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Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-01
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IMPERIAL VALLEY
PRESS, INC.
ABOUT TAX RELIEF
w. c. COSTELLO
Manager

uARD times always put an added sting
III in the tax collectors visit No one
ever really enjoys paying taxes, of course.
But it is only when a depression comes
that the average citizen really puts his
heart into his complaints.
In Ohio, numbers of taxpayers are or
ganizing formal associations in the hope
that something can be done about tax
relief. As the organizer of one of these
groups said:
In Ohio, numbers of taxpayers are
organizing formel associations in the
hope that something can be done about
tax relief. As the organizer of one of
these groups said:
when there are 10000 of you in our
organization, and tongues are wagging
about us, then we can talk to them when
they threaten foreclosure on our farms
and homes because we can't pay our
taxes"
That, of course, is true enough. But
to talk to them" isn't quite enough,
where taxes are concerned. That, in
fact, has always ben our chief trouble
We have talked and talked, but we have
done very little.
How are you going to reduce taxes
by cutting down expenditures? Fair
enough; and how are you going to do
that?
Suppose it is municipal expenses you
want to reduce. Where will you start?
With the fire and police departments?
With the school budget? With the
street maintenance department? With
the water supply organization? With
the playground budget? With such serv-
ices as sewage disposal, garbage collec-
ton, building inspection?
There is hardly city in the land where
cuts could be made in any Of those serv-
ices without doing genuine damage. They
are essentials; in most cases they need
to be extended, not reduced.
What is the answer, then? Must taxes
go on increasing, year after year, IN good
times as we'll as bad? Isn't there any
hope for a reduction at all?
1t isn't quite that bad. The ordinary
city can reduce its expenses without in
any way cutting down any of these es-
sential services. But every citizen will
have to help, and the job won't be an
easy one
Government is an affair that is made
expensive by politics Politics, as we
have it today, inevitably means waste, IN
efficiency and graft. We put up with it
because we are too lazy and too preju-
diced to create anything better; and as
long as we do we shall be cursed by high
taxes If the taxpayer wants relief, let
him organze-not to talk to them but
to put his governmental institutions on
sound and sensible basis.
-O-
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-01
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
October 1. 1916

Giving away under the continued
pressure of a large number OF
friends who talked him almost en-
tirely off hls feet, J. Arthur Nc
Bride yesterday changed his mind
about resigning from the board of
directors of the irrigation district
and placed his resignation in the
hands of the recall COMMITTEES to
be presented. along with those OF
Directors Hamilton. Brock m n
Bennett and Ferguson, to the board
supervisors tomorrow or Tuesday.
G.. F. Ellis of El Centro leaves
this morning for Yuma to be alb
sent several days on legal business
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-01

The coming citrus crops of San
Bernardino County will be 85 per
cent of normal in Vaencias, 80 per
cent in lemons and pomelos and
only 65 per cent in Navels. Wal
nuts will be 90 per cent.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-01

Now that the President has told the
World War veterans what's what, they're
likely to go to the polls to tell who's
Hoover.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-01
A BIG SHOT

HISTORIANS of the future may very
IL we'll speak of the present time as the
Era of the Big Shot-referring not to
any man or group of men but to a mental
attitude.
Borrowed from the underworld, this
little expression has crept into everyday
use from one end of the country to the
other. 1t IS handy thing. 1t fits the
frame of mind we have evolved; a frame
Of mind IN which we envy the successful
man, and aspire to be like him, not be-
cause he is better than we are but be-
cause we want the money, the recogni-
tion and the fame that go with his posi-
ton.
An example from the newspapers il
Illustrates it.
In a large middle western city was re-
Gently a man who had tired of his wife.
He did not want her any longer, but he
did want the $4,000 or so for which her
life had been insured. SO he called in
his nephew-a lad of 1S-and the two of
them cooked up plot which ended in the
woman's murder.
Presently they We're arrested. They
confessed; and the nephew, whose boast
full talk among his friends concerning the
exploit had led to their downfall, was
deeply chagrined.
Il blabbed everything and here | am in
JAIL" he said sadly. Il though l was a
big shot. This is what l get for not
keeping my mouth shut"
Not word of remorse for the crime
not one not of sorrow that he could not
erase the whole ugly business from eX-
istence Just the shame at the realiZa-
tion that he had failed to become the big
shot he thought himself-and self-dis-
gust for having talked too freely
That sort of thing, unluckily, isn't eX-
actly uncommon. Similar stories have
appeared before and we shall be seeing
more in the future. And the whole bus
mess is not simply sidelight on the base
ness of human nature; it is a reflection
of our habit of showering fame and for
tune on any man who has made go of
things, no matter what his line-on any
big shot, crooked or honest, who manages
to get his head above the level of the
crowd.
1t isn't only the vicious and the un-
principled who share in this habit. All
of US have a part in it. We always tip
our hat to a big shot. Is it any wonder
that empty-headed youth now and then
gets into muddle over it?
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-01

This is the time of year the headline
writers are asking if it is spelled Tokyo
or Toxic.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-01

Times are so bad in New York that
the panhandlers are said to be using
paper instead of tin cups.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-01
TEN YEARS AGO
October /, 1921

The Press yesterday carried n
story of the efforts of Congressman
Phil D. Swing to secure from the
government some aid in eradicat-
ing the blackbird pest in this val
ley.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-01

The Nautilus crew quit and Sir Hubert
Wilkins paid it off, showing that at least
the expedition was substantial.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-01

M. o. King arrived in town this
morning and expects to be here for
a few days. Mr.. King reports a
heavy rain in the mountains and
difficulty in getting through the
mountain roads due to blockades
caused by dislocated rocks.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-01

An old-timer is one who remembers
when Getting away with murder" was
Just facetious expression.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-01

Some people are born great, others
achieve greatness and still others under
stand what the gold crisis is all about.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-01

Rudy Vanee is appearing in naughty
Broadway show. They'll spoil him yet.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-01

1t cannot be said of those Broadway
plagiarists that they cannot take a joke
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-01
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell OF
Imperial Valley for This Date
in Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO

j. II. Norman, breeder of thor
oughbred horses in Kentucky, is in
FL Centre. looking over valley
ranches with a view to securing
large tract for the purpose of en-
gaging in the raising of fine stock
here.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-01

Issued ID a lily, Except
Sundays. Entered a,
the Post Office, Ell Cen.
tro, Calf, as Second
Glass Matter.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-01

Lewis E. Cooley, county superin-
tendent of schools, returned this
morning from trip to Los Angeles.
While away he made arrangements
with Mark Keppel, superintendent
of schools of Los Angeles county,
to attend the Forthcoming meeting
of school directors Of Imperial
county.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-06-04
o YOU TELL ONE

Golliwog-Mrs. Lucas is always
complaining that she has so little to
wear.
Pollywog-Well. I saw her at a ball
last night and she seemed to be wear
ing it.-Tthe Pathfinder.
Employer-What did you do with
that bunch Of checks I had on my
desk.
New Janitor-Was dem things
checks? All thought dey was jes' ad-
~vustisements an All burnt 'em up,
like you tole me to.
Employer-Burned them up! Jump
ing Jehosophat. I've been working for
a month to collect enough money to
meet u pay ROLAND now I haven't
even a list OF the people who paid me.
The Pathfinder.
There is nothing wrong with Chi
cago.-Mayor Anton j. Cermak.
Quiz-What's the difference be-
tween a husband and an iceman?
Quip-My feeble brain won't an
swer.
Quiz-Well, a husband has only one
wife while an iceman takes his pick
The Pathfinder.
Stockett - He who laughs last
laughs best.
Sellers-Yeah, but he soon gets a
for being dumb The
Pathfinder.
II don't know the meaning Of su-
perstition."
We'll, all you're got to do is look
in your dictionary."-The Pathfinder.
Mrs. Getwedd - When you found
you couldn't accept the invitation to
my wedding why didn't you send
your regrets?
Miss Sourgrape-Oh, I thought
you'd have enough Of your WI pref
soon.-The Pathfinder.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-06-04

Another difference between death
and taxes is that death doesn't get
worse every time the Legislature
meets.-Akron Beacon. journal.
Mummy. Tom has taken the
largest piece Of cake. and it is unfair.
because he was eating cake three
years before I was born."-Answers.
A barber says it requires only
thirty : eight strokes of the razor to
take the hair off a mans face. The
oilers used are, of course, for remov-
ing the skin.-Passing Show.
Movie Director Ito actress)-Don't
look so stupid. please. We have fin
ished with the love scene.
Actress - Yes sir. but the man I
played opposite has just proposed to
me.-Pathfinder.
II certain states rights advocates
had their way the United States
would become the United States
The Pathfinder.
Mrs. 1ppi-No ever talks about
Aida Piebake.
Miss Ouri-Poor dear; hasn't she
any friends at all?-The Pathfinder.
Goforth My mother-in-law has
only visited my home once since I got
married.
Comeback-You're lucky.
Goforth-Lucky? She's never left!
The Pathfinder.
am proud to be a Rotarian Will
liam Lyon Phelps.
Americans could not be happy
without prohibition.-J. B. Priestley.
Wife Second inning OF second
game,: Let's go, John. This is
where we came in!-Life.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-06-04

II don't know the meaning Of su-
perstition."
Well, all you're got to do is look
in your dictionary."-The Pathfinder.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-11-05
LIGHTS OF NEW YORK %A1rra rnvnBu1n

might not have been so much, but the
sharp end of the stick protruded and
raked the big boys face. That ended
the fight, and the rest Of the gang,
who didn't know about the stick,
credited the small James what a ter.
rife punch and let him alone.
1t was some time after that Jimmie
Johnston decided to be fancy club
swinger. He and another boy worked
together and got chance to go on at
Horatit hall. on Eighth street. They
decided they ought to do their act
in tights, so Jimmie went to store on
Grand street. In those days. II seemed
a bit embarrassing to ask for tights
so he took the first pair the woman
clerk offered him. He weighed per.
haps ninety pounds and the tights ap.
parently had been designed for John
l.. Sullivan. His mother made him
of the slack with safety pins. Under
the strain of club swinging, the pins
came loose and the spectators yelled
with laughter. AS comic act. it was
a huge success, but the comedian was
shamed beyond measure.
AS young man, Jimmie Johnston
worked as an iron molder and some of
the iron pillars in old New York build.
ings are his work. He first boxed
as sideline, but won 1O5-pound
amateur championship and turned
professional. He did well enough,
until they tried to match him with
Terry McGovern. Right there he de.
cided to become a manager, so he
retired and managed his brother.
Later, he was to manage many others
among them, champions His next step
was to become promoter. Now he
swings boxing clubs. instead of In.
dian clubs. Father of large and
healthy family. he is promoting still
tM 1891 Bell Syndicate Service
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-11-05

almonds ground, with the flour and
salt and combine with the egg mix
ture. Roll out and cut with the ami
NAL cutters, brush with beaten egg
white. Make eyes with pitted dates
and sprinkle with sugar.
Eggs au Grain.-Scald pint Of milk
with one onion stuck with six cloves.
Add to two tablespoonfuls of butter,
the same amount of flour; stir and
add the milk, cook until thick, adding
one and one-half teaspoonfuls of salt,
one-half teaspoonful of paprika. Pour
half the sauce in shallow baking
dish and cover with one-half cupful of
crumbs and one-half cupful of grated
cheese and few grains of mace.
Break four Oh five fresh eggs over the
crumbs and cover with a half-cupful
Of crumbs and sauce. Bake.
Eggplant au Gratin.-Peel eggplant
and cut in cubes 2-3 inch in size. Cook
in small quantity of water (salted).
When tender, drain. Cook half of
finely-chopped onion in two tablespoon
Lulo VI OoItC1 ullIll yCllOW duu LllICO-
fourths of tablespoonful of parsley
finely chopped, and the eggplant Turn
into well-greased baking dish, cover
with buttered crumbs and bake until
brown.
Ginger Mint Julep.-The juleps Of
Kentucky were justly famous; here is
one that needs no liquor to make it
attractive: Crush bunch of mint
leaves and add two tablespoonfuls of
lemon juice, three-fourths teaspoonful
of sugar and bottle Of ginger ale.
Serve with cracked ice.
Stuffed Onions.-For this dish par
boil good sized onions all of the same
size and remove the centers to form
a good cavity. The bits of onion may
be saved for dish for some other
meal. Use for filling any bits of
finely minced leftover meat, or sau-
sage, as we'll as nuts; add bread
crumbs, moisten with egg, season we'll
and stuff. the onions Place in bak-
ing dish surrounded with broth, water
and butter or milk, basting often while
cooking. Just before serving heap the
top of each with buttered crumbs and
brown nicely. Serve as garnish for
pork chops.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-11-05
MyNeigbbor.
= ' Says: '

VXIHEN purchasing materials for
Wv upholstering purpose, avoid long
loose threads on the surface. Select
a close weave. preferably of smooth
texture, and your furniture will wear
longer.
When plates and dishes have to be
warmed on an oven top or in an oven.
If a newspaper is put underneath, 1t
will prevent cracking.
When the coal fire is very low, shake
the salt from a shaker over the Goals.
The gas thus generated will soon send
up blue flames. But you must be more
careful of the fire during the day, as
it will burn out more quickly.
Use either the white of an egg or
a whole egg when making croquettes.
Croquettes will not hold together If
mixed with the yolk of egg only.
20 by Western Newspaper Union.)
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-11-05

In a city OF S,OOO,OOO inhabitants,
all you have to do to find story is to
stand on street corner. 1t was in
Times square, recently, that ! ran
into James j. Johnston. one of the
most colorful citizens of the Borough
of Manhattan. With quick mind,
keen sense OF humor, a close ac-
quaintanco with politics, and many of
the characteristics of a bantam
rooster, Jimmy Johnston has pro-
NOTED everything from roller skates
to automobiles and parades to prize
fighters. In speed of diction, Jimmie
Johnston has it bit on Floyd Glib
bons, and his conversational flow has
the sweep and continuity of the
Mississippi. If it be true that silence
is golden, Mr.. Johnston never will run
on any but silver tongued platform
But such success as Mr.. Johnston has
attained is not due to his loquacity. 1t.
is the result of happy faculty for
being able to make good friends in the
right places and of being able to think
a little faster than the other fellow.
Engaged in the promotion of boxing
out-thinking heavyweight is not con-
sidered any triumphal psychiatric test.
but Mr.. Johnston can out-think their
managers.
Jimmie Johnston was born in Liver
pool, but was only youngster when
his father, an iron molder, moved the
family to New York.
The Johnstons established them
selves in the vicinity of First avenue
and Thrty-first street, neighborhood
from which many prominent New
Workers have come. There young
James grew up on sidewalks filled
with hawkers selling such delicacies
as red bananas, FIVE for five cents
and fighting Irish lads. Some of these
Latter did not take kindly to the new
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-11-05
Leghorn Hens Feathers
Change Color Each Year

Philadelphia. leghorn hen, whose
feathers periodically turn from black
to white and back to black again, is
one of a flock belonging to Frank
Suplee, registry assessor for Chelten-
ham township. Molly was Matched
four years ago with a brood Of black
leghorns. The first time she molted.
white feathers appeared, until no black
ones were visible. Then at the next
Noting period the process reversed
and no white feathers appeared.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-11-05

conner. His Liverpool accent may have
sounded strange t. them. They called
him Jimmie English" And they
socked him frequently and painfully.
At last his mother told him she was
tired of his coming home crying and
would not have any more of it; so
next time a bully started after him.
he used desperate measures. The bully
was lot bigger than he was, but it
occurred to Jimmie Johnston that he
could hit harder with something in his
hand. He snatched up piece of q
stick, closed his small hand on it. and
trunks to go with them out of pair
of pulled sleeves and he took in most
swung with all his might. The swing
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-11-05
Ancient Animals Skull
Found in South Dakota

Pierre, S. D.-The skull Of a Titan
tothere, one of the large tusked ami
mails Of prehistoric days, was brought
here by A. M. Jackley, after complet-
ing a trip through the Bad Lands.
The skull measures three feet
across, and the teeth are almost three
inches square on the surface.
Jackley said that the find was made
by Lester Crew, who lives in the Bad
Lands Together they spent several
hours getting the skull out of it's rest
Ing place in the rock formation. Jack
ley believes that the skeleton of the
whole animal is embedded at the spot
where they were digging, as they
went only to depth great enough to
excavate the skull.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-11-05
qheKitchen
Cabinet

Tomato Aspic-Cook together TWEEN.
ty minutes one chopped onion and two
cupfuls of tomato, add two teaspoon
fuls of sugar, one of salt, and when
well dissolved strain. Soak four
tablespoonfuls of graduated gelatin
in a little cold water and add to the
strained tomato. Mix we'll and pour
into small molds. Serve on beds of
finely shredded lettuce with any good
dressing.
Almond Mixture.-Take one cupful
of salad oil, two eggs, one cupful of
Sugar, one-half pound of blanched al
monds, the grated rind Of an orange,
one-fourth cupful of orange juice, one
half teaspoonful of salt, with flour
enough to make of the right consis-
tency to roll Beat two egg yolks
and one egg white, add the Oil and
sugar, orange juice and rind. Add the
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-11-05
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
How 1t Started
By JEAN NEWTON
"From Pillar to Post"

"From Pillar to Post"
TT MAY have happened to many OF
us that attempting to get certain i'll
formation from large organization,
we have been kept on the move con-
tinuously from one person to another,
from department to department, before
we could finally, if at all, get what we
were after.
It is that sort Of thing that has been
referred to as being driven from pillar
to post, but that, of course, is not how
it started.
This phrase comes to US from the
days when man found guilty of GER
tain offenses, would be transported or
moved from the pillory (jaiL to the
whipping post, there to receive what
the law prescribed, while an approving
crowd of onlookers jeered and ap-
plauded.
Other derivations have been suggest
ed, but this is doubtless the most logi-
enthusiastically and etymologically.
90. 1881. Bell Syndicate )-WNU Service.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-11-05
WIZ wit -,
Gndx
F1urilQn IN.
'T&&3&;F9|
WASN'T INCLUDED

The bus stopped and crowd of hol.
iday makers scrambled to enter it.
"Will the gentlemen please move up
a little to allow more room?" asked
the conductor as politely as possible.
mo, won't" growled the snappy
Individual.
The conductor shrugged his shout
ders.
"All right, you needn't" he said. ~
only asked the gentlemen"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-11-05
Ocean Depths

The average depth Of all the
oceans and seas is supposed to be
from two to two and one-half miles
Soundings in the Pacific average
about 1850 feet; in the Atlantic,
12,2O0 feet; in the Indian ocean,
11,136 feet, and in the Antarctic
10000. The Japanese sea averages
about 1890 feet, the Gulf of Mexico
1852 feet, the Mediterranean little
less, and the Baltic only about 122
feet.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-11-05
Hard to TELL

Auntie- Say, Willie, sometimes -
don't believe you know on which side
your bread is buttered.
WILEY eah; sometimes l don't
when YOU butter it, auntie.-New Bed
ford Standard.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-11-05
Addendum

Addendum
It was Mr.. Wilson who reported the
case Of the horse-racing hardware
merchant whom he found in his store
leaning over form sheet.
"Have you any calipers?" inquiries
Mr.. Wilson.
"No, only trotters," said the hard
ware man. Chicago News.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-11-05
Ancient Footprints in Park

South Hadley, Mass.-Land sur
rounding ledge in Smiths Ferry, on
which are imprinted footprints be-
lieved to have been made by pre-
historic dinosaur is to be made pub
lie park.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-11-05
Getting Ready

Daddy Mildred, has Gordon pro-
posed yet?
Mildred-Not yet, daddy dear, but
he has a folder on Niagara falls
Border Cities Star.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-11-05
Fortune Hunter

Slim-They say people with opposite.
characteristics make the happiest mar
rage.
Boobies, that's why I'm looking
for a girl with money.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-11-05
Mother Knows

Willie-Say, MON, where is the
storm center in our part Of the coun.
try?
Mother-Why, right here in the
home-here comes your father now,
my son.-New Bedford Standard.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-11-05
GREAT CULTURE

First Doll-"He's big brute. You
told me he was a man of great cul-
ture." Second Doll-"So he is-phys-
ical culture, you know"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-11-05
In Reduced Circumstances

IN NedUced OlfcUmStdnce3
Mummy, daddy is not so rich as
we are, is he?"
''Why do you think that?"
"He doesn't wear such nice clothes,
and has to work when we go motor
ing"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-11-05
Let's Make Some Gifts

be IT will
clean and ready or use.
a
off
O
the
If
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-11-05
Buddies

Buddies
First Henpeck-Don't tell my wife
I let you borrow dollar.
Second Sap-I won't if you don't telb
my wife had a dollar.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-11-05


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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-11-05
Crusty

"How did you find your uncle,
John?"
"In apple pie ORDER"
How is that?'
"Crusty."- Vancouver Province.