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Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-23

Che bunny uncle had been promis-
ing the animal boys for week
hack, to take them to the woods to
cut the Christmas tree and it was
now time. E
"'But what S the Doll in the long
stoekingsfor?' barked Jackie.
''Hush! That s a seeretlH whis-
pcred Mr.. Longears. "Please say
nothing about it, So the animal
| boys promised and, as all the ami
lGais girls were over to the home of
Mamie Wagtail, the goat, trying
to guess what they would get 70.
Christmas, none of them saw Bella
Uncle Wiggily slipped into his
bungalow, hid the doll and then
nc hoped out to 60 to the wood
with the boys to cut the tree. Up
the hill, down the valley, along the
/ brook which was now covered with
ice and snow hoped the rabbit
woods where Christmas trees grew
But how are we going to cut
the trees DOWN. asked Johnnie
Bushytail, who was frisking on
ahead with his big tail held like q
busting brush over his back. g You
diln I bring any ak.
/ son, we forgot the ax!' chatter.
Cd Billie, who was Johnnie S bro
ther. "Now we can't cut the Christ.
mas tree.'
/ "Oh, yes we can chuekled Mr.
/ Longears. ~ II show you.
! And when they were deep in the
woods, and had picked out a tail
green tree, all of sudden Uncle
Niggily whistled through his teeth
and up from the brook, where they
! ;.d a snug, warm house under the
ice, came ToOdle and Noodle Flat
| Tail, the beaver boys.
t'Toodle and Noodle will cut the
tree for us, said Mr.. Longears
"With their sharp teeth, made fol
| enawing, they will cut the trc,
duwn as well as carpenter coulj
WITH an AK or saw
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-23
Actress Named
In Divorce Case
ny United Press Leased Wire

Los ANGELES, Dee. %. - Mrs.
Elaine Anderson, wife of Hoxic An
derson, Los Angeles and Oklahoma
investment broker, had on file here
today a divorce suit in which she
named Dorothy Raymond as CO. res
pondent.
Mrs. Anderson charged that her
husband and Miss Raymond lived
together at Long Beach in Septem
Der. She listed community property
including Oklahoma oil lands, to the
extent of 100000 and fixed her
husbands income at $500 month.
The Andersons were married in
April 1920 and separated last Feb
ruary, according to the complaint
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-23
MOTHER AND SON

One has but to read the account of Mrs. Lndberghs
trip Mexico to find the for her famous sons
courage and self-confdence. y. "a -''t
At an age when many mothers grow fretful when
SON. drives the 80 miles hour, she takes
to the air unconcerned the "LoneEagle himself,
and in the last stages Of her journey refuses to be
halted by unfavorable weather conditions.
What happy Christmas it will be for mother and
son year ago he unknown; today he is the idol
of the world Better than this high honor is
the knowledge which must bring the greatest joy to
the heart of his mother that he is the unspoled
boy today that he before his epochal trip to
France.
She must thrill with the knowledge that he not only
has the homage of the entire civilized world but that
he has obtained and holds its respect and its love-
This is far greater than any honor that be con-
ferred upon him.
In honoring her the world honors the mother
who gave him to the world He is hers and the worlds
also. There is doubt but that theirs will be the
happest Christmas and the world which loves
them both hopes they will enjoy it to the utmost.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-23
THE PRESIDENTS NEXT JOB

Based upon what it has every to consider re-
lief that President Coolidge to succeed the late Judge
Gary head of the United States Steel Corporation.
The information goes step further in stating that
the salary to go with the job is S25OOOO year. That
of is immateria 1t is certain that if the Pres
dent accepts the position it will pay him much
than he receives chief executive of the nation.
We have heard and read much about the Presidents
future since the famous 81 do not choose statement
of last summer, and the occupations assigned to Mr.
Coolidge have indeed been varied The position as
head of United States Steel has been ntmated before
When Mr.. Coolidge relinqushes his office on March
A. 1929 will be interesting to just how right
we at this time. We not making any bets, but
readers paste this in the ledger for future refer
ence. s.i: :t.=-}.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-23

stocking
"Oh, are you going to give me
away?' asked Bella.
"That is what Christmas pres
cnts are for said the rabbit. 81
want Santa Claus to bring me a
lot of extra ones, so l may give
them to children who, otherwise
might get none - -
"Oh, that S all right laughed
Bclla. 81 shall be happy when, per
laps, some poor, little pussy-cat
girl has me.
By this time the boy-animalS
who had rushed out from behind
Cncle Wiggily's bungalow, had mad'
a circle around him and Jimmie tn'
duck was quacking:
Snow wen go cut it! Now we !
60 cut it!''
, "'What does he want to cut9'
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-23
THE WEATHER

LOS ANGELES AND VICINITY
Partly Cloudy tonight and Satur-
Gay with moderate temperature.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Fair tonight and Saturday but be-
coming unsettled in west portion
Saturday; local frosts tonight; gen
tie variable winds.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-23
TEN YEARS AGO
Doo 90 rnlT

Mr.. and Mrs. James W. Glassfo"d
left for San Diego, where they viii
spend Christmas.
Mrs. James r. Garren, Mrs. }.
/ r. Ford and Mrs. Don c. Bitler
#ere hostesses of the day at the
Red Cross tea room, where plum
pudding and hot coffee were serv-
cd,
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-23

Ingrown Nails, Corns, Foot War
Bunions, Trusses, Elastic Hosie
DR.. Seaton, Hotel Annex, by app
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-23
G o S H!
by United Press Leased Wire

BY United Press Leased Wire
Los ANGELES, Dee. 23.-Pi
Pong came into its own here tod
as nearly 100 players competed i
the Colleen Moore trophy. Amo
the players were Rene Gut;
champion D f France; Mario
"Midge' Gladman, Santa Moni
tennis star, and Jack Piekford.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-23
ENGLISH TEMPERANCE

The United Kingdom Temperance Alliance reports
less drinking in England.
For the last nine months of the year 19267 the peo
pie spent S30000000 less than for the period of
the year 1856 That is not much out of total of
considerably billion dollars, but the tendency
is the main thing The alliance believes it will
tnue, showing especially in diminishing consumption
of strong liquor. If the drinking of alcoholic spirits
keeps shrinking at rate of 100000 gallons year.
it will make quite difference in the sobriety of the
British people, if they still drink wine at about
the old rate.
Americans will be interested in this postscript to the
report referred to:
Attention is called to the 'undoubted economic
cess of prohibition in the United States and it is
garded by the alliance conclusWely established
that in where licenses have been reduced or
wholly eradicated there is always transfer from
productive to productive expenditure with marked en-
hancement of the standard of living" In other words
where the liquor traffic is outlawed if prohibition
is not fully effective the people spend their money
more thrftily and are better off.
Most Americans do not to realize that the
marked prosperity of country in years,
pared with the rest of the world may be largely due
to this factor
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-23

whispered Pella sticking her head
cut of the stocking.
"A Christmas tree, | suppose
answered Uncle Wiggily. And,
surely enough, that is what it was.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-23

Those olives the international olive branch are
still very green. &
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-23

Up to now no interviewer has succeeded in hitting
Gene Tunney with any word sufficiently cultural es-
oteric and polysyiiabic to floor him +i@E
The Mexicans are said 10 be patronizing movies
four times as much as bull fights Mexcans more cu-
tured, or bull fights less exciting?
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-23

"There will be no bolt in 1925, western politician
says. Unless it's bolt from the blue.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-23
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO

c. n. Perry, county supervisor,
returned this morning from trip
to Los Angeles.
Mrs. Jessie Ferguson of Arizon1
is here to visit Mr.. and Mrs. Fowl
kes aver the HOLIDAYS.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-23
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell Of I'm
Z perial Valley for this Date
In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
. Dec. %, 1907

J. r. Stevenson arrived in Impe-
rial to remain permanently, having
closed the store at Escondido. Here
after the two brothers will be In
Imperial giving their united atten-
ton to the business.
Mrs. G.. r. German and baby
came to Imperial and will pass the
holidays with Mr.. German.
w. $. Corwin is enjoying a visit
from his daughters, Miss Laura and
Fdiss Genevieve and his son George,
who are here from the coast and
will remain over Christmas.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-26
Editorial Comment
The Fear of Law
(San Antonio Evening News

NSan Antonio Evening News
Socologists and students of human nature
generally may be pardoned for skepticism con-
corning the efficacy of a mere statute in re-
ducing crime. Yet it would seem that New
York's drastic Baumes laws have put whole
some fear Of authority into the criminals heart
to an even greater degree than the sponsors
anticipated. According to Raymond F. C. Kieb,
state commissioner Of correction, one-fourth
fewer crimes Of vioence-such as highway
robbery and assault-were reported in the year
these measures have been in force than for the
previous twclvemonth.
That is a most encouraging development, as
the full effect of the Baumes laws hardly can
be felt until after a few years, when the habitu-
al violators to whom it applies shall have been
imprisoned permanently For the present such
a prospect, together with the suspension of SEN
tence-reduction for good behavior and the re-
quirement that the convict must serve his full
minimum term, undoubtedly has served as a
deterrent. This experiment has attracted much
attention in other states, several of which al
ready have enacted like laws.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-26
-, chiatry and Merchandising

til The business Of buying and selling is becom-
th ing more complex than ever. Now, SO mer-
e chants say, psychiatry has been added to the
:, list of things merchant must take into con-
ST sideration if he wishes to be successful.
o. In the treatment Of criminals and in the So
- luton of many social problems the use of psy-
chiatry has proved beneficial, but hitherto has
Z not been concerned with ordinary people at
their everyday jobs.
Now many department stores are counting
the psychiatrist as one of their biggest assets.
!, For example: Miss Blank is unable to make a
Il good showing on her sales in the glove depart
+ ment She has been with the store long enough
{, to "know the ropes, but she lacks aggressive
T ness. Here is where the psychiatrist comes in.
: Mental examinations. physical examinations.
i intelligence tests and personality studies are
a given Miss Blank. Then her shortcomings are
g pointed out to her and any defects are rem
! edied. The result, say store managers, is a
5 startling improvement.
7 Psychiatry is profitable for the merchant,
because turnover is reduced and time is saved
which otherwise would have to be spent in
breaking in new employees. But even more i'm
J portant is the effect on the worker. Proper
adjustment of each worker to his job means
: greater pay, and frightened mental outlook
as well.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-26
A Slap on the Wrist

Mayor John L. Duvall of Indianapolis was
found guilty Thursday Of violating the corrupt
practices act-and the sentence was 80 days il,
Jail and fine Of $1,000!
As the prosecution charged and the jury evil
IDENTIFY agreed, Mayor Duvall had promised city
offices to certain political adherents Of his,
should he be elected. He was elected, and he
fulfilled his promises. Probably he never
would have come to trial had not the dis
gruntled D. G. Stephenson, former political
ruler now in prison, chosen to speak
But something is radically wong when 4
man can Be found guilty Of corruption 50 glar-
Ing as was Mayor Duvall's ana yet ret only q
30-day sentence Indiana still needs q house.
cleeuiug, il would seem, when I'll that be-
11oysF q public trust 9ots i 20 days n jail
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-26
Cabbages and Shoes

Did you ever stop to realize that every time
you eat cabbage you are adding to the cost OF
shoes? Well, neither did we until we read a
bulletin of the National Shoe Retailers asso-
citation the other day.
If men do not begin eating more meat, -
the bulletin said, 1.-THE price Of shoes is going
up from Is to 20 per cent: probably will go up
anyway, as it will take consumers of beefsteak
long while to catch up with the law of sup
ply and demand in the tanning business
Here, now! What has eating meat to do
with the price Of shoes? Just this, the associ-
alton sagely answers-if the public eats less
meat fewer cattle are killed and less leather is
produced. Less leather, higher price.
But wait. The fewer cattle killed, the more
cattle remaining. And more cattle multiply
faster than few CATTLE If we keep on eating
cabbage the way we are, the day certainly will
come when there'll be steer slain every time
3 man needs pair Of shoes. Then what?
Well, by that time therell be another bulle-
tin.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-26

thought Of sleeping, or trying to
sleep, within touching distance Of
her husband when he was angry and
contemptuous Of her. She knew that
if there had not been another room
to flee to she would have walked
the streets all night, rather than lie
down beside him when he did not
want her.
It was SO obvious that he did not
want her near him tonight. Else
why had he left the house, without
a word of explanation? Her tortured
mind went over and over the terrible
events Of the day, beginning with
the receipt Of the banks letter, re-
turning Bob's check to her marked
insufficient funds"
She shuddered and began to cry,
hopelessly, as she lived over again
the dreadful moment when Fred
Lytton had appeared unexpectedly,
had indicated that he had over
heard her advice to his wife. No
wonder Bob was anL " with her for
having killed his chance to build the
Lytton's country home, contract on
which he had been counting to re-
lieve financial pressure under which
he had been struggling for the last
few months! But why had he re-
fused to talk the thing out with her,
to hear her side Of the sordid story?
If he loved her could he possibly
look at her in that coldly contemptu-
Gus way? And she had only been
trying to hip him
Her trembling body became taut
as she heard the faint sound Of the
opening and closing Of the front
door. Would he come to her, pick
her up in his arms and carry her
back to their room made sacred by
love?
NEXT: Bob returns and Faiths
scheme fails.
Copyright, 1927, NEA Service, Inc. }
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-26
ChicaRo's New Move on Crime

The police of Chicago, advancing on the
crime wave, lately have undertaken the men.
tai examination of leaders of the underworld.
A gang leader is caught he goes TO the hos
pital where they look into his ABCs.
There is this much about Republication o.
the results of these tests should take feathers
from the thugs hats in considerable number.
Imagine the feelings Of a member Of the gas
house gang, for instance, upon reading that
fluffy McQuaid has been discovered lacking in
the mentality every nine-year- schoolboy
has-wont this slightly jar Tuffy's prestige
with the boys?
These gang leaders are supposed to be bright
fellows, smart enough to make their way
through the world without great deal of ef-
fort, except the overworking Of the trigger
finger. With the notions of their smartnesa
cast to the winds, their gangs no longer will
look up to them for help and advice.
1t is good move in undermining thug pres
tige
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-26
unjust Discrimination
(St. Paul Dispatch)

The large majority Of the people of Mime
sofa and the northwest belongs to the so-called
Nordic race, but most Of the Nordics probably
are predetermined enough to concede that other
types OF European ancestry have great merits
and perhaps even equal merits with their own.
Such Nordics will agree with Miss Ethel Bird
of the New York Y w. C. A. immigration de-
partment. who spoke recently at social work
conference in St. Paul. that the existing I'M
migration law, which gives distinct and large
preference to immigrants from the north OF
Europe, or the Nordics, casts an unjust asper-
sion on southern Europe.
The 1927 immigration law, which has not
yet been put into effect and may never be, in
creases the preference for the Nordcs. II APP
portions permissible immigration among Euro
pean peoples in the same ratio as they are
now represented among the ancestors of our
present population.
1t is palpably drawing distinction between
a superior and therefore welcome class and an
inferior and therefore unwelcome class, which
is inferior because it is in the minority.
If immigration were restricted so as to ex-
clude criminals paupers and persons with COM
municabe diseases, but otherwise left to regl,-
late ITSELF foreigners would come to this cou1-
try when times are good and there is oppor-
tunity for employment, but stay away or de-
part from it in bad times, as they have done in
the past. Both America and Europe would be
benefited in that case
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-26
BY RODNEY BUTCHER

Washington, Sept. ga fast
train pulled up to an uraccrstomed
stop at a small station in Ohio. Rail-
road regulations allowed it to stop
there for two passengers, but never
for one.
A small, nlild-looking man scam
pered up onto a car platform with
his bag.
The conductor came to him, fling
ering two kilograms.
"Got wires here to stop for a
fellow named Wheeler and fellow
named Wayne" he said. whats
your name?"
wheeler replied the little man.
"Where's Wayne? -
That's me, too-Wayne Wheel
err"
And, as you M Y have guessed by
this time, SO it was. The car Of the
Anti-Saloon League was due to
make { prohibition speech j big
city and the train had been his only
chance to get tn The story is
told by Wheeler friend as illus
trating the la.t dry leaders humor
and resourcefulness.
In his early Ohio days, during
which he attracted the attention to
himself which caused his elevation
to leadership, Wheeler wanted to
attend a brewers convention down
state which was not open to the
public. He boarded a train at Cleve.
land, quite uncertain as to whether
he would get n when he had ar.
rived at tn. convention city.
The man eside him seem d wor-
lid and Wheeler, always affable
and something o. "goot rcixer,'
opened the conversation. The
stranger confided that he had tt
make a '15-minute speech at con.
vention that afternoon, was flabber.
gasted fer lack ef idc~s ,n' could.
mt possibly get ut Of it. Wheel.
err allowed that he was something
Of lecturer and perhaps he could
help. Well, Of course it W. the
brewers convention and the stranger
was brewer. Wheeler pulled out
his ,,vitable pad of paper wrote
the speech-it was a good one, too
The brewer offered compensation
but Wheeler wouldn't take it. New.
ertheless, he Rad to kill so.ne time
after leaving the train and he'd sort
Of like to hear the ms make the
speech. The brewer was delighted
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-26
SAINE! An. and SINNER

It was only few minutes after
eleven when George Pruitt left,
and Bob had not returned from his
unexplained absence. Faith, flushing
hot and cold with remorse for having
deliberately aroused George Pruitt' s
love for her for the unworthy pur-
pose of proving to herself that she
was still desirable, even if her hus.
band seemed no longer to find her
SO, dragged herself YEARLY to her
bedroom-hers and Bob's. She stood
for dazed moment in the doorway
Of the room that had been made
sacred by their love. then, awaken
ing suddenly to the enormity of her
present unhappiness, she became
possessed of a furious, almost hys-
terical energy. Shaking with haste,
she removed the lovely nasturtium
chiffon gown, hung it in the closet
and snatched nightgown and negli-
gee from their hangers. After MAX
ing a hasty collection of cold cream,
comb, brush and toothbrush, she was
about to flee from the room, when
she dropped her burdens upon her
own bed. With deft hand, she re-
moved the day spread of rose-colored
taffeta from her husbands bed,
turned back the light blanket and
sheet, adjusted the pillow, switched
on the bedside lamp, stopped swiftly
to lay her hot cheek for q moment
against the pillow upon which his
beloved head would rest, then, gath
ering up her things, she ran, as It
pursued, down the hall to the room
which had been her fathers and was
now joys.
The ten-year-cld child lay sprawl
ing diagonally across the comfort
able. wide bed, abandoned to sleep.
Gently Faith moved the thin little
body to one side, added pillow from
the closet. then, still frantic with
haste, made herself ready for bed
in the bathroom which separated the
room from hers and Bob's. She was
still trembling violently when she
crept into bed beside Joy. Until
then she had given herself no time
to think, but as the thick darkness
Of the September night closed down
upon her. as oppressively as .
smothering blanket, she could nc
longer keep thought at bay.
Why had she fled from her own
room? But she knew there was
really no use asking herself that
question; it had been answered that
first moment when she had stood
looking dazedly into the room which
had always been sacred to their love
She had not been able to bear the
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-26
Consumer Buying Abroad

-, That consumer buying ABROAD, particularly
N(ihe tourist type of purchasing, does not place
he burden Of lost business in merchandise for
women so heavily on the retail stores Of this
ountry as is generally supposed was the con-
ention advanced recently by a manufacturer
svho frequently goes to Europe on business anu
m n;t Who has given the matter much observation
po, md thought. His conclusions are interesting.
pre- "To begin WITH" he says, "the great bulk
the f the women who visit Europe nowadays are
'''I ourists /. Most of them have difficulty III
pas ,etting together the funds with which to make
deg he trip Their average purchasing power
tina tn. extremely low, and while, in the aggregate,
err heir purchases may reach fairly tidy sum,
hig his money comes from SO many different parts
# the country that the merchants of no par
w ocular section are adversely affected to any
great extent
He goes on to say that even with wealthy
,vomen "there has lately been decline in
the buying abroad due to the rising value of the
ing ranc and also because many of these women
AZ AZ; nave found that authentic reproductions of
~ French apparel, just as we'll made and contain
ng just as good materials are to be had in
ur he high grade speciality shops Of this country
IN 1t least twenty per cent under the cost OF
~ he originals abroad with duty to worry
fa about !"
AS matter Of fact however, if American
- women did buy more foreign merchandise when
tn visiting abroad it would have one very good
effect here-it would make the United States
:, shops "trade up"-in other words increase the
Ivalues to the consumer in order to compete
with the foreign market. Either way we are
not lyni- - suffer.