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Nogales international., 1930-06-24
STUPIDITY

Customs officials in Seattle recently
seized 10 copies of German medical
book, imported by a Seattle dealer
for sale to the medical men of the
Northwest. The ground for the seiz-
ure was that the contents of the book
were 'indelicate." The book is .
learned !, treatise on biology, which
word is merely technical term
meaning "life."
Life, apparently, is indelicate, in
the eyes Of the United States Gus
toms. But human life only. Nobody
tries to suppress books which deal
with the breeding of livestocks, dogs
or poultry. Only when book sug-
gests that the life processes of human
beings are similar to those of other
animals do well-meaning but stupid
officials interfere.
Nogales international., 1930-06-24
LOWDOWN

Victor V. Green runs what he calls
"The Most Low-Down Paper on
Earth" Its title is the Caochclla
Valley Submarine and it is published
at Coacheila, Riverside County, Cali
fornia, Is feet below sea level.
Editor Green has sense of humor,
as is evidenced by the subtitle of
his paper. He also has a seas. oS ye-
sponsibility to his thriving ar,AcnlEp.
raj community, as the k<A: ;s~w. h
the Submarine" clcztic xAOwA
There are other vajisys in CARtur-
MIA the bottoms of which are even
farther below the leu; OF the PSciAt
Ocean than this one. Thcy are tsAs
of ancient lakes which were once .sx5s
of the ocean before some preais.aG3n
earthquake raised the land a-&wenn
them and the sea.
Old ocean beds make goo4i faTuss
everywhere. Hollands farr.s are
almost entirely on reclaimed sea~oot.
tom, and another 100000 acres Of
ocean has just been diked off and il
being pumped out to add to the agr;-
cultural area. Much of F1orida's best
land has only lately been reclaimed
and now project is on foot to ir1i-
gate the Sahara desert and make q
the worlds garden SDOt
Nogales international., 1930-06-24

Tilly, you we're entertaining a man
in the kitchen last night, were you
not?"
That's for him to say, ma'am. I
did my best"
Nogales international., 1930-06-24
WARREN'S ADDRESS
AT BUNKER HILL


AT BUNKER HILL
Oune 1917, 1775)
BY John Pisybont
Stand the grounds your own. my
braves
Will ye give it up to slaves?
Will ye look for greeher gravesl
Hope ye mercy still,
What's the mercy despots feel?
Hear it in that battle-peal!
Read it on yen bristling steell
Ask it,-ye who will.
Fear ye foes who kill for hire?
Will ye to your homes retire?
Look behind you They're aGre!
And, before you, see
Who have done i'll From the vale
On they come-and will ye quaili
Leaden rain and iron hail
Let their welcome be!
In the God of battles trusti
Dies we n1zy,-and die we must:
But, 0, where can dust to dust
Be consigned so we'll,
AS where heaven its dews shall shed
On the martyred patriots bed,
And the rocks shall raise their head,
Of his deeds to tell?
Nogales international., 1930-06-24

Film Producer: You now dash into
the burning building, fling Miss
Whatsername over your shoulder,
Chamber out with her through the
roof, and then escape along the tele-
graph wir~s, still holding her.
Exhausted Actor: Here, dash it.,
I've just done all that.
Producer: Of course you have.
That was the rehearsal.
Nogales international., 1930-06-24
BANKS

! A. P. Giannini told a Congressional
committee the other day that branch
oanking would eventually supersede
! the present system of independent
local banks i'll the United States, as it
has done in Canada and largely in
England. Small villages, he said, can
not support a bank with sufficient re-
! sources to meet the growing indus
trial needs of small towns.
Mr.. Giannini is probably right.
There, are good-sized cities in the
United States whose progress has been
held back by lack OF adequate local
banking capital and by the narrow
outlook of local bankers. The pre-
iudice against "chain" ownership of
any kind of business extends to banks
as we'll as to stores, but as in the case
of chain stores, the remedy is in the
hands of the community. Independent
banks, like retailers, can compete with
chain" institutions if they will adopt
the modern methods of the chains and
provide themselves with sufficient re-
sources to make competition effective.
CRIPPLES
One of the things which we are be-
ginning to learn is that the worst thing
we can do for a person who has been
dis lied by disease or accident is to
&C lc him or her, and the best thing
ii can be done is to train the re-
naming faculties to useful work.
The Veterans Bureau has finished
its rehabilitation work with men who
were injured in the World War, and
reports that every man who is capable
of any sort of productive effort is
now at work somewhere. But the
Federal Government is cooperating
with the states to provide the same
sort of rehabilitation training for vic
tins of industrial accidents and of
crippling diseases like infantile paral-
ysis. Only a few states are giving
cooperation, but in those surprising
results have been achieved.
Leaving out the benefit to society by
not having to support the cripple in
idleness, there is definite value to
the injured person in the discovery
that he is still able to earn living.
Nogales international., 1930-06-24

Dial telephones have been removed from the SEN
ate office building. It appears that Senators couldn't
learn how to manipulate them.
A scientist declares that the human jaw is grow
Ing less and will eventually disappear Then folks will
all resemble Andy Gump
former Senator's radio speech was interrupted
by fake S. O. S. call Most folks who have to listen to
speeches feel like calling for help in earnest.
We read that radio loudspeakers are being en-
ployed on=farms instead of scarecrows Some pro-
grams might mention ought to be especially eff
fective.
The official name of Russia is Soyus Sovetskikh-
Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik.
Some of the detours are not even paved with good
intentions.
popular composer is one who can make judi
cious selection Of fragments from old tunes
Towns which lost population since 1920 should
be congratulated if they got rid of certain kinds Of
people.
Nogales international., 1930-06-24

ed, attains high value thru the &C
emulation of entrance and declar-
alton fees over a protracted period
Of time. For the Aqua Caliente
Handicap by the new conditions we
cffer 100000 in added money and
guarantee 100000 or more as the
winners share"
The Aqua Caliente Handicap,
which grew out of the Coffroth
Handicap, has steadily increased in
value. In it's inaugural running, Sa-
sin, by defeating Lahore and the ia
vcred Slippery Elm, took down
$4,000.
Nogales international., 1930-06-24
HUMORETTES

Papa, I saved six cents today.
1 ran all the way to school behind
a street car and saved the six-cent
fare"
"Why didn't you run behind taxi
and save so cents ?"
Nogales international., 1930-06-24
WASHINGTON

The National Capital is ra.:dly be
coming the most beautiful city IN
America, one of the most bcautifu!
cities of the world. l first wcat to
Washington as a boy, nearly fi:y
years ago, and have seen it grow from
a mudhole ornamented in spots with
beautiful structures and monuments,
into something which now begins to
resemble the harmonious, stately de-
sign of the great Frenchman, Major
L'Enfant, whom George Washing
ton employed to lay out the city
named after himself.
Just now there is being spent in
Washington on public buildings and
grounds, parkways and the like, a
total of $3l4,250000.
Washington was planned to face
East and South from the Capitol and
the White House, respectively. Real
estate spectators of the 1905
bought up the desirable lots and held
them at such high prices that the city
grew North and West instead and
new fronts had to be put on the White
House and the Capitol, the back doors
of which faced the city as it is now.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-16

Anderson, Shasta county, shipped
II tons of turkeys for Christmas
market.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-16
BANK OFFERING
GOOD ADVICE ON
W0MEN'S RIGHTS

Believing that most California
women are interested in knowing
exactly what are their property
rights, Q. G. Horne, vice president
and manager, +! Centre branch, Sc
curity First National Bank, emu
merates few of the questions they
should be able to answer. Informa-
tlon on this question may be OBJ
tanned from booklet entitled.
Women's s Property Rights in Cali
farnia, now available, free of
charge, at the bank.
Can a married woman make a
2-Can married man will I'll the
community property
will your children be disin-
heritcd if you leave no will?
4-What is your community rop-
erty? Your separate property
5-If you are single woman, can
you take, hold or transfer property
.he same as an unmarried man'
6-Does marriage alter the prop
crty rights of woman!
>7-If you had some bonds before
you were wed, to whom do they be-
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-16
Victims OF Snow
Struggling Back
To Civilization

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16. WH-
Weary, and in some cases slightly
hungry victims Of Southern Califor-
MAS mountain billiards were strag.
Cling home today after rising tenn
peratures had materially reduced
the snowdrifts which held them
prisoners for nearly week.
Advent of warmer weather yes.
terday, accompanied by general
rains, broke down the worst Of the
snow barriers which piled up last
week end to maroon scores Of pleas
ure seekers in mountain cabins and
resorts.
Relief workers were still busy to-
day, but the tension under which
they have labored since Sunday had
relaxed. Most Of the blizzard re-
fugees had returned to their homes
last night, and the few remaining
in cabins are quite safe and suffer
ing no discomforts.
Among those who waded home
Yesterday were Marie Provost, Bus
ter Keaton, Buster Collins and a
SlOup VI llllu lolh ny lnc
storm after they had gone into the
hills to hunt.
A reforestation crew trapped in a
mountain camp with diminishing
food supply, was rescued. None Of
! the % men had suffered. Another
group of foresters was reached by
their rescuing party and will come
out today.
Meanwhile, the search for Maury
Graham, missing Western Air Ex-
press pilot lost between Las Vegas,
New, and Salt Lake City, Utah last
Friday, continued despite adverse
weather.
Death toll Of the bad weather
mounted yesterday when John Rod
gers, 10, and his wife, Ellen, IA,
succumbed to carbon monoxide
fumes from a gas heater burning in
| a tightly closed room. Their deaths
were fourth from gas fumes here in
the last two days.
With the storms came ample pre-.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-16

a straight line, $3.50 a row of 300
feet was set as the minimum.
Demand Insurance
Team drivers in all varieties Of
work should receive so cents an
hour. This is considered the mini
mum wage for this work.
Covering watermelons is listed at
Sc per 1000 Prices for picking
cantaloupes: by the hour during the
first week, Is cents; during the Sec
ond and third week, $3.50 an hour,
for the early melons; by contract
and providing the grower packs his
fruit in town, 1870 of the field
crates is asked at IS cents a stan
dard crate as minimum.
If they are packed on the field,
lS cents 4 crate is demanded, count
ing two flats as one standard.
The ranchers are called on to dis
tribute the crates on the field and
tc haul the melons to the sheds or
elsewhere. After the picking of
melons is over, it was decided that
the pickers will not have to pick
crates from the field.
Ranchers are to furnish picking
bags and ice and will also furnish
boots in cases where water lies on
the fields. Should a laborer become
Ill, he must be put under physicians
care with medicines furnished. Half
the mans wages must be paid dur
ing the period of his illness. Should
this same laborer be injured to such
an extent that he cannot possibly
work again for his living, he shall
be properly taken care of, and to
secure this, all growers must insure
their workers. In case the workers
should be forced to camp on the
field for the working season, they
shall be given proper housing and
good drinking water as well as other
necessaries.
The wages paid by growers at
present is from 35 to 40 cents an
hour for common labor.
Six dollars a ton is asked for pick.
ing casabas and 9 cents a crate for
honeydews. In the picking or pack
ing of carrots, every crate of 60
lunches shall be paid for at the
rate of 80 cents as minimum. In
all cases the company shall give each
man his individual check so that he
shall be assured of obtaining his
wages.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-16
Red Cross Board
Holds Meeting

Joe f. King was elected vice
chairman and Herb Anderson, treas.
urer, at last nights meeting of the
board of directors of the local chap
ter of the Red Cross which was held
in the Pioneer Title office.
Miss Florence r. Cameron, field
worker for the Red Cross who will
be in charge of all activities of that
organization conducted in Imperial
Valley, outlined her plans for the
work to be done locally and express
ed herself as being very much en-
outraged by the reception she has
met and by the promises of cooper
alton which she has received.
Work will be centered in Brawley,
Ell Centre and CaleXico and head
quarters are to be in this city, Miss
Cameron at present having desk
space in the municipal rest room at
the city hall until permanent office
can be arranged.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-16
HIGHWAY BODY
GIVES THANKS
FOR DONATION

The Ell Centro Chamber of Com
merce has received communication
from George Kellog, secretary of
the Imperial Highway ASSOCIATION,
thanking that body for its eontribu
tion to the activities of the associa-
1ion. The directors of the FL Centro
chamber, at their last meeting, vot-
ed to give small contribution to-
ward this work and Kellog states
tnat this interest is greatly appre-
ciatcd.
The last meeting of the Imperial
Highway association was held re-
Gently at forba Linda, and about
so persons from Southern California
were present to discuss the posslbili-
ties and advisability of developing
tthe Imperial Highway. Those at
tending came from Los Angeles,
Orange and Riverside counties and
decided upon the construction Of 4
LOG foot wide, 100 mile long nigh
way, arrow straight without curve,
which will start at FL Secundo and
continue to Banning or Beaumont
The directors of the El Centre
chamber are much interested in this
Imperial Highway as it will be de.
cided benefit to Imperial Valley and
will give travellers the advantage OF
straight road from the ocear tc
the state highway into the valley
"hich will undoubtedly have les.
traffic congestion than the present
highways direct from Los Angeles
In addition the title Imperial
'tighway' will undoubtedly be
firmly connected with Imperial Val
ley in the minds Of tourists using il
and the name "lmperial' will give
some very favorable publicity to this
community.
1t was with all of these advan
tages in mind that the directors de
cided to add their contribution tc
the work and it is expected that
this section will take an active in
terest in the construction and pro.
motion of the new Imperial High
way.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-16

long after the minister has said the
words?
S-lf your husband lost his II onev
in the stock market, can he take
your bonds or real estate to recover
his loSscs9
9-lf YOU are married woman,
are You responsible for your debts /,
10-Does marriage revoke n will
in California;
1l-Are women in California as
free to hold property in their own
names as men?
These and many other points are
made clear and understandable in
this interesting booklet just pub.
lished by the trust department, Sc.
curity- First National Bank.
"Rights to property of single OF
married women and widows are con.
| elsely stated in non-technical Ian.
guage. A special chapter sets forth
the reasons why California women
are favored above women in most
| other states, as to their holdings of
real and personal property de
clared Horne, who believes that this
booklet will also serve to correct
some preeonceived notions men have
regarding the disposition of theil
property. Bachelors, expecting to be
come benedicts, will find things in
It that will increase their respect
/ for the legal standing of their pros
pective wives.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-16
PHONE DIRECTORY
CONTAINS MANY
new FEATURES

Delivery of the January issue of
the Imperial County telephone direc-
tory has been complied. According
20 r. j. Kliegel, manager IF the
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
Company, approximately 1880 cop
les were printed for distribution in
FL Centre, Brawley, Westmorland,
'alexico, Calipatria, Holtvillc, and
Imperial. Several days were required
TO make the delivery.
All listings of telephones installed
up to and including December } ap-
pear in the new telephone book, and
hose which have been added to the
RI Centre, Brawley, Calexico, Holt
vile, Calipatria, and Imperial ex-
changes after that date will be given
cut on request by the Information
Operators.
The new directory has made its
appearance in new type of cover.
with the object of improving its
appearance all instructions aud 9TH
"r material in connection with the
telephone service have been removed
from thc cover ana Specltl "IltE-
gency call page has been created
as the first leaf in the new took.
On this page will be found direct
and simple instructions on how to
call an ambulance, or the fire or
police departments, according 20 the
community. Hailed by the police and
fire departments as decided i'm
provement, the new page will doubt
less help subscribers to place such
calls quickly and correctly.
According TO kliegel, there are
now more than ,s6s telephones in
the Fl Centro exchange, l,lsl in
Brawley, al in Calexico, lS2 i'll
'alipatria, Al in Holtvillc and 1872
IN Imperial. Some revision was nee
essarv in preparing the lists for the
new issue AZ approximately ~
telephones have been added 70 the
Ii Centre exchange since the last
directory appeared, 32 in Rrawley,
80 in Calexico. u in Calipatria, and
= in Imperial.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-16
TURKEY MULLEN
DECLARED ENEMY
OF DAIRY HERDS

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 1a (Spc-
ciaD-The noxious turkey mullen,
used by Indians in past days to in
duce stupor in fish and for poison
ing arrowheads, came under state
Observance today as an enemy cf the
dairy industry.
Serious falling off in milk pro-
duction in herds of Southern Cali
furnia have been traced to small
quantities of the weed in hay, ac
cording TO l.. VI. Jeffees, chicf of
the bureau of field crops, state de-
partment Of agriculture who an
nounced that hereafter hay inspect
t.. by the state will be sample tested
for presence of this variety OF ,nul-
icin.
Found in California in varying
quantities from Tehama county to
the Mexican line, the weed, some
times known as dove weed has de-
eidedly toxic quality when eaten by
cattle, according to Jeffers. Cattle,
however, even when hungry, will
not willingly eat the mullen, but
may consume enough of it when
mixed with hay to cause illness.
Instances of falling off of milk
production from 10 to 45 percent
have been noted following consump-
tion of turkey mullen, according
TO Dir. G.. II. Zinck in charge of
veterinary field work and meat in
spection for Los Angeles county, who
has made an exhaustive study of eff
fccts of the weed upon health of
cattle and goats.
"The danger occurs only when
turkey mullen is fed to hungry ami
mails so intermiXed with other feed
that it cannot be readily avoided, -
said DR.. Zinck, reporting his find
lngs to Jeffers.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-16

The citrus fair at Cloverdale,
Sonoma county, will be held, Feb
ruary 21.23.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-16
MEXICAN WORKERS DRAW UP
DEMANDS AND WAGE SCALE

An explanation Of the recent labor
troubles which have disturbed the
lettuce workers in various sections
cf Imperial Valley during the past
few days may be seen in the action
of committee of Mexican laborers,
members of the Association Mutua
MeXicana del Vale Imperial who
met in Brawley on December 81.
AT this meeting it was decided that
the following scale of wages should
govern the workers in the vegetable
fields:
A price of 50 an hour was de-
cided on as proper for the cutting
of watermelons; pitchers were to re-
ceive $l.25 and ear leaders, $1.25 an
hour. Where the work was done by
contract, 1915 a ton was adjudged
to be a fair wage for cutters and
pitchers.
For peas: 3la cents for the first
and third picking; the second pick
ing to receive 3 cents. In all cases
the work was to be delivered on
the field.
For the thinning of lettuce plants,
$3.50 an acre was decided on as a
minimum wage to be accepted by
the workers. Lettuce cutters are to
receive so cents an hdur; packers,
40 cents, and swampers, so cents an
hour. Extra pay is to be given af.
ter the regular 9 hours of work.
A working day of irrigating was
set at II hours, for which $3.50 was
to be paid in the winter time; SO a
day in the summer. This same work
done by contract during the picking
of cantaloupes was set at $500 for
the season.
Tomato pickers were to receive Il
cents a box for green fruit and 16
cents for the ripe fruit, not to ex-
ceed "a pound boxes. The rancher
is to haul the same to the sheds. If
picking is to be done by the hour,
the minimum wage was set at As
cents an hour.
y just wage for covering canta.
loupes with paper was rated as fol-
lows: ON sandy soil, $3.50 per 1000;
on dirt soil, Sc per 1000, and at $3.50
per 1000 on hard grdund. Covering
cantaloupes with brush: $50 per
1000 was set as the minimum. Gov
oring the plants with paper in rolls
or so-cdlled straight paper, So a row
of 800 feet; covering with brush in
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-16
Safety Chairmen
TO Hold Meeting

A meeting of Safety chairmen rep
resenting all organizations in Los
Angeles interested in better condi-
tions of safety on the highways Of
southern California, has been called
for January 20, by Charles A. Hol-
land, chairman of the Los Angeles
citizens safety committee Of the
California state chamber Of com
merceN
The dinner conference will be held
at the Hotel Alexandria, beginning
at I p. III. Judge |. Mayfield, local
justice of the peace and member
OF the Imperial County Highway
Safety committee, will be the rep
resentative of FL Centre AZ this
meeting.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-16


cipitation for Southern California
reservoirs. 1t has rained persistent-
ly in the lOwlands and in some seq
tions precautions were being taken
against flood hazards. ~
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-16
POISONING CHARGE

LOS ANGELES, Jan. II. U.H-
Mrs. Bell NJ. Lewis was in the county
Jail here today, charged with at
tempting to poison Henry P. Lynch,
of Everett, Washington, her partner
in the operation of rooming house.
Police asserted Mrs. Lewis put
strychnino in Lynch's food. The man
is in hospital.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-16
SINCLAIR PLANS / /
HUGE MERGER OF ]
OIL COMPANIES

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16. U.Hl
Merger of three large producing
companies to form giant petroleum,
corporation with assets of $500 ,vvJG
900, is under negotiation here, ac.i
cording to Harry F. Sinclair, presi-.
dent Of the Sinclair Consolidated.
Oil Corporation. i.
The companies involved in the pro-
posed amalgamation are the Sinclair
corporation, the Pairie Oil and Gas.
Company of Kansas, and the RID
Grande Company. :.
A statement from Sinclair last
night, following his arrival here yes
to-day for q renewal of confcrences
held in New York several weeks ago,
said that experts of his company
will make survey of Rio Grande
properties. .
If results of the survey are salts.
factory, the merger will be effected
with exchange of stock or by OUT
right purchase, Sinclair said.
SSScSccSSccccccccccccccS
cipitation for Southern California
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-16

Agricultural Commissioner Bottel,
Riverside County, after a careful
canvass PLACES the local 1929-30
orange crop at 46 per cent of nor
NAL.
The Washington times., 1930-04-18
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