had known him always.
He kat the speech 10 the common
place. the pleasant badinage OF
friends, and talked OF far places and
distant towns-but nothing on earth
could have silenced his blue eyes. nor
the tell-tale Tightening OF his lips
from time TO time when their smile
became too soft.
Nelantrie was a man who master
ed self. and he meant to do just as
he had told the father-look for a
snort time-he meant to make it
short perhaps trip or two more
at the fair green shores before he
drifted out for good and all.
Continued In Our Next Issue)
Evening journal., 1923-02-13

them guns was blind? An the Blacl
: Rustler aln't TO be fooled with. Hei
killed too many men along this Bor
der You know his fame as a gun
man"
Well. somethln's goin' TO be done
this time. or miss my guess. Boyc'
Clendenning ribbin up a plan foI
ride. an when that comes of
think he'll have his man"
That's a man-size trick" said
Briston. "sin't no one along tn line
been able 10 do IL for Ave years now
sheriff or big ranch or single aveng-
er. I'd have TO see 1t done to be-
| lieve it,"
We'll" said Perly. turning back
20 wash up. I'm believin' in Boyce.
Hes a quiet feiler. but he thinks a
heap, uses his bean I'm other words.
an he don't ny Off tn handle I want
Z be in when tn cattlemen ride"
yes" said Val. grimly. and so
do l."
But you won't" said Brlston.
i've heard you speak like that a
time or two. girl. an I don't want
you TO think serious along that line.
Loss or no loss. a party like that
would be amt no place for a wo-
man. an your dad will sit on you
good an plenty when he comes
home an hears you talk"
And the feeling spread that per-
haps Clendenning could do what he
prop ised.
Val Harmon Degan 10 sing aDout
the rooms or the ranch-house as she
had not done since the black day
which had seen the Redstar's loss.
Not that she had forgotten the king.
She would never forget hIm-not in
q thousand years. But something
within her bade her wait and hold
herself in patience. Somewhere,
deep within her consciousness. there
was strange, abiding faith that
sometime, somehow. she would hear
the long-roll OF his running feet.
And in the meantime a new glory
seemed 10 sit upon the summer
world. to clotha the heavens with
mystic beauty. For the hand that
Velantrie had leaned from his sad
die to kiss was conscious of that
caress in every pulsing vein. The
girls eyes were sometimes drowsy
with that memory, her soft lips part
ed with the wonder of IL.
But there was one at Paradise
who watched her with anxious and
heart-Brlston. who had
seen the girl grow up and loved her
in half-paternal way.
There's somethin' new come 10
her" he told himself, SIN moking in the
dusk beside the talking spring now
what tn hell can It be2 Where's
she been 20 find III" and he thought
uneasily OF that night at Hume
wells.
He made a few gentle probes into
Vars confidence. but for once in his
knowledge OF her he got nowhere,
found nothing he wanted or did not
want to know.
Val Harmon was her fathers |
laughter. John Harmon had loved I.
,nce--and with every fibre of his .
leart brain and body.
She did not know il yet, but every |
aithful nerve and pulse within her
vas awakening to thu gentleness
nd vital charm of the man from
oblivion whose reckless blue eyes
rere beginning to hold such keen
ismay when he looked at her.
And so II was that she rode more
ften to Refugfo and sat in Father
Iillaire's garden. That sharp and
indy man studied her with more
distress than did Briston. for he
new a sad deal more.
My daughter" said Father Hill
aire. one day. "are you happy?"
The long brown orbs flashed up at l
lin with so swift and tell-tale a
Evening journal., 1923-02-13
QUIT TOBACCO
So easy to drop Cigarette,
Cigar, or Chewing habit

No-To-Bac has helped thousa NOS
to break the costly nerve-snatter-
ing tobacco habit. Whenever you
have a longing for a smoke or chew
Just place a harmless. No-To- Bae-
tablet in your mouth instead. All
desire stops. Shortly the habit Ia
completely broken and you are oet-
ter off mentally, physically nnan7 =
cially. It's so easy, so simple. c]e :
a box OF No-To-Bac and IL it doesn't
release you from all craving for to-
bacco in any form your drugsist
will refund your money without
question.
Evening journal., 1923-02-13
lCHA1',RM \,
Copyright 1913 BY fEA Service
BEAUrrFYING THE NECK AND BUST.
Copyright 1913 by MA Service

One OF the important things to do
in order to have beautiful neck is
10 breathe deeply and hold the
shoulder blades in place.
II you are very thin and round
shouldered. wear a shoulder brace,
or, better. cultivate the habit OF cor
rect posture and deep breathing TO
strengthen the muscles and you
will not need to hold them in place
artificially.
Massage with olive oil, which is
very good for the hollows around
The neck and the bust.
Do not massage the bust at all
heavily, as this is "A very delicate
part OF the body and particular. at
tention should be paid to this. 50
that the glands are not injured In
any manner.
Light massage Is very beneficial.
Cocoa butter is also very good
Massage night and morning. with
one hand at time, working on the
breast upward in a rotary motion
until you reach the shoulders. then
start in the center OF che throat
and work toward the shoulders.
To reduce the bust the only prsc-
tical means is through exercise or
wearing a rubber garment which
induces perspirauon.
Discolorations OF the neck may
be removed with a bleaching cream
such as is used for removing
freckles.
Buttermilk will bleach but is
slow, and my experience is that
women in removing discolorations
of any kind are quite impatient for
results.
II your chin is habby. wear chin
Evening journal., 1923-02-13
Away Goes Eczema
PeterSOn'S Ointment

'one day druggist told me-" says
Peterson. that Peterson's Ointment
was the best remedy he sold for eczema.
But you'll never make any money on
It," he added because it heals so
quickly that only a little ointment is
ised." All druggist, 35c, 60c, t1.O0,
50 so $500
Evening journal., 1923-02-13

support at night in which you have
placed a layer OF gauze and as much
tissue cream as your chin will alb
sorb.
This will not only tighten the
fabby muscles. but will also keep
the tissues thoroughly nourished all
the time.
Evening journal., 1923-02-13
What She Saw in the Looking glass
By Marion Jones

Lucille would have been a lovel!
girl real beauty. hnt alas. her
complexion was bad, her face was
covered with unsishtly pimples, and
lat dances the young men passed her
by for girls with smooth, velvety
skins though theyewere not endowed
10y Nature with a fairer form or
loveler face. were it not for the dis
figuring blotchee. She spoke OF her
distress to the old family physician.
who gave her simple cooling lotion.
and said: NO outward applica-
ton will cure you what you need Is
a good blood purifier, something TO
tone up a sluggish liver. and / am
glad to recommend splendid herbal
remedy l have used in my practice
for many years. il is DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. ] knew
DR.. r. V. Pierce and can assure
you that his remedy is a purely vege-
"a BILE one as have analysed Il.
Come back to me in a month, dear
child"
With renewed hope Lucille follow
ed his advice Gradually her COM
plexion cleared the pimbles dlsap-
peared and everyone looked with
surprise and admiration at a girl
with a smooth and lovely skin and
her girl friends eagerly inquired
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-06
JEFFUS, WIFE
RELEASED ON
AUTO CHARGE


L. C. Jeffus and wife, who were
brought back to Imperial Valley
from Stockton on charge of en-
bezzling a ear, were discharged from
custody yesterday, following dismis-
sal of the case against them at n
hearing before Justice Griffin at
Brawley yesterday afternoon.
The evidence presented did not
show there was any criminal inten-
tion on the part of the Jeffus. The
trouble arose over the ownership of
an automobile on which Jeffus had
obtained loan of $3.50. 1t was
brought out that there was the usual
agreement entered into with the
party loaning the money, that the
car should not be taken from the
county, pending payment of the loan.
This Jeffus considered a formality
and took the ear ON trip north.
That he had no intention of obtain
ing the machine fraudulently was
proved by letters he wrote back to
Brawley while in the north.
Jeffus was badly beaten in fight
with another prisoner while at the
county Jail, the quarrel having
grown out of an argument over a
card game, according to Jail off
cialS.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-06
new PROBATION
F. OFFICER NOT
NAMED AS YET

No selection has vet been made'fo
the position of probation officer at
the international boundary line, Dis
trict Attorney Utley stated today.
The matter will be given careful
consideration, he stated, and selee-
tion made when the person most
suited for the office is decided upon.
The district attorney pointed out
that conditions at Mexicali and at
Tiajuana are somewhat different. In
the latter place it is several miles
from the nearest large American
city, San Diego. At Mexicali, both
that city and Calexico are practical
ly one and the same place, separat-
ed only by wire fence. a."
While Utley did not commit him
self definitely, he intimated that the
office calls for someone intimately
acquainted with conditions existing
between Calexico and Mexieali. He
declared himself heartily in favor of
the idea of stationing an officer at
the international line, but believes
that whoever is placed there should
be man of broad vision, with
plenty of backbone for the tight
places he is certain to be placed in
and a sympathetic understanding for
those with whom it will be his duty
to. come in close contact.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-06
Gives Princely
! Gift to L. A. In
Fathers Honor

HOLLYWOOD, Dee. 6. Gift to the
city of 10 acres of property at Yer
mont avenue and Hollywood boule-
ward, known as Olive Hill, together
with the mansion which crowns the
crest, was announced today by Miss
Aline Barnsdall, the owner. The
house is to be used for public IL
brary and the hill and its gentle
slopes improved as a municipal park,
the first in Hollywood.
The property is one of the most
valuable in the city. Now covered
with olive trees, its rugged sides
and expanse have formed a natural
barrier between, Hollywood and
downtown Los angeles. Improved
and made into park, Il will be
Il real assets to the community.
Miss Barnsdall made the gift IL
memory of her father, M. P. Barns
dali, an old time oil man, who sank
the second oil we'll to be drilled in
this country
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-06
Pithy Extra c t $
From Annual
Message

WASHINGTON, Dec. g.
President Cooidge's message to
congress today bristled with
crisp, pithy sentences. Here are
some Of them.
We attend to our own affairs
Il * s. but we recognize thor
oughly our obligation to help
others.
Partisanship has no place in
our foreign relations.
I do rot propose to make mer-
chandise Of any American prin-
ciples.
| We shall preserve in well do
ing, not by force, but by reason.
To reduce war taxes is to give
every homo a better chance.
Free government has no great
er menace than disrespect for
authority.
A people who neglect their ra-
tional defense are putting in
jeopardy their national honor.
The humanitarian side Of gov
ernment should not be repressed,
/ but cultivated.
American institutions rest sole
ly on good citizenship.
Those who do not want to be
partakers of the American spirit
should not settle in America.
It is necessary not only to have
faith, but to make sacrifices for
our faith.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-06
NORTHWEST IN
MIDST FIE RCE
STOR NJ, G ALE
by United .'rcsS Leased Wire

SEATTLE, Wash, Dee. 6.-The
Pacific northwest this morning was
wallowing in the trough of Il storm
according to the weather bureau.
Tatoosh Island, at the ocean end
Of the sound, reported gales, reached
velocity of ~ miles IN hour
Hundreds of residents this morn
ing were forced to resort to oil and
candles when the storm put the
city light service in their heighbor-
hoods out of commission.
PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. Ga
seventy mile wind, driving a heavy
rain before it, swept down upon
Portland and vicinity during the
night and early this morning.
For hours the city was complete
" cut off from communication with
outside points. Local and long dis
tlnce telephone service were dis
organized.
Motorists report highways in all
directions are blocked in many
places by fallen trees and poles.
No maritime mishaps have been
reported since the schooner Oregon
rrived last night in II leaking con
dition.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-06
RESIGNATION is
OUTCROWT OF
ROW OVER TRIP
Proposed Trip to Capitol
Brings Financial
DiSSensiOn

F. w. Greer, who for seevral
months past has acted in the capa-
city of Boulder Dam publicity di.
rector for the Imperial Irrigation
district, severed his connection with
that organization yesterday after
noon, following the refusal of the
beard to sanction trip to Wash
iagton to lobby for the SWING ohm
son bill under terms satisfactory to
him.
The disagreement between Greer
and the Irrigation District officials
came subsequent to the action of
the directors Tuesday in authoriz-
ing Mark Rose, member of the
board 'of directors to go to Wash
ington for the same purpose. Rose
left yesterday for the capital, ana
Greer was prepared to go, when
the disagreement with the directors
arose, which was followed by
Greer's withdrawal from the af-
fairs of the district.
Up to the time of publication to-
day. the Press had not been Off
cially notified by the Irrigation
Board that relations between them
| and Greer had been severed.
Greer Statement
In signed statement to the Press
today, Greer gave his side of the
story as follows:
! "This statement is made because
the public is entitled to know the
various methods being devised to
defeat the All American canal and
because the taxpayers of the I'm.
| perial Irrigation District are bear
ling the brunt of the expense of tho
campaign for the passage of tho
measure.
| "On Tuesday afternoon the Irri.
cation District Board passed n re-
solution instructing the writer to
go to Washington. The agreement
in substance was based on n pro-
position made by the writer Il year
end a half ago wherein he agreed
to go to Washington, to secure pub.
licity and to- aid in lobbying for
the Swing-Johnson bill for the fol-
lowing considerations:
| Saidry OF S'uU per month, tn9
writer to pay his own, and Mrs.
Greer's hotel and other expenses
while in Washington, the district
to pay the railway transportation
charges of the writer and Mrs.
Greer to and from Washington.
Yesterday the board met and
Treasurer McIver asked for autho-
rity to advance money to Director
Rose and myself. After some two
hours discussion they called me in
to the meeting. Director Pound of
fered motion that my expenses
to Washington and, the equivalent
of my expenses back from there or,
the first two weeks salary of this
month be paid. This would have
meant about 800. President Aten
Continued on Page Eight
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-06
Greer Resigns Publicity Post with District
HOLLYWOOD. The CITADEL OF
BLASTED HOPES, URGES FILM
ASPlRANTS TO REMAIN HOME

HOLLYWOOD, Zee. 6.--Every
day in .she year there are a thou
sand new heariaches, a thousand
dreams shattered and a thousand
hopes blasted in Hollywood.
Every day in the year a thousand
people, of all sizes, ages and quallfi-
cations, arrive in Hollywood, pos
tive they posses that intangible
something known as "screen per
sonality,' which will open for 'them
the studio doors, and assure Lhem
Of the fame and fortune which fol
lows such recognition. Scarcely one
i'll the thousand is successful.
The floodtidp of the hopeful
shows no sign of Ieceding, despite
the fact that the seasonal reduction
in production has thrown thousands
of old and established "troupcrs
out of work.
The Hollywood Chamber of Com
merce, organized when Hollywood
boulevard frontage which now sells
for $4,000 per front foot could be
purchased for so. has recently be
come the most peculiar civic booster
organization in the country. 1t is
q chamber of commerce which urges
people to stay away.
Warning by Chamber
"Don't try to break into the
movies in Hollywood until You have
received full, frank and reliable in
formation from the Hollywood
Chamber of Commerce reads a 1t
tie sticker which goes ont on every
piece of mail or express package
leaving Hollywood.
"Despitc on" advice, and the
earnest campaign of enlightenment
we are waging, still they come, only
to be- disillusioned,' said Harry
Barratt, assistant secretary of thc
chamber, today.
"Some people have the idea that
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-06
ALL ENGLAND
VOTES TONAME
A PARLIAMENT

LONDON, Dee. Ga conserva-
tive victory was in the making to-
day as 100000 British men and
women went to the polls 30 elect a
parliament. 5... ,--'
h. The result of the voting in APP
proximately two hundred consti-
toencies will he announced today.
The final result will not be known
until Friday. II,
There are 564 seats 20 be filled,
fer which there are l,400 candi-
1ptes. Thirty five conservatives,
eleven liberals, three laborites and
I. p. 'Connor, Independent were
returned mopposed.
David Lloyd George, former
prime minister, now leading hard
lighting liberal opposition, ignorCA
the tradition which forbids speech
Aaking on election. day and went
to address a meeting at Chichester
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-06

is just one big studio,
surrbunded by high wells and guard
ed by scowling guards, with a pass
from The Hollywood Chamber of
Commerce all that is necessary 10
gain el.rancc and employment.
T'Parasitic makeup schools and
mni order screen acting classes in
crease the number of disappointed
who flock here steadily.
10000 Want Jobs
"Thc largest screen employment
hureau IN the city, one which many
studios patronize in securing "at-
n.osphcric characters, has over
10000 names On its registry books
-namcs of boys, girls and 1heir cid
ers who have sought to "break into
the pictures. -
Only about 400 extras are
needed, daily, Barratt concluded
This does not mean 400 different
would-be picture stars are used each
day. The old and well known under
lings work around, from studio to
studio, wherever they can get work,
and keep the field far more than
supplied. What chance has the
novice to get into this circle?'
Studios are hroadcasting w;rn
ings, urging aspirants not to MAKE
the effort. There S not one chance
in a thousand, figures disclose, oi
the unknown making living il
Hollywood studies today.
Mary Pickfcrd, who recently
warned all amyitious girls to brin.
mother and enough money to las
FIVE years when 'hey come knocking
1T HOLLYWOOD studio gates, was ptl
ting it too mildly, says HOLLYWOOD
today. hollywood SAYS ''don { come
nj all.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-06
SMALL DAILY FEE
WILL BE CHARGED
LOCAL CAMPERS

Following discussion of condi-
tions at the city cdmping ground by
the city board bf trustees at last
night s meeting, it was decided to
make a nominal charga-ef~ 20 cents
per day for each car that uses the
camp. This is in line with the prac-
tice in other cities, the money so
obtained being used to defray the
expenses of a permanent attendant
who will reside on the grounds and
keep them in order.
The Holton Power company has
agreed to install new lighting sys-
tenn at the camp, and other improve
ments have recently been made, by
the city, including tubs where cloth,
ing can be ,laundered. The park
commissioner has been keeping close
check On the ears which use the
campgrounds, and they report that
the local camp compares favorably
with any to be found west of Kan
sas City. The charge for use OF
the camp has been made small
enough to enable practically every
tourist TO pay II, ana the clty couh-
ell feels that those who will not
do so are not the type that FL Centre
wishes to have use the camp.
Discussion of. the ''loafer y prob
lem in Eel Centre led to decision by
the council to inaugurate a chain
gang and Chief Barker is now look
ing for suitable man to take
charge of the gang. The city has a
number of prisoners at the county
Jail at present, and if the chain gang
is started, they will undoubtedly be
placed on it. Police officials are
strongly in favor of the chain gang,
as knowledge of its existence tends
to keep the hobo and loafer away
from the city.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-06
FRENCH, BRITISH
MOVE PREVENT
CHINESE SEIZURE

PEKIN, Dee. 6.-French and
R.'itish intervened Today to pre-
vent Sun Vat Sen, former dictator
of South China, who now is warning
against the government of the
North, from seizing the customs
house at Canton.
The sorshcrn general had an
nounced his intention of taking
over the customs which are under
foreign control, although the money
is paid to the northern government.
British marines joined n French
landing party. which fortified the
customs buil,ling, it is reported,
and other foreign gunboats stood
by, supporting the landing.