davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-15

secret closet under the stairs and
see what 8 inside went on Tum-
bic.
oh, I wish ! knew what was in
there.' sighed BABY Buntv. 1t
must be something wonderful.
But we mustn I try 10 find
cut said humble, who was a
brother to Tumble.
And when all the little bunnies
were in bed Mrs. Longears said to
her husband:
II think you had better go down
cellar and fix the fire for the night.
1t is later than l thought. l am
sleepy"
$50 am L. yawned Uncle Wig
gily. And as soon as | fix the
fire m going to bed.''
He hoped down the cellar stairs
and, sitting in her casv chair, Mrs.
Longcars could hear him rafting
away at the furnace, putting on
coal, fitting the dampcr and 50 on.
Then she waited and waited and
waited. Still Uncle Wiggily didn t
come up from having gone down to
fix the fire.
"Oh, something must have hap
pened TO him. exclaimed Mrs.
Longears.
Happened to whom" asked
Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, who was
getting the pancake dough ready
fer use next morning.
Something must have happened
10 Uncle Wiggily!' whispered his
wife. Il don t hear a sound from
Linn He hasn t come up from the
collar m so werried!'
Nonsense, Squeaked Nurse
Jane. "What could have happened
to him in his own cellar
1.-The window might have been
! open and the Bob Cat might have
, crawlod in,' said the rabbit lady.
"Oh, ! never thought of that!''
said Nurse Jane. "I'n 90 down and
look, -
"No. Don u" cried the rabbit
lady, catching the muskrat lady
housckceper By her tail and holding
her back. Stay with me! On,
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-15
what can have happened to Unsle

what can have happened to Uncle
Wiggily9'
"I'n call his name and sec if he
answers, proposed Nurse Jane.
IF he does, he is all right and y
just twinkling his nose at the fire.
So she called: "Unclc Wiggily! Oh
Uncle Wiggily!'
But there was no answer
"Oh, l know something mas nap
ycned to him!' cried Mrs. Long
ears. I'm send for the Police
Dog! Telephone for the Police Dog,
Nurse Janet"
And when the big, red faced Po-
lice Dog came, with his brass but
tons and his club and his heavy
shoes, he said:
"In look down cellar and sec
what happened to Mr.. Longears
when he went to fix the fire. m
not afraid of the Bob Cat.
Down stalkcd the brave Police
Dog, and, all of sudden, Mrs.
longears and Nurse Jane heard him
laughing.
What happened TO my huS'
band'' called the rabbit lady If
the Bob Cat got him l don t think
that is at all funny!''
No Bob Cat got him. chuckled
the Police Dog. lie just fell
asleep in the coal bin, that s all. He
was asleep when l came down. But
he s awake now.
And SO Uncle Wiggilv was. He
was sleepy when he went down to
fix the fire, and while lie was wait
ing for it to burn up little before
shutting off the damper, he sat on
the edge of the coal bin and fell
asleep. And he also fell in but
never awakened until the Police
Dog went down cellar.
"Oh, l m so glad nothing happen
.d!' said Mrs. Longears. And so
was every one else. And if the fire
shovel docsn t take the hole out of
he chimney to make a coop for the
mud turtle to sleep in, | II tell YOU
next about Uncle Wiggilv s bread
md butter.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-15
THEATERS

OF second Importance to the
search that two years ago resulted
in the finding Of Betty Bronson
for the coveted title role in "Peter
Pam was the selection by Sir
James NJ. Barrie of Mary Brian to
play the role of Wendy, the next
most important part in the famous
play.
1t was by this choice of the great
author that one of the most beauti-
full young girls in Hollywood was
started on q screen career that to-
day makes her one of the most
sought.after leading ladies in film
dom.
Her latest picture, in which she
is featured with Ben Lyon. Lois
Moran, and Lya de Putt, is "Thc
Prince of Tempters,' directed by
Lothar MendeS, who was brought
to this country by Robert I. Kane,
the producer, especially to direct
this big photoplay for First Ma
tional Pictures, Inc.
of the fair damscls in London who
brings the young prince of tempt
eIs out of his disillusionmcnt about
girls.
Those who read the novel by L.
Phillips Oppenheim under the title
of "Thc Ex-Duke' remember that
the prince of tempters was not
launched upon his career as a flirt
until, after leaving the monastery
that had sheltered him for the first
twenty years of his life, he fell vic
tim in a series of adventures which
his sheltered life had left him un
equipped to cope with.
Thus, curiosity turns to disillu-
and disillusionment finds
its way back to love-with Mary
help. It's one Of the biggest roles
Mary Brian ever played, and she
gives it the best of her ability.
The Valley theatcr will show it
tonight.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-15
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD E. GARIS-
Copyright, 1926, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WTGGILY FIXES THE
FIRE

"Come my dears, it is time to go
to bed said Uncle Wiggily's wife
to the bunny rabbit children one
evening.
"Oh, so early!" exclaimed jim
gle.
Il M not bit sleepy" objected
her sister Jangle.
You will not say that when |
call you to 60 to school tomorrow
morning. laughed Uncle Wiggily,
playfully shaking his pink, twlnkl.
ing nose at his boys and girls.
Then'you will beg to stay in bed
a little longer, and YOU will say
ii is too early to get up. Come now
off you go!'' and he shooed them
toward the stairs as if they were
fluffy little chickens.
II wonder why we have to 20
TO bed SO early now'' murmured
Buster.
- Cause it S so near Christmas
said his sister Custer.
And | think, after we are up
stairs, daddy and mother open the
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-15
109G7 Dept. I
SUMMONS
In the Superior Court of the State
of California, IN and for the
County of Imperial

In the Superior Court OF the State
of California, IN and for the
County of Imperial
ROSE F'ERTIG, Plaintiff.
MARK G. FERTlG, Defendant.
The People of the State of Cali
fornia Send Greeting to Mark G.
Fcrtig, Defendant.
You Are Hereby Directed to Ap-
pear and answer the Complaint in
an action entitled as above, brought
against you in the Superior Court
of the County of Imperial, State
of California, within ten days after
the service on YOU of this Summons
if served within this county; or
within thirty days if served else
where.
And you are hereby notified that
unless you appear and answer as
above required, the said Plaintiff
will take judgment for any money
or damages demanded in the COM
plaint, as arising upon contract, or
She will apply to The Court for any
other relief demanded in the Com
plaint.
Given under my hand and the
seal of the Superior Court of the
County of Imperial, State Of Cali
fornia, this 9Th day of June, 1926.
c. G. MOUSSEAU, Clerk.
BY G.. p. Harrison, Deputy Clerk.
(SEAL)
c. l.. Brown. Attorney for Plaintiff.
\ ~ II 2lDl Is % 30 IL ~
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-15
LAND OFFICE CHIEF
SUBMITS REPORT
BY United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, Dec. l4.-Graz-
ing districts on public lands should
be created by Congress and leased
to stock raisers, the commissioner
of the general land office recon-
mended in his annual report filed
with the secretary of interior.
New laws are needed to meet pre-
sent day conditions, the commits
sioncr pointed out. He favored re-
peal of the stock,raising homestead
and desert land laws on the grounds
that the settlement of such areas
are no longer advantageous.
Recommendation also are made
that all public land activity in AL
aska be consolidated under one head
instead of the authority being vest.
cd in number of different autho-
rites.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-15
CHAIR OF STEER HORNS
USED BY KANSAS JUDGE
ny United Press Leased Wire

DODGE CITY, Kans., Dec. 10. -
The probate judge of Dodge City has
one of the NEST unique seats, from
which to dispense justice in the
country.
The chair, built in 1898. is made
entirely from the horns of steers
which at one time ranged plains near
here. The horns have been polished
to a high degree and reflect shades
of rose and lavender and green.
Wildcat skins cover the hcadrest,
back and seat of the chair. A silver
plate bearing the name Dodge City
and the date is on the back.
The chair was started by women
of Ford county but was completed
by carpenter whom the women hir-
ed. The curio was taken TO the
world s fair in 1898. where it's un.
usualncss and striking appearance
created u great deal of comment.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-15
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
December 15. 1911

Work on laying cement walks on
Brighton avenue, with w. A. Frank
lin, the contractor i'll charge of the
work, was begun today.
Rev. T.. \. Palmer, former col
league of Rev. Wilkinson OF the
Brawley Methodist church, delivered
his lecture, More Taffy and Less
Epitaphv, IN the Brawley grammar
school auditorium.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-15
Looking Backward
What the Press files tell Of In
perial Valley for this date
in past years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
December Is. 1908

B. G. Baleom is down visiting his
son, Ray Baicom and his wife. at the
Balcom ranch.
Ike Casner's new house, on the
corner of Fifth and Olive, which is
being built by J. L. Travers, is near
ly ready for occupancy.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-15
sw1sssA11wAlse1zAvE no
FATALITIES IN SIX MONTHS

GENEVA, Dec. 1o.-An onviable
record for safety, service, and re-
liability has been earned by the
Swiss aerial transportation com
pany-the "baby" of aerial serv-
ices-during its year which ended
Nov. l last.
The Swiss company carried G000
passengers between April and
Sept. 80 without single accident.
Though besct with adverse wealth
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-15
er conditions, the records sbd

er oondltlonay th6 feC0fdS Spt
96 percent of regular servi|
maintained, as against Ss pI
for 1925. Two lines operatin|
Basle carried out % and 80
of their schedule, and 81
per cent respectively of tn !
chimes departed and arrived
Sixty thousand pounds of |
We're transported during the
and similar amount of car
value of merchandise carri
about 100000.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-15
BROADWAY CURFEW

New York's long-expected curfew law is reality.
The board of aldermen has passed the and it
becomes effective Immediately
Broadway groans,' says the metropolitan papers.
Very likely. Broadway evidently counts that night
lost whose late ascending fails to reveal horde
OF home-bound jewellers staggering into the subway.
But the night walters do not groan. Nor the great
ma jority of New York citizens.
It isn't such a radical law, either, an outsider
would suppose. 1t merely provides that the cabarets
and night clubs must close o'clock in the morning.
Mayor Walker, who insisted the passage of the
BILL explains that he fulfilling his pledge to the
clergymen.
That IS good enough reason, political reasons
co But the clergymen will get less benefit from that
law than a lot of less godly folk. They don't need
it A lot of Broadway rounders most Of whom are
probably visitors rather than regular residents, do
need it. ~
What Broadway needs and that goes for its visiting
butter and egg men-s more sleep. That is advisable
even for purposes Of revelry. The playboys have
more fun in fewer hours when they're slept up enough
to start in fresh.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-15

The radio fan isn't what he used to be. He isn't
satisfied any with merely getting stations, but
insists on getting something worth hearing.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-15

We seem to have incurred lot of unpopularity by
going into the war and would have incurred great
deal more if we stayed out of it.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-15

Valentines spirit passes like chill wind" says his
former wife, who has been having astral visits from
him. Must be somebody else. Whatever Rudy
in this life, he wasn't chilly.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-15

A Rohrbacker. Nucvo. Riverside
county, harvested i tons of Man
zanillo olives from four and one
half acres.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-15
TEN YEARS AGO
December Is. 1916

The standing of CONTESTANTS in The
FL Centre Progress big subscription
campaign was William p. Hall Jr.,
first; Mrs. Alvin Nelson, second; and
Mrs. Carolyn Reilly, third.
The junior class OF the high school
presented The Varsity Coach at
the Theatcr Tulane.
The FL Centre chamber of com
merce presented check for $1,000 to
the fair committee to boost the live
stock fair to be given soon.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-15

Another use that might be made Of that treasur
surplus: Lend it to Roumania.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-15

Famous last lines: 81 have a
good friend in city hall and III
see that it S done. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-13
600 MinnOWs to Aid
Anti.Malaria Fight

Two thousand minnows from the
United States Bureau of Fisheries
are en- route for Buenos Aires aboard
the Argentinian battleship Moreno, to
help stamp out malaria in the South
American republics.
TOP minnows are voracious feeders
on the larvae of the mosquito carriers
of the germ causing malarial fever.
These larvae breed only In stagnant
water. and being air breathers stay al
most entirely on the surface. Pools
too large to have the air supply cut
off by film of oil have in many
parts Of this country been stocked
with top minnows, which have proved
efficacious aids in keeping down the
numbers of the anopheles MOSQUITO.
The minnows now riding In state
on the battleship have been sent from
the Bureau of Fisheries at the re.
quest of the International Health
Board to be used for breeding pur-
poses and distributed throughout the
malarial regions of Argentina to help
In the campaign of that organization
to rid tina Americas Of malar1as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-13
POLITICS In CREATION OF PARKS
OF u. S. DEPRECATED BY EXPERT
Too Much Haste in Selecting Areas Called Danger
ous-Previous Cautious Policy of
Nation Cited.

and report. They made no reply, blu,
reported the bill favorably. and Con
gress rushed it through three days
later.
This way is destruction. 1 foresee
that national parks hereafter will be
pawns in the semi-annual struggle OF
political parties for the control OF
Congress. The precedent is made
right here. 1t has been the pride OF
the National Park Service, and of the
many million admirers of national
parks throughout the country, that
the system. both in respect to selection
Of parks and their administration, had
remained wholly out of politics, but
this Is true no longer.
Public Not Informed.
The people have had no chance even
to look this proposed national park
over, much less to speak.
What does any one know of the fit.
ness of this picture to hang in our
national. picture gallery? It's fame
rests on the tradition of a century
ago when the West was undiscovered
and our Eastern mountains unex.
plored. Then it stood in the front
rank of American spectacles; does it
stand there today? No one knows.
Questions like that cannot be deter.
mined In SIX weeks. The Interior De.
partment has never even seen it.
Is cave park? The Government
custom is to preserve DISTINGUISHED
caves as national monuments. not ma.
tional parks.
We need new uprising and a new
slogan: No politics in our nationa,
parks.
Copyright 1890
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-13
How Does Prohibition Work Out?

suaded or coerced or betrayed into any ne"
measures of temperance reform we should DO
well to look more closely into the RESULTS OF
that great American experiment of total pro-
hibiton.
Lately they have been looking into it them
selves with anxious and pefturbed eyes, with
the general result that an immense BODY OIL
public opinion seems to have swung over IN
favor of repeating modifying the dry
laws.
In private conversation with average Amer
leans one hears the frank admission that pro-
hlbltion, however good for the Nation as d
whole, has resulted in wholesale violation or
the law by the most intelligent classes, a mass
of corruption, bribery and crime, which Is
weakening respect for all law, and an epidemic
OF secret and excessive drinking which threat
ems to wreck the health and morals Of the
younger generation in all the great cities. 1t
is impossible to keep out 1.-The booze" There
is conspiracy of judges, police and public
TO let it in.
As I saw for myself from one end of the
United States No the other, there is no lack
of 1t for any who can afford to pay. 1t flows
at private dinner parties, and because forbid
den by law, assumes Importance which
would be regarded disgusting in British
homes. Women. well as men, drink as
though it is their only chance Of mental ele-
walton.
went to a party in one of the best houses
of great city in the West and every woman
there including beautiful young girls. became
hopelessy intoxicated before the evening was
out. College boys carry TASKS in their hip
pockets and give drinking parties to girl
friends.
The most poisonous brands of alcohol
palmed off by the "bootlesgers, causing blind
ness, insanity or crimes of passion. Or, if they
can't get drink, they get drugs, which are
worse.
The mothers Of wetodo families-boys and
girls in good society-are terror.stricken at this
horrible evil which has invaded their homes
The passionate advocates of the dry laws.
while admitting all these evils in the well-to-do
classes, defend their case by saying, Enforce
the law against the rich while safeguarding
the temperance of the working classes That
is sheer hypocrisy. because they know in their
hearts that the rich always evade the law
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-13
with the greatest ease. and still more because
the working classes themselves bitterly resent
having this temperance enforced upon them

with the greatest ease. and still more because
the working classes themselves bitterly resent
having this temperance enforced upon them.
X X
There can be no doubt about this. In every
political assembly in the United States Tor the
last six years organized labor has declared itsef
opposed to prohibition. Those who proclaim
it's benefits to the workmen are not the work
men themselves, but their masters.
While the laborers denied any form or
alcoholic stimulant, it flows freely in the man.
ayers Office the superintendent's private room,
the manufacturers club the directors smoking
room. 1t is 'rich mans law" keenly RET
scented gross hypocrisy and as the most I'M
just form Of class distinction by those VINO
cannot afford to pay the bootlegger or bride
the police
Organized labor in America is afraid also that
those who imposed prohibition upon him
against his will may indulge in other forms OF
social tyranny. They may prohibit his bacc!.
They may strike at his liberty in many ways
to keep him vrtuous and efficient so in
creasinG his employers profits.
That after all, lies at the root of the whoie
matter, in England well AS America inns
prohibition OF aIcohol-harmless, or at least
not dangerous when taken in moderation, ana
certainly a source of PLEASURES an ATTACK
upon liberty. If a man is to be coerced lhao
temperance he may he enslaved spiritually and
morally in thousand other ways, against MS
conscience and his inclinations.
His daughters may be arrested, as In ltalS
and Greece, for wearing short skirts. His wl1e
may be prevented from going to the MOVIES
He may be forbidden to sit up after 10 O'CLOCK
at night because it makes him less efncient.
The state of things in dry America is
tragic warning to prohibtionists in Great
Britain It's grotesque result has been TO De
stroy temperance among the most educated
classes of society and to make secret drinking
the most favored form of entertainment as
protest on behalf of liberty.
In England we should do we'll to rely upon
the influence of outdoor exercise. pleasant
places of refreshment and the high standard
Of good manners and derene habits among all
classes of our people to keep down the drink
bill nd empty the gin palace.
Downright, 19o6)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-13
Thomas Moore Honorcd
AS Patriot and Poet

County Wexford Historical Society
in Ireland has just erected tablet on
the house in which lived the mother
Of Thomas Moore, the national poet.
and the mayor and corporation of the
city associated themselves with the
tribute. Moore's mother was Anas.
tasia Codd, and her husband, John
Moore, came from Kerry.
Opinions on Moore. have differed,
and will continue to differ to the end
said Rev. T. Byrne. "Some hailed the
poet as a national idol. while others
denounced him as a cockney. In the
poets life We're incidents which did
not appeal to the Irish patriot. He
spent most of his time in England
and was the idol of it's aristocratic
circles. But under his gay and frivol-
Gus nature he had the heart of an
Irish patriot. He was an intimate
friend of Robert Emmett, and wrote
for the republican organ, the Press"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-13
BY SIR PHILIP GIBBS.
tn EAIPERANCE propaganda in England Is
working openly and secretly in favor of
total prohibition.

" EMPERANCE propaganda in England Is
working openly and secretly in favor OF
total prohibition.
4 The restrictions for the sale of liquor
already in force legacy of the war meas
show that the temperance advocates
fanatics" their enemies call them-are not
without power in the land. believe they are
gaining in power and that the day is not far
distant when this country will be asked to
decide between wet and dry policy for
the nation.
There is no doubt to my mind that the
woman's vote, especially in the great manu-
featuring cities, would be given heavily IN
favor of prohibition. 1t is they who suffer in
their lives and souls from the curse of drink,
which is still frightful cause of poverty and
|, misery in our social life, though to nothing
like the same extent as in former periods OF
history.
Many great employers of labor are secretly
convinced that total prohibition in Great Brit
ain would increase their output and their
profits by raising the efficiency of the men.
They and their financial friends believe that
it would lead to new British prosperity by
adding much to the purchasing power Of the
wage earning classes stimulating the de-
mand for all classes of manufactured goods
They believe that it would encourage thrift
industry and social discipline, a proof of
which they quote what they believe to be the
unanimous opinion of employers in the United
States.
Certainly, when l was last in America that
opinion expressed very forcibly by every
employer of labor with whom l spoke, and |
spoke with many. One and all reported that
prohibition had changed the whole spirit OF
industry Men came to work on Monday morn
ing without that tired feeling There were
not many absentees. Their output and gen.
eral efficiency were much higher level.
Those seem strong arguments in favor Of
prohibition for England There is good deal
of in them. nd DIblic house.
with its encouragement Of quick and private
drinking, is not of the glories Of land
and state to be defended with passionate love
as a noble institution.
X X X X
But before we allow ourselves TO be per-