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Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-06
M'CREW GIVEN
$3.50 DAM AGES
FROM DISTRICT

Nominal damages and benefits
were returned by the jury hearing
the condemnation proceedings of
the Imperial Irrigation District
against I. w. McGrew, which was
brought to a close last night.
The jury returned & verdict Civ
ing the value of the land in ques-
ton, which the district sought to
have condemned to allow for the
construction Of drainage d'tch, aa
$3.50. Damages to the land not
sought to be condemned, by reason
of the construction of the drainage
ditch was set at 81 and benefits
derived from the construction of the
ditch were set at the same sum.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-06
4 YOUTHS DRAW
$50 FINES FOR
DANCE DRINKING

-Four yOUths, arrested at a, dance
near Brawley last week for viola
tion of the liquor laws, were fined
$50 each by Justice Mayfield in the
Ell Centre town court yesterday af-
ternOon.
The youths were arrested by Dis
trict Attorney Utley, and A. b.
Robbins, criminal investigator, n
part Of Il campaign to clean up I'M
perial Valley dance halls. Invcsti-
cation within the last few weeks
has brought considerable evidence
of drinking by young folks at
dances throughors the valley to the
attention of tie district attorney,
who has given notice that the prac-
ticc must be stopped.
In order r,hat the youths fined
yesterday may be given every
chance to make good in the future
publicationso 'heir names was with
held by the district attorney. lie
stated, however, that future arrests
cf this nature will receive full pub
licity, rs will the names of the
proprietors Of the places where the
evidence shows drinking is "llowed
If it becomes necessary to do so,
the district attorney stated he is
prepared to take whatever legal Sc
tIon is necessary in order to close
up places where violations of the
liquor law were overlooked by the
proprietors. 1t is the duty of the
proprietors, he stated, to conduct
their dances in an orderly manner
and if they fail to do so, they will
be punished to the full extent OF
the law.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-06
FIRST STEP TO
BROADEN RULES.
OF HOUSE MADE
By United Yress Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-Demo-
Gratis took the first formal step to
liberalize rules of the house today.
After conferences with Democrat
lc Leader Garrett and others, Rep
resentative Crisp of Georgia "A par
liamentary expert, introduced a res
olution providing for the discharge
of committees failing to give proper
consideration to bills.
The resolution provides that the
first order of business of the house
on the first and third Mondays of
each month shall be the considera-
tion of a resolution TO discharge
committees.
Upon the application of 100 mem
bers of the house, the bill taken
from committee will be taken up
for immediate consideration or Civ
en- privileged status on. the house
calendar and can be called up at any
time for any member signing tho
petition.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-06
No DECISION
YET IN WORES
WATER CASE

Although several weeks have
passed since the conclusion of the
suit of Charles Il. Wores against
the Imperial Irriagtion District, in
which the former asked that the
district be restrained from levying
a So tax rate, no decision has as
yet been given by Judge Freeman
Of the Riverside County conrt, who
presided over the case.
Briefs by attorneys for Wores
and the district were submitted to
Judge Freeman and the decision is
expected almost daily, according to
Harry w. Horton, attorney for
MOreS. -
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-06
WHAT'S DOING

Night classes at high school
tonight.
Ell Centre chapter, r. A. M,
No. 1O9, meets tonight at Ma
sonic hall.
Ell Centre lodge, B. P. o. E.,
No. 1926, at Elks' hall tonight.
h Dancing contest closes, Poppy
p theater, Calipatria, tonight.
"Thin Ice,'' new Valley
theater tonight. -
Milo's All White Minstrels at
Palace theater torSght.
Bible Chautauqua at Tulane
theater tonight.
. .McCabe home center, all day
meeting, at home Of Mrs. Han
cock, Heber, tomorrow.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-06
Child Smothers
To Death Amidst
Blanket Fold $
By United Press Leased Wire

SAN DIEGO, Dee. 6.-Raymond
williams, 8 years old, was found
smothered to death in the fold Of
a blanket in the backyard of the
home of his aunt, Miss Ada M.
Wright, East San Diego.
He was the son of f. M. Williams,
founder of the Sherwin-Williams
Paint company of Cleveland, where
his parents are now visiting.
Raymond, according to playmates
who saw him shortly before his
death, had been playing with a
blanket which hung on the clothes
line.
The position in which he was
found indicated that he became so
enmeshed in the blanket that air
was cut off and he sank to the
ground and slowly smothered.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-06
WINNIE LOSES HER
HUBBY, STAGE PAL

b. LOS ANGELES, Dec, 6.-Winnie
Raisbeck. well known to vaudeville
fans as Winnie Baldwin, is without
a husband and sage partner to-
day. She secured a divorce from
Percy Raisbeck Bronson on the
slage) here Yesterday when she
told the court he liked liquor and
often left their act flat during his
"sprees. She will receive 1925
monthly for support of their three
children.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-06
VALLEY GROWERS
NOT ALARMED BY
DROP in COTTON

Speculative selling continued to-
day on ,he eastern market with
the result that December cotton
dropped to $34 on the New Orleans
market and $34.95 on the New York
exchange. However, valley grow
ers are "sitting tight in the boat -
and refuse 10 be stampeded into
selling or even becoming alarmed,
as the inevitable law of supply and
demand, they declare, must prevail
and the temporary downward mani
pulation in financial ecnters cannot
have permanent effect when there
is world wide shortage.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-06
JAIL GIVES HIM
A GOOD APPETITE

SAN LUIS ORfSP0. Cal. Dee. G..
How feed Ralph Ensminger, pris-
oner in Jail here, without bankrupt
ing the county, is the problem eaced
by authorities here.
Ensminger's menu for breakfast
included six slices of bacon, three
eggs, nine hot cakes, three pieces
of pie, two cups of coffee, one loaf
of bread and seven glasses of water.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-06
MANY MEMBERS
ADDED TO LIST
LOCAL CHAMBER
Directors Name Commit
tee to Carry Through
DAIRY Day.

In order to formulate plans for
Dairy Day, which will be held in
FL Centre January 26 under the
auspices of the Ell Centre Chamber
Of Commerce, the directors at last
night s meoing appointed the fol
lowing committee which will have
charge of the affair:
r.. II. Cary, c. +. Paris, Nern De
Tar, +. l.. Garthwaite, d. L. Zinn,
w. c. Costello, W. NJ. Magruder,
Leroy Holt, +. b. Fuller, O. G..
Horne, j. f. Peck, j. S. Jones,
Charles Z. Sones, Percie c. Thacker
and Joe King. This committee will
meet in the near future, to organize
ana divide itself into sub-commili-
tees to take care of the arrange
mcnts.
President Charles f. Scott will
represent the chamber and the Ell
Centre Realty Board at 'the land
conference to lie held in Riverside,
December 10, and bring before that
meeting, the advantages of lmper-
ial Valley rs a whole. He was
further instructed by the directors
to use every effort 80 bring the
February meeting of the State Real
ty Board to Imperial Valley.
Following discussion of the ap-
parent lack of confidence in the
future of Ell Centre and Imperial
! Valley by !; few "chronic kickers,
merchants and business men will be
requested to display booster placardS
calling attention to the advantages
of the valley in their windows.
Urge Support Of Theater
The directors commended very
highly the work of the Strand
Players who arc appearing at the
| Valley theater, they being consld-
cred a desirable adjunct to the city 8
entertainment facilities, and full
support by the people of FL Centre
was urged in behalf of the play
ers during their stay here.
As a result of the intensive cam
paign for members being conduct
| ed by the chamber Il large list of
rev members was voted last nigh'
including, Sarah f.. Kendall, DR.. J.
T. Foncannon Office Supply Com
pany, Imperial Valley Box Compa,
ny, Tarter, Webster and johnson
| Company, F. H.. Mitchell, Harry
a. Stout, Carl Breedlove, r. M.
Linekin, NJ. c. Vail, DiXieland
Sand and Gravel Company, Califor-
MIA Auto Wrecking Company, f. w.
Mcintyre, jersey Farm Dairy, PARK
! view Apartments, Carl Nielsen, w.
". Peterson, Titus and Bnshore
! Radiator Works, Trey and Matt
land, George r. Land, p. NJ. Dairy
Company, Arrowhead Creamery
| Company, L. l.. Duff, Mrs. Grace
Carson, Lee Pyle, w, C. Burns,
Singer Sewing Machine Agency, A.
+. Thomas, Richmond Bro+hers,
Haydn Forwarding Company, J.
p. McGirl. Calvin &. Mousseau. h.
j. Mulligan, Y. G.. Anspaeh, Cali
fornia Pine Box Company, The Oak,
lev. Ranch. Elmo Loynd Jr., Ted
Curry, Al. Halt, Garland McLane
Model Meat Market, F. o. Ferguson
a. f. CrotherS, Sanitary Bakery, D.
A. Harrigaf, G. W. Allen, Lyle
Brackenberry, Mrs. Bird +. Hob
DIV, Mrs. IL" eel Meadows, IL. w
Reedy, Mayc f. Rexer, ID. b. Rob
erts, Ray Ellis, Charles l.. Murphy
James +. Davis, George Caldares, n
j. Reid, r. l.. Mcbride, Standard
Tire Company, Liberman Rosecrants
Company, Charles II. Knights, Mrs
=. Nj. Adair, McCune' Brunswick
Shop, Guy f. Bcynon, n. o. Bridges,
c. A. Hartigan, r. F. Smith, Charles
r. Ferguson, j. f. Nichols, ID. IL
Young, James Angel.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-06
RAISIN GROWERS
TO ISSUE BONDS

SAN FRANCISCO, Dee. 6.-Twa
and a half million dollars in bonda
.of the Sun Maid Raisin Grower
Association win De offered invostors
today. Banking houses here an
nounced.
The issue is being made 10 in
anee the raisin crop as part Of Tia
reorganization plan which wns ef
fected by the organization during
the summer.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-06
QUAKE FELT
NEAR COAST

LOS ANGELES, Dec. g.
Southern California from the
ocean to Whittier was shaken
by a mild earthquake at 1857
O'Clock this afternoon. No big
damage was reported, although
the shake was widely felt. Santa
Fc oil fled reports told of
derrick being wrecked by the
trCmor.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-06
JOHN G. STEELE WINS SANTA
MONICA ELECTION AS MAYOR

by United Press Leased Wire
SANTA MONICA Dec. 6.-John
C. Steele was ELECTED mayor of San
ia Monica to succeed w. l.. Berkeley
at the biennial election held yester-
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-06
CUT TAXES is COOLIDGE DEMAN[
President Breaks
Long Silence by
Strong Message

{, WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-The
famous Coolidge silence end
ed today at 1890 p. m. when
the President began the deliv-
cry of his first message to
Congress.
The message which is 1000
words long bristles with pun
gent '5e!.se statement. Tho
dominant note which takes pre-
cedence over all else is Coo
lidge's assertion that tax reduc-
ton must have right of way
over all other legislation.
''Of all services which Con-
gress can render to the country,
have no hesitation in declar-
ing this ors to be paramount,
he said. 1.-The country wants
this measure to have the right
of way over all others
He is opposed to soldier
bonus, the President said flatly
and without qualification.
Message C1isply Worded
The message, more eagerly await
cd by the country than any presi-
Dental utterance in years, was Il
erisply wordcd document that COW
cred viI,ually~ every problem con-
fronting the administration and the
country.
In sentences which, like his exact
statements on tax reduction and the
bonus, dcfied distortion or misinier-
pretation of his attitude, Coolidge
said that:
The senate should approve
the Harding world court.
The League Of Nations is "a
closed incident so far as the
United States is concerned.
The tariff law has produced
abounding prosperity and
should not be tinkored with.
Congress should Immediately
provide for revision Of freight
rates.
Permissive consolidation of
railroads should be authorized,
to be followed, if necessary, by
compulsory consolidation.
The farmers must help them
selves out Of their troubles, aid
cd to a degree by the govern
mcnt.
Selective immigration with
registration Of aliens should tc
adopted.
Muscle Shoals should be sold
to somebody who will produce
cheap fertilizer.
Every citizen should help up
hold the prohibition law. '~''
The army and navy should
be strengthened.
The negro problem should be
deals with at once by Congress.
Coal prices should be reduced,
and the government be given
emergency powers to prevent
fue, famines and profiteering.
The Monroe Doctrine should
be upheld.
Russia cannot be recognized
until she repents.
Coolidge opened his message with
on announcement to congress of 'the
death of President Harding, and
paid his predecessor this tribute:
Death of Harding
"He has LETT his mark upon his
tory. lie has made justice more
certain and oeaee more secure.
Congress and his administration
face the duty, the President said,
Of developing and supporting the
Harding policies
From his brief word of eulogv
Coolidge swung directly into his
message, with no waste of words.
lie first took up.
Foreign Affairs
America is ut peace with every
body, he said, and her desire is to
perpetuate that peace by granting
and requiring full justice. An Am
erican policy-mindiIg our own
business, recognizing our obligation
to help others, but reserving "to
the decision of our own Judgment
the time, the place and the meth
Continued on page %
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-06

Spot quiet, off 70.
The market closed lower, off 8
to 20
NEW ORLEANS, Dee. 6.-Cotton
Evening star., 1923-01-29
FRATERNITY RITES
FATAL TO ALABAMA
UNIVERSITY YOUTH

TUSCALOOSA. Ala. January 2s.--
Glenn Kersh. aged sixteen. son of M.
G. Kersh, city clerk Of Tuscaloosa,
died yesterday from psychic effects
of excitement following an initiation
at the Sigma Nu Fraternity house
upon the campus of the University Of
Alabama here, according to a verdict
of a coroner's jury.
A number of witnesses said there
was nothing done that could have
caused death from bodily injuries.
The medical examination made Of
Kersh's body showed no signs of
violence, the physicians testified.
DIR. George H. Denny, president of
the university, expressed profound
regret on behalf of the university
over the young mans death and
stated that the initiation was car
ried on in the same manner as in all
colleges. He said that an investi-
cation showed that there was no
physical injury inflicted, nor any ap-
pliances, electrical or otherwise,
used in the ceremony.
Evening star., 1923-01-29
Only Tentative Plan.

nomio standpoint and ignoring en-
tirely the question Of sentiment and
duty, the Washington community, by
such preventive work. is saved not
only increased expenditures, but re-
tains for itself that greater asset
found in good citizenship.
The volunteer workers of the Juve-
nile Protective Association study each
child carefully, its environment and
it's tendencies with a view to finding
the cause of delinquency or of threat
ened delinquency. If the child needs
directing sympathetic companionship
it gets 1t in the person Of big
brother or a big sister. If 1t is found
that the delinquency or the possible
coming delinquency is the result
Of something which kindred organi-
zation best can look after, the child
is turned over to the care Of the So
ciety which makes a specially of
certain classes of cases.
Evening star., 1923-01-29
TEN BODIES RECOVERED
FROM WRECKED TANKER
BY the Associated Press, y

BY the Associated Press.
TAMPICO. Mex, January 19.-Ter
bodies have been recovered from the
wreckage Of the Mexican Eagle OIL
Company's tank steamer San Leon
nardp, which was almost destroyed
by fire after an explosion at the
company's dock in the lower Panuco
river Thursday night.
Twelve others of the crew OF
forty-five. all of them Mexicans. are
still missing.
Evening star., 1923-01-29

trict 9 of the union, embracing the
nounced tonight his resignation as a
member OF the committe which drew
up the report that Mr.. Searles criti-
cized.
Evening star., 1923-01-29
DENIES MINE PLAN
HAS UNION BACKING
Editor Says "GreenWich Vii.
Iage ParIor Coal Miners"
Drafted Scheme.
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press
NEW YORK. January 29.-The
United Mine Workers of America
nave proposed no definite plan for
naturalization of the coal industry,
and the scheme recently put forward
by comittee of the union should
not be considered the adopted plan of
| the organization. Enis Searles, editor
of the United Mine Workers Journal,
declared In a statement yesterday.
Greenwich village "parlor coal
miners" helped frame the program
that the union committee recently
launched In this city for nationaIiza-
ton said Mr.. Searles. and the pub
lie should not accept II as the pro-
posal of the United Mine Workers
of America unless and until it has
been officially affirmed and adopted
by the national convention. which
will be held next January"
The committees program, he said,
he had been informed. was, in part.
prepared by some well known New
York radicals, who have no connection
whatever with the coal mining indus
try.
Text of Searles' Statement.
Mr.. Searles' statement follows:
apparently. there is general
| understanding that the plan is. in
fact, the plan of the United Mine
Workers of America. This is not cor
rect The plan as set forth at the
meeting by a committe of the miners
union is the plan only of the members
| Of that comittee. The report of the
committee has not been yet presented
| TO a national convention of the
United Mine Workers of America Tor
! consideration. What action the con-
vention next January may take on
! the subject is unknown.
UNFORTUNATELY the plan proposed by
the committee was prematurely made
public at radical meeting in New
York. and this fact has caused the pub
lie to believe that the United Mine
Workers of America is committed to
the particular plan set out IN the re-
port.
Only Tentative Plan.
'rhe fact is the outline submitted
! by the committee was merely tenta-
! tive proposition and the committee has
not claimed that it is definite declara-
! tion by the union. We are informed
/ that ii was, in part, prepared for the
committee by some well known New
York radicals who have no connection
| whatever with the coal mining in
| duStry.
'WhiIe the report may, perhaps.
represent the views of these Greenwich
Village parlor coal miners, the upbllc
! should not accept it as the proposal
! of the United Mine Workers of Amer
| ly affirmed and adopted by the national
| convention, which will be held next
| January"
Because of differences over policy
with President John l.. Lewis of the
! union. C. J. Golden, president of dis
Evening star., 1923-01-29
Supervisory Work Detailed.

During the year ending last Sep
tember, the association had under it's
port that was not altogether ade-
quate, but with the hearty help or
volunteers. the protectors of child
hood succeeded in making such ad-
1ustments in these cases that only
3 per cent of the children under su-
pervision found their way into court
Officers of the organization say that
looking at the matter from an eco
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/. w. Church

Mr.. Church last week received the
w. A. Clark trophy, a silver cup,
which he won at Great Falls in Aug
ust in the handicap golf tourney of
the Montana Bankers association. He
will defend his title at the next meet
ing of the association in 1924. He
also holds cup awarded him in 1922
for his golf performances as a mem
Der of the Great Falls Rotary club.
He is also the possessor of Car
negie hero medal and thereby, as
they say in the movies, hangs tale.
The Carnegie medal was awarded
Church for his thrilling rescue of
three girls from the Fox river at APP
pleton, Wis, in 1905. Church, who
had suffered broken ankle and was
walking with a cane, forgot his in
juries when he saw three college girls
struggling in the icy waters of the
river.
Plunging into the water, Church
succeeded in rescuing the trio. He
was almost unconscious when he
pulled the third girl from the river.
In his dash to rescue the college stu
dents, he had fallen down and struck
his head on rock and he had spent
his energies in effecting the rescue
of the girls.
When the three girls were safe on
the bank, Church sank helpless in
the river. He was pulled from the
water by a passerby and for weeks
was hospital patient.
A cheerful doctor then told him
he might live if he came west.
That's how Church happens to be
in Great Falls. Broken in health,
he came to Montana. Today he
fairly radiates health" whether
swinging a wicked golf club or de-
tending a client in court.
Church, if one asked him, would
probably say he never heard of APP
pleton, Wis, but records of the Car
negie hero commission reveal the
facts as set down here.
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Buys Ranch; Steals overcoat

One more adventure in high fin.
ance has been staged in Livingston
where it cost business man one per
fectly good overcoat, and added q
$4,000 worthless check to his col
lection of souvenirs.
According to information received
by the police, the loser of the coat
was approached by an elderly man
who gave his name as John Wood
and said he was in search of good
farm land, for which he would pay
a substantial price. The Livingston
man took the prospective buyer to a
FARMER in the Shields valley and
made a deal between the two. The
land seeker paid by check and seem
ed much pleased with his purchase.
On returning to town, the elderly
man asked for the loan of the Liv-
lngston business mans overcoat, to
winch request the latter complied
with aiacrity The coat and the land
buyer haven't been seen since, the
police were told.
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as well as along educational lines,
have not been touched as yet Anna
teur radio operators have been able
to get in touch with the majority OF
large cities in the United States from
distant points and in some instances
have reached amateur operators in
England and Australia"
Mr.. Redfern took occasion to
praise amateur operators, saying that
they are the future hope of the army
and navy and that from the amateurs
of today eventually will come the
skilled radio engineers of the future.
Value of Novice
''The late war;" he asserted, "dem-
onstrated the value of the novice in
radio operating. When the army and
navy called for operators, it was from
the rank and file of the amateurs
that they were drawn. The time when
professionals looked upon the anna
teur as meddlesome .'butter in"
who might cause trouble has passed.
eve are now issuing amateur Ii
censes to operators who are able to
take 10 code words a minute. In
District No. z, which includes most of
Montana, we issued licenses to 500
commercial and $50 proviate opera
tors last year, which total is 40 per
cent of all the radio operators in the
United States. We also inspected
1875 plants. The sixth district has
1 ,190' licensed stations and the ninth
1885,"
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UTILIZE THE RADIO
FOR EXPLOITATION
GOVERNMENT EXPERT URGES
MONTANA TOWNS FOLLOW
CALIFORNIA PLAN
Where the Advantages of the Parti-
cular Locality Are Broadcasted to
the World; Many Radio Operators
in Montana.

"The greatest method of advertis-
ing city is through the RADIO" de-
clared o. r. Redfern, radio inspector
for the seventh district, in which the
most of Montana is situated, in a
public address given at the Butte
chamber of commerce while he was
holding examinations for licenses. He
urged commercial organizations in
terested in helping their cities to fol-
low the example set by California
towns, which utilize the radio to
boost their communities.
Cost Small; Benefit Great
For $1,000" Mr.. Redfern declar-
ed, ga station can be installed that
will reach 100000 people and for
$4,000 any city can have a station
that will reach 100000 people. The
possibilities of radio along these lines
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MONTANA GOLFER
is MODEST HERO
/. w. CHURCH, GREAT FALLS AT
TORNEY, WON CARNEGIE
MEDAL IN YOUTH
Saved Three Girl Students From
Death by Drowning and Almost
Lost His Life in the Effort; is
Winner Clark Golf Trophy.

That 1. w. Church, an attorney of
Great Falls, is not only a golf cham
pion but possessor of a Carnegie hero
medal as we'll, is fact known to but
few Great Falls residents, for Mr..
Church is a very modest and unas-
Stunning gentleman.