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Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-29
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Superior Court of the State
of California, in and for the
County of Imperial


In the matter of the estate of i. +.
Nice, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the un-
dersigncd, Chas. Z. Nice, Admins
traitor of the estate of the above
named 2. +. Nice, deceased, to the
creditors of and al persons having
claims against the said deceased, to
file them with the necessary vouch-
ers within ten months after the
first publication of this notice in
the office of the clerk of the Super
ior Court of the State of California,
in and for the County of Imperial,
or to exhibit them with the neces-
sary vouchers within ten months af
ter the first publication of this no
tice to said administrator at the
law office of J. S. Larew, Rooms
101 and 102 Rehkopf Building, in
the City of Ell Centro, County of
Imperial, State of California, which
said office the undersigned selects
as his place of business in all mat
ters connected with said estate in
said County of Imperial.
Dated and first published this
18th day of March, 1924.
CHAS. T.. NICE,
Administrator of the estate of L. f.
Nice, Deceased.
NJ 15 % 30 A II.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-29
No. 1890
NOTICE OF TIME AND PLACE
APPOINTED FOR PROVING
WILL AND HEARING APPLI-
CATION FOR LETTERS TES-

TAMENTARY.
In the Superior Court of the County
of Imperial, State of California.
In the Matter of the Estate of Mary
M. Farr, Deceased.
Notice is Hereby Given that a
petition for the probate of the will
of Mary M. Farr, deceased, and for
the issuance to Mary Farr Butler,
of letters testamentary, has been
filed in this court, and that Friday,
the 4th day or Apr, A. d. 1924, at
2 O'Clock p. M, of said day, at the
courtroom of Dept. No. l of said
court lat the County Court House
in the City of Ell Centre, County of
Imperial, State of California, has
been set for the hearing of said pc.
tition, 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 March Goth, 1924.
c. G. MOUSSEAU, Clerk.
By c. +. Williford, Deputy Clerk.
S. P. Williams, Attorney at Law,
Attorney for Petitioner, Imperial,
Calf.
(Court SeaD 22t10
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-29
HOODS. HOME RUN WINS, TO
PLAY PITTSBURGH, SUNDAY
By United p,css Leased Wire

Los ANGELES, Mar. 29.--By
knocking a home run in the lucky
seventh. Wally Hood, Angel star
outfielder, won the game for the
Los Angeles Club against the Shell
Oil nine Of Long Beach, to 4.
The Angels play the Pittsburgh
Pirates here tomorrow in what is
predicted will be one of the flash
lest exhibition games Of the local
season.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-29

Beavers have become so pumer-
Gus in some farming localities Of
western states that their destruc.
tion has been necessary.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-29
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT No. 2
On the Stock of Imperial Gypsum
Company, formerly the Imperial
Gypsum g. Oil Company, corpo-

Company, formerly Cne lHlpcliaA
Gypsum g. Oil Company, corpo-
ration.
Notice is hereby given that the
Board Of Directors of Imperial
Gypsum Company, formerly The
Imperial Gypsum & Oil Company, IA
corporation, with its principal place
of business at 934 Eighth Street,
San Diego, California, having on
the Goth day of March, 1924, at a
regularly called meeting of the
Board Of Directors, levied an assess
mcnt of ten cents per share on the
subscribed capital stock of said
company, payable to Hal G. Hotch.
kiss, secretary of said company, at
the office of said company, at 934
Eighth Street, San Diego, Califor.
MIA, on or before April oath, 1924,
and any stock upon which said as
sessment shall remain unpaid on
the oath day of April, 1924, will be
delinquent and advertised for sale
at public auction, and unless pay
ment is made before, will be sold
on the 18th day of May, 1924, to
pay the delinquent assessment, to-
gcthcr with cost Of advertising and
expenses of sale.
by order of the Board of Diroc.
tors.
IMPERIAL GYPSUM GO.
BY w. II, Coons, President.
(SEAL)
Attest; Hal G. IlotcAkiss, Secretary.
Mar - 80 A ) II
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-29
Saturday, March 20, 1924
raj, approved October IS, 1856.

raj, approved October IS, 1856.
excepting six CO. acres therefrom
reserved for a right-of-way to be
granted to the Southern Pacific
Railway Company.
All the above property is to be
sold subject to easements, rights
of-wdy, reservations and restric-
tions of record.
Terms and conditions of sales:
Cash, lawful money of the United
States, ten per cent. (10%) of the
purchase money to accompany the
bid or offer, and the balance upon
confirmation of the sale by the
court.
All bids or offers must be in
writing and may be left at Room
No. 1116 Pacific Southwest Bank
Building, situated on the north
west corner or Broadway and
American Avenue, Long Beach,
California, or may be delivered to
the executrix, personally, or may be
filed in the office of the clerk of
the above mentioned court at any
IlUne dIlcr lHc AlTSu puDilCdploi
hereof, and before the date of sale.
Dated: March 81, 1924.
KITTIE ELNORA ANDREWS,
Executrix of tho Estate of James
Burr Andrews, Deceased.
Knight, Lane & Goddard, Attorneys
for Exeeutrix. 2St15
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Edwin r. Mayo, De-
ceased.
Notice is hereby given by the un-
dersigned Geo. w. Allen, admins
TRAITOR of the estate of Edwin r.
Mayo, deceased, to the creditors of,
and all persons having claims
! against the said deceased, to ex-
hibit the same with the necessary
vouchers within four months after
the first publication of this notice
to the said Geo. w. Allen, at 107-10S
Rehkopf Bldg, FL Centre, Califor.
MIA, the place of transacting busl
ness of the said estate.
Dated this Goth day of February,
1924.
GEO. w. ALLEN.
Jas. w. Glassford, Attorney for
Administrator.
Mar l Is % 90
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-29

Lizard skins will be used in men s
spring footwear, which of course
will be worn by lounge lizards.
Evening star., 1924-11-30

port Miss Shop. IF you wish report
you might go to place where I hope
he now reside With those speech
she flop down a curio ENHANCEMENT
of dress containing ornamentation,
straps & other beads.
This are latest bannanna- colored
tigging frock, very late from Paris,
suitable to elderly ladies of passion
ate taste" snuggest Miss Sale. Price
44$ from which 9$ can be saved by
cutting . yrds from back. Shall l
wrap it up for you?"
"lf you will take off all the beads
and sew them around the neck, short
en- the skirt feet & put in sleeves
of pink Irish velvet maybe you could
send it around to Aunt Elizabeth Obi
& see how she like it,
We refuse to send goods on a
prevail" snarrel Work Girl.
Well. l will be both darned and
stitched" howell Miss Susie Obi. "If
you are afraid of running your goods
how do you ever sell annie thing
Therefore we tuck up our skirts and
walk forth from there.
II think. after ALL" dictate Miss Obi.
that Aunt Elizabeth would prafur a
silver can-opener"
SO she elope to other counter and
decry, Girl. Female. / wish see VT
Xmas stock of silver can-openers."
This are the sock & knecktie
dept" report Shop Assist with Fannie
Brice expression. while holding off 80
other ladies wishing to buy shirt.
Il do not come here to be informed
by Such as you" collapse Miss Obi.
Can you not speak to me without
using your nose? Where are man
ners wentc"
Basement, 3rd isle beyond base
Evening star., 1924-11-30

father. He was afraid of his school
teacher. He was afraid of dogs. He
was afraid of guns, He was afraid of
lightning. He was afraid of hell.
He was afraid of girls.
x x y
TN the boys choice of profession
there was not seen that keen
longing for lifework that we find
in the celebrities. He didn't want to
know law. He didn't want to be a
doctor, because you have to know
medicine. He didn't want to be a
business man. because you have to
know business, and he didn't want to
be a school teacher, because he had
seen too many of them. AS far as he
had any choice, It lay between being
Robinson Crusoe and being the Prince
of Wales. His father refused him
both and put him into a dry goods
establishment.
Such was the childhood OF John
Smith. At it's close there was nothing
in his outward appearance, to mark
the man of genius. The casual OBJ
server could have seen no genius
concealed behind the wide face, the
massive mouth, the long slanting
forehead and the tall ear that swept
up to the close-cropped head. Ger
tainly he couldn't.
1t was shortly after his start in
business life that Smith was stricken
with the first of those distressing at
tacks, to which he afterward became
subject 1t seized him late one night
as he was returning home from de-
Evening star., 1924-11-30
John Smith and Others Entitled
To Have Their Biographies Printed


lightful evening of song and praise
with a few old school chums. Its
symptoms were a peculiar heaving of
the sidewalk, dancing Of the street
lights and crafty shifting to and fro
Of the houses. requiring a very nice
discrimination in selecting his own.
There was a strong desire not to
drink water throughout the entire at
tack, which showed that the thing was
evidently a form of hydrophobia.
From this time on, these painful at
tacks became chronic with Smith.
They were liable to come on at any
time, but especially on Saturday
nights on the flrst of the month. and
on Thanksgiving day. He always had
a very severe attack on Christmas
eve and after elections 1t was fearful.
y x
THERE was one incident in Smiths
L career which he did, perhaps.
reached manhood when he met the
most beautiful girl in the world. She
was different from all other women.
She had a deeper nature than other
people. Smith realized 1t at once. She
could feel and understand things that
ordinary people couldn't. She could
understand him.
She had a great sense of humor
and an exquisite appreciation OF
joke He told her the six that he
knew one night and she thought
them great Her mere presence made
Smith feel as II he had swallowed
a. sunset.
He presently found that II he took
a firm hold of her hand with his he
could get a good. substantial thrill,
and IL he sat beside her on sofa.
with his head against her ear and
his arm about once and a half round
her. he could get what you might
call a first-class, Al thrill. Smith
became filled with the idea that he
would like to have her always near
him.
He suggested an arrangement to her
by which she should come and live in
the same house with him and take per
sonal charge OF his clothes and his
meals. She was to receive in return
her board and washing. some rs cents
week In ready money and Smith was to
be her slave.
After Smith had been this woman's
slave for some time baby fingers stole
across his life. then another set OF
them. and then more and more TIL the
house was full of them. The woman's
mother began to steal across his life,
too, and every time she came Smith had
the hydrophobia frightfully.
The life of Smith never seemed to
bring him to any OF those great turn
ing points that occurred in the lives Of
the great True. the passing years
brought some change of fortune. He
was moved up in his dry goods estab-
lishment from the ribbon counter to the
collar counter, from the collar counter
to the gents painting counter and from
the gents painting to the gents fancy
shirting.
Then. as he grew aged and ineffi-
cient, they moved down again from
the gents fancy shirting to the gents
painting, then to the collar and on to
the ribbon counter. And when he grew
quite old they dismissed him and got a
boy with a four-inch mouth and sandy
colored hair. who did all Smith could do
for half the money.
Copyright 1921
Evening star., 1924-11-30
WINDING YOUR BUSINESS OR AM YoU?" REQUIRE THIS OBJ

unpleasant than I are" she guble. II
are worried to the edge Of insomnia.
Alraady / have visited 20 stores &
knocked down IL noorwalkers. Yet
nothing ! can find for my Aunt Eliza
beth Obi, age 81"
What bad habits do she most en-
joy?" l ask to know.
She have no bad habits." sub Miss
Obi. She are def & dum.'
Then why not buy her radio?"
require.
THAT wouldn't give her no pleas
ure," says Susie.
"Ah no." 1 peruse. But 1t wouldn't
give her no pain neither"
7-"While you are talking gargabe.
she renig. "folla me and we will do
some more shopping earlie."
Mr. Editor. il Hon. Germany had
folla Hon. Kaiser as far as folla Miss
Susie Obi that day beer would be
legal in N. Y. city this afternoon.
folla her through Drug Dept with
hanson pink Sign Why Not Buy
Her 2 OF Bottle Of Soda
Mints. and through Grocery Dept
where sec packidge of Mary Xmas
. Laundry Soap could be purchased
that week only for 1S. BY push, shuv
& other knocking l walk along pretty
iast, yet still she go forwardly. New
corns commence to grow on my IN
famed heels. but who could dessert
a lady in danger? Not / couldn't.
At lastly we arrive up to moor
marked Dry Goods. That sound
prnsty bootlegg to me. yet when i
ook / could see merely several women
# the other sex fighting around 100
ds Of silk cloth.
Il think 1 shall buy her a dress
:ruce st Miss Susie Obi while clipping
Evening star., 1924-11-30

81 Miss Obi Aunt Elizabeth cannot
dance. l think l shall go to Sport
Dept and ask about price of a canoe"
And SO onwards. Mr.. Editor. When
500 o'clock come along Miss Susie
Obi are still requiring what to buy
and all Shopping Girls look kind of
thin from too much exercise. So
ask this sweethearted Japanese lady
Will she eat some sodawater with me
& pretend 1t were dinner. She do.
pay.
Miss Susie Obi" I say so. when
you think you shall axually buy
something at this rates?'
oh" she daily forth, Xmas are
three go weeks removed. Probly /
shall find what I want on Xmas
Fave"
"Then why you not decide on Xmas
Fave and buy it without SO much
clabbering around?" l ask to know.
Il are not that kind OF Heathen,"
she snub sweetishly. II are a lady
of principle. / believe to do my Xmas
Shopping Earle"
a.? q, ] require.
Because So" she dib. II are of
kindly nature & 1 desire to save
strength Of Poor Working Girl"
/ am entirely dried.
Hoping you are the same.
Yours truly,
HASHIMURA TOGO
downright 1oo4)
Evening star., 1924-11-30
reat Modern City Of Orient May Rival u S. Metropolis

England, and is known as the ave-
nue. of King Edward VII.
Other streets have been extended
far out into the country, and many
parts of the suburbs remind one of
those Of Paris or other European
cities. Mansions have been built
foreign style, with large gardens in
closed by the brick or stone wall
that separates them from the road,
and extending far out from the busi-
ness section are many miles of well
paved streets. some of which have
bride paths at the sides.
Land that a few years ago was
nothing but grave mounds has been
bought. the family of each deceased
being paid for moving the ashes OF
it's ancestors, and sold at high prices.
Today land along the water front in
the international and French conces-
sions has jumped to a half million
dollars and upward per acre. and
on the Nanking road, which is the
principal thoroughfare of the inter-
national settlement, the best lots are
worth a hundred thousand dollars
per NOV, which is one sixth of an
acre, and they will yield more than
8 per cent interest in the capital in
vested.
On the Wangpoo road land is in de-
mand for factory sites and dock and
warehouse accommodations. This is
being rapidly taken, and even three
miles from the heart of the city it
sells at about three thousand dollars
per NOW. Our commercial attache
is my authority for the statement
that it will double in value within
the next ten years.
One of the great water highways
of the city is the Soochow creek,
where flour, cotton. silk and oil mills
are springing up in large numbers.
Evening star., 1924-11-30

ball, fatiron and statuette counter"
holla Selling Lady while her feet
drop off from that tired feeling.
x X 4
WE splunge downward to Cellar
w and there find silver can.openers
in the Picture Frame Dept, g usual
One Fatty Girl, what had just tainted
away from her work, awake uply
when she see us come.
What wish, IL anything" she
none.
Have you a silver can-opener SCOT
ible to a def & dun lady, age 81, but
quite Intelligent" require Miss Obi.
Yes sir. The very thing, ] say so"'
This from Miss Fatty. "Beholt this
pat combination can-opener what
can be turned into a toothbrush, a Ma
Jong starter. a pencil sharpener and
sponge for cleaning funograf rec
ords price CSC"
1T would look frightfully lovely on
Aunt Elizabeths' parlor table. But j
think maybe I better buy her some
variety OF musical implement" COM
mute Miss Obi.
"Ah, Then this are IT." snuggest
Miss Fat BY twisting 2 screws 1t
can be turned into a Jewish harp"
"Will it play the latest music?"
notate Susie.
Entirely" holla Hon. Fat
Then I am afraid 1 cannot take it,"
Evening star., 1924-11-30

freight, each dragged over the road
by four to six coolies
The buildings are of four, five, six
and Of even nine stories. They are of
granite. brick and reinforced con-
crete, and some Of them cost millions
to build. Among those recently COM
pleted is the white stone structure
Of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank
ing Corporation. This looks more like
one Of our great Government build
ings than a bank. and 1t is as beauti-
fully finished within as any bank in
Now York. The interior has vast
halls of pink and white marble with
pillars and columns as big as those in
the Temple of Thebes. Much of the
furniture is of solid brass. and 1t is
At for a palace. And then there is the
Bank of China, which Is to some ex-
tent a government institutions; the
Bank of Communications, and perhaps
fifty Chinese banks, all of which have
surpluses and are paying big divi-
dends. They work after modern
banking methods, pay interest on de.
posits and have regular checking ac'
counts.
Shanghai has a cotton exchange.
and in its gold exchange the brokers
buy and sell gold in lots of seven
bars each with as much excitement
as you will see in our STOCK ex-
change in Wall Street when on the
edge OF a panic. The city requires
about ten million dollars worth of
gold every day for its business. and
among the. we'll paying professions
Is that of the exchange broker who
will handle your financial operations
as to exports and imports. This man
is often a foreigner. He. may be
known by the victoria drawn by a
pony in which he rides from bank
to bank. The bed of the carriage Is
only about ten inches from the
ground, so that the man can easily
stcp out and in. He usually stands
up instead of sitting as he rapidly
covers the short distances from one
business institution to another.
For q long time most OF the hnan-
ciaf business of Shanghai was trans
acted by foreigners. Today all
Evening star., 1924-11-30
Togo's Christmas Shopping Friend
Saves the Shop Girls Strength
Wallace Irwins Japanese Schoolboy Letter Tells Story
To Editor The Star. who never can
enjoy 4th of July because working so
hard on his Xmas Edition

To Editor The Star. who never can
enjoy 4th of July because working so
hard on his Xmas Edition
~ r\REST Sir: Jingle & jan
gle.! Hon. Talefone say that
while | stood bathing dishes
- with my own thoughts. l
lept. / enrush to that cleo
trcal talker where / put it on my ear
and heard sweethearted femaline
voice report with words:
Togo, / catch you. bad schoolboy.
Who you think I are?"
Miss Mamie Furioki. know that
because you make me feel tender like
l was stewed" This fiom me.
when you know my name you will
get tough again." she dib. II are
Miss Susie Obi talking to you"
1T will be very jolly to fall in love
with you, If convenient" l narrate.
'& what could | do for you this brite
morning am.?"
Because you love me-" she ampu-
tate, L are sure you would wish to
do something unpleasant for me.
Therefore | ask you. This afternoon
pm. l am determined for to do my
%mas shopping earle. Will you
please to go long with me for carry
my bundels, packidges and Gen.
Trucking what l buy from store to
store?"
TT would make me feel so like a
husband that | could get a divorce!"
| crate lovely. go Miss Susie Obi, at
what time & place shall l be there
ready TO do so?"
"Bumearters Dent. Store. cor Main
& Coocoonut Street a o'clock very
sharply, please" she narrate and hung
Hon. Talefone.
Well, Mr.. Editor. I hussle through
my seryantg girlish work and rush so
speedily to that Bumgarter's Dept
Store that my shoes went broke. /
arrive there q pm SO sharply it al
most prick my finger. Yet who was
standing there? Everybody except
Miss Sussie Obi. 10000000O enlarged
ladies was bursting in with that
angry expression peculiar to Xmas
cheer x bursting out again looking
like Hon. Sandy Claus had just cheat
ed them in the kitchenware Dept.
Girlie, grille.
Big & burlie,
Hit the line and don't be surlie-
DO your Xmas shopping earle
Thusiv say brite painted signs in
all windows. Yet others say:
Peace on earth.
Buy \ cocktail Shaker
For the BABY,
Prizeighting ladies containing en-
larged boxes, packidges & etc would
come humping at each other looking
like election day in Mexico. One of
them report. You hit me in the toe
with a rocking horse" Then keep
yr foot out of my elbow dib an
other one while dropping hairpins.
X X X
THERE was a great, deal of this
KIND of etc going on for 2 hours
while l stood there on my painted
shoes. Yet | could not see the slight
est photo Of Miss Susie Obi until Alb
pm. when she come sontering down
street with appearance of young
hen who had just mislaid l doz eggs.
"Ah. SO You here at lastly" she
bellus. How coud YOU be so brutal
TO keep tne waiting 8 minutes at other
dcGrwh n | was here promptly a -
Il cannot tell how happy you make
me-" | otter. "All those listening
Will think | are married to you
please do not make me annie more
Evening star., 1924-11-30

to a counter where stood one % tired
shopping girl biting her gum nervely
while telling a Queen Of Fashion she
were just out OF pink poplin under
shirts, Miss Susie Obi go set on stool
and holla. Hay Shopping Girl" with
voice.
What wish. IL anything, Mrs.
Madam" require that employed per-
son between her gum.
Il require a cheap ball gown for a
lady 81 yrs age" report Miss Susie
Obi. DO not make 1t too expensive
because she cannot wear it more than
Is yrs
What variety of ball gown do you
wish?" denote Hon. Shopping.
What kinds have you?" reject Miss
Susie Obi
They come in 4 sizes with 1o6
styles each corrode Hon. Shop.
Each style have % colors & several
trimmings
That would be too many, and you
should know it." say Miss Obi pew
ishly
What size lady are this 81 yr age
you speak?" require girlish girl.
Are l minding your business or
am your" required this Obi lady with
mad teeth. Such impidunce for
workman classes. Take that gum out
of your mouth and put it In your
hair!
Hon. Shopping girl do so while
cursing slightly.
K !; x X
N A ND now" corrode Miss Obi,
"A fetch forth that Gownd l men
tion or shall report your revolution
to Mr.. Bumgarter."
Mr.. Bumgarter died in 1901" re-