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Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-11
HOltyille Post
Ready for Play

Under the auspices of the Holt
Vile Post of the American Legion,
the play "Come Again Mary will
be given at the Arcade theater IN
that city on January 22 by com
pany of local talent which is at
present rchearsing the play. The
play is light comedy and has made
"A big hit in other cities where it has
been produced. Members and
friends of the American Legion are
working hard to make the play "
success, and the east is rehearsing
their parts faithfully. Tickets are
on sale in various business houses of
Holtville and are reported as selling
good. Indications are that the the
alter will be packed with members
and friends of the legion when the
time for the show arrives.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-11
thought the TiDDlI

sounded again and then Uncle Wig
gily saw u cute little mouse with
q long tail run out from amid the
leaves.
"Oh, you aren't Jollie or Jillie
Longtail, nor yet Squeakie Eelsie,
the cousin mousse said the rabbit
gentleman. "WhO are you!'
81 am a little cold mousse was
the answer :" ran out of my warm
nest, where ] live with my father
and mother and brothers and sisters,
and now | am lost. ] don't know
where my nest is and ] IN so cold.
oh, so coldl' And the little mouse
shivered.
81 am sorry for YOU, said Uncle
Wigeily. ~ don I know where you,
nest house is, but at least | can
make you warm. III put you in my
pocket, where Nurse Jane placed the
warm nut cake for Grandpa Light,
foot, the squirrel =
/"Oh, thank you,' squeaked the
little mousie boy, for it was boy
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-11
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell OF
. Imperial Valley for This Date
in Past Years
TWENTY-ONE YEARS AGO
January II, 1902

1t is a question as to which of the
two towns in the valley will event
ually be the larger, Imperial or Ca
Iexico. The latter is advancing rap
idly and its geographical location
gives it somewhat the advantage.
IT is impossible at this time to Sc
cure lots in the center of the bus
mess district of Imperial and other
lots % by $50 feet are selling at
from $50 to 5000 each.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-11

The board OF directors were re-elec'
ted and consist of: Will s. Faweett
Ben Salomon, Franklin j. Cole, Le'
roy Holt, James Holt, Frank f. Dut
ton, and Fred Gianolo.
Officers elected were; Leroy Holt
president; A. II. Keller, vice-presi
dent; franklin J. Cole, vice-presi
dent; Fred Gianola, cashier; Stanley
8. Smith, assistant cashier; r. l.
Boman assistant cashier; Irwin
Maupin, auditor.
The directors expressed their con
fidence in the future OF Imperial
Valley and expressed the opinion
that the outlook for the present yea,
indicated season of real prosper
ity for the valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-11
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
January II. 1908

Supervising Engineer l.. c. Hull
estimates that Laguna dam at Yuma
will be completed by flood time of
1909.
One of the most interesting fea-
lures of the Indio experiment station
at Indio will be the sunken gardens
to be constructed in the midst of
sand dunes where heat will be con
served and the maturing of dates
hastened.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-11
TEN YEARS AGO
January IL, 1918

II. w. Morehouse, assemblyman
from Imperial County, has arranged
to have all legislative bills on file
at the public library where the pub
lie may have access to them.
Clark Boober announces his can.
didaey for the office of tax collee-
tor and assessor Of Imperial Irriga-
ton District.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-11
Annual Meeting
of Local Bank;
Elect Officers

Stockholders of the First National
Bank Of vi Ceutro held their annual
meeting Tuesday Afternoon and de.
clared the regular annual dividend
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-11
Bedtime Stories
Copyright, 1923, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
BY HOWARD r. GARIS
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE
COLD MOUSE

u have just baked a nut cake, :
said Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy in
the hollow stump bungalow one day.
Good" cried Uncle Wiggily.
"Of all things / love nut cake
best, unless, perhaps, he said after
thinking a moment, 'unless, per
haps, it is a carrot shortcake. y
nut cake-Ah!' -
"'Oh, it isn't for you," laughed
Nurse Jane. sorry to disappoint
vou,D she went on, "'but | baked
this nut cake for Grandpa Light
foot
"The squirrel grandpa of Johnnie
and Billie Bushytail!' asked Uncle
Wiggily.
That's who," replied the musk
rat lady. 'You see Grandpa Light
foot is getting old and he has lost
most of his teeth, so he can't gnaw
the hard shelled nuts to get at the
sweet kernels. But | had. Billie and
Johnnie crack some nuts for me and
put them in cake-l mean ! kut
lne nuts III II cdht. -NON i W 1911 ,NVt
Would take it to Grandpa Light
FOOT
81 will," promised Uncle Wiggily,
and though he very much wanted
some cake for himself, he didn t SO
much as ask for n nibble of the one
Nurse Jane wrapped up in a piece Of
birch bark for the squirrel gentle
man. The cake was warm from the
oven.
"I'll bake you carrot shortcake
when YOU come back said Miss
Fuzzy Wuzzy, and this made Uncle
Wiggily very happy and his pink
nose was twinkIing very fast, when
all of sudden, there was rustling
sound in the dried leaves under his
paws.
"Oh, I hope this isn't bear''
thought the rabbit. Then he remem-
bered that all bears take long sleep
during the winter 50 it couldn t be
, a bear. But the rustling noise
.ut - - JdErldulU gUVfflI
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-11

Some folks think the American farmer ough
tickled to death because he made S465 last year
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-11

Minnesota's new poet-congressman ought to ne
liven up the Congressional Record
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-11

The Shantung episode is ended There wasl
oil in Shantung.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-11

1t would be simple enough to cancel the
debt if the government could cancel the war DC
by American citizens who advanced the none
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-01
COUNTY BOARD GIVES
 ACREAGE FOR SCHOOL
Springdale District To Have New
 Building In Near Future

For Springdale new school was assured Friday by the granting of a five-acre site by the board of reve- nue from the county farm at ketona.
 From that district delegation appeared before the board and re- .quested that the land be given on the promise that the board of edu- c:-.ion would erect suitable school building. No plans for it have been drawn yet, but 1t will be started as soon as possible. officials said.
 It was suggested at the meeting that the site now being used be ex- changed for the new property. but it was found that it must revert to it's former owners when it ceases to be- used for a school. In making this grant the board established pre- cedent, as it has not been It's GUS tom to do so in the past. The vote was three in favor of the grant and two opposing it.
 The present building consists. Of five rooms and Is badly overcrowd- ed, averaging 42 pupils to the room. It started with single room 23 years ago, rooms being added as needed. The new building will be sufficiently large to accommodate all the pupils in the district with out crowdng.
 An official of the board of educa- tion stated Friday afternoon that the new building probably would not be started for several months yet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-01
VERY FEW HOURS REMAIN IN WHICH TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF FINAL EXTRA VOTE OFFER

Tonight at 9 o'clock will end the final extra vote offer in The Age Herald's great s24,S0O Help Yourself Club.
 For each dollars sworth of sub scriptions turned in during this ex- tra vote offer, candidates receive 2,000 extra votes, After this extra vote offer expires, there still re- mairs two weeks of the campaign. During the last two weeks only the regular votes will be given on sub ; scription payments.
 All of The -Herald's territory club members arc in the home stretch, with the finished line just few hours ahead. and with everyone putting forth a most powerful effort to pile up votes before the final eX- tra vote offer closes.
 If you are a wise candidate, you will take the field as soon as you finish your early morning toast, and will stay on the job until just time to rush to the office of the club managers or to post your subscrip tion by 9 o'clock tonight.
 All scub bscriptions turned In today will not only count in the final ex- tra vote offer, bpt they will also fer closes December s, it isa the only extra prize of any Kind that will be given during the remainder of the campaign.
 A word to the wise should be suf- ficient. make your work of today at least 50.000 extra votes. When you reach this goal, don't be satisfied to stop and hope that it is enough to put you over. Make up your mind to start in immediately for another 50.00o. Every single subscription you get today will count more in votes than it will after this offer closes, because, during the remain ing two weeks of the campaign there will be no extra vote offers.
 Refer to your receipt book 2and note the names of those subscribers who gave you short term sub scrip
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-01
RENEWED WG0R FOR STADIUM CAMPAIGN
Junior Chamber And Fair Associa-
 tiOn Will Arrange For Deed

Birmingham merchants, who con ferred with the stadium committee of the Junior Chamber of Commerce Friday on the subject of the pro- posed stadium to be erected at the fair grounds, expressed themselves as highly pleased with the selection of the site, and pledged their sup port in the campa gn, which now will be pressed with renewed Vigor, to complete subscriptions to the stadium fund.
 The fair grounds location is gen orally considered to be q logical one for the stadium, and, on the other hand. it Is believed that the estab- lishment of the football bowl will aid the development of the fair grounds property for future public uses to which it may be put
 The stadium committee of the junior chamber, headed by M. H. Sterne, chairman, will confer short ly with the special committee ap-, association stockholders, and details of the arrangement between the stadium packers and the fair asso- citation will be arranged. Plans also will be completed within few days for winding up the financial cam paign to finance the stadium propo- sition. The first issue of $lO0,0Oo preferred stock in small blocks to football patrons desiring the ticket privilege has almost been subscribed It is planned to raise s175,000 more in addition to the stock issue of $l00,000, and the stadium committee will decide what form this financing will take. rI-.tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-01
! REMOVAL OF CLERK IS
 UPHELD BY M'LEND0N
Comptroller Says Action Taken For
 Good Of Efficient Service

Removal of Mrs. C. c. Walker, fgr six years a clerls in the city comp troller's office, was made for what they considered the best interests of efficient city service, according to statements by Presideont D. E. Me- Lendon of the city commission and Comptroller II. NJ. Taylor. President Mel I.endon said he believed the com mission would back the comptroller
 to the limit in the action taken. He emphaticaily denied rumorS thai
 further changes in the department
 were planned and that other women employees would be displaced by men. Comptroller Taylor said: Tt be- cane necessary to relieve Mrs. Wal ker of her duties. After placing the facts in her case before President Me Lendon he told me to go ahead. have asked Mrs. Walker to sever her connection as of December 1, although she stopped work Wednesday,. A man probably will take her place. l know the change is for the city's best inter ests and have no apologies to maNe l for my action"
 The other members of the city com- mission were silent over the contro-
 versy, but Mrs. Walker, fin heated statement charged she was fired on 30 minutes notice and that the comptroller refused to tell her why. foHb W1S CODleIIlHS Wlbli iiCi
 and they ntimated that there would be new developments in the case in short order.
 Comptroller Taylor said that when he told reporters Friday morning
 Mrs. Walker resigned" he was
 merely trying to show her every con-
 sideration in the newspapers. At that
 time he did not know she had given
 out a statement, he said.
 Mrs. Walkers version of the case, as given newspaper men, follows;
 "Alr Taylor bluntly told me at 4;30 Wednesday afternoon that l was fired as of December 1. I asked him why and he refused to give his reasons. He did say that a man would take my place. There had never been any i intination that my service was not satisfactory. l do not think 1t was
 manly. honorable or just to dismiss
 me without even giving me the op-
 portunity to make defense. l know | in my own mind that there was no i sound reason for my discharge. i If I was let out so that man might have my place, l wonder if 1t l is the policy to take similar acton i throughout the city hall. l hope not,
 and if that is the case, I'm willing ] for the public to judge the merits or
 demerits of such a policy"
 Just what action Mrs. Walker ond
 her friends would take had not been
 determined Friday night. The feasi- biitv of an appeal direct to the city
 commission was said to be under con- | sideration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-01
Final Arrangements Being
 Made For Actual SoIicita- ton Which Starts Tuesday

No levy vii be made on the Com munity Chest fund for expense of the initial campaign dinner to be served to team workers, officers and directors in the ball room of the Tutwiler hotel at 6:30 o'clock Mon day evening.
 Announcement was made Friday afternoon by Carson Adams, cam paign chairman, that a leading of ficer of the chest campaign, who has already subscribed s5,000 to the movement, had volunteered to pay personally the total expense of the big banquet in addition to his genet- ous subscription to the chest fund. The donor asked that his name be withheld.
 Luneheons to be served to work CTS in the hotel ball room, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday will all b~ paid from another special fund. None of the money raised in the campaign, for the benefit of the $ charitable institutions and Welfare agencies, will be expended for free luncheons to the campaign workers, it is stated.
 "The offer made Friday afternoon by one of our leading citizens who has taken very active part in Bir- mingham's initial Community Chest campaign came SIS a distant surprise to us, said MT. Adams. We all realized that the banquet was vital part of the campaign plans. We were discussing how to tax the workers for this expense. We are holding the administration expense down to the lowest practicable point, and yet we wanted tkis first dinner to be an out standing success. It was at this juncture that one of our leaders an nounced his intention to act as host to all participants in this campaign. While this citizen has declined to al- low me to make his name public. feel that it is only just to the cause, to say that he has already subscribed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-01
IFellow Worker Will Be Host At
 Community Chest Banquet Monday

 s. 900 to the chest fund and also car ried more than his share of the work"
 Arrangements for the inaugural dinner and the subsequent luncheons were made at meeting of the chest directors Friday afternoon. Simul- taneously the publicity committee held a meeting and completed its final preparations. The solicitation work begins Tuesday morning.
 Chairmen of the various civic clubs called at headquarters Friday and received maps. outlining territory to be covered. The Ensley division, un- der the direction of Hardeman Meade. has already laid it's plans to work Ensley. Wylam and Pratt City. Shop clubs in nearby all industrial plants are taking care of the solicitation Of the plant employees. The womens special committee has systematically assigned the residence territory to it's army of workers. Members of the speakers bureau have delivered more than 100 talks on the Com
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-01
TAKEN ON GODS TERMS'
Subject Of Dr. ,Stivendcr's Address At
 Howard College -

'Tf we would get the most worth while things, we must take them in the environment in which we find them, and on Gods terms sald pr. J. c. Stivender in addressing the stu dents at Howard college at chapel exercises Friday morning.
 Getting an education requires the best that is in us; it is acquired only through toll and sacrifice" pr. Stiven- der asserted, in pointing out that { college degree can not be won with : out exertion. "A good name Is in- the speaker added, but to maintain good name requires thought and activity. A good name is gotten only on conditions.
 Popular liberty. too, can he han.' only with certain drawbacks," Dr. Stivender continued. Then again, it is true of all life that nothing is acquired without paying the price nothing gotten except in it's peculiar environment" The pearl for which the disposition of all else is justitia- ble, the speaker declared to be Jesus Christ, referring to the parable in which a man sold his all for jewel of great value.
 Student announcements by George Yarbrough, president Of the student body, terminated this first assembly of th> college community since the Thans..sgiving recess
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-01
HOWARD COLLEGE TO- ,GET INCREASED FUND
Possibility Of Securing S150,000 From General Education Board

Howard college will receive $780, 900 endowment fund from the gem eral education board of New York. provided that institution will raise set sum to go with 1t, Dr. John C. Dawson. president of the college, an- nounced Friday. The amount which the board will require the institution to raise will be fixed lated by agree ment between the trustees of the col 1ege and the general education board.
 Further contribution of $S,000 to meet current expenses was made by the board, unconditionally, Dr. Daw- son announced, making the fourth year the college has been benefited in a like manner. At a recent meeting of the state Baptist convention, the annual allotment of Howard college was increased to $16.000. The con vention guaranteed this amount each year until the colleges endowment fund reached $5G0.000.
 2 The general education board of New York is a non-sectarian organ.- zatiOn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-01
FIRST AVENUE PAVING HITS ANOTHER DELAY
Street Railway Company Insists
 On Parking In East Lake

Further delay in starting the paw ing of First avenue between Forty first and Forty-seventh streets has been caused by the announcement by the B. R.. l.. & P. Co., that it will not carry out it's part of the joint contract entered into between the city and county unless 1t be permit ted to park along it's lines In East Lake as it's agreement provides. The agreement which the board of reve- nue drew up early in the week and submitted to the city provides that the city shall obtain property rights to land required for widening First avenue along that stretch on condi- tion that the county pave up to IS inches of the street car tracks and the B. R., l.. & P. Co. complete the paving of this street.
 President J. S. Pevear of the street car company is out of the city, but the board of revenue voted Friday to call a special joint meeting for some time next week with the city com missioners and representatives of the company, at which this paving will be discussed.
 President D. c. Ball announced at Fridays meeting of the board of revenue that the B. R., L. & P. Co. threatened to suspend paving if an injunction is obtained to prevent it from parking in East Lake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-01

tions. go after these subscribers and get them to give you an extension on the previous payments. A num- Der of the club members have found the second payment plan a rapid way to get votes. It opens an entirely new field, so to speak. All the world loves a winner, and the subscriber is pleased with the opportunity to help you with an additional payment. Go after second payments.
 Second Payment.
 During the early part of the cam paign number of your friends may have given you a 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 would help you with an additional subscription payment later. You may take this second payment and you will receive votes the same as if the payments had been made at one time. For examples: Suppose subscription to the daily and Sun day by carrier: For this subscrip- ton you collected $2.55 and received 2,0O0 votes. Now if you can get this party to extend his subscription for
 three months longer, making six months m all, Tor the second three months you will receive 4,000 votes, making coco ins all. or, suppose subscriber had already paH you s5 for six months If you now get this same subscriber to make another payment for six months, $5 for this second payment. you will receive 5000 votes, making 15,o00 votes in all you have received for this years subscription. When sending in such subscriptions be sure and mark on the re emittance sheet by the sub scriber's name, the words ,"second payment" Unless it lis marked sec ond payment the second payment votes will not be allowed, Also give the amount of the first payment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-01
|TODAY'S
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AT THE THEATRES

AT THE THEATRES Jefferson--Crane Wilbur in "The Monster"
 Lyric-George Lovett's "concentra- tions,
 Loew's Bijou-carl Fletcher in "Sweethearts', miniature musical comedy with Ruby Howard and others; picture, "The Spider and the Rose" with Gaston Glass, Alice Lake and an all-star cast.
 AT THE MOVIES . Capitol-Gloria Swanson in srUnder the Lash"
 Galax--"The Slave of Desire. with George Walsh, Bessie Love and Car mel Myers. Odeon-"The Beasts or Paradise" and Neal Hart Western. PrincessBill Patton in Battling Bucaroo."
 Rialto--Anna Q. Niilson in 'Pon- jola," and Charlie Chaplin in 'In the Park Pathe News.
 Royal-Tom Dix in Stepping Fast,i Strand-Pola Negri in "The Spanish Dancer"
 Trianon-"Flaming Youth" with Milton Sill, Colleen Moore and an all star cast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-01
ATLANTA COMES FOR
 ADVICE ON STREETS

Information concerning Birming- ham methods of maintaining it's streets was being sought Friday by a representative of the Atlanta city construction department.
 How do you keep your streets in repair over here and still avoid a heavy annual deficit?" the visitor from Georgia's capital wanted to know.
 Commissioners ,McLendon and Dickson gave him a mass of infor- nation and as a parting shot, in formed him that the adoption of modern form of municipal govern ment in Atlanta might be big help.