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Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-22
Aviator Buys
Out Equipment
at March Field
by United Press ceased Wire

SAN BERNARDINO, May 22--
Purchase of 100 aeroplanes and one
) seated FLYING boat, the entire
stock of the Curtis Company at
March field, and the Chapman air
dome, of Los Angeles, was announc-
ed here today by Clarence o. Prest,
well known California aviator.
Prest has formed y company to-
buy the equipment, and has con
trae.ed to pay S75o,0oo Ifot the
planes, he said.
The Curtis Company took over
all the government planes left at
March field, near Riverside, after
that training school was closed.
Brest said his firm will put the
aircraft, most of which are new,
in first class conditions, and sell
them at reasonable prices for pleas
ure or commercial purposes,
The local aviator has been fly
ing for several years. He attempt
eu one trip to Siberia, and, until
the world flight, had reached
point in Alaska further than any
air pilot had ever flown.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-22
SALVATION ARMY
PLANS DRIVE FOR
!. FUNDS NEXT WEEK
Organization to Enter
Valley Early in the
Fall

Plans for q drive for a fund tc
be turned over to the Salvation
Army to finance It's coming into
Imperial Valley this fall are being
formulated by a number of prom
inent business men, who are inter
ested in seeing this worthwhile or
ganization begin it's work here, and
under whose diref ion this cam
paign will start on Thursday of next
week.
= According to Charles Z. Pitzer
campaign director and chairman of
the advisory board, G.. E. Sones
Of the Rotary Club w. ID. Carey
Of the Elks Lodge and C. X. Har-
ris of the American Legion will be
in charge of FL Centro s part in
this project.
''The Salvation Army is coming
to El Centre and it will start oper-
ations without financial worry,
said Mr.. Sones, who will act as
chairman of the local finance com
mittee. Present plans call for the
Salvation army opening here next
October. This will be the first
time this organization has been es-
tablished in the valley, and head
quarters will be maintained in Ell
Centre.
Envoy F. Giles is here in the city
to assist in making plans for the
work which the organization jim
tends to carry on here.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-22
ROtarians A r e
Given Melon
Treat

A special treat in the form
of the first melons of the sea-
sou enlivened today's luncheon
for the local Rotarians, when
Farm Advisor E. L. Garthwaite,
through the courtesy of I. D.
Hale, manager of c. H. Weaver
and Sons. treated the Rotary
Club to feed of the fam
GUS new lib cantaloupes,
which' variety is springing into
such prominence.
This new melon, which was
tried out last year i'll expert
mental plots by Weaver and
Company proved so superior to
the standby "1025' on account
of its earlier period of ripening,
fine flavor, tendency to gInw
crisp, attractive appearance and
other good pointa. This year one
third of the $50 acres of the
Weaver Company is planted to
this variety.
The name comes from the ini-
tialS OF the words, Hale
lsrardh the variatr having orr
ginated on the Dodge-Hale ranch
near Rocky Ford, Colorado. fne
local Rotarians are already boos-
ters for the "HB.' variety.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-22
Heirloom Quilt
Made of 5000
Pieces

Thirty-two hundred tiny pieces
of cloth lovingly sewed together
with infinitesimal stitches go to
make up the heirloom quilt which
is now the property of J. G..
Rieves of this city, and which
was recently exhibited to the
Press staff by the owner.
Stories of bedspreads contain
I ing miles Of thread and quilts
composed of hundreds of pieces
fade into insignificance before
this interesting quilt, which was
made by Amy Rieves, paternal
grandmother of J. G.. Eieves.
While waiting for her sweet
heart, John Rieves, to come back
from the Civil War, Amy who
lived in Virginia, spun the thread,
wove the cloth, and then put the
5000 pieces together in the mo-
sale design to form the quilt.
The tiny squares which form
the covering, which is much larg
CT in size than the quilts of the
present day, are about three
eights Of an inch square. These,
by certain color combinations,
are combined into small blocks
which repeat the design. A
handmade fringe over six inches
wide finishes the edge on all
four sides of the quilt.
The Rieves are keenly appre-
ciative of being the possessors of
such a priceless heirloom.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-22
COMMERCIAL CAR
OWNERS FLOCK
TO LOCAL OFFICE

Motor vehicle operators flocked to
Captain Shotwell's desk in the coun-
ty farm bureau office all day yester-
day to pay charges on commercial
licenses. as Il result of action of
the traffic officers this week in
tying up all commercial ears still
carrying touring car licenses. The
total fees paid yesterday amounted
to nearly 500.
Captain Shotwell has received a
full supply of all motor vehicle
forms for making out applications,
registration data and license re-
quests, and his office is being main
tanned rs a branch of the state
motor vehicle department office at
Sacramento.
"Bv means of this office, Imper-
ial county motor vehicle operators
VIII be enabled to secure prompt at
tention to their applications and
adjustment of violations of the mo-
tor laws Will be speedcd up TO Il
large degree" Captain Shotwell
said.
The office will be kept open from
9 a. m. to noon daily except Satur.
dav and Sunday.
IAN dealers applying for Ii
ccnse must specify the year model
of their ear on the application
form," Captain Shotwell stated.
"Any ear being dismantled and
changed after it has been registered
must be re.describcd in report to
tile office here, to be forwarded to
the Sacramento office of tn edepart-
ment. All evasions or violations
will be strictly checked up.
"All automobile trailers weigh
ing more than 800 pounds must have
a trailer license. If traffic Off
GERS find any such vehicles which
are not licensed they will disconnect
them and forbid their being used
until a license is obtained.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-22
Waiting for Lava
Flow from Famed
Peak, Mauna Loa
by United Press Leased Wire

HILO, T. H., May 22.-All eyes
were turned toward the snow cover.
cd peak of Mauna Loa today, with
prevalence of belief that the next
demonstration or enraged Pele, the
Hawaiian fire GOODIES, may be stag
ed here.
Kilauea, the volcano which has
been IN eruption for a week and
which now is comparatively quiet,
remained "sleeping most of last
night..
But earthquakes and rumblings
within the mountain continued and
there was conviction everywhere
thai the outbreak was not over.
\ lava flow from Mauna Loa is
tie greatest source Of danger to the
city OF Hilo. The town is almost
in direct path. for such a flow,
should it start on the Hilo side OF
the crater.
One previous flow. reached the
outskirts Of Hilo. Another, more
recent flow, reached the sea, but
a. considerable distance from the
city. ...
Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-22
PLANS LAID FOR RACE SURVEY
IN IMPERIAL COUNTY AS PART
OF PACIFIC COAST MOVEMENT

At dinner held at the Oregon
Hotel last night, attended by more
than 40 representative men and wo
men of the valley, plans were laid
for Imperial County's participation
in n survey of race relations cover
ing the entire Pacific coast.
j. Merle Davis, administrative
director of the project, with head
quarters in San Francisco, was the
speaker of.the evening and in a very
comprehensive manner set forth the
aims of The movement, which is to
concentrate its efforts in study
of the Oriental and help solve the
many problems he brings with him.
c. &. Jenkins presided as chair
man of the evening and Rev.. a. +.
Schultz presented Mr.. Davis, who
had addressed San Diego gath,
criug tie evening previous and will
appear in Riverside this evening.
The sarvey, which is being joint
ly undertaken by the Institute of
Socia, and Religious Research of
New York City and five Pacific
coast regional committees, will be
conducted under the leadership of
the well known research director,
DR.. Robert f. Park, PROFESSIONAL lee
turer, University of Chicago. 1t
is estimated that the complete in
vestigation will cost $4,000, of
which $4,000 will be donated by
the New York institute and the re-
mainder apportioned between the
Pacific coast sections interested.
As a result of last night s meeting
an executive committee was named
by c. C. jenkins, composed of Farm
Advisor, f. l.. Garthwaite as chair
man, assisted by Miss Josephine A.
Brown, county Y. w. c. A. secre-
tary and Prof. c. A, Collins of Ca
lexico high school. This committee
will confer with Dr.. Emory $. Bo-
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Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-22
WILD OVATION GREETS u. S. AIRNIEl
All Japan Turns
Out TO Welcome
Intrepid Flyers
by United Press Leased Wire

TOXIC, May o., AmeFca Is
round the world flyers arrived at
Kasumigaura naval base outside
Toxic late today.
eLicutenants Smith, Nelson and
Wade. first of the international fly
ers to reach the Japanese capital,
winged down from the north to a
tremendous reception.
Representatives of the Japanese
government and the war and navy
departments went to Kasumigaura
to greet them.
The flyers had flown from Hito-
kappu Bay at dawn, stopped at
Minato for fuel and then continued
southwark to Toxic.
A stirring sight greeted the air
men when they landed on the bay
at MinatS reaching Japan proper
for the first time. From every
housetop American and japanese
flags were flown, together, and all
the ships in the harbor were de-
coratcd CARLY. An enormous crowd
had assembled on the water front.
The reception that was accorded
the Americans at Minato, however,
was only q detail in comparison
with that which awaited them at
Kasumigaura. At the latter place
General Yasumitsu headed reeep-
ton committee from the war office.
Weather Is Fine
The weather, which had so ham
pered the flyers earlier in the week,
had cleared today.
The flyers left Kitolappu at $50
n. m. and in five hours and ten min
utes later were circling down to the
bay at Minato. They had covered
slightly more than $50 miles.
Pausing only couple of hours
to fill the gasoline tanks, the
American flyers took the air again,
Arrival of the Americans at To-
kio marks achievement>of q defi-
mite goal i'll one of the tlree long
distance flight attempts. Alto
yether their courses lay to the east
ward, both the British and French
airmen were racing to beat our fly
crs to the japanese capital.
The British Amphibian plane,
which is competing with the Ameri-
cans in the round the world effort,
has covered approximately one
third Of it's journey, having flown
nearly 1000 miles from Calshot
Airdome, England, to Akyab Bur
ma, suffering two serious setbacks
by engine trouble. The British
plane, piloted by Major A. S. G..
MacLarcn, is SO days behind
schedule.
Captain Pelletier D 'Oisy, gallant
French airman, crashed at Shang-
hal, after q record flight from
Paris. He may continue in a new
plane.
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Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-22
TWO FIRES KEEP
FL CENTRIC BOYS
MIGHTY ACTIVE

Fire boys of the local depart
ment were kept on the jump yester-
day afternoon, although they were
not actually called upon to, fight
fires.
Shortly after 2:30 Il call came
from Imperial announcing bad
fire in the annex of the King Cot
ton hotel there, and asking that
the FL Centre department be, ready
for an emergency call. The fire
was put out, however, without aid
from this city.
In little more than an hour later
the alarm sounded again, this time
in FL Centre at Sixth and Hell
streets. Arriving at the w. A..
Deeore home on He'll avenue, the
fire boys found that the blaze had
been put out. 1t had started from
an oils.ove, which had burst into
flame. Mrs. Devore threw a blank
ct over it in time to smother the
flames. She was burned slightly
on the hand.
The fire at Imperial was dis
clock, when the flames were well
under way. BY fast work on the
part of the Imperial department the
main structure of the hotel was
? saved, only the three apartments in
the annex being burned. The loss
is estimated at about $4,000. The
building is owned by Sam Linden
bum and j. Fishman and the loss is
LARGELY covered bv insurance.
The fire is believed to have start
ed Nom Il stove On when one OF
the tenant shad been cooking lunch.
No one was in the room from which
the first flames were seen to come,
so that the flames had made good
headway before the fire department.
was called. f
The walls Of the annex are OF
concrete blocks and are apparent
ly not badly damaged, although the
entire interior of the annex is q
mass of charred wood.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-22
DISTRICT FACES
new PROBLEM AT
u. S. RESERVATION
Annual Contract With
Yuma Confirmed;
Same as 1922

A. the result of a request made
to the war department at Los An
geles by Superintendent Odle of the
Yuma Indian reservation to refrain
from validating the application of
the Imperial Irrigation district for
permission to install new wier in
the Colorado River at Yuma, u new
complication in the project has been
introduced. Chief Engineer Carber
ry has been instructed to make q
report which will be presented to
the war department to inform it as
to the conditions AT the Indian re-
servation, where it is claimed in
the request made by Mr.. Odle, that
the water table has been raised by
the wier so that land is being
damaged.
Mr.. Carberry stated that it would
be possible to establish the fact
that the damage does not occur from
wier operations, although the mat
ter will have to go through the war
department. for final decision.
At the meeting of the Irrigation
district board on Tuesday the an
nual contract with the Yuma Water
Users was confirmed, permitting
the installation of a wier in the
river to lift the water to the intake
canal level following the deepening
of the river channel during the sum-
mer flood period. The contract is
the same as that which was made
in 1922 and the Yuma association
has already passed a resolution en-
abling the contract to be entered
into this year.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-22
WHAT'S DOING

Ell Centre Chapter, R. A. M.
No. 100 meets tonight, Masonic
hall.
Pythian Sisters Temple No.
70 meets tonight.
"21' at Airdome tonight.
Recital by pupils of Oria Ke-
nah at Presbyterian church to-
night.
EIks meet tonight, Elks Hall,
Mother Day exercilss.
High school Girl Reserves
outdoor supper and meeting,
high school court tonight, s p. IN.
w. e. T. U. nests toinor-
row at the home of Mrs. Belle
l.. Scott.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-22
TWO COUNTIES
IN HUNT FOR
DYN AMITERS
BY United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, May 22.- City
and county authorities today join
ed with peace officers of Inyo
county seeking the criminals who
dvnamitet, a section of the Los An
seles aqueduct north Of the Haiwee
reservoir. VTt t-
Several clews have been run down
and found fruitless, but it IS be-
lieved apprehension of the guilty
parties will be but a matter of a
short time.
Inspection of the blast has reveal
ed that little real damages was
done. Only five or six second feet
of water which the canal was carry
ing was diverted by the explosion,
workmcn stated.
The dynamite was set off in a
covered spillway, but the dirt and
rocks lifted by the blast settled
back to form a natural dam, and
prevented the water from leaving its
chasnel.
The aqueduct is patroled by inount
ed guards, and their number will
be inereased at once as result of
the explosion.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-22
SEN. WATSON IS
DOOMED AS MATE
FOR COOLIDGE
by United Press Leased Wire

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May 22.-
A resolution endorsing Senator L.
Watson for the Republican nomina-
ton for vice president was unani-
mously adopted early today by the
platform committee of the Indiana
Republican convention.
The boom for Watson rs running
mate for President Coolidge was
started when six of the 13 district
rcaucuses approved Watson's propos-
ed candidacy.
In an all night session the plat
form committee wrestled. with reso-
iutions to build up compromise
platform that would meet the ap-
proval of all factions in the con
Nention today
The platform does not mention the
Ku Klux klan but declares that the
laws must be enforced upon the
'thigh aud low alike" without pre-,
iudice to race, creed or color.
This plank, coupled with Senator
| Watson $ declaration in his keynote
address that questions of religion or
membership in secret organizations
are not within the proyince~of po-
litieal parties, was found acceptable
by the klan,
Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-22
Local Officer
StumbIeS Into
Gamblers Den

Probably the biggest gambling
center vet found in Ell Centre, was
that which Sergeant Norman Dea-
ton stumbled into shortly after noon
today as he was attempting to To-
cate the owner of some Japanese
dishes which had been left ut the
police station.
Entering the restaurant operated
by Fred Inoguchi, at 428 Broadway,
Sergeant Deaton failed to find any
one in the front room so he walked
into the rear and opening a door
he stepped into room fitted up
with ALI the paraphernalia of first
class 2. Monte Carlo. Five gam
bling tables were in full swing, and
more than so japanese and Mexi-
cans crowded around them, each
with n large stack of silver.
Failing to recognize Deaton rs
a member of the police force, there
was no attempt to hide the money
or stop playing and he stood beside
one of the black jack dealers for
several minutes watching the games.
Finally ne announced that the
place was under arrest, and there
ensued a wild scramble among the
players. to make a getawayS Being
alone it was Impossible for the
officer to hold more than two of the
dealers and about $3.50 in cash,
which he managed to catch off one
of the tables, before the players
could take it. The two whom he
arrested are NJ. Mito and Y. Fudi.
Several of the japanese tried to
force Deaton into a corner before
they finally fled. They offered him
bag of silver if he would over
look the affair, but finding that
they were not making any impress
sion they turned and ran from the
room.
A few minutes later the officer
stepped into the restaurant operated
by o. S, Kuwahara, japanese, at
400 Broadway, where he stated he
saw Kuwahara rush to the sink with
some liquor and pour it out, while
a japanese woman threw her arms
out in front of the advancing Of
ficer and before he could push her
aside, the liquor had disappeared.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-22
CHINESE BANDITS
ARE ON RAMPAGE,
AMERICAN DIES
by United Press Leased Wire

PEKIN, May 22.-An American
named Dinsmore, agent for the China
Import and Export Lumber Com
pany, was morally wounded today
by Chinese bandits near Shahsien
and died of wounds after escaping,
according to reports to the Ameri-
eau legation here.
The legation is awaiting confirm
alton of the reports before taking
action. Dinsmore christian name
was unknown here.
The report said that brigands at
tackled DiEsmore and British sub
ject named Mackey, the American
escaping arter Il fight only to die
at Shahsien. Mackey and three
Chinese we're made prisoners and
carried off.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-22
Curfew Works
40
the Wrong
Way
by United Press Leased Wire

by United Press Leased Wire
WHITTIER, CAL, May 22.-.
Whittier wanted to be 8
o'clock town, but went at it
the wrong way.
The city fathers recently
passed a curSew ordinance, de-
claring that all youngsters un-
der 18 years of age must be
tucked beneath the coverlets
by 9 p. m. The law become ef-
fective last night. -
When it came time to give
the signal, the councilmen who
had gathered around the cur
few bell to see the new statute
60 into effect, decided it was
not loud enough, so they blew
the fire whistle for 10 minutes
instead.
The stunt had an adverse ef-
feet from what was expected,
Everyone had gone to bed any
way, but whom the fire siren
started and kept on pealing
forth, the populace awoke,
arose, hastily donned its cloth
ing and poured downtown seek
ing the fire.
And the kids who were sup
posed to be sent to bed by the
curfew were in the forefront,
Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-22
R. B. WHfTELAW TO
TAKE THOMPSON'S
JOB AS RECORDER
Three Ordinances Become
Laws, Milk Inspection
to Begin

With the exception of city rec
order, the appointive officers of
the city were retained by the city
council last night. r. B. Whitelaw,
who formerly held the office OF
city recorder, is to succeed Vaughn
Thompson, city recorder for the
past four years.
The other appointed officers are:
J. S. Loofbourow, city clerk, +. J.
Gianola, city treasurer; j. $. La
rev, city attorney; H. l.. Barker,
city marshal; Dr. F. A. Burger, city
health officer; F. c. Dyer, city en-
gineer, street superintendent, build
ing, sewer and plumbing inspector
and deputy health officer; r. III.
McKibbin, superintendent water
department, parks, sewers and city
electrician.
A resolution passed by the Ell
Centre Chamber of Commerce was
presented to the city council re-
questing that the city tax levy for
the coming year include an amount
equal to five mills on the dollar,
of city valuation, to create Il com
munity advertising fund TO be used
exclusively for community adver-
tising and publicity purposes, such
fund to be disbursed under the di-
rection of The board of directors of
the FL Centre Chamber of Com
merce, acting in the capacity of
duly authorized advertising agents
for the city.
The resolution was read and con-
,sidered by the council. 1t was or
jdered placed on file until the time
when the Board of Equalization
meets in August to make up the
annual budget, when the request
will be given further attention.
Ordinances PA, 275 and 276 were
read finally and passed. The first
of the three calls for the closing
of the alley extending north and
south in Block "a of the city of Ell
Centre from the north property line
Princess hotel and Hetzei's studio.
Milks Ordinance Passes
Ordinance 275 states that no map
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