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Imperial Valley press., 1923-03-27

a MERICA burned up nearly
- s5O0,O0O,000 in buildings and
their contents in 1921, and probably
exceeded that figure in 1929, ac-
;ord.ng to students of our national
ore loss.
Such a figure Goes not mean
much to the human mind, but try
% grasp it this way:
imagine a line Of buildings. such
- those on any average city street
these are solid, substantial two
story structures, so close together
that their caves touch. But instead
Of extending the length of a city
street, the g." - y Hn unDroken
Imperial Valley press., 1923-03-27

mile there is some person saifcr-n
from burns, and in every space O
three miles and a half is Il charre(
human corpse.
This huge loss does not take into
account Americas cost of fighting
fire, which is also ;,bout 100000.
900. Nor does it take into accoun
the loss Of records, which are NO
insurable, and without which bust
ness house or individual merchan
is virtually powerless to show th'
amount of his loss Tor the coliec
ton of insurance.
1t has been estimated that 80 pc
cent-four-f ifths--of all this AZ
FALLING loss is preventable.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-03-27

venIence oil tourists w. Z" iei
tbs ohlec' OF interest H. increasing
numbers wear b, wear.
The fact that wly-foui !!
chamber about 435 feet long, from
II TO l6 feet vide and 100 feet
high. is now accessible. viii. co
doubt. attract larger numbers II
visitors than ever before
Nakimr Caves are bet seven
miles bv trail along Cougar Creek
fror Glacier. b e.. the raiiv,uR
point for Alpinists as the surround
INK country is covered with glacier.
draped peaks that offer excellent
mountain climbing. requiring vari-
Gus degrees of skin. A delightful
contras, is afforded by descending
into the earth anL viewing the Ssri-
coicred stahnctites and encrusta-
tioEs. after having assembled snowy
trails and whIte oeaas
Imperial Valley press., 1923-03-27

Tn. aserage "ea1eI va follows
dslis me record of t.gvptia. sxca-
vsrNpns IS hrec with desin' TO
vlSh q o~e suhterrancan treasure
rr.a's = desire that Tow nav
bui ana'nnr recent inder grourc
discovery is within reach OF qua
tprtis OF summer tourists, IL l. 4
new cavern he- Nur 'h"s horr'Hr
fo~s explored snc u the
Selksrk Range 0. y d.
nc knckies n ~ vmlha.
wnlrt are kfsuwi sakiinu
Cave
~. discovery OF tLis natu -
f.r sas the outcome 81 life
o. IS "a ,,rflng ano early western
rcn smv i'hsries llentschmaLn' an
\ ~ - 80 ros med the Rockies
Imperial Valley press., 1923-03-27
BIRTHS

VOGT-To Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Stanley Voght, boy. Born in FL
Centre, Calf, March %, 1923.
Name, Carl Stanley. Jr.
WORDING-To Mr.. and Mrs.
William Wording, girl. Born in FL
Centre, Calf, March 20, 1923.
Name, Johanna.
AKERS-To Mr.. and Mrs. Fran
ces NJ. Akers, girl. Born in FL
Centre, March Is, 1929. Name,
Noreen.
BROWN - To Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Lewis Brown, boy. Born in
FL Centre, January Is, 1928.
ONISHI-To Mr.. and Mrs. Oni-
shi, boy. Born in FL Centre, March
IS, 1928.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-03-27
California Weekly
Industrial Review

AttN& e&kJ "a k0Ak k&N Az w
Alhambra February building per
mits totaled $70,550, breaking al
former records.
Los Angeles - Construction e
start on 100000 tool factory.
Los Angeles - March building
permits promise TO top $1,000, ooC
mark.
Drilling for oil at Red Bluff to
be resumed.
Oil production at Huntington
Beach is 132,l6S barrels a day.
Santa Fe Springs has another
wen raising 5000 barrels~a day
Newport Beach-Edison Com
panv to spend over 100000 i'm,
proving local system.
Sonora - Standard Lumber Co.
buys 13,3O0,000 feet of govern.
ment timber in Stanislaus National
forest.
Observation-Disclosures of di,
RECT ferry service 10 San Francisco
within year becoming assured.
San Francisco-Big grain term
inal to be installed at lslais Creek
60 handle 1923 crop.
Sonora-ColumbuS and Donella
mines TO be developed extensively
under new management.
Ealleio-Campaign launched for
construction of s350,O00 hotel
Watsonviue-S00 boxes apples
leave depot for London market.
California s spring lamb produc-
ton to rum approximately 100000
lambs.
Redding-P. G. ( f. to start i'm
mediate construction of Pit Plant
No. 3.
Catalina Island-Stone quarry
with output of 5000 tons daily to
be established.
Redding-Large tin deposits of
commercial quality discovered in
East Fork district.
Standardization company erect
ing $4,000 trunk line to Littlerock.
Groveland-Sawmills throughout
district getting ready for season s
run.
Loomis-Construc of Eastside
canal and pipeline to start at once.
Manteca-Manteca Cannerv Co.
opens for spinach run with 200
hands.
Riehmond-Ferrv franchise to
San Francisco granted to Draughton
& Gordon.
Pomona TO get 100000 Elks'
building.
Byron-Byron Times to erect
modern new home.
Los Angeles takes definite steps
for construction of S20,500,000 rap
id transit subway project.
Clarksburg - Over 1000 acres
planted to sugar beets in Holland
Land district this season.
Georgetown-Lumbering now big
industry throughout district, mills
TO operate at capacity.
Placentia-Orange Growers Asso-
citation to install preceding plant.
observation-disclosures Lumber
Company planning to open big local
mill.
Tracy-New plant of General
Milk Company completed and oper
ating.
Palo Alto-S1 100000 L. s. Vet
Grams hospital formally opened with
425 patients.
Walnut Creek-New owners to
open Walnut Creek cannery for big
pack.
La Grange-San Pedro project,
world S highest impounding dam, to
be completed March il.
Coneord-Standard Oil Company
to start construction of modern dis
Imperial Valley press., 1923-03-27
PREVIEW OF new
RAY PICTURE IS
GIVEN BY COOK
Favored at Midnight
Matinee" Acclaim 1t
AS Masterpiece

James a. Cook, owner of the
Palace theater, was host after the
regular show last night to party
Of friends who were privileged 10
witness a pre-view Of Charles Ray 5
latest picture, The Girl ] Loved. -
To say that the picture Is the
best Charles Ray has been seen IN,
is to leave the compliment only
half completed. Without doubt
il is one of the best pictures Yet
produced and last night 5 audience
followed every moment of the
play with keenest interest. The
story. based on James Whitcomb
Riley's poem of the same namc,
and said to be the tale of the loved
poet s shattered romance, is emf
nemtlv suited for Mr.. Ray S peeul-
ar talents. AS an uncouth country
vokel, half man and half boy, has
fidgetines and restlessness were
perfect Later. as the bashfal low
er, unable to make up his mind
when to act. he eEasperated his
audience by allowing the girl he
loved to slip away from him. IT
was az the brokenh hearted but still
brave lover that Mr.. Rays eharac-
terization appealed most strongly,
and he played his part with such
dignity and pathos, without being
ver-sentimental, than one couli
not help but live in sympathy with
his every movement.
Scenes are Superb.
The scenes throughout the pie
ture are superb and it is plainly
evident that great care and time
were exercised in having every
thing as true to Riley's early h1e
in Indiana as research could make
it. The old farm, the huskiRg bee
and the winter scenes are excel
lent portrayals of Indiana life AMI
help materially in bringing out the
fine points of the story.
~ RAY is ably supported by
Patsy Ruth Miller who as Mary, has
sweetheart, delighted all by her de-
licate handling of the role. The
balance of the east is exeellently
chosen and shares honors with the
stars for a perfectly balanced pic
ture.
During the showing of the pie
ture, cake and ice cream were serv-
ed to the guests. Those present
included Mr.. and Mrs. George An
derson. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Bee
man, Mr.. and Mrs. F. B. Fuller, Mr..
and Mrs. Elmo Loynd, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Burns, Mr.. and Mrs. j. w.
Donohue, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles +.
Scott, Mr.. and and Mrs. Paul Sar-
gent, Mr.. and tdrs. Z. w. Judy, Mr..
and Mrs Harry Saulter, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. c. johnson, Mrs. W. f.
Barr, Mr.. and Mrs. George Calder
es, Miss Rebeeea holland, Massey
Horton and j. p. Greene.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-03-27

trihutimg station.
llollvwood--2000 acre tract in
San Fernando Valley being convert.
ed into modern town.
San Rafael-S $1,000 school bond
issue voted bv 10 to I majority.
Santa An;.-Soutnern california
Edison Company to spend $4,000
on local system.
Fort Rragg-BuSincss men form.
ulating plans for new hotel and
Noyo Harbor project.
Long Beach oil production reaches
100000 barrel output.
Susanvillc - Dedication of BLY,
project to take place May 10.
Los BanOs-Bank of Los Banos
starts construction of $4,000
building.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Nation,
nj Bank to spend 100000 remodeling
building.
Northumberland Cheese plant to
be operated on large scale by San
Francisco firm.
Santa Fc Springs-ParEford s
Syndicate No. l well comes in max
ing $500 barrels.
Oakd;le-Western Engineering &
Construction Co. LAYING out camp
to accommodate 700 men.
San Francisco-s1,0 900, 900 bust
ness block and thcatcr being erected
ON Union street.
1929 promises to be great wear
for large construction enterprises in
Northern California. The Southern
Pacific has appropriated $10,000,000
for building the Natron cutoff in
Southern Oregon; the Western
States Gas and Electric Company
has Il big project under way on the
American river; the Great Western
Power Company is adding new
unit to its big Caribou plant, and
now comes the announcement by
John 4. Britton, vice president and
general manager of the Pacific Gas
and Electric Company, that his COM
pany is preparing to spend between
$l7,000,000 and SlS,000,000 in fur
Their hydro electric development on
the Pitt river and in construction of
additional transmission lines. This
Will add another 100000 h. p. to the
company capacity. Less than
five months ago it added its new
Pitt river plant No. l with 93,S34
h. p, but it now finds it must add
another unit Immediately to care
for future demands. California is
the greatest hydro-electric state in
the union, and Mr.. Britton is the
dean of hydro-electric development
in the west.
, 1923-01-15

economies: "A great economic waste will he sus.
tanned as long as Texas ships her raw materials
elsewhere to be manufactured and buys them hack
in finished form"
No more important economic truth could have
oeen uttered, but it is much more important as n
OF local business interest. II Texas sends her col
ton to Massachusetts, to be manufactured, and buys
1t back in manufactured form, tho money is still
Kept In the United States, but If Texas sends her
raw material to England and buys it back in man.
uiactured form, the money has left the United
states entirely. The Republican view is that
ie4as ought, II possible, to manufacture her cot.
ton goods ut home, but in any event the goods
should be manufactured in the United States The
wool, Texas hides or any other raw materials of
that state or. any other state.
Inc prosperity of the farmers of Texas is de
pendent upon their having a strong demand from
consumers, and the best way to establish and main.
tain that demand is to have a prosperous manu-.
featuring community as consumers. Factories in
IeAas Will pay salaries to employees who will be
the consumers of Texas agricultural products. But
tnat Is not true of Texas alone-it is true nation.
oregon cannot consume all her apples, Colorado
cannot consume all her cantaloupes, North Da.
kota cannot consume all her wheat. The chief
market Tor these products of the farm must be
round IN the cities and there can be no ready mar.
kt unless the inhabitants of the cities are pros.
porous, The prosperity of the city depends largely
upon the success of manufacturing, and American
iaetof:es cannot be prosperous if compelled to
eompete with cheap labor of Europe and Asia.
Ihc leading Democratic newspaper of Texas
ought 10 recognize this, but it doesn't. 1t still on.
poses a protective tariff the purpose of which is TO
retain for americans the business of supplying the
American market.
, 1923-01-15

for floor leader was nevertheless &C.
lected for that office in the organiza-
ton that was perfected under Mr..
Mann's resolution and confirmed by a
subsequent conference. Mr.. Brown
then proceeds to & We his opinion of
the new organization and It's opera.
tons, and it is interesting to traca
this in his own words.
AT the beg. ming of the Sixty.
sixth congress Mr.. Frank w. Mon
Gell of Wyoming was elected floor
leader of h majority by the Repub-
lican conference and he a been re.
sponsible very largely for the devel-
opment Of the new system OF party
government in the house since that
time, exerting upon the inst!tut on 81
house management an influence COM
mensurate with that of Thomas Reed
during the period when the idea Of
centralized authority was be ng
worked CIT. The task of the new
eadershlpNo of Mr.. Mondell was lnfi-
nitely moro difficult than hat of Mr..
Cannon. To he extent this was so
was his success the more notable.
"Mr. Mondell was c fled in a very
high degree with precisely those quail
t es essential I. floor leadership un,
DER the conditions as they existed.
he had served in the house cont nu-
ously since the Fifty. sixth congress.
and had been q member of the Fifty.
fourth congress under Reed. He
knew the business OF Iongress as
thoroughly as Mr.. Mann or Mr..
Glllett. Strong enough to withstand
the tremendous pressure of special in
crests brought to bear upon him,
win an even temperament, consider
able natural political instinct, enough
philosophy to enable him to keep his
temper in the give and take struggles
Of parliamentary life, and enjoy ng
the confidence of the house both on
the score Of personal integrity and
practical ability, he was the best
choice that could have been made for
initiating an untried scheme of party
management. His political ambition
did not lead HIM to seek its gratifica
ton in the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of his Of
flee. which he administered with d
view to the promotion Of Its success
as an experiment involving the whole
party interest.
"A member of no committee of the
house. as floor leader he was able
to devote his entire time to the com.
mittee constituted by the party con.
ference. As floor leader he became in
fact and theory the leader of the ma.
jority. The speaker excelled him
perhaps in dignity. but not in power,
The task which confronted Mr..
Mondell was that of a practical
, 1923-01-15

statesman. He did not create the con.
ditions which he was obliged to meet
at the beg.rn ng of his term OF lead,
ersh!p, but since they existed he and
his associates were compelled to cun.
duct the business of the house as best
they could. These men became lead.
ers in the best sense, seeking TO carry
out the will OF the house without sac.
rifice OF efficiency.
I'm this way MI. MondellN during
the S!xty-s-xth and S ~xty.seventn
congresses succeeded in establishing
a truly remarkable record of success.
full legislative accomplishment. d 8.
integrat.on of the Republican streng h
IN h house after bills were actually
under debate was of rare occurrence.
Under the new system the floor
leader and the steer ng committee
lack the power to compel a member
to do a thing against his Judgment.
The member can not be from
a committee except by acton of ehe
house. Hence logic. persuasion and
the party welfare are the compelling
Influences. Members Of the house
quickly learn that in such a body
nothing can be accompl shed except
ny co operation. There must be /,
certain amount of give and take, sn
accommodation OF interest, a Welding
1ere Tor the sake of n gan there.
h floor leader becomes the medium
trough which the friendIIness and
, 1923-01-15
Leadership in Congress

In his recent book. THE Leader
ship of Congress George Rothwell
Brown has made a real contribution
to the political history of the times.
Except for some general observations
on congress as a whole, and a most
interesting chapter on the senate in
evolution. Mr.. Browns book deals IN
the main with leadership in the house
of representatives. Tracing the ie-
velopment of leadership in our legis-
latIva bodies from colonial times. the
author treats with clearness and ds-
comment the history of the gradual
contral!zing of authority in the pre-.
siding officer OF h house, which Gull
m mated in the power of tho speaker
ship under Reed and Cannon.
Mr.. Brown gives a graphic account
Of the so-cal,ed Revolution of $780,"
IN which the speakershlp was shorn
Of q large part of It's power, and in
terestlngly sketches the evolution and
growth Of tho new system OF leader
sh p under which a large part of the
control formerly vested in the speak
or is sed from the floor. This
system. inaugurated at the beginning
Of the Republican Sixty sixth con.
gress, was developed during that con.
gress and the present congress under
Mr.. Mondell.
While the author pays high tribute
to the efficiency Of the centralized
system, which lodge vast power in
tho speaker, he pay an even higher
compliment to the new leadership. He
tells US, for instance that by its very
character, 1t was infinitely more diff
flcult than had been thai of Mr.. Can
nom; that the new system has the
advantage over the o'd of greater
fexibility and friendlier democracy"
and that under it the house has
grown immensely stronger" and os-
tabl!shed a truly remarkable record
of successful legislative enactment"
InasInuch as the story OF the old
regime has frequently been told.
greater Interest naturally lies in the
recital of the adventures me accom-.
plishments of the new. The author
sets out most Interestingly the drama.
tic features of the spirited contest
which occurred in the conference OF
Republican m~embers-elect to the
Sixty.sixth congress for the purpose
of selecting n speaker and perfecting
a new house organization. He relates
bow, while Mr.. Gillette won over Mr..
Mann for the speakership. the latter,
by offering an attractive substitute
for the resolution carrying the Gil.
lette plan, succeeded in having his
plan of organization adopted.
Unde tho Mann plan there was
organized a committee on committees
of n member from each state hnv.
ing Republican representation, each
member casting a vote equal to the
republican membership from his
state; a steering committee of five
(~afterward enlarged to seven), end a
floor leader who was chairman of the
committee on committees and of the
steering committee. In this connec.
ton Mr.. Brown reinds us that Mr..
Mondell headed the list of the pro.
posed membership of the smaller com
mittee on committees which was pro.
vided for in the Mann plan and
though not Mr.. Mann's first cho,ce
, 1923-01-15

conspicuous. even II charming. effect.
This. in foreign cities particularly. Is
likely to attract the kind Of attention
which ladies' ind unpleasant. Don't.
II OF the stronger sex, get n any
conveyance while still nursing in the
hand a lighted and undertaking
cigar to the discomfort of other pas
senEers and in defiance of rules.
Don't, eve in these days, smoke
when walking with a feminine ac-
q~ualntance In streets Of h moro
formal character. But at c~eremonicus
hours OF the day, and in c~eremonious
clothes. 1t would look unsuitable. A
man Of breeding throws away his
cigar or cigarette II he meets and
Gums to walk in such thoroughfares
with a woman whom he does not
know very intimately, whereas he
might quite permissibly ask to smoke
II %strolllnS through less f~requented
ways with one of whose sympathy in
the matter he was assured. There Is
nothing to be afraid of but the as
sumption of casual at a time,
and in a locality, where they would
be out Of place. and this may easily
be avoided by the ordinarily intelli-
gent. II there is nothing. either in
side or 'out. to guide them, they can
always ask. A person who wishes to
do the right thing because 1t is the
considerable thing. and not because
he or she wishes to be thought
smarter thar they are, will never be
ashamed to ask and will always find
an answer.
, 1923-01-15
The Business Of Advertising

;DERHAPs, there is no other line that has under
Il gone the change in the past fifteen of sixteen
years such as has advertising. While advertising
may be traced back something like three thousand
years to the early Egyptians who advertised for
atrayed slaves by carving notices on stones the
early usage was not advertising as we know 1T,
any more than was the advertising In vogue at the
time of the civil war or even later.
: Tho great change has come in the different atti-
tude on the part of the advertiser and the public
toward advertisements. There has been success in
eliminating fraudulent advertisements, which for
a long time held back the progress of advertising,
Tho result has been that large business concerns
which looked askance on advertising ten or fifteen
years ago are now among the largest advertisers.
Banks, for instance, used to consider 1t Just as
unethical to advertise as did doctors, and in time
doctors and other professional men and women
will come out Of their foolish trance.
In recent years advertising has won the conf
dence Of the largest financial institutions and some
Of them are spending sums varying from a hun
dred thousand to half n million annually and re
ceiving large benefits from their enterprise.
One reason for the change of both the public and
the advertiser in their attitude is the constant rise
in standards and truthfulness, which in earlier
days were sadly wanting.
There is no profession in the world whore great
er skill and higher business ability is engaged.
, 1923-01-15
The Truck an AUu

TRANSPORTATION methods in this country
L have been undergoing a decided improvement
for some years past. Methods have been improved,
along with the development of the actual means
used, but there is still room for improvement. Eff
cheney and expediency are, the aims which must
be borne in mind in carrying out the efforts of i'm
proving transportation, and neither must be sacri-
feed. There must be systematic perfection in
methods or progress will be hindered.
One improvement in transportation or rather in
the widening of facilities which are now available,
must be the giving of greater attention to develop.
ing facilities for shorter hauls. This is an i'm.
portant phase of transportation. Much of it is
done over a small zone. In times of slack bust.
ness it may not be so important to be able to move
things quickly or to have them moved Immediately
but in times of great business activity the rail.
roads would be overtaxed in their facilities and
goods could be moved only as room was made for
them on the trains.
The motor truck will make it possible to relieve
any possible congestion in times of business activ-
ity which would overtax other transportation
methods. The development of the motor truck as a
means of transportation of goods which do not re.
quire carload shipment is an important factor in
The coming development of dependable and quick
means Of transportation.
, 1923-01-15
Markets for American Products

VIEWING as they do, all local interests from the
' standpoint of national welfare, Republicans in
the north will rejoice over manifest prosperity in
the Democratic south, and will also wish that sec.
ton Of the country success in its effort to become
more self-sufficient through the establishment of
new and larger manufacturing industries. Texas,
we are informed, holds the record as the greatest
Agricultural state in the union, this record, of
course being due to its immense area. According
to the leading newspaper of the Lone Star state,
"the possibilities of the state have scarcely been
preached. There are yet millions of acres of fertile
land awaiting the touch of the settler, and the
states production could easily be increased to
81, 000,O00,000 annually"
That is fine, and we are all glad to believe that
the figure named will be attained. 1t is a pleasure,
also, to agree with the statement that, "perhaps
no better way could be found to encourage agri.
culture in Texas than to enlarge the facilities for
manufacturing the raw materials into the finished
product here at home" That has always been a
cardinal principle with the Republican party and
is a policy favored by the more intelligent and pa.
triotc Democrats. Republicans, however, apply the
principle nationally, instead Of locally only,
me leading newspaper Of Texas is Democratic,
81 course, and In its national policies it advocates
buying where you can buy the cheapest, But in
It's local policies it thus states it's view Of sound