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Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-24
INTELLIGENCE and INTELLIGENCE

GRANTING that so-called intelligence
u tests" may have their place in mod
ern life, there is very grave doubt that
they have been used intelligently by the
state civil service system, now under fire
of the governor and numerous others.
When men are denied Jobs of driving
trucks because they slip up on whether
''cows swim and fishes give milk, or be-
cause they are unable to give the cube
root of 457 Sd, there is something radi-
cally wrong with the system, which
throws them into the discard.
1t would be nice to have truck drivers
who could discourse on the fourth di-
mension and give an interesting discus
sion on the Einstein theory, but truck
drivers have no need for il in their bus
mess, and lack of such information does
not indicate that they do not know how
to handle truck in expert fashion.
=, There is enough unemployment both
ering us these days without adding to it
by denying men work because of tech
nicalities which have no place in the par
ticular line of employment they seek.
A college professor is supposed to
have good general knowledge of the
arts and sciences, yet one does not eX-
pect him to know in what round Demp-
sey knocked out Firpo, or what Willie
Keller meant when he said "Hit them
where they amt He would not lose his
professorship because he was unable to
answer such questions. His ignorance on
such matters does not mean that he could
not give excellent lectures on the prin-
ciples of calculus or philosophy, profici-
ency in these latter subjects being the
reason for which he is hired.
1t would be far better to insist that
truck drivers, in order to obtain posi-
tions under civil service, be impressed
with the necessity of giving smaller cars
a fair share of the road and of observ-
ing traffic laws.
Intelligence tests" during the World
war showed plenty of 'boneheads' in the
army, but it would be a good bet that
many of the men decorated with the
highest medals for valor, had previous
ly floundered all over in the mental
morass the experts" had created for
them.
Dave Hutton says he is "broke'. That
is only one bit of hard luck we could
wish on him.
Summer bachelors get their exercise
by kicking their way through heaps Of
discarded papers.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-24
Don't Quote Me-
By United Press

VEN T ION HEADQUAR-
TIERS, CHICAGO, June 24.-Dear
Readers: Writing paragraphs is
entirely inadequate for this Demo-
cratic convention. The best thing
one can do is write a letter
about it.
The convention, you understand,
doesn't. begin until next Monday
but already it has made Chicago
look like a combination between a
college rally and the midway OF
the Panama-Pacific exposition.
Take for instance, the Congress
hotel which is the general head
quarters. One walks into the lobby,
enroute to an elevator, and is
greeted with an array of placards
and signs nesting around artifi-
cial palms, cigar stands and ladies
come for tea.
There are more people in the
lobby now than at the height of the
Republican convention, and this
show hasn't really started yet.
Finally one gets onto an eie-
vator and that's considerable fun
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-24

by itself. The hotel has a strange
way of designating its floors by
letters instead of numbers. The
elevator operators call out the
floors: "A for apple" and so forth.
Last night one of the elevator boys
called "B for beer" and when the
elevator got going again a pas
senger called &c for gin"
Most of the various Democratic
candidates have their headquarters
on the "B" floor SO one gets off
at "B for beer" and that's where
the real excitement is. The block
long corridor is lined with candi-
dates headquarters ana each tries
to have a more blatant sign than
the other. They start off with
Alfalfa Bill" Murray and the Ok
lahoma delegation, then comes
Governor Byrd, Smith and Garner
and it winds up in a grand show
in the Roosevelt headquarters.
Roosevelt Has Show
The Roosevelt folks have a whole
ballroom and suite of offices be-
sides. The Roosevelt people started
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-24
Dispositions Sent
Via Air Mail

Air mail into FL Centro yester-
day afternoon opened new vista
in legal procedure, as well as
threatening a heavy drain on poe
textbooks, when a bulky parcel was
received at the county clerks office
from Miami, Fla, containing sealed
dispositions.
Postage marks showed that it
cost H. H. Kaiser, whose deposi-
tions they were and who is plaintiff
in a suit against the estate of Mary
L. McCalty, and Esther L. Doolittle
as administrators of the estate, just
$205 to send the parcel from Mi
ami to Ell Centre.
Kaiser's suit seeks an accounting
of land in which he holds half in
terest, and which was bought in
1917 by Mary McCarty. Kaiser al
so seeks possession Of that half of
the farming property he says is his.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-24

But if this keeps up" said Mrs
Longears to her husband as they
stopped, in Uncle Wiggilys automo-
bile, some distance from the pine
woods, "if this keeps up we can't
go to the picnic"
oh, no! I'd be afraid" said
Nurse Jane.
Afraid of what?' asked Uncle
Wiggily, twinkling his pink nose.
Didn't you hear that howling?"
asked his wife. ut was some Of
the Bad Chaps, I'm sure. You
know the pine woods was the place
where the Fox and the Wolf tried
to catch you, Tuesday,
Yes, 1 know said Uncle Wig
gily, looking toward the forest as
he sat in his car. But they didn't
catch me. and this is Friday. And
the reason the Bad Chaps didn't
catch me was because all my Jolly
children friends helped TO drive
them away"
THAT is true said Nurse Jane.
And now" went on Mr. Long
ears, with the children already in
the woods, with the good things
to eat, waiting for us to come to
start the picnic, do you think it
would be right for us to turn
back?"
NO" his wife said. 81 do not
We must go on and save the chill
dren from the Bad Chaps"
Il say So too," added Nurse Jane
But 1 am not SO sure" she went
on, that the bowling we heard
came from a Bad Chap"
From whom did it come, then?
asked Uncle Wiggily.
Il think it was some of the chill
dren howling,' said the muskrat
lady. Having lived with the ami
NAL children many years she knew
the ways they howled very we'll
indeed. I'm sure I heard BABY
Bunty's voice" said Nurse Jane
ALSO the voices of Jingle anC
Jangle."
at think you are right" SPOKE
Mrs. Longears.
well, then,' went on Uncl,
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-24
Motorcyclist
Hurt In Crash

Plutario Gallego Of Mexicali
was slightly injured yesterday af-
ternoon when the motorcycle on
which he was riding struck a coupe
driven by F. D. "Blackie" Bell on
the San Diego highway between
Plaster City and Coyote Wells. c.
R. Conover was riding with Bell.
Bell was returning from San Di-
ego, according to a report at the
sheriff's office. Gallego was pilot
ing his motorcycle west when he
attempted to pass a truck, and
crashed into Bells automobile.
r. B. Campbell, who happened
to be going by, took Gallego to
the Ell Centro hospital, where he
received emergency treatment for
minor cuts and bruises.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-24
BEDTIME STORIES
BY HOWARD E. GARRIS
Copyright 1925 By Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
By HOWARD E. GARRIS

Wiggily, "if it was the children
bowling at the picnic ground in
the pine woods, it must be either
that they are yelling because they
are having such fun playing, or
else they howled because they saw
one of the Bad Chaps"
I'm that case" said Mrs. Long
ears, we had better hurry there as
fast as we can. If the Fox, the
Wolf OF the Bob Cat is after the
picnic children we must save
them!'
L agree with you there!" ex-
claimed Uncle Wiggily. so come
on! Well go to the picnic as fast
as we can and save the children" >"
Quickly Uncle Wiggily sprinkIed
some red hot pepper on the tires
of his auto. He always did this
when he wanted his car to go fast
as the tires were made of big, round,
fat bologna sausages and they al
ways rolled faster when pepper was
sprinkled on them.
So, in a little while Uncle Wig
glly, Nurse Jane and Mrs. Long
ears were at the picnic ground
There was the ice cream. the lolly-
pops and the chocolate cakes. None
of the animal boys and girls had
touched any of the good things
yet, for Nurse Jane had made them
promise not to until Uncle Wiggily
himself reached the picnic.
Standing around in the pine
woods were the pussy cats. the
puppy dogs. the rabbits. squirrels,
chickens, ducks and all the animal
children They seemed to be act
ing in a very strange way.
why aren't you playing games?"
asked Uncle Wiggily
Because" answered Baby Bunty.
Because why?" Mrs. Longears
asked
Because of the animal" said
Bunty
What animal?" Uncle Wiggily
wanted to know.
"A very funny animal said
Jingle. He popped out of the
woods at us just now"
Was that why you screamed?"
asked Nurse Jane.
Yes, answered Jangle, who was
Jlngle's twin sister, lit was. We
were playing tag, all of us, when,
suddenly, out of the bushes popped
this funny animal
WAS he one of the Bad Chaps?"
asked Uncle Wiggily, looking about
for a big stick.
/ Not like any of the Bad Chaps
ever saw said Baby Bunty.
We'll, what did the funny ami
NAL look like?' asked Nurse Jane
'"Oh, he sort of looked like q
DOG and like cat and like a
chicken" l." said Baby Bunty.
"Ha! Hal" laughed Uncle Wig.
gily. That must be a very, very
funny animal. I shall go look fol
him. Don't be afraid. The funn,
animal will not harm you. It ma,
be Just a picnic bug. I'll 60 see. )
What the rabbit gentleman foune
you shall know tomorrow when the
story will be about Uncle Wiggil,
and Jackie's adventure. And pleas,
don't let the canary bird 90 t
sleep in the goldfish bowl instea,
OF the bread box.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-24
Our Presidents
Now Available To
Readers OF Press

Press readers, who have enjoyed
the series of brief biographies of
all the Presidents of the United
States, a recent feature in this
newspaper the past few weeks, can
now obtain this information in
book form.
Our Presidents at a Glance"
awakened such an interest as a
newspaper feature that its author
arranged Immediately for publish
ing in volume form. This excellent
series, in larger size, printed on
fine paper and with a beautiful
cover, can be purchased by Press
readers for as cents.
This book is valuable as a text
book or for reference work, and
should have an unusual appeal for
students of American history. Ey-
cry person who loves literature,
who is thrilled by tales of ulti-
mate success in the face of all
barriers, will read and re-read this
book. On these pages are COM
pressed the gallant histories of the
greatest Americans.
Instructors and book collectors
who have been privileged to see ad-
vance copies of the volume have
united in giving praise to its worth
and appearance.
Press readers who desire the
book should place their orders i'm
mediately through Telephone 26
or by letter addressed to The Press.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-24
VOTING TINE COMING

IT looks like busy summer-for the
4 politicians.
Tomorrow is the last day for the office
seekers to file if they wish to get on the
August primary ballot and somewhere
around score of names may be expect
ed for the various offices upon which the
voters are to act.
Between the time of filing and the
primary, Mr.. John j. Citizen is going to
listen to lot of talk-for politicians
do like to hear the sound of their own
voices. Nor is the failing limited to poll
ticians.
By and large we would say that the
men seeking office in Imperial county
are honest men, really desiring to fill
public office creditably. We do not
think there are any so-called 'profes-
Sional office-holderS" among them
But there is bound to be difference
in the degrees of ability the various can
didates possess. 1t is up to the voter to
discover before the primary, just which
of the candidates have the ability to
serve him the best.
Too often the voter is misled into cast
ing his ballot for candidate who has
ready smile, a good line of talk, who,
perhaps, is member of his own lodge
or who has some personal asset that ap-
peals to the voter.
In such a comparatively small COM
munity as ours it is not difficult mat
ter for the voter to get good idea of
the real worth of each candidate. He
should be able to weigh them strictly
on the basis of the service they can give
and cast his ballot accordingly.
The United States is paying the price
in many places now for the indifference
of the voter regarding the manner in
which he casts his ballot. Corruption
and inefficiency in public office are
blamed on the politicians when the real
blame rests on the voter. He, after all,
decides who shall hold office and who
shall not.
There will be two months for Imper-
ial Valley voters to think things over.
1t is up to them to use the time we'll.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-24
TWENTY-FIVE YEAR DELIVERY

COLEMAN, Tex. U.P)-It took a
postal card, mailed here in 1910,
% years to reach Pampa, Tex, a
distance of less than 800 miles.
When the old post office building
was torn down recently the postal
card was found lodged in a parti-
ton. 1t was delivered promptly to
Mrs, c. Y. Douglas of Pampa.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-24
UNCLE WIGGILY'S FUNNY
ANIMAL

Uncle Wiggily, Nurse Jane Fuzzy
Wuzzy and Mrs. Longears were on
their way to the picnic grounds in
the pine woods. Ahead of them
had gone to the same picnic
grounds all the animal boys and
girls. Uncle Wiggily also had sen5
loads and loads of ice cream, lolly-
pops and chocolate cake for the
picnic lunch
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-24
TEN YEARS AGO
FuY1a % 1000

II is certain that the total of
cantaloupe shipments from the VAL
ley today will pass the 500 car
mark. It also is stated that there
will be go cars of watermelons
leave today.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-24

Published every evening Except Sunday by the
Imperial Valley Press. Inc. 625 State street, El
centro, California, w. G. Costello, business man
ager. Telephone 26, business office; 700, editorial
department. Full leased wire United Press Asso-
Citations.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-24

SUBSCRIPTION RATE5-Delivered By carrier,
per month, 55 cents; by mall so cents per month
In advance Entered at El Centro, California post
office as second-class matter. Member California
Newspaper Publishers Association. M. C. Mogen-
son, national advertising representatives.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-24

Black oil samples from the James
we'll were displayed in town yes
terday. All indications are said to
point to success in the quest for
oil. The well is situated in the
Seeley neighborhood.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-24

Governor Rolph is irritated because
beer survey of the state was made with
out first consulting him. Where would
one find him if one did wish to consult
him?
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-24
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
June "a, 1917

Don c. Bitter again will be city
editor of this newspaper He guild
ed the destinies of the paper for
two years and then a year ago re-
signed to become secretary of the
Ell Centro Chamber of Commerce.
The call of the craft, however, was
too strong and he will be back in
newspaper work again.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-24

1t will be at least two years before
the country can legally drink liquor, the
experts say. But none need go dry with
an abundant supply of illegal stuff.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-24

Six to seven hundred cars of
plums will be shipped from the
Dinuba district of Tulare county,
this season.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-24

It was reported at Red Cross
headquarters yesterday afternoon
that the $4,000 Red Cross quota
had been reached The work Of
obtaining subscriptions went right
on as it was necessary to compile
totals for the whole county,
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-24
Looking Blackboard
What the Press Files Tell of
Imperial Valley for This Date
in Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
June q. 1912

The Valley Livery Stable and
Feed Yard is the name of a newly
incorporated company doing busi-
ness in BraWley.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-24

A number of ranchers met at
the Westside school house last Sat
urday and organized the Westside
Ranchers association.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-24

Editorial Page
and
Features
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-24

Summer bachelors get their exercise
by kicking their way through heaps of
discarded papers.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-24

is only one bit of hard luck we could
wish on him.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-24

Soon Yielded 70 the seductive sugges-
ton. The Whigs. who nominated
him without a platform aad without
knowing where he stood on any
question were temporarily in a
quandary when his acceptance was
not received-the delay was caused
by his refusal to accept letter.
the notification of his selection as
Presidential candidate-on which
postage was due.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-06

numbering about $4,000 each, were
ordered confiScated and directed to
the dead letter office.
1.-THE action came from some tin
hat MusSolini in Washington who
is determined to support President
Hoover at all costs.
"The rea, reason the magazine
was confiscated is becahse I have
attacked the President several times
for some of his activities before he
was elected"
The offending article in the issue
of July 10 said that if our pioneer
forefathers had been faced with the
present day problems of unemploy-
ment, "they would have taken their
flintlocks"
Does that sound like treason
Gus Speech2" Haldeman Julius
asked. IF it does, then the federal
government can reserve a cell for
me in some prison."
The June 25th issue of The Free
man was barred from the mails, the
Kansas publisher said, because he
advocated unemployment insurance
I'm that article, I stated our un-
employed soon would refuse to ac-
cept handouts and demand unem-
ployment insurance. The govern
ment said that was treasonous."
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-06
REPORT SHOWS JUNE BUSINESS
HAD ENCOURAGING INDICATIONS

The business and agricultural sit.
uations in Los Angeles and South.
ern California during June were
characterized, for the most part
by stable and, in some instances
increased activity as compared witt
the previous month. In view of the
fact that some seasonal declines
are normal at this time of the year
the results achieved during June
by a number of the leading con-
Germs in the fields of production
and distribution in this area NAV
be regarded as favorable.
This is the Introductory para
graph of the monthly summary of
business conditions in the Pacific
Southwest territory compiled by the
department of research and service
of the Security-F First National Bank
of Los Angeles. and released for
publication today. The summary
continues in part:
The value of bank debts in Los
Angeles during June registered a
gain of 3.9 per cent over the total
for the preceding month. Out
standing among the events of the
period under consideration was the
marked increase in the sales of
tires occasioned by the prospective
rise in prices as a consequence of
the new federal excise taxes which
became effective on June 21. The
outlook for the California petrol
cum industry was meaSurably i'm
proved during the months as a re-
suit of additional cooperative eff
forts to control production. Prices
on all grades of refinable crude oils,
as well as on gasoline, advanced
Orders and shipments incidental
to public construction projects were
reflected in the operations of local
steel manufacturers and cement
producers during the month. Con-
Germs in these lines reported that
the demand from private users of
materials was of limited volume
however. Meat packing firms ap-
pear to have done a slightly larger
volume of business in the month
just ended than in the preced-
ing period. Prices on meat pro-
ducts were increased during the
latter part of June in sympathy
with the general rise in livestock
quotations. Local construction ac-
tivity, as measured by the number
and value of building permits is
sued, remained at the low level es-
tablished in the previous month.
Department and speciality stores
reported increased sales of summer
apparel as a result of the arrival
OF warm weather. Information re-
ceived from the smaller commune
ties in Southern California indi-
Gates that retail trade was i'm
proved in some instances by in
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-06
Public Warned
Of Swindlers

Warning is sent out by the FL
Centro Chamber Of Commerce to
all business firms of Imperial VAL
ley concerning a man who Is now
in California representing himself
as an advertising salesman for the
American Railway Journal, and
who is collecting in advance on
advertisements which he claims
will appear in that journal.
Sheriff George L. Campbell has
notified the chamber of a COM
munication from the National
Sheriff and Police Association, Inc,
with headquarters in Denver, Colo,
advising that this man is in no
way connected with the American
Railway Journal and that business
men, who have been swindled out
of hundreds of collars, are willing
to prosecute if the man is arrested
He is described as about 30 years
of age, dark complexion, black hair
and eyes, height 5 rect, inches
and weight $50 to 160 pounds. He
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-06

creases in payrolls due to agricul-
tural activities.
Climatic conditions were excep-
tionally favorable to the growth of
agricultural crops during June. Bar
ley and wheat, which are now be-
ing harvested, are said to be of
very good quality. Prices, however,
are generally below what growers
consider to be a profitable level
Current quotations on Valencia
oranges are slightly below those of
the 1881 season. A recent survey
of the walnut situation places the
prospective production at approx
imately 10000 tons, while the per-
centage of good quality nuts is ex-
pected to be much larger shan 1t
was last season. The acreage plant
ed to sugar beets is large this year
and the crop is reported to be in
excellent condition.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-06
THREE PRISONERS
GIVE OPULENT
AIR TO COURT

What really amounted to q
stampede, in view of recent ses-
sions, practically showed Judge Lee
Nuffer and the Ell Centro police
court under an avalanche of charges
this morning when three prisoners
were brought before the bar Of
justice.
Although three prisoners would
be a mere handful in the more
palmy days of the police court, in
comparison with recent numbers
at any one sitting that number is
stupendous.
Inder Singh, so, who has had a
lot of experience before police court
judges, was sentenced to pay a
fine of Sc or serve three days in
Jail for being drunk. Unable to
pay the fine, he was committed
to Jail.
A fine of $40, with an alternate
of five days in jail, was suspended
in the case of Lorraine Wilson, also
charged with being drunk.
Judge Nuffer continued until to-
morrow a further hearing on the
case of Rosie Carter, 81, who
pleaded guilty to vagrancy.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-06
Gila Bend-TucsOn
Road To Be Oiled

In telegram received from
Phoenix by H. L. Bush, chairman
of the Ell Centro Chamber of Com
merce highway committee, Bush
has been notified that the state
highway commission of Arizona
yesterday included in its budget an
item for $35, 900 for oiling the Casa
Grande-Gi Bend cutoff, which
would shorten the distance between
Ell Centre and the east about three
hours over the present road through
Phoenix.
Bush states that the highway
between Gila Bend and Casa
Grande has been graded and
graveled for a couple of years and
that it has been aligned and
graded to high standard of high
way construction and, with the oiled
surface, this road will be the equal
of any of the oiled surfaced roads
in Arizona. This budget item is
considered quite victory for
Southern California and Southern
Arizona communities, which have
for some years tried to have it
completed.
Highway commissioners in the
Phoenix district of Arizona, Man
ager Hays of the Ell Centre cham
ber states, have been antagonistic
to the completion of the Casa
Grande-Gila Bend road and pro-
posed but $4,000 for this oiling
under the current budget. Under
pressure this. amount was increased
to $4,000, the difference to be
taken from the Phoenix-Blythe
route. Hays states the increase pre-
cipitated bitter fight in Arizona.