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Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-18
Methodist Episcopal

Rev. Arthur F.. Schnlt2 has pre-
pared special Christmas sermons fol
both morning and evening services
"The Christmas Spirit will be The
subject of his mornings discourse
and in the evening sermonette,
"The Christmas Star will be de
livered.
Appropriate music has also been
prepared for the morning service.
Anthem, "The Gift of God, - VIII
son. and a Christmas carol by four
girls will be included III the morn
ing program.
a musical program, prepared espe-
cially for the occasion, will be given
at the evening meeting. "Schu-
bert S Serenade' by the orchestra;
anthem, "There Were Shepherds, "
Ashford; soprano solo, "The Birth
day of King Mrs. Dee Anderson;
anthem "Oh Come TO Ny Heart.
Lord jesus Ambrose; orchestra !
moments, "Sielnt Night;' anthem
and CLARK ,Hark, My Soul Shell
ley are among the musical selections
10 be offered.
Tie Sunday School Christmas pro
gram viii be given Wednesday eve
ming at O'Clock, when 4 pageant
will be presented by the members of
the school.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-18
|G0T0 Church SuEadaY9
First Baptist

Rev. Flanagan has prepared Christ
mas sermons for both the morning
and evening services Sunday. Miss
Mildred Flanagan will give Il So
prano solo, "Holy Night Adams,
at the morning services.
Special music by the choir will
be offered at the evening services.
The young people will have their
Christmas services at $3.50 p. III.
The Christmas exercises by the
Sunday school will be given Thurs
day evening. Mrs. Armstrong has
charge of the program, which CON
sists of Christmas play entitled
Christmas in the Little House. y
During the progress of the play
Christmas carols, old and new, will
be given. Little Jay Waters and
Virginia Jones will be heard in a
Christmas duet.
Songs and numbers about the
Christmas tree will close the eve.
ning's program. The public is in.
vited to attend the exercises.
Special Christmas music and q
pageant by the choir will be given
at the services, Sunday, December
81.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-18
State St. Christian

christmas Gifts an appro-
pirate Christmas sermon, has been
prepared by Rev. Edward II. Law.
for his Sunday morning cIDurch selV-
ice. At the evening services Ing
pastor viii take IS MS sermon.
"Alonc on the Desert, Specia
music has been prepared FOR both
services.
Regular orchestra practice vii be
held Monday evening AT 7:l5 vtf
Mrs. Marie Reit1 Jenkins, directing.
Following the orchestra practice, the
choir VIII meet, Madame Kupelia&
in charge.
lhe Christmas program will Dc
held Thursday evening at the church
Children Of The Sunday School VII
participate iii the Christmas pro-
gram. AChfistm&s tree VII, be one
Of the features of the evening, as
well rs music by both the choir and
orchestra. The public IS invited t.
attend this program.
All members and friends of the
church are urged TO arrange 10 &,
to the county farm on Friday
night, where a special program VIII
be given.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-18
Second Rantist Church

Memhers of the Second Bantis'
/ church are making elaborate prcpar-
ations for the celebration of Yule-
tide this year. The following pro-
gram will be rendered Sunday: 9:45
a. M, Bible school. The lesson is the
Christmas story; II a. M. morning
worship, instrumental. Miss Payne.
PROFESSIONAL, clark the Herald
Angels Sing; hymn, "Joy to the
World" choir and congregation;
invocation, anthem, Behold l
Bring You Good Tidings, (McPhaiD
PRAYER, baritone solo. "The Birth
day of the King (WilsonO, Mr..
Payne; scripture lessan; anthem
"The Lord is My Light (Lyom;
sermon by Rev. J. w. Clay, subject
''Worshipping and Giving duet,
"Hark, Hark, Ny Soul - (Shelley), I
Misses Octavia and Ethel Payne,
offertory, benediction, recessional,
at came upon the Midnight Clear.
The Young Peoples s society is Of
fering a special program at p. m.
At 1880 p. m. the choir will render a
special program of exercises. The
pastor will: preach ( a sermonette.
Special numbers will be rendered by
Miss Media Brown. Miss Thelma
Mccoy, the Phyliss Wheatley quar- |
tette.
On Thursday evening. the Sunday !
School will Join the other schools /
and organizations in furnishing the |
Christmas tree, the chill |
lren of the public schools will play |
the cantata, "Santa Claus at Miss
Prim g
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-18
First Presbyterian

For his Christmas sermon for Sun.
day morning Rev. George Hartman
has chosen christmas and It's Lii
tie Child.' a special Christmas
musical program arranged and di
rccted by Mrs. A. NJ. Williams will
be a feature Of the morning services.
International Sunday School lesso'
for Zee. 20: "Paul's Summary of
His Life . Timothy 3:1o:II: A
l-19. Golden text, 2 Timothy Al:
81 have fought the good fight, ]
have finished the course, have KEEP
the fifth
Christmas lesson: Matthew 2:-l5
Golden text: "For there is born to
you this day in the city of David a
saviour, who is Christ the Lord
Luke oil.
At the evening services the pas
tor will speak on: Representative
Men of the Bible-Nicodemus, the
iuatructea.' -
At the Sunday School Christmas
program Wednesday even.Ig,
p. H., Santa Claus and a large
! Christmas tree will be features of
The evening.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-18
SHERIFF CHASES
ROBBERS ON TOP
CT FREIGHT CARS
Continued from Page l }

kSDll Iiilutu IIonl i d5t L
car, was sufficient to convince the
trio that he meant business and the
remainder of the trip to Fl Centre
was made with three subdued ban
dts.
One of the iailers who booked the
prisoners stated this morning that
they are the "hardest boiled' in
dividuals who have been taken in
since he has been on duty. One of
them, the sheriff s front seat com
panion, had wrists 50 large that the
handcuffs could hardly encircle
them.
\ description of the men has been
sent to all police offices along the
coast, as il is believed they are not
ordinary petty larceny thieves, but
have been in the criminal game
some time.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-18
HOLTVILLF

HOLTVILLE, Dec. ls.-A FREE
lecture on "The Ups and Downs OF
Living was given at the civic cen
ter Thursday evening by the South
ern Sierras power company. After
the lecture a special buffet supper
was served to the guests by the com
pany.
Again proving that they are well
prepared to enter the valley basket
ball league. the local team Tuesday
evening defeated the FL Centre Jun
Tor college team by the score of %
to 10 in the high school gymnas-
ium at FL Centre. On Wednesday
morning. fast team composed Of
| members of the local faculty, de-
fcatcd an FL Centre faculty team,
the final score being % to 10. The
stars of the game were candy
Anderson, basketball coach at the
local high school and Mr.. Armstrong
Ell Centre coach.
Clarence Thieser was arrested
Saturday night by Officer Kinnard,
for refusing to leave Il pool hall aft
er admitting he was under age.
A large number of local people
attended the first performance of
the Elk s revue which was given in
FL Centre Thursday evening. In
rluded in the east are Misses Lucille
Huebner and Eau Claire Lester, of
this city.
Joe Woodland, formerly pro
prietor of Woodland s pool room in
this city, is spending few days IN
this city before returning to his
home on the coast.
Kennie Payorena, who graduated
from the local high school in 1921
was visitor in this city recently
for the first time since his grad
uation.
Zernie Sharp and Jimmy Connors
were visitors in Brawley Tuesday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Wofford of
this city have gone to San Diego.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-18
Honor Local Men
In Appointments
AS SciOt Leaders

Charles f. Scott of this city, has
been honored by the supreme pyra-
mid of Sciots with the appoint
ment of Deputy Pharoah in charge
of Sciot activities in this district,
The same body has honored W. J.
Reid, toparch of Imperial Valley
Pyramid, with an appointment to
the credentials committee of the
supreme pyramid.
Both members of the local lodge
have taken an active interest in the
work of the Sciots since the pyra,
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-18

With the cost of living in Italy
dropping, wage levels that were
raised within the last year when
prices were advancing, are placing
workers in comfortable position.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-18

OTTAWA. Ontario.-The quality
Of hogs marketed in Canada during
the firs4 four months of 1925 shows
some improvement over that of the
corresponding months of 1924, ac-
cording to the Dominion livestock
branch.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-18
DETECTS FLAWS IN RAILS

Defects in railroad track that
might cause serious wreck can
be detected quickly and easily, says
Popular Science Monthly, by u new
elockwork registering machine re-
Gently tried out by the London
Northwestern railway of Great
Britain. Installed in coach, it
records on a roll of paper all Vi
brations and jolts when the train
is running at high speed.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-18

ty by jury here Yesterday on
charges of manslaughter in conncc-
ton with an automobile crash here
last October in which three Of
Bouchard s companions were killed.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-18
Anti ti~Christians
Wreck Colleges
Try United Press Leased Wire

HONG KONG, Dee. l8.-An anti
Christian revolutionary mob today
attempted to wreck both the Eng
hsh Presbyterian school and the
AngloChinese college at SwatoW
and succeeded in doing damage es-
timated at Sl25 900.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-18

mid was organized here, and their
recognition by the supreme body OF
the order is popular with their fel-
low members.
Imperial Valley Pyramid will hold
its regular meeting tonight, and q
special program of entertainment
and refreshments has been arranged
for the occasion.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-18
K. G. YOUTH rs DECLARED
GUILTY OF AUGHTER

by United Press Leased Wire
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Dee. l8. =
Lynn Bouchard, l6, was found guil-
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-11
Lardner Conquers Etheric Waves in
Amazing Feat; Passes Up
Beauty Contest

in one of these the writer took part
and win first prize. Chief amongst
the contests referred to was one to
decide on Americas most beautiful
man and l don't half to tell my
many admirers that it was not in
this one that I allowed the usage
of my name as I positively cringe
from any flattering reference to my
eyes. ears, nose and throat and
have actually went for several days
without shaving in order to distract
unwelcome attention from bleating
nostrils and shapely moles.
COOLIDGE INTERPRETERS.
No, the masculine pulchritude
melee was put on without my entry
which is perhaps just as well when
you recall how some of the gals
yelped when Dorothy Knapp and
Miss Ray of the chorus attempted to
crash into the scrimmage at Allan
tic City, and further and more, just
prior to this contest (the men's)
they was much a big protest VS.. the
presence of professional beauties like
Rudolph Valentino, Nick Altrock,
Jack Barrymore and Ed Wynn that
these 4 Cenuses was obliged to
withdraw.
The event was held over the hose
house in What Cheer, Ia, and the
winner was Mr.. Hal O'Flaherty
local boy. The judges was the
Shuberts, Peggy Hopkins, Judge
Lands and the Mayo brothers. Mr..
O'Flaherty in accepting the first
prize, a soup spoon equipped with a
copper screen to prevent oysters,
vegetables and ETC., from entering
the mouth, said he owed his success
to a railway accident.
The second prize was a mask
which can be worn at all times and
completely hides the face. 1t was
awarded to William A. LANCE of
San Francisco better known as Bill
LANCE who played center field for
the old Chicago Colts and caught
everything with one hand includ-
ing the Deuce from the management.
Mr.. LANCE attributed his triumph
to a misunderstanding.
WINNING FIGURE.
Following is Mr.. Flaherty's meas
urements:
Head-Normal, 8 7-s; expanded
z IA.
Neck-Normal, IA Il; expanded
Is 1-2.
Waist-Normal 80; expanded AZ.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-11

TO the editor:,
! BY this time it is an old story
that Miss Lanphier or something
from Sunny California was official
ly chose Miss America at the annual
Atlantic City pippin konklave last
no., also that Miss Rena Jane Frew
of Beaver, Pa, was formally chris
tened Miss Radio during the worlds
radio exposition in NY. city.
Miss Lanphier win the plume for
being the most beautiful gal in the
us. while Miss Frew got her med
ais for having tuned in on more
distant stations than any other
radio fan of the silly sex.
RING A MODEST GUY.
Interviewed by newspaper men
Miss Lanphier said she owed all
her success to her mother. Miss
Frcw attributed hers to her anten-
nae. Miss Frew, when seen by re-
porters, was in a DIX static mood.
Contests like these kind is always
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-11

a S Henry The Ate, King of
a England, British Isles and
Walls, wrote in the English Natl
Anthem, when he wrote il, THE
Hand That Rocks the Boat Will
Rue the Waves And ], personal
" myself often feel where il be
was alive today. be would make up
another verse along the same lines,
about the steering wheels anu
brakes of automobiles.
AL this come violently to my
mind the other day when that Joe
Bush Of the Hawthorne Club calle1
up and invited I and George, that's
my husband, to drive in their car
to the Hawthorne Clubs Autumn
Trap Shooting Contest. Well, feel
ing % i do about the poor dumb
wild animals aud trapping them TO
make fur coats for women who can
afford fur coats, and women who
simply get them anyways, why
naturally / felt / would love to see
= trap-shootins contest. The more
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-11

bound to call forth a good many
shower bouquets of raspberries for
the judges Of same as friends and
relatives of the defeated candidates
won't never admit that the best
man win, but il seems to me like
they amt libel to be near as much
injustice in the beauty contest as
in the radio brawl.
The gals at Atlantic City has
got to prove their qualifications in
costumes that cannot tell a lie,
whereas the radio queen must be
elected more or less on her own
lisping word and IL she claims that
she got Honolulu last night and
Odessa the night before, why you
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-11

Men of even slight educat ton were
regarded then as valuable to the
community; there were only a few
Of them. Thus one convicted of
sheep stealing, which in early Eng
land was punishable with death,
could say when the Judge who tried
him asked IL there was any reason
why the law should not take its fah
course: s---~~
"Yes, my Lord. I am a clerk"
II the court room was in London
he probably pronounced 1t CLARK"
But the court had no discretion. If
the convicted man could write, the
statute gave him the benefit OF
clergy by providing that he could
be punished by term OF years only
and usually a very short term. La
ter when reading and writing be-
came common accomplishments all
new statutes were passed with the
words without benefit Of clergy"
at the end OF them and the old priv
ilege became a thing OF the past.
ESCAPED SENTENCE.
Corpus deficit" is another legal
phrase which is rarely used correct
ly. Frequently we read that the
murderer could not be tried as the
district attorney could not produce
the corpus deficit" meaning the
body Of the person slain.
The corpus deficit means the body
or fact OF the crime and not dead
body. Corpus juris or the body OF
the law is the same kind Of a phrase.
OF course no prosecuting officer un-
able to prove that person was &C
tually killed can try anyone for the
murder. He must prove the fact or
corpus Of the crime (delicti) before
he can prove that John Doe commit
ted it.
And he must prove the corpus
deficit every time he brings a Grim
inal prosecution and for every crime
as well as murder. 1t has to be
proved even in the case Of trial
for speeding. II no car was raced
along Main street John Doe can't
possibly be convicted.
Mercifully the phrase "the horse
out with automobiles. There is no
way in which horse can get bit
in bis teeth in that part of his
mouth across the bit lies. His
cropping teeth are well below II aud
his grinding teeth we'll above il,
the two sets being about six inches
apart and the bit resting on the
horses tongue and on what horse
men call the mouth bars, or gum
cartilage.
But the phrase Is doomed with
automobiles. Benefit of clergy"
and corpus deficit" however seem
destined to endure for all time.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-11

End Prize Was Awarded to Bill
LANCE Who Played Center Field
For The Old Chicago Colts and
Caught Everything With One
Hand.
tired OF the entertainment on
WEAF, and decided to try and get
WIRED which is Lansing, Mich.
The numbers for this station is
% IL. % and % which I turned
to same and in less time than il
takes to tell it. I heard the voice
Of the announcer saying this is sta
ton WEAF New York. The prize
arrived in next mornings mail and
turned out to be a bill for $14
from Niesley for vaccinating the
wife and Riddles.
In next weeks letter will give
an acct. Of one of the most inter-
esting contests Of all, namely the
one to select the homeliest eggs in
the world male and female.
Copyright, 1925, by The Bell
Syndicate, Inc.)
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CLASSIC EXAMPLES.

&c well IL it remained there, because
after all, a belief in or a reliance
upon 'omens' Is one OF the most
stupid things of which the human
mind is capable.
A horseshoe placed over the door
has been known to fall and make
scalp wound in the head Of the per-
son placing it there, and all faith in
the "lucky sixpence" has been lost
by the Englishman who, while stop
ping to pick one up in a London
street, lost the amicable smile
which his companion had received
from their passing king-something
worth-well more, at least, than a
sixpence.
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been, Gov. AL Smith of New York
said she had been picked as the
American girl most typical of radio.
This sounds kind of nasty to me
and had I of been Miss Frew's
brother, Mr.. Frew, I would of
sewed the Gov. for libel or else
slapped his face and said you are
a loud speaker yourself Smith.
As I say, the stories of these 2
contests is old stuff, but it may be
news to my readers that as an af-
termath of same there has been 8
similar competitions staged in diff
ferent localities which strikes me as
just as important as the ones that
was given such wide publicity, and
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-11
Ring Crowned MIR. Radio in Tournament
Ring Lardner

" Ankle-Normai II; swollen 10.
Feet-Winter Z 10 A; summer
0 IL D.
An effort to have Mr.. OLA
herty christened Mr.. America was
knocked for 4 COOL by 4 peremptory
veto from President Coolidge.
I'm glad he win IL I couldn't"
said Mr.. LANCE. "Who is he?"
RING WINS LAURELS.
In the mems radio event It was
the writer Of the present article
who was unanimously awarded first
prize and nicknamed Mr.. Radio.
This contest was to decide who had
come farthest from getting the
farthest away stations and I was
elected after relating an experience
that took place no longer ago than
last wk. On our radio it seems
that when the arrows on the diff
ferent dials Is pointed to No. 70,
6s and IS respy. why you get one
of the main N. Y. stations Name
ly wEAF. Well one night I got
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Finding Tombstone May Be Good Luck

either upon the asphalt surface Of
a city street was about equally
good.
Naturally, TO majority Of per-
sons, the graveyard strays would
not be regarded as capable of pre-
dieting any save unpleasant hap
penings, but that is merely super
fetal way Of looking at the matter.
1t would depend largely, 1 should
say, under what circumstances and
in what connection the encounter
took place. There seems no good
reason to believe that the discoverer
Of the one on Riverside Drive, II
later, he continued his journey to
the movies, experienced any panss
of threatening dissolution during
the process of the show as the re-
suit of his meeting with the grave
stone, for l am OF the opinion that
no matter how deadly some NOV
ing picture-shows can be, and are,
they need not even with the aid
of an omen, necessarily prove fatal
to spectators.
ROOM FOR RESEARCH.
Personally j would prefer not to
meet one Of these mortuary' souve-
Mrs on my way to a Doctors office
or hospital. II such encounter is to
take place, Id rather 1t were on
the way to the shop Of the plumber
who promised to come right around
and fix leaking pipe, and who
hasn't yet arrived.
Just how an encounter with n
PROSTATE tombstone in the middle Of
Wall Street, might be regarded by
stranger bent on investment, 1 am
unable to say. AZ we above an
nounced, the whose subject is still
in its infancy and perhaps II would
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Driving the Other Fellows Auto Is All
Right When He Isn't in
the Car to Help

hello folks, Joe says, whew, that
was a close one, ha ha; my brakes
need refining, told Mabel to get
it done, but the telephone connec'
ton wasn't so good and she got my
last years overcoat refined instead,
but l guess the brakes will hold
good enough for this little trip, or
else we'll all die together, Ell? Ha!
ha,
Well naturally I didn't crave
heavily to die with that Joe Bush.
Anytime 1 get ready to die in a
motor accident l want TO be IN
somebody's car where l can sue for
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I and George = By Nina Wilcox Putnam
Only Woman HumOrist --------

as we got started. These was the
most absurd things, such as have
a heart, old man. We wanner get
home alive, don't step on her through
here, the cops is awful active,
look out for that trolley, can'tcha,
and etc.
SHE TAKES HAND.
Well, before We was IL ways
home / felt pretty near sick OF
that line. I believe wife should
be loyal to her husband, and that
il any party is TO be allowed to
criticise Coos driving, why 1t
ought to be me. So when that Joe
Bush for the thirteenth time told
Geo. to please so easy on the edges
of the road, the tires was new and
for the fourteenth time to for Heav-
ems sake keep her down to ninety,
l says hey boys femme drive a
while, and being company, why I
won out.
Naturally, I am a mother, so 1
am q careful driver. Everytime 1
seen a scrap of paper on the road,
i put out my hand to warn the
Teller behind. l had done this, ever
since the invasion Of Belgium by
the Germans. Whenever somebody
in front Of me turned off, put
out my hand, and also each time
anybody wanted to get in front of
me. But l made pretty good time,
at that, around fifteen miles a hour
and j didn't hit only one truck,
just slightly, two telephone poles,
and one cat Of the same denomina-
ton, all the way to our house.
THE MISSING COAT.
Well, when We got to our place,
why naturally we got out, and we
says such a lovely drive, folks.
Thank you so much, such q dandy
time, We certainly enjoyed it. And
then l and George went on inside.
Well. says Geo. Of all the fool
drivers / ever seen, that Joe Bush
is the worst! How he imagincs
anybody can enjoy riding while he
is driving is more than can tell,
l was as nervous as a trembling
aspirin tree, all the whole time,
and at that I've gone and left my
overcoat in their darncd old boat!
Call EN- up and mention it, will
you!
Sure, dear, I says, III call them
just as quick as they get home. And
done so, and says hello, Mabel
dear, is that you? And she says
yes dear. and 1 says that was such
a delightful drive that George for
got all about his overcoat, did he
leave it in the car?
VOICE OF FRIENDSHIP,
Just then / could hear that Joe
Bush yell across the room, IL it's
that idiot of driver, George Jules,
tell him he can have my overcoat
as well, il he'll promise not to try
and drive me again. So Mabel
says, yes dear. the coat is safe,
and Joe says to tell George what
big relief it was to have him drive
home tonight and thank him again
And as hung up on them sweet
words, l couldn't help but think of
the old sweet saying which goes
Hosts are Hosts and Guests is
Guests and to knock each other is
meat"
Copyright 1925, by Republic snydi-
cate, Incl