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Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-15
Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD E. GARRIS
Copyright 1895, by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate)

Here is the dangerous place of
sticky sand said the pig.
do you mean the sand is full of
glue or paste?" asked the rabbit
Almost like that" answered Mr..
Twistytail. This is quicksand. 1t
is a special kind of sand, not like
building sand or seashore sand.
1t is SO mixed with water that if
you should step on it and didn't
get out quickly, you would be
caught and held fast and you would
sink down deeper and deeper and
the sand would close over your
head. That's what quicksand is.
There is some here, SO stay away
from it,"
Il SHALL" agreed Uncle Wiggily
Il am glad you warned me about
this quick or sticky sand. I must
tell my little rabbits and all tEe
animal boys and girls to stay away.
l am going to put up notice on
a board warning everybody to keep
away from here"
Stone Sinks
That's a good idea" grunted
the pig. LOCK at this!" He threw
broad flat stone on the yellow
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-15
Shower GiUen For
HoltUiILe Bride

HOLTVILLE, June IA. CSpeciaD
Mrs. c. Cropley was hostess on
Tuesday evening at a lovely bridal
shower in honor of the marriage
OF Miss Maureen Acker and Pierce
Shibley.
The guests gathered at The home
OF Mrs. Cropley and went in a
group to Mrs. Shibley's home
for a real surprise. Following the
opening Of the gifts on the lawn
guests were served with delicious
refreshments of ice cream and cake.
The invitation list included: Mes
danes Arthur Layman, Charles
Layman, c. S. Acker, Ira Feldman,
GLADYS Smulling, Wilkison. Tex
Cornelison, George Blackwood, Pete
vreeland. Dale Cravath. Al Burke.
Julian Atkinson, George Harlan,
Vergie Fudge, Mace Williams, S.
N Frost. A. B. Crayath. E. L. Ken
ney, Ruruy SambomatSu, Nelson
Long. Brodie, Homer Daley, e. G.
Kaiser, Tom Rogers, Graham Rog-
ers. Vivian Skaggs, T. Samah, and
The Misses Bonnie Lackey Pauline
Chambers, Marie Edwards, Pearl
Simpson Margurete Yeary, Paul
inc Peacock, Lorraine ONeal, En-
4iy Mcqueen, Mildred Elder, from
Hcllyille, and MesdameS q. T.
Acker Pete Brodie Margaret Hayes
"a Crowder, p " Jones, Herman
hlrd ana Miss Louise Booth from
~ Centre, and Mrs Roger Acker
nom Imperial.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-15

Miss Dorothy Chiswell is leaving
Saturday for Santa Ana where she
will attend the Santa Ana business
college.
Miss Louise Booth of El Centro
was a house guest Tuesday, We'd
nesday and Thursday at the home
of Mrs. "A. p Shibley, Jr
Herman Smith returned Tuesday
from Claremont where he spent a
few days visiting his wife who is
spending the summer there.
Jack Shibley, Pierce Shibley, Fred
Cline, and Donald Gordon were
dinner guests Tuesday at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Hartshorn
of El Centro.
Members of the Methodist church
enjoyed a delicious pot luck din
ner Wednesday evening in the So
cial hall Of the church.
Mrs. Gordon Schneider was hos
tess Thursday at her home at a
charmingly appointed bridge lunch
con The foursome included: Mrs.
D. V. Edwards, Mrs. Charles Will
liams and Mrs. John Zenos.
Mrs. Grace Walker, president Of
the county board of the Baptist
Missionary society, called a meet
ing of the board Tuesday in El
Centre. A report was given at that
time of the Southern Baptist con-
yention held in Los Angeles which
Mrs. Walker attended. This meet
ing is the last to be held this seas
on. New executive officers were
also elected
Noval o. Walker is expected back
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-15
NEW BOOKS AT
CITY LIBRARY


Books released by library June
16, 1885:
Fiction
Crime in Corn Weather" Mary
M. Atwater
Lions Starve in Naples" Johan
Fabricius.
Shoulder the Sky" James Gray.
Tahiti" Pierre Lott.
How Like an Angel" A. G. Mac
Donell
THE Proud Sheriff. Eugene M.
Rhodes.
"Hashknife of Stormy River" w.
c. Tuttle.
"Sinbad the Soldier" Percival G.
Wren
NOn-Ficti0n
Modern short Biographies"
Marston Balch, ed.
THE Peoples King" John Buch-
an.
.Windjamming to Fiji" Viola I.
Cooper.
Small Manor Houses and Farm
steads in France" Harold Eberlein.
THE Five Civilized Tribes"
Grant Foreman.
Legends OF the Madonna" Anna
B. Jameson.
Winter IN Taos" Mabel Dodge
Lujan.
Mexican Plants for American
Gardens" Cecile H. Matschat.
Making the Brush Behave"
Eliot O'Hara.
You Can FiX It," John and Enid
Wells. '''
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-15
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE
STICKY SAND

The day after the fireflies had
made themselves into a flashlight
for Uncle Wiggily to see in the
dark, the rabbit gentleman hoped
over to the electrical store to get
some fresh batteries. On his way
home Uncle Wiggily met his fat
pig gentleman friend, Mr.. Twisty
tail.
Where are you going, Wiggy?"
grunted the pig.
mo place special, Twisty," an
swered the rabbit.
Then I'll go with you'll laughed
the fat pig. Two of us can go no
place special quicker than one of
us could alone. Did you and your
wife get home all right last night
after your visit to us?"
"Oh, yes" said Uncle Wiggily
and he told about the lightning
bugs.
Walking through the woods with
the pig. Uncle Wiggily showed him
the big brook across which he had
swung himself on the grapevine
rope, to get away from the Bob
Cat, as I told you in another story
TITS a good thing you didn't
swing over the brook little farth-
er down the stream" said the pig
"Why?" asked Uncle Wiggily
Sticky Sand
Because there is some very
sticky sand there" went on Mr.
Twistytail. Its very dangerous
Come and III show you"
Mr.. Twistytail led the way
through the woods, along the edge
of the brook until he and Uncle
Wiggily reached place where the
, brook was wider and with banks OF
yellow sand on each side.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-15
UncIe Wi9q,Iy pulled HIM out.

sand near the edge of the water.
The sand was so wet and slithery
that in q few seconds the stone
sank from sight. The quicksand
closed over i. That's what would
happen to you or anyone who step
ped on that sand" said the pig.
1T is very dangerous" said I'm
Gle Wiggily. I'm going back home
now and get a warning sign to put
up here"
"Yes. do said the pig. When
Uncle Wiggily went back to the
place of the quicksands with the
warning sign, the rabbit gentleman
heard cries fer help.
Some one must be caught in the
quicksand!" shouted Mr.. Longears.
He ran toward the place. He saw
Jackie Bow Wow slowly being
pulled down into the dangerous
place. Jackie. not knowing about
the sticky sand, had started to run
across to go IN swimming, but the
sand caught him.
Help Uncle Wiggily! Help"
barked Jackie.
I'll help you, Jackie! Keep as
still as you can. The more you
twist and turn the faster you'll sink
in!" Biting off long piece of
wild grapevine rope with his teeth,
Uncle Wiggily flung one end to the
little doggie boy Jackie grasped
the rope, held tight and Uncle Wig
gily pulled him out Of the quick
sands. Then the bunny put dp
the warning sign and none OF the
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-15
DON'T QUOTE
ME"
By United Press

WASHINGTON, June Is. - The
joke about all the titles held by
Harold L. Ickes, secretary of the in
terror, is an old one but Ickes add
ed a new twist to it at his latest
press conference.
Reporters were asking him ques-
tionS about this and that-Some
matters referring to the interior
department, some to the oil admin
istration, some to PWA and some
to the new works program.
Now" said one reporter, "as
PWA administrator, what do you
purpose doing about So-and-So?"
Ickes got up solemnly, walked
around his chair and sat down.
Then he started his answer. The
neWsmen were a little nystified.
Now" said another reporter, "aS
secretary Of the interior, how about
such-and-Sucn?"
Ickes rose again, circled his chair
and sat down again. BY that time
the reporters had caught on to the
game. They kept it up until fin
ally. IllG ONCAB 1NhSO
sank back into his chair, pretty
we'll tuckercd out.
The new government departments
are still eXpending, overflowing
and filling up every nook and
Granny of available office space in
Washington.
Latest such example is the Works
Progress Administration. This was
housed WITH the Relief Admins
tration at first. Now it has grown
too large for the seven story re-
lief building. The unit has over
flowed into the Washington audi
torium and is in a fair way to fill
that up, too.
The basement of the building,
the auditorium itself, even the
dressing rooms have been turned
over to government workers. The
hall, a spot where many great ar
fists have appeared in the past,
now is the hub of the great works
drive.
President Roosevelt got a new
Shrine membership out of the con-
clave in Washington, just ended.
He was made an honorary member
OF the zor Temple, Madison. Wis,
newest of the Shrine units. He al
ready is a full-fledged member Of
the Cyprus Temple at Albany, N.
Y.
The official senate stenographers
have got this reporting business
down to a pretty fine point.
They estimated that it would
take 100 pages of the Congression-
al Record to give the full record OF
the Huey Long filibuster. They
didn't miss the mark by much. The
record, delayed by the filibuster,
came out day late with exactly
SO and 2-3 pages devoted to the
long session.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-15
IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS
INSULL GOES FREE

Samuel insult today IS free man, alb
solved of all charges against him.
The former king" of a two billion
utilities empire, insult, at the height of
his power was one of the most influen-
tial men in the United States From that
status he dropped to an indicted man,
fugitive from justice, who fled from the
country seeking asylum in Europe.
All are familiar with the long fight to
obtain custody of him in its final sue
cess when he was taken on Turkish soil,
turned over to American officials and
returned to this country. His trial in
the state courts followed and he was ac
Quilted Yesterday he was acquitted in
the federal courts and the action was
followed by the government officials
dropping other charges against him.
The law has declared that insult did
no wrong The verdicts, in substance at
least, substantiate his claim that what
ever he did in the effort to save his util-
ity empire from crashing was in an at
tempt to protect the millions of stock
holders in his company, and that while
he may have used bad judgment and
placed himself open to civil action, he
had done nothing criminal.
insult asserts he is practically penni-
less and has salvaged nothing from the
huge fortune that was once his.
Doubtless there are many who believe
that Insults once great wealth and in
fluence came to his rescue in the courts.
More sober thought Will not take this
view. There was considerable hysterla
in the newspapers and on the tongues of
men against insult 1t is human nature
to strike back blindly at something that
has injured us, or which we imagine has
done so. This is particularly true if the
object of our wrath is one who has been
outstanding.
We can afford to take the view that
the courts are right and that insult had
done nothing which justified placing him
behind prison bars. And even if we have
been tricked and he does merit punish
ment, the loss of his once great power
and fortune is more severe punishment
than anv prison sentence could be-
-O--
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-15

Published every evening Cexcept Sunday BY The
Imperial Valley Press. 1nc- 625 State street.
Fl Centro California. w. C. Costello. business
manager. Telephone %, business office; zoo edi-
torial department. FUN leased wire United Press
Associations
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-15
Mission Inn OUner
Dies At Riverside

RIVERSIDE, Calf, June IS. UP)
Frank A. Miller, 76, owner Of the
Mission Inn, Southern California
tourist Mecca, died today after an
illness Of two weeks.
Miller was the developer of
Mount Rubidoux, scene Of the ia
nous Easter sunrise services each
year He also was active in inter
national affairs.
Because of his activities in pro-
noting peace between the United
States and Japan, he was award
ed the royal decoration of the Or
der Of the Rising Sun by the jap
anese emperor in 1929.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-15
EDITORIAL PAGE
and
FEATURES
THE WAR ENDS

Newspapers which carried anything
about II, limited the account to a para
graph or two. Many of them ignored il
entirely, yet the announcement of a truce
IN the Gran Chaco war is important
news, or it should be.
For over three years armies of thou
sands OF men representing Bolivia and
Paraguay have been battling in the
steaming jungles of the Gran Chaco.
Their war has never made the head
lines in American papers and indeed has
been treated as joke. Yet it must have
been grim joke indeed to the men en-
gagged in it and those they left behind
them. Bolivian and Paraguayan hearts
can be torn by grief the same as Ameri-
can, English or French hearts. Patriot
ism can be Just as strong in the South
American countries as it was in the
United States during 1917-18.
Men suffered just as much in the
Gran Chaco as they did in the Meuse-
Argonne or the st. Mihiel sectors Bull
lets were just as real and bayonets just
as deadly in the Gran Chaco as they were
in France.
Possession of the Gran Chaco, which
we might explain is territory claimed by
both contending nations. is not of i'm
portance to the world. hence the slight
interest in the bitter struggle.
But if we were not interested in the
war we should be interested in the an
nouncement of peace, which is expected
TO follow the present truce.
War is so useless, so cruel and so cost
ly. Whatever it may accomplish is more
than offset by the damage to the coun-
tries which engage in it.
The Gran Chaco is the only place on
the American continents where open
warfare has been in progress. We should
be happy that North and South America
are again peaceful, or at least technical
ly so, and it should be our hope that this
desirable condition continues forever.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-15

NEW YORK, June l5.-I have
been collecting autographed pic
lures to decorate a room-pictures
of old established friends OF whom
I am especially fond and whose
talents I admire. Some of the
messages scrawled across them are
warming. Still others a bit insult
ing, the mugs!
I asked for no ones photograph
whose friendship had not under
gone a test. They will be racked in
a nautilus where, when my ship
comes in, 1 expect to spend much
time in leisurely writing and philo-
sophie contemplation. 1t will be a
room with an open fireplace that
burns real logs.
Shutting through them before
they went to the trainers, I can
be pardoned a glow Of pride. With
one or two exceptions all are
around my age and all started
from scratch. There are no silk
stockinged or golden spooned lads.
All had the chances American de-
mocracy bestoWs and took advan-
tage of them.
In the display will be Sinclair
Lewis, Rupert Hughes, Irwin Cobb,
John Mccormack, Rube Goldberg,
Paul Whiteman, Will Rogers, Theo-
dore Dresser, Roy Howard, Grant
land Rice, Charles G.. Norris, Will
liam GaXton, Will H. Hays, Court
ney Ryley Cooper, Jack Dempsey
and too many more to enumerate.
But that gives the range.
Not many writer's can approach
the subject of friendship and veer
around without pausing for pan
egyrie. And l am no exception.
Every one believes his friends
mean more to him than friends to
any one else. I'm no exception to
that either. So far as l know I
have no false friends. There's not
one who has not done more for me,
graciously and unasked, than 1 for
him. What so many call lucky
breaks" have been in my case the
fruits of friendly gestures, many
times so anonymous I did not learn
the source for years. Some of the
minor overtures are as warming
as the big ones.
There's Jack Dempsey, who en-
during the biff-bang rigors Of a
barn n-storming tour heard he was
within SO miles of my town. He
made an arduous trip over rough
roads at night TO visit it for an
hour in the early morning, losing
sleep that he needed. Somehow, one
does not associate that with a
mauler whose ferocious glover and
ripping punches made him the
greatest terror the ring has ever
known. Yet one learns it's only one
of a thousand gracious acts he is
constantly indulging.
When I was hacking away on a
ponderous, antiquated typewriter
in an obscure hotel room trying, it
seemed then futilely, to convince
reluctant editors had a newspaper
feature worth 81 a week, there
came an opulent caller. He had
hunted me out to tell me some
thing I had written was rather
good, he thought. He proved to be
Charlie Norris, husband of the
talented Kathleen, brother of the
equally talented Frank and an ar
rived novelist himself. That day,
for the first in many, liyedl
Also that bluest Of blue days
when the whole existence seemed
balmless Gilead. An accumulation
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-15
JUBILEE FINES RENTED

CAPE TOWN WP)-To mark the
Silver Jubilee, Lord Clarendon,
@ Governor-General of South Africa,
has approved the remission of three
months of the unexpired sentences
imposed on prisoners on or before
April 20. Prisoners sentenced for
assault with robbery and other seri-
Gus crimes are not included.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-15
I'a'7 . > 4---'F-''' I~A4Eszss -
OLD RAILROAD COUPLER

FREMONT, Neb. Wp - An old
railroad car coupling link, which
railroaders say is a rarity today, is
on exhibition here. 1t was found
by workmen beautifying the former
site Of a railroad derrick yard. The
coupling, thick with rust and weigh
ing about 10 TO Is pounds, was out
iawed in 1900 as too dangerous to
switchmen.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-15

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Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-15

Because of his success with pois-
oned bands for codling moth control,
H. H. Weatherspoon. Union county,
Oregon, plans to band every tree in
his orchard.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-15

Italy is limiting its newspapers to
eight pages, with one II page issue a
week permitted, but 20 make up for that
two other issues must be six pages. Now
perhaps Americans can understand the
value of a free press.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-15
COLLECTOR OF TAILORS' IRONS

NEBRASKA CITY, Neb. UP)-A
small collection of tailors' irons
some of them from foreign coun-
tries and more than 100 years old, is
the priced possession of Paul Me
mann, Nebraska City tailor. One of
the items is a specially moulded
iron with the name of II. H. Me
mann, the collectors father, in
raised letters on it.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-15

The nation today has a group of men
who could walk under toadstool with
silk hats on their heads-the sports writ
ers who could see only Baer.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-15

Italy now produces the story that
Lawrence of Arabia" is not dead but
has been sent to Ethiopia by England to
stir up trouble for II Duce. Men with
peeve can think and believe almost any
thing.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-15

animal children went near the dan
ger place.
SO if the radio will call pussy
cat in TO wash the face Of the sup
per dishes, I'll tell you next about
Uncle Wiggily and the sharp nuts.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-15
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
JIIne Is. 1920

The call of the army life has
struik the valley with impetus of
late.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-15
L 90 ng
B a C k w ar d
What The Press Files
Tell of Imperial Val
ley for This Date in
Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
June Is, 1915

Fl. c. Soper. a well-known busi-
ness man of San Diego, is here for
a few days.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-15

An attempt is being made TO form
q Bachelors club in CaleXico.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-15
TEN YEARS AGO
Junp I5 I925

Because he could not resist un-
natural cravings for goldfish,
Shamrock" midget turtle in the
agricultural commissioners office,
is TO be given away.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-15

To foster the breeding OF thor
oughbred dairy herds, c. S. Hill,
president ot the First National bank
of Seeley, has offered TO purchase
sires of choice strains and bring
them to Imperial Valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-15

W. r. Conway is in Los Angeles
for a few days.
The Washington times., 1935-08-27
PICKUPS AND PUTOUTS

Europe and is not due to
return here until the first week
in October the club is being
operated by q group Of women
members.
A baseball fan became con-
fused when the Philadelphia AS
and the PhiIatelistS were here
last, saying: "I see where
them PhiIatelistS are playing the
Griffmen this afternoon" =.
wouldn't it be sweet news when
those glOrified Detroit Tigers
appear here next that some De-
trOit scribe, accompanying the
team East. reported to the home
readers what members had their
finger nails manicured before
the game? you know, they're
filling up the Detroit papers with
personalities Of the players. j.
When Jesse Owens digs his
spiked shoes into the turf in
Howard Stadium this afternoon,
he will be gazing into the -fsCe
Of one Of tha srek RQQee8
The Washington times., 1935-08-27
DC. Ring Board
Delays Naming
NeWHead

Selection of a new chairman Of
the District Boxing Commission
to succeed the late Major Lucian
Vandoren has been delayed until
2 p. m. September 3, it was an"
nounced today by Major Harvey
L. "Heinie" Miller, U. S. M. c. Re-
serves, secretary of the commits
sion.
The delay was occasioned by the
absence of Commissioner Fred
Buchholz, who is out of town.
Buchholz is to return to town on
Monday.
Kenneth N. Parkinson, local at
torney, who has replaced the late
Commissioner Vandoren, yesterday
was sworn in by Roland Brennan,
secretary to the District Commits
sioners. Major Ernest w. Brown,
superintendent Of police, other
boxing commission member, cele-
brated his sixty-second birthday
yesterday.
The Washington times., 1935-08-27

fifth he has staged in washington
and Alexandria, and all well at
tended. After drawing 5000 at
Griffith Stadium two weeks ago,
the donkeys played before 5000 at
Baggett Stadium last Friday.
Verne collected his biggest cut
of gate from the CBS-NBC radio
announcers and operators game
at Griffith Stadium recently. He
has often pocketed better than
1000.
The troupe averages three
games q week and often plays
four and five.
Spectators invariably return for
a second and third look at the
rumbuctious beasts in action, but
most of the participants in the
games are glad to pass up a Sec
ond chance to ride them. Players
admit that they don't mind the
spills, kicks, butts and bucking
half as much as setting for any
length of time astride the bony
spinal column OF the perVerSed
animals.
Expenses Light
Expenses are very light. The
burros are allowed to Craze the
outfield of the diamonds on which
games are played. In this way
they are always left bit hungry,
and this keeps them mean and
nasty-tempered, their chief stock
in trade.
Here's a secret. Only a couple
of the burros have been trained
to circle the bases. The others
will head straight for third or
second base or if they get to first
base, will refuse to bulge any
further.
The plumpest Of the group is
dubbed Mae West and she Is IS
years old. All the others are IN
their late teens and beyond.
Verne drives his troupe from
city to city in a big auto truck.
While crossing the Appalachian
Mountains recently, the tailgate
gave away and the animals were
scattered all over the landscape.
It was several hours before the
owner and his four assistants
were able to lasso, push, pull.
cajole and whip them back into
the van again.