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Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-03
Lengthy Illness
Fatal To Woman

Mrs. Dolores c. Ramarez, l6. died
at the family home at Calipatria
yesterday after an illness of a
years duration.
Funeral services were conducted
at 1890 o'clock this morning from
the Arnold Funeral home here. In
terment took place at Mt. View
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-03
TEXAN WINS FIDDLE CONTEST

SPRINGFIELD, Ma.-UP) - Ben
Schoat, 81, who prefers to be known
as the "Fiddlin' Wampus Cat from
Texas" was awarded first prize in
an old fiddlers' contest held here
recently. Witnesses said that
Schoat's "footwork" was as good
as his fiddling.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-03
TEN YEARS AGO
February 2. 1922

County Clerk Major Cook reports
that fewer have registered to date
this year than at a similar date
in previous years. At this time
only 1900 FL Centrans have regis
tered.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-03
A Tonic for Mothers

San Jose, Calf.
In earlier life
when rearing my
family | was SO
frail that l suf-
fered a general
b re a kdown in
body and nerves.
I was just bare
ly able to drag
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-03

The opening gun in the county
political campaign was fired this
morning when County Treasurer
c. w. Barton made the announce
ment that he would be a candidate
for recollection.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-03
GOOD WORK WELL DONE

IT is Just a part of the entire job, but 1t
/ seems advisable to call attention to
the fact that the first of the division tun-
nels at Hoover dam has been successful
" bored through the solid rock.
"Holed through, the tunnel builders
call it. Two crews working at opposite
ends of the tunnel, have been blasting
away for months in a race to mole
through. The downstream crew tore
through 2.134 feet of solid rock and the
upstream gang went through l,4l6 feet
of the same material.
Rivalry between the two gangs was
as intense as that ever possessed by two
opposing football teams, and the men
comprising them are as much inspired
with the 'spirit of the job as grldlron
men are to do and die for their alma
mater.
1t is worthy of comment that the two
gangs met" perfectly. There was not
the slightest deviation from the hines ac-
cording to which they had to work, ana
when daylight" broke through the last
obstruction, the holes were IN line as
they should be.
The tunnel is on the Arizona side of
the river. The bore is 56 feet wide and
II feet high. When completed the tun-
mel will be circular and protected by
three foot lining of concrete.
Work on the job is several months
ahead of the schedule and is being pushed
at fast rate,
To those who may think finishing of
the bore it is nothing remarkable, 1t
might be stated that thing is remark
able when men change the face of ma
ture to bring security and comfort to
millions of beings as yet unborn. These
men down in the muck of tunnel are
more than mere Gay laborers. They are
artists as truly as he who paints great
picture or carves out wonderful statue
But don't try to call them artists.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-03
GRAPEFRUIT TREE BLOOMING

MCPHERSON, Kans. -U.R "A
grapefruit tree, transplanted from
south Texas, remained in bloom
throughout most of January.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-03

Placer county received nearly six
inches of rain during the last
six days of December, making
total of - inches.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-03

Judging from the Shanghai affair,
which they say is not war; If fellow
socks you in the eye you are not hit.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-03

Without any intention of rubbing it
in, no man is less deserving of parole
than Albert Fall The decision of the
parole board is to be commended.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-03

1t has taken an earthquake to enable
Cuba to smash through the smoke OF
battle on to page one
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-03

cemetery. She was born IN Los
Angeles and had made her home in
Imperial Valley for Is years.
Her survivors are: her husband
Michael Ramirez, and her father,
Jesus Gusman.
Last rites for f. L. Still, 62, VINO
died yesterday at the county nos
pital were conducted at O'Clock
this afternoon at the Arnold Fun
eral home here. Interment took
place at Mt. View cemetery.
He was engaged in ranching ac-
tiyities and was a resident of the
Holtville area. He is survived by
six children.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-03

Mrs. Judd will never forgive the Chin
ese and japanese for stealing the spot
light from her.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-03
Stone Insurance Agency
Sewing Machines

Clearing stock for new year we have some
derful buys in used Treadles and Electric machines.
All Styles and prices, at great savings-while they
last We repair all makes of machines work guaran-
teed las So. 7th st. Phi, 1880, Ell Centre. White
Sewing Machine Co.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-03

A New England Yankee is always
bound to be sure Therefore there IS
nothing remarkable about the story that
Calvin was sworn in twice as the thlr-
tieth President.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-03

The siphon tunnel being con-
structed under the Colorado river
at Yuma is now more than 600
feet long and good progress is be-
ing made daily, approximately 10
feet day.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-03
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell Of
Imperial Valley for This Date
In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO

This evening a company of 25
young people will leave Ell Centre
for a horseback ride TO Signal
mountain. They will climb the
mountain and view tomorrow's SUM-
rise from the peak.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-03

Fair tonight and Thursday; con-
tinued cool; heavy frosts tonight;
gentle changeable winds olfshore.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-03
The Weather
LOS ANGELES AND VICINITY

Fair and continued cold tonight
and Thursday; frosts in the morn
ing; gentle shifting winds.
SOJ1THFEN CATJFORNIA
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-03

So Nurse Jane at first opened
the door only small crack. Then,
seeing Mrs Bushytail, the squirrel
lady. Nurse Jane knew it was all
right. She opened the door wide
and said.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-22
GREEN TAKES BIG
ROLE FOR WINTER

Green is held to be the color en-
blematical Of both envy and hope.
And so. that is perhaps why we see
it so much just now, the envy be-
ing that of the woman who admires
our frock, coat or hat, and what
the hope Is you can fill in for your
selves.
But, whatever obvious or obscure
reason may prevail. there is no
doubt about 1t that green is one of
the colors of this winter season.
Since we have all become such
adopts at using color, there is but
scant fear Of any one of us using
the wrong shade of green, some
thing that can easily happen unless
one is very wary, and fully con-
scious of any defects of the COM
plexion or coloring. A good bet is
always dark green trimmed with
black or brown; 1t is the bright
green's that hold so much peril.
By all means go in for a diet of
green's, but exercise caution. Brown,
too, is a favorite color, and both
green and brown are so much used
together this season on both sides
of the Atlantic.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-22
No Need to Sigh for
Those "Good Old DAYS"

Factory working hours varied with
the sun back in the 1S50s. for can
dies provided unsatisfactory illumi-
nation. Each employee was given a
"bell card" showing what time the
factory starting bell would ring for
each day.
A typical card of the period, is
sued by the Robbins & Lawrence
company, machinery builders of
Windsor, Vt, and reproduced in the
seventy-ffth anniversary number of
the Iron Age, reveals that starting
time ranged from 6 in the summer
months, to 1926 during the winter.
Stopping time, too, followed the sun,
from 6 in the summer, and as early
as 4 40 in December. The average
for the year was ten working hours.
But getting to work at 6 was not
the worst of it. For some unknown
reason the "wake-up" bell was rung
an hour and half earlier, at the I'M
godly hour of 80. Come to think
Of it, they probably needed the full
90 minutes between rising and get
ting to work. For they had no safe
ty razors, no gas stoves to boil the
coffee or quickly cook the eggs, no
trOlleys, busses or flivvers to shorten
the trip from home to shop.
No wonder our grandfathers were
bearded gents. Imagine hopping out
of a nice warm bed with the ther-
mometer at 10 above, inside and out
side the house, lighting an ice-cold
stove, waiting for the water to boil,
and drawing with shivering hand a
a goosef1esh foundation. Those were
the good old days!
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-22
HOME PLANNING AIDS
REVIEWED ON RADIO
Speaker Will Cover the Presi-
dents Home Building
Conference.

Bruce L. Melvin, research secre-
tary of the committee on Farm and
Village Housing. of the Presidents
conference on home building and
ownership, will tell National Farm
and Home Hour listeners what aids
to planning farm and city houses
can be had from the committee.
when he speaks in the United States
Department of Agriculture period of
the Farm and Home Hour.
The Farmers Educational and
Cooperative Union monthly broad.
cast will be heard in the National
Farm Home Hour on Wednesday.
January 20, and will feature a prom
lnent speaker on agricultural sub
iects.
Another episode in the expert.
ences of the United States Forest
Rangers will be given on Thursday.
January p. This series. inaugural
ed this month, is designed to arouse
greater interest in forest fire pre-
vention and protection.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-22

eat wouldn't ever digest. She be-
came underweight, sallow and weak.
"Then l decided to try California
Fig Syrup, and the results surprised
me. Her bowels started working i'm
mediately, and in little or no time
she was eating so she got to be a
pest at the table, always asking us
to pass things. Her weight increased,
her color improved and she began to
romp and play again like other chill
dren. Now she's the picture Of
health, and strong as boy"
Pleasant-tasting, purely vegetable
California Fig Syrup acts surely and
quickly to cleanse your child's stom-
ach and bowels Of the souring waste
that is keeping her half-sick, bilious,
sallow, feverish, listless, weak and
puny. But it's more than laxative.
1t tones and strengthens the stom-
ach and bowels so these organs con-
tinue to act normally, Of their own
accord.
Over four million bottles used a
year shows its popularity. Ask for
it by the full name, california Fig
Syrup" so you'll get the genuine, en-
dorsed by physicians for 80 years.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-22

silk white kidskin. When spring
time comes or in sunny climes
where nightengales are singing
their roundelays and the air is laden
with the perfume OF gay flowers,
what more ideal than for her dimin-
utive ladyship to wear this ex-
quisitely dainty outfit styled all of
fine snowwhite kidskin?
However, there are kidskin fash
ions and kidskin fashions and some
of them are decidedly practical as
fashions must be for children who
live in the north where tardy spring
takes it's own good time in arriving.
The latest rage in wee folks winter
togs is leggings of kidskin. The
dear little dimpled darling" seat
ed above in the illustration, IS
wearing brown kid leggings with a
blue chinchilla coat collared In
brown beaver The leggings fit
snugly with Upper fastening and
three straps above the knee.
AS to older little girls, the lure
of a smart leather jacket is some
thing they simply cannot resist. es-
pecially if they go in for active
sports. This year there is a greater
variety in styles, and the colors are
beautiful. Some models have round
collarless necklines, fastening up
the front with metal clips. Others
have soft round collars.
There are also classic single or
double-breasted types with wide
collars that can be turned up
around the ears. The latter are
more practical for the girl who goes
skating or snow-shoeing.
Windbreaker types are also to
be had usually in suede, and there
is an increasing call for suede
jackets.
20. 1882. Western Newspaper Union.)
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-22
LITTLE JACK HORNER

T TITLE JACK HORNER, whose
~ manners when eating his Christ
mas pie have scandaliZed more care
fully brought up children for some
generations now, has proved an
even more scandalOus child to the
historians who have recently delved
into his past. Horner, like many
of the ditties in the famous Mother
Goose collection, is based on a real
story involving important matters
of consequence, which some early,
gossiping rhymster has artfully
cloaked beneath the simple phrases
and sing-song rhythm of a childs
poem.
Jack Horner, later Sir John Horner
and ancestor Of the family even to-
day living at Mell's park, Somer-
setshire, England. was steward to
Bishop Whiting, the famous abbot
of Glastonbury cathedral back in
the days of King Henry VIII. When
Henry broke with the pope and be-
gan his devastation of the rich mon
asteries Of England, he demanded
that Bishop Whiting turn over to
him the title deeds to various valu-
able church estates. The bishop
had the valuable papers concealed
beneath a fiakey pie crust and en-
trusted them for delivery to his
steward. But young Mr.. Horner, so
runs the legend, being less innocent
in real life than in the poem in
which he sat so demurely in his cor
ner, opened up the crust en- route
and extracted the title deed to Mell's
park for himself. A Christmas plum
indeed The fact that the king later
knighted Jack Horner might indi-
cate that thi- story Is fiction, and
that the plum" was in reality
royal gift bestowed on that occasion.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-22
ELIZA HARRIS

MO NATTER how many times
1 the escaped slave Eliza crosses
the Ice" even when it is on a wob-
bly, stage hastily set up for a one
night stand. over blocks of ice that
have sharp corners like packing
boxes, to the baying Of bloodhounds
that sound suspiciously like the rest
of the company bowling behind
scenes, this scene will remain one
of the most popular in American
history.
Harriet Beecher Stowe, in whose
novel, Uncle Toms Cabin" Eliza
made her first bow to the American
public, has herself asserted that the
scene is based on a real incident,
and that Eliza was a real person.
Her statement, moreover, is corrob-
GRATED by the historian Henry VIII
lian Elson who vouchsafes for the
truth of the original story Of ELIZA
crossing the ice."
InlS story was told by one Levi
P. Coffin, reputed president of the
underground railway by which sym.
pathetic northerners aided escaped
slaves to reach Canada and free
dom, who for twenty years main-
tained a refuge station in his home
at Newport, Ind. He told of see
ing slave woman, child in arms,
crossing the Ohio river on the float.
ing cakes of Ice. When the woman
reached shore, he said, she was
taken to the Coffin home, where she
was cared for and prepared for the
rest of her journey, and given the
name of Eliza Harris which Mrs.
Stowe used in her novels.
(G. 1882 Western Newspaper Union)
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-22
That Mutual Affection
of Teacher and Pupil

SCHOOLS are much different now
from what they were when / was a
lad" declared Senator Moses in re-
cent address. Nowadays. with its
bright sunny rooms, it's variety of
study and exercise, school has be-
come n pleasure for the young peo-
pie instead of a drudgery. But ex-
pect that for the teachers, things
are much the same.
81 expect that some of the young
folks realize this, too, for just after
the September term opened l asked a
young friend of mine:
81 see school has opened again.
Were you glad to get back to your
desk and see your teacher?
"'Well,' said Johnny with grin,
I guess l was just about as glad to
see teacher as she was to see me-"
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-22

THREE, four, five, six, sixteen or
Il sixty, when it comes to being
style conscious, the fair sex is ever
thus regardless of age. Certain it
is that the elite juvenile set in these
modern times Is developing an
amazing fashion-awareness-a fact
most amusing but which neverthe-
less filings q challenge to designers
Of clothes for the very young which
must be reckoned with seriously.
This call of the hour for "style"
Is meeting with an especially happy
response in the realm of leather
and kidskin apparel for tiny tots.
Just now the kiddies who know
what's what in the mode, are all
excitement over the new kidskin
and leather togs which are just too
cunning for words. You will agree.
after glimpsing the costumes pic
tured herewith, that they are all Of
that-as clever and winsome as
leather artistry can make them.
During a recent fashion show,
when the little girl pictured to the
left stepped out clad in this strik-
ing outfit made all of bronze kid
skin, her appearance created moth
ing less than a sensation. From
her smart square-toed shoes to her
perky little chapeau she wears the
ultra-fashionable bronze kid. The
bronze kid coat has a modishly
flared skirt and voguish cape col
lar. Beige lapin cuffs the sleeves
and lines the collar and bow of a
bit of the fur poses jauntily at the
very top-notch of the crown of her
hat OF course the touch of fur is
a note Of supreme delight to this
wee lady of fashion.
1t is difficult to imagine anything
more lovely and more modern than
the adorable all-white kidskin en-
semble shown to the right in the
picture. This motor costume, as
the designer chooses to call 1t, is
the very newest of the new In little
folks fashions. 1t includes slippers,
hat coat and pocketbook of soft-as-
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-22
WHO WAS
WHO?
MARK TWAIN
By Louise NJ. Con1Stock

"MARK TWAIN" most of us
4N1 know as the pen name of
the famous American humorist Sam
uel Clemens, and the story of how
he earned it is familiar one, though
not exactly true.
Sam Clemens first Job, so this
story goes, was aboard one of the
old side-wheelers which plowed their
dignifeG way up and down the Mis-
sissippi past his home in Hannibal,
Mo. The Joy the humblest river
craft inspired in small Sam he has
described in TON Sawyer" which
is, after all, his own boyhood put
into a book. Such was his pride
when at last he was given the re-
spOnsibility of calling out the sound
ings: Mark one," or MARK twain"
according TO the height of the water
on the boats side, that the one he
called most frequently stuck to him
as nick, and later as pen name.
However attractive this story, the
truth of the matter is that Sam
Clemens was not the first Mark
Twain" The name was first used
by an old river pilot named Isaiah
Sellers, who used to write for the
New Orleans Picayune quantity ego
tistical paragraphs about his own
adventures, usually starting out,
My opinion for the benefit Of the
citizens of New Orleans" Clemens,
then cub pilot, wrote a burlesque
on Captain Sellers articles and pub
lished it in a rival paper over the
signature Sergeant Fathom." Sell
ers was so chagrined that he never
wrote again. In 1868, when he was
with the Enterprise of Virginia
City, New, Clemens took the name
for his own, using it for the first
time in signing a letter to the En-
terprise written from Carson City.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-22
New Fabrics for Winter
Show Subdued Patterns

Printed woods and velvets are
smart for winter wear. In keeping
with the seasons vogue for quiet
fabrics, however, the printed pat
terms are small and subdued n
color. Brown velvets studded in
dull yellow gold leaves and dark
green woods patterned with lighter
green figures are indicative of the
vogue.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-22
Gloves to Match Hats
Edict for This Season

Whether you have always been a
stickler for white gloves or not, you
will find it hard to resist the gloves
that match the hats this season
There are queer grape tones that
match exactly the felt in the hats.
There are red ones and green ones
And it must be admitted that they
look extremely smart when we'll en-.
sembled.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-22

Another party dress to carry
through the midwinter season? Let
these sketches of Paris frocks be
your inspiration. They give accent
to the vogue which at present is so
outstanding for transparent velvet
In pastel colorings or white or
black for the formal gown. The
distinctive feature of the white
velvet frock, sketched to the left, is
its graceful peplum which flares
about the hips in a movement which
is repeated about the hemline of
the skirt. The drop shoulder gives
to the other gown, the original of
which is of black velvet, a pleasing
departure from the conventional.
(9. 1892. Western Newspaper Union.)
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-22
knowledge Through Ewes

DR.. Milton Metfessel of the Uni
versity of California finds that 50
per cent of the knowledge of the
normal human being is assimilated
through the eyes. twenty-five per
cent is obtained through auditory ex-
periences, and 10 per cent by touch,
taste and smell
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-22
Oklahoma Girl
Strong as Boy

Louise Alice was
fretful, nervous and
all rundown from
whooping coug h."
says Mrs. f. J. Kolar,
1870 West 22nd ST.,
Okl a h o m a City,
Okla. "The little I
could force her to
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-22
Scarfs of Jersey Now
Match Winter Dresses

Jersey scarfs are smart accom-
paniment for that new jersey frock.
The scarfs. which are made of
bright stripes in a tubular design,
are worn draped twice around the
throat like a necklace.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-22
Easy to darken
GRAY HAIR
this quick way
so naturally nobody'II know

Now without using dangerous dyes
you can darken gray hair naturally,
quickly restore its original shade by
the worlds finest, safe way which is
now keeping millions of heads young
looking. Benefits the hair as it dark
ems it to the shade you want. AS
simple as brushing. Try it. Pay drug
gist 75c for large bottle of WYETH'S
SAGE & SULPHUR and just follow
eaSY directions.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-22
IL Works

Visitor Cat FARM m)-There doesn't
seem to be any work to do, yet 1 see
you have a sign, Farm Help Wanted"
Farmer-Oh, that's better than
dog to keep the tramps away.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-22
Knowing How to Use

Sometimes there is no less abil-
ity in knowing how to use than in
giving good advice.-La Rochefou-
cauld.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-22

Who can be a keen thinker by try
ing to? Nobody. Keen thinking is
an innate and uncomfortable gift.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-22

If you feel sympathy, say so and
act so. This is one Of the virtues
often concealed.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-22
Picked Up Somewhere

Bertie-You know, got bright
idea out of a corner OF my brain.
Gertie-Ah, ha, a stowaway!
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-22

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the orig
inal little liver pills put up 90 years ago.
They regulate liver and bowels.-Adv.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-22

A tagged brain means a tagged
body.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-22
Many Government
Speakers on Air

Five hundred and fifteen broad
casting hours were utilized bv the
United States government over the
networks of the National Broadcast
ing company during 1881, NJ. Fl.
Aylesworth, president of the com.
pany. reports.
The United States Department of
Agriculture made the greatest use of
radio during the year. Exactly 25I
ofhcials of this department gave 5S1
talks before the microphone. Most
or these talks were broadcast in the
National Farm and Home Hour.
broadcast each week day at II 80 a.
m. to - 80 p. m. central standard
time.
President Hoover, Mr.. Ayles-
worth's report shows, spoke 90 times
which is the greatest number of
times any President has been heard
over the radio in one year; Vice
president Curtis made three radio
speeches: the chief justice. Charles
Evans Hughes. spoke FIVE times.
Every member of the cabinet faced
the microphone at least once during
the year.
Thirty-two members of the senate
made 81 radio addresses, and mem.
hers of the house spoke 25 times.
Americas three service bands were
heard in 241 contests. many Of which
we're in the National Farm and Home
Hour. The Army band broadcast 1O3
times. the Marine band II times. and
the Navy band 67 times.
Numerous officials of foreign gov
ernments also spoke over the net.
works.
Since his Inauguration President
Hoover has made &c radio addresses
In his seven years as President, Cal
vim Coolidge spoke only 81 times
over the radio. Many of Presiden'
Hoover's addresses were made direct
ly from the White House.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-22

The street car conductor is a way
faring individual.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-22

An unwelcome guest is one Of the
best things going.