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Milford chronicle., 1926-01-01

The motorist who tries to beat the
train to a crossing may not have
much wit, and yet he is likely to be-
come a man of parts.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-06
Dive Annulment
Suit May Result
In Perjury Case

suit for annulment of marriage
has been filed in. the san Diego
court by Mrs. Charles Il. Dye ON
behalf of her SON Charles II. c. Dye,
who married Effic NJ Bean in this
city ON April 4, 1928.
Mrs. Dye charges in her complaint
that young Dye was not of age at
the time the marriage ceremony
was performed and that she did not
give her consent to the wedding.
Investigation of the marriage rec
ordS here shows that Dye swore he
was , mt the time the marriage Ii
ccnsc WAS obtained. His bridge gave
her age rs II, and obtained the writ
ten consent of her mother, Mary NJ.
Bean, to get married.
If Mrs Dye 5 statement that her
SON was under age at the time of
the ceremony is true, he sWorc false
" to obtain the marriage license,
Imperial county officials state, and
is liable to charge of perjury.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-06
X. p. Check Thief
Caught in North

Roy y. EWcll, accused of the theft
of three checks from the Knights of
pythias of this city, is under arrest
in San Francisco, and has been rec
oguizcd as an cX-comvict who has
served time in San Quentin and Fol
som prisons.
Ewell broke into the Davis build
ing several weeks ago, and helped
himself to three blank checks from
the knights of Pythias lodge check
book. The theft was reported to
the police. Following the theft
Ewell went to San Diego whore he
cashcd one of the checks.
Imperial county will not get the
prisoner just yet, however, as he is
being returned from san Francisco
to san Diego to face trial in the lat
ter city on Il charge of passing Il
fictitious check.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-06
Cattle Market

Cattlr-100. followers 400; modcr-
htclv active, generally steady. Load
good l2J4-lb. mountain steers $6.4J,
three other loads averaging l2SS-lbs.
$500, no other steers sold; she stock
mostly plain kinds $4.50MJ.75, odd
head up to 500; Gamers and cut
ters $500 4.2J; bologna bulls
around $500, beef up to $500; top
steers Wednesday $3.50 for Utahs,
others $40.
Calves-3O; strong. Few lots milk
vealers 10000 l2.50: common calves
and heavies $4,000 900.
Hogs-300; early sales around 2Jc
higher. Load l6l-lb. butchers Sl4.J0;
only two others offered, none sold {;
clean up Wednesday WAS made frop!
81. 3.6J0r l4.l0. with l4S-lb. butchers
topping ut $l4.20.
>hecp-None, holdovers 900;
lambs wcak. Three decks 66-lb
springcrs $1,000 l2.25 with % and
10 per cent sorts at $1,000 and 5000
respectively; choice springers quot
ed to $3.50; short deck ll7-lb.
shorn ewes 500.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-06
{. OF c. TAKES
UP new CITY HALL
WITH CITY COUNCIL
Committee Will Confer
Upon Matter; Routine
Work Handled

Routine matters occupied the at
tcntion of the city council last
hl9ht, the greater part of the meet
ING being devoted to checking over
city bills.
Members of the board of dircc-
crs of the FL Centre Chamber OF
Commerce paid u courtesy visit to
the city council at the conclusion of
their meeting.
W. G. Costello opened Il discus
sion with the council on the pos
sibility of building II city hall, 4
topic which had been discussed by
the chamber directors, who took no
action, deciding to postpone the
matter until the new board Of di
rcctors is elected tomorrow.
Members of the city council rX
pressed their intention of giving
the city hall subject their attention
and stated they would be glad tC
have the chamber Of commerce ap
point a committee to confer with ;
siilar committee from the counri
on this matter.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-06
SALVATION ARMY WILL
HAVE MOTHERS DAY

The Salvation Army Will observe Il
tag day Saturday, May ), as Il
Mothers day thanks offering. This
viii 90 to help with the Salvation
Army relief work in this city.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-06
HOLTVILLE
by Press staff COrrespondent

HOLTVILLE, May 6.-W. Z.
Robinson left Thursday for Their
NAL, where he will be for about three
weeks.
Mrs. Rex Maddux has been con-
fined to her home with tonsolitis
since Saturday. She is reported to be
improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Holmes and
family spent Sunday i'll the noun
tains.
Miss Madgc NJ. Keliher' of San
Francisco is visiting her sister, Mrs.
! George Lien.
Those planning to attend the Ro-
tary club convention are Ned
Holmes, Joe Jardin, Ernest Ed
wards, Ernest Beale, f. S. Blake,
Dave Bromelcy, G. b. Collins, Ken
meth Burke, G. II. Eckert, p. A.
Murray, Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Mays, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. j. Munson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Webb, Mr.. and
Mrs. T. f. Rycrson, Mr.. and Mrs.
NJ. c. Blanchard, Mr.. and Mrs. Ell
mcr Baxter, MIR. and Mrs. Dale Coop
cr, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Schneider
and DR.. and Mrs. W. +. Mosher.
The regular monthly prayer meet
/ my of the W. {. r. L. was held at
, the home of Mrs. l. X. Feldman
J Wednesday morning from 10 to II.
David o. Anderson, nephew of
! joel Anderson Of Holtvillc, is visit
ing here. He WIS formerly i'll bnsi-
ness with Elmer Baxter in San Di-
ego and has until recently been To-
Gated in Denver.
Several Holtville persons attended
the Imperial Valley music festival
at Brawlcy Friday evening, i'll which
students from all of the towns i'll
the valley took part. The Holtvillc
high school boys and girls glcc
clubs and the orchestra took part
! III the program.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-06
Salvation Army
Revival Campaign

The Salvation Army revival cam
paign which is to stirt Saturday
night, May 3, is looked forward to
with great expectancy. Commander
John Barnes from FL Paso, Texas,
i noted evangelist worker, will ar
rive in tie city Saturday morning
aud is expected to be here ten days
or two weeks.
The commander is a fine musicin,
plaviug several different musical in
stfuments, d, well a a good singer
The public is cordially invited to
worship with us il these special ser
Wees.
The open air service will be held
every night at O'Clock; inside song
service from 7:30 to $ p. III. The
service will be dismissed in good
tHr - you can be able to attend
every hi2ht,
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-06

The poppy fields in San Luis
Obispo county are in full bloom and
treat for tourists eyes.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-06
Elks Dance Will
Be Joyous One
This Evening

East and dance Til the cows
come homc,' is the invitation cx-
tended by FL Centre Lodge of Elks
to the residents of this city for the
annual charity dance of the lodge
which will be given tonight at the
Eiks home on Main street.
In addit ion to the above, those
who attend are promised good music
"a good floor and a good time that
social functions of the Elks always
provide. This will probably be the
last big dance in FL Centre this
season and the Elks committee is
planning to make it 4 fitting wind
up to the social calendar.
Attendance at the dance is not
confined to Elks and the committee
is hoping to have the lodge rooms
ovcrflowing with dancers. Last
night the hall and lodge rooms were
decorated for the occasion and this
fact will add much to the atmos-
phcrc of the dance.
Summer attire will be in order ut
the dance and the Elks have agreed
to discard convention sufficiently
to allow everyone to be comfort
able.
There will be no lodge meeting,
and dancing will start at 9 o clock
continuing until the dancers have
lad enough. The orchestra will
have instructions to pay as long as
an vcouplc desires to dance.
All proceeds rom the dance will
be devoted to the charitable work
of the E.lks Lodge, which is carried
en- throughout the year among the
poor and un -orlunatc of the city,
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-06

Every dairy section in Mcreed
county is represented in the farm
bureau testing association.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-06
BERGER R-1LL PROPOSES
u S. BUY RAILROADS
by United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, MAY 6.-Nation-
;liHation of railroad, telegraph,
telephone and express properties en-
gagged in interstate commerce.. was
proposed in a bill by Representative
Berger, Socialist, Wisconsin,, for in
troduction in the house today.
Private ownership of public util-
tiles must eventually lead to strug-
giles such as that now occurring in
England, which has all the charact
cristi"s of Civil war. Berger said III
making public the measure.
Twenty two centers for correction
of speech defects in, children are
maintained i'll elementary schools of
Denver. Colorado.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-06
Fabulous Ore In
New Strike By
Veteran Miner
II. United rress Leased Wire

5 Los ANGELES. May 6-'' Hamp'
Williams, famous western miner and
discoverer of the Kclly-Rand gold
mine at Randsberg, has made Il
fresh strike in the Amalie mining
district near Caliente, according to
adNiceS here today.
\ picked assay of the strike was
said to have rum Sl20,0o0 to the ton.
Williams discovery, the richest
in his career, was made three weeks
ago, aud kept secret until today.
The strike was made in Barbarossa
mine, Ii miles up the Tchachapi
canyon from Calientc.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-06
RETCHSTAG REFUSES TO
TAKE ROYAL PROPERTY

BERLIN, May G.-The reichstag
today rejected by 236 votes to l42
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-06
The Norge Lands
To Refuel Today
BY I nfted Press Leased Wire

NADSOE, Norway, May G.-The
dirigible Norge, enroutc from Lenin-
grad to Kings Bay, Spitzbergen.
where the Amundscn-E Ellsworth No
bile expedition is to begin its flight
across the north pole, landed at
Nadsoe to refucl at 800 Il. m. today.
TROMSOE, Norway, May 6.-The
AmundScn- Ellsworth polar dirigible
will depart from NadSoe for Kings
Bay, Spitzbergen. at ! p. M, ac-
cording to message received from
Nadsoc today.
OSLO, Norway, May 6.-Thc
Amundscn-EIlsworth polar dirigible
Norge is off for Kings Bay, Spitz-
bergen, whence she will attempt to
fly across the north pole, according
to a dispatch received today from
Nadsoc.
The Norge paused ut Nadsoc en-
route from Lcuingrad to Kings Bay.
She had been scheduled to leave
NadsOc this afternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-06

The sheep industry of the San
]ouquin Valley is in better condi-
ton than lpr four years past,
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-06

the Socialist Communist bill for ex-
preparation without compensation of
the vast properties i'll Germany
formerly owned by members of the
various royal families.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-19
LITIGATION ENDS
OVER ESTATE OF
ALASKA PIONEER

SEATTLE, Wash, Feb. l9.-By Il
cash settlement filed in superior
court here late yesterday, two years
of litigation over the estate of
George Washington Carmack, pio-
neer Alaskan gold digger, discov-
erer of the klondike, is ended.
Marguerite Carmack, his widow,
agreed to a cash payment of $45,-
GOO to Graphie Grace Garma"k Sat-
tig, %, HOllister, California, born to
;srmack anu ms Irst Wac, AN an
dian girl, in Alaska after their. mar
rlage by tribal ceremony.
Nationwide interest was attracted
10 the law suits involving the $l2j,-
U00 estate when Mrs. Safiig, now
divorced and the mother of three
children, employed counsel to con
test Mrs. Carmack 5 claim TO the
whole estate.
Carmack died in Vancouver, b. c.,
several wears ago, leaving will in
which he provided that the estate be
administered according to the laws
OF the state Of Washington. 1t did
not mention the child Of his rst
wife, whom he had left in the far
north.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-19
ORANGE SHOW AT [
SAN BERNARDLNO
FORMALLY OPENS
by United Press Leased Wire

SAN BERNARDlNO. Calf, Feb.
l9.--San Bcrnardino y 18th annual
National Orange show had gala
opening, attended by approximately
10000 visitors from all sections of
the southland.
1t was Pomona and Claremont day
a. the festival today, concerts bv
the l60th infantry band and the Po-
mona college glec club, giving added
color to the exposition.
Governor Friend W. Richardson
formally opened the show, with a
brief address. He startled his audi
tors with the statements:
Not being in politics, and not
being candidate for any office,
can be permitted TO discuss state
government
The chief executive then briefly
discussed the Importance of econo-
my and law enforcement in state adj
ministration.
II. G. McAllistcr, president of the
National Orange show association,
presented the governor.
Arthur j. Brown. editor of the
san Bernardino Telegram. and vice
president of the arrange association,
delivered an address also.
t!abor"tc electrical displays are
a high light of this wears citrus
display, which will continue ten
days IN the new show palace. dedi
Gated 10 the orange.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-19
Lettuce Market

8" Demand and trading good.
market str4nser" is reported by the
Market News service for vester-
day : +. o. b. lettuce market. DUAL
ity is improving, the report com
piled by G. T.. Schultz, local reprcsen-
tative, states.
Carloads f. o. b. cash track, fiveS,
We're quoted at $l.60.l l.S0, mostly
$l.70-7j, fours mostly $2.2j.35. few
best high us $50.
Yesterdays shipments totaled los
ears from Imperial Valley. five from
Arizona, and two each from Texas
and Ohio, making a L. 5. total OF
III. Imperial Valley shippers have
ordered IL ears for today's load
ing.
Chicago reports the thermometer
1t - degrees, demand slow on account
OF weather, but market steady for
good stock. New Iork reports de
mand moderate. and market strong.
er for good stock. FOurs are selling
at good prices in practically all east
ern markets. Quotations on tives
show slight Improvement in some
eases, but ON the whole continue
low.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-19
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE
Under Section 1851 of the G.. G q

Under Section 3051 of the G. G. of
California.
To Harry Lyon, Ross T. Hickcox
The Eagle Packing Co., and 9th
ers whom it may concern:
Notice is hereby given that on
Wednesday. the third day of March.
1926, at the hour of eleven Il. m,
on the said day, ut the premises
known as j. W. Kramars Ranch,
situated > miles south of the San
Diego Highway, on the Silsbee
road, Imperial County, California,
the undersigned will sell at public
auction one grey mare weighing ap-
proxnnatelv 1900 lbs. age about :
years, branded on the left shoulder
with 4 flying-C.
Said auction and sale will be
made under and by virtue of see,
tion 1851 and 1852 of the Civil
code of California, and for the pur
pose of satisfying the lien of un-
dersigned on said mare in the sum
of $2l.00, together with the costs of
said sale, said sum being for pas
turc furnished by the undersigned
to the owners of said mare and more
than 20 days having elapsed since
said sums became due.
Dated this 18th day of February,
1926. Fl Centre, Calf.
1910 ADAM X. KRANAR.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-19
NOTICE OF CHANGE OF PRIN-
CTPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS
OF IMPERIAL VALLEY MILK
PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION.

Pursuant to the written consent
of two.thirds of the members of the
Imperial Valley Milk Producers
Association, a corporation. organic
ed aud existing under the laws of
the State of California. which con
sent has been duly filed in the of
flee of the said corporation in the
City of FL Centre, County of I'm
perlal. State of California. on the
18th day of February, 1926, and
pursuant to a resolution of the
Board Of Directors of said corpora
tiou. which resolution was duly
passed nj u regular meeting of said
-o.,rd of dlrectors. duly heed on the
l7th day of February, 1926, at
which meeting more than a quorum
OF the directors of said corporation
were present, notice is hereby Civ
en- that the principal place of busi-
ness Of said corporation is and ON
the 3lst dav of March, 1926. be
changed and removed from the City
of ri Centre. to the plant of this
corporation at Iloltville, said coun-
~ and state, after which date the
principal place of business of sal"
corporation will bc the said plant
of this corporation at lioltville,
Imperial County, California. This
notice is published by order Of the
board of directors of the Imperial
Valley Milk Producers Association.
Dated this l1th day Of February,
1926.
F. 8. WILBY,
Secretary, Imperial Valley Milk
Producers Association.
(SEAL) + 10 26 VI . T.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-19

day that present day biologists have
agreed there arc no perfect men
and no perfect women, viewing the
human from the sex angie.
The theory, said to be rs import
ant in the biological world rs the
Einstein theory of relatively III
scientific circles. was cXpounded ut
the closing session of the American
Association for the Advancement of
Science.
"The modern biologist believes
there are many factors entering into
the sex of Il person, and he is con
WINGED therefore that the marmones
secrcted by the ductlcss glands of Il
Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-19
PAGE EIGHT
Woman Is Fined
$500 and Jailed
For Mise on duct

Mike Grant and b.. Kelly, colorcd,
were before Judge Whitclaw in the
police court this morning charged
with misconduct, following their ar
rest last night by the city police.
Pleas of not guilty were entered
by the defendants and the court set
ban IN each case at $500. Later
they decided to change their pleas
TO guilty. Grant was sentenced 10
Jail for 90 days, execution of iudg-
lncnt being suspended for one year
Mrs. Kelly was fined $500 and
Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-19
Divorce Sought
By Calexico Man

Suit for divorce was filed in the
county clerk : office hy Argyle
MacLachlau, wei known Caiovico
business man. against Pa,linc Viola
MacLachlan, Naom he charges with
dr>crtion.
According to the complaint. the
MacLachlms were married ut Vie
toria, Texas, on December 20, 1919.
They have one child Argyle Mac
Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-19

Lach1an Jr.. 10 wears old. The palm
tiff has agreed to giving custody OF
the hoy 20 the defendant, providing
ARRANGEMENTS are made 50 that he
can he visited by his father ut stat
eel occasions and can be with him
during vacation.
Ault and Mckinnon are attorneys
for the plaintiff.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-19
Friday, Februaryl9, 1870 g.

prr,o, are hardly ever l00 per- ''"'
mo,c ot female, " pr. Rabcr SAID
at would be possibl" therefore
to grade members of the mama" ray. nv
ON sex percentages. \ man. for 'N,
ample, might be % per cent ma'e o'
} per cent female. :,
- In the ease of the very mahil'sl
woman, it is qaitc possible tha'
their sex percentage would snow
hioh degree of masculinity.
The worlds largest motion pl.rn,
turc studio, to cost S2,OOO,OO0 wi'l
soon be built at Hollywood, Los An
rnl.S cnnntN.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-19
THE WEATHER

Los Angeles and Vicinity.-Part-
" cloudy tonight and Saturday
with moderate temperature.
Southern California Increasing
rloudincss tonight and Saturday
lah"hIv becoming unscttlcd; mild
temperature.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-19
CLAIMS 100 P.
MEN, WOMEN ARE
EXTREMELY RARE
ny United Press Leased Wire

"E N"T'TW 'NSN T'E"~eN WIZ
PHOENIX, Ari2., Feb. l9.-Onc
hundred per cent men or women are
as rare as Alaskan gorillas, in the
opinion of modern biologists.
DIR. Oran Raber, University of
Arizona, declared in Il treatise to-
Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-19

wa. Sentenced to jail for' six months
in the county Jail, with an altcrna-
tive sentence OF one Gay in Jail for
each dollar of The fine, in case the
latter is not paid.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-19
Commissioner to Talk

~ 't''''' ~ w l''' NV II, ltl IL 1 IL
cific railroad.
Commissioner to Talk
J. r. Gahhert of Riverside. real
estate commissioner of the state of
California. will talk on the work
of his department.
"California United. = is the sub
.iect chosen by Harry Culver. preSi-
dent Of the state assoc iation, known
as the founder Of Culver City and
one of the best known realty men
in the west.
Glenn u. Willaman, secretary of
the association. will discuss the
work which the organization is do
ing.
sunday morning the visitors will
cross the line into Mexico to visit
the farm lands under cultivation
there. This part Of the program is
being arranged by H. II. Clark and
the local realty men.
The visitors will leave here some
time Sunday afternoon, returning to
Los Angeles and their homes BY WAY
of san Bernardino, where Il Visit
will hc m;Ide To the National Orange
show.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-19

Man in Spain sent Coolidge, pres
idcnt, hat, Il Spanish hat. He can
wear il to daily bull fights.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-19

With site and bond issue settled.
Escondido, san Diego county, is
having plans drawn for fine group
of high school buildings.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-19
EXPECT MORE THAN
100 REALTORS to-
ATTEND MEET HERE

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Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-19

The beet sugar mill built at Hunt
inoton Beach Is wears ago has been
dismantlod and the machine" -
ped to Wyoming n
Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-19

tors by r. f. Kelley, of the de.
rcIopment department, Southern Pa
cifiC railroad
New Britain herald., 1926-11-19
ARCTIC OWLS ARE
Seen IN STATE
Several Noticed Flying Oyer
MiddletOWn

Middletown, Conn.,, Nov. 10 P-
Snowy Owls from the Arctic regions
have been seen hereabouts and yes
terday q goshawk was killed on a
farm after it had sunk it's talons In
a turkey, So strong was the death
grip of the hawk that it required
effort to break it to release the
turkey.
Natural history stories of Middle
town We're added to when barred
owl was seen this morning on the
golden cross which surmounts the
steeple of st. Johns Catholic church
at the head of Main street. 1t was
thought the owl had been in the
church belfry searching for mice
when dawn broke and it flew to its
perch. During the morning the owl,
which was very large, fluttered
down upon the buildings of Berkeley
Divinity school.
A snowy owl, also an Arctic bird,
was found in the grounds OF the
Connecticut Insane hospital by en-
DlONPS anu duOllitl W dS lIIhSu w
dead on the meadows in the high
lands section by John Frazier of
Cromwell. A snowy owl was also
observed a few days ago on the
cornice of Hotel Arrigoni.
In all, four goshawks have been
killed here. A few, days ago State
Game Commissioner Titcomb sent
out a request to hunters to kill
these hawks which are preying on
native birds.
Dunkirk, N. Y, Nov. 10 P,-The
first great white Arctic owl to be
seen in the forests OF Chautauqua
county ir Is years was sighted to-
day by hunters in the Taffity woods
near here. The bird, which had a
wing spread of seven feet, flew off
toward the Arkwright Hills, when
hunters shot at it and missed. These
birds are rarely seen except in the
Canadian northwest,
New Britain herald., 1926-11-19
SNOW and rain IN
SEVERAL SECTIONS
New England Swept BY SeYat
Night Storm y

Boston, Nov. - R)-A generally
heavy rain storm swept along the
New England coast last night. The
Boston weather bureau recorded .
precipitation of ITS inches in
slightly more than IL hours
At Lewiston. Maine, two inches Of
rain fell in the two hours from {
to o'clock this morning. Streets
were running rivers. Cellars were
flooded and schools suspended. This
Z o'clock interurban trolley to Wa
terville was cancelled on account OF
the high wind.
Brookline, wealthy Boston sub.
urb, suffered from a small scale
flood today as a result of the down.
pour last night. Village Brook burst
its bounds and overlooked Clark
Road to a depth Of four feet. Dam.
age estimated at thousands u dol
lars was done as the waters flowed
into cellars, and undermined a part
of the Boston and Albany railroad
tracks. Traffic on the Boston
Riverside branch was re-routed.
Furnace fires were extinsuished
and in some cases gas pilot lights
put out, causing gas to leak into
residences and apartments. Gas
company employees were forced to
plunge into flooded cellars to stop
the dangerous flow.