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Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-29
Looking Backward
What tho Press Files Toll OF
Imperial Valley for This Dato
IN Past Years
NINETEEN YEARS AGO
August 90, 1906

l.. $. Waddles of 81. JoSeph Mo-,
IS registered at the Hotel Imperial.
Charles Harden of Wyoming, came
in this morning. He owns the
Webster place west of the city. and
intends 10 ship number of
thoroughbred cattle from Wyoming.
The temperance meeting last eve
ling at the hall wns largely at.
tended and the address Of Nav
Guthrie TonEier, state lecturer ,f
ihc ". &. T. t.. was Il most able one.
Outside ucwspapermeu in the city
"s': j. II. Gilmour, II. :. Milton,
j. l.. Baker, q. J.. Beaumont. f.. o.
Sawyer, j. NJ. Litchficld and Edgar
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-29
CHANGES
ARE EMBODIED IN
new FORD MODELS
Many Pronounced I'M
prOvements, Refine
ments are Made

Body changes and chassis refine.
ments fore pronounced that any
made since the adoption of the Mod
ci I chassis We're announced here
to-day by tho Ford Motor company.
There will be no advance in price,
Il also was stated.
Outstanding features or the i'm.
proycmcntS i'll both open and en-.
closed types are lower, all steel
bodies on a lower chassis, complete
new design in most body types. a
change from black to color in clos.
ed ears, larger, lower Tenders, new
~ designed seats aud largcr. more
powerful brakes.
Longer lines, effected through
higher radiator and rcdrsigned cowl
and bodies are apparent in all the
improved Ford ears. bat are cspc.
eiallY pronounced in the open types.
Wide crown Tenders hung close to
the wheels contribute 20 the general
effect Of lowncSS and smartncss.
While runabout and touring ear
remain i'll black, the closed bodies
arc finished in harmonic color
schemes, enhanced by nickel radil-
tors. The coupe and tudor bodies
are finished in deep channel green
while the sedan is rich Windsro
Maroon.
Greater Seat Comfor.
I Greater comfort is provided for
driver and passengers IN both
open and closed cars by larger com
pdrtmchts, more deeply cushioned
seats and greater leg room.
Many new convcnioncrs &rc also
incorporated in .hc Improved ears.
In thc runabout, touring car, coupe
and tudor, the gasoline tank is Un-
der the cowl and filled through an
, ,ingcniouslv located file cap com.
plctcly hidden from sight by coy.
Ter similar in appearance 10 a cowl
vent ilatOr. One piece windshield
and narrowed pillars in the tudor
and coupe Offer the driver greatly
increased visibility and imprcVcd
ventilation.
, Driving comfort is materially in
crease ! bv lowcr seats, Scicntifiral
Iv improved back seats, and lowered
steering wheel. Brake and clutch
pedals are wider and more c1nVcu-
icntly spread.
; Four doors are now provided on
the touring car and two on The run
about, permitting the driver TO take
his place from the left side OF the
ear. Curtains, held secure by rods,
open with the doors.
Improved Brakes
Most important in the mechanical
, changes arc the improved brakes:
! The transmission brake drum and
bands have been considerably IN
creased in size which gives the Tot
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-29
CHARGE EX-OFFIcIAL
WITH EMBEZzLEME.NT
Hy United Press Leased Wire

PIERRE, s. D., Aug. Charge,
Of cmbczzlcmcut Of $296, 6,llG IF
state funds will be prosecuted
against A. ". Ewart, former trcaSur,
cr of the rural credits board. Cow
crnor Carl Gundcrson said today.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-29
SELLS GAS AT II CENTS

low gasoline price was reached here
To-Day when an independent filling
station announced gasoline for IL
cents a gallon. Other stations were
selling at ~ cents n gallon.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-29
MODESTO CUTS IT'S
TAX RATE 10 CENTS
ny Emitted Press Leased Wire

MODESTO, Cal, Aug. 29.-This
city has cut its tax rate 10 cents
from the figure Of last year, the
council fixing the rate at $50 on
the 800 assessed valuation. Mayor
sol =. Elias explained the slash was
made possible through reduction
in the bonded Indebtedness of the
citV
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-29
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
August %, 1910

II. r.. cole arrived ia FL Ccntro
from Dcs Moincs, Iowa, yesterday
mnrnIng, to spend the wmtcr with
his son, Judge franklin }. Cole.
Fred Nam way formerly Of the OFF
and Vaughn Drug Company of Los
Angeles has accepted a position at
:. W. Dunaway : drug store.
Harry Jones has returned from
three month : sojourn in Los Angc-
les.
l.. l.. Cole Of Faycttc. Iowa, for
mcr proprietor Of the Postal Card,
a newspaper Of that town, is in
Ii1prri-t \ .,iip,- and NAV ioruf ~ hCr,
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-29
OIL CUT TEN CENTS
Ry United Press LeBsrd Wire

PTTTSBU RGH, Pa, Aug. %. --
Pennsylvania crude OF was today
reduced 10 cents n barrel. The
new price in the Bradford district
is $3.lJ and outside Bradford S3.OJ.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-29
COMING HOME BROKE

Stewards on incoming liners from Europe are sad.
The unconquerable cheerfuness of their cargo of
American tourists does not cheer them For the tou
riss coming home broke much so that they
have nothing left for tips. They will be lucky if,
landing, they dig up the necessary fare to their
home towns and eat frugally the way.
Those tourists have spent great fortunes abroad,
in the aggregate. Their individual expenditures have
probably been less than usual because of the growing
cheapness of travel; but there so many of them
Nobody but the ship stewards will complain about
ing abroad for that matter going almost anywhere
vacation trip, to go glorously broke 1t prma
facie evidence of good time. 1t is the normal
dition of returning vacaoners. And it is the surest
guarantee that those vacationers will plunge right in
and work hard, thereby justfyng their outing. They
have got to.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-29

Hawaii has been paying 81 each
faf wild goats killed in the govcrn-
ment forest lands on the island Of
Oahu.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-29
TEN YEARS AGO
August %, 1915

Mayor \. ". Swanson left for
= two weeks vacation at Live Oaks
Saturday.
Justice Of the Pcaec Philo Jones
of Brawlcy was Il visitor in FL Cen
tro yesterday.
superior Judge Franklin !. Cole
left Yesterday tor a vacation on the
coast.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-29

brake softer and more positive ac-
tion as well rs longer life. rhc rear
wheel brake drums are larger and
the brake self cncrgizing type.
Cord tires arc now standard equip
Inctn on all Ford ears.
At the main offices Of The com
pany it was stated today that pro
duction Of the new line is under way
in all assembly plants of the com
pany throughout the country and
the improved ears are being sent
to 1palers for showing
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-29

Eight carloads of date palms
from California have been planted
this season in the S;It River, Val
Icy, Arizona.
Evening star., 1925-01-01
Cabinet Officers Prophesy Era
Of Prosperity and Peace IN u. S.
Hoover Recom,ts Solid Progress Indus.
trially-Dauis Sees Labor-Capital
Relations Improved.

Heralding year of national pros
perity and an era of good feeling be-
tween the nations of the world, un-
paralleled in history, members of the
cabinet today issued statements in
which they look forward to aug
mented activities by the Government
during 1925, and review the work ac-
complished during the year which
closed yesterday.
Progress toward the goal Of peace
in industry is seen by Secretary of
Labor Davis, while Secretary of Com
merce Hoover sees 1925 beginning
with the economic structure of the
world upon more solid foundations
than at any time since the war
Secretary of the Interior Work sees
a nation teeming with industrial and
commercial activity, with business
secure against fantastic panaceas
and going progressively forward,
while Postmaster General New fore
casts self-sustaining Post Office De-
partment within two years
Mr.. News statement follows:
The year 1924 has witnessed the
heaviest business ever carried by
the Post Office Department. The holi-
day business has been heavy beyond
thus far reported, but the work has
been so organized that 1t was
promptly delivered and the employees
at II o'clock Christmas day.
Speaking generally, the service has
been good as the records of success
and failure which are officially kept
Evening star., 1925-01-01
FALLS DEAD IN LINE
At WHITE HOUSE
S. D. Boss, Native of Wash
ington, Stricken at
Reception.

Tragedy marred the White House
reception this morning when Samuel
j.. Boss. native of Washington and
a member of one of the oldest fam
lilies in the District dropped dead
at the gates of the mansion while
standing with about 100 fellow menu
bers of the Association of Oldest In
habitants of the District of Columbia,
who We're about to be received by the
President
AS the membership of the associa
ton moved forward to enter the
White House grounds to extend their
annual New Year greeting to the
President Mr. Boss was seen to fall
backward on the icy pavement He
was picked up unconscious and
rushed to Emergency Hospital where
the doctors pronounced him dead.
His body was taken to the morgue.
Mr.. Boss was the senior member
of the Boss family. which has been
identified with the National Capital
for three generations. He was born
in Washington in 1858 and was edu-
Gated in the local public schools. He
was for many years an employe in
the mail division of the Post ONCE
Department
He was active in local civic work
and was member of the Society of
Natives, the Brookland Citizens AS
sociation. the Columbia Historical So
ciety and the Brookland Methodist
Episcopal Church. besides being a
member of the Association of m. Old
est Inhabitants of the District Of
Columbia
He is survived by his widow, a son,
Ernest F. Boss, and a daughter, Mrs.
Jessie Saunders, all of Washing
ton Lewis H Boss a son was killed
in action at Chateau Thierry
Evening star., 1925-01-01
MORE SNOW OR RAIN
DUE IN CITY TONIGHT
Capitals White New Year Blanket
Will Be Thicker if Mercury
Stays Down.

With the fag end of the old year
bringing Washington's long awaited
snow a week late for Christmas, but
hours in time for a white New Year,
the Weather Bureau today forecast
possible experimentation of the white
faxed blanket by tomorrow. A mean
temperature of 25 degrees is predicted
for tomorrow morning, after unsettled
conditions for tonight, and If the
low-pressure area moving in this di-
rection from the South centers over
Washington before the mercury climbs
to 33 degrees or higher, more snow
will result. Otherwise there will be
rain. and the white blanket will melt.
away. t =
Last nights snow started falling
early in the evening, and by midnight
quite thick carpet was laid on the
city. The snow continued for more
than an hour after midnight, and by
the time 1t stopped there was apund-
ant facility for try-outs of the new
sleds which failed to get the needed
initial exercise on Christmas.
Whether tonight will bring rain or
snow is problematical. 1t alpdepends
on how fast the disturbance travels
in this direction and what obstacles
the elements in the ozone iHterposes.
Today will be moderate. Winter
weather, but tomorrow promises to be
colder.
Evening star., 1925-01-01
S1Q,O)O,0DO REALTY
RISE IS SEEN HERE
Richards Expects New Tax
able Valuation Will Approx
innate $4,000, 900.

An increase of approximately s1O,-
100000 has been made in the total
assessed value of all Washington real
estate in the biennial assessment just
completed, District Assessor William
p. Richards predicted today
Although the field work is finished.
the new assessments do not become
effective for the purpose of taxation
until July l.
The assessment books will be open
to public inspection at the District
Building beginning Monday, January
.. and from that date until the first
Monday in June property owners will
be entitled to appeal from the valu-
ations placed on their properties
All appeals Will be decided before
July l, and the new assessments then
will be in effect for two fiscal years.
Total at $4,000 900.
The total assessment of real estate
on July l. 1924, was $40, ,OO0. 900. The
increases which have been made to
individual lots and parcels in the BIZ
ennial' revision will bring the total
vaiue Tor taxation purposes up to
$3.50. .00O, 900.
Assessor Richards further pointed
out today that new buildings that
have been and are to be erected dur
ing the current fiscal year will add
close to S40,000,08t more to the as
sessment books.
Allowing for new buildings and the
increased assessments on existing
property, Mr.. Richards estimated that
the total assessment of all real estate
for taxation purposes on July /, 1925
will be about sST0, 100000
The first application of the new BIZ
cnnial assessment will be to the tax
bills in November, 1925.
Land Values Boosted.
According to Mr.. Richards, most of
the increases in assessments on exist
ing property have been on land values
rather than improvements.
marked increase in values has
occurred in the area between 14th
and goth streets northwest the as
SCISSOR stated. In the territory east
of Fifteenth street the trend has been
upward, but on more gradual scale
than to the west, he continued.
Mr.. Richards also stated that there
have been noticeable advances in
ground values in the residential sec
tions north of Florida avenue and
lying between Rock Creek and Sol
diers Home.
Comparatively few changes have
been made in assessments in East
Washington, according to Mr.. Rich
ards.
Evening star., 1925-01-01
Fireworks Herald
NeiU Year Advent
From Pixies Peak

BY the Associated Press.
COLORADO, SPRINGS. Colo,
January 1.-Fighting their way
through a snow storm borne on the
wings of a mountain gale, five
intrepid climbers sealed the treach-
erous heights of Pixies Peak yes
terday to uphold the tradition of
the Adaman Club, an organization
which for years has celebrated the
coming of each New Year by stag
ing a display of fireworks from
the brow of the peak.
Early in the morning the quin-
tet of climbers began the ascent
in one of the worst blizzards of
the Winter. Thousands of resi-
dents watched through the dusk
for the skyrockets. which would
announce the safe arrival of the
party at the summit At s o'clock
the skrockets were shot skyward
At midnight another burst of fire.
works turned the gray mountain
sky into a Kaleidoscope of color
}as the advent of a New Year was
heralded.
Evening star., 1925-01-01

will prove. The annual deficit is de-
creasing, and at the present rate OF
income and expense the departmen ent
sustaining basis with the close of the
year 1925.
HARRY s. NEW.
Postmaster General"
Secretary Work reviewed the year
as follows:
THE old year that has just passed
out of existence has been epochal in
the nations history.
TT was marked by national po-
litical battle in which the American
people expressed confidence In the in
trines of radicalism were repudiated,
common sense prevailed, and theories
of nonsense were repudiated.
With this decree of the people, for
a return to the principles upon which
our forefathers builded this republic,
the dawn of a New Year could not be
more raHssuring or promising. Pros
peritv is nation wide. The country is
teeming with industrial and CONNER
cial activity. Business now feels Sc
cure against fantastic panaceas. is
safeguarded by sound Republican
policies and is going forward.
"A kindly Providence has given us
peace at home and abroad. There has
come about less self-seeking and
more of, the spirit of service. There
is less fear and more courage. The
CONTINUED on Page 1, Column p
Evening star., 1925-01-01
ICE HURLS 2 IN AUTO
TO DEATH OVER BANK
Third Member of Maryland Party
Thrown to Safety in Tragic
Skidding Crash.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


CUMBERLAND, Md, January l.
Pinioned under an automobile which
crashed 200 feet down an embank-
ment on Braddock road last night
Roy c. Apple and L. E. Connors. Bal
timore and Ohio railroad employees of
this city, met death from internal in
Jurfes. Accompanied by H J. Ming
hinini, they were travelling toward
this city, when the car skidded on ice.
Minghininf was thrown clear as the
car toppled over the bank and es-
capped injury. He made every effort
to lift the car from the bodies of his
companions, and summoned assist
ance from party of men who had
come along in another auto
Apple called to Connors several
times, Ike, | can't stand this much
longer"
Johnson L. Race and John ]. Work
man drove to the police station two
miles for aid. Connors is survived by
his widow, who is i'll, and one small
child. Apple was unmarried.
Evening star., 1925-01-01
This Year Has Three Fridays the 18th;
! Easter Week Earlier Than in 1924

With three Fridays the 18th"
marked on its leaves, the 1925 cal
endar was hung up In many Wash
ington homes today. The good
year 1924 had only one of those
days which the superstitious fear,
but this years the thirteenth day
of the month falls on Friday dur
ing February, March and Novem-
ber. Even Christmas is on Friday
this twelvemonth.
Easter comes on April IL,
week sooner than last year. That
makes April 5.the date for the an
nual Palm Sunday fashion parade
and fixes February 25 as the day
when solemn Lent begins. Palm
Sunday will be cloudy. perhaps
with snow. but Easter will be fair,
according % the ONCE almanac.
Evening star., 1925-01-01
EPIDEMIC OF GRIPPE
SPREADS OVER BELGIUM
Queen Eliza beth Ill, But Condition
Is Not Serious-King Plans
Trip Over Sahara.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BRUSSELS, January 1-An epi-
demic of grip, due, it is believed, to
the recent rapid fluctuations in tenn
perature, has spread to all parts of
Belgium and is causing a large num-
ber of deaths.
Queen Elizabeth is the latest to
suffer from the disease. She is
obliged to keep to her room, but, bar
ring complications, which are not ex-
pected, her indisposition will not af-
feet King Albert's plans for an auto
mobile trip across the Sahara Desert
to Timbuctoo with Marshal Petain of
France.
Braving possible Infection, the King
yesterday called on Premier Theunis,
another grippe victim, and discussed
with him the desert trip and other
questions, notably the coming finan-
cial conference in Paris.
The king arranged with the premier
to keep him constantly posted by
wireless on all developments during
his absence. Albert expects to be
away from Belgium a month.
Evening star., 1925-01-01

George Washington's birthday
falls on Sunday, so Monday, Feb
ruary %, will be a holiday. Both
Memorial day and the Fourth of.
July comes on Saturday, thus pro-
viding opportunities for Spring
and Summer week end trips. La
Dor day Is September 7, the latest
1t ever can be, and the Thanks
giving turkey can be eaten on No
vember rs. March 4, the Inaugural
tion day of President Coolidge,
falls on Wednesday.
Children attending Washington's
public schools will find that their
holiday time Is one day shorter
this year than last, for, although
they gain Inauguratio nday. Me-
mortal day is on Saturday and the
Christmas recess will be one day
less than in 1924.
Evening star., 1925-01-01
Butler Begins Race Against $4,000
Bail Forfeiture From Honolulu Port

Today he had better luck, book
ing passage on the steamship
Wilhelmina, sailing at pm. to-
day. But in the meantime federal
officials announced that the Red
Star Line, operators of the Bel
genland, which flies the British
flag. seemingly had violated the
American coastwise laws by trans
porting the Buffers from New
York to Honolulu and would be
fined $500.
Steamship officials announced
that steps were being made to
have the fine revoked on the show
ing of the circumstances involved.
And in the meantime
Buffers race to New York, with
the $4,000 bail money as the prize,
is on. The Wilhelmina is due in
San Francisco January Z. about
am. If the ship is on time the
rest of the race will be only a
matter of train connections.
Butler is vice president of the
Peter Breidt Brewing Company of
Elizabeth and is charged in the
present action with bribery and
conspiracy to violate the prohibi-
tion laws,
Evening star., 1925-01-01
BONUS CERTIFICATE
MAILING STARTED
Papers Involving Value of
$750,0O0, Are Placed in
Mail This Morning.

Washingtonians will probably be
the first persons to receive from the
Veterans Bureau adjusted compensa-
tion certificates. 500, 900 of which in
volving a value of S750,000,00O, went
into the mall shortly after midnight
this morning.
Although all agencies concerned,
including the War and Navy Depart
ments and the Veterans Bureau, have
been busily engaged on the World
War bonus for months, it was neces
sary to wait until January I, 1925,
before any compensation certificates
could be mailed out.
The certificates had been prepared,
however, and at special branch
post office in the Veterans Bureau
Building they had been stamped jan
uary / and placed in mail bags, ready
to go out early on the first day of
this new year. 1t is expected some
Washingtonians may receive their
certificatsr today or tomorrow.
Taken I'm Order.
Director Hines of the bureau said
that no tabulation has been kept as
to the geographic distribution of the
certificates, but that gnerally the ap-
plicat tions had been taken in order as
they had come from the War and
Navy-Departme
In the case, however, of persons
who had died after filing appH-
cation. it was said. special effort
was put forth to complete the work
and have such certificates ready to go
out 1t was not known whether any
such went to Washington, General
Hines said. Should there be some
here, however, these would probably
be the first of the World War bonus
to be cashed by the Veterans Bureau.
Gen. Hines explained that certifi-
Gates in the cases of both veterans
who had died prior to the bonus, or
those who had died after making ap-
plica tionS, would be cashed immedi
ately on presentation to the bureau,
together with proof of death of the
veteran. Very few applications, com
paratively, however, he indicated
have come through complete in the
case of veterans who had died pre-
vios to the bonus act or had been
killed in action.
No Loan for Years.
In the case of veterans who are
living, it was explained there is no
possibility under the law to cash
in on the certificate on a loan until
after two years from date.
Cash payments of $50 or less can
not be made by the bureau in the case
of veterans who served such a short
time as to merit this sum until after
March I. Thirty thousand such
checks have already been made out
and addressed to the owners, but may
not be mailed for 60 days yet.
Director Hines estimated that from
now on about 10000 certificates will
be mailed daily. A day force of about
900 clerks and a night staff of 100
are handling the job.
To date the War Department has
received 100000 applications for ad-
justed service certificates, with an
average of 1900 arriving daily. More
than 400, 900 applications were return
ed to veterans because they lacked
ar, Dnr L
Evening star., 1925-01-01
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated freSs.
HONOLULU, January 1.-The
Red Star Line was fined S400 yes
terday for transporting Mr.. and
Mrs Edward J. Butler of New
York between two American ports.
And all because a federal Judge
decided Buffers $4,000 bail would
be forfeited unless Butler ap-
peared In court in New York in
person Monday, January IL.
When Federal Judge Goddard
made that decision in New York
last Monday the Buffers were on
the high seas, aboard the steam
ship Belgenland on an around-the-
world voyage. Buffers attorney
Immediately cabled his client, and
when Butler reached here yester-
day he deserted the Belgenland
and indicated his intention of
leaving at once for the mainland.
Then further obstacles arose. The
first ship available for the return
trip was the steamship Sierra.
Butler sought accommodations
The ships passenger list, he
learned, was filed. The Sierra
sailed at pm. and Butler stayed
behind.