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Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-25

Ted woodward recently underwent
an operation for removal of a wen
on his neck. The surgeon said:
Now If this hurts you at all Just
tell me-" woodward cracked: "You
mean say wen?" And the doctor
refrained from cutting off his head.
Then, the time Bugs Baer went to
hospital to have a wen removed
from his capable head and baked
momentarily just as they were about
to apply the local anaesthetic: "Who
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-25
New York Day by Day
By O. O. Mcintyre

then Prince explained he did not
mean that kind of game. He meant:
What you chaps in the States call
shooting craps!"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-25
PHOTOGRAPHS

Federal Hill, the old Rowan home
stead at Bardstown, KY, where
Foster wrote "My Old Kentucky
Home" is standing and in an ex-
cellent state of preservation.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-25

seems Mehra is a mind reader,
and good at it.
Robert Taylor is Still finding !
time to play with Barbara Stankyck
despite his recent orchid tossing
towards Greta Carlo. A mob of
admirers treed them on roller
coaster at a beach amusement park.
and they went around and around
10 times before they were allowed to
escape.
Cutting room scraps: Mary Car
Isle back from Europe Freddie
Bartholomew feels he is grown
up since q man-R. van Schoyk,
former University of Kentuck ath-
lete-took over his education where
Mary Murphy Los Angeles school
teacher, left off Claudettte Col
Southern California desert resort,
instead of Honolulu s. William
Powell and Rosalind Russell will
team in the Baroness Orczy novel
1.-The Emperor's Candlesticks"
Margo is teaching Anne Shirley
to dance Eleanor Hunt is learn
ing to fly g. Lily Pon's picture
has been titled: "That Girl from
Paris"
Anton Litvak had a case of cham
payne stored in a shipment of
French uniforms and medals for
"Escadrille," so his assistant, Henri
Rust had to take out an importers
license before the show could go
on. Customs agents threatened to
hold up the entire shipment because
manner of entering the wine wasn't
regular.
Copyright by United Press
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-25
GRAB BAG
One-Minute Test

One Minute Test
l. In what state was Ulysses S.
Grant born?
2. Who is U. S. secretary of COM
merce?
3. What is Pope Plus personal
name?
Hints on Etiquette
IF a lady steps on a gentleman's
foot while they are dancing, he.
should say Pardon me-" Courtesy
prevents the suggestion that the
lady's dancing was faulty.
90
Words of Wisdom
A cynic's the man who knows the
price of everything and the value of
nothing Oscar Wilde.
90
Today's Horoscope
II your birthday is today, you may
be a natural teacher. You will win
and hold the love Of your fellow
men.
One-Minate Test Answers !
/. Ohio.
. Tlotfa1 G Rannr
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-25
TWENTY YEARS AGO
December rs. 1916

IWENl1 1EhhS hOO
December rs, 1916
c.. r. lockwood, for three years
chief engineer of the Imperial r.
rigation district, was displaced and
c. K. Clark appointed in his stead.
The change will be effective jan
uary /. Mr.. lockwood received a
salary of $3.50 month. Clark will
receive $500.
Reservations were being made by
many local residents at the hotel
Barbara Worth, where the unveiling
of the Christmas tree will be the
special ceremony tonight.
Mrs. Eva Ray of Pittsburgh ar
rived in town today to spend the
holidays with her relatives.
TEN YEARS AGO
December 25, 1926
Officials of the Imperial Irriga-
ton district including Earl Pond,
M. j. Dowd, and FIJI. McIver left
today for Los Angeles to resume ses-
sions with TIE commissions from
Nevada and Arizona relative to the
Colorado River discussion.
Yesterday was busy day for
Judge M w. Conkling of the super
ior court. He disposed of a batch
of criminal cases in department. one
and then walked across the hall to
department two, where, in the abb
r ~
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-25

BENJAMIN Franklin tried to have
the wild turkey represented on the
seal of the United States instead Of
the eagle.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-25

Finland, a comparatively small
country, has approximately $4,000
lakes within its border.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-25
LOOKING
BACKWARD
What The Press Files
Tell of Imperial Val
ley for This Date in
Past Years
TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO
December 25. 1911

The employees of the Rumsey en-
porium were entertained yesterday
with "a Visit to Paris" which is be-
ing given at the Holt opera house.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Paris are now
occupying the new Kennedy cottage
on Brighton street near Fifth.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-25

NEW YORK. Dec. 25. W.p,-
Thoughts while strolling: Boyhood
ambition-To make the coconut
shell hoof beats off stage in the ten,
twent, thirts! Ken Murray's stooge,
Oswald. is nifty dresser. Pictur-
esque hold-up lingo: Reach for the
sky!" John Charles Thomas and
Ernest Charles. Both singers with
all first names.
Look-alikes: Paulette Goddard
and Peggy Fears. No one can paint
crying baby like Norman Rockwell,
Moss Hart, the Flatbush messenger
boy, who became the collaboration of
Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and
George S. kaufman. Every new
baby girl is being named Shirley.
Where you see one you see both
the twins, Gloria Vanderbilt and
Lady Furness. Nicholas Murray
Butler in a silk hat suggests snow
ball. Those second hand looking
hats Milton Berle wears. Soothing
radio farewell: Ben Bernie'S. Won
der how a blood donor feels after a
TRANSMISSION?
Hen laying an egg name: Gelett
Burgess. Add big-chested boys:
Bernard Gimbe and Montagu Love.
Leslie Howard got the critical rook-
| ing Of the season for his Hamlet"
A fellow in today spoke of a mu-
tual friend as "longevous"-
when he left did fly to the die
| tionary!
The William Gaxtons. Still a pair
of handholders. Dressiest of the
J playwrights: Kenyon Nicholson. Add
gorgeous red-heads: Mrs. Rupert
Hughes. For my money, I'll take
Ted Husing for football broadcastS,
New York 1936-and the street car
almost museum piece!
I have seen most of the leading
Hamlets = save perhaps Edwin
Booth. Polonius is always played as
a doddering old fool. Arthur Byron
is the first to realize be was Prime
Minister, adviser to the throne, a
man of wit and intelligence and
played him so in the seasons pro-
duction. incidentally. Arthur By
ron, never a star, is always working
and in Hollywood often gets more
money than the star he supports. 4"
He has seen a flock of Robert Tay-
lors come and go. His aunt, by the
way, was Ada Rehan, one of the
grandest actresses of her or any 9TH
er day.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-25

Preston Foster is packing his
right hand around in bandages
A surgeon took two stitches after
he split his knuckles on Victor Nc
Laglen's hard pate in a movie brawl.
McLaglen had a few bruises where
Foster played the scale on his ribs.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-25

seems Mehra is a mind reader,
and good at it.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-25
Hints on Etiquette
Words of Wisdom
Today's Horoscope

Ons-Minate Test Afiswcrs
|. Ohio.
} TNoufai G Rnf,ar
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-25

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Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-25

Miss Isabel Millar is spending the
holidays with her parents Mr.. and
Mrs. H. T. Millar of San Diego.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-07-04
STATE WILL TEST
HIGHWAY COTTON

Montana Is one of the 80 states
that have filed requests with the
Agricultural Adjustment admins
trati0n for cotton fabric and mats
10 be used in field tests Of new
uses Of cotton In highway constxuc-
ti0n. The offer was made to state
highway departments SO that the
materials might be tested under
all kinds OF climatic conditions.
More than six million square yard:
of cotton fabric for use as a reinforce
ment membrane In Eituminous sur
face treated highways, was requested
by "a of the 80 states Estimates indi-
cate that this material is to be USED
in the construction of more than 57s
miles Of road.
Requests were filed by % of the
80 states for nearly 10000 mats fol
use in curing concrete highways.
The project is being Financed with
funds set aside under amendments Il
the Agricultural Adjustment act, APP
proved last August, which makes avail
able to the secretary of agriculture ar
amount equal to 30 percent of tht
customs receipts for uses which in
clude the encouragement of domestic
consumption Of agricultural commodi-
ties by diverttng them from the normal
channels OF trade to new uses.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-07-04
Helena Teachers
License Plates
Taken From Car

He may teach English In the high
school at Helena and be q model, law
abiding citizen, but Tate w. Peek re-
Gently came pretty close to becoming
public enemy NO. in Ravalh county
although he hadn't been there.
Sheriff Brian D. O'Connen of Hell
ena received letter from James Olivia,
sheriff of Ravalh county, inquiring into
the method Of livelihood of the owner
Of Montana license plates No. $780,,
said owner happening TO be Tate Peek.
The Hamilton sheriff said an indi-
vidual sold punchboard TO the pro-
prietor of q pool hall there and a couple
of hours later. two others. came along
and punched out all the winning NUM-
bers Then they departed in a hurry.
The punchboard YVES one which
awarded cash prizes to punchers Of the
proper numbers. he said. and paid as
high as 20 to ! If the correct number
was selected. The two men had little
trouble making a grand cleanup"
The man who sold the plnchboarCf
was driving q 1895 coupe, bearing IL
cense plates No. 5-336, the sheriff wrote.
In closing, he said: Il wish you would
find out II T. w. Peek is the party that
would place these boards"
The Helena sheriff SAID the migun-
derstanding all came about because
Peek's license plates were stolen re-
Gently while his car was parked In
Helena.
The crooks used Montana plates, the
sheriff said, to escape any possible
chance OF Identification In their hur-
ried departure, such ss would occur II
they had foreign plates on their car.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-07-04
What Makes Geysers Spout
Now Solved by Investigation

cooling winds, sudden changes in baro-
metric pressure and variations in rain
fall have been considered, but no one
has yet shown by systematic observation
that any of these agencies Is important.
The wide variations are certainly not
seasonal"
Bore holes sunk near geysers revealed
rapid rises in temperature. At 100 feet
below the surface the temperature was
nearly $50 degrees, and increased at the
rate Of 33 degrees for each 100 feet OF
depth, reaching $50 degrees at 400 feet.
At the Norris basin temperature Of
800 pounds to the square inch was OBJ
tanned in the closed bore hole at a
depth of 265 feet. In other places in the
park they found jets Of superheated
steam with temperatures up to 280 de-
grees.
The steam Of volcanic origin Is be-
lieved by Or. Day and mis- associates to
explain the mechanisns by which the
geysers operate.
zone of the weightiest arguments for
the belief that beneath the zone OF
ground water lies a zone Of magmatic
steam is based on the results Of drill
ing In hot spring and fumarole re-
gions. A flow Of steam develops not far
below the surface, increasing IN tenn
perature and pressure as the work con-
tinues and the steam is superheated,
I'm some instances where surface
water is meager, thermal springs
dwindle in volume Sometimes in hot
summer weather they even dry up
completely, leaving steam jets, followed
again by hot springs IN wetter times
a strictly reversible process"
According to DR. Days theory the
ground under the geyser and hot spring
area develops strings of cavities which
become filled with seepage of ground
water. AS the rocks are charged with
superheated steam, this heats the ac-
cumulated ground water, changing some
of it to steam. The cavities act as steam
chests, and when the pressure behind
the water becomes high enough, all the
water that has accumulated in the cav
ern and the tube connecting it with the
surface is forced out until equilibrium
is restored.
When the steam chests become too
leaky, the geyser stops operating. This
was observed in the case of the Imper-
Ial geyser, which lasted only two years.
Following eruptions steam was OBJ
served escaping through the loose sandy
soil, the escaping steam becoming
greater In amount until operations
stopped entirely.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-07-04
Scenic Highway Opens Picturesque Vacation
Land AS Cooke City Takes New Lease ON Life

when the snow piled 20 feet deep
around the little town and few en-
tered or left between, November and
April. Then. four years ago. things be-
gan to happen to Cooke City. The gov
eminent let contracts for a three mill
Hon dollar highway into Yellowstone
park, a scenic highway which would
climb over the very peaks Of the Bear
tooth mountains and pass through the
town. giving 1t an outlet 70 the east.
Road building crews moved In and oc-
cupied some of the old buildings that
could be repaired. Things looked bright
er and Cooke CityiteS became 0ptimis-
tic. The price Of gold went 70 S35 an
ounce. ProspectOrs throughout the west
from Dakota to California, began to
snoop around old mining shafts and
dumps. Claim holders viewed with re-
newed interest claims stlaked years ago
and old mining stocks we're rummaged
out of trunk bottoms and old safes. An
easterner, an already wealthy man who
had come west for recreation, dtscov-
cred high values in flour" gold at
the very grass roots in Cooke City.
This flour" gold was too fine to be
bothered with IN the old days, but mod
ern methods Of recovery make 1t pos
sible to mine 1t at profit today. For
three years gold mining has been stead
several large mining companies have
started operations and new veins ana
pockets are being opened up. The popu-
lation Of Cooke City is now large
enough to support barber. This Cooke
City barber, an artist in his spare time,
started business several years ago in a
tent. but now he does business in one
OF Montana's most unique barbertng
establishments, a rustic barber shop
decorated with elk horns. Miners are
not the only customers at this Cooke
City barber shop, for many tourists stop
TO be clipped or shaved during the
summer season. The new government
highway through Cooke City has
opened up great new vacation land,
a region hitherto seen only by those
fortunate travellers who traversed it
with pack train. Situated within a
short distance Of the 12,000-foot Gran
tie peak, Montana's highest mountain,
Cooke City is in the center Of one Of
the widest and boldest mountain re-
gions In the west. To this region vaca-
tionists are coming In increasing num-
bers to seek a far greater treasure than
gold-health and relaxation. Near
Cooke City are ageless glaciers, includ-
ing the famous Grasshopper glacier,
so-named because its surface Is caked
and covered with the broken remains
OF countless millions Of graSshopperS.
Ages ago they persisted there, no one
knows how. But there they are, pre-
served through the centuries, a source
OF wonder to all who see them. Also
near Cooke City have been found the
remains Of several kinds of prehistoric
animals. Scientific groups from Prince
ton university make annual expedi-
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-07-04
Territory Traversed by
New Highway Hitherto
Seen Only by Travellers
With Pack Train.
BY WALTER ED TAYLOR

Up near the northeast corner of
Yellowstone park there is a little
dot on the map which is marked
Cooke City, OF course, you won't
find Cooke City on every map, for
until quite recently, there were
many map makers who did not con-
slider the old town important
enough to take notice of. IL was just
another dying gold camp, relic
Of other, more glamor0us years in
Montana. But Cooke City, ladies
and gentlemen, Is making come
back.
The old town was very much in evil
dence back In the seventies. Then it
was booming. The great jay Cooke,
famous Philadelphia financier Of the
last century, was interested in de-
veloping mines In the Cooke district
and the town was named Tor him.
Smelters were built and thousands Of
dollars In gold was taken from Cooke
City mines in the early days. The town
was teeming center Of day and night
actiyity-the rough, tough, turbulent
activity Of 8 frontier mining camp. Such
famous early-day characters as Ansel
Hubble, E. S. Topping and Uncle Billy
Hamilton strobe through its streets
Chief Joseph and his rebel band
marched through the town one day In
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historic dash for Canada. The Indians
burned some Of the shelters in the
Cooke City region and made bullets OF
the gold they found Thus, ironically
enough, some of the miners Of the re-
gion who resisted the Indian raid we're
killed with bullets made Of the very
gold they had striven so hard to wrest
from old Mother Earth General Miles
pursued the Indians through the re-
giOn and it Is said that years later a
large number of champagne bottles
were found on the site where the good
general made one of his camps. Of
this tale of the generals champagne
A.estles is true it Is evident that some
@S the early-day soldiers believed in
mixing a little fun with their Indian
fighting). Those early Cooke City years
were exciting years and with develop
ment of the mines going on apace, the
people of Cooke City had dreams Of
their town becoming mining center
like the celebrated Virginia City, New,
or the equally famous Angels Camp Of
California.
But the boom era did not last long,
however, and after few short years of
mining the precious yellow metal Cooke
City began to die The mining m.achin-
ery and methods of those early-dayS
were comparatively crude and the best
gold values went through the mills and
crushers, into the tailings dumps. Peo-
pie said the gold supply Of Cooke City
was exhausted. They thought the town
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-07-04
Open Season On
Upland Birds to
Be Set by Board

At the next regular meeting Of the
state fish and game commission, which
viii be held at Helena July 10. the
open season for some upland birds win
be fixed. These are sagehens, pintail
and ruffed grouse, and blue grouse.
Later In the season an open period on
pheasants viii be fixed.
1t is hoped by the game commission
that sportsmen viii furnish exact in
formation in relation to conditions that
are to govern the selection Of the time
for the season, and that It win not be
necessary to depend upon hearsay or
conjecture relative to the matter.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-07-04

lions into the region to study these re-
mains.
Thus Is gold mining, tourist activity,
newed life to an almost forgotten
Montana mining camp. Like a veteran
actor, Cooke City Is coming back for
a return engagement The busy noises
of miners at work resound down the
valleys. punctuated now and then by
the boom of a dynamite blast. The
faithful who have waited through the
years see big things ahead and Cooke
City dreams again
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-07-04
Wolf Point Plans
It's Widest Rodeo
From July g. II

Plans are complete for the annual
Wolf Point stampede July to ii. Many
improvements have been made on the
grounds and additions to equipment as
sure faster show than ever staged
there before.
GrandStands have been enlarged and
better stock obtained for the show.
Three-year-ol long horn Texas steers
were secured as well as strings Of wild
horses Indians in costume win perform
daily. Entries assure large number Of
horse races each day.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-07-04

still a few who had faith that Cooke
City would and could come back There
remained q few who believed that q
far greater treasure than had yet been
taken out still lay, undlsturbed, be-
meath the slide rock and granite cliffs
of Scotch Bonnet and Red Mountain.
Among those few were Mr.. and Mrs
Jack Allan, who have operated their
hotel In Cooke City continually for fifty
years. The little hand Of the faithful
waited for so years, through so winters
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-07-04

was through. The fly-by-night miners
and camp followers deserted for fresh
er fields Grass began to creep into the
streets and grew between the boards Of
the rotting sidewalks in front Of old
saloons and other business houses. Ma
chinery rusted on the hillsides, deserted
homes and false-fronted buildings de-
cayed and tumbled; like two score other
northwestern mining camps Cooke City
became almost a ghost town.
Almost, but not quitel There were
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-07-04
Sleeps on Track,
Killed by Train

Ground 20 death under train wheels
after he apparently fell asleep ON the
tracks Of the Milwaukee road AT Butte,
q man whose body was found q few
days ago was identified as Ray Russell,
90. miner.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-07-04

Help avoid accidents. Obey all traffic
inspect headlights often.
Evening star., 1936-06-28

Q Organdy Priscillas
with f1uted ruff1es, tie
backs and valance :.
White, pink, rose. yell
low, green. peach and
blue .. Sd in. wide to
pair r------------89c pr.
Evening star., 1936-06-28

Q xtra-wide Priscil-
las with cushion dots
on ivory or ecru mar
quisette-96 in. wide to
pair, 18 in. wider than
the average curtain
selling at--S9c pr.
Evening star., 1936-06-28

o Tailored Curtains of
fine sheer marquisette,
with neat wide hens
so inches wide to the
pair Very fashion,
able this Summer
89c pr.
Evening star., 1936-06-28
Our 4 BEST Sellers i'm Summer
at Il Very Low Price!

. Adjustable, tailored
curtains of wide mesh,
ecru-colored net go
in. wide to the pair with
eyelets for rod at top
No hemming- S9c pr.
Evening star., 1936-06-28

Kann's-Air- Cooled-Third Floor.
The Washington times., 1936-04-04

person. and the officials
in turn, after sym.
pathetic considerat ion,
send a suitable answer,
all taking much time,
effort and money. The
human element plays q
great part in many cases.
Personal Service
The Supreme Court
calls them our adopted
children through natur-
alization, and they are
clothed with all the priv.
ilegeS Of citizens.
The name Immigra.
ton and Naturalization
Service well implies the
nature of the work.
Somewhat contrary to
the general Government
routine, it is no longer
merely a hard-boiled po-
liceman at the gate, as
a restriction on immigra-
ton and naturalization
but becoming more and
more q personal service
and helping hand to the
alien Of good intention.
JOHN NJ. NORVELL,
1914 Eleventh st. n. w.
Twins SD
The Washington times., 1936-04-04
ASSAULT LAID
T0P0L|CEMAN

Arraigned before Police Court
Judge Isaac r. Hit today on a
charge of assaulting 15-year-old
Paul Grooms, Capitol Policeman
Manning Clagett, through Attor-
ney Milton King, pleaded not
guilty and asked that his case be
continued until Tuesday. The plea
was accepted and Clagett was re-
leased on 500 bond.
The policeman is accused of
striking young Grooms, who is
the son of a Metropolitan police
man, while the boy, in company
with others, was playing on the
Capitol grounds. Clagett, in his
report, said the boy was one of
group who have been chalking the
Capitol steps, He denied striking
him. The incident occurred last
Sunday.
Last Wednesday the youth ap-
peared in court with a black eye,
and was accompanied by his
mother and several local high
school cadets who re said to have
been with him at the time Of the
alleged assault. The other boys,
young Grooms said, will appear
as witnesses against Clagett.
The Washington times., 1936-04-04
W. {. Faulkner Heads
Nat. Guard Company

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, April
4.-Whiting c. Faulkner, post
master here, has been named cap
tain, commanding Company D,
local machine-gun unit of the 201st
Infantry, West Virginia National
Guard, by Adjutant General F.
Guy Ash, it was announced today.
He was appointed in place of Arlie
C. Phillips, relieved several months
ago because of physical disability.
Appointment of Otway P. Binns
as second lieutenant with Company
D was announced at the same time.
Binns has been first sergeant of
Company D for some time. He fills
the vacancy left by Lieut.. LsGarde
Thompson q