Imperial Valley press., 1929-04-04
DELIGHTFUL TALK
GIVEN CHAMBER
BY RICHARDSON
Former Governor Tells
Of Experiences During
Oriental Trip.

Friend w. Richardson, ex-governor
! of California, entertained those at.
| tending yesterdays s mber of com
mcrce luncheon with his own impress
sions of India and the Orient, gain
! ed from his recent visit to the far
east, during his tour around the
world. Richardson told briefly of
Japan and stated that the people
| impressed him as hard working,
progressive and religious "Also,'
he stated, Japan is reading ma
tion, one newspaper has over one
million circulation and all the people
read the papers. One does not see
the people of other nations reading,
because the newspapers are con
trolled by the government and there
is no freedom of the press. > The
japanese cities are well planned, ac-
cording to the speaker, with all the
most progressive ideas of the west
ern countries on laying out of cities.
The thing that impressed him es-
pecially in India was the hold that
religion has upon the people of this
country. You cant be there 10
minutes" he remarked, without
running into their religious beliefs,
especially the belief that all animals
are sacred because they may contain
the soul of some person who has de-
parted. > He then told of some of
the incidents which showed. accord
ing to western ideas, that animal
life is valued too highly. The Hindu
idea, however, is that we are unen-
lightened because we kill and eat
animals.
His talk was informal but full of
interesting personal observations,
many of which were very surprising
to the listeners, as was his statement
that "outSide of their own religious
leaders, the Hindus believe Abraham
Lincoln was the greatest man who
ever lived. y
\ splendid representation of FL
Centre men and women was at the
luncheon to meet Governor Richard
son, Mrs Richardson and their son,
John. They were. accompanied by
their daughter and son-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank J. Smith. Smith
was former warden of San Quentin
prison.
Visits Old Friends
Governor Richardson spent the
morning renewing acquaihtanceS
with old friends in Ell Centre, among
whom were Charles Ferguson, Sher
iff Gillett and w. H. Brooks. Mrs.
Richardson and Mrs. Smith were
driven around the city and were es-
pecially impressed with the attrac-
tiveness of our residences and the
gardens at some of the more preten-
tious homes of FL Centre.
Announcement was made during
the luncheon of the San Diego good
will trip into Arizona for the pur-
pose of developing business, and OBJ
tanning the southern air mail route
through this section of California.
A special Pullman is to be added in
Imperial Valley, and, as there will
only be room for % persons to Join
the good will excursion, Leo Hetzel
urged that those who desire to 90
turn in their reservations at an early
date. The train will leave FL Centre
at noon, Thursday, April II and re-
turn early Sunday morning, April
IA.
After the luncheon, moving pic !
lures of those attending were taken
in the Barbara Worth Arcade by a |
of the international !
News Reel Company, who is in FL
Centre making news reels Of the
city, stores and various activities.
Urge Bond Issue
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