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Bedtime Stories
Copyright, 1927, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
BY HOWARD E. GARIS
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE
SNOW BERRIES

Nv goodness sakes alive, jim
gle! What are YOU DOING" asked
Mrs. LongearS. the rabbit lady one
morning. Just before il was time to
go To scaool. don I mean The rab-
bit lady had 70 90 to school, but
her little bunny children did.
What : the matter? inquired
Uncle Wiggily. Who heard his wife 5
excited voice in the hall.
WHY. Jingle is pulling some of
the red cloth roses off my moving
picture hat, went ON Mrs. Long
ears. And there 5 Jangle, taking
some green leaves Off the rubber
! plant" She went on.
Yes. aud look at Scooter with
my best blue necktie, cried Uncle
Wiggily. as he saw a little boy rab-
bit sliding down the stair banister
rail.
And Tooter has nay purple tail
ribbon,' squeaked Nurse Jane Fuz-
~ Way, the muskrat lady housa
keeper
What does this mean, chill
! drcn ?" asked Uncle Wiggily, look
ing at the forty 'ieven little bunny
boys and girls who were starting
for the Hollow Stump School. And
we'll might he ask, for each little
rabbit had something from the bun
gaioW a flower from their moth
cr's hat, a bright ribbon, q pink
she'll brought from the summer sea
slo-. or the ike of that. "What )
it all about - asked Uncle Wig
gilv.
"Thc Lady Mouse Teacher asked
everybody to bring something
bright and pretty TO school today
20 decorate the room, explained
Jingle who was almost as lively rs
Baby Buntv. There aren't any
rrctty flowers around here now,
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self. "or else ii is one of tn" bad
chaps trying to play 4 trick on me.
But he soon saw it was no bad
chap, for walking around in the
snow was a poor little piggie boy
named Wump. He was no relation
to Curly and Floppv TwiStytail, the
rich piggie boys. Wump was very
poor. but he was very good for al
that.
EWhat is the matter. Wump"
asked Wiggilv.
'Oh dear, sighed the poor pig
gle. II haven 7 anything bright
and pretty to take to decorate IT,"
schoolruom. We haven I u single
bright and pretty thing in our pen
and no money to buy any. And |
don I want to 20 % school without
something when all the other boys
will bring their things.
Uncle Wiggily felt sad for Wump.
Then the rabbit gentleman looked
at certain tree and asked:
How would vou like 10 take =
bunch Of red snow berries to Miss
Mouse. Bright, beautiful red snow
berries.
II don t know what they are,
but it sounds lovely, said Wump.
Suddenly Uncle Wiggily began to
dig in the snow, and soon he had
dug up a bunch Of bright, crimson
berries clustering on a tree branch.
"Thcrc YOU are, Wump.' said
the bunny. This is mountain
ash tree, and he pointed to the
one under which they stood, 1t
has red berries, but they fell off
and were buried under the snow. |
dug them up for you
"Thank you SO much Lruntcd
Wump. - Now have something t.
take to SCHOOL, And when the red
mountain ash berries were given E,
Miss Mouse she hung them on tho
front of her desk, in place OF
honor.
"With Wump's snow berries and
Uncle WiggiIy's 5 pink nose aud al
the beautiful things You boys ant
girls brought, said the mouse
teacher, ''our schoolroom lo"L'
perfectly lovely" And so it did
Wump was happy. And if the sun
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Business after a slight holiday lUl is speeding up
again But il can't fool the professional pesslmsts
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Daddicums, cause it winter, 81
We have to take other things.
oh, that 5 all right > laughed
Mr.. Longears, twinkling his pink
neSe. Take all the bright things
%ou need TO make the schoolroom
look pretty. Only bring them back
he added. Jingle, Jangle, Tingle,
Tanele and the others promised the
would. One and all the bunnics
started off with pretty things to
decorate the schOolroom so it would
te bright and cheerful and a moe
Jolly place TO study.
Then. after the children had gone
t'ncle Wiggilv thought this:
II ought 10 take something
bright to Miss Mouse. know, |
will take her my pink, twinkling
ucse. It Will help to decorate the
scom,
So Uncle Wiggily hopped over the
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is charmingly natural as girl of
eight. and just naturally charming
later on as miss of eighteen.
Ford Sterling, Raymond Hitch
cock, Henry Walthall, stuart
Holmes and Edward Martindel ac-
quit themselves with distinction IN
the roles of the fathers. Lawrence
Gray makes Il manly and romantic
taXicab driver; and Louise Dresser
is splendid as Larry S mother who
divides her time between running
her home ana managing big bust
ness organization.
The plot reVolVcs around Betty
who grows up under the loving care
of her foster fathers, knowing moth
ing OF the tragic circumstances sur
rounding her parcntage. 1t is Miss
Dresser. who, in an effort to break
up Tie romance between Betty and
Larry, uncovcrs the upleasant fact
that Petty 5 father murdered her
mother aud was hanged for the
crime The ending is both logical
and satisfying.
d" Make EN- laugh. says Johnny
Hines. First Nationals comedy
star, whose latest picture, Step
ping Along,' comes 10 the Palace
thcatcr, tomorrow as the feature for
gift night.
"Thc screen is literally flooded
with productions having rs their
basis only martial and domestic
troubles, added the comedian.
"Give thc public the serious SIDE
of life, shcw them their foihIcs, but
mix it up with the proper amount
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of comic relief and sprinkle it wi
hilarious situations.
"There you have the recipe f
an enjoyable evening without III
stupid problems to worry over.
The average movie goer wan
to be entertained during the no
he OF she attends motion pictu
performance, and if given tn,
choice between good comedy al
complicated domestic drama. t
chances are that they will general
choose the former.
Life is too serious propositi
to spend much time watching t
troubles of others. We want
forget the things that are worryi
us.
we want to laugh.
And because motion pictr
comedies are in a measure able
meet that desire, hordcs of pcol
the world over gladly flock to !
good comedies of the screen til
promise an hour of mcrrimcnt al
usually give it. -
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What do people smoke for, anyway asks d puz-
zlcd abstainer Well, Tor one thing, so that little
Doris Duke can inherit S53.OOO,OQO
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THEATERS

Marshall Ncilau whose latest
Paramount production, Every
bodv's Acting, comes to the Val
lev theater tomorrow and Thursday
nights. has every reason 10 teel
pleased with his newest opus. 1t is
Il human and humorous little picture
that tells straightforward story
with SmeothucsS. sincerity and Il
wealth of c1lorfal atmosphere.
Betty Bronson is ideally cast a,
the Wistful little orphan who IS
adopted by five god-fathcrs. She
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fields and through the woods
toward the Hollow Stump School.
There was snov on the ground, and
the bunny 5 paws made funny
marks in its whitcncss. And as
Uncle Wiggily came to patch of
trees, all Of a sudden he heard a
sad CRYING sound.
This is either trouble, which
may mean an adventure for me,
said the rabbit gentleman to him
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shine will tickle the rag doll so she
smiles at the gold fish when it
takes drink of milk, II tell you
next about Uncle Wiggily s icielc
shates.
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Earhquakes like rain, affect both the ust and the
unjust and CaeXco has to be shaken up along Vith
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"2Iussolini a Figurehead, Say Exile AnC
.ad than figure, say we.
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NEWS FROM SCIENTISTS

When scientists get together in meetings ana ten
each other what has been accomplished IN the various
branches they let out lot of interesting isolated 1acs
which appeal the human fascination for general IN
formation.
Thus most Of Us are pleased TO read the brief sum
rrer.e5 Of speeches the recent &SScmD2ge o. the
4.arican Association for ne Advancement Ct Science
We eniov learning that old are IS lnoCetn tIf'-.-
ION" According 20 the truth revealing bones collected
from all parts OF the earth can be shown that pTih-
peak OF old age mortality a y years, while modern
man has raised that peak TO =. Thus me average
"old man" 5 now &c years older when he dies.
We are pleased to learn that JaFS are tallef25 mat
mothers who have 10 Duy new sut before the oQ ones
are worn out needed any scientist 10 tell that lact-no
years "a 36 inches greater than that OF the 0oy
of similar parentage 69 years ago
lis good plan 10 READ ali those reports as tney ap-
appear in the news columns oI our daily papers be-
cause they open new worlds OF knowledge and interest
To US and sometimes entlce Us 10 read Iurtner ana
study more deeply such subjects as history and &fcheo
ogy instead Of leaving ali these fascinating things to
the experts.
Business after slight holiday lull, is speeding up
again But il can't fool the professional pesslmStS
What do people smoke for, anyway"' asks ,puz-
zled abstainer Well Tor one thing, so that little
Doris Duke can inherit S53OOOO00.
Earthquakes. like rain affect both the ust and the
inet and 50 CaleXico has to be shaken up along with
MeXca.
.russoIini Figurehead, Say Exile" And more
head than figure, say We
The war veterans adjusted compensation" seems
10 need adjusting
Imperial Valley press., 1927-01-18
Looking Backward
What the Press Kiles Tell of I'M
perial Valley for this Date
In Past Years
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
January l8, 1912

f. II. Stanley is back at Brawley
after an automobile trip to san Di-
ego. He reports much Improvement
on the Devil $ canyon road, Que 10
the work of the county prisoners.
Harry Staub of BraWlcN had the
misfortune TO cut an artery iii his
left arm while trimming trees.
he cit. # t. Centre ha, >,rurc,i
tom the S,udth,rn Pacific easements
fer the street crossings over ii,
railroad tracks At Main and Orange
streets and has filed these for roe
ord in the court house.
Justice Mayficld has imposed
fines on several ranchcrS during the
past two weeks because of their
flooding the roads with irrigation
water. He finds this Il disagrecahic
duty. but is determined that within
his jurisdiction all persons shall
have regard for the county ordinance
pertaining to road flooding.
There has been filed for record
ut the court house the official map
of the new townsitc OF DiXieland.
TEN YEARS AGO
January IS, 1917
The fame of Imperial Valley Is
spreading rapidly. The county farm
bureau is instrumental in much pub
LEFTY reaching farmers in other sec
tions of the United States.
From DcS Moincs, Ia, comes a re.
quest for information regarding ply
clubs in this county. Wallace 5
Farmer. an agricultural publication
Of the middle west, is interested IN
the work being done here aud asks
regarding details.
William Hart. accused Of stealing
three boSes of tobacco from Il
freight car in talcXico. was brought
10 the county jail to await triad on
"A charge of burglary.
W. Lambert Hill WAS the first
district candidate to file nomination
petition. going through the opera
tion Yesterday. Hnl has four
brothers IN the county WHO are do
ing valiant service in his behalf.
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BRITAIN SENDS THOUSANDS
MARINES TO DUTY IN CHIF

LONDON, Jan. lS.-Onc thousaI
British marines at Chatham tod
were ordered to prepare for s.
vice in China. The admiralty d
nounced the order but did not in
mate when the marines would cI
bark.
Money to Loan on AUTOMOBILE
Sterling Securities Go. Inc, Fred
Cross. Mgr. 6ti0 Main St. a
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SENATE
Bills Introduced

8. B. 24-Blaclxburn. Governs and de-
fines building and loan associations. Jul
S. B. 25-Blaclbum. Creates a, sepa-
rate building and loan department Jul
S. B. Se-Bradford, Makes new circuit
court for Marshall County separating it
S. B. 27-Cann. Abolishes public !serv;
board, Public Rights and Franchises.
S. B. 28-Doogs. Aids issuance of
S. B. 29-Gray. Abolishing pardon
board and placing pardon and parole ap-
proval upon courts. Criminal code.
S. B. 30-Gray Removes power of
State board of accounts to pass on public
contracts. upon petition of twenty-five
VOssrSB ?sHIa Mnossar I'd Puts dog taxes in
county dog fund to be used for reim-
bursting stock losses inflicted by dogs.
S. B. 32-Lochard. Standardizes legal
notices and publication Of same.
S. B. 33-Markel Raises assessments
for establishment of Fairgrounds IN third,
fourth and fifth class cities. Cities and
s. j. 34-Nejdl Old age pensions.
Counties and TownshiR: :,
Lake County 70 accept zoo acre park
S. B. 36-Pell. Permits cooperative
fire protection for towns. Insurance.
s. B. 37--Shake. Extends time of bond
payments for levy districts. Swamps and
s. b. 3s-shank. Permits farmer boys
to work on their parents farms. without
permits. Education.
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Legislative Calendar

compiling abstract lien upon real estate
afsstes 4 SudiBsifpry (. Providing for the
collection and payment Of costs for tran.
scripts scripts prepared for change of venue. Ju'
:, II. B; 4a-Babcock., Authorizing conn.
donations to rar3ads meets
II. D: 44-Thiel: Repealn1g section 447
refrrBs e peSy9fatiq Providing M
salaries for Judges in towns Of not less
than 100000 population. Fees and Sal
Il. B.. 4e-scott Giving discretionary
powers In issuance OF search warrants.
u H. B. 44mGrant. Giving State highway
go" signals along highways through small
H.. B. 4S@Grant. Providing, for the
building and improvement Of Of highways Ns by 6yy
serial bonds for payment thereof. Roads.
II. B. 49-Sallwasser. Provides for the
appropriation of money by towns for mu-
sic in parks and other public places Cities
H. B. 5o-Harrison. Murden. worley. of
yigo,, Weinke, Byers ClemeptssMi .
Militia. Military Affairs.
II. j. 51-De Haven. Prohibiting signs
highway commission, which is authorized
to properly mark highways; provides for
removal of commissioners by Governor i'll
case case signs are not kept in good order.
Roads
II. b. 52-werner Requiring license for
drug stores, apothecary shops and pharma-
cies to be issued by State board of pharm-
acy Medicine
II b. 53-Gardner Provides election
regulation with compulsory voting. Elec-
tions. 81.
H, b. 54-Worley of Vigo. Authorizing
appointment of receivers for property
bought on installment plan when pay
ments are defaulted. for tenants refusing
to pay rent. Judiciary A.
Resolutions
Joint resolution approving act of tho
Governor in appointing a committee known
as the Indiana Lincoln Union
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SPACE SOLDFOR
AUTO SHOW HERE
Plan Novel Features for Ex-
hibit Feb. 14-19.

With practically all Of the $4,000
square feet Of space sold at the Auto
Show Bldg, State Playground, plans
for the sixteenth annual Auto Show
Feb. 1919, are rapidly developing,
according to John B. Orman, man.
ager.
Forty-one dealers have subscribed
for space and will display the latest
creations in the automotive field.
Twenty-Five accessory houses and
seven truck firms have reservations
Many novel features, including
wider aisles, diffused light through.
out the building and a floor plan
which will facilitate a larger crowd,
are planned.
The exhibit will draw leaders in
motodrom from many Of the larger
cities.
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RECITAL HERE SUNDAY
willard MacGregor, Pianist, to Be
Heard at Institute.

Willard MacGregor, pianist. will
appear in recital at the John Heron
Art Institute Sunday at $3.50 p. m.
BY special request, Hugh Nc
Gibney, violinist, will assist Mac
Gregor in the sonata for piano and
violin by Cesar Franck. The con-
cert is public.
MacGregor has appeared in con-
cert In both Europe and the United
States and has won high praise for
his extraordinary musicianship. He
has selected a program ranging
from classic compositions to the
most modern of piano literature.
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STREETS REPAIR URGED

Citing the bad condition of E.
Washington st. between Audubon
Rd. and Sheridan Ave, the Irving
ton Commercial and Welfare Asso-
citation Thursday urged east side
street improvements.
F. c. Sims, $3.50 e. Washington
ST., scored the mayor, city council
and board of works for failure to i'm.
prove the streets. They promised
relief last year, Sims said.
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UNION BANK ELECTS

At the annual meeting of stock
holders of the United Labor Bank
and Trust Company. the following
were elected members of the board
of directors: John L. Lewis, Floyd
c. Bell, William Dobson, Jacob Fisch-
er, Adolph Fritz, w. T. Brown. Earl
f. Houck, j. w. Hays, e. E. James,
Charles w. Kearn and Edward
Berndt,
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Auto Knocked From
Ferry, Man DrolUz,s
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
JEFFERSONVILL Ind, Jan. 10.
Police dragged the Ohio River to-
day to recover the body of w. A.
Crawford. SO, of Louisville, drowned
Friday, when his closed auto was
knocked off ferry into the river.
Crawford was being ferried across
and was sitting in his car when a
truck on the boat was cranked in
gear. The truck plunged into
Crawferd's car. knocking 1t off the
boat. Crawford was unable to re-
lease himself In time to save his life.
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deeply rooted in the conf
dence of the public, but they
are also continually revitalized
by the vigor of young men.
CONSEQUENTLY, the
W Scripps-HOward news
papers command the respect
and confidence of more than a
million and a half families,
which constitute their readers.
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Records taken over thirty-six years
indicate that the greatest number
of fatal influenza cases occur about
the ninth or tenth week of the year
and the fewest about the thirty-fifth
or thirty-sixth> week.
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STORE NOT A MEMBER
Firm Which Seized Hiatt Goods Out
side Association.

A statement that the furniture
company which took $500 worth of
household goods from Orville Hiatt,
S27 E. Tenth ST., after $500 had been
paid upon it, leaving the family with
out even a bed, was not member
of the Furniture Association of In
dianapolis. was made today Mrs. N.
M. Fritsch, secretary of the associa-
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published. Further, these news
papers are edited by young
men-men who are drawn
from the Scripps-Howard
organization.
THAT is one of the chief
u reasons why these news
papers have been growing
steadily since their founding
in 1879. Not only are they
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HOUSE
RiIIS introduced

H. B. 39-lIuffman, Barring practice
of physicians. whose license has been re-
voked Medicine.
II. B. 4O-Huffman. Provides for the
transfer of funds with the transfer of
schools from township to city of Elkhart.
County and Township.
II. B. 41-Greenawalt. Giving firms
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Denver (Colo.) EXPRESS
Toledo (Ohio)- NEwS-BEB
Columbus (Ohio) CITIZEN
Akron (Ohio) TINES Press
Birmingham (Ala.) PosT
Memphis (Tenn.) PRESS
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Houston (Texas) Press
Youngstown (Ohio) TELEGRAM
, Fl. Worth (Texas) Press
Oklahoma City (Okla.) News
Evansville Qnd.)- Press
Knoxville (Tenn.) ! News
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HOOSieY Briefs

tomorrow. A note, the last indebt
edness, will be burned.
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MEMBERS OF THE UNITED PRESS

El Paso (Texas) Posr
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sKssfseky sdItios Of tie CiseissasI Post.
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Cleveland (Ohio) Press
Baltimore (Md.) PosT
Pittsburgh (Pa.) -. Press
San Francisco (Calif.). News
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Cincinnati; (Ohio). =. -Posr
Indianapolis (Ind.) .A\TIMEs
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Montpelier youths who broke the
fire siren in New Years eve cele-
bration will have to pay $40 for their
fun. That's what the repairs will
cost.
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Miss Ella Wyrick of Warsaw be-
lieves it pays to advertise. She ad-
vertised in a newspaper for a hus-
band and got one-Ernest r. Corbin
of Lansing, Mich.
Charging, her husband refused to
attend the funeral of their child, Mrs
Sarah Ross of Peru has sued for
divorce.
o. B. Order and son Delbert Of
Greenfield report they saw farmers
near Covington threshing oats last
week.
Central Christian Church of Hunt
ington will have paid up service"
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Clarence Wagner, student at Terre
Haute Normal, holds the transconti-
mental bicycle record. He pedaled
United States in 1922.
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Construction of a lethal gas
chamber for the execution of stray
dogs i'm a more humane manner has
been asked of the Muncie Humane
Society by Mrs. Zula NJ. Valentine.
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q BOTANIST was asked
4 y the question, "When does
a tree stop growing?" His
answer was, "When the sap no
longer rises to the top"
a SUCCESSFUL newspaper
4 n must be rooted deep in
the confidence of it's readers.
1t gains it's strength from the
public. To continue to grow
and widen its sphere of useful
ness, it must draw from this
public the sap of editorial
vigor, and that sap must rise
to the very top of the editorial
structure. News editors, man
> aging editor, editor in chief,
and publisher, all must be in
intimate, living contact with
the public served, or the news
paper will not grow and will
begin to atrophy.
IN RECOGNITION of this
Il principle of nature and of
newspaperdom, Scripps-
Howard newspapers are
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About 100000 trees are cut ever!
year to be used as telephone poles.
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ton. The organization includes
seventeen Indianapolis furnitur'
stores.
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edited not from dis
tant offices, but from
the very life of the
com m u nj ii S in
w hich they are
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Joint resolution approving act of d
Governor in appointing a committee know
as the Indiana Lincoln Union.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-06

BUICK 24-45 TOURING: new Duco: motor
md rubber very good 500. Pot. 567S.
Buick '23 TOURING: tires and condition