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Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-17

w. A. Edgar. one mile north Of
highway. west of the Fern canal.
Mrs. Minnie Hull and daughter.
Mrs. S. c. Goddard and children.
Sidney and J. D. spent Thursday
of last week at Jacumba with Mrs.
Laura King and family
Mrs. Elmo Long and family, Ell
sic Mae. Elmo Jr. and the twins,
Robert and Charles. are spending
the remainder Of this month at
Riverside.
Alma and Lloyd Wixom have just
returned from a trip through the
east having travelled through 10
states and say the drought condi-
tions are much worse than in the
west.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Sheldon received
word their grandchild, June Doty.
is getting along nicely after an OPP
Grafton in hospital in San Diego.
Mrs. A. r. Ferguson and daugh-
ter, Miss Roberta Ferguson, were
visiting two weeks at Valley Center
with relatives and returned the last
of the week.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-17
Cir Forced To
Quit Long Stoim

sANDUSKY. O., Aug. H. W.R-
An 18-year-old girl who dared to
try swimming across Lake Erie.
most treacherous Of the Great
Lakes, tossed nervously on her bed
here today. unhappy because i'll
ness forced her to quit after
splashing IA of the 33 miles.
The girl. Florence Brushaber.
was pulled from the inky waves.
cold and numb at o.15 last night
after 10 hours and % minutes of
swimming. For the last five hours
she had battled not only almost
unsurmountahle swells but stomach
pains which Wracked her body.
Florence slipped into the water
at Point Pelee. Ont. yesterday
morning and had intended 10 swim
to Cedar Point on the Ohio shore
She was opposite Pelee Island when
she surrendered to the piercing
pains.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-17
Billiards Champ
Here Tomorrow

Johnny Layton, worlds cham
plon three-cushion billiards player
and former world IS pocket bill
hards champion is to appear here
at the Henderson and Hunter Bill
Hard parlors tomorrow night at
$50 p. m. Layton is considered
one of the greatest all-around play
ers IN the game. He has held the
three-cushion title IL times, with
a high run record of 18 in national
competition at three cushion bill
liards.
Following a series of match
games in which Layton will meet
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-17
SEELEY
BY MRS. S. T. ROBINSON
PreCs Staff Correspondent

The Westside country club met
at Community hall Thursday, Aug
ust g. Mrs. Ollie Cannon and Mrs.
Nellie Lowe were hostesses. A pot
luck dinner with ice cream was
served. All spent pleasant after
noon. Those present were Mes
Games Ada Gallaher, 1valee Hig-
gins, Byrtle Dickson, Lois Kram-
er, Onie Ferguson, Olleada Diehl,
and the hostesses, Ollie Cannon
and Nellie Lowe; visitor, Mrs.
Francis Plecher.
On August 90, Mrs. Ada Gala
her and Mrs. Lois Kramer will be
kostesses to the club at the home
of Mrs. Ada Gallaher.
Miss Freda Hyers, who has been
attending summer school in San
Diego, returned Wednesday with
her mother, Mrs. Tom White and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. King Kendall of
Brawley were visitors at the j. T
| Oftelie home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman P. Pearse
spent number of days last week
| in San Diego and the back coun-
try. coming home Sunday.
Mrs. Claude Ferguson and Mrs
A. Plecher were business visitors al
Holtville and Bonds Corner Mon
day.
Mrs. Joe Oftelie left Tuesday
evening for Banning where she will
visit two weeks with her sister-in-
law, Mrs. o. Springer. Mrs. King
Kendall, Mrs. Oftelie's daughter
accompanied her mother to Ban
ming.
Bill Dubois and Temple Robin
son left Thursday morning for thu
coast and will return Saturday.
The mail dispatched direct from
the Seeley pest office to San Di
ego will now close at 4:45 p. m.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mr.,
Melvin Sheldon on August 10. TIL
young man weighed 1O1a pound
and was named Harold.
Mrs. Roy Westmorland who ha
been convalescing in San Diego i
now at Jacumba with her children
and mother, Mrs. Josephine Adair
They will remain in Jacumba for ;
few weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Schultz and j
A. Robinson of Borego were enter
tanned by Mr.. and Mrs. Georg'
Cannon at their summer cottage a
Oakwilde over the weekend. MI
and Mrs. Claude Ferguson were al
so Sunday visitors of the Cannons
Mrs. Lawrence Campbell ant
son, Frankie, who have been visit
ing relatives in Salinas, returne'
home Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Wooliscrof
and family, spending the summe
in Ogden. Utah, wrote they are en-
joying visit in Yellowstone Park
Mrs. D. L. Potter and children
who have been vacationing in tn
mountains, returned home Sunday
| Mr.. and Mrs. S. T. Robinson anC
son Harold, after delightful weel
at Ocean Beach, returned hom
| Thursday. Temple Robinson anc
! Pat Bush spent three days with the
Robinsons, coming home Sunday.
J. R. Haley and Sid Trammel
were Jacumba visitors Sunday.
Chris Mccain and family, who
| lived on the Will Edgar ranch
| moved household and farm hold
ings to the S. C. Goddard place
Mccain is at present in Arizona
and Mrs. Mccain in San Bernar-
dino.
j. A. Robinson left Sunday after
noon for his ranch at Borego after
visiting a week with his sisters,
Mrs. w. Schultz and Mrs. S. T.
Robinson.
R. j. Tobias and wife have pur-
chased 80 acres of land from Mrs
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-17
Baseball Standings
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Yesterdays Results
All games rained out.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-17
COAST LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results

TcSttrUayS ReSuitS
Hollywood 5, San Francisco 4.
G1 inningSD
Los Angeles 6, Missions 0.
Oakland 3, Sacramento 2, 90
innings)
Seattle 4, Portland 3.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-17
BY THEON WRIGHT
'nited Press Staff Correspond


NEW YORK, Aug. II. - Great
grief is being spread among youth
full batters of the National league
by the soupbones of some of the
most venerable pitchers in base
ball.
Old Burleigh Grimes. fading re-
lie of elm-juice days, is of course
the outstanding example of anti
guilty. The senator -atlarge from
Wisconsin was wagging an elbow
as far back as 1918, and since then
has seen service with every club
in the National league but Gin
cinnati and Philadelphia, and re-
Gently was discharged by the Yam
KEGS.
Old Burleigh's latest feat was to
out-pitch Carl Hubbell, the New
York southside specialist in a six
hit performance for Pittsburgh -
where he saw service, incidentally
in 1916.
Others of the old guard have
been dazzling the adolescentS
however. These include old Tom
Zachary, the Tar Heel southpaw
cast off by Boston and picked up
/ by Brooklyn; Flint Rhem, who
goes in and out of the big leagues
like a man in a revolving door;
Fish Hooks Stout, who became ar
old man in the minors before hi
hit the big loop, and the venerable
Jesse Haines of ST. Louis.
Yesterday, Stout, who was
shunted to Cincinnati by the st
Louis Cards, defeated the Brook.
The Washington times., 1934-03-06
Late Supper

Late Supper
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
Is it proper, when friends
drop in for the evening or are
invited in for a little card game,
to serve demi-tasse with cookies
or cake, or is demi-tasse only
served after dinner?
What is the proper thing to
serve on such occasions, any
way? E.
Usually, when coffee is served
at supper, we use tea cups in
stead of the after-dinner coffee
cups. Some hostesses provide
both sizes, asking the guests
which size they prefer.
For sample menu at this
time in the evening, we may
serve sandwiches with coffee,
and, afterward, small cakes or
q layer cake or fruit cake. If
we wish to step up a bit from
this simplicity we may serve a
fruit salad or a fruit compete
.. fruits in some form are be-
coming increasingly popular for
service at this time of the eve
Ning. OF, If you prefer some
The Washington times., 1934-03-06
Correct Manners
By Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman

thing hot, you may serve
a creamed something-chicken,
mushrooms, chicken and mush-
rooms, chicken a Ia King, baked
beans or spaghetti, scrambled
eggs and small sausages or
bacon, frankfurters in hot rolls
anything like this that is
the specially OF your house."
Stepfather
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
I will appreciate it very much
if you will inform me as to
the correct way to introduce
my Stepfather to my friends?
My real father is living, there
fore I don't desire to consider
my stepfather as my father.
Paul.
Under these circumstances,
there is no alternative but
to use the word "Stepfather,"
perhaps softening this word
with. the addition of the name
-. Mrs. Allen, may 1 intro
duce my Stepfather, Mr.. NAL
lory," or Miss Robins, this
is my stepfather, Mr.. NAL
lory," or "Mr. Jones, my STEP
father, Mr.. Mallory"
The Washington times., 1934-03-06
Happy Pair

THE TWO smiling little girls
are Louise, age 6, and Barbara
Callan, age 3, both of 905 De-
catur st. N. w.
We will announce names Of
winners in the rip Van Win
kle" contest on Thursday.
Tickets to see the show, Sat
urday at the National Theater,
will be mailed today.
A recent letter from Mary
Ethel Wynne of Ballston, Va,
enclosed the following list Of
new members:
Norma May Crabill, age 6.
December 18; Bessie Virginia
Crabill, age 13, May s; Helen
Crabill, age IL, January 1S:
Evelyn Wilson Crabill, age 9.
May 20; Alvin ("Buddy'O
Wright Crabill, age 8, Novem-
Der Is, IL South School St..
BallstOn, Va. Alfred Frank
Cumberland, age 10, October 81,
FL, South BallstOn Ave-, BaIIston,
Va; Frances Lee Graves, age
9, June 2, BOliver St., BalIston,
Va; "Junior" Raymond Gill,
age 9, August 9, South Balls
ton Ave-, BallstOn, Va; Julia
Powell BOileau, age 8, April 6,
121 South Ballston Ave., Balls
ton, Va; Audrey wilkins, age
IL, July 20, Z BallstOn Ave.,
Ballston, Va; Dorothy Inez Hill
lard, age 8, September 4; Pau
line (Minnie) Beatrice Hilliard,
age 4, February 20, Pershing
Drive, BalIston, Va.
In her letter Mary Ethel says:
II have been visiting since
last July and my friends did
not take The washington Times
why :1ot?). Now that 1 am
home 1 dare not miss the club
column. New members have
been pouring in, 1 see, so I
had to get busy to make up for
lost time. My cousin, Bobby
Law, got TWO cards on his
birthday. He takes it for grant.
ed that he is a VERY import
ant member because of it. I
don't blame him, as 1 feel very
fine myself belonging to such
a wonderful club"
Bernard Gallagher, 1903.
Third st. N. w.:
81 would like to join your
club for / think it is very In
tereSting. I am a personal
friend Of Nathan Gittleson, q
member Of the club.
II am in the 6-B grade at
Henry School. Miss Taylor, the
principal, is my teacher. An
the pupils like her. 1 would
like to send you my picture but
have none at present. am IL
years old. My birthday is No
vember T."
BEST WISHES
Only four little members OF
the great Adventure Club cele-
brate their birthday anniver-
saries today. They are Alex
ander COIevar, I'll Eighth St.
S. E.; Alice Martin. 112 McKin-
ley Ave-, BaIlstOn, Va; Hannah
Mckee, North Keys, Md, and
Virgie CattertOn, Upper MARI
bOrO, Md.
May you have a very happy
birthday.
The Washington times., 1934-03-06
HORIZONTAL

What American industrial ex.
ecutive was chairman Of the
committee that established the
Bank for international Settle.
mentS?
Grounded projections Of an
organ
ll-What Italian city, capital Of
the department of the same
name, contains the palaces Of
the GOnzagas?
12-beast
14-Bearing round the shield, in
heraldry
lS-Who was the twin brother of
Romulus?
17-Note of the musical scale
18-Weep
19-Sharpens q razor
2O-Hasten
21-Interjectior
22-DispatcheS
23-Cuts the outer part from
24-Arouses
26-Deprived Of sight
27-Valley
28-Cella
29-Talks idly
3l-Who wrote the famous lifr Of
Samuel Johnson?
34-What is the Eternal City?
35-Places where the skin and flesh
are ruptured
36-Each (abbr.)
S7-Possessive pronoun
38-Coverings Of houses
39-Cushion
4O-MyseH
A1-Donkey
42-Instance Of the kind
43-Most advanced in age
45-Relax
47-Under part Of the foot (pl.)
4S-Difficulties
VERTICAL
HAIRY herb
2-Alone in its class
8-Member of a certain Indian
tribe
4-Greek letter
IWhat river of southwestern
France 10 navigable to Tou-
louise where it connects with
the Mediterranean?
6-Cripples
7-Burden
S-Twice; in music
ePrinter'S measure
The Washington times., 1934-03-06

10--Whas is the sixth major planet
in order Of distance from the
sun?
11-What Arabian city near the
southeast end of the Red Sea
was early famous for the ex-
port Of coffee grown in the
vicinity?
13-Covered the inner surface Of
16-Concludes
19-Part Of the foot (pl.)
20-Elevate
I22-Runner for gliding on ice
23-Implements for turning up
earth
25-During whose administration
was a treaty concluded with
Spain ceding Florida to 'h"
u. S.?
26-Foundations
2s-What seaport is the second
largest city Of Virginia?
29-Wrongdoing
30-Houses for entertaining
travellers
31-Clownish countryman
32-Rents
33-Burdened
35-Classifies
38-Artifice
39-Gone by
41-Babylonian god
42-Cry Of the pigeon
44-Perform
46-Upon
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-04-05
Bank Robbed Every,
10 Days In Minnesota
Confined from Page Onss

criminal code with a view of en-
dorsing and supporting that pro-
gram. The League will also study
with the same idea in mind, the
program of the committee recently
appointed by the Minnesota State
Bar association to make a new
study of the crime situation, de-
termine causes and remedies. Mr..
Olson pointed out that it will be
necessary to have public opinion
back of these programs if they
are to be made successful, and that
the Law and Order League will be
an important factor in developing
this public opinion.
Mr.. Olson said that there was
an average of one bank robbery
in Minnesota every ten days dur
ing 1888, and that the base rate
for hold-up insurance for banks in
Minnesota is ten times as much
as it is in a number of other
states where they are more effect
lively organized to combat this type
Of crime.
The hope was expressed by Mr..
Olson that Sank Centre would
take an active part in organizing
a branch of the League in Stearns
county.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-04-05
Stone God Marks Site of
Indian Church in Mexico

A perverse stone god that hides
when men tamper with him is the
feature Of an ancient Indian city
on Yerba Santa mountain, a site
six miles east Of Ometepec, Mexico,
not heretofore brought to the at
tention of Psychologists, says Sci
ence Service.
The Indians of the vicinity paid
little attention to the big carved
god, standing buried to his waist
in the central plaza of the buried
city, until archaeological treasure
was found in Monte Alban, Oaxaca.
Then. in hope of finding money IN
der the stone figure. the Indians
tied ropes to it and tried to haul 1t
away.
The idol bucked and kicked and
burst the ropes, but could not be
moved. The Indians dug down to
loosen the stone god and came upon
q floor Of stone slabs. The ground
seemed to soften and the idol
sank almost out Of sight. The In
dams concluded thereupon that the
idol did not wish to leave the spot.
The eyes of the figure are almond
and Monaghan, the nose triangular
and the mouth has a divided tongue
hanging out. A square headdress
sits on the brow. It recalls some
what giant human carvings of the
Mixtec Indian region of Oaxaca.
Amusgo-speaking Indians inhabit
the region of Yerba Santa.
The Yerba Santa site has many
terraces and small pyramids placed
about plazas, typical of ancient
Mexican cities Of apparently Toltec
influence. The plaza Of the sunken
idol Is called "the church" by the
Amusgo Indians
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-04-05
Rattlesnake Gets Larger
by Discarding Old Skin

Rattlesnakes increase In size by
shedding their old skin when 1t be-
comes too tight. Each time the
snake discards its old coat q new
ring is added to the rattle, which
is at the end of its long body. but
as the older joints fall off when
they become worn with travelling
and use, the number Of rattles or
joints does not indicate the crea-
lures age, says Tit-Bits Magazine.
The rattle is composed Of a series
Of about a dozen rings, or cups, one
fitting inside the other. and at the
base Of each Is a button-like Joint.
When making the noise whence
the snake derives its name, one cup
Is knocked against the next, and as
many work together continuous
rattle Is maintained.
Some have thought that the rat
tie attracted prey. but we find that
practically all other creatures fear
the sound. One naturalist stated
that the rattle given out in sub
dued tone was used to attract birds
that feed on insects, owing to the
sound then resembling that made
by large grasshoppers. Another
thought that it had the effect of
paralyzing the prey. When the rep
tile is alarmed or cornered, the
noise is given out with the greatest
power.
The fang of the rattlesnake, like
that Of most poisonous reptiles, is
a perfect hypodermic syringe. When
not in use, it can be tucked out of
sight and is protected by fleshy
covering. On the upper jaw we find
the two main fangs, and through
each there runs a fine tube con-
nected to the duct that leads to the
glands which contain the poison.
Just beyond these, two more fangs
are seen, but not so we'll developed,
and still farther back are several
minor ones.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-04-05
County Commissioners Take
Drastic Action at Tuesday
Mornings Meeting

Mrs. Emma Moynihan, secretary
of the Stearns County Welfare
Board, has been at loggerheads
with Chairman Joe Kowalkowski,
st. Cloud, and pretty much the
entire Board of County Commits
sioners, since the man with the
unpronounceable name became a
member of the Board.
The scope of the work carried on
by the welfare board is apparently
beyond the ability of the board
chairman to grasp. He is absolute
ly opposed to anything coming
from Sank Centre. His point of
view is that st. Cloud is the entire
county, and-he is getting away
with the other commissioners ex-
cept Ferd Bergman.
AT a meeting of the Commission
ers Tuesday the following resolu-
ton was offered by Commissioner
John Lang. and seconded by Com
missioner Schroeder, and passed:
Whereas at the January
1884 session of this board a
resolution was adopted and in
which there was appropriated
the sum of $4,000 for the child
welfare board to be paid in
monthly installments of $780,
&c; and
Whereas, the welfare work
in this county has been curtail-
ed on account of the federal
relief;
"Now, therefore. be it resolved
ed by the county board of
Stearns county Minnesota,
that the resolution of this
board, mentioned in the fore
going preamble and recorded
in the Commissioners Record
'L", page 391, be. and hereby
is rescinded insofar as it re-
fers to the payment of the
monthly installments of $780,
66; and,
BE it further resolved, that
a secretary for the child well
fare board be appointed by the
members of the Child Welfare
board, and that the salary of
such secretary be and hereby is
fixed at SIS per month. This
action to take effect at the
next meeting of the child well
fare board.
Resolution adopted this 4th
day of April, 1884"
Joseph Kowalkowski, chair
man.
F. J. Schroeder.
John Lang.
Nicholas Thomey, auditor.
Last evenings st. Cloud Times
has this to say about the resolu.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-04-05

his reactionary opinions were nat
ural. After he had gone, mystified
men and women gathered in
groups talking about him. He was
not at all what they had expected.
His mimic range is large: he can
initiate Lord Robert Cecil and
Burton Rascoe, Edna Ferber, and
Tony, the Italian fruit-seller.
At bottom, Lewis is solidly bour-
geois. He loves real estate and
mortgages and bank accounts. He
has an immense admiration for
the superior executive type of bust
ness man. for people who make
money and succeed. Imagine a
small-town real-estate agent who
happens to possess an almost over
whelming spirit of fantasy, a crea-
tive literary mind, bristling feel
ing Of contempt for everything,
conventional, and there you have a
rough but fairly accurate outline
of his makeup. He is a sort OF
human jig-saw puzzle, wonderful
to behold.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-04-05
Ivan the Terrible

The British museum has a rare
portrait Of Ivan the Terrible. He
lived in the time Of Elizabeth, and
was the first ruler of Russia to take
the title Of car. a corruption Of
Caesar. His deeds were so infa-
nous that for centuries after his
death Russians crossed themselves
at mention of his name. He pro-
posed by letter to Queen Elizabeth,
for the hand Of an English woman,
but at the last moment the woman
In question was afraid to 60 into
exile in Russia. Ivan then married
q Russian princess, who exercised
some check on his cruelty. But after
her death he gave full reign to his
unbridled passion. He passed his
last days surrounded by magicians,
who could not, however, exercise
the ghost Of his son, whom Ivan
had slain. -.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-04-05
Minnesota Leads Ma
ton In Road Work
u. s. Bureau Ranks This State
First in Finishing Fed
eral Aid Jobs

Minnesota leads all other states
in the Union in amount of state
Road work which has been COM
pleted with the emergency allot-
ment of Federal highway funds
made available last fall:
This is shown in reports of the
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads at
Washington received by N. W..
Elsberg, Minnesota highway COM
missioner, says a highway depart
ment bulletin.
The Washington reports also
show that Minnesota ranks first IN
the nation in the number of indi-
vidual projects which have been
finished. Minnesota has complet-
ed 81 ,901 900 of the work begun
last year with emergency Federal
highway funds. It has finished Sc
separate projects. Utah ranks next
to Minnesota in amount of work
completed, its figure being $1,376,-
600, but this money was concen-
trated on only 80 projects.
Minnesota received a Federal al
lotment of s10,6O0,OOO last fall for
1888 and 1884 road construction to
aid employment. About $780,
600 of this was obligated on pro-
jects before the close of 1888, and
most of the balance is now under
contract. By May 10 the highway
department will have 80 per cent
of it's Federal funds under con-
tract or obligated, Mr.. Elsberg
said.
Practically all of the Federal
allotment will be spent by early
fall" he explained. After that
highway construction on the state
trunk system will be almost at
standstil unless additional aid Is
received from the Federal govern
ment."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-04-05
Veterans Group y
Honors University
viii Get Medal For Work Toward
International Good VIII
Nation Wide Plan

Edward A. Haynes, of Decatur,
Ill, national commander of the
American Legion, will be in Min
neapolis Friday, April s, to present
to the University of Minnesota the
Fidac Medal for work in further
ing international good will and
friendship.
Fidac is an organization of the
world war veterans of ten allied
nations with a membership Of
100000. In the United States the
Legion is Fidac". The initials
come from Federation Interna-
tional des Anciens Combatants''.
Award Of the medal was made
early last winter at the world FL
dac conference in Morocco.
Three awards to educational in
situations are made annually. One
goes to a large university, one to
a college, and one to an institution
that has done some unusual piece
of work for international rsla-
tons. The award to Mirnesctc 20
that for large university.
THE exercises will be conducted
in the auditorium of Burton Hall.
on the main campus. at $3.50 D. m.
President L. D. Coffman will re-
ceive the medal on behalf Of the
university from Commander Hay
es. Fred B. Snyder, of the Board
Of Regents. viii preside.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-04-05
Starlings

Although noisy, the startling Is one
of the most interesting species Of
bird life, says writer in the Chi
cago Tribune. About the size of a
thrush, the starting apears to be
black at a distance. When seen close
at hand the purple, green, and blue
of its plumage can be observed.
Farmers are always glad to see
large flocks of starlings in their
fields, as these birds are voracious
insect eaters. In flight flock Of
starlings presents a majestic sight.
The birds fly In close formation,
and large flock of them resem-
bles a black cloud. The flock wheels,
turns. ascends, and descends with
remarkable precision. In cities,
particularly during the breeding
season, the starlings become a nui-
sance because of their noise.