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Richmond planet., 1925-02-21
CHARLEY WILEY's SISTER GONE.

Henrietta Fields sister Of Charlie
Wi'ev 326 NJ 18th street died at st.
Ph Wins Hospital. Wednesday night
February 4. 1925 after a painful i'll.
moss. Her remains were conveyed to
he residence of her brother. She had
hen n resident of New York City
70" - wears and only came here for
~ ed'rrI treatment
H"r funeral took place ar the
Doth'ehem Rantist Church with Rev:
H"rrv Randolph officiating. She
'onvAs one brother three sons, an
a"nt nnd host of friends to mourn
their loss. Funeral Director W. A.
Price officiated. being assisted bv ].
Everett Price and James Dixon. The
rneket was half conch. of grav cloth
With o'd silver extension bar handles
The floral designs were numerous
pnd costly.
Richmond planet., 1925-02-21
TWO YOUNGSTERS QUAR-
REL OVER a GIRL.
Revolver Empfiedz.N0 One Injured.
Undertaken Ready.

Last Tuesday night about $3.50,
the residents in the neighborhood OF
Leigh street near the corner Of Third
street were startled by five on more
reports from revolver. lnvestiga
ton revealed the fact that one COL
ored youngster was shooting at ans
other. One Of them emptied his
revolver. No one seemed to know
;he identity of the parties. although
The undertakers in the neishborhood
were ready to render prompt service
TO either one or both of them. Wis
iting the neighborhood the next
morning our representative came
across a young man sitting naacha
lently IN doorway.
In conversation with HIM ABOUT
the firing, he said, He waS shoot 1pg
at me. / was behind that tree oyer
yonder and he was down nAr that
other tree. He got after nfe aAent
a girl on Brook Avenue and fr at
m,e. I fired at him twice. Yes, the
girl was with him. After he had
fred al of the bullets ont Of his
nistol | chased and overlook him on
Fourth street.. did you shoot him
them? Nav, just wanted him to
know that he could not back me
down and I wanted him to bet me
alone hereafter. The fight started UP
Mt Second and Leigh. where ran
through the Hippodrome crowd"
What was his name"
Il don't know"
This concluded his recital AID he
looked vacantly up the street as he
concluded that he had convinced the
other fellow that he could not back
him down by firing at him:
Richmond planet., 1925-02-21
STILL HELPING.

The follow ng have responded to
our appeals and are still helping:
Mr.. J. G. Carmichael, Mr.. 0. G..
Conn. Mr.. N Winston, American
Woodmen Mr. Thomas Page, Mr.. R.
T Pollard. Selma. Ala; Capt. r. j..
Chisholm. Mr.. Joseph S. woodbridge.
Mrs. E. NJ. Hebron, Miss Jennie
Wood, Mr.. John H. West Grand
Fountain. u o. T. R., Mr.. Ben Will
dams Mr.. James B. Simmonds,
Bridgeport. Conn; Mr.. e. c. Pride.
Rensselaer,. N. Y; Virginia Un on
Richmond planet., 1925-02-21
In Meuorian.

In loving memory OF our mother,
Mrs. Phoebe Young. who departe
this life February 16. 1924:
Nobody knows my longing,
But few have seen me weep;
l shed my tears with an ach ,ng heart
While others are sound asleep.
We shall meet beyond the river,
bye and bye.
BY her children.
SALLIE ARCHER.
1915 Decatur Street.
Richmond planet., 1925-02-21
ARTHUR BRISBANE ON MARCUS
CARNEY.

Marcus Garvey. head Of the Uni
versal Negro Improvement Associa-
ton. bought ship to carry American
Negroes to Liberia in Africa, where
thew are expected to settle. Three
thousand colored men paid so cents
apiece to see the ship on one Sunday.
Since then Mr. Earvey has been
locked up.
Travellers on Pullman cars will
hope that Mr.. Garvey. when he comes
out, w II not take all the colored PEG
pie to Africa with him. No white
help" could be found to do that Pull
man sleeping car work as we'll as the
colored porters do it.
Richmond planet., 1925-02-21
GOV. Il. LEE TRINKLE AT FIFTH
STREET BAPTIST CHURCH,
SUNDAY, MARCH 1.

Governor E. Lee Trinkle will ap
pea at the Fifth Street Baptist
Church, Sunday, March 1, 1925, at
$50 P. M.
l. Devotions by Rev. E. C. Smith
b. D., pastor Second Baptist Church,
South Richmond.
2. A fifteen minute song Recital In
honor OF the Governor by the Sabbath
Glee Club, Mr. Joseph Matthews
Director.
5. Presentation of His Excellency,
the Governor, Prof M. M. Fisher
of Virginia Union University.
4. A Greenback Chautauqua in
Richmond planet., 1925-02-21
Posts So, 500 with New York
Boxing Commission.
VIII Fight Jack Dempsey@zW Wants the
champion to Meet the fSsue<1 VIII
claim Heavyweight Title.

bonor of the Governor, who has
manifested more than an ordinary
interest in the people of Richmond
The Greenbacks used in the Chau'
tauqua will be donated to the build
ing fund of the Fifth Street Church
in HIS Excellency's honor.
5. A fifteen minute song recital py
the Alpha Glee Club. The Alpha is
a group of young women who like
their senior brothers, the Sabbath
Gee Club. can really sing.
Our friends are invited to spend
Just one hour doing honor to our
verv worthy State Executive.
Attorney j. T. Carter, master OF
ceremonies.
znc-tSISssr
Richmond planet., 1925-02-21

helpful. Rev. Rawlings preached and
also adm, ,,nistered the Lords Supper.
Tomorrow the Rev. Bro. Harris, pas
tor of Mt. Nebo Baptist Church,
Chesterfield county, will preach all
day. Our brother is an exceptional
Gospel preacher. Come out and hear
HIM play on the golden harp,
Richmond planet., 1925-02-21
MRS. ROBINETTE COGBILL DIES
SUDDENLY IN SOUTH RICHMOND.

Mrs. Robinette Cogbill mother OF
Mr.. John r. Cogbill, went UP to her
apartments as usual late Tuesday
'ght. apparently hale and hearty,
except for minor ailments from which
she had previously suffered. 1t was
after 12 o'clock that she was attacked
with coughing spell. Her family
gathered around her to assist her and
she sal in a chair Blood was seen
eozing from her mouth and a closer
examination at about l o'clock
showed that she had quietly passed
away She leaves a large family
and relatives to mourn their loss.
Richmond planet., 1925-02-21
INAUGURATION ENSEMBLE.

A Grand Inauguration Ensemble
will be given at Fifth Street Baptist
Church. Thursday night, March 5th.
Beautifully sowned ladies and we'll
groomed gentlemen of state will par
ticipate In this great spectacle. The
entertainment ts under the ms.nage
ment of Mrs. s. l.. M Scott and is
Staged for tSA building fund OF the
church. Popular adm ssion. I ) cents
Richmond planet., 1925-02-21
REV. DIR. S. S. MORRIS HERE.

Rev. DR.. S. S. Morris delivered a
powerful sermon at the Third Street
Bathel A. M. E. Church last Sunday
morning to large and appreciative
audience. He has many friends in
this city, having conducted highly
successful pastorate here for many
years
Richmond planet., 1925-02-21

Rev. N. S. Hargrave. Of Parmele,
N. c. was in the city last week.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-11-23
ANDREWS TO SEEK
ORIGIN OF HUGE
2-HORNED BEAST
Nv United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 23.-Ar-
rangements for Il third venture into
the vast wastes of the Cobb desert
for further evidences of prehistoric
life have already begun, it was an
nounced here today by Professor
Roy Chapman Andrews, information
ally noted explorer.
AndAws returned to America re-
Gently. after making strange and
startling discoveries in the heart of
the Cobb desert, "cradle of the hu-
man race
The third expedition, he said, will
be an effort to determine origin of
4 huge prehistoric twO-horned beast,
az vet unclassified. A skull belong
ing to this animal, believed to be the
first warm blooded type of mammal,
was discovered by the explorer on
Mis- last expedition.
\ The Andrews party is to leave for
Pekin on April 10.
"We believe we have found the
missing link between the reptile and
the warm blooded animal" declar-
ed thegexplorer. eve hope to N
firm our finding ON this next
trip a441. .t"~-
Imperial Valley press., 1925-11-23
THREE SHOOTING
ARRAYS PERPIEX
SOUTHLAND COPS
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Los ANGELES. Nov. 23.--Threc
unusual weekend shooting episodes
were investigated today by South
crn California authorities.
Hollywood police were baffled by
the revolver attack ON Marian Nit
chell, 26, who was shot through the
head while seated at the wheel of
his automobile in front of a resi-
dence where he had been visiting
He died today. Mr.. and Mrs. II. f.
Thomas, who were seated in the rear
seat of the parked machine, said the
bullet came suddenly from the rear,
darkness providing IL complete cov-
cr for the unknown assailant.
Long Beach authorities were in
vcstigating the woundmg OF j. +.
BUnan, special OFFICER, by Henry
w. Whitney, IS. The latter claims
he mistook the officer for a holdup
man when the lattered covered him
with a revolver aud started search
ing him. The youth wrestled the
gan from Burnan and shot him
thrice i'll the legs.
Charles Fogart, %. Milkman. was
shot down by Il highwayman. Three
bullets We're fired into the victim S
body, and ii is doubtful that he will
recover.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-11-23
2 RRAWLEY MEN
HURT WHEN CARS
CRASH ON TURN

Louis Mercer and Herbert Kern,
Brawlcv residents. were painfully.
though not seriously injured in an
automobile accident near CaleXico
yesterday afternoon, when the ma
chimes in which they were riding
collided with n ear owned and driv-
en- by Pedro Woribc of lieber.
Mercer and Kern, who were ac-
companied by two young women,
whose name were not given to the
authorities, were driving stripped
down FoTdS on the road leading to
Bonds Corner. The machines
were travelling close together and
struck Worbie's $ ear when the latter
attempted to turn from the road
into a ranch, One machine hit the
front of Woribc 5 ear and the other
struck il in the rear.
Mercer s ear overturned from the
force of the collision, throwing
him and his companion to the
grour} Roth occupants of the
mach. ..'at atoincd painful bruises
and e .Vl Mercer received dis
located s,oulder.
Kern S machine managed to re-
main upright, but the occupants
also received cuts and bruises.
Woribe managed to escape INJURY
though his machine, as well rs the
other two, were badly damagcd.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-11-23
and Will Attempt to Form Neu French Cabinet
DENIES PLEA OF
INTERVENTION IN
IRRIGATION suit
Judge Guerin Reuses to
Permit Horton to File
on Crawford Complaint

Judge Walter E Guerin of Los
Angeles, sitting IL the Imperial
county court this morning, refused
to permit Attorney Harry w. Hor-
ton to file a petition on behalf Of
George H. Davis, a. a taxpayer of
the county, as intervenor in the in
junction suit filed by D. r. Craw-
ford to restrain the Imperial Irri-
CATION District from paying salary
and expenses to Colonel B. T. Fly
of Yuma as representative of the
district at Washington.
Crawford, through his attorney,
Charles F.. Brown, filed the injunc-
ton complaint several weeks ago, in
the nature of 4 friendly suit against
the district to obtain Il court de-
cision on the validity of the dis
trict s action in maintaining repre-
sentativcs at Washington to work
in behalf of the Swing j ohnsnn'
bill.
Will Submit Brief
Attorney Horton, although refus-
ed the right to file as an interven-
g., was granted permission to sub
nit brief rs a friend of the court,
setting forth reasons why the in
junction against the district should
be granted.
Thr court ruled that the evidence
In the ease may be submitted by
briefs and granted Attorney Brown
10 days in which to submit the
plaintiff brief. and 10 days for
thc defendant to submit a brief
and five days for the plaintiff to
answer.
Judge Guerin was designated hy
presiding judge of the Los Angeles
superior court to act in exchange
with Judge Cole, who is disqualiti'
ed in the present case.
The visiting Judge was formerly
q resident of Arkansas, where he
was a boyhood friend Of Deputv
Sheriff Flave Kemp, who 1ent
considerable time with hin this
morning renewing their ola fsi3nd-
shin.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-11-23
DRUNKENNESS WAS AS PREVALENT
IN 1924 AS IN IA. MODERATION
LEAGUE SAYS. URGES RESTRICTION

Union Telegraph company; viii
liam C. Redfield, former secre-
tary Of commerce; William Z.
Parsons, president OF the board
CT trustees Of Columbia uni
versity. The chairman Of the
board is Austen G. Fox, New
York attorney.
The report is based on a can
vass of police departments in
cities over 5000 on the number
CT arrests for drunkenness.
Drunkenness during 1918 and
1919, when emergency war time
restrictions on the sale of liq-
ucrs were in effect, took a re-
markable drop. The lowest lev
Ell was reached ju2t before pro-
hibition went into effect in
1920. IN succeeding years
drunkenness has climbed stead
ily back to the 1914 level, &C
cording tc a chart of statistics.
Continued on page three
Imperial Valley press., 1925-11-23
LUTHER VERlFIES
INTIMATLON OF
CABINET QUITTING

BERLIN, Nov. 23.-Vcrifyirg his
last week 5 statement of intention
to resign after the Locarno ,acts
arc signed, Chanccllor Luther an
nomced today definite i'll the reich
stag that his cabinet would retire
after returning from the signing
ceremony which is scheduled for De
ccmbcr |.
His statement came in the course
of a speech defending the pacts
made at the opening OF the winter
session of the parliament. Passage
OF tLt re>olution authorizing Luther
andIt'oreign Minister Strcsemann to
sign is expected before the week
end.
Luther $ speech WAS only feebly
applauded and the rcichstag then
adjourned to Tuesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-11-23
IMPERIAL LODGE
WILL ENTERTAIN
NMOLAY TONIGHT

Fl Centre Chapter, Order of De
Moiay, will be entertained tonight
H. the Masonic lodge of Imperial,
together with master Masons of FL
Centre and elsewhere, at a banquet
at Imperial at 7 o clock.
The banquet will be followed by
initiatory work, to be put on by the
DcMolays. Il class of several candi-
dates beng scheduled for initia-
tion.
The attention of all planning to
attend is particularly called to the
time of the banquet, which has been
changed, the original plan calling
for holding it after the initiation.
Those going to Imperial Will
leave in Il body from the Masonic
hall in this city at 6;45.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-11-23
GIRL IS RESCUED
AFTER FALL DOWN
400-E00T CLIFF
by United Press Leased Wire

HONOLULU, T. H., Nov. 23.-
Violet Hook, 10, 4 nurse, today was
recovering in local hospital after
being rescued from 4 cliff at Pail
Point, down which she tumbleG 400
feet in either an accident or suicide
attempt.
The girl left a note reading:
Mother, pay this man. Goodbye. y
The "man' referred 10 was the
chauffeur the girl hired to drive her
To the historic viewpoint
Witnesses declared the girl delib-
erately leapcd over the cliff. She
was seen dangling in some bushes
far below. and members of the fire
department rescued her.
In the hospital. Miss Hook denied
that she intended suicide, declaring
her fall was accidental.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-11-23

IS PUT ON
GR|D|R0N
Heckles Prosecutors As
They Quiz Him About
Sensational Charges.
WASHINGTON, Nov. %.

WASHINGTON, Nov. %.
Maintaining a defiant atti-
tude under barrage of ques-
tions by the prosecution, Co..
onel William Mitchell tollay re-
peated his charge of almost
treasonab4e administration
CT the air service.
Mitchell told his jury Of gen.
erals that failure Of the army
and navy departments to give
aviation "its proper place.
in our national defense consti-
tuted almost reasonable admin
istration.
Mitchell shocked his jury
with the declaration that air
service officers "shoul be
ashamed cf the cloth they
weai -
'.These men, the flying
colonel said, "are commanded
and sent into the air to risk
their lives by men who know
nothing whatever about aero
nautics. This system is repug-
nant in every way and air serv-
ice officers should be ashamed
of the cloth they wear.
Then you confine your
statement to air service Off
cers?'' Major Allen Gullion, as
sistant trial judge advocate in
quired.
Eyes sir.'
Imperial Valley press., 1925-11-23
SESSION LESS SENSATIONAL

mony late today the 0-fense will
WASHINGTON, 1Sov. 21.-Colo-
mel William Mitchell testified at
his own courtmartial here today
and submitted to cross examination
in a session that was far less sensa
tional than had been anticipated.
The flying colonel repeated many
of his previous assertions but start
led the court with a declaration that
he was not protesting to cite facts
in his statements, but opinions.
Apart from this and some new
theories of the future air warfare,
Mitchell failed TO touch off fNeXpert-
ed fireworks. His conduct under
cross examination was lively and
he heckled his prosecutors from
the stand.
Defense Will Rest
Upon the conclusion of his testi-
Mitchell said il was absolutely
rest its ease and the prosecution
will start rehuttal with the end %
the trial in sight.
In answer to an attempt by the
army general staff to have him
held responsible for an air accident
on May 2S, 1921, resulting in the
death of six persons, Mitchell pro
fCOnf;nN(.7 Op Napp A.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-11-23
400 COPS PATROL
STREETS I'm HUNT
FOR CLUB FIEND
By United Prcss Ico.ed Wire

By United Press Lcnscd Wire
TOLEDO, Ohio, Nov. o3.-Toledo S
terror stricken woman populacc
breathcd easier today following a
night which for the first time in n
week was not marked by activities
of n club welding ficnd who has
struck down nine women, one of
whom was found dead and another
so badly beaten that she died.
Five hundred armed police patrol
ed the city last night, determined
to capture the man who appears
from the darkness, brings his club
down on the heads of his women vic
tims and flees. Authorities believe
the man is a maniac who escaped
from some state institution for the
criminally insane.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-11-23

NOME LANDMARKS
ARE SWEPT AWAY:
100000 DAMAGE

NOME. Alaska, Nov. %. Some of
Nomc's historic resorts. made fam
Gus dnriug the gold rush, were IN
rhins today. Swep' by 4 100000
fire which GevouIcd sections of the
city $ business district.
Five buildings owned hv Antonio
polet were among those burned. IN
90 one OF thcm housed the Gold
Belt Saloon, mentioned in Rex
Beach : "The Spoilers.
The old Bucket of Blood also
was burned. This resort wos rat
rouizcd hv Beach, Tex Rickard and
other notables OF the fortune aunt
ing days.
Besides these structures Of sen
timental recollection. a grocery
store, the hoard of trade building
and others were consumed. A gas
stove explosion was credited with
5he disaster.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-11-23
WHAT'S DOING
TONIGHT

TONIGHT
Ell Centre De Molays leave Ma
sonic hall for banquet ana initiation
at Imperial, Gas.
Boyce Aten Post, American Le-
gion, meets.
Skating, Pastime roller rink.
'Tho Coast Of Folly" Valley
theater.
"The Knockout" Palace theater.
E,unk's tent theater, 1.-The Lone
Star Ranch
Foreign night classes, Lincoln
school.
F. and A. M. No. ss4, Masonic
hall.
American Conservation club, $50
State street.
Realty class, high school.
TOMORROW
Ladies Day, Ell Centro Golf club,
8 a. m.
Literature section, 10000 club,
house, $3.50 a. nj.
Music section, 10000 club, Mrs.
3. L. Roberts, $3.50 p. m.
Eastside- Sunset Farm Center
meets, 1880 p. n.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-11-23
So 0PERS0NS
INJURED IN
ACCIDENT
Death Harvest Heaviest
in Months on Pacific
Coast, Reports Reveal.
MANY ARE SUICIDES
Auto Mishaps, Shooting
Affrays, Plane Crash
Swell Weekend Total.
Hy United Press Leased Wire
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 23.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 23. -
Tragic deaths in various forms
over the weekend piled up a total
If nearly two score fatalities along
the Pacific coast, according to a
compilation by the Unitel Press to-
day. The toll was one Of the
heaviest in recent months.
Besides the death harvest, more
than sixty persons were injured,
some probably fatally, in automobile
accidents and other mishaps.
Included iii the nUSnber who met
death were:
Annette Buee, +, fell from q
horse ON a ranch near Ukiah. Cal.
Louis Salinas. Southern Pacific
section hand, run over by Il train
at Corn Flat, Cal.
Gunner i1angs Himself
Anthony f. Brentfelt, chief gun
ner on the L. S. S. Meduso, hanged
himself i'll Il field near Vallejo.
III health IS believed responsible.
Soyla Gonzales, %, q nurse, threw
herself under Il train at Hollister,
Cal, presumably dcspondent over q
love affair.
Mrs. Mary Laurence, San Fran
cisco nurse, met death either
through swallowing a suicide potion
or as the result or a beating from
unknown sources.
Edward Mello, l9, struck down by
a hit and run autoist at Dixon,
Cal.
Killel In Crash
Archih0 J Eoung, Jr., 20, grand
son CT tr Young, HawaI,an
sugar ~, ~ i>illed in an airplane
crash 80 NJ City, Cal.
Aug cNitt Tork, Is. died
from loss of blood after accident
ally shooting himself ON Il hrpting
excursion near Richmond, Cal.
Raymond Haywood, 80, killed in
m0torcycle-automobile crash near
Auburn, Cal.
Mary Robbins, 10, killed in au-
tomobIe accident near Mountain
View, Cal.
Getano Anaclcrio, shot himself
in san Francisco.
Cut Jugular Vein
Sergeant Thomas II. Besser, [,
:. Marine Corps bled to death
when a iuglar vein WAS cut i'll an
automobile mishap near La Joila,
Cal.
james X. DcLeS, owner of two
Tijuana bars. died n San pieso
from injuries sustained VIII 70
mach .noe crashed
Merriam Mitchell, die'
wounds in Hollywood AZ ..
Joseph BenaNcnto, Kill,
mobile crash near Carrenga
Joe Ciccareh, 80; John ~ lt3,
So. and Antoine Favero, 80, Killed
in II shooting affray AZ Butte.
Mont.
Two Are Suicides
Marion l.. Brown, 67, suicide az
Rainier, Ore.
John 4. Nelson, 72, killed him
self at Spokane, Wash.
Bernard Newman killed in auto
crash at Yakima, Wash.
Lem Cleper, II, killed in coins
ion OF two trucks ut Los Angeles.
Harvey Calac, killed in motor bus
(Coatinued on page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1925-11-23

by United Press Leased Wire
NEW YORK. Nov. 23.-Re-
suits Of one Of the most sweep
ing surveys Of the effects Of
prohibition ever made, showing,
according to statistics, that
drunkenness was as prevalent in
1924 as in 1911, were made pub
lie by the Moderation league
here today.
The Moderation league, seek
ing restriction on the sale of
liquor but opposed to bone dry
prohibition, has on its board
Of directors leading professional
and business men Of the M
ton.
These include Elihu Root,
former secretary OF state;
Kermit Roosevelt; Right Rev.
Charles Fiske, bishop Of Central
New York; William N. Dyck-
man, president Of the New York
Bar association; Newcomb Carl
ten, president Of the Western
Imperial Valley press., 1925-11-23
COL. COOLIDGE IS
SUFFERING FROM
SINKING SPELLS
Change for Worse Seen
Today in Condition of
Presidents Father.
Nv United Press Leased Wire

ny w
PLYMOUTH, VT, Nov. GA
slight change for the worse in the
condition OF Colonel John G. Cool
idge, father of the President, was
reported today.
Major James F. Coupal, the
white house physician, who has been
at the Coolidge home since Friday,
announced that the colonel was not
as satisfactory today as yesterday.
While Colonel Coolidge had a fair
ly comfortable night. according to
Mrs. May Johnson, his nurse, il has
been apparent that the heart attack
from which he has suffered is Civ
ing him more trouble. The colonel,
it was said, had experienced several
more sinking spells. y
Major Coupal believed today,
however, there was not yet cause
for alarm and that with rest and
quiet the colonel might regain the
ground he'has lost in the past 80
hours.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-11-23
OPEN RlDS FOR
NEW ROAD OVER
DUNES TO YUMA
Is, Uuited Press Leased Wire

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Nov. 23.-
BIDS on the hard sll.tacing Of ap-
proximateIv six miles of road across
the sand hills of tho highway from
Yuma, Ariz. 10 FL Centre. cal,
We're advertised for by the state
highway commission today. Esti-
mates win lie opened December Il
and work started as soon as pos
Sib.c thereafter, Contractors are
asked 10 submit proposals on both
concrete and asphalt.
The new thoroughfarc win re-
place the present plank road. BE
cause If drifting sands the project
presents nume,ous engineering dif
ticultieS.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-11-23
TWO DEAD, II
INJURED IN
CAR MISHAPS
By United Press Leased Wire

By United Press Leased Wire
LOS ANGELES. Nov. 23.-
Two deaths and a dozen injuries
in traffic accidents were re-
corded over the weekend t'y
Southern California authorities,
Caught between two trucks,
Lem Sloper, A, was instantly
killed here. Joseph Benavente,
81, of Los Angeles. died Sunday
from injuries received when his
automobile collided with anoth-
er machine last Tuesday near
Carreaga.
A dozen other motorists were
injured, several seriously, in
collisions and upsets on South
eln California. roads.