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Evening star., 1934-01-21

Cobb can wear any size hat; all he
has to do is lift it up higher or screw
it on lower, as the situation demands.
AT THE age of the little rascal
began to draw pictures. If taken
visiting and given a carpenters pencil
he would spend hour after hour draw
ing spiders, earwigs and an unclaSsified
paper. 1t got so Mr.. Cobb carried a
carpenters pencil with him, in case the
household where he was visiting with
his son was not provided with one. It
is not authentically recorded that the
owners of the homes thus honored
shared with the admiring parent the
conviction that these freehand adorn-
ments gave proof of future talent on
the part of the amazing little one. All,
what would they not give today had
they but preserved for poSterity those
parlor wallpapers of theirs!
1t was the original intention of the
family to rear the precocious youngster
to follow the career of a great artist,
such as Rembrandt or A. B. Frost He
was to have been classically educated
with that laudable end in view. But
such was not to be. Fate decreed other
wise, and on reflection may we not
say that all turned out well, since
paintings loss became literature's gain?
But, patience; we shall come to that
important switch in our heros ambi-
tionS little farther along.
The lad was brought up under the
influences of Southern Presbyterianism
and the Democratic party and has never
entirely escaped from the effects of the
last named, although he showed some
signs of restiveness when Bryan ran the
third time. To him this seemed en-
tirely uncalled for; an opinion, as it
turned out which was confirmed at
the polls, where, as will be recalled,
once again the will of the people was
Evening star., 1934-01-21

thwarted, owing to there being such
number of other fellows voting.
The youngster passed through the
public and private schools of his native
city-slowly through the lower grades,
but more rapidly through the higher
grades. BY request of the faculty he
passed through the last public school
which he attended in less than four
months, albeit the curriculum called for
nine months course. This achieve
ment occurred about the time his voice
was changing on him and also about
the time he manifested the adoleScent
but unmistakable temperament of true
jokesmith.
ONE sunny Summer afternoon, in the
company of several companions,
he went in bathing in the Tennessee
River. Presently the whinSy of pre-
tending to be drowning came to him,
and forthwith he proceeded to do SO,
the realism being rendered all the more
graphic by reason of the fact that he
couldn't swim lick and had waded
out on the sandbar up to his neck.
Eventually the illusion became so en-
tirely convincing that an adult by
stander jumped in with his clothes on
and, after diving repeatedly, fetched
up the droll Cobb in limp and SEEM
ingly unconscious state. It was not
until he had been rolled repeatedly on
barrel and then held upside down and
allowed to empty that the boy came, as
the saying is to.
But never could any loyal Paducahan
of the period be brought to believe it
was by mischance that the bright little
fellow had ventured beyond his depth.
mo, siree," said they, one and all. "It
just goes to show born humorist will
do anything to get laugh"
Since Mr.. Cobb attained a Justly de-
served immortality, scores OF anecdotes
testifying to his juvenile brilliancy and
audacity have been recalled and given
more or less widespread circulation
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by his contemporaries of those bygons
days in the old home town. There is
only one drawback touching on these
characteristic but phenomenal remi-
niscences so typical Of the mentality of
the boy Cobb. There isn't a word Of
truth in single doggone one of them.
Thus, by progressive stages, we ap-
proach the crucial era succeeding young
Irwin SIS 10th birthday. The latter
stretches of his education had been,
as it were, sketchy. He had learned
arithmetic in its simpler branches by
making. change while driving an ice
wagon during his vacations. He had
acquired knoWledge-which ever since,
in moments of stress or emotion, has
stood him in good stead-of the racier
idiomS of the English language by
hanging around Gaffords livery stable
and wagon yard. Acquaintance with
steamboat mates, his father being in
the steamboat business, also served him
in this particular regard. He learned
natural history by reading a large
volume of the family library entitled
Diseases of the Horse" He never did
find time though, to fuss about much
with grammar, as has repeatedly been
pointed out by some of the most
scholarly critics in America when re-
viewing Mr.. Cobb's books. And as for
spelling, he has always, since becoming
pre-eminent in the writing field, been
able to command the expert services
of a secretary who knows about spelling,
which has been great help to pub
fishers and public alike
But let us for the nonce revert to
our chronological sequence: 1t had been
scheduled that after a term in military
school the sprightly STRIPPING would go
to some famous center of culture, such
as Cincinnati, there to shape and per-
feet his talent for drawing. But here,
Is previously limited at, the iron finges
Continued on SecoSd Page ~!
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Clark Cobb of Paducah, Ky,
reck on June %, 1916, at the
- inconvenient hour of Sis in the
morning, that the male child then
being born to them would grow up to
be none other than Irwin S. Cobb. For
the moment neither of them was in the
mood for recking Mrs. Cobb being
occupied, to the exclusion of all lesser
matters, with the undertaking of be-
coming mother
And local legend has it, as regards
the proud father, that he spent the re-
mainder of'that momentouS day asking
Jim Sheriff. what the boys in the back
room would have and calling to the
attention of his fellow citizens the sig
ni6cant circumstance that this newest
offspring of his had entered the world
almost exactly 100 years after the sign
ing of the Declaration of independence.
If tradition is right about it, he was
of the triumphant opinion that this was
more than mere coincidence In it he
oSCiiiCu w oCC pAOpllCCy OI
and if these great outstanding events,
spaced just a century apart were
destined to occur in threes, like the balls
over a pawnbrokers door, Or to use a
more modern simile, like writing men,
berS of the current Roosevelt family,
no doubt Mr.. Cobb pere wondered what
the Summer of 1876 would bring forth
to leave its everlasting impress upon the
life of a grateful Nation.
So much then, briefly, for the birth
of the subject of this sketch. The first
years of the famous writer were passed
quietly, except at night. Genius had
not yet begun to evince itself to any
great extent. The earliest photograph
OF him shows frank, open counte-
nance, something like detachable rim,
and head shaped a good deal like
pineapple cheese. To this day Mr..
Evening star., 1934-01-21
Who's Who in Hum0r

One of AmeyiaS Story
By Irwin S. Cobb
1ucuhbh1t md lLauO rSo1y
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TITLE did Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua
Clark Cobb of Paducah, KY,
reck on June %, 1916, at the
= inconvenient hour of Sis in the
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Cobb can wear any size hat; all he
has to do is lift it up higher or screw
it on lower, as the situation demands.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-26
CLAIMS
AGED RANCHER

William Taylor Jones. SO, we'll
known rancner who lived north
east of Imperial died yesterday
morning at 1915 o'clock. Funeral
services will be held tomorrow, 10
a. m, from the funeral chapel of
B. E. Lemons with Rev. v. E. But
terworth of the State Street
Christian church officiating. Burial
will be in Evergreen cemetery.
Born December 4, 1841, Jones
came to the valley from Alabama
eighteen years ago and has lived
here ever since, making many
friends. Survivors are three sons:
w. II. Jones and T. A. Jones of
Imperial; Leonard Jones, Santa
Ana; and five daughters: Mrs.
Josie Barton, Santa Ana; Mrs. j.
N. Wynn, Imperial; Mrs. B. E.
Wynn, Ell Centro; Mrs j. B. Wynn,
Imperial; Mrs. B. E. Wynn, Ell
Centre; Mrs. j. B. Wynn, Holt
vile; Mrs. Allie Woods, Oklahoma.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-26
Trial OF Shreues
Dra,Us Near End

TUCSON, Ariz., March 26. U.P)-
Moving into the seventh trial week,
the mail fraud case against Jessie,
Archie and Daniel Shreve, Glen
o. Perkins, and w. c. Evans, will
be brought to a close today when
government prosecutors present
final arguments.
Charles Crouch, chief prosecutor,
will begin his final plea to jury
in Federal Judge Albert SameS'
court this afternoon. The jury will
then be instructed and begin de-
liberationS.
The case involves loss of thous-
andS of dollars in the defunct
Arizona Holding corporation, Cen
tury Investment and Trust COM
pany and the Security Building
and Loan association.
These concerns were operated
by the Shreve Brothers, all well
known San Diego, Cal, financiers
and the two co-defendants.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-26
W|LLOU UGHBY
WINS BORDER
GOLF MATCH

Steadiness of play gave Laddie
Willoughby of Calexico the victory
over ]. w. Stone of the Calexico
club in the annual golf tournament
this past week by the Internation-
al golf club, the play ending Sun
day.
Willoughby defeated Stone 2 up
and l to go after 36 holes of play
marked by steady playing on the
Part of Willoughby against some
what erratic play on the part of
Stone who at times played Brilliant
ly but whose good plays were Off
set by others less brilliant. Will
loughby made four brides during
the championship match. The
greens were not in as good condi-
ton as anticipated, due to the rain
which had caused them to swell,
making play difficult.
On Saturday Willoughby defeated
Barney" Burke of the Barbara
Worth club on the nineteenth hole,
and Stone defeated Les Rogers, |
up.
Finals in the other flights are as
follows first flight, w. c. Jones de-
feated Claude Ritter, and Q; sec
ond flight, Jerry Calderon def. G..
E. Sones, and g. third flight, Lynn
Graham def. Sam Ellis, up on the
18th hole; beginners flight, Ned
Moretti def. Richard Emerson. CAL
exico city clerk, 2 and l; women's
flight, Mrs. Earl Roberts of Calex-
leo defeated Mrs. William Burke of
the Barbara Worth club, 3 and 2.
The International club members
were hosts yesterday at a barbecue
and dance at the club house, the
affair being attended by a large
number of local residents.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-26
UpANS
SPORTPARADE
hNAA&6hh
BY HENRY McLEMORE
1ited Press Staff Correspondent

L
AUGUSTA, Ga, March 26.-Putts
and pitches from the Augusta
masters invitation golf tourna-
ment:
The quail and venison supper
given by fielding Wallace after the
final round showed off Billy Burke
as the biggest eater of the lot.
Bobby Jones confessing that he
wanted his son to be a golfer, but
that his daughter should master
in household economics and get
this straight. Robert Tyre is not
coming back to the wars, but will
confine his tournament competi-
ton to the masters invitation.
Bobby, for your information, has
little money sunk in this course
and wants, UNDERSTANDABLE, to
get it back.
The general belief is that the
iron shot Craig Wood played out
of the woods on the first hole OF
his final round was the greatest
stroke ever made in golf. Wood
doesn't quite agree. saying it was
the luckieSt, and not the greatest.
For your information, Craig stood
in jungle worthy of Fawcett.
and put his trust in the all-high-
est and swung. The ball dropped
so near the hole that he got his
par four when by all rights he
should have had Is.
Wild Bill Mehlhorn insisted ST..
Andrews, the cradle of golf, was
probably the worlds worst course.
Leo Diegel challenging Wild Bill,
insisting that st. Andrews was the
worlds best. The Haig, after-well,
nominal number of matted milks,
pacifying the boys with remark:
Who cares? You amt going to win
| this tournaments"
The silver four-leaf clover which
Bob Jones wears throughout every
round.
The day the Atlantic athletic
club gave it to him a runaway
truck missed him by inches. He
wouldn't play without it. But a
local garage man missed in send
ing him a token of good luck. The
garage man, a Mr.. Green, sent
Bobby five horseshoes ahead of
the second round. And even these
couldn't make the long one drop.
Mr.. Green explained the failure
by saying that Bobby held the
horseshoes prongs down so the
luck dropped out of them.
AL Espinosa refusing anything
but sauerkraut before a round.
IT'S a great body builder, and
there's a birdie in every DISH
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-26
SMITH TAKES
GOLF TOURNEY
By HENRY McLEMORE
Tnited Press Staff Correspondent

AUGUSTA, Ga, March 26.-Bob-
by Jones hopes it hasn't become
habit, this being beaten by a
man named Smith-Horton Smith
the big, raW-boned professional
who won the masters invitation
gclf tournament yesterday.
Smith was the same chap who
was the last man to defeat Jones
in open play before he retired from
the competitive game four years
ago.
Anybody Bobby will find out
whether it's habit at the second
masters tourney over the Augusta
national course next year. The
little Albanian, who formerly ruled
the fairways of the world, made
this clear last night.
He emphasized he has not re-
turned to general play. He will re-
strict his competition to the mast
erS tourney over the course in
which he has considerable in
veStment.
Smith came through yesterday
with a final perfect 18-hole round
to climax four days of excellent
play. Despite blustery weather. he
toured the difficult course in even
par, 72, for a winning aggregate of
284. Before he started Craig Wood
had turned in 285, and Billy Burke,
286.
Smiths prize was $1,500. Jones
wound up 10 strokes behind with
294 tied for 18th place, two
notches lower than he ever fin
ished in a national open.
Second money went to Wood of
Deal, N. j. Billy Burke, national
open champion in 1881, and young
Paul Runyan, of White Plains, N.
Y, tied for third with 286.
Two strokes behind was Ed Dud-
ley, home pro of the Augusta club,
with 288. Willie MacFarlane of
Tuckahoe, N. Y. was next with
291, followed by Harold McSpaden,
AL Espinosa. Jimmy Hines and
Macdonald Smith with 292. Both
Mortie Dutra and Al Watrous were
paired at 293, while Denny Shute,
British open champion, and Walter
Hagen of Detroit shared the 294
lot with Jones.
Smiths card for the four rounds
was -70-72-284, compared with
Bobby's 76-74-72- 2-72-294.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-26
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
GIVEN CARBLED TESTIMONY

A. B. West, president of the Sou-
thern SierraS Power company. states
that transcript of testimony taken
a. a nearing on March 7 and be-
1Ore the federal trade commission in
washington, d. c., relative to eX-
penditureS OF the company in oppo-
sltlon TO government ownership pro-
Jecls IN Imperial Valley, has been
received by the company and shows
just what was said at the hearing,
not only disclosing the fact that GER
tam reports which have been wide
ly published about it gave an en-
klrely exaggerated idea of some of
the actual testimony received, but
that some of the evidence intro
duced at the hearing was erroneous
and misleading. In commenting on
the matter he says:
THE purpose of this hearing was
70 receive evidence as to what eX-
penditures the power company has
made in opposition to proposed
public projects in the Imperial VAL
ley; but the people of this valley
is no law of any kind or character
that inhibits the owners of a pri-
Vately owned utility from opposing
public power projects that seek to
destroy the business of an eStah-
lished privately owned power conf
pany.
"The present nearing is being
held under a senate resolution for
an inquiry into expenditures made
by the private power companies of
the United States in opposition to
proposed government ownership pro-
jectS.
THE projects that our company
has opposed in Imperial Valley have
been proposed municipal power
plants, including three plans for
installation of diesel engines in the
city of Brawley, and the proposal of
the irrigation district to install some
small hydro plants on their laterals
or drainage canals. None of these
projects had any direct connection
with the proposed power develop
ment on the All-American canal,
and in fact are inconsistent there
with. They would have involved the
obstruction of a business which we
have pioneered and built up over IS
years of operation.
Our opposition to these projects
was openly conducted over the
name of the company and its Off
cials to protect the investment OF
our stockholders and preserve our
business.
Rose Chief Witness
The total amount the power COM
pany expended, as shown in the tes-
timony, is very small compared with
the large sums it was intimated had
been used or in comparison with the
large investment and volume of
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-26

was made as a direct result of the
overwhelming public demand in
dicated by 355,672 signatures to
the associated all-western football
fan honor roll circulated through
out the western territory.
I'm compliance with a total of
355,672 requests from football fans
of the west, Associated Oil COM
pany has paid the colleges and in
stitutions for the football broad
casting privileges that permit the
play-by play descriptions of the
games to be sent out over the
air. 1884 marks the ninth con-
secutive year of Associated Sport
casts" he explained.
For the past several years the
question of football broadcasting
has been held in allegiance until
just before the opening of the
season. This year Associated start
ed negotiations Immediately after
the close of last season in order tc
assure fans of the broadcaSts.
I'VE deeply appreciate the in
terest of the public in this AS
sociated activity, and also the
western motorists proven willing
ness to play ball with Associated
in return
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-26
Can1poree To Be
Held By Scouts

Fourth annual camporee for the
Boy Scouts of the Imperial Yuma
council will take place April 81 and
% at Westmorland, with the West
morland scouts in charge.
These Scouts have had consider
able experience in camporees, hav-
ing attended the state outing as
representatives of the local council
and receiving number of awards
Since there is no Scout executive
this year all Scouters are urged to
attend to help make the camporee
success.
This information was sent out in
letters to Scouts, Buddy Measures
and Leland Pippin, both of Troop z,
assisting Mrs. Ray Forshey, secre-
tary, in getting out the news.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-26
A B c DROPS
COAST CAME

Yesterdays invasion of San Di-
ego by the local A. B. G. team
proved disastrous for TIE Beer Bar
ons as they dropped a 7-3 decision
to the Arterburn and Mills Auction
GERS. The winners got off to a two
run lead IN the opening inning ard
were never in danger during the
rest of the game.
Nielsen, A. B. C. twirler, was bit
wild at times and Hill who pitched
for tie winners held the locals
scoreless for the first six innings.
A return game to be played here
is being arranged for a date pos
sibly two weeks from yesterday.
The bOX score.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-26
Fat Boys Win
Ouer Yuma cam

Maggios Fat Boys, led by Man.
ager Lawson Willingham, defeated
tie Henderson baseball team of
Yuma, 81 here yesterday afternoon.
Ehmke pitched steady ball for the
locals holding the Yuma squad to
four scattered hits while PratEer,
the Yuma twirler was almost as
stingy with the base hits, yielding
but six to the winners. He was a
bit unsteady in the pinctes, how
ever, and this proved his downfall.
Frank Smith and Ray Emman-
uelli turned in two snappy double
plays while Nicely with two safe
hits led the winners at bat.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-26

business of the company in this ter
ritory.
Mark Rose was the principal wit
ness at the hearing and took the DO
sition that the opposition of the
newspapers of the Imperial Valley
to himself, also meant opposition to
the All-American canal project and
evidently informed Mr.. Sadler. the
federal trade commissions invest
gator, to that effect, since Mr.. Sad
Ter testified that all the other pap
erS in the District were editorially
against the project, referring to
the Bennitt publications as the only
newspapers that were for it.
"One of the most widely publi-
cized items of the hearing in Wash
ington was letter from Russell
Bennitt charging that the power
company spent $4,000 for the en-
tertainment of newspaper editors on
three-day celebration honoring
the turning on of electric power for
the Boulder Canyon Project on June
81, 1881. As a matter of fact, the to-
tai cost of the celebration was ap-
proximately oue-fourth of the
amount charged and there were
more other guests than editors, in
Guiding federal officials of the re-
clamation service, representative of
the state of Nevada, civic and SER
vice club leaders of Las Vegas and
executives of the Six Companies en-
gagged in building the dam.
THE information given out by
our representatives on this trip was
all favorable to this project and
particularly praised the govern
ment's accomplishments ther> 1t
was printed in newspapers in all
parts of the United States and not
by the widest flight of imagina-
ton could it be construed into pro-
paganda in any way unfavorable to
any federal project.
Legitimate Advertising Shown
las another example of the man.
ner in which the regular routine ad-
vertisements of the company were
publicized and garbled into a story
as something irregular, the evidence
was introduced to show the COM
pany had expended a total of $l110
over period of three years with
the Imperial County Farm Bureau
Monthly. Press dispatches were
flashed to all parts of the country
indicating that the power company
had made a donation of approx
mately that amount to the farm bu
reau, which the latter organizatio tion
Immediately repudiated in a mes
sage to Washington.
"A complete and correct report of
all expenditures relating to its op-
position to these projects was made
by the company to the commission
In considering this report it must
be kept in mind that the time cov-
cred by these reports is from Janu-
ary, 1926, to July, 1888. or period
of seven and half years, and the
total expenditures during this time
were less than $25 900.
An analysis of these expenditure
shows that 65 per cent of the tota
was made up of salaries, automobile
mileage and expense accounts ol
company employees engaged in this
work in the seven and half years
period, the balance being made uI
of newspaper advertising. engineer
ing reports. and other miscellaneous
costs.
Much of the evidence introduced
was purely hearsay in character
without even the names of those al
legged to have made the statements
being given"
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-26
ASSOCIATED
TO BROADCAST
GRID GAMES

Football will be on the air in
1884
This announcement, welcome
news to every grid fan in the west,
was made today by Harold r.
Deal, manager of advertising and
sales promotion for Associated Oil
company.
Deal stated that the decision TO
offer Associated Sportcasts of all
important Pacific coast games and
all intersectional games in which
Pacific coast teams participate,
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-26
insult Heading
For Black Sea

ATHENS, Greece, March 26. U.P)
The newspaper Vradyni reported
today that the freighter Maiotis,
carrying the fugitive Samuel In
sull away from Greece, was head
ing for the Black Sea.
The newspaper said it thought
he was enroute to Roumania. The
report has often been current but
has never been verified.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-26

STURDY DODGE EFRAME-BulLT CLOSE
TO THE GROUND-The Dodge double-drop
X-bridge-type frame is not only ten times more
rigid than ordinary frame construction; it also
brings the new, bigger Dodge low to the ground
Gives Dodge that extra low center of gravity
that let's you take sharp turns with safety.