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Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-13
Elks Dance to Be
Enjoyable Affair

Nothing is being left undone by
the committee in charge OF the Elks
Charity Ball to prevent the affair
from being one of the most enjoy
able events given in FL Centro this
year, it was stated today.
The ball viii be given tomorrow
night in the Elks lodge home on
Main street and the general public
is invited to attend. p. NJ Cru
well. exalted ruler Of the lodge, ask.
ed today that it be specifically stat.
ed that the ball is not limited to
members of the Elks order.
Dancing will start at 9 o'clock
and will include number of nov
city numbers. AS stated in vester-
day 5 Press, three prizes will be
awarded to the three ladies who
make the best guesses in unique
contest on the names of the various
pieces to be played by the orchestra.
The lodge rooms are being clever
~ decorated for the occasion and
delightful time is assured all who
attend.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-13
Divorce Action
Transferred Here

A lively divorce battle is prom.
ised in the case of Myrtle Boone
against II. l.. Boone, recently trans
ferred to the local superior court
from Los Angeles county. The de-
fcndant through his attorney, c. l..
Brown this morning filed a cross
complaint at the county clerk ) Of
flee.
Boone denies practically all the
allegations made by his wife in the
mplaint He denies i'll treatment
and having performed acts against
the plaintiff which were unfit for
recording in the complaint, but
which she declared in that docI-
ment would be placed before the
court.
In his charges he claims that the
cross s-defendant was in company
with another man on numerous oc-
casions and that the eross-complain-
ant, suffered cruel treatment at her
hands. He cites cases in which the
cross defendant struck him with her
fists, blackening both his eyes and
causing his nose TO bleed.
Both parties sought to gain a di.
vorce at previous trial held here
but neither was awarded a decree.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-13
PERSONALS

Miss Pearl Shipman of Los An
geles arrived in the city yesterday
afternoon and will remain over the
week end as the guest of DR.. and
Mrs. Edwin Q. Carter.
Mrs. F. l.. Bragg of Calexico was
visitor in the city yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Tondro are
spending o few days in Los An
geles, where Mr.. Tondro is attend
ing to business matters. They
were accompanied on their trip by
G. T. Goodrich CT Minnesota, who
is spending the winter in California
and has been visiting relatives in
FL Centre.
George Bennitt, editor of thl
Holtville Tribune, was a business
visitor in the city today.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-13
FUR WILL FLY
AT CALEXICO'S
/ ARENA TONIGHT

With double main event and 4
double semi-final, plus curtain
raiser. all totalling 2s rounds, the
CaleNieo American Legion is offer
ing one of the best fight cards III
the valley tonight at the Legion
arena, first bout 10 be called at
S:45.
Tony Escalante and Bob Thomas
ere scheduled for the first half of
the main go, with Kid Mex and
Ernie Goozeman due TO perform in
the last half. Both these fights
should be whirlwinds, with all the
men evenly matched.
Second only to the main events
are the semi finals. which bring to-
gether Young Firpo of Brawlev and
Al Young of Fl Centre in one half
while Battling Johnson and Homer
Gaines are to perform in the other
\ oung and Firpo have both knocked
out Jimmy Milo, and tonight g fra
cas- between them should be full of
action. Gaines and Johnson are
fighting return battle. johnson
having scored shade decision over
the cOlorcd boy two weeks ago.
De La Fuente and Pelican XII
lal, will open the show. De La Fu-
cnte has not been seen in action
heretofore this year and is report.
ed in good shape after long layoff.
The pelican is newcomer,
whom Cap Stevens says will throw
plenty of gloves.
The card has attracted plenty OF
attention throughout the valley and
large crowd is expected to see it.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-13

Dairying in Oregon has gained so
per cent during the past five years.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-13
OPENING GAMES
IN BIG LEAGUES
RUN TO FORM
Three Veteran Hurlers
Get Bumped in Start of
Pennant Race.
BY HENRY T.. FARRELL.
Omitted Press staff CORRESPONDENT

NEW YORK, April l3.-.An
axiom Of baseball saws opening
games mean nothing. 1t S the stand
ing on July that counts
That doesn I mean. of course. that
early games do not count in the
final computation hut that by mid.
season the STAYING and playing. pow.
cr OF the ppnnant contenders can b"
more accurately computed.
To such clubs as the Philadelphia
Phillies and the Boston Red Sox,
who can hit Il tie for first place for
once in the wear by winning tn.
first game, the opener is a game al
Importance.
To stronger clubs, the Inspiration
4! value of a quick start is import
ant, as was shown in the case of
the New York Yanks last year.
When the season opened in 1926
the Yanks were considered Just one
OF those clubs that were needed on
the schedule, but they got off "a
such q flying start that they had
enough wind left TO outstep the late
season challenge of the Cleveland
Indians. even though they were
stale and all out of step.
The opening games do give some
material for the use of the dope
| pencil. however.
The Pittsburgh Pirates, rated by
many critics rs the favorite for the
! National league championship. won
their starter against the Cincinnati
Reds, another contender. The Pr
ates also handed the first defeat OF
the season to Pete Donohue. ace Of
the pitching staff upon which the
Reds have TO depend so strongly.
Donohue, however, was handicap
ped by two runs scored in the first
inning and he was showing :: lame
ann in the late days of the exhibi-
ton tour.
Senators Miss Johnson
Washington, depending almost
entirely on Coveleskie until Walter
Johnson 3 broken ankle mends
enough to permit him to take 4 reg
ular turn. did not look so good when
Covelcskic had to he. relieved in the
fifth inning while the team WAS
still ahead.
Coveleskie is said to have a lame
back. hanging over since he pitched
in his last world series, with tape
around him from his shoulders TO
his hips. If he is not able to pitch
full game with commanding
lead, the chances of the Washington
club have to be reduced plenty.
The hitting power of the New
York Giants was shown in their
opener. OF course they were play
ing against the Phillies but it
should not be overlooked that they
started against Carlson, one Of The
best pitchers in the league. r
The lusty stick work of the iahAs
which has been figured to overcome
the weakness of the pitching depart
ment, was shown in the attack on
Lefty Grove, admitted to be about
the greatest left handler in the
game.
The failure of Alexander to go
the limit for the Cards was also Of
more than ordinary Significance, as
old Alex is one of the. main hopes
OF the st. Louis champions.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-13
Manila Scared
By Earthquakes

MANILA, ?. l., April l3.--Na,
tive b iefs connected vi I ii
Holy week caused thousands OF pco.
pie in the poorer quarters to kneei
in streets and pray today when the
Island of Luzon was shaken by two
strong earthquakes.
While no severe damage was done
in Manila, seismographs indicate
the tremors centered about 800
miles distant.
So far Baguio is the only outiy-
ing point that has reported and the
quake was strong there though ac,
tual damage was light.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-13
ENROLMENT FOR SCOUT
TRAINING WORK CLIMBS

With the addition of seven new
men, the enrolment for the Boy
Scout Leaders Training Course last
new recruits were presen, al u
meeting held at CaleXico under the
direction of s. l.. McCrory, scout
executive. Tonight the second les
'son of the course will be presented
at Holtville, and TOMORROW night
at BraMlcY.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-13
Japanese Vessel
! Damaged Slightly

YOKOHAMA, April l3. The
E'u.ii Maru, enroute from Manila to
San Francisco, crashed into the
customs jetty here today, ,and was
slightly damaged.
Repairs on the ship were started
at once and it was said it would be
able TO sail tonight for the United
States, carrying shipment of gold.
The Fuji Maru is vessel Of 6J7l
tons displacement, owned by the
kawasaki Dry Docks Co. Its home
port is Kobe.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-13
EURASIAN RACE LINK
INDICATED BY SKULLS

LONDON, April 13.-Skulls of a
race supposed to be the connecting
link between Asia and Europe were
exhibited here recently by Sir Ar
thur Keith during a lecture to the
Royal College of Surgeons. The
skulls had been discovered in an an
eient cemetery in the Taklamakan
Desert, Central Asia.
Due to atmospheric conditions the
skulls were well preserved. The fea
lures could be distinguished and the
hair had retained its natural color
Sir Arthur asserted the features
were similar to those of Europeans
while the essential characteristics
were Mongolian.
Dairving in Oregon has gained so
Der cent during the mast five wears
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-13
NOMOreGas
In Stomach
and Bowels

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Tho urow.y. sleepy feeling after
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Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-13
SCOUTS VISIT CITY
ON HOLIDAY TRIP

Fifteen Boy Scouts from Glendale
invaded the city this morning, view
ing it from their sprcial truck
which is the property of the Glen
dale Boy Scout Council and is used
for scout outings. The boys and
their scout master are making =
week : Easter vacation tour of this
part of the country. They expect
to spend the night in Yuma, and
will visit the Salton Sea tomorrow.
A similar expedition of Glendale
scouts visited this city las: spring.
The truck carries full equipment
for camping, and the boys spend
each night in the open.
Many ranchers in the central and
northern stock ranges are enclosing
small areas to allow the grass tC
mature and re-secd the ranges.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-13
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Murillo-Garcia. Apolonio Muril
10, %, native of Mexico and resi-
dent of Imperial. Yrene G. Garcia,
l9, native of Mexico and resident
Of Imperial.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-13

The Suison Valley fr'it growers
met at Fairfield Solano County,
and decided to build a new pack
inr house.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-13
Wednesday, April 13, 1927

Miss Ruth Kneeland left yesler'
dav for her home in Los AngeieS'
after visiting here as the mouse
! ouest of Mrs. Earle G. Davis.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-10-28
EDITORIALS

Il would like to ask" writes a
young correspondent" what you
think a young man in my position
should do. Some time ago | applied
at white business institution and
being indistinguishable from white
person l was given a position and
have worked up to a place of respon-
sibility and satisfactory remunera-
ton. But at the present time every
one in the place believes me to be
white. Should | go on or declare my
race connections ?" This question
has come to- the writer of this column
from various sources during the year.
To this young man and to others
whose economic horizon is narrowed
by the race question, we reply, there
is no reason to declare racial connec-
tons in applying for any position,
but if the question arises it is best
in the long run to meet it squarely
like a man.
There are some things more valu-
able than jobs and a good clear con-
science and the ability to look every
man squarely in the face are among
them.
A square, clear cut fight for your
place in this world is laudable; but
the uneasy sneakish feeling which
must accompany passing" can't help
warping the moral fibre and cost
more in character than it pays in
cash. We repeat, if the question
arises, it is best to meet it squarely
like a man.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-10-28
The Week

Continued from Page 0ne)
safety pins, running a chain of boot
black stands, or restaurants, or any
OF the thousand and one recognized
forms of legitimate business. His
investments are so profitable that
making money begins to bore him,
and he casts around in search of a
hobby. He might build or charter
yacht and take a trip around the
world, he might go to Europe and
buy up second rate pictures (sup-
posedly old masters) he might try
to buy places or things of historic
import, such as the saloon where
Edgar Allen Poe used to buy his
liquor or the anvil on which the
"village Blacksmith" turned out
horseshoes or he might decide to
buy some horses and operate a rae
ing stable.
How in the name of all that is
fair such a man can be permitted
to deduct his losses in conducting
his racing stable from his income
tax returns is more than | can seei
Someone may ask, well, what
about it? Very few Negroes operate
racing establishments. Why not
write about something in which we
are Interested"
To which l make this reply:
every time a rich man finds a
loophole through which he escapes
paying his full share of the taxes
the tax burden for the poor man is
made heavier, and the poorest group
in America today is the colored
group. Are you interested now?
Should rich men be allowed to
operate racing establishments and
make their pauper fellow citizens
pay for them?
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-10-28
Can You Tell?

1. What is the approximate value
of church property owned by Ne
groes in the United States?
2. When was the Spingarn medal
established?
8. When was the Dyer anti-lynch-
ing bill first introduced in Congress?
4. Who is the author if Birth
right?
5. When and where was the first
ecclesiastical seminary in the United
States to educate and train Negro
boys for the priesthood established?
6. When did Abraham Lincoln Of
ficially issue the Emancipation Proc
lamation?
Z. How many Negro towns and set
Elements are there in the United
States?
8. Who was Phyllis Wheatley?
9. Where did the word "amen"
come from?
10. What baseball team won the
last Negro worlds series?
Answers
1. One hundred million dollars.
2. In 1914.
3. In 1920.
A. L. IS. Stribling.
5. In September, 1920, at Green
vile, Mass.
6. January /, 1868.
z. Sixty-eight towns and twenty.
three settlements.
8. She was the first woman in the
United States to attain literary dis
tinction.
9. 1t was the name of the ancient
Ethiopian god.
10. The Chicago American Giants
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-10-28
Say a Negro Did 1t

BY Eugene Williams
Should you perchance some crime
commit,
And wish to get rid of it,
Why should you to arrest submit?
just say Negro did it.
And should your neighbor tramp your
corn
Or smack your lip and split it,
Just change your garb and pop your
gun,
And say a Negro did it.
Should some blonde flapper steal
your spouse,
Why pout and fret and crow?
Just black your face, shoot up her
house,
Then blame some poor Negro.
Why should you die for your own
wrong,
Why grace the electric skillet?
Just sing aloud that age-old song
And say Negro did it.
And if along some lonely road
A murder is committed,
The easiest way is to unload
And say some Negro did it.
Or should before some stern-faced
judge
You dread the electric chair,
Let not your testimony bulge,
But page some black man near.
May it please the court, and gentle
men,
| beg your contemplation,
My skin could not such crime contain,
Hear my solicitation.
Dementia praecox | now plead,
Brainstorms and observations;
A habeas corpus writ | need
For such hallucinations.
But that black man, o let him die,
Although he wasn't there;
lust let him swing is feet high
Or fill the electric chair.
Man is unjust. but God is just,
And justice shall prevail.
May not her trusty weapon rust
Even though the heavens fail
The mills of God grind slow apace,
Without a doubt or quid it,
You shall not stand before His face
And say a Negro did il.
Be not deceived, not Knocked Is God,
For what a man shall SOW
He'll surely reap from fertile sod
In rapture or in woe.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-10-28
Lessons in English

Words Often Misused
Don't say "there are trees on eth
err side of the house." Say leach
side"
Words Often Misspelled
Imminent mote the two 'm's").
Word Often Mispronounced
Drawers. Pronounce the GERS" and
not as if spelled 'drorz."
Synonyms
Proficient, expert, adept, expert
eneed.
Word Study
Use a word three times and it is
yours. Let us increase our vocabu-
larry by mastering one word each
week.
Imperative: not to be avoided or
evaded. at is an imperative COM
mand and they obeyed."
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-10-28
Do You Know?
The Highly Educated Person

Educated persons - churchmen,
doctors, lawyers, teachers, etc.-are
familiar with, if they do not use,
5000 to 10000 words and many
more. The highly educated business
or professional mana captain of
industry, physician, minister, lawyer
may command vocabulary of 25,-
900 words. Milton used 10000 words
in his verse, many more in his state
papers. Shakespeare used $4,000 diff
ferent words; had he lived in our
time he doubtless would have used
double this number. In President
Wilson's rs speeches, 1913-1918, he
used 6,221 different words; in his
literary works six times this number.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-10-28
Look and Learn

/. What famous woman in history
was called "The Maid of Orleans?
2. What people employ the custom
of flattening their children's heads ?
3. What great English novelist took
his characters from actual life?
a. What is the difference between
chocolate and cocoa?
5. What American statesman was
the "Great Pacificator"?
Answers
/. Joan of Arc.
2. Choctaws, or Flathead Indians.
3. Charles Dickens.
a. Cocoa is obtained from the cocoa
bean and in its refinements appears
in commerce under the name of
Chocolate"
5. Henry Clay.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-10-28
History
100 Year. Ago in the United State.

Colonel r. of - County was
informed that one of his slaves was
becoming very religious and had ap-
pointed night prayer meetings among
the blacks.
The colonel, on hearing of this
fact, Immediately went to his servant
and told him if he ever heard of any
more of these night prayer meetings
he would tie him up and give him 100
lashes on his bare back, and if he
continued the practice ne would dou-
bic the dose, etc.
This information was received
from an elder in the church above
mentioned who highly applauded the
colonePs conduct. = (From Anti
Slavery Record)
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-10-28
CLOSE I'M Ann Churches

II ask my learned opponent"
Dean Miller declared, what would
happen in the United States, IL all
the Christian churches, the Y. M. c.
AS and other institutions RESPONSE
BILE for dissemination of Christianity
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-10-28
the Civil war.

the Civil War,
IF the Christian spirit split the
church, he said, lit was remarkable
that the abolition Christian spirit
went to the northern church and the
slavery Christian spirit went to the
southern church."
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-10-28
were closed up?

were closed up?
''You would be freed from TINS
sort of exploitation" answered MT.
Calverton. Common people must
declare war on all exploiters. IL
you allow yourself to be duped you
deserve the consequences"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-08


way commission, indictments were returned, never
tried and now dismissed.
They know that for two years that commission
hurled the charge at the State board OF accounts
that it had helped to frame false charges at the be
hest of D. C. Stephenson.
The people know that Alvah Rucker, when
poration counsel for this city, charged that the pull
lie service commission had been named and in
luenced by huge contribution to the campaign
funds in 1924
The people know that the State paid for a
grand jury investigation in this county and that al
its finish that grand jury called attention to unusual
conditions within ITSELF sufficient to demand inquiry
and Investigation.
If there be any member of the Legislature who
has heard from his home people and who may
desire to escape the inevitable censure that comes
from unceremoniously stopping an investigation.
why not call upon Prosecutor Remy, his special as
sistants, Ralph Kane and Judge Cause, and Attorney
General Gilliom and ask them whether in their
opinion the conduct of the last grand jury should
be probed whether they believed that evidence justi-
flying indictments had been presented.
No evidence?
The question is whether any wants to hear
the evidence given to that grand jury out in the
open, not before body which requires five out of
six to indct and which, according to popular rumor,
did have four members who wish to indict.
1t is not too late to repent-or apologize.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-08
NO EVIDENCE

Rather guileess is the statement of Representa-
tive j. Glenn Harris, instrumental in getting resolu-
ton to investigate charges of corruption killed, that
40 one brought him any evidence of such graft.
The resolution which he succeeded in having
killed in party caucus of Republican members
merely recited charges that have rocked the State
Cor months
The purpose of the investigation VIII was.
asked, was to hear such evidence and to discover
the truth or falsity of certain open charges
The purpose of the Harris committee was to
pass upon the necessity of any Investigations not
pass upon the charges in advance
There is no question as to the widespread belief
hat corruption has existed
There can be no denial of the fact that Indiana
las been shamed and disgraced and Inundated.
The people have not forgotten that these
charges, beginning with those sent from the prison
cell of the man who two years ago giving orders
to the Legislature, were specific and detailed
The people know that in the matter of the high
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-08
Adela Verne Dignifies Classic and
Miss Seeley Glorifies Syncopation

men. is a small edition Of the larger
musical shows. The women have sew
eral dance numbers to offer, but the
main features of the act are the
short sketches presented. In our
opinion the humor present in some
of the sketches is exceedingly bad
taste.
Leo Greenwood and company pre-
sent a comedyplaylet, with the CEN
trail character that of a romantic old
Hebrew who is seeking a divorce.
There is quite a bit of fun in the
act if one cares for this sort of COM
edy. And as no one gets dramatic
it goes over all right.
Bascope is a young man with sew
eral whistling tricks to offer, besides
pleasing voice which he uses once
in a while.
The Dancing Milliards open the
show with a dancing team and So
loist on the saxophone and violin.
The dancing is fair, but the chief
feature is the solos played by the
man on the saxophone and violin. A
feature Of the dancers is the quick
change in costumes effected by the
team IN their last dance.
Included on the bill are news
reel and two comedies.
At the Lyric all week (By the Oh.
server)