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Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-24
STATE DISTRICT
ATTORNEYS WILL
MEET San DIEGO

SAN DIEGO, June 24.-Distriet
attorneys of the state will meet
here Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday for the 14th annual eonven-
tion of the District Attorney S as
soeiation of California
Business sessions will be held at
the San Diego hotel, which will be
convention headquarters. Among
the matters to be taken up are re
forms in criminal procedure, prob
lens connected with enforcement
of the Wright dry law and methods
of enforcing the alien land law.
Chester c. Kenplev, district at
torney, and Guy Selleck, assistant
district attorney, have arranged AN
entertainment program for the
visitors. Wednesday afternoon there
will be a motor trip to places of
interest in and around the city
and that night q banquet will be
given at the San Diego hotel.
A boat trip around the bay and
to the Coronado islands is slated
fer Thursday afternoon, and Friday
afternoon the district attorneys
will study conditions ut the Mexi-
can border.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-24
HOME DEPARTMENT
CHAIRMEN TO HAVE
LUNCHEON SATURDAY

The monthly meeting of the conn-
tv chairman of the various home de-
partments of Imperial County will
be held at the Barbara Worth Ho-
tel at noon, June %. This meeting
will be luncheon held in conjunc-
ton with the Farm Bureau direc-
tors.
The meeting will be the last
gathering of the summer season
until September. Every member of
the farm home departments is in
vited to attend and it is urgently
requested that as many husbands
accompany their wives as possible.
All the directors and their wives
will also be present.
Reports will be made by Mrs.
Maud Austin and Mrs. X. l.. Boget
on their attendance at the biennial
convention of the General Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs, recently
held in Los Angeles, Immediately
after the luncheon. Following these
reports the regular business meet
ing of the county chairmen Will
take place. All ehairmen of Inn
perial County home departments are
expected to be present for the busi-
ness meeting for the presentation
of their regular reports.
Reservations for the luncheon
must be in the hands of Mrs. Aus
tin, telephone 1913, or Miss orpha
Miller. home demonstration agent,
at J2l, by Friday morning. a
nominal charge will be made for
each luncheon served.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-24
SLEEVELESS FROCK
NOT FASHIONABLE
FOR STREET WEAR
BY HEDDA HoYT
(Fashion Editor of the United
Press.)

NHW YORK, N. Y, June 27.-
Fashions, like gossip, travel fast.
Daily newspapers ,are largely re-
sponsible for this, for today every
city and most towns have their
newspapers, fashion column, devot-
ed to styles from Paris, Vienna.
London, New York and all great
fashion centers.
Styles change so quickly that it is
only the woman who is a constant
reader who manages to keep up
with them. Time was when the wo-
man living in the small town could
be distinguished from her city sis
ter but this isn't true today. De
mand begets supply and women
readers of America demand the lat
est styles and novelties from their
shopkeepers. One can find the
same gowns in Gopher Prairie as
one finds on Fifth Avenue, New
York. 1t keeps the small town
shopkeeper hopping to satisfy his
trade.
American women are the best
dressed women in the whole world
and this is undisputed. While
Paris is termed the fashion center
of the world, one can travel one
hour outside of Paris and find no
resemblance of style. For this rea-
son it is safe to state that Ameri-
ca is the fashion center of the world
Every little American village is
fashion center which duplicates the
current styles of larger American
cities. There are no poorly dressed
communities in America due to in
telligent women reading the daily
newspapers.
Styles Changes
Sleeveless frocks which were
will be replaced by frocks with the
shoulder-cap sleeve or the long
sleeve. Women of refinement re-
fuse to consider the sleeveless
frock for other than evening wear.
Even the little shoulder-cap sleeve,
which. though comfortable, is slight
" less vulgar for street wear than
the sleeveless mode, is deemed in
poor taste by better groomed wo-
men, except for country wear
sports wear, and afternoon wear un-
der a short jacquette or capelet.
Very few women have lovely
arms and the needless display of
over fleshy or over slender arms
last season has marked the doom
Of the sleeveless frock for street
wear this year. Many of the most
fashionable frocks both in silk and
in cotton fabrics feature the long
sleeve which reach to the wrist.
Full pleated chiffon sleeves which
terminate in'a band at the wrist
are cool and quite as effective as
the sleeveless mode.
Three-guarter length sleeves are
shown on many frocks, but these
are best suited to the fleshv person.
The woman who prefers the short
sleeves for warm weather Will
choose the one which comes over
the shoulder.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-24

The somewhat banaI combination
of black and pink is in fashion at
present in Paris. A tricorne hat of
black picot straw, for instance, is
trimmed with a wide ruffle of pink
moire ribbon.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-24

rNIwED PRESS HEADQUAR-
TIERS. VI 'dorf Hotel, New York,
June rs one thing to vote
agains; *vorite son--but it s an
Mher j when that son is man
aged b fnvorite daughter.
Mis- renee Sterling of Hous-
ton. f. I'd favorite daughter
of the Lone Star state is here to
see to other matter for
Miss ! her friends all call
her, is maaAging the campaign for
Golone i. NJ. Owsley, Texas
favofiie son candidate for the vice
presidency. Besides being the most
loved woman in Texas, Miss Flor
ence is a real politician. She was
unanimously appointed to organize
the women s campaign committee
for Colonel Owsley by a group of
dyed-in-the-wool politicians. Brown
haired and blue eyed, with the sweet
freshness of the open spaces about
her, Miss Florence, without being
pretty, is mighty good to look
at She has vivid, scintiliating
vivacity and level business head.
In addition 10 managing Colonel
Owsley, Miss Florence has few
other accomplishments. She is see
retary of the Humble Oil Company,
secretary-treasurer of the \. ;.
Sterling Investment company, the
richest woman in Texas and the
busiest woman in town.
Has Corps Of Helpers
On the fourteenth floor of the
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-24
Won1en's Interests
TEXAS GIRL, BUSIEST WOMAN AT
CONVENTION, is MANAGING OWSLEY
CAMPAIGN FOR VICE PRESIDENCY

Commodore hotel in New York,
Miss Florence has brought her per
sonality and d corps OF busy women.
She has organized a woman $ com
mittee to nominate Colonel Owsley,
which is monument TO achieve
ment. Aided by Mrs. Hobart, pro-
mineat Ohio Democrat and other
well known women from all over
the country, this committee Of wo.
men has reached every delegate to
the national convention with the
message that Owsley is the man and
why. They have eloseted recalci-
trant politicians in Miss Florence 5
private office and said, ''well,
you II have to vote for Owsley or
YOU II never get away from Miss
Florence.
Besides being a politician and
business woman, Miss Florence is
"A well known clubwoman. She is
prominent in civic activities and
during the war was with the Red
Cross. Her latest venture is the
organization and establishment of
the "Woman s Viewpoint" a maya
zine published in houston. She is
the champion of the ex-service man.
cit s is high time that the voters
were making some political reeog9
milton of the service the soldiers
have rendered to the world, she
said yesterday while giving some
of her interests in the campaign for
Colonel Owsley.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-24

know where the list is, what was
SENT besides having a neat abili
should complaint arise.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-24

Don't attempt to mend broken
electrical appliances with definite
knowledge as to what should be
done.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-24
Electric Flashes

Never operate any electrical de-
vice or turn off or on switch
when the hands are wet.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-24

A citrus short course for South.
ern California will be held some
time in November.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-24
MUSIC FESTIVAL
ATTRACTS MANY

SAN DIEGO, June 24.-The sec
ond night of the II day music
festival being staged under the
auspices of the Community Music
association drew a crowd that filled
the seats at the organ pavilion last
night.
The numbers presented by the
marine band and the Orpheus Male
quartet, with the work of Amadce
Tremblay on the organ brought the
musicians back for many encores.
/ In point of numbers attending
the performances, the festival this
year is far. ahead of last year, it
was announced last night, and the
enthusiastic interest the city is
showing is reflected in the quality
of music presented. II,
Today the festival presentation
will consist of the organ recital by
DIR. Humphrey j. Stewart in the,
afternoon, the evening music be-
ing deferred until Wednesday; be-,
cause of the navy show mt the Civic.
auditorium. y, 49, fssrsf5
At the recital today Mrs. w. IL.
Portcrfield, soprapo, will sing, ac-
companicd by Constance Mills Her.
reshoff, pianist. Mrs. ,Porterficll X
program will consist in thc follow
ing numbers: ~ s 8.
"Roses in Jun" *(GermanO. 4.
d" Haymaking e(Necdhan,). ~ i,
'.Birthdays (Wpmlman). :.
Wallace Moody of the. music as.
sociation> will lead a chorus Of l5p
sailors at the navy show tonight,
Tomorrow night tie Morning Choral.
club wills2.prcsent. numbers on the
festival program, with DR.. stewart
at the organ. =. ~.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-24

Mr.. and Mrs. Al Bahr,' a pair Of
camels presented to the San Diego.
zoo by AL Bahr Temple of the
Mystic Shrine, recently presented
the children Of. San Diego with the
first camel calf ever born in cap
tivity on the Pacific coast. The
youngster weighed 70 pounds at
birth. He is one Of many interest
ing exhibits, is very amiable, and
has taken great liking to children.
Lower picture shows closeup OF the
baby camel. -
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-24

A tiny bit OF baking soda added
to stewed rhubarb neutralizes the
acid and means less sugar for
sweetening. Be careful to use very
little or it will take away the
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-24
u. S. Will Simply
Be an Observer
BY Unitcd Press Leased Wire :

WASHINGTON, June 24.-The
United States very probably will
be represented It the proposed in
terallied conference of premiers at
London on July 16 by the custoWa
ry unofficial observer, by. will not
be officially represented, a spokes
man for President Coolidge said at
the white house today.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-24
A Laundry Book

t / find a 10-cent blank book for
laundry records to be invaluable. A
list Of customary laundry can be
written therein and each week Just
the number of articles sent can be
entered. 1t saves writing out the
articles each time and You always
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-24

Air officer Aries Lieutenant
Taylor ofrthe4 United States air
service, arrived i'll I'll Ccptro to.Iay.
where he is making preparations
forsthe survcysof, the valley, around
Salton~Sea. The. suvey is to INCLUDE
series Of aerial photographs to
be used in. Typographical map werk.
and for records Of the engineering
department Of rthe Irrigation dis.
trict. -. ,5..las t., I.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-24
THAT
!. ARE USEFUL FOR
ALL HOME MAKERS
Not Much Trouble

Z. varnish the inside Of bureau and
dresser drawers. This win prevent
warping and sticking, besides acting
as warning to moths.
Evening star., 1924-02-07
new BILL IN HOUSE
FOR TEACHERS PAY
Keller Introduces Measure Con-
tanning Figures Urged
by School Board.

A teachers pay bill containing the
original figures as drafted by the board
Of education and submitted to the Dis
trict Commissioners was introduced in
the House today by Representative
Oscar Keller of Minnesota.
This action. following his statement
in the House District committee yester-
day that he proposed to fight for the
original range Of salaries instead Of
those contained in the Reed bill as
scaled down, to satisfy the budget
bureau, indicates that Representative
Keller will head strong contest in the
committee to get q favorable report on
inally proposed.
Chairman Reed OF the House Dis
trict committee has received several
letters regarding the teachers pay
bill which he introduced last Satur-
day at the request of the District
Commissioners. This bill was revised
from the original bill drawn up by
the board of education.
The American Federation of Teach
ers opposes the bill in it's present
form and asks for a hearing. This
letter is signed by Selma M. Borchardt,
chairman of the legislative commit
tee.
The Education Association of the
bill. The letter says: 'We sincerely
trust that your committee will re-
port favorably on this bill, which is
of such vital Importance to the well
fare Of the schools of the National
Capital"
Evening star., 1924-02-07
j. S. BUILDING FUND
DECLARED URGENT
Sheriff. Cites Savings, Both
in Rent and in Operation,
Possible by Construction.

The necessity for enactment OF the
Smoot bill providing for a $5o'000.ooo
building program to house govern
ment activities In the District of Co
lumbia Is emphasized in a report
by Lieut.. Col. c. o. Sheriff., officer
in charge of public buildings and
grounds, as member OF the pubic
buildings commission.
The report Is made at the request
of Senator Bert NJ. Fernald Of Maine.
chairman Of the committee on public
buildings and grounds, for the use OF
a special subcommittee which has been
appointed to consider the Smoot Dill
drafted In response to Presldent
CooIidges recommendation to Con-
gress, both in his first message 10
Congress and in his budget message.
Col. Sheriff. calls attention that the
government is paying In the DlsIricl
$673,307.52 per annum In rentals. inis
rental cost is but small part or the
expense to which the government IS
subjected by reason of Inadequate
housing facilities for the government
departments and establishments IN the
District" Col. Sheriff. advised the com
mittee "The Increased cost of admin
istration is very great in all OF the De
partments," he says, 'due to the In
adequacy of their housing. ana the
widely scattered location OF the various
activities Of each.
"The controller general alone esti-
mates that a saving of S25O,0oo per
annum would result from better ad,
ministration should his Office be housed
in single building. The commissioner
of internal revenue estimates an equal
or greater saving in administrative
costs with proper housing for his es-
tablishment.
I'm addition to these direct savings
that would result from a proper nous
ing of the departments and establish
ments." Col. Sheriff. directs the atten-
tion of the subcommittee particularly
to the fact that the fire hazards in
the buildings at present used, espe-
cially the temporary buildings. should
be given due consideration, as those
buildings are of the most infiamma-
BILE character, really finder boxes, in
which fire Of any size once started
would rapidly spread into dread
full confiagration. injuring or destroy
ing hundreds OF millions of dollars
worth of records such as income tax
returns that could never be replaced"
Evening star., 1924-02-07
CLOSE STREET TO MOVE
MODEL HOME TO new SITE
Building Exhibited in Sherman
Plaza Going to 18th Street and
New York Avenue.

Gates at the Pennsylvania avenue
entrance to West Executive avenue
were closed to through vehicular
traffic today to permit Of the move.
ment OF the model home. formerly
located on Sherman plaza, to its per.
manent site, at the southeast corner
OF 18th street and New York avenue.
That movement was started last
week and Is progressing slowly. The
building Is now near the Butt -Millet
monument and is being gradually
wheeled into the roadway south Of
the State Department. Meanwhile
vehicular traffic is. temporarily in
terrupted on South and West Execu-
tive avenues, except that the Penn
sylvania avenue entrance is open to
persons having business with the ex.
ecutive office. Of the White House. :
Evening star., 1924-02-07
Rabbit Fur Best
Ern,ir,e for Kings,
Experts Confess
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
LEIPZIG, February 7.-If King
Edward III were alive today he
would probably have been the
most interested person in the
world in recent legal proceedings
which proved that most Of the
"ermine" used these days as trim
ming for state robes at European
royal courts Is nothing more than
white rabbit or the bleached pelts
of gray squirrels.
OF all the monarchs OF early days
who were fond of ermine Edward
III stood first, and soon after he
ascended the throne in 1927 the
wearing of this fur was restricted
throughout England to members
of the royal families.
Rabbit makes the best "ermine."
according to the testimony of ex-
perts at the trial. which was begun
by a disgruntled purchaser.
The court found for the plaintif.
Evening star., 1924-02-07
ARGUESFOR LOWER
PEP. CO. VALUATION
Corporation Counsel Pre-
sents Utilities Commissions
Side in Court Hearing.

Corporation Counsel Francis II.
Stephens began this afternoon the
presentation of the views of the
Public Utilities Commission upon the
reva1uation of the property of the
Potomac Electric Power Company.
He attacked the stand taken by
argument for the power company
made last Tuesday and completed
this morning before Justice Stafford
in Equity Division 2. Mr.. Stephens
asserted that the power companys
contention is inconsistent in theory
in that II Is not satisfied with a VAL
uation of the physical property of
the company, but seeks to go back
twenty-five years and figure in the
cost of organizing the corporation,
which would carry the court into the
field of speculation.
The Court of Appeals had remapded
the case for a revaluation, he said,
because the commission had not re-
turned a valuation as Of the date of
December 81, 1916, and had not taken
into consideration the prices of ma
terial and labor at that time in con-
nection with reproduction cost.
Easy Adjustment Seen.
All that is needed, the lawyer as
serted. is to add to the valuation of
| the commission the difference between
the prices allowed by the commission
and the prices then prevailing. This
difference should be easy to adjust,
he suggested. The statement of coun-
! sci for the company. had placed this
] n af
experts for the commission regarded
iS2,5OO,OO0 as enough to cover the diff
ference.
| Mr.. Stephens insisted that the com
pany had no right to ask allowance
for organization of the corporation
as the question before the commits
| sion was only the valuation of the
physical property of the company.
The power company, according to Mr..
S23,000,000. while the commissions 8
valuation places it at $1,000, 900.
This shows the divergence of expert
/, opinion, the lawyer declared.
The hearing is expected to be con-
tinued Monday. when Special Coun-
sci Conrad II. Syme will make an ar
gument for the commission and At
torney John F. Barbour will close for
! the power company.
/ Statement for Company.
Attorney S. r. Bowen for the COM
pary submitted a statement in sup
| port Of his claim of the basis of val
uation. This statement purports to
show reproduction cost as found by
| the company's engineer as of July
1916. 1t places a valuation of s22.-
! sS9,20s.3s on the property. The COM
! pany's estimate gives the reproduc-
| tion cost of the property at $12,34S,-
! S71.9S; general overheads during con-
struction, S2,691, ,990.s1; working cap
ital. including supplies, s550.4S1.60
organiza tion, s362,542. and prelimi-
nary. $4,000. To this were added
! additional items in engineers repro.
duction cost amounting to s6,965 ,323
and consisting of Great Falls water
power site, s1,00O,000; property rights
in easements. s2,500,000; development,
costs. s2.115,323; compensation to
! conceivers, s65o,000, and brokerage
and commissions, 100000.
Evening star., 1924-02-07
COOLIDGE INDORSES
COOPERATIVE MOVE
Continued from First Page.)

Continued from First Page.)
cheaply. There is likewise need for
organizations Of the urban consumers
to give like benefits.
|: Ideal to Him At.
l. "The establishment of a close work.
ing relationship between these two
groups ought to be the ideal to which
the larger cooperative movements of
the country should aim. My under
standing is that the program Of your
own organization contemplates some
thing like this, and I am glad to ex-
tend the assurance Of my hearty SYM
pathy and my wish to render any as
sistance possible along such practical
lines"
President Coolidge's letter was read
as part Of a program which included
addresses by former Gov. Frank Lowden
| Of Illinois and Senator Capper of Kan
sas. head Of the Senate farm bloc.
Robert w. Bingham. Louisville. KY,
chairman Of the council presided.
Senator Capper brought greetings
from Congress- telling the members of
the marketing conference to get to-
gether and let Congress know exactly
what the agricultural interests want.
Decline I'm Prices.
Declaring that prices of farm prod
| ucts have declined beyond all proper
tion to the decline in the prices of other
commodities and have never regained
| their former relative position, Mr.
| Lowden said that the answer requires
| that one look into the conditions gen.
orally as they exist today and as they
did exist during the former periods OF
depression.
1.-THE chief difference, 1 think, be-
tween now and then is that during
the last thirty years organization has
been the dominant factor with labor
ana with every other industry except
When the depression of 1920 set in
there was a large accumulation OF
| goods Of all kinds on hand; but in
dustry. being highly organized, was
able to resist more successfully than
| the farmer the pressure for lower
prices"
Competing Among Selves.
| Agriculture. he continued. finds It.
self with it's millions of members
freely competing among themselves
while 1T is obliged to sell it's products
in a highly organized industrial and
commercial world.
| Now, If the farmers are to put
themselves upon terms of equality
\ with the great industries of the coun-
try they, too, must organize" said Mr.
Lowden. Declaring that it is not de.
sirable that the farmer should imi-
tate the great industries. the speake,
| said that he must find some way tc
| restore the proper relationship be.
tween the prices he receives for his
products and the prices he pays fol-
| other commodities.
The President has already, with
his usual lclearness and definiteness
pronounced in favor OF cooperative
marketing of farm products" Mr.
Lowden concluded THE Secretar,
| of Agriculture l believe to be IL
sympathy with 1t. If now the subor.
dtnates In that department will throw
| their support wholeheartedly to thu
cause the movement will be vastl,
| accelerated"
Cooperative marketing and trans.
portation are being discussed at ses.
slons this afternoon. Sessions will bs
! held tomorrow morning and after.
noon, and Saturday morning and aft.
ernoon.