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Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-10
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OIL PRODUCTION

The tremendous growth of Southern Call1Of-
MIA oil industry is emphasized by the publication of an
oil section by the Los Angeles Times in its Sunday edl-
ton.
During the past few years it has been very plain
that in petroleum production the coast the south
west of the country has been doing something
phenomenal in the way of developing wealth
through this natural resource The eyes of the world
have been upon the oil fields of Southern California
contour map in the Times shows the location OF
the producing wells and their daily output 1t is an
astounding exhibit of the prodigalty of nature
responds to the genius and industry OF man. The
figures show that every "a hours there IS produced
287,909 barrels of oil in what is known the Los An
geles zone. Of this vast quantity Long Beach and
Huntington Beach wells yield 10000 barrels. In all
the state the present production is 467000 barrels
daily From this it will be observed there is aver
age daily production outside the Los Angeles OF
about 10000 barrels.
little mathematical computation shows that for
year at the present rate there is issuing from the
earth this valuable product to the extent Of more
than 170,000,000 barrels.
These are amazing figures and they tell in
degree the story OF our growth in material resources
Startling they however they do not reach the
gigantic proportions of agricultural and horticultural
products of the state In other words the surface of
the earth is still yielding much abundantly than
is its interior The difference is that the interior
production insured, continues at much less cost
in money and effort
This liquid wealth that gushes forth from the
bowels of the earth the counterpart of the rich coal
deposits of the Atlantic coast that have made that
section of the United States potential in every way
during all the years of national life. 1t to
give balance to the country. 1t equalzes develop
ment and contributes to the maintenance of proper
lation of the parts It is interesting coincidence
thing that is more readily adapted to modern life. The
invention of internal combustion engines makes the pc
troeum contribution of greater moment to the world.
While thesoil fields of Southern California are as
yet confined rather closely to the coast there is
slant hope that they will yet be found and
in the interior valleys Here in this great valley
all living in attitude of expectation. We hope at
distant day to add oil to the rich production with
which now feeding the world.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-10
State St. Church
Will Organize
Boy Scout Troop

The State Street Christian Sun
day school is sponsoring Boy
Scout Troup which is to be organiz-
ed Thursday evening at the church.
All boys of the Sunday school from
II years up to IS years of age are
invited to attend the meeting. Par
ents of the boys are also urged to
come. \ scoutmaster has been Sc
iected and will be named at the
meeting. 1t is the ambition Of the
Sunday school to have large troop
going well before the vacation
comes on. Great fun is in sight for
scouts then. The meeting at the
church will be- held at 1880. The
Boy Scout Committee of the church
is Frank S. Lake, superintendent of
the Sunday school, Arthur f.
Worthy, pastor Of the church and S.
.. Lingo. A number of the boys in
the Sunday school belonged to Mr..
Lake s troop last year and it is ex-
pected that every one of these will
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-10
PAY CHECKS FOR WIVES

City pay checks in New Orleans go not to the
male employees but to their wives. They mailed,
and the only way to prevent it is to rob the mails The
system applied vigorously to everybody from mayor
to street sweeper.
'The money belong in the home,' says Commits
soner Murphy, who responsible for the checks and
going to do my best to put it there. Then if
of the wives cannot keep it there, that is their
fault"
This is getting back to first principles. Is it not
an old American custom for the wageearner to turn
his payenvelope to his wife Saturday, getting
back only little cash for personal needs? In
of growing luxury and with turning to salaries
dividends, the custom has been in danger of grow
ing obsolete. But it is just sensible was,
and as conducive to domestic comfort and family
thrift.
Men like to pretend that don't know any
thing about finance. And possibly they don't in
saving it is generally the that is doing it. She
doesn't make speeches about saving; she just
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-10

Wolf was sneaking around, looking
for Il chance to nibblc Uncle Wig
gily' ears. This day the Wolf had
dressed himself up very fine, like
4 new clothes advertisement in
the trolley car with a cane, tall
silk hat and everything.
"I'll pretend TO be gentle
man." said the Wolf. "Nursc Jane
and Uncle Wiggily won't know
me. They'll think l m an insur,
ance agent or the gas man and let
mo in the bungalow. Then | II
nibble that rabbit 3 ears,'
And, because 0. his good clothes
the Wolf got in. the bungalow. He
sat down in a chair, laid his hat
and cane ON the floor, and then,
all Of sudden, he howlcd:
CHOW l have you, Uncle Wiggily
I IN going to take you off to my
den and nibblc your ears! Come
with mel" The Wolf started TO
tack Uncle Wiggily away, and look,
ed around for his hat and cane.
"Whcre's my hat7" lowlcd the
Wolf. Where's my cane? I can t
take Uncle 'fWiggily away-I can u
go away mysclf-without my hat
and cane. Where are they?"
But, though he looked all over
he couldn't find his hat and cane,
and while he was looking, and
Uncle Wiggily from cor
ner to corner, Nurse Jane quietly
telcphoncd for the Police Dog.
And when the Police Dog came
and arrested the bad Wolf, little
Tippy Tumble crawlcd out from
under the big sofa and barked:
q. 81 hid the VOLTS hat and cane
under the soft so he couldn 7 find
them. | hid them!"
Tippy Tumble, you are q good
little puppy! You saved Uncle Wig
gily s. ears!" said Nurse Jane, And
then the bunny gentleman gave
TiPpy'Tumble penny for lollypop.
Aud Tippyi fell in the mud when
be was coming from the store. But
you don y need to worry about that,
because he had eaten his lollypop
before he fell.
And if the coal scuttle docsn y
Lvmb bio down tho cellar stairs after
he gas stove has carried it UP toI
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-10

down in his easy chair to read the
morning paper, and Tippy Tumble
wobbled about the room. Pretty
soon Uncle Wiggily began looking
about him.
"What arc you looking for:"
asked Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy.
MY slippers" answered the
bunny gentleman, "I had them on
when sat down to read the paper
but took them off for a moment
and---'
"oh, are these your Slippcrs'"
asked Tippy. Tumble, as he dragged
them from the corner. 81 didn I
know what they were and 1 took
them to play with"
"You mustn't drag Uncle Wig.
gily's things into corners" said
Nurse Jane, but the bunny gentle.
man only laughed. Then he looked
around for something else.
"What's gone now" asked
Nurse Jane.
"My glasses" answered Uncle
Wiggily. 81 took them off to look
for my slippers and" 3.
"Oh, maybe these are your glass.
es," whined Tippy Tumble as he
brought them from another corner
where he had, dragged them while
Uncle |Wiggilyy aud Nurse Jane
were talking about; the lost slippers
81 was going to play with them"
"Tippy Tumble, you, are a mis-.
chievous little puggy dog!" ehidcd
Nurse Jane, shaking her paw at
hi..
Now all this while the WooSIe
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-10
ENERGY FROM THE AIR

Berlin newspaper prints an article saying that
Russian, Professor Figu Posakoff, has mastered the
whatever that may be- and it force for "hurl-
ing articles of any weight almost unlimited distances
The town of Urask, where the scientist has been
working has been under military blockade for weeks,
partly TO preserve secrecy and partly to avoid acci
dent All the details both as to discovery and expert
ments with it are suppressed.
While the Berlin papers declare that the Russians
expect TO utilize the discovery for peaceful activities
only it is pointed out that the nation possessing such
secret would be unquestionably in position to make
ugly and brutal warfare
If the secret of utilizing some form of latent ato-
mic energy has been discovered marks an epoch in
world history. The discoverer will take his place
among the greatest of all time. But news from
Russia is uncertain, and Germany is so willing to
play bogey to the rest of the world that it is just
as well to await further particulars.
The visit Of Secretary Waliace to this valley was
of the happy incidents of recent days The
tary tour Of real investigation and ne sought
here he is seeking elsewhere in California visited
by him this trip, social attention ostentatous
interests of the country he wishes to know at first
hand what the conditions and how they can be
bettered He can acquire this knowledge best by keep
ing in contact with the soil rather than through actv
tiles Of knife-and-fork clubs What Mr. Wallace
learned in Imperial Valley will doubtless result in ben
tion of other sections will also prove beneficial to the
rest of Southern California. This is big country but
modern means of communication make it quite pssi-
BILE for an energetic man to pretty fully comprehend
At when he sets out to do so. tt'+
The actual presence OF the bonds in Ell Centre and
their delivery to the purchasers make it plain that
there will soon be something doing in the way of new
courthouse. Well, we have waited long time and
with much patience.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-10
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
April 10, 1908

Imperial Creamery made new
record today by producing $500
pounds of butter. The output has
been about 1000 pounds daily.
Imperial Valley and gives pow
erty ball which is a great success.
The guests represented the entire
valley and the costumes were re-
markably clever.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-10
TOM SIMS SAYS

Ais not fair in love. Some are
blonds.
Two optimists are a couple of
drunks in Il speeding auto singing
"Nearcr My God to Thee"
johnny Rockefeller, Jr,, makes
only q million a month, but perhaps
he gets his gas at cost.
Now they say Pennsylvania
man has 16 wives. Police think he
is insane. SO do we.
San Jose (Cal.) Chinaman bit off
a bandit s finger and then cops
caught the rest of the man.
Toxic lawmakers had fight and
threw ink standsg which made a
blot on their reputation.
Georgia peach crop has been
killed twice this spring. Jack Frost
will have his little nip.
They say Cincinnati cafe owner
has been identified as a bandit. We
say it sounds plausible.
A perfect lady never chcws tobac.
co i'll public Or shoots any man uu-
less he is her husband,
The difference between a dance
aud u bo6tleggers' convention ism t
as much as it should be.
Ford has o plan to burn coal
twice. We want one not to burn it
at all.
There is something radically
wrong with one who is too radical. |
Hash must be plot. 1t th!cLens !
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-10

er, j. f. Seymour Jr., E. F. Howe,
and j. V. Wachtel.
E. E. Forester has just returned
from tour of the state as far
north as San Francisco and reports
that hay and grain prospects all
over are very poor; in his opinion
higher prices are bound to result to
Imperial county prodbcers.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-10

come Thursday night to help st
off the new troop.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-10
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell Of
Imperial Valley for This Date
in Past Years
TWENTY-ONE YEARS AGO
April 10, 1902

d. G. Whiting writes to the Cal
ifornia Cultivator that he has the
greatest faith in the Imperial coun-
ty and that the farmers there are
laughing at the dire predictions of
the government expert that the pro
valence of alkali in the soil is in
such quantities as to prevent the
growing of crops.
The highest temperature in
March was "a, the lowest "a. The
mean maximum was S5; mean min
imum Al.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-10
TEN YEARS AGO
April 10. 1918

Charles l.. Childers presided last
night at a banquet given in honor
of DR.. Healy, president of the Uni
versity of Southern California at
Hotel Oregon. After dinner speeches
were made by DR.. Healy, F. B. Full.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-10
WILL SACRIFICE 4
100 Shares Ell DOrad'
Mining Co.
STOCK AT 80c SHARE
s. sETo OWNER, Ell Centre
Rt. 8, Box 1913
DESERT TWILIGHT
By Emmy Matt Rush

BY Emmy Matt Rush
Silently the sun sinks low
Trailing heaven with an after
glow
Benediction shedding to that gr
Desert space,
Where full.orbed it reigned an h
ago!
Beneath its canopy of light,
Fairies-whom brilliant glows
hance-
In colors gay, blue, gold, vermilli
sparkling, bright.
Charmingly the minuet now dar
Shifting scenes move gaily on!l
Midst splendor, ravishing and r;
Enchantingly, t he after-gl
caught in one great span,
Watts glad radiance in its glar
The fantasy now disappears
Where once the majesty of ligh
With brilliant carnival inspi
and enthralled,
A shadow sombrous looms
1t is the Night.
come Thursday night to help st
off the new troop.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-10
Bedtime Stories
Copyright, 1923, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
BY HOWARD r. GARIS
UNCLE WIGGILY AND TIPPY
TUMBLE

One day when there was no
school, because the lady mouse
teacher was i'll, Tippy' Tumble ran
over to Uncle Wiggily's hollow
stump bungalow. Tippy Tumble was
a little puppy dog, the brother Of
Jackie and Peetie Bow Wow. The
reason he was called Tippy Tumble
was that he was always tipping
over and tumbling down, because
he was so unsteady on his funny
little legs.
Tippy Tumble also did other
queer things which I shall tell you
about when the right time comes.
Uncle Wiggily heard a funny lit
tie scratching sound on the door of
his hollow stump bungalow and
when the dear old rabbit gentle
man looked Out-1here was Tippy
Tumble.
"Hello Tippy. What do you
wants" asked Uncle Wiggily.
81 have come over to play with
you," answered the little puppy
chap. "Jackie and Peetie have
gone TO a Dali game and there is
no school for me so have come to
see you
"Crawl in," iinvited Uncle Wig
gily, and Tippy Tumble scrambled
up over the doorsill like the little
pig. Only Tippy fell down, but you
don t need to worry-he didn't t
nurt himself.
"Upsie-daisic." " laughed Uncle
Wiggily, as he helped Tippy Tum-
BILE in. "Now if you wait a min
ute until I read the paper IL play
with you So Uncle Wiggily sat
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-10

the kitchen. Ill tell you next
about Uncle Wiggily and the fire
sticks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-03
Times Help You Make Your Xmas Shopping Us
HELP wANTED-M.ALE
INSTRUCTIONS

FIRST-CLASS non-un1on plumber: must be
able to do lead work. Call Wash. 14S5.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-03
PRICES REDUCED

Buy Your Coal Where You Get
Finest Quality-Best Prices-Cor-
rect Weight and Courteous Service
Try One Ton and Be Convinced.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-08-03
They Fly by Instinct.

When morning dawned the woods
were filled with tlOcks Of black polled
warblers, fitting like living shadows
from light to light, where the sunshine
came streaming through the leaves.
They had come in the night; in another
day they would be gone. flown on north
ward.
Black polls, frail little birds with
bones no larger than straws, can fly
better than the best Of mans airplanes.
Every spring they migrate from South
America to Canada and every autumn
they fly back. The distance is from
5000 to 1000 miles. Some fall by the
wayside, but many make the journey.
Black poll cross the Gulf Of Mexico
at one flight. For "a hours on end
they are In the air, ceaselessly beating
their tiny wings, guided by unerring
instinct. They follow their uncharted
eoarAes through me air until thay AZ
~ 1afe 4 their destination.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-08-03
PAPER FLOCK ALARMED HIM
Profsssors Chickens Increased 80
Rapidly He Feared They Would
Depopulate the Country.

Anyone who ID attempting to sup
plement his income by keeping poultry
will be Interested In the latest Amert-
can story on the subject A professor
Of mathematics, contemplating hobby
Of this kind, calculated that he had
just money enough to buy hen and
a setting Of eggs. After dinner one
evening he sat down to estimate re-
suits. II ten chicks were Matched and
half Of them were pullets he would
have ok hens the next year. On the
same basis he would have Sc the third
year and 216 the fourth. From there
on he developed fast. By eight o'clock
he had bought $4,000 acres more land
for his coops and runs. BY nine o'clock
he was occupying all the tillable area
Of his own state. Two hours later the
original hen had populated the country
and was expanding into Canada and
Mexico. Just before 1t was time for
the professor to turn In for the night
It had become necessary to run hem
roosts out over the rivers and lakes. At
this point he went out and killed the
hen. He hadn't the heart, he said, to
start a thing like that and crowd the
human race out of North America
Manchester Guardian.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-08-03
Where Old Crows Go.

Crows are devoted parents. The
community mounts guard over the nest
until the young are ready for flight.
After the young birds have left the
nests the different communities or
tribes domiclled In the same region
assemble with every evidence Of sys-
tematic organization. Their meetings
are held before the dawn and the
meeting place is deserted spot where
perfect secrecy can be observed. Dur
ing the session many distinctly differ
ent cries are heard and in them natur-
alists have professed to see the rudi-
ments of a language. Chatham, Ont,
Is great crow wintering place for
in that warmest corner In eastern
Canada the crows stay, who hesitate
to take the long trip across Lake Erie
southwards for the winter. Among
them are many old ones who die
there. .
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-08-03
She Didn't Know.

He was fragile youth, and didn't
dance all the dances.
Let's sit 1t out" he said to his
pretty partner.
"Where?" she asked.
ION the stairs"
So they went up little way and
sat down.
"Why, what's the matter, Mr.. Stack
pole" cried the girl. For the young
man had risen hastily and was gasp
ing for breath. He could not reply.
His face was livid and with one shak-
ing hand he clawed feebly at the tail
Of his coat.
what kind Of an attack is it?' she
gasped.
AT this question his voice returned
'What difference does that maker"
he growled. Then, without a word of
apology, he dashed up the stairs and
flung himself into the mems cloak
room.
How was she to know it was an
ordinary carpet tack that the man
who canvased the stairs had care
lessly left standing on its head?
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-08-03
HIGHWAY LIGHTING

Illuminating engineers who /have
been studying the problem Of reduc-
ing danger to road traffic and pedes-
TRANS from automobile headlight
glare have decided that the solution
lies, in the Development OF highway
lighting, not in changes in headlights.
"A, committee of the National Elec-
trio, Light Association, which has had
this matter under investigation, be-
lieyes, that light systems applying to
highways the illuminating principles
embodied In regulation street light
ing are best calculated to meet the
needs Of tho situation.
1T has been found that where high
ways are lighted by properly hung
and properly spaced lights of approx
ed street Illuminating type, accidents
chargeable to anything save careless
or reckless driving are few.
Under such conditions the head
lights can be dimmed and there is no
dangerous glare from them, and no
confusing contrast between their con-
centrated illumination and the sur
rounding darkness"
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-08-03
Just Don't Use Brains.

Perhaps Keith, the British anthrO-
pologist, is right. He asserted the 9TH
er day that people use only a small
fraction Of their brain capacity. If you
witnessed the feats of memory and OBJ
servation performed by the bank clerks
who pass on your checks to decide II
the signature Is really yours, you
would agree that the human mind has
marvellous capabilities that are not
brought into action ordinarily.
Signature clerks In banks are not
mental giants or marvels. Their
brains are no better developed than
yours But through practice and train
ing, they acquire the power to do
things that seem impossible, things
you would say you could never do.
Yet you might be able TO duplicate
their feats II you only trained your
observation and concentrated your It
tention ~ they have done.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-08-03

One eF the Most Ancient Of superseL
Mentioned by g. Paul.
In 0alatlanA

The sEvii Eye" ia mysterioul
power attributed 30 certain persons
who are thereby able to injure others,
or even to cause their death, by simply
looking at them. This ancient and
widespread superstition was at one
time sanctioned by the classical au-
thors, the fathers Of the church, and
the physicians Of the Middle ages and
10 still believed in by many nations
within the range Of Ohrstendom. Tho
belief Is widely spread among the Ital-
ians and Spaniards at the present day,
a. we'll as among the Turks, Chinese
and Japanese. The ancient Greeks
called 1t Bahama, and the Romans,
Fascinum. Virgil, In the Third EclOgue,
speaks of an EVIL eye" that has be-
witched the tender lambs; and St
Paul, in Galatians 81, makes use Of
the Idea metaphorically to denote the
spiritual perversion Of the Galatians
as follows:
20 foolish Galatians. who hath be-
witched you, that ye should not obey
the truth, before whose eyes Jesus
Christ hath evidently set forth, cruel
ned among youY-Detroit News.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-08-03
To Be Happy, Though Married.

81. e. W.: Is it true you hold a
theory that married people are not
happy? This is to settle a bet.
MYRTLE.
Whoa, Mertz What l hold
is that human beings are as happy or
as miserable as they make each other
1t Is generally true that married peo-
pie are as happy, on the average, as
unmarried people. But it is peculiar
Of married people that they do a
whole lot of unnecessary things to
make each other miserable, and as
result they're always inviting COM
pany, because they'd rather see al
most anyone than each other, the way
they feel in their curl papers and
grouches. 1t isn't being married that
does it. It's forgetting to be sweet
hearts. But married people who keep
on being pals and sweethearts are the
happiest beings this side Of angels
Richmond Times-Dispatch.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-08-03
MANY KINDS OF BIRDS NESTS
Homes Vary az Greatly a. Do the
Feathered Creatures Who Raise
Families Therein.

The average time taken by bird to
build its nest is about a week; but II
the first one be destroyed a second
home may be built In a day, says the
Cleveland Plain Dealer. A few birds
afflicted with chronic laziness do no
more than repair an old nest Of last
year. Immediately after the nest has
been built egg laying begins, usually
at the rate of one day laid about the
same time. Eggs laid In dark holes,
like those Of the woodpeckers and
kingdshers, are always white, 30 that
they can be seen by the bird entering
the nest Eggs, however, are all col
ors. Often, contrary to popular opin-
ion, the coloring ~ not at all protec-
tive. The number Of eggs laid in
creases with the amount Of danger to
which they are exposed. Sea birds
nesting on the inaccessible cliffs lay
only one egg, waterfowl ten to twenty.
The usual number Is three to five. In
cubation usually begins with the laying
Of the first egg. Owls, however, be-
gin when the last egg has been laid.
Robins eggs require fourteen days in
cubation, ducks twenty-seven. geese
thirty-five. In all cases during this
period the eggs have to be constantly
turned and moistened. Usually incu-
baton il the work Of the female alone,
but the male sparrow is peculiar In
that he sinks his dignity-and does
his share.