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The Winslow mail., 1923-03-16

WITH the passage OF the rural
wv credits bill the last session Of
the Sixty-seventh congress pract1-
cally closed It's business, and when
final adjournment came that measure
stood out as the one big accomplish
ment Of the lawmakers during the en-
tire session. OF course, the usual sup
ply bills had been put through, and one
of them, for the army, unfortunately
carried the usual pork feature for riv-
ers and harbors, despite the efforts Of
the administration. Congress this time
has done little which it can point to
with pride, and this is said without
partisanship for both parties are to
blame.
The farm bloc, backed by Secretaries
Hoover and Wallace, had its way In
the matter of farm credits legislation,
for the Capper bill as passed included
the important features Of the LenrOot-
Anderson bill which Secretary Mellon
and many members Of the house bank
Ing and currency committee did not
like. One amendment adopted by. the
house extends the life Of the War
Finance corporation until January 81,
1924 During the debate on the meas
ure Representative Burton Of Ohio de-
nounced the plan for the formation of
intermediate credit banks attached to
the federal land banks involving the
use of $6O,0O0,00O In government funds
as provided in the LenrOot-Anderson
part of the composite bill. Too much
borrowing and too much credit had
been one of the causes Of the difficult
ties Of the farmer, he asserted. He
said he spoke from experience as a
banker during the war period.
DRESIDENT HARDING'S pet, the
i ship subsidy bill, went to its death
Wednesday according to schedule. The
senate voted against recommitting 1t,
but carried the motion of Senator Ladd
of North Dakota to proceed with the
consideration of the house filled-milk
bill, which effectually disposed Of the
subsidy measure. Senator Caraway OF
Arkansas introduced bill which pro-
Vides that the shipping board shall
turn over to states and municipalities
any ships which the latter are willing
to operate, with view to developing
rade from particular ports. He said
he believed that the shipping board
planned to punish senators who have
been hostile to the subsidy bill by
withdrawing ships from trade routes
In which they are especially inter
ested.
INTEREST was added to the pro-
L ceedings of the last week Of con.
gress by the development attending the
Presidents attempt to have the United
States become a member of the per-
manent court Of international justice
organized under the auspices of the
League of Nations. In message ask
ing for senate authority to act, the
President pointed out that the United
States had had a conspicuous part in
the original conception of the court
and added that "our deliberate public
opinion of today is overwhelmingly ii
favor of our full participation, and the
attending obligations of maintenance.
Immediately the old bunch of irrec
oncilables in the senate declared theil
The Winslow mail., 1923-03-16

In certain ways, on certain days,
this old world is getting better and
better. On other days you wouldn't
notice It so much.
The Winslow mail., 1923-03-16
WASHINGTON

The country now faces the unaccuS-
toned prospect of nine months with
out a session of Congress. The Sixty
seventh Congress has passed into his
tory.
Secretary of the Interior Work per-
formed one of his first official acts
when he took over a historic piece of
ground in the states of Utah and Colo
RADIO, set aside in a proclamation is
sued by President Harding on March
2, to be preserved for pOsterity. This
ground has been designed as a nation
al monument and the Indian word,
"Hovenweep," meaning deserted val
ley," is the name that has been given
it.
Taxes on farm lands have more than
doubled in the eight years from 1914
to 1922 A canvass of the Department
of Agriculture, just completed, shows
the average amount of state, county
and local taxes paid by farmers
throughout the country in 1922 to have
been 700 cents, compared with 31.4
cents in 1914.
Gov. Thomas w. Hardwick an
nOunced at Atlanta, Ga, that he would
accept an appointment as special as
sistant United States attorney general
at the expiration of his term as COVER
nor of Georgia. Governor HardWick's
term as chief executive of Georgia will
expire on the fourth Wednesday in
June when he Will be succeeded by
Clifford NJ Walker, who was elected
in the general election last fall.
Vice. President Coolidge appointed
the new Senate commission directed to
make a broad investigation of the gold
and silver industry. Senator Nichol-
son, Republican of Colorado, author of
the original resolution, was appointed
chairman, and others are Senators Cd
die, Republican, of Nevada; GoOding,
Republican, Idaho Pittman, Democrat,
Nevada, and Walsh, Democrat, Mon
tana.
A plan of vast magnitude for the
consolidation of all western railroads
into four systems, which would open
new era of railway development and
systematic and cheaper transporta
ton, was submitted to the Interstate
Commerce Commission recently by
Hale Holden of Chicago, president of
the Burlington lines.
In a parting shot at the Congress
which thrust him into the public eye,
Manuel Herrick, the former congress
sional air daredevil" issued a scath-
ing denunciation of liquor law viola
tions among members of the House.
The Winslow mail., 1923-03-16

police the French have deported large
many of the officers under arrest. They
met with the stubbornest opposition
in BOchum. Both the French and the
Belgians have seized large sums of
German money in the occupied regions
on the ground that it was sent to help
in the fomenting Of trouble. General
Degoutte announced measures for col
lecting the 40 per cent tax on Ruhr
coal and said refusal to meet this obli-
cation would result in the court mar
tial Of the offenders and the seizure
Of coal at the mines. Shipments Of
coal to Holland and Switzerland are
not subject to the assessment.
The Winslow mail., 1923-03-16
FOREIGN

In the House of Commons at Ottawa,
Canada, Arthur Meighen, conservative
leader, advocated a heavy duty on
wood pulp exports as a means of con-
serving Canadas wealth in natural
forests.
Counterrevolution is brewing III
Greece and military measures are be-
ing taken for fighting, according to a
Brindisi dispatch to the Daily Mail in
London, quoting travellers Cannon
and machine guns were said to have
been mounted at strategic points in
Athens
Floods and avalanches have done
considerable damage throughout
France and threaten to do more The
waters of the Seine have begun filter
ing into some cellars in the low lying
parts of Paris, but because of the i'm
proved weather conditions it is thought
that the danger of the repetition of
the disaster of 1910 is past.
1t has been reported that the Brit
ish government has formally protested
on legal grounds against the French
occupation of territories between the
Rhine bridgeheads. 1t is learned au-
thoritatively, however, that no formal
protest has been made, but only verbal
representations through diplomatic
channels, pointing out the difficulties
created for the British authorities in
the Rhineland.
Germany's decision not to conduct
any reparations negotiations with
France and Belgium or make any pay
ments of any kind during military oc-
cupation of the Ruhr is now in effect.
Answering a communication for the
interallied reparatiOns commission,
the government refused to deliver
fertilizer to the French and Belgians
as demanded.
That France fears serious trouble in
the Ruhr was Indicated when the cab
met decided to postpone demobiliza-
| ton of the 1921 military class. Dis
bandment of this class of reservist
troops would automatically take place
in April. The cabinet, however, be-
lieves that demObilization should be
postponed until the Ruhr emergency
| disappears and will keep the men un-
| der the colors until May 81.
General DegOutte, the French COM
mander at Cologne, has notified the
| Reichsbank that he will not return any
portion of the 10000, 100000 markes re-
Gently seized by the French at Cologne.
1t was added by General Degoutte that
if the Reichsbank desired to avoid fur
ther similar losses the German govern
ment must meet the demands of the
French for money for the requirements
of the armies of occupation.
The Winslow mail., 1923-03-16
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST WEEK
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
WESTERN

The House of the Arizona LegiSla
ture at Phoenix, by vote of 22 to %,
with two members absent, defeated a
resolution calling for the unqualified
ratification of the Colorado river COM
pact.
Conditions in Missouri, Iowa, Kansas
and Nebraska improved during the
last half of February, according to re
port announced at Jefferson City, Mo-,
by Regional Director E. A. Logan of
the United States Bureau of Agri-
cultural Economics.
The cigarette law which in recent
weeks has made Utah famous has been
so amended by the State Legislature
as to make the measure entirely out of
the freak" class. Under the law as
amended, the sale of cigarettes and
the other forms of cOnSumable tObac-
co is authorized under license SyS-
TEN. But the advertising of cigarettes
is prohibited and the advertising of
other forms of tobacco is authorized
only in newspapers.
Cleopatra, unofficial custodian of a
room in the federal building at Los
Angeles where confiscated liquor is
stored, is "a $4,000 cat" according to
H. H. Dolley, chief dry enforcement
agent, who said the cat saved the gov
ernment at least that much in the last
month. The way Cleopatra proves her
worth is to catch mice which otherwise
might destroy paper labels and other
Identification marks placed on the bot
ties of liquor, DOlley said.
Discussion and possible revision of
the Colorado river compact will be the
object of a conference of the League of
the Southwest to be held at Santa Bar
bara for five days early in May, it is
announced by the Santa Barbara
Chamber of Commerce. The confer
ence is expected to be attended by
more than 1000 delegates, the COVER
nOrs of California, Colorado, Arizona,
New Mexico, Nevada and Utah, Secre-
tary of Commerce Hoover and other
cabinet officials.
Eluding revenue cutters which for
days have been patrolling the heads,
and dry agents who have been watch
ing the coast line, a twO-masted auXil-
iary schooner from Vancouver slipped
into San Francisco bay and succeeded
in landing a rich rum cargo of 1000
cases of imported whisky, valued at
100000. A fleet of auto trucks were
waiting at Lugana cove as the schoon-
er slipped in the Golden Gate and
hove to close by the army transport
docks
The Winslow mail., 1923-03-16
American Plan in Mexico.

American Plan in Mexico.
Although there seems TO be a good
demand for German-made pianos in
Mexico doubtless because of the
lower price,, no country can compete
with the United States in the sale of
since the United
States is the only country in which
this instrument has been developed
to state of perfection.
The Winslow mail., 1923-03-16
GENERAL


Unable to make passing grade of
seventy, all of the 430 candidates for
the position of movie censor of Chicago
failed in the examination, the civil
service commission announced.
A tornado struck st. Joseph, Mo-,
recently and tore east across the city,
doing much damage, unroOfing houses,
uproOting trees, wrecking telephone
wires and injuring nine persons.
Harry V. Dougherty, member of a
detective agency of New York City,
which specializes in furnishing labor
to industrial concerns, has given up his
hope of helping France exploit the coal
mines of the Ruhr through the medi-
um of American negroes.
Joie w. Ray of the Illinois Athletic
Club, Chicago defeated Willie Ritola
of the FinniSh-American Athletic Club
of New York City by fifty yards in a
5,OOO-meter race at the annual track
and field games of the Western Union
Athletic Association at Chicago.
"Chesty Joie" finished in IA minutes
and 81 seconds.
The international 500-mile automo-
bile race, premier event of it's kind in
the world, will be held at Indianapolis
Memorial day, as usual, as the result
of Governor McCray vetoing as uncon-
stitutional, bill passed by both
houses of the Indiana Legislature,
which would prohibit the race. A last
minute attempt to pass the bill over
the governors veto was made in the
Senate, but this failed.
Sixteen Russian refugees of Admiral
Stark's command, who came to Manila
from Vladivostok, and who were ar
Tested Feb. 26, charged with mutiny,
were sentenced to terms ranging from
one TO five months. With the consent
of the government they will be con-
fined in Bilibid, the Philippine insular
penitentiary.
A wounded and shell-shOcked veter-
an of the World War, under an hallu-
cination that he was fighting off "mur-
dering Germans at the Verdun front,
wounded two policemen and his bro
ther, and held half a hundred police
men at bay for seven hours at Cleve-
land. Ohio, despite the barrage of pis-
tol shots and "tear bombs" The insane
veteran, John Weitzel, a member of the
Fifth division, was finally captured.
A slight earthquake was felt at Eel
Paso recently. Buildings were slightly
shaken and windows ratified, but no
damage has been reported. Western
Union offices report that the quake
was felt as far West as LOrdsburg, n.
NJ. as far north as AlamogOrdo and as
far east as Sierra Blanca. Reports are
that it was the most pronounced at Co
lumbus and Hachita, n. NJ. No dam
age save broken windows and falling
plaster has been reported.
A little group of thirty-eight soldiers
lined the rails of the liner George
WASHINGTON as she plOWed up the bay
the other day. For them whistles blew
and flags waved-for them crowds on
nassing ferryboats cheered wildly.
They were the last contingent OF the
American army of occupation from
Coblenz-their arrival wrote an Off
cfal "finis' to the fOur-year Watch on
the Rhine"
Receivers were appointed in Federal
C,ourt at Buffalo, n. Y, for the L. K.
Steel enterprises, in which the public
has invested about $22,000,0OO.
The Winslow mail., 1923-03-16

If a man has a good yell he likes to
90 to political meetings. And the
speakers like him to. too.
The Winslow mail., 1923-03-16

NJ BOURKE COCHRAN, congress-
w man from New York, died sud
denly Thursday as the result of a
stroke of apoplexy. The previous eve
ming he had participated in lively de-
bate on the farm credits bill He cele-
brated his sixty-ninth birthday Wednes
day. Mr. Cochran was famous orator
of the old school and the Democrats
elected him to congress several times.
He was prominent in the party coun-
cils and was a familiar and popular
figure in national conventions. In re-
cent years he gave the Irish people
valuable help In their struggle for In.
dependence.
The Winslow mail., 1923-03-16

QUITTING aside all partisan
ship, what do you and your
acqualntances really think OF
the achievements of the Sixty
seventh congress during its last
session?
The Winslow mail., 1923-03-16
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
SKty-Seventh Congress Comes
to an End After Passing
Rural Credits Bill.
FARM BLOC IS VICTORIOUS

chip Subsidy Measure Kllled-Strange
Situation Created by Hardlng's
World Court Proposal--Ger-
man Nationalist Prepar-
ing to Fight French
Death of w. Bourke
Cochran.
By EDWARD w. PICKARD
The Winslow mail., 1923-03-16

DY AN order Of the federal railroad
ID labor board issued Wednesday,
wage increases of two cents an hour
were awarded to 5000 railway freight
handlers and laborers and the eight
hour day was restored to all Of the
321, 900 members Of the Brotherhood Of
Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight
Handlers, Express and Station En-
ployees. The decision disposed Of the
last of a batch of wage cases that
had been pending for months, and
follows one of several weeks ago, in
which the board restored the eight
hour day to $4,000 railway signaimen
The wage increase amounts to half Of
the decrease in pay ordered by tbs
board last July.
The Winslow mail., 1923-03-16

~ OVERNOR BLAINE Of Wisconsin
" saved the states National Guard
from being abolished, sending to the
legislature special message praiSing
the efficiency of the organization and
urging its continuance at a strength
to meet national requirements. 1t Is
interesting to note that while Senator
La Toilette declared his opposition to
the bill abOlishtng the guard, Mrs. La
Toilette announced that she favored
the measure.
The Winslow mail., 1923-03-16

CZECHOSLOVAKIA comes forward
~ as the first of the cOnti-
mental European nations to plan defi-'
nitely for the payment Of its war debt
to the United States. In it's budget
for 1923 is an item Of nearly $4,000
600 to apply on that debt, which Is es-
timated at about $1OO,OOOO0O. Foreign
Minister Benes says a commission will
come to Washington soon for the~pur-
pose of settling discrepancies, and that
his country hopes to get as good terms
as any allied debtor to America.
That Finland also intends to pay the
United States Is shown by the fact
that DIR. Axel Leonard, the Finnish
minister in Washington, has begun pre-
liminary conversations with Secretary
Of the Treasury Mellon on the matter
of refunding Finland's debt, which
amounts to more than $9,000,0O0l W''th
$1,15O,0OO Of accrued interest.
The Winslow mail., 1923-03-16
DoLAND and Lithuania agreed on a

DOLAND and Lithuania agreed on a
truce in their squabble over the
neutral zone, but it was not very
strictly observed during the week. The
Poles claim to be trying to avoid any
clashes and assert that German officers
are leading their opponents. There are
reports that the Germans in East
Prussia are arming to retake Memel,
and other reports that the Poles are
planning to seize East Prussia. The
chances for serious trouble in that
region are still excellent.
ELLIOTT WADSWORTH is in Paris
IL for the American treasury trying
to collect the $250,0O0,0O0 due the
United States for the upkeep of our
army on the Rhine, and reparations
commissioners Of the allies, as f1nan-
cial experts, are examining the ques-
tion. Really there doesn't seem much
to examine, for it was agreed after the
armistice that Germany should pay
the expenses Of the forces Of occupa-
tion before anything else in the way
Of reparations, and the allies already
have collected these costs.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-27
ARE YOUR LUNGS WEAK?

just now you must guard against
undue exposure. Take McMullin s
Formula every day as directed. Mr..
Walter Wyatt, Lection, No., says:
" Have gained % pounds and feel
fine. l think McMullen s Formula
the best lung remedy 1 ever tried. "
With chances of epidemics just now
this reliable germicide and preven-
tive against germ diseases should
be in every home for daily use =
ready in case of colds, stubborn
cough, bronchial troubles, asthma.
Mfrd. only by Tilden McMullin Co,
Sedalia, Mo. Sold by FRANCIS Drug
20. ADV.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-27
Stolen Bicycles
Found i'm Alley,
Owners Ella ted

Christmas Day, which promised
to be gloomy for Billy Brewer and
Bobby Reynolds. whose new bicycles
were stolen from the Presbyterian
church Sunday, as told i'll Monday .
Press, turned out to be the best
Christmas The boys ever expert
cEced, for their bicycles were re-
turned to them Christmas after
loon.
a friend of the Brewer family
read the story of the boys loss IN
Monday Press, and the next dav
called up Mrs. Brewer to tell her
she had noticed two bicycles in
tine alley near her home that day,
Mr.. Brewer went to he place men
toned, and found both bicycles,
little the worse for wear,
The bicycles were rep'ored to
their owners, VINO were delighted
to recover them. Fro mthe b!aek
der hs Of despair, because he had
been given as Christmas presents, L
bicycle bell and lamp, and had no
bicycle on winch to place them,
Billy Brewer was lifted to the
heightS of bliss
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-27
Bedtime Stories
Copy right, 1923, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
hY HOWARD r. GARIS
UNCLE WIGGILY AND
TOODLE S TOOTER

''Dca me! wonder why it
doesn t run3" Nurse Jane was say
ING in the hollow stump bungalow
cne dav. why doesn t it run? =
Are YOU speaking of the Bot
Cat or the Fuzzy FoX?' asked I'm.
a.c Wiggily. wLo was in the next
room and heard what his muskr;
lady houseke>per said. "Do you
mean either Of those bad chaps
won { run away when YOU tell them
to! If they won t III telephone
fer the Police EOg.
"Ncithcr the Bob Cat nor the
Fuzzy Fox is here, " answered
Nurse Jane with. Il laugh. II was
,nlv speaking of my sewing ma
chine. It won't run, CT go, or
whatever you call it
"You mean it doCsn I sew
asked the bunny gentleman.
That : it, answered y urS {
Jane. 1.-The wheel won t 60.
'IIl look at it" offered Mr.,
Longears, and when he had done
his he saw at once what the trouble
WAS. 1T needs oiling,'' said the
bunny. "A little ell ON the wheels
of your sewing machine will make
them turn easily. Get me the oil
can, Nurse Jane
The muskrat lady brought it.,
hut when he bunny uncle tipped
the little oil can ON its head no oil
ran out.
cit 5 empty" said Uncle Wiggi-
ly. Give me the bottle and III
fill ii. Thca l can oil your ma
chine.
But when Njtlse Jane brought the
oil bottle thar also was empty.
"'There IS only one thing to- do,
said Uncle W'ggily, | must hop 20
tne oil store and get new, full
bottle cf oil. Then Ill oil your
and make it 90.
THANK you; that will be very
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-27

all the right. title and interest
which said estate has acquired by
operation of law or otherwise in ad-
ditiom to that of said deceased at
the time of her death, in and to that
certain real and personal property,
located in the city of FL Centric,
County of Imperial, State Of Cali
fornia described as follows, to-wit:
Lot Is in Block 4, of the
City of El Centre, California,
executed between Tilla Prur
and j. r. holland, dated Sep
tember "a, 1919, balance due
$1175.00.
Terms and Conditions of Sale
Cash, in lawful money of the
United States, ten per cent of the
amount bid to be paid at the time
of sale; balance on confirmation Of
sale by said Superior Court or upon
such terms rs is acceptable to the
Court.
Bids or offers must be in writing
and may be left at the sad office
of Claude NJ. Shell, suite 800 South
ern Title Building, ut any time af
ter the first publication of this
notice and before making said sale.
Dated this 22nd day of Decem-
Der, 1928.
X. FLORENCE TRALNOR,
EXecutrix of the will of Tllla Pruitt,
also known as Matilda II. Pruitt,
Deceased. 27t16
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-27

bunny, but faster and faster came
on the Fox.
~ must play a trick on him, >
thought Uncle WiggIlv. But
how: All, have it. The dog said
oil was very slippery. III spill
some on the ground. When the Fox
comes along he'll slip and slide and
can t run after me. -
No sooner said than done, again.
Uncle Wiggilv poured oil from his
bottle behind him OH the ground
and then ran on. Up came the Fox.
"Zip!' wenc his feet from un-
der him as he struck the oil.
"Slipippy-zoopv'" he slid down on
his nose, giving himself q hard
bump.
"Wow." bowled tie Fox. 81
guess ! won t chase Uncle Wiggily
any more today.' and he didn t.
Sc the bunny safely reached home
without having his ears nibbled.
And if the jumping jack doesn t
take the stick away from the lolly-
pop to make I'm umbrella for the
rubber boots, II tell you next
about Uncle Wiggily and Dottie 's
doll.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-27
Cupid Is Still
IOutdoing
Himself

Business continued to be brisk il
the marriage bureau yesterday, six
couples obtaining marriage licenses
With the eight licenses issued the
day previous, a new high recc-u has
been established at the county
clerk s office. Among those who
obtained licenses yesterday were:
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Gar
ella, % years old, native of Mexico.
resident of Brawley; Justina LOPEZ,
Is years old, native of Mexico, resi-.
dent of Brawley.
MARTINEZ GAVAN - Tgnacio
Marteniz, - years old, native of
Mexico, resident of FL Centro; Car
men Gavan, 16 years old, native of
Mexico, resident of FL Centro.
ACOSTA QUARTZ - Anton O
Acosta, 81 years old, native of Mex
leo, resident of Tijuana; Carmen Du-
arte, 26 years old, native of Mexico,
resident of MeXicalr.
PEARCEHUFF - Simon Shelby
Pearce, - years old, native of Ar
kansas, resident of Huntington
Beach; Betty Pauline Huff, 10 years
old, native of California, resident of
Huntington Beach.
HUNGERFORD-HU UNTER-Frank
Burchard Hungerford, 81 years old,
native of Michigan, resident of Ca
lexieo; Pauline V. Hunter, 81 years
old, native of Missouri, resident of
CalCxico.