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Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-27
GROWERS HOLDING
HAY in HOPE OF
BETTER PRICES

That growers in Imperial Valley
are now holding their better grades
of alfalfa hay firm at prices rang
ing from s10-i1 per ton fob ranch
is stated in the last report Of the
federal-state market news service.
Demand has been reported good
at those prices. Shipments during
the past few days show a decreasing
tendency due to the fact that the
first cutting is practically cleaned
up and marketed. A few local pro-
ducers have already sold portions
Of their second cutting and the off
erings are of higher quality than
the first crop, being OF well cured
soft, leafy type hay.
Trade reports state that the fav-
orable weather in the valley this
season and improved methods Of
handling the crop have enabled To-
cal growers to put up this season
their best quality hay. Proof CT
this lies in the fact that dairymen
in Los Angeles territory have pur-
chased heavier supplies than usual
Of Imperial Valley hay. 3 firmsr
market undertone, it is declared, is
being developed among Imperial
Valley growers.
L. B. Smith, assistant state leader
Of farm advisors who was in the
valley recently, stated that with
water scarce in the San Joaquin
emo Sacramento valleys, tie !lrig3t-
ed district of Imperial Valley mi i5ht
benefit by rricc enhancement 1ess
the drought is broken By plentiful
rains.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-27
Two Meals Day Best
For Stomach Trouble

Skip one meal and drink water
instead. Wash out stomach and
bowels each morning by drinking
water with spoonful OF simple gly-
cerin, buckthorn bark, saline COM
pound (called Adlerika)
Adlerika brings ous poisons you
never thought were in your system.
If you are nervous. can't sleep, full
CT gas. it will surprise you. Adlerika
contains no harmful drugs. Get II
today; by tomorrow you feel the
wonderful effect OF this German
doctors remedy. Clements Drug
store ADV.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-27

/ to be careful and watch out"
gasped Mrs. Toad.
why SOP Mr.. Longears wanted
to know.
Because" answered Mrs. Toad,
II hoped through the woods Just
now and I heard the Fox and the
J Bcb Cat talking together. They are
going to wait until you get tired and
/ sleepy, after looking for you adven-
ture, ana then they will catch you!"
"Hal Hal laughed Uncle Wig
gily.
1T isn't anything to laugh at
! croaked Mrs. Toad They mean
TO catch you, Uncle Wiggily."
i And I don't mean that they
shall!" said the rabbit. Il shall fool
them as I always 60. But thank
you for warning me, Mrs. Toad. I
+ am going TO buy some oranges and
shall give you one for being so
kind
Thank youl" croaked Mrs. Toad
and Uncle Wiggily hoped on to
an old pussy cat lady living in a
hollow leg covered with moss. 4
shall have an adventure when the
FOX and Bob Cat try to catch me,
/ thought Uncle Wiggily, so there is
no use in looking for enc any long
er III get the oranges and Nurse
Jane can make the cake
With the soft, golden yellow or
i anges in a bag, Uncle Wiggily sta =
ed to hop back through the WOODS.
Soon he came near to the place
where the toad lady had told him
/ the Fox and Bob Cat would be wait
| ing to chase him.
But II play a trick on those
chaps!" chuckled Mr.. Longears.
I'll squirt orange juice in their
eyes
The rabbit gentleman was tired
when he reached the woods where
J he expected to meet the Fox and
/ Bob Cat, SO Uncle Wiggily said:
J II will lie down and take a little
sleep. Then, when those teasing
lchaps come after me, [ will be fresh
and strong to squirt orange juice in
their eyes" Uncle Wiggily stretched
cut beside a big stone and was soon
asleep. And while he slept along
came Jackie and Peetie Bow Bow,
the puppy dog boys.
oh. lookl' softly barked Jackie.
There's Uncle Wiggily and he is
! fast asleep
And he has something in Dagl'
whined Peetie. Let's see what it
is When he opened the bag and
saw the oranges, Peetie said: u
guess Uncle Wiggily was bringing
these oranges to us"
How kind of himl" barked Jackie.
"Well take them out and eat them.
which the doggie boys did, all but
one. They left one orange in the
bottom Of the bag. Uncle Wiggily
was still asleep, so Peetie said:
Here are a lot OF round, yellow
stones that look just like oranges
Let's play a little joke on Uncle
Wiggily and put the yellow stones
in his bag. He'll think they are
oranges"
TIA! Hal Ha!" laughed Jackie. So
the doggie boys filled the bunnys
bag with hard, yellow round stones
like oranges and then they ran
away and Uncle Wiggily was still
asleep. What happened next you
may read in the story after this.
1t will be called Uncle Wiggily
playing ball. And it will be lovely
if the can opener doesn't make a
hole in the bird cage so the gold
fish flies out.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-27

went on, gathering more crumbs
this time Tor Jollie and Jilie, the
little mousie boy and his sister.
You shall have them." cried IN
Gle Wiggily with a jolly laugh that
made his pink nose twinkle twice
as fast. Il am going out to look
for an adventure and on my way
home I'll bring some oranges
Then I'll make you an orange
cake" promised Nurse Jane.
Uncle WIggily hoped over the
fields and through the woods. Very
soon he saw a little old toad lady
hopping toward him as fast as she
could hop. OF course, the toad lady
couldn't hop as fast as the rabbit
gentleman, but she did very well.
What is the matter? Why are
YOU in such a hurry?" asked Uncle
Wiggily as the toad lady reached
him.
oh. I came in a hurry to tell you
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-27
VALLEY TEACHERS
HOLD INSTITUTE
HERE SATURDAY

Meeting voluntarily today at the
high school, all the teachers Of the
valley held an institute for the pur-
pose of hearing worthwhile speak
ers and talking over school PROB
lens.
With the "Star Spangled Banner -
the group opened the annual spring
meeting of the Imperial County
Teachers association over which Il.
A. wilkinson of Brawley presided.
The song was followed by music
furnished by the orchestra OF the
MeXicah schools.
c. B. Collins, county Superlntend-
ent, spoke briefly upon such sub
Jects as visiting schools, retirement,
moving teachers, the value Of the
Standardization tests, but he
stressed economy in the use OF sup
plies.
Whether or not the teacher is a
professional, was discussed by Ar
thur Gould, president OF California
Teachers association, southern sec
lion. He said that as long as the
position of being teacher was
looked upon as a stop-gap from
graduation TO the ultimate choice
of life work, the teacher could not
be classed or respected as is the
lawyer, doctor, or the other profess
sionals.
A tap dance given by Ahleen
Crandall and Byron Ferguson as
Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy,
intervened between Mr.. Gould's talk
and that Of F. L. Thurston, secre-
tary of the California Teachers as
sociation, southern section, VINO
spoke upon the value Of the asso-
citation to all teachers and to the
individual.
This was followed by a business
meeting and lunch.
After lunch there were section
meetings for history, domestic sci
ence, music, English, mathematics,
foreign language, practical activity
work and Americanization. The
meeting adjourned after these.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-27
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
ADrji 21. 1916

Robert Ensign received so cents
this morning by selling captured
flies to the El Centro Chamber OF
Commerce. He delivered five pints
OF them. Forrest Lomax received SO
cents for three pints of flies.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-27

The ninety-second anniversary of
Odd Fellows will be celebrated in
FL Centre next Wednesday. The
Holtville nine will play a picked
team from other valley towns. Dave
Williams will put on a wild west
show in the afternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-27
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell of
Imperial Valley for This Date
In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Auril % 1911

The Holt surveyors, who are run
ming lines for road from the
main line OF the Southern Pacific
TO the Palo Verde Valley. have
now reached Palo Verde townsite
and will reach Blythe next week.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-27
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Partly cloudy and mild tonight
and Tuesday; unsettled tonight with
showers in the mountains; warmer
east portion Tuesday; gentle yari-
able winds.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-27
MADGE MILLER
Press Staff Correspondent


A union service was held at
the Methodist church SUNDAY Y
morning at II O'Clock. Mrs. Eva c.
Wheeler, the state president of the
Womans Christian Temperance
Union, was the speaker of the
occasion. She will be the guest Of
honor Tuesday at an all-day meet
ing at the parish house. There will
be a pot-luck lunch.
Frank H. Page visited relatives in
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-27

With the coming of warmer
weather the fact should be brought
to public attention that the person
who ventures on the desert that
surrounds the valley without know
ing his road and without ample
preparation, takes MS life in his
hands.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-27

Contracts with Rocky Ford, Colo
rado, growers price best grade to-
matoes for 1881 at Sl2 a ton; sec
ond grade ST. The acreage Of the
district will be about 450.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-27
THE WEATHER

LOS ANGELES AND VICINITY
Unsettled weather tonight but
probably no rain; Tuesday partly
cloudy; moderate temperature, gen.
tie shifting winds.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-27
Issued Daily, Except
Sundays. Entered at the
Post Office, El Centre,
Calf, as Second d-ClaSs
Matter.

making and selling liquor is assessed $500
and permitted to retain the equipment
which will enable him to continue his
business. In other words he escapes with
no punishment to speak Of
Another, who is foolish enough to buy
the illicit product Of the liquor maker,
and is unfortunate enough to be caught,
and more unfortunate in that he has no
money, must go to jail.
Granted that punishment is deserved
in both cases, why is it not possible to
make justice more equitable? And why
should a liquor maker be entitled to re-
tain his equipment? The answer is the
same old policy of straining at a gnat
and swallowing a camel.
-O
Well grant General Butler deserves
all his medals and are willing to give
him another one if he will keep quiet for
a while.
He may be the Ace of Diamonds but
the notorious Jack will yet look like
dirty deuce in clean pack.
Some Legislators want to gas slayers,
others shoot them. Any legislator could
probably talk condemned man to death.
Why not adopt that system?
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-27
TEN YEARS AGO
April 27. 1921

Fire of undetermined origin at an
early hour this morning threatened
for a time the destruction of the
big agricultural implement house ri
the II. p. Fites company at 425
Main street.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-27
Chicken Feed
Taken By Thief

Nine pennies and Ia packages of
cigarettes were the loot Of a burglar
who broke into the Jumbo Lemon
stand on West Main street some
time Saturday night. according to
a report at the police station.
The burglar apparently used a
pass KEY to obtain entrance. said
officers, since nothing was disturbed
and no locks had been broken. The
burglary was accomplished between
% o'clock Saturday night and 0
o'clock Sunday morning, said the
report.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-27

The Imperial county Y. w. C. A.
is now preparing for its 1921 sum-
mer camp. It is not decided wheth-
er it will be held at Hipass or at
Live Oaks.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-27

night at 7:3O, and President r. B.
WhiteiaW urges full attendance at
that time.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-27
OptOmetrist-Dr. Sem Bacon

OpUUIEICCT IIs DClITE DttCUN
Quality Eye Service. Scientifically equipped to
treat all muscular and crossed Nearsighted
yopic) eyes and childrens eyes given special atten
ton. Glasses fitted Lenses duplicated 581 Main
ST. Phone 22S-W.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-27
WINN S VS.!

mo construction is better than the material used ;
Why not use the best? For CERTIFIED CON-
CRETE, SHARP WASHED SAND AND CRUSHED
ROCK Phone II.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-27

He may be the Ace of Diamonds" but
the notorious Jack will yet look like
dirty deuce in a clean pack.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-27
Washing Machine Hospital

We repair al models Of washing machines
manges. Phone $40. 638 Broadway.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-09-04
A few DONT'S

Don't forget that organization in
creases wages and shortens the work
ing day, making work steadier.
Don't condemn the labor movement
because you know of Objectionable
features" Every man and every hu-
man institution has some imperfec-
tions.
Don't wait for the others" Others
are waiting for you. Some must be
among the frst-why not you?
Don't forget that the more bitterly
the employer opposes labor unions
the more the employee should support
them. There's a financial reason
Think it over.
Don't shirk the moral obligation
of your trade-to elevate the stand.
ard of living-to abolish child labor
Don't be blind to your own inter
ests; unionism helps all workingmen
all society, the home and state.
Don't let so called independence
prevent you from being unselish. We
are all dependent on someone OF
something. "No man stands alone.
Get closer together.
Don't forget that bricllayers, plas
terers, tinsmiths, stonecutters and, il
some places, hodcarriers receive more
pay than retail clerks, and don't for
get the reason-strong organization
Don't forget we work longer hours
than other crafts. Why? Lack o.
organization.
Don't be a non-unionist "becaus'
unions are not run right" Get int
one and help keep it Sin the straigh
and narrow path"
Don't put it off. "Procrastination il
the thief of time"-and Of good inten
tions.
Don't say: ONIONS can't accom-
plish their purpose" They do! Owe
100000 of union men say so!
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-09-04
COMPENSATION
Extended Ohio Workers
Though Working in For
eign Countries
BY STANLEY OGG
Branch Office Manager, Ohio Indus

l.
Branch Office Manager, Ohio Indus
trial Commission
The local branch office of the indus
trial commission of Ohio has been
advised that under recent ruling
made by the supreme court of this
state, workman who is hired by an
employer for specific work in another
state would come under the jurisdic-
tion of the Ohio workman's compen-
sation law. Also residents of other
states performing services for an
employer outside of the state of Ohio
would not come under the jurisdiction
of cur law
However, if workman is hired by
an employer in the state of Ohio and
is then temporarily taken to another
state to perform services, the Ohio
law extends the coverage to embrace
him while performing this temporary
service in another state, providing his
entire wages are included in payroll
reports made to the industrial COM
mission
This ruling was made upon the re-
quest of an employer who is manu-
featuring machinery in the state of
Ohio for foreign country, this ma
chinery to be erected by the COM
pany's employees who are now engaged
in manufacturing this machinery.
These workmen will be entitled to all
the benefits of the Ohio workmen's
compensation law regardless of
where their injuries may occur, pro-
viding, of course, that said workmen
are in the course of their employ
ment at the time of the accident
Should this employer hire persons in
this foreign country to help perform
this work of erection, they cannot be
covered by the workmen's compensa-
ton law of Ohio.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-09-04
WHAT HAPPENS
To Family After the Pay
Check Stops?

What happens to a family in the
months after the pay check stops
coming in? What are the things a
family gives up last? Who takes care
of families when the social agencies
can't?
The answers to these questions and
many others like them are suggested
in a study of fifty families appearing
in the current issue of The Family,
a social work magazine published by
the Family Welfare Association of
America This survey was made by
five workers of the Family Society of
Philadelphia, one of the 238 member
agencies of the association.
Last spring, unemployment, with
resulting poverty and illness, brought
these families to the Family Society,
which helped them until the special
emergency relief fund was exhausted.
New funds have since been made
available, so the families are now re-
ceiving aid.
Food and Work Chief Concern
The center of interest in these fifty
households during the months they
were struggling along themselves was
food-whether there would be more
or less of it; and work-whether there
Er - AL
Four months after the Family So
ciety had been forced to discontinue
relief, the five social workers discov-
cred that many of the families were
living on bread, potatoes, coffee and
weak soup, and that it was common
diet for children. Butter, milk, fruit
and meat, because of their expensive
ness, were the first to be eliminated
from the table when unemployment
hit the families.
Il used to just sit and wonder if
the people next door would send in
something after they had finished, .
remarked one of the fifty mothers in
terviewed. Sometimes they would
and other times they would have moth
ing left, and we just wouldn't eat
I'd tell the kids to drink lots Of
water and we'd wait for the next
meal"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-09-04
A BILLIONAIRE
Owns $4,000 Working Men

If the average wage worker gets
$1,000 year, he gets the same
amount that person gets who owns
$4,000 worth of 6 per cent stocks
and bonds. Six per cent on $4,000
equals $1,000.
Hence the ownership of $4,000
worth of income paying property, if
it pays as much as per cent-and
much property pays more than that
is equal to owning one wage worker
Yes, little more than equal to
owning one wage worker-for the
wage worker is more liable to be sick
or unemployed. Many stocks pay
dividends in hard times, and many
bonds pay interest in hard times,
when the worker is laid off
At the same rate, a man with
100000 worth of income bearing
property owns five workingmen.
A man with $1,0000O0 worth of
property owns so workingmen.
A man with $1oooo,0OO worth of
property owns 500 working men.
A man with S1O0O0O,O0O worth of
property owns 5000 working men.
A man with $1,000,000, 100000
worth of property owns $4,000 work
ing men.
That is, he gets as much as they do.
And he gets it without earning it,
while they have to earn their little
stipends, and they also have to earn
the big stipend that he gets. He gets
half or more of their earnings.
That's the reason their wages are so
small, when they have jobs at all
Most of the workers love this ar
/ rangement.
They must love it or they would not
vote for it year after year-The Mil
waukee Leader.
Iii fares the land, to Fastening ills a
prey,
Where wealth accumulates, and mer
decay
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-09-04

complete or partial repeal of the pro-
hibitnon law would aid in solving the
unemployment problem.
1--WE have 6,500,0O0 men out of
employment, some millions of whom
could be put back on payrolls with
legal trade" Brookshire said.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-09-04

Princes and lords may flourish or
may fade,
A breath can make them, as breath
has made;
But a bold peasantry, their country's
pride,
When once destroy'd can never be sup
piled. Goldsmith.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-09-04

training protected workers against
unemployment; men who for years
earned $50 to $75 weekly as expert
weavers were collecting junk at two
cents pound.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-09-04

Finding work, too, was of vital con-
Germ since in only 26 of the so fami-
lies was any one employed Often
this was for only two or three days
a week. In only of the so families
was there weekly income of $25 to
$50. Most of the other Al families
were scraping along on from $5 to
SIS week.
The "a families in which there were
no job-holders were living on charity
from day to day. Relatives and neigh
bors were supporting so per cent of
the families, while churches, relief
agencies, and former employers were
taking care of the balance.
Most Common Debt to Grocer
''The most common debt" states
Miss Rosemary Reynolds, chairman of
the group which made the study, "is
to the neighborhood grocer, who gos-
sips to his other patrons about the
condition of the family. Some fami-
lies prefer to starve rather than risk
the insults and indignities encount-
tered at such stores"
When unemployment came, the rent
and the insurance were the first obli-
cations allowed to lapse. Only Ia of
the 46 families who paid rent were
not behind. The other so families
owed from one to sixteen months
rent. The average monthly rental
was from SIS to $1S for three or four
back rooms. Half of the families had
been threatened with eviction of rent,
although only 8 had actually been put
out on the streets.
Three of the families were buying
homes on the installment plan, but all
had either lost these homes or had
received warning notices. "To these
families" writes Miss Reynolds, 'life
is the darkest because the men were
all prosperous and hard working and
were slowly raising their plans of liv-
ing. The loss of the homes they were
purchasing symbolizes the last of all
their dreams. Small wonder that they
starve and fight to the end to retain
them"
Native Born Families Hit
There were more native-born than
foreign born families in this group
suffering. from unemployment, ac.
cording to the five family workers
In 35 out Of the SO households, both
the father and mother were born in
this country Not even skill and
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-09-04
Labor Head Advocates Dry
Law Repeal to Give Work

Greenville, S. c. ULNs)-L. E.
Brookshire, president of the South
Carolina State Federation of Labor,
declared in a statement here that