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Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-20
EDITORIAL PAGE
and
FEATURES
OUR YOUNG FARMERS

Achievements of the Future Farmers
of America and the boys of the Four-H
club at the Imperial County Mid-Winter
Fair, indicate the fine work which these
two organizations are doing among the
boys on Imperial Valley farms
These youngsters are getting wonder
full training in practical farming by car
rying out the various projects in which
they are engaged.
Instead of developing the idea that the
farm is a terrible place and that the city
alone holds out opportunity for them,
the boys in the rural areas are being
taught that there is just as much oppor-
tunity on the farm for material success
minus the exaggerated activity of the
city, so much of which can hardly be
classed as truly worthwhile
Despite the hard shedding which he has
had to face in recent years, there is al
ways hope for the American farmer. A
nation must eat and it must depend up
on the farmer for its food. BY combin-
ing business methods Of operation and
scientific knowledge of fundamental
farming, success can be achieved. The
old order of haphazard farming has gone
the way of the old-fashioned grocery
store and the old-fashioned everything
else
The Future Farmer and the Fourth
organizations realize furthermore that
"all work and no play makes Jack dull
boy" Provision is made for good times
that will inspire the boys to take full in
terest in the working program and
well-balanced curriculum is attracting
the best element of farm boys into these
organizations.
Farm life in these days of easy and
quick transportation, together with the
radio and other means of home enter
tainment, is anything but the dull, dreary
existence it used to be. The boy in the
rural area can have all the advantages
of the boy in the city, and, when he is
fortunate enough to be member of such
organizations as the Future Farmers and
the Fourth clubs, life for him should
certainly be full of activity.
Imperial Valley cannot give too much
encouragement and support to the men,
bers and advisors of these organizations.
The newspapers could save time and
energy by digging up the July and
August 1914 headlines.
Another way of referring to senate en-
dorsement of the Townsend plan is that
Mr.. Swing swung it.
Los Angeles shouldn't fool itself into
believing family row. is going to keep
San Francisco from staging bridge fair.
Somehow or other it is disconcerting
to think that year from now we will be
red hot in another presidential campaign,
if the Republicans can dig up candi-
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-20

shushing routine. He is billed as:
Der meisterkiperte Komiker der
Welt. On the same bill are the
Knife Throwing Gibsons and The
Three Diamonds, Remember?
Europe faced the fate of America
in vaudeville doldrums. It was weary
Of the same faces, same acts. Thus
the influx Of Yankee vaudevilians
has given it a fresh lease of life.
Audiences delight in The Stepping
Boys, the trained gorilla and tumb-
lers who finish in whirr Of cart
wheels.
American piff-awmers" are not
50 highly paid as in the States, but
they have the thrill Of new scenes,
new hotels and old time audience
iervor. IN every city they have their
CID Palace corner TO strut their
stuff In Rome did we lay em in
the aisle And Q, boy, in Moscow"
Speaking OF vaudeville. Hamish
McLaurin, whose varied talents
once included vaudeville sketch
writing. tells OF two drunks in a
stage box at Hammerstein' watch
irg a trained chimp. While the ami
nlal was stil going through its riga
marble q bicycle riding. eating with
knife. fork, ana 50 on. the drunks
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-20

NEW YORK, March 20.-Senti-
mental yearners for vaudeville who
have wondered over the fate of the
artists should take a scoot around
Europe music halls. The majority
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-20
Loo king e
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
March 20, 1915

The arrest Of three MeXicans by
Sheriff Meadows and his deputies
last night broke up an organized
band of crooks and petty thieves.
Tonight will mark the last ap-
pearance of the popular Gladstone
Entertainers at the Tulane.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-20
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
March 20. 1920

H. L. Boone, who recently pur-
chased the old Eddy place, is put
the acreage in alfalfa.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-20

Dudley Malone, Bermuda house
guest of Courtney Burr, was given
a welcome party, frolicsome affair
that almost edged into dawn. After
two hours sleep Malone was aroused
for a round of golf. Proceeding him
was a brown skinned caddie in a
brown suit and cap. There" said
Malone wryly, goes my taste walk
inR!"
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-20

Somehow or other it is disconcerting
to think that year from now we will be
red hot in another presidential campaign,
if the Republicans can dig up a candi-
date
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-20

Elks will parade tomorrow TO meet
other Elks arriving from San Di-
ego.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-20

Los Angeles shouldn't fool itself into
believing family row" is going to keep
San Francisco from staging a bridge fair.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-20

WASHINGTON. March 2O.-May-
be it's spring, maybe it's just coin
cdence. but the gentle art of poetry
is flourishing in Washington as ne
yer before.
Pick up almost any congressman's
speech these days and tucked in
somewhere will be little gem of
poetic art. Take this one from a
speech by Oklahomas Josh Lee, for
instance:
Pardon me. friends" said Josh,
"if I seem TO lean toward the De-
mocratic faith; you see my fathers
name was Thomas jefferson Lee;
my name is Joshua Bryan Lee.
Il was rocked in a Democratic
cradle,
II was fed on Democratic food.
"I was spanked with a Democratic
paddle,
And raised IN Democratic
brood"
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-20

Many comments of delight we're
heard regarding the splendid ex-
hibit of water colors on display at
the woman's club house by Miss
Julia f. Raymond.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-20
TEN YEARS AGO
March 20. 1915

S. E. Allen, who has been i'll, il
conducting classes again.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-20

dorsement of the Townsend plan is that
Mr. Swing swung it.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-20

Poetry flourishes in unexpected
places, too. Industrialism and de-
preston are supposed to have
stamped all Tilt and rhyming out of
the people But the spirit of poetry
seems TO spring eternal.
A tattered picket line was march
ing dourly around the agriculture
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-20

box office attraction in personal ap-
pearances at movie houses. In one
engagement where he was paid ST.
500 week with percentage his total
slice was $1,000 His radio popu-
lariiy. plus an always good act. are
responsible. More than any other
performer he has acquired the tech
nique Of turning the joke on HIM
self, a formula applicable TO many
a badgered soul who has been TAX
ing life seriously the past few
years.
Ernest Hemingway. with a wan
dering foot for bull fights, African
non hunts and deep sea fishing,
hasn't cornered the entire nomadic
strain in his Oak Hill, IL. family.
His mother at 81 motors alone about
the country painting pictures in the
deep woods or on the desert when
the mood strikes her. A brother, Lei
cester, 1e, is sailing to South Amer
lea in a l7-footer. He confesses ne
yer reading a line of his brothers.
The mother likes best "a Farewell
to Arms"
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-20

The newspapers could save time and
energy by digging up the July and
August 1914 headlines.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-20

Jack Benny continues the best
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-20

Winter snowdrifts in Modoc coun-
ty reached a depth of over 100 feet.
Evening star., 1935-04-05
DISABLED RACING
SHIP IS RESCUED
Buccaneer ToWed Into Ha.
vana-CreW Reduced to
Emergency Rations.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HAVANA, April 5.-Weary from l3s
hours at sea, IL men aboard the
schooner Buccaneer. entrant in the
st. Petersburg Havana yacht race.
were brought into port today.
The 68-foot yacht was towed here
by the Coast Guard patrol boat Nike,
which picked the becalmed craft up
near Tortugas nine hours previously.
The Buccaneer had been helpless for
more than 48 hours after the breeze
failed and her auxiliary engine became
disabled.
Henning said the Buccaneers crew
had exhausted all its food two days
ago and was living on emergency
rations.
Those aboard the Buccaneer includ-
Evening star., 1935-04-05
J. {. RICE, KENSINGTON,
HEADS OPTIMlST CLUB
Succeeds Joseph B. Murphy, who
Was Elected Chairman of
Board of Directors.

Joseph E. Rice. 20 Baltimore street,
Kensington. Md, was elected presi-
dent of the Washington Optimist Club
at a luncheon at the Hamilton Hotel
Wednesday. He succeeds Joseph B.
Murphy. who was elected chairman
Of the Board of Governors.
Other officers elected include:
David Morris. first vice president:
Joseph Kammerer, second vice presi-
dent: Donald Adams, third vice presi-
dent: Raymond Catlin, secretary and
treasurer: William Kline. sergeant at
arms, and Rev. Walter F. Smith, sky
pilot. Composing the Board Of Gov
ernors is: Henry Schaffert, Hugh
Phillips. Capt. A. z. Nesbitt. Benton
Web. Clarence Pearson. Peter Con-
stantinople, Wash B. Williams, Lee
Thompson. Louis Carl, William j.
Whittlesey. G. B. Lister and Charles
Cook.
Evening star., 1935-04-05
poses of these tests is at 100 feet

poses Of these tests is at 100 feet
depth.
Water Is forced out Of the lower
chamber of the bell and surround
ing buoyancy compartment Is flooded
with 1000 pounds of water.
Men from the submarine climb into
the diving bell and 1t Is brought to
the surface. The upper chamber Of
the bell accommodates II men.
Under favorable conditions the res
cue of the entire crew Of SO officers
and men could be effected In about
four hours.
A submarine rescue ship Is attached
to each submarine base.
Evening star., 1935-04-05
NEW DIVING BELL
TESTED IN RESCUE
Device Permits SO to Be
Saved From Sunken Sub
marine in Four Hours.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ABOARD U. S. S. ORTOLAN, Sub
marine Rescue Vessel OF Southern
California, April 5.-Submarine Res
cue exercises of the worlds most
powerful undersea cruiser force, Sub
marine Devision IL of the United
States Navy were completed yester-
day off San Diego.
The Ortolan used a new diving bell
by which the officers and crew Of
submarines may be rescued from
depths as far down as 800 feet with
out getting their feet wet.
The 9-ton diving bell. IL feet long,
z feet 9 inches wide, is lowered and
sealed to the hatch of the submarine,
after a diver attaches downhaul
line to the submarine. which for pur-
Evening star., 1935-04-05
MOUSE SINGS IN CAGE
Woman Captor Enjoys Canary.
Like Notes Of Creature.

MANSFIELD, Ohio, April (R.-
Ever hear of q singing mouse?
Mrs. Steve Keiser, who lives north
of here, told yesterday of a mouse
that sings" like a canary, especially
while the radio plays.
Old-time-s say singing mice are moi
uncommon.
Mrs. Keiser said the mouse she
found emits shrill, trilling notes. She
put 1t in a cage, where 1t now sings
daily
Evening star., 1935-04-05
BILL TO LIST LOBBYISTS
INTRODUCED BY BLACK
"a, $50, ,ooo, 900 Relief Program
Makes Protection Essential"
Says Democratic Senator.

BY the Associated Press.
A bill to require all lobbyists before
Congress or Government departments
to register and report their compensa-
ton was introduced yesterday by Sem
ator Black, Democrat, Of Alabama.
Black said in view Of the vast ex-
penditure of relief money contem-
plated under the administration $4,-
10000, 900 program, some protection
was essential" and that the bill
would provide 1t against the lobbyists
who swarm into the White House" !"
His bill would define as a lobbyist
any one who shall engage for pay
Evening star., 1935-04-05

Feeling feverish about the figure problem
Smoothie will relieve your mind and get you
into shape. An unnecessary bulge hasn't a c
with these capable foundations. Get ir
Smoothie and turn discouraging bulges into fl
ing curves.
Evening star., 1935-04-05
THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON D. c. FRIDAY APRIL 1885,

or for any consideration to attempt
to influence legislation or to influence
any Federal Bureau, agency or Gov
ernment official so as to give any
benefit or advantage to any corpora
ton or individual"
Evening star., 1935-04-05

ed AL Staples, commodore OF the
Mobile, Ala, Yacht Club.
The other entrants 80 far unreported
include the Pagan Moon. Pieces Of
Eight, Wilma Mae and Four Winds
Evening star., 1935-04-05

was convicted by a Federal Court
jury here yesterday on charge of at
tempting to pass a counterfeit 500
bill at local hotel last October.
Evening star., 1935-04-05
Convicted on Counterfeit Charge.
ST. LOUIS, April S CP).-samuel
Berman. 80, New York, who told
police he was a gambler by profession,
Night Final Delivery

The last edition Of The Star known as the Night
Final and carrying row Of Red Stars down the front
page printed at pm, and delivered throughout the
city at 55c month together with The Sunday Star
at Toe per month.
This special service that many people desire for
the very latest and complete of the day.
Call National 5000 and say that you want the Might
Final delivered regularly to your home and delivery viii
start Immediately ~
Evening star., 1935-04-05
BRYANT LETTERS FOUND

REDWOOD CITY, Calf, April S
R).-Five previously unpublished let
ters of William Cullen Bryant, famous
American poet, have been unearthed
in Palo Alto, 1t was disclosed yester-
day.
Bryant was author Of "Thanatopsis." !"
"To Water Fowl" and other noted
poems.
The letters were discovered by Bern
hart Hoffacker, student at the Palo
Alto High School, in the library Of his
home.
The Washington times., 1935-02-05

ing experiences of his younger
days.
When a young man Of rs, he
was sent by his father from
London to Australia for social
welfare work.
On the small steamer, word
spread among the crew that
Booth was a social worker and
a religious man.
One by one they approached
him and scoffed at his work.
Far out at sea a storm broke,
S1Uept over the ship and den1ol.
ished much of the equipment.
After it ragged for t1Do days, t1Do
of the ScotterS again tUent to
Booth.
They told him that their
jeers had all been in fun and
pleaded:
'Tf you believe in God pray
with us to save us from the
Storm"
The tempest lasted four days
and in that time each member
of the crew who had taunted
the social worker appealed to
him to forgive their mockery
and pray for aid.
Senator William E. Borah Of
Idaho has the reputation of be-
ing the best horseman in the
Senate.
Before an illness of a few
months ago he was off for
Canter through Rock Greek Park
every morning-rain, snow or
shine.
Last summer, in Idaho, a
rnncher offered him a small
tiUe-gGited horse for his use.
Borah threw on a stock sad
die and leGped into the leather.
The Washington times., 1935-02-05
It's Fun to Have Babies
SAYS a Mother of Three

The Fun of Having Children odd title for book
and still more so when the book who has had three
Of them Mrs William Marson seabury of New York. social
leader and sernaw of Samuel seabury the author such
q volume, however.
Mrs seabury gives the lie to the idea that children are
nuisance or that active busy ought not to be mother
And it is interesting to note that Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe Of
1ame whose column about Babies appears The
washington Times every day. goes farther with the plain
statement that it is dangerous NOT to have babies
Ot all the cOwards about life, the healthy uUoman
punished, Dr. Dafoe. eff only today's wUes other
'Oise normal wOuld stop being scared Of the best and
most natural thing that happen them! Personally
three years."
The good doctor not likely to have the opportunity but
none can doubt that he knows what he is talking about
wives would do we'll to listen to his words-and then to
follow Mrs seaburys fine example
The Washington times., 1935-02-05
Once-Overs
Happy Faces Spread Cheer

Happy Faces Spread Cheer
If people would look into
your home as they pass by,
what would they see?
Expressions of anger, discon.
tent or wearinesS on the faces
of your family?
Doesn't your own face pre-
sent a grouchy expression?
Because the family only is
present is there a dull lack of
smiles and good-natured on-
verSation?
Not necessarily laughing or
bantering, but each face depict
ing contentment.
1t is not idle curiosity that
makes you enjoy window gazing.
Perhaps unconsciously you
need the encouragement that
happy faces give.
You may feel the lack Of
something in your own learU,
and you love to see the interest
that certain families show in
one another.
Do you take home the anus
ing incidents of the day and are
you willing to contribute to the
family conversation in q way to
make happiness in-your home?
The Washington times., 1935-02-05

GIS10 Robinson 6ernHSS
Yet what is this Soil
Over which
We make such commotion?
Sol. is
A very common thing.
It is not a poem
Nor a mere phenomenon.
Soil is simply
An accumulation
Of common things.
Soil is
An accumulation
Of everything in life
Big things, little things,
Wise things, silly things,
Pots and potatoes
AS well as poems and pearls
The hobo's Wornout sock,
The kings wornout crown.
All these things
Are mingled in Soil,
And through their mingling
Become a bed
For Life,
Wherein dead Yesterdays
Become newborn Todays.
Soil is an accumulation
Of common things
Which by their .mingling
Are warmed
To sweet, new life.
Love is like Soil.
We make
A great fuss about Love
Poets sing about it,
Artists paint it,
Homes and States,
Nations and races
Are bound together
~ it,
Or split
Because Of it,
And every life
RevolveS about it
From the cradle
To the grave,
Yet what is this Love
Over which
We make such commotion?
Love is like Soil,
A very common thing
Not a poem
Nor a rare phenomenon,
But an accumulation
OF common things
Common acts and experiences,
Dreams and rebellions,
Triumphs and disappointments,
Wise acts and silly ones,
Brave SWoops of adventure,
Tall leaps Of inspiration
And needless hours
OF meaningless drifting.
Love is an accumulation
The Washington times., 1935-02-05
Col. Craigie's Sacrifice
He Should Be Paid

Congress should give sympathetic consideration the
of local school authorities that they be allowed to pay
tired Army officer to head the department of military
and tactics in the Washington public schools
The situation which exists here in that regard rather
silly and Congress could relieve and absurd condition if
would permit the payment of reasonable salary to the
who is in charge of of the most important phases high
school activity-the High School Cadet Corps.
COL Wallace NJ Craige u A. (retred) has for several
years been performing public service at PERSONAL
SACRIFICE in heading the Cadet Corps
Under the law is impossible for Colonel Cage to receive
check from the local government for his services to the
schools SO long he receives his retirement pay from the Army
Colonel Crage has devoted large part of his time to this
service and thousands of Washington boys
benefited from his sacrifice
The pay situation confronting the Army officer created
by the foolish idea that District funds Federal funds
that therefore, if the officer paid check from District
funds he would be receiving two checks from the Federal
Government.
That is straning the corrucon of the situation and
would be happy thing if Congress would remedy existing
conditions.
The Washington times., 1935-02-05

knows what Harry L" Hopkins
what drought stricken means"
OF the new recruits in the
House, one of the most out
stan ding is Representative
Usher L. Burdick, Republican,
of North Dakota.
Raised among the Sious Indi-
ans, he later attended the Uni.
versity of Minnesota, played foot
ball there on championship
teams, and with a law degree to
North Dakota politics.
When the depression struck,
Burdick's stock farm was
among the many that suffered.
With money short he decided
to run for Congress and get a
regular salary.
He was elected after a "fliv.
yer" crusade around the State.
He is one of the best horse
men in the House. Taking a
16O-1cre farm near Marlboro,
Nd, he is hGUing tho carloads
OF Western horses shipped here.
A big, robust man who will
be 81 this month, Burdick has
had wide experience with his
stock.
On one occasion, believing
the Southern market to be in
good shape, he shipped a large
herd of horses to Nashville.
There he began to auction his
ponies when the station agent
approached with a sizeable
freight bill and asked for Bur
dick"
Burdick told him that "Bur.
dick" wouldn't arrive until the
next day, persuaded the rail-
road man to let him unload and
sell the ponies. and when the
agent called the following morn.
ing revealed his identity and
paid the freight charge.
Gen. Ballington Booth, rs
year-old founder of the Volun.
teera Of America, was recount.
The Washington times., 1935-02-05

OF common things
Common things mingled,
Common things shared.
But they
Must ALL be shared.
You cannot make
Good Soil
BY, mingling
Only rich, rare things.
Life would not grow
In such Soil.
Roots need the hobo's wornout
sock
AS well as
The kings wornout crown
For nourishment.
And, by the same token,
You cannot make
Good Love
BY sharing only
Pretty, pleasant things
Hearts need
Shared sweat and tears
AS well as
Smiles and triumphs-
Before real Love can come.
Mingling-
That is the secret
Of real Soil.
Sharing
That is the secret
Of real love.
Everything shared
Wisdom, foolishness,
Strength, weakness,
Good breaks. bad breaks.
Everything shared
Without pride or distinction,
Without resentment
Or recrimination.
Everything shared
Patiently, generously,
Bravely, good naturedly.
That is the secret
OF long Love.
If we knew that
Before we started,
We might not make
Such a sad mess
Of Loving.
Copyright, 1898. by King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1935-02-05

who tried to carry pi to some
ridiculous digit and broke under
the strain. We shall become a
nation of round prodigies In
square holes.
Instead of encouraging that
young man to brag about his
pi-toting proclivities, the editor
should have kicked him out. I
say kicked advisedl..' because it
would get you nowhere to rea-
son with a child prodigy.
For instance, what chance
would a man like myself have
to reason with a prodigy when
it is an open secret that I have
never been able to carry pi three
dlgits without having to sit
down and rest?
The situation would not be so
serious if we could be sure that
the prodigies would confine
their pi-carrying activities to
themselves, but there is every
reason to believe that they go in
for proselytizing.
Once an infant phenomenon
discovers he can carry pi to it's
707th digit he never rests until
he has shown some other child
how to carry pi, thus spelling
the other child's chance of liv-
ing happy though dumb life.
Once you grow adept at carry
The Washington times., 1935-02-05

make some remark such as, ooh!
what pity or "The poor
child" I read on and discovered
that far from considering this a
cross that was his to bear, the
STRIPPING was actually proud
of it.
In fact, he had gone volun-
tarily to a newspaper office to
prove that he could carry pi to
its 707th digit. He had read
about some other prodigy who
could carry pi a considerable dis
tance, but not nearly as far as
TOT, and, his jealousy inflamed,
he sought to confound his rival.
The newspaper is to blame for
encouraging this sort of thing.
Newspapers are devoting far too
much space lately to the activ-
tiles of child prodigies, and a
good part of the recent rise in
juvenile I. Q.'s may be traced
to that.
The average youngster is i'm
pressionable and initiative and
when he reads in the paper that
another youngster has carried
pi to it's 707th digit he is apt
to make a hero of the other
youngster and, first thing you
know he is up in the library,
surrounded by reams of paper,
trying to carry pi, too.
Unless something is done, and
done quickly, within a short
time our college infirmaries are
likely to be filled with youths