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Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-23
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Confronted BY the choice OF poiltics
or principles, political expedicncy or
unfaltering steadfastness on behalf Of
the people whose burdens he has prom
ised to tighten, Friend Richardson has
not wavercd. He will not truckle TO
the machine for votes. He is true to
the people, who have been the victims
of political extravaganza. He and his
associates in the campaign for re-
turn of the state government to pop
ular control know that the people will
be true to him. The people thereby
will only be true to themseives.-LOng
Beach Telegram.
| Placer county has seven newspapers
three Democratic and four Republi
can, and all are supporting Friend W
Richardson for governor at the coming
election. The Democratic papers arr
Auburn Herald, Rosevlle Register
Lincoln News Messenger. The Repub
liean papers are Auburn Journal, Rose
Vile Tribune, Colfax Record ano
Loomis Reeorder.-Ed.
A Richardson-f for Governor Club hai
been organized in Placer county will
| headquarters dt AuDuIh, hoocVhic
Lincoln and Colfax.- AL. II. Broyer, as
SCISSOR of Placer county has charge Of
the organization of these clubs and re
ports that Mr.. Richardson will viii
that county by a majority of not les
than one thousand.--Placer Herald.
G. +. Rinehart, life long Demo
lerat and editor of the Coyina Citizen
has announced that he and his papel
will support Friend w. Richardson fo
governor in the coming campaign. III
lsays: ''As the lines ar now drawn
there is nothing about Thomas Wool
wine IS platform to invite any deccn
lvoter to his standard. He has made hi
bed and now he must lie in it, o.
|such platform, should he win, hi
victory would be defeat to himself, ;
misfortune for the state and insult t
the Constitution of his country, whicl
lie has swofn to defend"
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-23
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell OF
Imperial Valley for This Day
in Past Years
TWENTY ONE YEARS AGO
October %, 1922

There are now two towns which
have passed to the point of occular
demonstration in the Imperial country.
These are Imperial and Calexico. There
are other communities which give
signs of develop1hgy townsites but none
have been. dcff1afely, fixed as such.
A. W. Pattong one of the "old tim
ers'' in the valley having lived here
|half year, is building neat cottage
ION East Ninth Street.
|, The first social g 'tfunction' ever
held in Imperial Valley at the Christ
ian church last night. Mrs. W. A.
Edgar and Miss Jessie Hudleston, and
son Carl, gave musical numbers on the
piano and violin. Several brief adj
dresses by citizens completed the pro-
gram. A good time followed.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-23
Tom Sims Says

People will put up with bad egg
until he is broke.
1t ism t the baby's crying at night.
1t is the upkeep.
Lots of people go around hunting
temptations to avoid.
In these days Of divorce. you never
know movie actress last name -un
til she dies. r
Rumor says Babe Ruth will be sold
1t will take good salesman.
What is harder than borrowing
money the day before pay dayf
Steinmetz says four hours is a day ::
work. The boss says it is hard to ge
a man to work that long.
These hints on how to cook some
thing should tell how to get it.
Astronomer says he can see crop
growing on the moon. They don''
grow that fast here.
One beauty secret is: frowns arr
wrinkles.
Houses are not as scarce as they
were, but the rent is.
One man tells US he stays away
from church because he swas married
in a church.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-23
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
October 23. 1922

Young Peoples Union give delight
full picnic at Whsle ranch with large
attendance.
Closing down of mines in Arizona
due to financial conditions causes lab
|orers to flock to the valley and wages
go down.
Rain in Los Angeles with snow cap
|ped mountains round about produce
novel weather situation for the season
Great demand for lumber in all
Towns of the valley indicate rapid
|growth and development.
Supreme court annuls receivership
|of California Development Company
Secretary of. the Interior Fishe:
lcomes to inspect the valley i'll the in
Iterest of control works an .approprla
tion for which has been asked by the
county.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-23
Bedtime Stories
UNCLE w1GGILY's CAMPFIRE
Copyright, 1922, By Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate
By HOWARD r. GARIS

Nurse Jane Fuzzy WuZzy Was wash
ing dishes lin the hollow stump bunga-
low one morning, when she heard a
banging, slattering noise out IN the
woodshed, a.
,, .sWho is there?" called the muskrat
lady housekeeper, for she thought per
haps it might be the Woozie Wolf or
the Fuzzy Fox.
81 am here!'' came the answer, and
Nurse Jane knew, right away, that 1T
was Uncle Wiggily himself.
"What are you doing out there, Mr..
Longears?'' asked the muskrat lady.
ssIf YOU are bringing me in some wood,
thank you just the same, but | don t
need any now.
- am getting some wood, answered
the bunny gentleman, ''but it is for
myself, not for you.
"Arc you going to start fire.
asked Nurse Jane.
~ am answered Uncle Wiggily.
81 am going off in the forest and start
little camp fire, ] am taking some of
NV dry wood for often the wood of
the forest is damp and will not burn
we'll / am going to have camp fire,
NuTSt JdHt, Nou tohN "iN'
watch it burn, if you like.
'Thank you for the invitation, y
spoke Nurse Jane, as she watched I'm
Gle Wiggily hop out on the path with
| his paws filled with kindlings, "only
can I go--I must finish work around
the bungalow -
"Well, perhaps later, when you have
| finished, you II come to the woods and
sit beside the campfire went on I'm
cle Wiggily. cat this time of year
| when winter is coming, there is moth
| ing so fine as sitting near campfire
roasting potatoes or apples, or popping
corn. That s what IN going to do. ,
| Hop alonglo laughed Nurse Jane
"I may come out TO see you later ii
the day"
| Uncle Wiggily hopped off toward The
woods to start his little campfire, car
rying with him some dry kindlings
/ In his pockets the bunny had somt
apples and potatoes. lie wanted t'
pop some corn, but he could not TAX,
the pepper with him, and he thought
perhaps he could 90 back for that late
on
Thinking what n good time he wa
going to have, Uncle Wiggily wa
humming TO himself a little tune whel
all at once, there was Il rustling in th'
bushes beside the path.
The bunny gentleman hoped back
thinking perhaps the Skillery Scaller,
Alligator was going to pop out, but /
was only Baby Bunty, the little rabbi
girl
"Tagl You're i'll" cried Buniy t
Uncle Wiggily.
/ "Oh, my! | can't play tag now!
painted the bunny uncle. "You fright
ened me so that | am all out 0
brcath!' He sat down on Il log
GLOW did | frighten you"' aske
Baby Bunty.
81 thought you were the Alligator!
said Uncle Wiggly.
Il "Oh, hol IIo!" laughed Baby Bunt,
Why, / don t look bit like AN All
gator, do j? l haven't any doubl
jointed tail!'
"I know you haven " agreed VI
I, cle Wiggily, bait ! didn't see you |
first. However, can . play tag, j.
too nervous. Besides, ! want to mal
i little fire in the woods, pretend ! I
camping and sit by the embcrs an
roast apples and POTATOES
'1Oh, may | comes' begged Bah
Bunty, and Uncle Wiggily sad 81
might. ~ sounds very jolly laughe
Baby Bunty.
II The bunny uncle and the little ra
bit girl went hopping through the wood
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-23
THE PARTY OR THE NATION

he banner of party strife has been raised declares
oyd George in his first address to the people tfoowing
his fall as premier "The people must decide whether
the party or the nation comes first"
And the principle Of party government in Britain is
to be put the test 1t not be decision be-
tween nation and the party depending the position
of the party there is to be determination of how
strongly the Brsher to adhere to tradition and how
free he is to prove when the to separate
himself from party leadership and to follow policies for
their sake.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-17
HELPING STUDENTS TO HELP THEMSELVES

|S Helping students to help themselves is a worthy OBJECT.
dung people who are ambitious for an education, but lind
tmselyes handicapped because of a lack Of funds are de-
living of all the assistance that can be given them. .Such|
hnambition is the foundation of great careers. The boy or
LII who. in the face of the greatest obstacles, perseveres|
Ina secures an education is the boy or girl upon whom the
tonntrv can rely for the accomplishment OF big things In the
itlre. 49,.
.wNf-s A most praiseworthy movement, therefore,. that
liz Perth Amboy Teachers Association has started TO give
Ii1 to worthy pupils in the local schools. The idea is to raise
/ k1nd from which certain amounts can be loaned to deserv-
hk students who promise to pay back the borrowed amount
|okether with interest, when they nave got thef start anu
eah spare the money.
Essi 600 shows the interest that the teachers take in the
Eslfare of their scholars. 1t speaks well for the city when
/ has in charge of its schools teachers who are willing to
personal sacrifices for the benefit of the children I'M
Her them. It is a spirit that means much for the future OF
pdrth Ambov and shows that the majority OF the local
keachers see something more than dollars and cents in the
befvice that they are performing.
Such a worthy movement as this deserves all the sup
hort it can receive. Surely with such an example as the
keachers have set, once the purpose OF the FUND IS reallzed
khere ought to be no difficulty in securing an ample amount.
Frrue to its high ideals to assist every worthy cause, the
Rotarv Club has got behind the movement with an influence
that counts big. The more the people hear OF TINS worthy
eause the more willing they will be to assist.
Z Perth Amboy has a great many deserving pupils VINO are
hnxious for an education, but who find themselves severely
handicapped. These boys and girls are going to be the men
hand women of tomorrow and the better equipped they are
Ior taking I'D the responsibilities, the better the city will be.
Erhe students loan fund cannot help but be an important
|factor in advancing the cause of education in this commu-
|niiv. giving aid where the assistance is most deserving.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-17

tic government in France or Eng
land could survivs for a week. The
people would make an end Of 1t.
I saw a good deal also of my old
friends, the taxicab drivers, and
found then. muck improved in man
ners anu, I hope. in morals.
I did net meet with a single pir-
ate among them.
OF course. they growled about the
price of gasoi'ne-and with justice.
Bur so far az / could see they play
ed no tricks with their fares. They
were as obliging and cheerful as you
can expect men with a rough life to
be, and they were always grateful
for the sntdl. bonus added to their
too low legal fare.
Let me wind up this interview In
two sentences:
The chief cause of the present
troubles of TIL world is moral-lack
Of thought and dizziness of heart
amCEg lis men.
America must help Europe, of
course, but the best way In which
she cal do this i. by helping Europe
to understand and help herself; the
time for dropping pennies in the hat
has gone CIV.
Copyright, 1922, N. E. A.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-17
RARIrAN BAY VS.. JAMAICA BAY

II A hearing is to be held by the Rivers and Harbors Com
Ihtee of the House of Representatives at washington on
idrbor improvements on Monday. Acting Mayor Murray
hilbert of New York, plans to be present to urge a thirty foot
hsnnel in Jamaica bay. This Jamaica bay is Tammanys
III hobby. Nothing is left undone to keep the Jamaica bay
eelopment constantly before the pubic.
81. In the meantime Raritan bay, with winch Jamaica Is
~ to be compared as far as facilities for commerce are con-
erned. is seldom heard of. A thirty foot channel in farltan
Nv in connection with the developments that the city pro-
dses would be the making of Perth Amboy. 1t would soon
aise the city to 400, 900 population class. 1t is not neces-
arv to argue over what this would mean to every property
Syner and every business man in Perth Amboy.
FL The wonder is, then, why this Raritan bay development
senot backed up more enthusiastically at every opportunity
ven if there is not the slightest chance of getting the neces-
sfy appropriation this year for any big improvement, it is
1iy by keeping Raritan bay constantly before the public and
articularly those public officials that have to do with such
tings. that the necessary recognition will ever be gwen
Jamaica bay will have a spokesman at the congressional
caring Monday advocating a thirty foot channel. Why not
Iaritan bay?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-17
NOW FOR A REAL CITY PLAN

The new City Plan Commission has started OIL IN a busl-
ness like way. Those who make up this board are high class
business men of this community who have the welfare OF the
cltv at heart. They are fully aware of their powers and re
If we judge them correctly they are going
ko make Perth Amboy a city really worth while or they are
to get out.
City planning, to be done properly, is not to be handled
Ia a irifling manner. Either it has got TO be done on a big
Scale looking far into the future or it ought to be let alone
|That seems to be the principle on which the new board is
|going about its work. If This board is given the support that
HI ought to have there is no question about the results. With
Gn a few wears everyone will be forced to admit that the city
|plan is the biggest thing that could be accomplished for
Perth Amboy.
In this connection it is apparent that city coming legti-
Imately comes under the jurisdiction of the City Plan Com
Emission. Too many fingers in the pie are bound to.spoil it.
Besides the unnecessary expense, it is only complicating
matters to have 50 many boards, each with separate engi-
Ineers, performing practically the same task.
With such men as the mayor has named on the City
plan Commission the whole responsibility may easily be
placed upon them and the taxpayers can rest assured that
the expense will be kept down to a minimum while, at the
[same time, Perth Amboy's future will be amply provided
flor. Give the City Plan ommission full leeway so that i
can show the people what il can really do.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-17
HASKIN TELLS OF CHILD
PkODICIES AFTER LIFE
Daily Letter by Frederic j. Haskin

NEW YORK CITY. Feb. IL
What becomes of child prodigies
after they grow up? Do they go
right on being prodigies or do they
lose their pristine p~recocity?
The answer to this question. re-
Gently given by several prominent
New York educators and ~lsycnolo-
gists, Is that child genIuses Inva-
riably turn out well. They not only
develop into adults of unusual in
telligence and energy. but they often
exhibit rare creative ability as well.
In the old days when children
were supposed to be seen and o
heard, there existed a general pref
udice against encouraging youthful
manifestations of genius. The juve-
nile brain was regarded as some
thing frail and unstable and very
likely t. eclipse under unusual
strain or pressure. The child who
showed superior talent in the class
room was looked upon in the COM
munity as one unquestionably head
ed for an insane asylum or a life of
crime, and his parents were more
often the objects of neighborly COM
passion than congratulation.
This attitude probably originated
in jealousy on the part of parents
whose offspring exhibited no undue
indications of brightness, and from
| what we know of the power of sug-
/! gestion today, it may have had its
own harmful effects. But 1t was,
| modern, scientists tell us. alto
| gsther without foundation. For re-
search has revealed the fact that
there is not only much less insan-
ity among geniuses than ar.on the
common lot of people, but that they
are usually exceptionally healthy
folk as well.
Innumerable examples could be
| quoted in proof of this. but a few
conspicuous ones rece: thy set forth
! by Professor Rudolph Binder, of
New York University, will suffice.
Socrates Did Wen
Lets begin with Socrates" said
| Professor Binder. 1.-THE great phil
osopher served as a hoolite. which
means that he was a member OF
what we in modern terms would
designate as shock troops. He was
20 years old when he was compelled
to drink the hemlock.
Coming down many centuries
| Sir Isaac Newton lived to be 81
and was strong and hearty and a
hard worker till within a short time
of his death. Darwin was born with
q rugged constitution, which he ruin
ed by his failure to take care of it
but it enabled him to accomplish a
remarkable amount of work before
he died at the age of 10.
1T proof were needed that Her
bert Spencer was born with an iron
constitution it would be provided by
that incident in his boyhood when
at the age of 10 he walked As miles
one day, Al the second and 20 the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-17
Moral Malady Grips
World, Van Dyke Says
By DIR. HENRY VAN Y

Who has just returned from Europe.
in an Interview with Edward
Thicrry for N. Il A. Service, Inc.
PRINCErON.-Thc war was
caused in great par. by a disregard
Of national psychology. Germany,
obsessed by the Hohenzollern myth.
was utterly unable to put herself in
the place Of other nations and I'M
derstand how they felt.
A somewhat similar lack of psy-
Geological sympathy is the main
thing that imperils peace at the pres
ent hour
lf the nations would only try to do
unto others as they would have 9TH
ers 10 unt> them at least half of the
difficulties that beset Europe, and
that seriously affecr the United States
would melt away.
But the other half would remain
AMI would have to be dealt with by
practical measures, like those which
have recently been undertaken at
the Washington Conference and car
ried through to a success which,
though not yet complete, Is greater
than the friends OF permanent peace
dared to hope at the outset.
Tine condition of affairs in Europe
certainly is not altogether good. But
It might easily be worse. The task
Of pea~ce-loving nations at the pres
ent moment Is to prevent that de-
terioration. If that can be stopped
the natural forces OF good which re-
side in humanity will gradually
bring aboit an improvement in in
dustry, trade. finance and all the
arts of peece
/ do not believe that humanity is
bankrupt. civilization shipwrecked.
ana the world doomed to d%estruc-
ton. That idea is a delusion of
.hysteria in minds Of a certain type,
shell-shocked by the war and not
yet returned to normal and reason
able ways of thinking.
But the mass OF people in Amer
lea and even in Europe r really
not like that. They enjoy their vic
tua,s ami their sleep, their simple
pleasures ana their family relations.
They low, their home and their
country and are willing to work for
them. Indeed, they would much
rather work for them quietly than be
sho. to pieces for them. That is why
they a e hungry for peace.
My estimate of the situation is
not official. 1t is simply the opinion
Of s. private person who has knock
ed abou. the world for 70 years and
beeA in close relations with all sorts
and conditions Of men.
On this visit to England and
France ) met the leading statesmen
Of both countries and heard them
| talk in the freedom of private in
tercourse. Neither France nor Eng
| lana is militaristic or imperialistic,
| whatever ba bb,ers may profess to be-
lieve to the contrary No militaris-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-17

Q.-WerA theye many strikes in
this country during the recent war?
A. G. f.
A. The oficia record of the De-
partmept OF Labor show that there
were 6,205 strikes and lockouts in
the United States during the period
extending from u entrance into
the war until the signing of the ar
mistice. It IS claimed. however, that
none Of these strikes or lockouts
lasted long enough or was serious
enough to handicap our forces in
France.
@. How much tea is drunk in the
United States?-M. s. IL.
A. In the fisca! year, 1921. the
net importation of tea amounted
to 71.48e,507 pounds. This allowed
for the consumption of st pounds by
eacn person in tbs country.
@. Arc officers in the Spanish
American War and World Wal elig-
ible to membership in the LOYAL L.
gior Pr. d.
A. Service in these wars in itself
would not entitle officers to men,
bership in the Military Order of the
Loyal Legion. They might, however.
inherit eligibility from fathers or
grandfathers who served as officers
in the Civil War. or subsequently
became officers, having been p~rivates
at rhe time Of the Civil War.
@. How dc the word "Dago" or
igirate ?--B. H.
A. Ore explanation of the term
"Dago" is that it is a corruption of
the Spanish word Diego equivalent
to the English name james" or
Jack" The term was formerly APP
| piled by sailors to Sraniards, Portu-
gueee and Italian in general. Some
authorities believe that the word
is merely a corruption of the nick
name derived from "Hidalgo," for
merly used Of any foreigner from La
tin Europe.
@. Can a porcupine throw its
quIlls?-L. l.. Fl.
A. Tie qr.ills of g. porcupine are
quite loosely attached to the body
and when 1t slaps with it's tail, as 1t
| does IN self-defense, some quilts may
be cent quite a distance. This is all
the foundation there seems to be to
the popular belief that the porcupine
| throws its quilts at an enemy.
Q. Can you give me the complete
| quotation about BLESSINGS on him
who invented sleep ?'-I. M. c.
A. Tile quotation is from the
'Don Quixote" of Cervantes, and is
\ as follows: Nov, blessings light on
him that first invented this same
sleep! T. covers a mar all over,
| thoughts and ali, like a cloak; it is
meat for The hungry, drink for the
| thirsty. heat for the cold. and cold
| for the hot.\ 1t is the current coin
| that purchases all the pleasures of
| the world cheap. and the balance
that sets the kim and the shepherd,
| the fool ami the wise man, even"
q. VIII, invented slot machines?
&. r. A..
A. Coin in the slot machines were
known 200 years r c., and 1t is pro-
bab,e that Ctesitius invented them.
| Thay were used to dispense purify
ing water 10 Egyptian worshipers as
they entered the temple. Five
drachmae had to be dropped In the
machine in order to receive the IL
quid. Slot machines did not come
into general use until about 100 years
ago.
G. What was the origin of the
expression no escaped by the skin
Of bis teeth OR. e.
A. In the nineteenth chapter OF
Job, twentieth verse, is to be found
the sentence II am escaped with
the skin Of my teeth" which gives
4 probable biblical origin for all the
expressons relative to escaping by
the skin Of the teeth.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-17

SINS

~UOmSIm
Twinkle, twinkle movie star: how
We wonder what you are.
Peggy Joyce is writing a book on
my Husbands" which probably Will
tell all abcIt their wife.
Alaskan railroad is complete at
both ends: out can't make ENDS meet.
One argument against cheek-to-
cheek dancing is that by midnight
all have the sam complexion.
Eat. drink and be merry and to-
morrow you will have to reduce.
Chicago says she has only 10000
criminals. I,ots of Ter jail b1rds must
be south for the winter.
The proper time tic buy more coal
seems to have been last fall.
zap island wouli be a fine place to
put Hollywood.
Some auto owners think a street
car ought to turn up an alley when
it sees theIl coming.
Blessed are the poor in salary for
| they shall pay no income tax.
Fine motto: Open your eyes and
shut your mouth.
Nice thing about coal miners strik-
| ing in April is it isn't ice men.
Hush. little Shoals. don't you cry;
Henry will get You. by and by.
Just one sentence from a woman
! is going to keep a ma in 20 years.
| She was 6. woma juG5e.
A wrinkle IS a grin gone wrong.
Headline "Trouble in Ireland" has
| changed to ireland in Trouble"
Again we ask the phone company
| for a book showing the wrong num-
bers to call TO get the right ones.
All work and no play makes Jill a
dull wife.
BRYAN started running for the
senate early; but perhaps he has a
long way to. rum.
Paris Notwithstanding" gown
was probably named when a mans
wife asked him what he was looking
at.
Time flies; it's roarly fly time.
Railroad asks U. s. for $31. 900. 009
When did our government so back
under railroad control?
Gaily colorsd stockings are a fea-
ture of spring fashions so big bust
ness is expected by hammock max
ers.