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THE IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS
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THE MIGHTY HAVE FALLEN
T r otzky, the man who with Lenine was the heart
and soul of the Russian Soviet, is shunted off to
Asia Minor, “unwept, unhonored and unsung.”
The man whose word was once law for millions of peo
ple, now takes his order from his chief adversary
Stalin—and obediently sinks into obscurity.
It took a decade for Trotzky to reach the heights
and fall to the depths, an exile from the center of pow
er in his country. Ten years ago, he, with Lenine,
carved out a ruthless campaign of extermination
against all who opposed them and showed no quarter
to those they considered enemies.
Lenine, dead, is considered a hero and the leading
figure in modern Russian history. Trotzky. alive, is a
nobody. Not even a guard of honor to add a touch of
dignity to his departure from Moscow. Stalin took
good care of that, guarding against any possible out
break from the minority who might consider Trotzky
as a martyr.
With him go into oblivion, his chief supporters,
who may consider themselves equally as fortunate as
iheir leader that they did not face a firing squad.
The once powerful minister of war leaves control
of the government he founded, to his bitterest enemies.
Who will be the next to go? When will Russia
rouse itself from the drab slough into which it has fal
len in a decade, shake off the manacles of communism,
which stifle all individual effort, and take the place
that is naturally hers among the nations of the earth?
A negro, condemned to be hanged at San Quentin
prison has been granted a reprieve by Governor Young,
to enable further evidence to be presented to prove that
the accused man should not suffer the death penalty.
From the evidence presented in the case it would
appear that capital punishment in this particular case
might be dangerous. The condemned man was con
victed of killing his wife upon the testimony of his nine
year old daughter, who testified that she heard the
death shot, heard her fater dismembering the body,
and saw him leave the house with' gunnysacks on his
back. The body was never recovered.
Imposing the extreme penalty upon circumstan
tial evidence is at best a dangerous proceeding. To
execute a man when the absolute proof that a murder
has been committed is absent, is extremely dangerous.
A child of nine years has a very vivid imagination at
times. The condemned man’s attorney claims to have
produced a witness who declares that the woman
stated several weeks before the supposed murder that
she intended to leave her home. The governor is act
ing wisely in giving this witness an opportunity to be
heard.
When one considers the notorious Clara Phillips
case, in which there was not the slightest iota of doubt
as to premeditated and cold-blooded murder the
murderess getting otf with a prison term, it seems al
together wrong to hang this negro.
It is such differences in the law as this that make
one wonder after all just how much justice any of us
can get if we are unfortunate enough to get into the
courts. The law requires that proof of murder be es
tablished beyond any reasonable doubt. There appears
to be plenty of doubt in this case.
An American artist named Warshawsky says that
in 20 years of painting and sketching in this country
ne has found only four “perfect women.”
That is unconvincing to most of his fellow-coun
trymen. How many American women has he seen?
How thoroughly has he seen them? What are his stan
dards of judgment?
More “arresting,” as a literary person would say,
is his statement that our women are losing their charm
because they are trying too hard to be masculine. Also
that men, after spoiling and misguiding their women
folk, are themselves growing “sissified.”
The women are becoming more like men, and the
men more like women. •
That is not good. Nature probably knew what
she was about when she made separate sexes and
strongly differentiated them.* Both are needed in the
scheme of things—not only the physical types, but the
mental and spiritual types. Mankind will probably
get along better during the next million years if men
and women continue differentiating, instead of imitat
ing each other.
On February 1, further air mail service will be
opened. The National Air Transport, Inc., will start
night flying over its Chicago-Dallas line. This will
speed up all mail and express between Texas and Min
nesota, benefiting big and little communities all along
the route.
This is interesting in itself. It is more interesting
in the developing plan it reveals for establishing an
air mail service between the cities in this country and
old Mexico. Negotiations between postal officials of
both countries are to start soon. Such a route will
cut down the mail time between New York and Mexico
City from four to two days.
Pioneering used to move west from the east. Air
pioneering moves in all directions and shows no favor
itism to any section.
Who says there is “no such thing as progress,”
when we search the “Current Poetry” page of the Lit
erary Digest now in vain for a free verse poem?
When a criminal does get into‘jail, he wins nearly
half his jail term by good behavior. Law-abiding citi
zens outside often feel that their good behavior doesn’t
get them anything. _ .
DANGEROUS BUSIN ESS
MEN AND WOMEN
MORE AIR MAIL LISES
Bed-Time Stories
By HOWARD E. GAB IS
Copyright, 1927, by McClur*
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE
BRUSH PILE
One day after Uncle Wiggily bad
lioppped out of Ins hollow stump
bungalow to go adventuring, he
heard a voice calling, just as he
passed an old pile of brush that
stuck up through the snow.
“Hold on! Wait a minute if
you please! Why are you in such a
hurry?” the voice asked.
“Dear! There's one of ttie Bad
Chaps now!’’ said Uncle Wiggily to
himself. “And I am hardly out of
sight of my bungalow. ” he added,
for the old stump, which he had
made over into a cute little house,
was just bevond the top of the
hill.
“Wait a minute!” the voice went
on.
“Bounds like the Bob Cat or the
Fox, I can’t tell which,” murmured
Mr. I.ongears to himself. “But
there’s one thing sure. I'm not g‘~-
iug to wait here to be nibbled!
Luckily I am not far from home, f
ran hop back and lock myself in be
fore they catch me.”
The rabbit yputlemnn was ju<i
g"iug to do this when he heard the
voice again, and this time it was
very sad it said:
“ Please help me. ns you helped
the Old fc’ail Fence to become happy
I 'll do you a favor if 1 can. but !
don't know how. Please stop and
speak to me!”
“Well, mv pink, twinkling
nose!” exclaimed Unde Wiggily,
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very much surprised. “That isn't
one of the Bad Chaps after all. Un
less I am much mistaken, it is the j
Brush Pile speaking to me.”
“You are not mistaken," said the i
voice. ‘‘l am this pile of old brush'
—odds and ends of twigs, branches
and brambles, piled here for no |
good at all in this world, as far as
I can see. I wish I was burned!” |
“Tut! Tut! Don't talk that way!”
warned the rabbit gentleman.
“Oh, but I am so. sad and dis
couraged!” went on H e Brush Pile,
speaking in much the_ same sort of
A fat zaßbi t Cor cLinrar '• “
liowlect the Wolt.
voice as had the Old Fence a day!
cr two back. “Can’t you cheer me |
up. Uncle Wiggily? Show me how 1 j
can be useful, as the Fence was \vlic a j
it dropped a lot of its rails on thet
Bob Oat and held him back from
catching you. 1 want to be happy!
•‘Yes, we all ought to be happy j
in this world,’’ said the bunny.
“But this is tlie first time I ever)
knew a Brush Heap to be sad. ”
“I guess you'd be sad, too, if you
bad to stay out here all winter,
with nothing to do but feel the cold
wind sweep through you, and be
covered with snow and ice," said
.the Brush Pile. "That’s why I say
'I might as well be burned."
"Hush! Tut. tut. again!" whis
pered Uncle Wiggilv. "Don’t say
that! It may happen.’’
"I have an idea I was piled here
hist for that," went on the Brush
Heap. "What good am I, anyhow?
The farmer chopped off twigs and
branches from his logs of firewood,
he trimmed his apple trees and rose
bushes, and threw the brambles and
b-iars here. That’s all 1 am, a bunch
of briars and brambles. Can’t you
make me useful and liappv, Uncle
Wiggily?"
The rabbit gentleman did not
know wiiat to say. He wanted to
be kind. But, after all, what is a
Brush Pile for except to be burn
id *
"I'll tell you what I’ll do," said
the bunny after awhile. "I'll bop
along and if 1 can think of some
thing useful for you to do, I 'll come
back and tell you about it."
"Please do! Then I shall be hap
py!" sighed tin' Brush Pile.
Uncle Wiggilv hopped along and
along, and, all of a sudden, out from
behind a big rock leaped the Woozie
Wolf.
"Ah. ha! A fat rabbit fur my
dinner!" bowled the Wolf and he
ran after Unde Wiggily. But Uncle
Wiggily turned and ran back toward
his bungalow. As be neared the
straggling, rough pile of brambles
and briars, the rabbit called:
"Here 1 come, Brush Pile! Open
a place f«r me to hide under so the
Wolf can’t get me!"
"1 will, tome on!" invited the
By Williams
Looking Backward
What the Press Piles Tell of Im
perial Valley for this Date
In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
January 21, 1908
The first Teachers Institute in
this county will convene in El Cen
tro the first week in March, the
county board of education announc
es. imperial county now has 20
school districts and 35 teachers.
The Knights of Pythias set a new
standard of entertainment for Im
perial when they greeted 300 guests
at Water Company llall and later
feasted them at Masonic Hall. A
program was given at the former
and during the banquet, with E. A.
Norrish acting as toastmaster, Dr.
Bumgarner responded to "The
Ladies," W. H. Brewer to "Our
Valley" and Mr. Wheeler to "Our
Order."
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
January 21, 1913
Dr. Apple returned from Pomo
na where he has been confined to
the hospital with a slight illness.
J. Hair sold his 160 acre
ranch east of lleber to F. M. Cul
ver, a new arrival from Utah, for
$125 an acre.
John Mathews, prominent ranch
er, is seriously i in St. Thomas’
Hospital.
TEN YEARS AGO
January 21, 1918
Fire, breaking out in the Mc-
Kinley grade school gave an op
portunity to show the value of fire
drilling efficiency. The fire, ori
ginating in the basement, apparent
ly from a leaky flue, filled tlie
building with dense smoke. Xo dam
age had been done by the time the
fire department arrived. The pu
pils had made an exit in an orderly
manner in accordance with previous
drills given by the principal, Mrs.
Grace Roberts.
Court Acts On
Estate Matters
Appointment of administrators
and appraisers in the matter of two
estates were made by Judge J. S. ,
Larcw in superior court, department \
one, yesterday afternoon.
S. P. Williams, public administra
tor, was named as administrator in ,
the matter of the estate of Fielding!
Magness, deceased, lie was repre
sented by Attorney J. E. Simpson.,
The judge appointed Ray Edgar, as
appraiser in the case.
Frank Kumberg was appointed as
administrator in the matter of the j
i state of Puck Dobbs, deceased. (
Kumberg was also represented b>
Attorney Simpson in the hearing on
his petition. Ray Edgar, <’. L. Gil
1, ;t and W. L. Hnwk were named as
appraisers in the ease.
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Twenty three Imperial County
dairymen are now keeping dairy
cost accounts under the supervision
of the Agricultural Extension Ser
vice.
hi ap of sticks and brush. The wind
blew a hole, like a door benefit ’
i, end of the pile. Into this ojm-ii
ii. partly under the snow. Uncle !
Wiggily leaped with a running dive. '
Soon he was creeping along safely
beneath the Brush Heap which was
so rough and scratchy that no ani
mal, as large as a Wolf, could crawl
under without being torn to tatters.
"Just inv luck!’’ growled the
hungry Wolf, as lie slunk away. " No
use Irving to get a rabbit out from
beneath a heap of brush. Gurr!"
So Unde Wiggilv was saved and
the Brush Pile was no longer and,
for it found itself of some use in
this world. Uncle Wiggily said when
summer came he would plant morn
ing glory seeds around the brush so
it would become a pile of beautiful
flowers. Then the Brush Pile was
happier than ever before. .So this
is the end of the story. But if the
clothes wringer doesn’t pinch the
L-iil of the shirt when it's passing
through 1 'll tell you next about
Uncle Wiggily and the cold pump
kin.
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Wife of Former
Tijuana Chief Is
Granted Divorce
Mrs. Alejnndrinn Llanos was
granted a final decree of divorce
by Judge Larcw in the superior
court yesterday afternoon, an inter
locutory decree having been signed J
on December 27, 1926. The defendant '
in the case was formerly chief of I
police of Tijuana and was one of the ■
accused in the notorious Peteet case
which aroused the entire country
two years ago.
The divorce was obtained on the
grounds of extreme cruelty, the com
plainant citing several instances
when her husband used force and
threatened to kill her.
An interlocutory decree was grant
ed to lleitro Kawabata, defendant
and cross complainant in an action
brought against him by bis wife, 1
Chiyo. The wife in the original com
plaint charged the defendant with
numerous offenses centering her
complaint on charges of extreme
erueltf - .- When the defendant filed
answer and a cross complaint in the
case, however, the wife failed to an
swer. The defendant and cross-com
plainant then requested a default
hearing on his charges and it was
granted with the result that the
judge gave him :ia interlocutory
decree of divorce on grounds of ex
treme cruelty.
Grover L. Rorer was granted a
final decree of divorce against Lillie
M. H. Rorer. An interlocutory de
eree had been granted on December
27, 1926, on grounds of desertion.
The couple had entered a stipulation
in June relative to the custody of
the three minor children and their
support.
A final decree was also granted to
Lueile G. Harcr against Homer U.
Barer. The plaintiff was granted
custody of the five minor ciulrt
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BITTER FEELING :
AMONG DEFENSE
IN JULIAN CASf
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 21.—|Wh f |
is regarded in some quarters as .
split in the ranks of defense attoj
neys for the Julian ease defendan,
was in evidence here today follov
ing the motion for dismissal of thru
of the accused men yesterday.
The breach is said to have oecu,
red because attorneys representilj
Ed H. Rosenberg, E. Reese aT (
Louis Berman, named in the inotic
made by District Attorney Keyc
did not reveal to their eolleagu
the contemplated move.
If the three men should be di
missed they will lie called as wi
nesses for the state to testify (
gainst the. other seven defendan?
and this is another situation th
| has tended to create bitter feelii
I in defense ranks.
••Beyond stating that he will n,
| be hurried into ruling on the motim
Superior Judge Doran has not ■
I dicated what his decision will fnj
When court adjourned yesterdl
I for the week-end recess the sta|
| had called <’. Julian, former prij
I ident, ('. L. Carnahan, Julian recel
1 er, H. A. I. Woleh, assistant sti|
| corporation commissioner to ti
i stand but had scarcely made a sta
in its case.
REGISTRATION DEPUTY
i Scott B. Foulds was appointed
a deputy registration clerk by (
(i. Motisscau, county clerk, yest
day afternoon. The iip)«ointin<
was made effective immediately a”
the deputy sworn into office.
dren. An interlocutory decree 1
been entered in the ease on July
1926, on grounds of desertion a
wslful neglect.