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Hyder weekly herald., 1931-01-03

Consisting of 12 members, the Cordova Symphony Or chestra, under the leadership of Louis Rudolph, gave it's first concert of the season re- gently. Two hundred attended.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-01-03
ALASKA NOTES. Culled From the Newspapers
 Of the Territory.

Cordova claims it was the first town to complete the Red Cross Roll Call this year.
 A ton of ore from the High Grade mine in the Willow Creek district netted the own CTS, Herman Kloss and Gerrit Snider, $1,240, according to the Anchorage Times.
 Contract for the erection of an airplane hanger on the new aviation field at Anchorage has been let by the Pacific International Airways to Dahl and Wahnstead.
 Cordova's Chamber of Comm cree has indorsed Ketchikan's effort to have the Western Di- vision of the United States Chamber of Commerce hold it's 1881 meeting in Ketchikan.
 Curtis L. Platter, 57, who had lived in Wrangell since 1924, died there recently. He had been employed until late ly in the Tokeen Quarry of the Vermont Marble Company.
 Coal from the field north of Anchorage will be offered for sale in all ports in south east and southwest Alaska, recently announced Bartley Howard, head of the Mata- nuska Mines Company.
 Ike Henniger, 67, Alaska pioneer who stampeded to the Klondike in 1898 and who went to Fairbanks in 1907, diad fhara racantlv If on of
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-01-03


 Built by the US. Government at a cost of nearly a half million dollars, with the express object of opening this new and remarkably mineralized portion of the Hyder, Alaska section of the Portland Canal Mining District to development and exploitation.
 Gold, Silver, Copper and Lead Ores abound in this wonderful mineral region and offer excellent opportunities for profitable mining investment under the economical transportation conditions provided by the splendid, new l2 mile highway traversing the Texas creek vaAey from end to end
 In addition to opening this rich mineral region to mining endeavor, the Texas Creek Highway offers scenic excursion of matchless mountain scenery, and the most remarkable glacier yistas in the world.
 For information relative to the mineral resources of the Hyder District and other data, address the Hyder Chamber of Commerce, Inc.
 Hyder, Alaska
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-01-03

Members of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce plan another excursion to Alaska next summer, according to word received in Cordova. The party is expected to total 200. It will leave Seattle June IA, if present arrangements are carried out.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-01-03

Ike Henniger, 67, Alaska pioneer who stampeded to the Klondike in 1898 and who went to Fairbanks in 1907, died there recently of an af- fliction of the heart.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-01-03

CordOva claims it was the first town to complete the Red Cross Roll Call this year.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-01-03

Fred Johnson, Alaska Rail- road employee, whose back was said to have been broken in a fall from a tree near Seward, successfully under went a surgical operation in Seattle. His complete recovery is expected.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-01-03

One hundred and thirty-five carcasses of reindeer were un- loaded at Seward off the Board of Education motorship Boxer, which brought 600 carcasses from the Boring Sea points. Of the 1855 discharged at Seward, 35 were for Seward and the rest for Anchorage and Fairbanks, and towns on the Alaska Railroad between those two places.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-01-03

P. M.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-01-03

E. R. Stivers, veteran deputy customs inspector in Alaska, is now stationed temporarily at Juneau. MT. Stivers has been stationed at Nome during the summer, his regular post, but the office is closed during the winter freeZeup.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-12
Foreign Buying
Improves Wheat

CHICAGO, Jan. H. U.R)-Again
buying of May wheat by foreign
shorts boosted wheat prices on the
board of trade. May reached the
best level since October 30, but an
increase of nearly 100000 bushels
in the visible supply and profit TAX
ing sales drove prices back to
around the previous close. Corn
rallied toward the close on short
covering, carrying July wheA up
ward with it. The market had been
unsettled and easily influenced
early but fairly firm. The decrease
in the visible supply reflected the
abnormally small movement for this
time of year. Oats were firm.
At the close wheat was Il to sc
higher. July 7sc up. corn was 7-8
to one cent higher and oats were
&c higher. Provisions were weak,
10 to Is points lower.
March wheat old closed Biz;
March corn old at .70A, and March
oats old at 1875.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-12
ANOTHER COAST
BUILDING C-LOAN
~ FIRM IS CLOSED

LOS ANGELES, Jan. II. W.H -
The Western States Building and
Loan association with a main office
in Los Angeles and a branch in
Huntignton Park closed its doors
today as a result of the $1,000 900
wrecking OF the Guaranty Building
and Loan association by Gilbert II.
Beesemyer.
A sign posted at the main office
said that withdrawal demands to-
tailed $277,OO0 and that there was
$7,339 on hand.
The company was thrown into a
receivership in equity last week
when an investor flied an involun-
tary petition in bankruptcy. Beese-
myer, according to the petition,
ousted the old board Of directors
and substituted one of his own Sc
lection.
When Beesemyer confessed TAX
ing the huge sum from the Guar
anty Building and Loan association,
investors in the Western States
company started a run on the asso-
citation. Although directors said
they had $75O.O0O on deposit, the
assets of the company were said to
be frozen and unavailable to pay
off the Withdrawals.
Roy E. Allen was appointed re-
ceiver.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-12
Decline Felt In
Railroad Issues

NEW YORK. Jan. IL. U.P)-Sub-
stantial declines were forced on the
stock exchange in the initial ses-
SION of the week today. Many of
the leading railroad shares had de-
veloped weakness.
With issues like New York Cen
tral, Atchison. Pennsylvania and
Baltimore 4 Ohio suffering losses
of one to nearly four points, pro-
fessional selling operations devel-
oped in other sections. Westing-
house Electric broke nearly four
points to a new low on the cur
rent movement and special shares
such as Texas Corporation and A.
M. ByerS displayed a heavy tone,
ReceSsions in the main body of
stocks, however, were generally
small and of little significance in
view of the comparatively light
trading pace. Losses in Steel Com
mon, General Electric, American
Can and j. I. Case, were held to
technical proportions, and did not
exceed one to two points.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-12
AIRMAIL ROUTE
BEING SURVEYED
BY GOVERNMENT

Preliminary surveys for the es-
tablishment of emergency airplane
landing fields and beacon lights
for the guidance of night flyers
along the southern air route are
going forward at this time in I'M
perial Valley for the United States
department Of commerce.
d. j. Mackie and l.. Begg, en-
gineers for the department of
commerce, spent the last few days
in the valley while looking over
the situation. Their reports and
findings are sent to the department
headquarters in Washington, D. c.
for confirmation. The engineers
are not informed as to plans for
including Ell Centro in the stops
for air mail service and were un-
able to state just what develop
mentS will follow the submission of
their data.
Mackie and Begg are working
that portion of the route which
lies between San Diego and Ell
Paso. This link connects with
others forming the line between
Los Angeles and New York. They
have been working on this link
since last June.
According to reports current at
this time, the plan is to establish
emergency landing fields every so
miles with beacon lights every Is
miles along the lanes to be follow
ed by the planes.
Between 80 and 100 acres are re-
quired for the fields with the land
10 be leased by the government.
The beacon lights are 81 feet in
height and to have a nine-foot
base. The lights will be SO inch re-
volving lights and commercial pow
er will be used when possible, 9TH
crwise, individual plants will be in
stalled to provide electricity.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-12
JUDGE SCORES
LIFE TERM FOR
Staying CASE

LOS ANGELES, Jan. IL. U.P)-
Emory F. Els, convicted of hiring
q murderer to kill his young wife
for $2.20 was sentenced to life i'm
prisonment today by Superior
Judge B. Rey Schauer, who de-
clared the death penalty should
have been meted out by the trial
Jury.
THE court wants the records to
show that if the death penalty is
not entirely discarded in this state
it should have been used in this
case" Judge Schauer declared. "a
sentence of life imprisonment
means that inside of seven years
this defendant can apply for pa
role"
Judge Schauer said he wanted
the prison board to consider when
Ellis asked for parole that there
was long predemeditation of the
crime and that Ellis lacked the
courage to do it himself and hired
another man to commit the deed"
Benjamin Franklin Brown, al
legged to have been hired by Ellis
to slay Mrs. Merle ELS with
shotgun, was to go on trial for
his sanity today.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-12
LYNCHERS TURN
SCHOOLHOUSE TO
PYRE FOR SLAYER

MARYVILLE, Mo. jan IL. UP
A mob burned Raymond Gum,
negro, to death near here today.
The rural school house where he
assaulted and murdered Miss Velma
Golfer, young white school teacher
became his funeral pyre.
The negro was chained to the roof
of the school house, a one-room
frame structure. The roof was sat
urated with gasoline from automo-
bile tanks.
A torch was applied and flames
enveloped the negro. A crowd OF
several hundred stood in silence
watching as he died.
Gum was seized by the mob as he
was being taken into court here to-
day to plead guilty to the murder of
Miss Golfer.
He was half led, half dragged
from Maryville to the schoolhouse,
distance of four miles. Handouts
were left on him during the trip
The negro pleaded repeatedly tor
mercy.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-12
ChestertOn Raps
Service Clubs

NEW YORK, Jan. IL. U.P)-G. K.
Chesterton, noted British author,
condemns Rotarianism and get
together organizations.
Compliments paid each other by
Rotarians are gross, greasy and
hypocritical," Chesterton asserted
here. Human dignity has been
lowered and friendship debased by
such organization.
The loud calling of Christian
names of luncheon club members
and the wearing of little labels
saying, I'm Tom" falls below the
standard of comradeship conceived
by Jefferson and Francis of Assist" :"
Atheists, according to Chester
ton, are Jeering at these systems of
human companionship, land they
are right"
There goes along with the BROTH
erhood of man., CheSterton said,
"the fatherhood of God. When
that is absent there can only be
a lowering and belittlement of COM
radeship and none OF that ability
TO compliment one another grace
fully and with dignity"
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-12
LANDSLIDE IN
SOUTH AMERICA
TAKES BIG TOLL

GUAYAQUIL. Ecuador Jan. r.
U.ps--A landslide on the Guayaquil-
Quito railroad Saturday killed 1874
of group of 200 workers, officials
of the railroad said today.
A checkup made with the COM
panys payrolls revealed that only
six men escaped.
Tons of rock and earth thundered
down mountain side trapping the
men beneath as they endeavored to
clear the track Of debris from a
previous slide. A detachment OF
100 soldiers aided rescue workers in
recovering the bodies and clearing
up the railway line. Two weeks OF
work will be necessary before traffic
can be re-established.
Residents of the town of Ruigra
fled to the hills when their homes
were threatened by floods from the
Chanchan river, damned by the
slide.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-12
Score Slain In
Filipino Fighting

MANILA, Jan. IL. Wp)-Constab-
ularv today patrolled the streets
of Tayug. in Rangananan province,
scene yesterday of wild uprising
by an outlaw mob of Colorums. mil
liant Christian religious fanatics.
Six enlisted men, nine Colorums
and an unestimated number Of ci-
villains were killed in the battle that
ragged throughout the day. Many OH
both sides were wounded.
The uprising was attributed to
agragrian troubles. Captured Colo
rum leaders admitted they had In
famed their followers with prom
ises of a complete abolition of taxes
and of the constabularly, should
they get possession of Tayug.
A daughter of the Colorum chief
tain was riddled with bullets when
She mounted rampant of con-
vent to cheer on her fathers fol-
lowers. She died Immediately.
A woman passing in an automo-
bile and several male civilians were
slain by sharpshooters among the
Colorums.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-12
Seed Theft Case
Given Grand Jury

A verdict of guilty of petty
theft was returned by the jury
i'm the John David Reed case
this afternoon, and the court
imposed sentence of 80 days
i'm the county Jail.
After hearing final arguments by
attorneys and the instructions of
Judge Vaughn Thompson, a jury
OF six men and SIX women retired
at 11:40 today to decide the fate
of John Reed, charged with grand
theft.
Reeds trial has taken up several
days in superior court here. He is
charged with the theft of nine
sacks of Bermuda seed from o. L..
Dunn, local rancher. Dunn was
one of the last witnesses for the
state.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-12
WORKER KILLED
IN ACCIDENT ON
INLAND HIGHWAY

One man was killed and two
persons injured in weekend auto
mobile accidents on Imperial VAL
ley highways, according to reports
made to the sheriff's office in Ell
Centro.
A. N. Knomis, 40, apparently an
itinerant laborer, was killed Satur-
day night three miles south OF Nj
land when he stepped in front of
car driven by J. D. Thompson of
inland. The injured are R. K.
Tilton of Imperial and Arthur
Henry, boy living on a ranch
north of Imperial.
The theory of suicide in the
death of Knomis was advanced
when Thompson stated that he
thought the man leaped in front
of his car after he was SO close as
to be unable to stop.
In the pocket of Knomis' coat
was book containing a number
of addresses of people and firms in
Calipatria. This was taken as an
indication that he had been look
ing for work there.
Tilton was injured on the Imper-
ial-El. Centre highway while chang
ing a tire. Another car, driven by
a colored man known only as Carl,
swerved into Tilton, injuring him.
He was carried to the Ell Centre
hospital. The extent of his in
juries is not known
The Henry boy was slightly in
jured when struck by a car driven
by I. v. Patterson of Imperial
while riding a bicycle on the nigh
way one mile north of Imperial.
No lights were displayed on the
bicycle, SO that Patterson could not
see it until too late to avoid strik-
ing the youth.
After the accident Patterson car
ried the boy to the home of his
parents, where he is recovering
from the crash.
Another accident was reported
ky S. A. Gentry of Mountain City,
Tennessee. who told deputies that
he had just passed a coupe on the
Holtville highway two miles east of
El Centre when a woman caught
up with him and told him there
had been a collision at the point
of passing. Gentry knew nothing
OF the reported accident.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-12
COUNTY TO SHARE
IN PAVING PLANS

SACRAMENTO, Jan. IL. U.H =
Approximately s39,1O0,0O0 will be
spent in California on new con-
struction and reconstruction of state
highways during the coming bien-
mum, under the budget of Governor
James Rolph which was submitted
to the legislature today.
OF the total amount Northern
California will receive S21 ,146 900
and Southern California $17,954 900.
Details Of the major projects for
the primary and secondary systems
of Southern California include:
Imperial county: Grading and
paving nine miles from sand hills
to five miles west of Yuma. SAL
600; grading and paving west OF
Coyote Wells to west of Dixieland
eight miles, 1892 900.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-12
BELIEVE FLYERS
VICTIMS OF BAD
STORM AT SEA
Nothing Heard From Man
And Woman Since
Leaving Bermuda.

HORTA, Azores, Jan. IL. (U.P)-A
strong "northeaster," bringing stor-
my weather and vicious winds
whipped over the Azores today while
an apparently hopeless watch was
kept for a man and a woman who
had challenged the Atlantic on a
flight of 1000 miles from Bermuda
to the Azores.
Anxiety that had mounted during
the hours in which Mrs. Beryl Hart
and Lieut.. William S. MacLaren
were not heard from In their white
seaplane Tradewind turned to a
faint hope that they might have
missed their mark, small group OF
islands in the ocean, and continued
to the safety of the European coast.
But no word of their progress
reached Paris, their ultimate desti-
nation, and ships east of the Azores
had not reported sighting their
plane.
The Tradewind left Hamilton,
Bermuda, at 11:15 a. m. Saturday.
The flyers were "a hours overdue
IlcIc III ! u. tOddy. oAASoo Why
landed at sea and were picked up by
q ship without radio, it was feared
that Mrs. Hart and her co-pilot and
navigator might have become VIC
Tins OF the storm that lashed the
Azores and sent giant breakers
crashing through Horta bay.
Weather conditions here were dis
tinctly against the flyers from the
moment word was received that they
had started on their perilous jour-
ney. Ugly weather early Saturday
developed into dangerous storm
with heavy seas. The outlook was
no better on Sunday and a real
northeaster continued over the
Islands today.
Conditions were SO bad that Lieut.,
MacLaren would have had difficulty
in "spotting" the islands even if the
Tradewind had carried the flyers
this far.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-12
SEEK To
DISMISS
DAMSlJ|T
Government Files Motion
Against Arizona Move
To Block Boulder Dam.
HEARING in MARCH
Attorneys OF States In
Colorado Basin Ordered
To Be Present.

WASHINGTON. Jan. IL. W.p)--
The attorney general, representing
the United States government, and
attorneys for western states inter-
ested in the Boulder Canyon water
and power project today filed with
the clerk Of the supreme court a
motion for dismissal of Arizona S
suit for an injunction against COM
pletion of the Boulder Canyon dam.
The motion was based largely on
q claim that the complaint filed by
Arizona does not present a case IN
which the supreme court has juris-
diction.
Six states and the United States
government are the defendants IN
the action, the states being Califor-
mia, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico
Colorado and Wyoming.
The six defendant states held that
there are only two allegations in
Ari2onas complaint which have to
do with their conduct.
The first of these allegations, they
contend. charges their representa-
tiyes with "counseling with the Sec
retary of interior relative to carry
ing out the provisions of the Boulder
Canyon dam act" procedure they
contend is perfectly proper
The second, they say. charges
that the states In the Santa Fe COM
pact claim some contingent. remote
and underlined interest in the con-
tracts for the sale of power"
The motion papers continue: 1T is
not charged in the. bill that any OF
the states have entered or are
threatening to place any structures
in the state OF Arizona or that either
Wyoming or Utah is using or threat
ening to use any OF the waters i'm
pounded in the reservoir or in any
way to restrain the use thereof by
Arizona"
Chief Justice Hughes, on the ap-
plication of Solicitor General Tha-
cher set March to hear argument
on the dismissal motions and the
attorneys general OF all the states
involved were ordered notified to be
in court on that date.
The government bases its motion
to dismiss on the grounds that the
United States is not joined as an
indispensable party defendant. It
also says that the proposed acts of
the defendants do not invade any
OF Arizona's vested rights.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-12
Girls Attacker
Goes On Trial

LOS ANGELES, Jan. IL. W.n)-
Jesus Orozco, one of two Mexicans
accused Of attacking two Glendale
sisters, went ON trial today in SUI
perior court after the state sue
Ceeded in securing separate trials
for the men,
1t was indicated by questions
asked prospective jurors that Oroz-
CO will attempt to prove he was
in another part of the city on the
night of the attack and that Doro-
thy and Thelma Ungehauer, assault
victims, mistakenly identified them.
Salome Morales, the second Mex
lean will go on trial after Oroz-
cos case is finished.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-12
AUTO INDUSTRY
RETURNS MANY
MEN TO WORK

DETROIT, Jan. IL. W.P)-The
hum of industry, muted in this city
for months, was heard again today
as thousands of men returned to
work in automobile plants.
Street car equipment. long idle,
was put in servi e to care for the
extra thousa' as who made their
way to the tiver Rouge plant OF the
Ford Mot,r company and other big
centers of manufacture.
Only old employees were taken
back. Others had been warned it
would be needless to apply, but many
of the jobless came to the plants
anyway, hopeful that some chance
might throw job their way.
At the Ford plant the force was
boosted to $4,000 today, within lO,-
600 of normal At the various Chew
rolet plants more than $4,000 men
were at work, with the number eX-
pected to reach 10000 by the end
of the month. Cadillac had a nor
NAL force of 5000 at work, and TO-
900 men were employed in the Hud-
son and Essex plants. Others re-
ported increased payrolls.
The oupswing was felt outside OF
Detroit, too. The Ford company an
nounced that in its branches over
the country, $4,000 men would be at
work today. At Flint, the Buick
plant had a payroll of 13,500. Body
manufacturers, and makers OF
countless products used by the mo-
tor industry were expected to have
to speed up production to keep pace
with the demands of the car build
ers.
In Detroit the payroll of the Ford
plant alone, it was said, would be
around 100000 a day.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-12
POST OFFICE TO
BE LOCATED ON
FIFTH ST. SITE

Acceptance of the Fifth and Olive
street or Elks lot by the United
States treasury department as the
site of Ell Centro's new postoffice
building is announced in telegra1.
received here from Congressman
Phil D. Swing.
Swing stated in the message to the
local postmaster that he is urging
immediate construction since the
departments confirmation of the
report of Inspector Newman, who
was sent here by the government to
investigate the situation.
The next step in the preliminaries
to construction consists in the clear
ing of the title to the property. This
step is expected to require consid-
cradle time.
Following the clearing of the til
tie, plans for the structure will be
submitted for bids.
No definite announcement con-
corning the beginning of the build
ing can be made at this time.