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Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-30
EDITORIAL PAGE
and
FEATURES
BACK IN THE WHITE

IL will be noted with pleasure by Im-
perial Valley residents and businessmen,
that Imperial Valley is back in the busi-
ness map of the nation, published by the
United States Chamber of Commerce, as
a white spot" denoting good business
conditions.
Even though business here is not all
that it might be, and it never is during
the summer months, it is somewhat COM
forting to know that records on which
the map is based, show sufficiently good
business activity to warrant the white
spot" designation.
Changing conditions here, due to the
water shortage, may also change our
designation on the next map. Again they
may not.
There is this to be said in support of
the white spot designation, anyhow
those in other parts of the nation will
think we are better off than we really
may be, and there is nothing like having
the other fellow having good opinion
of u.s.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-30
Don't Quote Me-
by United Press

WASHINGTON, July 80. Even
the most casual callers at the
White House these days enjoy the
distinction of entering the pillared
portico OF the big front entrance
the one shown on picture post
cards.
Ordinarily this door is reserved
for only the important guests of
the mansion and for social callers,
but remodeling work has upset
precedent.
The executive offices have been
moved from the west wing to the
mansion proper. Newspapermen oc-
cupy one of the reception rooms
Just off the main hall. The honor,
however, is somewhat empty as the
cooling system in the old executive
offices does not extend into the
White House proper.
Among the many file baskets
scattered about the NRA press
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-30

Baby Bunty." Uncle Wiggily had so
many rabbit children he had to
build two large bedrooms in his
cottage. The boys slept on cots in
one room and the girls, including
Baby Bunty, the orphan rabbit, in
another. The sleeping rooms were
called dormitories, just as in some
colleges.
"If it isn't any of the children
making that noise" went on Mrs.
Longears, st must be one of the
Bad Chaps after Uncle Wiggily.
More likely it's Uncle Wiggily
himself" squeaked Nurse Jane, I'll
see If he's in his room"
Noise Became Louder
She tapped on the rabbit gentle
mans bedroom door with the end
of her tail but there was no an
swer. The noise in the kitchen
sounded louder.
1T must be Wiggy downstairs,
said Mrs. Longears. "Wiggyw she
called at the head of the stairs
What are you doing?"
Getting ready TO make some
lemonade" answered Uncle Wig
gily. ut is going to a very hot day
so / am going to have little lem
onade stand down on the ocean
beach, and when the children gel
tired and hot they can come to
me and drink cool lemonade in the
shade"
"Oh, that is very kind of you,
said Nurse Jane Are you sure
you have everything you need to
make lemonade?"
yes, thank you" answered the
rabbit gentleman to the muskrat
lady, who, by this time, was down
in the kitchen. She saw Mr.. Long
ears fiddling around in the pantry
On the table he had set out q
pitcher, some glasses, bag OF
I hf,x naI o.,I df~r1r
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-30

room to collect the daily flood of
press releases for dozens of news
organizations, trade associations
and lobbyists, one is conspicuously
marked Republican national COM
mittee."
Obviously the NEA, focal point
of he new deal. is under the closest
scrutiny by Republicans.
The number of press releases
issued by the NRA in slightly more
than a year has reached $500.
The truthfulness OF rum running
since repeal is attested by story
told at the treasury department.
A coast guard cutter approached
"a ship just outside the l2-mile
limit and wig-wagged:
What's your cargo?"
General cargo" answered the
mystery ship.
What's general cargo? Liquor?"
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-30
DAILY LETTER

Los Angeles
July 81, 1884
Mr. Robert Hays,
Manager FL Centre Chamber of
Commerce,
Ell Centre, Cal.
Dear Sir:
In the manufacture of our food
products, Dina-Mite we use con-
siderable quantities of high grade
flaXseed.
We use the clean whole seed,
and would be interested in obtain
ing it in local market if pos
sible.
If any flax is grown in I'M
perial Valley, would you please give
us the names Of dealers there who
could supply us with the clean
whole flax seed.
Yours, very truly,
Dina-Mit Food Company
of California,
BY F.. Pierce Powell.
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HOW CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE
ASSISTS CITY

The Imperial Valley Press Is
glad to publish each day one
full text letter received by or
sent from Ell Centre Chamber
Of Commerce, to ac1uaint the
citizens of Ell Centre with the
work, objectives and accom-
pIishments of that organization
In behalf Of El Centre and Inn
periaJ Valley.
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Mercury Scars
OUer Weekend

LOS ANGELES, July 30. U.P)-
Weekend temperatures reaching
a maximum of 80 degrees in Los
Angeles and well above 100 in
many nearby communities drove
100000 persons to the beaches, city
and county officials estimated to-
day. ...
Despite the record breaking trek
to the sea, there were no drown
ings in the metropolitan area.
More than 100000 persons flock
ed to the Santa Monica boy area
and more than 100000 took TO the.
...o4o.. L., 7 o,,o Doaoh
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Published every evening Except Sunday by The
Imperial Valley Press, Inc. 625 State street,
q Centre. California ". G. Costello, business
manager Telephone 90. business office; 700 edi-
torisl department Pull leased wire United Press
Associations
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-30

SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier.
per month. IS cents; by mall so cents per month
in advance Entered at FL Centro. California. post
Office as second-class matter Member California
Newspaper Publishers Association. M. @. Mogen-
son, national advertising representatives.
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Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell of
Imperial Valley for This
Date In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO

Phil D. Swing is distributing some
of the handsomeSt window cards
yet seen.
c. w Collins, delegate to WASH
ington, left for Los Angeles last
night.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-30
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO

FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
July 30, 1919
High water in the Gila river is
the cause of the present muddy
condition of the city water.
Cotton men of the valley are ex-
ceedingly jubilant over the prom
jsed cotton outlook for the year.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-30
TEN YEARS AGO
m aAnH

TEN YEARS AGO
July 30, 1924
Miss Esther Hayward left Mon
day for vacation at Big Bear
lake.
Misses Ruby and Josephine Will
liams have departed for Ocean
Beach where they will spend their
vacation.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-30

Another summer has reached the mid
way mark and still we fight shy ot
Shorts
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-30

Schuschnigg, name of the new Aus.
trian chancellor, is the nearest thing we
have ever seen to the proper spelling of
how a sneeze sounds.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-30

Won Hindenberg is reported ill.
Probably thinking of 20 years ago and
comparing then with now.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-30

bay Francisco the habors tho
continent be the time this gigantic
Bridge with Oakland completed
this photo from plano
midday The the island and
those arising the mark the
bridge.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-30

answer.
But the ship remained outside
the 12-mile limit, to the coast
guards dismay.
The interior department tells this
as a true story:
Two Woodchucks in Yellowstone
National park won top honors at
a recent test banquet which in
cluded everything from soup to
nuts
One consumed three blueberry
pies, four large candy bars, two
Jelly rolls. half dozen sandwiches,
finished with two bags of salted
nuts.
The other did away with 10
flapjacks, four candy bars, a sack
of cookies and ended with three
hard-boiled eggs.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-30

For the first time in enearly 20
years the state fair, Sacramento,
September lilo, will have dis
play of wines and brandies.
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IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS
THREE BRAVE MEN

Nhile 1t may appear somewhat fatuouS
to praise men who merely followed out
the fundamental law of self-preserva-
tion, three army men, nevertheless, gave
an exhibition Saturday of the sort of
nerve which always merits commenda-
ton.
Eleven miles up in the air. the crew of
the stratosphere balloon Explorer" ran
into serious trouble when large rips ap-
peared in the balloon bag.
1t was a precarious situation for the
three men. Getting out of it alive was
solely up to them. They could not sum-
mon help, nor, for many moments could
they resort to parachutes, the only means
of safe landing possible to the airman in
distress. The altitude at which they
were stationed meant instant death to
anyone getting out of the metal ball in
which the crew rode.
Only by keeping their heads and their
nerve could the army men get back to
earth safely. They kept their heads and
they kept their nerve. They also seem
to have kept their sense of humor. "This
thing has gone nuts, was the inele-
CANT, slangy, but very expressive way
they used to inform those below of their
predicament. Again when asked if they
wished to hook in on a national radio
broadcast, Captain Stevens asked, What
for? We have trouble here"
Once down below the danger point,
they used all their energy and resource
fulness to save their valuable scientific
instruments, before making the jump that
would mean saving their lives. Unfortu-
nately they did not succeed in doing the
former.
Only when the smallest margin of safe
ty had been reached did they bail OUT
and parachute to earth. The gods were
kind to them for they landed safely. The
gods should have been, for these were
men.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-30

Lassen county has good crop
grain and grain hay.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-30

Hitler ought to have a good idea of
what Americans mean by being in ''hot
SPOT"
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-30

Yes" came back the defiant
answer.
But the shin remained outside
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Of course that other man is
more charming than your hus-
band, but he wouldn't be if you
nagged at him.
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poles to a stake in the center Of
road insthe Northern boundary
line of the said R. V. Osteen
tract; thence with said outside
boundary line North sc deg. 45
min. West 60 poles to the old
black oak corner, same being the
Northwest corner of the said r.
V. Osteen tract; thence with the
outside Western boundary line OF
said old tract, South 5 deg. West
3S poles to stake, the North
west corner of lot No. l; thence
with the line of lot No. l, South
"a deg. East 25 poles to stake in
ditch or branch, corner Of lot
No. /; thence still with the line
of lot No. l, South II deg. East
Ga poles to the beginning, con-
tanning 2S.8 acres, more or less.
This 3rd July, 1894.
M. M. REDEEM,
7-3-Tues-2tp Commissioner
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ct ux.
]. X. Hyder ct TX tract, Blue
Ridge township to w. C. Jordan.
o. B. Souther ct al II 2-3
acres, Hoopers. to j. R. Cation,
ct TX.
The Eussex Corp, Bellview
Apartments to Lizzie Mae Jack
son.
The Sussex Corp, lot and
store building, Main street to
Philip Michalove.
James NJ. Lynch, Tr., l acre,
Green River township to FOL
tan Hecht, ct TX.
Quincy P. Hood, C. of B. lot
IS. ]. S. Patterson division to
A. D. Station ct TX.
Benjamin A. Levett ct TX lot
Fourth Avenue. West to Julia D.
Levett.
Julia Hanson, lots Z and s
Patton Hills to Clara P. Hanson.
MINIS Spann, ct al "a acres,
Hendersonville township to An
ME Allen.
J. NJ. Stepp, widower SO Ia
acres. Blue Ridge to S. l.. Searcy
ct uX.
c. S. Smith ct TX lots II and
II Orchard Park Sub, to Zelze
Renfroe ct Tx.
S. S. Hyder ct al 81 acres,
Blue Ridge to John D. Brown.
w. C. Jordan 81 acres, Blue
Ridge to John D. Brown.
W. C. Jordan % 1-2 acres,
Blue Ridge to S. S. Hyder ct al.
John T. Wilkins, Trustee, ct al
2 lots Church st. and Fifth Ave.
to w. NJ. Lott ct al.
Quincy P. Hood, C. of B. lot
Main street to NJ. NJ. Redden ct
TX.
Howard Garren ct Tx 3-S
acres, Hoopers Creek to M. T.
Presley ct ux.
]. H. Stepp 8 tracts, Blue
Ridge to r. /. Stepp ct ux.
G.. H. Valentine, Trustee, lot
s R. P. Freeze Sub, to Laborers
Building and Loan.
D. Podesta lot 5, r. P. Packard
property to Austin E. Podesta
ct TX.
James F. Cunningham ct ux
lot Green River township to r.
+. Bridges.
Mrs. Roxie Blythe Elk. and
Trustee 2 tracts. Blue Ridge
township to ]. A. Lyle.
Quincy P. Hood c. of B. lot
Cherry street to Laborers Build
ing and Loan.
Fax Jones ct ux, lot Edney-
vile township to j. P. Coston
ct uX.
Geo Mills ct TX Is acres,
Hoopers Greek to R. l.. Ward.
Ollie Niece ct Tx 10 acres,
HOopers Greek to Roy l.. Ward
ct Tx.
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scribed property:
Lying and being in Blue Ridge
Township, Henderson County, and
described as follows:
BEGINNING at a stake in the
center of the Dana Road, the
third corner of lot No. l, and the
Northwest corner of lot No. 4 as
shown on said map, and running
thence with the center of said
road, North sc ga deg. East
II ga poles to a stake; thence
still with the center of said road,
North 80 deg. East poles to a
stake; then Southwest corner of
lot No. 8; thence with the line
of lot No. 3, North 10 deg. 30
min. West ID poles to white
oak: thence still with the line of
lot No. 3, North deg. Is min.
East So poles to a stake; thence
still with the line Of lot No. 3,
North ID deg. Is min. East AZ 1-2
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BARKER HEIGHTS

BARKER HEIGHTS, July 10.
Miss Elizabeth Whitaker has as
her guest, Miss Gertrude Klaren,
of Charleston.
Miss Bernitta Sutton, of Sylvia,
spent Friday with Miss Ruby Co.
forth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Smith, of
Spindale, also Hubert Justice, of
Canton, were recent guests Ct
Mr.. and Mrs. c. T. Justice.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. P. Justice and
family, of Mooresville, and Mrs.
M. H. Case, of Dana, called on
Mrs. Mamie Mitchell recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Markham
attended the funeral of their
niece, Mary Dalphine Floyd.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. 0. S.
Floyd of Greenville, S. c., which
was held at Mud Creek.
Mrs. John Guice and daughter
and Miss Juanita Rhodes, of Up
ward, spent July 4th with Mr..
and Mrs. d. H. Goforth.
Mrs. Leander Justice has been
i'll for the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John McGuinn
had as their guests last week, Mr..
and Mrs. Carr Allison, of Detroit,
Mich.
Mrs. Margaret Elias, of Earl,
N. c., is spending a few weeks
with Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Edney.
Mrs. Hugh Gibbs, of Wake For
est, spent a week recently with
Mr.. and Mrs. N. B. Gibbs.
Miss Hazel Morrison is spend
ing awhile with her grandmother,
Mrs. Leila Newman, of the Green
River section.
Mr.. Pink Stepp is i'll at Patton
Memorial hospital.
Miss Sarah Drake, of Charlotte,
spent Saturday with Miss Irene
Mitchell.
Broaddus Walters, of Green
vile, visited his sister, Mrs. j.
McGuinn, the Fourth of July.
Billy Justice, of the Dana road,
called on Mr.. and Mrs. j. W.
Bradley, Saturday.
The little son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clayton, on Stepp street, is I'M
proving from a serious illness.
Mrs. Tom Keisler spent Mon
day with Mrs. Raymond Duncan
of Dana.
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Boy Scout Loses
Hand In Explosion
Lamar Cook Is Building
Model Plane

HILDEBRAN, July 10.-La-
mar Cooke, who several days ago
suffered the loss of his left hand
at the wrist and other injuries in
the explosion of a dynamite cap
which he was holding, is a mem
Der of the Boy Scouts of America,
Hildebran, N. c., Troop l.
The youngster, who is the son
of the Hildebran postmaster, F.
F. Cooke, has been Scout for
one year. He is 13 years old, but
has attained the rank of Star.
Evidence of his training in first
aid, which is an essential part of
the Scout program, was very pro-
nounced when, despite the terri
BILE shock of having his hand torn
off, he pressed with his other hand
on the pressure point Of his in
iured arm, thus stemming the
flow of blood from the wound un-
til help could reach him, then di-
rected the placing of tourniquet
while being rushed to the hos
pital. =,
Lamar is interested in the
study of science. He will enter
high school next year. With the
help of a fellow Scout, David
Hutto, Jr., he has established a
laboratory in the basement of his
home. He is building a model air
plane, since his mishap, which is
one of the requirements for the
merit badge in aviation. DESPITE
the experience through which La
mar has just gone, he is eagerly
looking forward to attending the
Scout camp on Lake Lanier in
AupuSt.
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CHICAGO HAS
CHOUL RACKET
Coroner Says Expensive
Funeral Trappings Paid
for But Not Used

CHICAGO, July 10.-CUP).-
All the racketeers in Chicago
cemeteries are not dead. Cook
County Coroner Frank j. Walsh
said yesterday exposing alleged
operations of syndicate of
ghouls.
Walsh charged that a powerful
group of undertakers and allied
racketeers are robbing the dead
of their caskets and even burial
clothing. The practice has been
going on for years"
The ghouls dig up newly buried
bodies, strip them of their cloth
ing and rebury them wrapped in
newspapers in cheap wooden
boxes. Caskets and shrouds are
returned to the undertaken.
Profits from grave robbing
amount to thousands of dollars
annually, Walsh charged, intimat-
ing that the ghouls have ''politi-
cal connections" enabling them to
escape prosecution.
The startling revelations eli
NAKED fight between Walsh and
the Chicago Funeral Directors
association. The morticians COM
planned to Police Commissioner
Altman that Walsh was usurping
powers.
Walsh said his activities were
related to an investigation of the
body-snatching practice and were
directed at well organized, mi
noritv group of undertakes.
Baskets purchased by relatives
have been stolen from the graves
and bodies tossed into rough
packing cases and buried face
down.
Details of one case:
"a hoodlum was murdered. The
body was removed to an under
taking place. The victims father
told the undertaken: He is my
son, but because of the life he
has lived my only interest in him
is to see that he is given proper
burial.
"The undertaken collected 1926
in cash from the father who then
went home.
Friends of the youth appeared
at the undertaker's and asked
about funeral plans. They were
informed that the burial would
be on the following morning.
"When they went to the GENE
terry they were told that the
young man had been buried at
8 a. m. with no ceremonies at
ALL
1.-THE father, informed of this,
had the body exhumed. They
found it in a rough box, lying
face down, wrapped in newspa-
pers.
1.-THE undertaken was found
guilty of operating a confidence
game; paid small fine and that
was all.
"In another case, a body ex-
hamed and found dressed only in
threadbare golfknickers. The cost
ly casket had been replaced by
an inexpensive wooden box"
Walsh said that these were not
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YOU TOO

When you feel used up-smoke Camel! Fatigue and r
liability fade away Your flow of natural snaps back to
ahigher level in few minutes
This experience is we'll known to millions of Camel smok
ers 1t has been confirmed by famous New York research
laboratory.
Take for example Guy Bush There's lesson in what Guy
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COMMISSIONERS RESALE

Bv virtue of an order of resale
entered in the cause of M. Y. Pit.
lilo, Administrator c. T. A. OF
George w. Osteen, deceased,
Plaintiff, VS.. Sarah Elizabeth
Osteen, ct al, by his Honor, ]. T:
Fletcher, Clerk Superior Court OF
Henderson County, the under
signed will resell, to the highest
bidder, for cash, at public auc-
ton, at the Courthouse door, in
the City of Hendersonville, ON
the 18th day July, 1884, at twelve
o'clock noon, the following de-
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STOLE HIS POTATOES

KANSAS CITY, July 10. (UP)
William F. Corliss, Kansas farm
er. hauled load of potatoes 70
market; arrived at 2:3O a. m.'
sleepy and tired. He spread a
blanket over the potatoes, went
to sleep. Corliss awakened at
dawn in the bottom of his truck.
Someone had stolen the potatoes
from under him.
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PATIENT SAW
OPERATION
Connecticut Man Sees Tu-
NOR Taken From Own
Brain; Mirrors Used

GREENWICH, Conn, July 10.
(UP).-Carl H. H. Meyer, form
er contractor. puffed contentedly
on a cigar yesterday and disclos-
ed how he had been able to
watch a surgeon remove a tumor
from his brain.
at was all done with mirrors, "
he explained.
Meyer lay on an operating ia
BILE at Neurological institute in
New York last month. An electric
knife cut through his skull while
attendants held mirrors so that,
for a moment, he had an oppor-
tunity to see his own brain.
81 believe l am the only man
who ever witnessed such an OPP
eration," he said.
Meyer was given a local an
esthetic. While the surgeon
welded the electric knife he
peered within the bony structure
of his skull. The job was COM
pleteed in five hours, leaving
Meyer dazed and wondering, the
surgeon triumphant. The opera
ton was successful.
"For years." Meyer explained,
81 had been doctoring for stom-
ach ulcers and sinus and had sew
eral operations. The pressure in
my head was almost unbearable
and | consulted specialists in New
York. They took X-ray pictures
and gave me an air test-remov-
ed some of the spinal fluid and
pumped in air.
"They told me l had a brain
tumor and unless it was removed
l would die within two years"
Meyer, propped in comfort,
able chair. puffed at his cigar in
keen enjoyment.
"They operated June Is anG
here l am. Never felt better in
my life. Thew told me it was ex.
tremelv dangerous because of my
age. Pm So"
The anaesthetic made him fee.
"numb all over" Meyer said.
81 couldn't feel anything while
they were operating and lay or
the table for five hours. Two at.
PENDANTS held mirrors so ] coulc
see what was going on. 1t wa:
funny sensation, watching yOul
own operation and seeing youl
own brain. They took out tu
NOR an inch or more long"
When the anesthetic wore of
! Meyer had headache which soor
passed. Just a slight scar, al
most healed, is noticeable on the
top and side Of his head. The in
cision was made from the center
of the forehead, around the right
side of the skull to the top cen
ter and then slanted downward tt
the base. The skull, Meyer said
was lifted slightly, like a flap
rand when the tumor was remov
ed, was allowed to set back il
plact.
Of course that other man is
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WAR STOCKS BURN

LIBOURNE, France, July 10.
(UP).-A warehouse containing
a huge quantity of American war
stocks was destroyed by fire Sun
day night. Firemen summoned
from Bordeaux saved great stocks
of musty khaki and a number OF
decrepit American, Expeditionary
Force trucks, in storage since the
Armistice.
Congressman have hard fight
for reelection. Voters who got
relief are outnumbered by those
who didn't get post offices.
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LIKES YODELlNG

CHICAGO. July 10.-(UP).-
Bessie, usually content heifer in
the Worlds fair Swiss village,
went on rampage, knocked
down half a dozen visitors; be-
came quiet almost instantly when
one of the village entertainers
started yodeling.
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can increase Vim and Energy. quickly!

smoke Cames And when out of game after nine
hard innings there's nothing that lifts up my energy the way
Camel does feel reshened up in no time at all smoke
a lot CameIs never interfere with my nerves."
Learn to get lift with Camel" whenever yow energy
runs low Smoke as constantly you like The finer MORE
EXPENSIVE ToBACCoS in Camels upset the nerves