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Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-14
Mclean to Talk:
Accuse Finney
OF COncealrnent
Continued from mage ~

That pauGhcrty : opinion va.
given i'm the face of written upiu
ION from 4 Standard oil lawyer tha.
the proposed leasing plan was "ab
yurd" and iIegaI. e3'.
That Fab knew Of the STANDARD
cll Iawytr' 5 opinion but did no.
think j. accessory to ask a f9yu.a,
opinion from Daugherty.
That under instruction from form.
er Secretary Fail. the leasing Of
Teapot Dome was kept secret, ord
crs being issued to all in the in
terror department TO give o@t III
information.
That Fall promised to see tha. Sin
clair took care OF John Shat
fer, owner of Seyera! newspapers,
who cIsime5 an interest in the PioR-
Ger OIL Company : rights to Te@-
POT Dome.
That Shaftcr has obtained $92,-
000 from Sinclair under an agree
ment growing out Of his claim.
Assistant Secretary Of the Inter
ior Fiuney testified that he : was
present when arguments were. heard
tv Fan concerning dismissal of 4
suit against !he Standard Oil Com
panv ot California relating to th'
title O. section So. rich section Of
naval reserve No. /.
FinreJ Changes Mind
13irnpv said no one was heard bV
F"H except Osc%r Sutro, Standard
Oh attorney, and that Fall there
upon dismissed the government pro-
c,cancs and permitted the Stand
ard to retain the section.
Finney said ne now disaerees with
the ruling Of Fall, bu: that he put
forward no protest when the deci-
sion was made.
Tianey testimony WAS marked
by the suggestion from Senator
Walsh, Montana, that Finncv Was
not telling the committee "ll he
anew.
II want the record 20 show, :
said F;nncv rs he concluded his tes-
t.Eonv, that am not conscious
y conecaling anything FROM tins
committee.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-14

Chamber of Commerce convent ion
on Pacific coast Killed resolution
calling for stronger beer. Wct5 can :
even drown their sorrow now
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-14
Open All Night at Steve's. adv

Prowlers Arrested. /. Davis.
21, and Irbin Fuger, 10, who Were
found proving about the railroad
tracks last night by Officers Johns
ton and Mayo, were given sentences
on the city chain gang when arrargn-
ed before Judge Thompson in the
city police court this morning. The
men were without money or any vls-
ible means of support.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-14

Railroads are buytng new equip
ment. We suggest they hire taller
man FOR designing Pullman berths.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-14

There is talk of. making Porto Rico
q state. At present it is only 4
state OF turmoil.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-14

scd4A oACEO Va 44CAd4o 41GAS--OtGOTSG
Daley, paving contractor from san
Diego, and number Of San Diego
officials are in FL Centre today in
yestigating the white paving job
en- Fourth street, Sandalwood Drive
and West Mann streets. Daley,
whose firm put in this work about
four years ago, is bidding on paving
contracts IN San Diego at present
and brought the coast officials over
TO prove the character of the paw
ing work he gave this city.
wooda Blesy, Dance Studio. 723
Orange. Phone 4I1w. Ads
Short Orders all hours at Steves.
adv
Legion Meets Bovce
Aten Post, American Legion, viii
hold its regular meeting tomorrow
night at the Mckinley school bun
galow on Commercial street. Re
ports are to be made at the, meet
ing by several important commit
tees, and every member of this
post is urged 10 turn out for the
meeting. Those who have attended
recent ones have thoroughly enjoy
ed them, and members who have
missed them have missed some
mighty good times.
Home Industry, Butter, Cream
and Honey. Paul s Candies. adv
Hear the Talk by Dr. Barker at
al high school auditorium, 10
night at 7:15. For the men. adv
For Mems WORK Shoes see Cum
ningham, opposite post office. adv
DR.. Harry hooper, Dentist. Ga
Main Street. Phone 3s2W- Adv
Home Made Pastries at Steve's.
adv
Baby Still Homeless-The Mexi-
can baby found on the east side
Monday night, has been returned
to 4. W. Swanson, county charity
officer by Mrs. Westpetal, who at
first desired to adopt it, and swan
son is again confronted with the
necessity Of getting the lit.,e one
a home. Several Mexican women
have offered to adopt it and Mr..
Swanson is investigating the va
rious applicants and will put the
baby in the best home offered.
Rummage Sale, Saturday at ASP
Main Street. Woman 5 Bible Class
Christian Church. adv
Your Baby Rice Buttered Pop
Corn at Paul's Sweets. BE, Zoe and
25e bag. adv.
Enjoy Your Meals at the table,
Special Dinners. Bee Cafe. adv
For Honey Pop Corn n2n n
Paul's, only nickle. adv
Water Bills Due-Tomorrow Is the
last udN IOf ltaf Iiicht VI Cui icI1V ""r
er bills, according to City Clerk
Loofbourow. Where bills are not
paid bv clock tomorrow, the wat
er will he shut off immediately and
penalty of 81 added to the bill for
delinquency.
DR.. Barker speaks TO the men
tonight At the high schoo!
auditorium, at 7:15. All men in
vited adv
Money TO LOAN on automobiles
contracts bought. Fred h. Cross
l76 Main ST. Phone $50. ADV
Thieves Steal Shoes - Thieves
pried open the door of q show case
in front of the King-Johnson Com
pany last night and helped them
selves to several palrs of shoes which
were on display in the window. The
same ease was broken into several
months ago, but at that time the
theft was content TO take only one
pair of shoes
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-14
NEWS BRIEFS
From City and County

Walker on Trial--Trial of Harry
/. Walker, charged with a statutory
offense, is in session today before
Judge Conkling and u jury in De
partment No. = of the superior
court. \ jury was obtained shortly
after court opened and it was evi-
dent verdict would be rcldercd
this afternoon.
Fresh Oysters, Leefoot Cream
Waffles. Oregon Cafe. Adv.
Cream Taffy 4oc 4 lb. at Paul's.
adv
Special Dishes served at Steve s.
adv
Attorneys Father Dead--Attor-
nev Ross Y. Hickcox was called to
Etiwanda yesterday afternoon by
news Of the death of his father, {.
\. HickcoN, ST., in that town. IN
addition to Mr.. HickcoX, the de-
ceased = survived by several other
adult children. Funeral arrange
ments are being completed today.
The body is TO be buried in Ontario.
Runmage Sale, Saturday at 4J2
Main Street. Woman 8 Bible Glass
Christian Church. adv
Fine Steak Dinner at Steve'..
a,tv
Merchants Lunch at Steve s.
adv
B. Y. P. II. Conventio7 Tomoc-
row-The b. y. p. [. c9ayeHUs6
viii be held in C"Iexico Sop<frow
evening. These planning to attend
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-14

Fine Juicy Steaks and Chops al
The Broadway Chop house. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-14

Hotel Barbara worrn-Table de
hote dinner $1.00. Special Chicken
dinner $1.00. Special T-BonH Steak
dinner 90c. Special Rib Steak din
per soc. Seventh Stree. Entrance
direct TO cafe. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-14

B. Y. P. II. Conventio3 Tomor-
row-The b. y. p. I. q gavenu~f
viii be held in CaIeXico so9sSfrow
evening. These planning to attend
viii meet It the Chamber Of Com.
merce in that city for supper At
$3.50, following which a program
viii be given.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-14

The Broadway Chop house. adv
Auto Tire Stolen-J. L. Thompson
reported to the police that an auto
mobile tire. 80 by az was stolen
from his car whgle i was parked
near the Crown Packing Company 5
shed on the east side last night
about $50.
Broadway Chol House for tasty
dishes at every meal. adv
Eat at the Oregon and be com
Portable. Ladies rest room and
mems smoking room. adv
The Auto Laundry on Broadway,
between 9th and eth is now ready
to wash, polish or grease your ear
Free crank case service and motor
cleaning. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-14

Home Made Pastries at Steve s.
adv
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-14

DR.. Harry hooper, Dentist. GA
Main Street. Phone 3s2W- ADV
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-14

For Mems WORK Shoes see Cum
ningham, opposite post office. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-14

Merchants Lunch at Steve s.
clN
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-14

Hear the Talk by DR.. Barker at
at high school auditorium, 10
night at 7:15. For the men. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-14

Short Orders all hours at Steves.
adv
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-14


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Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-14

Wooda Blesy, Dance Studio. 723
Orange. Phone 4I1w. AdT
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-14

DR.. Barker speaks to the men
tonight at the high school
auditorium, at 7:15. All men in
vited adv
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-14

Money 20 LOAN on automobiles
,ont-acts bought. Fred h. Cross
l76 Main St. Phone $50. Adv
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-08-28
Legion Approves Defense Day

A large number Of American
Legion members and ex-service men
attended the regular feed and smok-
er meeting which was held recently
at Havre, in the Elks' hall.
The local boys decided to coop
crate with the committee in charge
of the affairs for the holding of the
National Defense day program, which
is September IL, and went on record
as favoring the proper observance
of the day. The post also promised
to lend its services in making the day
a success.
Membership in the local post is
growing steadily with each meeting
and a large number of candidates
became members of the Legion at
this session.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-08-28

ways returned to the river, working
slowly up its course.
There were Indian signs on the
trails. They were in constant dan
ger. But they kept on. After many
days of travel, when they scarce knew
where they were, they came to a
place where the timber grew thinner.
Some premonition must have come to
Cook then for he hurried on ahead of
his companions. Suddenly he broke
from the timber and there at his very
feet, lay a great cash in the earth, a
marvellous chasm Of incredible beau
ty. He teetered a moment on the
brink, almost unable to arrest his
h%urrying feet. Then he fell to the
ground On his face, and peered awe
stricken, into those gorgeous depths,
where the hues of flame and of sky
mingled with a hundred other tints
in the most marvellous kaleidoscope
of color the white man had ever
gazed upon. Far in the depths ran a
brilliant green thread of water, hur-
rying over huge boulders and rushing
along between narrow banks. But so
distant was it that not a sound of its
passage came to the enthralled watch
on the rim.
And so was discovered for the
white nan the Grand Canyon of the
Yellowstone.
Cook and Folsom explored it to-
gether, discovering its waterfalls,
hidden from Cooks pioneer gaze by
the bend opposite Inspiration Point
it is now called. They proceeded
up stream to Yellowstone lake, found
its hot springs and saw at least one
Of the geyser basins, that are now
as the Fountain basin.
They went back to civilization,
lalf afraid to tell what they had
They feared their neighbors
Ind friends would scarce believe
hem. But they told those whom
hey knew best, and their discover
es, which they themselves knew to
.omprise but a fragment of the won
lerland, led directly to the Wash
,urn-Langford expedition in 1870,
which really disclosed the Yellow
tone to the world.
Refused Publication. !
Charles w. Cook wrote the story !
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-08-28

Overland Stage Company, which
he acquired through making loans.
and the consequent foreclosures
and began to operate it in 1861.
Seven years later, he was the own
er of 10 Pacific steamships, trans
porting freight and passengers to
Japan, China, Panama, and Oregon.
Every enterprise for many years
in which this man engaged brought
him in wealth. It was not long
before he had a house on Fifth ave
nue., New York City; an office on
Wall street; then a palatial home
on the Hudson-"Ophir Farm"
owned by Whiteiaw Reid; and
a home in Washington, D. c. The
necessity for the later his b~iograph-
er ingenuously admits, was that he
be on the spot when legisla-
affecting his interests came
before Congress.
In describing the Washington
house, the same writer speaks of
he classics that adorned-probably
in a literal s~ense-Holladays fine
library, and of the works of art
he house contained. Among 9TH
ers he enumerates two bronze lions,
each costing $1,000" The artists
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-08-28
GARRETT GETS HIS
OWN DATA DURING
TOUR OF MONTANA
POST WRITER CARRIED JOKER
UP HIS SLEEVE, ACCORDING
TO RECENT REPORTS
caves Train at First Station After
The Official Tour With Committee
And Asks The Farmers His Own
Questions About State.

Garet Garrett, economist and
author of THAT Pain in the North
west" which stirred hectic discuss
sion in Montana because of its crit
icism of agricultural and banking
conditions, after revisiting the
state at the invitation of various
chambers of commerce and after
being "banquetted'' and s'toured''
in HaVre, Great Falls and Lewis
town, was put safely ON an east
bound limited at Hobson-but he
stepped off at the next station and
started through Montana, ''via the
back door,
Mr.. Garrett carried a joker up his
sleeve while being shown the beauti-
full fields of grain in the country
around these three cities. He abb
sorbed information for several hours
each day and took additional doses
during meal hours, while listening
to various club speakers, then he
started out to obtain first-hand in
formation.
After leaving Great Falls two
weeks ago, Mr.. Garrett was enter
tanned in Lewistown, being taken
from the train at Benchland and
personally conducted into the city.
During his address at a banquet pro-
vided in his honor he poked fun at
his hosts, asking why he was shown
so many wheat fields, declaring that
his article, which appeared in The
Saturday Evening Post, had clearly
stated that Montana was a great
grain producing state. He intimat-
ed clearly that he had seen so many
milk cans and been given so many
statistics about milking COWS that he
dreamed of dairying.
Lewistown boosters held him to a
rigid program of tours and meetings
and then took him to Hobson to
catch the train for the east-and
there waved a long adieu.
Residents of the district east of
Hobson met Mr.. Garrett, personally
he next morning. According to
heir stories, he stepped off the train
at the first stop out of Hobson,
hired an automobile and started on
| private tour of the farming dis
riots, making a house to house a n
rass.
Asks Many Questions
Prominent among question which
he economist p%ropounded to the
armers were:
How much land do you OWN"
"What is the indebtedness per
How much of your debts were
able to pay during the last three
do you expect to stay in Montana
continue farming?"
What changes have you made in
our system of farming during the
list few years?"
What do you believe the future
olds for you?"
Are your creditors helping you
de owe the tight period?"
Mr.. Garrett spent three days gath
ring such first-hand data in vicini-
of Hobson and Buffalo, declining
Il the while to let farmers visited
more entertainment than a
lace at the table if he CHANGED to
Ill during meal time, and then he
fit for Yellowstone park for an in
with Horace Albright, super
-tendent.
From the park Mr.. Garrett will go
Idaho, to continue his studies of
'onomic conditions, he said.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-08-28
BEN H0LLADAY, OPERATOR OF EARLY DAY
OVERLAND STAGE COACH LINES WAS ONE
OF THE VESTS MOST UNIQUE CHARACTERS

A MONG the many names con
n nected with pioneer days
none is more familiar thar
that of Ben Holiday, proprietor
of the Overland Stage Company
that operated the stage line from
Atchison, Kansas to the Pacific.
during the early COS, with branch
lines to Boise, and to Virginia City,
Montana-the longest stage line in
the world. Yet while his name was
a household word, little was known
of the life of this remarkable man.
He was of Virginia ancestry of
good stock, but was born in Ken
lucky, and when quite young
moved to western Missouri. Among
his relatives were two such promi-
nent men as Gen. Andrew Hughes,
and Frank P. Blair.
1t is reported that at one time
in Missouri, Holiday was himself
a stage driver. However true this
may be, he soon gave up this n
ticing occupation to enter business,
and became n of the prominent
citizens of western Missouri.
In 1849 Holiday made the jour
ney to California and in the same
year, he, together with a partner,
carried $4,000 worth of goods to
Salt Lake City, which sold at a
because of the %intercession
in his behalf of Brigham Young,
who advertised both him and his
in a sermon, at the Taber-
nacle. Young's friendship for Hol-
laday dated from the surrender of
Joseph Smith and Brigham Young
to Gen A. w. Doniphan, at which
time Holiday had expressed sym
Dathy for the condition of the Nor
non women and children, and had
-ried to aid them. Young said in
lis sermon, Brother Holiday has
large stock of goods for sale, and
can be trusted as an honorable
This remark sold the
FOODS and, it is said brought Holla-
lay into the Mormon church, "but
m probation, only" For several
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-08-28

years he was on the frontier, with
headquarters at Salt Lake.
That Holiday made Salt Lake
his headquarters gives color to the
story Of his being connected in a
way with the Mormon church, as
at that time Gentiles were not en-
couraged to take up residence in the
City of the Saints.
At t~hirty-eight years Of age Hol-
laday came into possession of the
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-08-28

name IS not mentioned, nor other
description given of these costly
bronzes than the number of dollars
paid for them. 1t is no wonder
Europeans were wont to say that
wealthy Americans estimated their
art treasures, not for their intrinsic
value, but for their size; and that
they bought their pictures by the
yard. We, as a Nation, were then
in the chrome stage.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-08-28

of his trip and sent it to Harper's
magazine. 1t came back with a note
saying the editors could not receive
for publication anything but the most
reliable and authentic information.
Folsom wrote his story and sen it to
the Midwest Magazine in Chicago.
The editor of that publication, after
cutting out the most important and
interesting portions, published the
story, but before the magazine was
distributed the entire edition was de-
stroped by fire, saw one copy which
Folsom had received. He presented
that to the Montana Historical Soci-
ETY., and it too was destroyed in the
Helena fire some years later.
And so, except among the few who
knew them, Folsom and Cook got but
little credit or honor for their explor-
alton and discovery. Washburn and
Langford and the members of their
party left yoluminous records of
their subsequent explorations. To
them went the credit for the discov-
cry. Their expedition covered much
more territory, and their examina-
ton was more exhaustive. But Lang
ford, Washburn and the rest of that
group knew of the Cook-Folsom dis
coveries, for Langford in the intro
duction to his diary, published in
1905, tells of the finding of the can
yon by Cook and Folsom.
Alone With Memories.
The old man in White Sulphur
paused in his milking to
greet his visitors. He was glad to
see them. They shook his hand
warmly, and then he told them of the
old days-of ga and '69-and how
be found the canyon.
For this quiet old man, living so
among his neighbors, is
Charles w. Cook. Of all the men
who from 80 to '72 entered and ex-
the region now set apart as
National park, Mr.. Cook
slone is living. Washburn, Langford,
Hedges, Everts, Hauser, the happy
so-lucky Jake Smith, DR.. Hayden,
lieut.. Doane-all have passed on ex-
:ept this man, the very first of them
I'll to gaze into the depths of the most
.yondrous gorge in the world-Yel-
canyon.
Fame has passed him by. Others /
reaped the honors and the plau-
But Charles w. Cook has only his {
memories. i
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-08-28

Holidays first wife, with whom
it is claimed he eloped, was a Miss
Calvert, of Platte county, Missouri.
By her he had four children, two
daughters and two sons. The
daughters married noblemen, the
one a baron, the other a count, and
both against his wishes. One of
the daughters died in a Pullman
on the way from Omaha to San
Francisco, and the other was taken
i'll while crossing the Atlantic, and
died on reaching New York. The
two sons also died, one in China,
and the other in a Washington
hospital. Holiday, after the death
of his first wife, married a Miss
Campbell of Portland, Ore. Two
of his children by this wife were
living at the time of his death.
Holidays brother-in-law says of
him "His whole soul and mind was
bent on accumulating wealth" Al
though this is undoubtedly true, he
was no miser, as another testifies,
who knew him we'll. Anxious to
get the best of every bargain, he
would often turn it, with all the
profits, to some friend or deserv-
ing man" In other words he liked
to win the game, but did not gloat
over his success.
The same writer says that his
manner was naughty and dictatori-
al, yet he was the most compan-
enable of men. Reckless as to his
OWN or others lives, he was a sym
pathetic nurse and gra teful
friend" Once he was in a wreck
IN the Pacific, and could never af-
erwards be induced to take another
lea journey, as he could not forget
he suffering of the women and t
children on the wrecked boat, nor t
low cowardly were the men. {
A votary of fortune, she, tickle as '
lways, at length altogether desert I
d him, and Ben Holiday lost the
part of his fortune. This S
yas partly due to the Indian raids I
f 18o4-18o6, when his stage sta
ions were burned, and his stock :;
But his undertaking to h
uild the Oregon & California rail t
Dad from which he expected to
salize millions, was the main cause a
f his downfall. Millions in bonds a
ad ben issued, and most of them
Did in Europe. He was unable to E
I'll valuable land that had been
ranted him. Meanwhile the in
rest on his bonds came due. This t.
e tried to pay from his own for
Inc, and this ruined him. Had it o.
ot been for the increase in value q
Portland, Oregon, property, Ben m
olladay would have died a poor Of
an. At the time of his death his al
-operty was estimated at 100000,
comfortable sum for the majority I'll
it poverty for the man who has ar
.en a millionaire. M
This brief outline of Ben Holla- er
US life, could be expanded, if
ace permitted, to include much !,
at is interesting and instructive, e %n
garding this enormous western tir
he helped to develop; a !
5ion pronounced, by no less an f di5
thority than General Long to be !,
edeemable. and only fit for wild spnea
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-08-28

Could Eat, But Couldn't Sea- farmer
who went to a large city to see the sights
engaged a room at a hotel. and before re-
firing asked the clerk about the hours for
dining.
We have breakfast from six to eleven,
dinner from eleven to three, and supper
from three to eight" explained the clerk.
"'Wa-al,. say" inquired the farmer in sur
prise, what time air I goin' ter git ter
Milford chronicle., 1924-09-19
LINEMAN KILLED BY
CONTACT WITH LIVE WIRE

! Howard Ellis, aged % years, whose
nome was in Wilmington, died at the
Milford Emergency Hospital about
1880 O'Clock Wednesday evening of
severe burns and shock received
when he came in contact with a high
tension electric line. Ellis, who was
employed by the Diamond State Tel
ephone Company as a cableman,
was working on a cable in Dover
when he accidentally touched a live
electric wire, through which 23OO
volts of current were flowing at the
time. Blue flames shot from his
body and he was unable to free him
self. 1t was necessary to turn the
current off at the light plant before
men could go to his aid. He was
taken from the pole and carried to
Dover fire house, where DR.. James
gave first aid. A. call to the Milford
Emergency Hospital sent the ambu-
lance to Dover after the injured
man. When examined at the hospi-
tai it was found that he had received
severe burns on the right leg and
left arm. Everything possible to save
his life was done, but he succumbed
to his injuries about two hours after
he had been admitted to the institu-
tion