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It was strange life for girl, for the
daughter of wealth and power and
social position, but it was the life she
preferred.
Early Training Basis Of Success.
For then, as now, she prefers human
beings above all other interestS-human
beings, that Is, and horses and farms.
And the life she preferred as girl gave
her the necessary training for all that
was to follow after. In it she learned
to Judge people, to fit the right person
to the right task, to separate the
pleasant from the true, to mingle with
all sorts of common humanity with
sympathy for their rights and their de-
sires without yielding one iota OF the
principles which for herself remained
eternally true.
People are her literature. People are
her art and people are her music. And
in this fact lies the Limitation" men
toned before. Some one once asked
her where she was educated" II never
was educated" she replied with a
laugh
And in the sense of an education out
of books and SeminarieS and colleges
the statement is true.
The only books she genuinely cares
about are books of history and biography
the books of real human beings. She
has never collected anything. nor
studied piano, nor gone to symphony
concerts, nor written bad verse, nor
misused the latest highbrow success,
nor read philosophy. The only art she
is interested in is the stage. More
human beings. The only science that
has attracted a moment of her time is
psychology. Again the science OF
| human beings.
Granted this spells limitation.
theoretically your great man or woman
can pick the flowers of all the meadows
| while travelling the straight road Of a
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single purpose. Practically, in this
woman, it spells unity of character
which 1t is inspiring to see. Not touch
of anything more than this. A unity
of heart and mind and soul which
shines with clear white light.
Intelligence Needed in Politics.
Colored lights, prismatic characters,
are frequently fascinating, lovable, in
teresting to write novels about and to
receive the dedication of a volume of
verse. When 1t comes to politics. how
ever, to the application of intelligence
to public questions, clear light Is more
useful.
Yet we are so accustomed to demand
ing the other thing from women that
it becomes difficult to understand a
woman of this sort.
Even today, with women at the high
tide of their emancipation, how many
of us, whether men or women, expect
a woman to direct her life by her in
telligence? 1t is, isn't it, still the thing
to expect her to appeal 70 us through
her little failings, to adore her for her
faults?
Perhaps one reason why Ruth Nc
Cormick smashed a political tradition
was because she had first broken this
one.
For her whole life has been, and con-
stantly Is, directed by her intelligence.
Intelligence is word she likes. 1t is
the tombstone by which she guides her
conduct Quite consciously, she weighs
all action by it.
1t makes the standards high by
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intended only to go as far into the
direction of describing one Of the most
amazing women-one OF the most
amazing human beings-of our day as
it is possible to go within the limits OF
these pages. 1t is an attempt to say
what Ruth Mccormick is like.
Mrs. McCormick's Career Sketched.
may approach saying what she is
like. but I cannot say whom she Is like,
for she is like nobody else. Her gifts,
her tastes, her mannerisms are her
own They are so singularly, so strtk-
ingly her own that her greatest central
characteristic seems to be q sort OF
coherent simplicity and clarity.
From that central singleness and
clarity proceed her greatest virtues, and
proceeds also what to many minds Is
her only apparent limitations limita-
ton which l shall mention later on.
Born with a being singularly free OF
cluttering smallneSSeS, her childhood
was one which developed in her those
natural tendencies toward cool APP
praisements and love of straight, swift
action which characterize her today.
For, from the first, she was her
fathers Notwithstanding to ride
and know horses and to love them as
only those who know them may-going
with him to listen to his conversations
with the employees of his street car lines
and coal companies in Cleveland--sit-
ting perched in window ledge above
the crowded theater where he made a
speech-leaving her play to understand
the matters of his Ohio farm, sitting
with him at breakfast in the old house
("the Little White House." as they
called it in McKinley's day. during the
daily conference with important politi-
clans working daily in her fathers
Office in the Senate when she was ID,
and other girls of her age and position
in Washington were coming out"
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telegraph and telephone and cable and
radio, even many of those who had
known her for years were startled into
asking themselves: What manner OF
woman is this who seems well on the
road to smashing the comfortable ira
dition, the accepted platitude. that 1T
is too soon for woman to occupy a
senatorial seat?
Many of her colleagues in the House
in Washington, many professed pollt-
ical admirers of hers in that body and
in the Senate and among political obs
servers in Washington were accustomed
to say: IF she we're a man there
would be no doubt of the result. But
she is a woman and her opponent has
had long success in politics in his
State and hers, and besides he holds
that unseen power of the political
patronage he has owned for years. She
might do tiff she were a man."
That she was nominated in spite OF
being a woman has caused every one,
everywhere. has caused even her intl-
mate friends, her fellow workers. most
of all it has caused the professional
politician to restate that inquiry-to
wonder whether, after all, they really
knew her-to look upon her with newly
inquiring eyes.
For this reason this article does not
profess to be a biographical sketch, a
sort of expanded who's Who" 1t is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-20

The ostrich, the biggest bird in the
world. has proportionately the smallest
brain.
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BY JOSEPH GOODMAN.

LATIN AMERICAN who has
" Just delivered terrible blow at
"A the fearsome DOGGY of Yankee
\ imperialism in South American
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Y " WIEN the news that Ruth
n Hanna Mccormick had won
Nv the Republican nomination
for Senator in Illinois hur.
ried across the world by
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PROBLEM OF MACHINERY
AND MAN FACES SCIENCE
Engineers of World Are Told They Must
Save Mechanical Age From
Self-DestructiOn.
BY Robert w. POTTER.

THE miracle men of the age, the
engineers, met last week to take
stock of the mechanical wonders
Il by which they have trans
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-26
Oh! what lovely eggs.

81 shall have TO do something
about Bad Reddie, said Uncle Wig
gily when he heard about this. He
will take eggs, but the next time
he won't have so much fun
Uncle Wiggily put make believe
nest on the branch of tree, low
down, where Reddie could easily
reach it. In the nest the rabbit gen
tleman put some stones that looked
like eggs. Then he hid and waited.
Soon Reddie the hungry squirrel
climbed up to the make believe nest.
''Oh. what lovely eggs,' he chat
tered. Picking one up his paws Bad
Reddie took a hard bite. Instead of
a soft egg shell he bit into hard
stone and nearly broke his teeth.
"Oh, dear, Oh, dear! Oh dear.'
chattered Reddie and he was so sur
prised that he jumped down and
never again climbed up tree to
rob a bird S nest. SO he learned his
lesson.
And if the kite will wag its tail
like a little puppy dog when he
smells a bone, III tell you next
about Uncle Wiggily's pop bottle.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-26
DISCUSS PLANS
FOR PICNIC BY
FARM BUREAU

Plans for the farm bureau picnic
being sponsored by that organiza-
tion in connection with the All
club Achievement day, May 10,
which is to be held at the Ira Aten
ranch, were discussed Thursday at
a meeting at the court house of the
committee in charge.
Acting upon suggestion by ID. r.
Creighton, assistant farm advisor IN
charge of All club work, it was de-
eided that the Judging of the hogs
, would take place at the Pacific
Land and Cattle Company's yard
instead at the picnic grounds, where
those wishing to sell the animals
would have them on the spot.
The regular All club activities
and contests will be conducted at
the picnic grounds, prizes will be
presented, and fine program Civ
en-.
The luncheon will be a basket af-
fair, each one bringing his own, al
though the farm bureau will furn-
ish coffee, milk, butter m i k
and cream, and the clubs will sell
Ice cream.
Another event of interest will be
the horseshoe contest which will be
directed by Dan Grumbles and for
which prizes will be awarded. A
cash prize will be given by the
farm bureau to the home depart
ment whose community has the
largest turn out at the picnic.
After discussing these plans the
committee adjourned to the Aten
ranch to look over the ground and
were met there by Ira Aten who
showed them the progress already
made in getting the eucalyptus
grove ready for the event.
Committee members present were
Mrs. f. 7. Hewes, Mrs. s. F.. Rob
/ inson, Miss Florence Glenn, Leo
/ Watts, H. G. Swink, while Frank
Beyschlag, farm advisor and d. f
Creighton also attended the meet
! ing.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-26
First Presbyterian

At the morning service, Rev. Earl
F. Lindsey, pastor of the Communi-
ty church at Imperial, win occupy
the. pulpit Mr.. Lindsey is accom-
plishing 4 fine piece of Christian
community work in Imperial and
we are glad to have the privilege
of having message from him.
There will be special music by tine
choir. They will sing the anthem,
"God Is Love" by Shelley, and Mr..
Henshaw will take the solo part.
The Church school will meet as
usual at 9:45, Mrs. Fred p. INITIAL,
superintendent. We are happy in
having secured Mrs. T. p. Creighton
as a teacher for the class which was
graduated from the primary depart
ment at Easter. We are also estab
fishing another new class at this
time, mixed class for young people
tion to join is extended to all young
of college age, and u hearty invita-
tion to join is extened to all young
people of this age who are not at
tending elsewhere.
The Christian Endeavor will meet
at $3.50.
The midweek service will be helC
Thursday at 1880. In addition 10 the
prayer service, We are taking fo
our special study the Book of Tht
Acts of the Apostles,'' and all in
terested in the study of the Scrip
lures are especially invited. t
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-26
AN ARIZONA OPINION


There are few who will question the
statement that John L. Bacon, former
mayor OF San Diego, and chairman of the
California Colorado river commission, is
an authority on the Boulder dam project
and its various phases.
For years he has been closely identi-
fled with all its various ramifications,
and as an engineer he is particularly in
terested in the actual construction work
of the dam.
This. however, has not prevented him
from making a keen study of the legal
phases of the project.
In an address before the local Rotary
club Thursday, he gave splendid talk
on the Boulder dam project, making his
hearers appreciate the magnitude and
Importance of it through comparative
statements which the layman can accept
and retain more readily than he can a
long list of facts and figures.
The high light of his talk came how
ever, when he. touched upon Arizona's
threat to halt construction of the dam by
court procedure. This threat has intini-
dated some and it is believed by certain
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-26
Arizona factions, to be founded on good

Arizona factions, to be founded on good
grounds.
Bacon exposed its falsity however, by
reading a statement from a brief pre-
pared by John Mason Ross, eminent Ari-
zona lawyer, for the Tucson Star. In this
statement Ross gave it as his opinion,
that the Colorado river does not belong
to any one state or group of states, but
is natural resource controllable only by
the national government.
This may not be agreeable news to
many Arizonans," Ross statement said,
"but my opinion has been sought and as
l believe it lawyers duty to tell his
client the truth and not what the client
would like to have him say, am dong
that in making this statement. ARl-
IONA WOULD HAVE NO STANDING
IN COURT IF SHE BRINGS ANY AC-
TION SEEKING TO HALT CON-
STRUCTION OF BOULDER CANYON
DAM"
In view of the fact that Mr.. Ross is
staunch; Arizonan, full of desire to see ms
state get all that is coming to 1t, ms
statement bears considerable weight. he
was not making it because he wanted to,
but because his opinion had been asked
and he gave it according to his lnterpre-
tation of the law, and not as opponents
of the Boulder dam project would want
to have him give it.
An opinion such as this should ses at
rest any fears there may be that Arizona
can block the work, once it gets started.
In this latter connection Bacon stated
that the power contracts would be signed
this week, and forwarded to Washington
immediately, with great hopes that an
appropriation from congress could pc
pushed through at this session, though he
admitted friends of the project will have
to work fast to accomplish that.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-26
Christian Science

Probation after Death" will be
the subject of the Lesson.Sermon
Sunday, in all Churches of Christ,
Scientist, branches of The Mother
Church, The First of Christ, Seien-
tist, in Boston. Mass. The Golden
Text Will be from Hebrews, Fol
low peace with all men, and holi-
ness, without which no man shall
see the Lord
One of the Scripture selections
in the LessonSermon, chosen from
Paul's first epistle to the Corinth-
ians. includes assurances as fol
lows: "For other foundation can
no man lay than that is laid, whieh
is Jesus Christ. Every man s
work shall be made manifest.
il any mans work abide which he
hath built thereupon, he shall re-
eeive a reward. If any mans work
shall be burned, he shall suffer loss ::
but he himself shall be saved; yet
SC as by fire
A correlative passage from the
Christian Science textbook, "Sci-
enee and Health with Key to the
Scriptures, = presents the following
statements by Mary Baker Eddy;
The old man with his deeds must
be put off. Nothing sensual or sim
full is immortal. The death of n
false material sense and of sin, not
the death of organic matter, is what
reveals man and Life, harmonious,
real, and eternal.'
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-26
Methodist Episcopal


The church school meets at the
regular hour tomorrow morning.
There is a class for every age.
The morning worship service will
be held as usual at II O'Clock tomor-
row. Mrs. D. B. Roberts will sing
a contralto solo and Mrs. Ruth
Teeple Reid will be pianist. Mr..
Baker will speak on the subject
"Life's Loyalties."
The discussion hour at $50 will
be lead by Miss Georgia Royce and
Miss Doris Gibson. All young peo-
pie are invited to attend.
The evening worship hour is at
1880 and Mr.. Baker will speak on
the subject, "Elizah, Pioneer of
Faith"
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-26
MENINGITIS IN
ARIZONA CAUSE
OF PRECAUTIONS

PHOENIX, Ariz., April 26.-U.p)
With three deaths reported this
week from spinal meningitis, health
authorities throughout Arizona to-
day were taking precautions to pre-
vent an epidemic outbreak.
Two persons died at Nogales dur
ing the week from the disease and
ali schools Of the city are closed.
Local physicians al Winkleman at
tributed the death of c. NJ. Hol.
comb. 81, 10 the disease.
Following the death of Enrique
Valenzuela, Z, at Nogales, health Of
fieials issued blanket order ban
ming all children under l6 years OF
age from attending public places
and at the same time ordered al
the schools closed for 10 days. Thi
high school was closed Tuesday fol
lowing the death of an instructor
Fifteen hundred children are af
fected by the closing of schools
School board officials were eonsid
ering closing the various institu
tions until next fall.
State board of health official
declared that the number of menin
gifts eases in the state was beloy
normal, and declared that no epi
demic existed in the state. Onl.
three cases were reported TO Tn
board this week, each claiming tn
lives of the persons afflicted.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-26
Mrs. Charland
Buried Here

Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah
Charland, 76, mother of Mrs. NJ. l..
Clarke Of this city, were held on
Thursday at the b. +. Lemons flu
neral parlors, interment taking place
in Evergreen cemetery.
Mrs. Charland's death occurred ON
Tuesday. after an illness of some
months brought on by the shock she
experienced at the death of her
grandson, Gerald Clarke, who was
killed last fall in an airplane aeci-
dent.
She is survived by her daughter,
Mrs. NJ. l.. Clarke, at whose nome
her death occurred; by two other
daughters, Mrs. Mamie +. Graham
of IIoltville, and Mrs. Evelyn Seeds
of FL Centre; and by two sons,
George Chamberlain of Imperial and
7. Y. Chamberlain of Calexico, all
of whom were with her at the time
of her passing. In addition she is
survived by another daughter, Mrs.
Lulu Stevens of Kansas and another
son, Chester Chamberlain of Miami,
Florida.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-26
First Baptist
Meeting at the Wilson School
West Main Street

sabbath Observance, Why and
How, is the subject of the sermon
bv Rev. C. E. Flanagan at the morn.
ing church hour, IL O'Clock. The
choir will furnish special music.
"An After Easter Blessing. is
the theme of the evanglGstic ser.
mon at 7:30 p. m. The open song
service and special music is a fea,
ture of this service.
The Sunday school with A. A.
Moody, superintendent, opens at
-9:45 .. m. with assembly in the au.
ditorium. There are classes for all
ages of boys and girls and splendid
classes for men and for women.
Adults and parents are especially
invited.
The B. Y. P. L. with the Young
peoples service meets at $3.50 d. m.
with Il fine service for young men
and women.
The prayer meeting is at the par.
sonage, 639 He'll avenue, Wednes.
day. 1880 p. m.
Strangers are cordially invited to
all services.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-26
st. Paul's Episcopal

Services tomorrow at ST. Paul's
Episcopal church will be those for
the first Sunday after Easter, the
Rev. Charles Wilson Baker offici-
ating. Holy Eucharist viii be cele
brated at s q. m. and Sunday school
will be held at the usual hour of
IL a. m.
On Wednesday, April 80, Holy
Eucharist will be observed at 9:30
a. IN. All are cordially invited to
these services.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-26

tree. The little squirrel looked very
hungry.
''Ges down there, Bad Reddie!'
called Uncle Wiggily. "Leave the
birds eggs alone. They want to
hatch little birds from their eggs.
They don't want you to eat them. y
''Yip! Zip! Yippie!" chattered
ReddiS much surprised that Uncle
Wiggily happened to see him. Nip!
Yip!" and with jerk of his tail
away he scampered. But though he
went away for time, Bad Reddie
came back later, when Uncle Wig
gily WASH Il watching, and took an
other egg from the nest of the
thrush, causing that lady bird much
sadness.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-26
More Trouble
For Constable

LOS ANGELES, April 26. up
Only recently acquitted of i charge
Of converting bail money to his own
use, Harry Amend, Inglewood con
stable, today was involved in fresh
trouble with the courts.
Amend is accused of permitting
Clyde johnson, of Downey, to e5'
cape from Jail after the latter's ar
rest on a traffic charge. The con-
stables preliminary hearing has
been set for May 8. Meanwhile he
is at liberty on his own recogniz-
anee.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-26
Bedtime Stories
~ HOWARD z. 0ARRIs
Newspaper Syndicate
Copyright, 1928, by Mcclure
UNCLE WIGGnY AND BAD
REDDIE

One day Uncle Wiggily heard a
great chattering in the trees around
his hollow stump. bungalow. There
was yipping and yapping, great
rustling of the new leaves that had
come with the spring and fitting
to and fro of many feathered wings.
"What is the matter with the
birdss' asked Uncle WIggily of
Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, who was
sweeping the front steps.
81 don't know,' answered the
mcskrat lady housekeeper. "They
have been acting like that all morn
ing. Maybe they are having meet
ing of some sort, telling each other
how glad they are that the winter
has gone away and that summer is
coming.'
Perhaps answered the rabbit
gentleman. Though crows are
about the only birds that get to-
gether and make such fuss as
these birds are doing. And these
birds around my bungalow aren It
Crows
"No," agreed Nurse Jane, "they
are robins and sparrows, starlings
and blue jays. The crows live farth-
er off in the deep woods
"Well, something has happened, "
went on Mr.. Longears. "And / am
going TO find out what it is.'' So
he called: "What is the matter, you
birds up in the tree'''
Matter enough" ehirped Mr.
Robin to whom Uncle Wiggily had
teen very kind, once saving the
eggs from the pond and again catch
ing a little robin that fell out OF
the nest. "There is something rec
flashing up and down in the tree:
here taking the birds eggs"
Something red'" asked Uncle
Wiggily. "Maybe il is red sun
shine.'
"sunshine doesn't take eggs.'
peeped brown thrush, "and tina
flash of reed took away one of m.
eggs yesterday"
THAT'S too bad!" said Uncl'
Wiggily.
Il am glad we Matched out al
our eggs, - said Mrs. Robin TO he
husband as they sat on branci
and watched their four little bird
learning to fly. elf we had eggs il
the nest now / should be worried. ;
"And yet we shall more eggs ;
little later when we hatch out ou
second family" Mr.. Robin. "S'
if you can, Uncle Wiggily, i wisl
you would find out what is thi
Flashing red thing that leaps up an'
down the trees, taking the eggs. ;"
"I1l see what ! can do" prom
ised the rabbit gentleman. 4" But tel
me more about this red d a ng +
What is il liket'
cit is like some apimal," sale
the brown thrush. .Aa animal will
red tail and red fur and four legs
IL climbs up a tree, takes an ege
out Of the nest and scampers away
TO hiding place. And there il eats
the egg so no little bird can hatei
out Of it.
"Ha, That must be Reddie the
sauirrel,' said Uncle Wiggily y
..That is how he looks and ! know
red squirrels are fiery fond of eat
ing birds eggs. ] must watch anu
see if Reddie has been ur to any o.
his tricks. If he has / ii make hin
stop.p
Uncle wiggily hid-bimself in th'
bushes at the foot of a tree whef'
the brown thrush had her nest viii
some eggs still IN il for the re'
squirrel had only taken one. Bu
the thrush was afraid more woui'
be taken when she flew off 10 &c
something TO eat.
Watching from his hiding plae
in the bushes, Uncle Wiggily, all o
sudden, saw Reddie the squire
who was sort oftsecond cousin I
Johnnie and Billie Bushytail, N
gray squirrels, start TO thmb III
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-26
TEN YEARS AGO
April 26. 1920

H. W. Fawcett, proprietor of the
Coca Cola Bottling Works, has pur-
chased through the agency of Kies.
sig, Knapp l. kiessig, beautiful
residence on the west side of the
city of Ell Centro. Mrs. Fawcett is
receiving congratulations from her
many friends on this lovely new
home.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-26
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
April 26, 1915

Word was received from Sacra-
mento yesterday that the assembly
had passed the bill reimbursing the
county of Imperial and the people
of Los Angeles and San Diego the
sum of 5000 which represents the
amount raised in this state for the
construction of the new Yuma
bridge.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-26
MRS. 1NcE TO WED

! Los ANGELES, April 26. W.H-
Elinor P. Inee, As, widow of Thomas
II. lnee, one of the best known of
pioneer motion picture producers,
today filed notice of intention to
marry Holmes Z. Herbert, AZ, screen
actor.