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Imperial Valley press., 1923-02-08
UNITED ACTION AGAINST DOPE

To other International problems is added the
pressing problem of habitformng drugs. The League
of Nations has been considering that subject for the
last two three years, but does not seem to have
accomplished much. Wherefore Chairman Porter of
the House foreign relations committee recently
brought forward joint resolution requesting the
President open negotiations abroad for the control
of the traffic in opium and cocaine.
The interest of this country in the matter plain
enough Not less than American out of every 100
is said to be dope victim. Most of the victims
probably acquired the deadly habit innocently. Most
of them is thought might be cured if it possible
to cut off their supply. And if the supply stop
ped there would be crop of new victims coming
along.
The countries primarily responsible for the traf-
fic not many. The opium industry IS controlled
oy Great Britain Persia and Turkey and the cocaine in
dustry by Peru, Bolivia and the Netherlands Little
be done without international action. If these
countries be brought to agree the regulation of
production, manufacture and wholesale distribution,
it will be far simpler matter to control the traffic in
countries importing the stuff
The trouble in the United States comes mainly
from the fact that it is easy to smugge the drugs
the border. With control operating beyond
borders it would be far easier to regulate the distrbu
ton of the drugs legitimaely entering the country
This would seem to be one of the particular duties
of the League of Nations; but if it cannot handle the
task, other form of international action will
have to be found.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-02-08
DEMOCRACY AND DIPLOMACY

1t is deplorable as the House committee on foreign
affairs reports that the United States the greatest
democracy restricts secretaryships in the diplomatic
service to the members of small circle of society
who willing to provide from their private fortunes
for the support af their positions abroad"
It has always been deplorable, and it is usually
for tie heads of diplomats delegations
abroad than it is for the secretaries. Former Ambassa
dor Davis testified before the committee that when ne
was at London, living modestly he could, in
time calling for modest living, his Job cost him every
year about three times much his salary.
1t may be all right as regards the who
willing to pay out of their pockets for the priv
ilege of entering the social life of foreign capitals But
it greatly restricts the available candidates, the
committee laments, making unavailable for govern
mental service large body of capable young of
education and culture L also results in the two
services which ought to cooperatethe diplomatic and
consular-beng kept rigidly apart.
The congressional idea seems always to have been
that it undemocratic" to provide diplomatic quar-
ters and salaries abroad the scale that other
governments do. AS matter of fact, it turns out to
be the very opposite. really democratic policy
would enable any American of adequate ability how
poor, to accept any diplomatic position and hold
up his head, his countrys representative, without
any occasion for shame apology.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-02-08
AIR MAIL FOR CHECK CLEARANCE

new air mail service is proposed for the purpose
of speeding the clearance of western checks in
and New York checks in Cleveland and cities farther
west The regular air mails and mail trains do not
reach the metropolis in time to have checks cleared the
day, particularly in the summer when New York
has daylight-saving time.
The proposed new service would leave Cleveland
in the evening, arriving at BeefOnte Pa, in time
catch train which deposits the mail in New York
city early enough in the morning for the clear
ance of checks immediately
The old system, it is estimated, held up the use
of $4O00C0O for productive purposes for "a hours.
This involved interest loss of S65 000 These figures
concern Cleveland banks chiefly If other communities
farther west considered the sum would be still
larger.
Speeding up business and financial matters and
international government Communications seems to be
both inevitable and useful With much money saved
daily and put to "a hours earlier than formerly it
seems though big changes and improvements ought
to be evident at Yet in civilization based on
big events it probably will make much more ap-
parent difference to the nation whole than do the
five ten minutes citizen by running to catch
his daily street cars.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-02-08

Then he began hopping home,
with the feathers slung over his
back in a bag, and the jug of mo-
lasses under one paw.
~ hope Nurse Jane doesn' t make
q mistake and put molasses in my
bed instead of feathers,' said the
bunny to himself, and just then,
looking down the woodland path,
Uncle WiggiIy saw coming toward
him the bad Bob Cat.
"Oh, dear! How shall I get
aways' thought Uncle Wiggily. -
can't go down toward him for he III
catch me. And if / start to run
away he will see me and chase after
me. Oh, what shall I do9'
And then, all of n sudden, he
thought Of the feathers and the mo-
lasses.
"Ha! I know what I'll do, -
whispered the rabbit. "I'll smear
some sticky molasscs on my fur and
scatter chicken feathers over it.
Then ! II look like a rooster, may
be, and the Bob Cat won't know
mc!'
No sooner said than done! Step
ping behind a bush Uncle Wiggily
smeared himself with molasses from
the jug and then sprinklcd on some
of the feathers from the bag. Oh,
but he was funny looking sight!
Out from behind the bush he stepped
as the Bob Cat came along.
"Have you seen Uncle Wiggily,
Mr.. Rooster?' asked the Bob Cat.
"No, l haven to answered the
rabbit, for, having no looking glass,
he had not seen himself.
"That S funny said the Bob
Cat. ~ thought be was coming,
but he's gone now! We'll, l II have
to hunt him. And as Uncle Wiggi-
ly, with the feathers and molasscs
on him hoped away, the Bob Cat
said to himself: That's queer
rooster with four legs! l wonder if
it s all right?' But it was too late
then to chase after the rabbit, who
went home, washed off the feathers
and molasses and then how Nurse
Jane and he laughed at the way he
had foloed the Bob Cat.
But it all happened for the best
! didn't it2 And if the parlor mantle
Imperial Valley press., 1923-02-08
Bedtime Stories
Copyright, 1923, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
by HOWARD r. GARIS
UNCLE WIGGILY AND TILE
FEATHERS

"Uncle Wiggily, will you have
time to do little errand for mcs''
asked Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy as
the bunny rabbit gentleman was
hopping out of the hollow stump
bungalow one morning.
"Of course / will,' he answered
with a polite twinkle of his pink
nose. "What is it you want done,
Nurse janet
"Please stop at the coop Of Mrs.
Cluck Cluck, the hen lady, and bring
me some of her loose feathers,'' beg.
ged the muskrat lady. "She prom
ised me some yesterday
"Why do you want fcathers9''
the bunny gentleman wanted to
know. "Are you going to try to
flv?'
Goodness, nol' laughed Nurse
Jane. - want some extra feathers
to put in your bed. It's getting
rather hard and lumpy-it needs
new feathers.
"All right-I'll get them" prom
ised Uncle Wiggilv. OFF he started
to hop, wondering what sort of an
adventure he would have, when
Nurse Jane called again:
"Oh, Uncle Wiggily, feathers are
very light to carry, you know, and
perhaps you could do another errand
for me at the same time.
"Of course l will-what is it?'
asked the bunny.
Bring me some molasses and I II
bake you cake offered Nurse
Jane. "Here's the jug, and please
have it filled with molasses.
81 will,' said Uncle Wiggily, and
away he hoped.
First of all he went to the coop
of Mrs. Cluck Cluck, the hen lady,
mother of Charlie and Arabella
Chick.
"Have you any feathers for
Nurse janet" asked tho bunny.
"Plenty of them,' said Mrs.
Cluck Cluck, who was sometimes
called that and sometimes Mrs.
Chick, for she had married the see
ond time. "'There you are, Uncle
Wiggily," and she gave the bunny
rabbit q bag full of loose chicken
feathers, some of which had belong
ed to the hen lady herself, some to
Charlie and Arabella and some to
Mr.. Cock A. Doodle, the rooster gen
| tleman.
"Oh, these are fine feathers,
said Uncle Wiggily as he saw the
! bag full of them. "They will make
my bed wonderfully SOFT
Then he hoped on to the drug
store to get some molasses. But
when he got there the cupboard was
bare
Oh, what am thinking of, Won
der9 IN so absent minded!
Uncle Wiggily didn't 60 to the
drug store for molasscs because they
don t keep it. And the cupboard
wasn't bare-that comes in another
story-the one about Mother Hub
Imperial Valley press., 1923-02-08
PUT CREAM IN NOSE
AND STOP CATARRH
Tells How To Open Ciogged.
Nostrils and End Head Colds

You feel fine in a few nome
Your cold in head or catarrh will
gone. Your clogged nostrils will OH
The air passages of your head \
clear and YOU can breathe freely.
more dullness, headache; no hawk
snuflling, mucous discharges or d
ness; no struggling for breath at nia
Tell Your druggist You want sm
bottle of Ely's Cream Balm. Appll
little of this fragrant, antiselI
cream in your nostri.s, let it penetr|
through every air passage of the hei
Soothe and heal the swollen, inaan
mucous membrane, and relief col
instantly.
1t is just what every cold {
catarrh sufferer needs. Don't s.
stufed-up and miserable.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-02-08
A CELEBRTTY'S HUSBAND

Being the husband of "thc best dressed woman
in the world" may be a great honor, but it has its
drawbacks. An English husband says he is getting
tired of it, though he doesn't pay for the gowns
His wife has been cutting tremendous sartOrial
spurge in London and Paris the last two three
years spending as much as $15O,000 year clothes.
She came near invading America with them recently,
then went to South Africa instead The Door husband
complains that all he has is few shillings week al
home Moreover he says, he has to button up his
wfe's gowns scrub floors wash his clothes and eat
the most meager fare when he doesn't happen TO be
stopping with the queeny dresser at $l,00O-a-week
hotels
Far be it from any innocent outsider to butt into
situation like that with gratuitous advice But if all
that the gentleman is quoted saying is true, surely
he has a good case for alinony.
About all that France has been able to collect in
the Ruhr district SO far is data.
Seeing how sorry those American doughboys
To come home, maybe it's about time they
Imperial Valley press., 1923-02-08
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell
Imperial Valley for This Dat
in Past Years
TWENTY-ONE YEARS age
February 8, 1902

S. w. Ferguson, former man'
of the Imperial Land Compi
says that he will undertake to cs
as many steers on 100 acres of \
in the Imperial Valley as ca
carried on 480 acres in IllinoisR
"Carter River is the name gN
to stream in this section in hc
of George A. Carter, who with tei
and large ditching machines is NJ
ing new rivers here.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-02-08

admiration, not only because this
great river is to be harncsscd, but
because widely separated groups OF
people and great comnonwealths
sensibly pooled their interests and
determined to keep the control Of so
vast an undertaking tightly IN their
own hands. Many It people has sold
its birthright in natural resources
for less than mess Of pottage.
These people do not intend to do 50
Imperial Valley press., 1923-02-08
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
February 8, 1908

FL Centre oper" house opened
night with the presentation Of
play caro- You Crazy?' befor
large audience. About 60 C;
down for the opening from Redla
and special trains were run f
Brawley, Calexico and Holly
bringing people from all over
valley.
w. L. Conser is putting in
acres of grapes just north of t.
this season besides making other
provements on his land.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-02-08

About all that France has been able to e.
le Ruhr district SO far is data
Imperial Valley press., 1923-02-08
TEN YEARS AGO
February 8. 1918

Tho Oregon hotel is crowded
capacity every night. George
Armstead, manager, says that il
greatly to his regret that he has
accommodations to meet the dem;
Mrs. p. II. Grogan, Miss Marg,
ite Delaney and Mrs. Conners v
the hostesses last night at I; dclii
fhl card and dancing party gi
by the ladies of st. Mary's Cath
church. Mrs. p. 7. Cunningham
charge at the door and j. +. Seym
Jr. was floor manager.
gets over being proud and will
out and sit in the kitchen to tall
the gas stove, I'll tell you I
about Uncle Wiggily and the ba
beans.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-02-08
By CONDO

Can you borrow enough money to
pay your income tax!
Mr.. McNcoley Of Scottsburg, Ind,
shot an eagle. This will teach
caglca 10 leave Mr.. McNcclcy alone.
our opinion Of Europe is that we
hope il is true about the Atlantic
being 1000 miles wide.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-01
POLICE DEPARTMENT
RECEIVERS $I7,342
DURING SEPTEMBER
Property Returned to DUN
ers Include Cars, Jew-
elry and Clothing.

City derectives and police recovered
SIl.342.60 in stolen property during
September. according to statistics com
piled by Detective Sergeant STANLEY
Fitch.
During the same period Isl arrests
were made that necessitated transfers
to other courts on misdemeanor oil
felony charges ~
The report of recovered stolen prop
erty reveals that Detectives Long and
Grasshoff in charge of the automo-
bile theft bureau recovered automo-
biles. valued at S12.60J. during the
month and which were returned to
owners.
Other recoveries during September
included automobile accessories. Sol :
bicycles. $2G1; clothing, $40: cash.
S274: jewelry,. $1905; miscellaneous
articles. $1O64.
The report shows that cases trans
ferred to federal agents were on
charges of violating the national pro-
hibition act. narcotic violations and
for the Department Of Justice and the
immigration officers. The total num-
Der transferred was As.
Twenty-one prisoners were trans
ferred to the juvenile officers.
Cases transferred to the county
criminal court on misdemeanor
charges numbered 4. Transfers TO
Justice Fisk's court were % and y
to Judge Campbells court.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-01
Speed Records and New
Construction Surpass 9th
er Nations Have Made
Rapid Strides in Auxil-
larry Sciences to Flying.

Although the United States can not
compete with other leading nations Of
the world in quantity of military air,
craft, U. S. Army air service report
just issued at Washington contends
that this country leads all others in
aircraft development and the quail V
of machines perfec. ed. This conten-
ton is based on the fact that Ameri-
can army aviators hive captured vir-
tually all the world airplane records
in the last year. Air service officers
stationed in San Antoni in COM
menting upon the report, L...eve that
still other laurels will Gown the
American aviator after the interna-
tool air races are over az st. Louis.
These races will begin ,rday and
continue for three days.
The credit for the records made by
American aircraft is given to the air
service engineering division at Nc
Cook Field. Dayton. Ohio. 10 ~ reau
of standards and the national advisory
committee for aeronautics. The re-
port states that these recoris have
been achieved because of the greatly
increased efficiency of the ,airplane
motor. and the improved construction
of the airpl.ne body and wings.
Have the He'll
To lie improvement of the wartime
Liberty motor is attribui the Sc
cess of tn, record maxim
and trans-continental flights. The re-
port states flat the Liberty motor 4
engine weighing 500 pounds, but con-
ti~uing TO generate 400 hor--'' for
approximately 80 hours, is regarded as
a most remar,: BILE mechanical a1d
scientific achievement.
In the Pulitzer trophy race at De-
troit last year in which Lieut.. Russell
NJ. Vaughan of Kelly - flew 224
miles an hour. the report states th.t
the improved design of American air.
craft was again brought into promi-
nence. One of the most rema:..
features of the development of the
speed plane is the successful use of l
engine Of such tremendous power in
so fragile craft.
The army air service practic "
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-01
LECTURE ON BOYS
Walter Cooling Of Junior High Schools
WI Speak at Y"

The first pf a series of lectures on
boy Leadership will be given at the
Y. NJ. c. H.. Avenue d and Third
street, at 8 o'clock Monday night by
Walter Cooking, superintendent of the
junior high schools of the city. it was
announced Wednesday by Fl. G..
Spruce, boys work secretary. Mr..
Cooking will speak on Human Nature
of Early Adolescence"
Mr.. Cockirg's lecture will be a spe-
cial interest 70 those who are at the
head of boys clubs and also to par
ents.
Beginning Monday night, the lee
lures will be given every Monday and
will be open 70 the public.
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I0tkgd States Leads in
Quality ofMew Airplanes

stands alone in developing an airship
that can ascend and descen vert ",
The DeBothezat heiicopt,. FLYING
machine of this kind. and already sew.
eral flights have been made a. McCook
Field in it and termed successful. The
helicopter, however. is still in its early
stage of development. but ar /
tors believe it WI be only a short
until a machine o l. ; type will
be RISING to any height reached by Ter
kinds of aircraft.
Improvement In Flares.
Illumination is necessary element
in night flying. and the air service en-.
gineers have not been m.e in dc
veloping means of ghtis- landing
fields by emergency flares dropped
from the plane. and also b.. stationary
beacons at regular landing fields.
Along the same line. beacon lights and
aerial lighthouses have been perfected
for the guidance of the nighi Ter.
Lieutenants MacReady and Kelly who
flew from New York b. SaL Fran. isco
without landing San testify to th1 val. .
.of this equipment. the air se:v' re-
port states. A ..
AT Kelly Field is The large beacon
light used as food liz to illumine
the aiding field, or a a beacon Ito
guide an aviator to tie field. TIC
giant light has half a million can]e
power, and is attached q an pecially
constructed motor truclSis0 that it car
be placed at any spot on the field
When being used as a in
coming filler announces Is a val by
flying through the light. 1t is then
focused on the landing field and the
aviator can land with the same safety
that he lands in the day lime.
In the development iCf bombing
planes, the U. s. army. al. service
stands alone. In addition 10 :, giant
Martin bomber which has slccessfull,
demonstrated its practicallity as an
engine of war by sinkine scra ped
dreadnaughts of the navy ffG varying
attitudes. the Darling bomb. the larg-
est airplane in the world, stands as
the last word in the development of
that type of aircraft. TIL Barring
bomber was designed by fI"lter III
Darling. and constructed trder his
supervision by army engineers and me-
chanics at McCook Field. .The mon Z
ster airplane is equipped viii fc n
motors and has 1000 horse over. II
will carry tons of bombs and it is be-
lieved by the planes most oIt.mistir
critics that it can fly across the At
lantic ocean,. The Barlirg's maiden
flight was made on the afte,lOOn of
August %. At this time The plane
rose TO an altitude of 2cO0 ID
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was piloted by Lieut.. II. r. Harris
Mr. Barllng was a passenger.
His Dreams Come True.


Wha- the future development of air
raft viii be is only speculative, I
Mr.. Barling's own story tn VS. an !.
.eresting light in that direction. In
telling Of the maiden flight of his mas
ter plane he says:
In taking off looked across. wbtrc
hidden among the tall weeds and under.
growth stood the tumble-down shnck
where some few years ago the Wight
Brolher worked so intensel~ On
the frs successful flvi' machine.
There in that neglected shack among
the wesls was written. as Sing
terms it:i'The first verse in a chapter
of endless possibilities my
lofty perie | surveyed tie struct :. !
OF my gigantic plane and was glad
that had been given the part Ia
write ole of the future yer s in this
romanth manuscript of human m;
plishmeit. f.
After the flight had progressed for
several minutes Mr.. Barring EFF his
seat and went to The engineers cabin
to see h,v things were working. In
speaking If this he says;
Long before ] had started design
ing | hat pictured in my fanty this
engineers rabin with its array of n
trolls in full action. To observe it nos
in reality VAS great satisfaction. Al
the same fine pictured the engineers
cabin of the future airplanes bat III
make my bmber resemble a pygmy. IT
will be n much more TOomy. compart-
ment than this little s.and-up affair.
and can see the door separating the
engineers cabin from the statcroom.
with its inscription. keep out-engin-
GERS only One might be inclined TO
term me virIsl in these assertions, but
have ] moi material grounds f. nv
beliefs? Who would have had con-
fidence in ny plane IN years ago.
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Eugitiye Comes Back.

Augusta. Ga, Oct. 1.-William Il
O'Keefe. who had fled from Augusta
the night of August II. just few
hours before a warrant was sworn out
for him charging the larceny of 100
bales of cotton from the Allied Com
press Company, of which he was
warehouseman. returned TO Augusta
late last night and early today sur
rendered TO Sheriff ]. Il. Plunkett.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-01

In several sizes and styles
and a wide range of colors.
These prices are half and less
of what such candles regular
ly sell for.
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Nouelty in Style

PRACTICALLY department will be represented in this
series of events day during October Many will
offer merchandise secured at substantial price concessions
and most attractvely priced WATCH OUR ADVERTISE
MENTS every dayyou will find we'll worth while make
the most of each opportunity!
Evening star., 1923-02-11

Kansas. Oklahoma, Central PennsYl-
doubtedly will sign agreements so
that a strike this year in any of the
union fields Is remote.
Every member of the United Mine
Workers Of America has been assess
ed 81 a month for two months as a
special assessment. The total thus to
be raised will exceed $1.50O.000. The
miners assert the special assessment
which is in addition to regular dues
was levied to pay off indebtedness
incurred during the strike last year.
The uon-union operators profess to
see in the levy the raising Of a huge
fund to finance the effort to swing
West Virginia into the union.
Union operators in the bituminous
fields have decided to comply with
the demands of the coal commission
for information and are endeavoring
to cooperate with the commission to
the fullest possible extent. The opera
tors have employed as counsel John
w. Davis, former ambassador to Great
Britain, Henry L. Stimson, former
Secretary of War, and others at fees
reported to exceed 100000 in the ag-
sreEate, to advise them with respect
to the commissions inquiry. These ad-
visers have recommended that the
operators aid the commission in OBJ
tanning the facts about the coal in
dustry.