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Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-27
LIVESTOCK

Los ANGELES, Jan. 27.-Hogs:
receipts 900, mostly 10 to 15c low
Ter; top $o.S5; bulk l45 to 200 ID.
1 weights $940-9.Sj.
Cattle: Receipts 300, all classes
sslow; II to 25c lower; bulk steers
Is 1.0O-l2.40; bulk she stock 500
$50; small lots fed 963 lb. Ari-
zona hcifcrs $10.25; bulk calves
i l$s.50.1l.50.
Sheep: none; lambs quoted $ll.5O-
1850; ewes quoted $j.75-75O.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-27

THE WEATHER

LOS ANGELES AND VICINITY
Fair tonight becoming unsettled
Saturday, probably followed by rain
Saturday night or Sunday. Moder-
ate temperature, moderate to fresh
easterly winds.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA -
Fair and mild tonight and Satur-
day; fresh casterly winds.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-27

FOR RENT-Rooms. Single or don,
bic. 76i Olive. EFT
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-27
For Sale-Automotiu<
Household Goods

FOR SALE-Cheap
for immediate disposal. Refrige-
rator, breakfast room set, rock
ers, oil heater and cook stoves,
small items. 323 North G. st. I'M
perial, Calf. 26t2
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-27

FOR RENT-Nice sleeping room,
running water, hot water for
bath, $500. Mission Apartments.
27t2
Evening star., 1928-05-20
Dutch Dates.

The coed college man gets no relief
after all. AS the solution to the high
cost of living and dating. the students
of Northwestern University decided to
go on dutch" engagements--that is.
the girl paying half the expenses of
theater, soda. taxiS. etc. The plan
worked we'll in theory. In practice,
however, it WAS flop. Undaunted by
the first failure. decision was made.
after conference, to give it another
trial at a dance. The results at this
party convinced even the most OPP
timistic. and II can well be imagined
that these we're mostly men. that there
was no hope of success. Only thirty
girls were willing to pay their share
of the expenses, and the estimated at
tendance of several hundred dropped
off to the forlorn sixty couples touring
the floor.
So after two trials the experiment
has been abandoned. Hereafter the
men will pay the entire price of an
evenings entertainment. 1t is probable.
however, that the attempt to prorate
expenses was not without beneficial re-
suits. The girls realize that 1t costs
a good deal Of money to take them out
nowadays, and this realization is likely
to lead to a willingness to cooperate
with the men in keeping the cost of
the evening well within the reach of
the average pocketbook.
Evening star., 1928-05-20
Pass the Diploma Mill" Bill!

The sands OF the session are rapidly
falling and in few days. perhaps at
the end Of the week, Congress will ad-
iourn. Time is precious. The legislative
program is congested. Measures upon
which there is any likelihood Of debate
have slight chance of passage. 1t is de-
sirable, therefore, that action be had on
the best terms possible on such meas
ures as carry in them basic principles
which, though not now perfect, may
later be remedied and corrected. Such
bill is that pending in the House for
the better regulation of institutions of
learning in the District of Columbia,
known generally as the diploma mill"
bill It is designed to correct an abuse
now permitted by the lax laws govern
ing the formation Of corporations and
institutions. 1t has been reported from
the District committee Of the House
and awaits action in the chamber. 1t
should be put on its passage at the first
opportunity and differences between 1t
and the form that is favored in the
Senate should be ironed out in confer
ence so that this measure will go on
the statute books before adjournment.
While there is dispute which may
result in amendment as to the proper
scope Of this proposed measure OF regu-
lation and supervision in respect to its
inclusion of certain types of education
al organization, 1t is undeniable that
there is urgent need of corrective legis-
lstion to prevent the continued opera
ton under alluring titles of so-called
schools. colleges and universities at the
National Capital which cannot possibly
impart knowledge Of value to students
and cannot give degrees that are worth
the paper on which they are printed.
Indeed some of these institutions are
not only fakes in the sense OF taking
fees from students without any return
of value. but are menaces to public
welfare in that they launch forth hold
ers of certificates of graduation who
deem themselves qualified to practice
in the arts and sciences without in TACT
having any capacity for so doing.
In these circumstances Congress
should not permit another year to pass
as viii be the case il this bill falls at
the present session, without action that
viii interpose 8 system of supervision
and certifcation to protect the public
trorn these frauds and from their mis-
guided and deluded graduates.
Evening star., 1928-05-20
JOBS AS FOREST RANGERS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

sequently be able to organize a crew
which will answer a call to the danger
zone immediately moments loss of
time will mean a fortunes loss in money
when fighting the flames becomes neces-
Sary.
I'm addition" according to the Forest
Service regulations. "the rangers handle
the field work in connection with the
sale OF timber. the grazing Of live stock
and many other activities on the ma
tional forests. They are expected also
to do such work as building or main
tanning telephone lines. trails, cabins
or fences when their time is not actu-
ally needed on administrative work. It
is their duty. under the direction of the
supervisors, TO carry out the plans for
the development of the physical re-
sources of their districts, and for the
growing of timber"
Their work may be classed both as
defensive and offensive. They defend
our forests against the inroads of fire
and waste, and wage campaign Of
reforeStAtion.
Critics have demonstrated that the
Government Is but a training school
which pays rheue TO receive an invaiu-
able education but which they abandon
when offered large salaries By private
companies. Ofhcials in the Forest
Service recognize that they do lose
valuable men in this way, but they
assert that they are able. by the COM
petition among applicants. to replace
them by well trained up-and-going
young men. More important than that.
they claim. Is the fact that Govern
ment-trained men go out into the pri-
yate field with broad vision and q ma
tional feeling gained In their impress
sionable years and never lost in the
stress Of private enterprise Thus these
men. imbued with the spirit of public
service spread the good work OF the
Government.
Evening star., 1928-05-20
Stunt Parachute Jumping.

The Navy has followed the Army in
prohibiting stunt parachute jumping.
Believing that unnecessary risks are
taken by flyers who attempt To create
new records for sheer drops before
opening their chutes. Secretary Wilbur
has ordered that hereafter all jumpers
must open their umbrellas" as soon as
they are clear Of the plane. More than
a year ago the Army found IT necessary
10 issue the same order
II Ia difficult for the layman 10 under
stand why jumper would care 10 add
further hazard 10 perilous leap into
space, but there are always adventurous
persons who court death and glory by
the performance Of hitherto unace0m-
pliGhed feats. Before Secretary Wilbur
prohibited the practice. men al some
of the cir stations had been dropping
three or four thousand feet before pull
ing the ring Of their lite-saying appa"
ratus.
IL is not only 10 save the lives Of
the personnel and 70 reduce the chance
of accident that stunts are 10 be en-
ciuded IN parachute jumping. but 10
protect the expensive chutes from abuse
The parachute costs something like
three hundred dollars and IL delicate
In the eaneme Opening IL after tre~
Diendous velocity 0f the body has been
attained is likely 10 damage u irrep~
sFsbly Of course. jumpers seeking rec"
ofds invariably wear two psrschutes,
and If one fails 10 function or IL ripped,
they open the other. This practice.
Evening star., 1928-05-20
EVERYDAY RELIGION
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, d. d, ILL., D.,
Bishop OF dShingt0n

strength. They have been the elements
of strength in all those who have been
the lights of the world in their day anu
generation. The problems of life are
not solved at a bound. victories are not
won by those who refuse to reckon the
cost Alone in the heart of Africa and
dying David Livingstone dared to be-
lieve that he had unfolded new vision
to his nation and people. Alone and
mfriended in the Wartburg. Martin
Luther had faith to believe that the
mighty reformation he had set on foot
would ultimately affect the life of his
countrymen, No example that we have
is more striking than that Of the great
Master Himself. Judged by human
standards, His whole active life was
marked by failure and defeat Every
period Of His mighty career was mark
ed by loneliness and the apOStaSy
of friends and disciples. When the great
crisis came, They all forsook Him and
fed After trial that was a traVeSty
upon justice. He went forth to His
crucifiXion and TO His tragic end with
the confidence of a supreme conqueror.
In the height of His anguish He had
no words saving those of forgiveness
for the conSpirators who had accom-
plished His overthrow and defeat. In
His latest hour He had visions of the
fulfillment of His world conquest and
saw the high attainment Of His mis-
sion. 1T is finished" were the words
with which He closed the last chapter
of His great ministry. For nearly 20
centuries this unfailing love of man has
persisted, little by little His influence
has literally reached round the world.
What He designed to effect in human
life has not come TO its fun consum-
nation, there are still those who re-
fuse to accept His sovereignty; and yet
in spite of all this, the miracle of time,
is His conquest III the hearts Of men.
What He came to effect in human life
is true, even If the time of its accom-
pliShment is long.
The two indispensable requisites of
life are clear conviction concerning
that to which We commit ourselves and
an unfailing zeal in its prosecution. All
the progress We may make is con-
ditioned by these two things, a fixed
conviction and persistent application.
The men and women who, with Robert
Louis Stevenson. believe in an ultimate
decency of things" and believe in 1t, in
spite OF all conditions, are the ones
who inevitably hasten the day Of bet
ter things To have faith and patience
TO climb the worlds great altar stairs.
that slope through darkness up to God, "
Is far nobler than to be unresponSive
to great ideals. indifferent to the call
of heroic service.
Evening star., 1928-05-20
Turn About Is Pair Play.

Gene T0nney'S helpful hints On
gnskeapeare have been received with
sucn appreciation throughout the land
that his Lecture seems 70 nave started
q custom. The other dag Tom Heeney,
who gut his joD As . blacksmith IN
New Zealano 70 take Up the profession
of giving So for tat In the prize ring
WsS Invited 70 SPEAK pardon, please
wss iaYiteo W deliver ar address 81 the
PM sigma Kappa ciub IN sew York
CRY. When tie tine came W deliver
fgae address MT. Heeney gas speecblsss,
bit MS manager ross .G me occasion
and epoke for him ~ these noble words,
Il think be VIII b. proper champion
because ne has the human faculty of
keeping Ia touch with ths people. Hen
never wear the nigh nat"
So much for Mr Tunney and Mr.
geeaey. Est Friday IN Kansas City Or
Clarence True Wilson, secretary Of the
board Of Temperance, Prohibition snc
Public Morals Of tie Methodist EpiA-
copsa Church, produced. 50 70 SPEAK
an ace iI the hole Vten he introduced
Jack johnson, former heavyweight
champion of the world. 81 temperance
speaker. Said Nr Johnson
sm sbeolutely against liquor be'
essgse I 90 not feel IT helps the Ia5Apsn
Ise3sy. ] am glsd to tell YOU that 1 sn
Issl ffly sg4d feel as sea noH ss GIG
Evening star., 1928-05-20

at eighteen. That comes from not
drinking. not carousing and getting a
good nights rest. To serve God you
must train your mind as we'll as your
soul. Liquor and some other things de-
prave the mind and soul.
There was, undoubtedly, prolonged APP
plsuSe.
But now that We are learning things
pertaining 10 the higher life from these
champions, should there not be a re-
turn bout. as 1t we're. in order that the
prizefighters may learn something
about boxingP 1t is herewith suggested
that, at the earliest opportunity, all
champions. would-he champions and
former champions be invited to a mass
meeting. Speakers, in the persons of
President Lowell of Harvard. former
Secretary of State Charles Evans
Hughes, Henry Ford, Charles Schwsb
and John D. Rockefeller. jr., viii ad-
dress them on proper conduct in the
ring. use of the left lab in feinting and
the advantages OF swing from the
knees to the point of the chin.
Evening star., 1928-05-20
House Moves to Check
Products of Convict Labor
BY HARDEN COLFAX.

After nearly quarter of century OF
legislative battling. the issue OF whether
products of convict labor legally may be
separated from other goods in interstate
commerce seems about to be passed Ia
other hands for final decision.
involved In the outcome OF this latest
effort to remove prison -made goods
from competition In the open marke,
with products of free labor is a re-
organization of the systems of n ma
1ority of the States in their employment
OK prisoners, with consequent problems
for taxpayers and humanitarians Ia
solve, and on the other hand, the open
ing Of greater employment to free labor
and some elements Of interest TO the
consumers in general.
Three times the House has passed a
Dill aimed at convict labor In competi-
tlon with free labor; heretofore toe
near the end OF Congress To permit
the bill to be fought out in the Senate
The House vote last week was 3o4 10 40
rather conclusive OF the sentiments ol
the members. And the bill went before
Senate predominately friendly, al
though efforts 10 exempt agriculture
products prevented action by the elder
statesmen at Il night session Thursday
Il y
Unquestionably the courts viii be
called on 10 pass upon the conStItu-
tlonality OF the measure whenever II
has received presidential approval and
has become operative. The constitu-
tional point has been argued pro and
con by able lawyers.
The Hawes-Cooper bill Is compara-
g1 1FAafR n d,
brief terms to divest products of convict
labor OF their interstate character anc
make them subject to the laws OF the
States where offered for sale, consump-
ton or storage, LII other words. States
which have no objection 10 such wares
| need do nothing about this proposed
| Federal law. but those which desire tc
restrict the general sale OF convict
made goods may do SO effectively,
Thirteen States already have laws
| forbidding general sale OF products ol
prison labor These laws are effective
| only AS 10 products OF prisoners within
| their own borders, for they cannot
affect goods shipped In interstate com
mefce, The practical effect nf a Fed
eral pefmissive law In all plobahillti
would be that most, II not nll, OF the
States promptly would enact statutes
similar To those OF the IL.
The prison population Of the United
States Ii approximately 10000. Some
thing more than half Of the Inmates
of State penal institutions are glvet
employment. most OF them IN suet
manner as 10 enable them to carr
something which Is credited to theii
personal accounts, and In some States
Is sent their dependents II They have
any
There In agreement that idlenesS
| among conviets IL bad morally, mem
tally and physically No argument has
been advanced that prisoners should not
| he employed the differences arise over
methods of employment. Proponents oi
the Hawea- Cooper bill advance the
states use" plan, Nhefeby STATE
consumes Ia It's varioAa institutions ths
Evening star., 1928-05-20
An Executioner's Identity

An indirect result Of the famous
sacco-Van1etti case is seen in the
bombing Of the home OF the state
Executioner of New York. Robert q.
Elliott has for many years oficiated at
executions In New York, Massachusetts,
New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He has
sent more than one hundred persons 10
their death as an emissary Of the law.
Until the Sacco-vanzetu execution,
however, his identity was unknown. but
the wide publicity that that case at
tracted drew him into its net. 1t
vas then that the relatives and friends
Of some of those who had gone TO
their doom knew just who the man
was who pressed the electric switch in
the gloomy prisons. To the revelation
of his name, Elliott now attributes this
outrage which menaced the lives OF
himself and his family.
Although sensible people would not
single out the executioner as the man
solely responsible for the death Of their
loved ones. II Is possible that mentally
sick friends OF one OF those whom
Elliott had sent into eternity hatched
the plot in a fanatical idea Of revenge.
On this line of reasoning It would ap-
pear that the executioner's identity
should be Seaiously guarded in order TO
protect him from the attentions Of those
who believe they have cause for resent
ment. 1t is not likely after the Elliott
bombing that other States will make
public the names Of their executioners.
Evening star., 1928-05-20
"The thing ,odS true, but the time
appointed ,pGS long" Daniel, I'D.
Faith and Patience,


Faith and Patience.
Some one once said. The cause
which can be won today is not worm
fighting for" What this discriminate
ing observer would seem to say is. real
effective living is not conditioned DS
immediate results. 1t is willing. tc
prosecute its cause. stern and hard as
1t may be. with the expectation thai
some day the thing 1t strives Tor WIZ
be fulfilled. Voltaire once said, a1teI
long and courageous efforts alter
reform. II now perceive that we mus.
wait three or four hundred years 1,
cannot but be that ultimately gooo
men win their cause" ,o
As we study the lives OF those VINO
have contributed most largely 10 tne
betterment and enrichment OF nuIlan
conditions we inevitably find that they
were the men and women VINO Wele
little concerned about the results VI
their work. They were those VINO
Seeing far an end sublime,
Contend. despising party rage,
To hold the spirit of the age
Against the spirit of the time
That they had enunciated ana nVeo
for a great principle. that they hao
rendered valiant service 1or SOME out~
Standing cause. this in itself was their
satisfaction and their reward. Nothing
so discloseS weakness as the acceptance
of defeat under the pressure OF haro
circumstances Again nothing SO ais
closes strength of character as per-
sistent effort in the face OF opposition
and contention.
The narrative from which the above
text is taken describes one OF the most
picturesque characters in the Old
Testament. Daniel slave. persisted
In his belief that one day his people
would be emancipated. and return to
the homes of their fathers. Having
risen in a strange country to a place
of peculiar eminence and distinction,
he nevertheless envisioned the ultimate
consummation Of his hopes and ideals,
He dared to believe. in the face OF IN
superable difficulties. that the cause to
which he had committed himself must
ultimately be fulfilled. 1t was said Of
those who were with him that they saw
not nor comprehended his vision. Un-
deferred by opposition. unimpressed by
environing conditions, he held with
fixity OF purpose to his great concep-
ton. To him 1.-The thing was true. but
the time appointed was long" Come
what might, he would still believe In
the triumph of his cause. Faith and
patience--these. were the elements OF MS
Evening star., 1928-05-20

goods produced by its prisoners. and
urge an extension of this plan TO the
point where States might exchange with
each other for use In their own institu-
tions different classes OF merchandise
turned out by convtcts,
The greatest complaint against prison.
made goods has arisen because OF
concentration of prison factories on cer-
tain lines of manufactured products.
Work clothing particularly shirts. has
been favorite product of such fac
tories; shoes rank second on the list,
and binder twine, third.
According TO the latest statistics avail
able, prison factories produced shirts
valued at $l2.3Te.0 900. mill prices in
1923; other clothing. so l27 900; shoes
$5.7l7,000. and twine and rope, So
Sa8,0 900. This output has increased In
later years. The private consumer has
no means of knowing that the goods he
buys come from prison factory.
Private manufacturers object To the
competition of these prison factories be-
cause the labor cost In the latter Is
small, in most cases. compared with
theirs The private work clothing pro-
Ciucers have raised a fund of $a00, 900 TO
advertise their own wares against the
competition of prison manufactures.
Organized labor objects for the OBJ
vious reason that employment IN taken
rom II by such competition and because
in some instances. It Is charged that
contractors alone benetit from the work
of conViCts, And the General Fedora
ton OF Women's Clubs has raised a
strong voice against products of con-
Wet labor In the open market because
Of work taken from women struggling
tn earn living and OF charges that the
labor of eOnvicts has been exploited.
and has started a new Song Of the
shirt"
one other side OF the picture ls that
some millions OF dollars of public maney
invested In prison factories would shrink
II the bill hecame law Hut three years
delay Is provided In the HaweS~ Cooper
measure To permit wardena TO readjust
their operations.
tIopyFish. Ieas.i SO.
Evening star., 1928-05-20
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Real Theater.

Real Theater.
When Spring sends up the curtain
On the scenes which day by day
Hold new mysteries uncertain
Something like Chinese play
We forget llfes imitation.
Where the painted views are met.
In theatric demonstration,
Springs the best producer yet!
Crocus brave and all defiant
OF misfortune's early chill
Iris in success. reliant,
Purple clad on yonder hill
Beauty's power Is recorded.
When the clouds no longer cling.
Flowers tell of love rewarded,
In the drama set by Spring.
Evening star., 1928-05-20
The Star Given Thanks
For Pay Increase Aid

TO the Editor Of The starr
For myself. as well as all the others
I want to express TO The Star my APP
probation Of It's efforts In connection
with the passage OF the pay increase
bill
Not alone Is it the printed word on
the page, but more often the inside
stuff" Of which the general public Ia
profoundly ignorant. that Ia the real
moving spirit and force in civic matters
Of this nature.
The great body OF Government en-
pIoyea knows. am sure, that IL mas
true friend In The Evening Star.
c. II. CURRIER.
Evening star., 1928-05-20

This Summers effort to choose an
intellectual and responsible leader for
the Nation. competent to meet condi-
tions as they arise. threatens to become
complicated by arguments which. prop
erly speaking, have nothing to do with
the case.
Evening star., 1928-05-20

The Associated Press Is exclusively enutteo
20 the use for republication OF all news ois
matches credited 10 II or not otherwise ereu'
tied in this parer ana also the local news
published herein. All rights OF puoncSuon
a. snec9sl dispatches nerein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1928-05-20

Songs were once regarded as more
influential than the laws themselves
In several cities the school books are
regarded as more important than the
songs.
Evening star., 1928-05-20
Inherent Requirements.

How about your campaign fund.-"
Times have changed" answered
Senator Sorghum. Il was once afraid
II would be too small. Now I am afraid
1t will appear too large"
Evening star., 1928-05-20

Conditions have become so complex
that the commencement essay explain
ing the exact needs OF society is not
nearly as easy Q matter as 1t was long
ago.
Evening star., 1928-05-20
CreditabIe Retirement.

CreditabIe Retirement.
Little Johnny hAG q fiddle.
Which he tried to play.
Broke 1t right across the middle.
In q moment gay.
Said the neighbors. THAT transaction
AS 1t warns the heart,
Shows Johns musical reaction,
Favoring real art"
Evening star., 1928-05-20
That Personal Touch.

From the Gew Orleans Times Pieasnne.
Whatever else may be said there
seems 10 be general financial magnetism
In the personal touch OF an oil mag"
nate
Evening star., 1928-05-20

A great many conscientious states
men. forgetful OF some disappointments
hope Coolidge will be drafted. veto
and all.
Evening star., 1928-05-20
Fooled by The COloring.

From, the Atcbis0n GI0be.
Goldfish are only carp, but even the
cats are fooled by the brilliant cOIOTing