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Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-26
BEDTIME STORIES
By HOWARD Z. GARRIS
Copyright, 1893 by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate)

I as Uncle Wiggily seemed waiting
for an answer to his question.
OF course a dog chased mel eX-
| claimed Mr.. Longears. THE dog
barked at me and chased me be-
! fore I had time to beg for anything
/ to eat I don't like being chased by
dogs, nor yet being barked at"
"Wou you rather be chased by
! the Fox, the Wolf or the Bob Cat?'
asked Raggie, still hopping along
beside Mr. L.ongears.
No, I wouldn't" answered Uncle
Wiggily. Il know you have been very
! kind to me; big and brave and
| strong and tough as you are. You
| snoWballed one of the Bad Chaps,
you pulled the Bob Cat along like
a sled by his silly little tail, and if
I am not mistaken, you washed the
face of the Wolf with icicles and
made him run away SO he couldn't
| bite me-
Yes, did all that said Raggie,
! not boastful like, but as one just
stating the facts. And after that
you decided to come tramping with
me.
I Il did agreed Uncle Wiggily,
But l didn't think l would have to
beg for food and run when dogs
chased me. l didn't know tramp
rabbits life was SO hard"
We'll, it isn't easy in Winter,
though it's jolly good fun in the
Summer" said Raggie with laugh.
so you won't stay with me?'
: mo, I'm going home decided
Uncle Wiggily. But since you haNe e
been SO kind to me invite you to
come along with me and my wife or
Nurse Jane will give you something
70 eat. Then you won't need to beg,
at least for today, and you can keep
on tramping if you like. AS for me,
I'm through
VERY WE'LL" said Raggie. III hop
along home with you, for l am
getting quite hungry. That carrot
soup, while it had a lovely flavor,
was rather thin"
I'll soon get you some good
! food promised Mr. Longears.
So the two rabbit friends, both
locking like tramps, hoped along
until they reached the hollow stump
. bungalow.
"Ycu go ahead and knock on the
door and ask for something to eat,
said Raggie. "I'll wait here in the
bushes for you So Mr.. Longears
knocked on his own bungalow door
and a very strange adventure hap
pened to him. I'll tell you about it
tomorrow night when the story will
be Uncle Wiggily is locked out. And
l hope the gas stove doesn't take a
bite out of the SNOWFALL thinking it
| Is cocoanut candy.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-26
MAC STRIKES OUT

To 4 younger generation and to older
persons who have lived only in the west.
passing of John McGraw is only an Incl
dent IN the day S news. To those who
have known big league baseball, either
ds plavers, spectators or Just CORES
pondenee fans the death of THE Little
Napoleon is much more than an incid-
ent
No man was more idolzed in the me-
,ropolls OF the nation over period of 30
years, than the scrappy manager of THE
Giants No man was more hated in the
seven other cities comprising the Nation
al League circuit, than that same chunky
figure that nominally appeared at the
third base coaching line, but was always
TO be found where the fighting was the
thickeSt
McGraw S pugnacity was outstanding,
both on the playing field and off Com
pared with the gentler atmosphere which
now prevails in the big leagues, he would
be considered too extreme. He was so
considered by many throughout his ca
reer. He gave no quarter and asked none.
Friends and enemies knew Just where he
stood
But he was ruggedly honest and to
those who obeyed his orders he was a
good boss. To those who did not he was
a terrible tyrant
He was hard hit when investigation
showed that one of his most promising
youngsters had been guilty of irregulari-
ty in a ball game. Time has indicated
that the youngSter was as much sinned
against as shining, but McGraw stood by
the decree that the youngster had to go
out of organized baseball forever. His
honesty demanded that.
Despite his belicose nature no man in
the public eye was more generous. Brok-
en- down hallplayers were supported by
him for years, actors who were stranded
knew they would never be turned down
in request for aid by Mac. He made
10 display of his generosity and would
deny it if charged with it. Like so many
ether blustery men his bluster hid, or
tried TO hide, weak streak of sentimen-
tally and soft-heartedness.
Mac" has struck out, but it will take
good man to match the record he left
behind him.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-26
WILSON SCHOOL

Our class has been studying about
adjectives and how to describe
people and things. We wrote par
and things. We wrote paragraphs
about different classmates. I wrote
about a girl friend of mine. She
is tall, slender girl with blue eyes
and light hair. She always has a
smile on her face and seems so gay
and happy. Beatrice Quinones
7-A-4
The school that I went to in
Long Beach is quite complicated
since the earthquake. All t n {
schools are held in bungalows OF
tent houses. We had to go two
blocks away for sewing, and ply
sical education. Because her {
were SO many pupils, half of us
went in the morning and the other
half went in the afternoon-Bar
bara Edmison, TAB.
Many of the art classes are max
ing health posters. Here is what
I put under mine, "Health fol-
Happiness Betty Cook, TAB.
A new lawn is what Wilson school,
has needed for several months
Now we have it and we are very
proud of it. The lawn is just be-
ginning to come up SO we all have
to be careful to "stay off the
grass We students of Wilson APP
preciate this effort to make oui
school one of the best in the valley
Howard May, 8-A-2.
On February 14th my father came
to me and asked me if would like
to go back to the valley. Because
knew several children there ]
said, yes. I did not think the
schools would be as good but they
surely are.-F'ranklin Knight, IA
3.
Last Thursday the 8-3 class gave
the first assembly play in honor OF
George Washington.
The players were: James Barnett
George Washington; Margaret Mil
ner, Martha Washington; Murray
Shaw, President Franklin d. Roose-
velt; Janet Reid, Mrs. Roosevelt;
Robert McCaslin, secretary of state;
Floyd Rogers as wealthy business
man. The entire class was includ-
ed in the cast. The Virginia reel
and the minuet were done by vari-
GUS members. An interesting con-
versation, Murray Shaw, Robert
McCaslin, James Barnett and Floyd
Rogers, brought out the contrast
between Washington IS time and
this day and age and gave us
interesting and educational infor-
nation about our present govern
ment. Beside this there were songs
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-26

clothes and then how Uncle Wig
gily himself decided to be a tramp
rabbit for while.
But I'm through being a tramp
now" said Mr.. Longears as he ran
and hoped faster than ever
through the snowy woods. Il am
going back home, to my hollow
stump bungalow, to my dear wife, TO
Nurse Jane Fuzzy and ali my little
bunny boys and girls. I am sorry
left them"
Don't you want to be a tramp
rabbit any more?" asked Raggie.
Thank you, no, do not said
Mr.. Longears. for Raggie was now
hopping along beside him and the
two could talk just as in the NOV
ing pictures.
why not asked Raggie.
Hal You ask me why not?'
spoke Mr.. Longears. Don't you re-
member what has happened since
you and l started tramping for ad-
yentures?"
We'll, nothing very much hap
pened" said Raggie, shifting with
his red nose while Uncle Wiggily
tWinkled his pink one. mot half as
much happened to you as happen
ed to me the first day l went on
the tramp"
We'll, enough happened" Uncle
WIggily said, still hopping along to-
ward his bungalow. I'VE started out
with thermos bottle of carrot
soup. When that was gone and We
had nothing else to eat you tol dine
to go beg for something at the farm
house OF the big bear gentleman.
did, and what happened?"
"A dog chased you,' said Raggie
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-26
Hepner To Speak
At Institute

Walter r. Hepner, chief of the
division of secondary education,
state department of education, is
to be the next speaker at the local
teachers institute to be held in Ell
Centro on March Ia.
C. B. Collins, county superin-
tendent of schools, had written
Hepner some time ago requesting
his attendance and the request was
confirmed in a letter received this
morning
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-26
MCKINLEY SCHOOL

Miss Hedrick finished an inter-
esting story called THE Secret
Garden. 1t was about three
childrek. Colin was an invalid
that grew strong. Dickon loved an
imals. Mary found key to a sec
ret garden. The three spent much
time there. The writer of this fine
story was Frances Hodgson Bur-
nett Margaret Baxter. "A.
Two years ago our school cele-
brated the George Washington BIZ
| centennial by planting palo verde
tree. 1t has grown quite tall and
should have pretty blossoms this
spring.-4-A.
Thursday we wrote the word, let.
We tried hard and wrote carefully
Our papers were good. We took
them to Miss Hedrick' s room and
Mrs. Couch IS room SO their classes
could see them. They liked our
work. We are going to try hard
, every day.-1-A.
Miss Shively came to our room
last Thursday. We made fairy
flowers. We made them big and
with bright colors.-1-A.
I am making a picture of duck
The duck is in the water. I am
going to write a story about my
duck.-Raul Lopez, 2-B American
ization.
! We had a surprise today. 1t
was book of stories that we made
up ourselves. like the story about
keeping clean the best. like the
one about Jane making tortillas
too.-Micalia Garlic, 1-B Ameri-
canization.
Yesterday Mr. Weakley came to
see us. He said that our room
looked nice and that we were good
children. We said GLOW do you
do?' to him. We were glad to see
him-Josephine Acosta, IA Amer
icaniZation.
My dog, Bozo, digs holes and
hides his bones in them. Sometime
later when he is hungry he will
dig them up and eat them.-Be-
nard Wilson,-Opp. room.
Long ago there was a dog. He
was black and he was big He was
fat and gay. Sometimes he played
ball. He would bring the ball back
Sometimes he would bite the ball
Vicente Magma, Opp. room.
| My brother has mail plane. He
carries the mail to New York twice
each week. Some times he flies al
night. His instruments help him
to fly safely at night.-Roger Kirk
patrick, Opp. room.
On Washington s birthday Rich
ard Major brought one of his
mothers school papers. 1t tells
the story of George Washington
There is a little flag and picture
lof Washington on the composition
This lesson was written when Mrs
Major was in the fourth grade. Il
is interesting because she wrote il
when she was young girl, anc
kept it until her little boy was ir
the fourth grade SO he could bring
it to school on Washington IS birth
day and show it to his teacher
and classmates.-3-A, 3-B.
I have a good cat. He drinks
milk. I put him to bed. In the
morning he gets up. I give hin
more milk.-Marie Tranthan, Op.
portunity room.
Mr.. Weakley visited our room
last week. We were playing "Gold.
ilocks and the Three Bears wher
he came.-Hazel Lash, 1-B.
He said our room was very nice
Gene Garvin, 1-B.
We played a sound game for Mr.
Weakley.-Delbert Dixon, LIB.
Our bungalow looks nice since il
has been painted-Ralph Brown
1-B.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-26
EAST SIDE SCHOOL


We have pictures in our room
of George Washington and Abra-
ham Lincoln because their BIRTH
days are in February-Jose Palma,
2-B.
Our class made some hatchets
for Washington IS birthday. Hur-
ley Phelps, 2-B.
We are going to play the health
game and see how strong we can
grow.-Joe Morales, PA.
Katie Gentry, Thomas Lewis. and
I played "The Hare and the Tor
toise' for the children today. They
enjoyed it.-Clarice Phelps, IA.
We have lots of puzzle pictures
on our table. The answers are yes
or no. 1 like to work them. An
drea Gasco, "a.
This week I finished a book of
fables. 1t was very good book.
1t had 162 pages in it. I read it
in about three days.-Ruth Wash
ington, 5-A.
Friday afternoon we had Manu-
ella IS report on Finland. After she
had finished, the teacher asked her
If she thought it was good re-
port. She told teacher that she
didn't think SO. The teacher said
that it wasn't made interesting
enough.-Quilon Wiley, 6-B.
Next month the fair will be held.
Every time 1t comes, we have had
bad MISUNDERSTANDING Holt, 6-B.
George Washington s birthday
was very exciting day for us. We
had to write about his boyhood and
about him as general. 1t had to
be about 100 words long.-Rita
Lopez, GA.
Today I started reading some
stories of brave boys of different
countries. I like to read about
brave people. read about Arthur
and Cyrus of Persia. There Is one
more story to read and it "Olaf
the Brave. ."-Cecelia Gutierrez, S.
A.
Every week we make new chap
ter to our health book We call it
" Health and Happiness. Today
Mrs. Culberson asked us to bring
PICTURES from magazines about
,ieaItn SO we can make cover
Monday.-Gazelle Davis, 5-A.
odessa is going to give a report
Monday on Bulgaria. I think re-
ports are very interesting.
Miss Redden saw our dolls this
morning and asked Mrs. Culberson
IL she could borrow them to show
TO the Wilson boys and pirIs =
Manuella Santos, 6-B.
Today l read about a man WIN
grew up in Denmark to be a great
poet. He wrote about the little bov
mat went to sleep on the pig $
oack.--Leroy Bellamy, GA.
rms morning we sang a song
ABOUT George Washington. Tho
song Is named "Mount Vernon
Bells.' I like this song varv
mucn; | think it is beautiful
Ernestina Lopez, "A.
We have some lovely pictures IN
our room about George Washing
ton and we have a poem about him
TOO / wish I could learn If hecarsa @
IKE it.-Adela Romero, 5th prade
we are memorizing a poem about
Paui Revere's ride. we read oil
Oh IL. know one stanza a scen
sion Lopez, 5-B. ''oe''-
1--WE, we nave pictures on our border
about Washington and BETSY v, Poss
IL SHOWS Washington holdinr
siri ON his knee. 1t also shows t,yo
o'ner men watching Betsy Ross c,,t
star-Margaret Prince. 4~R '''
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-26

Published every evening Except Sunday by The
Imperial Valley Press, Inc, 625 State street,
El Centro, California. w. C. Costello business
manager. Telephone 26 business office; 7Oo edi-
torial department. Full leased wire United Press
Associations.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-26
Farm Bureau To
Hold Meeting

Imperial County Farm Bureau
will entertain Region No. l Of the
California Farm Bureau Federation
on March "a, Saturday, according
to plans announced today by Scott
B. Foulds, farm bureau secretary.
Representative from Orange, San
Diego, San Bernardino, Riverside
will meet in Ell Centro at this time.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-26

department orders on the subject of
economy, calculated to aid in the
general movement to bring the post
office department out of the red
Economy in the use of electric
lights-Lamps must be turned off
when not needed. The department
expects its employees to use suffi-
cient light for the efficient per-
formance Of their duties but in
sists that all extravaganza be avoid
ed. It desires that postmasters turn
off lights when not needed. .
Economy = Miscellaneous supplies.
Rubber stamp ink, item 661, is made
especially for use with rubber
stamps. Under no circumstances
should any other type Of ink be
used with rubber stamps"
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-26
sDor1't Quote Me'
BY United Press

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-When
Gov. Ruby Laffoon of Kentucky
named Mae West a Kentuck colonel,
Rep. Raymond j. Common, Dem,
Wis, sat silent. His voice was not
raised at the appointment of Tom
Mix, Jack Dempsey, Louis McHen-
ry Howe, Graham McNamee, Ad-
miral Richard Byrd, Bebe Daniels
nor Morton Downey.
Not even when Lieut.. Gov Albert
B. Chandler of Kentucky made a
25 day swing of the country and
came back with a record Of handing
out 644 new commissions in Ken
tucky's famous corps. did Rep. Can
non break forth in protest. Bu.
enough is enough.
The other day Rep Cannon was
riding in the house office building
elevator. In the same car were two
men. one addressing the other as
Major" and in turn being given
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-26
CONSTIPATION 6 YEARS,
TROUBLE NOW GONE

John j. Davis had chronic consti-
patton for six years. BY using Ad-
leriks he soon got rid of it, and
feels like a new person. Adlerika Is
quick acting-safe. Clements Drug
Store. (adv)
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-26
POSTMASTER NAMED

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. U.P =
Postmaster General James A. Far
ley today named the following act
ing postmaster: Leigh H. Dunning,
Santa Paula, Calf.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-26
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
February 26, 1919

In an official report, Assistant
Farm Advisor j. P Hertel gives a
survey of the hog situation in ths
Imperial Valley. predicting a great
boom in this branch of the sbck
industry
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-26

Senator Black may be publicity
hound" as Jim Farley is accused of call
ing him, but he seems to have uncovered
some publicity of which the nation is en-
titled to know.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-26

like a million dollars and was able to do
all my work again"
New size, tablets so cts, liquid 81 CO. Large
size. tabs. or liquid, $l.35. "We Do Dur Part
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-26

Coronation of Henry Pu-Yi as emper
or of Manchukuo, promises to be COM
plete success, provided Barbara Hutton
and her prince are present.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-26

The department orders contained
no reference to procedure regarding
the care and replacement of post
office pens
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-26

the title Colonel" Rep. Cannon in
yestigated. He found both men bore
Kentucky titles. So Rep. Cannon
acted
He introduced in the house bill
which would prohibit the use OF
army, navy, or marine corps titles
except by those legitimately en-
rolled in the United States army,
navy and marine corps, the reserve
corps, national guard and training
schools.
Its been bad enough up to now,
said Rep. Cannon, but the crown
ing blow was the news I heard to-
day that Ben Bernie was going to
be named a general.
Postmaster General James A
Farley's ambition to run the post
office department al a profit is
well known.
Here are excerpts from the latest
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-26

w. H. Greenleaf, who lately re-
tired from business in this city
came down from Los Angeles this
morning.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-26
TEN YEARS AGO
February 26. 1924

With a good crowd in attendance
and 80 or more players competing,
the hidden bogey competition at
the Ell Centro golf club on Sunday
proved very interesting.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-26

Mrs. c.. j. Phelps has returned
from Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-26

=
month, month
In Centro HN EN
a California iAElY
Newspa
sonn representatives.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-26
LINCOLN SCHOOL

Mrs. Augustine Washington has
been vacated for plantation far
ther up the river, usually known as
the Hunting Creek plantation Mr.
and Mrs. Washington s friends will
be very sorry to hear this for they
are one of the most promient FAM
les around here.-Rosalind Thomp-
son, GA.
Extra! Extra! Yesterday young
George Washington went out to the
pasture and got his mother IS fav-
orite colt and ran him SO much that
when he got off, the horse IS blood
vein broke and he died. George
went home and told his mother he
| would never run another horse
Jack Oswalt, ga.
Hear Ye! Hear Yet! February
30, 1748. George Washington, son
of the late Augustine Washington,
! is going to be given job as sur
veyor of the lands of Lord Fair
fax. He will begin immediately
Holmes Lemon, GA.
Miss Underwood read us a book
on how the world began. 1t was
about dinosaurs, fishes that walked,
volcanoes, avalanches, and all sorts
of interesting things There are
about two more chapters. Our
| class wishes we could get another
book like it. The name of the
book is How the World Began.
Bill SuSSman, 5-B.
Each person in our room is max
ing reports on some of the people
in our history book I am going
to make my report on Joliet and
Marquette. We get our reports
| from the library, because our books
| do not tell all about each person,
and we can get lots of interesting
material at the library.-Roy Hue
kleberry, 5-A.
In our room we are learning frac-
| tions. We all like them. Pretty
soon we will do fractions by our
selves. I surely will be glad. Ev-
cry morning we have two boards
full of fractions. This morning we
are going to do fractions by our
selves. I think they are easy
Ruth Trantham, 5-A.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-26

Miss Clara Feustel has returned
from a weekend visit to Los An
geles.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-26
4aI 4a9 NERVOUS. WEAK

Mrs. T. ]. Garrett, $40
East / ST., Cotton. Calf.
said: 81 was so nervous
and weak, l W a S a
wreck. | had no appetite
and was sleepless. l had
no strength whatever,
and my breath was very
short. | took DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discov-
u, <@nx, foalinO
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-26
Interesting Items OF News
Written For The Press By
Ell CentrO School Pupils

characteristic of colonial times. The
assembly was we'll liked by the au-
dience. Those in charge of the
production we're: Ruby Norris and
Lorraine Frost, costumes; Emma
Jean Payne, dances; Walter Nc
Collum, stage manager; Cathryn
Bromley, historical background; Paul
Tuchfarber, playwright; and Ernest
Yingling, properties.
We want to thank Miss Redden
for teaching us the songs, Miss
Baker, for teaching the dances: and
Mr.. Montgomery, for directing the
play.-Bernice Hurst.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-26
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell Of
Imperial Valley for This
Date In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
February 26, 1914

Theatregoers of Ell Centro Will be
pleased to learn that the Elks Com
edy company from Redlands viii
present THE Travelling Salesman
at the Holt opera house on Friday
evening.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-26

Reports from Imperial state that good
weather alone is required to make the
fair success. Can't the fair board ar
range for the weather too?
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1934-09-06

gyartott into1erencianak, amely
nalanelkul is eppen eleg igazta-
Ian tldozesnek tette es teszi XII
bevandorolt polgarsagot. Es
azon is kar lenne vitatkozni,
hogy burkolt fenyegetes igenis
volt beszedben.
Ha a NRA idegennyelvi SAL
to-osztalya igazan szolgalni XII
vanja annak administralasat,
akkor intolerans kiadvanyaival
mem inzultalja ait a sajt6t,
amely frontharcosa a NRA-nak,
es mem inzultalja annak mum
kasait bevandorlas tortenetenels
es a bevandorloknak kiosztott.
banasmodok targyalasavalI mi-
kor lit a generals Los Ange-
lesben tartott szonok1atar61' be-
szelhek. -,
Tafan jobb szolga1atot ve-
gene a sajtoiroda, ha az idegen
nyelvu lapok egeszseges: meg
jegyzeseit kozolne NRA
sangvinikus administratoraval, Is.
ha megertetne vele, hogy az ide-
gen szarmazasu polgarok sem
kotelessegeikb6l, sem jogaikbo1
egy jottanyit sem engednek, s
mem turk el $40 nelkil, hogy
az idegen polgarokat johnson is
segitsen kipecezni, ha ait koz-
hangulat hatasa alatt nepszerii
issue-nak talalja.