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Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-25
TOFT LOSES IN
SLOW BOUT TO
! JOE CONTRERAS
BY JIMMY GREENE

They switched in number OF
substitutions at the Imperial VAL
ley Athletic club last night, several
of the boys announced as battling
being passed by, chiefly for physical
reasons, and as things often go 1t
turned out to be better than av-
erage card.
Three good fights and one not so
good, was the verdict when the eve
ming was over. When one remem-
bers that last night was terrifically
hot and that some of the boys were
over here from the coast, the re-
suits were more than satisfactory.
J. The only unsatisfactory bout was
9the main event, which Joe Con-
treras took from Pete Toft.
AS a fight it was a good rough
and tumble wrestling match, with
no more boxing science in it than
there are icebergs in Salton Sea.
Pete failed to display the punch
that he showed against Sammy
Aguirre, and Joe, who was supposed
. to pack dynamite in either hand
didn't show 1t at any stage of the
game. He had wholesome respect
for Pete's left, especially when it
was directed toward his mid-riff
and much of the time he fought
doubled over like a boy with the
cramps.
The boys pulled and hauled each
other around the ring for eight
rounds. and considering the calibre
OF their work, that was plenty.
Contreras took the first two
rounds but dropped the next two,
being slowed up considerably by a
volley OF blows to the head, one of
which cut his eye. Pete tried to
press his advantage, but let Con-
treras come bacS TO take the fifth
and then held him even in the
sixth. The last two rounds went
to Contreras with no great amount
of fighting in either round.
Battling Paul got his siege guns
working last night. dropping Bobby
RatZliff in the fifth round for a
knockout after having him on the
floor twice previously in the same
round for nine counts. Bill Tackett
didn't even bother to count over the
coast scrapper.
Ratzliff showed much better than
OH his previous starts here and af-
ter holding his own in the first, he
butboxed Paul in the next two. In
the fourth Paul hooked him on
Bobby's glass jaw and that was the
beginning OF the end. The old Ratz-
lift knees began to buckle and the
Ratzliff eyes went CLASSY He came
out for the fifth still wild-eyed and
wobbly. Paul caught him early and
II was only short time after the
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-25
France Favored
InDavis Match

AUTEUIL, France, July 25. W.P)-
France, Unexpectedly held to all
even break in the opening singles
matches, ruled as a favorite to gain
the upper hand over England today
in their contest for the Davis cup,
emblematic of international tennis
supremacy.
The French defending the cup for
the fourth time since winning it
from the United States in 1927, can
virtually clinch the trophy for an
other year by winning the doubles
match today.
The two countries divided honors
yesterday when Henry Cochet, dis
playing the same genius which won
him the title of the worlds great
est tennis player, defeated H. Will
fred Dummy Austin of England,
3-6, ll-9, 6-2, Ga, and Frederick j.
Perry of England won from Jean
Borotra, Frances bounding Bas-
que" 4-6, 1913, clio, 4-6, Ga.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-25

round opened that the first knock
down came.
Armstrong Wins
The colored boys seem to get by
in the heat, Andy Armstrong ham,
mering himself out a victory over
the veteran Art Monroy in the spe-
cial event. After the first round
when Monroy slugged on even
terms with Andy, it was all Arm
strong. He tried to put Monroy
away and sunk him for a nine count
in the fifth round, but Art is tough
and willy and was able to stay the
limit.
The bout was slow the greater
part of the time, the boys having
used up too much energy by STEP
ping fast in the first round. Andy
repeatedly measured Monroy for a
knockout blow and just as fire.
quently Art made him miss until
Andy showed signs Of disgust with
himself. They both tried and that
is lot these days.
The fight of the night was the
opener which Kid Pancho took from
Pilino Kilat. When one recalls that
these preliminary boys get SIS
round for their pay, he realizes how
much they earned it last night.
From the opening bell until the
finish, they pounded away at each
other, the clinches being few and
far between. Kilat has the idea
that the best way to win fights is
to throw lots of gloves and he al
ways does. He makes every fight
he gets into, even if he doesn't win
them all. He trounced Pancho in
the first but took nice beating
in the next two rounds and
was just as tired as Pancho in the
last stanza, in which there was not
any too much action.
The pace they set on such a night
was enough to tire a couple of ele-
phants and they deserve lots of
credit for their showing.
Battling Paul challenged the win
ner OF the Contreras-Tof fight. A
fan in back of us said he could lick
them both in the same ring. Maybe
he could
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-25

defeated Sam Sanchez, 1875. Mex
leo "a.
At Rochester, N. Y.-Primo Car
nera, 274l5, Italy. stopped Knute
Hansen, 205. Denmark ID: Jim
Darcy, 1876, California, knocked out
Joe Lillich, 1913, Rochester IA.
San Francisco-Raymond sBattl-
ing" Dozier, 1861, Wichita, Kan,
technically knocked out Johnny
Freeman, 142, Dayton, Ohio. In two
rounds.
San Diego, Calif.-Viveneio Al
cante, l45, Los Angeles, decisioned
Charlie Cobb, 146, San Diego d0).
Hollywood-Meyer Grace, 146l5
decisioned Vearl Whitehead, las Y
Q0.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-25

of times. He couldn't even stagger
the Salt Lake boy
Both fighters were worn out at
the end. The heat was terrific-the
hottest day in the city's history
and the physical strain was almost
uncomfortable.
Although he floored his opponent
once and had him staggering in the
last round, Artie McCann, 1876, Los
Angeles, failed to even get a draw
from Adrian Elton, Salt Lake. Ell
ton was awarded an unpopular de-
cision.
Another strange decision was the
draw between Mickey McAfferty
Eugene, Ore, and Art Palmer, Salt
Lake. McAfferty outpointed Pal
mer by a wide margin.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-25
| SP0R i S.
Neville Gusts
Young Opponent

DEL MONTE, Cal, July 25. up
Dalton Henderson, l6-year-old San
Francisco golfer who recently won
the California junior title, was
among the absentees in second
round matches of the Pebble Beach
championship today, having lost in
the first round to Jack Neville.
Neville had to play first calibre
golf to defeat the youngster, 3 and
l. In another feature match, Mil
ton Lathem of Carmel, qualifying
round medalist, defeated E. C. La
Montayne, Redlands, up.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-25
QuinterO Beats
Charlie Feraci

SALT LAKE CITY, July 25. W.D
Manuel Quintero, l40ls, flashy
Tampa, Fla, junior welter, had
erased today any lingering doubt
of his superiority over Charlie Fer
aci, l49, Salt Lake city.
Quintero pounded Feraci around
the ring at will for 10 rounds and
won the decision by a wide margin
late yesterday.
Perhaps heat took the sting from
his blows, but Quintero caught Fer
aci on the point of the chin scores
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-25
Last Nights
Fight Results
Bv UNITED PRESS

At Jersey City, N. Jack kid
Berg, 139. England, knocked out
Teddy Watson, f39, Jersey City Cd;
Al Maresca, 1877, Jersey City, out
pointed Al Lindsey, 1877. New York
Q0.
At Canarsie, N. Y. = Eduardo
Quarry, 142, Cuba, knocked out
Stanley ReinhaTt, $50, Bayridge %;
Danny London, l1812, New York,
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-25

Plymouth now also gives you Free
Wheeling which makes it possible to
shift gears between all forward
speeds without declutching.
Besides Free Wheeling Plymouth
offers new Easy-Shift transmission
which makes it possible to shift not
only from second to high at speeds
of IS or IS miles an hour but back
into second at these speeds, when you
need sudden acceleration, without
clashing or grinding.
The Plymouth engine develops
SO brake test horsepower with
actual stop-watch speed of 65 to 70
miles per hour; pickup from o to 40
miles in 81 seconds.
Among all cars in the lowest-price
field, only Plymouth has weather
proof hydraulic brakes simplest and
uncxcelled for safety and smoothness.
Chrysler Motors engineers have
given Plymouth double-drop frame.
Plymouth has a still lower center
of gravity, still greater safety, still
greater riding ease, still finer style.
We believe the new Plymouth
establishes in the field of lowest price
a new degree of artistic advancement
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-25

The state has agreed to purchase
an ocean front park at Carpinteria
Santa Barbara county.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-25
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results

Yesterdays Results
st. Louis, l0-7; Philadelphia, o.
Pittsburgh, 8; Brooklyn, 7.
Cincinnati, 5; New York, 3.
Chicago, 3; Boston, l.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-25
B BASEBA
STANDINGS |
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Yesterdays Results
Philadelphia, 2: Cleveland, 1.
New York, 6; Detroit, 5.
Chicago, 3; Boston, /.
Only games scheduled.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-25

Interior valleys in the south eX-
perienced some apricot burn during
the heat of the last week in June.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-25

with new eye-compelling beauty of
line and color.
Plymouth challenges with full-size
Safety-Steel body, with wire wheels
standard, with hydraulic shock
absorbers. No feature of comfort, OF
reliability, of economy has been left
out Of the New Plymouth.
am happy to extend to the entire
motoring world cordial welcome to
see, to drive and to ride in the New
Plymouth, and to invite comparison
between this exceptional product of
Chrysler Motors engineering and any
car in the world at or near its price.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-25

NEW Low PRICES - Roadster s535,
Sport rtRoadsferS595. Sport Phae tons5o5.
Coupe S565, Coupe with rumble seat
500, Convertible Coupe S645, Sedan
(2-door) s575, Sedan (4-door 3-window)
So35, fob. factory. Wire wheels stand
ardatnoextracost. Low prices.
Convenient time payments. Nom
shatterable plate glass IS available on
all models at small extra cost. 2fs
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-20
ROAD BONDS WILL NOT RAISE
TAXES.

Commissioner G. M. Babcock per-
forms timely service when he invites
attention to the fact that any bonds
issued to expediate the paving of our
trunk highways will not and cannot
become tax burden upon general
property.
1t is true that the constitutional
provision under which our highway
system was adopted, provides that if
motor vehicle taxes are inadequate to
pay the principal and interest on bonds,
the legislature may levy a general tax
to make up the difference. But this
provision was adopted when both
motor vehicles and good roads were
in their infancy, and when it was nee
essary to place the good faith of the
state back of the bonds in order to
sell them.
The development in the use of motor
vehicles has been so enormous and their
use so much necessity that the posi-
bility of any decrease in motor vehicle
taxes is inconceivable. AS pointed out
by Mr.. Babcock, motor vehicle taxes
could drop to one-fifth of their present
amount, and there still would be enough
income to pay interest and principal on
all outstanding bonds and on any bonds
it is now proposed to issue
Bonds for paving will be used for
paving and will be paid for out of the
fund created solely by those who use
the highways-Luverne Herald
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-20
GAS TAX REFUNDS.

Gas tax refunds claimed larger per-
centage of the gross receipts in Mime
sofa in 1880 than they did in Iowa or
Wisconsin, but not nearly as large a
share as North and South Dakota,
Montana or Kansas, according to a
survey made by the Fargo Forum. In
North Dakota refunds took 81, 413, 1922
out of gross tax of $3,379,744, or Alb
per cent, the largest in any state in
the Union.
In South Dakota refunds took 81 ,272,-
$40 out of a gross tax of $5,020,486 or
25.35 per cent. In Montana they took
S946,942 out of $3,873,828. In 2414 per
cent. In Kansas the refunds were
$1,780,473 out of gross tax of $1O,828,-
964, or 1914 per cent. In Minnesota
the refunds totaled $1,073,575 out of a
gross tax of $11, 49,, 959, or "a per cent
In Iowa the refunds were $984,757 out
of $11, 724, 784, or 8.39 per cent. In Wis
consin the refunds were $442, ia out of
a gross Of $8,702,116 or 500 per cent
Nebraska had an income of $9,095, 652
and allowed no refunds. The gas tax
is cents in Montana, cents in South
Dakota, 3 cents in Minnesota, Kansas,
North Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska, and
2 cents in Wisconsin.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-20
EASY PAYMENTS"

After the Miner editor has repeatedly
held in these columns that the monthly
payment plan has been a God-send to
the American people who have used
their heads in making purchases on
this plan, along comes the Thrift Mag
azine and prints diary" which rather
ridicules the plan.
We still maintain that, properly used,
the installment plan has made it pos
sible for the average home to be sup
piled with labor saving devices, radio,
car, and in many cases the home it
self.
The low down on easy payments" Is
pointedly set forth in the following
diary" which appeared recently in the
Thrift Magazine:
January 4. Bought an automobile
today. Very easy terms. Very fine
car, with cigar lighter on dash. Ought
to finish payment on this in 10 months.
February 4. Paid installments due
on car. Bought radio set on easy
terms Fine set and payments will be
small and monthly.
March Z. A little late with payment
on car this month, and will have to let
radio payment go over until April, as
I bought set of books and paid Sill
down. Very fine books. Everybody
should have this set Of books.
August Is. Somehow, I don't miss
the radio set much And you can get
men came to take away the set, but
we put out the lights and weren't home.
The chump hung around all evening so
I couldn't see to read the books.
June l. Borrowed 500 from Uncle
George to pay the $50 borrowed from
the boss, and also to meet payment on
the car. Got behind a little on the
book payments, because I bought a
piece of land in a new real estate de-
velopment This land ought to jump
in value Paid $50 down.
August Is. Somehow, I dnot miss
the radio set much. And GU can get
plenty of books from the public library.
The thing that hurts is that Uncle
George should be so mean. Of course
I told him I'd pay back the 500 on
Aug. l; but you can't do the impossible,
can you? Trying to arrange a char
acter loan from the bank. If I can
borrow $4,000 can get square again
and everything will go fine.
August 16. Bank says I have no
character. What a bunch of crooks!
September 80. The garage man is
holding the car for that labor bill.
What right have they to hold the car?
1t deems belong to me.
October /. It wasn't any use.
had to let the car go. Anyway, I'd
rather have that piece of land. They
have given me months grace on that.
Real estate people have more heart
after all.
November Is. Well, they can have
their old land. Good radiance If I
knew where to get $50 to meet the pay
ment on the piano, I'd be all right.
Bought new automobile today on the
pay out of income basis.
November Is. Income stopped.
Got the sack at the office. In looking
for a job you've got to have suit of
clothes, so bought one this afternoon.
Five dollars down"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-20
One of Worlds Wonders

The light emitted from the ancient
lighthouse at Alexandria, Egypt, came
from a huge wood fire which was kept
burning at the summit continuously
during the night. 1t has been stated
that this illumination was visible for
a distance of 40 miles, but modern
knowledge disputes this. The pharos
of Alexandria was known as one Of
the seven wonders of the world. 1t
was built about 331 B. c.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-20
A Few Sin.

If in your painting, Housewife, you
have slipped off the edge onto the mir
ror or window pane, don't be annoyed.
Be nochalant, and after the paint has
dried, with hubby's old safety razor
blade remove all traces of the slips.
1t is much easier than trying to re-
move the wet paint at the time of the
accident
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-20
international Language

Esperanto is the name of an arti-
fetal or international language de-
vised by Doctor ZamenhOf, a Russian
physician, who, in his first publication
on the subject, signed himself Doctor
Esperanto or Doctor Hopeful. The
language is based as far as possible
on words common to the chief Euro
pean languages.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-20
Stations of the Cross

The whole series Of the IA stations
Of the Catholic church is known as the
Via Calvaria or Via Crucis. Each sta
ton represents. by fresco. picture or
otherwise, some incident In the pass
age of Christ from the judgment hall
to Calvary, and at each prayers are
offered in memory of the event repre-
sented.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-20
Begin at Home

It is more needful that
my heart should swell with loving
goodness in the faulty people who
sit at the same hearth with me
than at the deeds of he
rOes whom ! shall never know ex-
cept by hearsay.-George Eliot.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-20
MadaRascan Menu

Madagascar natives eat spiders.
silkworms, grasshOppers and dried
locusts. Every good Madagascar
housewife has in reserve a supply of
dried locusts to sustain the family In
times Of famine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-20

When men say to me, II have no
time to read" / reply, ''Then you have
no time to succeed" says John @.
Lonsdale, president of the American
Bankers association, in the American
Magazine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-20
Danger in Mended Grind.tone

The bureau of standards says, due
to the enormous internal stresses gen.
Grated by centrifugal force in a grind
stone running at full speed, it would
be extremely dangerous to operate
such stone which had been broken
and mended by any known means.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-20
Trade Routes

The principal trade route between
the Far East and Great Britain is
through Gibraltar to the Suez canal,
thence through the Red sea to the In
dian ocean to reach India, Australia,
etc. The longer trade route Is by way
of the Cape of Good Hope in South
Africa.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-20
Astronomical Note

OF the millions of stars that can be
seen in the heavens with the aid of
powerful telescopes, all but few are
entirely outside of our solar system.
Only the planets like the earth, and
their satellites like the moon, revolve
around our sun and form the solar
system.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-20
He Was Curious

Counsel for the defense)-Now
what time was 1t when you were at.
tackled?
Complainant (angrily)-I don't know
ask your client-he took my watch
Exchange.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-20
Has Two Meanin0s

The expression double entendre"
has the same meaning as the express
sion, double meanings word or
phrase that can be interpreted in ei-
Their OF two ways, one of which is
often Of doubtful propriety.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-20
China Scores Again

Manuscripts dating back more than
1000 years, recently found in China,
show that mutual benefit societies
were popular as early as the Ninth
century, fines being levied for failure
to bring in ones contributions Of
wheat and millet.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-20
think there isn't any bull connected
with politics on are away off the track

think there isn't any bull connected
with politics on are away off the track.
A university coach says that big
hands are a great asset in basketball
game. They are not to be sneezed at
in a poker game either.
Senator Nye has been yelping about
the expenses of the u. S. senators in
their election campaign, but when his
expenses are shown up to be excessive
he yells murder. He is getting some
of his own medicine and he doesn't like
the taste of it.
Those Baudette school basketballers
are a thick Skulled lot. They didn't
know what everybody else knew-that
they couldn't beat Fort Francisco
they went out on the floor and whaled
the upriver team by % to 10.
One thing man never can under
stand about women is that one day
linen, silverware and recipes, and the
next day they are sworn enemies. And
the third day they are friends again.
A shark at figures has found that
the average wife washes three acres of
dishes a year, prepares 5000 meals
and sweeps 100 acres of floor. The
leisure time between these tasks is
filled in with cooking, sewing, house
cleaning and listening to her husband
complain of overwork.
A sixty-year old man who owns one
of the biggest ranches in Texas has
just married a 25-year-old girl She
loves the very ground he walks on
The game of life is peculiar in some
of the hands that are dealt out. For
years Henry Nash longed for the day
when Warroad would have an upto-
date creamery A week ago he at
tended the dedication of the beautiful
new $4,000 creamery in that village,
and on his way home that night he
was killed by train.
To add to your happiness, personal
property taxes are due this month
A subscriber told us recently that he
would like to pay his back subscription
but he simply bad to use the money
for groceries It's a noble sentiment
except for the fact that he buys most
of his groceries at soft drink parlor
A dance marathon near Chicago has
been in progress $500 hours, with
couples wabbling around the floor OF
all the crazy crazes that seems to be
the limit
The reasons given for the business
depression are alike in one respect
They're all different.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-20
Let's just Pretend

Policeman-What! Do you suggest
that would take bride? Why
Erring One-Excuse me, +
Policeman-But now, supposing that
/ was that kind of man, how much
would you give?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-20
A Toss.Up

whats an oil prospector?"
about as good a definition as any
he is four feet from a million dollars
or a million feet from four dollars"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-20
A Doctor's Might

II attended wild party last night"
remarked the doctor.
''Why, you told me you were going
to see patient" exclaimed his wife.
II did" grinned the doctor. "He
was the wild party, and they had just
brought him home from one"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-20
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Charles p. Keast Pastor.

Cnar1cS +. AeaSt, Pastor.
GAS A. M. The Sunday School.
Title of Lesson: 1.-The Parable of the
Sower." Scripture: Luke Bills.
1880 A. M. Morning Preaching Ser
vice.
Sermon Theme: Beating God in the
Game of Life"
Gas P. M. The Epworth League.
Topic: Growing Up" Leader to be
announced.
1880 P. M. Sunday Evening Service.
Sermon: IAN Army General, Pro-
phet and Little Girl"
Good singing by the choirs at both
the morning and evening services.
Prayer service every Thursday even
ing at 7:30 o'clock.
We are planning for happy Easter
service, Sunday, April 5th
Serve God and Be Cheerful!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-20
Aircraft Construction

The average airplane contains ar
least 30 kinds of wooden parts, the
Department of Agriculture points out.
stressing the vital Importance OF glue
in aircraft construction.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-20
The Easiest Way

Ship Captain (excitedly)-All hands
on deck! The ship has sprung leak!
Voice From the Hold (sleepily)-Aw,
put pan under it an 60 back to
sleep!"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-20
Tickle

'"The styles are changing very fast"
Said Bessie to Marie.
"And it's just the same with husbands,
too,
I'm changing mine, you see."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-20
That's Pretty Nea,

low near do you think that light
ming was, 'Arry?'
Dunno, kid-but this flag wasn't lit
q second ago."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-20
Larger Than Suppo.ed

New surveys of the island of Mar
Unique show that it contains almost
$4,000 more acres than had been sup
posed.