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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-04-17
San Antonio Plans TO
House 10000 Bats

Only three species of bats-the sill
yer head, the hoardy and the red-are
common all over North America. All
three of the species are migratory
and they are easily able to fly across
oceans.
Bats are as valuable to humans as
insectivorous birds. They are espe-
cially important in keeping in cheek
nocturnal insects, particularly disease
carriers nr. A. @. Campbell of San
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-04-17
BEANS ARE VERY TENDER

The bean is very tender plant and
should not be planted until there is
no more danger of frost; still 1t pays
to take some risk. Plant some beans
at intervals.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-04-17

The bat roost at San Antonio will
house 100000 of these creatures, and
in the vicinity of San Antonio they
are active about nine months in the
year When it is considered that
guano is worth about $50 a ton, the
commercial value of the amount which
may be collected from one of these
roosts in a single year is easily esti-
mated.-London Tit-Bits.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-04-17

abundance of crisp radishes for the
family table from the middle of May
until the LIST of July in the latitude
of Washington, D. G.
Golden Bantam sweet corn. out of
the garden and over the fire and on
the table in less than an hour after it
is pulled, is food for kings.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-04-17
About Ants

Among certain ants the ant hill
fall into decay and degenerate female
are produced when the parasites froD
which the ants obtain their intoxicant
become very numerous.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-04-17

Hogs--Heavy weight hogs, $3.50
100; medium, $74O@z6o; light, $7.2S
0z60; light light, $6.2506.7O; pack
ing sows, smooth, $6.85@7O0; packing
sows, rough, $67O@6.85; slaughter
pigs, $5.O0@675.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-04-17

MUCH publicity having been given
lV1 recently to the huge contributions
made by Doheny, Sinclair and others
to help pay the campaign expenses of
both parties in the last presidential
campaign, Senator Borah and some
progressive Republicans and Demo
Gratis of both houses are preparing
law to put an end to excessive election
expenditures and to secret and large
contributions to party funds. They
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-04-17

In olden times Chinese men wore
girdles of jade which gave out mu-
steal tinkle whine the wearer walked
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-04-17
KEEP TOOLS SHARP

A file is a splendid garden tool II
lsed intelligently to sharpen the hoe.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-04-17

PREMIER MUSSOLINI and the Fas-
L cisti won an overwhelming victory
in the Italian elections, but this was
a foregone conclusion, for the election
law had been so arranged that it could
not be otherwise.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-04-17
MINNEAPOLIS MARKETS.

CHICAGO MARKETS.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-04-17

DISPATCHES from Riga saysthat
- Turkestan and surrounding dis
tricts have revolted against Bolshevik
rule and that the rebels, mostly fanat-
ical Mohammedans led by czarist Off
GERS, are threatening Khiva. The
soviet government is hurrying large
bodies of troops to the scene.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-04-17

CONSIDERABLE testimony was
~ heard by both the Daugherty and
the Teapot Dome committees last
week, much Of it suggestive but none
of it at all conclusive. The oil lease
investigators were hurrying to con
clude their work Howard D. Man
nington, who was wanted by the
Daugherty committee to tell about the
'little green house" and the alleged
deals concocted there, arrived from
France and was at once subpoenaed.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-14
STILL WRESTLE
WITH PROBLEM
DAWES REPORT

BERLIN, April 14.-Settlement of
the tangled reparations problem
came step nearer today as the Ger
man state premiers went into ses-
sion here to discuss acceptance of
the Dawes report.
At the same time, German and
allide industrialists were in session
at Dussenldorf to discuss a trade
agreement.
Acceptance of the Dawes plan by
the state premiers was considered a
foregone conclusion.
it was assumed that the cabinet,
after the premiers have formally
confirmed the decision to accept in
principle the report of the experts
will make known formally a similar
decision.
Germany, however, will insist that
her delegates at Paris make clear
the German desire for final fixation
of definite total amount which the
Reich must pay, as well as the ne
cessity for regulation of Franco
Belgian military occupation of the
Ruhr.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-14
Appeal to Swing to Help Save l. Y. CantaIoupe Crop
RANCHERS LOSE
$1,000 in WEEK
END ROBBERIES
Cole Ranch Loses $500
In Jewelry, Cash and
Clothing

Burglars entered the ranch homes
of two ranchers near Ell Centre on
Saturday and escaped with a total
of approximately $1,000 worth of
jewelry, clothing and cash. Up to
today they had not been traced.
j. f. Cole, rancher about six
miles southwest of Ell Centre, re-
ported to the sheriff s department
that his home had been entered and
about $500 in jewelry and clothing
and about $55 in cash taken. The
thief had been made some time be-
tween 10 Il. III. and two o'clock in
the afternoon on Saturday, Mr.. Cole
said. A screw driver, which had been
used to pry open the door to his
home, was the only trace left by
the thieves, who had carefully eras-
ed any finger prints.
The articles stolen include two
diamond rings, one with a cluster
of 10 diamonds and the other hav-
ing three diamonds; narrow gold
bracelet, gold watch, a locket and
chain, a pearl and ruby set ring,
a signet ring with w. NJ. r. engrav-
ed on it and Il cash register bank
with several dollars in it; $55 dollar
cash a suit of clothes and dress.
Mr.. Cole said that the burglars
had even torn the drawers from the
cabinet containing a Nah Jongg set
He said his family and he were not
ON the ranch at the time.
Un Saturday night burglars en-
tered the home of a rancher, whose
name the sheriff's department with
held, living about five miles north
west of FL Centre, and took cloth.
ing and iewelry valued st about
$400. They escaped without leav-
ing any clue as to their identity.
The list of articles taken includ
ed a silk dress, silk bathrobe, sew
eral articles of silk lingerie, man s
overcoat, walrus handbag Il ladies
black vanity purse with n gold
wedding ring inside and a $40 cam
era
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-14
|. A. WILL TAKE
SURPLUS POWER :
OF BOULDER dam
by United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, April 14.-All
surplus power developed at the pro-
posed Boulder Canyon Dam would
be absorbed by Los Angeles, T. A.
Painter, electrical engineer of the
bureau of power and light of Los
Angeles, told the house irrigation
committee today at hearings on the
Swing ohnson bill.
clos Angeles,' Painter said,
"will take all the power developed
at Boulder Canyon after Arizona
and other southwestern states have
taken what power they need.''
Painter said Los Angeles was now
using more than 100000 horsepower
and estimated that by 1885 the city
would need one million horsepower
to keep machinery in operation. In
1929, he said, all available power
in California would have been alb
sorbed.
Figures purporting to show that
the population and consumption of
power in Los Angeles doubled every
five years were presented the com
mittee by Painter.
ID. w. A. Walker of the American
Farm Bureau Federation offered the
committee "a chart to substantiate
charges that power in California
is now controlled by a trust.
Walkers chart showed the inter
locking connections between all
power companies in California.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-14
UNITED STAGES
BUYS STAGE
LINE TO YUMA

Purchase of operation rights of
the stage lines from FL Centre to
lioltville and from Holtville to ,Yu-
ma bridge by the United Stages has
been announced today. The rights
were bought from A. b, Bland and
Virgil Sans. The United Stages
filed an application for approval of
the deal with the railway commits
sion this morning.
II is the plan of the United Stages
to put in operation large motor
busses to run from Los Angeles to
Yuma through I'll Centre, according
to the local managers of the com
pany.
Five other transportation stage
lines have placed their applications
for permits to operate between FL
Centre and Yuma bridge before Ex-
aminer William of the railway COM
mission, who is here today. They
are: Pickwiek, Interstate company
of Phoenix, Borderland Stages, Ari-
IONA and Pacific Storage and Dis
tributing company and Virgil M.
Sans.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-14
new REPUBLIC
OF GREECE IS
0. KID. BY VOTES
by United Press Leased Wire

ATHENS, April 14.-Rigorous
measures were instituted today to
guard the newborn Greek Republic,
confirmed by an overwhelming ma
jority in Sundays popular plebis-
cite.
The government announced that
formal discussion regarding the
change in regime is forbidden for
IA period of five years and that
activities against republican rule
will be put down without mercy.
1t is forecast that the first Greek
president will be elected in June,
although a date has not yet been
determined definitely. Following
the departure of former Premier
Venizelos, ex-Minister Zamis is men
toned as Il leading possibility for
the post of chief executive. In
some quarters, however, it is believ-
ed Venizelos may return and be-
come candidate.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-14
SAYS DAUCHERTY
WAS BEHIND THE
WHEELER CHARGE
BY United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, April 14.-fnfor-
nation reaching Senator Wheeler
today from Montana convinced him
that former Attorney General Daugh
erty played part in securing his
indictment at Great Falls, Mont.
A confidential report to Wheeler
stated that John S. Pratt, a special
assistant attorney general, appeared
before the grand jury at Great Falls
aud urged Wheeler's indictment af-
ter the first ballot failed to result
in an Indictment. Several ballots
were required to secure the II votes
necessary to indict, according to
the report.
Wheeler is understood to have
verified the report that Pratt was
recently in Montana. He indicated
that he would ask Chairman Borah
of the committee investigating his
indictment to call Pratt as witness
to ascertain on whose orders he was
sent there.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-14
ThdW Begins a
Nelv Fight For
His Freedom
By FRANK GETTY
United Press Staff Correspondent

PHILADELPHIA, April IA
Against the sordid background of
the Thaw case begins today q bat
tie of that most potent of human
emotions-mothe love. Two moth
ers are fighting for their boys.
The one, Mrs. Mary Thaw, grey
and bowed with her 83 years, seeks
release of her son, Harry X. Thaw,
from the Kirk bride Asylum where
he has been incarcerated for seven
years.
The other, Evelyn Nesbit, opposes
freedom of the man who was once
her husband on the grounds that
his release will imperil the right
full heritage of her son, Russell Will
liam Thaw, now a 10 year old stu
dent in Friends school at Atlantic
City.
A court fight to free Harry
Thaw and declare him sane started
before Justice Monahan today.
Thaw's attorneys and those of
his aged mother, who wants the boy
that has brought her so much sor-
row back with her for her few re-
naming years, are basing their ac-
tion on claim that the treatment
the millionaire has received at the
Pennsylvania hospital has cured him
of the mental affliction which led
to his attack upon Frederick Gdmp,
on Kansas City on Christmas Day.
1t was following his attempt suicide
after this affair that Thaw was adj
judged insane.
Must Not Be Freed
Into the legal proceedings, second
ing toe present move for Thaw S
release, Evelyn Nesbit known to
the world as Il cabaret proprietor
at Atlantic City, hurled her bomb
shell.
"Harry Thaw must not be freed,
she declared, and those whose duty
it is to approve the release have ac-
cepted her Intervention.
Evelyn, who was married to Thaw
in 1905 and divorced by the Pitts
burgher decade later, claims he is
father of her boy, who was born
tewan.
81 used to visit Harry secretly, y
she said, "heavily veiled, l would
go at night to an appointed rendez-
vous near Mattewan. Harry's mon
ey enabled him to arrange a few
hours of freedom from the asylum.
"In these occasions he would
Continued ON Page Five)
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-14
ANNUAL REPORT OF IRRIGATION
DISTRICT THROWS MUCH LIGHT
ON ITS FINANCIAL CONDITION

In the annual report and financial
statement of the chief engineer of
the Imperial Irrigation district for
1923, issued recently, the total as
sets of the district and the subsi-
diary company in Mexico We're Civ
en- as $20,654, ,S65.09. The outstand-
ing bonds and surplus total $l6,421,-
221.S2.
The total cash assets were listed
at $1,i41,026.32. The total mater
ials and supplies amount to $511,-
223.43.
In the statement the fixed assets
are listed as follows:
Protective works, $2,S27, ,068.12;
canal system, $9,S6O, 1924; Laguna
dam equity 1928, 100000; drainage
system, $sl6,s73.63; unallocated
charges, $4,086.67; real estate and
buildings, $397041,93; equipment
and facilities, $1,7S4,SS1.79.
The report lists the following as
some of the many problems facing
the district and which merit the
consideration of individuals and or
ganizations interested in the wei
fare of the district and valley:
Colorado river control Boulder
Canyon dam, diversion of temporary
wier, Laguna Dam connection,
drainage, reclamation of drained
and alkali lands, transporting wa
ter through Mexico, replacement of
major wooden structures, reolace-
mcnt of thousands of minor struc
CONTINUED on page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-14
HALF MILLION Is
SPENT HERE ON
DAMS BEHALF
Districts Report Reaches
Washington, Detailed
Items Given

The much-talked of report fur
nished by the Irrigation District to
the Arid Lands Committee of the
House, giving III detail the list of
expenditures by the district in be
half of Boulder Dam legislation has
been made public and shows that
to date $51S,0S7.90 has been spent
bv Imperial Valley for this purpose.
The figures, which have not yet
been admitted to the record, will
be the subject of cross examination
it is believed. 1t is rumored that
Congressman Leatheiwood, who has
used strenuous efforts to have the
report made, will question Congress
man Swing regarding the report.
The total amount covers period
extending from 1916 through 1928
and covers varied expenses, rang
ing from surveys to the expenses of
bringing the Congressional party
here in March, 1923.
This latter trip cost the county
taxpayers $l5,97S.S2 in all, includ-
ing the following items.
Itema as Follows
Railroad fares and Pullman cost
for party, $S951.54.
Southern Trust and Commerce,
advances for expenses, Pullman and
meals, 1864.
Expenses Congressional party,
Glenwood Hotel, Riverside, $3S0.26.
Barbara Worth Hotel, $S54.S3.
Kodak supplies for Congressional
party, 5000
Photographs of Congressional
party, $40.
Drayage on Congressional bag
gage, $3.50.
Printing banquet cards, $20.75.
Photographs, $50.
Barbara Worth Hotel, miscellane-
Gus, $18,06.
Rental moving picture projecting
machine, $35.
Labor, material and train, Andra-
de, $25032.
Telegrams and phone bills $3.50.
Miscellaneous unallotted charges,
$l11.26.
Expenses, including railroad and
Pullman fares, hotels, meals and
miscellaneous items for: =
Continued on Page Five)
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-14
ELECTION VOTE is LIGHT:
VERY LITTLE OPPOSITION

With less than $50 votes registers
ed up to 2:3o O'Clock today, advo-
Gates of the band issue were dissatis
fled with rae interest shown by
townspeople in supporting the issue.
The total number of registered vot-
ers, in FL Centre is 2200.
The polls opened this morning at
six o'clock and early indications
were that the vote would be heavy,
there being nearly hundred votes
cast bv seven o'clock. The voting
quieted down after eight o clock and
has been slow all day. although it
is expected that the last two hours
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-14
JAPAN HIGHLY
OFFENDED OVER
S0LONS' ACTION
by United Press Leased Wire

bS fFcSS IyehSeu WIRE
TOXIC, April A. Japan views
the action of the American house of
representative in passing the immi-
grafton bill on Saturday excluding
japanese immigrants as involving
to Japan ga matter of honor and
international PRESTIGE Baron Saka-
tani, former finance minister and
leader of public opinion, told the
United Press today i'll an exclusive
interview.
Viscount Shibusawa, an equally
prominent leader, added that Japan
''still trusts that the fairness of
American public opinion will "solve
the problem.
Both expressed "deep regret' at
the passage of the bill.
Passage of the anti-,japanese
measure by the American house of
representatives is most regretable
affair in view of the traditional
friendship of the two Pacific ma
tions," Baron Sakatani said.
A MATTER of Honor
To the United States we believe
the question involves only q hand
full of Japanese immigrants, while
to Japan it is matter of honor
and international prestige.
---s.. We wonder why America is so
firmly bent ON injuring the feelings
of this people, who haye done moth
ing to wound American susceptible
ties.
''We appeal to the wisdom and
judgment of the entire American
people, the senate and the American
statesmen for a happy solution of
the problem on which depends great
ly Japan's honor and prestige and
the amity between nations.'
Niscount Shibusawa dwelt on the
past record of Japanesc-American
relations.
"For over half a century Japan
has done everything to cultivate the
friendship of the American people,
whose justice-loving spirit she has
depended upon for guidance and
furtherance of her national dest
my he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-14
PASS THE BUCK"
ON u. S. BILLS
UP FOR ACTION

WASHINGTON, April 14.-The
Republican majority conference call
ed today to plan the legislative pro
gram regarding immigration, taxes
and the bonus lodged every one of
the major questions and "passed
the buck" to the senate and the
finance committee.
When the conference failed to eX-
press any preference as to whether
bonus or taxes should come first be
fore the Senate, Chairman Smoot
called a meeting of his finance com
mittee to decide later in the day
which bill should be given the right
Of way.
The conference also failed to take
any action regarding the proposal
for a Japanese exclusion provision
in the immigration bill-the third
vital question which was to have
been acted upon. This puts the
question up to senators individually
and does not pledge the party, as Il
party, to any course
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-14
ANOTHER VALLEY
PIONEER IS DEAD

Another of Imperial Valley 8
pioneer residents whose death has
occurred recently in Henry Chown-
ing, former rancher of the McCabe
district, who succumbed to illness
at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
calling or writing to the local Of
a. m. today.
Details are incomplete, but it is
announced that the funeral will take
place in San Diego tomorrow after
noon.
The deceased, who was well known
here, is survived by his wife, a
daughter Mrs. Weston Vanderpool,
of the McCabe district, who left
yesterday in response to Il sum-
mons from her sister, and two other
DAUGHTERS, Mrs. Alice Webb of Fall
brook and Mrs. Ada McAlmond of
Potrero.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-14
SENATE RESENTS JAPAN'S DEMAND,
Lodge, Reed ore
NeWest Boosters
for Exclusion

WASHINGTON, April 14.-De-
finitely aligning himself against
Secretary of States Hughes and the
administration on the question of
japanese exclusion, Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts, chair
man of the senate foreign relations
committee today declared in the
senate that if the United States
yields to Japan's protest against
exclusion legislation it will cease to
be sovereign nation.
"We should let the whole world
know that the United States and
the United States alone is to state
who can come into this country
Lodge said.
81 will never consent to any
principle that will lead any nation
to believe that it can control legis-
lation by threat or compliment, -
Lodge continued.
Lodge branded japanese Ambas-
sador Hanihara s letter of protest
as "improper" and said that it
contained "veiled threats. ~
RIDGES declaration of support
of the japanese exclusion amend
ment to the senate bill offered by
Senator Shortridge, California, was
followed by n similar one by Sen
ator Reed Of Pennsylvania, who has
hitherto opposed it.
Reed said that as result of Han
ihara s letter he had decided to
support the amendment, although he
said that he would do so with q sad
heart.
Japan s Dignity Hurt
"Because the immigration bill
passed by the house applies to Ha-
waii and every part and parcel of
the United States,' Senator John
son said, "it hurts not the pride
but the ambition of Japan
"a quota is not set up for Japan
or for China, Korea, Manchuria,
Indian, Ceylon, Java or any other
country of the far east. Why should
Japan have preference over sister
countries of the Orient?'
To give Japan the right to reg
ulate her emigration to this country
by the gentleman's s agreement is to
give her something more than any
other nation i'll the world,' John
son said.
"Australia barred the japanese
and if grave consequences We're
threatened, they did not result, :"
he said.
Other Senator'S Join
In announcing that he, too,
would support the Shortridge
amendment, Senator Pepper, Pen
sylvania, u recognized administra-
tion leader, declared that the "gen-
tleman s agreement had been alb
rogated by Hanihara s letter. Sen
ators Swanson, Virginia, and Wills,
Ohio, joined Pepper in this position
and both asserted that it was time
for America to take a firm stand
on immigration.
Taking issue with Pepper and
Lodge, Senator Stirling, South Da-
kota said he did not regard Hani-
hara's letter as an abrogation of
the, "gentlemen' agreement" but
strong protest against its obliga-
ton.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-14
Pickwick Stage
Co. Burglarized

LOS ANGELES, April 14.--Burg-
lars early today robbed the offices
of the Pickwick Stage Co., at Sixth
street and Maple avenue and escap'
ed with about $4,000 in cash.
Detectives assigned to investigate
the burglary declared that the rob.
bers had an intimate knowledge of
the building and safe. The front
door was opened with special keys
that fitted the lock, and the safe,
according to the detectives, had
heen opened by dialing the combina-
tion.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-14

will bring a large number who have
not had time to vote earlier.
City trustees who voted to bring
the water bond issue before the vot-
crs are confident that the vote will
approve their proposal. They say
that many who opposed the bond
issue two years ago, have given
their approval Of tho new one and
that indications point toward the
issue being favored
The polls close at six o'clock this
evening and IL is expected that the
first count will be announced BY
the election officers within two
hours after the last vote Is cast.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-14
Attack Gu ar ds
Near. Yuma
Bridge
by United Press Leased Wire

by United Press Leased Wire
PHOENIX, April 14.-An at
tack on the Colorado river
bridge near Yuma, made by 70
tourists who attempted to break
through the chains holding back
California-to-Arizona motor traf-
fic was reported here today.
The attack occurred late last
night, and the party succeeded in
swapping the chains stretched
across the highway on the Yuma
Indian reservation in compli-
ance with Arizona quarantine
orders against the foot and
month disease.
Guards at the border were ov-
empowered by the enraged motor
lists, attempting to break
through.
The sheriff at Yuma was no.
titled and, with IL armed guards,
reached the bridge just in time
to prevent the cars from stream
ing across the river into Arizona.