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Observation-Disclosures.

After producing ladies at will frop,
thin air and empty cabinets. bIoodless.
y cutting off a gentleman's head. arm,
and leg, and producing about 3 miles
ana half Of ribbon from a bowl of
water IN the long list of magic iIIu-
sions before a capacity audience at thl
Belasco Theater last night. Houdini
oDened 4 discussion on sniritnalie11,
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MUTTAI-"Rcd Hot"

Frank Harcourt. with his own show,
Red Hot" is the attraction at Jack
Garrisons Mutual Theater this week.
Ilarcourt is a well known figure on
the burlesque stage, and his comedy
and eccentric dancing are as good as
ever He is assisted by Eddie Muir
ply, Il newcomer on the Mutual cir
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cult. Mr.. Harcourt has gathered an
excellent cast of principals in Vivian
Lawrence, Libbie Hart, Babe Law
renee, Joe Devlin. Bert Lester and
Spot, a clever little fox terrier. Vivian
Lawrence, the poppy soubrette of the
show, deserves mention for her fine
dancing and all-around vivacity.
Red Hot" boasts of n Snappy
chorus, who do their dances in a lik-
able manner and in pretty costumes.
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his present vehicle, and it was en-
Enthusiastically received by q large au-
dience.
Gilpin's appearance here is of some
thing more than ordinary interest to
drama lovers, and even in Commute
skit of quite limited merit this gifted
actor, with his fine resonant voice,
rises to dramatic heights and demon
'strates an ability that cannot be de-
MED.
IN Dahomey, musical comedy,
the other entertainment provided, is a
composite of syncopation, comedy,
jazz and musical numbers.
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"California Fig Syrup"

When your child is constipated. bill
ious. has cole, fcvcrish breath. coat
ed tongue or diarrhea. a teaspooniul
of genuine California Fig Syrup
sweetens the stomach and promptly
cleans the bowels OF poisons, gases,
bile. souring food and waste. Never
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THE Dutch Detective"

1.-The Dutch Detective" n farce by
Walter Ben Hare, presented by the
Holy Rosary Players, received a warm
welcome last night at ST. Mary's Hall.
Paul Messink directed this comedy
which is based on the ridiculous stu
alton of an ignorant Dutchman aspir-
ing to become a detective.
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a number Of countries have ar
ranged to he represented officially at
the international exhibition for in
land navigation and the utilization
Of hydraulic power TO be held in
Basel, Switzerland, July l to Septem-
Der Is.
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cramps or overacts. Children love lis
delicious taste.
Ask Your druggist for genuine Cal
ifornia Fig Syrup. which has full di-
rcctions for babies and children OF
all ages plainly printed on bottle
Mother. You must say California
or you may get an imitation tig syrup
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-19

mands than Stallings' Charmaine, of
What Price Glory" fame
The picture is a Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer production, picture for the
world to see.
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dry laws now are before the Legis-
lature. They are designed to provide
control Of diStilleries and breweries.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-11
No. l0366-Dept ..
SUMMONS
In the Superior Court of the State
Of California, in and for the
County of Imperial

J. :. STROBEI., Plaintiff.
vs.:
F. f. NELLIS & COMPANY. n cor
poration, Defendants.
The People of the State of Cali
fornia Send Greeting to +, +. Ncllis
x Company, corporation, Dcfen-
dauts.
You are Hereby Directed TO Ap.
pear and answer the Complaint in
an action entitled as above. brought
against you in the Superior Court
of the County of Imperial, State Of
California. within ten days after
tire service on YOU Of this Sum
mons-if served within this county;
or within thirty days if served else
where.
And YOU are hereby notified that
unless yOu appear and answer as
above required, the said Plaintiff
will take judgment for any money
or damages demanded in the coIa
plant, as arising upon contract, or
he will apply to the Court for any
other relief demanded in the Com
plant.
Given under my hand ana the
seal Of the Superior Court of the
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia, this 10th day of July, 1925.
c. G.. MOUSSEAU. Clerk.
BY G. F.. Williford, Deputy Clerk.
(SEAL)
Hickcox & Trude, Attorneys for
Plaintiff.
F Is 30 81 Nc 13 90 % A 10
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-11
TAKE STEPS FOR
ORGANIZATION OF
CITY BAND HERE

One of FL Ccntro's great ~ivi,
needs, city band. is about to b,
met following an enthusiastic meet
ing Of musicians last night wher
he organization Of band. spon
,orcd by the local Sciots. was under
taken.
Although ii had been planned
only to hold meeting 20 talk things
over, AL the musicians brought their
Instruments with Them. and follow
ing "a few preliminaries, they deter
mined TO practice and did 50 for
s.veral hours.
Tn meeting was held in Herb
Holt 5 shop at Sixth and State
street. More adequate quarters for
frhcarsalS Will he obtained in the
near future.
Nick Novak, with wears of eX-
Dcricnce as hanaSman and leader,
has been chosen TO lead the new or
ganization Membership is not linn
tied to members of the Sciot order.
and anyone who can play a musical
instrument Is urged to come ont for
practice. At present the band has
plenty of brass but is shy ON reed
Instruments.
Last night 5 meeting showed that
El Centre has several crack bands
men. including one modest member
Of the community who played the
cornet for several years with Sou>a :
band and according TO his fellow
players he can make the cornet
"foll over and play dead.
AN American town Of nearly
10000 people without a band, is Il
rarity Holt said today. 1.-The
TOWN band is as American as the !
Fourth Of July or apple pie, and we
hope to be able to give FL Centre
a musical organization that it can (,
be proud of, and that will give this /
city a reputation in musical circles /
throughout the state. -
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-11
Edison Co. Head
Saves Self From
Term in Bastile

SANTA ANA, Calf. Mar. H.
John d. Miller, president of the
Southern California Edison com
pany, probably saved himself a
sentence of five days in the county
iail Yesterday for alleged speeding
by exercising change of venue
privilege.
Accused Of driving 50 miles an
hour, the water and power king
was to appear before Justice x. f.
Morrison here today for sentence.
Justice Morrison has made an ada
mant practice of jailing all speeders
who who drive more thsn 40 miles an
Millcr's attorney arranged for
him to appear at Seal Beach next
Friday instead,it having been shown
he was arrested in Seal Beach town.
snip and might plead before another
justice.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-11
LUXURIES OF GOVERNMENT IN .
CALIFORNIA COME HIGH: TAX BILL
JUMPS $250,0O0,O00 in 5 YEARS

OF traffic in our cities and other
hundreds to control traffic on the
public highways. Additional police
courts, mace necessary by the i'm
mcnSc volume of motor traffic. con,
tribute to the burden of taxation.
civic pride, with its demand for
parks, play grounds. golf links.
memorial halls, ornamental lighting
system and paved streets, adds its
quota to the other increasing actiN.
iticS of the public service.
Taxation is one of the most i'm
portant of the states prohlcmS,
Rilcv believes, hut only recently, hr
said has there been amy very gen
cral realization that the question
must be considered seriously If
stable economic development is to
Lr maintained in California. While
the tax bin in the state has doubled
in five wears. property values. which
are assessed to finance public activ-
iticS. have increased in value about
10 per cent, he said.
lndiScrctionS in the extensive
marketing Of bond issues have mort
gagged the future to such an extent,
he added, that the necessary financ-
my of essential public construction
will maintain the charges for inter
est and sinking funds 1T their pres
cut level fer many years to come.
y general serapping of governments
tai agencies other than those of or
B.. 4
Ter thinks unlikely, while require
memts for accommodating steady
increase in population are sure TO
complicatc what is already n diff
cult situation.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-11
REGISTRATION
CLOSES SOON
ON CITY VOTE

Voters are reminded by County
Clerk Cal MousSeau that Saturday is
the last day for registration in>order
to he eligible for elections in the
cities. and for school elections in
the county and city.
Under the law, voters who have
not been registered by March Is.
will be ineligible to vote at any
election until they have registered.
The next period for registration
will not occur until a short time be
fore the August primaries.
As FL Centre has a city election
the second week in April, all those
desiring to vote at that time are
urged to register at once.
Mrs. f. :. Strickler, registration
clerk, will be on duty in front of
Narney Brothers store Friday and
Saturday afternoons. in order to
give those who have neglected TO
register thus far, AN opportunity
q do 50.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-11
GRAPEFRUIT men
HOLD FIELD MEET
in NEARBY GROVE

Approximately 100 men largely
representing the farming industry
of the south end Of the valley. AT.
tended last night : meeting of tn,
grapefruit institute, which will
/ close tonight of a successful two day
This afternoon the growers will
adjourn to the grapefruit orchards
of G. +. Conant near this city for
field work. and the institute will bt
concluded with REPETITION of lasl
night 5 program. to be given al the
Brawlcv high school for the benefit
Of the north end residents.
W. R. Schoonover, citrus special
ist Of the agricultural extension
service. one of the out of town
the institute, delivered the first talk
at last night 5 meeting, at which +.
L. Garthwaite. farm advisor. prcsid.
Cd
" Fundamentals for Successful
Grapefruit Orchard Management,
was SchoonOvcr 5 subject. Good
sell. trees of proper parentage, prop
or protection from sun, frost and
wind, disease control. fertilization
and soil moisture were named by
SchOOn0ver as the fundamentals To
hc watched.
Robert W. Ilodgson, professor or
snbtropical horticulture ut the Uni
versity Of California, made one of
the outstanding talks Of the insti-
tute ON "Status of the Grapefruit
Industry in the United States.
IiOdgson 5 talk was of particular
interest, as he has just returned
from investigating the grapefruit
Industries Of Florida and Texas,
California S principal competitors.
Grapefruit production is due to
increase bv leaps an dbounds during
the next few wears, according ~
llodgson who cited figures shown =
huge acreage Increases. Florida has
% 900 acres not vet in hearing. and
bat ono third Of its $4,000 acres is
in full bearing, and the crop can DE
raised there much more chcaplv. h"
stated
Texas has lj00c acres at the pres
cnt time, with $4,000 acres coming
on and an estimated 10000 addi.
iionaI to be planted this season,
IIodgson declared. California has
approximately 5000 acres bearing,
Of which 800 is in Imperial Valley,
with approximately 5000 additional
not in bearing in this county.
Other interesting data was given
by Prof. II. J. Quavle, entomol0gist
Of the citrus experiment station OF
the university, who spoke on the
trips at present infcsting local or
chards. Quayle states that the
thrips are grain thrips, and not truc
citrus thrips. He believes that
spraying with two per cent lime
sulphur solution may bring the de-
sired results. and that grower
should conduct experiments along
this line.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-11
RESOLUTION OF INTENTION
TO SELL
In the Matter of the Sale of Real
Property by FL Centre School
District

Whereas. it appearing to the
Board of Trustees of FL Centre
School District that no public
school is being maintained on Block
BIB. Townsite of FL Centre. also
known as Washington School Site;
and
Whereas. i. is the intention of
said Board of Trustees to sell said
property;
Therefore, Resolved; That IT is
hereby declared to be the intention
of said Board of Trustees 70 sell all
the right, title and interest Of said
Ell Centre School District in and TO
the following described real proper
tv. in one parcel, to the highest
bidder, upon the terms and eondl'
tions hereinafter mentioned, to-
wit:
Block BIB, Townsite of FL Cen
tro. also known as Washington
School Site, bounded by state
Street on the north, by Second
Street on the east, by Olive on
the south and by New Street on
the west. Situdt', il'"S 49,
ing in the City of FL Centre.
County of Imperial, state OF
California.
The minimum price for which
said property will be sold is Elgh'
teen Hundred Dollars (sls0o.oo,)
PAYABLE in cash.
The time for receiving and con
sidering sealed proposals to pur.
chase said property is hereby fixed
for Thursday, the lst day OF April
1926, at public regular meeting
Of said Board Of Trustees to be heid
nj the office Of the District sup,
erintendent at the Wilson School
Ru;lding. Main Street, in said CITY
of El Centro, at s o clock p. m. OF
said day. ,,ro
FORREST KUTZ.
BOARD Of Trustees Of III Ccnfro
School District.
Dated March 3rd, 1925.
NJ II 1s o5 A !
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-11
GAY LUXURY in
GAY PAREE SEEN
IN SATAN FILM

"Satan in SablcS the Warnt.
picture which comes to the Palacc
thcatcr tonight ) - romance &c rrc.
war PARIS, in which Lowed sherman
pays y Russian prince, who !ndulgeN
himself in every luxurious vice. hut
who keeps his satanic diS>ipationS
secret from his Younger brother.
Paul. sanity youth. who is The
Prince : one decent center Of affcc-
tjon>.
The story written for the screen
lv Bradley King. concerns the re
vcngc taken on the Prince by a
discarded mistress. who arouScS
Paul's love in order TO wreck the
boy : career.
'S1tan in Nahlc>, produced un-
Ger the direction Of James Flood. i
rcp>rtcd a> enc af the most glamor
ous pictures Of many seasons. With
the backbone Of a strong. stirring
plot. the dirrcto9 is said ia have pa.
the flesh and blood of vivid lives
IL to the body Of the picture. he
settings are said to be truly beauti-
ful. eNuding the atmosphere Of mag
nficient luxury in which most Of
tie action takes place.
Associated with Mr.. sherman in
the east are ,jotn Harron, as thH
roune brother. Gertrude A>tor as
lie discarded mistress. and Pauline
4aron as gay little canine from
he Paris streets who aromses the
roflgate prince : passionate devo-
ION. Others in the east are Frank
3utler, Francis J. Mac Donald,
Frances Ray mond, Otto Hoffman,
Richard Botsford, Richard Barry.
md Don AlVarado.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-11
River Vanishing,
New Lake Forms

SHARON SPRINGS, Kan,
March IA volcanic shaped lake
is slowly fillin" with water here
and and the bed of the Smoky Hill
river is disappearing asa result of
:, Subtcrranean disturbance which
started Yesterday.
The river bed took a drou of
nearly 200 feet Yesterday, leaving .
h"!c reported over lJu feet N,u"
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-11
By WALLACE KUNKLE
United Press Staff Correspondent

SACRAMENTO. Cal, March -
AS long as CalifornianS demand
the uNuricS Of government they
must expect to pay for them when
the tax bills come in.
In other words neither California
nor any other state can have eight
cylinder sport car governmental op-
crat on and hope to get by on eN-
pcndiiurcS which would have been
amplc 10 run the horse and buggy
regimes of grandfather : day.
such was the thought expressed
hv Raw l.. Riley. state controller, in
an interview with the United Press
todav i'm which lie cited that within
five wears the tax bin for state,
county and municipal functions has
increased from $3.50. 0o0.0 .000 to $500
0ta. 900.
Expect Many Luxuries
We have became luxurious in our
private life aud il naturally follows
that we expect ot government many
mxuric> that perhaps might be dis
peu>cd with without detriment to
the state ar its political Sfb-divis-
ions, Riley explained. AT least
We can / have our cake and eat ii,
too. and that i precisely the present
situation - the people on one hand
ale dccrving high taxes and. on the
other are continuously demanding
more and better government.
The invention of the automobile
.ud its almOSt universal Use is n "
pical illustration Of the effect of the
changed conditions of living that
have resulted i'll the expenditures of
many millions of dollars in road
building programs.
Traffic Expenses
Thousands of traffic officers are
employed to handle the congestion
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-11
WOMAN, ALLEGED
CHILD MURDERER.
GIVES EVIDEN CE

STOCKTON, Cal., March u. -
Mrs. Louisa Zamora. charged with
numbering four-Ncar-"le lcnora
Aguilar. her adopted child. was the
opening witness Of the defense in
.IUdgc Millcr'S court here today.
The prosecution closed by re
calling Coroner Oscar Pope to cor
Ioboratc details &c finding the littl"
qirl : body and its id"utificatiou.
Two physicians also added their
testimony ON this regard.
Mrs. Xamora took the stand
shortly before noon and started to
relate the history of thc ZachariaS
boy She met with continual
lime # objections by District Attor-
ucv Van Nraukcn. most of which
were sustained. and when the noon
?diorrnmcut was taken. little prog
rc>S had been made in telling h,r
story.
The courtroom was again Jam.
med with eager listeners.
Mrs. Zamora was arrested a.
Hrawlcv several weeks ago When
chief Fox Of the police department
recognized her from 4 photograph
On a circular sent out by the police
ut Stockton. She de
uicd her identity but this WAS def
imtclv established by Officers FROM
+ racv, where the crime WIS commit.
ted. \ man with whom she WAS
living ut the time WAS arrested or
suspicion of being her husband, also
in connection with the
.rimc, hut he was later released
when police were unable to identify
iim.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-11

In Chicago. a maniac ran wild in
Z taxi. This. however. Shouldn he
onsidered unusual there.
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likely to go slow financially. for fear
OF ii financial crisis interfering With
his projects. He may put the coun-
try on q Spartan regime in order to
have the money to spend on mis- army,
but. while he knows practically moth
ing and cares even less about the de
tail of the inner economic develop
ments, he at least knows the con
sequences OF a budget that does no:
balance.
The type of foreign investment in
Poland for the development Of the
cities and OF Industries which began
during the past two years are hardly
likely TO be discouraged by him. 1t
is small to date. hardly more than
$50 900 900
Poland can stand an enormous in
crease in foreign investment on ac-
count of it having no debt from the
past. The only debts that exist are
Sl78. 200 900 to the United States. "a
billion and half gold francs else.
where, and a total of $55 000. 900 con
tracted privately in the United States.
Compared with other national debts
IL is next to nothing. For great
federated olish-Lithuanian-Ru then-
ian state. such as Pilsudski has in
mind, Il is even less.
Copyright. 1920
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minister of war. According to his
conception. the minister of war of
the inspector general of the army is
more important than all the rest
While preparing Poland for its his
toric role he feels free to dip his
fingers into everything that is going
on.
To him Poland is military state
and everything else is secondary. The
President is his stenographer and the
premier his office boy. The real
power is right around him. He has
his own political cabinet and the state
is built on the army. which in turn
is built on his own iegionnaires.
This is not a very tranquilizing
picture, either for immediate Euro
pean peace or disarmament, but these
are matters about which Joseph Pill
sudslli is not concerned. His thoughts
are of the destiny of the Polish people.
He believes they will never get any
where as they are, and a man who
has given his whole life TO freeing
his people is certain to place their
destiny above all things.
Pilsudski has just given an idea of
what kind of man he is. When he
decided he wished to take the leader
ship of the Polish people again, moth
ing stopped him. The few hundred
people killed in Warsaw during his
coup d'etat could not deter him. lie
could be no more constrained by con-
siderationS of that kind than We're
Lenin and Trotsky when they set up
the Tcheka to dispatch the counter
revolutionary Russians. Pilsudski
has revolutionary mind like theirs,
though turned TO other ends.
AS first marshal of Poland, hob
nobing with Marshal Foch, PilSudski
has looked to the rest OF the world
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There Is still another way Of Look
ing at Poland. 1t was divided for 100
years into three parts. The German
Poles are German trained. Like the
Germans. they say of the way the
other Poles do things, "Poinishe
Wirtschaft," the cOntemptuous Ger
man expression for things done In
disorderly manner. The Russian
Poles are Slavonic, easier going; their
territory runs off in great stretches
over prairie and forest. Theirs Is the
tradition of revolution. They are
''romantisch." say the German Poles
contemptuously.
Poles of Galicia.
Then there are the Austrian Poles,
most of whom took advantage Of the
opportunities Emperor Franz Josef
Of Austria offered them and developed
Galicia into one OF the richest prov
inces in Europe. They are as good
patriots as any, but, on the whole.
they have pleasanter memories OF the
past.
Add to these the Russian Poles.
who pioneered Russian industry. Half
OF the engineers who developed Rus
STA were Poles. They are back in
Poland now because they had to leave
Russia Curiously, they are the most
modern. the most western. They are
not of the old feudal world, which still
exists to some extent in Poznan and
in Galicia; nor are they filled with the
romantic aspirations Of the Poles
from old Russian Poland. To them
Pilsudski is an eccentric, a charlatan,
an Oriental paladin. a militarist who
figures with bayonet when he needs
a pencil.
The PoZnan and Galician Poles
fear chiefly that f'ilsudski will divide
their estates. The Socialists have
supported him, partly because they
expect him to divide them, though
chiefly, of course, through old asso.
citation. However, Pilsudski may
turn he is one of theirs. He will
never turn. like Mussolni, from So
cialist to Socialism . arch enemy. The
fortuitous circumstance that the
Polish struggle for freedom and the
social revolution worked together for
a generation allies them for the rest
of PilSudskis career.
II is possible the outside world
will not hear very much about Pill
sudSki during the coming months.
but Poland will know he is there.
He intends to reconstruct the state