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The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-03
Manufacturing Opinion.
(New York World. ]

In adress in New York pr. Ernest H cherrineton, head of the Department of Edueation- Publicity and Research of the Anti saloon League. wauned his audience of some of the difficulties which the militant dry move nent aow faces For one thing. he said:
 The enemies of Prohibition have
 learned the power of suggestion. They
 have set the spirit of modern adver-
 Using and have learned how easy it
 is by repetition, to get fallacy be-
 fore the public as if it were . truth.
 It is easy enough to point out that if this is trick which the vets have. learned they have learned it from the drys who have been using il for fifty years; but this does not do justice to the situation The fact is that "the power of suggestion" which constituted the most now better weapon for the vets To invoke the power of suggestion the drys must conjure up impressions of pre-Prohibition days; and human memories being what they are, this is exceedingly difficult. The vets, the other hand, have only to point to conditions as they are, and cite the disrespect for law, the hypo- erisy, the rise of the bootleggcr the continued drinking and the increased corruption in public office which have followed in the train of Prohibition.
 It is no wonder that as head of depart ment whose work includes publicity and "edu cation, Dr. Cherrington believes one of the needs of the hour to be an attempt to re-create, imag inatively, the evils of the old pre-Prohibiton era lie asks TOT an annual DuSedt or $2,OOO,O0O Tor this purpose, and wishes instruction in the evils of drink to De restored to it's old place in the school curriculum" Presumably the funds for which he asks will be allotted for these efforts though the Anti-Saloon League is not the pros porous organization 1t was in 1917. But the handicap which pr. Cherrngton will face is the necessity of appealing to the imagination when his opponents can make of all too familiar facts. The Anti-Saloon League has had it's mil lenninm in difficult effort to prove that bad as things today there once was something worse.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-03
Under the Lone Star.
(New York Times. ]


 It is on virgin convention soil that the Demo- crats have decided to nominate their national ticket of 1928, for Texas has entertained such gathering. The selection of the thriving City of Houston foresakes all the rules of that strategy" which heretofore has governed Ma tional Committee choices. Texas is an immov- ably Democratic State, and there elec- toral vote to be changed-even in the fancy of the politicians-by holding convention there But the question of other strategy" will arise in the minds of those who, watching politics closely, are naturally suspicious of unexpected developments like this Is the choice an anti-Smith move, the theory that city nurtured boom will not thrive in the dry and rural airs of the Southwest? Or is it notice to the Texas Democracy, now rescued from days of dissension by the ability of Governor Dan Moody. that the party will gladly entertain Lone Star suggestion for the vice-Presidental nomination?
 An inspection of the vote by which Houston was chosen over San Francisco makes it seem more likely that neither of these considerations weighed against the practical one of cash. Ma tlonal committees always looking for funds and Democratic National Committee is notor- iouslY poor and debt-ridden San Francisco, which offered S250.O00, had entertained the party con yenton only eight years ago and is long way from the Atlantic Coast; while Detroit, Chicago Miami and Cleveland, with much lower bids were an equally long way from Houstons proffer of S20o,o00 More than that: Governor Smiths supporters have said all along that the Governor IS not interested where the convention is held nor does he consider place more or less appropriate to test his qualifications than any other Committeeman Mack of New York his natural representative was on the subcommittee that looked over the bids and he found no evi- dence of any considerations of candidates in arriving at the choice. The personnel of the hnal vote shows no Smith and anti-Smith align ment.
 So two weeks after the Republican Convention meets at Kansas City the Democrats will assemble a days ride to the southwest ward, and Texas will Tor many decades at least, be the first State of the Confederate South to nominated within it's borders the candidates of its traditional party.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-03
ROOSEVELT vs. SMITH.

Young Mir. Theodore Roosevelt who opposed Gov. Al Smith of New York in the last enber= material election in the Empire State anu WAS soundly spanked both in the exchange of political speeches and at the polls, has decided to reopen hostilites his successful rival. It is a peculiar political spectacle he affords he campaigns in Kansas, not for the Sunhower States fayorite son candidate for the Republican Presidential nom ination-senator Curtis-but in opposition to the candidacy of Gov. Smith for the Democratic nomination It is indeed touching to witness the concern of MT Roosevelt lest the Demo- crats nominate Tammany leader His anxiety to prevent the Democrats. from making snch a grave political picking Gov. Smith for their standard bearer is one of the wonders of the age which has been made famous by the Teapot Dome oil scandals, the Ohio gang" and other distressing interludes in Administration circles in the past eight years. and conciding they did with MT. Roosevelts own connection with the Administration in official capacity. While the ease with which he discovers that the Tammany Tiger has not changed it's spots since the days of Boss Tweed compels admiration, not more so, however, than the graceful facility with which he nonchalantly overlooks the cor ruption encompassing him about unknown and unsuspected by him, when he sat among the mighty Assistant Secretary of Navy and saw Teapot Dome bartered away.
 & Truly it is brave man who can go before any section of the American public and attack he has of the high executive ability and unquestoned honesty and capacity for puba lie service that Gov. Smith has demonstrated for three and one-half terms Governor of New York But his bravery is not equal to his dis cretion in selecting battlefield. Kansas is far enough from New York to make it unlikely that Gov. Smith will take more than passing notice to his fuminatons
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-03
BOXING IN ALASKA.

The information brought back from the south by E M. Policy that tAe outlook is favorable for enactment by Congress of law to permit boxing exhibitions in Alaska Is welcome news indeed
 The measure sponsored in Alaska by the American Legion and endorsed by the Territorial Legislature which. at its last session, passed a memorial asking Congress to amend existing Fed eral statutes to legalze boxing in the Territory
 For some years bouts held in this and other Divisions, but when certain abuses cropped up, the lid was clamped down in this Division and the powers that be. probably with some Justification, let it be known that anyone en- gazing in such sporting events, either as par ticipants or promoters, would be prosecuted Had there been authority for supervisory board Tor commission to regulate the matches, the abuses complained of could have been corrected and their
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repetition prevented With Federal statute in existence forbidding boxing however, it not possibly to properly supervise the sport.
 In some of the Divisions boxing is permitted today. But in the First Division it is taboo. It will welcome heartily a Congressional sanction that carries with it provision for kind of supervisory agency through which the sport can be kept clean or maintained a basis that will afford fans high class entertainment without the danger of petty graft and other irregularities creeping in to spoil what is of the finest sports man has known one that appeals very strongly to redblooded healthy Americans of both sexes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-03

British Columbia lawmaker proposing that Canada make overtures to the United States for the purchase Of the Alaska Panhandle pays us one of the incest compliments in his power It is pleasant to realize that others would pay real money for our homeland. But regardless of pro hibtion, the Anti-Saloon League, Tom Heflin and some other k. nuisances, most of us had rather retain our status Alaskans of the United States.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-03
More or Less True

More or Less True 1 Some girls can carry all they wear in a compact and still have room enough left in it for all they 1 know.
 A woman's idea of dilemma E trying to decide whether to save her complexion or have the good cry she's just dying to enjoy.
 These days, when young fel low tells his mother he is goins to see his girl, it doesn't mean he is going over to see a big bundle of clothes.
 A sheik seems to think it is as smart to leave his hat at hom as a flapper does to leave her clothes there.
 The age of innocence evidently is a former one.
 No one can be more uncomport. able than an old-fashioned woman at a gathering where all the con- versation is about former hus- bands, divorces and triangles.
 A brutal husband is one whe won't borrow the money to buy his wife a new fur coat that is ! let finer than the new one her dearest enemy is sporting.
 Another reason for the increas- cd divorce rate is the fact that there hardly is standing room at the beauty parlors while the cook ing schools are filled with cob webs and solitude
 If she can t9dthfully say. 'i'm not that kind of girl,' her mother doesn't lie awake until 3 a. m. waiting for her to get home, be- cause she's been sleeping instead of dancing since o'clock.
 You can convince a homely flapper she is beautiful, but you cant convince her that woolen undies will keep her warmer than a fur coat.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-03

With Senator Curtis, Gov. Lowden and Sec retary Hoover for President headquarters being opened in various parts of the country, the de- mand for publicity agents, clerks and stenograph- CTS ought to be on the increase for the next few monthe.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-03

Who Says the Dry Laws Are a
 Failure?
 "The worlds water power de- velopment has increased 43' per cent in the last six years,y says a news item. iaf
 Due, of course, to prohibition.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-03

Add Definitions
 Optimist-a perfectly bald-hea l. ed man who finds comfort ill the thought that at least he has csas- ed being bothered by dandruff,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-03

sign from the bus, for if you did hang it up in your car the party in the back seat wouldn't pay any attention to it. Have to Learn From Experience . Young folks will simply smile and
 think
 You are a wall-eyed liar When you insist they will get
 burned
 If they will play with fire.
 It's a Funny World For fellows who invent our words l have a lot'a criticism: Why not, If it's pronounced thai
 way,
 Just spell it room-a-tism?
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-03

Mussoln is making even the children wear black shlrts what prejudice that man must have against laundries.--( Dallas News
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-03
A coupl'a Huh's for This

A Coupl'a Huh's for This Age hasn't improved the husband {;
 much, But surely has their wives, I'll
 swear, For husbands still will bang the
 doors, While wives won't even hang
 their hair.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-03
The Ananias Club

T attribute my success in the financial world said the wealthy banker, entirely to the fact I a. ways have been very careful 70 have my socks and tie match"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-03

If this automobile keeps up they will be giving us cars so they can sell the parts-tAt- lanta Constitution
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-03
Ask Dad, He Knows

When a man and wife are talk ing" began Mrs. Crouch. .-"tne wife is the one who is talking ou; loud,n butted in her husband.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-03

Observations of Oldest lnhabitant
 The old-fashioned mother who used to let down the hem as her daughter grew older, now cuts off the skirt and leaves the hem for her daughter.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-03

Some politicians tossing their hats into the ring may only have gone in for cap with ear flaps Indianapolis Star)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-03
Helpl

Why did you run?" asked the Pump.
 Because l was going to be held up by garter" replied the Stocking.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-03

The noise you hear is Congress at it again. - Detroit Free. Press,)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-03
Name Fits If Shoes Don't

Name Fits If Shoes Don't Why do you call your shoes corporations? asked Tattered Ike. lat Because they have no soles, replied meandering Mike.
 Ga, Ych? But Is There Any for the
 Nute in That Town? "Atchison has an ordinance protecting squirrels. = Atchison Globe.
 Looked Like the Reverse If she had not told me,
 I'd never guessed,
 That while she was upstairs, She'd really dressed.
 There lsn't any use of stealing that Don't Talk to the Driver"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-03
ALONG LIFE'S DETOUR
 By SAM HILL
We'll Say This Is Another D.

We'll Say This Is Another Day Of shame the girls once would
 have died if we had lamped Those lace-edged things, that end.
 ed somewhere 'bove the hem, But now they don't give a gosh
 darn if we do see All of the silken things they wear
 instead of them.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-03

There Amt No Such Pretty Cir The strangest girl I know
 Is pretty Nance. q All she exposes is laoi
 Her Ignorance. no
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-03
Passinu Observation

Terms of endearment should b life terms.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-06
EARN RELIEF

Anent all the talk about farm relief the thought
occurs that there is plenty of room for this sort of
commodity right here in Imperial Valley.
Publicity campaigns for bringing more farmers
in here discussed, when the very best inducenent
to bring here is the contened and prosper
farmer already residing in the valley.
certain amount of outside publicity is doubtless
necessary and desirable but is equally necessary to
that the farmer who is the backbone of every indus
try enterprise in the valley, is aided in every way
possible.
One affliction with which Imperial Valley is cross
ed is that too much of the money made and earned
here, is spent elsewhere. Outside communities call
upon for financial aid in launching this that pro-
ect and respond; many residents do altogether too
much of their purchasing on the coast
If instead of promptly sending our money to out
side communities and projects every time they urge US
to do used the money to assist the farmer, 1t
would be to the greater prosperity and growth of the
valley whole.
Imperial Valley farmers need for one thing better
roads and of them mar kets for the darymen and
the rancher raising fruits and vegetables should be de-
veoped and extended; the thing applies to the
stock and hog raiser poutryman and the man raising
field crops All should be protected from the unscrupu
ous brokers and commission men, who only too often
take the farmers crops or cattle, sell them at good
profit to themselves, and pay the farmer mere pit
There is tendency the part of valley farmers
to organize themselves. Thus have associations
of darynen poultry rasers citrus growers hay grow
ers and many others This is good sign for such as
sociations when we'll regulated carry out the old
maxim ''In union is strength 1t might not be amlss
for these associations be aided by the county, mas
much they bear much the same relation to the rural
dweer that the chamber of does to the city
businessman. .
Nowhere is the farmer offered better opportunities
than in Imperial Valley but he cannot do all himself
and he is deserving the fullest cooperation of every
county and civic organization tie does not wish TO
to be peted and coddled but he IS entitled to as much
consideration his city brother His problems should
be given the utmost thought and>where his welfare IS
concerned action should be immediate.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-06
WIFE OF SCREEN
WILLIAM SAYS
HE WAS CRUEL
Bv United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 6.-NOah
Beery, the motion picture william,
once drove her from her home while
she was in night attire and he was
cruel to her over a period of several
years, Mrs. Marguerite W. L. Becry
charged in her complaint for di-
vorce, on file here today.
a series of asserted brutalities
related by Mrs. Beery accused the
actor Of having choked her, threat
encd her and talked disrcspectfully
of her TO his friends.
The alleged choking incident took
place in the St. Francis hotel in
San Francisco, she complained. She
was almost unconscious when he
loosened his hold on Ler throat, she
said.
Beery once threatened her with a
revolver in their home here and on
another occasion forced her to flee
into the night and seek police pro-
lection.
He frequently told his friends
that his wife was "a little off, .
Mrs. Reery contended.
The couple married in Boston in
July 1910 and separated here in
1927.
They have one child, Noah Viii
bur Becry, -. Mrs. Bccry asked
his custody and a share Of com
munity property valued by her at
100000
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-06
Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD E. GARIS
Copyright, 1928, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY'S SPOOL
OF THREAD

Did You sew up the hole in my
coat 20 asked Uncle Wiggily of his
wife one day, just after he got ready
to hop out of his hollow stump
bungalow to have race with some
dried leaves that the North Wind
was blowing along the path.
"Oh, dear mc!' exclaimed the
rabbit lady. Il quite forgot all
about sewing your torn coat, Wiggy,
dear. | know | promised to do it,
but | have been so busy. Ask Nurse
Jane to do it please. >
SO Uncle Wiggily asked the musk
rat lady housekeeper to sew up the
hole in his coat as he did not like
TO go out looking ragged. Miss
Fuzzy Wuzzy said she would but
she had to give h e
dishes their morning bath and she
forgot. SO next morning, when
Uncle Wiggily once more started
out to see how sharp Jack Frost
had frozen the points of the icicles,
the bunny asked again;
"Did you sew up the hole in my
coat, Nurse jane?
"Oh, dear me. l quite forgot!
Forgive mel squeakcd the musk
rat lady housckeeper. "I'll sew it
for You tomorrow.
''Tomorrow will be too late, -
said Uncle Wiggily. 81 am tired of
hopping about with a ragged coat.
l viii buy myself a spool of thread
and sew up the hole. l can do it,
= ia. liza! laughed Nurse Jane.
Very queer YOU would look sew
ing with a spool Of thread. You
need a thimble and needle. Bet
ter leave your coat at home and l
viii mend it,
"No," and Uncle Wiggily shook
his head. ''For two days now you
and my wife have been promising
to mend it and haven't done so. LII
do it myself. II buy spool of
thread. l'll use thorn from the
locust rec for a needle and Il stone
for a thimble "
So Uncle Wiggily hoped off
with the torn coat tlapping i'll the
Wlnd to buy Il spool OF thread, stop
ping at the eleven and twclVc-cent
store where they sold very good
spools If fiye-cent thread for three
pennies.
Putting the spool Of thread in his
pocket, Uncle Wiggly went ON
through the woods looking for log
on which he might sit down to
mend the hole in his coat. And as
he was hopping along, all Of sud
den a big Blue jay Bird, yelling
and shrieking, flew down out Of a
tree crying:
"Oh, Uncle WiggiIy! You have a
long thread raveling on your coat.
Wait until / pick it off for it
makes you look very untidy.'
With that the Blue Jay picked at
long thread on the rabbit 5 coat,
pulling it off in it's bcak and flying
away with it. But it was not real
thread rayeling such as dreSsmakers
often leave behind them.
1t was the end Of the thread on
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-06
McCoy's Put Weight
On Weak Skinny Men

Hollows in cheeks-hollows in the
sides of neck flatness in chest
why don 4 you do something to make
yourself look like real mano
Mccoy S Tablets put on weight
where weight is needed-not only
that but they build up your general
health and you grow stronger, more
energetic and get plenty OF ambi-
tion.
One Atlantic City man gained p
pounds in two months.
Mccoy takes all the risk Read
this ironelad guarantee. If after
taking 4 sixty cent boxes of Me-
Cows Tablets or One Dollar boxes
amy thin, underweight man or wo-
man doesn't gain al least 8 pounds
aud feel completely satisfied with
the marked Improvement IN health
Your money will be refunded.
Just ask for Mccoy 5 Tablets n
Clements or ANY drug store. Dlstri-
huted by McCoy's laboratories, Inc
also distributors of Mccoy s 90
Liver Ol!-tAeEe is none better. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-06
Missing Gambler
Comes Back With
Abduction Story
Nv United Press leased Wire

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Dee. Ed
Alvey, prominent Louisville book
maker and gambler who has been
missing since Monday, returned to
his home here today and told a
story of being kidnapped and held
for ransom.
Alvey said he was forced into an
automobile. at the point Of gun,
near his home Monday night. lie
was blind-folded with adhesive
tape, he said.
II don't know where they took
me- Alvey said. "They changed
automobiles once, and we rode for
more than an hour. Then we got
out and they took me into build
ing
The 60 year old gambler said he
was released at midnight last night
apparently when his abductors be
came frightened over publicity
given his disappearance.
Alvey telephoned hotel here
shortly after his release. He was in
New Albany, Ind, at that time. The
bookmaker said he did not pay any
ransom although the kidnapers were
planning ON shaking him down,
he said.
Alvey said he was drawn to the
abductors automobile by a decoy
who posed as an acquaintance from
Cincinnati.
"'The man asked me if I remem-
bered him, Alvey said, "and ask
ed me if / wanted to 20 for ride,
A car was parked nearby and | un-
consciously walked toward it.
"The man then drew revolver
and somebody got out Of the car
grabbed my elbow and showed me
into the ear.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-06
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell Of I'm
perial Valley for this Date
In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
December 6, 1908

One of the most important edu-
cational events in the histry of I'm
perial Valley will be the formal
opening of Heber Collegiate Insti.
tute, which will take place Wednes-
day afternoon.
A lively meeting of cantaloupc
growers was held in Brawlev SAT,
urdav afternoon which was attend.
ed by about 60 melon growers.
District Attorney Eshelman has
given an exhaustive opinion to the
board of trustees of the Brawley
high school ON the status of the
question of the legality of the with
drawal of the Magnolia school dis
triet from the Imperial valley high
school district, upholding the right
of Magnolia to be in the Brawley
district.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-06

away, the jay pulled the last of the
thread off the spool and, looking
back and seeing it extending
through the woods, drapcd over
trees and bushes the Jay yelled;
"Wcll of all the ravclings ever
] did see, that is the longest. Just
believe me"
Ha! Ha! laughed Uncle Wiggily
when he saw what had happened.
ooh, Blue jay. What a funny mis-
take YOU made. You unwound the
spool Of thread | bought to sew up
the hole in my coat"
WHAT shriekcd the jay.
"Wasn't that raycling on your
coat ?"
1T was whole spool of
thread! > chuckled the bunny. "But
never mind. You didn t mean to un-
wind it. | II wind it up again.
But this was easier said than
done for the thread tangled on the
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-06
POLICE JINX
STICKS CLOSE
TO YUMA MAN

Charles Cameron, 26, Il musician
and waiter from Yuma claims the
original hard luck jinx.
Cameron was arrested last night
by Police Captain Frank McCaslin
and Patrolman II. w. Willis for in
vestigation, but was released this
morning by Police Chief Sterling
Oswalt after it was established that
he was not the man it was thought
he was.
According to Chief Oswalt, Cam
eron finished 30-day county Jail
sentence here a short time ago on
a drunk charge. He went to Algo-
dones and won nearly $500 at the
green tables and, as the result of an
appropriate celebration of his vic
tory with some of the boys, Cam
! eron did another two days i'll jail