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Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-02
EVERY one TOLD
/ TO LEARN HOW
TO SEND ALARM
Part Of Fire Prevention
Campaign, Pupils
Ought to Know

| "It's up to the citizens to make q
,..oy,,ccess Of Fire Prevention ana
FleansUp Week. said Fire Mar
shall Charles Ferguson when asked
as to the plans under way for the
great cleanup period. GONE of the
things that should be taken up at
Srhis period is instructions in regard
to the fire alarm system. Many peo-
pie do not know how to use it, and
| it gives the department unnecessary
trouble in many cases when an alarm
is .rung in. Every man, woman and
child should know how to turn in
an alarm, and ] would suggest that
lessons be given the children Of
school age on the way fire alarm
should be used.
"First of all every resident
should be conversant with the lOca-
tion of the nearest fire alarm box.
I'VE have Il very adequate system,
Aanaaevery point in the -city is pro.
vided for, two blocks at the most
+ being +fhe distance necessary to
travel to reach an alarm. There
ire men on duty at the fire house
all the time, ready, anxious to edu-
cate anybody desiring information
as to the course to be followed in
case Of fire.
"The advantage of using fire
alarm box over a telephone call is
that you get the exact location to
proceed to, whereas in telephoning
it has to pass through three hands
and mistakes are apt to occur.
"If people will pull the box
nearest the fire we can go wrong.
It is very necessary for the one
pulling the alarm to stay at the box
till the department gets there and
SO direct the fire fighters to the To-
cation of the fire. q. ...ta
. Chief Ferguson also laid down
some simple rules to guide the 10.
cal householder in his efforts next
week to cooperate in cleaning up
his premises. The fire department
will be in charge of the campaign
and will supervise the hauling away
of all rubbish after it is collected.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-02
CITY COUNCIL IS
URGED TO HIRE
CLEANUP" MAN
Much Discussion Given
Ways of Keeping
City Clean

After some discussion of the best
and most satisfactory way to pro-
ceel with tho work of the new water
system, the city council last night
decided that bids for the different
units OF the work be secured, so that
an opportunity would be given to
all branches CT the business, whether
large or small, to participate in the
work.
I.arew and Anderson both favor
ed bids being secured for the fuy-
nishing Of labor and material for
the different units of the water
system, 1t being left to the direction
of the consulting engineer as to the
best manner in which the division
can be carried ont.
Joe F. King. district manager of
the Southern Sierras Power com
pany, waited on the council with re-
ference to promise made to pro-
cced with the rehabilitation of the
street lighting system to thg extent
of $4,000. 80
The company promised, said
manager, - NJ tHc llISt tol tHt SSti
that we would spend that sum to
wards the rehabilitation of the ligh'
ing system, but the acute waite
power trouble has made it nee essar.
10 divert al money to the purchas
of fuel oil and steam power fror
other companies, such as the Sa
\ Diego and Edison companies. Th
extraordinary situation, as you wei
know, has made it necessary to sgen,
over 100000 to make up the de
ficichcy in water power, and there
FORE, we will not be able to- keel
our pru mise.' .s5..tl 81 ne. 81
The nlaYor expressed sympathy
with the company, and Mr.. King
assured the council that the power
company would do it's best to af-
ford any help along the line prom
Used, and that, the work would be
done as soon as the power company
was able to deal with it.
Ferguson Urges a Man
Fire Chief Charles Ferguson pre-
sented q few remarks anent the ap.
proach Of fire prevention week, Oct,
CONTINUED on page 3
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-02
ANOTHER WELL /
!. KNOWN PIONEER
PASSES AWAY

Death claimed >another of the
pioneers of Imperial Valley when
j. G. Hamilton of Ell Centre. died
late yesterday after an illness of
several weeks. Mr.. Hamilton, who
was IS years of age, gained the
respect and love of his neighbors
and friends during his II years So
journ in Imperial Valley by his
splendid character and friendliness.
He was taken ill at Banning where
he was spending the summer months
with his wife.
Mr.. Hamilton was born Novem-
Der %, 1s49. in Huntington, Tennes.
see, and upon coming of age coined
the Masonic order in which he be-
came prominent belonging to the
Royal Arch, Knights Templar and
the Shrine. Mr.. Hamilton was
also one of the charter members
of the I'll eentro First Baptist
Church. His wife and three sons,
William p, Walter o., and Joseph
W., survive him. His daughter-in-
law, Mrs. William p. Hamilton,
died in February after lingering
illness. The immediate family was
at the bedside when death came.
During Mr.. Hamilton s long stay
in Ell Centre he amassed consider
able property, including several
houses in this city.
Funeral services will be held at
the First Baptist Church at 2:3O
tomorrow afternoon with 'the pas
tor, Rev. C. f. Flanagan, in charge.
Following the church service, the
FL Centre Masons will take charge
and conduct the services at Ever
green Cemetery, in which. interment
will be made. ~
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-02
CHARGES AGAINST CAFETERIA
OWNER MAY BE DISMISSED

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 22.-l'rob'
ability of complete exoneratiQn of
Arthur j. Nicholson, wealthy Long
Beach cafeteria owner accused OF
immoral conduct wiz. Mrs. Florette
Duval. artist 5 model, was admit
ted today by Deputy District At.
tornev Fred Shelley, who directed
the grand jury examination.
Nicholson was also accused or
attempting to bribe arresting Off
GERS. but. according to Shelley, dis
missal of all charges in the ease
mas be expected.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-02
FRANCE PLANS
WAY T0PAY OFF
DEBTS TO u. S.
NY United Press Leased wl,c

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.--,Franee
plans soon to refund her debt to the
United States and take advantage
of ar 8 to l2 year moratorium which
has been offered informally by Of
fetal American representatives, tho
united Press learned today.
Both the Herfiot ministry aud the
Poinearc opposition group IN Franee
are understood TO favor such action
as q next step following the agree
ment on the Geneva protocol for
arbitration ana security and success
tu! operation Of the Dawes plan
American representatives. have ~
surcd members of the French eabinet
that this government does not w1&e
10 embsrrass France by dema1din1
payment M time when freNfe
needs money and have fhereforv
gestcd that refunding agfsf. ~.
with n moratorium provlsioH
wny out CO the difficulty
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-02
FASSIO FOUND
GUILTY AFTER
MANY HOURS

The grand jury had the ease of
G. Fassio, charged with rape. put
in their hands by Judge Franklin
j. Cole Yesterday at ll.30 a. m, and
at $50 last night they asked for
further Instructions, one point on
Which they sought enlightenment
being whether q reduced charge
could be brought in by them. The
Judge so directed and at 10 ?. m,
they rendered a verdict of simple
assault, with the recommendation
that the full penalty as provided by
haw,, in such, gases be given the
'f.fadge Cole ordered the accused
to be present at the superior eours
at $50 a. m. Friday morning,
when sentence will be pronounced.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-02
SHOOTS WIFE ON STREET
r,, AND THEN ESCAPES
ny United Press Leased Wire

!, OAKLAND, Oct, 2.--Tony Gam.
lbino met his wife from whom he
WAS seeking a divorces on the street
here 0last night, fired three shots
into her body and escaped.
Mrs. Gambino died instantly Her
husband is still at large.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-02
LA TOILETTE WILL NJ
START TOUR OCT. 6

\ WASHINGTON aoetA 2,-senato1
Robert M Lin Toilette, Indepcnaeit
Candidate will opeA9 his nationwide
speaking touf Monday night Octo.
her 6, at an eastern city as yet un.
announced. 'A
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-02
AZ NATIONS IN
AGREEMENT ON
LEAGUE RULING
By United Pres. Leased Wire

GENEVA, Oct. 2.-The assembly
OF the league of nations with AZ
nations voting, unanimously adopted
the disarmament protocol today.
Spokesman for all the leading
powers have pledged support of the
project when it comes up for ratifi-
cation by governments and parlia-
ments. Many hailed the protocol as
bringing an end to war. aei lo
BY adopting the protocol, the asr
semhly. summoned a reduction + of
aimaments1 conference to meet at
Geneva next June. The United
States will be invited to send re-
presentatives.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-02
COTTON CLIMBS
ON TOWARD TOP

Cotton prices jumped up another
rung on the ladder to the high price
of $500 reached last season, at the
close of busines at both the New
Orleans and New York markets to-
lay. New Orleans spots jumped ~
points from 24.95 yesterday to 25.73
today. New York spots changed
from $3.50 yesterday to 26.9o to-
day. Tone is given as very steady.
Market quotations follow: .-.,
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-02
TO APPEAR TODAY
ON FRAUD CHARGE
BY United Press Leased Wire

By united PresS Leaseu wire
III Los ANGELES, Oct. 2.-Josiah
Kirby, former head of the Cleveland
Discount company OF Ohio, $S7,-
100000 concern, was to have a hear
ing before Y. S. Commissioner Long
here today on the charge of using
the mails in a gigantic fraud scheme.
'~ Kirby was indicted in Cleveland
BY a federal grand jury and locat-
ed here some weeks ago. He has
been at liberty on $4,000 bond.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-02
|STORM BREWING
lover BR00KHART
DEMAND ON DAWES

DES MONIES, Iowa, Oct. g A
stormy session. was in prospect as
members of, the Republican state
central committee assembled here
today to discuss what action to take
in the case of Senator Smith w
BroOkhart, who demanded the with
drawal of the names of Charles G.
Dawes as vice presidential candi-
date on the Republican ticket.
= Brookhart has powerful support
on the committee. One faction de-
mands that he be read out of the
party. The Brookhart faction op-
poses any move to GUST or censure
him.
The committee first will take up
Brookhart s letter demanding Dawes
resignation.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-02
Great Crowd to
Hear Gen. Dawes

4 KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Oct. e A
great crowd from Missouri and
kaiisast was expected to heir Gen.
eral aGhafles G. Dawes, Republican,
vice presidential candidate, il" first
Kansas City address tonight. Dawes
will arrive here at $3.50 p. m.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-02
WON'T BOLT PARTY

CHICAGO, Oct, 2.-Senator Smith
w. Brookhart of Iowa, made it very
plain today that he has no intention
of bolting the Republican party as
the result of the storm created by
his demhnd for the resignation of
Charles G. Dawes from the Republi-
can ticket. sE
"All I've got to say is that l gave
them very good ADVICE Brookhart
said, with a broad grin.
Brookhart is pleased with the fu-
rore he created in Republican ranks.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-02
FOUR FIRES SWEEP SAN DIEGO COUNT
1lU,Ol Are Worst
I ~ no1un as
Marines Called

SAN DIEGO, CAL, Oct, g.
-Four forest fires, two Of them
tn, worst known to the region,
were raging In San Diego co,,a-
ty today. .. .-si 2 'H { Fifss' 81 'A' Z
Two thousand acres have
been burned over by the blaze
sweeping the east slope Of Palo- T
mar Mountain and $50 men are
fighting the Flames on a nine
mile front. ~ s sss3isi,titS f lSts s,lf,,
A fire at Deycanso; 40 miles
east Of here, thought TO- have
p Eoana eisAAng gliished \ yesterday
after 'layihgsM&ata 1000 acres,
, / broke out again lastTnisht and
forest Officials ca1.sa for slclp
from. military FaAtsiprtties. siFifs
+ ty u. 3. marines from the
Fourth regiment were rushed
to the fire front, and SO mora
were ordered ready to, move, at
moments notice. . se,
Minor fires ar3 burning near
Morena dam and south Of Cuya-
maca mountain. ,.4,l.s ia,s
H. tf>A3 e -.
According to information from tht
Auto Club Patrol, which came ! In
from the district late, last night
the fire near San Diego, had assum
cd serious proportions, and it seem
cd as if there were half, a dozen
points alight The strong east wind
developed a large front of flame
most prominent being IN section
which started five or six miles on
the other side Of Boulevard. ..sssg
. Marines have been rushed to The
vicinity of La Posta, and the driver
If the stage from San Diego stated
that three large lraystaeks were
turning at Buchanan Springs, which
accounted for the big layer of smoke
=, bservable to valley residents as
lie sun. was setting last night. In
;he vicinity of BuckmaIf Springs
The land is cultivated, ,ailds the fire
is being. held back on, the strip, be.
tween La POsta and Yarrens, but
everywhere else it appeared to be
spreading east, judging from the
smoke clouds, hurried. along with
the eastboundf wind. Sa
At Descanso the stages 4are now
following the lower route, and all
fires are reported out in that sector,
which. has released ranchers and
men hired FOR the special work Of
fire fighting, together with the ma
rincs, for transference to other
scenes Of danger.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. o.-Four
important fires ragged, anew in cen
frall and NORTHERN California today,
steadily swelling ike terrific sea-
sonal total. sf& e.
Near, Carmel, the Palae corona ridge
fire, has destroyed many summer
cabins. including. ti,atsDf Harry Leon
Wilson where the aisthor did .much
Of his writing. M asoass eS I
Four hundred acres have been
burned over near Franklin noun
tain, Plumas national forest. Fifty
men are fighting it along the Feath.
er river. Tie old Hutchinson Lum-
Der company fire has again broken
out in rough country hnd a high
force Of men fighting it:
wind is defeating efforts of a large
me Cod Spsing fire in Shasta ma
tional forest IL marching irresist
IDLY through mountainous country ia
ward virgin Timber, according to re
ports received here. 5ae
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-02
The Press Plans
GiUe Returns
On World Series

for local baseball fansand Giants to- the bat su
in
will the i'm readiness to the public
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-27

where the people are responsible
for the character of their govern
ment, it is always manifestly, not
only desirable, but essential, that
every citizen snouId express him
self at every election by casting his
ballot one way or the other.
"By intelligently studying the
issues involved he may best pro-
mote the interests of the country.
at is very desirable that in the
coming election, both state and ma
tional, that Georgians should cast
their votes.
st is now too late to register,
if it has not already been done,
but all who have registered should
vote, not only on the question of
who should fill the offices( but on
all of the proposed amendments to
the Constitution of the estate.
"These proposals, if ratified, be-
come the basic law and are abso-
lutely controlling upon the legisla-
tive, judicial and. executive depart
ments of the state"
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THOSE WOODEN
BLOCKS AGAIN.

Crossed Lamar street Sunday aft
ernoon with a friend of ours who
is one of the travelling public. The
rain had been failing all day and as
we negotiated the "blocks" our
friends foot fell on soggy place
in the street and water squirted up
on the cuffs and legs of the trous-
ers of his Sunday suit.
He let out a few oaths as travel.
ing men are wont to do when theig
ire is raised and wanted to know
when the people Of Americas were
going to fix the blankety- blank
streets. "Now my friend" says we
ION November 9Th the voters of
this community are going to pass
bond issue, the money to be de-
voted to the re-paving of these
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aero bat.

phere.
"When he was only three months
cid, I'd take him out on the roof
with me to hang out the wash"
says the proud little mother.
"He would grip the clothes line
then and was strong enough to lift
his own weight. When he was nine
months old he would scold and cry
when he saw me going through my
daily practice to keep in trim for
work. So pretty soon we would lift
him up to the rings, and he took
to them like duck to water"
More fun even than swinging on
the rings is for the baby's father
to romp with him. The greatest
thrill and the loudest squeals Of de-
lightcomes when he is pitched into
the air six or eight feet and caught
again, a miniature aerialist.
Adrian enjoys the spotlight as
well as the oldest performer. II
he sees anyone noticing him in the
park or on the street, he is qu'cf
to begin a little act of dances and
sonnersaults.
Il am glad he is an athletic pre-
dizzy instead of an intellectual one,
Mrs. Clayton says. $50 many col
dren who are wonderfully brilliant
mentally don't seem to be happy Of
healthy or to turn out right.
my baby is bright mentally. but
he hasn't started learning Greek yet.
or anything like that. But being as
he is, l think it means he is just
going to be exceptionally healthy
and lucky"
In few years more you may drop
into a vaudeville house and find the
husky young team of Clayton and
Clayton, mother and son. II viii
be one of those stage romaoces
which actually was made in Heaven.
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COHEN'S CT EARANCE
SALE NOW GOING ON
Crowds Keep Entering Store
Each Dav 10 Participate In
Values

Cohens Clearance Sale, the second
in their history of AZ years of mcr-
chandising in Americas, has been re-
ceived with much evident popular
arity since its opening last Thurs
day morning.
Wien interviewed by a reporter
for the Times-Recorder, Mr.. Fezdi-
nand Cohen stated that he was web
pleased with the results obtained
since the sale opened, and that
Cohens would continue to live up
to its record of past years of giving
the people Of Americas and Sumter
county their moneys worth with
every purchase.
The sale will continue for several
days more.
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EMORY TO SELECT
HANDSOMEST 'S1IEK'

ATLANTA, Oct. 27.-(By The
Associated Press)-The handsomesr
man in Emory University will be
selected here with the purpose Of
sending his photograph to Wesleyan
College where it will be placed in
the college annual, the Veterroy.
The idea of the male beauty contest
was suggested by the staff of the
Wesleyan annual and the request
forwarded to the staff Of the Emory
WHEEL who agreed to sponsor tie
contest. Names OF candidates with
their pictures will be submitted by
friends and committee will be APP
pointed to select the four handsom-
est. These four photographs will
then be sent to Wesleyan where the
final selection will be made by fem
mime eyes.
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.GEORGIANS SHOULD
VOTE, SAYS GILBERT
EupEeme Court Justice Advises
Intelligent Study of All
Issues Involved

ATLANTA, Oct. 27,-(By Asso-
ciated Press.)-All Georgians who
nave registered "should vot not
only oil the question of who should
FIJI the various offices, but on all
of the proposed amendments to the
Constitution of the State. asserts
Justice S. Price Gilbert of the
Georgia Supreme Court in a state
ment prepared for The Associated
Press, which stresses the Importance
of voters registering their convic-
lions in the general election on No
vember 4th.
Justice Gilbert stresses the inn
portance Of all voters in "intel-
ligently studying the issues involv-
ed" that he or she may thereby
best promote the interests of the
state, county and the nation.
The fact that there are eight
Constitutional Amendments which
are to be voted on by Georgians in
the November election, is an indi-
cation of perhaps larger vote
than has heretofore been cast in
the state.
With the election les sthan two
weeks distance, the statement by
Justice Gilbert asserts that the
Constitutional Amendment. if rat
flied, will therefore become the
basic law, and be absolutely "con-
trolling upon the legislative, judi
cial and executive departments.
His statement is as follows:
"In a Democratic government,
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ONE or OUR
SUBSCRIBERS SAYS.

"John Marsh's wife wants to raise
cows or chickens in the big yard
they have, John says raise chicken
you don't have to milk en-"
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When the Cub
Ism t Covering
Assignments
By w. K. S.
THE OLD
WINTER SUIT.
BY w. K. S.

w @AR = @NAN - -
Last week when the weather Ne
gan to cool up a bit. We weE' 70
cur wardrobe or chiffoner as Il Is
called by the kid glove class, ana
got out the last winter suit. After
brushing off a few mouldy spcts
and taking a few moth balls out Of
the pockets we put on the old war
horse and gazed into the mirror.
Course we didn't look like the
Prince of Wales or any other fash
ion demon but the old boy did lock
like it could weather another Win
ter, so we decided to renoyate it
and put it into service.
Sliding our hand into one of the
pockets to see if the mice or any
other household pest had establish
ed dwelling there. our hand came
into contact with something that
felt like it might be currency. Our
heart gave a bound, ana on pulling
out the object we gazed on a beau
tiful five dollar bill, we couldn't
have received a bigger kick out Of
discovering oil in our back yard.
We took the suit to the cleaners,
had the seat of the trousers rein
forced, a few buttons put on here
and there and the bill amounted to
four dollars and a half. The old
suit had paid for itself with inter-
est.
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and got the electoral vote of 80 of
the AZ states.
Among other states in which the
Digest took its straw ballot in 1916
was Ohio. If the Digest's poll had
been an accurate index as to how
the vote would be cast, Mr.. Hughes
would have carried Ohio by plur-
atty of approximately 1875, 900
votes. But President Wilson car
ried Ohio by approximately 0,0o0
votes.
The same prophets who are now
forecasting the election of Presi-
dent Coolidge predicted in 1912
that President Taft would be re-
elected, and that Mr.. Wilson would
be third, as Colonel Roosevelt, they
said, was going to take most Of his
votes away from the Democratic
candidate. Mr.. Taft actually car
ried Vermont and Utah and got
eight electoral votes. Colonel
Roosevelt split the Republican
party wide open, and got more votes
than Taft.
Senator La Toilette has torn the
G. 0. P, into two parts this year,
just as Colonel Roosevelt did in
1912. With the situation so similar
to that Of 1912, it is plainly ap-
parent that the straw polls and long
betting odds favoring President Coo
Hdge are false propaganda, intend
ed to deceive.
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LIVER TROUBLE
CAUSE Of HIGH
BLOOD PRESSURE

Medical science knows that moi
sonous waste in our bodies would
actually cause death in a few DAYS
if not eliminated by Natures proc
esses. Because it destroys these
deadly poisons, the liver is our most
important organ-the body's wonder
full purifier.
The liver prevents the formation
OF body poisons that cause diseases
OF the heart, kidneys, blood vessels
and are chiefly responsible foraprema-
ture old age.
When the liver becomes weak. the
poisons are sucked up by the blood
and health is broken down. Physi-
clans know that the liver cannot be
regulated by drugs, but a safe Ma
ture substance has been discovered
which will at once increase the vital
bile supply. The discovery is puri-
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Get from your druggist a pack
age OF Dioxol. Each tablet contains
ten drops of purified OK gall. In
"a hours the poison toxins will be
removed. Your liver will be regu-
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Sallow skin will clear You will feel
so much better you will know YOU
have found the cause of your i'll
health. Dioxol tablets are harmless,
tasteless and cost less than two cents
each.
These genuine OK gall tablets are
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"Dioxol." If any tablet is offered
you under another name, refuse if.
Accept only Dioxol in the original,
genuine package
Df0xUf Is especially recommend
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