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Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-03
Court Asked to Clear
Up Title to Property

A complaint to remove a cloud
from the title Of property in the
Calexico area was filed in superior
court Friday by Mr.. and Mrs. c. w
Brockman against the Calexico
Land company, the Pioneer Title
Insurance and Trust company
trustee, the Chandler Sherman cor
poration and others.
Unless the court steps in, they
allege, they may lose property they
consider theirs. On March Is, 1923,
they alleged in their complaint, they
executed a promiSsory note to pay
the Central Bank of Imperial VAL
ley $4,000 on July l, 1893, and on
the same date executed a note
promising to pay the First National
bank of Calexico $4,000 in INSTALL
ments to end July l, 1888. To secure
the notes, according to the COM
plant, they delivered a deed of
trust to the title company. This
was done, the plaintiffs declared,
for the benefit of the banks. The
deed, they said, was recorded.
Certain properties were leased by
Mr.. and Mrs. Brockman July %,
1929 for $4,000 to be paid in month
ly installments. Valuable improve
ments were constructed on the prop
erty by the persons who leased it
but after July /, 1881 they were
unable to make further payments,
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-03

they declared.
Mr. and Mrs. Brockman then Of
fered this property to the banks
and told them they could keep the
monies paid on the notes and the
rents and profits from the i'm
proved property as full satisfaction
on the notes. The banks agreed,
they alleged, to the arrangement
and promised to reconvey other
property, held as security on the
notes, back to the Brockmans. This,
they contend, was never done in
spite of the fact that they consider
the obligations were paid.
On Dec. IL this year, it is alleged
in the complaint, the land company
and the Chandler Sherman cor
poration repudiated the agreement
regarding the property and refused
to comply with it. Unless restrain
ed by the court they declare the
defendants will attempt to fore
close.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brockman asked the
court to establish the interest OF
the several defendants, resquested
an order for reconveyance of the
second parcel of land to the PLAIN
tiffs, ana asked tnat the title COM
pany be required to make a re-
conveyance of the property to them
or that the deed be cancelled.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-03
MORE THAN SEVEN MILLION
FILE CARDS IN JOBLESS CENSUS

Gently for alleged HoilopoIlsOH
trends.
With a report by John d. Big
gers that 7822,912 persons 1lled
cards in the voluntary unemploy-
ment census, the analysis OF PUP
lie Works administration employ
ment is expected to play major
;ole in congress decision whether
the iobless should be kept on the
present relief set-up, put on the
dole or cared for through revived
PWA.
The report, covering the four
wears ending June 80, 1897, show
ed that of 1887 100000 man-hours
in "behind the lines" PWA employ
ment Gil 100000 man-hours went
into the steel industry, which has
been assailed for keeping prices too
biph
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-03

SITTING room apt. 68O Olive ID
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-03

1928 CHEW ~ ton truck. 2 miles
north of Heber on DogWood
canal. Lester w. Knapp. IA
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-03
Funeral Held for
Geo. Littlefield

CALIPATRIA, Jan. 3 - Funeral
services for George Leon Littlefield'
81 a resident here for eight years,
took place at the Hopes tunerai
chapel in Brawley at 2;3O pm.
Monday with the Rev Mr.. Charles
Baldwin in charge.
He was stricken with a heart
attack Friday morning and dled
before a physician atived. Burial
was scheduled Tor Mountain view
cemetery near CaleXico. He Is sur
vived by his wife and a son, Billy.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-03

1887.
w. ]. McCLELLAND,
(SEAL) County Clerk
BY G.. o. KENYON,
Deputy Clerk.
N % 90, D 6 l3 20 27, j 8 10 II
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-03
POST>PRESS CLASSIFIED ADS
POULTRY
Used Cars, Trucks

Hatchery. ~
81 Used Cars, Trucks
THE FOLLOWING cars for sale at
Consoles, 511 Broadway, Ell Cen
tro. 1896 International Pickup,
1884 Ford. People Finance and
Thrift Co. J1-TF
1923 CHEW ~ ton truck. 2 miles
north of Heber on DogWood
canal. Lester w. Knapp. IA
35 Legal
SUM MONS
No. 1928
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.
VELMA BEATRICE ARTHURS,
Plaintiff
EARL PRESTON ARTHURS,
Defendant.
Harry w. Horton, Attorney for
Plaintiff.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA SEND GREETINGS
TO:
EARL PRESTON ARTHURs,
Defendant.
You Are Hereby Directed to APP
pear ard answer the Complaint in
an action entitled as above, brought
against you in Superior Court of
the County of Imperial, State of
California, within ten days after
the service on you of this Summons
if served within this county; or
within thirty days if served else
where.
And you are hereby notified that
unless you appear and answer as
above required, the said plaintiff
will take judgment for any money
or damages demanded in the COM
plant, as arising upon contract, or
she will apply to the Court for any
other relief demanded in the Com
plant.
Given under my hand and the
seal of the Superior Court of the
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia, this 10Th day of November,
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-03

WELL seasoned Mesquite and Eu-
calyptus wood. $1,000 per cord. F.
w. Paine ranch. 3 miles west
Heber Phone 8703M1 is
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-03

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (UP)-
A bureau of labor statistics re
port showed today that the bulk
of inGirect or behind the lines"
employment from Public Work
construction went to heavy indus
tries. some of which have been at
tackled by the administration re-
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-03

45 ACRES of lettuce ready to ship.
Munsha Singh. 4 miles North
Highlme store IA
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-03
Rooms for Rent

NICELY furnished room near bath.
Young working lady preferred.
545 WenSley. is
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-03
I'd Wanted, miscellaneous

WANTED. Used COW trailer. Joe
Binter. Y mile So Seal Heights.
J3
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-03

BICYCLE. A l condition. A real
buy. Phone Holtville SIS or see at
Barbara Worth Golf club. D30TF'
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-03
Houses for Rent

TRAILER house for rent Lights.
and water furnished. Good To-
cation. 1923 Olive. IA
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-03
Situations Wanted

EXPERIENCED housekeeper wants
work. Have boy 6. Can stay on
place Anywhere in Valley. Mrs.
Margaret Burke, 402 Imperial
Ave, No. 16, CaleXico. J3
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-03

YOU haven't read ALL the NEWS
until you READ the ADS!
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-13

Harold l.. 1ckSS 10 turn flrSt water
into the canal Tuesday, more than
year of seasoning will be needed
for the canal itself" Foster said.
He predicted the canal would be in
condition to meet present water
need of Imperial Valley by New
Years, 1910"
Hour of Dedication
Monster Imperial Dam, nearly
half mile long where it stretches
across the Colorado river Is miles
above Yuma. will be dedicated short
ly before noon Tuesday when Sec
retary Ickes. in the control tower,
presses the lever that swings back
the roller gates. First a trickle, then
a brown torrent will sweep down the
runways and be shunted into the
huge desilting basins where the
mechanical scrapers are ready to do
their work in removing the silt from
the water. First segment of the All
American to be seasoned with water
will be the 20 mile section ending
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-13
Future Farmers
Attend Convention

BAKERSFIELD, Cal, Oct. 49,
(UP)-California's young farmers
who will participate in the 1lth
national convention of the Future
Farmers of America in Kansas City
next week were enroute east today,
headed by Eugene Mccoy, Bakers
field high school student and state
president of the farm organization.
Mccoy and Frank Miller of Ripon
will be California's official dele
gates representing 5000 Future
Farmers. With them are the dairy
cattle judging teams composed of
Ernest and John. Jones with Henry
and Paul Bernard as alternates,
all of Chino; the poultry judging
team of Sam Rutherford and Hen
ry Hat, both of Ripon; and the
livestock judging team of Carol
Dow, Vernon Hoffman, jr., and An
gelo Ganos, with Marlowe Stark
as alternate. All are from Lodi.
The teams will enter the national
competition.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-13
Hydro-EIectric
Power Attacked
As U.S.. Menace

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Oct. Is.
(UP) Hydro electric power Is
modern Frankenstein," A. M. Bee
bee, general superintendent of the
Rochester Gas and Electric corpo--
alton, told the American Gas asso-
citation yesterday.
Beebee said that developing ot
hydro electric power in a country
with adequate coal reserves is sui
cioal folly"
such policies are all right for
nations like Canada and Sweden,
where the use of hydro-electrlc
power would prevent a constant
drain on their natural wealth.,
Beebee said.
But in our country, where un-
employment is our greatest problem
and the spreading of purchasing
power our greatest need, such de-
velopment is a modern Frankcn-
stein. Hydro is our worst en-
ployer."
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-13
Union Supports
Demand For Unity

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 13. CUP)
The San Francisco CLIO. Indus
trial Union Council yesterday wired
Daniel j. Tobin, International
Teamsters' union president at
Houston that representing $4,000
CLIO. members we have gone on
record supporting your demand for
labor unity"
A second telegram was sent tc
President Roosevelt supporting a
proposal for a presidential fact
finding commission on the conflicts
in labor's ranks and industry in the
United States.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-13
Fishermen Change
To CIO Affiliate

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. l3. (UP)
Headquarters of the Alaska Fish
ermen's union announced today
that the union membership had
voted by referendum, 1922 to 929,
TO change affiliation from the A
merican Federation of Labor to the
Committe for Industrial Organiza-
ton. The union is the last major
west coast maritime organization
TO vote on the affiliation question.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-13

The Stanolind Oil Purchasing
company. ranking among the five
largest crude buyers in Texas,
slashed its North Texas price 20
cents per barrel and notified other
Texas points it would meet Hum
ble's 1919 cent average.
A few hours later the Standard
Oil company of Indiana, one of
the largest marketing companies
in the United States and the ma
jor crude buyer in the northern
half of the mid-continent produc-
ing area, fell in line with a price
cut of 20 cents a barrel for Okla
homa and Kansas crude.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-13

at Pilot Knob where the All Ameri-
can makes its way past rocky cliffs.
Later the 60 mile balance of the
canal where it slashes through the
Sand Hills and stretches across the
desert to Imperial Valley will get
its baptism in the coffee colored
waters of the Colorado
Ickes Itinerary
Secretary Ickes' itinerary calls
for his arrival in Imperial Valley
Monday evening. He will be met at
Riverside by a delegation from the
valley to escort him on an inSpec-
ton tor of the Metropolitan aque-
duct during which he visit San ia
cinto tunnel. From there he will go
through Coachella valley inspecting
the date farms, and thence to the
Barbara Worth hotel, El Centre.
The power dedication ceremonies
will be held to 9:15 at Brawley.
A barbecue and street dance will be
part of the festivities and wander
ing minstrels will roam BraWley
streets dressed in costumes.
Tuesday the secretary will leave
the Barbara Worth hotel at $50
am. and arrive at Imperial Dam
around II after a brief inspection Of
parts of the All American canal
which can be visited by motor car
en- route. Secretary Ickes will re-
turn through El Centro Tuesday
afternoon on his way to San Diego.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-13

ng crude oil in Texas, Oklahoma,
Louisiana, Kansas and Arkansas.
The price cuts came on the
wheels Of a threat by Col. Ernest
+. Thompson, chairman of the
ITexas railroad commission that
|rexas would lift its product control
4 major companies did not halt
|he shipment of out-of-state and
foreign crude to Texas refineries.
Texas fields were the hardest
|hit in the slashes, the price drop
ping from IL to % cents per bar
rel Humble Oil and Refining COM
pany of Houston, Tex, started the
slide by posting a price cut aver
aging 1872 per barrel for the entire
state of Texas.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-13
Dedication Climax
ToEngineers' Feat
Without Parallel

Dedication of Imperial dam, set
for Tuesday, will mark the end of
a major engineering feat begun
in the spring of 1886 when Golfer
dams were first constructed to
hold back the taWny Colorado river
while work went forward on the
main dam. At that time the muddy
Colorado stretched nearly half a
mile from the California shore to
the Arizona side, across shallow
mud flats where a shifting chan
mel would alter almost over night.
Since then, the scene has been
greatly changed.
Only Bare Outlines
Two years ago visitor to I'M
perlal damsite saw only the rudi-
mentary outlines of what was to
be dam, maze of timber super
structures and Workmen who NOV
ed in what apparently was aimleSS
confusion. Today, however, I'M
perial dam has emerged as a glis-
tening white arm reaching ITO
feet, a S7,000,000 structure designed
to hold back the river waters and
permit diversion into the giant
desilting basins and thence to the
All American canal. r'I
The dam itself is hollow, divided
into three sections. the All Amer
ican canal headworks, the over
flow section and the headworks
for the Gila diversion into Arizona.
On the Arizona side headgates
send water down the Gila canal
and sluiceway in the same manner
that on the California side gates
divert water into the desilting bas-
ms. In between the two is a 1900
foot spillway over which excess
water can flow. Behind the dam,
water level will eventually be rails
ed % feet.
Huge Hollow Tube
The overflow section is hol-
low tube, 81 feet high from foun-
N''AOii w NiCoC, iluCll WluCl dC
the bottom than at the top. The
tube" is reinforced internally by
powerful buttresses.
The dam literally "floats" upon
the bottom of the river. Inside is
ballast Of sand and gravel that
keeps the structure firmly in place,
for engineering estimates have
shown the exact amount of weight
needed to keep the dam steady
against the weight of water.
Construction of the dam proper
was only a part of the job per-
formed by contractors under su-
pervision of Reclamation Bureau
engineers. For example, for more
than 200 feet upstream and down
from the dam, huge pilings were
driven into the stream bed to
prevent excess seepage which
might undermine the dam and
in some sections rock beds were
laid to prevent erosion. Directly
below the overflow section, where
engineers knew the rush of water
over the peak of the wier would
strike heaviest, heavy concrete
apron was built. Constructed into
the apron is jagged ridge that
breaks the flow of water, causing
boiling rapids, but easing the force
of the fall. These precautions will
not be needed until sufficient water
has been built up behind the dam to
overflow over the Wier.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-13
State Leaders
Conduct Survey

Four representatives of state de-
partment Of agriculture are in
Imperial county conducting a sur
vey preparatory to establishment Of
resale prices for milk.
The group studying the cost of
producing milk in this area in
cludes Donald Mosher, John Hugh,
Connie Wortell, and L. F.. Knaver.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-13
Something wrong.'
Man Shoots Self

BERKELEY, Cal, Oct. 13. (UP)-
Constant H. Robinson, 4o, vice
president of the Blake Estate COM
rany, Oakland, was found dead of
a gunshot wound in Wildcat can.
yon yesterday Police said he ap.
parently committed suicide.
A note in Robinson's automobile
said:
Something terrible has happened
to my mind. My heart is filled
with anguish. God forgive me-"
Robinson was not married.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-13
Major Oil Price War Faces States
IN Southwestern Area as Quoted
Rates Slide TO New Low Points

DALLAS, Tex, Oct. 13. (UP)-Southwest oil states
Today faced major oil that may spread the
nd west and force oil and gasoline prices the lowest
u evel in The last decade.
-Four major companies announced price slashes affect
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-13
Foster Predicts All American Will
Be in Service by January, 1910,
Following Seasoning Period

Operation of the All American canal by January 194O
predicted Thursday by L. j. Foster Reclamation
engineer in charge of the All American project.
Although the Imperial dam and desilting works will
be virtually complete in time for Secretary of Interior
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Problems of Pilots

All of these pilots will have prob
lens. But a pennant or a near pen
nant isn't expected of Messrs. Nc
Kechnie, Stengel or Street in the
next couple of years. In Wits case
it is different. He's on the spot and
he has to make good almost right
away.
Witt has proved he can take it. He
had a phenomenal year with the
Newark Bears, a Yankee farm, in
1887. His club won the Internation-
al league pennant by 251s games,
then swept through the playoffs by
taking four straight each from Syr-
acuSe and Baltimore.
In the "little world SERIES" Witt
showed he could handle ball players
in adversely as well as success. Co
lumbus, the American league cham
pions, won the first three games
from the Bears at Newark and then
went west to polish them off. But
Wits club came roaring back to
win the next four straight at Co.
Iumbus and capture the "little
world SERIES"
Witt, who had successful playing
career with the Detroit Tigers some
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Dead" Ball Is Tested

When the umpire barks "Play
Ball" on opening day, April 10,
fans in the National league will
have a first hand chance to draw
their own conclusions about the new
dead" ball.
Recent midwinter tests at Balti-
more, Md, of this new ball with
sluggers Jimmy Foxx of the Amer
lean league, Chuck Klein of the Ma
tional and Charley Keller of the In
ternational league participating
brought three conclusions from
baseball men assembled:
l. The dead ball has a soggy
"whoosh" sound when hit.
2. The livelier American and Inter-
national league ball emits a seeking
"whack."
8. Either ball will go over the
fence when hit ION the nose"
Before 800 shivering fans and
sports writer's, sluggers in Oriole
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PLAYERS Must Hustle

This forty-seven-year-old veteran
says he will have only one ironclad
rule: "My players must hustle all
the time or out they go. There will
be no exceptions.
So, some of these days, Cleveland
may recapture some of the glory
that was its in 1920, when the In
dams, led by Iris Speaker, swept
through the American league to a
pennant and then overwhelmed the
Brooklyn Dodgers to capture the
worlds championship.
How about the other new man.
ayers?
The job confronting Gabby Street
with the st. Louis Browns is largely
one of rebuilding. During his man.
agerial career in the majors and mi
nors-the Cardinals, Missions and
St. Paul-Street has always i'm
proved the club he took over. The
Browns had the worst pitching staff
in the majors last year. Street, an
old catcher himself and wise in the
ways of the art, should be able to
help the Browns pitching. If he
does that alone, the club will i'm
prove.
McKechnie, who was a standout
at Boston last year, should do well
at Cincinnati. His work in devel-
oping Jim Turner and Lou Fette, a
couple of minor league veterans, in
to 2O-game winners and Of plotting
the Bees to fifth place in the Nation
al league, is a tribute to his efforts.
Baseball men will tell you that in
tactical knowledge Bill has no equal
in the national game. So it is safe
to assume that he will get the ut
most out of the Reds material and
perhaps more.
Casey Stengel will not have a
world of material at Boston, but he
can be counted on to inject some
color into a rather drab team and
pep it up. He can make club
hustle and the players all like him.
He demonstrated that successfully
when he was managing the lament
able Dodgers in the 1886 season.
The club was playing about the best
ball in the league in the last half OF
! the season.
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Already Warned

Doctor-You had better take care
of your tongue.
Patient-Yes. I have two libel
suits pending against me!
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New Middleweight Boss

my doubt about who is the
L \ boss man among the mid
dleweights of America, if not
the world, was cleared up when
Fred Apostoli of San Francisco
knocked out champion Freddie
Steele of Tacoma, Wash, in the
ninth round of a scheduled
twelve round bout in New York
City recently.
Luckily for Steele, the fight was
above the middle weight class max
imum weight of 160 pounds. Though
the champion at 1872 pounds was
under the weight, Apostolic by
agreement in the bout contracts
weighed in at 1914. In order to win
title, a challenger must be at or
under the weight of a champion he
is fighting.
Apostoli, therefore, is an I'M
crowned champion. Those at the
ringside who saw him batter Steele
into a state of helplessness are in
no doubt about what will happen
when the two meet in an official
championship fight. Steele fought
CALAMITY and effectively. He'll do
the same again and their bout in
the spring should help arouse high
interest in the middleweight divi-
sion among boxing fans every
where.
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Easily Satisfied
Judge-Have you anything to say
before sentence you?
Prisoner-Nothing, except that
very little pleases me.
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years ago, has one
other outstanding
gift. He has an I'M
canny ability to
handle pitchers. At
Newark, he devel-
oped the finest staff
in the minors from
inexperienced men.
With Allen, Teller,
Harder and Gale
house to build
around, Witt may
assemble the best
wound ctoff in tho
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oped some star players. But it has
had a sort of contented "also ran"
complex. And none of it's numerous
managers has been able to break
the spell.
Besides Cleveland, three other
major league teams will have new
managers in 1888. Bill McKechnie,
who has won pennants with the st.
Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh
Pirates, moves from the Boston
Bees to the Cincinnati Reds. Casey
Stengel, who was paid his regular
salary not to manage the Brooklyn
Dodgers last season, succeeds Nc
Kechnie at Boston. Gabby Street,
the cold Sarge" who had a worlds
championship to his credit with the
1891 Cardinals, moves in to man.
age the st. Louis Browns.
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park mdlScr1mlnate-
ly "whacked" eight
cen balls to oblivion
over the fence.
Foxx and Klein
had about as much
luck smuggling the
dead" ball out of
the lot as the lively
ball, but Keller's
home run clOuts
were confined to the
latter.
Foxx noticed the
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ALL SQUARE

A man in Cleveland went to doc
tor and was told that he was smok-
ing too much. "Give up cigars for
six MONTHS" said the medico.
Good. that will save me fifty dol
lars" remarked the patient,
whats your fee?"
Fifty dollars" replied the doc.
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SPARE PARTS
Inn Side Stuff
Blazed Trail

'What are you doing now?"
81 have found a new circus act
the friendship of lion and a goat. "
"But aren't there quarrels be-
tween them?"
"Oh, yes, they have their little
quarre1s, but then we buy a new
goat"
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pennant just once IN
35 years. This does
n o t m e a n t h a t
Cleveland is or has
been a bad ball
club. The contrary
is true. 1t has been
a consistent first
division outfit in re-
cent years. 1t has
threatened the lead
ers occasionally. 1t
has spent money,
secuted t a / e n t
cbraI1,dIv and dava1-