Morning Sun, The (Newspaper) - January 21, 1925, Yuma, Arizona COTTON By Men spot cotton 24.00 January to 52 n in 12 July In 31 I WEATHER I Hy Pretw Fair Wednesday ami In 19 THE YUMA 21 18 GOV SCRUGHAM FOR DUAL COMPACT TODAY COMPLETES THE FIRST OF CLUBDOM This is tlie birthday of Kiwanis And big doings are looked for at tho lunch tomorrow at the R r in celebration of tho natal day The first Kiwanis club was at Detroit Michigan on January 21 1915 Tlie growth of Kiwanis has been remarkable in that there are now 1300 clubs In the United Slates and ada and a total membership of -92.000 aggressive men de- voted to civic and in heir respective communities Think of the power of such a body of That this great organization may be most efficient in accomplishment ot the general purposes of Kiwanis ideals should ever be in tlie minds ot its members It is therefore appropriate that this an- meeting be devoted to the stressing of these ideals and the methods of applying them The program ns arranged by King Tut in co-operation with the committee on Kiwanis education js in splendid harmony with the Al Clouts will preside and although the program is full LOCAL PARK IS HAPPY HUNTING GROUND OF FOX it is hoped he will sandwich in one of his pleasing talks President B F will tell of the J side of international celebration of j Week and of the plans of 1 the Harding Memorial committee j Past President Bert will read a message from International President Victor M Johnson and if he is able to fulfill his expected arrival will give a heart to heart talk on some phase of Ben Cornell will deliver the main on Kiwanis so comu out sure and be filled with enthusiasm An inspiring meeting guaranteed Tlie secretary will be at tlie S P Hotel at twelve o'clock sharp to take care of any checks the members may wish to brine At the gang cats There is a new pet at T F Quigley's 520 Third avenue It is a timid young grey fox who will doubtless develop a richer color as the year moves on but kindness rather than color in- him at the present ment and his little dog were in the far corner of the park when the dog started chasing the youngster which had been in Downey's nephew attending school put a chain over the fox's neck and it was taken to appears to he in the liveliest mood arter being fed and fussed But some day a e ill will come from the desert nud the next SOVIET MEDICAL MES TO MEET By Associated Press MOSCOW Jan the first time since the Bolshevik revolution a congress of the physicians and surgeons of all the countries comprised in t lie Soviet Union is to be held here next With the congress thero is also to be held an exhibition of eal progress This exhibition will consist not only of objects loaned or donated by Russian medical men but medical museums and institutions in other tries also will be requested to loan some of their material 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 NEVADA TO ACT If ITH ARIZON CBv Associated Press CARSON CITY Nev Jan his biennial message delivered today to the legislature Gov J G Scrugham said regard Boulder yon Qam that it seemed advisable for Nevada and Arizona to join iu a new compact to protect the interests of both states in the waters Col- river time anyone sees fox will be four and a half miles the other THINKS FAR EAST SHOULD HAVE DPI Ariz Jail Kilmer M Joyce manager of a duilo who Is on trial in tlie superior court here charged with murdering Jose a on a neighboring ranch today sat visible traces of emotion while witnesses told how he shot through the chest and ran the yard where he fell and put another bullet into his and then expressed his desire his lunch before going to Wilcox to surrender 01 the nine witnesses called by the defense today five told of two shots fired in the ranch building and seeing Whitely from the building and fall in the road Joyce with liable followed him shot him through tiie head as lay on the ground He then gave his gun to one of nfs em- ployes and went into the lining rooni where he finished his lunch before going to the sheriff's in Wilcox After the shooting Joyce said lo those nearby I am sorry hut he my wife three limes and no man can insult my wife and live Hy Associated Press GENEVA Switzerland Jan So serious a situation developed here today at the international opium conference that many of the delegates walked back to their hotels convinced of the complete breakdown of the party Viscount Cecil of Childwood the chief British who Is fighting against the American admits things are critical He said he would oppose tho new American proposals for the pression of opium smoking in the east within fifteen years because it would mean deceiving the world and killing British profits The Irish delegation broke away from the British after declaration of the principles James Rivera Bom Here Died Sunday Another of native sons went ol Ills rest Sunday molding when James born September S died at the home of his sister Mrs Ross dan on Prison HilU Rivera had been ill for the past three months and death was due to heart failure following pneumonia will be held this ing at eight o'clock at the Catholic church and the funeral will take tile house at p.m The wide circle of tlie lends are asked to attend the vice HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS WILL BUILD UNIT While the Boy Scout movement is being furthered in the Camp Fire Girls are also ing in numbers Following tlic visit of Miss Florence state field secretary of the Gamp Fire on January S and il at least one group will be organized in the Grammar school It is probable moreover that a number of troops may be formed in the county The and Camp Fires organized in October 1923 April 1024 respectively have become known in the com- munity in various ways the most prominent being their sponsoring and managing the community Christmas tree in 1924 Both organizations plan to camp at least a week during the coming summer with their guardians For this purpose they are arranging de- vices for raising tlie necessary funds On Friday January 23 at S p.m the Soangetaha girls will hold a public card party at the home of Porter J Preston at 817 Second avenue They are now selling kets for a company limited to 12 tables or players Anyone ing reservation should apply to any of the girls at once or to Miss guardian HOARD TO CONTROL FRENCH TOUT HAVRE By Associated Press HAVRE Jan French government has ed autonomy to the port of Havre The action provides that ail improvements and other dispositions respecting the port need no longer have the approval of the ministry of s The control ot harbor construction and nn Ar DR EARL OF 4 HOLLAND'S OF AT IS FORMALLY OPENED 4 By Associated Press TUB HAGUE Jan A Rotary club was formally opened here recently by B Verkade member of tile board y of Rotary International In tlie absence of the i- minister Louis A Sussdorf first secretary of the legation explained the growth and H- gress of Rotary iu America and toasted its success in land Burgomaster ot The Hague gave the new ter his official blessing i- There are now four Rotary centers in Holland 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Dr Earl Page treasurer of the Commonwealth of Australia ac companied by his wife J chief the Commonwealth and V Bagot private secretary to tlie treasurer will arrive in Yuma on next afternoon according to advices received Porter J Preston manager Yuma Project Dr Page travelers come to Yuma to inspect the Yuma project and while here the party will be the guests of the reclamation service and will be entertained by a com- from the chamber of commerce Dr Page is visiting the United Slates to study finance taxation highway construction electric development reclamation works and trade He arrived at er ten days ago and is making a visit at all of the important on the coast on his way to Yuma Dr Page is one of the most important men in world affairs erf on in December the case will be who have visited Yuma in recent I called this morning in the ANOTHER T if it goes on like this Yuma will be able to vie with Reno In that they are hitched here at a marvelous rate and un- hitched in the Nevada Robert T Hawkins deputy county health officer who re- sides at took for better or worse yesterday Ethel Ann Scheerer of and r cording o all reports they will malie a very charming couple to the one guessing the total 41 puzzle in the dialect We will give a number marriages in Yuma iu FIX DATE OF TRIAL For the purpose of fixing the date for the hearing of the trial of A 1 iVale of Somerton charged with shooting Ben Stapp at years lie is a man of world wide reputation and comes to Yuma to see the Yuma tion works won fame at home and abroad as one of the most comprehensive safe unique reclamation systems yet constructed house AM IT TO PASS It cost C W Rogers day for forgetting thero is a speed ill the city Judge Stanley got the ten bucks Rivera Colorado River Is Gradually Rising Mean daily gage heights in feet and mean discharge in second feet of the Colorado river at Yuma Arizona for the week ending Jan as supplied by the Bureau of Jan 11 3.700 3.800 M 15.85 15 Subject to correction by auto- matic recorder operations 1393 Licenses Go To Automobile Owners Auto licenses issued to date slightly exceed the number issued at this time last year the tax col office reporting 59 ahead The applications come in steadily ami it keeps the office staff going all the time and it looks as if ers of buggies see to it this year that they do not unduly delay entitles them to the poor taking out the hit of paper which pedestrians to the sidewalk LISTEN forth he under the direct con- trol of the Chamber of Com- of Havre and a board appointed by the government 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 r 4 4.4 4 4 4 SAY TROOPS ARE ENOUGH AT SHANGHAI fBv Press WASHINGTON Jan despatch to the Naval ment here from senior naval of- at Shanghai considered the number of troops there tn keep the defeated nese forces out of the foreign concessions In the city The line for protection of the foreign settlement established during the disturbances in hai last fall will be and such forceful measures as tho occasion requires will be used COMMITTEE Jan confirmed today the of the majority nf tile committee criticising the oil leases The report submitted in the ing days of last session by Senator Walsh Mon prosecutor for the committee was approved by vote 40 to 30 after the senate had re- by to a minority re- port presented by Sen Spencer of Mo on behalf of himself and four other Republicans the tee Action came after comparatively brief debate of the subject which occupied much of the of the senate at the last session and led to the institution of the ing suits by the government to cancel the leases of the naval reserve granted to and Sinclair by Albert B Fail then secretary of the interior As the American Legion has secured the regular mooting j hall ol the Eagles the Worthy President announced there will be no lodge meeting YORK Jan tomorrow cotton market closed steady at net 7 points lower to B 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 higher 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 T JUDGE 4 George Brown Rector Alec Thomas and Harry Martin all left town yesterday at the earnest imitation of Judge S F iey who promised them fully that if they hit the zon within thirty minutes they would not have to do ninety days When the thirty minutes were up the Judge was alone reading Over the hills and far away v i II iy against the laws of the state for Hindus to hold land and I am going to see that those laws ire adhered to in this regard as far as Yuma county is stated County Attorney Kelley yes The matter had Inced with reference to the action which had been taken by the Inter- post council of the American Legion in the Imperial valley who mve pointed out to District ney law regarding Hindu was being evaded in devious ways in the Imperial Valley is distinctly l hey have no right to run in the continued the county official and there have been complaints from many sources the law is not being carried out It will be necessary to secure concrete evidence on the subject so that there will be no evading the law on a technicality Blr Kelley has been studying the application of law to the angles of the situation and as as he has got he threads of all the work of his department woven together he will make a ve in accordance with the com- plaints EVERY PHASE WOULD PLANT SOME HISTORY IN ALUMNI F C University of Arizona To increase the available mation the history of prominent persons and places in Arizona and to have this written in a presentable and sive form Dean P C Lockwood ot Letters Arts and Sciences at the University of Arizona has started a contest distinctly laid down a Juniors and Seniors at the University for the best judges will bo the head of tlie ry department of the University e State Historian and some er pioneer of tlie state to he chosen later SAN Calif Jan 20 Tucker special officer on the Atcheson Topeka and Santo The democrats voted so idly railroad and two prisoners were bv almost instantly killed tonight at Bostow Calif when they were the Walsh report and joined Republicans and one vote j struck by the east bound California I Limited according to a telephone j message received here by Sheriff Tucker had taken his two FOR MTST WORK from a box car in the Santi AM WOMBS MUST stepped n front of ithe fast passenger train and they 4 4 to pieces There will be on oyster supper at 6 o'clock Saturday night j the Southern Pacific hotel which I will hi given by tlie Ladles Aid of the Methodist church Tlie feature of tho repast will ho that the ladies will do the and the men will he calling Who wants the handsome for they have promised to dn the dish handling act for the diners The annual meeting of the ona Good Roads association will convene in Phoenix next Monday for n two or three days session Peler T Robertson of this city is the president of the Judge Robertson stales inasmuch as Yuma has the president of the association it is up to Yuma to send a big this meeting of the good roads association of the state He thinks that twenty-five would not be too much and he is appealing to the ber of commerce the Kiwanis nnd other civic organizations of to get behind the movement to send a large representation to this meeting There are a good many members ot the Arizona Good Roads association in ind they are all entitled to attend ami be heard at the gathering Judge Robertson states that hr some interesting some early day locar tun sketch pioneer or Dean Lockwood has taken con- interest during the past several years In the history ot the state of Arizona and especially in the history of those events that are characteristic of pioneers and pi- oneer days in the West To stimulate interest in the test Dean Lockwood is personally offering dollars for of twenty-five the best sketch The Opal Cathcart 16 Being Searched For Imperial Valley officers from the sheriff's department are reported as searching tlie Mexican hordei south of for Opal daughter of a well known rancher east of She bst week presumably with a boy friend and Sheriff Charlie of Imperial county has been ing the country for traces of tho girl he having received tion at Blythe that led him to search at the border Sheriff Jim Chappeli has had no report as to the likelihood of the girl having come this way nor he heard if Ihr fun sheriff being ihla side o line his quest Kiwanis for the year arid each is looked to to fulfil his ob- ligation as a committeeman It is to be a snappy year in Yuma ind in any snapping to be committee responsible effort are supposed to howl and let the members is going on The following are responsible parties selected to give tho pack call whenever anything crosses their COMMITTEES Club H Riloy chairman Geo W Lynn J ft Membership and W H Rankin L Alexander C Robertson Business L terson chairman Rev W J 1 H King Public Doan man Max ton Goodwill and R R Knotts chairman B F Gelding A dry chairman G E Wilson Fly Kiwanis A Clonts chairman Kelley H Laws and Ingraham chairman Ray Campbell Jas Farmer chairman Earl Hall Harry Duty Tuttls chairman Harry Longstreth chairman S R Caruthers E G Noble Under R Heineman chairman L Lowe man JB L Simpkins Joe Dunbar WAST TO Associated Press Jim he to Inform the senate what steps have been Jaken with respect to re- presentations against the tion of guns on the States battleships today by Sen Dem will ill no event stand for tion as president and that he does not wish to name his successor hut that he would like to invite the next meeting Yuma and will do so if tho chamber of commerce will extend the invitation which they no doubt will do Tlie main tiling right now is to get a large number of to this meeting Any one who can or will go should leave their names with W Alexander tarv oi tin Yuma chamber of com- F Shaw has been elected president and Dale Cooper tary respectively of the chamber of commerce lioth are of the celebration committee OF A IS COMMENT OF LEADER v OF LOCAL v II is a of- a picture the liest of its kind I ever the comment of last night after he had viewed the showing of Tho Battalion at tho Lyric theater and others echoed his appreciation of this true to of a world famous episode in the late war When the picture was thrown on the screen tho house was packed and every phase of the was with keenest interest by every one of the This was prepared without any sentimental and the creation of impossible situations and all the men who could bo found who were pre- sent in tho thrilling episode were utilized In the screen version so that episodes could ho in- as they occurred Uy Associated Press Ariz Jan law making chinery state is grinding steadily away though both houses of the Arizona legislature but a short time in open session today But while apparently at ease the standing committees o i both houses were busily en- gaged in passing on the 66 measures that now con- front the law making bo lies county n memorial calling on to five million mor in to the state for th if and highways stated that because iie th aider the enabling tho state had received very little revenue TRIED FOR Ian will his hearing tomorrow Jean who was the leading mnn amoni tlie colored people in tho valloy He was arrested the Ensenada and Sheriff Gillet and Deputy ling brought him hacb tn stand trial J 4 4 4 4 Asn r MEKT Tho II P W Club will v Thursday night at eight v o'clock at the Clubhouse for a Kach and is especially j o he present 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
