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Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-22
WHAT'S DOING
TONIGHT

TONIGHT
"Sauy. Irene and Mary
Palace theater
DANCE, Young Peoples club,
st. Mary's hall.
His People, Valley the
ater.
1.-THE WOLF" Brvmk's tent
theater.
Foreign night classes, Lincoln
school, 7 p. m.
BASKETBALL: Central VS.. Eraw-
ley, here, 7 p. m.
TOMORROW
P. E. o. Rummage sale, all
day, next to stage office.
Story hour, city library, 1880
p. m.
Basketball: Central girls VS..
Brawley girls, here, 2 p. m.
w. G. T. U. evangelistic
services, Methodist church to-
night.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-22
VETERANS URGED
TO PUT in BIDS
ON STATE LOANS

Veterans of the World War, who
enlisted or We're inducted into ser
vice from the state of California.
and who wish 20 take advantage of
veterans farm and home purchase
act, are urged by the California wei
fare board to make Immediate ap-
plication for their loans, the money
for which will be available next
November.
Priority rights will be based on
the time when application for the
loans is received by the welfare
board, ana it is, therefore. to the
ADVANTAGE of tho veteran to make his
application as soon as possible.
The sum of $20O00,000 for a bond
issue to furnish the funds necessary
to carry out the provisions of the
veterans farm and home purchase
act, was voted at the last election.
Loans on city property may be made
up to $4,000 and on country property
up to $500.
Application forms and all neccs-
sarv information pertaining to the
act can be obtained by addressing
the veterans welfare board, state
capitol, Sacramento.
For Residents Only
Veterans who were inducted into
service i'll some other state, are not
eligible to obtain a loan. Part of
the application blank require a GER
titled proof by the county recorder,
that the veterans discharge has
been recorded.
John R. Quinn, former national
commander of the American Legion.
and member of the veterans wei
fare board, strongly urges all vet
Grams eligible to take advantage of
the farm and home act, to do so
without delay.
Through the provisions of the act,
veterans can obtain home on easv
payments, the money being loaned
by the state at low rate of inter.
est, the principal being payable over
an extended period of time.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-22
WILL LEI
CONTRACT
ON FEB. 2
Construction Operations
to Be Commenced Next
Month, 1t Is Announced
CANAL NEAR BLYTHE
Forty-Mile Road Through
Mountains is Complet-
ed for Aqueduct Work.

Actual work on the construction
.f the gigantic Colorado river aque-
duet, which is to bring water enough
to Los Angeles and other Southern
California cities to supply 100000
people. is to be started early In
february under the direction OF
Chief Engineer William Mulholland
If the Los Angeles municipal water
bureau.
The first unit~sf the great water
carrier TO be set underway, vii be
huge in.iltratjaa canal one and one
half miles long and acting as the
intake for the aqueduct This canal
will start at point IL miles north
o.. t4e cow -. Bivthr and viii eX-
;cHd a,cls r ,.ne parallel L 1he
,-lo5a1. riy md al a dstanre
E,a.si42 eou % Il. 200 feet west
a. III western bank Of the st:catl.-
Cp,i Ids on Pebrla-y 2
-. fn~ The conir:ct inr dredging
:his chanacl are to be opened in Los
Nngelcs by the board of water and
p,Wcr a. mmissiorers ~ its meeting
on February =. The work to be done
under this contract has been provid-
ed for in the $4,000 900 Colorado
river aqucduct bond issue authoriz-
.J ~ ~, voters AZ the June election
..st year.
It is from the infiltgatior canal,
luthe, t4aa from 'hc river itself,
hat wafer is to bc taken into the
oqGeduct The canal is to he dug in
an area ia, has deep stratum Of
tina sand and gravel, which serves
as a highly efficient natural filtra-
lion system. Water from the river
tlltcr5 ilto J4is ieposi, "a large
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-22
PIONEER, HALE,
HEARTY AT 81.
SWIMS IN SEA
Nv United Press Lensed Wire

SANTA MONICA. Jan. 22.ZAs
proof that he is still hale and heart~
mt 81, Daniel Propst plans to celc-
brate his birthday tomorrow with
a swim in the sea.
And as evidence that he was not
Joking the nonagenarian slipped in
to his bathing suit and had a snanpy
plunge in the surf this morning.
II was near freezing, the coldest day
of the winter.
cts never too cold for little
SWIM smiled the veteran land and
sea pioneer. who crossed the conti-
nent in n covered wagon GA years
ago for his first dip in the Pacific.
Years ago Propst swan the Miss
issippi river at Davenport, Iowa,
where the stream is particularly
treacherous.
"I'll be the life Of my party
tomorrow after have had my
Dip" he chucklcd. "It pens a fel.
low up, especially when it's cool
and snappy like today"
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-22
Emerges Like Bird

Franco swept down at / =. m.
emerging like a huge bird out of the
dense fog. This fog required him
to maneuver carefully for the land
ing.
The whole population of the is
land was gathered at the port to
greet him and shouts of wild ac-
claim went up as his Dornier ended
the first lap of its 63oo-mile Jour
ueV.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-22
LOVE TANCLES TIGHTEN MOOSE
AROUND Dl)RKLN; OLD SWEETHEART
WILL TESTIFY FOR PROSECUTION

CHICAGO, Jan. %. - Love
tsngIes in the life of Martin
Durkin today tightened the
moose which the state is pre-
pairing for him.
Betty Andrews Werner, the
city sweetheart Durkin forsook
to marry a village beauty, has
turned against him and will tes-
tify for the prosecution. The
weight of her testimony is be-
lieved by the state to be suffi-
cient to send Chicago's "shoot-
inc sheik'' to the gallows.
News that Betty had for
saken him shock some of the
bravado ont of Durkin. 1t cast
a shadow over his Jail cell
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-22

PARKS DENIES HE
MADE ATTEMPT TO
INFLUENCE COURT
Trial of HOltville Editor
On Contempt Charge
Is Started Here Today

With three judges occupying the
bench, and with practically every
attorney in Imperial Valley pre-
sent, hearing on the contempt of
court charge agains, Norman H.
Parks, editor of the Holtville Tri.
oune, opened in Department No.
Of the superior court this morning
The presiding judges are Ira F.
Thompson, Los Angeles; Tracey d.
Jennings, San Diego, and George r.
Freeman, Riverside. Parks is rep
resented by Joseph F. Seymour of
Los Angeles. acting as chief coun-
sci, assisted by Vaughn n. Thomp-
son. ID. B. Roberts and A. G. Fin
nev of FL Centre; Alfred G. Blais-
dell, Calexico and Elmer W. Head,
Calipatria. Attorney Harry Horton
assisted by Kendall b. Perkins of
the district attorneys office, acted
rs prosecutor.
Affidavit Is Read
Following the opening statement
the affidavit filed by Horton.
charging Parks with contempt of
court because of statements CON
tanned in an editorial appearing in
the Holtvillc Tribune on Septem Der
% written bv Parks. in which he
termed decision rendered bv
lido" THOMPSON IS "judicial Boil
ahevisn
The affidavit charged Parks with
r-'ltgllr att'mnting to influence the
i.'.'~-''r"' "f III" court aud emhar
"'-e linn ~ making his decision.
'i''~v't''~h .as the fjral decision Of
~" '9r''+ VIZ" not written until De-
tohor ~ more than week after
tho editorial appeared in the Tri-
..-,o
DE- nurrer Is Submitted
Counsel for Parks submitted de
l"uir,r TO the affidavit, alleging
that the latter did not contain II
statement of facts sufficient to
that the court is without iurisdic-
tion TO try the case, and asserted
thot 'hc alleged contcnrtuous ar
ic'' vas NJ It's worst, lihelous pos
~i'''. hut woe not contemptuous.
The affidavit farther asserted
that the editorial in question an
reared after Judge Thompson had
rendered his decision. and there
forc could not he construed as an
attemnt 20 influence his udgm enr
or emharrass him in giving his de-
cision.
Editorial Game After
The alleged contemptuous editor
ial was written after Judge Thomp-
ecn ~ho - one Of I've thrno iudocs
in the present ease, had given his
decision in the ease of II. A..
p""scv and B1i'cs q, Walker ver-
~us Cauntv Clcrk Mousscau. This
wno an action to restrain the county,
c'crk from making anv further
check on the names amended 70 n
nctition praving for the recall of
district ATTORNEY Utlev and Judge
Contlinr The court denied the per
mancnt in junction pravcd for. but
pc~mitted temporary Injunction to
rcmain in force nending decision
~" the appcal which was filed in
the ease. The decision on the ap.
neal has not vet been rendered.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-22
DROP CONTEMPT
CHARGE AGAINST
E-ATT. GENERAL

NEW YORK, Jan. 22.-Contempt
of court proceedings instituted
against former United States At
torney General Harry M. Daugher-
ty, when he refused to answer ques-
lions of federal grand jury, were
dropped this afternoon, United
States District Attorney Buckner
announced.
Buckner refused to say whether
Daugherty had answered the ques,
tions when he had been ordered back
into the grand jury by Federal
Judge Thatchcr.g a. .seu.i 5dI
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-22

which even his bravest smiles
could not dispel.
Ever Since his capture Mar
ty had boasted that Betty
would be loyal to him-that she
would die rather than
squeal.' Even though he had
left her alone in the city with
baby she claimed was his
while he ran off and married
Irma Sullivan, the blacksmith S
daughter of Cornell, ILL.,, he was
confident she would forgive
and remain true.
But Betty saw the beautiful
bride that Marty had chosen
and decided against loyalty for
the man she had protected in
many of his serious scrapes.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-22
Senate Receives
Majority Report
On Tax Cut Bill
By United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-sena,
tor Smoot, Utah, Republican,
chairman of the senate finance com.
mittee. today submitted to the
senate the majority report of the
finance committee, favoring pas
sing of 1852, 2,66l, 900 federal tax
reduction bill.
The report was signed by the ten
Republican members of the commit
tee.
a minority report, favoring a
still larger tax reduction, will be
submitted later by Senator King,
Utah, Democrat.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-22
Board Approves
Valley Gas Plant

Word was received in dis
patch from Sacramento late
this afternoon that the state
railroad commission has given
the Inland Empire Gas company
authority to operate gas
plant and shipping system at
Ell Centre. The new system
will serve this city, Imperial,
Brawley, Heber, Calexioo,
MeXicali and adjacent territory.
Palmdale- -Nictorville road between
the Los Angeles-San BernardinC
county line and Cajon Pass roaC
south of Nictorvile is cross washed
and quite rough, states report OF
the touring bureau of the Automo
bile Club of Southern California.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-22
AVIAT0RS LEAVE
SPAIN ON FLIGHT
TO BUEN0S AIRES
Finish First Jump to Las
Palmas, Canary Isles,
Late This Afternoon.
Hy United Press Leased Wire

LAS PALMAS, Canary Island
Jan. 22.-Commander Ramon Fran.
co, Spanish columbus Of the air.
arrived here late this afternoon on
the first leg of his venturesome
journey to Buenos Aires.
Franco started from the flying
field near Palos, Spain, shortly be-
fore 8 o clock this forenoon and
completed the flight of more than
900 miles without mishap.
During the trip he was in com
munication with Teneriffe and Las
Palmas and also communicated with
q nassimg shin.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-22
BOY SCOUT DRIVE
IS MEETING WITH
READY RESPONSE
Local Donations Are Pro
missing; Other Centers
Are Nearing Quotas.

With quotas nearly met and the
balance in sight, the county wide
boy scout drive is meeting with a
ready response. The campaign to
raise the county budget OF S7177.50
for 1926 opened yesterday, and
teams are continuing their work to-
day.
Ell Centro' s quota of $500 has
not as vet been completed, due to
number of business men being out
of the city, r. Y. Watson, local
chairman, today stated. However,
complete reports are not as yet com
piled, and the the drive III continu-
ing, with local sponsors confident
that Ell Centre s share will be raised
shortly.
Calexico Has Total
According to reports received by
Walter B. Havekorst of Brawley,
county chairman, and forwarded to
Scout Executive s. L. McCrory here,
Calexico went over the top shortly
after noon yesterday, having com
pleted its drive for $1,000.
Brawley last night reported $1,000
received with the balance of the
$l700 budget in sieIt. At noon yes
terday Holtville had raised $4OO of
its $500. Imperial had last night
collected 1915 of its $3.50 goal. Cali
patria had subscribed 1898 of the
budget of $327.50. Work in cities
not yet fully subscribed is being
enthusiastically pushed today.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-22
APPROVE BILL. TO CUT
NAvY'S STRENGTH BY 1000
Ry United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, Jan. %. The
house today approved provision
of the navy appropriation bill ~
cut that services enlisted strength
by one thousand men. Naval com
mittce members failed 10 carry onfa
plans to seek navy ~ $4,000 men
asked for by the navy department
and the figures was set NJ $4,000.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-22
CHICAGO POOR SUFFER

CHICAGO, Ian. % - Sub-zcro
tomr"rat'Wos chilled the heart of
the middle wcst ard brought suffer
ing to the tenement districts
Thermometers in Chicago's 5 loop
registered five below zero this
morning and outlving suburbs re-
ported unofficial readings as low
aS nine degrees.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-22
SWING Will.
DRAFT new
RIVER BILL
Measure Will Embody Re-
concentrations of Sec.
Work on River Project
EVIDENCE ACCEPTED
Committee Adj0urns I'm
til Friday When New
Witnesses Will Appear.
By United Press Leased Wire
LATE BULLETIN

WASHINGTON, Jan. o.
Senator Ashrlrst, Democrat,
Arizona, said today he will op-
pose the Work report favoring
a $125,ooo,O0o bond issne with
which to build the proposed
Boulder Canyon Dam, in the
Colorado River.
1t is revenue ,sul and
should have originated in the
House, Ashurst said.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-To ex
pedlte hearing on Boulder Dam leg.
lslafion. the House Irrigation ~om
mtttee today agreed to accept hear.
jngs conducted by the last congress-
en- the project.
Representative Swing, Cal'forria
Republican, co-author of the bill
authorizing construction of an ir-
rjgation and power dam at Boulder
Canyon on the Colorado river. tn)d
ire committee that considerable
time could be saved by incorporat-
ing last years hearings in the COM
mittee record.
New Witnesses
Swing announced he would ''o-,~
several new witnesses called totes
tifv on construction of the dam, aud
Representative Leatherwood. Re
publican, Utah who led tie eir't
against the bill last session. and
Representative Hayden. Coln~ah
both Indicated thev also would. ca'l
witnesses.
Will Offer New Bill ag
The committee after discussion
of the Swing johnson bill, adjourn
cd until next Friday, when Sv''ng
will present an entirely new lill
recommendations By
Secretary of the Interior Work.
Work suggested several changes
in letter to Senator McNary, Ore
CCortinupd on Page N
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-22
FIVE BELOW
ZERO TODAY.
IN CHICAGO.
Middle West Shivers in
New Cold Wave; Ohio
Blanketed With Snow.
FLORIDA SWELTERS
New York City Is Swept
by SnOwstOrm as Winds
Force Mercury to Drop

u. United Press Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, Jan. IA
gigantic cold wave with ex-
tremely lew temperatures will
spread over the Atlantic and
gulf states this afternoon and
tcnight, bringing freezing
weather as far south as Cen
tral Florida, the weather bu-
reau predicted.
Ry nitrd Press Leased Wire
C1ld blasts from Canada blew
down over the north central states
+odav. br nging sub-zero temp era
tures 70 many regions and promis-
ing to spread fan-like over the rest
of thu nation before night. States
borS sring on the western lakes suf-
ferCd first from the chill winds,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Il
linoi3 and Indiana reporting temper
; t,re- below zero. Adjacent states
telt the blast this morning and
weather obGerrcrs predicted falling
Temperatures to the east. west and
south.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-22
OHIO IS RLAWyIr-D

COLUMBUS. Ohio. Ian. 22-With
temperatures falling slowly, virtu-
ally the entire state was blanl,eted
with snow today, IN some sections
Continued on rage 81
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-22

o0O oobLo, Jan. II. - Cdful0al
MERCER. Belgium s hero churchman,
is dying.
The ena may be delayed a few
days. but his life is gradually eb-
bing away and physicians give no
hope that he can recover.
He is facing death with a cour-
age. calmncss and firmness such as
marked his life and especially his
war time course, %hen he deficd the
German war lords and baked them
when they sought to silence him.
Prince Takes Flowers
Today Crown Prince Leopold,
back from the Belgian Congo after
- months, Went to the revered
churchman : bedside. hearing flow
ers to add TO the great masses sent
him constantly.
Feeblv the cardinal extended to
the heir to the throne his blessing
and EXCHANGED - fsv, 1-,rds Of wei
conn, smiling bcga, ,gniy "pon Leo
pold as he spoke.
RE Cannot BE Fe d
TIE ca-d;aaI "t present cahnot be
fed. The stomach aiiment wiiicil
az C"cr"t'on f-i!cG TO aid has lcft
Cardinal Mc~icr in state where
even tho slightest food is not re
tnined.
.,.!emp's ID feed him, however,
vii pr6ballv be made later, His
nabilit, to assimilatc any nourish-
.acnt 1aw IS Fastening the end,
'horgh his rrma'kab'" constitution
s. sustaining HIM n'!-aaurd.nerilT.
Tho !.,tors "hsracteri2ed his con-
dition As "unchangod from last
night He rcstc. ouie,,v.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-22
HEROIC CARDINAL
IS SLOWLY DYING,
END DEEMED NEAR
Faces Death Like He De-
fled German War Lords
in Belgian Invasion.
(Late Bulletin)

By United Press Leased Wire
BRUSSELS, Jan. 20. - His
life slowly dimming and unable
to take nourishment, Cardinal
Mercier, dying Belgian prelate
was reported today to have had
a turn for the worse. His
physicians said early this eve
ming that the cardinal would
not survive the night.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-22

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The producers news., 1926-07-23
Famers' Cooperative
Buying Success In
Davidson, Saskatchewan

Agricultural cooperative market
ing as the big brother of consumers
cooperation is the way cooperation
progresses on the Canadian prairles.
Twelve years ago. declares an otfi-
cial bulletin of the Saskatchewan de-
parment of Agriculture, a delegate
to the Grain Growers Association
brought back the gospel of collective
buving to Davidson. That report Set
another member-a coal dealer--to
thinking. Then came his offer OF q
car of coal to be sold comparatively
That was the beginning of the Dav,
idson cooperative Assn, which last
wear had sales of $36O,OOO.
Enlarge Premises.
A new store had been made neces-
sarv by expansion to house the gro.
cery. dry goods, butcher shop anc
women's wear divisions. Insulated
walls are being erected to cut dowr
the fuel bills in Saskatchewan's lone
winter. The old store will be usec
as a warehouse, while competitor
premises have been bought to house
the hardware department..
Cooperative marketing, the All
The producers news., 1926-07-23
MONTANA RANKS
HIGH AS FLOUR
MILLING STATE
Two Million Barrel Mark Was Passed
in 1924-Marked Increase in
By-PrOducts.

H E L E N A - The production of
enough flour to supply the needs of
the people of Montana with an ex-
portable surplus of sufficient to fur
nish half of the flour required of the
people in the seven other Rocky
Mountain States, was the record of
Montana's flour milling industry in
1924, according to a study being made
by the office of agricultural economics
of the Montana Extension Service.
The &C mills operating in the state
that year converted 9,338,000 bushels
of wheat, one-fifth of the total crop,
into 2-101, 900 barrels of flour. After
meeting all home requirements there
was enough flour left over for almost
a million and a half people.
Milling Operations
The record of milling operations in
the state for the five-year period end
ing 1924 shows that in 1920 there
were 72 mills in operation in the
state and but &c during the other
four years, indicating of concentra-
! tiOn of production. In 1920, a year
| following a short crop, the state pro-
duced but $4,000 barrels of flour. The
following year. when crop conditions
were better and therefore offering a
more accurate index, l, ,401, 900 barrels
of flour were milled. In 1922, flour
production decreased slightly, al
though the crop was considerably
larger than the year before. In 1928
substantial gain in flour was re
corded with a production of 1871 ,OOC
barrels and the next year Montana
mills passed the two million barre
mark.
With the increase in milling opera
tions has come an increase in by
products-bran middling, etc.-whicl
are used for stock feed. In 1920 ther'
were 29,7OO tons of these product
produced in 1921 there were 47,90
tons and 1924 the by-products to
tailed 74,30O tons. The mill feeds pro
I duced in 1924 were sufficient to fee
: 378, 900 head Of lambs or 100000 pigs
These figures are interesting, sa
the economists of the Extension Sery
ice, because they show that the DC
|, velopment cf agriculture is also bring
ing about the development of CON
panion industries which, in their er
9 tirety, are material factors in tn
e economic welfare of the state.
The producers news., 1926-07-23

Boys & Girls
Club Camp.
The third annual Boys & Girls
Club Camp was held at Brush Lake,
July 16-17th. The camp was very
well attended, there being SO club
members enrolled and Ia leaders and
helpers, making a total of 97 The
program consisted of talks on club
work and demonstrations by Mrs.
Doris Anderson, Of Bozeman. Miss
Mccoy from Miles City had charge
of the recreaticnal part of the pro-
gram. Swimming, boating, foot
races, and contests of various kinds
were indulged in. In the boys clubs
contests, Dagmar won first, with Re
serve a close second.
The following leaders attended:
Carl Hclje, Reserve; Helen Bates and
Marjorie Markuson, Medicine Lake;
VIM. Johnson, Nels Sorensen, Jim
Kaae, Mrs. Ingor T. Larsen and
Mrs. Chris Johansen, Dagmar; Mrs
Aslakson and Mrs. Ed. Ingebritson
Redstone; Mrs. Annie Jensen and vi
ola Everscn, Reserve.
The camp was undoubtedly the
best one held, and was enjoyed by
all who attended.
Grain Inspection.
The producers news., 1926-07-23
AN ODD DISH

r. M. sends us the story of a young
bride who asked her husband to copy
off a radio recipe she wanted. He
did his best, but got two stations at
once, one of which was broadcasting
the morning exercises and the other
the recipe. This is what he took
down:
"Hands on hips place one cup OF
flour on the shoulders, raise knees
and depress toes and mix thorough
ly in one-half cup of milk. Repeat
six times. Inhale quickly, one-halt
teaspoonful of baking powder, lowel
the legs and mash two hard-boileC
eggs in a seive. Exhale, breathe nat
urally and sift into bowl.
Attention! Lie fiat on the foo
and roll the white of an egg back
ward and forward until it comes t
a boil. In ten minutes remove fron
! the fire and rub smartly with a roug
towel. Breathe naturally, dress /
warm flannels and serve with fis
SOUP"
The producers news., 1926-07-23
County Agents Notes
M. P. OSTBY, County

During the next two weeks inspec-
ton for applications of all register
ed and approved fields will be made.
a renresentative of the State Seed
Growers Association will inspect the
registered fields, and the county
agent win inspect the approved
fields. If there are any who do not
have their application in yet and
want their field inspected, please send
in the application at once. lndica-
tions are that Sheridan County will
have the largest amount of register
ed and approved seed OF any county
in the state this year.
State Fair Exhibit.
It has been decided to send an ex-
hibit from Sheridan County to the
State Fair at Helena, which will be
held the first week in September
Anyone who has any good grain q
grasses of any kind for sheaf exhi.
bits, please notify the county agent
also garden vegetables, canning, sew.
ing. corn, threshed grain. Although
the first week in September IS rath
er early for Sheridan county to make
a strong showing, we hope to have
q number of creditable exhibits.
M. P. OSTBY, County Agent