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Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-22

The FL Centre Hospital, is Civ.
ing special service to maternity
work. Price $4,000 for ten days, in
Guiding supplies, and delivery room.
For information Phone 20. adv
Oregon Coffee shop-Fresh aba
lone steak today. adv
Two Immigrants Held - Elizio
Carrillo and Mendza Artoro, both
Mexican immigrants, are in the
county Jail facing deportation into
Mexico. Artoro was arrested by
border patrolmen near the city lin
it's of Calexico. Carrillo was ar
rested in Ell Centre.
Two County Paroles Granted
Bessie Franklin and Fannie Green
berry, ,colored, were granted pa
role from the county Jail this morn
ing. The parole was granted on
good behavior while in prison. =
Let Storage Help You. Our rein
forced concrete warehouse is the
safest place for your piano, trunks,
and household goods. Phone l..
Pioneer Truck and Transfer Co. adv
Two Held in Long Beach,. O.
Richards and Ambrose Hall, wanted
in FL Centre for petty theft, are be-
ing held on $25 bonds in Long
Beach. according to letter to Sher-
iff Gillett this morning from the
coast cit, officials.
White Rouge. Parisienne Beauty
Shoppe. 51S Main st. Phone 7S3.
adv
Gets Jail Sentence Theodore
Moreno, Mexican, started serving
time today in the county Jail for
disturbing the peace last night. Ar
raigned before Judge Perkins in
police court this morning, Moreno
was given 25 days in the county
jail or offered an alternative of
paying a $50 fine.
Speeder Pays Fine = Ralph
Schunm, of Ell Centre, paid "a $15
fine in police court this morning
when he pleaded guilty to making
80 miles an hour in a 20 mile zone.
Judge Perkins fined him one dollar
for each mile over the speed limit
To August ), Riverside had ship
ped 5,577 cars of citrus fruits; g..
149 to same date last year.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-22
BRITISH DEMAND
AGREED TO BY
OTHER NATIONS
BY FREDERICK KUH
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent

THE HAGUE, Aug. 20. 'U.H-
France, Italy, Belgium and Japan
completed new proposal today
largely fulfilling Great Britain s
three demands for modification of
the Young plan, which almost
wrecked the reparations conference
here.
The proposal, however, was part
ly at the expense of Germany, so
that Germany at the afternoon
meeting of the four powers was in
vited to hear the new proposal.
The proposal was understood to
include an increase of 10O,000,O00
marks ,S20,0O0) annually in
Germany's unconditional annuities,
which Britain would receive. The
100,000,000 marks would be deduct
ed from Germany s conditional rep
arations.
The proposal. shifts the fate of
the conference to Germany shout
ders.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-22
PERSONALS

Miss Bobbie Kupelian, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Diren Kupelian,
COS Olive street, has returned from
Los Angeles, having spent the past
month as house guest of her aunt,
Mrs. Marie Ward, of that city.
Miss Kupelian also spent portion
of her vacation with another aunt,
Mrs. Helen Raymond of Topango
Canyon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Hetzel left yes
terday for three weeks vacation
trip to the coast during which they
will attend the International Pho
tOgraphers Association convention
at San Francisco, and the state fair
at Sacramento.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-22
Mexicali Cafes
Having Trouble

Valley folks who journeyed to
Mexicali last night for dinner found
difficulty in being served, as most
of the restaurants usually patronized
by Americans were closed
The cause was said by restaurant
owners to be based on the demand
by the officials that only Mexican
labor should be used as cooks and
walters.
One proprietor declared that it
was impossible to comply with the
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-22
THE WEATHER

LOS ANGELES AND VICINITY
Fair tonight and Friday with mod
crate temperature; cloudy or foggy
in the morning.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA-Fair
tonight and Friday with fog near
coast tonight; gentle variable winds
on coast.
FIRE WEATHER FORECAST
Generally fair tonight and Friday
but foggy on coast; gentle variable
winds.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-22
TO SETTLE ESTATE

Los ANGELES, Aug. %. WP-
Dolores Costello, screen actress and
wife of John Barrymore, and her
sister, Helene Costello, have filed a
petition for letters of administra-
tion in the estate of their mother,
Mrs. Mae Costello. who died August
7. The petition said Mrs. Costello s
estate would not exceed 81 900 but
that she had in her keeping SCI 900
belOnpinp to Dolores
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-22

Alicante grapes sold at Lodi, San
Joaquin county, for $55 a ton. Six
ty dollars were offered for Zinfan-
dels, with no takers.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-05-02
STUCCO COURT
TO BIT BUILT

Karl Gantner, contractor, tor-
rnerly of Hollywood, plans to start
the construction of court OF a
dozen modern stucco cottages on
his property at Tenth and Brldger
some time next week, it was learn
ed Yesterday. George Clark, for
meriy of Los Angeles, partner OF
Cantner. is doing the designing
for the buildings.
Gantner will bring the water and
electricity connections to the court
On his own initiative, he stated,
and. after the completion OF this
court, which will occupy 67l2 front
feet of his 125 footage, he plans
later to build another similar court
on the other 6712 section.
The cottages will have bath ana
modern conveniences, stated the
contractor, who has been in this
city about five months, and whose
temporary location is at Woodards S
camp. Gantner built the first
apartment house near the Warner
Brothers studio in Hollywood. thus
pioneering in Stucco apartment
building in that locality, he stated
yesterday.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-05-02
EDISON LOOKING
FOR UNDERSTUDY

ORANGE, N. J.. May 2, CUP)-
Thomas A. Edison is looking TO
some rising young genius to de
valcp through the offering of 5
college scholarship. providing tut
tion for a four year course.
The youth who submits the bes.
answers to a QUESTIONABLE will b
given this boon, it was ANNOUNCE
recently by Charles Edison, son o.
the electrical wizard.
Governors of the various state
and the commissioners of the Dis
trict of Columbia will choose one
male student from high school
and prepara DRY schools in each O.
the various states. The 49 winners
will be given a free trip to tht
Edison offices, and the one studen'
showing the greatest ability n
scientific subjects will be selected
there.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-05-02

first Ng AirpLane Schedule Record Mail Cargo
TODAY'S WORST YARN
BY A DAM SITE

Perfume CT a horse - take
your choice.
A most unusual bit Of horse
trading took place in Las We
gas this week end.
1t seems the trader wanted
to trade off a horse-wanted
to trade him off badly-not
that it was a bad horse, but
that he wanted to keep busi-
ness moving!
He was 50 intent upon sell
ing or trading one Of his herd
ef steedS to Harry Sherwin,
proprietor of a local cosmetics
shoppe that he called Sher-
wins bluff" when the latter
offered to trade him perfume
FOR the quadruped.
Only hitch was that after
Sl7e1wi1 had tied the horse
cut in his back yard and spent
night in slUmber he went
out to find the end of the rcpe
dangling with no horse On the
end.
"The poor beast got lonely
and went back to the gang for
the night" said SheI'win. "Pn
get him in a day or So"
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-05-02
CHURCH NOT
BLAMED BY GIL

MEXICO CITY, May l Up
President Portes Gil, in a public
statement, said today that he did
not consider that the Roman Ca
tholic church, as an institution,
was responsible for the military
revolution that has just collapsed.
He added that some servants
of the church" in Jalisco, Micho-
acan and Guanajuato, forgetting
their Christian morals, had COM
mitted acts of banditry under the
pretext of defending doctrines OF
their church.
He declared that the government
attitude on the remose questions
was unchanged. Priests may re-
turn to their churches and re-
sumo public service whenever they
desire "if they obey Mexico's laws"
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-05-02
SITE SURVEY TO
END SATURDAY

The Reclamation Bureau survey
ing party which has been engaged
in mapping and charting the top
ographical features of the country
around the dam site, will be done
with their work this week. it Is
expected, and will leave Sunday
for the Kittitas Irrigation project
in the state of Washington, from
which they were taken to do this
work.
Paul Jones, head Of the party,
was in Las Vegas last weekend.
They expect to break camp at the
site, and come to Las Vegas Sat
urday, starting by auto for Wash
ington Sunday.
The party arrived early In Feb
ruary and commenced the work at
that time.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-05-02
TWO BUILDINGS
ARE ENIl llALRGED

Eight new apartments and nine
new offices have been added to this
city's housing facilities by the COM
pletion of the reconstruction of the
office-and-apartment building OF
j. T. Waters on North Second
street.
The lower floor of the building
has been transformed from a
single store to nine offices, and the
upstairs has been changed from
eight rooms to eight apartments,
stated Contractor ]. c. Jessee yes
terday.
The new addition to Mayor J..
Fred HesSe's office across the
street from Waters building. also
is completed, by the same contrac-
tor, enlarging the office space from
20 by 10 to 25 by go feet. Finish
ing will be completed about May
4, Jesse stated.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-05-02
COME ON, RED,'
FIREMEN REPLY
TO CHALLENGE
Fire Chief Accepts Eagles
Challenge Teams" Defy
. TO Unnamed Contest to
Benefit Injured Athletes.

Come on, Red!"
That's the red-hct answer
hurled at the Eagles Chal-
lenge Team" in reply to the
challenge broadcast by Red
jackson in the last issue OF
The Age. tf
"We're rarin' to go and we've
got more nerve accidentally than
the Eagles team have on pur-
pose" Fire Chief Harold Case as
serted yehemently and positively,
but good-naturedly, yesterday.
The challenge was issued by the
Challenge Team" for some sort
Of fun froilc," or contest. the ma
,ure of which is unknown to both
sides" on Sunday next in the base
ball park for the benefit OF Lloyd
E. Ireland, wrestler who was re-
Gently injured in match here,
and C. R. Miller, rodeo rider whose
ankle was broken during the rodeo
held here recently.
According TO Jne challenge. five
Eagles headed by jackson, who Is
Of the Eagles ball team.
would meet five firemen in this
unnamed contest, a small gate re-
cepit to go to the benefit OF these
men.
Some of the firemen. at a meet
ing held Tuesday night, despite
The fact that they were Eagles,
said. Bring. on the Eagles, were
according to Case. The
whole gang of 16 volunteer fire
men were at the meeting, he said
and rarin' to go.
We've heard rumors it is some
thing concerned with horses. Well,
if it is, we've got a bronc rider
who'll do his stuff. Well take 'em
up on anything" said Case.
The ball game with the Needles
town team, set for Saturday. may
have some effect on the holding
Of this stunt, some of the Eagles
nave stated.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-05-02
BELL TELEPHONE
ADVANCE CREW
NOW AT VEGAS
Model Camp for Convenience
of Workmen is Established
at the Vegas Ranch.

THE sting of a hard days work
on the desert is all forgotten when
the workmen return at night to
all the comforts of home, with
meal furnished by Chef G. w.
WoodSon," said Mr.. C. P. Fran
cisco, Of the engineering depart
ment of the Bell Telephone Com
pany.
The engineering crew comprises
twenty-one men headed by Walter
G.. Frazee. Their camp has been
established at the Vegas ranch
where the work will be conducted
for the next month or so.
A trip through this camp, with
model kitchen, dining room, store
house and sleeping quarters, will
give one some idea of what great
institutions such as the Bell COM
pany are doing for the comfort of
their men who are required to
move place to place in construct
ing new telephone lines.
Electricity is furnished by a
small plant carried on one of the
trucks. In the store room will be
found most anything that could
be bought atone of our city stores,
and of the best quality. An ice
box of 500-pound capacity is al
ways kept filled with vegetables
and fresh fruits.
Mr.. T. c.. johnson. who has
charge Of the transportation of
the engineering crew, stated that
the construction train is now about
ten miles this side of Yermo and
is making good progress.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-05-02
NOT GUILTY BUT
HE LOST $50

Although he was found not
guilty on an assault charge yeSter-
day by Judge Foley. w. E. Moore
lost $50 through failure to appear
on the date set for the trial.
Moore was arrested March q on
complaint Of Mary Sellers, and
posted $50 bond to appear April 2.
He failed to appear, and forfeit
ID bond. Taken into custody day
before yesterday. Moore was held
and tried yesterday. Evidence, said
Judge Foley. did not warrant a
for it was shown he was
merely separating two women who
were fighting, at the time dealt
with in the complaint.
That. however does not save
Moore his $50.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-05-02
WESTERN AIR
EXPRESS OPENS
NIGHT SERVICE
A d d e d Ira nscontinental
Mail Service Means Much
To Las Vegas.-larger
Field Needed.

More than 500 air mail
covers destined to be saved
and sold and boarded by stamp
collectors In years to come as
missives among the first to
leave Las Vegas by regularly
scheduled night air mail ser
vice went cut in a special
pouch last, night.
Post office clerks were kept
busy yesterday for hours pre-
pairing the historic pouch,
which contained letters sent
from all parts Of the country
to be mailed en- the initial
trip.
Zocming out of a dark sky,
the big Boeing ship, piloted by
Jimmy" James, veteran pilot
of the Western Air Express,
landed at the Vegas Airport
last night on scheduled time,
and a few minutes later was
off again for the next stop,
Salt Lake City.
This new mail service will brin
the Pacific Coast within on
business day of New York. tn
regular passenger service will b
continued as in the past. Re
Gently the Western Air EXPIRES
reduced it's fares one thir'
which resulted IN a great mcreas
IN this mode of travel.
With this increase in air trans
portation for Las Vegas, we ar
all the more by tn
need of a more modern
and hope that the TIM
will not be far off when we car
boast of a field second to none.
The east bound mail arrives here
at 9 p. m. and the weSt-bount
at 2:15 G.. m. 1
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-05-02
Choice Entertainment Is
Critics Judgement of Play

Editors Note: This review of the recent dramatic
presentation t Pays to ADVERTISE, was written for The
Age by man whose experience with things theatrical
renders him a capable critic, DR.. VIM. S. Park
The names the business firms sponsoring the play
were revealed in series of pertinent pointed remarks
made between acts by Dr. o. D. Thomas. They are:
Boulder Realty Corporation, John p Mills Organlza-
ton First State Bank Banding B. B, Tankel Organic
alton Troy Laundry, Will Beckey Las Vegas STOCK
Exchange Las Vegas Hospital Gold Ace Mining Company.
as Vegas Journal A. c. Grant, Las Vegas Pharmacy H.
w Thomas T NJ Carroll James eastman, w. E. Houck,
wv Ham / Warren Woodard, c. E. Pembroke.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-05-02
YELLOW KITTEN HELPS
SMASH RECORD FOR
MARRIAGE LICENSES

With a tiny yellow kitten as
best man." a couple from
Utah, being remarked after
three years of separation, Sat-
urday brought the month of
April 1929 up neck and neck
with the month holding the
record for number Of marriage
licenses secured in this county.
And the other applicants
filed into the office of the
county clerk bent on placing
their confessions to Cupid in
to immortal print, one after
another, Saturday and ycster-
day, smashing the previous
record all to Simthereens!
Thus it is proved that no
matter how good a record or
a man may be, another will
come along and prove itself or
himself better.
I'm irnmeasurably happy
that we succeeded in break
ing the record" said Deputy
Clerk Dorothy Keeler happily,
when interviewed yesterday.
But 1 was mortified to think
we had to depend on folks
from other states to put us
over the top. The three other
couples were all from Cali
fOrnia.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-05-02
DIARY TELLS =
-r4 +-s
OF TRAGEDY
TO 2 AIRMEid
Mystery of Southern Cross
Rescue Plane is Revealed
When Missing Ship 10
Found.

SYDNEY, Australia, May i
P-A rough diary, scribbled
On the rudder of their rescue
plane revealed today the ira
gedy of Robert Hitchcock and
Keith Andersen, aviators, who
attempted to lccate the plano
Southern Cross.
The rescue plane, found by 4
land party, was discovered with
Hitchcocks body lying under one
of the wings and the body OF
Anderson some forty yards away
The diary told of being forced
down On account of engine trouble
and of the days spent in an at
tempt to construct a runway, but
that the lack of water made Wort
impossible. Efforts were mao
to dig for water but without sue
cess. Anderson left, looking for
water after Hitchcock died, bur
apparently walked in circles until
he perished.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-05-02
LAS VEGAS TO
BENEFIT FROM
u. P. BUDC IT
$4,000, 10000 To Be Spent
BY Railway Between Los
Angeles and Salt Lake
City in Year.

Large payrolls and other
large expenditures in the Los
Angeles territory are included
in the S96,0OO,0O0 Improvement
and maintenance program Of
the Union Pacific System for
1929 just announced by Carl
r. Gray, president.
Of the total amounts of the bud
get more than S70,000,000 is ap-
plicable to the line operating from
Los Angeles to the east and Of
this sum over $l5000,000 is to be
applied to that portion of the
system between Salt Lake City
and Los Angeles. The total $685.
100000 budget represents an in
crease of more than $6,OO000O over
last year and the ratio of increase
for the lines between Salt Lake
and Los Angeles is still greater.
Widening for future double
tracking and lining with concrete
of three tunnels in the vicinity
Of Caliente, Nevada, on the main
line to Salt Lake City at a cost
of $500,000 is included In the pro-
gram. Thirty bridges and culverts
on this section are to be replaced
with the most substantial sort of
construction. Grade crossing elm
inatIon at several points is
estimated to cost approximately
81 1000 900.
To Install Tracks
To permit OF the more expeQ.
tiouS handling of the heavy freight
trains operating to the east over
the Union Pacific from Los Ange-
les, sixteen passing tracks between
Los Angeles and Salt Lake City
are to be installed This work Ulll
involve the Wldeneing Of cuts ana
embankmentS, new ballasting. ral
requirements, additional yard and
industry tracks, new improved
water stations and other st. ucLureS.
For the maintenance OF equip
ment OF the line between Los
Angeles and Salt Lake City, the
sum of $i,650,000 is provided ana
$25,000000 for the entire line be
tween Los Angeles and the east.
Additional growth tor the EaSt
Los Angeles shops of the system
now one OF the largest Of tle
tranScontinental line. is also plan
ned one of these Improvements to
be a $4,000 office building for the
division superintendent. ana his
assistants. The company payron
at the Los Angeles shops now to
tails S375,000 monthly.
Purchase Of 25 additional Union
Pacific type locomotives will cost
81 2140,000 and new chair, dining
observation and other cars ion
passenger equipment a further
s.. 100000.
Provision for Nevada increase
are also seen in the shop pay
rolls at Caliente and Las Vega
which now aggregate $l50,OO0
At the latter point there
is to be installed a 24-inch waite
main from the reservoir to the
shops with larger connection To
the present city 6isributiug SIS
Jem to provide for tho Increasing
population of the municipality
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-05-02
KILL THREAT
IS SUIT CAUSE

Alleging his wife drew a revolv-
er on him and threatened to kill
him, Samuel A. Giebner filed suit
for divorce this week in this
county.
IF I can't have you, no other
woman will" she is alleged to have
said when threatening him IN July
1928 in California.
The couple were married In 1899
in Mercer Pennsylvania.
J. r. Lewis is attorney for the
plaintiff.
Daisy K. Morgan filed suit for
divorce against r. P. Morgan. on
grounds of cruelty, through G. D.
Breeze, attorney. The couple were
married in 1922 at Ashville, North
Carolina,
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-05-02
MAY
NOT ACCEPT
STATE TAX JOB
Local Business Man Given
Appointment to Nevada
Commission to Succeed
Phil ellison.

w. E. Hawkins, Las Vegas
business man appointed to the
state tax commission yeSter-
day by Governor Balzar, stated
at $50 last night that he had
not as yet made up his MIND
whether he would accept the
appointment.
Declining to state what the con-
siierations were, Hawkins WOULD
not say whether he was leaning
loward accepting or toward refus-
ing. stating simply that he would
know In the morning
Too Many Republicans
Hawkins was appointed to TINS
nest to succeed Phil ellison, and
the reason for the change Is SAID
TO be the fact that there is sup
posed to be an even balance poll
tically on the commission, While
there were too many Republicans
on at this time.
Hawkins is president and a large
stockholder in the Hawkins Land
and Water company, BESIDES p3-
ing a director Of the First State
Bank. He was county assessor
for several years up TO two years
ago.
Second Mayor
He was second mayor OF Las
Vegas having come here from
,7alifornia in 1905. He was in the
dry goods business for some time
having sold his business to AdcecK
and Ronnow.
There are eight members on the
tax commission, two of whom are
ex-officio, the governor and the
chairman of the public service
& commission.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-05-02
OIL DRILLERS
FIND GAS SIGNS

Having reached depth Of $50
feet, the operations in drilling for
oil near Arden. being pushed by the
Chas. r. Henderson company OF
Los Angeles. are being continued
With a zest, according to DR.. Hat
field local representative OF the
company. %l11
Tne I1nding of a second indica-
ton Of gas yesterday at the 3l5
foot level renewed the hope that
there might be gas deposits OF some
import in the vicinity. according
to DR.. Hatfield.
The first indications of gas-came
several days ago, and this tune
came still stronger.
Mr.. Derrick. the driller. is con-
fidrnt Of hitting oil here, said Hat
field yesterday.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-05-02
AVIATORS PHONE
FROM AIRPLANE

NEW YORK, May 1 UP)-A
two-way conversation with a New
York news room was carried on
today from an airplane which cir
cled over New Jersey at a height
of $500 feet.
The experiment, which was car
ried out with the cooperation OF
the Western Electric company and
the Bell Telephone laboratories,
was pronounced a success.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-05-02
WOODARD GETS
FINE NEW WELL

A fine flow of water was brought
in yesterday by j. Warren Wood
ard at his property at the junction
of Main and Fifth streets.
This flow was encountered at
a depth of only $50 feet and is
sufficient to take care of the en-
tire needs of the development of
this property. Mr.. Woodland plans
quite extensive improvements to
this property in the near future.