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Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-30
Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD E. GARIS
Copyright, 1927, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE sWIGGILYiS ALARM
CLOCK CRICKET

Ibid you hear that uoise?'
whispered Uncle Wiggilv OF the
cricket who had snuggled himself
in an empty nutshell and was roll
ing along to some land where there
was no snow or ice. "Did you hear
it?"
''Hear what?'' chirped the black
insect, sticking his head half way
out of the hole in the side of the
nutshell.
THAT rustling in the bushes,
went on the rabbit gentleman. He
was standing beside the snow path
where he had been listening to the
cricket 5 story-a tale | related to
YOU last night if you will be so kind
as to remember.
"No, | didn t hear anything ex-
cept the cold wind blowing over the
lev snow answered the cricket
Hith a little shiver. q want to roll
cwav from this kind of weather, but
| don't seem to get very far. Iou
were going to tell me what to do t"
keep warm, when, all at once, You
stopped talking
"And for a very good reason,
said the rabbit. = heard a rustling
noise in the bushes and l was
afraid.
Afraid Of what chirped tho
black cricket, sticking his head {
little farther out of the hole in the
she'll.
, q was afraid the Fuzzy Fox OF
the Woozie Wolf or even the Bot
Cat might be hiding behind that
| bush 10 make it rustle,' went on
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lie who had made t%c rustling noise.
q know what his name is,
chirped the cricket.
$50 do - said Uncle Wiggil.r.
But we are not supposed to tell
On December 25 it will not matter
how often he is seen. But until
tLen-silence, my friend and the
bunny held his paw over his lips.
..Silence is right!' echoed the
cricket. ''But now, since you need
10 longer fear the noise in the bush
es, will you not tell me how | can
quickly get to the warm South so
| can crawl out of this nutshell?'
81 fear you will never be able
to jiggle yourself inside that shell
and so roll along into warm wealth
or,'' said the rabbit. "But what
was going to say was this. l will
take YOU to my warm bungalow
There you may stay all winter unit
SIMMER comes again. You will be
like an alarm clock for me. Struggled
between the bricks in the warn
hearth of my fireplace, you vii
chirp cheerilv and awaken me every
morning. Come and be my alarm
ciock.'
81 will" joyfully ehirped tho
cricket. So Uncle Wiggily picked VI
the nutshell, cricket and all, putting
them in his warm pocket, and soor
he was at home with them. tt,
cricket was put in a snug corner Of
the fireplace where he at once wen'
to sleep.
Now in the middle of the night
the Bob Cat, thinking he coult
catch Uncle Wiggily, softly raise'
the window of the bungalow auC
crept in. But the cricket, havin.
sharp ears, heard the bad chap, and
loudly chirping the cricket asked:
"Who is there?'
81 ami" mewed the Bob Cat.
"Well, you had better go out tn
way you came in!'' went on tn
| c:icket. elf you do not | will Bit
al your fur off and you will freeze
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-30
Wednesday, November 80, 1927

tending U. G. L.. A. spent inc
Thanksgiving holidays with her par
cuts. Mr.. and Mrs. John Kavanaugii'
Mrs. j. C, England and daughter
Bcrnice. left for Merced, where they
viii ioin Mr.. England who left' re-
Gently.
Miss Lucille Huebner returned to
Los Angeles Sunday after spending
the holidays with her parents. Misv
Huebncr is attending U. $. c. She
was accompanied here by her room
mate and sorority sister, Miss Beth
! Rcece.
Mrs. B. L. Baker, Lissa and Sam
NY, were visitors to the city over
thanksgiving. The Bakers now re-
side at Huntington Park.
A party was given at the home OF
| Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Webb Saturday
evening in honor of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Webb of Phoenix. Bridge
was the diversion of the evening. a
guest prize was awarded to Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Webb. The prize win,
ners were Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Webb
first, and Mr.. and Mrs. James Mack
il, Jr., consolation. Those present
Including guests were Mr.. and Mrs.
Hudson Purcell, Joe Jardin, James
Maekie, and Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
! Edwards.
Miss Eau Clair Lester is que st
n the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Taylor. Miss Lester, now resides in
Pasadena and was a former resident
and graduate of the lloltville Union
High school of this city.
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Jump out of that window before 7
bite you!' And, not seeing who it
vas, but thinking from the bold
ohirp, that it was large, savage
bear, the Bob Cat jumped out of the
window and ran away, so he didn t
get Uncle Wiggily after all.
Then the cricket went to sleep
until it was time for him to be an
alarm clock when he awakened the
rabbit With his jolly call, and every
body in the hollow stump bungalo "
was happy. SO the cricket lived in
peace and happiness until warm
summer came again. But meanwhile
something else happened. And
shall tell you about it in, the next
story which will be about Uncle
Wiggily s peanut sled. And l hope
the egg beater doesn't try to turn
somersaults over the coffee pot. ii
looks so silly, | think.
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the rabbit. But l guess it ism t
any of the bad chaps. m ali right
and | will tell you how you can
keep warm until summer ZONES
again
Then, all of a sudden, out from
behind the bush stepped a jolly old
man, wearing a red suit trimmed
with fur. He, had. long white whisk-
-cTS. Ne -,
Why, San began Uncle Wig
gily, suddenly.
Hush, Not a sound! Don t men,
ton my name!' cried the old gen
tleman, who could speak rabbit
talk. I'm a little ahead of time
and 1 don want the children TO
know l have come down from my
North Pole tov shop so soon. If
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AZ 46hN h<Aho AVN
Nov. 80, 1912
TEN YEARS AGO
Nov. 30 1917

Members of Battery d, l43rd field
artillery, in training at Camp Kear.
ney, celebrated fine Thanksgiving
as result of the gifts from their
Imperial Valley friends, many of
whom returned today from helping
the boys celebrate Thanksgiving yes.
terdav. The big event of the day
was when j. Stanley Brown present
cd the boys with check for $S55.50
for an emergency fund. Twenty.
three turkeys, donated by valley
people, were sent to the camp in
time to be served on Turkey Day. I,
is believed that the outfit will he
removed to France shortly, but that
by the time they are ready to leave
the coast the total of the fund will
have been raised to $1,000.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-30
ROUGH TACTICS DENIED
by United Press Leased Wire

ITHACA. n. Y, Nov. 80. -
Branding the article as a "com-
plete surprise to everyone connect
ed with athletics at Cornell,
Coach Gil Dobie and other Univcr-
sity officials today repudiated an
editorial in the Cornell Daily Sun
alleging rough tactics were used by
Penn players in the annual Thanks
giving day football game.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-30

they knew I was here they would
tease to know what | have in my
pack for them. So not word, if
you please!"
Singing big bag over his should
er the jolly old gentleman trampe1
off over the snow from where he had
been hiding behind the bush. 1t was
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-30

Don't blame the Hearst papers for publishing Mex-
can documents. It's been years and years since
Hearst had good with Mexico
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-30

Chief Justice Taft wants to eliminate Jurors Of
weak intelligence, of little experience and subject to
emotions easily aroused If he succeeds, that will
lease quite few of who have had conscientious
scruples about begging off.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-30

While Henry Ford has been changing his car. good
many towns have neglected opportunity, which may
never come again, to change their paving
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-30
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell Of I'm
perial Valley for this Date
In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Nov. 80, 1907

J. w. Curtis, one of themost prom
inent lawyers of San Bernardino,
and Rev. c. Pierce, pastor of the
Baptist church of Los Angeles are
looking over the valley together.
DR.. II. j. Fuller returned from To-
wa this morning, bringing his moth
er who will make her future home
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Edgar of Cal.
eXico passed the dav in Imperial.
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
Nov. 80, 1912
Clarence f. Conant returned from
n visit to his mother in the state
of New York.
J. w. Ray and Phil Rreedlove will
leave in few days for a prospect
ing trip to the mountains near Gla-
mis-. That section has for years
been reported to be rich in miner
als
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-30

1.-THE world is Calvin Coolidge's OYSTER says an ad-
mirer But correspondents who try open him up about
next years campaign think he's the worlds champion
oyster
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-30

Happy is the nation that afford one grand uni
versa stomach every November and another only
a month later.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-30
PRICES AND TAXES

1t is told in of the many biographies of Henry
Ford, that nearly always in cutting the price for his
car he has alarmed his advisers and subordnates by
cutting below the current cost of production His
practice has been according to this account to have
his experts figure out the lowest price he could sell
the car for and still break even-then he would de-
liberately op off SO or S25 $50 and tell
his people it up to them to make good his arbi-
trary price.
Always he warned that he inviting ruin.
But always he got away with it. His producing or
ganzatons were driven to new economies and eff
ciences to avoid the disaster His distributors were
forced to greater selling efforts. The public,
attracted by the lower prices bought thus
stimulating production. The result was that
soon, in spite of every contrary indication, his pro-
duet would show profit again.
1t almost if Congress has adopted this
Ford policy in its federal tax reductions of recent
years. Always it has cut the governments income
drastically than its expert advisers considered
safe Always there doorous prophecies of treas
ury deficits. And always the revenues from lower
tax rates have beled those prophecies and provided
a surplus.
Perhaps these federal treasury profits are no hard
to explain than Mr.. Fords The reaction is roughly
the same in both cases Congress- after drastic cut
is driven to economist to make good. The admins
tratve departments do likewise Taxpayers respond
to the lower rates by paying willingly at the
rates, with less concealment and evasion business in
general is encouraged and stimulated and that makes
larger incomes to pay taxes on.
1t need surprise nobody if this happens again when
the tax cut in preparation becomes effective.
Chief Justice Taft wants to eliminate "jurors of
weak intelligence Of little experience and subject to
emotions easily aroused" If he succeeds that will
lease quite few OF us who have had conscientious
scruples about begging off.
Don't blame the Hearst papers for publishing MeXi-
can documents It's been years and years since
Hearst had a good with Mexico
While Henry Ford has been changing his good
many towns have neglected opportunity, which may
never again, to change their paving.
1.-THE world is Calvin Coolidges OYSTER says ad-
mirer But correspondents who try open him up about
next years campaign think he's the worlds champion
oyster.
Happy is the nation that afford grand, uni
versa stomach ache every November and another only
a month later.
We gather, from the way coal men talk, that it is
this country's supreme misfortune to have such vast
and widely distributed coal deposits.
Anyway, the higher taxes are, the longer it will
be till the next war
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-30

We gather, from the way coal men talk, that it is
this countrys supreme misfortune to have such vast
and widely distributed coal deposits.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-30

Anyway, the higher taxes are, the longer it will
be till the next war.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-09
RICHMOND TO TAKE
BUSES FROM CITY

are unified and equipment is avail
able.
Todd declared that the street rail-
way company now is using several
busses belonging to the T. H, I. g
E. and that these will be turned
back to the traction company as
soon as lines here are merged. Uni
fication petitions are pending before
the public service commission.
Jeffries said the railway company
has only one T. H, I. g. E. bus, and
that he expects to get this and two
ether cars now in use in Indian
apolis for Richmond as result Of
the merger.
Street railway officials have in
sisted they would give better bus
service when the lines were unified.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-09
POLICE FIGHT NEW
WAVE OF BANDITRY

At the Sinclair Refining Company
filing station at Prat st. and Capt.
tol Ave. a lone Negro bandit OBJ
tained SIS.
The twelve-bour police shifts
started today. Police who went on
duty at Z a. m. will work until Z
p. m. The regular 3'p. m. to IL p. m.
shift will work from z p. m. to 2
a. m. The regular IL p. m. to z a.
m shift will be on duty from p.
nj. to a. m.
Detectives also will work twelve
hours. Chief Worley ordered two
additional motor squads to patrol
streets, bringing total number Of
patrol squads to five.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-09
C. 0. P. Agrees
ON TRUCE IN
SENATE War
Independents Are Promised
Vote On Their Pets; Ware
BaaOt Today.
REED, FESS BACK HIM
Compromise Is Offered by
Keystone Colleague to
Seat Pennsylvania.
BIZ United Prsss

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. "a peace
pact to protect the slender Repub-
lican majority in the Senate was
entered today by Senator Curtis,
Republican floor leader, and the Re-
publican independents, who had
threatened to bolt.
The agreement was reached after
Curtis had assured the independents
that a majority of the Republican
conference had agreed there should
be no unnecessary delay in voting on
legislation the independents desire.
Curtis announced the peace terms
in a brief statement which was fol-
lowed a few minutes later by q con-
firming announcement from Senator
La Toilette, Republican, Wisconsin.
Bolt Was Threatened
The independents had threatened
to bolt unless assured a final vote
upon farm relief legislation, a bill to
limit Federal courts in issuance Of
injunctionS, and a resolution for in
vestigation of the policy of the ad-
ministration policy in Central and
South America.
A compromise to admit Senator
Elect william S. Ware, Republican,
Pennsylvania, conditionally to the
Senate was offered today as a vote
neared in his case in the Senate.
Senator David A. Reed, Repub-
ican, Pennsylvania, in charge of
Vare's fight for his seat, introduced
substitute resolution which would
permit Ware to receive the oath of
office, refer his case to the Privi-
legeS and Elections Committee for
investigation and require that a re-
port be made by the committee be-
fare Feb. 8.
Ware Given Support
The Reed resolution was in the
nature of substitute for the pend
ing Norris resolution. The latter
would declare Wares credentials
were tainted with fraud and cor
ruption and thftt therefore he should
not be permitted to receive the oath
Of Office, although entitled to a
further hearing by the Reed Pri-
mary Investigating Committee.
Reed promised that if his resolu-
ton were adopted, he would con-
cede Ware should be expelled by a
majority vote rather than a two
thirds vote.
Reeds resolution was proposed
after Senator Fess, Republican,
Ohio, had defended Wares right to
be sworn.
"If we cannot require a State to
elect a Senator, we cannot refuse
to give the oath to one it elects" !"
Fess said. at is the popular thing
to charge men in high office with
fraud and corruption. But the right
thing to do is to give the oath to
Ware, and Z shall vote for IT,"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-09
$4,000 LOSSES
IN STATE FIRES
Mentone, South Bend and
HarrodSburg Hit.

Fire in an Indiana city and two
towns today caused a combined loss
of $4,000.
One-fourth of the business dis
trict of Mentone, twelve miles south
west of Warsaw, was destroyed.
Rochester, Akron and Warsaw fire
departments finally got the flames
under control at IL a. m.
Loss of $4,000 was caused by de-
struction of the Jeffries Furniture
store, Jones grocery, Harris Millinery
store and Harber grocery.
The Mollenour restaurant, where
the fire originated was badly dam
aged. For an hour, the entire busi-
ness district was threatened and
pupils in The public schools above
the fourth grade was dismissed to
assist in removing merchandise. A
defective chimney on the Jones store
building was believed to have started
the blaze.
Part of the business district of
HarrodSburg, twelve miles Soutn OF
Bloomington, was wiped out. Loss
was estimated at $4,000.
Fire departments from Blooming
ton and Bedford assisted in fight
ing the blaze and prevented it from
spreading beyond an area covering
half block.
Included in the loss were two
business buildings owned by George
Sylvester, housing the postoftice,
knights of Pythias lodge-rooms, a
moving picture theater, a barber
shop and general store.
Two stores owned by Wyatt Fow-
Ter and the residence of Fred
Thrasher also we're destroyed.
A defective fiue was believed to
have been responsible for the fire.
Fire of undetermined origin de-
stroyed three floors of the LaSalle
Hotel annex at South Bend, causing
damage estimated at $4,000. One
of the fifty occupants were overcome
by smoke before he was reached by
flremen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-09
CONNELL MAY STAY
Safety Board Expected to
Get Democratic Majority.

Retention of Fred Connell, Re-
publican, and Ira Haymaker, Demo-
crat, upon the board of safety will
be announced soon by Mayor Slack,
it was understood at city hall today.
Slack, it is believed, has decided
to replace Robert F. Miller, Repub-
lican member, with a Democrat, to
give the Democrats majority. The
new appointee probably will be
named as president.
A shake-up of the board of works
to provide Democratic majority was
by Slack, Thursday night.
He named John McCloskey, for
mer county commissioner, Demo-
crat, to succeed John w. Friday,
Democrat, and Oren s.. Hack, Demo-
crat, to succeed Oscar F. Smith, Re-
publican, as president. The appoint
ments are effective Dec. Is.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-09
COLLINS SCORES
TWO 'SLEUTHS'
Special ContSabIeS Told to
Return Photograph.

Activities Of horsethief detectives
and constables we're scored by Grim
inal Judge James A. Collins today,
when William Minton, 1901 Euclid
Ave-, horsethief detective, and
Frank Snipe, $50 N. Parker Ave-,
"undercover constable" were ar
raigned on charges of fraudulently
confiscating the talking machine of
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Edelin,, Negroes,
615 w. North st.
Collins ordered the machine re-
turned before Monday or he would
"act so the horsethief detectives and
constables will know how this court
feels about similar situations"
Mrs Edelin, testified the men
showed badges, declared: 1--WE are
the law" and served her with war
rant charging unlawful dentention
of property, alleged to have been or
dered by a local music company.
Company officials declared they
knew nothing of it.
Minton and Sipe told the court
they explained she was delinquent
in her payments and she told them
to take the machine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-09
Cold Causes Death Here

The cold wave claimed its first
death in indianapolis today.
An unidentified Negro, found in a
shed in the rear of 645 Blackford
st., died at city hospital.
Weather Man j. H. Armington pre-
dicted temperatures will rise into
the twenties today and the lowest
mark tonight will be about II. The
slow rise will continue Saturday to
the thirties. he predicted.
Temperatures Thursday night
averaged lower than Wednesday
night, low being degrees at $50
this morning.
Recreation Director Jesse Mcclure
and firemen flooded low spot IN
Willard Park in the hope 1t would
be frozen solid enough for skating
when school was dismissed this aft
ernoon. The new concrete toboggan
at Coffin golf course also was ICED,
ready for coasters today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-09
Watson Takes Stand
BU Times Special

DU IuteS SD6Ctut
WASHINGTON, Dec 9.-Any
man who comes to the Senate with
regular credentials, and with quail
flcations outlined in the Constitu-
ton has a right to be seated in the
Senate, Senator Watson of Indiana
argued yesterday with Senator
Bruce, Maryland, and Senator Rob-
inson, Arkansas.
During debate over admission of
w. S. Ware, Pennsylvania, Watson
cited the case of a man once char
acterized to the House as a moral
monster" In those days it was con-
sidered something, though in these
days it might not be considered a
charge against him." said Watson.
''You do not have to resort to
generalitieS of that kind in Indiana,
I am sure" Bruce retorted.
Watson already was voted for the
various motions to admit Frank L.
Smith Of Illinois.
Senator Arthur R. Robinson, who
missed the opportunity to vote
gainst Smith, Cancelled speaking
engagement last night in Newark
to remain here to vote on Ware.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-09
FLOOD FEAR FADES
New England No Longer in
Danger of High Water.

BD United Press
MONTPELIER, VT, Dec. 9.-The
threat of recurrence of floods in
Vermont seemed past today, as the
swollen Winooski River, and other
streams, began to subside.
All over northern New England a
clear cold penetrated the air. High
waters in some sections Of Vermont
had passed the usual heights for
this time Of the year. But, with
morning today, the waters began to
subside in the whole Winooski
Valley.
During the twelve hours, ending
at midnight, the Winooski River
had risen ten feet, flooding cellars
near the river front here.