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Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-19

Hollow Stump schooi?" asked Uncle
Wiggily Not but what I haven't
been there more than once" went
on the rabbit gentleman, but
what's this about a surprise today?"
Il told the Lady Mouse Teacher
how you saw a butterfly with big
spots on his wings like the eyes of
an OWL" said Baby Bunty. And l
told her how the butterfly perched
on your head and made the weasel
think Mr. To Woo, the owl, was pro-
tecting you, and Miss Mouse said
it would be nice if you would come
TO school today and take us all out
in the woods to see that kind but
terfly with owl eye spots ON his
wings. Miss Mouse said it would be
a jolly surprise if you came to our
school. Will you?"
"Oh, yes, I guess So said kind
Uncle Wiggily.
So, instead Of hopping off ad-
verturing as he often did, Uncle
Wiggily went to the Hollow Stump
school with his forty sixteen bunny
rabbit children and Baby Bunty,
the orphan.
On the way to school Uncle Wig
gily met many of his animal boy
and girl friends, such as Jackie and
Peetie Bow Wow, Johnnie and Billie
Bushytail and Mamie and Billie
Wagtail.
rs Uncle Wiggily going to take
examinations" asked Billie. the
goat.
No, he is going to taks us all to
the woods to see If we can find
butterfly with spots on his wings
SO he can make weasel think the
eyes Of Mr.. To Woo, the owl, are
staring at him." said Bunty.
"Oh, what funn' barked Jackie
Bow Wow. mo school! Hurray!"
There will be some school," I'm
Gle Wiggily said with a laugh, but
perhaps not very much. 1t is too
near vacation
The Lady Mouse Teacher in the
Hollow Stump School was very glad
to see Uncle Wiggily He was al
ways welcome, she told him. And
after she had given the pupils lit
tie examination she said they could
all go with Uncle Wiggily to the
wonderful woods.
Lets see which one of you will
be the first to see the butterfly
with spots on his wings like owl
eyes!" squeaked Miss Mouse, who
was walking along with Uncle Wig
gily.
The animal boys and girls looked
and looked and looked, but they
could not find this curious butter
fly. They are not very common,
but sometimes they may be seen.
Then, all of a sudden, Baby Bunty,
who had run down to a little brook
called and said
"Oh, Unkie Wig Come and see
this funny stick that walksl"
'Hol Hol A stick can't walkl"
cried Jingle.
Just come and lookl" said Bun
ty. When they had gathered
around her, the little orphan rabbit
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-19
Third Concert
Proves Popular

This seasons third band concert
attracted large attendance at city
park last night, residents availing
themselves of the opportunity to
enjoy an excellent musical program
outdoors.
Professor Horace Williams, direc-
tor of the Municipal band, an
nounces that the last program for
the summer will be played at the
park next Thursday night.
The program next week will be
composed of the most popular num-
bers played at previous concerts this
summer The program in detail
will be announced next week.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-19

pointed to what looked like a brown
twig off tree, with small and more
slender twigs sticking out from it.
Il thought this was a little stick,
and 1 was going to pick it up to
tickle Jangle,' said Bunty, when
it began to walk away. See, the
stick is walking now"
Yes" said Uncle Wiggily, "it is
really a walking stick and that is
the name of the insect. For it is
alive and isn't really twig at all.
In the warm Southland these walk
ing stick insect grow quite big, but
here they are small, as you can
See."
What makes it look like a twig
or stick?" asked Buster. For now
they could see that what at first
seemed to be the more slender
twigs growing on the larger one,
were really legs that moved.
This insect is made to look like
a dried twig, or stick, in the woods,
said Uncle Wiggily, 80 it will be
safe from bigger bugs, toads and
birds that might want TO eat 1t.
Stretched out in the sun on the
trunk of tree, this insect looks SO
much like twig or stick that most
birds would fly past it and not
know it was alive-just as Bunty
did. The walking stick insect looks
like a twig TO save itself"
Miss Mouse and her pupils
thought it was jolly fun TO see such
a queer bug and they were walking
on in the woods when something
happened.
If the letter man doesn't stick a
postage stamp on the pussy cats
nose and send her up in an air
plane to scratch the dog star, I'll
tell you next about Uncle Wiggily
and the flying leaf.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-19
AMAzONS GIVE
POLICE PLENTY
OF ARGUMENTS

Called by the liquid lure of the
border. two San Diego women last
night visited the gathering place OF
those with parched throats, and Ia
ter in the evening were very unwil-
ling visitors to the Hotel de Camp
bell, where city police took them
on a charge of drunkenness.
How unwilling was the visit of
Mrs. M. Milton, %, and Mrs. Clella
Friedlander, 25, to the Campbell
hostelry, is shown by direct evi-
dence today upon the face of R. r.
Voyles, city officer Voyles, although
he has dispensed with the aid of
beefsteak on one eye, might well
use it to remove the colcring.
The women were taken to the
bastille singly. Voyles arrested both
near the high school, and called S.
j. Clark with the patrol wagon.
Mrs. Milton was booked at the po-
lice station, and Mrs. Friedlander,
because she had two children, was
taken to a hotel.
But Mrs. Friedlander did not like
the hotel, and the landlady did not
like Mrs. Friedlander, so the officers
were called again, and Mrs. Fried
lander booked. The children were
sent to the home of another woman.
After being booked in the police
station, Mrs Friedlander was taken
to the county Jail by Clark and
Voyles There they were forced to
seek aid of Sheriff George L. Camp
bell in putting her into a cell. In
the fracas that followed the sheriff
and Clark escaped personal injury,
but Voyles got his eye into the way
OF a hefty right swing.
ChaStened in spirit, and som e.
what lower in feeling than last
night. the women were taken into
police court this morning. There
Judge Kendall B. Perkins fined
each $40.
The same fine was imposed on AL
Snyder, 81, who did not even in
Quire the charge against him. He
has visited police court SO many
times Judge Perkins called him by
his first name, and said Ten dol
lorS." Snyder was charged with
being drunk.
Alfonso Marcas, 65. was fined
S25 for possession of 800 pints of
home brew. He was not selling it,
he told the court.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-19

to go toward construction of a new
clubroom.
Both bridge and contract bridge
were played, each table being
marked with flag TO represent golf
greens. Eighteen holes" OF bridge
were played during the evening.
Seven high prizes in auction
bridge were received by F. A. VIII
lard. Mrs. Elmer Todd, Wayne FL
wander, DR.. John Keye, Mrs.
Frank Taylor, Jc-in c. Emerson and
Mrs. E. E. Clements. In the con-
tract section high prize went TO
Mrs. j. w. Glassford and low TO
Mrs. H. P. Meyer In the student
section, Miss Margaret Tondro won
high score and Marjorie Meyer
low.
Delicious refreshments Of home
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-19
Issued Daily, Except
Sundays. Entered at the
Post office, El Centre,
Calf, as Second Class
Matter.
SPLITTING HAIRS

The Bureau of Naturalization may be
right, for it knows more about its bus
mess than we do, strange to say, but it
does seem to be drawing a fine line in
refusing citizenship to Bernt Balchen
just now. The famous flyer who has
made history in the air, must wait for
two more years before he can become a
Yankee
Under the ruling of the Bureau of
Naturalization, Balchen is not given
credit for residence in the United States
during the time he was with Byrd in
Little America, in the Antarctic.
The Byrd expedition was conducted
under the flag of the United States and
Little America was claimed for the
United States by Byrd. Technically it
perhaps has never been recognized by
the government as United States terri
tory but it would be if oil were discov-
cred there, for instance.
The Bureau of Naturalization states it
does not make the laws and can only
abide by the regulations under which it
is conducted. These say clearly that
Balchen is not entitled to citizenship as
yet 1t admits that if Balchen goes to
the courts, it will oppose his claims but
probably will be beaten.
We do not condemn the Bureau for
its stand, but we do think it ought to
have some leeway in deciding such mat
ters. American citizenship would be a
high honor for Balchen, the same as it
is for anyone else who seeks it, but there
have been many less worthy men than
Balchen made citizens. He would be a
decided asset for any nation to claim as
subject.
Congress had fine opportunity to
give him due honor for his work with
Byrd when a resolution was entered to
give citizenship to him and other elig-
BILE aliens with the Byrd party. The
measure failed however. But then con-
gress is that way.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-19
Capitalist Dies
OF Heart Attack

LEBANON. Ore. June 10. U.P) -
Apparently the victim of sudden
heart attack, j. w. Loeck, So, retired
Los Angeles capitalist. died late yes
terday while boating with a party
en- the Santiam river.
Loeck fell from the boat but was
rescued Immediately by other men,
bers of the party. He was dead
when pulled into the boat. .a
The body was sent to Los Angeles
today.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-19

Ketchen, Mr. and Mrs. Sydney
Blackman of CaleXico, Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Brown, Mr.. and Mrs. Ned
Moretti, Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph SIM
mons, Mr.. and Mrs. James Rustine,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Nelson, Miss
Irene Paris of Pleasant Hill, Mis-
souri,, and Joe Craven.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-19
Fites Entertain
At Lawn Party

An enjoyable lawn party took
place recently at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. z. w. F'ite at 1860 Olive
street. Dinner was served at tables
beautifully decorated in orchid, yell
low and pink.
After dinner, bridge was played
High prizes went to Mrs. Ned Nor
etti and Joe Craven and low prize
to Mrs. Frank Brown.
Covers were laid for DR.. and Mrs.
o. H. Van Eman, Mr. and Mrs. o.
V. Lepper, Mr.. and Mrs. d. w.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-19
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to extend our thanks to
friends for the sympathy expressed
to US in the loss of our infant son,
and particularly to members of the
El Centro fire department for their
efforts to save his life.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Armstrong.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. L. Boone.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-19
SCREEN COUPLE DIVORCED

LOS ANGELES, June 10. W.D-
A final decree divorcing Mrs. Ria
Marks Won Sternberg and josef
Won Sternberg, motion picture di-
rector. was on record in superior
court today. Mrs. Won Sternberg
was granted an interlocutory decree
a year ago on grounds of cruelty.
Won Sternberg was ordered to pay
mis- wife $4,000 now and $1,000
for fly. gears.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-19
GOLF AUXILIARY
GARDEN FETE IS
GREAT SUCCESS

Japanese lanterns ana colored
lights enlivened the scene OF the
first annual garden card party
given by the Woman's auxiliary Of
1.-THE Barbara Worth Country club on
| 1.-THE Philley and Sones lawns last
might. Thirty tables OF bridge were
placed about the lawn.
As a result of last nights enter
tainment, the auxiliary has more
than $1,000 III the trea=ury, the funds
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-19
TEN YEARS AGO
June 10. 1921

Schools of Imperial County will
be benefited to the extent of S25,-
900 from the collection of alien poll
tax which will be collected from all
male aliens between the ages of 81
and 60 under the provisions OF the
new law.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-19
Published by
IMPERIAL VALLEY
PRESS. INC.
ALL VET
W. c. COSTELLO
Manager

1t would be interesting to know what
and who are behind the flock of suits on
file just now against the Imperial Irri-
cation District, for damages done to land
adjacent to Salton Sea.
There is merit to these suits, plenty
of merit. The district has no business
running waste water down into Salton
Sea and if the matter were looked into
thoroughly, we feel certain some action
could be taken to prevent the Alamo and
New rivers from flowing into the sea.
Going back bit in history, there is
room for an action against the Colorado
river for starting the thing by coming in
and creating Salton Sea in the first
place.
1t is somewhat preposterous to con-
slider Salton Sea as the natural drainage
basin for Imperial Valley. The sea is
couple of hundred feet below sea level
and any thinking person knows that
water should never seek a lower level.
1t should be like humans and always
seek a higher level.
The logical drainage basin for Imper-
ial Valley should be located midway be-
tween Jacumba and Live Oaks. If not
midway at least two-thirds of the way,
a slight variance would not be of much
account.
There are persons living on the slopes
of Mt Vesuvius. They have nice olive
orchards and vineyards. Every so often
Vesuvius blows up and regurgitates all
over the orchards and vineyards. The
landowners immediately sue Vesuvlus
for doing something it should not do and
Vesuvius always pays.
We mention this fact because 1t Is ana
lagous to the Salton Sea matter. Folks
move in there expecting the sea to stay
put but in the natural course OF events
it Just can't behave but must go mean
dering. Of course the meanderlng Is
caused by the district and the fact that
water behaves naturally instead OF as
folks would like to have it act.
Far be it from us to give advice to our
courts. Editors have been jailed for less
than that, but we dare to suggest that
perhaps decision to enj DIN and restrain
water from running down hill will fix
everything up for everybody concerned
and then we can all live happily ever af-
terwardS.
There is this much consolation, the
first mail received at Ell Centro's new
post office will probably come by way
of the All-American canal.
-O
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-19

The Beach Special" will be run
over the San Diego and Arizona
railway from Imperial Valley to
San Diego on Saturday. June 20. and
viii be the first special train direct
to the beaches ever run out OF the
inland empire.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-19

made cake and ice cream cake were
served at the close of the evening.
Holtville women provided the cake,
El Centro men the ice cream, and
El Centro women made the ar
rangements for the entertainment.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-19

Folks are going to have a lot of trou-
BILE pronouncing the name of this new
vessel that replaces the Harvard. 1t is
pronounced just as it is spelled = lro-
ouois-now try it.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-19
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
June 10, 1916

Movement of 1000 laborers into
Imperial Valley began this week,
some of the men being delegated 70
go to Lower California to Lower
California to work on ranches there.
The men will be employed in har-
yesting the melon and cotton crop
and in building the new 20-mile ir-
rigation canal from Volcano Lake
to Imperial Valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-19

We can understand that record
breaking flight from Vancouver to Aqua
Caliente is fine thing but we are too
dumb to see just how it is going to have
any bearing on prohibition.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-19

An excursion train is scheduled
to run July 4. from valley towns TO
Hanlons Heading, C. d. Junction,
Volcano Lake and Black Butte.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-19
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD E. GARRIS
Copyright, 1923, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE
WALKING STICK

Surprise for you, Daddicumsl
Surprised" cried Jingle, the little
rabbit girl as she danced up to Un-
Gle Wiggily in the hollow stump
bungalow one morning when she
was getting ready for school.
"A jolly good surprise!" cried
Jangle, who was Jingle's twin sis
ter.
What kind of a surprise?' asked
Mr.. Longears, twinkling his pink
nose like a star as he left the
breakfast table, having just fin
ished his broiled carrots.
You are going to school with us
todayl" said Baby Bunty, the little
orphan rabbit.
Going to schooll' exclaimed Mr.
Longears. why, no. 1 don't need
to take any examinations. I fin
ished school long ago"
But the Lady Mouse Teacher
wants you to come Just the same,r
spoke Buster, n little boy rabbit
with pink ears.
Why does the Lady Mouse
Teacher want me to come to her
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-19

A long-suffering public faces the pros
pect of summer and another Pantages
trial, maybe two of them.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-19
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell of
Imperial Valley for This Date
In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
June IS, 1911


Conversation from Ell Centro to
FL Paso opened the new long dis
tance telephone line yesterday, the
tones of the voices being clear and
distinct. Valley residents have ae-
cepted the service with enthusiasm
and many long distance calls have
been made This line paves the way
for a transeontinental line.
The need of cannery in Imperial
Valley has become more manifest
this year than ever before and un-
less one is provided before next year,
thousands of dollars must again go
to waste as has been the case this
year Valley products go to waste
after the decline Of the high prices
every year. A cannery would sup
ply the home market.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-19

There is this much consolation, the
first mail received at Ell Centro's new
post office will probably come by way
of the All-American canal.
And it can be read in the new United
Artists theatre
The Washington times., 1931-11-04
Advice to the LoveIorn

girls and boys-that l might be
trusted to go to an occasional
party, and that my mother
should declare a moratorium on
nagging for at least month.
The unforgiveable thing I did
was to decline to go on with a
marriage that would have been
distasteful to me, and would
have spoiled my life. But the
family all wanted it because the
man was we'll to do and they
would have like him for an in
law.
Became Engaged
when I was a kid in high
school, I became engaged to
this man who was then q years
old. He was the kind who al
ways introduces the lecturer
when he comes to town. I was
terribly flattered. He went to
Honolulu where he kept right
on being more and more i'm
portant and, for our town, get
ting more and more rich. I
didn't see him for four years.
but during that time we wrote
each other twice every week.
Last summer he came back
with the idea of marrying me.
A week of his society cursed
me-he was bossy, conceited,
assertive. Did he fancy him
self, I'll say he did. He wanted
to tell me what to do, what
to think. and how never to Of
fend him.
When I broke the engage
ment the family acted as if
I had committed murder. They
wanted me to crawl and make
it up. I got a job in our local
library fortunately. I'd taken
a library course-and then I
began to pay board at home.
My former fiance went back to
his business in Honolulu.
Marry For Love
II don't want to leave home.
We've a delightful old-fash-
ioned house that used to belong
to mothers father, but the
situation is more than I can
stand. I wouldn't marry the
Prince of Wales if didn't love
him, and don't you think
mother is wrong to act the
way she does?
LOUISE"
If conditions have not been
colored too deeply by your own
feeling of injustice, my dear
Louise, my entire sympathy is
with you. You're quite right
not to marry a man who is
repulSive to you-the family to
the contrary Notwithstanding.
Copyright. 1881, International Fea'
lures Service, lnc.)
The Washington times., 1931-11-04
By ERICH MARIA REMARQUE
Your Health
and Proper
Diet
by DR.. Logan CIendening-

In one out of every ten house
holds, 1 should say, there Is
someone who has to take a dose
of soda every once in a while.
There is, of course. not a board
ing house in the land that
doesn't contain a soda taker.
AS you gaze up at large apart
ments or apartment hotels you
may confidently say to your.
self, There is in each one Of
those mammoth structures at
this moment a human being
who is measuring out a level
teaspoon of soda, putting it in
a glass of water and drinking
it down."
Acid Dyspeptics
The people who do this, Of
course, are the "acid dyspep-
tics" Some of them have ulcer
of the stomach. The soda
chemically soda bicarbonate-
is alkaline in reaction and mix
ing with the excessive acid
secretion of the stomach Of
these patients. it neutralizes
much of this acid and so re-
lieves the feeling of discom-
fort or dyspepsia.
If a supply is not purchased
from a drug store the patient
will calmly go to the kitchen
and get the baking soda and
use it in the same way, for it is
the same thing.
1t is. in my opinion, very
good method of treatment and
only very rarely does any harm.
Its popularity, as the saying is,
commends it. Fifty million dys-
peptics can't be wrong.
Results Are Apparent,
So when we hear, as we fire.
quently do, some stomach spe-
cialist vehemently explain that
the pain Of ulcer is not due to
the excessive acid present. or
that the soda itself forms more
acid and. therefore should not
be used. we do not take these
outpourings too seriously. The
results speak for themselves.
Most of the patients have tried
one or two other things in their
lives and always gone back to
the soda.
DR.. Sippy, who used a great
deal of soda in his treatment
for ulcer. used to say whenever
these very scientific objections
to the soda were presented to
him, We'll, all l know is that
the patients tell me the soda re-
lieves their distress"
The Washington times., 1931-11-04
For Fur WITH ALICE
OnOppIn9 Street Coats AND EVELYN

sensed the fact that lots of
women would realize this grand
idea, and would want fur coats
which would not look out of
date next year. For most of
them, this fall, have conServa-
tive lines and modified details.
Yet they're very smart and
follow the straighter silhouette
that cloth coats have. And
their big, luxurious collars give
that wide look to the shoulders
that's so fashionable in all
types of clothes.
Contrast in Fur Trimming
When collars are made of
some contrasting fur we think
they're best looking in fox or
the like. Long-haired bushy furs
are so flattering when they
frame the face! And coaI5 with
these fox collars are even more
attractive when the fur matches
Cor very nearly matches), the
color of the coat.
At the left above you'll see
what we mean by nearly
matching" The lovely big COL
lar is made of silver fox and
the coat Of black kid caracul.
This caracul by the way, is
quite flat and has that moire
look, we see in very high priced
types. Aren't the sleeves attrac"
tive? Those double points just
below the elbow add just
the rig..t amount of interest.
And what do you think-this
coat costs only about $295!
Think of it with a real silver
fox collar!
Off With Belts
You'll notice that there's no
belt on this coat, or on the
other that we've illustrated, for
that matter. Very few fur
street coats have them this
year. A button, or two Oh three
holds them closed. instead.
That caracul coat we just
mentioned should look well on
anyone-that is, anyone who's
over 20. After all, brown
griege and gray furs are more
youthful-won't you agree?
And either of the latter two
colors come in the second coat
we've sketched, below. The fur
is plush broadtail (really a
sheared kid. It's softer than
erican broadtail, With
slightly longer hair, and it
wears ever so much better.
Again we've picked . coat
The Washington times., 1931-11-04

tread noiselessly on our beauty. No
wrinkles, oh good Father Time!
For children Time loiters, but each
year he hurries faster, and many a wise
child knows the delights of the world
that he, a child lives in-and doesn't
want ito grow up."' When was a child
l knew my days were rare and glamorous,
and that Time brought duties that went
only with adult days.
For the lover of pictured and written
beauty, Time is terrible old man, and
a wonderful old man. More terrible in
his hurry than the most nervous modern
skyseraper dweller. More wonderful than
The Washington times., 1931-11-04

Youth itself, who is scattered and lost by
Time. Think" says the reader and the
gazcr, "of all the books that will be left
in the world to read when | can no
longer be here to read them; of all the
pictures that will never get Time to see!
Oh haven, grant me more Time!
That is why, because he never fingers,
that while we clutch his gown and delay
him all we can, we must make the most
of him, and his minutes and hours, using
them for happiness, and laughter, and
good looks at the things of starry beauty,
for kindness, work, and LOVE.
NELL BRINKLEY,