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ARIsToCRATs AWARD PRIZES

The Easter rattle held recently
by the Aristocrats Club awarded
the following prizes to the fortu-
nate winners: first prize, a large
Armour Ham, to F. A. Perice of
Marshall Wells Oil Co.; second,
three dozen eggs to c. L. Mason,
1929 Columbus Avenue; third, a
pound box of Easter candy to Mrs.
Blanche Mayes, 1916 Fourth Ave
nue. South.
The Business and Professional
Women's Club will meet at 100
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1935-04-19

Little Mitzi Strader, daughter of
Mrs. Mildred Strader, who is a
member of Miss Katherine Bryant's
dramatic class, has appeared in
several productions of that class.
Recently she had leading role in
one of their plays. She also gave
a reading.
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FORUM REVIEW

The joint meeting of the Mime
apolis and st. Paul Sunday Forums
held April Ia, comfortably filled the
auditorium of Phyllis Wheatley
House.
The slides and moving pictures
& scenes and travel in Alaska
aided by the comments of the lee
turer, Arthur Armstrong, held the
interest throughout. DR.. Earl
Weber, St. Paul, sang in fine voice
a tenor solo, and graciously re-
sponded to an encore.
The exchange of meetings be-
tween the two Forums each year
constitute a feature to which citi-
zens of both cities look forward
with keen interest. A social hour
followed the program and through
the courtesy of Miss w. Gertrude
Brown of Phyllis, tea and cakes
were served. The next meeting of
the Minneapolis Forum will be held
May 5, and will be the closing pro-
gram of Health Week.
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St. Paul Society News
Page 5

full articles. A number Of excit-
ing house games were INDUCED in
and all present acknowledged a
wonderful evening.
ELECTS
The Self Culture Club recently
elected officers as follows: Mrs.
Minnie Archer, president; Mrs.
Phil Hall, secretary; Mrs. Bert
Brown, treasurer. The club will
meet again with Mrs. Reed of West
Central Avenue.
CIRCLE NO. 3S MEETS
Biddle Circle No. SO, Ladies of
the G. A. R., held its regular meet
ing last Wednesday evening at
Welcome Hall. On the next meet
ing night, Tuesday, April %, at
Welcome Hall, the Circle will give
a "Bunco" and card party. A door
and other prizes will be given.
Come and bring your friends. The
Circle meets every second Wednes-
day and fourth Tuesday each
month.
OAK LEAF CLUB
The Oak Leaf Club met Monday
afternoon, April Is, in its club
rooms at the Welcome Hall. Mrs.
L. Johnson, hostess, served a very
delicious luncheon.
SODALITY
The Young Ladies' Sodality of
the st. Peter Claver's Church will
give its second annual Silver Tea
in the sub-auditorium of the church
Sunday (Easter) from three until
six o'clock.
YOUNG MINISTER SPEAKS
The young Rev. Boyde Patrick
addressed the Harlem 400 Club last
Wednesday night at Welcome Hall.
The subject of his talk was "Social
Relationship" The speaker urged
solidarity in race relationship as a
preliminary to successful social re-
lationships.
Miss Willie Eastman was hostess
Saturday evening to the Majestic
Club. DR.. Paul Johnson, professor
of Sociology and Philosophy at
Hamline University, was guest
speaker. A social meeting will be
held soon with the Twentieth Cen
fury Club of Minneapolis. Plans
will be completed this week for the
Silver Tea, an affair both st. Paul
and Minneapolis are looking for
ward to, which will be in honor of
our mothers on Mothers Day at the
home of Miss Charloteen Moore.
Miss Althea Douglas is chairman
of arrangements. The next meet
ing will be held at the home of
Miss Beneta Edwards.
Mrs. R. Anderson has moved
from 35S N. Dale, to SGT Rondo
Street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Embree of GAG
Rondo Street, entertained Mr..
Lyons and Mrs. M. Payton of Min
neapolis, Sunday, April IA, and
later joined with them in atten-
dance upon the Elks Thanksgiving
service at Camphor M. E. Church.
Mrs. George Coleman of $40 N.
Dale Street is much improved
from an illness that has held her
bedfast for some time.
See Brownfield FOIlies of 1885
Friday, April 26, at Halle Q.
Brown HOuse.-Adv.
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Minneapolis Society News

p. m. Saturday, April goth, at the
Phyllis Wheatley House. The sub
ject for discussion will be, "The
standards of Good Housing" All
members are requested to be pres
emit,
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By Mary A. Jones

The GHOST miss Beatrice
Vassar), walks in the "SPOOKY
TAVERN" a fast moving, three
act mystery-farce, presented by
the st. James A. M. E. Sunday
School at the Halle Q. Brown Com
munity House, Wednesday, April
"a, 500 p. m. Excitement is piled
upon excitement with a lavish
sprinkling of laughs evoked by the
nervous tremors of the super
stitious Bedelia (Mrs. Bette
Jones). Be sure to BIND your
SIDES lightly to prevent their
splitting and by all means GLUE
your HAIR down to keep it from
rising. This exciting play is direct
ed by Mrs. J. Marcque Patton. Mr..
B. c. Archer, superintendent,
urges every one to avail himself
of the opportunity to see "SPoOKY
HOusewarming
The Willing Workers club of st.
James A. M. E. church, st. Paul,
gave a surprise housewarming for
its Pres, Mrs. Alma Freeman, at
her home, 953 Rondo St., this
week. The club members pre-
scented Mrs. Freeman with two use
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1935-04-19

Modern 5 rooms, reception hall,
garage. Built-in features. Reason
able. Call HYland 2478.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1935-04-19

For Rent-Five room house. No
children. 1914 e. oath Street. SIC.
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See Brownfield FOllies of 1885
Friday, April rs, at Halle O.
Brown H0use.-Adv.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-25
UNCLE WIGGLY'S WASHING
MACHINE

One day when Uncle Wiggily was
watching his muskrat lady house
keeper, Miss Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy,
wash the clothes, the rabbit gentle
man said to himself:
washing clothes is very hard
work. Nurse Jane has to rub and
scrub and go ddbbity-dub and twist
the clothes into knots to get the
water out so they'll dry, I never
knew, before, how hard it was to
wash clothes. I'm going to make it
easier for Nurse Jane. Ill get her
an electric washing machine
With Uncle Wiggily to think of a
thing was to do it. Away he hoped
to the store and there he bought the
finest washing machine he could
find. The dog gentleman who kept
the store told the rabbit how to
work the machine.
Have Nurse Jane put the dirty
clothes in this tub part" said the
cog. Fill it with soap and water
and press this button. That starts
the electricity and Nurse Jane can
sit down and see the clothes wash
themselves"
Washing Becomes Fun
wonderful! said Uncle Wiggily.
please send that washing machine
to my bungalow as soon as you can
When the machine arrived Nurse
Jane and Mrs. Longears were 50
pleased with it that they took turns
washing all the dirty clothes they
could find and some that weren't
dirty.
When the tue part of the machine
was filled with water and soap and
dirty clothes and the button had
been pushed, some shiny jiggers in
side the tub began to bob up and
down and turn around and flip and
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-25
EDITORIAL PAGE
and
FEATURES
DISTRICT TAX RATE

increased taxation is never a popular
theme with anyone, be they members of
some governing body or those who have
to pay the bills. Especially is that true
in these days when the burden of taxa
tion is steadily increasing.
Announcement of an increase of so
cents per 500 valuation by the Imperial
irrigation District, is quite likely to cause
some grumbling, but sober reflection
should be convincing that it is not as bad
as it sounds and that it is justified by
conditions confronting the district.
The greater part of the Increase
43.9 cents to be eXact-goes to take care
OF interest charges, or a total of S633 900
for this purpose made necessary by the
refinancing program, and $4,000 for
current expenses.
The balance of the increase. or 6.1
cents, is required for operating and
maintenance expense, for which S282,250
is required.
The new rate is $2.4O per $100 valua-
tion, compared with S190 set for the
last year.
Under the refunding plan, the district
will save money in the long run and this
program has the full endorsement of the
&SllSidl run VI ulSlIlCI taxpayers.
Operation and maintenance costs may
not be so well understood. 1t is we'll
known, however, that the district has
been operating on a strict economy basis
in the operations and maintenance fields
in recent years. In that time, as Pres
ldent Hewes points out, structures, canals
and bitches have been kept going with a
minimum of repairs and these were of
the patchwork variety consistent with
safety and economy.
Last years drought caused consider
able damage to the system and this war;
rants immediate correction. 1t is cheap
er in the end, to do it now, than it is to
postpone it to later date when the need
for repairs will be proportionately in
creased. The physical structure of the
district is essentially subject to deterior-
alton. There is a danger mark which it
may be permissible to approach, but be-
yond that economy ceases to be economy
and becomes a heavy liability By recog-
nizing this fact and increasing the rate,
the district board is serving the best in
terests of the taxpayer.
-O
With the Legion convention and the
Cardinals-Cubs series on, ST. Louis is
just about having one big time this week
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-25
Legion Gets Down
To Serious Business

ST. LOUIS, Mo, Sept. 25. UR)-
The 18th annual convention Of the
American Legion got down to ser
ious business today.
Elections are scheduled for Thurs
Gay, the final clay, on which action
may come on some of the more con-
troYersial matters presented to the
Legion in 736 resolutions.
The soldier bonus, foreign rela-
tions and Americanism are expect
Cd to be highlights of the program.
A firm, inside movement to avoid
loading down the bonus with any
thing smacking of initiation of the
currency is in progress. Relations
with Russia and efforts to stamp out
Communistic tendencies in this
country are being discussed.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-25

Uncle Wiggily thought he would try
it himself. He ran some water in
the tub part through a hose without
taking off the cover. He didn't
bother to put in any dirty clothes,
but pushed the button.
At once the shiny jiggers began
bobbing up and down, turning
around, Tipping and Hopping. And
then, all of a sudden, from the
washing machine came the most
dreadful hoWls yoWls and groWls.
"Oh, my goodnessl" cried Uncle
Wiggily. Il hope none Of the chill
dren was in that tub when I started
the machine going Oh, my!" He
quickly lifted the cover and, all wet,
bedraggled and bedriggled, out
jumped the Fuzzy Fox. He had hid
den in the empty machine hoping to
catch Uncle Wiggily and he couldn't
get out before the water was put in
and the shiny jiggers started bob
bing.
"Oh, WoW!" howled the Fox, and
he didn't come back even when Mr.
Longears laughed and offered to
hang him on the line to dry. Oh, he
was a wet fox. And if you see the
dishrag wash the face Of the clock,
I'll tell you next about Uncle Wig
gily and Mickey's marbles.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-25
king
B a C K W ar d
What The Press Files
Tell of Imperial Val
ley for This Date in
Past Years
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
September 25, 1870

Mrs. Violette S. Campbell was
very much surprised yesterday to
receive a telegram appraising her
of her appointment as members-at-
large of the Democratic state cen
tral committee.
The Eucalyptus school opened
Monday in the fine new building
erected during the summer.
Miss Addie Turbett is visiting her
sisters in Los Angeles during her
vacation.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-25
Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD E. GARRIS
Copyright, 1895, by Mcclure NeWspaper SyndicateD

flop with swishy swoshy sounds
and made a lot Of suds, knocking
the dirt out of the clothes.
wonderful" said Nurse Jane.
"Wonderfulw said Mrs. Long
ears.
"Oh, but you haven't seen any
thing yeti" laughed Uncle Wiggily.
"Wringing the water out of clothes
is almost as much work as washing
them. But n this machine you just
put the clean wet clothes in this tin
can, full Of holes, you push an
other button and see what hap
pens
Nurse Jane did as the bunny gen.
tleman told her and the tin can
full of holes, filled with wet clothes,
turned itself into a merry go round
and all the water squirted out, leaV-
ing the clothes almost dry.
Wonderful" said Nurse Jane.
Wonderful" said Mrs. Longears.
Fuzzy Fox Gets Wet
After that Nurse Jane thought 1t
so much fun % wash the clothes in
the machine that she did it three
days a week. Then one day, seeing
tn electric washer in the laundry
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-25

Published every evening Except Sunday by The
Imperial Valley Press Inc. 625 State street,
Il Centro, California. W. c. Costello, business
manager. Telephone 2s, business office; 700 edi-
torial department Full leased wire United Press
Associations.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-25
OLD COUPLE SEE FIRST MOVIE

BOSTON UP)-On their first visit
TO a big city, Mr.. and Mrs Joseph
Guilmette, elderly Kingsey Falls,
Que, couple, saw their first movie.
Guilmette, who is 10 years old, had
another thrill-a subway ride.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-25
EARLY HARDsHIPs TOLD

COAHOIA, Tex. UPl-Cornmeal J.
hog grease and an eggsheu were
the only materials early Texas
housewives had for making lamps,
according to Mrs. Nancy Melissa
House, who came to Texas 80 years
ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-25
TEN YEARS AGO
Or rnar

Reports from Ell Centro young
people at college are now being
received by their parents.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Strickland,
who have been making their home
on the Strickland ranch, have
moved TO town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Edwards
were among the Holtyille visitors
in the city yesterday
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-25

office boy to deliver to the proper
reader. Six days later it was re-
turned by mail, without comment
and with u cents postage due. And
it might encourage receivers Of re-
jected manuscripts to chronicle chat
five years later I peddled i for
SITS.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-25

NEW YORK, Sept. 25-The last
note Of vaudeville's swan song
echoes family along a bleak Rialto
A thin, whispering wall As an
amusement vaudeville seems defin-
itely washed up. The final strong
holds, the big movie houses, are
dropping it one by one. Even
Variety has become chiefly a movie
and radio journal.
In front Of the Somerset and
around the Palace corner adjoin-
ing, remaining stragglers clot daily
to express a cheerfulness they do
not feel. They know they are
whistling in the dark. There are
many top-hners who look upon
split week a month as good going.
1t is natural the hopefuls should
cling TO Palace shadows. For more
than 20 years this was the Vaude-
vile Valhalla, the apex of profess
sional dreams. once they played
the Palace, they were made. The
blow has fallen heaviest on dumb
acts, those who opened and closed
the show.
The singers, dancers and mono
logists now and then find havens
in the restaurant floor shows. But
the jugglers, trapezists, trick bicY-
Clists, Indian club sWingers and
perch acts have no place 10 turn.
They devoted their lives 10 accom-
phshments that Of a sudden have no
appeal.
The Palace was in fullest bloom
in early 1920's. The pontifical,
silver haired z. F. Albee was the
vaudeville king, constantly hallelu-
jahed by Walter Kingsley's endless
mimeographed odes TO his pieties.
The building was a hive of book
ing offices, the focus of theatres
stretching from coast TO coast. The
sidewalk outside staggered with the
piaffing strut of headliners. A
corner of egoistic bloat, all sail and
no anchor, but the most faScinat-
ing from the Circle to the Square.
I remember going to the Palaces
try-out bureau with a vaudeville
szit / expected to end copy desk
slavery over night. In my en-
thusiasm I hoped it might attract
Herbert Kelcey and Effie Shannon
no lessi AT any rate 1t seemed a
detour in a path that must in
cWtably lead to that final outpost
OF defeated journalism, the eX-
change desk. I sat in an ante-room
from p. m. until $50 without get
ting into the inner sanctum. In des-
pcration ! left my sketch with an
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-25
IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS
PUNISH GAME HOGS"

Imperial Valley officials will merit,
and We hope receive the support of all
valley hunters in their efforts to punish
game hogs" from the outside, who come
IN here and believe because they are in
a more or less isolated section, that game
laws are not to be observed.
Over the past weekend, game wardens
arrested 15 hunters from outside points,
charged with having more doves in their
possession than the law allows.
The limit on these birds is Is a day or
not more than 80 in any one week. Two
of the 15 men arrested had rs doves
apiece in their possession. Others had
65, so and down to lesser amounts.
There is little that can be said in de-
fense of men who do things of this kind.
They know the law. There is no doubt
of that, for the law, among other things,
requires them to obtain licenses for
hunting, and with one exception, all had
such licenses.
The violations appear to be Wilful
and deliberate and based on the belief
the hunters could get away with any
thing.
1t is such greed as this that has played
such havoc with all kinds of wild game in
America, something that is a national
disgrace. Unrestricted slaughter of all
sorts Of animals and birds was carried on
for years, making it necessary for the
law to step in and call a halt.
The game laws are not only a protec-
tion for the game, but for the hunter.
Unless such protection is accorded there
would eventually be no hunting. The
case of the buffalo is cited as proof of
this statement.
Hunters who conform to the law are
entitled to its protection and while this
community should welcome hunters from
the outside, the welcome should be eX-
tended only to those who are good sports
men and obey the laws. Others should
be treated as they deserve to be.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-25

Dryden Farms, Modesto recently
shipped 10 Barred Rock breeding
birds TO Valparaiso, Chile.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-25

II might encourage receivers OF re-
jected manuscripts to chronicle that
five years later I peddled i for
SITS.
Arthur Somcrs Roche proved the
value of preserving oft-rejected
manuscripts. He eXiled himself in
d forlorn village on the Maine coast
and wrote feverishly and futilely for
almost two years without dccep-
tance. Then his two mystery tales
clicked in quick succession in a ma
tional weekly. You may recall them
Loot" and "A Scrap Of Paper. 3"
For the next year or 50 Roche fri
Yoled, high, wide and handsomely.
When the eXchequer got low he
diyed into ar old trunk and fished
out one of the returned stories,
polished it up and sent it off. Only
one missed fire and it was fresh
ened later and sold.
From a letter: Did you ever
mention in your column that one
Of the husbands OF Kay Francis, OF
the movies, was J. Dwight Francis,
son Of prominent and long estGb-
hshed residents of Pittsfield, Mass,
and Of all the names she liked this
best? Her husbands maternal
grandfather was Gen. VIM. Francis
Bartlett, Of Civil War fame, wno
was made a major general by brcvet
when he was only "a" At least TO
my notion, a breyeted major gen.
eral at "a is interesting to recall!
Some fool in Houston, Texas, in
the same mail, has made taking q
Pullman sleeper difficult for a
long time. Did you ever notice, 3"
the idiot inquiries, how train Wheens
mmmur all night: He shot the dart
right through my heart, he shot the
dart right through my hearth"
They were talking at the Coffee
House Club Of peaks in paragraph
ing. I sWerve TO one Meredith
Nicholson used TO recall, written by
George c. Harding, Indianapolis
newspaperman. 1t read The condor
as it flies does not need 10 call at
tention to its course-the pee-Wee
does"
And Nicholson used TO tell of the
crusty querulous city editor of his
Indianapolis days who when he
found the world skipping beats,
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-25

mused: "It's a great world and the
more it's analyzed, the more it
smells"
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-25

If last nights fiasco means the end of
Mr.. Baer as a pugilist, it is probably
just as we'll for the game.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-25
"DONT QUOTE
ME"
By United Press

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.-Pity
the poor citizen when President
Roosevelt, himself, can't even keep
up with the latest developments on
the new deal front.
1t was only a little more than
three weeks ago that he named the
personnel of the new social secur-
ity board, one of the most vital
agencies in the whole new govern
mental set-up.
Yet in speaking before the 1885
conference on mobilization for hu-
man needs, Mr.. Roosevelt mention
ed as one social security board
member. Charles E. Wyzanski
Wyzanski is solicitor for the de-
partment of labor. The man Mr..
Roosevelt had in mind is A. j. Alt
meyer, former assistant secretary
of labor. now member of the secur-
ity board by virtue of appointment
by the President.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-25

John Bull has told himself that he is
on the right track and having convinced
himself, he will go ahead to convince
others. including Mr.. MussOlini
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-25

Apparently Republicans were no more
successful than Democrats in getting
President Roosevelt to visit here. Which
makes it a horse apiece.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-25

SUBSCRIPTION RATES - Delivered by carrier
per month, 55 cents; by mail, so cents per month
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son, national advertising representatives.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-25

With the Legion convention and the
Cardinals-Cubs series on, ST. Louis is
just about having one big time this week.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-25

Prosperity is back again note,
through the courtesy Of a COM
merce department handout:
The world demand for Jews
harps has increased to such an eX-
tent that Birmingham, Eng, man
ufacturers are unable to keep up
with their orders, according to in
formation received in the COM
merce departments specialties di-
vision.
Birmingham, it is pointed out
is the onT city in the world where
this particular musical instrument
is manufactured
THE delay the report states, is
due to a lack of skilled tongue. set
ters, who have to be trained for
several years before they are profi-
cient.
The settlers are responsible for
the adjustment of the metal strip
that Vibrates 10 produce the sound,
and if this strip is the merest frac-
ton Of an inch out of adjustment
the tone Of the harp is ruined"
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-25

Mr.. Roosevelt came back from
Hyde Park to find the domestic
facilities of the White House even
more disturbed than when he left.
In fact, so torn up are the kitch-
en- and pantry quarters of the eX-
ecutive mansion that there was
some thought that Mr.. Roosevelt
might not be able to occupy the
White House at all.
However, the temporary electric
stove on one of the upper floors
has been called into use again and
is supplying meals for President,
Mrs. Roosevelt and a few others.
It's capacity is limited, however.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-25

And Nicholson used TO tell of the
crusty querulous city editor of his
Indianapolis days who when he
found the world skipping beats,
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