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Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-27
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell OF
Imperial Valley for This Date
IN Past Years
NINETEEN YEARS AGO
October 27, 1905

T. B. Blanchard has arrived and
will have charge of the l.. w. Blinn
S lumber yard here. Mrs.
Blame eliard expects to join him soon.
j. Stanley Brown isiin Los An.
geles this week purchasing a stock
of hardware for his new store. 1t
is his intention to carry groceries
also and he viii be ready to supply
trade in both lines very soon.
w. +. Holt was here and attend
ed the melon growers meeting last
Thursday. Tho melon growers are
enthusiastic over their prospects anl
| it is believed that the necessary ac
l1reage will be forthcoming to secur'
the installation of packing hous
and shipping plant at this place.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-27
THE COUNTRY CHURCH

The State secretary Of The Disciples Of Christ
church in Illinois tells his denomination that the old
fashioned country church has lost its gamor and that
he has no regrets that account.
"It is WELL" he says because the old-fashioned
church is the product of different age, and because
lis old-fashioned methods no longer are practical
..The old-fashioned country church is moderniz-
;n and must continue to modernize, if it is to cha
lenge the interest of its members.
Very likely the secretary knows whereof ne speaks
But many an od-fashioned person. surviving N these
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-27

very moder ntmes, will paust to sigh for the little
old-fashioned church he knew with its repose
its air Of mingled sanctty and frendlness and the h
man and divine associations ntertwined with it.
That atmosphere is harder to find in city churches
The modern" they are the less they may satisfy
the or woman accustomed to worship in the
humble rural temple with its solemn bell above and
its peaceful churchyard around. Religion somehow
seemed real there.
If the church must be changed, ii is because the
people have changed. They themselves are so mod
ern" nowadays But are they any better? And does
religion itself ever change?
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-27

Try Press Want Ads.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-27

yinned at this time last year. Grif-
fifth is authority for the further
statement that the top crop will far
exceed estimates of 80 days ago. He
does not believe the crop VIII 1alE
very much sort of the figures made
before the Colorado River threw its
drv word of warning to all the low,
er basin valleys. There are t3,00g
ocres planted on the American sidd
of Impcrial Valley and HorticutSi'ra.
Commissioner b. A. llarrlgan csti,
mates the total yield at 25,0OO bales
New Yorker was found leading
triple life, just the ordinary doubl,
life having lost its kick.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-27

big company will be given an IN
vitation to house warming soon.
With rapidly increasing trans-con-
tinental traffic passing this %ay the
station is becoming important.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-27
TEN YEARS AGO
October 81, 1914

Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Robinson
are home from trip to the coast.
&. +. Dunn, who has been spend
ing the past month at McAlcstcr,
Okla, has returned to FL Centre.
Miss Jessie Reynolds of McAlest-
cr, Okla, is the house guest of Mr..
and Mrs. 3. +. Dunn of this city.
Miss Reynolds expects to spend the
winter here.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-27
NEW TELEPHONE
BUILDING NEARLY
DONE AT INLAND

INLAND, Oct. 26.-Thc nifty
telephone building is rapidly near
ing completion and officials of the
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-27

Steamer recently landed with
10000 canary birds. Looks like an
easy winter for house eats.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-27

Perhaps no one will ever know
why the world series was not held
entirely in New York thi, year.
Evening star., 1924-02-20
COTTON SELLS OFF
IN EARLY TRADING
Good Part of Yesterdays Rally
Lost-Demand for Goods
Still Poor.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. February Vi HS 'o'
ton market lost a good part ol vi
tcrday'S rally during today e"'l
trading. The market opened pareis
steady at an advance of points on
March. but generally to l. points
lower because of disappointing Liver
pool cables and overnight reports Oh
Il continued poor demand for COTTON
goods in the local and ran river
markets.
New Orleans Prices Weak.
NEW ORLEANS. February 2o.-Ine
cotton market opened fairly steauy
ava unchanged to points down oi'
old ,rrn months. Liverpool, after De
i,r cousidcrally lower than due, [ai
srd nrar the. opening Of our market
An - report that the dock strlk
NouId lie, settled. our market men
rcart,.d - to 50 points on the acslVe
C1d rrnn months on reports OF iur
thcr mill curtailment in the caro-,
linss. May traded down to 5o.-o ana
July to 22.42.
Evening star., 1924-02-20
BY WILLIAM f.. HEFFERNAN.
Received by Priv

NEW YORK, February 20.-One of
the, features of the curb market to-
day was IA sharp break in the shares
OF National Transit Company. Il
STANDARD OIL subsidiary, following
declaration of quartely dividend of
only % cents share. The last previ-
Gus dividend payment was 80 cents, on
December Is. which was the quarterly
rate all during 1928. This announce
tnent brought about sympathetic
weakness in New York Transit, which
oe2iined point, but later retraced
this loss.
other oil shares appeared to have
discounted Developments at Wash.
lnSton, which had been a disturbing
factor in this group. Advances of q
halt point to point or more were
numerous, while special strength
was noted in Magnolia Petroleum.
The persistent strength at new
high prices in Kresge department
stores stock was in line with reports
which have been current in the tinan-
Evening star., 1924-02-20

NEW YORK, February 20-F'ollow-
ing is an official list of bonds and stocks
traded in on the New York Curb Mar
ket today:
Evening star., 1924-02-20
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
Received by Private Wire Direct to The Star Office

cial district that this company was
negotiating for several more depart
ment stores to add to its chain.
1t was further rumored today that a
deal with an important unit In the
chain store industry was nearing
completion. The stock was in greater
demand and at it's best prices of the
year.
Failure of the House to act favor
ably upon the Mellon tax bill had an
unset ttling effect upon industr1als for
a time. but the market rallied In the
afternoon, and the important changes
were on the side of higher prices
Centrifugal Cast Iron Pipe gained
more than a point and American
Light and Traction went into new
high ground.
Unusual activity again prevailed in
the mining section. One of the fea-
lures was a jump of 25 points in Jib
Mining But the stock later lost the
improyement Unity Gold Mines ana
Canario Copper were in special de-
, mand. Transactions in Belcher TX ,
tension Divide were suspended until
further notice United Verde Exten-
| sion was freely offered, following
nubIication Of the Disappointing snow
ing in the >trnings report oil 1873.
Evening star., 1924-02-20
REDISCOUNT RATE CUT
SEEN IN new YORK

By the Associa ted Press.
NEW YORK, February 20.-Increas-
ing pressure is being brought upon
federal reserve authorities for a reduc-
tion in the rediscount rate, according
to reports received in Wall street.
While the movement for a lower rate
has been confined chiefly to the west,
because of the financial situation in
northwestern states, speculative e!e-
ments in New York also are reported
to favor a decrease here. In view OF
the situation it would cause no sur
prise If the directors of the New York
Federal Reserve Bank were to cut the
rate from Az to per cent at their
meeting today, although there has been
no indication from bank officials that
such action was contemplated.
Evening star., 1924-02-20
<cv Orleans fricCS NeaN'
PRUNE DEMAND HEAVY.
Carry-Over, However. Causing
Worry Among Growers.
Srccial Dispatch to The star.

SAN FRANCISCO, February "
Salrs Of 35,o00,000 pounds OF prunes
and 5000. .0ho pounds OF aprlcots III .nc
laSt six weeks have done much 10 re-
Ii.vc the California Prunc and Apricot
Growers Association OF worry over
the 1873 crop carry-over. The associao IA
tion still has or hand Sf'oo","uo
pounds of prunes and ?.0oo.eoo POUNDS -
of apricotS The apricot carry over 10
rot worry ing growers, but the asso-
riation must sell 100000 pounds
Of prunes a month until August TO
clear tho decks for tn" IVA crop.
The recent Improvement IN deilia.'u "a
.,redit.d to extensive newspaper ad-
NertiSiDs-
Evening star., 1924-02-20
ROAD ON AUCTION BLOCK.
Kansas City. Mexico and Orient
Sale Date Is March 27.

WICHITA, Kan. February ae.--l ne
Iy,nta, civ. Mexico and orient rail
road viii lie sold to tha best and
highest" bidder here March -. ac-
Cordillg to IN announcement pE bei,
y NrIaan special master, authorized
,G nr.narc ih, sale of the road to
satisfy a government lien.
Terms of the sale provide that the
purchaser must keep the ROAD III
operation.
Evening star., 1924-02-20
URGE NEW OFFICIALS.
American Hide and Leather Stock
holders Dissatisfied.

NEW YORK. February 20.--Chanses
IN thr man cement of the American
HiG. ana Leather company are hs'ns :
sought by Il number OF St"ck holderS:
ls candidates for the new board OF
,,;r.rtors. which will he elected March
:; " ths following names will he pro
rosed: II. Z. cooper. Dewees Dltworth.
claude Douthit, S. L. Haight Lindsey e
Hopkins. George A. Hin, frahk l.,
a. Jay. W. w. Laid. J. c. Lilly, Scott
McI.anah.ln. Frederick i: Thompson
Il. Il. Tinker and Edgar NJ. Williams.
Evening star., 1924-02-20
DIVIDEND DECLARED.

NEW YORK. February 20.-The
National Enameling and Stamping
Company today passed the quarterly
dividend on the common stock. In
the last quarter the common dividend
was 81. The regular preferred divi-
dend of z per cent for 1924 was de-
clared
Evening star., 1924-02-20
NEW BUILDING FALLS OFF
Fear of Wage Demands HATS
Projects in Chicago.
sro,.;,i pis,s,eh to The star

srccia Dispatch 70 Thc STAR,
CHICAGO. February 2o.-Real es-
-atc men here look for an increase
in rents May in both business anu
residential properties. CncerIalntz
n,..r marrs i'm the building trades is
hold rcsuonsible. as contractors nave
decided TO fight demands for ad-
Tanrps. and new building projects
foil off last week nearly S3.Ooo,ooV, as
compared with the correSpoHtoiis
week of Ia33.
Evening star., 1924-02-20
PRODUCE AT sTANDSTILL.

NEW YORK, February 20 Especially.
Produce received little attention to-
dav because of the unfaVorable
weather conditions and quotations IN
most instances were entirely nominal
Supplies of white potatoes, apples ana
rots moderate, and pears and beets
comparatively light.
Evening star., 1924-02-20
A Fool and His Money.

The fact that a stock certiticate is
printed in fancy green scroll work IS
no proof that it is worth any more
than ordinary wallpaper. Thousanus
of people III Washington would nave
saved their money if they simply had
asked their banker to tell them what
he knew of some supposedly wonder
full investment.
Evening star., 1924-02-20
sales INDEPENDENT OIL STOCKS.

10 Washington oil :. 2Iia 27ia 81
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07
WOn,en'S Peace Union
A s ks Amendment to
Stop Waging of War

WASHINGTON. - Proposing a
constitutional amendment which
would forbid the making or carrying
on of war, either by the federal gov
eminent or by any of the state gov
ernments, the Women's Peace Union
has sent delegation to Washington
to start its campaign. One senator,
whose name was not disclosed,
promptly endorsed the idea.
Miss Elihor Byrns, lawyer, Of
New York City, directed the drafting
Of the measure. 1t provides that
"War for any purpose shall be IL
legal, and neither the United States
nor any state shall prepare for, de-
clare, engage in, carry on, or in
any way sanction war or other
armed conflict, expedition, invasion
or undertaking within or without the
United States or any state"
Moreover it forbids the govern
ments, both federal, state and sub
divisional, and corporations, associa-
lions and persons within the United
States jurisdiction to train, main
tain, hire, manufacture, use, or au-
thorize the use of an army, militia
or other armed force, or Of armed
ships, machines, or other arma-
ments; nor shall taxes be levied for
any such purpose, nor shall arms or
munitions be transported.
This measure is the expression Of
the "absolutist" opposition to war.
The Woman's Peace Union was
formed two and half years ago
in Canada, and has a membership
pledge which debars its members
from taking any part, direct or in
direct, in supporting or sanctioning
any war, international or civil, or
in supporting relief organizations
that condone war.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07
"A Week" Every Day

TT HE decision has been made. The world-famous story
of Russian life since the great revolution of November
1917 will appear DAILY in the DAILY WORKER. The
first instalIment of "a Week" will appear Saturday,
Feb. 16
The daily installments decided upon that the
DAILY WORKER will live UP to its best traditions
"A DAILY" Our paper is a DAILY. 1t is in the fight
from day day wants it's readers realize this fact
1t everyone to feel it, Publishing only weekly in
staIlmens of this great novel would still perpeuate the
idea that working weekly basis. This must
be swept away forever.
But this means that all readers, and thousands
more, must get the mailing list and stay there from
now Get others to subscribe See that your own
subscription renewed. There will be chance get
back numbers this serial has got under way. Send
your subscriptions and renewals The DAILY WORKER,
1910 N. Hasted ST., Chicago, I'LL
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07

and flayed the "reds" but never mem
toned the "yellows'. When one Of
the delegates called halt on the
flow Of hot air, Watkins proceeded to
curse him fuently and vigorously
and threatened to beat him. The
other thugs then surrounded the pro-
gressive who wanted each delegate
to have the privilege Of voting as he
pleased. But he was not inundated
and voted mo" which was in his
opinion for the best interests of the
United Mine Workers Of America
A Delegate, Indianapolis, Ind.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07

The communist children will al
ways demand. They demand from
the bourgeois authorities and from
the school bureaucracy. as well as
from the organizations and institu-
tons of the working class itself
the Party, the trade unions, the CO.
operatives. OF the former they de-
mand the fulflment of their wishes;
of the latter they demand help in
the struggle. They will demand not
what they are told by adults, but
what arises from their own expert
ence, what they realize to be their
own needs-and some of the de-
mands that arise out of their inner
consciousness will be starthngly
clear.
Pedagogs and petty bourgeiosie
and reformist socialists assert:
Children have nothing to demand.
They have to ask for what they
want, and to be grateful for what
they receive. They have not yet
done anything. 1t is their job to
become something, somebodies. II
Is the duty Of the adults to care for
the children. Adults know much
better what children need. The adj
ults have the power, and hence the
wisdom. How can children make
political and social demands?"
How these poor hysterical people
lament over the abuse Of the chill
dren; over the way in which chill
dren are being taught to become
"phrasemongers, talking machines,
party soldiers"
We do not invent chldren's de-
mands. We merely help the chill
dren TO do tito help the children
in the formulation OF their wishes
and demands and in the struggle to
obtain them.
Watch for Article No. Ia: "The
struggle against child misery."l
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07
RAGING STORM is
BOON TO JOBLESS;
SHOvELERS BUSY
But Many Workers Suf-
fer Without Coal

With the assistance of hundreds of
extra snow shovelers from the ranks
of the unemployed, Chicago is well
on its way today toward digging it.
self out Of the first serious snow
storm that has hit the city this win
ter. The two day blizzard which has
just passed was welcomed by the
hundreds of migratory workers along
Madison st. who were on the job
ready to go to work for the city
shovelling snow. This is the first
time this winter that the street clean
ing department has been compelled to
hire many extra workers.
Suffering was generally turnout the
poorer districts Of the city. The
stockyards and steel district charity
organizations received scores of calls
for coal and food. AS has happened
during every cold spell this winter
the charity organizations were not
able to fill all the requests for coal.
Many families were unable to send
their children to school thru the snow
because they did not have decent
shoes.
Two people were killed and many
others injured when train hit a
street car at a grade crossing at west
49th, st. and Kedzie ave.
Railroad, telegraph and telephone
service thruout the Middle west was
almost brought to a standstill by the
storm. Telegraph and telephone wires
were reported down all along the
line. Both the United Press and the
Associated Press were compelled to
use radio to get news dispatches to
their client papers. Dozens of trains
were stalled, in the snow drifts.
The weather bureau reports that
the storm has passed.
DETROIT, Mich.-Two women and
one man were killed in accidenN due
to the sleet storm in northern Michi-
gan.
MILWAUKEE,, Wis.-Altho the
storm has abated and very little snow
is falling, Milwaukee is digging out
from under the blanket of twenty
inches Of snow which fell during the
most disastrous blizzard in Years.
taking toll of three lives and caus,
ing damage estimated at more than
$1,000,000.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07
Propaganda of the
X ept Press Fans
Race Riot Danger

To The DAILY WORKER: Never
in the history of Chicago has such
vicious anti-Negro propaganda
been propagated. as that which is
being at present conducted by the
terror-stricken, frantic, exploiting
capitalists and their laekeys. 1t is
an established fact that everything
organism puts up its greatest fight
to continue to live just before death
comes. Quite SO with the capital
lists.
The gutter sheet, the Herald and
Examiner, heralds every crime that
Negro commits, in big, black let
tiers, always having the word Negro
in headline. The Daily News tells
how vicious Negroes are holding
pretty young white girls in slavery,
forcing them to cater to Negro men
for a price. The unspeakable Chi
cago Tribune in reporting an affair
in which a Negro defending himself
from white ruffians shoots one of
them, headlines the news item, me
gro shoots rich mans SON.
The filthy, weak lies of the Ku
Klux Khan dawn" and "The Star"
descend to the lowest possible depths
in creating prejudice against Ne
groes, by continually playing upon
the delicate strings Of sex, telling
of the increase of Negro men and
white women associations.
This deadly poison gas Of the
concubine kept press of the capital
lists is being inhaled by white work
ers. Within the space Of a few
weeks Negro men escorting their
light skinned Negro wives have been
set upon by whites, who thought
that the Negroes were with white
women.
If the Kluxers really desire to
keep the white women pure, as they
say they do, let them start cam
paign for living wages and cheap
room rent for white girls and women
workers. Prostitutes, regardless Of
their color, are in the game for
money and all money looks alike
to them, whether a Negro or white
person possesses it.
The writer, who lives near Ard
street and Grand boulevard, is often
approached on the boulevard at
night by cute little bodied hair pink
things inviting me to go with them
and enjoy myself. One even gave
me advance notice that her price
was five dollars.
In view of the above facts it is
imperative that Negro and white
class conscious workers do all in
their power to increase the circula-
ton of The DAILY WORKER
among the black and white workers
of Chicago and thereby prevent the
capitalist press from starting an
other race riot which would cause
both groups Of workers to suffer
terribly.-Gordon w. Owens, Chi
cago.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07
CANADIAN LABOR
IN DEMAND FOR
EIGHT-HOUR DAY
Nationwide Campaign
Is Launched

TORONTO. - The eight hour day,
a general minimum wage law, and
unemployment insurance were the
main demands presented here to the
Provincial government by the Trades
and Labor Council, as part of a
Dominion-wide campaign of organ
lied labor, for those achievements.
In agreement with the plan map
ped out in last September's union
conferences in Vancouver, B. c., as
to what demands should be made
additional to the three aforemen-
toned points, the legislature re-
quests included amendments to the
various labor effecting laws, as for
instance, to the Ontario Workers
Compensation Act, extending the
operation of that law to all work
ers irrespective Of who their employ
er may be; to the Mothers Allow
ance Act, so as to include widows
with one child; to the Minimum
Wage Act, as to include all young
persons of both sexes, and to the
Municipal Act, so that municipalities
would be unable to compete for in
dustries by offering reduced or fixed
assessments.
Beside smaller matters, as san
itary measures in barber shops, for
bidding of the operation Of one-hand
street cars, the request was made
for at least one labor representa-
tive in the Ontario Hydro Electric
Power Commi ssion.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07
Cachin and French Capitalism.

Marcel Cachin, leader Of the
French Communist Party is again
the object of an attempt by the
French government to strangle Com
munist propaganda. He Is charged
by the government with melting the
military to disobedience by means
of articles published in the Commun-
ist press during December. Once
before the government attempted to
prosecute Marcel Cachin, when he
returned from the Conference OF
Essen where German Communists
met together with French Commun-
lists to devise a program of action
against the imperialist French gov
ornment and its invasion Of the
Ruhr. At that time Poincare failed
to get action against Cachin, and so
he is trying again.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07
THE DEMANDS OF THE Chill
DREN
Article No. IL

Article No. 10
The most important struggle Of
the Junior Groups is against the
tyranny Of school discipline. Now
and then we hear tales Of how the
children were beaten in the schools,
or that they were punished by be-
ing given special work to be done,
or by being prevented from speak
ing. The child is hurt not only
by the suppression of his own per-
sonality but he feels as we'll the
injustice when a school-mate is pun
ished. This is especially strong
when child is punished for being
backward in his classes. The chill
dren revolt against this and hate
the teacher who torrents a child
for this reason.
The Junior Groups show the chill
dren how TO convert this secret
hatred and pent-up anger into a
conscious struggle against corporal
punishment; against the assumed
right Of a teacher TO beat a child;
against punishment by an overdose
Of home work; against military
school discipline; and for democracy
in the school; for pupils councils;
for the right Of the children to
establish their own system Of dis.
cipline, for the abolition Of rigid
curriculum.
We are not giving the child new
and strange terms. We only help
70 formulate what the child itself
thinks and wills, and we do not
formulate what the child itself
thinks and wills, and we do not for
mulate for him but with him, by
discussing these matters openly and
frankly and leading him to the cor
rect conclusions.