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Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-21
NOTICE INVITING SEALED
PROPOSALS FOR STREET
WORK OR IMPROVE
MENT

Pursuant to statute and to resolu-
tion of the Board of Trustees of
the City of FL Centre directing this
notice, the undersigned, City Clerk
of said City of Ell Centre, invites
and will receive at his office in the
City Hall of said City up to the
hour of 7:30 O'Clock p. M on the
End day of April, 1924, sealed pro
posals or bids for the hereinafter
mentioned street work or improve
ment to be done in accordance with
the following specifications for said
work on file in the office of said
City Clerk, and this day posted near
the council chamber door of said
Board of Trustees, namely, speci-
fications numbered 81 for the con
struction of cement curbs and spcci-
fications numbered 10 for the con
struction of cement sidewalks, to-
wit: -.
SECTION 7. The street work or
Improvement on that certain por-
tion of Broadway (Strcet) and of
Commercial Avenue described in
Resolution of Intention numbered
272 passed and adopted by said
Board of Trustees on the Goth day
of February, 1924, which resolution
of intention is hereby referred to
for description of said work or
! improvement.
SECTION II. That the said con.
tomplatcd work or improvement, in
the opinion of said Board of Trus-
tees of said City, is of more than
local or ordinary public benefit and
in and by said Resolution of lntcn-
tion said work or Improvement was
declared to be of more than local
or ordinary public benefit and
said Board of Trustees in said Res
olution made the expense of said
work or Improvement chargeable
upon u district declared in said
Resolution to he the district bene-
fitted by said work or improvement
and to be assessed &c pay the cost
and expense thereof, which district
is described in said Resolution of
Intention in general terms and is
shown by a plat on file in the office
of the City Engineer of said City,
approved by said Board of Trustees
which said plat indicates by a
boundary line shown thereon the
extent of the territory to be in
cluded in said assessment district
and which plat governs for all de.
tails as to the extent of said essess.
mcnt district and to which Resolu-
tion Of Intention and Plat refer
cncc is hereby made for complete
description Of said assessment dis
trict.
SECTION III. The City Engineer
is directed to make Il diagram of
the property affected or benefited
by the proposed work or improve
ment and to be assessed to pay the
expenses thereof. Such diagram
shall show each separate lot, piece
or parcel Of land. the area in square
feet of each Of said lots, pieces or
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-21
WELL KNOWN COTTON GROWER
TELLS WHY'S AND WHEREFORES
OF GROWING CROPS At PROFITS

the nature Of the night temperatures
apparently.
Plant Quarsntined Maintained
of night temperatures 90 to 73
degrees f. or about that cool then
shedding is retarded Following
the hot midsummer shedding per-
iod there is always a set of cotton
in the tops of the plants, the So
called tree-crop. This is always as
sured by the lowered Temperatures
in the late growing season and by
the absence of She boll-weevil, pink
boil worm and other insects which
are seriously destructive 10 the
cotton crop, in much of the cot
ton growing territory of the world.
a most stringent plart quarantine
against the introduction of these
destructive insects is maintained by
the state of California and by the
Mexican territory adjoining. Pick
ing begins by the middle of Sep
tember and continues until about
the middle of January.
''Facilities for handling the
crop after it has been picked, (gin-
ming, storage, selling) are adequate
for a crop of $4,000 bales or more
in this territory. There are numer-
Gus very strong cotton buying firms
which maintain offices in the valley
and with the sales agencies which
displant the cotton and offer it
for sale for the growers, we are
provided with IS nearly "A perfect
system as yet devised for securing
full value for our product.
"The main objective to work
toward in growing cotton in the I'm
perial Valley is the production of
a bale per acre. Such bumper pro
duction can be secured by maintain
iag the soils in proper condition Of
fertility through the methods out
lined above. There is sufficient
sunshine here for this hot country
crop; 3here is plenty of water
available at al times; we have ex-
cellept marketing facilities; but
since the cost of growing cotton
here is in excess of cash costs in
non-irrigatcd cotton countries we
must. through iutclligent farming
methods, maintain production IT
high average i'll order 10 insure
profit. -
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-21
WHAT IS DOING
In RADI0LAND


Fridays five best radio features.
WY, New York, 405 meters (A)
$50 p. m. (E. S. T.)-Concert by
the New York trio. OBJ 10 p. m.
(E. S. T.)-Round by round deserip-
tion of fhe Joe LynchAbe Gold
stein bout for the bantamweight
championship from Madison Square
Garden.
WCAP, Washington, 469 meters
$50 p. NJ {E. S. T.)-Concert by
the United States Army band.
VINO, Memphis, 500 meters, $50
r. m. &C. s. T.)-Organ recital from
Scottis rite cathedral
KYW, Chicago, $50 meters, 10 P.
m. TO 2 a. m. &C. S. T)-Midnight
revue. Program announced via
radiophone.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-21
RESOLUTION NO. 27s

A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD
or TRUSTEES OF THE CITY
OF Ell CENTRO ESTAB1ISH-
ING IRE VOTING PRECINCT
AND POLLING PLACE AND
APPOINTING ELECTION OF.
FICERS FOR THE MUNICIPAL
ELECTION TO BE HELD IN
SAID CITY ON THE 14th DAY
OF APRIL, 1924.
Whereas, it is provided by law
that a general municipal election
shall be held in the city of FL Cen.
tro on Monday, the 14th day of
April, 1924, and that the Board o
Trustees of said City shall establish
the voting precinct Cor precincts)
and the polling place Cor places
and appoint election officers for
such election;
Now, therefore, be ii resolved
that for the purpose of said general
municipal election (and any special
election which may be held in con.
ncction Herewith for the purpose
of submitting to the electors of said
City proposition for the issuance
of bonds for municipal improve
monts> tho whole of said City of
FL Centre shall constitute one vot-
ing precinct, the same being a con.
solidation of all the regular election
precincts Of said City established
for state or county elections, the
boundary lines Of which are extcr-
ior boundary lines of said city;
That the polling place shall be
the City Hall of said City of Il
Centre located on the west side of
Sixth Street between Main Street
and State Street in said City, the
entrance thereto being numbered
l42;
That the following named per,
sons, residents and registered elcc.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-21
NOTICE OF CONTEST
Department of the Interior
United States Land Office,

Departmenb or the interior
United States Land Office,
El Centre, California
To William H. Poole Of Brawley,
California, Contestee:
You are hereby notified that. Har.
ry w. Horton, who gives Ell Centre,
California, as his post-off,ice ad-
dress, did on Jan. %, 1924, file in
this office his duly corroborated ap-
plication to contest and secure the
cancellation of your Homestead En-.
try No. ............-:.., Serial No. 05315
made July 18, 1921, for North West
IN. W. Quarter, Section 90, Town
ship IL s., Range IL, East, S. b.,
Meridian, and as grounds for his
contest he alleges that said William
II. Poole has not at any time since
the filing Of said homestead appli-
cation established a residence or at
all resided upon said land, or any
part thereof, and that said William
II. Poole does not now have a resi-
ience upon or reside on said land,
or any part thereof. That said Will
liam II. Poole has not at any time or
at all done any work or made any
improvements upon said land, or
any part thereof, and that said land
now is identical as to its condition
as it was at the time of the filing
of said homestead entry application
by said William II! Poole, aud that
said application and entry of the
said William II. Poole has been
| wholly abandoned. That the failure
of and neglect of said William H.
Poole to establish residence upon
said property or to improve the
same or do any work upon said
property has not been caused is
any manner or at all by any ser
vice or enlistment of the said Viii
liam H.. Poole either in the army
or navy of the United States in the
late world war or in border trouble
between the United States and Mex.
leo.
That said failnrc and neglect has
not been oceasioncd in any man.
her, way or means because of any
service of said William H. Poole
either in the army or navy at any
time or any place or at all.
You are, therefore, further mott,
fled that the said allegations will
be taken as confessed, and your said
! entry will be cancelled without fur
ther right to be heard, either before
this office or on appeal, if you fail
! to file in this office within twenty
days after the FOURTH publication
of ta:6 notice, as shown below, your
answer, under oath, specifically res
pondihg to these allegations of con.
test, ,oeether with due proof that
! you nave served copy of your ans.
wer on the said contestant either in
person or by regist cred mail.
lon should state in your answer
the name of the post office to which
you desire future notices to be
sent to you.
| :, JOHN W. SCOTT, Register.
Mar 7 ii 2l 2S
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-21
GALE SWEEPS
L. A. HARBOR

SAN PEDRO, Mar. 2l.-Two YES
sells collided and ether shipping II
the harbor here was threatened for
time yesterday and last night
when 35 mile gale swept the port.
The barkentine Makaweli, an
chored in the outer harbor, was
blown loose from its mooring and
rammed the L. S. Supply Ship Are
tie. The Makaweli was badly dam
aged.
Inspector c. F. Fliekinger of the
Immigration department was injured
when the storm threw him from the
ssJacob's Ladder of the steamer
steamer Ethan Allen to the deck OF
Il government launch below.
Press Vans AIS are Wonder
Workers.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-21
McAd0O Wins Tn
Native State In
2 to | Victory
BY United Press Leased Wire

ATLANTA, Ga, Mar. 21.-Wil
liam G. McAdoo, "native SON." won
= to | victory over Senator Oscar
Underwood Of Alabama in Wedncs-
day y's presidential Democratic pri-
mary in Georgia, practically com
plate returns today showed.
With returns almost complete,
McAdoo had 93,G4G popular votes to
49."17 for Underwood.
McAdoo won 322 county units ia
81 for Underwood. The county units
control the state convention which
dominates delegates TO the national
party convention.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-21
EAGLES FIGHT TO
DEATH, SHUT OFF
ALL CITY POWER

PENDLETON, Ore, Mar. 21.--
The story Of the fight to death Of
two monstroas male eagles was
mutely told last night when the
power for tho entire city was shut
Of.
Linomcn found the two huge birds
t.ngied in the high tension lines
near Umatilla, indicating a great
aerial ecwbot had beeu quickly
ended by a short circuia
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-21
Jury Verdict Of
Suicide is Given,
Took Last Drink

FULLERTON, Mar. a1.-Word
from relatives in Oklahoma was
awaited today before completing
plans for the funeral of Mrs. 7. a.
Skies, so, of Placentia, who died
early yesterday morning. A cor.
oner's jury returned yerdit or
"death by lysol poisoning; sui
eide
Mrs. Skies drank the poison fol-
Lowing a dance which she attended
with two men. Deputy sherriffs
said the party was intoxicated and
had TO be ordered from the floor.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-21
Biggest Oil Well
In Six Months Is
Struck Near LA
by. Uaited Press Leased wire

COMPTON, Mar. 81. = With "a
daily flow OF more than 5000 bar
res, the largest oil well to be struc},
iu the Los, Angeles petroleum dis
trict within six months was spouting
i; liquid wealth in the Domingue2
field, near here, today.
The well was brought in by the
Union Oil Company. 1t is located
two miles southwest of Compton,
and was completed in four months
with depth of 1921 feet. :.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-21

Every week seems be investl-
CATION week in Washington now.
Nearly every year the grounding
is called liar, but he always stages
q come back.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-21

BERKELEY, Calf University
Officials agree, ,he bruins will meet
the University of Pennsylvania
football team here January l, 1925.
Arrangements for the game have
practically been completed, it was
learned today.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-21

tors Of said City, be, and they are,
hereby appointed election officers,
to-wit, inspector, judge, and clerks
of said election, namely, as inspec-
tor, M. w. Washburn; as Judge,
Mrs. Jessie p. Helms; as clerks,
Edwina b. Nielsen and d. l.. Zinn;
and their compensation shall be Ten
Dollars $4,000 each for all SER
, vices as such election officers.
+ The said several persons have
been found, and they are hereby, de-
clared to be, qualified for such res
pective positions as required bv law
and shall constitute the election
board for said election; said cleo
tion board and said officers shall
conduct, and they are hereby di
rected to conduct, said election as
provided by law and to canvass the
votes given and east at said elec-
tion, and to make and deliver re-
turns thereof to the City Clerk c
said City.
Passed and adopted this 18th day
of March, 1924.
WILL S. FAWCETT,
President of the Board of Trustees
of the City of Ell Centric, Califor-
mia.
Attest:--
J. s. LOOFBOUROW, City Clerk.
(SEAL)
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-21

Leading a double life may get you
through just twice as quick.
They say Melons plan abolishes
nuisance taxes. This can't be true.
All taxes are nuisances.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-21
NOTICE TO BIDDERs

Notice Is Hereby Given by h.s
| Board of Supervisors of the County
of Imperial, that bids are hereby
called for to and until the 2lst dav
Cf March, 1924, at the hour of 2:30
clock, p. m. and that at said time
at the office of the Board of Sup.
| ervisors in the County Court House
; in FL Centre, California, bids will
be then and there open for the con
struction of IAN additional story
upon,thc County Jail4at El, Centre,
California, in accordance with the
plans and specifications therefor
now on file in the office Of the
County Clerk s office of Imperial
County, at the Court House at El
Centro, California.
That certified check or bidders
bond in the amount of ten per cent
of the bid must accompany each
bid conditioned that if the contract
shall be awarded to such bidder as
the successful bidder that he will
duly execute contract for the per-
formance of said work and the fur
nishing of such labor and materials,
and execute good and sufficient
contractors bond for the faithful
performance of said contract and
the payment of all labor and mater
ials furnished.
J.. ROY ADAMS, Chairman.
C. G. ~MOUSSEAU, Clerk.
Daily Feb 10 Mar 81.
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Notice Is Hereby Given, by the
Board of Supervisors of the County
of Imperial, that bids are hereby
called for to and until the 21st day
of March, 1924, at the hour of 2:30
o. clock, p. m. and that at said time
at the office Of the Board of Sup
ervisors, in the County Court House
in FL Centre, California, bids will
be then and there opened for the
installation of plumbing in the ad-
ditional story to be built on the
County Jail in FL Centre, Califor-
MIA, in accordance with the plans
and specifications therefor now OF
file in the office of the COUNTY
Clerks office of Imperial County
at the Court House at Ell Centre,
California.
That certified check or biddens
bond in the amount of ten per cent
of the bid must accompany each bid
conditioned that if the contract
shall be awarded to such bidder as
the successful! bidder, that he will
duly execute contract for the per-
formance Of said work and the fur
nishing of such labor and materials,
and execute n good and sufficient
contractors bond for the faithful
performance of said contract and
the payment of all labor and mater
ials furnished.
q j., ROY ADAMS, Chairman
G. G. tMOUSSEAU,. Clerk.
Daily Feb ~ Mar II.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-21
State Of California,
County of Imperial.

county or imperial,
City Of Ell Centre, IS:
l, j. S. Lootbourow, City Clerk Of
the City of Ell Centre, California,
do hereby certify that the forego-
ing Resolution numbered 275, was
passed and adopted by the Board
of Trustees of the City of Ell Cen
tro at an adjourned regular meet
ing of said Board held on the 18th
day of March, 1924, by the follow
ing vote, to-wit:
Ayes: Travers, Lavayea, Ander-
son, Pitzer, Fawcett.
Noes: None.
Absent: None.
Witness my hand and the seal of
said City this 18th day of March,
1924. ar,- Il.
j. S. LOOFBOUROW,
City Clerk of the City of Ell Centre,
California.
| (SEAL) 20t3
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-21

Spots 20.13; market steady.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-21

Press Wan. Ads are Wonder
Workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-11
ITALIAN COMRADES
PLEDGE SELVES TO
EXCEED THEIR QUOTA

The campaign to insure the
DAILY WORKER for 1925 is receiv-
ing material assistance from the
Italian Federation. italian branches
have already sent money direct to
the DAILY WORKER office, L. Can
della, assistant secretary Of the Ital-
ian Federation declares, 1.-THE ItaI-
ian Federation will exceed the quota
of 1888 set for it by the DAILY
WORKER" Candida said.
a am confident that the Italian
branches will not only reach the
quota, but will far exceed il. The
total quota set is fifty thouand dol
lars as an absolute minimum. We
are having our struggles with
~ Lavoratore', our italian commun-
ist daily, and we know what it
means to issue a Communist daily
newspaper. We are advertising the
DAILY WORKER campaign in
III Lavoratore' and we call on all
comrades in the Italian Federation
to aid the campaign by putting the
quota Of the Italian Federation over
the top"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-11
OF LIVING
ES ANOTHER
'WARD FLIGHT
the Workers Wages
Remain Stationary

ASHINGTON, Dec. 1O.-Retail
1 prices took an upward trend in
leading cities of the country during
5vember, ranging from less than five
nths, to one per cent in Detroit, to
hree per cent in Rochester, N. Y, the
department of labor announced today.
An increase OF two per cent was re-
ported by Louisville, New Haven, New
York. Portland, Maine and Washing
ton, while Baltimore, Boston and Co
lumbus, Dallas, Fall River, Manches-
ter. Milwaukee, Omaha, st. Paul and
Springfield, ILL.,, reported an increase
Of one per cent.
AS compared with the average cost
in 1913, the retail cost of food on Nov.
15, 1924, was SO per cent higher in
Richmond and Washington, 81 per
cent in Baltimore; Sc per cent in New
York; 81 per cent in Boston and De
troit; 80 per cent in Charleston, S. c.,
and New Haven; 81 por cent in Fall
River and Milwaukee; so per cent in
Dallas; 49 per cent in Manchester; and
and IS per cent in Louisville and
Omaha.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-11
MUSIC.
BY ALFRED v. FRANKENeTEIN

CYLVIA LENT, who Is one Of the
- youngest violinists who ever play
ed solo with the Chicago Symphony
orchestra, was soloist with that organ
ization on its eighth program Of this
season. She played the 6rst concerto
Of Max Bruch. Now the Bruch concer-
tt, to say the least, are a bit over
worked hereabouts. and it takes an
excellent yiolinist to put them over SO
they do not sound bromide. This Syl-
via Lent did. Her tone is remarkably
large, fine in quality, and her technic,
and style are sure and firm. Hers was
a new and charming Interpretation Of
the slow movement, with its idyllic,
singing melody.
"A Night on the Bare Mountain" a
symphonic poem by Modest Musorg-
ski, opened the concert. Musorgski
tells the story in this work Of dance
of the demon Chernobog and his fol-
lowers on the Bald mountain, near
Kiev. A church bell rings, and the
devils are dispersed. prefer to think
VI INC NOAA apart 4AO4u ILLS COmuOQ-
place program. 1t is probably the
grandest storm in music. For Musorg.
ski, like Wagner, knew that to picture
a storm in tone one does not need to
pile up all the noise modern or
chestra affords, but one must rather
write themes that in themselves have
a restless, stormy character.
The ninth or unfinished symphony
of Anton Bruckner, Mr.. Stocks favor
lite composer, followed the Musorgski
Even without the finale, the symphony
is quite long, and tensely dramatic and
affecting. Bruckner is unfortunately
an unheard composer in Chicago, and
Stock ought to give us more of him.
AS memorial for Gabriel Faure,
who died few weeks ago, suite by
him taken from his incidental music
to Maeterlincks "Pelleas and Melisan-
de- was performed. 1t is nice, un-
important salon music. 1t makes one
neither enthusiastic in its praise or
condemnation. Debussy said all there
was to be said in the way of setting
for "Pelleas and Melisande," and be-
side his creation, the work of the ear
lier composer is insignificant.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-11
The Defeatist Thesis Of the C. E. C. Majority!

| which they now would place the blame
on the shoulders Of the minority, who
have all along held to the true Boil
sheyik position, but also to the con
slant criticism of the Communist In
ternational against the swinging to
the right are we indebted, and this
constant criticism has been against
this present majority, the Foster-Can-
non group. Let those who have sinned
bear the result Of their SHINING and
not try to shift the sin onto the
shoulders of some innocent group.
Ready enough they were to follow
the LaFollette. Illusion over the
brink and into the precipice, and they
now rush to the other extreme and
say: "a general agitation campaign
by the Workers Party under the
slogan of For Mass Farmer-Labor
Party!' would not be profitable. The
policy of applying the united front
tactic by attempting to form a mass
farmer-labor party of which the Work
ers Party would be a part, is not
adaptable at the present period"
Let me ask the Foster-C Cannon ma
jority group at this juncture: Did the
election which we have Just passed
thru remove the necessity for a mass
farmer-labor party? You say it did.
Why do you say this? Has this cleo
ton given the landless farmers back
their land? Has the pressure Of CAPT
talism been removed from the should
ers of the proletariat in the mills and
mines? Is the robbery Of these work
srs any less today than it was before
the votes were cast? Is it not fact
that these workers have a common in
terest in throwing from their should
ers this common enemy, capitalism
Can they do this better in separate
groups than in mass action of farm
ers and workers led by the Workers
Party? You know they cannot.
Again you leave no doubt about
your lack of grasp of the question con-
fronting the workers and the Workers
Party when. you say a little farther
on in the theses: Our chief task of the
immediate future is not the building
of such farmer-labor party but the
strengthening and developing Of the
Workers Party. ". !" How pray are
you going to build this Workers
Party? Have you some magic formula
which will enable you to get this ma
terial out Of the non-existant?
Now is not the time for you to wrap
your bedraggled cloak of improving
political puritanism and virgfhity
which you have soiIed, about your
shoulders and attempt to hold aloof
from this great mass of workers and
farmers from whom the strength of
the Communist movement has come.
and from which it must come.
The mass farmer-labor party is the
slogan which must be used 10 rally
them to the Communist movement.
1t is from the mass that the revolution
will come. Cheer up the worst is yet
to come. 1t is not as black as it looks.