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Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-22
TEN YEARS AGO
Nnyeulber %. 1916

IN accordance with the plan out
'incd II tic time when Chief En-
.iuecr c. Il. Pockwood moved his
headquarters nom Fl Centric to
CaleNico, General Manager {. f.
Paris and his staff are 20 move to
tlc border also.
About 100 boosters from Imperial
Valley and twice thar number from
~an Diego met at Campo for big
-ct-togethcr, At that time the
southern Pacific officially announc-
al tlrt Il would aid in ,hc building
Of the San Diego and Arizona rail
roaH uto the valley
l.. MeClne was operated on
yesterday at st. Thomas hospital
for appendicitis and today was re-
rrr5rd recovering well.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-22
Looking Backward
What the Press files tell Of I'M
perial Valley for this date
il past years
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
November . 1911


J. u. Meadows was notified from
Washington Of his appointment rs
assistant postmaster for f. Gentro.
He vii take office this week. \
haiI.tt to take his place at the court
house has lot Vet been appointed.
The big Raymond-Whiteomb tran
sentimental automobile tour arriv-
81 n Brawlev, after traversing the
new "aIIAmprican route from Yuma
Ia that city. After seeing some of
the most highly cultivated sections
OF the valley, the party Will 90 on
81 san Hiego.
\ raid was made on the .'blind
zig at Imperial, and three ar
.ysts were made.
Or. and Mrs William II. Carl re-
turned from "a. overland automo-
hi.e rap 10 san Diego.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-22
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD r. GAETS
Copyright, 1896, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY'S PUMPKIN
PIE

such wonderful pumpkin pie As
! !. was, Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy
had baked it fer Thanksgiving, and
Uncle Wjggilv Longear>, whose pie
II was to b, when Thursday camc
why. the rabbit gentleman could
hardly take his eyes from it.
'Oh, l lust know ana going to
enjoy that pie very much, = said
Mn LonctarS a~ he stood ON the
hack oop looking At the light
brown crust and shifting the delic,
ipu> smell
Now +. might seem strange, un-
less told YOU why, that pumpkin
pic should L.. gut on the back
s'oaF a> Il waiting for the milk.
mas Aar>a to come plop-ploppins
soH- Bat the reason Vas that
Mrs Jaue had inst baked tla pie
and :. hal been = vat 10 teel.
i eaa hardly wait tog Thanks
giving ~ conc, :" laughed the bun
~ rabbit - - 5ssiak5el his pink
nese ~ 'Ge pumpkin pic. Il
think. - 1ask tHe tims pass uaaa
quickly think 1 sfail hop along
leoI for "a adventure and til III
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GJs~~ G-s>AG ~ gI--.4 49,
the friends / meet aaoGt tic treat
am going - Have. Oh. you pumpkin
pc, aa5 Gaela Ni-gas waved ais
paw Al The lie on Tie s,oai.
OEes ;he fields and through lie
woods IL h3pnea.
VIZ L. you l75I - iaiIr 10
day asked NJ >tua-al ne ie5e
gentleman. #ae vas sHufslia-
a1ors through the forest. looking
e. seasm hollow tsee IN which "a
eafl up aad Saead the winter.
an happy hesaa>a | am 90
ing Ia haze pumpkin Pie feF
Thanksgiving. answered The bum
~. And IN #lsa thankful
wish | ha4 a pumpkin Hie.
sighed NJ. >rahtail
IA a. eg5fa 9e'eaaa - come
t. MY hollow stump bungalow and
have some of miue invited tn
ele W;-gi'v. who WAS tn" most gen
eeaEs rabbit iii aiI tae @aald.
Thank You, Ill comel Lro"l-
cd the bear gentleman. H. did not
growl because lie WIS cross, but be
cause that was his way ~ speak
ing.
on berpel rnsl. WiggiIy, and
Pretty soon IT. me, NJ TwistytaH,
tie gentleman zig, TIM bunny told
the pig about the pumpkin pie and
also iavit i Nj Twi>rvtail ra come
to The Thanksgiving feast.
II II come and TT bring my wife
ami Curly and Twi~ty and Nqucakic
Squoa 'rr, mv little pig, -rountrd
Mr Tw.stytaii we are an fond
ot pumpkin pic
Whcn NJ rwj,tvtaI had wad
died along. Tnrle Wig-ily hogan 70
scratch his pink. 'winkliu4 nose.
~ 1on't know about tli~. mar
INJURED the rabbit gentleman to kim
II. " Hero we gone and invited
Nr Stabtail ~ have some of that
pie. ari FIVE invited M Twistr-
tail, sHd hes aoia4 r. brin. hi,
ahpEe -am5lH Though didn't in
vito thcH, rouldH / tell him not
- lot them come. And There is
only one pumpkin pie. Whc@,
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-22

Clli1dr'
FORGE

Unless the diet of children
perfectly balanced. correcti
food which will act as a
unfailing as a good alarm d
health will quickly suffer.
Yet. their food must also be
If the full value Of it is to 4
into the system.
Because Roman Meal cd
MISUNDERSTANDING bel
tire wheat and rye, cut
granules--porous, easily dis
just enough bran to perform
sary functions of roughas.
through healthful and nourl
ose, product of fiaxseed, it
tremendously to perfect hess
enjoyment Of all that is VI
Be sure to enjoy some wa
this wonder ccrcal-therc a
ent delicious ways to servo
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THEATERS

Topping her other splendid per
formances in story full of anus.
ing surprises and human touches
Colleen Moore scored again ut the
Valley thcater i'll her latest First Ma
tional production. 1T Must BE
Love, which opened to crowded
house yesterday.
There is a pert, yet wistful, air
about this star which fits admira
bly, into such a story as "It Must
Be Love. As the misunderstood
daughter of dcIieatessen mor-
chant Colleen carried every mem
Der of the audience with her in
many moods. a droop of the mouth.
aud many mouths dropped in the
audience. \ twirl on the toe and a
birdlikc gesture with the panto,
mimic hands, and the audience
howled with delight.
The John Mccormick productions
directed by Alfred + Green, gave
Miss Moore every opportunity to
display her versatile talent, rang
ins from deep sobriety to state
of intoxicating hilarity.
Besides Miss Moore S superb per
formance, special mention goes TO
Jean Hersholt as the bluff father
aud hodil Rosing as the Sympa
thetic mother. Other interesting
eharaeterlzations were played by
Arthur Stone. Dorothy Seastrom,
Gleyc Moore, Mary 0'Brien and
Ray Hallor.
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m afraid l hnve- gotten myself il
trouble. And bears are always 81
huhgry' And pigs, tool What
shall do?''
Then Uncle Wiggily looked across
the field and, growing amid some
shocks OF corn, the bunny saw Il
large yellow pumpkin, At this his
eyes glistened.
Il know what can do," said
! Mr.. Longears. I'm roll that big
pumpkin 10 my bungalow and have
Nurse Jane and my Mifc make a
lot more pics. Then there will be
enough for Mr.. Stubtail. Mi. rwis-
tytail and his family and Tor me
and my forty leven little bunairs. :
No sooner said than done. Uncle
Wiggjly nibbled the NO yellow
umpkin loose from its stem. and
tegan to roll it toward home, for it
was too heavy 10 carry. But. oh,
such troubles as he had.
The pumpkin rolled away from
him and he had 70 chase Il. once it
loppled over on his paw and he
could hardly pail himself loose. And
srnthef time the pumpkin nearly
lsalapel into .Aunt Lettic. the goat
and made her nervous AMI toward /
the end the bunny got tn pumpkin /
- the top Of a hill near his hunsa !
2eW and let ii roll down An1 the
yellow vegetable for pic. smashed :
al u pieces against hjg rock.
oh, dear, Alas, How un
lucky. S:ghed Uncle Wisgllv.
Why did YOU roll thai pumpkin
Town hill?' asked Nurse lane. j
Uncle Wiaeiiy told her about in.
ting tie bear ard pigs to help
at the pc. I knew one pie
eaHl@n / be enough, he said.
Ifa. Ha!" laughed thc muskrat
aly housektePer. As II would
MY bake enc pumpkin pie fer
thanksgiving! Look here, And
lie showed NJ Longcars where. in
r pantry, there were u dozen pies.
"HeI n gladl laughed the
ahhlt gentleman. Even II | did
ave all my work for nothing = .
.nd # The poodle dog daesu / 1T
ne comb 50 tangled in his fur that .
1 Won ! come out, H tell YOU next
bout Uncle Wiggily malasses
andy.
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COLLEGE GIRLS WOULD
RATHER DANCE THAN EAT
Hy United Press Leased Wire

CLAREMONT. Cal, Nov. %.
College girls would rather dance than
eat, according 10 a survey at Po-
mona college. Swimming II d
tcnpis ran a dead heat for second
place among the favored diversions.
Motion pictures placed third.
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Horse "The- World of. Promise. =
Lightnin' = /" Kentucky Pride
and Hearts ofsOak. -
Peter B, Kyne, America s foremost
magazine writer, wrote this dramatic
story of 4 heroic Irish jockey and
an Irish race horse, transplanted on
an American track.
janet Gaynor, heroine of sSThc
Johnstown Flood has the role of
Lady Shcila Gaffney, owner of the
horse. Leslie Fcnton PLAYS the
jockey and j. Farrell Mac cDonald.
famous as Corporal Casey of '"Thc
Iron Horse, > has another role in rich
Irish humor.
1.-The Shamrock Handicap, : is the
story of Il heroic Irish jockey and an
IRISH race horse transplantcd to an
American track. The jockey is in
lured wien Il rival pulls ON the sad
die OF his horse, just us it is about
to take a hurdle. The horse falls
and the boy is believed to be hope
lessly crippled. However in the
great Steeplechasc event of the year.
the jockey selected 10 ride Lady
Shcila : horse can't manage her and
the crippled boy is strapped to the
saddle and rides to victory over his
riNai With the purse money the
ioekeN is restored to health and
Lady Shci'a and her friends return
to Ireland where she marie, the
boy.
Other than Miss Gaynor, fenton
and Macdonald, the cast includes:
George Harris, Claire Mcdowell.
Andy Clark, Louis Payne, Thomas
Dclmar and Ely Reynolds.
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HOhE It r." AHUNG anus

LIZ. Ne" york tuberculosis and Health ASsycla-
toh 11Ie- 'a While tuberculosis is steadily declining
aaoAa people general ), i. is increasing alarminrlv
among rr.s.
L4t situation sooa while he girls are under par
thlal control FROM tEe aye gf IL to I5 only 81 year
a5e o1l ot 100000. IAen ii tire "rIapper are from
- 10 -' e be2g 70 Ee1 Vi hand and PSI Of them
q. per 1'A01o From ~ t2 = il +, still worse the
rate mounting 10 .3~0. -
Fos5l2lE some gris 2l The independent age beriod
I.Iip l'--e CURES may begin b suspect that their
credit for. '10i st'1ii
An officer o she Association explains s5.., tao ra,
age oi iabere2ose among grown girls Is d, 10 tIrir
quest o. " GOOD tns. prl.ty clothes ana slender
sleep. ~ TO-" am
alt 5arH&ta 3 and Princeton seem to have broken off
ej4Iom&1c relations, and from the way the ,orId,s
leading sport writer's are acting about t. you'd tbink
L'e LeagRe o. Nations ought to intervene
Even ChIcaso's gunmen laid oil for day 10 rive
Tao queen a nice reception. - S''
y hy gamble in Wall street when for Sl6oooo var,
ean 3ur stock exchange scat and gel paid Far ban
other people lose their money? 0P'"s
4 Philadelphia has been awarded 81 9t1 mn
Tor -4tentag semi-rgid collar but the inventa -
q balloon trousers is still unrecompensed -
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-22

The Shamrock Handicap, Fox
f1lms photoplaN which will show at
the Palace thcatcr tomorrow only
was madc by John Ford who has
made eighteen Fox. productions, in.
cluding such pictures rs The Iron
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-22
COLORADO GAGE

YUMA. NOV 22-Mcan daily
gage heights ANA mean discharge in
>econd-fcet Of thu Colorado river at
luma, .Ariz., for the week ending
NOV. 49, 1926.
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Glendale, Los Angeles
the first California city
take preparation of a con
prehensive city plan.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-22

We have learned at last what is
70 become Of the Younger genera
Ton. They will grow up.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-22

Famous fiction mes: Just Ieq
ne know when the dtill begins to
hurt and | II pull II right out
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the queen a nice reception "S - 4i'e
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-22

hy gamble III Wal street when for Sl6000o yo,,
eta puF sJocA exchange scat and get paid for bpnn
other people lose their money? -'0p'"s
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TRICK FILMING
FEATURE OF
VOLCANO

After the past several weeks
slump in motion pictures 1t is
high time that one should be
forthcoming that is really worth
sitting through. That picture has.
arrived and is at the Columbia
Theater this week.
volcano the title, might have
been more artistically left Mar
tinique!' as it came from the
stage play, but volcano stands
for everything that the picture
possesses, beauty, magnitude, bril-
lance and a power, as uncon-i
trollable by humans as the volcano,
itself.
And so it is difficult to under
stand that out OF all this chaos
and turmoil Of the mountain Of
lire there has been concocted an
excellent motion picture. Perhaps
a bit nelodramatic at times or
perhaps a bit overimagined in
It's photography, which il moth
ing short OF marvellous no matter
how tricky 1t may be. There is
the unusual story, as delicately
and finely interpreted as itself
- - a story of race prejudices
upon the Island Of Martinique
off the coast OF France during
the year 1850; there Is q superla-
tive cast composed Of Bebe
Daniels, Ricardo Cortez and wal
lace Beery, not to mention hun
dreds of extras who play no
small part in giving the climax
its proper thrill; and there is
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his act, Surprises" which COM
presses a great deal of variety
into a short allotment of time.
Jazz. drama and comedy COM
bine to make up this sketch,
which offers as an encore num-
Der a very commercially staged
version of "My Dream of the
Big Parade"
Lucille BalIantine, assisted by
Ernie Hober, Tom Atlas, Ted
wheeler and VIII Allen, offers a
group of dances. Miss Ballantine
is quite young and pretty (which
ought to interest the regulars IN
the front row.
Her ballet, ''Doux de Column
bine," was an exceptionally grace
full and beautiful offering.
A novel turn is given by Chaz
Chase in group of side-splitting
comedy dances. Mr.. Chase cuts
quite the most ridiculous figure
it has been my joy to see in many
sad day bankruptcies loWbroW
that this reviewer is-fis act gets
my vote as brightest spot. His
work is very reminiscent OF the
European pantomimists.
An entirely new act is presented
by the Phillips family Mr.. and
Mrs. and Jr.
The good looking and popular
younsSter has quite . turn him
self in this new sketch. while
papa and mama have little skit,
called Careers" that carries
quite a kick.
A real honest-to-goodness novel
ty is found in the dancing turn OF
Bert and Dolly Ryan-this is the
ski dance, This couples accom-
plishment with this difficult terp-
sichorean feat commands my
heartiest respect--and thanks.
Mr.. Leo Beers. playing his own
accompaniment, sings group or
comedy songs and offers a
whistling solo, the latter number
being, in my humble opinion
his best offering.
The Great Johnson contor-
Zionist doing his stuff in mid
air "opens the bill, which Is closed
by Mulroy, McNeece and Ridge IN
a whirlwind skating act.
The usual film subsidiaries are
shown. III. w. b.
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SWIFT DANCERS
SET EARLE
PACE

In a quick-stepping act, Holland
and Barry, unusually good to look
at, slip into first place at the
Earle this week, with the assist
ance of the Troubadours, who
know their guitars and banjos.
It's swift few minutes Of beauty,
harmony and dance.
O'Connor and !. Mckee run-up
in q lively song and dance revue
with a Charleston climax by Jack
Moeser and the Leslie Sisters.
The blackface Five Original
Honey Boys entertain with songs
in quartet, humor and dancing.
Cecile and Van, after a few
trips over the wire, shift the
responsibility to a little dog who
does his stuff pretty well, and
Tom Smith, assisted by Harry
Neuman, performs the uniquely
ridiculous.
Mr.. Arons, Mr.. Pugatslxy and
Mr.. Hellinger give sympathetic
rendition OF Samson and Delilah"
on the organ, violin and cello.
Ken Maynard makes his bow
in ''Senor Daredevil, q flimsy
film drama Of the West, as it
perhaps once was. The slight
plot is enveloped in sage and
scenery, mules, men and horses.
The first part of the picture
drags, but later the action is
speeded up by Maynard. Dor
othy Devore gives an excuse for
romance, but has little to do
C. ID.
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KICKS n
DIVERTING
ROW

Another chapter in the adven-
lures Of that grabbed old ship
owner, Cappy Kicks, is to be
found in the Fox film, more
Pay, Less Work." which closes
a two days run at the Ambas.
safor tonight.
The rivalry between Cappy and
another ship owner, irascible old
Hinchfield. Is the basis Of the
story. Albert Gran is cast as
Cappy Kicks and E. j. Radcliffe
as Hinchfield. Mary Brian Is
seen in the role OF Betty Kicks.
The companion attraction is
'Christie's two-reel comedy starring
Neal Burns in the role Of "Mr.
Wife"
During the period when the
Metropolitan Is closed for repairs
the Ambassador will be the first
run Crandall house in the city.
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RICHARD DIX in
SOLDIER ROLE
AT TTVOLI

"Say It Again which Is the
latest Paramount vehicle for
Richard Dix-furnishes a crisp,
amusing and markedly original
variant on the standardized story
OF the American "doughboy" re-
turning to the scenes Of his
heroism abroad. He is In search
Of something more thansa YicarIous
thrill in revisiting the battle
front; a most winsome and charm
ing nurse is the object Of his
quest. -
The unfolding Of this story,
with a. mythical kingdom and q
queen incognito thrown in for
good measure, is to be seen at the
Tivoli.
Alice Mills, Chester Conklin,
"Gunboat" Smith and Ida Water
man are in the supporting cast.
Wandering Willie" a product
of Mack Sennett, is the comedy.
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''DOLLING up Is
UNDER WAY
AT MET

The Metropolitan now is closed
in preparation for a new and
greater movie season, beginning
Saturday, July 81.
It is being completely reno
vated and redecorated by a force
of artisans, and the movie ad-
diets Of Washington are promised
several sensational surprises when
the theater again is opened to
the public.
The Crandall offices are not
yet disclosing what their plans
for the coming season are, but
bookings already have been made
for the first few weeks of the
new season, and among them are
several films Of outstanding
quality.
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1t is easy to understand why
''The Last Laugh" was not a box
office success. That excellent film
was regarded by. the public as q
freak-not as q signpost on the
way to greater movies. variety
ia the legitimate successor of 1.-The
Last Laugh'-for 1t, too Is . Ger
man picture, and likewise features
Emil Jannings.
The director OF variety" E. A.
Dupont: is to be credited for much
that makes the picture good. The
story, itself, however, is a simple
and splendid thing. 1t tells OF an
acrobat, passionateiy devoted to his
pretty wife. A third person, p
man, joins their act. He wins
away the wife, and her husband
knows Of her infidelity while all
are hanging perilously from trap
ezes at dizzy heights above the au.
dience in a German winter gar
den.
American movie photographers,
cameramen and continuity writer's
can learn a lot from Variety"
Actors win do well to study the
methods of Jannings. Lyle de
Putt, his leading lady. is pretty
enough, and her acting Is just on
the right side of $3.50. II you
want to know why American pro-
ducers have been crying down the
German film product, see Variety
and think it over. There's no rea-
son why American pictures gen.
orally can't be done just as well.
The feature is supplemented by
an "Our Gang" comedy, Screen
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Mt directing BY william

intelligent directing by William
Howard.
Two comedies enhance the bill
At times. "A very cleYer kid
melange called Excess Baggage,
and an Aesop's Fable, Column
bia Magazine and an Interna-
tional newsreel. are uniformly
good. --E. Il. p.
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CLANCY USES A
COUPLE OF HIS
1000 FACES

A good movie never grows
old.
This modern truisIn is ably
demonstrated at the Rialto Thea
ter this week, where a Lon
CLANCY meIodran1a, The Trap,
is being revived.
It's the kind of fnelodrana that
every healthy person likes, with
Williams that are williams, The
eminent Mr.. Clancy has the role
Of Gaspard L.aroue. a French.
Canadian trapper, gentle and mid
and a little crazy by nature,
who is driven to fury and
vengeance by the villainous Mr..
Alan Hale, who not only steals
poor Gaspard's mine, Tut takes
his sweetheart, for good measure.
This kind OF play is Chaneys
meat, and he eats IT up. Thrills
follow one another In swift sue.
cession. Among those who 90
considerable emoting, suffering:
and rejoicing in turn are Dagnar
Godowsky( Irene Rich, Spottis-
wood Aitken,! Frank Campeau
and Herbert Standing.
The remainder Of the bill Is
quite up to Rialto standards.
Although Starr and Fields failed
to appear yesterday afternoon,
they'll dance through the week.
Princess Nacoomee, the Indian
violinist, plays prettily, and
Bernie Fitzgerald, the well-known
local tenor, contributes solos.
An "Uncle Toms Cabin" per-
Torrance by Hal Roach's gang
of kids is the comedy and very
good one 1t Is. The international
I1ewsrael with some unusually
good Shots" and Mischa Gutter
sons Band music complete the
bill.
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Rrooke's Pet Play

Director Clifford Brooke Of the
National Players will be stamp
ing on familiar ground this
new week when he starts re
hearsals for Puppy Love-" which
the National Players win offer
following Fair and Warmer.
Brooke directed the original cast
in this play for Anne Nichols
at the beginning of last season. 1t
opened here at the Belasco and
went on Broadway.
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John ExtempOrizes

John Warner, of the National
Players, proved himself an adept
ad lib artist during one of the
performances OF Seventh Heaven"
a week ago. In one of the scenes
Leneta Lane accidentally dis
lodged a shelf of dishes and, as
the clatter died out, Warner tool:
liberties with the script by Oh
serving. "That's a fine way t.
start housekeeping" It drew a
heavy laugh