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Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-23

means bat the production Of very
fine shingles for this special use is
moderately new. One is accustomed
10 see in some O, the old houses built
in our Colonial period an occasional
side wal covered with shakes
These were handmade shingles split
out Of the log by expert workmen.
The log Wa split radially and thin
sllVers taken off by driving the axe
blade TO the center OF the tree.
Must BE Quarter-Sawed
Shakes still are used occasionally,
but making them is rather labori-
Gus process and necessarily eXpen-
s.ve. We come about the same re.
suit by manufacturing shingles with
machinery in much the same way
that in the old days they were made
by hand The saw cuts radially into
the tree. leaves a smooth surface.
gives 4 product which viii not twist
ana warp. and II put on with proper
nails Is one Of the most durable Of
wall coverings, warm in the sense
of protection from wind and weather.
ana when stained or weathersd with
age, beautiful in appearance.
But unfortunately all shingles are
not made BY this raG!al saving. They
are not all edge grain or quarter
sawed Many are fiat, cut out cross
wise Of the grain. To the uninitiated
shingles Of this kind are not much
different IN appearance from the
edge grain kind. but even the most
inexperienced person can tell the diff
ference after they have been put on
q wall or roof for a short time for
they are sure 10 twist, pull their
nails. That lets the wind through.
Such a wall viii not be the protec-
ton from The elements that Il should
be. and there IS necessarily heavy re-
placements for the shingles them
selves. The edge grain shingles are
easy TO get. cost very little more.
They are worth their additional cost
many times over.
Stain or Oil for Preservation
To the naturally fine texture which
good shingles hive in themselves.
there may be added the interest Of
color. These wooden units take
transparent stains extremely we'll.
The grain Of the wood shows through.
Some of the variation Of the orig
inal color of the wood makes its i'm
press VII Lie stain 4ANit - A+OS -
great one yet enough TO give the
wall the vvacity it should have.
Oxidizing oils iiAe hnseed are soIne-
times applied without other stains
with extraordinarily fine results.
Stains that have been prepared by
manufacturers have as their base q
thin oil which penetrates the wood
deeply. may go completely through
the shingle. These are preserva-
tiyes and increase the life Of the
wood, help TO keep it in position and
cut down the cost OF upkeep. repairs
and redecorating.
For those who are interested in
building. let us say, buy the best
shingles possible. Get thick shin
giles, particularly if long ones are
used. and under no circumstances
have them less than five shingles to
two inches at their butt end. Have
them put on with copper or zinc
coated nails.
Shingles which have been treated
with stained preservative before they
are applied are more durable. Stain
ing them afterward is moderately
satisfactory, but previous treatment
IS infinitely acknowledgement
1877. The Architects Small House
Service Bureau of the United States,
Inc. Home Builders Clinic.
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Every week shipments OF eggs are
made from San Francisco to Pan
ANA.
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KNs'GfssR "
EkxIIQNilsNlS
THE BEAUTY OF
SHINGLES FOR
SIDE WALLS

BY The Architects Small House
Service Bureau OF the United
States, Inc.
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stored atmosphere Of o great and pow
erftii financial institution for the tur-
bulent. noisy, rough d-tlImble arena
of political life. One Of the most in
teresting things about MIR. Mellon,
however, has been his ability to pre-
serve, throughout the past 10 years, the
same calm and poise and dignity
which characterized him when he first
came to Washington.
I don't believe any man In contem-
poraneous public life has captured to
as great q degree, though with less in
tent on his part, the publics imagina-
ton than has Mr.. Mellon. I remember
how the newspapers dwelt on his APP
pointment and mentioned that he was
one Of the three wealthiest men in the
world, though Mr.. Mellon has never
confirmed that statement. But there
was an element Of surprise that at
tended his being named Secretary Of
the Treasury, and people will talk and
Mr.. Mellon. in Office.
But you want to know about him as
he is today. went to see him In his
ONCE In the Treasury Building. It's q
beautiful room In the southwest corner
on the second floor. Three windows
face the south and overlook q park,
with an equestrian statue OF Gen. Sher-
man Of Civil War fame in the FORE
ground and the lofty washington Mon
ument in the background. On the
west side, a single window looks out
on the White House grounds and gives
one . view Of portion Of the Execu-
tive Mansion.
The room Is oblong, with high cell
ing, and the windows are deep and set
of by blue velvet portieres. The fur
niture Is mahogany and Mr.. Mellon
sits behind large double desk. On the
walls are oil paintings--life size-of
Secretaries Of the Treasury in days
gone by Directly behind Mr.. MELONS
desk Is the portrait Of Gallatin, and
that fiery old gentleman - portrayed
with q stern, relentless gaze made
even more forbidding by his hawklike
nose and tightly set mouth-furnishes
a sharp contrast to Mr.. Mellon, whose
customary expression is one Of gentle
ness. And there are other contrasts in
this distinguished and aristocratic old
room. For example: On one wall Is the
original receipt given by Alexander
Hamilton, the. first Secretary of the
Treasury, for the first $4,000 he bor-
rowed from a New York bank, with
which, along with another $50, 000-
all borrowed, too-the Treasury De-
partment Of the Federal Government
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that they prefer not to accept stories
about married people unless they are
falling out Of love.
They mention that the public Just
now likes a good deal of action in its
stories. You get more light on the re-
mark by observing how many Of the
illustrations in our magazines are Of
murders. Or. to give you an extreme
and absurd but actual case, colleague
of mine wrote q short story In which
the hero went canoeing with the heroine
Sunday afternoon. When the story APP
peared, the author found that his hero
was now canoeing with the heroine on
Saturday afternoon. The day made no
difference to the author, but the editor
explained that most Of his clients
would disapprove Of canoeing on Sum-
day. The circulation Of that magazine
is several millions.
It Is idle to add anything about the
censorship Of moving pictures. I sup
pose there are few authors who do not
resent this national scandal. Practic
ally none Of the most cherished class
Of ancient or modern literature could
re put on the American film without
serious alteration. Under the law you
could not put in the "talkies" the life
of Galahad. nor the story Of the Ma
However wonderful the medium of the
films may be, the subject matter avail
able for them has been strangely limit
ed. and by q procedure which to the
average citizen seems extremely secre-
tive and consequently dangerous.
When the American author reflects
upon these conditions even in his para
disc, he tnclines to agree with the spirit
of Sinclair Lewis remarks, even though
he does not subscribe TO those remarks
in detail. The American author has no
just quarrel with the reception he gets
from his own people, not so far as pub
lished criticism or material rewards are
concerned, but the truer artist he Is and
the more conscientious, the more he
finds his activities hemmed in and
thwarted.
We have here such q paradox Of OPP
portunity and encouragement as liter
ature has not known before. Other
countries have had encouragement, but
not the tantalizing opportunity at the
same time. The danger Is that the
American author under public pressure
may become a mere entertainer or a
time server.
Our one hope becomes clear when we
reverse our enumeration of the facts.
We can discuss more sides of life in the
magazine than on the screen, more
sides Of life In the novel than in the
magazine, and-most important Of all
cultured and serious peoele discuss more
sides OF life in conversation than we
yet encourage In books. Some day we
may permit the author to publish as
sincere an account Of life as we expect
from him when we meet face to face
and man TO man.
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was brought into existence. The de-
partment today deals in billions.
The room also has an open f1re-
place, with an honest-to- goodness log
FIRE cracking cheerfully and adding its
warmth and color to the stately and
essential Colonial surroundings. And
might add right here. that Mr.. Mellon
seems q part of 1t all. He arose and
came from behind his desk to greet me.
He is rather short in stature, perhaps
feet or z, and his body Is slender.
His hair, carefully parted, Is silver
white; his eyebrows are gray and quite
bushy. His eyes are kindly and clear
blue in color, and his rather full mus
tache brushed crosswiSe from the CEN
ter, Is also gray, the same sort Of tawny
gray as his eyebrows. Mr.. Mellon is
certainly not the story-book conception
Of the big business man. There Is an
esthetic, indeed. almost spiritual, cast
to his countenance. and noticed that
his fingers were long and tapering, jike
those Of an artist.
Smokes Little Black CigaES.
When ne returned to his chair-an
ordinary swivel charlie tilted back in
it and propped his legs up against the
desk, which indicated q suppleness
hope shall have at 70. Mr.. Mellon
smokes little black cigars-shaped like
q cigaret. They are said to be very
mild. He smoked them almost con-
tinuously while I was there.
We talked first of American history,
and once more was impressed by the
comparative youth Of our country. Mr..
Melons life to date is nearly one-half
the lifetime of the United States as q
nation. As q young boy, who liked to
visit his fathers court room and sit
clandestinely beneath the bench, out of
sight of every one but his father, he
remembers very well the receipt in Pitts
burgh Of the news Of Lees surrender.
There was a case being heard at
the time" Mr.. Mellon said, "and I was
under the bench, but there was an up
roar at once. My father pounded his
gavel in an attempt to restore order.
BY this time, though, the lawyers had
climbed up on the tables. so my father
crashed the gavel down and said:
Courts adjourned We left the court
room together, but he stopped on the
way out to wind the clock"
Mr.. Melons reference to his father
pauSing to wind the clock made me
wonder whether a goodly part Of the
precise and orderly processes Of thought
Of the Secretary was not q heritage
from his father.
Mr.. Mellon also distinctly recalls the
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In LATIN AMERICA
By CASTOR NERVAL.

These two new highways, which viii
cost several millions of dollars, win be.
come when finished a long section OF
the great Pan-American Highway, the
long international artery
in the construction Of which the gov
ernments Of all the nations of the
Western Hemisphere have been inter
ested for q number of years.
Outside of the material progress
which 1t will represent, this huge
scheme of highway construction Is
destined to have an immediate effect
upon the general economic situation Of
Argentina, for it will provide work and
salaries for unemployed men through
out the country. Thousands of Argen-
tine woicDmen will find temporary jobs
on these highways to be constructed
under government supervision. In this
respect Argentine statesmen are fol-
lowing the example Of Uncle Sam. AS
is well known, one Of the outstanding
ment relief advocated In this country
was the appropriation Of considerable
sums Of money for highway construc-
ton and public works ell over the
United States.
After all, 1t Is only natural that the
Latin Americans should follow in the
footsteps Of Uncle Sam in the solution
of their unemployment problem, just
as they follow them in the tickle
changes in fashions, in the adoption OF
new sports or in the latest dance steps.
A PROFITABLE TRIP.
More than one hundred American
highway engineers and officials are now
in Cuba, visiting the recently completed
Central Highway OF Cuba, as guests Of
the government Of that country. This
highway, inaugirated only few weeks
ago by President Machado. has been
called by officers Of the American Road
Builders Association the greatest road.
building project completed in al OF
Latin America.
Four years ago the Cuban govern
ment undertook the work Of this mag
niflcent project. At cost Of more than
one hundred million dollars, the 70S
miles of high-type modern highway has
been built from Pinar del Rio, at the
western end of the island, to Santiago
on the east. It has no grade crossings
in It's entire length, and has easy
grades and safe curves, even in the
mountainous regions. 1t Is practically
all hard surfaced road, ana In its con-
struction 10000 men were employed at
one time or another.
The invitation extended. by President
Machado Of Cuba to the American
Road Builders Association will give .
select group of American highway ex-
perts an opportunity to appreciate at
first hand the wonderful progress that
one of the Latin American countries
has achieved in its system of COM
munications.
IN fact, it will give them an oppor-
tunity to see the longest single stretch
of modern highway in the world; and
it will help them to realize that those
moving picture scenes Of American
made films, In which tourists appear
travelling through Latin America in
rustic diligences and over primitive
roads not Better than those you might
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Patino, better knnwn as the "tin king
of the Western Hemisphere, has do
mated million to start the construc-
ton of the projected University City
In suburban section of La Paz. This
will comprise the Schools of Medicine,
Law, Dentistry, Political Sciences, etc,
and will house thousands of students.
Congressman, professors, students
and alumni Of the chief Mexican uni
versities are engaged in developing a
campaign to raise $40, 100000 to carry
out plans for the construction of 4
University City in the beautiful wooded
reaches Of Chapultepec.
In Buenos Aires plans drawn for q
great University City at "El Tigre," a
suburb Of the Argentine capital, are
about to be realized. A commission
appointed to study the project has re-
ported favorably, and the corner stone
Is to be laid in the near future.
Buenos Aires, by the way, Che largest
South American metropolis, with a
population Of nearly 2,500,000 In
habitants, enjoys, Of course, all the
comforts and reflnements of the most
modern cities in this country and
Europe, notwithstanding which q talk
ing picture recently exhibited here
showed an American millionaire
played by Rod La Rocque-hving in
BuenoS Aires in q tiny, ramshackIe
ranch which was supposed to be his
residence in the Argentine capital.
II certain Hollywood producers
would spend q vacation in South
America and would take the trouble to
keep in contact with the material
progress which is taking place down
there. they would save themselves
many a smile from the lips Of cultured
spectators who know that the South
America OF today Is not the one that
Columbus discoveries IN the fifteenth
century, nor the one that Bolivar and
San Martin liberated mote than 3
hundred years ago.
.tCcpyrisht. issil a.
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ROADS TO PROGRESS.

ROADS TO PROGRESS.
TO the Romans a road was a
means to an end, said . well
known highway engineer the
4 other day, addressing q meeting
of road builders in New York
Straight as a string, built with I'M
compromising zeal over all obstacles;
streams, marshes, mountains, other
mems property and the numerous
ether irregularities which lie in the
path Of material logic, your Roman
road was designed to get there" But
the super highways which our latter
day road builders are advocating, he
added, have no such simple duty. They
are to be the nourishing arteries of an
entire economic system, employing
thousands Of laborerS in their construc-
ton and upkeep, stimulating hundreds
Of wayside industries.
It Is undoubtedly with this realiza-
ton in mind that the Latin American
governments are devoting their best
efforts to the construction Of central
and local highways which will open the
young Southern countries to motor
trafic and the material benefits that
this brings.
According to ofIlcial reports just
completed, last year was an outstand-
construction in Latin America. And
this In spite Of the economic depression
which is being so intensely felt in that
part Of the world.
The Argentine Republic increased
her system of roads to 1892 miles.
Colombia increased hers to 1921 miles.
The island Republic Of Cuba reached a
total of nearly 1000 miles, with her
beautiful and modern central highway
across the island, which has just been
completed.
During 1880 Chile built los miles Of
highways: Ecuador built S56 miles;
Panama, S34 miles; Peru, $50 miles, FL
Salvador, 800 miles; Uruguay, 44O
miles. And so on. The Latin Ameri-
cans have at last realized that the ma
terial progress Of nation Is measured
by the miles Of highways and railways
IN its territory.
HIGHWAYS TO PROSPERITY.
The largest highway development In
the country's history is about to be-
gin in Argentina, according to q press
release from the Pan-Ainerican Union.
The plan contemplates the construction
Of 900 miles of hard-surfaced road
One Of these highways is TO be built
from Buenos Aires, the capital, south
ward to Bahia Blanca, the great grain
exporting center The length Of this
road win be about 400 miles. The
other road win extend from Buenos
Aires to Cordoba, nearly 500 miles
northwest Of the capital city.
Bahia Blanca is one of Argentina's
most progressive centers. having adj
vanced during the past 90 years from
a small town to a city Of more than
10000 people. Cordoba, one OF the
country's intellectual centers, with its
university dating from 1913, Is extreme
ly picturesque, lying among the noun
tains, and every year thousands of
tourists are To be found ct her tine
hotels and health resorts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22
Balkans FOrsake Beer
And Sip Light Wines

VIENNA, Austria The beer business
isn't good any more in the Balkans
Statistics recently published indicate
that the people are turning more to
light wines, which they often make
themselves, or to strong spirits, which
are cheap in Southeastern Europe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22
MANY TRIALS FACED
BY AUTHOR IN u. S.
There Are Many Opportunities for
Success, but There Are Also
Many Discouragements.

continued Prom Thlrd Pagel
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DEFENDS ALL WOMEN
AGAINST THEIR CRITICS
Noted English Author Replies to Open
helm and Tells of Trials of
Her Sisters.

tcontlnued Prom First pagel
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CONTINUED on Seventh Page.)
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FNHTT'f Fun EEsfHaI EUF IT
FOR RENT-Partly furnished S-room
house at 521 21st Avenue. Very rea-
sonable rent. Inquire at 517 21st Ave.
Phone East SS65.
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Scandal Rocks
Conference Of
A. M. E. Bishops

NORFOLK. Wa bit of sensa-
ton was stirred up here last week
when a circular containing a pur-
ported court record to the effect
that the Rev. John Carter. African
Methodist Minister, had at one time
been an inmate of the penitentiary
in Alabama, was passed around dur
ing the session of the A. NJ. f. Bish-
ops Council This act of passing out
the circulars is believed to be re-
taliation of recent articles appear
ing in the Young Allenite which as
sailed the character of Bishop R. A.
Grant The articles in the Allenite
it is claimed were inspired by the
Rev Mr.. Carter.
The circulars passed out here
having the alleged court transcript
stated that the Rev Mr.. Carter was
inearcerated in prison four years
Among the candidates for the BIZ
shopric from the various sections of
the country we're: the Rev. H. Y.
Tooes of Florida: Charles Wesley.
Howard Univ; Noah Williams, st.
Louis; J. c. Caldwell, Louisville,
KY; r. r. Wright, Philadelphia
Thomas J. Miles. S. c.. and II. B.
Smith of New Jersey.
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Federated Colored
Catholics Will
Meet In St. Louis

ST. LOUIS, Mo.-The Federated
Colored Catholics of the United
States will hold their Seventh Annual
Convention in st. Louis. Mo-. Sept
ember 5, 6. and 7, being guests of
the ten affiliated chapters of the
National Federation of St Eliza
beth's Parish. Preparations are be-
ing made to entertain more than 200
delegates who will attend as rep
resentatives of the 100000 eolored
communicates throughout the Ma
ton. The primary objective of the
Federation is the uniting of all col
ored Catholic parishes and Catholic
societies for the purpose of national
Catholic action in all its phases"
The Solemn Convention Mass will
be celebrated in the beautiful and
spacious st. Francis Xavier Cath
edral on Grand Blvd, SUNDAY morn
ing, September G, at which time the
oelebrant of the Mass will be the
Rev. Stephen Theobold of st. Paul,
MINI, one of the three colored
priests in the United States. The
regular convention sessions will be
held in the auditorium of the Peo-
pies Finance Building. monument
to the Negroes progress.
Inter-racial interest is aroused for
the meeting as prominent white lay
men headed by Mr.. VIM. l.. Igoe,
President of the National Catholic
Charities attended a luncheon on
June 9th, for the purpose of arrane.
ino financial and moral qunpt,t The
Rev. VIM. NJ. Markoe, s. j., pastor
of st. Elizabeth's and one of the
most liberal thinkers in America, is
putting forth every effort to make
the meeting a success.
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CLARENCE n. ANDERSON
Attorney
50i McDowa.I building
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THF
Stnfe of Wa sh inptnn in and for

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
State of Washington in and for
King County.-No. 2426S4.
Daisy Virginia Babcock, Plaintiff, VS..
Oakley r. Babcock, Defendant. -
Summons by Publication.
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. To
the said Oakley II. Babcock, defend
ant:
You are hereby summoned to appear
within sixty days after the date of
he first publication of this summons
to-wit. Within sixty days after the
nth day of June. 1881, and defend the
above entitled action in the above en-
titled Court and answer the complaint
of the plaintiff, and serve a copy of
YOUR answer upon the undersigned at
torney for plaintiff at his office ad-
dress below stated; and in case of
your failure so to do, judgment will
he rendered against YOU according to
the demand of the complaint, which
has been filed with the Clerk of said
Court
The objects of said action are to
obtain a Judgment of said Court grant
ing divorce from you upon the
grounds of n-support
CLARENCE r. ANDERSON,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
office and Post Office Address:
sol McDowall Building,
Seattle. King County, Washington
First publication June II, 1881; last
July 16, 1881.
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Household of Ruth. No. 2751. G.U.0.OF.
meets second Thursday night each
month at Masonic Hall, Twentyfirst
Avenue and East Jefferson st. Mrs.
E. Hood, NJ N G.. $40 oath Ave. N.
Phone East 3443 Mrs. Nora Walker,
222 23rd Ave. N. Phone East 2424'
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