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Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-23
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell Of I'M
perial Valley for this Date
In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
September %, 1907

Contractors for the resurvey of
the valley are sending in engineers,
and one party has pitched its tents
at Heber and begun its work of
running section lines. 1t is esti-
mated that the work will require
about eight moths. 1t is expected
that the completion of the survey
will have a splendid effect in stab
ilizing land values.
Mrs. J. 7. Moore and sons, Pleas
ant and Darwin, returned this
morning from vacation on the
coast.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-23
THE WEATHER

LOS ANGELS AND VICINITY
Fair tonight and Saturday with
moderate temperature. Probably
cloudy or foggy in the morning.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA -
Fair tonight and Saturday but fog
near coast tonight; normal tempera
ture and normal fire hazard; gentle
westerly winds.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-23

We got a good laugh at the English for prenounc,
ing "iron," as handbook recommends, with
out sounding the r." And they get good laugh at
us for turning iron into "i-orn.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-23

Herbert Hoover, in fishing article in current mag
azne says the trouble with this country is that "it
too long between bites If Herbert wants TO be pres
ident let him run on that platform.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-23

Talk about Mount Mussolini'! Canada has named
a high peak in British Columbia Mount Stanley Bald
win" 1t isn't the premier peak, either.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-23

An eager world waits to hear what 17-year old Miss
America thinks about clothes, Flaming youth" di
vorce the farm problem, the French tariff evolution
and the yellow peril.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-23

A concert was held the other day
in which there were 800 saxophones.
i, That's almost enough to bring
man down off flagpole.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-23
LESS OPIUM

Persia is going to curtal its production of poppy
Juice from which opium is made at the rate of 10 per
cent year for three years This is done not for the
familiar reason for crop-limtaton in other
tries-to raise the market price Persia apparently
can sell all the opium it produces, at profitable rate
The purpose is purely philanthropic. There is too
much opium produced for the good of mankind. What
produced is used, or later, somewhere other
and in form other. Most of it is used not to
alleviate pain but for seductive indulgence, dan
gerous habit forming drug Persia is willing to do her
share to fight this worldwide evil.
How great is Persias sacrifice may be seen from the
fact that opium makes onefifth of her exports and
provides one-tenth of her government income.
After this it would be reasonable to expect India to
make similar contribution to expect Great Britain
and other powers to cooperate with China in that
contrys efforts to throw off her narcotic chains and
to expect bigger fight against the illegitmate
cotics traffic in this country-the worlds biggest
ket for such drugs
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-23

news picture of Jack Dempsey pounding type
writer. All right in its way-but he'll get back that
championship quicker by pounding Tunney.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-23

A japanese in Toxic got his c
tors degree t,y writing about
love-making of fleas. Amt edl
ton wonderfula
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-23

The marvel about Lindbergh is the way he lasts
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-23

Now Charlie Chaplin IS free to get into another
matrimonial misfit.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-05

When left, the old lady and kids were bawlins
to beat all Christ. couldn't help but howl myself
for was only eight years old then
3.
had an uncle Mike his name was who wouldn't
work in the mines anymore He had worked long
enough and | suppose he figured that it was time
he took lay-off. He bummed around on freight
cars and came home and said, believe me it sure is
tough cumming around Don't get anything to eat
half the time. Yes, Joe, he would say LAYING his
hand on my shoulder, you gotta work to get along
IN this world. And then the next thing we would
Know ne would be off again, digging bitches in a
muskeg near International Falls. When he came
back he got job bartending for Agnich in Eveleth
where my father always bought his beer NY father
would ask him why he wouldn't work in the mines
anymore Mike would Just say: ito hell with i'll"
Well he got sick, and being bartender didn't hello
him any I. B. it They would tell Mike to
20 to doctor see the priest anyway, Mike would
cough and say: ito he'll with It'll"
Well, he got worse and worse Sure he said I'll
go and sec the sawbones he would go out and
spend the day in the saloon come home and say
the doc says I'm all right. He coughed more and
more, and each time he coughed bloody piece of
has lung would go PUNK in the spittoon He did
go to a sanitarium after he wasn't able to walk
anymore. / guess when the does told him he was
going to kick the bucket. he says between the
cough: well, to hell with it,"
You Snug bosses, 1ynen you've stepped on mans
foot so long that he says well to hell with it'll" look
out. And Mike. you bohunk, you were all right.
give you my love. didn't understand you then
thought you were little bughouse but see it now
A.
Every Sunday after church a lot of the miners
come over to our house. Well, got by this time.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-05
BY JOSEPH KALAR

drink.
But Christ, don't know as how you can blame
them, working in the shafts and expecting any
minute to have the walls cave in on YOU and mix
your CUTS with the red ore! See your pals. with
whom you came over from the old country carried
home, bleeding and grooming, Jesus, Jesus
Saturday night coming around, another week.
Well, well, we got by this time Ell? Let's celebrate
Ell?
The Mesaba strike: No wonder our papa Cool
idge and the rest of the good Americans say Keep
those damned urrners out of the country The dirty
bastards don't know when they've got good thing.
Too inflamable 7. N. 7. Any damned long whisk-
cred agitator can stir them up to raise hell We
want America for the Americans. We Nordics-by
God! we're the solid men. You can't make Us think
with our stomachs. Those damned bohunks and
@Ops, christ. you call them s. o BIS be-
fore they want to stick you" What the hell kind
of country is this, anyway, where a man can't
even tell another what he is Haven't our an
cestors fought for the freedom of speech?
To the fellow Slovenians, Croats Firms Wops
Russians, my love. By God! you showed them that
your blood was redder than The iron ore Ell?
To my dear friends, the bosses and owners the
manufacturers and store keepers l say: You are
doing wisely when you keep bohunks belly full
OF food. You sure got the grey matter
say this just because / remember only too well
my days the Mesaba Range, when times were
a little tough and my mother sent me after bores
for tie dog 70 make soup out of, and the mines
shut down.
Miners, with the iron ore stink muttering: "what
the hell, men, what the hell?"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-05
Mesaba Impressions

a MOTLEY assortment of children streaming to
4 4 school, Slovenians, Croatians Roumanians
rims, Italians and Russians, trudging trustfully
TO the potent fount of education to learn to be better
Americans than their parents, stop and examine with
awe the colossal piles of iron ore a conrlome1ate
pn-wheel Of colors, yellow, red and orange Often
they would stop and fill their pockets with the ore
ana then get one hell of pounding when they rot
nome. 1t made very good chalk. The Waterman
II ne saw them, would shout out, "Hey there Won
damned bohunks, get the hell away from there!'
After they got to school they would steal some
paper and draw. They furnished with pencils
ny the city, but they always preferred the ore
chalk, especially the red. In a way il was SYM
bobcai, though they never knew that then They
would draw grotesque men, with big bellies ard
round heads with the red chalk. They called them
Papa or Uncle Mike, or Grandpa They were too
young then to know that there papas might be
brought heme any day. crushed, groanng, and red
with blood.
man we adj knew well and who was damned
good TO us kids got killed one day. The paDers
called it unfortunate accident II lust han
pened that the shaft caved in. He sure was hurt
some. I guess he only lived long enough to taste
the iron ore in his mouth. Anyway his neck was
all twisted to hell, his legs were broken and his
bloody CUTS hung over the tops of his trousers
My folks went to see the wife of the man. nice
mess, Ell? Wife and kids left without an old man.
ne having been brought home with his insides all
out OIL him. 1t was very nice house. too, nice
pictures on the wall. There was one showing an
old gent with sheep in his arms on which II said
The Lord is my Shepherd. Another one showed
tins same gent on the cross, and it said He Died for
Man
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-05
The Four Power Conference

ME should indeed be hopelessly blind, if we failed
w to observe the extraordinary increase of Brit
ish diplomatic activity in the last few weeks or
failed to estimate the Importance and aims of this
activity as they deserve 1t is possible that we arc
now on the eve of very far-reaching steps or de-
cjsions.
The increasing vigor noticeable Of late in the cam
paign of the conservative party in Great Britain.
which is striving eagerly than ever to charac-
teflze the organization of the Chinese revolution and
Its logical connection with the Soviet Union must
be described attack on the latter of more than
ordinary significance 1t is not only the Morning
Post" that now repeats daily that "the real enemy
OF Great Britain is neither the Chinese in general
nor the Kuomintang, but Moscow; also the DAILY
Telegraph" which can generally be trusted to re-
produce the attitude of the British foreign office
larry accurately, Is now, we see by telegrarns
violently attacking the Soviet government for the
latters "open attempt t. GUST the British from
China" In pretty much the same spirit the influ-
entiaI "Times" constantly repeats that the key to
the Chinese problem is to be found at Moscow
Under circumstances such as these, the attempts
OF the British diplomats to arrange at least tenn
porary Settlement Of the relations between Great
Britain and the Canton government and to avoid an
open rupture, have necessarily assumed the form
OF an endeavor not to engage too deeply in Chinese
affairs, so as to preserve full freedom of action in
Europe The unusual love of peace evinced bv Great
Britain in China is indeed altogether in keeping
wards the creation of favorable premises for the
realization Of Chamberlains favorite idea viz that
of forming uniform anti-Soviet bloc out Of the
most prominent European powers with the small
states bordering ON Russia to act as outposts
To speak of the work of British diplomacy in the
Baltic countries, in Poland and Roumania would
mean repeating series of well-known facts One
need but recognize the substantial success of this
work during the past year in the successful fascist
revolutions in Poland and Lithuania. Nor is there
a lack Of foundation in the statements made by the
DAILY Herald the organ Of the British labor party
in regard to the preparations for a similar up
heava in Latvia.
If in any Of the Baltic states, democratic petty
bourgeois government still feels relatively SAFE it
is only because it count ohe support of France
of which, indeed, it makes fun use in counter-act-
ing the influence of Great Britain the fascist or
CARNATIONS The rivalry between Great Britain and
France hampers the freedom of action of British
diplomacy like dead weight.
So as to be able to manoeuvre freely, i'm
perialist Great Britain must either disarm France
and Dust it from the European diplomatic theatre,
or else j must at any cost to temporary
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-05
By S. YAvORSKY (Moscow)

zig by an open or yelled annexation Of Lithuania
and thus also of the harbor of Mcneil
If, however, Great britain counts on creating tho
possibility of a successful isolation of the Soviet
Union by fascisting" the Baltic states and satisfy
ing the national aspirations of GERMANY it is stir
somewhat difficult to understand what eonpepsa-
ton 1t intends to offer to France for the later sun
port OF the British plans. In all conceivable cases
France would only be the one to pay for the losses
incurred, without being able to derive any advan-
tage from the enterprise. participation in the
Four-Power Conference, especially if in harmony
with the plans Of Great Britain cannot but tend
TO strengthen the position of both Italy and Ger
many and will therefore, have just that result which
the French nationalist most fear At the same time
the colonial aspirations of the Italian and German
mperallsts can IN the main only be satisfied at the
cost OF the colonial possessions and mandates of
rance AS regards final results even supposin tho
anti-Soviet plans of Great Britain to succeed tho
french eourgeoisie could at best be accorded very
doubtful advantages Of financial nature. which
at the cost Of certain degree of conpaisapce and
good will could be attained even now without any
particular sacrifice
We must naturally not allow ourselves to no de-
iuded IN regard to the feelings which the French
bourgeoisie entertains towards the Soviet IJnion
nut we can well doubt whether at the coming Four
rover Conference France will act in full harmony
entering upon period of serious crises and prob
ably of grave internal complications Under such
circumstances France viii hardly venture to take
part in an enterprise which may result in the most
serious consequences to itself Without the particle
patton OF France however the conference is doomed
to failure in advance since in that case Great Brit
am loses its trump card. Germany, which could
reyer be armed without the consent of France
The tasks Of the diplomacy of the Soviet Union
in the face of all these operations are perfectly
clear, as are also the immediate tasks of the Com
munist Parties in the most important countries OF
Europe. The grenade" campaign of the German So
ciaI democrats and the full solidarity between them
and the French socialists in their common attacks
or the Soviet Union show that the "moldne" of pub
nc opinion among the working masses is also part
OF the general program Of the campaign conducted
against the Soviet Union by British diplomacy The
resemblance, however. between The present prepare
tory work of the British imperiasts and those on
erations which were conducted during the world
war is too obvious not TO cause The revolutionary
sections of the working class to sound the alarm
in due time and to take all such steps as may anpear
necessary.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-05

understanding with its French neighbor. The rap
prochement between Great Britain and italy, the
admiration treaty between Italy and Germany, the
armed threat directed by Italy against France and
the recent understanding between Italy against
the recent understanding established between italy
and Albania, which effectually showed Frances
impotence in the Balkans were all events which
were directly or indirectly aided and abetted by
Great Britain and purported to convince France of
lis complete incapsbility to compete with Great Brit
ain in Europe, and on the other hand of the fact
that even in the most serious affairs Great Britain
might quite well manage without French support.
These manoeuvres are quite sufficiently elucidated
by the observations Of the "Day Herald" on the SUBJ
Ject OF the conference arranged by Great Britain
among the four leading European powers with
view to their cooperation in the settlement of the
urgent problems of European politics.
As the "Daly Herald" quite rightly observes.
such collaboration can only be secured so far as
Germany and italy concerned if the main claims
OF these two powers are satisfied As regards Italv
the wishes of the italian bourgeoisie have long
ceased to be secret. Fascist Imperialism insists on
the acquisition of colonies In this direction Ger
many is fully one with italy and, however much
the diplomats and pubcists of the two countries
laay proclaim their love of peace which according
to them has led to The conclusion of the treaty Of
arbitration between their governments there can
be no manner Of doubt but that the approach be-
tween Germany and Italy is based chiefly on the
uniformity of the German and Italian colonial as
piratlons. On the condition Of some colonial sacri-
ices on the part of France and Great Britain the
latter could be Of italian cooperation in any
possible British combination in the near future The
case of Germany is certainly little more COM
plicated.
The new German Imperialism energeticaly de-
mands that Germany be granted objects of colonial
exploitation But at the time. and perhaps still
more it is interested in the question of seeing the
Polish wedge extracted from out of the COMPACT
German territory Without seriously risking the loss
OF it's popularity, German government can agree
TO settlement with Poland so long as East Prussia
is divided from the rest of Germany by the Danzig
Corridor. solution of the Danzig question is
necessary premise for any plan of the inclusion of
Germany in the bloc to be formed against the
Soviet Union. The diplomats Of Great Britain there
fore intend to attain by new conference what they
were unable TO put through at Locarno, and on this
occasion the question of restoration of the terri
torla integrity of Germany in the east would nee
essarily have to be brought into intimate connee-
ton with the settlement" Of the relations between
Roland and Lithuapia 1t is quite obvious that Po-
land could only be compensated for the loss Of Dan
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-27
ABsEcoN ORDINANCE NO. IS

Notice is hereby given py the Coma
mon Council of Absecon City that the
following Ordinance was introduced
and passed first reading at regular
meeting held on the thirtieth day OF
November. 1927. and will be consider
ed on second reading and final passage
and adoption by said Common Council
at a regular meeting to be held in the
Council Chambers, City Hall. in said
City. on the twenty eighth day of De-
cember, 1927, at eight o'clock in the
evening, at which time publice hear
ing will be had on said Ordinance.
AN ORDINANCE to vacate street
known as Tennessee Avenue, in the
said City of Absecon City
Be it Ordained by the Common
Council of Absecon City, that
Section /. That the following de-
the City of Absecon City for street
purposes is hereby vacated: Begin
ming in the Westerly line of New Road
1902 #. Northwardly of the North
easterly line of the right of way of
the West Jersey & Seashore r. r. and
and along the said line of New Road
53.44 #. thence (2) ENTHUSIASTICALLY
parallel with the said West Jersey &
Seashore r. r. 2045 #. more or less, to
the division line formerly between
George Schlachter and Reuben l.. Bah
cock; thence (3y Southwestwardly
along said division line SO it. more or
less to a point, said point being 160.1o
fit. ENTHUSIASTICALLY of the Northeas-
terly line of the right of way Of the
West Jersey & Seashore r, r.; thence
(D enthusiastically parallel with the
second course herein and so it. there
from, measured at right angles 2045
tt. more or less tosthe Westerly line
of New Road and place of beginning
Being all the land contained within
10 ART r1n of Ava
nue. so it. wide, as shown on Map of
Premises, situate in City of Absecon
Atlantic County, N. j., belonging to
Atlantic City Realty Co., made June,
1924, by Raymond P. Thompson" and
as further shown on map of Cannon
Heights, situate in City of Absecon,
Atlantic County, New Jersey"
Section 2. This Ordinance shall take
effect when and as provided by law
after its final passage and publication.
SAMUEL JOHNSON,
City Clerk.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-27
AesEcoN ORDINANCE NO. "a

Notice is hereby given by the Com
, mon Council of Absecon City that the
following Ordinance was introduced
and passed first reading at 4 regular
meeting held on the thfrtieth day Of
November, 1927. and will be consider
ed on second reading and final pas
sage and adoption y said Common
Council at regular me ting to be
held in the Council Chambers, City
Hall. IN said City, on the twenty
eighth day Of December. 1927. at eight
O'Clock in the evening, al which time
4 public hearing will De had on said
Ordinance.
AN ORDINANCE to vacate part of
Street known as Cannon Avenue, in
the Said City of Absecon City.
Be it Ordained by the Common
Council of Absecon City, that
Section l.. That the following de-
scribed land heretofore dedicated to
the City of Absecon City for street
purposes is hereby vacated: Beginn-
ing at point in the Northeasterly
line of the right of way of the West
Jersey and Seashore r. r., distant
| 241.01 fit. enthusiastically of point
where the division line formerly be-
| tween Geo. Schlachter and Reuben l..
! Babcock intersects the said Northeas-
, terly hne of the right of way of the
| West Jersey and Seashore r. r. and
extends, thence % enthusiastically
along the said r. r. right of way
$40 it.; thence (2) ENTHUSIASTICALLY
parallel with the said division line for
| merly between Geo. Schlachter and
Reuben l.. Babcock 1000 it. to the
| Southwesterly line of Tennessee Ave-
nue.: thence 80 ENTHUSIASTICALLY
! along Southwesterly line at Tennessee
Avenue and parallel with r. r. right
i of way 5S.40 #; thence "a South
westwardly parallel with second course
herein 1910 it. to the place of be-
ginning.
Being portion of Cannon Avenue
! as shown on map of Cannon Heights.
situated in City of Absecon, County of
Atlantic, New Jersey
Section 2. This Ordinance shall take
effect when and as provided by law
after its final passage and publication.
SAMUEL JOHNSON.
City Clerk
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-27
NOTICE no CREDITORS.

Pursuant to the order of Albert G..
Abbott, Surrogate of the County of At
lantic, this day made on the applica-
ton of the undersigned Administra-
trix eta. of the said decedent. notice
is hereby given to the creditors of the
said decedent to exhibit to the sub
scriber. under oath or affirmation,
their claims and demands against the
estate of the said decedent, within six
months from this date, or they will be
forever barred from prosecuting or
recovering the same against the sub
scriber.
GUARANTEE TRUST COMPANY
Atlantic City, n. J.
Mays Landing, N. j.
December 10Th, 1927.
Prs fee, 1886 tw101
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-27

Pursuant to Section 502 or Chapter
236 of the Laws of 1918, approved
March 4, 1918, notice is hereby given
that the undersigned Tax Assessors of
the City of Somers Point. N. J.. will
sit at City Hall. Somers Point. n. j..
on Saturday December 81. 1927. at 2
p. NJ, when the assessment list for the
year 1928 may be inspected by any
taxpayer to ascertain what assess
ments have been made against HIM or
his property and toa confer Informally
with the Assessor rs to the correct :
ness of the assessments, to The end
that any errors may be corrected he
fore the fling of assessment list and
duplicate with the Atlantic County
Board OF Taxation.
MeDANIEl.S AND MORAN.
Assessors First and Second
wa Wards,
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-27
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT.

Notice is hereby given that the Ac-
counts of the Subscriber as Admins
tratrix of the Estate of David P.Starn,
deceased. will be audited and stated
by the Surrogate and reported for set
tlement to the Orphans Court of At
lantic County, on Wednesday. the
Twenty fifth day of January, next, at
$50 o'clock A. NJ, at which time APP
plication will be made for commissions
and counsel fee.
Dated December 10Th, A. D., 1927.
EVA C. STARN.
C. C. Shinn. Proctor,
Atlantic City, n. j.
Printers fee, $3.50 tw99
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-27

A street sweeper found pack
age of gems worth $500 in a New
York street, where it had lain un,
noticed for four days, and restored
it to its owner.