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Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-22

NEGOTIATIONS
DEADLOCKED

NANKING. China, Oct. %. UP)--
Negotiations for a broad agreement,
to serve as a basis for Chino-Jap-
anese friendship and cooperation,
are deadlocked and the outlook is
extremely gloomy, Chinese officials
told the United Press today.
At the same time it was an
nounced by japanese military Off
cials that the war games of the
japanese army to be held in North
China late this month and early in
November will culminate in a grand
military review in Peiping Nov. 4.
The decision to make a tremen-
dous display of Japan's military
might in the old Chinese imperial
capital and traditional seat of cul-
ture, was interpreted by Chinese
to mean that Tokyo finally has de-
cided to use force "to bring China
to her knees"
Despite laconic official announce
ments regarding the conversations
between General Chang Chun, for
eign minister, and Shigeru Kawa-
goe, Japanese ambassador, it was
apparent that a complete impasse
has been reached and that Japan
insists absolutely upon her original
emands-including formation of a
joint Chino-Japanese army for sup
preston of the Communist move
ment in China and the creation of
pro-Japanese regimes, virtually in
dependent of Marking in the five
great North China provinces.
japanese admitted that COM
plete breakdown in diplomatic
negotiations seems near and added:
'The most serious consequences
NAV be expected"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-22

this first trip.
Captain Edwin c. Musick, the
air lines No. l pilot, was in charge
Of the flight
Four men and two women sat in
the commodious cabin as Musick
TAXED across the water and rose
into the air.
For Mrs. Clara Adams, Strouds-
burg, Pa, lecturer and traveller,
an inaugural flight was no novel
ty. She was aboard the gigantic
dirigible Hindenburg when It be-
gan its transatlantic service. The
other woman who succeeded in get
ting a first flight ticket was Mrs.
Zetta Averill, Aberdeen, Wash,
owner of vast timber interests.
R. F. Bradley San Francisco,
held ticket No. l. He is manager
of the Standard Oil company's
aviation division. Thomas For
tune Ryan III. San Francisco, an
other passenger, is interested fin
ancially in the air line. Colonel
Charles Barlyte of Chicago, buSi-
nessman, represented the midwest
The fourth of the male passengers
was Wilbur F. May, Los Angeles
businessman and amateur pilot
who flew his own plane here to
board the clipper.
Four years after the establish
ment of its Key West-Havana
route Pan American started point
ing toward President Trippe's
Pacific with planes. Almost a
dream of one day spanning the
year ago Musick took the China
Clipper, first of the IL ton flying
"pullmans" off the same water
runway here in Alameda for a
flight to Manila.
The first objective of the plane
is Honolulu. After a one day
stopover, the plan will pick ur
five additional passengers and viii
hop to Midway, then to Wake
then to Guam and finally to Man.
ila, present terminus of the routS
which one day will extend tc
China.
Plans will leave here every Wed
nesday, weather permitting, carry
ing mails and passengers to the
| Orient. Once a week another o.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-22
'One-Man Circus to
Be in Ell Centre for
Big Fall Festival

Cooperating with the Ell Centro
chamber of commerce for the Fall
Festival, Leslie Salt Co. is sending
"Rube' White, the lone man cir
cus", to Ell Centro. Leslie a COM
plete show by himself, will be ac-
companied by his famous horse and
will be feature of the Fall Fes-
tival show.
Rube is slated to provide a
Niagara of laughs with his horse.
his mammoth bicycle and roller
skates. He was for many years a
headliner on the Orpheum vaude-
vile circuit and star with Ring
ling Bros. circus. For the last few
years he has been goodwill ambas-
sador for the Leslie Salt Co.
He will make his headquarters at
the Safeway store and will be here
all day Saturday to amuse the
children and grown-ups as well.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-22
HoltUille Scouts at
Court GiUen Honors

Holtville Scouts at the recent
Court OF Honor received the tol-
lowing awards:
Star badges, Billy Murray and
Walter Peacock both of Troop A;
first class badges, Tyndall Lang
ston and Lloyd Massey of Troop
"a and Satoru Okawa of Troop 20;
one year service star, Roger Crit
fin of Troop A; President Walter
w. Head acorn award, Ted Kenney
Of Troop A; merit badges, Robert
Amstead, DeForest Brandon, Eddie
Hale, Leon Looney, Billy Murray,
Walter Peacock, Robert Pinkerton,
Norman Sharp OF Troop A; Yo-
shio Kashiki, Hiroshi Okawa, Sat-
oru Okawa, Michio Sakaniwa and
Wallace N. Kent, Scoutmaster,
Troop 20.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-22
GETS
SUSPENDED FINE

After pleading guilty H. L. Rus
sell of the Lorence Dairy, Brawley,
was given a suspended fine We'd
nesday by Judge H. B. Griffin of
Brawley. Russell was charged with
violation of section 673 of the agri-
cultural code relating to the use
of milk containers registered in an
individuals name without written
permission from the owner. Merrill
Cole state dairy inspector, and
Walter Macdonald of the county
health department, filed the COM
plant.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-22
BIG ORDER FOR
RAILS PLACED

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Oct %.
UP)-A $1,200.0O0 order for steel
rails, bringing an order backlog in
the Birmingham area to more than
$5,O00,000, was placed with a U. S.
steel subsidiary which last week
Southern Pacific railroad.
S. J. Brown, general agent for
the Southern Pacific, announced he
had placed an order for 29,l23 tons
of rails, involving an outlay of APP
proximately $1.200,000.
The order went to the Tennessee
Coal, Iron and Railway Co., U. S.
steel subsidiar (which last week
announced a $29,000,000 expansion
program to handle the greatest rush
of orders of post-depression years,
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-22
Chinese Women Stick
To Foreign Cosmetics

SHANGHAI, Oct. %. U.P)-Chi-
nese women continue to use for
eign paint and powder despite high
duties and efforts of the govern
ment to promote the domestic
manufacture of cosmetics, the min
istry of industry dolefully an
nounced today. Imports of cos
metics including face paint, pow
der, lip-sticks and perfumes for
the first semester of 1926 totalled
100000 customs gold units-an in
crease of 85 per cent over the
same period last year.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-22
SAMPLE WILL
BE SPEAKER AT
MASS MEETING

Ed Sample, Republican candidate
for Congress, will be chief speaker
at the mass. meeting Sunday called
by the Townsend county central
committee for pm. at Imperial.
A program of music will be pre-
sented and other speakers will make
brief addresses.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-22
Nations Confer on
Cattle Pedigree

ROME, Oct. %. W.P)-The repre-
sentatives of II nations today for
mally signed an international con-
vention-for unification of methods
of keeping the pedigrees of cattle,
horses, pigs and sheep. The cere-
mony, at the international insti-
tute of agriculture, was designed
to promote international trade in
livestock.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-22
Teachers Will Hold
Institute N0u. Z

First of the teachers institutes
is that for Nov. 7 which is to be on
classroom management, attendance
at which is optional. The session
will be morning one at Wilson
school.
Teachers of the county must at
tend two local Institutes and the
general one in December during
the wear.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-22

RECORD OF NINE
YEARS BROKEN

A nine year record was broken
during recent weeks when no Of
tenders were taken before Dputy
United States Commissioner Dor
sey Whitelaw.
No federal cases were brought
before him since September II.
This is the longest period without
in 1927.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-22
REGULAR SERVICE
OVER SEA STARTS
90

ALAMEDA AIRPORT, Alameda, Calf, Oct % (UP)
Pan American Airways today formally inaugurated
Pacific passenger flying service with the departure
of the silver winged Hawaii Clipper for the Orient with
aboard of the thousands who wanted to make
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-01-25

project that before it could even be
tested Lord Lowther contracted for a
similar system to be built by the two
enterprising muleteerS, on the N F
ranch, five miles east Of Roundup, as
soon as spring should open up in 1887.
The winter following the construc-
ton of the r L ditch Q886-188T) Is
wildly remembered by pioneers of the
region as one of the most disastrous
to stockmen ever experienced. Snow fell
four feet deep and formed hard crust
not quite strong enough to hold horse
or COW, yet strong enough to bear the
weight of the softer-footed carnivora.
The result was that deer, elk, antelope,
cattle, and even horses and buffalo
we're driven by the wolves and noun
tain lions to founder helpleSSly in the
deep snow and fall prey to the meat
eaters. Thus was the need of depend
able irrigation for hay meadows force
fully driven into the minds Of those
who were alert enough to deplore the
needless loss of thousands of dollars
worth of cattle.
The N F. was favored with two sources
of water supply and the best advantage
was taken of this fact to insure good
crops even in the driest of years. VII
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a charge of robbing a camp Wagon
along the Musselshen. The man ano
the boy became firm friends. Con-
Sequently, while the officers were still
waiting for instructions from the lads
parents, he accompanied the man when
that individual effected a desperate
escape and took to the rugged Bull
mountains for hiding.
On January 8, 1902, Jake Keller
riding across the hills, came upon the
two fugitives driving a band of Keller's
horses. Keller promptly notified the
VigilanteS committee and 1t wasn't
long till grim posse appeared among
the rim rocks on the trail of the two.
They overlook and surrounded them
at the head Of Snail Coulee, seven miles
southeast of Gage. Escape was ilnpos-
sible, for at the moment they were
found the man and boy were lying
on top of q huge rock from which their
only escape could be by jumping off
to land 80 feet below, or to retreat
straight into the clutches of their enc
mics.
The first move of the doomed man
was to place the boy down In a deep
crevice where he would be safe from
flying bullets, the second was to hurl
a taunting come and get me" at the
posse.
The Vigilantes answered with thun-
dering hail Of bullets that sent hun
dredS Of chips flying from the rock.
The fugitive, however, saved his fire
and lying flat on the rock proceeded
to make the committee look scarce
even though the odds were probably
so to l. Although 1t was mid-winter the
weather was mild and the fugitive did
not suffer from cold as he kept the
besiegers at bay.
Never was a more one-sided battle
conducted with greater caution. AL
though the mans position was assail-
able from three sides, the attack was
carried on from the far side OF the
coulee at least 200 yards away where
the besiegers skulked below the rim of
q hill, appearing first one place, then
another to fire a shot and then drop
out of sight again. This sort Of war
fare continued for three days with
much shooting but no casualties. The
members of the committee divided into
shifts and part of them retired to
cabin about two miles distant for their
meals while the others held the siege.
Finally, firing of this mode of fight
ing, three of the possemen attempted
to get within reach OF the man on the
rock.
1t was getting dusk, the man on the
rOSh was nCalAy SAtAauSbc0 AAc1AA 1NSN
Of sleep. Suddenly he saw a shadow
like movement ON the opposite wall
and raising on his elbows he sent a
bullet flying across. The shadow Slip |
ped behind a tree and Jake Keller /
zasped at the closeness Of the bullet |
which had clipped off twig not six
inches above his head. simultaneously |
three shots rang out and the man on
The rock half rose to a sitting pos
lure and rolled over the edge of the
great boulder, landing with smash
ing thrmp IS or 80 feet below. He lay |
there many minutes before his at
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-01-25

low creek. which drained a large area
Of the northern uplands, emptied into
the Musselsheu river on the N F. Dams
were thrown across the myriad stream
beds Of Willow creek to concentrate the
flow into one strong channel. This
done, the outlet was made to open
about in the middle Of the system so
the water could be used as soon as it
came down without the need OF a head
gate. Also dam was built across the
river, not hundred feet from the door
of the NF ranch house, raising the
river to the level Of the main head gate
This dam was washed out at different
times owing to the sandy sloping beach
on the south bank Of the river at this
point. Lord Lowther and Lord Clifton
occupied long log house about 100
yards west of the ranch house. This
building with its high ceilinged rooms
and many paned windows might well
have been transplanted from old Eng
land as to it's furnishings. Mounted
heads of deer, buffalo, and many other
trophies adorned the walls, while a
great open fireplace, built for use and
not for looks, took up most Of the west
wall space. The most noticeable thing
(from the American viewpoint was the
along the wall of the cloak room. These
included everything from patent leath-
er oXfordS to hob-nailed, cowhide, knee
length boots 1t was Lord Lsowther'S
good fortune to step into his Montana
home and feel just as much at home as
he would have felt back in England
Like all good Britishers, the owners of
the N F were lovers Of fine horses and
Lord LOwther spent the greater part of
his time riding over the country on his
purebred saddle horses. The favorite Of
his string was q thoroughbred named |
Belmont.
So well did the projects on the r L
and N F serve their purpose that Gaines
and Hammond soon were doing an ex-
tensive business 1t was not long till
the Musselshell Sheep Co. contracted
for a similar system. j. w. Newton,
who brought herd Of dogie cattle
from Iowa to the vicinity Of Roundup
in 1885, also built an irrigation system +
on the Hart Bar H.
j. w. Newton was quiet man with |
q keen sense of humor. 1t was he who, |
after a posse had besieged and slain
an alleged rustler In the battle of the |
about 20 miles east of |
Roundup in 1902, tried to claim $50
being the first man to
hear a famous crouch of the neigh
crouch had put in good word for the
dead man by saying that the alleged
ruStler had been a square shooter. The
events surrounding this tragic fight
were peculiar.
It was in the fall Of 1901 that the
Billings police picked a young boy,
about 10 years of age, off the streets
The lad said he had run away from
his home in the east to come west and
find his brother who was known to be
in the MuSselshell country.|
The police promptly locked him up and
sent word to the boys family. Lodged
In the same jail was a young man of
about %, who was awaiting trial on
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-01-25

~ - - Hal! LEAVE missouri With
% ~ out their mulesl Not on your
WW life, a Missourian without his
Wv mule would be as forlorn as
a Californian without his
prllne Juice. For no other reason could
IL be krlIthfuIly explained how Johnny
Gaines and George Hammond came to
Montana accompanied by an odd dozen
or so Mzle teams.
This was previous to the year 1886.
The Musselsheu valley was occupied
by several large cattle and sheep out
fits whose holdings extended as far as
the iraaeanation of the owner and the
tolerance of his neighbor would allow.
There were thousands of cattle scat
tered through the valley but during
the slMmerS feed was more than suf-
ficient owing to the frequent heavy
cloudburstS and transforms that we're
want 10 come up with short notice and
drench the valley.
On the other hand the winters wit
messed much distress when the snow
was deep and crusted so that the cattle
often starved. The stockmen, although
deplog1ng the fact, had so far made no
remedy for these yearly losses. How
ever, sOaae of them had thrown dams
across the mouths of numerous coulees
to keep the heavy cloudburSts from
flooding out the luxuriant meadows
that were common and to spread the
water over a larger area. From these
places q great yield Of wild hay was
cut and the results obtained very |
plainly justified the development of a
more extensive system.
George Handel of MuSselshell, who |
is wen known throughout the valley |
and was a partner In the Musselshell !
Sheep company, described the advent of |
irrigation to his vicinity. Handel Broth
erS win long be remembered as Mus !
selsheH's leading citizens. They came
to MusSelsheu in 1885.
'~T.ne r L outfit owned by the Ryan
Brothers Of Leavenworth was under
the management Of Jim Cox. The fact
that Cox was an enterprising foreman
with progressive ideas Is clearly shown
by the fact that the r L was not only
the first outfit to bring Texas cattle
into the MuSselShen country, but also
pioneered the first real irrigation prof.
ect ia the valley" said Mr.. Handel
The first difficulty was to procure
a large number of horses broke to the
work harness, since the most work the
average horses ever did at that time
was 10 gallop over the prairie with a
blackboard bouncing behind. And it was
doubtful If much could be accomplished
in the way of digging bitches with a
fresno dashing over the prairie in tow
Of team of half broke broncs
Things were at this sort OF crisis
when Gaines and Hammond came to
the rescue with their string of Ozark
equines. They had mules second to no
other brand in the United States or
Missouri when it came to delivering
power at the drawbar of fresno, they
avowed. Also, they personally had no
fear of manual labor and could begin
operations at once If necessary, and
O. aOos1 &C Cfhnr. q bnf.ores nOst11 he
hired they would strengthen their
forces TO the needed proportions. So
the deal was made and the summer Of
1885 witnessed the perspiring efforts
Of many mule skinners carving Mus
selshen valleys first irrigation ditch
into the industrial map.
SO apparent was the wisdom of this
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-01-25
FORMER BUTTE
MAYOR PASSES

William Fl. Child Davey, 73-year-0id
former Butte mayor and prominent res
taurant man, died at his home in Butte
a few days ago. Pneumonia was the
cause Of death.
Davey was one of the best known
men in the Butte vicinity and was
noted for his famous bets on Butte
weather. For many years he bet there
would be rain % days in June, and he
thought nothing of wagering 81 600 at
q time. Another favorite bet was that
i would rain on As days during May,
June and July.
he. won so steadily that Butte people
finally refused TO bet with him and
only visitors to the city would take up
his propositions, but his bets received
publicity that extended throughout the
United States.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-01-25

Senator B. K Wheeler, Senator J. E.
Murray and Congressman Roy e. Ayers
are seeking the location of a proposed
federal prison in Montana at old Fort
Assinniboine.
Communications were recently sent
to all three from the Havre Chamber
Of Commerce, asking them to get in
touch with the department Of justice
and the secretary Of the treasury, urg-
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-01-25

ing the old fort as site for the pro-
posed prison.
Among advantages pointed out as
making the old fort site suitable for q
federal prison were the following:
Buildings already there which might
be used for many and varied purposes:
2 600 acres Of land, much of which Is
already irrigated and at moderate cost
the entire acreage could be; fine gar
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-01-25

den sites used when the post was gar
risoned; good hay ground; Montana
Power Co. high tension lines running
across property. 1t was also pointed out
that Beaver creek transverse the prop
erty and that there is good supply of
water and water and sewer systems are
already in use.
Fort Assinniboine was the largest and
northernmost post in Montana.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-01-25
Don't
But
Know
Whether the Pain"
Remedy You Use
is SAFE?
Don't Entrust Your
Own or Your Fanily's
Well Being to Unknown
Preparations

1.-THE person to ask whether the
IL preparation you or your family
are taking for the relief of headaches
is SAFE to use regularly is your
family doctor. Ask him particularly
about Genuine BAYER ASPIRIN.
He will tell you that before The
discovery of Bayer Aspirin most
pain" remedies were advised
against by physicians as bad for the
stomach and, often, for the heart.
Which is food for thought if YOU
seek quick, safe relief.
Scientists rate Bayer Aspirin
among the fastest methods yet dis
covered for the relief of headaches
and the pains of rheumatism, neu-
ritis and neuralgia. And the expert
ence Of millions of users has proved
it safe for the average person TO use
regularly. In your OWn interest re-
member this.
You can get Genuine Bayer
Aspirin at any drug store simply
by asking for it by its full name,
BAYER ASPIRIN. Make it a
point to do this - and see that you
get what you want.
Bayer Aspirin
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-01-25

Havre Chamber of Commerce Requests Federal Government
Use Old Fort Assnnboine AS Site for New Federal Prison
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Avoid accidents. Drive carefully.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-01-25
BY ELMER BAIRD
Ch0teau, Montana

~ ~ - HAT! LEAVE Missouri with
- out their mulesl Not on your
WW life, a MisSourian without his
mule would be as forlorn as
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-08

Hinton, Mrs Donald Howard. Mrs. Will
liam Roach, Mrs. Henry Black and Mrs.
Frank ONeil.
vivors: Widower Lloyd; sister, Mrs. Gladys
Golding; half-sisters, Mrs Lora Snyder
and Mrs. Betty Hale; half-brothers. Floyd,
Donald and Frederick Snyder; stepfather,
william Snyder.
RICHMOND-carl F. Wilkemeyer. SO.
Survivors: Widow. Anna; mother. Mrs.
Catherine Wood: daughter. Miss Barbara
Jean Wilkemeyer.
Vernon A. HadIey. Survivors: Widow;
Pat Taylor IS. Survivor: Nephew, E. H.
Taylor.
Carl and Clarence.
BROOKvILLE--Mrs. Edward Lee. 80.
Survivors, Widower; daughters. Misses
jeanne and Lois Anne Lee; son, Robert.
GREENsBURGmM,rs W 5SsSsph Dan Dan
joseph. Oliver oiii and Edward: daughters
Misses Carrie and Lena ,Dannacher.
BEDFogDMrs w,d Bertha w, Nay s Tarr
Heber and Douglss; daughter, Miss Anna
belle Clouse; mother, Mrs. Laura Tarr.
cyrenies Martin. e, farmer.
Survivors: Sons, johnson, Archie, Ho6art,
ANNA ANNA Phelps se an0 MRS none Nora Combs Mrs.
Marie Boswell. Mrs. Ora Martin and Mrs.
Malena Phipps; brothers, Joe and D. D.;
sister, Mrs. Maggie McHargue.
DANA-Stephen H. Pawley. Survivors:
Widow. Elsie; brother, Frank; sisters,
Mrs. Claude Redman and Mrs. Edith
Kaufman: niece, Miss Frances Redman;
nephew, Edward Redman.
CYNTHIAN-Lyman Gee, 81. Survivors:
Sons, Merritt Alpha, Burton and S. 3.
daughters, Mrs. Carrie West Mrs. Mabel
Shoulders and Mrs. opha Bergman.
EyANsyILLE-Robert Perry, %. Surviv-
Leva Jones; brother Alvin.
Mrs. Mollie z. Kelton. a.. Survivors:
Sisters Mrs. Alex Center and Mrs. Aldo
Ford; brother. Charles w. Stone.
Herman L. Fullen. -. Survivors
Widow, Jennie: mother Mrs. Effie Fullen;
licent Bertrum; brother, Stephen.