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Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-19

thirstier ! am the more water
shall drink and water is good foI
me. Really, l IN glad, you put on
too much salt.
Soon after that Uncle Wiggily
said good by to his goat friend and
started to hop to his bungalow
But half way there he was so thirs
ty that he had to stop at brook
and get a drink of water.
Then the rabbit hoped on lit
tie farther and, all of a sudden
he saw what he thought was q
bunch of leaves beside the path.
"Oh, hol" cried Uncle Wiggily
in his jolly way. ''Watch me jupI
over that pile of leaves!'
There was really no one there
to watch Uncle Wiggily jump ovel
the leaves-at least, he though nf
one was thereAbut he just spoke
that way for fun. He took a little
run, gave jump, and he would
have leaped over the pile of leave
if the leaves hadn't risen up Ii
the air and caught the rabbit az
he jumped.
For the leaves were those stuck
on the Fox, and he looked so mueE
like "a bunch of bushes that h'
fooled even Uncle Wiggily.
"Ah, hal l have you!' criec
The Fox. "You jumped right into
my paws, Uncle Wiggilyl" Ant
the Fox, holding. the rabbit in one
paw, pulled off enough leaves Sc
The rabbit could see who he was.
"Oh, dear!" sighed the bunny
~ am surely caught this time. y
eyes, and / am going to taki
you to my denI' snarled the Fox
SO he began to lead the bunny
along through the woods. All al
once the Fox saw lettuce sand
wieh sticking out of the rabbit !;
pocket. 1t was one Aunt Letti'
had given Mr.. Longears 10 take
home with him.
"I'g Just eat this lettuce sand
wich." laughed the Fox. " Il vii
give me a good appetite to nibbiC
your ears. - So lie ate the sand
wich, though he cried out: "Oh
how salty it is! Gurr ! must sc,
a drink
"There is nice deep, cool spring
of water over there" said Uncle
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-19
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell of
Imperial Valley for This Date
In Past Years
NINETEEN YEARS AGO
June 10 1905

Last night large and merry crowd
attended the Harvest Ball in Holt.
Vile from Imperial and El Centre,
going over on the Iiolton 1nterur-
ban.
Ira Atcn filed on half section
in water district No. s and has gone
back to his old home in Hereford,
Texas, to close up his affairs there.
T.. r., Fairbanks returned from a
trip through northern California to.
daV.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-19
Antitrust Probe
of Gas Industry
May Come Soon
nv United Press Leased wire

WASHINGTON, June 1o.--Thc
federal trade commission 3 report
on alleged pfofiteering or the gas
cline industry made at the request
of Presidc:t Coolidge has been laid
before the department of justice
of appropriate action.
This course is believed to fore
shadow antitrust prosecutions as
il is being carefully studied by
August Seymour, assistant to the
attorney general in charge of anti
trust prosecutions.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-19
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
June 10. 1909

A meeting of Baptists was held
and Il church organized with w. j..
Driggers rs deacon. Rev. Amos Rob
inson win serve as pastor and SER
vices will be held on first and third
Sundays of the month at the Palm
Roof Garden.
Paul Stewart was appointed city
attorney for Rrawley ut Il salary
of $50 n month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Allison re-
turned from their wedding trip and
will mak~thcir home in Calcxico.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-19

Wiggily, pointing toward pine
tree. You can get drink there.
am thirsty myself from eating
salty lettuce sandwiches. !, too,
would like a drink. ~
"Well, I'm going to drink first, -
growled the. Fox, impolitely.
SO when they reached the deep,
cold spring of water in the woods
at the foot of the pine tree the Fox
, knelt down ON the edge and most
thirstily began to lap up water
with hisred tongue. Uncle Wig
gily stood behind the Fox. Sudden
ly the rabbit thought of a trick.
In you go, Mr.. Fox!' cried
Uncle Wiggily. He gave the bad
chap a hard push. Into the spring
spIashed the Fox head over heels.
oh, what splash he made. "IIa!
Hal" laughed Mr.. Longears. " Drink
all you please, Mr.. Fox! Drink all
you please! I'll wait until : get
home to quench my thirst
Leaving the Fox floundering,
splashing and spluttering in the
spring, the rabbit gentleman ran
safely home to Nurse Jane.
"Oh, you're Il smart Fox you
are-very smartl" sneered the
Wolf, when, in hour later, the Fox,
dripping wet, came Sinking home.
Hal IIa! You re so smart
"Don't talk to me!' growled
the Fox. "But I'll catch that rab-
bit yet, you see if / don u" How
ever, if the apple pie doesn t hide
in the bread box when the rice pud-
ding wants it to play tag, II tell
you next about Unep Wiggily Is
clean shirt.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-19
Contest Among
Native Daughters

SANTA CRUZ, June 15.-Evcry
office excepting the grand president
will be contested when the grand
parlor native daughters of the gold
en- west now in session here hold its
election late today.
Those nominated yesterday We're:
Grand president, Catherine Z: Clos
ter, Aturas; grand vice president,
Pearl Lamb, Tracy; Florence Dan
forth, Boyle; Sue j. Erwin, Berke-
ley;. grand secretary, Alice Daugh-
ertv, San Francisco; May Lacey,
San Francisco; grand treasurer,
Louise Heilborn, San Diego; May H..
Noonan, San Francisco; Henrietta
O'Neill. Jackson.
Placerville entered an invitation
Yesterday for the next convention
which will probably be accepted, ac-
cording to reports.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-19
TEN YEARS AGO
June 10. 1914

The Imperial County Chamber of
Commerce will meet tonight at the
office of F.. f. Bennett for reorgan-
iZation.
c. L. Coggins accompanied by
Mrs. Coggins, their baby, and Mrs.
Garren left last night for the coast.
C. A. Scott of San Diego is in the
valley for a few days on business.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-19
Stock Epidemic
Stamped Out Is
Governors Claim
ny United Press Leased Wire -

LOS ANGELES, June 49, De-.
claring that the foot and mouth
disease has been effectively stamp
cd out in California, Gov. Friend
w. Richardson arrived here today
for the summer. The executive
will live at his Long Beach homo
during the summer, occupying the
gubcrnatorial offices in this city.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-19

Ceres, Staislaus county, will have
a Southern Pacific fruit shed 160
feet long.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-19

Kings county sugar beet growers
say the last season was a very pro-
fitable one.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-19

A $4,000 evaporated milk plant
will be built at'Ripon, San Joaquin
county.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-19

J. W. Loomis, Dry Creek, Stanis-
laus county, grew one ton of shelled
peas to the acre.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-19

Three new fruit packing houses
are to be bulk at Dinuba, Tulare
county.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-19

Porterville, Tulare county, shop
ped 25 ears of lettuce this spring.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-19

Stanislaus county reports vine
yards rs very backward, owing to
drouth.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-19
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD E. GARIS
Copyright, 1928, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGrLY AT THE
SPRING

One dav the Woozie Wolf went
to visit the Fuzzy Fox, who, lived
in q deep, dark, dismal den far IN
the woods. The Wolf saw the Fox
picking leaves off mulberry tree
and pasting the leaves all over
himself with sticky gum from the
pine tree.
"Wh:.t in the world are you do
ing, Mr.. Fox?' asked the Wolf,
as he watched the Fox stick a
leaf on the end of his bushv tail.
II am going to play a trick on
Uncle Wiggily, ansyered the Fox.
"Hol Ho," laughed the Wolf.
''It seems to me that you are
playing trick on yourself more
than on the rabbit gentleman-fOr
must say Uncle Wiggily il I"
gentleman, even if we can't catch
him. The trick is on you, | should
say"
''Oh, MOI" chuckled the Fox.
"Youll see," and he carefully
pasted leaf behind his right ear.
MAY l ask what you are going
to do?' snapped the Wolf. 81
don t see how covering yourself
with leaves is going to catch I'm
Gle Wiggily. | suppose that s
you are going to try to do?' he
asked.
yes" replied the Fox, "this
time 1 II catch the rabbit. You see
I am pasting leaves on myself so
| will look like. bush. When |
have covered myself with leaves,
all but the middle of my eyes. /
am going to hide beside the wood
land path along which Uncle Wig
gily will hop to his hollow stump
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-21
BIRMINGHAM TO GET $500, 900 BROTHERHOOD BANK
EdUards Heirs Mobilizing
 To Present Case To Courts
Nearly One Fourth Of Descendants Of Famous
 Tory Said To Be In Alabama

Shortly after George Washington was inaugurated as the first President of the United States, Thomas Edwards, noted for his real estate holdings in the city of New York. rabid Tory, whose services to King George, III, during the war had been rewarded by a baronetcy, died in London.
 Death was due to grieving over the loss of the territories, for Edwards loved the new country, yet after the establishment of the new republic, he remained an exile in England, living in seclusion while his extensive land hold ings in New York City were adminis- tered by his sons.
 The holdings were extensive. They comprised many hundred acres, yet ac- curate records of all except one tract have been lost. This one bit of land contained GO acres and was situated di- rectly east of the Hudson river. Ed wards had a grant from the King of England for this land, after obtaining actual possession of the tract by trad ing with the Indians. The first record available today, howsTer, is in Volume 35 of the New York county books, in which the land is clearly defined us to location and extent and is leased for 99 years by William Edwards, the Tory's/e eldest son.
 No Transaction Found
 Before the leasehold expired, the United States was torn asunder by the ravages of war. The end of William Edwards and other sons of Thomas Edwards has never been recorded. And at the end of the 99 years, little thought seems to have been given to the actual owners of the land, situated then and now in the center of the city, A careful search of the records fails to disclose any transaction by which ac- tual title to the tract passed from the Edward heirs, who drifted into the south.
 With the passing of years. the. 60- acre tract became more and more valu- able and the Edward heirs grew in number.
 Today, the number of heirs is esti. mated at 2,500 and the value of the property at five and one-half billions of dollars, for upon this land is located Wall street. the richest street in the world, Trinity church, the Woodwork buildings With the exception of Trinity, practically every inch of the land is covered with skyscraper.
 And the opening gun of what prom ises to be sensational legal battle to recover this fabulously rich district for the heirs of Thomas Edwards, will bt fired in the courts of New York City within six weeks.
 Societies Formed
 To go back for a few years, severn other attempts to recover this land was made toward the end of the nineteenth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-21
INTEREST IS SHOWN
 IN BIG EXHIBITION
Government To Show War Ma
 terials At Aberdeen Grounds

Tnsual interest is being manifested in the exhibition of war materials to be held at Aberdeen Proving Grounds Xiv. on October 8, according to oitl- cers in charge of the Birmingham dls- trict ordnance office.
 The latest developments in tanks motor-carriages and cross-country De- hicIes will be comprehensively displayed and the famous 75's of the field artll- lery shown in action firing shrapnel, service and flashless powder charges.
 Armor-piercing bullets against tank plate. rifle-grenades and display ot signal rockets and other military pyro- technics are other items in a program full of new examples of the progress of science in warfare. ,,
 "The chief purpose of the exhitlbion' said Col. James l.. Walsh, ordinance reserve corps, chief of the New York ordnance and air service districts, when asked about the engines and munitions which will be display ''is not to give merely a spectacular show, but ot af- ford the engineers and manufacturers of ordnance material who have shown their patriotic willingness on Defense Day and at other times to operate with the government in mObilizing national industries a chance to see their prod uct in actual use under conditions which simulate genuine war conditions as nearly as possible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-21
NAMES
 ELECTION TICKET
New Officers To Be Cho- sen At Meeting On
 October 16

W. W. Kennedy. incumbent; T. A. Nickel, and A. J. Thomas have been elected to enter the race for presi- dency of the Junior Chamber of Com merce, according to report of the nomi- hating committee made public Saturday. The election, which covers six-month' s term, will be held at the Hillman hotel October 16.
 Nominations for vice resident, the two receiving the highest number of votes to act as first and second vice presidents, include: Thad Holt, c. A. Jones, Jr., A. R. Redburn, and Tram Sessions.
 For directors the committee chose the following:
 Walter Agee, Jr., Rucker Agee, Doug las Arant, Harold Blach Mervin Blach, George A. Brewer, A. l.. Ben nett, Jr., Armstrong Cory, Webb Craw- ford, JrS., L.eW. Coffin, Brewer Dix on, J. F. DeJarnetto, Pete J. Davis, c. $. Doster. J. Hugh Denman, Leslie Fulenwider, Howard Fuienwider, Joe Goldstein, J. Golders, Leon Hamrick, E. H. Hawkins, Herbert Hahn, J. Mark Hodo, Teto Jaffe, Crawford Johnson, Jr., M N. Kronenberg, Arm istead Leake, S. H. McArthur, D. K. McKamy, Charles H. McCauley. R. P. McDavid. King Merritt, c. H. Nelson, Asa Rountree, Jr., Willis c. Royal. J. Winston Roberts, Julion Saks, Sumter Smith, William Spencer, Ro- land Shine, R. l.. Steadham, l.. l.. Stephenson, Jr., Phil Tishman. Howard Terry, H. M. Wallace, William l.. White. s.. V
 These nominations may be aug mented from the floor of the meeting if a candidate is supported by ten mem- bers of the Junior Chamber.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-21
VANDERBILT READY
 TO RESUME MONDAY
Furnace UndergOes Needed Re-
 pairs While Idle

The Vanderbilt furnace of the Wood ward Iron company will resume opera tions Monday, after being idle for some months and undergoing needed re- pairs, and will start contributing to the districts output following the re- ceipt of several substantial orders.
 By resuming operations at Wander bilt the company will have all its fur nacPs in blast except one, it is stated, and hopes are entertained that the re- maining iron maker may become active at an early date.
 The Sloss city furnace has been operating for the two furnaces have contributed greatly to the general feel ing of optimism which has developed in this district during the past few weeks.
 There has been recent marked change in iron conditions While the price has remained unmoved, there has has been many substantial sales.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-21
GEN. MOON COMING
 TO PRESERVATION
Generals Sibert And NObles To
 Receive Service Crosses

Adjutant General Hartley A. Moon will be- present and assist in the cere- mony of presentation Of the Cross of Service to General W. l.. Sibert and General Robert F. Noble, United States army, on September ? by Pelham chapter, Daughters of the Confectionery, it was announced Saturday morning.
 General Sibert is to arrive from Mo bile and General Noble from Washing ton to receive the decoration which is expected to prove one of the most in- teresting and historic events in the his tory of the local chapter who have se- lected that day because of it being the birthday of Admiral Raphael Semnies, of Confederate fame.
 The program for the day consists of invocation by Rev. Oscar de Wolf Ran dolph, chaplain of the local post. Amer ican Legion; music, Boys Industrial school band; opening address, Mrs. R. x. Bell, president of Pelham chapter tribute to Raphael Semmes and COnfed- crate descendants i'll the World war, Mrs. Charles $. Mcdowell, president, U. D. C.. tribute from the boys of 1S61-65 to the boys of 1917-1S, State Commander NJ. B. Houghton; presen- tation of medals, Cross of Service to General Sibert and General Noble, Mrs. J. A. Rountree, chairman of in signia, U. D. C.; music, Boys Indus trial school band; benedictiOn.
 The generals will be escorted by sCN'- eral of the ranking military officers of Birmingham and detachment of the Boy Scouts. A detachment of Girl Scouts will act as ushers. The cere- mony, which occurs at 3 80 o'clock D. m.. in the ball room of the Tutwiler hotel will be open to the public but special invitations have been mailed to the military officers, the Confederate veterans. and various schools and col leges. An informal reception will be held by Pelham chapter immediately following the presentation to which all those attending the ceremony are in vited. to meet the generals and other distinguished guests,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-21
STORAGE PRIVILEGE
 GRANTED BY FRISCO
Butter, Eggs And Dressed POul-
 try Are Included

Another change in the rate schedule to establish Birmingham as a greater storage and commercial center has been made by the Frisco railroad, it was an. nounced by c. E. Jones, secretary of the Birmingham Traffic association Saturday.
 This change accords Birmingham a storage privilege on butter, eggs. and dressed poultry from Alabama. Missou- ri. Arkansas, Kansas, Mississippi, Okla homa and Tennessee. The produce may be shipped here in carload quantities and reshipped to any point beyond with the through rate effective.
 At the present time little tonnage Of these commodities is being stored in Bir- mingham, due to the fact that it is necessary to pay the local rate inbound and the local rate outbound. With an other request up for storage in transit previleges on cheese and meats, Jones predicts the rising importance of Bir- mingham as shipping point.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-21
HOME STRETCH
 OF CITY AUDIT
 NOW IN SIGHT
Smith Expected To Have Report Ready Before
 Budget Meeting

The city hall audit was nearing its final stage Saturday, with indications that F. Hopkinson Smith and his staff of accountants will have their report ready before the city commission be- gins next month the task of compiling budget to govern the expenses for the coming fiscal year.
 Letters from hundreds of taxpayers, which either verified or repudiated the public improvement assessments stand- ing against them, were received during the week. Beginning this week, these letters will be checked against the rec ords of the department.
 With the completion of this check, the exact status of affairs in the de- nartment, where shortages totalling S37 OO0 already have been discovered will be known The auditors, however. will give out no statement in advance of their formal report to rne city com mission.
 To Clear Controversy
 The final report of the auditors will clear up the controversy concerning a reported shortage of $G,5OO in the ac- counts of the previous administration. There have been persistent reports at city hall of such a shortage, and The Birmingham News recently gave pro numbers and dates in support of it's flat statement that it actually exists. The renorted shortage was declared to be ill the improvement assessments Of the railroad.
 "Jimmy" Jones, who was comptroller during the last administration, haS heatedly denied that any shortage exists in his regime and has demanded q thorough audit of the books. Commis- sion President D. F. McLendon held that special audit would not be neces- sary. as the auditors now at work are checking all unpaid balances.
 Commission In Air
 The commission is more or less "in the air" until the auditors report IS submitted. The new budget must be complied next month, and the commis- sioners cannot complete 1t until they know just how much must be set aside to care for shortages.
 A suggestion has been made that S75,OOO would be reasonable sum to set aside, but the commissioners are not willing to believe the shortages will run that high.
 Mir. Smith, who is in charge of the audit, appealed Saturday to every tax payer who has not answered the query concerning his assessment to do so im- mediately, thereby expediting the com pletiOn of the audit. e.
 As soon as the special audit is fin ished, Smith and his men will begin work on the regular annual audit of all city departments. The commission members estimate that auditing Tor nn tnls year will cost the city around Slo'oOO'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-21
SEABOARD PLANS
 FASTER SERVICE
Expected To Mark New Era In SOuth's Trans
 pOrtation

An explanded passenger service be- tween the north and east and Ala bamn, the Carolinas, Georgia and Flor ida was announced Saturday by Bir- mingham officials of the Seaboard Air Line railway, which is expected to mark the beginning of new era in southland transportation.
 The Seaboard's new program includes the operation of three of the finest possible fast Pullman trains from New York and Washington to Florida, with through sleeping cars from Quebec, BOs- ton, Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, Pitts burg, New York, and Washington to Jacksonville, St. Petersburg, and Miami. Tine comUIne0 new train serv- ice will cover about 1000 miles a day.
 The new plans also embrace the con struction in Florida of a 204mile link in the SeabOard system, which will cut across the lower peninsular of the state of Florida and give them a new north and south line to the east coast across the central and ridge section of the state. This line will be completed and placed in operation about the first of January, affording direct through day-and-night service in each direction between St. Petersburg, Tampa, and West Palm Beach, and new route from Jacksonville to West Palm Beach. The name of the new subsidiary is the Florida Western and Northep railroad. It will be the only line across the south fern part of the state, from the gulf to the Atlantic. s ..-.-l@
 The third feature of the Seaboards s expansion policy is the establishmentlin connection with the Louisville and Nashville railroad, of a new limited train between Jacksonville and New Orleans, bringing all of the middle, south, Texas, and the Florida and the southeast and affording service from Florida to Texas. Mexico, and Cali fOrnia through direct connections at New Orleans.
 The full significance of this new service to the future of the great south ern region served by the Seaboard is seen when it is pointed out that these new trains are to be in addition to the four other high-clas trains now ope- rated the year round by this company two to Florida and two to Atlanta, Bir- mingham, and the southwest.
 This new service requires a large ex- penditure for equipment and an in crease in facilities for this axpension.