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Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-24
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD E. GARIS
Copyright, 1928, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE
BUTTERFLY

Sitting outside his hollow stump
bungalow one day, Uncle -Wiggily
heard some dogs barking.
sit sounds" said the old rabbit
gentleman to himself, as if Jackie
and Petite Bow Wow were chasing
cat. / wonder if they are9o
But Uncle Wiggily knew that
Jackie and Peetie hardly ever
chased cats, unless it might be one
like the. bad Bob Cat with his silly
little tail, 10 bigger than your
thumb.
~ hope Jackie and Peetie aren t
chasing any of my cat friends, =
whispered Uncle Wiggily, getting
up softly out OF his easy chair un-
der the grapevine to go and see why
the puppies were so loudly barking.
"But if those little dogs were chas-
ing Kittie Kat. Pm sure heI broth
ers, Joie and Tommie, would
scratch Jackie and Peetie.
BY this time Uncle Wiggily had
reached the back of the yard, be-
hind the fence of which he could
hear the barking most loudly. And
Jackie called:
- Come on, Peetie! L almost
caught it that time!'
I'm with vou!' barked Peetie.
Gwen give it good chase!'
"They re chasing somebody, -
thought Uncle Wiggily. 81 must
see who it is
He looked over the top of the
fence and saw both puppies racing
after a big, red butterfly who had
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-24
A NEW ATTITUDE

The encouraging thing about the present status of
Angio-Amercan relations is not the mere fact that
Dotn countries have cancelled warship construction
work Two or three cruisers one way or another make
little difference The big thing is that new attitude
has been adopted
sinaeona deailngs, strangely enough, the men,
tai attitude can be a-mportant Mr.. Hoover and Mr
MacDonald, showing an eagerness to go more than
nall way to establish enduring friendship between
eir respective nations, have submitted an attitude of
confidence and goodwill for what had been ronidI d
jealousy p0ion anu
IN tne long run it won't matter much whether the
Parucuiar snps on which work has been stopped are
QUILT or not What does matter is the way in which Mr.
noover and Mr. Macdonald are handling things.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-24
ONE BOOK APIECE

We like to think of ourselves as great nation of
book-overs And it does if new books were COM
ing out IN perfect flood Yet writer in the current
issue OF Worlds Work points out that the average
American reads only one new book year
America publishes only two new titles for every sew
en- published in Russia, six in Germany and four in
Japan Our total annual purchase of new books runs
only around 100000 ,OO0-ess than one new book ner
nnabltant excluding school text books Our annual in
come is $89OOO,0 100000 and we spend less than one
third of one per cent of it on books
All of this is rather surprising Fvidentlv tbo boo
sellers can take heart The market is far from satura
ed. ~
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-24
NOTICE OF EsTRAY

Notice is hereby given that on the
22nd day of July, 1929, that the un-
dersigned took up on his premises, s
miles south and ~ miles west Of
Ell Centre on Wilson Ranch, the fol-
lowing described animal, to-wit: :
red, white faced, blind cow.
The said animal is now confined
at said premises, and within 80 days
after the date of this notice, if said
animal is not claimed by the owner
thereof, it will be delivered to the
constable of that township, Impe-
rial county, California, for sale un-
der Act 1860, General Laws of Cali
fornia.
Dated August 5, 1929.
(Signed) DALE COMBS,
A ) IL 10 26 S 2.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-24
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell Of I'm
perial Valley for this Date
In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
August "a, 1909

The work of the dredge in the
Brawley main has been completed,
and it is now being moved to the
head of Ash lateral, and will for a
time be busy on that ditch.
One begins to hear talk on the
streets of plans for the coming
winter baseball season, and the in
dieations are that the valley league
viii be reorganized ON semi-pro-
fessional scale.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-24

creature, quickly flying off through
the air. "They don't give me a
chance to get drink or anything
to eat" For butterflies eat honey.
''Hi there, boys, what are You do
ingg' suddenly asked Uncle Wig
gily, looking over the top of the
fence at the puppies.
'Chasing a butterfly" answered
Jackie.
"What for?' the rabbit gentle
man wanted to know.
"Oh, just for fun, - barked
Peetia, hanging lis tongue as far
out of his mouth as he could. For
he was hot and that is how dogs
cool off--by hanging out their
tongues and breathing fast.
:" Do YOU mean fun for you or
fun for the butterfly9' asked the
bunny.
Jackie and Peetie looked at each
other and Jackie said:
81 guess it was fun for us.
cit certainly wasn't any fun for
that poor butterfly to be chased
away from the drinking pool or the
honey flower" went on Mr.. Long
ears. "How would you like to be
hungry and thirsty and not be al
lowed to eat or drink? How would
you9"
I'll now-guess we wouldn t
like it. = said Jackie.
"Well. then stop chasing that
butterfly, even in fun Unclc
Wigg;ly ordered and they promised
that they would. Then they played
about by themselves and, later
Uncle Wiggily took them for Il walk
in the woods.
They went long way, looking
for an adventure, but could find
none and at last Jackie said: 81 m
awful thirsty, Uncle Wiggily. is
| there a place around here where we
can get drink -
..I'd love to find cool spring, y
whined Peetie.
They looked amid the trees bu.
no water could they find, and the
two little dogs We're getting more
and more thirsty when, all of :
sudden, Fitting through the all
came a big, red butterfly.
"Oh, let S chase it! y barked
! Peetie
.sNo. we d better not! IN hot
and dry enough as it is, )" SAID
/ Jackie. ''Oh, if [ only had /
drink. -
Follow me and l will lead yor
to a spring. whispered the but
terfly who could smell water a Ions
way off, just as it could smell the
perfume of flowers.
So the butterfly flew in the all
overhead. Uncle Wiggily and th'
dogs followed and soon they cam
to a cool spring of sparkling water
There the puppies drank their fill
and Uncle Wiggily had some, too
| And when the butterfly fitted dow
to the waters edge to sip some III
in its long, coiled, black tongue
neither puppy chased it. SO all wa
as it should be.
And if the chocolate cake doesn'
! jump in the talcum powder box ant
make itself look like Il SNOWFALL
! i II tell you next about Uncle Wig
gily and the humming bird.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-24

terfly quickly rose in the air and
floated away like piece of the
rainbow. But this did not suit
Jackie and Peetie. They raced af-
ter the beautiful creature, barking
and swapping.
The butterfly alighted on II
flower, perching its slender legs on
the petals while, once more, it un-
coiled its long, slender, black tongue
to sip up some sweet honey juice
from the blossom.
"Hi vi" yelled Jackie, making
dash for the butterfly.
"Catch him. Catch him!" barked
Jackie
"Oh, dear, l wish they'd let me
alone.' thought the poor, pretty
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-24
Papal State Issues Its Own Postage Stamps

1t was a significant day for the
Vatican, and a gala day for phil
atelics when the Papal State is
sued in its own right several demo-
limitations Of postage stamps. Pic
tured at the right is the mailing Of
the first letter at he Vatican "post
office" Above are slightly enlarg-
ed reproductions of three of the new
stamps, which were eagerly sought
by collectors from all over the
world.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-24
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
August "a, 1914

FL Centre tax payers will pay the
city tax rate of $1.36 on each $lQ0
for the fiscal year 19l4-15. This
rate was set by unanimous action OF
the board of city trustees at spe-
eial meeting last night.
Dan V. holland arrived in El
Centre Sunday from a summer s va
cation at coast points.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-24
TEN YEARS AGO
August 24 1919

Yesterday evening notice was Civ
en- that after Z o clock at night no
automobiles viii be passed across
the line.
Ed Campbell, former manager OF
the drygoods department of the
Varney store at Imperial, left last
night for San Diego to accept a
position with Roadway Brothers.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-24
State of California County of

State of California County Of
Imperial, SIS.
On this 9th day of August A. D.,
1929 before me, G. G. Mousseau,
County Clerk and ex-offico Clerk Of
the Superior Court of the County Of
Imperial State of California, per-
sonally appeared R. s. Lindeman
known to me to be the person whose
name is subscribed to the within In
strument, and acknowledged to me
that he executed the same.
In witness thereof, 1 have here
unto set my hand and affixed my
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-24
CERTIFICATE OF BUSINESS
FICTITIOUS FIRM NAME

The undersigned does hereby certi
fly that he is conducting Retail
and Wholesale Petroleum Produce
business at Ell Centre, California
under the fictitious firm name of
Ell Centre Oil Co., and that said
firm is composed of the following
persons, whose names and addresses
are as follows, TO W.T.:
R. S. Lindeman, P. o. Box 1872,
Ell Centre, California.
Witness my hand this 9th day Of
August 1929.
r. S. LINDEMAN
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-24

Residents at Ethanac, Riverside
county, have voted bonds for the
purchase of the Romoland Water
Company, the new owners being
land owners and not the real estate
firm that sold the tract.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-24

official seal the day and year in
this certificate first above written.
G. G. MOUSSEAU
County Clerk and Ex-Offico Clerk
of the Superior Court, Imperial
County.
By J. M. Stewart, Deputy Clerk
(SEAL)
A GA 20 27 8 q
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-24

settled down, as gently as dried
leaf on the edge of little pool of
water to get drink.
But the poor butterfly had no
chance to uncoil it's long, slender,
black tongue to sip up some, water
before Jackie and Peetie rushed at
it, growing, snarling and barking.
With fluttering wings the but
New Britain herald., 1929-11-04
IGNORE DEMAND ID
 RETURN DIVIDENDS
". H. Allen Go. Stockholders
 Are Standing Pat
DEFY TRUSTEES ORDER
Attorney Mag Announces Decision to Await Outcome of Suit Against Directors Before Pressing Demand On 13 Shareholders.

By failing to reply 10 a letter sent them several weeks ago demanding return of dividends paid them dur ing q period of alleged insolvency. stockholders Of the Walliam II. AL len Construction Co. have indicated their refusal to meet the order Of Trustee Charles W. Hawkins.
 Attorney Edward A. Mag. counsel for the trustee, said today he mat ter of returning dividends will be allowed to remain in abeyance pend ing decision in the suit brought by the creditors against directors Of the corporation In this action. rc- turn of the amounts paid in divi- dcnds Is demanded on the ground that the payments were illegal, hay ing been made out Of the capital of the corporation instead Of out Of earnings, Legal payment would have been impossible. it was de- Clarcd. because of the fact that the company was operating at a loss. Checks were received by stock holders covering q period Of about two years. Thirteen were named as defendants
 Attorney Mag explained today that the principle involved in both actions is identical and adjudication of the suit against directors. expect ed in superior court in about one month, will determine both issues.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-04
8 MISSING AV|ATORS
 FOUND ON ARCTIC ISLE
McAIpine Party All We'll -Unreported Two
 Months

Ottawa. Ont, Nov. lPt-Thc De- rartmcnt of Marines and Fisheries received a bulletin by radio today from it's Churchill station saying that Col. McAlpine and his party Of seven prospcCtors, missing Tn the north country for several weeks, mad been found at Cambridge Bay, on Victoria Island, in the Arctic sea.
 The message from Churchill sta tion said:
 "McAlpine and party found. All we'll Located Cambridge Bay
 Col McAlpine, head of the Dom inion explorers, had been in the north country with his seven com panions on an aerial expedition trip for more than two months.
 When they failed to return to their base, aerial searching parties all efforts were, until todar unarail- ing A dozen planes were sent from Winnipeg alone, one flicr making flight of 1.5OO miles over some of the most dcsolate of the north coun- try,
 The reported location Of the party indicated to those familiar with the country that they had been forced off their course and then forced down when their fuel ran out.
 Victoria Island is many miles off the mainland Of northern Canada,
New Britain herald., 1929-11-04
SALLY SANTA CLAUS
 MAY LOSE JOB HERE
Solicitor With Long Whisk- CTS Expected to
 Disappear

A picturesque figure. one that has graccd the streets of New Britain in the Christmas season for many years, is doomed 10 disappear ac- cording to present indications.
 The curbstonc santa Claus is about to be removed. Back to his haunts at the North Pole. there to attend to tho details of his regular job, old Man Claus is being relegat- ed, or at least will be if plans now under way matcrialze.
 In connection with the national movement 10 eliminate the curb stone Santa Claus. which started last week and is increasing in favor throughout the country, Fred O. Racklffe, chairman of the Salva- ton Army advisory committee stated today that he will sponsor a move ment for the complete deccasc of the Salvation Army Santa Claus in this city.
 Tho national movement was start cd because it was said the growing number of santa Clauses seen dur ing the season just before Christ mas is confusing to the child mind and tends seriously 10 rob the spirit of Christmas Of much of it's child hood sentiment.
 Mr. RaCkliffc will recommend at the next meeting of the committee, he stated today after a conference with Commandant Julius Helgelson that Salvation Army solicitors with kettles, use only the regulation army
New Britain herald., 1929-11-04
GET EDUCATION BY
 STUDENT RUM SALE
Three Michigan Under Grads Held in DOrmi-
 tory Raid

Ann Arbor. Mich., Nov (P'- The charge that three students were working their way through the Uni- versIty of Michigan by selling liquor to other students, was made hy po- lice today after q raid Saturday night in which they asserted d cas- . of wine and a case of Whisilcy were confscatcd ill q mons dormitory.
 Harold Mckee. 2i, of Pittsburgh. i, being hcld in the county jai and two others whose names were With- held are being sought. The liquor police said, was brought from Can ada and smugGled into the dormi- tory under buttonCd ovcrcoatS. Ser Geant Louis lfohcy and Detective Clifford West declared a number of telephone calls ordering liquor were received while they were raiding the room in the dormitory. The officers answered the calls.
 The raid was part of q drive be- gun by local officers after five fra- tcrnitieS had been placed on proha- ton by the university for tolor&tinG intoNiCation at dances.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-04
Election Interest Keen Tomorrow;
 Virginia Provides Hottest Fight

Washington, Nov. 1 lP-SporadiC political campaigning over the Coun- try came to an end today with last minute appeals to the doubtful among the voters of a dozen states from Massachusetts 10 California and from Michigan to Virginia.
 From the largest cities down 10 the small precincts, the leaders were perfccting more or less elaborate ar rangemcntS for getting out the votes tomorrow but the campaign in some places. notably the old Dominion. had been of such character as 10 require little urging that the voter seek the nearest polling IlaCes.
 Virginia Battle Hot
 With the democratic political ma chine in Virginia facing the severcst test it probably has yet met. an un- usually heavy vote is expected in that state, which alone elects gov ernor.
 Until a combination of anti Smith democrats and republicans threw
New Britain herald., 1929-11-04
INDUSTRIAL STOCKS
 REFLECT STRENGTH
New Britain Factory Shares
 Firm for Greater Part
SLIGHT CHANGES NOTED
List Shows Little Change Since Thursday Although Several Are Up Point or TwO-Dccline shown in Quotations for Others.

Opening market quotations today showed leading local industrials to be somewhat stronger than they appeared at the closing last Thurs day, when the last lists were made available. and for the most part the market remained stationary through the day.
 American Hardware had closed with e mid and G5 asked, and had picked up some strength, opening today with 63 bid and 66 asked. The bid price held 10 that figure with the demand at 6S. at o'clock this afternoon.
 Fafnir held 10 the 90 bid. 100 asked, position maintained Thurs day, at the opening this morning. There was no change through the day. The same was true of Hart t Cooley, bid in at leo, with 17O sought
 I.andors, Frary X Clark picked up d point in bid price over the weekend. going from e 10 G$, but the asked price also advanced a point by the opening hour, and two additional points by . o'clock this afternoon.
 An extra point in New Britain Machine was also noted in the first bids of the day, g being the bid price. The asked price of 40 held over the weekend and through the day.
 Offers of 20 for North X Judd were the order of the day, this be- ing three points lower than asked.
 Stanley Works was bid two points higher this morning than last Thursday, standing at 54 when the market opened, The asked price stood at 57.
 Of the foremost local industrials, Union Manufacturing Co.,, was the only one to drop during the day. falling from 19 bid and 21 asked, to 17 bid and 20 asked The ; o'clock price, however. was two points higher than that of Thurs day
New Britain herald., 1929-11-04
POINCARE ASSISTS IN CABINET EFFORT
Tardieu Works on Decla- ration of New Gov
 ernment

Paris. Nov. 4 (P-The hand Of the old master Raymond Poincare. was seen today by French politicians in the composition and future course Of the new government, l'eaded by Andre Tardiou, premier.
 M. Tardieu has been in constant consultation with R. PoinCare, vet cran of so many hard fought politi- cal battles himself. since he was designated by President Doumcrgue last Thursday to select the next ministry.
 M. Tardieu and his new ministers began today an outline Of the new governments policy to be presented to the chamber Thursday.
 The full program will le drafted n a plenary cabinet session Wedues- day.
 The impression gained ir political circles was that the opposition would give the new premier q chance to prove the worth Of the new ministry before rc-fashioning party lines and attempting his defeat. Ii was be . lioved his majority in in" chamber Thursday, if majority it is at all, will be very small.
 NJ. Tardicu worked today on his ministerial declaration.
 The selection of Tardieu 10 head tine ministry has brought a revival of interest in the various books of which he is author and today book sellers were ordering more copies from the publishers. X book in which particular interest was center ed is his France and America" in which M. Tardieu discussed Franco America relations.
 In this book he declares the real obstacle to complete understanding is the different mentality ot the two peoples.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-04

the state into the republican column just a year ago. political contests there were decided in the democratic primary. Consequently this is the first real general election fight for state officers within several genera tions.
 The vote tomorrow is expected to furnish an indication of whether Virginia is to be counted as still q safe democratic state or is 10 join the array of doubtful common Wcalths wherein both great political parties wage unCCasing warfare dur ing national campaigns.
 Under the leadership of Bishop James Cannon. Jr.. Of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, the anti Smith democrats have joined with tho republicans in supporting Will liam Moscley Brown for the gover- norShip against John Garland Pol lard, candidate of the regular demo-
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New Britain herald., 1929-11-04
2,8lS Income Tax Returns Filed
 By New Britain Residents In '27

sor 52; Suffield 147: West Hart ford, 2.449; Wcthcrsfield, 427; Wind sor, 345; Windsor Locks, 162; and distributed otherwise throughout the county, @4.
 It is shown also by the report of the bureau that the greatest number of net incomes reported-1 3, ,63I- were in the s1.000-$2, ,O00 class. There were %,495 persons in the state in 1927. who reported incomes between 5000 and sG.000; S96 who reported between $1G.00O and $11.- GOO: 15S between s100,000 and $150,000; three between $710,000 and s1,000. .O0O; and but one person in the state reported an income in excess of $1,000,000.
 In all the state of Connecticut
 Continued on Page Thrce)
New Britain herald., 1929-11-04
MARRIED FOR 23 YEARS,
 WIFE SUES FOR DIVORCE
Mrs. Hattie Viola Wilcox Sues on Grounds of Cruelty and Asks
 Custody of Child

Claiming intolcrable cruelty, Mrs. Hattie Viola Wilcox has instituted divorce proceedings against Frank II. Wilcox Of this city. They were married on April IS, 1906. and have lived together for more than 23 years.
 It is claimed by Mrs. Wilcox that her husband has been guilty Of cruelty since January l, 1926. She asks for the custody Of minor child.
 Attorney Leonard $. Appoll rep rcsonts the plaintiff and Constable Fred Wrinkle served the papers.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-04
TWO RAILROAD HEADS
 TO SPEAK HERE DEC. ,
Pelley and Todd Accept Invitations of Traffic
 Bureau

Two railroad presidents have ac- Ccptcd invitations to speak at the annual banquet Of the New Britain Traffic Bureau at the Burritt hotel on December 5. They are President John J. Policy Of the New York, New Haven and Hartford and Presi- dent Percy k. Todd of the Bangor and ArooStook. The bureau expected that President George Hannauer of the Boston SG Main. who died sud- denly in New Haven Saturday after noon, would be one of the speakers.
 In letter to the committee in charge, President Todd remarked that he would be pleased to come to New Britain as he anticipates with pleasure renewing aCquaint- anCes with business men whom he met while he was vice president of the New York, New Haven & Hart ford railroad.
 Entertainment at the banquet will be provided by the New Haven rail- Continued on Page Two)
New Britain herald., 1929-11-04
By GEORGE IT, MANNING

Washington Bureau, N. B. Herald)
 Washington, D. C., Nov. 4-Of the @3, 5S3 income tax returns filed by residents of Hartford county in 1927 2,S1S originated in New Britain. In this respect New Britain was sur passed only by Hartford, with 12,- 13S returns filed.
 The remainder, according to the Bureau of lnternCl Revenue, were distributed 2s follows:
 Avon 4o; Berlin. 14o; Bloomfield, Gt; Bristol, 1,1S2; Burlington, 1; Canton -; East Granby. p; East Hartford, 547; East Windsor, 131; Enfield, 400: Pennington, 316; Glas- tonbury, 251; Granby, SS; Man chester, 9S6; Newington, 67; Plain vile, 219; Rocky Hill, 56; Simsbury, 19G; Southington, 291; South Wind
New Britain herald., 1929-11-04
Staying Near Reservoir No. 1

"COwboy Joe" CiantIone and Mike Rugerio were sentenced 10 life inn prisonmcnt following their appre- hcnson for the murder of Inio Renaldino. Ecnaldinos body was discovered early one morning in 1920 on a lonely road in the vicinity Of Reservoir No. f in Pennington. It was reported and claimed by the police at the time that the murder had been committed as a result Of a quarrel between bootlcggcrS among which were numbered the murder ed man and the two convicted for his murder.
 Ciantlone was traced and apprc- hendod in New York some time after the discovery. while Rugero was arrested on South Main street by Policeman Michael CoSgrovc
 jtOttin1lpJ pn ploa 'ru-p)
New Britain herald., 1929-11-04
M. E. CHURCH PARSONAGE
 RANSACKED AND ROBBED
Rev. William H. AlderSOn Reports Loss of Bracelet, Slo and
 Baby Clothing.

Rev. w. II. Aldcrson of 61 Rus sell street. whose home was ran sacked Saturday evening, reported to Captain Kelly this afternoon that a CheCk-up had disclosed that a voman's bracelet, S15 in cash and a number of pieces of baby cloth ing were missing.
 MT. Alderson is pastor of Trinity NJ. E. church and the parsonage is the first house in the neighborhood to be visited by burglars since the epidemic of ransaCk robbery broke out several weeks ago.