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Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-06
Southern States
Use Fertilizers
For Cotton Crop

Approximately 2,090,0G0 tons of
fertilizer has been used on the cot
ton crop this year, the United States
department of agriculture esti-
mates.
Increased use of fertilizer is re-
ported from all the cotton growing
states. Georgia used 483,000 tons
this year, North Carolina 100000
tons, South Carolina 358,000 tons,
Alabama $4,000 tons, Mississippi
100000 tons, and Texas 10000 tons:
1t is estimated that fertilizer this
year has been used on 80 per cent
of the cotton acreage, as compared
with 81 per cent last year, and 3112
per cent in 1922. Fertilizer was
used on 80 per cent of the cotton
acreage I'M North Carolina, 98 per
cent in Virginia, 80 per cent lin
South Carolina and Georgia, 81 per
cent in Florida, SO per cent in Ala
'bama, 80 per cent in Louisiana, 45
per cent in Tennessee, 50 per cent i'll
Arkansas, and ON small fractions, if
any, fthe acreage in other cotton
states.
The average cost of fertilizer per
cotton acre this year was as high
as $6.03 i'll. Virginia, $601 in North
Carolina, and $4.3S in South Caro-
lima. The cost in Georgia was 1854,
and less III other states, the lowest
cost per acre being $2.l7 in Mis-
souri,.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-06

bought some marshmallow candies.
suppose you know what they are,
but, in case you don It | III tell you.
Marshmallows are q soft, sticky
white candy, very sweet, and they
are just wonderful when roasted
over fire ON the end of a sharp
stick.
Wearing his tall, black silk hat,
Uncle Wiggily hoped with the
sticky marshmallow candies down
the beach where Jackie and Peetie
Bow Wow had made a fire out Of
drift wood.
"Hello, doggie boys!'' cried the
bunny uncle.
"I1elloi' barked Jackie and
Peetie. "Did you bring the candy3"
eyes" answered Mr.. Longears,
and he opened the box. Taking out
some of the marshmallows he stuck
them on pointed sticks which jackie
and Peetie had found ON the beach,
and soon they were toasting the
candies over the blaze.
All of a sudden, just when the
marsbmallows were hicely brown
ing, UP out of the ocean popped
a sea lion.
"Gurrai Gurrai Gurra!" garglcd
the sea lion. EfI haven't caught any
rabbits in a week, but-9 m going to
get one now!" and he flipped and
be flopped straight at Uncle Wig
gily.
Oh, you're going TO get me; are
youg'f brayely erred the bunny
Well, III see about That's Uncle
Wiggily quickly took some Of the
sosE sticky magshmaHow candies out
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-06
C0AFEssEs LACK OF KNOWLEDGE

Tt took State Senator Ed p. SAMPLE of San DIEGO
candidate opposing Congressman Phil D. Swing in the
race for the House of Representatives. less than
thirty minutes to convince gathering of about 800
residents of Ell Centre of two things Monday night at
the city park.
One of those things that the senator is a good
speaker, kabe man who is conversant with state
politics The other, by his own admission is that he
IS none too familiar with the problems of the Imperial
valley with respect to the Colorado River and irrga
ton.
Possibly third item of information that was GER
tay aecfed was that the senator proposed to intro
duce an entirely flood control bill into Congress in
the event of his election.
Without going into details Senator Sample an
nounced that his first act as congressman would be
TO formulate bill, which, he optimistcay implied
would sail into the sessions of the House unmpeded
by committee hearings and the delays attendant upon
every important bit of proposed legislation.
Mr.. Sample certain that some sort of dam
project In the Colorado river is The exact
location OF that dam the manner in which it would
differ from the one proposed in the Swng-J ohnson
bill, now the threshold of the House. matters
INTO which the senator did not go. He did, however,
say that there might be small dam located along the
rivers course.
Without mentioning single of those. in
authority In Washington to support his statements
Mr. Sample made the general declaration that the ALL
American canal feature delaying the progress of
the Colorado River legislation
Upon the receipt of telegram from the secretary
to President Coolidge expressing appreciation for the
support given by the senator leader of Coolidge
campaign clubs in San Diego county, Mr.. Sample based
his assertion that he would have the cooperation of the
administration in Washington. The telegram which
he did not read is evidently no different than those
to hundreds of Republicans throughout the coun-
try, who active during the presidential campaign
for nomination
The conclusions of Imperial Valley people who
listened mpartially to Senator Samples brief talk,
were practically the
That he has worked out definite program as
to the Colorado River flood control which will perm
anently and satisfactorily and surely bring the best
relief to the valley;
That the challenge of Congressman Phil Swing to
l.
can canal feature of the project is hndrance to the
passage of the SWING Johnson bill, still unanswered.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-06
TEN YEARS AGO
August 6, 1914

W. o. Hamilton and family and
Mrs. Elmer Toney have gone with
C. .. Penny by automobile for a
vacation in the mountains.
Deputy Sheriff Kendriek will
leave tomorrow for Salt Lake to get
Lester Armistead, accused of forg-
cry in Holtville.
Mrs. Josephine Hedrick and Miss
Margaret Hedrick left for Los An
gcles this morning. After attending
the Iowa picnic in Long Beach they
will remain for a few weeks i'll
Pasadena.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-06
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
August 6. 1909

Heavy rains on Thursday in the
north end of the valley caused two
washouts on the railroad west of
Imperial Junction; one of 1870 feet
i'll length between the junction and
Salton, and one of so feet Between
Salton and Mecca. No trains came
through from tue west Thursday
night, and no mail from Los Angeles
reached the valley points Friday
morning. Repair outfits were rush
ed to the breaks, and the line was
restored ON Friday afternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-06
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell Of
Imperial Valley for This Date
IN Past Years
NINETEEN YEARS AGO

u Rousse, who came from
Riverside a few weeks ago and has
been stopping at Mr.. Jackson S
place has leased the Charley Scott
ranch OF $50 acres, four miles north
OF Hoitville. and will embark in the
stock and dairy business. Mr..
ho'lsse IS hustling young man, a
thorough worker and will no doubt
socn come to be known as one of
the best farmers on the Eastside.
T. NJ. Nafmilya left Thursday for
Two weeks vacation to be spent
IL San Diego and Coronado
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-06
Main Street Made
Famous by Lewis
To Be Paved Soon

81. PAUL, Mimi, Aug. g. Sin.
clair Lewis main street - Is to
be paved
The Minnesota highway depart
ment today awarded contract for
the laying Of asphaltic concrete on
the main business street IF Sauk
Center, the old home town of the
author, made famous by his book.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-06
MONUMENT WILL
BE ERECTED FOR
H. w. LONGFELLOW
BY United Press Leased Wire

HALIFAX, n. s., Aug. 6. - A
monument in memory of Henry
Wadsworth Longfelow will be erect
ed in Memorial Park, Grande Pre-,
where the scene of Evangeline,o
one of his famous poems, was laid.
Funds for the monument will be
raised by public subscriptions.
Hearty Endorsement was given the
plan by Gov. Cox of Massachusetts
on a recent visit. y
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-06
Agnes Ayres to
Wed Attache of
Mex. Consulate

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 6.-Agnes
Ayers, film actress, is engaged to
Harry s.. Manuel Reachi, an attache
of the Mexican consulate in San
Francisco, she admitted today.
Miss Ayers said she had been too
busy working OH a picture to set
a definite date for the wedding, but
intimated that the ceremony would
be performed within Il few weeks.
The actress said she met Reachi
at dinner here last October and
became engaged to him upon her
return from New York several
weeks ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-06
J. M. WARD, NEWSPAPER
MAN DIES OF APOPLEXY
nv Unite0 Press Leased Wire

DENVER, Colo, Aug. 6.-Josiah
M. Ward, veteran newspaperman
author, died today Of apoplexy at
Mercy hospital
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-06

Many movie actors can I afford d
new divorce suit this summer.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-06

Autos and men are alike in that
both 90 faster down hill.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-06

Even if wealth is a burden, lack
of it is more so.
The Washington times., 1924-01-31
STATES
ASK HELP IN
RUM FIGHT
U. s. Dry Officer From Coast
Asks Material Increase
In Coast Guard.
BY international News Service.

Pacific Coast States are facing
the same liquor smuggling problem
as confronts the eastern seaboard,
although to a lesser degree, Sam
Rutter, Federal prohibition director
of California, declared here today.
Rutter came to Washington to
appeal for a material increase OF
the coast guard that rum running
may be checked. He conferred
with Prohibition Commissioners
HAYNES today, urging that the
commissioner use his influence to-
ward the adoption Of the recon-.
mendations of Secretary of the
Treasury Mellon for construction OF
a fleet Of fast "rum- -chasers."
Melons plan to use over $4,000.
900 to increase the coast guard and
what he called the greatest prohi-
bition enforcement problem--smug'
0ling-is still under investigation
BY the bureau of the budget. An
attempt is being made TO save
money by transfer OF some avail
able craft from the navy to the
coast guard.
"Much Scotch whiskey Is being
smuggled from Canada to Califor
MIA" Rutter declared. THE liquor
il brought in by water in fishing
craft and regular rum runners
Smuggling is at present our great
est problem in observation-disclosures
It is not so serious as on the East
ern coast since we are farther from
| the source of supply"
Rutter said that reports had beer
made to the Federal authorities In
California of smuggling Of booze
and narcotics from San Francisco
to the Alaska salmon fields. Fish
ing boats taking seasons crews OF
workers to the fisheries are being
searched. So far, Rutter said, nc
narcotics have been taken from the
| fishing vessels.
The Washington times., 1924-01-31
$13,945,536 Is PLEDGED
TO HARVARD ENDOWMENT

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Jan. 81.--
Eliot Wadsworth, chairman of the
Harvard Endowment Fund Com.
mittee and an overseer Of Harvard
College, as well az Assistant Secre.
tary Of the Treasury, has author.
ICED publication of the following
facts regarding the present condl.
ton of the fund In his report Of
the years work:
The total pledges, 23,477, in mum.
ber up to January 1, 1924, amount
to $13,945,536, Of which more than
$11 1888, 200 has already been re.
ceived, leaving as still due from
donors about $1,962,000 OF the
money pledged only about 18 Der
cent, or S1,047,681 is restricted In
respect to its use by the university
the remainder being given without
restrictions. The total number OF
subscriptions paid in full is 1910
or nearly two-thirds Of the whole
number Of pledges, leavin9 1887 &C.
counts on which installments are
still due.
There has been no solicitation for
additional money since the original
drive OF 1010.20, but In 1923 TWEEN
ty.six new subscriptions, amounting
to more than S4,70O were received
as well az slxty-one increases n
subscriptions which totaled S61 ,S3l
The total payments In 1919 were
about t1.071, 900.
The Washington times., 1924-01-31
MILK SALE REGULATION
IS PROPOSED IN BILL

Regulation Of the sale and use
Of milk bottles and other containers
for milk and cream In the District
is asked In a bill introduced into
the House yesterday by Congressman
John Tilson, Of Connecticut.
The bill provides that all con-
tainers must carry the name Of the
distributors as a part OF the con.
tainer. The distributor is required
to file with the chief clerk OF Dis
trict Supreme Court description
OF the name and trade mark which
he uses on the container and to
publish this name and trade marx
in the daily newspapers for period
Of two weeks.
The use Of a bottle or container
belonging to another dealer or any
attempt to destroy the mark or
maine or to break container be
longing to another dealer Is punish
able by fine of $50 for the first
offense and 500 for the second.
The Washington times., 1924-01-31
|PA[S Of GR|FF|S
ALSO RECEIVE
PARDONS
French Detective and Russian
Refugee, Involved in Berg
doll Case, Released.

BERLIN, Jan. 31.--Roger Sper.
Der, q French detective, ana Prince
Gagarin, q Russian refugee. who
were imprisoned in connection with
the attempt to kidrap Grover
Cleveland Bergdoll, wealthy Amer.
lean draft dodger. at Eberbach,
were released from prison today,
said a dispatch from Mosbach.
They were released upon the same
pardon which liberated Lieut.. Cor
liss H. Griffis, OF Hamilton, Ohio,
yesterday.
There were certain formalities in
the case Of Sperber and the Rus.
sian which prevented their release
at the same time as Griffis.
Freed Through Hearst Papers.
The three men owe their libera.
ton to the Hearst newspaper or.
sanization in the United States. A
representative of that organization
has been working diligently in Berlin
to. obtain the release Of the men fol
weeks.
Griffis IL on his way. back to the
United States, having begun his
journey within a few hours after
the prison gates closed behind him
Can 1t be possible? Ii 1t true?'
EXCLAIMED Griffis when told that the
effort in behalf Of his liberation had
been successful. He added: ''Thil
will indeed be splendid news for my
mother back home"
Griffis is sailing from Hamburg on
board the neutrality-suspicious. liner
Albert Ballin.
Release Expedited.
A representative of the German
foreign office made q special trtY
to Frankfort-on-Main to expedite
the release Of Griffis.
A dispatch from Eberbach Quotet
Bergdon as saying:
II am glad Griffis and his com
panions got out. I don't wish any
hard luck to anybody. All / wan
is to be let alone"
Bergdoll has been living at Eber
bach ever since the unsuccessful
attempt to kidnap him last yea
and carry him over the border init
France,
The Washington times., 1924-01-31
FATHER BRANDS
HIS SON AS
SLAYER
Speedy Jersey Justice Prom
ised in Death of Girl
Of Fifteen.

MLLvILLE. N. J.. Ian. 81
Speedy Jersey justice" viii be given
Thompson Dickson, fifty, Bricks
boro farmer, accused by his eighty
year-old father of the murder of his
fifteen-year-old daughter Emma.
whose death has been q mystery
since September 10.
Roscoe C, Ward, county prosecu-
tor, today announced he would pre-
sent the charges against Dickson to
the grand jury Monday. "I'll have
Dickson tried and convicted In three
weeks" Ward said.
Dickson remained silent in his cell
under a severe grilling.
Frank J. Lore, county detective,
who made the arrest, declared the
State had all the evidence 1t needs
to convict-an eye witness to the
killing. ..
Benjamin Dickson, the accused
mans father, repeated his story Of
his granddaughter death today.
Sees Her Struck.
Emma had gone out to a girl
friends home" he said. "Ehe was
making Jelly. It boiled over on
the stove and Tommy-my SON.
got mad, He set out to find
Emma. But Emma had got home
before he found her and was work.
ing about the kitchen when Tommy
came in. was upstairs in my
room then, but I heard Emma
screaming and I looked out the
window into the yard where Tommy
was chasing her. He had a long
stick In his hand. I saw him
strike her. She fell. Then Tommy
came In"
The grandfather said his son then
came to his room.
"'well, I killed that girl" the
aged Dickson quotes his son as
confessing.
The father then took the body
and hid 1t in barn until o'clock
/ in the morning. according to the
grandfather's statement.
Tommy got wheelbarrow and
carted the body off then. I didn't
know where he hid it."
Three days later Dickson re
ported his daughter missing from
home. It was two weeks before the
body was found.
Didn't Go to Funeral.
my daughter wouldn't pay atten
ton to me-always crazy about
boys, running around at all hours, ;
the father said, refusing to view
his daughters body. He did not at
tend her funeral.
Suspicion fell on him early in the
investigation but evidence to con
meet him with the crime was lack
ing.
"Tommy will kill me too" tn,
aged father said. He made hi
statement before Lore, the Rev. w
A. Pince, Emma's Sunday schoo
teacher and two neighbors.
please don't let Tommy come
back-hell kill me too" the ageC
man pleaded today.
The Washington times., 1924-01-31
Hyatt TTSVIL[E
HEARS FROM
SENATOR
Magnus Johnson Tells Legion
Post There Are Too Many
Lawyers In Congress.

HYATTSvILLE, Nd, Jan. 81
That business men, doctors and a
few women could be used to bet
ter advantage In the legislative
bodies Of the United States than
the too large proportion Of lawyers
now extant was the declaration Of
Senator Magnus johnson, OF Mime.
sofa, before the meeting Of the
snyder.Farmer Post, American LIE.
gion, here last night. He stated
that there were too many laws In
force row and that less talking
and more work was needed in our
Legislatures
He characterized the soldiers
bonus as readjusted compensation
rather than a gift and suggested
that his opposition to the Mellon
plan was the outgrowth Of the fact
that the money the rich man would
save under that plan could be used
to pay the bonus.
He also spoke of the women o.
America who had gone overseai
during the war and pointed ou
that they were apparently being
overlooked in regard to compensa
ton. The women, the Senator de
clared he had been told, often sui
fered more Of a hell than th'
men,"
Col. D. John Markey, commands
of the Department of Maryland
American Legion, also spoke IL
favor of the bonus.
There was a musical program
consisting of selections by tn
Hyattsville school orchestra, com
munity singing under the direction
of William Moore, selections b.
the post quartet and other voca
selections. Waldo Burnside, CON
mander Of the Snyder-Farmer Post
presided.
The Washington times., 1924-01-31
EASY DIVORCE REPEALER
PASSES JERSEY HOUSE

TRENTON, Jan. 31.-oppouaeion
which followed passage last year
Of Senator Blackwell's bill. making
extreme cruelty q ground for di.
vorce in New Jersey. bore fruit
when the house. 46 to passed a
repeater introduced by Assembly.
man Hoffman.
The Blackwell bill, although
recommended by the National Bar
Association, was criticized by
churches ana women's ana civic
organizations as designed to facili-
tate divorce. It provided that suit
for divorce for extreme cruelty
might be brought after six months
from the commission Of the cruelty.
Mrs. Thompson, Of Ocean, was the
only woman to vote against It.
The Washington times., 1924-01-31
FINE ARTS COMMISSION
TO DISCUSS LAMP POSTS

The National Commission of Fine
Arts will talk about lamp-posts at
Its first 1924 meeting tomorrow.
The District Commissioners have
submitted the design of an en-
iarged post with double lamps, in.
tended for Washington streets.
The Commission also will mass on
plans for the proposed Home for
the Feeble Minded, near Camp
Meade, Md. Plans for the new
George Washington University
buildings probably will be placed
before the Commission. The meet.
Ing may continue through Satur-
day.
The Washington times., 1924-01-31
TWO JERSEY sLAYERs
PAY DEATH PENALTY

TRENTON. N. J., Jan. S1.--An.
gelo Carlino and Antonio Turco were
executed in the electric chair for the
murder of John Koster in September.
1929.
Roster was riding a bicycle on a
road where Turco and Carlino were
stealing a motor truck loaded with
SILK. Believing that Koster recog-
nlzed them. the bandits killed him
and hid his body.
The Washington times., 1924-01-31
AMERICAN AID SOUGHT
BY IRISH METHODlSTS

BELFAST, Feb. 31.-The Rev. DR..
Northridge, Rev. G.. A. McIlraith
and Rev. Mr.. Byers have left Bel.
fast for New York as emissaries of
the Methodist Church in Ireland to
enlist American financial support
and cooperation for a big church
crusade in Northern ireland.
They hope to collect $500, 900 to
build new churches and provide ex.
tensive Methodist headquarters in
Belfast.
The Washington times., 1924-01-31
WIFE GOT SECRET DIVORCE
FROM HARTMAN SCION

WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, Jan. g..
Facts OF a secret divorce, granted
to Mrs. Lois b. Harrison, Of Bed
ford Hills, from Oliver Carley Har-
riman, son Of Oliver Hartman, mil.
lionaire New York banker, became
known today. The decree, granted
several weeks ago by Justice George
H. Taylor, Jr., at Mount Vernon,
awarded Mrs. Hartman $500 a
month alimony.
It was learned Mrs. Hartman
named an unidentified young wo.
man as correspondent, alleging mis-.
conduct between her and Harrison
in New York. The couple were
married in 1915 and have two chill.
dren.
The Washington times., 1924-01-31
COSTELLO POST TO GIVE
DANCE AT BARRACKS

A dance will be given by the
Vincent B. Costello Post of the
American Legion at the Marine
barracks, Eighth and HI streets
sontheast, Saturday night. The
Marine Band will furnish the
music.
features Of the program, with Mrs.
Frank o'Connor. In charge OF the
dance.
The Washington times., 1924-01-31
HAMBURG RENTS CHEAPER
THAN BEFORE THE WAR

HAMBURG, Germany, Jan. al
While foodstuffs have increased
greatly In cost since the beginning
OF the war, rents and electricity
In Hamburg are cheaper. A three.
room dwelling which rented for
6S.7S' gold marks monthly before
the war, now can be obtained for
1873 gold marks.
Eggs are 237.6 per cent higher
than at the beginning OF 1914
bacon Is 174 per cent higher, butter
81 and bread 66.7 per cent. In
fact, all foodstuffs range from so
to $50 per cent higher.
The Washington times., 1924-01-31
CONCERT

By the United states Navy Band
Orchestra at the United States
Marine Corps Institute, Eighth
and Eye Streets 3. E. on Thurs
day, February Z, 1894, S:1S p. m.
Charles Benter,. Director:
Overture, "EuFyanthc'' Won Weber
Dance, ''Witehes" =. .MacDowen
Grand Scenes from the Opera,
"ROmeO ct Juliette". .0OunOd
Ballet, Russo. .......... .Luigini
Ca1aFdaa
VnlSe Lent0
Scene
ATaEuPlE0
MaPche Russo
vaIse de Concert, wedding Of
Excerpts from ''The Dollar
Princess. ............., FAN
March, Our FayOrite Regi-
Finale. astar SpanGIed Hammer"
NOTE:-There will be no con-
cert ON Thursday, February IA.
The Washington times., 1924-01-31

I.1s yagas and M, wife toll ne
S,i atol Fall was waiting for me at
the office. He hull a copy OF tho
raD:i containing . O. c'lticism oe the
land office. tIe held Il up and
ASH ed me II / wrote 1t. "xoL !
WI, &c IT, I said
"'Didn't I tell 5ou the public
land office wa' organized 20 suit
mo-" II" said. And / said, 'lt IAN
organized to suit me-
He said. I want you TO back
away from II. Will yuu do IL
.thi / said. i sn1Gll slv ~.
And he sslld. u ON gN< {.
break you.'"
The Washington times., 1924-01-31
Krupps to Build in Spain.

TARRAGoNA. Spain, Jan. ST.
Representatives Of the Krupps ar
rived here today TO arrange for the
construction Of shipyards to build
merchant ships.
The Washington times., 1924-01-31
GeneaIogists to Meet.

The National Genealogical Society
will meet tomorrow night at 8
o'clock at the home Of DR.. Gaius M.
Brumbaugh, 1854 Biltmore street
northwest.
The Washington times., 1924-01-31
Threat BY Fall Alleged.

when l was at Three Rivers
Senator Fall told me one OF the
ways to control the State was by
the control of the land office; the
1z.000,000 acres the Government
gave the State. They told me they
had Leen so able 20 organize It for
the big cattle men In the southern
part Of the State ehd stay Ia line
with II.
About four mouths after took
over. the paper, Ae returned from
The Washington times., 1924-01-31

The regular meeting Of the Loyal
Order Of Moose Lodge, No. 1915, of
Clarendon, viii be held tonight at
s o'clock In the Clarendon Citizens
Hall.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1924-08-28


statement
the hired being dispensed with entirely.
1921 the labor supply sudden
continued
normal while
while labor which
creasln s around