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Imperial Valley press., 1935-10-16
By
HOWARD E.
GARRIS

The bungalow was filled with animal
friends of Uncle Wiggily, large and
small. On a stage behind a bedquilt
for curtain, Mr. LongearS and the
other players took their places. All
of sudden, up went the curtain.
Jolly Concert
And then such jolly concert be-
gan as never was heard before
Uncle Wiggily played fiddle made
of squeaky cornstalks and also
twanged a banjo made of pumpkin
with a broomstick handle and string
beans for strings. Mr.. Twistytail
beat drum made from an old puff
or blow fish from the seashore, the
spineS having been taken off. And
Uncle Butter footed flute made
from a large elderberry bush branch
with the pith pushed out to make it
hollow.
Squeak, Squeak Twang, Twang!'
played Uncle Wiggily. Boom
Boom!" the fat pig beat on his puff
fish drum. "Toot! Toot!" played
Uncle Butter on his funny flute. oh,
it was the funniest. most jolly con-
cert ever heard in Woodland! Mrs
Longears was surprised and SO was
everybody else But Uncle Wiggily
and his friends laughed. They knew
what they could do. They had to
give the whole concert twice.
And if the horse will lend a shoe
to the foot of the stairs to do tap
dance, I'll tell you next about Uncle
Wiggily and the leaf house
Imperial Valley press., 1935-10-16

Thompson in El Centre. for sew
eral days last week
lie Roy Bonesteele, who has been
i'll for the past two weeks, is tmprov-
ing, but not yet able to return to
his studies at the Holtville high
school
A number Of Alamo and Verde
farm center members attended the
recreation council in Imperial on
Monday evening. Those from Ala
mo were Evelyn Maring, Lorraine
Bernshouse, Amy Tuttle, Mercer
Williams and from Verde Miss
Statler, Mrs Dearborn, Harriet La
borde and Ben Stanman.
Mrs. Ann Dearborn gave a talk
on Hawaii to the 9th. 7th and 9th
grade pupils of the Verde schools,
last Monday afternoon Mrs. Dear
born visited the Islands last sum-
mer and had many pictures and
souvenirs TO show the children.
Mrs. Guy Tuttle, chairman of the
Alamo-Verde home department an
nounces the next regular meeting
for Oct. % at 1;30 pm. at Alamo.
Election of officers will take place at
that time. Mrs. O'Connor, Mrs. Hawk
and Mrs. Mayfield having been ap-
pointed to the nominating commit
tee.
The Verde school children put on
number entitled Flying Butter
flies at the homecoming celebra-
ton held in Holtville Saturday night.
A large number of Verde people mo-
tored TO Holtyille that evening for
the celebration.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-10-16

the rabbit lady. Il don't want to
hurt your feelings, my dear, but
you can't give a concert"
Why not?" asked Uncle Wiggily.
Because you can neither play nor
sing"
Did you ever hear me play the
cornstalk fiddle?" asked Uncle Wig
gily, smiling and not at all hurt in
his feelings.
mo, I never heard you play the
cornstalk fiddle" said Mrs. Longears
Can you?"
Drum and TOoter, Too
Il can and you shall hear meat
my concert" said the bunny gentle
man. You shall also hear the twang
the pumpkin banjo. But am not
going to be the only player. Mr.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-10-16
Alamo,Verde Notes
Mrs. L. c. Hawk, Staff Correspondent

Mrs. Evan Lilies entertained a
group of friends al a luncheon and
quilting party al her home last
Wednesday. Present were Mes
danes Bernhouse. O'Connor, Wat
ton, Mckenzie, Williams. Preece.
At the first meeting Of the Almo
P. T. A. Mrs. Evan Lies. presi-
dent, appointed Mrs. Tuttle and
Mrs. Mckenzie on the program
committee and Mrs. Williams as
chairman Of the magazine commit
tee
Mrs. Albert Wogatzke has been
in Los Angeles the past week car
ing for her son, Walter. who is i'll
with pneumonia.
-Four pupils in Miss Lucille Wells
room were given a birthday sur
prise last Monday afternoon. Cake
and punch were served to them and
their classmates.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Lay and fam
lily returned Monday after a visit of
a month with relatives in Okla
homa and Arkansas.
Mrs. Margaret Engley who was
operated on recently has recovered
sufficiently TO be removed 10 her
home at Alamo.
George Grogan Of Indiana was a
guest recently Of Mr and Mrs.
Basil Warner.
Mr. and Mrs. Dock Davis were
guests of the George Downs, Fri
day evening.
Harold Underwood has been Wis
lting his sister, Mrs Marion Demos,
in Stockton. The Demos family is
planning to move back to the val
ley
MI and Mrs. Carl Ethridge and
Imperial Valley press., 1935-10-16

Paul Robson used to live, to the
southwark When Duke Ellington
and Cab Galloway, the jazz con-
ductors, took apartments on Edge
cumbe avenue or Sugar Hill 1t
notched that "dicty" status higher,
but with Louis taking his bride
there the eclipse of Striver's Row
was complete. Louis, by the sheer
magic of his proves, becomes au-
tomatically the colored social lead
er in both New York and Chicago.
And, of course, Louis bride made
hit with almost everybody rid
ing home from the fight on street
car.
Psychiatrists do not recommend
the mystery and detective novel
for mental relaxation for the high
strung. | have tense friend who
just came from one. He was told
to get a copy of Gibbons Rome
And read it during a jet of the
jimmies. The classic has become
a general prescription.
Just when a columnist feels he is
making the grade, he is likely to
receive a twittering letter such as
this that gums up the works: Your
writing is oftimes redolent of squit-
ter-squatter, stippled with silvered
chit chirrupings. A sort of echoical
spume of satirically carbonated
eclat."
Imperial Valley press., 1935-10-16

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In advance Entered at El Centre, California post
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Newspaper Publishers Association. M. G. Mogen-
son, national advertising representatives.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-10-16

NEW YORK, Oct. l6.-They are
madly tanning the scattered en-
bers of Broadway in hope of a
flame that will become The Great
Blaze. Men and women to whom
the street means a livelihood will
tell you the depths have been
touched and Broadway is on the
upbound.
They profess to believe it will
again become the boulevard of
boulevards, the lighthearted stretch
once a definite part of the national
consciousness playground with
the finest of cafes, theatres and
sundry frothier relaxations. That
is their chant.
But such optimism is not visible
save for spurtS such as engendered
by the Baer-Louis scrap. The fact
is that Broadway has dwindled to
a catch-penny tawdriness with all
the brightness preceding coma. 1t
must be cleansed of carnival tenn
po and honkey-tonk blatancy.
It has no class restaurants such as
Gone are such theatres as the Cri-
terion, Globe and Gaiety as once
flourished. No more hotels like the
Knickerbocker or tony night clubs
like Bustanoby's. Only the shell
remains.
Perhaps Broadway's decadence is
largely due to the process of reason
ing that Wilson Miner used to
delight in telling, One of his hard
boiled cronies once observed with
great earnestness: That's me-
always try to deal legitimate, es-
pecially at first"
A few y-gurdyS-one under
my window noW-are left despite
promises of Punishment by a may
orally decree some time ago. To
many from the outland the barrel
organ is as big city as the two
wheeled Victorias that circle the
park. There is a blending of old
world industry and peasant OBJ
sequity about the impresarios-one
grinding out tunes and the other
bowling, scraping and smiling for
tossed coins 1t might not be
music but it beats most of the street
cacophony about which nothing is
ever done-save talk.
On the now busy Hippodrome
corner a one-armed shoe sinner
does the best business among his
guild. His tightening dexterity, un-
corking bottles with his teeth,
Tipping rags and carrying on a
running conversation is a show in
itself He claims to have been born
in Ethiopia and lost his arm from
infection following a camel bite.
True or not, a good story from a
good locale at the moment
Arrangement in black and white
A coal black copper in Harlem
handing a ticket to a white motor
ist whose car bore an Alabama
license plate.
Incidentally, HarlemS bon-ton
ledge, Sugar Hill, received fresh
social impetus being the scene of
the wedding of Joe Louis There is
rivalry between The Hill and Striv-
er'S Row, where Florence Mills and
Imperial Valley press., 1935-10-16

Anyhow the current war threat
has served to inspire Thomas in the De-
troit "News" to draw cartoon show
ing Graham McNamee broadcasting from
Ethiopia. "Oh boy, what war, what a
war by courtesy of the So-and-So Oil
Co."-The Buffalo Courier-EXpress.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-10-16
FARM TAXES DECLINE

Average farm real estate taxes
per acre the country over decreased
5 per cent from the levy of 1888 to
that of 1884. The decline in the
1888 levy compared with 1882 was
IA per cent The figures ore from
study by the Bureau of Agri-
cultural Economics.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-10-16

Published every evening Except Sunday by The
Imperial Valley Press 625 State street. FL Centre,
California. Telephone IS, business office; 700 edi-
torial department Full leased wire United Press
Associations
Imperial Valley press., 1935-10-16

Mr. Hoover has limited to the Republi-
can executive committee that he will not
be candidate in 1886. Has Mr.. Hoover
Just found this out THE Omaha World
Herald
Imperial Valley press., 1935-10-16

The afternoon papers now having their
reporters on the scene there is no reason
to delay the opening of the war between
Italy and Ethiopia-The Bunkie (La.)
Record
Imperial Valley press., 1935-10-16

A Columbia professor finds regret
table is our most misspelled word 1t
is especially humiliating at time when
so much must be deplored.-The Des
Moines Register
Imperial Valley press., 1935-10-16
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
October is. 1920

Manager Hill Of the Elks band
announced last night that the 25
members Of that organization were
rounding into fine shape under
temporary leadership
w. A. Marshall has opened up a
new and second hand furniture
store IN his new building on Main
street near Eighth.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-10-16
Y TMath@:'':

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA fair
tonight and Thursday; slightly
warmer west portion Thursday;
gentle northerly wind off the
coast.
LOS ANGELES AND VICINITY
Fair tonight and Thursday; Slight
ly warmer Thursday; gentle wind,
mostly northeasterly.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-10-16
L 0 0 king
B a c k W a r d
What The Press Files
Tell of Imperial Val
ley for This Date in
Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
October I6. 1915

On the experimental farm near
Meloland. $500 date palm seedlings
have been grown, and over 1000
distributed throughout the state
Frank Preston Is some artist
when it comes TO dressing show
window.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-10-16
IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS

the drive for funds, will assure success
of this most worthwhile undertaking.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-10-16

The age of exploration is not yet over.
The G. o. P. is finding Borah after all
these years, and Sally Rand has discov-
ed clothes.-The San Francisco Chron-
icle
Imperial Valley press., 1935-10-16

Senator Carter Glass is one of those
who hold that Francis Bacon wrote
Shakespeare 1t is not known if Shake
speare replied.-The Detroit News.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-10-16

Professor Goddard has perfected a
rocket stabiliZer. People who find it
necessary to make frequent trips to Mars
will be grateful for the new convent
ence.-The Boston Evening Transcript.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-10-16

has be been % sued - for y 100000. .'N So o. along along
with all the rest of it, the unhappiest
Old Dealer of them all is rich, too, is
he?-The St Louis Post-Dispatch.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-10-16

Great men says the Washington, Post, 3"
are always willing to forego vacations.
And lot of little ones have to.-The
Dallas Morning News
Imperial Valley press., 1935-10-16
TEN YEARS AGO
October lb, lyl

will r. Conway has gone 10 Los
Angeles
Df r. l.. Palmer has returned TO
this city after attending the Elks
convention ~ San Francisco,
Imperial Valley press., 1935-10-16
Copyright 1885
by Mcclure
Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY'S CONCERT

One day instead of hopping out
10 look for an adventure, Uncle
Wiggily sat down at his desk and
began writing.
What are you doing?" asked
his wife. Writing another story
for the children to read in the pa
per?"
Il hope this may turn into a
story though I am not exactly
writing it," said the rabbit gentle
man. Il am sending out invita-
tions, my dear, and you shall have
the first one" He made his wife
a low, polite bow, blew her kiss
from the tip of his pink, twinkling
nose and handed her a piece of
paper on which was written:
PLEASE COME TO UNCLE
WIGGILY'S CONCERT
"Oh, how nice of you to give me
the first invitation, Wiggy,' said
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Imperial Valley press., 1935-10-16

Incidentally, Harlem's bon-ton
ledge, Sugar Hill, received fresh
social impetus being the scene of
the wedding of Joe Louis. There is
rivalry between The Hill and Striv-
er's Row, where Florence Mills and
Imperial Valley press., 1935-10-16

Arrangement in black and white.
A coal black copper in Harlem
handing ticket to white motor
ist whose car bore an Alabama
license plate.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-08-08
Improvement.
On Third Street
Entire New Front Being Con
structed ON the Pcndergast
Building-Old Landmark

One of the old landmarks or
Third Street is having its face lift
ed and will soon take on the, ap.
pearance of a modern business
structure. We refer to the Fender
CAST building which will be treat.
ed to an entire new front.
Work Of tearing off the old
brick and building the scaffold was
commenced Tuesday. The new
front will be built of brown brick
and the construction will be sim,
liar to that Of the Smith Liquor
Store on Main Street. The building
will be maintained as two separ.
ate stores, and the fronts will be
built with center entrances. AS yet
no one has rented the store spaces
but when they are rented the in
teriors will be repaired and mod
ernized according to the wishes OF
the tenant.
The Pendergast building was
erected in the late 70's, and is one
Of the few old structures in the
city which has not been modern
lied.
H. H. Carr, Of Hunter, N. D..
was in the city the past week and
made arrangements for the con-
struction of the new fronts. This
Is a worthwhile and welcome i'm
provement to the appearance OF
Third Street.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-08-08
Asks $500 For
Husbands Death
Hearing Held In This City On
Monday-Adjourned At
Call of Commission

A hearing on the claim of Mrs.
Vernon Gray against the City of
Sank Centre asking $500 payment
under the Workmen's Compensa-
ton Act, for the death of her hus-
band, SIERRA employee in this city,
was held Monday at the Commun-
ity Club rooms.
The hearing, which opened at
ten o'clock that morning, was con-
Quoted by Jos. Hardness, Jr., refer
ee for the Industrial Commission
of the State Of Minnesota. Testi-
mony in the case was taken until
mid-afternoon when it was ad-
journed sine die, at the call of the
Commission. The adjournment was
granted at the request Of Joyce
Lewis, Long Prairie, attorney for
Mrs. Gray, who wished to gather
more evidence in connection with
the case. The city was represented
by it's attorney, L. L. Kells.
It will be remembered that Yer
non Gray was instantly killed by
lightning while employed on the
SIERRA project at the City Park on
August 16, 1884. The claim was
filed by Mrs. Gray some time ago.
At the time Of the accident the
city carried no compensation in
surance on the SIERRA men, for
reason that it was not available
then.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-08-08
No Life Guard at
Bathing Beach
Leisure Time Activities Also Halt.
ed BY Cessation of SERA
Relief Work

Owing to cessation Of all SIERRA
relief projects there will be no life
guard at the swimming beach un-
til further notice. Hence, parents
are notified that they must take
the responsibility for their own
children while swimming at the
beach.
The beach guard was employed
under the department Of leisure
time activities of the SIERRA, as
was the director of athletics. Both
of these projects have been discon-
tinued, at least for short period
Of time.
Owing to the lateness of the sea-
son 1t Is not known whether a life
guard will be employed for the bal
ance of the swimming season. This
work was under the direction of a
committee appointed by r. L.
Scott, president Of the Community
Club, and with it's cessation the
duty Of the committee was indef-
initely terminated.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-08-08
Eremen S Picnic on
Sunday. August nth
Annual Event VIII BE Held At
Lemblke Tourist Park-Many
VIII Attend

Members Of Sank Centres Vol
unteer Fire Department and their
families will enjoy their annual
picnic next Sunday, August 11th.
The event win be held at the
Lembke park located at the Mar
rows on Sank Lake, north Of Sank
Centre.
The day viii be enjoyed with
sports, such as kittenball, races
and other events. Lunch and re-
freshment committee members are
preparing for large number Of
fire fighters and their families,
and the eats and refreshments,
according to advance information,
will be both palatable and exhilar-
ating.
The firemen have held annual
picnics for several years. and each
has been a splendid and enjoyable
event. This years picnic was to
have been held several weeks ago,
but other events interfered and
hence, the postponement to next
Sunday.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-08-08
Jim O'Gara Re-
ceives Promotion
Appointed as Second Lieutenant Of
Company M, National Guard.
Located I'm This CITY

Saturday, July 31st, the Chief of
the National Guard Bureau at
Washington, D. c., by direction OF
the Secretary of the War Depart
ment, extended Federal recognition
to James r.. O'Gara, as Second
Lieutenant of Company M, 206th
Infantry, in the Minnesota Ma
tional Guard, located in this city.
Mr.. O'Gara received his appoint
ment from the Governor Of Mime
sofa some time ago, and has quail
fled for his Federal recognition by
passing thorough mental profess
sional and physical examinations
required by law.
Lieutenant O'Gara graduated
from the Sank Centre High School
in 1929, and has been a member of
the National Guard since his enlist;
ment with the local organization
as a private in 1925. He was pro
NOTED as a corporal during his
first year of enlistment and be-
came a sergeant in 1880. He is rat
ed as an expert pistol shot. In civil
life he is a bookkeeper.
Jim's many friends rejoice with
him in this well-earned promotion
and wish him success for the fu-
ture.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-08-08
Prominent Mason
Died Sunday Eve
Passed Away At Ethel Hospital,
Minneapolis, Following Opera
ton for Appendicitis

George M. Hough, prominent cit
izen Of Glenwood, -well-known in
Masonic circles throughout the
state, passed away Sunday night at
Eitel Hospital, Minneapolis. He
submitted to an operation for ap-
pendicitis on July 9th.
Mr.. Hough was wellknown in
this city, and has made many Wis
its here in connection with Mason
ic limitations and parties. He was
a member Of the Pilgrim Com
mandery, knights Templar No. 33,
Of this city. Last year he was ap-
pointed as Master Of the Second
Veil of the Grand Chapter of Min
nesota. He was also a Past Master
and Past High Priest.
Mr.. Hough was station agent Of
the 500 Line at Glenwood for many
years. Masonic funeral services
were held at Glenwood Wednesday
afternoon.
Those who attended the funeral
from this city were: ". T. Conklin,
j., N. Jackson, G. D. Cass, F Bon
Anne, H. F. Schmidt, Sigurd Holne,
Anne, III. w. Bishop. G. H. Vandes-
teeg and c. 8. Allen
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-08-08
Grain Market
Will Open in
Sank Centre
Farm Service Will Open For
Business in Elevator
Near G. N. Tracks
GEORGE HOLLER, MGR.
New Business A Necessity in
This Community-Will
Make Needed Repairs

Through the efforts Of the
Community Club Sank Centre
will have a grain market with
in the next week. This an
nouncement was made Wed
nesday by Tom Beereau, sup
ervisor for Farm Service
Stores in this territory.
The new market will be OPP
ened by the Farm Service
Stores, Inc, in the elevator
near the Great Northern tracks
sometime next week. A mill
wright will be sent to this city
to repair and set the machin-
cry in motion.
George HoIler. former resi-
dent of this city, and grain
buyer for the Equity Elevator
here some years ago. has been
employed to take charge Of the
local elevator. He win move his
family to this city within the
near future. Mr.. Holler Is con-
sidered an expert grain man,
and his acquaintance here will
be a great asset in establishing
the business.
The new firm win buy all
kinds Of grains and seeds, and
will handle a complete line Of
flour and feeds. They will also
do custom grinding and will
probably install extra equip
ment in connection with the
handling Of feed later.
At the present time grains
from this community are being
sold to elevators at Freeport.
Greenwald and Belgrade. This
is q costly proposition to local
farmers, who for sometime
have wanted grain market in
this city. With the excellent
crops in this community this
year, the farmers will welcome
the opportunity to sell their
grain at a market nearer to
their farms.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-08-08
Robbers Enter
John S Place
Take $500 In Small Change from
Till and Steal Cigarettes
Sometime Early Monday

Sometime early Monday morning
thieves entered Johns Place, on
Third Street, and took about $500
in small change and some cigaret-
ties. Nothing else was missing ac-
cording to John Mondloch, owner
Of the business.
The thieves entered rear win
dow to the basement and forced en-
trance to the upper floor by using
a bar to open the door, which leads
from the cellar. Police believe that
this was a two-man job, and they
have two young strangers under
suspicion at this time. No arrests
have been made as yet, but 1t is
expected that it will be but short
time before the thieves will be APP
pretended.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-08-08
DIED WEDNESDAY

Mrs. Edward Proell, (Mayme
AvelsgarD passed away last even
ing, Wednesday, at HOO o'clock,
in the Fair Oaks Lodge Sanitarium
in Wadena. Mrs. Proell was at the
time of death twenty-nine years
and eleven days. Although she and
Mr.. Proell were residents of this
community, she had been confined
in the Sanitarium for the past two
years. She was the daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. John Avelsgard, former
residents Of this community.
Funeral services will be held on
Saturday morning at $50 o'clock in
st. PauPs Catholic Church, Of this
city.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-08-08
Christy Obrecht
Presents Plays
Has Several Good Comedies For
Balance Of Week-Show To
Full Houses

Christy Obrecht and his company
Of players have been showing to
capacity houses during the first
three days Of their stand in this
city. The large show tent is located
on the school grounds at the cor
ner Of Oak and Fourth Streets.
The company has several good
bills for the balance of the week,
and will conclude its engagement
In this city with the performance
Sunday night. Tonight, Thursday,
the presentation will be 1.-THE 9th
er Mans Wife" Other plays for
the week are: Friday evening, THE
Windbag"; Saturday afternoon and
evening, idle Rich" or Foxy
Grandpa; Sunday evening, Hard
boiled" Each Of these presents
tons are clever comedy produc-
lions, with vaudeville specialties
between the acts.