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MRS. SAILSTAD is
GRANTED HER DIVORCE

Mrs. Leone F. Sailstad was grant
ed a divorce from Edward J. Sail
stad in the circuit court at Eau
Claire last Thursday, Judge James
Wickham presiding. With the di-
vorce went lecture in which Judge
Wickham plainly told Mrs. Sailstad
that she did wrong in marrying
Ross T., Richardson without being
sure that Sailstad was dead.
Of course Mrs. Sailstad was in a
very unfortunate situation. She had
two small children to support. 1t
was thought by many that Sailstad
was dead and coroner had decided
that the body of Sailstad had been
found in the ruins of fire at Lake
Nebagamon. The fire at Lake Ne
bagamon took place in August, 1920.
Christmas day 1921, Mrs. Sailstad
was united in marriage with Ross T.
Richardson. Last November Sail
stad was found in California at
Napa. Mrs. Sailstad- Richardson did
not at first believe that Sailstad had
been found but was later forced to
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March 81, 1884, of the overhead line
from Boston to New York, 235
miles.
With the opening of the New
York Boston line, long distance
telephony began to be real factor in
the nation. At last it was realized
that the telephone. had become more
than neighborhood affair 1t was
an epoch-making event in the history
of long distance lines.
From that time on the development
was steady and certain. The 900 mile
goal was reached on October Is, 1892,
when the New York-to-C Chicago line
was opened By the early wears in
the present century the line had been
extended to Omaha, and on Nav 8,
1911, New York and Denver were
connected by telephone The range
OF conversation was then 2,I00 miles.
but the telephone engineers were not
satisfied. For years they had been
looking forward to the time when a
transcontinental line could be estab-
lished and, within four years of the
opening of the line to Denver, their
dreams came true
In 1918 the overhead line between
New York and Salt Lake City, 1900
miles, was opened, and on January
%, 1915, the Atlantic Coast talked to
the Pacific when Boston and San
Francisco were connected by wire.
1t had taken 40 years of pioneering
effort to make it possible to talk be-
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tending the range of transmission
and in improving its quality, is tho
vacuum tube repeater which is onS
of the great marvels of science This
is a device which receives weak teley
phone currents, amplifies and ems
larges them. and sends them on with
renewed strength to the end of tha
line. In adapting the vacuum tube
for use on telephone wire circuits and
in radio telephone, some remarkable
developments have been achieved in
the laboratories of the Bell System.
The vacuum tube repeaters were
first used in the transcontinental line
running between New York and San
Francisco. Their success was imme-
diate-so much so in fact, that their
use has gradually been extended and
they are no longer considered simply
device for very long distance cir
cults.
Twelve reporters, spaced at in
tervals of about $50 miles, are used
in a New York-San Francisco tele-
phone connection. All told, there are
now over 1000 repeaterS in the
country.
The new art which mas made long
distance conversation sound as if the
other party were talking from
telephone just across the street."
has been built up with the vacuum
tube as one of its fundamentally
E.1aartant parts.
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Paying out Key West-Kavana Cable 1925

tween these points, 1880 miles away,
but it was an event that served to
justify the most sanguine hopes of
Alexander Graham Bell and the
friends who never lost confidence in
him when the telephone was but a
feeble, little toy, able to articulate
only few, unintelligible sounds.
Next came the extension of the line
to Los Angeles, followed on April Ii.
1921, by the first conversation be-
tween Havana, Cuba, and Catalina
Island, via submarine cable, overhead
and underground lines and radio tel
ephone-diStance, $500 miles.
Each step in advance in this note
worthy development of the transmits
sion of speech was marked bv i'm
portant discoveries and inventions
which tended to perfect the quality
OF the transmission and the distance
over which the telephone currents
could be. carried Among these de-
velopments have been many i'm
provements in the telephone instru-
ments, in the switchboards and other
central office equipment, in cables and
line apparatus such as loading coils,
the carrier multiplex telephone and
telegraph system and phantom cir
cults, SO that long distance lines. in
addition to extending much greater
distances, may now carry several
messages at once
One of the latest and most funda-
mental Inventions however. in .ex-
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COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS

Council chamber, City of River
Falls, June 2, 1924.
Regular meeting of the Common
Council.
Meeting called to order at s
o'clock June 3, 1924.
Roll call of Aldermen showed no
quorum present and meeting was adj
journed to Tuesday evening at s
o'clock, June 3, 1924.
Council Chamber, City CT River
Falls, June 3, 1924.
Regular meeting of the Common
Council.
Meeting called to order at o'clock
P. M. by Mayor Vannatta.
Roll call of Aldermen showed
Adams, Bartholomew, Wilcox and
Peterson present.
Minutes of previous meeting read
and approved.
Mr.. Grimm presented a plat Of
Kinnickinnic Park 1st addition to
City Of River Falls.
Mr.. Bartholomew offered the fol-
lowing resolution which was seconded
by Mr.. Adams: Resolved by the Com
mon Council of the City of River
Falls,
THAT, the plat of Kinnickinnic
River Falls as described and shown
on the plat filed for record in the
City Clerks Office this Third day of
June 1924 be and the same is hereby
approved and accepted.
On the question of the adoption
Of the resolution Adams, Barthol-
omew, Wilcox and Peterson voted aye
and the resolution was declared
adopted.
On motion it was voted that Ell
lott, WATSON and Grimm be granted
permission to grade streets and build
sidewalks in Kinnickinnic Park.
First addition, also the full length Of
9Th street in Beuna Vista addition
and Pine and Cedar streets in E. H.
Currier addition, all to be done at no
expense to the City. All voting aye.
The Finance Committee report the
following claims approved:
UTILITY FUND
N. w. Elect. Equip. Co.
Supplies 1920
Price Elect. Co. Supplies 54.O5
General Electric Co.
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LEGAL NOTICE
First Publication May 20, 1924

First Publication May 20, 1924
County Court, Pierce County, Wis
c0nsin-In Probate
In the Matter of the Estate of
Caroline B. Foster:
Notice Is Hereby Given, That at
a Special term Of the County Court
to be held in and for said county at
the Court House in the Village of
Ellsworth in said county on the
Fourth Tuesday, being the Gath day
of June, A. D. 1924, at the opening
of court on that day the following
matter will be heard and considered;
The application of Matte Putnam
administrator of the estate of Caro-
line B. Foster, deceased, late Of Fort
Meyers, Florida, for examination and
allowance of her final account, and
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for the assignment of the residue of
the estate of said deceased to such
persons as are by law entitled there
o. and for the determination and adj
Judieation of the inheritance tax. if
any. payable in said estate.
Dated May 9th, A. D. 1924.
By the Court:
Warren p. Knowles.
County Judge,
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Arc Lamps 1896
Edison Lamp Works
Arc Lamps 227.8O
Crane Co. Hydrants for Park 25.92
High Grade Oil Co. Gasoline $500
Central Lbr. Co. Material for
lower dam-Supplies 1880
River Falls Journal
Electric blanks 22.00
A. L. Chinook Freight
and drayage 6.53
F. v. Williams Salary $500
E. E. Buck Salary $500
A. Renter Salary $500
w. E. Campbell Salary $500
J. w. Patterson Salary
and Overtime $500
H. c. Kruger Salary and
and Overtime 51.o0
H. L. Ostness Salary
and Overtime 41.00
Chester Finstad labor $500
Don Healy labor $50
1066.16
GENERAL FUND
H. A. Hutchins Salary Police 5000
Tramp rs
Roy Hyatt Salary Police 5000
Don Healy Special police 500
M. L. Briggs Special police $50
Geo. Simpson Special police $50
J. w. Patterson $50
Lucy Copley Salary
care rest room 22.7e
Joseph Koniclek Salary
care Park $500
st. Paul White Lead & Oil Co.
Street Paint 9.31
Central Lbr. Co. Fuel City
Hall 64.27
r. L. Baker Street Com. 5000
E. E. Nash Salary Sprinkle
Street 1900
Enoch Shepard Street sweeper $3.50
Knute Wigen Street labor $500
Jas. Pomeroy Street labor $500
e. L. Ensign Street labor 900
A. L. Chinook Street labor 900
City Treasurer Pauper aid 1898
Rod G. Gun Club Feed
for Park animals $500
63O.O6
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6SO.O6

Bills allowed Adams, Bartholomew,
Wilcox and Peterson voting aye.
Applications for cement sidewalks
on the east side Of 7th street signed
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The buying of dairy cattle in Wisconsin
has become so important part of the dairy
industry that farmers and breeders need to be
familiar with the demands of the buyers.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-16
Grand Opening
Open Air Dance
Floor Tonight

The New Valley Open Air Dance
Pavilion viii open tonight at Hcber.
An All night dance will celebrate
the opening. The pavilion is locat.
ed on the north side of the paved
highway in the center of the town.
: Splendid music has been provided
for thc dancers tonight by combin-
ing two orchestras, the Owl and No
lands. Gay penn.nts, flags, ana
many lights will lend gala ap-
pcarance to the pavilion and a car.
nival spirit is expected to prevail
as the management 1f.ss provided
fer a large and merry crowd
At the north end of the pavilion
is q raised platform for the musi-
clans. A sounding board has been
built ut the rear of the platform, so,
that the music will be thrown out
over the entire floor where it viii
be easily heard. Jimmie Noland is
manager of the pavilion.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-16

for him, is just such an appropri-
ate memorial"
Edgar Richard, director-general
of the American Relief Admins
tration, and Herbert i. Gutterson
are members Of the control com
mittee of the proposed school,
which aims to eliminate interna-
tional strife and establish good
will and understanding among the
nations Of the world.
From headquarters of the or
ganization, Ill Broadway, New
York, the trustees, among whom
are numbered thirty nationally
known educators, statesmen, pub
fishers and businessmen, have is
sued an appeal, which reads in part
as follows:
"The proposed Walter Hines
Page School of International Re
lations will offer unique facilities
for the postgraduate training of
men competent to consider interna-
tional problems from a states
mans high viewpoint, and to sun-
derstand the art of diplomacy with
the most comprehensive grasp of
its true essentials. No such school
or college exists. The place
for this living memorial should be
at Johns Hopkins University. Mr..
Page became a fellow at Johns
Hopkins in the first years of the
existence Of this unique post-grad-
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-16

The support Of the nation is
sought by the trustees who will
establish the 100000 fund to be
raised in connection with the pro-
posed Walter Hines Page School
of International Relations. The
school will be founded at Johns
Hopkins University.
"Walter Hines Page was hu-
manitarian above all else" declared
Herbert Hoover, in voicing his APP
proval of the project. His inter
est was in his people. He labored
for the happiness of others, and
in the most practical ways. lie
believed that they must have edu-
cation, health, and enough means
to rise above the wholly material
thoughts of life. For the oppor-
tunity of all men to know and
have these things he worked un-
ceasingly! Then he believed in
democracy; an equal share and an
equal duty in the common life.
And he believed in international
goodwill. He worked all his life
for these ideals, and he died for
them.
"The most appropriate memorial
to him is an educational instltu-
tion, because it too will work, and
will further the things he worked
for. The proposal of a school Of
international affairs, to be named
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-16
100000 Award for
Damages Against
Cult Is Upheld

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July l6.T-Thc
United States circuit court of ap-
peals today affirmed the decision of
Federal Judge John Safer i'll award
ing $4,000 damages to Mr.. and
Mrs. John Hansel against the House
of David, Benton Harbor, Mich, re-
ligious cult
The Hansels, formcr members of
the cult, charge they were induced
TO join under the impression that
the House of David was strictly II
religious organization and that they
later found it to be blind for the
immoral practices of King Ben
jamin Purnell and Queen " Mary,
leaders of the colony
The case, which resulted in a SEN
sational expose of the colony S al
legged practices. was heard originally
in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Shortly before the trial began
"King" Benjamin disappeared and
all efforts to locate him have fail
ed.
The Hansels joined the cult in
1912. I'm accordance with the rules
of the colony, they brought along all
their possessions and turned them
over to the leaders.
In 1920 the Hansels Withdrew and
brought suit for recovery of $4,000
which they claimed they lost
through membership in the colony.
Judge Safer upheld their claim
and the case was appealed by attor-
news for the House of David.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-16
"YE PRESS GANG"
HAS ANOTHER OF
IT'S FINE FEEDS

AN"Ye Press Gang had another
one of their famous picnics last
night, only this time it was q regu-
lar, he-nan's sized supper, with all
the trimmings, and then some.
The affair was in the nature oe
4 surprise affair on Mr.. and Mrs.
w. G. Costello and was given at
their mountain home in Live Oaks,
the self invited guests motoring up
and descending en- masse upon the
Costellos.
To attempt to enmeraaa the va
riety of foods that were included
on the menu would be "a hopeless
task but it included practically
everything from soup to nuts, with
cigars to top it off for the men,
and candy for the women.
More than % sat down to the
bountiful repast, which was follow
ed by dancing until a late hour,
when most of the party made the
return trip to the valley. Some OF
the members STAYED in the hills with
friends until this morning.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-16
18th Conference
Calls Men From
10 Big Nations

Continued from page II
center and were to participate in
the deliberations had much TO do
with the optimism on the part of
the Europeans.
Macdonald welcomes Them
All the principal delegates were
present when Premier Macdonald, in
his address OF welcome, surveyed
the general situation rs If existed
before the Dawes report WAS drawn
zip and urged lie Importance Of
putting INTO effect thc report ms
whole, without ;lteration in amy de-
.aile.
Two conditions were most Cssca-
tial. said tie British premier. first
to restore economic and fiscal unity
to Germany ard secondly TO give
adequate security to the investors
who had been asked 10 lend 500,
100000 to Germany.
In his speech of welcome, the
British prime minister emphasized
that the Dawes committee had es-
ehewed politics and had eoneentrat-
F0 Oh DuSlHtsS Att tfNiihiiiiNa ann
hc hoped the conference would do
likewise.
Premier Herriot, proposing Prem
Ter Mae Donald as chairman Of the
conference, thanked him for his
''noble words.
Ambassador Kellogg said the Am
criean delegates were not present in
the same capacity, with the same
powers as the other delegates, be-
cause the United States was rot
signatory to the Versailles treaty
but they were present in the same
spirit of helpfulness.
Three committees were appointed
TO discuss the various points under
dispute. The first Of these commit
tees is 10 decide the question Of
what authority is TO decide if Ger
many has defaulted.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-16

uate institution with which were
many of his associations. :.
Furthermore, Johns Hopkins, as
the pioneer postgraduate and re-.
search university, has the expert
ence and allied departments nee
essary for the most advantageous
DEVELOPMENT Of the school. Its To-
cation, within an hour from Wash
ington, thus being accessible to
the Library of Congress, the State
Department, and all the other
treasures Of Government informa-
ton provides an idea! site.
"The fund required to found tho
school is $1,000,000. The capital
sum will yield an income sufficient
to provide for professorsh.p8, fell
lowships and library which are es-
sential. We asl. the gem
eral public support in the erection
of this postgraduate schoci il tho
form of contributions to The capi-
tai sum. The ere ton OF
such a living institution \ not
only be an investment en-. ching
those contributions, which We, as
Americans, can make for the prog
ress of civilization, but it viii pre-
serve for the youth of cur country
the example and influence CT u
noble American"
Contributions may be sent to
the Walter Hines Page School of
international Relations, III Broad
way, New York City.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-16
MOines Man
Buys Ranch On
Edge Of Brawley

The completion Of real estate
sale, the direct result OF the Smith
Rogers colonization plan, was am
nOunced today. Ten acres located
west Of Brawley belonging to Don
aid j. Bell becomes the property Of
Perry Saylor Of Des Moines, Iowa.
Price involved was not quoted.
The colonization plan as coaceiv-
ed and worked out by l.. G. Smith,
capitalist Of Kansas City, and i.
Stanley Rogers, real estate operator
Of Kansas City includes 18 month
options on various parcels Of fmper-
ial Valley ranch land granted by
valley property owners, the bringing
Of tourist parties Of financially re-
sponsible people from the middle
west TO the valley, and the selling
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-16

DETROIT - More British flags
will te futteriag ever United
States reads next summer or the
way to Washington. ID. c., than
have ever heen seen in the United
States since the war OF 1872, ac-
cording to plans made for the Mac
cahees motor caravan tour. which
includes thouaaLs of Canadian
Maccabees.
Friendly invasion of the
United States by caravans from
the provinces of Canada will
bring the Union Jack bearing the
cross of St. George across the
border all the way from Vancouver
10 the Maritime Provinces of the
East" said A. W. Frye, supreme
commander of the international
benefit society. in an address here
to meeting of United States and
Canadian Maccabees. "In July,
1925 the Maccabee caravan will
start for Washington from every
part of the American continent
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-16
Canada's Wheat
Crop Smaller
Than 1923

WINNIPEG, Man, July 10
Preliminary figures, issued by the
bureau of statistics, estimate the
Canadian wheat crop for this year
at 318,640, 900 bushels. The crop
last wear was 474, 10000.
Manitob:s crops appear to be IN
excellent shape, although somewhat
late. Lack of moisture, high temp
cratures and hot winds have talten
IA heavy toll of the crops, both wheat
and heavy grains in Saskatchewan
and Alberta, according to question
naires returned by farmers.
In Saskatchewan and Alberta
conditions south of the main line
of the Canadian Pacific railway
may be said to be fairly good.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-16

Of the optioned land TO these peo-
pie.
BY the plan the Imperial Valley
hopes to obtain many new residents
Of sound character who will event
ually operate first-class farms. By
bringing high.class settlers here, the
men sponsoring the plan hope TO in
crease the number Of permanent res
ident property owners, thereby do
ing away with the impermanent
class Of tenant ranehefs 50 prevalent
in the valley.
Mr.. Smith and Mr. Rogers are
planning motor trip from Kansas
City to the valley TO remain here
for The remainder of the. summer
season They will leave Kansas City
this week.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-16
PRESS RIGHTS IN
BRAZIL REVOKED

Dy United Press Leased Wire
BUENOS AIRES. July 49,
The rights of the United Press
and the Associated Press to
function in Brazil have been
revoked by government order,
Charles w. Kinsolving, United
Press manager in Rio de Janeiro
cabled the Buenos Aires press
headquarters today.
Cancellation of the rights of the
two dominant American Press Asso.
ciations to operate in Brazil would
appear to indicate an increasingly
serious situation developing in the
South American republic.
The United Press bureau in Rio
de Janeiro serves a number of Bra
lillian news spapers with a world news
report in addition to transmitting
news developing in Brazil to the
outside world. BY DENYING the Unit
ed Press and Associated Press the
right to function, the Brazilian gov
ernment would be placing all faci-
lities for the transmission of news
regarding the revelation in the
hands of its Officials subsidized
agency, the Agencia American aad
the Hav..s Agency, official subsi-
dizcd agency of the French govern
mcnt.
The two American Press Associa.
tions have called the situation to
the attention of the state depart.
ment in Washington with the re
quest that official inquiries be made.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-16

National Bakery Bread is vonr
best hot weather food. Eat more Of
IT, adv
Elks to Attend Funeral-Faneral
services for Fred Cole, whose body
was found mile west of .Iaeumba
sunday noon, are to be held from
the funeral parlors of b. +. Lemons
at l0:00 O'Clock tomorrow morn
ing. Brother Elks of the local lodge
will be present in body.
Insure Your Fay with Edgar
Bros. Realty Co. adv
Cigars and Tobaccos, alwayi
fresh at Steves'. adv
All Elks of 1925 El Centro Lodge
will report at B. E. Lemons Funeral
Parlors at 1000 a. m. Thursday,
July II, 1924, for the funeral ser
vices of Brother Fred Cole.
CHARLES L. MURPHY.
adv Exalted Ruler.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-16

ncrth Of ,he Iiio Grarde.
"The Stars and Stripes and the
British culors will fy side by side
along oCr reads. a goodly per-
centaee Of the r1ore than goo 0OG
rem6ers of the Macca5ees ars
Canadians. The fact that the orier
extends its benefits on one size OF
the 'unguarded boundary the same
as or the other is an example Of
the community of interests of tie
two English speaking nations.
Many of the United States
Maccabees will motor back to
Canada with their brothers from
across the border after the Wash
ington conclave and will tour the
provinces before returning home
The magnificent roads and superb
scenery of Canada should be
known TO every American
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-16

and girls IS years of age are
old enough to enlist in the army,
and marry, the are old enough
to vote.
''The man or woman is rs fit
to- vote at the age of 18 as he
is at the age of 21, which is
only an arbitrary date of matur-
ity anyway Rebok said.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-16
Stop Putting Our
Youth i'm Cold
Storage, Plea

by United Press Leased Wire
BERKELEY, Cal, July 10
1.-THE American nation today
needs youthful ideals and nigh
school graduates should not be
put in legal cold storage for
three years" Horace M. Rebok,
Of Santa Monica, president of
the California High School
Teachers Association told the
annual convention of that body.
Retok declared that if boys
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-16
Midwest Farmers
Are Now More
Prosperous

KANSAS CITY, No, July lG--
Frozen credits which caused hun
dreds Of bank failures in Missouri
and Kansas in the last three years,
are thawing out, w. j. Bailey, gov
ernor Of federal reserve banks for
the Kansas City district said today.
Bailey said: "the farmer is getting
his first prosperous season in four
wears and bankers are able to liqui-
date. A year ago the federal re-
serve bank was lending $35, 100000.
Today il is less than half that
amount.
The wheat yield is splendid and
corn is in good condition.