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Imperial Valley press., 1925-03-21
Mrs. Willis Is
Taken to Prison

SAN QUENTIN. Cal, Mar. ol.-
Mrs. Margaret Willis, confessed
slayer of DR.. BENJAMIN Baldwin,
Los Angeles physician. today enter
ed the state penitcmtiary here to
commence serving a life sentence
for the murder.
Maybe they will let Harold
alone now. y Mrs. Willis commented
as the door of tho prison closed
behind her. Harold Willis, lcr Is
year old son, who, it is charged,
falsely claimed that he committed
the crimes in hopes of saving his
mother, may ba adiudged Il delin-
quent, attorneys say.
Mrs, Willis. in custody of Mrs.
Alice Berry, police woman, reach
ed San Quentin in the company of
II other Los Angeles prisoners who
moanea the "San Quentin bluos y
as they approached the prison.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-03-21
BUDGET BILL IS
DELAYED UNTIL
DATA FURNISHED
Other Measures Are Be-
ing Held Up, Due to
Fight
By MYRON V. DEPEW
United Press Staff Correspondentl


| SACRAMENTO, Mar. Ell Fur.
! ther delay in the passage Of the
! biennial budget bin until the high
! way commission has furnished the
! sruatc finance committee with Ger
, tairsdata requested Of it, was seen
today in q declaration by Senator
J. NJ. Inman. ~
Inman announced that % mem
bcrs of the senate revenue and tax
alton and finance committees had
signed agreements whereby both the
budget and the Breed gasoline tax
increase bin win be delayed pend
ing action Ly the commission. ,..z
The finance committee is demand
ing an itcmizcd listing of how the
highway commission proposes to
spend its revenues during the next
two years for inclusion in tie bud
get bill.
The revenue and taxation com
mittec has asked for budget show
ing where, when and how the com
mission intends to spend the $lj,-
coo, 200 predicted under the Breed
one cent gasoline tax increase.
More than 4 week s delay on
other appropriation measures has al
ready been caused by the fight in
the senate ever the budgeting of the
highway commission. 1t was an
nomccd at meeting Of the ways
and means committee of the assem-
bly, last night that approximately
S2S,N00,000 in appropriation are be
ing held up pending final passage
of the budget and the signature of
the governor
Chief of these bills is the propos-
ed $20,000,000 bond issue for the
veterans welfare beard
Eeestahlishmpnt of the home for
delinquent women at Sonoma was
discussed Mt n meeting Of the assem-.
hlv ways and means committee last
night without any action being tax
en-.
Aescmhlvman Anna Saylor of
Oakland was the chief supporter of
the measure WHICH calls for an APP
rropriation Of $l50,00O for recon
structing buildings on the land al
ready owned by the state. Several
represcntativcs Of women's clubs
spoke. in favor of the bill.
Work Of the education committee
aiuountefto practically nothing yes
terday when it adjourned without
taking action ON the Deuel. educa
ton bill
Asscmblymen Schmidt and Viii
hanson questioned deuel. III an at
tempt to show the bill to be an ad-
ministration attack on Wood.
Lack of interest by the solons in
the Saturday sessions which have
been held by the lower house the
past few weeks caused the assembly
to do away with the practice until
more work is turned out bv the
committees
Files in both houses grow larger
each day and to date but few bills
have been sent to the chief execu-
tive for his final consideration.
, Unless the business of milling out
! legislation is speedcd up, many pre-
diet an unusual congestion during
the final hours of the session.
The governor today announced he
! had signed the bill which reduces
the assessment rate on foreign Sc
! curities and solvent credits. Re
| duction of the assessment to 7 per
cent is expected to bring millions
| of d0Hars in additional revenues in
to the state treasury.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-03-21
Preliminary Survey Of Income Tax Returns Promising
Famous Musher
and Dogs in
i. S.
ny United Press Leased Wire

ny United Press Leased Wire
SEATTLE, Wash, Mar. 21.-
Gunnar Kasson, famous Alaskan
mrlsher who featured in the re-
cent race to Nome during the
diphtheria epidemic, will arrive
here late today with BALTIC, his
renowned lead dog, and IL other
animals Of the team.
Kasson and his dogs will be
featured in motion pictures to
be produced on the slopes of
Mount Rainier. A unique recep-
ton has been arranged for Kas-
son and his team. Three civic
organizations will participate in
the ceremony of presenting Bal
to with ths key to the city,
moulded out of huge bone. The
dogs will be kept in special
houses adjoining an exclusive
town club. Kasson and the team
have been made honorary mem
bers of the club.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-03-21
Jazz Girl" Who
Slew Mother On
Trial Monday
by United Press Leased Wire

san FRANCISCO, Mar. ell
Dorothy Ellingson, Titan haired lG
year old Jazz girl who slew her
mother TO gain release from ma
ternal restraint, goes on trial for
her life Monday.
The trial will be a battle Of spc.
ciaists, That Dorothy killed her
mother, Mrs. Anna Filings, n, is con.
ceded, The only issue will be the
possibility that the girl might have
been mentally deranged at the time.
Assistant district Attorney Har
mon D. Skllen, who will conduct
the prosecution, scoffs at the sue
gestion Dorothy was anything but a
jazz crazed, pleasure loving girl
when she seize revolver and shot
her mother to death.
The defense, however, contends
the girl was unbalanced aad points
TO the fact that she danced through
the night of the shooting rs proof
of the claim.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-03-21
Boys Abandoned
By Father Are
Found Starving
by United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, March 2l.-
Abandoned by their father, q fugi-
tive from the law ON a bad-check
charge, Freddie and George Strib-
ling, 5 and 3, respectively, were
found by police at their home here
on the verge of starvation.
The lads were taken to a hospital
where il was said Freddie would
probably die. George was in Sc.
rious condition, but is expected to
recover.
Both boys were barely able to
walk maided, and when found by
police were searching the contents
of garbage can for scraps of food.
NeighbOrs said the boys mother
was dead, and that the father left
several days ago when police sought
to arrest him for passing bad
checks.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-03-21
Imperial Woman,
Well Known, Will
Be Buried Sunday

Tim body of Mrs. Ruth Stevenson
of Imperial, who died at Jacumba
this week, was shipped to Escon-
dido on the morning San Diego
train today by b. +. Lemons. Fun
eral services will be held in that
c3ty tomorrow.
Mrs. Stevenson was the wife of
j. II. Stevenson. woll known mor.
chant of Imperial, and was ~ years
old. She had been a resident of
Imperial for Is years and was we'll
known in that city and in FL Cen
tro. She had been i'll for several
weeks and was taken to Jacumba
this week in the hope that the
change in altitude would be of ben.
eft to her, but she failed to i'm
prove and died Thursday.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-03-21
JASPER MEETING STARTS MOVEMENT
TO FINANCE THE FARM BUREAU

thusiastic discussion followed, ut
the close of which Ford NJ. Jack,
principal of the Wilson school. gave
Il very instructive talk on "Coop-
eration.' pinting out the necessity
of agriculturists banding together
to gain the goals they set out to
reach.
Ray Ellis. assistant farm advisor,
gave announcements of the gopher
meetings to be held the latter part
of the month and spoke of the athel
cuttings which Were 10 he distribut.
ed at the court house this morning,
Imperial Valley press., 1925-03-21
Beauty Expert
To Stand Trial
by United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, Mar. 2l.-Mad-
anne Electra Lynne, beauty expert,
must face trial in superior court
here for manslaughter, as the result
of " "faee-lifting" operation per
formed on Mrs. Jennie Gilchrist, of
Pasadena.
Justice Robert S. Scott ordered
the trial following q preliminary
hearing, the date to be determined
later.
Mrs. Gilchrist died following a
facial operation in Madame Lynne 5
beauty parlor. Authorities conclud.
ed after an autopsy that death was
caused from phenol poisoning
brought on by the operation.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-03-21
Saratoga, i. S.
Plane Carrier,
Launched Soon

WASHINGTON. Mar. 21.-Tho
sIrnited States airpanc carrier Sa-
ratoga, destined to be the most
8 powerful craft of her class in tho
world, win be launched at Camden,
IN. j., April 7, noXt, the navy de-
pGrtment announced late Yesterday
Whom ready to put to sea, the
Saratoga win carry - planes, The
ship has so large a. flying deck that
planes may tako the air and alight
rs if working from ground flying
field.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-03-21
SYNDICATE OF N. Y.
CLOAK MERCHANTS
TO BACK SOLOMON

NEW YORK, Mar. 81. king
Solomon, a Jewish heavyweight,
who came here recently from Pan
ANA, has been sold to syndicate
of New York cloak merchants for
$4,000, it was announced Yesterday
afternoon by Eddie Roberts, who
discovered him. Solomon s contract
covers period of seven years. He
viii be handled for tho syndicate
by Woodman and Lawrence, New
York managers.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-03-21
STATE SHOULD
HAVE HEALTHY
SURPLUS, CLAIM
by United Press Leased fire

SACRAMENTO, Mar. PA sur
plus of $22, ,O30, 322.4S over and
above ,he operating expenses of the
state for the ncNt two years is
available for special appropriations,
it is shown in report compiled by
the assembly committee on govern
mental revenues and expenditures,
made public late yesterday.
This committee, appointed at the
beginning of the session at the re-
quest of Frank Coombs, veteran
legislator from Napa, has spent a
great deal of time in ferreting out
the state financial condition. The
report shows that tho total revenues
subject to expenditure by legislative
act, exclusive of compensation in
surance fund, to be $lSj, j,9Sl.s75.40.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-03-21
FLOODS HIT STRICKEN ZONE
New Danger rs
Causing Halt jn
Work of Rescue

GRIFFIN, 1nd., Mar. 21.-
Flood waters Of the turbulent
Wabash river tnis afternoon
thre atencd to wash away what
is left Of this little storm
stricken city. The f;w sllrvi-
vors Of the tornado which took
q toll of ca lives in this city
earlier in the week, gave up
their work Of trying to restore
their homes as the menacing
flood of wat1rs approached. All
inhabitants Of tho lowlands
fled with their few belongings
TO higher ground.
Fresh reports from thc rivers
banks said the water had reach
ed q height of~19 Sfeet,-three
fseb over flood stage, r it rises
another foot, the water >till
empty into Griffin, covering the
demolished houses ard stores.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-03-21
WHAT'S DOING

Folly of Vanity at Valley
theater tonight.
"Perils of Paris at Theater
Tulane tonight.
1.-THE Hurricane Kid at
Palace theater tonight,
Pythian Sisters banquet at
Bartora Worth hotel tonight.
Learning to Love- at Val
ley theater tomorrow.
"Vanity's Price, at Theater
Tulane tomorrow.
Services at all churches to-
morrow.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-03-21

81 SPRINGFIELD. Ill.,. Mar 2l.-As
q relief workers toiled hcroicaily to
u bring order out Of the chaos wrought
q by Wednesday - devastating storms
|4in Indiana and Illinois, the death
|stoll today slowly mounted. The
known dead "a these statos and the
Efour others touched By the cyclones
has reached 7o3, according t. latest
United Press compilations.
In most centcrs the situation is
reported well in hand. Tracks bear
ing prepared food, blankets and
clothing are trrndling their way
over muddy roads to the stricken
areas. Al Murphvsboro., H., where
20l lives were lost, the food sit
uat.on is relieved somewhat, but
/. shortage Of w0tT hampers red
{ cross officials and other relief work.
crs. Fear Of disease and T1stil-
ence redoGbics the work of rchabi-
litation.
Influenza, the result Of exposure
'to which many of the surl 'vors
have been subjected, may aid its
victims TO the death toll another
menace alarmed the workers n In
diana rs the Wabash approached
flood stage. wit, The possibility it
might overflow its banks at Grif-
fin and othc- points.
MANY of TIE bodies in IHdiana
and ILLINOIS, mortgages are etli IN
identified.
hundreds are missing. The red
cross continues its work of check
ing thu number Of homeless with
probabilities the figure may reach
$1,000.
EVANSVILLE. Ind, Mar, 21.-
The menace Of flood today added
TO the horrors of storm tiddcn
1 southern Indiana.
The trcache~ous Wabash river,
(which emptics into the Oh,o near
#hWe, was rising rapidly and threat
cned to overflow. Persons familiar
with the river said Il slight rise
frcm It's present stage would cmpty
(Contiuued on, Page G}
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-05-06
RILLIONs FOR ROADS

The United States, according to
the latest figures obtainable, last year
spent one billion dollars for road con-
struction. The phenomenal growth
of traffic in the last few years has
made road improvement very neces-
sary on a most extensive scale. High
ways nearly long enough to circle the
earth are scheduled for construction
by state highway departments in
1925, a total of a little over $4,000
miles being planned, while mainte-
of 217,794 miles Of road is
scheduled.
The average cost Of federal aid
roads is about $4,000 per mile. This
is for water-bound macadem. Bitumi-
nous macadem, concrete, Portland &C.
ment, and brick roads vary in cost
from s17,5 to SAT per mile.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-05-06
By
National Press Service
GRIDIRON CLUB.

Washington, D. c., May 5.-Twice
a year the Gridiron club, composed
of the Washington representatives Of
the newspapers of the country, holds
a dinner at which the notabilities of
the nation are guests. Last week
they held their spring festival, which
was also their fortieth anniversary.
The president sat at the heaa and
front of the table, with his cabinet
officers on both sides, and with
Chairman Butler of the Republican
national committee close by. For
five solid hours the "big-wigs" saw
themselves as the newspapermen see
them. To the credit of the authors Of
the skits, and equally to the credit of
the guests, they all enjoyed them
selves. This is not saying that there
were not a few darts and baSbs in the
sayings and doings, for all the flower
trimmings. The net result was one
helpful to the country. Even the
best of men at times grow a little
over-fat on public adulation, the
glories of their offices get into their
heads, and they become a little toe
big fer the common run of humanity
That is why the Gridiron feast has Z
happy and salutary effect in bring.
ing them not entirely back to earth
but at least in touch with it. For the
accomplishment of such an end there
is no finer medium in the world thar
the GridirOn dinner of the newspapel
men.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-05-06

alton is n Of the requirements for
the issuance of a certificate, because,
as Mr.. Tretsven explains, such asso-
Citations are in a position to keep ae-
curate and official records. There r
four Of such associations in Montana
at the present with the possibility Of
others being established in the near
future. According to Mr.. Tretsven,
there are probably 80 cows in the
state owned by members that come
up to the annual butter fat produc-
tion required for a certificate.
The purpose of the certificate, Mr..
Tretsven advises, is to encourage
greater interest in the production of
high producing cows and an attempt
to give official recognition to the
outstanding members of MOntana's
bovine family.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-05-06
Weekly News Letter
From State College.
J. C. TAYLOR,
RAISE QUANTITY
]. G. TAYLOR,

By placing special emphasis upon
r. .uction of such crops as can
be produced with exceptional quality,
Montana can successfully compete
with those agricultural sections Of
the country situated closer to mar
ket, said Alfred Atkinson, president
OF Montana State college, at the re-
cent advisory board meeting of ship
a. Butte. The speaker pointed
out that while the production Of the
high quality products offered oppOr-
tunities for successful and profitable
farming, there was little opportunity
in producing low quality products,
since farming areas much closer to
the centers Of population can supply
the markets with such products, plac-
ing Montana with her long haul to
market at a decided disadvantage.
The high gluten wheat for which
the state has become famous, was one
Of the products mentioned by Presi-
dent Atkinson as being especially inn
portant in Montana's agricultural
system. He pointed out that as long
as the American public demands a
flour which contains some of this
high quality wheat which reaches its
highest excellence in Montana, there
Is little choice for the millers but to
supply that demand. In addition to
natural markets, the speaker explain
ed that western Canada, Montana's
only competitor in the high quality
wheat production, was assisting in
creating a world wide demand for this
product and that there was great OPP
portunity for extending the market.
President Atkinson also spoke IF
the possibilities of the seed potato
industry in the state, of the extensive
sIacneIn markets for the kind of POI
tatoes that Montana can produce to
advantage and of the need for reach
ing those markets. High quality al
falfa seed was mentioned among other
seed crops which reach an especially
high stage of perfection in Montana
Montana is also naturally adapted *
the production of sheep and cattle
said the speaker, and these two en-
terprises promise to continue to b,
important phases Of production il
the state. The further increase il
corn acreage would mean a furthe
development in live stock feeding
which was referred to as a PROMISING
line Of endeavor.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-05-06
TO HONOR COWS.

A badge of honor for high produc-
ing cows is the new certificate Of
merit issued jointly by Montana State
college and the Montana State Dairy
mems association to members of COW
testing associations in the state. The
certificate will be issued only for
COWS producing 800 pounds or more
If butter fat per year and to mem
5ers of associations organized under
The rules of the United States De-
partment Of Agriculture.
j. c. Paisley, cow tester for the
Lake County Cow Testing association
and j. o. Tretsven, dairy specialist
Tor the Montana State College Exten-
sion service perfected the plan fol
f~yontana. The certificates bear tbs
names of Alfred Atkinson, president
of Montana State college, the secre-
tary OF the Montana State Dairy.
mems association, the secretary Of
Inc local COW testing association anC
the name of the official tester.
Membership in a COW testing associ
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-05-06

and there are signs that it is
opening a little earlier than usual
this year. Congress has adjourned
and, except for the continuous Mellon
Couzens tax squabble, all investiga-
ton have ceased. Ev n the heads of
departments are, for the time being,
engaged in trying to hide their sur
pluses from the eagle eye of General
Lord of the Budget bureau, lest he
drag them back into the treasury. In
this emergency, accordingly, the gos-
sipers-and they form a most sub
~stantial group in Washington life
are racking their brains for inven-
tiOns. 1t is well, accordingly, for
those whose only opportunity to know
Washington is through the newspaper
prints, to have a care, to watch and
weigh what they see printed. The
working of the silly season has al
ready given wide circulation to a mar
velOus story of how the president
had his hat cleaned and blocked, and
is walking on his heels to save his
%soles. Back of these stories, in adj
dition to the silly motive, Their is also
a deliberate scheme on the part of GER
tain of imitation government officials
whose feathers have been clipped in
their government expenditures, t.
arouse, if possible, a feeling of pro.
test against the presidents govern.
mental economy program, in tn,
hopes that they viii be allowed to re
turn to the fine off-hand spending
methods Of former days at the ex
pense, of course, of the taxpayers
Forewarned is forearmed.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-05-06

dunn size with lock and key, contain
4 suits thin underwear; 2 pairs
pajamas; 6 handkerchiefs; 4 face, 2
bath towels; toilet and shaving outfit.
"0ptional: Linen shirts with at
tsched collars for wear off duty; ath.
letic and baseball clothes, shoes and
cap; bathing suit; light sweater; bed
room slippers ;tennis racket; musical
instruments; fountain pen; camera
No firearms"
It is a sensible equipment. There
is no doubt that the $4,000 young
men who viii receive instruction at
the camps this summer will be men
tally and physically benefited by their
work and play. Many thousands of
other young men could not attend
these camps because Of lack of money
with which to carry on the work.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-05-06
FERGUS co. WHEAT.

Fergus county's high quality regis
tered Marquis wheat grown by A. ~
Boomer of Grass Range is placing a
decided imprint on the wheat growing
practices of the county. Farmers near
Grass Range are this year using 1913
bushels of the high quality wheat 10
plant other seed plots for the fur
Their production of seed for future
needs. County Agent Carl Peterson
estimates that the 1913 bushels planted
this spring should produce from TO-
900 to $4,000 bushels of pure seed
next fall.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-05-06
M%ONOPOLIES PROBED.

Attorney General Sargent has an
nOunced that proceedings are under
way to determine if mOnopolies exist
in the gasoline and fertilizer indus
tries; also to see if trade associations
are violating the law by the exchange
of commercial information. This, Mr..
Sargent said, is in addition to a sep
arate investigation in the gasoline
price changes.
Through court proceedings the
government has obtained permission
to find out just how many patents
are employed in the cracking pro-
cess, through which it is alleged that
the production Of gasoline and its
price is controlled.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-05-06
MORE CABINET CHANGES.

Look out for further changes in the
Coolidge cabinet. The big ~metropoli-
tan newspapers, which, when they
get off On a wrong track can run a
mile in record time, are all assuming
shat the cabinet as now composed is
settled for good. The truth is the
president is giving more attention
than ever to the canvassing of the
qualifications Of new cabinet possi-
bilities. It is characteristic of Mr..
Coolidge that the element of time and
tide is ignored when he has set his
mind to any end. He is out for a
cabinet which in all its membership
shall be outstanding and able, a cabi-
net which is willing to look on the
problems of the nation from the view
point of the citizen and, though it
viii take time, it ear be said without
fear Of contradiction that within six
months, there viii be changes and the
placing of new men in certain places
The illness Of John w. Weeks, the
secretary of war, in connection with
the plea of his family that he take 9
rest, win open the way for the pick.
ing of a new secretary, which al
agree is most re~grettable, but sher'
viii be other changes based on thu
conclusion that the new times call fol
new men.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-05-06
FERTILIZATION 114.n1.OOO.

According to estimates by the Ma
tional Bureau of Economic Research,
with headquarters in New York, the
number Of people in the country on
January /, 1925, totals 114,311,O 900,
The 1924 gain was 1927 900, which
is about Il 1000 less than the average
gain for the last five years. 1923
showed the largest gain since 1920,
when the population gained 100000.
Looking back over a 'sixteen-year pc
Rod the year 1900 was the largest,
when 2,173,OOO citizens were added to
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-05-06
FARMERS ADVERTISE

Fearing a possible farm labor short
age when spring work started, farm
ers of Daniels county early in the
spring inserted a small classified ad
in one of the middle western papers
fer farm hands. The ad brought so
replies from men eager to come out
and go to work. The experience has
led the farmers to believe that there
is little likelihood of a labor scarcity
this year and that the name "Mon-
tana" still has its old drawing power
in the middle west.