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Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-15
Western Auto to
Open Up Branch
Hawaiian Island

Word was received here today by
f. B. Stivers, manager of the Ell
Centre branch of the Western Auto
Supply Company, that the organiza-
alton had made final arrangements
for the opening of branch store
in the Hawaiian Islands.
George Pepperdine, president of
the company recently returned from
tour of the islands where he had
been making study of accessory
store possibilities in that territory.
The outlook was so favorable that
n store was leased in Honolulu and
wire was sent to Los Angeles to
ship the merchandise. Upon Mr..
Pepperdine S return, a. G. Moutier,
manager of the store at Bakers
field and formerly manager of the
Portland branch, was selected TO
represent the company and manage
its affairs in Honolulu.
That the residents are ardent mo
torists is brought out by the fact
that there are over 10000 automo-
biles in the islands, Honolulu and
its environs, claims over l4,Oo0 OF
this registered list.
While this newest Western
AutoD store is more or less an ex'
pertinent it may be the nucleus foi
establishing of a chain of stores
throughout the islands of the Pa
cific and South America.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-15
COOPER MAY BE
SPEED KING in
TRUSTED STUDEE

Earl Cooper, by taking second !
place at the opening 250-mile class
ic at Charlotte, \. c., is within $50
points of the national championship
of the American Automobile asso-
Ella ton for 1924.
One mere sanctioned race remains
tu be driven, at Los Angeles, Calf,
on November 27. The winner of
that race will add 500 points to his
score. The driver coming in second
will get $50 points and l40 points
are awarded for third.
Taus, if Cooper can drive the
swift Studebaker Special with
/ which he has won all his points thus
] far, fast enough to win this race he
will become, Tor the third time in
| his career, the crowned speed king
of the year. No other living driver
/ has achieved such record.
Cooper's s standing now is 1910
Jimmy MurShy, at time of his death
at Syracuse, y. Y, had won 1896
points, which remains the high
score.
But Wnen, on september u, coop
er married Mrs. Jane Bailey of
Troy, y. Y, the golden haired girl
who cried when he lost the India
inapolis race in July, she said:
Il will be Earl IS mascot. He will
win the championship this year. -
The next race run was at Fresno
Calf, October =. Cooper won IT.
hands down. Charlotte was the
scene Of his second race since the
wedding. He won second.
Il have driven this car unehang-
cd through the whole year." said
Cooper, land it is right now IN
shape to win the Los Angeles race.
/ That ) q road run and nothing can
/ touch this Studebaker Special for
standing Ep under that kind of
work.
Standing Of the high three for the
championship now is: Murphy de
ceased 1875, Cooper 1910, Tommy
Milton. winner ltre, 96l, Bennett
Hill, who won third here ia.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-15
LAUDS OVERSIZE
MOTORS AS BEING
VERY NECESSARY

Commenting on the new slogan
displayed in advertising tho Jewett
Six, "There is no substitute for
power,' II. NJ. Jewett, president of
the Paige company states that bal
loon tires make oversize motors
more essential than ever before.
"If you don't believe it takes
more power to push an automobile
equipped with low pressure tires" )"
says Mr.. Jewett, "try pushing q
car with your shoulder with 20
pounds of air in the tires. and then
try it with 20. There can be no
question that low pressure tires re-
quire more power for hill climbing,
lor a quck getaways for all coEdi-
tions of traffic.
cit is our contention that motors
in automobiles should be oversize.
Ample size is necessary to produce
ample power at slow speeds as well
as high speeds and to develop ample
power without the strain that comes
from over speeding.'
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-15

every point of the compass, large
service pipe passing into the sys-
tenn of the Army and Navy store
next door. All these coils of pipe
exposed 10 the outside air are heavi-
lv insulated. including the tank
that filters the water which serves
each customer at the counter in the
older portion of the restaurant.
One thing that "Steve' has seen
to, and that is that the pantry is
spotlpsslv clean and equipped by
the most up-to-date labor saving
machinery TO aid in keeping the
table service sanitary and in cx-
cellent appearance. The large dish
washer maching recently installed
washes, steams, deodorises, dries and
polishes every dish put into it, not
a hand touching the oarthenware
until it is set before the customer.
this applies to the cutlery, and the
result is extreme satisfaction to
those who have developed an ap-,
preciation of clean service.
Economy Is Theme
Economy of space seems to be
"Steve 81 mania, for like the
railroad kitchens and submarines,
he has developed the idea that a
vacant place is an abomination, and
if he can find poor lonesome cor
ner he will promptly knock hole
in it, put a door on and there you
have cooling chamber.
To secure prompt attention TO
orders has been the underlying idea
in putting in the appurtenanccs to
deal with the new dining room. y.
Girard has carried out the plan in
carpentry work, painting, electrical
fixtures, floor surfacingy the only
thing not handled by him being the
refrigerator system for the addition,
that having been done by the Park
err Iron Works of San Bernardino.
Seating comfortably 40 people the
cafe should prove popular from its
opening on Monday till its course
is run, when probably new tabloid
form of food will be the fashion.
And talking about ice, one of the
finest fans procurable has been set
high up in the east wall of the
kitchen, sc inch fan that, when
going full blast, takes all the wave
out of Shorty's hair and makes him
cling to the woodwork to save him
self from being drawn upwards by
/ the suction. "Keeping cool with
COOLIDGE ism t a circumstance COM
pared to "Steve 50 airplane fan,
i and patrons of any part of the cs-
/ tablishment are assured Of fresh,
] sweet ;ir along with deleetable
! eats.
To look after all these depart
ments takes a staff considerably
larger than the average customer
| realizes. When the new dining room
| opens, Mrs. Stevens will be found
! in charge of the cashiers desk, and
"Steve" will look after the gen
.eral management, r. p. Sherwood
/: being the assistant manager. Those
old standboys, Eddie Pippin and
George Croft, will still be found tc
look after their hundred of friends
I and when night closes down on the
scene Louie Pigeon will be bossine
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-15
OAKLAND PROVES
ABILITY TO CLIMB
HILL in HIGH GEAR

A stock Oakland touring car with
four passengers surprised motor
fans in Los Angeles last week when
it climbed within Is feet of the top
of Baxter street hill in high gear
from a 90 mile start at the bottom
Of the steepest grade in the city.
"Baxter street Hill in Los Angeles
has been negotiated by motor cars
in high gear says II. f. Franklin,
manager of the California Oakland
Motor company, in talking to +. Ia.
Moore Of Imperial Valley Finance
corporation, "but it has never been
surmounted by any car with four
passengers, nor from a normal drlV-
ing start.
"On the occasion Of other tests
the cutters at the foot of the mn
have been filled in and the car
started from the Hill on the oppo-
site side of the valley, hitting the
base of the Baxter hill proper at
an estimated speed of 60 miles an
hour and then fairly sliding by the
force of built up momentum, over
the top of the grade.
"Baxter street grade is 29.3 per
cent. 1t is said to be the steepest
in Los Angeles over which Il motor
ear can be driven and when you get
to the top you realize that such must
be the case. 1t looks like preci-
pice.
1.-The Oakland did not reach the
top in high gear. 1t did pull un to
within Is feet of the summit before
the motor stalled. We repeated the
test again, the car stopped almost
Oh the very mark made on the first
attempt, showing that it was appar-
emily the maximum pull that we
could expect from the car.
This test is 'bonefide repre-
sentation of a cars ability to per
form and / have yet to hear OF any
other make of ear ever attempting
to climb Baxter hill in high gear
under like conditions. If they dc
l feel sure that Oakland s mark
will stand untouched. "
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-15

have charge of the 1loof.
Dance, Refreshments
On the opening night there will
be a great dance put on in the
street, right on Fifth street, which
will be roped off to give the boys
and girls :. chance to show their
stuff
Noland IS six piece orchestra will
furnish pep and vim for the dance
and there will be free refreshments
served ali evening when the kit,
chen, bake shop and new quarters
will be thrown wide open 10 the
public and they will be invited to
see their fill. Every one is invited
to what promises to be one of the
most successful openings ever held
in FL Centro. incidentally, the new
dining room will be open for break
fast on Monday morning.
"What do / want to say?' said
Steve i'll answer to question as to
whether he had any message. -
came down here in 1919 and l have
made my money down here, and as
I believe wholly in Imperial Val
ley's prosperity I have invested my
savings in the business here, among
my friends who made me. l have
put $4,000 in the refrigerating Plant
alone, making my investment here
$4,000, and have put my money
right back into the business where
it was made, and in El Centre, in
which | believe.p
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-15
Is
Main Feature of
Willard Battery

There is no substitute for depend
ability. In the operation of motor
vehicles, either on land, afloat or
in the air, the lives of the occu-
pants frequently hang in balance
of dependability. If the mechanism
fails the newspapers carry headlines
about another tragedy the next
day.
That IS why automobile racers,
aviators, manufacturers of the bet
ter automobiles and marine men spe-
cifv Willard batteries in their ma
chimes. according to- II. T.. Kendall
Willard battery dealer of this city.
"For years i. has bee@ noticeable
that wherever storage battery was
need on Il hard job where abso-
Lutte dependability meant the win
ming or losing of the stakes, Will
ard batteries have been the unani-
nous choice, he says.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-15

Tonight only at the Palace thea
ter "The Sunset Trail with Viii
liam Desmond and Gareth Hughes.
At the Palace Sunday is the First
National picture, "Those Who
Dance.
A story of overwhelming interest
20 every American of the present
dav has been told by Thomas IL.
Ince il his most rectnt production,
"'Those Who Dance, First Ma
tional release.
With an exceptionally strong east
including Blanche Sweet. the Am
ma Christie of the recent trium-
phant screen production; Bessie
Love and Warner Baxter, the pro-
ducer has turned to an entirely new
field for his latest drama.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-15
new BOOKS AT :
LOCAL LIBRARY

THE Lake" by Margaret Ash
nun; '-Queen Calafia" by Vineente
Blasco Ibanez; 'The Interpreter s
House by Struthers Burt; "Black
Dog" by A., E. Coppard; 'The I'm
known Quantity" by E. NJ. Dell;
The Radium Terrors' by Albert
Dorrington; ''Return of Sherlock
Holmes by a. C. Doyle; Way of
Revelation" by Wilfrid Ewart;
Madame Bovary' by Gustave
Fraubert; Temptation of st. An
thony' by Gustave Flaubert; "The
Monster by H. r. Haggard;
Three Black Pennys' by Joseph
Hergesheimer: "The Long Jour
ney" by j. V, Jenson; Wings by
E. NJ. Kelly; 'The Enchanted Hiff7'
by P. b. Kyne; "Coming of Amos"
by w. ]. Locke; "Camilla " by Be
atriee Marean; "Man From God s
Country" by E. p. Montague;
'Behold This Dreamer" by Fulton
Oursler; '>Imperturbe" by Z. H.
Paul; Song of the Cardinal" by
6. S. PorteY; High Road" by
Janet Ramsay; 1.-The Dark Chap |
ter" by f. J. Rath; "Four Cor
ners" by Clifford Raymond; 1.-The
Book of Blanche" by Dorthy Rich |
ardson; ''The Little French Girl
by d. \. Sedgwick; HALFWAY
by ]. A. X. Smith; 1.-THE Elephant
Man" by Sir Frederic Treves;
1.-THE Fourteenth Key by Carolyn
Wells; ''Old New York; by Edith
Warton and "The Green Hat by
Michael Arlen.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-15
Nine Are Found
Guilty of Huge
M all Robbery
ny unIted rrr.. Leased vic

QUINCY, H., Nov. civilian
p. Diuty' Colbeck, st. Louis poll
tician and head Of the powerful
2 Egan rats" gang in that city, and
eight Of his associates were found
guilty of the $54,l39 Stanton, H.,
mail robbery in May, 1923, by a
Jury in federal court here today.
Eight of the defendants, inelud-
ing Colbeck, were found guilty on
foar counts of the Indictment charg-
ing robbery, assault upon the Gus
todians of the mail and possession OF
stolen mail Sentence viii be i'm
posed later by Judge Louis Fitz'
Lenry.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-15
"Steve's' New Ice Plant Most Costly
and Extensive of Any Restaurant
South of L. A., Barring San Diego

People of FL Centro were always
under the impression that steve =
-,pardonnez moi, ii. c. Stevens, Of
restaurant fame, kept an eating
house on Fifth street. Far be 1t
from such. He keeps an ice plant,
and food is secondary consldera-
ton, although he serves thousand
meals a day.
At Steve s Place YOU are simply
surrounded by 4 miniature arctic
circle-ieebergs, icefloes, glaciers
everywhere YOU turn. Customers
can't see them, but, if you poke
around the place and open few
doors YOU will find coils and coils
of pipe, each bearing its mantle of
congealed water, coils that never
lose their coatings of ice, all bent
on their one mission-preserving
food, keeping it in pleasant and
-palatable condition for placing be-
fore the guest.
And this is al new. Not that
there was no cooling system before,
but with the bringing into being an
additional cafe, which opens on
Monday, a bright and up-to-date
refreshmemt rendezvous, it was
found necessary to enlarge the
plant. and "Steve' determined on
a system second to none south of
Los Angeles. And he has secured
it, as the patrons of the new din
ing parlor will be made cognisant
of in the near future.
When Stevens wanted to build
m ice plant and oil supply station
for he has erected on the roof of
he plant n large tank that feeds
he fiery ranges-he bought lot
away from the main building and
10 removed any menace from the
,lock. In half of this ice plant is
,rected a Parker motor from San
3ernardino, whose peculiar propen
'ity is pumping brine through a
Dig vat let in the floor of the pump
house, Wherein can be placed daily
l6 cans of filtered water, each
weighing 100 pounds, and daily
takes them out in the form of ice,
a ton and a half of ice that doesn t
cost a cent to produce because the
ammonia plus brine system has to
work anyway, in keeping the big
show ease and the cold storage faci
lities in each department around
freezing point.
Ice Side Product
Do You know what that 1G0(
pounds means per day in ice? II
made every day-and in the ho
weather it is made every day
there is a saving Of $2336 pc
year. That is a side product, as i
were.
Under the same ROOF rs the pump
ing station is the bakery, presided
over by John Reid, who is favored
with a complete electric system
electric oven, and a wonderful mix
er, that beats, chews, tramples
bruises meat and vegetables in any
form you require them. The salat
iHdhti anu thc PdSbiy man Hdo
special chamber for keeping tn,
products he handles cool and fresh
where the pies produced by Mrs
Grace Creed-produeed with a roll
ing pin made out of a railway tiC
and ehristened "Jigg's Special
by the writer because of its fear
some size-find cool retreat.
From the pump house the brine
conduits run across the alley to th'
kitchen right into the main freez
ing chamber, where meats anC
poultry and fish by the hundred
weight await the selection of Chef
r. A. Elder. There is maze OF
overhead pipes for running the
brine into the various departments
and the roof looks like the intes
final tract of some uncouth monster
large and small pipes twisting to
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-15
CREATOR OF CHILDREN'S
STORIES IS IMPROVING

ASHLAND, Ore, Nov. 15.-John-
ny Gruelle, creator of Raggedy Ann
and Raggedy Andy, children stories,
seriously i'll here with complications
following an operation, was report
ed to be improving today.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-15

MYTH the new-type Studebaker Duplex
w you may take your choice-ride in an
open car if you like-enjoy the cool, fresh air
and healthful sunshine
Then in 30 seconds-without even leaving
your seat-it can be changed to deeply
cushioned richly appointed, fully protected
enclosed car. It's no fuss or bother at all
simply lower the roller enclosures - it's so
easy child can do it.
No more hurried efforts to put up curtains
in the wind and rain.
No more hunting for the right one while
the storm beats in.
No more exposure through holes torn in
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-15

Farmers in Willamette valley,
Oregon, are planting many trlai
plants of flax.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-15

Tn several parts Of Washington
iackrabbits are becoming a serious
nuisance.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-15

The cotton classer at Bakersfield,
Kern county, has already passed up
on 1000 bales of 1924 cotton.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-15

Albert Ing, Lodi, San Joaquin
county, grew three and one-hat
tons of Alicante grapes on II OF
an acre-the record.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-15

Who remembers years ago when
the only men who carried golf bags
were umbrella vendors.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-15

Winter always makes several de-
tours before it arrives.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-15
Many Sign Up In
Conservation Club

CALIPATRIh, Nov. 15.-Armis-
tice Day crowds furnished d. j.
HARRISON, Ed Welch ana otner lead
ers of the American Conservation
club splendid opportunity to in
crease their membership rolls and
they took advantage of it. The
membership is considerably past
1000 and Welch believes that the
membership will soon reach 5000.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-15
MISSING L A XI
DRIVER SOUGHT
BY THE POLICE

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 15.-Disap-
pearance Of Floyd Woodworth, taxi
cab driver, reported injured IN
Fresno by bandit passengers in his
ear, was told TO local police by Flors
Candle, his employer who SAID
Woodworth left here the first Of
the week with two men, bound for
Saugus. Candle feared that his
driver had been murdered and ask
ed police to aid in finding him.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-15

Pittsburg in luck. Beauty parlor
turned there.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-15
STEAM, cAUSTlC SODA.
ROAD TAR AND Mud
See These Tests On The
New DUc0 finiss.

Duco. the new finish for
motor cars, stands tests no
finish ever stood before. Come
10 our shop and watch us test
il with road tar. mud, steam,
caustic soda, and even acid.
Duco resists to an unusual
degree the destructivenegs OF
wear and weather. IL is the
only radical Improvement ever
made in an auto Gnish-the
discovery of du Pont Chemical
Engineers after years of pains
taking research and thousands
of costly experiments
Duco Finish is destined 70 rev.
olutionize the motor car fin
ishing industry. II is already
used by manufacturers as
standard finish on thousands OF
ears. and has been proved out
in griliing road tests covering
thousands Of miles in all kinds
weather over all kinds OF
Bads.
Alone among auto finishes.
Duco improves with age We
can refer you TO owners who
will tell you every claim yet
made for Duco is an under7
statement. :.
Conc and see for yourself
that the truth about Duco IS
stranger than fictior. You'll
want this new finish % lasting
beauty on your car.
ROBERT E. RoBINGToN
Master Painter
Coach and Commercial
Painting, Lettering, Design
Monograms, Stripping, etc.
zoe STATE STREET
Ell CENTRo. cALIF.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-15
Open car when you want it
an enclosed car IN 30 seconds
IheNew SfudebakerSpecialSi
Daplex-Phaeton

them while trying to obtain for the e:ner-
gency the protection >given by closed car.
For in the Duplex the side enclosures are
instantly accessible--yet rolled up safely out
of the way when not in use.
If this two-fold utility were the only fea-
ture of the new Studebaker cars they would
still be sensational value - bur there are
many Others
80
New body lincs-new beauty-rnore power
full engines - new case of gear shifting -
genuine balloon tires-and the easiest steer
ing car you ever drove.
= In Justice to yoursclt-see this car today.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-15

the kitchen and Harry Coffee will
have charge of the floor.
Dance, Refreshments
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-24
North Dakota Strauss

The supporters Of Coolidge can find little
solace in the results of the primary elections
just closed in North Dakota. At best the fact
that President Coolidge received plurality
of the participating voters makes bit more
certain that which was already assured-his
nomination at the Cleveland convention. Be-
yond that, the prospects of the republican
party and the administration have not been
frightened in the least.
The surprising weakness of Hiram Johnson,
whose supporters waged vigorous campaign
and spent plenty of money,is significant. The
unexpected strength of the LaFollette vote,
gotten thru a sticker campaign, after the Wis
consin senator had withdrawn from the con-
test, is of like significance. The low vote of
Johnson and the high vote of LaFolette show
that the voters of North Dakota, on the right
and on the left, are in no mood to brook half
way, artful lodging devices and prefer to act
definitely either for the spokesman of big
capital, Coolidge, or for the opponent of the
big banking and industrial magnates, La
Toilette. Hiram Johnson, avoiding a position
on the agricultural crisis and evading every
fundamental problem confronting the masses,
was consequently showed under.
Coolidge's getting plurality, but not a
of the republican primary voters,
with LaFollette good runner-up, tho formally
not in the campaign, will not ease things for
been won over by promise of lucrative jobs.
The official peace ship of the administration,
the Mayfower, was called into action. Special
were held at the White House be-
tween Coolidge and Roy Frazier, of the re-
publican state committee. The Non-P
League was corrupted. LaFollette, knowing
the game Coolidge was playing, refused to get
into such fight despite the fact that his past
experiences with North Dakota assured him a
clean sweep. Plenty of Coolidge money was
poured into the state. Yet Coolidge could not
get majority of even the primary voters and
was especially weak in the rural areas.
With a defeat chalked up against him in
Moth Dakota, Hiram johnson is at disadvan-
tage in the South Dakota race. With so much
strength for him even in the less progressive
ranks of the republican fold of the state, IN
the ranks of those who refused to heed his adj
vice and keep his name out of the contest, La
Toilette can safely view the North Dakota re-
suit as further indication of the tremendous
support he could marshal in determined fight
against the reactionary republican party.
The North Dakota result is an index of the
sharpening of the political conflict, and is the
best indication of the fact that now is the
time for the masses to organize themselves to
strike telling blows at their capitalist enemies
running the democratic and republican par
ties and dominating the government in behalf
of Wall Street
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-24
Every American Boy Has
a Chance to Be President
By WILLIAM F. dunno.

McLeans, Sinclairs and Dohenys, the
frenzied efforts to prevent the con-
nection of the White House with the
lowest element in American politics
being known, the use of the bureau
of investigation under Burns to in
timidate men who were on the trail
of corruptiop-has been according to
the plans made by the Daugherty-
Hamon-Smith trio and the endorse
ment of those plans by Harding and
Coolidge as the price of election.
A government Of the people? Ex-
cuse the laughter.
Consider the background Of the
Harding-Coolidge slate once more:
Harry NJ. Daugherty-a shystcr
lawyer and third-rate politician
Jesse Smith, his friend and partner,
under-cover man in a hundred shady
deals; Jake Hamon, bootlegger and
gambler extraordinary, turned oil
operator and his mistress, Clara
Smith. These were the instruments
used by the oil kings to pick and
elect the president and vice-presidcnt
of the United States.
All of which proves that every
America boy has chance to be presi-
dent.