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Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-18
IMPERIAL COUNTY
HAS VALUATION
OF $50,0l7,79S
Interesting Figures Are
Revealed by States
Report

Imperial county has grand tota!
property value of $50,0l7,798 and
still ranks as seventeenth county in
the state, according to statistics re-
Gently released by the state CON
troller's department.
There are 1,206,966 acres of land
on the assessment rolls, with real
estate value of $2S,6l5,4l2 and i'm
provements amounting to $685., ,3o4.
The value of the county,s personal
property is $6,50l,l36 Non-oper-
ative property is valued at $4l, ,476,-
l02 and operative property at So
2SO,S20. The total property value
as returned by the county auditor
to the state controller is $44.756,922.
The value of railroads within the
county limits as assessed by the
state board of equalization is So
26O,S76. With tax rate of $l.69
inside the corporated cities, and
$2.06 in the rural sections, the
county has a funded debt of 81, 1922
800 and "a floating debt of $3l ,293-
.73, or a total indebtedness of
81 1928 1878.
1t is interesting to note that the
tax rate in Santa Barbara county,
which is given eighteenth elassifi-
cation is $40 inside the cities, one
cent more than Imperial county, and
outside the cities the rate is $3.50,
compared with Imperial county s
$2.06.
Stanislaus, county, with a classi-
fication of sixteenth, also has tax
rate of $1.70 inside cities. The out
side rate is $2.10, four cents more
than Imperial county.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-18
HOLD NEW TRIO
AT SACRAMENTO
in BANDIT HUNT
by United Press Leased Wire

SACRA MENTO, Cal, Oct lS.-
Possession of two automatic pistols,
II revolver, d 12.guage shotgun and
n rifle, caused the arrest of three
Sacramentans held ineommunicado
today on suspicion of connection
with the Siskiyou train bombing
and murders several days ago.
The men are listed ut police head
quarters as o. j. Underwood, 40;
j. l.. Millett, p. and John Carroll,
33.
The men were seen in the vicinity
of Ashland, Ore, October IA, accord
ing to Earl Constable, speeial rail
road agent who assisted in making
the arrests.
The men admit having come from
the extreme northern part Of Cal.
ifornia, but declare they were hunt
ing big game there.
The Siskiyou train robbers wore
leather coats and a slicker. A bear
skin hunting coat and brown
hunting coat We're aounu IN the prIs.
oners rooms here, police say.
The men arc being rigidly Qnes.
toned today.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-18
STILL .."M0PPING
UP" AS RESULT
CLEANUP WEEK

Although practically week has
passed siuce l,the ''mopplng up
drive in Ell Centro's cleanup cam
paign, it has still been necessary
to keep !, TRUCK and force of men
at work gathering up the rubbish
which was,accumulated in the drive.
Chief Ferguson, of the fire depart
ment, who was chairman of the
cleanup campaign, stated this
morning that the men and truck
would be kept at work until all the
piles of rubbish have been taken
away.
The drive gave Ell Centre Il
much-nceded lesson in the matter
of keeping the city clean, and it is
the opinion OF those who were res
ponsible for it that it will be much
easier from now ON to keep it i'll
shipshape,
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-18

The construction of the dam and
canal, with the consequent reclaim
alton of hundreds of thousands of
acres of land, now lying waste, was
placed squarely before the ex-ser-
vice men as being of paramount I'M
portance to hundreds of former sol
diers and sailors, some of whom are
now engaged in ranching in 1mper-
ial Valley, and tfe hundreds of
others who can he provided for on
the land which the dam will help
reclaim. -
The endorsement is Il source of
qualification to every Legionaire IN
the valley, inasmuch as the same
proposition has been turned down
at previous conventions because it
was included in other measures.
This time it stood alone, and vic
tory was the result.
Opposed to Klan
The convention also went on rec
ord as opposed to the Ku Klux Klan,
q resolution denouncing masked -
and secret orders passing the con
vention by an overwhelming vote.
Two substitute measures were de-
feated before the resolution as re-
ported to the convention by the res
olutions committee, was passed. 1t
contains two clauses as follows:
Resolved by the American Legion
in national convention assembled,
that we consider any individual,
group of individuals, or organiza-
tions which create or foster racial,
religious or class strife among our
people, or which take into their own
hands the enforcement of law, the
determination of guilt or infliction
of punishment, to be I'M American, a
menace to our liberties and destruc-
tive to our fundamental law;
And, be it further resolved, that
we consider such action by an indi-
vidual, group or organization, to be
inconsistent with the ideals and pur-,
poses of the American Legion.
Charles Kendrick of San Francis
60 offered substitute resolution
specifically mentioning the klan by
name and pronouncing it "destruc-
tive' to American ideals. 1t con
tained violent denunciation of the
organization, but failed to pass.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1S.-An
avalanche of work descended upon
the fifth annual convention of the
American Legion at its fourth ses-
uion hpra fOdoV
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-18
NICE REPORTS
A RIP ROARING
Time AT FRISCO

In letter received by County
Clerk Cal Mousseau, Charles T..
Nice, chief deputy sheriff, who is
attending the American Legion con
vention at San Francisco, writes
that the boys from Imperial Valley
are having q wonderful time, and
that the city has gone "hog wild -
over the ex-service men. They have
the freedom of the city, and only
men who have known the eomra-
derry of the sarmy and navy, could
cut up the wild capers which the
attendants at The convention have
been performing, yet without of
fense to anyone.
Chief among the sights ut the
convention is the Texas delegation,
headed by National Commando
.Owsley, The Texans chief display
consists of one of Texas fairest
daughters mounted ON can old
gray mare, which walks around
the streets, through hotel lobbies
and even into the convention hall,
attended at all times by a crowd of
"ripsnorting Texas Legionaires, y
as Nice describes them.
While the Imperial Valley dele
cation is getting its share -sof the
fun, no opportunity is being lost
to work for the endorsement of
the Swing-Johnson bill, and every
man from the valley is talking for
it at every opportunity.
The $40 ANA 81 promenade,
which Nice attended as n delegate
from here, was the biggest thing
San Francisco has had since the
fire of 1906, he states, and the
excitement caused by the parade
preceding the initiation of several
hundred "goofs' WAS 1T high
pitch.
All of the valley delegation are
well, Nice reports, and are deter
mined to bring home Sthe bacon =
in the form of a resolutions of en3
for The Swing! J Johnson
ill. E si.3
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-18
This Judge Must
Be Woman
Halter!

By United Press Leased Wire
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 18.-William
Gilman was fined $40 by Judge
Matthews ir. city court when he
admitted slapping his horse.
A few minutes later Judge
Matthews freed David Holtz-
man reprimanding him for slap
ping his wife.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-18
u. S. Engineers
Protest Davis
Removal

WASHINGTON, October 18.
The removal of Arthur Pell
Davis as director of the Re
clanation Service is strongly
condemned in a protest address
ed to Secretary of the Interior
Work by the Board Of Directors
of the American Society Of
Civil Engineers today.
The secretary's action in re-
moving Davis is characterized
as a slander upon the whole
engineering. profession. TIL e
protest ends:
Your explanation is made
quate in every respect. Your
action is of character most
dangerous as well as unjust.
We protest it in the strongest
terms. .*
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-18
u. S. PROSPERITY ENDANGERED

NEW ORLEANS, La. October
l9,-Declaring the prosperity OF
the United States is ieopardized
by the ravages of the boil weevil
and that the time has arrived for
action to check the pest which
threatens the South s "moneyN
crop, United States Senator Rams
dell has sent invitations to, news
paper editors throughout the (counI
try urging them to attend the boil
wcevil convention here next week,
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-18
HOFFMAN JURY
Is STILL OUT
in MURDER CASE
Given to Jury's Hands
This Morning; Mother
Has Left

Up to the time Of goi"o to
press, the jury which hear the
evidence in the case of D. B.
Hoffman, charged with the
murder Of Schaefer at lockwood
last May, ..aG not reported
verdict, and opinions at the
courthouse seemed to indicate
that the jury would be out for
several hours.
The case was given to the
jury at 1O:45 this morning, fol
lowing the instructions which
were read by Judge Franklin j.
Cole. Hoffman was in court
with his wife and son. At the
opposite end of the counsel
table sat Mrs. Schaefer, mother
of the boy who was killed.
She was accompanied by a wo-
man who came here with her
from Pomona, to attend the
trial. They left for home this
noon, without waiting to hear
the result Of the trial.
Arguments for the defense an'
for the state were finished short
lv before 5 clock yesterday after
noon and Judge Cole left it will
the jury to decide whether h'
should give them their instructions
and the case last night, or wait un
til today. After consulting will
each other, ;he jury decided t'
wait until today,
Charles E. Scott, counsel fol
Hoffman, made Il strong plea fol
his acqpittal in summing up the
evidence, claiming that the shoot
ing of Schaefer was without malice
and was purely in self-defense
Hoffman believing at the time OF
the shooting that Schaefer and his
were bent upon mis-
chief. He argued that the story OF
a criminal past, told Hoffman by
Donald Corneliuson, Schaefer's com
made the former fear the
bows were desperate and that hi'
life was in danger.
The district attorney vigorously
attacked Hoffman s defense, main
tanning that the story told was
MANUFACTURED - to cloud the 'evid
ence. He termed the shooting OF
Schaefer as "deliberate cold-blood
ed murder. and denied assertions
of counsel for the defense tha'
Corneliuson S story of the shooting
Was unreliable. ..-.-
- He challenged the story told by
Hoffman in which he claimed tha
Schaefer was advancing toward hin
at the time of the shooting, saying
it was not likely that an unarme'
youth would advance toward a mai
whom he knew had Il gun in m
hand and was ready and willing
to shoot.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-18
LEGION @. ks. DAM, CONDEMNS KLAl
Success CrOlUnS
Imperial Valley
Efforts of Vets

conveor OF the
resolution endorsing the bill
Boulder Canyon dam ard the All
fight
oav in the summer by Imperial Valley
the resolution was introduced
complete the campaign carried on
Imperial Valley representatives
familiar practically every delegate
in the conyentor and brough discussion
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-18
WHAT'S DOING

Social gathering, young peo-
pie Episcopa! church, Parish
House tonight.
Ell Cen no Chapter, No. 100,
R. A. M, Masonic hal tonight.
''The Common Law Palace
theatre tonight.
Ell Centre Lodge B. P. o. E.
No. 1926, Elks Hall tonight.
w. G. T. U. tomorrow, 2 p.
m, Mrs. j. S. Carmichael's, 620
Hamilton 0. r...
Date Growers field day at
Coachella tomorrow.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-18
FOREIGN EXCHANGE LOWER

NEW YORK, October i0.-The
foreign exchange market closed low
er Sterling demand 4.52@, off 3-S;
francs .05966R, off .0008; lire
,o452H off .0002M; Belgian francs
.05l5h, off .0O07; marks S,000,000,s
900 to the dollar.
During the day marks get down
as far as ten billion to the dollar.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-18
5. D. HUSBAND OF
ARRESTED WOMAN
IS DEAD, BELIEF
Three Searching Parties
Hunt Body Wealthy
RealtOr
s-- a ~
Former Owner of Smart
Shop Tells About
Deal
BY United Press Leased, Wire

BY United Press Leased, Wire
The mysterious case of
George E. Schick, missing realty
man of San Diego today center
ed around Grace Lucille Mason,
well known entertainer at d
Mexicali cabaret, who today
told San Diego authorities or
her relations with Schick.
Miss Mason said that early
this year she advertised for a
partner in her smart Grace LII
cille shop in San Diego and
that Schick answered the adj
vertisement.
A business agreement was
made, she said. Schick provid-
ed the money to back her and
the business proved a failure.
Schick then paid the debts and
the business partnership ended.
81 do not know anything of Mr..
Schick IS whereabouts, Miss Ma
son said. MY dealings with him
were strictly. Of a business nature
and when our partnership ended /
lost track of him.
Miss Mason /. described as Il verv
attractive girl with bobbed red blond
hair and is usually well dressed,
though not lavishlv attired She is
constantly seen in company with
another Mexicali beauty known as
.. Bonnie and, both are said to be
more or less prominent in the night
life of the border city.
san DIEGO, Cal, October 1S.--
A new clue to the mysterious dis
appearance of Schick was uncoy-
ored today when it was announced
that Mexican authorities would be
asked to exhume the body of an
man who died in Ii
juana, Mexico, about March of this
year
Local authorities are said to have
sufficient reason to believe Schick
may have met death by foul means
below the border.
SAN DIEGO, Cal, Oct. lS-Three
searching parties were organized
here today in an attempt to locate
George E. Schick, wealthy realty
broker, and son of prominent Ohio.
family.
Police declared they expected to
find Schick dead. He has been
missing since February Z.
This move followed the arrest
here late yesterday of Mrs. Schick,
E. Drew Clark, former business
associate of the missing man, and
Clark's wife, Mrs. May Clark.
They were living in the same
home here, together with Mrs.
Schick S two children, who told au-
thorities their name was Clark.
The three are charged with forg-
cry and contributing TO the delin-
quency of minors.
Clews to three places where
Schick 5 body may lie concealed
are said to be in the hands of
authorities. Men will be assigned
by Sheriff Dyers today to search
for the places, excavating where
necessary.
Wit hthe ;,rrest Tuesday night of
Continued on page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-18

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1S.-An
avalanche of work descended upon
the fifth annual convention of the
American Legion at its fourth SEES
sion here TODAY. ,
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-21
RECOVER ARMY
PROPERTY AND
ARREST THREE
Blankets and Shoes Worth
$4,000 Stolen at
Kelly Field.
FOUND In STORE HERE
Sergeant, Recently Cited
for Bravery, Among
Those Accused.

Army goods 10 the value of between
$1,000 and $4,000 stolen from a ware
house at Kelly Field, Friday night
we recovered Saturday by military
police and agents from the bureau Of
investigation Of the Department OF
Justice. A complaint charging three
men with conspiracy to steal and pos
seSS government property was filed
late Saturday afternoon with United
States Commissioner X. L. Edwards
BY A. W. CrandalL. a special agent
in the bureau Of investigation.
Army blankets, overcOatS, rain coats
and barrack bags. missing from the
warehouse at Kelly Field, are alleged
TO have been traced 10 an army goods
store on South Alamo street.
According to information reported
10 be in the possession CT the iuveSti-
eating officers, an automobile deliy-
cred one load Of army goods 10 the
South Alamo street store, Friday
night. The automobile. investigating
officers believe. was then taken 10
q garage on West Commerce street
where the men in the car left it there
and drove off in another automobile.
This was used to haul a second load.
it is reported. 1t was then returned
10 the garage and the other car taken
out.
Army Hero Is Accused.
Investigations leading to the recov-
cry of the army goods and subse-
quently TO the fling of the conspiracy
charge, were instituted by Sergeant
Maloukis of the military police. The
military police, according to reports.
obtained statements from one OF
those who took part in the theft.
The proprietor of the South Alamo
street store. Sam Cohn, and Roger c.
Schenck of the Ninetieth Attack
Squadron, who has recently been cited
for bravery in connection with his act
of heroism in rescuing Lieut.. Park
Holland from a burning airplane when
it crashed near kerrville, October s.
1922, were arraigned before the COM
missioner, Saturday afternoon. They
were placed under $1,000 bond each. A
third defendant has not yet been ar
raigned.
Conspiracy Is Charged.
The complaint alleges that the three
defendants entered into a conspiracy
to steal government property and that
in furtherance of the alleged conspir
acy, stole so olive drab blankets. l.
overcoats, 30 rain coats and three bar
rack bags.
Army goods taken from the ware
house at Kelly Field, however, &C
cording to investigating officers, in
clhded- five bales of blankets each bal
containing 40 blankets, and a numbe
of army shoes.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-21

Rev. r. T. ". McGill, of Pittsburg
Pa, has assumed the postorate of the
Alamo Heights United Presbyterian
church, after a vacancy in the pulpit
for a year. Rev. Mr.. McGill graduated
from the Pittsburg Theological Semi
nary in 1914 and had charge at
layton. Pa. for six years before GO
ing 10 the CHARTERS church in Pitts
burg.
He arrived with his two daughters.
Hazel and Dorothy, about two weeks
ago. making the trip by automobile.
At tie recent meeting of the Texas
Presbytery at the Alamo Heights
church, he was elected vice moderator
and served in the absence of the mod
orator.
Rev. Mr.. McGll is the son of Rev.
]. \. McGill and he has two brothers
in the ministry, one. Rev. X. G. Nc
Gill who is a missionary in Egypt.
teaching theology and higher Arabic
in the seminary at Cairo, and the
other. Rev. NJ. \. McGill. who is on
an intinerary mission to the Jews.
Rev. Mr.. McGill addressed the meet
ing of presbytery last Tuesday even
ing and in his two or three sermons
at the church has proved to be an in
teresting speaker as well rs a thor
ough Bible student. He has taken the
class for high school boys in the Sun
day school.
Under his leadership, the congre-
cation plans to reach out for new
members and TO extend the activities
of the church to reach all ages.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-21
Protestant Orphans Home
Siluer Tea Merit Saturday

Jamison. Ed Rand, Harry Rand, III.
Y. Walton, A. b. Storey, w. b. Light,
w. A. Speer, George Vaughn, Perry
Lewis. Ed Carruth, John Bennett, A.
Is. Mitchell. George Hagelstein, g. ID.
Robbins, Tom Menif,e, Edgar Allen
Wilson. William Aubrey, Ferdinand
Herff Jr.. FERDINAND Herff ST.,
George Maverick. William Bledsoe, l..
$. Fomby, John II. Wilson, II. s. AT
fleck, George McElroy, +. l.. Thomp-
son. w. S. Fly, John Boyle. o. W.
Wilson. Adolph Herff, Yantis. A. s.
Gage. NJ. NJ. Shaw, Il. II. Milburn, W.
Il. Tuttle, Clarenc, Jones, o. X.
Everson. Henry Bryant. w. X.
Ewing. Jot Gunter, McClaud. d. II.
Hill, b. Richards, Wolfe. Huston,
Brand and Miss Lettie Pfeiffer. o. NJ.
Trimble, A. j. Moore, II. C. Burgin,
Leighton Green. Henry Edison, ]. C.
Sterchi. Jenner Run. Con Milburn, II.
II. Walton. John Matthews, W. C..
Harroll. Louis Harring. W. S. ii.
Hendricks, d. Houston, Spencer
Surry, L. Walthall and Miss Ann
Taylor. Mesdames Florence Groos. L..
krams-Beck, Eli Hertzberg and Nat
Goldsmith.
The kindergarten committee is COM
pos,d of Mesdames Wright, Lambert
and Stoner. Mrs. f. n. Requa. Mrs.
E. n. Duckwall, Mrs. r. L. Culber-
son, Mesdames Payne. Ralph Hugo,
Mary Marshall. Emma Jones. Ralph
Cameron, H. J.. Kokernot, w. W.
Sinner. X. A. Porter. S. Crecielus. w.
b. Lupe, Cole Y. Bailey. o. W. Will
son, Cora Davenport, Z. L. Ball,
Adrienne Maxry, Rue, George McEi
roy. r. Tommins. John Seahorn, b. F.
Dittmar. Fred Combs. NJ. NJ. Shaw.
Gus Duggar. Fred Hornaday. George
Houston. Trollinger, Ed Richardson.
+. w. Church, A. ]. Mckenzie. ].
Aydlott, Hugh Mcclellan. Miss Nell
Pryor. Mrs. r. F. Stout, Miss p.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-21
WHEAT FARMERS
EMERGING FROM
CROP DEPRESSION
Fall Rains Produce Album.
dance of Feed,
Says Report.

Topeka, Kan, Oct. 2O.-The west
ern Kansas farmers, who were badly
discouraged a few months ago be.
cause of the failure of the wheat crop,
are now finding agriculture conditions
most excellent, according to a state
ment issued TONG by J. G. Mohler.
secretary of the Kansas State Board
of Agriculture.
In discussing the return of pros
porous conditions, Mr.. Mohler said:
The fall rains in western Kansas
not only produced an abundance of
feed crops. including a record corn
crop for that part of the state, but
have made conditions almost ideal for
the sowing and termination OF wheat"
Mr.. Mohler said that, in the central
west ana northwest counties, there is
a heavy aen.and for livestock for
winter feeding. st is understood"
he said, that the banks of these re-
gions are extensively financing the
farmers"
at is understood" he said, "that
the banks Of these regions are extern
tsively financing the farmers in the
purchase Of cattle in order to utilize
their abundance of cheap feed. The
volunteer and sown wheat in south
western Kansas is coming along very
rapidly and is affording excellent pas
ture."
Mr.. Mohler also said that there was
big demand for farm help in North
western Kansas to harvest the bumper
| corn crop.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-21
TO ELECT DIRECTORS
Officers Of Real Estate Board Will Be
Appointed Soon Afterward.

An election of the directors of the
San Antonio Real Estate b lrd will
be held November u and the appoint
ment by them of the boards Officers
will follow during the next week. Sew
en- new directors will be elected.
Seven of the directors OF the local
real estate board have already served
two years. They will give up their
places to other members of the b ard
J. II. kirkpatrick, l.. w. Benton. y.
s. Dickinson. Eugene Briscoe. p. F.
Gragg. Alfred Rhode and +. G.. Irish
are the present directors who will mo-
he in the directorate next year. II! G
ThOrman, Gordon Charlton. II. f
Dickinson, Wallace Rogers and T. II
Flannery are present directors and viii
be members of the directorate follow
ing the electionf in November. Sever
new directors will be elected.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-21

st see that some musician has discov-
cred the genesis Of Yes, We Have No
Bananas
THAT so? The exodus Of the silly
thing would be Of more interest TO me-"
Boston Transcript.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-21
The Attraction.

"That crowds following Jones on the
course: he must be crackerjack play
er to have such n mob after him"
They're watching him dig up the ground
without cussing.-Richmond Times-Dis-
patch.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-21
All Wrong

'I have told him repeatedly that he
is the man Of my dreams" said the
bride.
"Yes?"
'Now he wants me TO et-up and cook
breakfast for him."-Louisville Courier
Journal.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-21

The Salesman-This scalp tonic Is 40
per cent alcohol and has a slight smoky
flavor.
Mr.. Baldwin-Ill take a case OF II.
One or two bottles might not nroduce
results on my scalp, hut you will find
me very patient man.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-21

"Phwat's that noise. Mrs. Mulcahy?'
ITS me daughter Maggie runnin' up
and down tn scales"
'Begorra she must weigh ton
Boston Transcript
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-21

Mr. William T. Grant, President of the Grant Stores,
qvries an interesting letter to Mr. H. K Garges aana-
ger of local Grant Store: