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MERCHANDISE
Fuel and Feed

Fuel and reed
BEST-Dry hardwood. fitted,
box Sc; ! cd. box 1925. Dry
Z baskets 81. 4. II. Leo,
st. Tel. 33LM. Il
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WOOD-Dry Mixed.
Peter Theberge. Tel.
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Help Wanted-Mals

MEN, to chop cordwood. Expert
enced men only. Good chance; camp
near lot. Apply in person. c. A.
Palmer II Second St.. Hallowell
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READ the classified ads for infor-
nation and answer them for profit.
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rWanted-Live Stcek so
RABBIT HOUND-First class None
other wanted. Henry Eldridge, II
Franklin st.
r. /. RED-Or Rock pullets. George
Clarke Richmond.
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SECOND GIRI.-At ST. Marks Home,
OF Winthrop st. Tel. sew.
WOMAN-Middle aged for general
housework in family Of 2 adults, 4
chiidren; modern house. No washing
Mrs. v. J. Shevlin, Dresden Mills. Tel.
Richmond 1879.
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sale. " water "A pullets laying, 81
each. 1N hens laying. $I.50 each. IL
puliets, s1.50. My misfortune, your
gain {. II. Oldham, Gardiner. Tel.
Sails
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EMPLOYMENT

Solicitors, canvsers, Agents IS
SALEsMEN-MakeB BIS to SIS per day
on our liberal term selling high quail
delivery. Drawinf account allowed.
Experience unnecessary. The Noble
Refining Co., Cleveland, o. 80 years
in business.
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EMPLOYMENT

PASTRY COOK-First class one, at
Hebron Academy, Hebron, Maine.
Good position for the right party.
only first class bakers need apply.
Send references to X. l.. Hunt, He
bron, Mime
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-18
Bull Montana
May Meet Local
Man Very Soon

Wrestling enthusiasts Who $50
greatly enjoyed the match between
Rumanoff aud Fred Mortcnsan of
this city al the Palace thcatcr last
week, viii b. glad to know that
Manager Brick is ~ present ne
gotiating with Bull Montana,s NJ eii
known coast wrestler and inoSie
star, to wtcstlc Mortcnscn shortly
aftor the New Year
The Bool, as Los Angeles spoi@
ing writers have dubbed fin, - ii
hic drawing card, his abilitrf sra
wrestler and his reputatioG in the
movies giving him no slr&h 1eSrce
Of uotoriety. y was seen " ac.
ton here several years ago,s aud
those who Witnessed his cXht5iiion
az that time had plenty of 2xeite-
mcnt for .h'ir money.
Brick stated this morning that he
has a letter from SAIAc RooL y ad-
vising that he i, IL lrcscnt ,hga &
Ell in making a pIhIre and rvs Il
beard nearly foot loDgesss Th pic
ture should be Gnnplet@, Nyithiti
the next 10, DAYS yhe sayss \ nd lie
will then be in lPosition tsito ise
Brick 4 date for his iaDRearagse
here.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-18
PEACE MISSION
ASKS JOHNSON
TO ''STAND BY
Lands Given Power to
Use Money AS He
Sees Fit u
By EDWApD @. DERR,


CHICAGO, Dee. 1S.-The white
tousled head Of KepcsaW Mountain
Lands stitl wears the crown of
baseball's supreme Dictator and it
will take q bigger man, than Ban
johnson to jar it loose. % W..
This, in effect, was. ,tbe outcome
of the joint meeting of the National
and American leagGes hete.:
Lands, who has maintained abso-
Lutte silence since Johnson cut loose
with attacks on his handling of the
recent world sefissG was given d
unanimous vote of confidence by
the magnates of both nHjor leagues,
was granted new powers in his Of
flee and was assrrtd" by tic Amcri-
can league moGth' tint. (otiieir prcsi!
dent s Fmisc6nalitt @woihd cease or
his immediate removal from office
would follow" ~ "7t"''.- ''2'''
oday a coifm.fttcn'of American
league representatives, Viii an on
Ban and request that he" stand by''
and not resign. Bdt they WIN not
rehnt their demands that he must
NOHl lAIN at tIN llltS " IultTUul
business of the circuit, leaving Ian
dis Il free and lnmolcsted hand as
commissioner.
Some of the wise ones" say
that Johnon will not submit to the
rules set down by the club owners
and will resign rather than countcn-
ance his powers bound and his voice
gagged. It is to forestall his resig-
nation that Clark Griffith, Connie
Mack and Tom Shibe will call at
johnson S office on peace mission.
Routine business included grant
my Lands the power to spend the
commission 5 money as he sees fit,
giving players the right to particis
pate IN charity games on Armistice
Day and withdrawing of the amend.
ment which would give players 10
per cent of their purchase price
when the price exceeds $4,000.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-18
Claims Gigantic
Power Trust Has
U. S. by Throat

.WAsHINGToN, Dee. l8.- Evi-
dcncc' purportiug to show Il gigantic
electric power trust under the con
troll of the General Electric company
dominates every home. in the United
States, .wasaproducad in the senate
late yesterday in sensational
speech by Senator Norris, Nebraska.
Contcnding the Underwood bill
would -. throw the big $150,000,000
Muscle Shoals project into the
clutches. of this big monopoly . Nor
ris revealed lie had employed a
squad of private investigators to
ascertain the, interlocking directo-
rates of all the electric light com
panies.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-18
VERTICAL RACE
SCHEDULED FOR
'e COMING SUNDAY
Isy IuftcdPress Leased Wire

LONG BEACH, Dee. lS.-A verti-
cal race is, scheduled for next sun.
>ttay,at a local flying field.
Competing airmcn will mount TO
5000 feet, turn the noses of their
craft to the ground and scoot down.
The first ono to land will win a
silver cup.
it may be just a coincidence 'hat
The man who is donating the cup in
!. j. Motel, a local undertake..
In the second annul Tokay grape
contest at Lodi, San joaquin Coun,
~, Tindcll Brothers. won three sill
vcr cups
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-18
SEATTLE BOXER
DROPS DEAD IN
RING LAST NIGHT
BY. United Press Leased wir.

SEATTLE, Wash, > Dee. I8.-
While an unthinling crowd ieered,
Patsy Ciaccio, Seattle lightweight
boxer, slid to the canvas from q
blow to the jaw in ring at a local
thcater last night and died. He
was engaged in d bout with Young
Farley, II Fort Lawton boxer. Ear.
ley was not held by the authorities
A postmortcm was to be held this
morning by thc coroner to deter
mine the cause of death.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-18
TRIAL
WILL SOON CLOSE

Los ANGELES, Dec. lS.- De,
fcnsc in the trial of J. |. llcmmi,
ToIrcncc attorney, accused of ae-
ccptiug money stolen in the Ana
helm mail robbery of last December,
is expected to CLOSE its d6sc by to-
morrow.
Additional defense witnesses were
to be questioned today, supporting
Hcmmi S claim that when he took
the mohey from j. r, Alternately,
who. planned tile robbery, he bclicV-
ed il to have been obtained legally
in real estate dead.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-18
Salesman Wanted


y NANTED-First class salesman
Young man preferred between the
age of .25 and 80 years old who
is well acquainted and fayorably
known in the Imperial Valley, to
act as resident manager and sales
man and represent large whole
sale paper concern, handling com
plete line of printing papers as
well as a large and varied line of
wrapping papers, paper boxes
toilet papers, towels, roofing and
building papers, and in fact, every
thing kindred to the paper bust
ness. We have an opening for
such a man who can come to us
we'll recommended and prefer
one, who has had some experience
in this line in the past, Please
state age, experience for past 10
yeags, references, salary cXpecta-
tions, and all other useful infor'
nation in first letter. Unless
complete data is contained i'll first
letter we cannot give proper con
sideration to applications. Appll-
cations will be treated III conf.
denee. Address "Paper Jobber, y
care Imperial Valley Press, Box
100, FL Centre, California. l6tl
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-18
SUN MAID FIRM
HAS NEW POLICY
Nv United Press Leased Wire

FRESNO, Cal, Dee. 1S.-Adoption
of u sun maid policy, designed to
eliminate the uncertainties that are
exis' cnt i'm a cooperative marketing
membership, and setting fortN I'M.
mistakgbly the responsibilities of
the membership and the community
toward the cooperative was an
nomccd today by the board af Iii
rcctors of the Sun Maid Raisin
Growers, following meeting of
the advisory council.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-18
Colleges Put ON
Cross Word
Puzzles

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Dec. l3.
The intercollegiate cross word
puSalo contest has arrived. Yale
and Harvard will meot in New
York IN January on the Black
and White squared field for the
benefit of Bryan Mawr mdsic
foundation. Both universities viii
be representa- by alumni teams.
At the same time, Smith, Vel
lesley and Bryan Mawr viii
contest with prospects that an
intercollegiate match for the
puzzle championship of the east
will bo held later.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-18
Defense Begins
Fight to Save
Elsie SWeetin
By United Press Leased wire

MOUNT VERNON, H., Dee. Is.
1s.-Tlc defense today begins its
fight to free Elsie Sweetin and
Lawrence NJ. Hight. on trial for
numbering Wilford Sweetin. The
state rested just before couyt clos
ell Yesterday after final fdrama-
tie blow directed at Mrs. SweetiH
Columbus Swcetin, father of the
slain miner, took the stand and
testified that Mrs. Sweetin had told
him She kiilad her husband by Civ
ing him poison. The court ruled
the testimony was admissible.
The aged man spoke slowly and
with little emotion.
's @AF ai&iit, can't sec why | did
it. He must have had me doped.
the elder Swcetin testified Mrs.
Swcctin told him.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-18
THORPE WILL ACT
!. \ AS GAME REFEREE

NEW YORK, Dee. u. .- I'D
Thorpe, one Of the best known Off
cials in the east, has been asked to
act rs referee At the Notre Dame
stanford game. at Pasadena New
Years day. Thorpe probably will
accept. HIS brother, Tom Thorpe,
VIZ aactfa As 'iiapirc;ssat tbs Califor-
tiaSPepnsFlyapia game. Hc1is eoreis
al Now York University.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-18
Here and There
in Sport World
by United Press Leased Wire

| Los ANGELES, Dec. 1S.-- The
i two intersectiohal football games
which will be played in Southern
/ California during the holiday sea-
son will draw more than 100000
/ spectators, it appeared today.
! Reports from two days of ticket
selling for the University of South
ern California Missouri game at the
Coliseum, on Christmas day state
that 10000 pasteboards already
have been handed out in exchange
for cash. Those in charge of the
'sale believe 10000 persons will wit
rass the game.
1: From Pasadena come statements
that tickets for the Stanford Notrc
Dame battle on New Yehr 5 dav are
going out at the rate OF 5000 per
day. with the forecast that nearly
10000 will be jammad into the. Rose
bowl when the teams line up.
The Troians were working out at
Bovardi field today following Il two
day rest made necessary by =
sloppy playing surface. A few days
of stiff scrimmaging will be follow
cd by toning down process as the
day OF the game approaches. =.
Bill Bayme. left-handed pitcher
of the St. Louis Browns, will be
IN a Los Angeles uniform next sea-
son, according to word today from
Oscar Reichow, Angel business man
agcr, who has returned from attcn
dance at eastern baseball meetings.
The Southern California scholdstic
football season will close Saturday
when teams of Glendale and. Comp
ton high schools meet in champion
ship game at Washington Park.
The contest is the last in a long
series of elimination play.offs. r.
-. esrs r.
Football fcams of thu L. s. s.
Iainho and the L. S. S. Melville are
Scheduled TO meet again. at San
Diego on Jan. 4. unless official rul-
inP is made against the contest.
Following last Saturday s game
for the championship of the United
States battle fleet, won bv tlie 1aa..
no. 13 TO 8. the destroyer division
champs have urged another chdhce
at the undefcated battleship sqnad.
. Lieut.. Larue Lawbaugh, captain
of the Idaho team, agreed to the
contest pending official sanctions.
Princeton-The Tigers won their
second basketball game of the sea-
son, beating Muhlenberg lin. slow
game, 81 to 23. s.e
Annapolis-Craig starred for the
Navy five as the midshipmen won
their third straight contest, defeat
ing Loyola, y to II.
New York--In n fast contest il
Which passing of the winners featur-
edo Columbia s five beat New York
University - to 10.
J.. Hamilton, N Y.-Colgatc Just
noscd out the University Of Maine,
36 TO 80 in Il hard fought game.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-18
The Weather
by United Press Leased Wire

FOR LOS ANGELES AND VICI.
NITY-Fair, continued cold wealth
.cr tonight and Friday with heavy
frosts or freezing in some PAGES
tonight.
FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Fair tonight and Friday. Colder
pear roast tonight. Continued Geld
in tho interior, with freezing tenn
pcraturc Friday morning.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-18
WANT ADS

RATES:-The rate for Inserting
Prepaid Classified or Liner Adver-
tisements in the Imperial Valley
Press is l cent per word each inser-
tion. Minimum charge % cents.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-18

W1ANTED-Responsible main al
ready employed to represent the
Interstate Automobile Investiga-
tiQn Conference Investigating
stolen and embezzled automobiles
in your county, state full particu
lars, address above at 2529 South
Hill. ST., Los Angeles, Calf 1918
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-18

WANTED-Girl for general house
work. Family four. Mrs. Geo. W.
Anderson, 48l Len Rcyy Ave. FL
Ccntro. Phone 255J. 1878
A PERMANENT couple want > or
- > room furnished or unfinished
house, close in. Address 429 So.
Seventh St. City. 1853
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-18

POSITION WANTED-Experienced
bookkeeper and corporation ac-
countant, male, married, age 46.
References. Press Box 410. 15t6
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-18
Shipbuilders Are
Sued for Millions

SEATTLE. Wash, Dee. IS
Charging that the skinner and Ed
dy Corporation has submitted in
correct estimates for steel ship.
building and that these had been
paid during the crush of war wor-
rics and demands, suit was filed
by the United States in the district
court here to-day for 1886, 90 ,0S
against the local slipbuilding tam.
RS. Hor~ourt Clorlish"rg N"la
County, baled lat tons Of alfalfa
from five cuttings over II acres o.,
land.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-18
THE PRESS CL ASSlFIED SECTION
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

WANTED-Hav and milo, market
prices, all times. Nelson S. Ar
mold. 216 Dool Bldg. Phone 4O7,
Calexico. l7t6
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-18
Help Wanted

WA.NTED-Colored or white girl
for general house work. Room and
board, $50 per month. Phone 50SJ
sse. ..... ...... 17t3
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-18

YOUNG MAN, bookkecper, wanted.
Temporary work, knowledge of
accounting not as important as
accuracy. Personal application
with specimen of hand writing
desired. j. L. Peek Lumber Co.
1872
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-18
For Sale--POulfrU
For Sdie-LiUeStOck

: - - % - -~---~-~~ - ~
FOR SALti-Two > wear old mules
well broken, two > wear olls, look
en over ON S. b. highway, Kinks
Hatchery. lots
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-18

HEAVY WORK horses wanted, like
to exchange for heavy mules. D..
G. Ranch Co. 16tf
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-18

WANTED-Machinist or lathe
hand. Apply Imperial shop at the
Irrigation District. -16t3
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-18
BOWERS MATTRESS SHOP

; BOW ERS MATTRESS SHOP
a rfattrcss that has become hard
sand lumpy, should not be thrown
away. can make it like new
at Il small cost Or / will make
youta new mattress at a big saw
ing. Will sell YOU the ticking
and cotton at wholesale and add
only my labor. This offer through
the holidays only. Work called
for and delivered same day. 533
Broadway, Phone 324R, Ell
Ceutro. 1873
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-18
For Sale-WiscelldneOus
FOR SALE
ELECTRIC MOTORS

Rebuilt by us and guaranteed the
same as new. 115 H. p. 700 r.
p. M 60 cycle 2200 Volt General
Electric. I'
LIS II. P. 900 r. p. NJ. GO cycle,
40 Volt, Westinghouse.
i 80 II. z. 900 r. p. NJ. 60 cycle,
40 Volt; Allis Chambers.
These motors are complete with
compensators, pully and base.
Also have smaller sizes. Standard
f., Electric Works. San Bernardino.
Calf. los i st. Phone 1891 17t26
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-18

BARRED ROCK CHICKS. 16c. El
Centre Hatchery. Euclid & I'M
perial Ave. 1873
20 ACRES corn stalks for pasture.
Phone 612W. Wire Bros Service
Station. 1878
FOR -SALE-10 extra good Young
= gentle horses and mules. Richter.
y mile, south of Eucalvptus
school. 1876
FOR SALE OR LEASE-45 acres
light soil. Well leveled, fine
house, shade, fenced, 8 acres Al
alfalfa, balance bermuda. $4,000
or $50 per acre on year lease.
> miles east and Il mile north of
Jasper School. VIM. d. Johnston.
Rte b, Holtville. lStf
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-18

Bill Bayne. left-handed pitcher
of the St. Louis Browns, will be
I'M a Los Angeles uniform next sea-
son, according to word today from
Oscar Reichow, Angel business man
agcr, who has returned from attcn-
dance at eastern baseball meetings.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-18
For ReHt-Ro0n7S and
Apartments

FOR RENT-Nice room. 663 Brigh-
ton. 17t4
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-18

The Southern California schoIdstic
football season will close Saturday
when teams of Glendale and. Comp
ton high schools meet in a champion
ship game at Washington Park. 3!
The contest is the last in long
series of elimination play-offs. Il -
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-02-14

spent for safety appliances. An addi-
tional 81 ,00G, GEO will be spent this year
to extend automatic block signaling, for
automatic train control and for other
safety devices.
"The safety showing of the Great
Northern at the end of the six year per-
iod is a splendid tribute to the army of
employees, particularly those engaged in
the handling of trains, and emphasizes
the exceptional efforts being made by
the company to keep passengers in less
danger Of injury actually than they are
on the streets of the average city," said
Superintendent LaFontaine.
During the last six years, Great North
ern trains carried 47,022,858 passengers
an average of 85 miles each without a
single fatality. This is an aggregate
passenger movement of 4,0l2,023,277
miles.
Safety appliances maintained by the
Great Northern at cost of $1,000, 900 a
year exclusive Of new equipment, in
cludes approximately 1000 miles of aut-
omatic block signals, interlockin9 plants,
crossing bells and wig-wags, Illuminated
crossing signals and related equipment
which cost the company $780, 900. In
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-02-14
New Wells Soon TO
Start i'm Kelvin Field

ing company have filed a certifi-
ed copy Of their articles of in
corporation at the county seat in
Shelby. This company was incor-
/ porated in Wyoming with its
principal place of business in
Glenrock. and with the following
directors: J. Higgins, E. c. Bias
dell, Stuart Anderson, D. j.
Smith, Floyd Jones and Leonard
Smith, all Of Glenrock. The COM
pany is capitalized at 100000,
a statement Of the corporation
filed shows them to have $4,000
invested in Montana. The Wyo-
ming Producing & Refining COM
pany has two wells in the Kevin
field on 40-acre tract in section
25-35-2w, and expects to drill out
the acreage this coming season.
The Rochester & Anoka com
pany filed a copy of their articles
of incorporation with the county
clerk Of Toole county, recently.
The company is capitalized at
100000 and has an investment
in the state, according to their
annual statement, of $500
Arthur T. Caine of Anoka is
president, Geo. E. Brown of Ro-
chester, Mimi, is vice president,
and I. w. Shuster of Rochester,
Mimi, is secretary-treasurer.
Five directors of the company
include the above men and J. II.
Adams. An appointment Of w.
B. Rhoades of Great Falls as
resident agent for the corpora
ton has also been filed. This
has two good producers
IN the 81 sw 25-35-2 w.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-02-14

St. Paul, Feb. NEARLY fifty million
passengers were carried on Great North
ern railway trains more than four billion
miles during the last six years without a
single one being killed, it was disclosed
here today in the annual report of c.. l..
LaFontaine, general safety superintend-
ent.
The unique record, attributed to the
intensive safety work conducted by the
Great. Northern, finds no duplicate in the
reports OF any other Northwest railroad.
Off1clals of the transcontinental system
commenced the care given by employees
to assure maximum safety in the opera
ton OF passenger trains as one of the
major factors making possible this rec
ord.
Millions of dollars are spent every
year IN keeping locomotives and cars.
rails and road-bed in safety appliances
In first class working order to permit
the rapid movement of trains with a
maximum of safety to passengers, exec
utlVes also emphasized. Indicative of
the large investment made to protect
passengers and employees is the annual
report OF Z. A. Dunham, signal engineer,
whicn shows approximately 81, ,0OO,O 900
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-02-14

| Announcement has been mad,
] by j. Z. Creel, president of the
| Carlysle Oil Development com
pany, that q well will be started
on the NV ne of section 18-34-1w
as soon as the weather permits
A S0-acre tract recently leased
from parties in Clinton, Ia, and
which covers the VIZ ne4 of the
same section, and by its terms
makes necessary the drilling of
we'll to be commenced in the
near future. This 50 lies north
east of the California-Morton No.
l.. producer and is looked upon as
good territory, being well locat-
ed on the structure and in line
for production.
An agreement and declaration
on trust of the Phoenix Leasing
company of Maricopa county,
Arizona, was filed Of record re-
Gently in the office Of the county
clerk an d recorder of Toole
county, which is entered into be-
tween IL benefciaries 0 f the
trust and appoints three trustees
to administer h e same, the
trustees being w. L. Barnum,
w. r. Jones and H. r. Larson,
all of Arizona. The property of
the trust consists of a lease on
the north half Of section 1-34-2w
which the trustees are authoriz-
ed to suitcase. The value of the
property is placed at S48,000
Following the recording of this
declaration, the lease was assign
ed by the trustees named, to-
gether with other parties who |
had an interst in the transaction,
to j. V. Mcclure, on a contract |
which calls for the drilling of a
well to be commenced shortly
and drilled to completion without |
delay. This land lies just south
of section 36-35-2 w, where the
Adams Land company has two
good producers located on the
north end of the section.
Wyomont Producing & Rein