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Imperial Valley press., 1925-07-11
HEBER
by Press STAFF correspondent

by Press staff Correspondent
HEBER. July 11.-McCabe home
department met in the last meeting
of the season before the vacation, at
the home Of Mrs. Angeline Courtney.
Miss Miller gave an instructive talk
on "Child Hygiene. y Books for
mothers and children to read were
reviewed by Miss Miller. Pamph-
lets on home gardening were distri-
buted 70 those wishing to study in
gardea.ag A beautiful pot lunch
was ser ID to the following: Mes
DANES Lynch, Brown, De Buis, J..
ID. Jones, Fishburn, Kramer, Orr,
Klinkburg, Z. Z. Forester, Elmer,
Lyon. Wilson, Wagner, aud Misses
Phillips, Cosby and the junior mem
bers Edith Lynch, Jennette Jones,
Helen and Olive Courtney.
Ralph Hudson is enjoying his va
cation. He has taken his parents
and younger sisters to Los Angeles
for three weeks. Mrs. Ernest Bysshe
accompanied them to the city.
Cecil Courtney is shipping a car
and half Of honeydews.
Bob Orr is spending a week on
the coast.
Mr. Briggs sister, Miss Bessie
Briggs has accepted position in a
bank at III Ceatro.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-07-11
Fine Collection
Of Manuscripts
I'm Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES, July IL The
original manuscripts of Jack Lon
don have been added to the famous
script collection Of Henry f. Hun
tongton, ioca- millionaire.
The valuable documents purchas-
ed by Huntington from Mrs, Char
main London. wife Of the famous
author, include all of the existing
London manuscripts.
They have taken their place be-
side the original works Of snch au-
thor as Dickens. Thackeray, Whit
tier, Swinburnc, Lowell, Longfellow,
Holmes and others.
cit has been dearest wish of
mine to see this collection housed
in the west. - Mrs. London said af-
ter disposing of the treasures.
Mrs. London told how she hap
pened to preserve The writings of
the famous writer of adventure
stories.
shortly after our marriage
noticed that Jack appeared over
worked and worried. and ] suggest
ed, why not let me keep your man
uscripts?',' she said.
He was amused, rs mp to that
time he had tossed the copy away
as fast as he corrected his proof
sheets.
"But from that time until his
death some y years later, | care.
fully filed and indexed everything
he wrote. When he gave his care
less consent for me to keep his orig
inal copy neither of us then had
any idea of their ultimate value. =
Among the manuscripts which
have been placed in the Huntington
library Foundation are 'The Val
ley of the Moon, "White Fang"
Before ADAM and " Martin
Eden.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-07-11
Telephone Calls
Set New Record

During the months of June a nSN
high record for calls handledZMas
established at the local office of the
telephone company. In that period
thu local exchange handled total
of a6,6TT5 long distance calls. com
pared with 20,s29 in the correspond
ing month of last year.
The busiest dav of last year was
June 10 when 920 calls were COM
pieted. This year, on June IS, lo7l
calls were completed. These are
only the long distance calls, the local
calls running into many thousands.
When the new equipment which
will be Installed in The company 5
addition this fall is completed, 1t Is
expected that new records Will be
established in all lines, according
To Manager w. 7. Christian.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-07-11
HISTORIC STONE
TO BE BROUGHT TO
kLAM A TIL FALLS

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore, July II
A historic stone which marked the
scene of the massacre of General
Candy and his aides in the Modoc
Indian war will be brought from
the battle-ground to Klamath Falls
as a historic relic.
The store in the lava beds was
found recently by old Modoc Indian
warriors. Candy and his men were
seated there in conference with the
treacherous redskins when they
murdered the whites without warn
ing.
Captain o. c. Applegate, fhe only
surviving white officer of the war,
was present when the stone was To-
Gated and identified.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-07-11
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
SERVICES

First Church of Christ Scientist,
holds all services in the new Church
Edifice, corner Olive and Seventh
Streets.
Sunday school at 9:30 a. m.
Sunday morning service at IL
0 clock.
Subject: Sacrament"
Wednesday evening testimonial
lmeeting at O'Clock.
The reading room is located in
the Rehkopf building, corner Main
land Sixth streets, and is open daily
except Sundays and legal holidays
from | to 4 p. m.
All are welcome to the services
and the reading room.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-07-11
Aged Man Yields
Hammer on Victim
By United Press Leased Wire

Los ANGELES. July IL Lee
Griffin, so years old, pleaded self
defense today when police arrested
~fr1Ti1 on a charge of assaulting Mrs.
H. r. Duncan with a hammer.
The aged man said he called on
Mrs. Duncan regarding a real estate
transaction. eve argued and she
started to beat mel had to defend
myself with a hammer" Griffin
said.
Mrs. Duncan told the officers
Griffin attacked her without cause.
He would have killed me if I
hadn screamed and got the neigh
bors ont TO help me" she said.
The woman is in the hospital, suf-
fering from scalp lacerations.
Kern county will widen its river
road between Democrat and Bodfish
at an expense of $97 500
Imperial Valley press., 1925-07-11
HOLTVILLE
by Press stnff Corresponient

HOLTVILLE, July lie. E
Collins of Imperial, has been chosen
to succeed George r. Momyer a,
principal of the local high school
the latter having resigned to ac
cePt the principalsh;p at San Ber,
nardino.
A. Giese, who was injured last
week while working ON the new ice
plant here. is confined at the local
hospital, but IS recovering nicely.
il. Bozee, a resident of Me!oland,
narrowly escaped drowning at the
loea! plunge Thursday evening" lie
sand to the bottom of the swimming
pool at its deepest point and was
brought to the surface and revived
only through the untiring efforts
Of Tom Runvon, guard at the plunge
and Russell Byrd of FL Centre. These
two young men. seeing the older
nan s plight, Immediately dived in
to the water, but were so hindered
b. their clothing that they Were
forced to emerge and discard them
Bozee was revived bv the bows be
fore the arrival of Dr. ". +. Mosher
wlC' was summoned. He was then
taken 10 the HoltvHle hospital.
Arthur McKinnon will leave Sat
urday for two weeks vacation
in San Diego.
Ernest Edwards and two daugh
teis. Ida and Ernestine, left Satur
day for the mountains.
J. G. King is down from Laguna
fer few DAYS on business con
rected with his second hand store
here.
Fred Woodward and Noval Walk
G. left Friday morning for San Die
go, in Walker s recently purchased
automobile.
Miss Lena Gu;dotti left THURSDAY
evening for 2 trip through Yose
mite and northern California.
Louis Hanch6't il working ,at
present as watch repairer in Oliver Z
jowelry shop, but viii leave soon fo-
Long Beach where he win teacl
next term in the elementary schools
Rev. S. p. Smyser for two year
pastor of the local Christian ehurcI
will leave next week TO take tp th'
pastorate Of fhe haywood Christian
Church near Los Angeles.
A dinner and theater party wa
given Thursday evening by Misse
ECtty Harris, Ida Edwards am
Kathleen Kavanaugh. Guests wer
Miss Jewel Rogers, Miss Anita Kay
an9ugh, Milton Warne, William An
der8on, John Eckert. George Abram
and James Sharpe Of FL Centric.
NJ. /. McMichael recently iniure'
nj the ice plant here was able t
leave the local hospital Wednesday
Kate Land who has been i'll at tn
hospital for some time, is recovering
nicely.
OFF Walker has returned from Sa,
Iiiego where lie disposed Of trueI
load Of watermelons. His wife am
family will remain in the 'coas
city during the summer.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-07-11
NEWS BRIEFS
From City and Comfy

Parisienne Beauty shoppe. 127
North 5fh. Phone 7S3. adv
Da us Beauty rarlor. Phone 227.
adv
I Pay Cash for used ears. C. H.
Sylvester. 636 Main st. adv
DIR. C. J. McKen6rick, Chiroprae.
ior. 21 Dunaway Bldg. Phone 32S.
Drink Coachelia Artesion Water.
Gull Bndwine Bottling Co. Phone
22W. 7t26
Are You Hungry Give Loynd s
Fountain Lunch a trial. Satisfae-
ton and service. adv
Dancing Wednesday and Saturday
lights, Holtville Natatorium. adv
Automobile Loans. clear your
ear and loan you money, you pay
me by the menth. Fred r. Cross,
geo Main St. Phone 359J. El Cen
tro. adv
Noland's Orchestra. Music for all
Sccasions. Phone FL Centre 583. adv
Davis Beauty Parlor. Phone 227.
adv
New Oregon Cafe, coolest place
for special chicken dinners Sun
days. adv
Dance Every Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday nights at Heber
Palm Garden. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1925-07-11

port of the missing at death, has
h,en g hobby aud business with
Cox for 90 years.
During that time he has unearthed
heirs to estates worth millions.
Some of the heirs never knew they
had such a relative as the one who
had died and made them wealthy.
"The fake heir is the bane of
this work. = Cox says. Thousands
of such spurious heirs write him an
laallv claiming interest in some es-
tate he is working on.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-07-11
INVENTOR JAILED
ON PLOT CHARGE

Los ANGELES, July II. - John
+. Eggleston, 2s, an inventor was
jailed today in connection with the
alleged plot to extort 50. 900 from
g. " Stroud, retired Toledo Ohio
railway magnate.
Stroud received a letter last week
demanding the money under threat
of death, and a subsequent telephone
call repeating the threat.
Eggleston was trapped by detec-
fives when he sought TO collect the
money. Police saad lie admitted
visiting the blaekmail note, explain
ing he needed the money to finance
|. new invention.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-07-11
Long Beach Will
Have Big Auto
Concern Soon

LONG BEACH, July IA $2,-
800, 900 plant for the manufacture
Of passenger busses, largest of its
kind in the world, is to be erected
here soon.
A 10-acre site is being sought for
the factory, and many Southern Cali
fornia capitalists are investing in
the project.
The local plant will be a branch
of the Doris Motor Car company of
St. Louis. 1t is planned to give
employment to $50 men.
{ Urban and interurbany busses will
be manufactured, the city vehicles
to be. of the doublesdeck model,
with capacity for 90 passengers.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-07-11

Dance Every tuesday and Friday
nights at Seeley adv
Swim in Our wonderful mineral
water. Holtville Natatorium. adv
am the best doctor in the land.
Superior to any monkeys s gland.
got name-Paul S Lemonade. Al
ways ready for you at Union Stages
depot. adv
New Oregon Cafe. Home cooked
meals. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1925-07-11
BY ROY G.. GIBBCNE
NEA Service Writer

CHICAGO. July H. Unclaimed
estates of mystery men and women
persons who die without reveal
ing enough of their past to indicate
their heirs-total something like
$1o.00o.e00 every year in this coun-
try.
". c. Cox, probate genealogist
hcle, who has built up successful
business in finding legal heirs of the
mysterious ones, is responsible for
the estimate. He solves hundreds
OF such cases annually.
The $4,000, 600 in unclaimed for
tunes consists of money, land and
property that lawyers are unable
to turn over to known relatives.
The amount does not include con-
tested wills, disputed inheritanees
aud the like.
Illustrative of the mystery folks
is the ease of "Old jim" Michael
which Cox has in his files.
Camo Here Alone
Michael. so we found, says
Cox. immigrated alone to the
U@ited States from the Isle of
Alal. In his youth he roamed
through Rhode Island, Illinois,
North Carolina and Maryland.
"Finallv he settled down and
ammassed a fortune Of about So
coo, One night, at the age of l03,
he was murdered.
" Neighbors, friends and public
officials knew nothing of his past.
lie seemed to have cut off all
Communication with his. family.
The Isle of Man is ilosy being
cflnbed for possible relatives.
But unless some are found.Athe
Michael fortune. now swelled by ad-
oe3 interest, will revert TO the state
in which Michael died, since this is
the procedure in such eases.
according to Cox, the estates of
women comprise much of the mys-
terry in his files
Minnie Prices Case
His records are full of them.
Some are solved and some are be.
yond solution.
Moral msstcps, unfortunate mar
ri4ges and similar factors are the
principal causes for women to re-
fuse to reveal their past, Cox has
fQlnd. They hold to this stubborn
mess even on their deathbeds.
Zone of our most unusual eases
Cox says, twas that OF Minnie
! Price. she lived recluse. She died
ix-@Ii@ium, telling priest that she
Vas born in Powhattan. Ark, in
1870, and that she had two half-sis-
; ters named Rose and Margie Skaggs
1--WE turned up these Skaggs
women after a long search, but they
claimed they had never heard of
Minnie Price. There the trail end
ei.
4 I;ut the case which Cox regards as
the most complicated one he ever
/ worked ON concerned the estate of a
woman named Lanon who died in
! Les Angeles.
She left fortune Of 100000 and
from. the faintest of clews a nephew
was found after months of search
iii Louisville. Ky.
Through this nephew Cox traced
a sister of the dead woman to New
Rochelle, y. Y. In New York
he also found two other nephews.
just as the court was about I'd
turn the 100000 over to these heirs
Cox received wire from California
saving: = Son claims Lanon estate.
Petition filed today.
= was a thunderbolt from out Of
the blue.
Examined Paper
The alleged son had what proof to
support his contention. including lett
ters signed IN the name Of the dead
woman.
Cox took one Of the letters and
finally found the firm that manu-
factured the paper on which il WIS
written.
! Searching for the kin Of mystery
men and women who turn up in the
Imperial Valley press., 1925-07-11
THE WEATHER

los ANGELES AND VICINITY:
Fair moderately warm weather to-
night and Sunday.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: Fair
tonight and Sunday. Continued
warm in east portion.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-07-11

A brooder. house fire at Ceres
Stanislaus county, destroyed 1000
chicks two months old.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-07-11

The new road into the wonderful
Don Pedro dam in Stanislaus county
has been completed.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-07-11
Davis Advocates Elimination of
Canal Project In Effort to
Obtain Harmony for Valley

Continued from Page "
management can bring this about in
ha very near futura
Imperial Valley press., 1925-07-11

The alleged son had what proof to
support his contention. including LETT
ters signed IN the name Of the dead
woman.
Cox took one Of the letters and
finally found the firm that manu-
factured the paper on which il was
written.
Searching for the kin of mystery
men and women who turn up in the
Imperial Valley press., 1925-07-11

Read The Advertisements. Get Ready
For Tomorrow
Imperial Valley press., 1925-07-11

Dance Everv Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday nights at Heber
Palm Garden. adv
New Britain herald., 1925-04-29
rirl,t For Third Place

The frht between Fpfnir and andcrs for third place was really more exciting than the battle TOT first place. Mickey Luke was t.f big offensive gun for Landors' h"io'o finding it impossible to ston nm while Chcrokovski and Weir was the big noises for Fafnir, N''r' l7 addition to holding Tucherr to two haskc... tossed in five from the floor himself. Weir played an excellent game. Gerry. who held Klatka to two baskets. also ran wild and got six field goals. In addition hf scored six fouls in siy shots.
 Larson. Iaft guard for ianders nut LID 2 very strong game, lie held Anderson to two baskets and was on the go constantly, Duke McCabe kept Red Nelson covered al the time. Red going scoreless. Duke himself got three from the floor al trriIlers, and aided in keeping th' Landers team together. But the biE i h0nOrs Of the evening, run d 9S'' i tfmental view point anyway, go t' Recano. This young player has beer with I.anders all season and whil l only a second string player. has beel very loyal in remaining with ih
 squad. He took part in eight preyi
 ous games but never seemed able [
 score. Last night he took Luke place, when the latter was ejects
New Britain herald., 1925-04-29
LEY JOE WILLIAMSl

New York, April 29.-WelI now that they are matched what will ParaIyzing Paul Berlenbacl do against Mike McTiguc, the worlds worst fighter?
 At first blush (and yea arc en- titled to a blush when you mention Mir. McTigue) you would conclude that Paul the Paralyzcr is in for something exceedingly soft. And maybe he is.
 Certainly he has little to fear from the brittle hands of the light heavy weight champion of the world, as MT. McTiguc is still humorously labeled. Mir. McTigue cannot hit hard enough to disturb the lather on an unbarbarcd chin. Whereas Der lonbach the Cruiser hits hard enough to drop an iron hitching post with a punch.
 And yet We do not look for Der Ienbach to do anything spectacular against Mike the Myth, Tis prospects of winning on points are not discouraging, and a win on points, with the title at stake, is sufficient to bring him the cham pionship. But winning on points from d bird like McTigue hardly rates as a gaudy achievement.
 Can BerlenbacI stop him?
 Wen, Mickey Walker couldn't, and Mickey. though smaller. is a better fighter than Berlenbach ever will be
New Britain herald., 1925-04-29
COLUMBIA CREWS
 HEAD FOR PHILA.
Three Fights Will Meet Yale and
 Penn Saturday
By The Associated Press.

By The AHsQClatNu AiOnS'
 New York, April 20. --- Columbia varsity. junior and freshman crews will leave here tonight for Philadel- phia, where they will complete their training for the first race of the sea- son on Saturday with Yale and Pennsylvania.
 Three of the men now boated in the varsity shell are veterans-Cap- tain Larry Tihonen at No. '; Will berg at No. 5, and Buddine at No. E. Remy, installed at stroke early this year has retired to enter business, his place being taken by Van WICK, junior varsity stroke last year. Roeg- ncr at No. 6 and Thayer at No. 5 are second year men who have won Coach Miler's approval, while Walk CT at bow and Jackson at No. 4 were all boated with the junior varsity In 1924. -a
 Miller and his assistants, George Wascheck and Wilbur Marshall or the 1924 varsity, have been handl- capped by the illness of several or the yearling oarsmen in their at tempts to get together a winning freshman eight AS for the 15o- pounders the only veteran isThomp- son, the stroke, Coach Miller says that they are not as far advanced as the 1924 oarsmen were at sim- liar stage, but they appear to nave greater possibilities.
 Indoor practice at Columbia start ed in the crew room in the gymna- sium on February 10. Coach Miller keeping his men on the machines until March 15, when the scene ot activities was shifted to the Harlem After gradually accustoming the'men Ito outdoor work, the Morningside tutor utilized the eastern vacat,or period to put them through stiff series of two workouts a day.
 Coach Miller, who is now in h1' second year as chief tutor of th' Lion oarsnen, looks forward to moderately successful campaign il comparison with the 1924 season Five regattas will give the Columbi; cights thorough test, the schedule including the Columbia-Penn-1 1al' attraction Saturday, the ChiIds cul race on the Harlem on May 23 an' the intercolcgiates at Poughkecpsie
New Britain herald., 1925-04-29
DEMPSEY BOUT IS
 STILL UP IN AIR
Champ Must Wait Till After
 ContendegS Come Together

New York, April 29.-Jack Demp- today had closed the book of his heavyweight championship expcri- cnces in New York exactly as it was reopened when he arrived in the metropolis with his wife, the former Estelle Taylor, to complete the clos ing scenes of 2 moving picture.
 After havinE been informed by Promoter Tex Rickard that it would be impossible to sign him for a title fight until after the Gibbons-Tunney and Wills Weincrt bouts here in June. Dempsey yesterday made no progress in his peace overtures to the New York state athletic com mission, which some time ago placed him on the ineligible list for failure to satisfactorily answer the chal- 'lenge of the negro, Harry Wills.
 Dempsey declined 10 answer all questions of the commission, refer ring them to his manager, Jack i kcarns He was informed by the board that no official obstacles stood ! in the way of Wills match Tn spite ! of 'l.e aeivicc of Rickard to wait the outcome of the ncgro's bout with 1 Charley Wcinert of Newark. Colonel John J. Phelan, chairman
 of the license committee, warned
 Dempsey not to overlook the matter
 of renewing his New York license
 declaring that 1t might not be easy
 in the future to get permit as il
 had been in the past Dmpsey mere
 ly smiled his way out of all compli.
 cations and today went about fur
 thcr preparations for his contemplat.
 ed trip to Europe next week.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-29
WASHINGTON ON TOP AS
 JOHNSON ALLOWS 4 HITS
Veteran Twirls Fine Game Against Boston . 1924
 Champs Now Lead Both Leagues-MakeshftR Reds
 Continue to Win-Giants Lose-Sisler Still Hitting.

New York, April 29.-opening Of the third week of the 1925 major league season today finds unreckoned contenders still clinging to the flying coat tails of the champion Giants and Senators with preseason first division favorites maHifcsting no signs of recovering from slumps' As Washington again stepped out into undisputed possession Of trst place from a tie with Philadelphia ! in the Americans yesterday, the vet eran Walter Johnson giving Boston only four hits, the Detroit Tigers pitched deeper into, the mire by dropping their seventh straight game to the Browns, 5 to 5. Easing their calculations on the strong finish Of , the team year ago, critics gave De- troit high rating in the 1925 cam- paign, yet far from measuring up to expectations Cobb's club today is lodging last place by mere whis- kcr.
 The Yankees saved by rain yes terday have likewise been one Of the early season disappointments, with only a slight edge on Detroit.
 In the National league, Pittsburgh has almost matched Detroit in q failure to strike the gait figured Tor
 them on the basis of their form last year and their showing in the tralq-
 ing camp. Signs of a recovery are
 seen by Pirate followers In their last
 two. victories over the Cardinals,
 however. With good pitching in the
 crucial spots by Morrison and hard
 hitting by the entire team yesterday,
 MeKechnie's entry came through
 with a clean-cut verdict, to in
 spite of the return to the Cardinal line up of the batting champion lRogers Hornsby, who gathered j pair of hits.
 The Cincinnati Reds, continuing to play winning baseball with q make shift lineup and good pitching, broke their tic for second place with the Cubs and gained full game on the , leading Giants by decisively defeat , ing the Chicago club, 9 to 3. RiXe! had one of his good days on the mound for the Reds and the team behind him batted Alexander freely
 The Phillies made possible the
 tightening of the National league
 Trace by driving Virgil Barnes off tho ! slab in the seventh with a four. TUT rally which trounced the Giants, ito 5. Home runs by Meusel ant
 synder helped the Giants to an earl. 5 but insufficient advantage.
 Cleveland in the American leagu'
 barricaded third place against th'
 aggressive push of the White So:
 with a two-man hitting barrage b. - Sewell and Speaker. George uhle le il the Sox down with five hits in an : other of his brilliant pitching per k formanccs, while of the nine whicl s Cleveland made off Ted BIanken 5, ship, six were split by Sewell ant Q Speaker
 Q George Sisler led the attack of tE
 St. Louis Browns with three singles Q making the 14th consecutive game j, X which he has hit safely, but th I base hit fire was not hot enough f :. rout the Detroit Tigers until an OK
 tra frame had been played. Althoug
 the Browns had men on bases i
 every inning. they could bring onI
 three men home until the 10th, whe
 two more gave them the margin b
 which they won. ] 10 :.