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Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-10
Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD E. GkRTS
Copyright, 1928. oy Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE
TURTIE

L
Once Upon Il time. as Uncle Wig
ssily was hopping through the forest,
he CHANGED to hear a sad voice say
ing:
"Oh, dear. Oh, dear! shall
never get there III time, and my poor
wife! What is to become of herl''
The rabbit gentleman looked UP in
the air, but he could see no bird
who might have been singing this
! sad song. Then Uncle Wiggily look
ed down on the ground, and there
! he saw a poor, old mud turtle gentle
man who lived in Il house of shell
which he carried on his back.
"HeIlo, Mr.. TURTLE cried Uncle
Wiggily in his jolly voice. "'Why
were you speaking so sadly just
nOw?'
- spoke sadly because I am go
ing to be late was the answer.
- am such a slow .crawler that I
will surely be late. We turtles, you
know, have q house Of shell on our
backs 80 no Fox nor Wolf can bite
us. Our she'll Is too thick for even
the sharpest teeth. But because of
this shell we have to 90 very slowly
crawling along like molasses in
winter
Don't talk to me Of molassesH'
laughed Uncle Wigeily. u know
all aout it. But what are you 90
ing to be late at-do you mean late
FOR the moving pictures? Were you
TO meet your wife there -
con, no, slowly answered Nh.
Turtle, Ny wife is i'll and l am go
ing to the drug store, or chemist s
shop, rs an English Turtle would
say, for some medicine. But 1 shall
never reach the drug store in time. -
eyes, You are Il bit slow, my
friend" said Uncle Wiggily, when
he had watched the turtle crawling a
few steps.
- know II. 80 WAS the sad answer.
"Aud unless | soeu get that medi-
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-10

from Phoenix, Arizona, to join her
husband. has taken Ethel Briden-
st.ne $ place in the postoffice.
I. w. Gleason, president of I'M
perial Water Company, No. l, is
in the city this week, for the pur,
pose of attending the director S
me ,ting Of the corporation.
F. c. Shawley of Pomeroy, Wash
ington, and a land owner in the
Heber neighborhood, is in the val
ley this week.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-10
SANTA ANA COUNTY rs
So YEARS OLD TODAY

SANTA ANA, Oct. 10-Santa Ana
county, one of the richest III the
country is 50 years Of age soaay.
One Of the nation IS leading produc-
ers OF beans, walnuts and other agri-
cultural and horticultural crops, the
comfy now has an estimated popu-
lation Of $4,000.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-10
TOY WILL SPEAK
TO HOTEL MEN

SANTA BARBARA, Oct. TO-
Harvey Toy, chairman Of TIE state
highway commission. and Paul
Shoup, southern Pacific executive,
will share houors today as sp ukcrs
at the Pacific Coast hotel men S
convention in session here.
. Toy is to speak on the develop
ment of the state highway syst m,
urging cooperation in securing adj
ditional funds to carry through a
big construction program, while
Shoup will talk of the relationship
between hotels and railroads.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-10
TEN YEARS AGO
October IN 1914

c. b. Messenger of the Callfor-
Mia Cultivator is visiting his son, A.
p. Messenger, who is located on a
farm near Imperial.
James R. Phelan, Democratic can
didate for the United States senate,
will speak in Ell Centre on the
evening of October II.
Elmer A. Todd will, leave this
evening for Los Angeles for Il few
days on business and will notify
his pupils on his return.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-10

pcct you so soon with my medicine.
But l ann glad, for need it. Thank
you.
"Thank Uncle Wiggily, no. ne. -
said Mr.. Turtle, and his wife did.
The Mrs. i'uitlc took her medicine
and soon she was quite well again.
And Just as the bunny was about
to hop home, the Bob Cat jumped
out Of the bushes at him.
"Bite the Bob Cat S tail, Mr..
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-10

of Riverside, was an Ell Centre Wis
itor this week, ard visited his son
at his ranch near Calexico.
C. II. Hall, manager for the Sc
miTropic Produce Company, reports
that he has already signed up near
ly four hundred acres of cabbage
for the coming season.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-10
TRIO SAYS TIL Ely
WERE ONLY GETTING
THEIR MONEY BACK
by United Press Leased Wire

SANTA BARBARA, Oct. 10.-J.
Rosales, Louis ,ROsales and Joe Gar
cia were to be sentenced to San
Quptin today, following their con
viction on charge of raiding a
gambling game at Guadalupe, north
of here.
The trio pleaded that, while they
"stuck up" the game in true west
ern fashion, obtaining several thou
sand dollars, they were only secur-
ing money they had lost while play
ing.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-10

Once Upon Il time. as Uncle Wig
sily was hopping through the forest,
he CHANGED to hear a sad voice say
inc.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-10

THIS NEW TOURIST is typical young
mans shoe. Made of full stock brown calf.
with double thick sole and finished with brass
eyelets. See our window
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-10
IIFTEET. YEARS AGO
October 10, 1909

Warren +. Gross has just arrived
from Los Ang les to take charge
of the Imperial Lumber and Com
mercial Company yards. II. Il.
Park, former manager, has been
transferred to the company's S yards
at Pomona.
Frank b. Tetlev. orange grower
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-22
PRICE Of PORK
Affected BY
CORN
Shortage Of Grain Sure to Be
Reflected in Cost Of
Meat Products
~ International News service.

What will be the price OF ham
and eggs and pork chops this win
ter? The Government statement
for September says.
with only 2.513,O00. 900 bushels
indicated. or 33,0OO, 900 bushels less
than last year. the corn crop en-
tered September in the. lowest con.
dition in the last forty years with
three exceptions"
What has that to do with pork
chops? You eat more Of the billion
dollar corn crop than you think,
for that is what ham, bacon and
pork products are made out 1t. 1t
is chiefly for feeding swine that
corn is grown on more land than
any other cultivated crop in the
United States. according to a bulle.
tin issued by the American Nature
Association. which adds that corn
oil. corn syrup &nd cornstarcn are
increasingly important products.
Hardly w per cent Of the corn
crop is exported.
Uncle sans annual corn crop
ranges from one and a half to
three billion dollars. This is ap.;
proximately twice the annual value
Va nun ptOuuCCu anu twenty LlnlSS
that of the gold mined each year.
The white man came to America
seeking gold and found 1t in the
cornfields, OF the worlds four
billion bushels of corn the United
States produces three-fourths.
Loaded in wagons this would make
a train long enough to go nine
times around the world at the
Equator.
Farmers get a greater total re-
turn from corn than any 0thex
CROP During the past decade the
product Of this plant has generally
exceeded the combined value OF
wheat and cotton, the next two most
important crops. Corn growing is
the principal task Of millions Of
farmers. As a rule a hundred
million acres are planted to corn
each year. It Is grown In every
state in the Union, but thrives best
in the Central States from Ohio
westward to Missouri and beyond.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-22
Stocks SHOW
UPWARD
TREND
- psioss IN Early Trading
eunsrany higher Than at
Previous Close

~ York. sspe. 22.-The new
49, IN GMa m1ock market opened
- GHguEnble conditions. First
N8 - TIE early trading today
49, Gs11E1Ily higher than at the
1ENw cIo1e- There was some
llNzzlaTfly IN the outside mar
- e1llon sustaining slight losses
- - slnF1 ana money rates still
81111E % mg- Gains Of a point
g. 1919 were recorded in a num-
~ 80 TIE lnnding industrial and
U4Mw MaDckn. mostly I'm continue.
UM@ m4 ehs forward movement,
W44E8 wa9 ar progress from We'd
u144y ~ hst week.
- hroak IN Standard Plate
60 aue 60 the reported error
- - clerical department of the
- eEchange IN announcing the
elElElnE on q this stock from the
- .ulLhout fun notice with respect
- - Change in name from COM
~T - corporation, was made the
eHnmMinn Tor a sharp recovery at
~ gpaning today.
n sioek jumped 6ls points, to
- Whsre Il was still ~ point
o4leU t1s high Of last week. In
9l431lT ne market was deIuged
80 e9Iling Onlers. under the in.
-z18ne q which the stock broke to
~ and sold In large volume
oEuuno -. An official statement of
- pgsatlRnt of the company denied
ma theEe was any friction between
eE@ @lHieers % the company, and
gA@1 current business and earnings
~re satisfactory.
Ama1g the strong spots in the
arlF trading today were American
Laaacce. American Wooden, Nash
-oeers- american Ice, Hayes Wheel,
Lon9cro Products and Mack Trucks.
esoo4 gains in active trading were
rscoraed by all Of the stocks in
thl2 groap. The biscuit company
o12rea jnined the upward move.
Maeuf sarly In the session, and pub
~ urlll1y shares. like Columbia Gas
en4 c1nsolidated Gas. joining in
~ tAs end o. the first hour.
Ihe bears kept up a continual
n1naz1ering on the pool industrials
- 49, as the market leaders and
49, oeclined moderately from the
- level Of the day. Colorado
- iast about 3 points at Az.
Eaa4wsn and American Can down
o1nsaa ! point. OH stocks were ir.
reG1laT 50 Texas crude oil prices
Eecelred another cut and Dawson
CneHltcal sold of on official denial
III vacuum on Company was buy.
~ ~ stock ''Or has any intention
e eng So;
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-22
Chicago Live Stock

CHICAGO, Sept. %. - A small
supply Of $1,000 hogs was gobbled
up readily at an advance Of Is to
20 cents over the prices paid last
Saturday. Demand was strong
from shippers and competition keen
for the good swine. Top was made
early in the day at $1,000 with
most good hogs selling at $40
to $1O.25.
Cattle receipts were also light
and the market generally rs cents
higher for practically all grades Of
desirable beef makers. Cows, and
7heifers sold steady to rs cents
higher and the bull market was
better. Calves sold steady and
feeders were strong.
Lambs were generally Is cents
higher on light receipts. The mar.
ket. was active.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-22
N. Y. Cotton Market

NEW YORK Sept. 2a-The cot.
ton market was irregular ut the
opening today with first prices 10
to .1S points lower. October opened
at 22.45 down 10 points: December
21.S5, down 10 points January o1.S7
down 1S points and March 22.!G.
down IL points.
LIVERPOOL, Sept. 22-Spot good
demand but business moderate.
Prices steady. Sales, 5000 bales.
Mids fair, 1926; strictly good
mids., 1875; good mids, 1925: strict.
ly mids, 1891; mids, 1886. Strictly
low, 1885; low, 1886; strictly good
ordinary. 1916; good ordinary, 1lSS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04
WOODROW WILSON

great leader dead casualty of hero that died the field of battle After ended the had laid down their he fatered failed to and who did strongly and daunt
 ess scorn obstacles and regardless obstructvenes until his mortal body could longer stand under the lash his relentless will.
 The tragedy of it all was that he did not survive to behold the consummaon of his aspirations and the fufment of his vision While the people exalted higher plane crisis of Woodrow Wilson's ideal world took firm hold the public mind and brought forth universal popular approval both in this continent and Europe Through his they beheld vision of the promised heretofore the of the people of the globe had scarcely dreamed of
 When there the inevitable relaxation the the people for time forgot existence the comfort of mental resulness Then that
 the enemies swooped down the great leader and compelled
 him fight for that which should have about by popular acclaim That for which he fought the wider democracy the application in practical of those views that have right and just since the beginning of tme Woodrow Wilson challenged the whole world do what the whole world for ages admitted should be good will towards all mankind had long accepted ideal toward which mankind should aspire But nobody had done anything about it. Woodrow Wilson's the whole world that should longer postpone what the whole world had long agreed ought to be done.
 But the fortunate that though Woodrow Wilson has departed this e he has left behind him heritage that will continue and to enlarge the of its benefits
 through all the Though there have been those who scoed and still the number of those who believe that the vision be made reality and It sad thing that the United States has played the role of sande the drama human conquest human habit human baser impulses which fve-sxths of the world earths people taking part Woodrow Wilson conceived that drama and role that played only his native land which eventually his native land will time play to make the company complete.
 Woodrow Wilson dead yet being dead he still lives that thing which he deemed essenathe democracy of the nations and the brotherhood of mankind When history wr will say that the victory went those who rumphed with but those who made that by ayng the foundation for such perfect understanding would eventually wipe from among the nations and
 strengthen those human bonds that know creed
 lineage questions justice of right of wrong And those of strength and almost superhuman vison Woodrow Wilson led all the rest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04
DEPREcATEs LONGEVITY

Perhaps Dr. J. s. Afford, president of the Institute of Sanitary Engineers of Great Britain, is seeking to revive the notoriety gained by the famous Dr. Osler, who humorously remarked that most men ought to be chloro- formed after reaching certain age. At any rate, Dr. Afford deprecates the present-day efforts to reduce the death rate and says that there is no advantage, but rather a disadvantage, in prolonging the lives of men after their productiveness has passed. There may be some biological basis for this opinion, but the development of mans mentality has been such as to lift him somewhat above mere physiological plane, so that a man may be consid- cred productive and of value long after he has passed the capacity to reproduce the species. The list of men who have contributed vitalIy to human welfare and knowledge by their work and research after they have ANSu DcSoHo tuS DiuilSdl InIee-ScoFe and ten is long and voluminous one. The few old men who have done this have paid also for the maintenance of the innumerable old men who have not. Besides, as the span of life is prolonged, doubtless the period of strength and mental alertness will be approximately prolonged. Also, the death rate does not imply only that more men live to be old, but, what is of more importance, that more men live into and through their prime,
 when their productivity is at it's height Perhaps, like Dr. Osler, Dr. Afford is merely joking. And then, being English, perhaps he is not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04

thing new, which is being quite wig orously exploited. A course in "Yell Leading" has been instituted. Full academic credits are given sophomores who enroll in the classes ,and lectures are offered on such subjects as "bleacher psychology" whatever that may be, "correct use of the voice. J "stage presence development" and things like that. The students in this important course are expected to put into practice all that they learn in the classrooms when the time comes for home-team roofing. Patrons of athletic events may judge from re- suits whether proper instruction has been given.
 This innovation seems to be consis- tent with the modern tendency to standardize amateur sports. There is promise of textbooks on proper forms of roofing, how to wear college colors, and kindred important subjects. Thus the new college course bids fair to be- come one of the most popular of the entire curriculum, and there may be need for special indorsement to de- velop it to the fullest.
 A question arises in this connec- tion: To what practical use may stu dents put this highly specialized train ing in after life? Efficiency in "Yell Leading" may be required in a num- Der of industries. The railroads are constantly needing fog-horn voices to announce arrivals and departures of trains. Trusts require their bankers. Even hog-calling has not been lost as an art; and new fields of industry are constantly being opened up which might find use for leather lungs. Per haps Leland Stanford is preparing to supply some pressing needs for pos terity. A higher institution of learn ing must look ahead and anticipate developments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04
DAIRYMEN ASK COOPERATION

It is for Birmingham consumers to determine whether or not there shall De a material advance in the retail price of milk. Dairy interests repre- senting more than ninety per cent of all the milk handled in this city have plainly set forth the situation as re- spects their costs and their losses be- cause of disputed and bad accounts and failure to return empty bottles. It is alleged that of the two hundred thousand bottles in constant circula- tion every tenth bottle delivered to a Birmingham home is never returned to the dairies, which causes a total yearly loss of $146,000. Thousands of dollars in losses to the dairies are incurred annually in adjusting disput- ed and bad accounts. One dairy re- ports a loss of five thousand dollars in a year from this source.
 e Consumers of milk can protect themselves against an advance in prices by paying cash or by tickets and by returning empty bottles, The dairies will insist upon this on and after February Is. Cooperation by milk consumers will be a matter of their own protection. The losses and unnecessary costs claimed by the dairymen are figured in the retail price. Perhaps, by cooperation, the citizens may pave the way for an ac- stual reduction in price.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04
BIRMINGHAM GAS RATE

That Birmingham has the second lowest gas rate of any large city, as set forth by government statistics, does not tell the whole story. Some of the cities enumerated with rates slightly in excess of the Birmingham rate are not using by-product gas, which is much cheaper and should, therefore, be sold at much lower rate. De- troit's rate of seventy-nine cents, the lowest quoted, is only one cent per thousand cubic feet less than Birming- hams, though it is claimed that the small saving to consumers arises from the fact that there are many more consumers per mile of gas mains, and hence less cost per customer. One cent per thousand feet would seem to be a small reduction for the sav- ing in maintenance, depreciation and taxes.
 The fact is Birmingham's gas rate :, is not low, when it is considered that the consumption is only part of what would otherwise be an even larger waste of by-product. It is understood that millions of feet of by-product gas, over and above what the city consumes, is being wasted because of the surplus available quan- tity. Under such conditions, eight cents per thousand feet does not ap- pear to be low rate, especially if it be true, as many believe, that under existing local conditions by-product gas could be profitably sold at forty , or fifty cents. There is no room for credit that Birmingham's rate shows a small decrease in price since by. product gas has been used. The municipal contract provides for g .,eriodical decrease in rate as the total consumption reaches stipulated quan- titles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04
FARMINc-RIcHEsT RESOURCE

Commenting on the increasing in- ,csgterest in raising poultry and dairy : stock in Georgia of late, the Anniston s Star says: Suppose we get busy Tn Alabama and show Georgia thing or two about poultry raising and dairy farming. All that is needed is for Alabama people to give little thought ,Aibetter COWS, better bairying meth ;. otis,e better chickens and better care ef chickens, and the result soon would TS.be fseen in the larger production '' EssThis is excellent advice, which some T parts of the state and some branches of agriculture are already observing. There cannot be too much of it.
 The value of improving the source z of supply is time and again demon .---strated by experience, whether it be -@stta the livestock industry, poultry rais- ing, horticulture, general farming or some agricultural speciality. Raising the standards in the agricultural ill- dustry is good business. It is gratify- ings to note the increasing number of producers who are coming to realize s.sthe importance of quality and of yield per acre at the minimum cost. In farming, as in every other industry, "a dollar saved is a dollar earned. Farming is Alabama's most important industry, yet it has by no means be- gun to approach its limits of develop .ment and expansion. It is our most permanent resource, and comprises the most prolific source Of our future wealth and prosperity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04
THE HUMAN PARADE
By JOHN PILGRIM

A little way down the street is nice, vanished, spick and span office, in which is glass-topped desk and filing cabinet and Eben K. Gordon. esq. No matter when you visit Mir. Gordon it appears that he has nothing to do His desk is al- ways clear and fire. He seems always to be destroying himself utterly by smoking an excellent cigar, this process of demolition having been going on for forty odd years. r
 ''How's business?" 1 asked. It seemed. to nie that Eben K. had no business at all. wondered how soon the bank would close down.
 Never better said he. cheerily Il can hardly keep up with it."
 l told him, in d few cordial and well turned phrases. that thought he was liar. 1 had not seen him at work for a year. Always before when came in found him in shirt sleeves, worried, up to his eyebalIs in unanswered letters. Now he ap- peared to be loafing his way through life.
 '"The difference is," said Mir Cor don. that I am now dOnig my work instead of lodging it.
 In the old days he did not an- swer letters until the last day of grace. His desk piled up wfeh all sorts of things. He did not know how he managed to kill so much time. he said. but he did. S0ns night
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04
PRoFITINc BY MUD.HoLEs

se sf It need not be surprising that com : plaints from motorists passing through
 Alabama are increasing because of
 what they consider cxorbitant charges < by people who pull their cars out of s mud-holes. Some of the compliments
 say they were required to pay from
 eight to fifteen dollars or more for
 this service, and charges arc made that some folks iff rural sections of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04

the state are finding this service very profitable.
 Perhaps there is more or less truth in the charges. When a tourist party in high-power auto are trying to get south on a quick schedule, it is very provoking to be stuck in the mud for hours, and they are willing to pay we'll to get out. Some owners of teams understand this, and are likely to charge top prices for the service.
 The theory of demand and supply finds practical application to this new business, which has become an inn portant industry in states and sec tions which are heavily burdened with a mud tax.
 Such situation reacts on the state, although not the high charge, but the condition of the roads is the real cul- prit. There is only one effective rem edy-good roads. Any state or sec tion which fails to realize the value of adequate public highways will be the loser. Until Alabama has high way system that will provide the needs of her people and attract tourists, there will continue to be double bur- den and two-fold loss to this state. Meantime, owners of mule-teams in the mud-hole sections of the state will doubtless continue to recoup their losses from bad roads by charg- ing fancy prices to outsiders for pull ing them out of the mud. It is the same in every community where roads are allowed to become impossible.