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Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-08
Trip TO Islands
Described For
Rotary Club

A travelogue word picture OF the
Hawaiian Islands was presented to
the Rotary club at its Thursday
noon meeting by John B. Nc
Neece, who with Mrs. McNeece, re-
Gently returned from a trip to the
islands.
McNeece described the boat trip
to Honolulu, and various journeys
throughout the islands.
Diamondhead, a promontory, is
better fortified than Gibraltar, he
said, and the islands have power
ful naval defense value to this
country.
McNeece told of his trip as guest
speaker on a program arranged by
j. w Glasgow, chairman of the
day. Charles knights gave a s.
minute talk on the aims of Rotary
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-08
Don't Let Constipation
Drag On!

Do you often have days when you
wake up tired-when you feel dull,
sunk, "all begged down.? It's
time you did something about it.
And something more than just
taking physicl You should get
at the cause of the trouble!
If you eat what most people do
just bread, meat, potatoes
chances are that just this fact is
responsible: you don't get enough
"bnlE." And bulk" doesn't mean
a lot of food. 1t means kind of
food that isn't consumed in the
body, but leaves a soft bulky"
mass in the intestines that helps
q bowel movement.
If this is your trouble, what you
need is crisp crunchy Kellogg's
All-Bran for breakfast. 1t con-
tains bulk" plus Natures great
intestinal tonic, vitamin B..
Eat it every day, drink plenty
of Water, and see if your old
sparkle doesn't come back! Made
by Kellogg in Battle Greek.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-08
HAPPY RELIEF
FROM PAINFUL
'BACKACHE

Many Of those gna"Ilg' noI5s n,I9gHa a1 pstTains
pao es |s.an caused by tired kidneys-and may
pr are releved when treated in the right way.
s The h kidneys are Natures chief way Of taking 9 ing
,4cess acids and poisonous waste out of the
blood. Most people pass about pints oay Oh
about 3 pounds OF waste. iii, or,;n.
Freouent or scanty passages with smartins
Il L'rn;rg shows there may be something
wrong Sno with your kidneys or bladder. s,
II the is miles Of kidney tubes ana and n!.ers aI.s,s
~ noH tho Mood These poisons may start nagging
" baeRseRes sRe T rheumatic pains, loss of pep and
energy getting up nights, swelling puffiness
under the eyes headaches and dizziness fnz Dom,
p;ii" ,,Sed successfully by millions for over 40
Years. e1 They give happy relief and will help the
! < niles Of kidney tubes flush out poisonous
waste from the blood. Get Deans Pills.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-08
General Strike
Approved by0IO

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8. tUP)-
A general strike threat in the tele-
graph industry received support
from the Committee for Industrial
Organization today.
CIO Director John Brophy said
that his organization fully approved
of a strike vote ordered by the
American Communications Associa-
ton among $4,000 Postal Telegraph
and Western Union employees. He
charged that the companies plan
ned to reduce the total compensa-
ton of their employees by 8.3 per
cent when hours are cut to Al per
week under the new wage hour law
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-08
CHANDELIER FALLS,
PERIIING WOMAN

A chandelier in the county au-
ditor's office in the court house
crashed to the floor Wednesday,
just missing Mrs. Thelma Marshall
and Mrs. Lula Arnold.
The two women stood immedi-
ately beneath the light when one
of them pulled the string to turn
the light on. The chandelier struck
the floor between them.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-08
Ross Avenue
Issue Again
Continued Pa-m Page u

The council discussed possibilities
of apportioning payment of the
$500 between the county, the city
and properly owners affected.
The controversy dates back to
when the strip, which runs from
Eighth to Fourth street, was a
canal. At that time Holt and Bill
gave up title, with the under
standing that if the land were used
for any other purpose title would
revert to them. Subsequently, the
canal was abandoned and nearby
property owners took over the strip
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-08
VANDAlS DAMAGE
GROUNDS OF SCHOOL

Vandals turned on the sprinkling
system at Central Union high school
for six consecutive nights, Ell Cen
tro police were informed. and caus-
ed considerable damage to the
grounds and wood shop.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-08
POLICE ASKED TO HUNT
MISSING BIllFOlD

r. L. billiard of Holtville lost his
billfold in Ell Centro Wednesday
night and asked Ell Centro police
to search for it. The billfold was
Morocco leather initiated with the
letters RID. 1t contained $3.50,
his automobile operators license,
and an Eagles lodge membership
card.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-08
Valley Press

Esta bIrsned april 20. 1901.
Published every afternoon except
saturday and sunday saturday
afternoon Issue now succeeded by
The POsf-Press Sunday establish
ed 1886 by the Imperial Valley
Publish Ing Company, 625 state
street, lei CentrO. Calf.
Entered at Eel CehsrO, California
post office as second class matter.
paul jenkins. publishers A. &.
Johnston, vice. president and gem
ereIa manager; Il. A. Fitxhugh,
secretary and managing editor.
West Holiday Co., Inc, National
Advertising Representatives.
Members California Newspaper
pDbIfsbers' Association.
subscrfpfIOB Rates; Sc per copy.
In conjunction with the Post
Press tSundaysD, por month, gOct
Paid In ndyaneei 3 months S1.05.
months s3.25I one year $500.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-08
DIVORCE DECREE GRANTED

An jnterlocutory divorce decree
was granted Thursday to Mrs. Leia
M Hnshman from James H. Hush
man. She accused him of extreme
crueltv and wilful neglect.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
Men, boys drop
from exhaustion

In southern Imperial Valley men
and boys worked like demons, ShoV-
cling, carrying bags of sand, driv-
ing teams and scrapers as they
had never been driven before. They
worked until they dropped, these
men. They slept the sleep of the
dead, and awoke to work again.
Sometimes they won, and saved
their ranches. Sometimes they lost
The summer flood season of 1905
ended, and inch by inch the Color
ado dropped between its banks.
October saw only $50 second feet
of water in the riVer-but all but
40 second feet still flowed into I'M
perial Valley. And another flood
season was coming.
There were night long conferences
in the offices of the California De-
velopment company, founders of the
irrigation project. There were fran
tic pleas to the Southern Pacific
company-and eventually they bore
fruit. The CD company was loaned
100000 to fight the river.
In return. the development COM
pany handed the railroad $500
shares of capital stock through a
trustee, and gave the Southern Pac-
ific full control.
Once, and again, and yet again
all the engineering resources COM
nanded by 100000 were launched in
| attack, and twice the river sent the
warriors back to report failure.
Then, toying with its foes, the Colo
RADIO seemed to give ground.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24

the reason, the cuts were made,
1t was not the season of floods.
That was past. History gave no
reason to believe there would be
a flood before the cuts were closed
again
But the flood came, and others
followed il.
February, 1905. brought the first
yellow torrent surging down the
Colorado river. Two weeks later
another followed its sandy path. A
third came in March.
1t is time to close the breaks, =
worried engineers decided, and set
about their task. They had no warn
ing of what was TO come. That
warning came when they were
within sight of their jobs end
Against the barriers they had
erected the Colorado sent its roll
ing brown waves a fourth time, and
the barriers gave way. On March 3,
1905. the main canal broke west
of Sharpe's Heading The Colorado
river flowed into New River. Twice
cursing. sweating men tried to stem
the growing flood. and failed.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
Cash pOurs in
for river fund

The Southern Pacific had enough.
1t had fought its battle, and lost,
It's officials pointed out glumly that
Imperial Valley had assets of $4,000
600, but liabilities of $4,000,000 1t
wasn't worth the price.
But the settlers were not through
fighting. From China teapots and
saving accounts, from farmers and
business men, came subscriptions
TO a fund that finally reached
S950000. 1t was offered to the
Southern Pacific to stop the river.
Meanwhile there had been tele-
grams, frantic and pathetic, plead
ing and demanding, to the occupant
of the White House in Washington.
He acted
CLOSE that break at all costs!'
The death struggle began. From
Tucson to Los Angeles flood bound
freight cars had the right of way.
Passenger trains painted on SidingS
while the rock-laden freights rolled
by. Men sWeated and cursed and
fought off exhaustion. They drop
ped in their tracks and others re-
placed then. They braved death in
the surging Colorado to drive huge
piles in the sandy river bottom for
parallel trestleS, and to lay track
over crude bridges. They finished
that job, and tagged the freights
TO come ahead.
For IA days 600 men dumped
2,057 carloads of Eock into the swirl
ing water, and followed it with 22l
carloads of gravel and 203 carloads
Of clay. Now and then cars went
in after their freight.
"At all cost" Hartman said, and
he meant il.
Every five minutes for IA days a
carload Of rock went into the river
AT IL pm. April 10, 1907, the
break was closed. The river again
flowed to the sea.
1t was the end of the flood-a
flood that had re-echoed through
out the United States in false re-
ports that Imperial Valley was com
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
Swirling waters
carried a lesson

But, greatest of all, was the les
son that came with the swirling
flood waters. Behind them the
waves of the Colorado river left a
determination that never again
should the struggle be repeated.
There must be control. Not tenn
porary control of levees and little
dams, but a great work of rock and
iron and steel to hold the river
forever back from its sudden fits
Of temper
The memory OF the flood surviv-
ed, and alongside it grew greater
stronger determination to harness
the Colorado.
The railroad had spent 81 ,663 1856
So the pioneers wrote "finis" to
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
Capricious Colorado
Harnessed at Last

pletely submerged. But it was the
beginning of an attempt by many
Imperial Valley ranchers, carried
down to the present time, to collect
from Mexico the equivalent of dam
age done their fields and homes.
More than a million dollars in
damage claims were filed against
the Mexican government, as agen-
cy for the men who opened the
first break. Some of those claims
are still Oendino
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
Start too late
to close breaks

Nine thousand second feet of
Colorado river water was pouring
into Salton Sea in June, and 10000
settlers watched, facinated by i'm
minent peril. as the readings climb
ed. Ten thousand! Twelve thousand!
And still more water came. At the
end of June $4,000 second feet cours-
ed over the valley land.
One by one during that fateful
summer. the old chain of lakes on
the west side of the valley filled
up. The water backed up in its
channels, then spread to east and
west. Bridges and dams went out
before the swollen, rampaging Al
amo river. AT Calexico, Seeley and
BraWley, bridges crumbled and
crashed into the streams
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
River withdraWs,
But comes again

Three dams, built in series,
seemed to hold. The water was rails
ed. The Colorado returned to its
cid channel. Imperial Valley began
to mop up. The old main canal was
still stilted. And Imperial Valley
could not live without water.
Dynamite cleared out four miles
of silt-filled canal bottom. and
dredges opened the way for diver
sion of 300 second feet of water.
Then the river struck again.
The Gila river poured a torrent
into the Colorado on Dec. 5, 1906.
Under and through the levee trick
led persistent little streams. They
grew in size, became rivers, then
torrents. In "a hours the whole
river again roared into Imperial
~
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
Blame laid to
politics, greed

It ended a story that began N
1905. There is a touch of sublime
irony in the beginning, for the ca
PRECIOUS river was let into Imperial
Valley through two cuts made be-
cause the river had Silted up the
main canal-and would not send
water enough down into the sub-sea
level valley to keep the crops grow
ing in Mexico.
Politics. international intrigue
and personal greed have variouSly
been held responsible for the di-
version cuts in the Colorado levees,
che in Mexico near the bounday line
and one four miles below. Whatever
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24

personality that won over E. H
Hartman. resident of the Southern
Pacific. It was his promise-a prom
ise he was destined through a per-
verse congress not to keep-that
the federal government would re-
imburse the railroad for money it
spent IN conqUering the river.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
SOUTHERN PACIFIC PHOTO


exhaustion ysterca
that huffed shovel handles and drove
Mothers children
raised teadnme from the brown flood rolling past their doors
to blue skies and sObbed thanksgiving
of the Colorado
Ilungng headlong into Imperial Valley
Southern Pacific railroad had
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24

Close that break at all cost"
Over the wires the message flash
ed 10 clear the tracks, set the throt-
ties at full speed ahead, drive men
to the breaking point. Across the
history OF the southwest a new
chapter Of heroic struggle was being
written. 1t was a chapter that ended
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24

the saga of their greatest flood
but out of the final chapter grew
another story. 1t is the story oil
Boulder Dam. gigantic straight
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24

Jacket of concrete and iron thrown
across the Colorado river to make
sure that, never again, will there
be a repetition of 1905 -06-07
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24

doned the valley to become again
an inland sea.
Then, in spacious rooms at Wash
ington great clen talked in thun-
dering voices. Tiny glints OF lighs
played from President Theodore
Roosevelt's thick k-lensed glasses. his
teeth flashed IN f5rceful speech.
But it was not T Rs magnetic
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
Close That Break
AZ All Cost

one of the most stirring stories of
the scuthwest-and began another
story, one of faith and growth and
DrOSDeritV
Evening star., 1938-02-18
Stock Averages
Compiled by the Associated Prsxs.)
BY VICTOR EUBANK.

hsSpIiotru ficoh IHdHCldl W[lLeI.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1s.-The stock
market suffered relapse today fol-
lowing the Presidents comments on
the price level at his press conference.
which were interpreted by some as
driving spike in speculative tnfia-
tionary psychology
Recently strong steels, coppers. rub
bers, motors, farm implements and
specialties converted opening gains of
fractions to more than a point into
losses running to or 50. The ticker
tape was behind for brief spell on
the sell-off
There was a later comeback and
another slide at the beginning of the
fnal hour. Dealings, however, slowed
appreciably after the initial offering
outburst and there was another mild
recovery attempt just before the close.
Steels. buoyant at the start, were
among the principal sufferers at tho
finish as the United States Steel
Corp. disclosed it would ask su-
thorization to increase the common
stock by 100000 shares.
Despite the one or two feverish
trading intervals. the days trans
fers were estimated at around 300.
900 shares.
opinions regarding the Chief Execu-
tlVes restatement of his position were
not unanimous in the financial dis
trict. One commentator thought it
failed to clarity the matter of means
to end the recession Others took the
optimistic view that the administra-
TONS stand was highly constructive
lin the long run"
AT any rate the dollar. lately down
substantially in terms of European
currencies, tilted forward.
Commodities. ahead in the forenoon.
dipped with stocks and bonds, turned
uneven
Conspicuous on the reversal were
United States Steel, Bethlehem.
youngstown. Anaconda. American
Smelling. Chrysler. General Motors
Goodyear, Sears-Roebuck. MONTGOMERY
ward, j. l. Case. Westinghouse. Du
Pont, Santa Fe. American Telephone.
Allis- Philip Morris Union
Carbide, Johns -Manville and Inter-
national Nickel
Utilities were only fractions in ar
rears. Resistance was shown bv East.
man Kodak, Homestake Mining, Allied
Chemical, National Lead and st.
Joseph Lead
Evening star., 1938-02-18
MOVES TO PREVENT
GRAIN 'SQUEEZES'
Commodity Exchange Administra-
ton Forbids Future Sales in Last
Seven Days of Delivery Month.

6s the Associated Press.
The Commodity Exchange Admins
tration issued ap order yesterday de-
signed to prevent grain market
"soueezes" by forbidding trading in
grain futures contracts during the
last seven days of the delivery month.
Present regulations prohibit such
trading during the last three days OF
the month.
The administration said the order
was aimed at a trading operations
which frequently endangered price
stability"
DR.. J. w. T. Duvel, chief OF the
agency which Ssupervises the COM
modify markets in much the same
manner that the Security Exchange
Commission regulates the security
markets. said the order would not ap-
ply to May, 1898. futures contracts.
For example," he explained, trad
ing in July wheat will cease on July
"a, leaving the balance Of the month
to settle contracts by delivery of the
actual grain"
The order will apply to trading in
wheat, corn. oats. barley, rice and flax
seed. Markets affected are the Chicago
Board of Trade, Chicago Open Board
of Trade, Duluth Board of Trade, Kan
sas City Board Of Trade, Los Angeles
Grain Exchange. Milwaukee Grain
and Stock Exchange. Minneapolis
Chamber Of Commerce, New York
Produce Exchange, Portland Grain Ex-
change, st. Louis Merchants Exchange
and the Seattle Grain Exchange.
Evening star., 1938-02-18
DOLLAR MOVES DOWN
IN LONDON DEALINGS
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
LONDON, Feb l8-The United
States dollar eased l-16 of a cent to
close sos 5-16 to the pound today
compared with sterling at $5.O31s in
New York yesterday.
French francs showed a minor gain
ending at 152.69 to the pound against
1927 the day before.
PARIS. Feb. 18 R.-In the for
eign exchange market the United
States dollar closed at 1928 francs
(3.3l0 cents to the franc) today, in
comparison the franc rate in New
York overnight at 1892 cents. Ex-
change on London 152.725.
Principal rente issues in the Bourse
were: 3 per cent, 68.75; AIS "a" II 20;
AIS 1887, 10405.
Evening star., 1938-02-18
L0CKHEED GETS ORDER.

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 18 (SpeciaD -
Onicials Of the Lockheed Aircraft
Corp. announced today that North
west Airlines has taken up its option,
entered into last December, for three
additional model IA" transports,
bringing to II the total number Of
planes of this model ordered by the
line In the past year. Deliveries will
be made early in April.
Evening star., 1938-02-18
new FINANCING HITS
LOWEST MARK IN YEARS

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Feb. 18.-New finan-
cling for the week was the lowest in
several years. amounting to only ST.
30l 600, compared with SAC, ,36l ,275 the
previous week and 34,0s9, sos the cor
responding week year ago. a compi-
lation by Poor's Publishing Co. showed
today.
In the weeks total were seven mu-
nicipal issues totaling S1,151, 900 and
one industrial issue of $150,0o0.
The comparative tahle shou,ed.
Evening star., 1938-02-18
CHICAGO GRAIN
Bv the Associated Press

oN tHt associated Press. ,
CHICAGO. Feb. 1s-An extreme
tal OF 2l2 cents in wheat prices TO-DAY
from an early top level ACCOMPANIED
President Roosevelt's latest statement
about commodity values Rallies from
the days bottom were only fractional
Profit-taking sales on the part of
holders of wheat futures were given As
a Leading cause of todays market drop.
Another version was that the Presi-
dents remarks had put a damper on
imitation talk and that they indicated
little as to definite future steps to be
taken
At the close Chicago wheat futures
were cent to rs cents under yester-
Gays finish. May, 921:-ss: July.
% '2-'s; corn l4-Ss down. May, 5e7s:
July' ol 's-h. and oats unchange to
l. off
Evening star., 1938-02-18
Chicago Cash Market

Chicago Cash Market
Cash wheat: No. Northern spring.
94i2; corn. No. mixed. 56ls; No. 3
white. $685.; oats, No. white. 3312
"a; No. 2, 1914 -33l2; rye, sample. 81:
soy beans, No. 2 yellow. l031a; barley
feed, 1853. nominal; mailing, 1890.
nominal: timothy seed. 29O-3.00: red
clover, 32.oo-37.0o; sweet clover, l0.00-
1880.
Evening star., 1938-02-18
New Orleans Prices.

NEv ORLEANs Feb 1s (Rr. Local
and outside trade buying and COVERING by
shorts brought opening gains OF 10
points in the cotton market here today.
Foreign markets were better than due
ines.
March contracts opened at a:15. May
at 924; July $50 October, 9.43, De-
Toward the end Of the f1rst half hour
the general market was steady. 8 to
cottenseed oil opened sts.sv. March
7.7Sr; May. 7S2; July, 40; September
7.Q5b: October. SOOb.
Bid
Evening star., 1938-02-18
Auto Production
Climbs to 5000
Level for Week
By the Associated Press.

DETROIT, Feb. 18.-Wards Auto
motive Reports today estimated out
put of the motor car factories for
the current week at 59.100 units, COM
pared with $3.50 last week and SO. 740
in this week year ago.
The review also reported that sales
OF both new and used cars are show
ing considerably more activity since
the first of February than had been
expected"
Evening star., 1938-02-18
DIVIDEND IS ORDERED
BY YOUNGSTOWN SHEET
Nv the Associatsd pre.s

BY the Associated Press
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio. Feb. 18.-
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. direc-
tors yesterday declared regular pre-
ferred dividends of $13712 a share.
payable April to stock on record
March IL.
The annual shareholders meeting
will be held April 26.
Evening star., 1938-02-18
BONUSES TO BE PAID
BY PROCTER & GAMBLE
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 18.-Procter Il
Gamble Co. announced today employees
throughout the United States and
Canada will receive profit-sharing divi-'
dends totaling S753,000 at meetings
scheduled Saturday wherever plants,
are located d"
Cincinnati employees will share
S277 900 as against S246, 900 distributed
last year from an aggregate S659, 900.
= /.
Evening star., 1938-02-18

Standard Oil Co. of Kansas, DEL
1887 common share earnings, includ-
ing s332.660 non-recurrins income.
were $50 against s1.sI.
Evening star., 1938-02-18

Western Pacific r. r. Corp-1937
preliminary deficit of Western Pacific
r. r. Co. was 81, ,450, ,s65 against deficit
Of $2,421, ,134. !
Evening star., 1938-02-18
RESERVE BANKS REDUCE
U. S. BOND HOLDINGS
BY the Associated Press

BY the ASSoclSte0 FTeSS.
The Federal Reserve Board reports
the Reserve banks have reduced hold
ings Of Government bonds $37 .00o, 900,
Offset by increases Of $4,000, 900 in
Treasury notes and $4,000, 900 In
TreaMIy bills, since December Is.
Evening star., 1938-02-18

: Actual sales: Of trading 10 shares
Ex dividend rights or extras
share Of S2 preference stock 25 preference
Declared paid this
Pad last year Cash stock Accumulated
or declared this A1 N''N
In bankruptcy receverShp under
Act securities assumed
Rates OF dividends the foregong
oursements based
ton Unless otherwise dividends are
Evening star., 1938-02-18

Noblitt-Sparks Industries. Ihc.-De-
clared 25-cent capital dividend pay
able March 81 to holders of record
March 10.
Evening star., 1938-02-18
new YORK COTTON
BY the Associated Press.

bv LIIe hSsUCIHEeU PTeSS.
NEW YORK. Feb 1s-Cotton was
erratic today, The recent upward
movement was extended to net gains
OF II to IA points in the early trading.
but prices quickly eased about 81
bale from the highs when President
Roosevelt indicated policy Of obtain
ing balanced prices does not mean in
f1ation.
May reacted from 918 to 898 and in
midafternoon was ruling at COS in
quiet trading, when prices were point
net higher to lower.