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Imperial Valley press., 1925-03-25
HOLTVILLE

HOLTVILLE, Mar. 25.--Mr. ant
Mrs. j. H. Fahring, accompanied
| by Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Taylor
visited Mrs. Fahring's parents il
Beaumont Sunday.
Arvel and Velma Scroggins are
absent from school this week with
| influenza.
P. B. Brown, formerly postmaster
here, has been selected TO succeed
John Basom as manager of the
Hammond Lumber Company III this
city, Mr.. Brown was formerly as
sociated with the lumber company
and so will be able to attend to
the wants of his customers eff
ciently.
In the baseball game between
the high school ana the grammar
school teams Monday afternoon, the
high school emerged tho victor, by
an s to 2 score. The high school
played their usual team while the
grammar school lined up as follows:
Weber, G.; Robertson, p; II. Will
liams, 1b; j. Wise, 2b; Priest, 81;
Flores, ss; Brodie IL; Scroggius,
IF; K. WISE, CT.
Mrs. John Flores was badly burn
ed about the shoulders and arms
when her clothing caught fire from
a wood stove. She would have been
more seriously burned had it not
been for her husband, who showed
great presence Of mind in quickly
extinguishing the flames.
A number of grammar school
pupils are trying out for the annual
declamatory contest which is 20 be
held April IL, in Calipatria.
The residence or Miss Dorothy
Burton was entered Thursday even
ing, while she was attending a re-
hearsal of the operetta, which she
directed, and many valuable articles
were taken, including gowns and
various articles Of jewelry.
Miss Louis Ashe will leave We'd
nesday for Los Angeles to become
the bride of G. NJ. Thompson, who
is associated with the Los Angeles
county engineering corps.
Mrs. W. j. Stewart Is in Calexi-
co this week, visiting her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Raymond jerks.
Hosea Neidffer is recovering
from an operation at the hospital
MIR. and Mrs. Theo. Thiesen re-
turned Saturday from Los Angeles.
The touring cars of Il. L. Tay-
lor, of Dallas. Texas, and f. j.
eathrbie, of this city, crashed to-
gether Friday, about one milo north
of town on the highway. Forum
ately no one was injured.
Miss Lena Guidotto is out again
after a spell of scarlet fever.
Mrs. ". c. Starner has as her
guest, her mother, Mrs. Victor Chris
tina, of Pomona.
John Zenos is confined to his
Imperial Valley press., 1925-03-25

ny. "This win never do! ! can t
go home without my rubbers. Nurse
Jane would scold.' - He was won
Gering how ho could get his rub
bers from where they were stuck
in the mud when, all Of a sudden,
out from behind the big rock came
the Woozie Wolf, who had been
hiding there.
"Oh, Mr.. Wolf!' cried Uncle
Wiggiy. 81 suppose you are 60
ing to nibble my ears, but before
you do so, will you please 90 in the
mud and bring out my rubbers?
Nurse Jane will scold me if ( don t
wear them. Please get my ruDbers
for me. +"
"All righti' growled the Wolf.
" But after | get them / III nibble
your ears. Into the mud waded
the Wolf, but when he reached the
middle of the mucky place he was
stuck, and caught fast as the bun
ny had been. "Oh, l IN in a trapl"
howled the Wolf. And before he
could pull his paws out to get the
bunny, Uncle Wiggily ran safely
home.
cit is better to lose your. rub
bers than your ears,' said the bun
ny, when Nurse Jane asked him
what happened. And the muskrat
lady said that was very true, SO
she didn't scold. And if a seed
doesn't pop out of the apple when
it's on teachers desk and draw IL
funny picture on the blackboard,
III tell you next about Uncle Wig
gily aud his handkerchief.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-03-25
the Wolf

-7T-ag if n child-verv often
where Uncle Wiggily was concern
ed. For he was jolly, full of fun,
always twinkling his pink nose and
the like of that, and he did not
always think of what was good for
himself.
Come right back this instant
and put on your rubbersl'' said
Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy, positive like
and commanding.
"Oh--al right" answered the
bunny, giving himself little
shake.
When he had his rubbers en- he
started off once more to seek and
adventure. At first the woods and
fields were quite dry, for the wa
ter from the rain and melting snow
had run off into brooks and ponds.
And the bunny, seeing this, SAID:
II didn t need my rubbers at all
Nurse Jane was TOO fussy!"
Hardly had he said this, however,
than he reached a place where the
ground was wet and swampv, and,
had it not been for his rubbers,
Uncle Wiggily would have gotten
his paws wet.
Perhaps Nurse Jane was wiser
than l knew" he said. IL can
hop along very nicely now, to look
for an adventure, p" But though he
looked this way and that and the
other way, not an adventure could
-he find. At last the rabbit saw a
dark, swampy place in the woods,
and on the other side of it was a
large rock.
There may be an adventure
hiding behind that rock," sail I'm
Gle Wiggily to himself. "Ill cross
the wet and mucky place and see
what happens.
No sooner said than donc-at
least Uncle Wiggily started across
the mucky place, but he hal not
gone very far before he was stuck
in the mud. First one paw was
caught, and then the other, and the
bunny was held fast.
"Uml Not so good!" murmured
1Ai' LpaStdIo ~ AihicciL do ne sLoou
there in the mucky place. ''But l
must not give up so easily! III pull
myself OUT" SO lifting one paw
as hard as he could he pulled that
from the mud. Then he pulled out
the other paw, and with a long
jump he was safely across the
mueky place on firm ground.
But alas! His rubbers were left
behind in the mud.
Dear mel" exclaimed the bun
Imperial Valley press., 1925-03-25
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD e. CARTS
Copyright, 1923, >oy Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE wIGGnY, IN. THE MUD

FtE tR ~ t-----i
"Wait a minute, Uncle Wiggily-
wait minute!" called Nurse Jane
Fuzzy Wuzzy to the rabbit gentle
man as he was hopping froll the
hollow stump bungalow one morn
ing.
''What is it now?' asked Mr..
Longears, turning around and pink
ling his twink nose sort of gentle
like and resigned. "Do you want
pound of butter or some sugar
from the three and four cent
store23
Neither one, - answered Nurse
Jane with a smile, which made
her whiskers curl around behind
her ears. II shall not trouble you
to do any errands for me. Hop
along and seek and adventure where
you will, - she went on, speaking
moving picture like. but what
l want to know is-have you your
rubbers?'
mo, l haven t my rubbers on, :"
answered the bunny, looking down
at his paws. Il don't need rub
bers today!'
"Yes, you do!' insisted the
muskrat lady housakeeper. cit
may be dry here. around your bun
galow, but when you get off in the
woods and fields you II be in the
wet, mueky. mushy mud and you II
need rubbers. Come right back and
Put them on!'
Nurse Jane had to speak this
Imperial Valley press., 1925-03-25
INCOMES PREFERRED

British judge has suggested new line of specu-
lation by ruling that if betting winnings are profits
and therefore assessabe for incometax returns the
income-taX officials would have to grant rebate
when losses occurred.
British newspaper Immediately carries the idea
only little farther and suggests that logical reason
ing from that basis would require the government to
refund to man who had lost his job the amount of
income tax he would have paid had he held it.
Without bothering to locate the flaw in such at
tractve logic, any income tax payer in this country
with the reduced rates in effect, would rather
have the job and the income than any such tax refund
Imperial Valley press., 1925-03-25
TEN YEARS AGO
March 25, 1915

Mrs. Philip w. Brooks has been
summoned TO her former home in
Boston ON account of the death of
her mother.
L. L. Cassell, who was secretary
of the Imperial Land Company. 13
to IA years ago, is again iu the
valley.
Wilbur j. Hall, formerly OF the
valley, and now popular short
story writer, whose work has ap-
peared in a number of the leading
magazines, is in town.
harold Bell Wright was in town
yesterday for the tirst time for a
number of days, leaving for his new
property IN san Fernando valley,
whore he proposes to make his fu-
ture home.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-03-25
home with a slight illness.
Surprise Parties

home with a slight illness.
Surprise Parties
Two surprise parties were held
at the home of Mrs. Irene Green
leaf over the weekend, one Satur-
day afternoon in honor of the
twelfth birthday of Bennett Covey,
and one Sunday afternoon in honor
OF Helen Ruiey and tOhve Keeble.
Ralph Hall visited his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Il. Hall, of Alamo,
last week.
Mrs. w. G. Herdman is on the
SICK list, with influenza.
The regular meeting OF the Alamo
Verde farm center will be held at
the Verde school today.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. b. Slade. of
Moor Park, are visiting Mrs.
Siade' 8 parents, Mr.. and Mrs s.
M. Smyser.
9. Nj. Elliott and NJ. b. Dickson,
Of Alamorlo, new owners of brown d
blaeksmrthing business, have ar.
rived to taku charge.
Jack Crow, of Armour and Com.
pany, was business visitor III the
city Saturday.
George b. Jones, Of Douglas Ari-
zona, was in the city over tne week
end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Boettgcr are
visiting IN Redlands.
A meeting OF the w. G. T. U.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-03-25
NOTED BEAUTY TO
WE'D THEATER MAN

HOLLYWOOD, Mar. 25.-Cecille
Evans, Mack Sennett bathing beauty
whose comeiy legs are insured for
100000, is going to be married to
Kenneth Fitzpatrick, wealthy the
ater owner, she announced today.
The wedding date will be announc-
ed later, he said.
Mack Sennett had his stars legs
insured shrtly after she was ar
rested a month ago for speeding,
and spent two days in city Jail.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-03-25
COMBINED FLEETS,
Mile In LENGTH.
HOLD MANEUVERS

SAN PEDRO, Cal, Mar. 25.--
/ The combined Atlantic Pacific bat
1 tie fleet steamed out of the local
harbor at dawn today for a gigan-
tic test of gunpower 10 miles off
shore.
Eleven battleships, six cruisers
and IL destroyers comprised the
armada which took part il,' the
force firing exercises. Appfoxim-
ately 10000 sailors participated in
the maneuvers.
The battleship California led the
procession as 1t sailed from the
narbor, followed in order By the
West Virginia, Colorado, Maryland,
Tennessee, Arizona, New Mexico,
Oklahoma, Mississippi, Idaho and
the coal burner Wyoming.
-Four cruisers followed next, in
cluding the flagship Richmond, the
Milwaukee, Detroit and Raleigh.
Auxiliary craft came next with the
aircraft carrier Langley bringing up
III the rear.
The .'battle line" was more than
Il ulIlc lii SllS III,
Actual firing of the big guns
and destroyers TASTED but SIX min
utes. Naval officers withheld re-
suits of the tests until later when
general statement of the accuracy
of the firing will be given out.
Admiral robert T. Coontz, COM
manderin-chief of the American
sea forces, headed a staff OF high
naval officials who witnessed the
mock warfare. Others included
Admiral Samuel S. Robinson, com
mander-in-chie of the United States
battlefleet, and Admiral c. +.
Hughes, who came here from Wash
ingIon to witness the annual prac-
tice:
SAN PEDRO, Calf, Mar. 25.-
Lieutenants W. G. Masser and j.
Isabel, naval aviators, figured in
near tragedy during battle rehearsal
of the United States fleet off the
harbor here yesterday when their
pane was catapulted from the deck
OF the L. S. 5. Tennessee.
The airship failed to develop suf-
ficient speed to make a successful
take-off and plunged into the wa
ter, breaking pontoon. Timely ar
rival OF the L. .. S. Aroostook, arr
craft tender, saved the airmen S
lives.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-03-25
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
March 25 lYl0

That Ell Centre is third in i'm
portance in ali Southern California
as shipping point for Outgoing
freight is certain, according to sta
tistlcs furnished today by W. II.
Mann, our efficient station agent.
Only Los Angeles and San kedro
beat us, and MIR. Mann is not sure
that San Pedro does.
At the hospital yesterday, ID. D.
Pellet, trustee, underwent a serious
operation which will confine him to
the house, ii not to his bed for
some time.
The artesian we'll has reached a
depth of I,02S feet. The drill has
just passed through a strata of
sandstone fifteen feet in width.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-03-25
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell of
Imperial Valley fer This Date
In Past Years
NINETEEN YEARS AGO
March 25, 1906

MdICH 20, ISUb
George A. Parkyns and F. c.
Paulin came down from Los Ange-
les where Mr.. Parkyns has been TOR
some time visiting relatives. They
are making final arrangements for
opening the doors of the new I'M
perial City Bank next Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Bishop had
Mrs. Perrine, one of the principal
teachers in the Brownsberger Busi-
ness College, visiting them for a
few days.
Miss Beulah Goode, teacher in the
high school, left for San Diego to-
day to spend few days.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-03-25

Outside of Jail the smallest place
ON earth is room in a boarding
house in spring.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-03-25

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: Fair
and mild tonight and Thursday.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-03-25
The Weather

LOS ANGELES AND VICINI.
TY: Fair, moderately warm tonight
and Thursday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-10
Garford Motor Truck Co.
INC.
FACTORY nUANCu

This weeks list Htlll shows your
opportunity 60 make your arlrrs
ton ~ best used, lowest priced
tTurkh
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-10
1924 Velie Touring

4 light. passenger touring that is
mechanically perfect The motor
Is positively Just like new Orig
inal finish still retains It's lustrr,
has fine cord tires and many de-
sirable extras, Really too new TO
b. called a used ear. yet priced
remarkably low for quick sale,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-10
1925 Oldsmobile Sedan

A fun t-door Fisher body. with
purn finish. excellent balloon
tires uickvicd radiator. spring
bumper motomctvr, sWlpr. mir
ror etc This is the DO Luxe
model and Is practically new
car service.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-10
1922 Dodge Touring

IN exceptionally clean. wcl-kept
used UodE Has five very good
tires. is in fine mechanical eUndi-
tion and Is priced absolutely right
FOR quick sale Never drag on
the market and always in big de-
N niAnd This make Is \ wise choice
y for the thrifty used car buyer.
Open sundays and evenings.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-10
And Many, Many Others

WE SINCERELY RELIEVE
THAT WE HAVE THE
MOST COMPLETE STOCK
Of HIGH CLASS USED
CARS IN THE CITY
EVERY CAR PRICED FOR
QUICK SALE TO MAKE
ROOM FOR MORE NEW
CAR TRADES. WE ARE
NOT IN THE USED CAR
BUSINESS FOR PROFIT.
AND WILL TAKE OUR
COST on ANY CAR IN
OUR COMPLETE STOCK.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-10
1924 Chevrolet Coupe

wherc can you find such a complete
stock ~ late model standard Ru-
tnmoblies under one roof This
ca h a little dandy AM viii give
ihe purchaser a wonderful sea .
sons service AZ a minimum opcr-
stlng cost. Terms 70 suit.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-10
You'll BE Surprised

A. tho lnw prices and the safe easy
terms ON which our GlAKAN- -
ILLn uhrh carr hIr nuId
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-10
1924 Maxwell Sport
Roadster

one N those suappy special factory
sport models with heavy double
bar humpCra fruut and rear.
kh.ki top. disc wheels, niekrlrd
radiator motumctvr. nickrtrd
drum type bead liEhta. mirror.
Swipr five fine cora tires, etc.
Handsome maroon finish. Priced
Slightly over soc on khc dollar.
A real value
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-10
(N924 Studebaker Light
Six Coupe

Read carefully, Five full balloon
tires and many attractive extras,
genuine leather upholstery fine
finish and mechanically just as
near perfect a. ~ Is possible %
build. Can De bought for s295
down and very easy monthly pay
mcuts. Better than a now cheap
ear and far cheaper than a new
better class car. and will give you
new car service every dAy IN the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-10
1924 Studebaker Special
Touring

Another very late model. standard
automobile. offered AZ a price that
will stnrtir YOU. Has disc wheels,
spring bumper, nickcied radiator.
Fox light. mptometcr automatic
swtpe, excellent cord tires ahd a
spare. and he mechanically Al We
consider this one 90 cur real bar
gains. See this today
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-10
Supreme Cords
SACRIFICED TIRES

sox8, 3ONais, S9.50, S1Ni, S2x3 y
Sg,50. An other sizes $500 If ono
of these uscd tires proves unsatls-
factory within one year, return
with receipt and get another at
half price, Mail orders filled.
FOX TIRE STORE
2ll2 WESTLAk " AVE.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-03-26
her husband

Harriet Mcconnell, first Ameri-
can singer to secure recognition in
Paris since the war. She has made
her debut with the Paris Opera
Company. She was New York City
choir singer and, with her sister,
went into vaudeville to make sufi-
GENT money to study abroad.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-03-26

Here we have The Honorable Mr..
Justice McCardis (Sir Henry Alfred
McCardis, Kt.,) of the High Court Of
England, presiding judge in the suit
of Mrs. Dorothy Dennistoun against
her husband.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1925-01-09

cation that had lost the only things
that made life worth living spelled my
utter defeat.
The rest can be told briefly. He con-
tinued TO poison himself until his body
became a complete wreck and he had 10
be carried to a hospital, where the pro-
cess of unpoisoniing was begun. When
it had proceeded far enough for his brain
to begin TO work again he got grip on
himself, and struggled back, aided by hy-
gienic living, including systematic exer-
else. But the point is that he did come
back to a condition which he believes to
be fully normal where he can do his full
days work like other men.
1t is reported that today there are bust
ness men of the type this man represented
in his best days who say that prohibi
ton is all right for the poor man, but it
was never intended for them. They are
utterly wrong 1t was the wrecks liquor
made of men of this type that gave the
strongest impetus to the temperance
movement all along, that enlisted the wo-
men of their own class, their wives moth
ers, sisters and daughters in the fight that
could only end in prohibition.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1925-01-09
FACTS BROUGHT OUT At HEARING

gallons of whisky year as medicine.
Cases have been found where doctors
prescribe for unknown patients in adj
vance and diagnose their illness before
they ask for medicine.
Sentences aggregating 1896 years have
been given in the last year i'll federal
courts.
More than 100000 gallons of indus
trial alcohol were produced last year, and
this is considered the big source of illicit
liquor supply.
There were 1913 brewers seized by fed
eral prohibition agents within the last
year.
Dr. Harvey Wiley, former chief of the
United States Bureau of Chemistry be-
1ieves that less than one-half of one per
cent. alcohol in beverages is, in fact i'll
toxicating.
If dry laws are to be changed, they
should be made stronger, not weaker.
Most of the wealthy bootleggers we
read about are created by the magma
ton of the writers
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1925-01-09

Some interesting facts were brought
to the surface in the testimony given to
the House Committee on Appropriations
by federal prohibition officials Accord
ing to Washington newspaper correspon-
dents, some of these facts are as follows:
There are still upwards OF 100000
gallons of pre-war whisky in the bonded
warehouses of the country.
There are 68 industrial alcohol plants
in operation in the United States.
There are 10000 persons or firms in
the country holding permits to handle in
toxicants in some form or other.
The commissioning of the prohibition
navy is expected to divert smuggling
from the sea-coast to the Canadian bor-
der next Spring.
There were 716 members of the federal
prohibition forces who have been dis
missed for cause since the force was or
ganized.
The doctors of the country are pre-
scrbing more than a million and half
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1925-01-09
physical Culture, January, 1925
| RUM RUIN REBUILT
BY PHYSICAL CULTURE
By Ira J. Abernethy

The personal history here related is a
typical case OF chronic alcoholism ac-
CURED by a perfectly normal man, phys
ically and mentally. In fact his physical
condition was so good that he withstood
the terrific alcohol poisoning he gave
himself much longer than a weaker man
could have done. Mentally he was keen
enough TO be a successful travelling sales
man and to continue in that line for
twenty years, i'll spite of the growing re-
suits of his drinking, which he took up
after becoming "a knight of the grip
only to be the good fellow" which the
business demanded.
His alcoholic decline fitted exactly the
usual description: First, failure to real
ize that he was becoming addicted, for
the poison worked slowly and insd-
iously," until it had gripped him firmly.
Then the desire for drink itself, regard
less of sociability, and realization that
it was becoming uncomfortable. But, in
stead Of stopping, he only plunged deeper,
priding himself on his capacity for "hold-
ing the stuff Then his brain lost its
keenness and his business pep" declined,
speech and movements slowed down.
Then followed the all too familiar pic
lures:
AS a result of my drinking habit lost
several excellent positions and was I'M
able to take advantage of some splendid
business opportunities. Warnings? OF
course they were. Warnings in great,
big, sirieking letters. But I refused to
heed them. Instead, I drank harder than
ever, tried to drown my disappointments
in more whisky. Next came the most
stunning blow of all. lost my wife and
three beautiful children. :. 6. The reali-
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1925-01-09
physical Culture, January, 1929
STARTLING REVELATIONS OF
THE MORALS OF MODERN
YOUTH
By Judge Ben B. Lindsey

Judge Lindsey's experience leads him
to believe that he has an inside view OF
the minds of boys and girls which their
parents and teachers do not have through
failure to win and hold the confidence of
their young people. The troubles into
which they get themselves through lack
of confidential guidance by their elders
bring them to him, sure of finding in him
a wise friend who will not betray them.
And thus he learns many things in the
currents of their lives which their par
ents and teachers do not, but should
know. One of the things he has learned
is,
Booze is another thing that interests
them. No petting party, no roadhouse
foot, no joy ride far from the prying eye
of Main street, is to be complete I'M
less the boys carry TASKS. There are no
acttal statistics to be had on these mat
ters, but it is very clear in my mind that
practically all of the cases where these
girls and boys lose their judgment in
Folly Lane involve the use of drink.
The external restraints, economic re-
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1925-01-09
(Hygeia, December, 1920
HEREDITY IN DISEASE
BY Bernard Fantus

Having shown that alcohol, like lead
poisoning, can lead to serious defects in
the children of fathers thus poisoned, this
advice is given to women:
For any one to marry real drunkard
is sin not only against posterity but
also against oneself, for not only are the
offspring prone to dreadful Affections,
but an alcoholic is liable to be irritable,
quarrelsome, jealous and violent. He
cannot be or remain a good provider or
helpmate. The chances of reforming a
confirmed drunkard or dipson1aniac Zone
who goes on occasional sprees and can
not help it) are very poor, and even if
reformed, such person is In the mar
riage market not only damaged goods
but made of poor material to begin with.
A slight modification is needed in the
last clause. Sometimes, but not always,
is the confirmed drinker made of poorer
material at the start. The rebuilt ruin
herewith described by Mr.. Ira Abernethy
was of excellent material to begin with.
He is one of the many cases that show
what good material can be spoiled by al
cohol.