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Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-12
CRASH IS COMING
in FLORIDA, SAYS
MAN FROM THERE

In one block on Main street this
! morning, were noticed ears from
! Colorado. Texas. Oklahoma, Utah
| ard Florida, showing that Ell Cen
tro is getting good portion Of
tourist traffic.
Texas and oklahoma ears are
and car from Colorado and Utah
did not excite any curiosity in the
mind of a Press representative.
That Florida ear however, with
the map of the state on the license
plate, acted the same on the news
paper man as sugar bowl does to
flies. Waiting until the owner of
the ear arrived, the Press man ask
ed him what he was doing so far
away from home, and chow come y
dallving in California when there
is so much prosperity in Florida.
~ though Ia get far away be-
fore the crash lands the inhabit
ant of the alligator state said.
'Yep, there s crash coming in
Florida. There has been an cmbar
go on building materials for over
two months and in many of the
Florida cities which are ENJOYING a
boom there are buildings standing
unfinished, for want of materials.
Just Realty Boom
"They haven t built up the pros
peritv back there like you folks
have out here said the man from
the realtors heaven. ''lt is pure
lv and simply real estate boom,
with no industries or agricultural
development to back it up. Living
is Sky high and so is property. In
some eases the latter changes two
Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-12

or three times day and always at
profit.
"Am | going to stay in Califor-
nia9 1t looks that way. cleaned
up back in Florida and got out
while the getting is good. Now |
intend to invest out here. 1t
looks good to me. This valley here
beats anything Florida can produce.
We have rattling good climate
back there and we also have the land
that can be made to produce things,
but they haven't started on that
line yet just now Florida is
only offering nice climate to folks
in the north who want to have Il
nice place to live the wear round.
For the man of moderate means |
believe California is the place.
Yes, IL probably change that
orange and green license plate for
blue and white one. like the
latter color scheme better
Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-12
Miss Rh0da Foster 70
Attend Y. ". c. A.
County Board Meeting

The regular monthly meeting of
the county board of the Y. NJ. C. A.
will be held Monday evening at
7:30 at the, women s rest ROOM
Miss Rhoda Foster, who will spend
two weeks in Imperial County. be
ginning February 18th, will attend
this meeting. This is an important
meeting as all details of the fl
nance campaign will be mapped
out. The drive is to be held the
23 and 24 Of February.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-12
Adult Bible Class
Entertained at the
LeffingUellS' Home

Mr.. and Mrs. S. W. Leffingwell
entertained the members of the
adult Bible class of the State Street
Christian church at their home last
night. The house was decorated
with spring flowers and social
evening was enjoyed following a
brief business session, at which
Jerry Sweeney presided.
Refreshments We're served by the
hostess, assisted by Mrs. Phillip
knights. Twelve members and two
guests were present.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-12
Informal Tea GiUen
by Mrs. J. Stelcart
Ross for House Guest

Mrs. W. P. Barrows of Philadel-
phia, who is visiting at the home of
ncr brother, John Stewart Ross, was
the honor guest at tea gwen by
Mrs. Ross Yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Ross was assisted through
out the afternoon by Mrs. Roy +.
Breedlove and Mrs. Robert W.
CampbeA Twenty guests were
hidden to meet the visitor.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-12
Miss Louise Kelley
Entertains Guests

Miss Louise F. Kelley, Y. ". c..
\. secretary, had as her guest Miss
katherine Logan, noted author, and
Miss Mable Head, d national Y. ".
c. a. secretary, who is at the pre-
sent time acting as the executive
secretary Of the National Y. W. C.
A. Conference headquarters at Ash
lomar.
Each year Imperial county sends
number of high school girls TO
conferences at this place. Several
Imperial women have attended adult
conferences there. Miss Head re-
ports many big Improvements in the
grounds this year. A new lodge
has been donated and one new dor
mitory has been added. Soon the
swimming pool is to be started
This will give the grounds a salt
water pool, a thing for which the
association people have been work
ing for for some time. This con
ference ground is the only one
owned by the National y. ". c. A.
in the United States.
Miss Katherine Logan Is the au-
thor of "The Call Of the Upper
Road and "The Upper Road Of
Vision" Miss Logan is now writ
ing new book and has promised
an autographed copy Of this book
to the girl. Of Imperial county.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-12

Vista, San Diego county, will
have a dav of celebration about the
middle of February, when the water
is turned on from the recently com
pleted Henshaw dam.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-12

q. L.e-.cl.aDber Of eommerce.~ at
'rs'DeYf0n, san Joaquin county, has
100 members, who pay iu fees more
tA4a $4,000 annually.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-12

Crawford and Clifford, Multnomal
county, Oregon last year had 80,
600 silk worms and expect to have
to increase to 10000.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-12

Conditions are better. Some food
prices have declined from eXorbl.
tant to unreasonab BILE.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-12

Larger tax cut is agreed upon.
Cut this out. 1t may be the last you
ever hear of it.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-12
COTTON MARKETS

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 12.-Spot
cotton steady; mids 20.05; futures
sfedv.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-12

The eight and one-half miles Of
railroad connecting the MelOncs
dam with the world of commerce
has been completed.
Evening star., 1926-04-05
BALTIMORE GRAIN EXPORTS

Special Dispatch TO The Star
BALTIMORE, April 5.--There was
an improvement in the export of
grain from this port last week, ac-
cording to the Maritime Exchange.
A total of 64S,098 bushels was sent
out, including a fun cargo of eli 1874
bushels of wheat for Greece. OF the
grain exported there were 29S,975
bushels of wheat, 1876, 900 bushels of
barley and 154.123 bushels Of corn.
Other exports included 1,704 barrels
of wheat flour and 1886 barrels of rye
flour
e" "
POTTSVILLE.-M Of the an
thracite mines were closed for five
days in the last week because Of
religious holidays. This has cut
production materially.
Evening star., 1926-04-05
COMMODITY NEWS
WIRED STAR FROM
ENTIRE COUNTRY

ATLANTA. April g. Tobacco
planting has been held up by storms
but there are indications acreage
planted will be as large as in 1925
despite the continuation Of Chinese
civil warfare. Chinese demand was
a factor in selling last years crop
LANCASTER. = Cigar manufacur-
ers in this district will pay about
$500 900 less to the Government than
last year as result of the new rev.
enue taxes, or a drop of about so per
cent.
CLEVELAND, April 5.-The Cleve-
land Worsted Mills has reported a
loss of about $S50,000 for the last
years operations. This is repre-
sented largely through charge offs to
inventories and interest. President
Stafford believes wool prices have
not been stabilized, so extreme f1uc-
tuations are unlikely.
SAVANNAH-The have been
recessions both in price and turnover
of naval stores.
SACRAMENTO - Orange growers
have raised the price at shipping
points to 81 per box and retail prices
are expected to reflect the advance
DETROIT - Retail deliveries by
Dodge Bros. dealers of Graham
Brothers trucks since January this
year totsled 4,817. compared with g.
SGT for like period last year, gain
of $3.50, or SO per cent. Factory ship
| ments totaled 5,458 units, equivalent
to SO per cent of entire 1924 pro
duction.
PHILADELPHIA now
is being installed in the League
Island Navy Yard to test the practi-
cability of pulverized coal as fuel for
ships under the F'uller-Lehigh system.
Steamship men are eagerly waiting
results Of the test, since they claim
the present cost of fuel oil 10 eating
deep into their profits.
Evening star., 1926-04-05
EVERYMAN'S
INVESTMENTS
BY GEORGE T. HUGHES.
More About Preferred Stocks.

Before investing in any preferred
| ter that affect the stock should be
/ carefully studied. In a preceding
| article the cumulative or nonCumular
| tive feature has already been dis
cussed. There are, however, many
other matters of Importance. One of
these is the price at which the stock
may be retired.
Some preferred issues are not re
deemable at all, but others may be
called at the pleasure of the directors
at fixed prices. If, for instance, a.
7 per cent preferred issue Is redeem.
able at 115 1t Is inadvisable to pay
| much more than that price for the
stock. AS long as the market is well
below the redemption figure little at
tention Is paid to this subject. but
just as soon as the quotation rises
above that level some calculation be
comes advisable.
AS a matter of fact there are al few
preferred stocks of very high grade
which do sell slightly above their re
demption prices, but that is because
the investor Is willing to take the
chance Of having his stock called a
little below the price he paid for it
in return for the extra security to be-
found in these highgrade issues. On
the other hand, If a stock Is not call
able the market price may rise sub
stantially above that of Il caIlable
stock Of the same relative strength.
Another point 10 be looked into IS
voting power. Many preferred issues
have no voting power whatever. Or.
dinartly this makes no difference. but
once In a while it becomes very i'm
portant. Other things being equal
voting power is an advantage, al.
though 1t is not wise to pay an ex-
cessive price for It.
Some preferred stocks participate
with the common In additional earn
inEs after the common has received
Evening star., 1926-04-05
DETROIT BECOMES
SEAPORT" MAY |
Lane Co. Plans Regular In.
ternationaI Ship Service
From Auto Center.
by j. G. ROYIE.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

SpeCIdi DlspatcD 10 lhe star.
NEW YORK, April 5.-A new in
ternational trade port will be opened
NO commerce in the United States
May l. On that date the first steam
ship to sail on regular schedule from
the Great Lakes will leave Detroit
for European ports. The steamer
WinCheta of the Lane line will arrive
at Detroit from Hamburg with a
cargo OF steel rails just prior to
May /, and on the latter date will
depart for London, Antwerp and
Hamburg with a cargo of automo-
biles.
The Wincheta will be the first of
six vessels which the Lane Company
will place in regular service, with
sailings three times a month during
the early part of the season.
Later four more vessels will be
added to the service, touching at
Cleveland, Hamilton and Toronto.
The new service is not entirely an
experiment. Experimental voyages
were made last year, when some of
the ships brought steel rails to the
Ford Motor Works at Detroit. Within
five years the Lane Company expects
to have so vessels in service.
The need of such service is shown
by the tremendous volume of material
now moving into Detroit and of fin
ishcd products moving out.
According to traffic reports of the
Pere Marquette Railway, the second
Evening star., 1926-04-05

To Or. w. 3. Caldwell, of Monti-
cello, H., a practicinq physician for
AZ years. it seemed cruel that SO
many constipated men, women, chill
dren, and particularly old folks. had
TO be kept constantly stirred up"
While he knew that constipation
was the cause of nearly all head
aches, biliousness, indigestion and
stomach misery. he did not believe
that a sickeninq "purae" or 'physic"
was necessary.
In DR.. CaIoweIls Syrup Pepsin he
discovered a laxative which helps to
establish natural bowel regularity"
even for those chroncalIy const
pated. Or. CaldweIPs Syrup Pepsin
not only causes a gentle, easy bowel
movement but. best of all, il never
Evening star., 1926-04-05
Choose from orsr 80 InLafd
patterns of Armstrong's

INSET tiles, marbleized tiles, Jaspes.
L all-over figures, mosaios. And re-
member that all Armstrong; Inlaid
patterns are truly"inlaid." Even in the
new marbleized patterns the design
goes all the way through the sturdy,
long wearing body to the tough
burlaP back.
Good local stores have experts
who will cement these floors in
place over lining of builders dead
ening felt. Tacks should never be
used on such a fine floor as Arm
strong's Inlaid Linoleum,
Evening star., 1926-04-05

a certain amount. This is, of course,
highly desirable, but here. too, there
is the possibility of paying too much
for this feature. 1t adds q speculative
factor TO what is or ought to be pri
marily an investment proposition. For.
If earnings fall off SO that the par
ticipating provision no longer applies,
the preferred issue declines in market
price along with the common.
Other considerations include the
total amount Of outstanding stock
and whether or not there are bonds
ahead of the stock. IF the total amount
outstanding is very small the number
of times the dividend is earned on a
preferred issue is very misleading. A
preferred dividend earned twice over
on large amount may be much safer
than one earned five times over on Il
smaller amount. If the preferred
stock is the senior capital Issue, that
Is, If there are no bonds outstanding,
its position is that much stronger.
Evening star., 1926-04-05
MARYLAND TOBACCO.
Special Dispatch to The star.

'F'''h' biNPdl0H 10 me star.
BALTIMORE, April 5.-Reccipts of
Maryland leaf tobacco last week fell
OF again, totaliuE only 104 hogsheads
While sales increased To $40 hogs
heads. Demand continues good Tor
all but the greenish and rough grades
or neW-crop tobacco at the following.
quotations per 100 pounds Intoriui.
and frosted. firm leaf, 400 to 900
sound common and greenish, 1000 tu
1900; good common 1900 TO % Ge-
medium. $500 10 $500, good 10 fine
red. 5000 TO $500, fancy. "a. % II,
$500, seconds, common To medium
500 To 1000, seconds. good to ffur
3l.00 to $500; upper country. an
cured, 800 to 1000. ground leave
new. 1900 to 2G50. Stock I'm STATE
tobacco warehouses today, 43p3
hogsheads; ground leaves, 795 hog-
heads.
Evening star., 1926-04-05

linoleum In which each pattern contains differing
tones of tiles richly embossed by countersunk
nteriner The tiles 50 adroity distributed that
to the eye the pattern does not repeat And in some
of the patterns tiny coored tiles of special design
are artistically spotted here and there.
These embossed patterns are another exclusive
offering by Armstrong. They are patented they can
be found in no other linoleum. They are an added
note of beauty to beautiful long-wearing floor.
Evening star., 1926-04-05

How to Keep
Bowels Regular

gripes, sickens, or upSets the sys-
tern. Besides, il is absolutely harm
less, and so pleasant that even a
cross, Feverish. bilious, sick child
gladly takes il.
Buy a large Co. cent bottle at any
store that sells medicine and Just see
for Yourself,
Evening star., 1926-04-05
WESTERN UNION INCOME
IN 1925 SETS NEW RECORD
Highly Prosperous Year Is Ee9, ,rt-
ed by Telegraph Company-Gross
Revenue 1927 ,O75, ,O23.
By the Associated Press


NEW YORK. April 5.--Gross opel-
ating revenues or tho Western Union
Telegraph Co for 1925 were lsrger
than in any previous year, reaching
$127.07S,023, an increase Of S14,216, 500
over 1924, or 12.6 per cent, the annus :
report showed yesterday. Net income
for the year was the largest n the
history Of tre company. S15, ,259
exceeding tht. of 1924 by $2,829, 500
TSurplus at tie close Of the year was
S64,96Sl l1o. AGAINST $J6,980,027 the
year before.
The rau, of expense to revenue for
I9zo Was Sal per cent and for 1924.
"o'2 per ent. The operating return
on the compauy's land line property
based on book value, was at the rate
oi per cent for 1925. Additions ana
betterments' added Sl4.419 900 TO The
book value OF the property.
Evening star., 1926-04-05
FISHERS PRICE INDEX.

NEW HAVEN. April 5 (SpeciaD.-
Prices, 151 $40; purchasing power,
% $40; March average, 152 9-10 and
% $40; quarterly average. 1856 $40
and Cd; Crumps, 1873 $40; March,
140 $40; quarterly, 140 $40, Irving
FISHER, Yale economist, respOrts.
Evening star., 1926-04-05

On display in good department and furniture
stores this week. Don't let this opportunity
slip away without yourself inspecting what
prominent decorators arc calling "the most
beautiful floor ever produced" Z
Evening star., 1926-04-05

"How WILL IT wEAR' Is 1t pretty1" Careful
shoppers invariably ask these two questions about
any new floor. But architects have always sought
third quality which they call "testa's'; that is
surface not too smooth and pattern not regular
Ever the leader in beautiful floor designs,
Armstrong now offers outstanding achievement
Armstrong; Embossed Handeraf Tile I7Izid
You must see it. There is no other floor like
it in this country or abroad, Here is a unique
Evening star., 1926-04-05

Toe poor q ec0nonnr-
Armstrong;s Printed Linokeam
Designs ofbewitching beauty printed
in heavy oil paints on genuine cork
and linseed oil linoleum body. Truly
beautiful to look at. Truly beautiful
on the floor. And how these floors
do wear!
Riaht-Anmstyong's Embossed Handcraft Tile InLa!d
No. 6oaS, permanently eemented in place
Evening star., 1926-04-05

week of March showed gain Of 100
per cent in outbound freight and an
increase of As per cent in inbound
raw material shipments as compared
with the corresponding period of last
year.
AT Flint there is no let-up in Buick
production, which has been unusually
heavy this year. At Lansing, the REQ.
Olds and Durant factories, as well
as the various auto parts makers,
are showing continued activity. Prac-
tiCai1y all the large makers Of motor
cars in Detroit are shipping in larger
quantities and paying special atten-
tion to the export trade.
At Cleveland the Chandler -Cleve
land Co. reports a substantial in
crease in inquiries for cars for April
delivery The Jordan factory will
turn out $500 cars this quarter if
schedules are maintained. This com
pares with a production of ] 1875 in
the first three months of last year.
Average 80 Cars a Day.
Peerless officials estimate that ship
ments now are averaging 80 cars q
day and expect TO deliver as many
cars in the first three months of this
year as in the whole of 1925
The r.. y. Stearns Co. is going
ahead in an aggressive manner, ard
the White Motor Co. has turned out
Il new dump truck model, a new bus
chassis and a bus equipped with air
brakes
1t is undoubtedly true, however
that the industry now is due for d
.'light showdown. This is shown by
the Detroit industrial employment
figures, which have dropped to 272, ,134
workers, a decline. of 2.265 from the
record high mark established early
this month. This total, however, is
51.284 more than were on the pay
rolls at this time last year. The
drop, which was the first recorded
this year, undoubtedly was along the
line which manufacturers have de.
termined to adopt, Of restricting pro
duction closely to sales 50 as as not
to Overstock dealers.
Evening star., 1926-04-05

LAREDO. Texas.--The first car
load of Bermuda onions has started
marketward from this big producing
region.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-25
COLONEL RHE a
HONORED HERE
ON SATURDAY

The citizens of Douglas rendered a
marked appreciation of their esteem
for Colonel John c. Rhea, commander
of Fort Huachuca, at the Club So
ciale on Saturday evening. SlMpre
than 125 guests, including Douglas
citizens officers of the Tenth cavalry
from Fort Huachuca officers from
the 25th infantry stationed at Camp
Harry ]. Jones here, and officers
from the flying detachment at Fort
Bliss, Texas, attended.
The gentlemen and their ladies
gathered at the club about o'clock
and when Colonel and Mrs. Rhea
and the officers and their wives from
! Fort Huachuca arrived, they were
given a rousing greeting. From that
time on during the evening, there
was i splendid comrade@lip shown
among those in attendance.
Colonel Rhea expressed his appre-
citation of the honor rendered him by
his Douglas friends, and assured them
that he esteemed the friendship of
| the people of this city in the highest
manner. Mayor A. E. Hinton eX-
pressed to Colonel Rhea the sor-
row which Douglas <ee1s at the col
| onePs departure to take up his new
duties in the Citizens Military Train
1 ing Camp work in the first army
corps area, with headquarters in
| Boston, Mass.
/ Following the banquet, dancing was
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-25
OLDSMOBILE IS
PATHFINDER ON
NORTHERN TRIP

mid-winter trip from Toronto,
Ont, to Vancouver, B. c., by automo-
bile made via the Rio Grande river
was the route selected by Reginald
Key. of Toronto, to defeat the snow
blocked mountain roads of the north.
He travelled 6702 miles in his Olds-
mobile coach without even the change
of a tire, which in his own words
was no mean feat"
The certainty with which person
can start out on a long tour regard
less of the season of the year, with
present day automobiles was demon
strated by Key. Describing the trip,
he said
"At no time throughout the whole
trip did our Oldsmobile give us the
slightest anxiety. Our average mile
age per gallon was good. No trouble
was experienced in conquering the
various mountain ranges"
One OF the worst spots Key en-
countered was on a detour near
Cairo, KY, where he found three
state teams hauling stalled cars out
of deep gumbo mud. "Our car was
one of the few to make it without
assistance. We sunk axle deep in
the clay which was a veritable sea,
but our Oldsmobile went through it
just like tank at Paschendale."
On only one long climb during the
trip did he find it advisable to use
second gear. That was while ascend
ing the 14-mile grade from Ell Centro
to San Diego.
I. But the rough spots in the road
were more than compensated for by
the wonderful scenery encountered,
which Key said, "baffIes the power
of description"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-25

and delighted the audience with their
singing.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year; Secretary, Mrs.
Bertha Hickox; treasurer, Russell
Meadows; assistant treasurer, Mrs.
Nellie Dixon; financial secretaries, A.
D. Crocker, G. c. Shook; deacons,
Russell Meadows, Jack Anderson,
John Thompson; deaconesses, Mrs.
Nellie Dixon, Mrs. A. d. Crocker,
Mrs. Robert Rayner
Ushers, G. c. Shook, A. d. Crocker;
assistant ushers, Frank Thompson,
Oscar Granger.
President mems class, John Thomp-
son; president ladies auxiliary, Mrs.
J. B. Garland; vice president ladies
auxiliary, Mrs. W. e. Cobb; presi-
dent B. Y. p. u, Sarah Ryer.
Chairman transportation committee,
Guy w. Rhodes; chairman social
committee, Mrs. G. c. Shook; Sunday
school superintendent, J. b. Garland.