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Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-30
CHILD HYGIENE
CONFERENCE TO
BE- HELD IN JUNE

The child hygiene conferences for
the month of June will be held in
Ell Centre and Holtville on Mon
Gay and Tuesday, June 8 and 9. Be-
cause of the fact that schools will be
closed and school nurses will have
left their districts, DR.. Hainsworth
will hold conferences in FL Centro
at Harding school from a. m. to
p. m. on Monday, and from 8 10
12 a. m. on Tuesday. She will hold
her usual conference at Holtville on
Tuesday afternoon.
Mothers living anywhere in the
valley are invited to attend the con-
ference at Ell Centre If they will
make appointments by phoning the
health department in. the court
house. The phone number is 70l
Station 26 Those who have at.
tended the conferences in Brawley
are particularly urged to make their
return visits a. El Centro this
month. This will be the last con-
ference for the summer but plans
are being laid for a continuation of
the work in September
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-30
CITY TEACHERS PLAN INTERESTING
VACATIONS FOR SUMNER MONTHS

Plans of the Wilson school teach
ers are equally interesting: Miss
Nora Epler will attend the u. S. c.
summer school as will Mis- Beryl
Lippincott who later plans TO visit
in Denver. Colorado Mrs. Mildred
Smith will attend the U. C. L. A.
summer session and will spend part
of her time in FL Centro. Mrs
Helen Garriek will be in Holtville,
Mrs. Martha Remele in FL Centro
and Glendale, Mrs. Eva H. Walker
will spend the greater part of the
summer here, as will Miss Sophia
Dunlap Miss Helen Clay plans to
be in Los Angeles and Miss Mary
Oakley in San Diego Maurice Fox
will attend the U. S. c. summer
school. and Mrs. Alta Ketchen will
be in El Centre.
Among the high school faculty.
Miss Lucille Krause will attend U.
S c., Robert F. Finn will be in
Colorado. c. w. Martin in Los An
geles. S. Emmitt Allen, in Los An
geles, Miss Isabella Ross with ac-
company her parents to Hawaii,
Miss Bessie Proudfoot expects TO be
in Yosemite, R. M. Armstrong will
so to summer school in Los Angeles
and spend the rest of the summer
in the east. Miss Alice Fakes will
be in Los Angeles and will work in
a business office, Miss Edith Hedrick
will be in Los Angeles, Mrs. A. H.
Keller. in Long Beach and later in
San Francisco. Glen Keiffer will
take trip to Ohio and Colorado, H.
K. McCracken will leave for east
Ohio at once and will spend the
last part of the summer at Yellow
stone Park. Mrs. Evalena Moore
will attend U. S. c. and Mrs. Thel-
ma Upton Ray. Stanford Uniyer-
sitq. Paul Thornton plans to be in
the valley part time and will at
tend summer school at San Luis
Obispo. Miss Helen Wallace will be
with her parents in Riverside, Mrs.
Grace Williams will attend the
Santa Barbara summer school. and
Mrs. Ethel Parent will spend the
summer at her Fontana ranch.
Miss Irene Brooks, Miss Annette
Damron, John w. Cook. Guy Hatch,
Donald Ketchen. Miss Verna B. Nc
Keehan, Mrs. Lucille Miller, and
Miss Dorothy Wilson have not as
yet determined where they will
spend their vacations. o
Mckinley school teachers have a
variety of plans: Miss Helen Walker
will be married to Charles Allen of
this city in the near future, Miss
Ruth Houseman will spend the sum-
mer with her parents in Hollywood,
Miss Kathleen Kavanaugh will be
with ner parents in Holtville and is
planning visits to San Diego. Los
Angeles and Holtville.
Miss Margaret Hedrick, Mrs. Nil
la Harris, Miss Lois Cook, Miss Dor
othy Hoover. Mrs. Edith Smith are
as yet undecided in regard to their
summer plans but will remain in El
Centre for the present.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-30
LEGLESS MAN HELD
FOR DRIVING CAR
WHILE DIR U n X

Abandoning his chair on skates
for his 1924 model tin coupe, Rod
ney A. Wearmuth. 46, well known
FL Centro "skatestrian" last night
set out to celebrate in proper and
befitting manner.
But for the first time since he
appeared in Ell Centro some time
ago, Wearmuth ran afoul of the
law, with the result he spent most
of last night in the county jail. a
charge of driving while under the
influence of intoxicating liquor be-
ing lodged against his name in jail
books.
While Wearmuth awaits trial be-
fore Judge Kendall B. Perkins
Monday morning, his car remains
in front of the police station, a
trunk strapped to the top, a chair
lantern, jug, canteen, boxes and
sacks affixed in mysterious manner
to various parts Of the automobiles
aged anatomy.
Dragging behind, and almost
touching the ground, is an old pair
Of trousers. Fastened just in front
of the treasure-chest trunk on top
of the car are three old tires and
couple of rims
Wearmuth, whose legs are cut off
above the knees, Grove his car with
q pair of specially prepared wooden
legs.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-30
AirdOme Will Be
Opened Sunday

Laugh and Get Rich, a farce
that is full of chuckles. will open
the summer season at Fox Imper-
ial Airdome Sunday night, Manager
Norris having decided that the
weather is sufficiently warm Just
now to take a chance on the great
open spaces.
II the weather turns cool, as it
usually does following the Airdome
opening, the shows will be shifted
back to the theatre.
Laugh and Get Rich" features
Dorothy Lee. Edna May Oliver.
Hugh Herbert. Russell Gleason
Robert Emmett Keane and others in
rollicking story of small town
American home life, which is SO ma
tural that it might happen to al
most any member of audience.
Hoot Gibson, king of them all in
the saddle, will be the attraction
tonight in the last show at the
theatre. Clearing The Range. is
the title of Hoot's latest release and
gives him opportunity to do a lot
OF fancy riding and thrill work.
Romance runs hand in hand with
the thrills, Hoot being engaged in
winning girl and beating a bunch
Of outlaws at the same time, He
accomplisheS both and gives the
audience plenty of entertainments
while doing it.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-30

erI that DR.. Wozencraft began his
almost successful agitation in the
California legislature and before
congress to gain authority for
building a canal system to irrigate
this desert
A San Francisco paper called
THE Daily Alta California" in one
OF its issues shortly after the Civil
War explains the Wozencraft plan
for reclaiming the desert and says
THE congressional committees en-
dorses it and recommended its pas
sage. 1t only failed because a mem
Der coming in from the battlefield.
and knowing nothing of its merits,
asked delay; the time being just be-
fore the close of the session that de-
lay defeated it,"
Mark Rose, one of the pioneers
of valley development and former
ly a resident of San Bernardino.
states that while he didn't know
DIR. Wozencraft personally, he did
know members of the family quite
well. He added that the reclama-
tion of the Colorado Desert was SO
well advanced by DR.. Wozencraft
that the idea never died out in the
minds of people of the San Bernar-
dino vicinity The energetic DR..
Wozencraft had gone SO far in his
plans even that he had negotiated
with Mexican authorities for a con-
cession to build the main canal
through that country.
Rose expressed the opinion that
had the doctor succeeded in his
plans and inasmuch as there were
then no railroad facilities for bring
ing in lumber and supplies, the di-
version works on the Colorado river
would probably have been of such
unstable character that the first
big flood would have swept the
headgates away and the whole riy-
er would have rushed into the val
ley, probably to remain here until
the entire area was submerged and
until the surface. of the inland sea
had reached the level OF the big
delta barrier that extends from the
Cocopah mountains to the river
banks at an elevation of something
like 40 feet above sea level. When
that time came, Rose expressed his
belief that the delta cone would
have given way and cut an opening
TO the Gulf of California, thus ex-
tending the gulf TO the northern
end of the present Imperial Valley.
Instead Of Imperial Valley we
would probably have in Southern
California a remarkable vacation re-
sort on the banks Of the gulf thus
created Rose observed.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-30

With school over now until Sep
tembe. the city teachers are plan
ming their well-merited vacations.
Many have arranged interesting
trips, others are planning to study,
along the lines of professional i'm
provement, and still others plan to
remain in Fl Centre.
From the Lincoln school: Mrs.
Dorothy Armstrong will attend Miss
Swopes school in Long Beach. and
in August plans trip to the north
ern peninsula. of Michigan. Mrs.
Harold Gillett will visit several Of
the coast cities going as far north
as the state of Washington. She
Will spend four weeks at the Frank
Virgins trade school in Los An
geles. Harry Tenwolde viii be at
the U. S. c. summer school to take
work on his NJ A. degree. and also
plans two weeks at the San Diego
State college. spending the remain
der of his time at Mission Beach.
Miss EVELYN Delaney will be at Miss
Swope's school and later will take
a trip along the Pacific coast. Mrs.
Charles VoSS is to go to summer
school in June and July and take
her vacation in August. Mrs. Mary
A. Griffin will also be at Miss
Swope's school as will Mrs. Fannie
G.. McCrory. Mrs. McCrory also
plans to visit the schools of Los
Angeles and Pasadena during the
first part of June. She will be at
Live Oaks after summer school un-
til the latter part Of the month
when she plans a trip north as far
as Vancouver. Mis- Frances Heven-
er is planning TO trip o Yosemite
but expects TO be in FL Centro the
greater part of the summer.
Among the Harding school teach
ers, Mrs. Winifred Wilson will spend
her summer at Long Beach and in
the mountains; Mrs. Mont j. Reid
at Los Angeles and Laguna; Miss
Winifred Woodward plans trip
through the l 5nern and eastern
states: Miss Henrietta Nelson is as
yet undecided as to whether she
will take a trip to China or one to
New York; Miss Irene Townsend
plans to spend the summer on the
coast; Miss Gene Brin at her home
in Los Angeles; Mrs. Maurice Fox
will attend summer school at U. S.
S. and San Diego State College;
Mrs. Wieman. will go to summer
school at San Diego State College;
Mrs. Lee Nuffer plans to be in Ell
Centre; Mrs. Fulton's plans are in
definite. and Miss Elfie Noh will
travel through the northern states
and Canada. visiting her parents in
Idaho.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-30
CLIPPINGS SHOW WOZENCRAFT
ORIGINATED VALLEY PROJECT

Amazing and highly interesting
revelations OF the first conceptions
regarding the conversion of the
Colorado Desert into a tropical
garden are contained in a book of
newspaper clippings which Hugh
Osborne, of the Imperial Valley
Building and Loan association
brought to FL Centro this week
from San Bernardino.
The clippings are, for the most
part. articles written by DR.. o. M.
Wozencraft, to whom must 20 the
credit for the first grand idea of
irrigating the desert from the COL
orado river.
The rigorS Of summer journey
across the Colorado desert are told
in one article by DR.. Wozencraft.
He writes: "On the west side of the
Colorado river, extending to the
foot of the San Bernardino noun
tains, and from the boundary of
Lower California far away to the
north, lies a stretch of country
which, in its present condition, is a
orear and desolate desert, not only
useless to man for any of the pur-
poses of life, but terror to all
who have to cross it.
Especially to emigrants is it a
barrier like the Zahara desert We
crossed it in June 1849, and its des-
olate expanse of dry and burning
sands was scattered with the aban-
doned spoils of the emigrants, like
the trail of a defeated army
Reaching the Colorado from the
east, with their horses and mules
broken down by long and exact
ing journey, they were, it is true, in
bad condition to undertake the
passage across those burning fields
Of desolation, and the result was
that many of them had to abandon
every thing but the clothes upon
them ere they reached water and
supplies.
THE track was strewn with dead
and dying animals, rifles. pistols,
packs and whatever else constituted
the luggage of the emigration. Two
or three miserable wells, with but
a scanty supply of water as blue as
waters of the Blue Lick, and so
offensive that the mules dying with
thirst could not at first endure it.,
and hot beyond any previous con-
ception of heat upon the earth's
surface as a characteristic of cli-
mate. it formed a picture of as
complete desolation as could be
imagined, and one which can never
be forgotten by those who crossed
under such circumstances"
1t was some time after this first
experience with the Colorado Des-
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-30
;::s; s;; OF Interest to Women
Churches
Schools
ACADEMY PLANS
TWO RECTT4LS

Two closing students recitals will
be given on Monday and Tuesday
of next week at the Academy of
Music, that on Monday being for
the grammar school pupils and that
on Tuesday for the high school
group.
The concert Monday evening will
begin promptly at 7:30 o'clock and
will be followed by a children's
party. Tuesday evening the pro-
gram will begin at s and a dance
will be given later for the students
and their friends.
Various piano numbers, both solos
and ensemble, will be presented.
many with organ accompaniments.
In the high school concert two con-
certo movements with pipe organ
accompaniments will be featured.
Academy of Music recitals are
always interesting and the faculty
invites all friends of the students
and all interested to be present.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-30
Christian Science

The Christian Science lesson
sermon denounces ancient and mod
ern necormancy, otherwise called
mesmerism and hypnotism, Sunday,
in all branches of The Mother
Church, The First Church of Christ
Scientist, in Boston, Mass.
One of the Scriptural selections
includes Moses exhortations TO the
children of Israel: When thou art
come into the land which the Lord
thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not
learn to do after the denominations
of those nations. There shall not be
found among you any one that
maketh his son or his daughter TO
pass through the fire, or that useth
diyination, or an observer of times,
or an enchanter, or a witch. or a
charmer, or consulter with Ia
miliar spirits, or a wizard, or a nee
romancer. For all that do these
things are an abomination unto the
Lord"
A correlative passage from Sci
ence and Health with Key TO the
Scriptures" by Mary Baker EDDY
states: Animal magnetism has no
scientific foundation, for God gov
erns all that is real, harmonious.
and eternal, and His power is neith-
er animal nor human. Its basis be-
ing a belief and this belief animal
In science animal magnetism, mes
merism, or hypnotism is mere he
cation, possessiong neither inteili-
gence. power nor reality. and IN
sense it is an unreal concept OF the
so-called mortal mind"
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-30
First Baptist

Trying to Grow Away From God
is the sermon theme of Rev. c, E.
Flanagan at the morning church
service at IL o'clock. The choir fur
nishes special music for the service.
Watch announcement for change
in hour of evening service Sunday.
The B. Y. P. U. have their meet
ing for young people at 7 p. m. The
evening church service will be con-
Quoted by Rev Monroe Low, who
will deliver the sermon.
Sunday school opens at $50 with
classes for all ages. Parents are
urged to attend and bring their
children. Men and women are es-
pecially invited.
Prayer meeting at o'clock We'd
nesday evening
Strangers are cordially invited to
all services.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-30
Society
Clubs
!. ". c. A. CAMP
OPENS TOMORROW

High school Girl Reserves are
looking forward to tomorrow when
the Y. w. c. A. camp at Hipass Will
officially open and where they viii
enjoy a week of sports. games and
study under the direction OF highly
capable staff.
Many improvements have been
added to the camp equipment this
year so that the girls will have
more enjoyment than ever before
as we'll as better care.
Twenty girls are leaving today
and tomorrow for camp and the
following Sunday the grammar
school Girl Reserves viii have their
week. Later in the season the
camp will be turned over to the
Anti tuberculosis association for
the annual health camp for under
nourished children.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-30
W. c. T. L.. BOOKLETS
GIVEN TO STUDENTS S

Pursuant with the plan for & na-
iional campaign of education for
law observance, the El Cenro
branch of the w. c. T. q. has
placed in the hands of each of this
years graduates. copy of the book
let. will Youth Accept the Law?"
This book is being widely distrio-
uted by the citizens committee OF
one thousand in New York City, and
it treats of the close relationship
between law and education as in
struments in social progress.
Recipients were the classes OF
Central Union high school and ju-
nior college and Eastside high
school and junior college.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-30
Items OF News
About Town

Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Marden and
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Pemberton will
spend the week -end in Los Angeles
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. George
A. Afilnef. parents of Mrs. Marden.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Reid and
family plan to spend the weekend
with relatives at Oceanside.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Neale and
family will go to La Jolla this week
end. Mrs. Neale and the family
will remain on the coast for the
summer but Neale will return to
the valley on Monday.
Mr.. ard Mrs. Paul Eyer and FAM
lily will visit in Phoenix, Arizona,
this weekend. Eyer is manager
Of the Desert Grapefruit company.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. R. Underwood
and family will leave tomorrow
morning for Redlands to spend
Saturday and Sunday. They Will
return to the valley on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Jobes plan
10 spend Memorial day in San d.
ego.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Strickland
and family and Mrs. w. j. Strick'
land. Sr., will leave Friday nighi
for San Diego to spend the holidays.
Mrs. Strickland, Sr., will remain on
the coast.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest T. Sanders
and family plan TO leave tonight Tor
Palo Alto. Sanders will return TO
the valley but the others will re-
main on the coast.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Ferguson
will spend the weekend at their
mountain cabin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hovey and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. Ben
/ Christian and family will enjoy the
week -end at their cabin in the La
guna mountains.
F. L. Hope, division freight agent
Of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa
/ fe Railway company, is here on bus
mess from his headquarters in San
/ Diego.
I Mr.. and Mrs W. r. Hensley plan
to spend the holidays in San Diego.
Mrs. George Dorman, who has
been III at her home for the last
week is recovering satisfactorily and
will be at her desk at the Security
Title Insurance and Guaranty COM
pany on Monday.
c. II. Dunlap. owner of the Dun
! lay stores. is here today from his
home in Pasadena comforting with
Mrs. Anna Clark. local store man
ager, concerning a summer sale of
merchandise.
Mr. and Mrs. r.. E. Couch return
cd to Ell Centre this morning after
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-30
Illegal Entry
Arrests Made

Imperial county's illegal immigra-
ton quota, as established by Jailer
Eddie Nett's county Jail books, took
a sudden swing last night and this
morning, reversing the usual pro-
cedure when five Mexicans and
only one Chinese were booked for
alleged illegal entry.
Activities of federal immigration
officers this morning netted them
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-30
Crop
Cause OF Suit

After he had devoted his entire
time under contract to the planting
and growing of a cantaloupe crop
on ranch near Seeley, the L. K.
Small company took possession of
tee crop when it was ready TO har-
vest, and refused to pay him for his
work, said K Hamachi today in fill
ing d $1,000 damage suit against the
company.
He furnished horses and farming
implements for the work, said Ha-
machi, and cared for the crop un-
til it was ready to harvest. Then
The L. +. Small company took pos
session OK the cantaloupes. harvest
ed them and refused to pay him.
according 20 the complaint.
Helm, Fresno county, shipped 81
cars of lambs Nav 4-5
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-30
MOtOrist Injured
In Highway Crash

M Sarksian was injured slightly
in an automobile accident last night
on the cemetery road branching
from the Holtville highway east Of
FL Centre.
Sarksian reported to the sheriff's
Office he was driving east on the
road near the canal when a truck
driven by S. L. Lowell turned west
at the intersection, collided with his
automobile, and damaged it consid-
erably. Sarksian was only slightly
injured
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-30
Methodist Episcopal

Church school at GAS a. m. Paul
Thornton. superintendent.
Morning worship, II O'Clock. Ser
mon by the pastor. Subject: Pa
triots ALL" Miss Virginia Johnston
will lead us in our worship in music.
Epworth League p. m. Subject.
What About College?"
Evening worship 8 O'Clock. The
pastor will preach on the subject.
The Testing of Moses
The last meeting of the officia
board for the conference year will
be held at the pastors home, 739
Holt avenue, on Thursday evening,
June 4.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-30
Report Mexican
Man Is Missing,

Another missing man was the OBJ
ject of a search by the sheriff to-
day as the result of a report yes
terday to the sheriff's office that
Vicente Flores, 10, has been miss
ing from his home, four miles west
of Ell Centro, since May 25.
Maximina Flores, wife OF the
missing. man, reported his absence
to the sheriff's office. She knows
no reason. she said, why he
should remain away from home.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-30
Younger Set Members
Enjoy Desert Picnic

Mary Becker entertained a group
of her friends at a delightful picnic
held last night near Sheperd's
bridge
About 35 young people motored
across the desert and there enjoyed
a wonderful picnic supper and
weiner roast. The evening was
spent in playing games.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-30
State Street Christian

V. E. Butterworth, pastor.
S. o. Lingo. superintendent Bible
school.
A unified program from GAS to
HIS a. m. The pastors message
will be a personally conducted
Treasure Hunt
The c. f. societies will meet al
els p. m. and evening preaching
services begin at 7:30. The pastor
will preach On Drifting
There will not be a dull moment
in any of these programs and the
time will be shortened. At this
memorial season do not forget
God and the church.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-30
FRIDAY BRIDGE
CLUB MEETING

Friday bridge club members met
yesterday at the Barbara Worth
hotel with Mrs. Earle G.. Davis as
hostess.
Covers were laid for Mesdames
Leroy Holt. Allen P. Nuffer, A. c.
Johnston, Henry L. Loud, L. c.
House, j. D. Adams, J. s. Jones and
the hostess.
High scores at contract were won
by Mrs. Holt and Mrs. Johnston.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-30
First Presbyterian

Morning worship at II o'clock.
The pastor, Rev. John S. A. Gum,
will have for his subject. I'm the
Steps of Jesus Today" Mrs. Edward
Law will play three piano numbers;
prelude, Largo" (HandeD; Offer
tory. Consolation" tMendelssohn) ;
postlude, March from Aida CVer-
di).
Church school at 9:45. Superin-
tendent, Edward Law.
A special invitation to strangers
TO worship with us.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-30

the capture of. Loo Sang, 35, found
wandering disconsolately about the
streets of Calexico, perhaps search
ing for some of his countrymen.
Chinese are usually arrested IN
groups.
Loo speaks no English. SO when
delivered to the county Jail he bore
a tag firmly affixed to one button
of his shirt. On the tag was his
name. Place of birth and race were
evident.
Mexicans booked by federal off,
GERS were Jose Fierro, %, Enrique
Gotta, 81, Erasmo Calderon, 10, Jose
Barba, 20, and Emilio Gastello. 80.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-30
st. Paul's Episcopal

Holy Eucharist will be celebrated
at o'clock tomorrow morning at
st. Paul's Episcopal church. the
Rev. Charles Wilson Baker vicar.
All are cordially invited to this
service.