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Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-01
PAID ADVERTISEMENT
RANCHER TELLS j..
CANAL OPINION
Says All-American Pro
ject May Defeat
Boulder Dam

! Joseph Simons, of Los Angeles
, and the Imperial Valley, one of the
big ranchers in the Brawley- West
morland section, was in San Ber-
nardino recently, en- route to
the valley, spending the night
at the Hotel Stewart. Years
| ago Mr.. Simons was prominent in
the politics OF Los Angeles and
Southern California, but now he has
become one of those "dirt farmers
+ that more or less is said about in
the papers, although his voice does
/ not compare to that of Senator
Mangus johnson, nor his ideas
either, so far as a San Berrardino
| Sun reporter was able to discover.
/ But he has some positive and
rather original notions on subjects
now before the public, particularly
with reference to the Colorado
| River, and he says that if the all
American canal is insisted on as a
part of the Boulder Canyon dam
bill introduced by Senator johnson
and Congressman Swing, it will re-
suit in the defeat of the entire
measure.
"Imperial Valley has its troubles,
many of them, but perhaps the
worst is the specter of possible
flood that will destroy us, and moth
ing but the Boulder Canyon dam or
some other dam will relieve us of
that danger. We must have it to
insure our FUTURE said Mr.. Simons.
but when the all-American canal
is attached as rider on the dam
bill, it simply loads it down and |
do not hesitate to say that the in
tcrests urging the canal would be
quite as well pleased to see the
entire measure defeated.
Says Interests Are Selfish
"There are lot of land and cor.
porate interests on both sides of the
international boundary whose lands
can only be irrigated by means of
the all-American canal. They care
for nothing else. Their interest is
speculative. If they get the canal,
they make it big They are willing
to sacrifice anything to bring tina,
about, and by means of powerful
allies they are able to make it APP
pear that the land owners of the
Imperial Valley are likewise inter
ested in the all-American canal,
when as a matter of fact the farm
ers are interested only in dam that
will check the floods, that will also
develop power, some of which will
come into the valley, and the most
of 1t come into other parts Of
Southern California, and last Of all,
in a reduction of taxes, which our
district scheme makes tremendously
heavy. The all-American canal
means nothing at all to them.
but it means the defeat of the
Boulder Canyon dam measure. See
retarv Hoover, in a public address
IN the valley last year, made that
explicit statement. He told us that
we might get Congress to stand for
the construction of the dam, but
that it would not authorize the con
struction of this canal. But they
paid no attention to Hoover. Unless
Southern California wakes up, the
bill will be defeated, we will get no
dam, and the Imperial Valley will
continue to face its ancient enemy,
the unchecked Colorado River"
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-01

RIVER HEAD, n. Y, Dee. 31.-A
River Head resident 5 engine stalled
on the famous Mrrrich, l.. J., road.
along which much liquor is reputed
TO travel. He waved to stop and
approaching truck to borrow some
gasoline. lhe uriver flung an open
envelope at him and sped ON. In
the envelope he found five 500 Bills.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-23

Peter at first thought was sharp pointed stick. But when he looked a little more closely he saw that it was different from any stick he had ever seen before. The point was smooth and polished, and when later Peter tried his big teeth on it he found he made no impression on it. At once he began. to dig around it to see what the rest of it was like. a. It wasn't long before he found that there were other points. A thought flashed into Peters head, and he made the soft earth fairly fly as he dug, for Peter was growing more and more excited.
 At last he had uncovered all of the queer sticks with several points. It wasn't a stick at all. It was one of Lightfoot's old horns! There was no question about that. There it lay right in front of him. Peter gave a great sigh of pure happiness. That bothersome doubt in his mind had been put to sleep forever. Lightfoot had said that his old horns had dropped off somewhere, and here was one of them to prove it.
 "Lightfoot's story was true" cried Peter joyfully. Now Mrs. Peter will have to believe it. If she don't I'll make her come over here and see this horn for herself. When you tell story that's hard to believe there is nothing like having proof that it is true" Peter jumped up in the air, kicked his long heels together and then started for home lipperty- y-ipperty-lip to tell Mrs. Peter what he had found.
 Next Story: Peter Rabbits Feel. ings Are Hurt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-23
The New Things to Know
 about Linoleum Floors

THE designs of Armstrong's \ Linoleum, its colors, and the way 1t Is made are all worked out around these ideas:
 First: that floor of
 Armstrong's Linoleum shall
 be bought for its beauty;
 Second: that it shall be laid
 for permanency;
 Third: that it shall be waxed
 and kept new-looking and
 good-looking. For over fifty years, business men have used linoleum because 1t IS quiet, economical, and easy to clean.
 Today they expect more of lino- leum. They look to Armstrong's Linoleum for beauty and dignity of color and design. They arrange to have their fine linoleum floors laid the way merchants and contractors who feature Armstrong's Linoleum recommend. And when these floors arelaid, they wax their floors regu- larly because waxing not only im- proves the looks of linoleum and protects 1t for years of wear, but because waxing is also the low-cost, easy way to keep linoleum floor
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recommended. Daily sweeping with hair broom, and regular waxing and polishing, keep your floor hand. some, your cleaning cost low, and your janitor happy: On request we will gladly give full directions and specifications for laying and waxing Armstrong's Linoleumin any busi- ness or public building.
 Talk to yO~r merchant or "rnite as Your architect, contractor, or any good linoleum merchant can give you information on the economy of linoleum floors and their low upkeep cost. You can select business floor ofArmstrong's Linoleum from many coIors and designs-plain colors, Jaspes (two-tone effects), tile in laids, marble inlaids-in keeping with any type of office or business.
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Daughters Who
 Confide In Mother
By SOPHINE IRENE LOEB ID LESSED is the mother who can secure the confidence of her chill

II secure the confidence of her chil-
 dren-especially her daughters!
 This is the cry of the mother today who neglected in the carly years to gain her girls confidence. She ran away and married the wrong man,, an now she is back home with a tiny baby-repenting at leisure. The man was many years older than the girl, with little stability in his makeup, and she hsa found out her mistake.
 It was the usual story. Her moth- CT forbade her to bring the man home, and the daughter met him out, secretly.
 In truth, from the time the girl was going to school her life was one series of "don'ts." As usual, she was the idol of her mothers heart, but existence for her was one of negation, and the things she was not permitted to do were the very ones she longed for.
 Many young woman, however, has been brought within the path of her parents by the right kind of treatment. If this girl ever did any thing that her mother considered wrong, she would not tell her because she knew she would be punished se- verely.
 Often her actions were very harm less, and had her mother early en- couraged her to tell her of them, she would gladly have done so. But her mother never forced her confidence.
 Many parents do not seem to think that they have to gain this confidence. They believe they have to wiring the truth from child and that it is their right to do so. Whether it is their right or not is another matter.
 The young girl who has learned from the beginning to tell her mother
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New Method of
 Reducing Fat

A n.ws item from abroad informs us that the American method of producing slim. trim figure is meeting with aston ishing success. This system. which has made such a wonderful impression over there, must be the Marmola Prescription Tablet method of reducing fat. It is safe to say that we have nothing better for this purpose in this country. Anything that will reduce the excess flesh steadily and easily without injury to the stomach the causing of wrinkles, the help of ex- crossing or dieting. or interference with ones meals is a mighty important and useful addition to civilizations necessities Just such a catalogue of good results foI. low the use of these pleasant, harmless and economical little fat reducers. We saV economical because Marmola Prescription Tablets (made in accordance with the fR- nous Marmola Prescription) can be ob- tanned of any druggist the world over or from the Marmola Company, 46l2 Wood ward Ave. Detroit. Mich. for one dollar a box, which Is a decidedly economical price. considering the number of tablets each box contains. They are harmleBs.- Adv.
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eve : thing 'she dos is. rarely the girl who gets on the wrong road, and even if she should, the mother is the first one in whom she confides. On the other hand, have known many young women who would rather tell any one than their mother because of the chastisement which they know is in store for them.
 Of course, there are ways of pun. ishing children, since some of them are more sensitive than others, but every parent should study his. offspring sufficiently to have that child believe in him as a great friend rather than some one to avoid in time of danger.
 The way to get back recalcitrant child is to forgive and forget as soon as possible, and never mention it to her again. She will know the next time, no matter how difficult a thing may be, to tell and get it over with, not only to clear her own conscience, but to get it off the slate, as it were.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-23
Gives New Life To The Old
 Floors

A N OLD wooden floor is the bane A of any woman who takes pride
 in her home. No end of back breaking sweeping and scrubbing seems to have any effect on it. Its wide, dust collecting cracks impart q cheerless, worn-out look that unfortunately ef- fects the charm of the whole room no matter how tastefully it may be dec orated.
 The easiest, quickest, and most eco- nomical way out of such a dilemma is to cover the untidy, and certainly un. sanitary, floor with modern floor of heavy linoleum. Such a floor can be laid without interfering with the house. hold routine for moEe than a day or two. It costs less than what you would pay for a good hardwood floor. Yet it never has to be refinished for an oc- casional waxing keeps it looking lusty and young indefinitely.
 Added to these advantages are the decorative possibilities afforded by mod ern linoleum- The rich, cheerful pat terms, inlaid and printed, brighten up any interior. They form a smart set ting for your best rugs and furniture. Best of all, the wide variety of new designs-two-tone jaspe, inset tiles, mat and carpet effects-suggests new interior schemes that will please the most fastidious seeker after something different
 Once you have selected the right pat tern for the particular room you are making over-there are appropriate de signs for every room in the house-be sure that the linoleum is laid in the correct manner.
 No linoleum should be tackled down, for tacking will not make the seams and edges lay tight and smooth. The linoleum, too, is likely to creep, letting dirt and moisture seep between the seems, or it may bulge and buckle.
 The best method is to first paste a layer of builders deadenins felt over the old floor which has been thorough ly cleaned and dried. The linoleum is then pasted securely over this felt base. As soon as the edges and seams have been trimmed and cemented so that they are tight and moisture proof, they should be pressed down and rolled until the cement begins to set.
 This method insures perfect, prac- tically one-piece floor that moisture and dirt cannot penetrate. When properly protected with thin coating of wax, if the linoleum is inlaid, or vanished if the linoleum is printed, your new floor should remain young and bright for years of heavy service. And imag- inc the new delight in having spic and span floors without suggestion of the hard work your old wooden floors de- mand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-23
Little Stories For Bedtime
Peter Rabbits Last Doubt Is Cleared
 Away
(ny rHoRNToN RuRGEss,


 Though you say you believe that And you do your best to believe. you It viii happen doubt in your mind will And quite refuse to be put to sleep.
 A LITTLE doubt like this will keep A right on bothering, and the only
 way in which it can be put to sleep is by finding for yourself the proof that what you are trying to believe is so. Peter Rabbit said that he believed all Lightfoot the Deer had told him about his wonderful horns, pnd how much they had grown in a single sum- mer. He did not believe it while he was with Lightfoot, for hadn't Jumper the Hare said that it was true. But when Peter got back to the dear Old Brier Patch and thought it all over doubt crept into his mind in spite of him. He told little Mrs. Peter all about it. When he had finished she looked at him queerly.
 Peter" said she, "If some one should come along and tell you that he could take his head off and put it back on again, believe you would believe it. It is my opinion that Lightfoot was stuffing you and that Cousin Jumper was backing him up just to see how big a yarn they could make you swallow"
 But, my dear, tell you that saw the rags of the covering that had been on those horns while they were grow ing" protested Peter.
 Perhaps you did and perhaps you didn't" retorted unbelieving Mrs. Peter. q don't doubt you saw rags of some kind on Lightfoot's horns, but it will take more than his word to make me believe that those are new horns grown this last summer. It doesn't sound req sonable. Now, does it, Peterr
 No, it doesn't" confessed Peter, But there are so many things happen ing all the time that don't sound req sonable that I don't know when to be- ,thing and when not to-"
 Peter had planned to go about among his friends and tell them all about Lightfoot's new horns, for he suspected that few of them knew about them. But after his talk with Mrs. Peter he changed his. mind. You see doubt had crept in, and in spite of all he could do it stayed there. He tried to make himself believe that he believed that story, but that miserable doubt persist ed. So, though his tongue fairly itched to tell the story of Lightfoot's new horns, he kept it still.
 One night when Mistress Moon was shining brightly Peter wandered deep in the Green Forest until presently he found himself on the edge of swampy place. It was the very place. It was the very place where Lightfoot the Deer ha1 thu xxysnf fayA ryhov1 fhn was deep. Peter hopped along aimless- ly. He was thinking so hard that he didn't watch his steps, and presently he stepped on something that hurt his foot
 "Ouch!" he cried, and locke to see what it was he had stepped on. Stick ing out of the soft wet earth was what
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representing several cities in the south and middle west when Miss Musa Dia- mond Hardy, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. James Gordon Hardy of Atlanta, is married to MT. Roy Boyd McCrorey. The wedding is to take place October IS at Miss Hardy's home in Atlanta and will be preceded by number of social affairs.
 MT. and Mrs. James Bowron have joined the Birmingham colony at At lantic City and are stopping at Had don hall.
 Dr. and Mrs J. c. Anthony, 1412 Fifteenth street, south, have named their little son John Clifton Anthony, Jr.
 
 The many friends of Miss Bee Ma bers will regret to learn that she is ill at St. Vincent's hospital, where she underwent an operation for appendicitis Sunday evening.
 Mrs. Carl Autrey and two children have returned to their home in Rome, Ga, after a visit to relatives in Bir- mingham.
 
 Miss Virginia Raul has returned from Atlantic City, where she has been with her parents, MT. and Mrs. John L. Raul, spending several weeks.
 
 Mir. and Mrs. F. A. Wilson -Lawren- sen have returned to their home in At lanta, after visit to Mrs. Lawrensen's S mother, Mrs. Zell Gaston.
 
 Miss Jessie Hobbs Morrison of Sel- ma, who has been the guest of Miss Hallie Green, has gone to Montevallo, where she will be a student at the Col lege for Women.
 Miss Lucille Nelson left yesterday for Montevallo, where she will be a stu dent for the winter at the College for Women.
 Mir. and Mrs. Harrison Stuart Mat thews will be at home for the winter at the Highland Plaza. Miss Elizabeth Hart of Memphis, who has been visiting her aunt, Mrs. Benson Cain, is now the guest of Miss Emily Reynolds
 Mrs. Eugene Lee, who has been the guest of relatives in Atlanta, has re- turned to the Clarige Manor, where she will be at home for the winter
 
 TALKED TOO LOUDLY A New Orleans business man em- ploys two gardners. One morning Sam did not appear.
 Where is Sam, George? he asked. Tn de hospital, sah"
 'nI the hospital? Why, how did that happen!"
 Well, Sam he's been a'tell'in me ev'ry morning, foh ten days he gwine to lick his wife cause O her naggin.' "WellT
 Well, yistiddy, she done ovahheah him, dat's all,'-Los Angeles Times.
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Mothers And Their Children

One Mother Says:
 What we would like to do seems very amusing when we can't go out-of-doors on account of the weather. One child performs and the rest guess what it is the actor would like to do. X bucket and spoon may suggest the seashore, or climbing trees, or u display of animal crackers may mean going to the zoo.
 
 If you would like to get a handy lit. tie book, entitled HOO Ideas for Moth- ers," containing the best ideas for mothers that have been published here. send 16c in stamps to The Age-Herald Mothers Bureau, Room 93O, 40 s. Dearborn street, Chicago, HI.
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SYNOPSIS
Captain Blood" yasaph picture with Kigan in the
 

SYNOPSIS
 Captain Peter Blood, buccaneer. commands fleet of pirates. The Spanish ship Milagrosa sinks the Royal Mary and Arabella Bishop, with whom Blood is in love, and Lord Wade, sent to the West Indies to make peace with piracy. are prison CTS. Captain Blood's flagship. the Arabella, sails into the Milagfosa and her sister ship. the Hidalgo, and en- gages them in battle
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CHAPTER XVII Thief And Pirate

Thief And Pirate
 Captain Blood paced the poop of his ship alone in the tepid dusk and the growing golden radiance of the great poop lantern in which a seaman had just lighted the three lamps. About him all was peace The signs of the days battle had been effacted. A group of men squdtting about the main hatch were drowisl ychanting, their hardened natures softened, perhaps, by the calm and beauty of the night. Captain Blood did not hear them he did not hear any thing save the echo of those cruel words which had dubbed him thief and pirate :!
 Thief and pirate!
 That he should ever meet Arabella Bishop again had not entered his cal culations, had found no place in his dreams. They were, he conceived, ir- revocably and for ever parted. Yet, in spite of this, in spite even of the per suasion that to her this reflection that was his torment could bring no regrets, he had kept the thought of her ever be- fore him insan those wild years of fili- bustering.
 Thief and pirate! She had summed him up, convicted him and sentenced him in that one phrase. He was thief and pirate in her eyes; nothing more. nothing less. What, then, was she? What are those who have no charity ? he asked the stars. Thief and pirate she had branded him. She should be justified. Thief and pirate should he prove henceforth; no more nor less as bowelless, as remorseless, as all those others who had deserved those names. She had shown him clearly to which world he belonged. Let him now justi- fy her. She was aboard his ship, in his power, and he desired her.
 He laughed softly, jeeringly, as he leaned on the taffrail, looking down at the phosphorescent gleam in the ships wake, and his own laughter startled him by it's evil note. He checked sud. denly? and shivered. A sob broke from him to end that ribald burst of mirth. He took his face in his hands and found a chill moisture on his brow.
 Meanwhile Lord Julian was engaged in solving the curious problem that had so completely escaped the buccaneer. He was spurred to it by vague stirrings of jealously. He wondered what pre- cisely might have been her earlier rela. tions with Captain Blood. He had Ob served, for instance, that Blood'S ship was named the Arabella. and he knew that Arabella was Miss Bishops name And he had observed all the odd par ticulars of the meeting of Captain Blood and Miss Bishop, and the curious change that meeting had wrought in each.
 (Continued tomorrow)
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CHAPTER XyI-Continued

Instead of holding to her course as Don Miguel had fully expected she would, the Arabella had gone about un- der cover of the smoke, and sailing now in the same direction as the Milagrosa was converging sharply under her cross the wind, so sharply that almost before the frenzied Don Miguel had realized the situation, his vessel staggered under the rending impact with which the other came hurtling alongside. There was a dozen grapnels fell, and tore and caught in the timbers of the Milagrosa, and the Spaniard was firmly gripped in the tentacles of the English ship.
 Beyond her and now well astern of veil of smoke was rent at last and the Hidalga was revealed in desperate case. She was bilging fast. The attention of her hands was being entirely given to desperate endeavor to launch the boats in time. .
 Of this Don Miguel's anguished eyes had no more than a fleeting but com prehensive glimpse before his own decks were invaded by a wild, yelling swarm of boarders from the grappling ship. For a moment there was valiant ef- fort by some of Don Miguel's officers to rally the men for a stand against these invaders. But the Spaniards' hastily formed ranks were smashed before they could be steadied; driven across the waist to the break of the poop on one side, and up to the forecastle bulk heads on the other, the fighting resolved itself into a series of skirmishes between groups.
 Soon, however, the rage of that brief fight was spent. The banner of Castile came fluttering down from the mast head. A buccaneer had slashed the halyard with his cutlass. The board CTS were in possession. Suddenly Miss Bishop recovered from her nausea, to lean forward staring wild-eyed, whilst if possible her cheeks turned yet dead Her hue than they had been already.
 Picking his way daintily through that shambles ill the waist came a tall man with deeply tanned face that was shaded by Spanish headpiece. Up the broad companion to the quarterback he came, moving with easy assurance, until he stood before the Spanish admiral. A crisp, metallic voice, speaking perfect Spanish, reached those two spectators on the poop and increased the admiring wonder in which Lord Julian had ob- served the mans approach.
 We meet again at last, Don Miguel. 1" 1t said. Il hope you are satisfied. Al though the meeting may not be exactly as you pictured it, at least it has been very ardently sought and desired by you
 Speechless. livid of face. his mouth distorted and his breathing labored. Don Miguel de Espinosa uttered an inarti- culate cry of rage, and his hand swept
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SHARK SKIN MADE USEFUL
 Fascinating little trifles such as pow der boxes, vanity, cases, etc, are made of shark skin. This skin is very deco rative with it's most unusual markings.