Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1927-08-08

FL Centre was practically desert
1t SATURDAY. and Sunday and the
fnquirin0 Reporter c0uldn find
any local citizens to interview. Sh"
vas lust about to give ii up as a
lad Job aud go home when she saw
4 dust covered, baggage laden ear
With middle west license coming
Town the street. 1t drew up to the
.urb. and there being no one else in
light the driver hailed the reporter.
"Can YOU tell me the quickest
way 20 get out of this sizzling stew
oct. - he demanded, wiping his face
with a hinge blue handana handkcr-
.hicf. DANCED if it ain been
r"ttino hotter every mile since we
eft Phoenix. I believe the high
,tav's GOT tilted some how and
-" V" h""n going straight down all
he time''
lyon hive. 50 the Reporter ass"r-
n him lyon are now about 80
'aat hclov eaa level
~ lucv il pq'' voice ev"laim.
4 frem the hack seat. Ask her
what's the quickest way to climb
got -
"Yon might try a match in your
gasoline tank. the ren0rtet sug-
rested. "Othcrwise Just keep going
west.
A spriehtl" flapper climbed out
f the car. Where do Won buy lee
..rcom sodas - she demandcd 80" or
ION ( V" have 'em in this part of
the world?'
The driver Of the ear, otherwise
: Pa, frowned Now YOU Just
loolv here Sis he cantioned, 1T
rin rnturai fro ANYBODY to eat rs
much lee o"eam sodv as Won have
'odav and live You lust climb right
hack into this ear.
"Tm do anvwov,' the flapper
insisted "I'd rather ii" from ice
,reom than be roasted alive -
4" nidn I YOU find it hot in Phoe-
r;v'' the reporter asked.
"Hot as the dewitt Pa answered
fronklv-''lt was hot in Nehraskv
where we come from, too. WHY, do
Won know we had a hot spell inst
before we left that melted all the
tiles off the court house
"Now Pa, Won Just ston vour
nonsense. - the voice from the back
seat urged. "Do"'t pay any at
IGNITION to him. - the voice con
tinucd 10 tho renorter Pa Just
has Ia have his iote--'
"Twan't no Joke. - Pa insisted.
81 tell Won it done it-and then we
oot into Arizonv among them dob"
Indian villages it was hotter yet.
Why I saw them Indian women
lidn t have 10 have any fire at all
to cook stuff-they just set it ont
in I've sun
"Pa!' came the warning from
the back seat. The flapner taking
advantage of-the conversation dodg
ed into a drug store.
"She got away after all, - Pa
SIGHED. do YOU know he explain-
I'd, "that girls ct at least 80 ice
cream sodvs TODAY, 81 don see
where she put 5 en-
CAS- lono as SIS is going to have
I soda ! think | i'll, too, the vote"
from the back seat broke in eve II
be ripht out, Pa, -
Ma s ct more of 'em than sis
has, - Pa confided as soon as the !
second member of his party had dis
"And here she $ all the |
line talking about reducin.
Women sure beat me -
Are YOU travelling for uleasurc2
the reporter asked, deciding that
acre was a good place to get an
interview.
"Well, | suppose it could be cal
ed that, Pa temporized "At
east that's what Ma and Sis say
We re doingl | come along because |
when two women make up your I,
mind for you there amt much else
o do'
"What do you think of Imperial |
'alley as compared with other sec
ions of the country you we passed |
brought" asked the reporter
"You know kinda like it." Pa