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Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-02
THE WEATHER

LOS ANGELES AND VICINITY
Cloudy and unsettled weather to-
night and Tuesday, probably with
rain; moderate temperature; gentle
southerly winds.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Unsettled tonight and Tuesday,
probably rain; moderate tempera-
ture; fresh southerly winds off,
shore
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let cool. Spread with jelly and
cover with white of egg beaten un-
Ill stiff with sugar. Return to oven
for eight minutes to pun and color
meringue.
Butterscotch sauce is a delicious
sauce 10 serve over steamed cake.
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Cake Crumb Pudding

Two cups cake crumbs, l egg,
milk. jelly, ? tablespoons sugar.
Add milk TO crumbs and let
stand. covered until milk is alb
sorbed. The amount of milk need
ed will depend on the staleness of
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Social Breyities

Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert GosS spent
the weekend in Los Angeles. Mrs.
Goss plans to remain in that city
TO continue her studies at U. G. l.
A. Mr.. Goss returned to El Cen
tro yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. r. c. Fenton, for
mer valley residents. have been
house guests of Mr.. and Mrs. James
w. Glassford for the past few days
They left for their home in Los An
geles this morning.
Seeley- -Westside home department
will meet Thursday. February 5, al
1890 o Clock with Mrs. o. A. Kirk
Dry cleaning will be the project for
the day.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. o. Lingo had as
their house guests this weekend
Mrs. Lingo's sister. Mrs. Gladys
Alexander of Riverside. Mrs. Alex
ander left today for Roswell. New
Mexico. where she will visit for sew
eral months.
DR.. and Mrs. L. c. House had as
week lend house guests. Mr.. and Mrs
Warren A. Harlan of Long Beach
The Harlans are pioneer residents
of the valley and many Ell Centrans
will be interested in the news OF
their visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roger Goodan OF
Los Angeles were weekend guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry L. Loud.
Members of Oasis Shrine No. 20
w. S. of j., will meet tomorrow eve
ming at which time plans for the
visit of the supreme worthy high
priestess on February "a, will be
made.
Local residents were interested IN
seeing in the Sunday edition OF the
Los Angeles Examiner a picture OF
Miss Lucille Huebner of Holtville
who is attending U. S. c. and is
president OF the Woman s Self
Government association. She is
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. l.
Huebner of Holtville.
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Cost of silage in Tulare County
ranges from s2.63 to s6.8l per ton,
and from S45.06 to s90.15 per acre.
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LOCAL WEATHER
BY r. A. BAUGHMAN
U. S. Weather Bureau
TEMPERATURES

Minimum this morning ............. 43
Maximum yesterday .................... 76
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Seeley- -Westside home department
will meet Thursday. February 5, at
1920 o clock with Mrs. o. A. Kirk.
Dry cleaning will be the project for
the day.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-10
STRAW HATS To
MAKE DEBUT IN
CITY SATURDAY

"Off with the old and on with the
new by order of his honor, the
mayor, will be in effect tomorrow
when masculine Ell Centrans cele-
brate Straw Hat Day.
Ash cans will groan under the
weight of cast off felts and even the
most modest of men will blaze forth
in all the glory of the seasons lat
est in head covering. Woman had
her day on Easter, but man comes
INTO his own tomorrow.
So far as is known there will be
no mobs out to punish those who
appear in winter "sky pieces" but
the man or boy in felt hat will be
decidedly out of 1t. Even the mayor
will frown upon him. There is no
mention of what will happen to the
men who insist upon appearing hat
less.
While there are no startling
changes In styles, man being the
conservative creature he is, the hats
this spring show shade more yari-
ETY. than In previous seasons.
THE weather is here and the hats
are here" said M. o. King today,
land the races Sunday win afford
an opportunity to launch new hats
upon useful season."
Window and store displays will be
arranged at Kings in honor of the
event. PanamaS, Milans and Leg
horns are to be seen here In q wide
range of prices. The major styles
are. Optimo, Alpine, Fedora, teles-
cope and senate or sailor. Bands
vary from very wide to very narrow
and are shown in many colors. Tan,
grey, brown and white are the pop
ular straw shades.
"Twenty-three presidents of the
United States have worn Knox
hats" Duke johnson explained,
land there must be reason. 1.-The
Knox company has been the recog-
nized leader as q builder of fine
hats and creators of hat fashions
That is the reason"
In survey of the fashion trend
for spring, authorities at the John
son-Groene store state a trifle wider
dimensions are shown. An out
standing leader is Panama Optimo
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shape with a slightly deeper crown,
o pencil crease and wider sweep
ing brim. Leghorn and Milan
straws are shown in a number of
smoothly styled Knox hats perfect
ly made for each occasion and
priced much lower than in previ-
GUS years.
Solar straws make you feel 20 per
cent cooler and are to be found at
the J. c. Penney store this spring
at greater values than any former
years.
Body hats are most popular. They
are found in Panamas, leghorns,
Bankoks, Milans, Toyos, Yeddos,
rayon braids and few of the sailor
type.
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BUSINESSMEN OF
Los ANGELES ON
VISIT TO VALLEY

Visiting Los Angeles businessmen
who arrived in Ell Centre this after
noon on the goodwill trade tour,
sponsored by the Los Angeles Cham
Der of Commerce, numbered about
IS. They were met at the depot by
representatives of the El Centre
chamber and businessmen of Ell
Centre who are acting as their hosts
this afternoon. The visitors are be-
ing taken to the various stores and
business houses of the city and on
short tours around the valley by in
dividual members of the local cham
ber, according to their own request
that they be allowed to make indi-
vidual contacts with those in busi-
ness similar to their own.
The party left Los Angeles We'd
nesday morning and visited Braw-
ley and Calexico yesterday, leaving
for Yuma this morning, where they
had lunch. They will leave on the
special train at 10 o'clock tonight,
going direct to Los Angeles.
A dinner in honor of the visiting
businessmen has been arranged for
tonight by the Ell Centre chamber.
It will be held at $3.50 O'Clock at the
Hotel Barbara Worth and all men,
bers of the Ell Centro chamber are
asked to be present in order that
hearty welcome may be accorded
the visitors.
A musical program consisting of
numbers by an octette Of the Ell
Centre Businessmen's glee club. vo-
cal solos by Mrs. Margaret Bratton
and piano solos by Miss Margaret
Lanier, have been arranged by John
c. Canton for the entertainment OF
the guests and, in addition, there
will be short talks by local and vis-
iting businessmen on matters of In
terest to both communities.
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Straw Hat Day
Fixed By Mayor

Believing El Centre should
strive TO be first in everything,
even TO styles, IL is 4 pleasure
for me to designate Saturday
officially as "Straw Hat Day"
In this city.
Elsewhere the weather pre-
vents the most popular style
OF mems hats from making an
appearance until May Is. Just
as our field products are In the
market earlier than those of
any other section, so too we
should lead in setting summer
styles.
Old boys and young boys,
fat boys and skinny boys, good
looking boys and hOmely boys,
pleasant boys and cranky boys
all can improve their looks
by appearing in the new style
Straws which our merchants
have to offer.
From now on the fellow who
wears u felt will be considered
hOt-headed. The fellow who
goes without any hat-he'll
probably get sunStruck.
The calendar says tomorrow
Is Saturday, April IL, but rs
far as Ell Centre is concerned II
Is "Straw Hat Day."
BY order of
II. w. FAWCETT,
Mayor Of the City of Ell Centre.
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'CimarrOn' Will
Close Tonight

One of the most spectacular cpl
sodes in American history the OPEN
ing of the Oklahoma strip. is faith
fully reproduced in "Cimarron,"
which vii! be shown for the last
times tonight at Fox Imperial the
atre.
"Cimarron,' based on the novel
of the same name by Edna Ferber,
is real picture and the colorful
rush for land marks one of many
high spots in the production. The
gun battle between the robbers and
the citizens of the new settlement
is another scene that will keep pa
irons sitting straight in their seats.
Richard Dix, supported by a
notable list of stars, has the leading
. role of newspaper editor who was
afflicted with a genius for crusad-
ing and could not stand the quiet
pace of the country once 1t began
to become settled.
Irene Dunn, as his wife, does some
splendid acting in a role that covers
a period of pioneer days in Okla
homa to the modern times when
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women take their seat in congress
as matter of course
Estelle Taylor, wife OF Jack Demp-
sey, is another actress who handles
a difficult role in splendid fashion,
while Edna May Oliver, as the very
precise Mrs. Wyatt supplies consid-
erable of the pictures comedy.
Much time and research was spent
in preparing the picture and keep
ing it close to the story 1t portrays.
the result being a production that
is certain to live long as one of the
best films made.
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high school team of the valley, Ell
Centrans feel that a victory, al
though it would not put them in
first place, would go far toward put
ting them in the running for the
championship.
In an thinning game in Calexieo
last week the Bulldogs took BraW-
ley to a 2 to l cleaning after the
hardest contested battle on a local
diamond this season. FL Centrans
hope to reverse the score, turning
1t in their favor, this afternoon.
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BERRY FLYING TO
MOTHERS FUNERAL

ST LOUIS, April l0-U.p)-Wal-
lace Beery, motion picture actor,
left here in his cabin monoplane to-
day for Kansas City, enroute to
Los Angeles, where his mother died
yesterday.
Beery received news of her death
on his arrival from the East yes
terday. He had hoped to reach her
bedside before she died. His plane
left Lambert-St. Louis field at 7:l0
a. IN. If weather conditions permit,
he will attempt to reach the coast
today.
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Central Union
Playing CalexicO

Journeying to Calexico for base
ball contest on the southsIde dia-
mond this afternoon, Central Union
high school players will be fight
Ing for their first victory this year
over the border team, remembering
an early season defeat by the Cal
exico Bulldogs.
With Calexico the outstanding
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War Postal Card Delivered

BAD NAUHEIM-W.H "A post
card mailed by a soldier on the
Western front on July l8, 1915, has
just been delivered here. A note at
tached by Lausanne, Switzerland,
postal officials, explained that 1t
had lain among a stack of news
papers for nearly 16 years.
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Southern California: Far tonight
and Saturday but cloudy or foggy
on coast all night; cooler west por-
ton Saturday; moderate northwest
winds offshore.
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THE WEATHER

Los Angeles and Vicinity: Fair
tonight and Saturday with some
what lower temperature Saturday:
probably foggy along coast In the
morning; gen,-- emitting winds.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-10

The first 1881 spring lambs ship
ped from Colusa county left Max
well March 20.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-10

The famous Hope diamond
family heirloom
married In New York the other
him with his American
Gmberna after their wedding The Duke
which supersttions Of tragedy
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AGED TREASURES
 OF PERSIAN SHAH
 GET FIRST DISPLAY

LONDON, Feb. 14.-Dazzling jew eled armor and plate from the royal treasuries of the Shah of Persia is being shown here at the International Exhibition of Per sian Art.
 The jewels reputedly were part of the loot of Nadir Shah when he invaded India in 1724.
 One piece is a golden bowl with an emerald an inch and half in di- ameter in the bottom. Another is necklace of solid diamonds with pendants of rubies and emeralds.
 A ceremonial shield, heavily en- crusted with rubies, emeralds and diamonds, set into a background or vari-colored enamel, is another treasure. In addition a vase solidly encrusted with diamonds on a bright enameled background IS shown.
 These have never been seen be- fore outside Persia. They are not however, used by the present Shah, who does not care for splendors oi monarchs who preceded him.
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of completion of the building, Gov ernor Parks raised a large, new American flag to the top of the staff upon the building, the flag having been handed to him by MT. Mcbride and the ceremony talk ing place almost directly over the spot where ground had been brok- en seventeen months previously.
 Also on the second of this month, occupancy of the capitol began with the installation of the Customs House and the Governors office. Since then virtually all Territorial and Federal officers, with the ex- ception of the United States dis trict court, United States Clerks office, the Territorial Treasurer office, and the Territorial Museum have moved into the structure. Those remaining departments Will take over their new quarters short 1u
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WATER SWEEPS
 DOWN.; VILLAGE
 LAID IN RUINS
Cloudbursts Do Great Dam age in Arizona
 Rain Continues

YUMA, Arizona, Feb 14-Cloud- bursts have wrought havoc in Southern Arizona.
 One man is known to have been killed and five others are miss ing.
 At Wellton, a wall of water six feet high and 250 feet wide swept down from the canyon onto the village wrecking houses and forcing inhabitants to seek safety on the house tops and in trees.
 Four Southern Pacific trains have been halted by washouts. Two fast Chicago Los Angeles trains were forced to detour over the Sante Fe. One freight train was caught in washout and ten cars were de- railed.
 Hundreds of automobiles have been wrecked by rushing water. Heavy rain continues in the; southern section.
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ALL SOUTHEAST ALASKA SENDS
 DELECA TONS
M e u a k a tia, Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg
 and Skagway Here
Continued from Page One)

M. J. Bugge, M w. Lewis, Mrs G. H. Bach, Miss Elsie Robinson and Miss Kathleen Bolton
 Metlakatla Delegation ! From Metlakatla-Mayor Roderick Davis, and the Rev. Edward Mars den, pastor of the Presbyterian Church and Secretary of the town. i Tram Wrangell-J. c. Scudder, J. B. Loftus,. H. V. Callow, H. L. Morris, MT. and Mrs. B. Y. Grant, and MT. and Mrs. F. G. Hanford.
 From Petersburg-T. s. Else- more, John Hanseth, Philip Lund, M. M. Custard, Jerry Smith, Will liam Jackson, Harland Skeek, Roy Watson, L. L. Meadows, Andrew Wikan, A. R. Boyer, J. E. Johanes- son, Leo Strom, A. Skaquanie, Rus sel Harris, Mrs. s. Evans, Mrs. M. Nelson, Mrs. H. R. Sarber Mrs. H. J. Stoll, Mrs. Earl N. Dinner Miss Mary Allen, Miss Adelia Hanson, Miss Cornelia Christensen, Miss Mabel Otness, Miss Gertie OtneSs and Miss B. Abbott.
 From Skagway, here previously Howard Ashley, personal repre- sentative of Mayor w. J. Mulvi- hill; Mrs. Ashley, James Kettles, Mrs. Charles Wye and Mrs. Myrtle Keller.
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EGGS THROWN
 AT THOMPSON,
 MAYOR OF GIL
Republican Political Meet ing in The Loop Ends
 in Bedlam

CHICAGO, Ill, Feb 14-Three eggs aimed at Mayor William Hale Thompson missed their mark last night and Loop campaign meet ing was turned into a bedlam.
 A phalanx of police rescued the thrower of the eggs as members of the audience bounced upon him, swinging their fists.
 Big Bill' Thompson, candidate for renomination on the Republican ticket, was shaking a halter to il- lustrate point, and shouted:
 Wear no mans halter!"
 The thrower of the eggs shouted:
 "Oh, yeah! You wear a hood lum's halter" and then let fly the eggs.
 One egg struck the halter, an- other struck a woman spectator, but no record was kept of the third egg.
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equipment. The latest approved school methods and policies were instituted, and a definite policy of building up the equipment to meet the minimum standards for good work was adopted.
 Departments of Music and Art and of Instrumental Music were added, and departments of Com merce, Shop and Home Economics were enlarged and improved. The equipment of the elementary school was raised to standard through the purchase of necessary facilities such as maps, globes, rulers, etc. The old direct lighting system was re- placed with a modern, semi-direct installation with a resulting drop of 40 per cent in the eye defects of students. Arrangements were made to conduct physical examinations of the students, free of charge to par ents, by the Red Cross.
 Growth Is Consistent
 The school growth has been con- sistent and steady since Supt. Kel- Ter took office, said MT. Merritt. Attendance enrolment when he came here was 412 as compared to the present total of 620 students. Augmentation of plant has kept pace with the enrolment growth In 1927, after the need had been definitely established, the new High School building was added to an overall cost of about $114.000 The entire school equipment has been modernized at cost of about l $9 000, and the plant as whole is rated as the most modern and best furnished of any of the larger schools of the Territory.
 | Cost Lowered Per Capita ] It has been gratifying to thf Board, MT. Merritt said, that tht cost of educating each pupil ha: been steadily reduced during thi!
 period of expansion. At the out
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set of the Keller regime, the per capita cost of educating each stu dent in local schools was SIS per year. Under his direction and in cooperation with the Board, econ omies consistent with the task in hand were instituted with the re- suit that, including rehabilitation program costs, the cost per pupil has materially dropped, and is es- timated this year to be about S105. Juneau now has one of the How cost schools of the Territory Dur ing this same period the teaching staff has increased from IS to 24 instructors, a growth of B 1-3 per cent.
 Under his administration the To- cal school was admitted to accredit- ed standing by the universities throughout the States, being the first to receive that standing. This occurred in 1927 when Juneau was admitted to full standing in the Northwest Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges. By this recognition graduates of the local high school are admitted to any public college or university in the United States on the same basis as are the graduates of the accredited high schools in the respective States
 Standards Are Raised In conclusion MT. Merritt said: During Mr. Keller's tenure, charges were made to maintain higher standards of work than ever before. The success that has accompanied these changes is evident from the fact that 60 per cent of the High School graduates, during the past six years, have continued their edu- cation in institutions of higher learning.
 This is a higher percentage
 than that of any single State in
 the Union. During this same pe-
 riod, not a single student has failed
 to make good in the higher institu- ton attended, while over 20 per
 cent of the graduates of Juneau High School have made honor rolls
 in the colleges in which they en- rolled
 ) Naturally, the success of the
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schools has been a matter of keen satisfaction to the School Board While it is sorry to lose MT. Keller it recognizes that in his new po- sition he will be able to serve Alas ka on a broader scope, and it has no hesitancy in predicting that his brilliant record as Superintendent of Juneau Public Schools will be duplicated in his administration oi the Territorial system as Commis- sloner of Education"
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Fassett to Be Sent To Haines for
 Preliminary Hearing

John Fassett, Haines In- dian, arrested here early this week on a telegraphic warrant charging him with first degree murder, will be taken to Haines for a pre- liminary examination before the United States Commis- sioner there, it was announc- ed today by United States Marshal Albert White.
 Fassett is alleged to have killed Ed. Donnelly at Bar low Cove last December. He was arraigned before Judge Charle Sey here Thursday and is being held in the To- cal Federal jail without bail. Deputy Marshal c. J. Sulli- } van will arrive here next week to take him back to } Haines for the hearing.
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The Alaska Legislature, at it's ses- sion in 1913, memorialized Congress to appropriate s50o0o0 additional.
 Bill for S3O0,OO0 More
 At the session of the Federal lawmaking body beginning in l9l6, ,Judge Wickersham. who was still the Alaska Delegate, introduced Tn the House of Representatives a bill calling for $30O,OO0 additional and this additional amount was 1nclud- ed in the omnibus public buildings bill. The omnibus bill was never enacted. The attention of Con- eress became centered on the World War. and Americas entrance into the conflict in 1917 deferred all government activities excepting those relating to the strug g gle abroad. After the Armistice, war proo- ems demanded solution to the eX- elusion of public building projects. When the time came for the con- sideration of public buildings, new plan respecting their allotments was formulated and followed.
 The Treasury Department sub mitted approved projects to Con- qress and it passed one bill author izing a lump sum for all approved structures. The department de- te,minad the order of necessity, and the Alaska project was third on the list It was in 1927 that tn, first appropriation was made under this new plan.
 Plans are Drafted
 In 1928, the Treasury Department architects drafted the plans for Alaska's Capitol, and these plans were finally approved late in that year.
 Early in 1929 specifications were prepared by the Treasury. In April 1929, the call was issued tol contractors for bids Twelve bids were submitted. They were open cd by the supervising architect of the Treasury July IS, 1929 Be- cause of the large number of ten ders, consideration of them lasSed until August IT, 1929. On that day, Secretary of the Treasury Andrew w. Mellon announced that the N. P. Severin Company of Chicago, was the lowest bidder and that afternoon he signed the con- tract with the Severin Company for erection of the building.
 Amount of Low Bid
 The Severin company's bid was S712,000. with provisions relative to certain extras. All together, the site, and building with its extras and new furnishings repre- ssnts an investment of approxi- mately S1 100000
 At noon, September Is, 1929, Gov. George A. Parks took brand new spade from the hands of John c. Mcbride, Customs Collector and
 
 Custodian of Federal Buildings in Alaska, and turned the first earth in excavating for the building. The scene of the Governors effort was the center of the site Present on the occasion, besides the Gov ornor and Custodian, were numer- GUS government officials, officers and members of the Chamber of Commerce. school children, resi- dents generally, N. P. Severin and some of the subordinate officers of his contracting company.
 Work Goes Ahead Fast
 Work of erection was prosecuted vigorously, and completion was eff fected before the time specified in the contract.
 In the forenoon of the second day of this month, in celebration
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PIONEER ENTERTAINMENT
 COMMITTEE MEETS SUNDAY

At o'clock Sunday afternoon, in the City Council Chambers in the City Hall, the committee on general entertainment for the Grand Igloo of Pioneers to be held in Ju- neau, will hold an important meet ing All members are requested to attend as many important subjects will be discussed.
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NEW MANCHURIA LINES

MUKDEN = Government plans call for construction of 27 branch railway lines in Manchuria this year at a cost of $3,500,000, the money to be raised by loans from Chinese banks supplemented by ap- propriations from receipts of exist ing roads.
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MORE SOVIET WHEAT

MOSCOW.-Planning to increase the wheat yield of state farms in 1881 by IS per cent, the soviet has decided to grant credits of $375, ,000, ,OOO for new agri- cultural machinery.