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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-09-24
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Our Weakly EDITORIAL

Our Weakly Idlotor1al
It's lucky that some mirrors
can't talk back "A Scotchman
on sea voyage prevented sea-
sickness by holding a sixpence in
his mouth /. A swell hotel is
where you pay dollar or more
to have a &c newspaper slipped
under your door :. No one has
ever lived enough yet to do as he
pleased The farmer isn't un-
employed. Just unpaid -. When
your wife laughs at your jokes,
you either have some good ones
or a good wife Us, sleeping
bag a knapsack? -. Some people
never stop to think. Some never
think to stop -. "A prohibition
agent is a guy who knocks on the
door with an axe She was
only a street sweeper's daughter,
but she swept me off my feet ).
Oh, well, it isn't the heat, it's the
stupidity.
Young The modern girl with
her powdering and rouging makes
me furious.
Mac-Me, too. Every time ]
look at a flapper's daubed mouth
see red.
Guest-Mr. Meiser, your maid
has fallen down the cellar stairs
with a bottle and cut herself on
the pieces of glass. II
Mr.. Meiser-Was she going
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-09-24
PESSIMISTIC

The world is crumbling beneath the print
er's foot. A moratorium has been declared on
his product. We are all riding on merry
go-round of insolvency. The printer is in the
hands of his creditor-the trade typesetter
who is in the hands of his credltor-the
supply housewife has assigned its stock to
its creditor-the manufacturer-Who is be-
ing sold out by his creditor-the bank
which is being closed by the bank examiner
and turned over to the receiver who IS under
Indictment for diverting the assets to his
own use. The prosecutor refuses to act, as
he owes note at the bank.
The Judge is powerless because the ward
en- of the penitentiary can't accept any more
inmates owing to full house.
We are not afraid of the sheriff either.
The county hasn't enough money to pay dep
uty salaries and it would take him until his
next term to reach us. In the meantime we
shall vote him out of office for neglectlng
his duties Even if he were in position to
perform the functions of his office he can
not serve papers because he ran out of the
printed blanks and the printer who had the
forms standing has gone out of business.
Our operators are taking liens on the ma
chimes in lieu of wages and as soon as they
become owners we shall go to work for
them and earn our machines back again.
By that time the cycle of depression will
have run it's course and we may all be hap
by again, unless we have starved to death
in the meantime. -The Typocrite.
The standard of living may have taken
considerable dip, but we are straining every
nerve to meet that payment on our new
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-09-24
DON'T LET IT STOP

The 10000 dairy farmers in Washington
are entitled to public thanks for their ex-
cellent work in building up the health OF the
people of the state.
While this work is done in large measure
from the selfish standpoint of building up
their own industry, health officials and ed
ucational leaders agree that the campaign
has marked influence on health.
Last year, for example, the Washington
Dairy Products Bureau, by newspaper adver-
Using, increased milk consumption $4,000
600 pounds, butter consumption more than
100000 pounds, and cheese, ice cream and
other dairy products proportionately.
This year, also by newspaper advertising,
the Bureau will make thousands of adults
and children talk about the merits OF milk
and milk products by a clever Mother Goose
rhyming contest that will interest at least
one member of every family.
We say chats off to the states dairy
men,. They are taking a big step toward
making Washington the healthiest place in
which to live.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-09-24

down or coming up?
Guest-Going down.
Mr.. Meiser-Thank goodness. At
least the bottle was empty.
A woman's understanding has
a great deal to do with her ideas
of dress reform People list
en- to their conscience, but they
don't believe all they hear. The
average aviator would rather be
an ace than a king.
Insurance IDoctor-Any insanity
in your family?
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-09-24

These tax meetings that are being held
about the county are serving good pur-
pose It is surprising how little the average
tax payer knows about the conduct OF mu-
nicipal affairs The meetings are bringing
to light many of the difficulties which the
commissioners face and of which the av-
erage man knows nothing. One OF the Larg-
est items, for instance, in the budget this
year is that for the INDECENT of the county.
Objections have been made to it from tax
payers. But what's to be done about II!
The commissioners can't let children starve
or freeze to death and the neighIbors cant
be expected to make provisions to take care
Of such. It's duty that must be performed
and there seems to be no other way out OF
it. However, the commissioners are the rep
resentatives of the people and what they
demand the commissioners are going to do.
The City of KenneWick is to profit in
some measure by the so-called depression.
It is securing ten additional street lights for
the amount of money it was estimated that
it would take for the fewer number. The
contractor promises that the lights will be
ready to turn on for Kennewick's Fall Bus
mess Revival.
A great many of our citizens are not
aware of the fact that the old Oregon Trail
hit through this country. Mayor Alfred
Anon, who used to be wheat farmer in
the Horse Heaven hills, states that it passed
through his old ranch. It went angling ov-
er the hills in the most direct route to the
next water hole and was worn four feet deep
in some places The route was used regu-
larly for more than thirty years. The new
marker, however, will be placed where the
public can see it.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-09-24

ing to ask EN-
to give it to
you. Try a n d
get it by vol
u n t a ry sub
scriptions. That
puts a tax on
generosity, for
the liberal will
do all the CIV
ing and the
skin-flints w il ]
do all the talk
ing about it as
usual. So that
at best will only
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-09-24

Mrs. Applicant-weu, No
my husband imagines - - only
head of the house. Is tie
80
Prof. Give what you consia., /.
most memorable date : Il. tie
Student-The one Antha1Ory.
with Cleopatra. had
Smith-A Detroit min;s,.
waists. P0eA-a-bcO
Jones-A queer statement :,
minister to make when h. iof a
ing to get people to 90 10 "a h : ~
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-09-24

most consistent
headliner of the
last couple of
weeks. w e d o
love to re a d
about some 9TH
er nation S diff
ficulties, it kin
der gets our
mind off our
own. Well now
I tell you you
better do your
gloating pretty
soon over her
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-09-24

hard times If that's the way you
are geared up, for she won't be
that way long. Always remember
she never looks good till it look!
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-09-24
Too Late to Classify

FOR SALE-The HUMPHREYS 12-
acre Delicious and Winesap ap-
pie orchard; modern home; at a
sacrifice. Inquire of Harold Fyfe.+
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-09-24

It is dangerous for motorists to give
rides to total strangers. There have been a
pitably taken into cars have robbed and even
killed those who thus befriended them. In
case of an accident, too, the stranger may
sue you for damages.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-09-24

BEVERLY HILLS-Well all ]
know is just what / read in the
newsprints England has been the
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-09-24

News dispatches this week carry an an
nouncement of proposal by army engin-
GERS for the construction of huge dam 300
feet high to be built at The Dalles, creating
lake of the Columbia river to generate
power to pump water to irrigate the higher
lands of the district on both sides of the
river. The. cost is estimated at four humid
red million. Such a dam would flood most
of the land between Kennewick and The
we can all sell out to the government, move
to the Highlands and start all over again.
P. S. Construction would take fifty years.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-09-24
OPTIMISTIC

One of the best known bankers in the
United States is of the opinion we are about
ready to put aside our fears and resume
normal business He thinks people have
been scrimping and saving for fear of what
might happen This slowed up factories,
reduced wages, slashed buying power and
consumption and increased depression.
Things are bound to wear out, and a
point has been reached where to meet ur-
gent needs, normal buying has just about
got to be resumed If we all join in saying
.'the worst is over" we are already on the
upswing, definitely entering another cycle
of good times, which according to another
prognosticator, will last at least fifty years.
The home retailer is on the job, at the
same place, every business day in the year
and is responsible for his goods and rep
reservations The doorbell merchant is here
today, gone tomorrow-may honest and
square, maybe as crooked as basket Of
blueracers. "Faroff cattle have long horns"
and too many of our home folks are more
or less disposed to pay stranger more for a
new-fangled fake than they are willing to
pay for tested and guaranteed article of
merchandise.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
HOltville Road
Scene OF Crash

G.. c. Tyre of FL cenJro and an
Unidentified Mexican ranch worker
were slightly injured in an auto
mobile accident 600 feet east of the
Ell Centro city limits on the Holt
vile highway last night, when the
automobile driven by Tyre turned
over after striking loose gravel Oh
the side of the road
Jimmie Holcomb, California
Highway patrolman, arrived at the
scene of the accident shortly after
Tyre and the Mexican were taken
TO the FL Centre hospital, where
they were treated for minor injuries
and released.
Tyre informed the officer he
sWerved to the side OF the road
when another driver cut in ON him.
He lost control of his car, and 1t
overturned, ne said. I. w. Scar
douth Of FL Centre was also in the
car, but escaped injury.
The three men were returning
from Mexical. apparently, and had
taken a dirt road to the Holtville
highway, said Holcomb A bottle OF
whisky was smashed in the acci-
dent, he said
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
Sporting Blood
At Fox Imperial

Featuring Clark Gable in his first
stellar role, Sporting Blood opens
at the Fox Imperial Airdome. hailed
by critics as one of the sure fire
hits of the 1881 season.
Sporting Blood" is playing this
week at Loew's State in Los Angeles
and played to top prices at New
York and Hollywood theatres.
1t is based around romantic
drama in which girl who has made
a misstep and a thoroughbred race
horse are betrayed by a pack of
gamblers. Horse and girl have to
fight their way back to their right
full places in society and on the
turf. In doing it they provide the
audience with thrills enough to last
for several days.
Madge Evans plays the part of
the girl, and others in the cast are
Ernest Torrance, Marie Provost, Lew
Cody and Tommy Boy" Kentuck-
y thoroughbred, without whom there
would be no picture.
All the glamor of the Kentucky
Derby, the Aqua Caliente Handicap
and other big races is crammed into
Sporting Blood" to make it the
sort of film one wishes to see more
than once.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
PRECISE ROASTING
GIVES COFFEE THE
T. PERFECT FLAVOR
Bulk Methods Can't Equal
Flavor That Patented Proc
ess Develops in Hills Bros.
Coffee

The perfect flavor of coffee is in
deed a delight to the taste. But you
don't get the perfect flavor, unless
your coffee has been roasted evenly.
Hills Bros. Coffee always is. It's
roasted by the patented, Controlled
Roasting process.
AS the accuracy of the hour-glass
depends upon an even, continuous
flow ;. a little at time :. so the
uniform flavor Of Hills Bros. Coffee
is produced by this patented proc
ess that roasts evenly, continuously
"a little at time. Each berry
receives an even roast. None is
underdone, none overdone.
Such uniformity is not the case
with coffee roasted by ordinary
bulk methods. For big patches can't
be exactly controlled. The coffee
may be roasted a bit too much, or
not enough. If either happens, you
don't get the perfect flavor that
Controlled Roasting never fails to
achieve.
Hills Bros. Coffee is strictly fresh,
because it's packed in vacuum cans.
Air, which destroys the flavor Of
coffee, is removed and kept out of
these cans. Ordinary, "air-tight"
cans won't keep coffee fresh. But
Hills Bros. Coffee can't go stale!
Order some today. Ask for it by
name, and look for the Arab trade
mark on the can.
Hills Bros. Coffee, Inc. Los
angeles, Calf. @ 1881
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
AIDS
OFFICERS MAKE
DOUBLE ARREST

This modern age of speed, one
way and another, set the sheriff's
office off in high gear to begin
the week this morning, with honors
equally divided between El Centro
deputies and Glendale officers.
In Ell Centro Ernest Clay and E..
o. Waters arrested Inez Ragland,
l6, and Wendell Weeks, IT, who had
just became man and wife in Yu-
ma, on warrants from San Bernar-
dino. The arrest was only a mat
ter of minutes, nguratively speak
ing after Imperial county officers
had been notified the two were
wanted in San Bernardino.
In Glendale Bill Roberts was ar
rested on suspicion of grand theft
at TAO this morning, and car
stolen from Sucha Singh Dhaliwal
at midnight on ranch near the
Highland crossing northeast of
Holtville recovered. Glendale Off.
GERS had been notified to watch for
the car when deputies here sus-
pected the thief might go in that
direction.
Both Inez Ragland and Wendell
Weeks are held for San Bernardino
officers, who are on their way to
Ell Centre now. The sequence of
events in this case was as follows.
At GAS this morning valley off,
GERS were asked to watch for Miss
Ragland and Weeks, and informed
the girl had escaped from the de-
tention home there. San Bernar-
dino officers had warrants for
both.
Between 9:45 and 1l:30 the two
procured marriage license in Yu-
ma, and were married there. They
started back for San Bernardino
At 1870 the two drove through
Ell Centro. They were arrested by
Clay and Waters.
Five minutes later the teletype
machine in the Sheriff's office
clicked message to San Bernar-
dino the two were in custody.
In less than five minutes re-
ply was received over the teletype
wire San Bernardino officers are on
their way to Ell Centro for the boy
and girl
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
FATAL ACCIDENTS
OVER WEEK END
SHOW DECREASE
By UNITED PRESS

In contrast to the usual two score
or more. scarcely a dozen deaths
from accident or violence were re-
ported over the weekend in Cali
fornia.
The toll:
Mrs. William Miller. Hayward,
was killed when the coupe in which
she was riding was struck by bus.
Leslie Harvie, go San Francisco,
was killed when the automobile in
which he was riding caromed from
a safety button to a pole.
Harry D. Felsenthal, 81. railroad
switchman, was killed when he was
jolted off the top Of a box car
and crushed under the wheels of
train at South San Francisco.
Teddy Tucker, g. was run over
and killed by an automobile at
Sacramento.
William Gleason, 80, Santa Ana,
died of burns sustained in boat
explosion at Newport beach.
William Rogers, l9, Los Angeles,
drowned in Lake Elsinore.
Julio Lopez, 80, Van Nuys, was
killed when struck by an automo-
bile.
Wayne Wright, 30, Covina. was
killed when his car Skidded and
overturned at Spadra.
w. N. Kin, Sanger, plunged into
the cold water of the San Joaquin
river near Collins to escape the heat
and died OF a heart attack.
John M. Williamson, 10, rancher
in the Hughson district near Modes
to, killed himself with a shotgun.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
PAIR POSING AS
OFFICERS BEAT
IMPERIAL NEGRO

Telling him they were federal pro-
hibition agents here to clean up I'M
perial Valley, two men last night
severely beat an Imperial negro af-
ter he told them he did not know
where they could get a drink of
whisky, and refused to take a drink
from bottle they offered him, the
negro told Officer Murphy of Impe-
rial last night.
One of the men displayed badge
and gun, the negro said. They had
been drinking when they approached
him. Murphy did not tell the name
OF the negro in report to the sher-
ifs office in El Centro.
Both of the men weighed approx
imately 200 pounds, and were driv-
ing a small roadster without license
plates, the victim told the Imperial
officer.
They stopped him at 8 o'clock
last night to inquire where the
nearest beer garden was, the negro
declared. When he informed them
he did not know they offered him
a drink from a bottle one carried,
and when he refused that set upon
him and beat him.
Deputy sheriffs today were inyes-
tigating the story. The men may
have been merely posing as federal
officers, they believe.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
Coast Engagement
OF Interest Here

Announcement OF the engagement
of Miss Millison Cutler Hardy,
daughter of DR.. and Mrs. Edward
l.. Hardy Of San Diego, and sister
of Mrs. Earle G. Davis of this city,
to Henry Doble of San Francisco,
was made recently.
Miss Hardy is a popular member
of society circles in San Diego and
is affiliated with the Kappa Kappa
Gamma sorority of Stanford uni
versity. She is also a member OF
the lilac Rowing club of the coast
city. Miss Hardy is well known here
having visited Mrs. Davis at various
times.
Mr. Doble is in the insurance bus
mess in San Francisco where the
young couple will make their home
after their marriage which is to
take place in October.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
Mules Stray To
Timken Ranch

Not content with giving Sheriff
George l.. Campbell's deputies the
job of finding lost articles, ranch
ers are beginning to furnish the
officers with the task of finding
the owners of seemingly ownerless
things.
Deputy Tom Adams got that task
Saturday night when a rancher
telephoned from the Timken ranch
mile and half west of Ell Gen.
tro on the San Diego highway to
report two mules had strayed onto
the ranch.
One of the mules was q light bay
and the other dark bay, said the
rancher. With resigned sigh the
informer added the mules seemed
to be good animals.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
Blaze Destroys
Catalina Yacht

CATALINA ISLAND, Aug. II. (U.H
In the fourth disaster of its kind
to have occurred here in the last
10 weeks, the $4,000 cruiser Ken
bar burned to the waters edge yes
terday while at anchor in Fisher
mans Cove.
Eugene Fernholtz, head of a ma
chinery company in Los Angeles,
narrowly escaped injury. He was
lying on the sun deck in a pair
of shorts when an explosion below
deck, presumably a gasoline stove
in the galley, showered the deck
with flames.
Fernholtz dived overheard and
was picked up by a passing launch.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
Attempt Made To
Burn Heber Home

Attempted arson, apparently mo-
tiveless and unsuccessful, last night
almost resulted in razing a resi-
dence in Heber owned by Pat St.
John and tenanted by Bill Wallace
Kerosene soaked waste was used
by the person who wished to burn
the house, according to a report in
the sheriff's office. Neither St.
John nor Wallace could give any
reason why anyone should wish to
set the fire.
The waste was discovered by Wal
lace last night just after it started
to blaze. Extinguishing the fire, he
notified ST. Johns. The sheriff's
office was called, and investigation
of the attempted arson promised
today.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
Mexican Knows
His Attorneys

LOS ANGELES, Aug. IT, (U.P)-
Frank Sagarnaga. Mexican, was ar
raigned today before Municipal
Judge Ben Scheinman on theft
charge.
He was informed of his constitu-
tional rights.
do you want lawyer" he was
asked.
mo" shouted Sagarnaga, Il want
to tell the truth"
Even the bailiffs, habitual wearers
of the iron mask, smiled.
Judge Scheinmen instructed the
public defender to represent Sagar-
naga, cautioning him, however, not
to interfere with Sagarnaga'S S
wishes.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
NOTICE

THIS IS TO CERTIFY that En-
pire Stamp Company is corpora
ton organized existing and doing
business under the laws of the State
Of California, with its principal
place of business at Imperial il, said
State of California. That it is car
rying on a mercantile business at
No. 585 Main Street, in the city of
Ell Centro, State of California, un-
der the fictitious name of Mariposa
Shoppe. That no other person or
persons has any interest whatever in
or to said business so carried on or
in the property located at said
number
That the residence and place of
business of the said Empire Stamp
Company is 500 South Imperial Az
enue in Imperial, California.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
said corporation has caused this
certificate to be executed by its
president and attested by its secre-
tary the 9th day of July. 1881.
GEORGE VARNEY
President
ATTEST:
A. G.. VARNEY
Secretary
(SEAL)
STATE OF CALIFORNIAN
COUNTY OF IMPERIAL. SIS.
ON THIS 81 tn day of July, 1881,
before me, Nellie Brown, notary
public in and for the County of I'M
perial, State of California, residing
in and having her office in said
County of Imperial, State of Calf
ornia personally appeared George
Varney known to me to be president
of the Empire Stamp Company, a
corporation, and A. G. Varney,
known to me to be the secretary Of
said corporation who executed the
foregoing instrument on behalf Of
the said corporation, and acknowl-
edged to me that such corporation
executed the same.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
my official seal the day and date
in this certificate herein first above
written.
NELLIE BROWN
Notary Public in and for the
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia.
(SEAL)
July 27 Aug 3 10 II -~----
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
Aria Named To
Handle Athletes

Carlos v, Aria, former Mexican
consul at Calexico, and widely
known in Imperial valley, has been
named as Mexican attache for the
Olympic Games at Los Angeles next
year
Mexico is planning on sending a
strong team to the games and Aria
will be in charge of the athletes
during their stay in this county.
He recently accompanied the road
mapping expedition of the Automo-
bile Club of Southern California
into Mexico and south as far as
Honduras.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
Jumps To Death
In Balboa Park

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Aug. II. U.P)-
Ill-health caused w. l.. Moore,
president of the Peoples Bank OF
Bloomington, ILL.,, TO end his life by
leaping from the 225-foot tower of
the California building in Balboa
park, police declared today.
Moore had visited the tower in
one of the old exposition buildings
and when no one was near, climbed
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
Heart Attack
Proves Fatal

LOS ANGELES, Aug. II. WP)-
Apparently overcome by heart at
tack, Joseph Schwab, AS, wealthy
official OF dairy supplies company,
died early today after he was taken
unconscious from the Elks' club
plunge.
Though Schwab could not swim,
his death was not believed attribut-
able to drowning, as he rallied mo-
mentarily in an ambulance.
Besides the widow, Mrs. Bessie
Schwab, Schwab is survived by q
daughter.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
State Pioneer
Dies In North

SANTA BARBARA, Cal, Aug. II.
W.P)-Mrs. Francesca de la Guerra,
81, daughter of Don Pablo de Ia
Guerra, first judicial district judge
of California after it became state,
will be buried here tomorrow.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed from the old mission, where her
grandfather, Don Carlos de la
Guerra, commandment OF the early
preside, worshipped.
She died early yesterday.