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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-03-05
No Possibilities of Gain

No Possibilities of Gain
THE Herald Review has noted considerable reck-
less driving of late. Too many people go too
fast roads that are not safe.
What does the reckless driver do?
He bets few seconds of time against human life
and happiness.
If he wins his earnings are few worthless sec
onds time that rarely has real value. His winnings
make difference with success or failure. He wins
nothing.
But if he loses, what are the penalties? One
penalty may be the supreme one, the loss of his
life. 1t may be serious injuries which destroy all
hopes of future happiness Again it may be death or
injury to those who in no way responsible for
the risks that taken The loses may be innocent
occupant of the carthose who are travelling in other
automobiles, little child who is crossing tn estreet
The careless driver not only wagers a few seconds
of his own time against his life but he brings
into the bargain the lives of others-ives which
ne should have no influence control.
If you know of foolish proceeding naem it.
Let us stop reckless, fast driving Let the author-
ties act Let every realize that the ownership
of an automobile he a moral responsibility
for safety-Grand Rapids Review
Editor Evans of Sherburn says: "It's hard to fig
like Borah, Brookhart ct al. During the last
presidential campaign they were abroad in the land
making some of the finest republican addresses one
might wish to hear But since Hoover took the oath
of office they don't appear to have done thing but
harass him. 1t would require something marvellous
In the way of intuition to figure out just what they
want It's nearly always possible to satisfy people
after you know what they want. But in the case of
Borah and the others, they themselves don't know
what they want; and it's mighty hard proposition to
give man what he wants when he doesn't know what
he wants."
Shifting The Gears
This is the time of year when photographers dust
off the old seed catalogue wheeze.
1t will be time for those sheared Wall Street
lambs to emerge with a new crop of wool
u
More than twenty million bodies have been de-
posted in the catacombs of Paris, France
u
Even victims of the Inquistion missed one tor
ture The saxaphone had not been invented.
To err is human And in some cases about the
only evidence that the errng brother is SUCH
The proposed tariff law must be flexible. judg-
ing by the way the argument it is stretching out
All women and even female animals are excluded
from Mount Athos in Greece inhabited by 1000 monks
and lay brothers.
Money may make the world GO round but that
doesn't always prevent it from being turn for the
worse.
The boys in Congress are hoping the farmers
feeling of relief will last until after the election next
fall
Americanism: Doing the daily dozen for health
and trying to pass another car on a blind curve an
hour later
The Caraway committee seems to have made the
startling discovery that there has been some difference
of opinion concerning the disposition of Muscle Shoals
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-03-05
Costs And Farm Incomes

IN his annual report L. j. Taber, master of the Ma
tional Grange, declares that the task before the
American farmer is not only to produce efficiently,
but also to reduce at every opportunity the costs of
production.
In other words, the farmers profit depends upon
his bery able to produce his crops at cost below the
price at which he must sell them, rather than upon
the size of the crops themselves.
Obviously of the chief aids to economical pro-
duction is the employment of modern equipment suit
able to the needs of the individual farmer concerned
Such equipment, udiciousy selected, effectively used
and taken of when not in use essential to sue
under present day conditions.
Another important feature of profitable farming
is the raising of much food and feed as possible
at home. AS has been often pointed out, the cow
sow and hen, with hay, pasturage and good garden
among the most valuable adjuncts of sound farm
program.
The decisions made along these lines during the
next few weeks will largely determine the farmers
profit or loss during $780,
Common Sense Justice
~ NE Of the distressing results of sending men to
prison Unfortunately for all sorts of offenses
is that it often works a terrible hardship on
those dependent upon them. Judge Nova of Brook
lyn is who recognizes this, and in certain cases
adopts practical means to protect innocent victims of
the laws operation.
When Frank Bruna, who earns fifty dollars
week, was brought before him recently and pleaded
guilty to having two wives, with two children
and the other with one, the Judge said.
81 would gladly send you to Sing Sing but your
two wives and their children would be the sufferers
You will pay the wife with two children twenty dollars
week and the wife with child fifteen dollars"
Thus five persons, who would have been deprived
of support through sending Bruno to the penentiary
were provided for while the cupr will be constantly
reminded of his ofense and is likely to repeat it.
That appears to be justice tempered with common
sense.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1930-01-31
S
FRIEND IS
SPEAKER
Representative Fort Sug-
gests Modification To
Permit Home Brewing.
SIGNIFICANCE SEEN
Speech In House OF Re-
representatives. Carefully
Guarded.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 81. W.P.-
Qualification of the Volstead act to
permit home manufacture of light
wines and beer was suggested in q
speech in the house today by Repre-
sentative Franklin Fort, Republican,
New Jersey, who is regarded as
President Hoover's spokesman in the
house.
Much significance was attached to
Forts suggestion because of his close
association with Mr.. Hoover, in
whose campaign he was one of the
leaders. The New Jersey member
urged retention of the 18th amend
.ment and education for temperance.
Fort said that in his opinion the
manufacture of light wines and beer
in the homes does not seem to be
included in the onehalf of one per
cent alcoholic liquor ban of the Vol
stead act, but that they come with
the ban COMMUNICATING in fact"
and thus higher alcoholic content
seems to be permitted.
His speech was listened to with
Keen interest by house members,
some of whom regarded it as a "trial
balloon" for reaction of the coun-
try.
Referring to the Volstead act he
said:
perhaps the act needs clarified
ton of the question of home brew
although nobody has ever been con
victed for making it for home use.
tut, otherwise, it seems to me pretty
clearly to fulfill the purposes of its
adoption and to satisfy the real wish
% of the American people-for the
preservation of the industrial sys-
tenn, their prosperity, and their
homes.
$40 those VINO want abstinence to
follow prohibition, may | suggest
that they leave enforcement to the
of the law and return to the
kind of educational work so SPLEEN
d'dly done for so many years by the
Women's Christian Temperance I'm
ion and the rather Mathew II. \.
+. S.
"To those who want beer and light
wines, | suggest they forego the
wish to buy and be content with
what they make but, above and be.
yond all, that they be good sports.
They have made their fight and
lost-lost to combination of two
mighty tendencies of the age-the
economical and ethical reorganiza-
ton of the American people.
That section of the Nolstead act
no penalties shall be in
tlicted for manufacture of non-in-
toxicating beverages in the home for
personal use, Fort said, appears to
Permit manufacture of light wines
Continued on Page Eight
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1930-01-31
ROSE DENOUNCES RENO EFFORT
TO SIDETRACK VALLEY CLAIMS

Swing johnson bill, after I'M
perial Valley had it well under
way.
THE only surprise to me in
this setllp is that Bacon of San
Diego would be a party to such
a deal. In fact I doubt if the
statement is entirely correct, be-
cause l had a very different
opinion of Mr.. Bacon from this
statement would justify, if cor
rect.
Apparently there are yet two
outlets for Imperial Valley.
The first is that Arizona's de-
mands for power revenue will
be eXorbitant and unfair as they
have been in water, and of
course in that event if they are
complied with, Los Angeles will
not be trading Imperial Valleys
water but will be giving up Los
Angeles good hard cash and 1t
is doubtful if they will be any
thing like as liberal in the mat
ter Of power as they have at
tempted to be in the matter of
water The other is that any
agreement made by the commits
sion must be ratified by the
state Legislature and Imperial
Valley will have a day in court
there"
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1930-01-31

When news of the reported
agreement between delegates
to the Reno conference reached
Imperial Valley, Mark Rose,
director Of the Imperial Irriga-
ton district and intensely inter
ested in affairs most vital to
the valley, istued the following
statement to the Press:
II have in my possession what
purports to be an agreement in
which a majority Of the Califor-
MIA commission has tentatively
agreed with all parties present
from Imperial and Coachella
valleys dissenting. If this agree
ment were put into effect or
ratified by the state legislature,
which of course it is my hope
will never be done, the result
would be that either all major
development along the main
stream of the Colorado river on
on the California side will have
to be abandoned or the Metro
pc,itan Water District will have
to abandon the building of the
Los Angeles aqueduct.
THE unfortunate situation
with the California commission
is that at least one of the men,
bers of the commission of three
and the special representative
appointed by the governor of
California, are vitality interest
ed in the affairs of the Metro
poltan Water District or large
cities included therein. and
what Los Angeles apparently Is
attempting to do, or has done
is to use Imperial Valley to oh
tain legislation favorable to n
self both as to water and power
by joining the movement to
pass what is known as the
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1930-01-31
FILIPINO RIOTS
AID MOVE FOR
IND EPENDENCE
Agitation Increases In
House AS Midwest Adds
Protests.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 81. UP
Resentment in California against
Filipino and in the middle west
against the competition of philip
pine products has revived agitation
for independence of the islands
which the United States wrcsted
from Spain.
These two factors nave contrib
ut"d more to bring the issue to the
forefront recently than appeals to
the idealism of congress. Debate on
he floor of house and senate and in
committee room since congress re.
assembled has revealed Il growing
sentiment for Philippine ind"pend .
cnce.
Economic developments OF the
past few years have resulted in re-
lcwed congressional interest and agi-
tation has reached such stage that
= vote is promised within the next
few weeks in the senate.
Middle western congressman bent
upon increasing the dairy industry's
! rejection, began to realize when the
new tariff bill was drafted that they
must find Il way to cope with the
competition of butter substitutes.
Most of these, they found, are made
from copra, which is imported from
the Philippines duty free.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1930-01-31
OVER PRODUCTION
is BLAMED FOR
FARMERS W OES|
Secretary Hyde Points
Out Extent To Which
Farming Has Grown.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.,, Jan. 81. U.P)
Farmers the world around are be-
set by the same problem-over ex-
pansion and over production, Secre-
tary of Agriculture Arthur NJ.
Hyde declared here today.
It is impossible to ascribe agri-
cultural distress to any one factor,
but there is no question the most
important is that of over expansion,
Hyde told meeting of the Illinois
Agricultural association.
"The reason is plain" he said.
"During the war, production in
creased outside Europe to compen-
safe for reduced production in Eur
ope. When Europe largely restored
its agriculture, the other countries
did not corrcspondingly decrease
theirs.
"As result, the worlds output
ran ahead of market requirements"
he continued. "Prices inevitably
fell"
Instead of cutting production and
reducing cultivated acreage, agri-
cultural nations everywhere entered
upon an era of farm development, he
said.
an consequence, American farmers
and stock growers now find not only
their foreign outlets, but their home
markets, almost overwhelmed by an
influx of outside production.
"The total area under cultiva
ton crops in Canada, Argentina and
Australia has increased 200 per cent
since 1900. Their combined wheat
acreage is now greater than that of
the United States, though in 1900
it was only one-third as much"
Speed Production
After citing this example of the
way other countries have speeded
up production, the secretary present
Cd to the association long lists of
similar instances.
Gwen more spectacular has been
the expansion of the beef industry in
Australia, Uruguay and Argentina
which now export 100 million
pounds of beef more than in 1901"
he said.
"From all quarters Of the globe
are coming similar floods of food
stuffs. Tropical and sub-tropical
countries in particular have squirt
ed ahead. Great expanses of un-
titled land have been forced under
the pillow by government programs
of agricultural development
"The distress of the American
farmer has been made more acute
by foreign adoption of efficient and
scientific American methods f
farming. In five years exports of
American farm machinery have
nearly doubled.
an short, farm production has
increased since the war, not only
in the United States, but generally
through the world"
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1930-01-31
VARIOUS
STORIES
RELATED
Wide Split In California
Delegation On Division
OF Water.
TO MEET ON COAST
Los Angeles Conference
Will Attempt To Patch
Up Breach.

RENO. New, Jan. 81. U.P)-With
.hc Boulder dam conference ending
in general confusion and indefinite
" recessed, william j. Donovan,
personal representative of Secretary
of Interior Ray Lyman Wilbur and
chairman of the session, was cnroutc
to Washington today.
\ new parley of California dele
gates to be held in Los Angeles held
the center of interest, as in it lay
the Last hope for successful com
promise of interests between two OF
the lover basin states, California
and Arizona, on division Of water
from the Boulder dam project.
The Arizona delegation left for
home last night after announcement
that the parley had temporarily
failed, just when il appeared that
Il tentative agreement had been
reached with California interests.
The Californians were enroute to
Los Angeles today, where the hither-
to unsettled claims of the Imperial
Irrigation district and the Metropol
lldU w titT uiSlTlCI bl lrbs AuStltS
will be the subject of new conflict.
While there was general confusion
after breaking up of the sessions,
one delegate telling one story, and
others having different versions of
what had happened and what was
scheduled, it appeared that Arizona
had offered to meet California
again, in case that states dclcga-
tion could come to some decision
near the Arizona attitude.
Such meeting was tentatively
set for Wednesday, February s, in
event the rival agricultural and
municipal claims of Southern Cali.
fornia are compromised on basis
agreeable to Arizona.
Rumors among the members Of
the Arizona delegation said that
the Imperial Irrigation interests
were asking for more water than
ever before.
That Arizona has conceded every
thing possible, and that nothing fur
ther will be given was the announced
attitude of that states delegation.
Members indicated that they would
carry the fight into the courts in the
event the new California meeting
Jailed to develop any disposition to
decrease demands of that state.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1930-01-31
COURT TO DECIDE IF CLOTHES
MAKE A WOMAN-OR A MAN

hockey, except as an outlaw, and
could not race automobiles as
an amateur. So she went to
court to force the federation to
prove that she was a harm to
her sex.
"A woman is a DANCED site
more decent with pants to the
ankles. than half of these wo-
men you see at tea dances, their
knees crossed, showing the lin
ings Of their skirts,'' Nine. Nor
lis declared in her own de-
Tense.
The days of feminine wo-
men are past. A woman who
does a mans job must wear a
mans clothes, especially if she
hopes to look decent while
crawling under an automobile.
Besides that, my father
and grandfather were soldiers
and I was brought up in an army
barracks. I learned to swear
there and I am proud of my
knowledge. AS for my pipe, it
IS less dangerous to the health
than cigarettes and then. too,
cigarettes won't stay lighted in
the wind when you drive a rae
Ing car"
French women see in this trial
a chance to vindicate tLAir sex,
depending upon whether you
favor or do not favor pants.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1930-01-31
BY RALPH HEINZEN


United Press Staff Correspondent
PARIS, Jan. 81. U.H-A
Seine court soon will be called
upon to render a Solomon-like
verdict on the world shaking
question of whether woman
has the right to wear trousers
and whether, if she curses a bit
and smokes a pipe, she is less a
lady for all that.
The trouble started wear go
when the French Womer's
Sports Federation refused
license to Nine. Violette Morris,
famous field hockey player and
even more famous as a winning
driver of racing automobiles.
The grounds of the refusal
were that Nine. Morris wore
pants, smoked and swore.
"A woman who appears in
public in trousers has no long
er the appearance of woman,
and cannot carry the banner of
feminine sports,'' the fedora
ton declared in a letter to Nine.
Morris. Take off your pants
and put back the dress of your
sex, or you will never get your
license
But Nine. Morris kept her
pants on-and lost her license.
She could no longer play field
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1930-01-31

Breakup of Reno Conference Causes M1dded Situation
If You Own Dog
You Own Fleas

CINCINNATI, O., Jan. 81. U.H
Pleas and other of the specia
which usually abide with a cat
or dog are the property Of the
owner Of the animals, common
pleas Judge Otis Hess ruled TO-
day.
Mrs. Amy L. Roth sued Charles
Poorman, a former roomer, for
$50, charging 1t cost her that
amount to renovate rooms where
Poorman kept three dogs, four
cats, a parrot, an alligator and
several canaries.
Pleas or other insects indigen-
Gus to pets must be taken with
the animals when the owner Of
the latter moves, the court held,
awarding Mrs. Roth $65.05 dam.
ages.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1930-01-31
Plan New Effort
To Free Pantages

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 81. U.P,-
Attorneys for Alexander Pantages
tomorrow will make third attempt
to obtain the wealthy theater mans
freedom on bail pending decision on
his appeal from conviction on
charges of attacking Eunice Pringle,
dancer.
lie Compile Davis, attorney for
Carriages, announced yesterday after
his client had been denied release on
grounds of i'll health, that he would
take writ of habeas corpus or an
original writ Of application before
the court of appeals.
Testimony of Pantages' physicians
that the multi-millionaire is suffer
ing from heart ailment which in
generation in the county Jail is ag-
gravating, failed to move Judge
Charles A. Fricke yesterday.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1930-01-31
NEW SPANISH
PREMIER HOPES
FOR TRANQUILITY
BY JOHN DEGANDT
United Press Staff Correspondent
Copyright 1880 by United Press)

MADRID, Jan. 81. UP)--In the
first interview granted by General
Damasco Bergenguer since his ac-
QUESTION to power, the new Spanish
premier outlined for the United
Press the three fundamentals of his
government.
"They can be explained in a few
words" he said, "a constitutional
normally, judicial normalcy, and the
tranquilization of the country"
"lf there are any perturbed ele
mcnts," he continued, "that is some
thing We are unaware of. 1t is i'm
possible to revert to constitutional
normally, with the same ease with
which the scenery is changed in a
theatre.
al affirm, however, that within
the shortest possible time there will
be complete normally, and hope
every social sector will support me
in this purpose. The true signifi-
cancc of this crisis is that it is above
everything else, the unanimous ex
preston of the country.
"Nobody suspected the dictator
ship could be abolished in 36 hours,
which was what occurred. | am con
fident that all the elements | have
called upon will demonstrate their
love for the institutions of their
country" nd q
General Berenguer said he intend
ed to recstablish the ministry of
state, and that he would not sup
press the ministry of national econ
omv. 1t is his intention to appoint
a minister as soon as the reorgan-
ization plan is completed.
Cndcrsecretaries are to be ap-
pointed in all departments.
The premier added that after to-
days audience with King Alfonso,
he intended to "begin his work" at
the headquarters of the war minis.
try.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1930-01-31
Mislabeling Case
Is Lengthy One

b. A. Harrigan, agricultural com
missioner, returned last night from
Los Angeles where he has been at
tending the Waldnan METERS com
pany trial involving the labelling Of
coastgrown grapefruit "Imperial".
According to Harrigan, the trial
may end by tomorrow, the defense
having been arguing it's side all
week through the attacks on the
Standardization law Harrigan stat,
ed that other dealers and growers
using similar practices are consoli.
dating III fighting the case thus
causing it to be long, drawn.out
affair.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1930-01-31
CLAIMS
LIFE OF YOUTH
IN BARN LOFT

ROCKVILLE, Mo-, Jan. 81. (U.p,
Lawrence Mabry, an Ozark boy OF
10, was dropped from an improvised
) gallows through trap door in a
barn loft here today as he murmur-
ed a newly learned prayer and at
tempted a last smile.
He fell to his death at 9:l7 n. m.
1t was the last event in series
which began February 4, 1928, at Sc
dalia, Mo, when Mabry killed VIII
liam Busch, Young law student, dur
ing an attempted holdup. In the IN
tervening time he was condemned
and repeated efforts to win nun
clemency had failed.
Mabry was led across the snow
covered Jail yard to the old barn IN
the center Of the town and with the
aid of hangmcn walked up Is fran
new steps which strained as the
group mounted to the top.
He tried. as he had promised his
minister. to repeat the brief prayer
and mustered pale smile similar to
lHc parting tN 'SSloh ic heNu SA'Nh
his sister and sweetheart after his
first break of weeping last night
when he bid them goodbye.
Mabry, a well built, handsome
youth, dropped quickly, the first
victim of moose in these section in
the last % years. He was pronounc-
ed dead at $3.50 a. M, l3 minutes af-
ter he had swung from the gallows.
The youth, youngest of seven
died while his 60 year old
Mrs, Emmett Mabry, prayed
for him in her home in Sedalia.
She had prayed for him often
since the time when, at the age of
10, he was found guilty of possessing
"A half pint of liquor and was sent
to the reform school to be alternate,
" in and out of it until his death.
The prisoners sang "When the
Saints are Marching On" as the
young priest and sheriff walked
iows the corridor. Mabry's lips
luivered.
As the party left the Jail, Mabry
,uned to the sheriff. wife. ''Thank
you, Mrs. Groems, for being so nice
o me. Here is a dime for YOU to re,
member me by.D The woman wept, /
Mabry did not glance toward the
'rowd of several hundred persons
II the Jail yard.