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Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-28

to valley residents. Many have al
ready started or plan to start build
ing homes within the next few
weeks. Among them are A. M. Nor
gan, Eugene Williams, Henry PrekS-
chot, District Attorney Ernest Ut
ley, Miss Mary Kelly, II. O. Burton
and Lou PhiIIey of FL Ccntro; r. M.
Chapman Of Calipatria, j. Fl. Fra
lick and J.. M. Killian of San Die
go, f. A. Holt of Yuma, Newt sta
cy and II. p. Wilkc of Brawley,
Sam Morrison and Fred Moore of
Calcxico, Mrs. Marie Montrclle of
New York, woman Of means, was
so captivated by the atmosphere of
the spot that she selected a beauti-
full hill site and expects to build
soon, declaring that she expects to
spend the rest of her days in Ja-
cumba.
Timmons Builds Home
S. f. Timmons, q former resident
of Ell Centre, also has Il home un-
der construction on the hill west Of
the railroad tracks. Mr. Timmons is
in charge of the extensive Standard
, Oil plant installed within the last
year to supply the mountain dis
tri0t.
Lumber and material for these
homes will lie easily obtainable as
the j. f. Peck Lumber Company of
this city is installing a lumber yard
and there are two yards where con
crete bricks are manufacturcd-op-
Grated by Morrison and Henckel
and Rutherford and Boon, respec-
lively.
Even the spiritual needs of ia
cumba have been anticipated and &
new church on the highway is hold
ing regular Sunday services and will
continue to do 50 throughout the
summer season.
The stores of Jacumba cover ev-
cry conceivable need from court
plaster to an apple pie. Up-to-date
drug stores, grocery and general
stores, meat shop, new bakery, re-
freshment 'parlor, restaurant, mot
doogD and cold drink stands and
even Il laundry take care of the
needs of the inner and outer man
and leave nothing to be desired by
the most critical sojourner.
All in all, the future of Jacumba
looms brighter and bigger than ever
before, and according to our Mine
Host' Vaughn it will be the busiest
place in the mountains this summer.
Placer County peach growers have
been getting $50 q ton for first
grade fruit of elings.
The Peta1uma Golf and Country
Club. Gonoma Coun,y, is building &
Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-28
Nv United Press Leased Wire

NEW YORK, May 2s.-Pick your
husband by psychology!
Apply big business methods to
the business Of marriage!
A job S q job at home or in an
office. And only the best appli-
cant should fill it.
That S the theory of Miss Alycc
Mccormick, % year cid prize beau
ty of Nebraska, and daughter of a
colonel of the Volunteers of Ameri-
ca. And she has come to New York
to put it into practice.
Long lines of applicants pass be
fore her daily-both at the Mason s
Fashion and Home Exposition, where
she is the center of attraction, and
at her Greenwich Village hotel
where She has the bell-hops gasping.
But so far none has passed the test.
Fourteen men have tried to make
her change the method of selection
by making alluring offers of mar
riagc.
Here Are Requirements
There is long list of tests.
First, of course, is Miss McCor-
mick s reaction. If the appearance
of the man strikes her, she puts him
to the first test.
She smiles and her psychologists
watch:
The man reactions-if too bright
q glitter comes into his eye, or too
dull q look, he is passed up. But
if just the proper shade of pleasant
ness, he is allowed to go on.
Then comes the test:
For impression - light chatter
! about things in general, and Miss
Mccormick ideas in particular,
bring about an expression of mere
, dulity, or concurrence. BY this the
psychologist make their second
judgment.
His patience is tested by long
waiting for the next experiment.
His resourcefulncss--b solving d
puzzle in a certain length of time.
His ingenuity-by piecing tCgeth-
er blocks i'll a certain design.
His adju,Aability = by quick
! changes from one problem to anoth-
er, employing different faculties.
His neatness-by arranging fig
ures and objects in certain combina-
tions within u requisite time.
! His tolerance-by his reactions to
Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-28

Placer County peach growers have
been getting 500 q ton for first
grade fruit of clings.
The Petaluma Golf and Country
Club. Gonoma Coun,y, is building 4
5000 clubhouse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-17
Oldest British Custom.

WHEN the war flung the world into
confusion 1t laid its hand on the
oldest custom n the British Isles,
most curious practice that had come
from the far-off time OF the Druids
and had f1ourished from then with
out a break until the year 1915. In
Burghead. a little fishing place Oh
the Moray firth, this custom had been
practiced from the very dawn Of hu-
man society. It is the strange ritual
of the burning of the clavie.
The clavie is made of a half barrel
roughly put together and attached to
a long pole by which It is carried. A
stone is used to hammer in the
wooden pegs that serve for nails, for
it is considered as unlawful to allow
iron to touch the wood. Old tales
tell how a wicker basket with a fish
inside used TO be burned. Perhaps
when the first Druid lighted the first
clavie the sacrifice was something
greater than a fish. Within more re-
cent times neither basket nor fish
appears, but the clavie is filled with
chips Of wood and shavings plenti-
fully sprinkled with tar. The whole
mass Is set on fire by means OF burn
ing peat.
With an otlskin over his shoulder,
the clavie bearer lifts his burning
burden on his back and sets off TO the
site of Roman camp. rocky promor-
tory that thrusts itself out into the
sea. Here stone pedestal has been
erected to hold the fire.
In this strange ritual Druidical and
Christian customs are strangely In
terwoven. The lighting with peat
was pagan and harks back to the
sacriflciai fires of Baal. The circling
Of the village sunward Is from the
same source. To the Druids of sun
was an immediate object OF worship.
The use of wooden pegs rather than
Of iron nails and the use OF stone
instead Of a hammer are Christian,
for the early Christian would not use
the iron with which our Lord was
nailed to the cross.
Why the custom fingered in quaint
little Burghead we cannot tell. In
1915 the admiralty forbade the show
ing Of all lights seward and the
clavie was left unkindled. In 1919,
however, this sole British survival
Of the worship OF fire. the first OF
all religions and rituals, was re-
kindled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-17
California Cork Trees.

1T is said that within the past dec
ade cork culture has shown
promise Of becoming one Of the i'm
portant Industries OF California. A
considerable acreage of Spanish cork
oak is now in cultivation at the
forest plantation owned by the Uni
versity Of California. and all Of the
trees are, it Is said, thriving and
growing vigorously. On the elder
trees there is good growth OF
young bark, some of it more than an
inch in thickness.
Most of the trees are now about
seven years old and are from twenty
five to thirty feet in height and from
eight to ten inches in diameter at the
butts. This culture has been made
in ordinary soil. Both the climate
and soil seem very favorable to the
growth Of the Spanish cork oak
This is the first time that any
attempt has been made to grow cork
in California and the experiment
seems to have been worth making.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-17

was his crude way Of saying 'brea'
the Spanish word for pitch.
where does it come fron?' I
asked.
From near westlake park he
replied.
My heart beat fast. jumped on
street car and went to the spot.
Examining it 1 discovered larry ex-
udes which, mixing with the soil.
made a product that. was being used
in lieu of coal in small manufactur-
ing plants.
We'll; / had found gold. and
had found silver, and 1 had found
led, but I felt that this ugly look
ing substance was the key to some
thing more valuable than any of
those metals.
Domestic coal sold in California
at $50 a ton. I had never been east
of Chicago and never seen an oil
derrick: but my natural instinct for
prospecting told me these tar eXudes
bore the same relation to petroleum
below that resin bears to the more
Iimpid sap within the tree"
Doheny rushed to Charles Garfield,
STUDIES in the mountains and deserts.
and infected Garfield with enthusiasm
over his discovery.
Garfield was as poor as he. The
only means they had of pushing their
Investigations was with pick and
shovel. Feaverishly they set to work.
1t was Garfield who persuaded Do
landed there with ten cents between
them. He died a millionaire a few
years ago and members of his family
are large stockholders in the Doheny
interest.
When the men reached Los Angeles
they held a consultation and. grapes
being very cheap, decided to buy
them because they could give them
the most for their dime.
The old cronies piled their pick and
shovel in the "breer" pit with hectic
fervor. Signs Of oil increased. and
about thirty feet below the surface
they Embossed a little stream of the
stuff that was later to heap untold
riches into the laps Of scores Of Cali
fornians and make their state great
producer of the most vital essential
Of both war and peace activities.
With the knowledge thus gained,
Doheny and his partner, their little
well yielding them enough to live on,
started out on another prospecting
adventure. They tramped and mule
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-17
Stereoscopic X-Ray.

TN order to produce an apparently
solid image Of such an object as
a broken bone or foreign substance
embedded in the flesh, with the aid Of
X-Ray photography, physicists cause
the tube producing the ray to oscil-
late. by means Of a cam revolving
three hundred times a minute. The
cam is so cut that the time taken in
moving from one position OF rest to
the other is about one-tehth Of the
period Of revolution.
Two photographic images Of the
same object, seen from different
points, are thus formed on the view
ing screen, and by means Of shutters.
electromagnetically controlled by the
oscillating apparatus, the right eye
sees one image and the left eye the
other. vision being cut off while the
tube Is changing its position.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-17

Angeles. new edifice at cost OF
more than half a million dollars. This
may go nearer q million.
He built and equipped for the Good
Samaritan Hospital (Episcopalian), in
Los Angeles. a 'radium annex at a
cost Of 100000.
| When the Irish people were fight
Ing for their liberty he gave large
sums to the cause and bought liber-
ally Of the bonds Of the doubtful re-
public.
He gave two hundred thousand to
the last democratic campaign fund,
and Twenty-Five thousand to the re-
publican war chest.
!: = x !:
THE lives Of many millionaires, de.
spite their success. may be said
to have been Father monotonous. Not
SO Dohenys.
In 1919 lie was accused Of obtainins
passport to Europe "by false pre-
tense or lack Of good faith" The
State Department had him overhauled
on his arrival In England and put on
the carpet by the American embassy
in London. Doheny's explanation
was sufficient to get an generation
finally.
Three years ago n woman In Los
purporting to be signed by the OIL
| man for $4,000. 1t was forgery
! Detectives working on the case with
held the name OF the bank and the
woman. There is no record OF a con-
| viction in the matter.
! In 1915 the Dohenys were preparing
| for an elaborate reception at their
| Chester Park mansion. Facing the
| park was an apartment house tina,
| the oil magnate didn't think "be-
| longed" in that select locality He
bought the apartment house and
! moved 1t a block over night, at a
! total cost of 100000. and the guests
at his reception were saved the
| shock to their sensibilities Of seeing
! such a building at the approach to
/ Chester Park.
One year previously a Shrewd chap
; slipped one over on the millionaire
! This chap discovered that small
, strip of ground adjoining Doheny's
was an ancient plot that had never
| PASSED into a private owner. He
. filed a government claim and for a
fee of $3.50 acquired the title. Do
heny had TO bpy him out on his own
terms.
Doheny won 100000 on Woodrow
Wilson's election.
Il started out to bet 100000" ne
told q friend. but Mrs. Doheny found
; it out and put the brakes on"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-17
From Punice Island.

OUNCE ISLAND, near SaIton sea,
= five miles northwest OF Cali
patria, in southern California, con-
tributes thirty carloads Of pumice TO
the commerce Of the world each year.
Pumice Island was once an island in
Salton sea. but now. three miles in
land, 1t Is entirely surrounded by
dry land. However, 1t retains its old
name on local maps. Only few
years ago 1t was nothing more than
volcanic peak. rising. above tho
waters Of the inland sea. but the
waters have been receding 50 rapidly
that 1t now stands three miles back
from the shore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-17
ny MONROE LATHROP.
LOS ANGELES, February

RI is no more of a sacrifice
for me to let a friend have
100000 than it is for many
- ....., To no rt with an or 81 ~
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it: and instead of beating you. George,
you for it. my dear
This, you'll say, was sowing good
seed. Yes, it was: and the crop,
thank God. was. as / believe it ever
will be, where a man acts the true
parent, that is. the guardian angel, by
his child.
"The following anecdote Is a case
and too true to be doubted, for 1t was
communicated to me by the same ex-
cellent lady to whom am indebted
for the last. Can aged lady, who was
a. distant relative, and, when a girl.
spent much Of her time in the family.)
When George said she. was
about six years old he was made the
wealthy master of Ratchet, of
which, like most little boys. he was
immoderately fond, and was con-
stantly going about chopping every
thing that came in his way. One day.
In the garden, where he often amused
himself hacking his mothers pea
sticks. he unluckily tried the edge of
his hatchet on the body of beautiful
young English cherry tree, which he
barked so terribly that I don't be-
lieve the tree ever got the better
of it. ~
1.-The next morning the old gentle
man, finding out what had befallen
his tree, which, by the by, was a
great favorite, came into the house
and with much warmth asked for the
mischievous author, declaring at the
same time that he would not have
taken five guineas for his tree.
Nobody could tell him anything
about it. Presently George and his
Ratchet made their appearance.
George" said his father, do you
know who killed that beautiful little
cherry tree yonder in the garden?"
This was a tough question, and
George staggered under it for mo-
ment: but quickly recovered himself;
and looking at his. father, with the
sweet face Of youth frightened with
the inexpressible charm Of all-con-
QuerinE truth. he bravely cried out.
~ can't tell . lie, Pa; you know
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-17
What Did George Washing
ton Really Say as He Stood
by That Cherry Tree?
Was there cherry tree?
Was there Ratchet?
Who started this story, anyway?

40, come here, / tell you, pa. come
here! and I'll show you such sight
as you never saw In all your life
time
1.-THE old gentleman, suspecting
what George would be at, gave him
his hand, which he seized with great
eagerness, and tugging him along
through the garden, led him point
blank to the bed wherein was in
scribed, in large letters. and in all
the freshness of newly sprung plants,
the full name Of George Washington.
""There. pa!' said George, quite in
an ecstasy of establishment, did you
ever see such a sight in all your life
timer
"'Why, it seems like curious af-
fair. sure enough, George"
"'But, pa, who did make it there.
who did make 1t there?'
"Tt grew there by chance, l sup
pose. my son.
"'By chance. pa. o. no! no. it never
did grow there by chance, pa: indeed
that 1t never did,
High! why not, my SOM
"'Why, pa, did you ever see any
body's name in plant bed before?'
"'Well. but George. such thing
might happen, though you never saw
1t before
"'Yes, pa, but 1 did never see the
little plants grow up so as to make
one single letter of my name before.
Now, how could they grow up SO as
to make all the letters of my name!
and then standing one after another.
to spell my name so exactly.-and all
so neat and even too. at top and bot
tom! o. pa. you must not say chance
did all this. Indeed somebody did It,:
and I dare say now, pa, you did it
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backed thousands of miles through
California, looking for the outcrop-
ping of bituminous sandstone they
had learned signalized the presence
of petroleum.
Then followed their development OF
many California fields and Doheny's
operations in Mexico and Louisiana,
which pyramided his wealth into it's
present proportions.
!: !; = K
IN his Chester Park estate. in Los
Angeles. he has vast steel, con-
crete and leaded-glass conservatory,
77x230 feet. adjoining an equally Law
ish natatorium, the interior Of which
rivals the famous baths of ancient
Rome. In the conservatory is one Of
Dohcny's hobbies-the largest collec-
ton of palms in the world, every
known specie collected from all parts
OF the tropics-from Mozambique.
from Sahara, from Hawaii, from the
Canarfes. from Guatemala, from the
Amazon.
Another building, specially con-
structed for the purpose, is devoted
entirely to orchids, and is said to con-
tain the largest and most varied col
lection of that exotic plant in the
world.
1t is in his yacht, Casiana, that Do
heny's taste for good things of life is
best exemplified. This steel cruiser,
measuring 2S7 feet over all, with
storage capacity for a journey of
1000 miles and a complement of thir-
ty-eight officers and men, is said By
marine experts to be the finest pri-
rooms are finished. in rare woods. All
the richness that wealth can afford is
in the furnishings.
The millionaire's tastes are still
further attested in his estate at Bev-
erly Hills, on the outskirts Of Holly
wood. Here he goes for domicile
when the whim dictates, instead of to
Chester Park. The Hollywood place
is of vast acreage and from the win
dows of the mansion the eye sur
veys great reaches of luxuriant land
scape gardening. 1t is one of the
show spots of southern California
In 1914. when Villa was ravishing
Mexico and leaving hordes Of starv-
ing people in his wake. the oil man
filled ship with 100000 worth Of
provisions and sent it down to Tam
pico for the sufferers.
Just now he is bearing the entire
expense Of erecting for St. Vim
cents Roman Catholic Church, in Lo
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can't tell lie. did cut it with my
Ratchet"
run to my arms, you dearest boy
cried his father. in transports; run
to my arms; glad am /. George, that
you killed my tree; for you have paid
me for 1t a thousand fold. Such an
act Of heroism in my son is worth
more than a thousand trees. though
blossomed with silver and their fruits
of purest gold
1T was in this way, by interesting
at once both his heart and head. that
Mr.. Washington conducted George
with great ease and pleasure along
the happy paths of-virtue.'
4: i: !: X
MR.. WASHINGTON is SO anxious
to inspire George with love for
truth that he cheerfuIly tells him he
would gladly assist in mailing him
have him grow up a liar. ..
Knowledge of his Maker is another
virtue which the father seeks to in
still in his son. Here is another ex-
tract from this fifth edition of Weems'
book:
"One day he went into the garden
and prepared q little bed of finely
pulverized earth. on which he wrote
Georges name at full in large letters
then strewing in plenty of cabbage
seed, he covered them up and
smoothed all over nicely with the
roller. This bed he purposely pre-
pared close alongside of a gooseberry
walk, which, happening at this time
to be well hung with ripe fruit, he
knew would be honored with George
visits pretty regularly every day. Not
many mornings had passed away be-
fore in came George. with eyes wild
rolling, and his little cheeks ready to
burst with great news.
80, pa! come here! come here
""hats the matter, my son,
whats the matter?'
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tomary salutations when he eagerly
asked--'How fares your countryman.
the great Washington He was very
at the thought that they were the
countrymen of Washington. he was
very well, general. when we left
America 'Ah, gentlemen. rejoined
he. Washington can never be other
wise than Well His name shall be
mentioned with reverence, as the
founder Of a great empire. when mine
tions.'"
This is Il remarkable prediction.
made in a book published nine years
before Waterloo. whether original
with Bonaparte or with Weems.
y !. !. *:
IN this edition are many anecdotes
of Washington's boyhood. some of
them ''adapted". from the biography
Of d good little English boy, publish
ed in 1893. The cherry tree story.
however, is not taken from that
source. Here it is:
PA. said George, very seriously,
do ever tell lies?'
No. George. 1 thank God you do
not, my son. and l rejoice In the hope
you never Will. At least. you shall
never from me. have CAUSE to be
guilty of so shameful a thing Many
parents. indeed. even compel their
children to this vile practice. by bar
barously beating them for every lit
tie fault; hence. on the next offense.
the little, terrified creature slips out
4 lie. Just to escape the rod. But as
to yourself, George, you know I have
always told you, and now tell you
again, that. whenever by accident you
do anything wrong. which must often
be the case, as you are but a poor,
little boy set, without experience or
knowledge, never tell a falsehood to
conceal it; but come bravely up, my
son, like u little man, and tell me of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-17

Most Celebrated Anecdote in Modern
Times Did Not Appear in Print Until Six Years
After Death. of Its Subject - Bioerapher,
Sometime Acquaintance of Father of His
Country. Cited Authority of Aged Female
Relative of the Washinstons-Later Informal
ton Is Obtained Throwing Light on the Source
of the Story. ...-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-17
Doheny, Active Figure in Oil Fields,
''Broke' at 40, Made Great Fortune

Whose Name Has Been Had
fAdThree Times
Of Way Which He First
Wealth to Many Pesons-F1 Palaces andLu YACHT
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just to scare me, because / am you,
little boyr
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-29

joining heartily in Forever Live
Oak Grove"
While the upperclassmen were
banqueting in state, the underclass
men made merry in a most informal
way at the Seminary. Games. stunts
and songs were intermingled in n
jolly confusion as is customary on
this one night of the year when the
underclassmen suddenly attain to the
rights and privileges of the Seniors
and with their class teachers reign
supreme.
Sunday Services
The services on Sunday were es-
pecially interesting. MIR. DeMarsh
for, his text Matthew s:9. The newly
organised choir of eight girls added
to the service. After dinner each of
the four Sunday School teachers
with q representative from each class
met with the Sunday School Super
intendent to recommend the various
relief and Christian purposes to
which the contributions for the year
shall be donated.
Oak Grove was unusually favored
on Sunday evening, having as sup
per guests Mrs. Eleanora s. Wood
man. Herbert f. Wadsworth and Mr..
and Mrs. c. I. Bailey of Winthrop
Center, all members Of the Board of
Managers. Imme diately after sup
per the students gathered in the as
sembly hall for their regular Sunday
evening sing. Meanwhile A. A.