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Evening star., 1924-01-21

Turning to the Capital Traction
Company, Senator McKellar said that
that company had not issued SO much
"watered stock" as the Washington
Railway and Electric Company. But
1t has done most marvellous thing"
he said. 'It Is the only company that
I ever heard of whose bonds became
at one time worth two for one"
He explained that at one time the
bonds of the Washington and George
town Company were $4,000,000 This
company, he said, was later purchased
by the Rock Creek Railway Company
and the Capital Traction Company
formed. There had been a provision
in the charter of the Washington and
Georgetown Company that at some
time 1t might exchange its bonds for
stock when permitted to do so by
Congress. That company was so ef-
ficiently managed that its stock went
to- 1915, and its bonds were there
fore considered to be worth $1,000
900, and In the transfer of securities
when the Capital Traction Company
was formed, those bonds were put In
at the value of $S,000,0 ,00e. To that
extent, he said, the bonds of the
Capital Traction Company have been
watered. He insisted that the Capital
Traction Company had not the right
to ask the people of the District to
pay interest on this S4,000,000 "of
watered securities"
Evening star., 1924-12-14

Hirohito, Prince Regent Of
Japan, leaving the palace in
Toxic for his early morning
ride.i The prince rides through
the parks of the city each day
q kadpl A HrrIert
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-21
Court Fight ON
Over Small Boys

los ANGELES, Nov. 21.-Fight-
inc 70 retain her two sons, Harry,
aged ,, and Frank, 6, Mrs. Eve NJ.
shaffer. former wife Of Harry G.
Hayward, Kansas City business
man. is scheduled to. meet her enc
time spouse in Superior Judge Arcll
bald S court here tomorrow.
Hayward charges that the boys
mother. after their divorce aad he1
subsequent remariage, fled WI
the children from kansas City tc
Les Angeles after spiriting then
away from the hoWe of their Grand
mother.
Mrs. shaffer alleges That Hay
ward Was unfit 10 raise the boys
and did not support them: She off
seEs Hayward $ claim that the di-
vorre court gave him custody OF
the children with the statement
that this w:5 done temporarily
Will She was in poor health, with
the understanding they would re-
turn 20 her rs sool rs her health
improved.
Mrs Shaffcr appears unroneernea
over reports from Kansas cry that
charges Of Kidnapping have been
preferred against her and IN st.
tcmpt to have her arrested and eH-
tradited IS underway.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-21
Do You VIZ amt to
Buy Country
Real Cheap?

PARIS Nov. q. Tie prin-
cipaIitv Of Sagan is still on the
auction block.
Eight months ago, the Duke
of TaIIcyrand, former husband
of Anna Gonld, created a sensa-
ton throughout Europe by Of
feriAg to sell his country lie
got ont en- elaborate booklet
describing tie nation, its people,
police force and N"'river well
stocked with fishes,' and called
for bids.
But there have been only Il
few inquiries and no direct Of
fers, the duke told the United
Press today.
One anouymoas American min
istry mado inquiries about the
place bat did not follow them
up when lie learned the title Of
Prince de Sagan did not go
with the principa)ity.
Tie t'fuasiai government also
made inquiries and Talleyrand
fixed a price Of 100000 gold
marks (abont #l0,o00,o00D for
he nation. Prussia, however,
was aa9ble to raise the money
aild Tie negotiations we're drop
ped.
Il don t know whether wei
be able 10 sell it or not, y the
duke said today, .but its a
fine littiaco country gust the same.
T1c price | put on ii certainly
Is dirt cheap
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-21
STAGE COMPANy
MAKES CHANGES
In SCHED III ]. s

Announcement is made by the I'n-
ited Stages Inc Of considerable
ehange in schedules and fares Of the
lines under their control. one or two
important ones affecting Ell 'e1tro.
Stop-0vers are allowed 81 one
way icket5 10 Los Angel S fBom
this point, stopover being Pel1pit
ted within limit on all ticket3#aold
under the tariff change at El Cen.
tro One stop-over only win be
permitted on tickats reading h be-
tween Los Angeles, Riverside. and
Imperial Valley points as foll9Hs:
Tickets purchased at Los Aag3-
les, Pomona. Ontario or Riverside
with destination any points in in1
perial Valley, viii. be good for,one
stop-over at any point between
Riverside and Westmorland, and
tickets purchased at any point in
Imperial Valley at Westmorland or
al any point east or south thereof,
with destination Riverside d vest
will be good for one stop8Yor at
any point between Westmorlaaa .apd
Riverside.
Rates have been reduced to Pa
10 Verde point, Blythe being 1880
for the round tsipa and threabmg
$500, and Il reduction Is lHa4c en-
the FL Ceutro, Tlolf9ille, YuMa Bi-
vision, the return ticket from Ell
Centre now being $3.50. tFlnt new
round trip rates to Riverside, Ga
tario, and Pomona are $3.50, $1Ao0
ana 914,o0 respectively, aud asSShcsc
routes are favored. by the travelling
public it viii mean 4 considerable
reduction TO frequent passen4ar5.
Express packages, which are
handled on all stages, are now being
handled at Il reduced rate TO any
point in the valley, the new tariff !
being from .one 10 ten pounds %
ceE'ss, from eleven to thirty pounds |
90 cents, from 81 to s. pounds. rs |!
cents, and from IS to - 500. /
Increase of travel between El /
Centre and Brawley have pecessi- |
tated putting Oil two new, Packard:
eleven passenger cars between those ,
points, the growing business hdvlng
made the larger Recommendations es-
seHsial, aHd the first car .earing
Brawley for FL Centre is timed for
Gl5 instead Of 7.40, this enabling
passengers making the trip 70 san |
Diego to connect with tile carly
stage to San Diego, arriving there
before noon, Will the first car from
El Centro to BrawlaE now leaves !
The main street depot At 7:30 a. n. |
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-21

ssr-lt is understood thc cab
met has approved the principle Of
repking q Russia, insisting On the
Authenticity Of the Iiuoviov letter
and requiring e2&sation CT similar
propaganda.
G22cva-Bishop Brent, N m ad-
Nrcss to thc &Gti-drug conference,
declared tie draft proposed bY the
Americans represents the desires Of
the cntire~~Arloriean public, whose
Ideals are already embodied in do
na&ie. Iegi5!4tion.
E9aris-Il IN elIo.g e.,@uea the
cost Of bread, the ministca # agri-
las submittcd bill . par
lament reinitting the duties on i'm
Bortation Of wheat and asking for
an appropriation to purchase foreign
Wheat
Montsvsa2o, Uruguay.-Fhe pres
idelt has requested congress 20 APP
propriafe funds for tAe nobiIlZa-
tfoa of troops on the Brazilian from
tier.ia view Of the continual tigAt-
ing On the border which some times
is e%teHded into trHguayaH Terri
tory.
Moscow The session Of the all
i,ussiaa trade union, representing
G,500,G00 members, passed ~@Solu-
tions condemQing Leon T4otsi,v fo"
his attitude expressed in his recent
volume of the History Of the Re
voluti0s
Ane1crdam-The Dutch flyers
going from Holland 20 she DuteA
possessions in the far cast have ar
rived at Siugor;l, siam.
vi ana - Compliance with .If"
League Of Nations program IS The
policy to be adopted by the now
cabinaS which was formed after i
truce between tho various political
factions.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-21
Figure Income OF
State for Two
Coming Years

SACRAMENTO, Nov, 21.-
ca ifornia 's income for the next
biennial period including the
G7th and f6th fiscal years. is &C.
tiuatcd at $101, $4,000 in q re-
port submitted to Gov. Richard
aon by. w. D. Lack, secretary of
tAo state board of equalization
tcday, Lacks estimates are con-
fiucd, to income only and do not
ccvcc any surplus or othar avail
Sbl6 revenue.
iublic utilitic1, banks, insur-
e nco companies and franchises
will produce most Of the revenue
S8J,500,C00 being the total de-
rived from this source for the
b'enriuln.
VITA The addition of funds
new involvtd in litigation, the
income for the next two years
incrcagl3 TO S10G, G,34o,00O, the
figures compiled by Lack show.
pol taxes will add S2,000,000.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-21
UNIVERSITY STUDENT FOUND
GUILTY or NhNSLAJJC IT2E

OAKLAND, Cal, Nov. 2l.-nowl-
ard liogan, University cf California
student and son Of a aalthy Oak
land contractor, viii he Seatraced
Saturday fer mapslaHghtcr follow
ing the death cf two men pnie4 Lis
speeding automobile.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-21
III A r r 7 WILSON,
WAHPUs. HEAD, is
RELEASED TODAY

Los ANGELES, Nov. 2l.-Harry
D. Wilson, president Of the Western
Association Of Motion Picture Ad-
yGrtiscrs, better known rs the Wan
pas, was at liberty on his own re
eoeatzance today, following an auto
mobile accident last night in which
Wilson $ machine is said to have
steacl, aud fatally injured Mrs. Mar
garet Mckinley, IL
Building permits in San Franciso
duriug September represented twice
the total in money Of those Of Sep.
tcmber, 1928.
The Delta independent., 1924-10-24

bread-eaters, but if there was British
Federal wheat duty of 25 cents per
bushel around the whole Empire, what
would be the effect upon the Chicago
and Liverpool markets? The Chicago
price must come down, because their
surplus wheat would be barred from
British territory, and the Liverpool
price must go up, because Russian
American and other foreign wheat
would be handicapped 25 cents on the
Liverpool market. Under British
Imperial wheat duty of one shilling
per bushel the Canadians crop should
bring him at least 25 cents per bushel
more than it would without such an
arrangement
Mr. Browns statement is interesting
in connection with another one which
has been going the rounds that the
price of the American farmers wheat
in Chicago is governed by the price
of his surplus for export to Liverpool.
1t also indicates the benefit derived
from a protective duty on wheat
The Delta independent., 1924-10-24
MHINNERY SHOULD WIN

Webster S. Whinnery, Republican
candidate for congress, should carry
Montrose, Delta, and Mesa counties
plank in the Republican state plat
form is the only solution of the Gun
nison project as well as the solution
for the project in Mesa county. In
fact, it is the one solution for all OF
the reclamation projects.
Mr.. Whinnery readily sees the
present way of handling reclamation
will never work out satisfactorily.
Too much expense has been allowed
to creep in and be charged up to the
farmers until the cost per acre is
greater than the very best land is
worth. Mr.. Whinnery was a resident
of Delta county before there was a
Gunnison tunnel, and is still a land
owner He understands the con-
ditiCns perfectly and is well fitted to
solve the problems confronting the
farmers under the project. He knows
well enough that many acres under
the project are unfit for farming, in
fact he says there should be a re-
classification of the entire project
How true!
With new blood" down at Washing
ton, living up to the principles of the
platform of the Republican party -
principles which are set down in black
and white-the farmers and owners
should and they will, secure a new
deal"
That something must be done is
self evident. Deferring payments, ad-
ding interest and penalties is no So
luton of the problem. 1t means
bankruptcy to the farmer. We all
know that. COLLECTIVE paying
which holds the good and poor land
alike is unfair. Senator Phipps start
ed the cleanup when he succeeded in
getting DR. Hubert Work appointed
Secretary of the Interior. The job is
well begun and by continuing with
Senator Phipps and Republican del
egation from Colorado, the Republican
party can, and it will work out this
problem satisfactorily and our farm
ers will be saved from ruin. Voter,
think this over between now and No
vember 4th.
The Delta independent., 1924-10-24

Webster S. Whinnery, Republican
candidate for congress from the
Fourth District, is the man Gunnison
county producers want in congress.
Mr.. Whinnery is a practical man who
has made a success of his own bust
ness; he is a close student of gov
ernmental problems as they affect the
western producer. He favors scientific
tax reduction: he urges protection
which will make possible mining and
stock raising at a profit. In addition
to these facts. Mr.. Whinnery is a
hometown" citizen, known as a man
Of the highest principles; honest and
fair in his dealings with his fellow
men. Web" Whinnery should carry
GunnisOn county by a handsome ma
jority.-Gunnison Republican
The Delta independent., 1924-10-24

Practically everyone comedies the
election of President Coolidge to sue
ceed himself. Then why not give him
a congress in harmony with his poll
cies and which will support him in his
work? That is the reason for urging
the election of Webster S. Whinnery
as congressman from this district.
Mr.. Whinnery is in entire sympathy
with the Coolidge program, and will be
an aid to the president instead of a
hindrance. Whinnery is a successful
stockman, farmer and merchant a
live wire booster for the Western
Slope and Western Slope industries,
and all around good fellow. You can
safely trust him to represent your
interests in congress. - Glenwood
Springs Post.
The Delta independent., 1924-10-24
POSITION is SILLY

The more you think about It the
sillier 1t seems that Democratic can
didates for senator and congressman
from Colorado would get on the public
platform and pledge their vote for
protection to the sugar industry
through a tariff against outside i'm
portation of sugar in order to get
votes, when their national platform
pledges them in an opposite way. II
protection is good for sugar it is like
wise good for other products Of the
soil as well Why not flop over into
the Republican party which is the
party of protection to American in
dustries.
We do not see how they can get a
single vote by such a pledge. The
people who favor protection Of the
sugar beet growers will vote for Re,
publican senators and congressman,
who stand for protection to American
industries all down the line, instead
Of for one thing only-to get vr'.
Montrose Press.
The Delta independent., 1924-10-24

was live one" in the minds of the
Democratic chiefs. They were going
to tear things up Immediately, for Sec
retary Wilbur was to have delivered
an address at Denver. Later the
speech was cancelled as Mr.. Wilbur
was called to come directly to Wash
ington from California, which he did.
making the trip via airplane.
Numerous other big issues" have
illumined and almost as quickly faded
away, just like the pink and white
Denver Post we use in the early hours
of the day to kindle the morning fire.
And so it goes. In the south, the
Democrats want a tariff on cotton. In
Colorado they want a tariff on sugar
and also on livestock. In the east,
they want (among manufacturers)
everything free. So their platform is
not flexible enough to suit their candi-
dates running for office. Even in
Delta county, some of the candidates
are running on the Republican nation
al platform, and some on the La Fol-
lette platform, some on their own in
dividual platform and some on no
platform at all.
To insure good government and ord
erly conditions which make for peace,
and prosperity, the only
safe way is to vote the entire Repub-
lican ticket this year.
The Delta independent., 1924-10-24

Lawrence c. Phipps, by the success
of his efforts in placing silver dollars
at their pre-war value in monetary
circulation, has added another link to
the long chain of reasons why he
should be returned to Washington.
Profitable mining of silver, lead and
zinc, is of inestimable value to Colo
rado, and no more significant step
than the re-establishment of the
value of silver could be taken. Colo
RADIO voters must realize that Law
renee c. Phipps, untiring in his efforts
in behalf of his state, is the man who
can most successfully serve Colorado's
interests at Washington. - Gunnison
Republican.
The Delta independent., 1924-10-24
DO YOU VOTE?

You say that taxes are too nigh
But do you vote?
About extravaganza you sigh,
How long" you wall, must we en-
dure
This state of things that keeps us,
poor?"
How long? I do not know, I'm sure
But do you vote?
The lights are bad, the streets a
mess,
But do you vote?
Your Indignation you express,
But do you vote?
You say that bosses rule the show,
That graft is reaching high and low,
And doubtless all you say is so,
But do you vote?
You growl at rotten politics,
But do you vote?
You howl at bosses and their tricks,
But do you vote?
You say, o Decent Citizen,
We've heard you time and time again,
We want things run by business men,
But do you vote?
Unless you do q wonder, do your
You've got just what is coming to you.
The Delta independent., 1924-10-24
IN EVERY WAY BEET
SUGAR EQUALS CANE

Right here in Delta there is at least
one store which carries cane sugar,
imported. There must be a demand
for this product or the grocer would
not carry It.
Yet what a cry would be raised by
the users Of cane sugar II business
-'r-id slacken in Delta because farm
r-s ere receiving low prices for their
Dducts and did not have the money
to spend Perhaps housewives who
use foreign sugar do not realize that
the prosperity which they enjoy comes
largely from the good price paid farm.
ers for their bects and for the money
which Is put I'm circulation thru tho
work of the men at the Holly Sugd-
plant here. But If they do not real
lie this they should at once. II is
treason to the community and to their
own best interests to use this sugar.
We American people like to be fool
ed. says a recent issue OF the Western
Fruit and Vegetable Grower. This
fact has been proven over and over
again in the popular myths which re.
quire some mighty explosions to
prove unsound. Even following the
explosions we are loathe to believe We
could have been wrong.
Such is the case Of the beet sugar.
When this product first came on the
market cane sugar producers prompt.
ly informed the public that the pro.
duct was vastly Inferior to the canr
variety and the public proceeded to
use beet sugar only when sane sugar
could not be had. The supposed in.
feriority brought lower price to the
beet raiser
But repeated tests have been made
and In all Of these beet sugar has
been proven Identical with cane II ~
pointed out that no chemist Will gun.
port the statement of inferlorlty o.,
the one but hundreds can be found
VINO agree that there is no dlffcranc,
between the two
1t Is to your interest TO IpgIsi nm
beet sugar Any loyal citizen gbouId
be ashamed TO use any other kInd In
his or her home.
In order to further help along tbo
Deet grower vote this fan for mo,
VINO VIII retain tariff on supor ma
Neep OUT cheap foreign produced eup.
ar which will lower the price of n 3
sugar and rob the farmer of his prort.
able crop.
The Delta independent., 1924-10-24
A Plain Statement by
Judge F. N. Goddard

If you are interested in knowing
what the County Court has done. there
have been 400 cases filed during my
incumbency. OF this number 4O2 have
been disposed Of About 10 Of these
were Juvenile cases, in which the
Judge of the County Court has practi.
cally unlimited authority as appeals
from his decision in these cases are al.
most unknown.
In violations of the prohibition law,
the cases tried have resulted in fines
amounting to over $3.1OO, and Jail
sentences aggregating about years.
There have also been 1SO addition
al cases filed in probate, representing
a property value Of approximately
5000, 100000 most Of which have been
settled
There have been some appeals to
higher courts in every one Of which
the Judgment Of the county court has
been sustained.
The law provides for n county Inves-
tigator for the County Court. This Of.
ficer would be OF great benefit In in
vestlgating cases Of delinquency and
mothers compensation. but by the as.
sistance Of several public spirited
women | have been able to have this
work done without making such ap.
pointment
have too much respect for tho
voters intelligence to spring that
campaign bunk about Saving the tax
payers money" I am my own clerk,
and have "A stenographer who Is my
deputy clerk; the office cannot be
efficiently conducted with less help.
Juries are expensive, but the right
to jury trial is n constitutional prlvil.
ege which no judge can abrogato, and
he Ia a wise Judge who can render fair
The Delta independent., 1924-10-24
PEMBlNA AND EMMERsoN WHEAT

An interesting statement is found
in politics and Welfare" a volume
dealing chiefly with the tariff ques-
tions, and written by ]. Calvin Brown,
who for nearly a score of years has
been studying European tariff sys-
tens and comparing them with the
American systems - free trade and
protection. In the course of his in
vestigations Mr.. Brown found that:
There are two farm villages located
in North America at the point where
the Red River of the North crosses
the boundary line between the United
States and Canada. One is Pembina,
U. S. A., and the other is Emmerson,
Manitoba, and both are located in the
midst Of the great wheat belt. The
two villages lie side by side on the
banks OF the same river, are served by
the same railways, and are equally
distant from the Chicago and Liver
pool grain markets The only thing
which divides them Is a Protective"
tariff Of 30 cents per bushel on wheat.
CThis was written before the duty was
raised to AZ cents)
The Pembina farmer always got
from IA to 30 cents per bushel more
for his wheat than the Emmerson
farmer-not because the Emmerson
farmer cannot ship to Chicago, but It
is simply because the Chicago market
is better than the Liverpool market
llf the Liverpool market we're better
than the Chicago market, then the
relative advantage of location would
be reversed, and the American farmer
would suffer the handicap.
The question Is, Why is the Chicago
market better than the Liverpool
market, and what would make Liver
pool the better market? The Chicago
market Is superior simply because
the Republican tariff usually limited
Chicago competition to American
wheat up to at least handicap OF
25 cents a bushel. while the Liver
pool market is freely open to the
world, so that Canadian wheat must
compete in Liverpool not only with
the wheat crops OF the other Domin
ions, but with the entire surplus cror
Of Russia, South America, etc
II might be theoretically unreason
able for the United Kingdom, which
cannot produce all she requires, to
put duty on wheat, and punish her
The Delta independent., 1924-10-24
CONSTITUTION A SAFEGUARD

The fundamental difference between
the La Toilette group and the two
other parties is reflected in the La
Toilette attack on the Constitution
The radical group proposes in effect,
that the United States abandon its
present form of government with bal
ancing powers and make Congress the
ing it the right to override Supreme
Court decisions.
Has Congress gained the confidence
of the people to the extent that it
desires to entrust it with such power?
The Constitution is really the safe
guard of the peoples liberties against
any possible legislation or executive
tyranny. 1t affords religious freedom;
the right to own property; the right
to trial by jury. Excessive bail, fines
and cruel punishment are prohibited
The right of suffrage is given to
women
As Gen Dawes says "What kind
of a government would this be if Con-
gress had the right to pass a law
telling every citizen where to go to
church or taking his property away
and giving it to someone? This
might happen if the La Toilette plan
were adopted, whereby Congress by
re-enacting an offending law, could
make it constitutional - Tacoma
CWash.) News Tribune.