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Imperial Valley press., 1923-11-23
ORDINANCE NO. 261


AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING
THE OFFICIAL GRADE OF
BROADWAY FROM THE WEST
LINE OF EIGHTH STREET TO
THE EAST LINE OF TWELFTH
STREET, AND OF CONNER
CIAL AVENUE FROM THE
WEST LINE OF EIGHTH
STREET TO THE EAST LINE
OF TWELFTH STREET.
The Board of Trustees of the City
of Ell Centre do ordain as follows:
SECTION /. That the grade lof
that part Of Broadway (street) ex-
tending from the west property line
Of Eighth Street to the east pro-
perty line of Twelfth Street be, and
the same is, hereby established at
the. following elevations:
At the intersection of the north
line of Broadway with the west line
of Eighth Street the grade shall be
$3.50; at, the intersection of the
south line of said Broadway with
the west line of Eighth Street the
grade shall be 52.57.
At the intersection of the south
line of said Broadway with the east
line of Ninth Street the grade shah
be 52.76; at the intersection of the
south line of said Broadway with
the west line of Ninth Street the
grade be $3.50. ,.I
AT the intersection of the north
line of said Broadway with the east
line Of Tenth Street the grade shall
be $3.50; at the intersection of the
north line of said Broadway with
the west line of Tenth Street the
grade shall be 1924. f.
At the intersection of the south
line of said Broadway with the east
line of Eleventh Street the grade
shall be 53.12; at the intersection
Of the south line of said Broadway
with the west line of Eleventh
Street the grade shall be 53.17.
At the northeast corner of said
Broadway and Twelfth Street the
grade shall be 1929; at the inter
section of the south line of said
Broadway with the southerly pro
longation of the east line of Twelfth
Street the grade shall be 1894.
And at all points between sale
designated points the grade shall
, be, and is hereby, so established as
30 conform to straight, fine drawn
between the successive points des
| ignated on each side of said Broad
way respectively.
Elevations refer to the top of the
curb, are in feet, and are above 8
plan 100 feet below the officia
City datum plane of sea-level here
tofore adopted.
SECTION Ii. That the grade o
that part of Commercial Avenue
extending from the west propertl
line of Eighth Street to the east
Imperial Valley press., 1923-11-23

| citizens of the United States as a
whole was four and four tcnths
years and to the citizens Of Massa-
chusetts twas seven years. Cor
responding to these figures, he
found that the average daily produc-
tion of the citizens of Tennessee,
was SO cents, of the United States
as a whole it was So cents and in
Massachusetts it was 50 cents.
These are merely samples of his
findings.
"In bulletin entitled, 'The
Money Value of Education,' issued
by the United States Bureau of Ed
ucation, Nathaniel Butler shows the
following:
''Sixty-two out of 10,oe0,000
without any schooling attain dis
tinction, 1916 out of like number
with only an elementary school edu-
cation attain real success, 2490
reach like success if given Il high
school training, but 11,116 attain
distinction if given a college edu
cation.
Sp1SluAt ouOWluS
"Less than one per cent of Amer
lean men are college graduates
Nevertheless, out of this one per
cent have come So per cent of our
presidents, AZ per cent of our vice
presidents, 62 per cent of our secre
! taries of state, 81 per cent of our
attorney generals, 60 pc rcent of
n,,r s,,,Nro,no ;,,J roe ~ al Tn. ,,nr oa,t
cf our secretaries of the treasury.
"And yet, there is still greater
reason why our nation must support
the cause of education-the very
stability of the government of these
United States is dependent upon it.
Without an electorate trained to be
intellectually strong, moral Y
straight and spiritually clean, our
government can not and will not
survive. Democracy places heavy
responsibilities upon the individual.
! It gives him rights and requires
| duties in return. Lord Bryce, pro
found student of American govern
ment, has said that no form of
| government gives so much to it's
people as does a democracy, at the
same time no other form demands
so much of its citizens.
| "Theodore Parker said, The com
mon school is the cradle of Ameri-
ca s greatness ..
"H. G. Wells closes his Outlines
of History with this pregnant state
ment, Human history becomes more
and more a race between education
and catastrophe.
81 wish l had the gift to place
indelibly on your minds these words
! from the late President Harding:
without vision the people perish.
! without education there can be lit
| tie vision. - r
Imperial Valley press., 1923-11-23
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN,
That the Board of Supervisors of
the County of Imperial, hereby call
for bids upon the following describ-
ed work, towit: the installation of
burglar alarm system for vault
in the new Imperial County Court
House, now under construction, as
per plans and specifications pre-
pared by Don w. Wells and Ralph
Swearingen, Associate Architects; !;
said plans and specifications now
being on file in the office of the
County Clerk and Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors of Imperial
County at his office in the Court
House at Ell Centre, California.
That bids will be received to and
until ten o. 'clock a. M. of December
22nd, 1928, and at that time and
place bids will be opened.
The Board of Supervisors hereby
reserve the right to reject any and
all bids and to award the contract
to the lowest responsible bidder.
A certified check in the amount
Imperial Valley press., 1923-11-23

and shall cause the same to be pub
lished once in the Imperial Valley
Press, daily newspaper published
and circulated in said City of Ell
Centro,~ which is hereby designated
for the purpose Of such publication;
and thirty (30) days after such
publication this ordinance shall take
effect and be in force.
Passed and adopted this 21st day
of November, 1928.
WILL s. FAWCETT,
President of the Board of Trustees
of the City Of Ell Centre, Cali
fornia. =
Attest: 1855
J. S. Loofbourow, City Clerk.
(SEAL)
7 hereby approve the foregoing
Ordinance No. 261, this 21st day of
November, 1928.
WILL s. FAWCETT,
President of the Board of Trustees
of the City of Ell Centro, Cali
fornia.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-11-23

ssat- e - = . y =
property line of Twelfth Street be,
and the same is, hereby established
at the following elevations;
At the intersection of the north
line of said Commercial Avenue
with the west line of Eighth Street
the grade shall be 52.13; at the in
tersection of the south line of said
Commercial Avenue with the west
line of Eighth Street the grade shall
be 521S. ,@e't
At the intersection of the said
Commercial Avenue with Tenth
Street the grade shall be 52.51 at
the northeast corner, $3.50; al
the southeast corner 52.55, al
the northwest corner and $3.50 al
the southwest corner.
At the intersection. of the north
line of said Commercial Avenue
with the east line of Twelfth Street
the grade shall be $3.50; at the in
tersection of the south line of said
Commercial Avenue with the east
line of Twelfth Street the grade
| SNAIL NC OZ.JJ.
And at all points between sait
designated points the grade shal
be, and is hereby, so established as
to conform 10 straight line drawn
between the successive points des
ignated on each size of said ave
nue. respectively.
Elevations refen to the top OF The
curb, are in feet, and are above ;
plan 100 feet below the offieia
City datum plane of sea-Ievel here
tofore adopted.
SECTION III. Eor the purpos,
of establishing the above named
grades the iron monument of tn,
United States Geological Survey
situated about 80 feet north and 2,
feet west of the intersection of tn,
Holton Interurban Railway will
the east line of the City of Ell Cen
tro, is hereby designated as the per
manent bench mark of the offieia
| grades of said Broadway and Com
mercial Avenue, the elevation O
| which bench mark is fifty feet be
low the said official City datum
| plane of sca-level.
SECTION ". The CITY Clerl
shall certify to the passage, adop
tion and approval of this ordinance
Imperial Valley press., 1923-11-23
CALEXICO VOT ES
ON NEW FILTER
BONDS ON JAN. 8

CALExICO, Nov. 25: = whcr
Mayor West said at the couhcn
meeting "We can't expect to please
all the people Of this town-if they
don't want to vote the bonds they
will have to drink dirty water,' the
council members at once ordered the
election to be held January 8 to de-
tcrmine whether or not the city
will issue $4,000 in bonds for the
purpose of constructing two new
filters and filter washer plant for
the water department Of the city.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-11-23
Walton Indicted
BY County Jury
On Three Counts

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Nov.
23.-J. c. Walton, former governor
of Oklahoma, was indicted today
by county grand jury on charges
of diversion of state funds, illegal
prevention OF an attempted meeting
of the state legislature and attempts
/ to intimidate an officer.
The former governor was accused
in seven counts, six of which were
filed in district court and the
seventh in county court.
DIR. A. e. Davenport, state health
commissioners and 7. p, Edwards,
formerly Walton 8 chauffeur, were
indicted jointly with the impeached
governor.
Bond for Walton was set as $4,000
in district court and $75 on the
count in county, court He was pre-
pared to make bond.
Bond for Edwards and Davenport
was set at 600 each.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-11-23
9017
SUMMONS
In the Superior Court Of tho State
Of California, in and for the
County of Imperial

In the Superior Court Of tho State
Of California, in and for the
County of Imperial
ALEX LEGGE. Plaintiff.
VS..
G. w. Hines, Elizabeth Hines, his
wife; w. E. Butcher, and Edna
M. Butcher, his wife; G. L. Emer-
son and Austin II. Buckley,
Trustees of tho estate of Ruby
Schain, deceased; p. M. Price
and Mary Price, mis- wife; John
Doc; Richard Roe; Mary Doe;
and Mary Roe, Defendants.
= The People Of the State Of Gait
fornia Send Greeting to:
G. w. Hines, Elizabeth Hines,
his wife; W. E. Butcher and Edna
M. Butcher, his wife; c. L. Emer-
son and Austin H. Buckley, Trus-
tees of the estate of Ruby Schain,
deceased; p. M. Price and Mary
Price, his wife; John Doe; Richard
Roe; M9Ty Doe and Mary Roe, De-
PENDANTS.
YOU ARE HEREBY DIRECTED
to. appear and answer the Com
plant in an action entitled as above,
brought against you in the Super
ior Court of the County of Imper-
ial. State of California, within ten
days after the service on you of
this Summons-if served within this
county; or within thirty days if
served elsewhere.
And you are hereby notified
that unless you appear and answer
as above required, the said Plain
tiff will take judgment for any
money or damages demanded in tie
complaint, as arising upon contract
or Plaintiff will apply to the Court
for any other relief demanded in
the Complaint.
Given under my hand and the
seal of the Superior Court, of the
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia, this 2sth day of September
1923.
G. G. MOUSSEAU, Clerk
By =: B. Kirk, Deputy.
(SEAL)
Nov 21 % Dec 5 IL 80 26
Jan 16 %
Imperial Valley press., 1923-11-23
NOTICE OF TIME AND PLACE
APPOINTED FOE PROVING
WILL AND HEARING APPLI-
CATION FOR LETTERS TESLA
MENTAPv

SAL1SLN Wv ILL = = ~S~Ss~ = 800
MENTARY.
In the Superior Court of the County
of Imperial, State of California.
In the Matter of the Estate of
BENJAMIN S. GRIFFIN, De
ceased.
Notice is Hereby Given that pc
tition for the probate of the will of
Benjamin S. Griffin, deceased, and
for the issuance to Blanche G. Grif-
fin of letters tcs6amentary, has
been filed in this court, and that
Friday, the 7th day of Decembre, A.
d. 1923, at two O'Clock p. M, of
said day, at the courtroom of De-
partment /, of said court at the
Court House of Imperial, State Of
California, has been. set for the
hearing of said petition, when and
where any person interested may
appear and contest the same, and
show cause, if any they have, why
said petition should not be granted.
Dated November 23rd, 1923.
C. G. MOUSSEAU, Clerk.
By E. B. Kirk, Deputy Clerk.
Jas. w. Glassford, Attorney for Pc
titioner. 23t10
Imperial Valley press., 1923-11-23

of ten per cent Of the bid must ac-
company each bid as a guarantee
that the bidder will make and en-
ter into contract for the doing
Of the work and will give proper
bond and undertaking for the com
pletion of said contract ,and to fur
iiish all materials and labor there
for in case contract is awarded
upon his bid in accordance with the
foregoing.
C. g.. MOUSSEAU,
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
y 21t26
Imperial Valley press., 1923-11-23

traitor at the office Of Harry W..
Horton, Attorney for said estate and
said Administrator, in the County
Court House, in Ell Centre. Cal.
Dated Nov. 20. 1923.
s. T. MORRISON,
Administrator of the Estate of
John G. Morrison, Deceased.
Harry w. Horton. Attorney for
said Administrator.
Nov 81 % Dec II 10
Imperial Valley press., 1923-11-23
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate Of John c. Morrison, De-
ceased.
Notice is hereby given by the un-
dcrsigned Administrator of the es-
tate of John G. Morrison. deceased,
to the Creditors of, and all persons
having claims against the said de-
ceased, to exhibit the same with the
necessary vouchers. within four
months after the first publication
Of this notice to the said Admins
Imperial Valley press., 1923-11-23

State of California;
County of ImperiaDss.
City of El Centre
I, J. s. Loofbourow, City Clerk of
the City of FL Centre, California,
do hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance No. 261 was passed and
adopted at a regular meeting of the
Board of Trustees of said City of
Ell Centre, held ON the 21st day of
November, 1923, by the following
vote:
Ayes: Travers, Lavayea, Ander-
son, Pitzer, Fawcett.
Noes: None.
Absent: None.
That said ordinance was introduc-
ed at least five days prior to its
passage and was approved by the
President of the Board of Trustees
of said City on the 21st day of No
vember, 1923.
Witness my hand and the seal OF
said; City of El Centro,- this 21st day
of November, 1923.
j. S. LOOFBOUROW,
City Clerk Of the City of Ell Cen
tro. California. 23t1
(SEAI) !t.+.s
Imperial Valley press., 1923-11-23
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT ON
THE STOCK OF IMPERIAL
GYPSUM COMPANY, FORMAL
LY THE IMPERIAL, GYPSUM
AND OH, COMPANY.

Notice is hereby given that the
Board of Directors of Imperial
Gypsum Company, formally the I'M
perial Gypsum and Oil Company,
with its principal place of business
934 Sth ST., San Diego, California,
Having ON the 18th day of October,
1923, at regular called meeting
levied an assessment of ten cents
per share on the subscribed capital
stock of said company, payable to
Hal, G. Hotchkiss, Secretary of said
company, at the office of said COM
pany at 934 Sth St., San Diego, Cal
ifornia, on or before the 10th day
of November, 1923, and any stock
upon which said assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the 10Th day of
November, 1923, will be delinquent
and advertised for sale at public
auction, and, unless payment is
made before, will be sold on the
11th day of January, 1924, to pay
the delinquent assessment, together
with cost of advertising and ex,
penses of sale.
IMPERIAL GYPSUM COMPANY,
BY w. II. Coons, President.
/ Attest;
Hal G. HotchlSiss, Secretary.
Nov 2l 2s Dec 5 IL
Imperial Valley press., 1923-11-23

State of California,
County of Imperial, IS:
On this 10Th day of October,
1928, before me, Frederick J. Trude,
personally appeared Y. Okawara
and Joseph w. Handy, known to
me to be the persons whose names
are subscribed to the foregoing in
strument and acknowledged to me
that they executed the same.
Witness my hand and seal.
FREDERICK j. TRUDE,.
(SEAL) Notary Public.
Nov. 1-S-15-22-29.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-11-23
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Angelo Dizzini.

Estate OF Angelo Dlzz1m.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned Geo. w. Allen, admin
istrator of the Estate Of Angelo
Bizzini, Deceased, to the creditors
Of, and all persons having claims
against said deceased, to exhibit
the same with the necessary vouch-
ers within four months after the
first publication Of this notice to
the said Geo. w. Allen, at 6oS
Main Street, Ell Centre, California.
Dated this Goth day Of November,
1928.
GEO. w. ALLEN,
Jas. w. Glassford, Attorney for
Administrator.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-11-23
CERTIFICATE OF DOING BUSI-
NESS UNDER FICTITIOUS
NAME

We, the undersigned, both of
whom are residents Of the City of
Brawley, Imperial County, Califor-
mia, do hereby certify that we are
doing business as partners under
the fictitious name of Y. Okawara
& Co.
Dated this 10Th day Of October,
1928.
Y, OKAWARA,
-S. JOSEPH HANDY.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-02-22
Florence Officials
Receive Warnings
Signed *. K. K

FLORENCE, Ala, Feb. 20.-A1l
three members of the Florence city
commission today received in the
mails warning that they will be
waited upon" by "the K. K. KS"
unless they cease their "tyrannical
acts
The commissioners said they at
tached little Importance to the mis-
sives, although the notes were turn
ell over to authorities who began in
Vestigation.
The notes were identical, printed
with pen and ink on plain paper and
transmitted through the Florence
postoffice bearing the postmark of
February 10, 10 p. m.
The notes read:
Final notice:
"Where law ends, tyranny begins
. and the tyrannical acts in
this administration plainly show
that law has ended. Unless this or
ganization of kinsfolk is disbanded
and replaced with cool-headed, fair
minded, honest and agreeable men,
we, the K. K. ks, at time when
no man knoweth, will wait upon
thee"
The commissioners said they sup
posed the writers of the notes re-
ferred to efforts % enforce a plan
to collect delinquent assessments for
street and school bonds made
against property in Florence.
If the Ku Xix Khan has an Or
ganization in this county, city and
county authorities have never been
advised of it.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-02-22
Southern Engineer
And Agent Are Shot
In Greenvile Yards

GREENVILLE, S. c., Feb. 20
Two men are at the point of death
in a local hospital and Murphy
Grumbles, a young man, is held in
the county Jail, charged with the
shooting. Officers said he was in
a drunken stupor when arrested.
The wounded are: Mitchell A.
Brown, of Greenville, special agent
of the Southern railway; l.. Calvin
Parkinson, formerly of Elberton,
Ga, engineer of the Southern rail.
way.
Both men were shot through the
stomach, and Mr.. Browns liver was
punctured by bullet. Physicians
hold little hope for the recovery of
either.
7 Grumbles was shot through the
arm by Special Agent Brown as
the latter fell to the ground. The
shooting occurred about o'clock
Monday afternoon in the yards of
the Southern railway, near Bran
don mill.
According to details related to the
police, Grumbles, in a drunken con-
dIt1on, was on the railroad track,
and Engineer Parkinson was swicth-
ing an engine. He got out of the
cab to help Grumbles off the track,
and it is alleged that Grumbles be.
gan firing upon him. Special Agent
Brown went to the engineers rescue
and Grumbles turned and fire on
him. Mr.. Brown lodged behind a
tree, and five shots missed him.
Grumbles dropped his head and
started toward the officer as if to
surrender. Mr.. Brown went out
to meet him, and it was then that
Grumbles fired the shot that caused
the officer to drop to the ground
helplessly wounded.
Grumbles is about twenty years
old and is listed in the directory as
a doffer in cotton mill. He is we'll
known in police circles. officers re-
ported. He was accused recently
of highway robbery and arrested for
the OffenSe.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-02-22
Cotton Spinning Sets
New High Records
For Mill Activities

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.-Records
were made by the cotton spinning
industry in January, the number of
active spindle hours exceeding nine
billion, and the average number of
spindles exceeding forty million for
the first time in the history of the
country, the census bureaus month
ly report today indicated.
Cotton consumption in January
was 61O,375 bales of lint and 49,804
of linters.
Active spindle hours were over a
billion more than during December.
Active spindle hours for January
totaled 266,299,904 or an average Of
249 hours per spindle in place, COM
pared with S,228,29S,SS4 or an aver
age Of 221 for December.
Spinning spindles in place Jan
uary 81 numbered 1925 ,419 of which
35,24O,853 were operated at some
time during the month compared
with 37,204,1 and 34,968, 440 in De-
cember.
The average number of spindles
operated during January, based on
activity for STA hours per working
day, was 40,O08 ,203 or at 1915 per
cent of capacity on single shift
basis, compared with 37,65S,116 and
1912 in December.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-02-22
PROHIBITION ENFORCEMENT
WORK IS ONLY BEGINNING,
SAYS PRESIDENT HARDING

alcoholic excuses. In pursuing its
main object-which is to make the
manufacture and sale of intoXicacts,
first, impossible, or, secondly, dis
reputable if possible-it has, incl
dontally, promoted the invention
and adoption off many useful re-
strictions on the liquor traffic.
But prohibitory legislation has
failed to exclude intoxicants COM
pIetely, even from districts where
public sentiment has been favor
able. In districts. where public
sentiment has been adverse or
strongly divided, the traffic in alco-
holic beverages has been sometimes
repressed or harassed, but never ex.
terminated or rendered improbable.
"In Maine and Iowa, there have
always been counties and munich
palities in complete and successful
rebellion against the law. The Incl
dental difficulties Grated by the
United States revenue laws, and
medicinal demand for alcohol and
the freedom of interstate commerce
never have been overcome. Prchi-
bition has, of course, failed to sub
due the drinking passion, which will
forever prompt resistance to all re.
strictive legislation.
COncomitant Evils
There haye been concomitant
evils of prohibitory legislation. The
efforts to enforce it during forty
years past have had some unlocked
for effects on public respects for
courts, judicial procedure, oaths and
law in general, and for officers of
the law, legislators and public ser
wants.
"Of course, there are disputed eff
fects of efforts at prohibition.
Whether it has or has not reduced
the consumption of intoXicants and
diminished drunkenness is a matter
of opinion, and opinions differ wide
ly. No demonstration on these
points has been reached, or is now
attainable, after more than forty
years of observation and expert
ence.'
That was twenty-five years ago.
In what respects may a disinterested
observer revise or affirm the state
ments then made?
One of the first questions I asked
President Harding when we sat
down to talk over prohibition was
whether he believed we had reached
in the last three years a climax in
federal efforts to enforce prohibition
or whether we were in the initial
stages.
He replied instantly that the fight
had only begun, and I told him of
the various estimates that had been
made of the length of time that
must elapSe before a matured iudg.
ment could be given on the question
of enforcement and the effects of
prohibition.
The president put his own esti.
mate down at twenty years.
Chief Justice Taft, in a speech not
long ago, thought ten years would
demonstrate. The important fact to
be borne in mind is that these pub
lie officials regard prohibition as a
problem Of a whole generation and
not a single administration. It's
from that viewpoint the subject will
be discussed in succeeding dispatches
in t11iS Scrioc