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Imperial Valley press., 1925-04-22
FINNEY URGED
FOR MEMBER OF
COM M ISS!O N
District Directors Sug.
gest Four for Water
Conference

A. c. Finnev, assemblvman from
Imperial County and Assemblyman
Murray of Riverside County. to-
gether with Senators Ralph Swing
and L. l.. Dcnnatt, of the 10Th dis
tritt, have been recommended by
the Imperial Irrigation District to
form the California commission to
confer with commissions from other
states in the lower Colorado river
basin, relative to ALLEGATION of
water between these states.
This action was taken by the
board of directors of the district
who were i'll session yesterday when
they were advised by the Imperial
Valley Press that the assembly had
passed the bill providing for the
appointment of such a commission.
The information was received over
the United Press leased wire, and
/ was Immediately given to the direc
tors.
The directors Immediately draft
cd the following telegrams, the
first being sent to Frank +. Mer-
riam, speaker of the assembly, and
the second to Lieutenant Governor
G. c, Young, president of the SEN
ate:
"Imperial Irrigation Dist i CIT
urges the appointment of Assembly
man Finney of Imperial County and
Assemblyman Murray of Riverside
county as commissioners to confer
with like commissioners from Ne
! vada and Arizona to determine
i equitable adjustment of waters low
er basin Colorado river, first, be
cause they are cOnversant with
needs of their constituents III the
! apportionment Of the Colorado riv-
! er waters and second, because they
are well posted in the proposed
project to furnish Imperial and
! Riverside counties with flood con-
troll and storage for irrigation. y
Board Directors
Imperial Irrigation District.
"Imperial Irrigation District has
been continuously fighting for the
| development of the Colorado river
and has financed largest part of
cost of surveys and study of river
to date. We foel that Senators
Ralph Swing and L. L. bennett
should be the appointees of the
! commission to confer with like mem
hers from Nevada and Arizona to
determina equitable distribution of
! waters Of lower basin. Swing be-
cause OF his understanding q the
legislative program now pending
before congress which proposes
river control storage for irrigation
and power development and Den
nett because he is the most conver-
/ SAINT legal authority on irrigation
law in the state of California. With
/ these commissioners Califor IL a
! would be most advantageously rep
! resented in this matter which is
most important and vital to its fu-
ture growth. We urge You TO use
your good offices in securing their
appointment"
Board Directors
Imperial Irrigation District.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-04-22
Woman Reduces
81 Pounds in
so Days
BY United Press Leased Wire

by United Press Leased Wire
LOS ANGELES, April o.
Mrs. Lillian Baldwin, who re-
duced 81 pounds by fasting for
so days, resumed eating today.
Mrs. Baldwin weighed in for
breakfast this morning at 180
pounds.
IT could go another 80 days
without eating, but at $50
pounds I feel just right she
said.
There Is no fat-reducer more
effective than fasting. Any fat
woman who is willing to stop
eating can bring herself down
to any weight she desires.
Mrs. Baldwin 8 first meal af-
ter the long fast was just
glass of grape juice. She said
it would take her several weeks
to get back to her normal eating
schedule.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-04-22
Responsible For
3 Deaths, May
Secure Probation

LOS ANGELES, April 222,-Earl
Oliver, whose automobile struck
and killed three persons last Feb
ruary, pleaded guilty today to driv-
ing while intoxicated. He will
probably be placed ON probation.
Oliver was originally charged
with manslaughter in connection
with the three deaths, but by ar
rangements with prosecuting attor-
news he was permitted to plead
guilty to the minor offensc and
ask probation.
The dead We're Mr.. and Mrs. Sid
ney Kahn, and their daughter Thel-
ma, .. \ child was born 10 Mrs.
Kahn at the Receiving Hospital by
4 Caesarian operation just before
her death.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-04-22
Clubbed to Death,
Fight Over Girl
by United Press Lensed Wire

SACRAMENTO, Aprn 2oo.-Karl
c. Bruce, %, of Chico, was club
bed to death by Lawrence X. Ben
nett, &c, in a battle over a girl,
Bennett confessed in Jail here to-
day, police said. Bennett and the
Young woman, Mrs. Leslia Woods,
%, fled to Sacramento and were
arrested early today in roomins
house by Deputy Sheriff John
Shields of Chico, who trailed them
here. They wero taken back to
Chico.
Both Bruce and Bennett are prom
inent i'll Chico. Their battle occur
ed on tho Williams Bennett ranch
four miles north of the town.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-04-22
HEAVY SNOW IN
MOUNTAINS GIVES
SPLENDID THRILL

If one is seeking a reasonf for
the cold weather which lnDeGaTf
Valley experienced last night and
this morning, the answer Will be
found in the heavy snow that fell
in the mountains yesterday. giving
q regular midwinter exhibition that
covered the entire territory from
Jacumba to Alpine with a mantle of
white.
\ party of local people bound
for san Diego, late yesterday who
had expected to experience nothing
more than II heavy wind. with a
moderate amount of rain, had the
thrill of years whon they found
themselves in the midst of 6 real
hack-cast snow storm.
Rain began, falling in several
places on the Mountain Springs
grade. AT Jacumba it was raining
heavily, and a mile or so west of
that place the first snow WAS en-
countered.
g, At White Star it was showing
hard, and one could hardly see bey-
ond the hood of the ear, so ovdense
was the storm. The engine in the
ear, being used to the gentle wealth
or of the valley, began to give
trouble when the radiator became
clogged with snow and it was hard
work keeping it from freezing.
On several occasions Il consump-
tive-like cough from the engine an
nounced that it was going to stop
and it then became necessary to
resort to human energy to get it
started again.
1t was almost impossible to tell
when Live Oaks turn-off was pass
ed, so thick was the snowfall, and
all the way to Buckman Springs it
was the same story. Laguna juno
! tion store could not be missed, for
! its light shone out like beacon in
F.! a lighthouse, and was the only
! thing to give touch of civiliza-
i ton to that section.
Pine Valley was wonderful. That
is what some members of the party
said. and it was, from scenic
standpoint, but to get out and flop
around in five inches of snow was
not in the least enticing. even to
those who raved most about the
delights of a snowstorm. At Bo.
hemia Garage, the proprietor stat
ed it has been showing all day.
And so on down to Alpine where
moro rain was encountered, not to
disappear entirely even when Sar
Diego was reached.
On the return trip, conducted
mostly in the wee small hours OF
the morning. similar conditions werc
met with, although snow was only
falling at that time in several place,
between Alpine and Jacumbl m(
the storm was not continuous as
had been the case on the westward
trip.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-04-22
WHAT'S DOING

Gerald Cranston's Lady at
Palace theater tonight,
Sally at Valley theater
tonight.
Prayer meeting at all church
es tonight.
City trustees meet tonight.
Chamber of Commerce direc-
tors meet tonight.
Troop &c boy scouts meet to-
night
Alamo farm center meeting
tonight.
Music section of Ten Thou
sand club meets tomorrow at
home of Mrs. A. M. Williams,
Central Rrawley high school
baseball teams meet tomorrow
afternoon, Brawley.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-04-22
FIVE MEN ESCAPE
WITH FORTUNE IN GEMS

BKOOKLYN, \. y, April 22.-
Operating in the heart of the bust
ness district this morning, five men
broke into the jewelry store of
Morris II. Kosiek, held up three
clerks and three customers and es-
capped with diamonds and other gems
valued at 100000 and $500 in cash.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-04-22
SPECTACULAR BLAZE
By United Press Leased Wire

SAN FRANCISCO, April s2.-
pne woman trapped by fire leaped
hree stories into n fire net, anoth-
p was cut by flying glass and six
iremen and a civilian were injured
b fighting Il spectacular Van Ness
.venue fire here early today. Fire
tarted in n garage and spread to
ldjQining hotels.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-04-22
B0n1bsheU Drops
IN Hoffman Case
As Youth BULkS

the witness stand as a prosecu-
ton witness in the trial of D.
B. Hoffman, and was testify
ing at the time of going to press.
Corneilson had refused at the
morning session of court to tes-
tify in the case and was given
until court reopened this after
noon by Judge Cole to change
his mind.
Trial of D. b. Hoffman, charged
with the murder of jack Schaeffer
at lockwood on the night of May
%, 1923, reached dramatic climax
shortly before noon today, when
Donald Corneilson, one of the chief
witnesses for the prosecution, re-
fused to take the stand and give
testimony against Hoffman.
Corncilson, who Was with Schaef-
fer on the night of the shGoting,
is now an inmate of Folsom prison
having been sentenced from Orange
county last year. to serve a Is year
sentence for highway robbery. He
was allowed by thu state prison
board to come to FL Centre to ties
tifv in the ease.
James Shell. who was the third
member of the party ON the night
of the shooting, had been OIL the
stand testifying regarding the af
fair and when he had completed his
testimony, the district attorney call
cd Corneilson to the stand.
Cornolson, wearing neat Hrowl
suit, sat in q chair near Bailif
Toney, and refused to take th'
stand. The court told him to take
the stand. but COrneilson SAT- 81
lentlv in his chair, merely shaking
his head in negative answer. AT
ter a dramatic pause of severa
minutes, during which the court
room was as quiet as the tomb, the
court asked Corneilson if lie ha{
not been advised by the prison
board to testify at the hearing.
To this Corneilson made some
inaudible reply. hiding his mouth
with his hand so that it was i'm
possible to hear the answer Il few
feet away. The court then irquir
ed what reason Corneilson had fol
refusing to testify and he answer
ed that he had reasons of his owl
Continued on Page s.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-04-22
CUDDEBACK NAMED
BASEBALL CAPTAIN

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal,
April 22.-Murray Cuddebaek, var
sity third baseman, was named last
night as Stanford baseball captain
for 1926. Cuddeback. whose home
is in Los Angeles, is also u star
football player.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-04-22
NO TRACE OF CONyICTS

CANON CITY, Colo, April o.
No trace had been found today of
George Marquett, convict who es-
capped from the Colorado peniten-
tiary last night while other convicts
and guards were watching X. X.
K. parade through Canon City
streets.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-04-22
ID.
CORE,
Major League Baseball Results
National

National
At Philadelphia
Brooklyn 021 900 031-7 IT 4
Philadelphia Ill Ill 20x-2 Il l
Grimes, Knight and Taylor: Carl
son, lIubbell, Bett sand Henline.
Il,
At Pittsburgh
Chicago 600 001 000-1 5 o
Pittsburgh 001 002 03x-6 IL Z
Kraufmann and Hartnett; Morri-
SON and Smith
American VIZ ~
AT Boston
Phila. OH 600 600 01-6 3 Z
Boston 600 OO4 010 00-E 16 I
Rommell, Harris. Walber and
Cochrane; Quinn, Wingfield and
Picinich.
At Cleveland
st. Louis 600 00l 0l0 1-3 g I
Cleveland 200 600 900 % q o
Bush and Dixon; Smith and
Myatt.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-17
Excursion Will
Bring Many From
City on Coast

Many eastern tourists now visit
ing in San Diego are expected to
come to FL Centre Monday when the
first winter excursion to the valley
from San Diego will be. conducted
by the San Diego and Arizona rail
way.
y special round trip rate Of $5 has
been quoted by the railroad com
panv for tho occasion, and as no
races are scheduled for Tijuana on
that day, it is believed many will
take advantage of%the opportunity
to travel through Carriso Gorge and
over to the valley.
!, IN connection. with the trip
through Carris6 Gorge, the railway
officials are urging those who make
the trip to take cameras with them,
as the recent cold weather has so
cleared the atmosphere through the
gorge that the rock coiorings seem
more wonderful than ever.
The railroad company is also cm-
phasizing the interesting points to
be seen in FL Centre and undoubted-
ly this city will receive no small
amount of publicity from the trip.
The excursion will leave San -Di-
ego at a. m. arriving here at
1920. The return trip will be start
ed at $3.50, giving the visitors over
two hours in this city.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-17

woods, catching the cold, or letting
the cold catch him, whichever way
YOU look at it the Bob Cat had
, also been out in the forest.
The Bob Cat saw the bunny gen
tleman skipping along in the snow
storm, and also saw Uncle Wiggi'
| " splash into a puddle of water.
"Goodl He II catch cold" laugh
! ed the Bob Cat to himself. 'sHe
will have to go home and take Il
! lot of medicine, and he won t be
| lively and smart / can easily slip
in his bungalow and nibblc his cars,
I'll wait Il little while and then
! IN take after him. -
SO Uncle Wiggily had not much
more than put his paws soaking in
hct mustard water than the Bob
! Cat crept into the bungalow. Nurse
Jane was so busy making the cat
nip tea and fixing the molasses
! cough medicine that she didn't see
, the bad chap.
"Here's your catnip tea, I'm
Gle Wiggily," said the muskrat
! lady, lMtle later, as she carried
| it in to him. "And here is the mo-
lasses stuff. But don t take that,
yet, as it is very hot. Wait until
it cools. The catnip tea is just
! ready to drink, however.
/ She put the hot, sticky molasses
in saucer down near the rabbit,
and handed him the cup of catnir
tea. And, just as Uncle Wiggily
was slipping that, all of sudden,
in burst the Bob Cat.
! "Oh, my goodness!' cried Nurse
Jane.
Don't come in here or you may
catch my cold!' said Uncle Wig
gily.
~ came hero to catch you and
your cold, tool" howled the bad
| chap. "IIerc, what are you drink
ing. Give me some of it! he
howled, most impolitely.
''This is catnip tea," said Uncle
/ Wiggily. 81 IN sorry, but | have
! drank all of it.
| "Neyer mind! III drink this
and then ] II carry you off to my
dcn!" snarled the bad chap. With
that he took up the saucer of hot
stricky molasses, vinegar and but
ter, and poured it all into his mouth
ut once. And then-Well, you car
imagine what happened.
"Wow! Wow! Scowzie WOW! ,
howlcd the Bob Cat, dancing first
on one leg and then the other. "Oh,
how | burn!' and out of the win
dow he jumped, into snow bank
/ to cool his hot mouth.
Then Nurse Jane locked the doors
and the windows so the Bob Cat
/ couldn T get back in again, and she
made the bunny some more molasses
stuff, which soon cured his cough.
The catnip tea cured his cold and
all was well.
And if the needle doesn't hide
from the paper of pins and get dust
in its eye. IN tell-you next about
Uncle Wiggily playing ping pong.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-17
MILLION DOLLAR
MOTOR OF STAR
CAR POPULAR

Literally thousands of people have
stormcd the showrooms of western
Star dealers, with their curiosity
aroused TO its highest pitch over the
Star cars "'Million Dollar Motor, "
with which the new 1925 models are
being powered.
The new million dollar motor,
ranked as the most powerful of its
kind and which sets new manufac-
turing custom in smaller motor con-
struction, with the finest possible
finish throughout, has been tried
and tested in every way, and the
factory officials of the Durant Mo
tor Company of California in com
menting on the Showings being made
by the cars themselves in the hands
of dealers, wired to w. L. Huebner,
the local Star dealer, that eyou are
only experiencing the sames sensa-
tions we have had time and time
again i'll our own demonstrations.
With this new motor, Star will in
1895 build its biggest business year,
and will rise mighty near the top
of the list in sales of light cars.''
The same greeting has been Civ
en- the new power plant locally, that
has been evidenced throughout the
country, according to Mr.. Huebner.
1--WE have tried the new cars, with
the new motors, in every way that
we could, and over some of the best
hills in the surrounding country,
and can back every statement that
is made about its power, he said
yesterday.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-17
TEN YEARS AGO
January II. 1915

A. w. Swanson was visitor in
Brawley today.
Mrs. E. \. Van Sittert of San
Diego is the house guest of Mrs. j.
T. Seymour Jr., and will be joined
by her daughter, Miss Marjorie this
week.
The validity of the Imperial lr-
rigation District bonds voted upon
and carried at a recent election,
will be tested according to an or
der issued by the board of directors
at meeting yesterday. M. W.
Conkling, attorney for the district,
has been instructed to investigate
the matter.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-17
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD +. GARIS
Copyright 1928. ny Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY'S CATNIP
TEA

"Ker-choo! Ker-choo Ker snit.
ziol Hack! Hack!" sneezed and
conghed Uncle Wiggily as nc hop
ped into his hollow stump bunga-
low one snowy day. And there was
a little icicle hanging from the tip
of his pink, twinkling nose.
''Oh, my dearl You re catching
cold!' cried Nurse Jane.
. f'No, / didn catch the cold
ker chool' exclaimed the bunny
gentleman. cit caught me, and it
didn I have to run very fast, cith-
erln
"Come right in and take off your
wet things!' insisted the muskrat
lady housekeeper. "Then l will
make you some hot catnip tea"
"Is that good for eold'" asked
Uncle Wiggily.
" Nothing better answ err
Nurse Jane.
"Hack! Hack! Hackl How about
my cough?' inquired Mr. Long
ears.
''I'll boil YOU up little molasses
and vinegar for your cough, said
Nurse Jane, kindly. .'Also you
must soak your paws in hot mus
tard and water Oh, L II fix you
up all right!''
"Thanks, murmurcd Uncle Wig
gily.
So he took off his wet things,
put his paws soaking in hot water,
and Nurse Jane began to boil the
eatnip tea, and, at the same time,
make a pan of molasses, vinegar
and butter, which is an old-fashion-
ed cure for coughs.
Now it happened that this very
same afternoon, when Uncle Wig
gily had been hopping, through the
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-17
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
.Jauuarv IT 1910

L. C. Siebert, representating the
Crutchfield and Voolfolk Company
of Pittsburgh, arrived in FL Cen
tro this morning and will remain
during the remainder of the sea
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Peacock
of East Meloland were Ell Centre
visitors this morning.
ID. w. DeWold, hydraulic expert
was in Holtville yesterday figuring
improvements on the power house
at that place.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-17

will be reelected today to the pre-
sidency of the American Livestock
Association, according to predlc-
tions Of delegates to the convention
meeting here.
Phoenix, Arizona, is considered
the strongest contender for the next
convention with Portland, Ore,
San Francisco and Salt Lake CITY
also making strong bids.
The convention is expected to re-
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-17
GETS 26 TO 254
YEARS IN PRISON

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 17.--Wil-
liam F. Ryan, convicted of defraud-
ing various banks throughout the
county of approximately 100000
late today was sentenced to from 26
to 354 years in the penitentiary by
Judge Edwin +. Hahn.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-17

Some of the finest types of west
crn character will be sscn in ''Pio-
necr Trail" Vitsgraph special
production coming to the Theater
Tulane tonight, David Smith, who
made this production, secured the
western states to find men and wo-
men of the type found during the
days following the gold rush of 1849,
the period in which "Pionccr
Trails" is laid. Cullen Lands and
Alice Calhoun win be seen in the
leading roles in this production.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-17

commend that congress provide
fact finding committee for adJudi.
cation Of disputes between forese
men and stock men over grazing
rights and fees on the pubic 40
main.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-17
Looking Backward
What the Press Files 1eu Of
Imperial Valley for This Date
In Past Years
NINETEEN YEARS AGO
JauJrarv II 1Q06

JANUARY IT, IJUb
F. n. Chaplin is home from Los
Angeles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Wise of Holt
vile have returned from trip to
Los Angeles.
w. W. McKim returned last night
from trip to Los Angeles and Po-
mona.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-17

Tn Toledo, O., bear attacked
four prohibition agents. We hate TO,
but we must say there was sonie-
thing brewing.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-17

Europe" remarks the New York World, 'is at
another cross-road" And that continent is going to
be pretty we'll occupied this year in solving its cross
road puzzle.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-17

Christmas brought many electrical
gifts. They can do everything by
electricity nov, except pay the bills.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-17
The Weather

FOR LOS ANGELES AND VICI-
NITY-Fair tonight and Sunday
with moderate temperature.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-17

FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Fair tonight. Sunday increasing
cloudiness. Moderate temperature.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-17

Some folks would like the President better If he
didn't make them uncomfortable by getting up early
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-17

Mr.. Bryans application for membership in the
American Scientists association isn't necessarily evil
dence of his conversion to Darwins. He may simply
want to bore from within.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-17

Just to show thattEurope's getting back to normal,
there's crisis in Albania.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-17

You can bank on this-theres cents in NAL
your dollars work.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-17
Bixby President
of the Livestock
Association, 1925

ALBUQUERQUE n. NJ, JAM II.
II. Bixby, Long Beach, Cal,
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-17

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New Britain herald., 1925-06-09
Curriculum to Include Preparation for Most Important Aspects of Life, Minister Says.

Sex education probably will be part Of the program of religious ed ucation at the First Congregational church. according to a statement made last evening by Warren Nj. Biodgett, the new minister of re ligious education at a supper and reception rendered MT. and Mrs. Blodgett by 40 teachers and par ents Of the church last evening.
 In explaining the plans this morning Mir. Blodgett said they would work along the lines of social hygiene. on a chart which has been prepared for this work by the American Social Hygiene sssocia- ton. This chart has been. prepar- cd for boys and includes instruction through athletics, as well as hy- giene. II also given the physiologi- cal aspects of the subject and the psychological aspects from the standpoint Of chivalry. emphasizing maniness and womanliness with Christian parentage as the ultimate goal. The program vii lset forth the basic elementary facts.
 Following the supper which was served by the young women Of the church, Rev. A. D. Heininger in troduced Miss Avis Kemp who spoke for the teachers Of the church school, A. Tyson Hancock spoke for tho committee on religious educa- ton All the speakers voiced a hearty welcome to MT. and Mrs. B'odgett.
 In response to these talks, Mir. Blodgett after expressing deep grat- tude for the cordial welcome extend cd, spoke of his aims and plans for the work in the church school. My function is best conceived" he said, 'as a teammate or yokemate for each Of you. Together we shall be responsible for the religious educa- ton of each boy and girl in your