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Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-11

"Because of the favorable fea
lures | have noted in my analyses
of Imperial Valley soils and water
together with your further assets of
abundant sunshine and water, l have
an abiding faith in the intrinsic
value of your lands, and feel that
you have a wonderful valley which
time will be sure to prove,' writes
DR.. R. r. Snowden, Los Angeles soil
chemist.
This extract from letter recent.
ly received by John w. Scott, chair.
man of the soil fertility committee
of the Associated Chambers of Com
merce, will come as a most welcome
expression TO Imperial Valley land
owners who realize what the opinion
of an expert like DIR. Srowden
means.
People of this county are already
well aware of the type of work
which is being accomplished by the
soil fertility committee, which,
since its beginning in September,
1922, has been responsible for the
introduction of number of valu-
able ideas of sound practical worth
to the valley farmers. Neil d.
Hickcox, one of the local business
men who has been closely watching
the work of this committee, declares
that he believes it has had much to
do with the gradual return of spir-
it of constructive optimism which
was induced by disseminating infor-
nation among the farmers as to how
they could increase their production,
and incidentally their profits, from
their same acreage.
Members of the soil fertility
committee have visited every farm
center in the county, and have spok-
en- on the advantages of "making
two blades grow where one blade
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-11
Lad and Filipino Mother
Arrive From Islands TO
Claim Vast Okla. Estate

here during the night, the lad re-
naming aboard until the ship had
been passed by quarantine inspec-
tors.
The story Of the 13-vear-old lad
from the islands read like n fairy
tale. His father, Douglas Carmi-
chael, enlisted in the American army
during the Spanish-Ameriean war
and married in the Philippines at the
close of the conflict. Meanwhile the
grandfather was wringing his vast
fortune from the soil of Oklahoma.
Then Douglas Carmichael died on his
way back to the United States, and
the grandfather died.
Gregorio, sleeping in grass hut
by night and wearing the loose garb
of the native by day, lived with his
mother in obseurity until the sharp
eyes of the lawyers located him.
Vincente Fabelia, guardian, and n
corps of attorneys and finaneiers are
accompanying the boy and his moth
er on the trip.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-11
Roger W. Babson Completes Survey
Of Electrical Industry, Believes
Continued Rapid Growth is Likely

WELLESLEY HILLS, Mass. Dee.
l1.-Roger w. Babson has just
completed a survey of the electri-
cal industry. His findings. sum
med up in statement issued today
indicate continued rapid growth
for the industry and are of unusual
interest to investors owning the Sc
curities of these electrical equip
ment corporations.
"The long trend in the growth
of the electrical equipment indus
try is strongly upward,' saws Mr.
Babson. "The industrw has had a
remarkable increase in every item
of Importance. All companies have
of course, not done equally well,
many of the smaller concerns that
rushed into the business without
experience or financial backing
having failed. On the other hand
well managed businesses with com
petent organizations have thrived.
''The basic trend of electrical de-
velopment is more strongly upward
than the basic trend in general bust
ness. 1t is so strong that depres,
sions in general business such as
the depressions in 1907, 1914 and
1921 cause only temporary slaeken-
ing in electrical lines. This strong
growth is exemplified by the in
creasing use of electrical power.
Notwithstanding the strong
growth in the production and sale
Of electrical equipment, apparatus,
and supplies, all concerns in the in
dustry are not now equally prosper
Gus. Increasing costs this year have
apparently tended to neutralize the
advantage of larger sales. Moreover
the completion of the larger con
Germs is apparently hurting many
smaller concerns. 1t is true, how
ever, that some of the smaller CON
Germs catering to the automotive in
dustries are doing well.
"'The industry has been especial.
ly favored with a good broad de-
mand. Orders in connection with
the manufacture and operation of
automobiles, and also with the
building boom has been very good.
Furthermore, the growing use of
electricity in the home and in in
dustry has fostered an attractive
market. This tendency is still
strong and may do much to support
the business during the quieter per-
iods that may be faced next year.
"Reports from various quarters
indicate that prices of electrical
apparatus and supplies have, on
the average, shown but little change
during recent months. Inasmuch as
costs have been higher this year
than last year, prices might rea-
sonably have also averaged higher
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-11
CHOICE OF OHIO
CITY IS CAUSING
MUCH CRUMBLlNC

WASHINGTC~ nec. 11.-Rum.
blings of lisea er President
Coolidge's s de ,lation of Cleve
land as the next Republican conven-
tion city grew IN volume today as
the Republican national committee
met to ratifv the selection.
In response to the mutter!ngs
from western and mid-western Rep
ublicans. there were evidences thai
n slam battle WAS to be staged be
fore Cleveland was named finally.
With Chicago definitely out of
the running, Des Moines and San
Francisco are the chief contenders
against Cleveland. The Des Moines
delegation headed by former Sen
ator Rawson of Iowa IS determined
the selection shall not go by de-
fault.
Western and mid-western Repub-
licans point to the political prefer
cnce of Cleveland IS a tactical error.
Cleveland, To The western farmer,
is east, they say. The psychic
logical effect Of holding the con-
vention west of the Mississippi river
would do much for Republican sue
cess, they believe.
There were indications that New
York might make 4 strong bid for
the convention TO prolong the bat
tie. even if nothing was to be
gained.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-11

Competitive conditions, however,
plus quiet conditions in general
business-present activity as shown
on Babsonchart is go below nor-
mal-have tended to counteract the
effect of rising costs and there has
been more or less irregularity in
prices. This condition is expected
to continue.
Considering the situation as a
whole, the industry should do a
good business in 1924. For the long
pull, the outlook is stronger. Some
day the railroads will electrify on
a large scale. The superb power
propositions now awaiting legisla-
tive sanction in various states will,
when established, bring railroad
electrification very near. Moreover.
electricity is still in its infancy
great development is probable in
many different avenues of USE"
"What the future holds for these
stocks, is of course, dependent upon
the earnings of the industry that
they represent. From a very long
swing of view there would seem to
be room for still greater earning
power and still higher stock prices
than have yet developed. Certain
ly any railroad electrification pro
gram adopted on large scale would
mean only one thing, substantial
earnings, to these properties. Fol
the next few months it is more thar
likely that electrical equipment is
sues win turn downward in ace0r
dance with the trend of security
prices as whole. They will then
Of course, participate in the broad
general rise -
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-11
LIVESTOCK DEPT.
AT SHOW TO BE
BIG ATTRACTION
Brawley Puts Much Stress
On This Phase of
Event

The success with which the live
stock Department of the Brawley
Mid Winter Show is meeting has
surprised Chairman Walter B. Have
kCrst and his associates Linton T..
Simmons and Baxter Loveland. This
was an "added attraction this
year but so great has been the in
terest throughout Imperial, Valley
and Southern California that their
quarters are taken up completely
and they had to call for more space.
With 10000 dairy cows in the
valley now, with thousands OF
feeders here fo" the winter, with
hcgs getting expert attention by
many breeders, and sheep here IN
larger numbers than usual, the Sc
lections were specially good.
The judging will be done by f.
H. Hughes ands B. F. Miller, eaeh
of the division of animal husbandry
of the University Of California
Their work will begin Thursday
morning at lG o'clock with daft
horses and dairy cattle. The Hol'
stein -Friesians will come first with
the Jersey, Guernseys and others
the following morning. Judging OF
swine will start Thursday afternoon
Sheep will be judged Friday morn
ing. An interesting feature will be
the selection by the public from
foar cows of the testing association
under Verne De Tar, Of the best OF
the quartette for butter fat. The
winners will b. announced Saturday
evening.
The show will open IN all depart
ments tomorrow evening and con
tinue throughout the week.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-11
ny United Press Leased Wire

SEAITLT, WASH. Dee ll.-Crcg-
"fio Carmichael, l3, has arrived here
with his Filipino rotrer Mrs.
Jusfa Venasquez Carmichael on his
way to claim quarter share in the
s3o,000,00o estate left by his Scotch
grandfather, John Carmi hazel, Okla.
homa oil magnate.
AZ may be that the lad. whose
ciaim on part of the estate has
come as the result of the findings of
bevy of learned lawyers, will dis.
cover that he has made the long trip
only to. engage in legal battle. An
elder sister, Eusidia Carmichael. l6.
an aunt, Mrs. Sarah Petit, have al
ready laid claim to the estate and
are operating the lands of the estate
under permission of courts, it has
been learned here.
Carmiehael's hip encountered
heavy storms off the coast two davs
ago and instead of arriving yester.
day, as scheduled, steamed into port
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-11
Perkins to Talk ~
On Right Training

o. l.. Perkins, saless manager of
the Robertson Motor Company, will
be the speaker at the Chamber of
Commerce luncheon tomorrow, and
will talk on the necessity of proper
business training.
Perkins was formerly local rep
resentative of the International Cor
respondence Schools in this city and
through his work in connection
with the training of young men, is
well qualified to talk to the bust
ness men of the city on this sub.
ject.
An attractive musical program
has been arranged for the occasion
and the usual "live" gathering is
expected for the affair.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-11

into evidence numerous lists of Ia.
riffs tending to show that the pres
ent rate of $1.73 to eastern points
was just and that the commission
would be discriminating against
growers elsewhere if it met the
growers demand 20 lower the rate
10 $l.44.
The growers contend that volun-
tary reductions on practically all
classes of dead freight were made
by the railroads :. year ago, but
that deciduous fruit was unjustly ig-
lored.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-11
NABBED IN INLAND
ON AUTO CHARGE

\ GLAND Baker, II years old, was
arrested in INLAND yesterday while
operating a ear which it is alleged
he had stolen in Santa Ana Sunday.
Baker was brought to Ell Centre and
placed in Jail. This morning Off
cials at Santa Ana were notified of
his arrcs, anu advised Sheriff Gil.
let that an officer will be sent here
for Baker.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-11

there was nothing like it.
According 20 Garthwaite, the in
terest shown in cotton at this meet
ing is n forecast of what may he
expected at other ccuter meetings
this winter, as many growers are
showing marked interest in the
cotton 'com.-back' and may ma
tcrially enlarge their acreage next
season.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-11
FRUIT GROW ERS
FIGHT FREIGHT
RATES TO EAST
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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. IL
hearing OF the complaint CT the
deeiducus f-rit growers Of che state
against the Southern Pacific and
other railroads handling the crop.
was resumed today before the exam.
amer OF the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
The Southern Pacific introduced
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-11
MOTHER OF TWO
COMMITS SUIC1

TURLOCK, Cal, Dee. l1.-Mrs.
Elsie Cook, 2S, wife of w. Coburn
Cook, prominent attorney and leg
ion man here, killed herself by fir
ing bullet into her brain.
She is survived by two children.
& month old baby and 5 year
old boy, Dale, and her husband.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-11

Dear Santa: "Please send US a
new cellar. We had a cellar but
papa left the corks in the home
BREW
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-11
PADDOCK LIMPING
AROUND CAL. HOME
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PASADENA, Dec. 1l.-Charles
Paddock, the world $ fastest sprint
CT, was limping around the parental
home today on & pair of erutches.
Paddock arrived homes yesterday
afternoon, returning from Burling-
ton, Iowa, where he suffered a
muscle fracture Of the left leg. He
was optimistic about the future, and
expressed the belief that his acei,
dent has not balked his chances of
starring for America in the coming
olympic games.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-11

Sailors wrecked off the Alaskan
coast lived a month on porcupines,
so were stuck up when rescued.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-11

Lower sugar prices are being pre-
dicted by several leading optimists.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-11

News from London. Women will
seek 40 seats in Parliament. Must
be members Of the tea party.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-11

Drink wood alcohol this Christmas
and you will never see another.
Evening star., 1923-08-19

ID REPRESENTATIVES. of Bennett G.
IN Darius retained Pelham on the
case. Furs dropped in the yard dur
ing the hasty transfer led him to In
vestigate the vacant building oppo-
site. That building, save for scores
Of empty boxes, was bare. Inquiry of
the owner disclosed the name of his
tenant. But when the operatives Of
the Tryon agency went to the ad-
dress given by that tenant - man
was not there. never had be.. there
An investigation of the check which
he had rendered in payment of his
rent disclosed the information that
the account on which the check had
been drawn was closed out. The bank
gave an address; the drawer Of the
check did not reside there.
Now. do you believe that it was
the Gray Ghost who planned that
attack IN us last night?" asked Tryon
late in the afternoon.
II guess you're right, Jerry" ad-
mitted Pelham.
"'Guess' amt the word" said Tryon
triumphantly. THE Gray Ghost
knows that you are a wakeful cuss
You could easily look out your back
window and see signs Of life in the
yards. Other people saw those signs
OF life, but thought nothing OF It..
But you'd investigate. So the Gray
Evening star., 1923-08-19

mans act. 1t began with the usual
banalities between Bozell and the
dummy figure which he held upon his
knee. But 1t ended with his offer to
initiate the voice Of any one in the
audience. Half a dozen people ac-
cepted his challenge. Immediately
he would utter the words that had
just left their mouths with an un-
canny stimulation OF their voices.
Slim Dickenson was reading a book
entitled Memoirs of the Wickedest
Court in Europe" by a well known
nobleman." when his employer burst
into the apartment.
"Slim." began Pelham. didn't you
friend of yours. a Maine guide like
yourself. was doing an act in vaude-
ville?"
Sure did" replied Slim. Lem
Higgins. from my own town of Juno.
He's playing at the Castle this week.
Comes on the stage all rugged up in
the fanciest huntin clothes ever I see
and begins initiating the voices and
sound of animals and birds. Shows
how to call a moose. Has a real
moose there that he's trained. Sure.
l know him. Why?"
II went to the Mirror vaudeville
house tonight. A ventriloquist was on
the bill. Two nights ago Tryon re-
buked the man for trying 70 listen to
our conversation in restaurant"
"A ventriloquist. eh?" said Slim.
And a little later some one with a
Evening star., 1923-08-19

Ghost gets you .out of the way.
While he's at it he decides he might
as wen bump you of. Why not make
a clean sweep of 1t, he asks himself.
So he gets me out in the country.
What about, it?"
! There isn't any answer. jerry"
said Pelham.
Nor was there any answer that
Pelham could give to the weeping
members Of the ruined firm of PEN
nett & Darius. -
The afternoon papers. wasted no
time in coming to the conclusion that
the robbery was the Gray Ghosts
handiwork. And when reporters ask
ed Slim Dickenson, who received the
men of the press. in the absence of
Pelham, how IL was that his employer
had not noticed the strange activi-
ties only a few rods from his rear
windows. Slim resented the tones of
the questioners. 1t seemed to him
that they jeered. So he blurted out
the tale of the ruse whereby the Gray
Ghosts great opponents had been
lured away.
Slim had meant to defend his be-
loved employer from cynical asper-
sions He failed lamentably. The
morning newspapers not merely jeer-
ed at Pelham and Tryon; they sneered.
Pelham was not extraordinarily
sensitive. Nevertheless. on the fol-
lowing day he felt averse to meeting
people whom he knew.
He lunched at his club But his
fellow members. even as they con-
Evening star., 1923-08-19

graduated him on his escape from
death two nights ago. were unable to
hide their mirth at the manner in
which he had been outwitted.
He dinsd alone at a shabby little
restaurant, where he knew he would
meet no acquaintances. He would
not. though misery loves. company,
permit Jerry to accompany him. He
said that he wanted to study the situ-
alton by himself. But. long before he
had eaten dinner. he confessed to HIM
self that this was merely an excuse.
4 FTER dinner he strolIed aimlessly
"A uptown. into the theatrical dis
vaudeville house.
Bored though he was, he sat
through the program. And finally
there came upon the stage an enter
tainer who was billed outside the
theater as IAN added attraction"
And at the moment Of his entrance
Pelham lost his boredom. For the
man happened TO be the gentleman
who two nights ago had been SO ex-
tremely interested at the restaurant
in the speech Of Pelham and Tryon.
And on that billboard outside the
theater, beneath the name Of Samuel
Bozell. the worlds greatest ventrilo-
quist." had been the line of invitation:
Come In and hear him initiate your
voice"
Eagerly from the first moment Of
recognition Pelham watched the
Evening star., 1923-08-19
THE UNEXPECTED
Story by ]. A. Wa1dron.

suddenly And I don't believe YOU
have one million"
But have some other advantages.
Il believe he is calling you again Mr..
Hickett was calling again.
Mrs. Hickett turned and waved a
hand at Mr.. Hickett. Yes. l heard
him this time
"But why didn't you hear him be
fore?"
IS JUST a notion. I sometimes pre-
- tend I'm hard Of hearing and
that my sight is poor. If / didn't
pretend my sight was poor I should
see a lot of things that hurt a WON
ans vanity, even II she is not madly
IN love with her husband. Now Mr..
Hickett, as you can see with half an
eye. is fond of other pretty women.
There are two with him at the mo-
ment. don't care TO go into the
water with him. for he is ungallant
enough to pay more attention to
others than he does to me. And at
the dances he always ignores me as
long as there is another slightly wom-
an to be had. Perhaps these aberra-
tiona as l may call them, are because
he is married to me. Besides. If he
sees me even talking to a good-look-
ing fellow like you-especially to
bachelor, for bachelors, he says, have
neither obligations nor consciences-
he RACES. But let's go down and I'll
introduce you"
AS Mrs. Hickett and Mr.. Henderson
walked slowly to the shore he spoke
rapidly in low tones to her, but she
simply laughed. Mr.. Hickett appar-
emily misconstrued her joyousness,
for he frowned as they approached.
a"I'll introduce you first" said Mrs.
Hickett, "to a woman I'm sure you'll
be delighted to meet. She tells me
she has travelled far within a year
looking for a husband"
And thus Henderson unexpectedly
met Mrs. Henderson, from whom he
had spent a year in fight.
Copyright, 1891
Evening star., 1923-08-19

r REMEMBER an occasion just be-
i fore 1900. A British matron, gray
haired, presented herself at the Mou-
lin Rouge with two young ladies.
whom she was evidently chaperoning
The dancing crowd respectfully stood
aside for them to pass to seats at the
little tables on the side Of the wide
hall. AS they passed on I heard some
one say, in a low tone. Queen Vic
toria" Another said: The little
one Is pretty, but the other is not
pretty"
I was by the. door when the three
came out and heard the matron say.
II don't like this kind Of show very
much"
Nowadays all this is changed. For
eign women are apparently deter
mined to see whatever their men see.
One Of the latest jewel thsfts reported
cafe Of Montmartre, from an Ameri-
can mother. who was there with her
two daughters and no male escort. o
blessed simplicity!
The Paris agglomeration has 4,000,-
900 souls within daily and nightly
reach of music and dance halls and
light shows-and all the show halls to-
gether would be uncomfortabiy
crowded IL at any one time $4,000 men
and women should be packed together
into them. And there are at all times
toward 500. 900 foreigners. mostly men
in Paris, Of whom perhaps $4,000 have
money enough to see Paris by night
sir. Seventy years ago Horace How
ard Furness, who was not yet the
great American Shakespeare scholar
but q young man in Paris, said:
IT was told 1t was disgusting before
I came, but find here some pious or
charitable association to relieve every
that spell Babylon and pronounce
Jerusalem or vice yerSas
Evening star., 1923-08-19

much and too fast drinking in Mont
martre, where the guides want to
take you-"Paris by night, sir?"
Our college graduate also remarked
with scorn as he watched the dancing
crowd: why, these people seem to
be intoxicated with the sound of their
own voices"
1t would be wrong to gloss over
the very real evil that arises even in
France from her own kinds of
alcoholism-but this is not a par
ticuIar evil of gay Par-ee. Indeed.
it has been noticed that, since the
war. alcoholism of every kind has
diminished In France-except, per-
haps, In Montmartre and such foreign
resorts.
In. part, this is because so many
young men have been killed off in
the war. On the fourteenth of July
the French national holiday, when
bands play and crowds dance all
night in the streets-an American OBJ
served: There are young girls
enough, but how Is it that so many
of the men dancing are only boys or
else middle-aged men?"
The people dancing are not gay
Par-ee in travellers tales-that has to
be something disreputable at home
and wicked. The Moulin Rouge as
wickedness was little or not at all
worse than a corresponding place Of
old New York. 1t is also a fact that
during the ten years of its existence
respectable French women - what
English and Americans call respect
able-did not set foot in it.
If a husband, as a great adventure
furtiyely took his wife to see the
show, neither disclosed what they
had done to either mother-in law. As
the French say, "It is not admitted.
To GO with any one besides her hus-
band might have led the wife into the
i divorce court