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Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-08
Film Based On
College Life

Confessions of a Coed a some
what daring film, depicting the life
of girls in a large college, is the at
traction at Fox Airdome tonight
only, with Phillips Holmes, Sylvia
Sidney and Norman Foster in the
leading roles
AS a book, Confessions OF
Coed" created a sensation, and 1t
is even more SO as a motion picture
film. 1t is based on the actual dairy
OF college girl and while frank, it
is not risque or vulgar.
An added attraction has been OBJ
tanned by Manager Norris in the ma
ture of film showing the landing
of Post and Gatty, the round the
world flyers, at New York last week.
The actual arrival at the airport
and the big celebration staged by
the city of New York are shown in
the film.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-08
POLICE HAVING
HOLIDAY AFTER
HARD WEEKEND

Beginning the lull after the storm
of July Fourth, Ell Centro was so
quiet last night that members OF
the police force found nothing to
do other than count new heat
cracks in the sidewalk and make
aimless threats at wandering crick-
cts.
Judge Kendall B. Perkins ielt the
depression in police court this morn
ing when he took up the docket,
fingered it for a few moments, and
closed it in thanksgiving that moth
ing had turned up.
Perhaps the busy session of court
yesterday morning and afternoon
explained the sudden stoppage OF
offenses in the city.
Five sentences were passed by
Judge Perkins yesterday afternoon.
Marguerit Ruiz( 90, was sentenced
to 80 days in the county jail for
vagrancy. Tevera Ybarra, 81, was
sentenced to pay a fine of $50 or
serve 25 days i'll jail, and began
serving the time.
Tacker Singh, 48, perennial visitor
to police court, was found guilty OF
being drunk, and sentenced to II
days in the county jail. I. Ishi-
moto, "a, was fined $40 for posses
sion of liquor. He told Judge Per-
kins he had been in charge of the
hotel where he was arrested only
three days, and did not know any
liquor was there. A suspended fine
of S25 was levied on Carrie Woods
81, colored, charged with being
drunk in public.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-08
NOTICE OF SALE OF PERSONAL
PROPERTY TO SATISFY
LIEN

Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned, Becker Garage, 45e
Main Street; Ell Centre, California
will sell at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash, at the above
named place of business, on Mon
day, the goth day of July, 1881
at 10 A. M. of the said day, the
following automobile. to satisfy q
lien for storage, towing and repairs;
under Section 5051 and 5052 of the
Civil Code of California, in the
amount of $500 and all expenses
necessiated by this sale.
Ford Coupe, 1926, Motor No
13995l63; California Incense plates
No. 7R19669.
Dated at Ell Centre, California
this 9Th day of July, 1881.
8tl(
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-08
Quick Service
In Liquor Case

Another of the periodic raids by
the sheriffs force this morning net
ted another quick trip to justice
court, another quick fine and an
other record wiped clean, all within
period of two hours after the raid
ers left the sheriff's office.
Fred Elliott and Eddie Nett, dep
uty sherriffs, made a hurried trip
north of Alamorio, arrested Wesley
Langley and confiscated six cases
of home brew. A small quantity OF
the beer was found in the ice box,
ready for consumption.
Langley was taken from his place
to justice court in Brawley, where
he was fined $50 by Judge II. B.
Griffin. The fine was paid ard
Langley released.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-08
Odd People, These Communists.

They do things in an odd way in
Russia under the Soviets. Here
you see poster announcing that
the Order of the Laughing Cam
ei' has been conferred on the
workers of a StaIingrad tractor
plant, shaming them for falling
behind in production by having
turned ont only 5000 tractors in
year instead of their quota OF
10000. Below, small boys from
various parts of Russia gathered
in Moscow for the ALI Union con-
ference of the ChiIdren's Society
for Godlessness. Z. Yarosiavsky,
leader of the movement and a
high Communist official, is shown
with the Juvenile atheists.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-08
Police Holding
Pair OF Glasses

Found, one pair of horn trimmed
glasses.
At present the glasses repose in
a basket in the Ell Centric police
station, in a black case, and about
the glasses and case revolves mys-
terry that has the entire police
force wondering.
The cause of wonder is just how
those glasses ever got into the po-
lice patrol wagon, where they were
found several days ago by S. ].
Clark. No prisoners have turned
up to claim them, and none of the
officers has missed spectacles lately.
lately.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-08
POULTRY WANTED

Wanted TO buy all kinds Of poul-
try. Also sell dressed poultry.
Two blocks west of city limits,
San Diego Highway Robertson
Poultry Yard. Phone 1901. soft
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-08
Wanted - Miscelluncc1s
MOMN POP

WANTED-To rent or puy, 3 acres
or less. good land with small
house. Suitable for chickens or TO
plant grapefruit. Must be cheap
Call Mrs. Davis, 26, after or be-
fore 5. oh
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-08

WANT TO TRADE 1-ton Ford
truck in good shape for a good
team. Call Ell Centre 8706-R4.
30t6
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-08
Situations Wanted

WANTED-Part or full time book
keeping local experience good local
reference, speaks spanish. Address
Press Box 905. m w
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-08
Exchange

PASADENA house equities for r.
rigated farm. (AddresS) Tom
Smith, 272 w. Harriet, Pasadena.
8t4
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-08
For Rent Houses

FOR RENT-A real home, corner
5th and Wensley. Phone 60. 8t3
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-08

FOR SALE OR RENT mountain
home also house, at SAT Vine,
sleeping porches and yarge W.
andas very cool, modernly furnish
ed. Apply SAT Vine. 8t2
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-08
Found

FOUND-July 9th, ladies leather
travelling bag, owner may have
same by paying for add and iden-
tifying contents. Call Randolph
1878, San Diego. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-08

Three hundred acres of peas have
been planted in one field near
Marshfield, Oregon.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-13
WAGE REDUCTION
HAYED; FALLACY,
SAYS DICKINSON
Editor in New Book Attacks
Undermining of Buying
Power and Hits Bankers
Shows LabOr's Share
Varying Little.
By CHESTER M. WRIGHT

New York City (ILNS)-Roy Dick
inson, associate editor of Printers
Ink, has just written book called
Wages and Wealth" that is sensa-
tional in its attack on wage reductions
and in it's amassing of evidence for
high wages and properly adjusted
hours of work. The book went on
sale November 2, issued by Princeton
University Press.
Mr.. Dickinson, who emerged from
the World War as major and who
has been writing economics into
articles for an advertising magazine
ever since, joined with the late
Samuel Gompers as co-signer of the
famous minority report in the indus
trial conference summoned in 1881 by
President Harding and presided over
by Herbert Hoover, then secretary of
commerce.
Dickinson deals with past depres-
sions and with machine development
AS to the machine, he says, "every
time a machine displaces ten workers
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-13

other real producers, to realize that,
after all, money is only an inter-
mediary performing in the exchanges
of the world the same office that
poker chips do in game 2" He points
out: at may then begin to strike
them (if too few sit on the chips)
as not sound capitalism to think of
man able to work, yet suffering from
want of things that work produces. -
He speaks of the little revolt"
against bankers, predicting it may
may grow.
Dickinson covers production per
worker, lauds management in general,
wants it free from bank domination,
believes unions serve vital purpose
and holds that purchasing power, dis
tributed through wages, is vital to
continued success of the present or
der. Wages, after / o'clock on Satur-
day, become purchasing power, Dick
inson points out, and in mass pur-
chasing power he sees economic bal
ance and good times.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-13
Centuries Old Custom
Modernized in England

When the mayor of Kings Lynn,
England, proclaimed the mart, or
pleasure fair, open recently, he con-
tinued tradition stretching back
more than 800 years-but by modern
methods
He broadcast through microphone
to dense crowd the quantity word
ed proclamation authorizing the hold
Ing of the mart under the charter
granted to the borough by King
Henry VIII In 1887. The charter con-
firmed by royal prescription rights
and privileges enjoyed by the bur
gesses for 400 years previously.
1t makes Kings Lynn one Of the
few towns where wandering show
men are not harassed by municipal
restrictions.
The mayor, In his scarlet robe and
gold-braided cooked hat, came from
the old hall of the Trinity guild, ac-
companied by aldermen, councillors,
officials and representatives of the
Showmen's guild.
The beadle and sword-bearer, carry.
ing the famous sword of King John
led the procession, which passed
through winding streets, by houses
formerly occupied by merchant
princes to the market place. The
town crier changed his bell and shout!
of "Oyez" were heard.
Shades of Pepper (of ghost" fame
and Of Mrs. yarley seemed to hove
| round the old market square as TIL
mayor, in welcoming the shownen, re
| called the fair-time sensations of hi
| youthful days. The wild man of Bor
neo," he said, became even wilder /
his takings fell below expectations, 81
| he wished the caterers of popula
| amusement a prosperous season.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-13

the wages of the remaining workers
operating that machine never came
anywhere near approximating the
wages paid to those who were dis
placed"
Loss in Workers Percentage
Most sensational of all, Dickinson
shows what the American Federation
of Labor itself discovered in ana
Lying census returns six years ago,
which is that the percentage of la
boris production paid back to it in
wages has not varied more than three
per cent since 1869, and in 1929 stood
at IL per cent, whereas in 1869 it
stood at 1873 per cent. The high point
was at 20.2 per cent in 1889.
Getting down to actual figures, of
which Dickinson offers a mountain,
though by no means in dry form, the
book reveals the absurdity of the as
sertion that wage cuts are necessary
to price reductions. Pointing out that
the labor cost in a $50 suit of clothes
is SIS, the fighting author continues
to show the fractional price reduc-
tions possible even where heavy wage
cuts are made. Mostly they work out
in pennies and even fractions of pen
nies which never affect the consumer,
Wage cutting as a remedy is a
'fallacy," Dickinson says.
Pay Cuts Don't Help Buyer
He points out that, in the case of
the $50 suit wage cut of 10 per cent
works a drop of so cents in the cost
of the suit, manifestly never felt by
the buyer of the suit. Similarly ne
points out that 20 per cent wage
cut for bakers might mean a drop Of
one cent a loaf for a l2-ounce loaf,
insignificant in the selling cost, but
tragic to the bakers.
Dickinson backs up President Green
in his demand for a yearly wage and
security. He goes at length into the
Naumkeag agreement between the
United Textile Workers and the mill
management, producing almost text
book in a chapter.
There is nothing wrong with our
present economic system except the
ideas of few of the men too close to
the money side of it," says the au-
thor in chapter on bankers that
should rattle many money bag in
the big New York vaults.
Ponder Facts, Bankers Advised
"We have" says Dickinson, "the
great, submerged 73 per cent who
produce themselves out of Jobs il
boom times and become objects ol
charity in hard times. Wouldn't it be
better for bankers to ponder the rea
facts of national and international ir
come of the workers and farmers ano
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-13
Mariners Compass

The mariners compass, which the
Chinese call "the south pointing char
lot" Is Of great antiquity. The idea,
1t is said, was born during the reign
Of Chong Wang, that Is to say, lit
tie before 1919 B. G. But In a few
centuries the discovery of the prin-
ciple was forgotten. A philosopher
named Chang Hong revived 1t. He
died in 139 B. G. and during the sue
ceeding troublous times his model was
neglected. 1t was in the Third CEN
tury A. d. that the Chinese interest
in the south pointing chariot was re-
vived. Old writings were eagerly
studied, trial after trial was perse-
vsringly made, and in writings Of the
Eleventh century we read of the COM
pass being used by mariners. Before
that time 1t seems to have been used
for guidance In travelling by land.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-13
Northcliffe's Idea of
Newspaper Shop Window

Speaking of sermons, or anything
The late Lord Northcliffe, 1t Is relat-
ed, one day rang up the editor of one
Of his weekly papers who was new to
the editorial chair, and said to him:
"Mr. Jones, will you please go round
at once to Mr.. Isaacs, the fruiterer, in
Convent Garden, and ask him what he
does with his best apples?"
The editor thought 1t wise to obey
his eccentric chief When he returned,
Lord Northcliffe again rang him up !:
what did Mr.. Isaacs tell you about
where he puts his best apples?"
"He told me- answered the editor,
that he puts them in his shop win
dow"
Yes, my boy" said Northcliffe.
that's what you have to do. You put
your best apples In your shop window
put your best news in your shop
window: and your shop window is
your front page."-Christian Century
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-13
Vestal Worship

The origin Of the worship Of Vesta
is very simple. In prehistoric times,
when fire could be obtained only from
the friction OF two sticks Of dry wood,
or from sparks Of flint, every village
kept a public fire burning day and
night, in central hut, at the DISPOSE
ton Of each family. The care Of
watching the precious element was in
trusted to young girls, because girls
as rule, did not follow their parents
and brothers to the far-away pasture
grounds, and did not share with them
the fatigues of hunting or fishing sx-
peditions. In due course, this simple
practice became a kind Of sacred in
stitution, especially at Alba Longa,
the mother country Of Rome.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-13
Domestic Fowls Ancestor

All domestic fowl are supposed to
be descended from the red jungle
fowl (Gallus Bankiva) which very
much resemble the Black Breasted
Red Game Bantam. This fowl Is
found in the jungles of India, Bur-
max, Philippine islands and Malay
peninsula. Besides the red jungle
fowl, there are three other species :
the gray jungle fowl Of India, the
Ceylon jungle fowl and the green or
fork-tailed jungle fowl Of the island
of Java. The latter is said to rival
the Vulturine Guinea fowl In the
beauty of it's plumage. The crow of
the jungle cock is short and broken
but the cackling and clucking of the
Jungle hen Is very similar to that of
domestic poultry. The jungle hen
will lay from four to eleven eggs be-
fore incubating, far cry to the 800
egger produced under the hand OF
man.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-13
Martial Law Puts Crude
Oil Price Up Is Cents

Tulsa, Okla.-Officials Of tht Con-
tinental Oil Company advanced the
price it pays for crude oil Is cents a
barrel. The new price was immediate
ly met by other companies.
The price advance was brought
about by an interstate agreement on
proration Of output by the officials of
the states of Oklahmoa and Texas
and enforced by martial law.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-13

through the relief department of the
company unless the employees have
worked more than half a month.
The company also issued an order
to all freight agents not to sell un-
claimed foodstuffs in the freight
houses throughout the country, but to
distribute the edibles free to fur
loughed employees.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-13
NEEDED KNOWLEDGE

The telephone rang In the presi-
dents office Of the university the 9TH
er day.
us this the universityT asked q
worried voice.
Yes" replied the president, what
10 itT"
I'm calling up to find out IL you
have any classes at night that IA
thsr can attend to learn the slang
Of the day, 80 he will be able to
understand what his children are talk.
ing about" replied the worried one
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-13
5 Cotton Pickers Killed

Marion, Ark.-A truck loaded with
cotton pickers overturned in a ditch
here, killing five persons and injuring
a score. A girl Z years old and a
baby months old were among the
killed.
Occupants of the truck had been
picked up in adjoining Mississippi
counties and were being taken to a
plantation 35 miles north Of Marion
to pick cotton.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-13
The Cirls NowadaysI

Girl-The heck with a career. I'm
going to get myself boy friend.
Music Instructor (pleading)-But,
my dear, your art is so promising!
Girl-Sure, but l cant use 1t for
breach of promise, can II
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-13
His Scheme Failed

II suppose your wife believes every
thing you tell her."
"Alas, no! tell her that she's per-
feet, but you should see the bills she
runs up for cosmetics and beauty
treatments"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-13
WHAT NEXT?

Latest in office equipment is the
talking desk" This is an electrical
desk, exhibited at the New York Bust
ness Show, which contains radio
concealed in deep lower drawer for
convenient reception of speeches,
commodity and stock market reports,
weather predictions-or jazz.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-13
All Wet

"Sir." said the poet, II shall find
another channel for my verses In the
future"
That's right" said the ever-courte-
Gus editor. Have you ever thought
OF the English channelT
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-13
RevenTai

II am surprised your mother con-
sents to your marriage with Eric when
she hates him So"
that's just the reason. She wants
to be his mother-in-law."-Pas
Show.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-13
B. & @. Assists Idle
And Part Time Employees

Baltimore.-Department heads Of
the local office of the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad were notified not to de-
duct any money from the wages Of
employees who are purchasing homes
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-13
IL Can Be Dona

Daughter-But, dad, don't you be-
heve that two can live as cheaply as
enc?
Father certainly do. Right now
your mother and l ara living as
cheaply as you.-Life.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-13
What a Jobi

The visitor to the small travelling
circus found two Of It's junior mem
bers weeping bitterly.
"What's the matterY he inquired,
kindly, of the boys.
"The elephants dead" they sobbed.
did you, then. love the big ami
NAL SO dearly?" asked the visitor.
Love him, nothin'," said the two
together. "the boss has just told US
we've got to dig his gravel"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-13
An Indication

'lt Is easy to tell a pessimist," said
the man who assumes profound knowl-
edge.
'HowY
''As soon as he picks up the paper
he looks for the weather news"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-13
A Winner

A Winner
my wife manages nicely on the
alimOny she gets"
"Why you amaze me. I didn't know
you were separated"
"We're not I refer to the alimony
she wins at bridge from Mrs. Devor-
say"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-13
For Crying Out Loud

4 Husband-My wife is having hys-
tsrics! Can you let me have some
thing to quiet her?
4 Sorry, old man, but l
haven't got cent!
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-13
CLEVELAND UNION PAINTERS
VOTE DOWN WAGE REDUCTION

Cleveland, Ohio.-Union painters
here voted down proposed volun-
tary wage cut of So per day.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-13

UP TO your ears in work
every nerve at high tension.
No wonder you snap at the wife
and bark at the children.
Watch out! Overworked
nerves may lead to Sleepless-
ness, Nervous Headache, Nerv-
Gus Indigestion and a host of
other unpleasant disturbances.
Why don't you try DR.. Miles
Enfervescent Nervine Tablets?
Just one in a half glass OF
water makes a pleasant, spark
ling drink delightfully."- soothing
to over-taxed nerves.
DR.. Miles Nervine is now
made in two forms-Liquid and
Effervescent Tablet. Both have
the same soothing effect.
$1.O0 1T your drug store
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-13
OBSOLETE CUSTOM

Friend suppose you'll have your
httle boy taught reading as soon az
possible?
Mother-Oh. dear Move have talk
Ing movies now.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-13
LOSING HER WRAPPER

Miss Perfecto-Oh, Mr.. Cigarette,
turn your head away. I'm losing my
wrapper!
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-04
RAISING OF HOGS
RANKS AS MAJOR
VALLEY INDUSTRY

Nature is particularly kind to
swine in Imperial Valley and they
grow fat and healthy in this region
of brilliant sunshine and abundant
feed.
Diseases to whicn swine often fall
victims in other places are not prev
alent here on account of careful
sanitation and quarantine.
Hog raising always has been one
of the principal stock interests
among valley ranchers and is one of
the main sources of revenue.
Several breeders of purebred stock
are known for their large hog
ranches, many of them breeding
more than 1000 annually
While hundreds of the animals are
shipped to markets in various parts
of the country, local packing houses
butcher and pack quantities of
them.
Many breeds are to be exhibited
at the fair and the prize trophy
list is impressive.
Classifications include Poland
Chinas, Chester Whites, Hamp-
shires, Duroc Jerseys and fat bar
rows.
Lots under each general classifi-
cation provide an opportunity for
each rancher to show the best of his
pens.
Exhibitors from other parts of
the country also will be represented
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-04
VALLEY LUMBER
COMPANY REAL
PIONEER FIR M

More than % Fears ago the VAL
ley Lumber company was estab-
lished in Imperial Valley and since
that time has been closely identi-
fled with architectural construction
and development.
There are three stores in this
company. They are situated at Ell
Centre, Calexico and in Mexicali,
Baja California.
Building materials of all descrip-
tions are handled by the company.
In fact, anything necessary in the
construction of any type of build
ing is to be found here.
Many of the buildings erected in
the early history of the valley were
constructed from materials furnish
ed by the Valley Lumber company.
Officers of the company are w.
c. Jones. president; Harry Jones,
vice president; j. S. Jones, secre-
tary and treasurer.