davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-12

He will be III position to supply
valley ranchers with any quantity
of any kind of sheep for whatever
purposes desired. Baker is ship
ping sheep, and being thoroughly
familiar with the sheep market is
able to secure additional stock of
any character with only few
days notice.
Hay Insurance. E0gar ErOs. Heal
" Co., FL Centro. cal R0e Maiu =,
tuO6e l6U adv
Meet Me at Steve's. adv
To Visit in Texas-Mrs S. f.
Marable, Mrs. A. r. Oswald and
Miss Ruth Marable will leave Ell
Centre tomorrow for Ell Paso, Tex,
on a two.weeks vacation trip. They
plan to visit numerous friends and
relatives iii that vicinity.
Parisienne Beauty Shoppe. Open
all summer. Phone 1888.
cod ADJ
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-12
Gets Jail For
Wild Driving

4. j. Williams, colored, &C. or
RraMley. was found guilty of reek'
less driving following hearing IN
his case held before Judge !. May
field yesterday afternoon, Williams
was sentenced to pay fine of $50
or spend rs days in the county
iail. He was remanded to the jan
in default Of payment Of the fine
Deputy sheriffs Sam Wise ana
Edward Miner appeared as with,
esses against Williams. They toio
of his driving the machine in e
dangerous manner within the city OF
I'll Centre and said that he had
then been placed under arrest.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-12
TO REORGANIZE BANK

CLEVELAND, U1lie, Aug II.
Chiefs of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive engineers headed by Alvan
Johnson, grand chief engineer, were
on their way to Venice, Fla, today
to confer with Claudius III. Hus-
ton, Chattanooga and New York
banker and his financial associates
on reorganization of plans for
Brotherhood financial enterprises
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-12
BANDITS KIDNAP AMERICAN

WASHINGTON. Aug. l2.-Kid'
mapping Of an American citizen,
Robert Edward Prize. by Mexican
bandits near Nincente Guerrero,
was reported to the state depart
ment today by American consul d.
II. Mall, Durango. Mall advised
the department he notified local
authorities not to send troops to
the rescue because it might add to
Prizes danger.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-12
WISCONSIN SCANDAL LIMITED

MADISON, Wis, , Aug. lin
vestigation of sensational charges
involving the lack of money to Sc
cure favorable action on bills pass
ed by the Wisconsin legislature was
attempted by that body today
few hours before scheduled sine die
adjournment of :.ie 1877 session.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-12
CurWOOd Shows
No Improvement

OWOSSO, Mich, Aug. l2.-James
Oliver Curwood 5 condition early to-
day was reported unchanged by his
physician, DR.. j. j. Haviland. The
writer late yesterday submitted to
TRANSMISSION given by his daughter,
Mrs. Carlotta Jirus Of Detroit,
which resulted in slight improve
ment.
Curwood is suffering from gener-
alized streptoccoccic infection.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-12

walked away down the street.
Kings - thought the reporter
as she watched them &C. Not
those boys. They re aces. every one
of them.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-12
Meet Ne at Steve q.
ADJ

Baker Ships in sheep-R. f. Bsk
Ser well known valley rancher, who
shves a mile south of the Heber turn
son the Imperial highway, has an
-nounced his intention of going into
I the sheep business on large scale.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-12

well as Hollywood, the work of the
police would be lighter"
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-12
'INQUIRING REPORTER" GETS
VIEWS OF LOCAL RESIDENTS

crown overwhelmingly rejected with
a scorn worthy of julius Caesar
himself the little group of Ameri-
ca promising royalty wheeled and
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-12

LIsHED IN THE MANNER
PRESCRIBED BY LAW AND
FIXING THE TIME WHEN
SUCH SALE WILL BE CON
SUMATED.
The Board Of Trustees of the
Seelev Union School District, Coun-
" of Farcrlal. State of California,
do resolve and notice is hereby Civ
en- as follows.
That the following described real
property belonging to said school
dist rict is not neccSsarr or tt ing
used fu':ler trr school pnf o"ses. ara
no Sciocl is ny. or w |. main
tanned anon he same, Arl that it
is for the best interest of said
school district that all Of said des.
cribed real property be sold; and it
IS hereby declared to be the iuten'
tion of said Board 70 s2ll the some.
That said real property IS more
particularly described as follows,
towit:
Beginning at a point thirty
600 feet North ana Sixty 600
feet East of the Southwest
corner of Tract Thirty Nine.
(39), Township Sixteen Q6)
South. Range Twelve Q2)
East, s. B. NJ. running thence
East 295.5 feet, thence North
1855 feet. thence West 1855
feet, thence South 1855 feet to
the point of beginning.
That the minimum price for
which said real property shall BE-
sold is Seven Hundred Fifty
(S750.00) Dollars, and that the same
will he sold at public meeting of
the Board of Trustees of Seelev
Union School District. to be held
Mt the Seeley School, Seeley.
california, at the hour of
1000 o'clock a. N, August
18th. 1927. for cash. at which said
meeting sealed proposals to pur-
chase said described real property
will be received and considered, and
at which time a deed for the con
vevance of said described real pro
perty will be made and executed by
the members of said Board for the
transfer of title in said real pro
pe'tv to the purchaser thereof;
That the Clerk of this Board is
hereby instructed to certify to the
passage Of this resolution and cause
a copy of the same to be published
once week for three successive
weeks in the Imperial Valley Press,
a newspaper of general circulation,
published and circulated in the
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia. nearest to said school dis
trict, and most likely to give no
tee to persons interested in the
purchase of said described real pro
perty that there is no newspaper
printed, published or circulated
within said school district.
Passed, adopted and approved
this 18th day of July, 1927.
j. II. MACKEY,
Chairman of the Board of Trustees
of the Seeley Union School Dis
trict.
Attest:
R. n Best, Clerk of said Board
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-12
Keep Healthy. urnk Pau!'s Lem.
made Ito pure. Piekwiek Stages
sepot adv

hfanb Funeral Today. Funeral
services for Mrs. Jennie Staub Of
ssrawley. were held today from the
Methodist church of that city. with
slnterment IN the Brawlev cemetery.
Mrs. Stauh died Wednesday after.
moon at Jacumba where She was
taken about a month ago. in the
.hopes that the climate there would
benefit her health. Mrs. Staub was
zone of the early residents of I'm
perial Valley and has made her
shome IN Rrawlcy for almost %
sNears. She is survived by your
eehildren. Her son, Harry Staub,
.e'Tas a former local business man.
conducting a grocery store III the
building now occupied by case 5
,Hroeery.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-12

? Hay Insurance. Edgar Bros Rea.
!. ~ Co, FL Centre, Cal. COS Main y,
(. Phone 100 adv
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-12
State of California,
County of Imperial, IS:

State of California,
County of Imperial. IS:
| /, r. N. Best, do hereby certify
that am the Clerk of the BOARD
of Trustees of he SGeley Cnit n
School District, IN said Con- ~ Of
Imperial, State of California; that
on the 18th day of July 1927, at
regular meeting Of said Board of
Trustees, the foregoing Resolution
vas passed. adopted, and approved
by said Board; that the whole num-
Der of said Board of Trustees is
five, and that at said meeting said
! resolution was passed, adopted anu
approved by the following called
vote:
Ayes: Five.
Nayes: (None)
Absent and Not Voting: (None)
| In Witness Whereof, I have here
unto set my hand as Clerk of said
Board the 18th day of July, 1927.
--.- r, N. BEST,
! Clerk of the Board Of Trustees OF
Seeley Union School District,
July 20 A S IL
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-12

Harding grass has not proved q
success in mountain stock ranges of
Solano county.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-12

Officer Gets Vacation E. "
aEirkland, member Of the etate traf
sfic squad, failed to appear for work
ny ednesdav as scheduled and when
.sht appeared Yesterday morning he
,sNvas given an enforced vacation of
$40 days bv Captain Frank Oswald
'sFbe captain explained that the sus
gPension was given to maintain dis
seipiine
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-12

Hay Insurance Edgar Br"s. Rea,
~ Co, Ell Centre, Cal 6Us Main =,
4pGone 100 adv
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-12

Gets Building Permit. Elmer A
Todd of 624 Olive street was grant
ed permission to make alterations
and additions to his dwelling on
Olive street by the building inspec.
tor yesterday afternoon. Tire plans
submitted by the owner ask -,sermis
sloh for changing the building into
duplex dwelling house at a cost
of approximately $500. The house
when completed viii contain nine
rooms. K. V. Taylor has been
awarded the contract for the work.
Meet Me at Park Hotel. 1859
Fifth ST., San Diego A good place
to stop. High class location. adv
DR.. A. B. r-ansen. Dertist. TX
fraction specialist, DAVIS Bldg
Evenings oy appointment. Phone
ssW adv
: Grape Season Closes.-A carload
OF grapes, rolling out Of FL Centre
last night and bound for New York
City, marked the close of the grape
Season in Imperial valley. The sea
son just passed has been the most
successful ever experienced here. it
was pointed out by officials a, the
Southern Pacific offices, as they
phed through the records. There
We're an even 100 carloads shipped
out of the valley by freight tAs
season and 272 by express.
- -
Meet Me at Park Hotel. 1859
Fifth st, San Diego. A good place
-
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-12

. Neet Me at Park Hotel 1886
Fifth St, San Diego. A good place
sto stop. High class location. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-12
German Aviator
Starts Tomorrow

BERLIN, Aug. lotto Koen-
necke definitely informed Lufth-
ansa officials last night that, weat
Ter permitting, he would start from
Cologne Saturday ON his flight to
New York
Koennecke s statement was de
MED by the newspaper Koelniseh
Zeitung, which said the flight had
been postponed until the end OF
August.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-12

A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD
OF TRUSTEES OF SEELEY
UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT
DECLARING IT'S INTENTION
TO SELL CERTAIN REAL
PROPERTY, ORDERING NO
TICE THEREOF TO BE PUB
LISHED IN THE MANNER
PRESCRIBED BY LAW AND
FIXING THE TIME WHEN
SUCH SALE WILL BE CON
CTTMATFn
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-12

Meet Me at Park Hotel. 1888
Fifth st, San Diego. A good place
TO stop. High class location. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-12
NEWS BRIEFS
From City and County
E2GERRRNGaElE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES JGaaGRRaRaEy 1eA.

Gets Building A He a position to suppl
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Threat of Coal Strike.

Today's outlook is that April l will
.oa a suepension of mining in the
unionized bituminous coal fields. Rep
resentatives of the miners and mine
owners meeting at Miami to nego'
,iata q. wage scale to take the place of
tho Jacksonville agreement, have ad-
iourned sine die, neither side having
advanced any proposal the other was
willing to accept even as the basis OF
new contract Three distinct pro-
posals came before the scale commit
tee and all were lost by tie votes, each
aide holding it's lines fast. There was
agreement only upon a. motion OF In
ability to agree.
All the operators had to offer In the
way of a solution of the soft coal prob
lem was a reduction in wages, slid
ing scale based on wages paid in non
union fields. The miners refused to
accent this, The miners countered
with a proposal that the existing scale
be continued for two years. the mine
owners in that period to reorganize
the industry on a more healthful
basis. The operators offered an amend
ment to this providing for a commits
sion with plenary powers to settle al
disputes arising In the industry. The
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miners rejected the amendment and
the operators rejected the wage pro
posal. And the deadlock was on.
Fortunately. the public can view n
suspension of mining in the unionized
hituminous fields without any great
alarm. Stocks of sof. coal in the hands
Of consumers are larger today than
at any like period since the war, with
the exception of 1924. and they will
be further augmented between now
and April 1. With this large margin
TO so on and with non-union mines
now producing GO per cent of the total
output and capable of expanded pro
duction, there Is no danger Of a seri-
Gus shortage of soft coal. certainly
not before next Winter. There may
follow some increases in prices. but
the non-union fields are intensively
competitive and there is no excuse for
a runaway market.
But it is unfortunate that this great
basic industry should he in so democrat.
iZed a condition. When employers are
unable or unwilling to advance any
solution for their problems other than
a reduction i'll wages they are utterly
out of step with the times and out of
harmony with the spirit which has
made American prosperity the marvel
of the world. President Lewis is right
when he insists that a wage reduction
would be backward step which would
adversely affect all other industry. II
would lead other unenlightened EN-.
ployers to seek lowering Of wages, con
Stunning power would be reduced and
the Nation would confront the menace
Of an era of industrial warfare. 1t is
improved methods for lowering pro
duction costs, not lower wages, that
the soft coal industry needs.
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Struggle for a Decent Theater.

II was an unrestrained licentious-
ness in the theater that led in other
days 10 Puritanical methods Of at
lacking the playhouse, reducing it
finally TO condition of moral out
lawry and social ostracism. This CON
dition is familiar to even the most
casual reader of earlier English dra
matte literature.
Many efforts have been made in
this country to modify an objection
able performance with only the re
suit of enhancing interest on the
part of public not necessarily morbid
In mind but insatiably inquisitive
Censorship as applied to single out
standing examples OF indecency has
not heretofore been successful. The
proprietors have found that incon-
Venience has been compensated for
by the publicity. 9
Meyer before. however, has our
theater gone so far in defiance of ele-
mental propreties instinctively in
sisted upon when men and women are
In assemblage.
Audiences have shown a patient
tolerance which has been mistaken by
producers for approval Nulgarity of
manner has been too often substituted
for comedy. vulgarity of speech has
been employed instead of wit. and
finally, in a course of cheap intellec.
tual imitation, vulgarity of idea is be-
ing displayed in q manner which
makes even the titles of some recent
plays unspeakable.
The moral support extended by re-
sponsible citizenship to the New York
authorities In their current effort to
reach a solution to an increasingly
complex problem is surface indica
ton affording great encouragement
10 play patrons who believe that the
theater should still be place where
I
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stick to your friends as long as
they can help you--then pass them
up"
This is the unspoken motto of
Samuel Pepperton.
In cold print it looks pretty bad,
doesn't ii?
In life it is Just as unworthy, al
though not quite 80 offensive, for even
Pepperton himself doesn't write 1t
down.
He fondly ina eines he is covering
up his tracks. This Is one of the most
curious traits of the Proportions, that
they emulate the ostrich, and then
because they cannot see, believe that
no one else can,
Men are forever doing that: it is not
peculiar to Samuel Pepperton. In a
situation where they know others can
not say anything. they make the most
unbiushing statements, then rest easy
in the virtuous feeling that no one has
discovered their cupidity.
What fools do they think the rest
Of us are. anyway?
If they know their own tricks, why
cannot we see through them, too"
As a matter of fact, we do just that
thing. We are not fooled Oneterth
as much as they think we are. The
world is fun of forgiving, helpful per.
sons, whose general politeness pre'
vents them from crudely informing
others that their pet Vaccinations are
as plain as the sun in the sky.
Old Sam Pepperton ought to "get
hep" to himself.
X x X X
To use his friends for good things
then to forget them as quickly as
possible, is the way of Pepperton, the
way of all his ilk.
AS long as friend has the ability
to further his career, Pepperton Is as
fine a friend as the most innocent
could wish.
He is forever pushing himself
forward. almost embarrassing one
with his friendliness. He overdoes it.
There is something in his manner
that soon gives him away.
The most interesting thing about
his mental processes is that he is so
suhlimely ignorant Of the fact that
You "see through him. He hasn't
the slightest idea that you instinc-
lively know the hidden source of his
latest praise.
This feeling of his Is the only really
honest thing about him. In this. at
least, he is sincere. He actually be-
lieves that he is just a little bit
smoother, ana q HttIe DIT sucker, ana
great deal more crafty than any
one he can be thrown up against.
He has a secret contempt for most
persons. else he would not act as he
does. The world is his oyster, and
this is his way of cracking 1t.
To slap you on the back and put
up a bluff of friendship is not the
easiest thing in the world to do.
Samuel Pepperton will tell you that
it is
The best part of it is," he would
say, that they always fall for it."
And, since this is only an imaginary
conversation. going on in the hidden
depths of Pepperton's mind, he would
add. undoubtedly, "the saps."
X X *
He loses his Judgment entirely when
his own desires are at stake.
If. for instance, he wants a certain
business man to do something FOR
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-23
The Slaughterhouse.

The proposed construction of
called "abattoir" in this day and age
of professed candor) near the Viz
ginia end of the Highway Bridge
and at no great distance from the
proposed approaches of the New
Memorial Bridge and Mount Vernon
highway calls for amazed and frank
comment
Be it said at the outset that the
provision company 10 which a per-
nit has been issued for the build
ing and operation OF such a plant
has acted in entire good faith. 1t
required a convenient location where
hogs and cattle and sheep could be
stored ION the hoof' pending their
ultimate destiny and a plant where
the unesthetic business of transform
ing them into various commercial
cuts and products could be eXpedi-
tiously performed. 1t promised a
100000 modern structure, sanitary
pens, no noXious odors. only the
soueal Of the hog as evidence of hts
predicament-put III its application
for a building permit TO the proper
authorities--and got what it wanted.
1t could hardly be expected that the
esthetics in the case would play any
considerable part in plans OF
frankly commercial nature. Hog
sticking, steer smuggling and their
aftermaths are jobs that have to be
done and there was every indication
that here they were to be done
in as inoffensive a fashion as is
possible.
But with this granted there is still
ample ground for popular insistence
that the consequences of erecting the
slaughterhouse at the point in
question be reviewed before con-
struction has been started. The ques-
ton should be asked and answered
as to whether even model slaughter
house will contribute to or detract
from the charm Of two of the principal
approaches to Washington from the
South. The question should be asked
and answered whether even though
there be other commercial structures
in the vicinity of the proposed new
plant 1t is polite to countenance the
spread of this type of development:
at this point or to hope for the
eventual Identification of the section
in connection with the new park
plans. The question should be an
swered as 70 whether the residents
of Arlington County will not lose a
great deal more than they can pos
sibly gain by countenancing the pro-
posed structure. And the provision
company itself should answer to
itself the question as to whether,
even If the permit it today holds be
deemed valid, the site it has in mind
will not, in the long run, prove
Instantaneous investment from the
angle of the unfavorable advertising
involved in the minds Of those who
would resent it's choice of slaugh-
terhouse site.
A slaughterhouse by any other
name is still slaughterhouse. And
even though, as an abattoir. 1t smells
more sweetly than otherwise-it still
falls somewhat short of the type OF
adornment one might hope for in
that part of the State of Virginia,
which is today about to enter into
| an era of park Identification owing
10 it's intimate geographic relation
| shin to the National Capital 1t is
not TOO late, though time is pressing
for those in whose hands the final
decision must rest so to adjust mat
ters as to protect the interests OF
| all concerned
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intelligent and self.respecting people
may find acquaintance with the best
in writing. In music and in the art OF
the player.
Managers were first called into con
ference, and after much agitation pro
fessions of good intentions contributed
more paving material for histrionlc
inferno. The experiment was tried OF
arresting the actors. AS a demonslra-
ton such a course was fairly impress
sive, but so completely does an actor
surrender his own personality, ana
maybe, under the goad of necessity,
his ideals, that it would be almost as
logical to arrest a troupe of mar
ionettes.
In elimination, a new method has
been attempted and the audiences
themselves are threatened, with police
attention. 1t is, after all, the people
who make the theater, and If the
crowds of p,aygoers can be Influenced
into sense of shame by reminders
that they are direct participants IN
these offensive demonstrations, they
may be persuaded to turn from the
muddy cutters and enjoy the clean
currents OF theatric interests that be-
come more and more available.
One thing is certain, the CONNER
cially producing theater OF New York
has gone too far in avariciouS prurl-
ence. 4 determination TO clean it up
is IN evidence from many angles and
sooner or later must inspire successful
effort. even at the risk of a reversion
to an often unreasonable and domi-
neering Puritanism,
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHlLANDER JOHNSON.
Mendacities.

Mendacities.
George Washington! George Wash.
ington. Your birthday came and
went
And I shall face the future in a spirit
of content.
I shall not tell a whopper to deceive
my fellow men,
But I may tell a trivial taradiddle
now and then.
I'll tell the maid to say we're not at
home, when we are there.
III tell a friend he's looking well, de.
spite his lines of care;
And maybe my veracity little I'll
When l select the figures to compute
my income tax.
G. Washington! G.. Washington
Yours was a noble youth.
Your great example moves us to pre-
serve the strictest truth.
Your birthday we respected; yet were
happier once again
Since we can tell trivial taradiddle
now and then.