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Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-24
Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD R. GARIs
Copyright, 1923, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILy FEEDS TIE
ROBINS

Uaeie Wiggily ate his bre;3Efasr
in rather q hurry one morning, and
as he WAS hopping out Of the hol-
low stump bungalow, withou: 4 hat
on, Nurse Jane asked:
"Whcrc are YOU going?
g am going TO look ut my little
robins, answered the bunny gen
tleman.
az didn' : know you had hatched
out any robins laughed the musk
rat lady.
"Of course, didu 7 hatch tdem, :
cluclSled Uncle Wiggily, but if you
remember | helped the father and
mother robin gel twigs for <heir
nest, which is III the tree 1t the
end of the path. Vow that the lit.
tie robins are hatched feel like
grandfather toward them. So /
am going to see how they are feath-
eriag out.
"Give Them my love, called
Nurse Jane, rs Uncle Wiggilv hop,
ped down the path.
As the rabbit gentleman reached
the tree in which the robins nest
was lui!t TIE rabbit heard the fa Ii
CT bird g;lly Staging and saying:
''It is too bad, my dear. Quit
too bad. But wc shall manage some
how, am sure. | viii work twice
as EaTdl / II manage!
''But, Rob, my dear, Won know
you never can get enough bugs and
worms to feed five hungry brides
not if you had four wings Instead
of two. 1t can't be done! Oh,
dear, why did ! have TO 20 and
get hurt just when the babies neei
so much 10 cat
Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-24
JNPROVING ON NATURE

Mechanical efficiency has reached its climax IN IN
the equine fy-trap devised by ingenious cltlzeh u
Spring Valley, MINI. Observing that horses are al
ways bothered by flies and also that horses are a"s
Jerking their heads around and bobbng them up anu
down the inventor put and two together W ny not
utilize the Reinforcement to get rid OF tne Ines
He made sheet-metal box, containing orula
with an elaborte mechanism of wire mesh, springs,
brushes bait etc. mounted upon the top OF tne horse
collar and connected with the checren SO that every
nod or swing of the horses head, the drum mace 10
rotate The bait is supposed to lure the cruei horseS
into the trap and then the revolving drum crushes INN
and neatly sweeps out his remains ~ ;.
1t is surely an admirable contraptlon, whether II
works or not Nature may be wonderful, out human
invention is much more So
Nature in her crude way, merely provided the morse
with long tail with which to whip the flies to death
when they alighted upon his hnd-quarters and 1ree
y moving head with which to crush or bite them Wne
they bothered the forward part of his anatomy with
name to protect his neck 1t might occur to an IN
teect of the plain horsesense variety to sove tne
problem merely by oosing the checkrein and letting
the tail and name grow, thereby giving nature
chance But could there be any progress, and how
could inventors make living, if man were not con-
tinually devsing ingenious substitutes for nature!
Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-24
;BEAUTIFYING GROUNDS

"A certain automobile manufacturing company, al
ter erecting a modern daylight factory, has gone
ahead and beautifed the surrounding grounds with
thousands of shrubs bordering lovely flower beds 1t
does this on the theory that surroundings have much to
do with the contentment of employees and the quality
of their production
Surely this is true principle. 1t must be in the
nature of things that what is true elsewhere is true
in industry-that people surrounded by beauty will
produce more beautiful automobiles anything else
And beauty, commercial age is discovering, is
profitable financially as we'll as esthetically.
Eventually may all cultivate beauty for its own
sake Then there will be no question that are
civilized.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-24
Fair Exchange Is
No Robbery,
They Claim
EY STANLEY

KELsO, Wash, May ga
Richard G. williams and Ruth
Houghton have become man and
wife. So have Albert x. IIough-
ton and Vera Williams.
Strangely enough, this swap
piEg of divorced wives was not
known to the other parties I'M
til 1t was over. But it came to
light today when county records
wGrc compared.
Tie Williams and the Hough-
tons OF old were fast friends and
went motoring together. The
women obtained divorces. which
were III no way aimed at each
otlier. ~ ID
fJcw, it is said, the new
Houghtons and Williams are
again motoring together with
the same old friendly feeling.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-24
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
May "a, 1909

I. d. Hale, field man for II,
Woods Company, arrived today
from Rocky Ford, Colorado, to look
over the cantaloupe acreage.
Miss Gertrude Bowen of Pomona
left for her home today after a
week S visit here.
Mrs. Jeanette Hart, Of Los Ango-
les, s,/who has property interests i'll
El Ceutro and vicinity, is here look
ing after business matters.
c. b. Cambpell left today for Sc
attic, where he will spend the sum
mer.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-24
HOSPITAL, OFFICIAL, rs
POLICE COMMMISSSlONEG

LOS ANGELES, May &c. j.
tiasSor. secretary and Hapa&cr OF
the Golden State llosp tai, stepped
into office today rs Il member OF
the police commission, succe eding
Dir. S. 7. Montgomery, resigned.
Or. Montgomery supcrlnteHIell'
of .be anti-saloon league in South
ern California, said his work in. TINS
connection demanded all khis time
and forced his resignation from the
commission.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-24
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell of
Imperial Valley for This Date
In Past Years
NINETEEN YEARS AGO
May q. 1905

Elmer Bayless of Ioltyillc en-
tcrtained a few of his young friends
at an AFTERNOON party. Those pre-
sent were Oliver Thayer, Mamie
Rhodes, Willie and Rudolph Boct
ter, Carl Bayless, Olive Patton, Scna
and Edith Tuft, Virgil aud Harold
Best, Callie Harris and Elmer and
Verie Bayless.
F. N. Chaplin sold 247 head of
hogs to r. II. Benton. He still has
500 remaining in pasture at the
Cortelyou place two miles east of
town.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-24
THE STEADY WORKER

The American record for steady work probably
goes to Edward Slattery of North Easton, Mass He
has been employed continuously by one firm for 50
years. He arrived from Limerick, Ireland, IN looo
started working two days later for shovel and tool
factory and has been working for it since In all
that time he lost day account OF sickness
"This'' somebody will say, rs the KIND OF lmml-
grants we used to GET 1t is good kind at any rate
III there were more Edward Satterys coming into the
country there would be less hostility toward lmmgra-
tiCn
Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-24

returned from Riverside, where
they attended session Of the
Southern California Title Men S as
sociation. They report Il fine trip.
The, Imperial Valley delegation
from the Grand lodge, knights of
Pythias, returned today. 1t con
sisted of j. Stanley Brown and Cliff
ford Harrison of this city, Messrs.
Goree and Armstrong of Calexico,
Mr.. Weeks of Holtville and Stilgen
baur of Brawley.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-24

Hanging condemned in pairs IN Louisiana
NAV be revolving but it is an improvement hang
ing them in quarters according to the European vogue
of a couple of centuries ago
Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-24
TEN YEARS AGO p
Nav "a, 1914

-Four cars of cautaloupes left
Brawley by express yesterday and
three by freight.
l.. O. Halvout and II. T. Wells
Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-24

Many of us live expensively to
impress our friends who live expcn-
sively to impress us.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-24

An indignant foreign-language newspaper wants
to know what America would do without immigrants.
America doesn't exactly know but it is going to do its
best to find out.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-24

To hear lot Of naval officers telling how bad our
navy is you'd think they'd been running another fleet
of cruisers on the rocks
Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-24

The Senate to think that President has
no business trying to lead And that attitude might be
deensible ii the Senate itself would do leading.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-24

On the other hand, it may be that Of these
American radicals corrupting the Russians.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-24

French doctor gives elaborate directions about
"how to prevent sneeze' There's very simple
remedy, which should be practiced more. Punch the
sncezer's nose
Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-24
INSTALLMEN
PLAN EXTENDS
MOTOR SALES
by United i.rcss Leased Wire

DETROIT, May 24.-Purchasc OF
automobiles on the installment plan
has been the most important single
factor in extending the motor car
market in recent years, Curtis c.
Cooper, president of the General
Motors Acceptance Corporation de-
clared today before the world mo-
tor transportation congress in con
vention here.
"All authorities now agree the
development of the motor industry
could not continue indefinitely
with only cash Market" Cooper
said.
'The initial outlay to acquire an
automobile is so large that the ex-
tension of credit to the purchaser
has been merely a logical step. 1T
has increased the number of pros
pective users by millions. -
Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-24


TUNED 100000 shingles.
bit Unclc Wiggily just scratched
Il lot Of dust aud dirt in tho Wea-
sells eyes and nose and cried;
Run away, Weasel I'm busy.
Don II bother me
q Ker choo! Kcr choo!" sncczc'l
the Weasel, and back to his den he
RIM, not catclIing the bunny rabbit
at all
Uncle Wiggily had jolly good
time helping feed the little birds,
and when they grew big scnougl
they saug him q song Of thanks.
And 80 did Mr.. Robin while Mrs.
Robin huDmcd the chorus.
Aud II the lump of sugar dccsn T
90 swimming with the goldfish, aud
forget to come back in time 80 have
breakfast with the eup Of coffee.
1ell tell vou nest about Uncle Wig
gily and Hickory Diehory.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-24

j Ono trainload Of shingles for New
York, shipped from Vancouver, con
TUNED 100000 shingles.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-24

1t looks less and less likely that the Shoals will
ever be Forded
Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-24

The new row pacifism seems to arise from
he fact that pacfists are such inyeterate fighters
Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-24

THE JANTZEN with its Ath- =
letic rib stitch IS the suit. Worn by
world champion swimmers. iFR
Main TO Honolulu it S the b5st bet
for men who like TO dive apd swim.
All coiors.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-24

THE SMALLEST JANTzEN
from 2 to A years of age are one
piece suits without skirts. The
cleverest little suits made. Blue
cardinal and orange shades.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-24

"A PERFECT FIT for little broth
er and sister, too. These small
sizes are just like the big ones and
come in the same good looking new
shades.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-27
President and Wife
Join Christmas Eve
Carols at Capital

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.-The
angelus sung at bethlehem was
carollcd last night from the White
House to a nation at peace with
the world and with good will to-
ward all men.
The chief executive of the nation
and the first lady of the land joined
with a white vested choir, and with
thousands who thronged the White
House grounds in observance of the
recurrence Of another Christmas
eve.
Previously the President and Mrs.
Coolidge, following another custom
they inaugurated at their first
Christmas in the White House a
year ago, had visited one of the
public parks near the executive man
sion, and with another large group
witnessed the lighting of ma
tional community Christmas tree.
Mr.. Coolidge himself, pressed the
button that flooded the tree, a 40
foot spruce transplanted from the
Adirondack mountains Of New York
lighted with hundreds Of varicolored
globes.
Having thus taken the lead in the
Two ceremonies that marked the
public celebration of Christmas eve
in Washington, the president and
his wife returned to their own fire
side to spend Christmas day with
the simplicity that has always at
tended observance of the holiday by
those living in the rural regions of
Vermont.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-27
Slayer of Farmer
In Swainsboro Row
Claims Self-Defense

SWAlNSBORO, Ga, Dec. fl.
W. Sparks, slayer of y. j. Peoples.
both well known at this place. sur.
rendered to local authorities shortly
after TIL killing IN restaurant here
last night.
Beyond Il statement that he killed
Peoples II self defense, Sparks has
made no detailed explanation of the
Staying. Both men were sober at the
time of the trouble, the sheriff's of
flee announces, in denial of a report
that the killing grew out of drunk
en- argument
Peoples and Sparks had been very
close friends for several months. For
the past few weeks, some difference
arose between them which culmi-
mated in yesterday s<traSedy.
In statement To t" sheriff
him down three times and that he
could not set away from his aSsail.
ant. The fight occurred in cafe.
Peoples was welt known in this
section, living on his farm five miles
from here Sparks moved to Sw9ins-
boro about a year ago, his family be-
ing we'll known in WASHINGTON
county. He lives about four miles
out where he specializes in training
bird dogs.
The dead man leaves Il widow and
two children. The funeral viii take
place tomorrow.
4 hearing Tor Gpar&s is scheduled
FOR saturday.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-27
Russian Soviet Church
Loses Court Fight to
Control Orthodox BODY

NEW YORK. Dec, 24.-The at
tempt of the soviet church of Rus
STA to take over control of the Rus
sian orthodox church and its prop
critics here failed today when state
Supreme Court Justice Ford upheld
the claim of the Metropolitan Pla-
ton Rojtesvensky to the leadership
the Russian Greek Catholic church
IN North America and the Aleutian
islands.
flight it was stated. there was no
danger, but realizing fully the dam
gers that confronted them in land.
Ing radios message was sent by
the crew asking that launches be
made ready to render immediate as
sistance. This was done. but before
the boats could reach the plane it
began to sink. keyser, Manwaring
and Gavin. it was stated. were kill
ed by being struck by the machines
propeller while they were trying TO
get Williams out of the cockpit.
Gwin. Uriah r. Williams. father of
the patient and a former naval man,
and two other naval men were pick
ed up by launches
Gavin : skull was. fractured by
the propeller: Manwaring was bad
ly cut by the whirring blades. and
i'm keYSer's chest was found a large
splinter.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-27
Two Kentucky Girls,
Blind From Birth,
See This Christmas

LOUISVILLE. Ky. Dec. 25.-Two
Kentucky girls, both blind from
birth, have received their sight as
a Christmas gift as a result of sue
cessful operations. it is announced
by officials of the Kentucky School
for the Blind. Lille Bryant, thir-
teen. of Decker. Butler county. and
Elsie Day, fourteen, of Cranks.
Harlan county. for the first time
will he able To participate fully in
the Iuletide celebrations.
When the girls enrolled in the
school last fall they were given the
customary examination to determine
the nature and cause of their blind
ness. Lille was a victim of ira
choma. An operation was perform
ed a the government traChoma hos
pital in Pikeville by DR.. W. l.. Davis.
on October q. She returned to the
school December u, but remained
only one night. going TO her home
where she will enter public school
Elsie's trouble was found to be
a double cataract. Her father was
persuaded TO consent, and Dr. Claude
Wolf operated She will be fitted
with glasses within a few weeks.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-27
TOLD IN BRIEF
WORLD NEWS

LOUISVILLE.-C. T. Ceilings, &c.
chairman of board of directors of
Standard Oil company of Kentucky,
dies.
BELGRADE.-The occupation OF
Tirana, Albania, by Ahmed Zoga's
troops is officially confirmed by dis
patches.
STANFORD, Tex.-Two children
are burned to death when fire de-
stroyed the Stamford Inn and five
residences.
NEW YORK.-Rafael Sabatini is
awarded a $4,000 prize for his novel
"Scaramouche, on which a motion
picture, credited with being the best
of the year, was based.
PARIS.-Cologne area is not to
be evacuated January 10 because,
according to French government,
Germany has not fulfilled conditions
set forth by Versailles treaty
Observation-Disclosures Cool
idge's Christmas was marked with
simplicity, with attendance at
church and a long afternoon walk
constituting the days program.
NEW 1O1th.-EIlnCS oSISlO Null
anovsky, cousin of the late Car
Nicholas of Russia, criticiZes Duke
Cyril for his pretentions to the Rus
sian throne as being without fOunda-
ton.
SANTA ROSA, Cal.-Luther Bur
bank, plant wizard, announces he
has perfected q new variety of sweet
corn which he believes will prove
more productive and sWeeter than
any yet produced.
CHRISTTANA.-Name Christiana,
borne by the Norwegian capital for
300 years, will be replaced January
1 by Oslo, the ancient title when
the city was founded 900 years ago.
MOSCOW.-Gregory Zinieff, chair
man of executive committee of Third
Internationale, admits communists
have gone too far in their prop
uganda against existing religious
rituals and their efforts to establish
atheism.
COLUMBUS, O.-William McClel-
Ian Ritter. founder of the w. NJ. Rit
ter Lumber company, turns over
company stock valued at between
two and three million dollars under
trust agreement to 124 persons,
most of them employees.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-27
The Weather

Forecast for Saturday:
Virginia: Fair with rising tenn.
perature.
Georgia. North and South Caro-
lima; Fair with slowly rising tenn
perature; moderate TO fresh north
and northeast winds.
Florida: Probably fair with little
ehanSe in temperature. Moderate
north and northwest winds.
Extreme northwest Florida and
Alabama: Fair, rising temperature.
Mississippi: Generally. fair: rising
temperature in north; moderate
northeast shiitipS TO ,outheast winds.
Tennessee and Kentucky: Fair
ana warmer.
Louisiana: Generally fair, rising
temperature.
Arkansas and Oklahoma: Fair
rising temperature.
East Texas; Partly cloudy, rising
temperature.
West Texas; Fair, warmer in cast
portion.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-27
''Why, 1 Can't Testify
Against Him; I'm His
Wife" She Calmly Tells
AgentSWho Call for Report

SEATTLE, Dec. 26.-Federal pro-
hibition agents, after repeated un-
successful attempts to nab Roy Ohm
sted, known hereabouts as the
liking" of rum runners Of the west
coast, finally decided to employ
girl detective to shadow" him.
So they hired Elsie Caroline Par
she, an English girl, who had come
down from Montreal and opened a
beauty parlor under the name Of
Vivien Potter, to do their under
cover" work.
Elsie applied for position as Ohm
steds bookkeeper-and landed 1t.
And after time the agents came to
her to obtain the information she
had gathered on the job.
But Elsie had none to impart.
why, / cannot testify against
him." she calmly announced. II am
his wife,
And that is why Aunt Vivien's"
Peter Rabbit, Bre'r Fox and wicked
Mr.. Wolf stories from radio station
KFQX were briefer than usual one
nigR.
For aunt Vivien." teller of bed
time stories, was Elsie Parshe, the
girl detective who married Roy Ohm,
sted, king" Of rum runners.
The federal men broke into the
home Of Olmsted, former police lieu
tenant, while Aunt Vivien" was in
the midst of her nightly broadcast
ing. And the thrilling adventures
of Peter Rabbit were Continued un-
til tomorrow" while "Aunt Vivien"
Olmsted and sixteen others were at.
tempting to arrange bail.
But the children in Seattle and
for miles around never knew aunt
Vivien" was back on the job next
night.
And she continues to broadcast on
schedule.
But the grand jury is listening in
now, too, only to a different kind of
d story
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-27
SENDS
CHRISTMAS CHEER
To DISABLED VETS

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.-Among
the first Christmas greetings to go
out from official Washington to-
day were those sent by President
Coolidge ito the men whose dis
abilities tell most eloQuently of their
service and sacrifices in the armed
forces of the nation"
The president sent his MESA sc
through the Disabled American Vet
Grams, and it amplified greetings
broadcast to the army and navy by
Secretaries Weeks and Wilbur.
Their valor, which aroused the
worlds admiration during hostili-
ties President Coolidge said of
the disabled veterans, "has since en-
gagged our continuing respect, be-
cause of their courageous fight to
heal the wounds Of war. | know
that their splendid efforts in this di-
rection will receive encouragement
from their fellow citizens, who are
determined that every assistance will
be forthcoming to overcome their
honorable handicaps."
With all government activities
ceasing at noon Wednesday for the
Christmas holiday, Christmas merry
making in the capital started earlier
than usual. High officials and of
ficers of the war and navy depart
ments were guests of the telephone
operators of the two big depart
ments. A Christmas tree was in
stalled in the central telephone eX-
change, through which the thou
sands of phones in the two depart
ments and also those of the shipping
board and the emergency fleet cor
poration are routed.
The celebration was an all-day af-
Fair and Secretary Wilbur, Admiral
Eberle, chief of naval operations;
Rear Admiral Jones, president of
the navy general board; Admiral Pal
mer, president of the emergency
fleet corporation, were all early visi-
tors to wish the girls from the tele-
phone boards Merry Christmas
Sprigs of m!stletoe, suspended on
long red ribbons, swung from the
ceiling in several places. but the
officials seemed a little shy of them,
and carefully avoided standing I'M
derneath.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-27
100000 CONTRACTS
FOR STATE HIGHWAY
EQUIPMENT IS LET

Contracts for furnishing the state
highway department with more than
100000 Worth of machinery and
equipment for 1925 were let at
meeting of the highway commission
held at the East Point offices of the
department Tuesday, according to an
announcement made by Chairman
John n. Holder.
The awards announced were as
follows:
Contract for furnishing twenty
Brothers, on bid of $63,6S0.4O.
Contract for thirty-one Holt two
ton tractors, let to Yancey Brothers,
ON a bid of $54,219.
Contract for sixteen Best five-ton
tractors, let to w. A. Neal & Son,
on a bid of $50, 4S0.
Contract for one Monarch five
ton tractor, let to Ed Alexander.
on bid of $3.50.
Contract for twelve Fordson two
ton tractors, let to local dealers at
$14 920.
Contract for SIX Cletrac tWo-ton
tractors, let to G.. b. Phillips. on a
bid of $90S0.2S.
Other purchases by the depart
ment were so one-ton Chevrolet
trucks at $4,000; two one-ton In
diana trucks at $2,996.50; two one
ton White trucks at $4,225.20, and
one International one-ton truck at
$1301.75.
The graders purchased were two
Acme 7-foot three-inch graders at
$76S.2S; two Acme eisht-foot graders
at $964.32; one heavy Acme eight
foot graders at $964.32; one heavy
Acme esht-foot grader at $626.77;
eight Winners, sevenfoot, three
inches, at $3.50; ten Royal eight
foot graders at 5000. and 81 eight
foot Russell graders at $19,906.
One hundred Adams three-blade
drags were bought for $3.770 and Sc
Russell three-blade drags at $4,000.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-27
Champagne and Whisky
Worth 100000 Taken
By Coast Guard Force

NEW YORK, Dec. Is. - While ma
ture was failing in Efforts to produce
I white Christmas for the Atlantic
seaboard in the vicinity of New York,
coast guard forces did their best to
make it dry Christmas" by cap
turing five vessels, 25 prisoners and
100000 worth of holiday liquor off
Sandy Hook.
Check.up Of IT, haul at the barge
office today ;howed the British
schooner Patara, four motor boats
and 5000 cases OF champagne and
whisky in the tins. The Patara is
an old-timer on rum row, credited
" ! having landed 100000 worth
4 ut II. in its day.