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Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-12
UNCLE WIGGmY's POCKETS

Mrs. Longears. the jolly rabbit
lady, looked at her husband when
he came hopping home to the hol-
low stump bungalow late one af-
ternoon. The fur on the bunny gen.
tleman's legs was filled with stick
ers and prickers and burrs.
Where in the world have you
been, Wiggy?" asked Mrs Long
ears, looking at him sort OF funny
ike.
why. I've Deen looking for
Christmas trees answered Uncle
Wiggily in a whisper. Don't let the
children know" he went on. 1t
must be a surprise for them"
"Oh, so you have been looking
fer Christmas trees have you?" in
quired Mrs. Longears. I thought
perhaps, from the looks of your
legs, that the Bad Chaps had been
chasing you
"Hai Ha! No. not exactly" an
sWered the bunny uncle. 1t was the
other way around. As a matter OF
fact, with the help of the jolly eli
and the Christmas gnomes, we
chased away the Bob Cat. the Fox
and the Weasel I've had some jolly
adventures"
you lock it," Mrs. Longears
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-12
IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS
CLOTHES IMPORTANT

TT isn't clothes that make the man, it
Is the honest heart"
That's what the old saying tells US
and while it IS true, the Importance of
clothes can hardly be over emphasized.
At least two articles of clothing were
of sufficient Importance 10 figure in ma
tion-wide news over the Week-end-Post-
master General Browns plug hat and
Nick Lukats pants
Because the postmaster general and
MS top hat could not get into a $500
car furnished by the government. the
car was turned over To his assistants
and another one. which would fit the
official plus his top hat, was purchased
by the government.
At a time when President Hoover was
eXhorting every government official to
cut down to the bone on expenses, the
postmaster generals topper sets the gov
ernment back several thousand dollars.
That is not a large sum for the United
States government, but It IS large enough
to cause the taxpayers to start praying
that top hat wearing will not become
general among government officials and
employees.
Mr. Lukats' pants, while serious enough
TO him, provided the nation with laugh
instead OF aQoillOHdl expense tS MI
Browns topper did.
Thanks to the hefty clutching Of
couple of Trojan linemen in Saturdays
big rout (it can't be considered a game
by the Irish roters), MIR. Lukats was be-
reft of necessary portions of his pants
and the means of preventing the latter
from obeying the laws of gravity.
Had Mr. Lukats been by himself it
would have been no catastrophe Tor him.
But unfortunately for his sense Of mod
esty he was subjected to the gaze Of over
100000 persons One can hardly con-
lecture the anguish that must have been
Mr.. Lukats'.
But his misfortune merely brought
luck to a real Irishman who sat on the
sidelines-one Tobin. Mr.. Tobin did
not get into the game but his pants did.
They took them from him to enable Mr..
Lukats to proceed and what greater
honor could substitute hope for than
to give his pants for his alma mater?
Clothes may not make the man, but
they make good stories.
-O-
The best explanation we can offer Of
San Diegos municipal turmoil is that
the Kilkenny cats must have taken over
the city
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-12
BEDTIME STORIES
BY HOWARD E. GARRIS
Copyright, 1892, by Mcclure Newspaper syndcate)

and cracking on the hearth and
the bunny children were doing
their home work lessons by the light
Of firefly lamps. IN his bungalow
Uncle Wiggily had some glass bot
ties filled with lightning bugs and
as they flickered their tiny beams
there was plenty Of light for the
children to study by.
After a while all the bunnies big
and little, had gone to bed, even
Uncle Wiggily But Mrs. Longears
couldn't sleep, for some reason.
Il wonder what Wiggy had in
! his pockets?"g thought Mrs. Long
ears. She noticed that Uncle Wig
gily's pockets when ne came home
! that afternoon, stuck out as though
filled with many things. He
couldn't have a Christmas tree in
his pockets" murmured the rab-
| bit lady vile. But maybe the Fox,
| the Bob Cat or the Weasel stuck
! something in unbeknoWn to Wiggy
and it might harm him. I think 1
had better look through his pock-
cts while he's asleep and find out
I what's in them
! On her tiptOe paws Mrs. Long
! ears went into her husbands room.
He was fast asleep but his coat
was hung over a chair, and, sure
ly, the pockets seemed well filled.
Il must see what's in them,
said the rabbit lady to herself
j Softly she put a paw in one pock-
/ ct and as she did so it seemed as
j if something had bitten her. oh!
/ Ohl' she cried.
What is it?" asked Uncle Wig
gily, suddenly awakening.
"Oh, Wiggy!" exclaimed mis- wife
L was looking in your pockets, to
/ see that there was nothing to harm
you and something bit me. I'm sure
there must be little Weasel
therel"
"Nonsense!' laughed Mr. Long
ears. Il know what it is. I know
what is in my pockets! Ia! Hal"
"What?" asked his wife, sort OF
| suspicious. "Wiggy, are you hiding
| something from me?" she asked il
, a strange whisper.
Not at all, said the bunny. III
show you what 1 have in my peck
cts" He jumped out Of bed ano
hoped toward his coat But be-
fore he could put his paw in his
! pocket something very strange
happened. I'll tell you about it to-
morrow when the story will bC
Uncle Wiggily and the goldfish
that is if the blackboard doesn't
dust itself all over with talcun
powder to make itself look like {
marshmalloW candy
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-12

said with a laugh. But what's all
this about a Jolly elf and Christmas
enomes? Oh. don't look 50 wor-
liedl" she laughed again. THE
children are all in school so they
won't fine out anything about the
Christmas tree. Anyhow, you didn't
bring it home, did you?"
mo, it's a bit too early to bring
home the Christmas tree, said the
rabbit gentleman. But I found out
where they grow, though the Mon
key Doodle gentleman, who takes
care Of them on Orange Ice Noun
tain. wasn't there when I called
So I came home, as didn't want
you to worry"
Wen. I was sort Of worrying
about where you were said Mrs.
Longears. But now that you're
home everything is all right. I'm
glad you had such jolly adven-
lures and that you know where
to get the
Hush cautioned Uncle Wig
eily. Here come the ehildrenl"
Home rom school came hopping
the bunny rabbit boys and girls
Jingle, Jangle, Buster, Custer, Baby
Bunty. the orphan and all the 9TH
ers. They we're glad to see their
daddy and after they had eaten
some cabbage bread with carrot
IAN spread all over the slices they
hoped out to play before it grew
dark.
Did you get the tree?" whis-
+ pered Nurse Jane when she saw
/ Uncle Wiggily for it had been the
nuskrat lady housekeeper who tolo
the bunny uncle to hop to the
j woods TO see about one.
"IIl have it IN time for Christ
mas" promised Uncle Wiggi!y
Have no fear
so Nurse Jane had no fear ane
there was a Jolly time in the hol-
low stump bungalow that eveninf
when the log fire was swapping
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-12
Don't Quote Me-
By United Press

too old for you, said Mrs. Wilson.
Payne accepted. He was secretary
of interior il the Wilson cabinet
and a close friend of the war pre-
sident's widow.
The library Of congress, growing
at the rate of more than 500 vol
umes every day. is now the largest
library in the world Such at least
is the conclusion Of Herbert Put
nam. librarian. in his annual re-
port to congress today.
European libraries use different
systems Of counting, he said, but
study Of the most recent figures
leads clearly to the belle" that
this is the worlds largest.
The congressional library now
has 7.350,982 books. maps, musical
compositions. manuscripts and en-
cravings, and ..uncounted million"
Of manuscript pieces.
1t took three and a half miles Of
shelving for LAST years acquisitions
alone. These included $1,000 pur-
chases, 80, ZOO volumes which were
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-12

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-Sel-
dom do three men who have been
President Of the United States get
a chance to gossip together. and
equally seldom 90 three 4irst Ia
dies" meet
However there walked into Na-
tional Red Cess headquarters the
other day, within a few minutes OF
each other, Mrs. Herbert Hoover,
Mrs William Howard TAFT and
Mrs Woodrow Wilson. They smiled
and shook hands cordially They
chatted quietly and appeared to
have much in common.
They were present to attend a
meeting Of the national committee
of volunteer service, Of which they
are members.
John Barton Payne, national or
ganizatiOn chairman. presided. He
had forgotten his glasses.
Pm sorry but I can't read this,
he apologized, lingering a report
on how much cotton cloth had been
made for destitute.
Here, use mine. unless they are
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-12
TO LEASE COAL LANDS

MUSKOGEE, Okla U.PA-Seg-
regated coal lands Of the Choctaw
and Chickasaw Indian tribes are
being offered for lease this year
for the first time in 80 years. Ori-
ginal leases, which have paid the
tribes S5,938,0OO since they were
made in 1902, expire this year. The
coal and asphalt lands are COM
munal property of the indians adj
ministered under government sup
ervision. Ten applications have been
received for new leases, which Will
be for only Is years
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-12
Looking Backward
What The Press Files Tell of
Imperial Valley for This Date
in Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
December II, 1912

Meloland is to be a town. Here
tofore it has been a name and
siding on the Holtville Inter urban
line. A townsite will be laid out and
land sold in small tracts.
For many years there has been
talk of the storage of water of the
Colorado. Now it IS proposed to
raise huge sums of money TO in
duce congress to appropriate money
for a project including storage
structures on a number of rivers.
The situation is bad if it is neces-
sary to raise huge sums to induce
congress to provide for internal
improvements.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-12
DEATH CHEATED OF VICTIM

WAUKON, Ia. U.P)-Sam Faegre
cheated death of a victim when he
unconsciously shifted his feet for
no particular reason. Accustomed
to standing in a particular spot
while tending his freight elevator,
he moved recently as the elevator
was descending. Almost simultan-
eously the elevator crashed to the
basement. Faegre was uninjured,
but the heavy cable drum crashed
to the exact spot where Faegre had
a moment before been standing.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-12
T hieUes Take Parts
But LeaUe Auto

Il is the usual procedure for
thieves who desire to strip an au-
tomobile Of valuable parts TO steal
the machine and go about their
work in a secluded place, but the
thieves who stripped E. Hefflins
car at BraWley yesterday varied
this procedure.
Waiting until Heflin was in
church, the thieves boldly ap
preached the car, removed the top
two sun shades, the rear view mir
ror and a package of calcimine
according to a report at the sher-
ifs office. When Heflin came
out of the church his car was
there, but the parts were gone.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-12

Published every evening Except Sunday by the
Imperial Valley Press, Inc, 625 State street, El
Centro. California. W c. Costello. business man
ager Telephone 26, business office: 700, editorial
department. Fun leased wire United Press Asso-
Citations.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-12
MALE STUDENTS FORM TEAM

MENOMINEE, Mich (U.P)-Al-
most half of the Jordan college stu
dent body takes the field when the
school meets an opponent on the
gridiron. The other half cheers the
players from the grand stand. The
college has 100 students, half CO.
eds. OF the so male students, Al
are out for the football team.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-12

deposited for copyright, $4,000
which were gifts and $4,000 rcceiv-
ed as exchanges.
John D. Rockefeller. Jr., made a
donation to develop the union cat
alog" to show exactly where some
l3.800.O00 books can be found in
other libraries. in case you don't see
what you want among the 100000
here.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-12
TWO PIGS WITH ONE HEAD

GEORGETOWN, S. C. U.P} -
Two pigs with one head between
them were brought here recently
from a nearby farm. The pigs had
been born with perfect bodies join
ed to one head. They died at birth.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-12

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per month"; 55 cents; by mail so cents per month
in advance. Entered at El Centro California, post
office as second-class matter. Member California
Newspaper Publishers Association NJ. c. Mogen-
son. national advertising representatives.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-12
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
December u 1917

Banks report that within the last
six months deposits have increased
so per cent. This paper shows an
increase over 1916 of almost 35 per
cent.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-12
TEN YEARS AGO
December IL, 1922

The Central Creamery company
is making changes in the interior
of their offices in order to make
it more convenient and comfort
able.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-12

Imperial Valleys first carload of
lettuce for the current season went
yesterday from Brawley. This was
just 80 days earlier than the first
car last January 10.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-12

The matter of installing a NUM-
cipal water system in Caipatria
was considered at the last meeting
of city trustees.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-12

Two more weeks boys and girls in
which you must be good After that it
won't matter
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-12

Somehow we are supposed to be made
to feel ashamed by England's action in
bringing over gold in warship. Right
now we wouldn't care if they brought it
IN a mud scoW
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-12
Editorial Page
and
Features
CLAPPER,S ARTICLES REGISTER

CLAPPER,S ARTICLES REGISTER
THOSE of US who have been clamoring
for economy IN government will be
glad to know that the house of repre-
sentatives has at last seen the light and
IS going to economically not printing
the annual report of the clerk of the
house
This will save the government $1,000
or $4,000 and it will also prevent the
people from learning some more about
free shaves and haircuts, fancy inkwells.
wives and other relatives being employed
on the remote control plan by mem
bers of the house and few other fancy
items which make interesting reading
for the public but which have disastrous
consequences in the voting booths Of the
nation.
It was this report by the clerk of the
house which enabled Raymond Clapper
Of the United Press Associations to eX-
pose last spring the petty graft indulg-
ed in by congressman Clapper's ar
ticles could not be classified as muck
raking" They contained information
which every citizen Is entitled to know,
End which he evidently wants to know,
if one can judge by the results of the re-
cent election in which the expose of
repotism brought defeat to 56 represent
atives and five senator's.
That the articles struck bulls-eye
is evident from the determination not to
have the report issued this year. The
extremely weak excuse of economy
will fool no one. 1t is only another eX-
ample of the fatuouS mentality. of so
many members of both houses of con-
gress, who fly in the face of Abraham
Lincoln's celebrated quotation and be-
lieve they can fool all the people all the
time
Of course one should not expect too
much from 'lame duck" congress. At
times the average citizen is justified in
wondering if he can expect anything
sensible from any congress.
-O-
The claim that they have Irish moth
ers is not enough The Kokens, Shee-
ketskis, Melinkovicnes etc. apparently
need Irish daddies too
Somehow we are supposed to be made
to feel ashamed by England's action in
bringing over gold in a warship. Right
now we wouldn't care if they brought it
IN a mud scow.
Tive more weeks boys and girls in
which you must be good. After that it
won't matter
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-12

The claim that they have Irish moth
ers is not enough The Kokens, Shee-
ketskis, Melinkovicnes etc. apparently
need Irish daddies too
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-12

The best explanation we can offer of
San Diego's municipal turmoil is that
the Kilkenny cats must have taken over
the city.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1932-07-29
ABILITY TO SAVE MONEY

Among Wrangell's energetic young
people. we believe that Miss Eva
Sumption, who celebrated her
twenty-first birthday last Satur-
day deserves special mention.
Before she was eighteen years Of
age Miss Sumption had saved over
enc thousand dollars from her
wages as an employe of the Reli-
ance Shrimp Cannery, owned by
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Sumption. When but nineteen years
old she had paid for a thorough
course in a Seattle beauty college
and had opened the Ringlette Shop
in Wrangell. The shop was fur
nished and equipped with everything
needed in a beauty parlor from a
manicure set to a permanent way
ing machine, all from money she
had earned and saved.
She is not only Wrangell's young
est business person, but is sue
cessfuI in the management of her
shop.
Miss SYMPTOMS distinction does
not lie in her earning power but in
her ability to regularly bank a
certain percentage of her earnings
and spend what is left rather than
to follow the procedure of most of
us which is to spend first and and
bank what is left only to find there
isn't anything left.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1932-07-29
JELLY FISH AND GOLD

The reported rich strike at the
Downie & Babcock Nuka bay mine;
the possible findings of low grade
ore near Cordova; the new Nome
developments, bring out again the
question: Is there more gold in the
hills than has ever yet been dug
d, out?
It has been observed that no
better job could be given willing
workers than the well-directed job
of prospecting. That the precious
metal should only be brought to
light through accidental discovery
or by the persistent efforts of some
grizzled veteran who has to beg for
a grub-stake, instead of through
concentrated. concerted, scientific
research, is an amazing common
tary upon the futility of human
officialdom.
There seem to be ample funds to
prosecute search for ancient buried
culture, but not a cent for the I'M
earthing of treasure troves, the dis
covery of which would cause de-
pressions to melt as SNOWFALL
within fiery furnace.
With no thought OF discounting
the ethical values of archaeological
recearch, we deplore the policy of
ignoring the practical possibilities
of scientific prospecting at the pub
lie expense in countries Of vast
neurological promise.
But we suppose it will ever be
thus. And while Prof. A. Solomon
ious is wisely announcing the age,
with a few variable millions of
The Wrangell sentinel., 1932-07-29
KASILOF RESIDENTS HOLD
CELEBRATION ON FOURTH

The Fourth of July at Kasilof
was a get together. affair attended
by So, the largest single gathering
Of bona-fide residents of which the
Oldest old timer has any recollec-
ton. reports the Seldpvia Herald.
There We're games, spirited con-
tests of strength and endurance.
humorous encounters that brought
hearty laughs from the joyous
crowd.
Outstanding was the boxing
match between Mrs. Archie McLane
and Pete Jensen. This scheduled
match was touted about until every
body's interest was aroused to the
explosive point, particularly Pete's,
who had been quietly tipped off
that Mrs. McLane carried a mean
wallop in either hand and was par
ticulary adept in delivering the
double cross the punch that made
Fitzsimmons famous. Mrs. McLane,
while neither frail nor diminutive,
claims to know nothing at all OF
boxing tactics; but she stepped out
in true boxer fashion, feinting for
an opening. In his eagerness to
avoid the expected onslaught Pete
struck out harder than he intended,
and the fight ended right there.
Pete is sorry to have been declared
winner, and says that if Mrs. Nc
Lane will meet him next Fourth he
will agree to enter the ring with
both hands tied behind him.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1932-07-29
Is YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
Items Taken From The Sentinel Files of August q 1917

Press service received by cable on
August 2. 1917, includes the follow
ing news items. London reports
that 81 vessels were torpedoed dur
ing the week ending August /,
1917. President Wilson today or
dered that all slackers who failed
to appear for draft examination be
reported to the Department of Jus
tice and certified into the national
army by the adjutant general of
the state. Fifty persons died of the
heat in New York on August l and
2, and II died in Chicago. The
Ypres sector has been recaptured
by the Germans. Over 5000 prison
ers were taken by the British in
two days. The British casualties on
all fronts for month of July was
$4,000. A terrific joint offensive
was opened July 81 on the Western
front by the British forces follow
Ing more than a week of cannonad-
ing. The British surged forward
north of the Lys river and according
to official announcement, all OBJ
Jectives were captured and assaults
delivered over a wide front were
pressed home with utmost vigor.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1932-07-29

away our foreign trade in non
European countries.
1t is easily possible, therefore, as
Mr.. Coolidge suggests, that the
transferring of this debt burden to
the backs of the American people
would hurt rather than assist our
foreign trade. The whole question
is one in which Uncle Sam must
move slowly, and it is a good bet
that he will move slowly.-Ex.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1932-07-29
COOLIDGE ON DEBTS

There is sound logic and consid-
cradle food for reflection in the dis
cussion of former President Cool
idge in the July issue of the Inter
tional Cosmopolitan magazine on
the subject OF debt cancellation
Mr.. Coolidge again calls attention
to the fact that the debts can not
be cancelled, that somebody must
pay them, adding that "the money
we furnished we had to borrow.
Some one must pay It, 1t can not
be cancelled. If we do not collect
it from Europe We must collect it
from our own taxpayers" There
can be no argument on that score.
Cancellation is impossible. Some
body must pay.
A great deal of the argument of
the internationalists for debt can
collation. is based on the theory
that it will help foreign trade,
that the nations of Europe, relieved
from the debt burden, will buy
more from us. Well, there is room
for argument here. In the first
place it is to be remembered that
up to this time Great Britain,
France, Italy, Belgium and the
other nations which owe us have
been carrying no debt burden.
They have been collecting the mon
ey to pay us from Germany, and
in the case of France at least, have
been collecting considerably more.
Mr.. Coolidge, however, brings up
another point which argues po-
tently against the theory that
"cancelling" the debt would help
our foreign trade. After declaring
that the effect of debt payment on
foreign trade is problematical he
adds:
with all its unknown and un-
movable factors, it is not possible
to make an accurate analysis of
either foreign or domestic trade.
But there are some features of its
relation to cancellation that seem
plain. In the first place to remit
the debts would be a direct subsidy
of more than $250,O00,000 per
year to the governments of foreign
countries made for the assumed pur-
pose of inducing their people to
trade with our people. While that
would be something distinctly new
under the sun, we ought not to dis
card it on that account without
examination.
while there Is some sentiment
in trade it is largely a matter of
interest going where 1t is most ad
yantageous. The foreign people be-
ing relieved of certain taxes, 1t is
assumed, would have more money
to spend But how can We be as
sured that it would be expended
here? The natural place for them
to buy goods would be where the
price was lowest. Our taxes would
be higher because the bonds which
were issued to get money to lend
Europe must be paid. That would
in crease the cost of our production.
Instead of being better able to
meet world competition and sell
more goods to Europe, the chances
would seem to be that our costs
would be SO high that Europe
would not only find cheaper goods
in other COUNT les, but would be
better able than at present to take
The Wrangell sentinel., 1932-07-29

Judge Cage of New Orleans be-
lieves in a moratorium on alimony
as well as on other war debts When
George Eitmann appeared before
him and declared he could not pay
his divorced wife $35 a month be-
cause he was out of work, the
judge reduced the payments to one
cent a month until Eitmann gets
"a job.