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Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-18
Huntington
Estate Includes
Invaluable Gems
BY United Press Leased Wire

NEW YORK, june l7.-lIow the
building of lines of steel can bring
into existence the most remarkable
collection OF iewelry in America
with u value OF more than million
dollars has been revealed here il
the appraisal Of Mrs. Arabella d.
Huntington 5 estate.
She was the widow Of Coils p.
Huntington, railroad builder and
subsequent the wife OF his nephew.
Her estate IS estimated at So
100000. There are ropes Of Ori-
entail pearls, long chains Of brilliant
diamonds, gold and platinum neck
laceS and carved emerald beads list
ei in the Inventories All in all
they reveal that Mrs. Huntington :
collection of iewelry Is worth 81
274,904. even exceeding that Of the
hate Mrs William AStor.
Objects Of art. priceless paintings
by old masters, medieval tapestries,
d gobeln and rare ctchings and Ell
cravings without end were also
among the railroad builder 5 widow 5
possessions.
The report shows that Archer
Huntington, her son, will receive
about $30,OO0,00O.
To Clara, Princess Hatfield, Mr.
Huntington left $250,0O0 and $500
600 each to her brother, Richard NJ.
Warrington, and his wife.
Nicccs and nephcwS received large
gifts. She left $1,000 to her head
coachman and $1,000 each to l. other
employees.
Most of the estate is taxable in
California as Mrs. Huntington lived
there except for u few months each
year.
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Start over.

which had been packed by Mrs.
Uncle WigE.iv and Nurse Jane Fuh-
y Wuzzr.
"Oh, how good everything
,mells", bu@zci oquiggler, as he
shifted a, thc holes in the basket,
Are you hungry" asked the
abbit.
"'yerv hungry, indeed" answer.
ID Squis-lcr.
Then will give You something
% eat. kindly offered Uncle
Wiggilv. He broke off a little of the
rus, ot bread. some flakes from the
peach pie and bit Of chocolate
AXE - not very big pieces - and
these he gave to Squiggier, saying.
Miss Church Mouse. poor as she IS
viii never miss what little took off
he things my wife sent her 20 cat,
and it will be plenty for YOU,
Squigglcr.
"Oh, YES, more. than can eat.
5uzzcd the bug, Il will put what |
ion t need now in my lunch box and
save II for supper.
Where is your lunch box ask
ed the bunny, not seeing any.
Here it is buzzed Squigglcr
and he picked up off the ground a
t,cnv, wccry brown acorn. 1t had
been followed out by the ants. all
the white meat having been eaten,
through little hole gnawcd in the
,op, so that the acorn shell made u
perfect lunch box, and one just the
,isht size for Squigglcr
The bug ate half Of the piece
OF bread, the flakes Of pie and the
bit of chocolate cake that Uncle
WiggiIy had broken off, and then
Squigglcr put the remainder in his
acorn lunch box.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-18
TEN YEARS AGO

Postmaster Collins, il WAS assert
80 yesterday, WIS still sticking to
his job and the Democratic party
Ike IA postag" stamp when he was
observed posting pictures Of Prcsi-
dent Wilson and Vice President
Marshall on an arcade pillar near
,he post office.
Miss Tracy Scott is spending sun
lav With her parents near taicNico.
A. l.. kisr>t was an Fl Centre
shopper yesterday.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-18

A bill in congress would bar fire.
arms from the mail, perhaps because
they might go off when the mai,
does.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-18

Next big wet and dry argument
tiat romo, up we are going 10 usc
a fine Wisr-crack about one side
meeting It's Waterloo.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-18

An Oregon hen braGs of u
ounce egg, having u normal cgg in.
side of it.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-18

Prince Of Wales has started carry
ing AN umbrella, Indicating he i, tr>
ing to pose Is a married man.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-18

Perhaps the talking movie idea
could be useful, Why not limit il 10
talking ,ub-titlca? Would save read
ing aloud.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-18

In Sunbury, Pa, thieves carried
away a l0oO-pound safe, but a pedi.
greed watch dog kept 50 queit he
WASH t stolen.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-18

Nevada will have 90 per cent
wheat crop or about 10000 bush
els.
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PRESS READERS
MAY BIT AIN
u. S. BULLETIN

Through the courtesy of Honorable
Phil y. Swing, reprcscntativ" in
congress from this district the Press
is able to offer its readers a sclcc-
tion of government bulletins listed
below, which contain valuable in
formation on certain subjects. To
avail yourself of this offer all YOU
have to do is write the cumbers of
the bulletins you desire in the cou
pom provided below and mail coupon
to Hon. Phil d. Swing, NJ. c., Wash
ington, d. c. Please print your
name and adrcss plainly. Addition
al :nstallmcnts of this list will be
printed hereafter.
Cut and mail this coupon.
Hon. Phil ID. Swing, NJ. {.
Washington, d. c.
Please send me the bulletins and
documents checked below:
N0........-..-. No..-.......-- \o....-.-.........
Your name
Address Observation-Disclosures.
Garden, the school, 2lS.
Honey and its uses, 653.
Houscclcaning made easier, llS0.
lee, harvesting, etc, l07s.
Kitchen as a workshop, 607.
Lamb and mutton in the diet, 1924
Lightning, protection, $40.
Malaria, facts about, 400.
Meats, use Of, 39l.
Milk and its uses, 1859.
Mosquitoes, remedies, IA.
Yellow fever mosquitoes, 155i.
Moths, clothes, 1853.
Painting on the farm. 1852.
Pickles, fcrmcntcd. l45s.
Plumbing, farm, 1926.
Simple piuming repairs, 553
Pop corn for the home, 1902.
Rats and mice, control, l302.
Sewage and sewerage, l227.
Silvcrfish or slickcr,' 902.
~tais, removal Of SOL.
Vinegar making, 1924.
Water supply, farmStcad, lii3.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-18

1--WE believed in European civilization before The
World War began" says Add FL krm. So did we
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-18

Time to place a traffic officer at the North Pole
We nominate Capt Frost.
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Stamps Record History

Americans have become so accus-
toned to special postage stamps com
memorating historic events and ami
Sersaries that they often overlook the
extent to which, all over the world,
the postal system is recording history.
In this country the next special series
will commemorate the Battle of White
Plains. Portugal is bringing out a Sc
ries in honor of the tercentenary of
her liberation from Spanish rule Bull
garia will commemorate the fiftieth
anniversary of her freedom with a
new series, and Poland proposes to
honor Nine. Curie, the discoverer of
radium, with special stamp. Spain
plans to issue stamps concentrating
the achievements of its aviators in the
air post service, and Canada is to
have new portrait stamps to remind
its people of some of the great names
in the history of the Dominion.
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Muskrat Landlord to
Many Wild Creatures

That Industrious little architect, the
muskrat. it, has now been learned
builds not only for himself, but for
numerous other inhabitants of the
wild places. Or, to be exact, he builds
house for himself and the other
creatures volunteer to assist him in
using it. Observations made at the
college of forestry at Syracuse uni
versity prove that several kinds Of
wilk ducks and geese and the green
heron frequently find nesting place
in muskrat houses. But more sur
prising is the fact that swapping tur-
ties and painted terrapin nest in
these ready-made lodges, laying their
eggs there and even retreating to the
muskrat burrows for their long win
ter sleep. The observer also noted
the case of water snakes that had
moved in with the animals and were
using its water-flled pIughole as a
domicile. The astonishing thing is
that the intruders are seldom mo-
Tested, but appear to live in friendly
relations with thesowner.
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DETROIT WORKER INEIERITS
LARGE AUSTRIAN ESTATE

eighteen was an inconseQuential mat
ter, Mrs. Meuser said, but the young
man took 1t deeply to heart and never
corresponded with his parents. Four
years ago he married During the
last year or two his health failed. Mrs
Meuser believed her husbands i'll
health was caused by his worrying
over his estrangement from his par
ents and some weeks ago, unknown to
him, she wrote to his mother.
It was returned to the Vienna post
office marked "Addressee dead" and
was opened by the postal authorities.
From it the Austrian authorities
learned of Meuser's address here and
they wrote to him telling him that his
father had Gied soon after the World
war and his mother about two years
ago.
BY his mothers will, all the prop
erty. consisting of valuable manufac-
turing plants, was left to distant
relative unless the son claimed it be-
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Of Sea
Rivals Fiction

it is enough for me to say that the
next morning we were picked up by
the Carpathia and that the baby was
still safe and sound.
ION the Carpathia they tried to take
the child from me, but had given my
word to deliver it to its grandparents
and meant to keep it. The child was
well cared for, of course, and after we
reached New York l took it ashore
with me and then back to England,
where l was met by the grandparents
at Liverpool and handed her over to
them. At the time | was well COM
pensated financially. and after the
Washington and Southampton in
quiries, at both of which l gave evil
dence, / returned to my calling on the
sea.
THE grandparents would write me
and send me money on the Titanic's
anniversary, but it was not until the
war that / saw them again. 1t was
about six years after the Titanic's
sinking that | was in hospital wound
ed. When | was discharged l was
given a fortnight's leave and l went
to spend it in London in the Union
Jack club. had nothing to do there
so thought would call for the first
time on the baby's grandparents, for
| had been often invited when in Lon
don to do so.
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O'@0OON@SOOJOOO
HOW TO KEEP
WELL
DR.. FREDERICK z. GREEN
Editor of "HEALTH"
OOccOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
MOVING PICTURES AND
VISION

LIVERY new activity brings with it
~ some new and appropriate pen
atty. Ever since the moving-picture
industry began its unprecedented de-
velopment, discussion has been going
on as to the effect of moving pic
lures on the eyes. Were they seri-
Gus strain on vision? Would continu-
GUS or frequent attendance on the
movies produce any serious injury
to the eyes? Many opinions were ex-
pressed by oculists. Much contradic-
tion came from movie producers and
managers.
Then the discussion died down. The
methods of taking and projecting pic
lures improved The machines were
greatly improved. The moving picture
theater became feature in even the
smallest village.
Now comes an interesting report,
read at a recent meeting Of the sec
ton on ophthalmology of the Ameri-
can Medical association, on the effect
of moving pictures on the eyes. APP
propriately enough, this study and re-
port is made by two eye specialists
of Los Angeles, DIR. A. r. Irwin and
DR.. NJ f. Weyman. Surely, if ample
material for study on this subject
can be found anywhere, it is in Los
Angeles.
Articles written years ago, these au-
thors say, are of little value, as the
Objectionable features of that period,
such as fiickering, unsteady light, etc,
have been removed. The development
of the colored picture adds new fac
tor to the problem. What effect do
the moving pictures of today have on
the eyes?
Special Instruments for measuring
eye strain were devised. Suitable
rooms for thorough experiments were
furnished by the producers. A group
Of $50 persons was secured for the
experiments. This group was made
up of college and university students,
high-school pupils, business men anil
Others
Each volunteer was first examined
as to vision Then each person
watched a picture for an hour and a
half. The eyes were then examined
again. Then each person read mag
azine for forty-five minutes. Then
the eyes were examined again.
The results show that reading for
forty-fve minutes tired the eyes more
than watching a movie for an hour
and half. Colored pictures tired the
seyes' less than plain black and white
AS whole, the result Of the expert
ments was that the only persons who
suffer from eyestrain from moving pic
lures are those who cannot do any eye
work without eve fatigue.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-12-23

Il went down by bus and, of course,
was wearing my sailors uniform.
When / arrived at the address was
surprised at the size and imposing
front of the house had come to visit.
mastering up my courage l rang the
bell and when the door was opened
by butler asked to see the lady of
the house. He viewed me with ap-
parent doubt and then remarked that
the lady Of the house was not at
home.
flake her my name / said, I
know she will see me-
"He was about to close the door
when a little girl walked from a room
to the left Of the great hall across it
She was dressed in white, and as she
crossed she saw me. She stopped and
looked at me for a long moment.
"'What is your name? she asked
me, and told here
Martin she said, kindly let the
gentleman in. l know him and grand
mother will see him.
II was taken inside, where an old
lady was sitting readingl 1 introduced
myself and to my CONSERVATION she
kissed me.
"'Send for Mrs. Martini she or
dered the butler. Mr.. James will stay
with me-
Spends Fortnight at House.
II demurred, but she insisted and
the whole of my fortnight's leave was
spent in that wonderful house. Each
day we would drive to the theater or
some entertainment or other, while
met many people at her home. You
can guess l was not entirely COM
Portable, but l gradually got used to
the new luxury and my leave expired
almost before it had begun, so to
speak. Then / went back to the sea
again. After the war, with $500 the
old lady game me- came to Canada
and started my new life here"
Now, according to James, the grand
mother is dead and he has been noti-
fed that he must assume guardianship
of the child and is heir to an estate
that is valued at 100000.
An embarrassing change in his mode
of life is entailed but James THINKS he
can best bridge the gulf by becoming a
gentleman farmer, an old ambition
with him.
In any case, he says, he will not
abandon Canada or his friends at the
city hall and elsewhere in Toronto
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Canadian Fireman Who
Saved Titanic Babe Be-
comes Heir to Millions.

Toronto, Ont.-Heir to 100000
and guardian of a girl of fourteen
whom as an infant he saved when the
Titanic went down in 1912 is the hap
by fate which, according to his own
story, has befallen John James, fire.
man employed in one of Toronto's
pumping stations. A few days ago
James left for England for the pur-
pose, he said, of concluding legal for
malities.
Among John James associates his
story is accepted at it's face value, for
they have known him for many years
as trustworthy workman and man
of his word. Among others there is
skepticism pending his return from
England with his. millions and his
ward
John James story in any case stands
unrivaled among romances of the sea.
Here it is in his own words:
81 had shipped on the Titanic as a
seaman under the name Of John
Jones. / did not use my own name
because Of a previous disagreement at
the company's employment Office
when the vessel struck the growl-
err / took my station beside No. s boat.
Receives Charge Of Baby.
''It was as the passengers were get
charge Of the baby, who has been re-
sponsible for the events which have
happened recently.
"a number Of women had got into
the boat. / remember they included
Mrs. j. j. Astor and Lady Rothe, when
a woman carrying baby in her arms
came forward. Her husband and two
other little children were with her.
She first handed me the child and
then, on learning that her husband
could not accompany her, refused to go
herself. The other two children stayed
with their mother, and I was handed a
sum of money and an address in Lon
don, with instructions that should any
thing happen was to deliver the child
to that address. l was told / was
keeping the baby for extra precaution
None of us dreamed for moment the
Titanic would sink.
I'VE lowered away and pulled off
from the doomed vessel.
Each hour made each passenger
take teaspoonful of rum and | took
some myself. 1t kept us alive, for
the cold, following the proximity Of
the icebergs, was intense and ! was
dressed only in canvas breeches and
jersey. had not even shoes on.
had slowed the baby, wrapped up in
my oilskins, in the boats locker. Now
and again it would cry and | moist
ened its lips with little rum and
water. That, in my opinion. kept it
alive.
Picked Up by the carpathla.
sit was terrible when the passen-
gers in the boat realized the giant
vessel was gone. The tragedy has
been sufficiently written about. and
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-12-23
Dislike for Cats
Heritage of Man?

The instructive dislike which all nor
NAL men feel toward cats is explained
by Albert Payson Terhune, the famous
writer of animal stories. "This feel
ing" he says in an article in Liberty,
"goes back to the Dark ages of the
cave dwellers, an era from which more
of our instructive feelings date than
we realize
when night came on and darkness
brought forth from the jungle the
beasts of prey to prowl around the hut
or the cave or the treetop house of our
ancestors, then it was the cat, great
and small. that those ancestors most
dreaded.
''That, / think, was when and how
man learned his instructive hate for
the cat tribe. Just as that was the
era when he learned to fear the dark
In which his feline foes could see to
attack and in which he could not see
to protect himself and his mate and
his brood.a
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-12-23
FeW Approach London
With Smiles on Face

Some come to London with a smile.
more with frown, more still with a
cape. Some faces look like shops with
shutters. others like shop windows as
the shutters are being taken away.
Some, bowed to the incline of bowed
shoulders on which tool bags are rest
ing, look like entrances TO tunnels.
There are no bright morning faces
on London bridge before six o'clock,
and fear it would be little use ask
ing God TO stab the spirit of the
workers broad awake Each brings
something into London to conquer it
but London conquers most who en-
ter it.
They come with their tools, their
skill, their savings; every one is car
rying something into London. Dick
Wilmington has his cat. 1t is a
wonderful cat or a merry heart that
you need as you cross the bridge and
start out to find life and happiness
in the great city.-From London
Nights
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-12-23
UNLIMITED FRACTURES

EVERYBODY knows that when a
IL bone in the animal body is brok-
en-, nature Immediately starts in to re-
pair the damage. If the bone is only
broken part way through and is bent
or twisted by the force that broke it,
then it is called "green stick frac-
ture" because it has broken like a
tough, green stick. When this hap
pens, there is little dislocation Of the
fragments, and all the limb needs is
to be Strengthened out into the proper
position and held there until the bone
knits. This is more apt to happen to
children and young persons, in whom
the bones are still young.
But when the bones have become
fully formed and have plenty of lime
salts in them, then they are brittle
and are apt to break clean and sharp,
pieces. Here the two fragments must
be placed in line and held there by
splints. Almost as soon as the frac-
ture takes place, nature throws pro-
tective bandage around the two brok-
en- ends and tries to unite the frag-
ments. In most cases, this, in time,
bridges over the gap and as this cal
lous becomes hard, it forms literally
bridge of new bone that eventually
becomes as hard or harder than the
original bone before the fracture.
So a surgeons work in a fracture
to- n. lok 1e.a -
together and held in proper position,
while nature unites them. But some
times they don't unite or the union
is delayed so long that both surgeon
and patient begin to fear that they
are never going to unite. These cases
are called delayed union or nonunions
What's the trouble here with natures
schedule?
In a recent issue of the Southern
Medical Journal, DIR. NJ. S. Henderson
of the Mayo clinic at Rochester, Mimi
discusses this question. From the rec
ords Of the Mayo hospital he has stud
led $50 cases of ununited fractures.
Two hundred and thirty-one Of these
were in the shafts or long parts of
long bones. In SO the failure of the
bones to unite was due to the fact
that the ends had not been brought
together or had not been held in that
position. In IL cases, wire or metal
plates had been used to hold the bones
together and these had evidently
failed of their purpose. In number
of cases, where the ends are widely
separated. fiber of muscle may get
between the ends and keep them from
growing together. In some cases,
where the fracture is caused by Sc
we're crushing injuries, the limb may
be so badly injured that it hasn't vi
tality enough to enable the bones to
grow together In other cases. the pa
tient may endeavor to use the limb too
soon and so pull the fragments apart
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-12-23
Sailed Whales Tails
DeIicacY to Japanese

Tacoma, Wash.-Over In Japan
there is no worry over the shortage
of turkeys for the holiday season for
during the last week 10000 pounds
of sailed whales tails have been ex-
ported to that country. The whale
tails, in great demand there, came
from the various whaling stations on
the north Pacific Alaskan coast and
represent a value of over $41, 900,
whereas few years ago they were
discarded or worked over into low
grade fertilizer.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-12-23
Estranged From Parents Since 1911
He Arrives Home In Time to
Save Property

Detroit. Mich.- Estranged from his
parents since 1911 over a trivial quar-
rel, Ernest Meuser. an Austrian me-
chanic, who has made his home here
since that time. returned to his for
mer home in st. Polten bel Wien,
near Vienna. last month just in time
TO claim the valuable estate Of his IA
there which would have passed into
the hands Of q distant relative at the
end of this year.
= Details OF the death of his parents
while he was in America and informa-
ton regarding the estate reached here
recently IN letter received bv Meu-
sers American wife, who indirectly
was the cause Of his return to Austria.
The quarrel that caused young Meu-
ser TO leave his home at the age of
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-12-23
Baby War Refugee
Is Made Heiress

London. FOurteen-year-old
Marie Suzette Stevenson, tiny
Belgian refugee from the war
torn fields of Europe IL years
ago, is a British heiress as a
result of that same war which
spread misery and ruin across
half of Europe.
Suzette was born in Belgium,
where her father was an artisan.
When the nations leaped at one
another's throats, she was two
years old. Her father went to
the front and along with thou
sands of other refugees, Suzette
was brought to England.
A fairy wand waved over the
humdrum refugees camp one
day. Suzette was scarcely old
enough to see it. Lord and Lady
Stevenson stepped out of their
limousine in search Of a child to
gladden. their home. The wand
pointed TO naXen-nalred SuzeCLe
and she became their adopted
daughter.
For three years Suzette had
filed the Stevenson home with
laughter. Lady Stevenson died
in 1917. But at her deathbed,
Lord Stevenson promised SUI
cite would never want for any
thing. The second Lady Steven
son, too, loved Suzette. A few
months ago there came the death
of Lord Stevenson, and his will.
just made public, brings to SUI
cite a legacy of $125,000 which
is all her very own.
.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-12-23

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