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Imperial Valley press., 1927-01-04
THE SPIRIT OF IMPERIAL VALLEY

a The darkness of night brings out the stars. Adver
sity develops strength The firm foundations of I'M
perial Valley have been laid by strong and determined
men. The conversion of desert into blooming val
ley has challenged the attention of the world The
most popular bit of fiction America has produced IN
the last half century has been the realism simply and
skllfuly portrayed in book telling of the heroc con-
quest of this valley. And the silver screen Is
herading that epic of the west it has been be
yond the printed page to do
So it is that when the forces of nature make new
attack from the trenches it the spirit of our
people remains undaunted.
The slipping Of the structure of the earth has shaken
of the less substantial of buildings but the
spirit of Imperial Valley remains unshaken The finest
asset Calexico possesses is the grit of its people.
1t generally happens that such misfortunes as be-
fell that border city exaggerated IN the first flush
of excitement. The Press is happy to state it
in this instance Not but that the loss bad enough,
but it is not bad it might be- Not life was lost
and the material damage is much less than at first be-
eved. Indeed it is comforting to say that insurance
will approximately so per cent of the total loss
1t is dramatic exhibition being given by the people
of Caexco and the Press is delighted to direct atten
ton to it. Hardly had the dust of crumbed walls set
tied before business vigorously working to
remove the debris and planning for larger and bet
ter and firner city.
The strength of this valley, the destiny of this COM
munty, do not reside in brick and mortar in
crete aa steel, but they found in that intangible
butAure thing, The Spirit of Imperial Valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-01-04
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD r. GARIS
Copyright, 1925, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY AND UNI S
PIE

One day, when Uncle Wiggily had
helped his wife and Nurse Jane Fuz'
" Wuzzy get all the little bunny
rabbits ready for school, and NheA
Mr.. Longears had finished his
breakfast, he peered out of the win
dow of his bungalow across the snow
covered ground and said;
u think shall go look for an
adventure.
"It is rather cold today, " squeak
ed Nurse Jane.
"Well, perhaps shall find a
warm adventure, spoke the rabbit
gentleman.
Then he put on his snow shoes
and slid across the garden toward
the Bungleump. or little house, part
ly a stump, whore Boppy. I'm and
the six little Woggleiigs lived.
What S that. You never heard
of Wogglejigs' m surprised at
YOU! Why. Woggleiigs are ittlt
wooden creatures who live in the
Bungleump with Boppv and TN.
And do | hear you asking who are
Boppy and TN?
Why. l told yea, in the story last
Imperial Valley press., 1927-01-04

him when he came back I would
have an apple pie for him. Now 1
have the flour, lard, milk, apples,
cinnamon and everything else that
goes into an apple pie, but l can t
make it. Oh, dear,'
lis it because YOU have no hands
and arms, TN, that you cant make
the pie2' asked the rabbit. elf
that S it, l II mix up the dough for
YOU. Please let me; | know how. y
"Oh it ism that, said Um. 81
have the dough all mixed. l mixed
il by jumping up and down in it, for
| can do that without hands or
legs. But / cam roll out the pie
crust to spread over the apples in
the pie tin. never had rolling
rim. This is the first pie l ever
tried to make, and if l don't get it
finished Boppy will be so disap-
pointed. Oh, dear. Oh, dear. -
Then Uncle Wiggily had bright
idea. He looked at the little wood
en- lady and laughed as he said:
"Why, I'm, you are just like a
rolling pin yourself! Even your
wooden head is round. Now, if YOU
put the lump of dough on the table,
and roll yourself backward and for
ward over it, you will flatten it out
as nicely as if YOU had used a roll
ing pin. Try it,
So I'm jumped up on the table
where the lump of dough was, and
She rolled back and forth on it un-
til il was flattened out into a big,
thin sheet Then I'm flipped it and
fiopped it by jumping up and down
and tapping it, until she had put ii
over the cut up apples in the tin
and then it was ready to pop into
the oven.
"Now Boppy will be happy.
said I'm with smile, and the rab-
bit gentleman was glad he had help
ed her, for it made an adventure
for him. And if the five and seven
cent store will buy the chunk Of
cheese a new hat so it can go to
the football game, III tell you next
about Uncle Wiggilv's snow picnic.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-01-04
Salt River Valley
Shipping Lettuce

That the lettuce movement will
not begin to be real heavy until
about the middle of this month, is
the assertion of l.. Is. Hall, represen-
tative here of the Rock Island
lines. His statement followa:
'.The Salt River Valley lettuce
in Arizona will not have gone off
the market until about the 18th or
the 10Th of this month. Right now
shipments from that section are
heavy aud any excessive movement
from the Imperial valley would but
cause a glut of the market i'll the
middle west and eastern centers, and
cause such a slump in price that 1t
would be ruinous for all concerned
except the railroads. However, IT
is the purpose of the railroads to co
operate so that grower and shipper
as we'll as the man on the receiving
end shall make money.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-01-04
Special Cotton
Train Tonight

The San Diego & Arizona will
operate special train of Is cars
tonight loaded with cotton from
Calexico and destined for the steam
er City of Tuscaloosa at San Diego,
states D. c. Ramsey, traffic head of
the line in the city. This cotton is
bound for Liverpool.
1.-THE reason for the Special he
said, twas a twodays' delay in the
compress at Calexico because of
the earthquake. The British mar
ket is now opening up and in order
to get the ship which will 90 via
Imperial Valley press., 1927-01-04

\ senator with a little flair for
straying off the reservation can
save lot on breakfasts this year.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-01-04

night. how Boppy moved his Bunglc-
ump over next door to Uncle Wig
gilv, and how the bunny Uncle say.
ed Boppy S red painted nose from
being licked off by the rough tongue
OF the Fuzzy Fox. Boppy and I'm
were cute little wooden creatures,
and Boppy, being man, was twice
as large as I'm. Boppy and TN
had no arms nor legs but, being
round. they could roll over and
over like barrel to get where they
wanted to go.
So Uncle Wiggily, on his snow
shoes. hoped over toward the Bun
eleump, and coming from il he
heard Il sad voice saying:
"'Oh, dear
" Ha. That sounds like trouble. -
said Uncle Wiggily to himself as
he twinkled his pink nose. And
where there is trouble there may be
an adventure. shall look into
this.
So he looked into the Bungieump
and there he saw TN, the little
{ NOoutu lduN SlduiIHS hcdl d hFeSH-
! en- table on which were pots and
pans and dishes and flour and ap-
plies and the like of that.
! "'What' 5 the matter. Umo' ask
ed Mr.. Longcars kindly. lis the
Woozie Wolf going to lick your
painted nose off with his rough
tongue?
"No, there is no Wolf here"
sighed the little wooden lady. = But
I can t make a pie. That's why m
so sad, I cant make pjc,'
/ Ho, Ho, Why should YOU be sad
about that" laughed the rabbit
gentleman. I'm get Nurse Jane to
give you one of her pies and he
started back toward his bungalow.
mo. No. if YOU please. ox-
claimed I'm. THAT would never
/ do, You see promised Boppy
/ when he left this morning TO take
Mazie, Dazic, Bumple and the other
. Wogglejigs to school promised
Imperial Valley press., 1927-01-04

Reclamation of arid lands wins more interest than
usual in the wet east.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-01-04
PURIFYING LITERATURE

A reformer in England has sold his 1900 farm,
added the money profits from his agricultural in
ventions and bought book store with the avowed
purpose of purifying literature and introducing
Christian principles into business
After thinking it all over, he explains, he has come
to the conclusion that the trouble with the social ys
tenn is that the of truth is not presented in
literature"
novels that he bought with the bookshop, banishng all
fairy tales and most of the poetry including Shake
speare, who he says particularly impure
Not only shall nothing impure contarlinae his book
shelves hut the farmerbookseller is going to "chas
tse the publishers of both books and newspapers and
inculcate in them adherence of impurty and de-
\ sire for truth
More power to him But is this reformer perfectly
that he knows what truth and purity are? And
if So is he perfectly that he is taking the best
way to promote them?
Censors, somehow, seldom get very far, especially
when they are violent and self-rghteous.
Perhaps the best way is just to set good example
Light drives out darkness without making any great
fuSs about it. Likewise truth drives out falsehood
ia purity drives out n1purity Good books and mag
ines and papers tend to drive out bad ones
This excited bookseller might better have stuck his
rming.
IA defendant in criminal court the other day acknowl
NED that he had committed murder, but he couldn't
foNl the jury, and they voted him innocent usual
Reclamation of arid lands wins interest than
usual in the wet east.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-01-04

the canal, we are making up the spe-
cial.. -
According to present conditions
in this country and abroad, as rar
as markets are concerned, the San
Diego 4 Arizona expects to handle
Imperial Valley press., 1927-01-04

about 10000 bales of cotton from
Calexieo and bound for Liverpool
via San Diego. Last year because
Of foreign market conditions, the
greater part of the Baia California
crop was shipped to :Iexico.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-01-04
TEN YEARS AGO
January 4, 1917
UNIDENTIFIED GREEK IS
SUICIDE AT MADEIRA

MADEIRA, Cal, Jan. 4.-Local po-
lice today tried to learn the name of
a Greek, about 35 years old, who
committed suicide near here late
yesterday.
The Greek fastened the chain of
a cotton weighing tripod under his
neck while he stood on box and
then kicked the box out from under
him, according to police.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-01-04

We were discussing atoms when
he asked: Why do YOU fellows al
ways leave off the apple' : Then,
with a pumpkin, we crowned him.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-01-04

Money to Loth on Automobiles.
Sterling Securities Co. Inc. Fred X.
Cross Mgr. 66Q Main St. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1927-01-04
Looking Backward
What the Press files tell Of I'm
perial Valley for this date
in past years
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
January 4, 1912

Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert S. Helms and
children returned to the city from
Los Angeles after spending the holi
days there.
Reprinted from the Holtville Trib-
une by the Imperial Valley Press:
Last Tuesday while Mrs. NJ. \.
Edge. who resides on a ranch in
No. was preparing to leave for
home, before getting into the buggy
stepped to the side of one of the
horses to fix the harness, the ami
NAL kicked her in the face with suf-
ficient force to smash ont the teeth
Her nose was also broken and her
face cut very badly over the eyes.
She was rendered unconscious by
the severity of the kick. Kind hands
picked her up and carried her to the
office of DR.. Wimp, where every
thing was done to relieve suffering
Later she was taken 20 the Cum.
mings rooming house and still later
removed to the home OF John V.
Taggart. Yesterday morning CON
sciousness returned and she is rest
ing quite easy, though as she is
lady of some % years of age, 1t will
be some time before she RECEIVERS
from the effects of the horse
TEN YEARS AGO
January 4, 1917
Former County Purchasing Agent
c. l.. Carr and Mrs. Carr leave to-
night for their future home in Gcor-
gia. Among the last farewell events
given for them was that at which
Supervisor and Mrs. Arthur Shep-
herd were host and hostess at the
Hotel Barbara Worth. Guests pres
ent included Mr.. and Mrs. Carr, Mr..
and Mrs. Simon, Mrs. Il. b. Kepley
and John NJ. Kepley. Following the
dinner, the Carrs were entertained
at a neighborhood affair at the resi-
deucc of \. N. Kelsey on Holt ave
nue..
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-19
South Against Smith
 Says Prohibitionist

LACROSSE. Wis. Oct. 19.- With the possible exception of one State, the South will be sol idly against Gov Alfred E. Smith if he is nominated for President by the Democrats, declared for mer Congressman William D. Up shaw of Georgia, in speaking to the International Purity Confer ence here. He said that Louisiana might vote for the New York Governor, but the remaining Southern States are united against any attempt to put him in the White House.
 Upshaw has been radical prohibition orator and writer and religious evangelist all his life. including the four terms he serv- ed in Congress from the Atlanta district. He was defeated for the nomination in the Democratic c primary preceding the last elec- ton.
 Old papers TOT safs at The Empire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-19
PORTER IDAHO WILL
 SHIP ALL WINTER

Transportation improvements which are expected to not only reduce the cost of ore shipping from $50 to SIP per ton but also permit ore shipments throughout the winter are now being in stalled on the noted Porter Idaho property in the Marmot section.
 The main unit of the new transportation system is a 2,000- foot aerial tramway, extending from the mine to the glacier. From this point the ore will be transported by sled over snow road down the canyon to the Marmot River and thence to the beach. This will permit daily transportation of double or treble the amount of ore handled at present by pack train over cir cnitous mountain trail.- (Hyder Herald
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-19
INSURGENTS
 FOR NORRIS
 OR LOWDEN
Senator Nve States Posi- ton of Newly Form
 ed Group

WASHINGTON. Oct 19. = A newly formed group of non-ori ganization Republican Senators from the West, is standing by United States Senator George w. Norris, of Nebraska. for the Presidential nomination and while ready to listen to the cause of former Gov. Frank 0. Lowden, of Illinois. wants more information from him as to his views on Western problems.
 Senator Gerald P Nye. of North Dakota. enc of the five Senator's belonging to the Nor ,ris cluster, made this clear in a speech before the Washington Chamber of Commerce in which he asked Lowden to clarify his position regarding the interests of the West.
 Senatro Nye said he did not wish to embarrass the candidacy of Lowden or eliminate him from consideration but thought 1t pos slble that Lowden might soon see it fit to elarlfy his position '
 While Bowden advocated the McNary- Haugen bill, Senator Nye said that the mere enactment of the measure is not going to save agriculture.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-19
Says Use oj
 Leisure Is Main Job in Lite

OXFORD, England. Oct. 19-- Work is obisctionable,' accord ing to Mrs. Barbara Wootton, d. rector of the course in Higher Education for Women" at the London University
 For most of those engaged in industrial labor today their main job should be their use of leisure. We must find our life's interest outside our work which is some thing we ought to get done as quickly as possible" she said.
 We ought to run civilization on the theory that our ,nain interest in life is not the thing by which we earn our daily bread but how to get the earning over and done with quickly"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-19

Corporation. The plane arrived at Fairbanks several weeks ago.
 The prospecting expedition will leave Fairbanks in March. Head- quarters will be established at Alatna, where several tons of supplies are now stored. From that point the airplane will be used in taking prospectors and supplies into likely looking dis tricts in which little or no pros pecting has yet been done. Some men will probably be left along the Noatak and John Rivers.
 The Fairbanks men who orig mated the plan and backed their faith in it with hard cash are William App1eby, George Webber, Eugene Schreiber and Cecil Craw- ford. The company will probably be expanded to include several more men.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-19
DEMOCRATS TO OR 6 AIMEE FOR
 1928 CAMP AICN
Divisional and Territorial Conventions Are Called
 by I. J. Donohoe

Preparatory to eementing the party organization and to get it in shape for political activity m 1928, Democratic divisional and territorial conventions have been called by National Committeeman T. J. Donohoe of Cordova, it was made known today by J. J. Con nors. chairman of the Divisional Committee of the First Division. The Territorial Convention will be held at Seward, commencing Jan uary 16.
 Mr. Donohoe called a convel- ton for each of the four Divi- sions to be held on or before De- cember 15. Mir. Connors said he had taken up the matter with other party leaders in this Divi- sion asking for suggestions as 10 the most suitable time and place.
 He will issue a formal call after he has heard from them. Other members of the Divisional Com mittee are James McCloskey of Juneau. N R. Walker and w. B. Sharpe of Ketchikan, and R. J. Shepard. formerly of Haines. now residing in the Third Division The late w. w. Casey and c. NJ. MeGrath were also members, the former being Chairman. No cleo ton was ever held 10 fill these vacancies left by their deaths.
 The purpose of the Divisional Conventions is threefold. MT. Con nors said. II is desired to ~nonl. mate candidates for full legis- lative ticket in each Division: 70 fill out the Divisional Committees to their full strength of seven members each: and 10 elect 15 delegates from each Division to attend the Territorial gathering at Seward in January.
 The Territorial Convention has been called to nominate candi. dates for Delegate to Congress, Attorney of Alaska. for Democra- tic National Committeeman. six delegates and six alternates to the Democratic National Committee man: 10 elect q full Territorial Committee consisting of nine members, two from each Division and one at large to be Chairman; to adopt a party platform; and to transact other party business.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-19
WILL RELEASE
 EARL CARROLL

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.=Earl Carroll will be released from At lanta Fenitentiary within a few days. The recommendation of the Parole Board for Carrolls re- lease has been approved by At torney General Sargent. The nec- essary papers have been forward cd to the Penitentiary Warden directing him to release the New York theatrical producer, who is serving one year and one day for perjury in connection with the famous "bathtub" case.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-19
CAPT. HOELSCHER REPORTED SAFE

HOT SPRINGS, Alaska, Oct. 19.
 Uncertainty regarding Capt. Hoelscher and the Northern Com mercial launch Agnes and also the launch Danaco from the Iditarod. has been cleared with the arrival here of Oscar Keturi. The launches and crews of both are safe in a slough 90 miles be- low. here. The crews are expected to arrive here within the next day or two.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-19
MASQUERADE FOR
 HALLOWEEN NOW
 PLANNED OCT. 29

The first masquerade affair for many months is to be given by the Women of Mooseheart Legion on Halloween, October 29. in the Moose Hall. The announcement is made so that those appearing in costume may get busy and make their arrangements. There will be prizes for both men and women for the most appropriate costume, best sustained and most comical.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-19
KOBUCK PROSPECTORS
 ARE TO USE AIR LINE

Cecil Crawford, who will pilot the plane purchased by group of Fairbanks men to take pros- pectors and supplies into the Ko- bIk River district, returned to Fairbanks early this month from the States.
 Crawford left Fairbanks the first of May and took a two months flying course at Wichita, Kansas. He then purchased Swallow plane exactly similar ex- cept for the engine to the one owned by the Fairbanks Airplane
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-19

Inder and Henderson. has return ed from a survey of placer tin claims near Tofty. He is accom- panied by s. Spauling. mining engineer. Mrs. Charles Hellendar. representative of mining interests in the interior, and Mrs. T.. Howell, owner of a group of claims. The party will return from Fairbanks via airplane. making further investigations. within the next six weeks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-19
A. D. LOWE. AND BRIDE
 ARRIVE FROM SOUTH

MT. and Mr., A. D. Lowe were arrivals last night on the Yukon from the sou h and are going to make their fiji nre homo in Junaau. Mrs. Lowe was formerly Miss Ava Hiatte, who left here early last month after spending some time as superintendent of the Government hospital.
 MT. Lowe left here for his va cation in September and the we'd ding was solemnized in Van Nuyse, California, during the first week in October. MT. Lowe has been druggist at Britt's Pharmacy | for the past two years.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-19
EARLE HUNTER TO
 WED UINTA KIRK

Miss Uinta Kirk arrived hero last night on the Yukon from hes home in Oregon Her marriage to Earle L. Hunter Jr., will be solemnized this evening at MT. Hunters home. Miss Kirk was a visitor in Juneau for several weeks during the summer of 1926.
 - -
 Nut Breads, CaKes and Pies made to order by ITS. Sully.
 --ady.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-19
ADMIRAL ROGERS
 IS ON WAY NORTH

SEATTLE. Oct 19. Steamer Admiral Rogers sailed for South eastern Alaska ports at 10 o'clock this morning with Al passengers, the following for Juneau: John Beck and John Olson.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-19
JACK OF ALL TRADES

The shop Of odd Jobs, such as wi n ow washing, scrubbing, cleaning, polishing floors, paint ing, in fact anything in odd jobs
 John Holler. Prop. Phone 473.
 adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-19
Interior Properties
 Are Being Inspected

HOT SPRINGS, Alaska. Oct. 19. IS. J. Inder, of London. Eng land, of the engineering firm of
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-19

Try the new Spanish curl, pap CT curl. or brush wave. Given by Mrs. Webber at No. 1. MacKin- non Apts. Also all other hines of Beauty Culture given. Phone 547. adv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-19
HoW's YuuK ROOF,

If you nsed shingles for it, remember Femmer has them at a price that is right. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-19

LET Almquist Press Your Suit,
 We call and deliver. Phone 52S.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-19

Advertising always pays. -1se the columns of The Empire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-16
SUMMERTIME
By D. c. PEATTLE.
Shepherd's Purse.

Does your garden or your lawn con
tain a weed, persistent despite your
doughtiest efforts to eradicate it, with
four white petals and flowers in a
rambling spire, followed in turn by
tiny little pods, and clothed IN scant
unlovely dress Of couab.like foliage?
It is the shepherds purse, and as
Villon remarked Of wornankind, Hap
py is he who knows them not"
am not a naisogynist, but for many
years I was confirmed hater Of the
shepherd s purse. But familiarity
does more than breed contempt; it
is apt, fortunately, to break down
hate. And because my acquaintance.
ship it'll shepherds purse was forced
upon me, came to know its ways,
to study its infinite variations. and
to realize that, honaely though it
might be. it was a plant Of resource.
II the biography Of this world travel
Ter could be written it would probably
sell to one of the success magazines"
On the high Andes, by the salt
marshes OF Europe, in the sheep pas
lures Of New Zealand, the shepherds
purse holds its own. Native, we
suppose, originally to Central Europe,
it has within the last four centuries,
probably mostly within the last one
hundred years. voyaged to the ends Of
the earth; perhaps there are no lands
but deserts that have not had at least
a visit from this waif. Perhaps,
too, it exhibits evolution in the max.
ing, for this one species. originally
not very variable, has taken on so
many different forms In the strange
habitats it has invaded that one bot.
anist has described sixty new species
OF shepherds purse.