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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-03-17
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Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-13
IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS
NEIGHBORLY TROUBLES

IMPERIAL VALLEY having been for
merly part of San Diego county, and
the many interests the two communities
have in common, makes San Diego's
problems of interest here.
The present political unrest in San
Diego is being watched by many valley
residents, with the hope that some way
may be found to straighten it out and
give San Diego an efficient municipal
government, something it does not now
possess.
Having adopted the city manager form
of government, and hired a municipal
expert after examination of a long list
of candidates, San Diego kept him in
office do days and then suspended him
on charges of inefficiency. 1t is diff
cult for an outsider to understand how
an honest opinion could be arrived at
In so short a time.
The San Diego rumors, which closely
approach the truth, are to the effect that
the city hall politicians did not like the
idea of the city manager encroaching up
on their political rights, and that instead
of being inefficient, he was too efficient
to suit them.
Charges of gross inefficiency, includ-
members of the police department form
the latest upheaval in the coast citys
political circles. They are made by the
head of the city's civil service commits
sion.
If they are true it is not to be wonder
ed at. San Diego has had five chiefs of
police in about four years, a record that
is enough to demoralize any police de-
partment The office of chief has been
made a political football and the San
Diego taxpayer bears the penalty of the
kicking it receives The group of un-
solved murders occurring in San Diego
last year are terrible evidence of what
can be expected from a demoralized po-
lice department.
The interest which Imperial Valley has
in San Diego makes it permissible to dis
cuss the troubles of that city. 1t is to
be regretted that city possessing so
many potential possibilities for develop
ment permits itself to be hamstrung by
self-centered politicians who place their
own interests above those of their city.
That is the root of San Diego's difficult
ties and it will be interesting to see how
long it will take the progressive citizens
of the city to wake up to that fact and
insist upon the type of government to
which they are entitled.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-13
Junior Meeting
Well Attended

"Harmonica Mike" in the person
of M. Cloyde Sullivan, this morning
entertained members of the FL
Centro Junior Chamber OF Com
merce with a half hour of har-
monica music and short talk on
the Ethics of Happiness" at a
meeting which was attended by
larger crowd than any OF recent
weeks.
Sullivan opened his program with
a brief resume of radio history, ex-
planning that he has been con-
nected with radio since it first be-
gan the upward climb into the
ranks of major industries.
President Jack Polzine called
meeting of the board of directors
for tbs Friday night at the cham
ber of commerce rooms.
Ell Centro's quota at the National
Junior Chamber of Commerce con-
vention at Pasadena was set at 10
delegates in a letter from Lathrop
K. Leishman of Los Angeles.
Polo and yachting as sports
sponsored by the junior chamber OF
commerce we're discussed by P. v.
Harrigan.
Les Wilson and Les Rogers re-
ceived oviations for two talks, the
first on dogs and the second on
jurieS.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-13
District Busy On
Delinquent List

Preparation of the delinquent tax
list to be published July %, and
the writing of assessment collec-
tions into the records, this week re-
suited in the office staff in the as
SCISSOR collectors office at Imperial
Irrigation district headquarters hav-
ing to work several hours every
night.
The delinquency list cannot be
prepared until after the closing of
the assessment books and the law
requires it to be published upon a
certain date, said Miss Winnie Bar
ry, assessor collector, and therefore
the compiling OF the list must be
rushed TO completion in record time.
Total collections of second in
stallment assessments have not
been ascertained as yet since there
still are many payments to be
checked and written into the rolls.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-13

rs he coming?" Susie would ask.
Il don't see him. Uncle Wiggily
would answer.
They were running away from
the little pussy Bob Cat, fearing
that the mother Bob Cat would
chase them. You see Uncle Wig
gily and Susie had been looking
for adventures. Susie found nest
of little kittens. At first she
thought they were pussies like Joie,
Tommie or Kittie Kat. But when
she told Uncle Wiggily what she
had found, and when one of the
queer pussies followed Susie and
Mr.. Longears saw it, he said:
That's a Bob Cat pussy and the
Lynx, which is the real name OF
the Bob Cat, may think we tried
to take her little one, Susie. We
had better run away from danger. ''
So Uncle Wiggily and Susie ran
away, leaving the mewing Bob Cat
pussy in the woods. But Uncle
Wiggily thought the pussy might
follow them and that's just what
happened.
Uncle Wiggily and Susie had not
hoped very far, thinking to get
safely TO the rabbits hollow stump
bungalow, when, all of a sudden
after another look back, Susie
called:
Here he comes after u.s."
do you mean the Bob Car
pussy2" asked Mr.. Longears.
Yes" answered Susie. First ]
heard him mewing after us and now
he is running after us and soon he
will catch up to US. And if the
Bob Cat pussy comes to us, his
mother will smell her way to him
and she will scratch US, won't she
Uncle Wiggily?"
"She may" answered the rabbit
gentleman. "She may think We
wanted to take her pussy child
but we didn't. She may scratch us
before have a chance to tell hel
we didn't run after her pussy, but
that her pussy ran after US"
What do you think we had oct
ter do, Uncle Wiggily?" asked
Susie.
I'VE had better hop along a little
faster" said Mr. Longears.
So they did this but the mewinf
Bob Cat pussy came running. along
You know how it is when you tr,
to run away from pussy or &
puppy. They seem to find you NJ
matter what you do.
"Mewl Mew Mewl" howled th'
Bob Cat as II ran on closely be
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-13
DISTRICT ANSWER
DENIES CHARGES
MADE BY GREER

F. w. Greer at one time present.
ed a claim for damages Identical
with that made in his $175,00 dam
age suit against the Imperial Irri-
CATION District, offering to settle
for $500 and the right to purchase
back his land on the southern shore
of Salton Sea for 10 per cent of the
delinquent taxes.
This charge was made yesterday
afternoon in an answer by the dis
trict to Greer's amended complaint,
which asks damages for himself and
his wife because of an asserted con-
tinual rise of the Salton Sea which
has submerged the land in question.
In addition to making the offer
to settle, according to the districts
answer, Greer carried it out, re-
ceived the $500 and was allowed to
obtain a quit-claim deed to the
property for $210 when it was sold
for taxes. This affirmative defense
of the district applies only to two
causes of action in Greer's COM
plant.
1t is the affirmation of the dis
trict that Greer's proffer of set
tlement, and later acceptance or
the money and title to the proper
: ty, nullified his present claim for
damages.
Attacking Greer's complaint on
the same basis, but from differ
ent angle, the districts answer as
serted that, on May 26, 1881, and
for a valuable consideration, the
district executed quit-claim deed
/ in favor of Greer, but withheld an
easement over the land, and the
right to construct bitches, canals
and other such necessary items on
the property.
The property at that time was in
the same condition as now, and
Greer was fully aware of this when
he purchased the quit-claim deed,
according to the answer.
The answer OF the district con-
tains the usual denials of allega-
tions made in Greers complaint.
1t is denied that Greer construct
ed house on the property in 1919
or lived on the property as a reg
ular resident, that the land was
used for agricultural or dairy pur-
poses, that the land was of great
value, that it is being continuously
submerged, that there are valuable
gas or mineral deposits on the
DrODertV which were submerged by
the rising lake, that Greer repeat
edly or at any time notified the
district that his land was being
submerged, or that hunting pre-
serve was ever established there
Other denials also are made.
Charles l.. Childers and D. B
Roberts, attorneys for the Imper-
ial Irrigation District, prepared the
complaint.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-13

WASHINGTON, July ID. = A
substantial section of official Wash
ington donned evening clothes re-
Gently to attend a preview OF the
worlds largest, though conceded not
best, painting.
1t is the Pantheon de la Guerre,
now called the Panorama OF the
World War, depicting 5000 figures
who played a part in the titanic
struggle. The painting is the work
of 1913 artists and was five years
in the making. The canvas is 402
feet long and As feet high.
A local amusement man has the
picture and expects TO do good
business during the Washington
bi-centennial. Next year the paint
ing will go to Chicago for the Cen
tury of Progress exhibition.
A special building of gas tank
type of architecture was constructed
TO house the painting. The round
interior is almost covered by 1t
and lecturers point out the promi-
nent figures to gaping visitors.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-13
Asks Sheriff's Aid
In Seeking Friend

Ted Wilson, 773 State street, last
night enlisted the aid of the sher-
ifs office here in a search for a
friend who left Yuma Monday night
to visit him, and has not yet ar
rived at El Centre.
j. L. Taylor was said to be i'll
when he left Yuma about o'clock
Monday night, Wilson told officers.
He was driving green coupe. No
other information was given about
the missing man.
The heavy rains last winter were
of great benefit to prune trees in
Tulare county.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-13
sDom't Quote Me-
BY United Press :

Prior to the preview, President
Hoover was given a private show
ing. He gazed on the figure Of a
round faced gentleman with brown
hair and high, stiff collar. 1t
was Herbert Hoover, food admins
traitor and relief worker.
Three other American presidents
are also depicted. They are Wood
row Wilson, the wartime president;
Theodore Roosevelt and William
Howard Taft.
Many members of the official
Washington set are buying homes
which come equipped with house
hold bars.
Sliding doors permit this ultra
modern appurtenance to be closed
off from the basement recreation
room. a fact for which one hard
working sales agent is thankful.
A senate leader who lately
evinced his die-hard stand in sup
port of prohibition suddenly ap-
peared at the real estate depart
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-13
BED-TIME STORIES
BY HOWARD E. GARRIS
Copyright 1928. By Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate

hind Uncle Wiggily and Susie.
New Mewl Mew!'
"Oh, little Bob Cat pussyl" said
Susie. please go away! If had
known what kind of a pussy nest
was finding I would have looked
for some other kind of adventure. -
"Yes, it would have been BETTER
spoke Uncle Wiggily.
So the two rabbits ran on faster
and faster, but the little, mewing
Bob Cat pussy chased them until
at last Susie said:
There is no getting away from
him, Uncle Wiggily.'
1T doesn't seem so,' said Mr..
Longears. Il think we had better
stop and pick up the pussy"
DO you mean to carry it with
us?" asked Susie. "If we do that
the mother Bob Cat may be very
angry at us"
mo, we won't carry the Bob Cat
pussy" said Mr.. Longears. I'VE
will stop, pick it up and put it in
hollow tree. 1t will be safe there
until its mother comes to get it.
And as the pussy can't get down
out of the tree, it will have to stay
there and we can run on and get
away. I think that will be tn
thing to do"
Then let's do it," said Susie.
She and Uncle Wiggily stopped
on the woodland path and waited
for the Bob Cat pussy to catch up
to them. When he did, Mr.. Long
ears picked up the mewing creature
and gently put it in hollow tree
high enough up from the ground
SO the pussy wouldn't dare to jump
down.
But if the Bob Cat comes
along" said Uncle Wiggily, "shf
can easily climb up the hollow
tree, lift out her pussy and take
it away with her. So the little
chap will come to no harm"
New! Mewl Mewl" cried the
Bob Cat pussy when Uncle Wiggily
put it in the hollow tree. New!
New! Mewl"
Don't cry! Your mother viii
soon come for you" said Susie
Then she and Uncle Wiggily rar
safely on to the bungalow Soon
the Bob Cat, smelling her way
along the woodland path, came te
the hollow tree and lifted out hei
pussy and took it back to the nest
with the others.
So everything came out all right
Susie had fine adventure and il
the milk bottle will stop jumpinf
rope and turning the cream intc
butter, I'll tell you next about
Uncle Wiggily and Sammie's ad.
venture.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-13
UNCLE WIGGILY'S BOB
CAT PUSSY

Uncle Wiggily and Susie Little
tail, the rabbit girl, were running
through the woods as fast as they
could hop. Every little while
Susie would look back.
rs he coming?" Mr. Longears
would ask.
II don't see him." Susie would
answer.
Then they would hop along a
little farther and Uncle Wiggily
would look back.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-13

Published every evening Except Sunday by the
Imperial Valley Press, Inc. 625 State street. E
Centre. California W. C. Costello, business man
ager. Telephone 26, business office; 7oo editorial
department. Full leased wire United Press Asso-
Citations.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-13
Editorial Page
and
Features
TWO BLANKETS BY GOSH

Il told you so" is a dangerous phrase.
1 All too often it is spoken only to have
it turn into a boomerang, which makes
the speaker look foolish.
At the risk of having the boomerang
turned on us, we are going to refer once
more to a topic of considerable interest
in Imperial INDEPENDENTLY at this
time of the year-the climate.
Who, for instance, would want a nicer
night than last night? And while last
night was considerably cooler than other
nights, thus far this summer there has
not been one night when high tempera-
ture was recorded throughout the night.
Some time ago this column referred
to our summer weather in more or less
admiring terms and drew one (unsigned)
comeback which indicated we are fit only
for Patton and that Imperial Valley is
lust about two miles beyond Fiddlers'
Green and most folks know where Fid-
dlers' Green is
The fact remains that June of this
wear showed a mean temperature OF "a
degrees-not high average under any
consideration. 1t is quite likely that the
average thus far this month is equally
as low.
While the boomerang may show up,
we are willing to run the risk and go on
record as stating that Imperial Valley
summers are not so tough. Perhaps
they 'aint what they used to be-, and
if they are not-who cares?
In the hope of encouraging more of the
same, our sincere thanks go to the wealth
er man for last night. Even if he does
not see fit to repeat, the experience of
sleeping under two blankets in Imperial
Valley in July is certainly unique and
worth recording. 1t almost reconciles US
to the tales the old-timers tell about
that snow storm
And if any one is mean enough to point
ont that we have some consideration COM
ing to us for last years weather, 1t might
be remarked here and now that we should
"let the dead past bury its dead.
The outlook is most discouraglng. We
are threatened with a special session OF
the California legislature and a special
session of congress-plus political cam
paign.
If the relief program is delayed much
longer, there may be none LETT to relieve.
Ah-hai They are trying to get iron
Mans" pa into the picture. The more
the merrier.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-13
TEN YEARS AGO
JuJv ~ 1922

Harry Lyons of Silsbee brought
to the chamber of commerce ex-
hibits of Thompson grapes, one
bunch weighing 2ls pounds. The
grapes were raised on a SO acre
tract planted to seedlings in 1920,
The tract is situated upon what
once was the bottom of Blue lake,
stamping ground of early pioneers.
The weather bureau at Yuma re-
ports that the Colorado river is
falling each day. Recent discharge
at Yuma was $4,000 second feet.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-13
State Contracting
Inspector Visitor

Roy S. Hayden, inspector for the
registrar of contractors of the state
department of professional and vo-
cational standards, is in FL Centro
today on a business trip, interview
ing local contractors.
Hayden has worked at BraWley
and Calexico for the past three
days, and will spend two days
here. His office is at San Diego,
and the territory covered by his in
spections includes San Diego and
Imperial counties
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-13

ment and asked to be shown q
house. The agent was aghast,
feeling sure the sight of bar
would destroy any sales possibility.
But he induced a co-worker to close
the bar doors in the display house.
When showing the basement he
referred to the closed doors as con-
cealing "a spacious clothes closet
for your guests"
The senator is expected back.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-13
Looking Backward
THAT the Press Files Tell OF
Imperial Valley for This Date
In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
July 13, 1912

Sunday promises to be an epoch
making day among the colored res
idents of this community as they
will open a new Second Baptist
church that day. The building will
be made ready within five days
after the time the first piece of
lumber was hauled on the grounds.
Directors of Water Company No.
yesterday canvassed votes upon
an amendment TO the bylaws pro-
viding for the location of stock on
the basis of four shares to the acre
and found the owners of 10000
shares giving their written consent.
It was found that 69,033 shares
had given assent to articles of in
corporation excluding the Ash and
North End of the Alamitos.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-13
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
JuIv 12. 1917

Ell Centro company of the Home
Guards will receive one of the fin
est United States flags ever brought
to the valley as a gift of Ell Centro
Aerie No, 1859 F o. E. The flag
is four by six feet.
L. E. Cooley soon will begin ship
ment of Malaga grapes from his
ranch northeast of town. He ex-
poets to ship so tons of the grapes.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-13

If the relief program is delayed muct
longer, there may be none left to relieve
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-13

The outlook is most discouraging. We
are threatened with special session OF
the California legislature and special
session of congress-plus political cam
paign.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-13

Ah-hal They are trying to get iron
Mans" pa into the picture. The more
the merrier.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-30
BRISTOL.
Harvard Students f 7
 Hurt Tn Crash
Car Overturns on Pennington Avenue - Marion
 Lamont Wins Scholarship at Pratt $,

grounds and the East Bristol Gel. tics at the same place Memorial Day. Prokop will pitch for the red wings against the Mohawks while, Ernie Porter will probably toss 'em up to the Davittmen.
 The St Stanisiaus baseball team will face their namesakes from Mer iden Sunday at 2 p. m. at the East Bristol recreation grounds. Fran clip Hop" Murphy will ascend the mound for the locals with Mike Slavinski receiving his losses. 3r A meeting of the Bristol City Twilight League will be held Tues-' day at 7:30 o'clock in the council chambers, City Hall,
 '@ Sugar" Home
 Joseph Sugar" Hugret, star end of New York Universitys football team and center on the varsity basketball team is spending the summer months with his parents Mir and Mrs Felix Hugret of Bur. lington avenue.
 Chester Roberts of Pine street. student at Syracuse University will spend the weekend with his father John R. Roberts. 'a@V
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-30
FRENCH POLICE X
 LEARN ENGLISH

Paris-(UP)--Teachlng English by electricity is the latest innova- ton inaugurated by the Paris pre- lecture of police, the method bo- ing not only painless but also ap- parently permanent. e@
 M. Confida, employed by the po- lice department, has one hundred. pupils. whom he instructs in q large open air court. Hls' school room ckboard consists of large elec- tric sign board about the size of baseball scorcboard, upon which are some eighty pockets of rec- tapgular shape containing the so key words to English, German, Italian and Spanish. Prof Conflda believes that stranger can get himself about in any country If he Is perfectly familiar with the mean ings and uses of these eighty key- vol ds. stt.
 TO act as an aid to memory. tho police teacher uses Q system ot different colored lights for different sets of words. When he says in T loud voice. "Ou voulez-vous allcr?" hc pushes four buttons and tho illumined words flash on his board while the class responds with one voice. Where do you want to go?" The class is making rapid prog ress, according to the instructor. The class numbers two hundred and there rarely is an absence.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-30
WATER TOWN
Events of the Week

Monday the Boy Scouts will meet at the home of Howard Hickcox on Cutler street at 1880 a. m. and under the direction of Wilfred Bryan, James H. Damery, Lester Atwood and Frank Hickcox will go to the cemeteries to deco rate the veterans graves.
 Schools, factories, bank, library and most of the stores will remain closed all day. .
 Tuesday---Seidu Delphian society will meet at D. m. at the home of Mrs John Bassette.
 7. The junior athletic club will meet at 2 D. m. in the Community house.
 Wednesday The Connecticut Council of Catholic Women will hold a meeting in St Johns school hall at p. m.
 Troops i and ? Boy Scouts will meet in the Methodist church par- lors at 1880 D. m.
 The Women's Foreign Mission ary society of the Methodist church will meet at D. m. at the parsonage.
 Thursday - The Women's For eign Missionary society of the Con- gregational church will meet ut D. m. at the home of Mrs William R. Smith.
 The Lions club will meet at the Salt Box house at 6:15 p. m. M
 A convention of Columbia lodge, Knights of Pythias, will be held in Columbia hall on Sunset avenue at D. m.
 Friday = Leroy e. Woodward post, Legion, and Clifford French post of Thomaston will sponsor a dance in the high school audito. rum.
 During this week a mission for the French will be conducted in St Johns church. Masses will be said every morning at 6:a0 and a. m. and a service will be held each evening at 7:S0. Fr De la Chapelle of the Marist Fathers will conduct the mission.
 The annual meeting of Seidu Delphian society will be held to. morrow afternoon at 8 o'clock at the home of Mrs John Bassette.
 The nominating committee, Mrs Arthur Evans and Mrs Merritt At wood, will present a slate of names for officers. The following pro- gram will be carried out: "Hoov- er's South American Trip" Mrs William R. Cook; "The Yankee Industrial Invasion of south America" fy Mrs Walter $. Berry. "Is America a Menace?" by Mrs Fletcher Judson; and "The Pan- American Treaties" by Mrs John Bassette.