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Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-25
MORE PLANES
JOIN FLEET OF
UNION OIL CO.

The Union Oil company, one of
the firsr of the oil companies ON the
Pacific Coast to invest in an air
plane for purely business purposes,
has purchased three more planes,
giving it fleet of four ships.
These planes are to be used as
utility equipment in the general
conducting Of the company bust
ness, especially the contracting of
the ever increasing aviation trade
on the Pacific Coast.
The planes will be operated in
separate sections of the company S
marketing territory. One will be
stationed al Seattle, and will cover
the State of Washington and Ore
gon; second will maintain head
quarters at San Francisco and will
contact the aviation trade in the
central division, comprising north.
crn and central California, while a
third will operate out of Los An
gclcS, its territory covering South
ern California and Arizona. The
fourth plane, which will be equip
ped with a more powerful motor
will be used for general utility in
covering the entire Pacific Coast
Acquisition of these planes is
said to have been decided upon as
the result of test made by the
Union Oil to determine the practi.
cability Of the airpane in business
Tho test was conducted quietly bat
Systematically. careful records be
ing kept on costs, mileage, and such
other data as was considered neces
sary to arrive at a complete and de.
tailed report. It is claimed that the
test showed the airplanc not only
to be an economical means of trans
portation but also that in this age
Of speed it was considered an cs
scntial factor in the conducting OF
modern business.
The aviation activities of the In
ION are under the direction of c, +
Licuesch, manager of technical re.
lations, who maintains technical
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-25
THE WEATHER

Los ANGELES AND VICINITY
Fair tonight and Sunday with
moderate temperature. Cloudy or
foggy in the morning
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA -
Fair tonight and Sunday with fog
near coast tonight; normal temper
aturc; normal temperature and mod
crate westerly winds. Fire weather
forecast: Fog on coast and with
fair somewhat lower temperature
and higher humidity over the in
terror; moderate westerly winds be
coming fresh act high levels; slight
" lower fire hazard.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-25
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By United Press Leased Wire
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 25.-Fol
lowing are today's market quota.
tions:
POULTRY
Hens, Leghorns, 3H to lbs.
1Si.
Hens, colored, / lbs. and up, soc
Broilers, ~ lbs, and under 212
lbs, 35c.
Fryers, Leghorns, aA to 8 lbs.
26c.
Frycrs. colored, 2r4 to 3 lbs, SOC
Roasters, soft bone, 3 lbs. up, SOC
Ducklings, Pcking, 312 lb up lsc
Geese. 25c.
Young Tom turkeys, IS lbs. and
up, Sac.
Old Tom turkeys, soc.
Small hen turkeys, under s lbs
15c.
Hen turkeys, lbs. up, Sac.
Squads, light and heavy, 40c.
Capons, lbs up, 40c.
BUTTER
Wholesale price Ace.
rrices to retailers sic and 53c.
EGGS
Extra 3sc. Fresh firsts Soc. Me
dium 3112c.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-25
WARNING GIVEN
STUDENTS WHO
EARN own WAY

TRRANA, ILL.,. Aug. 20 TIL
student who attempts to work his
way through college is at deeid-
cd disadvantage and should not at.
tempt it unless it is absolutely nee
essary in the opinion of Dean of
Women Maria Leonard and Dean
of Men Thomas Merkle Clark, of
the University of Illinois.
According to Dean Leonard it is
generally conceded that if, by wait
ing wear or two before coming
TO the university, girl "can earn
sufficient money to relieve the nee.
essity of earning her way while
here, she would find her college life
much more satisfactory, both dur
ing the four years in college and
in after life.
"'It is foolish fer a student To
work his way through the univer-
sity unless it is absolutely neecs-
sary,' Dean Clark said. "Seldom
if ever, are students who work their
way, at any advantage. :
ga student must give mp many
things in order to work his way
through college. Things which he
can never again get are those
which he must give up. He can
not get training under direction at
another time. As to practical eN-
perience, the student can get that
for the next 60 years.
"There is a limit to the work Of
self,help which may be wisely IN,
dertakcn during the first wear at
any institution, Dean Leonard
said.
Dean Outlines Requirements
Students attempting to do a Ger.
tain amount Of work should have
according to the deans:
GA scholastic standing in high
school which has been exceptionally
high. After subtracting four or five
hours necessary to earn money, the
time left for studcnt-study in the
day is adequate only for the good
students to carry full schedule.
"Good health A combination OF
outside work and studying means
additional strain.
Sufficient money to pay fees
and tuition. to buy books and for
general running eXpensc9 during
the first semester at least. The
minimum amount before arriving
in ease a position has already been
obtained. should be 5000.
"Clcrical and stenoGl aphic posi-
lions are seldom avai able during
the first semester on the campus
Openings usually arr obtained by
students already on the campus
who have filed applications in order
10 have opportunities in line for
irv,outs when such present them
selves.
Campus activities apd studics
combine to make university ht'
busy for all and experience proves
That the working students frequent
ly cannot carry the extra burden
successfully. "
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-25
WORLD'SOLDEST
MAN FORCETS HE
EVER HAD TEETH
BY United Press Leased Wire

PARIS, Aug. 2j.-Threc years
older than the United States, TadiJa
Moustasitch, who lives at Polog,
near Lake Mostar, in Herzegovina,
ia probably the Oldest living human
in the world. He recently celebrat-
ed his l55th birthday.
Tadija, now a retired peasant,
with enough descendants to fill II
snail city, was born in 1913, the
same year that certain enthusiastic
residents of Boston dumped a we'll
known cargo of tea into Eoston har-
bor.
Tadiia docsn t remember much Of
the early history of the struggling
American republic; in fact he
docsn t know much of its history
at all, but he docs remember hav.
ing responded in 1901 to the appeal
of the great national hero of Serbia,
Karageorge, to fight to free his land
from the Turks.
His age does not worry him, for
in Tadija $ family rentcaari@ns are
fairly common. Not long ago tn
Youngest of his sons died at the
age of l03. Tadiia still labors a bit
i'll his garden, but he has not really
worked for 50 years. He has never
been seriously i'll, drinks but little
alcohol, does not smoke and eats
in moderation. He lost his teeth
SO long ago that he does not re.
member having had any.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-25

FRANCHISE GRANTING THE
RIGHT TO CONSTRUCT, AND,
FOR A PERIOD OF FORTY
YEARS, TO MAINTAIN AND
OPERATE A GAS LINE FOR
THE PURPOSE OF TRANSMIT
TING, MANUFACTURE AND
DISTRIBUTING OF NATURAL
GAS WITHIN THE CONFINES
OF THE CITY OF Ell CENTRIC,
COUNTY OF IMPERIAL, STATE
OF CALIFORNIA.
Notice Is Hereby Given, That
the Inland Empire Gas Company, a
corporation, has made application
TO the Board of Trustees of the city
of FL Centre, for a certain fran
chise granting the right to construct
and for period of forty years,
maintain and operate gas pipe lines
for the purpose of transmitting and
distributing manufactured and ma
tural gas, under, along and across,
and in and to the streets, alleys and
public places within the city of FL
Centre, county of Imperial, State
of California, and within any addi-
tions or annexations thereto, except
ing therefrom the original townsite
of FL Centre, which is bounded on
the North by Park Street; on the
East by First Street; on the South
by Orange Street; and on the West
by Eighth Street. Said Board of
Trustees Of said city of Ell Centre,
propose to grant said application.
Notice Is Hereby Given, That
bids will be received for said fran
chics, and the same viii be awarded
to the highest bidder for cash: that
said bids will be received up 10 the
5th day of September. 1928, TO the
hour of 1880 p. M; and the success
full bidder and his assigns must
during the term of said franchise
to be granted, pay to the said city
of FL Centre, two per cent, of the
annual receipts of such person,
partnership or corporation to whom
the franchise is awarded, or assigns
from its use, operation or posses
sion, in the manner provided by
law; no percentage shall be paid for
the first five years succeeding the
date of the franchise, but. thereaf-
ter, such percentage shall be pay
able annually; and in the event said
payment shall not be made, said
franchise shall be forfeited.
Each sealed bid shall be accom-
panied by the full amount Of the
cash bid, or by "A certified check
pavable 10 the Treasurer Of the
1T+v ne III Contro
By order of said City Council,
dated this 18th day of August, 1928
J. G. NEALE.
City Clerk of the City of Ell Cen
trO, California. l7tlO
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-25
1i369-Dept. l
SUMMONS
In the Superior Court of the State
of California, in and for the
County of Imperial

SouAASy Va AAPSAA@k
I. a. Wood, Plaintiff.
VS.:
Richard Knudsen, A. L. Moore,
John Doe, Richard Roe, Jane Doe,
Mary Roe, The Blue Company, n
Corporation, and The Red Com
pany, a Corporation, Defendants.
The People of the State of Cali
fornia Send Greeting to Richard
Knudsen, A. i. Moore, John Doe,
Richard Roe, Jane Doe, Mary Roe,
The Blue Company, a Corporation,
and The Red Company, a Corpora
tion, Defendants.
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 the
service on you of this Summons
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 com
plant, as arising upon contract, or
will apply to the Court for any
other relief demanded in the Com
plant.
Given under my hand and the
seal Of the Superior Court of the
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia, this 10Th day of January,
1927.
G. G. MOUSSEAU, Clerk
By C. f. Williford, Deputy Clerk.
Benjamin w. Shipman, Attorney fol-
Plaintiff.
(SEAL.) ia 81 28 A 4 IL 1s 25 S
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-25
British Work On
New Type Plane
Bv United Press Leased Wire

LONDON. Aug. 2J.-Experlments
aimed at developing new type o.
bombing airplane so heavily armed
with machine guns that they can
dispense with the need Of an escort
of singlc-scatcr fighters, are now
being conducted by the Royal Ar
Force.
Some Of these new bomhors have
as manv as seven machine guns
placed in th" nose, tail and on the
upper and lowcr wings of the air
planes in such positions that the
bombers have no "blind spot r.
meaning that irrespective Of what
angl" the attack Of enemy fighters
comes from, the gunncrs III tn"
bombcrs will BE- able TO bring one
Or more machine guns 70 bear on tn"
enemy.
Hunters in Nevada arc allowed 10
kill ten sagchrns but reports state
that few bag the limit.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-25

records of the operations of the
planes 10 form a guide for subsc.
qucnt development of this form of
transportation within the company.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-25

The United States date expert
mcnt station at Indio recorded l19
degrees of heat July %, the highest
for six years. Other places in the
valley were hotter.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-01-06

Sutton one night at dance to save
the life of the notorious Billy the
Kid, mot solely for the reason that
I knew him well but simply that /
could not see a man murdered from
behind" as he explains it. But for
all that he saved Billy from being
shot in the back, the author of Hands
Up" has no illusions about that
young outlaw. "If ever a man de-
served killing, it was Billy the Kid,
he says, "He was human tiger, the
most pitiless killer of that period.
In his short life of twenty-one years
he killed twenty-one men, and the
most of those killings were murders
done in cold blood"
Thus this old-timer shows refresh
ing lack of maudlin sentimentality
for those killers which colors the
writings of others who have chron-
icIed their dark deeds, the same type
of misplaced sympathy which saves
the necks of so many murderers to-
day. He knew many of them-Jesse
James, Cherokee Bill, Bill Doolin,
Crescent Sam, Belle Starr, the Dalton
boys, the Jennings gang, Henry Starr.
Blacked-faced Charley and Arkansas
Tom-and, knowing them and the en-
vironment which shaped their desti-
MES, he can account for what they
were and what they did. But he does
not glorify their crimes. He may
have admired them for what good
qualities they did possess, but he adj
mires more the type of gunman who
drew his six-shooter in the cause of
law and order. "Nearly all those
peace officers of the old frontier were
likable. men, but there was nothing
maudlin or irresolute about them.
They knew that death was the only
penalty that would curb those wild
men of the border, and when it was
necessary to inflict it they did not
hesitate" says Sutton. Such were
Wild Bill Hickok, whom he character
ICES as ''unQuestionably the fastest
and surest man with six-shooter
that the West ever knew" Bat Mas
terson, Pat Garrett and Billy Thigh
man. 1t was men Of this type who
used the six-shooter as an 'instru-
ment of civilization"
Fill your hand!" was the remark
that Wild Bill made when he "got the
drop on" q bad man from Texas who
had come up the trail to Hays City,
Kan, where Bill was marshal, with
the announced intention of splitting
the Hickok blood. For the border
code extended to these opponents of
law and order when they set about
arresting a desperate and made them
"give the other fellow chance, even
when it was exceedingly dangerous to
do So" One of the reasons they were
willing to do so was explained to
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-01-06
Eskimos Haze to Marry

Whenever there has been talk OF a
tax on bachelors in England, there
has been chorus of protest Yet
their bachelors may consider them
selves lucky, for amongst the Eskimos
of northern Canada marriage is COM
pulsory.
Christian Leden, the Norwegian ex-
plorer, who recently returned from a
three years. stay among them, says
that no people live cleaner family
life than the Eskimos. Each man has
as many wives as he can support, and
all are remarkably good natured. Bad
temper is considered sign OF being
possessed by devil, and lying is
crime punished by death.
Leden came across only one woman
who was not married, and that was
due to the fact that her hair was too
short-London Tit-Bits.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-01-06
STORY FROM THE START

Defying all efforts to capture
him, after q long series of MUIR
ders and robberies, super
crook known only as 1.-The Bat"
has brought about a veritable
reign of terror. The chief of po-
lice assigns his best operative,
Anderson, to got on the trail of
The Bat. With her niece, Dale
Ogden, Miss Cornelia Van Gorder
is living in the country home of
the late Courtleigh Fleming. who
until his recent death had been
president of the Union bank,
wrecked because of the theft or
a large sum of currency. Miss
Van Gorder receives a note
warning her to vacate the place
at once on pain of death. Dale
returns from the city, where she
had been to hire a gardener.
The gardener arrives. giving his
name as Brooks. He admits he Is
not a gardener, but needs work.
Miss Cornelia tells Doctor Wells
of the threatening note. They
are interrupted by the smashing
of a window in the house. They
find another warning note. The
detective, Anderson, arrives, Is
told Of the situation, and an
nounces he will stay on watch
that night. Miss Van Gorder
tells Anderson she has an idea
Courtleigh Fleming robbed his
own bank and concealed the
money in the house, but the de-
tective believes the banks CASH
Ter, Bailey, who is missing. Is
really Bailey, the sought-for
cashier, and Dale's fiance) tells
the girl he knows there is hid
den room in the house. Dale tel
ephones Richard Fleming, Court
leigh's nephew, asking him to
come over.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-01-06

President Roosevelt on one of his WIS.,
its to Oklahoma City by the veteran
Billy Tilghman, as follows: There's
one thing that always counts in a
fight of that kind (between a peace
officer and bad man, equally skillful
on the 'drawO-tffe man who knows
he is right always has a shade on
the man who knows he is wrong"
But that was not all, according
to Sutton, who explains just how
these peace officers handled their six
guns, and in doing so he does lot of
much-needed debunking of the Wild
West, as it is presented by the mo-
vieS. Sutton got his information
first-hand, for he once saw Wild Bill
demonstrate the secret of his light
ning-like draw and various other mat
tiers of Colt technique were explained
to him by such masters as Bat Mas
terson, Billy Tilghman, Al Jennings,
and others. He learned about this
when, as boy, he first arrived in
Dodge City, Kan, in the old days
when ''there was no Sunday west of
Kansas City and no God, west of
Fort Smith," and was taken under
the wing of such frontier notables as
MastersOn, Luke Short, Wyatt carp,
Chalk Beeson and Robert M. Wright,
and he added to his knowledge in that
turbulent period when Isaac G. Parker
was the hanging judge" at Fort
Smith, Ark, and the outlaw gangs,
such as the Daltons, the DoOlins and
others, were making their last stand
i'm what is now the state of Oklahoma.
The sum total of Sutton's observa-
lions. as set down in the pages of
his book, is a paraphrase Ct the old
saying that "they who take the sword
shall perish by the sword" For, as
he puts it, "The six-shOoter ended the
lives of nine-tenths of all the outlaws
Of the Wild West" And 1t was al
most equally true of those others
who took up the six-shooter in de-
tense of the law. OF the four most
famous peace officers whom Sutton
knew, three went down before a
smoking six-shooter. Wild Bills
brief career as "prince of pistol
eers' ended abruptly in 1876; when he
was shot down from behind In
Deadwood, S. D. Nearly quar-
F, ter of century after Pat Garrett had
killed Billy the Kid, he himself was
shot and killed. After fifty-one years
as peace officer Billy Tilghman
went out" as he had hoped to do
sin smoke and with his boots on"
He was shot In an Oklahoma oil boom
town in 1924 by man whom he had
arrested and was taking to the police
left the Wild West years ago to be-
come a New York newspaper man.
died peacefully with his boots off,"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-01-06
CHAPTER vi
A Shot in the Dark

A key clicked in the terrace door
voice swore muffledly at the rain.
Dale lowered her revolver slowly. 1t
was Richard Fleming-come to meet
her here, instead Of down by the
drive.
She had telephoned him on an i'm
pulse. But nov, as she looked at him
in the light Other single candle, she
wondered If this rather dissipated,
rather foppish young man about town,
in his early thirties, could possibly
understand and appreciate the motives
that had driven her to seek his aid.
Still-it was for Jack! She clenched
her teeth and resolved to go through
with the plan mapped out in her mind.
1t might be desperate expedient-
but she had nowhere else to turnl
Fleming shut the terrace door be-
hind him and moved down from the
alcove, trying to shake the rain from
his coat.
''Did l brighten you?"
ooh, Mr.. Fleming-yes ~ Dale laid
her aunt's revolver down on the table.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-01-06

Fleming perceived her nervousness
and made gesture of apology.
''Pm sorry" he said, 81 rapped-but
nobody seemed to hear me, so 1 used
my key
you're wet through-Pm sorry"
said Dale with mechanical politeness.
He smiled. "Oh, no." He stripped
off his cap and raincoat and placed
them on chair, brushing himself off
as he did so with finicky little move
ments of his hands.
Reggie Beresford brought me over
in his car" he said. Hes waiting
down the drive"
Dale decided not to waste words in
the usual commonplaces of social
greeting.
''Mr. Fleming-Tm in dreadful
trouble!" she said, facing him square
ly, with courageous appeal in her
eyes.
He made a polite movement. ooh,
I sayl That's too bad"
She plunged on. "You know the
Union bank closed today"
He laughed lightly.
"Yes, I know it! didn't have any
thing in it-or any other bank, for
that matter" he admitted ruefully,
"but 1 hate to see the old thing go to
smash.
Dale wondered which angle was
best from which to present her ap-
peal.
"Well, even If you haven't lost any
thing in this bank failure, a lot Of
your friends have-surely?" she went
on.
"I'n say sol" said Fleming, debon-
airly. "Beresford is sitting down the
road in his Rolls-Royce now, writhing
with pain!''
Dale Observation-Disclosures lightness
seemed so incorrigible that, for a mo-
ment, she was on the verge Of giving
her project up entirely. Then, "Wast-
er or not-he's the only man who can
help us!" she told herself and con-
tinued.
"Lots of awfully poor people are
going to suffer, tOo," she said, visit
fully.
Fleming chuckled, dismissing the
poor with wave of his hand.
"Oh,, well, the poor are always In
trouble" he said with airy heartless-
ness. "They specialize in suffering"
He extracted q monogrammed Gig
arctic from a thin gold case.
"But look here" he went on, NOV
ing closer to Dale, you didn't send
for me to discuss this hypothetical
poor depositor, did you? Mind If I
smeke?"
"No." He lit his cigarette and
pulled at it with enjoyment while
Dale paused, summoning up her cour-
age. Finally the words came in a
rush. w
"Mr. Fleming, I'm going to say
something rather brutal. Please don't
mind. I'm merelyz-desperatel You
see, I happen to be engaged to the
cashier, Jack Bailey
Fleming whistled.
II seel And he's beat It."
Dale blazed with indignation.
"He has notl I'm going to tell you
something-he's here-ncw--in this
house" she continued, fierily, all her
defenses thrown aside. my aunt
thinks he's a new gardener. He is
here, Mir. Fleming. because he knows