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Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-01
POSTAL FORCE IS
INADEQUATE SAYS
FL CENTRIC E. OF c.
Will Send Resolution to
Congressman S wing
and ShOrtridge.

First step in an attempt to OBJ.
tain better post office service fol
FL Centre was made by the Ell Cen.
tro Chamber of Commerce last
night when the directors passed a
resolution asking that the force of
clerks in the local office be in
creased. Copies of the resolution
will be sent to Congressman Swing,
Senator Shortridge and to W. T.
Glover, third assistant postmaster
general.
For some time past it has been
apparent that additional help has
been rccdcd at the post office. Al
though the force at present is com
posed Of unusually efficient clerks,
the volume of work they have been
called upon to do has grown so that
rapid service has been impossible
The directors of the chamber have
seen large waiting lines in front of
the general delivery window morn.
ing after morning this winter and
other departments in the office have
been equally rushed.
1t is hoped that the department
will grant several additional clerks
to the El Centre office within q
short time.
The directors also passed a resolu-
tion commenting the city council
for the improved street lighting sys-
tenn in the residential sections of
the city. The resolution suggested
however that the light be increased
from 100 watts to 200 watts, the di-
rcctors asserting that the slightly
increased cost of the larger lamps
being more than offset by the i'm
proved service obtainable.
A partial report on the commun-
ity chest proposition was made by
the committee in charge, which
asked for additional time in which
to investigate the matter before
submitting final report.
Dairy Day having been such a
success this year, the directors vot-
ed to have Il similar celebration
next year, the date of which will
be announced later. 1t was also
voted to offer a cup to be compel
ed for by the dairymen of the val
ley, in accordance with the annual
custom of the chamber.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-01
COlOred Belle Is
Wed to Oriental

Willie Wong, "a, native OF
China, and Hattie Buell., 2S, a col
orcd ,native of Mississippi were is
sued marriage liccnse at the
county clerk s office yesterday aft
ernoon, bringing the total number
of licenses issued during any one
month in the history Of Imperial!
County.
Wong gave his residence as Yuma.
while his dusky bride declared Bis
bee, Arizona to be her residence.
Deputies at the clerk s office
were confident yesterday noon that
that the total number of licenses
for the month would reach the 100
mark but it failed by two Of reach
ing that number.
Up to noon no licenses had been
issued today, ,>arently prospective
hl ides and groCms steering clear OF
April |.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-01
SOLDIER POET
HAS PASSPORT
TO ODREAMLAND
ny United Press Leased Wire

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, April l.
With passport to Sunderland,
a soldier poet is dreaming his way
about San Francisco bay cities.
He is sergeant Spender X. Kahler,
of Palo Alto Base Hospital. Police
men found him asleep three times
in one day in San Francisco, and
almost arrested him for intoxication,
but they released him when given
his passport.
The paper is letter explaining
that KaIller is n sufferer from emo
cphalitis lethargica, or sleeping
sickness, and falls into slumber at
inopportune moments. The sergeant
picked lobby in a building Mt
Third and Market streets, he Civic
Cener and a boat in Etowe Lake for
maps.
He claimed to be poet as well
as champion sleeper.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-01
PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. G. f. Sprousc ar
rived in the city yesterday, and will
spend several days as the guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert w. Campbell.
Mr.. and Mrs. SprouSe are former
I'll Centre residents who now make
their home on the coast.
DR.. and Mrs. Edwin O. Carter
have been entertaining several
house guests recently. Roy STRAIT
ton, who is the owner of Il mum
Der of cottages at Big Bear Lake,
Mrs. Edith Mcnglc, Mrs. Jane Kirk
and Miss Mardow. all of PaSad"n9
were members of one party. Rob
crt Lyle Finch, alumni secretary OF
Drake University, Des Moines, who
is also II Redpath lecturer, was an
other guest.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. G. Guild, Buff
falo, New York; Mr.. and Mrs. G. >.
Kilbourn, Aurora, H.; Mrs. Frank
S. Apt, of Chicago, and Il. M.
Young of Philadelphia, were among
the eastern visitors registering at
the Hotel Barbara Worth ycSter-
daV
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-01
i. {. PROFESSOR
TELLS OF WONDER
COW BRED BY U. c.
Gave More Than Her Own
Weight in Butter in a
Single Year

" Wha, about this cow, Califor-
MIA s Kinda Bcgonia?'' asks Prof.
William NJ. Reagan, of the animal
lusbandry division of the College of
Agriculture, University Of Califor-
ma, in discussing the two year old
Jersey hcifer that recently establish
ed a national record for production.
" Is she really the wonder COW that
newspaper stories would lead us to
belicVc?'
Professor Reagan, ono of the best
known authorities on dairy COWS in
educational work in the United
States, answers his own questions
in the following manner:
California S Kinda Bcgonia was
bred by the. animal husbandrv di
vision Of the University of Califor-
mia on tEr university farm ut
Davis, aH,I is the result Of the SET
cntifi9 a,olication of the principles
of amir breeding to the improve
ment Of airy cattle. On the evening
two yca''e and two months, She gave
birth 10 ~ first calf. On the eve
ming Of February >, 1926, she com
plcted wears record of 1900
pounds of milk, containing approx
imantely S45 pounds of buttcrfat
that would make more than 1000
pounds of commercial butter. This
is more than her own weight in
butter and 20 times her weight in
milk produced within the year. If
this milk had been bottled in pint
bottles and these bottles placed side
by side they would have made II
single row more than Il mile and a
, half in length.
"To produce this great amount
Of milk and butterfat she consumed
during the year about five tons of
corn silage and green alfalfa, three
tons of hay and 2A tons Of grain
concentrates, n total Of l0l2 tons
of feed and drank 1000 gallons of
water.'
The average family is figured at
~ persons. Statistics show that
each consumes 90 pounds of butter
per wear. On this basis California s
Kinda Begonia produced enough but
ter to supply II average families.
Yes. but what does this mean ?
Last year there were about 100000
dairy cows in California. They pro
duced on the average 162 pounds of
butterfat each during the year.
California s Kinda Bcgonia produc-
ed 84j pounds of butterfat, more
than five times as much i'll the same
length of time.
"The darvmen of California by
keeping COWS as good as California s
Kinda Begonia could by milking
100000 COWS produce more butter
than they are now producing with
800, 1000 cows and at an enormous
saving of feed and labor
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-01
IMPERIAL
Ry Press; staff Correspondent

IMPERIAL, April Last Tues
day an unusually interesting meeting
of the Imperial Valley Federai
Eusiness association was held at
Yuma.
The president, w. p. Cockley, in
vitcd the San Diego association to
attend Arrangements were made
al once for members desiring to at
tend to be transported by alrplane.
Sixteen planes of various kinds
carried the 40 San Dicgoe guests to
Yuma. The postmaster, Mrs. Nj.
F. Butler from Imperial, also made
the trip by plane. A repair plane
was sent from San Diego, making
eighteen planes Oh the Yuma field
at one time.
Upon arrival they were met with
automobiles which conveyed them to
the S. p. Hotel where a splendid
. luncheon was served.
The first speaker was Judge West
over of Yuma, who extended a royal
welcome to the visitors. Other
speakers included +. W. bort, post
master at San Diego, W. p. Cockiey,
postmaster at Calexico; Captain :.
Ii. II. Doyle, commanding the naval
air station and Major h. r. Roweil,
naval air station, San Diego.
Mrs. Fred Eady and children are
down from Downey spending the
| Easter vacation with Mr.. Eadv.
| w. A. Crane of Glendale, has been
| in town several days attending to
business. lie rented his house on
] North j street while here.
Miles f.. Berger who has been
wintcring at Pasadena, has returned
! to his ranch east of town.
Mrs. Phil Brcedlove of Los Ange
les, is visiting her father and moth
cr, Mr.. and Mrs. f. +. Gott west OF
town.
The luncheon club met with Mrs
! H. V. Gray at her home on south I'm
p; perial avenue this week. The honor
guest of the occasion was Mrs. X
Ridley of Escondido, who is visiting
at tie home of Mrs. A. Y. Preble
Mrs. Ridley expects to return tt
/ her home Friday.
A. w. Hudson Of Los Angeles
was an Imperial visitor "Wednesday
on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. O. Bailey, for
merlv ranchers east Of town, but
now of Pomona, visited friends
while passing through town Tues
day, enroute to Arizona.
Mrs. w. a. Waldrup, who has
been visiting her SON III the Mes
quite lake district, returned to hel
! home ON West 18th street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. w. Stevens Of
Brawlcy, were recent callers in ou
city.
The Golden Rule Chapter O. f. s
gave an informal dance at thei
hall Tuesday evening. There wa
good music and good attendance
Miss Louise Baer, formerly of thi
city, is spending her Easter vaea
ton with friends III Compton, late
going to Calabasas to join the j
r. Bransby family, also former resi-
dents here, at their ranch home, fo
the remainder of the vacation pc
riOd
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-01
BOY SCOUTS WILL
BE OUR LEADERS
in THE FUTURE
Mysterious Cowboy Tells
Boys Training Fitting
Them for Top.

Within the next % years every
important public office in the Unit
ed States will be held by a member
of the boy scouts, the Mysterious
Cowboy Cartoonist told Troop Z,
the Elks troop Of scouts at their reg
uar meeting last night at the Elks
Icdgcroom. The cowboy entertained
the boys by making life size sketches
OF them and by telling them stor-
les of his early experiences as 4
cowpunchcr and of the work he has
done in the making Of motion pie
lures. He told the boys that their
training as scouts was an insurance
that they would be leaders when
they entered the world of business.
The Mysterious Cowboy will give
q chalk talk before the klwanis
club at its MONDAY luncheon tomor.
row at the Hotel Barbara worth.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-01

Confined from page y
about ! a. m. Greenwich mean time
"All preparations were made
aboard The Mauretania to rescue tn,
Lalcham s crew.
At ) y. III. we received a mes
sage from the British tanker Shir
Van which was only 20 miles away
from the Laleham, and at 6:30 p
IN. the Shirvan was in contact. II
was $40 before the Mauretania re
ccived word from the ShlrVan that
She could effect the rescue anc
would take the survivors on to Fal
mouth, England.
..Then the Maurctania rcsumee
its course toward New York at ful
speed, being still 80 miles away from
the Ialeham, all of whose crew had
been saved.
Terrific Seas Running
"Thc Lalcham was set on fire ant
her seacocks opened. 1t was cx
pccted she would submerse within
three hours.
"The Shirvan won the trick
Eravo, Shirvan. Over the necessary
distance even the Mauretania was
beaten.
"Safctv Of the crew of 81 aboard
the Laleham is assured.
(Signed "ROSTRON.
The Laleham was II frcighter OF
4O20 tons. owned by the British
Steamship company, It'd. She was
built in 1907.
Terrific seas are whipping the At.
lantic and it is feared at least one
more vessel, the 1;cighter P'5an
from Huclva, Spain, is in distress.
A storm off the Connecticut
coast yesterday resulted IN the loss
Of one seaman from Il coast patrol
boat. Eleven men were rescued
Off Lcwes. Delaware, from Il sink
ing drcdge and a lighthouse keeper
at Port Chester rescued three men
aboard a marooned fcrrvboat.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-01
NEWS BRIEFS
From City and County

Local Men Visit Bard.---A delcga
ton of valley members of the
American Conservation club left
here at ! o clock this afternoon for
Bard to attend meeting of the
farm center in that township. The
party numbers approximately %
persons. The return trip to the
valley will be made tonight.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-01

DR.. A. B. Hanson, Dentist. Ex-
traction specialist. Davis Bldg.
Evenings by appointment. Phone
sew. 5=44 adv.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-01

you glad | IN here. This is q won
ierful town. OF course it is. Wash t
il laid out here in a modern way
by modern people! Docsn t 1t
ypifv the unconqucrable spirit of
The pioneer; the spirit that has ear
ricd civilization across Il far flung
continent to the shores of the West
@rn Sea?
Speaking of romances, Il fellow
doesn t have to read Dumas or
Stevenson to find one. Is there any
thing more thrilling and inspiring
than the story of the men and wo-
men who have been in the front line
mring the struggle to reclaim the
great Imperial Valley! Don't let
yourselves forget it, folks. There
never was greater evidence Of man S
supremacy than is found right here.
Heard about another mysterious
cowboy yesterday. 1t seems he lives
in Mute Shoe, Texas. l dropped in
Colonel Zinn s office (vou know
who | mean, the Imperial Valley s
cattle auctionccr), and there | met
'Cncle' John Atkins, who had just
brought in some cattle for Colonel
Zinn. ! learned that Uncle -
John is - years old and figures he
IS going to be punching cattle for
about 80 years yet. Why not!''
he asked. Il can't let my old friend
Billy Ncy down in Texas beat me,
ean II Got Il letter from Billy the
other day. Hadn't heard from him
IN 30 years. He's a puncher, the
same as | am, and he vii! be q
100 years old next August
Then Colonel Zinn told one. He
said he has the oldest office boy in
the country. He referred to dad y
Ferris, who modestlv admitted he
IS 20 years old and feeling fit for
another 70 years. 1T sure is easy
10 live down here Mr.. Ferris ex-
planned.
SO that s my business. The bust
ness Of showing the home town folks
what :: good place they live IN.
Funny, isn't it, how the outsider
can see 50 much more than the in
slider can! One word explains it.
Perspective.
Forget what | have just said, if
vou want to, but don t forget this.
Your dollar wants to be spent right
here in FL Centre. Give that dollar
4 chance to come back to you. IT.
a home loving dollar and wants to
stay in El Centre where it can help
20 pay rent, taxes, clerk hire and
10 give employment to the many
who have Il hand in community
building.
The Imperial Valley Press and my
llganizatlon will do all they can to
promote the welfare of FL Centric.
When you see my cartoons of the
city's business and professional men
YOU will learn to know them better,
and to appreciate more fully what
thcv are uoing for the city.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-01

Fryers and Fat Hens. Any num-
ber Dressed or undressed. Phone
96G. l0S2 Woodward. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-01
Executive Committee to Meet

Executive Committee to Meet
The executive committee of Boyce
Aten Post. American Legion, will
meet tonight at tn" hoTe of Com
mandcr Charles l.. Phillips, 542
bers of the committee are urged to
be present at the meeting as sew
cral matters Of considerable impor-
tance to the post are TO be taken
up for discussion ut this time.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-01

You'll hest Well through hot
summer nights if you build that
screen sleeping porch now. Ask for
figures. Valley Lumber Co. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-01

Furniture at Low Prices. inves-
tigate before buying. Clayton q
stevens. lis No. 5th. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-01

II regret, " said the rum runner,
whose ear had Just been eonfiseated,
that l have but one ear to give to
my country" r-xE-s
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-01
Wo0da Blesy, School Of dancing.
1913 Grange Ave. Phone 4IlW. adv

Underwood Receivers Purse.--Fol.
lowing complaint from the quaran-
tine station ut Yuma yesterday and
II party OF tourists had picked up Il
purse containing 1925, dropped by
another tourist, Tndcrshcriff Bert
Underwood drove out on the Yuma
highway ana intercepted the car
containing the people who took the
purse. The latter Indignantly de,
MED the accusation made against
them, but when Underwood told
them to produce the purse or go to
jail. the purse was dug up from Il
suitcase in which it was hidden and
the officer returned it to its owner.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-01

Sheriff Is Heavy Loser-Sheriff
Gillctt was at his office for Il while
this morning, but he is sick man.
Since last Saturday when he had
his tonsils removed Charlie has lost
twenty pounds and can hardly
speak above II whisper. He still re-
tains his grim humor, however, and
stated that he is Just training down
to make his campaign for reelec-
tion. Being an unusually active in
dividual the sheriff resents his
present condition and hopes to get
better WITHIN n short time.
Insure Your Hay with L. p.
Sargent, rs No. 9th st. Ell Centro.
Calf. advtf
Barbara Worth Barber Shop, J. d.
Brown. proprietor. adv.
Automobile Loans eIesr yOur
say and loan YOU money. v0u psv
ne bv he month Fved r. Gross,
'8O Main AZ Phone 369J Fl Cen.
Y. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-01

For a Real Lemonade or Orange.
adc at Paul's, Union Stages De-
pot. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-01

DR.. e. o. Carter, Dentist. Room
Is and 70, Davis Bldg. Phone 260.
adv
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-01

DR.. Amy L. Lyons, Osteopath,
'O5 South Fifth st. Phone ?44. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-01

Police Court Cases.--Ben Mar
linez, charged with drunkenness,
was fined S25, by Judge Whitelaw
in-thc police court this morning. A.
j. Bastick and j. ID. Atkinson,
charged with fighting, were fined
SO and 50 respectively. }. p. Me
Gee, colorcd. who had Il ruckus Will
another negro the east side last
night, was fined $40 aud WAS given
six months in the county Jail, the
sentence being suspended upon good
behavior. MeGee aud his opponent
drew guns eB each ether. The
weapons were eoffiscatcd by the
police. "
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-01
Seeley Meeting Postponed-The

Seeley Meeting Postponed-The
meeting of the Seeley farm center
which was scheduled for tomorrow
nigt, has been postponed until
Thursday evening, April 8, because
of tomorrow being Good Friday.
Members of the center are request t.
ed to keep the meeting date in mind
SO that they will not overlook it
next week
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-01

For Housepainting and carpenter
work, see Wikstrone, P.O. Box 1874
adv
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-01

Hazel N. Baker, Teacher of Pi-
ano. 665 He'll Ave. Phone 220W. ad
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-01

Insure Your Hay with L. P.
Sargent, ll5 No. 9th st. Ell Centre,
Calf. advtf
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-01

Dr.. j. F. Toncannon, D. o. Room
60. Davis Bldg Strictly Osteopathic
adv
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-01

rurnitrre Rargains C'astor Il
Stevens us No. 5th. shv
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-01
HEARTS OF
OAK KNEW
NOT FEAR

Confined from page y
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-01

Mt. Signal Dance postponed I'M
til April Q. adv
Headquarters for Club Lun"he"ns
Parties nnd Ranquets. Ihrh"r
Worth Cafe. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-01

Buttered Baby Rice Pop Corn
at Paul 3 Lemonade Stand. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-01

New Screen Doors and Windows
for comfort and health. Get our
prices. Valley Lumber Co. adv
English Sailor Faces Deportation.
T.. J. Green was arrested II Braw-
ley Yesterday by inspectors from the
immigration service on Il charge of
NJ in this country illegally. lie
@ lAs occupation rs a sailor and
e.ts.e has been in this county
h wears. Green is held at the
81 sfv iail pending deportation pro-
sedings.
! IF You Have idle money we can
nt YOU eight to twelve per cent,
on Al security. Interest paid every
month. l.. p. Sargent, 10 No. 9th
ct 4,l Centro. advtf
If You Have idle money we can
.lsS.et YOU eight to twelve per cent,
on AL security. Interest paid every
month. l.. J.. Sargent, ll5 No. 9th
st. FL Centric. advtf
sa Gulf Railroad Progressing.-Ac-
i eording to w. I. Bassett, engineer
Din charge of construction on the
railroad from Mexicali to the gulf,
track LAYING on the twenty-five
mile unit of roadbcd constructed
during the winter win be stated at
once. No attempt will he made to
construct the roadbcd beyond the
TWENTY-FIVE mile limit until, after
the spring, flood in the river has
subsided. Under these conditions it
is doubtful if the road can he com
pleted before next year.
rurnitrrs Rnrgains c'astor Il
ctevc,s 115 No. 5th. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-01

New Screen Doors and Windows
for comfort and health. Get our
prices. Valley Lumber Co. adv
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1926-03-05
Nothing Small About Him

Sir Ernest CasseI, the flnancier, came
to London when still boy and entered
the banking house of Bischoffsheim &
Go. In an insignificant capacity. There
he soon gave evidence of extraordI-
nary ability and he advanced rapidly.
One day the house was confronted
with a difficult situation. the handling
Of which presented seemingly lnsuper-
able obstacles to all Young Cassel
suggested solution which appeared
to be feasible and was intrustcd vita
the task. Having accomplished II sue
cessfully, to the complete satisfaction
OF his superiors, he was called into The
office and informed: 1--WE are entirely
satisfied with the manner in which yn.l
have discharged this undertaking. and
as an indication of our appreciation
we have decided to raise your salary
to five hundred pounds" Young Gas
sci calmly replied II SUPPOSE you
mean five thousand pounds" Where-
upon everyone looked with astonish
ment at everyone else, but Mr.. Bisrh
offsheim retorted just as calmly and
promptly, "Yes, sir."-London An
swers
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1926-03-05
Tons Of SunH0Uers
Produced in Canada

The Canadian sunfower crop has
grown to enormous proportions, the
plant having been found to form ex-
celIent silage Sunfower yields from
twenty to twenty-five tons per acre.
great deal more than the average corn
crop, and the extent to which 1t has
been cultivated in Canada shows how
this plant, until a few years ago de-
splsed as a worthless weed, has be-
come a crop of great economic value.
The Importance of the sunfower was
first urged by Dominion government
agricultural experts, who stressed its
value for sllage purposes. Farmers
began to plant small fields, and found
the experiment profitable.
Expansion has lately been so rapid
that last year Alberta alone produced
crop of nearly 100000 tons, at
cost which, In view Of the food value
of the plant, Is declared to be the
cheapest sllage or fodder crop yet
raised Farmers report that live stock
take readily to it.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1926-03-05
Incident That Upset
Dignity of Inspector

A quantity Of milk had arrived In
the North and was loaded on an ordi-
nary trolley awaiting claim by the
consignees. The trolley had on 1t
about ten of the large cans in which
milk is carried by rail.
Along came dignified inspector,
bent on taking samples Of the milk for
testing purposes. He mounted the troll
ley and proceeded to insert the special
implement he carried to mix the milk
before taking out the samples.
But the front DOGGY wheels were not
well placed for such an operation. The
weight of the inspector upset the
whole trolley. The contents of all the
cans flowed freely over the stone pave
ment and the dlgnif1ed inspector was
in the middle Of 1t ALL He must have
bathed In about 100 gallons Of milk
and he had'to be picked up and put
into cab to go home and change his
clothes
The language of the mllkmen wait
ing for the milk could not be printed
London Answers.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1926-03-05
Prolific Tomato Plant

The bureau of plant industry says
that 1t is not beyond the bounds of
possibility to produce one bushel of
tomatoes from single plant. This
yield Is received, however, by giving
individual attention to the plant, al
lowing plenty of room, liberal feed
ing and fertilizing. A trellis must
also be erected over which the plant
can extend Its shoots. There is little
advantage in trying to get a maxi
mum yield from a single plant, for
when the attention is centralized on
one plant rather than six the plant
takes the space Of five or six ordl-
nary plants and the possible failure,
due to insect pests or disease, is
greater. As many as fifteen pounds
of tomatoes can be gathered from one
vine without abnormal effort on the
part of the grower.