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Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-13
BEDTIME STORIES
BY HOWARD E. GARRIS
Copyright, 1882, by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate)

Wiggily answered. when I start
ed out in my ice boat I did not
bring anything to eat with me as
1 did not think I would be gone
very long"
"I haven't anything to eat,
either" said Jimmie. when you
invited me to ride in your ice boat
I didn't think we would have an
accident. I had no IDEA the ice
would break with us"
Nor had l." said Uncle Wiggily.
well, we must make the best of
it and do what other shipwrecked
ones do when they are cast up on
little island"
| What do they do?" asked jim
| mie. This was the first time he had
ever been in an accident or ship
wrecked and he wanted to know all
about it.
"One of the first things to do, y
said Uncle Wiggily, lis to make a
fire. That is, if it's winter time as
| it is now. have some matches and
you can pick up some dry sticks
of wood"
Eyes, I can do that" Jimmie
quacked But tell me, Uncle Wig
yily, if it were summer instead Of
winter shouldn't we build fire?"
Yes, even if this were summer
fire would be the right thing to
start said the rabbit. You see
cur fire, this time, will be good for
two reasons. II will make us warm
and the smoke of the fire may be
seen from the main shore and some
one will come out in boat and
rescue u.s.
"Oh, that will be fun" quacked
Jimmie. I'D love to be rescued
hope they will bring US something
to eat. I'd love a snail sandwich
right now"
I'D like a lettuce one," said
Uncle Wiggily.
who dc you think will come to
rescue us2' asked Jimmie.
THAT 1 can't tell," answered the
rabbit gentleman, But the first
thing to do is make the fire. After
that we can talk about who may
ting warm" For in spite of his
heavy coat OF fur, and in spite of
Jimmie's feathers, the two ship
wrecked ones on the island began
to feel chilly.
So Jimmy picked up as many
dried sticks as he could find and
piled them on a flat rock. Then
Uncle Wiggily, who had some
matches in his pocket, struck one
and lighted the wood. In a short
time there was a warm and cheer
full blaze swapping and cracking on
the island. The rabbit and duck
warmed themselves at it.
But I'm getting hungrier all the
WHILE" quacked Jimmie sadly
$50 am l." said Uncle Wiggily
And, now that we are warm, let's
look around and see if we can find
anything to eat. Perhaps you can
find a few snails and might find
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-13
Hulse Appointed To
Nine Committees

Craftsmanship of one committee
and membership on eight others,
has been bestowed on Ben Hulse,
first senator from Imperial county,
according to information received
from Sacramento.
Hulse is chairman of the fed
eral relations committee and holds
membership on the following addi-
tional committees: Agricultural
and livestock, county government,
finance, fish and game, irrigation,
motor vehicles, revenue and taxa
tion and unemployment.
1t is unusual for a new senator
TO be named chairman of a COM
mittee, capital dispatches state,
and the fact that Hulse heads the
federal relations committee is a
distinct honor for him.
The other committees to which
he has been named are important
ones, and indicate unusual conf
dence in his ability, local political
| leaders assert.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-13

not afford to house themselves and
their families in the city. There
are nine men in the settlement,
two of them have wives and chill
dren. They built the village on
the worthless, sandy soil OF the
flats during the past summer
Now they are facing winter in 1t.
One of the men has job on the
country roads. He earns S2.40 a
cay and turns it into the general
food fund. The others work for
nearby farmers in exchange for
provisions.
They get flour from the Red
Cross. A baker ~ Wnitehouse, O.,
makes bread of it for two and
one-half cents a loaf. A farmer,
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-13
How to Get Relief
From Catarrh

If you have catarrh, catarrhal
deafness or head noises caused by
catarrh, you should know this SIM
pie home treatment which fire.
quently oyercomes these distress
ing conditions. Secure from Glenn
ents or your druggist one ounce OF
Parmint Double Strength). Take
this home and add to it 4 pint
hot water and little sugar.
Take one tablespoonful four times
day, breathing should become
easier, while the distressing catarr-
hal head noises, dropping mucous
and defective hearing should grad
uaily disappear under Parmint's
tonic action. Catarrh sufferers
find Parmint just what they need.
adv,
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-13
sD0na't Quote Me-
BY United Press .

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. - The
newest tale about Senator Huey
Long is a fantastic but true story
Of how he gave the German en-
bassy the scare of its life-merely
TO manufacture a good yarn for
a college journalism student.
Long telephoned the embassy and
in a thunderous voice informed
Counsellor Rudolph Leitner that
the German government had in
suited" the United States.
The diplomat only after several
anxious moments learned that the
''insult" was Long had not been
treated to beer when he called at
the embassy.
But to go back to the beginning
Herleston r. Wood, Princeton
university student, was anxious to
get a story and thus enhance his
chances of winning a good place
on the college paper. He came to
Washington and put the matter
straight up to the Kingfish. Long
! decided in an instant that he
would help the young man. He
grabbed the telephone. Wood in
an article in the Daily Princeton
ian told what followed:
THE Louisianan picked up a
telephone on which he called the
German embassy and the following
conversation was heard from his
end of the wire:
eff the German ambassador
isn't in, give me the highest man
there.
'"'Who am I? This is Huey P
Long, United States senator anc
former governor of Louisiana, ma.
tional committeeman and King
fish. What more do you want?
Hello, are you sure you arr
the highest man there? Well, I'v'
got a little matter to settle will
your government.
"'Back in 1880 had to borrow ;
dress suit, listen to II gun
salute and then apologize to you
government because I happened t.
have on a pair of green stripet
pajamas when one of your nava
officers came to call.
Nov my government has beel
insulted. I called on your am
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-13

bassador. We had nice quieC
little talk and I left. Now / feao
in the paper that people of lesser
rank than I when they called got
a couple of stems of that good
frothy German beer before they
left. What 1 want to know is how
are you going to fix it up?
s'Fine, but when shall I call?
Don't worry, I'll be there"
Both the German embassy and
Long said Woods account of the
conversation was correct.
Since Huey began his filibuster,
they're saying in the congressional
iobhies that this is the short ses-
sion of the house and the Long
session of the senate.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-13
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell of
Imperial Valley for This
Date In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
January 13, 1913


Now that the parcels post has
become an established fact, busi-
ness men of America are face to
face with it and the issue must be
met. For instance, Los Angeles
merchants are advertising more
than ever to do business by mail.
Merchants in smaller towns will
be greatly affected by the new par
GELS post service.
There is talk of the organization
of a local building or investment
company which will have in view
the erection of various houses to
meet the active demand.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-13

some bark to gnaW to keep us from
starving until someone comes to
rescue u.s.
The rabbit and the duck started
TO look around the island for food
They walked toward some little
trees when, all of a sudden, they
heard a noise. What it was and
who made it shall tell you in the
next story. 1t will be about Uncle
Wiggily's rescue. And do hope you
can stop the wash rag from push
ing the cake Of soap into the bath
tub every time it climbs out to
play tag with the towel.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-13
DISTRICT PROGRAM ENDORSED

Qf OVERWHELMING majorities on
each question, the people of Imperial
valley yesterday ratified anew the ALL
American canal contract, and approved
the Imperial Irrigation District plan for
refunding its bonded Indebtedness
The vote on the canal showed 4,947
favorable votes and 729 against it, Re-
funding was approved by a vote of 1868
to $50.
While these figures represent mi
nority vote, insofar as county registra-
ton is concerned, they are conclusive
proof that those who are sufficiently in
terested in public affairs to go to the
polls, are whole-heartedly in favor of
the districts program.
The canal contract ratification cleo
tion held last year, showed a larger vote,
6,456 for ratification and 1,247 against
1t, but the proportion of approval this
year was considerably heavier, being al
most seven to one compared to five to
one last year.
A clear field has thus been given to
the district in the two matters of great
est Importance to it. There will still
be various legal steps necessary in COM
pleting arrangements for both PROPOSE
tions, but with such heavy stamp of
approval for them, these should be little
more than formalities.
1t would appear to an unprecedented
observer that these two projects, plus
the ordinary routine of conducting the
districts affairs, would occupy the full
time of every district official and pre-
clude an opportunity for mingling in
politics outside the district.
Happily there are no outside elections
in sight for more than year, so that
the opportunity for playing politics is
not available for at least that period of
time
The people, by yesterdays vote, have
expressed their confidence in the dis
trict and its officials. 1t is up to the
latter to return that confidence by tend
ing strictly to their knitting, refraining
from trying to conduct a political ma
chine to control every public office in
Imperial county, and giving the people
just a little better than 100 per cent ef-
ficiency and economy in conducting the
affairs of the district.
Likewise yesterdays election results
is notice to those who have continually
opposed and sought to obstruct the dis
trict's program, to cease their activities.
The election again showed that no phase
of Colorado river development lacks the
support of the people when put to vote.
The verdict should be accepted and re-
spected by all and the district should
be permitted to carry out its program
unhampered by disgruntled groups with
in the valley or out of 1t.
If all the California Democrats who
want Washington jobs are accomo-
dn+od thorn iS ooinr To he q terrible drop
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-13
SNAKE vERTEBRAE NECKLACE

GIANT FOREST, Cal. U.2,-A
necklace made from the vertebrae
of a rattlesnake her husband killed
near here is one of the priced pos
sessions of Mrs. Floyd Smith. Smith
killed the snake, skinned 1t, ana
prepared to make the skin into a
belt. Mrs. Smith, also wanting a
souvenir, boiled the body, extracted
the bones, and strung them into
the unique ornament.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-13
JOBLESS MEN
BUILD TOWN

TOLEDO, O., Jan. 13. U.D - A
tiny village of one-room cabins
and huts has grown among the
scrub oaks of the Maumee flats,
not 90 miles from the heart Of To-
ledo.
It is a settlement built by men,
victims of the depression, who could
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-13
UNCLE WIGGILY ON THE
ISLAND

Uncle Wiggily and Jimmie the
duck stood on the little island in
the middle Of the pond and looked
at the broken ice cakes floating
past them. Then they looked at
their ice boat which had slid up
on the rocky shore of the little is
land. Next the rabbit gentleman
looked at Jimmie Wibblewobble,
and Jimmie Wibblewobble looked
at Mr.. Longears.
I'm glad I came with you!
quacked Jimmie. Even if we did
have an accident and the ice broke
and we had to land on this island
Yes, I'm glad I came for now
can see you have an adventure in
stead of just reading about it in a
bedtime story"
We'll, I'm glad to have you here
with me-" said Uncle Wiggily. u
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-13

With everything up in the air these
days. Professor Picard should have little
trouble in finding support for his pro-
iected balloon trip to the stratosphere.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-13

WINTER SPORTS HELD
GOVERNMENT CAMP, Mount
Hood, Ore. W.P-Winter sports are
in full swing here, following a
heavy snowfall.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-13

for whom the men cut wood, pays
the baker. ruei comes from the
woods around and water from a
well they dug in a clearing.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-13
TEN YEARS AGO
January 12 1902

The Southern Pacific company
has been persuaded to reopen the
proposition of the branch railroad
from Calipatria through the rich
West district to Holtville. The
original survey was made in 1916
and was pieeonholed on account of
sne war.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-13

Ell Centro now has wind measuring
machine and plenty of material to make
If work-all of it human in origin.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-13

Twenty-four words were sufficient for
the actual will of Calvin Coolidge, rank
ing it with the famous 81 do not choose
to run" document.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-13

Contracts for the lateral sewers
in residential sections of Calipatria
were let recently for S45 900
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-13

al bill creating a unified Colo
RADIO project
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-13
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
Ianuary 12 1918

The city council has decided to
advertise for a filter basin and
washing machine and also will ad-
rertise the $4,000 six per cent
bonds
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-13

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; ZOO, editorial
department. Fun leased wire United Press Asso-
cistons
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-13

Representative Of every section
Of the valley assembled today in
a mass meeting at the L. & S. the
atre today and endorsed provi-
sionS of the proposed congression-
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-13

If all the California Democrats who
want Washington jobs are accomo-
dated, there is going to be a terrible drop
in our population.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-25
THE SMALL INDUSTRY

mo chance for young men any more
The business world is dominated by big in
dustries The little fellow is crushed. His
small shop must quit or be swallowed IN
by some big one"
That lugubrious story was given us
every day in former years by the croakers
and knockers. They argued that mass
production, automatic machinery and eff
cheney systems gave the small producer too
much competition. Great corporations
could undersell him.
1t has not looked that way for the
past two years. The smaller industries
are said to have shown better recovery
from depression. They may not be so
efficient, but they are more flexible. They
are like the little automobile that can
quickly back and turn and slip in through
the gaps in crowded traffic. Meanwhile
the big truck must proceed slowly in one
direction only
Both big and little industries have
their advantages. We need both types.
The big industry makes economies in ordi-
nary times by division of labor, scientific
research and efficiency systems, and thus
sets standard for industrial production.
But the little fellow has his advan-
tages too. He can watch every detail of
his production with the eye of practical
experience. He can discover losses at once
and stop them. He is usually in close touch
with his customers, who commonly live in
nearby cities and states If thew want
some new idea worked out, he can quickly
produce the thing desired, without collid-
ing with elaborate production systems.
Let no young man in Key West say
there is no chance for the little fellow His
chances are better than for years. Let no
community despise the little shop whose
wheels are turned by only few workers.
If those folks can find out what people
want and produce it for price that people
can afford to pay, the world will buy their
stuff.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-25
WEATHER CONDITIONS

A disturbance of considerable
intensity has developed and is CEN
trial this morning over Kentucky,
Louisville, 29.44 inches. 1t is
causing high winds in Tennessee,
and. rains have been general from
the middle Mississippi and lower
Ohio valleys southwark to the Gulf
coast and northern Florida, be-
ing heavy in northern Georgia and
northwestern Florida. Rains also
occurred during the last "a hours
on the Pacific coast from San
Francisco northward A high
pressure area covers the North At
lantic States, and pressure is
moderately high from Texas west
ward; while low pressure covers
most of the remainder of the
country. Temperatures have risen
in the Lake region, Ohio Valley
and Tennessee, and have fallen in
The upper Mississippi Valley, and
from the Dakotas southwark over
Texas with readings continuing
above normal throughout the
country, except from western
Texas westward and northwest
ward to the Pacific coast.
G. s. KENNEDY.
Official in charge.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-25
FIRST AID PALACES

How some traditional first aid RENE
dies may do great harm to victims of ac-
cidents is explained in recent Red Cross
publication. A few examples may be men,
toned.
Rolling person apparently drowned
over barrel only forces water out of the
stomach, where it does no harm. But lay
applying and releasing pressure at the
small of the back often induces respiration
and recovery.
Some persons put spider webs, cuds
of tobacco, SCOT, salt pork and the like on
cuts or infected wounds, ito draw the
poison out" These substances only in
crease the danger of infection.
Whisky, ammonia, permanganate of
potash or the application of freshly killed
chicken to wound caused by snake-bite
are all old-time remedies of no value. The
modern course is to tie bandage between
the wound and the heart, cut cash across
the fang marks and suck out the blood and
poison as quickly as possible. The venom
of a rattlesnake taken into the mouth is
harmless, even if it is swallowed.
Many other fallacies are enumerated
and warned against in publications of the
Red Cross and medical societies. Every
person should have some knowledge of
what to do and what not to do in emer-
gencies. A more widespread diffusion of
such knowledge would no doubt be the
means of saving many lives, through CIV
ing proper first aid until physician can be
called.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-25
TERRIBLE DEATH OVER LOVE

Cuban girls, when crossed in love,
still immediate themselves at the altar of
Hymen by burning themselves to death as
the following story from the Havana Post
indicates:
Pretty Cuban lass dies from self
inflicted burns. Losing a terrifying "a
hour battle with death, little Esther Lopez
Valdes, I4-year-old victim of a shattered
romance. passed away at her parents
home on San Miguel street yesterday
morning The child, who was the daughter
of local physician. wrote note to her
mother Saturday in which she is alleged to
have divulged her plan to end her life,
stating that since she had been barred
from seeing a certain youth in the neighbor-
hood. she had no more reasons to live.
Covering her body with alcohol, she then
set fire to herself. and before the flames
could be extinguished she was fatally
burned
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-25
THE KEY WEST CITIZEN
WILL always seek the truth and print it

WILL always seek the truth and print it
without fear and without favor; never be
afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right;
always fight for progress; never be the or
gan or the mouthpieee Of any person, clique,
faction or class; always do it's utmost for the
public welfare; never tolerate corruption or
mi stice; denounce vice and praise virtue;
commend good done BY individual or organ
ization; tolerant Of others rights. views and
opinions; print only news that will elevate
and not contaminate the reader; never COM
promise with principle,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-25
) Q q Q . Do . DO .
CLASSIFIED
COLU M N

Advertisements under this head
will be inserted in The Citizen at
the rate of 1c a word for each in
sertion, but the minimum for the
first insertion in every instance is
25c.
Payment for classified adver-
tisements is invariably in advance,
but regular advertisers with ledger
accounts may have their advertise
mentS charged.
Advertisers should give their
street address as we'll as their tele-
phone number if they desire re-
suits.
With each classified advertise
ment The Citizen will give free an
Autostrop Razor Outfit. Ask for
it.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-25

When General Augustine C. Sandino
fought against the United States Marines
in Nicaragua, he avowed his purpose was
patriotic and that his only desire was to
free his country from the so-called invaders.
Only few weeks ago the U. S. Marines
were withdrawn from Nicaragua and al
ready SANDING is attacking the government
of President Juan Sacasa. Is his pur-
pose still patriotic or is he merely cele-
brating the departure of the enemy?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-25
TODAY'S WEATHER

and cooler tonight and Thursday;
fresh southwest shifting to west
or northwest winds, diminishing
tonight.
Florida: Fair and colder to-
night and Thursday.
Jacksonville to Florida Straits:
Fresh southwest shifting to west
or northwest winds, diminishing to-
night, and fair weather tonight
and Thursday.
East Gulf: Fresh west or north
west winds, diminishing tonight.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-25

Rafael Forms, Spanish charge DAT
fairies in Cuba, asks Secretary of State Fer
rara to lift the Cuban press censorship so
that his interview could be published as
given by him, not as the. Cuban official
stated ii to be. In diplomatic language
Ferrara was called a "mentiroso" or in
more emphatic English liar"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-25

One of the real problems of 1888 will
be the rehabilitation of silver. Mavements
toward that end have been started The
foreHost economists of the world point out
that so long as silver prices are at the
present low figure, general world recovery
is impossible. Cheap silver is paralyzing
drag TO trade, The re-birth of silver min
ing in this country would mean the en-
ployment of thousands of men. and put
millions of dollars of new money in cir
culation.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-25

Ifeongress will not permit news
papers containing beer advertisements to
go into states that are dry, it follows that
radio advertisements of beer cannot go on
the air through those states, and that's go-
ing to bring up a pretty kettle of fish.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-25

Lain Dobbs, former sergeant of
Company B. Twenty-sixth infan-
try, First Division, during the
world war and who was wounded
25 times during that memorable
conflict, has returned to Key West
to complete his vocational train
ing. Mr.. Dobbs was awarded the
distinguished service cross with
other decorations. He is a son-in-
law of Mr.. and Mrs. Clements Jay
cocks.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-25
FOUND

F0UND-Pair of bi-foeal gold
trimmed glasses at Fort Taylor.
Owner can have them by de-
scribing property to Mrs. j. E.
de Key, at the Reynolds home
on Reynolds street and paying
for this ad. jan25-3t
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-25

PERSONAL STATIONARY-Let
us furnish you with personal
stationary; 100 sheets of sta
tionary $1.00; 100 envelopes
$1.00; both, with your name
and address printed in attrac-
tive type. The Artman Press.
Phone 81. JAM
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-25

There are some girls in Key West who
know all about waistlines and necklines,
but they don't know enough about clothes
lines.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-25

her home on Olivia street last
night in honor of her sixteenth
birthday anniversary. Dancing
and games were enjoyed andre
freshments served.