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Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-01
EDITORIAL PAGE
and
FEATURES
AN OLD STORY

A few years ago a plane which stayed
IN the air a week was a wonder.
Many of US can remember when the
Question Mark" making the army s
first attempt at an air endurance rec
ord, came down to the valley to escape
coast storms. 1t remained in the air
somewhere around week and set the
aviation world afire, while to the lay
men, its feat was stupendous
1T also set off a long period of at
tempts by civilian flyers to better its
mark which gradually rose from a mat
ter of days to one of weeks and then was
practically forgotten as matter of in
terest.
Nearly a month ago two brothers, Al
and Fred Key, started out on an at
tempt to set a new record. Flying down
in Mississippi they attracted no atten-
tion nationally until last week when they
cracked the old mark of % days. AS this
is written they are still aloft, though
they are expected to come down perman-
emily tonight after being in the air over
27 days.
In that period they have had all the
hardships and all the tedious work
that their predecessors in record-at-
tempting met, but where the efforts Of
the latter were watched daily by the ma
ally unnoticed The answer is their
stunt is an old one and the world de-
mands something new
Yet it may be they have contributed
much of interest and future assistance to
aviation. Something may be learned
about motors, for instance from their en-
gine which has kept on doing its job long
after the period of essential overhaul has
passed.
AS for the human side of it, their stunt
demonstrates that men can do almost
anything they set out to do, if they really
want to do it. But if the brothers ex-
pect gold mine" to result from their
performance, they are doomed to disap-
pointment; the field has been outworked.
Half the year has gone and maybe it
wasn't so bad after ALL
The height of imagination would be a
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-01
RING HUNTED 80 YEARS s,FoUND

NEW BRITAIN, Conn, up
Thirty nine years after her mother
lost her wedding ring while set
ting out plants in a garden, Mrs.
Peter Fusari found the band in the
same flower bed. II had been
sought each year as the plot Was
spaded.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-01

NEW YORK, July DIARY:
Much tiddledy over a screed from
Gilbert White in France. And he
used the word epithumetic, which
I never saw before. Meaning sem
sual Also posey from William
Rose Benet, pleasing me vastly be-
cause of great admiration for his
poetizing.
At my scriyening, a pack of ideas
yapping, jumping into my lap and
trying TO lick my face. But none of
consequence. So gaZed out the win
dow After a while Mrs Arthur
Somers Roche came and all in a
down pour TO drive about the park
and learned her boy Jeffrey has
become newspaperman on the
Journal.
Dinner on a docked barque and
a gentleman fascinated me with
tales of Major Yardley, who decod-
ed messages in japanese and Rus
sian during the war without know
ing a word Of either language.
Home and found Harry Leon WI
sons giant autographed omnibus
and elected TO read "Ruggles"
again and did until 4 a. N.
Reports come from London that
the veteran David Wark Griffith
is likely to reestablish himself con-
spicuously in the cinema world
with his filming Of the old classic,
Broken Blossoms" An indication
of his directorial standing in the
old world was symbolized by tTo
hour interview 70 which reporters
subjected him on arrival IN Eng
land. They don't forget genius so
quickly in perfidious old Albion.
= Arthur Brisbane, in the first flush
of the 7O'S is not only Americas
most prolific Journalist, he has be-
come the most Travelled. His zig
zags to Florida, to the coast and
various far points are accomplished
with apparently no more bother
than the commuters daily trip TO
and from Railway. His acquired
adaptibility 10 write wherever he
may be is, OF course, responsible
for such calm midst constant gid
dyap. Another yoluminous writer,
the late Edgar Wallace, was able to
write any hour, day or night, on
train, shipboard or airplane. Sin
clair Lewis, too, can yank out his
typewriter in any surroundings and
Immediately become oblivious to
the world. H @. Wells likes TO
scrihble aboard ship.
Personal nomination for the
.sllckest bit Of press agentry Of the
eade-Clay MorRan's ballyhoo for
the Normandie's first voyage.
II was told by a gentleman OF
unimpeachable yeracity IN an ap-
propriate surrounding the
shadow candle-it corner OF q
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-01

u Uuly.
He Tried Ii Out
Il think I'll put some cotton in
my ears now" said Uncle Wiggily
to himself as he hoped along to
look for an adventure. III sort of
practice now to see if it shuts out
sounds" SO he put some cotton in
his ears as some travellers do when
they ride in airplanes.
1T makes everything nice and
quiet" said Uncle Wiggily. Il
can't hear the wind blowing, I can't
hear auto horns, can't hear the
birds singing so I don't believe I'll
hear any noises on the Fourth"
Now that he was all ready for
the Fourth Of July, Uncle Wiggily
hoped along and along over the
fields and through the woods with
the cotton in his ears practicing
so he wouldn't hear any loud noises
that might make him nervous.
"Ha! Hal" laughed Mr.. Longears
to himself. Il won't hear any Of
the cannon crackers or the torpe-
does or the cap pistols or any
thing" So he hoped along merrily
and, all Of a sudden, a mud turtle
gentleman who saw him called TO
him as loud as he could.
Uncle Wiggilyl Uncle Wiggilyl"
called the turtle. Look out! DAN
ger is coming Look outl Run
aWay!" But with the cotton in his
ears the bunny didn't hear the
warning. And what happened next
I'll tell you tomorrow when the
story will be about Uncle Wiggily
and the humming bird. And I hope
the dill pickle doesn't try to start a
fire with the potato chips.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-01
LoNDON AIDs PEDESTRIANS

LONDON, U.P)-Piccadilly Cir
Gus and Trafalgar Square have
been selected for guard rails for
pedestrians. The announcement
that rails are TO be placed at these
famous spots is a protection for
visitors during the crowds Of the
summer jubilee.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-01

Published every evening (except Sunday by The
Imperial Valley Press Inc, 625 State street,
FL Centre, California. w. C. Costello business
manager. Telephone 2s, business office: 700 edi-
torial department. Fun leased wire United Press
Associations.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-01
L kin g
B a C k w a r d
What The Press Files
Tell Of Imperial Val
ley for This Date in
Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Files for August September
destroyed by fire.
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
TuIv ION

The FL Centro Chamber of Com
merce directors met last night with
an attendance unusual during the
summer.
Mounted patrolmen on FL Cen
tro's streets during the night hours
are this summer preventing a re-
currence of the epidemic of bur-
glaries which last year left many
families without winter clothing
when their vacations were over.
Deputy Sheriff Harry Barker
has returned from a trip to La
Jolla.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-01

Ivan Laird, Santa Rita, Merced
county, won honors of the west side
OF the San Joaquin valley, by pro-
ducing an average of $50 pounds OF
cotton lint to the acre on rs acres.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-01
TEN YEARS AGO
JuIy | 1925

Ell Centro is now using water
pumped into the city mains
through the new pumping plant.
Cantaloupe shipments still con-
tinue TO hold up well.
John J. Gopher and family, for a
long time unWelcome residents Of
the valley, have had a severe crimp
put in the development Of the fam
lily tree as a result Of the activities
of scores of gopher hunters.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-01

Greenwich Village grill. He, a
sculptor, was aroused in the dead
of night by some vague prickle OF
terror. Suddenly the door of his
bedroom clicked and slowly opened.
Then it closed slowly with the
same click of the turned knob. He
flashed on the light and sprang
from the bed. A thorough search
revealed nothing. Next morning a
Persian cat that slept near q bed
room window was found stiff in
death. Booi
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-01

After today it will cost more to D4y
whiskey and those who ike ther nigh
balls probably think 1t is worth IT,
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-01

Even if II Duce doesn't start war, ne
has given John Bull several anxious
weeks. and that, after all, is something.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-01

don an American Sunday paper
with package Of pipe tobacco Gle
verify concealed therein. Paper ar
rived sans tobacco.
Hendrix Willem Van Loon re-
Gently and for very high figure
began a series of his porcelain es-
says for a magazine he had never
seen. The arrangement was made
by his agent. After the first article
Van Loon discovered it was a be-
loW-stairs effort Of unusual trashi-
ness and he withdrew Immediately
1T was like playing Beethoven in
a honky-ton he explained.
BagateIes: Robert Benchleys
first appearance on the stage was
as a lanky policeman in a Harvard
Hasty Pudding club offering j..
Causten Browne, Seattle newspa-
perman, makes de luxe sling shots
as a hobby Bob Ripley is con-
sidered one of the swiftest squash
players IN the metropolis Ger
rude Lawrence has emerged from
Bankruptcy, an almost fatal illness
and a broken romance as the star
of one of the biggest hits Of her
career Lily Pons' favorite
breakfast is stewed rhubarb and a
cup of strong tea Billy Gax-
ton has had the most continuous
engagements of any American ac-
tor in the past five years Hen
ry James thought New York the
most detestable city in the world
DR.. Alex Munthe, THE Story
of San Michele" author, is now SO
blind he cannot distinguish day
from night.
After a half hours ponder, I've
just discovered, goody, goody, that
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-01

The height of imagination would be a
bouquet of flowers for The Times new
building, from w R. Hearst.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-01

Half the year has gone and maybe it
wasn't so bad after all.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-01

After a half hours ponder, I've
just discovered, goody, goody, that
I wouldn't have room to say any
thing more anyway.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-01

Add international mysteries: A
friend sent Tom Geraghty in Lon
don an American Sunday paper
with package Of pipe tobacco Gle
verify concealed therein. Paper ar
rived sans tobacco.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-01
He Tried IL Out

would be ready for the Fourth of
I1iIu
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-01

Personal nomination for the
.sllckest bit Of press agentry Of the
decade-Clay Morgan's ballyhoo for
the Normandie's first voyage.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-01

II was told by a gentleman Of
unimpeachable yeracity IN an ap-
propriate surrounding the
shadowy. candle-lit corner OF a
Nogales international., 1935-02-02

Jimmy Robins still beaming over
with smiles as q result Of the ar
rival of Jimmy, Jr.. last week.
Nogales international., 1935-02-02
jNew Source Of Reuenue In Slot Machines

The Arizona legislature might we'll go out Wlck-
enburg way and learn lesson in governmental LIZ
ancing. hu,r,
Wickenburg has solved the taxation pronNein'
and solved it in way that does not pinch the TAX
payers. r,. 10 r,oo
Wickcnburg is a mecca for those who like to WOO
LADY, Luck and there the visitor Or home town Doys
find ample opportunity to exercise their gamoIng
instinct , /. oo+
And at stated intervals, often enough to meet
the governmental expenses, but not SO o1ten as ~
crnp the style Of the operators, each game pays
modest fine into the town treasury.
There is no property tax problem, Tor town p''r-
roses in Wickenburg as q result
In effect the property tax problem has Deen SOW
ed bv granting license indirectly to the operators
CT slot machines, marble machines and other gamo-
ing games.
licensing Of slot and marble machines by the
etate-a power that could be conferred by the egls
lature subject to approval Of the people-would 60
long way toward removing the property tax tor state
purposes
It has been conservatvely estimated that the slot
and marble machine business in Mar1cOpa county
runs in excess Of $100, 100000 per month.
Licensing them and placing the machines upon
the property tax rolls would pour golden stream
Of Taxation relief into the state treasury and, at
the same time would remove the temptation to make
q bit of "easy money from morally weak public Of
ficials.
In its search for new Of revenue the leg1s
lature find at present no ntapped industry tnat
will pay more or that is thriving better than the slot
and marble machine business. (Arizona Fax
Nogales international., 1935-02-02
In Defense Of Superstition

More than 10 men in recent years have lost their
lives in the Superstition mountains. These lives have
been sacrificed, not because the Superstition
tas hold some mysterious spell Of certain DEATH but
because men poorly equipped both physically (and
in some eases mentally have dared the deep canyons
in search Of easy money
There is nothing mysterious about the Superst-
ton mountains. -.
That beautiful range east of Mesa holds no dang
ers not encountered in dozens of mountain ranges in
Arizona Because it lies close to dense population be-
fictionsts have chosen to capitalize on its I'M
usual name, and because men once took some gold
from its rocky depths, Superstition has become the
goat.
If we chose to review the names and the circum-
stances surrounding every death in the Superstons
We would find that inexperience, poor health made
quate water supply and in remote the forces Of
nature have connved to bring misfortune.
The imposing monument at Mesa's doorstep does
not challenge the prospecor Dozens Of grizzled gold
hunters live there: men who shave people and men
who sell shoes in Mesa know every inch of that con-
try. School children climb to the mountains most of
ty point for picnics.
Old Superstition is suffering from too much pub
licity.
Let's give her back to the people (Aesa Journal
.TrIune)
Nogales international., 1935-02-02
Read Your Policy

Most persons, We assume, rely on what the agent
tells them when they buy insurance policy, be-
cause most OF the contract between the insurer and in
sured is printed in very small type which few take
the trouble to read But everyone should read care
fully all the provisions of his policy
This warning is suggested because of two clauses
in an accident policy recently issued to her parents
on Shirley Temple famed 6-year-old movie actress
They stipulatc that the company shall assume no liza
iblity if the child actress be injured O while bear
ing in defense Of her country (2) If she meets
death or accident while intoxicated
Now it would be just too bad if the parents
thinking she insured for 5OOO should find the
policy void if Shirley were killed or wounded while
serving in the regular Army; if she should fall off
Jimmy Dunn's lap and break her neck while saurat-
led with bath-tub GIN
An educator suggests course in stock market
buying and selling but doesn't tell where reliable
teachers could be found
If practice makes perfect most married men
should be able to produce convincing fiction.
Women occupy a wider sphere than formerly,
but many Of them are doing their best to reduce it,
Chicago Daily News declares womans tongue
is her sword. Than which the pen is not mightier.
We shouldn't be too hasty in calling man lazy.
The poor fellow may be suffering from voluntary in
lertia.
A French chef says his most tempting dishes are
inspired by music. Jazz should inspire wonderful
brand Of hash.
Nogales international., 1935-02-02
Women Legislators

It may Or may not be Of special Significance that
fewer women are members Of legislatures at present
than in other years This year the "A state leg
slatures, which will held sessions will have l3O Wo-
men members, compared with l49 such members IN
the 80 state legislatures which met in 1929.
At present Connecticut leads in the number OF
women legislators, with II. Next in order come New
Hampshire Vermont and Washington.
A survey by the League Of Women voters dis
closes the following facts concerning womens repre-
sentation in the 1886 state legislative bodies:
Eleven women will sit in State senates, as
pared to II for the past two years There will be 119
IN the lower houses They comprise politically: Dem
ocrats ST. Republicans 81; Socialist, l; elected on
non-partisan ticket, 2; elected with both Republican
anl Democratic endorsement Tin New Hampshire,
3; political party representation not reported in
vey, s.
Three-fourths of the total number of Republi-
cans is in the eastern states Of Maine. Connecticut
Massachusetts, New York, New Hampshire and Yer
mont Three -ffths of the Democratic representation
IS in the states west Of the Aeghenies The one So
cialist is from Pennsylvania and is reelection
Folks must repeat; there isn't enough original
conversation to go around.
The pickpocket is not aristocratic, as he
loses the common touch'.
We often wonder whether those noisy legislators
carry on that way around home.
A Boston man prOmied to retire when he made
million, and kept his word We are sometimes tempt
ed to make similar VOW.
Nogales international., 1935-02-02

r. II. Bertelson taking Frank
a1eza down the line In a game Of
marbles.
Nogales international., 1935-02-02
Doctors Know! !
-. and they use
LIQUID laxatives

You'd use liquid, too. if you knew
how much better it makes you feel.
A liquid laxative can always be
taken in the right amount. You can
gradually reduce the dose. Reduced
dosage is the secret Of real and safe
relief from constipation.
Just ask your own doctor about
this. Ask your druggist how popular
liquid laxatives have become. The
right liquid laxative gives the right
kind of help-and the right amount
Of help. When the dose is repeated.
instead of more each time, you take
less. Until the bowels are moving
regularly and thoroughly without aid.
People who have experienced this
comfort, never return to any form Of
help that can't be regulatedl The
liquid laxative gener ally used is DR..
Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. 1t contains
senna and cascara, and these are
natural laxatives that form no habit.
It relieves a condition of biliousness
or sluggishness without upset:
To relieve your occasional upsets
safely and comfortably. try Syrup
Pepsin. The druggist has it.
I 9@1f;1S 3;f11 srt;i.
Nogales international., 1935-02-02

marbles.
The warm weather causing local
housewives to buy garden tools.
F. Collector and Mrs. Frank J. Duff
fy being greeted by many friends
at their room in st. Joseph'e Hos
pital following their auto accident
Sunday.
A Chinese truck driver parking
wrong, as usual. in front Of the
Progressive grovery.
Nogales international., 1935-02-02
Second Semester
TO Open Monday

The second semester i'll the NO
gales Public Schools will begin Oh
Monday, February 4th.
At that time beginning students
will be enrolled in the pre-prinary
and first grades at the Lincoln and
Elm Streets schools. Students who
will be six years old not later than
March 18th will be admitted.
REGULAR classes will continue,
starting on Monday, February 4tfl
without any interruption for regis
tration.
Nogales international., 1935-02-02
SALSIDO FUNERAL

Fueral services for Ned v. Salsido
who was killed on the Tucson road,
while enroute to visit his parents,
were held in Tubac.
Besides wife at the Burton Ho-
tel, he leaves a father and mother
at Tubac and five sisters and seven
brothers.
Nogales international., 1935-02-02
OBSERVED
HERE AND THERE

A. J. Mitchell delivering some
Kentucky sausage and thereby 60
ing into competition with Charley
TCvrea.
Nogales international., 1935-02-02

Howard Moore and Charley Tov-
rea inspecting the new smelter on
Gold Hill. editors NOTE-It is
reached by turning off the main
Tucson highway in front of the
Dan FOlts home).
Nogales international., 1935-02-02

Sheriff Harold ]. Brown, when
asked Wednesday if he knew any
news. declaring that Mat Hamlin
brought in q load Of milk.
Nogales international., 1935-02-02

Jim White and bride looking fol
an apartment.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-02-09
UNEMPLOYED FAVOR
 GOVERNORS ACTION
 AS MOVE AW WAITED

Juneau's Unemployed League met again this afternoon, and, al- though the meeting still was in session at a late hour, it was re- ported that favorable comment was being expressed toward Gov John w. Troy's announcement yes- terday pertaining to the issuance of relief orders.
 Bert w. Harris, who acted as spokesman for an unemployed del- egation which asked Gov. Troy yes- terday to have downtown distrib- uting place for the order instead of the present headquarters in the Federal and Territorial Building, said that the League was reacting 'favorably' to the Chief Execu- tive's reply.
 Gov. Troy told the men yester- day that the distributing office would be moved downtown, pro- viding some checking system be established so that each person. expenditures would pass through the Governors office.
 The Governor told us that he would do everything in his power to aid us in our request Harris said. We are grateful for that in- terest and appreciate his efforts in our behalf"
 Although it was believed that plans are being worked out today for the moving of the relief or der office downtown, no announce ment was forthcoming from the Governors office other than the fact that Harry Watson, secretary to the Governor, and B. D. Stew art, Federal Emergency Relief Ad- ministration engineer, were work ing on the details.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-02-09

fishermen were making barely enough to pay for gear, and that the speaker over the radio said the fishermen of British Columbia were trying to work out some kind of program whereby traps would be put into operation again, and the fishermen could in some manner benefit through this arrangement.
 In Good Condition
 In general, it was indicated by MT. Gilbert that the fisheries at this time were in the best condi- tion they have been in the history of commercial fishing in Alaska, as witness this large pack of 7,30O,000 cases packed in 1884, and that, while the packers of canned sal mon have lost money during the depression years, even though car rying a substantial tax burden, they feel that if they are permit ted to continue, now that condi- tions have improved, they will be able to survive and place the in dustry on a more prosperous basis than it has ever been. This will be possible through a more in- telligent marketing of the product by the use of national consumer advertising, and by the more care full supervision of the quality of the product.
 MT. Gilbert stated in conclusion that the people in the cannery business had invested their money under the existing laws and had done so in good faith, and, as a consequence, feel satisfied that when the full facts were known the people of Alaska as a whole will give their largest industry a fair deal. Others appearing before the committee were A. P. Walker, member of the House from Craig; A. w. Brindle of the Wards Cove Packing Company; M. J. Hene- ghan, Ketchikan; Prank Lloyd, Ketchikan Packing Company; Frank Lloyd, Ketchikan, and MT Schultz, representing the fisher men.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-02-09
OLD-TIMERS MOURN
 DEATH OF R. LOWE

Oldtimers in Juneau and else where in Alaska today were mourn ing the death of Rufus Lowe in Dawson, Y, T., yesterday.
 Lowe came to Juneau in 1889 and for many years was a promi- nent figure in the life of the com munity. During his long stay here he erected many buildings, a num- Der of them still standing on Main Street.
 In addition to his wife, the vet eran Alaskan is survived by the following immediate relatives: Mrs. Audalie Westby and Mrs. E. Fox hill, daughters, of Juneau; Al Lowe, son, of California, and Billy Lowe, son, attending high school in Seattle.