Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-04
LDI.iLYl DEHYE tNLE

Irving Summers was in a hole. Not in the Ground.
but in tha talslti}c hole tb;j all oi ind ourselves
in at some tIue other
Ills doe Pal was before Tie court M in Spokane,
CHARGED with murder. Charged With flock OF mur-
prize rabbits. Irving is II years old, and his father
accused Of hUboIlng vicious doc.
Irving Wa chlct witness for tn defense. "toadT
ne mEntaned tGt MS dog mad not committed the crne
with which he was Charged. What boy Of II would
moi do anything to save his do%?
How 10 you know your Cog didn't llil these ra2-
bits" asked the Judge. well, have two little rao-
bits OF my and Pal never hayt tiem, Irving told
the court.
Fince the cour, dog could be friendly to rabbits
forming part of his household, but it might be
different where somebody else owned the little animals.
Nothing but an ron-cad ailb would save Pa.
Irving had the abj bat hesitated TO use it except
last resort, for to do 50 would be to ncrimnate him
The coar conferred with attacnes looked down
from the bench at Irving and the latter read doom FOR
lis dog in the Judges countenancc Now, he decided,
the time for his alib He would produce It and take
the consequences. With baecechng look for mercy
directed at his mother he plunged in to save Pal.
"F!casc Judge, can prove Pa. ddn do it because
he wa not ont the nl&ht the rabbits We're Killed. II
cola outside so took him into bed with me and he
was there all night 1t out at last, confession OF
violating strict family rule bu Irving was willing to
take the consequences. fellow has to stand by pal
The Judge was a boy himself. lie took tba
case under adviScncnt and viii take week to think
over the matter.
We feel certain this is only rormali',. No man
worth he name man, and t1" homer Of beng dGee,
made sJrh plcl for lim. We feel equally sure that
IryirH5 parents viii overlook The matter OF Violating
the family ruic. There are many times WhCa ra"5
and law are ridiculous and one of them when q boz
fcc5s aorr .et h dos" forced to b" oG in tn" cold
when r. himself is uun and Warul.
Irlu. could have hidden the trUtn and alIo"td
the law doaI with Pat The latter could never ap"a"
for him elf and nobod, would ever hayr been the
visor. Nam. mcn whom the world has called honor
able have failed occasions to aho" &Eh honor ~.
this.
There L. 40 finer TRAIT than loyalty. A man may
be- aIaaa IN many things bat # ne is loraI 10 I5 friends
Iauch can be SAID in his behalf. And Whcu a boy Is
loyal to H.. doe hcrr H. every FelaoG to believe inc vail
grow 10 INTO tlc lud Of that IN our bti moments
we all like to consider ourselves 70 be-
--O----
The weather bureau declares thc eromdhoe i a
hlnbug and utterly unreliable. Really such pIole--
aional jeaou.g ds&usjnG.
in the present state Of affairs we are inclined to
believe that they gave The nation comic val loAuc when
Arizona was admitted INTO the Union.
san Iratcjsro nay not be able to induce coaarc
to lot lhcm bud that bridge across Golden Cate, but
III least il can Llakc the hIoon work for it.
We ma5 tfnk it is awful lust now but day
somebody e gong to tel the truth up in Los Angeles
end lhcn ii & really be awful.
If we told these inland senator's that a majority Of
the sailors come from the great plains states, they
would perhaps The cruiser bill il different light