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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-11
Announcements For
Show Are Sent Out

First announcements of the Elks
Minstrel show to be given January Z
and s at the auditorium, under the
direction of Clint Draper. were sent
out yesterday by L. j. Wehe, chair
man Of the entertainment committee.
The first rehearsal is to be held
December 10 at 3 p. m. at the Elk
hall Singers. dancers. comedians
and actors are wanted to fill parts in
the show. and Elks are requested to
report all talent to the talent com
mittce, Of which j. {. Taylor is chair
man.
"The legislature will be in session
when the event is pulled off and Wis
itors from all over the state will be
here, so it is up to all Of US to make a
gold strike in advertising our lodge
and the town as leader in big
things" says the letter.
Tickets are soon to be placed on
sale and advertising matter will soon
be sent out to all lodge members.
Members are urged to put up the ad-
vertsing where it can be seen and
to fasten it firmly.
Receipts from the show are to go
to the civic and charity fund.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-11
Production of
Dodge Cars Has
Unusual Growth

Retail deliveries Of 44l9 new motor
cars and trucks by Dodge Brothers
dealers in United States and Canada
during the week ended November -
have exceeded all previous weekly
records established during the last
quarter Of any year. Compared with
the previous week this year the gam
is 379 per cent and compared with
the corresponding week Of 1925 when
2595 cars were sold the gain is 10.3
per cent.
Deliveries during the four weeks
of November totaicd 1866 units, a
substantial increase over the pre-
ccdinS four weeks Of October, and i,
gain Of 3.S5l units over the core
spending four weeks Of November,
1925, or 35.6 per cent.
The official figures just released
by the United States Department Of
Commerce showing production Of
motor cars and trucks in the United
States and Canada during the first
ten months Of this year lend interest
to the excellent 1926 records cstab-
lished by Dodge Brothers, Inc.
taEproduction Of motor cars and
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-11
John DIS Grandson.
Working Way Thru
School, Wins Prize

New Haven, Conn. Dec. ll--(P--
John Rockefeller Prentice practices
what he breaches. nor is he without
the faculty Of preaching what he
practices.
A grandson of John ID. Rockefeller,
Yale as night switchboard operator
at a hospital, learning the lesson
of leadership through discipline and
training.
Last night, competing in the Ten
Eyck oratorical contest, he expoundcd
so successfully his views on leader
ship that he was awarded second
prize, carrying with it somewhat Of
honor and 500 in cash.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-11
Inspection of State
institutions Ended

Members Of the state budget board
returned here today from Dick:n-
normal school yesterday.
Having completed their inspection
Of the various state institutions board
members will begin Monday on the
work Of determining what appropria-
tons each should have. They are
faced with the task Of reducing re-
quests totalling $l3,OOO,O 900 to about
S8.0O0,O00, the maximum which can
be raised for state revenue.
State Auditor John Steen said he
has taken over the task Of preparing
the 40 or more appropriation bills
which will be submitted to the legis-
lature by the budget board.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-11
Funds Planned For
Nonstop Flight From
Frisco to Honolulu

San Francisco, Dec. il-GP)-Thc
Chronicle says financial arrange
ments were completed here last
night for nonstop flight from San
Francisco to Honolulu under the aus
pices Of the National Arconautical
Association, local organization.
This will be an effort to carry out
as sporting proposition" the un-
dertaking Of the navy in the fall Of
1925. when the late Lieut.. Command
er John Rodgers set out with two
planes. both of which fell short of
the 22S0-milc hop.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-11

To order a load Of Beulah
Coal is to order a load Of COM
fort. DO il now. Phone 81.
WachterS.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-11

Brig yons present. err % ~ 81 valuation. An
unusually aesive dsmand during the ?ase 20
days has rsduesd our used-car aocks For this
ssasoG pscial provision b. bssn made 70 &C.
eaps good ussd caes = pan payment On al
Chnssnas purchases Of new Why's Knight
Cssae Sisss \. Ths Willys Finance Plan oilers
unusually aaasactive credit terms.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-11

Willys-Knight Great Six was the first
to present the most advanced engineering
practices Of Europe combined with wholly
new and greatly improved American per-
Torrance standards.
Tothe American owner, this distinguished
automobile brings the same type Of
power-plant used in the most costly cars
made abroad-the French Panhard and
Voisin, the Belgian Minerva, the British
Daimler-Knight...
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-10
San Jose Station
On 333 Wave

California farm bureau station
kQW at San jose began broadcast
ing on it's new wave length of 333
meters, in place of 231 meters, Fri
day night. This change places them
in a position of practically no in
reference and benefits those who
have been unable to hear because
their sets could not reach the lower
wave lengths.
With the inauguration early this
fall of a very complete agricultural
radio service by the United States
department of agriculture; the free
use of the station by the various
towns and communities of the state
which would otherwise have no
radio opportunity; the planning of
other features which will put the
station in prominent position in
the. broadcasting world, KQW is ra-
pidly achieving the purpose for
which it was structed-service.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-10
Undetermined Fire In Ell Centro
Ma Ferguson Is
interviewed By
Pres S Repor ter
By IVA NEWMAN

CHANGING down the list o. regis
trations made at the Hotel Barbara
Worth Saturday morning saw the
name "Mrs. y. 4. Ferguson which
name meant enotling to. me. The
next entry however, sat me up to
take notice for il was none other
dian Louis Ferguson, and after that
Miss "Pat Ferguson, well known
son and daughter of Ma Fergu-
son, Of world fame, governor of
Texas.
On inquiry | found that the par
ty was only stopping over night, en-
route to San Diego so hastily
sought an interview with the famous
woman ruler.
admit more than a slight sink
irg sensation as the elevator ascend
cd to the floor where | was to greet
one Of the reputedly most efficient
s;ateswomcn the United States has
known.
1t is easy to believe the famous
story circulated in the spring of '2J
concerning her placing bill re
storing full civil rights to her hus-
band at the bottom Of II pile of bills
awaiting her disposal because she
disposps of legislation in the order
in which it is submitted for consid
Grafton. That her husband hadn >:
priority rights was not the signific-
ant detail. The keynote of her
fascinating personality is her logic.
Every sentence. every well chosen
word leads to the development of a
thought that is worth listening to.
Another impression which took
SIS than thirty seconds to register
vas her gracious manner. Ny first
apprehensions were dissolved in
her friendly handshai,e and cordial
smile, and Lsr sensible matter-of
fact manner had me at my ease in
no time. As we'll as being a woman
OF great executive ability Mrs. Fer
guson is thoroughly charming per
sonally. She predicted a great
future for the valley and expressed
much appreciation for its attrac-
tons. AS her time here was so
limited our discussion was necessar-
ily short but her emphatic approba
tion of our valley was all that could
be desired, and she added as her
last remark that she hoped to see
more of it soon.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-10
I { R R | F | c
FLOW Of RED
RIVER TOL D
Has Built Up Dyke Not
known in All History
Of Men.
RED RIVER is TIDE
Congressman Tells How
Fertile Valley is Being
Threatened.
By United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON. July l0.-Fhil
u. Swing, congressman from the I'm
,perial Valley, told the wide world
what was wrong with congress be.
fore he allowed the solons to close
up He said:
"Mr. Chairman and members of
the committee this deficiency bill
carries two important items for the
benefit Of communities in the state
Of Arizona, one of them in the sum
of $637 900 aud the other item i'll
the sum of S500n0 for river front
work on the Colorado river along the
Yuma reclamation project,
81 am glad. indeed, to see these
items in the bin rs think il entire
" appropriate that the government
should assume responsibility for the
flood problem on that river. i say
this notwithstanding the fact that
Arizona is the only one of the seven
Colorado river basin states which
has refused 10 cooperate with hcr
sister states by ratifying the Cdlo-
RADIO river compact, and by her re
fusal has made impossible thus far
the permanent development which
would completely remove this flood
menace in the entire lower basin.
"Thcsc items. approaching 500
600 in amount, are made necessary
because this Arizona community,
like other communities in the lower
basin, has heretofore been, and now
is, dependent upon the construction
and maintenance of lcveeS for their
protection against the flood waters
of this river. Tho lcvce system on
this river is an insecure and undc-
pcndable as well as an expensive
method of. controlling the floods.
"In the first place, the lcVcc
system can not be depended upon
because of the violent fluctuation of
the river itsylt, it varying from
2OOO second feet in low season to
10000 to 100000 second feet in
high water seasons. The flood wa
tiers come from the melting SHOWS on
the platcaus and high mountains of
Wyoming. Utah aud Colorado. The
height of the water in the river in
flood season is not dependent alone
upon the amount of precipitation in
the drainage area, but upon the ra-
piditv with which the snow mclts 1t
depends much upon the weather.
Nou can have snowfall of less
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Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-10
Effort Made to
Return Horse
Racing to State
by United Press Leased Wire

SACRAMENTO, Calf, July 10
A determined effort to return horse
racing to California is being made
by u committee composed of
large number of Caifornians prom
inent in all walks of life.
Years ago, California ranked with
Kentucky and Maryland in the
horses it bred, and the races it ran.
California thoroughbreds appeared
on tracks the country over, and
were entered in all worth while
stakes.
Wagering on races became fell
ony BY action of the California leg
issature in 1912. That spelled
death to racing.
Betless racing was tried two years
ago on the Tanforan track. Two
50 day meets were utter failures.
A campaign is now under way to
place an initiative measure ON the
November ballot for the revival OF
racing under supervision of a state
racing board.
The measure, as drafted, would
provide that race track profits ex-
eeeding nine per cent year ON the
adtual investment go to the state
for the benefit of Agricultural fairs
and the veterans welfare board.
Half, going to the veterans board
would be used for purposes desig-
mated in the existing veterans
welfare act. The other half, going
t. the board Of agriculture, would
be employed TO encourage and inn
prove agricultural and stock breed
ing conditions.
The state board, consisting ~
three members, would have full
power TO regulate racing with the
pari-mutuel system AZ tracks, sins'
liar to the system used in Kentucky.
Msryland and other states 'oel
selling and book'making would Fe.
main unlawful.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-10
Steel Outlook
Is Satisfactory
Omitted Press sta1f Correspondent

Omitted Press Sta1f Correspondent
PITTSBtRGlI, Pa, July 10
The condition of the steel situation
in the Pittsburgh production area
is satisfactory with encouraging
prospects, according to reports
from both corporation and indcpen-
dent mills.
Mills are running at about so per
ceUt of production capacity. al
though some in the immediate Pitts
burgh area are down to 20 per
cent basis which is not considered
low for this time of the year.
So bright is the prospect of future
business that some concerns, believ-
ing they can obtain better prices
with the rush of all business, have
limited contracts to July and Au-
gust deliveries. Officials express
confidence that business will not
slump during the summer months,
the period of the usual lull.
An increase in the production of
automobile steel has been most not
iceablc. Since the damp cool days
of a lingering spring have passed
:, demand for automobiles has been
stimulated and automobile manufac-
lures report a decided squirt in or
ders. resulting in large steel con-
tracts.
Pipe mills report that production
has been boosted 70 so per cent of
capacity within the last month. Be
cause of the heavy demand buying
in all departments has hit an unu-
suallv high point and AN all around
healthy condition was indicated.
Railroad men, however, do not
report so eneouragingly, although
they admit that steel shipments
within the last six weeks have ex-
ceeded those of the same period last
var. j.,
Railroad officials claim that steel
executives have included ingot pro-
duction was largely an inter-plant
tonnage and should not be figured
in actual output totals.
Steel men contend that the only
proper basis for production calcutta
tion must include ingot production,
declaring that the tonnage of fin
shed products, shipped by rail-
would not be fair to the mills.
No one, however. is complaining
seriously. The concensus of opinion
is conditions are satisfactory ana
prospects encouraging.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-10
S!LOMAR GIRLS COMING
HOME AFTER VACATION

Valley high school Girl Reserves
who attended the Asilomar confer
ence have returned after an absence
of two weeks. Miss Fannie Lee Han
cock represented the FL Centre
high school Girl Reserves. Miss
Louise +. Kelley. Y. w. G. A. sec
retary, accompanied the girls. They
report successful and inspirational
conference under highly compe-
tent leaders.
Miss Esther Ravman, Girl Reserve
executive and secretary for the
Pacific coast was the evecutive and
was assisted by so Y. W, C. A. se1-
retaries of the Pacific coast.
Miss Gertrude Gogin, executive
secretary of the G, RS Of North
America, with headnuartcrS in New
York, who is spending the summer
IN Berkeley lectWing at the Y. w.
training school there, was a guest
and a speaker at the conference.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-10
SUMMER MOTORING
INSTRUCTIONS OF
UNUSUAL Y ALUE
Auto Club of Southland
Tells How to Avoid
Many Road Troubles.

Motorists generally "wisc up
to proper methods Of camping out
Of doors only after profiting BY
heir own experiences on many out
ing trips, according to the outing
bureau of the Automobile Club Of
SCuthcrn California. The average
novice at camping and touring il.
the great open spaces starA off with
q load Of unnecessary articles only
to find that the weight prohibits
travel over a moderate speed, ac-
cording to outing experts.
The plan of forming new kind of
:. p. G. A., or Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Automobiles,
is heartily endorsed by auto club
outing authorities who quote eX-
amples of would-be' tourists who
load everything ON their machine
except the kitchen stove.
The ease of one autoist is reported
III which he stopped at q garage of
q small mountain town with Il bit
ter complaint of engine trouble. HI
vestlgation revealed ihat he was
not only carrying>a party of five
persons besides himself. but he was
dragging a trailer weighing 500
pounds, and carrying Il 40 foot tent
two iron beds with springs and mat
trosscs and an iron Stove, and vet
hc wondered why the old motor laid
down on the job.
Recommended equipment on any
extensive trip generally includes Il
bedding roll filled with light wool,a
blankets, or sleeping bags which
obviate blankets, or waterproof
pneumatic nA't'i esses with army
blankets, say outing experts of the
motoring organizations. Wooden
blankets. it is pointed out, have
mere warmth than three times their
number of cotton covers, and none
of this sleeping material takes up
mu"h room in the car.
MANY recreation seekers find their
tent the stumbling block in gather
ing equipment for their trip. The
tent must be secure, sorviceable,
staunch, but not heavy. MANY pro
fessional campers make their own
tent Of canvas carried in the car
and poles and stakes hewn from the
nearest trees. it is pointed out.
"Travel light is the most i'm
portant advice of the outing bureau.
It is the wrong idea to take dis
carded material found around the
house. for careful thought shoul, +,
hc given to camping equipment, say
the authorities. They point out
that it is possible to carry every
thing from a stove to dish pan.
hroiler for steaks, six of everything
for eating, irving pan, stew pam,
coffee not, and what-not, that would
nevertheless. weigh no more than
- pounds.
1t is common mistake of mex
prrienccd CAMPERS TO take along
too much wearing apparel according
f. the outin." bureau \ plan con-
sidcrcd advisable is that of pur-
chasing one or n pair Of what is
known in the army as "officcr 5
clothing rolls. SevVgql nereons
can pack everything needed on a
campinr trip into one these bags
it is stated.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-10
Imperial Humane
Now Is r eady

Organization of the Imperial
County Humane Nsocictv was per
fected at meeting held in this
city last night at which G.. T.. Pit
ger was chosen president, and A. w.
Swanson was elected secretary and
treasurer.
The new organization will coop
crate with the state humane asso-
citation and full time agent will
start work in Imperial county on
August l. Dolph S. Bassett, secre,
aary of the southern division of the
state association, and Doyle V. Dav-
ison, state officer. recently visited
here and last nights organization
is a result of their recommends
tions made at that time.
Frank Reading, deputy health of
ficer, who has acted as humane
officer for several years, will also
be an agent for the new organiza-
tion.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-10

Among the other leaders who prov
ed to be of great help to the girls
were Miss Rhoda Foster, secretary
for county work, who will be re-
membered by all the girls who met
her when she was in the valley last
March, and Miss Scripps of San
Diego.
Indicative of the general spirit of
the camp was Miss Scripps remark
in one of her talks. She said, "when
| see the way you girls are thinking
through the problems Of this modern
day l have no fear for the future
of our country Miss Seripps is
80 years old and greatly in SYM
pathv with the younger generation
os she has proved by her gifts of
several buildings at Asilomar.
The conference which is an jan
nnla event was attended by over 400
girls from California, Idaho, Ne
vada and the Hawaiian Islands.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-10
READINGS
HOME WAS
DESTROYED
Bursting of Hose Delay
ed Efforts of the
Firemen.
GARAGE BURNED
Fire Spread, Threatening
NeighbOrhOod Build
ings During Blaze.

Fire of undetermined origin
destroyed q half dozen residential
houses on He'll avenue Yesterday af-
ternoon at O. clock, in one of the
most spectacular blazes that has Wis
tied the city, causing loss roughly
estimated at $4,000, partially COW
cred by insurance.
The fire started in the home of
Frank Reading, deputy county health
commissioner, in the rear of 400
He'll. Reading was away at the
time, but had been in the house Is
minutes before the blaze was dis
covred, leaving to come to the city
for ice. He declared there was no
fire in the stove and that there was
no reason he could give for the
blaze. When he arrived at his homo
it was mass of flames, and hii
efforts TO extinguish the fire with
a small garden hose We're futile.
From the Reading home the fire
spread to his garage Just immediate
~ north, and to an unoccupied
frame house owned by Jasper Cole
man, fronting on He'll avenue and
southeast of the Readings place.
The flames then jumped to George
DeHaven s house, east of the Cole
man place and to two small build
ings in the rear of DeHaven s.
Ammunition Went Off
When the firemen arrived the
Reading home was doomed, also the
two small buildings in the rear of
DelIaven 3. They concentrated their
efforts on preventing the fire from
spreading, and saving what they
could of the DeHaven and Cole
man houses. A bunch of ammuni-
tion in the Reading place started
popping and firemen and spectators
were forced to give plenty of room
to flying bullets.
There was considerable delay in
getting water on the fire, a section
Continued on page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-10
WATERMELON JUICE USED
AT LINCOLN CHRISTENING

LINCOLN. H., July 10. - How
Abraham Lincoln used the core of
a watermelon which he squeezed in
his hands until the water trickled
through his fingers to the ground
to christen the town of Lincoln. ILL.,.
during the sale of the first town
lots in 1853, is related by John l..
Stevens. of st. Louis, former resi-
dent of Middletown and great ad-
nirer of the martyred president,
who he knew intimately when he
was a child Is years old.
Stevens said the unique christen-
ing took place before Lincoln be-
came famous. and that it was with
remctancy that the men in charge
asked Lincoln for the right to name
the ne wtown after him.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-10
SWING FOLLOWS UP SENATOR
Collins Helped
5000 Good Men
TO Go Wrong

= SANTA ROSA, Calf, July
!" Police Judge G.. N. Collins
Of this city, known far and wide
over northern California as the
marrying squire has figur-
cd Up his record.
Hc has united 5000 couples in
tie last Il years, $50 weddings
a year, CT an average of q
CVt.y y month.
Judge Collins is nov 80 years
Cd, and in his unusual career
has also been farmer, miner,
c;.rpcntec, hatcher, fcundryman,
hail DAD man, hunter and ex-
plol er.
The magistrate likes the mar
rying business best.
Its one llsiness that's al
ways good,' he declares. lone
never runs out of customers. y
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-10
State Surfaced
Highways Total
$4,000 Miles

SACRAMENTO, Calf, July 10--
Nearly $4,000 miles of road in the
several state highway systems was
surfaced in 1925, according to re-
ports received by the bureau Of
public roads of the United States de-
partment of agriculture from the
state highway departments. In ad-
htion, 1916 miles of earth road was
graded and drained according to en-
gineering standards, making total
of 23,l52 miles improved during
the year, of which a little more
than 10000 miles was constructed
with federal aid.
At the end of the year the total
surfaced mileage in the state sys-
TENS had reached l45,50S miles. and
there were 32,2lS miles of earth road
graded and drained according to en-
gineering standards. The total of
270,654 miles included the state
systems embraces the important
roads of the country which have
been laid out to serve the needs
of the states. 1t is upon these
systems that the important through
routes of the federal aid system and
the United States highways have
been almost entirely laid down.
The surfaced roads in the state
systems at the close OF 1925 were of
the following types: Sand-clay 49,
677 miles, gravel 64,40S miles, watr-
bound macadam 1901 miles, surface
treated macadam and gravel 1855
miles, bituminous macadam. lQ,9S5
miles, sheet asphalt $40 miles, bitu-
minous concrete 1881 miles, cement
concrete 27,S75 miles, brick, 3,ll
miles and miscellaneous l3l miles.