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noise in the bushes, as if it was the
Bob Cat coming. What had bet
ter do?"
Wait a little while until you are
sure who it is" whispered the kind
butterfly. Keep very quiet!"
So Uncle Wiggily kept very quiet.
The butterfly did also, but it is
easier for a butterfly to keep quiet
in the woods than it is for a rab-
bit No creature, not even the hum
ming bird. which is the finest of all
birds, can make so little noise as a
butterfly. A butterfly's wings are
so thin and light that they hardly
move the air.
Crouched under the bush on
which the butterfly was resting, I'm
Gle Wiggily listened to the noise
coming nearer and nearer. He had
gone out into the woods to look for
adventure and, seeing the big, round
black spots on the butterfly's wings,
thought they were the staring eyes
Of Mr.. To Woo, the owl bird
The butterfly had just explained
to the rabbit gentleman that the
spots on the wings were there on
purpose to make hungry chickens
and birds think the owl was looking
at them when the noise sounded in
the bushes. 1 told you in the story
last night about Uncle Wiggily and
the owl.
All of o sudden something long,
brown and thin came Sinking un-
der the edge Of the bush, and two
bright eyes looked straight at Uncle
Wiggily. In a moment the rabbit
gentleman knew what 1t was
neither the Fox, the Wolf or the
Bob Cat 1t was Mr. Weasel! Booi
"Oh, dear! This is too bad"
thought Uncle Wiggily, his heart
beginning to beat fast again as
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Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD E. GARRIS
Copyright. 1928, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE
BUTTERFLY

Did you hear that?" whispered
Uncle Wiggily to the butterfly who
was slowly moving his big spotted
wings while sitting on a bush II
the woods. Did you hear that
noise? I think some one is COM
ing"
That is true" whispered the
beautiful creature, who was slipping
sweet honey juice from a flower
Some one is coming but 1 have no
fear. Those big, round spots. like
eyes, on my wings are like the eyes
Of an owl, and as most Of the chick
ems and birds around here are
afraid of Mr.. To Woo the ow,,
they will not try to get me- 1t IS
only the chickens and birds I am
afraid of. The bigger animals don't
bother butterflies"
No. but the bigger animals. like
the Fox, the Bob Cat and Wolf,
may bother me- whispered Mr..
Longears. "And it sounds. from the
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END PILES QUICK
No Snlves = No Cutting

No oAANt1 NJ \ f1lkitAs
Your itching, bleeding, protruding
piles will go when you actually
remove the cause-bad blood circu-
lation in the weak, flabby parts
and not one minute before. Salves
or cutting can't do this an In
ternal remedy must be used. HEM
ROID, prescription of DR.. J. S.
Leonhardt, succeeds because it stim-
ulates the circulation. drives out
congested blood, heals and restores
the almost dead parts. HEM-ROID
has such a wonderful record right
in this city, that Clements Drug
Store says one bottle of sHEM-ROID
Tablets must end your Pile agony
or money back.-Adv.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-18
Published by
IMPERIAL VALLEY
PRESS. INC.
w. c. COSTELLO
Manager
A JUST Law

Newspapers and fair minded citizens
throughout the state will be pleased with
the governors action in signing the bill
covering the retraction of libelous mat
ter IN a newspaper.
Under the law. where libelous matter
IS printed through error or misinforma-
ton, the newspaper may print retrac-
ton in the same size type and in an
equally conspicuous place, and if a suit
for libel is pressed, the plaintiff may re-
cover only actual damages
No reputable newspaper Intentional
ly wants to commit libel, not only be-
cause it is too costly but because it IS
contrary to the newspaper code
But even with the greatest care. hon.
est mistakes may creep in. The news
paper reporter is dependent to a large
extent upon the honesty OF his sources of
news for its correctness and if they lie
to him the paper prints lie. Being hu-
man, he is likely to make misstatement
OF facts in writing up his story. Or the
mistake may come after he has turned
in absolutely correct copy.
When an error in a single letter can
change the sense of an entire clause or
sentence, one may get an idea of the pit
falls which, face a newspaper publisher
day in and day out.
Much of newspapers business is
transacted over a telephone. Here the
phonetical structure of the English
language can cause all sorts of trouble
Nine sounds like five, November like
September, he like she. Where initials
are used, perfectly innocent party may
be charged with something of which he
is not guilty, because NJ sounds like n,
T like P or E. Very often a w set in
type in place of T makes NOW into NOT
and entirely changes the sense of a SEN
tence or the entire article. These are
only a few of the thousands of oppor-
tunities for error.
The wonder is not that newspapers
have mistakes but that they don't have
many more. They are entirely the pro-
duct of human effort and human effort
is notorious for its mistakes
To make newspaper pay heavy fine
for an unintentional mistake is not in
keeping with the American idea of fair
play. If grocer makes a mistake, he
and his customer are the only persons
who know of it. If plumber does the
same, he and the party employing him
hold the secret. A correction is made
and nothing more is said If a news
paper makes a mistake, all who read
know of it.
The new law will not make newspa-
papers any less careful. Those working
on them are trained to be careful and to
be as accurate as possible. Besides,
space is always scarce and devoting any
part of it to retractions is not desirable
from the publishers standpoint.
-O
Mr.. Capone can get ready to doff
silk shirt and don a hair one.
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the players through description.
The boy, blind since ne was 5,
has an unusually keen mind for
figures, and arithmetic is his IA
vorite study at school.
He doesn't trust the percentage
column of the newspapers sport
pages and so keeps his own on the
Arizona Texas league standing.
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WatermelOns Given
To Press Staff

Ned Murietta of the Sun State
Produce company brought the Press
staff a feast OF watermelons yes
terday which was greatly enjoyed
during the afternoon.
These melons are of the best pro-
duced in Imperial Valley and the
entire staff appreciates Muriettas
kindness
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international Bid Sent

WASHINGTON, U.P)-The State
Department has instructed its dip
lomatic Officers throughout the
world TO convey on behalf of the
National Recreation Association an
invitation TO the first National Rec
reation Conference to be held in
Los Angeles in July, 1882.
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weasel thought l was Mr.. To Woo.
the OWL Truly my spots must look
like eyes"
They surely dol" said Mr.. Long
ears as he hoped home.
And If the ice pick doesn't take
the raisins out of the molasses pud-
ding to play marbles with the dish
OF spinach, III tell you next about
Uncle Wiggily and the walking stick.
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Paso club of the Arizona Texas
league is at home is Howell Palmer,
Il, who is blind.
But despite his blindness, Howell's
voice can be heard as he cheers for
the Texans. He sees the game
through his fathers eyes. When his
father calls balls, strikes and base
hits, Howell visualizes the actions Of
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Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell Of
Imperial Valley for This Date
In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
June IX 1911

Imperial County Board of Educa-
ton is still working on the grading
of papers of pupils taking the ex-
animation for entrance to the coun-
ty high schools Diplomas will be
issued Wednesday TO those making
the required rating.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-18

Water Company No. purchased
a 70-horsepower caterpillar engine
from the Holt Manufacturing COM
pany, to cost S4100 and is due TO
arrive at Holtville by the first of
July. 1t will be used in place OF
mule teams ior motive power in
ditch cleaning.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-18

The first car lot shipment of I'M
perial Valley grapes will leave FL
Centro tonight by express for Chi
cago. They are expected TO bring
fancy price as they are a week
ahead OF the season and of very fine
quality Clarence Conant and Har-
ry Horton consolidated their ship
ments to make a full car.
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TEN YEARS AGO
June Is. 1921

Preliminary announcements of
the agricultural census bureau of
Imperial county shows tremendous
increases in acreage and products
in every item except that OF hogs.
The number Of farms in operation
Is given as 2843 The value of farm
land and buildings is $58l18,264.
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FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
June IS, 1916

Before Judge c. M Matthews of
San Diego in the superior court to-
day there was begun a hearing Of
the contest of election in Imperial
involving the wet and dry vote.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-18

With cantaloupe crop estimated
at 450O carloads to 5000 carloads,
the halfway point in shipping was
passed this week. Market condi-
tions are holding up well.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-18
Blind Boy Goes
To Ball Games

Ell PASO, Tex, June l8. UP
An enthusiastic fan who rarely
misses a baseball game when the FL
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-18

Lincoln had plenty of worries but he
was never bothered by airplanes cutting
capers above his head while he tried to
talk over a radio network.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-18

To June the rainfall at Calisto-
ga, Napa County. was 20.78 inches.
Last year to same date 1t was 3991
inches.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-18

All grocers in Tehama County
have signed an agreement not to
sell oleomargarine during the next
five years.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-18

The U. S. senator's may be a pain in
the neck much of the time but the Wash
ington Senators have pretty much the
whole country back of them just now.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-18

Tioga Pass to the Yosemite was
cleared OF snow MAY 25 and the
Leevining Canyon grade is being
widened.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-18

Keeping track of this man Hawks is
about as easy as picking up an ounce of
mercury with boxing gloves.
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Issued Daily, Except
Sundays. Entered at the
Post Office, FL Centre,
Calf, as Second Class
Matter.
EXCELLENT WORK

Having Grabbed and criticized the
government recently for its inability to
get Al Capone on anything but tax eva
sion charges, it is up to Us to eat dish
of crow now that federal authorities
have turned the tables and obtained a
plea of guilty from the gang chieftain.
1t is fine piece of work and it is cer-
tainly to be hoped that it will not be
halted with the imprisonment of Capone.
To do so would make even his impris
onment failure.
Capone no doubt has every intention
Of conducting his business through his
lieutenants while he is held in custody
This the government should not per-
NIT. Having put him on the run it should
continue the job until his henchmen and
all who would initiate their way of
making living, are convinced that buck
ing up against Uncle Sam doesn't pay.
While liquor is at the foundation of the
Capone regime and others like it, this
does not happen to be matter of
whether one agrees with or disproves of
the Eighteenth Amendment The Ca
pone system of doing things is not only
a defiant act against the government, it
Is serious menace to our whole social
and political fabric.
II the Capone way of doing things is
permitted to continue, then the doom of
American ideals and American institu-
tions is sealed. Racketeering is nothing
more than reestablishment of the old
feudal system. The American people
overthrew that sort of thing years ago
and established government guarantee
ing every citizen the right to conduct
himself and his affairs in his own way,
SO long as he conformed to the law
The Capone system says nothing about
the citizens duty to the law. 1t is con-
cerned only with the tribute he must pay
to Capone or be punished for his failure
to do so.
Every American should be proud of
the progress the federal men have made
in Chicago They should be encouraged
to stay with the job until it is completed
and it might not be bad idea to en-
courage them to start work in many
places other than Chicago.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-18

Mr.. Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., deserves
at least this much recognition. He can
be more asinine than any 10 ordinary
men.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-18

Mr. Capone can get ready to doff
silk shirt and don a hair one.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-18

8ORA 1iART4 4EARe 100 SOON
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aggressively and relentlessly to the
end
All difficulties were overridden in
one tremendous sustained effort to
terminate the war then and there in
a victorious manner.
After three hours -iolent artillery
preparation the attack began at 5 80
a. M. At the same time, to divert the
enemy's attention elsewhere, local
raids and demonstrations were made
on the Meuse- MOselle front The
French Fourth army (GouraudD, to
our left on the west of the Argonne
forest, began it's attack half an hour
later.
The battle opened favorably. Our
attack at that particular place and at
that time evidently came as a sur
prise to the enemy. and our troops
were enabled quickly to overrun fiis
forward positions.
The vast network of undestroyed
barbed wire. the deep ravines, dense
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was the SedanCarignan railroad, it
was evident that the sector assigned
to the American army was opposite
the most sensitive part of the German
front then being attacked.
The danger confronting the enemy
made it imperative that he should
hold on in front of the American army
to the limit of his resources.
Germans Strongly Fortified.
The area between the Meuse river
and the Argonne forest was ideal for
defensive fighting. On the east the
heights of the Meuse commanded that
river valley and on the west the
rugged. high hills of the Argonne for
est dominated the valley of the Aire
river. In the center the watershed
between the Aire and the Mouse rivers
commanded both valleys, with the
heights of Montfaucon, Cunel. Ro-
mango and of the Bots de Barricourt
standing out as natural strong points.
From these heights observation points
completely covered the entire German
front
The terrain over which the attack
was to be made formed a defile blocked
by three successive barriers, the
heights of Montfaucon, then those of
Cunel and '.omange and farther back
the ridges of the Bots de Barricourt
and of the Bots de BOurgoyne. The
Meuse river was unfopdable; the Aire
river fordable only in places. In addi-
ton to the heavy forest of the Ar
gonne there were numerous woods
with heavy underground which were
serious obstacles.
These natural defenses were strength
ened by Cvery artificial means imagin-
able
A dense network of wire entangle-
ments covered every position. 1t was
small wonder the enemy had rested
four year, on this front without being
molested.
Hindenburg Position Is Objective.
In accordance with the principal
mission, which remained the same
throughout this great offensive, the
main attack of the First army was to
he launched west of the Meuse river.
its right TO be covered by the river and
by the operations of the French
Seventeenth corps on the east of the
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uuuooAduanouu

There are many explanations as
to where and when the story of the
Devil or Satan originated, that is.
when this parsonage first came upon
the earth and who or what creed first
brought him here?
The belief in evil spirits has been
found in practically all religions and
among all peoples from the earliest
times, and how the idea has been
modified from time to time may be
gathered by reference to cyclopedia
articles on the subject, to articles in
Bible cyclopedias, dictionaries of re-
ligious knowledge, Catholic Cyclope-
dia, Jewish CyclOpedia, etc. The
word Satan" signifies IAN enemy"
and the word Devil" signifies "a
slanderer." The International Ency-
clopedia says in part: In later
Jewish and Christian belief. mighty
spirit of evil who has during unknown
ages ruled over a kingdom of evil
spirits and is in constant and rest.
lessly active opposition to God" The
writer of that article states that the
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CHAPTER IvII

In accordance with the understand
ing of September we were now NOV
ing rapidly toward our second great
offensive. Questions concerning the
concentration and supply of the ele-
ments of the First army In the battle
areas were being worked out by the
staff of that army, who were given
every possible assistance by the staff
at G. Fl z.
The general plan of action of the
allied armies. as agreed upon at the
conference of commanders In chief
July "a, was, to state 1t simply and
briefly, that the offensive should con-
tinue. each army driving forward as
rapidly as possible. The allied and
American operations during the sum-
mer had resulted in the reduction of
the Chateau Thierry, Amiens and st.
Mihiel salients and the great offensive
was now under way. Immediately
west of the Mouse river the battle line
had remained practically unchanged
since 1917. 1t was on this front the
American army was to play its great
part.
The disposition of the Belgian, Brit
ish, French and American armies on
the wide front between the North sea
and Verdun was such that they would
naturally converge as they advanced.
So long as the enemy could hold his
ground on the east of this battle line
frontal attacks farther west might
drive him back on his successive posi-
tons, yet a decision would be long
delayed.
Yanks Face Strong Position.
His main line of communication and
supply ran through Carignan, Sedan
and Mezieres. If that should be in
terrupted before he could withdraw
his armies from France and Belgium
the communications in the narrow ave
nue. which lay between the Ardennes
forest and the Dutch frontier were so
limited that he would De unable ade-
quately to supply his forces or to
evacuate them before his ruin would
be accomplished. AS our objective
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woods and heavy fog made II difficult
to coordinate the movements of the
assaulting infantry, especially of some
divisions i'm battle for the first time.
vet the advance throughout was ex.
tremely vigorous.
Third Corps Reaches Second Line.
The Third corps (Bullard), nearest
the Meuse. carried the enemy's sec
ond position before dark. The Thirty
third division (BelD, wheeling to the
right as it advanced, occupied the west
bank of the Meuse to protect the
flank of the army. The Bots de
FORCES. with its difficult terrain and
strong machine gun defenses. was car
ried in splendid fashion.
The right of the Eightieth division
(Cronkite) had by noon cleared the
Bots Jure in the face of heavy ma
chine gun fire and established it's line
north of DannevOux. On it's left, after
an all-day fight. the division forced its
way through the strong positions on
hill 262 and reached the northern
slopes of that hill.
The Fourth division (Hines), on the
left of the Eightieth. took Septarges
and firmly established itself In the
woods to the north. 1t was abreast
of Nantillois and it's left was more
than a mile beyond MOntfaucon, but
through some misinterpretation of the
orders by the Third corps the oppor-
tunity to capture Montfaucon that day
was lost. Three counter-attacks
against the division during the after.
noon were broken up.
Fifth Corps Falls Short.
In the center the Fifth corps (Cam-
eron). with the exception Of the Nine
ty-first division (JOhnston) on its left,
fell short of it's detectives.
The Seventy-ninth division (Kuhn),
on the right of the corps. took Malan-
court, but in the open ground beyond
encountered considerable opposition,
and the advanced elements were not
in position before Montfaucon until
late afternoon. The attack of the d.
vision launched against this strong
point early in the evening was met by
the fire of artillery and machine guns
from the southern slopes of the hill,
which held up further progress.
The Thirty seventh division (Farns-
WORTH, in the center of the Fifth
corps, after overcoming heavy ma
chine-gun fire. pushed through the
the Bots de Montfaucon. and its at
lacks in the afternoon carried the line
up to and west of Montfaucon. The
left of it's line. facing stiff opposition.
cleaned up the woods in its front and
established itself just south of Ivory.
The Ninety-frst division (Johnston)
overcame strong initial resistance and
advanced rapidly to Epinonville, which
it entered but did not hold. Crossing
into the sector of the Thirty-fifth d.
vision. during the day it occupied
Very.
First Corps Makes Progress.
On the left of the army the First
corps Giggett) made excellent prog
ress The Thirty-fifth division (Traub)
cleverly captured the strong position
of Vauquois and took Cheppy against
stubborn opposition. Elements of the
division reached the corps objective
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east of Charpentry, but were soon
withdrawn to line west of Very. On
the left the division captured that part
of Varennes east of the Aire river,
but was held up between Varennes
and Cheppy. At this time fresh
regiment took the lead, giving new
impetus to the attack, and pushed the
line forward to the high ground south
of Charpentry.
In the Twenty-eighth division
(Muir) the right brigade captured the
western half of Varennes and con-
tinued about a mile farther. The left
brigade facing the eastern spurs of
the Argonne, which constituted the
enemy's chief defense of that forest,
was unable to overcome the intense
machine-gun fire from the vicinity of
Champ Mahaut. The Seventy-seventh
division (Alexander) in the difficult
terrain of the Argonne made some
progress
tTo BE CoNTINUEDD
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river. that corps being a part of our

river. that corps being a part of our
army.
Our left was to be supported by
simultaneous attack by the French
Fourth army. Our attack to include
the Argonne forest was to be driven
with all possible strength In the gen.
eral direction of Mezieres.
The first operation of our army was
to have for Its objective the linden
burg position on the front Brieulles-
se-Romagne-sous Montfaucon-
Grando e, with following develop
ment In the direction Of Buzancy-
MeZieres In order to force the enemy
beyond the Meuse and outflank his
positions on the VouZiers-Rethel line
from the east.
In conjunction with our advance,
which would outflank the enemy's posi-.
ton south of the Aisne, the French
Fourth army. by attacking successive
ly the positions between the Aisne and
the Suippes rivers, would be able to
occupy the line Vouziers-Rethel. After
that ii would operate in the direction
of the plateau east of the Rethel-Sig-
ny-rAbbaye road
Aim at Tactical Surprise.
Our purpose was to effect tactical
surprise, if possible, overcome the
enemy's first and second positions in
the area of Montfaucon and (Cote
Dame Marie) of his third position be-
fore the enemy could bring up strong
re-enforcements. 1t was an ambitious
plan and Ole that would require
rapid advance of ten miles through
a densely fortified zone From an
estimate of the enemy's reserves and
their location it was realized that We
must capture Montfaucon and seize
Cote Dame Marie by the end Of the
second day.
1t was thought reasonable to count
on the vigor and aggressive spirit of
our troops TO make up in measure
for their ineXperience, but at the same
time the fact was not overlooked that
lack of technical skill might consider
ably reduce the chances of complete
success against well organized de-
tenders.
General Petain had already given
it as his opinion that we should not
be able to get farther than Mont
faucOn before winter.
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that they had been held as prisoners.
entirely out of touch with their own
countrymen, for four years. though al
ways within sight of the French lines.
On my visit to several corps and d.
vision headquarters the following day
found all jubilant over the victory
and overfiowing with incidents of the
fighting, reciting many cases of indi-
vidual heroism among the troops.