Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-13
n AMBLING
REpORTER
Page Mark Twain

What was 1t Mark Twain said
about the rumors of his death be-
ing grossly exaggerated? Anyway
Andy Morrow, up Brawley way,
has plenty of reason to grunt agree
ment. For "a hours now he's been
receiving kilograms from sorrowing
friends in the vicinity of Los An
geles condoling him for the loss
of his brother, Charles-you know,
the irrigation district man. 1t all
happened because Los Angeles pa
pers printed story that Charles
Morrow of Imperial Valley had
died from a heat stroke, forgetting
to mention that the Charles Nor
row named was a railroad worker
in the Ogilby- Glamis district.
The Secrets Out
Some folks thought Judge r. D.
McPherrin was going military Sat
urday night when admirals, lieu
tenant commanders, colonelS and
such like( nothing less than a col
onel for the judge, flocked around
Judge Mac in the locker room after
the Coronado golf go-round, but
RR eventually figured it out. The
judge is engaged in purely legal
study-court martials being the cur
rent topic. well, maybe. -' -.
A Tragic Ruin
Devastating ruination came to Ed
Laws vacation, which had been
y,1a icI, t,,n 1ov,; in,
the Ozarks, because Ed won a bet.
The first day Ed went fishing, he
espied huge bass-the well-known
gran'daddy of them all-lurking
in a deep pool, and made his boast
that he was going to get that fell
low. His companions scoffed, and
Imperial county's state senator
placed his bets. With ninnow and
spinner, Ed stalked the giant of the
deep-and the giant bit five min
utes later. Another five, and Senor
Bass was housed in the senatorial
creel!
Trouble was, he was the biggest
of them all-and Eds vacation was
spoiled because he couldn't find
another like him. A fish like that,
quoting the senator, should be
caught on the last day-not on the
first of a trip.
Hope Fathers Thought
For days now, D.L. .(Auction Phil
osopher) Zinn has been predicting
a west wind, and the other night,
more to help Doc out than anything
else, George Bucklin triumphantly
proclaimed that the west wind had
actually arrived. His chagrin was of
the worst kind when his wife point
ed out that the breeze he felt was
coming from an electric fan.
o.
When Statehood Flowers
When Howard Meyer wagered
with Prexy Norman Dupont of Ro-
tary that half a dozen of the men,
bers at a meeting were natives of
California, Norman called for a
standing indication-and he him
self was the only one to stand.
Howard paid the wager into the
kitty. To make it worse, August
Mercier tells that at a recent joint
Kiwanis- Rotary meeting in Calexi-
CO. only one man was a native son.
Well, there's one consolation. The
United States was populated by
immigrants-and it's pretty good
country.
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Modest Requests
The gathering of the Democrats
at the Izac dinner was phenome-
nal A group or determined men
walked through the door and head
ed for Congressman Izac.
''How many post offices do you
want?" he inquired good natured-
ly.
"One for Calexico, one for Braw-
ley, and one for Holtville", re-
piled the delegation.
What, only three! exclaimed the
congressman. 1t developed the
three towns wanted new post Of
fices and all the other towns wanted
cooling systems in the post offices
they already have. That is, all
but Imperial. They have one.