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Imperial Valley press., 1928-07-03
Supervisors And
Direct Ors Talk
On Road Matters

Members of thu county board of
supervisors met with the board of
directors Of the Imperial Irrigation
district and Z. Q. Sullivan, chief
district engineer Of the state depart
ment, at the court house yesterday
afternoon
The purpose of the meeting was to
straightcn out rights Of way for the
state on proposed Improvement
work and discussion on the en-
cruachmcut of dirt from the district
canals upon state highways.
the rights of way were discussed
hat briefly, the major part of the
discussion relating to the proposed
widening Of the highway between
Fl Centre and Brawlcy.
The meeting then took up the
matter Of silt deposits on the high.
WAYS and after considerable discus
sion this matter was placed in the
hands Of Engineer sullivan. Sulli
van is to draft an agreement fol
The disposal Of the silt which viii
be presented At a meeting to lie helo
at future date for the approval OF
the two bodies.
\ plat Of the Claussen grapefruit
tract No. !, was received and ap
proved by the board. The CLERK
was authorized to place it on rec
ord. 4 bond for $3.50 was also aP
proved and ordered filed
The purchasing agent was author
lied 10 purchase two carloads OF
lumber t9r use in Road District No
-Four.
The board is now meeting as 4
board Of equalization for the pur
pose of hearing any protests Il
gainst the assessments levied Il
gainst taxable properties in tn,
county. The board will continue t
meet uatii ali matters relative tC
the assessment roll have been heard
the period not to exceed 10 days.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-07-03
Judge Thompson
Addresses Lions

Imperial Lions were in charge of
the days program at the weekly
luncheon meeting of the FL Centre
Lions Club at the Barbara Worth
hotel at noon today. Musical mum
hers and an address by judge
Vaughn \. Thompson were included
on the program. Herman Congcr was
chairman.
" Independence Day was the
topic which Judge Thompson too),
in his address. He touched briefly
On the fight our forefathers put up
to establish that greatest of al
American holidays and then told of
he liberties afforded Americans Of
today.
Judge Thompson spoke of the pro
gres~ Of this country since that
first "Independcnce Day and of
the patriotism that stamped each
forward movement Of America. He
spoke on good citizenship and urged
the obedience Of laws as Il vital
factor in making good citizens.
Mrs. Howard Capron rendered
t"o vocal selections Whlch Vera
highly plcasingN She was accom-
panied by Miss Margaret Lanier.
Russell lroadhcck, a member who
recently joined the ranks of the
Bentdic;s, declared the 'smokcs ON
| i'm and passed them.
Members joined in Il song of wei
come composed in honor of J. c.
Nealc, newly elected president of
the Lions, and in which he is wei.
coined to that post
Max Ward of Pasadena was a
guest ut the luncheon.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-07-03
Call Money Price
Hits Tob0ggan
Wv United Press IepsPd WIZ

NEW IORK, July 3.-VaII money
dropped 70 ) per cent today on the
stock exchange. compared with 10
per cent Yesterday. Renewals wer"
made at s per cent the highest rat
since February 9, 1921.
The supply was so large that the
rate was brought down to ! p"r
cent around noon; 6 per cent short
Is, after. and > per cent just before
2:30 p. m.
The easier money situation was
taken to indicate that the stringrn-
cy incident to the mid-ycar settle
ments had passed end the stock
market was lookinA forward to a
rate around ) per cc\ for greater
Fart Of the summer.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-07-03
Brother HOra
Knows Grapes

Grapes, lunches weighing close
to five pounds, were brought into
the Press office at noon Monday and
presented to members of the staff
by II. Hora, valley pioneer rcsid-
ing five miles east of CaleXico.
The grapes are of the Thompson
variety and are of wonderful quail
ity.
"While many grape crops in the
valley have proved failures. they
shouldn ;" declared Hora. II have
averaged 500 an acre on my crop
this year. One must produce good
grapes and it takes experience to
raise them. Then too, one must
know how to market them.'
The office scribes are agreed tat
Mr.. Hora knows his business.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-07-03
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Monday, east 200. west Is, total
olS, includes Il honeydcws, 81 mix
cd 25 honcyballs, 6 casabas. Ordered
for Tuesday 223. Carlot cash market
demand improved. Market firm,
standard 45s mostly $1.l0, occasional
car higher. Ripcs, shipments light
practically no trading. Honeydews
steady mostly Toe to 65c. Water
r,elons. shipped 40, ordered 10.
Phoenix, market slightly stronger
mostly $1.G0. Phoenix shipments,
1S7, Yuma 10, Central California !.
Today 5 quotations:
Chicago 20, cloudy Rained hard
during night, l32 ON track, steady,
Unchanged.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-07-03
Border Proves
Hard on Leslie

"Comc sebcn-Leslic needs new
shoes.
Leslie Maize, 81, colorcd, of FL
Centre came out of daze in the
county jail this morning, One of his
feet was minus shoe while the
ether was clad in only strips of
lcathcr. Leslie WASH t able to tell
Just how he got that way. In fact
hc didn t even know how he got
in iail. lie does remember that he
Imperial Valley press., 1928-07-03

7aid 4 visit to Moxioali and that
he was having "'lots OF fun when
tho fircwater got the better of
linn. He viii face Judge Perkins
tomorrow on charge of being
drunk.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-07-03
Collections Everywhere. imperial
Valley Credit Ass n. 113 No. Fifth.
adv

IN Stcppc- Fined. Futa7awa
Of Imperial entered plea of guilty
TO a charge Of failure to observe Il
boulevard stop when arraigned be
fore judge Hawkins this morning.
lie was sentenced to pay fine Of
= and furnished the cash. Futazawa
is one OF number ticketed during
the last "a hours for light and
boulevard stop violations in the 70
cent drive started by Captain Frank
Oswalt against such offenders.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-07-03
We Loan TO Bun&, puy OF refin-
snce. Tyler Insurance Agency. adv

Bank Suit Iropped-A notice o.
dismissal of the civil action brought
by the First National Eank of Cal
exico against D. L. Ault was filed
at the county clerk 5 office this
morning The notice was filed h.
y. G. Whitclaw, attorney for the
plaintiff.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-07-03
Bank Quotations

One real estate firm at Vista, San
Diego county, has planted 10 acres
Of avocados this spring.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-07-03

Many Imperial Valley residents
plan to attend the exercises at Ban
ming tomorrow. These include, in
addition to the dedication of the
airport, and aviation stunts, a series
Of automobile races in which the
crack drivers of the state are en-
tered Fast time has always been
made at the Banning track and rec
crds are expected to topplc tomor-
row.
The affair is being staged by the
Banning American Legion Post, in
conjunction with the Banning Ki,
wants club.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-07-03
Banning Airport
To Be Dedicated
By United Press Leased Wire

BANNING, Calf, July 3.-More
than 100 planes are entered in the
air race from Los Angeles to Ban
ming, designated TO open the airport
here tomorrow.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-07-03
Exploring Party
Reported Safe

san. FRANCISCO. July An
exploration party led by llr. Bernard
Il. Hubbard, professor Of geology
and Roderick Chisholm, former foot
bail star of Santa Clara University,
were safe today At Kodiak Island
after being lost nine days.
In massage to Barrett Willough-
by. Alaskan writer here, the eN-
rlorers TOLD of travelling 110 miles
through uneXplorcd territory gather
ing scientific data.
After their food was exhausted
they were rescued by a fishing boat.
colorcd., during an alteration in a
restaurant in Calipatria. The de
fcndant is being represented by Al
fred Blaisdcll and L. J. Powers.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-07-03

sist in search for the girl, it be
ing believed that she is somewhere
in the valley. The girl is described
as being about ) feet, 3 inches tall,
weight about 100 pounds. brown
lair and eyes and light complexion.
She wore yellow dress and black
pumps when last seen. She was dos
cribcd as being a very beautiful
girl.
50c: Table d. hote dinner, $1.00.
Air cooled. adv
Alleged Allen Held.-Manual Ro-
nero, %, Of NcXicai was arrested
in CalcNico yesterday afternoon by
immigration Officers Coffman and
Barnard Romero was locked up at
the county jail overnight and was
taken 1o Calexico this morning
where he is scheduled to be given a
hearing before imm. grafton off
Gals.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-07-03
The Campaign Log
BY United Press Leased Wire


cratic vice presidential nominee,
after clearing up work at his home
office in Little Rock win 90 to Hot
Springs, Ark. to rest and await of
ficial notification of his nomination.
Herbert Hoover cancelled all po-
litieal engagements in order TO work
on departmental business.
Dir. Hubert Work, chairman o.
the Republican national committee
and Henry J. Allen, publicity man
ager for the Hoover-Curtis cam
paign, are expected in Washington
Thursday TO start active campaign
work.
President Coolidge has assured
Dr. Hubert Work he will do every
thing in his power to aid the cam
paien of Herbert Hoover but has
not decided whether to make sever
al eastern speeches.
d. Leigh Colvin, national chair,
pan of the Prohibition party, said
the party aud the Anti-Saloon
League would not work together in
the campaign this year.
Governor Smoth rested in New
York and conferred with friends
preparatory to making two speeches
tomorrow-onc before the Tammany
Society and the other before $1,000
new voters.
Some remarkably fine fossil sea
shells have been found in the hills
near Victorvillc, San Bcrnardino
county.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-07-03
Dine in Comfort. New Oregon
dotel Coffee Shop. Air cooled. adv

Court Issues OrGer.-Deeision Of
the court on an order to show cause
asainst the plaintiff in the case OF
George w. Adams against Ruth
Adams was returned hy Judge
Thompson yesterday afternoon. The
court ruled that the plaintiff pay
the defendant SO a week pending
the outcome of the action for di-
vorcc which he has brought and al
Sc to pay $50 for attorneys fees.
Hearing on tie order was held last
week.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-07-03
DR.. Foncannon, osteopath. Room
26 Davis Bldg. Phone 81. adv

New System 1t Border-A new
card system has been put into effect
II the port Of entry in CaleXico 70:
Mexican lahorcrs. The new system
provides Il card with the signature
and picture of the person entering
this country and does away with the
less effective system Of the head
tax slip through whicl identified
tion was previously established.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-07-03
DR.. A. B. Eanscn, Dentist, Davis
Bldg. Extraction specialist. adv

Gate Tamperer Fined Estrada OF
lioltvillc district entered n plea Of
guilty yesterday afternoon to 4
Charge Of tampering with an irriga
tion district gate and paid fine
Il -. 1t was brought out at the
hearing that he had merely lowered
tie gate while repairing a ditch on
lis own property.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-07-03
DR.. E. J. Barabe, Dentist. o47 Main
Ovc- PIGGY Wiggly. Phone 3S2W.
adv

Melolard Baby Dies-Paula Perez,
infant daughter Ct Mr.. and Mrs.
+. A. Perez of Meloland district
died Yesterday afternoon following
short illness. The body was re-
moved to Lemons undertaking par
lors and burial was made in the
Evergreen cemetery at , 0 clock
this afternoon.
Riverside Girl Missing -Haies
Gonzalcs, l6. OF Riverside is missing
Police here have been asked to as.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-07-03

Murderer To Be Arraigned.-An-
dreas Avalina viii lie arraigncd be
fore Judge Vaughn y. Thompson
in superior court this afternoon ON
a charge of murder. Avalina is
charged with having stabbed and
fatally wounded Ed Montgomery,
Imperial Valley press., 1928-07-03

Drink Paul's Lemonade and feel
healthy. 1t is made of genuine lem
ons, is pure, and full of pep. Drive,
walk for it, at Pickwick Stage De
pot. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1928-07-03
Barbara Worth Hotel Club
Breakfast, 25c up. Merchants lunch,
Ed Royce, Truck, Transfer and
Storage. On our seventeenth year.
Still growing. m W

Book Practice Game-A practice
game between the FL Centre Fire
men and the Sciots, both entrants in
the Fl Centre Night league, has
been booked for Wilson Field
Thursday night. The Firemen gave
the Sciots tough battle in their
regular scheduled game, a few
weeks ago and a lively tusslc is an
ticipated in the Thursday night
struggle.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-07-03

Some remarkably fine fossil sea
shells have been found in the hills
near VictorvilIc, San Bcrnardino
cOuntN
Imperial Valley press., 1928-07-03

Herbert Hoover cancelled all po-
litieal engagements in order to work
on departmental business.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-07-03

50c: Table d hote dinner, $1.0o.
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-19
BORAH, PADDOCK
MEET TWICE In
RELAY CARNIVAL

COLISEUM, Los Angeles, Feb. Is
tP)-The two Charles of the cinder-
path-Charles Borah, University OF
Southern California flier, and ms
veteran rival, Charlie Paddock, now
running under the Los Angeles Atm.
letic clubs colors-met twice IN an
indirect way during the annual A.
A. u. relay carnival here today and
the youthful Trojan won honors, II
any, by a shade
The curly-haired southern Cali
fcrnia youth and the kingpin OF the
Gashes met first in the quarter-mile,
four-man relay, and the result was
a, new worlds record for that event
Al 3-5 seconds.
Both ran in the anchor position
on their respective teams in the
ouarter-mile event. Borah received
the baton before Paddock got his,
to get away to a seven-yard start,
but the powerful drive of Paddock S
running legs all but made up for
it. They breasted the tape with
less than a yard separating them
Borah the winner The new record
holding quartet is comprised OF
Weldon Draper, Chink Sauers, jim
my Payne and Charlie Borah.
The former record was establish
ed here in May, 1925, by another
southern California quartet Brice
Taylor, Ed House, Bob Lee and
Keith Lloyd.
They did not run gainst each 9th
er in the other race, Paddock, Civ
-, hut "
ing all that was in him, made up
several yards that Borah had Clin-
ed in a ~previous llap, to give the
Los Anr.eles Athletic club victory.
Borah ran the second lap. The
time was one minute, 2S l-5 sec
onds.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-19
BOWLERS BUNCH
IN TOURNAMENT
FOUR WEEKS YET

With four more weeks of the Y,
M. G. A. bowling tournament, five
teams are in the race for first
place honors with only small diff
ference i'll percentage separating
the contestants. AT present the
Southern Pacific continues to lead,
but only by "a margin of one vic
tory.
Six 200 scores were rolled the
past week, Negri taking the honors
with 213. Others include Johnson,
200, 2O1; Nelson, 207; Ballentine,
206, and Hart, 204. Childers made
the weeks high average with 1873,
while Ballentine holds the high
tournament average with 1S6. Hart
continues to lead with the highest
score Of 24S.
20 High Men.
Ballentine 1856, Johnson 17S,
.Childers 17S, Hill 174, Hart 169,
Negri 169. Struthers 1b7, Adams
160, Pollack 159, Klingensmith
159, Hinton 15S, Lewis 15R, Mills
157, Lindner 1856, Young 155,
,, Evans 1,55, c. O. Best 151, March
$50, j. G. Smith l49, Cooper 149
Team Standing.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-19
54TH KENTUCKY
DERBY ATTRACTS
RECORD ENTRIES

LOUISVILLE Ky, Feb.a1S (P)--
Nominations to the fifth-fourth re-
newal of the Kentucky Derby to be
run at Churchill Downs Saturday,
May 10, have broken all records, it
was announced today by Col. Matt
j. Winn, Executive director of the
track.
Noted sportsmen from all parts
Of the country are represented
among those naming candidates be-
ing Harry Payne Whitney. Johnson
N. Camden, w r. Coe, William
Woodward, B. B. Jones, William
Dupont, Jr.; Samuel D. Riddle, Ed
ward B. Mclean, Harry F. Sinclair,
Samuel Ross, Admiral Cary t.
Grayson, George u. Widener, Bud
Fisher and other equally prominent
turf figures.
Among womenl aspirants for derby
honors are Mrs. Graham Fair Van
derbilt, Mrs John d. Hertz, Mrs
j. Simpson Dean, Mrs. H. &c. Phipps
and Mrs. Margaret Emerson Baker.
The open weather during the last
10 days has enabled trainers win
tering here to, give their thorough
breds plenty of .galloping on the
two local courses. No fast moves
have been attempted.
Colonel Winn is now supervising
compilation of full list Of derby
entries to be announced Feb 25.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-19
T
BOUT CAUSES
BIG INTEREST

With Tommy Ell.s. champion
welterweight CT Arizona, matched
against Gene watson, OF Los Angeles, /
as the main event in a program OF
2S rounds OF boxing, the fight fans
OF Douglas are looking forward to
an evening Of entertainment next
Wednesday at the ROYAL theater that
is expected to be one OF the best
ever staged i'll the city. The program
is being promoted by, Pyle and
Hunneteld, OF Phoenix, the, latter
having been engaged in directing
boxing contests at the state capital
for a long period and being well
known in tistiana as a promoter and
director
The main event on the local card
brings two fighters Of widely known
proWess into combat and as the bout
is to go for ten rounds it affords
plenty of time Tor one of them to
bring the event to a find conclusion
by the K. o. circuit Elks is. said
to be in as good condition as he
has ever displayed and Watson, while
newcomer to this part, is said to
be one of the fastest in his class
on the coast where he has established
( favorable reputation as q clean and
aggressive boxer. He has already
started training since his arrival and
! local fans who have watched him
punch the medicine bag and Go
/ shadow boxing declare that he is
most likely performer
Arizona fight fans do not need
to be told anything about Elks. He
has won mis- spurs in the ring and
defended them against opponents OF
his class and his popularity is estab-
lished on performance in the rings
rather than press-agent fanfare.
The shorter features OF the program
will offer 18 rounds. The curtain
raiser pair has not been picked but
! there will be a couple OF snappy
youngsters selected for that event
Then Tommy Hall and Kid Fulton
Kid Leche and Speedball Rogers anc
Jack Beaver and Yaqui Edwards vii
appear in the order named, the last
pair TO go six rounds and the others
four rounds each.
4 All Of the other fighters G,re o.
Douglas, being either local BOYS ol
boys at the military post with ths
single exception of Kid Leche, WHIT
comes from Ola They all are sale
to be in good condition and have
heen well matched, according to Pro-
moter Pyle.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-19
National Decathlon
Champion Arrives
To Train for Olympic

NEW YORK, Feb. 1s lP-"Chief"
Tait Elkins, national decathlon cham
pion and holder of the American rec
ord in that event, arrived in New
York today from Lincoln, Nebraska,
to make his home here before going
on the Olympic warpath
ElkinS has completed his fresh
man year at the University of Nebras-
ka. and has dropped out of college for
a year to devote his time to prepara-
tion for the Olympics. He has been in
training at Nebraska since the first
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-19

OF the year and had his first work
out in New York on the Fordhanl
track today.
Elkins' first metropolitan appear
ance will be in the Knights OF &C.
lumbus games at Madison Square
Garden Feb 30, ha is entered in the
sepathion, a modified form Of the
decathlon consisting of seven events,
co metre dash and hurdles, 400 meter
lun high and broad jump, pole vault
and shot put He will meet strong
competition, provided by Harold Os-
born. Olympic decathlon champion,
and Barney Berlinger University OF
Pennsylvania all-around star.
Electrically controlled clocks with
bells that ring automatically when
they need winding were shown at a
recent exhibition in London.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-19
new BALL CLUB
NOW ORGANIZED.
TO OPEN SEASON

Organized baseball for Douglas for
the coming summer took on a new
impetus last evening when II sport
promoters met and formed ball club
to be known as the Douglas All-Stars
OFFICERS were elected as follows: j.
M Amarillias, president; Regulo Ri
vera, secretary; Francisco Castro, treas
urer; John Salem, manager, and r.
Pereyra, captain of the team.
John Salem was delegated to inter
view the heads Of the chambers Of
commerce both of Douglas and Aqua
Prieta to secure their backing in a
drive among the merchants for suppors
in purchasing uniforms. Each mem
ber of the club has been. assessed q
small amount and this will go toward
the purchase of equipment for the
team
No professional ball players are TO
be hired and the policy OF the CLUB
will be to promote good, clean base
ball between the Various teams that
have been, and will be, organized in
the Douglas district for this season. A
tentative lineup fer both a first and
second team was drawn up at the
meeting last evening and will be pun-
lished as soon as few changes are
made
At present, with the Al1-Stars well
started on organisation, there are in
the district four BAH teams, each of
which presents q fairly formidable
line. They are. the Camp Harry j.
Jones team, made up of the best ball
players in the first battalion of the
Twenty-fifth infantry; an Aqua Prieta
team which includes some of the best
Mexican players of the city; the Aqua
Prieta White Sox which team, a year
ago, was one Of the best in southern
Arizona, and the new All-Stars.