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Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-30
To BE OPENED
At YUMA ON
APRIL 20 Til.
Schedule Covers Sector Be-
tween West End OF Sand Hills
And Force Account Job
REQUIRES OVER TWO YEARS
Work To Be Started Within
Thirty Days After Notice To
Proceed Is Given Contractor

Indicating the governments In
tention to push American canal
construction as much as possible,
announcement was made today by
the department of the interior
through the bureau of reclamation
office at Yuma that sealed bids will
be received at 10 O'Clock a. m,
Mountain Standard Time, April Is,
at Yuma, Arizona, for excavation
of approximately % miles of the
All-American canal between the.
Sand Hills and the East Highline.
canal. The work is located from
Is miles west to 43 miles southwest
of Yuma, and from 10 miles east
to 35 miles northeast of Calexico.
It will involve 1l,261 400 cubic
yards of common excavation end
the work, according to the an
nouncement shall be started within
80 calendar days after date OF re-
ceipt of notice to proceed and shall
be completed within $50 calendar
days, or 21s years, from the dateNd
receipt of such notice,
According to the contract award
ed by the government to the Gala
han company to excavate the first
section of the canal it has been es-
timated that the present work will
cost in the neighborhood of 81 ,35l
900 basing this estimate on a II
cents per cubic yard bid which is.a
quarter of a cent less than the Cal
lahan estimate. -
"a
The announcement states furth-
er that this work Is to be divided
into three schedules and that bids
may be entered on either a single
schedule or all three combined. All
bids for this work are to be sent
to the U. s. Bureau of Reclama-
ton in the federal building, Yu-
ma.
With the awarding of this con-
tract by the government after the
requested bids are received the last
link of excavation work on the
great valley irrigation project will
be completed, and before the end q
the present year active operatid
will be under full swing all along
the route of the canal. This will
leave for future contract or other
method of work, only the construc-
ton of the diversion dam, the de-
sitting works. the power plants and
other necessary structures which
will form such an integral part 4
the canal operations.
Started Year Ago
1t was not quite a year ago that
excavation operations started on
the American canal with the
awarding by the government of
contracts to the Callahan and
Boyce-Igoe companies for excava-
ton of the first schedule of the
(Continued On Page A. y
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-30
'|CkES-GLASS
FEUD CAUSES
NEW SETBACK
Administration Refuses Amend
ment Guaranteeing One Third
Of Money For Labor
BOTH SIDES STAND FIRM
PWA Officials Assert Joker
Would Prevent Much Desir-
able Construction
BY EDWARD w. LEWIS)
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, March 80. W.D -
The chances of 3,500,000 men to
get work-relief jobs this spring
was snarled today in a congress-
"new deal" scrap over what part
of dollar spent for public works
should go for wages.
Administration refusal to accept
an amendment restricting public
works projects under a 100000, 900
loan and grant ALLEGATION to those
where 81 out of every SO would go
directly for labor was voiced by
Harold L. Ickes, public works ad-
ministrator.
Ickes and other cabinet men,
bers asserted the amendment
would make the $4,000, 900, 900 work.
relief measure unavoidable"
n Congressional leaders, irritated
by Ickes' opposition. considered ig-
noring his objections and rushing
the measure through in its present
form to President Roosevelt. The
bill was sent to conference for ad-
justment of amendments attached
by the senate in passing the meas
ure which the house approved on
January "a. 4e-.-tss
Sen. Carter Glass CDem.), Vir-
ginia, peppery Virginian who spon-
sored the bill in the senate and
then voted against 1t, refused to
give in on the wage amendment
which he inserted at the house.
senate conference Thursday. Ickes
was equally adamant.
Cite Objections
PWA officials said the amend
ment was "a joker" which would
prevent the building of municipal
light plants, the loaning of money
to railroads to buy or lay new
tracks, and construction of prof.
ects like the New York midtown
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Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-30

before, and the best of these ex-
hibits will be brought to the fest
ival. "It is believed Ell Centre IS
second annual Palo Verde festival
will be a truly gorgeous event. -
said President w. H. Tyler. Jr., of
the Ell Centre Chamber of Com
merce. 1.-THE interest shown last
year was surprisingly large, and
ever since that hour, there has
been much planning for this year IS
festival, and We are certain that
1t will far surpass the wonderful
success made in last years event,
giving us an idea of what succeed
ing years of El Centre S Palo Verde
festivals will be. ~ ~...-..-..
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-30
HoIfuilIe Plans
Drive On Rabbits

Rancllers of the Eastside highline
district will hold rabbit drive to-
morrow morning at 10 O'Clock and
invite all valley residents wishing to
participate to attend Directions
can be obtained by calling at the
Holtville Chamber of Commerce.
Those planning to join the hunt
are advised to bring their own
guns and ammunition. The drive
is an annual affair to aid in rid
ding the section of rabbits which
have become pests, doing much
damage to crops.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-30
Officers Here With
Suspected Slayer

Jack Sullivan. wanted in Bowie,
Arizona, for the alleged Staying of
a Southern Pacific special officer
there on March l3, passed through
the valley last night on his way
back to Arizona to stand trial for
the crime. He had been arrested by
the chief of police of Redwood City
on Monday of this week.
Sullivan was accompanied by
Sheriff Pruitt of Bisbee and Sher-
iff Tally of Stafford, Arizona. The
group stopped in Brawley for a
short time last night, while Pruett
visited relative who is a member
of the Brawiey police department.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-30
FLouUers Presented
To Mayor Anderson

Mayor Charles E. Anderson this
morning received lovely basket
of mixed spring flowers from the
Ritz Floral shop as this citys par
ticipation in the annual flowers
to-mayors plan sponsored through
out the nation by the Florists
Telegraph Delivery association.
Florists Telegraph Delivery week
opened today and closes April 6.
These dates are also those of the
national flower show, held this
year at Omaha, Neb. Accordingly
Mayor Anderson's flowers also bore
a card of greetings from Mayor
Roy N. Towl of Omaha, Neb.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-30
SET PAL0 VERDE FESTIVAL DATE
April n Tentatively Chosen For Second Annual Dis.
play OF Trees Here

Mrs. j. S. Jones has tentatively
set the date of Saturday, April 81,
for Ell Centro'S annual Palo Verde
festival Last year, the first palo
verde festival was held on Easter
eve. which was March 81. but Mrs.
Jones committee has deemed it
advisable to wait until the Palo
Verde trees are more nearly in full
bloom, so April 27 was tentative
ly selected; also, because the flowers
in FL Centre gardens, many of
which we're planted especially to
provide blossoms for the festival
season, will be at their bess toward
the end of April.
City schools are very generally
having flower festivals o.. the day
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-30
TRAFFIC COPS TO SPEED TONIGHT
Dance Floor AT Veterans Hall And Not State High
ways To Provide Place

Traffic officers of the county
will be hosts tonight at the annual
speed cops ball, one of the tradi-
tional events of the spring season
and one of the biggest affairs of
the year.
The dance this year is to be ex-
ceptionally fine and the squad in
vites the public to present for
the festivities which will begin
promptly at 8 O'Clock tonight in
Veterans Memorial hall.
Francis. Leonard S orchestra will
present the latest in dance music,
for the enjoyment of the dancers
and during the evening entertain
ment numbers are to be featured
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-30

These will include songs and dane
es by Ann Willingham of Calexico,
an exhibition waltz by Cecil George
Cross and Jack Korn, an accordion
solo by Elrose Maquar and possi-
bly, surprise acts as well.
The advance ticket sale indicates
that the ball will be we'll attended
by representative citizens and the
plans of the various committee
members indicate that it will be
one of the most enjoyable affairs of
the year.
Hostesses will be Mrs. Philip
johnson and Miss Katie Lee Os-
walt.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-30
NEW NRA BILL DRAWS WITHERING
CRITICISM FROM OPPOSING GROUP
BOrah And Green Lead Attack To Force Major Re-
visions Protecting Small Business
And Labor's Rights

er provisions of the present act.
1t is intended, according to its
sponsors, only as a structure upon
which to build a new recovery
measure that will sustain all ad-
vantages of the old law while dis
pensing with many controversial
clauses.
Carefully Phrased
Carefully phrased in order to
build up law that will meet chal-
lenges of constitutionality, the act
broadens the scope of NRA in some
cases, and at the same time clear
ly specifies the powers which may
be exercised over industry.
Borah, who has fought NRA Wig
orously as fostering monopolies, said
the bill was confused, incoherent
and contradictory" and predicted
it would never be enacted. He plans
to lead fight for revision to af-
ford small business greater protec-
ton.
Green's attack proposed elimina-
ton of the intrastate business from
NRA supervision. The federation
will fight plans to abandon service
codes which cover approximately
100000 workers.
Business organizations critical OF
NRA were expected to open a
broadside of criticism and recon-
mendations to congress.
Senators known to favor extern
sion of the law were non -commital
pleading they had not read the new
bill. Sen. Gerald P. Nye (Rep)
North Dakota, said he failed to see
much difference between the pres
ent and proposed laws except
wordage"
Sen. Hugo L. Black (Dem) Ala
bama, said the law "still makes it
a crime to produce too much or
charge too little but not a crime to
produce too little or charge toe
much. -
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-30
Citrus Department Meets

The citrus department of the
farm bureau, a committee of Is,
met this afternoon in the court
house to discuss the present and
future of the valley grapefruit deal.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-30
~ W11AA
Sh SLAS0S'

WASHINGTON, March 20. (Spe-
ciaD-Last night, Thursday night,
Mrs. Rogers, Mary and I saw a
fine comedy in New York called
"Three Men on a Horse The
idea is that a man that is not
betting can dope out the winners.
Well, now get this for a coinci-
dence. I fly down here this
morning and I meet the lord
mayor of Dublin, Ireland, love-
ly, fine little Irish gentleman.
Well, you would naturally ask an
Irishman about the Grand Ma
tional race at Aintree, for all the
good horses in it are Irish. Well,
this little lord mayor gave them
this morning. The following WIN
ners: Reynoldstown, Blue Prince,
Thomond the Second BY golly
if he didn't pick 'em one, two
three. So if the lord mayor of
Ireland should be coming your
way no matter if he tells you
"the Republicans have a chance,o
listen to him.
Yours,
W<R No71N.
eisss. Mcknight Syndicate. fnA
The Redwood gazette., 1935-05-30
Constant Vigil

JUST when it appeared that the big shot
gangsters were about all dead or safely
J behind bars, another bold kidnapping
crops out on the west coast
It indicates that the work of police, like
the farmers, the housewives and the edit
or's, is never DONE Moving down public
enemies with machine guns and showing
them no leniency in court undoubtedly dis
courages other criminals besides getting rid
of those at hand, but there is always some
fool who feels he can outsmart the laws of
society.
Even when the last of the big time
gangsters is out of the way, a new crop will
have developed. The only hope of eliminat-
ing crime is through the home, the school
and the church, with police trained and
equipped to quickly cope with the men and
women who reach maturity without re-
spending to these factors.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-05-30
Backward
Chances
so YEARS AGO

Thomas Dennistoun, managing
partner on the new Gilfillan farm,
bought young polled Angus bull
and several Berkshire pigs and a
small herd of Shorthorns is ex-
pected this week.-The old set
tiers picnic in Shutdown will be at
Philip Matters this year.-Taken
verbatim from the issue of that
week: "Here is a hint for our
baseball team. An exchange says
The experiment has been tried of
playing a game of baseball in the
evening by aid of powerful cleo
trict lights and with a good degree
of success. Lovers of the game,
who think of the hot sun during
the broiling days of the coming
summer, must hope that this new
feature may prove completely sat-
isfactory; aside from the addition
al comfort of the evening hours,
the additional degree of leisure
then enjoyed by so many, would
popularize the game to a great
extent" Also this, "Shall we cele-
brate the Fourth? The question
ought to be finally settled this
week or next-after that it will
be too late."
The Redwood gazette., 1935-05-30
Honor Graduates

\ LII PRAISE is due the seniors here and
~ in other schools who are completing
four years of high school work this
week, four years when economic conditions
made it extremely difficult for many to stay
in school. Praise is due also to the sacrifc-
ing families who kept them at the founts of
learning.
Many undoubtedly missed things which
have been associated with school in the
minds of more fortunate classmates. Social
functions, extra-curricular activities, leisure
time were sighted by those who went to
school on funds which had to be stretched to
cover bare necessities or were earned in odd
hour jobs.
But those who finished under handi-
cap perhaps have the better chance Of sue
cess in life. With one fight won, they are
better equipped for the greater fight they
are preparing for.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-05-30
Skeptics on Trip
THE RECENT visit of 4,5OO fal

THE RECENT visit of 4,5OO farmers to
Washington, D. c. was the subject of
considerable favorable comment in ru-
raj newspapers. Editors saw in the recep-
tion given the delegation, friendly omen
for agriculture from the most sympathetic
administration in years.
But no administration can escape the
doubts of skeptics. One of our exchanges
doubts if all the men were farmers. Some
were county agents or held Offices in AAA
subdivisions, the editor thinks and he has
even read that they travelled in the best
trains and slept in the best hotels, as if it
would corrupt them to enjoy such luxury.
Sixty-six of the Minnesota delegation
of "a went in chartered buses, which may be
the most economical way to travel but is
hardly the most comfortable They paid
their own fares, some $26 for the round trip
and sightseeing side trips and bought then
meals and lodging with their own money
They went to give official Washington some
idea of what fellow farmers want, which
they did, and they came home with a better
understanding of what problems Washing.
ton must contend with.
If there is anything sinister in this, we
fail to see it.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-05-30
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his right arm and shoulder visited
a doctor and consulted several
amateur diagnosticians in an eff
fort to determine the cause of his
stiffness. He discovered that il
was due to pulling a slot machine
lever. What an athlete, what ar
athlete.
s.
Low Man of the Week is Jack
Klaus. Jack spent several days
painting at the new Redwood
Falls Paper company and when
his time was nearly up, fell
through huge plate glass window
which cost more than the painting
job. We also have it on good
authority that Mr.. Klaus swallow
ed a few of his prettiest teeth.
$
In a comparatively large town,
extreme care is taken to see that
every minister participates in the
baccalaureate services.
But here's the baccalaureate
program in a nearby small town:
Invocation DR.. J. D. Keith
Vocal solo Mrs. J. D. Keith
Scripture and Prayer, DR.. j. D.
Keith.
Sermon DR.. ]. D. Keith
Benediction DIR. J. D. Keith
$
Rex Miller will never be presi-
dent of the Game Protective lea
que. Friday he went fishing where
the bass were about the only
things biting-and Lally Schmid
had to tell him which was which
from the crappies.
5
1t being sort of around Mem
orial day, and the Lam has to get
put to bed early, and people are
laying pretty low as a rule-or as
matter of discretion-why she's
off to grow her hair for the Phil
La Toilette Governor Olson rally.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-05-30

the program in the face of their criticisms.
Agriculture's weakness in the last 25
years has been the want of leadership and
a program. Organization after organization
started with noble purposes, fell into the
hands of politicians, crooks or factions and
was discarded to be replaced with another
destined to the same fate. Each had it's pet
idea to insure farm prosperity which was
popular for time but at the first sign of a
flaw was promptly junked.
Now it appears the bulk Of the farmers
are willing to accept program despite it's
flaws, try to deal with them as fast as posi-
BILE. It is a far wiser attitude than starting
from the bottom again.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-05-30
TWO ST. JAMES
MEN KILLED IN
AUTO ACCIDENT

st. James, Gilbert Boisen, bar
ber and Milford Newman, farm
er, were instantly killed in an au-
tomobile-truck collision at $50 p.
m. Sunday on the highway six
miles south of Hutchinsonx
Roy Grain, was taken to hos
pital at Hutchinson, suffering
badly bruised and perhaps broken
leg and arm, deep cash in the
forehead and injury to the side.
Gilbert Peterson, railroad en-
ployee, was bruised about the
forehead and ear and body, and
Leslie Forsythe, bookkeeper at the
Forsythe Motor company, was
slightly bruised on hand and an
kle and suffered some body bruis-
eS.
The five men had been on a fish
ing trip in the vicinity of Hutch
inson. They left at 1:20 a. m.
Sunday driving north during the
night, then fished all day Sunday
and were on their way home when
the accident occurred.
They had apparently turned out
to go by car parked to the side
of the road when they crashed in
to the side of a truck from Made
liza loaded with corn and driven
by Early Winch. The body of the
truck stripped the side off the
Whippet Six, which belonged to
Boisen, the driver, killing the two
men on the left side of the car
next to the truck. The other two
men who rode in the rear seat
were thrown out onto the road.
Forsythe was first to get up and
go back to the car to drag Grain
out. Peterson had been knocked
unconscious in his fall to the road,
and came to in time to get up and
help extricate Grain from the car.
Leslie Falk and another party
of fishermen from st. James were
in the first car to come along and
were hailed by Forsythe. Ray lie
Due of St. James came along
few minutes later.
The injured man, who was in a
coma, was taken to the hospital at
Hutchinson. The two dead men
were taken to the undertaking
parlors. Peterson was also taken
to the hospital, but was released
later in the night and returned to
his home.
Mr.. Grain was brought back to
ST. James Monday evening and is
at his home. A local physician
checked up on his injuries and re-
ports Mr.. Grain to be suffering
from a broken finger, a sprained
ankle, several broken ribs and a
severe cut over his right eye. He
will be up and around again with
in a few days.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-05-30
The Lesson of Memorial Day

Memorial day is one of the most i'm
pressive, most touching, and most typically
American of the days we set apart. From
earliest childhood one remembers the gath
ering of the old veterans, the march under
the warm spring sun, and the cemetery
where gay flowers and the bright Stars and
Stripes are placed at the headstones of the
dead.
"What hath this day deserved? What
hath it done, that it in golden letters should
be set, among the high tides of the calen-
dar?" It is indeed, an easier question to
ask than to answer. The years have brought
changes in Memorial Day. but fundamental
ly it remains the same. It symbolizes sacri-
flee, and it's observance embodies an ideal,
that we of a new generation shall keep faith
with these whom we honor on this day.
AS the goal of every war is peace, so the
struggle for peace throughout the world be-
comes more significant on Memorial day. It
is on this day more than any other that the
toll of war is seen in the long rows of white
crossed graves at home and abroad, and
where the little flags wave in cemeteries
throughout America On this Memorial day
the nation yearns for the maintenance of an
honorable peace with other nations, near and
far. It views with dismay the race among
competing nations for more powerful milit-
ary establishments, and it would renew it's
ancient pledge, to meet them round con-
ference table, so that war will be no more,
and that justice and reason may rule where
conflict once held sway. Mortified News.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-05-30
@Nary's S
Little &

Miss Anna Rindal of the hospi-
tai demonstrates that a nurses
training can be used to good ad-
vantage. Being remodeled, the
hospital is open to the elements
and cats-on the south side where
Miss RindaFs bedroom is located.
The other night as she was read
ing in bed, Miss Rindal was bless
ed with visit from a shabby an
CORA, which she Immediately put
out. The animal refused to stay
put and wandered in again, adding
insult to injury by plopping her
self on the pillow near Miss Rim
dall's head. The nurse decided to
let it stay there, but was annoyed,
from time to time by the switch
ing of the beasts tail in her face.
So she procured a piece of ad-
hesive tape, taped the cats tail to
the pillow, and went on reading.
$
Guess it's Ladies Day, because
we know neat one on Mrs. Mae
Hegge. Mrs. Hegge, who is
long time resident of Redwood
Falls, came down town lately and
asked where the Shell oil station
was located. That for Cloyce
Long.
s.
Sissy of the Week: Fred Schmid
took his fishing rod with him to
Gunflint.
$
According to Paul Mallon and a
lot of other Washington CORES
pondents, there was a strong sus-
picion in the nations capitol that
the recent delegation of agricul-
turists to Washington did not in
clude many "dirt farmers" But
we've seen Sherm Park when he
didn't look so darn sanitary.
$
A friend, pal and buddy of ours
who woke up one morning recent
ly, suffering excruciating pains in
The Redwood gazette., 1935-05-30
Experiment Tried

COMMENCEMENT activities in many
schools this year constitute great de-
parture from the traditional gradua-
tion exercises of other years in that the
central figure, the hired speaker, is missing.
Our first notice of the idea came through
the Buffalo, Minnesota, papers announce
ment of commencement there. We learn
from Mr.. Simpson, Wabasso superintend-
ent, that the scheme is in it's third year
there-and is likely to be a permanent
change.
Baccalaureate, proponents of the idea
say, is the time for advice to the class and
a local minister who knows the Students
their families and the community, is equip
generalities of the commencement visitor.
Moreover, they contend, the commence
ment program should place the seniors in
the spotlight, not speaker. In schools u.s.
ing this system, honor students and some
times others are given brief time in which
to talk to the audience and classmates. Mu-
sical organizations of the school are given
a more prominent part and the whole affair
is planned by the graduates with the advice
of the faculty.
Undoubtedly there is much to be said
for the commencement speaker. All of us
have heard excellent commencement ad-
dresses, messages that remained long in, our
memory and undoubtedly did in the memoir
les of class members. We have also suffer-
ed through some which we remember as a
nightmare rather than an inspiration.
The new plan is particularly good for
small schools which cannot afford to pay
much for talent at a time when men who
really have a message are in demand. Per-
haps it is even worth an experiment by Off
cials of larger schools.