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Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-13

forgetting the bruises, ignoring the tears and
sharp thorns you will never stand on the top
surveying the world. 1t takes effort to scale
the heights, but once there you may stand on
tiptoes and breathe deeply exhulting in the gift
of life and the opportunity for achievement
BUT YOU'LL NEVER GET TO THE TOP
IF YOU RUN ALL WAYS AND IN CIRCLES!
Ambition coupled with a willingness to work
generates a creative power which produces mag
ical results.
No matter where this finds you, no matter
what hazards you face, what walls hedge you
in, REALIZE THIS MOMENT THAT YOU
CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS These mountains
will, of course be obstacles in your way but
you will be master of all you see if you will
struggle on holding tight to your high aim, your
one goal-your hearts desire.
Benjamin Franklin, walking down a street
with two loaves of bread under his arm, be-
came one of the greatest men of his time;
Edison whose teachers in school thought him
stupid became the worlds electrical wizard;
Milton who couldn't see, left an inperishable
name as an author O'Henry, in prison, won
honorable fame writer of short stories
and on and on The records of achievement are
marked by the names of men and women who
succeeded in spite of handicaps
"A /HY shouldn't you do as well?
Wv One manner in which most of us look all
ways Is to waste valuable hours gossiping,
rushing smartly about, playing bridge with peo-
pie we don't care about, seeing shows we don't
like, drinking cocktails with people who would
annoy us If we were not drinking and sitting
around clubs and hotels idly doing nothing.
There isn't much time left for really deep
thinking If we are always running around with
inconsequential people.
This doesn't mean that real friends can't be
an inspiration. it only means the time wasted
with individuals who will never mean anything
to you and those for whom you could never
care
Clear thinking comes from solitude and medi-
taton, and there are few who do it.
You really do hold the key which opens the
gates to happiness and achievement and all you
need to do is use it, You have power--REAL
POWER! Use 1t. This power is the effort you
expend to bring about your desires. There is
strange law which makes it possible for effort
to result in achievement. cannot tell you from
whence 1t comes but know it exists just as
know there is a power which brings the rose
from the bud, wheat from seed and fruit
from the ground. There is the power which
holds the earth In its orbit which cannot un-
derstand either, but cannot doubt all these
things because 1 see them done day after day
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-13
Sixty Seconds From Life
"vIcTORy"
lean Rendlen.

Suddenly, the song died in Jeanne's throat.
Wide-eyed, she stared at table where the spot
light had caught man sitting alone-the only
person in the room who hadn't risen-who sat
seemingly unaffected! For a moment she felt
she was going to faint. She controlled herself
with supreme effort. Yes, there could be no
mistake-it was Jacques! He hadn't changed
much. God, how terribe She had never really
hated him until now. She couldn't even feel
ashamed for him any more He wasn't worthy
of anyone's sympathy. hot hate welled up
in her. She would have liked to see him
thrashed Why didn't one of the soldiers drag
him to his feet?
With expression of intense loathing on her
lovely face, she walked slowly across the room
to his table. He watched her coming but if he
felt any emotion 1t hidden in stony in
scrutabty. The crowd sensed the impending
drama. Voices and music died. There were no
words that passed between them, but all the
pent-up feeling of the years-love, regret,
shame disappointment-turn to black hatred
in Jeanne's heart. Contempt was written In
every line of her face. There was a glass of
wine before jacques. Without taking her eyes
from his face she picked up the glass, and
with flip of her slender white wrist she dashed
the contents full in his face Scornfully, she
dropped the glass to the floor, grinding the
shattered pieces beneath the heel of her slip
per. A tense moment of silence followed Every
eye was upon Jacques From somewhere outside
in the Rue Cdnnebiere, the music of the Mar
seillaise came very family.
THE shadow Of smile played about jacques
lips. He dried the wine from his face with
serviette. Not for moment did he lose his
poise He placed his hands on the edge of the
table and pushed back his chair A gasp es-
capped Jeanne Jacques was in a wheel chair!
Deity he moved the wheels with his hands,
guiding the chair around to where Jeanne stood
amazed, inarticulate, Mortified He drew some
thing from an inside pocket of his coat, and,
bending forward, pinned it to her gown.
For your gallantry-the Croir de Gaerre,
Mademoiselle," he said
But Jeanne did not hear. She could think of
nothing but jacques graceful long legs-the
dancing feet that had once thrilled all France
They were gone! Dazed, unbelievng she pressed
her hand against the decoration he had pinned
to her dress. jacques chair was moving away
out of the room An officer jumped to his feet
and helped guide the chair through the crowd.
Suddenly, Jeanne's mind cleared Her heart
seemed to stop, her blood to CONCEAL A terrible
sob that ended in groan shook her and in one
brief moment she suffered an eternity Then.
tears streaming from her eyes, she ran across
the floor and through the door of the dining
room where the wheel chair had disappeared a
moment before, praying that jacques would find
1t in his heart to forgive her.
J. r. f.
cosyhsA. 1875
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ans were scattered about the room at various
tables. AS the music swelled in the opening mel
ody, all eyes turned toward Mademoiselle Chau-
vet, who appeared in glistening white satin
from behind backdrop of ebony velvet at the
far end of the room. Her beautiful voice rang
through the crowded room like bell. A spot
light followed her as she came forward, sing
ing to the center of the dance floor. A hush
settled over the room. With the second chorus,
she gded into her dance, picture of beauty
and grace. She seemed to float over the floor
like white swan
A ROAR of applause came with the last bar
~ of music. Jeanne bowed low. Her face
wreathed in smiles, she tossed kisses to her ad-
mirers. They were shouting, demanding
core. Impulsively, she grasped the standard of
one of the many flags set about the ROOM and
waving 1t aloft, broke into the strains of the
Mdrseildise Men and women leaped to their
feet There was wild cheering. The fiery anthem
of France swelled in every throat, reverberating
through the room, drowning out the orchestra.
Spotlights sent beams of brilliance to play upon
the gay throng and two huge glittering faceted
globes, suspended from the ceiling, reflected
dots of white light Like mowAakes dancing
about ths room.
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"reminiscences Or A Rover

Madam Olivia said they went around knocking
pictures from the walls, making noises. She had
the windows barred with wire netting, but
and then the hands managed to get in How?
Don't ask me-
O. About the size of your own hands, weren't
they? Isn't that why you're here?
A. OF course But the prosecutor couldn't
prove that-neither could I, worse luck Her
husbands handa weren't in court to measure
besdo mine, If they had been, tell you the jury
would have let me 60
c. What really happened while she read the
crystal for you?
A. Oh! It was about dusk. She'd locked the
door, because she was frightened. Had to keep
on making living, haunted house or not; she
was fat and got hungry. She bent over the crys-
tai, telling me she me behind row of bars.
You killed man three years ago." she NUT
tered you owed him money, thousands of dol
lars You took him in a roWboat to fish, and
drowned him." She didn't say I'd hang, for that;
but she saw me in a cell I'd been ittery about
that unpleasant incident for long time; used
to wake up at night and wonder if they'd accuse
me, but did.
c. What happened after that?
A. The key to the door fell out. The knob
turned, and the door swung open. Madam Olivia
didn't 1t, staring into the crystal Then she
saw something in the crystal, and screamed.
The d. A. said she was reading my thoughts
but what she saw were hands. Her husbands
hands moving toward her
Q. You saw the hands?
A No That was queer, too Something began
to choke her. saw the marks of hands on her
throat, saw her fighting with them She didn't
scream very long
@ What did you do then?
A. ] phoned the newspaper, told em had
a better story than they'd asked for.
O. Did they believe you?
A. Well, do you? You only believe those
things when you them yourself.
w. w.
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this type of "know-it-all" which makes really
deep serious people little weary and SO they
studously avoid him. It's too bad, because all
that is the matter with him is, that like Janus,
he looks all ways and figures that he holds the
key to all things If he could be made to LOOK
ONE WAY and know that then he might
quire a knowledge that the world is waiting
for and will gladly welcome
We run in many directions BECAUSE WE
ARE CONFUSED AND HAVE LOST OUR
WAY. Once, you will remember you had glori-
ops dreams, you conquering hero of the
arts or the commercial world. You had heart
longings that took on all the glamour of his
tory's most exotic moments but somehow the
years have dulled that dream and you've started
going in all directions. You do this and that,
rather than pursue the great shining goal-so
STOP NOW and realize that you can have the
ONE THING THAT YOU WANT!
Every discovery, every invention, every gori-
GUS achievement began in this hearts desire, in
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-13
"INTERVIEW"

This message i1as found under the mattress
in the cell Of Convict s29, toritten By him before
the toarden came toith the GoUernors verdict;
apparently he had intended to destroy it,
IN FIVE minutes or less theren be footsteps
down the corridor. I'm expecting the warden
with a message from the Governor reprieve,
pardon or just plain mo-" Queer, about all
that. don't want anything they legally
give me. I want life imprisonment but they
can't let me have that in face of the evidence
I've no desire to die and even less to be set
free again in the world left.
A last five minutes remains and I'll do some
thing no man do for me- interview myself.
Reporters have been here, asking questions but
they're all fools, they can't understand. haven't
told them anything. How can you tell them that
at night you lie back closing your eyes, and go
into kind of trance? How man who may
die in few minutes explain that cell doesn't
keep him Gagged? That is, at night. I've been
out of this cell for the past month, visiting
places across the world If they'd take it down,
believe me- the interview would go like this
G. Why did you strangie the crystal-gazer
the night of January !, a year ago?
A. I didn't touch the woman The city editor
sent me to get a story about the haunted house
she lived in and ended up by having my future
told
@. Did you get the story?
A. Yes, but they wouldn't publish it. Madam
Olivia was a fat, frowzy woman, hftyish. Shed
missed being hanged for poisoning her husband
chopping him up, and sending his body away
in chest. 1t was alleged you understand. She
looked capable of it, but the d. A couldn't prove
it She went free. Funny, but whoever dismem-
bered the body, forgot the mans hands Found
'em in closet later. Big hands; he a sailor.
The coroner had EN- cremated with the rest of
him.
O. What's that got to do with the haunted
house?
A. 1t was haunted by his hands, you fool.
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a great overpowering longing to DO SOME
THING!
h 10 MOUNTAIN is easy to climb but unless
~ you are willing to climb with painstakng
effort from rock to rock, higher and higher,
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opened many gates but you must open only one
great one! Choose whatever you will-the law
medicine craftsmanship, or trade but be sure
that you stand by your decision and not look
this way and that trying to know everybody
elses business or everybody else's line of work
Old soldiers call this scattering your fire."
and of course its error is obvious.
You can spend lifetime trying to know one
art or one profession and still NOT KNOW IT
ALL, SO why be foolish and try to know all
things?
If a great surgeon had wasted his time try
ing to be great aviator, a great sailor, an
acrobat and musician, you can be pretty sure
that he would not be great in any line or any,
thing.
He might make an interesting conversa-
tionalst but SOME OF THE BIGGEST MEN
IN THE WORLD ARE POOR TAKERS, If
YOU are salesman then it is certainly your
business to talk, but if you are an artist or a
surgeon, then it isn't terribly important for you
to be able to talk.
IF YOU LOVE MANKIND YOU WILL BE
ABLE TO CONVERSE WITH MEN easily
without making any point of doing so. Often
just to sit in silence denotes great intelligence
The proverbial "go getter" who in1icts his
gift of CAB" on his acquaintance usually finds
himself with time on his hands because he won't
be invited to really interesting affairs and nei-
ther will brilliant men and women seek him
out for his company. There is an attitude about
Evening star., 1936-01-20

Clark, daughter Of Mr.. Thomas Hitch
cock, ST.. is master of this pack.
Hunting Log.
Tomorrow's meets:
Virginia.
Piedmont Fox Hounds--A. c. Ran
dolph, master; Delaplane, ! pm.
Old Dominion Misunderstanding
Larrabee, William E. Doeller. joint
masters. For time and place Of
meeting telephone the kennels. Mar
shall 94-F-3, or the hunt secretary,
Marshall 80.
The Fairfax Hurt-Reed Thomas,
f. DeLong Bowman, joint masters;
Andrew Chapel, 10 am.
Maryland.
Green Spring Valley Hounds-John
K. Shaw, jr.; Frank A. Bonsal. joint
masters; Cedar Grove, II am.
Elkridge, Hartford Hunt-Harvey
Ladew, master; Mrs. Stanley AL
mony's, II am.
Howard County Hunt-Augustus
Riggs, master; Bunker Hill, 1890 am.
Redland Hunt-Thomas T. Mott.
master; Olney Cross Roads. II am.
Riding and Hunt Club Hounds-Dr.
Fred r. Sanderson. master: Mr.. Rid
dicks gate, II am.
Evening star., 1936-01-20

st. Margaret's Episcopal Church, Of.
ficiated. Private commitment serv-
ices were held at Abbey Mausoleum,
Arlington, Va.
Mrs. Swedberg was the widow Of
John A. Swedberg, marine engineer
and inventor who came to this city
to assist John Ericsson, builder of the
Monitor of Civil War fame. Later.
Mr.. Swedberg was connected with the
Bureau Of Engineering.
Mrs. Swedberg came to Washington
with her husband about 81 years ago.
Since then she has lived both in
Evening star., 1936-01-20

Sterling, Va, and this city. dividing
her time between the two places.
Mrs. Swedberg is survived by four
daughters: Miss Louise U. 6wedberg.
Mrs. Elsa 8. Hart, Mrs. Edythe 8.
Hart and Mrs. Olga s. Moncure, al
Of this city; two sons, John Albert
Swedberg Of Seattle. WASH. and Ed
win o. swedberg of Los Angeles, and
three grandchildren.
Evening star., 1936-01-20

long life was due to hard work In
her youth and . dutiful son in her
old age.
Happy, but little hard Of hear
ing, Mrs. French, who was born in
Louisville, KY, Is mot at all inter-
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ested" In pensions for the aged or
other social security legislation.
AFTER people get over 100 years
old they learn not to worry about
politics" she explained. She gets
IL hours sleep each night.
Evening star., 1936-01-20
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD
FOR MRS. H. E. SWEDBERG
DR.. Herbert s. Smith Ofhciates at
Rites-Inventor's Widow
Dies Of Pneumonia.

Funeral services for Mrs. Hedvig
E. Swedberg. IS. who died Thursday
of pneumonia at the Cavalier Hotel,
we're held Saturday in Hines funeral
home, 290l Fourteenth street. Rev.
DR.. Herbert Scott Smith, rector Of
Evening star., 1936-01-20
POLITICAL WORRIES END

ST. LOUIS, January 20 R.-Mrs.
Alinda French looked back at l04
years Of living yesterday-withou
benefit of spectacles--and decided her
Evening star., 1936-01-20

Surgical Exhibition.
Cairo, Egypt, is to have . surgical
instrument exposition.
Evening star., 1936-01-20
Municipal Debts.

Municipal debts of Osaka, Japan,
are reported to be over 5000, 900 900.
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who followed persons and snooped
into private matters. No piece Of gos-
sip, no matter of how intimate a ma
ture it was, failed to escape the atten-
ton of these stool pigeons, bent on
blackening the Governors character.
Its unfairness and prejudice was so
manifest that it's stencil reached to
high heaven. Reactionary leaders,
led to believe, before the investiga-
ton, that those who preferred the
charges had factual evidence to sus-
tain them, became frantic at the fail
ure of the Investigating committee
to produce this evidence.
VIII Senator Carley deny now that
Liggett was called in to aid the COM
mittee? He was. Matter of fact, he
was in almost daily secret confer
ences with Thomas Mouer. attorney
and chief muckraker for the commit
tee. If MOuer was impressed by the
facts in Liggett's possession, they GER
tainly would have been presented at
the committee hearings. The claim
that these reactionaries made a
deal with Governor Olson to pro-
tect his good name is one which can
be presented only to a class of feeble
minded.
The writer of this column was
served with subpoena on two occa-
sions to appear before the investigat-
ing committee. The committee chair
man stated to the press that he
wanted the writer for examination
and kept him under subpoena so he
couldn't take vacation" to Florida
or California. or elsewhere.
But the writer never was called {!
knowing something about the pur-
poses underlying the investigation,
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Brook Park High Life


The outcome of the declamatory con-
test is as follows: Robert Peterson won
in oratory. Doris Furrer in humorous
and Zana Klement in dramaticS. The
three will go to the subdistrict contest
at Rush City. February 10.
The basketball game with Pine City
wednesday evening Of last week was
won by the opposing team. II to 9.
me boys played Sandstone Friday eve
n1ng on their home floor. They were
oelea nen r by score Of 81 to II:
noon. Edith Korsch and Dorothy
Element gave their dec1amatory pieces
also to those who were not able to at
tend the contest.
Rose Runa is back again after a two
fine and fit for school,
me Socal science class is writing
5oO WORD theme on How Can America
Stay Out of War; Eddie Cantor. over
the radio. is sponsoring a contest for
the best essays on that question.
On Monday evening the Brook Park
debaters Travelled to Sandstone to de-
bate the Sandstone team. Brook Park
won by a two to one decision Those
on the negative side were Robert Peter
son. Ethel Slade and Katherine Judin.
Primary Grades
The pupils made some Valentine
spelling booklets recently.
The second graders are working on
their Lincoln booklets.
The children brought samples of cloth
to school recently and made a cloth
poster.
Grace Bell. Gladys Eklund and Ra-
mona Butler drew large February
picture.
The pupils learned the song. "The
Jolly Old Clown" Now they have some
jolly clowns that they drew walking
around in their room.
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duIged in by the late Walter w. Lig-
gett-and the Minneapolis Journal

dulged in by the late Walter w. Lig-
gett-and the Minneapolis Journal
said editorially that it did the city Of
Minneapolis no credit-this writer and
every decent citizen Of the state were
shocked by his brutal Staying, which
was a challenge on the part Of gang
land not only to freedom of the press
and to the right of free speech, but
to organized society itself.
1t is unfortunate, hOwever-and
will injure rather than aid solution
of the murder-that political enc
mics. the hirelings of the moneyed
"plunderbund" of the state, have mali
ciously. criminally, injected the Gov
ernors name in the case because
Liggett at the time was attacking Oh
son. One can almost forgive a widow
for doing this, her mind muddled by
the terrible sight of witnessing her
husband shot down in cold blood. But
the people of this state will never
forgive the diabOlic politicians and
political scandalmongers who are
spreading this libel by word of mouth
and through subservient press for
their own selfish purposes.
There has been much said about
the rehashed charges made by Liz
gett against Governor Olson, to lend
force and effect to the vile insinua-
tions. The writer is quite familiar
with them, and with their falsity.
To say that Olson feared them is the
worst kind of tommyrot.
During the last regular session of
the Legislature, the reactionaries or
dered an investigation of these same
charges D.. and one was had. 1t was
headed by Senator James A. Carley.
The committee hired investigators
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State Capitol News
By A. /. HARRIS

Because he attacked uncompromis-
ingly those vested interests who ruled
and plundered our state for many
years, Governor Olson has been sub
jected to more vicious criticism and
downright abuse than any other chief
executive in the United States. He
took this criticism as matter OF
course, smilingly, philosophically. al
ways going back into the affray with
more determination than ever to
carry out the pledges he made to the
people.
The Governors newspaper critics
have been many and resOurceful-
with all the power behind them that
money can command. But none of
these critics ever felt--nor does he
feel today-any physical jeopardy in
vOlved in attacking Olson. Matter of
fact, an eastern newspaperman visit
ing here. reading some of the pois-
oned stories sent out for foreign"
consumption, expressed amaZement
that it could be conducted on such
large scale with perfect immunity.
1T couldn't be done in my state" he
remarked.
The fact is indisputable that no
important critic of the Governor was
ever molested. much less harmed, in
pursuing his game, at times outrage
ously unsportsmanlike. 1t was an
open season. and nobody attempted to
close it or restrict it.
No matter what one might think
of the type of yellow journalism in
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and the plans made for it by certain
controlling groups even before the
Legislature convened, the writer
asked both Carley and Mouer for the
privilege of testifying. When it be-
came apparent to him that the COM
mittee did not want to examine him
the writer demanded in writing that
he be called, but his entreaties fell
on deaf ears. The committee wanted
to hear only those witnesses who
would testify as they wanted them to
testify.
And now comes Representative Mar
Jus Waldal, who holds office not by
the grace of the voters of his district
but by the grace of a reactiOnary
House, with the amazing declaration
that some members of the Legislature
were planning impeachment proceed
ings against Governor Olson If new
investigation proposed by him would
warrant it, but that they were dis
suaded from this course because it
would cost too much money and
would take too much time"
And these are paid servants of the
public What startling confession
for one to make If the charges were
true, then any amount of money on
the part of the state would have been
an investment we'll worth it. And
why should it take so long to investi-
gate charges when the evidence, as is
claimed, is safely rolled up in little
bundles and carefully hid in some
safety deposit vault so that "Olsons
gang" whoever they are, can not
steal it?
We have no doubt but that the re-
dictionary majority in both the Sen
ate and House would have liked to