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Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-03

big umbrella, shovel and a pail,
please
What are you going to do, Unkie
Wig?' asked Baby Bunty.
You'll see in a little while" he
answered. Then, TO Nurse Jane, the
rabbit gentleman said: You hold
the big umbrella over me and the
sand 1 am going to dig, so it won't
get wet when I bring it up here on
the porch. I'll make a sand pile
right here and the children can play
in it and keep out Of the rain
drops"
Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, being
a muskrat lady, did not at all mind
getting wet. Indeed she used to
swim in the water, tail and every
thing So Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy held
the big umbrella over Uncle Wig
gily while he filled the pail with
sand at the shore of the duck pond
ocean.
OF course the top layer of sand
was wet, for it was out in the rain.
But Uncle Wiggily scraped this top,
wet part away and, getting down to
the dry sand, he filled his pail. The
umbrella Nurse Jane held kept the
pail of sand from getting wet as
Uncle Wiggily carried it up on the
broad porch of the bungalow.
Uncle Wiggily carried up many
pals of dry sand and made many
heaps on the porch which was shell
tered from the rain.
Now, children, you can play in
the sand pile even if it is raining
outside" said the rabbit gentleman.
"Oh, goodie!" shouted Baby Bum
fly.
"Goodie! Goodie" said Jingle.
'Goodie! Goodie! Goodie!" ex-
claimed Jangle.
And even the boy animals were
glad to play with the girls in max
ing houses and tunnels and holes
and things like that in the sand on
the bungalow porch.
II am glad they are happy and
quiet said Mrs. Longears as she
lgewed up a hole in one of Uncle
Wiggily's shirts.
Then, all Of sudden, the old Bob
Cat came sneaking along in the
rain to nibble Uncle Wiggily. But
BABY Bunty threw sand in the Bob
Cats eyes and said: Run away
Bob Catl" And the Bob Cat ran
away.
T. And now, if the butterfly will
spread slice of bread with mo-
lasses for the June Bug, I'll tell you
about Uncle Wiggily's bouncing ball.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-03
Beautiful Women
Love New Powder

Beautiful women. admired for
youthful compilations, use MEELO-
CLIO. the new wonderful French
process face powder Purest and
smoothest powder known. Stays on
longer. No flaky or pasty look. No
CRIME or grit. MELLO-GLO pre-
vents large pores and never smarts
or feels dry. Blends naturally with
any complexion. Demand Mello-
glo. On sale at Clements Drug
Store adv
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-03
These are Mhlrlipios."

We'll. I'm glad you like it," said
Uncle Wiggily, who was sitting on
the porch twinkling one ear-no,
I'm wrong! Excuse it, please, as
the telephone girl says when she
rings the bell by mistake. I mean
Uncle Wiggily was twinkling his
pink nose. YES" said the rabbit
gentleman, I'm glad you like my
sand pile"
He watched the animal boys and
girls doing different things to have
fun in the sand, such as building
houses that fell down almost as
quickly as they were built. For
sand is not very strong for making.
houses.
But it amuses the children" said
Mr.. Longears. And so it cid until,
one day, it rained SO hard that it
was too wet to go down to the
shore of the duck pond ocean and
play in the sand.
"Oh, dear, what are we going to
do to have fun?" said Baby Bunty.
Cant you play tag around the
porch?" asked Nurse Jane Fuzzy
Wuzzy, the muskrat lady house
keeper.
I'VE want to play in the sand!"
cried Jingle.
But you can't play in the sand
when it rains" said Mrs. I.ongears.
why can't we?" Jangle wanted
to know and she and the other ami
NAL children made such q fuss that,
really, it was quite unpleasant TO
listen TO them.
Il wonder if you could do any
thing about this sand pile, Wiggy?"
his wife asked the jolly old rab-
bit gentleman.
do what?" he asked.
We'll" his wife went on, "if there
was some way Of bringing the sand
pile up here on the big porch, out
of the rain, the children could play
in it and they wouldn't tease So"
That's a fine idea" exclaimed
Mr.. Longears. "I'll do it. Ho!
Nurse Jane" he called, ring my
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-03
CHOCOLATE MOUNTAIN LAND
FIGHT WAGED BY CHAMBER

This publicity sent out by the FL
Centric chamber is in connection
with the most recent selling OF
Chocolate mountain land in the
middle west, and a part Of the
campaign which that body has
been waging for three years to sup
press sales OF valueless, desert land
under the impression that it is I'M
perial Valley land. Since the pub
LEGATION of this article in the Okla
bona paper sales of land by the
realty company have been stopped
through the efforts of the local
chamber, tn Los Angeles Better
Business Bureau and the state real
estate commission but, had it not
been for information received sew
eral month ago concerning the
firms activities, which came to the
e Centre chamber, they might
have operated for year or more
before their activities attracted the
attention of authorities.
mo sooner do we succeed in stop
ping the activities of one OF these
irns selling worthless lands states
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-03
Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD E. GARRIS
UNCLE WIGGILY'S SAND PILE
Copyright, 1928, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate

Jingle and Jangle. the funny
rabbit twins, liked very much to
play in the sand on the shore of the
duck pond The sand was, almost
as clean and white as that at a sea-
shore beach, and it was much fun
for the other animal children to
dig holes in the sand and pretend
these holes were cellars. -
The boy animals would make
tunnels in the sand and then they
would make believe pieces of wood
were trains Of cars and they would
push these pretend trains through
the sand tunnel
II think it's lovely 10 play in the
sand here at our duck pond ocean, .
said Jingle to Jangle one day.
so do l." answered Jangle.
Its the most fun I ever had"
spoke Baby Bunty, the little orphan
rabbit, who lived in Uncle Wfggily' S
hollow stump bungalow. z
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-03
Issued ID a lily, Except
Sundays. Entered at
the Post Office, Ell Cen"
tro, Calf, as Second
Class Matter.
SELFISH POLITICS

NOTHING could better illustrate the at
~ tltude of the hard-boled politician
than John +. Curry'S plaintive remark
that Tammany Hall is being prosecuted
by designing New York Republicans.
Naturally, the Republican party lead
ers IN New York are undoubtedly delight
ed at the sorry mess that the Seabury
committee has uncovered in New York
City. 1t will all make fine fuel for the
next campaign. They would not be hu-
man if they weren't pleased at the turn
things have taken.
But Mr.. Currys complaint that Tam
many is being "crucified" is something
else again. The remark would be laugh
able If 1t had not been made in all SER
lousness. As 1t is, 1t provides US with a
beautiful cross-section of the mind of a
political boss.
Consider the situation in New York.
Seabury's Investigators brought to light
crookedness on the police force, crook
edness IN the courts, crookedness on city
contracts, crookedness in branch after
branch of the city government-the rev.
Citations have been as shocking as any
thing in the history of American NUM-
cipal government.
Obviously, Tammany Hall, dominant in
New York City, must bear the response
bility. But what does the head of Tam
many say about it all? Tammany is be-
ing prosecuted!
Back of this complaint, of course, there
is the viewpoint of selfish politics at its
worst; the viewpoint which places loyal
ty to party far above loyalty to city or
state; the viewpoint from which duty to
the party seems far more important than
duty to ones community; the viewpoint
from which a fight for decent govern
nent can be interpreted only in terms OF
partisan enmity.
That viewpoint, unfortunately, is not
confined to Tammany. 1t exists, in great
err or lesser degree, in every active political
organization. 1t is, more than anything
else, the one great obstacle to good gov
eminent in the United States today.
f;ndo +ho oame worth the candle, never
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-03
WOULD ADMINISTER
BOLGER ESTATE

Petition for letters of administra-
ton in the matters of the estate of
Edward Bolger, who died August
10. were filed with the county
clerk yesterday.
S. P. Williams, public administra-
tor. set forth that he had been un-
able to locate heirs but believed the
man is survived by widow and
children. He also stated that to his
belief Bolger died inteSate. The
property is said to consist of landl
and personal effects.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-03
TEN YEARS AGO
September 3. 1921

The cotton grower who few
months ago was advised to close out
his carry over at around to 0
cents. and who found himself in a
position to hang on a little longer,
is now reaping the benefit Of the
advantage he possessed at that
time. With cotton mounting on a
bull market every day until it Is now
close to 18 cents, the grower who
was able to hold on is coming into
his own.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-03

Hays, "tnan another breaks out. AT
the present time we are inVestigat-
ing mis-statements concerning In
perial county land being sold in San
Diego and our files contain COM
munications concerning about so
companies operating throughout the
United States, all of whom have
been suppressed and in many cases
the operators punished by jail SEN
fences for their illegitimate activ-
tiles"
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-03
DAIRY PROVES
OLD THEORY IS
ENTIRELY FALSE

Imperial Valley pessimists have in
the past contended that good high
grade table milk could not be pro-
duced in Imperial county the year
around, due to the elements. This
pet theory was rudely exploded this
past year by the Havekorst Guern-
sey Farms, when their average BAG
terra count for the year, summer
and all, was around 500, which is
perfect, according to milk ratings,
and their average score, including
the last surprise test, was 98.2.
The dairy, which is located two
and half miles south of Melo-
land, consisting Of many fine high
ly bred registered Guernsey COWS,
Is producing guaranteed grade
milk, which is retailed in FL Gen.
tro and Brawley under the super
vision of d. H. Dillon, who has
had many years experience in the
milk game.
1T is just matter of being clean
and careful from start to finish in
the production of milk" said Mr..
Dillon. First we are careful of
what COWS are kept in the herd.
Then we see that they are bathed
before each milking. The attend
ants are clean and dress appropri-
ately. The milk is Immediately
cooled and utensils and bottles
thoroughly cleaned and sterilized.
l do not know of any dairy on the
Pacific coast that can equal, or
better, our bacteria count this past
year Our last score by local and
state inspection was 982."
This fine dairy qualities in SELL
ing milk under the national label
of the American Guernsey Cattle
club, known as Golden Guernsey
Milk.
The Havekorst herd is all Guern-
seys and are federally accredited
for tuberculosis. To show that it
pays to produce good milk, Have
horst Farms had practically no sur
plus in milk this past year, usually
having waiting list.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-03
JUDGES TONGUE SLIPPED

McCOOK, Neb., U.n) - County
Judge Fred Hanson made a mis-
take and asked Ethel L. Hayes. a
bride, if she would promise to sup
port her husband. Before the
judge could correct his error and
re-state the question to the bride
groom, Charles Schmidt the bride
had consented. Schmidt said he
wouldn't hold his wife to that mar
riage VOW.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-03
statesmen TO FLY

WASHINGTON, U.P) - Statesmen
of the largest shoe manufacturer
in Czechoslovakia are to be in
structed in flying, so that they may
use this most modern means of
transportation in getting business,
the commerce department was adj
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-03

Next week, commencing tomor-
row. is to be what is known as Para
mount week throughout the United
States, and in moving picture thea
tiers in every community great and
small, Paramount pictures exclu-
sively are to be shown throughout
the week at every performance.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-03

vised today in report from Prague.
The flying school will be establish
ed at zlin, the site Of the factory,
which was not named in the re-
port.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-03
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell Of
Imperial Valley for This Date
in Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
September 3, 1911

The Dahlia Club has kept up its
regular meetings, despite the fact
that q number of the members are
away at different points enjoying
their vacations. On Friday the
ladies enjoyed an all-day meeting
at the home of Mrs. S. S. Wilson,
where bounteous lunch was served
at noon.
C. S. Norton, proprietor of the
FL Centre Department Store, re-
turned to this city Saturday morn
ing. after a weeks vacation at the
coast
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-03
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
September 3. 1916

County Development Agent A. M.
Nelson has received word that w. D.
Egilbert, secretary of the California
Development board, is touring the
southern portion of the state in the
interests of the board and may be
to visit the Imperial VAL
ley in the near future.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-03

finds the game worth the candle, never
theleSS.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-03

A report was circulated in the
city yesterday that an independent
candidate would be put in the field
against P. E. Carr for the office OF
county supervisor.-Calexico Chron-
iclp
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-14
Complicated Clock
Is Made of Bamboo

ROME.-A clock so complicated that
no matchmaker alive could possibly un-
derstand its workings has Just been
completed by patient man named
Costanzo Renzi of Rimini after two
years of assiduous attention. The So
hour clock, almost entirely made Of
bamboo and built in the form of the
Fascist emblem, is over 3 feet high.
Besides marking the hour, the minus
and the second, this wonderful timex
piece also shows the phases of the
moon, the day of the week, the month
and the day of the month. Besides,
here are some more extravagances:
When the clock strikes a small flag
with pictures of the King and II Duce
appears and the chimes play ''Giovi-
nezza," the Fascist hymn. When these
are over small mortar on the top of
the clock fires a salvo and a tiny tri-
color makes another appearance. In
ventor Renzi assured school children
that try as he might he couldn't get the
contrivance to do home lessons.
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BY LORD HOWARD OF PENRITH,

BY LORD HOWARD OF PENRITH,
Formerly Sir Esme Howard. British Am
bassador to America.
tn HE United States Of America can
hold aloof from the League Of
Nations, since 1t Is 5000 miles
distant from Europe, which Is
the heart of the trouble. Amer
ica's geographical position ''letS 1t out"
as they say on that side Of the Atlantic.
am In favor of the closest co-opera-
ton between Britain and the United
States. but would ask American critics
to remember one salient fact: They are
3, 900 miles. from the principal source
of possible trouble; we are only 81. BY
that difference they must appreciate the
factors governing Britain's policy.
We are further. in position Of great
delicacy, for in addition to European
problems we must consider each ques-
ton from the point of view of the
dominioGs and the colonies. In the
future cGr task must be to explain the
necessities and difficulties Of Europe to
America and to the dominions, at the
same time working in Europe for an
enduring peace.
Let us hope that British statesmen
will rise to the occasion. so that we
may avoid a return to the old system
of the balance of power which brought
so many evils in its train, and instead
help to build up for the benefit Of the
world, even of those countries which
are not members Of such a league, an
association for the promotion Of peace
and quiet" and for the establishment
of the reign of law instead Of that Of
force.
System Begun.
A little more than 800 years ago
Hugo Grotius gave definite shape to a
known as the balance of power. This
has been described as such a just
equilibrium between nations as should
prevent any one Of them from .becom-
ing sufficiently strong to enforce its
will upon the rest" Thus it Is in
reality no more than a precept born Of
long experience and Of national in
stinct of self-preservation through CEN
turtles of intrigue and counterpart.
OF recent years, and even before the
war. there were people so myopic in
outlook as to attribute exclusively to
Britain the credit for this "Machiavel-
liam invention" Propaganda writer's.
both in Germany and Russia. spilled
much ink in attempting to prove their
theories. and to our shame 1t must be
said that their claims were sometimes
supported by pacifist authors on this
side of the Channel.
The contention is, OF course, laugh
able in its absurdity, since in essence
the balance of power is no more than
a ''precept born of self-preservation, !"
and as such has been part of the
necessary equipment Of every European
statesman since the sixteenth century.
Britain has certainly subscribed to
this doctrine. unconsciously in the six
tenth, SubconsciouSly in the seven
tenth, and consciously in the succeed
ing centuries. But to assert that it is
essentially British in conception is as
far from the truth as to say that
Esperanto is English.
Political Corner Stone.
For reasons plain to the most casual
observer, 1t became a corner stone of our
policy. 1t was the only feasible plan by
which our political and economic irde-
pendence could be secured. Britain was
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shelter Of only the stars and the tree
tops.
There are motor roads through many
Of the parks, affording wonderful views
But for those who would travel by foot
or on horseback there are both old and
newly located trails that lead to equally
beautiful or even better vistaS. There
are saddle horses and guides available
at reasonable rates-the horses trained
to carry "tenderfoot" travellers In per-
feet safety along high mountain trails;
the guides educated to give interesting
and accurate information about all the
wonders of nature that arouse the
curiosity of those intrusted to their
care.
What is there to see?
The wonders of the earth, and OF its
Creator.
Yellowstone Best Known.
No national park is better known,
perhaps, than Yellowstone. Yet, not
far away and easily reached is strange
area visited by less than 5000 people
last YEAR The Craters of the Moon
National Monument. This. like other
national monuments" is no bronze or
marble statue of war hero on horse
back. It Is, instead, a limited area con-
tanning a natural or historical phenom-
enon of national interest - and pre-
served In that interest, for the genera
lions to come, by the National Gov
eminent.
This particular national monument
made available to the people visiting
Yellowstone through construction OF
good roads, Is a volcanic region. the
in the country. It's appearance Is like
that of the moons surface as seen
through a telescope. There is great
black, deeply pitted stream of lava
spread out over the plain for miles.
There are great lava assures, tunnels
and caves; cinder cones from 20 feet
to 600 feet in height There is the Big
Crater, where terrific volcanic explo-
sion created q cavity in the top OF
mountain. thousand feet deep and a
quarter of a mile wide.
Here also Is the Crystal Pit, from
which come strange underground air
currents; there are ice caves ana water
holes where water remains at tenn
perature only two degrees above freezing
even while exposed to the hot rays OF
the sun on boiling" Summer days.
There Is a place 80 feet inside the
throat of an extinct crater where an
8-foot pile Of snow, protected by Its
location, remains unmelted throughout
the year. There Is a BottomleSS Pit-a
natural ice we'll.
The traveller, by automobile or rail-
road, goes on to Yellowstone, first OF the
national parks created in this or any
other country. Here volcanic action-or
after effects still to be seen in six
great geyser fields.
Pamphlet Issued.
To mention even briefly all the In
teresting things to be seen In Yellow
stone National Park would require q
book. In fact, the National Park Serv-
ice has compiled and printed a PAM
phlet Of nearly 100 pages about this
particular park, famous the world over,
which covers more than 2,O00,0 900 acres.
Nowhere else are there geysers Of the
number, magnitude and variety Of those
in Yellowstone. Here, IN an average
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already, but unwittingly, doomed to its
acceptance as far back as 843. for in
that year the great ideal of a Holy
Roman Empire vanished. The realm
Of Charlemagne was divided among his
sons, and the treaty of Verdun brought
modern Germany and France into be-
ing. Here was the kindling for the fire
of future wars, which blazed through
out the Middle Ages and shaped the
policy Of Britain through force Of cir
cumstances.
We were forced to take the side of
the weak, as happened when Spain
threatened to dominate Europe in the
sixteenth century. Allied with the
Hapsburgs and with all the riches of
the newly discovered America at her
door. she formed a dire menace TO our
sea-borne trade. Unhappily for Spain.
the direct heir to the Spanish throne,
Don Juan, son Of Ferdinand and Isa-
bella, died young, and through his sis
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ters marriage to the heir Of the Haps-
burgs the crown Of Spain and Austria.
CT Burgundy. with the Netherlands, and
of the two Sicilies were united on the
head Of the Emperor Charles v.
Fought Super-POwer.
Britain threw her weight against this
Hispano Austrian super power and
helped to avert the danger of the dom
ination Of Europe by it. Later the old
direct struggle between France and Ger
many reappeared, and for more than
century and a half Europe was shad-
owed by the threat of French dominance.
From the times of Louis XIV to Napo-
leon England was In the main the
opponent of France until Prussia, by
defeating Austria in 1856 and France
in 1870. gained an ascendancy in Eu-
rope. True to the natural instinct of
self-preservation. we we're again forced
gradually into the opposing camp until
the kindling prepared nearly LOO years