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Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-08

Uniforms Finally Receiyed-Un-
iforms presented to the Mexican
band of BraWley by President Or
tiz Rubio of Mexico. have finally
been permitted to cross the inter-
national line where they have been
held up for several months pending
payment of customs duty. The un-
iforms were finally admitted with
cut payment of duty.
At the Ell Dorado Drug Co they
are specializing on evening curb
service. Real drinks and sand
Wiches. City limits. 2tf
Engineer Blamed A Southern
Pacific board of inquiry has placed
blamed for the wreck at Yuma
Wednesday in which two members
of the train crew were killed, on
Gus Steyaert of Phoenix, one of
the victims. 1t was asserted he
was driving the train at excessive
speed under existing conditions.
You will enjoy the pleasant cour-
teouS service combined with good
food at Liberty Cafe. 500 Main
Street 7t6
Going East BY Plane-Miss Anna
McManus. assistant treasurer for
the Imperial Irrigation District. will
leave Los Angeles tomorrow by
Western Air Express for a trip to
Denver where she plans to spend
her vacation. She went to the
coast today and leaves at a. m.
tomorrow.
DIR. l.. w. Jensen, Dentist - 10
North Sixth ST. Phone 382. Spe-
cializing in inlays and porcelain
Jacket crowns. i6mWf
Perishable Shipments Yester-
days report from the office of B.
A. Harrigan, county agricultural
commissioner, consisted of eight
carloads of honeydews east and
two carloads of casabas west.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-08
Four Square Gospel

" Sunday school classes for every
one will begin at 10 O'Clock as usual
at the Church of Foursqnare Cos
pei. The subject of the lesson Is
Saul Converted and Commission
ed
The pastor. Ethel Rose Loomis.
has returned and will offer both
morning and evening sermons. At
IL O'Clock the theme will be Bring
ing Back the King" and at 7:30,
What God Owes Us
On Tuesday and Friday night reg
ular week night service will be OBJ
served
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-08

and question marks are literally
sprinkled throughout sentences
where not even a comma should
show its head.
In spite of its ignorant behavior,
the teletype machine yesterday for
the first time functioned all day on
a line out of Los Angeles. Clarke.
who has taken the place of official
operator, sent several messages of
secret Importance to other points.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-08
State Street Christian

Members of the State Street
Christian church are reminded that
Sunday school services will be held
as usual at Gas and urged to at
tend.
Church services have been dis
continued for a short time but will
resume sometime in September,
with V. E. Butterworth as pastor in
charge.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-08

HEARTS DESIRE
TO BE PRESENTED
BY SAN DIECANS

Hearts Desire" the colorful pic
turization of San Diego's history,
is to be presented this year during
the week of August 81 to 20, inclu-
sive.
The San Diego municipal stadium,
covering an area of so by 280 feet,
is the setting for the play. The
huge horseshoe curve, which Is a
masterpiece of artistic scenic de-
signing. serves as an amphitheatre.
The acoustics are excellent, the
voices carrying on the still night
air from the stage to the highest
seat in the stadium The entire
presentation is at night, under the
open sky.
Hearts Desire" is not merely q
pageant. 1t is a dramatic presen-
tation of early California history.
The story carries with it an ahun-
dance of love adventure. The
beauty of the scenes and atmo-
sphere pervades the soul of each
member of the audience until he
ceases to be an onlooker. He be-
comes a part of the festiyity and
color that was SO essentially early
California.
The life of the first Spanish set
tiers is accurately portrayed in the
action of the play They were a
musical people, and their singing
and dancing intersperse the more
serious parts of the story A civic
chorus, under the direction of Wal
lace Moody, and talented local dane
ing classes make these musical bit
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-08

carpet that is used for the rear
compartment floor covering, and
bound with the same binding. the
purpose being improved appearance
and insulation. The dash liner has
a dull finish with color to match
the carpet.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-08
YES, THE EGG FRIED

ALBANY, Ore. (U.P) = George
Goodman and Hague Calister
checked up when someone declared
Its hot enough to fry an egg
They cracked an egg on the side
walk. In a few minutes it was
cooked
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-08

added to the doors and windshield
headers. There are polished chrome
plated door sill plates. Cowl pam
els have been covered with the same
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-08
SWEDISH TONNAGE Is 1850, 1000

GOTHENBURG, Sweden, U.P)-
Total of the Swedish merchant ma
rine now is 1,680000. In the first
six months of 1881 the fleet in
creased with nine vessels of a COM
bined tonnage of 10000.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-08
Do You Save Enough?

0ANKERS say that saving money is largely mat
ter Of hab-of Systematically putting a.uay something
every pay day-of consistently thinking in terms of
thrift
The bankers are right But remember that thrift en-
braces buying well as saving 1t is penny Uise and
pound foolish" by scrimpng and yet spend mon
ey needlessIy in making your everyday purchases
Has occurred to you that every day you
something simply by reading the advertisements in this
paper? Do you realize that the advertisements tell you
just where and when to buy to advantage they tell
you how to avoid regretable expenditures?
Thrifty folks realize that advertising has reduced the
selling costs of thousands of factories and stores
Many of the things that today count necessities or
simple uxures could not be sold at anything like their
present prices had not advertising created broad
ket for them. 1t has made millions of sales at small
profit where otherwise there woud be thousands of
sales at large profit per sale.
So You QUE great deal to advertising. And you QUE
il TO Yourself to read ADVERTISING
ADVERTISING HELPS YOU SAVE MONEY
READ IT SYSTEMATICALLY
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-08

DIR. l.. W. Jensen, Dentist - 10
North Sixth ST. Phone 1872. Spe-
cializing in inlays and porcelain
jacket crowns. i6mWf
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17

The Press presents herewith an
article received from District At
torney Heald with reference to cam
collation. of taxes on property with
in irrigation districts, which is OF
much interest to every valley resi-
dent:
There are three cases pending in
the supreme court of the State OF
California in which the people of
Imperial county have a vital inter-
est.
One case emanates from San
Diego county, one from Merced
county and the other from Glenn
and Colusa counties.
These cases are petitions by three
irrigation districts for cancellation
of state and county taxes against
property which the districts after
wards purchased at their own sale
for taxes.
The Irrigation District Act pro-
videS that when property is offered
for sale for delinquent irrigation
district taxes and there is no other
purchaser, the district itself may
become the purchaser and that If
the property is not redeemed within
three years it will be decided to the
district.
Section AZ of the Irrigation Dis
trict Act provides. among other
things, as follows: where property
has been sold to the district and a
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
Atlantic Lines
Reduce Rates

PARIS, Aug. II. W.P)-The cheap
est liner travel to Europe in history
became operative today.
A loss of 1000 first -class paSSen-
gers week, the suspension of i'm
migration to the United States and
Canada and drop in freight on the
smaller ships of the big lines led
the l8 principal north Atlantic
steamship companies to confer in
Paris. They decided on cuts AT both
ends of the travel scale.
The meeting, which terminated
July 90, decided that as from Aug
ust II cost of first class transpor-
tation be reduced from 10 to 80 per
cent. Cheaper class of travel, pre-
sumably including tourist-third, will
be subject to reductions varying
around Is per cent.
President Hoover's gesture In de-
claring a debts moratorium was in
directly responsible for the reduc-
tionS, the companies indicated in
their communique. They said they
met in an attempt to follow the
Presidents example. By cutting
losses, they hope to reverse the
downward movement in world trade.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
STATE UNABLE
TO SHAKE TALE
TOLD BY CLARK
Accused Stands Up Under
Stiff Examination BY
Prosecutor.
BY GEORGE II. BEALE
United Press Staff Correspondent

LOS ANGELES, Aug. II. U.P(-
David H. Clark, former deputy dis
trict attorney, on trial on charge
that he murdered Herbert Spencer
newspaperman, went through his
third consecutive day of crosS-ex-
animation today, calmly parryine
all prosecution attempts to break
down his claim that he killed in
self defense when he shot down
Spencer and Charles Crawford, po-
litical boss
Special Prosecutor Joseph Ford
grilled the young attorney merci-
lessly to try to bring out some other
motive but Clark stuck to his orig
inal story of the shootings.
Among other things. Ford init
mated that Clark might have killed
the two men because they planned
to beat him at the June elections
when he was a candidate for muni-
cipal judge.
when you went into Crawford's
office the afternoon of May 20
didn't he tell you that you couldn't
be elected judge?' Ford asked.
mo, sir, he didn't" Clark an
swered.
Didn't Crawford tell you that he
had just had conference with Guy
McAfee (reputed underworld lead
err ?"
He said nothing about it,
We'll, didn't Crawford say to you
You haven't got a chance to be
elected. I've made up with McAfee
and you can't expect any financial
help from me?"
mo, he did not Clark answered
calmly.
Attempts to force Clark to admit
that he was without funds the day
of the murder and that he had gone
to McAfee seeking financial backing
for his judgeship campaign were
ruled out on objection from Clark (;
counsel.
Hints At Bribery
Ford returned briefly to his ques-
tioning OF last Friday when he in
timated that there had been an at
tempt to shake down" Crawford
for $50 900 in return for the promise
| of gaining dismissal of a bribery
indictment against him.
You were in the district attor
ney's office when it was handling
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17

DIVISION
Up AGAIN
n ort h. End Delegation
Pays Visit To Super
yisOrs' Meeting.
ARGUMENTS HOT
Repartee Exchanges Be-
come Quite Animated
During Discussion.

Pealing their stentorian battle cry
of Taxation Without Representa-
ton" through the corridors OF the
county courthouse. delegation OF
desperate north-enderS besieged the
county board of supervisors this
morning relative to redistricting OF
the north end section, but met alb
ject defeat on rampant of stony
faces and hard words SuperilnpoSed
on the determination of the cor
nered supervisors that the Writ plan
shall not pass.
Led by President J. G.. Writ OF
the Calipatria Chamber of Corn
merce, author and ardent backer
of the Writ plan to give the north
end two supervisors, the besiegers
preached the superyisorial walls In
only one place, when they drove
Henry Jackson, north end super
visor, into declaration of his stand
in favor of the Writ plan.
A. Y. Preble, chairman Of the
board, hurled hard words into the
ranks of the delegation when he
declared under no condition would
he support the Writ plan. Silent
backing, that finally broke into vo-
cal support, was offered by Romeo
Smith of the Ell Centro district and
w. j. Best of the Calexico region.
Dave Vencill of Holtville was not
present.
Five minutes after the noon.
whistle declared time to adjourn,
the delegation retired with a prom
ise of another visit. In case that
visit fails, and the supervisors put
through redistricting plan that
does not meet with whole-hearted
north-end approval, legal action
was openly limited at by E. w. Cuff.
secretary of the Brawley Chamber
OF Commerce, who acted as Wirt's
second in command during the bat
tie of words
Romeo Smith took exception to
often repeated assertions that the
northern end of Imperial county
has two-thirds OF the county's pop
ulation when he expressed the opin-
ion redistricting should be based as
| llluCll Oil lOdQ lIlliCa6C AL Cd%AA 0Ao-
trict as on population.
Suggests Meeting
Henry Jackson, with his usual de-
sire for action, suggestion delega-
tionS be called from every district
in the county, confer on the most
fair plan of redistricting, and the
entire matter be settled. This will
not be possible until the mid-month
meeting of the supervisors in Sep
tember, Preble pointed out. since
Vencill will not be back until then.
and a two-thirds vote of the board
is required to lay the matter to
rest. This means that four super
visors must vote together, he point
! ed out.
Words were kissing rapiers in sew
eral duels between Preble and men,
bers of the delegation. After Cuff
demanded an expression Of opin-
| ion on the Writ plan, and was told
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
Continued on page 6)
REPORT ATTACKS
LEGION METHODS
AND GRID GAINS

NEW YORK, Aug. II. U.P)-The
American Legion was assailed as a
subsidy seeking group Of lobbyists,
and exemption of college football
from taxation was attacked today
by the Carnegie Foundation.
DR.. Henry S. Pritchett, retiring
president, in the annual report of
the Foundation, published today,
said:
The claim that the country owes
a subsidy to every citizen who has
served 60 to 80 days in its military
service Is an impudent and unwar-
ranted claim. To admit it would
strike at the very roots of patriot
ism itself. The moment a citizen
calls on the government for a sub
sidy, whether in the form of bonus
or old-age pension, for service
that has neither affected unfavor-
ably his health nor his ability to
earn a living, he abandons his pos
ition as patriot"
DR.. Pritchett accuses leaders of
the Legion of initiating the G.. A.
R. in raiding the United States
Treasury and warned that giving
every former soldier a bonus would
place staggering and intolerable
burden on the nation.
The commercializing of football
and its transformation from a game
into public show for money raises
an interesting question concerning
taxation" DR.. Pritchett said. He
suggested that colleges and univer-
sites which have tremendous in
comes from footballs carry their
share of the burden OF govern
ment."
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
SMITH DECLARES
MONEY OFFERED
BY R0SENWALD

CHICAGO, Aug. II. W.p) Frank
L. Smith charged today in an open
letter that Julius Rosenwald, the
philanthropist, offered him the
equivalent of $555 900 in 1926 to
withdraw from the senatorial race
in Illinois.
The letter was addressed to Car
rol Wooddy. University Of Chicago
professor who recently published a
book condemning Smiths success
full 1926 campaign which resulted IN
the senate later refusing him lis
seat. Smith suggested the letter be
Incorporated as an additional chap
ter of the book.
The Dwight real estate man whom
the United States senators barred
from sitting among them because
they said he had accepted more than
100000 in campaign contributions
from Samuel insult, midwest utili-
ties magnate, charged in his letter
that Rosenwald wanted him 70 with
draw from the race SO that Hugh
S. Magill, independent Republican
could have a clear field.
He said that on October 3, 1895,
after he had been nominated by the
Republican party and stories had
been published concerning the In
sull contributions, Rosenwald made
him the offer in the Congress hotel
in Chicago.
Smith quoted Rosenwald as say
ing to him on that occasion:
IF you will withdraw from the
senatorial race, I am here to offer
you 10000 shares of Sears -Roebuck
stock the moment you sign your
withdrawal notice. In few months
that stock will be worth three quar-
tiers of a million dollars" (Smith
states at another point that the
stock actually was worth $4,000, 900
two years later)
Rosenwald. seriously Ill, was not
told of the charge.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
Continued on page g.
TEXAS TROOPS
in CHARGE OF
OIL SITUATION

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. II. WH -
Ross Sterling, governor OF Texas. to-
day proclaimed martial law in the
great East Texas flush oil field.
He ordered every well, both oil
and gas, within the boundaries OF
Upshur, Rusk, Gregg and Smith
counties shut down, and directed
state militia, sent into the area dur
ing the night, to enforce his order.
More than 1000 wells are affected
by the order. Last week these
wells. in the face of plea for
voluntary shutdown, produced 1884,
900 barrels of oil daily, to set an
all-time record. Only one field In
the world, the Kettleman Hills field
in California, possesses greater po-
tential production.
Asserting that he was invoking
martial law to prevent waste and
put down a state of inSurrection, tn
mutt. riot and breach OF peace IN
the fields, Governor Sterling joined
forces with Governor Murray or
Oklahoma in a battle against pre-
vailing low crude prices. The reac-
ton TO the move was generally ex-
pected to be a drastic upward re-
vision OF prices, probably to 81
barrel, the price demanded by Gov
ernor Murray when he proclaimed
martial law a few days ago In every
flush field in Oklahoma, closing the
wells by force.
The action OF the Texas governor
was not unexpected. Saturday ne
began the mastering OF state troops
and yesterday he ordered them into
the fields. Producers had repeater
ly petitioned him to place clamp
upon the wells.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
Brokers Oppose
Courts Ruling

LOS ANGELES, Aug. IT. UP
The appellate courts recent decis-
ion invalidating verbal stock orders
involving more than 5000 met a
warm protest today from brokerage
interests throughout the state.
In a petition asking that the
court reconsider, the brokers de-
clared that a heavy loss of busi-
ness would result.
Many orders would be executed
through New York houses if the de-
cision stands, the petition claimed.
The San Francisco law firm Of
Pillsbury, Madison and Sutro joined
brokers from northern and south
ern California in the protest.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
Work Resumed At
Hoover Damsite

LAS VEGAS. New, Aug. II U.P)
Practically all workers on the huge
Hoover dam project were back at
work today, as $50 men who struck
for higher wages 10 days ago had
voted to end their differences with
the Six Companies. Iac.
The strike was ended in antici-
patton of improvement of working
conditions in the tunnel shafts now
under construction. Some 1900 men
were thrown out of work for week
when the Six Companies answered
the strikers demands for highe.
wages by closing down the entire
project which was ordered resumed
Friday by Walker r. Young, gov
ernment engineer in charge of the
work.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
FRANCE TO INSIST
ON FULL PAYMENT
OF PREPARATIONS

PARIS. Aug. II. W.H France
never will relinquish her claim tc
reparations from Germany, Pierre
Etienne Flandin, minister of fl
nance, declared today.
Flandin, in an interview. said
that nations such as the United
States were entitled to dispose OF
their reparations as they wished
but that France intended to insist
on Germany making the scheduled
payments.
If world prosperity could be re-
stored by the annulment of debts,
there should be no reason why neu-
tral countries without war debts
should be in a state of crisis almost
as great as Germany" Flandin
said.
Questioned on Germany's capa-
city to pay, he said that was a
question for the Young plan experts.
Besides, if certain incapacities
arise" he said, they need not be
permanent. Circumstances change
rapidly. Remember Frances finan-
cial crisis in 1926 and our rehabiIi-
tation since.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
HEALD CRTTICIZES POLICY OF
STATE ON TAX CANCELLATION

deed for. it has been given to it as
the purchaser, such district Shall
have the same right thereto, and to
the rent, issues and profits thereof
as private purchaser"
Each of the petitioner districts
has acquired land by the foregoing
method and are undertaking to
compel the counties in which they
are located to cancel state and
county taxes which had already be-
come liens against the land when
the districts acquired title to it;
and are also undertaking to enjoin
the counties from levying further
taxes against the property which
the counties contend they have a
right to do.
No Limit To Quantity
There is no limit to the quantity
of land an irrigation district might
acquire through the process of tax
sales.
AS will be seen from the above
quotation from Section AZ of the
Irrigation District Act, a district
holds all the land thus acquired in
the same capacity as an individual
and may barter, sell, exchange,
lease or farm the same and appro-
pirate the rents, issues and profits
thereof.
If the contention of these dis
j y
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
Mass Meeting To
Consider Recall

REDWOOD CITY, Cal, Aug. II.
(U.P)-A mass meeting here tonight
will consider the proposed recall OF
Judge George H. Buck.
The meeting was called by 26 resi-
dents forming the San Mateo coun-
ty citizens recall committee which,
has investigated charges growing
out of Judge Bucks order that the
jury in the Flood estate trial should
return verdict against Mrs. Con-
stance May Gavin, who sought a
share as a daughter of the late
James Flood.
Petitions for the recall are ex-
pected to be put into circulation inn
mediately.
A mass meeting of San Francisco
women to protest the courts action
will be held tomorrow afternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
RANCH FOREMAN
SHOT DOWN BY
SHARP SHOOTER

MADEIRA, Cal, Aug. II. WD -
Sheriff's deputies today we're seek
ing an unknown sharp-shoCting
rifleman who about $3.50 this Morn-
ing calmly shot in the head and
killed Angelo Dellavale. 35, as the
rancher lodged desperately among
crew of 50 grape pickers and IN
and out of rows of grape vines
The killer, described as 45 tc SO
years of age, drove up to the vine-
yard four and half miles west OF
here in a dilapidated coupe as Del
lavalle was overseeing the start OF
the days harvest of grapes.
Dellavale, World war veteran,
apparently recognized his visitor
and his errand, and fled TO the Gen.
ter of a group of excited laborers.
The rifleman stepped from the
car, walked few steps and with
out speaking leveled his weapon.
grape pickers scattered, and Della
vale started his lodging flight.
A single shot was fired and Del
lavale fell to earth.
The killer calmly walked back to
his car, started the motor and
drove away.
The harvest workers were so ex-
cited by the abrouptness Of the kill
ing that none attempted to halt the
slayer. Instead, they fled the scene
and several hours later officers
were able to find only two Of three
of the crew who had witnessed the
killing.
Chief Deputy Sheriff George w.
Van Curen, in charge of the investl-
CATION, said the killer apparently
was a stocikly built man about five
feet, eight inches tall and wearing
a brown suit and cowpuncher SOM
brero.