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Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-17

Under treaties signed in recent
years. imports of agricultural prod
ucts increased TO two billion dol
lars last year, Harrigan said.
such a voume brought here from
other counties IS comparable to re-
placing the production Of fifty mil
lion acres of farm land in the Unit
ed States he said. The result has
been surfeited market and the ne
cessity for the Western farmer TO
retrench.'
There has been about a billion
a year in exports, Harrigan said,
but most of this has been in war
and other manufactured products.
Harrigan gave a history of the
current crop year for Imperial VAL
ley summarizing the leading crop
records as follows:
Flax-Good year Bigger yields
this year than heretofore, and good
markets.
Sugar Beets-A test year with
results more than satisfactory
Though some yields have been as
light as only six tons per acre. many
reached % tons. Sugar content
good No doubt but that sugar beets
will have definite place in valleys
future economics.
Cantaloupes-A year of troubles.
largely resulting from unusual eli
matte conditions. and difficulties
encountered in endeavoring to con-
troll valley production and packing.
Lettuce-An example of good
plans going askew because of ma
ture's whims. What appeared to be
a good planting and production
setup turned off poor because of
warm winter and broken spring
temperatures.
Tomatoes-Good year All parts
of valley shipped all winter to a
good market.
Hay-30.000 more acres this year
than last. Market conditions not
as strong as formerly, though price
increase early this week may por-
tend better market in future.
Feeder sheep and cattle-Fair.
Plenty of good feed, but stock was
purchased on a strong market, and
sold on a weak market for less
than purchase price.
rapefruit-Should be fair out
look, partly because late frosts in
Phoenix area will keep valley crop
from meeting a glutted market
Grains - Production good but
markets poor. largely due to ma
tional import and tariff situation.
Carrots-Good year as result of
poor conditions in other carrot areas
Harrigan spoke as the guest of
w. A. Scheniman, who presided at
the meeting in place of Dr. Norman
E. Dupont, president, who is i'll.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-17

1T is HEREBY RESOLVED by
the City Council of the City of Ell
Centre that the public interest and
public convenience require the clos
ing up OF a certain public alley in
the said ity of Ell Centro, further
described as follows, to-wit:
That alley, 20 feet wide, in
Block 2, Second Addition to
FL Centre, extending from
Third Street to the South
ern Pacific Railroad Right
of Way as shown by Map
No. 33 on file in the office
of the County Recorder of
Imperial County of Califor-
mia;
and it is the intention of said Coun
Gil to order that said public alley
be closed up and abandoned pur-
suant to the provisions of an Act
of the Legislature Of the State of
California, entitled AN Act To Pro-
vide For Laying Out, Opening, Ex-
tending, Widening Strengthening,
or Closing Up in whole or IN part
any street, square, lane, alley, court,
or place within municipalities, an5
to condemn and acquire any and
all land and property necessary or
convenient for that purpose APP
proved March 6, 1889 and any am
endment thereto.
1T IS FURTHER RESOLVED
that the Street Superintendent OF
said City of Ell Centro shall and IS
hereby directed to give notice OF
the adoption of this Resolution by
the posting and publication Thereon
as required by law and Section
Three of said Act hereinbefore de-
scribed, and more particularly as
follows, to-Wit:
Said Notice shall be headed NO
tice of Public Work" in letters not
less than one inch in length, and
shall be in legible characters; state
the face of passage or adoption OF
this Resolution; its date, and briefly,
the work or improvement proposed,
and refer to the Resolution for fur
the particulars; and he shall also
cause a similar notice to be pub
lished for period of ten days IN
the Imperial Valley Press, daily
newspaper, published and circulat-
ed in said City of Ell Centro and
hereby designated for such publi-
cation.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS
18th day of June.
HERBERT w. FAWCETT,
Mayor of said City OF Ell Centro.
ATTEST: Cal. G. Mousseau, City
Clerk.
j. 1927 incl.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-17
HoItvilIe Church
Board to Meet

AT the regular monthly meeting
of the official board of the Holt
vile Methodist Episcopal church
Wednesday evening it was agreed
to adjourn to meet at pm. Sun
day after the close of the evening
worship.
At the same time an adjourned
quarterly conference will be helo
with John Wesley Grande, mini.
Ster presiding.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-17
One Time Valley
Resident Returns

Mrs. c. II. w. Berry, sister of
Mrs. Ruby Barthel, is visiting her
mother Mrs. Josephine Williams
who is spending the summer in Los
Angeles.
Mrs. Berry, former valley girl
now lives in Sidney, Australia
This is her first visit to her old
home in five years. She and Mrs
Williams are leaving shortly on an
trip through the Pacific northwest
and Mrs. Barthel plans to join
them for her vacation later in the
summer.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-17
Emily Robertson
Married at Yuma

The marriage of Emily Robertson
of the Washington school faculty
to Hosea Besama of this city took
place June at Yuma with the
Rev. Demming of the Christian
church of Yuma officiating
Mr.. and Mrs. Besama left Thurs
day for San Francisco where they
will remain during the summer
returning here for the opening OF
school in September.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-17


conducted by ordinary police, uni
formed storm troopers, and Nazis
in civilian garb, which brought new
terrors to the Jewish population
and new concern to foreign inter-
estS.
Anxiety over the Jewish situation
was increased by the new problem
of Austrian foreign debts as the
result of a speech by Walther Funk,
economics minister, repudiating
German responsibility for payment.
Foreign concern conferred: Cd in
the recent decree compelling Jews
German and foreign, to register all
their holdings in excess of 5000
marks $4,000; 90 a decree yes
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-17
Las Vegas Bids
For Road Parley

Las Vegas. New. already is bid
ding for the 1889 convention OF
the International -Four States
Highway association to be held at
Mount Charleston, scenic beauty
spot in southern Nevada.
Residents of Nevada wish to
have the convention there to call
attention to completion of the
hard surfaced highway from the
Idaho state line to Boulder dam.
If the convention is held at Mount
charleston in 1889, it is hoped
Nevada will pledge itself to COM
plete and hard surface the road
from Boulder City to the Califor-
mia line.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-17
Harry Stiff Free
After rHearinq

A charge OF failure to provide for
his minor children was dismiSSd
in suprior court Thursday against
Harry Stiff. former deputy sheriff.
He produced witnesses in justice
court TO show his house rent was
paid for a month and his credit
still good at an FL Centre grocery
store.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-17
Staff
Guests at Dinner

Fifty members of the I. V. Hard
ware sales staff were guests
Thursday night of the Ray Thorn
as Inc. of Los Angeles at a dinner
at the Barbara Worth hotel. Flovd
A. Bittaker and Stan Bietry, sales
supervisor and salesman for the
radio company, presented pre-
view of new models.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-17
Former Teacher
Will Marry Soon

Friends of Miss Gertrude Reese
will be pleased to learn of her COM
ing marriag to Henry Richard
Havell. Miss Reese was former
teacher in the Mckinley school
and who has been teaching in. Los
Angeles for the past year.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-17

terday ordering a special register
of Jewish firms and authorizing
the economics minister to prescribe
that all Jewish shops should be
identified as such; CD the problem
of debts owed by Austria at the
time of its absorption by Germany.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-17
MURDER VICTIMS
FUNERAL SUNDAY

Funeral services for Walter
Cleveland, "a, Negro murder vic
tim, are scheduled for the Lemons
chapel at 2:30 pm. Sunday with
the Rev. Mr.. Hayes Hayter officiat-
ing. He will buried at Evergreen
cemetery.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-17
QUIT COMPLAINTS, MAKE
MOST OF US. SPENDING
PROGRAM SAYS BABSON
.
: By ROGER BABSON

BELOIT Wis. June 17.-Between and next No
vember billions of dollars will pouring out of Wash
ngon Business fought this spending program tooth
and nail but Congress going right ahead with it. 1t is
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-17
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
RESOLUTION NO. 678

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF Ell
CENTRIC DECLARING THE IN
TENTION OF SAID COUNCIL
TO ORDER THE CLOSING AND
ABANDONMENT OF A GER
TAIN PUBLIC ALLEY.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-17
HELD IN JAIL

James Cole, n, is held in the
county Jail pending arrival of Of
ficers from Tulare county He is
charged with failure TO provide for
his family.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-17
Embassies Fearful New Nazi Efforts
Against Jews May Involve Many
Nationals of Other Nations

BERLIN June II. (UP)-Foregn embassies and lega-
tions fearing that interests of their nationals might be
involved watched closely today series of Developments
which indicated that Nazi Germany embarked on d
big scale anJewsh drive Every aspect of Jewish lie
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-17
Reciprocal Trade Treaties Branded
Unfair to American Farmers by
Speaker at Rotary Meeting

How the reciprocal trade treaties between the oiteu
States and other counties reactng TO hurt American
agriculture pictured Thursday by B. A. Harrgan'
county agricultural commissioner at the MONDAY meeting
of the Rotary club in the Barbara Worth hotel.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-17

A VACANT HOUSE won't Pay
Taxes-Advertise IL in The
Want-Ad Section!
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-17
Heber Folk Have
Friends to Dinner
During Week
HEBER NOTES

Mrs. Virgil Terrence and young
daughter, Cherrilee Kay, returned
home from the hospital Saturday.
Her mother. Mrs. Walker, from On
tario is here caring for them.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-17

TIME AND TIDE Wait For No Man
And Neither DO P0st-Press
Evening star., 1938-01-13

the right 70 limit quantities
ond to refuse to cell TO those
We believe 70 be competitors.
Prices herewith effective untiI
Saturdays closing. Jonsory IS,
1893
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-07-29
WPA Wage Scale Order
Has Been Received And
Placed In Effect Here
SEAFARING FOLKS
PUZZLE IS SOLVED

Why was not the Wrecking
Tug Killerig sent 10 the as
sistance of the United Fruit
CompanY's Steamer Limon.
which was reported aground
off British Honduras the early
part of this week. Is the ques
ton which has puzzled a num-
Der of seafarinq people this
week.
Monday morning when the
call was received at the office
of the Porter Dock Company
10 send the Warbler TO the
aid of the Limon the first
question asked was Whats
the matter with the Killerig
stationed at Kingston. ia
maica. and much nearer than
the Warbler. which is sta
toned al this porf?"
The explanation was re
received this morning in a
letter from Captain (. 3.
Mumford. of the Killerig. IN
which he tells of the Killerig
being sent 10 the assistance
Of d four masted schooner,
used as schoolship by the
British government. which
went ashore off the coast of
San Juan. Puerto Rico.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-07-29
Unskilled Labor Will Re-
ceive $4,000 Monthly;
Others To Be Paid Pro-
pOrtiOnately

Local WPA office IS IN receipt
of an order from the office of
Robert J. Dill. state adminisira-
tor with reference 10 the WACO
scale which has been placed in
effect for projects in Monroe
county.
The rate on all unSkilled laboc
Is $4,000 a month These work
ers VIII be engaged on a basis of
l40 hours monthly All inter
mediate manual workers VIII be-
engaged ON a basis of lac hours
per month at a wage of S57 an. All
intermediate non-manual worker.
with the exception of one ClasSi-
hcatlon. VIII likewise be paid
S57 40 for l40-hour work period
The exception 10 this rule Is mu-
stefan assistant. who viii receive
S57 90 for 80 hours per month
All Grade B skilled manual
workers will receive $500 per
month, and they Will be employed
100 hours monthly Grade Il
skilled non-manual workers will
be employed at l40 hours per
month at a rate of S7280 Grade
A skilled manual workers viii be
employed SO hours per month and
their earnings will be $72.l6
Grade A skilled non manual
workers will work lao hours per
month and their monthly earn
lngs viii be $3.50
With some exceptions. all pro
fcSslonal and technical non-uan-
ual workers will bc employed for
l40 hours each month and their
earnings will Toe so 80
This increase m earnings Is iu
accordance with an executive or
der Of the President for raising
the monthly earning rates 81 re-
lief workers IN all Of the southern
states This executive order is said
20 have been based upon eco
homie studies which Indicated
that . reasonable standard az lv
ing required O higher rate Of pay
than has been 10 effect 90 the
southern states during the past
scvgra. years on work relief pros
,ct
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-07-29
new EXHIBITION
AT ART CENTER
OPENS TUESDAY.
TO REPLACE WATERCOLORS
AND OTHER REPRODUC-
TONS NOW ON DISPLAY
THERE

Tuesday d new exhibition will
open at the Key West Community
Art Center, Front and Whitehead
streets, replacing the New York
Watcrcolors and Van Gogh re
productions, which are row on
display
The new show which is en-
titled American Genre Paint
ings', should prove interesting in
its portrayal of scenes from con-
temporary everyday American
life throughout the country.
Genre pronounced Jonr) paint
paintings of everyday life
is becoming increasingly popular
in the contemporary art Of Amer
ICa There are wonderful posi-
blltlcS for this type of painting
IN Florida, with its great wealth
of Genre material, state officials
of the local Art Center The negro
sections, the foreign settlements,
the life and habltations Of the
Seminole Indians, all abound with
picturesque possibilities. not to
mention the unique charm and
architecture of Key West which
are well worth the artists atten-
ton
i is a type of art in which
painters describe the Worl d
around them. Such artists are
The plastic historians of their
epoch and usually the pictorial
comments are more truthful and
moro vivid records of the past
than any to be found IN the pages
'of history The picture of every
day life with a story" was very
freely practlccd from the late
1905 to 1890, and from the early
works Of WlnsloW Homer one
gets a vivid sense of how things
looked around the edges of Civil
War camps. With the exception
81 the rcsoIute narrative Of the
older men like Eastman Johnson.
WlusloW Homer and Thomas
Eakins. there is little that now
concerns the art lover. The ablcr
men who arrived toward the
eighties. those who might have
become fine creators Of genre
painting. sought training in Eu-
rope tending to stay there or
were generally drawn into maya
l,nr illustrating. while the new
acsthcuclsm was dccrvlnG all
narrative painting as subaruStc.
II needed some clearing Of the
crItca AIR before now genre
painting could venture 10 show IT.
self
Thls exhibition arriving Tues
DAY is a group Of Genre paintings
executed 10y painters in many
sections of the country who have
a,pn awakened 70 a ncW sense
IL thor relationship with the
community They depict the life
II the present In a language that
Viii be- understood by all IN the
.xhlb,uor arc several New Or
leans SUBJECTS by John McGrady
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-07-29
Three Lights On Florida
Reef To Be Electrified
CarysfOrt, SOmbrerO And
American ShOal Are Sta
lions That VIII Undergo
Change

Three OF the lights of the Flor
idaidd Reef are 10 be electrified.
These lights are CarYsfort Reef
Light. Sombrero Key Light and
American Shoal Light. and this
will be done within the next few
months. or as soon as engine gen
orators and other necessary
equipment, which have been or
dcred. are received.
CaTysfort Light was established
in 1892 and was the FIRST iron
light tower erected on the OK
posed Florida Reef This stru"-
ture Is 100 feet nigh Sombrcro
Key Light vas established IN 1888
and IS l42 feet hieh and AmcrI-
can Shoai LlgnJ was established
Iu 1890 and is 100 feet nigh
Prior 10 1910 these three lights
were Oh wick burners of $1,000.
27000 and 1000 candlc-powcr, re
spcciIvcly Immediately after
1910 they were changed to mean
descent on vapor lights and this
change Increased the candle pow
cr Of the lights 10 100000. 10000
and p 600 respectively.
With the wick lamps and tine
incandcscent oIl vapor lights sub
soqucntly used, the flashing char
acteristIcs of the lights were made
with clockwork mechanism wound
by hand every one to three hours.
Tho candlepoWcr Of the electric
lights VIII be increased rcspcc-
lively. 10 200, 1000, l25.000 and 80
600
Electric power or current IN IN
lights viii bee furnished by two
kiloWait kerosene engine genera
tors. and these wall bc furnished I'm
duplicate al each station AT
CarySfort Reef and American
Shoals the FIRST order flash panel
lens wall bc rcvolvcd ON ball
bearing charots using one
quarter horsepower motorized re-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-07-29
$1,000 REWARD

OVERSEAS HOTEL offers
Sto.00 reward 70 anyone furnish
ING information concerning party
oE persons responsible FOR having
stolen al1e Overseas Hoie, High
~4y signs located along Oversees
Hls s~aY Information wall Re
treated conhdentaIlY
L S GRUBEP
ReAcen! Manage.
4.Y@S-.: Overseas Hotel
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La gaceta., 1938-07-13
LAS TARIFAS COMBINADAS

Mr.. Knight ha hecho la declaration de que
ell alumbrado electrico combinado, incluyendo ell
fluido para las industries, cocinar o calentar,
cuesta al pueblo de Tampa 2.37 cts. por K-hora,
mientras que en- Jacksonville ell costo es de 2.55
cts. por K-hora. Mr.. knight, sin embargo, no ha
explicado que ell Sd % de la corriente vendida por
la TAMPA Electric Co. a los consumldores, exclu-
yendo la vendida a los tranvfas y otras utilida-
des, Sc vende a SO cOnsumidores de un total de
dc, 654. Este quiere decir que ell Ga % de la pro-
ducci0n Sc vende a menos de las dos decimas
parties del uno por ciento de los ~consumidores.
La mayor parte de esta corriente es vendida a
menos de / cts. por K-hora Y ell promedio de pre-
clio pagado por toda la ~corriente es de cerca de
! ~centavo por K-hora. Queda evidenciado que es-
tie es un factor material para determinar Ia tart
ia promedio de 2.37 cts. por ell consume de la
corriente de la Tampa Electric Company. 81 la
electrictdad vendida al promedio de / cts. POI
K-hora Sc elimina del total, surge ell precio pro-
medic de la electricidad para todos los consumi.
dores, los no favorecidos SO que usan ell $40,
hasta 4.2-10 cts. por K-hora.
Ell servicio de corriente al cual Sc ha hecho
referencia representa- cerca de 83 millones K-ho-
ra, por ano, 10 que es Ell 64% de $780, 600, 00C de
K-hOra que Sc vende al u'timado consumidor. En-
adici6n a los 1870 millones Sc generan aproximl-
damente 46 millones, de los cuales 8 millones Sc
venden a los tranvfas, Is millones a otras utili-
dades y ell balance de los AZ millones Sc usa por
la propda compania 0 no Sc lleva cuenta de ellos.
No sabemos que tarifa Sc cobra al sistema de
tranvias o a las otras utiIidades, pero es razona-
BILE suponer que esta corriente Sc vende a muy
bajo precio. 81 esta corriente Sc elimina del total,
surgira la tendencia a un mayor aumento en- Ell
promedio de la tarifa sobre los 4.2-1O cts. pre-
viamente mencionados. Esta admission de Mr..
Knight de que ell ~promedio de costo de TODD ell
servicio a traves de la Compahfa es de solo 2.75
cts. por K-hora asombrosamente destaca la exac-
titud de nuestra contention de que la Ciudad de
Tampa, siendo uno de los mayores consumidores
de la empresa paga excesivamente cuando 10 ha-
ce con un promedio de 6H cts. por K-hora para
servicio municipal.
La gaceta., 1938-07-13
Once CenaVs de c%a peso que listed paa 10 Chdai on CutdhucoRes va dnsramentB

duena de TODD ell sistema de alumbrado de las ca
lies. La verdad es que pertenece a la ciudad de
Tampa una gran parbe del equipo mas c~oStoso, 10
que probablemente representa- cerca de 30R del
valOr total del equipo de alumbrado pubhco. Es-
to diSminuiria g~randemente Ell maxine de 100000
que la Ciudad debiera pagan. Mr., Frank Cannon
ha hecho la declaration de que ell costo del alum
brado publico en- Tampa Sc hasa para abonar ga
nancia en- una inversion de $500, 900, o sea In
porci6n del sistema que la Compania posee. Al
determinar la inversion en- ell Slstema de alum
brado de las GALES en- relaci6n con un sistema
distributivo general, debe recordarSe que los a
lambreS para ell alumbrado eStan en- los miSmos
postes que llevan los alambres para la distribu-
ci6n general de electricidad. De aqui que muy po-
COS postes adicionales, 81 alguno hay, sean rogue
ridoS para ell sistema de alumbrado de las GALES
de Tampa. La Ciudad de Miami recientemente
prepare un calculo del costo de installation de un
complete nuevo siStema de alumbrado para esa
ciudad, incluyendo todos los postes y un casl
complete sistema de bajo terra en- ell distrito CO.
mercial (cuyo sistema es mas c~ostoso que ell sis
tema de por encima de las cabezas usado en-
Tampa) suficiente para facilitar a la ciudad 5000
luceS. Ell costo calculado de este sistema, con un.
500 mas de luces que EN- Tampa, y con todos los
poStes requeridoS para mantenerlo, es de $780,
10000. Els evidente, por 10 tanto, que ell valor del
sistema de alumbrado de las GALES de Tampa no
puede aproximarse a la cifra de $500, 100000 da-
da como representative del valor que la Compa-
mia lie pone, Y en- cuya valuaclon a la Cludad sc
lie requiere pagan una ganancia a la Tampa Elec-
trio, Con una suma de $150,000.00 para alumbra-
do de las GALES, la Ciudad ~pagaria, segGn estima-
do, a 7.3 cts. K-hora por este servicio.
En- la Ciudad de Jacksonville la municipal,
dad paga al departamento de alumbrado 3 cts.
por K-hora, en- cuanto al servicio de las GALES.
Con esta tarifa ell presente servicio de alumbra-
do p1blico de Tampa solo costarfa cerca de
$62, 900 al ano. AL mismo tempo ell Department
to de electricidad en- Jacksonville facilita y man
tiene TODD ell equipo necesario para ell alumbra-
do publico. Ell costo total para generar y distri-
BUR la corriente en- Jacksonville es de menos de
lets. por K-hora, no pudiendose negar que Ell
departamento obtiene una hermosa ganancia ann
con la tarifa de 3 cts. que aplica al alumbrado
publieo o de las GALES.
La gaceta., 1938-07-13
LAS CONTRIBUCIONES DE LA
TAMPA ELECTRIC

En- relaci6n con las cargas que la Ciudad de
TAMPA paga a la Tampa Electric Co., por alum
brado p1blico y departmental, debe recordarse
que en- Ell pasado afo fiscal la Ciudad page a la
Tampa Electric Co, la suma total de 1896, 1880
Representative cerca de a milesimas de los ingre-
SOS municipalities por contribuciones. Por otra par
tie, ell total de contribuciones pagadas a la Oiudad
por la Tampa Electric, no obstante las frecuen-
ties referencias' de la compania a que lpaga anual-
mente mas de $500, 900, solo monte a aproxima-
damente $46,000.C0, algo menos de una milesl-