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Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-25
UNCLE WIGGILY'S BLUE
FLOWERS

Uncle Wiggily, who had gone
out to look for Spring flowers, had
met Baby Bunty, the little orphan
rabbit. Together they had searched
for blossoms and had, at last
found some yellow ones; the very
earliest of Spring except the arbu-
tuS.
The yellow flowers were DANDE-
LIONS, and at first Bunty had
been afraid when she heard that
word-especially the last part-for
she thought, when Uncle Wiggily
spoke of a lion, that he meant a
real, roaring circus LION and not
just a pretty, yellow flower.
Then, just as Bunty picked the
dandelion flower, she and Uncle
Wiggily heard a shipping, snarling,
swapping noise in the bushes.
who is there?" called Uncle
Wiggily bravely.
II ami" mewed a voice and out
popped the Bob Cat with his silly
little tail
"Oh! OH Ohl' cried Baby Bun
ty, three times, just like that.
What do you want, Mr.. Bob
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-25
BEDTIME STORIES
By HOWARD E. GARRIs
Copyright, 1882, BY Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
By HOWARD e. GARRI,

, swered the bunny gentleman. "I
will gather big bunch of them for
my wife and another for Nurse
Jane"
And 1 will get some to take on
Monday to the Lady Mouse Teach
er in the Hollow Stump School,, -
said Bunty.
With their paws filled with yell
low dandelions and blue yiolets, the
two rabbits hoped back toward the
bungalow. They had not gone very
far before, all Of a sudden, as they
passed little house, they heard a
voice coming from it, saying:
"Oh, dear! Oh, dear! Oh, dearl"
Whats the matter?" asked Un-
Gle Wiggily as he saw little old
cat lady in the doorway. why are
you SO sad?"
Because" meWed the old cat
lady, Il want to write a letter to
my boy who is far away, but have
no ink
Il will make you some ink" said
Mr. Longears.
How can you make ink, Unkie
Wig?" asked Bunty.
I'll squeeze the juice from some
of my blue flowers said the rab-
bit gentleman. This he did, max
ing violet ink of which you may
have heard. So the old cat lady
thanked the bunny and wrote a
nice letter to her far away boy and
she was happy.
Then Baby Bunty and Uncle
Wiggily hoped on and on until, at
last, they reached the hollow stump
bungalow. There they heard Nurse
Jane say:
"Oh, dear! Oh, dear! Oh, dearv
whats the matter?" asked Un-
Gle Wiggily.
"Oh, I have to wash out some
handkerchiefs," said the muskrat
lady. but I have no bluing to put
in the water. Please hop to tbs
store and get me some bluing, Un-
Gle Wiggily."
"I have no need to hop to the
store" said Mr. Longears. Il will
make you some blung for your
wash water out Of violet juice" And
this he did, SO Nurse Jane made the
handkerchiefs clean and white. And
there were enough violets left to
make, with the dandelion flowers
a pretty bouquet for the bungalow
So everything happened for the
best.
And if the pepper box doesn't
put salt in the sugar bowl to make
the alarm clock sneeze, I'll tell you
next about Uncle Wiggily's rock
ing chair. And hope you will like
the story, which is going to be a
funny one.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-25
Quiet Night In
Criminal Lines

An extremely quiet night for El
Centre police officers was reflected
this morning when Judge Lee Nuf-
fer found no calendar awaiting his
attention in police court.
-Four cases were disposed of in a
session yesterday afternoon.
Ignacio Delgadillo, "a, was re-
leased to leave town under a
charge of vagrancy. j. A. Mor, 80,
forfeited $40 bail by failing to ap-
pear on a charge of disturbing the
peace.
Fines of $40, with alternatives of
five days each in JAIL were passed
on Nora Brown, 38, and Simon j.
White, 35, both charged with drum
kenness In each case the defend
ant failed to pay the fine and was
committed to Jail.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-25
GEM SEEKING
LURES MANY

There will 40 directed caravan
tomorrow to journey into the desert
hunting for semi-precious stones,
according to H. L. Bush, who left
for Yorba Linda today to attend
the Imperial Highway association
meeting as chairman of the Ell
Centre Chamber of Commerce high
way committee. However, cara
van will be organized either Sun
day, April 2, or April 8, under
Bush's direction and probably with
Professor A. l.. Eaton, jemologist.
in attendance to lecture on desert
jewels. Those who desire to join
his caravan are asked to notify
Bush, GA Main ST., and notices will
be sent prior to the caravan trip.
"a large number of persons must
have made the trip which I sug-
gested last Sunday 10 miles east
of Bonds Corner, on the Calexico-
Midway Wells road" stated Bush
today, because many called on me
the day before to get samples and
I have had daily callers since Sun
day asking me to identify stones
which they picked up. That the
publicity from the Imperial Valley
Press and Calexico Chronicle, both
of which used this story about last
Sundays trip, is far reaching is
proven by the number of persons
who drove to that location last
weekend to search for semi-pre-
cious stones. It's effects were felt
further than Imperial Valley also,
for yesterday received letter
from Pasadena from a party who
desires to make visit to Imperial
Valley and look for desert stones"
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-25
NEW BOOKS AT
CITY LIBRARY

flCIiOn
Farewell Miss Julie Logan" by
James M. Barrie, a wintry tale.
The Provincial Lady in Lon
don," by E. NJ. Delafield.
limitation of Life" by Fannie
Hurst.
Erie Water" by Walter D. Ed
monds.
The Adventures of the Black
Girl in Her Search for God" by
G. Bernard Shaw.
Pageant" by G. B. Lancaster.
The Boat Of Longing" by o. E
Rolvaag.
Jenny Wren" by E. H. Young
THE Burlington of Blup," by
H. G.. Wells.
The House Under the Water
by Francis Brett Young.
Non-fiction
"A. B. c. of Technocracy," by
Frank Albright.
American Keepsake" by Rus
sci Grouse.
Contract Bridge" by Ely C1l-
bertson, CBlue Book of 1889.
Alcohol and Man." by Haven
Emerson.
Dinner at Eight" by George
kaufman and Edna Ferber.
Death in the Afternoon" by
Ernest Hemingway.
Lord Jeffery Amherst" w j. c
Long.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-25
Womar,'s NerUe
Gets Her Watch

you know where the police sta
ton is"
With this remark an unidentified
young woman walked out of the
Haun jewelry store at sos Main
street yesteray afternoon, taking
with her a $45 yellow gold wrist
watch. She dispensed with the
formality of paying for the watch.
o. H. Haun, proprietor of the
store, was so dumfounded for few
minutes he did not think TO report
the happening to police. When he
did, no trace of the woman could
be found.
She had. asked to be allowed to
look at the display of wrist watches
and, after examining the yellow
gold watch, appropriated it calmly,
remarked anent the police station,
and left the jeweler open mouthed.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-25
I have no blue ING

Cat?" asked Uncle Wggily, more
brave than before.
Il want your snarled the Bad
Chap.
"Ohl OH OH" cried Bunty
again and then, all of a sudden, the
brave little orphan rabbit child be-
came brave, like Uncle Wiggily, and
she called out in loud voice:
Here, Unkie Wigl Take the
LION and make him bite the Bob
Cat!"
"Ohl If there's a lion here I'm
going away" snarled the Bad Chap
Il didn't know you had a. LION
with you, Uncle Wiggily. Please ex-
cuse me if you will be SO kind
You are excused" said the rab-
bit gentleman, winking one eye al
Baby Bunty and twnkling his pink
nose.
Then the Bob Cat ran away TAX
ing his silly little tail with him
and Baby Bunty, smelling the yell
low flower, said to Mr.. Longears.
THE Bob Cat didn't know 1 on
ly meant DANDELION, did hep
II guess he didn't" chuckled the
rabbit gentleman. 1T was gooc
trick, Bunty. And, now that he is
gone, we can hop around and get
more spring flowers
This Bunty and Uncle Wiggily
did, finding more dandelions anc
also many little blue flowers nest.
ling down amid the grass in shell
tered places where the new, warn
Spring wind could warm them witt
her breath.
What are these blue flowers
Unkie Wig?" asked Bunty, using al
the Baby talk she was allowed
They are Spring yiolets," an
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-25

WASHINGTON, March 25.-The
recent bank holiday excitement had
the guards of the treasury depart
ment doing their work SO well that
they almost kept many Of the gov
ernment's head financial men from
doing their work. Atlee Pomerene
and Eugene Meyer, for instance,
both had their troubles in getting
to their offices.
Meyer, head of the Federal Re-
serve Board, so the story goes, was
confronted by an extra tough
guard.
Whats your business here?" de-
manded the guard. do you work
here?"
"Well," stammered Meyer, Il
used to. Have you heard anything
in the last hour and half?"
The federal policeman, still not
recognizing his superior, hauled
Meyer into the guard room, to re-
lease him quickly when the chief
guard established his identity.
Please, asked George w. john
son, new Congressman from West
Virginia, would Joe Eagle, veteran
congressman from Texas, like II
trade offices? johnson said he hac
been assigned to room 144, but fol
sentimental reasons he wanted
EaoleiS officp 111rnber 276
Eagle said he might trade, may
be, perhaps, and only if he coulC
have a look at the furniture. HI
looked-and traded. The furniturI
of l44 included a chair in which
William Mckinley sat when he wa
a member of the House.
Eagle sits in it now. johnson
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-25
PLACE TWO MEN
ON IMPORTATION

Probation was granted to two
applicants appearing before Judge
Vaughn N. Thompson yesterday af-
ternoon, and in one case a short
Jail term was imposed as one of
the terms of probation.
John Suseoff, who pleaded gull
ty to issuing check on insuffi-
cient funds after a trial at which
the jury failed to reach an agree
ment, was granted probation for
one year, and sentenced to serve
60 days the county jail as one
of the terms of probation.
Tom Belleflower, who pleaded
guilty last week to possession of a
still and distilling devices, was
placed on probation for year.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-25
TO ExTRADITE ACCUSED

LOS ANGELES, March 25. UP
Raymond Haas, 29-year-old for
mer assistant cashier of Ford, Ba-
con 81 Davis, Inc, New York en-
gineering firm, who is charged with
forgery and theft of $l35,O00 from
the company, will be taken to New
York Monday, Detectives Michael
Melia and Maurice w. Gaughran
of the New York police force said
upon their arrival here today. Haas
was found here working as an $l8
q week soda clerk,
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-25
Editorial Page
and
Features
BEER AND CONGRESS-

DEER, reported to be flowing by mil
lions of gallons, in breweries and
other places pending the legalization of
sale on April z, is on the verge of enter
ing the capitol at Washington.
The house has adopted the so-called
model beer bill" applying to the Dis
triet of Columbia and intended as a mod
ell for the various states to follow in
framing legislation TO control the sale
of beer
If the senate passes the bill, beer will
be served, undoubtedly IN the house and
senate restaurants at the capitol.
This may be considered an outrage by
dyed in the wool drys, but to any ia
miliar with Washington it will not indi-
cate period of wild orgies in the halls
of congress.
Washington has been honeycombed
with speakeasies for the past 13 years,
the same as every other large and small
place in the country. Not even the capi-
tol building itself has been immune from
the bootlegger, as the tales about the
man in the green hat" during the
Harding administration, attest
Congressman and senators, who voted
dry and drank wet, were numerous in
congress five years ago. They upheld
law in which they did not believe and
which they refused to respect. Little
wonder that the people by and large
refused to respect it.
If beer is to be legal throughout the
nation there is no reason why it should
not be legal in the capitol. We venture
to believe that senator's and congress
men, openly drinking beer with their
meals, will be better lawmakers and less
addicted to intoxication than their pre-
decessors who were hypocrites Of par
ticularly low degree.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-25
GOING TO ENGLAND

HOLLYWOOD, March 25. U.Rt-
Hal Roach, motion picture produ-
Ger, and his wife, will leave tomor-
row by airplane for New York, from
where they will sail for England
Roach said he might produce one
or two pictures there.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-25
SAILOR DROWNED

LONG BEACH, March 25. ,,U,p)-
Henry George Menger, chief ship
filter on the U. S. s. Dallas, was
drowned at sea during fleet man
euvers off San Clemente Island
March 20, according to official an
nouncement today. Menger was
swept from the deck in heavy seas.
and his body was not recovered. His
widow, Eva Menger, San Diego,
survives.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-25

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: 7oo editorial
department. Full leased wire United Press Asso-
Citations.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-25


A Bile student reveals that Pre-
sident Roosevelt called heavily up
on the Scripture in preparing his
ringing inaugural address.
The President said: THE only
thing we have TO fear is fear itself. "
Isaiah VIII, IL. His mot to be
ministered unto, but to minister, :"
is a quotation from Matthew, Xxx,
28.
Mr.. Rooseyelt's swarm of To-
Gusts" comes from Exodus, K, 4-19.
His money changers" is found in
Matthew. XXI, u. Where there
is no vision, the people perish"
comes from Proverbs, xxx, 18.
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
heard that the issuing of the regu-
lar crop report IVES an intensely
dramatic event His informant told
him how the news men lined up
for the report and how they DASH
ed at the cry of 60" to their
telephones.
The secretary, therefore, attend
| ed one of the crop report issuings
an unusual procedure-but was
disappointed at the prosaic way in
which it went off.
The cry GO" was given as usual,
and the reporters went to their
phones as usual. That was all there
was to it.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-25
GALES DUE AT ENsENADA

ENSENADA, Baja California
Mex, March 25. W.P)-General Plu-
tarco Elias Gales was due to ar
rive here today on the Mexican
gunboat Progreso from Mazatlan
according to wireless messages from
the ship.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-25

A warning against drinking ditch
water which has not been thorough
ly filtered was issued recently by
the state board of health. Water
which has been allowed to settle
is not safe for drinking unless it is
filtered
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-25

A White Leghorn hen owned by
Mrs. Verble Mayberry, Colusa, laid
an egg measuring 6la by 8h inches
in circumference.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-25
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell of
Imperial Valley for This
Date In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
March 25. 1919

At last definite steps are to be
taken to develop the oil field which
is believed to exist something like
80 miles west of this city. The
Imperial Valley Oil Developing
company was formed and from
100000 to $4,000 will be raised by
businessmen of Ell Centro so that
work may begin at once.
The Imperial Broom Works is
here to stay and is prepared to
supply all demands from home
grown corn.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-25

SUBSCRIPTION RATES-Delivered by carrier,
per month"; SIS cents by mail, SO cents per month
In advance. Entered at Ell Centro, California post
office as second-class matter. Member California
Newspaper Publishers Association. NJ. c. Mogen-
son, national advertising representatives.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-25
TEN YEARS AGO
uFaroh Or 1000

The total valley income is esti-
mated at $3O,872, 900, it was deter
mined after study of income tax
returns.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-25
Local Filipino
Leader To Wed

Andrew Atadero, proprietor of
Andys Pharmacy, at SIT Broad
way. and Miss Nellie Portillo of
this city, will be married tomorrow
afternoon at o'clock in the Naz-
arene church.
The groom is one of the lead
ing members of the Filipino resi-
dents of Imperial Valley and has
d wide acquaintance in this COM
munity where his influence among
his countrymen has been of con-
siderable aid in their relations
with those Of other races.
His many friends will be pleased
IT, learn of his impending marriage
snd wish him happiness.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-25
IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS
VANDEGRIFT IN BAD


1INLESS the Inman report filed with
u the state Legislature yesterday is
hopelessly biased, it would appear that
Governor Rolph will soon be looking for
new director Of finance
The report, result of several weeks
OF investigation by a senate committee,
charged ROLAND A. Vandegrift, state di-
rector of finance, and DR.. j. NJ. Toner,
director of institutions, with ignoring
the welfare of the state" in various tran
sactions.
The charges against DR.. Toner are
more by inference than direct accusation.
Against Vandegrift there is the accusa-
tion of transactions between the director
and San Francisco brokers, in which
the former guaranteed the latter state
business if they would take loss on an
initial purchase of Veterans Welfare
bonds. There is also the charge that
he signed the lease for the state build
ing annex in San Francisco at cost
almost twice as large as quarters as
sertedly Just as desirable could have
been obtained in another location.
Fraud is charged in both transactions,
to the extent that the report asks, IF
it isn't fraud, what is it?"
In his own defense Vandegrift asserts
that he acted with what he believed to
be good judgment. On the face of it his
judgment was extremely bad. Unless
he can provide a more acceptable de-
fense than that there should be new
man in his place shortly.
The nation is back to normal again.
Babe Ruth smacked his first homer yes
terday.
China Starts Heavy Attack" reads
headline, but the japanese have meth
cd all their own of finishing them.
Battling 81 holes is real golf and yet
the local gang cannot help wishing
Stewart and Buchanan battled it out in
the finals.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-25

Mr.. Hoover shouldn't mind man with
a gun. Not after the way millions OF
voters went cunning for him last Novem-
Der.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-25

China Starts Heavy Attack" reads a
headline, but the japanese have meth
cd all their own of finishing them.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-25

Battling 27 holes is real golf and yet
the local gang cannot help wishing
Stewart and Buchanan battled it out in
the finals.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-25

The nation is back to normal again
Babe Ruth smacked his first homer yes
terday.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-25
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
March Ok. 1913

minute men of Imperial
county will greet one of the fore
most of their leaders in Professor
S. H. Clark, who comes here to-
morrow to address the people con-
corning savings for war.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-25

s. Kato, Chico, will replant the
old Rooney hop ranch and rebuild
the kilns and install the necessary
equipment to handle the crop,
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-25

The farm bureau is planning to
hold auction sales in all valley
towns. The sales are not to inter-
fere with Boys Pig club sales.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-25
Don't Quote Me-
By United Press

wishes he hadn't traded.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-06-22
Livestock
so. ST. PAUL LIVESTOCK

South st. Paul, June 22.-R-(U.
s. Dep. Agr)-Cattle, $500; consid-
cradle number Dakota and grass cat
tie in run; trade opening very slow;
tendency weak; scattering Of steers
and yearlings sold at 4.00-5.25; two
loads choice experimentally fed year.
lings held above $50: few butcher
heifers 3.25-4.75; some held higher:
few beef cows 3.25 down; cutters and
low cutters 1.75-2.25; medium grade
bulls 2.60-75; some held upwards to
800: stocker and feeder trade very
dull. Calves 1000; steady, bulk good
to choice grades 350-4.50: strictly
choice kinds to 500.
Hogs 5000; fairly active, mostly
steady; bulk better 170-30O lbs, AIS
Is: practical top 425: occasional lots
choice 100000 lbs, averages 4.30; 300
400 lbs, butchers 390-4.15; packing
sows 3.45-80; bulk 3.50-75; pigs most
~ around 3.75; better light lights 3.75-
400; average cost Wednesday 391;
weight 283 lbs.
Sheep 700; few early bids and sales
steady; no lambs sold; asking 7.25 for
best lambs; bucks 100 less: sales
include part load of 81 h., yearlings
at $50; some held higher; slaughter
ewes 100000.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-06-22
Dies of Exhaustion
After Forced Swim

Park Rapids, Mimi, June 22.-(P)-
Exhausted from swimming to shore
after a boat capsized, August Hagen
of Stockton, Kans., died while two
companions, j. A. Hegenmeister Of
Stockton and T. F. Enright of Atchi-
son, Kans., saved themselves by
clinging to the overturned raft We'd
nesday.
The three men were in boat on
Skunk lake, when a squall over
turned 1t.
Hagen swan to shore while the
others chung to the boat. Hegen-
meister, who managed to work his
way to shore, found Hagen's body a
half mile from the lake.
Hegenmeister went to q nearby
farmhouse and got help to rescue
Enright then collapsed. He has been
under doctors care since.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-06-22
SELLING WAVE HiYS
new YORK MARKET
AND STOCKS SLUMP
Number Of Leading Shares Are
Depressed in Late Trading;
Close Is Weak

New York, June 22.-R)-After
sauntering idly in narrow byways
most of the session, generally ignor-
ing the usual advancing signals such
as a sharp slump in the dollar and
further business improvement, the
stock market Thursday was subjected
to a last-minute selling wave which
depressed number Of the leaders
to 3 or more points. The close was
heavy. Transfers Appropriated only
100000 shares.
Displaying contrary disposition,
speculative enthusiasts, who have
previously whirled prices upward as
dollar rates declined, watched the ma
tional currency rates slump without
displaying more than a flutter of the
customary initiation emotion. With
the British pound up to around $424,
it's highest since the gold standard
was suspended, there were some fair
~ spirited advances in stocks in the
first hour. The fervor died quickly,
however, and prices turned irregular.
Trading volume dwindled. Wheat,
corn and cotton drifted indifferently.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-06-22
SIOUX CITY

Sioux City, Iowa, June 22.-R)e(U.
S. D. A.)-Cattle 5000: slow, slaugh-
ter steers. yearlings and she stock
about steady; stockers and feeders
fully steady; odd lots steers and yearl-
ings 5.75-6.25; numerous packages
$50 down; few fat heifers 500; bulk
good to choice 4.00-75: beef cows
mainly 2.50-3.50; low cutters and cut
tiers 1.50-225; odd lots stockers up to
4.25; bulk 3.75 down.
Hogs 5000: opened 5-1o lower; now
mostly S off; sows steady; top 4.25;
early bulk 180-325 lb: weights 4.15-
Is; 300-375 lb. heavfes 4.00-15; weights
ITO lbs. down 3.50-4.00; sows 350-3.85;
feeder pigs 3.50-down.
Sheep 1000: early sales fat lambs
steady: natives TBS; bulk held high
er; fed clipped yearlings SIS.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-06-22
Roosevelt Heading
For Coast of Maine

Little Harbor, NJ H., June 22.-(P
President Roosevelt charted his
course across the Atlantic to Port
land, Maine, Thursday with for
bidding rock-bound coast barring any
stop along the 55-mile route.
Bronzed by the sun and wind, the
skipper president pulled into this
harbor Wednesday night as the sun
was dipping into the western horizon
directly ahead of his wind-swept
sails.
Roosevelt was In no particular
hurry to get away Thursday. He
knows his course and he has his lit
tie granddaughter here - Sarah
Delano Roosevelt, daughter of James,
his eldest son.
A day at Portland is planned for
Friday. This is the halfway point
on his sail to Campobello Island, N.