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Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-14
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE
TURTLE

When Uncle Wiggily slid down
the stair banister rail in his hollow
stump one morning, not long be-
fore Christmas, the rabbit gentle
man hoped out to the kitchen
to look at the goldfish which Nurse
Jane kept in a bowl of water for
company. I mean the goldfish was
company. not the bowl of water
"Oh, there you are!" exclaimed
Mr.. Longears, twinkling his pink
nose at the swimming fish.
why shouldn't Flippy be
there?" asked Nurse Jane, for she
called her goldfish by the name of
Flippy because of his tail.
"Oh, I thought he might have
gotten out fhis crib again in the
night after I put him back" said
Uncle Wiggily, speaking of the bowl
of the goldfish as a crib which
in way it was.
You don't mean to tell me Flip
py fell out of his bowl in the night,
do you?" asked the muskrat lady
yes, I did," answered Flippy
speaking for himself. 81 fell out in
the dark and I couldn't find my
way back again, so flopped up
stairs to Unkie Wigs room and put
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-14
DOOR BUYING
RATHER RISKY

Through Judge H. A. Conger, OF
Imperial. the El Centro Chamber
Of Commerce has been warned OF
the activities of an itinerant sales
man who is offering an electric
waffle iron and three packages OF
flour for a sum less than one dol
lar. The money is paid to tho sales
man with the promise that tho
merchandise will be shipped from
Kansas.
Judge Conger states this sales
man operated in Imperial and per-
sons in that city who have made
inquiry learned that there was no
such firm as he claimed to repre-
sent in the Kansas towns, SO El
Centrans are asked to be on their
guard and notify the local chamber
of commerce if this salesman, max
ing such an offer, comes to any
house in Ell Centro.
THE only sure way for the in
dividual to protect herself against
statesmen who may be misrepre-
senting," states Manager Hays, OF
the local chamber, lis not to buy
anything at the door. We have
many complaints daily from house.
wives of the city concerning the
great number of peddlers and
agents who are operating i'll Ell
Centre but if these peddlers are
licensed, or deliver by mail. we can
not stop them from selling. The
only thing which will stop this nui-
sance Is for the individual to stop
buying at the door. The chamber OF
commerce has been campaigning
against house-to-house peddlers
for number of years and has even
furnished signs for the houses IN
trying to discourage this type OF
salesman. To make these mo Ped
dler" signs effective, however, it Is
necessary for the housewives of the
city to stop buying from peddlers. y
, Telephone calls at chamber head
/ quarters indicate that a group who
are selling cosmetics in the city
state that they have seen the
chamber of commerce" These rep
resentatives of an eastern COM
( pany did call at chamber head
( quarters, Hays states, but the cham
ber withheld endorsement of the
house house selling. This fact
the statesmen forgot to mention.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-14
BEARS DROP
BRONCO CAME

SANTA CLARA, Dec, IA. (UR)--
Announcement of the 1888 foot
ball schedule of the University OF
California, which revealed that the
Santa Clara Broncos had been
omitted, caused little surprise on
the Santa Clara college campus to-
day.
Since 1923, the Golden Bears had
opened their football season by
meeting the Broncos. Usually the
Bears won. This fall, however,
Coach "Clipper" Smiths eleven
trounced California, IL to 0.
Although September 80 remains
an open date on Californias sched-
ule, w. w. Monahan, California
graduate manager, indicated that
the Bears are looking about for an
opponent considerably weaker than
Santa Clara to fill the date.
The California schedule calls for
games with st. Mary's Olympic
club, Washington State, U. S. c., U.
G. l.. A, Washington, Idaho and
Stanford Monahan said it was
hoped to compete negotiations for
a game with Notre Dame to be
played at Berkeley December 7.
When the Bears meet the Bruins
on November A, it will be the first
time in history that a state uni
versity has put two of its own
teams on the field against each
other in regular conference compe-
tition.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-14

my wet tail on his nose and he
woke up and brought me back"
oh! OH" murmured Nurse
Jane. What will happen next?"
Il wish what would happen next"
said the goldfish, might be lit
tie turtle"
"A little turtlei" said Miss Fuzzy
Wuzzy in surprise.
"A little green turtle" spoke
Flippy.
Green, what do you moan?"
asked Uncle Wiggily.
why. I get lonesome swimming
around in my bowl Of water all
day by myself said Flippy. I'D
like some company
And you want a little green tur-
tie to swim with you, is that it?"
asked Uncle Wiggily.
YES" answered the goldfish, "it
is"
"Then as soon as have my
breakfast I'll hop over the fields
and through the woods and look
for a little green turtle" promised
the jolly old rabbit gentleman.
THANK you" murmured the gold
fish.
Il hope you don't think Flippy is
too fuSsy," spoke Nurse Jane.
"Oh, not at all Not at ALL" eX-
claimed Mr.. Longears. 1T win be
no trouble at all for me to look
for a green turtle for him"
So, after breakfast, Uncle Wig
gily hoped over the fields. through
the woods, up hill and down hill
looking for cute little green tur-
/ tie. such as you may often have
seen in bowls Of goldfish. But this
was not the time OF year TO find
little green turtles crawling about.
Where Uncle Wiggily lived II was
almost Winter, Christmas was just
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-14
NEW WREN IDENTIFIED

CHARLESTOWN, S. c. (U.P)-An
entirely new type marsh wren has
been identified here through the
research of two Charleston natur-
alists, Alexander Sprunt, Jr., and
Edward Won S. Dingle. 1t has been
named "telmatodytes palutris way
nei" in honor OF the late Arthur
7. Wayne, who discovered several
new species at the turn Of the cen
tury. 1t is exceptionally dark, its
head and nape a sooty black, the
flanks brown, the tail heavily bar
red, and the sides Of the breast
barred 1t frequents the rice fields.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-14
BED TIME STORIES
BY HOWARD E. GARRIS
Copyright 1892, by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate)

around the corner. In the warm
Southland. of course, turtles crawl
about all the year. But these crea-
lures do not like cold weather.
WELL said the rabbit gentle
man to himself as he hoped along
looking here and there and every
where. Il don't believe I am going
to find a green turtle for Flippy the
goldfish today. I'll hop back and
tell him So"
Just then Uncle Wiggily stood on
the edge of the duck pond which
was frozen. Near the shore the rab-
bit gentleman saw a round, green
stone which he picked up and put
in his pocket
"Ill take the stone to Flippy, -
said Mr.. Lonears. III tell him he
can pretend it is turtle for COM
pany.'
The goldfish was much disappoint-
ed when Uncle Wiggily came back
without the turtle.
But here is a green stone you
can take in the bowl with you,
Flippy," said the rabbit gentleman
"Oh, thank you'll" hissed Flippy
that being his way of talking. So
the green stone was put in the gold
fish bowl and Uncle Wiggily was
watching Nurse Jane heat uI
the stove to bake a chocolate cake
! when, all of a sudden, the bunny
and the muskrat lady housekeep-
er saw a swishing, swirling anC
commotion in the bowl of water.
"Flippyl What's the matter?'
squeaked Nurse Jane.
Look! Look!" hissed the fish
THE green stone has come to life
and is swimming around! Look
/ Look"
why, it's little green turtle!'
exclaimed Nurse Jane.
Surely enough, it ISL said the
rabbit gentleman. How Gomez" HI
asked and the turtle said:
you see I was SO cold and fro
zen, not having buried myself deer
in the mud of the duck pond as
should have done that you took
me for green stone. But wller
you put me in the warm water
with Flippy I thawed out and nov
can swim with my goldfish
! friend"
"Oh, I'm so happy" sang Flippy
f''At last I have company" So tht
/ two were happy together. And i
the door knob will stop turning
around and trying to look through
the keyhole at the front porch, II
tell you next about Uncle Wiggill
and the thirsty squirrel.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-14
sDon't Quote Me-
= BY United Press .

the house, contendsd she outrank-
ed Mrs. Gam, the Vice Presi-
dents hostess. Mrs. Gam was
equally insistent that the place of
honor was hers.
After Bongworth's death, the for
mer Alice Roosevelt had no off
cial rank and the question became
purely academic.
Today all Washington society
agreed that the fact that Mrs.
Longworth was invited TO the din
ner and accepted could mean but
one thing-that they had decided
to Danish any lingering resentment
and made up"
Higher education is beginning to
! benefit from Reconstruction Cor
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-14
THIRD PAIR OF TWINS

MUSHROOM Mich. W.P>-Chil-
dren arrive at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Archie S. Baird in pairs. They
are celebrating the birth of their
third set of twins, Miriam and Mar
ian. IL, are the oldest Baird twins.
Catherine and Melvin, who died
when he was three months old,
were born two years ago. The new
arrivals are named Myrtle and
Muriel. Mrs. Baird is 80 years old
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-14
BY United Press

bN 1utbtQ E1ESS
WASHINGTON. Dec. Il. UP)-
Mrs. Dolly Gam and Mrs. Alice
Roosevelt Longworth seem 10 have
set a definite seal Of peace on their
social feud which was the talk Of
the town in the early days OF the
Hoover administration.
Mrs. Longworth was a guest last
night at a dinner which Vice Pre-
sident Curtis gave for President and
Mrs. Hoover. Mrs. Gam, sister Of
the Vice President, was his off
cial hostess at the dinner.
The feud between the two in
volyed the question Of who was en-
titled TO the more important place
at official dinner tables. Mrs. Long
worth, as the wife Of the speaker OF
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-14

Published every evening Except Sunday by the
Imperial Valley Press, Inc. 625 State street, Ell
Centre, California. w. c. Costello. business man
ager. Telephone 26, business office 7oo editorial
department. Ful leased wire United Press Asso-
Citations.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-14
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
December Ia. 1917

Members of the Imperial Coun-
ty Bar association have been asked
to give part of their time in aid
ing the government in showing
registrants how to fill out ques-
tionnaires send for army service.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-14

Acacia school trustees are pro-
ceeding with preparations for the
voting of a bond issue to build
the new school house to take the
place of the one destroyed by fire
recently. A bond issue will be
necessary as the insurance was
not sufficient to cover the cost of
the new building.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-14

SUBSCRIPTION RATES-Deliyered by carrier,
per month"; SIS cents by mail, SO cents per month
in advance. Entered at Ell Centre, California post
office as second-class matter. Member California
Newspaper Publishers Association. M. C. Mogen-
son, national advertising representatives.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-14
TEN YEARS AGO
December Id. 1922

The total number of bales of
cotton ginned on both sides of the
international line was 67,369.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-14

The Imperial Irrigation district
reported that at the close of Nov
ejnber a total of $334,01716 was
on hand.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-14

If the "technocrats" can make good
on that theoretical salary of $4,000 for
each of us, they have our good wishes
for electing the next president, winning
the baseball championship and licking
u. S. C..
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-14

The French like to make lot of pow
WOW about it, but yesterdays cheering
in the chamber of deputies shows their
hearts are in the right place.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-14
Looking Backward
What The Press Files Tell of
Imperial Valley for This Date
in Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
December ID. 1912

A large oil company is now build
ing a storage system at Third and
Orange streets. Five carloads of
materials arrived at the site re-
Gently.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-14

place but she is sitting on her pocket
book.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-14

Motion pictures at the L 81 S
theatre tonight will be Bad Pete's
Ingratitude, Love Will Find A
Way, and THE Little Music
Teacher.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-14

We don't know whether or not Repre-
sentative McFadden is lame duck"
but we know few more things that he
is
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-14

Something not to grin about-there
were kids on our streets yesterday wear
ing tennis shoes, and with their toes
showing through.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-14
IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS
WE17SHER-BLAH!


THE topic which is uppermost in the
1 minds of most resident holds the
same place in our own mind, if any
the snow.
While we never expected to see snow
here, and fervently hoped that we
wouldn't, it did generate thrill to see
the fuzzy stuff falling down lightly and
evenly, as we so often watched it back
east.
But that lets US out. We are glad it
came and broke a record, and if it will
now go away and stay away and never
come back, it will be all right with us
Peeved? Possibly so. We have yet to
encounter one person that likes the af-
termath of storm in Imperial Valley
Muck and mud, mud and muck and
more muck and mud. Cold, slippery
walks, everything and everyone messy,
gray skies and droopy spirits-we pre-
Ter the sunshine.
The rain or snow does us no good
down here. The latter looked pretty
but that is all that can be said in its
favor. If it is Mr. Baughman's idea of
a good thing we are tempted to take
back the nice words we wrote about him
last week. We are in favor of SUMMER
and better weather. and the sooner he
gets US back to our own favorite brand,
the better we will like it.
Imperial Valley as Imperial Valley,
is little bit of all right When it tries
to impersonate New England or the
North Pole, it is like most impersona-
tors-punk.
Maybe the crouch will wear off, but it
won't while this weather lasts We want
sun and lots of it and we hope Mr..
Baughman hears about it and gets busy.
Something not to grin about-there
were kids on our streets yesterday wear
ing tennis shoes, and with their toes
showing through.
Yes, France has her heart in the right
place but she is sitting on her pocket
book.
We don't know whether or not Repre-
sentative McFadden is lame duck"
but we know few more things that he
is.
If the ''technocrats" can make good
on that theoretical salary of $4,000 for
each of us, they have our good wishes
for electing the next president, winning
the baseball championship and licking
u. S. c.
The French like to make lot of pow
WOW about it, but yesterdays cheering
in the chamber of deputies shows their
hearts are in the right place.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1932-10-07
HENPECKED HUSBANDS

Henpecked husbands were ap- plauded by Dr. c. W. Kimmins, a British Educational leader, in an address before a woman's luncheon club in New York recently. His tribute must have been most grati- flying to both the wives and bus bands concerned. He said;
 "The henpecked husband is the most delightful and childish person in the world. Some henpecked hus- bands are not really henpecked; they are hen-protected."
 Another encouraging statement he made in this connection was that "henpecked husbands live longer than those who are not henpecked." 7"
 We must agree that even though they may not actually live longer it no doubt seems longer.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1932-10-07

ulation," and attending enthusias- tically to the duty of building a destiny for iteslf. As the small com munity becomes more independent, the large city will prosper too. What we need in America is vitality of individual effort, and this is what the small city will give in the next generation as it did in the past. The disillusioned folk who thought that the bright lights were what made life worth while, will be drifting back to the country, eager to cap ture once again the peace, the sin cerity. the integrity, the gladness that abides where neighborly com radeship is possible. Slayton
 (Minn) Herald.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1932-10-07
NEEDY FAMILIES RECEIVE THREE AND HALF MILLION
 YARDS RED CROSS CLOTH

Red Cross chapters in the Pacific States have requisitioned enough cotton cloth to meet the needs of 21S,992 families in distress, the materials totalling 3,441,003 yards according to a compilation as of September 22, announced by A. L.. Schafer manager of the Pacific Branch Office, San Francisco.
 Cotton materials are being re- ceived rapidly in sewing rooms of Coast chapters and thousands of volunteer workers have begun the task of converting the supplies into clothing for men, women and chil-
The Wrangell sentinel., 1932-10-07
UNFAIR COMPETITION

The United States chamber of commerce makes a good point when it points out the unfairness of gov ernment competition with private enterprise. It is not the competition itself which is so vicious, but the fact that the competition is conduct ed on such an unequal basis. The government engages in business without thought of loss or profit. It is exempt from taxation. It does not charge off items of depreciation. And the burden of the operations is borne by the citizens, including those who are engaged in competitive pri- vate business. This palpable unfair ness sums up the case against the government in business; it should be increasingly impressed on the public consciousness.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1932-10-07

dren. The mobilization of yolun- teers to clothe the needy and con tinue the distribution of Red Cross flour to feed the hungry, comes at time when other volunteers are forming to conduct the annual Red Cross Roll Call, or membership campaign, from Armistice Day to Thanksgiving, November 11-24.
 James L. Fieser, vice chairman in charge of domestic operations, personally in charge of the Central Cotton Distribution office at Wash ington, D. c. reports more than 100,- 900 women throughout the United States have volunteered to operate the Red Cross sewing rooms. Chap ter acquisitions nationally thus far exceed 2O,647,363 yards of cloth, providing materials for more than 1,679,512 families. "As in the flour distribution, Mir. Fieser says "chap- ters have been warned that the cloth or clothing must not be ex- changed for work. It must be given absolutely free and solely upon the basis of need No other considera- tion must enter into it's distribu- tion"
 From the Pacific area, IT req uisitions for cotton cloth have thus far been made. Eleven Arizona chap ters report 16,153 families in need of clothing; 6S California chapters, 112,754 needy families; 24 Idaho chapters, COTS families; Nevada chapters. $50 families; 19 Oregon chapters, 16, 40 families; 16 Utah chapters, 14,794 families; 24 Wash ington chapters, 52, 253 families in need of clothing. Every section of the Pacific area is now receiving Red Cross materials which include cotton prints, cotton flannel, shirt ing, gingham, muslin and birdseye.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1932-10-07
SMALL TOWN IS NECESSARY

Two things have come out of the depression that are worth noting. The large centers of population can not get along without the country. The small communities have discov- cred that they can make their own life without much worrying con
 corning large cities For long it was a habit of big cities to display airs of superiority to the so-called rural communities" They have pretended to believe that the small town was passing into eclipse, and that people would flock to big cities and make them more and more important and influential. And, also, lot of country" people, lured blythe glam- or of the cities have left the country
 side. They have discovered. many of them too late, that life in the small communities has thousand advantages not possessed by large centers, and that the mushroom de- velopment of big cities has been a bad, not too good thing. Today the small city is taking on new dig nifty and individuality. We see every where the proof that the small com munity is realizing it's possibilities, forgetting to ape the manners of the more artificial "centers of pop
The Wrangell sentinel., 1932-10-07

Statement of the ownership, man. agement, Circulation, etc, required by the Act of Congress of August
 24, 1912 Of The Wrangell Sentinel, published weekly at Wrangell, Alaska, for October 1, 1892.
 Territory of Alaska, First Judi cial Division. Before me a Notary Public in and for the Territory and Division aforesaid. personally ap- peared Sarah Eleanor Pritchett who, having been duly sworn ac- cording to law, deposes and says that she is the publisher of the Wrangell Sentinel, and that the following is, to the best of her knowledge and belief. true state ment of the ownership, manage ment (and if a daily paper, the circulation), etc, of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption, required by the Act of August 24, 1912, embodied
 
 in section All, Postal Laws and reg ulations, to wit:
 1. That the name and address of the publisher, editor, managing editor and business manager is Sarah Eleanor Pritchett, Wrangell, Alaska.
 9. That the owner is Sarah Eleanor Pritchett, whose address is Wrangell, Alaska.
 8. That the known bondholders, mortgages, and other security holders owning or holding one per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securi- ties are: NONE.
 Sarah Eleanor Pritchett, Owner.
 Sworn to and subscribed before me this 5th day of October, 1882.
 L. B. CHISHOLM (My Commission expires May 20,
 1934.)
The Wrangell sentinel., 1932-10-07

Delegate Charles A. Sulzer vas aboard the City of Seattle Monaay enroute to Juneau. While in Wran- gell he stated Congress was consid- ering war measures only before ad- journment, so he left as he could do nothing for Alaska during the remainder of the session. Regarding the Dry Straits proposition, Mr
 Sulzer said that on account of the report of the Engineers being so late 1t was impossible to get the Dry
The Wrangell sentinel., 1932-10-07

That Americans are no longer cut ting down on smokes was indicated by figures on cigarette consump- tion released by the internal reve- nue department. Cigarettes con sumed in August totalled 9,55S,- 921, 1908, an increase of 3S,743,310, or four per cent over August, 1881. It was the first gain shown in the monthly rate of consumption since May, 1881.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1932-10-07

The Arctic brotherhood held a farewell party for Dr. Shurick, who is leaving on the City of Seattle to enlist in the army, and Mrs Shur- i,k The game of rummy which has been a popular pastime with Wran- gell men for the past three months. was played First prizes were won by Miss Florence Quasi and Harry Coulter and consultations by Mrs. W. H Warren and Lloyd Dalgity. After supper was served in the ban quet room Dr. Shurick was present. ed by the lodge with nugget ring made from Alaska gold.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1932-10-07
Is YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

Straits appropriation at this session but that there is a good chance of the measures being put through at the next session.
 pr. w. j. Pigg. acting on the advice of the Surgeon General, went this week to Fort Seward at Haines to take a physical examination. This will prevent delay in case the Army grants Dr. Pigg the commission for which he has applied.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1932-10-07

that stream to the Yukon and to Skagway via Whitehorse, the object of the trip being to obtain motion pictures of wild life and to kill some of the large game for an eastern museum. Harry Boyden, li- eensed guide of Cordova, accompan- jed Mr. and Mrs. Beach.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1932-10-07

The Wrangell Chapter American Red Cross. this week shipped Box No. s, containing the following mis- cellaneous supplies: 20 dozen hand kerchiefs, 20 dozen handkerchief substitutes. 72 housewives" 31 shoulder wraps, 28 dog. table nap kins, 9 dozen tray covers, 72 com fort bags. There are 33 pairs of bed socks on hand which could not be put in the box.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1932-10-07

Among southbound passengers on the Yukon Tuesday were MT. and Mrs. Wm. N. Beach of New York
 Mir. Beach is a big game hunter and explorer and has come to AL aska almost annually for ten or twelve years. His trip this year be- gan in August and took the party in leisurely fashion to the head waters of the White river, down