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Evening star., 1924-01-31

purpose Of effecting an organization.
Each civic organization will be entitled
to two representatives on the commits
sion
To date the following organizations
have sisnined their intention Of afriliat-
Ing: Lyon Park Civic Association, ASH
ton Heights Citizens Association, Clar-
endon Citixens' Association, Fort Myer
Heights Citizens Association, Park
Lane Citizens Association. Bon Air
Veitch Citizens Association, Ballston
Citixcns' Association. Arlington Citi-
sons Association and Highland Park
Citizens Association.
A representative Of the federal bu-
reau OF public roads will address the
meeting. II is announced.
Evening star., 1924-01-31
FAIL TO FIND MOTORlST
WHO FATALLY HURT MAN
Merrill Crawford Bowling of Park
Lane Killed by Unidentified
Driver
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CLARENDON, Va, January 31.-,-
Investigations by the sheriffs office
Of Arlington county to date have
failed TO produce the identity of the
man in q. Ford sedan who ran down
and fatally injured Merrill Crawford
Bowling of Park lane, twenty-seven
years of age and r. motorman of the
Washington and Old Dominion rail-
way, last Thursday evening on the
Lee Highway. The fact that the
man speeded away after striking his
victim, and witnesses were unable to
get the number of the license tag,
has made tho investigation difficult,
according to Sheriff Howard Il.
Fields.
When struck by the machine Bowl
ing was accompanied by his wife and
Mrs Irene MrCarty. and was pulling
Evening star., 1924-01-31
ROAD BOND Meeting.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CLARENDON, Va. January a1--The
first meeting OF tho commission being
formed to formulate plans for road
bond issue in Arlington district. ArlinG-
ton county. is announced for tomorrow
evening, IN the boardroom At the ,urt-
house, at s o'clock.
1t Is the intention Of the organixers Of
the commission to have every civic or
ganization Of the district cooperate in
the movement, and tne meeting tomor-
row evening will be primarily for tho
Evening star., 1924-01-31
FIVE MORE DAYS GRANTED
TOGET VIRGINIA TAGS
Special Dispatch 10 The star.


CLARENDON. Va, January 81
The time for procuring automobile IL
cense tags has been extended Ave days
for autoists Of Arlington county, accord
ing to an announcement by Sheriff
Howard B. Fields. This respite was
granted, the sheriff states, because of
the unprecedented last minute rush for
the tags at the license bureau at Alex
andria and the belief that all orders
could not possibly be filled by tomorrow.
the original last day Of grace.
Evening star., 1924-01-31
EYES OF So INJURED.

Thirty-two children throughout the
country were shot in the eyes by air
rifles and twenty-six children's eyes
were injured by fireworks during the
Christmas holiday celebrations, ac-
cording to reports received by the
National Committee for the Proven
tion of Blindness, New York city, 1t
was announced today
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-31
YOungster Plays
Important r lie
In Porter Film

How will boy Of five years look
when he is nine!
After you have visualized that sit
uation, try and find two such boys
among your list of acquaintance
and you will appreciate one of the
difficulties that faced Gene STRAIT
comforter in selecting the young
sters TO play the part of Billy, the
mischievous victim of shiftless
home life. in her personally super
vised production of her celebrated
book, "A Girl of the Limberlost. ~
Gloria Grey, the petite protege of
Gus Edwards and the star of Bag
and Baggage, "The Supreme
Test,'' "The Great Alone" and
other pictures Of the past few years,
plays the role Of Elnora Comstock
in this remarkable Installation Of
Mrs. Porter's novel
Little Buck Black, the son of an
American physician living in Bonn
bay, India, and Newton Hall, born
and raised in Los Angeles, play Billy
at five years and nine years re
spectively. The film is showing for
the last time tonight az the New
A-.dcGe.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-31
FARMERS COMING fNTO THEIR OWN

There is a new sense of optimism permeating the
whole great agricultural industry of the county and
the farmers are to be warmly congratulated upon the
prosperity that is coming to them.
Ever since the close of the farmers have been
suffering They have been compelled to pay for what
they bought double the pre-war prices while they
ceived not more than the old price for what they had
to SELL Their purchasing power practically halv
ed Not IN the economic history of the country has
any great class been handicapped have these peo
pie who constitute its bone and sinew
The farmers plight has been matter OF universal
sollctude 1t concerned not him alone There can be
no real prosperity while he suffers throughout the
whole agricultural section of the country business has
langulshed His purchasing power was so greatly re-
duced trade could not flourish as it should Banks
failed by the hundreds they have been known
to do before. Bankruptcy widespread Jobblng
and manufacturing have marked time.
Meanwhile legislatures and the congress have
busted themselves with calculated to relieve.
Those who believe in the supreme efficacy of leg1sla
ton have loudly declamed and have offered many
panacea The files of congress have been filled with
proposed laws. But while the statesmen milled and
mulled purpose the natural law of supply and de-
mand, which be neither enacted annued, has
reasserted itself and the markets bounding
upwards Wheat has advanced nearly half a dollar
bushe. Corn is around the dollar mark. Pork and
beef flirting with the teens. The American farmer
may brush away his tears and grid up his loins
for new period of prosperity; And the fine thing
about all is that the rest of will enjoy with him.
Incidentally the political calamity howers are the
only ones who will not relish this and sudden
turn of the farmers fortune The Farmer-Labor
ddae for governor of Minnesota depores the present
situation He has just entered contest in which he
dreamed of riding into the state house the farmers
woes But alas that dream is shattered now. He
says there is such thing improved prices He does
believe the market reports. How there be- high
prices when he had everything all set for ride into
high office low prices? But the farmers are drlv-
ing up to the elevators and disposing of their grain
the figures quoted in the market reports And this
takes the wind of the sails of the political farmers
who expecting to farm the farmers this year.
The Press offers its fullest fluctuations to all its
farmer friends in this wonderful agricultural valley.
This was the white agricultural spot in the coun-
try before the market upheava 1t Is getting and
sensing impulse that will make it still more con-
spicuous The moral is that must all keep heads
and with renewed hope and will be able to
go forward to development the like OF which has
not hitherto been experienced.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-31
Peggy Calls Her
Hubby a Pig
Headed" Swede

NEW YORK. July 31.-One leap
ahead of the process servers, Count
costa Morner has vanished from
New York.
And his bride of two months
mourns-because he got away.
Peggy Hopkins Joyce wante one
last, word with her handsome Pig
Headed Swede' as she called him.
She wanted TO serve him with the
papers in an action for separation.
The gallant count saw to it that
notice of suit of his own for
annulment was in Pegs hand be
fore he disappeared into the wilds
of Long Island.
There is one thing about Peggy
Hopkins Joyce, she is never off
with an old love, or on with a new
without plenty of mutual recrimina-
tion or otherwise. Some of the
maxims of the Countess Morner.
husbandless again for the moment,
were:
Il thought he was just u great
big handsome boy-but he turned
out pig headed Swede.
He wouldn I go to work. 1t
was easier for him to stay around
and have me hand him money.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-31
WAGES AND SELLING COSTS

There has been more dulness, perhaps in the tex
tile and clothing industries this year than anywhere
else Commenting on this fact business reviewer calls
attention to the high wages paid.
In the clothing industry wages are 2CO to 300 per
cent higher than they before the war. Workmen
who used to get S12 week getting $40
week The wages were admittedly too low before the
war Yet it is agreed that they too high now for
the workers good, because, by making manufac-
ture expensive and compelling high selling price,
they deter buyers, reduce the demand and reduce
employment
Employers hesitate to reduce wages because their
workers are only working part time, and need the high
pay to make both ends meet. On the other hand, 1t
seems that while pay so high, there is not likely to
be full employment. Manufacturers and workers are
caught in an unfortunate circle.
Yet high wages cannot be the only cause. man
familiar with textiles remarks that in most cases the
expense of selling is far higher than the total expense
of producing the manufactured goods. 1t takes no
expert knowledge to say that this is an unreasonable
situation The machinery of distribution is too COM
bersome there too many people engaged in eXpen
sve and possibly superfuous services between the rae
tory and the consumer.
The same situation exists to a large extent III var-
Gus other industries. In fact, selling expense coming
to be recognized in this country, as the biggest gem
eral factor in business, and one which is mounting
right along The place to make the biggest economies
in order lower selling prices and increase demand Is
there rather than in the wage scales.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-31
Love Minister"
In LA. Court to
Face Ugly Charge

LOS ANGELES. July 21.-John
Bertrum Clarke "Love Minister,
shepherd of the Church OF C0smic
Truth, was to 90 on trial here to-
day, specifically charged with con
tributing to the delinquency of a
young girl and generally charged
with making love to hundreds of
women.
Fifteen wear old Clara Tautrim,
whom. it is alleged, Clarke inveigled
into his fold and married using
one of his own certificates, which
does not call for license and per
forming the ceremony himself, is
the complaining witness in the ease.
which has Il eo-defendant Clara |.
Berry, who posed as Clarke S secre-
tary.
Az part of the evidence against
him. the prosecution will bring into
court Clarke's office records, and
file of cards containing the names
of nearly 1000 women whom, it is
asserted, he gave his counsel, solace
and treatment for sickened souls.
The '"pastor viii be a shock TO
some of his flock in court today,
it is feared. When arrested two
weeks or more ago, he was garbed
in white, and his spOtless clothing
has become somewhat soiled during
the days he has spent i'll the dark
confines of his cell.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-31
THOSE CALIFORNIA SUICIDES

In Justice to the state of California which has at
tanned undesirable eminence again by leading the coun-
trv in its suicide rate it is only fair to print communl-
cation from former California health worker Says
this correspondent:
'There is an explanation familiar to physicians,
nurses and health-workers generally who have had to
deal directly with the continual and heavy migration OF
the sick particularly the tubercuar from all parts OF
the country to California especially Southern Caifor
mia MANY of these unfortunates have not sufficient
funds to enable them rest and benefit from the mild
climate of that region. Many unable to find en-
poyment suitable to their condition They become des
fitnte then desperate. Unable to support existence
longer they end their lives"
This is sample and logical explanation of what
otherwise would be mystery. Even though the Call-
frnia climate were not all that the natives claim for
n il would be strange indeed it, other things being
equal people were disposed to kill themselves
in that land Of sunshine than in regions OF duer ana
gloomer skies Other things are not equal, and Cali
fornia stands absolyed from responsibility.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-31
Power Hearing
Is Continued
Continued from page u

(SOnUluueu 1TOul page ~
$60O,0uU which the consumer was
to pay under the provisions of the
emergency schedule pctltloned for.
1T was shown III the Testimony at
the hearings that the Southern Sic
Iras Power Company, The Nevada
California Power Company, the HUI
slue Water Company, Il Nevada
Corporation; the Cam irrigation
company, Delaware corporation;
the imperial Ice and DeNeiopment
company, HoIton Interurban com
pany, Interstate Telegraph company
pdny are ali subsidiaries to the Ne
vaua- California Electric Corpora
tion with headquarters at Denver,
Colorado.
U11rcers Serve Two Companies
1t was shown further tnat Off
GERS of the southern Slerras compa-
ny were i'll many cases oftlclais IN
other companies. In one instances
it WIS shown that Vice President
and General Manager f. .. Dolson,
OF the southern olerraS company,
did not know whether certain pow
er plants i'll lnyo county were own
ed py the Southern Slerras eompa-
ny or leased from the Nevada Cali
lorna Power company.
Attorney Scott aIso introduced
into the nearing, evidence that the
southern Sicrras company has made
iii interchange agru, with the
san Diego consolidated Gas and
electro company III wnicn lmper-
ial Valley is to be suppned with
electricity after the mluuIe OF Aug
ust at an approximate cost of one
gent per kiiowatt hour III Ell Cen
tro, tor which the consumer is to
pay maximum of 16 cents per
kilowatt hour for lighting.
1T was shown further tnat lmper-
ial Valley consumes approximately
100000 kilowatt hours per month,
for which the highest rates on the
Southern Sierras system are pad.
Testimony that the southern Sierras
expected to distribute 5,0UO,000 kllo-
watt hours per month over the re-
quirements of Imperial Valley to
the Riverside territory where rates
ranging from % to 20 cent less
than those paid here would be III
force was presented. In San Ber-
nardino county and territory west
of Riverside, where the Southern
Sicrras is in competition with the
Southern California Edison compa-
ny, the rates are more than 100 per
cent less than here it was stated.
Every city in Imperial County,
with the exception of Imperial, was
represented at the hearings, as well
as business firms aud organizations.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-31
|. v. TO FIGURE
in new BOOK
BY DEAN HUNT
National 'agazine Cor.
rects Map to Business
Good

Imperial Valley is to figure in
a chapter of new book to be com
pleted soon by Dean II. ID. Hunt
of the graduate school of the Uni
versity of Southern California, ac-
cording to a letter received by See
retary James I. Coyle from Dean
Hunt.
The book is TO be called L" .Nmcri-
can Period of California History
and one chapter under the title.
The Historical Development of
Imperial Valley - is to deal with
the converting of the desert into
productive area. Mr.. Hunt asked
that Secretary Coyle furnish him
with figures showing the agricubtu-
raj and shipping pursuits of the
valley now so that the contract with
early years might be shown.
Mr.. Coyle stated that the request
Of Dean Hunt was simply one of II
TO Is requests received daily for
information as to the valley. its
industries and its development. He
said these letters come from all
parts of the United States and in
clude requests for magazine arti-
cles, literature of the valley and in
quiries as to the climate here.
Recently an article in the July is
sue of the Nation S Business by
Frank Greene, managing editor of
Bradstreet S, gave a map of the
United States showing the areas of
good business in the United States
for the month of June. 1t showed
the entire state of California to be
only fain
Mr.. Coyle wrote to Mr.. Greene
giving figures to show that in the
Imperial Valley and Southern Cali
foruia, business has been good. He
received a reply expressing tn"
thanks of the editor of Bradstreet s
for the information and the assur-
ance that the July map would show
the actual conditions here. The
August issue of Nations Business
carries the map as promised show
ING Southern California, Imperial
Valley and southwestern Arizona as
an area where business is good. 1t
is one of three areas marked good
in the United States for July. The
other two are located in northern
Texas and southern Florida.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-31

would have thought of lollypops
and then I would have remembered.
1t ism t sugar.
els it salt you want?' asked
Uncle Wiggily.
"No,' replied Bunty. eff it
had been salt | would have thought
Of peanuts, and then L would have
remembered.
".Was it butter?' asked the
mouse gentleman.
"No.' sighed Bunty. ''lf it had
been butter ! would have thought
of bread and | would have remem-
bered.
"Perhaps it is bread you should
get, and you may have forgotten
to remember butter ventured I'm
Gle Wiggily.
mo, said Bunty, with a long
breath, CIT wasn't either bread or
butter just then, down the street
a. hand organ monkey began play
ing. "Hey diddle-diddle, the cat
and the fiddle, the COW jumpoIl
over the moon. The little dog
laughed to see such sport and tho
dish ran away with the spoon.
"Oh, now | remember! Now | re-
member!'' joyfully cried Baby
Bunty. -spoon-spoon moon
that s it! Now | remember!
''But i don't sell moons or
spoons!' laughed Mr.. Cheese.
"No, but when | think of moon
| remember spoon. And when |
think Of spoon | remember oat-
meal, cause you eat oatmeal with
"A spoon!'' laughed Baby Bunty.
"That S what / want for Mrs. Wib-
blewobble-te cents worth of oat-
meal. Oh, now / remember! IN
so glad!'
"Well! Well!' laughed Uncle
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-31
Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD E. GAR1s
Copyright, 1928, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY AND BUNTY'S
..M FORGET

One day, as Uncle Wiggily was
hopping past, the eleven and twelve
cent store. Mr.. Cheese, the little
mouse gentleman who raped up
groceries and other things behind
the counter, crept to the door ana
called:
:" Uncle Wiggily, | wish you d
comc IN here just moment.
What 5 the natter asked the
5uany gentlcman, who was hopping
along to seek an adventure. Are
there lot of ant ladies in your
sugar, or are Jackie and Peetie Bow
Wow playing tag behind the mo.
lasses barrel9''
" Neither onc!' laughed Mr..
Cheese, the mouse gentleman gro
ccr. But Baby Buntv is i'll here
and she has her forget with her.
Her what ~ cried Uncle Wig
gily in surprise.
1" Her FORGET chuckled Mr..
Cheese. ''She says her memory is
lsthe thing she forgets with. Mrs.
Wibblewobble, the lady duck, seht
Baby Bunty to the store to get
something, but instead of getting
it Bunt~ is forgetting it. She can It
remember what it was Mrs. Wib-
bewobble sent her for. thought
perhaps you could help
III try offered Uncle Wiggily.
He found Baby Bunty, the cute lit
tie rabbit girl sitting on the count
er, looking sad.
Cant you remember what Mrs.
Wibblewobble told you to get. Bun
ty?' asked the bunny.
"No, Uncle Wiggily,' replied
Bunty, serious like, and sad. 81
can t.
"Was it SUGAR. asked Mr.
Cheese.
NO said Bunty, shaking her
head. "If it had been sugar /
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-31

In a report of the activities of
the Horticultural Commissioners OF
Imperial County to the state de,
partment of agriculture, Commls-
sioner B. A. Harrigan states that
the necessity, of improving the fla
vor of locally raised cantaloupes is
imminent.
Comment on the flavor of Imper-
ial Valley cantaloupes Mr.. Harrlgan
stresses the fact that melons seem
to be losing the delicacy of flavor
for which they are noted and that
it is evident from the tastelessness
Of the present varieties that new
seed be propagated or the old
"1025' be. bred up to standard.
Approximately 10000 ears of canta-
loupes were shipped from 2s,o6o
acres of Imperial Valley land.
Statistics are given for the pro
duce condemned as unfit for entry
into the county, for produce e9n-
demned' as unfit for shipment. out OF
the county, for goods passed into
the county and for goods passed
out of the county.
In "a general statement regarding
other crops Commissioner Harrigan
says that few grape paintings were
made this year than in other years,
that watermelon growers, did well
financially in comparison with the
cantaloupe growers, some of whom
lost while others made. money or
broke even. Certificates issued for
fruit and vegetables as required by
numbered 1920.
Watch Needs Closely 4n
A paragraph in, the report tiss de-
voted to the weed pest campaign
and says that several large infes-
tation of camel's thorn have been
found lately. Dry farming and clean
cultivation are being used to eradi-
cate this pest. During Nthe past
year 3,40O visits were made by the
commissioner and his assistants or
specialists in the interest of the
control of the noxious weeds,
The following numbesr of fruit
and vegetable crates or boxes were
Judged unfit for shipment. Canta-
loupes 53,S12 crates, immature OF
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-31
HARRICAN'S ANNUAL REPORT
ENBODIES INTERESTING FACT

over ripe, repacked and set i'll Il
sun.
Strawberries sos boxes, undf
weight, repacked and sorted. vi
Grapes 3.172 boxes, insufficif
sugar content, sorted and destrd
ed.
+ Lettuce 21196 crates, bursted
Shiny, repacked and DESTROYED.
Tomatoes s,0NQ crates green
over ripe, destroyed.
Watermelons 1S ears, green, dI
trOyed.
The following goods were refu$
entry to the county:
Oranges 700 boxes, mealy bi
burned. tPeaches rs lugs, oI
ripe. Lemons 134 boxes, seal
Apples 215 boxes, moth. D;I
palms 492 trees, scale, cropped al
torched. Oats 400 sacks, infestI
johnson grass. Grape fruit
boxes, scale. Raw cotton mattresI
two, destroyed. Alfalfa seed u
sacks, infested with weed seeI
Household goods, three, shipmel
from Texas; and one shipment fro
Oklahoma. Sweet potato, two shI
ments, Destroyed. Cotton sacks
destroyed. Grape vines 100. Pol
toes, one sack. Trunks, two. Pi
tree, destroyed. Grape fruit trel
IS ears, treated for scale and adm
ted. }es
Financial Statement
4 financial statement is includ
which lists salaries and expenses
follows:
| " Salary Of commissioner, $2S00; 4
pense ofAUcommissioner, $11O9.4
horticultural inspection, 1920; frd
fruit inspection $6733.S9; office h{
$1l5l.74; office supplies and fur
! ture, $69S.S8; miscellaneous
. pense, weed control, $646.59; ga
eral expense not enumerated aboS'
$ll67.S9; making a total of 81
50S.4S.
A refund ON rodent control
$l3.65 and material on hand I
i the same purpose amounting
$45.50 gives credit Of $59.15. Il
The report ends with a word
appreciation for the cooperation al
support given by the cantalouI
growers and shippers to the off
during the season which made I.
success of the cantaloupe inspecti
service possible
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-31

Wiggily, as ne twinkled his pink
nose. '.That 5 a queer way to re-
membey oameaI, to think of the
dish jumping over the spoon. How
ever, l IN glad you did remember'
Bunty.
$50 am T." said Mr.. Cheese.
Then he wrapped up the oatmeal
for the little rabbit girl, who trip
ped home with Uncle Wiggily. And
they both had a fine time, for Mr..
Longcars bought Bunty ,gumdrop
that was Favored with rose leaves.
And if the lollypop docsn It for
get to take its stick along when 1t
goes to the party which the rock
ing horse is going to give for the
rag doll sister, i II tell YOU next
about Uncle Wiggily and the lem
,onade StrawS.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-31
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
T,,1,v C1 1910

EX judge Ansel Smith writes from
Mill Creek, San Bernardino, that he
will leave there with his son for
Big Bear where he will spend some
time before coming back to the
valley.
City Treasurer G. Jauman and
John f. Marble arrived in FL Centre
today. Mr.. Marble is Los Ange-
les banker who has come here to
look for investments.
Louise Lasker returned from San
Francisco today from several
weeks visit.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-31
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell OF
Imperial Valley for This Date
n Past Years
NINETEEN YEARS AGO
July 81. 1905

D. A. Wheeler of Holtville drove
to town today to transact business
spending considerable time ON buSi-
ness.
r.. n. Chaplin returned Thursday
from Los Angeles where he has
been spending considerable time ON
business.
Miss Margery Cantor is leaving
today for northern California POINTS
where she will spend several months.