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Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-20

~'Oh please wait Il minute, -
begged Uncle Wiggily as he sud
denly thought of :, trick TO play
on the Wolf. "You wolldn t
want to take me off to your den
when l have on such n soiled shirt !;
would you? Won YOU wait until
/ wash this shirt cleano You
wonldn t want to be seen walking
with me when | have on shirt all
covered with bark and sticky pine
tree gum; would you?'
"Perhaps not, - growled the
Wolf, who was very proud of him
self. "Go on wash your shirt II
wait for you.
So Uncle Wiggily made some so&p
until it was us clean and white
as snow.
"Now I must put my shirt
through the wringer to squeeze out
the water said the rabbit 10 the
Wolf. 'That will make it almost
dry and as soon as it hangs in
the air bit it will be dry enough
for me to wear. Then You can
take me away. But will you please
push my shirt through the rubber
rollers of the wringer while / turn
them.
eyes I'll do that, - growled the
Wolf. Gwen get through so
much quicker. SO he took hold
of the wet shirt and pushed it tow
ard the rubber rollers Of the wiring
cr. Uncle Wiggily suddenly turned
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-20
PAGE THREE

'gily. Putting on MS coat, ard nat
bothoring about his shirt, tlt rah
bit telephoned tlle police dog, wha
soon took the Wolf off to iail,
Its q good thing I know how
to do washing, laughed the hun,
NY rs he hung his shirt ont un
line to dry. And IL the gas stove
docsn t stick piece Of potato on
the nose Of the teapot so il can /
pour any coffee into tho milk bot
tie, II tell you next about Uncle
Wiggily playing golf
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-20
Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD E. GARIS
Copyright, 1928, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY'S CLEAN
SHIRT

Uncle Butter, the funny little
goat gentleman, with bunch of
whiskers on his chin, pranced up
to the hollow stump bungalow of
Mr.. Longears and tapped with his
hoof on the door.
"Is Uncle Wiggily in, Nurse
Janc?' bleated the goat as the
muskrat lady housckecper said
good morning to him.
"Why, yes, he is, answered
Miss Fuzzy Wuzzv. "Hc has just
finished his breakfast. Is anything
the matter, Uncle Butter?' asked
Nurse Jane. 81 hope Aunt Lettie
isn't i'll. Do you want me to
come over and give her some tin
can tea?o
"Oh, no, thank you. Aunt Lettie
is very well,' replied Uncle But
ter. 81 just came over early to
get Uncle Wiggily to help me fix
the roof of my house. There's a
hole in it and the rain comes
through. -
"What s that, Uncle Butter,
cried Uncle Wiggily, coming out
on the porch just then, ga leak
in your roofe OF course IN help
you mend it. l II come right over
with you. / was just wondering
what / could do for an adventure. -
81 don't know that it will be
much of an adventure ito help me
mend the leak in my roof" bleated
Uncle Butter short of apologetic
like.
"Oh, perhaps l may have grand
adventure! cried Uncle Wiggily.
And he did, as / shall tell you.
There was quite large hole in
the roof of the goat gentleman =
house, and when Uncle Wiggily
saw it the rabbit said.
"We must mend this with n
piece of birch bark. I'll gnaw you
off a large piece of bark. Then
wen get some sticky gum from the
pine tree and stick the piece of
bark over the hole in the roof. That
will keep out the rain when the
next shower comes. But you will
have to climb up ON the roof. I'm
ele Butter for you are better at
that sort of thing than | am. y
"Oh IN do that part all right, ?"
bleated the goat. z.
So Uncle Wiggily gnawed the
bark and got the sticky gum from
the pine tree, and when all was
ready Uncle Butter jumped up on
his roof and covered the hole.
Soon the leak was mcnded and
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-20
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
June 90. 1909

Carl, Otto and William Bcrneker
returned today from Los Angeles
where they went to witness the we'd
ding of their sister Miss ClaraSBer-
neker.
Burton E. Moore, custodian for
the state bank examiners, who has
been in charge of the affairs of the
Valley State Bank, left today for
Los Angeles.
Announcement was received to-
day to the effect that the Imperial
lee and Storage Company, which
was organized three years ago, will
begin the building of a plant with
five ton daily capacity very soon.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-20

the crank handle very fast, ana be
fore the Wolf knew 1t his paws, ~
well as the shirt, were caught and
squeczedtigtw between the roll
ers.
/" Wowl Onchl You re pinching
my pawsl Let me outl' howled
the Wolf, pulling and jumping
about, but he couldn't get loose.
There he was-caught fast in the
wringer roller.
Now you stay here until / get
The police dogl" said Uncle Wig
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-20
ONE KILLED, TWO
HURT IN WRECK
Dy United Press Leased Wire

ST. ALBANS, VT, June 90
One man was killed and two in
iured when the New YorkMontreal
express of the Central Vermont rail
way crashed into a freight train 40
miles south of here today. The
man killed was William Forbes, ST.
Albans, fireman on the passangef
train.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-20
TEN YEARS AGO
lime 90. 1914

Charles Applestill returned from
n trip to a number of northern
California cities.
The city trustees reappointed Mrs.
B. Northcott as clerk, J. S. Larew
as city attorney, and F. Gianola as
city treasurer ut their meeting last
night.
Wiley Weaver announced his can
didacy for the office of county as
SCISSOR and will commence his cam
paign for the primaries.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-20
NO KU KLUX KHAN
PARADE IN OAKLAND
by United Press Leased Wire

OAKLAND, Cal, June 20.Plans
for ku klux khan parade in Oak
land July were stopped today
when Frank Colbourn, commission
er of health and public safety, can
celled his former action approving
q permit for the parade.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-20
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell of
Imperial Valley for This Date
In Past Years
NINETEEN YEARS AGO
June go, 1905

Rev. John Pither of Los Angeles
came to El Centre to preach.
Mrs. S. c.. Mack returned from
a stay Of several weeks in Los
Angeles with friends.
Word was received than an ex-
cursion party numbering 100 people
would arrive in the valley on June
a to inspect land and see the val
lev.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-20

with you. | II have the bungalow
all to myself and | can splash and
spIish as much as | please. +"
II did not take Uncle WiggiIy
long to hop to his bungalow after
Uncle Butter had thanked him for
his help. And the rabbit gentle
man was just going to take off
his soiled shirt to wash il clean
when, all of q sudden, from behind
the pantry door popped the Woozie
Wolf The bad chap had crawled
in window when the rabbit and
Nurse Jane were out, and had wal
cd for Uncle Wiggily to come
back.
"What do you want hcre?'
bravcly asked the rabbit.
"T came to carry you off 10 my
dent snarled the Wolf. "Thc
Fox wasn't smart enough to catch
you, but | am! Come on!
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-20

The movies are educational. Ev-
cry fairly good looking girl thinks
she knows how to act now.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-20
BOOZE AND CABLES

British ships, anchored off New York harbor in
Rum Row." are interfering with oceanic communi-
cation by dragging their anchors the cable lines
This is serious. The British rum dealers can get
away with it as far as law and diplomacy
ed as long as they stay just outside Of the r.
mile line with their wholesale booze depots But when
they rip the cables something has to be done
about it. Neither American England wants
munication between the Old and New Worlds inter-
fered with. So England, which most of the
cables, is moved to action
Nothing may be done, though except shifting
Rum Row" altle and giving the booze traffickers
moral lecture. Unfortunately y~Amercan precedent in
such matters fails to furnish any strong argument
to why foreign government should interfere with its
trading ships long they do not actually break the
laws Of the complaining country.
1t is really Americans who do the smuggling. The
high free to all the foreign ships stay be-
yond our jurisdiction and citizens out
in motor boats and bring in the liquor. Our govern
ment may be driven to concentrate its efforts them.
That will be easier when the runl-chasing fleet
is ready.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-20

The first peaches were shipped
from Olinda, Shasta County, May
10.
Evening star., 1924-05-25
TORNADO DIDN'T WAKE 1T.
Picked Up Infant and Deposited It
Uninjured 100 Yards Away.
Gayle Pickwell, in Nature

Gayle Pickwell, in Nature.
Tornadoes play many freak antics.
The following story is just a sample
of them:
Mrs. Lenz. a young farmers wife,
had placed her sleeping baby upon
p bed and had gone out among the
scattering pellets of hail, to look
after some baby chicks. Her hus-
band was at q distant pasture water
ing his cattle. Mrs. Lenz noticed
the peculiar cloud, dangling like a
thick rope from the sky, heard the
roaring. guessed the awful import
and rushed to the house and in to
the baby. She then threw herself
upon the bed clasping the child. The
house, which happened to be directly
in the path Of the tornado, was COM
pletely demolished.
Two hours later the frantic hus-
band found his wife beneath a pile
of debris in his uprooted orchard a
hundred yards from where the house
had stood. The woman was uncon-
scious. but, aside from a few bruises,
unhurt. The baby was fast asleep,
held tightly in the mothers arms.
Evening star., 1924-05-25

rooms and attic; 12-ft porch; on high cliff
overlooking miles of Patuxent river scenery;
lovely creek at side; crabs, oysters, fish galore,
squirrels, quails, rabbits ON shore; boating
sailing, occasional use 5S-ft. motor boat; over
100 acres forest; paradise for small family.
From Washington-50 miles state road, 10
miles county road; $3.50 for midsummer; $3.50
for season. Address, DRUMCLIFF FARMS,
HOLLYWOOD, MD.
Evening star., 1924-05-25
BAYARD TAYLOR WIDOW
95 YEARS OLD June 2
Plans Celebration at Home of
Daughter in Berlin, Where She
Has Lived Many Years.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, May 24.-Mrs. Maria Han
sen Taylor, widow of Bayard Taylor,
American traveller, author and min
lister to Germany, who died in 1873,
will celebrate her ninety-fifth birth
day June at the home of her daugh-
ter, Frau DR.. Kiliani, in Garmisch-
Partenkirchen. noted Bavarian
health resort near Munich.
Mrs. Taylor is the daughter of
Peter Hansen. German astronomer.
She married Mr.. Taylor when he was
at the height of his fame as a world
traveller and lecturer. Taylor served
for some time after his marriage as
American charge daffaires in st. Pc
terSburg, but deserted diplomacy for
literary work until 1878. when he
was designated minister to Germany.
He died in Berlin after only a few
months service there.
After the death of Mr.. Taylor Mrs.
Taylor lived for many years in the
United States. At the present time
she keeps up active correspondence
with relatives and friends in America.
Until her eyes began to trouble her a
short time ago, Mrs. Taylor devoted
much Of her time to the preparation
of an international cook book She
takes a lively interest in world af-
fairs, and says she hopes to live long
enough to see real peace come to all
the world.
Bayard Taylor's translation of
Faust" probably is the most endur-
ing of his poetical works. His Bed
ouin's Love Song" is the most popular
of his original poems, but his books
of travel, many of which were made
up from articles written for the New
York Tribune and his travel lectures
throughout America, won him more
fame than his poems, novels and
dramas. Mr.. Taylor's narratives of
his experiences in California when
the gold fever was at it's height were
especially well received.
Evening star., 1924-05-25

Booklet, The Charm of England, map and sugges-
tions for tours. free on application to Thos. Cook
FAIRMAN. Agent. LONDON MIDLAND AND SCOT
TISH RAILWAY. 200 Fifth Avenue, New YStk City
Evening star., 1924-05-25
Due for a Turn.

From the Boston Transcript.
Freddie-We're going to be deucedly
happy together, aren't we, old girl ?
Frances-No doubt of it, dear boy.
according to statistics, one in every
four marriages is successful, and
GOODNESS knows my other three prov
,d f1ivvers
Evening star., 1924-05-25

Virginia Avenue near tSteel Pierl. Capacity
600. Widest and most popular avenue in re-
sort. American and European plan. Special
weekly rates. Largest hotel off the beach
front. All convenences, auto bus. golf privi-
leges o. ID. PAINTER. Prop.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-11-14
SPELL BY CODE IN
TELEPHONING NAMES
Newspapers Adopt Simple Means OF
Identifying Letters Often
Misunderstood.

In these days when a large number
OF news items are transmitted to the
newspapers over the wire by reporters
and others, it is not surprising that
mistakes in the spelling OF names or
in initials sometimes occur There is
nothing that distresses people quite
so much as to see their names appear
with the wrong initials or with the
name itself slightly misspelled
Newspaper editors realize this, hut
they also know that by using a simple
letter code over the telephone in Civ
ing names and addresses such errors
can be avoided.
There are five letters in the alphabet
that sound nearly alike, but few PEG.
pie realize this. These letters are t,
p. d, e, and b. Not only that, but m
and are telephone Siamese twins
and c and g are at least first cousins
These are the letters that are usually
responsible for the mistakes that ap-
pear.
The difficulty is not confined merely
to newspaper Offices, but is commonly
met with by those taking messages by
telephone. Newspapermen have found
that the best way to Offset this is to
adopt code system of indicating a
name when giving the initial as, for
example, b as in Benjamin. as in
Peter, d as in Daniel, etc.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-11-14
A Scholars Reader

A scholar writing for the scholarly,
he will of course leave something to
the willing intelligence of his reader
ITO go preach to the first passer-by,"
says Montague, ito become tutor to
the ignorance of the first | meet, Is
a thing l abhor;" a thing, in fact,
naturally distressing to the scholar,
who will therefore ever be shy of offer
ing uncompllmentary assistance to the
readers wit. Self-restraint,
skllful economy of means, ascesis, that
too has beauty of its own; and for
the reader supposed, there will be an
aesthetic satisfaction In that frugal
closeness Of style which makes the
most Of a word in the exactlon from
every sentence Of a precise relief, in
the just spacing out of words to
thought in the logically filled space
connected always with the delightful
sense Of difficulty overcome.-Walter
Pater, In Appreciations.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-11-14
Embarrassing

Faira, hustllng housekeeper, who
finds time on Saturday nights to ac-
company her husband to the dances
at local club, does not entrust her
tresses to the scorching iron Of the
hairdresser, but puts up her own hair
In kids, and the result is lovely. One
Saturday, late in the afternoon she
found 1t necessary to go into town at
moments notice, and as she knew
her hair would be utterly ruined for
the dance If she took 1t down, she
pulled a little back hair to the fore
and put her hat on over her kids.
Hatpins, usually unnecessary were
unthought of, and when she turned
the corner at Meridian and Washing
ton streets and sudden gust of
strong wind sent her hat into the gut
ter she experienced, confessedly, the
most embarrassing five minutes of her
life Exchange.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-11-14
Russia in Egg Business

Russia has again gone into the egg
business. The soviet government. the
German firm "Seyferth" and the coun-
ell of the peoples commissarles are
all concerned in deal for the export
of eggs from Russia, with 400 carloads
to be handled the first year, coo car
loads the second, 500 the third and
1000 carloads In the following years
A guarantee to the soviet government
Of minimum profit Of 10 per cent of
the total business, the profit estimated
to amount to 10000 gold rubles, has
been given. Before the war eggs were
among the most important Of Russians
exports; the 1913 exports amounted to
3,484 milllards eggs. or "a per cent of
the world export.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-11-14
SUCCESS HIS BECAUSE
HE LOOKED FORWARD
Career of Newspaper Man
Points a Moral.
BY KEMAL STRAIGHT

On a lonely Kansas farm in the
year 1869, a little boy was born.
His early childhood was spent In
the rugged environment Of the then
almost unbroken prairie.
Fortunately for him his parents
moved to a camp in the Michigan lum-
Der region.
Here the boy attended the primitive
public school of the lumber camp.
And 1t must have been at about this
period that the youngster made his
first forward look. He wanted to be
a teacher.
When he finished at the local school,
he went to the nearest normal instI-
tute and before he was twenty-one his
dream had been realized.
This, however, was only the begin
ming. He saw that as a teacher Of a
single class, he could instruct but a
few at a time.
munlty in which he lived, how much
more good he could do.
He looked forward again. He would
study the people, find out what they
most needed to know, and talk to
them through a newspaper He would
become reporter. That would be the
first step.
His promotion was rapid-it could
not have been otherwise-BECAUSE
as he attained each position and
worked hard to fll it, he looked for
ward to the next place ahead; and he
kept his eyes clearly fixed until the
step was taken.
He was still the teacher, the server
of his fellow men. But he always pic
tured larger audiences and more peo-
pie to listen to his teachings.
He became editor of a prominent
Detroit newspaper
In far New York, Joseph Pulitzer
needed help His newspaper was
growing beyond Its great chiefs wan
ing strength.
He needed a man big enough to
wear his shoes when necessary.
He scanned the newspaper field.
Did he find the man he wanted
among his well-trained subordlnates?
Did he find him among the uni
versity graduates that crowded the
ranks of newspaper men in the East?
NO, He found him In Frank l. Cobb.
a man who had looked forward-a
man who could build not only as well
as he, but better-a man who had
vision to Garry on"
Truly here were two great men. And
they were great because they could
see ahead Of them, picture what they
should be, what they should do.
Frank |. Cobb saw his vision mate
rlalize. He talked to millions. he
taught them. He made the world bet
ter because he had lived In it. And
so can we ALL
Copy right, 1924, by The Eastment syndicats)
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-11-14
A Modern KNIGHT

It would be difficult to convince a
certain Philadelphia woman that chiv-
airy is obsolete
mot long ago." says she, II met a
verltable knight on dining car. When
| went in to luncheon the only seat left
for me was one facing the rear Of the
train Now, cannot sit with my back
toward the engine without suffering all
manner of disagreeable things. so I
asked the steward to find me a seat
facing the other way. Immediately a
middle-aged man rose and offered to
let me have his seat. thanked him,
and he took the seat opposite me- He
scanned the menu and then he looked
at me hesltatingly.
Madam said he, would II be OBJ
jectionable to you If I were to order
spring onionsT"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-11-14
TELEPHONE ATTACH
MENTS OFTEN PROVE
TO BE HINDRANCES

Every now and then some new kind
of telephone attachment is put on
the market. Ordinarily these new
devices" are more of hindrance than
help and the unsuspecting purchaser
soon finds that he has been taken in
by some clever salesman. The tele
phone instruments used today through.
out the Bell System are the result of
developments covering a period OF As
ears. Constant, careful, scientific re-
carch on the part of the Bell System
-Nperts has been devoted to the de
relopment OF the instrument.
AS a result, the telephone intru.
lents now in use today in the Bell
ystem are as near perfection as
modern science and the best mechani-
cal skill can make them, and the best
results can be secured by using the
instrument as 1t stands without the
addition of attachments of any kind.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-11-14
Bonapartes in America

While the senior branch of the
Bonaparte family became extinct on
the death of Prince Roland Bona
parte recently, several members Of
other branches are still alive.
The most interesting branch-the
Americans not mentioned in the Al
manach de Gotha, the continental De-
bette, but 1t is both legitimate and
influential, and one of its scions, the
late Charles Joseph Bonaparte, was
attorney general and secretary Of the
navy in the United States cabinet.
Elizabeth Patterson, whose marriage
to Jerome, Napoleon's younger broth
er, was the starting point Of the Amer
ican branch, was never acknowledged
by Napoleon as his sister-in-law; but,
although he "annulled" the marriage
on Jeromes return to Europe, this
did not affect its validity.-London An
sWers.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-11-14
TIE TELEPHONE
IN ENGLAND

Into the British Empire Exhibi-
ton there wandered one evening a
respectable looking, well dressed
and seemingly educated gentleman.
On the long table near the entrance
were distributed some half-dozen
telephones. Our friend advanced
towards the table, stood looking at
the phones for a minute or two,
then leaned forward and glued his
eye at the mouthpiece Of the near
est transmitter. He could see moth
ing; he moved to the next and tried
that with the same result; he gaEed
into the third but still no picture
met his eye. Disgusted with the
entertainment he turned on his heel
and walked sadly out Of the Court.
The officer in charge of the
exhibit was too astonished to ex
plain the position, too blase to APP
preciate the fact that there are folk
living in England today who do
not recognize "a telephone and
know nothing OF its workings
Telegraph and Telephone Journal"
London.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-11-14
Some Truth in This
COMPLAINT of Writer

French postal employees are de-
handing more money, and II they
don't get it they threaten to read all
the postal cards passing through the
mails If they did such a thing in
this country the public could retallate
by writing all postal cards with post
Office pens.
II you have ever tried TO WELD one
of these literary implements you will
gather at once what we mean.
The man who said the pen Is
mightier than the sword. wasn't think
ing Of the kind they harbor in United
States post offices.
There is only one thing more useless
than post office pen. That Is the
post office ink.
Someone wrote to scientific maya
zine the other day to find out what
becomes of the national crop Of de-
ceased flies. They lie buried and num-
mlfied in the so-called ink of a great
nations post offices. There they sleep
their silent years away until someone
comes along and tries to write let
ter with them.
The curse Of the post Office pen Is
creeping paralysis. The symptoms are
plain. When you begin your COM
munlcation you carefully trace the
contour of the letters, but with no
visible results. All the afflicted pen
can do is scream with pain In dry,
scratchy voice. Then, suddenly, as
though striving to make amends for
its prior infrmlties, its muscles relax.
Its foul, insanitary throat opens and 1t
breaks loose in hemorrhage Of mud.
shoe polish. asphaltum and aerated
flies
Another national institution familiar
to those of us who look after our cor
respondence in post Office lobbies is
the harveyized or ink-proof blotter.
However, we shall not tread further
this pathway of disclosure lest 1t ap-
pear that we are endeavoring unfair
ly to embarrass the United States gov
eminent on matters concerning which
we have, perhaps, already spoken with
unbecoming frankness and brutality
The Thrift Magazine.