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Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14


than Main street, at the bottom
and "a feet wide at level of the
water.
At capacity. the water level will
start at % feet and dwindle to II
feet at the end
ENGINEERS estimate that even
when clear water is turned in, al
ter being desilted at Imperial dam,
the water will not be as clear as
lake water 1t still will retain a
dark hue.
However, there probably
will be fish. Colorado river
catfish small enough to get
through the trash racks at
the diversion point will be
able to enter the canal and
have 80 miles in which to
swim.
Chances are slight that there
will be swimming or boating on
the artificial river. Laws against
contamination of drinking water
probably will be strictly enforced
and boating will be banned because
waves undermine the banks.
The All American flows under
three railway bridges, seven high
way bridges and goes through three
siphons under highways. 1t is sc
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14
n imperial Valley Home Of the Largest
Canal Of LIS Kind i'm Western World
CO uEd
10 O &
v oIIey

hOllle Ol Tie All AHlcIl-
can canal
Let's see what that
means. In ONE MINUTE
enough water will flow
into the All American
canal to supply Ell Centro's
summer needs for two days
and two nights!
That gives some idea of
the magnitude Of the man
made river that engineers
hope to complete this year
and put into operation by
next year.
Shunted into the mouth of
the $25, 100000 structure will
be $4,000 second feet of wa
ter. That means more than
$4,000 gallons a second, g.
100000 gallons a minute and
in a "A hour period the stag
gering total Of NINE Bill
LION 720 million gallons.
All Of this water, however,
will not reach Imperial Val
ley. BY the time the flood
reaches Eastside highline 13
miles east of Calexico, first
diversion point for the val
ley, there will be only about
d third Of the flow left. Two
thousand second feet will be
diverted at Siphon Drop and
will flow back into the Col
orado river or into a MeXi-
can canal system. At Pilot
Knob 5000 second feet will
be diverted in the same way,
never to return to the All
American.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14
Bio All America oEa
Could Swallow
; Main Streets

The largest irrigation canal in the western hemisphere!
Its home is Imperial Valley. 49,
Though a mile of rock and 10 miles Of sand the All
American canal from Imperial dam the Colorado
river the Westside man ten miles west of CaleXico
Starting the mouth the canal is 100 feet wide at the
bottom That is wide enough for THREE Ell CENTRIC
MAIN STREETS! AT water level % feet above the bot
tom the canal is 240 feet wide
The canal reduces in size the longer it gets until at
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14

This is what one typical section of the All American
canal looks like today The picture taken the
Eastsde main canal where the first water will be di-
Vered from the ditch into the Imperial Irrigation dis
tct system The chap in the foreground is in the act
of trying to throw stone to the other side That is
bit of assignment The canal IS more than loo feet
acrossl The rushes and vegetation noticeable in the
canal bottom are the result of stagnant water due to
seepage This will disappear when there is regular flow
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-16
Board Considers
Improvement For
Wakefield Drive

A discussion concerning the
identifying of Wakefield drive
held major interest at the meeting
of the Metropolitan Park board
Monday night.
The discussion was brought
about by the presence of two rep
resentatives of the Committee of a
Thousand who held that work on
the drive was important because
of the favorable impression it
would leave in the minds of Ia
coma visitors.
This was met with the hearty
agreement of the board and the
discussion narrowed down to a
question Of an adequate water
supply to maintain the work after
completion.
The committee agreed to assume
the responsibility of the work if
the board would assume the main
tenance of it. This was agreed to.
The committee asked for and
received the promise of coopera-
ton of Sherman Ingels. super
intendent of parks.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-16
RIDERS
LEG INJURED

Victim of truck-motorcycle
collision at No. 26th ST. and Puget
Sound ave, Sherman Ekre, youth
full helper employed by an auto
works firm. was given treatment
Tuesday morning at the Bridge
clinic.
With hole gouged nearly
through the right leg near his
ankle. police said, Ekre paid the
penalty for an attempt to pass an
automobile on the wrong side.
Archie McCallum, 624 So. ] st,
was driving his transfer truck
west on 26th and turned north
onto Puget Sound ave. Ekres
motorcycle, coming up from be-
hind on the drivers right. was in
the way. The truck smashed into
the motorcycle. turning the ma
chine over with the leg of the
rider underneath. Ekre, who lives
at 2s17 No. 21st St, was taken
to the clinic by Ralph Erwin, BOIL
No. 18th St, while Detectives
Stidham and Blake investigated.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-16
ALL SET FOR
CELEBRATION

Pacific avenue merchants were
continuing their preparations Tues
day for the gala opening on Thurs
day of the new Pacific ave. paving
from 7th to 18th ST. The 100000
improvement has attracted city
wide attention and prospects are
for big turnout during the latter
part OF the week.
Details of the celebration are
being handled by the Downtown
association. with the Jefferson
Square Improvement club cooper
ating. The latter viii stage a
dance in jefferson square Wednes-
day evening as the first event in
the program. A band will provide
music for the event.
The completed paving will see
the last barriers removed Thurs
day morning. with city officials
taking part in the ceremonies.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-16
MAIN STREET
Gosngs, Comings and Do;~Ss
Of TacomaSs az the Re-
perter FoNMd Them.

NH Bennecker enjoying bottle of
pop-Mrs. Pearl b. Lees telephon-
ing Dan BaumEardner out for ride
Leland Raymorc preparing to re-
turn to Long Beach. Calf. where
he hopes to make another letter
this year In high school football
Ed and Al LAfferty doing friend 4
fsvor-Terry Pettus over from Sc
attic on 4 short visit--Mr. and Mira.
Victor Pasche Of New York enjoy
ing big steak - Stuart Elliott
waving at friend-Lyle Lathrop
forgetting TO place enough stamps
on letter-Sherman Lyons telling
about fish he caught while on vaca-
tion-E. H. Bulls answering tele-
phone-Louls ]. Muscek hurrying
up Pacific ave.-Larry Huseby out
for early morning stroll Everett
Houk explaining political situation
in the valley.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-16
Posts Bail After
Arrest For LiQuOr

sheriff's deputies stepped out
again Monday night and raided
lower Broadway hotel, where they
arrested a man on charge of
selling liquor by the drink. Robert
Adams, IS, who gave his address
as 102 Ea. 10th St, was released
from county Jail after posting $500
bail. The raid was conducted by
Undersheriff Clyde Knowles and
Deputies Lyle Lathrop and Bob
Meise at the Lido hotel, 1921
Broadway.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-16
People In
The Meu,S

House Republican Leader Joseph
W. Martin, of Massachusetts,. said
in a radio address last night that
the American people are tired OF
''hit-snd-miss" government and are
behind the G. o. P.'s fight against
new deal socialism" -.
The engagement of Brian
Aherne. screen actor. and Joan
Fontaine, actress and sister Of
Olivia DE HaviIland. film star, was
revealed at Hollywood. They viii
be married within a fortnight N
Saratoga. Cal. the home Of Miss
Fontaine's parents, and I h c n
honeymoon in England E.
Mrs. Amy Irwin. Mccormick,
wife of Col. Robert r. Mccormick,
publisher of the Chicago Tribune,
died late Monday from pneumonia
at Passavant hospital in Chicago.
At Provincetown, Mass, Author
Sinclair Lewis offered $3.50 for a
copy OF his first book. Hike and
the Aeroplane, written there in
1911 and signed BY Tom Gra-
ham," 1T was so terrible that I
disguised myself" he said. Its
been out of print long time, but
I'd send a check for $3.50 to any
one who could find me a copy of
it."
Claude Elkins, 40, pool room
owner, said at Anna, ILL.,, that the
only way he could visualize the
s10,722 he won for a 81 ticket in
the daily double at Washington
park was to think of a mountain.
1t was the largest daily double
payoff in the history of the Ameri-
can turf :.
Memorial services for the late
Rudolph Valentino will be resumed
at Hollywood after several years
abandonment on Aug. %, the 18th
anniversary of his death. at the
request of the British Valentino
association and the Chicago Valen-
tino Memorial association.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-16
MATRON TAKES
HER LIFE HERE

Found dead in the basement OF
her home at HOS No. Alder st.
Mrs. Bernice Corey. IS. was listed
by police Tuesday as a suicide
victim.
Mrs. Corey, wife Of George e
Corey, meat cutter. swallowed a
fatal dose Of rodent poison. Her
husband returned home from a
union meeting about 1880 Monday
night, and searched through the
house and neighborhood for his
wife when he found her missing.
As a last resort. he looked into
the basement and discovered the
tragedy. DR.. G. B. Murphy, the
family physician. notified police
and Coroner T. II. Long. The
physician reported she had suffered
mental arrangement and attempt
ed suicide early in July by swal-
lowing iodine. according to De-
tectives Anderson and Burgeson.
She was a member of the Garden
club and was active in PIT. A.
affairs.
Other than her husband she is
survived by one son. Raymond, and
a daughter, Dolores. Three broth
ers, Philip Sinclair, Robert B. and
Harry. together with one sister,
Mrs. Charles NJ. Clark, also sur
vive.
The body was removed to the
Lynn mortuary, where services will
be announced.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-16
ACCUSED YOUTH
GIVEN HEARING

8EATTLE-Accused Of first de-
gree murder. although the state
1ns not yet found the body Of his
supposed victim. 26-year-old
Stewart jacobson received = pre-
ltminary hearing today in justice
court.
Jacobson was charged with
murder In the appearance since
July - Of Chester Vaughn. II,
Portland.
Prosecutor B. Gray Warner. In
Ms opening statement, called
Jacobson 4 murderer and said the
accused mans love letters to IL
year-old Dorothy Price Of Seattle,
the last person to see Vaughn
alive. would play An important
part in the case against him.
Warner told the court how
vaughan's blood-sfained automo-
hlle was found on fire the morning
q July ~ and linked with
bloody. overturned rowbost in
Lake Sammamish IS miles away.
Shells In the car were fired from
I ~ calihcr rifle found In the
hat. Warner said.
Continuous dragging Of the lake
has failed to discaose 4 trace Of
vaughsn's body. however.
Jacobson's attorney John F.
Garvin, told the court his client
could not be = slayer.
0arvin contended that Vaughan
= alive and that his parents have
appealed to the Federal Bureau
of investigation, on the ground
that the youth is = kidnapping
victim carvin said Vaughn has
- zen since the time the state
ooQtonded be wa slain.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-16
HERE'S MORE A ABOUT
BRIDGES HEARING

y Il A X rs ON r A q r ON r
brook. representative of the ALL
Warehousemen's union which was
battling Bridges C1O International
Longshoremen's and Warehouse
mems union, were brought into the
record.
Capt. John Keegan, of Portland
police, whom the defense was
questioning, denied they had pro-
vided any money for the Bridges
investigation. keegan maintained
it was financed solely from civic
funds.
Richard Gladstein, representing
Bridges. introduced what was pre-
sented as receipt for $3.50 signed
by -. Estabrook" and signed by
William Brown" Brown is a
police sergeant who aided Keegan.
The police captain said he never
mad heard of the receipt or its
purpose and was unable definitely
to identify the signature as that
Of his subordinate. 1T looks like
it," Keegan said.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-16
Gets 2 Days For
Not Making Stop

There was no octagon-shaped
stop" sign in the way when E. L.
Deyo drove through the intersec-
ton at 18th st. and Tacoma ave.
Deyo testified in police court Mon
day that was why he drove through
without stopping, despite the sign
painted on the pavement.
He was arrested by Officer Cor
Nelson July rs, the day when the
stop sign had been removed so
reflector sign could be substituted.
The officer said Deyo's speed was
40 m.p.h., but the court accepted
Deyo's testimony it was %, and
ordered him to serve two days in
Jail.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-16
NAN ADMITS MURDER
Of COMMON-LAW WIFE

SPOKANE = Forty-eight hours
after the body Of Mrs. Edith Leslie
Coates, IS. hotel chambermsid. was
found in Spokane river. police Tues
day held her common-law husband.
Julius Minor Coates. 20. who con-
foused the staying.
Mr.. Coates disappeared June
~. Receding water. due to dry
Woather. exposed the body satur-
1ay night.
Deputy Prosecutor Fred Lewis
lid Coates confessed after being
Questioned three hours. Lewis
quoted Coates ~ saying he shot his
wife TIE night Of June Is At his
cabin. - miles northwest Of spo-
hane. during . quarrel.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-16
To Question TUo
About Auto Theft

Held for investigation of an al
legged car theft. Howard Walters.
20. and William Green. is. occupied
cells in the city Jail overnight fol-
lowing their return from Astoria,
Ore. in custody of city police.
Officers Dave Peterson and Will
lam Cordell returned the pair from
Oregon Monday night. They were
wanted for questioning about the
disappearance of a used car from
18th and A SITS. August s. The
car. owned by Hostetter & Krsus.
had been sold and parked for de-
livery to the customer when it was
stolen.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-16
BUCHANAN TO TALK
TO S. I. KIWANIANS

Imitation and the Gold Stand
ard" Is the subject of q talk to
be given at the South Tacoma
kiwanis club dinner Wednesday
evening by Charles Buchanan Of
the National Bank of Washington.
member of the speakers bureau
of the American Institute of
Banking.
Jim Peterson will introduce the
speaker at the dinner. held at els
o'clock in the Masonic hall, So.
Seth and South Tacoma way.
South Tacoma kiwanians will
participate in the golf tournament
Thursday afternoon at Fircrest
for members of the three local
club. including Tacoma and Puy-
sllup.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-16
South Summit Club Plans
Celebration on Saturday

The South Summit Improvement
club, presided over by Walter Hill,
at s p. m. Saturday will dedicate
its new clubhouse. built through
the cooperation and donated labor
of It's members. The clubhouse is
on the Military road one-half mile
east of the Summit road.
Judge Joseph A. Mallery. who
will deliver the dedication address,
will be followed by II. c. Combs,
president of the Eagles area in
Puyallup.
Ralph Wollas, chairman of the
entertainment com m I t e, an
nounced he had lined up ten acts
of entertainment which will include
other than the dancing act of Miss
Rosenberger and Miss Wollas, the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-16

With completion Of budget re-
quests for 1910 BY county depsrt-
nent heads and filing Of them
with Auditor S. Clifford Davis.
accountants began the task Tues
day Of whipping compilations into
shape to be presented 10 county
commissioner not later than
Sept. 5.
Dcadline for submission Of
budget requests was Monday at
) p. m.
After figures and contemplated
Purchases have been tabulated by
Chief Accountant Tom Loonam in
the auditors office. the requests
win then be submitted to county
commissioner. who will adopt
them ~ Z preliminary budget.
PUBLIC HEARINGS TO
START ON OCT. :
Commissioner viii then begin
cutting down figures 20 that they
correspond with the l0-mill limit
On assessed valuation as permitted
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-16
MINIMUM TERMS OF
2 SET AT Is MONTHS

TWO inmates IN the state re-
formatory convicted in Pierce
county superior court were among
81 receiving minimum terms set
by the state board Of prison terms
and paroles at Olympia Tuesday.
William w. Anderson. who was
sentenced on q charge Of auto lar
ceny. was ordered To serve a mimi
mum Of IS months. while Earl
Green. sent up for second degree
burglary. was given the same
minimum
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-16
Woman Ends Life
On Golf Course

SEATTLE - King county cor
oner's deputies placed in the county
morgue today. pending identifica-
ton, the body of a woman, about
35. who was discovered Monday
on West Seattle golf course just
after she had taken dose of
poison.
The woman gasped to green's
keepers who found her that she
had tried to commit suicide, and
pleaded for a doctor as her life
ebbed away.
The greenskeepers, John AMI
cello and G. r. Huntsinger, were
attracted to an undeveloped part
of the course by the plaintive cries
of the dying woman.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-16
ST. PAUL MILL men
TO MEET WEDNESDAY

A special mass meeting for all
st. Paul mill employees has been
called for Wednesday at l p. m. by
I. w. A. local No. 9. The session,
which has been termed as i'm
portant" to all mill employees, will
be held in CLIO union headquarters
at 113 So. 18th st.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-16
GADIOLA PINK, BLUE

Neighbors of Mrs. w. NJ. Lani-
gan. 56l1 So. M st. reported Tues
day she had a gladiols worthy of
being drawn for John Hix' Strange
As II Seems. which appears on
the editorial page Of The Ia
coma Times. The elsdiols In Mrs.
Lanigan's garden 10 pink and blue.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-16

comedy team of Vern Wright and
Al Crane.
A light supper and dancing till l
a. m. will round out the evening.
Plenty of parking space and an
outside patrol were also promised
by Wollss.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-16

ing would raise hell" with his
business and cost calendar makers
from 100000 to $4,000, 900.
EVER SINCE LINCOLN
1T will be terrible" he said.
Better than 20 per cent of 1910
calendars already have been sold
and about so per cent, or $780,
100000 worth, already are in pro-
duction throughout the country.
Most calendar makers begin pro-
duction in January on the follow
ing years calendar"
Every president since Abraham
Lincoln has proclaimed the last
Thursday of November Thanks
giving day, although prior to that,
the dates varied, and some presi-
dents did not designate the day
at all.
George Washington, in setting
day for Thanksgiving $50 years
ago. designated Nov. 26. That
happened to be the last Thursday
of the month. There had been
bitter protests against such an
observance.
PARTY WAS ROUGH
Thomas jefferson protested that
1t would imply connection be-
tween church and state; Rep.
Aedanus Burke OF South Carolina
said it "mimicked European Gus
toms" Rep. Thomas T. Tucker of
Virginia said, 1T might be well
to wait for some experience of the
efficiency of the constitution be-
fore returning thanks for it."
Then, when the day did come.
Alexander Hamilton decided 10
throw a party for the occasion at
Frances tavern in New York, and
when he got there. he found most
of the guests under tables and
bottles flying across the room.
Such public scandal followed
that Washington proclaimed no
more Thanksgiving days and
neither did Andrew Jackson or
Zachary Taylor.
OREGON ROW RECALLED
Oregon residents recalled that
in 1894. strong-willed Gov. Syl-
vester Penoyer climaxed a year
long feud with President Grover
Cleveland by proclsiming a separate
day Of Thanksgiving for his state.
Cleveland had proclaimed the last
Thursday of November as Thanks
giving day; Penoyer, in a counter
proclamation. designated the first
Thursday in December, resulting
in federal employees celebrating a
week ahead of state workers and
citizens enjoying both. Penoyer's
animosity toward Cleveland grew
out of the presidents intervention
in an Oregon railroad strike.
PILGRIMS STARTED IT
The football situation was COM
plicated in some schools that have
presidents against playing foot
ball after Thanksgiving. Another
factor was that some schools
scheduled to play Nov. so Thanks
giving" games also had games
scheduled for Saturday. Nov. IS.
and could not arrange to move the
holiday game ahead a week and
play two games in three days
As presently observed. with
family reunions and turkey din
ners, however. the feast takes its
origin from the service of the Pil-
grims, who set a Thanksgiving
day apart after their first harvest
in 1921 at Plymouth. The Massa-
chusetts Bay colony celebrated
Thanksgiving day in 1880 for the
first time. and in 1880 IL became
an annual holiday in that region.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-16

Prosecutor Thor c. Tollefson
requests that he be given permis-
sion to employ an additional dep
uty to handle criminal matters.
Treasurer Paul Newman asks an
increase in expenditures from the
current budget allownce OF $751;
$3.50 to $64, 09e.23. Purchse of
new office equipment accounts for
a majority Of the proposed in
crease.
The county hospital budget
would be boosted from 5000, s19
to $21s,174.50, and the county
sanatorium from $e9.014.50 to
Sl07 $50.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-16
PER CAPITA OF s2.28
COMPARED TO 1915

In a letter To other officials,
Eastwood explained his ideas in
GLIDING repairs to the public
safety building, consolidation Of
police and fire alarm and COM
munication facilities. six more en-
ployes in the police department, rs
more men In the fire department,
fire department So " increases
and considerable outlay for new
fire and police equipment.
Eastwood asserted in the letter
that his 1910 budget Is based on a
per capita cost of s2.2s for the
police department as compared
with $3.16 per capita, lowest ex-
penditure for police protection In
any American city Of $4,000 per-
sons or mole.
Commissioner Bergersen's public
works budget of s4o6,57s is $780,
e60 higher than the 1899 allow
ance, but $4,000 of the increase
is represented in pension pro-
vision.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-16
C|TYS BUDGET
TO FACE CUTS
Pensions Set Up in
Some Depts.; East
wood Asks More

Most of the heads of city depart
ments. Mayor Kaufman excepted,
decided that their preliminary
budgets for 1910 should include
provision for pensions for their
employees.
This was disclosed Tuesday in
analysis of the preliminary figures
for next year submitted to Con-
troller Swsyze and left with him
to be compiled into the bulky affair
which, like the Thanksgiving
turkey, will have to be whitfield
down to mouthfuls the taxpayers
can chew.
The grand total. with utilities
estimates included. is not yet COM
pleted. but probably will exceed
the 100000 or $1,000. 600. 900
with which the 1889 budget started
before 1t had completed its course
in reducing exercises.