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Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-22
Arguing Parker Singh Cases.

pcals from the vcrdcts of the iuric
in the Parker Singh murder eases
are being heard today by the dis
trIct court of appeals at Los An.
gclcs. Singh WAS convicted in the
Imperial county court of second de.
gree murder for the killing of Vie,
tor Sterling and in the Riverside
court on a change of venue, for the
murder of John Il. lIagcr. Both
murders occurred nj Calipatria ON
April !, 1928. District Attorney IT
ley and Deputy Lee Nuffcr are re
presenting the people in the appeal.
SINGH is represented by Attorneys
Edgar Il. licrvry and O. Y. Wilson.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-22

Buttered Popcorn at Valley
Theatcr and Union Stage Depot, 5.
10 and 25 cents bag. ALWAYS
fresh. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-22

DR.. Amy l.. Lyons, Osteopath,
iO5 South Fifth st. Phone 744. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-22

For Housepainting ana carpenter
work, see Wikstrone, P.O. Box 1874
adv
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-22

Furniture Bargains. Clayton Il
Stevens us No. 5th. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-22

Hazel N. Baker, Teacher of Pi-
ano. Cos He'll Ave. Phone 220W. ad
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Automobile LOaIls

Automobile LoaIls clear yOu'
Ar and loan you money, vOu O.,
e by he mouth. Fred r. Cross,
10 Main ~ Phone 359J. El Cen.
ro. sAv
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-22

Hotel Oregon Cafe is run by the
Oregon Hotel. We give you the
best there is. If not satisfacto ory,
no charge. Ir'' rs. a'v
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-22

You Cant Beat Valley Lumber
Go. Oak Flooring. Ask Tor prices,
laid over your old floor. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-22

Hotel Oregon Cafe is run by the
Oregon Hotel. We give you the
hest there is. If not satisfactory,
no charge. Try us. adv
Wooda Blesy, School Of dancing.
To3 Orange Ave. Phone 4llW. adv
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In Readiness for
Day of Pleasure

The feeling between most European
countries at present seems to be a
good deal like that Of certain Tip
perary Irishman.
It was the day of the county fair,
and in the morning this distinguished
Tipperary arrayed himself in much
fnery, including a coat with swallow
tails that reached quite to the ground.
When he was all decked out in this
spectacular scenery his good wife ex-
hibited much concern.
"And why" she inquired anxiously,
''are We after wearin' a coat the likes
Of that in the daytime?"
I'm wearin' that coat" he replied,
with the hope an expectation that
somebodyll thread on me tails, an
then l can have a fight. Thrift
Magazine.
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table compound. nave tried the
Compound myself and received fine re-
suits from its use." In describing her
condition before taking the Compound,
she writes, Il was afraid in my own
house in broad daylight, used to
lock the doors and pull down the
shades so that nobody could see me.
One day a booklet advertising the
Vegetable Compound was left on her
porch and she read 1t through. In SO
doing, she found letter from a woman
whose condition was similar to her
own. II bought Lydia 3. Pinkham'S
Vegetable Compound" Mrs. Lorberter
continued, and have had fine results.
My condition made me burden to my
husband Now 1. ask him, How is
housekeeping" and he says, ut is just
like being in Heayen!" Are you ON
the SunIit Road to Better Health?
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Robert T. Lincoln ninety-year-oId son and sole
surviving descendant of the Civil War President,
has let it be known that the mysterious trunkful
of Iincolniana which he recently presented to the
Congressional library contains nothing for hunters
OF imprinted historical matter to get excited
about-nothing, in fact, that has not already been
published
Mr.. Lincoln, who has steadfastly refused to
discuss the trunks contents still refuses to talk;
but he has whispered enough into the ears Of the
Congressional librarian to quiet the heart palpita-
lions Of those Lincoln enthusiasts who have
known of the trunk and have spent their good
time, their good money and the good influence
of wealthy and social friends In an effort to
get a peep into the chest
"There is probably nothing in the material that
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Tells About
Parks Wonders

Gunnison's arrival at the Sc e%lements was b
culated to reawaken interest in the park, for he
by Bridger who had visited the park many times
from many directions trapper. Bridger was
therefore interviewed by newspaper on the
lower Missouri, and general description of the
geysers hot water phenomena and the canyons
given
1t was good story and after setting it in type
the publisher confded the friend who
unfortunately cautioned against too great
hdence in the tale of trapper The cold
water thus poured broke the faith of the writer
and the story discarded What a miss
from becoming the first to record Bridger's story!
That same editor published many stories of the
park in later years and in 1879, when Bridger was
decrepit and very near his demise, story was
run which followed Bridger's description taken
from other sources, together with explanation
and an apology to the old scout
The author of the book pays particular atten-
ton to these stories in two chapters headed @The
Beginning of Bridger's Stories'' and "The Evolu-
ton of Bridgers Stories" In the first he says:
The outstanding development of the Reynolds
[Capt. w f. Reynolds, U. S. A.. who was sent to
explore the Yellowstone riverl winter at Deer
Creek (1859) in the atmosphere of the mountains
and the presence of many mountain men was tho
incubation of the original brood of reminiscent
yarns Of the trappers and mountaineers. And
James Bridger, personifying all that peculiarly
of the mountains, was to become not only a cen
trail figure in many of these tales by proxy and
foster father of them all in general the parent
peacock in fact, of many of the choicest tales in
the lmitless flock still flying about in mountain
lore.
rs it surprising Cwrites Raynolds) that men
leading such life these trappers) not hearing
from civilization oftener than once year and then
only through the fur companies who sent to them
to get their furs and supply them with ammuni-
tion and Indian trinkets but who yet retained a
recollection of the outer world they left should
beguile the monotony of camp life by spinning
yarns, In which each tried to excel all others and
strenuously that the narrators came to believe
them most religiously."
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END OF LINCOLN TRUNK MYSTERY

has not been used by Ncolay and Hay in their
biography" said the aged son of the Great Eman-
cpator
The trunk has been great mystery. There
has been belief that In particular 1t contained
data having to do with LincolH's ancestry or
private family affairs The son. it has been limited
was keeping it all quiet for fear OF the explosion
that might follow its release.
Energetic writer's have camped on the Robert
Il. Lincoln doorstep, confident Of their ability TO
gather in this greatest OF all Lincoln scoops. But
they have got nowhere. Money they We're told,
could not buy the trunk and the contents were
destined to disappear with the last Of the Lin
coins. There has been nothing much else In
the LincoIniana line 10 unearth, and this quest
has been unabatedly pursued
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Settled Old Debt

A firm in Forrest City, Ark, which
in it's time was prominent in eastern
Arkansas, retired from business in
1888, says the Memphis Commercial
Appeal. On May 4, 1926, son of one
of the members of that firm, now dead,
received a letter inclosing check for
$4S in payment Of bill made before
1888. The writer says:
q have intended paying this account
for years, but it looks like misfortune
has kept me on the run. / have had
lots of ups and wns-looks like
more downs than ups. am sending
you the amount of the account.
don't want to owe anyone if can pos
sibly help it."
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Perfumes TO Cost More

Grasse, France, the perfume center
of Europe, with 20 distilIeries, will
run short of 100000 pounds Of petals
this year as a result of the late frosts
and inclement weather which de-
stroyed a fifth Of the Riviera flower
crop. Manufacturers say this short
age will cause at least 25 per cent
Increase in the cost of French per-
fumes.
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the papers, MIS-.
Jack Lorberter of
704 Dellwood Place
wrote to the Lydia
E. Pinkham Medi-
cine Company. IF
young women want
to keep their health
and strength for the
next thirty years Of
their lives, it is best
to start in right now
and take Lydia e.
Pinkham's We G e.
L.- 4~soJ 4hD
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ALadv 81 pistinctIon

Is recognized by the delicate, fascinat-
ing influence of the perfume she uses.
A bath with Cuticura Soap and hot
water to thoroughly cleanse the pores
followed by a busting with Cuticura
Talcum powder usually means clear,
sweet, healthy Observation-Disclosures.
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"AM Wild Tales
Are Bridger's,'

It is. interesting to note that Ned Buntline
(CoI Il. q. G. Judson). who helped make Buffalo
Bill famous is principally responsible for the
"Old Jim Bridger's Lies" tradition. The chapter
on Evolution OF Bridgers Stories" tells about
Buntlne's activities as follows:
The fame OF interest that kindled in the
storiez of bygone trapper days at Reynolds winter
quarters Deer Creek was Slowly famed into
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Physicians Guessed Wrong

A Chicago man, who was rejected
by an examining board during the
Civil war. as physically unfit and
warned that he would mot last a
week., died recently at the age of
ninety-two, remarks the Dearborn In
dependent.
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is tantalzing proposition. Bridger's description
which first officially recorded during his
term guide for the Stansbury party in 184a
and 1850 and the recorder Lieut.. J. w.
Gunnison. In one chapter of the book Mr.. Alter
says:
The story of Golfers He'll has been told and
retold for 35 years with little variation but in
1927 newspaper had published story describing
visit to part of the park which added some
zest to the Golfer inferno Then in 1888 a Mormon
newspaper had published another description of
of the park features, and still another
to light in 1912; but all these descriptions
Anticipated and the stories LOSING caste.
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IdleEaie
IdlgPeoplI

The truth hat when Bridger drew the long
bow ne foun p his romanoea on great deal Of
fact. if his hearers ony had the wit and sense
himself for the dstrust previously shown for his
accurate and truthful accounts of many of the
wonders he had seen in the Rocky Mountains.
have known many old timer to do the same
thing when audience of smart tenderreet
laughed or sneered at a truthful recital of some
thing marvellous in the formers experience
The testimony Of scores of prominent military
commanders and civilians can be produced show
ing that James Bridger always to be trusted
and believed in guide, scout, trader and all
round pioneer. His idle tales were told only to
truthful as he was skillful and brave He never
betrayed any and was never untrue to any
trust, public or private.
High tribute as this is, it is amply substan-
tiated by the many authorities quoted in Mr.
Alters historical narrative. In the preface he
states that sin this work it is hoped that the
old scout may find certain sanctuary from the
unjust designations of braggart, drunkard polyg-
amist or prevaricator, though 1t is further hoped
that he viii not be shielded from any just and
proper Characterization howsoever base"
Undoubtedly he refers to the characterization of
Bridger in the movie version of Emerson Hough's
covered Wagon which resulted in $1,000000
suit for damages against the producing company
by Mrs Virginia Bridger Hahn, daughter of the
old scout The suit which was filed two years
ago was ended early this year when the court
ruled in effect that it was Impossible to defame
anyone's ancestors So apparently there has been
added to the cold Jim Bridger's les tradition this
other tradition Of Jim Bridger as roistering
blade and the type of person who gets most Of his
ideas from the movies probably will accept it as
unuuestioningly as he does the other
But for those who recognize the fact that the
truth does nor usually lie in extremes court
decision either way would mean nothing. To
them Brdger's shortcomings, whatever they were,
were far unbalanced by his good qualities and
with them his fame is secure. They will rejoice
that in the face of tradition, myth and bunk an
honest and thoroughly satisfactory attempt has
been made to fulfil General Dodge's hope that
$50 remarkable man should not be lost to history
and the country and his work allowed to be-
forgotten"
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No Wonder

"Dad, teacher pulled something OIL
me today that made me sore"
what was that?"
MY ear. Cincinnati Times-Star
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When you decide to get rid OF Worms or
TapeworIn get the medicine that will expel
them with one dose-Dr. Peery's Dead
Shot" 372 Pearl St. N. Y. Adv
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WOMAN CON-
QUERS FEARS
Husband Delighted and
Home Happier

st. Paul, MINI Here is iittIs
advice / would like to have you put in
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TonIersman seems to be inextricably bound up
with that of Americas Wonderland and the re-
suit is most amazing combination of myth,
INSTRUMENTATION and sheer bunk
Perhaps the survival of the proverbial western
fondness for "stufIing the tenderfoot' or keeping
the pilgrim guessing has something to do with
keeping alive this tradition. Perhaps our Amer
Gcan falling for accepting rubber stamp phrases
and Incorporating them into our national plat
form of popular beliefs" has as much to do with
It, At any rate most of US seem willing to accept
the terms american Munchausen," biggest liar
on earth and "discoverer of the Yellowstone" as
synonymous for the name James Bridger without
realizing that are thereby doing grave injus-
tice to one Of the bravest and most remarkable
frontiersmen who ever trod American SOIL
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national confagration of entertainment. Unfor-
sunately, however Brdger's truthful narratives of
experience. and his faithful descriptions of the
natural phenomena of the Yellowstone Park and
other regions, were to be twisted almost beyond
recognition in the whitening heat of rdicule ana
disbelief. This about largely through second
hand narrators, who still attributed the retolo
story to Bridger.
Soon after arriving at the Westport farm In the
late fall Of 1860 Brtdger sought out by Ned
Buntline, prominent story writer Of the day, ana
"Bridger gave him enough adventures to keep him
writing the balance of his life" according to
General Dodge Bridger took liking to Buntllne
and took him across the plains with him on a
scouting trip. After while Buntine returned to
the East ard not long afterward the Jim Bridger
stories commenced to be published. One OF these
was printed every week. and Bridger's companions
used to save them and read them to him Bunt-
line made Bridger famous, and carried him through
more harbreadth escapes than any man ever had
Thus through the alchemy of the Journalist the
flame of Bridger's stories was transformed INTO
chunks Of pure gold for Buntline, and Bridger
himself soon found that he not SO much Of
frontiersman story teller, the author OF Oid
Jim Bridgers Lies" to the unfortunate dscredlt OF
the truthful old scout. Brdgers stories We're
greedly seized upon by story tellers everywhere,
and tagged with Bridger's name, after countless
metamorphoses.
Thus the tradition was carried on endlessly
and it seems that Bridger himself, in his later
= EpoQ oft
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Book Debunks
Bridger MYTHS

Fortunately, however, some effort is being
made to debunk the Bridger myth and to give
tardy justice to the memory of this truly great
pioneer Happily for his future fame historian,
whose home Is on the shores of the great inland
sea which Bridger did discover, has set about the
task of bringing together all the available infor-
naatfOn about him, winnowing the fact from the
hction analyzing testing, weighing evidence and
trying to arrive at the truth nearly as the
truth can be determined The result is book
f"james Bridger,o by T. Cecil Alter, Shepard Book
Co, Salt Lake Cityl which can almost be regarded
as the last word on the subject of James Bridger
which presents him in truer light than he has
ever been presented before and which in itself
Not only does Mr. Alters book give faithful
picture of an epic era In American history but it
should set at rest once for all the mass of misin
formation that has been idly tossed about and
proves that Old Jim Bridger more lied
against than lying" SO an article such as this,
which could not hope to be condensation of all
fine thrilling and interesting incidents in the book,
can do no better than to follow the line indicated
in it's title and show the general unfairness of the
American Munchausen" tradition.
First of all the "discoverer of the Yellowstone"
tradition Jim Brdger was not the "discoverer"
end never pretended to be. That honor, if 1t is
limited to white discoverer" and excludes the
first Indian-his identity unknown, of course
who ever gazeG upon its spouting geysers belongs
fe John Golfer member of the Lewis and Clark
expedition, hunter trapper, Indian fighter and
explorer who so far as is known, was the first
American to visit what is now the park. This
was in 1907 Naturally his account of it's wonders
was not believed and Golfers HEIR became a
term Of derision.
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ne Nzep@ry.ne1saazyoz1
Jim Bridger Lies" Long a
Tradition, Disproved
by History.
BY ELMO SCOTT WATSON

OURISTS who visit the Yellowstone
National park this summer and
see for the first time the wonders
of that region no doubt will also
make the acquaintance of one
of the fayorite traditions of
the West-that of an American
Baron Munchausen, otherwise
known as Old Jim Bridger, and
the tradition of Jim Bridger's
Lies" For the fame of this
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s'Bridger Lies !"
But Does He?

IL is possible although it has never been
definitely established, that Bridger visited the
Yellowstone region in 1925. The first written
description of its wonders appeared in Niles
Register October 6, 1927, III the form Of q letter
published without signature, from member
Of trapping expedition. The Identity of the
writer Is unknown and although it has been
credited to Bridger Mr. Alter points out that he
could not write, probably not with this par
ticular party hence the letter was not his.
There is good reason to believe that he did visit
the park as a member of the Fitzpatrick trapping
party in 1880 and that is the date usually given
as the time of his first view of the Yellowstone
phenomena. However the date of what was UNI
questfonabiy his first visit according to Mr.. Alter,
was 1882 while Bridger was still with Fitzpatrick
on the expedition which is recorded in Washing
ton frvings account of the adventures Of Cap
tain Bonneville
AS to the Jim Bridger lies tradition It Is not
especially strange that such a tradition should
Spring up. since these so-called lies were based
eapon facts which in themselves seemed almost
impossible TO believe the facts about the wonders
OF the Yellowstone park. Just when the tradition
etartnd it is difficult to say The chronology Of It
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TAIIDCI u tl1l = p u 0'1'IH
to Utah in 1862, writing in the
ctions of Montana" declares that:
felt the suspicious cast upon his
hfuiness as to the wonders of the
gusted at his unmerited treatment
the talk about ~Old Jim Bridger's
ted as so many other mountain
" stufHshg his tenderfoot listeners
stories his Imagination
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Thus the tradition was carried on endlesslS
and it seems that Bridger himself in his Iatel
days, helped perpetuate 1t. William S Bracket
who was a member of an expedition whicl
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-14
Dismiss Petition
For Electric Power
At North Turner

An order has Just been handed
down by the Public Utilities Com
mission dismissing the complaint of
William c.. Wall and more than nine
other citizens OF North Turner
against the Turner Light & Power
Company alleging that the village of
North Turner is isolated from any
electric light and power company and
requesting that the Turner Light &,
Power Company be required to pro-
vide extension and service to that
village.
AN investigation and cost study
or the proposed extension was made
by our engineering department prior
to the hearing" says the Commission
IN its order. 1.-THE probable revenue
to be derived from the proposed ex-
tension as disclosed at the hearing
was apparently insufficient to war
rant the capital expenditure which
the engineers figures indicated would
be necessary.
THE complainants alleged that
a substantial saving could be made
IN the cost Of the proposed extension
II the people who were to receive the
service could supply a portion OF the
labor and material. Thereupon n
further study of the cost figures was
made by the compartments, and
statement wis submitted subsequent
to the hearing showing a total saving
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-14

the various means by which people
try to defraud the Department
Manyof the tails are made up out
of bits of genuine bobcat fur taken
from the skin of the animals, and
these are the hardest to detect. 9th
ers are raccoon tails, chopped off
short to initiate the stub caudal ap-
pendage of the wildcat. Some are
common housecat tails Of the tiger"
variety, and many Of them are six
to eight inches in length, proving be-
yond the shadow of doubt that the
sender had never seen genuine bob
cat.
Ralph Coombs. curator of the mus
cum yesterday proudly displayed a
bright yellow tail sent In for the
bounty award. isn't tht daisy?"
he asked quizzically. "a bobcat Of
that color would be worth a lot of
money. Wish they'd sent in the en-
tire cat-any museum in the country
would be glad to pay wei flor It."
Acting under the instructions of
Miss Hodgdon, the spurious bobcat
tails have all been mounted on white
cottonwood backgrounds and framed,
and the collection, which grows con-
stantly, attracts lot of amused at
tention from the few who know the
story that goes with them.