ALL-AMERICAN
CANAL PROJECT
BEING FORMED
M WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Construction of an all
American canal along the California
border to remove from Mexican con
trol the system of the Imperial valley;
the largest irrigation project in the,
* United States, is contemplated in M
bill Representative Kettner of Cali
fornia plans to introduce in the house.
It will make provision for opening to
purchase or settlement by honorably
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discharged soldiers, sailors and ma
rines with war service of 200,000 acre%
of public lands on the east mesa bit
the valley, which will be irrigable
from the proposed canal.
The bill is a redraft worked out
during the holiday recess by a sub
committee of the house committee on
irrigation of arid lands, which has had:
several measures designed to relieve
the situation existing in Imperial val
ley under consideration. Hearings be
fore the committee brought out that
the crops of the Imperial valley, which
residents said reached a value of $60,
000,000 annually, are dependent upon
the uninterrupted flow of the main ca
rnal of the irrigation system which,
from the diversion point on the Colo
rado river, swings through Mexican
territory for forty miles before dis
tribution is made to the American
ranchers. The water users on the
Mexican side, where over 100,000
acres are being irrigated, do not wish
to join in the maintenance of the main
canal and the protective works in
Mexico, according to testimony pre
sented to the congressional com
mittee.
Relief is sought through the building
of a high line canal entirely on Ameri
can soil, making necessary a cut
through a low range of sand hills,
which the present main canal avoids,
by the detour into Mexico. Approxi
mately 400,000 acres of withdrawn
public lands, similar in quality to that
of the Imperial valley, hut lying above
the present Imperial canal system,
will come under the proposed all
American canal, according to recla-i;
mation service estimates. Under the
Kettner bill 200,000 acres would be
^opened to purchase by war veterans
at $1.25 an acre, or, at the discretion
of the secretary of the interior, he
reserved for opening under such sol
dier settlement legislation as the con
gress may enact.
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How Does the Mystery Man Know About the Mole?
PORT CHESTER, N. Y.—Philip R. Fisher is not a connoisseur on moles.
A jury decided after a trial of seven hours and deliberation of ten minutes
that he is particularly indifferent about moles on the backs of the girls of
Rye. Therefore that community is all
liet up again over the problem: Who
is the girl with a mole on her back
who steals apples, and who is the
man that has examined the backs of
half a dozen lassies to find the one
with a mole who steals apples?
For several nights a man, strange
in Rye, waylaid girls in lonely by
ways, compelled them to lower their
waists and examined their backs with
a flashlight, explaining that a girl with
a mole between her shoulders had
stolen apples in his orchard. The police arrested Fisher, who is a representa
tive of the American Steel Export company, with offices in New York and a
home in Port Chester. He established perfectly good alibis.
Miss Adelaide Zamba, who is seventeen and has no moles, and a back that
would look well in an evening gown, told the jury that on the night of Octo
ber 22, in Rye, a stranger pointed a revolver that inspired her escort to seek
other regions and seek them fast. The stranger then flashed a shield and
compelled the girl to proceed with him to a clump of bushes. There he bade
her remove her waist. She refused. He put the revolver close to her face
and she changed her mind.
“You are the girl who has been stealing my apples. I have got you.
Remove your waist,” the man persisted. He scrutinized her back and re
marked as he permitted the girl to go. “I guess you’re not the girl, after all.
I can’t find any moles.”
Other girls took the stand and related similar experiences. But none
could say anything more positive against Fisher than that he resembled the
stranger in a general way.
Fisher shook hands with each of the jurors. He said he was not certain
whether he would seek redress against those causing his arrest. Meanwhile
the sleuths are again hunting the mole-hunter.
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
SUMMONS
In the District Court ror the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division.—Auralee
P. Pritchard, plaintiff, vs. Carl A
Pritchard, defendant.
The President of the United States
of America, greeting to the above
named defendant:
You are hereby required to appear
in the district court for the territory
of Alaska, Third division, within thirty
days after the completion of the pub
lication of this summons, to wit,
within thirty days after the 23d day
of January, 1920, to answer the com
plaint of the above-named plaintiff in
the above-entitled action, wherein
said plaintiff prays that she be given
an absolute decree of divorce from
you forever dissolving the bonds of
matrimony heretofore existing be
tween you and said plaintiff.
And unless you so appear and an
swer, the plaintiff will take judgment
against you for want thereof and will
apply to the court for the relief de
manded in her said complaint as here
inabove set out.
The date of the order for service
by publication herein is December 8,
1919, and such order was duly made
and entered and filed herein on said
date.
The date of the first publication of
this summons is December 9, 1919,
and the date of its last publication is
January 22, 1920.
Witness: The Honorable CHARLES
E. BUNNELL, Judge of the said
Court, and the seal of said Court,
on this 8th day of December, 1919.
(Seal) ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk of the District Court for
the Territory of Alaska,
Third Division.
By JOHN B. MILLER, Deputy.
R. H. L. Noakes, Attorney for
Plaintiff.
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