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(which would 70 farthest, .
rolf ball driven from . tee At
grOund level, or one driven from
+. tee 100 feet up I'm the air. II
being understood that both are
driven with the same 10rce
and in the same direction, and
all other things being equal
n. N. Chicago"
ITO answer q question with =
\ question: Could you not jump
farther over the water from the
ton OF 1 pier than from the beach
level2 But many persons have
very curious notions about the 81.
feet Of forces.
Al little knowledge Of the way
gravity comes into play In the
gOlf.fieId 40 well az everywhere
else would prevent a good deal
OF mental confusion on such sub
j0cts. When you are trying to-
drive q ball always remember
that you have. first Of all. to
overcome q downward pull by
gravity which, whatever the direc-
ton of the balls digit, or the
other circumstances, may be. viii
inevitably make the ball descend
about Is feet toward the earth
during the first second that it
Is In the air.
II you drove It straight up, the
result would be exactly the same:
gravity would make It fall Is
feet short OF the height that it
would otherwise have attained in
one second, and four times 16 feet
short Of the height IL would other.
wise have attained in two seconds.
You know, Of course. that you
can drive a ball farther by In
clining It's course upward than by
sending IL stralghtaway horizon
tally. The reason for that IL that
you thus manage to keep the
ball longer in the air so that it
has more time to utilize its for
ward velocity before gravity
brings II to the ground. But the
principle can be more easily I'M
derstOOd IL we make the direct.
ton Of the drive horizontal.
Suppose you start 1t in that
way from a tee one foot above a
level field. and give 1t a velocity
that should carry 1t II uninter.
fered with, 200 feet in a second.
How Tar win 1t go before 1t
strikes the ground?
wen, we know that gravity
will bring it down 16 feet dur.
ing the first second, but since
before touching ground, IL is
evident that 1t cannot go so long
as one second. 1t can only keep
going during tho time that grav-
ity needs to draw 1t downward
one foot, and that time is, by
the law OF gravitation, only one
quarter of q second. Then, since
its forward speed Is 200 feet per
second, evidently it will go only
50 feet before dropping to the
ground.
Now, put the tee 100 feet above
the level field and drive the ball,
as before, horizontally with a
velocity Of 200 feet per second;
how far will IL go this time?
Evidently It can keep up during
several times one second now,
because gravity needs a whole
second to draw 1t down Is feet,
while 1t has 100 feet to spare.
Calculating again by the law,
which tells us that the time of
falling equals in seconds) one.
quarter OF the square root of the
height I'm feet), we find that the
ball viii be two and q half sec
onds in the air before gravity
can bring 1t to the ground. and
since it's forward molten from the
drive is goo feet per second 1t
win 60 - less than 500 feet be.
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WHO SUFFERS?
BY OreOn Marie Mckee.

WE talk much Of aboIishing
w capital punishment. the ct.
feet. Too much. perhaps. for We
should be talking Of abolishing the
cause Of capital punishnae the
criminal.
why Is a crfminal-indeed, why?
He is both cause and yet an
effect. Effect of what? Nay, Of
life itself; for out Of life he comes,
a natural product Of the life Of
his father and mother and his en-
vironment-the life fate forces up
on him at birth. Life Is both
kind and cruel. There is prone
to come to US question as to
why a child must come to e home
ilI-fitted for its reception, finan-
cially, mentally, physically and
most of all, spiritually.
That estimable Ella Wheeler
Wilcox so aptly set forth: tbs
the set OF the soul that determines
the goal, and not the calm or the
strife" The set of the soul! How
tragically true. But who sets our
souls. but life with its play of
ancestry and environment? What
chance have we unless our souls
are set strong and brave and true.
to brave life's tempests? Not
much--agreed
Once / had an argument with
a good friend of nine-and she
wouldn't agree that We were VIC
Tins Of circumstance. In her
broad. fine way she was thinking
Of the myriads who have oyer.
come circumstances and risen Tar,
far above the station to which
they were born. Nevertheless,
they were victims Of circumstances
the glory of their achievements
are not for them, but for the cir.
cumstance Of the power that was
born in them--the power which
made 1t possible for them to over
come obstacles of birth and leap
over the barrier of environment.
They were victims of Unborn power
without which they could not,
have been known and felt and
become a power for good.
No Good?
But the query comes-if the
father was mo good" the mother,
weak, perhaps-how do you &C
count for the child's success?
No god, or some good, weak or
strong, there had to be elements
OF undeveloped characteristic sue
cess in the father or mother, else
it We're impossible for the child
to possess that element which
made 1t succeed In spite,
If a powerfully dominant char
acter with uncontrolled passions
necessarily a practical failure,
for self-control comes first--mar-
ried a weak, but godly woman
and the mother In spite of the
sinister influence Of the father,
instilled Christliness into her off.
spring---those children with the
inherited Goodness Of the one and
the dominant determination of the
other, would become a great
power for good in the world, IL
they got their chance, ana nine
chances out Of ten, they'd make
their own chance. This has
proven itself to the writer's satlss
faction.
But back to the criminal. the
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distorted clay that life has fash.
toned. What OF him? Are they
Outlines not mental nlasterg2 Alas
yesi But what they lack ID spiritu-
atty, that Goodness, that divine
element that saves men from
themselves. without It there can
be no true success, no happiness.
With tit and strength OF will,
life lays its choicest treasures ct
the feet Of the posaegDor. Happy
and fortunate the human that
possesses these attributes from
birth and through the daily ex.
ample OF parents or guardians
hard, hard, IL Il to bend the tree,
after it has grown snarled and
crooked through the years of
wicked inheritance and ungodly
VIII the abolIshing OF capital
punishment help abolish the MUIR
derer? Surely. inasmuch as the
State in which capital punishment
is established, IL now the murder
er hand in hand with its Wictum
Shall we be kind to the wrong.
doersg Yes-by all means X we
can bring ourselves into that
divine state.
Reason Deserts
Have you ever thought how
hard it is sometimes, to be kind
to those who hurt you so cruel.
ly-that IL, be kind on the spur
OF the m0ment2 Those who upset
your standards OF right and wrong
80 all.of.a-sudden.liIxe, so unex-
pectedly? I think reason deserts
/. one for the exact moment. There
comes q mad desire to fight
to set right, back on its throne
regardless. When you see their
faces hard, distorted, ugly with
uncontrolled passion for wrong
doing-see them utterly indiffer-
ent to a fellowman's tears and
suffering-Oh indeed it is hard
to be kind then, as one should
be, If ones God were a very near
God, recognized as the Infinite
Energy that constantly creates
and recreates his mind and body,
and is ready at any moment to
manifest for him, even at this
moment when he needs His help
for self-control.
Shall we imprison our killers
for life? II seems the only right
thing to do for the universal good,
despite individual feeling, which il
too often but an pngodiy feeling
for vengeance.
Is It possible to reform that
quality within them that made the
killing possible?" Yes-through
as long and as tedious years Of
wrong living as 1t took to make
the naaH-through as many long
and tedious years Of right living
will 1t take to unmake and ramake
the man. For even those born
with talents and gifts must spend
hours and hours and hours Of in.
finite practice to make themselves
the finished artist. In time the
water will wear away the rock
and only God can give us the Di.
vine patience to wait for the wa
ter's impression,
What then 10 the solution for
the abolition of the criminal? The
answer IL ohvious--save the chill.
dren! BY the help Of Almighty,
God. cave the childEsn!
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SAYINGS OF WISE MEN

A man is never so on trial as
In the moment of good fortuua.--
Lew Wallace.
Man is supreme lord and master
OF his own ruin and disaster.
Butler.
TO be trusted Is a greater com.
pliment than to be loved. Mac
Donald
Prosperity dummies our char
aeter
As the sun illumines our face.
LA Rochefoucauld.
Smooth runs the water where
the brook is deep ShakesDeare.
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GOLF GRAVITY By Garrett P. seryiss

product Of the sine of tho angle
OG elevation Into the cosine Of
the same angle. divided BY -
Golf balls have 4 notorious
tendency to So ~ unexpected di-
recti0ns, and their spinning has
the effect Of introducing some
OF the effects Illustrated By the
new rotor ship, or by the
"twistersg of baseball pitchers.
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WHILE you live. tell the truth,
wv and shame the devil. Shake
speare.
Wise men talk because they
have something to say; fools. be-
cause they wish to say some.
thing,-Whately.
Greater is he who copquers him.
self than he who conQuers a
thousand.--Ruddha.
Love all, trust few, do wrong
to nOne.-Shakespeare,
The greatest homage we can
pay to truth is to use it.-Emer'
son.
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"Oh Upright Judged"

Everywhere husbands who pilot the family fivver on the
Sunday excursion will hail the Supreme Court Of the Sovereign
State of California.
For that court granted divorce because his wife
was back driver!''
Go West young man. the partner Of your joys and
persists IN telling how to mOtego California
where an enlightened and sympathetic judiciary recognises
that the back seat driver is pest.
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little formula TO determinei the
length Of the flight or the range
in case Of an upward inclina-
ton, starting from the ground:
Range equals twice the square
OF the velocity multiplied by the
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fore It lands. We are not es-.
tfmating air resistance.
II the drive were inclined mp
ward, the flight would be longer,
but gravity's effect would be
the same as before. Here Is =
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-16
Meh'gsS el|'.,:'s
License Plates
Not TO Be Given
Out Until Jan. |

Motorists will not be able TO
obtain new license plates before
January l, 1877, according TO an
announcement made by the license
department Of thr Automobile Club
Of Southern California. Advance
reservations will net he made rs in
tae past, aad no special numbers
Will br reserved for anyone.
The new license plates are maroon
and buff, and the present lettering
system will be done away with. All
numbers viii be complete in fig
ures and the word California -
will be spelled out on every plate.
No advance reservations will be
made for trick numbers, as all
of the plates to he distributed i'll
Southern California viii run over n
million. The highest number Of
license plates ordered for next year
bv the State Motor Vehicle Depart
mcnt is 1,750,o00 indicating that
the stata viii reach motor popu-
lation OF a million and three quar-
tcrs.
Numbers to be issued by the auto
mobile club headquarters and the n
branch offices throughout the south
crn part Of the state will cover from
l,l75.00l TO l,315.000.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-16
RIVAL WATERWAY ROUTES

The proposed international ship canal via the St.
Lawrence, against the proposed "all-Amercan'
canal from the lakes to the Hudson New York
state given another boost in the latest report of gov
ernment experts.
The army engineers find after fresh investigation
that the st Lawrence route be built for about half
the money the New York route would cost; that the
United States will be obliged to pay only half of the
money required for it. whereas it would be expected
to pay the whole cost of the New York project that
the St. Lawrence route would repay its cost in water
power developed, while the New York would not
and that the St. Lawrence route would be more
ful to American shipping than the other.
In the face of such report it unlikely that
congress will sanction the New York project as ma
tional undertaking.
1t will still be possible for New York state itself
develop its present barge canal into channel to carry
going shipping if it spend the necessary
money. American transportation could doubtless
make good use of both routes eventually. But it would
be very costly undertaking for state already heavily
taxed
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-16
DEBTS

Newton D. Baker says whether Americans like it or
not the debts will be paid. He finds it
plain that the allies pay in money, and if they
pay IN goods it would upset Americas trade. Mr..
Bakers constructive suggestion is to take Elihu Root
William Howard Taft, Charles Evans Hughes William
f. Borah and Claude A Swanson and send them to Eu
rope commanded to effect settlement.
The American people have not been told the truth
about the debts, said Mr.. Baker They believe that
Europe owed the United States ten billion and
that collecting it. It is apparent that
not collecting the debt all, but merely collect
ing promises to pay about half of it.
From the standpoint of pure business leaving
morals and ideals aside America has so great stake
in Europe that the most priceless boon it have
orderly and peaceful world in which debts will be
safe for Americas stake has increased by about ten
billions since the war
Mr.. Baker seems on slightly uncertain economic
ground when he states caegorcally that payment in
goods would upset Americas trade. There are think
who believe America quite equal to any necessary
little problems Of adjustment which might thus be
offered for solution But the European debt is a
pretty difficult matter. 1t is simple enough to say,
These people borrowed the money. They it. Let
them pay, if not ALL at least what they That view
is erinently reasonable.
On the other hand, there is such thing as being
sdded with debts for dead horses to the point where
one cannot feed his live mule. And the horses of
dead indeed 1t also true that any business
friendly though of modest means, than out of debt
ridden. depressed and bitter customer, who doesn't
want to buy even the little he has to-
The man thing is TO get the settled in
fashion Il is suspense which gets peoples
And certainly agree with Mr.. Baker that it
would be "a priceless boon to everyone if could
arrive at an orderly and peaceful world"
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-16
Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD K. cARJS
p Copyright, 1926, b. Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WTGaUy'S SHINY
SHOES

"IIa. Ha! Ha!" laughed the
Fuzzy Fox one day as he stopped
at tn" dismal den where the Woozi2
Wolf lived. Hal Hal Hal"
What 5 tl.r joke ," asked the
Other bad chap. Have you been
reading the fanny papcr?''
mo, but feel funny, answer.
ed the Fox, land SO will Uncle
Wiggily when he gets his shoes
shincd. Hal Iia!"
What docs all this mnan - IN
quired the puzzled Wolf. 1T
sounds ike a r,3dlc. with you laugh
ing a1d talking about Uncle Wig
gily : >hined shoes. What have
they to do with us
"Quite bit, as You will sec
when | tell you, went on the Fox.
- Listen here he added II have
lust thought of the mas. wonderful
plan to catch that rabbit-Oh, tbs
a marvellous plan.
Let me listen to ii, growled
the Wolf. You have made some
lad mistakes in tue past irving 10
catch Un.jc Wiggiiv. We don't
want him to fool Us again. Mat
is all this about shining his shoes
Are Won 10 do j, or am I!'
Neither Of US. haIkcd the Fox.
" The Monkey boothIack win SHINE
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-16

bushes near the Monkeys stand ii
pretty soon tneie Wiggig started
rut from his hollow stump aGuga-
low to 20 advcnturing. He tWipkled
his PINK nose and hoped along,
thinking no harm, ard his shoes
we're elem. Bat when he reached
the puddle near the shining place,
s'ona plorped into the var and
mud wss splashod on the rabbi: Etn.
tleman shoes.
"'&hinc en- up" ehattcred the
Monkey, inviting Ike.
u believe | will have a shine,
said Uncle WiEgilv. Up jn;o the
rhair be climbed and srttlc3 hjm.
s,'t comfo>tahly The Monke< be
gan to polish the rabbit : shoes
with brushes and rag. Bach and
forth the Monkey rubbed the polish
"u until the leathy. of tin shoes
g}iStened in the sun. And then the
Fox said to thg Wolf, hiding h".
sile him:
Come on na~! Let : jump out
and get him.
Eut no sooner did he bad chaps
leap from the bushes than tha sun.
shining on Jrclc Wiggilv's polished
shoes. = t.uck in the eyes of 'Ae bad
clap like the llare from a locking
g,a>s. such a bright light Saunc in
the eyes Of the FoX and Wolf that
the" couldn t see. And the noses
were tichlcd SO that they sueelcd:
"Ker choo! Ker COO, Kcr fiddic-
um,
"Oh. my goodness, Ead chaps
clicd Uncle Wiz2ilv, and ea>Sng
some money T. The Monkey. who
had finished polishing his shoes,
AWAY hoped the rabbit before the
Fox and Wolf could wipe tn water
cut OF their eyes. for the sun clint
ing from the polished shoes made
them cry.
la, Tia! IN SAFE! shouted
Uncle Wiggiiv rs he reached his
bungalow. with ~ shoes nieelv pol
ishcd.
"Foo'cd agtJn,' snarlea tire
Wolf. Fooled,Ah. ker-rl.ea-kar
rhun, Then the TWO hqd chaps,
with ~ rabbit - nibhlr, wen sadly
back to the woods And if the iciclc
doesn t drop down If the porch roof
and make a hole in the pice. of
Swiss cheese, IN tcll vou ncxt about
tncio WiIg.ly's home work.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-16
The monkey:

the rabbits shoes, and this i, how
It win happen. SurrlH We SHALL
catch him this time. Come a.oag,
invited the Fox. Il tell .roo Is
We walk.
And when tn" two bad chaps
were walking together cut Of the
woods, the Fox said:
"Tnele Wiggily will g. FOR an
, adventure trip TO-DAY. as h" always
does. And he viii walk along the
path where the Monkey bootblack
has a stand for shining shoes.
$50 far all is good" grambled
the Wolf Say on.
We'll. continued the Fox. Won
and r-ill hide in the bushes near
the shoe shining chair which stands
mp high on Il platform like the desk
af the Lady Mouse Teacher in the
Hollow stump School. And when
Uncle Wiggiiy climbs NJ in the ele-
waited char to have hi, shoes shin
cd. yo1 and I viii rush out to get
him. Before he has = chance to
climb down ont Of thu chair, we II
grab hin. lIa! IIa. ia!
Wait minute" said the
Wolf. "Ison't laugh So >ooa. H."
d. you know that Uncle Wiggily
will get up in the high chair 10
have tis shoes polished by the Non
kcv hoothlarh How -
'Whv, that ', the be>t ioke of
all" ,hucklrd the sly FoN. Lis
ten, Near the boothlack stand is
puddle of water. Whether Uncie
Wiggily needs shine or not, as, he
comes along viii throw stdne
in the puddle and splash some mud
en- his shoes. Then he'll have 10
get a shine, and, being near the
Monkeys stand, Ell climb NJ in
the chair.
1T sounds Ike q GOOD trick. -
agreed the Wolf. u II help YOU. -
So the two bad chaps bid III the
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-16
Looking Backward
What the Press files tell Of I'm
per.al Valley for this date
IN past years
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
NOV. 10. 1911

I. /. Cooley, county ,ereria,cn@,
oul of schools, is visiting Il"
schools in the Palo Verde aad Bard
districts.
The Imperial County. far waS iq
session for The third day, and draw.
jng large crowds, Eior." racos hr-
ing held were attracting m4ce inter
est. \ number Of visitors ramc down
from san Hornardino i'm body and
are making II C"utr, urir head
quarters.
County Horticultural Commission
or ". +. Wil,ic has appointed Ar
tbnr St"intorf as derHtH .n~perto-.
Stpintorf VIII work in 'hr CdIeXico
district.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-16
No Fat Men In
State Prison

ClifCO, Cal., Nov III. There arc
NO fat men in taliforui1 pcnit"n-
'iarics, declared h. T.. Meek, former
member Of the state prison commits.
siun. in n statement hcro RECENTLY.
~ was ON ;hc prison bpard for
ri.lt ycars. and observed 1000 priS
omcr~, said Meek. sic During that
time failed ~ find single convict
who had waxcd fat during his term.
In san Francisco There is man
who claims to be fat But lis is .
hereditary tendency. :Ic didn =
gain weight ON his prison prpgram.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-16
Old Copper Mine
To Be Burned in
Film Spect ac lie

kENNETT, cal. Nov. ia rcal
old tim" copper mine. high up in the
mountains near kcnnctt, is to be
burned 20 the ground for moving
pictur" scene. The fire will cost
$2G,G
It is the Mammoth mine, long
since abandoned Tho min" includes
besides the houses of the miners.
an office building. community hall.
and several stores
Owners Of the m,no said tho cost
Of Transporting the material up the
long, crooked road would he 50 great
that they were glad to sell thc mine
for the film spectacIe.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-16
TEN YEARS AGO
NoJ. IS, 1910

john hepl"y ant Deputr Shoriff
Larry Barker werc in Imperial this
morning on business conn. red wnG
The district attorney ', office.
The Fifteenth annual convention
ot the s.atc assessors association
whlrh has bccr coHycniUg In II Gem
trn for thr last tc@ DAYS, ricscd to-
day. A big dipa.- a. 'hr iiot"l
Barbara Worth last night was the
closing social event Of ti" conveu-
tiou.
Counts I'r~c'Clm,o: \2rrf \. N.
Nelson received Huti". 'L3' h. has
hrcn appriuto1 = tfmhp~ of h"
"cmaI'te" on 1aar, i5, thr srv
cutb national orw"c sho~ m san
b,ru1rdino.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-16
DRAMA OF LIFE
:: IN CALIFORNIA
IS WELL WRITTEN
By HOMER L. ROBERTS
>U. 7. Staff Correspondent)

w. 1. ctdll correspondent
SACRAMENTO, Cal, Nov. l6.-
California has chosen master play
wright to compose its Drama OF
Life.
The achievements of its chiet
characters, DIR. Stork and the Grin,
Reaper, on the stage of the golden
state are matters of the greatest i'm
portancc to the state board of health
and each day adds important infor-
nation TO the records of l.. T.. Ross,
wizard of statistics sud keeper OF
nc state s book of life. -
There is nothing mysterious in
this jovial, sray.haircd official,
who goes about his work with 4
'wlnkic iii his eyes. Yet the pre-.
lictious h" makes and the accuracy
With which they arc borne out arc
ittlc short of amazing.
For instance, if YOU are single
nan, Ross viii tell YOU that the
dds are / To | against your find.
NC a wife this wear. Eur If vou
re i single girl, their chances are
My : te that vou will we'd.
And if YOU re- u divorc,c-ah,
hat s different again, If YOU arc
lot married hv Christmas. chanrcs
1rc very good that you will be he
fore next Juno. ,
Figures Things Ont
How do know these things =
y" replies to u query. Oh, just
:igurc them out. use our records,
Il. adding machine, and some of my
nWn formulas.
If you want to know what Aunt
abigail died of, back in 1925, or
Xacn Cousin Oscar : first rhi'd was
porn, YOU don't nave u consult a
mind reader. Ross can give YOU
he information by referring to ms
records.
He knows that the golden sta.a
MI produce more than geo tons OF
adbics this year. and that they will
increase the wealth Of the state bv
more than S22,5G0, ,600. \ quick
glaHco At his card index, fey
scratches on a pad of paper, and
1c will tel vou what disease Is
lest likely to c,a'm yoa, and ahoa
how iIuch longer You May cXrcct
to lit.r.
'rofr>siona,'y, K $ is 4 raster
,t1t.,ti,ian But his a.o,ation-.
at and Music. have created in hin,
I mex kind cf genius. iIe has Great
- on the canvas semr splendid
paintings ot California Ian Escapes,
."mr Of "hirh have gained nation
";Ic attention.
" q pianist aaj composer he~-
Yer, hr fiuis Ll, greatest cujov
nent. In his most recent ronpo,
ion, E, Ecaaty Bgings NJ Thought.
i i"u, ie sings tie lanicu. # To-,
toNe.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-16
INEIAN TEXTIIE TRADE
ALARMED BY COTTON CROP

CALCUTTA. British inaia. Nov.
I6.-.Amcrica = big cotton crop has
alama'cd the Indian tc%'No trade,
AlmedabaA mil owners, teati@led
before the tariff board TIE slump
of American cotton prices had
frightened cloth merchants and the
dcpressjou Of the industry was be
coming more severe.