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Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-18
RAIN In CITRUS
BELT HOLDS UP
ORANGE CROP
ny United Press Le.sea Wire

Los ANGELES, Nov. ls.-Rain
throughout the cltrus belt of. Cali
fornia has delayed the maturing of
the new crop of navels to such an
extent that few eastern tables win
be graced with that fruit on Thanks
giving, according to a Fruit World
report to the United Press TODAY.
1t was pointed out that in central,
southern and northern orange sec
hons warm days and cool nights are
now in sway, but that all sections
are behind in shipments and as Nov
ember ID is the dead line for fruit
movements east of Omaha, the bulk
Navels cannot reach the east in time
for the turkey holiday.
Navels are coloring up well and
are meeting the required eight to
one sugar and acid test, the Fruit
World report said.
The last of the old crop of Ealen-
cias from Southern California dis
tricts went forth this week bring
ing the total movement since the
1862 season closed October VI to
427 cars. Only two ears of new
crop Navels were included. The
bulk was Nalencias with scattered
grapefruit shipments.
In GENITAL California early move
ment of new crop Navels has been
held back by rains and later matur-
ing resulting in total movement of
27 ears of Navels and grapefruit
compared with 6s7 cars the cores
la4
Northern California is also be-
lind, reports showing that no Navels
have been shipped as yet compared
with l05 ears at this time last year.
Early Navels in all districts will
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-18
Reports Family,
Car and Friend
Among Missing

W. O. Robinson. a tourist. left
MS family consisting of his wife and
two children. Tom and Pearl, and
a friend. William Northcott, camp
NJ at a point near Calexico yester-
Law afternoon. He went into Cal
.xico to get some food TO take back
o the camp and after making the
necessarv purchases he returned
9nly TO find no trace of the family
,r friend, camp or his automobile,
according to his complaint to the
police.
Robinson is anxious to locate
hem again as they left him with
nothing hut the clothes on his back
and the food which he had purchas-
I'd and little in the wav Of ready
ash. A report was filed at the
"ountv jail relative to the ease and
authorities asked to aid Robinson in
the search.
IT was intimated that they might
head toward Arizona and several
way points were informed and given
J description Of the party.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-18

run IN snlendid sizes, the Frui
World is Informed.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-18
NOTICE OF SALE TO SATISFY
LIEN

Notice is hereby given that we
will sell at public auction on Tues
day, December 9th, 1927, at ten
0 clock a. m., at the Plaster City
Store. at Plaster City, California,
the following:
One 1925 Ford Touring car,
Engine No. 11239SO3. License
No. 1881. Cash loaned on
car $20s0. Storage $4,000.
Above sale will be held to salts
fy lien, together with the cost of
this publication and the costs OF
the sale.
Dated this 10th day Of Novem-
ber, 1927.
(Signed)
THE PLASTER CITY STORE
17t10 Plaster City, Calf
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-18
Imperial Burglar
Admits Guilt

C. Leyva Of Imperial entered
plea Of guilty to charge of burg
larv when arraigned before Judge
Finney today. He refused services
Of an attorney when arraigned and
immediately admitted his guilt to
the charge. He did not ask proba-
tion and the court sentenced him to
San Quentin Penitentiary for the
term prescribed by law.
Leyva was arrested by Chief of
Police Harris and Patrolman Sam
Wise a short distance from the
house which he had entered and
found him in possession of a guam
tity Of clothing he had taken from
tie home.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-18

A new shingle mill is building il
Willitts, Mendocino county. =
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-18
Two Men Admit
Taking Property

w. J. Martin and w. II. Graham
were found guilty on charges of
Having taken attached property by
Judge Lorenz in Calexico yester-
dav. According TO the testimony
uttered by the prosecution the men
after being warned that certain
property had been attached by dep
1tv sheriffs sought to remove some
hav and milk separator.
Each was sentenced to paw fine
Of $2j or spend 10 days in Jail but
sentence was suspended during the
1eriod of the good behavior of the
defendants.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-18

Singers. Negro spirituals and vari-
Gus popular numbers were included
cn the program, as we'll as a group
of solos by john Canton. who is al
ready beeming great favorite
with valley radio owners who tune
in for the station s feature hour on
Thursday nights from 9 to 10 p. m.
Members of the Imperial Singers
foursome are Rev. w. c. Cheverton,
Harry Metcalf, Raw Johnson and
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-18

ROLAND Nerbovig. Nina Canton
acted as aceompanist for the pro
gram last night.
The program was given through
the courtesy of the Pioneer Truck
and Transfer Company.
Reports from Yuma are being re-
ceived here indicating that the pro-
grams are looked forward to with
much interest in the Arizona city.
Reports from San Diego and other
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-18
Friday, November 1S, 1927

points outside the valley are also
coming in, indicating that the FL
Centre station is of real value IN
PUTTING Imperial Valley and its ae-
tivitics on the "map" of radio
land.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-18
TERMS OF FOUR
PRISONERS SET
BY PRISON BODY

-Four prisoners, who were sen,
fenced to San Quentin penitentiary
by Judge Franklin J. Cole last
fall, have had the duration of their
sentences fixed. They are: Essie
Clark, colored, forgery. four years
l. j. Taylor. forgery. three years;
Albert Burdett, escaping jail, five
years; Carlton c. Miller, escaping
jail, four years.
Clark forged Is or II checks, re
eeiving in the neighborhood of $1Oo
in cash for the worthless notes. He
pleaded guilty and Judge Cole re
commended a sentence of from two
to three years.
Taylor forged only one check, it
being for 500 and was cashed in a
pool hall at Calipatria. He pleaded
guilty, saying that he was drunk a
the time and didn t realize what he
was doing.
Burdett and Miller both escaped
from the county Jail while WORKING
as trustees. Burdett was captured
few davS after his escape neaI
Seelev while Miller was picked u,
at Phoenix. Ariz. Burdctt had
been convicted on a charge of AZ
tempting burglary and wHS serving
a six months sentence while Miller
was in the custody Of the sheriff
for a year on conviction of hay
ing used an automobile without
first obtaining the consent of the
owner.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-18
Imperial Singers
Greatly Enjoyed

r-adio fans OF the valley last
n'ght en;oyet, lne.rxce::ent program
given over Ell Centro's station,
KGEN, by the newly organized male
quartet, known as the Imperial
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-18

The cannery at Gridley, Butte
county, turned out 10000 cases of
peaches this year though below the
1926 record.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-20

get it all in That road isn't so bad
going up, for you can keep your eyes
on the uphill side and repeat the
multiplication table; but going down,
when you can just look out into
and pray hard all the way.
Sequoia National park embraces an
area of 252 square miles of the
Sierras in which is the most marve-
lous of forests in all the world. While
it includes splendid pine. fir, cedar,
black oak and other trees. the park
was created to preserve the Sequoia
Gigantea, found only in the high
Sierras There are more than 5000
Sequoias 10 feet or more in diameter,
while many are more than 80 feet
in diameter The largest tree is the
General Sherman, 3612 feet in di-
ameter and $50 feet tall 1t is esti-
mated to be 1000 years old; that is,
it was more than 1000 years old when
Christ was born 1t is the oldest
living thing on earth, yet it is still
vigorous. The approved way to adj
mire these giant trees is to step back
100 feet or so from their trunks, lie
on your back and gaze up.
The park offers many attractions
in addition to these marvellous trees.
One Of these is Mare Rock, granite
thalf dome with sheer drop of 4119
! feet at it's outer face to the valley
below. Up its curved back, too CLASSY
I for foothold, series of frail stair
ways, totaling 1916 steps, has been
built to enable tourists to reach the
summit for the wonderful view Well,
man and wife went up with a
party one day while we were there.
| lThe outlook WAS so terrifying that
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-20
Scientists Discover
Rumors Are Doubtful

PARIS #9.-To the question: "Can
rumor or gossip ever be trusted?s
French scientists who have been.
studying the psychological aspects OF
rumor -lnongering give an emphatic.
mo.
Their decision is based partially on
the discovery that changes in state
4nents of facts are caused not delib-l
erately, but accidentally, by mistakes,
in enunciation or hearing in the
course of transmission of rumors.
This they have learned by studying
the application to grown-ups of an
cid fashioned children's game of whis-
pering into the ear, one child to his
neighbor and so on down the line, OF.
a simple phrase In a. vast majority
of cases the original phrase was
quickly distorted. For example, in
tests on. adults the phrase: 'Thel
Isola brothers have replaced M. Carres
at the Opera Comique" was finally
heard as IN. Zolas brother has re-.
placed M. Poincare as president OF
the republic!
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-20

had to be unloaded and Soothed be-
fore the party could proceed. After
tilet the guide had to walk beside
her and held her on her horse every
step of the way to the bottom. while
the flapper daughter bawled papa out
uninterruptedIy because he wouldn't
walk on the down-hill side of mama's
horse for her further protection,
oblivious of the fact that there was
no foothold outside of the narrow
trail. and that even if there had been
papa's head would have just about
reached to mamas stirrup, if he
could have walked on the down-hill
side
AS for me, although was paying
for a horse / decided to walk down
that "Short Trail" I wasn't afraid.
YOU understand, but the poor horse
looked so tired and woebgone that
it seemed cruel to make him carry
me. I am nothing if not humane.
Two hundred miles from Yosemite
is Exeter. the railroad station from
which to start for Sequoia National
park, 40 miles distant by auto stage
that is, 40 miles horizontally In
cidentally it is also more than mile
distant vertically. To make this ascent
more interesting it is compressed into
the last 16 miles called "The Gen
erals Highway government road
built for scenic effect. That is, it is
looked so tired and wobegone that
side SO steep that a tenderfoot would
take oath that it was vertical, with
so many kinks ard turns that the
auto stage makes 600 changes of di-
rection in the 16 miles There is so
much scenery in the Sierras that
they had to stand it up on edge to
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-20

conclusion that when you have ar
rived at the hotel in Yosemite valley,
which is nearly a mile above sea
level, that all of Yosemite is before
you. 1t is true that you could walk
the circuit of the valley in a day
and have abundant time to loiter at
points Of interest, but that isn't see
/ ing Yosemite
In that days walk you could see
Yosemite Falls, 1862 feet high, the
loftieSt cataract in all the world
You can see Ell Captain, granlUe
rock, the vertical face of which
towers 1904 feet above the floor OF
the valley You can see Bridal Veil
Falls, $40 feet high, and Ribbon
Falls. 1912 feet high, and the Half
Dome, dome-shaped, glacier pol
ished granite peak 1892 feet above
the valley, one-half of which has
been sheared off by geologic processes,
and many other marvels. But when
you return to the hotel your sight
seeing will have just begun. Yose-
mite National park embraces a thou
sand square miles, SO crammed with
mountains reaching up to 10000 to
/
to 5000 feet above the floor Of the
valley that not another peak could
be inserted in the landscape with a
shoe-horn. You could spend months
wandering around in this fascinat-
ing wilderness as John Muir did; but
/ if you are pressed for time, and most
tourists think they are pressed Tor
time, you may make out with
shorter visit.
But whatever else you do, you
should not fail to go on horseback
from the hotel in the valley to
| Glacier Point, 5000 1eev above. On
| the way you will pass Vernal Falls,
a sheer, drop of $40 feet, and Nevada
Falls, 594 feet high, by means OF
which the Merced river gets down to
, the valley, and many other entranc-
ing views, both near and far. once
arrived at Glacier Point you can step
out on the famous overhanging rock
from, which you could drop 5000 feet
without touching anything on the
way down; but it would be much
more satisfactory to adjourn to the
hotel a few PAGES back from the cliff
and have luncheon.
After luncheon the guide will sug-
gest in the most casual way that you
return by the Short Trail" Don't
you do it. There are much more
agreeable ways of committing suicide
than by getting yourself scared to
death. Of all the terrifying horse
back trips that I know of, the Short
Trail" at Yosemite is the most blood
cufdling. 1t zig-zags down talus
5000 feet high and so steep that q
stone started from the top would not
stop rolling until it reached the
bottom.
In our party was a father, mother
and daughter. We had not Travelled
half mile from the hotel on the
"Short Trail before mother devel-
oped mysteries from sheer fright. She
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-20

the woman simply lay down and
vowed she would never, never de-
scend those awful stairs, so there.
Her husband tried to argue the point
with her. although he had been mar
ried several years and should have
known better. When he realized
that he had lost the debate he went
for the rangers. They came and car
! ried that 200-pound woman down
those 376 steps, every last one OF
them. That's what rangers are for,
isn't it?
A nights ride will take you from
Exeter to Los Angeles, where you
will want to stop as a matter OF
course, to see Mount Lowe and the
movie studios and see if you can't get
job in the movies and the ostrich
farm and Catalina Island and other
things. From here you cannot do
better than continue to San Diego
and cross the bay from thence to
Coronado, where you will find per-
| feet hotel and a perfect climate in
which to rest up for the last leg of
your journey. =
! On the return you will want to
/ take CIle OduJd re W WlllldlIlS, ArlZ.,
! from whence you detour 65 miles to
Grand canyon, natural wonder so
/ stupendous that it stuns the mind.
Fancy, if you can, zig-zag, jagged
cash in the earth's crust 200 miles
long, 13 miles wide and more than
mile deep and painted like a
flower-no, that's what the guide
books say. Really, it is painted like
a whole bouquet A dozen steps from
the hotel on the brink brings you
without any warning to the edge OF
this titanic chaSm. The effect on
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-20
THREE

beholders on their first approach to
the edge varies as much as the be-
holders themselves. Some weep, some
pray, some are stricken dumb one
sweet young thing exclaimed,
"Oh, isn't it cute?"
My own physical reaction was a
sinking feeling at the pit Of my
stomach coupled with desire to run
away from it. My mental impression
was that it was exactly what l ex-
pected, for had made a hobby OF
reading everything available about
the Grand canyon, until had formed
a pretty good mental picture of it.
The Grand canyon is worthy of sew
eral days of your time. Only be con-
siderate of the hotel people and do
not drink too much water, for every
drop has to be hauled in tank cars
a distance of 100 miles.
The ride home will take you
through the storied southwest, with
its deserts, it's fertile valleys, its cam
yons, it's Indian pueblos, over noun
tains and plains and through pros
porous farming country and thriving
towns. Do not take the limited trains
but the slower ones which unload
their passengers to feed them at
charming hotel stations in which
such really superior meals are served
that you find the 80 minutes allowed
for them all too short.
After such trip you will return
so reinvigorated that you will have
to be watched to keep you from
doing other peoples work, in addi-
ton to your own and you will be
planning another such trip through
the matchless west before you set
your bag down at home.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-20
Luncheon Speaker
Tells Of Wonders
That Are To Be Seen

CONTINUED from Page one)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-20
10 Arrive in Douglas Tuesday, Nov. q
A Locomotive Automobile Everyone Should 81


roads movement the Kelly Springfield Tire
Company is sending out this Good Roads
Special on tour of the United States.
The car, which from the front looks like
locomotive and from the rear, an Observa-
ton car, is a beautiful piece of mechanism.
It is built on l37-inch wheelbase, with
six-cylinder heavy duty Continental motor
and Ross steering gear. It's realism is height
ened by the fact that it has a smOke-stack
that emits smoke, a real bell and whistle, a
sandbox and Westinghouse air brakes.
All the fittings are solid brass except the
door handles, ETC., which are gOld-washed.
e@
The tires are KelIy-Springfield 33x6.75
Heavy Duty BALLOONS. They are carrying
weight Of $500 pounds
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-20

.. To the average person good roads are so
much matter of course today that their
Importance as factor in prosperity and
progress is not generally appreciated.
Civilization follows good roads, Small COM
muINties that twenty years ago were iso-
lated because of the time it. took to get to
and from the nearest large town are today
within few minutes run by motor, and this
easy communication has brought incaIcuIable'
benefits in. many ways.
There are at the present time enough roads
in the United States to girdle the earth 12O
times, and as a result of the tremendous in
crease in the use of motor vehicles these
roads are being modernized and improved at
the rate of $4,000 miles year.
Much, however, still remains to be done,
and in order to stimulate interest in the good
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-01
By L. Lamar Matthews

CAID Mrs. Reid to Mrs. Vann.
~ Yes, sons love their mothers
more than daughters do. They are
much more thoughtful. If there's
ever any little treat brought home
to ne, it is my son who brings it.
II / ever get a kiss or compli-
ment at home 1t is always from
my boy"
Mrs. Vann gave soft little
chuclxle and said nothing. She
lived next door to t /. Reds and
she knew q great deal about the
inner workings Of that household.
Margaret is so self-willed, p con-
tinued Mrs. Reid. she pays no
attention to my opinion, and she
Is very selfish. And the way she
talks to NEWLY. no one would
suppose that was her mother
at aIlg'
''She seems to be 4 very help
fuI sort OF girl, . Mrs. Varn ans
sWered. II noticed her setting the
table and making the desserts and
tidying up the house. Does VIII
liam ever do anything about
hon1e2"
Well. no. You see, William
being boy And her voice
trailed OFF into silence.
William isn't selfish, is hep
inquired Mrs. Vann-and her eyes
twinkled.
All young people are selfish, /"
stated Mrs. Reid, as though that
excnerated William; ''but he is
respectful and affectionate toward
me-.
Then Mrs. Vann's mouth took
on 4 determined set.
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hoped into oicott's car and
started toward the track. She
broke all traffic regulations dur.
ing that ride. but she reached
her destination 20 minutes before
the track was scheduled to start.
Just a. she hoped out OF the
car she saw Charlie walking to-
ward the stables wait! Char
' lie, waltz she shouted.
The jockey. looking very much
annoyed. demanded to know what.
she wanted of him.
II want to keep you from going
near that stable until after the
race. she replied.
Then she told him of the plot to
injure him, SO that another jockey,
would ride Queen Highland lose.
That dirty little jimmie Moon
was all he said.
But he went in search of Queen
Highs owner and told him of the
interesting news that Evie had
brought.
Charlie was ordered to stay out
in the paddock until somebody else
brought his horse. Two big, husky
fellows were dispatched to lead the
animal out Of the stable; and then
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-01
QUE IION OF
ETIQUJET IE
LIZ Cornelios Beee man.
HE wedding cake


nEAR MRS. BEEcKMA11:
kindly let me know how to
serve the wedding cake at break
last, and also how to distribute 4
in small boxes.
1.-THE large wedding cake usually
occupies the center Of the
brides table at the wedding break.
4 fast, and the bride always ctlts ne
first slice, and usually the first rev
slices and she may. A she wishes,
cut ALL
Besides this wedding "a se. pieces
Of wedding cake fruit cake1 are
hacked by the caterer III small.
white boxes with the Initials Of the
last names Of the bride and groom.
entwined on the box These boxes
are tied with very narrow white
ribbon. They arc placed u large.
container of some kind either
glass or silver bowl. or on s fiat
: platter or silver tray which Is put
IN convenient place near the en-
trance. Each guest. as he or she
leaves, taEesson 81 the boxes
If your budget does not permit
you to have this rather expensive
luxury. you may buy very attrac.
tive and very inexpensive small
wedding cake boxes at atioper's
or a caterers ana put the wedding
cake IN these boxes. These plain
white boxes are tied with narrow
white ribbon, and sometimes Z
small white artificial flower Is tied
In the knot.
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they stayed right by Charles side
until the signal shot was fired.
Just before he started he glanced
toward seat No. 20. Ecvie stood llp
and waved her lAttle Fed hat at
him. Attaboy!' she shouted.
You've got to win.''
Then they were off Queen
High, Black Devil and the rest
EVie watched them as though
her hope Of life depended upon
that race. She went white and
red by turns. She held her
breath one minute and shrieked
words Of encouragement the next.
Come on. Charlie! Oh. Lord.
help him to win!" she kept say
ing over and over. The people
around her looked at her and
smiled. But she was absolutely
unconscious Of them. All she
saw was a SLIM why figure IL
green silk shirt bent low over
Queen Highs flying form.
And wlen Charlie Dee brought
1 his horse in q nose ahead 0f the
others, EVE went riKl over the
fence to the turf on the other
SUE anu lnCES Su0 hlBScQ ncE
sweetheart. before that uproarOus
vast multitude.
The Sunday following they were
married and Evie received two
handsome wedding presents. One
was the check for q. thousand
dollars, which Charlie endorsed
and gave to her. The other way
a little blue roadster. which bore
q card that said. n
Compliments Of Queen Highs
grateful owner.
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The Winner
Winner Story of Real Life ConDJete IN This Issue

his friends. Money certainly made
q difference in the man, and she
longed for the luxury that Steve
and his crowd enjoyed all the time,
Saturday morning came ana
with &C Steve OIcotf, jackson Brady
and Feggy Damon.
We are driving out to Bixley's
for lunch, come on and go with
us, they called to Evie.
"I'N so if you win get me hack
before o'clock" she answered.
All right, we'll get you back.
come Qnw replied Olcott.
They drove out several miles,
had lunch and apparently forgot
all about returning to the city.
Oicott and Brady were drinking,
and the more they drank the
more they talked:
III be q rich man this time
tomorrow" Olcott boosted. my
uncle's horse Black Devil Is run.
! ming against Queen High. I've
bet my last dollar. and Black
Devil Is slated to win
You can't be sure about any.
horse " said Brady.
No, not unless you've rot your
jockey fixed
Whose jockey demanded
'Queen Hish's,'' steve answersd.
You don't know what you're