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Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-12
COUNCIL DEFERS
PURCHASING PIPE
FOR One WEEK

| Several minor matters were
brought before the city council at
the special meeting held at city hall
last night. The meeting was held
for the purpose of purchasing a
quantity of pipe to be used by the
water department in extending
mains.
Prices from several concerns on
six and eight inch pipe were read.
The board, however, did not place
a definite order although it was in
timatcd that the prices submitted
by the MoW;rne Company of San
Diego came the nearest to meeting
the demand. The clerk was in
s,ructed to have the company send
representative here for further
discussion on the subject next Wed.
ncsday night.
The board granted the Inland
Empire Gas company permission to
open three blocks of ditch for in
stalling its mains at one time. An
additional block may be opened
upon special privilege granted by
the city engineer. This was done
in order to expedite the work of
laying the mains and to cooperate
with the gas company in getting
gas into FL Centre.
Permission was granted to Andy
VIE to cut a curbing on Main
Street. The board, however, in
formally decided that Il change will
be affected in granting these per-
mits. Hereafter the property own
or must sign guarantee to replace
or repair the curbing and sidewalks
at points where curbs arc cut.
Firemen s Speed Curbed
The matter of the speed of auto.
mobiles driven by volunteer fire.
men on their way to fires was
brought up. John Rice, fire com.
missioner, told the board that tho
volunteers have already been in
structed to keep their speed at 25
miles an hour or under while go
ing to fires.
The board appropriated $50 TO be
turned over to the Kiwanis Club in
connection with the Boy Scout
"Cleanup Week The scouts will
make an inspection of residences for
fire hazards. Tickets will be given
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-12
FOOLISH FOREIGN LOANS

/. All peace-tlme RECORDS last month in
american 1oregn loans his country ABROAD
$zu9, 9,UUv,UUU. ..ss
rorelgn countries already owe the American people
SZOUOu,vVO,UUU TO 9ZoUUU,UUUUUU, about III
government loans ana nan private loans. Our PR
vate investors lately nave ienQng money abroad
Al the raUe Oh more Inan Don Year.
faIe Is increasing
= secretary commerce Hoover steps in with word
81. good counsel ADVISING americans to any
Cloie Iorelgn loans Tor mnUary purposes
GncIng national budgets.
- III tempting Cnlng' he says for certain Eur
Qpean governments TO norue OF american
eis sleiig on tner uOorsteps oIIerng tnen money.
y also aenorallzing Tor municipalities and corpora
%oIS III lne same countries money pressed
InenI. InaC sort or competirIon insecurity
ana unSounQ practice.
opposition to safe and legitimate
Joans, ne NO naClon SnOuIu OOrrOw,
Sr permit citizens 10 DOrron, money IOregll
countries, nation snOulu Its cIClZenS
Jena money 10 Iofegn countries, uneoS InlS money
uevoteQ 10 productive enterprise.
tnat paCernaisIn pretty sensible pattern
-Stifope anu neplng 70 pay the current EXPENSES
hatoAaI ana n.unc4paI governments. 1t WOuld Tar
DeGer the Dankers were begging constructive amer
.can enterprise 10 accept Lnelr oans,
soi tnrIIy Iok provide the IunQS IenQng
ssnoud insist such use OF them
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-12

like those in the six and seven cent
store.
And on these counters wcrc-
what do YOU think9 You'd never
guess so shall tell you. On the
counters We're all sorts of wild
flowers that grew in the woods and
fields where the animal children
played.
This is queer show!" said
Uncle Wiggily as he gave up the
tickets for himself and his friends
and looked at the wild blossoms.
"Thc Lady Mouse Teacher told
us to have this kind of show, y
said Susie Littlctail. "She said it
would teach lis to know the differ
ent kinds of flowers.
And so it will. It's a fine
show! agreed Uncle Wiggily. He
hoppcd about looking at the daisies,
the buttercups, the violets, the
Jacks in the pulpit, the Indian
pipes, pitcher pants and other wild
growing things the boys and girls
had gathered for their show.
Really it was pretty and clever and
Mr.. Longcars was glad he had
bought so many two-ccnt tickets.
The little animals stood back of the
counters to tell the visitors the
names of the different flowers.
Bat all of sudden, something
unpleasant happened. Into the midst
of the flower show the Bob Cat
jumped, snarling:
81 came to get Uncle Wiggilv, -
Mrs. Longears, Nurse Jane and
some of the animal ladies screamed.
But Uncle Wiggily quickly hoped
to the flower counter where Jackie
and Peetie Bow Wow stood and
the rabbit picked up large Snap
Dragon. Now Snap Dragon is a
blossom that looks like a Dragon
opening its mouth to bite when YOU
pinch it. And Uncle Wiggilv pinch
cd this flower, made it open its
mouth and then held it toward the
Bob Cat 5 nose.
Look out or YOU II be bitten,' -
cried the rabbit. And the Bob Cat
was so afraid that he ran away,
taking his silly little tail with him.
And then Uncle Wiggily and every
body else laughed, for of course thu
Snap Dragon flower really couldn t
bite. It just looked as if it might.
Then the flower show went mer,
rilv on, and if the handkerchief
will take the bottle of perfume to
school so the teacher thinks it S an
Grange blossom Ill tell YOU next
about Uncle Wiggily' liftcrs.
One thousand acres of eucalyptus
$, nth Of Artois. Glenn county,
changed hands recently.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-12
Building Permits
Granted By City

Permits for the erection of two
dwellings and a garage were issued
by the building inspector this morn
ing. The first permit was granted
to Andy Vie for the purpose of
erecting dwelling at 4l5 Lenrcy
avenue. The application for permit
is to the effect iaai Inc dwelling
will be erected of wood with stuc-
co facing and plaster interior, 1t
will cost approximately $500. The
Whiting Mead Company has been
awarded the contract.
The second dwelling will be con.
Structed of wood at a cost of about
$500 and Will be located at l2Gl
South Second street. 1t will con
tain four rooms. I. Womack will
erect the building.
K. y. Smith was granted pcrmis-
sion to erect a wooden garage at
d cost of SO at 654 He'll avenue.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-12
Ell CENTRO'S CREED

There Is food for considerable thought in the eel
Cenro creed presented to the directors of the cham
per OF commerce yesterday by the retiring president
anu printed IN the news columns OF this paper
we IN III Centro have much TO be proud OF in con-
hection with our city, and few OF ever take the
opportunity to show little commendabe pride For
city Just reaching its majority, have done well.
None viii proclaim that perfect There is still
much to be done. But compare favorably with
any city of our size in California or in the United
States re
II that sounds too much like Dragging one need only
take snort trip east west nortn to lind any
Der OF cities OF 10000 people that show pro-
gFess and prosperity that FL Centric does.
lhe creed IN conclusion contains pledge against
o}sparagng remarks about the city, officials, its
cnamber or commerce. and It's residents L his
tQle msconstrued pledge against criticism.
e criticism should be welcome because it points
oAt the way Tor betterment.
aBut the citizen who aware of an error that NAV
reflect upon FL Centro, should bandy 1t about the
streets he should take su1Ilclent pride his city
Qscuss the matter with those responsible Tor IT, and
urge them to correct 1t.
asAt times FL Centro has been accused of lacking a
community spirit. terhapS the accusation has GER
Tain amount or truth we are not sufficiently aware
0i the tact that we 1--we IN city a tulure
and tnat we are part OF tnat future. Cooper
AXIOM and boosting, VIII hep Ell CentIo keep up its
Wlopment-wrangilng ana knocking
Cause 1t TO sllde backward.
- lncldenty the best ways to the growth
and prosperity OF ii Centro to patronlze
tries ana buy at home-always.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-12
Bedtime Stories
Copyright, 1897, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
BY HOWARD G. qARIS
UNCLE WIGGILY'S SNAP
DRAGON

d" Don t You want to buy a ticket
to our show, Uncle Wiggily9'
harked Jackie Bow Wow, the little
puppy dog boy one morning. He
held out some square tickets made
Of white birch bark.
why, YES, guess l II buy one, -
answered the rabbit gentleman.
but what kind of show is it
going to be, Jackie? Are YOU going
to do tricks as YOU and Petite once
did when YOU ran away to Join the
circus -
"Oh. l don't guess there will be
ANYTHING like that laughed
Jackie. "But it will be good
show and you Il like it. Here's your
tickets-two cents please.
Here YOU arc!' chuckled Uncle
Wiggily, handing over two pennies
made of round green leaves from
the money vino.
"And don't forget to come to
the show!' invited Jackie as he ran
along so he wouldn t be late for
school.
III be there!" promised Mr..
Longears. He was twinkling his
pink nose and wondering what sort
eff show it would be, when John
rie Bushytail the squirrel boy, SC
ampered down out of tree, chat
tering;
- Don t YOU want to buy a ticket
to orr shoV. Uncle Wirpilv1 Only
two cents and You'll see lot Of
funny things
"Whv. ! Just BOUGHT a ticket
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-12

Ono thousand acres of eucalyptus
5. nth Of Artois. Glenn county
changed hands recently.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-12
Copeland Wins
Many Friends

! Many Imperial valley residents
are delighted with the Copeland
electric refrigerator, according to
Kendall Bros, distributors, ana the
! Copeland is meeting with an excel
lent demand.
! Kendall Bros. assure Copeland
purchasers personal service and
quick deliveries. All Copelands are
4 made of porcelain and rely on
electro hea, control for rcfrigcra-
ton. They are economical TO opc-
rate being equipped with onc-sixth
horsepower motors.
The manufacturers claim for them
quieter operation, greater ice cube
capacity, more 1000 storage space,
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-12

by the scouts to the persons resid.
ing in the homes where fire hazards
are found and report will be sub.
mitted to Chief Tom Reams. An
inspection will then be made by the
chief. The boy turning in the most
real fire hazards will be awarded
a prize.
The board also talked over plans
to legislate all ears off certain
streets on certain nights to enable
the street department to make "A
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-12
ce1lts, please

from Jackie bow Wow answered
the rabbit gentleman. II can get
in the show with that
But if you buy ticket from
NE you can get in the show twice, "
chattcred the squirrel. And be-
lievc ne, Uncle Wiggily.' ne went
on, - # will be- a show you ought =
see twice.
''Oh, well, what 10 care for
two cents.' exclaimed the bunny,
reckless like. Give me another
ticket. 50 he bought onr Of
Johnnie.
Then the squirrel chap scampercd
to school and Uncle Wiggily hop
ped along looking for an advent
ure when after him came running
Charlie, the chicken boy.
. Buy a ticket for our show
croWed Charlie.
That viii make three | have,
said Mr. Longears.
Then you can come i'll three
times. crowed Charlie 50 Mr..
Longears bought another bit of
bark for two cents. And to make a
long story short before the animal
children were all in school thcv
had sold Uncle Wiggily about
thirty five sixteen tickets 10 thcir
show.
81 must take some OF my friends,
now that | have so many tickets, -
Mr.. LongearS said when it was
afternoon and time for The show.
I'm take my wife, Nurse Jane.
Uncle Butter, the goat, and Mr.
Twi8tytail, the pig. Wen all q to
the SHOW
1t was easy to find the place, in
the back lots, where the show was
being held, for such laughing, shout
ing, Yelling and hooting Of animal
boys and girls you never heard. BY
following the noise Uncle Wiggilv
and his friends reached the place
whore a lot of plapks had been laid
from one old stump to another,
making a number of low counters
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-12
WEATHER HAGTs D1RIoIBLE

LAKEHURST, y. j., May e.
Tho navy dirigible Los Angeles,
which had planned to search -Jr
Captain Nungesser and Coli during
a training trip today along the At.
lantic coast, was held in her han
gar by unfavorablc weather..
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-12

no insanitsry drain, better insula-
ton, strength inside and out, and
well designed.
\ neasy monthly payment plan
puts the Copeland within the reach
of every home.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-12

clean sweep with the sweeper. No
formal action was taken.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-12

Gen. Jadwin is right It's high time little federal
dry enforcement tried the Father of Waters.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-12
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell of I'm
perial Valley for this Eass
In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO

I HAY l., 1897
The first annual picnic of the
was held at the y. b. Weed ranch
near CaleXico. The young ladies of
/ the school furnished an excellent
/ lunch. In the afternoon the classes
visited CaleXico and Mexicah across
| the Mexican line, returning to I'm
perial in the evening. The day was
accounted a great success, both cdu-
cationally and socially.
! j. l.. Lotter is getting ready tc
plant 40 acres OF Indian corn for
fattening purposes.
The people of Imperial Valley
will now be free to 60 about plan
ming the election, which will make
legal the division of this section
from San Diego county. The Cali
fornia Development Company eX-
presses itself as in favor of the
move, and the strong opposition
! which has been shown b. W. +.
Holt and the Redlands interests
/ which he also represents has at last
i been withdrawn.
FIJI tEEN YEARS AGO
May II, 1912
! Bert J. Simmons OF Needles is in
! town for a few days visiting with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. }. Sim
mo0 OF 40 Olive avenue.
! II. II. Ozmun, driving +. j, NJ.
Hale 5 car, left for Cotton. From
there he will go to Los Angeles on
j business connected with his garage,
/ before returning to FL Centre.
| TEN YEARS AGO
May II, 1917
I The students OF the music depart
mcnt of the high school put on the
musical comedy Yokohama Maid :
at the Wilson school auditorium.
Among those taking part were Lee
! Nuffer, Clarence hernell, Dorothy
Masten, RosaIie Oldham and Julia
/ Grogan.
l.. y. Smith, Rcdlands business
man who maintains an office here,
IS considering plans :or Il concrete
warehouse. 10 Uc erected at the IN
tersection OF Main street and thu
S, T. tracks. The cost Will be ap-
proximately $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-18
Going After the Fence.

An organization known az the As.
York County, formed for the purpose
Of studying crime and the means
of combating II, has been at work
through committees for some time In
this laudable endeavor and has rem
dered several valuable reports. The
latest comes from the prison commit.
tee, and discusses the fence" problem
In terms that command the attention
OF the lawmakers OF the State The
fence" or receiver of stolen goods,
saws the committee, is a more potent
capped factory workers, child labor,
the weakness Of schools and churches
or any other defects of the social sys-
tenn. Were 1t not for the fence there
would be no market for the burglar
the footpad, the sneak thief or the
dishonest tradesman, all Of whom de-
pend upon the cunning brain and the
we'll perfected technique of the re-
ceiVer.
1t Is undeniable that the fence pro-
notes crime. that in fact he Is often
the actual manager or initiater Of
sssss;ss- sesaxsssaA rat h 10 rarely
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caught, and when caught is seldom
given his deserts and punishment. An
| extraordinary difficulty appears to
prevail in respect to Identifying and
catching these people with the
goods Yet their methods are not
particularly adroit in all cases. This
committee OF the Grand Jurors Assoc
citation notes In its report that GER
tain large office building in the heart
Ell New York city rents desk space
10 rash buyers and transient vendors
al diamonds, The police and the
jewelers. protective associations are
rrptatn that these men are jewelry
fences, but they are seldom prosecuted
successfully owing to the lack Of laws
for the licensing and regulation Of the
itinstant vendor and buyer and the
inadequarN OF the law dealing with
stolen goods, which places all the bur
den on the prosecution and relieves
the accused Of making reasonable ex-
PLANTATION OF the circumstances under
which he obtained possession. MI
merous Fecomme ndations are made to
remedy this condition. which appears
to have developed through neglect on
the part of the lawmakers to afford
protection to trade and society in this
respect.
Under the Baumes laws, recently
enacted in New York and now in fun
operation. crime is diminishing. The
actual thieves, crooks, gunner and
other criminal craftsmen are, in the
face of life terms for third offenses,
walking more warily than before.
But the fences are still comparatively
free to promote crime. and they will
assuredlY succeed in inducing their
agents, as the thieves are in fact to
take chances. Let these middlemen
be themselves subjected to effective
prosecution through licensing laws
and sitter penalties and the traffic
will be greatly lessened, and some of
the millions that are lost annually
through thefts and frauds will be
saved. If the market for stolen goods
is closed to- the thief he will turn to
honest ways of making a living.
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these men and women were notcri'
ously literary" and that the votes
OF the members OF his own branch
would be far more typical of the
average public.
Results were interesting. and II. q.
Wells. the noted British author. would
be among those particularly interest,
ed. for his Outline of History" in
several volumes tied for third place.
Here were a good many dozen Nonng
men and young women. with meat
diverse tastes in reading matter, aad
Of them seven men and one giri listed
Wells work which deals with hard
facts-or the nearest possible approXi
nation Of hard tacts--amons theit
choices.
Ii is natural that Young people
read and prefer comparatively new
books. although the choices of many
would do credit to erudite graybeards.
AN American Tragedy by Dresser.
was the outstanding winner, with
fifteen votes, eleven of them by Wom-
en-. SHOW Boat" by Edna 'erber
was chosen nine times, each time by
a girl. Beau Geste." by i. G. Wren,
tied with the outline of History"
such classics as "A Tale of Two
Cities" and Les Miserables' received
seven and six votes, respectively.
Among the perhaps rather unlocked
for choices were "Piigrim's Progress.
with two votes, and the Odyssey, with
one.
In a referendum undertaken later
among employees of the circulation
depa rtment, far fewer in number,
The American Tragedy" and Beau
Geste" ran true to form. but Wells
work received couple of votes there
also
AS long as young people of Amer
lea of all SORTS Of antecedents and.
Judging by names. of widely varied
racial stock. will read such books as
the Outline of History" and will tes-
tify publicly. over their signatures,
that it is among the three books
which hit them the hardest, even the
most pessimistic among mournefs
over the decadence of modern youth
may well take breathing spell
amid their S0bs.
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Senate Powers Confirmed.

BY decision yesterday of the United
States Supreme Court. the houses OF
Congress and their committees are
confirmed In sweeping powers of
inauisition. In times past con-
sressional committees conducting ia
Vestigations have made themselves
a good deal Of nuisance To interests
and individuals. They now may
become a downright terror.
The specific case before the court
was that of Nal x. Daugherty, Ohio
banker and brother of the former
ATTORNEY General, who had refused to
appear before a Senate committee
with books and papers. The court
holds that the Senate has the power
TO place him under arrest and by
whatever force may be necessary TO
require his physical attendance.
Having thus been required physically
TO testify contempt proceedings would
run against him. The court leaves it
In doubt whether the Senate itself
hiss power to punish for contempt or
whether the processes of the courts
weuid need TO be invoked, But that
Ia merely q question of method and
does not affect the potency of the
Senate's powers.
The court bases it's decision on the
hypothesis that the power to iHVes-
tiEate is a necessary accompaniment
of the power to legislate. Congress,
therefore, is armed with force ma
jeure to investigate any matter
which bears, directly or remotely,
upon any question involved in legis-
lation. If there is any human inter
est. public or private, which does not
bear in some way upon some subject
upon which Congress might feel
called upon to legisiate, it would be
difficult to imagine the nature of it.
An advocate of the McNary Haugen
bill might we'll be called upon to tell
a committee of Congress why he had
so many children, or why he did not
have more of them. For the number
of children farmer has certainly
bears upon his cost Of living as well
as upon his costs of production. II
a committee of Congress had curiosity
to know why gentlemen prefer
blondes it would not be difficult to
find some matter of legislation upon
which to hang the inquiry.
There is an old belief. however
justified, that the responsibilities Of
power have a SOLDERING effect upon
those with whom power is lodged.
Ali will wish that this will prove to
be true with the powers which now
are confirmed in Congress. Each of
us has a few little things In his life
he would rather not tell about, and
II is to be hoped there will be enough
cases of reealcitrant bankers and oil
n1agnates and others of their ilk to
keep the curiosity of Congress busy
and satisfied.