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Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-11-13
REPORT FAIRLY
ACTIVE DEMAND
In HAY MARKET

Demand at the Los Angeles al
falfa markets during the week end
ing November 10 continued fairly
active throughout the period, with
Los Angeles county dairymen the
heaviest buyers. Prices advanced
late in the week about a dollar per
ton on all grades, principally due
10 the continued strong holding
tendency of growers in nearby pro-
dueing areas. Reports from dealers
indicates supplies are difficult to buy
at present current bids, with grow
ers. particularly in the Antelope
and Imperial valleys, holding re-
naming supplies quite firmly for
higher prices. Receipts during the
past week were principally from the
Antelope and Imperial valleys, with
movement by truck from both areas
quite similar. Shipments from the
Bakersfield section amounted 70
considerable tonnage and receipts
by rail and truck from points in
Arizona we're reported Of moderate
volume. The. quality of the offer
ings averaged largely Of medium
and lower grade hay, including some
grass mixed shipments and a few
weather damaged offerings from
storage piles. Receipts of TOP
grades and leafy type offerings were
of comparatively small volume but
sold more readily than lower grade
shipments. Dairymen were the
heaviest purchasers, while buyers
for stockyards and feedyards took
moderate amounts Receipts by rail
were taken principally by those two
classes of trade.
Trading in Imperial valley was
reported fairly active during the
past week, with prices to growers
holding quite steady. According to
the reports of hay buyers, alfalfa
comparable to U. S. No. and U. S.
No. 2 leafy are very difficult to buy
at prices under SO per ton, baled,
at the ranch. Further advices in
dicate growers are releasing slowly
on that basis. Truck movement
from the Imperial valley toward Los
Angeles during the week ending
November totaled under 2250
or nearly 1000 tons less than during
the previous week. Light, general
showers were reported in Imperial
valley on November II. Reports,
however, do not indicate whether
any damage occurred as a result of
the rainfall.
Receipts Of alfalfa hay at Los
Angeles during the week ending
November u were as follows: BY
rail. Is carloads. last week 8. Truck
receipts at Los Angeles were
equivalent to rs carloads, last week
"a. Truck receipts at Hynes, Ar
tesla and Norwalk terminals were
reported equivalent to l79 carloads,
last week 1877
Prevailing quotations on the basis
of today's sales of alfalfa hay COM
parable to the following grades per
ton on tracks at Los Angeles or de-
livered nearby dairy sections arc
/ as follows: U. s No. l. $3.50 tc
$3.50; U. s. No. leafy, SIT tc
! $3.50; U. S. No. 2, SIC to SIT.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-11-13
Early Posting Of
Mail Requested

Patrons of the FL Centre post
office are asked to mail the bulk of
their letters as early in the after
noon as possible instead of waiting
until the closing hour of store or
office
when all the mail for one day
is not mailed until near 5 o'clock"
said the local postmaster, lit neceS-
states paying extra for night cam
collation. and distribution. If these
concerns having heavy daily mail
would cooperate with us by mail
ing before 5 o'clock it would be
greatly appreciated
Il was suggested that when it is
not convenient for the patron to
make a trip to the postoffice, let
tiers be handed to the mail carrier
when he delivers mail.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-11-13
Plaintiff Gets
Divorce Decree

Ending a three day divorce trial
behind closed doors. Judge Vaughn
\. Thompson yesterday afternoon
granted Frances H. Mccullough an
interlocutory decree Of divorce from
George W. Mccullough.
custody Of a minor child was di-
Yided between the mother and faith
er. and all property declared COM
munity property. The divorce was
granted on technical grounds OF eX-
IRENE cruelty.
During the trial Judge Thompson
barred all spectators from the
court session, held in the board Of
supervisors room while workmen are
busy in the department two court
room.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-11-13
Go To Convention
Of Farm Bureau

Assemblyman S. E. Robinson and
Mrs. Robinson with Mrs. c. E.
Hackleman. left yesterday for Mer-
ced where they will attend the state
farm bureau convention, November
1919.
Robinson is state director for the
local farm bureau and Mrs. Hackle-
man will represent the county farm
home department. E. T. Hewes, al
ternate, will be unable TO attend the
convention.
Scott 3. Foulds, secretary-mana-
ger for the Imperial County Farm
bureau. viii leave either SATURDAY
or Sunday for MERGED. Joe Enz,
who will also attend the state dairy
convention, has already left for the
coast.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-11-13
New Bicycle
Record Made

MINNEAPOLIS. Nov. IS. W.Pl-
Establishing a speed Of 81 miles an
hour to set a new world bicycle rec
ord, William PeGen. Vancouver.
B. c., today pedalled the measured
mile course in three record breaking
attempts of 50. so and 48.S seconds.
The previous record OF 1.04:2
minutes was established by Menus
Bedell, in Philadelphia in 1917, Of
ficials Of the National Cycling asso-
citation said. The record made to-
day is official.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-11-13
Items Of News
About TOwn

Miss Evelyn Delaney, secretary
for the city schools, has been called
to Los Angeles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis b. Tout and
Miss Wilma Scruggs plan to spend
the weekend in San Diego
Tom Gill, former local business
man, is in town for few days ana
will leave tonight for Los Angeles
returning here next week.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-11-13
Don't
Quote Me-
by United Press

WASHINGTON, Nov. Is. U.D -
Benny Jacobsen, christened Bern
hard Martin, is Iowas only anti
prohibition member of the house OF
representatives. When he beat E.
Dickinson Let's. now Judge Let's
of the District of Columbia supreme
court, in the 1880 election, jacobsen.
only Democrat in the Iowa delega-
ton, threw a party.
The party began early election
night in Benny's home town OF
Clinton. and continued until day
break. A Democratic mayor of a
neighboring town distinguished him
self by singing quartet all by him
self. Everybody was welcome and
everything" at the party was free.
When Jacobsen announced his
candidacy, the Association Against
the Prohibition Amendment, OF
which he is a member, gave him no
campaign assistance, instead asking
for IS to help the cause. He gave
the SIS. then went out and won
without outside assistance.
OF German birth, Jacobsen came
10 America as a youth, made a for
tune as a merchant, and reared
family. Although a wet. he IS tenn
perate and opposed to the old-time
saloon. His son, 35, is Y. M. c. A.
worker and does not drink or smoke.
His daughter works for the Y. W.
c. A. in Washington.
The father. small. gray, with
trace of Teutonic accent, faVors
state option in the matter Of pro-
bibition. with liquor served in hotels
and restaurants but not at bars.
Americans made a grievous mis-
take" he said. when they yanked
the chairs and tables out OF the sa-
looms and made the bars longer ana
longer. Instead We should have
thrown the bars out and filled the
saloons with chairs and tables -
then we would have remained tenn
perate sitting down, instead OF be-
coming a nation of hasty, lntem-
perate drunkards standing up.
Washington's best known woman
editor. Eleanor Patterson OF the
Herald. strayed into the courthouse
during the hearing of the case o.
Little Edith Riley, whose parents
we're accused of starving her IN
closet for four years. Mrs. Patter-
son was doing some reporting on her
own. But when she tried to enter
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-11-13
YOUTH BUILDS AIRPLANE

OELWEIN. Ia. 0U.P) - Richard
Knee. ld-year-old local youth, has
constructed a 15-foot biplane. which
he and five other boys plan to use
in a flying club. Cost of construc-
ton was $3.50.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-11-13
The Weather

LOS ANGELES AND VICINITY
Fair tonight followed by increaas-
ING cloudiness and unsettled weatn-
er Saturday moderate temperature
gentle shifting winds.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Unsettled tonight and Saturday;
probably rains west portion Satur-
dav. warmer east portion tonight;
moderate west winds offshore. sun
dav unsettled and cool.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-11-13
STOCK QUOTATIONS.

Michigan Forest Fires Disastrous
LANSING, Mich. UP)-The for
est fire season in Michigan this
year was the worst in years, with
1886 fires recorded. It is expected
that unreported fires would bring
the total to 1000.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-11-13

the grand jury room, burly mar
shall barred the way.
You can't go in there" he
gruffed.
"Oh. very well then" she said, and
stood during the rest of the hearing
with arms folded near the door,
while her chauffeur, waited COM
fortably in the Limousine outside.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-11-13
Buster Brown And
Tige Reach City

During 16 years of travels in the
United States. Buster Brown and
Tige, who arrived in Ell Centre this
morning, have entertained between
100000 and 100000 children.
They will appear at Fox Imper-
ial theatre at 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning under the auspices of the
Brownbilt Shoe company. Yester-
day afternoon 100 children called
in a body to obtain tickets to the
free performance.
Tige is a well trained dog who
does many clever tricks, among
them being realistic impersona-
ton of crying baby.
Two pairs of shoes, one pair to n
girl and one to boy will be pre-
sented with a souvenir.
Tickets may be obtained at the
Brownbilt store on Main street.
The joint highway district work
&c onI rralo,,,n nonntiae
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-11-13
new ARRIVALS
DEFY UNX ON
FRIDAY, 18TH

Black cats, broken mirrors and
the under side of ladders mean
nothing to two Ell CentranS today.
In fact it might be said they would
90 so far as to spill salt on purpose
and make the fatal mistake OF
throwing it over their right Shout
ders instead OF their left, for Fri
day the Thirteenth means nothing
to Harry Sones and Edward Prefer.
The luckiest day in the year, or
at least so they regard 1t.
For Mr.. and Mrs. Sones today be-
came the traditional proud parents
of an eight and a half pound girl
born in the FL Centre hospital,
while Mr.. and Mrs. Prefer We'd in
pride with a nine pound boy on
display.
The young Prefer was named
Frederick Vaughn. No name had
vet been appended to the person OF
the Sones youngster at press time
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-11-13

An orange show early in Deem
Der is planned at Orland, Glenn
County.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-11-13
Daily Report Of
Stock Markets

LOS ANGELES, Nov. IL. tUP)-
The market slumped under light
trading on the Los Angeles stock
exchange today.
Pacific Gas and Electric common
was the most active selling 400
shares at 391a, down /; P. G.. and f.
SD per cent preferred sold 200
shares at PASS, down IS; Southern
California Edison was unchanged
at 1914 where 300 shares sold.
Standard Oil sold 300 shares at
34ia. down Il: Union Oil sold 300
shares at 1915, up Il; Barnsdall Oil
sold 200 shares at 7i4, of rs; Re
publican Petroleum gained a at
tx on sales of 200 shares.
Golden State Milk sold 100 shares
at 81, down Is.
There were no sales of Trans
america.
NEW YORK, Nov. Is. U,p-An-
other sharp break in wheat brought
heavy selling and lower prices into
the stock market today
The selling gathered momentum
in the last hour and before the
close the list was down to 6 points.
Earlier in the day movements were
relatively narrow.
The crash in wheat and other
grains brought heavy selling into
such issues as j. l. Case and the
mail order shares. Case crashed g
points and Sears Roebuck 3. Inter-
national Harvester broke more than
a point.
Allied Chemical which had been
strong in recent sessions broke six
points. Auburn Auto dropped more
than points. U. S. Steel was
driven down more than 2, Dupont
more than 3, American Can 2 and
Bethlehem Steels 2.
Railroad shares were particularly
weak. New York Central broke tc
/ q record low at As, off AS and wide
declines were noted in New Haver
PENNSYLVANIA. Atchison. Union Pa
cific and Southern Pacific, railroad
bonds joined the stocks in theil
decline.
Utilities weakened late after hold
/ ing fairly well. Western Union
dropped more than points 10 81
a new low for l6 years. American
( Telephone was down nearly points
Arthu. Mellor. Sacramento, wa:
high man in all judging contest!
recently held at University Farm
Davis, In which five states con-
tested.
I Colusa County had a good rair
October 81 that helped pasturag,
and damaged only the bean crop
with 100000 sheep waiting for greer
I
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-11-13

Mrs. Prefer and the baby are at
the lie Blanc maternity home.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-11-13

The joint highway district work
of Mendocino and Tehama counties
will make available Round Valley.
Mendocino County, having $4,000
acres of rich farming land.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-11-13

Arthur Mellor. Sacramento, was
high man in all judging contests
recently held at University Farm
Davis, in which five states con-
tested.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-11-13

Colusa County had a good rain
October 81 that helped pasturage
and damaged only the bean crop.
with 100000 sheep waiting for green
grass.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-11-13
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NEW Unique Striking
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-21

the building is located in Illinois, so
that the owner and his creditors have
a period of Is months from the time
of the foreclosure sale within which to
redeem the property.
"A reorganization plan is adopted
whereby the first mortgage bondholders
get the cash proceeds of new mort
gage placed with an insurance company.
They take preferred stock for the bal
ance of their debt, either in full or at
total scaled down from the original
The owner of the equity takes preferred
stock for the value of his furniture. He
and the owner of the second mortgage
take common stock for their respective
interests. All interests now have joined,
the property is placed on a permanent
basis, the foreclosure is brought to an
end, and the receiver discharged"
Payments in Prospect.
Summing up the work of protective
committees, Mr.. Pettibone says: 1T is
now the desire of every properly or
ganized bondholderS' committee to pro-
vide cash at the earliest possible mo-
ment for bondholderS. With the or
ganized effort now being made along
these lines, it is quite likely that during
the next year millions of dollars will
be paid in cash to the holders of bonds
now in default. Other millions of dol
lars in securities will be passed out to
these same bondholders, and these Sc
curities will begin to have the benefit
of an income" .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-21
Grain Market
By the Associated Press.

o3 inc ASSOCIdLeQ fIeSS.
CHICAGO. October 2l.-Grains adj
vanced early today despite stock mar
ket weakness. Liverpool wheat quota
tons, higher thsn expected had a
bullish influence. Great Britain was
reported as continuing to accumulate
wheat and corr in preparation for a
protective tariff
Opening at /. cent off to Il IN. wheat
later gained all around. Corn started
unchanged to 80 higher and held near
the initial limits
Downturns that displaced an early
upward trend in the grain. market were
ascrlbed to Increased selling pressure
from pit spectators and to rains where
needed in domestic Winter wheat terri
tory in, the Southwest Wheat obtain
able for export from Atlantic seaboard
sources was said TO be cheaper than
wheat at the Gulf of Mexico. Shippers
explained that vessels were becoming
scarce st the Gulf of Mexico and Of
ferings exhausted as a result of heayy
loadings Of wheat for Europe and Brazil
and because of active chartering of
freighs Ipom for cotton.
Indications pointed to a good volume
of North American wheat export BUSH
ness Overnight, but mostly from Canada,
Mudl of the selling of wheat future de-
liveries here was apparently of a profit
taking sort. On the other hand. East.
err purchases of December wheat in
creased during the price setbacks Corn
aad oats largely paralleled the course
Of Wheat.
Provisions sympathized with hog mar
xet declines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-21
COPPER INTERESTS |
PLAN TRADE AIDS.
Representatives of Big Pro-
ducers Will. Meet
This Week.
BY VICTOR EUBANK,

hSSOSlhtSo EtCcS nLlIeI.
NEW YORK, October 21.-Eforts to
resuscitate the ailing world copper in
Gustry are to be made at an inter-
national conference, which opens in
New York this week, with leaders from
Canada, the United States and impor-
tant European corporations in attend
ance.
Among the early arrivals expected
are Fernald PiSart and Camille Gitt,
heads of the important Franco-Belgian
copper enterprise, Union Miniere du
Haut Katanga, and Robert c. Stan
ley, president of the International
Nickel Co. of Canada.
Also at the meeting will be repre-
sentatives OF N'Changa. the British
African copper group, and of Roam An
telope, the Rhodesian properties. Ameri-
can capital is considerably interested in
the latter development.
Problems Are Numerous.
F1nanciers generally are hoping that
the coming conference will be able to
solve the seemingly innumerable prob
lens that have been confronting re-
finers, producers and marketers. Prices
for the metal just now are at almost
the lowest level for all time and there
is a belief that most serious efforts are
to be made by world leaders to cor
rect the situation.
In some quarters it has been reported
there may be quite a divergence OF
opinion between Europeans and Ameri-
cans But thus far there has been nc
indication as to what form the forth
coming discussion will take. 1t is said
however, that the question of further
restricting production undoubtedly viii
occupy much of the attention OF the
conference.
One of the most serious problems
confronting world producers at the
present time is the shrinkage in de-
mand. Just how this can be overcome
is also expected to receive the serious
consideration of the deliberators. Ex-
cess stocks, it might be stated, are estl-
mated by some sources to be practically
sufficient for a nine months world
supply at normal consuming rates.
Quota" Production.
The matter of quota" production
it is thought, will also come up for ar
eument. But here again there may be
some representatives Of producers who
will not "see eye to eye" One OF The
reasons for this is that the South Afri-
can mines would be in the best position
to dictate terms, because. they claim
they can produce copper or cents
per pound cheaper than the American
interests.
The facts are, however. that North
and South American output is current
~ about 60 per cent of that in 1919.
and even then is exceeding the demand
so greatly that the business is admit
ted generally to be in serious way.
All of these matters are to be dis
cussed, it is believed by the confer
ence with the view of relieving if not
curing the patient. The meeting is eX-
pected to be somewhat protracted. al
though the extent of its duration Is
not known.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-21
DISPATCH TO The Star,


CHICAGO, ILL.,, october 21.-Ona
constructive influence toward return
of business prosperity appears in the
work of protective committees who are
reorganizing properties underlying de-
faulted real estate bond issues. The
various methods being employed to pro-
vide immediate partial relief to III
veStors and ultimately, in many cases.
the full return of invested principal
will be described by Holman D. Petit
bone, president of the Chicago Title &
Trust Co., in an address al tie con-
vention of the Mortgage Barriers As
ISOLATION of America, to be held a.
Dallas, Tex, October 27-29.
Eventual resumption of building ac-
tivities and its effect upon employment
must await these reorganizations, a
problem which is now approaching
satisfactory solution through the eff
forts of some of the Nations leading
financiers and realty experts. Mr.
Pettibone and other officers of Ills in
stitution early recognized the necessity
of aiding capable committees to bring
properties under competent manage
ment for the purpose Of minimizing
present losses. In spite OF numer jus
obstacles great many properties are
being put upon an earning basis which
will return satisfactory principal and
interest payments to investors.
Machinery Set-up.
There is nothing new or novel about
the organization or functioning Of
bondholders' committee" Mr.. Petit
bone has observed 1T is now, and for
years has been, the common method of
working out bond issues of industrial.
railroad and utility corporations when
default occurs. The general set-up and
methods of procedure of the commit
tees now dealing with real estate bond
issues follow the plans Of the conImit-
tees which function in connection with
other bond issues.
The past two years have been de-
voted largely to the setting up of ma
chinery to work out the interests of the
bondholders on many properties in the
larger cities of the Northeastern part
of the United States. Bondholders
committees have been set up; bonds
have been called for deposit with desig-
mated depositaries; counsel have been
selected who have brought foreclosure
actions and have had receivers appoint
ed where necessary. The income Of