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Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-14

be issued without ceremony it
wouldn't have happened.
But Farley developed the custom
of autographing special sheets. un-
perforated and without gum on the
back. First he presented them only
to President Roosevelt, a noted
stamp collector.
Gradually he broadened out and
gave such sheets as the Mothers
Day issue, for instance, TO the Pre-
sident, Mrs. Roosevelt, Louis Howe,
the Presidents secretary, Harold L.
Ickes. secretary of the interior, and
man in Norfolk, W.
That started trouble. Some made
inquiries among stamp dealers as to
the value of his sheet. Negotiations
for sale started and the sheet was
said TO be insured for $4,000.
When the news spread to the
stamp collectors they we're boiling
mad. Resolutions of condemnation
were passed. Farley was asked what
right he had to issue special sheets
of extraordinary value as collector S
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-14

SUBSCRIPTION RATES - Delivered by carrier,
per month. SIS cents: By mail, so cents per month
In advance. Entered at FL Centre California, posi-
Office second-cass matter. Member California
Newspaper Publishers Association M O. Mogen-
son. national advertising Representatives
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-14

kerchief, you shall next hear about
Uncle Wiggily's tree tent.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-14
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell OF
Imperial Valley for Thn
Date In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
January ii, 1915

Wagner Court is the name Of a
choice new subdivision being OPEN
ed in the southeastern part of the
city.
Boy babies prevail in reports Of
births recorded in Imperial county.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-14
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO

FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
January ii, 1920
The INLAND ball team says they
have lost their new manager Mr..
Slaughter, but they feel like they
will win the series yet.
Women Of Imperial Valley who
are members of the home depart
ment made 378 hats at saving of
$l440 during December.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-14

Income has shown a drop for the
fourth consecutive year. Is it only four ?
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-14
TEN YEARS AGO
Ian...rv IA TaOE

Central high school basketball
team vanquished Calipatria 1872 in
a clean hard-fought game here yes
terdsy afternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-14

Dispatches state former Mayor Walk
er IS planning to take a rest in Malaga.
Rest from what?
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-14

Making some of these fellows realize
that it doesn't pay to be friendly with
gangsters is as effective as humping off
the latter.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-14
Don't Quote Me-
By United Press

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.-Many a
hornets nest has been pulled down
around the cleaning pate of smil-
ing Postmaster General James A.
Farley, but none SO buzzing as that
of presently irate stamp collectors.
The worst of it is that there
seems nothing Farley can do about
it except to promise to be more care
full in the future.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-14

Folks in the Saar seem to have fooled
u.s. There wasn't as much excitement as
IN any American election and certainly
lot less of violence.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-14

Holtville Boy Scouts have petit
toned the county council to hold
the annual field day and cncamp-
nleIiL there,
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-14

History repeats itself in the present
senate fight on the World Court. The
headlines are almost the same as 16
years ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-14
TAKING RIGHT COURSE

Governor Frank F. Merriam is to be
| commended for his stand in opposing de-
| lay of public utility property to the
counties of the state for taxation pur-
| poses.
The delay has been proposed in GER
| tain legislative circles which point out
| that giving the state the right to con-
tlnue direct taxation of utility property
! for two years more will aid greatly in
wiplng out or reducing the state deficit
| 1.-Two years ago the people voted to re-
turn utility property to the tax rolls of
| the various counties during the present
| year, abandoning the plan of direct taxa
| ton by the state.
Based on this action, county govern
ments throughout the state have arrang-
ed their budgets so as to include the
money to be derived from taxation of
utility property To delay return of the
property TO the county tax rolls ,"oLI
not only be contrary to the expressed
wish OF the voters of the state, but would
increase the financial chaos by the dis
ruption of the various county budgets.
retention OF the utility tax by the
state would solve two-thirds of the de-
flclt problem, the governor conceded but
ne did not believe it the proper proceed
ure and did not hesitate to say so. even
NSh W oPPooIHg IL lie makes the
states JOB of balancing the budget con-
slderably more difficult
In choosing to take the harder course
the governor justified the faith the vot-
ers of California placed in him last Nov
ember by electing him to the highest
office in the state.
Folks in the Saar seem to have fooled
US. There wasn't as much excitement as
IN any American election and certainly
lot less of violence
-O
Making some of these fellows realize
that it doesn't pay to be friendly with
gangsters is as effective as humping off
the latter.
Dispatches state former Mayor Walk
er Is planning to take a rest in Malaga.
Rest from what?
Income has shown a drop for the
fourth consecutive year. Is it only four?
History repeats itself in the present
senate fight on the World Court. The
headlines are almost the same as 16
years ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-14

1t came about through Farley's
big ambition to put the post office
Oh paying basis. AS part of his
campaign he has been very liberal
in the issue of special stamp issues,
knowing that this would bring in
substantial revenues from stamp
collectors.
Most stamp collectors enjoyed the
new issues and so did patrons of
the men. causes and projects hon.
ored. Now suddenly the collectors
have become Farley's severest cri-
tics.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-14

If Farley had let his new stamps
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-12

With outward calm, Tarzan received his denun-
citation by the mad Niarchus, then he said: "Dost
thou who callest thyself my prophet dare to deny
me? These three whom thou woudst kill are fav-
cred children of BAIL" NO" Niarchus interrupted.
they are demons!"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-12

PULL" he cried. But to his amazement there
was no response from the hidden niche whence
the fatal rope was controlled Lady Beth, Jerry
and Arbela were no less astonished, for they did
not know that Tarzan had slain the wheemen. The
ape-man smiled.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-12
READ THE STORY, THEN COLOR THE PICTURE,

The pumpkin pie the TIMES ate
left them in quite a happy state.
Said Scouty, its no wonder that
your pumpkin won prize.
Il guess we've eaten all we can.
The rest must be left in the pan.
We ne'er before have tackled tasty
pie Of such a size"
IF you ask me, you did real we'll.
It should have made your tummies
swell" replied the kindly farmer
Now new treat is right near.
III ask you all to follow me and
very shortly you will see a tiny lit
tie railroad train, without an engi-
neer
IF one Of you will run the thing,
lot Of pleasure it will bring. Ill
let you ride around the fair the
balance of the day.
"Of course the train is very
small, but am sure twill hold you
all. I've seen wee tots in it be-
fore. Twas merely made for play"
Then Scouty cried, I'll gladly
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-12

be the engineer. Leave it to me.
Just show me how it works. I'll
learn as quickly as 1 can"
"Okay," replied the farmer. you
will soon know just what you
should do" And then he led the
way, and after him the TIMES ran
The little train was very cute
"Oh, we will make it foot, foot
toot," said Goldy, as she climbed
aboard. Come on, let's start away"
An engineers hat scouty found
He said, you'll all be safe and
sound, cause this will make me
look just like an engineer today"
1t didn't take the farmer long to
show him what was right and
wrong. Then, with the TIMES
hanging on, the train began to
creep.
Murray" cried Copy. What
we need is just little bit more
speed. Keep on the level. Do not
try a hill that's very steep"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-12
BY Williams
BlOsser
BY Hamlin
BY Martin

"Baal hath rendered the wheelmen powerless,
to show that am in truth Islander" he said to
Niarchus He turned then to slash the bonds of the
captives. But the mad Niarchus crept up behind
him, his bony fingers gripping the hilt of his sacri
fetal knifel
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-12
BY Ahern

Then" answered Tarzan, command the turn
ers of the wheel to pull them to the Fiery Pillar"
Lady Beth was aghast. Had the jungle Lord aban-
doned them? Tarzan looked at her: Translate as
I have said" he commanded sternly. Niarchus was
eiated
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-07-13


stone with glass. he grunted and an,
nounced: They are the commonest king
Of bort. fit only for grinding purposes
not worth so cents a carat, not q gen
stone In the lot. We're q pair Of suck
j-ers"
"B-but, Jack, are you sure?"
"Of course I'm sure Look at 'em your
self. Every cussed stone is scanned with
flaws
Wen, good-gosh-a-mightyI w-what We
goin' C. do9"
EN- arrested. I'd be ashamed thus to ad-
vertise my stupidity. But wen see.
When the two swindIers returned and
jubilantly declared that they had To-
Gated a second Kimberley, displaying
duplicate location notices, and demand
ing additional money to help defray
necessary location work, Jack went into
action. Within q few minutes he so
scared them that they returned our
money and promptly disappeared.
How about the other suckers, Jack?''
SORRY. Can't help it. Anyway, we
didn't ask EN- to bite. did we?'
''Um-m-m," / murmured. "And just
think how sorry we were for that
poor sheepherder"
Diamonds may yet be found In Mon
tana. A rough diamond Is seldom con-
spicuous, and may very easily be over
looked. The rough stones have q char
acteristie singular greasy appearance as
If smeared with a very thin coating Of
graphite. Perfect crystals very rare, us
ually consist OF two short square pyra-
mids joined base to base. Whenever q
rough diamond shows one or more cry
stalline edges, always such edges are
slightly curved outward.
Hovs he Y.rOrf,ao4rYvs ffnyfuey for dfR-
monds. the simplest test is that for hard
ness. The diamond is the hardest sub
stance yet known to us In nature corr
llmdum, crystaillzed aluminium trioxide,
which includes Oriental sapphires and
rubies, is next to hardness. The artificial
compound known commercially as car
borslndum, silicon carbide, is intermed-
late In hardness.
Let the ambitious prospector FOR dta-
monds rub q suspicious specimen against
3 medium grained carborslndum whet-
stone. II the specimen cannot thus be
abraded It is quite likely diamond, re-
gaxcilaa9 OF it's color, even though 1t be
Jet black. But care should be exercised
to avoid deception by splintering Of the
specimen. Diamonds, especially whittsh
stones. airs rather brittle.
In South Africa diamonds are con-
centrated by gently washing the wealth
cred anu crushed pIue ground over
creased plates The diamond has the
si14azAar property OF clinging to the
grease while the dross washes away.
For testing sands and finely COM
minuted gravels for tiny diamonds the
might well use q shallow
metal or wooden trough coated on the
inside with q mixture OF lard and bees
wax or some similar compound. The
grease should be stiff enough to cling
to the trough yet soft enough TO catch
and hold any diamonds. however small,
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-07-13

shrink Ia the range wool Is mostly sand
and grass, which separates out readily
on securing. The farm clip, which
contains straw and burTs has 10 b put
through q special process to elu1inaSe
the foreign matter.
"An attractive clip OF wool Is one that
has been sh0rn when dry. properly roll
ed with the flesh eide out, and tied with
paper Irvine. TO keep It attractive, fk
should be protected from contamination
OF straw, dirk and other foreign SOB
stances after u IL nhown- Tt should be
sacked In regulation wool bags and
stored In @ Good, dry place"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-07-13

loop, und tells you Something's What
make you schmiie your headt Oft
AS soon as possible I slipped over 10
the old hotel, now rebuilt and known as
the Harvey. In the lobby found Helms
with another German, a big bewhiskereo
lpompous looking cuss whom shall cal
Bruno. They took me up to their rooms
and showed me a good handful OF little
stones such as the few had already
seen
They're not sapphires. Heine. Look
kinda scrubby to me. What you call
'en?"
'Haw. haw. hawl Amt you vone fine
gem expert? Dey Is diamonds. Jimmie.
tiamondsl" He then explained to me
that Bruno, an old acquaintance OF his,
was q diamond merchant of New York.
For examination and report. Bruno had
received by mall a few Of the little
rough stones. Instead OF reporting to
his correspondent, Bruno had hit hot
foot for Montana to find Heine. Inn
mediately they went to Nampa, Idaho.
whence the samples had been mall
ed. BY secret inquiry they discovered
that the samples had been mailed by 8
sheepherder They discovered his range
sagebrush fiat q few miles from Nampa,
went out there secretly and picked this
handful Of the little stones from ant
hills
was staggered. Their lack Of COM
mon business deceucy disguised me. Yet
was ashamed to admit am myself no
saint. took the two conspirators across
Main street to q ieweler whom I trust
ed. shall cali him Jack.
When, IN back room Of his store.
Jack saw the little stones his eyes Wild
ened, his face flushed ana paled alter
nateiy, and at length he b1urted: wv
where in hell did you get emp"
Heine and Bruno told their story and
made known TO us that they wanted six
dependable partners. They proposed inn
medtately to return TO Nampa. further
explore the field, and locate eight con-
tiguous claims. They wanted from us
$500 each to help defray expenses. I felt
both suspicious and guilty. Jack was
enthusiastic. At length we each gave
them the money they required. As an
earnest OF good Will they gave us each
SIX or eight Of the little stones the 1arg-
est Of which were about the size OF rice
grnixA
within a few days HeIne and Bruno
had found four other willing contribu-
tors, ana promptly lit out supposedly for
Nampa. Jack and held many private
c0nsuleaticng. II the venture proved
succssalul We planned to see that the
sheepherder received g share.
The promoters were gone about ten
days Sh0rtiy before their return Jack
telephoned me and asked me to call at
his aeure and to bring my specimens.
He se@med to be agitated when I ar
rived he took me into the back room
and made the following statement:
~Inoae two Dutch hogs are swindlers-
These are the first rough diamonds I
even saw. otherwise must have tumbled
at once. Let me see your specimens"
After carefully examining each little
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-07-13
TOURIST TRAVEL
WILL BE LARGER
CONOCO TRAVEL BUREAU Al DEN.
WEIR FURNISHES FREE DATA TO
MANY TOURISTS

Montana merchants who ara '0n
1 their toes and locking for their share
Of this summers tourist dollar sb0wld
reap q rich harvest The reason IS:
| There wiz be twice as many Tourists
on the road as there were last snm-
naer." Such Is the surprising pre-
diction Just released by the C0n0eo
Travel bureau, Americas largest free
travel service, maintained by Cen
kinentai on company. Denver, Colo.
In 8 bulletin addressed to the mer-
chants of Main Street" in all parts Of
the United States, the bureau advises
them to prepare for the greatest tourist
trade In years.
Dust storms have spent their fury,
leaving a new top soil, and flood waters
have receded says Joe Fl. Thompson,
director OF the bureau. AS q result
of heavy rainfall, Americas highways,
and particularly the mountain areas,
are green in vegetation, and wild flow
erS are more beautiful than ever"
During the first five and half
months OF this year the COn0co Travel
bureau received lis per cent more trip
same period in 1884.
AZ present, more than $50 carefully
trained employees are working day and
night shifts In the bureaus Denver Of
fees. During the early part Of June
last year the Denver personnel num-
bered only 1875
The Conoco Travel bureau was found
ed five and one-half years ago IN re-
Spouse TO the demands OF motor va
cationists and everyday travellers an
xfouS to secure accurate, up-tO-the-
minute information regarding North
American highways, scenic regions and
travel costs. Each n1otorist applying
for travel bureau assistance receives
a generous assortment Of maps, book
let's, cottage camp and hotel guides
and special instructions covering every
phase of his Journey. Even temporary
highway detours and choice fishing
areas are indicated. More than 1,000
Conoco dealer stations In 40 states act
as branches Of the bureau and are
equipped to render additional tourist
assistance Of a more localized nature.
Readers OF this newspaper may
secure indiyidualized trip services with
out spending a cent, even Tor postage,
merely by writing the ConOc0 Travel
bureau, Continental OIL building. Den-
YER, Colo, stating where and when they
wish 10 go.
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Irvine. haiing wire, or other convenient
material, In order 70 hold the neeces
together until they are put In some
kind OF q container.
Many times their clip Of wool is
stored IN an old shed with q dirt or
poor floor, which allows the wool TO be-
come contaminated with straw and
other foreign matter Farm flock wool
often ia Disseminated against because
It contains foreign substances which are
hard to separate from the wool.
Range clips that shrink as high as
10 percent often bring higher price
than the farm clip which shrirks GO
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-07-13
Rr IAMEs 3. sTUARTl

sTEis hands are as old rings set
with beryl; his belly Is as bright as
ivory sverIald with sapphires." From
this quotation IL seems obvious that
even in the days OF Solomon sapphires
were knoWn, admired, and highly
valued. And we Of today sedulOusly
maintain that tradition. Many gem
stones are the most enduring as well as
the most alluring Of all earthly sub
stance.
In monetary value, Montana produces
more gem stones than all other states o.
our Union combined. Chiefly our gems
consist Of sapphires coming from tht
Yogo mines In judith Basin county
Lately John z. Blixt, Of our State Bureau
OF Mines and Geology, has reported that
between 1890 and 1880 the Yogo mines
produced sapphires valued at s2eo0.O 900.
A single stone sold In the rough for el,-
coo.
It was during the late eighties Of the
last century that I first saw a rough
Montana sapphire. was then serving
as a clerk in the long since defunct old
First National bank OF Helena. It was
soon thereafter that I became greatly
interested in the gems, and, for a time,
dreamed sweetly Of gaining great wealth.
do not remember the name Of the
man who induced me to join him and
six other in locating eight contiguous
20-acre placer claims on old French bar
OF the Missouri river some six or eight
miles northeast Of Helena. / believe
that bar is now well covered by Hauser
lake.
Our claims covered the greater part of
those abandoned diggings. in the tall
ing dumps OF which the little stones had
but recently been discovered and identi-
he'd, soon TO stir many restless souls TO
visions OF quick fortunes.
Early during our scramble in this VEN
tI1re q few OF the better looking stones
were sent away TO be cut and polished.
When these came back in sparkling vari-
colored brilliance, we Of French bar as
well as many others greatly enthused.
In colors our stones varied widely.
Some few of them were a delicate blue,
but never q true "cornfiower blue"
others were pinkish, but never pigeon !
blood; most Of them were yellowish,
orownish. smoky. bottle green. or nearly |
Il not quite colorless.
Local interest IN these supposed gems |
waxed early and nightly. "Sapphires"
and ''rubies" were soon coming from the |
zozel district near Deer Lodge, from |
abandoned placer ground near Philips |
burg and from other old placer dumps |
within our state. A skilled lapidary |
Spened a shop in Helena and was soon /
ioing a thriving business. Quickly a |
considerable market for the cut stones
ieveloped In Montana. Every other man
N the streets OF our Capitol carried a !
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-07-13

forgotten his name and I hope that I
may never remember It. He was German,
small OF stature. red and hairy OF face,
broad-nosed, cultural as well as Slip
perry OF speech, and fun OF weiner
scnnitzel as well as largely obfuscated
pulchritude. For convenience Of this
narrative shall called him Heine.
am proud 70 number many refined
German men and women among my most
dependable friends. However, like all
other races. the Teutons breed occasional
scoundrels.
Heine was one Of the lucky five OF
French bar. Shortly after our sale he
disappeared Some few weeks later he
appeared at my window in the old bank
to show me several small greasy looking
whitish stones.
what ere they, Heine9 And were'd
you get them2"
''sh-h-hl Not so loudt Come ofer T.
de Grandt Central when de pank shuts
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-07-13

fancy folder containing the cut and poll
ished stones IA varying numbers, sizes.
and colors for possible trade or sale.
After about q year OF this feverish
milling around, corporation was or
ganized by a few energetic plungers for
Montana sapphires Quietly they bought
claims here and there. We. OF French
bar soon learned that In particular the
company wanted our ground. But we
proud eight could not agree on price.
Having studied the subject carefully, I
had become skeptieal. All our stones
were indifferently colored, not q single
"cornflower blue" or a pigeon blood. +"
urged my partners TO sell at whatever
price we could command. was hooted
down. Angry and disguised / sold my
eighth interest for $500, soon to be fol-
lowed by four others who received the
same amount That left the optimistic
three to join the corporation as minority
stockholders.
Shortly thereafter the amazing Yogo
deposit was discovered soon to startle
the gem-loving world with its alluring
ooaored stones. Promptly the Helena
corporation, producing poorly colored
stones only, folded its tattered wings and
faded into oblivion. leaving more astute 4
British corporation to corner Montana |
sapphires.
now come to a dream OF diamonds
in Montana--two dreams in fact. While
yet a boy living with my parents in
Deer Lodge, suffered my first and les
ser attack OF diamond fever. Ny uncle
Thomas. youngest Of Montanais four
pioneer Stuart brothers. told me that O
diamond had been found in
the sluice boxes at Pioneer, q few miles
west OF Deer Lodge.
MY goodness exclaimed. "Are you
'ure. uncle. that it was really q dia-
"Of course. One Of my partners found
L. The people In the East who had IL
Tut said 1t was first-water.' It was
beautiful little stone"
And didn't you never find any more2"
During every cleanup thereafter we =
but found no more"
''Mebbe-mebbe your partner played !
4 Joke on you"
Never q chance, sonny He was square
IL the way through"
Several times during that summer {
vent secretly prospecting for diamonds
n the old falling dumps at Pioneer. !
ound many allurtng pebbles OF first
Vater' luster at first to excite me. But !
found no diamonds. I then knew no I
more about efficient prospecting for dia- q
nonds than I now know about Einstein's {
;alculus. Y
shall now tell Of my second and more
erious attack Of diamond fever. The )
nan who got me into this mix-up was
me OF my French Bar partners have q