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Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-22
THE SOUTHERN
SIERRAS co. TO
RUSH new JOB
Local Manager Says
Work to Be Done by
Summer

"Imperial Valley will have stand
by power service from san Diego
lust as soon as it is possible to get
the material and equipment and
build the line today declared Joe
E. King, district manager of the
Southern Sierras Power Company.
1.-THE controlling factor in the stu
alton is the installation of new trans
formers at Escondido by the San
Diego company. by which the volt
age will be stepped up for tranmis-
sion over the new connecting line
that will bring he juice 10 the val
ley. y This statement Mr.. King
explained. is based on information
received directly from President and
General Manager \. B. West.
Manufacturers Of heavy elettrl-
cal equipment are from six months
to q year behind their orders, and
at 1irst the best the San Diego leo-
pie could get was q promise of de
livery in eleven months. But they
have finally got this cut doW2 to %
weeks. and the order was placed
some time ago.
A special representative of the
companies will remain IN the east to
supervise, and expedite in every way
possible the completion ard ship
ment of the transformers. "
District Manager King stated fur
ther that the Southern SierIas ex-
spects TO complete the line from El
Centre 10 Rincon where the tie-in
w be effected, before hot weather
sets in.
Surveys are completed, and GOO,-
900 pounds Of copper conductor has
been cont~"eted for, with delivery
within 60 days. / :
This Wee test Is being made of
the different makes Of insulators. to
be used on the line, and orders viii
be placed early next week, calling
for delivery in 90 10 80 days. Poles
win be Forthcoming on the same
schedule.
Both the Southern Sierras and
;he San Diego Consolidated Gas and
Electric are using every effort and
resource to complete the inte!con-
nection n the earliest possible
date, declared Mr.. King, land
this supplementary service which
means 50 much to the valley should
materialize, If all goes well, early in
the summer.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-22
Local Woman
Wants Divorce

Alleging habitual intemperance ex-
tending over a period Of several
years, and his constant failure to
keep promises made to her to stop
drinking, have led Mrs. Pearl Jones
Of this city to file suit for divorce
from D. d. Jones, according TO a
complaint filed today in the superior
court.
The couple were married in
Bartlesville, Oklahoma, June 10,
1911, the complaint states, and sep
arated on January 10, 1924.
The complaint asks that she be
granted divorce, division Of com
munity property, and the costs of
the divorce action. E. r. Simon has
been retained as her attorney.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-22
SAN FRANCISCO HOTEL
HAS NEW MANAGER

Under the ncw management of
James w. Flannery, the Washing
ton Hotel at Grand Avenue and
Bush street, San Francisco, is be-
ir,o ottractively refurnished. The
Washington has the advantage of
being one of San Francisco quiet
est downtown commercial hotels
and quotes reasonable rates. Care,
comfort ARD courtesv,' is the slo-
gan Of the Washington.
There was Il tremendous fruit
crop for 1923. We tell you because
prices didn i mention it.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-22

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. &c, c.
ulian, prominent California oil
promoter, was today identified by
charlie Chaplin and Peggy Browne
Green actress, as the man who al
most floored Chaplin during a cafe
irawl here Sunday nights
II think that, in all justice the
truth should be carried about this
affair."" Chaplin said in an inter
view today. "Some stories init
mated that members Of my party
had been drinking. No one in IN
party was drinking. 1 have been Q
total abstainer for a number Of
years, neither drinking nor smok-
.nc.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-22
Goes toSee average People
Finds an Unusual Couple
Who Made S13,50O In 4 Years

about shooting the man who came
to his place to buy manure.
A Delightful Home
And then We met Mrs. Balm and
had to be shown over the house
which has not been long built
Large rooms full of light, deep
closets, wonderful kitchen and n
cellar with cans of fruit and pre-
serves-I don t wonder that Mrs.
Balm is proud and happy. We were
shown trees already set ont to bor-
der walks, although there was an
abundance of shade on the ranch
. and the plans for grading and
painting of flower beds.
And then we were off ON another
tour of inspection. All automobile,
two years old and yet which look
ed like new, caught our eye.
eve use our auto only for nee.
essary trips to town-we don t 90
much gadding, but get our pleasure
Aore on the ranch, said Balm.
\ good bunk house, nicely paint
ed, stood in 4 shaded corner. Cur
eyes were next -. 0 an unusual
irrigation ditch II in that
was cleaned or d. silt. Balm clean.
his ditch three times yearly at 4.
expense Of from $50 to $40 for
man, besidss his own labor. lie
considers he has made a good in
yestment in water saved, besides
the satisfaction Of having his ditcl
in orderly keeping with the resi- OF
the ranch.
d" You want some more figures
said Balm. "Wen here are NY
creamery slips showing from s. TO
IS per day for butter tat. We hav
between 600 and 700 hens which
bring IN over 81 per day in eggs.
The chickens belong TO Mrs. Balm
end Of the ranch, and last year net
ted us over 1920. You see W.
raise all our chicken feed. except
two sacks Of mash We feed each
week. At present we have one man
al s2.65 per day and board.
Worth S1e,5oO Now
Last year, / had our place IN
vcntorie3 and the appraiser set the
value At $4,000. This year it was
$l8,500. l figure that We are $3.50.
better off than year ago, anf
something like $4,000 better than
when we bought the place. Not SC
bad for q little more than four
years?
My friend has vet to show me the
average man ranch. for | wouidn
call the Bains average people. 1 an
afraid that the average man find
it hard TO stick to Fundamental
farming and keep his eyes off Il
rainbow promises Of speculative
crops. In Imperial Valley, the ave
rage man finds II hard to anchor
himself to the land By building
real home-there are so manv places
where he can pat his few dollars II
better advantage a. The average
man 5 wife must 20 TO the sea shore
and to the mountains, and 1 don t
begrudge her that trip after look
ing into some of the homes. The
wonder is that she stays here in the
winter.
But enough! You have guessed my
hobby-the best home a man can
provide for his wife and children.
l was Al years old before I had a
wife and real home-iust knew
nothing better than hotels, board
ing houses and bunk houses. Do
you wonder that am plumb nut
~ on the subject of The Great
American Home?
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-22

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Jack
Kearns, manager for Jack Dempsey,
has gone to Miami to join the cham
pion and to accompany him on a
short exhibition bout. Mike o 'Dowd
is to work with Dempsey as a spar
ring partner.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-22
The Weather

FOR LOS ANGELES AND VICI-
NITY-Fair, with moderate temp
erature tonight and Wednesday,
FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
Fair tonight and Wednesday. Heavy
frost in the interior.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-22

Time fires. First thing you know
Coolidge will be asking for a safe
and sane July Fourth.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-22
Chaplin Gets a
Black Optic in
Cafe Fist Fight

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 22.-Gossips
were agog :oday with the story of
Charlie Chaplin 5 latest co,nod I'd
fist fight in prominent Holly
wood cafe in which the noted come
dian received black eye.
Chaplin was sitting at table
in the restaurant dining with Mary
Miles Minter and two other friends.
4: an adjacent table were two
couples, including Mildred Harris,
Chaplin 5 former wife. One # the
men made . sighting remark to
'haplin and q free-tor-all fight en-
ued.
After the fisticuffs, Chaplin an
1ounced that he had been attacked
unawarcs and climbing onto table,
hallenged any Of his opponents to
10 battle. None responded.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-22
AGED WOMAN, PIONEER OF
CLINTON, IOWA, DIES 92

CLINTON, Iowa, Jan 22.--Vale,
rie n. Ankeny, resident of Clinton
SO years, died Sunday. She was
born in Indiana 90 years ago and
came here when there was one log
cabin on the Mississippi river bank.
Her father built the second
Three children, Mrs. Welkcr Civ
en-, Mrs. f. A. Young of Clinton and
Mrs. Margaret Bonney of Pasade-
ia, Cal, survive.
Ont of sight is not out Of mind.
Taxes are ont of sight.
The Dolores star., 1924-02-01

\ didn't make much Of II: felt rather
tongue-tled. somehow. nnd hi, resent
full. suspectlng that she wanted hin 10
exhibit himself as curiosity the
wilder and queerer the better. \
rather audacious speculation Of hers
about the number oi cannlbal prih-
| cesses that he might have made love
to didn't help matters. either.
When they emerged from the grove
! they were VI on the crest OF the low
ridge. and what fell away before them
was a wide eNpanse Of lawn. Inc
house was In full view, presenting lis
terrace and its long facade Of Georgian
windows. There wa swi;;'minE'p""'
Its curb cleaning white Ike marh'e'
and the water in IL. for some reason
he didn't understand. showing tur-
quoise. There were tennis-courts
marked out in startling white upon
the green OF the lawn. and two great
umbrellas Of orange and white.
garden. tumultuous in color. was Just
beyond
Joe stopped and stood at gaze. I'm
glad you brought me up here" he said.
lie was aware she wasn't looking nt
il herself. but was watching him In
stead
There was a hickory seat built round
the trunk Of a giant outlier Of the
grove. and with him she moved over
10 IT. A soon as he was seated. how
ever. she got up and. unceremonio"sly.
sat upon the grass.
You like II TO look at" she said.
for a minute. like this, on bright
spring Sunday morning. And in a
couple of weeks II will he even jOl-
ller. when the kids are all getting home
from school. The pool there will he
alive with them. and the courts, The
color's gorgeous then. with the swim
ming things they wear and white arms
and legs all over the place. It's "A
good show. You must come up and
see It,"
He began saying he'd like TO, but
she hadn't yet got 10 what was in her
mind. and. with nod went on:
Really. though, except as show. ia
look at now and then. doesn't 1t bore
you frantic? The whole thing, | mean
our sort of thing the sort Of people
we aret"
For random shot this came close
home.
Il don't know any Of you very well. v
he said, lamely. I'm not bored now
"Oh. | suppose It's too much 10 e1.
pect you to talk out" she said. discon.
tentedly. Especially after I've been
rubbing you the wrong way as we
came along just now" She overrode
The Dolores star., 1924-02-01
.i'M MRS. WILLIAMSON"

SYNOPSIS-Josep Greer. a
black bearded pirate of ATTY.
having discovered process OF
extracting fiber from fax straw.
is made director OF a big corpo-
ration. For years distrusting
men OF affairs. Greer has played
a lone hand. Now holding what
he considers the winning cards.
he Is willing to sublet his wits
to wealth. To protect his own
interests. Joe has foisted his own
secretary Jennie Macarthur.
upon the company. Henry Cra-
ven = bank clerk related to John
Williamson. the millionaire back
er OF Greer's new company. Is
offered by Williamson the posi-
tion OF treasurer OF the new com
pauy. with the generally under
stood purpose of watching Greer.
Craven accepts. Joe tells Jennie
about his wife. who is about to
divorce him. and his nineteen
year-pld daughter, Beatrice.
whom he has never seen. He is
planning to force the daughter
into Chicago society. Joe goes
TO a week END party at william
sons house. whore he meets Nio-
let. Johns wife. and is strongly
drawn to her
The Dolores star., 1924-02-01

his gesture of protest "Oh, YES. | did
You thought l was just asking silly
questlvns. like girl meeting her first
actor. 1t wasn't that exactly, but ii
sounded like It,"
He tried to tell her 1t hadn't struck
him like that His jungle experience
was long way back, and this morn
ing 1t had seemed especially remote.
He hadn't been able to get into the
swing of 1t.
She nodded aUIiably. Some time
you'll feel like it," she said, "and then
you'll tell me-"
The implication that there were go
ing to be times. ample, unlimited times,
for talking together like this, stirred
him. half frightened him. He recalled
illogically, an observation of Jennie
MacArthur's. The right wife for
you" she'd said, would have TO be
silky, way up in the society game.
You'd have to be proud, whenever you
thought of 1t, that you'd got her" He
felt the blood pringling in his forehead.
You keep going she said from
y
that life's going to open out. somehow.
like door. And then some day you
wake UP and realize you're thirty-five
or so. and that it doesn't mean to omen
out at all; there isn't any door-not
to the thing you're in. And then you
hear about somebody who's never been
shut up. in anything; somebody the
whole worlds always been open to-.
And you try to get people to tell you
about him. John and Jimmy Wallace
and Henry and Margaret Craven
Margaret's funny about you. You
| wonder what that kind of freedom
feels like. | should think you'd feel. :"
she looked around at him suddenly.
with us. you know. like a big moose,
or something. that finds itself shut up
in our pasture with the Holsteins."
Shed startled him again. this time
into laugh. 1t didn't occur TO him as
ii possibility that her cousin Henry
might have quoted that phrase of his
about stall-fed people to her.
He saw that his laugh had ANNOYED
her; more or less he understood WHY
he hadn't played up.
Il guess freedoms always a thins
we think someone else has," he com
mented. ut made me laugh that yo,,
should have thought Of me like tn,
The two really different kinds oi
The Dolores star., 1924-02-01
Health Brings Beauty
Cirls, Read Thisi

Pueblo. Colo.-"When my dauvb,..
now Mrs. Eva Tidmarsh, was sis,..r
she suffered terribly at times as man.
girls do. and did not feel real good rooa
at any time. She had pimples% % III
over her body. A friend told m. ~ ~
get her bottle Of Dr.. Pierce's F,v.
orite Prescription. as her daughter
had taken il and had derived wond.r.
full relief from it. Ny daughter tool
three bottles and now she is Der.
fectly well-never has a headache or
backache. We both never forget to
recommend DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-.
scription."-Mrs. Lula Davis. l0S E.
Evans Ave
Your health is most important to
you. It's easily improved.
Obtain DR.. Pierce's Prescription
now. in liquid or tablets. from your
druggist or send 10c for trial pkQ.
of tablets to DR.. Pierce's Invalids'
Hotel in Buffalo, N. Y. or write for
free medical advice.
The Dolores star., 1924-02-01
Inc young lady herself has ar.
rived. Miss Greer, SIR"
cTo BE CoNTINuED.)
Nickel Found in Meteorit.,

me great collection of meteorites in
european museum. studied and re-
ported upon by an expert. has led tn
'"e interesting conclusion that me.
'eor''ic IRON. as it falls from the skv
anu 'he various steels produced In our
''ooerh steel works are the result of
essentially similar chemical and phys,.
on causes one of the most striking
,na,ac'eristics noted in rneteoritic iron
~ the presence of a considerable quan.
tity Of nickel.
The Dolores star., 1924-02-01
Market for co.tum..

A' intervals steamer leaves Lon
uoh en- route to II port on the east
coast OF, Africa with cargo Of old
theatrical costumes. The costumes are
Imported ny traders, who are found
al over Africa, and are sold by them
10 'ripes In the interior. the medium
OF exchange being cattle. curios and
animal skins.
The Dolores star., 1924-02-01
SUSPICIOUS

"Allison's business must be back on
n paying basis"
mo. l heard him saying the other
day that he had not been able to gel
1t worked up to normalcy."
"Then why is 1t that my tailor mas
been saying such nice things about
him lately?"
The Dolores star., 1924-02-01
An Auful Bulge

After his mother had told him about
Jonah and the whale. Tommy asked:
Mummy, do you think Jonah said
his prayers when he was inside the
whale"
"Oh, yes, dear"
"What an awful bulge he must have
made In the whales back when he
knelt up"
The Dolores star., 1924-02-01
The Best Part of IL

willie" said his mother, did you
peel your apple. as l told you to, be
fore eating it,"
II sure did," said little Willie.
Good. And what did you do with
the peellnsf"
"Why," said Willie, 81 nte 1t, OF
course
The Dolores star., 1924-02-01
MOTHER! GIVE SICK CHILD
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP"
Harmless Laxative for Biilous
constipated Baby or Child.

Constipated. bill
lous. feverish, or
sick, collie Babies
and Children love
to take genuine
California Fig
Syrup" No other
laxative regulates
the tender little
bowels so nicely.
1t sweetens the
8 t . m ach an d
The Dolores star., 1924-02-01

Only the Best Ingredients.
are used In Brandreth Pills. For con-
stipation they have no equal. Take
one or two at bed time.-Adv.
The Dolores star., 1924-02-01
Not at All.

An artificial complexion requires
close watching. II Isn't like holdIn.
the mirror up to nature.
The Dolores star., 1924-02-01

starts the liver and bowels acting with
out gripping. Contains no narcotics or
soothing drugs. Say California" to
your druggist and avoid counterfelts!
Insist upon genuine California Fig
Syrup" which contains directions
Advertisement.
Evening star., 1924-09-20
SEVEN PERSONS HURT
WHEN CAR HITS TRUCK
Collision on North Capitol Street
Sends Passengers to
Hospital.

Seven persons were hurt, none seri-
ously, when a street car crashed into
fiveton truck hauling brick, operated
at North Capital and K streets, this
afternoon. All of the injured were pas
sengers on the street car. Those hurt
We're:
John F. McClone of Providence, r.
l., fracture of the ribs, being treated
al Casualty Hospital; J. A. Clark of
Princeton, Ind, cuts and bruises,
treated at Sibley Hospital; C. E. Bur
ris, 1922 Second street northeast,
minor injuries, treated at Sibley Hos
pital; Eugene King, IL Seaton place
northeast, cut over right eye; Will
liam Jarhoe, Howard road northeast,
minor injuries; Joseph J. Domdero,
1S45 North Capital street, cuts on
the arm. treated at Sibley Hospital,
and Miss Alice Paulman of Eliza beth,
N. j., minor injuries.
Lewis, who was operating the
truck, was not injured. About so
persons, he said, were on the street
car when it came south on North
Capitol street at a high rate of speed,
hitting his truck which was in low
gear, almost in the center. The
truck was swung about Is feet by the
force of the impact, Lewis said.
Exaggerated reports of the accident
at first reached the police, and two
ambulances and two patrol wagons
were rushed to the scene of the acci-
dent. Even Commissioner Oyster, with
number of newspaper men, went to
the scene.
Evening star., 1924-09-20
new CENTRAL ASIA
STATES ARE PLANNED
Government to Regroup Races to
Extend National Scope and
Local Autonomy.
By the Associa ted Press.

TASHkENT, Turkestan, September
20.-In order to extend the national
scope and local autonomy of races in
habiting central Asia, the central ex-
ecutive committee of the government
has decided to regroup nationalities
according to racial origin. The pres
ent republics of Bokhara and Khiva,
in Turkestan, will be supplanted by
two new states, which will be known
as the Republic of Uzbekestan, with
an autonomous district for the peo-
pie of Tadjik origin, and the Repub-
lie of TUrkemenestan, with an auton-
omous district for Karaghezians. The
greater part of the Syr Darya Semi
ryechensk districts will be incorpo-
rated in the Kirghizian republic
The central executive committee
has issued an announcement to the
population of central Asia stating
that by the present act the people of
Asia are conclding the final stages of
their great national liberation and
the reconstruction of their destfnies.
made possible for them by the Octo-
Der revolution.
This regrouping of nationalities is
regarded as the most important step
taken by the government since it's
creation, and Soviet officials say 1t
will confer many benefits upon the
people.
Evening star., 1924-09-20
GERMAN RADICALS
SCORE DAWES PLAN
Denounce America as Responsible
for Acceptance of Reparations
Program.
BY EDGAR ANsEL MOWRER.

By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
BERLIN, September 20.-The right
and Radicals and Communists here
are pitching into America as a re-
suit of the acceptance Of the Dawes
plan.
The Deutsche Tageblatt, represent
ing the anti-Semitic superpatriots,
has dug from an obscure German
American paper stories of Charles G..
Dawes former association with ex-
Senator Lorimer in an effort to
blacken the character of the general.
who, the Tageblatt declares. isn't a
general at all.
The Communists, meanwhile, at
tack the United States as a "usurer
state" bent on extracting blood
money from helpless, hapless Europe.
Many persons here really believe that
the United States possesses a large
amount of money, which it is de-
termined to invest In Europe.
The ultra-conservatfve nationalist
paper, Tageszeitung. takes a shot at
America for the dismissal of Capt
Anton Heinen. savior of the Shen-
andoah." This according to the Ber-
lin sheet, which quotes the New
Yorker Stats Zeitung, was mott
waited by the jealousy of American
naval officers.
Copyright, 1924. by Chicago Daily News co.,
Evening star., 1924-09-20
JOHNSON LIKELY
TO PITCH TODAY
Decides He Needs More
Work-Sun Comes Out and
Game Will Be Played.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

ST. LOUIS, September 20-The Ma
tiona1s and Browns may be able to
stage the second game of their series
today despite predictions of unfavor-
able weather. Rain fell all through
early this morning and the sun as
sumed it's task with every indication
of sticking to it during the day.
After tentatively choosing Jez Zach
ary as pitcher for the Bucks today
Manager Stanley Harris had all but
decided this morning to select an
other hurler to send against the
Browns. The assignment may go to
Walter Johnson, although he has had
but two days of rest since he scored
his twelfth straight victory
Johnson is of the opinion that he
is not getting enough work to keep
weather, and Trainer Mike Martin
also believes the great pitcher may
be used to advantage oftener than
every fourth day.
Zachary has had a slight soreness
in his pitching arm since he toed the
slab against Cleveland Tuesday. it
became known this morning. The
trouble is not expected to keep the
southpaw idle more than two or three
days, if at all. However, the Browns
very likely will hold to their over
night pitching choice. Dave Dan
forth. for this afternoon. The left
handler has not done much work re-
Gently and probably is more ready to
go to the hill than any other member
of the Browns mound corps.