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Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-25
A Worthy Cause

"A worthy Cause
Imperial Valley cantaloupe grow.
ers and shippers, without making
much noise about it, are among
the most liberal of the valleys
people. st. Mary's Catholic church
in Ell Centro went long way to.
ward clearing up Indebtedness with
funds derived from sale of car
load of cantaloupes contributed by
Fred Bright, Harry Freedman, AleS
Englemen, John Zenos, the Golden
Valley Produce company and the
V. H. Azhderian Co, Inc.
Most Embarrassing
Max Sones will hang his clothes
on a hickory limb next time ht
goes near the water. The woefuI
secret Of the Calexico Lodge Mys.
terry, or Sones' Downfall, came to
light late this week in spite of the
best hush efforts Clad in Sunday
Best, Sones was demonstrating
something or other to his wife and
some other women at the lodge
Sunday, bouncing up and down on
the springboar6, when suddenly he
bounced too heartily. Upward he
scared, then downward he plung-
ed-into the midst of the swim
ming POOLS dampness. Tsk, Tsk!
His Own Medicine
RR often wonders how the warp
ed mind must work which permits
its owner to put out poison in the
residence section of a city because
he doesn't like the barking of dogs
at night Barking dogs may be
unpleasant but there are other re-
courses. FL Centro's latest is work.
ing in the 700 block on Brighton
avenue, and if he's a man RR
wouldn't mind expressing his opin-
ion more volubly in private.
Backing Down
RR suspects Walter Reidy of
bluff in his promised visit with q
trayful of lemonade. This weather
Imperial Valley press., 1936-06-25
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Backing Down
RR suspects Walter Reidy of a
bluff in his promised visit with a
trayful of lemonade. This weather
is no time for that kind of bluff
Walter.
Evening star., 1936-06-15
Miracles and WOnderment.

Roses, it might perhaps be said, are
miracles. Just now the gardens Of
Washington and vicinity are bright with
millions of examples Of the loveliness
to which the poet Shelley referred in
the lines:
And the rose like a nymph to the bath
addrest,
Which unveiled the depth Of her glow
ing breast,
Till, fold after fold, to the fainting air
The soul of her beauty and love lay
bare"
Each blossom is wonderful in itself.
Study any one of q multitude Of them
and the magic of its composition will
weave its spell in the imagination. Only
a celestial architect could have framed
such a design, executed such a plan.
Note the mathematics represented in.
the adjustment of one petal to another,
the relation of tints and colors within
the compass Of each single leaf, the
rhythmic character Of the construction
Of the flower asa whole; eoul6 any
Evening star., 1936-06-15

land with a sarcastic comment, quickly
followed by second statement in the
same vein. He declared that the nomi-
nation of Landon was confession Of
guilt" on the part of the bankrupt
Republican party" that the nominee Is
"a man whose record has been con-
cealed, whose views are a mystery and
whose career in public life Is without a
single achievement to indicate that he
is equipped for the exacting duties of
the White House"
Just as a matter of political strategy
it would seem to have been unwise TO
fire so early such a broadside as Mr..
Farley's successive statements consti-
tute, speedily giving evidence that If
the campaign is going to be dirty" the
incumbent party will assume the
offensive in the mud flinging. 1t may,
of course, be that the chairman felt
or was advised by a nameless chief
strong offense. II so, he must assume
the responsibility for giving the cam
paign the character which he attributed
to Republican intentions.
The prompt response Of the new chair
man of the Republican party, John
Hamilton, was altogether justified. He
lost no time in taking up the gage
which the chief spokesman for the
administration had cast down. He
attributed Mr.. Farley's outburst TO fear.
He described him as ''irritated and
frightened" He made satiric reference
to Mr.. Farley's remarks about private
honor and public faith He aspersed
Mr.. Farleys understanding of the "hazy"
monetary policy as declared in the
Cleveland platform. Altogether he met
the issue which Mr.. Farley had sought
to create with rather more than imme-
diate effectiveness.
Probably both chairmen will have
more to do in the course of the campaign
than to assail one another with personal
statements. But the beginning promises
we'll for the vigor Of the battle and
unless Mr.. Farley is Silenced by the
higher-ups of his party in the interest
of a more consistent campaign the pros
pect is that the fight will be "dirtier"
than Mr.. Farley expected.
Evening star., 1936-06-15
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Lawns which had not done well are
getting into their stride at last.
Annuals, slow to begin growing, have
sprung up with q vengeance.
June, the beautiful month in the
garden rs well as in poems, points an
uneyring green finger to Summer.
The real hot weather is at hand.
All the heat we have had TO date has
been mere spurts, fits and jumps, SO
that the growing things OF earth scarcely
knew where they stood.
From now on they will know.
y
We would particularly consider today
shrubs, their large growth this Spring,
and whether or not 1t Is best to let them
alone or prune them.
Shrubs of all kinds look so small when
first they are planted the home gardener
commonly puts them too close together.
He cannot see this little specimen as
finally becoming feet tall and perhaps
as much as 8 feet across.
II he. in q spell Of wisdom. actually
gives the specimens the room they ought
to have, how far apart they look, indeed!
Overgrown and overcrowded shrubs
that is the usual end of the good garden,
especially the small one, where even
medium sized bushes look large.
The question is, however, whether 1t is
best to let them alone, so long as they
are doing well. or prune them severely.
There are here two main considera- =
tions: One, the health OF the shrub;
two. the disposition of the gardener
Amateur gardening is mental as well
as physical.
The temperament of the owner Is no
less to be taken into consideration than
the welfare OF his plants.
And 1t Is he, after all, who owns both
and must do the considering, for what
difference does 1t make, after all,
whether q friend happens along and
says, "Oh. what pretty garden!"
The best gardening is not done for
display, but for happiness. Display is
necessary at times, but in the main, let
the other fellow do 1t. especially the
other fellow with more money. Display
gardening takes plenty OF it. whereas
just ordinary, everyday happy garden
ing may be done on the famous IS cents
q week.
The backyard gardener will have to
determine Tor himself Whether ne likes
his shrubs overgrown or cut back.
II he has "prunitis." that queer gar
den disease, he will be foolish to permit
his bushes to sprawl all over the yard.
II, on the other hard, he prefers his
shrubs as tall and as wide as possible,
then let him feel sure that too severe
pruning is not for him.
1t may be that little or no pruning is
what he prefers.
Then let him stick to his ideal
We were in q large garden recently
one in which the entire view from the
east was blocked by trees. evergreens,
climbing roses and shrubs of many kinds.
The result was picturesque, really
beautiful: yet no doubt some persons
would have called 1t a tangle.
Yes. it was q tangle. but a fine one,
giving that sense of satisfaction which
Evening star., 1936-06-15

, always comes with the outdoor living
room. We have never been able to make
up our mind whether we like that term,
outdoor living room," yet it does con-
vey q certain idea of privacy.
Outdoor gawking is no more desirable
than indoor staring. Certainly there is
something eminently satisfactory about
a lawn which is not open to the eyes
OF everybody. This is so universal an
appeal that the term outdoor living
room" came into being.
The concept demands that a yard be
adequately shrubbed. not only for the
beauty of the shrubs themselves, but
also as screening material
The old-fashioned Washington back
yard fence, the famous high board fence,
met need. In certain ways 1t has
never been surpassed. It's modern
equivalent is the sapling fence.
Shrubs in this vicinity made renewed
growth this Spring, to make up for the
hard Winters Of the last three years.
In many instances shrubs have be-
come "leggy," the canes, stalks and
branches being very tall, but not ade-
quately clothed with leaves. The leaves
are at unusually long intervals apart.
There can be little doubt that, in most
cases, such leggy specimens are not as
fine to look at as lower, more compact
bushes
1t will be as well to let them alone now,
to 60 through the Summer as they are,
for such leaves as they have are neces-
ssry for the harmonious functioning of
the plant as whole.
II one decides that they arc too tall,
that the roots are having more stalk or
branch length than they ought to have
for the leaves they bear. the thing to do
Is to wait until next March, early, at
about the time one would plant new
shrubs.
Then cut back the branches to q
symmetrical shrub, before new growth
begins While this may sacrifice a few
flowers. the entire shrub will be the
better for this pruning. The burden on
the roots will be relieved considerably.
There Is certain fascination found
In old gardens that is almost entirely the
result Of unpruned shrubbery.
This ought to be cut back" sighs
the owner, upon occasion, but. knowing
his own temperament best, he does MOTH
ing Oh the KIM.
The result is that soon he has a YER
liable wall OF green around his place.
II he is wise enough to let his shrubs
alone and put his flower borders in front
OF them, he usually will possess true
outdoor living room, with a certain
amount Of privacy. true picturesque
effect, and some mosquitoes. We must
mention the mosquitoes. They love dense
shrubbery. But there are worse things
than mosquitoes. after ALL and one of
them no doubt is the sparsely shrubbed
yard. Let gardens be filled to overflow
ing. rather than too severely pruned,
trimmed and polished. The best garden
Is where the most happiness exists, and
there is something exuberantly happy
about shrub which toSSes its leafv
branches aloft, mosquitoes or no mos
quitoes.
Evening star., 1936-06-15

other hand he urged that it be expanded
and extended to cover larger number of
public offlces not now protected by it.
Senator Norris while opposed to Gov
Landon on many other matters and hav-
Ing announced his intention of support
ing President Roosevelt and the New
Deal, agrees with the Republican candi-
date on the merit system issue. The
Nebraska Senator in a radio address
delivered by him last night said: II
think Mr.. Landon is entitled to credit
Tor his stand upon the merit system, In
his message to the convention he takes
a definite stand upon this subject. For
this I commend him" Senator Norris
then went on to say, however. that both
parties have fought the enactment into
law Of any legislation which would put
an effective merit system upon the stat
ute books" adding that this is par
ticularly true of the Post Once Depart
ment, which, he said, ought to be taken
out Of politics entirely"
Diplomats here. at all times alive to
all matters which may affect the rela-
tions between the United States and
their respective countries. have watched
with keen interest the proceedings of
the Republican National Convention
and the reaction thereto. A few of them
attended the Cleveland gathering and
others will visit the Democratic assembly
in Philadelphia next week. While the
unwritten laws of diplomacy bar them
from commenting publicly on the acts of
political parties in this country it may
be stated generally that they found
nothing in the Republican platform to
satisfy them of any essential change OF
view from the traditional American
policy in dealing with foreign affairs.
Secretary Hull, who attended the Pam
American Congress in Montevideo sew
eral years ago as head of the United
States delegation and who has always
manifested a keen interest in Latin
American affairs and in helping to
establish closer relations and friendship
with the other republics of this hemi-
sphere, has again expressed his desire
to further this cooperation. He has
announced acceptance of the Mexican
Government invitation to participate in
the Inauguration at Nuevo Laredo on
July Of the completed Mexican portion
of the Pan-American Highway extending
from the border to Mexico City.
(copyright 1850
Evening star., 1936-06-15
China Is Copying
New Deal Experiment

From the Cleveland News.
China is copying Alsska's Matanuska
on vast scale.
The Marking government is launch
ing a vast colonization program in the
Northwestern provinces There, irriga-
ton and conservation projects are turn
ing deserts and barren mountain slopes
into farm and pasture lands. Families
from the overcrowded Yangtze Valley
and Pacific seaboard provinces are to
settle China's last frontier. The colon
lists are to be divided into groups of
800 families and each group will get
an allotment of 1,700 acres, to be
worked and shared by all.
When harvest time rolls around the
colonists in Chinas northwest will not
have the modern farm equipment which
the American Government supplied so
readily for the colonists in Alaska.
Threshing machines reached Mata-
nuska before the crops were sown. Also
electric meat slicers, which cost $3.50
apiece, were shipped to Matanuska long
before there was any electricity to
operate them.
-, No, the government in Marking isn't
30 far-sighted as the Government In
washington when it comes to COLOMBIA
tioH In taas Northwest.
Evening star., 1936-06-15
Dirt Is Already FLYING.

It is not always wise for a prophet to
GEEK to make good his own predictions.
This is the case of Chairman Farley of
the Democratic National Committee.
Some weeks ago he forecast that the
campaign would be dirty" one. There
was evidence at the time that his words
would come true, for the elements of
lively season of political vituperation
were in the making, indeed were already
at hand. But that the initiative In this
course of action would be taken by the
Democratic chairman was hardly to
Lave been expected. Yet he did take 1t
and thus set the pace when he greeted
tbs Republican nomination at Cleve-
Evening star., 1936-06-15
CheStertOn.

If Gilbert K. Chesterton was not
among the very greatest of literary
artists he was so near to that position
that his work always will serve to
prompt the noblest genius to its most
notable effort. He made it impossible
for any future practitioner of letters to
be dull without apology. The words
"exuberant" and "Scintillating,' COM
monty applied to him, were tributes to
his energy his industry, his enthusiasm,
his passionate earnestness, his colorful
and romantic brilliance Of style. his
flashing wit. his keen and gallant ideal
ism, his optimism, and above all his
basic catholic philosophy of love for God
and man. And to match his achieve
ment his successors must be equipped
with gifts of mind and heart equally
effective.
But adequate justice to character as
lively as Chesterton's does not lie within
the power of his contemporaries. To
estimate his verse, one should be poet;
to appraise his mystery stories, one
should be equipped with the analytical
intelligence of Edgar Allan Poe or Arthur
Conan Doyle. At the former extreme
he was in the company OF the most
melodious of ballad singers; at the
latter he elevated pattern OF fiction
bevond the reach of all but the most
competent of imitators. Meanwhile, he
wrote biographies, travel sketches. plays.
narables. editorial comment on the news
of the hour, religious affirmatlons,
prayers of praise and thanksgiving. His
range was universal; nothing was either
too vast or too small for his notice. He
loved life with a consuming zeal.
And yet he proSpered in his labor
From beginning to end he advanced,
expanded. grew in capacity to interpret
and to create. His latest enterprises were
among his best-they were mellow and
kindly, ripened by experience with JOY
and sorrow. 1t is a pity that he had TO
die 50 soon. At sixty-two he might have
counted on at least another twenty years
of opportunity. But he seems to have
understood that the moment OF de-
parture was at hand. He penned his
autobiography in anticipation OF the call.
Such q valedictory, however, was un-
necessary. Chesterton mirrored himself
in every line that he ever produced; his
portrait shines through every paragraphs.
Posterity, 1t may be declared with
assurance, will find him interesting for
what he was and for what he did. His
mannerisms, his contradictions, his
errors of opinion and his propagandistic
extravagances are not permanently i'm
portant. Instead, his sincerity, his hon.
esty. his democracy and his hopefulness
will be remembered and respected; and
critics now unborn will be moved to
larger tolerance for the period of which
he was part and which he endowed with
his tears and his laughter.
Evening star., 1936-06-15
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Fears Seldom Come True.

Fears Seldom Come True.
Il know that sometimes am wrong"
Said Hezekiah Bings,
Although my reasoning is strong
On various sorts OF things.
When all the world that once was bright
Seems dark and insecure,
And we expect, with every day,
New burdens to endure,
1 greet the sunshine and the song,
New confidence 1t brings.
To think how often guess wrong"
Said Hezekiah Bings.
Evening star., 1936-06-15

human mind create no marvellous q
masterpiece? The answer Is a mega
tive. Imitation, even at its artistic best,
is but confession of failure. A real rose
lies beyond the power Of men to execute.
Joyce Kilmers judgment that only God
can make q tree applies throughout
the entire universe-every living thing
Is q providential miracle.
But humanity partakes OF the divine.
Plain people perform exceedingly won
derful deeds. Each day, each hour, each
fieeting minute of time sees the miracu-
lous achieved. Shakespeare and Dante,
MichelaEgelo and Da Vinci, Beethoven
and Wagner, Edison and Marconi mani
fest genius too vast, too compelling to
be otherwise explained than by &C.
knowledgment to Heaven. And the
same philosophy may be cited in the
instance OF any infant child of any
average parents: behold the miracle of
q baby's hand! Not all the skill of the
entire race could produce its duplicate
synthetically.
Yet 1t is the business Of the human
species to develop and to change. Thus
Burbank and his followers have man.
date to strive for fairer roses. and all
their brothers, great and humble alike,
are included in the grand injunction
to improve. The problem is fascinating
to Sentient and thoughtful observers.
Mayhap they cannot read the riddle.
Their talents are inadequate for such
task. But neither can they be unmind-
ful nor indifferent to its challenge.
Creation cries to be understood. And
that is part of its miracle-the wonder-
ment OF 1t in the soul of Gods children.
Evening star., 1936-06-15

The assertion of Senator Borah that
he is sometimes a statesman and some
times a politician was made a long time
ago. The Cleveland ticket is doubtless
hoping that he will settle down for
awhile in patriotic determinati ton to be a
plain politician. There is no punch in
minority opinion however eloquently
expressed.
Evening star., 1936-06-15
Not q Vacation Prospect.

my boy" said the professor, 'if you
keep on as you have started and study
hard. you may be President Of the
United States some day"
Yes" replied the young man, gloom
lily: "and then I'll have to start in and
study q whole lot harder"
Evening star., 1936-06-15

Mr.. Vandenberg's publicity department
was so tenaciouSly loyal that radio an
nouncements refused to desert him.
That old elephant is a docile animal. but
stubborn both in affections and men,
ories.
Evening star., 1936-06-15

Favorite sons are often handicapped by
local conditions. Some of the small time
gossip that affects State politics may
have nothing more to do with national
responsibilities than a Reno divorce or
the Lyddane case.
Evening star., 1936-06-15

Plutarch is now read for passing diver
sion. For current information as to big
figures. present and in the making, read
your daily newspaper.
Evening star., 1936-06-15
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Exacti0ns.

Politics are getting more or less con-
fused"
Yes" replied Senator Sorghum. "It's
getting so that you've got to listen to
speech before you know whether you
dare applaud it or not"
Evening star., 1936-06-15

Elks are assembling for seashore greet
ings lust at q time when the income tax
installment gives a delicate turn OF sig
nificance to the salutation. Hello, Bill!
Evening star., 1936-06-15

Sports have developed so many promi-
nent writer's that it is almost impossible
to hold great political convention
without interfering with base ball.
Evening star., 1936-06-15
A Church Poster.

From the worcester Gazette.
A cultist church In California displays
Q poster advertising an entertaining
service" Another good phrase Is Never
q duh Ssesnert."
Evening star., 1936-06-15
No Budget Secrets Here.

From the Philae.- Shia Inquirer
American officials never get into trou-
bic over giving away budget secrets. All
they've known about the budget the last
few years Is that 1t isn't going to balance.