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Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-29
FULL
OF LOBBYISTS
WRITES HEALD

Letters received in this city from
Elmer Head, now in Washington in
behalf of the SWing-J Johnson bill,
speak in the highest terms of the ef'
forts made by DIR. Elwood Mead,
director of the reclamation bureau,
in his testimony before the senate
committee, TO obtain immediate fay-
orable action on the bill.
DR.. Mead spoke wholc-heartedly
in favor of the bill, and in answer
to an inquiry if he favored the bill
as it now stands before the commit
tee, answered in the affirmative
He appeared before the committed
upon the invitation of Senator Nc.
Nary.
Senator Phipps, according to
Heald, was the only one VINO at
tempted to gum up the works
and thereby brought down the
wrath of several senators present.
These included AshurSt of Arizona,
Gooding of Idaho, Walsh of Mon
tana, kendrick of Wyoming and
finally Senator johnson of Califor-
MIA, whom Head says finished up
the job in mastery fashion.
The present situation looks en-
couraging, Heald states, although
the valley delegation is up against
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-29
TURKEY RAISERS
PLAN CAMPAIGN
THROUGH VALLEY

Plans to carry on a year-round
campaign to improve the turkey in
dustry i'll Imperial Valley were dis
cussed at the recent meeting of the
directors of the Imperial Valley Tur
key Raisers' association. These
include u number of meetings
throughout the county at different
times Of the year where experts will
give lectures on Matching and care
Of young turkeys, control of tur-
key diseases, feeding and manage
mcnt Of growing turkeys, and last
Iy on fattening and preparing tur-
keys for market. Association off
ciaIS point out that while no tur-
keys were found on the Los Angeles
Thanksgiving or Christmas market
that were in any way superior to
the prime birds shipped from the
valley, some growers produced high
er quality birds than their neigh
bors, and were thereby enabled to
secure a premium on the price. The
association is anxious to improve
the quality of the lower grade tur-
keys, and believes that series Of
educational meetings such as plan
ned will be of great benefit to
the turkey raisers.
During the summer, and fall a
survey of the number of turkeys be-
ing raised in the valley will be
made and the information sent out
to growers. Statistics will also be
gathered as to the situation in
Texas, Idaho, Oregon and the other
turkey producing sections. This data
will be sent out to all local growers
SO rs to inform them as to the exact
situation. This has never been
done before, and consequently grow
ers have been at the mercy Of ltin-
Grant buyers who always circulate
wild stories of tremendous over
production in different parts of the
country in order to force down the
local price, according to members of
| the association.
1t is planned to hold the first
series of field meetings in the near
future and the association has ask
ed the assistance of the farm ad
visor in arranging these meetings
throughout the valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-29
IMPERIAL
!, by Press staff Correspondent

IMPERIAL, Jan. 29.-Mr. and
Mrs. William Hcymann returned
recently from San Bcrnardino,
where they have been spending sev-
cral days with relatives.
The Business Girls club held q
meeting Tuesday night to discuss
plans tor Il st. Valentine s dance.
At the close OF the meeting the
girls presented their president,
Miss Louise Baer, with a beautiful
beaded bag. Miss Baer left We'd
ncsday morning 10 attend the State
Teachers College at Santa Barbara,
The probable line up for the bas.
kct bali games Friday between I'm
pcrial and Calipatria high schools,
will be: House and Armstrong,
forwards, Hill center, Daugherty
and McCarty guards, for the boys,
and Anna Bacr and Norma Young
forwards, Hilda Ncckel and kath-
crime Hill centers, and Fern Tenn
pleton and Francis Ievener, guards,
for the girls.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. u. McChristie
and Mrs. II. &. Miller left for San
Diego Wednesday to spend a few
days with Mr.. McChristic ) par
ents.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-29

Alamo-Verde farm center held an
enthusiastic meeting last night,
which was attended by over 200
people, who extended IL greeting to
f.. f.. Allen, chairman OF the cen
ter and other newly elected off
GERS.
An entertainment program pres
ented by the Parent Teacher Asso-
cation and the farm center, ,was
greatly enjoyed by those present.
Each organization competed against
the other, and contributed won
dcrful variety OF vocal aud instru
mental music, rGcItationJ an d
games.
IL. T.. Hooker made Il short adj.
dress, urging the entire communi1
ty to get behind the farm center
and back up the new officers 100
per cent.
Ecrn De Tar, assistant farm ad !
visor, gave Il talk on the good rel
suits achieved by the COW testing
association, and showed how tina
important feature of the valley i
oaiiy ihIuStIy nus douc nluCA "
increase the prosperity of ranchcr4
throughout the valley.
{. =. JENKINS, secretary of thd
Fam Bureau, gave i survey of thd
membership urlEc, and cAtenuCd AlA
compliments to Alamo-N crdc Cen
ter ON being the second largest cen
ter III the county. In addition to
taking second prizc, the center also
shares III the grand prize.
Refreshments were served during
the meeting by the women OF tho
center and the meeting was voted
the most successful i'll the history
OIL the community.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-29
MORE THAN 200 If You See This,
AT MEETING OF Edmond, Write
ALAMO VERDE Your Mother

If Edmond Enos, 10 years old,
should happen to read this sto-
ry, and has any love for his
mother, he will write her at
once, at box 639, Sausalito,
California, or will communicate
with the sheriff's office here.
Sheriff Gillett this morning
received Il hcart-breaking letter
from Mrs. j. Enos, asking him
to help her locate her boy, who
left home several weeks ago, i'll
company with Arthur Dias
and is known to have been in
FL Centre, as he wrote to boy
friends III Sausalito from this
city.
In her letter the mother says
she does not wish TO have her
son forced to return to her if
he does not wish to, but she
does want him to write to her.
His small sister, instead Of pray
ing for toys at Christmas time
as most children do, prayed
that her brother would come
back to her, or would at least
write to them.
Enclosed with the letter is
certificate of registration for
Il motorcycle, issued i'll Ed
Inond S name, also certain papers
III connection with insurance,
which sha wishes him to sign.
She explained carefully that
she does not harbOr amy ill-wlll
toward her son for his action
and seeks only to know that he
is well and Is satisfied to let
hIm go his own way, If he 50
desires,
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-29

king; j. 5. Carmichael, scribe;
James A. Schotlcid, treasurer; Wal
liam c. Reld, secretary; herbert +.
Holt, captain of host; Wtddington
Couch, principal soJourner; Hcnry
\. Clcwcll, master Oh third veil; +.
y. Jacobs, master of second veil; y.
{. Dcaion, master Of 1Irst veil;
Frank Reading, tyler.
Following the installation ccre-
monies, there; will be Il social hour
and refreshments.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-29
NOTICE INVITING SEALED
PROPOSALS OR BIDS FOR
FURNISHING AND INSTALL
ING SEWER PIPES AND MAN.
HOLE COVERS AND FRAMES
FOR THE SEWER SYSTEM OF
THE CITY OF Ell CENTRIC
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that sepa
rate sealed proposals or bids will
be received by the undersigned City
Clerk of the City of FL Ccntro at
the City Hall of said City up to the
hour Of 1880 clock p. m. on the
llth day of February, 1925, for fur
nishing the following described
items Of material and labor for the
sewer system OF said City of Ell
Centre, to-Wit:
l. 1890 hneal feet of vitrificd
clay sewer pipe, eight inches IN
side diameter; 80 vitrificd clay
"Yo branches, eight inches main
diameter and SIX inches branch dia-
meter; so six-inch plugs for "Y'
branches.
=. 8 standard circular caSt-irou
manhole covers and frames, having
twenty-five and one quarter inch
opening and weighing not less than
450 pounds complete per each unit.
3. The making of the necessary
excavation for eight manholes and
1000 ineal feet of ditch twenty
four inches in width and averaging
approximately five feet in depth
and installing manholes and sewer
pipe therein (including back-filling)
complete i'll the City of FL Centre,
in Addition No. 3 thereof, at the
place indicated by the plans fol
such work on file i'll the office OF
the City Clerk of said City and il
accordance with said plans.
Each proposal or bid shall be ac
LcQmpanied by certified check pay
able to the City of El Centric for :
sum not less than 10 per cent Of
said bid.
The Board of Trustees of said
City reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.
BY order of said Board o2 Trus'
tees.
Dated this 23rd day of January,
1928.
JAMES A. SCHOFIELD,
City Clerk of the City Of FL Centre,
California.
j 24 to L 0
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-29
TEN YEARS AGO
January 90. 1915

Charles j. O'Conner, director Of
the Pacific division of the Red
Cross association, is visiting i'll FL
Centre with Il view to organizing Il
chapter in the valley.
W. L. Holt, whose big interests
bring him here frequently, is again
in town. AS president OF the Bell
development company, builder of
the Barbara Worth hotel, he has an
other big task on his hands of late.
He is quoted as saying he expects
the hotel to be opened April l.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-29
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
January 20, 1910

c. L. Hcrscc, manager Of the Fl
Centre Hardware company, depart
cd last night for Los Angeles on
business.
Miss Ruth Davidson, sister Of
Mrs. c. n. Perry, who has been
drafting i'll the surveyors office,
left last evening for her home IN
Los Angeles.
j. j. Chappell left last evening
for San Francisco and will return
to Ell Centro in about two weeks.
/. a. Morgan, the real estate man,
returned from Los Angeles this
morning.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-29

hard fight, the capital being so
full of power lobbyists that it is
almost impossible to get into the
building.
Heald hopes to stay until the end
of the session, but states that press
of private matters at home may
force him to return here before that
time.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-29

Oakland-Athlctic officials Of St.
Mary's College met today with
= sup MadIgan, football coach,
wlth prospects that Madigan VIII
be signed for another year. Madi-
gan Told the United Press that ru-
mors OF has going to the University y
oil Oregon were ''Just talk
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-29
Looking Backward
What the Press Files 1eu Of
Imperial Valley for This Date
In Past Years
NINETEEN YEARS AGO
January 80, 1906

Friends of Peter Larson will be
glad to hear of his recovery from
severe attack of rheumatism at
San Diego.
John Fowler has returned to the
valley after an absence of several
months on the coast.
The channel in New River has
backed back so far as to drain all
the overflowed land about Blue
Lake and surrounding country.
Judge Farr went to Los Angeles
this week to study up the franchise
question for the city.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-29
San Diego Man
to Help Install [
Masonic Officers

J. b. McLecs, of San Diego, dch
uty nigh priest, grand chapter, Roy
al Arcn Masons, Of the state OF Cas
lornIa, VIII install the Officers II
I'll ocntro Chapter, No. 100, Roya
Arch Maaons, tonight at Masonis Is
hall.
The elective and appointive off
GERS OF the dodge arc@ ". j. Clcu
ents, high pricst; Albert X. Arholt
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-29

\ friend tells us ne gave here a
lipstick for Christmas and is getting
it back when she thanks him.
You can take the boy Christmas
horn and use it for a funnel, if you
will need funnel.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-29

People without buttons on their
clothe smay be amused to learn Il
laundry burned IL Pittsburgh.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-29

The diplomatic thing to say when
she is dieting is, Are you trying to
reduce your weight or gain weight ?"
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-29

Uneasy lies the head that wears
a frown.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-29

Due to a food shortage, Canadian
bears are eating porcuplncs, 50 won t
have TO brush their teeth.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-29

Po1itencss, these days consists of
offering lady your seat when you
get off the street car.
People who talk in their sleep
should tell the truth while awake.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-29
HEAVY FOG IN
BAY DISTRICT
By United Press Leased Wire

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 90
Heavy fog hanging over San Fran
cisco today all but tied up bay
ferries and traffic in city streets.
In parts of the city lights in store
windows were only barely visible
from the middle of the street, so
dense was the fog.
Ferries proceeded under u bedlam
of whistles at slow speed and on
half schedule. Hundreds of com
mutcr5 were late to work as a re.
suit.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-29

Scientist claims he can add so
years to life. Probably take you
that long to pay the bill.
Hyder weekly herald., 1925-03-11
RELIEF AIRPLANES
 PLANNED FOR NEW
 COAST GUARD BOAT

With a view to bringing speedy relief to the inhabitants of the more isolated sections of the Territory in case of disease outbreaks like that recently oc- curing at Nome, or other dire emergencies, the Coast Guard is considering plans to main tain an aeroplane on board the new Coast Guard boat recently authorized to replace the old cutter Bear. The planes will be fitted with pontoons, wheels and skis so it will be possible to land them either on water, land, snow or ice. They will also be used for making sur- veys of ice conditions.
Hyder weekly herald., 1925-03-11

0AAAPAhOAL W6o SOhI Oub OdAN- ary 9th, consigned to Seattle dealers, and consisted of 450 mink, 150 lynx and some land otter. There have been more lynx in the district this year, than for many winters past.
 M. P. Calvin, an old-timer of the westward district, and a member of the Kodiak Igloo of Pioneers, was seriously i'll at the Hotel Sexton for several days recently, but recovered sufficiently to leave on the AL ameda for Seattle, where he will enter the Virginia Mason hospital. He is 65 years of age and a pioneer of Nome and Fairbanks.
 The Ester Creek quartz belt, Fairbanks district, is coming in to the limelight. An engineer is looking over the field and will probably put a core drill to work in the near future to determine the depth of the de-
Hyder weekly herald., 1925-03-11

record, surpassiag the war peak of 1918 by about 10 per
 cent and about 25 per cent
 greater than for the year 1923. The price. of the metal ad-
 vanced from 12 to 15 cents.
 Quotations of local mining stocks in the Vancouver mark ct, which virtually regulates the local price, showed very slight fluctuations during the past week despite steady de-
 mand for most of the more
 prominent listings. B. c. Silver, Premier, L & L, Dunwell and
 Independence held steady at
 prices very similar to those prevailing here. Indian Mines continued the upward move
 ment started some weeks ago in response to reports of the ex- cellent results obtained by the recent diamond drilling op-
 erations but no great change in the price developed up to
 March g, the date of the last report, although the upward tendency of this stock in the local market was more def initely marked than any other.
 This was doubtless due to the
 many optimistic rumors in cir cplation here. These, however, are based upon no more exact information than was avail able earlier, the management
 having given out uothing rel ative to the actual status of things at the mine. According to the reports B. c. Silver was running strong with selling prices ranging around 1.3O and
 with marked indications of further advances. Late London advices report that this sto"k is attracting much interest in the London market. An inter. esting feature of the LonuoA statement is that there is per- sistent large scale buying of Selukwe shares in that mark ct (the Selukwe has 50 per cent of the B. c. Silver) which is supposed to be on behalf of the Premier interests.
 Following are the Vancouver quotations up to March 9th.
Hyder weekly herald., 1925-03-11

been optioned to an English company. Hard rock men are very optimistic regarding the outcome.
 Smallpox has developed late ly among the residents of the native village at Douglas, with several cases reported in two homes. Quarantine measures were promptly taken and the
 pupils of the government school were vaccinated.
 The first Glacier Monument ever established by the Gov Iernment was accomplished recently by Presidential proc-- llamation, at the recommendat- ion of Secretary of Interior Work, when 1,120 square miles in Southeastern Alaska were set aside as the Glacier Bay National Monument.
 Fox ranchers of the Kenai Peninsula have a novel method of preserving rabbit meat for fox food. The meat of the rab- bits is first ground and then dried on racks over the stove, after which it is powdered and put away for future use. Another method of preserving the rabbits fresh, adopted by the ranchers, is to pack the carcasses in five gallon oil cans pour water over them and let them freeze solid, after which the blocks of ice and rabbits are packed away in especially constructed ice houses until needed for food for the foxes.
 After drifting at sea in a disabled condition for 31 days, the seining boat Hilda, belong ing to the Hetta Packing Co.,, was found. stranded recently on the west coast of Prince of Wales Island with one of her crew of three men missing and the remaining two alive but in a weakened condition as a re- suit of exposure and lack of food.
 The citizens of Petersburg have subscribed more than $3O,OOO for the erection of a cold storage plant at that place to facilitate it's halibut industry. Petersburg handled million pounds of halibut last year without the aid of a cold storage plant, the fish be- ing shipped fresh. It is believ- ed that this record can be doubled during the present year.
 Mountains, glaciers, a river and volcano in Alaska are of- ficially named in an announce ment by the Geographic. Board. Brooks is the name of a chain of mountains forming the watershed between the Yukon basin on the south and the Arctic Ocean on the north
Hyder weekly herald., 1925-03-11
RYDER WEEKLY HERALD

posit. The prospecting will be done on claims which have been optioned to an English company. Hard rock men are very optimistic regarding the outcome.
Hyder weekly herald., 1925-03-11

from Kotzebue Sound east ward to the international boundary and is so named in honor of the late Dr. Alfred Hulse Brooks. A mountain on the Alaska peninsula, four miles south of Yugak volcano, is named Denison, in honor of Denison University. Yukan rather than Yugak or Yugat, is designated for the volcano referred to, which is on the coast of the peninsula, ten miles nothwest of Yugak bay. Stellar is the name of a mount ain, 145O feet high, two miles southwest of the volcano, in honor of George Wilhelm Stel-. lar, naturalist.
 A peculiar decline in the price placed upon the fur seal pelts from the Pribloff Islands by the Department of Com merce is noted in recent re- port of the Collector of Gus toms for Alaska. The figures given in the report cover pelts shipped by the government from last years take and em- brace a total of 18.720 skins. These have a declared value of only $15O,OO4, which is vir- tually $8 each. Three or four years ago the average value placed on the Pribloff pelts by the department was $25 per skin. Each year smaller value has been declared, that of this year being the smallest on rec ord.
 Senator Forrest J. Hunt of Ketchikan, was operated on in a Seattle hospital March 9, and was unable to attend the open ing of the Territorial Senate. He is reported progressing nicely toward recovery.
 The Ketchikan Commercial Club is preparing to send a bill to the Alaska Legislature, now in session in Juneau, pro- viding for the. creation of im- provement districts in incorpor- ated towns to make it pos sible for a municipality to as- sess all properties benefited by public improvements. At present only abutting proper ties are liable to assessments.
 A Geological Survey party headed by Dr. Walter E. Smith geologist, and G. Fitzgerald, topographer engineer, is on it's way from Seward to map the oil reserve lands between Point Barrow and the Colville and Chipp rivers on the Arctic coast of Alaska. The party will go from Ft. Gibbon to Kotze- bue Sound by dog team, after ward working up the Nokatak River to the unexplored south western corner of the reserve, of which 22,O00 square miles was previously mapped.
 World consumption of copper last year established a new
Hyder weekly herald., 1925-03-11
BRIEF ITEMS FROM ALL
 PARTS OF THE TERRITORY
EVENTS IN THE NORTH AS PORTRAYED IN THE
 PRESS OF ALASKA

Dr. w. Arcy Chace former been caught in the Kena dis Hydere appointed trict this winter The first big City Health Officer for the shipment out Janu town of Douglas ary 9th, consigned to Seattle
Hyder weekly herald., 1925-03-11

There are now 93 old-timers residing in the pioneer Home in Sitka, according to an offic- ial report of the institution. This is said to be the largest number there at any one time. The average number inmates lis said to be about 60 or 65. The previous highest number was 82.
Hyder weekly herald., 1925-03-11


 For the first time in Is years caribou are roaming about, wintering in the Tofty district, according to recent arrivals in Anchorage. The caribou are said to be so thick through the entire district that all one has to do to get in fresh supply of meat is to open the door and shoot one down. With the ex- ception of ptarmigan, birds are scarce.
 A large number of furs have
Hyder weekly herald., 1925-03-11

B. c. Silver ........,. 1.20 1.35 Dunwell ........... APO AIS Indian Mines ....,......10R .15 Glacier ...........:...28 .35 Independence .....-.. .22R 80 Premier ............ 2..35 2.5O Rufus ...................... IS - L & L ...... .2715 80
Hyder weekly herald., 1925-03-11

World consumption of copper last year established new
Hyder weekly herald., 1925-03-11

Smallpox has developed late ly among the residents of the native village at Douglas, with several cases reported in two homes. Quarantine measures were promptly taken and the pupils of the government school were vaccinated.
Hyder weekly herald., 1925-03-11

record, surpassiRg the war peak of 1918 by about 10 per cent and about 25 per cent greater than for the year 1923.
 The price of the metal ad- vanced from 12 to 15 cents.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-24

the railroads tomorrow, 1t would require two million tank cars. in addition to 10000 locomotives, to handle it.
 Three main or trunk" lines join the central and western fields with the Whiting. Indiana, refineries, and two of these continue to the At lantic seaboard. Another trunk line connects the Salt Creek, Wyoming, and Elk Basin region with this lino at Freeman, Mo.
 The system Is made up of dozens of trunk lines, tapped by gathering lines or feeders. If all these trunks and gathering lines were connected In one line they would reach three times around the earth. The most recent addition was the 1,400-mile line from Teapot Dome to Chicago, via Kansas City. More than 500.000 barrels of oil are required to flll this line. which carries a frozen liquid capital" figured at $500, 900.
 The trunk lines are of eight and twelve inch pipe. while the gather ing lines range from two to six inches. The pipes are laid three feet under ground.
 oil Is pumped through the pipes by powerful pumps. located 30 to 50 miles apart along the line. The oil moves at a speed of three or four miles an hour, depending upon
New Britain herald., 1925-07-24
UNDERGROUND OIL
 LINES IN CHICAGO
These Represent Expenditure Of
 Half Billion

Chicago, July 24 CR - The trans- continental underground web of pipe lines that silently supplement the surface feeding of industry. has been developed into an oil carrying system that is comparable with the expansion of the railroads after the Civil war.
 A network of more than e6,ooo miles of two-to twelve-inch pipes touch both coasts and spread into the mid continent. connecting crude oil fields with refneries and indus trial plants in distant sections of the country. This system Is esti- mated to represent an investment of s,500,o00 In the United States.
 One of the largest companies figured that if the work of trans porting the oil were taken over by