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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-17

You had a lot of trouble with
Claire, last term didn't you. mother!
You blamed it ON the high school
she'd never acted like that when she
was in the grades. But the very first
day she went to High she began to
put on airs and be impatient at home.
Sneaked out and bobbed her hair. You
didn't mind the bobbing so much,
though Dad raised an awful howl,
but it was the principle of the thing.
Then you began TO catch her in fibs.
Said she was going to stay with Jane
over night, and you found she'd gone
to that queer Hunt ;IFs house in
stead. You didn't have ANYTHING par
ticular against the Hunt girl. only
you'd heard things about her mother
But to think that your baby would
LIE to you. After all you'd done for
her!
Why. there wasn't a better dressed
girl in school. was there? 1t was
pretty hard for you to do it too. Dad
didn't earn very much down at the
shops. But you couldn't let her do
without pretty things. Besides it was
big satisfaction to see the envious
stares the neighbors gave. Particularly
that catty Jones woman across the
street You couldn't help laughing the
way she looked when Claire came out
in that orchid taffeta dress. That
powder-blue satin was wonderful. too.
1t didn't wear very well-cheap satin
rOughs up so. But every girl in school
envied Claire that dress. And that
beaded geOrgette-my. there was class
TO that, You hesitated a bit about
getting that dress-it did seem pretty
gay for school wear. But she begged
so, you finally let her have it.
Yes, you certainly didn't spare
money on Claire last year. And yet,
in spit of it all. she treated you and
Dad like the mud under her feet.
Sassy, sneaky, wouldn't do thing
around the house
But didn't it ever occur to YOU.
Mother. that she treated YOU and Dad
that way BECAUSE YOU spent al
that money on her? Didn't you ever
see any connection between beaded
georgette and powder-blue satin and
impudent and lazy, dishonest ways?
There Is connection. a big one.
YOU DRESSED HER FOR A PART
AND SHE ACTED IT.
What part? The part Of lazy, ar
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-17

Running the vacuum cleaner over a
mans Glibis brings out his designs
so much more clearly-but it never
changes them.
Perhaps widows and widowers so
often remarry because marriage is like
any other gamble; if you lose, you
want to try your luck again-and if
you win, you want to win again.
You can't get a man to worry about
the foreign situation or the earth
quakes, so long as he is chasing a golf
ball, a dollar or a brand new girl.
No man is legally compelled to wear
balloon trousers, low collars and
hOrned-rimmed spectacles-but we are
always doing SOMETHING to prove
that Darwin was right.
Sometimes. the best and most sue
cessful man thinks a little wiStfully of
the colored past" he might have been
enjoying while he was making a golden
future for himself.
Copyright, 1925. King Feature Syn, Inc.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-17
Foxy Grandpa's
Stories
The Fox of Fresh Water
Fishes.


Bobby was feeding his gold fishes,
which he kept in a large bowl, and
as one of the little fellows almost
nibbled his finger as he dropped the
wafer in, he asked:
do these fishes belong to any par
ticular family, Foxy Grandpa?"
"They do, Bobby" I answered.
"Those little fellows are really Chin
ese-Chinese carp"
Chinese CARP repeated Bobby.
Surely they are not related to those
big carp that live down in the river
Very distantly," / said.
How did they ever get to Eng
land, or did the English carp go to
China?" asked the inquisitive Bobby.
I'm tell you," said 1. "The carp
really was originally an Asiatic fish,
and then found its way to the Cas-
plan Sea-"
THAT big sea between Russia and
ASIA" said Bobby.
Good boy, Bobby" / laughed,
you've remembered your geography
very WE'LL"
Then did they swim all the way
to England?" asked the boy.
Some may have taken the jour
ney," answered, but it is on record
that carp were brought to England in
1896, and until 1862 rewards were
given to those who brought them to
the King, Henry VIII"
Il wish had lived in those days"
murmured the little fisherman. II
might have got reward myself"
You would have been full OF
medals, Bobby, I am quite sure. You
never come home without a fine mess
of fish,"
But I'm not having much luck
with the carp down in this river,
Foxy Grandpa, and they say there are
two big fellows down there which are
over hundred years old
Yes" j said, carp live to We vcery
old, and they have great vitality and
endurance. Carp have been kept alive
long time out of water. They hang
them to the ceiling in n big bag lined
with wet moss, which they keep very
wet, and then cram the bag with bread
and milk. 1t is said that many old
fashioned English people claimed that
this improved the flavor of the carp,
and that while hanging there they
grew very fat"
Il suppose that is the way they
were brought from the Caspian Sea
in the olden days." unused Bobby.
Wouldn't be surprised" 1 COM
mented.
why not try fishing for those big
carp with a net, Bobby" suggested.
Would you help me drag the net,
Foxy Grandpa?" asked Bobby, his
eyes shining with happy anticipation.
Certainly" said 1, Wen go down
to the river tomorrow and see if we
can't find a man who will lend us
net"
Waste of time, am afraid" ven
tured Bunny, who for the first time
Joined into the conversation.
why, Bunny" asked.
They're too foxy for amateurs"
he announced with an air of authority.
In fact, they are too much very often
for the professional fisherman who
tries to catch them with a net"
What do you mean, Bunny?" 1
asked.
"oh," laughed Bunny. "They have
a trick"
please explain" asked.
"DO you know what those fellows
do, Foxy Grandpa? When they see
net coming down into the bed of the
river, they stick their noses into the
mud to hold on and the net slides
right over them"
mo wonder they are called the
foxes of fresh-water fish," 1 laughed.
Copyright, 1925. International Feature
Service Inc.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-17

Early and provident fear is the
mother of safety"
Caution is necessary for success,
Burke asserts in his Speech on the
Petition of the Unitarians."
Courage from hearts, not from num-
Der grows
Dryden, in his "Annus Mirabilis,"
says that real courage is a trait of
the individual, not of the crowd.
Speech on the India Bill" in Novem-
Der, 1888.
Chords that vibrate sweetest pleas
ure
Thrill the deepest notes OF woe"
Pleasure and sorrow are closely al
lied. Burns notes in Sweet Sensi-
bility."
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-17
Helpful Hints

If patent shoe pinchcs any part
OF the foot rag stIicd in boiling
water should be placed over the part
while the foot is in the shoe. and the
leather will soften to the shane Of
the foot.
A loaf that has become too stale for
the table may be frcshcned bv wrap
ping it in clean cloth and dipDing IL
in boiling water foi 30 seconds. r..
move the cloth, and bake the loaf ten
minutes in a slow oven d.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-17
TABLE TALKS
Menus for Week
By ALICE IRWIN

SUNDAY
Breakfast
Cantaloupe
Waffles with Honey
Coffee Milk
Supper
Cold Meats
Vegetable Salad
Fresh Sliced Pineapple
Filled Date Bars
Iced Gingerade
MONDAY
Breakfast
Watermelon
Cereal with Top Milk
Toast Coffee Milk
Guest Luncheon
Iced CantalOupe
Dreamed Chicken in
CrouStades
Buttered Green Beans
Stuffed Tomato Salad
Raspberry Mousse
Golden Sunshine Cake
Iced Coffee
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-29
A CHASTENED WORLD

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, going in for spirituasm
IN his latter years says he has been warned by spirits
that the world is going to have another catastrophe
period of chastening lasting about three years. It
seems that the war not enough, rather, that
people did not take the war to heart enough. There
has not been sufficient purcation and another lesson
must be given.
Many students Of occult phenomena who are not
SprltuaStS admit that causes set in motion must work
out their effects and add that these effects rather
the plans designs Of them may sometimes be read
in the astral light" short time before they take
forms visible to human eyes and that therefore such
prophecies may come true without any intervention
of the spirits of the dead In the familiar phrase,
Coming events cast their shadows before them"
However that may be, it does seem little curious,
when to think of It, that every psychic phe-
nomenOn should be ascribed to people who have died
One wonders what little meditation and psychic
search might accomplish if the hypothesis of departed
spirits were dropped and fresh start made.
check-up on astrologc and spirtistic prophecies
mght well begin the study.
Meanwhile a change Of heart in the direction Of
more loving kindness toward ones neighbor would no.
be bad thing for the world whether or not catas-
trOphe mpends.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-29
81 Indicted For
Misuse of Mails
In Land Fraud
by United Press Leased Wire

CHICAGO, Sept. 29.-The fed
ofal grand jury late yesterday III
dictcd 81 persons for misusing the
mails in connection with Il. $5.ae0.-
900 Florida land fraud in which
hundreds OF investors are said to
have lost their savings.
Jacob Factor, until II few months
ago the owner Of Il small barber
shop. hdaicl the Florida Lands
company. which occupied an clab
crate suite of office rooms i'll lii
sale street Chicago : avenue OF
high finance.
Factor and his brother, Nathan,
Il vice resident of the company
were named in today's indictments.
Other principals indicted include
Newton Fcldman, J. J. Wolf and
Harry Hcinsius.
The land company is alleged TO
have dealt in worthless tracts near
Orlando, Fla. representing their
holdings to be highly improved
building sites.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-29
THREE-FOLD NATIONAL DEFENSE

Major General Patrick, chief of the army air SER
vice, though quite out of sympathy with Colonel
Mtchelrs attack the present air regime, declares
for the rebellious colonels main concntion-an indie
pendent air service.
General Patrick is tactful about it. He does not
indulge in personalities. He does not criticse his
periors. He does not demand immediate revolution
airy change IN policy personnel of the service he be-
longs to. He would be satisfied with "sem-auton-
omous air defense service for while handled some
thing like the marine corps. But a permanent pol
ICY for the future to be worked up to at the convent
ence of the government he advises the formation Of
separate air corps, with the independent status
that is now held by the army and navy, and with all
three branches under head in Department of Ma
tona Defense He has advocated this before, he
in reports to his department.
So what Patrick stands for is what Mitchell stands
for though the two behave differently in setting
forth their views
Colonel Mitchell's position is obviously strength
ened, far as his policy is concerned His conduct is
another question But II it is necessary punish him
for bad manners 1t may be just necessary to treat
his opinions with respect.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-29
PICCLY WICCLY
TO OPEN STORE
ON MAIN STREET

Pointing to a belief in FL Cen
tro's present and future prosperity
the PIGGY Wiggly corporation will
open Il store in this city on satur-
day, October ;.
The FL Centre store is the second
to be located in Imperial Valley, one
having been successfully operated
in Brawlcy for some time. 1t is one
of chain of several thousand now
doing business all over the world.
The national policy of consistent
" low prices which is always ear
ricd out in the Piggly WiggIy stores
will be i'll effect here. These prices
arc made possible by enormous buy
ing resources and low cost of doing
business by the chain store system.
To properly introduce to the pub
lie their method of doing business.
cash prizes will be given away with
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-29
SEELEY
Nv Press staff Correspondent

SEELEY, Sept. 20. --- Chester
Vaughn and NJ. ~ Mccoy loft for
Payson, Arizona, whore they will
visit A. 7. and J. G. Vaughn. The
latter will accompany them back to
Imperial Valley.
The Scclcy ComWnuity Sunday
school had 50 i'll attendance. which
is great increase since the first
Sunday. G. Il. Collins was accept
ed as Il member into the church.
The home department will meet
Thursday afternoon at Community
hall. Rev. Spencer announces that
Community hall is open every day.
- Miss Rose Mccoy, who has been
Ill with rheumatism, is able to be
about again.
Rev. J. c. Spencer is driving 4
new automobile. Walter Womack is
also driving a new car.
y. +. HARRISON and the Joe Emdc
family of National City have moved
onto the HARRISON ranch across New
river.
l.. II. Walker has returned from
Ramona and is again at his old post,
the Scclcv Market.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-29

Il used to, answered tho mouse
But since ! have seen the garden
of the rich rat, my one flower seems
of no use at all. 1t ism t worth
while bothering with it: Let it
die
Nov look here cried Uncle
I Niggily, kindly but firmly, You
ought not 10 act like this. nor talk
I like this. One flower is as good as
/ another-what matter if the rich
/ r2t has thousand and YOU only
one You should take good care of
that one blossom. And let me tell
YOU a sccrct!' he whispered.
"What is it?' asked the mouse.
( Do YOU know that, every nigh,
3 fairies come and dance under YOUR
little red flowcr'' asked the bun
/ ny.
No. DO they squcakcd the
mrusc gentleman. Why is that -
because fairies are timid little
creatures, said Uncle Wiggily.
They arc afraid to 20 in the rich
rat = big garden and dance for fear
they may be lost. OF course it
, would be wonderful place for
| them, but it is so grand they are
afraid. Come with me tonight, and
you shall sec the fairies dance be
meath your little flower.
That night the poor mouse and
Uncle Wiggily hid i'll the bushes
ard saw the fairies dancing around
the one little red flower. which the
hunmy gentleman had mad" the
mouse water il 50 it would not die.
"Oh, how happy we are here, We
lovc this simple little red flower!
5; ug the fairics. And then. some
how or other, into the heart Of the
mousc gentleman cane happiness
He was about to thank Uncle Wig
giiy when voice cried:
'Why is it that no fairies come
10 dance in my gurdcn'' ana there
stood the rich rat.
.'lour garden is too large and
thcy a.c afraid OF getting lost in
il. ~ said Uncle Wiggily.
'Thcn,' said the rich rat. Z"
ava going 20 have one corner of my
gardcn where but "a single Flower
gora. And J viii make you g;r
ucncr Of that one flower. Mr
Mou,c. Come and Look after il
and / will pay you well. vii
have two gardcna-a little one AND
Il big one.
And that's just what happened
The rich rat hired the Door mouse t,
work in his garden, watering tho
one little flower, and each night
fairies went to both places 10 dane,
90 that the poor mouse and the rici
rat wcrc both happy. And 50 wai
tnclc Wiggiiy. Aud ii the gas stow
docsn I catch cold when it goes GU
IN the yard to see what makes th'
clothes post grow 50 tall. II tel
yoa next about Uncle Wiggily anC
the acorn cup.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-29
DUCK HUNTERS
ALL PREPARED
FOR OCT. MORN

/ Radio sets, card parties, and other
entertainments are being neglected
these nights in many Ell Centre
households as the man Of the fam
lily busics himself cleaning up his
shotgun in preparation for the duck
season which opens October ], or III
other words, early Thursday morn
ing.
The kids neglect their lessons, the
, lady of the house scolds about
grease dropping on the floor and
good cloths being used for rags, but
objections or fault finding avail of
little, for what cares Il duck hunt
cr about anything else when the
duck season is approaching.
Tomorrow night will SEQ a good
sized gang of otherwise staid FL
Centre citizens clothed in old gar
mcnts, wearing hip boots. and smok
ing villainous pipes, as they hic to
the sloughs and marshes, there to
wait until daylight when the ma
icstic law of the sovcirsn state of
California says they can enjoy them
selves by knocking the breath out of
not more than % ducks in Il day or
80 in a week.
Frank Richmond, game warden
for Imperial county, reports plenty
of ducks, and he is one of the hunt
crs who is safe from getting lin
Dutch with his household, rs be
ing dealer in guns, he can do his
cleaning at his store. Cnl Nous
Seau, Tommy Thomas. Bob
Whitelaw, jim Glassford, Jack
Kcplcy and Bill Reed are only . few
of the local hunters who are plan
ming to get ready to yell there
they go.
Report from the Imperial Valley
Hardware company states that many
registrations have been received
from those who have entered the
company s prize contest for the first
limit of ducks brought in their
stores i'll FL Centre, Calcxico and
Brawlcy. The first one in gets 4
half case of Winchester ammuni-
tion. The second man get Il quar-
ter case.
con with the shoot, lot JOY reign
in the blinds
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-29
Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD E. GARIS
Copyright, 1928, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE
LITTLE FLOWER

Once upon time there was a
/ very poor mouse gentleman, who
lived all alone in knot hole house
near the corner Of the fence. Now
and then he found bit of cheese
or crust of bread aid this kept
him from being hungry. But. poor
aS he was, this mouse gentleman
had one thing that made him hap.
ny.
This was tiny garden. in which
g,cw Il little flowcr-iust one. wee
lit of a flower. But il had n sweet
perfume, and was such a gay, red
color that whenever the mouse gen.
tlcman looked At the blossom. and
smcllcd its perfume. he said:
"What matter if | have only n
cr&mh of cheese and crust of
bread to cat? have Il wonderful
garden,
There lives Il happy, contcntcd
mouse, Uncle Wigg:lv used 10 say
to his friends whenever the rabbit
gentleman passed the knot hole
house. near which nodded the little
rcd flower.
Now Il chanccd thot. in the next
field. lived Il very rich rat gentle
man, who had 4 large aud beautiful
garden. In this garden grew many
flowers, large ones, red. blue, yc.-
low, pink and purple in color, and
they nodded in the wind and bees
came to s:p of their honey.
And one day it happened that the
poor mouse passed the garden of
the rich rat, and seeing what a
wonderful place il Was with green
paths winding in and out amid the
flowers, the poor mouse thought of
one little blossom and at once he
grew unhappy.
"Whv, my fricnd' g. asked Tncle
of the poor mouse. rs tho
bunny saw how sad the little old
chap looked ono day, 'what is the
And your little flower -
i, $ wiltcd and drooping.'
eyes, let it will.' gloomily
SGucakcd the mouse. Il haven t
given it any water today, and m
not going to. Let il die, :
why, what way to talk. .
cried Uncle Wiggilv in surprise. -
thought YOU loved your little flow
or =
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-29
SALAD POISONS
MOVIE COMPANY

HOUSTON, Tex, Sept. %. -
Twcnty-onc members of the Rich
ard Dix s motion. picture company,
making picture near here, were
stricken with ptomainc poisoning
at the Blaklcy ranch yesterday
after lunch. Louis Sarsky. busi-
ness manager for Dix, was taken TO
Il hospital along with the other
twenty persons who were extras
Ills condition is not scrious.
I)iX was not AZ the luncheon.
neither was his leading lady
Esther RalstOn.
Tho poisoning was caused from 4
potato salad. il was said.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-29
DELEGATE TELLS
LEGION MARES OF
STATE CONCLAVE

Report on the state convention of
the American Legion at Catalina
was made to Boycc Atcn Post last
night by Charles w. Barry, who
with Congressman PIN ID. Swing,
represented the post.
according to Barry. the endorse
ment of the Swing johnson bill, in
troduccd into the convention by
delegates from Imperial Valley, was
received with cheers by the convcn-
ton, and following the action of
previous conventions the endorse
mcnt was given with little or no
opposition.
Frank BoNlcs, assistant boy scout
executive, appeared before the post
and offered his services in any way
the post desired, TO aid i'll rcorganiz-
ing the boy scout troop sponsored
by the post.
J. ID. Fisher, representing the
Abncr X. Kline shows, addressed
the meeting and asked the support
of the legion post in producing his
SHOWS i'll this city the latter part of
October. c. w. Barry, Elton Chris
tan and \. c. Farrar were appoint
ed Il committee to investigate the
matter. taking it up with the city
council and reporting back to Com
mandcr Thaanum
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-29
COMPLAIN ABOUT PRICE OF pop

Many complaints have been made to The Press
about the price of soda pop" in Ell Cenro and other
Imperial Valley towns.
While the price of this popular beverage has been
reduced to preWar level in other parts of the state
the rate has remained unchanged in this section of the
country despite the fact that recent made to
take care OF the extra expense entaed for icing.
The Press has made careful check-up the
situation and is reliably informed that the wholesale
price of pop in Los Angeles is IS cents per of
"A bottles in San Diego 80 cents and in Ell Centro 20
cents.
The retail price here has continued at 10 cents
bottle. A simple in arithmetic shows that pop
sold at a dime bottle returns very handsome
profit. The cost of icing is estimated at from 10 Is
cents
We are credbly informed that cut of 80 cents
per case was made on the wholesale prices in order
that the price could be restored to five bottle
There may be good why the whole
SaIers action has not resulted in corresponding
ducton in the retail charge but on the face of these
figures it would that the public is entitled to
share IN the cut explanation to why it should
be called upon to pay double what the folks in San
Diego and Los Angeles pay.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-29
Student Disputes
Vaccination Rule

san FRANCISCO, Sept. -. -
Right of the University of Califor-
MIA to enforce compulsory Vaccina-
tion was disputed before the STATE
supreme court here.
Ralph Wallace, freshman ut the
institution, demanded reinstatement
on the ground that the university is
part of the public school system in
which vaccination is not compulo-
DRY. Wallace said he was oustcd be
cause he refused vaccination.
The university viewpoint is that
il lis on IN equality with the lcgis-
latnrc and cannot be regulated by
it,
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-29

O. T.. Ohmstcad, manager of the
Imperial Valley Baking company,
left for san Diego, accompanied by
MrA Ohmstcad, where they had
planned TO spend a week.
Philo Jones, Brawley justice OF
the peace. WAS IN FL Centre visitor.
G. w. Allen opened a real estate
office On Main street.
Mrs. Albert Durham returned
from visit 70 Los Angeles and
coast cities.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-29
CALIFORNIA PIONEER =
DIES IN PASADENA

PASADENA, Calf, Sept. o.
Elizabeth Dwight Ward, 81, promi-
ncnt California pioneer, is dead
here after brief illness. Funeral
services were held this morning.
Miss Ward graduated from Mt.
Uolvokc in 1850. \
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-29
FIFTEEN TEARS AGO
Septembcr %, 1910

Trustee Whitcsrarvcr called the
attention Of the city trustees to the
need OF bridge across the Date
canal at broadway.
Rev. Sumner r. Martin, former
pastor of the state Street Christ
ian church. assumed the pastoratc
at Rialto. where he has moved his
family.
Motion pictures were taken in
lioltville, I'll Ccntro and Imperial
to lie shown at the Irrigation expo
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-29
4 LOGICIL H'EDDI.NE

Two people married in Boston the other day made
up their own marriage ceremony. II was a very logi-
cal ceremony, might be expected Of Bostonan
couple one Of whom is editor and the other medi-
cal student They cut out not onIy The usual pledge of
obedience, now seriously debated by some Of the
churches, but also the pledge Of love
What is the use Of promising TO love each other
all their lives, these young people ask, when love
doesn't depend on will choice, but ''onc can love
only so long as love lasts and conditions might arise
which would make continued love impossblc?"
Which logic is hard tc answer in set terms But
# marriage is going to become strictly logical will
there be any more marrying?