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Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-06-01
Huge Generators
Started at Dam

WASHINGTON. June l. U.PN-
The largest generators in the world
at Boulder Dam on the Colorado
river. today began production Of
firm power. guaranteeing cleo
tricity to southern California cities
ON continuous basis.
With sufficient water stored be-
hind the Sll4O0O.O00 dam to assure
a constant water supply to turn the
four dynamos already installed. the
bureau of reclamation delivered
power 10 the cities of Los Angeles.
Burbank. Glendale and Pasadena.
Calf at the full rate of l63 mills
per kil3watt hour and began amor
tization of the cost of the dam and
power house over a so year period.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-06-01
Children's Day at
Church Observed

CABIPATRIA. June 1.-Childrens
day was observed at the Union
congregational church here recent
". The program consisted of songs
and pantomimes by the children
who were promoted from the pri-
mary to the junior department.
Names of the graduates are Reba
Beck. Freda Kerr, Betty Engle
Barbara Mead, and Ferrell Moore.
Each child was presented Bible.
Mrs. E L. Mead. supt. of the pri-
mary department was assisted by
Mrs c. H. Everett, Mrs. Carl Ben
nett. Mrs. J. B. Leslie and Mrs.
George Wallace. Miss Adella Tray
ers furnished the music.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-06-01

son, is already revealing the same
signs of stage fright that most
first-tim bridegrooms show.
LONDON, June l. (U.P)-It was
reliably reported today that Brit
ish neWsreel companies have re-
ceived strong but indirect hints
from official quarters that it would
be good policy" not to include pic
lures of the wedding of the Duke
of Windsor and Mrs. Wallis War
field in releases for the empire.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-06-01

TRADE in moons when 100 Brand New Cleaning
Chrysr and Plymouth Cars to be sold in the Month Of
June the Greatest Offering of fine Automobiles Imperial
Valley has Scent Bring present and take ad
vantage of the $50 raden Bonus that willing give
now to of these sold within month!
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-06-01
POPE RESTING
COMFORTABLY

CASTEL GANDOLFO. Italy, June
l UP)-Pope Plus XI rested COM
fortably at hio summer home today.
while physicians denied that his
condition was alarming.
The Pontiff cancelled a world
radio broadcast. and speech TO
inaugurate the Papal Academy of
Sciences on his Both birthday yes
terday, but it was said that he did
so only because it was feared that
he might over-exert himself.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-06-01
Hotel Strike May Be
Extended in Frisco

SAN FRANCISCO. June /. up
The strike against the Is leading
hotels of San Francisco entered its
second month today with union
leaders threatening to call out
workers in associated industries.
The joint strike negotiating COM
mittee. representing six unions with
$500 members was scheduled to meet
today to consider plans TO extend
the strike to incluje class B hotels.
restaurants. night clubs, bars and
apartments.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-06-01
Weekend Deaths
Mount Near 300
by United Press

Memorial weekend deaths rose to-
ward 300 throughout the nation to-
day.
OF the millions who sought diver
sion or escape from the heat, scores
died in traffic accidents or were
drowned. Other scores died in mis-
cellaneous a ccid dents = airplane
crashes, shootings, falls. and the
like.
Pennsylvania recorded 81 deaths.
Is attributed to traffic accidents.
nine to droWnings and the remain
der to miscellaneous causes.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-06-01
New Hunt Begun
For Lost Airplane

SALT LAKE CITY. June /. up
"A new search Of Utah's rugged
Wasatch mountains began in earn
est today, in the air and on the
ground for the Western Air Ex-
press transport plane that disap-
peared the morning of December
- with seven persons aboard.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-06-01
PRINCE ORDERED
TO FORM CABINET

TOKYO. June !. up Emperor
Hirohito today ordered Prince Flu
mimaro Konoye. president of the
house of peers and considered one
of the ablest Of the younger states
men 10 form a new cabinet to sue
coed that of General Senjuro Hay
aShi.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-06-01
IT'S A SKUNKCHUCK"

ASHIABULA, Q. 3UP)-Roy Ken
nedy is the owner of an animal he
believes a cross between a skunk
and Woodcnuck. The head. tail
and body are like those of wood
chuck. the feet and fur arc like
those of a skunk A dog caught the
animal in a stump on farm in
jefferson township.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-06-01
PWA JOBS GO BEGGING

PUEBLO. Colo U.P)-Pro5perity
is returning to Bent County. Colo
rado. All WPA construction jobs
in the county have been suspended
due te lack of sufficient workers.
Workers have been dropping off the
WPA so rapidly it is impossible TO
operate the projects, according to
Terry J. Owens. district admins
traitor.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-06-01
DUKE NERVOUS AS
ANY BRIDEGROOM
Copyright 1887 by United Press

MoNTs France. June / UP-The Windsor
se nervousness intensified by impaenee
Chateau today finishing
marriage
The daily independent., 1937-04-20
Wednesday, April 21

Sunrise 5:23 Sunset 6:45
High Low
Orc. In.et asa sis 1929 1880
Cape Hat. 4:24 4:45 9:59 1920
The daily independent., 1937-04-20
China IsPrey To
Fire, Famine and
Disease; ManyDie
Prolonged Drought Brings
Multitude of Evils
In Its Train

Shanghai, Tuesday, April 90
U.P)-Famine, fire and disease to-
day ravagcd China, claiming the
lives of thousands.
Mere than $1,000 were dead in
famin-- stricken counties i'll the
Szechuan, Honan and Kwcichow
provinces and official reports in
dica cd that the death tall will
be far larger if the drought con-
.inue5.
Fires attributed to thc dry
wca her killed scores CT pcopl9
ard caused huge property dam
age.
In addition the national hath
admin ~. ion in Marking an
bounced thai more than 1000
persons were dead as rc~ult & an
epidemic of bu5onic plague that
5 sweeping the cast coast of
FulIicn province.
Dicralch.S from KWCiyang, ;he
capital Of KW,ichow province.
;a,d that 5000 Ch:ldrcn had died
in epidemicS of diDhth"Eia and
typhoid fever attributed to the
drought cOndiriCn5. Di,C2"c con-
ditionS in the province were the
worst in 20 yca-S. Hundreds were
dying G. famine. Provincial Of
dcialS telegraphed Marking 4 k
ing the government to contribute
100000 yuan tGbOu. S2jG,0JO)
to an emergency relief fund. They
said that absolute famine condi-
tions' prevailed in 10 districts OF
the province and that 100000
people were without food.
A series of fires added TO the
horrors Of famine in drought
stricken Szechuan province. Five
persons were burned to death and
500 houses destroyed in a Elazc
in Chunking. important YangUSc
river port. 1t was the fifth dis
astrious fire in the city in seven
days. Wooden buildings were so
dry that they famed like tinder.
The blaze came while authori-
ties were seeking to house thou
sands of refugees from the city
of TSekichow which was partly
destroyed by flames last week.
Three fires yesterday destroyed
parts of the Yangtse river port Of
The daily independent., 1937-04-20
Virgin Island Rum CIT
Drurus Fire Of Dry Man
Won't Be Used to Befuddlc
White House Guests,
Says First Lady

washington. April 19.-tU.R'-
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt doeSn I
know Capt. Edward Page Castor,
self-styler founder of the Worlo
prohibition foundation. but She
sharply denied today the accuracy
of his forecast to several Sunoay
school children that White house
guests are or would be betuGQAeo
by liquor.
CASTOR told his little listeners
that LIQUOR is flowing freely at the
White House these days ana oe-
cause several cases of potent Vlr-
qin Islands rum made by a gov
ernment-owned company are be-
ING presented to the president
persons may be expected to leave
official functions even more ns-
fuddled than ever.
Who. asked Mrs. Roosevelt al
her press conference today. Is
Capt. CASTOR? She was sure that
he never had been a White House
guest since the RooSevelt5 moved
in and that his knowledge on hba-
tions served at official functions
was not only extremely sEetchy
but very. very inaccurate.
Il doubt if anyone could arrive
hcme in a befudd'ed condition
from what he drinks at the White
House. said rhe First Lady.
Social guests. she added. are
served wine-and in moderation.
Mrs. Roosevelt was asked what
she would Go with the Virgin Is
land rum when it was presented
to her husband.
I'm terribly sorry to tell you
that don't know how to use
rum" she said. She added that
she wasn't even sure that the
rum would be used, but en-
phasized:
If it is used here. it will be in
moderation"
The daily independent., 1937-04-20
Strange Disaster

One Of tho strangeSt disasters il
naval history occurred in the Medi
terranean on the afternoon Of JUNE
%, 1893. Says Golfers Weekly. wher
Vice Admiral Sir George Tyron,
aboard Britain's then gres test bat
tleship II. NJ. S. Victoria, orderet
and reordered a mysterious ma.
neuver to the CONSERVATION of TIN
fleet behind him, that made another
giant battleship ram and sink hi.
vessel in thirteen minuses, With :
loss OF 358 men-including himself
The daily independent., 1937-04-20
FUNERAL OF SAM WILSON

Fune-a, 1erYices for Gam Sey-
mour Wilson. who died at his
home Of the Weeksvil,c road late
Saturday night. were held Mon
Gay afternoon at 3 o'clock. Rev.
Mr.. A. c. Lee and Re-. H. K. King
ofIiciated. The quartet sang
Abide with Me" and Rock Of
Ages.
Pallbcarc:3 we're: active. Wal
ton Hobbs. E. J. Lambert, Jr.,
Herman White. w. H. Cartwright,
WilloUghby Dozier. Ernest Wright;
honorary. pallbearerS were: Mr..
Massengill of Norfolk, w. J.
Woodley. c. NJ. Whitley, J. B.
Leigh. T. c. Fletcher, E. J. Lam
bert, Sr.. DR.. William Peters. Bur-
ial was in Hollywood Cemetery.
The daily independent., 1937-04-20
APPROXIMATION EXPLAINED

MorgantOn, Ga. April l9.-lU.D
Celebrating his l02nd birthday,
unreconstruCted rebel George w
Hampton advanced a new expla-
nation tonight why the Confeder-
ates lost the civil war. General
Bob Lee didn't have chance to
win with ne in an Illinois prison
camp and out of the fightin'," he
said.
The daily independent., 1937-04-20
NEW WOODPECKER CHAMP

Mariana, Fla, April l9.-(U.R)
acclaimed its red
headed woodpecker a champion
tonight and created a new prob
lem: How long can a woodpeck-
er peck?" The woodpecker here
drummed continuously for 25 min
utes on the metal bace of a cross
atop a church, outdistancing by
Is minutes the previous champion
at Gainesville, Ga.
The daily independent., 1937-04-20
By UNITED PRESS

Plymouth. Eng. April l9.-lURD
Lillian Woolridge, IA, who was
o frightened when a policeman
came to her house that she sui
fered st. Visus dance, died today.
The policeman was not seeking
the girl. but merely making a
routine door -to-door check-up.
New York. April l9.-lUR,-Ro-
land B. FraSSe was killed today
when he jumped or fell from his
office in the 2l-t floor Of the
Equitable building, landed on @
truck in the street below, smashed
through the top of the vehicle and
sprawled on a table inside.
The daily independent., 1937-04-20
PARTING OF THE WAYS

New York, April 10. -U.9-
Walter Walsh, anxious to give his
girl friend a thrill, pulled a fire
alarm box. The girl went home
alone. Walter went to Jail.
The daily independent., 1937-04-20

Actions for divorce were tlIed
Yesterday by Luther Etheridge
cCainst Mary Shannon E .heridge,
Wacksvile Negroes, on grounds OF
,eoaration since April, 1888, and
By Dc.iS Elizabeth Dowdy again :
William c. Dowdy. Eli2abcth City
residents. On groups of separation
since Apri., 1885.
The daily independent., 1937-04-20

S,ooping Oak, Tenn, April 10
UPD-Still waiting for inS .ructiOn
from On high. jackson Whit!oW
As. completed his 4lSt day of faSy-
ing today to keep his private COW
enant with the Lord. Claiming
divine order to ia t until the
Lord tells me to stop" Whitlow
went to church yesterday hoping
for a message instructing him to
resume regular meals. But none
came.
The daily independent., 1937-04-20

Cleveland. April 10. -iUP)-
Harry c. Wakeman, Detroit lin
gerie salesman, was injured fa-
tally in 1884 when he stepped on
a piece of soap in a Cleveland ho-
tel bathtub. Today the admins
traitor of Wakemau'S estate
brought 1uit to collect industrial
The daily independent., 1937-04-20
Weather Statistics

Monday, April 19, 1887
TEMPERATURE
Average for April ------50.9O
Highest today ---------02.OO
Lowest today ---------61 .OO
Average today ---------7l.o .oO
EXCESS today ----------l2.6O
Yearly average ---------6O.6O
PRECIPITATION In Inches
Average for April ------3.5O
Amount today ---------O.OO
Totalt amt. this month --l.39
Total amt. since Jan. 1859
Yearly average --------47.5O
Wind Drec .ion-North East
Character Of Day-Clear
w. H. Sanders
Tides
Tuesday, april 20
Sunrise 5:25 Sunset GA
High Low
Orc. Inlet 3:59 4:28 1000 --~-
Cape Hat. 1923 3:58 $50 $500
The daily independent., 1937-04-20
Ouirks In the News

cCn.pcnsatiCn in his death. Judge
George r. B2er ruled that tax ing
a bath is not a par, Of travelling
s.. .cSman'S work.
New Orleans, April l9.-U,RD-A
$3.50 wrist watch is not a neces ity,
the state supreme Coury ruled to-
day. 1t held that H. H. Morris was
responsible on Y for necessities
purchased b. hi estranged wife.
The department store suing Nor
ris was allowed S24.O5 en- other
items.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-08

once before. Dlether called ponce
and Butler drew a gun when ap-
preached by Officer Robert o.
Rourke, elderly detective.
Both fired at almost the same
instant but Buffers shot went wild
while the officers bullet dropped
the suspect. Butler died en- route
to a hospital
A fingerprint check, according to
police, revealed that Butler was
the man. who robbed the same
bank a year ago of $4,000 by hold
ing up Diether and another en-
ploye.
Butler was identified as a for
mer president of the Realty board
by M. c. Potts, secretary of the
organization. who said the man
had headed the real estate group
in 1923 when he was considered
one of PasadenaS leading real eS-
tate brokers.
Subsequently Butler lost his for
ture in a mining venture and
friends reported he began drink
ing heavily.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-08
Officers of Medical
Society HOnored

Officers Of the California Medi"ol
association were honored at the
meeting CT The county medical So
oletv Thursdav nioht at a dinner in
tn Barbara Worth hotel.
Or. f. NJ. PaIetta. state prasi-
zent. DR.. r. G. Warnshuis. state
secretary: DR.. w. w Poblee, speak
or of the house of delegates for the
tate e0aietv' DR.. Calvert Fmmons.
councillor Of the southern district,
we're the distinguished visitors pres
ent.
Impending medical LEGISLATION was
discussed end in particular hospital
ization insurance which would offer
the middle class population hospit-
alization at a relatively low cost.
New officers of the county nedi-
cal association took office Thurs
day: Dr. Floyd A. Burger, president;
Dr.. Merritt c. Garfield, secretary
treasurer.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-08
OMAN POSSE
DASHES OUT ON
KIDNAPPING TIP

TACOMA. Wash. Jan. s. UP
A break in the Charles MattSor
kidnapping case was expected mo-
mentarily today.
For the first time since the 10
year-old son of well-to-do Taco
ma physician and surgeon was
kidnapped y days ago, federal
agents openly became active in
the case.
In four automobiles, a posse OF
G-men sped TO an unknown des-
tination. and three hours later had
not returned.
The G-Men were only partly
dressed as they rushed from their
hotel, city pa.rolman reported
to headquarters.
State patrolmen also were said
to have joined the FBI men on
the hurried trip.
Attendants at downtown gar
ages, where the government cars
were stored and kept warmed up
at intervals for an emergency trip,
would say nothing after they re-
yealed four machines had left at
4:30 a. m.
The federal agentc have taken
virtually no part in the investiga-
ton since DR.. William Mattson,
father of the 10-year-old boy ask
I'd them to begin hands off
policy in order to permit safe re-
turn of the you.tl.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-08
GOVT COSTS
DUE FOR CUT
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would be no net deficit in the
1898 fiscal year but merely a tech
nical gross deficit of approximately
S40l $4,000 representing the sum
of statutory debt retirement.
Record Revenue
The budget message forecast rec
ord breaking government revenue
of 7293,607, 1877 in the next fiscal
year and reduced federal expendi-
lures compared with the current
period. This budget launched the
nation on a battleship building
program anu asked for $20,000, 900
to begin building two of these war
vessels, the first such to be pro-
jected since the 1921 Washington
Arms conference. They will cost
$50,000000 each The budget raises
peace time national defense esti-
mates for purely military purposes
to a new high, $3.50, 1853 900, OF
which the Navy will get almost
$60O,O0OOOO.
The president considers this 1889
budget to be balanced in the non-
technical sense of the term, sub
ject to the conditions he imposed
upon business, continued recovery
and congress. Technical balance
would require actual reduction OF
the public debt. This he projects
for the fiscal year 1899.
The budget message revealed Mr..
Roosevelt planned sharply to cur
tail relief expenditures from the
1936-37 levels. But he found avail
able funds insufficient for the re-
mainder Of the current 1897 fis-
cal year and asked congress to
appropriate S790,000000 immediate
ly, of which $650,000,O0O is to be
expended for recovery and relief
betW2sn Feb. l and June 80 when
the 1887 fiscal year ends. The
aggregate of additional or def
cheney appropriations for which
need developed since the adjourn
nlent OF congress last June and
for which Mr. Roosevelt asked i'm
mediate appropriation is approx
imately $910,000,000 of which part
IS destined for the Civilian Con-
servation Corps.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-08
1000 APPLY
FOR ARMY

During the past year nearly 1000
applicants were accepted for the
U. S. Army from cities and towns
IN southern California. according to
word received from recruiting au-
thorities Tor this area.
This number OF acceptances es-
tablishes an all-time high Tor peace
time recruiting in this locality and
recruiting officers attribute the rec
ord to the many unusual oppor-
tunities afforded young men by the
Army and to the number of choice
stations open for selection.
A large number of the men en-
listed were accepted at the local
recruiting station, located in the
Post Office Building at FL Centre
with Sergeant william B. Winter
in charge of activities.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-08
RAIN DELAYS
VALLEY FROSTS
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the sun did not shine in Imperial
Valley. There were 3l9 clear days.
80 partly cloudy and Is cloudy.
Temperature was over 100 degrees
on 1873 days. over 10 degrees on 43
days. and 80 or below on six days.
Total precipitation for the year was
1863, with i8 days on which rain
was measurable
Last months minimum tempera-
ture of 81 came on Dec. 2 and. u.
the maximum Of 81 on Dec. q and
%. Twenty-three days were clear,
six party cloudy and two cloudy
Frost was felt on Dec. 2. 3, 6. 7, 8,
g. u and 13. The month had 29O
hours of sunshine out of a possible
81 hours.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-08
Scouting Will Be
Outlined at Meet

Scouting for the year will be
outlined next week Friday when
the Imperial Yuma council exc
cutiv2 board meets at 6 o'clock in
the California hotel. At 7;30 o.
clock Scoutmasters, assistant Scout
masters and Scout leaders will
meet with the board to discuss
the camporee, national jamboree,
anniversary celebration. February
7-13, summer camp and other mat
ters of Scout policy.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-08
WOMAN SEES KILLER DIE IN GAS CHAMBER
BERT COSBY
NEW HEADOF
2O-30 CLUB

Bert Cosby was installed as the
new president Of the 20-30 club at
the meeting Thursday night in
the California hotel.
Other officers installed were:
Bob Sheffield, first vice. president;
Roy Mizenheimer second vice
president; Vic Smith. Carl Tilton.
George Adams. Bill Summers, di-
rectors. The board will appoint
a secretary treasurer to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of Jack
Korn
A special memorial service was
conducted Thursday night for
Jack Korn who lost his life in the
recent Saugus airplane crash.
Charles Provence. outgoing pres
ident. delivered the eulogy.
Frank Erler of the Chevrolet
education department. showed a
series of motion pictures.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-08
Rambling Reporter
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and making for me with his mouth
wide open.
"Being armed only with a shotgun
loaded with bird shot I realized that
TO shoot the enormous brute would
only serve to aggravate him.
He was too close for me to run
and it was at least forty feet to
the lowest branch OF the nearest
pine Like drowning man all
the things I had ever heard or
read about bears flashed through
my mind. Suddenly I remember
ed that the backbone and ribs of
a bear are very soft and flexible
The bear was now upon me with
no chance for my escape so I ram
med my hand down his yawning
threat, grabbed him by the tail and
jerked him wrong side out. This
reversed his position and the mo-
mentum of his rush carried him
away in the opposite direction.
Completely unnerved I sat down
on what appeared to be flat rock
and took a big drink of tequila
which l always carried with me
for snake-b;te. Suddenly I felt a
singing sensation in my right leg
and on looking down saw that what
1 had supposed to be a flat rock
was in fact a coiled side winder
which had bitten me Knowing
that the tequilla would counteract
almost any other poison with which
it came in contact I took another
big drink and held out my arm
for the snake to bite again.
THE snake struck and imme-
diately died in convulsions. Teouile
is the best snake-bit remedy
know and I can heartily recon-
mend it to anv hunter or fisher
man, particularly deep-sea fisher
men like Bert Lemons"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-08
Publisher Talks
At J. Assembly

Paul A. Jenkins. publisher of the
Post-PreSs. was speaker for the
Junior college assembly Friday
morning, discussing the national
and international outlook for 1887.
Caroline Paine was chairman.
Jenkins, in forecasting events,
suggested that the students watch
for the following war develop
munism and dictatorshipS abroad
ments, the conflict between Com
and in this country. the further
testing of centralized economic
control as against the old laissez
faiia system
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-08
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
SUMMONS
No. 17262

No. 17262
In the Superior Court of the State
of California, In and For the
County of Imperial.
BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL
TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSoCI-
ALTON. a national banking as
sociation. Plaintiff.
VS..
NARY BECK. JOHN DOE. RICH
ARD ROE, HENRY POE, JOHN
DOE CORPORATION, a corpor-
alton. RICHARD ROE CORPOR-
ALTON. a corporation, and HEN
RY POE CORPORATION, a
corporation. Defendants.
EDMUND NELSON & BENJAMIN
I. BLOCH & HOWARD D. HAN
SON. Attorneys for Plaintiff.
The People of the State of California
Send Greetings To:
Mary Beck, John Doe. Richard
Roe. Henry Poe, John Doe Corpor-
alton. a corporation. Richard Roe
Corporation, corporation, and Hen
ry Poe Corporation, corporation
Defendants.
You Are Hereby Directed To Ap
pear and answer the Complaint II
an action entitled as above, brou2h'
against you in the Superior Couri
of the County OF Imperial, State O
California, within ten days afte'
the service on you of this Summon
if served within this county; o
within thirty days if served else
where.
And you are hereby notified tina
unless you appear and answer a
above required, the said plaintiff
will take judgment for any none
or damages demanded in the com
plant. as arising upon contract, Q
win apply to the Court Tor an
other relief demanded in the Con
plant.
Given under my hand and IN
seal OF the Superior Court OF tn
County of Imperial, State OF Cal
sornia. this 4th day of August. 1913
cler
By CITHA LAMSON,
Deputy Clerk.
(Seal)