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Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-28
PUNIsHING CRIME EFFICIENTLY

Credit is due the sheriff and district
attorney for efficiency in apprehending
and furnishing one of two criminals who
less than a week ago subjected an I'M
perial Valley rancher to kidnapping, as
sault, threats against his life, robbery
and theft.
A few hours after the rancher had re-
ported the affair to the police one OF
the guilty men was under arrest in Ell
Paso, through the promptness of the
sheriff's office in broadcasting a de-
scription of him and the car in which
he was travelling Ultimate capture Of
his confederate is held to be almost a
certainty.
Returned here to face the charges
against him, the accused was subjected
to questioning with the result that a
complete confession was obtained from
him, he agreed to waive preliminary
hearing, entered a plea of guilty to rob-
berry in the superior court, and was sem
fenced to San Quentin before he had
been back in the county "A hours.
Thus Imperial county has been saved
the cost of a preliminary hearing, main
tenance of the prisoner in the county
Jail for an indefinite period, and the
cost of superior court trial, all of
which would amount to considerable
sum.
1t should be pointed out that this was
accomplished with no use of force on
the prisoner with no threats being
made against him and with no promises
being extended to him. True only one
charge against him was pressed, but !
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-28
Don't Quote Me-
By United Press %

WASHINGTON. Jan. 20.-Demo-
cratic senators and their secre-
taries-especially the latter-will
pay a handsome reward TO anyone
who can devise way to stop the
flood of letters from jobseekers.
OF course it would have to be a
system that would work without
offending any of the senator's con-
stituentS.
Something has to be done, the
senatorial secretaries feel certain.
The office of one southern senator
answered 1000 letters in two weeks
and desks still were piled high.
Senator Wagner of New York re-
ceived from 500 to 700 letters a day.
Senators Barkley of Kentucky, Nc
Kellar of Tennessee and Robinson
of Arkansas sent out between 100
and $50 letters daily in reply TO
job hunters.
Senator Tydings of Maryland re-
Gently sought TO stop the flow OF
correspondence by publishing an
appeal in the Baltimore Sun. He
pointed out that he was receiving
300 letters daily and that to spend
just one minute on each would take
five hours day. He said go per-
sons a day sought personal inter-
views. Three minutes for each of
these would take another three
house. That doesn't leave much
time for meetings of five senate
committees on which Tydings
serves. TO say nothing of the regu-
lar daily senate sessions.
Tydings closed his appeal by say
ing: Il like the job This is M
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-28
BEDTIME STORIES
BY HOWARD E. GARRIS
Copyright. 1882 BY Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate,

ears. Get yourself bright red
hat with a red feather on one side
and look stylish"
Don't you think I'd look more
like a fireman?' asked her hus-
band.
Don't be silly!" laughed the rab-
bit lady. You fireman! Ho! Ho!
NO, but I mean it. Get yourself a
red hat"
oh, me!' sighed Uncle Wiggily
who wanted brown one. But he
said nothing more and soon he and
| his wife were at the hat store.
What kind of hat were YOU
thinking of getting, Mr.. Longears?"
asked the sad old dog clerk, what
color?"
"Brown!" said Uncle w9gily,
quickly.
"Red!' exclaimed his wife. "He
wants red hat!" The clerk look
ed surprised but Uncle Wiggily
sadly said:
Yes. I want a red hat" So he
had to buy red hat with a red
feather on the side and his wife
made him wear it home and have
| the old one sent. But when Uncle
| Wiggily and his wife were in the
deep, dark and silent woods, on
their way back to the bungalow
!, all of sudden along behind them
came sneaking the Fox and Bob
| Cat.
'Look!" whispered the Fox.
there goes Mrs. Longears. Her hus-
band must be with her and want
TO pay him back for vacuum clean
ing my tail. Lets sneak up behind
and grab them!"
I'm with you,' said the Bob Cat
Il don't see Uncle Wiggily, but he
must be down behind the bushes
Come on, let's go!"
The two Bad Chaps began sneak
ing up on Uncle Wiggily and his
wife. Then, all of a sudden, Uncle
Wiggily, who had been STOPPING
down to tie his wife's shoe lace,
stood up SO that his red hat showed
! Vic ibdoAiCo. fAilu IlO OOOilCI
did the Fox and Wolf see the bright
red hat than they began to howl
and the Bob Cat said:
THAT isn't Uncle Wiggily. 1t
must be fireman and he'll squirt
water on us. Let's run away before
he sees us!" So the Bad Chaps ran
away all on account of Uncle Wig
gily's red hat. And when he locked
back and saw them running and
guessed that they had taken him
for a fireman he said to his wife:
MY dear, I'm glad you made me
buy a red hat"
So this teaches us that very Of
ten wives know best
| And if the sponge cake will stop
drinking up all the molasses SC
there is none left for the ginger
cookie, I'll tell you next about Un-
Gle Wiggilys lost key.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-28
PHELAN GETS
NEW CONTRACT

CHICAGO, Jan. %. U.P) james
Phelan, football coach at the Uni
versity Of Washington for tnree
years, announced here last night
that he had accepted Washington S
terms for a new three-year con-
tract and would sign Immediately
upon his return to Seattle.
Phelan's status has been in doubt
since he left Seattle for the east in
December He had said ne would
not consider returning TO Washing
ton until athletic financial affairs
were revamped to his satisfaction.
He has been in Chicago for sew
eral days, meanwhile communicat-
ing with University Of Washington
officials.
Cotton Wilcox and Ralph Pest"
WEIGH, who starred at Purdue un-
Ger Phelan, will return TO Washing
tor rs assistant coaches, accord
ing to the terms of Phelan's new
contract.
For several weeks there had been
rumors that Pnelan planned to sign
at the University of Chicago, TO
succeed Amos Alonzo Stagg.
Phelan viii leave Chicago early
next week, with short stopoyer at
Minneapolis before returning to
Seattle to sign his contract and be-
gin spring practice.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-28
Stage Reports
Baggage Stolen

Somewhere between burglary
and petty theft is rating for "a
crime reported to the Ell Centro
police department last night by the
local office of the Pacific Grey
hound company.
1t was reported to police that
two pieces of baggage, contents not
yet known, were taken when some
person climbed abroad the stage
somewhere between Ell Centro and
Phoenix and slashed hole in the
canvas baggage cover.
Officers were endeavoring to
learn today the identify of the
owner, as well as the contents of
the stolen bags.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-28

complaint. All I ask is helpfulness.' -
The postmistress at Washing
tons Birthplace, Va. was reap
pointed yesterday by the post Of
flee department. She is Miss Julia
L. Washington.
Shades of Sherwood forest, Friar
Tuck and the Sheriff of Noting
haml There is a man in public life
named Robin Hood
Mr.. Robin HooG yesterday was
reelected secretary-treasurer OF the
National Cooperative council, an
agricultural organization. He is a
resident of Washington, D. c.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-28

Published every evening Except Sunday by the
Imperial Valley Press Inc. 625 State street, El
Centre, California w. C. Costello. business man.
ager. Telephone g. business office: 7OO editorial
department. Full leased wire United Press Asso-
Citations.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-28
Y y 'Nieathe
Los ANGELES AND VICINITY

Los ANGELES AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy tonight and Sun
day; with probably light rain Sun
day afternoon; little change in
temperature; gentle TO moderate
winds, mostly westerly.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Partly cloudy tonight and Sun
day; probably light rain in north
west portion Sunday afternoon;
moderate temperature; moderate
westerly winds offshore.
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
Minimum this morning .........-........37
Maximum yesterday day....................-....59
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-28

ABOVE: Senator Huey Long of
Louisiana is shown in a vigorous
speaking pose such as he has ex-
hibited i'm the senate while filibus-
tering against the Glass banking
bill The "gag rule" was threat
ened against the Louisianan.
LEFT: Senator Carter Glass, au-
thor of the Glass banking bill on
which there has been a filibuster in
the senate, Is one of the Democratic.
senators proposing invocation of
the cloture rule in order to bring
the banking bill TO vote.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-28
TEN YEARS AGO
January 28. 1922

The superintendent of school to-
day Is transferring $5,153.75 to the
county library fund. This is in ad-
dition to the sum of $5,306.55 to
be raised for the county library by
direct taxation.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-28

Lettuce grown in Imperial VAL
ley would make three salads for
each resident of the United States,
according to an estimate based up
on the $500 carloads shipped from
the valley last year.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-28
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
January 28. 1913

A delayed head of water intend
ed for the eucalyptus grove at the
high school, which came down the
ditch unexpectedly yesterday morn
ing, broke from its bounds and
spread over the finely finished
athletic track, putting the kibosh
on several days of work.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-28

The tax may be paid in full at
the time of filing the return or In
four equal instanments, due on or
before March Is, June 15, Septem-
ber Is, and December Is.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-28

The dispatches from the Paraguay
Bolivia war indicate the correspon-
dents are going to make it a dead heat.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-28
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell of
Imperial Valley for This
Date In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
January 28. 1919

At. the meeting of city trustees
last evening definite action was
taken or the question of securing
a combined chemical and nose
truck mounted on an automobile
for the fire department. The ma
chine is expected to cost between
$4,000 and $4,000.
Sheriff Meadows is back from a
manhunt. bringing his man with
him and also having in tow five
horses and buggy alleged to have
been stolen.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-28

The Democrats have agreed to cut
down government expense = perhaps
SO there will be something left after
March 4.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-28

Auction and contract fade away be-
fore the kind of bridge they are going
to start playing up at Oakland.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-28

The San Joaquin county fair has
been assured that it will receive
$4,000 from the state this year.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-28

The great freight embargo and
subsequent uncertainey of deliy-
cry is the reason for the present
dull market on cotton prices.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-28

The Grange will at least get plenty
of publicity out of its threats to recall
the governor.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-28
IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS

this is sufficient to keep him in custody
for long time
If this were an isolated instance it.
would be worthy of comment, but simi-
lar cases happen frequently here as
those in touch with court activities here
can corroborate, the records showing
numerous pleas of guilty being entered.
Another recent example concerned q
slayer brought back here from the
northern part of the state by the sheriff,
from whom questioning by the district
attorneys office brought forth con-
fession of guilt and an agreement to en-
ter plea of guilty in the superior court.
He too was on his way to prison within
day after his return here.
At time when taxpayers are clamor-
ing for reduction of public expense it is
gratifying to know that the district at
torney and the sheriff are cooperating to
keep county expenditures at a minimum.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-28

SUBSCRIPTION RATES-Delvered by carrier,
per month, 55 cents; by mail. so cents per month
In advance Entered at El Centro, California, post
office as seeond-class matter Member California
Newspaper Publishers Association. M. G. Mogen-
son, national advertising representatives.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-28

And we thought Henry had control
of all his supplies from tail light to front
bumper.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-28

The only cereal test plot in Riv.
erside County this year will be or
the Philips ranch at Beaumont.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1933-09-29
TIEpCE FOUND TO HAVE
 LONG CRIMINAL RECORD

The criminal record of Charles Pierce. who broke iail at Wrangell two months ago, and was later cap tured after committing a robbery at the Juneau Union Oil Dock, is said to be as follows:
 Convicted of larceny on two counts at St. Michaels, Alaska, Mar. 15, 1915; served tive years at Me Neil's Island penitentiary; received at San Quentin. Calif., Sept. 6, 1924, under sentence of one to fifteen years for burglary: received at Fol som prison. April 4, 1925. under sentence of one to fifteen years for burglary: on March 2s, 1928, he was received at walla Walla. Wash. under sentence of five to ten years for larceny. He was also arrested several times for minor offenses.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1933-09-29
CannerieS Will Start
 Fall Pack Next Week

Seiners are busy this week, over hauling their gear for the opening CT the dog salmon season. which be- gins October 1 and lasts until the 18th. Nearly all of the crews which engaged in humpy fishing will pur- sue the elusive chum. it is said and both canneries will provide fish tenders to transport the fish from the grounds.
 Both the Diamond K and the Wrangell Packing Corporation are preparing to operate. About the same sized crews will be employed. Frank Barnes expects to have 45 or 50 on the payroll depending on the run of the fish; this in addition to the regular staff of employees which are engaged for the season. The Diamond K will operate on about the same basis, it was learned today.
 Actual canning operations are ex- pected to begin about Tuesday morning
The Wrangell sentinel., 1933-09-29
ScRUBY DENTAL OFFICE
 UNDERGOES ALTERATIONS

Alterations have been under way this week at Dr: scruby's dental of- ii 6, which when finished tonight will effect big improvement in the arrangement and decoration of the offices. The reception room now occupies the entire front of the suite of rooms, the laboratory is at one side of the middle room and the operating room is at the back. This affords greater privacy for dental patients, most of whom are sensi- tive about sharing their moans and groans, or the secrets of their bridge work, with patients waiting in the reception room, as was unavoidable under the former arrangement of low partitions.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1933-09-29
BRIGGS RETURNS WITH FULL
 BAG FROM CASSIAR HUNT

George S. Briggs, of Santa Anna. California, returned to Wrangell on the last trip of the Hazel B, after a months hunt in the Cassiar. He reports a full bag of good scalps and an enjoyable trip, except for some wet weather.
 The party hunted in the vicinity of Caribou Mountain, south of Tele- graph Creek. Johnny Craike was the guide. Craike is one of the youngest guides in the Cassiar. MT. Briggs says, but has proven to be very successful one.
 This is MT. Briggs fifth hunt fin the Cassiar, his first trip having been in 1922. He expressed regret over the news of Frank Callbreath's death, and several well known guides who have passed since his first hunt in the country.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1933-09-29
CRAB PACKERS PUT IN LONG
 SHIFT TO GET SHIPMENT READY

Four hundred dozen crabs, the largest number ever brought to Wrangell in one trip, was received Thursday afternoon by the Stikine Sea Food Company from Pat Deveney.
 Nj. J. Antonich put five extra men on the crew to clean and cook the crabs and the women pickers started work at o'clock in the afternoon. They worked through the night un- til S:30 this morning in order to have the crab meat ready for ship ment on the Yukon. The result of their labor netted nearly 200O pounds of crab meat.
 The pickers were Mrs. May Han ford, Mrs. Mary Lanting, Mrs. Ruth Hpcsin, Mrs. Bessie Gross, Mrs. Ann Dunkelberger, Miss Myrtle Dunkel- berger, Mrs Ethel Casey and Mrs. Lillian Stokes.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1933-09-29
Suratt'S First Fiction
 Writing Given traiSe

What do writers think of each others work? Do they welcome a struggling tyro to their ranks, or do they try to erect barriers against him? The answers to these questions are given in the following letter which came to Richard Suratt this week from August Eberhardt, of Seattle, whose stories appear in Col Hers, Adventure, Western Stories, and other magazines. It was written shortly after MT. Suratt's story Wanted Man" appeared on the news stands in the October number of Western Romances:
 Viking Blood or, as it was more aptly named by the publisher, Wanted Man, is certainly one of the best stories 1 have yet seen in pulp paper magazine. Reading it, reminded me strongly of Jack Lon don; it has all the virility, the style and youthful freshness of that i'm mortal romancer It is much better writing than I could do; it is the type of conception most popular with the public, and I can see no reason why you should not repeat yourself and become a favorite with the reading public.
 For me personally, the yarn had special charm because, for once, was reading a Northern story with a charming and entirely correct background This fact will probably not be appreciated by all readers. but there are always some who do notice such things. And these are generally the worthwhile readers, people who will occasionally take the trouble to tell the editor their appreciation for his new find. I know Carson w Mowre from scvcr- al, rather long letters which he sent me, and I believe he is worth while editor to stick to. I, seems he keeps we'll posted on promising writers for, though I had never sent him a story before, he wrote, asking for a contribution, mention ing, by the way. seve al of my stories he had read in other maga-
 Continued on Page Four)
The Wrangell sentinel., 1933-09-29
CLEARWATER
 OPERATIONS
 SATISF FAClUkY

With considerably more than a hundred ounces of gold recovered from the gravels of the Clearwater River, the Harrington Mines, Ltd, discontinued operations for the sea- son. Captain Harrington reports that while much of the work done this summer was in the nature of pros pecting and developing, the cleanup Is entirely satisfactory and opera tions will be resumed early in the spring.
 Capt and Mrs. Hill Harrington, and their son Billy. will make their home in Wrangell this winter, as will Jack Wilson. A. w H. Smith, business manager for the Burlington Company and Chief Engineer Em- merson Reid may also decide to stay in Wrangell this winter
 Captain and Mrs S. c. Burlington have booked passage on the Yukon to Seattle where they have their home in the Queen Anne district
The Wrangell sentinel., 1933-09-29
GOV. TROY FIGURES PUBLIC WORKS
 FUNDS fOR F SMALL TOWN PROJECTS

Funds for at least twelve small projects scattered throughout the Territory for various needed im- provements and to give relief for un- employment. are assured from the Federal Public Works Administra- ton, according to recent announce ment from Gov Troy's office at Ju- neau.
 From this source funds for the Willoughby Avenue improvement project at Juneau were made avail able for immediate use and work on the fill started last Monday on the Main Street end and is to be entirely handled by the Alaska Road Commission.
 Willoughby avenue is similar to Wrangell's Stikine avenue, both be- ing planked roadways along the beach built on piling and both a constant source of danger besides being expensive for upkeep. Will lOughby avenue is much longer than Stikine avenue and at one point passes the Indian village at Juneau.
 The plan is to fill the avenue for it's length with crushed rock to be obtained from the Alaska Juneau mine dump. The overall width of the fill will be 30 feet. The roadway will be 20 feet in width and five foot clearance is allowed for side walks. Five 36-inch concrete cul- verts will be installed to care for drainage of the tidal waters and in addition there will be two open ings opposite the Indian village which will also serve as drains
The Wrangell sentinel., 1933-09-29
Fish Shipments
FISHERMAN LOSES GILLNET
 sKIFF TUESDAY NIGHT STORM

The storm Tuesday night cost Elias Semumetset of Petersburg his 9illnet and skiff.
 Semumetset, who has been gillnet- ting on the Stikine for the past six weeks, had his boat, the T 1859. anchored of the old A. P A. con- nery at Wrangell.
 The skiff rope evidently tangled in the chains of a nearby gasboat. cemumetset discovered 1t was gone within an hour after the boat had ut adrift but in the wind and dark ness could not go to look for it.
 His loss is over $500, which is more than he had made fishing. He is offering a reward of $50. if the boat is returned within one month while the net is still in good con- dition.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1933-09-29

These will be bridged over.
 The Commission estimates that approximately 100000 cubic yards of rock will be required for the fill. Installation of sewers and cul- verts which will be necessary in the project will be taken care of by the city.
 Other projects on the list which included the Willoughby avenue fill are a road to serve the farming community at Homer; a similar road at Seldoyia, linking it through to Kaehemak Bay; improvements to the Mccarthy road system; a short road up Skagway Valley; temporary construction on the McKinley-Kan- tishna route to enable mining ma ehinery to be transported to the latter region, during the approach ing winter; stalking and tripoding the AkiakRussian Mission portage trail, conencting the lower Kusko- kwim and lower Yukon valleys for winter communication Valdez dyke rehabilitation; surfacing a road at Kodiak; improvements to the Beav- er-Squaw Creek winter sled road to facilitate the movement of winter freight. including mining machin- cry: construction of a TOO foot fill and approach connecting the dock with the road at Strawberry point; rehabilitation of the Hot Springs road system.
 Work on all of these projects will be launched in the immediate future by the Alaska Road Commits sion, the Governor announced.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1933-09-29
PROMINENT TRAMWAY BUILDER
 ENJOYS WRANGELL HUNTING


 James F Dennis of Kennecott is guest this week of Dr. H. c. Turner. MT. Dennis is tramway foreman at Kennecott for the Ken necott Copper Company and is con- sidered one of the foremost tram way builders in North and South America.
 He constructed the eight miles of tramway at Kenneeott and in 1923 was sent to the Braden copper mines near Valparaiso, Chile, to build a nine-mile tramway after several others had failed.
 The nature of his work has kept him in the midst of a eolorful and interesting environment since he started to build tramways in Colo rado thirty-five years ago.
 He was at Telluride. Colorado. at the time of the big mine owners v.a~ there and was personally ac- q,a'Gted with the Indian Kid. Key holds. and other noted gunmen, who, it was claimed, were hired by the mine owners to wage war on the unions.
 NJ. Denniss great relaxation is huntirg and he was persuaded to come to Wrangell to try duck and g ose hunting on the atihine flats.