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Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-06
CHAMBER WILL
BE ADDRESSED
BY. ENGINEER

In addition to Rev. J. G. Spen-
Ger, in charge of the local transient
camp, who will speak at tomorrow S
El Centre Chamber of Commerce
luncheon on the subject of the
federal governments rehabilitation
program for transient relief, II
l.. Parshall, senior irrigation en-
gineer of the bureau of agricultural
engineering, will be guest speak
er at the luncheon meeting.
Parshall is in Imperial Valley
for the purpose of doing expert
mental work in connection with
the elimination of silt from the
canal waters of the valley, having
been sent here from the middle
west to especially construct a de-
sitting basin for experimental pur-
poses and to determine a suitable
process for desilting the Colorado
River water before it is diverted
to the All-American canal.
Engineer Parshall will speak al
the luncheon meeting tomorrow ano
his description Of this work, as
we'll as the talk to be given by
Rev. Spencer, will be of interest tc
all members and friends of the
chamber and w. II. Tyler, Jr., pres
ident of the local commercial or
ganization, urges that business mer
of the city take advantage of this
opportunity to learn more Of these
two interesting subjects.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-06
DESIRABLE PUBLICITY

El Centre may be a small town but it
finds itself in big league" company, get
ting some more good publicity as re-
suit of the activities of the famous -four
man track team" of Central Union high
school, which performed with such credit
last spring
Two members of that team. Myrel Gill
.ett and Leroy Kirkpatrick are given ma
tional honors by the Amateur Athletic
Union in the interScholaStic division, be-
ing named star men in the country for
the 440 yard dash and the 220 yard low
hurdles, respectively.
Ell Centre is the smallest city repre-
sented in the IA track and field events
on the all-star team and is the only city
TO place two men on the team.
Cities whose students qualified for the
division include Cleveland, Dallas, Okla
homa City, Los Angeles, San Francisco,
Worcester, Mass, and Brooklyn, New
York, all big cities as compared with Ell
Centric.
Last year the remark was heard occas-
ionally, that too much emphasis was be-
ing placed locally on the achievements
of this team. Some may believe that,
but it is safe to say that the big major
ity do not. Youngsters who can place
the name of their city in a favorable
light in hundreds of newspapers through
out the country, are fully entitled to
commendation and credit.
There is no over-emphasis in doing
things that are creditable. The achieve
ments of Gillett kirkpatrick, Berry and
Madlem are highly creditable and as
such should be matter of pride for
their home town.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-06
|OLD STAGE STATION LOCATED
BY THREE VALLEY RESIDENTS

That Imperial Valley boasts a
pony express station in splendid
state of preservation and well over
so years old has been rather con-
clusively proven by T, M, Hancock,
publisher of the Westmorland Mail,
who recently examined the building
carefully with A. Y. Preble, superVi-
Sor, and Hugh K. Oakley, road fore
man of District No. g. This dis
covery was made in connection with
the development of Sandy Recrea-
ton Beach, at the southwest corner
of Salton Sea and Hancock yeSter-
day brought photographs and infor-
nation to the Ell Centre Chamber
of Commerce which has convinced
members of the chamber staff that
Hancock is correct.
This building stands about mile
to the north of the road, now being
improved, to Sandy Recreation
beach, and. although its existence
has always been known, it has been
thought to be a prospectorS or
homesteader's cabin for many years.
Leaving IIlt lOdd, WlilNli Itai iio NoSb
to the beach north of Kane Springs
from Highway U. S. 80, Preble, Oak
ley and Hancock recently made a
careful examination of this build
ing and made some interesting dis
CoverieS.
This building is constructed OF
flat slabs of natural stone, piled
one on another to form walls. The
roof beams are held together with
wire, indicating a scarcity of nails
at the time the roof was construc-
ted, and the beams are covered with
Stats and with remnants of old shin
giles nailed to the STATS with cut iron
nails. Such nails have not been III
general use for perhaps so years,
having since been replaced by wire
nails for shingling. An examination
of the door facing disclosed cut iron
nails had been used in its construc-
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-06
Don't Quote ME-
BY United Press

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. = Three
prominent debutanteS of the early
part of the century will put on eve
ming dresses of l904-5 style and SO
to a dance here Friday night.
They are Mrs. Franklin D. RooSe-
welt, Mrs. Mary Hartman Rumsey,
chairman of the NRA consumers
advisory board, and Representative
Isabella Greenway (Dem) Arizona.
The occasion will be the wear
something new" dance Of the
Washington Junior League. The
First Lady will wear a blue dress
with tulle and roSebuds, and she
is trying TO do her hair up in a
pompadour, but it is terribly hard,
since she has it cut shorter than
80 years ago.
Mrs. Rumsey, who founded the
league, will wear a dress of the
19O4-5 season. 1t will have high
waist-line and many furbelowS with
pink rosebuds.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-06
BEDTIME STORIES
BY HOWARD E. GARRIS
Copyright, 1888 by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate)

Here they come and they're the
Bad Chaps, all right"
Surely enough, out OF the forest
and across the lots came running to-
ward the snow fort, the Fox, the
Wolf and the Bob Cat. The three
Bad Chaps had been wandering
around in the woods and, seeing the
rabbit gentleman and SO many nice
little animal boys close by, had
made up their minds to get some of
them.
We'll, boys, here is the enemy
surely enough said Uncle Wiggily
looking over the top of the fort.
Now we must fight to drive them
away. Make all the snoWballs you
can and pile them up ready to
throw as soon as those Bad Chaps
get near enough"
1t did not take the animal boys
long to make many SnoWballS. But,
all the while, the Fox, the Wolf and
the Bob Cat were coming nearer
and nearer to the fort. Then, all of
sudden, the Fox threw a SNOWFALL
which hit Sammic Littletail, who
cried ouch"
Then the Bob Cat tossed another
ball, which banged Peetie Bow Wow
on his tail, but didn't hurt much.
Then the Wolf threw two balls, for
he was that clever, tossing one with
his right and one with his left paw,
and one of these banged Jimmie
Wibblewobble's foot and the other
tapped Charlie Chick, the rooster,
on his beak.
Fire, boys! Fire!' cried Uncle
Wiggily. "Pelt the Bad Chaps with
snowballSi" So the animal boys in
the fort threw snowballs back at the
Bad Chaps. Some balls hit, but
others missed.
Come on We're not afraid of
theml Well capture the fort!"
hoWled the Wolf All three started
for the fort, intending to leap over
the walls. But Uncle Wiggily picked
up big SNOWFALL and threw it at
the Wolf. The rabbit made a hit
on the VOLTS nose and that Bad
Chap hoWled SO hard that the Bob
Cat and the Fox thought they did
MT want any of the same. SO they
ran away and the Wolf ran also
when the tears stopped dribbling
out of his eyes.
"Ha! We have won the fight!'
said Uncle Wiggily. THE fort is
ours, my brave boyS!" And so it was.
And if the rich roast turkey doesn
laugh at the poor ham sandwich
when they meet in the lunch wagon,
I'll tell you next about Uncle Wig
gily's snow man.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-06

ton also. further determining the
age of the building.
Old Sign Interpreted
Above the door hangs a horseshoe
and, while the hanging of a horse
shoe is common enough custom in
the west, Hancock has informed the
Ell Centre Chamber staff that in the
days of the pony express a horse
shoe above the door was a sign of a
pony express station. Again the nails
were of type no longer used and,
after careful examination, Han
cock states, the age of the build
ing was determined to be about 70
years.
In order that this historic build
ing may be preserved it is planned
to place a fence around it for, with
the opening of the road to Sandy
Recreation Beach, there will be
many outing parties visiting the old
pony express station and it is felt
that it should be protected from
souvenir hunters and from Vandal-
ism which has almost obliteratcd
the old Vallecitos stage station west
of Imperial Valley.
The development of Sandy Re-
creation beach is a matter i'll which
the Ell Centre Chamber of Com
merce is much interested and that
organization has offered to cooper
ate with the people of Westmorland
, in the work they are doing to open
the beach to the public. The shore
of Salton Sea at this point consists
of a sandy beach about two miles
long, with clear water of a depth to
permit motorboat racing and SWIM
ming which, it is stated, is compar-
able only with that of the ocean. A
large lagoon is formed by sandy
point which results in a large, shall
low bathing place, suitable for child
rem and those unable to swim, max
ing in all an ideal beach resort and
one which it is believed will be-
come popular with residents of all
parts of Imperial Valley as a place
of recreation.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-06

a play fight with snoWballs around
the snow fort" said the rabbit gen.
tleman.
Maybe we'd all better go get in
side the fort" suggested Sammie,
who had given the first alarm.
Then, if it was the Bad Chaps I
heard bowling in the woods and if
they come at us, they can't hurt us
if we are inside the fort
Very true agreed Mr.. Long
cars.
aAnd we can throw snowballs at
the Bad Chaps, if they come" )" bark
ed Peetie Bow Wow, for there's a
lot Of snow inside the fort
Very true said Uncle Wiggily
again. Quick, now! Into the fort,
eVerybodyi'
Those animal boys who were still
outside the fort now ran toward it,
leaping over the walls to get safe
ly inside. Those who were inside,
where they had been patching up
the holes between the big snoWballs
of which the walls of the fort were
made, greeted their chums.
ITS like the Lady Mouse Tea
cher read to US out of the history
book said Jackie Bow Wow. How,
in the early days when the Indians
came, the white settlers used to run
away and hide behind the walls of
the fort
Maybe those were Indians that
Sammit heard bowling" suggested
Peetie, one Of the TWO doggie bro
thers.
There are no Indians around
here now said Uncle Wiggily
"Only Bad Chaps, and I hope none
of them is coming to make a fight.
But, alas for Uncle Wiggilys s
hopes! When he and the others were
safely within the fort, all of a sud-
den the bowling sounded again
louder than ever ana Billie Wag
tail, the goat, bleated;
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-06
Former Local
Resident Dies

julius Wagner, former Ell Cen
tro resident, died at Glendale Sun
day as the result of an infection
resulting from an injury received
in an automobile accident last
November.
Funeral services will be held at
p. m. Thursday, February 8, in
Glendale from the Davis Funeral
parlors, 1877 North Orange. A Sec
ond service will be conducted at
4 D. m. in San Bernardino where
interment will take place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wagner were
well known to many Ell Centrans
and news of his death, although
it had been expected for several
weeks, comes as shock to their
friends here.
The accident occurred near
Brawley, while they were visiting
in the valley, and two months ago,
Mrs. Wagner moved her husband
to Glendale. They had been max
ing their home in Glendale where
both were in business for some
time.
Mrs. H. C. Diller left this morn
ing for Glendale and a number
of other friends plan to attend the
service. Some of those who have
expressed their intention to be
present arc DR.. Sem Bacon, Mrs.
U. l.. Martin and Mrs. Clifford w.
Macarthur.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-06
/ CALLING THE SHOT

Even an editor gets thrill out of hav-
ing his predictions come true
Some months ago we ''roasted' 1t.
Tom Hamilton of the navy, who while
coaching a sailor squad on the coast,
jumped into the fray when the going be-
came rough for his team, and personal
ly battled the foe. His action was so
contrary to the usual role of coach that
we accused him of "heresy", but declared
he would eventually be found in high
er place.
Recently he was called back to the
Naval Academy as assistant coach. Now
word comes that he is to be made head
coach, supplanting one of the immortal
"seven mules of Notre Dame, no less.
Now we'll go out and have the buttons
Sewed back on the vest.
The Cuban president is to take the
oath again and may do a lot more swear
ing before he is through with his job
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-06
HoItUille Phone
Operator Honored

A remarkable record of service has
recently been completed by Miss
Emma Guidotti, chief operator of
the HoItville exchange. She was pre-
sented by A. w. Faerrensen, district
traffic manager, with her 20-year
gold service pin. Many people have
been in the service of the telephone
company for 20 year. but few of
them, possibly, have as unique a
record. Miss Guidotti started with
the telephone company in 1914 as
an operator in the Holtville eX-
change and after five months of
service was promoted to chief oper-
ator, which position she has held in
the same exchange for 20 years.
During this time she has never been
absent from the job except during
the two-week vacation period each
, year.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-06
UNCLE WIGGILY MAKES A HIT

Uncle Wiggily had been helping
the animal boys from the Hollow
Stump school make a snow fort.
When it was nearly finished SAM
ME Littletail shouted:
Il think the enemy is coming"
1 told you that much last night,
if you will kindly remember.
Did you see the enemy, Sam
mie?" asked Uncle Wiggily.
NO" answered the little rabbit
boy, II didn't, thank you. But when
was over close to the edge of the
woods getting a last bit Of snow to
stop up a hole in the east wall Of
the fort, heard some howls.'
THE Wolf howls,' said Jackie
Bow Wow.
so does the Fox, someUImes," said
Billie Wagtail.
But the Bob Cat news Whis-
percd Jimmie WibbleWobble a boy
duck.
Dear me, I hope those three Bad
. Chaps aren't coming here to bother
| us Just when you boys want to have
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-06

Mrs. Greenway will appear in a
red dress borrowed from Mrs. John
c. Breckenridge of York Harbor,
Nc.
AS the time approached for the
ball, Mrs. Rumsey took occasion to
criticize the organization she found
ed, saying it was intended to help
the community. Instead, she said,
it turned into an organization to
help the debutantes themselves and
made the cost of belonging SO great
that many VINO could serve we'll in
work for the community could not
join.
1.-The Junior Leagues, Mrs.
Rumsey said, "in the big cities are
building the big clubhouseS where
the girls just go and swim and
manicure their nails, and the cost
is too great"
The civil works venture into art
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-06

is a huge success, according to its
weekly report. Competition is so
keen to get murals approved for
public buildings that local citizens
are paying for the materials, Ed
ward Bruce, director, said.
He cited a weeks payroll in
which artists were paid $4,000,
while the cost of materials was only
SITS. AS for talent, Bruce noted
that in one week eight artists left
the CWA payroll to enter private
employment.
There were dour glances from the
supreme court bench when news
writer's shuffled papers in antici-
patton of a decision in the New
York milk case which concerns a
dealer giving away loaf of bread
with milk purchases.
A decision would make it a ma
tural "man-in-the-StreetD story
with a human interest side, the
type seldom coming from the ma
ton s highest court. The cores
! pondentS waited, decision after de-
cision was handed down, but theii
pet" case went over for another
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-06
FUR CENTER MOVING

MONTREAL. U.P)-Leipzig's su-
premacy in the fur trade, which
was largely in control of Jewish
houses, is rapidly passing to Paris,
according to Jack Stern, French
fur dealer. Stern said that not
less than 68 well known Jewish
firms of fur dealers, manufactur-
ers and dyers have abandoned
Leipzig for Paris since the Hitler
regime went into power.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-06
START FISHING COURSE

WICHITA, Kan. U.P)--A course
in fly fishing will be started at
Friends University this spring,
Professor Roy Wall announced
that the new angling course will
start next semester and viii he
fully accredited,
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-06

Published every evening Except Sunday by The
Imperial Valley Press, Inc. 625 State street,
FL Centre California. W. C. Costello, business
manager Telephone &C. business office; 700, edi-
torial department. Full leased wire United Press
Associations.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-06

The state of California will ex-
pend approximately $1,000,000 on
highways leading to, from and in
Imperial Valley during the next two
years, if the tentatively adopted
plans of the highway commission
whose members were here yester-
day on an inspection trip, are for
mally sanctioned and adopted.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-06
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
February G. 1919

Hog cholera has invaded Imper-
ial Valley and during the past 80
days has caused a loss to the
ranchers and hog raisers of several
thousand dollars.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-06
EDITORIAL PAGE
and
FEATURES
ORA WING A FINE LINE

Over $4,000 residents of the United
States are made happy by the ruling of
the United States supreme courts unan-
imous decision that persons charged with
violation of the national prohibition law,
or convicted under that law with an ap-
peal pending, are To be freed of all
charges.
The repeal of prohibition, the court de
cided, made prosecution of the first class
or assessing a penalty on the second
class, illegal.
The court explained that. the ruling
does not affect those convicted before
the law and now serving sentence. The
distinction between those convicted and
serving time, and those convicted but
fortunate enough to have an appeal pend
ing, is certainly very finely drawn one
and is somewhat difficult for layman
10 understand.
There is, of course, the possibility that
the appeal might be decided in favor of
the accused. There is Just as much pos
sibiity that it might be rendered against
him. The supreme court evidently chose
to give him the benefit Of the doubt, and
wipe the slate clean.
1t is pointed out further by the court
that its decision does not apply to other
than the national prohibition law. Vio-
lators of state prohibition laws are not
included in the decision, the case before
the court being on appeal from a federal
violation.
The attorney general makes no COM
ment on the effect the decision may have
On those now serving sentence. An infer
entail statement by the department OF
Justice indicates a willingness to be len
sent with those convicted of straight
violation, not involving racketeerlng or
other crimes-another fine distinction.
If a distinction can be made, however,
certainly those whose only offense was
violation of the prohibition act, should
receive every consideration. The law
they violated has become a dead law, in
fact it was a very sick law from its
birth. Public sympathy will be with
them just as it was against the law they
violated.
1t is quite likely that the courts de-
cision will have an influence on those
convicted or awaiting trial for violating
state laws. 1t seems only fair that 1t
should be taken into consideration.
The romances of Fairbanks, senior and
Junior, bid fair to become as famous an
international matter as the gold situa-
ton.
Maybe the recent decision to increase
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-06
"N CENTURY"

HAVEN'T you noticed that your
happiest hours occur on days when
you feel your best?
Have more of these happy days.
You and all your family. Guard
health while you ssye it. Keep on
the sunny side of life.
The greatest enemy of health
is common constipation. 1t may
cause loss of appetite and energy.
Certainly it kills enthusiasm! Yet
it can be banished by eating a
delicious cereal.
Laboratory tests show kellogg's
ALL.BRAN supplies ''bulk" and vita.
min b TO relieve common consli-
patton. Also iron for the blood.
The ''bulk" in ALL.BRAN is much
like that in leafy vegetables. How
much pleasanter to eat this deli.
cious ready.to.eat cereal than to
take patent medicines. Two table,
spoonfuls daily are usually suffi.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-06
TEN YEARS AGO
February 6. 1924

Mr.. and Mrs. j. D. Huston and
family have gone to Los Angeles to
spend several days.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-06
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell of
Imperial Valley for This
Date In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
February 6, 1914

The zoellner quartet will play at
the opera house on Sunday eve
ming.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-06

Greater interest than ever is now
being shown by the general public
in farm lands, and the back to the
farm movement is gaining new
headway in California as a result
of the recent farm land conference
in Fresno, which will meet again
III Ell Centre on February l6.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-06

The romances of Fairbanks, senior and
Junior, bid fair to become as famous an
international matter as the gold situa-
ton.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-06

Frank Stanley is home from a
business trip to Julian, where he
ran into a SnoWStorm.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-06

Maybe the recent decision to increase
our flying force will compel Mr.. Brls-
bane to get new topic.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-06

cient. Chronic
cases, with each
meal. If not re.
licvcd this way,
see your doctor.
Made by Kellogg
in Battle Greek,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-20
PegIer'S Borrowing Trouble

THE merchandise is all strictly high-grade with
Il no cut goods being served and the checks are
all added up by machinery so that the customers
have the assurance that the management is not
adding up the date and serial number well. Up
to now the police have had no trouble with the
place and the only suspicious feature that your cor
respondent could see the fact that it is hidden
away up on the SXty-ffth floor of Mr. Rockefellers
building where the patrolman and other passers-by
can not look in to see what is going on
in the old days when Mr.. Rockefeller was con-
tributng money to the Anti-SaloOn League most sa-
looms had to be the street level without any paint
or curtains on the windows that people on the
sidewalk could see who was inside. In this manner,
the wives could see whether their husband was
drinking up the wages on Saturday night and the
ing and shame them out of their evil ways by
goSsiping about them and reporting them to the
pastor
The dancing at Rockefeller's was all conducted
in a refined way with no grizzly bear being INDUCED
in and bunny hug either and the singing by
Mile. Lucienne Boyer, a French chanteuse, did not
to be suggestive, although it is possible that
she might have been suggestive in French without
anybody being the wiser"
However, Jack Rockefeller's saloon and dance hall
was such place as any God-fearing American with
a reverence for American Wonanhood might bring
their wife, sister sweetheart mother to- without
causing the blush Of shame" to mantle their cheeks
Of course, the Rainbow is only few weeks
old and time alone will tell"
The Sickle and Sheaf, Of Ten Nights in a Bar
room, also started out respectable place. but
went down the slim lit to the coils Of he'll in the
end.
Copyright. 1894 United Feature Syndicate Incl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-20
DR.. WANT H0N0RED
BY HIS PASTORATE
EIkhart Man Will Succeed
ReSiqned Minister.

The Rev. DR.. w. w. Want, re-
signed pastor of the North Metho-
dist Episcopal church, and his wife,
Mrs. Myrtle E. Want, were honored
by approximately 500 members of
the church and other friends in a
public farewell in the church par
lors, $500 North Meridian street.
The Rev. Chester E. McPheeterS,
Elkhart, is to come to Indianapolis
this weekend to succeed Dr. Want,
who is leaving then for his new
charge, the Emory Methodist Epis-
copal church, Pittsburgh, Pa. North
church was completed under DR..
Wants pastorate.
Speakers at last nights meeting
included DR.. William G. Hartinger,
indianapolis district superintendent
for the Methodist Episcopal church.
Music was provided by the church
choirs and by Mrs. Franklin N. Nell
son, Kenneth Hill and William
Kugel.