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Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-12-12
'Japs Develop
. Agriculture But
Send Savings
Back to Japan
Business Men Hear Interesting Talks
On Various Subjects
At Luncheon

The Monday Luncheon was largely
attended this week and the Palace Cafe
iserved very satisfying meal.
George Payne was chairman and the
first speaker was Postmaster Hart who
urged early mailing of Christmas pack-
ages, stressing the need of careful
.warpping and addressing Of parcels.
The chairman read letter address
ed to the Commercial club setting forth
the proposed expenditures on federal
aid projects In this highway district
. in 1925
Mark WatrOus spoke on the subject
Of Taxes. He covered in general
way the federal. state, county and city
taxes and his talk showed much
thought and study Of the subject.
Charles Edman. who has recently re-
turned from trip to California. gave
a report of his investigation Of the Jap
question. While In California he in
terviewetl bankers, business men, pro
fessional men. the labOring men and
the Japanese themselves. The bank
era told Mr.. Edman that they had to
b very careful In lending money to
japanese that the JaI's sent their sav-
ines back to japan. and In the event
Of crop failures, they let the bankers
bold the sack" The laboring class.
who Of course have to compete with
the Jap~. want to nee them leave the
country. Mr.. Edman said that every
oae with whom he talked freely ad-
mitted that the JaIs had made Calf
ornia. agriculturally.
The JaIs evinced considerable In
tcrext In the San Luis valley and In
auirei Of Mr. Edman about the climate.
land. uunlnr Of crops rai~ed. -and many
other questions.
Mr.. EIiman said there was no doubt
hut that TIN. JnIyS could In induced I"
come here and that they would. 10y in'
tensive farming. make our land very
pr,sluctive. lie j. not sure. however.
that In the long run II would bc the
wise thing To do and advised very
careful consideration of the problem.
The luncheon next week will be held
At the Christian church and Ray Sloan
..ill have charge of the program.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-12-12

uas.mlrr TO raise these points In face
Of thu fact that projectors WIN built
these storage facilities must have had
legal advice. hut the ventures may
have tsen taken upon the presumption
that the state would defend Its Dr.
crre~. hut the point intervrncs that
sinc~ the United States government as-
suma.~ thc control of interstate streams
th~ state has no title to decree. and ths
holder has M recourse.
However. the embargo II not the solc
imIs,siimcnt 10 the development Of tl,r
water rc~ourrrs and is perhaps lcs-
responsible for existing conditions than
ttr icthsrxy aud thrifticssncss NJ thu
people themselves.
A former chief Of the reclamation
service told me personally twelve or
fifteen years sxo that II thu people
would ask for right Of way for the
Concj0s river reservoir Il would bc
granted. but TINT II would not bc
granted to sisculstors who sought To
profit upon the heritage Of tIse people.
and suppose h. took thu sstnc View Of
other sites. lie told ns this while
standing with mc on thc Isoposcd Con.
clos dam site. which isc went with 'nc
to examine. spent two days with
this chief aud learned from his own
statements that hc fsvorsti the policy
of developing tl,e drainage and ifri.
cation cotcmuornncousiy that the gov.
crnnscnt n ready Ia put into Yxccution
at this time.
UP to this time the active element
In water storage aud drainage has not
been done by tho individual water
users but tbs Initiative hns hrn taken
entirely BY business and professional
affiliations. Al ti,e organization Of thu
San Luis Valley Water Users rrotec-
tive Association. many of the ditch
companies bscans nembsrs asd paid
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-12-12

Following is paper read by j. D. Frazey before the San
Luis Valley Editorial association. convened in Alamosa Nov
ember %, 1924:
have said much in public upon this water proposition
different occasions that do hope offer
anything that has least in been heard by most Of
you.
AS you know. about 1895 Mexico alleged that people of
the United States had uurped her rights of water in the
Grande After the pareyng the United States
agreed by treaty furnish the Southern Republic sxve
aceeet Of water and to create of supply
o this water the Elephant Butte Dam built To
this supply the United States placed
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-12-12
IMMEDIATE ACTION OF WATER USERS
NECESSARY TO PROTECT THEIR INTERESTS

the initial assessment rradily hut few
"f the larger bitches refused through
local representatives to identity them
selves with the effort that Is being
made by the state and those who nrc
engaged In the work Of preserving the
rights ~ the Valley In the distribution
of the waters Of the Rio Grnnlc river
that Is about to br made. The objcc-
tion has usually been made by nttor.
ncys representing these certain ditch
owners whO~e principal objections are
that they wcrr not consulted during the
preliminarics Of the organization. Such
n position is untenabie. The work was
all done m mass meetings called At
Mont. Vista and which were attended
by large bodies of men from all ssx-
tioa. Of the valley. which included rep
rs-,entativex Of the same companies
of which th~ attorneys now raisc the
ridiculous objections. Some of the
attorneys nOw make si,<crinx refer.
cnscs to tir committee Of attorneys
who have displayed an unselfishnc~s
without parallel In donating their time
and expense In shaping the defense Of
the San Luis Valley before the Inter.
state Rivers Compact Commission.
Az has leen the practice for many
years. the last session Of the lcgisia.
ture appropriated = fund I" assist the
water users Of the state In defend.
.nx their rights against thu cncroach.
incnt of other states. A portion of this
fund WAS nct aside for the purpose of
exploring th~ proposed reservoir site
IN the concjos and Rio Grnnic and
Just when thr state engineer Ind made
provision 10 begin the work. some Of
these o,,structionists filed 4 protest
with tho governor against the u-c Of
the money In this behalf on the ground
that public money WAS being used ia
improve private property To !. sold
for reservoir sites. This In xrosS
public offcnsr. No matter how much
the owners of tho land might spend Ia
surveying thosc sites the United States
government would Accept nothing that
was not officially surveyed.
The work Initiated In tho public
mass meetings should now bc assumed
by the Han Luis Valley Water Users
Protective association. which consists
~ the ditch companies and the indiv'
idnnls who enrolled In the association
whntcvcr money In subscribed by tho
members Of thu association should bc
dispensed by tirm and they should
detcrnins how much Of theIr money
should be- appropriated. The associa'
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-12-12
ilONORs To COLORADO

In the national es.ny contest for
school children. Dick iiudnnii Of Lns
Animns won first prize In the nth.
sixth division and Katherine Collins
Of Monte Vista received honorable
mention In seventh. eighth grade con.
test. Katherine Collins won first prize
In tho local contest last spring and
first pfisc. 5000. In tho state contest
and thsa followed The natiosAl con.
tsee.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-12-12
Rio Grande Forest
Comes Thru Worst
Fire Season With
Five Small Fires

With the covering OF the Rio Grande
Forest by snow. the worst fire season
In the history OF the Forest Service has
been closed The Weather Bureau rec
ortls show that II was the driest sum.
ner since 1902. and the danger was in
creased locally by almost daily high
winds.
With the papers full OF the accounts
OF large fires raging elsewhere. the
Rio Grande Forest came thru this dan
gcrous period with only five small fires
burning over total area OF slightly in
excess OF three acres. Several of these
II not for the fact that local people
quickly forcsaw the danger and at once
put forth every effort to fight the
flames. In one ease Doctor returning
from n week end outing discovered an
uncxtinsuished camp fire that had
spread. and he Immediately trencbed
the fire and had II under control he
fore he notified the Rnngcr. In an
other ease. two employees of the Tclc-
phone Company fought fire. which
they had detected. for nn hour or more
and lnd IL controlled before notifying
the Ranger In the third instance. two
cowmcn proceeded to n fire and prac.
ticnlly had II under control upon ar
rival Of the Ranger. In the fourth
fire, caused by lightning. II cowman
went 10 the fire over particularly
rough country nnd WIS lending his
hest aid when the Ranger arrived. The
fifth fire WAS also caused by lightning
and WAS extinguishcd by the Ranger
before any nppr'-ciable amount OF
smoke was made.
In discussing the forest fire sit.
untion, one Is quite APT to give undue
credit to the fnctor luck" assuming
that the Forest Service. the local com.
munities. and all other Interested par.
ties were extremely lucky to get thru
= scasoa such as 1924 without more
aud disastrous fires. \ careful analy.
sis. however. proves that luck" does
not enter Into II. Over 37.0OO tourists,
picnickrrs, and fisherman built camp.
fires. thousands Of smokers I,asss.d thru
the timbcrcd areas aud otherwise there
WAS created Mn increase In hazard. Any
amount Of csrcicssncss ON their part
would have resulted In = different
story. II must b- recognized then TINT
ths most considerable cooperation on
the part Of all Forest visitors preclude,i
disastrous results aud the Forest
authorities nrc exceedingly grateful for
the whole. hearted cooperation display
cd by the people In protecting the pub
lie resources. because Of this aId
given ~ freely. tho Rio Grsndc Forest
passed thru It's worst danger with ons
Of tho lowest records In tho Rocky
| Mountain district.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-12-12

tions uIoa further appropriations by
the public of the surplus waters Of th~
waters Of the river. and to harrnOnise
with the r~cia nation servicr. the first
thing necessary seems to F to s~t
the embargo removed. though notwith.
standing this embargo several storaec
PROJECTS have beea constructed. Th-
only means 70 far applied BY the gov.
ernment to ssfoece the embargo wss to
r-fumr . right Of way for dam con.
struction On the public domain. and
ti,c dams NO far constructed have ts,en
built upoa private lands. The govern.
mcnt no doubt had thc right Of In.
junction hut II has never been taken
advantage of for thc rrasou. perhaps
that the waters 10 far imI'oundrd were
not needed 10 supply thr demands upon
the Elephant butte project and from
the fact that Other interests In thu
lower Rio Gr.ndc Valley have not
made demand for the water 10 which
they might prove ownership by reason
Of prior usr. From tir fact that the
government claims control of all inter.
state streams II would apIrar. aud !
think that there II NO question upon
thu point. that thr RESERVOIRS within
tho Rio Grande water sisrd have bren
built At great pcrii to thu Investors,
whether individual, corporate or muni-
citai. Thc~r reservoirs have oil Dr..
creed rights from the stat. of Colorado
mud Il mny lr that tho state II Obliged
to defend these rights. II ~. tho CT.
tsnsc would have 10 b. borne by tho
taxtn yer. Of the state. II tho state
Ii not To lr held responsible then tho
builders must assume the risk.
The same peril mcnnccs wsirr rights
acquired from, springs and sccpagc
that have dc,clolrd by tlsc filling Of
the basin Of tho valley BY waters ap-
piled for irrigation.
Il may be prcsumptuous foe . ~
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-12-12
First Community Sale Day
Well Received by Public

Monte Vista's first community sales day.
held on Wednesday of this week, went over big
A regular Saturday crowd spent the day in town
and the stores were crowded with buyers Monte
Vista merchants agree that the event in general
was success and that the plan will grow into an
established monthly custom that will attract peo-
pie from far and near participate in the great
bargain carnival
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-12-12
". @. MACY.

". Q. MACY.
I@ft Tuesday night for California to
BE- gous several months. Mr.. Macy cn.
3oys California winter climate more
than that Of the Han Luis valley but
durinx his absence hc keeps Informed
Of the doinsa In Colorado and all over
the world BY having the Monte Vista
Journal and Denver Post sent TO his
sddrpss.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-12-12
GEORGE CORI.ETT

Returned home Wednesday from his
trip 10 Washington y. q. and PhilM.
,iciphia and says he had u most On.
Joynblc time.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-12-12

CHARLES EOllAN
Rstnrnsd Sunday from = trip to Cal.
ifosnla whess ~ Visited his mother and
eehse relatives for several days.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-24
TWO KILLED IN
PLANE FALL
Attempted Loop at Olympia
Is Fatal 10 Pilots

OLYMPIA July 2s-Crashins 20
che earth here last niEht. when IL
slipped out u an attempted loop.
an airpiane carried Roger Goudy.
~, q Tumwator and l.. Farns.
worth. 90 of shelton. 10 instant
death. They were en- route from
the san Point field. at Seattle. 20
a private neld near here
The plane was a dual-control ma,
chine. by which either man could
pilot h. II was 80 badly wrecked
that Il was Impossible 10 determine
which had been driving when the
plane took lis fatal plunge,
SpiahnE. easing out and then
suddenly diving straight for the
ground the airplAne's fall was wit.
messed BY several persons. who
rushed 10 aid Us passengers when
Il struck earth. IL did not burst
into flame but both men were found
20 have been crushed internally.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-24
AIDING SHORE
DRIVE PLAN
Options at AIki Extended by
Property Owners

Property owners on Ak ave. have
signed extensions on their options.
permitting the city 90 purchase the
shore line property along the pro.
posed marine drive. up TO April 4.
1925. Councilman John +. Carroll
announced Thursday,
The options expired July I. but
the extensions have been obtained
By Carroll and win 30 introduced
a. the meeting OF the council. next
Monday.
The property has been appraised
al sac. 900 more than the sale price
quoted IN the options.
In June the council. BY a majority
vote. went on record as favorinE the
purchase OF the property. but n
scven-vote majority was lacking 20
pass a deficiency appropriation.
Provision for purchase OF the
property will be made In the 1925
budget. according 10 present plans.
This win obviate the deficiency mp.
preparation which would have been
necessary had the property been
acquired this year. The total cost
OF the waterfront under option e
approximately si25. 900
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-24
STACK KILLS a.
Falls II Stories and Hits
Auto; One Also Hurt

DETROIT. July 2i.-Four persons
were killed and one seriously IN.
lurcd late yesterday when q smoke.
stack fell n stories. 10 the street.
from tho roof OF the ChhrleyoiE
building The stack Was said 10
have been weakened b. the wind
and weather
The victims were In an huiomo.
bile which was standing Ia front 81
the building. Ernest l.. Morcy.
driver 81 the machine. his wife.
Mrs Louise Mercy ana Mrs Min,
ME Lohigh were killed Instantly.
George Lehigh. husband 81 Mrs IL.
high. died az a hospital few min.
utes later Mrs Geneyieys l.. High.
another passenger. WAS seriously
injured.
Wesley MorcY i4ysarold E0n Of
the Morcyr, wns In the front seat
Of the machine and escaped with
minor cuts and bruises.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-24
SAILOR STABBED,
is DEAD HERE
AttaCker May Face Charge
OF Murder

Ernest D. Hybel, lsyCayold sailor
from the a.. = :. Oklahoma. died On
the city hospital at 3 q. "a THURSDAY.
az a result ~ knife wounds Inflicted
b. a shipmate. J. Gainey. "a, la a
street fight az Third and Seneca.
July "a
Carney A. held on board the battle
ship and probably viii face a murder
charge. according 10 naval authori,
tiea The Oklahoma il In the Sound
on muncuNcrH.
Since the stabbing. Hybel has been
near death continually. Two days
ago William Waters. "a sailor from
the Oklahoma and friend Of the IN.
jured man. submitted 90 blood,
TRANSMISSION operation and gave his
shlnmnte n pint Of blood.
Hybcl rallied slightly. but Lost con
aciousness Wednesday night lie
grew weaker and finally auceumhcd
lie was stabbed In the stomach. ac
oordlnE 10 police records. BY tho iu.
furiated sailor, who was Immediately
arrested by Patrolman w. l. Fender
gast.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-24
California Fire
Dangers Lessened

sAN FRANCISCO. July 24.-The
forest fire situation In California con.
unucH 60 improve. the federal for
cStry department reported today.
With only two forest fires OF any
magnitude burning. one In the
Shasta national forest near Castle
CmgH. the other near Scott Bar.
southwest OF Eureka. Northern Cali
fornia was turning Is attention from
fighting fire TO preventing further
outbreaks, Both are under control.
Southern California u practically
free from fire.
Fires In the state this year have
burned over $4,000 acres. much Of it's
fine timber and range land. infllct.
ms n loss estimated nj 1870. 000. 900.
according 90 a rccapitulation by the
forestry service.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-24
.BRIT0N DELAYED
Maj. MacLaren Held Up by
Weather al Murkami Bay

TOKYO. July 2i-The British
round.tho.wor.d flight was held up
az Murkaml bay. Para mushiru r..
land owing 10 bad weather. accord
Ing 20 radio dispatches from Japa.
nese destfoyera guarding tho flight.
MaJ. stuart Maofaren. pilot.
hopes 20 set his big amphiblan un.
der way again tomorrow.
Tho British plane hoped of from
Murimmi bay 10 resume the fight
az 3 a. m, today. but was forced 20
return 20 the shelter OF the harbor.
Another attempt win be made 20.
morrow morning. according 90 wire.
less ndviecH.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-24
American Aviators
Plan Test Flights

BRouGH. England. July "a
Small radiators for Americas round.
the-worid planes. which were 70.
placed by larger ones when the
flight across tropical Asia began. mr..
Rived last night from Japan. and the
alrrncn were busy installing them to-
day.
Trial flights win be held tomor-
row. Supplies have arrived here for
The italian flyer. Localli. whose rep
rcsentativcs have inquired of tho
Americans II there is any objection
10 HIS accompanying them across
the Atlantic
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-24

tho accounts OF days last winter.
when he waA brilliant law stu.
dent. Howard obcndorf. another
University OF Chicago law student.
followed Marmont on tho stand and
eorroborated in detail the previous
witneNS' testimony
Maurice shnmberR and Lester
Abelson. other law students. corrob-
GRATED the testimony OF Mnrmon,
and obcndorf. and when they were
excused Judge cavcriy odrerei a
i0.minuie recess.
HELPED LEOPOLD
TRANSLATE WRITINGS
Tho first psychological aspect OF
the case was brought out when Leon
MAndcl. heir OF tho Mnndel nro,hera
department store millions. testified hr
had coliaborated with Leopold In
trnnslatlng works Of .Aretlno. the no
iorious Italian author.
Mandel said he believed he knew
more abou, AFc,lno than Leopold
himself. and that the two had amused
themselves many times by studying
and transiatlns famous Italian writ.
lngs.
What else did you DO when In
company with Nathan Lcopoid7"
Grove asked.
we often played bridge together. Z"
the young millionaire said.
who else played with your
Richard Loeb md other boys Of
our SET"
DID you play for money!"
yes. we sometimes played for
money"
what was the llmit7"
Usually Loeb and Leopold played
a Sc 20 Toe iimlt-the rest Of Us
played for io 20 Sc limit"
Did anybody lose much money!
Yes. sometimes ono OF the fellows
would loge n great deal"
How much would you say7"
well. about $780,"
How much money would you say
changed hands during those Ramea7''
About 5000 or 1900 at the outside. I"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-24
BURN 800 ACRES
Portland Fire Threatened
Chlldren'S Hospital

PORTLAND. July "A brush
fire AZ tho city limits Of Portland
gave city fircmen and volunteers
a hard flght and burned over 500
acres before Il waH brought under
control late last night
The fire started on Rocky Butte.
and for time threatened 10 travel
toward tho Hospital for Crippled
Children. where arrangements were
made 20 remove the patients A
slight wind shift. however, removed
the menace.
Hot dry winds and low humidity
have been responsible for a fresh
outbreak OF fires in Western orc.
gon.
The little town Of Boring near
Portland. was s,il under the threat
OF destruction this morning.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-24
Four Arrested in
Police Dry Raids

Accused Of carrying beer IN their
auto. Frank Miller. ~. and John
Wilson. %. were arrested early
Thursday morning at sse2 5sth ave.
$. BY Patrolman W. a. Cox. The
men were held In jail.
Olga johnson. %. chambernnld
ran afoul OF the law on booze
charge Wednesday night when tho
police dry squad ralded a house ut
$500 Elliott ave. arrestfng her and
scizing some beer.
G. r Euchner. 50. was charged
with violating the city liquor laws
after raid at los Pine st. Euchner
was released on $500.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-24
STUDENT TESTIMONY
INTERESTS SLAYERS

The defendants leaned forward ms
Arnold Murmont. student OF the
Univeristy OF Chicago, took the
stand. Leopold and Marmont studied
law together at the university.
Aarmont told OF having received
typewrittcrf Affects OF law studies
from Leopold. Then Grove asked
him TO Identify the portable used by
Leopold.
Marrnont replied that he saw q
machine similar to the exhibit In
Leopold's home.
Aiarruont described scenes nj the
Leopold home. where. he said. he
had often studied with young Leo.
pold. lie said that It was In the
Leopold home that they prepared
dope sheets used in preparing for
examinations.
There dope sheets Marmont
said. were written on the portable
typewriter. He Identified several OF
the sheets and the typewriter which
was used.
States Attorney Grove asked the
witness TO explain how he studied
for examinations. and while the wit.
ness went into the matter. Clarence
barrow, the dean Of criminal law.
yers. stood up and listened atten.
lively. Grove laughlngiy suggested
that garmon speak loudly, 80 that
barrow might learn something"
BARROW LAUGHS;
WINKS AT JUDGE
barrow laughed and winked at
the Judge.
While the student was testifying,
Leopold and Loeb looked at each 9th.
err frequently and giggicd. Leopold
appeared reminiscent as he heard
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-24
Jewels Destroyed
When Auto Burns

PORT ANGELES. July 2i-A
loose battery connection caused a
fire which destroyed the automobile
belonging 10 J, II. Guest. Of San
Pedro. Cal. here yesterday. Mrs.
Guests jewels and complete camp.
ing outfit were destroyed also. but
tho Guests escaped unhur.