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Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-27
ARE YOU REGISTERED?

By the time this article appears in print, only
four days will remain during which voters may regis
ter for the August primary election.
Unless voter has been registered since the first
of the year, he is qualified the primaries
His registration is void, if since registering, he has
moved from the precinct in which he was registered
In such the voter must register again to be eg
ible to vote at the election.
Although county records indicate substantial
increase IN registrations compared to the total of four
years ago. there still many citizens who have fall
ed to take OF this important matter
To cast his ballot is one of the primary duties of
good citizen. fail to qualify himself for voting IS,
the contrary, exhibit lack of good citizenship
Much of the political rottenness that crops out
every and then in the affairs of the United States
could be avoided, at least reduced to minimum II
good citizens would take interest necessarily in
politics, but in political dongs.
Every Ell Centro citizen, who has not yet register
ed, is not certain that his registration IS
rect, should take OF this important matter before
Saturday.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-27

cr day, Tie sun will shine tomor-
row..
Thus sang Mr.. Cheer Up, and Tn
Gle Wiggilv was Very fond of listen
ing 70 the robin. For. though the
rabbit gentleman could twinkle his
pink nose. he could not sing a note
He could hum two songs; >.ue was
yankee Doodle and the other
WASH t. but Uncle Wiggilv could
never tell which was which so he
seldom ever hummed.
But l love to hear YOU sing, Mr.
Cheer Up, : said the bunny. Sing
another verse of your song. please :
I am bit toe bothered to sing
very sweetlv just now, whistled
the bird, FLYING down TO sit on Tn
Gle Wiggilv 5 porch.
''What are You bothered about? :
asked the rabbit gentleman.
about a big worm over In your
garden, went on the robin. -. For
two days I have tried to pull that
worm out If his hole, but l can 7. -
Why not? asked Uncle Wig
gilv.
''WcIl, either because he is too
big and fat a worm for me to pull,
or because he is too deep down in
the ground, - said Mr.. Cheer Up.
1.-TWO or three times l have had
hold of him and pulled him partly
out Of the earth, but he holds fast
and I can I get him mp. l wish YOU
would come and help me pull that
worm"
Il should like 10 help YOU. fol
YOU have given me pleasure by sing
ing to me- said the rabbit. '.Bu'
no wabout the worm-docs he want
to be pulled up and caten-I sup
pose YOU intend to cat him?' ask
ed Uncle Wiggilv.
,'Oh YES, said the robin
Worms are made for birds TO eat
. In fact this worm ought to be very
I glad to act as our family dinner. L
must be that r. is just teasing me
not letting me pull him out Of thu
ground. Come on and help me, tina
is Il good bunny"
All right, / Will" said Cncl'
/ Wiggily. ''As you say, worms arr
made for birds to eat 50 the bird
will grow up and sing songs. In thi
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-27

way, making a meal for the birds,
worms reailv sing.
"Yol might eail it that" chirp-
cd Mr. Cheer p. and he Flew oyer
20 the garden where he pointed tn"
tip If ona wing toward Il little hole
IN the ground.
Here Is vbele the woc:i lives, 3"
said the biri. stick your tead up
and let me pull YOU, rai=pad tn
bird. 'H-ncle Wiggily is here to help
me now,'
Then the rabbit gentleman saw
something dark red and round,
sticking up ont of the hole in the
ground He caught hold of il in his
paws, CRYING:
Come on out, Come up, Mr..
Cheer t'p wants You, my friend,
The rabbit pulled hard, and all of
a sudden he fell over backward, for
the round red thing lie was pulling
on popped out At the ground quick.
". 80
'.There's Il worm for you, Mr..
Cheer Up'" cried the bunny as he
got on his feet.
ALAS no! Ha, la, II isn't a
worm ut All sang the bird.
! - Not a worm What is it then
/ asked Uncle Wiggilv.
"A piece Of round, red rubber,
chirped the bird. " Some boy must
nave buried it in the ground. with
the cpd sticking out. 50 it looked
Just like a worm. | thought it was
pretty tough =
at 5 too bad, to disaPpoint YOU
said Uncle Wiggilv. "All the while
YOU thought this was a worm, anc
ii WASH t.
"Oh. I'm used to disappoint
merits, sang the robin.
"Come over to the bungalow aue
I'm give YOU some rice pudding that
Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy JUS
/ made" invited the bunny. "AnC
I'm take this round piece of rubbe'
and make spring for the screcr
door.
So something good came of it af
ter an, YOU see. And If the lady
bug doe,n t 60 to sleep in the mattel
box and burn her wings, / II tel
YOU next about Uncle WigglIE
lemonade straws.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-27
Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD & GARIS
Copyright, 1925. By Mcclure
Newspaper sy7.icsts
UNCLE WIGGILY HELPS
Mr.. CHEER UP

High in cherry tree, not far
from Uncle Wiggily 5 hollow stump
bungalow, lived Mr.. Cheer Up. Lest
YOU wonder ii his strange name. |
shall tell you, now. that Mr.. Cheer
Up was u bird with red feather
vest. Some people called him Mr..
Robin, but he best liked to be called
Mr.. Cheer Up.
For that was what he sang each
evening as he sat near his nest III
the cherry tree-a nest in which
Mrs. Robin was Matching out her
second family Of little robins. Mr..
Cheer Up would perch on the top
most limb and whistle and sing with
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-27
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
July q, 1911

Dr. and Mrs. Virgil McCombs
have moved into their new resi-.
dence on the corner of Sixth and
Olive streets. No pains have been
spared to see that this is one of the
best appointed buildings in FL Cen
tro.
Imperial valley grapes are going
forward daily and growers are an
tIclpating good RETURNS. Grapes are
being shipped from Brawlev. Key
stone, Imperial. FL Centre and He.
Der thus season in carload lots.
While IN San Diego this week,
Charles ka,s had a load of thirteen
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-27
Looking Backward
What the Press files tell OF I'M
perial Valley for this date
in past years.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
,Julv OF 1905

The past week was Il hot one in
our valley and yesterday was the
hottest of the bunch. The mercury
reached 12l degrees and the heat
was awfullv oppressive. Quite a
number of head of live stock died,
several farmers losing horses they
were working and some hogs and
cattle dying. Several heat pros
trations resulted
+. W. Ecker went to San Diego
last Sunday for few week IS out.
ing and rest, as his health was
somewhat impaired by his strenu-
ouS lite as a summer widowcr.
The |. Il. |. :. club met at FL
mcr Peck 5 last evening and initiat-
ed some new members.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-27

people in his automobile when it
was struck by an electric ear and
the machine YVES wrecked. Forum
ate.y no one was hurt
The Reclamation Service gauge at
Yuma on the Colorado River shows
registration of q feet.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-27

found too much grief every morn
ing in buttoning them up.
f. G. Bair, auctioneer, returned
yesterday from his vacation for a
brief period. He Sill leave again
August 10
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-27
TEN YEARS AGO
,July 27. 1919

Mrs. Carl ID. Tyler has been elect
ed district chairman for Christian
1ndeavorrr5 in this district un.1:
the control of Christian churches.
DR.. ID. +. Hutchinson left this
week to spend the remainder of the
summer with his family at Santa
Ana.
An editorial remarks that top
shoes are to go. Ladies of weight
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-27

AS we understand d recent statement from
courts, the police and the administration DEPARTMENTS
PuSsyioot johnson, he could make this country
pohedry II ne only controlled the army, the navy the
eehefaiy at Washington and around the country and
Congress didn't butt in. T
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-27

Coal findings and coke breeze" whatever thew
may be- are to be utilized in making fuel clean
nearly Smokeless and producing maximum Of heat
thing which produces clean fuel is worth irving
When 1t IS not only clean but hot and ec6aomjcacaII
they make enough TO 90 around?
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-27

The first carload of grapes from
the Bakersfield section or Kern
county was shipped lG'v 3.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-27

sweden has gone the psalmist one better by
play her products to all the world
Evening star., 1926-10-08

There are Silk and Union Taffeta
Umbrellas in this low-priced assort-
ment. All in the popular 16-rib
style. some with wood, others am
berlite handles, and all finished
with cords. Navy, red, purple,
green and brown.
Kann's-Street Floor.
, 1926-12-29
THE CODY ENTERPRISE
SHOULD THE CAPITAL BE CHANGED?

Frequently this question hobs up within Wyoming, and as
time passes, and the cities and towns develop there seems to
be a constant demand that the states business be transacted at
some more central location than in Cheyenne, which is lust
across the state line from Denver, and as closely related with
Colorado In many ways as it is with the interests of Wyoming.
The state seat OF government surely should be located at the
most central part of the state, and at the present time we have
no location IN mind which would be more suitable than Casper.
Casper may be reached by a short days auto trip from almost
any part of the state, where the cities to the north of Wyoming
are removed at least two days from Cheyenne, and for the people
of northeastern part of the state, it is necessary that thew PASS
through two other states in order to reach Cheyenne.
When the articles of the constitution of Wyoming were
drawn it was provided that it would not be possible for the state
Legislature to move government institutions, including the cap
nal, WITHIN a period of ten years, but that after that date. a
referendum could be submitted to the voters of the state. and a
majority vote would decide the question.
VIII the changing of Wyoming's capital be an issue during
the next session of the state legislature? We sincerely hope that
it will. There is to be nothing gained by continuing to operate
at an inconvenience to a majority of the taxpayers of the state.
Private business is not handled in this way. When equipment
becomes obsolete, when marketing conditions are impractical,
when business conditions warrant a change of location, private
capital does not hesitate to make a reform. Why should the
people of Wyoming tolerate a condition which is so apparently
impractical? Why should the seat of state government be
located at our extreme southern border, and eastern border?
, 1926-12-29
BOULDER DAM AN INDICE

The project to dam the Colorado river at Boulder canon
strlk1ngIy exempllhes the daring of human ingenuity. The dam
VIII be 6OO feet high, a monolthic concrete mass anchored TO
the ch11s OF Arizona at one end and the cliffs of Nevada at the
other. 1t will be twice as high as the highest dam in Wyoming.
the Shoshon, which at the time of its erection was a work at
which the engineers of the world marveled. It will create q
lake 80 miles long (the distance from Cheyenne to Wheatland)
II 81 miles wide (the distance from Cheyenne to Burns). The
water IN the lake will be sufficient to flood Manhattan island
to a depth of 1000 feet. The reservoir will hold &c. 900 900
acre feet of water. A million hydro-electric horsepower NAV be
generated with the outflow from the lake. This is as much
power as is generated at Niagara falls. The cost of the project
will be approximately $125 100000.
Man, a reasoning animal, may visualize a work such as this
ana before he undertakes it may plan its most minute detail.
How the mind which makes this possible has developed since
ms progenltors of perhaps 100000 years ago felt the first faint
SURFING u the FACULTY of reasoning. How infinitely further it
may develop beyond the limitations which now circumscribe If
in ever increasing ratio multipies the capacity for.
the ability to acquire, knowledge. What will men know, what
can not they do, not a half-milion years, but a century hence
Casper Tribune.
, 1926-12-29
EASY TO ANSWER

-. why # some towns attractive, so that people make sac
fl1lces TO stay there, while others are unattractive, and people
are glad OF the chance to move away? Several influences. and
prominent" First, good schools; people will give MANY dollars
lor good educational advantages for their children. Second.
town pride. People feel happier in a neat orderly and we'll kent
town. 1t satisfies a craving for comfort. Third the spirit of
progress. PEOPLE like a progressive town, with citizens ready
aho anxious to help IN every philosophical movement that
comes up for the betterment of the community. Stagnaton re-
peals them. Fourth, social frendliness. The town with the
coo welcome freezes prospective residents. Nobody wants to
i've where people are distant or hard to get acquainted with
Inc town with the glad hand attracts. 1t is we'll to remember
tnese things. In fact, we can't have the kind of town we will
always delight in calling "home' unless we do remember them.
Sleeping sickness is quite common early in the morning.
1t makes one sick to think of getting up.
Home Helps: A splendid way to make a husband stay at
home at night is to stay there with him.
Nbbody seems to have mustered the courage to get up an
expedition to go after the old-fashioned simple life.
The best throat specialist would probably be of no benefit
to some women.
Perhaps the most hopeless combination on earth is that of
a jay walker and a jay driver.
, 1926-12-29
THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW

Most of us think of January First as an institution of great
antiquity, but as associated with its present date it is histori-
eaily an infant. Among the ancient Egyptians, and Phoenicians
the New Year began at the autumnal equinox, which we know
as September 81; the Greeks celebrated at the winter solstice
december 2D for several centuries, and then changed to the
summer solstce Oune 2). The December date was good enough
INTO three parts-to the evaporation of untold generations of
young Latlnlsts-divided the years in a new place, January l
fo-w1t- But the early Christians naturally Stunned the pagan
festival, and recognized the date only in its relation to the
Nativity.
Medieval Christendom observed March 25 as the beginning
o i N New Year, and this custom continued for centuries. 1t
wa o until 1852 with the formulation of the Gregorian calen-
aar, mat the Julian selection of January 1 was revived. But it
took nearly 200 years for the innovation to become adopted in
england whence it was transplanted to America; hence it is not
much older than the republic.
Yet, turnout the ages, and despite the vicissitudes of the
calendar the inspiration has been the same-the inextinguish-
able impulse of mankind to believe that tomorrow will be better
Than today, to shake off the memories of the mistakes and dis
appointments of the old year and greet the new with cbeerfnl
salutations and high hopes.
In what mood do we take leave of 1926 and welcome ifs
successor? Not complacency, perhaps, but certainly not despair.
eVentful year just closing saw substantial progress from
civihzat1ons endeavors to regain peace and stability: that which
opens brings promise of continued advancement.
even IN their improved state, the people of many other
countries lace a bitter struggle for existence; they must bear
crush1ng burdens of taxation, must labor under the lash of
necessity to repair the destruction of war, must toll painfully
up steep paths to regain the means of self-support. For tbs
nation the present by contrast is kind and the future of glowing
promIse In natural wealth, in economic productiveness. in
freedom from conflict, in all other regions of the earth
Enjoying peace, productiveness and ordered liberty, the
american people have abundant reason TO hold fast to the prin-
cipies upon which their republic is founded, to withstand not
only revolutionary Indictment but also the temptation to tolerate
wrongs which prosperity inevitably breeds.
But we really must make a resolution to conuuer this vice
Oh proslness. Here we have been treating the occasion as thouob
u were a combination of Armistice Day, the Fourth of july and
thanksgiving. What we meant to say might have been sold
IN three words-HAPPY NEW YEAR!
1t is wise to find out what a man is likely to do before
, 1926-12-29

Many a man would feel embarrassed to meet his grocer
when driving away from the filling station.
, 1926-12-29

1t is wise to find out what a man is likely to do before
stirring him to action.
, 1926-12-29

Perhaps the most hopeless combination o.
a jay walker and a jay driver.
, 1926-12-29

The best throat specialist would probably
to some women.
, 1926-12-29

Npbody seems to have mustered the courage t
expedition to go after the old-fashioned simple life.
, 1926-12-29

Home Helps: A splendid way to make a h
home at night is to stay there with him.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-09
TODAY'S SERIES GAME. WHICH MAY DECIDE
WORLDS CHAMPIONSHIP, SURE TO DRAW BIG
CROWD BEFORE DISPATCHES MAGNETIC BOARD

A record breaking crowd of local
baseball fans is expected to be or
hand this morning at 1880 o'clock
when reproduction of the sixth worlds
series game between the Yanks ana
Cardinals will begin on the Dis
ratch's magnetic player board.
The game today is expected to be
the most sensational of the series
unless it becomes necessary to play
a seventh game. Cardinal defeat
today will give the pennant to the
Yankees, and with Alexander, tho
Cards pitching ace, slated tentatively
to face Shawkey both teams are pre-
pared for a hard battle.
. Mechanism of the magnetic player
board was INDIANA ged by the rain
Thursday and everything is in read
iness for what is expected to be the
greatest battle of the series. The
player board is entirely nousec ano
in the event Of a slight shower the
play will be continued as long as
any fans remain in the street below.
III the Cardinals even the series by
a victory today, the Dispatch wilA
give complete player board service
on the deciding game of the seriea
Sunday.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-09

ton; also some rain in arizona and
New Mexico.
October 13, mostly fair from
Eureka to the southwark; rains in
north Pacific states advancing to the
eastward, wetting Idaho and eastern,
Washington.
October IA, IS, l6, II, 18, a return
of the giant sunspot group that up
set the atmosphere in South Amer
flea, in Europe, in the American plains.
and above all the Gulf states; bu>
returns are never so malignant. Fair
conditions will prevail in California.
with incoming, outgoing, varying,
vanishing cloudiness and possibly s.
fow sprinkles; rains from Eureka to
the northward and eastward
October 10, lingering cloudiness
from Marshfield down and rain at
the northward and eastward.
October 20, generally fair or ap-
proximating to fair.
October 21, %, another disturb.
ance OF some note will encroach upon
the north Pacific states and make
itself felt hereabouts and possibly
further down south in the shape OF
clouds and rains in nigh spots; smart
south winds.
October 23, "a, generally fair under
vanishing cloudiness.
October 20, fair in California ano
clearing over the northern sections.
October 81, fair in California
storm nosing eastward.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-09

CONTINUED From Page One)
| had kept record of opening accounts
at the hotel Reference was again
made to the signature on the first line
of the register, and Steele said the
guest signing arrivee az the hotel on
| the morning of May Is. He then testi-
! fled the man registered as George Nc
! Intyre.
| "George Mcintyre" is one of the
I aliases known to have been used by
Ormiston.
| Leonard Wake, doorman Of the Ho-
| tel Clark garage, after telling of his
various duties, identified garage rec
| ord Of stored cars on May IA and Is.
! Keyes directed the witness attention
/ to an item on the sheet which Wakke
/ coupe automobile bearing Washington
state license No. 241-922. The owner
/ gave his name as "McIntyre."
| Wake could not identify n photo
4 graph as that of Mcintyre" He said
4 the car appeared new and was not
/ serviced at the garage.
/ Gilbert brought out in cross exam
1 ination that the coupe was taken from
the garage about 6 p. M. May II, but
was returned later that night
Chester r. Presson, employed in the
/ Hotel Clark garage, testified the Chrys-
/ Ter coupe owned by Mcintyre checked
out finally at l p. M, May IS. Gilbert
| challenged the figure 81" on the ga
rage sheet from which Presson re-
4 freshed his memory. Presson stayed
with him." however saying that the
car left at p. m.
j Court recessed at 1850 p. m. until
1 Monday morning at 10 o'clock.
j MansIaughter Charge
i s. S. Hahn, attorney for Mrs. Sic
laff, defendant with Mrs. McPher-
son on the conspiracy charge, threw
a chilling hint of a possible man.
slaughter charge into the hearing
(, Defense Attorney Gilbert tried to
\ laugh it out of court but District
1 Attorney Keyes and his Assistan,
I Deputy District Attorney Denniso1.
backed up Hahns position.
4 Hahn referred to the death of the
diver engaged in searching for the
evangelist's body.
IL The attorney whose client has
confessed that she conspired with
MfS. McPnerSon and Mrs KENNEDY
to manufacture evidence to bolster
the kidnapping story, predicted tha.
the district attorney would be forced
to file manslaughter charges" agains;
somebody at the close of tE~ presen,
hearing and he did not wish his
client connected with such an ac,
cusation.
Gilbert made this comment, "i
waot the record to show that we're
all laughing" Gilbert registered
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-09

CONTINUED From Page OneD
If the Yankees can keep their VIM
ming poise and capitalize opportunities
as they have in the past two games it
will be difficult to keep them from
| final triumph. But the Cardinals have
not yielded by any margin sufficient
to say that they have been put to rout.
They were submerged by Ruth's hitting
one day, but came back the next,
within an ace Of taking the fifth game
themselves.
Seldom two outfits have been more
evenly matched in nearly all depart
ments, with only a break" here or
there to sway the result. The Car
dinals, although trailing in games won
! and lost, have outhit and outscored the
Yankees, as a matter of fact, while
Haines and Alexander have turned in
pitching victories that rival the twin
; triumphs of the New York ace, PEN
mock.
Defensively, the Yankees have been
more alert, especially in the pinches.
They have made fewer errors of omis-
sion than their rivals. Mark Koenig,
whose three miscues at short represent
the error total of the Yankees, has
more than, atoned for these by spark
ling work in tight places, coupled with
batting that played a major role in
yesterdays victory. Billy SouthWorth
and Bob OFarrell, outside of the pitch
ers, have carried the main brunt of the
Cardinal battle on their experienced
shoulders Southworth traded by the
! Giants about the middle of the sea-
! son, has batted sensationally and
roamed over the outfield for all sorts
of catches O'Farrell has been equally
/ as bright a star. His batting average
! of .437 tops the regulars of both teams
while he has been a tower of strength
behind the bat, fully justifyfng the
pre-series Judgment of his manager
! that he is the clubs most valuable per-
former.
The Cardinals viii take the field for
the sixth game handicapped by the loss
/ of their fleet center fielder, Taylor
! Douthit, who was unable to play yes
terday and who is out of the series al
/ together with strained shoulder mus
cles, caused by his collision with Hafey
/ in Wednesdays game.
| The Cardinal outfield reserves are
at low ebb as result, for Ray Blades
also is on theacasualty list with injur-
/ les suffered late in the pennant sea-
son: Douthit and Blades both were
1ead-off men when forced out.
| Roscoe C'Waddie") Holm, who has
replaced Douthit, was converted into
an outfielder after being tried out as
+, a shortstop and catcher.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-09
SAFETY FIRST

The street car was crowded ana an
old gentleman with kindly twinkle
in his eye took five-year-old Tommy
en- his lap.
This will be better than standing,
won't it, my boy?" he asked.
"Yes," said Tommy, rather reluct-
antly, for he had enjoyed lurching
about the car.
"But you want to be careful that
don't pick your pocket the old mas
said in a whisper
Cant do that" Tommy retorted, his
voice somewhat muffled. "As soon as
saw you lookin at me I put my
fare in my mouth