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The Delta independent., 1922-05-26
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HONOR THE FLAG7

Whereas local patriotic organizations have present
ed to me that there is lack of outward respect mani
tested towards the American Flag when carried by
troops and otherwise officially displayed, by many peo
pie of Delta, and
Whereas, the great important lesson of patriotism is
that of unang devotion to the political institutions of
great republic represented by the fag emblemat
of all that is nobest bravest and best among the
American people, and
Whereas it is believed that this lack of outward res
pect towards the flag by people is altogether due to
lack of knowledge and information the subject now
therefore, T. A. E. Penley Commissioner of Public At
fairs and Ex Oicio Mayor Of the City of Delta, do
quest and officially proclaim that the people of City
shall at all times whenever the American Flag shall be
carried through the streets of Delta by troops other
organizations authorized by law to the flag in
public or when the American Flag shall be otherwise
officially displayed within the corporate limits OF the
CITY of Delta shall make manifest their patriotic devo
ton and respect towards the Flag in the following
ner namely-that all shall stand the flag passes
BY and that all male persons shall remove their hats
with the right hand placing the hat the left shoulder
remaining that position until the flag has passed them
for distance of six PAGES.
Promulgated at Delta, Colorado, this Goth day of
May, 1922.
A. E. PENLEY, Mayor.
The Delta independent., 1922-05-26
We Were Honored.

The editor of the Independent ac-
knowledges with pleasure an invita-
ton to the dedication ceremonies OF
the swimming pool to the city OF
Grand Junction under the auspices OF
the Grand Junction Rotary Club. Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. ]. Meyer are making
the donation.
The Delta independent., 1922-05-26
Is Seriously III.

10 Seriously III.
Friends Of Mrs. Frank Cole will
learn with regret that she has been
very i'll the past week Of pneumonia.
Her son Frank Cole is just recovering
from siege and the care proved too
much for her strength.
The Delta independent., 1922-05-26

Khaki top and adjustable
sunshade; windshield wip-
er; microscope; glass
covered Instruments; gas
oline gauge on dash.
clock; cigar lighter;
handsome nickel bound
luggage trunk mounted on
permanent base; Buick
design drum-type head
and cowl lamps. front
snubbers. carpet in both
front and rear compart-
The Delta independent., 1922-05-26

ments: walnut stering
wheel: heavily nickeled
radiator, step plates,
guard rails and all other
fittings: Tuarc steel
wheels built to Buick
specifications are option
al equipment at an added
cost of $50 IL installed
at the factory; extra
tires or tire covers not
included.
The Delta independent., 1922-05-26
ASH MESA
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Mrs. Lamkin is still on the sick list.
The Tunget children have been hav-
ing siege of chicken pox-
Eva Knob spent Thursday afternoon
Imperial Valley press., 1922-08-14
A DICTATORSHIP FOR ITALY?

When Republican Rome in big trouble, domestic
or foreign the custom to dictator who should
hold supreme and absolute power till the crisis passed
Sometimes Camillus Fabius, to check the raw
ages of Gauls or Carthagnians, sometimes only man
of experience in politics iron out dispute between
tcans and pebans which threatened to disrupt the state
Now twentieth century Italy, veXed beyond usual by
the disputes political parties and finding that the system
of parliamentary government does not solve her problem
considers to the method of the fourth century
B. c. as means quietng the Republicans, who num-
erous and noisy and the Fascist whose defense of the
tabished order them violence with violence
Professor Ettore Cccot widely known for his activities
Socialist deputy, is urging one-year dictatorship as
cure for the ills of the body polite.
The King, he argues italian of the Italians and one
who commands the respect the most rabd of the dis
conented elements within the nation Professor Cccotl
him given absolute freedom in the selection OF cabl
officers, and the opportunity to the government
through such officials without the interference of the tu
bulent parliament The alternative, he says, civil
Such declaration coming from Socialist leader
indicative of the seriousness of the Italian situation and
less the broadmndednesS of the maker If the
gestion adopted the experiment will be worth watching
Italy the world the first example of city man
ager the podesta who ruled many medieval cities
If she adapt the old idea of the dictator to modern
life may well solve the governmental problems of many
lands Party government seems to most peoples, the most
logical to their biggest question, How to get on
with themselves" but everyone knows that it is not and
cannot be altogether flawless
Who it said that benevolent desposm is the best
possible government?
Imperial Valley press., 1922-08-14
Looking Backward
What the Press Files I'e.: OF
Imperial Valley for This Day
in Past Years
VOLUME AUGUST 1901

W. \. Edgar of Ethanac spent sew
eral days looking over the valley last
week. Mr. Edgar wrote book of 10
pages in his travels over the valley
and will read it to his friends and
neighbors on his return home. He was
very enthusiastic over the prospects
of the valley when he was led into &
field of sorghum nine feet high whicf
was just up good on the Fourth of July
Mr.. Edgar ordered the Press so as t.
keep informed and more may be heard
from him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Banta from south OF
town were here shopping Monday. MI
Banta planted field of corn the last
of June that is now higher than
mans head.
Fred Fuller of Whittier who has a
tract of land in the valley was here
the other day He took back to Whit
tier some stalks of sorghum nine feet
high.
We owe p. J. Storms who resides
near Diamond Lake our heartiest
thanks. He sent us one of the incest
dressed wild turkeys We ever saw. 1t
was greatly appreciated by ye editor
and his family.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-08-14
AUGUST IA, 1907

Edgar Bros. report that the sale OF
implements for preparation Of the
ground has commenced and that m
dications are that the season VIII be
at least thirty days ahead of former
years. Repairs to the No. g and No.
systems will largely increase acreage
in those sections.
President Small of the telegraphers
announced in San Francisco that un-
less the Western Union met demands
by today the strike would be legalized
and all operators of the Western I'm
ion and Postal would be called from
their keys.
S. f. Bragg is visiting in Los An
geles this week.
j. l.. Taecker and Thomas o O'Brien
of No. will leave tomorrow on
month s visit to South Dakota.
Official vote on county seat; I'll
Centre, 563; Imperial, 455; Brawley,
222.
Grapes sold in New York at prices
that netted the local growers $l4O pei
ton.
A big boom is following county di'
vision. Panic conditions and business
depression on the coast are turning
people S attention in this direction.
Work is suspended on the road "a
Yuma via Calexico and Lower Calf
ornia.
Stocks shrink a million minute III
Wall street panic.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-08-14
HOLIDAY TOYS

If the Christmas list is yet made out it is not be-
the toymakers not ready Those who know
that before there such in toyand
Animals which walk about and behave amazingly like their
fured and eahered models of farm and woodland to
be found the shop shelves.
There are boatloads of toys arriving from Europe,
consisting of these experty fashioned mechanical birds
and beasts swimming dolls which do breast stroke
in the family bath tub debutante dolls clad in fashionable
Italian silk underhngs and outer garments like unto those
from the exclusive Partisan modses and Christmas tree
of and startling varetythe Irish potato
400 different designs of fruit and vegetables to be
this purpose There games innumerable,
new, but many of them the old favorites. There
chanca toys of every sort OF there American
toys among this bewderng array but it is true that the
German toys accepted and that Italy has
broken into the toy-makng industry.
your Christmas shopping early if wish The OBJ
iects of your holiday search arriving
Imperial Valley press., 1922-08-14
A LETTER-WRITING NATION

The United States Postoffice Department handles
II 355000000 letters year. in addition to other classes of
mail This average of 12 letters for every citizen
in the country, based on the 1920 census report
Of course, comparatively little of that amount pure
ly personal correspondence deal of advertising
goes through the mails in letter form Also, Amer
have formed the habit paying of their bills by
check through the mail and of handling other business mat
ters in that way
Nevertheless the conclusion of the Postoffice Depart
men that this country leads the world in the interchange
of letters its people, is probably true AS nation
have the etterwriting and leerrecevng habit pretty
well developed The of the old lady in London who in
long lifetime had received only piece of mall and that
picture postcard, could hardly be duplicated here.
Chiefly this heavy letter mail to emphasize
the fact of potoce efficiency fully recognized APP
preciated by impatient citizens. The public would
probably be surprised find how much mail is ncor
ecy addressed by the senders and how much is promptly
delivered in spite of handicaps
Imperial Valley press., 1922-08-14
One Minute Essay

Large steel bridges expand so much
in heat Of summer sunshine that see
tions are mounted on rollers or have
telescope joints to permit change in
length. Long bridges sometimes vary
more than foot in length in day IN
a hot climate. In stringing telegraph,
telephone and other wires temperature
must be considered. If drawn too tight
on hot day wires may shorten and
snap on q cold one. Long runs of pipes
have to have expansion joints at in
tervals to take up extra length when
heated. Crystal palace, London, is 10
inches longer in summer than in wint-
er, due to this reason. Dome Of the
capitol at Washington is so construct
ed that with variations in temperature
its iron plates expand and contract
like the folding and unfolding OF q
lily
Imperial Valley press., 1922-08-14
ONE-TRACK MINDS

Thirty-seven passengers were killed and more than
100 injured because engineer train in Missouri,
busy reading his orders neglected to danger signal
1t is striking example of the difficulty of dong two
things at one time There may be genuses capable of at
tending than thing at given instant though
that doubtful Psychologists say that their appar-
emily divided attention is really very rapid shifting OF
thought thing to another Such shifting diff
cult for normally sow-minded people. Nearly everybody
has 'one-track mind"
.o man can serve two masters, in the field of mental
attention as elsewhere The troubles that children get into
from attempting it familiar in every home What
mother is not saying dozen times day, to impatient
Youngsters zone thing at timer The important thing
to have the judgment and efconro to do at the moment
the one thing that is imperative at that moment
The leading Belgian diplomat explains that Belgium
and France are seeking reparatons from Germany mot
for pleasure but because there is something to repair
Times have changed since "The Old Oaken Bucket
was written The only loved spots odays infancy knows
are fives and tens.
Now they say there's dry movement in Bulgaria.
Cows going dry!
After al Congress credit for deferring the
n.ssaoe of sofne of those laws as long as it has
Imperial Valley press., 1922-08-14

surely enough, there was Uncle Wig
gily sitting inside on merry go round
stool, drinking soda water, and there
was Susie Littletail, the rabbit girl,
doing the same thing.
"Come ON, fellows!' exclaimed
Sammie. .'He's here all lighthouses
against the window-press hard, and
verybody look hot and tired and
thirsty"
1t was very easy for the animal bows
to do this, for they surely were hot
and tired and oh! so thirsty for soda
water.
All of sudden Susie put down her
glass and, pointing to the big glass
Wiggily: "Look!"
"My goodnessp' exclaimed the bun
NY rabbit gentleman as he saw. the
noses of the animal boys pressed flat.
Glow extraordinary! and then Uncle
Wiggily did just what you would ex.
pect that jolly bunny gentleman to do.
He called to Sammie and the others:
"Come on in and have some ice cream
soda!'
"What did / tell you?' whispered
Sammie to his chums, as they all shut
fled in.
cit was a good trick" said Jackie.
Soon the animal boys were drinking
soda water with Susie and Uncle
Wiggily.
"Doesn't it tickle your nose funny
inside2" laughed Susie as some of the
soda water bubbles seemed to swell up
in her mouth.
eyes, said Sammie, "but when it
does that way just open your mouth
and the tickling will stop" But
though the animals boys tried to do
this sometimes the gas bubbles of the
soda water came out so fast that they
felt like laughing and sneezing at the
same time, which is very hard trick
to do.
All of sudden, when the last of the
soda was almost gone, into the drug
store came the old Woozie Wolf.
"Oh, ho!" growled the Wolf. "My
friend, the Fuzzy Fox, said Uncle
Wiggly was here. Now to- nibble his
ears!''
"Oh, before you do that!" cried DR..
Possum, "have glass of soda water,
Mr.. Wolff" and he set before the bad
chap "a glass of extra strong soda full
of bubbles.
"Wel1, I'll drink the soda and then
/ II nibble ears" howled the Wolf. SO
he drank the soda and then, all at
once, his nose and mouth were filled
with bubbles of gas He closed his lips
tightly, not knowing any better, and
then as the bubbles went up his nose
the Wolf howled: "Oh what IS the mat
ter! | feel like balloonl Oh, what
trick to play on mel Oh, wowl" and
away he ran, having the hiccoughs and
sneezes at the same time, all on account
of the soda water bubbles.
81 guess everything is all right
now," laughed the bunny gentleman.
Then he bought each of the animal
children a lollypop, and they were very
happy. So if the gas stove doesn t try
to walk on top of the fence with only
two Of its legs, and fall off into the
pansy bed, I'll tell you next about
Uncle Wiggily and the dropping rose.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-08-14

against the window on the outside,
looking in, Uncle Wiggly will see us,
and he can IT do anything else but ask
us in to have some; can he9'
The other animal boys looked at
Sammie.
"That's a dandy ideal" laughed
Peetie. "Uncle Wiggily is so good and
kind that he III ask us in as soon as he
sees us looking hot and tired and
thirsty
"Let's run all the way down to the
drug store" proposed Jackie.
"What for9 Why run when it's SO
hot7' asked Johnnie.
"Because it will make us look all
the hotter and warm,o answered Peet-
ie, "and when we press our noses
against the window Uncle Wiggily will
feel sorry for us.
They all thought that was good
idea, and soon the five animal boys
were racing down the woodland path
that led to. the drug store of DR.. Pos
sum. When they reached the place,
Imperial Valley press., 1922-08-14
CHAPMAN NEW MANAGER
Special to The Press

CALEXICO, Aug. 14.--Enrique Tor.
res, one of the best known residents of
Calexico, and for the past IL years
of the Mcxicali Light and
Power and Water company, is leaving
shortly for Mexico City to make his
home. He will be succeeded as manag-
er Of the utilities company by A. 5.
Chapman, nephew OF the late Antonio
J.. Flores. whose estate is the owner OF
the concession, the financial manage
ment being in the hands'of Mrs Flores,
the widow. Mr.. Chapman has had con
siderable experience in like positions
and is one of the best known of the
Younger business men of Calexico. His
appointment has been received on both
sides OF the line with congratulations.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-08-14
AIJGIIST ID. 1912

Editor Howe urges all of the towns
to establish quarantines against infan'
tile paralysis and not permit valley
people who are on the coast to return
T. ID. Mccall was writing letters u
the papers in August 1912, fixing
everything that was wrong.
w. B. Sawyer is building q pretty
bungalow on Olive street.
Thomas Beach is here from Los An
geles.
A letter from NJ. w. Conkling re
ports that Miss Julia is much improv
ed
Secretary Melton has returned from
Washington and is in secret session
with the directors Of the irrigation
District. Editor Howe disapproves OF
the pusseyfoot methods of the direct
ors of the district.
County Superintendent l.. E., Cooley
returned this morning from Los An
geles.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-08-14
Bedtime Stories
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE SODA
WATER
Copyright, 1922, by Mcclure News
paper Syndicate
(Bv Howard r. Giris(

Copyright, 1922, by Mcclure News
paper Syndicate
(By Howard r. Garisl
"Come on, Jackie! Come OF, Pcc.;ei
And YOU, too, Billie and J3',nniel Come
on!' cried Sammie Little.ail, the rab'
bit boy, one day, as he saw the Bp'y
Wow puppy chaps and the two Bushy-
tail squirrel boys.
Where do you want us to Gomez
barked Jackie, as he chased a fly off
his own little nose and made the buzz
ing creature sail over and light on Peet
lie s nose.
cit 8 too hot to go anywhere, unless
YOU want us to come swimming, spoke
Peetie, us he brushed the fly off bis
nose and caused it to go sit down on
the nose of Billie, the squirrel.
"No, we aren't going swimming y
said Sammie, with a jolly laugh which
made his pink nose twinkle. "But
III take you to a place where you can
be shady and cool.''
"Well, that will be fine!' chatter
ed Johnnie, the other squirrel boy, and
then he gave little jump, for the fly
his brother had brushed from his nose
tickled Johnnie. 1t s a very hot day, "
added Johnnie, "and / d love to cool
off,
"Where are you going to take us?'
asked Jackie. "To the polar bear ice
cave of Mr.. Whitewash?' ~
"Oh, to better place than that!''
laughed Sammie. "Listen, fellows.
Uncle Wiggily is down at the corner in
DIR. Possum IS drug store, buying my
sister Susie glass of ice cream soda
water"
"Well, what good does that do us'''
Jackie wanted to know. GAN the soda
water your sister can drink in week
won't make US any cooler, Sammie. -
~ know that Sammie answered.
"But if we go down to the drug store
and stand with our noses pressed
Imperial Valley press., 1922-08-14
The Curiosity Shop

Although about 45 per cent of mar
ried couples celebrate their silver we'd
dings, only one in a thousand live to
celebrate their golden anniversary.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-08-14

A political machine is something like
a talking machine.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-08-14

A man trying to show what he knows
often shows what he doesn t know.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-08-14
Old Timer Cogitates

l kin remember when a fcatherbed
WIZ counted one NV the bride S best
weddin presents.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-08-14
About Some Woman or Other

There are fewer women BARRIERS III
the United States today than twenty
years ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-08-14
The Bachelor Maid Says

1t takes a woman a few years to
learn that almost any man can be well
entertained if you give him enough to
eat.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-08-14

Talk ism t cheap when you are talk
ing to cop.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-08-14

Georgia judge rules flatiron is a
deadly weapon. Can you guess wheth-
er he is married or single9
Imperial Valley press., 1922-08-14
Im-PRESS-ions
Foolish Dictionary

Taxes-a successful attempt to turn
a village millionaire into 4 town crier.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-08-14

London air deposits AZ tons of dirt
every moath. That S why British can t
see through joke.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-08-14

Since the Indians struck oil Lo, the
poor Indian, lives high.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-08-14

Slump in hair bobbing is reported at
Lobber shops. 1t may be. getting old:
fashioned.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-08-14
TodaY's Kid Story

Elsie had been very bad girl.
In a violent temper she had thrown
an infzpot at her little brother, Bill,
had smashed the teapot, torn her dress
and kicked the cat.
But little girls of eight must not do
these things.
Her mother marched her upstairs
with the object of giving her good,
sound hiding.
/ Matters were at their most exciting
point when little Bill, attracted by the
wells, opened the door and .peeped in,
on the chance of seeing sport.
But this was too much for Elsie. In
her prone position across ma knee
hse managed to twist around her head
and cry:
"Bill, go away! Can't you see we re
busy"
The main thing is to play the game
of life according to the rules III
dealing under the table and from the
bottom of the deck that is responsible
for most of our troubles.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-08-14

Our ambition is to be so rich we
don t have to pay our bills.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-08-14

1t pays to be good, but you seldom
get the pay in cash.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-08-14

Times have changed since "The Old Oaken
was written The only loved spots todays infancy
are fiyes and tens
Imperial Valley press., 1922-08-14

Now they say there's dry movement in
,ows going dry?
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1922-05-20
YOUR&z.- :. s..,-.-.
HAND - c 4".s.s.;.. is.
Capabilities or Weak
Knesses That Make for Success or
Failure as Shown in Your Palm
THE FINGER NAILS

EINGER nails that are unusually
4 broad and long, show disposition
that is uncertain and inconsistent and
subject to bodily ailments. 1t is also
held by some authorities that the pox-
SCISSORS of such nails are in danger Vt
being influenced too greatly by the Op-
posite sex.
If the nails are long, but not too,
long, and properly proportiOned, they
are an Indication of a well-bai,Dced
nature. OF course, this indication must
be read in conjunction with other signH
in the hand. But, speaking generally.
the possession of such nails means q
nature that is affable. agreeable, trust
full. but not too confidlng. "These peo-
pie will from youth understand de-
ceitful purposes" says one authority.
Small crooked nails or nails that
are bent at the point, or apex, show
ambition, courage and high spirits.
Naturally, such natures are apt to be
self-wllled and impatient Of contra
diction or opposition.
(Copyright)
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1922-05-20
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What Is that you are saying about
the Snow QueenT inquired Mr.. Junco.
"Whirr, whirr," answered the wild
wind, as it tore the dry leaves from
the tree and whirled them about like
dancing brown elves on the ground
below.
Cant you stop whirring a minute
and tell us what you mean?" asked
Chickadee. How do you know 80
much about this queen?"
Wild wind Gained little and came
nearer to the questioning birds, "How
do l know" he said. "Why shouldn't
know when l always go to meet her.
l am getting ready now, that is why
am whirring and circling about, for
you can never tell just how the Snow
Queen wishes to be escorted from her
home away up North.
sometimes she comes silently and
shakes her feathery robes over the
land and then again she chooses to
come dancing like Il mad Queen. shak-
ing her robe of feathery white until
there is not feather left and she has
to hurry home and get another robe.
$50 you see / have to be prepared
to do her bidding and that is why
whirr and act so wild.
But If stay here gosslping 1 shall
not be ready to escort the Snow Queen,
so l must be off. Good day You
watch out and soon you will see the
land covered with feathers from her
robe"
Away went the wild wind with q
loud whirr, whirr, while the two little
birds sat looking at each other and
wondering If it were all true.
The next day while they sat on a
limb talking 1t over, little snowtlakes
came dancing down about the tree
They whrled hitler and thither, turn
ing over and over before they touched
the ground
ut is a good thing wild wind was
ready for the Snow Queen" said Mr.
Junco. "She must be shaking all the
feathers from her robe; see how fast
the snowfakes are falling?"
Eyes, and how crazy they act" re-
piled Mr.. ChicEadee. ut will not last
long for the Snow Queen will soon
shake all the feathers from her robe
and have to go home for another"
As Mr. Chckadee flew to the top Of
the tree to sing merry song, he called
to Mr. JuncO, 81 have learned two
things since yesterda that you are
not the real Snowbird and what snow
flakes really are"
(Copyrigi t.