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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-12-31
Resettle1llent Adj
ministration Busy
All FIGURES in Following Article
Are Given As OF November
First, This Year.

First, This Year.
THE Rasettlen1ent Administration
has:
! Made loans to $4,000 farm fam
Lies amounting to ninety -four mil.
lions of dollars.
Made grants ito $4,000 farm FAM
lilies amounting to SIG, 300, 900.
Made additional emergency loans
and grants ia the drought area a.
mounting to $8,3OO,OOO to 256,OO0
farm families.
! Brought reduction of $32,82O,.
600, or 25.6 percent, in the debts Of
Al ,480 farmers.
Loaned $1,7OOOO0 to $4,000 farm
ers to participate in cooperatives.
Purchased 100000 acres Of sub
standard land.
Started the development of this
Land for useful purchases.
Completed 10 rural resettlement
projects; buil& 2,695 good rural
homes. Construction going on in
A additional rural community pro-
jects. I
T Begun construction in three
greenbelt. towns for housing 5000
low-inconne industrial workers and
farmers.
editorial note These synopses
present . good example Of the f,l-
tAity Of figures There Is no reason
to doubt the accuracy Of amy state
ment made but there is no assslr-
rance that noaae Of these figures
ff4veraap either arneng the items Of
this list. or IN the activities Of 9th
er federal blireasls. In short spe-
cfic figures. with general detectives
fail to convince the suddenly
BY way of further comment, the
work done by the Resettle1nent Adj
mhlistration appears, on the whole,
to have been very we'll carried out,
especially in regard to soil conserv-
alton ard retabdli tation measures.
There is no doubt that the federal
experiments in communism Conn
naunistic in the sense Of common
ownership and government sub
urbs Of Washington, Milwaukee, and
CincinllatD will be closely watched,
both from economic and social an
giles, to determine the practicability
of communal erldeavor.
OF necessity, considerable por-
ton Of the above expenditures, the
emergency relief measures. Is IRE
coverab1e and represents an invest
nfent that can have no future good
results. But much of the rest Is
investment In development Of OUR
resources and is to be especially
commended.
( The State Of Washington benefit
ed as follows: From the conserve
ton land program 241 ,0O5.48 acres
accepted options: from rehabilta-
tion loans to 1856 families ST.
258, 1910; from rehabilitation
grants to 8,487 families, $463, 973 %.
Your editor also wishes to point
out that no definite period Of time
is set during which these expendit-
ures and experiments took place.
Occasionally it seems as If we Or
binary folks were purposely left
with hazy, instead Of definite, i'm
pressions of governmental activities.
MFR. and Mrs. Norman Anglirl,
daughter Sue, and Mr. and Mrs.
Frederick A. English attended the
installation Of the Masonic Lodge
and Eastern Star Chapter at Pros
ser, Tuesday night. Mr.. Angltn Is
q - L-4t- faa
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-12-31
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Europe Today
Pleased Audience
English Educator Gives Graphic
Picture of Political Situation
in Spain, Rest of Europe.


Educator Tom Stavely, of Ton
bridge, England, delivered an ex-
ceedingly instructive and entertain
ing lecture on Europe Today to a
Large and pleased audience, Tues
day evening ait the High School
]taudtorium.
Talking very rapidly, but with
sufficient pause between sentences
to enable the nearer to easily fol-
low the thought, the British edu-
Gator, now in America as am ex-
change professor at Portland, out
lined the opposing forces in Con-
tine1ltal politics, with particular
reference to Spain, the present To-
Gus of universal interest.
Italy, Germany and Japan, a.
mong the world powers, are blessed
with huge populations and cursed
with insufficient internal resources
to profitably sustain them. Eng
land, France, Russia and Spain; on
the other hand, are capable of get
ting along very comfortably as they
are. Ger11lanyls colonies, formerly
an outlet foa. her enterprise, were
lost in the World War. The three
countries who shhaye not" therefore,
/ are seeking outlets ia the countries
which have Spain, close at hand,
is therefore eyed with covetoa1s eyes
BIZ Italy and Germ France and
England and Russia are no "easy
marks for invasion of interests.
During the World War, he said,
Spain, one of the olnparatively
fortunate states of Europe as to
natural resources, developed min
ing and manufacturing interests
rapidly, and the country prospered
exceedingly because of this almost
new-found commercial aggressive
ness.
Following the war, as the peak
of prosperity faded, it left increas-
ing discomfort in Spain. "A COM.
munistic government, established
five years ago, endeavored to still
the unrest. 1t introduced labor re-
forms, bought the lands of grand
ees and distributed them to tetl-
ants, and labored generally to i'm
prove the country's position. The
depression, however, increased the
number Of rnalcontents, who were
encouraged by the fascist" or
'shave-not" nations, and open re-
bellion sensred. At the present time
the rebels have much the. better Of
the argument and, thereby, the
peace Of Europe is endangered.
MIR. Stavely looks for rebellion,
naz melted, to break out In Aus
tria next summer. He is In hopes
that England can stave off a gen
eral conflict by Offering to restore
THE German colonies, but all Eu-
rope is appreheaasive.
Russia, menaced by Japan's COW
etous regard for eastern Siberia and
by Gel7nany's acquisitive eye ON the
Ukraine, is especially keyed up for
conflict and, therefore, takes the
Lead in resenting fascist interven-
ton In Spain.
Meeting Tuesday afternoon, the
members of the school aboard buckled
down to the task Of preparing for
tho faaf1lnso nlaony donidnAel a x.rnasl 4
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-12-31

10 inch rain fell on the Goth and
90 on the following day. There
was a trace Of SNOW on the 30th.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-12-31
Approximately Forty Percent of the
Loss Covered By Insurance.
4 Incidental Less Heavy.

ssl1d the school WAS doomed before
sufficient Water to combat it could
be gotten. Dense smoke and flames
Iaade it impossible to salvage much
equipment, although small piano
and several desks were recovered
from one of the rooms.
Grell Leads Volunteer Firemen
Joe Glell was most active in the
measures taken to combat the fire
End, to salvage what could be saved.
1T was he who led those saved the
articles from Miss Wurgler's room
send it was he who turned on the
big pumps that brought the water
Eresstlt'e up. He deserves unusual
credit for the sensible moves of the
volunteer fire fighters.
Damp Coal Cause of Fire?
1t has been s,lr7nised that the fire
started from spontaneous cotnbtis-
Dion i'm the coal bins. There was a
5i1e IN the furnace, enough to keep
the water pipes from freezing. The
GOAL we are todd, was wet.
/, Built In 1916
Constructed in 1916 at a cost Of
'$l2 600, the high school was en-
iarged lin 1880 'by btle addition Of a
gyanna siun,a -asld d.ianal, one OF the
finest in the county, at a cost Of
{ $13, 600. The furnace, radiators, etc.
{ cost $500 additional In the SUM
mer of 1886 two class rooms were,
!. added so that all the grades could
be housed in the ONE building. To-
TAI investment, cost Of equipment,
ETC., would bring the total loss up
TO $4,000, not figuring depreciation.
Insured For $ll,OOO.OO
The building was insured for SILL
900. leaving a heavy monetary loss
for the district, to say nothing of
the loss entailed by having to pre-
pare temporary quarters for the
school and the disorga of
school work due to loss of records
and the hardicaps of the temporary
set-up.
Library Loss $2,5OO.OO
Superintendent Harris was In
rlined to value the school reference
library at $500 and the 100 volume
community library ait $1,000.
Only the shell of THE two story
structure remains standing. Lost
were the school records, the school
library, pupils books, etc. The
Hanford Community Library, one
of the most complete in the state
tor such community, was totally
destroyed, that is, such portion of
it as was in the building. While
the main part Of the splendid lib
rary is in the Agathon Land Com
paaly Building, some seven hundred
juvenile and reference books, many
of them valued at over two dollars
each, had been transferred to the
school building for convenience of
the pupils. AS we stated, that part
was worth i'm excess of one tholk-
and dollars.
Valuable Instruments Lost
There were three pianos basket
ball suits and other equipment,
valuable hobby collections {stamp
books, etc), musical Instruments
a valuable violin belonging to Mr..
another owned by Jack
CMry's mother, Jacks drums and
other musical instruments, Clifford
Whdtwer's Violin, Louise Moulster's
saxoptone, etc.--text books, desks,
and other usual equipment, all de-
stroyed by fire.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-12-31

Howard Fetz, Of Spokane, spent
the weekend at the L. @. Krug
home.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-12-31

MFR. and Mrs. Norman Anglin,
daughter Sue, and Mr. and Mrs.
Frederick A. English attended the
installation Of the Masonic Lodge
and Eastern Star Chapter at Pros
ser, Tuesday night. Mr.. Angltn Is
the Senior Grand Deacon Of the
Grand Lodge of Masors Of Wash
ington. Mrs English is Grand
Representative Of the Grand Chap
ter Of the Eastern Star. She rep
resents the State OF Arkansas.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-12-31
BLUFFS, BENTON COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Mason and Star
Officers Installed
Fred Gilhuly to Head Masons; Mrs
Dan Williams to Lead Star
Through Coming Year.

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Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-23
HOPI PRIESTS ENTREAT RATTLERS
TO SEEK PROSPERITY FROM GODS

HOTEVILLA, HOPI RESERVA-
TION, Ariz., Aug. %, W.h)-PreSts
of the Hopi Indian nation tonight
stage their annual snake dance in
an appeal to their gods for pros
perity during the year and thanks
giving ceremony for the favors
shown them in the past.
The ceremonial ritual commences
at dawn when the priests race
across the desert to improvised
affairs where they deposit prayer
sticks. At noon the live rattle
snakes, none of which have their
fangs removed, are washed in the
underground ceremonial chamber
known as the Kiva.
The actual dancing with the
snakes does not take place until
dusk when the priests circle the
plaza in groups of three, each car
rying one Or more live snakes in
their mouths. After the ritual cir.
cling of the plaza, they rush from
the mesa to the desert where the
snakes are freed to carry the pray
ers OF the Hopi people to under
ground gods.
Following the dance, the priests
break their nine-d day fast, gorging
themselves on choice Hopi dishes
The snake dance is the elimination
of the nine-day ceremony.
Last night the priests went
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-23
NEWS|E HURT
IN COLLISION
AT H0LTv|LLE
49, Year-Old Youth
Knocked From
Bicycle

Everett L. Massey, Jr.,
13-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. l.. Massey of Holt
Vile, was seriously injured
Friday night in a collision
between a bicycle he was riding
and an automobile driven by
Stephen A. Crabtree, 30, on Holt
avenue in Holtville.
The youth was rushed to the
Valley hospital by Crabtree. Hos
pital attendants said Saturday he
was suffering discomfort but his
general condition was improved
A handle of the car door pierced
his side and he suffered elbow,
shoulder, knee and ankle abrasions
and a scalp injury. An emergency
operation was performed Friday
night.
Crabtree said he and the boy.
who was delivering papers for the
Post-PresS, were travelling in the
same direction when the boy turn
GU dClOoo UllC oOlCCl IL Oiib Va
him. Witnesses declared the youth
was dragged for 20 feet after the
impact. Crabtree said he was ira
yelling 80 miles when the accident
occurred.
Massey's companion, Gilbert
Cardwell. Is, of Holtville, who was
helping him deliver papers, was a
witness to the accident.
Crabtree, who had been employ
ed at Holtville cafe until recent
ly, was en- route home to tell his
children goodbye before leaving
Imperial Valley on a business trip.
Young Massey regained semi
consciousness after taking ether
for the emergency operation to
give detailed directions for getting
his substitute to deliver the re-
mander of his papers and handle
his route for him.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-23
LANDON OPENS FIRE
IN 1ST MAJOR TALK

TAM O'SHANTER GOLF LINKS
WEST MIDDLESEx, Pa, Aug. %
WR)-Gov. ALI M. Landon stood at
the scene of his birth today and
called upon Americans to climb
courageously to our determine tion
to win security and abundance
without sacrificing any of our prec-
ious heritage of freedom"
Let us not surrender to any
counsel of despair" the Republican
presidential nominee said in an ad
dress lashing the unstable men"
by whom "the American way of
life is being challenged"
"The frontier of new wants points
the way to better standard of liv-
ing in this country" the Kansas
governor said in assailing those
who "are trying to supplant our
Institutions by others from abroad.
Here at the place of my birth
l have sought to make clear what
! believe to be the choice now be.
fore the country. 1t is the choice
between the pig in the poke poll
cieS of the present administration
and those American institutions
under which we have enjoyed more
liberty and attained higher stand
ard of living than any other people
in the world"
In the first major campaign
speech of his leisurely tour across
more than half the nation, Landon
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-23

laid emphasis on his belief that
the spirit and system that built a
great nation will forge ahead. to
build an even mightier America of
the future.
Time and again, he struck at
those who would raise doubt and
distrust" of the nations future I'M
der the traditional system; he ham
mered at the need for governmental
control only where it would correct
abuses; he called for "the courage
to face the dangers and RESPONSE
bilities that go with liberty" and
described the American remedy
for unemployment as real work at
good wages"
There was, too, throughout his
speech the recognition of abuses
that he must be corrected and OF
the need for fair distribution" of
economic and social benefits "yet
to be brought about" Monopoly
and special privilege must be
wiped out" he said; the nation
should not complain of over -produc-
ton until none of its citizens is any
longer poorly clothed, housed or
fed.
But this can be done, he said, "in
the American way" without endan-
gering representative government or
counting the hindrances of dictator
ship.
1--WE want a government that will
safeguard for the younger genera
ton the opportunity to develop,
each in his own way, the American
qualities of self-reliance, of honesty
and of generosity. This-an Amer
ica of free and independent citizens
recognizing our mutual obliga.
tionS one to the other-is the Am
erica we should strike to leave for
our children"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-23
SPANISH REDS
BEGIN DRIVES
ON 5 FRONTS
Germany Stirs Row
Over Russian
Activity

The Loyalist forces of
Spain Saturday began drives
along eight of the II civil
war fronts, claiming pro-
nounced successes in the
northwest and south, while rebel
forces under General Mola organ
ized for concerted attack against
Madrid from the north and south,
the United Press reported.
The international situation,
meanwhile, grew more grave. Ger
many launched bitter Unofficial
attacks against Soviet Russia, in
cludng charges of Soviet fleet
mobilization in the Baltic. Spain
made a sweeping international ges-
ture by pledging not to molest
British ships outside the three
mile limit, and, inferentially, the
ships of any other nation.
Observers at Paris estimated that
the Spanish civil war has cost 3d.
600 men and $5,O0O,00O,000, incal'
culably damaging the nations re-
sources. The end may be many
months off, it was believed.
An optimistic manifesto by the
Spanish government predicted the
prompt fall of Cordoba and the
beginning of a smashing offensive
against Oviedo, key points of the
southern and northern campaigns
The fall of Fort Simancas at
Gijon released $500 besiegerS OF
that city to march to Oviedo, on
the northwest coast 80 miles away,
strongly armed with huge guam
tity of guns and ammunition seiz-
ed at Simancas.
At Berlin, German wrath, Off
cially inspired, turned strongly
against Soviet Russia.
A protest to Russia and Spain
against alleged anti-Nazi radio
propaganda was followed by scare
stories of Soviet naval prepara-
tionS.
Chief feature of the RED men
Continued on Page 6; Col. D
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-23
NEW LIQUOR SCANDAL
MAY TOUCH OFFICIALS
LETTUCE RATES
TO STAY SAME

Rail carriers operating in Cali
fornia will maintain the present
existing lettuce rates in California
to the East until next April 80, &C
cording to a telegram received Sat-
urday by Manager Robert Hays of
the Ell Centre chamber of COM
merce.
The lettuce industry was en-
joying reduction of 10 cents per
100 pounds to certain eastern deS-
tinations and the rail carriers re-
Gently sought to cancel this reduc-
ton and restore the established
rates. The decision reached yes
terday and incorporated In the
telegram sent to Manager Hays
llicates that the railroads will
Il restore this 10 cents additional
freight rate, but that the present
emergency freight rates on lettuce
remain in effect.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-23
PAIR RESCUED
AFTER WEEKS
AS 'CRUS0ES'
Cocos Island Gives
Up California
Man, Wife

LOS ANGELES, Aug. %.
(UP)-A man and his wife
who had been marooned on
Cocos Island, off the coast
of Central America, since
April have been taken aboard the
motorship Fisherman II, Capt. w
r. Dobbs informed the United Press
by radio today.
The couple, Mr.. and Mrs. Dana
Lamb of Santa Ana. Calf, landed
on the island, scene of frequent
expeditions for buried treasure
after padding down the Pacific
coast from southern California in
an 18-foot canoe.
When taken aboard the tuna
clipper, Lamb was suffering from
abdominal pains and was rushed
towards the coast for medical treat
ment.
The rescue took place at Wafer
Bay. Capt. Dobbs reported. He and
a crew from the fishing boat took
the couple off in a lifeboat after
noticing a sign saying in huge let
ters, Help, Wafer Bay"
Lamb was believed suffering from
appendicitis. He said he had been
stricken ill several days ago and
dispaired of receiving aid.
The couple had been unable to
leave the island in their canoe be-
cause of heavy seas in the area at
this time of the year.
The motorship does not regular
ly cruise in the vicinity of Cocos
Bay and passed close to the island
by mere chance, Capt. Dobbs said
Lamb, an experienced seaman
holding officers sailing papers,
built the canoe and previously had
sailed around the world by himself.
The couple had planned to paddle
and sail the canoe around Cape
Horn to New York.
They departed in 1888 after i'll
health halted them several times.
The boat is protected from the
waves by waterproof deck and
carries a large sail. There is suf-
ficient space aboard for more than
500 pounds of baggage.
Lamb is 35 years old and is the
son of County Tax Collector John
Lamb of Santa Ana. His wife, the
former Virginia Bishop of Costa
Mesa, Calf, is %.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-23

VictlmS-MrS. Srace Mae hyelo anu
Austin w. Martin-and wounded
the woman's daughter, Hazel Ayers,
3.
Benefits body was found in his
automobile half hidden in the park
trees and underground. 1t was in
the automobile that he escaped
from WatSonville after the double
Staying.
Bennett ended his life-and at
tempt to escape from the law that
launched one of the most inten-
sive hunts in the history of Santa
Cruz county-less than 10 miles
from the scene OF his crime.
Benefits car was found parked
on Hecker Pass, about 10 miles
from Watsonville, between that city
and Gilroy.
Police reconstructed the double
killing as a climax to the aSsail-
ants protest against Martins at
'tention to Mrs. Ayers, 28-year-
old wife of WatSonville welder.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-23

OrdS SnOWed.
The San Diego truck driver either
jumped or was thrown from the
semi-truck and trailer as it plung-
ed back down the grade after a
drive shaft broke. The machine
iacknifed into the driveway at the
Mountain Springs service station,
traversed the driveway and crashed
into the station. Kemper's lifeless
body was found 80 feet from the
station
Kemper was found beside the
highway by Charles Dunsford OF
San Diego and Leslie Sutton Of
Lakeside, who were driving truck
load of hay for the Muse company
They tried to stop passersby for &C
minutes after they found the body
but passing motorists failed or re-
fused to heed their signals, Officers
said. They parked their hay truci
! in front of Kemper's body to pre-
vent traffic running over it in the
darkness.
1t was 225 feet from the point
where the truck started back down
the grade and the point where
Kemper's body was found. Tracks
showed that after the truck back
ed 25 feet, Kemper had applied the
brakes in futile attempt to halt
the plunge. The truck then
skidded so yards before crashing
into the service station. Officers
said. The wreck occurred 200 feet
cast of the San Diego county line.
Kemper was hauling load OF
empty beer bottles. Bill Tackett
California State Highway patrol
man, passed him in the late after
noon and warned him that the load
was slipping.
Tackett and Roy Wells, Califor-
MIA highway patrolmen, declared
Kemper's head was crushed when
caught between the two parts OF
the semi-truck and trailer.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-23
LIVE OAK MAIL
CONFUSION DUE
TO SIMILARITY


Confusion in the mail sent to
Live Oak Springs in San Diego
county, is declared to result from
the similarity in the name to Live
Oak in another section of the
state.
Railway mail clerks in a recent
general order were instructed to
take greater care in distinguishing
the mail addressed to the two
places, according to information re-
ceived by Frank Richmond Ell
Centro postmaster.
Live Oak Springs is served from
Pine Valley.