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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-12
SUPPORTS PENSION PLAN
AND LINDBERGH STORIES.

BY a Subscriber.
In answer to Watt, Einstein and
Pegler, in regard to the old-age
pension, they all must be sore
heads, envious and Jealous to the
extreme.
I can't see how it would effect
them in the least if the 5000
pension should be passed. AS for
winners, I think Pegler is the one
who is doing the whining.
AS for young people working, it
doesn't hurt any one to work If
they are able. 1t Just creates hap
piness. I know from experience. 1
am a woman 81 years old, have
reared a relatives boy from 3 years
old to manhood and took care OF
my mother in the world for Is
years. I not only worked days, but
often late into the night to make
both ends meet. And I am alone,
getting help from the trustee, and
my health is broken. If had 5000
month, I might take a few trips
before I am too feeble to enjoy a
thing Of that kind. have scarce
ly been out of the state. am not
thinking 1 am the only one in this
position, for there are thousands
of worthy people situated as am.
I know a number myself.
Mr.. Watt becomes spasmodically
unselfsh when he speaks Of people
shortening their lives by drinking
themselves to death. No doubt he
has a good position. Those are the
only kind of people who don't
want any one else to have any,
thing.
I can not conceive of the person
who begrudges the Lindberghs the
sympathy and publicity they re-
ceive in their great sorrow. No two
persons could have been more
modest than they have been. How
such extreme envy and jealousy
can exist in any human being is
more than can imagine.
Il Il
By Nettie Cook.
AS 1 am Townsend fan and was
challenged by Einstein Jr. to figure
out something about the Townsend
plan which got misplaced before I
thought Of answering it, however 1
am not an authority on figures but
have a bookkeeper and accountant
that I will turn it over to if he will
give the figures again.
I am in the manufacturing bust
ness and I had all kinds Of criticism
when I started four years ago, but
I had been inspired by God, just as
DR.. Townsend has been, and had
faith in it and worked hard for I
know that when you take God in as
partner and trust in Him that the
project will work. When I started
my business I had TO borrow the
money to start on and my husband
was out of work and my son had
to quit college. Our margin of profit
is small but we have a volume Of
| business. My competitors said
everything about me and worked
| against me but I went on just the
same and today these same COM
petitors are out of the game for my
product is being called for every
where Just like the Townsend plan
is being called for. and we have built
a small factory and my son can go
back to college (but does not want
to go. as he finds this work too in
teresting) and my husband is also
employed in our business and we
cyive all tho credit to God
I don't care for sarcasm in any
form and your letter would have
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-12
The Message Center

(Times readers are tnOtted to cypress
their Viet0s in these columns. Make your
letters short, so all can hare a chance.
Limit them to ESQ 4oords or less.J
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-12

Scientists call the great African stork the
Shoebill. Husbands have long called him the
Doctors Bill
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-12
"Fraternally yours,
HENRY r. LINVILLE,
President of the Teachers Union of New York

Pay no attention to those youngsters you
see necking in a parked car. Probably the cars
just equipped with the automatic clutch.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-12
OBJECTS TO LETTERS
AGAINST PENSIONS
BY Mrs. P. d. /.

By Mrs. P. d. L.
1t makes my blood boil when
read such articles as Mr.. Katz
and Joseph L. Watt have written.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-12
AL AND BILL

TWO Governors with national regulations
4 are passing from the public scene. Both
knew the heady delight OF popularity and the
pleasant buzzing of the presidential bee. Both
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-12

Your tax bills are one kind that you can
always be sure are absolutely on the up and
up.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-12
UNFINISHED BUSINESS

THE deliberative Senate does not often act
act speedily or unanimously, but surely
no Senator will raise his voice against the Nye
resolution granting 100000 to continue the
munitions investigation.
This committee has accomplished much.
major part of the work assigned to it. how
ever, remains to be done. 1t has not yet tapped
the international banking angle of war, or
the profits and practices of steel manufac-
turerS and shipbulders or the relations of the
Army and Navy to the war supply business.
Many other obscure features need to be clari-
fed before the committee drafts legislation.
Some of the committee members plan to
makes speeches, reporting to the Senate on the
committees findings to date. We hope their
speeches will not provoke opposition from
other Senators who may favor halfway profit
control measures.
1t will be unwise to define issues and shape
policies until after the committee has COM
pleted its investigation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-12
So They Say

Contract is really a fascinating
game, and I am sure that if you
found time to take it up you would
eventually derive tremendous en-
joyment from it.-P Hal Sims,
bridge expert, to Ely Culbertson,
another.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-12

When night baseball is played in Cincin-
natl, grandmothers will have better chance
of living.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-12

That panhandler makes the best living
whose story is the most touching.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-12

If you try to solve very deep sci
entif1c question, you must know that
your probability Of finding out any,
thing is very small. You must work
and not despair-Prof. Albert Elm
stein.
A year ago, when I retired to have
my baby, I was sure there was
nothing more important in the
world. I'm still sure.-Clara Bow.
I am an actress. I came here to
work, to study, not to give monkey
exhibition.-Anna Stem.
I used to be a reformer-until I
reformed.-Edward A. Filene, Bos-
ton merchant.
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That heavy fog which blanketed a large
part Of the United States recently isn't the
same one the country has been in the last few
years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-12

The best lovers are flatheads, says mid
west doctor. So say their rivals, too.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-07

minute they get out on the high- | way they go like mad and don't
 use any sense. That fellow had no business driving along behind me like a madman. He saw was go- ing to turn off, but that didn't
 make any difference. He just kept
 on like a madman."
 Mir. Brocker ate heartily. Ma busted herself serving him and the children. There was fried chicken,
 potato salad, homemade pickles, | and home made apple pie. There
 was a large jug filled with iced
 coffee. Large as the lunch was, #
 quickly disappeared.
 Didn't you have any chicken.
 mar" MT. Brocker said. "Yes, I had a piece of chicken.
 had a wing. don't care much I for chicken anyway. I'd rather eat potato salad" said ma. The bench was in the center of
 the Title cleared spacing. On three
 sides were trees and bushes, on the fourth was the highway. Mr..
 Brocker had eaten very much, it
 was very warm, and so he spread out some newspapers and went to
 sleep. He was sleeping almost m
 the centerof the clearing. The children were restless. They
 wanted to play.
 | tSh-you must be quiet, pr
 you'll wake pa," Ma Brocker said. The animation passed from the faces of the children. They sat ln- | dolently on the bench around Mrs. Brocker and waited for MT.
 Brocker to awaken and drive them home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-07
-DAILY SHORT STORY -. FAMILY PARTY MT. Brocler's Bad Temper Came Very Close se Spelling Quiet Day in the Country

over to help her.
 "It's all right" ma said, her eyes down.
 Don't worry, ma," Blsis zsid quietly. They spread the table cloth ou the bench. The food that was taken from the baskets was very appefiz- ing, and the drive had made Mr. Brocker hungry. He didn't want the lunch spoiled by everybody being downcast.
 'aThe trouble with these Sunday drivers is they don't know how to take care of themselves once they get out on the highway. The Nf' Nzk =yR | Ea s---ruunasnuzzs - @1A--z--.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-07-04

long, from each end of the tunnel:
steadily growing. He will note the
ceaseless auto & truck traffic con
trolled by signals, flowing first east
then west, across the big bridge,
impatient when it is delayed few
minutes for trains carrying men
to work or hauling gravel & sup
plies across the river.
Should he visit the mighty spill
way, he would be astounded at the
power shovels, trucks. tractors and
trains eating out the stupendOus
cut, which will later be concerted
4 controlled by great gates, and so
this colossal work continues.
Today as one drives over the
splendid highway from Glasgow
to Fl. Peck, Is miles, notices the
busy stores. restaurants, the fine
theatre, town hall. recreation bldg
school house, hospital. post office,
hotel, laboratory, administration
bldg. & the lovely little cottages in
Fort Peck proper, it is difficult to
realize what stupendous changes
have been made in the short time
since this work was started or what
mighty project this is whichUncle
sam has placed here in Montana.
t has meant work for thousands
# jobless men and will mean work
o thousands more, during times of
trife. Let us Loyalty support this
project. W. G German
The Fort Peck press., 1935-07-04

II you think of building a cabin
or bunealo, see us first for lumber
or a completed job ready to move in.
Why pay rent when il is so cheap
to build. Custom saving also done
at mill east of WIN Miller. wheeler
G. j. Owen
The Fort Peck press., 1935-07-04

MIDWAY GOSPEL TABERNALE
Sunday School 1000
Morning worship 100
Evangelist tic Services 7:45
Tuesday 8 p. n. Prayer Meeting
Friday s p, m. Young Peoples
Evangelist j. M. Peck
The Fort Peck press., 1935-07-04
Fort Peck v


wrest a meager living from a haE
: soil. Cactus and scanty prairi
grass covered the present site {
Fl Peck. Jack rabbits, gophers
badgers were the principle inhab
tants. The present damsite wa
covered with trees. brush & will
sage. The road out from Glasgo,
was like many other country road
in Montana, rutted, unimprOve(
frequently muddy & almost i'm
passable. Appropriations for tn
mighty project had been made blu
few people realized the magnitude
of this great undertaking. Their
came the first crew of engineers
& surveyors. Test holes were sunk
brush cleared. trees cut, counsry
roads improved, the railroad built
boat yard established, & above all
men employed, and so passed the
winter of 1933-1934 March saw
the temporary bridge slowly craw-
ling across the mighty Missouri,
boat yard working on the big dred-
ges & pontOOns, pile drivers every
where, hammering mite and day
to build the series of trestles need
ed for the big fill from bluff to bluff
In April the townsite OF Fort Peck
was plotted, buildings started, trac-
tors, trucks & shovels scooping out
grading highways. May &. June
saw the barracks going up. great
of men laying watermains &
gas mains, hammering. building
working with feverish activity, while
great gravel pits near Saco were
uncovered and opened up.
Half a dozen $1,000, 900 contracts
were begun, some of them almost
entirely underground like the water
system and the sewerage system &
nothing much in sight even now
o show where the million dollars
vent to. The electric hi-line from
,reat Falls also cost over a million
~.ollars, SO did the Missouri river
ridge trestle which ultimately is !
D he swallowed up or buried be.
cath the dirt of the dam. The mo
ell town cost half a dozen million
the spillway twice as much
the diversion tunnels more than
lat. Even the cutoff wall of steel l
be ia the heart of the dam from '
luff to bluff to prevent seepage
costing up into the millions of
Ollars.
Crews were also surveying the a
lore lines of the us mile long :
Ike to be created. In July & Aug. :
sidences and public bldgs. were
arted while great rock piles for F
p rap work were gathered at Saco
insdale & Malta. The damsite p
oper was stripped and prepared :
r the big fill. another million dol
r scraping & grading job in itself. g,
Quarters for the men were not p,
It available. and shacks, trailers
hts were the order of the day.
ores, restaurants, and other busi-
IS establishments opened in any
I'd of bldg. Who was here then
10 has forgotten trailer row?
September and October saw the =.
IT bldgs nearing completion and NV
niles moving in. the establish ~
ent of many of the surrounding
,ject towns.
The all steel bridge completed =
to traffic during the win NJ.
of "a and '35. Trainload after
Unload of gravel arrived & was
mped under the bridge & trestle
wing a channel to carry water
IN the main stream A bay
5 cut to harbor the dredees.
unnels to carry water under the
! made rapid progress, the =
mel will be closed 2 yrs hence .
1897. Work on the enormous
.lway was started, & also on the
1t steel cutoff wall across the
ey floor and up the adjoining
is.
oday much of this work is 60.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-07-04
HOUSE MOVING

See me or stop the Lakeview
Dairy wagon. Last house in south
west corner of LakevieW.
Ray Gendreau
The Fort Peck press., 1935-07-04

WHEELER, the Best place to
Live" Fine residence lots, So. to
So per month. See FRAZIERS
The Fort Peck press., 1935-07-04
FOR SALE

FOR Sale
Wheeler Auto WrecKing Yard for
$4,000 cash, if taken by July l
Reason for selling-poor health,
must seek better climate.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-16

about one foot of earth, while the
little detective sat nearby as an in
terested spectator. The stencil in
creased and the two men were sure
they were on the track of some river
borne mystery. Perhaps they were
uncoYering the body of one of the
recent drownings near Blythe for
which the sheriff's office had been
requested to keep watch.
Soon a burlap sack was uncover
ed and from indications it contain
ed a body. After being split, the
sack was found to contain the body
of large black haired dog. Some
one had disposed of the animal in
the conventional manner used by
some owners Of surplus CANNES.
Covering the FIND with earth, the
two men again spoke to the now
seemingly satisfied pup and were
rewarded with a friendly wag of the
tail and look Of contentment fol-
lowing the realization that his long
vigil had at last been rewarded.
Accompanying the two investiga-
tors, the starved pup followed them
into the skiff and back to the main
land where a well earned meal
awaited. AS Deputy Crousen clean
ed the mud from his person he w,
heard TO eXclaim Maybe the tip was
not worthwhile but neither are many
Of tips received from human beings,
and certainly none of them would
starve for five days and nights when
they could easily wade ashore and
go about their business.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-16
Canine Detectives HOwls Lead
Searchers to Mystery Grave

WINTERHAVEN, Dec. 16. (Spe-
ciaD-He was only small but noisy
member of the canine tribe with the
usual 81 varieties of ancestors, but
faith in his sincerity and intelligence
caused Deputy Sheriff John Crouser
of Winterhaven, and disturbed
resident of Yuma, considerable ap-
prehension recently.
For five days and nights the Yuma
citizen, who resides near the river
west of town, had been annoyed by
the small dogs constantly and
mournful howls. Investigation dis
closed the fact that the disturbance
came from small island in the
center of the Colorado river.
Day or night the dog could be
seen, seated on his launches, rend-
ing the atmosphere with his mourn
full wall. A request that Crousen
investigate the cause of the dog
plant met with favor and the two
men approached the island IN a
skiff.
At first the dog would have moth
ing TO do with them but they noted
his tracks in the wet sand and fol-
lowed him TO the upper end of the
island where it was seen that he
had dug shallow hole in the sand
Applying their noses to the hole,
which was but few inches deep
they Immediately arose with visions
of a human body buried in the
shifting sand.
With shoyels they uncovered
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-16
BOYS INJURED
AS MOTOR CAR
HITS BICYCLE

A crash between a careening auto
mobile and bicycle, sent two boys
to the La Solana hospital for
treatment of painful cuts and
Bruises, folloMing an accident
which occurred near The 9Th and
State streets intersection.
According to witnesses, Raymond
Mitchell, Is, $50 He'll street, and
Morton Pritchard, IL, 653 He'll street,
both of whom were riding the same
bicycle, were knocked TO the pave
ment when their vehicle was struck
by car piloted by Arvel Stagner, %,
an employee of an Ell Centre wreck
ing yard.
Police transported both youths to
their homes following first aid treat
ment of superficial wounds. Stagner
was issued reckless driving cita-
ton.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-16

canal route, the first bit of excava
ton on the canal except at PHO
Kncb.
Governor Frank F. Merriam wa:
there to dedicate the great canal
Directors of the Imperial Irriga-
ton District and members of the
county board Of supervisors, reclaim
alton bureau officials and repre-
sentatives from almost every
branch of California government
metropolitan newspaper men and
news reel cameramen, and hundreds
of others gathered at Potholes for
the celebration.
Today, exactly one year after il
was officially started, the All Am
erican canal is a routine job. 1t
is approximately three-eightS COM
plete.
Exactly % miles of the so mile
total is ready for use. Excavation
along IL miles was done by men
and teams in southern Imperial
Valley by force account under fed
eral supervision. Contractors used
draglines in eXcavating another Is
miles in the eastern part of the
county.
Contracts either have been let or
are pending on every portion of ex-
cavation but one, which will take
the canal either through or around
Calexico. Work is going ahead
along the entire route, with that
one exception. Another two years
will see water flowing through the
great ditch.
Total excavation to date amounts
to 2l,348,l87 cubic yards of earth
and rock. OF this total, force ac-
count laborers moved 100000 cubic
yards from the line of the canal.
as against 1885, 1876 shifted by the
w. E. Callahan Construction COM
pany and the Boyce g. Igo COM
pany. sub-contractors; 1,34l, 1896 by
the Lewis Chambers company; and
100000 by the Griffith Construction
company at Pilot Knob.
Excavators at Work
Force account work is counted
upon to complete most of the canal
west of the Eastside Highline canal.
Between the Eastside Highline and
the sand hills, the Chambers COM
pany won contract for excava-
ton, three and a half miles of
which has been completed. From
the western edge of the sand hills
to Pilot Knobs west side, and from
the east side of Pilot Knob to a
point about four miles below the
site of Imperial Dam, the w. z.
Callahan company was successful
bidder, with Boyce-Igo coming in
under sub-contract on heavy ex-
cayation portions near Araz. At
Pilot Knob, where excavation was
purely of rock, the Griffith COM
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-16

pany won a contract which it ha,
completed.
Including a stretch of about 8
mile dug by Griffith, excavation in
eastern Imperial county takes in
six miles through and west of Pilot
Knob, four and half miles north
west of Araz and four miles south
of the northern end of the Gala
han contract.
Bids Opened
The first 100000 to be allotted
on the S27,000000 project has al
ready been obligated, and included
contracts for excavation of the en-
tire length of the canal exclusive
of that portion through or around
Calexico, and the four mile strip
southwest of the Imperial Dam site.
Another Sl3,000,000 allotted by the
Public Works Administration is
obligated to the extent of S5,564,-
765 provided for in bids recently
opened at Yuma. The bids includ-
ed:
l. Imperial Dam and desilting
works. Bids opened Nov. 81. Low
bid, S4,374, 24060.
2. Upper five miles of canal
southwest of dam. Bids opened
Nov. %. Low bid, s700,e87.90.
3. Four major wash crossing ST.
phons. Bids opened Nov. 25. Low
bid. s4Ss, $3.50.
Other Structures
The remainder of the $4,000, 900,
according to R. B. williams, con-
struction engineer in charge of the
canal project, will cover other large
wash crossing structures, railway
and highway bridges and other
structures along the canal. Bids
will be advertised for as soon as
plans and specifications have been
drafted, he said. The Pilot Knob
diversion works will be included in
this list.
Contrary to popular opinion, Will
liams said, excavation work on the
canal is not most expensive. Con-
Struction of the dam and various
structures costs far more, he add
ed.
Contracts based on recently op-
ened bids were awarded at WASH
ington Friday. Each contract pro-
vides that work must start within
80 days after notice is received by
the contractor from the govern
ment, so that further excavation
and construction along the canal
route should be under way soon.
Work is progressing on four sectors
now.
A growing realization of added
security and prosperity for Imper-
ial Valley when the canal is COM
pleted causes an increased number
of visitors each week to the scenes
of construction, contractors de-
clared.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-16
CARPENTERS
SENT TO DAM

Four skilled carpenters were sent
to Imperial dam Saturday with in
structions to report for work. today,
according to Chan Livingston of
the Federal Unemployment Service.
In addition IL laborers were as
signed to the force account near
Calexico Monday morning. ls,
Pea picking is still in progress in
the north end, Livingston said, and
Mexicans desiring relief Immediate
ly are assigned to this type of work.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-16
LIPPMAN PAYS
VALLEY VISIT

Lazarus Lippman, San Pedro bus
mess man and Southern California
sportsman, was an FL Centre week
end visitor for the purpose OF SUI
pervising his valley business prop
critics.
Lippman, a former pioneer mer-
chant of FL Centre, was optimistic
ally impressed with the valleys fu-
ture business outlook He announced
plans to augment his large holdings
here.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-16
CALAMITY COSTS $50

LYONS, o. WP)-E. u. Holland, 95-
year-old Fulton County farmer
found gallantry an expensive virtue.
While digging his potatoes, Farmer
Holland was approached by a wo-
man who asked him for a match.
After the woman had gone, he dis
covered that his purse containing
$50 had gone With her.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-16
HIDING GUN
PROVES VAIN

Slipping a gun from his pocket
to his automobile did not save
Fred Andrada from arrest by dep
uty sheriffs Saturday afternoon.
Andrada, accompanied by two
girls, was arrested after he was
seen to conceal something in the
car as the deputies approached. He
was booked for carrying concealed
weapons.