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Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-17

BOSTON-Prcsidcnt Emil +.
Fuchs of the Boston Braves denied
reports that Rogers IIornsby, Braves
manager, was to be sold to the Chi
cago Cubs, but admitted that if we
can see a chance to build up the
Braves by getting promising, am
bilious, aggressive players, particul-
arly young players, we d 90 through
with a deal that would bring them
to us.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-17
T0DAYS WANTS

FOR SALE or trade for milo, Fair
banks Morse, 3 h. p. engine. j. i.
Mixer, 2 miles .ncrth on Fourth
st. 17t3
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-17
Autombiles For Sale

FOR SALE-Oldsmobi six, coach,
or trade for small car. Inquire f.
KoOiStra, corner Sth st. and Holt
Ave, Holtville. Phone 92W. 16t2
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-17
Livestock

FOR SALE-T. B. tested cows, foul
miles west Ell Centre water works
Duncan. lott
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-17

HARTZELL-1he Roofer. takes thu
guess WORK out of roofing. Phone
251W. 14tf
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-17

LARGE ROOM. Every convenience,
reasonable, board if desired. 66J
He'll. 1871
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-17

FOR RENT-Furnishe room, hot
and cold water. Garage if pre-
ferred. Gentlemen only. 770
Olive. l8tf
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-17

CIlICAGO-William Wrigley owner
of the Chicago Cubs baseball team,
is willing to pay as much as $780,
900 cash for Rogers IIornsby of
Boston, but does not want too many
of his present Cub players included
in any deal for the famous second
baSeman.
Wriglcy has announced that if
money were the only question in
volvcd Hornsby would be Il Cub
player within two or three weeks.
The Cub owner indicated an of
fer had been made to Emil Fuchs,
owner of the Boston Braves, but
that Fuchs wanted several Cub
players in addition to Il cash set
tlement.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-17
Farm implements

FOR SALE-Good four horse disc
Cheap. G. G. Hussey, Seeley.
2tf
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-17
Poultry

FAT HENS, Fryers, Turkeys, Dress.
ed to order. Highest prices for fat
hens and fryers. 1882 Woodward.
Phone 966. cod 21ts
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-17
For Rent, Farm Land

FOR LEASES acres good land,
with house. Press Box 521. 15t6
Evening star., 1928-12-17
Millions Take the Air.

skyward the star of financial empire
takes its course. A great one
hundred-and-fif fifty million dollar n1er-
ger in aircraft and air transport Is
Wall Streets latest achievement. I'm.
der the forthcoming title of the United
Aircraft and Transport Corporation it
will bring Under one control and gen.
eral management group of the coun-
cooled motors. observation planes and
commercial flying machines, as we'll as
company which is playing major
role in the development of civilian
aviation on the Pacific Coast. When it
is added that the National City Bank,
the Standard Oil Co., the Ford Motor
Co. and General Motors Corporation
will be represented on the beard of di-
rectors Of the combination it will be ap-
parent that high finance is about to
take real flyer.
Neither in America nor anywhere
else in the world has there ever been
a consolidation of aviation interests
comparable with this huge merger. 1t
is born at an appropriate moment.
Twenty-Five years ago Wilbur and Or
vile Wright assembled from the barren
sand d'vles at Kitty Hawk, N. c., and
few into immortality. The worlds air
leadEs are assembled there this day to
com. 1morate that epochal achieve
ment. The fifty
million dollar consolidation is as
toundingly Tangible evidence that the
airplane has ceased to be an expert
ment and vaultefNp,o the dizzy heights
which keen-mindeu men of money sell
dom attempt to scale except in a spirit
of srSene confidence.
Col Lindbergh expressed the opinion
in Washington last week that the over
whelningly ;Seponderant problem in
the field of ulvilian aviation is the air
port. Washington faces that problem at
the present moment. 1t Is unthinkable
that it can long remain unsolved. If
there is any single community in the
Union which should be equipped with
model aviation facilities it is the Ma
tional Capital. The imposing aggrega-
ton of brains and financial Drawn, just
brought together in New York for gen.
eral aviation development, is bound in
a spirit of enlightened self-interest to
give prompt attention to the basic ques-
ton of airports.
Evening star., 1928-12-17
A Century of Webster.

A century ago Noah Webster's diction-
airy was published. The compilation of
this dictionary was great accomplish
ment. Webster's Dictionary has in all
this hundred years been an authority
to which educators. judges, clergymen,
have turned to aid them in their
teaching, their decisions and their
preaching. Webster has been called a
born deflner of words" by Sir James
Murray, who began the new English
Dictionary which has been completed
during this year.
Noah Webster was graduate of Yale.
His alma mater has gathered manu-
scripts covering the literary activities OF
her son and has them displayed in the
university library, proper tribute to
one who did much to aid in the preser-
vation of the purity of the language of
the Nation, despite the great inflow of
aliens who brought with them the
mother tongues of their fatherlands
There have been later and larger die
tionaries, WebSter's contained seventy
thousand words and their definitions,
but none have been more important or
influential on the life of the country.
Webster was the son Of poor Con-
necticut farmer, who mortgaged his
farm to send his boy through Yale
College. Never was a mortgage placed
for more worthy cause, as the event
has proved. 1t required years of study
on the part of Mr.. Webster to develop
The work which has won for him the
title of the greatest of American lexicog-
raphers. The dictionaries that had been
produced in earlier days contained but
thirty thousand and fifty-eight thou
sand words. The English language,
which developed through centuries
In the British Isles, with changes
and notifications due to the periodic
incursions of foreign conquerors. is now
spoken in every part of the world. 1t
is the language Of the United States.
The English-speaking nations owe real
debt of gratitude to this New England
scholar who gave years Of his life to
perfecting the dictionary.
Evening star., 1928-12-17
Ways of Starlings
Told by Observer
10 the Editor of The Star:

TO the Editor OF Inc star:
Sir: Replying to Fay B. McConkey's
suggestion relative to harvesting the seed
pods on the sycamore trees as a means
of disposing of the starlings on tire
Avenue, I wish to say, in the first
place, said seed pods do not constitute
the attraction for these birds.
The writer has closely observed these
birds since they first made their ap-
pearance in this city about five years
ago. with the following conclusions:
During the warm months they are dis
tributed around the rural districts, COW
ering a radius of about so miles; they
hatch out about three broodS of young
a season, each brood containing about
four.
During these Summer seasons they
stick pretty close to their nesting places.
Unless one is familiar with his mot
tied plumage, short tail and strong
yellow bill, he can easily be mistaken
for. the common blackbird.
When the nights grow cold the
starlings come into the city to roost
In the sycamore trees? Bless you, no! He
leaves the trees for his cousin, the
English sparrow. and it is the ar
guments between the sparrows and
the starlings that cause so much
chirping and twanging just at dusk.
The sparrow, who has been on the
scene a number of years, long ago
elected the sycamore tree as his roost,
but when Mr. Startling selected this
city to bunk in he preferred projec-
tions on buildings such as cornices,
lodges and window caps. Then 1t was
that the envious and fussy little cousin
said, ME, too, for the warm side of
the building" but Cousin English
Startling replied, mot II I see you first"
with the result that just as much of
Mr.. Sparrow as he tried to lodge on
a projection did Mr.. Startling hurl off
in no uncertain fashion.
Every late afternoon at this time of
the year this contest wages, and when
darkness settles all of the sparrows
who have failed to conceal themselves
on some building will be found rooSting
in the sycamore trees.
The starljrSs are voracious bug eaters
With the@. trong bills they go for
larvae ana gr>Nos, and in that way help
the farmer, as we'll as forest growths
and shade trees.
They are the most clannish birds we
have, or possibly tina most envious. For
instance, on one occasion last Winter
the writer noticed tina. while the build
ing formerly occupied by the General
Land Office at Seventh and streets
was covered with these birds there was
not one bird on the Patent Office just
across the street, although the build
ings are quite similar in appearance, but
had one bird ventured across the
street deluge would have followed
If the casual observer in Washington
has not noticed these birds it will be
worth his while to raise his cts any
late afternoon and see the cl.uds Of
starlings funneling down f;,sn the
azure blue to the Earle Bunding or
some one of the many buildings be-
tween Fifteenth street northwest and
the Capitol. w. ]. CONLYN.
Evening star., 1928-12-17
Fake Financial Clips
Reported by Bureau

From the Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch.
The Better Business Bureau is render
ing a valuable service in calling the
attention of the public. through the
medium of the radio. to the fake tip
ster-sheet operators whose expanding
Vaccinations constitute one of the vilest
frauds being perpetrated in the country.
Since it is the creduiouS and ignorant
who make up their sucker" list, the
one most certain method of combating
the evil Is TO wage a campaign of en-
lightenment and warning.
Once on the mailing list of these
sharks, the victim is deluged with au-
thentic-appearing financial news and
information. These documents are
aimed, under cover, to create interest
in some particular stock or stocks rep
resented as about due for rise. High
pressure selling methods follow, and the
victim soonS finds himself in possession
of worthless. or nearly worthless, paper
and his savings wiped out.
The tyro at playing the market may
easily be impressed by the appearance
of news concerning legitimate and well
known issues in these tip sheets. and
does not know that this Is included
merely to lend apparent authenticity.
But experienced financiers and officers
of the Better Business Bureau are able
to detect the Ethiopian in the woodpile
without difficulty. To the inexperienced
stock speculator with a small bankroll
the adage Look before you leap" applies
with triple significance. The recent
collapse OF the bull market on the New
York Exchange resulted in more object
lessons on this point than ever will be
written or told
Evening star., 1928-12-17
Danville, Va, Creates
COunselOr's Office

From the Baltimore Evening Sun.
DanvllIe, Va, has a novel idea, as
ideas go in municipalities 1t seeks to
retain to its advantage the knowledge
and experience gained by a public
servant through long years of identifi-
cation with the city's affairs. To that
end 1t created the office of counselor
for one Frank Talbot, who for more
than 80 years has held a place In Dan
ville's administration. AS counselor
he receives a salary of $4,000 year.
At this distance it Is impossible to
know all the circumstances surround
ing this action, but on the face of 1t
the conclusions to be drawn are highly
creditable to Mr.. Talbot. Apparently
his 80 years spent in the public service
have established for him an enviable
reputation among his fellow citizens. 1t
must be so If they still think, after so
long time, 1t Is advisable If not neceS-
aary to ask Frank what had best be
done about little more money for the
school. Or the police, or the street Clean
ing department. 1t isn't for nothing
that man is made past grand master,
so to speak, of a municipal government.
He is to be congratulated.
So is Danville. 1t Is no small thing
to have man identified with munich
pal administration in whom the public
has SO high degree of confidence. To
have had him so identified for 80 years
is marvellous stroNe of good fortune.
Such men usually die young. And they
still have HIM Lttcky l0anyillel
Evening star., 1928-12-17
Cotton Estimates
Accuracy Doubted

From the Charlotte News.
Those who are foolish enough to try
to make an appraisement of the Souths
cotton crop by what is produced In
Mecklenburg County cannot, OF course,
understand how in the world the Gov
ernment managed to find the prospect
for the production this year OF more
than 100000 bales.
That estimate, as matter OF TACT,
is somewhat startling to those VINO
thought that they had something of a
South-wide grasp on the cotton Situa-
ton. and while the crop may turn out
to be somewhat under the Governments
estimate. it is nevertheless. a fact that
in some parts of the South a really flne
yield has been harvested this Fall.
Down in South Carolina, for example
at least, in some parts of the State
we saw evidences In September that
fine yield was in prospect and we are
now being told by the Greenville News
that In Greenville County the biggest
crop since 1924 has been made this
year.
So it is in parts of North Carolina,
but in more limited fashion. South
Carolina managed to get its cotton Ill
the ground in the Spring earlier than
usual and that amounted to great
deal in the long run. 1t enabled the
planters to keep ahead of the boil weevil
which set in diSastrously in September
and virtually consumed all of the top
crop in this part of the country.
But we should not envy South Caro-
lima its good fortune. 1t has been up
against succession of crop failures
that have left the agricultural interests
of that State in an extremely pre-
carious condition and it is delightful
to find out that in some sections. at
least, they are Ahaying a little daylight
break through Upon them jus. nav,
Evening star., 1928-12-17

Two friends got into hot argument
| the other day as to the King of England
at the time of the American Revo-
luton.
One said he was George and the
other was equally sure that he was
He was George T." said one.
THAT doesn't sound right to me, -
replied the other. Il think he was
George H."
AS a matter of fact, the King of
England at the time of the Revolution
was George III.
Yet the argument went right straight
along. as arguments usually do, with
neither person convincing the other.
The interesting thing was, not that
the proper King was either one. two
or three. but that it is so easy to get
historical names, dates and places con-
fused.
The disputants in the case instanced
were cultured men who theoretically
ought to have known without mo-
ment's hesitation the exact King of
England during the period under dis
cusSion.
Both knew 20 years ago.
X X X y
Some persons are good. as the ver-
nacular has 1t, at remembering precisely
names and dates.
Occasionally one meets person who
prides himself en- his ability to name
the kings of England in their chrono-
logical order. Once we knew man
who had by heart the entire family
tree of the royal families of England.
He was an authority on the subject.
He was little man, ithout preten-
n Wh COYnGhHW
as youngster had become enthralled
with the subject of kingship.
He could tell you intimate details
about the lives of the kings, and was
as thoroughly familiar with the cousins
and the aunts as If they had beer i'
his own family
To get into an argument with hir> ~
any point of English history was to
court defeat before the debate began.
There are some who specialize on
Scotch history. They can tell you all
about Mary, or give the precise outline
of battles on the border or tell about
Bruce.
Most people, however, it must be
confessed, find their memory of names,
dates, battles, ETC., rather confused as
the years go by.
The study of history, while perhaps
enjoyed by most students, is a branch
of knowledge which the average person
does not keep in touch with when he
does that curious thing known as grow
ing up.
In adult life, if he is honest with
himself, he finds he is not sure about
any Of the historical facts which once
were his.
When did Columbus discover Amer
lea?
How many over 80 can pop up in
stantly with the correct date?
So it goes all along the line. Even
If one has read II. G. Wells monu-
mental Outline" he still finds himself
confused as to exact names. precise
dates, actual sequences of events.
X X
Not being able to remember, he will
question the value of such exact in
formation, and often will come to the
pleasing conclusion that exactitude in
such matters Is desirable only for spe-
cialistS.
Evening star., 1928-12-17
Report ON immigration Leaks
Subject of Differing Opinions

Congress may take on immigration in
the near future will be in the direc-
ton Of strengthening, not of weaken
ing the law. The Secretary of Labor"
continues that paper. wants the quota
system extended to the countries of our
hemisphere In this, he will undoubt-
edly have the support of majorities in
both houses. Obviously it is ridiculous
to limit European immigration while
allowing unlimited immigration from
Mexico and the West Indies. There
is less reason for a Canadian quota
There are, however, several arguments
for a Canadian quota For one thing,
the United States should not be put
in a position of discriminating against
Latin America. For another. there is
always the danger that Canada will be
used as mere stopping place for i'm
migrants desirous of getting into the
United States through a side door"
The Fort Wayne News Sentinel de-
clares that Secretary Davis properly
warns that unlimited immigration from
any source is an evil which must COM
mand our immediate attention if Va
are to preserve our present high wages
and standards of living"
Evening star., 1928-12-17

indicating prosperous business activity
In the country.
The total receipts from all sources
for the fiscal year 1928 were given as
s2,790, ,535, ,53768, as compared to $2,-
865, 1888, 1891 for the year 1927. Reduc-
tions in tax rates and the elimination
of some forms of ti.:,.ii-n had its in
fluence on the total. EI' the fact that
tax receipts have remained high and
approximately as great as those with
higher rate of taxation shows that the
volume of business and prosperity has
been remarkable.
Evening star., 1928-12-17
Theodore E. Burton.

Theodore E. Burton of Ohio is again
a Senator of the United States. Few
men have served so long or so ably in
the National Legislature. Senator Bur-
ton was elected to the House for the
first time in 1888, forty years ago. He
was member of the Senate, after
distinguishing himself in the House,
from 1909 to 1915, when he voluntarily
gave up his seat and went back to the
practice of law He was prevailed upon
to enter public life again m 1920 and
was elected to the House to represent
the twenty-second congressional dis
trict. On Saturday he came from the
House wing of the Capitol to take his
oath of office as Senator, filling the
vacancy created by the death of the
late Senator Frank B. Willis.
Another distinguished resident of
Ohio. Orville Wright, was introduced
to the Senate by Vice President Dawes
Immediately after Senator Burton had
been sworn In. AS the Senators filed
by Mr.. Wright and the Vice President
they halted to welcome the recently
elected Senator from Ohio. In effect,
the reception turned into a joint affair,
with the Senate doing honor to MIR.
Burton as well as to Mr. Wright-honor
which It was clearly glad to pay.
Senator Burton is a man of many
interests in public affairs. While he
was member of the House he was
foremost supporter of the development
of ths inland waterways He became
o recognized authority on the subject.
He has been intensely interested in in
ternational affairs, particularly In move
ments to make permanent international
peace. He has served for many years
as member of the Interparliamentary
Union, whose purpose is to better re-
lations between the nations. He has
been a member of the World War Debt
Funding Commission of this country,
appointed to the commission by the
late President Harding.
The Senator from Ohio was one of
the members of the House early to es-
pouse the cause of Herbert Hoover in
the re-convention campaign for the
Republican nomination for President.
He broke with Senator Willis, himself
a candidate for the nomination, and
campaigned vigorously and effectively
for Mr.. Hoover in the Ohio primary
last Spring and was himself elected as
Hoover delegate at large to the Re-
publican national convention. The vic
tory Of the Hoover forces In Ohio, led
by Senator Burton, marked turning
point in the campaign Of the President
elect for the Republican nomination.
Had Mr.. Hoover lost in the Ohio presi-
, DENTAL primary he might still have
won the nomination, but the task would
have been more difficult.
Intellectually and in debate, Senator
Burton has few equals in Congress to-
day. But his kindness and patience
are qualities that have gone as far as
his ability in winning the Ohio Senator
high place among his colleagues.
Evening star., 1928-12-17
Another Pennant for St. Louis.

Columbia University students to the
number Of hundred, together with a
Barnard professor, were the judges at
a recent exposition of twenty varieties
of American speech delivered to their
ears by means of photographic records.
Their verdict was to the effect that the
speech Of st. Louis comes nearer being
1.-THE American Language" than any
other.
Those in the hall heard score OF
records ranging from the North country
twang to the slurring drawl of the far
South and including the rolling RS Of
the West, the nasal sing-song of the
vicinity of the City of Brotherly Love
and the broad AS and other meticu-
losities of the region of the Sacred
Goldfish.
Probably the verdict in favor of the
Mound City was fair one. She stands
more or less on the border lines between
East and West and North and South
and possibly her citizens are as un-
identifable as any by means of their
speech. We who live in the National
Capital may think that the average
language used by those who have been
here for some time comes pretty near
being the best and most typical of the
United States, inasmuch as almost every
section OF the country is represented
Perhaps, however, we do not talk nearly
enough alike for any District resident
or group of residents to be selected te
make the desired record.
This will perhaps be a blow to Boston
where. according to calm claim and Ions
Evening star., 1928-12-17

tradition, speech is uttered at its purest
She can console herself. though, by con-
tention that she does not use "Ameri-
can" but pure English" Also it may
be, whispered by envious losers. If any
for by no means every section is anxious
to be distinguished as the home of the
American language-that no group of
Columbia undergraduates is capable of
judging properly. Her students are too
largely from Manhattan and adjacent
boroughs and, unless hand-picked, have
ears entirely too deaf to those liberties
with final RS and those misconceptions
of the true sound of certain syllables
which transform what we know as a
burglar into "boigla." Such liberties
are by no means confined to the Lower
East Side.