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Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-05

Secretary Fall will be in Imperial
Valley next week for an inspection
of Imperial Irrigation district works
along the river. While in the valley
he will confer with various resi-
dents regarding local conditions.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-05

Riverside has shipped 5,732 cars
of citrus fruits this season, only
four seasons having a greater rec
ord since the beginning of the in
dustry.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-05
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell Of
Imperial Valley for This Date
In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
December 5, 1911

County supervisors recently de-
cided to set convicted county pris-
oners at work on the road through
Devils canyon between the valley
and San Diego. Heretofore but one
man has been kept busy on the
road but there will be from 10 to
u prisoners available for the work
Constructor began recently on
the bridge over Bullhead slough
which is in line of the wagon road
from the valley to the projected
town of Dixie.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-05

Shasta county farmers recently
purchased II tons of vetch seed in
Oregon, to SOW with oats.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-05
Stone Insurance Agency

Stone insurance agency
Thanks folks for the nice lines that have been
coming in The nsuring public is certainly finding its
way to door and being helped to rates that
reasonable, both fire and automobile, in times like
these 1t pays to bring your insurance problems to
- w. l. Stone 831 Main ST., Phones 248 and 387.
FL Centro.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-05
Shoe Hospital

Shoe Hospital
-136 North Fifth - High Grade Shoe Repairing
at special prices-$25 half soles for $1O0 and $15O
half soles for $1.25 All ape"e extra heavy. Rubber
heels-Men's 35c and 50e Ladies 35c. All work guar
teed.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-05

Busters wooden horse isn't real,
but only make believe, Of course
he only eats make believe corn"
No, real corn!" insisted Bunty.
ut can't BET" Whined Peetie. who
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-11-19
serve the occasion on whatever day
hammered to strike their fancy.

serve the occasion on whatever day
happened to strike their fancy.
Following the surrender Of Burgoyne
at Saratoga in 1777, the Continental
congress had appointed committee to
recommend joint thanksgiving for 1.-THE
signal success lately obtained over the
enemies Of the United States"
In 1778 Thanksgiving was set for
December 30, most of the states con-
curing in uniform date, but there
were other Tina S:sgivings in May,
June and December as the various
states saw fit to order them.
It was not until January, 1895. that
gress to proclaim national Thanks
giving, which he did for February 49,
For twenty years Mrs. Hale wrote
editorials in her magazine, and per.
sonal letters to governors and Presi-
dents, in behalf Of national Thanks
giving day. Her efforts and patience
were rewarded in 1868, when Abraham
Lincoln saw the wisdom of her sug-
gestions and decided to adopt the plan.
From that day to this Thanksgiving
has been celebrated by the entire ma
ton the last Thursday Of November
After the 1895 day of Thanksgiving
in February, the festival was skipped
for twenty years. In 1915, when peace
with Great Britain followed the War
of 1912, congress resolved that "a
joint committee of both houses wait
upon the President of the United
States and request that he recommend
a day Of Thanksgiving to be observed
by the people Of the United States
with religious solemnity and the offer
ing Of devout Acknowledgements to God
for his mercies and in prayer to him
for the continuance Of his blessings"
Long Lapse After 1915.
The day fixed for observance was
April ID, 1915, but thereafter Thanks
giving as national celebration fell
by the wayside, not to be revived until
Mrs Hale's campaign moved President
Lincoln to act in 1868.
Mrs. Hale's persistent efforts had
won favor for the idea In most states
by the time the Civil war had arrived.
Some states already had begun the
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-11-19
GIVE THANKS FOR
"GOODLY TURKEY"

LOW we'll / remember that old
Thanksgiving dinner! Father at
one end and mother at the other end,
the children between and wondering if
father ever will get done carving the
turkey.
The day before at school, we had
learned that Greece was south of
Turkey, but on the table we found
that Turkey was bounded by grease.
The brown surface waited for the fork
to plunge astride the breastbone, and
with knife sharpened on the jambs of
the fireplace, lay bare the folds of
white meat.
Give to the disposed to be senti-
mental, the heart. Give to the one dis
posed to music the drumstick. Give
to the one disposed to theological dis
cussion the parsons nose"
Then the piesi For the most part
lost art. What mince pies! in which
you had all confidence, fashioned from
all rich ingredients, instead of miscel-
laneous leavings which are only short
of glorifed hashl Not nince pies with
profound mysteries of origin! But
mother made them, and laid the lower
crust and the upper crust, with here
and there a puncture by the fork to
let you look through the light and Aaky
surface into the substance beneath.
IT. Dewitt Talmage. D. D.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-11-19

Father" Mrs. Hale wrote to ministers
all over the country, urging them to
help.
The First Congregational church OF
Washington responded to Mrs. Hales
plea, and sent delegation to Presi'
dent Andrew Johnson requesting him
to issue a Thanksgiving proclamation
He accepted and the Presidents since
have followed his example without be
ing petitioned, the states issuing sep
arate proclamatlons in keeping With
the national edict.
Mrs. Hale wrote many books and
poems. The most famous Of her poems
were "Mary's Lamb" "The Light Of
Home" and ut Shows" Perhaps the
best known Of her works is "Woman's
Record, or Sketches of All Distin'
guished Women From the Creation to
the Present Day." first published in
1858, and enlarged in 1869. She went
on writing verses and jingles for chill
dren, articles and novels for grown
persons and editing her magazine until
shortly before her death in 1879, at
which time she was ninety-one years
old.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-11-19

A bell hung well it's tale will tell.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-11-19
Made Day National
Persistent Woman Editor
United the Nation in
Giving Thanks.

The impression seems to prevail in
some Quarters that the women Of the
United States never accomplished any
thing worth while before they were
given the right to vote. Talk of that
character Is million miles from the
truth. The women Of America have
always been doing fine, big, worthwhile
things, H. o. Bishop writes in the Ma
tional Republic.
At this particular season of the year
it is appropriate to tell about the
woman who, after twenty years of
patient effort, succeeded in having an
annual Thanksgiving celebration in
this country observed on the same
day by all Of the people.
The name Of this woman was Mrs.
Sarah Josepha Hale. Few women, Ell
ther before or since, have accom-
plished more big things for the better
ment of men and women. Probably
few persons of the present generation
have ever heard of this gifted woman.
She was born at Newport, N. H., Oc-
tober "a, 1883, and died in Philadel-
phia, April 80, 1870. She was not a
college woman, but was taught by her
mother. In 1913, at the age Of twenty
five, she married lawyer, David Hale.
q brother of Salma Hale, historian and
at one time a member of congress
from New Hampshire. Nine years la
ter she was left widow with five chill,
dren. She was genuine, old-fash-
toned American woman, and did not
.clamor for governmental or individual
aid. She was quite content to go to
work. In 1928 she became editor Of
the Ladies' Magazine, which had re-
Gently been started in Boston. She
successfully edited this publication I'M
It'll 1887, when it was merged with God
ey's Ladies' Book. She continued with
the latter publication until 1877.
Much Work Well Done.
Editing magazine is usually con-
sidered pretty big job in itself. Mrs.
Hale, however, seemed to find time for
many other things. She organized the
Seaman's Aid society in Boston, which
is the parent of similar organizations
now existing in most ports. The COM
pletion Of the Bunker Hill monument
was also partly due to the efforts of
this little woman. She persuaded the
women of New England to raise $780,
900 for that purpose.
The plan Of educating women for
medical and missionary service in for
eign lands was inaugurated by Mrs.
Hale. She devoted number of years
to this effort, finally succeeding
through the organization Of the Ladies'
Medical Missionary society Of Phila-
delphia, and the Woman's Union Mis-
sionary Society for Heather Lands, in
New York.
Throughout her editorial work Mrs.
Hale urged the practical advancement
OF women, advocating their employ
ment as teachers and the establish
ment of seminaries for their higher ed
ucatiOn.
@ Thanksgiving in 1777.
1t was in the early forties that Mrs.
Hale began her campaign for making
Thanksgiving national holiday and
dts celebration on the same day all
over the country. It was then the
custom for different localities to OBJ
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-11-19

observance Of a fall Thanksgiving day
nearly ten years before the national
day in November was set aside. New
York was one Of these, and her repre-.
sentatives in congress tried repeatedly
to induce that body to name day. In
1868 there we're actually two Thanks
giving days. the northern states hav
ing observed one in August for the
victory at Gettysburg.
Following the assassination Of Lin.
coin, Mrs. Hale feared the holiday
might be allowed to drop. She urged
the necessity Of keeping the national
fall festival as THANKS day for all
good things given us by the Heavenly
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-11-19
It's Not Our Slogan

DR.. Isador Falk of the University
of Chicago, who discovered the in
fuenza germ, said at dinner party:
America carries on more research,
disinterested and unselfish, than any
other country in the world, yet we
are continually being abused for our
materialism.
"Yes. Europe is continually de-
claring that our American philos-
ophy is summed up in the saw:
"'Don't go gapin' around wonder
In why a black hen lays white egg.
Git the egg"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-11-19
Thanksgiving

Let us pause moment in our daily
deliberations and give thanks for the
many blessings we have received.
Thankful for our health, our good
friends, the rewards for honest toll,
and the community and nation whose
prosperity Is our ever-present concern.
Let us be thankful Of the right to be
alive, no matter how hard the road
of life may be; and it will help us to
know that the sunshine always comes
after the storm and the rainbow OF
prosperity is just ahead.-"Eny
Smith.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-11-19
Worlds Tiniest BABY

Pretoria has what is believed to be
the tiniest baby in the world. She
was so small at birth that they did
not weigh her In case the act Of
weighing might injure her. At four
teen days she weighed three pounds.
She Is kept wrapped up in cotton
wool and gets her nourishment
through the absorption Of olive oil,
applied to the skin.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-11-19
[EU1S
~ HANFORD'S
. Balsam Of Myrrh
Old Mine to Reopen

Old Mine to Reopen
The acknowledgements copper
mine at Sjangeli in northernmost
Lapland, soon will be reopened. Lo-
Gated close to the Norwegian border
and far from the nearest railroad or
highway, the mine has been hitherto
inaccessible for economic exploita-
ton. Now the mining company has
applied for government permission
to gain access to the mine through
the Abisko national park.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-11-19
Reminder of Other Days

Newspapers seventy-five years old,
including copy of the New York
Tribune when it was edited by Hor-
ace Greeley, were found as foun-
dalton for wall paper when the pa
per was stripped from the walls of
house owned by Frank d. Kerr,
near Newport, Ohio. A copy of the
Marietta (Ohio) Register of 1873
also was found. 1t contained news
of a great business depression"
which was sweeping the country.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-11-19

THANKS is one of the things we
= forget. We take our blessings as
matter of course. We seldom say a
word about them-although we kick
like steers when things don't go right
So let's stop complaining long enough
to say THANK You."-Grit.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-11-19
Wooden Shoes

The demand for an economical
long-wearing foot covering is now
again turning the Italian poorer
classes-partlcularly in the rural dis
trlcts-to wooden-soled shoes. or
clogs, a type of footwear usually
more associated with north Eupo'
pean peoples.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-11-19
COL

DUB Musterole well into your chest
N and throat-al almost instantly you
feel easier. Repeat the Musterole-rub
once an hour for five hours =.
what glorious relief
Those good old-fashioned cold RENEE
dies-oil Of mustard, menthol, camphor
are mixed with other valuable ingredi-
ents in Musterole to make it what doc
tors call "counter-irritart" because
it gets action and is not just salve.
It penetrates and stimulates blood
circulation and helps to draw out infec-
ton and pain. Used by millions for 20
years. Recommended by many doctors
and nurses. All druggists.
To Observation-Disclosures is also
made in 1nilder form for babies
and small children. Ask for CHI.
dreu'S MuSterOLe.
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EsK|MOs EXCITED DUE
 ID APPROACHING VISIT
POINT BARROW. Aug. l. (P :

POINT BARROW, Aug. 1. (P) - Eskimos were stirred with excite ment because of the approaching visit of Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh.
 The Eskimos plan an old-fash- toned walrus hunt for the Lind bergh's entertainment and are fur bishing up ancient equipment for the chase.
 If the ice or other conditions are not favorable for the hunt the na- tives plan to give the Lindberghs presents.
 The white population of Barrow is arranging a luncheon to be serv- ed in the new Presbyterian manse which will be put into service dur ing the Lindbergh's stay here.
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OKLAHOMA GOVERNOR DELIVERS ULT|MATUM
 0N CRUDE OIL PRICE

OKLAHOMA CITY, July 31. P- There will be a dollar a barrel price for crude oil from Oklahoma's great oil fields, Governor William H. Mur- ray said in an ultimatum to petro- leum purchasers
 Counting on the strength of the National Guard as he opened his campaign to open Red River free bridges, Murray said that unless oil reaches the price he has set, he will order all wells except stripper wells, shut down.
 Thus Oklahoma's governor ans- wered the last plea of producers and royalty owners, whose cam- paign of voluntary shutdowns has brought oil prices from the lowest level in years, 9 cents a barrel to 50 cents, the flat rate now posted by the Sinclair Oil Company.
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DEATH kNELL SCANDAL SHEET |S SOUNDED IN
 L0s ANGELES COURT

LOS ANGELES, July 3l. (P) I'LL Railing out swift, sure justice and announcing the death knell of scandal sheets" here, a jury of 12 men found Fred A. Girnau guilty of distributing obscene matter through the United States mails.
 Girnau winced as the verdict of guilty on two counts out of six was returned against him in Federal court.
 Four articles, viciously attacking Clara Bow, motion picture actress, which appeared in Girnau's former small newspaper, "The Coast Re- porter" formed the basis for the Governments action against Cir nau.
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'GE0DUCKs' sWOOP DOWN UPON LODGE
 AND THIRSTY FOLK
CALNEVA LODGE, Nevada, Jul

CALNEVA LODGE, Nevada, July 31. (P) Festivities at this famous resort for Reno divorces and play full Californians were interrupted by raiding San Francisco and Reno prohibition agents.
 The agents stalked in while the resort was full of thirsty people just back from swims or golf As in the recent Reno raids, entrance was made by placing undercover men, who had become known as good customers" at the trick doors.
 A white line down the middle of the dance floor divides the struc- ture into California and Nevada sections. All the bar and gambling equipment are in the Nevada por- ton.
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CANADIAN NATIONAL
 LINER PRINCE DAVID
 GROUNDS ON ROCKS
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash, Aug.

PORT TOWNSEND, Wash, Aug. I. @-The Canadian National Steamship Company's liner Prince David, bound from Victoria to Vancouver and Seattle, ground on the rocks at Point Wilson near here, at 10:45 a. m. yesterday dur ing foggy weather.
 The liner is high and dry with her bottom punctured, causing a slight list. Several boats are alongside. The Canadian Pacific steamer Princess Kathleen took off the passengers and mail.
 The Prince David is a sistership to the Prince Henry, now in AL aska service. The David was built in England a year ago.
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REDUCTION PLAaT 10 BE ERECTED M MILE
 117 BY 0'MALLEY

With a capacity of 100 tons per day a reduction plant will shortly be established at Mile 1171a by w. E. OMalley, who went to Seattle Friday on the SS. Aleutian to make changes in 70 or 80 tons of custom built equipment which will probab- ly be ready to ship to Seward the latter part of this month. Actual operation of the plant will begin immediately upon installation.
 After two or three years of inten- sive effort, MT. O'Malley said the first unit will be erected on a site just beyond the Whitney road, near Anchorage, which location was se- lected by General Manager Otto F. Ohlson, of the Alaska Railroad. There is ample siding facilities at that point; the Eklutna power line runs about 200 yards away and Ship Creek is alongside.
 Following installation, at least eight men will be employed on the payroll, MT. O'Malley stated.
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$ YUKON ENR0UTE
 ID ALASKA; HAS FAIR
 LIST 0F PASSENGERS

SEATTLE, Aug. 1. (P-The SS Yukon of the Alaska Steamship Company, sailed from Seattle at g o'clock this morning. carrying no passengers of which 30 are booked for Seward and Alaska Rail- road points, as follows:
 c. J. Perry, Mrs. E. Lennard, Mrs. H. L. Stull, L. c. Thompson, Sister Mary Alexander, Sister Mary Lo- retta, E A. Towle, Eugenia Towle, W. A. Preston, Miss V. Berry, Miss D. Tilden, Peter Vachon, Andrew Leland, M. Danielson, J. c. Colds burg, A. M. Torrent.
 Carl Rivers, Mrs. F. Parker, Miss E. Anderson, Mrs Scavbraugh, Miss A. E. Wetzler, R. Wagner, c. s. Wetzler, Mrs. R. J. Manthey and daughter, Fred Harris, M. McGill- vary, L. D. Ridoux, Chas.- Balhiser, Marjorie Balhiser.
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PANAMA CANAL |S . REINFORCED, DEFENSE

WASHINGTON, July 31. P - Making the Panama Canal prac- tically impregnable to attack from the sea, the army has reinforced it's defense there with the most powerful artillery yet developed, it was learned.
 The addition consists of battery of 14-inch railway guns that can be moved from one end of the Isthmus to the other within six hours. They outrange the big sixteen-inch guns on the battleships by six miles.
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THOUSAND ACRES ARE PRESENTED ID NATION
 F0R D|R|C|bLE SITE

SAN FRANCISCO, July 31. (H1 = The Sunnyvale dirigible site, San Francisco's gift to the Nations de- fense, will be officially presented to the Navy Department Monday.
 The passing of the deed of 1000 acres of land from the hand of Le- land M. Cutler, president of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce to Admiral w. c. Cole, Command ant of the Twelfth Naval District, will mark the conclusion of one of most noteworthy community pro- jects in this city's history.
 The ceremonies will take place at the Marine Exchange of the Cham Der of Commerce.
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ARE TREATED
 R0YA[LY IN TURKEY

ISTANBUL. Turkey, July 31. (P) -Boardman and Polando slept for 16 hours in pajamas borrowed from new suits and shoes; the shoesET Ambassador Grew. The embassy staff bought them new suits and shoes; they found only two pair of shoes in the city to fit the heroes.
 President Renal PaSha invited them to the simmer capital at Yalova and instructed the Turk ish Aviation League to prepare two medals for them.
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BOMB EXPLODES

GENOA, Italy, Aug. l. (P) . A bomb exploded in the street a lew hours before the arrival of King Victor Emanuel and Queen Elena. The King and Queen where to come down the street for the purpose of launching the ocean liner Rex" The bomb shattered glass in the Transatlantic Society building and a general panic enSued.
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A|RMAN ALEX HOLDEN
 MARR|ES SEATTLE GIRL
SEATTLE Aug. 1. (P) The ma

SEATTLE Aug. 1. (P) - The mar riage of Alex Holden, supervisor of the Pacific International Airways, with headquarters at Fairbanks, to Miss Lorraine Pagan, of Seattle, here last Saturday was revealed by the couple Friday.
 The couple met less than year ago when Holden was in Seattle with the Washington Alaska Air ways.
 Holden returned to Seattle July g for the ceremony.
 The couple sails on the Yukon Saturday.
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PANGBORN, HERNDON
 DOWN IN RUSSIA

MOSCOW, Aug. 1. (P) Fang born and Herndon were forced down at Wietiegari. Wietiegari is 150 miles from Kustanaisk, in the Cossack Autonmous Republic. They came down at 8:30 a. m., Moscow time or 9:30 p. m. Pacific Time.
 The fliers detoured from their route to Sverdlovsk because of bad weather. They advised by telegram that they were going to take of with small quantity of fuel for Kus- tanaisk or Omsk, about 400 miles away.
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CR|CsBY CONTENDS
 INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

JUNEAU, Aug. 1. R-Attorney George Grigsby filed an apeal Fr1- day on the conviction of Burton G. Mcdonald, alleged murderer Of George Marshall, Ketchikan fish buyer. Mcdonald is now impris- oned for life at McNeil Island.
 Grigsby contended that insuffl- cient evidence was presented for a conviction. Friday was the last day in which to file the appeal.
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PLIERS CONGRATULATED
 BY RENAL PAsHA

ISTANBUL, Aug. 1 tP-Board- man and Polando are co receive the congratulations of Renal Pasha.
 The fliers said that their future plans are indefinite, but they are considering to return via India.
 Boardman said he would not make a nonstop return and said he "certainly wants to stop and see some of these pretty European cit ieS."
 Authorities agreed that the mile age record of the flight was 1884 miles.
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STOLE TROUSERS

BUDAPEST, Hungary, July 31. (P) of the Ministers staff and other diplomats were astound- ed when M. Pallier, Czecho- -Slovak- ian minister to Hungary, descended from the train at the Central Sta tion here, clad only in pajamas. He hurried to explain his trousers had been stolen. They were found later in a cornfield along the righC of way, minus M. Pallier's pocket book.
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PULLED OFF ROCKS

PORT TOWNSEND, Aug. 1. (P) - Steamer Prince David was pulled off the rocks by three tugs late Fri day and made her way to Port Townsend under her own steam. A preliminary examination reveal ed that there were several small holes in her bottom, but the pumps are sufficient to keep the water down.
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FORMER NOME OFFICER
 PASSES AT SEATTLE

SEATTLE, Aug. 1. R-George Carson, 79, former deputy U. S. marshal at Nome died here yester- day. He went north during the early days of the gold rush and returned here.
 He became claim agent for the Puget Sound Power & Light Com pany shortly after returning here. He is survived by his wife, a daughter and two sons.