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Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-20
q pig

a pig, went ON Flopry, irving 20
whistle through Dis nose, uut NOT
doing 1t very we'll, as Dis hose had
some sand on b..
"Of course I'm como and shave
VOW pig daddy, Offered Unslc Wig
gily kindly. ''I1 go in aud get ms
razor, IN come 10 your hpu.' anl
make a lot of solI sud q la'bc'
and serapc OFF you. fathers whh
kCrS.
"Thauk YOU, gruufrj FiupUv,
"Thcn I'll run along 90 school
And AWAY be- hurried 90 thc place
where the Lady Mouse taugh school
in the mossy, green, hollow stump.
When Nurse Jane Fuzzy NulSv
saw Uncle Wiggily taking bic razor,
soap and brushes from tie bath
room the muskrat lady askcf.
"What adventure are you going
to have now !
~ am going 10 shave pig, au.
swcred the bunny
"Don't be sillv!" spoke NErs
Jane, sort of proyokcd.likc.
"Oh, but really / am going 90
shave Mr.. Twistyiail, said Uuclc
Wiggily, and he told Nurse JAM
about il.
d" You are very kind, the musk
rat lady remarked, and soon Uncle
Wiggily hoped over 10 Nr. Twisty-
tail 5 house aud began shaving thc
pig gentleman. IL was q warm day
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-20
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell Of
Imperial Valley for This Date
in Past Years
NINETEEN YEARS AGO
June 20, 1904

The engine for the Brawley city
water works has been installed and
contracts let for the construction of
a new water tank, which makes the
prospects look bright for a water
system soon.
Mrs. II. r. Andre has gone to Los
Angeles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fuller has gone to
Los Angeles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fuller, parents of
Mrs. L. A. Wood of Brawley, left
Monday for their home in Iowa, ac-
companied by their daughter, Miss
Fuller, who is bookkeeper. for Ste
venson Brothers. They will return
in the fall.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-20
TEN YEARS AGO
June 20, 1913

j. D. Daley will leave tonight for
st. Paul, Minnesota, accompanied
by his two daughters who have
been in the Los Angeles normal
school. They will return in the fall
accompanied by Mrs. Daley.
The Pioneer Warehouse Company
has leased the large sheet iron
warehouse formerly occupied by the
Hamilton Supply Company and is
prepared to handle any kind of
storage business.
j. G. Delozier has returned from
Los Angeles, and has taken the
agency for Chalmers motor ears.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-20
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
June 20, 1908

Harry Haggerman has gone to
San Bernardino, but will return soon
with his family and will make his
home on Olive Street near Sixth
where he has recently purchased
property.
+. A. Yealllc, who has been CON
nccted with the Imperial Valley
Telephone Company for several
years, has resigned his position as
district manager, and will go to
the east coast.
The Holtville creamery is now
turning out 1000 pounds of butter
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-20

car will leave Phoenix on Tues
Thursday and Saturday, lea
Phoenix at IL p. M, arriving q
Centre at 8:20 a. H., and San
ego at 1:5O p. m.
The new service has air
started, and according to Mr..
lin has proven popular with
whose business requires their
sence in Arizona.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-20
Bedtime Stories
Copyright, 1923, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
BY HOWARD r. GARIS
UNCLE wIGGILY SLAVES A
PIG

On day Curly Twistytail, the lit
tie boy pig, came nosing his way over
to Uncle Wiggily's hollow stump
bungalow. And, as he grunted
along, putting his funny, little rub
berry nose down in the clean dirt to
look for good things to eat, Curly
sang this song:
Barber, barber, shave pig.
How many hair will make Il wig /!
Four and twenty-that 5 enoughl
Give the barber a pinch of
snuff
"Why are you singing that
song, Floppy!' asked Uncle Wig
gily, who, just then, hoped out ON
the steps TO 20 adventuring. Have
you a pinch of snuff for any barber
who shaves pig?" asked the old
rabbit gentleman.
No, Uncle Wiggily,' answered
Floppy. ~ haven any snuff. But
/ am looking for a barber to shave
a pig and | came TO see if youwould
do it,"
"Do what-take snuff or shave
d pig?" asked Uncle Wiggily.
"Shaye pig answered Flop
py. "You see. Uncle Wiggily, my
father has been sick went on
Floppy, looking just a bit sad. "IIe
is better now. but he can't shave
himself and be can't 90 to the bar
Der 5. SO this morning, when he
saw how long his whiskers were
growing, as hc looked in tn glass,
be said 20 my mother:
"Oh, / wish 1 could BE- shaved, -
and my mother said, well, why
don Z you got Uncle Wiggly 10
shave you - no that why came,
Uncle Wiggily. 20 ask YOU 30 shase
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-20
OUTDOOR FOR PRISONERS

Senator Overman wants Congress to provide farms
for federal prisoners to work He maintains that
they should have work to do which is at the time
in the interest of society and good for the prisoners
themselves. - Me0fYK
Farm work. assuredly, would serve these desirable
purposes better than the kind of indoor work that
prisoners doing, and better than indoor
idleness, which is worst of ALL If the primary pur
pose of punishment reform that purpose is further
ed infinitely better by employment in the open, with
fresh air and sunshine, than by the gloomy interior
of prison. Gloom and confinement encourage poor
health and bitter broodng and foster crime instead of
curing it. The effect of the outdoors, in pleasant
weather, is naturally curative.
This argument presupposes, however, that the en-
vironment shall be different from that of the old
Convict camp" familiar still in states.
AS for making amends to society, surely producing
food for the community would serve that purpose
we'll as any kind of factory work. That is, unless
society really demands vengeance rather than rep
aration.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-20

Of 800 Des Moines high scnool girl graduates, ask
ed what they wanted to do in the future, only one
chose marriage and home. All the rest spoke for
careers. But then, Petruchio remarked, "When
said / would die bachelor, never thought that |
should live till | was married"
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-20

France has spurned the latest German proposals,
and thereby saved the rest of the world from death
by shock.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-20

The latest woman dance-marathoner has COM
pieted over lao hours And yet they call them trails
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-20

Nud erop Of tle n.auo section
Is hgat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-30
MAY LET VOTERS EXP PRESS OPINION
Board Of Revenue Plans Ref erendum On New Site For
 Court House

Selection of a site for Jefferson county's new court house probably will be left to the people through a referendum, a member of the board of revenue said Thursday. Other members of the board have indicated that they were willing to have the voters pass upon the matter and the referendum probably will form a part of the general election next spring.
 A site was selected some time ago at Twenty first street and Eighth avenue, and negotiations were begun to acquire the eight lots of which it is composed. Seven of these were obtained without difficulty and deeds transferring them to the coun- ty were filed about a month ago in the probate office. The eighth, how? ever. belonging to Maj. E. M. Tut wiler, has not yet been acquired. The price offered for it was refused and special committee was appointed to appraise it's value. After a hearing participted in by several real estate men. a price of S90,000 was set. At a subsequent meeting, the board of revenue accepted the award but stated that it did so under protest, as 1t considered the amount too large. Major Tutwiler rejected the award outright and announced he would not sell 1t at that price. He had six months in which to appeal the award and 1t is likely that no definite de- cision will be reached before the ex- piration of that time limit.
 The spring elections probably will be held before the matter is carried through the courts and the people will have time to express themselves on the question of paying more for the property than the board of reVenue thinks if worth
 If another site is selected, 1t was stated Thursday that the county probably would sell the seven lots already acquired
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-30
CONVENTION FOR TEACHERS FRIDAY
Commercial Education h. StruCtorS Hold Annual SeS-
 sion In Birmingham

Nearly 300 visiting teachers of commercial subjects are expected in Birmingham Friday to attend the second annual convention of the Southern Commer Teachers asso- citation to be held in the Tutwiler hotel Friday and Saturday.
 Speakers at the various meetings and banquets will include Gov. w. w. Brandon, Dean J. M. Walters of the department of commerce of the Georgia School of Technology, Presl- dent J. M. Knox of the Knox School of Salesmanship in Cleveland; H. C. Spillman, educational director of the Remington Typewriter company, and Frazier Banks, assistant superin- tendent of the Birmingham public schools, with an address of welcome by D. F. McLendon, president of the city commission.
 Besides Mir McLendon's address, Fridays meetings will be featured by the presidents address, delivered by W. w. Merriman; an open forum for the discussion of professional problems, and a banquet at night, at which Mir. Banks will be the prin- cipal speaker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-30
LAST OPPORTUNITY TO GET EXTRA VOTES COMES AT 9 O'CLOCK SATURDAY NIGHT

Candidates in The -Heralds great $24, ,800.00 Help Yourself Club campaign, are now in sight of the close of the final extra vote offer. This extra vote offer closes at g o'clock, Saturday night, December l. Under the terms of this offer. S25.00 worth of subscriptions gets 50,O00 extra votes, and for every dollar above the $25.00 worth, 1000 extra votes are given.
 Candidates have rounded the final turn. They are now in the stretch. They are burning up the track in the closing burst of speed. Candi- dates in the lead are doing every thing possible to hold their pace and candidates behind them are pushing the leaders to the limit of endur- ance.
 During today and tomorrow, candi- dates will be doing all possible to secure subscriptions, because every dollars worth of subscriptions turned in during this final vote offer is worth. 2,000 extra votes. After to- morrow and during the remainder of the campaign, there will be no extra vote offers.
 After Saturday night will start the last final dash of all candidates toward the close of the campaign, December 15.
 Next week is the final week of the S1,0SO.o0 Nash Special Merit Prize offer. This beautiful Nash touring car will be given to the can didate who turns in the greatest amount of cash in subscriptions dur Ing the Special Merit Prize period. November 26 to December D. m. This is the only extra prize of any kind that will be given during rhe remainder of the campaign. A can didate can win this Nash touring car, and also win one of the other 34 regular awards, to be given at the close of the club December Is.
 All subscriptions turned in tomor-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-30
LEAGUE CARNIVAL
Norwood Church Workers Plan Novel
 Affair Friday Night

Many unique and novel features have been planned for the Norwood Methodist church Epworth leagues carnival to be held at o'clock Fri day night at the church. The leaguers are planning to present some of the freaks and novelties found in the real carnival with the local talent of the church.
 The side shows for the evening will be in charge of some of the most prominent members of the church Two Fortune Tellers of Great Note" are scheduled to play a part in the evening program, as well as the Strong Man" who lifts "one thou sand pounds. limitations of the we'll known Cornelius actors will be given by Still Black and a trio from Bir- mingham- Southern college. "The Downfall of Humanity" is another feature which is expected to draw much attention during the evening" Richmond Beatty is scheduled to give reading along with the many other features.
 The carnival will be in charge of Miss Majourie Schuggs, Robert Rowe and Mrs. Fletcher -.Thorington. Re- treatments will be served.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-30

row on the final extra vote offer will also count on the s1,0SO.O0 Nash Special Merit Prize offer.
 Now is the time to do big work in the campaign. Take advantage of every opportunity to get subscrip tions. Secure second payments. 1t is rapid way to boost your score.
 Second Payment.
 During the early part of the cam patgn number of your friends may have given you q short time sub scription, thinking you did not have the sticking qualities necessary to Win. They told you they would watch your progress, and if they thought you were going big they would help you with an additional subscription payment later. You may take this second payment and you will receive votes the sane as If the payments had all been made at one time. For example: Suppose subscription to the daily and Sun day by carrier: For this subscrip- tion you collected $2.55 and received 1000 votes. Now if you can get this party to extend his subscription for three months longer, making six months in all, for the second three months you will receive 4000 votes, making 5000 in all. Or, suppose a subscriber had already paid you 50 for six months. If you now get this sane subscriber to make another payment for six months, $5 for this second payment, you will receive 5000 votes, making 15,Ooo votes in all you have received for this year s i subscription. When sending In such subscriptions be sure and mark on the remittance sheet by the sub scriber's name, the words "second l payment" Unless it is marked sec ond payment the second paymenr votes will not be allowed. Also give the amount of the first payne ent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-30
BACK HOME TO KENTUCKY
Louisville Man Here Friday In In-
 terest Of Homecoming Event

Bearing a commission as Home coming Ambassador" from the state of Kentucky and the city of Louis vile, Russell H. Lindsey. president and treasurer of the Spencerian Com mercial school is due to arrive in Birmingham Friday where he will make efforts to get former Ken tuckians and their descendants to consent to make a trip to Kentucky during the month of June.
 According to the United States census report of 1920. there are about 1000 native Kentuckians residing in Birmingham and about that many more In other sections of Alabama. Altogether there are more than 8O0,000 former Kentuckians living outside their home state. Kentucky expects to get 1OO," of these back for A two weeks visit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-30
THANKS THE JUNIORS
Commercial Body Gave Aid In Traffi,
 Ordinance

The city commission has expressed it's thanks to the Junior Chamber of sion committee, headed by Dr. II. P. Hanna, for it's cooperation in refer ence to the traffic ordinance and other matters.
 The traffic ordinance was adopted by the commission with practically all the changes recommended by the junior chamber. The city board nior civic body in connection with the establishment of proposed com fort stations downtown. as well as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-30
SEEK RECOGNITION OF
 BIRMINGHAM BUSINESS
Junior Chamber Wants Report In
 Federal Bulletin

perity and periodical growth will be given hereafter in the federal Re- serve Bulletin, if the efforts of the Junior Chamber of Commerce are successful in this respect.
 M. N. Kronenberg, chairman of committee appointed for that pur- pose, has reported to tl.e organiza- tion that proper steps have been taken to secure for Birmingham q publicity possible through this me
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-30

cause alone is not less than one hum dred million dollars annually, and these figures are very conservative indeed.
 "Whatever therefore. contributes to reduce the amount of sickness among negroes and reduces the death rate among them is an ad- vantage to the south both physically and economically, which repays the investment made therein many times over.
 "Along with this economic loss. due to sickness, there is also the in- convenience, the pain and suffering. the distress and misery which go along with sickness and death. Talk ing these altogether it is very easy to see that in making and keeping people we'll we are adding at once in a very substantial way to the hap piness and welfare of everybody around us."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-30

the enactment of a proposed ordi- nance increasing sewage facilities.
 A comfort station committee ap- pointed by the junior chamber in- cludes T. K. Byrne. chairman; A. J. Thomas and pr. H. P Hanna.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-30
BRING STILL TO TOWN
Deputies Arrest II. E. Bavar And Son
 On Montgomery Highway

On Montgomery Highway
 A party of deputies from the of flee of the sheriff made a raid at the home of H. E. Bava'r on the Mont gomery highway, capturing him and his son Willie together with a CO., gallon outfit in full operation in the basement of the Bavar home. The operators had made about two and half gallons of whisky when the raid was made, and this, with the still, was brought to the city by the raiders.
 BaVar was placed under a bond of $500 and his son, who Is said to be under IS years of age. was turned
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-30
CHARGED FOR JOBS
Negro Held For Getting Money From
 Others By False Pretense

City Detectives Bragan and Wal ton placed Will Tate, negro, under arrest Thursday morning on a charge of grand larceny and two additional charges of obtaining money and goods under false pretense. The ne- gro, Tate is alleged to have been posing as a labor agent among mem bers of his own race offering to se- cure them employment in return for a fee which he collected in advance.
 The charge of grand larceny was lodged against him for the alleged snatchlng of a watch from J. T. Har- ris, a white man, week ago at First avenue and Eighteenth street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-30
DIAMONDS

For Sale-2 3-4 carat, perfect. in superb diamond studded platinum ring, Ss75 (worth s1.200 retail.) 1 1-4 carat, fine white, S395. l carat, S365. 8o-100 carat perfect white, s2S5. 3-4 carat, perfect white, s265. Subject any examination Cash only. Why pay around 20 per cent more on installments Apply PIT Brown Marx Bldg, City.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-30
ENGINEERs TO MEET

The seventh annual meeting of the Alabama Technical association will be held at the Tutwiler hotel at 2 o'clock, Friday evening. Entertain ment features will be under the direc- tion of w. T. Warren, including a talk by Gehard II. Mathis on aerial photography.
 A dutch dinner at S1.50 per plate will be served. All members of the association, all engineers of Birming- ham and any others interested are cordially invited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-30

over to the juvenile court. Officers making the raid were George Shirley Casey and John Jones, Hill, Barrett and Badger.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-30

Jessie Preston Clay-Funeral serv- ices for Jessie Preston Clay. Jr., two, who died at the residence of his parents. MT. and Mrs. Jessie Preston Clay, Sr., 1201 Second ave- nue, West End, will be announced later by Johns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-30

Mrs. H. F. Martin-Funeral services for Mrs. II. B. Martin, Az, who died Wednesday morning at the resi- dence, were held at 2.30 o'clock Thursday from the residence of her sister, Mrs. J. R. Pryor, 1712 Four teenth avenue, north, followed by interment in Elmwood cemetery Vice in charge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-30

Jane l.. Butts-Remains of Jane L. Butts, II, who died early Thurs day morning at a local infirmary, were sent to Odena, Ala, Thursday by Johns for interment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-30
William Henry Harrison Putnam

Mrs. James Atkinson-Funeral serv- ices for Mrs. James Atkinson, 75 who died early Thursday morning at local infirmary, will be held at o'clock Friday afternoon at Patton's chapel with Johns in charge. The funeral procession will leave Johns at noon Friday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-30

Mrs. Mary Alice Aikins-Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Alice Atkins, 23. who died Tuesday at Tampa, Fla, will be held at ? o'clock Fri
 day afternoon, from the residence, 1513 Twenty fourth street, North, followed by interment in Forest Hill cemetery with Johns in charge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-30

". R. McGIown-Funeral services for w. M. McGlown, 65, who died at ? o'clock Thursday morning at the residence, 2O6 Powell avenue, pratt City, will be announced later bv Womack. He is survived by his widow and two sons, c. S. McGlown of Louisville, Ky, and l.. M. Me Clown of Ensley.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-15
TWO NEW COMPANIES OBTAIN CERTIFICATES

Two interpretations, one decrease and one dissolution were the result of the days business in the office of ,the probate judge Wednesday. Wh sn corporations had filed certificates of the amount of capital invested, Jeff ferson county capital had diminished more than s150,000.
 The Riley Wood Contracting com pary. which incorporated with capi- tai of s15,00O, brought Mississippi money into Alabama. The principal office of the concern will be at Alton. Incorporators are W. c. Riley of Car ,ollton, Miss; R. H. Wood of Carroll ton Miss, and N. w. Newell of Bir- m,ngahm The company is authorized to begin business when the entire amount of it's capital has been fully paid in.
 The Argo Investment company, real estate dealers, was the other concern to launch its corporate existence Wednesday. It is capitalized at sg.ooo and is authorized to begin bus.ness when the full amount of it's capital is paid in. Incorporators are A. Latady, w. F. Toles and oin i. Ecatborn.
 The Miller Ore company reduced the amount of it's capital from $200,- GOO to $100O0 by reducing the par value of each share Of stock rom SEQ to s1. Ralph D. Mitchell, presi- denr. signed the resolution authoriz- Ing the reduction.
 The Birmingham Orange Crusn Bottling company filed a certificate of dissolution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-15
Interstate Commerce Com
 mission Orders Conference
 Between Rail and Barge Lines to Reach Agreement on More Equitable Basis
RIVER TRAFFIC WILL BE
 GIVEN GREAT. IMPETUS
Rate Questions at Issue Are to Be Settled in Friendly Conferences and Further Differences May Be Taken
 to Interstate Commission
WASHINGTON BUREAU |
 THE AGE HERALD Washington, D. C., Feb. Ii ]

The application of the barge line on the Warrior river for an equitable division of proceeds from joint water and rail hauls was sub jected to a Pontius Pilate decision by the interstate commerce com mission today,
 The commission decided present division of joint rates between railroads and the Mississippi Warrior barge line service is un- reasonable, and switching charges imposed on the barge line by the roads unfair.
 At the same time the commis- sion did not entirely wash it's hands" of the affair, for it declared the problem would be held in abey- ance pending action by railroads on its suggestion that representa- tives of the parties to joint hauis get together and settle their diff ference for themselves.
 The text of the decision clearly indicates that the commission raised over the heads of the rail roads the sword of Damocles. With the situation as it is, the commis- sion intimated dissatisfaction and it's determination aggressively to act if the railroads refused to ne- gotiate and reach agreeable terms With the barge lines.
 There IS evidently disappoint- ment on the part of Alabamians in Congress that the commission de- elined to issue orders putting into effect an equitable division ot reve- nue. The commission, on the oth- CT hand, declared that it would be unfair tor anyone to insist that in the present 1t issue specific in strucrlons. The decision proceeds: in our judgment the best dis, osi- tion of these complaints for the present is to state our conclusions as to the general principles ,hich should control the decision of the issues.
 Urged 10 Agree
 'The application of these principles through specific orders to the null titudinous situations which are cov- cred by the complaints is task which we ought not to be compelled, in the first instance at least, to un- dertake. The rail carriers and this new enterprise, which is owned and operated by the government. ought to be able, with such help as we can give them. to compose their differ
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