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Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-13
IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS

) county of the 43rd. class, we are now
18th, passing numerous other counties
much longer settled than we have been
Our pioneering stage is about over
Where the county of 1907 had few, if
any, modern convenienceS, today we have
them all. All of us are familiar with
the yarn of spreading butter with paint
brush and busting ones self off after
bath. These things are now in the dis
card.
We have not arrived, but we have
gone far. Who can say what the prog
ress will be in the next 25 years? Much
OF this first quarter of a century has
been taken up with fight for develop
ment and control of the Colorado river.
The early part of this second quarter on
which we are entering, will see that pro-
ject brought to completion
1t would not do to bring up a subject
of this kind without paying due tribute
to the men and women who were here %
years ago, playing their parts in bring
ing about new county. Most of those
whose names are recorded above, are un-
known to many now living here Some
have passed to the Great Beyond; others
have removed to other places; hand
full are still with US. To all of them we
accord our thanks for laying out the
path which we follow Their sufferings,
sacrifices and denials of self made it
easier for us who succeeded them.
Twenty-Five years is not long time.
With the example of what has been done
thus far before us, we of Imperial coun-
ty cannot fail in our task of presenting
on the occasion of the golden jubilee, 25
years hence, record as good as the
county founders give US today
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-13
BEDTIME STORIES
HOWARD Z.
Copyright 1925 By Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate

Uncle wiggily. Cant he save
you?"
Bully isn't here" crowed Charlie.
He jumped off his boat and went
swimming with his brother, Bawly.
You are the only one who can save
me, Uncle Wiggily."
"I'll do my best" spoke the old
! rabbit gentleman. But I can't
swim any more than you can,
Charlie. Oh, dear, what shall l
do?"
II don't know" Charlie answered
"All 1 know is that I want to BE-
saved. Oh, I'm SO far from shore
| and I'll soon be in that swift brook.
Then what will happen?"
'I don't know" replied Mr.. Long
ears. But he feared the worst.
If it had been Jimmie Wibble-
wobble, the duck boy, on the leaf,
it would have been all right For
! Jimmie had webbed feet made for
swimming. But rooster boy has
toes and can't paddle in the water
like a duck. But Uncle Wiggily
had an idea.
stick one foot over the edge
of the leaf, Charlie!" he called
land see If you can't row yourself
to shore"
Charlie tried but his toes just
| made a sort of flutter in the water
and his leaf boat floated nearer
and nearer to the swift brook which
ras over sharp, jagged stones.
IT'S no usei" crowed poor
| Charlie. "Ill never get to shore
this way. Oh, can't you do some
thing, Uncle Wiggily?"
IF L had Nurse James clothes
line, 1 could lasso you like cow
boy" said the rabbit. Maybe I'd
better hop home and get the rope
mo, don't do that" begged
Charlie. Don't leave me here
alone!"
So Uncle Wiggily stayed and now
he noticed that the leaf boat with
Charlie on it was close to the place
/ where the brook ran out of the
duck pond. Right there was little
point of land that jutted into the
water. Then Uncle Wiggily hac
another idea.
III run down to that point
Charliel" he called to the floating
rooster. when you drift past II
held my rheumatism crutch out tC
you. Take hold of the end in one
claw, hold fast and I'll pull you tt
shore"
"Hurraylv crowed Charlie. Thf
wind was blowing harder now anc
he was fast floating toard th'
brook and the point of land. Blu
brave Uncle Wiggily was there witt
J his red, white and blue striped
i rheumatism crutch. And just a
Charlie was about TO be swept int
the swift brook, the rabbit held on
his crutch, Charlie caught hold Q
one end and SO he was pulled safely
to shore.
"I1l never go boating on ill
leaf again. he said. -.
well" said Mr.. Longears, ~
a good thing 1 had my crutch VIII
me-" and Charlie said the sam
thing.
So if the milk bottle doesn't pla
with the gas stove until 1t gets 3
lblack IL looks like INK. III -tall- 70,
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-13
WESTERN AUTO
SHOWS POWER OF
T0DAY'S DOLLAR

The increased purchasing power
of the dollar spent for automotive
equipment today, as compared with
the automotive dollar of few years
ago, has been impressively brought
to the attention of the automobile
owner by the Western Auto Supply
company in their current newspaper
advertising.
One outstanding example of the
present day purchasing power of
the automotive dollar was cited in
the comparison of current tire
prices with those quoted in the
Western Auto advertising in 125.
The price paid for one Wear-well
tire in 1925 will, at the present
time, buy four Wear-well tires and
two inner tubes in addition.
Other startling examples of the
increased value of the 1882 dollar
include such equipment as automo-
bile seat covers, which may now
be purchased for one-third the price
paid few years ago; mirrors,
windshield wings, auto trunks and
other accessories.
Storage battery prices of today,
as compared with those of a few
years ago, are perhaps the most as
founding. Every automobile own
er can remember when he paid $50
to $40 for a storage battery for his
car. Today, a better storage bat
terry can be purchased for about
five dollars.
According to figures compiled by
the college of commerce OF the
University of Southern California,
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-13
WORLD WAR ACE
NOW LEADER OF
RESERVE GROUP

ATLANTA, Ga, Aug. 13. U.P)-
When air corps reservists of the
312th squadron gathered for train
ing at the airport here, they were
under command of a war ace, who
brought down eight enemy ships
and was saved twice in one flight
, during the war by Capt. Eddie
Rickenbacker.
The commander is Maj James
A. Meisner, now with the Tennes-
see Coal, Iron and Railroad COM
pany, of Birmingham, Ala.
When the United States entered
the World war, Major Meisner left
the junior class at Cornell and was
in the first detail sent to France.
After advanced air corps training,
he was assigned to the Gath squad
ron of the first pursuit group, led
by Rickenbacker.
At % he was promoted to the
rank of major and led the 147th
pursuit squadron.
Meisner considers the following
ll4o ulOSI IlCillOI dD4E dhfClAlu u4 III
France:
On patrol behind the German
lines, he left his group to attack
an enemy ship below him. While
diving on the ship, he discovered
that enemy ships were diving on
him. Rickenbacker, leading the
patrol, took care of the pursuing
enemy planes, while Meisner took
care of the ship below.
Later, going home, NGeisner went
after two enemy ships flying in
tandem. Diving down in his Nieu-
port, the fabric Of the upper wing
gave way at the leading edge. The
ship could still be flown, but could
not be maneuvered, leaving him at
the mercy of the Germans. The
latter were about to finish him off
when Rickenbacker came diving
in again and saved him.
Major Meisner has been awarded
the D. s. c. with oak leaf and the
CroiX de Guerre with two palms.
Apple tree blight has shown up
IN scattered places in Lake county
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-13

but Charlie didn't get on his boat,
for his mother had told him not TO.
And when Uncle Wiggily started tn
mop along Charlie was still safe
on shore. But the rabbit had not
gone far before he heard the calls
for help.
after all, Charlie must have
gone aboard the lily leaf boat, even
though he said he wouldn't, and
he must have fallen Off thought
Uncle Wiggily as he hoped faster
and faster through the woods.
But when he came near the duck
pond he saw that Charlie was or
the lily leaf boat all right, but hc
was is another sort Of danger. Fol
the green boat was away out in
the middle Of the pond and WaS
being blown toward the swift brool
which flowed out of the pond g
little farther away.
"Helpl Helpi" crowed Charlie al
he S TODD in the middle OF the leai
boat and tapped his wings
Help Helpl"
why did you go sailing on thai
leaf when your mother told yol
not to?" called Uncle Wiggily, from
shore.
Never mind about that par
now, il you please" said Charlie
'Try to save me! If get IN thu
swift brook my leaf viii turn ovel
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-13

the automotive dollar is now worth
$2.18.
I'm almost every case, the auto
motive dollar of today at Western
Auto has a value far in excess Of
$2.18," says J. A. Hall, local mana
ger of the company Never be-
fore have high quality auto sup
plies been so low in price. Unlike
many commodities which manufac-
turers have been forced to reduce
in quality to meet the low price
scale, automotive equipment is be-
ing built better each year as new
processes are perfected. Chrome
plating has replaced nickle plating
and other advances equally as i'm
portant have been made by manu-
facturers of automotive equipment
to increase the quality while prices
have been steadily reduced
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-13
FRENCH PROTEST
ON DESIGN FOR
U. S. EMBASSY.

PARIS, Aug. 13. U.P)-As the new
81 100000 Embassy of the United
States takes form on an historic
site in the Place de la Concorde,
its naked ironwork skeleton now
being completed, protest has
started that the building is not in
harmony with its neighbors and
destroys the symmetry of the
great square designed by Gabriel
in the 18th century.
/ The Paris satirical weekly, "Cy-
rano," blames the municipality for
tolerating the building of an en-
bassy in such site and discovers
that the Embassy will be one story
higher than the Hotel Saint Flor
entin, across the Place de la Con-
corde, which it is supposed to bal
ance.
The American engineers, its AM
erican architects Delano and AID
rich, graduates of the Beaux Arts
in Paris, ard Embassy officials in
sist that the finished building will
complete the harmony of the Ga
briel plan.
"Cyrano," frightened at the sight
of the black steel skeleton, de-
clared:
Everyone, including the Ameri-
cans, understood that the embassy
was to balance the Rothschild man
sion, and in laying the cornerstone,
Ambassador Edge mentioned that
condition. Alas, the embassy will
be 10 feet higher than the Hotel st.
Florentin. That will suffice to ruin
the harmony of one of the most
perfect architectural gems in the
world. The responsible commission
should intervene at once"
Despite the protest, work is
proceeding on schedule, so that the
embassy will be completed next
June.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-13
Don't Quote Me-
BIZ United Press

Roosevelt went to bed, Knox would
slip out and go home, returning in
time for breakfast. 1t was up to
Ike to see that nothing went wrong.
His first president was Benjamin
Harrison. AS to which president
he has liked most-well, Ike hasn t
been chief usher of the White House
all these years for nothing. Also,
he won't tell you who is on that
long, long list of fair weather
friends he has seen operate on one
president after another.
mot one out of 10 of these people
will tell a president what he ought
to hear" Ike said years ago. They
tell him what they think ne ought
to hear. A president has hard
time finding out the truth because
so few people will tell him"
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-13
UNCLE WIGGILY AND
CHARLES BOAT

Uncle Wiggily hoped through
the woods as fast as he could hop.
The old rabbit gentleman had with
him his red, white and blue
striped rheumatism crutch that
Nurse Jane had gnawed for him
out of a cornstalk. This crutch
caught on the vines and bushes as
Mr.. Longears hoped through the
woods and more than once the
bunny uncle had it in mind to drop
the crutch
But I may need it to save Charlie
Chick" said Uncle Wiggily. Il
had better hold on to it,"
For Mr.. Longears was hopping
fast to save the little rooster boy
who, as I told you in the story last
night, was calling:
Help Help! Help!"
Uncle Wiggily had left Charlie
on the shore of the duck pond. The
rooster boy had been playing with
Bully Notail, the frog, who had
made two lily leaf boats. On one
leaf Bully had gone sailing away
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-13
Fate OF Youthful
Burglars Delayed

Details of and reasons for three
FL Centro burglaries were told in
juvenile court when three boys, II,
IS and 16 years old, we're taken
before the court on charges of bur-
glarizing the Valley Drug company
and twice entering the Central pool
hall.
After hearing evidence Of the Of
lenses, the court deferred for two
weeks decision on the penalty TO
be exacted, during which time an
investigation will be made to deter
mine if it is plausible to take ac-
ton other than sentencing the
boys to the Preston School Of In
dustry at lone.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-13
Local Teacher
Reported Better

Miss Irene Brooks, local teacher
connected with the language de-
partment of the high school, who
has been seriously i'll in Long
Beach for the past two weeks, is
reported to be improving slightly
according to word received here
from her father w. H. Brooks.
Miss Brooks was taken Ill while
on her vacation. complications set
ting in from double pneumonia and
intestional flu, making her condi-
ton critical for some time.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-13
CHILDREN ON VACATION

STOCKHOLM. (U.P)-About 1000
Swedish youngsters from poor
homes here recently left for The
Childrens Island in the archi-
pelago. There they spend several
weeks during the summer. The ex-
cursion is financed by the so-callecI
"children's day" an annual festi-
val organized for the benefit Of
poor children, at which a large
sum is collected from the public.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-13
COIN 25O YEARS OLD

GRIMSBY, Ont. UP)-A coin is
sued over $50 years ago was found
recently on a farm near here. The
coin was believed to have been is
sued in 1866, at time when small
British coins were scarce and mer-
chants were permitted to issue their
own coins. On one side of the piece
was the inscription: John Burgess,
Coal Man in Milford Lane, 1866"
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-13

Published every evening Except Sunday by the
Imperial Valley Press, Inc, 625 State street. El
Centre, California W. C. Costello, business man
ager. Telephone 26 business office; 700 editorial
department. Full leased wire United Press Asso-
Citations.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-13

SUBSCRIPTION RATES-Delivered by carrier,
per month, SIS 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. M. c. Mogen-
son, national advertising representatives
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-13
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
AupuSf IL 1917

Fifty acres of rice planted on very
hard alkaline soil in the northern
part of the valley are now sub
merged. owners of this type of soil
are watching with interest the
progress of the rice.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-13

Merced county tomatoes as ex-
ceptionally fine this year and have
been topping the market.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-13
TEN YEARS AGO
August 13, 1922

Ducks, the harbingers OF an carly
fall, have been seen in great num-
bers in the Salton Sea area, accord
ing to Bill Reams, former mayor
who came from there to spend
Sunday with his family.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-13

Exemptions and discharges made
from military service by the exam
lining board reached 110 when the
board met in the mountains over
the weekend.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-13
Looking Backward
Fhat the Press Files Tell Of
Imperial Valley for This Date
In Past Years
TWENTY EARS AGO
August I3, 1882

Beverly of Graustark' is the first
booking for the opera house for the
coming season. The drama will be
presented early in September.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-13

w. B. Sawyer is building pretty
bungalow home on West Olive. This
is the first of a great many homes
of this type that will be construct
ed during the fall by Ell Centro res
idents.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-13

Visitors from all over the Pacific
coast will have an opportunity OF
perusing literature descriptive OF
Imperial Valley. which the cham
ber of commerce has been invited
to send to the state fair in Sacra-
mento.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-13

Mountains covered with snow
and excellent fishing are enliven-
ing the vacation of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. j. Clements, who are spend a
few weeks in Bishop.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-13
OUR PRESIDENTS GLANCE
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Son of well-to-do lawyer. who
had been Secretary of War
and a Foreign Minister. Born
Sept. Is. 1851, in Cincinnati.
Ohio. Graduated at Yale.
1878. Ambition was to be a
lawyer. Graduated at Cincin-
natl Law School. 1850. First
job was law reporter for Gin
cinnati Times.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-13

Apple tree blight has shown vi
n scattered places in Lake county
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vestors known four years ago the
facts now being revealed by the
trade commission of the stock rack
ct being worked, by the great power
holdings companies and mergers,
that knowledge would have saved
hundreds of millions of dollars to
common people" the league charges.
Naturally, the investment bank
ers and power combine want this
investigation killed, the final report
is feared by the power trust. 1t
will present; the nation and con-
gress complete picture of the I'M
fair and often illegal practices of
the combine"
The league cites recent repre-
sensations of the insult companies as
to value of their stock, in support
of its charge that investors have
lost by not having access to facts
the trade commission now is reveal
ing. 1t declares that Middle West
Utilities and also American and
Foreign Power of the Electric Bond
and Share group sold securities
based on stock "write-ups," which
since have been written down" at
great loss to investors.
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MAP RECEPTION
FOR CRAY ARMY
Confederate Veterans to
Meet in Richmond.

BIZ United Press
RICHMOND. Va, June 10.-Ela-
borate plans are being made for the
reception and entertainment of the
last survivor of Lees thin line Of
gray" when they meet here for the
forty-second annual reunion of the
United Confederate Veterans, June
81 to "a.
The reunion will run concurrent
with the thirty-seventh convention
of the Sons of Confederate Veterans
and the thirty-third annual gather
ing of the Confederate Southern
Memorial Association. The commit
tee expects at least 10000 visitors.
Preliminary to the four day Ses-
sion of the veterans, June 20 will be
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of Senator Hiram Bingham (Rep.,
Conn.,. Probably no two men in
the senate are farther apart in
every way than Bingham and
Brookhart. The two seldom met
and had interests as divergent as
their personalities.
But when Brookhart was engaged
in contest for his seat with Daniel
Steck, Democrat. some years ago,
Bingham voted for the seating of
Brookhart and his vote came when
1t was needed.
Brookhart remembered. When
ever Bingham represented some per-
sonal bill, or asked something Of
direct interest to his state not in
volving fundamental policies, he al
ways had the support of Brookhart.
The Iowan never said anything to
Bingham about it, and Bingham
didn't ask for help. But Brook
hart never failed him.
Brookhart returned to the SEN
ate Thursday for the first time since
his defeat. Friends consoled him.
He appeared disappointed and dis
illusioned
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Top Row cleft to righD-Ernest
Rossetter, Bob Bosley, James War
thin, Carl Stewart. Virgil Taylor,
William Kincaid.
Second Row-Ray Schaefer,
Harry Ware, Erwin Tucker, STAN
ley Brown, Wong Kui Choy, AL
fred Miller.
Third Row-Carl Andrews,
Thomas Faux, Ray Nelson,
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New Salts Makes
You Feel Good

Take French Lick Salts to put
your system lin tune" This new
systemic regulator is much more
than a laxative. It's restorative
salines not only thoroughly
cleanse the intestinal tract. They
also stimulate liver and gall blad-
der activity regulate the sys-
TENS finely balanced secretions
and exeretions-help body organs
to function tremendously, as
nature intended. Enjoy new vigcr.
keen appetite, a clear head and a
comforting sense of well-being.
French Lick Salts is a blend of
the same health-giving mineral
salts found in the renowned spring
waters at famous French Lick
Springs, combined in efferveseent
form. A little in cool water is as
pleasant-tasting as fine fountain
drink. Never-failing relief for
constipation, and an invaluable
aid in treatment of colds, head
aches, rheumatism and other ills.
Protect your health-keep "regu-
Inr"--by taking French Lick Salts
n Ieas2 cnce each week. Are you OVER
spaiRht7 French Lick Salts viii aid in your
Fsaneng program. Today, at your drnS.
wiHfA IN A g@nMcas bottle, SOC.
Advertisement.
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JUNE 1C. 1899

given over to special honor to be ac-
corded General G "A. De-Saussure,
of Memphis, commander-in-chief Of
the organization. In addition to
high military honors, General De
Saussure will be made an honorary
Boy Scout. A picked guard Of Eagle
Scouts is TO act as his escort and
induct him into membership.
Outstanding events scheduled are
memorial service, presentation Of
the anchor of the Virginia -Merri-
mac" to the Confederate Museum
and dedication of & tablet on the
portico Of the Capitol building on
the spot where jefferson Davis was
inaugurated.
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PREDICTS DRIVE
IN CONGRESS- BY
POWER COMBINE
Government League Says
Fight to Bar Utility
Probe Looms.

By Scripps- Ho,cdrd Newspaper Alliance
WASHINGTON, June 10.-The
power industry, successful in its tax
fight, is mastering its forces for an
other important battle before con-
gress adjourns, the National Popu-
lar Government League warned to-
day.
1t will seek to block appropria-
tions for the federal trade commits
sion utility investigation, and thus
to prevent the commission from
making final report of its findings.
Had the rank and file of in
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N. Y. SPEAKIE OWNER
GETS HEAVY PENALTY
Three Year Term Melted Out; Judge
Bares ExtOrtion Charge.

BareS ExtOrtiOn Charge.
By United Press
NEW YORK. June 10.-Louis
Greenstein has been sentenced to
three years in Atlanta penitentiarT
not because he ran a speakeasy,
but because he ran the wrong
kind of speakeasy" according to
Judge Frank j. Coleman, in ex-
planning the severity of the SEN
tence.
Usually in cases where speak
easy proprietors are convicted the
government is satisfied with a fine
of $50 to 500. But you deceived
and robbed your patrons. The type
of place you ran is not wanted in
New York"
Business men testified they had
been victims of eXtortion and ap-
parent drugging in Greenstein's re-
sort.
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SUE FOR BOND CASH
NOblesville Bank Asks $4,000 In
Case of O. G. Patterson.

Suit to obtain payment of a $780,
600 surety bond was filed Thursday
in superior court three by the Citi-
zens State bank of Noblesville
against the United States Fidelity
and Guaranty Company.
The bond was alleged to have
been forfeited by the ENLIGHTENMENT
of o. G.. Patterson, deceased assist
ant cashier of the bank. The period
over which the embezzlement took
place dates from 1923, the bank
claims.
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from Iowa. Reg.
ular Republican
leaders we're prom.
inent among those
most interested.
Some Of them
didn't seem to
conceal their sat-
isfaction over the
result very we'll.
Brookhart long
has been an irri-
tant TO them.
BrOOknart never
seemed to forget
those who had
befriended him
in a crisis. No
ia bile is the case
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KEEN INTEREST
SHOWN IN R0UT
OF BROOKHART
Regular Republican Chiefs
in Capital Can't Hide
Their JubiIance.
By United Press

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, June 10-The
defeat of Senator Smith w. Brook
hart for the Republican nomina-
ton for senator from Iowa, aroused
more interest politically here than
any other primary result this year
On the day after the election,
newspaper correspondents at the
senate constantly we're harried by
senator's wanting the latest news