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Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-25

hot day. And while he was selling
an ice cream cone to Aunt Lettie,
the lady goat, all of sudden, along
came the Skillery Scallery Alliga-
tor
do YOU want cone!' asked
the bunny politely.
:" No! l want your ears!' below
ed the bad chap.
"Oh, you are wild. I must use a
little salt to tame you'll laughed
the bunny. With that he threw a
lot of the cold, salty ice cream wa
ter on the Alligator.
"Oh, IN catching cold! / IN
freezing! Oh, my eyes are full of
salt.' howled the Gator, and away
he crawled as fast as he could go.
And he didn I nibble the bunny
that day.
M Longears had n great deal of
fun selling his ice cream, and at last
every one in Woodland was made
cool. And then the bunny gentle
man was happy. And if th3 gold
fish doesn't spend all his money
taking the kipered herring TO the
moving pictures, I'll tell you next
about Uncle Wiggily and the skip
Dv nut.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-25
NOTICE TO WATER USERS

By the rules of Imperial Irriga-
tion District all water bills become
delinquent on the 18th of the month
following delivery, and if not paid,
service is discontinued on the goth.
Since January, 1924, this rule has
been suspended by injunction. The
Supreme Court has reversed the
judgment in the case of Wores VS..
Imperial Irrigation District, and if
y re5hearing is not ordered by the
28th of June, then the injunction
is automatically dissolved, and all
water bills for the month of Janu
ary to and including the month of
May, will be Immediately delin-
quent and service will be discon-
tinued if the same are not paid in
full.
To avoid discontinuance of ser
vice, all water bills must be paid
Immediately after this decision be-
comes effective. There will be 10
exception to this rule.
If the re-hearing is not ordered,
no water viii be delivered after
July 1st, where water bills are un-
paid.
By Order of Board of Directors,
FIJI. McIVER, Secretary.
June 10 to July l
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-25
A FASHION SHOWDOWN

Drawn battle between French. and American die
tators of womens fashions is foretold by one Of the
latter group Paris style creators have precptated
the conflict by announcing the return of the wasp
waist. The American faction laughs heartily and says
it won't work at all 1t will be hotly resented by Amer
lean and the inference is will be severely let
alone by them Says the creator of the natural shou
cite costume. eks*kh 81 - .:eft q -
"This is the greatest mistake that the French
masters have ever made. 1t will be boomerang,
Even a thoroughly patriotic American however
views the approaching conflict with some misgivings
Fashion DEGREES in the past have upset many firm de-
csion to remain sensible and comfortable. Revolt
against the style autocras has very slowly and
has not yet been proved revolution rather than rebel
lion.
However, there is nothing that ought to keep the
wasp waist out of the United States wise and willy
American modise has used honeyed words to win his
point. He says "Such attempt the part of such
masters is nothing short of the most stupid and un
calledor insult to the wonderful profile of the mod
ern American That which is naturally perfect
in itself should be respected as SUCH"
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-25
NEED THE DAM-NEED SWING

Congressman Phil D. Swing arrived home from
Washington yesterday bringing with him written
statements from the chairman and other members OF
the committee which presided at the Boulder Canyon
Dam hearings on Mr. Swings important bill. These
letters optimistic and indicate the bill will be Ia
voraby reported early in the next session Tomorrow
night at Ell Cenro the people of Imperial county Will
appeal to the remainder of the district to reelect Mr.
Swing, and with power rationing going into etfect
throughout Southern California, the Importance of
Mr.. Swings principal congressional work-the Boulder
Canyon Dam proiect-takes even greater sgnlfl-
canoe for the entire southland.
Southern California needs the Boulder Dam. the
very future prosperity of the region is wrapped up in
it, and voters of the Eleventh Congressional district
will not be blind enough in the approaching primary
and election to permit anyone to take Mr. Swlngs
seat. He knows more about the Boulder Canyon Dam
project than anyone in Washington. His has been
hard fight and when it is realized the project exceeds
in potential results for humanity, the magnitude of
the Panama canal do not wonder that the delbera-
tons have been long. The canal wasn't built in one or
two congressional sessions.-San Bernardino Sun.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-25
5000 YOUNG men
GATHER AT CAMP;
OPENS THURSDAY

MONTERREY, June 25.-More
than 5000 young men are expected
to attend the citizens military
training camp at Del Monte, near
here, starting tomorrow according
to army officers preparing facilities
for the annual period ef sport and
training for potential soldiers for
war time.
Last year $500 men attended the
camp, many of them former SER
vice men who saw service over
seas. Rigorous drilling, all kinds
of out of door sports and other va
rieties of recreation are on the pro-
gram. Military discipline with re-
gular routine forms the backbone
of the training plan.
Completion and supervision of the
camp is under the direction of Ma
lor General Charles G. Morton,
commander of the Ninth Corps
area, regular army; Brigadier- Gen
eral Joseph E. Kuhn, area executive
and Colonel Ernest Smith, General
Morton s chief of staff who will
be camp commander.
The camp site is being fashioned
after the manner of wartime can
tonment. New roads are being built,
drill grounds planted with coarse
grass to eliminate dust, water mains
extended beyond the system in use
last year, and lighting facilities
practically doubled. A community
house, gift of citizens of the Mon
terey peninsula, is being erected
and will be the social center of the
camp.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-25
!. sM.ce4.Al'RlE'!E .l'lE'!E
VI Sts- = ~
McCABE. June 23A xglieEk will be

MeCABE, June sss slters will be
"a community basket pfsniss atskrank
Moore s on July 4.
Mrs. r. Fancher and dah$ $Mer,
Hattie, and Rosalie Labur hef1e fare
spending their vacation in tie. .ilo1n-
tains. =
Mrs. w. D. Moffat has gone to
Hemet to spend the summer.
Karl Moore spent the week kend
in San Diego visiting his wife and
children.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. R. Van Derpoel
went to Ell Cajon Saturday and
came back Sunday, taking Mrs. Van
Derpoel's mother, Mrs. Chowning
with them, after brief visit in the
valley. Miss Margaret and Master
Andrew Van Derpoel are spending
the summer in Ell Cajon with their
uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. A. E..
Van Derpoel.
Miss Jeanette Wilson is spending
the summer in Hemet.
The follow-up meeting of the farm
home department met at Mrs. Frank
Moore's home June 20, with good
attendance.
w. d. Moffatt spent the week
at Jacumba, a guest of his son-in-
law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Williams.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-25

NEW YORK, June 25. - Every
body's happy. That's the end of a
perfect first convention day.
Pat Harrison smiled, and smiled,
while he played the double role of
hero to the Democrats and william to
the Republicans.
He is an uninstructed delegate
and the friends Of every candidate
found much in what he said to prove
that their particular candidate is
exactly the man to nominate.
Harrison had a chance to place
himself in line for the nomination if
the convention should deadlock and
find it necessary to break to new
candidate, but he didn t. Every
body praised him but not enSugh to
Justify a presidential nomination.
He pictured the Republicans dark,
inefficient and corrupt but failed to
inspire his audience with the vision
of promised land or with conf
dence that he could lead the Amer
lean people to it, if there were one.
The delegates found the great hall
most agreeable. They never before
saw so many flags in one place. Ten
thousands of fluttering little flags,
falling like confetti from between
the stripes of the monstar flag over
head while the band played and
everybody sang the Star Spangled
Banner, gave them complete thrill.
Everybody fiappy
Being the opening day everybody
was glad to see everybody else. Even
the McAdoo and Smith delegates
smiled at each other and shook
hands cordially. That might have
been much Eie Prize Fighters shak-
ing hands before they begin pummel
ing one another, but Harrison Is
speech made them so happy that
they almost forgot for a little while
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-25
THE AIR MAIL

A letter mailed in New York on the morning of
July will reach Cleveland at noon and Chicago be-
fore dark. By daylight it will be delivered in San
Francisco. For other points the Pacific Coast it
will be mailed from San Francisco Immediately and
be delivered, in most cases, the next day.
Thus unless bad luck intervenes, the long-expect-
ed air mail express service from coast to will be
the postoffice system is ready and the route is ready
a reality. The planes ready the pilots are ready,
There is lighted arway for night flying for 1000
miles of the dstance-all the way from Cleveland to
Rock Springs Wyo., with a powerful light and fully
equipped landing field every 25 miles and smaller
lights and emergency fields at shorter distances.
1t is the biggest air mail undertaking in the world
far.
Uncle Sam is doing this with the thorough
ness that he gave to the pioneer flight the At
lantic couple of years ago and is giving the
army flight around the world There is nothing spec
tacular about any of the governments aviation deve
opment, but it is steady, consistent and solid.
The country that produced the airplane will not
lose its air aures, after ALL if private enterprise in
this country follows Uncle Sans example
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-25
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD E. GARIS
Copyright, 1928, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE wIGGILY AND THE
ICE CREAM

Where is the hammer, and
please get me some nails, Nurse
Jane" called Uncle Wiggily one
morning in the hollow stump bun
galow soon after breakfast.
"What are You going to dog'
the muskrat lady housekeeper want
ed to know Are you going to
build boat and go sailing after
adventures
'.No, indeed! Not this morn
ing!' laughed the rabbit gentle
man. ~ am going to make an ice
cream stand, like Billie Wagtail S
lemonade stand. l am going to
sell ice cream and make lot of
money
"Why do you want to make a
lot of money! asked Nurse Jane.
so / can get rich and buy n
cake of ice for every one in Wood
land, " answered the. bunny. You
see i. is. SO very hot, Nurse ,Jane,
that | would like all my friends
to have a cake of ice to keep cool.
Mr.. Whitewash, the polar bear gem
tleman Ill his ice cave, has the best
time all summer. But when | get
to selling ice cream l will be cool,
those who buy my ice cream will be
cool, and when L get rich, and buy
every one a cake of ice, we II all
be cool.
''It sounds nice,' said Nurse
Jane, not meaning to make a joke.
.. Here is the hammer, and you will
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-25
L. A. Man Leaps
to Instant Death

LOS ANGELES, June 25.-Leap-
ing eight stories from the roof of
the Kerchoff building, sixth and
Main streets, an unidentified man
today committed suicide. The only
clew to his identity was a handker-
chief bearing the initial "W."
E. II. Shalton, night watchman,
saw the man rush into the building,
and endeavored to stop him. They
struggled in the hallway, the man
escaping and fleeing to the roof,
where he dashed to the edge and
leaped into space.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-25
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell of
Imperial Valley for This Date
In Past Years
NINETEEN YEARS AGO
June 25, 1905

The Southern Pacific Company
took over the California Develop
ment Company and a new era of
prosperity is ahead for the valley.
The real work of the redemption of
the desert will commence in short
time.
w. f. Holt took over the State
Bank at Calexico and announced
that K.SF. Morrison would continue
as cashier.
The New River continues to rise
and though the bridges at Calexico
and Brawley have been kept up and
open for traffic, the one at Holtville
was washed ut. This flood is ex-
pected to be the last as the next
season the headgates and works will
be finished and the flood kept in
side the banks of the Colorado river
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-25
Girl, IA, Shot by
Step-FatRer, Who
Kills Himself

IA Los ANGELES, June.25--kucilie
Zolton, f4g was today recovering
from a bullet wound inflicted by
ller stcp;fathe, Louis G.. Kasa, fol
lowing which lle Ssllot himself, dy-
ing almost instantly.
kasa returned from work late
yesterday and quarreled with the
girl over her mother, from whom
he has been separated for a week.
Pulling a revolver, he shot her
through the chest, then went into
another room and turned the weap-
on ON himself.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-25
the shade nice and cool {

find some nails on the shelf, Uncle
Wiggily.'
So the bunny gentleman, with
some boxes and boards, built him
self an ice cream stand under
shady tree just outside his bunga-
low.
When the stand was finished
Nurse Jane put some pretty pink
and white paper on it, as Uncle
Wiggily hoped down to the store
to buy a freezer of ice cream and
some vacant cones, made of sur
gary, floury paste into which the
ice cream could be stuffed.
'!Now I'm all ready for bust
ness,'' said the rabbit as he came
back with the ice cream and
cones. He printed sign, writing
it with a burned stick on white
birch bark. The sign said:
BUY ICE CREAM CONES AND
KEEP COOL
1t certainly was a hot day
everyone wanted to be cool, and
Uncle Wiggily thought he would do
a good business. He sat behind his
counter waiting for customers. Up
hoped Bully No Tail, the frog boy.
"How much are your ice cream
cones, Uncle Wiggily?" croaked
Bully.
Zone dollar each," answered the
rabbit.
"What S that? A dollar for an
ice cream cone9" cried the frog
boy. ''What s the idea?''
Il want to get rich quick so /
can buy a cake of ice for every
one in Woodland and make them
COOL" answered the rabbit. "That s
why | IN charging a dollar
"Ha! Hal" laughed Bully. You II
never sell ice cream cones for
dollar apiece. Why you can buy
them much cheaper down at the
five and ten cent store
"Oh, is that so9" asked Uncle
Wiggily, twinkling his pink nose.
"Well, you see | don't know much
about the lee cream business, Bully.
Would you think penny too much
for a nice cream cone?"
'Oh, no, I'd be glad TO give
penny fore one" eroaked Bully.
"Then here you are!' cried I'm
Gle Wiggily. He filled large cone
heaping full of the lovely cold cream
and passed it to the frog boy, who
handed over his penny.
"Oh, yum yum. This is good, "
murDured Bully; as he hoped down
the path.
Bully told Bawly, his brother,
how Uncle Wiggily was selling ten
cent ice cream cones for ii penny
each. Bawly hoped to the stand
and bought one. Then Bawly told
Dottie Flufftail, the little girl lamb,
and Dottie told Baby Bunty, and
Baby Bunty told Jackie Bow Wow,
and Jackie Bow Wow told Johnnie
Bushytail, and so it went, until all
the boys and girls IN animal land
were rushing to Uncle Wiggily to
buy tent-cent ice cream cones for
Q psnry. ~-es ai aZeSU III
my! But IN doing a wonder
full business!" laughed the rabbit
gentleman as tie pennies jingled
into his cigar box cash register.
"BM you will never get rich
this way" said Nurse Jane.
"Think of if, Uncle Wiggily, each
ice cream cone you sell for pen
ny costs you six cents. You are
losing five cents on each one.
"You'n never get rich. You are
losing money faster than you re
making it!''
"Oh, am +? Well, anyhow, IN
having fun, and see how happy the
children are." laughed the bunny,
as he pointed to a parade of the
animal boys aud girls with ten-cent
ice cream cones they had bought
for a penny.
Uncle Wiggily sold out one free
ger full aud bought another. Then
be sold third, for i was very
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-25
u. S. Ships Are
Off ON Their
Summer Cruise


SAN PEDRO, June 25.--Bcgin.
ming their summer cruise which will
find them in maneuvers off various
points of the coast, six dreadnaughts
of the United States battle fleet
were scheduled to leave the harbor
today.
The flagship California is headed
for San Francisco, the Idaho is go
ing to Santa Cruz and the Tennes-
see is to put in at Santa Barbara
for fourth of July exercises. The
Maryland, Pennsylvania and Okla
homa are to go direct to Puget
sound, while the hospital ship re-
lief will move toward Seattle.
This base will not see the assem-
bled fleet again until autumn.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-25
Marriage Licenses

FIGUEROA-ALCOLA- CataiiHe
Figueroa, 80, native of Mexico, res
ident of BrawfeY; Gasimil.s 4afcola,
IS, native eof Mex5eo; resilsRA.a,sstt ,sstt
hFroIsff rroRsfffEs-cAL.,pERoNssfssx i 10.
rres, q, native of Mefiso, resident,
of. Brawley; Brijila SaiaAra,i,. Is,
native of Mexico, resideilt Of calex-
leo.
SOTO-RAMIREZ-Julio Soto. 50,
native of Mexico, resident of Braw-
lev; Petra Ramirez, SO, native of
Mexico, resident of Brawley.
ORDUNA-LOPEZ-Jesus Orduna.
"a, native of Mexico, resident of
Westmorland; Micaela Lopez, 1g,
native of Mexico, resident Of West-
morland.
RYAN-LAUDER-Jim i'm Ryan, A,
native of Michigan, resident of Ca
lexico; Katherine Lauder, native of
Iowa, resident of Calexico.
BENNETT HOLLAND = Charles
Bennett, 20, native of Kansas, res
ident of Coachella; May Holland, 80,
native of Arkansas, resident of
Coachella.
HARBERS,HUNICK r Leland
Gerard Harbers, %, native of Cali
fornia, resident of Berkeley; Alice
May Hunick, 23, native of Iowa,
resident of Calexico.
AyERILL-H L-HUNT-Myron, l.. Av-
Grill, 80, native of Nebraska, resi-
dent of Miami; Beulah Hunt, p,
native of Arizona, resident of
Miami.
Observation-Disclosures Lou
cean Ferguson, SO, native of Texas,
resident of Brawley; Winnie Phil
brick, 20, native of Texas, resident
of Brawley.
HERNANDEZ-AN n Ora DE-Fran
cisco Hernandez, 10, native of Mex
leo, resident of Imperial; Francesca
Andrade, %, native of Mexico, res
ident of Imperial.
CANEDO- O-MARELLON = Jesus
Canedo, 21, native of Mexico, resi-
dent of Imperial, Candelario Mare
Hon, 20, native of Mexico, resident
of Imperial
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-25
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
Time Ok. 1900

The city trustees passed an ordi-
nance last night providing for bond
issue for a city water system to be
voted on at next election.
d. c. Epler of Glendora, owner of
ranch property near El Centre, is
in town for few days.
I. l.. Wilson sold a tract of 100
acres in the Mesquite Lake district
TO the Tape brothers of Pomona
for 500.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-25
The Weather

FOR LOS ANGELES AND VI,
CINITY-Fair weather with mod
erte temperature tonight and Thurs
day. Probably cloudy or foggy in
the morning.
FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Fair tonight and Thursday except
cloudy or foggy along coast tonight
and in morning.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-25
TEN YEARS AGO
,June 25. 1914

l,Walter L, Packard returned from
Sacramento where he attended the
state. fruit growers convention.
!, Mrs, II. ", Cram left today for
Canon City, Colorado, for the sum-
iner, .v,
Mrs. b. ID Jones is recovering
.nisely. from a severe illness at the
20 iSssS iaopae.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-25

No sooner does Mother Robin get one brood out of
the nest than she starts right in raising another And
yet there never too many robins.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-25
EAsTERN PAPERS FAVORs DAN

4 The Importance of irrigation in the nations well
fare cannot be emphasized. The policy in the
main has been so successful to warrant pushing it
to the limit.
Especially it is to be hoped that the proposed Colo
rado river development project which, aside from MAX
ing available several million horsepower of hydro-elec
trio energy will open for settlement millions of
of rich land arid, will finally receive the neces
sary approval from the respective state and federal
agencies.
Dwelers in the green, rain blessed lands of the
coast and the middle and southern states cannot ap
preciate the Importance to those who live in the desert
country of the well developed irrigated region.
A small empire still remains to he reclaimed
The task and should be done without imposing
undue burden upon the federal treasury.-New York
Times
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-25

There's something to be said for the poddng
morons who do most of the worlds useful work. when
consider the of those two young super-ntel-
lects in Chicago.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-25

Some industries may lag in June but quantity pro-
ducton Of brides and college graduates goes right
ahead.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-25
Correct Styles for Your Vacation Trip
Formerly $25-$35-Up To $3.50

GLEARING OUT THESE HANDSOME FROCKS of Canton Crepe
Roshnara
and $2650n every instance the
che styles the city streesrigh noWthe variety
is make the
usual-seect "gong-aWay" frock
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-25

The Germans have new chance-betting on when
clocks will down. They've got tired Of betting
when Germany will run down.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-25

Statesmen run for the presidency and away
from the vice presidency.
The Washington times., 1924-05-23
CHANCE LIKELY
OUT Of CAME
FOR GOOD

CHICAGO, May 23.-It Is unlikely
Frank Chance ever will take over
the management Of the White Sox.
There are three big reasons. one n
that Chance 10 sick man and NAV
not be well enough to assume 81
9rduous task as leadership Of q
dig league ball club.
The second reason is that II he
RECEIVERS his doctors may rule
against his leaving California. be.
cause any other climate might bring
about relapse.
The most important reason, how.
ever, Is that Johnny Evers is doinp
30 well as acting manager that Il
would size up as folly to make 4
shift In club piIotship at this time
Evers took seeming tail-end aggre
cation South and ever since The
season began has had 1t fighting 4
out with leaders for supremacy OF
the American League.
NO man can do more than Evers
has done-and perhaps none could
do half as well. So It looks as Il
Evers will be acting manager
through 1924 and manager in 1925
The Washington times., 1924-05-23
OMALL STUFF c
~ FOR ROOTERN

Winning that second victory from
the Griffs put the Browns in a tie
with the Boston Red Sox for a sec.
ond place. AS the White Sox hum
bled the Mackmen, the Griffs slid
back into seventh place.
Marty McManus, bunting In the
first inning, had the end Of q finger
split and had to retire from action,
letting young Mcmillan play q very
good game in his place.
Ken Williams displayed great
speed when he came In behind third
base in the sixth and seized Zach
ary's pop fly with MS gloved hand.
He juggled the ball couple of
times but chung to it.
Sam Rice went up into the air
with his gloved hand and came
down with Gerber's long fly in the
second. He tried it agan on Nc.
MILAN in the eighth, but came down
with nothing.
Three doubles a pass and an error
In the ninth were responsible for
the Tigers three runs and checked
the Red Sox's winning streak, 6 to 8.
A two-run rally In the seventh in.
ming gave the White Sox two runs
and also a 3-to-2 victory over the
Athletics.
Poor fielding by the Cardinals
cost them the game with the Phil.
lies, 4 to /,
George Kelly came back to the
game after a few days absence,
and his double sent over two runs,
chased Luque to the showers and
enabled the Giants to hurdle the
first line Of trenches and get back
to second place. Score, Giants, z;
Reds, 8.
The Cubs retained their death
grip on first place when they took
advantage OF Barnes witness and
punched their hits for q go victory
over the Braves.
Dazzy Vance made his first home
run Of the season and scored his
sixth staight Victory when the
Dodgers defeated the Pirates, 4 to 2.
Home runs by Ward and MeuseI
aided the Yankees In tanning the
Indians, 8 to 3.