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Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-11
RAINFALL MAPS
AVAILABLE AT J
SECURITY BANK

Comparative charts showing the
rainfall of Central and Southern
California over period or years
have been prepared by the Security
First National Bank and are now
ready fors distribu,.on at the Ell
Centre branch. 0. G.. Horne, mana
ger, invites all Interested to call at
the bank and get copies.
Rainfall has been charted for the
counties of Los Angeles, Fresno,
Tulare, Kings, San Bernardino, Or
ange, San Luis Obispo, Santa Bar
bara, Ventura and Imperial. Mea-
surements have been made in Los
Angeles and Orange counties since
1877, San Bernardino county since
1871, and in San Luis Obispo coun-
tv since 1870 Imperial county has
had an official record for only eigh
years, while Santa Barbara has
been charted for 6l years. The
The monthly rainfall for the season
1928 1929 in each county is shown,
and the seasonal total is shown for
each district. for a period of ID
years.
Throughout the state che heaviest
rains fall during the months of Jan
uary, February and March, the mini.
mum amount falling in July, and
gradually increasing towards No
vcmber. The highest average fol
the winter months s.nce maps have
been made in any county was o.9i,
shc average charted in January toi
Ventura county. The most plentiful
rain over a period ~ years fell IN
| i9l5-l9l6 in Ventura and Santa
Barbara counties. During the last
Is wears the rains in Fresno, Tulare
Kings and Imperial counties have
not reached higher average thar
no.
San Luis Obispo and Santa Bar
bara Counties were favored above
all in the southwest during the sea
son of l92s-l92o by a rainfall oi
| ii7.14 and 1884 respectively.
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Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-11
Thursday, July II, 1929

California. Riverside. This publica-
ton, entitled the Mediterranean
and Other Fruit Flies, is just Off thu
press and is ready for distribution.
1T may be obtained free from the
College of Agriculture at Berkeley
or Davis. from the Citrus Expert
ment Station at Riverside, or from
the office of any farm advisor,
The purpose of the publication, it
is announced, is to give brief ae-
count of the more important frult
flies that may be introduced and be-
come serious pests in Caiifofhla,
with particular reference to the
Mediterranean fruit fly, and how to
distinguish this species from o'nee
insects which occur in the state III
sound or decayed fruits. Other ffuit
flies described are the olive fly, the
Mexican fruit fly, the melon fly,
West Indian fruit fly, apple maggot
and cherry fruit flies.
The description of the Mediter-
ranean fruit fly is minute, and IS
accompanied by a color plate show,
ing a reproduction in exact size and
eolors of this fruit pest. 1t is Il
little smaller than the house fly,
with eolors of brown, yellow, black
and white. There are two white
bands on the abdomen, yellow, brown
and black markings ON the wings,
and black areas on the back, The
wings are normally held in a droop-
ing position,
This bulletin is issued as part
of the campaign TO protect the caii'
forma fruit industry from an inva'
sion of this much feared pest. Meet
ings are being held throughout the
state to acauaint orehardists and
Others with the pest, and II IS hoped
preventive measures may be efiec'
tive so that California Is great fruit
crop may not be ruined by this in
sect. which is difficult, If not i'm
possible, of control.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-11

flving home to feed her little bir''s
YOU can imagine how surprised sle
was whcr she saw a tiny, almost
naked, Baby Mouse among her iit
tie birds.
.IIow did YOU got in my nest!''
chitped the Mother Bird.
18th House Cat dropped rnc
herc," squeaked the Baoy Mouse
son, dear" chirped the Mother
Bird. ~ mast tell Uncle Wiggii"
what a queer thing has happened
4 mouse in bird 5 nest' Sure. J.
,ha; will be an adventure for him. ,
And when Uncle Wiggiiy heard
about the Baby Mouse being in rhe
birds nest the rabbit gentiena >
laughed as hard as anything. And
he said:
"Ho. Mother Birdl i.et the Baby
Mouse stay with your birds until
it grows littl. bigger. Then LEI
it jump out Of your nest and ! VIII
hold nay hat for it to fall in.
So. "A weel, later, the Raby Nous
was big enough to Jump out or the
nest, which it did. Uncle WiggiiI
caught it in his hat and put it bace
with the other baby mice under III
pantry floor.
"Oh, what IN adventure | had!
squeaked the Baby Mouse.
You see it all happened for The
best. And il The lump of sugar vii
swim through the lemonade to MAKE
it sweet, I'll tell you next abont
Uncle Wiggily's mud pies.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-11
Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD E. GARIS
Copyright, 1923, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILy AND TIiE
BABY MOUSE

There was once nest of me-"
who lived with their father aru
mother in hole under the pant~v
floor. They were very tiny mice, So
new. in fact, that. like little XII
tens, they hardly had their eyes
open yet. And they had very litt!c
fuzzy fur On them; no clothes al
al.
"rut they viii soon grow up into
fine, biz mice, squeaked the
Daddy Mouse to his wife as he
crept between the floor boards 20
find bit of cheese for supper.
81 hope So" squeaked the
Mother Mouse and, leaving her
babies Tor a little while. she crert
off to see if she could find som-
cracker crumbs on a pantry shelf
Left alone, the baby mice eud-
died close together to keep warh,.
for they really had no clothes on
yet. And the fur on mouse is the
same as clothes are to You.
All of sudden the House Cat.
who was always ON the lookout tor
mice, found the nest under tile
floor. AS quick as wink s'5a
ponnced on it and caught in her
teeth "A Baby Mouse
"Quee. Quee.' cried the B1br
Mouse, for il did not like bein .
caught by the House Cat.
However, the House Cat all Of y
sudden had TO run to save herself,
FOR, rs she came out from beneath
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-11

House Cat climbed up q tree. Cat7
always do that, if they can, wi,en
dogs chase them.
Wuff, Wuff, Bow Wow
barked the Barn Eog loudly as h.
rar after the House Cat. H. was
much disappointed when he sa'.'
lei % up the tree he could not
climb, and he ran around it, barkihg
harder than ever and springing up
50 the House Cat thought perhar@
the Barn Dog would, somehow, CONE
up The tree after her.
~ lad better climb up higher y
thought the House Cat, still carr
ing the Raby Mouse in her mouth
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-11
Bicycle Rider
Hits And Runs

The first ease of bicycle rider
hitting an automobile aud thea
failing to stop to render aid, was
reported this morning by the police
department.
According to the report the
bicycle was badly smashed but thg
bol who ran into the automobile
also ran away from the scene OF tae
accident and so tar has failed u
show W tc claim the wheel.
The accident occurred yestcrdl y
afternoon and when the officer on
duty arrived at the point of col
lislon all he could find WAS a pag
of leggings and The bicycle.
Chief Oswalt stated this morning
the boy could have both by caliin!
at the police station. No charges
will be preferred.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-11

Gertrude Ederle could probably have beaten those
swedish flyers the Atlantic.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-11
BOOKLET GIVES
DESCRIPTION OF
FRUIT FLY PEST

The Mediterranean fruit fly. Il
pest that has appeared in Florida
and which it is feared may be in
trodueed into California, has been
made the subject of Circular 3l3,
written by IL. J. Quayle, professor
of entomology at the Citrus Expert
ment Station of the University of
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-11

Victims Of the 'five and ten" law will hi
send up shouts of joy on learning that Senator .
is recovering from an operation.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-11
NOT ALL HONEST

To dcubt or question another's honesty is to invite
trouble yet many of who consider ourselves strictly
honest would be forced to admit that not it, to
paraphrase the old saying Honesty begins at home.
Recently garage owner complained that he has
received several calls recently from motorists in dis
tress, asking that tow be sent to bring them in
from the highway where they happened to be stranded
The tow sent only 20 find upon arrival that
the motors had accepted the aid of passerby to get
back home. No word to this effect given to the
garage man, who was out tidy sum getting to the
and possibly missing other business to do
Yet the who had sent the call for aid would
slider himself honest
Again, the garage complained motorists hav
ing difficulty will in and borrow tool giving
their promise to have it back Immediately Many times
that is the last Of motorist and tool. The bor
rover might, through force of habit absent-mindedly
throw the tool in his and drive off, but it is
reasonable to that his Observation-Disclosures is
Intentional Yet the borrower would challenge the
accusation that he is not honest
merchant tells of having to refuse to send goods
out on approval, having found out that customers
would use wearing apparel for particular
sion and then return it with the statement they did
not wish to buy. The customer would unquestionably
resent the charge of dishonesty.
Improved ethics among business people in recent
years has done much to eliminate LET the buyer be-
ware" The shoe seems now to be on the other foot
and hardly blame business houses for drawing
strict lines in extending credit or favors.
Mussolin missed chance for the spotlight by not
hopping right into the Pathfinder and flying it back
America.
Victims Of the Five and ten law will hardly
send up shouts of joy learning that Senator Jones
is recovering from operation.
Vets and drys can find new fuel for argument in
the fact that the endurance flight of the Angeeno
planned in Juarez saloon.
Gertrude Ederle could probably have beaten those
Swedish flyers the Atlantic
While on the job of appointing commissioners
President Hoover might one to investigate the
present deporable condition of the Red Sox.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-11
TEN YEARS AGO
.Iuiv IL. 1919

A number of physicians of III Cen
tro have completed the organization
of company which will immediate
ly begin the erection and furnish
ing of a handsome hospital. The
atructure will be modern and will
be equipped with the latest appa
ratus for the care of the sick, with
a complete surgical equipment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Bceman
are leaving today for vacation al
Coronado.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-11
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
.July II 1914

Thursday, Calexieo settled a long
fought recall campaign by a ma
iority of one vote out of 296 votes
east, recalling Springer Emerson,
city trustee, and installing L. g..
Burdick in the place.
City Tax Collector Armand has
just begun the gathering Of the oc-
cupation license money for the third
uuarter.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-11

Vets and drys find new fuel for argument in
the fact that the endurance flight of the Angeleno
planned in JuareZ saloon.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-11
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell Of I'm
IS perial Valley for this Date n
In Past Years
. TWENTY YEARS AGO
JUly II. 1909

The meeting of the directors of
Imperial Water Company No. |
Saturday afternoon resulted in no
choice of superintendent. The vote
stood: for Allison, McHarg and Ed.
gar; for Park, Reed and Hartshorn
not voting, Long.
Mrs. Laura Waters left last even
ing for Los Angeles, from which
point she win so either to Seattle
or to the mountains.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-11
Army & Navy Variety Store.

Air Cooled and Steam Heated Dancing factess
Main dining room open evenings Catering to partie
and banquets 9th and B'way. Phone al
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-11

the floor with the Baby Mouse, tAc
Barn Dog saw her.
"Wuff! Wuff!' barked the BarH
Dog, and at once he began to ehas
the House Cat.
NEW! New" cried the House
Cat Then, still holding the Balsv
Mouse il her teeth, but not biting
ii hard enough to do any harm, the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-23

Laplace believed that the solar system began as a
great, heated rotating nebua. Contraction, he be-
lieved, caused it to the form of great bag
ing globe. He imagined however, that as further
contraction went on, the matter around the equa-
torial region of the globe would fail to contract
time this would result in globe surrounded by a
great ring of gaseous material
But Laplace thought that this ring Of material
would be unstable and that it would break up and
then through grayitational attraction collect into
second smaller globe.
This globe in its turn would go through the process
OF forming an equatorial ring which would break up
and form third globe.
Laplace imagined that this process went on until
all the planets and their satellites had been cast in
this fashion
The original central globe, Of course, became the
Tennyson, the great English poet, summed up La
places theory in beautiful lines, when he wrote:
This world was once fluid haze of light,
Till toward the center set the starry tides
And eddied into suns. that wheeling east
The planets, then the monster, then the man."
The march of science, however, has made it neces-
sary to abandon both the theory of Lapace and of
Kant. though we feel today that Rants theory was
the better of the two.
We feel certain today that great rotating nebular
mass would never behave the way Laplace imagined.
Many astronomers feel that it is quite likely that
stars have their origin in the condensation of ne
bua. They believe. however, that when split takes
place in such condensing nebula, the result Is a
double triple star. and not Kant thought star
or sun surrounded by . system Of planets.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-23
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
Body Defects Play Part i'm Auto MiShapS

| that their fields Of vision are limit
ed and they are not able to see
objects approaching except from
one side.
Some people who can see well by
day suffer from night blindness.
People who suffer constantly
with eyestrain have occasional
blind spells when they are moEnen-
tarily unable to see anything.
In Belgium an authority named
Weekers urged the establishment of
a list of physical defects which
should disqualify a person for driv-
ing an automobile and a long list of
penalties for such people in case
they happen to be driving q car
with resulting accidents.
The other remedy offered Is that
insurance companies insist on ade-
quate preliminary medical exanai-
nation of all persons seeking insur-
ance on motor cars, and that they
have in their contracts clauses to
render the contract void II persons
having physical defects get into &C
cidents.
Among a list of physical quail
fications relating TO the eye are in
cluded certain limits of visual
ability, a field of vision for every
eye approximating the normal, and
disqualifications for one-eyedneSS,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-23
Chicago and Crime

Chicago and Cook county, in which the city is
located have about as complicated system of police
protection as can found anywhere and conditions
Chicago now faces are due to the intimate connec-
ton between the various police systems and politics
mighty vicious politics at that.
First there is the police department of the city
of Chicago, controlled by the mayor. Then there is
army of deputy sherfs controlled by the sheriff.
The states attorney of Cook county has small army
of detectives Immediately under his control
There are three sets of park police appointed and
controlled by the north, south and west side park
boards One park board is made up of commissioners
appointed by the circuit judges the two others by
commissioners appointed by the Governor of the
state. The city government does not control park
police.
Present conditions grew up under the administra-
ton of Governor Len Small Mayor Thompson, States
Attorney Grove and working combination between
the Republican Grove Barrett machine and the DEM
ocratic machine, first bossed by Roger Sullivan and
later by George Brennan
There was joint political control of the parks
and the sanitary district the latter named having
army of political job holders. Only recently it was
learned that some members of the state legislature
were on the sanitary district pay rol-some Demo-
Gratis and some Republicans
There was joint control of the tax boards, with
all the influence that goes with the power to raise
lower the value of property for taxation of big
taxpayers The head of the board of tax review
in the retail coal business and in position to favor
big customers who also big taxpayers and even
to punish big taxpayers who made bold to oppose
the bosses politically.
The enormous hauls made by bootleggers and
others who proited by helping the citizenry Of Chi
cago violate prohibition laws enabled them to make
liberal campaign contributions and to WELD pow
erful influence in government The criminal ele
ment gained protection, and tne political govern
nlent gained financial and political support from
the underworld A.
The defeat of former Mayor Dever and the re-
turn to power OF Big Bill Thompson was due to the
fact that Dover. though not prohibitonist. put
some Of the beer barons out of busness-anong them
influential Democratic supporters.
When Dever was mayor he tried to give Chicago
an honest administration, but being surrounded by
crooked politicians in his party had to work TO
large extent with crooked tools, and the vicious ele
ment in his own party combined with the same eie-
ment IN the Republican party to throw Dever out
and boost Thompson in.
This alliance between politics and crime was
years IN building up It isn't strange that crooked
ness at the top worked is way all down through
the city and county governments including deputy
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-23
N. E.
TRACY
SAYS:
why Not q RibierG of
OR Otofa If 1t Does IN
clude a Little Gambling?"

GAN DIEGO, CAL, Feb. 23.-San
- Diego has about quit shouting
for factories, which is distinctive
enough to be refreshing, no matter
what one may think of it in other
respects.
Time was when San Diego, or a
sizeable section of it at least, hoped,
prayed and fought to become, an
other San Francisco or New York,
when the "smokestack" party called
for pay rolls, while the "geranium"
party called on high heaven to pre-
serve the peace and the posey beds.
A bitter struggle while it lasted,
with neighbors declining to speak,
trade with each other, or support
the same missionary project, but
settled by fate, rather than human
intelligence, in the form of climate,
cash, prohibition, above all else,
the proximity of Mexico.
There was a fine harbor, to be
sure, but little prospect of develop
ing railroad routes over the high
mountains, plenty of raw material
for manufacturing, but a Scant sup
ply of fuel and lots of land, but no
water with which to irrigate it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-23
Our Own Riviera

TN the beginning, Tia Juana was
4 Just one more tough spot" on
the border. one more aggregation
of barrroons, curio shops, and
made to order vice. MoralistS held
up their hands in holy horror, but
the crowds grew bigger.
Shrewd Americans saw the oppor-
tunity, put up a million dollars, or
gained a Mexican corporation and
produced Augua Caliente.
Why not? France has 1l6 pleas
ure resorts. They largely are sup
ported by Americans.
Last year they paid the French
government $1s,OOo,o0o as. it's share
Of the profit.
For two generations Monte Carlo
has fourished on Yankee cash.
Why not a Riviera of our own,
even if it does include a little gam
bling just over the line.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-23
Peace and Pleasure
TINE people who came here, can

TINE people who came here, came
l. to play, not to work. They
might speculate bit, but they had
no stomach for money grubbing,
Most of them had made their piles,
and were content to let it go at
that.
What they sought was peace, with
q little harmless pleasure on the
side. They liked the even 5empera-
ture, the almost continuous sun
shine, and, after prohibition came
into effect, the nearness of Tia Jul
ana.
You probably have heard a lot
about Tia Juana, some is true, more
of it mere press agent stuff, all Of
it centering around the idea that
one could see Things, do things and
get things within thirty minutes
ride. of San Diego that one could
not see, Go or get anywhere. else
this side of the Riviera.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-23
At the Casino

A QUA CALIENTE is two miles
"A south Of Tia Juana. 1t con-
sists of a hotel, a casino and scores
of bungalows, all done in the mis-
sion style, with white stueeo walls,
red tile roofs and bright blue, or
green trim.
The grounds are kept scrupulous-
ly, the interior decorations exquisite
and the atmosphere Subdued,
No man can enter the casino
without checking his hat-a simple
rule, but wonderfully effective in
keeping out uadesirables.
Once inside the casino, visitors
are permitted to wander about
freely, make the sky the limit, or
do most anything provided they OBJ
serve the conventions of police sec
recy.
Roulette, black jack, and dice are
the recognized games.
The casino Is built around a court
which is used for an outdoor dining
room. 1t also contains an inside
dining room which can be convert
ed into dance hall.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-23

Peaceful settlement Of the Tacna-Arica dispute
which has threatened the peace of South America
SO often and SO long, is rumored in Santiago The
report may be premature. But there seems no
to doubt that Peru and Chile finally are getting
together
Chile is expected to receive africa province and
the important Arica-La Paz railroad, with Peru re-
ceiving Tacna province and the less important Africa
Tacna road. Apparently Bolivia is not to get her
long-sought outlet to the sea.
The world will welcome the prospective removal
of this cause. So long two of the chief South
American nations nursed feud, all of the western
hemisphere affected.
But there is a special lesson in this for the United
States We set out to settle the quarrel of neigh
bors and nearly got hurt in the process Only luck
and astute maneuVering enabled us to back out and
run with minimum Of damage
The Hughes Harding Coolidge plan for an arbitral
award all right paper, but a major blunder
in practical diplomacy. The attempt to hold a
pebscite in the disputed territory under American
auspices was worse. General Pershing and his sue
cessor, General Lassiter were condemned to failure
in advance.
When the plebiscite was called of, not only was
the old quarrel left unsettled and magnihed, but
United States prestige was lowered seriously through
out Latin America.
An explanation Of laundering willingness to
interfere that feared that otherwise the dis
pute would go to the League of Nations or some
European agency for settlement. That may be good
explanation, but it is poor Justification
We should have learned from this experience that
the best method of settling international quarres is
by direct negotiations between the disputar1ts with
only unofficial and informal mediation by outsiders
That failing, the next best method is settlement
through recognized international court or rnediat-
ing agency representing group of neutrals In this
day of international organizations is rarely helpful
or expedient for the United States any other one
government to try to act alone as peacemaker.
That applies to Nicaragua as well as to Taena-
africa.