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Imperial Valley press., 1927-03-18
OER NEW THEATLR

Announcement by the West Coast TheateIs, Inc,
that 1t IS to build modern, upJ0-date thoater building
IN this clry viii meet with UNIVERSAL approval from
CentTanS.
Iheaters, whether used by the legitimate stage or
the screen. enter intimately into the lives of most Of
u.s. FOR several years past, this city has, OF necessity
been IN the rear ranks tneater acc0nlnoQu-
tions are concerned. lhe houses which were consld-
cred the iaot tnng in stage requirements they
were built III the pioneer days, nave long Iaed
meet the demand made upon them.
But the announcement that we to have better
anusementS al q Il better place III which enjoy tnem
IS not ali OF the story. future OF I'll
Cen1ro and Imperial valley, proved by an invest
ment OF the SIZE required Dy buuamg which is
planned Is much more important than the knowledge
that IN the our amuSementS viii be enl0yed
amid moro pleasant surroundings
every investment made IN a community, no matter
how small 1t may BE- ADDS its prosperity. An III
vestment OF the magnitude OF that be made by the
west Coast Theaers, Inc, is indeed important from
community STANDPOINT. Other businesses are bound
to he aided bv the Investment, and is a stimu!at
ing influence on the entire lie OF the community.
A corporation with the resources the west Coast
IEeaerS, Inc, does not money unless It is
we'll satisfied beforehand that It Will aOe to oOan
satisfactory return ulOn the outlay. That it has seen
fit to place Its money here is just another PROOF that FL
Centro IS progressing and VIII continue to progress 1t
fIaty repudates the assertion OF the winner that big
business IS afraid 20 invest In Imperial Valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-03-18
Moreno Fails to
Convince Judge

Thomas Moreno, -, Of FL Centro,
talked his way ou. Of court in Feb.
ruary when he was afraigncd before
Judge Hcrvcy on Il charge of petit
larceny. He was not 50 lucky this
morning when he .aeed a similar
charge and as a result he has been
committed to thc county jail fer SIX
months.
Moreno pleaded not guilty to the
charge this morning and was given
q court trial. 1t was brought out by
the testimony an- was given court
trial. 1t was brought out hy the ties.
testimony that dorm IurrnCr had
seen him take q sack of sugar from Il
store en- Broadway. : chase was
started, Morcuo dropping the bag Of
sugar and running toward the east
crn part of towA. Ills pHrsucrS, how
ever, gained on him and then, cor,
ncrod, Moreno rcSortcd To a p!lc oi
bricks as defensive and missiles be
gan living turouA:, the air.
At about that time the city police
arrived ON the scene aud " BUrnN :
Seaburg brought Moreno 10 head.
quarters. A>er tie testimony u
the people was. heard Moreno tried
to convince the iud2e that he was
not guilty bat failed.
"Uh, believe YOU, alright - the
Judge declared, "and ii sare feel
sorry Tor YOU while you re doing s,%
months iii the county Jail. because
m sure you wouidn lie TO me. >
Imperial Valley press., 1927-03-18
Bedtime Stories
Copyright, 1927, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
BY HOWARD E. GARIS
UNCLE WIGGILY AND LITTLE
LIZZIE

Spring was not far off. Every
twig, every bud, every little and
hig animal in Woodland, where
Uncle Wigsily had built his hollow
stump bungalow, felt that warmer
weather was coming soon.
And they were all glad. Un,ie
WiSgily was tired Of winter. though
he had lots OF fun in the ice and
SNOW. Once he had letter from a
cousin rabbit WHO lived down IN the
warm sou'h where there is never
any winter.
How do You stand the suov
and ice ," this cousin rabbit had
asked in his letter.
I've don't always stand it,
Uncle Wigguy wrote back in his
ioking waE. Sometimes We can t
stand up on tAo i"c aud then we
fall down But that is often funny. -
But | certainly am glad spring
is coming, said Mrs. Longcars.
with forty 'lcvcn little bunnies
to tuck into bed every night so
they won / catch cold, you'vc no
idea of the work, my dear, she
said to Aunt Lcttio, the goat lady.
-. too, am glad it is going to b.
spring. blcatod the lady goat.
There will be fresh advertising
posters on the fences and hjllhoards,
and can havr Il good meal off
them nov and then. For when
Uncle Butter aud Aunt Lcttic
wanted some hing choice in II" way
Of food they would nibb1c poster
to taste the paste that was en- On,
side.
Among others who were CAD that
spring vas coming was a cute giyl
vino VAS called Little Lizzie. She
was lizard and she was Il bcantl-
fu red color with bright shining
eyes and = slim, slender tail. Littl"
Lizzie bad four legs.
'' Now am E,in& 10 crawl oUt
on my four legs and see if spring Is
here sad Little lizzin iatc on"
aftcrnoon in her home bsncath az
old log in the forest,
BE- careful you don't get ios,.''
war,,nl .dYs. Lizard
'.Uh. know my wa arouni
Imperial Valley press., 1927-03-18
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell Of I'M
perial Valley for this Date
In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
March IS, 1907

La Atcu has his hands full now
days showing farm lands to those
wEo are contemplating locating
here. His big hack has been on the
90 constantly all week.
Mrs. l.. II. Cooper returned home
from visit to Redlands. She was
accompanied b. her sister, Miss
Florence Hammond, and her aunt
Mrs. Il. Scattorday tof Rrd.ands,
who will visit 'crc for time.
Mrs. katherine Maull of Imperial
returned from few days spent IN
Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-03-18
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
March Is, 1912

Robert 6. Gorce and family have
returned to Imperial after a VISIT
Ia Knox City, Tenn. where they
were called hy the serious illness
Of NJ. Gor,,'s mother NJ. Goree
viii b. in ,larse Of the new store
Of Edgar Brothers 1t See.cv.
L va, reported that the II, /.
Pee. ranch of 80 arres, nearly al
IA which Is in eantaloupos, has
BEEN purchased by \. \. Cox OF
san Earnardmo IL about Fl35 per
acre.
\ a.w ae~ir Of Eagles Is to be
a..anizal in Imper'al this month
by Ben j. Cohn, deputy grand
worthy president.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-03-18

these woods, h13stcd Little liz
l'c. 80 form she r~aW'ed. out from
her home ler u-.r THE t1r'. brown
ground thai -,55 H3W lear oi snow.
Pretty soon Little Lizzie r.achcj
another. large lcg-a tree that had
been blown down by the wind oi
winter.
~ viii crawl up over this biz
log ami On the other sidc ] ny
find spring, said Little Lizzie.
snappin. her bright eyes and stick
ing out her long tongue to catch "a
.mall fl mat Wa7 crawling on III"
log. For Little LiIZir was very
clover n catching flies with her
tongHc, as are all lizards.
Rut Little Lizzie did not know
thar on top Of iho log vas big
crack, where - streak Of lightning
had split the big tree Laforc it fell
And not Knowing Of this crack,
Little Lizzie suddenly fell into if,
dropping all the way to the bottom,
whore She became w"dgod fast in
q narrow part Of tlo rack.
"Oh. dear! Alas, Alasi' sighed
Little Lizzie when SHE found that
she could mo- scramble ont OF the
cgaci. II thought J wasfvory smart
to 20 off ~ myself to find spring
| had much better stayed AT homo
under my own log! What shall /
do?'
She tried and tried Gain 70 gc;
loose, but she could not An hour
passed When Litt'r Lizzie did NOT
come back homo her mother bocam"
worried, aud scnrficd around look
ing for her lost child. But Mrs.
Lizard never thougA' # going to
the big log Hith the do.p crack.
"Ch, he is lost! Iittlc Lizzie IS
'cst'" cried Mrs. Lizard. I'n"le
Viggily, hopping aro3ed, looking
60, m adventure, heali this amt
said:
- nHl find Lt.tlo Iizric far you
Don worry, I'll find arr,
Cncle Wlggi y twinb,ed his pink
nose until il ghoun like a fir"fly
fautcru in the woods, which were
row getting dark. TIE bunny rab
BIT reached thc biz log. From
somewhere inside of ac heard 4
voicc calling:
.'Hclp! Help i!o'p,"
"iIcIlo, is ihat y,u, Little !
Lillic?" asked Nr. Lpagcars.
..T,s, Yes. / am Iast." cara
ID, answer.
40. ye1 arnn't d an m,g'i
far ! harr found Yon said Unci
he hopp"d rn ~ TOP oli
the log. looked DOWN IN tie oracr
and saw tho lizard cl,ld. "Cra"
u2 here he told hcr.
~ can t, I'm caught fast! re- ,
piled Little Lizzie Then the rabbii !
with his red, white and blue striped
crutch pa5hel the crack
wider open so Lizzie could pull tGt /
her tail, by which she was held f.
fast. and She could crawl ont. Thcn
Mr.. LOngcars went home with her
.'WeH, / didn't fluid spring,
said Little Lizzie. "bHt gave
Uncle Wiggily an adventure, any
low." and Mr.. Longcars said she
id. SO if the teapot "ill lend the
.offce pot bit of hot water -
make toast for the ironing board.
~ tell you next about Uncle Wig
lily and Bunty's blocks II
Imperial Valley press., 1927-03-18
Woman Injured by
Falling on Knife

Los ANGELES, March is Mr.,
john Domp>rv, siater.in law Of the
former hcayyvci2ht champion, srf-
fcrcd a painful wound in her loft
breast. hero todav, uhoa she Slipped
and fell on . knife while p"cling an
orange, according {" police reports.
\ physicians, who WAS called -
attend Mrs. Dempsey, .aid 'ho
wound would no. pro scriou".
Reports fha' Mrs Dempsey had
attempted 80 rol her If" 10y stab
hing herself w.,' r"phaii"aiir d"-
ried b. detectives who were sau.
.nonci to investigates.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-03-18

Arizona train. The horse is being
taken to Baltimore, Maryland, along
with others of the Seagran stable.
Sir Harry is entered in the Freak
ness in the east.
Jockey Bourassa, who drove Sir
Harry to the Tijuana victory sun,
dav and Sir Harry trainer, George
Bringlow, were also aboard the
train The jockey received $4,000
in cash Tor his winning ride.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-03-18
PUBLIC TO VIEW
RARE COLLECTION
FOR FIRST TIME

PASADENA, March =. - The
Horny L. Huntington library. rank
ed with the finest literarvaad ar
collections n tle world viii b.
opened for public exhibition IN san
Na~i.o far tie fies. time IA il lis
tor -.La'-.
Tie coGort.oa irc'u,.~ original
mu-ser.p'S and rar, book, dealing
with the history Of North America
end rra.as the discovery conquest
and colonization OF the continents.
Tie Ii,s, Latin edition OF Il lct+r~
in which Columbas announces ra-
discovery in North America and
original, anI copies ~ other -a#or.
documents are included ia the list.
Admission - the library is by
card only and a limited number ~
persons win be admitted 70 the cN-
hibits which viii hc open Friday
afternoons OF each week.
10 change viii be made in tac cv-
hibitions for ay least six months ir
order to extend the opportunity Of
viewing the exhibit to Il largo mum
Der Of students.
Cards are being issued by L.brar
ian Leslie Edgar Bliss
Imperial Valley press., 1927-03-18
TEN YEARS AGO

WfIlm.l. Cuutarmaa and g. Ii.
lockwood Of CaleX:eo We're visitors
in the city today.
Attorney K. y. NcFAcrlin waS =
business vjsitar from Imperial
The Kcrmiss hald at th" h'ca
school on the last t~o nights net
ted over $500 70 tac students over
1000 people attended the frs, even.
ing.
Mrs. Z. v R;egl'. former proprio
tor of the ,.~a Roy hotel is visit
..r here.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-03-18

pany, while the oil belonged to the
district.
Another theft report was turned
in hy = \. Blankcnship Of 9Th and
He'll streets. He said that two
tires, tubes and rims had been tax
en- from his machine and that an
other tire had been stolen from an.
other car parked in front of his
house last night.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-03-18
Oil Drum Stolen
From District

= l. gallon oil drum, containing
about T. gallons of oil, vas reported
Stolen from the Aldce Canal at the
II Centre police headquarters this
morning. The report vas made b.
tine Imperial Irrigation District. II
was stated ia thr report that the
drum is H." property ~ an oil com
Money 10 I-a. on Ag.nmobilns
Startling Sccur't,ns 80 me, Fred z
'rosR, MGR. G6d Noin It. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1927-03-18

an automobile crash here la
day was scheduled to be !
this afternoon.
Mack was going to locat
his machine collidcd with o,
by Miss Catherine Callahan
Riverside. W. II. Wisemai
other. actor, who was wit
suffered bruises when the
en- by Mack overturned.
Mack leaves "a widow
children. He was born in
Pennsylvania, and first c
prominence under the dire
d. w Griffith.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-03-18
COffrOth Winner
Passes Through

Sir Harry, winner of .hc Coffroth
Eandioap, carrying a purse Of ctnse
to 100000 at Tijuana Sunday, pass.
ed though FL Centre carry this
morning aboard San Diego and
Imperial Valley press., 1927-03-18

Controversy 1ag in 'ao ur.rs.
papers over the identify of the
mcancSt m1n. y Kansas town re-
ports the lowest form Of male "a
ono who invited people TO his home,
then stole the OIL from the crank
cases uf their cars.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-03-18

The senate Quit bus
went to filibustcring. Ma
session of congress Just
could be appropriately
bust.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-03-18
THEATERS


Attention o. HE man who de-
Glazed tuat n successful p!3% could
bc constructed without a villain IS
respectfully called to :" McFaddca $
FlatS, " showing at the Valley the
alter starting Sunday.
For The screen production of this
t.ature comedy, like the stage play
that endured for more than thirty
years Of successful and continuous
runs, is practically without the
suggestion Of viliainy.
While moro laughs, numerous, I'M
usual and side-splittiug situations
have been added to the original
stage play in order 10 tit it for the
screen, il is as much without the
usual "heavv' work of the ord.
nary play as when it first was pro-
duccd,
Tile substitution Of many laughs
nust have made UP for the lack of
vjIairy. said Edward Small, who
produccl the comedy for First Ma
rional Pictures. "Nower produc-
tions are proving that audiences,
the world over, love to laugh and
that they don t mind ii the usual
rules Of production are overlooked
in the finding of those laughs.
"Finger Prints, tho Warner
EroS. production showing the last
times tonight at the Palace theater
is founded upon crime story by
Arthur Nomers Roche It deals with
a band of criminals who lave stolen
$5,00o,CO0 from a bank. The lead
els of the gang agc arrested and
convicted, but the money is mi re
covered. Il is hidden in house
far off In the country.
The one man who knows the hid
ing place is II prison, and it i bpoH
him that the detectives operate in
oIde~ - eti information. Tie"
learn enough ia SIT II The right
house. Eut when ,hcy are there thg
mystery thjekers. Louise Fa1eada
is the TAR. appearing aS girl d.
t,ctiv', who, disguised &s = stupid
servant. Grts into .he house Of u1vs.
t,rv. IL her disguise Miss 'azg1da
rc;Ur.s - ,he type Of comedy roll
u which she first won FAM.
Featured n the supporting east
aro John +. Murray, the vaudeville
J. adl'r"r wEa scored a H.. 1t m
Picture ~hcn u ai4v.d the eomadr
role in "Harle1,S tar M9en'fi-
gen-,' ani Helene Costello, tho
dar@-hajred sister or tie blonde De
la..>.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-03-18
SIMPLER TAXATION

A JOINT congressional committee taxation is going
to try to devise simpler income law. That would
be almost as great blessing another tax reduction
Greater indeed TO many citizens. The small taxpayer
often spends more time and trouble on his tax report
than the payment .tsef TO- even after several
years of experience.
1t is necessarily rather complex business this fig-
ur!ng out system OF income which will take ac-
count OF every kind o. income, provide for all proper
exemptions and give the government its due share with
out dong any injustice to the taxpayer. It is hard
too, to devise simple tax report form. ne treasury
department. on the whole, has done pretty we'll with
the law gwen 1t ior administration. The Ia ! eli un
probably be smpifioG as t. make the task Of both
treasury and public somewhat easier.
rs matters stand, Il is SAID thai most Of the CONGRESS-
men themselves have 10 ask legal advice in making out
their tax reports, because they don't understand the
operation OF their law.
We arc living in an age Of tension, SAYS 3 novelist
10 oe specific, 4" age Of extension pretenon and con
tentlon
there's comet coming this way with a carbon mon
oxide t2l it our motorists viii probably insist as US
ual on getting their carbon nonoXide indoors.
II President Coolidge moves onto cattle ranch for
ms vacation all that exercise has taken on his me-
chanIcal horse III the white house will serve him IN
good stead when 1t comes to the roundup.
There IS some dispute as to when winter is over
PROBABLY when the income tax report is filled out.
A quorum wasn't the only thing the senate needed
III those last days
Imperial Valley press., 1927-03-18
To Hold inquest
On Actors Death
Nv United Press Leased Wire

RIVERSIDE, Cal. March 18. -
An inquest into the death of Charles
Emmett Mack, rs, wcll-known
screen juvenile, who was killed III
Imperial Valley press., 1927-03-18

There Is some dispute as to when winter is over
PROBABLY when The income 1aE report is +.llea out
Imperial Valley press., 1927-03-18

quorum wasn't the only thing the senate needed
IN those ast daNs
Imperial Valley press., 1927-03-18

II President Coolidge moves onto cattle ranch for
ms vacation, all that exercise has taken on his me
chanIcal horse III Inc white house viii serve him IN
good stead when 1t comes to lhe round-up.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-03-18

there's comet coming this way with a carbon mon
oxide tail, Fu motorists viii probably insist as us
ual on getting their carbon n.onoxide indoors.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-03-18

We arc living il an age OF tension" says novel
10 De specific, n age Of extension, pretension and
tentlon.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-23
THIS WANDERING MIND.

Do human beings have nervous breakdowns or
apoplexy from too much thinking? We doubt il
You may cite the famous of Woodrow wilson lie
was thinker scholar He undertook vast Responsiveness,
and he bore his burden for few years Then he broke
His remarkable mentality collapsed and his body buekled
under Too much thinking you may say.
We do not believe that thinking had anything 10 &c
with that famous collapse of great man. Worry dldlt
Worry Of course is thinking 1t is something else,
closely resembling what James Harvey Robinson IN he
Mind in the Making calls rsvere just wandering OF
The mind around and around, without control
Most of our waking hours spent in reverie Few
Of us spend more than few minutes day IN Actual
ordered thought We go about our days work. and our
minds wander around loosely like tiger in large cage
Conrad Aiken has done little exploring INTO ms
wandering mind thai serves for many years ana
spends so much of its time idleing. His novel, Blue
Voyage is sort of Photographic record OF the amiess
,neanderng Of a mind. Just ordinary mind
If YOU follow the reveries of Deares the Writer VINO
;s the chief character in blue Voyage, you note now
seldom his mind required make decision or to reason
things out logically The just drifts from one situation
10 another largely guided in his thought and action 10y
Happenings and persons controlled by him.
That's the way Of go through llte-on sort Oh
Blue Voyage gazing about talking playing wondering bu
seldom taking the helm and doing little hard thinking Oh
our
OF course there are men and women who turn away
from the noise the jazz orchestra in the saloon and away
from the hypnotic glare of the blue wafer and DO nte
original thinking These the leaders OF the race ihe
are very few in number
And even the leaders seldom spend enough time think
inc 10 do any damage themselves The damage done D
worry.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-23

village or city in this country that some of the grafters
do not instantly cry that the fair of The place
is being assailed Unfortunately many honest persons
deeply impressed with this camor and gather to
pass resolutions defending their dwelling place from
the defamers, instead Of finding who The graters
are and getting rid of them. Nobody likes to admit
that his home town is the best town earth. But
town will ever be the best earth, the
one-housandth best unless the people who dwell in it
admit and then that it is sometimes misruled and
stop Boosting until there is something to boast
about.-The Ne,v York Tribune
Thank you Mr. Tribune. But not all towns have
the civic pride to which you refer lot of towns do
have groups of doubling Ihomases who ready to
magnify and multiply the jealouses, misunderstood
ngs and misrepresentation of chronic dyspeptcs who
prefer to believe that there is something phoney about
Lindys flight Mexico They would prefer accept
a story that Indy carried part way by boat
There those citizens in community who cam
not the advantages of public improvements for
instance new high school-and yell Graft at the
mention of such necessary public building.
Very often crusade" in favor of an addition to
the eitys attractveness and advantages labeled in
terms which properly fit something deplorable.
4. Too often some people in community fail to
distinguish those manifestations of public spiredness
and personal sacrifice which result in growth of the
community and benefit to property owners.
There is in the country that cannot be
improved, but to make what would approach TO
the best town EARTH it is necessary have fully
as MANY boosters as there are knockers and just
many who cry s'Attaboy as those who cry Crater.
Every town has something to boast about Every
town has something improve within its self,
the individual. s.@
Let us not dwell much length upon the fault,
but give better attention the good until the good has
expanded and overcome the fault
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-23
FOSTER FATHERS WELL CHOSEN

Atlantic County's freehoders have Endorsed
United States Senator Edge for the Presidency. 1t
would be interesting reading if enterprsng reporter
could induce that master mind of Atlantic County
politics. Enoch L. Johnson disclose the relationship
between this episode and the valiant unseifh labors
Of Mr. Johnson to make Hamilton f. kean Senator OF
the United States from New Jersey. Is it falr TO
suspect Mr. Johnson may be trying to wean MIR. Edge
from his support of the Senatorial candidacy OF former
Governor Stokes? 1t established that Mr. Edge Will
not be eaned even though many of his followers have
heen-and by means which indicate the politcai
sagacity of Mr. Kean Mr. Johnson is hard tighter
and as the generassno of the Kean forces this action
of the reehoders of Atlantic county may be one OF his
most subtle moves Who knows-The Newark Nesos
Whether it is the most subtle move OF a master
mind or mere political sagacity, or the generasslInsm
of the hard fighter whether Edge is to be weaned or
Kean is to be polished, or wherein the tact remains ina,
The Freeholers are out for Edge for President and
never did a fayorite son have better lot OF foster
fathers.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-23
WHEN A BOOST is A KNOCK.

4 Civic pride springs eternal in the civic breast
Hardly is prairie or backwoods village Incorporated
before boosters club is formed and the world at large
Is told that it is the fastest growing community IN It's
d;r;ct All Of which promotes public spirit and tends
q increase population also often tends to enable
the local ctzenry to the mote in the eyes OF the
residents of negiborng communities far clearly
Than they can observe the beams in their own .onr
country, right or wrong, was never parncniariy
natrotic slogan and our town, right or wrong rs DIS
;sobevous ;nasmuch as towns are likely to have
shortcomings than great nations
For the whole population OF city, or even tor Us
leading citizens to protest at any effort to prove tina,
craft exists in its midstwhen there is unquesiloned
proof of CRAFTS more OF a knock than boost Wheh
tow, oets more interested in house building than in
house cleaning it is i'm bad way. Conendng that
there is no need of improvement makes improvement
impossible, and there few municipal governments
which cannot be improved.
Seldom is there crusade against graft III town.