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Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-17
FORMER LOCAL
RESIDENT DIES
iNCOAST CITY

The funeral ef Wa. Ee.dro9e.a
i formc= resident Of J.. eertro, vas
3cld yesterday yt;eraoon in Long
j,ach, according t. advises received
acre last evening
Bczdcefrk ;.as floor rare..r eo.
lgar Brothers. Ford lt-tr,'.tr~s,
1920 aud lp-} after "Afrb be- left
ERE valley for It,, Angeles and
identified him,oli with ut,"- iorI
.,'>trihHtars I'm hat city. At,cr =
mont t..5c There hr tao,gd to Long
'carh and engaged q, ba.itinR
.antracto-.
Illness tlrccd h.n, TO give up that
occupation and hr entered the. cm-
aty Of :ht .ic'."ics Stages cont
auv. His caraailitic, were suon re-
.ogai1rd aud hc wa, advanced t.pm
Do, position to ano;hrr with gtcat
ranidlty, finally Icing named dis
rict manager Of the imperial VALLEY
liatrict with headquarters iu II
,ntro. F.,la hcsc he was removed
ast. ,prng to Tulsa, Oklahoma, a5
hHtrict manager for that section,
lie was taken III in that city and
5cing an oN-scrviec man, va, re-
luvcd ia thu naval hospital IN San
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-17
BRIGHT BOY
CHANGES MIND
IN JULIAN CASE

LOS ANGELES, Jan. Il. W.P)--
Jack Bennett, called the bright
boy of the Julian Petroleum case.
changed his mind again and refused
to "tell all he knew i'll ycster-
day IS session of the deposition
hearings growing out of the oil com
pany's collapse.
Bennett, advisor to s. c. Lewis
former president of the dcfunct cor
poration, had promised he would
"blast the roof off, the whole at
fair.n because he was tired OF be
ing a goat.
When called upon to speak how
ever, Bennett said he had talked
with his attorney and changed his
mind about telling inside details OF
the frenzied financing which result
ed in the Julian crash.
The reported nervous collapse o
Miss Leontine Johnson, "star wit
ness who had testified that as
secretary of Lewis she was offer
ed bribcs by brokers amounting t.
100000, caused a recess yesterday
when the girls physician said she
would be unable to appear Tho
court ordered another physician to
investigate, and report today on the
secretary s condition.
Meanwhile District Attorney
Buron Fits said he would invcsti-
gate charges of Miss Johnson that
a iuryman in an earlier Julian tria
received a $4,000 bribc. Fits de
clared he doubted the testimony.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-17
F OUR VALLEY
RESIDENTS In
FEDERAL COURT

-Four residents of Imperial Valley
were tried before Judge w. 7. James
of the L. $. District court in San
! lego carly this week for violations
of 4hc federal tariff act.
l.. r. Moorchoad and JOAN Max
well, arrested July 20. 1929, while
bringing II truckload of liquor into
,nc county from Mexico were The
first to be tried Moorehcad was Civ
ca $500 fine and probation for >
years, while Maxwell pleaded guilty
to the charge and received SEN
7encc Of Is months in federal prison.
Both were represented By Ernest Il.
Utlcy, local attorney.
Utlev also represented J. G. i'ru-
1t, arrested tor bringing l. bottles
.cf teauila across the linnc on De
ccmbcr -. Pruitt entered plea OF
guilty and was given years pro
hation. i fine instead of lniI sen
fence had been asked for Pruitt, but
,hc nudge remarked that he knew
OF something more effective III such
cases than either fine or Jail term
namely probation, FOR making Il man
le good.
J. l.. Thomas, thc last OF The Of
tenders. offered peculiar case for
ir,tice to solve. He was IN CaieAico
on December % and lett his az on
tlc American side while he Nt5ite"
&lcxicali, forgetting that he had fiNc
pints of moonshinc liquor in his car
coming back to CalcNico he got INTO
the automobile aud started to iFIN'
...lcr onto Mexican territory. lie
S,,ddenly remembered the iquo1 III
ais car iust after lie had passed the
American outpost and made qGick
turn about to get back onto tmtcd
States soil. lie was apprchciH.
the Liquor found in thc machine and
he was held on charge of violating
the federal tariff act. Judge Jame'
however decided that the only
charge which could be preferred was
one of possessing liquor and flred
'rhomas 500, giving him 10 days
in which to pay the fine.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-17
WHY A SUBSIDY?

Just why the city of Ell Centre should subsidze a
private business venture is something that is puzzlng
many Ell Centre citizens, following the action of the
city council Wednesday night in leasing part of the
city park for an auto camp, to private individual.
Under the terms of the lease the city receives
nual rental of $500, and tie privilege of supplying
without charge the water necessary to conduct the
camp.
The party leasing the camp ground receives control
of approximately five "a city lots, with val
uation of at least S400 lot, the of several
buildings now on the property and built at city
pense; the privilege of installing store gasoline sta
ton the property if he desires about $500 worth
of water annually; exemption from city and county
taxes; and running start in competition with those
engaged in the same line.
For several years past the property has been con
Quoted by the city auto camp ground Until the
past two years it showed small profit annually but,
lately has been "in the red" about 5000 year.
It not good business of course for the city to con-
duct losing proposition, bat neither is it good buS
to lend public aid to private enterprise espec
ally when others engaged in the business invest
their own money pay taxes and water bills ana ger no
consideration assistance from the city ms IS not
only good business but It is manifesty unfair to
every businessman in the city, indeed to every prop
erty owner.
If the city council felt that it should rid itself of
the white elephant of public camping ground, it
could and should have disposed of the property out
right An offer to purchase the property IN question
made by businessman Wednesday night, but was
not considered Money received from the sale OF
such property might well be used by the city for park
purposes in some other section OF the city
There is considerable talk about the city, that may
develop into steps which will attempt to force the
council to rescnd its action. The latter snacks too
much of the kind of politics that exists IN the larger
graft ridden cities Of the country and has no place IN
a community of our size
The action of the council not unanimous, and
Mayor Clements and Councilman Gianola are to be
congratulated for their opposition to the proposton
even though they We're unsuccessful.
Whether or not the vote OF the council "Wednesday
night closes the matter largely with the citizens
of the city If they wish to sit idly by and watch the
CITY council subsdze private business, the present in
stance will in all probability be only the first OF many
such transactions il the future.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-17

in FL Centre for four years, re
Gently withdrew from the fiwn OF
IIickcox, TruGc and johnson, and
decided to engage in the general
practice of law by himself.
"Although l am sort Of pioneer
tpg by going several blocks from
the established attorneys center,
feel certain that in few years a
lawyers : office II Eighth street VIII
C in the heart OF the business sec
on Of the city he said. "lt Ger
ainly is handy = the court aouse,
thetc much Of IN attorneys work
sust lie transacted
Johnson is popular with his fellow
attorneys and has made many friends
S,ncc coming to this city from san
francisco, wnere he previously orae.
ecil. He has taken an active part
4 social and musical affairs in the
ity and is one of the moving spirits
TIE Imperial Valley Choral club.
Mrs. Cal,ic Harrison. former +,
.lGrf deputy county clcs5, with b.
us office assistant.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-17

On a visit 1 am going to bring yoa
4 sweet stick. -
"This will be surprise, >
squeaked Nurse Jane. as she gave
Uncle Wiggilv back his letter.
What do YOU suppose he means
by a sweet stick? Perhaps its a
.iokc.'
''Well, a joke is quite jolly at
times, said the bunny gentleman
with twinkle of his pink nose.
" swamp Rabbit may have read also
in the Pedtime Story paper how |
lave red, white and blue striped
rheumatism cruteh that you grawed
FOR me. most kindly, out of corn
stalk. And though my rheumatism
has been better of late, Mr. swamp
Rabbit may think l need a cane, so
ne is bringing ne sweet stick. >
But why sweet" asked the
muskrat lady housekccper.
IN tell YOU when Swamp Rab-
bit gets here promised Uncle Wig
gily.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-17

you little visit, though it is much
colder up here than down in the
South where | live. But l think
can stand the ice and snow for a
little while in my warm fur coat.
Only m not going in swimm4ng.' -
''Go in swimming, lIa! na.
should say not!' cried Uncle Wig
glly. ave rabbits never swim II We
can help it. We don't like water.
At least | don't, though, of course,
| wash my face and paws, he said.
But as for swimmlng-never''
THAT is where we swamp and
marsh rabbits are different from
.Cu," said the visitor, as he hoped
in and bowed to Nurse Jane and
Mrs. Longears. "Wc are the only
rabbits in the whole world that like
to swim. You see, we live in SW&mps
and marshes where it is warm and
We spend as much time in the water
as we do on land. Swimming is quite
.rolly when you have warm water to
splash in.
u suppose il may be- agreed
Uncle Wiggily. "But not for me.
However, | am glad to know there
are rabbits who like it. SO you are
from the warm Southland, are YOU %
"Yes,' answered Mr. swamp
Rabbit, "and l hav" brought you
something special thai only grows
ii our part of the country. IL can
only grow where it is warm Here
yuu are-thc sweet stick / prom
ised you
The visitor held out something
that looked like very large corn
stalk and said:
"Chcw the end of il, Uncle Wig
giiy. Bite the stick.'
And when Mr.. L0ngcars had done
go it tasted very sweet.
"Oh, now I know what it is
sugar canc!' cried Mr.. Longears.
"That $ it, chuckled Mr., Swamp
Rabbit. 81 have brought !on a
Niece of our sugar cane froir Ala-
bama, where | live in swamp. /
thought YOU would like "A bit of sweet
stuck. You can walk with il IS a
cane and then, when you get nun
gry, you can nibblc it,"
I" How jolly!" laughed Cncl' Wig
gily. "Thanks a lot,
Then he and Mr.. Swamp Rabbit,
who was such clever swimmer, had
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-17
Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD T. GARRIS
Newspaper Syndicate
Copyright, 1898, by Mcclure
UNCLE WIGGILY's SWEET
STICK


" Here 5 letter for you, Uncle
&iggily,'' said Nurse Jane Fuzzy,
who had gone to the bungalow door
n answer to the oawing Of the
lack crow gentleman.
"A letter for me? How rice. "
5Xclaimod Mr.. Longoars putting on
his glasses to read it. The black
row gentleman, wlo was the new
Letter carrier in Woodland Where
-Hcie Wiggiiy lived, went flapring
II his way with other mail. calling:
.'Caw. Haw. Haw." That was
his way Of wAistling.
well, thi5 IS a surprise. said
Nr. Loa.cars when he had read his
letter. a most jolly surprisc.'
Has some one sent Yea m ad-
rcnture?' asked Nurse Jane, .,aow-
~ how foad Uncle Wiggily WAS Of
them.
Not exactly an advcnt"ro in the
1ettcr.' aa5wcred Mr.. Longoars.
"But the letter tells Of an 9dven-
tue shat may be on its WY. y
f~.end Of mine, Mi Swamp Rabbit
rrnm Alabama, which is down IN our
Southland, writes me that H. is
coming IN here on q visit and he is
bringing me - sweet stick.'
"a sweet stiek,' exclaimed
Eurac Jane. "What in the world
is that?"
Il haven t the least idea an
Sucrcd Mr.. Longears "But here is
the letter from Mr.. swamp Rabbit
and you may read it your self. "
SO Nurse Jane read:
"Dcar Un~le Wiggily. I see by
the bedtime story paper, which we
ret down here, that YOU lad an ad-
venture the other day vita Nr.
Twisty;ail, he pig, and some candy
you and he made for a party. ! am
alad to know you have sweet
tooth, and, as an coming up Eorth
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-17

An extra room was maze rcaIy in
he hollow stump bungalow and Il
lew days later there came Il knock
IT the door. Uncle Wiggily hopped
quickly to open it and on the steps
lie saw rabbit gentleman, some
thing like himself, but with smaller
cars and colored quite brown, even
20 his stuLpy little tail.
Are you Mr.. Swamp Rabbit
asked Mr.. Longcars.
"I am, Uncle Wiggiiy.' was the
uolitc answer. ~ have come to pay
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-17
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell Of I'm
perial Valley for this Date
In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO

1t now appears that great deal
of opposition has developed in Fl
Centric to the projected town five
miles due west Of FL Centre, behind
which ". F. Holt is rcputed to be
the leading promoter. Whether thls
cnposition will nave an effect on the
csta Adjustment of the new town re-
mains to be seen.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-17
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
January II 1015

The preliminary organization Of
the Imperial Valley Commandcry Of
the Knights Tcmplar took place at
the Masonic Temple and the follow
ing Officers were elected: Eugene
d. White, eminent commander; Ncnc
Bloomcr, gcncralissimo; Charles +,
Turner, captain general. This is
Imperial Valleys first and only
commandery and the personnel of
those present at the initial meeting
is a guarantee of splendid service in
the order.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-17

troop and entered into the spirit Of
rDo evening right from the start. -
noticeable change in the troops NOR
ale vas evident and it is understood
that many Of the boys who had been
members formerly and dropped out,
are most eager to get back again
under tic new head.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-17
Childers To Lead
Boy Scout Troop

c. L. Childcrs, chief counsel for
the Imperial Irrigation District has
been appointed the new scouJmaster
for Troop Il Of the Boy Scouts, ac-
cording to information obtained this
morning. This troop is under the pa
tronage of the Kiwanis club.
The new scoutmaster talked
things over with his boys last eve
ming at a special meeting Of tho
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-17
ACTORS ESTATE LARGE

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, Jan. II.
UP Thc estate Of George Beban,
film star, is valued at $492, ,235.7S,
according - al inventory and ap-
praisal on file i' superior court here
today, Tie actor died October >,
1925
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-17
TEN YEARS AGO
Inaaa,nn.r II, 1000

Thirty-two ears Of lettuce, valued
at So, 800, left Imperial Valley yes
terday for eastern points. Between
today and the latter part of April,
the valley will ship out crop Of
lettuce estimated at $1,000, 900.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-17
Johnson Opens
Own Law Office

81 IN just following Greeley, ai
Vice to Go west, young man.
said Attorney Ray Johnson today as
he opened up his dast at III. new
office in the plcukiron building at
Eighth and Main streets, aad cs
tablished himself as the most "wcst-
crn' attorney in FL Centre.
Johnson, who has been praati-ini
&cccccScc, I-SSScccS-
4 fine visit in the warm laa%alow.
And if the lead pencil docsu Z jamp
up and down on its rubber cad apd
make black marks on the en'Ing,
Inl tell you next about Uncle VIZ.
yily 5 bag of a",t.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-17
W. I. Stone - Non-B0ard Insurance

State Insurance Commissioner requirements are the
same for Board companies. The prices to YOU are
remarkably lower Let show vou this real saving.
Phone w. l. Stone 248 387-Office 33l Main. Also
collection service
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-17
Optometrist.--Dr. Sem Bacon

Quality Eye Service. Scientifically equipped to treat
all muscular and crossed eyes Nearsighted
(Myopc) eyes and chldreu's eyes given special atten
ton. Glasses fitted. Lenses duplicated 581 Main
st. Phone 228-W
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-17
El Centre Paint ShOp-615 State St.

First class auto panting--guarantee to match any
color. W. repaint Tenders, Hoods, Wheels and touct
4p bodies First shop in the valley equipped for First
Class Lacquer painting-all painting guaranteed
Phone 2S3.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-17

With the city council displaying desire to act as
Santa Claus where city property is concerned appll-
cations to use the fire apparatus for Sunday plccS
are now in order.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-17
Repair Specialist

Typewriter, Adding Machine monograph and Sewing
Machine Repairing II. w. Hutchinson Broadway ana
Imperial Ave. Phone 1l51
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-17

Chicago cannot pay its firernen policemen or scoo
teachers hut thank heaven of the gangsters are
going hungry 0, bulletless.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-17

For lease: The remnants of our city park. Fine Tor
lettuce or alfalfa Good opening for enterprsng farm
or Water free terms reasonable. Apply to city couh-
Gil.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-17

If the drys are satisfied that the country IS dry ano
the vets that it is wet, why any argument!
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-17

Followed by aesthetic dance expressing Joy ti3
dancers being foolish but taxpaying operators ot al
ready established camp grounds
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-17

Saying which will return to cur favoIlte Indoor
sport trying figure who is the Ethiopian gentle
man in the city council woodpile.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-17

The next number will be vocal offering by three
ffthg of the city council, entitled Renting Out The
Old Camp Grounds.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-17
Acetylene Welding & Machine Work

Cylinder Grinding, Boring Honing. Piston Grind
ing. Fly Wheel Ring Gears Installed. Tractor Work
Pump and Gas Engine Overhauling. General Electric
Motors Agent Fan aad Vacuum Cleaner Repairing
Battery Repairs and Charging Bicycle Repairing
Lawn Mowers Sharpcned, Etc. Wilson Machine Shor
Phone 40. 1922 Main Street.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-17
Army & Navy VARIETY Store

New and Used Furniture, stoves linoeums, hardware.
We buy and sell everything for less NJ Marcot, prop
480 Main ST.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-17

i..cg, ~hcrc he died.
IrzG,cnck was a member of Boyec
Ntcu post of the American Legion
up tp the time he left the valley and
,rvcd in the navy during the World
"ar. lie is survived 10y his widow
and two small children.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-17
Basketball At
Gym Tonight

Three stitf games are expected at
Central Union high school gym To-
night whcn the Brawley and Cen
tlal Union basketball aggrcsationi
clash.
Tie Central girls team will open
.ftairs at 7:lj, meeting the girls
team from Brawlcy. This will bc
followed ly the contest between tn
Class sc" teams of the two schools,
and the Clas, 81" teams VIII be seen
in tie closing number
Hrawlcy las strong outfits in
each class and close competition is
xpec;pd to be the order OF the eve
ming. Central Union IL hoping for
- large crowd nj the games, and
plenty cf fireworks win hc furnish
cd by players aud spectators.
CcHtral's teams are still in tn"
running for the valley championship
and hope to increase their win per
ccntages tonight.
Tomorrow night the Class "a"
and "C" teams will 60 to Yuma for
engagements with the teams in that
city.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-20
Meetings of Clubs
And Social Groups

The local mission society of the
First Lutheran church will meet Fri
day evening at the home of MI. and
Mrs. George Hanson, 800 Avenue B
West, with Mrs. Hanson and Mrs. Carl
Eliason as hostesseS.
X X X
Mrs. Louisa Hoffman, jamestown,
department inspector for the Wom-
ans Relief corps, will conclet an in
spection of the Bismarck corps at 2:30
Friday afternoon at the regular meet
ing at the home of Mrs. Ray Fuller,
7l8 Main avenue. All members are
urged to be present.
X
AS part of the observance of book
week, story telling hours will be held
Saturday at the Bismarck public
library. Miss Bessie Baldwin of the
state library commission will have
charge Of the morning hour begin
ming at II o'clock Saturday for boys
and girls in the fourth, fifth and
sixth grades. Miss Katherine Brach-
er will have the afternoon hour, which
begins at $3.50 o'clock and is for chill
dren in the first three grades.
- i
The Driscoll Royal Neighbors lodge
and the juvenile lodge will sponsor a
Thanksgiving program and old-time
dance Friday evening, Nov. %. &C
cording to information received here.
The entertainment will be held in
the community hall at Driscoll and
the program begins at eight o'clock.
The public is cordially invited to at
tend. Mesdames Haugen, Hull and
Herum compose the committee in
charge.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-20
CAPITOL

"Snatching movie plots and char
acterS out of the air has become o
than a figure of speech! Now movie
producers have actually done so and
are proud of the result"
That is the way Melville Brown,
Radio Picture director. describes the
coming of Amos n Andy to the
screen. He directed their first film
Check and Double Check" now
showing at the Capitol theatre.
Il have made pictures based Oh
stage plays, novels, original scenarios.
cartoon strips, newspaper scandals,
exploring expeditions, vaudeville
skits. musical comedies and grand
operas" Brown says. Few of them
offered so much ready-made enter
tainment material-comedy. drama,
suspense. love interest-as Check and
Double Check which we 'snatched
out of the air.
"Of course. it's something to start
out with Amos m Andy, who, &C
cording to school and college ques-
tionnaires, are the two most popular
entertainers in the world! I've di-
rected some famous persons, but none
SO widely idolized.
Amos n Andy proved to be ex-
cellent actors. They have had stage
experience. That was a blessing. The
part of the story 'snatched from the
air. supplied us with far more ma
terial of a universally appealing ma
ture than many q best-selling novel
or stage play"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-20
BODIES OF CRASH
VICTIMS LOCATED
Pacific Coast AirmaiI Plane
Fell in Mountains; All on
Board Killed

Burbank. Calf. Nov. 2O.-P)-
Three bodies and a pile of wreckage,
found yesterday in the Thachapi foot
hills north of here, today revealed the
fate of a northbound Pacific coast
airmail plane, caught in storm and
fog early Tuesday.
Flavius A. Donaldson, veteran pilot
who served in the army air cops dur
ing the World war, was at the con-
trolls Monday night when the Pacific
Air Transport plane left here for
Oakland. With him were George
Rogers, mechanic, and Miss Jean
Markow. who was celebrating her 18th
birthday with a flight to Portland.
Ore. to visit friends. The ship
carried 3l9 pounds of mail.
Radio messages sent by Donaldson
to the transport base here chrcnicled
the flight until POT a. n, Tuesday.
At that time, after a figlA. with winds,
snow and fog, he reported he could
gain no more than 5000 fee; altitude,
barely 1000 feet above the highest
peaks there. and was circling help
lessly over TETON. where a srnan emer-
gency landing field lay hidden by
snow or fog.
For 43 hours tie fate OF the craft
was unknown. Then Eddie M. New
son. cowboy, stumbled upon the brok-
en- mass.
The bodies of the girl and the me
chan,c were found near the spot
where the plane first struck. Con-
aldson's body was enCaSed in the
twisted metal of the plano which had
plowed to a halt 500 feet away on
the gently sloplng plateau. The mail
was unharmed.
There had been no fire.
Aviators found indications that ice
possibly had forced on he wings OF
the plane. forcing it to earth. Others
explained Donaldson. :: mixing he had
reached Antelope valley, scarcely sin
miles from the scene of the crash.
had spiraled down in an effort to get
below the clouds. The plane struck
with terrific force.