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Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-12
LOW RENT HOUSING
HAS DISADVANTAGE
Might Bankrupt Landlords
Who Built At Peak Of
Building Booms
BY CHARLES r. STEWART
Central Press Staff Writer

Washington, May 12.-As a tenant,
my interest naturally is to favor gov
ernment;ANy- financed low-rent hous-
ing
Nevertheless there is one argument
advanced by proponents of such a
program that will not hold water.
Opponents of public housing protest
that the government ought not to en-
ter into competition with private
landlords. If the pro-housing folk sim
ply contradicted this statement, say
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-12
ABC Stores
Subject
TOTaxation
Attorney General
Seawcll Rules on
Request of l. a :
Grange Collector

Raleigh May IL (AP)-Attorney
General A. A. f. Seawell ruled today
mat alcoholic beverage control board
stocks and buildings, if owned by the
board, are subject to advalorem taxes
OF municipalities and counties.
Scawcll said at is probable that the
Supreme Court, if a case should come
before it, involving the taxation of
stocks and property of A.B.C. stores,
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-12
New 800! 600! 900 For PWA'
Sought In Senate Measure

Washington, May 12.-(AP)-Sena-
tor Hayden, Democrat, Arizona today
introduced in the Senate an amend
ment to the $2,364, 229,712 relief de-
ficiency bill to appropriate an extra
$7OO,OOO,OOO for the Public Works Ad-
ministration.
The bill, as it now stands, carries
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-12
Leading League Council
Members Draft Condem-
nation of Ethiopian
Annexation
DIPLOMATIC BREAK
SEEN AS POSSIBLE
That Will Be Unavoidable
if Britain Insists on Sane.
tons, Rome Source Says;
Full Significance Of Italian
Withdrawal Not Lmmedi-
ately Clear

Geneva, May IL (AP)-Eu-
ropes crisis deepened tonight
as the Italian delegation left
Geneva by order by Premier
Mussolini, and the League of
Nations Council decided "there
is no cause to modify measures
taken against Italy,"
These measures are the sanctions
decreed by the League as result of
what the League declared to be the
unprovoked aggression against Ethio-
pia.
Shortly before the Councils action,
Baron Pompeo Aloysi and the entire
Fascist delegation left the city. They
carried with them the secret of Pre-
mier Mussolini's hasty instructions
of recall.
Up until their train pulled out Of
the closely guarded railway station,
the Italians insisted they could not
interpret II Duce's command
Nevertheless, many League observ-
ers believed the move was a prelude
to complete Italian break with the
League over the question of crush and
annex Ethiopia.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-12

(By the Associated Press.)
Italy's delegates to the League Of
Nations, maintaining their reborn"
Afro-European empire permits no
League of Nations meddling, an
nounced today they were going home
Baron Pompeo Aloysi, apparently
on orders from Premier Mussoiini,
informed the League secretary gen
era! of his Intentions.
Just previously leading League
Council members had drafted q tacit
condemnation of Italy's annexation Of
Ethiopia. The resolution, product of
a midnight meeting, at which Italy
was not represented, stated the Coun-
Gil needed time to reflect on a proper
course.
Meaning Not Clear.
Just what the sudden Italian de-
cision meant was not Immediately
clear. Even Baron Aloysi, II Duce's
No. 1 diplomat, admitted II do not
know"
In Rome reliable sources said a
diplomatic break between Italy and
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Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14

the minus 23O contour, or 18 feet
above the present sea level.
It is impossible to predict exact
ly the effect of the All American
canal on Salton Sea, according to
Dowd, but there is no reason to eX-
pect radical changes. Sufficient wat
er must be drained into the sea to
maintain it as the drainage basin
for more than a million acres OF
land in Coachella and Imperial Val
leys, as we'll as more than 100000
acres of land in Mexico.
Not only irrigation water but
storm water drains into Salton Sea,
Dowd pointed out. This, he added,
is a large item in wet years.
The Salton Sea covers an area Of
about 10000 acres and reached a
maximum depth near its north end
of 80 feet. Salt content is about
twice that of ocean water, but only
about half that of the Great Salt
Lake.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14
BIGGEST DAAs

BIGGEST DAM
Imperial Dam ,Aill be the longest
and largest floating type diver
sion Cam in the world. The dam
is being built across the channel
without having the usual bedrock
foundation.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14

only by the sand hills along an
So CT 90-mile line. What devel-
opment will be further than that,
70 one knows. There remains
Borego Valley and other potentially
fertile regions for which, as yet,
no definite plans have been made.
First Benefits
First to feel benefits from the
canal will be the 100000 acres now
under irrigation in the Imperial
Irrigation District. For these lands
there will be siltless water, lower
taxes and no danger of foreign in
terference Or natural calamity.
Following closely will be 10000
irrigable acres in Coachella VAL
ley, where about $4,000 acres are
under cultivation this year. Goa
chella. using pumping systems to
irrigate its lands, already is over
drawing the underground supply,
but with the advent OF the Goa
2hella branch of the All American
canal will be able to irri9ate with
Colorado river water without dan
gerously lowering the water table.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14

trict the 140,00-acre body of water
is more than a piece of scenery-it
is an absolut necessity to existence.
As a safeguard for the future,
the Salton Sea is of vital import
ance to Imperial and Coachella
Valleys" NJ. j. Dowd. general super
intendent of the irrigation district,
explained.
There is no other place for eX
cess water to drain
Little Change Expected
The advent of the All American
canal may make a difference in the
level of the sea, but not much. That
level is watched and guarded too
zealously by district engineers.
During the last 10 years, Dowd
said, the sea level has fluctuated
between outside limits Of six feet,
leaving it at a present level on the
minus -248 contour, or with its sur
face 248 feet below sea level Under
a program now being carried out, it
is expected the irrigation district
will obtain title to all land under
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14
The Canals Father
EARLY WATER
VICTORY WON
BY MARK ROSE
GriZzled Veteran of 16
Years of Fiery
Service
Mark Rose, Father of tn

Mark Rose. Father of the
All American Canal"
From the Atlantic to the
Pacific coast, from the peo-
pie of Imperial Valley to the
nation, capital. the 2rizzled veteran
of 16 years service on the Imperial
Irrigation District board of direc
tors carried the early fight for
construction Of the All American
waterway. He made his name, for
a time, synonymous with the name
Of the Imperial Irrigation District.
For Rose. the All American canal
fight was born IN a campaign to
brng water TO the East Mesa lands
OF tne valley. He was not then
director. ana engaged in negotiating
with the district board for a right
C way over the district heading on
the Colorado SO ne could bring his
canal. on American soil. to the East
Mesa lands The negotiations fail
ed. but out OF them was born the
broader campaign IN which Rose
soon became a leader.
His interest n district affairs
LED him in 1920 10 seek the office
OF director from the Holtville divi-
sion. TO which he was elected and
which he has held ever since.
Rose, a powerfully built, ruddy
faced man with sharp eyes and the
jaw OF q fighter. is a firm believer
IN Jhe potency OF mass meetings.
often in the early battles he relied
upon such meeting TO swing public
sentiment behind his project, or to
point out what ne considered the
dangers Of proposed plans. He
makes no secret OF his likes and
dlSllkeS. He wins or loses, and
fghts again, and the All American
canal stands as a tribute TO his
greatest victory.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14

PROJECT.
Oct .22-Work starts on Calex-
ico force account unit.
Dec. 9-Work started at Araz
by Boyce & Igo. sub-contractors
on schedule three.
Dec. 11-Work started by Cal
lahan company at Potholes and
Andrade.
April 25-Bids opened for %
miles Of canal excavation west OF
sandhills. Lewis Chambers Con-
sJruction company OF New Or
leans, La. low on schedules one.
two and three. bidding $40 cents
per cubic yard for the 7,789 900
cubic yards. or s505, ,5O6.lO Mittry
Bros. of Visalia. Calf, low on
schedule four. bidding O75 cents
per cubic yard for the 3,472,000
cubic yards. or S246. 400. Contracts
later awarded. Mittry Bros. sub
contracted its schedule TO W. {.
Callahan company.
July Bids opened for work
at gravel pit. station 80, on canal
route Low bid Of Sl49.9O0 submit
ted by Triangle Rock and Gravel
company OF San Bernardino ana
Charles Holmes. c OnCract later
/ awarded.
Aug. 11-Contract for supplying
machinery for des.lting works at
/ Imperial dam awarded TO the Door
company Of Denver Colo, on bid
Of S564, ,800
Nov 21-Bids opened for con-
! struction Of Imperial dam and de-
] sitting works. Low bid Of S4374.-
240 submitted by three firms
/ Morrison Kuudsen company OF
Boise, Idaho; Utah Construction
/ company Of Ogden Utah both
members Of SIX Companies, Inc.
/ builders OF Boulder dam, and
/ Winston Bros Of Minneapolis,
Mimi Job to be completed with
in 800 calendar days Contract a
. Warded month later. R. M. Con
nor, superintendent.
NOV. % BIDS opened for five
! miles Of canal excavation extend
ing southwest from Imperial dam.
Low bio submitted by George Pol
lock company Of Sacramento, Cal,
/ S70I.347.
Nov. 25-Bids opened for con-
structiOn Of four siphon wash
structures. Low bid Of S439 ,527.50
submitted by Frazier Davis Con-
structIOn company Of St. Louis,
Mo. Contract awarded. Work TO
. be completed N 600 calendar days
Dec. 26-Contract for supplying
IS 600 barrels Of cement for con-
strucJion Of Imperial dam and de
sitting works awarded TO three
Los Angeles companies-Riverside
Cement company, California Port
land company, and the Southwest
ern Cement company Their bid
was Sl97 a barrel, with d refund
OF 40 cents for return Of sacks.
1896
Feb. 5-F. J. Macdonald, Of the
! National Commissary company, ar
/ rives at dam site to take charge Of
feeding men employed on huge
job on constructing dam.
Mar. Canal workers last month
totalled 1872. receiving IN pay
Tor the month s155.825.
Mar l3-Flrst 30 Yuma men
called for work on Imperial dam.
Mar. 30-Bids opened Tor oiling
Imperial dam-Laguna dam road.
Contract later awarded TO r. z.
Hazard and Sons, San Diego, who
submitted low bid Of $5.O44.50.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14
Canal Costs May
Be Lower Than
First Estimates
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in Arizona, slicing thousands, at
least. from the total In addition,
the cost Of the main branch of
the All American canal from I'M
perial Dam to a point about 16
miles west of Pilot Knob. where
the Coachella branch connects, will
be pro-rated between the Coachella
and Imperial districts. Another
reduction will result TO taxpayers
OF the Imperial district. Together,
these two factors will reduce the
total several million dollars, ex-
perts believe.
Methods Of repayment are told
elsewhere in this edition.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14

cooperation with the Imperial II
CATION District.
From 1918 until 1928 there was
a growing demand for the Al
American canal, marked by poll
tical battles and maneuvering thai
reachsd TO the nations capital.
Then. in 1923. the Swing-Johnson
Bill was introduced in congress
by Phil D. Swing and Hiram John
son, was passed. and was signed by
President Calvin Coolidge on Dec.
81. 1928. Il provided for construc-
ton of Boulder Dam and the All
American canal
From that date on, the chrono-
logical history Of the project can
be listed.
1892
Feb. 1I-Canal contract approx
ed by Imperial Irrigation district
voters by five 10 one majority.
Feb. 20-Coachella asks separ-
ate contract.
1893
Jan 12-NeW contract APPROX
ed by district 1852 10 728.
Oct 24-Public Works admins
tration authorizes S6OOOOOO ap-
preparation for start Of work or
the canal; Coachella section elm
mated for the present.
Oct. 25-Huge celebration held
at Holtville
Nov 9-Call issued for bids for
four miles d canal construction
west from Pilot Knob.
Nov l7-Ray NJ Priest named
resident engineer in charge OF job
by Commissioner OF Reclamation
ElWood Mead.
Dec. 2Q-Bids opened.
1894
Jan. Bids rejected by Bureau
of Reclamation as TOO high
Feb. l4-COacnela pact with the
Imperial district and submits sup
Elemental contract 10 Secretary Of
Interior Harold I. Ickes
Feb 26-Calif0ruia supreme court
dismisses appeals pending against
the Imperial county superior
courts canal contract valuation,
clearing way for the project.
June Bids opened on first
seven schedules. Low bio on first
six, calling Tor excavation of ap-
proXimately 40000OOU cubic yards
Of dirt, submitted by the ". Z.
Callahan Construction company.
Gunther d Shirley. at S4,85g .5o7-
so Low bio on schedule z. eXcay-
alton of $4,000 cubic yards Of
rock and dirt submitted by the
Griffith Construction company al
price OF $226 800.
July g. Contracts awarded TO
low bidders.
July G-Engineer Ray M. Priest
dies at Phoenix. following heart
attack E. j. Westerhouse, fed
engineer named acting engineer
IN charge,
July l2-P. w. w. allotment OF
SS.O0O.O00 for preliminary work OF
Imperial dam, expected TO start
next year.
Aug. 9-Work on canal started
by Griffith company at station
ll4O on Pilot Knob, a mile wesl
OF the Imperial districts head
works near Andrade, with Marx
Rose. pioneer i'm battle Tor the
project. dumping the first shovel
nlll Oi rock and dirt.
Sept. Secretary Ickes ap-
proves 81 00000O Tor construction
ol lla miles OF canal near Calen-
co by force account.
Oct no r. b Williams named
government engineer IN charge o.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14
Engineers Foresee
Future Problems

With a decreased amount of chan
mel securing by flood waters and
the sluicing Of silt from the desilt-
ing works at the dam back into the
river channel district engineers
foresee another possible problem
which may arise in time due to an
increased channel elevation in the
Yuma and San Pasqual valley
areas.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14
In the History Books

Rapidly fading into the past are these scenes along
the Colorado river works Of the Imperial Irrigation
District The upper photo shows defense leVee along
which the districts railroad tracks make path for
carrying of rock and dirt to reinforce the
leyees against the floods which before Boulder
Dam completed Lower picture shows ears loaded
with rock kept always in readiness.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14
Political Battles
Mark Stormy Past
Of Vast Waterway

The history Of the All American canal is old, al
most the history of Imperial Valley ITSELF dealing
largely with private plans and municipal actions within
the valley until 1918 when the United States Bureau OF
Reclamation conducted survey for possible route in
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14
SaIton Sea, Scenic
Orphan, Safeguard
TO Valleys Future

Lying far below level in the lowest portion of
Imperial Valley is natures scenic orphan and the valley
widely known contribution to the beauty of CalfOr-
na the Saton Sea- but the hard headed business men
who direct the desnies Of the Imperial Irrigation Dis
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14
Anal Will IRRICATE 100000 ACRES
Almost Unlimited
Development Field
Awaits New Supply
Imperial District First to Feel Benefits of Vast
Waterway; Opening Up Other Territories
TO Come in Natural Course

Almost hundred thousand of the most fertile
land in California will be irrigated eventually from the
All American canal.
Stretching from the foothills the west to the Colo
RADIO river the will be plain of cultivation broken
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-14

Next in line for development un-
der the canal will be 185000 acres
on the East Mesa of Imperial Val
ley, 10000 acres on the West
Mesa, and about 10000 acres on
the Pilot Knob Mesa. OF the total
about l35,000 acres will be irrigat-
ed by means of pump lifts. The
rest will be under gravity irriga-
ton.
The mesa lands must be thrown
open TO public entry by the fed
eral government before farms can
appear there. Some sections will
be opened soon after completion o.
the canal, it is believed, while 9TH
ers may be held by the govern
ment for some time before being
released for Development
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-03-14
NOTICE OF RE-SAtr

by virtue of the power vestod :;
by that certain Deed of Trnst o me
cuted by L. L. Reams and recordo az
Register of Deeds office Of w. III
County, N. c., in Book 172 noo r"H ice
and by virtue also of an order % oo'
sale made by the Clerk of SnNan re-
Court of Vance County, a five l,or
cent advance bid having been nlacoa
on said property over the hid roos1
for the March End 1886, I shah ofFa1
for sale and sell for cash at tho ro,,n4
house door in Henderson, N. c. at 70
o'clock noon, Monday, April 9Th 1o2e
the following described real pronnrtv
to-wit: ~
That house and lot on Walters
Street in Henderson Township ID
joining the lands of George A. Perdno
). w. j. House, ct al, bounded as fol.
lows: Begin at a stake, corner Of
George A. Perdue and wife. 50 feet
from the center and on East side of
S. A. L., Ry, and run S 81 E 200 feet
to an iron stake on Walters street.
then N % E 100 feet along Walters
Street to a stone on Walters street
corner OF j. w. j. House; thence along
his line N 81 w 200 feet to a stone 50
feet from the center of r. R.; thence
S. 20 w 100 feet to place of beginning
See deed from S. G. Walters to L. /,
Reams, Vance County Registry Book
SO page II.
Bidding to start at $7OS.75.
j. M. PEACE, Trustee.
This 9Th. day of March, 1886.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-03-14
NOTICE OF SALE.

Under and by virtue of the power
and authority contained in that GER
tain Deed of Trust executed by Ell
Branch and Henrietta Branch, his
wife, recorded in the office of the Re-
gister of Deeds of Vance County.
North Carolina, in Book 1874, at page
102, default having been made in the
payment. of the debt therein secured,
at the request of the holder of the
note, the undersigned trustee will Of
fer for sale at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash, at the Court
house in Henderson, North Carolina,
on Tuesday, April 7, 1886, the follow
ing described real estate:
Beginning at a Dogwood in R. H.
Kimball's line and run thence west
six hundred yds. 5000 along line Of
Walter T. Bullock west to branch
line of Dock Alexander and William
Reavis to a stone; thence North along
said Branch and line of William
Reavis five hundred (5OO) yards to
branch; thence run to a stone in line
of Eliza Yancey's line; thence East
one hundred (100) yards along Eliza
Yanceys line to stone in Kinballs
line; thence south fifteen Q5) yards
to a stone Kimballs corner; thence
East along Kimball's line six hundred
and forty-five (645) yards to stone;
thence South along Kimballs line four
hundred and twenty (42O yards to a
stone; thence West along Kimbalrs
line one hundred and twenty-five
(125) yards to the beginning. Contain
ing fifty (5O) acres more or less. See
Deed Book 50 page 296, Vance County
Register of Deeds office. Also see
deed. from Mary Davis to E. l..
Branch in Book 1874, at page 1923.
This the 7th day of March, 1886
B. H. PERRY, Trustee
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-03-14
NOTICE OF SALE.

Pursuant to an order issued 10y the
Clerk of, the Superior Court OF vance
County, North Carolina, in the opec'ae
Proceeding docketed in the Office u
the said Clerk entitled MARY Eiizd-
beth Brame and husband, Norman
Brame VS.. William Johnson anc rau'
Lee Huff, minor" and by the az
thority of the said order, the uliuel-
signed, Commissioner will ot1er lo4
sale at public auction, to the hlsneSo
bidder, for cash, at the Courthouo'
door in Henderson, North Caroii"c'
at IL O'Clock, Noon, on Monday, Apin
g. 1886, the. following described re"'
estate: .,.u
Begin. at Spanish Oak on ME- or
Pond and run thence S IA h 4o'oo
chains to. a pine in the road: thence
along. the road N 81 3-4 E 10 claiiI'
to a pine, Robert Shorts coi"0'
thence N IA w 21.25 CHAINS "
pine, Robert Shorts corner; tneliIe
s. "a IA E CTS chains to pm onoix
corner: thence N 3-4 E 7o1 chain9
to a stone: thence N 76 w Ill chainS
to a branch; thence down the oI D, u %
N 9 w 9O-1O0 chains N q 81 Il OK
chains, N Ii 3-4 w 1926 chains N
SO 1-2 w 100 chains, N IA ~ Z zoo
chains, N IL w 100 chains; n ~ ~
e chains, N 33 IA E 285 CHAINS,
6 IL w 100 chains, N 10 IL e.
chains, N 33 IA E 81 chains to pm
near Oak, N 6 w $50 chains ~ w
stake, thence around pond 5 IS -
800 chains, S sc w chains, . ~
Wis chains. N "a IL w 2.75 chains;
s $ Sc Vi - s' W i8s chains, n s. IL " '
1.52 chains. S 70 W 2.7s chains % .
81 w $50 chains, w 1.so chains ,r 10
the beginning; Containing Al ST e 49,
less IA acres reserved as cenle' end
See deed from Haywood FalKner 9 Dr.
wife to Carol Dickerson and w,le WIFE, 1e
corded, in. Book 70, page 3S1, nes,
of Deeds Office Of Vance Gou ,oas
This. the, 5th day of March, o 1SS0
T. P. GHOLSoN,
Commissioner
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-03-14
ADMINISTRATION NOTICE.

Having thrs day qualified as Execu-
trix of the estate of Mrs. Pattle D.
Reavis, deceased, late of Vance Coun-
ty. North Carolina This is to notify
all persons having claims against tne
estate of said deceased to exhiplt
them to the undersigned, or my at
torncy, at Henderson, on or before the Inc
18th day of February, 1897, or TINS
notice will be pleaded in bar OF their
recovery. All persons indebted to saia
estate will please make immediate
payment. .ooc
This 18th day of February, 1886.
NELLIE r. SPAIN,
Executrix of the Will of Pattle
J. Reavis, deceased.
B. Fl. Hicks, Attorney.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-03-14

meeting is March 20 at 2:30 p. m. at
Hugh Morson high school. The branch
is a part, also, of the North Carolina
Education Association known as the
vocational guidance section.
Richard r. Brown, assistant execu-
tive director of the National Youth
Administration, Washington, D. c.,
will discuss the schools responsibility
in providing guidance for youth. Miss
Hattie S. PARROT, of. the State Depart
ment of Education, Raleigh, will
make a talk on the function of. guild
ance in. the elementary schools.
DR.. O.. Latham Hatcher, president,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-03-14

Southern Woman's Educational AL
lance, Richmond, Va, will present a
plan of revision of the secondary
school curriculum in order to provide
for vocational and other types OF guild
ance.
Professor Edward w. Bashart State
College, Raleigh, N. c. will lead a.
round table discussion following the.
presentation of the above topics.
The officers Of the North Carolina
branch association are: r. IS. Proctor,
New Bern, president; J. Warren
Smith, Asheville, vice-president; and
c. P. Richman, Durham, secretary.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-03-14
NOTICE.

The undersigned HAVING o,,,..
Administering of the Esf e qualified as
Evans late of Vance Comnt u Junfus
Carolina, this is notice 70 nT North
having claims against tbo "ii persons
ministrat tnel" 10 the undersigned Az %
Mandor or to her attoTneC D AT q.
1letl N. G, on or befo 'eyS' IN
l4tn Gay OF February, 1897, Ilo IN me
i moIlce VIII be pleaded in bar nf Cnls
recovery. All persons indebted 10 any any
SAID estate will please mako 10 the
date payment. ""e lmme-
fhls the 18th day Of February 1000
PATTIE EVANS '''
cholson 3, cno,n Administrators.
Attorneys for Administrative.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-03-14
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