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Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-10
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iiEBEH. Apu l0.-Thr husupcs,
meeting Of the Ladies' Aid Tas hqit
at She homt Of Mrs. NJ. H. Gavin.
Plans were made for an ice cream 500
cial An invitation FROM Mrs. Nc~-
tom H. Hudson was accepted by the
aid and they will spend the day at
lloltrilir ae her guest. Mrs. Roy
Womack was selected secretary to
s'jccccd Mrs, Wyatt Briggs, resign
ed. The nest social meeting viii
be at the home Of Mrs. l., y. Jones
with Mcsdamcs Lyon and Courtney
hostcsscs. Those present were
Mcsdamcs Roy Womack, II. II. Mil
Ter, Carl Lualliu, :. b. jones, John
Briggs, David May, G, Il. Court
nCy, +. ". FiShbun.
Miss Agnes Tozcr Of Brea, was
given Il surprise at hcr home east Of
Ilcbcr. Friends came in TO talk over
old times and spend Il social hour.
Those prcscut were ,Mr. and Mrs.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-10

Aftor dustmg off the old phono-
graph records hit them with q heavy
slcdge hammer.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-10
SEPTIC TANKS TO
Be DEMONSTRATED
HERE NEXT MONTH
System So Vital to Far
mer Has Proved to Be
No Experiment Here.
BY v. w. DE TAR.
Assistant Farm Advisor

ASSlSIdh( Fdfnl ADVISOR
During the past two years there
lave been many requests at the
farm advisors office in FL Centre,
for Information regarding the best
system TO use in disposing of sewage
Oh the farm. Fortunately the Uni
vcrsity Of California has already
given the problem thorough in
Ncstigation and has foind that the
septic tank is best suited for sew
age disposal under these conditions
During this investigation the vari-
on stypcs OF septic tanks were also
studied and type was selected
which is quite efficient and vet is
comparatively small and cheap to
construct. During the past few
wears, the university has conducted
demonstrations in many parts Of
California. showing how to construct
this particular type of septic tank.
\ large number of these septic
tanks have been constructed and
some of them have been given salts
factory service for 10 years or more
We therefore feel that we can rec
onmend to Imperial VALLEY county
farmers that they construct IA septic
tank Of this type wherever II sys-
tenn of sewage disposal is needed ON
the farm.
In April 1925, the farm advisor
arranged two septic tank dcmonstra-
tions in this county. J. F. Fair
bank, extension specialist in agricul-
tural engineering, University of
California. conducted these demon
,trations. In this way two septic
tanks of the type recommended by
the University of California, have
been constructed in Imperial Coun-
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-10
First Presbyterian

international Sunday school les
SON for April II: 1.-The Story of
Creation. Genesis III to 2:2j.
Golden test, Genesis Il: I'm the
beginning God created the heavens
uId' the carth.'
sunday morning sermon subject:
Post Easter Meditation.' Special
music by the male quartette.
Sunday evening sermon subject:
" Representative Men of the Bible
Samuel, the Seer.
4. G. IIurlJur. and Rev. George
y. Hartman will attend the rcgu-
lar spring session of Los Angeles
Prcsbytcry, IN the Wastlakc Pres
bytcrIan church, Los Angeles, Tues
day, April Is to -.
lhe laidcs guild meets Tuesday,
2:30 p. m, with Mrs F. II. McIvcr,
so Wcnsiey avenue.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-10

r. W. Fishhmr, Mr and Mrs. NJ.
II. Gavin, Mr., and Mrs. john
Briggs, Mr. aud Mr,. t. b. Jones,
MIR. and Mrs. G. Il, Courtney and
Mis-, Wyldo.nrovrc Miss Tozrr
VIII .ctug to l3rca al tae close of
tic Easter vacation.
The AllCaho home department met
at the houc Of Mrs. Wilson.
"ClotLjaE - was the subject. The
rlay hr.ng prepared by the home de
l"r,mcnt Is progressing nicely.
School prizes for better home week
demonstrations was discussed but
no action takca. Shoes, for health
wj'I be the subject of the May meet,
inG.
Those present were Mcsdamcs
Toucr Bczdcchcck, H. p. Gillespie
Of talrTico, Evnch, klintfcrg. For.
rc>trr Edna, Rose, and Mildred
Mary Kissic, Van DcrppcI. sun
s'rCm, Gr.cu, Nalcquctte, Courtney.
The next meeting will be held ON
Aprii - at the home of Mrs. sun
strum.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-10
PAGE FIVE

tv. Since that time, several such
septic tanks have been constructed
by farmers who have used these
demonstration septic tanks as mod
els.
1t is planned to arrange and con-
duet four more of these septic tank
demonstrations in this county dur.
ing the early part of Nav of this
year. We have thus far secured
only one cooperator. who has agreed
t" cooperate with the Agricultural
EXtensin Service in building such Il
demonstration septic tank. Three
more such cooperators are needed.
We therefore wish to call the at.
tcntion of Imperial Valley farmers
TO this opportunity to secure help
IN the construction Of septic tank.
Any Imperial Valley former who
plans to build II sewage disposal sys-
tenn in the near future. should visit
the farm advisor S office in the
court house at FL Centre and secure
more information regarding these
septic tank demonstrations.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-10
RICE GROWING IN
IMPERIAL VALLEY
NOW PROFITABLE
Chairman Adair Tells of
Great Advantages of
It's Sowing.

(The following communication
from Chairman Clark W. Adair Of
the soil fertility committee of the
Associated Chamber of Commerce Of
Imperial Valley is of vital inter
est 20 all residents of this region
hicc growing is to become one of
Imperial Valleys profitable crops.
| have before me Farm Bulletin
No. l24O, page >, which states that
he value per acre of the rice crop
grown in California in 1919, 1920
and 1927 was 1881, which is 3.s
times that of barley, 4.2 times that
of wheat and 3.2 times that Of
grain sorghums
Professor W. W. Mackie of Berk-
rIcy, in his report in 1927 saws:
Rice may be grown successfully
in the Imperial Valley. The Yields
secured compared favorably with
those produced elsewhere in the
state.
-Four acres of rice grown in 1928
at the Mcloland Experimental Sta
tion produced from 20o0 OF 5000
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-10
State St. Christian

"Thc Church, - will be- Rev. W.
II. Boden : SERMON subject at the
state Street Christian church tomor-
row morning, I'm the evening his
subject will be "Thc Problem of
Profit aud Loss Appropriate mu
ic will be a feature. In the eve
"ng baptismal service will be
held.
Monday and Tuesday nights the
cvanGcliStic services under Rev.
Bodrn viii continue, with the last
night being marked by lecture
ON "Cnconqucrcd Worlds. :
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-10

Upper lcft-Skeleton Of an early
citizen OF Catalina, I #. , II in
chcs high, with hands crossed and
fingers over right eye.
Upper right-Double Bowl, 6 in
ches long, carved from seattle, and
forming one of the domestic utensils
of the islanders.
l. over left-Whale fetish, Tai
isman or good luck pieces, > IL in
ches long and made from the seat
itc stone that still is quarried on
Santa Catalina.
Lower right-Miniaturp Indian
War Canoe, 9 3-4 inches long, stone
replica of war canoes of Ancient
Islanders. Uncarthed by wolkmen
at Crescent < Sumner Avenues.
That Catalina Island was the
summer playground of the mainland
" Indians > in prehistoric times,
just rs it is the white man $ play
ground today, is the interesting dis
covery made by scientists after
more than a half century of re-
search work in the hope of piecing
together the romantic history of the
ancient people, known to have in
habited the island before it's discov
cry by the Spaniards
In the finds by the many expedi-
tlons sent to Catalina under the
auspices of various inst itutions Of
archaeological research, some dating
as far back rs 1850, and including
PARTIES from Constantinoplc, Eng
Land and Germany, the Smithsonian
institute at Washington, u. G. and
more recently, the Heye Foundation
OF the American Indian, Of New
lok. 1t has been concIusivcly as
certained that ut times many more
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-10
First Baptist

Easter did not bring to Il close the
activities Of the First Baptist
church. According to preliminary
announcements made Sunday many
interesting events arc scheduled for
jhc nr"r tutmc.
: 1T am open meeting Of tAe board
ct trustees Tuesday evening it was
decided 10 recommend to lie church
Il bul!dmg pro isrt which would take
care Of the numbers and the needs
at the iafea Bible school This mat
ter will come before the church at
ihc Yuartltiv business meeting
Wednesday evening, April II. \
church dinner viii be served by the
women oH this evening and i, social
time win be enjoyed.
Mother ', day. childrcn : day and
tie Sunday School and church picnic
are coming events not far away.
All scholar> and teachers in the
Sunday School are urged to be in
their plHces at 9:i5 SUNDAY for the
opening numbers by the new orchrs-
ira. Strangers win be gladly wei
coined in the classes.
Al the morning church service
thc United Commercial Travellers
viii be special guests, as they meet
for tbcl Memorial flag day serviucr.
ltcv. G. I. Flanagan viii preach
special sermon entitled "Tral clcrs
All.
The Young Peoples meeting will
be held al $3.50.
The evening church service will
Ec at $50 with sermon by the pas
tor entitled "Chri,t's Response to
Nccd and Faith
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-10

dian tribes are found. This fact is
also borne out by the excerpts from
logs and diaries Of the early Span
ish explorers to Catalina.
There is "a great fascination in
reconstructing the history of the
ancient iSlandcrs ard the digging
for evidence Sof their mode Of life.
To fix the exact age when the earl-
est inhabitants first lived on Santa
Catalina, iS,( Of course, impossible.
When the archaeologist digs into
the tombs of Egypt he knows prac-
ticallE what to expect -- European
dates are fixed almost with absolute
certainty. But the scientists, del
wing into the past of the island
Indian, does SO with no knowledge
Of what happened on the mainland
before the white man came. Indians
are historic from the time of the ar
rival of the Caucasian, and pre-his-
toric before that time.
The traces Of early life ON Cata-
lima Island are many and varied.
Fossils, utensils, carvings, village
sites and burial 9rouuus. intrigue
the visitor with their suggestion OF
the days long before the white man
came
Many relics are to be seen. The
chief repository of these is in the
unique and imterestig museum Of
Mr.. Ralph Glidden, situated on the
western hillside of the city of Ava
Ion. Here an elaborate collection
may be viewed for Il nominal admit
tahce charge. And the seeker after
knowledge viii find that he can
spend several days profitab'y on the
island, Investigating the sites OF
the ancient nayNe settlements, bu-
rial places, etc.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-10

Indians inhabited the island than
those who were actually to it.
That the mainland Indians come
to Catalina in great hordes during
the aIbacore season to fish i'll the
sheltered wattrS of the island bays
and covcs is probable. Historians
record that the Indians of the
Southern California Coast had
canoes of great size, some seating
as many as twenty men, and man
ming as many paddles with which
they caused their craft TO glide over
the sea with incredible swiftncss
even IN very stormy weather.
Pieces of handicraft, distinctive
of the mainland tribes, and the
great sizes of the kitchen middons,
or camp grounds, quite out of pro-
portion to the number of native
inhabitants as estimated from the
extent of their burial grounds, all
strengthen the theory of annual mi
grati0nS to Catalina from the main
lHnd The equable climate and the
plentiful store of food within easy
access, such us great schools of al
bacorc, barracuda, yellowtail, tuna,
and herds of sea elephants and otter
near the island shores, during the
warm months of the year, no doubt
brought the Indians from across the
Channel to establish their summer
camps at Catalina,
These "lndianS were distinct
ly different tribe than the "Sho-
shOncan Indian. But there eyi-
IDENTIFY existed a friendly intercourse
between the Islanders and their
guests from tie mainland and their
study of the relics found in THEN.
mounds and burial grounds, few evil
drnrcS OF cnnflict with nt thrr In
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-10

pounds per acre. The market value
of some Of this rice was over $3.50
per acre.
Prof, Mackic,s speech. March 20
at Imperial. was very interesting. as
he described rice as a service crop.
tie was employed to solve the soIl
fertility problem for the Yauli
kiver farmers in Mexico. He found
that the weeds had taken posse
SION of the country and advised
rlce growing to kill out the weeds.
Rice is now grown in rotation with
other grain crops and the farmers
are now prosperous.
Sour clover and bur clover were
the weeds mentioned. These weeds
are making rapid advancement in
the Imperial Valley. The expert
ments with rice shows that the al
kaiies are washed deep into the
soil where they do little harm.
Rice culture improves the soil for
other crops and is adapted for heavy
clay lands.
Farmers who have heavy clay
Iand should arrange to plant few
acres this year for seed. Seed iS
high and costs IS to $40 per acre.
The flooding of the land for sew.
craI months while Il rice CROP is
growing washes the organic soil poi
sons deep into the soil as we'll rs
tine alkali. Rice appears to take
thr place of lcgume green manure
crops as the soil is filled with mn.
merouS roots which soon decay and
furnish carbon for the nitrogen fix.
ing bacteria to live upon.
have several Garties wilIiug tn
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-10
Roads Must Stop
Discrimination
Ey United Press LEASED Nire


WNSIjiNGTON, April l0 The
Northern Pacific. the Union Pacific
and the Milwaukee railroads were
today ordered by the intcrstatH
commerce commission to establish
new thorough routes at Joint rates
fom Pacific coast ports to points m
Idaho, North Dakota and Mime
sofa for the Nelson Steamship com
pauy Mt san Francisco.
The commission found that the
carriers Disseminated against this
$ 'camShip line and ordered the same
basis Of rates that was accorded the
harific and the Mccormick steam
ship lines from the various ports
along the Pacific coast to the in
terror.
The Great Northern agreed to
establish the rate requested prior
to the order,
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-10
SPORTSMAN PICKS
CARLARIS TO WIN DERBY

FRENCH LICK, Ind, April 10
Ben Block, track man and owner of
Norwich, picks Calaris to win the
kentucky derby next month. Block
is less interested in the derby, how
ever, than in the four colts of Nor
vlch, which have been shipped to
New York. These two year olds,
Mormaak, Mormine, Morgohd and
Morbeile, soon will run their first
races.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-10
TIIYE AND EDWARDS
WILL MEET AGAIN
ny initrd Press Leased Wire

PORTLAND, Ore, April 10 Ted
Thye, idol Of local wrestling fans
and Billy Edwards of Kansas City,
whose boat here Wednesday. night
cnded in a fight between Edwards
and the referee will meet again next
Wednesday night.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-10

finance 10 acre plots for rice.
CLARK W. ADAIR.
Chairman Soil Fertility Committee
of the Associated Chamber of
Commerce of imperial Valley.
Evening star., 1926-12-15

PALAIS ROYAL-4rt NeedIework--Mdin Floor
Evening star., 1926-12-15
Fast Assortment of Gift Suggestions!
Art Novelties
Unique and appropriate things easily
found for every one on your list!

Bread Board and Knife,
Candlesticks, mahogany fin
ish, 4oc and 60c.
Red Christmas Candles, sets
of 4, soc and 6oc.
Fancy Candles, 19c box.
Lace-covered Boudoir Pill
lows, $1.25.
Sofa Cushions, $Z.o5 to
$13.95.
Embroidered Towels, soc
and $l.10.
Scrap Baskets, ST.
PALAIS ROYAL-Art
Evening star., 1926-12-15

Fruit and Flower Baskets,
$1.75.
Shoe Trees and Powder
Puffs, soc.
Kewpie Dolls, 35c and soc.
Bayberry Candles, 2oc and
45c pair.
Duck Salt and Pepper Shak-
ers, 39c pair.
Farmerette Dolls, $1.2o.
Georgette Bed Lights, $3.z5.
Boudoir Lamps, sos.
Chinese Brasses, $I.25 each.
Card Trays, Candlesticks, Rose
Bowls, Cigarette Trays in
set of 3.
Floor
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-17

sections on wages and hours. Wages
ust be reduced. This is the single
ositive point In all the voluminous
eDort Of the commission.
Wages must be reduced. On hours
he commission recommend no change
Unless the miners should freely pre-
er some extension OF hours with a
SIS reduction Of wages"), not out Of
ny consideration for the men, but on
The frankly business grounds that any
-xtension OF hours can only mean in
creased output, when the problem is
llready to find sale for the present
output, or alternatively a wholesale
discharge of men, thus simply swell
.ng the states unemployment prob
lem; and. further, any extension of
hours would make the British miners
hours longer than in any important
area on the continent except Upper
Silesia, thus leading to renewed ex-
tensions In competition and further
overstocking OF the market,
But wages must be reduced, The
1924 agreement must be cancelled,
and q return made to the minimum
Of the 1871 agreement Preached after
The knockout blow of BLACK Fri,
day")--a reduction Of 1923, The 1921
minimum Is fixed at 2Ob above 1914;
the cost Of living is Official returned
1T 75Ts above. But even this Is not
enough. Wages must be fixed at an
economic" level "rhis does not
mean simply a return to the minimum
of 1891, 1. O., uniform reduction Of
90 on the present minimum per-
centage, In some districts less may
DO needed, in others more, II win
70 for the mine owners and the min
ers to carry out by negotiation the nee.
ssary downward revision of district
mInima. There is thus TO be no limit
% tho process OF reduction.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-17

Alongside of these proposals are set
customary recommendations for sim
proved labor elations"-compulso
profit sharing. joint pit committees,
family allowances tout Of the work
ers' wages). annual holidays with pay
("when prosperity returns"D and so
forth.
Prospects.
THO sum up the effect Of the commits
sion's proposals.
First, there is to be no attempt az
the unification which alone can tackle
the industry's problems,
Second, profits and royalties are 70
be left untouched, Royalties, which
were In some danger OF general at
tack, are to be guaranteed for the fu-
ture by the process of national purG
chase. Profits. which are admitted In
many cases to be higher than pre-w1r.
are left uncriticized and unassailed:
inflated capital IS not TO be written
on; instead earnings ON It ara 10 be
found by the reduction of wages. ana
this is regarded as bringing the in
dustry to an economic" level
Third, the reduction Of wages IL
therefore the essence Of the commits
slon's proposals. This is the only
path forward to sterilization which
British capitalism can see.
The labor movement, in the words
Of the trade. union general council.
stands pledged to "the united support
OF the miners In defense OF mo re-
duction Of wages and no increase In
working hours.
These pledges win now DO put to
the test. The united front Of RED
Friday" win need to be maintained In
a more serious conflict, which win in.
evitably raise larger issues.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-08-11
AIR RELIABILITY

Twenty one manufacturers have entered 81 planes
IN the second annual commercial arplane reliability
tour, which starts from Detroit. Ernest Greenwood
special assistant to Herbert Hoover has been named to
accompany the tour the governments representa-
tive
Such announcements as this have become almost
routine in character. Yet when one casts an eve back
over the very short period of years since human flying
began there cannot help but be romantic and adven
turous thrill about them.
With distance abolished with the elements con-
quered, what is left for to do? Yet that is the
question asked after every crude invention which
promised different aspect. Life keeps on assuming
new and temporary-aSpects. Fundamentally it re-
mains the same. Trains matter of fact auto
mobiles as much Arplane transportation is on the
way to dull everydayness.
But "the world is all before u.s. where TO choose
And beyond the world, the universe
Imperial Valley press., 1926-08-11
HE4THENISH' CHOJR,S

The chautauqua institution director Of music is
said to be distressed about church music at the present
time 1t is his view that church music is more often
Goddess quartet singing heathenish music in an un-
known tongue than God fearing choir eve are spend
ing Sl6O00O00 on church music every year and we get
less than per cent of worship and genuine hepfuness
out of It, 1t is Just another form of entertainment of
matinee singing"
Many persons will not agree with him, because thev
find the dignity and beauty and solemnty of the well
qualified quartet suited TO church orship than
the old volunteer choir which often had more zeal than
talent. Yet it is easy to understand what he means
bers who were Interested in the church and its ser
bers who were interested in he church a nd its ser
vices The modern paid choir often made up of good
singers who merely earning their living and whose
religious sentiments may be far from the ones express
ed in the sacred songs they sing
Still, isn't the director going little too far when
he recalls the old volunteer choir as wholly good and
describes the modern choir as "heathensh?" Weren't
there occasional scandals and good deal of Jealous
rivalry and not ! tile unpleasant gossip in the old
chors which must have detracted somewhat from
their worship percentage?
Imperial Valley press., 1926-08-11
A RECORD AUTOMOBILE YEAR

Automobile production is by no means an infall-
ble index to trade conditions for the makers are hu-
man and optimistic to boot. But the efforts of the
producing companies stimulated or diminished by
anticipaticns based horough-gong study of basic
trends and they therefore, be regarded as reflect
ing about the best opinion available.
In the first six months of 1926 the American
motor industry set high record for output with
2,176281 passenger and 272,9O3 trucks and all
though June and July have shown the expected reces
sion from peak production the shrnkage less con-
spicuous than that of year ago.
In recent years production from January to July
has approXlmated 90 cent of the IL months tota
and that from July to December AZ per cent If 1926
prove normal year, this country will produce more
than 4,6O0yOOO cars and trucks before December 81
and present business conditions and crop prospects
hold no threat of impending depression
The industry as whole never in better shape
financially. A record season seems assured Its in
fluence upon other industries which supply raw ma
eras and parts fuel and tires, will 90 far to assure
many months of that reasonable prosperity which is
the best kind of all.