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Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-29

with Jumper and Bumper that he
ncver thought of any danger.
"Here you are! Catch this! y
shouted Bumper kicking a football
into the air for his daddy to run
after. The Wolf saw the big rubber
and leather ball filled with air sail
upward. He saw Uncle Wiggily run
ming along the sand close to the edge
of the waves to make the catch.
"Now is my chance!,' whispered
the Wolf. "He will be looking up
at the football and won't see ME
coming. l can bump him into the
water and the Sword Fish can tickle
him in the ribs with that long nose
of his. -
No sooner said than done! Straight
al Uncle Wiggily rushed the Wolf.
The bunny gentleman was looking
up at the football, anxious to get
it in his paws, out in the ocean the
Sword Fish raised himself, his long
sharp nose ready.
But just as the Wolf was about
to bump Mr.. Longears, Jumper
cried:
"eLook out for the Bad Chap,
Daddicums!
Uncle Wiggily jumped aside pust
in time, and the. Wolf, instead Of
pushing the rabbit into the water,
pushed the football instead. The
football sailed out over the waves
and the Sword Fish, seeing it COM
ing, thought it was the bunny:
"Take that!' snarled the Sword
Fish making stab upward with
his sharp nose. But he punched Il
hole in the football. And Out7rushed
the air with loud banging noise
Ike that of gun.
"Wow!' howled the Sword Fish,
much surprised. "What funny ra5-
tit!" The floppy football stuck to
his sharp nose and he couldn't get
it off, swimming away with it. And
the Wolf was so frightened by the
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-29
Special Fares to
See Lindbergh

A special fare to Los Angeles and
return to Imperial Valley will be
effective on the Southern Pacific
railroad in connection with the ap-
pearance oT Colonel Charles Lind
bergh in Los Angeles on September
20. 1t is expected that many per-
sons from the valley will avail them
selve of the opportunity to greet the
transatlantic flyer at that time.
Colonel Lindbergh is expected to
arrive at Vail field at o'clock in
the afternoon. He will appear at the
coliseum at 3 O'Clock. A parade on
Broadway and through the business
section of,Los Angeles will be staged
at 4 clock. Colonel Lindbergh
well appear at the Hollywood bowl
at 5 o'clock and a banquet will be
held at night.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-29

bursting bali that he ran away, with
his tail between his legs
''My! That was narrow es-
cape!' laughed Mr.. Longears when
it was all over. "'Your football is
lost, boys, but III buy you an
other And Jumper and Bumper
said they would much rather lose
their football than have the Sword
Fish stab their Daddy. So it all
came out for the best. And if the
ice pick doesn t dig some pepper
out of the salt seller and sprinkle
it in the sugar bowl to fool the milk
pitcher. I'll tell you next about
Uncle Wiggily and the Saw Fish
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-29
BIRTHS DOWN. DEATHS UP

The birth rate in this country last year decreased
au tne oea1h rate increased the former changing
percent and the latter half as much in the wrong d
rection. "
There is 10 cause for immediate worry however
inasmuch as there still 201 persons born to 12
that died That leaves safe balance. Moreover the
slight increase IN the death is attributed to tran
sent conditions, especially the influenza epidemic in
the spring OF last year The trend of mortality in recent
years has been pretty steadily downward and there is
reason to expect q resumption of that trend.
AS for the decreased birth rate, it is explained
as resulting from the flow OF population from the rur
al sections which prolific to the cities which are
not That flow is likely to continue and presumably
the birth rate will continue downward When two
threaten to meet as they have in France there
will be serious cause for worry
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-29
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
August 90. 1912

Up. Silliman came from Los An
geles to Holtville this morning, he
having been one Of the pioneers on
the east side.
F. Kloke, of Calexico, will start
at the end of this week for an auto
trip to the state fair at Sacramento,
going by way of San Diego, Los
Angeles and Lake Tahoe. He ex-
poets to be gone for some time.
Mrs. P. T. Cunningham has re-
turned from the coast.
Miss Florence Hill returned today
from vacation passed in Los An
geles.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-29
Christian to Face
Charge of Murder
by United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2e.-Mur.
der charges will be filed against
Thomas j. Christian, police officials
announced, as a result of. the death
of Walter Galloway, SO, in Culver
City hospital today.
Galloway was shot by Christian
late. last week as climax of
children's argument over the own
ership of a red toy wagon.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-29
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell Of I'm
perial Valley for this Date
In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
August 20, 1907

W. F. Holt. and, w. M. Conkling
left this morning, for the coast.
f. H. lockwood is again at Ca
lexico, having returned from Los
Angeles where he was under ply
sician s care for a month. He will
open his real estate office and en-
gage even more actively in business
than heretofore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will S. Fawcett and
J. X. Weeks are at Hotel Imperial.
d. r. Crawford, of Ontario is in
the valley.
Leroy Holt is again at his post in
the First National Bank.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-29
Prizes Offered
TO Dove Hunters

Dove hunters Of the valley viii
have an opportunity 10 shoot for
more than doves with the opening
of the dove season here on Septem-
Der l, The Imperial Valley Hard.
ware store has offered two prizes in
connection with the opening of the
season.
The first prize, 100 rounds OF
Winchester ammunition, will go to
the first person to report at the
store in FL Centre with the limit in
doves, Is. Second prize Of SO
rounds of ammunition viii go TO the
second 10 appear with a like num-
Der. There is only one restriction
N the contest. Al the doves must
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-29
TEN YEARS AGO
August %. 1917

Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Royce of FL
Centre, returned yesterday from a
vacation trip to the coast. They
accompanied Justice I. Mayfield
across the mountains on the return
trip.
The Rev. w. G. Conley. pastor
of the Christian church. left last
night for a vacation Of ten days
with his family on the coast.
George w. Anderson, president Of
the Imperial Valley Hardware Co.,
arrived home yesterday after a
short business trip to the coast.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-29
Alpine Tapioca Pudding

acups Alpine Milk, + "a cups water.
4 tbsp. tspioca. Is cup sugar. ! eggs.
u tsp. salt, q tsp. vanilla. Soak
tapioca one hour in enough cold
water to cover; drain. Add th:
Alpine Milk and wafer and cook in
double boiler till tapioca is trans
parent. Add sugar, yolks Of eggs,
slightly beaten, and salt. Cook till
1t thiekens, Remove from stove ard
add whites Of eggs. beaten stiff.
Flavor and chill. Serves eight.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-29

CORDOBA, Aug. 29.-After hav-
ing been lost for more than a year,
q tube containing eight milligrams
Of radiim was found here recently
by an eight-year-old girl playing in
the street in front of her home. The
radium is valued at $4,000. 1t was
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-29
THE WEATHER

LOS ANGELES AND VICINITY:
Fair tonight and Tuesday with
temperature. Cloudy or fog
g. in the morning. .--..
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: =
Fair tonight and Tuesday with fog
near coast at night; moderate tenn
perature; normal fire hazard in
mountains; gentle westerly winds.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-29

Those MASKED men welding whips in Georgia re-
Gently are unworthy descendants of the original Ku
kux, which would have fogged men who flogged
women.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-29

On August was celebrated the
opening of the Sacramento River
highway between Oakland and Sac
ramento.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-29

1t has remained for the Fort Wayne News-Senti-
ne TO alscover that high hats often rest upon low
brows.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-29

lost by local physician while on
his way to call on a cancer patient!y
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-29

4 new alfalfa meal mill opened ct
Gerber, Tehaa!a county, aug. 9.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-29
every DROP.

every drop.
Alpine ispure full>cream
milk, made doubly rich by
removing more than half
thewater, then homogerized
so that this double supply
of cream is evenly distrib>
uted through every drop.
Delicious in coffee. I'm,
proves every recipe that
calls for milk. Costs less
than ordinary milk SO rich
it saves butter in cooking.
Get Alpine today.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-29
there's cream in every drop

TRAILER, stronger, big
L ger round the chest
that's the Western young
ster. Government statistics
prove it.
There's no food like milk
for building husky young
sters for building health,
ier grown>ups, too.
Use plentyofm in your
cooking. Mealswill
nourishing, more appetizing
especially if the milk is
Alpine. There's cream il,
New Britain herald., 1927-08-23

for Southern New England: Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday: probably showers tonight: slightly cooler Wednesday. Moderate south l to west winds.
 Forecast for Eastern New York: Cloudy followed by showers tonight and Wednesday. Cooler Wednesday and in north portion tonight Vari- able winds tonight. shifting to fresh and possibly northwest on Wednes- day.
 Conditions: The disturbance that was central over the upper lake re- zion yesterday morning moved rapidly eastward during the past 2l hours and centers over Quebec with a long trough extending southwest ward to Texas.
 It is producing light showers this morning in the Atlantic coast dis- tricts from the southern New Jersey coast northeastward to Massachu- sets.
 Pressure is relatively low on the south Atlantic coast. It is high over the north Atlantic coast region, also over Tennessee. A strong area of high pressure from the Canadian northwest is advancing southward over the plains states, accompanied by somewhat lower temperatures that produced frost in eastern North Dakota and northern Minnesota last night.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-23
25 Fears Ago Today

Another case of smallpox has been discovered on Grove street and Chief Rawlings has placed the house in quarantine.
 The first caucus of the season. political, will be held this evening when the prohibitionists gather at the home of F. G. Platt on Grove Hill to nominate delegates. A prom inent member of the party said to- day that Mir. Platt will be offered the post of governor. He has been prominent in the party councils for years. When the republicans meet Thursday night an attempt will be made by enemies of Alderman Cur tis to keep him off the list of dele gates, although he is very ambitious for place and will make strong contest.
 William J. Noble of Sexton street has notified Selectman Hurlburt that he had 41 chickens killed by a dog yesterday morning.
 F. F. Laubn will resume teaching September 1. His studio will be in Booths block.
 Mr. and Mrs. William Marslan6 have gone to New York for weeks outing.
 Mrs. Paul Vogelgesang and daugh- ter have returned from q two weeks stay at Indian Neck.
 The Maple Hill golf team was swampcd by Waterbury Saturday. 22 to 4. G. ?. Hart made four points but all the others lost, E. F. Purcell by 6. NJ. & Hart by 4. w. P. Colley by ? and l.. H. Pease by 10. A. w. Bacon was even.
 The North X Judd baseball team defeated the Stanley Works Satur- day afternoon and tied for the lead in the Industrial league. Bates out pitched Nickery throughout.
 s. r. Williams, who has been con- ducting d summer school in New York, has completed the season md returned to his home in Plainville.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-23
TONY THE BOOTBLACK Goes
 CAMPING

Marouche, datsa ma wife. sheesa gone spend ma vacash inna da woods. She wants I should write-a da Barnum fora heesa bceg tent so sheesa can go camp. I say howsa you gone-a keep tent up an sheesa say weed steaks. I say eef daresa gone be any steaks we gone-a eata dem home. Dat woman sheesa craze to go camp an lay inna da grass Once sheesa lay inna da grass an I take-a da snappy shots from her an when I showa da pitch to ma frands deys asay whatsa name dem mountains. I say datsa not moun- tains datsa ma wife.
 Sheesa gets dat way cause Rosa, datsa ma litla gal, sheese Camp fires gal an wearsa da nice-a suit. nice-a beeg red bandan hankcheef anna da Tom Mix hat. "Datsa gal knowsa lots bout woods graft" saysa Mari ouche. "She knowsa da trees. da
 rocks and sheesa know avra snake by name" Whatsa use calla da snake names an make-a heem mad. Den sheesa tai me dat Pietro
 datsa her beeg boy heesa Boy Scout an knowsa all bout how to make-a da fire weet out matches an he know how to live-a ikea da Indian say I naver see Eyetalian Indian. , Den sheesa talla me eetsa nice eefa I1
 I aska her whatsa camp an sheesa say we takesa da table cloth
 an buildsa da house, den sleepa
 right onna da whatsa you call
 ''Keep offa da' unteel we get-a da rumteez. We eetsa plenta bugs inna da food. Den sheesa say eetsa nice to live inna da beeg open spaces
 an talla her ma farder he getsa
 keelcd inna da bceg open spaces He digga da ditch and heesa alta da bottom when da men deysa fila up da ditch again an nobody hcesa know ma farder heesa steel inna da ditch. No camp fora me. Datsa 1 halava way spent ma vacash. Eet
 I gone-a get seek I wanna get seek l home!
New Britain herald., 1927-08-23
department simply had made a mis-

take. The tax commissioner thus neatly passed the buck: but in the last re- port of the state tax collections is sued from his office-Information Relative to the Assessment and Col lection of Taxes-Waterbury is re- garded all through it as having less population than New Britain. so that we are given credit as being the fourth city. The population of both cities. of course, is "estimated"- probably also by the board of edu- cation-but regardless of accuracy or defective guesswork. New Brit ain perches in fourth place in this important volume.
 The estimated population of New Britain Gas of September 1, 1926) is given as 74,790; that of Waterbury as 7s,534. The grand list of New Britain Is given as below that of Waterbury. Page 11S.
 We are not wildly excited about all this, considering the counting of noses as rather vulgar. But 1t is worth while to stress the fact that New Britain seems to be regarded as the fourth city in one official state document.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-23

congress to open negotiations with l looking to the settlement of the vacant lands in Oklahoma by the white man. On April 22, 1889, the lands were thrown open to home seekers. Thousands of prospective settlers collected along the border of the new lands, and at 12 o'clock at a given signal the race began for farms and town lots. c. What was Pawnee Bills real name?
 A. Major Gordon W. Lille.
 c. What was the result of the Firpo- Wills fight?
 A. Wills fought Firpo, Septem- Der II, 1924, at Jersey City. N. J. It was 12 round no-decision battle, but Wills earned the newspaper verdict.
 Q. Upon whom does the pardon ing power for prisoners rest in the United States?
 A. For transgressors of federal laws it rests with the president of the United States. For infractions of other laws it rests with the gover- nor of the state, frequently assisted by board of pardons.
 Q. What is pyrite? Is it of any great value?
 A. It is sulphide of iron. Some varieties sell for about five dollars per ton. It has slight value in the making of sulphuric acid.
 Q. Where was Alice Terry born and when? Who is her husband?
 A. She was born in Vincennes, Indiana, in 1896. She is married to Rex Ingram, the director.
 Q. What is the value of a United States small one-cent piece dated 1922?
 A. Only one cent.
 Q. Is the waltz of English, I French or German origin?
 A. It was originally of French Origin but so modified in Germany as to really belong to that country. It became popular on the continent at the beginning of the 18th century and was introduced into England in 1912.
 Q. How many public day schools are there in New York city? : A. 662.
 Q. Is Between you and me" or Between you and r. correct?
 A. Between you and me" is correct. The objective form should be used.
 c. How long is fathom?
 A. A fathom is a nautical meas ure of length equal to six feet.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-23
BRIDGEPORT

When Bridgeport caved in. cco- nomicaIly, after the war it was in a sad predicament. For several years business there was not only bad, but tho worst in the state. There were more empty houses. business blocks and apartments than in any city in New England, population considered.
 Now Bridgeport is not only on it's feet again, economically, but is pushing ahead. It is the only city in Connecticut which has shown de- cidcd advance in building permits this year over last year,
 The park city has had q hard row to hoe and the fair minded will re. joice that 1t again is on it's feet.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-23
ANOTHER WEEKEND IN
 CONNECTICUT

Humanity seems to get an enor-
 nous thrill out of taking chance
 particularly when it Is out on va
 cation. Having a good time seems to consists of running needless risks In automobile, boats or in swim ming, at leat the record of accidents during the past weekend leads to that conclusion. Why it is that peo-
 pie cannot be reasonable in their
 search for amusement is inexph-
 cable. But it seems they cannot The
 man who rocked the boat and the
 man who raced the car on a crowd
 ed highway is still with us. He gets
 our sympathy when he gets in trouble, but usually he has sought , the trouble himself, possibly for the
 excitement of getting in tight place
 and getting out, if he does get out. Connecticut is not so small, it has many miles of water line, salt and fresh, 1t has also many miles of
 state highways, usually teeming with cars Accidents are bound to hap pen. But it seems, in perusing the
 weekly list that the majority of them are due to carelessness on the part of someone, in or on the water or in automobiles.
 , Two men in a party of six were { drowned near New Haven. In read
 ing the account we got the impress
 sion that it was extremely lucky that more of the party were not
 drowned. The inference is that the
 men who risked their lives in small
 boats had little knowledge of han ding them and probably could not swim.
 l Several automobile accidents have
 all the earmarks of careless or reck-
 less handling of cars. Despite being
 faced with these items every week
 in the state press the recklessness
 continues and the accident list mounts up. One reckless person in
 an automobile endangers the lives | of others, a reckless person about 1 the water endangers only his own, { The latter person is much more dc ! srable to have around, but there is
 no reason for his existence at that i It is time that halt was called to { thrill seeking.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-23
MISS DORIAN AND HER DAD

: If my children are of age l V ont stop them from doing some thing I would have done myself when I was their age" is reputed to be the answer Miss Mildred Doran received from her dad when she told him that 1t was her desire to be the first woman to fly across the Pacific The school teacher was but
 22 years of age, and judging from her photographs, was possessed of
 a very attractive face and figure. She unqucstionably had personality and the desire for extraordinary ad- venture. It is not to be suspected, either, that she valued her life not too high despite an expression at tributed to her to the effect that one dies but once and might as well
 do so gloriously.
 Although there is still hope that she may be found, that somewhere on the face of the Pacific, or on
 one of the islands of the Hawaiian
 group, she may be struggling to pro- long life until rescue comes about,
 that hope grows simmer every day and many have given her up for lost. There are six others in the same predicament as the young lady, all of them men and it is ex- tremely doubtful If any of them are found even the two who disappear
 cd last while searching for their pals.
 Evidently MT, Doran's permission
 was one of the clements which took
 part more or less in the fate of his
 daughter. Probably she would have
 attempted the flight lacking it. Wo-
 men do those things these days. She
 might have stayed on the ground,
 however. we do not know how much she was willing to be governed by the desires of her parent.
 But the dad could hark back tc l the days of his youth, when dreams of achievement often filled his brain, awake and asleep. He probably rever got the opportunity to fulfil ! lis ambitions soon finding himself tied down 10 a life which meant a struggle 10 obtain food and shelter for himself and family with no time for 'highfaluting" schemes. Because he could do so, because he realized
 how disappointed he was. he hes-
 tated to interfere with the ambition
 of his daughter. And it seems as if
 he acted quite rightly. She took her
 chance to win honors second only
 to those Of Lindbergh, probable af-
 fluence and the realization of a
 thrilling adventure. Against these
 was balanced the possibility of the
 death which it seems has come to
 her. And who is there to say she
 did not act rightly as well?
New Britain herald., 1927-08-23

door. Shall call the police ma'am?"
 Mrs. Weston: Just a minute Marie, till I see whether it is g tramp or my husband coming home from his golf game"
 Mrs. c. R. Rothschild
 Behold! Eaton: T hear they have quite a scandal at your Golf Club?" Murray: ..Yes. The holder of the mems championship was holding the holder of the women's cham 
 -Roslyn Ament Copyright. 1927. Reproduction
 Forbidden)
New Britain herald., 1927-08-23
NELS J. NELSON

Probably the use of the word some" in our editorial was ill-ad vised, it should probably have been more" We are thoroughly familiar with New Britain's aviation history and as thoroughly proud of it as MT. Nelson rightly is.
 From the days of Hamilton,- reader that was seventeen years or more ago,-this city has taken an intense interest in the efforts of man to conquer the air in a machine that was heavier than the element. Charlie Hamilton came to town in contraption made of canvas, bam- boo and piano wire and finally Wor- ried it off the ground much to the delight of a crowd assembled on and about Walnut Hill park. That was New Britain's first sight of a plane, and very few indeed had been seen anywhere up to that time. Glenn Curtis had flown from Albany to New York, If we remember correctly and Hamilton from New York 10 Philadelphia. Charlie, as he was known to his home town folks re- ceived s10,000 for that flight. A year or so later Hamilton returned to the city with another plane and still lat CT with still another type, both of them being crude measured by pres ent day standards, but the latest at the time.
 By that time number of local boys Were taking an active interest in flying, MT. Nelson quickly becom- ing proficient in the art of building and piloting planes. His data on the use of the Hartford field is un- quostionably correct.
 We agree with the writer in his statement that the establishment of a field here would quickly be follow ed by the Use of it. Undoubtedly within the next five years there is going 10 be considerable purely pleasure flying, in addition to mail and passenger traffic through the air. II probably would not immedi- atcly prove profitable venture 10 establish an aviation base, with hangars, mechanical service and supplies, but the time is coming when such fields will be run as public garage is run 10 accommodate the surface trippers, with a profit to the owners. New Britain should have such q base as soon as possible. It will be on the aerial map then, which win count for a great deal be tore long.
 May MT Nelson, as one of the committee, be able to impress upon the council and the town the facts in aviation which he evidently has and may a committee be able to locate suitable spot in this district for such a purpose before very long.