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El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-03-22

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El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-03-22
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Ell MUNDO,
San Juan.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-03-22
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ReSpetuosamente
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-07
Bedtime Stories
Copyright, 1923, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
ny HOWARD r. GARIS
UNCLE WIGGILY's BOB SLED

"NursG Jane can you tell me
where to find an old pair of my
trousers, and a ragged coat?' ask
cd Uncle Wiggily in the hollow
stump bungalow one morning.
"Old trousers and a ragged
coat?" exclaimed the muskrMS lady
housekeepCr. "What in the world
do you want Of them? Are You go
ing to put out the ashes, or is
there q tramp dog at the back
Goor?'
Neither one!" laughed the
bunny rabbit gentleman. "But | am
going coasting on thc snow hill
with my old bob sled, and | want to
wear my old clothes so | won I spoil
my good ones. That $ all!'
Nurse Jane was so surprised that
she sat down in a hurry also
sat down in a chair, for hurry is
not very good place to sit. And,
it is lucky Il chair, for a hurry is
Lot a very good place to sit. And,
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-07
THE CUP THAT KILLS

"Pd be feeling BETTER says man who has been
visiting friends in another city IF it hadn't been for
the cocktails
"No-no hard drinking, or anything like that No
booze parties. But you see, my friends there, and
their friends, have the cocktail habit. There will be
gin ektai two to start dinner party. Or friend
will call up and ask you to drop in for bracer on
your way home to dinner or to around and have
little drink Sunday morning So you do it. It's
the custom.
Somehow, I found myself feeling pretty rotten
most of the time. After while it dawned me that
L always felt mean and dopey for day two after
drinking those cocktails. It struck that probably
the cocktails the cause although everybody who
served them always declared that he had got the stuff
from perfectly trustworthy source, and knew it was
the straight goods | spoke to doctor about it. and
he said: Certainly, that's it. The stuffs all poison'
L believe I'd have been wreck if I hadn't come
back home when did,
.But. why, did you keep on drinking the stuff"
asked a friend.
"Oh, you know!' He shrugged his shoulders
apologetically. Its the custom"
Thousands of Americans, who have intelligence
enough to know or suspect that they are drinking
poison under the preense of good-felowshp are doing
the thing in this country today for the same ab
surd reason.
Its custom" And it's deadly custom. THE
cup that cheers has become the cup that kills and
many host and hostess killing their best friends
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-07
Col Ding It! It
Was Some
Party

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. Jan. =
Jep Bisbee, old time fiddler, did
what Henry Ford's presidential
boomers couldn t do.
He made the multi-millionaire mo-
tor magnate dance to lis tune.
Ford and Jep We're the IeadIng fig
Nres at the house warming given
by ". d. BRYANT, Ford 5 brother-in-
law, here recently.
The Virginia reel, the quadrillc,
the schottische-all the favorites Of
the prejazz days were danced and
Ford was the liylicst Of the crowd.
Ma Bisbce performed on the or
gan, Jep fiddlcd and called off, and
Ford danced
The manufacturer and Mrs. Ford
arrived IN hIs private car after pick
ing up the veteran fiddler and his
wife at Paris, Mich.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-07
WILSON PUPILS
STUDY WITH AID
PICTURE SLIDES

"Visual education' Is |one46f the
new features to be INCORPORATED in
the study routine at the Wilson
school. A fine stereoptican outfit
and cabinet with several hundred
slides has been purchased at a cost
of approximately 5000, and since its
first trial Just before the Christmas
holidays, is proving very popular
with the young pupils.
The machine, which is the most
modern type, is so constructed that
the slides can be shown in broad
daylight, and considering that the
old lanterns required absolute dark
ness, the great advantage of the
newer type will be realized The
new protector does not require 4
special curtain, or even a sheet.
Slides thrown ON rough finish plaster
show up in perfect form.
An elaborate index to the hun
dreds of slides comes in book form,
an alphabetical classification by sub
iects being used. Geography, his
tory and civics, engineering, agricui-
ture. nature study, vocational gull
ance. industrial arts, health, fine
ants, travelogues and a special set
for the little folks are the main
subjects covered. Explanations of
the pictures used assist in making
the courses supplemented in this
manner doubly valuable 1t is be
Ievcd by City superintendent \. 7.
Shiblev that interest in a number of
subjects will be considerably stimu-
lated by thcir use.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-07
new LICENSE
PLATES AT AUTO
CLUBS OFFICE
Tremendous Job of Hand
ling 1924 License Starts
January IA

Cooperating with the s.atI diVi-
sion Of motor vehicles, the Automo-
bile Club of Southern Caltol "a Wa.
begin Monday, January ii. issuing
license plates for 1924 for its mem-
bers at all of its 30 offices through
cut this section of the state. No
applications can be accepted before
hat date.
This year, for the first rimo,
plates will be available in all offices
of the organization, eliminating the
delays Jhat were unavoidable last
year, because Of the applications
having to be cleared through head
quarters at Los Angeles.
The 1928 certificate Of rcGiStr&-
,iou will constitute the application
for license renewal. The certificate
must be brought, together with t.
fee of $500 to the nearest office OF
The club, where the new 1924 plates
nav be obtained.
All certificates must he properly
signed and changes of address noted
by scratching out he old and writ
ing in the ne,7.
Complicated applications such as
transfers, commercial cars chauf
feurs, etc. also Will be handled by
;hc club. All applications for com
mcrcial cars, which require higher
fees, mus, be accompanied bv cert
fled weight certificates. Applicants
are requested to bring in their ap-
plic.tions personally and to make
al checks represeE ing license fees
payable to tha Automobile Club Of
Southern California.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-07

"I1l see if l can find you some
old clothes -
"That S fine!' cried Uncle Wig
gilv, as Nurse Jane left the room.
And the bunny felt so happy that
he almost stood on the end of his
pink, twinkling nose.
"There you are, Uncle Wiggily, -
spoke Nurse Jane, as she came down
out of the attic with the old cloth
es. "But 1 hope nothing happens.
If you fall off the sled, though,
YOU can't do much harm to these
things-goodness knows they re OLD
enough >
"Well, 1 may fall off my bob
sled,' chuckled the bunny as he
went to dress in the old things.
"But where is your bob slcd?''
Nurse Jane wanted to know. "You
haven't had one since you were Il
little boy rabbit, many years ago,
What are you going to do for bob
sled?D
81 am going to make one, -
answered the bunny. "If you will
let me take your large ironing board
III soon make a bob sled for my
self. :
. Yes, YOU may take the board, =
Nurse Jane answered, but don t
see how you can make bob sled
of it. =
IN show you,'' offered Uncle
Wiggily, and in a little while he
had fastened some wooden runners
under each end Of the long iron
ing board, making himself Il pretty
good bob sled.
Now II go out on the coast
ing hill and have some fun said
the bunny gentleman. Off he hop
ped, dragging his homemade bot
sled after him. Nurse Jane watch
ed him from the window.
81 don't see what S getting into
Uncle Wiggilv,' sighed the musk
rat lady. "IIc seems to grow
younger every day-and more kid
dish like. The idea of going bob
sled coasting at his age! But l sup
pose De iluSI 40 SOlllelHllS peSluco
twinkle his pink nose
just as the bunny gentleman had
said, he had seen the animal boys
and girls coasting on the snowy hill,
and it made him feel as if he too,
wanted some of that fun. He saw
Sammie and Susie Littletail, the
rabbits, tumble off their coasting
sled.
81 can do that, tool laughed
Uncle Wiggily, as Sammie and Susie
jumped on their sled again and
went whizzing to the bottom of the
hill.
Thus it happened that Uncle Wig
giIv had gone home and made him
self bob sled. And now he was
back with it on the coasting hill.
AS it happened all the animal boys
and girls had gone away to school,
50 the bunny gentleman had the
hill to himself.
ON practice a bit all alone, y
thought Uncle Wiggily, "and then
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-07
BUSY FREIGHT CARS

Along with business of many sorts, good and
bad is reassurng to learn that the average daily dis
tance covered by freight in American rail
roads during the month of October was 307 miles,
breaking all records
How much this means may be inferred from the
fact that the daily distance of freight
used to be estimated before the war at about Is miles
Thus in speed alone, freight-moving efficiency has
doubled That is equivalent to doubling the number Of
cars.
The best of it is that the improvement has been
steady and progressive, all through the year, and
presents gain of over four miles day compared
with the previous October.
Here is an answer to the statement, still made
casionally, that American railroads "breakng
down.. They are doing their work better than any
other railroads in the world, and doing it better all
the time. The slump into which railroad operation
fell for few years has given way period of energy
and improvement reminiscent of the best traditions of
American transportation.
All this suggests optimism for the coming year,
because the railroad record shows only big volume
of traffic but ability to handle still bigger volume.
Transportation is the important factor in American
business nowadays. Other conditions sound. With
the railroads doing WELL everything along.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-07
24th Automobile
Show Under Way
In New York City

NEW YORK, Jan. Tile Twenty
Fourth Annual Automobile show,
under the auspices Of the National
Automobile Chamber Of Commerce Is
under way in the 25th field artillery
armory here today.
Doors opened on the greatest mo-
tor exhibition in the world with ~
makes Of ears including seven differ
ent varieties Of taxicabs on exhrbi-
tion in separate sections.
There are 32j exhibitors, compar
ed 10 SO in the first show. Cars on
display range in price from $500 to
$4,000.
Balloon tires and four wheel
brakes feature the show. Many Of
the models on display are equipped
with these features.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-07
Girl Dead From
Exposure; Fled
Pa. Institu ton

WILKESBARRE. Pa, Jan. 7.-Es-
Gaping with five other girls from the
industrial home at Muncy, Lycomin
Swanson, 10, died of exposure whi]e
trying to make her way over the
mountains to her hcme here, police
were Informed today.
The girls escaped Thursday and
separated at once, each making for
their homes. Four of them were re-
captured by the Swanson girl and
Goldie Broadhile struck over the
mountains and evaded searchers.
y train crew found the girl Wing
by the roadside and took her 10 Il
home at Sylvan Dell, an isolated
mountain settlement, where she dice
yesterday. The other has not been
found.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-07

when school is out and the boys and
girls come back I can coast as well
as they. Now for a start
Uncle Wiggily took Nurse Jane ;
ironing board bob sled up to the
top of the hill, sat down on it--he
sat down on the bob sled, | mean
and gave himself a push. Down
he whizzed to the bottom of the
hill.
"Ah, that was wonderful! III
do it again!' cried the bunny. And
he did. Up to the top of the hill
be went once more. oh go down
again!' said Uncle Wiggily rs he
sat down on his sled. ''This time |
am going very fast! -
Eyes, and this time | am going
to nibble your ears! - cried voice,
and out of the bushes at the top
of the hill leaped the Fuzzy Fox.
The Fox made jump for Uncle
Wiggily, but the bunny gave his
bob sled push and started down
the hill.
but you can't get away from
me!'' howled the Fox. He made
flying leap and perched himself
on the back end of the ironing
board bob sled.
"Get off, cried Uncle Wiggily.
ono! No!' howled the Fox.
eyes! Yes' cried the bunny.
eff you don t get off | II make the
sled go so fast that the wind viii!
blow you Off!
"You anti" howled the Fox.
eyes, | can't said the bunny.
So he gave the sled hard push.
Down the hill it went-faster, fast
er, faster! The wind whistled in
Uncle Wiggily's ears. Then the
Wind blew harder, harder, harder!
And, all of a sudden it blew the
had Fox right off the back end OF
the bob sled and into a snow bank.
"Ha! 1Ia! ! told you so! - laugh
ed Uncle Wiggily.
"Wow! Wow! Wow!' h owled
tne Fox, his nose full of snow.
Then Tie poli:e Dog drove the
Fox away and Uncle Wiggily had q
good time coasting, and he only fell
off the sled once. And when the
animal boys came home from school
they cried:
Hurray for Uncle Wiggily!'
So every one was happy except
the Fox, for he didn' t deserve to
be. And if the electric light doesn t
20 out in the snow and sne"z2 like
a FREELY catching cold, l II tell you
next about Uncle Wiggily and the
big ball.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-07
HEBER
BY Press Staff Correspondent

HEBER, Jan. "A delightful
radio&party was recently given by
George Tibbets at the country home
Of his parents east of Heber. Fort
Worth, Texas, Los Angeles and San
Francisco were heard from by the
guests during the evening. The
guest were Cecil Courtney, Gayhard
Essence, Paul Hudson, Virginia
Lyons, Juanita Majors, Mildred Tib
bets the host George Tibbets anT Mr..
and Mrs. Tibbets.
G. W. Austin of McCabe IS the
county lettuce inspector for the
Heber district
l.. A. Barnum and little son Bill
lie have returned from their trip
no the coast.
John w Briggs has taken over
the dry goods store of T. w. Fish
burn. The store has been closed
since the first of January to take
inventory. Mr.. Fishburn has been
IN the store business for % years.
He Is going to devote his time now
TO the Improvement of his ranches.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Fred Mounts are
row living on their ranch 4 mile
south of Heber. The Mounts were
married last Wednesday in san Die
20. Mrs. Mounts is from Des
Moines, Iowa. Mr.. Mounts has lived
here since he came from his Iowa
home couple of years ago.
~ Il grY-
business visitor in Heber on friday.
Have Weiner Roast
The junior leaguers spent = pleas
ant evening on the desert east Of
Calexieo on Friday. : After playing
games the children enjoyed roasted
weiners and marshmallows. The
members whc went were Hazel
Nogel, Olive Courtney, Fannie Lee
and Lula Mae Hancock, Francis
Mildred Tibbets, lnez WaldroP, Jua-
nita Majors, Virginia Lyons, Ash
ton Barnum, BeHnie Nogel, Shirley
Obegfell, Lawrence Pippcn, Paul
Hudson, James Hudson, Russell Full
er, Saul and \. II. Hudson, and
Mrs. John w. Briggs.
Lee Mounts returned ThurslaN
night from Iowa where he has been
working.
A number Of friends Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lorin 3. Jones spent pleas
ant evening playing rook at 'heir
home These who gathered were
Miss Gladys Wylde Browne, Mios
Geneyicpe Phillips, Harold Potts,
Russell taas, Ralph Hudson, Loreno
Hudson and Nh and Mrs. Jones.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-07
SOUNDS WARNINGS
TO STATE BANKS

NACRAMLNID, Jan. I.-EApocT-
ing several attempts at bank safe
cracking n the ne.I future follow.
ing the fcported theft Of a number
of Oxygen and acetYlene tanks and
torches in various parts of -he sta
te, Clarence c. Morrill,. state s'per-
intcudeut Of the bureau OF criminal
identification today sounded Il "bc
on the lookout to al California
banks.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-07
S. P. Changes 'Tim@
Tables From S. ri
East and NORTH

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. PAS
enger train schedule changes wnic
affects marked reduction in tin,
between San Francisco and Chicag
and San Francisco and Portland, wi
be made effective by the Southcr
Pacific railroad January IS.
The Pacific Limited after thu
date will leave San Francisco fo
Chicago at 6 p. m. daily, arrivin
at 2 p. m. the third day.
Reduced passenger rates in III
territory from San Francisco to Sa
Luis Obispo, Calf, will be made e
fective January II, the company al
nOnnced.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-07

il is lucky a chair was right near
where Nurse Jane sal down or,
otherwise, she might have sat on the
floor.
You aren't really going bob
sled coasting, are you, Uncle Wig
&lly:' asked the muskr&t lady
taintly.
Yes, l really am, answered
the bunny. ''The snow is 50 smooth
now and l have just been wat"hing
the animal boys and girls coast, so
] want to have some of that kind
of fun
"Wcll, | only hope nothing hap
pens, sighed the muskrat lady.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-07
TEN YEARS AGO
January z 1914

MISS Grace Powers of the Verd
school is in the city taking tn
teachers examinations.
Il. f. Jauman of this city return
ed firm a few days in Los Angelo
this morning. :
1. w. Sweet of Pasadena arrive
here on business today.
j. Ford of Columbia, Missouri,
among the new arrivals here.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. V. Plumley IT
turned from Bisbce, Arizona, whe1
they have been visiting Mrs. Plum
ley's parents.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-07
). F. SCHOOLS TO HAVE
MANY NEW BUILDINGS

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Jan. T.
Plans for new gymnasium and kim
dergarten buildings at the San Fran
cisco State Teachers College, have
been approved by Will c. Wood,
state superintendent of public in
struction. Construction win start
at once. The buildings will cost
100000
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-07
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO

January z, 1909
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hersee re
turned from a couple of weeks visi
with relatives in Redlands.
j. Stanley Brown went to Los An
geles for medical treatment.
Mrs. j. l.. Smith of Beaumont ha
been spending several days with re-
Gtives here.
w. f. Holt and family came dow
from Redlands in their private ca
" Francisco. -
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-07
Looking Backward 4
What the Press Files Tell OF
Imperial Valley for This Date
in Pasn Years
NINETEEN PEARS AGO

tsseluary z, 1905
ID. F. Baal of Wanatchee, Wash
ington, is Staying at the Hotel I'M
pcrial.
Mrs. Martin MacLachlan, arrived
from Los Angeles, is visiting rela
tives here.
Thomas E. Magee Of HoltvIlle hai
sold his business to C. Parnell o.
Pittsburg, Kansas.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-07
CAL. NATIONAL
PARKS TO GET
FINANCIAL A ID

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 7.-Califor
MIA national parks are in line for the
following amounts of road and trail
improvements in a bill which has
been introduced in both houses of
congress. according to a statement
by NJ. +. Dttmer. secretary of the
Lassen Volcanic National Park AS
sociation:
Yosemite s1,500,000; -Sequoia $780,
523; Lassen Volcanic $4,000; Gen
eral Grant $4,000; Muir Woods
tMonument) $1,000.
Chicago burglars know their trade.
They gagged a woman. No good
burglar wants to stop and talk.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-07

Bootleggers viii enjoy learning
lazy Einateiu, lhc New York dry
AleafA, aas had hls rent raised
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-10-17
Claims HE Saw Calico
Bear--But 'Old Trusty'
Apparen lily Missed

While returning from the up
uer end of Lincoln county recently
Ed. Weidner of Troy claims that
he saw the only white and black
bear ever known to folks of this
country. The bear was seen on an
island near Jennings.
Being prepared for just such en-
ergencies he stopped his car, drag
ged forth "Old Trusty," and on the
pull Of the trigger, the spotted bear
dropped out of sight. Being on the
opposite side of the river from his
game, Ed came on, and the next
day travelled back up the Kootenai
on the other side of the river to find
the bear which was supposed to have
dropped dead in its tracks, but no
where could the bear be seen, either
dead or alive.
Weidner contends that his bear
was black and white, and he says he
can prove it by witnesses who we're
with him.
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BY MARTHA e PLASsAIANN

" OLLOWING the massacre a.
~ Fort Mckenzie, it will be re
u membered the American Ful
company, in order to retain the trade
of the Indians of the Upper Missouri
was forced to send Chardon to post
farther down the river, and dis
charge Harvey, the two men who
were guilty of that act of treachery
Shortly after his arrival at his new
post, Chadron died of scurvy; but
Harvey livedlong enough to make
things interesting for his former en-
ployers.
First came his revelations regard
ing the sale of liquor at the com
pany's posts. This occasioned con-
siderable litigation, and would have
been a death blow to the company
| had not Senator Thomas H. Benton
effected a compromise which cost the
firm twelve thousand dollars, a sum
considered much larger in those days
than it would be now.
This initial attack concluded, Har-
vey prepared for the second blow, by
forming a partnership with two form
er employees of the American Fur
company, Joseph Picotte and Charles
Premon, and being aided by Robert
Campbell, st. Louis merchant, set
out in September of 1S45 for the
upper Missouri country to establish a
rival trading post there. This under
taking proves that Harvey was no
coward, for he had won the undying
enmity of the Blackfeet, by the part
he had taken in the Mckenzie affair.
With supply of goods for his future
trade, he and fifteen men assembled
the Missouri to Fort Union, and
from there finished the journey by
keel boat. The new post was built |
of logs on the first bottom above Cra- |
con du Nez 1t was not large fort, |
but it did thriving trade with the |
Piegans, from which tribe Harvey
had taken a wife. This, of course,
resulted in less trade for Fort Lewis, |
and continued so until Harvey's
death at Fort Union in 1853.
Harvey was desperado, undoubt-
eddy; but he was man of ability,
and capable of generous acts, as was
proven in the case of the son of An
drew Potts. This child, whose faith
er "a clerk of the company, was kill
ed by an Indian at Fort Mckenzie,
Harvey cared for as his own for
many years.
The same year that Harvey built
his fort, the two Jesuit fathers, De
Smet and Point arrived at Fort I
Lewis. Father Point remained for a
time at the fort, but Father DeSmet,
who was returning east from Oregon,
his journey to st. Louis in
4 skiff, together with Malcolm Clark |
ind two other men. /
Meanwhile, Father Point was bus
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to see the fort begun, Culbertson has
tened to Fort Union, and from thence
to Fort Lewis, not reaching the lat
ter place until the middle of August
Having discovered that the soil OF
the bottom land made good sun dried
bricks, work was at once started on
the new buildings and it CHANGING to
be late in the season, was continued
until their completion just before
Christmas. The last bricks were
laidup when frozen, but fortunately,
this did not affect the walls, as the
bricks dried without cracking.
The dedication of the new post
took place on Christmas night, and
was celebrated in true trapper fash
ion. Therewas dance, attended by
every man, accompanied by his In
dian wife or sweetheart. And it was
intimated by some historians, there
was no lack of liquid refreshments
of stimulating character. Be that
as it may, in the midst of the festi-
vities Major Culbertson suggested
the new fort should receive the name
of the man who had saved the COM
pany from ruin, Thomas II. Benton.
And, says Lieutenant Bradley:
"The proposition was received with
reclamation by the joyous assembly
and thus upon Christmas night, 1850
the post was first called by the name
it still bears and that will probably
ever distinguish the locatlity-Fort
Benton"